Rob Lowe on Showtime Lakers, Podcasting, and the Mt. Rushmore of Stadium Jams
We are currently living in a sports hellscape where the only things keeping us going are soccer and horse racing. Big Cat is already theorizing that the entire global situation was a coordinated effort by Big Soccer to force the American public into caring about the Premier League.
I'm starting to think the global pandemic was rigged so we would all be forced to watch soccer
I swear to God I'm starting to get to woke that this is all been rigged so that we all have to watch soccer... We're here, life is now just soccer with a little side of horse racing.
While we wait for the major American leagues to actually return, the contract drama around Dak Prescott and Jamal Adams continues to dominate the headlines. Big Cat thinks Jamal Adams is essentially operating under the assumption that he’s already a free agent despite having years left on his deal.
Jamal Adams is the new Antonio Brown of contract disputes
Dak Prescott and Jamal Adams to figure out whose contract is going to be... he is the new Antonio Brown. Not on the mental side, I'm talking about the fact that he is all convinced that he's a free agent when he's still got two years [left] that they can control his contract.
Who's Back of the Week
PFT is leading the charge to rename the city of Columbus to Flavortown, arguing that Guy Fieri is the true cultural icon we need to be celebrating right now.
The city of Columbus should be renamed 'Flavortown'
The city of Columbus is has a petition now. Columbus obviously not a great dude in history. So we're cleaning up history and were replacing it with real American history and rename Columbus 'Flavortown' now. That would be sick.
Billy Football also has a massive weekend update, informing everyone that he lost his Whoop strap while jet skiing on a lake. He tried to pivot this into a discussion about how Lacrosse is returning, which he views as the closest thing we have left to ancient combat.
Lacrosse is legitimate tribal warfare
Lacrosse is sick, like everyone is looking at Lacrosse wrong, like Lacrosse is just like legitimately trying Tribal Warfare in the mud... Tribal Warfare is back in form of Lacrosse.
Rob Lowe Joins the Show
Recurring guest Rob Lowe stopped by to talk about his new podcast, *Literally! With Rob Lowe*. The conversation immediately went to the infamous NFL shield hat he wore to the NFC Championship game. Rob defended the look, explaining that it was the only piece of swag available in the Fox gift bag and he genuinely thought it was a revolutionary fashion statement.
The NFL shield logo hat is the dopest hat ever
There's no Team hat is their Championship hat nothing. Other than that NFL hat which by the way, I thought this is the dopest hat I've ever seen because I'd never really seen one other than on a ref.
As a massive Dodgers fan, Rob isn't ready to let the Astros off the hook for their cheating scandal. He shared a story about Jose Altuve throwing a water bottle at his head during the World Series, and both he and Big Cat agreed that the signs were there long before the scandal broke.
Jose Altuve was clearly acting shady during his 2019 walk-off celebration
I remember watching it... and Going something's and this is before any of the there was even a whiff of the cheating scandal and I thought something was really bizarre about his behavior after that walk off... Greatest moment of his career and he tells he doesn't want to take his shirt off because his wife is shy.
Big Cat also used the interview to form a united front with Rob on the issue of men's grooming. While Rob has been in a makeup chair since he was a teenager, Big Cat is ready to stop the shaming of guys who just want to touch up their temples.
We need to end the stigma around men dyeing their hair
I want to get out there and let people know it's okay to dye your hair as long as you're honest about it. I have gray I get the grades around the temple... Let's end the stigma. I dye my hair and I'm not ashamed of it.
Rob also offered a scathing critique of the current state of Monday Night Football. He misses the era when the game felt like a national event, rather than just another broadcast with subpar production value.
Monday Night Football has lost its sense of occasion and gone to the dogs
For whatever reason they've let Monday Night Football go to the dogs and it's been that way for a while... Five six seven seasons, they don't have the cameras. They don't have coverage... There's no sense of occasion. They're literally telling you this is Monday and this is football, but you feel like you're watching a game that could be on any day anywhere.
Mt. Rushmore of Stadium Jams
The guys drafted the ultimate list of songs that get a crowd moving. Hank started things off with a literal approach by picking "Hey Hey Hey Goodbye," which PFT pointed out isn't really a pump-up song as much as it is a victory lap. Big Cat went with the heavy hitters like "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Enter Sandman," while PFT secured the crowd-favorite "Zombie Nation."
Monday Reading
The episode wrapped up with a legendary Monday Reading featuring the New York Post’s Phil Mushnick. Mushnick is currently losing his mind over Pete Alonso and the Mets using the phrase "LFGM," which he finds to be a sign of a decaying society. Big Cat pointed out the hypocrisy of the Mets using a censored version of the word.
The Mets should either fully commit to using the word 'fuck' in their branding or not use it at all; 'LFGM' is a half-measure
You got to either own it or not. Don't give me the 'F' go all the way just to emphasize anything. If you're going to say it, say it. Either fucking say it or don't... If you know the f-word is so vulgar and inappropriate that it must hide behind its initial, why use it?
Despite Mushnick's constant complaining about the "vulgarity" of modern athletes, Big Cat admitted that the sports world is actually better off having a villainous columnist to laugh at.
Shitty sports columnists like Phil Mushnick make sports more fun
We need shitty columnists. Shitty columnists make sports more fun while they're trying to make it less fun. Every time I see [Phil Mushnick's] column pop up online it's always for the same reason, which is this column sucks ass, but you know what, he's out there doing it.
Don't let your torso being too long stop you from hitting the gym.

