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We've Lost Control Of The Ship Plus Dungeons and Dragons Continues With Timm Woods

Wednesday, June 10, 202011 takes

We have lost control of our sons (Billy and Hank). The very bad week for Big Cat and PFT when it comes to online streams. (-) Baseball maybe? Probably not. (-) Hot Seat Cool Throne including COPS the show, sports, Billy Football still thinks Dan Bilzerian is sweet as fuck. (-) We continue our Dungeons and Dragons adventure with Timm Woods as we take on a dragon and have a HUGE plot twist at the end. (-)

Lennithon the Dragon on D&D and Jameis Winston's Boxing Career

The vibes are changing on the show, and not necessarily in a way that favors the veterans. Big Cat and PFT are coming to grips with a harsh reality: they’ve officially reached the stage of life where the younger guys on the staff are no longer looking up to them, but rather looking for the next opportunity to bury them. Between Hank's dominance in ping pong and Billy’s general existence, the hierarchy is shifting.

Win
Jun 10, 2020
#17455
Big CatBig Cat

We have officially become the 'dads' of the podcast

I think what's happened here, you know when whenever you have a family right and there's that point in time when the 10-12 year old kids turn into teenagers and the dads start becoming the butt of every single joke... We are the dads now. We have become the dads. I'm getting roasted on Twitch. You're getting roasted by Hank and ping pong. Billy is just roasting me. Just mentally we are the dads.

The dynamic of the show did shift during the 2020-2023 era where Hank and Billy became more vocal and adversarial toward the hosts.

With sports still in a weird holding pattern, the conversation turned to the potential return of baseball and the fans who claim they’re walking away for good. Big Cat isn't buying the tough talk from the '94 strike survivors who swear they're done with the MLB if this season doesn't happen.

Win
Jun 10, 2020
#17456
Big CatBig Cat

Baseball fans who claim they are done with MLB are lying and will be back next summer

I see people saying that if baseball doesn't happen, they're going to lose me as a fan. How? I'm still going to—you gonna do next? I'm gonna be pissed off, don't get me wrong... But what are you going to do next summer? Like there's nothing you could—Hank's doing the crossing. I love when people make this Line in the Sand where like they lost me at '94, they're going to lose me again. What are you gonna do in July?

MLB attendance and viewership remained steady or grew after the 2020 shortened season and 2022 lockout.

We also took a look at the documentary circuit, specifically the new Lance Armstrong series. It sparked a debate about whether anyone is actually naming their kid "Lance" in the year 2020. It’s a name that carries a specific kind of baggage that most parents probably want to avoid for their newborns.

Win
Jun 10, 2020
#17457
Big CatBig Cat

Lance Armstrong single-handedly ruined the name 'Lance' for babies

I think Lance Armstrong probably killed the name Lance. Yeah, you know babies named Lance? Yes, yes. Lance is not a little kid's name. I feel like you name a fucking—that's the kid that you're like, I'm going to wait until I meet it and know its personality and it turns out to be real asshole.

Social Security Administration data shows the name 'Lance' has seen a steady decline in popularity since the late 90s/early 2000s.

Hot Seat/Cool Throne featured a heavy dose of Jameis Winston, who is currently undergoing a complete rebranding as a workout warrior and, apparently, a future Canton resident. While Jameis is busy convincing history that he’s one of the greatest to ever do it, Big Cat is more focused on the tape of Jameis in the boxing ring.

Loss
Big CatBig Cat

Jameis Winston will be a Hall of Fame quarterback

Jameis Winston has told himself that he is one of the best quarterbacks... 'I know what I'm worth and I know day in and day out without publicly coming in and saying it that historically I'm one of the best quarterbacks to play the game'... According to history, Jameis is a Hall of Fame quarterback... I'm on the right side of history. Jameis Winston is going to be a Hall of Famer.

PredictionFootballHotSarcastic
Winston's career trajectory as a backup/bridge starter makes a Hall of Fame induction highly unlikely.
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Big CatBig Cat

I could beat Jameis Winston in a boxing match

Watching him box—I actually think I could beat up Jameis Winston and I'm not a good boxer. Wow. He looks like a beginner out there... I hereby challenge Jameis Winston to fight me in Rough N' Rowdy... I'm a wide five-nine. I'm like a chode. My arms are longer than those of a five-nine man... If I fought Jameis Winston straight up, I'd just double leg him and take him down.

The fight never happened, but Winston is a professional athlete who is 6'4" and 230+ lbs, making it highly unlikely Big Cat would win.

On the Cool Throne, PFT is bracing himself for a golf tournament that sounds like a fever dream. If you were looking for the most chaotic broadcast booth possible to welcome sports back into our lives, look no further than this lineup.

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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Watching a golf tournament commentated by Darren Rovell, Danny Kanell, and Dude Perfect is like wishing for sports on a cursed monkey's paw

I saw that sports are coming back indeed in the form of a golf tournament this weekend, but the golf tournament is going to be commentated and narrated by the team of Darren Rovell, Danny Kanell, and Dude Perfect. I don't think you could have designed... I wished on sports to come back but I wished it on a cursed monkey's paw.

The sentiment of the broadcast quality is subjective, though the lineup mentioned was accurate.

Everything culminated in the return of Timm Woods for the latest installment of Dungeons and Dragons. We’re in the thick of a castle siege against Lennithon the Blue Dragon, and the strategies were... vintage PMT. Big Cat spent his turns chucking rocks like a D2 quarterback, while Billy Football decided the best way to handle an ancient, fire-breathing beast was to try and seduce it.

In a shocking turn of events, Billy actually managed to mount the dragon and fly off into the sunset, leaving the rest of the party—and Timm—trying to figure out if we just witnessed a heroic moment or a total disaster. We'll have to wait for the next session to see if Billy is actually the Dragon Whisperer or just about to be a snack.

Next time you feel like you're losing control of your life, just remember Billy Football is currently sky-high on the back of a dragon.

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Void
Jun 10, 2020
#27779
Big CatBig Cat

The biggest Drew Brees controversy is his refusal to acknowledge his grandmother's service

I still think the big controversy there is Drew [Brees] did not acknowledge his grandmother that may have served in other ways while his grandfather was overseas fighting the Nazis. This is kind of par for the course of Drew Brees, just ignoring his female family members.

This is an inherently subjective comedic bit and a recurring show characterization of Brees.
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Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure was as influential to 90s SportsCenter anchors as Step Brothers is to modern ones

I think that Bill and Ted was to Keith Olbermann as like Step Brothers is to Trey Wingo... the mid-90s SportsCenter anchors, they were dropping Bill and Ted references left and right.

This is a subjective analysis of media influence and catchphrase usage in broadcasting.
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The sighting of a white spirit bear in Canada is a sign of good things to come

Cool throne all of us because there was a white spirit bear spotted in Canada, which is a sign of good things to come. Yeah, so cool throne all of us. White bears are here. Yeah, like it's a phenotype of a Grizzly where it has white fur. Hell yeah.

Subjective/Superstitious claim that cannot be proven true or false.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jameis Winston is like a cicada because he is blind and destined to die

Jameis Winston is a cicada. He showed up when he was 17 and he's blind. And then he's gonna die. We all do.

This is a satirical metaphor and cannot be factually evaluated.
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Big CatBig Cat

I will have the greatest gambling season of my life because of clovers in my new yard

I'm moving and I got a little patch of grass, shrubbery at the new place... Talk to the previous tenant, he said if you look close enough, there's a bunch of four-leaf clovers in there. So I'm about to have the greatest gambling season of my life.

Big Cat famously had a rough 2020 football gambling season (specifically with the Bears), contradicting the 'clover luck'.

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