¶ Introducing We Need a Fourth
Well, guys, I am so honored. I am joined today by the absolute... Royalty of golf podcasting. Honestly, royalty of personalities, too, if I'm being fully honest. The co-hosts of We Need a Fourth, Kenny May, Brian Baumgartner, and my boy... Cooper Manning. Boys, welcome. I'm so excited for you guys. I'm so excited for the podcast. Thank you so much. This is great. We've been having a blast. This is the threesome that we didn't know we needed.
in america and then when i tell people that we're doing that you guys are doing this podcast that everybody's very excited you you all love golf to varying degrees explain a little bit about your relationship to golf well first off Well, I would say that Kenny loves golf the most. For sure. I think Kenny loves golf more than Cooper and I love golf combined. He just needs to learn how to play it. He doesn't love me back. Now, I'm a disabled senior, and I...
play way back with those guys from the tip, so keep that in mind. That's not fair. I'm trying to learn. I'm trying to learn. I got a lot more to learn, but I do love the game. You know, I was going to ask you about... uh your hockey team up there in canada and and whether you get distraught i get incredibly competitive when it's over i'm done like it's not it's not like right i don't carry with you
I don't carry the joy or the pain for longer than like 25 seconds. Right. And Coop, Coop, you don't get, you're not very competitive in that way. Like golf for you is a lot of fun. You like to have fun. I mean, you like to bet or whatever, but. I've gotten to the point.
where I do not like playing golf. As much as I love playing golf, I do not like playing golf with people I do not like. And I won't. Someone can invite me on the greatest trip. We're going here, and I'm like, who's going? And if it's a bunch of... Bozos. Koopy is out. I'd rather go play an absolute muni with two guys wearing football jerseys and smoking weed and get a story out of it than...
¶ Golf as Social Meditation
some stiff at you know some fancy schmancy spot well that makes sense and and uh this podcast obviously is is uh you know we need a fourth so it's golf centric but you guys kind of delve into you it's safe to say that you You guys go on tangents that aren't necessarily golf related. And we also get very deep as you interviewed with us. I mean, we talked highlight. We talked.
canadian football we talked about your love of hockey and your love we try to we want the whole person we're peeling back there's nothing left of the fucking onion by the time it's minced and and we break the person down i guess i like the social aspect of it i love that for
that time you're out there there's nothing to do you're not on your phone you don't have a million things coming at you you're just there and you get to kind of shoot the shit and uh and have a good time and that's that's what i like and that's kind of the vibe that you guys have here That's what we're trying to do. I mean, we're looking for a fourth to play golf with, but really we're just looking for a fourth to hang out with. And like you, Will, for me, golf, I don't do yoga.
I know that's surprising to a lot of people. This is, by the way, this is breaking news. That was going to be the name of this show. I don't do yoga. He's more a tight sheet guy. I don't do yoga. But I use golf as meditation 100%. Like you get four hours.
And you're thinking about nothing, you know, not work, not family, not whatever distracts you on your phone. But you're just focusing on putting this little stupid ball into this little stupid hole. And that it totally resets me. But don't you think as a. As a man in the world you live in today, there's rarely a scenario where you're going to spend four hours with three other guys doing something everybody's enjoying. You can't hide from...
getting a read on someone. If you spend four hours playing someone, you're going to find out a lot. Like, is this a good fellow? Do I want to hang around him again? You find out, because you can ask him anything, and it's always fun. I usually learn a lot. Sometimes people don't ask me anything in return. I go like, well, I got that guy figured out, but he doesn't know shit about me. And that's fine, too. I like that.
Well, it's also sort of like, I forget which comic does it. We have the joke here where I'll come home and my wife will ask, so how is so-and-so doing? Is he dating anyone? I don't know. He had an 82. He had a good day. Yeah. Kenny, that is so funny you say. My buddy, I don't play golf with anybody more than I do with our pal Jason Bateman. JB. JB, Jakey Bates. And his wife, she'll double back.
on me we'll play and then we'll have dinner that night and she goes what Jason didn't tell me any of the stuff that you're telling me I asked him and and he didn't she goes what do you guys talk about I go I don't know We're just shooting the breeze. Yeah, next shot. Ribbing each other. Having a laugh about something. But you don't get too deep. It's not like...
You know, we don't tee off and go and start walking and go, hey, man, you know, I'm really depressed. It doesn't make for a great day. Things are not good at home. Should I get eight or seven? Exactly.
¶ Hilarious Golf Course Mishaps
Mark, our producer, should be noted, is a stick. He's a very good golfer. I've played with him many times over the years. And he reminded me of a story one time we were playing years ago in New Jersey, which, Coop, I know you like. 30 years ago. I can almost just stop there. In New Jersey. I can almost just stop there, right? This is like 10, 15 years ago in New Jersey. Mark and me and Chris Pratt, TV and Films Chris Pratt, who we adore. Hilarious guy. Great guy. Funniest dude in the room.
And Pratt, about the second or third hole, I forget what it was, has a shot, and he's like, oof. I threw my back out. And he says, I'm going to go in. We're like, you guys keep going. I'm just going to go in and let me just go deal in. I'll see you guys later. So Mark and I continue to play. We play a full 18. We're coming in.
And it's kind of like twilight. We're coming into 18. And just behind the 18th green, we see this thing, this being lying on the ground with his knees up. And it's Pratt. And he's been waiting there for hours for us to come in. Lying on the grass just beyond 18. By the way, we drove him back because we were his ride to the city. We drove him back here to New York City. He gets out of the car bent over.
And he walked in and he's like, see you, man, that was a great date. Fully bent over. I love when people get hurt. I don't know why. Pain in a grown man. I saw a guy kill a goose once. I saw a guy off a tee at Dyker out. And out of Brooklyn, off the tee, this guy was a terrible golfer, and he hit a goose and he killed it. I had two clients one time I was playing with, and one guy was up ahead in the bunker kind of trying to figure out something, and someone just absolutely hit this.
shin high two iron right in the lower back and the guy went oh you know goes down and those two started getting in a fight and i just said you know i just laughed my face off by the way you just said i love when someone gets hurt That's the headline. Doing something they're supposed to be doing. Well, that's why you guys both ridicule me for the leg brace. I got to ruin. Will doesn't know this. I got a wrecked ankle from football way back when. So I wear this leg device that lets me.
me do stuff with no pain these guys and jb the jasoner those yeah they killed me for it's like Okay, let's go make fun of wheelchair people next, guys. Fuck you. You carry it around like you're carrying an urn of your dead uncle. Yeah, with a dead ankle. Yeah.
¶ Podcast Launch and Schedule
So, guys, listen, we're really excited about we need a fourth. This is going to be a lot of fun. When does it drop? September 15th. September 15th is a drop date. Thank you, Bomber. This is our only promotion. Every Monday. Every Monday. Dropping two on the 15th, so there'll be two there if you're listening to this on the 16th. Dropping a deuce on the 15th. Deuce on the 15th. JB. Let's reword that. I don't think it's going to give us the best. Deuce on the 15th.
the 15th. Fantastic. We need a fourth. Brian Baumgartner, Kenny Main, Cooper Manning. Guys, couldn't be more excited. Psych for you guys and can't wait to listen. Thanks so much, man. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Me.