Laces In Podcast: Episode 15

that year. So we're gonna go back in the year two thousand sixteen. First off, does anyone have a favorite your own personal favorite movie, favorite TV show, favorite moment of that's like really broad or any favorite moment favorite TV show at Brooklyn on the Plane and Blue Bloods. But I gotta catch that after because it's like a Friday night. I think they've blamed out. But Tom Selick, yeah,

he's o g you know what I'm saying. You remember Magnum p I probably not before your time, before my time? Well what about you, alex Um? TV shows is just like the classic you know, Thrones of Game, Thrones of Games, and probably we'll touch on Game of Thrones in um and then um, what's the other one? Shameless? Shameless? Yeah, well this show didn't come out in two thousands sixteen, but I watched in two thousand sixteen, so I'm going to bring it up. A Wire, tremendous show that for years.

Have you seen it? Have you seen the Wire? Alright? Alright, you give shooting bullets at me at our president Neil Glad he's Netflix, and he tells me that you can jump on all these shows and catch up and hurry, like if you got a cross country trip sometimes like going to San Francisco, you just you know, put that in and load him up and rock and roll and you can get caught up in a hurry. Favorite movie was actually something I saw the other night. I think

it was Christmas night. And this I don't even know if it came out in two thousand and sixteen. The Intern with Robert de Niro. He is tremendous actor. I was talking to about this, uh with Bart Scott the other day. Oh my god, he's the depth of his acting ability knows no boundary. And Anne Hathaway is pretty good herself. Tremendous movie. The interne All right, what have you seen it? I've not seen it in full fell asleep watching it on the couch. He's funny, is mannerisms,

the way he rex, he's a funny guy. He's I mean, you've seen the comedy before and Meet the Fockers, and I mean that was a that was a good movie too, not as good as Meet the Parents. But can you guess the high is grossing movie of the first thing that comes? And I had his Durrassic Park. Durassic Park, I mean Durrassic World World. No that, I don't think any of you are going to get it. Do you have a guess? No Captain America Civil War with stupid

with one point one billion dollars. Number two is Finding Dory. Number three was Utopia, another animated movie, animated movies. No Captain America is not. It's not that people, it's people. Scarlett Johansson's in that. The only reason why I know that is because all my way to work today on the radio, the radio station said that scar Joe made the most money out of any actress in So that there's a little fun nugget for you. But all three of those movies were bad. You've seen all three of

those movies. You said you think Finding Dory is a bad movie. It was horrible compared to Finding Nemo is so bad. I watched it on the plane on the way. That's one of those games we want to what's it about? Is the kids movie? Have you seen Finding Nemo? He's everything Finding Nemo. I've seen Rocky Star Wars, the Rocky movies. I love the Rocky movies. Fun fact, I learned that It's a Wonderful Life is my dad's favorite Christmas movie. The day, the day that we did the podcast last week,

I go home my pop on the tv. It's a Wonderful Life, comes on you come, you come from good roots. Did you watch it or you probably changed? It was midway through. I felt I felt like I was doing a disservice to myself picking up midway through. So instead I watched some some sports. I don't remember what though. Obviously it wasn't great. Obviously it was great. Have you seen the movie Deadpool? Alex? Of course, No, it's Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds. Is it funny? It was really funny. I

liked it. Deadpool became the second highest grossing R rated domestic film of all time this year number one. I think I enjoyed it. Passion the Christ. The Passion the Christ did not come out this year. You didn't hear what I said. That became the second highest grossing al rated domestic It was actually so it's literally so depressing Christ. Yeah two four lbs? Yeah together? Are you guys scary movie people love? Do you like scary movies? Don't know?

I love watching them by myself to what is wrong with You? Blair Witch projects. Wait that was a big one of my Wait wait, but are you the scary Because there are two kinds of scary movie people. There's the one. There's one which is like the thriller, scary, loud noise, and then there's the psychological act like the psychological one. Okay, don't I don't like either. So you know the movie The Purge and the premise of it.

Have you ever heard about my friend? My friend is terrified of the movie The Purge because he's scared that that's going to rest. It's more realistic than let's say, being in a haunted house or something like at but best scary movie of don't Breathe. It's about breaking into this blind this blind man's house. And I'm writing it down.

Don't Breathe. Okay, so fun fun story about this movie Don't Breathe is I'm not a big scary movie person, but my friend loves I'll only go if it's with my other friend that It's like, it's like a tradition. We watched a scary movie of years just once and this year was Don't Breathe. And my friend buys the tickets and I'm online to to get like you know, popcorn whatever, and he says he starts laughing hysterically. I'm like, well, what's going on here? Like why are you laughing so hard?

He goes, oh, no, no, no, no reason. You'll know. You'll know. I'll tell you later. After the we go okay, we sit down in the seats it's like the leather seats, the reclining chair, and I'm like, wow, this is pretty nice. He starts cracking up. I'm like, what is so funny? Then obviously, the the preview comes on and it's like, please silence your cell phone, don't be that don't be that person. And then all of a sudden, I feel my phone buzz in my pocket, like, oh my god,

what's going on? All right, I click it. My phone's never vibrate. I take out my phone, like, wait a minute, my phone's not on vibrate. The whole seats were shaking. So this movie every scary part. Every time like you're in a quiet in the movie the actor or actress is in a quiet room breathing, you feel it in the seats. It's like a It's like, I don't understand that. Yeah, I never. I don't know it was. It was a

random theater in Times Square that you know. We met up halfway and it was like every time you heard a deep breath or something, the seat would shake, like like an amusement park. And it made it twice as scary for me. But it's a really good movie and it's I would highly recommend it to both of you,

even though you don't like scary movies. Now, moving on to music real quick, because yeah, I'm sure you've listened to all He's one of my favorites three years old, and yes, I have listened to George Michael For the record, my favorite song is Faith. I just listened to it. This. What's your favorite song? Yeah, not my favorite, George Michael Soft not my favorite song of all. Time. I don't think I have one, but I did listen to George Michael Wham albums at the place. My dad played me

a Wam song this weekend. Yeah, we're driving up to Boston and he wanted to wanted to do a little honorary thing. Put on some Wham all right, and then the song waked me up. Before you Go goes And I've been stuck in my head for the past five days. But can you guess there's more? I guess. Yeah, you can guess too, But can you guess the number one song of ten so far? It's something from Taylor Swift guaranteed? Well,

Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift. Yes, give me five, give me five songs options, and I'll give you I'll tell you the answer. Do you want me to tell you five Taylor Swift options? Want to throw out five songs? Whatever songs and you probably can't too good? Sorry by Justin Bieber. That was a good one, but they overplayed it. Don't let me own chain Smokers? How does that go? That's not it? I Took a Pill and a Bisa by my Posner, One Dance by Drake or yep Panda by Designer.

Those are these How does the Drake song go I need a one day like that? That fine, it's a Drake popular. It's crazy. Drake is now dating Jennifer Lopez. Apparently that's like this baby rumor on the that he went from Rihanna to Jennifer Lopez and their seventeen years apart, they posted matching Instagram photos. Wait, does that mean Jlo broke up with her backup danswer, boyfriend, I don't know. That's a good question for you. I don't know. I

just saw Longer than Her. That's a good movie with Jlo, Matthew McConaughey and something that was like the Wedding something but wedding singer planner that one. What's your favorite movie of all time? Really favorite movie of all time? Yeah, like one that just comes to the top of the mind. I saw Gladiated for the first time this weekend. Brave Hearts really close to man one of my time, all right, you know, I love Remember the Titans. I was like, that's a good one too. Is that the best sports

movie of all time? What? Remember the Titans? Oh? No, I asked you this, you said, Um, I don't about the wrestler. No, Well, what was it called? Yeah, um, it was about the wrestler and Matthew Modine. Did you ever looked at u? Yeah? Yeah, the scene, the six minute scene. I did watch it like that. I did like it. I did like it. It was it was older than I had anticipated. Movie was called Vision Quest, Vision Quest. Dang it? Yeah, okay, you got a favorite.

We don't do sports movies because we asked that already, but I know, so we circled back. We gotta circle back on this. Talked about Game of Thrones earlier before the sixteen According to Esquire Sexiest Woman Alive, Amelia Clark, I've never heard of before, I never heard of Felici. Oh my god, do you not watch the show? I've never seen an episode of Game of Thrones? Why? Like?

Why not? I was catching up on other shows that I felt were Game of Thrones on the list, but I had to go Sopranos breaking back the fact that you have you have you seen all of Sopranos? Yeah, these are the ones that I have watched the first episode of it, the Violet on the plane. Did you and what do you think of what Sopranos? You've never watched Sopranos you have watched it. I just never He's

never watched like Star to Finish. Oh, my lord, George R. R. Martin, a Jets fan Game of Thrones author, do you watch Game of Thrones? Okay? Alright, so so okay, as the first most crap as you give me with movies? Have you ever seen the show? Rady Donovan? Like, I keep on coming back. That's on the list as well. Oh, it should be number one. I just finished Friday at Light, so I need a new show and then it'll be Ray Donovan. How about that. I don't know if I'm

gonna like Game of Thrones. To be honest with you, well, I don't think I like the whole. I can't tell. I can't tell random things, like random things over the place you are. I'd like to think I have a variety like Robert de Niro. The A four mentioned Robert de Niro? Did you just drop your name in the same sentence of Robert? Did you guys have the same city is home? Those are the only peril? And okay that's fair. If you're down and try, Becca, maybe you'll

see them. Yeah. I actually passed Christopher Lloyd once in my neighborhood. Yeah, you know who that is? Alex Yes, they do. Yeah. Movie in a Million, Okay, back to the future, the doc. You know DC Brown's great movie. Great movie anyway, can you guess e A? And then we talked about that. We may have talked about this. Can you guess who people name the sexiest man alive? Don't we talked about before? I don't even remember close? Yes, yeah, COVID the fact that he was named sexiest man Alive

as a travesty. I would like to know who votes and who votes on this crap because this is this crap. Yeah, because he's not the second he's not even closed. But maybe you I'll go tell him that. I'll probably he'll probably flick me away as sexy as a rock? Do you know where? He played a couch football the Miami and he tells everyone In every show and movie he plays and he plays like an X Miami football player? Have you noticed that? Excepting The Greatest Movie of All Time? Past?

But he plays an FBI agent. He does it in that HBO show What Fallers. He's ye, that show is awful. Yeah, it's really bad. I'm really not. The first season was good and then it's just Scott Worse. So Ballers is a show I'm very I'm not very particular with shows and movies like and all and entertainment, but Ballers I could not finish, Like I could not finish the second season because it was just it was trying to be a cool version of Entourage, like a sports version of Entourage,

and Entourage is in a world of its own. It is what's that? What's that side? You didn't think it was funny? Like that's one of the shows that you can just watch any episode it's funny. Yeah, I mean the character and Jeremy Piven is just tremendously talented. That right, agreed everyone? Um? Then after that, I don't know, I don't you listen, I get it, you know, I get it. I get what they were trying to do, just Entourage or Ballers Entourage. I didn't think there was a lot

of depth there, but maybe there wasn't. I don't think. I don't think there was a lot of it. There wasn't a first of all, I don't know what you're trying to say. I can feel I can feel you stereotype in here right now? What's up with this negative stigma? Yeah? Okay, not at all strat life girl that I srat. No, you were in one, uh the Greek life. Here we go anyway. Entourage is a show that was driven by Jeremy Piven's character are a Gold later in the season.

The first couple seasons, I would say are more. What do you think about the movie? You're a big movie? It wasn't good. It was a long episode. Did you like the Ronda Rosie? Uh? Just to take care of that. The movie the movie was were The movie was two cameo based which is what which was the end of the show, And in the end of the show the cameos are pretty good and then it just gets to be too much. So I thought the movie was okay. But moving on to sports top sports moment, do you

have a favorite? Before I read off, what the couple for Alex Tromo Except for cutes basketball playing over their heads and got into the bottle four that was cool, but other than that nothing else. No, no, wait, hold on, I'm also forgetting about Iowa. But I went to the rose ball that much. They got destroyed, but it was still a pretty yeah, so there you go. Okay, yeah you're still thinking over there? You want me to jog the memory. Well, I'm thinking, Uh, the NBA Finals is

a classic. I mean Kyrie Urban and drilling a three late to win a Golden State, coming back from three one deficit for the Cavaliers, Bron Bron bringing it home, Uh, making believe land right believed. There was the epic college basketball game National Championship between Villanova and North Carolina, which I honestly I fell asleep in the second half, so I did not watch. It's very difficult for me to claim that was the best sports moment when I didn't

watch it. Now, the Cubs winning the World Series will ultimately win all your awards, because if you go a drought that long and then you finally break the curse the Billy go Um, obviously that's could win all the awards. I didn't really get into the World Series too much when we were in Cleveland. Uh played that Browns that weekend that was the World Series, and we got a chance to watch a little bit of the Indians playing

the Cubs and they took that three one leads. So you feel bad for Cleveland, but they got their championship, right, I got their championship. Elan Brown, I don't know I'd have to say, um, a non Jets favorite sports moment. I guess was Game seven be a championship one. That one of the moments that our producer Jason Vine was talking about that came up in the top ten is

d Gordon's home run. He was the first batter to play as Miami Marlin after Jose Fernandez passed away and he crushed on over the right field wall, and that was. That was a big moment. That was I'd say that's probably the coolest individual moment, right And you know, you'll see the lebron swat of Andre Guadala, You'll see the Kyrie hitting the shot to essentially win the championship for the Cavaliers. But I think the d Gordon home run

Trump's all in the villa. That was. That's up there, and everything we talked about is gonna be up there. There's no and well, I think you know, every year you can make the case every year is a good year in sports. I don't have the top ten moments, but there's always dominant performance. In the Super Bowl, I didn't think the game was epic, and I mean you could say Kobe Bryant have any sixty in his last game, and in the NBA that's something you don't mind. He

took a hundred shots. I mean, did you if you watch the game, he saw they were forced feeding him. And how was the defense being played by the Utah j Is. They didn't care. There were a couple of shots out. I don't know. If there was an epic moments, I don't know. I wouldn't consider it epic, but I would consider putting it in the top ten. That's his final game. He goes out with sixty. That's pretty impressive. The NBA has gotta feel very good gold era right now.

They're gonna have the trilogy here as the Cavaliers in Golden State. We're gonna wait a few months before that happens. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and I same fraternity. Oh yeah, there you go. And you both wear glasses, and we both wear glasses. What would you look at that? Hopefully I keep my hair a little longer. So he's a syricuse guy. Definitely, not, definitely. Not. Where do you go to school? That's a good question. I'm not sure where.

West Welker another another fraternity brother of mine. He happened to go to Texas Tech. But brother, yeah, we won't hold it against you. Pell. Thanks. You know, people say West Welker and I have similar similar traits on the football field. Yeah you think bad man? Huh you think you're a bad man? What you're telling me? No, no, no, no, I'm not. I'm gonna I'm gonna keep quiet for now. We'll we'll get on the field at some point and then well, and then I'll let the cleats do the talking.

That's all that matters. Johno's laughing. John. If you if you can guard me, I'll pay a month's rent. How about that? Because I have so much to say, but I can't say it. So how about the next time. How about this, If you can guard me, I will pay one month's rent. Deal. I'm in the best shape of my life. I have a six pack right now, let's go. That's great. I guarantee how many you know I'm crushing the miles on the treadmill right now. You can't.

You can't crush this running like a right. Bring the medic. We'll bring the medic. We'll bring what's name John Melody, He'll be he'll be on the sideline. The staff here. Thank you. I'm just making sure that I was getting the name right. So we'll have him on the sideline. Melody went to buy, Oh, yeah, we'll have the nutritionists. Yeah, he's gonna give us our gatorade and make sure we're all fuel ready to go. Well, whatever, whatever makes you feel like you're at the top of your game. I

noticed that they're taking collagen. They take like collagen jello shots down there. Apparently it's really good for your muscle memory and like stuff like that. I stole one. I was like, I need memory, Okay, all right. Obviously Week seventeen Jets Bills that Life Stadium. It's real quick. What's one thing that each of you are looking at this? You know, you evaluate this game. It's been a roller coaster your both teams bills this week. Let go of

Rex and Rob Ryan Tyrod Taylor starting QB bench. In a business decision, E J Manuel coming up supposed starter for the Buffalo Bills. What is one thing for this Jets team that would like to see them finish out

in six years? Wrote about Divin Smith. So here's a guy who's been acting the last couple of weeks and made a couple of contributions Special teams very nearly had his first touchdown in two thousand sixteen season Baul slipped through his hands there Fitzpatrick passed and the fourth quarter against the Patriots. But he's a guy who and you wrote about it, Ethan, he's a guy who's uh the

treasury and every opportunity he has right now. Because it's been a tough year for Donnas Smith after Turians a c l in December two thousand and fifteen, starting camp on the Pop Active list, then starting the year on the Pop list and waiting to be activated. Being patient with that. He's been flashing on special teams, um and maybe he can make a couple of contributions offensively. The other thing to watch offensively is that the Jets running backs are banged up right now, not only as Matt

fourte banged up. Bla Paula is as well. So does that mean guy like Brandon Wilds comes in here and gets a lot of work here in the final week of the season. But overall, you would just like to close the year out, um with with on a positive note or begin the new year. In football terms, this

is really the closest the year a g have. We had a special team's touchdown on That's what I'm hoping we got because that would be nice, just something explosive and fun to watch, maybe like a little Rontes Miles action or little Rontes Miles block. Put boy, my boy. Rontes Miles was freestyling the other I'd like to see. I don't know who's gonna be returning kicks on Sunday. Maybe Jalen. I don't know, he's had Probably Nick probably still Neck Marshall. Both had to go of it lately.

Nick did not. He was not fielding punts yesterday. He was Who was? Marcus Williams was screen was and jal was yesterday From my desk, I was like, that's interesting from from the judge machine. Yeah yeah, No, I'm talking about like at the media portion, who was field Jalen? Jalen was one. I don't know. I don't know if Nick Marshall was held out because because last week he was sick. I hope is not upset of beats Oil State. Oh. Speaking of which, speaking of which, the pick ms, I

almost forgotten yourself out of the show. I almost forgot No, no, no no, I got excited. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm just excited. To see how the younger guys perform on Sunday. And that sounds kind of cop out ish, but I kind of have my eyes on a couple of people because yesterday quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said that some younger guys may get some more opportunities. I'm looking to see maybe if Jalen Marshall gets more crack at at the receiver position.

And because Tehron peak and Jalen went down with a concussion a couple of weeks ago, and I don't think he's been active on game day since, so I'd like to see him get some time at at at risk the outside and the inside, but at receiver and about defensively what you got defensively. I'm just curious to see how from a veteran's perspective, You and Bart Scott talked about this in your film room pieces Mohammed Wilkerson, I think that Bart was saying that he's getting some more

strength back in the ankle. I'd like to see if that carries over to this week's seventeen game. Remember last year, almost a year to date, he broke his leg against the Bills in Buffalo. But d J. Manuel is a mobile but he's no Tyrod Teller. More of it will be more of a stationary target than Tyrod, even though we can get out move. So yes, that is an encouraging sign. I know it's been a tough fear all the way around, but it does look like Mohammed it's

starting to feel better. And that was outstanding film reviewed by Bart by the way, So i'd like to I'm curious to see how just how everyone plays. Really. It sounds kind of cliche, but well, Brandon gave him some compliments the other day. It looks like two games he's been performing pretty well. Brandon Shell, according to Pro Football Focus, has gone eighty two consecutive staff without a pass pressure, which is a pretty staggering statistic. I don't know how

that's I don't know how that was coming upon. I don't know how that came to be, but that is that is the statistic. Now we get to move to the pics. This past week Winner Winner Chicken Dinner Alex Jaimo three and one, New York Giants, Houston, Texas, Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys. Yeah, you went to and two, I went one in three? What else is new this week? We only got three games. We only got three games because there's no overall chology three one one, So overall,

there's no Thursday night football this week. There's no Sunday Night. There's no Monday night football this week. Excuse me? So I got me sunway from the college games. Okay, I got Sunday Night football and the two college games get to a Greeny. Let's go Sunday Night football, green Bay visiting Detroit Lions. This is for the North title. Do both teams make the playoffs regardless? I don't believe so. Or this is a win and you're in and I

don't think right. I think it's a win in your in situation for green Bay, for either team, for both. Detroit's had a really nice year. It is hard pick against Aaron Rodgers at this point. As green Bay it's kind of turned the tide other season. I would say Packers on the road and in a tough game. I wouldn't be surprised if they had to come from behind, but it be tough. That would be a big win for Stafford if you pull that off. What about you? Yeah, No,

I'm gonna go with Aaron Rodgers. Isn't Stafford still hurt? A little bit too. He has the funniest glove in the NFL. I don't know if you've seen this. He's heard his finger so the only he has a glove that all the fingers are cut off except for the middle finger, which is hurt. And that's what he's throwing with. He's been slinging it though. He's had a great year. I like Golden Tate a lot. Golden Tate. Golden Tate today came out with a Jerry McGuire skit and it's

both him as Rob Tidwell and Tom Cruise. Jerry McGuire and what do you say? What was the word before said? Well, Rob wasn't a Rod Rod Rod Rod Rod Tidwell. Yeah. I have seen the movie for the record, College football Playoff, favorite time of year. He's I'm excited for Saturday. Give me the Huskies in an upset of monsters. Upset Chris Peterson.

That's right. You both won't pick Alabama, so you can write that down and then in Alabama and then give me, give me Iowa to give me, give me, give me Clemson, give me Clemson because Deshaun Watson will make enough place. Um, I have no faith in that pick and the Washington Pick assists with my heart you you all the Washington train all year. When I grew up in Buffalo about thirty five years ago, there was a guy by the name of Cleveland Harris. His nickname was Chick. He was

the Buffalo Bill's running backs coach. She left three or four houses down from us in the Orchard Park, New York. He uh, we used to go over his house because young kids things like that. Well, Chick who went a long term, a longtime career in the National Football He was more than a thirty year coaching assistant. He um attended school at the University of Washington. So it was a kid is big football fan. I was big. I

was always caught off. He had all the memorabilia on the walls and trophies from bowls and all the sorts of stuff. So um, yeah, I do. I do have some affection towards the Huskies. And I like dogs, so I like dogs. And another thing is Alabama. What is it four and seven? And I love Marty Lions, and I like a lot of people come out of Alabama, like Greg McElroy, What a gentleman. What are the stute guys doing great? As far as being a college football

analyst right now, um really enjoyed it. And our boy James Carpenter. Yeah, big car, I mean a football factory. So many guys coming out and things like that. They want so much. Let's just get somebody else in. Okay, all right, Yeah, I just think I'll keep winning. Last question before we before you call it an episode here. Any New Year's plans um, No, considering we have to be at MetLife Stadium at the crack of dawn. No New Year's New Year's dinner. You could do a New

Year's eat dinner. Probably just gonna watch the games a little bit wherever I am. I watched the games a little bit, the first games, the three second game, like seven whatever. Yeah, watch myself on jellous. Okay, alright, alright, what's Jet Life this week? Yeah, it's gonna you know, it's gonna close out the ball dropping right right. I think it ends like right before the ball crazy time, overrated holiday. We're coming for you next week. That's again,

Week seventeen. Jets Bills one one o'clock that Life Stadium. He picked the Huskies. I picked the dogs. The pack. Chris Peterson tremendous coach. And that's how to prepare too. I know it saves a legend. Don't got anything away from Nick or anything. They do their Obama, But somehow, some way, the Dogs will march to the National Championship game. Unlikely and improbable, yet it will happen. And that's how we closed out