Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Type in media.
It's time. Time for the burning river sportscast. We are live at the 12th annual park. At the park, presented by top dog tailgate. We'll be trying, like, not to adopt any dogs and talking to fans all afternoon about, what else? The Browns. And we'll break it all down for you next on the burning river sportscast.
[00:00:46] Speaker B: I mean, it's loud, it's noisy, it's smelly. I mean, that's the inherent nature of kennels.
[00:00:50] Speaker C: Are you talking about the Muni lot or are you talking about both?
[00:00:54] Speaker D: Both.
[00:00:54] Speaker B: They're both.
[00:00:56] Speaker E: All these championships, eleven for women, six for the men. And every time I go visit my family in Connecticut, no one cares about anything. The Browns win two games in a row. They want to have a parade.
[00:01:09] Speaker A: That's right.
[00:01:10] Speaker E: It's amazing. We have. We have a better dental plan than most people in Pittsburgh, but the food's very similar.
[00:01:16] Speaker D: I'm in Cincy. I'm having a blast. And they have tail. The tailgates down there are kind of crazy. It's under a bridge, which bangles. You know, that's where they belong, under a bridge.
[00:01:27] Speaker C: But that sounds about right.
[00:01:28] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:01:34] Speaker A: Welcome into the Burning river sports cast, presented by the fine folks at tap in media. I'm Kenny Thunder, seated beside Dean Malenko's personal trainer and ex lover. Read out ronnie jams. We are sans bone today as the bone man is terrified of canines, you know? Cause bones.
[00:01:49] Speaker C: Yeah.
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Keep adding to it. I feel like we should put something like dog related for.
[00:02:35] Speaker A: We need some dog things. We need some toddler clothes as well. Cause I was looking for stuff for baby Kenny, and we got nothing.
[00:02:41] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:02:43] Speaker A: We just gotta update the shop.
[00:02:45] Speaker C: Yeah, we gotta update the shop. And on today's show, here is what you can expect. We're here with the top dog tailgate at the 12th annual bark in the park in Berea, Ohio. We're here to support city dogs, Cleveland. There's dogs here that people can take home, and I know they will because these dogs are cute as hell.
[00:03:01] Speaker A: I'm gonna try not to.
[00:03:03] Speaker C: You guys are definitely getting a dog.
[00:03:04] Speaker A: We already have a dog.
[00:03:05] Speaker C: You're gonna get another one.
[00:03:07] Speaker A: So mad.
[00:03:09] Speaker C: Yeah. But being that we are here on site, we will spend the entire episode today interviewing. Some of the organizers of the event will be interviewing Browns fans that are joining the festivities. It's just going to be very casual today. Kind of get people's takes on the browns and on the event cash.
Oh, but we do have. We do have one other really big announcement.
[00:03:30] Speaker A: One big announcement.
[00:03:32] Speaker C: As you can see in front of me here is a football. And as you can see, it's wrapped in plastic and it has a signature on it. And there's a reason for that. Since we're doing this event with dogs, and we're all a faithful part of the dog pound dogs, in honor of the biggest dog we've ever seen step foot on a football field, we are launching our Nick Chubb autographed football giveaway.
[00:03:54] Speaker E: Hell, yes.
[00:03:54] Speaker C: That's right.
So stop, sit.
Listen closely. We're about to run you through a full course training on why burning river sportscast is the best damn browns pod in the land. And maybe if you're lucky, if you're real lucky, we'll reward you with a nice belly rub.
And with that, let's kick things off with an interview with city dogs, Cleveland.
[00:04:16] Speaker D: Dope.
[00:04:27] Speaker A: All right, so we are here today at the bark in the park. We have Beth from city Dogs Cleveland. Beth, how are you today?
[00:04:34] Speaker B: Oh, I'm good.
[00:04:34] Speaker A: How are you guys hanging in there?
[00:04:36] Speaker C: Good, good. And so, yeah, so tell us a little bit about your organization. Obviously, you're like you said, you're with city dogs Cleveland. What does city dogs Cleveland do?
[00:04:46] Speaker B: So, city Dogs Cleveland is the adoption program of the Cleveland kennel, also known as Cleveland Animal Care and Control. So we try to find you your new best friend, dogs that are from the streets of Cleveland.
[00:04:57] Speaker C: Awesome. Awesome. And so how long have you guys been around?
[00:05:00] Speaker B: So the city dog program is actually ten years old this year, so we're having our holidays or birthday celebration, and our friends of city dogs Cleveland is the official nonprofit for the kennel. And so we raise money to help with canine enrichment, medical needs and the volunteer programs.
[00:05:18] Speaker C: Great. And so I know you said you guys are about ten years old. This is, even though this is the 12th annual bark in the park. I know he was involved. It's been involved with other charities in the past. But has this become kind of a highlight for you guys on your schedule every year?
[00:05:32] Speaker B: Yeah. Eric from top Dog tailgate has been a great supporter of ours over the years. We've done tailgating downtown on game days. Obviously, we've come here and have different cookouts with him. Mac Vermont. He's a great supporter and he loves the dogs.
[00:05:47] Speaker A: And as we understand, there are dogs on their way here today, correct?
[00:05:50] Speaker B: This is correct. We will have a few adoptable dogs available here shortly so that everybody can meet them and hopefully either adopt, support, spread the word about the dog.
[00:06:00] Speaker C: I don't think you're gonna have a problem.
You bring dogs to events like this. People love dogs. They're going home. They're gonna find their new homes.
What now? So do you have any other events that are coming up as well?
[00:06:11] Speaker B: Absolutely. Our fifth annual five k is going to be on June 22. And that will be at Edgewater park up on the shores of Lake Erie. You can visit friendsofcitydogscleveland.com is our website to get registration information. You can also visit. We're on all the socials. So friends of city dogs and city dogs Cleveland. We are on all the socials. You can find more information there.
[00:06:32] Speaker C: I know we follow city dogs Cleveland, but I have to follow friends of city Dogs Cleveland. And also I will put a bunch of that information in our show notes. That way anybody that's interested, go ahead and check those and you'll be able to see what she's talking about. And check out all of their upcoming events.
[00:06:48] Speaker A: Do you have, sorry, I know, going off script a little bit here. Do you know, like how many dogs like you service or support or help, like each year? Like as far as the size of the organization and the effort each year.
[00:06:59] Speaker B: So the kennel is owned by the city of Cleveland. So we are part of the safety department. We are all volunteers here today, but we support them. And they pick up all the dogs from Cleveland proper. So this is not the county, this is not northeast Ohio. It's just from Cleveland. Our animal control officers, acos, they are out and about 365 picking up dogs. These dogs then end up, some of them get returned to their owners. Some of them end up coming and being available for adoption. They get about approximately 5000 animals per year. Wow. We adopt them out directly to the public. We are a municipal shelter, which means they are open intake. They cannot turn dogs away. So some rescues can say, oh, we're full, we can't take any more. The kennel can't do that. So if a dog is losing, they have to bring it in.
[00:07:46] Speaker A: That's why it's so important for Divelk today to have these dogs adopted out by their forever home.
[00:07:50] Speaker D: Right?
[00:07:51] Speaker F: Yes.
[00:07:51] Speaker B: So microchip your dogs, register your dogs so that if they do get lost, whatever city you live in, hopefully they can get returned to you.
[00:07:57] Speaker C: And I do want to point out, just, you know, like you said, working with the city of Cleveland and everything, it's a great service that you guys are doing on the front end as well. You know, bringing these dogs in, helping them potentially find their owners that are already out there looking for them, but then if you can't, then trying to re home them. So this is kind of a step further than a lot of other shelters take, it seems like.
[00:08:19] Speaker B: Yeah, we have a wonderful volunteer organization. We're always looking for volunteers to, I mean, we walk dogs 365 days a year. We need people to adopt, to donate to volunteer. We have about 40 dogs right now in foster homes with our volunteers and our event team. We do over 100 events per year all over northeast Ohio, and that's all volunteers that are doing those.
[00:08:43] Speaker A: So fostering is one of those things that seems like has caught on, at least from my eyes, like, recently a lot. Can you talk about, like, what's the general expectation to foster? Is it like two weeks? Is it a month long? Like, what's the it average?
[00:08:56] Speaker B: I mean, once you're a volunteer, we do ask people, you know, if you're able. Dogs that are struggling in the kennel, dogs that need. That would do better in a home. Cause the kennel is a stressful environment. I mean, it's loud, it's noisy, it's smelly. I mean, that's the inherent nature of kennels.
[00:09:10] Speaker C: Are you talking about the munilot or are you talking about.
[00:09:12] Speaker D: Well, both.
[00:09:13] Speaker B: They're both.
And I mean, we do have short. Sometimes we transport dogs to other rescues, maybe out of state. Maybe you do have a short term situation where they need to get out for a couple days before they move on to their next adventure. Maybe we have a medical dog that needs recovery from heartworm treatment. So, I mean, it could be a few weeks, it could be a few months. And obviously, as a foster, you want to be able to help market anything you see on social media that's also run by volunteers. So the bios, the stories, the photos, it's all volunteer driven.
[00:09:47] Speaker A: So if you see that stuff, share it. Get the word out.
[00:09:49] Speaker B: Get the word out. Help us to get these dogs adopted.
[00:09:52] Speaker C: Absolutely. Well, hey, you know, we're super grateful for everything that you do, everything that you guys have done, and everything you continue to do going forward for the city of Cleveland, for our furry friends.
[00:10:03] Speaker A: Everywhere, our canine furries.
[00:10:05] Speaker C: Yeah. So thank you so much for joining us and being on the show, and this is a great event.
We think we're going to make this a yearly thing. It's really fun, and we're looking forward to seeing all of these dogs.
[00:10:16] Speaker B: Well, thank you for having me. And come down to city dogs, Cleveland to find your new best friend.
[00:10:20] Speaker C: Absolutely.
[00:10:21] Speaker A: Thanks so much.
All right, we are now here with Eric from top dog tailgate. Eric, how are you today?
[00:10:36] Speaker E: I'm excited. I'm glad that everyone's here today to help support the dogs and bringing the Browns community together.
[00:10:43] Speaker C: Nice.
[00:10:43] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:10:44] Speaker C: So let's. Let's start this thing off with a brief version of your story before we even get into the actual tailgate. I know you kind of have an interesting story on how you came to Cleveland, so can you go through that a little bit?
[00:10:57] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:10:57] Speaker E: I was born and raised in Connecticut, and my dad was a Browns fan with no ties to Ohio. He was a blue collar worker. He worked at a place called Pratt Whitney, which makes jet engines. So he was blue collared, and he wanted to follow a team that was blue collared like him. So whether it was the giants at one time, or the steelers, which we hate, and he's like, the Browns. And so he picked the Browns. And I've been punished my whole life. So, you know, with good parenting comes with children that like the same team as their parents do. So I've been, you know, tortured my whole life, living in New England, which wins a lot of championships over the last 20 years or so, and I was like, okay, well, I like the same teams my dad does. We like the Browns.
My sister went to case western in zero one, and I was like, well, maybe I should visit my sister. She's in Cleveland. That's my favorite football team. So I would visit her, obviously, on Brown's weekends, make it convenient for myself. I know. As selfish as that sounds, I'm like, okay, see my sister. See the Browns. You know, it's cool. And it was funny because, like, the first tailgate I ever had in my life, I'm driving down western summit and I see these guys with these 55 gallon barrels and campers, and they're hammered. And I'm like, I had nowhere to go. And I drove down to the docks where they don't have any tailgating because the car is like, up in the lake, that's a different story. But driving out west, certain summit, I saw these guys. I'm like, those guys are badass. And now, 20 something years later, I'm under the bridge now, but going back a few steps, visiting my sister for a while, and my sister's like, oh, they got these Browns backers clubs. I'm like, for real? Every town's got them. In every city. I'm like, seriously? And guess what? There was one right outside of Hartford called southern Illingen. Browns backers. So I joined the club, and it was a little hole in the wall.
They get hammered, and we watch him lose. And I'm like, we go to one trip. We go to one trip a year. And that's when I first started going to meet a lot. I'm like, oh, my God, this is like Mecca. No holds barred. And that's when meaty a lot was like 24 hours. Like, we get there on Saturday, get really revved up and messed up, and go to the game on Sunday and probably watch him lose. But, you know, our one trip a year, we go home and then fast forward to 2007. You know, the Cavs were in the playoffs, and I went on eBay and I bought PSLs. Cause the Browns were terrible. I bought psls for like four psls for $500. And from the Browns, they're like 750. So now I've got season tickets. My dad's like, well, you've got to go to every game. I was like, I will. So starting in 2007, I would leave my job at 430 from Hartford, drive 600 miles, end up in Mayfield, giant eagle, sleep in my car, go to the bars on Saturday, watch Ohio State play, get hammered, go drive the menial lot because it was 24 hours sleep there. Then the parking lady would knock on my window, said, okay, time to get up, you know, $20. I'm like, okay, okay. And then I would do the same thing, watch the Browns lose and drive home Monday. But something was different in 2007. They were seven and one at home. I'm like, wait a minute. I got season tickets at the right time. I'm like, dad, this was meant for me. So my dad's like, oh, yeah, I keep going every year. So in 2008, they finished four and twelve and back to the, you know, back to the blues. But I kept driving every. Every game, you know, me and my friends, my friends that I. I would drive to games. And in 2010, I was like, you know, I'm driving and taking days off from work, and it's cold there. If I'm gonna take days off from work, it's gonna be somewhere nice. Palm trees. So I told my boss, I said, hey, boss, you know, I'm gonna put my two weeks in. He's like, for what? I was like, I'm gonna go to Cleveland. He's like, oh, just for the games, right? I'm like, no, forever. He's like, we don't have a job. I was like, it's okay. I'm just gonna move and leave. So, you know, I took 1500 bucks in my season tickets and my browns jumpsuit, and I moved to Berea.
And, you know, the rest is history. The rest is history. You know, you don't have to be from Ohio to like the Browns. But, you know, I think that people in Cleveland, they don't realize what they have. They really, really love sports here in Ohio. Like, I grew up in Yukon. You know, I went to UConn. You know, my sister went to UConn, and they have a basketball dynasty. You know, all these championships, eleven for women, six for the men. And every time I go visit my family in Connecticut, no one cares about anything. The Browns win two games in a row. They want to have a parade.
[00:15:28] Speaker A: That's right.
[00:15:28] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:15:29] Speaker E: It's amazing.
[00:15:29] Speaker C: Yeah, no, and so, yeah, I mean, it's an awesome story.
[00:15:34] Speaker A: And we talk about dedication. You're literally moving across the country for your fans.
[00:15:38] Speaker E: All this for dollar three pair of gloves from Jimmy Haslam. No, I'm just kidding. Thanks for the season ticket gift.
[00:15:45] Speaker C: No, but I mean. And with that obviously, came the evolution of top dog tailgate. So can you tell us how that came about?
[00:15:52] Speaker E: Yeah, so I was a muni forever, and I loved and lived. And, you know, with age comes things like, you know, arthritis and, you know, wisdom weight and things like that.
[00:16:02] Speaker C: Wisdom. Yes.
[00:16:03] Speaker E: So one day I was setting up at the meeting a lot, and my friends and I, and we're like, back then, we had like, 1520 people at some time. Sometimes 80, you know, depends, you know, obviously, home opener's bigger, and, you know, Paul, Bart, rent a cops, they kicked us out one day. He said, no one can stand in here anymore. New rules. I was like, I've been coming here for years. You're not gonna harass me like this. And they said, we're harassing you. Now go screw yourself. I'm not gonna come back. And I'm a man of my word. So I went over to Burke for a while and I was like, eh, you know, it's kind of tame over there, but they do have flushable toilets. You go inside there and they had all the things I liked. You could use charcoal. You have fire pits. Then, you know, just like anything, the rules change. No more fire pits. I'm like, wait a minute. We're three and twelve and we can't have a fire? You're lucky anyone's coming down here at all. And they took away bathroom privileges for some.
No charcoal. And then I was like, I'm getting tired of the games down here. So I went over to East Hamilton in 13th in the middle of nowhere near the FBI building. And that's where Dan, the actual top dog, he contacted me because he had a big tailgate at Burke. He's like, hey, I heard you left. You know? I was like, yeah. He's like, well, why don't we team up? Because I have a big crew and you have a big crew. I was like, all right. So it was like kind of like a forced marriage. I'm like, I don't know this guy, you know, I mean, we're a little bit wilder, you know, for my beanie days, he's, you know, conservative, you know, cheese and, you know, beechwood type of profiling here, you know, cheese and wine. I'm like, let's try and make it work. So we were there for one year in 2016.
And I think that was the year we didn't win a game. You know, maybe one or two years, I think it was. And we were like, we gotta get out of this lot. We can't even see the stadium. This is terrible. And so the summer of that year, we went around two different parking lots. And with the Browns sucking, guess what happens? People give up their seats and people give up their parking. So we found this magical lot right above the pit. It has 34 cars and like nine people, like, gave up their spots. Cause in that lot you have to prepay at the beginning of the year. And so Dan and I looked at each other like, whoa, we can make this work. And so we moved over to Bush is now western summit, top dog tailgate. And we've been there since, like 17, you know.
[00:18:24] Speaker C: Nice, nice. And I know you mentioned, I think you said it was Dan is the top dog.
[00:18:29] Speaker E: Yeah, they call me the ice cube. I mean, I know I look like an iceberg, something overweight. But Gerald McNeil is my favorite player, but he top dog cause he's got the top dog. Gamblers, they call me the cube.
[00:18:39] Speaker C: Have him and Hanford Dixon ever had words?
[00:18:42] Speaker E: I don't know, but we've had, you know, eighties browns at our tailgates before. So we're hoping that the top dog will come down to the top dog. That would be the irony. Be great.
[00:18:51] Speaker C: I think Dan should challenge Hanford Dixon.
[00:18:54] Speaker A: To a race to see who the top dog is.
[00:18:57] Speaker E: I think he would do better. Smashing beers.
[00:19:00] Speaker C: That's fair. We can make it like some sort of Olympics. They could have some, you know, like athletic events, some drinking events.
[00:19:08] Speaker E: Speaking of Olympics, once a year at our tailgate, we do a thing called the flip Cup Olympics. And people are like, what's flip cup? You know, tipsy cup. Comparing what, you know, depending what region you're from, the game where you drink the cup and flip a relay race. But at top dog tailgate, we have the flip Cup Olympics, which is eleven different events. You have left handed. We have flip cup with a chaser, you know, connect four. We have four different cups. You got stack them on top of each other. Flip cup wall got flipped over, dial soap. I mean, we have all sorts of crazy ones. My favorite one's called flip cup perfection. And so if you don't flip it the first time, you gotta refill it. So that can get really nasty. So, you know, with my muni background, I always have that flip cup at every tailgate. So we have flip cup medals for every tailgate. We challenge the opposing teams that come down to our tailgate. Because we invite all fans, except Steelers fans. Cause they can't behave. It's like, I don't want fights and whatever, that we challenge them in flip cup, you know, that's what we do.
[00:20:08] Speaker A: I did not even realize there were that many variations.
[00:20:11] Speaker E: You know, when you go to, when you go to college for seven years, you know, you figure out a few things past the time.
[00:20:17] Speaker C: Are you the real life Van Wilder?
[00:20:20] Speaker E: A little mix of that, little mix of animal house.
But no. Now I gotta calm it down because with the tailgate getting so big, it's like if I get sloshed, I mean, it only goes in the van, the school bus and the ambulance. A certain way. I get hammered. The stuff will never get put away. And we're always in our seat for the national anthem and kickoff. I never miss any of that. With a huge tailgate too. So the people are always late, you know, they're just coming out with excuses.
[00:20:50] Speaker C: No, that's awesome. You know, the flip Cup Olympics sound fantastic.
[00:20:54] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:20:55] Speaker C: Now, for everybody, I will say this. I'm polish.
[00:20:58] Speaker E: Oh, really?
[00:20:58] Speaker C: We did talk about something before you came over here. So a little bit of something that you guys do for every Steelers game. I believe it is.
[00:21:06] Speaker E: Yeah. Because, you know, Steelers. And, you know, I get it. We have. We have a better dental plan than most people in Pittsburgh, but the food's very similar.
[00:21:14] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:21:14] Speaker E: And so for the Steelers game, we do 1500 pierogies by hand and a bunch of paprikash. The one thing about top dog tailgate that people realize now is. Cause it's becoming bigger and bigger is that all the food is made from scratch. So Dan and his perogy buddies, they get the batter, they mix, they have a crimping team, a rolling team. It's a whole process, but everything is made from scratch. Cause the way we look at it is that if we're not gonna win any Super Bowls, at least we eat like champs.
[00:21:44] Speaker A: That's true. We've been notching on stuff all day long.
[00:21:46] Speaker C: It's been fantastic. Yeah, go ahead with the pierogies and the paprikash. I am definitely coming.
[00:21:53] Speaker E: Yeah, you actually come further. The first home game in October is our annual Mac for mutts. And again, we have city dogs there, and it's just like the title, Mac for mutts. And so we have a macaroni and cheese contest, and we have 20 different pans of Mac and cheese. So we have Nick Wilson from the fan. He comes down there and judges. And it's not easy being a judge, because this past year, I was a judge, and after 17th, sample Mac and cheese bowl back in, and they're like this. We have two more coming on the way. I'm like, for real? You know? And people get a little nervous about that, like, about judging. But, hey, listen, you don't have to worry about crapping inside the stadium because you're backed up for about two months, you know, but it's called Mac for months. Their first home game in October, and we gave the proceeds to city dogs.
[00:22:38] Speaker C: And speaking of city dogs, how did you. How did you guys get hooked up with them?
[00:22:41] Speaker E: You know, I emailed and I did a couple rescues before where I said, hey, listen, I'm gonna give you guys $1,500 and some free exposure. And they're like, okay, what do we have to do? I was like, I'll just show up. And they're like, why are you doing this? I was like, well, I want to help somehow. And give back to the community and some rescues. Thought, you know, I have a few schools. Well, you know, maybe that's true. But, you know, what I say is what I do, and I say, we're gonna help you out. And a lot of rescues are real kind of, you know, I don't know. We'll see. And then so she's like, we just show up. And I was like, yeah, oh, yeah, we'll do all the work, and then we'll give you all the money. So when we raise the money, like, for this, I take the costs, whatever it costs, and then whatever people donate minus the cost, and that's what they get left over.
[00:23:25] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:23:26] Speaker E: And so it worked out. She took a chance and said, hey, you know, and we've been doing a partnership with them for the last few years now.
[00:23:34] Speaker C: Great team that they have over there.
[00:23:35] Speaker E: Yeah, yeah.
[00:23:36] Speaker C: And so, yeah, I mean, great that you're working with them.
[00:23:39] Speaker E: Yeah. The dogs. For the dogs.
[00:23:42] Speaker C: Exactly, exactly.
[00:23:43] Speaker E: Okay. I didn't get beer delivered, this service. Yeah, this is not even Uber eats or drinks.
[00:23:49] Speaker A: Your community is here now.
[00:23:51] Speaker E: Yeah, I know.
[00:23:52] Speaker C: So is giving back kind of one of the highlights of what you're able to do with?
[00:23:57] Speaker E: I mean, I know a lot of people. Cause, like, you know, people realize my story is radical and they become my friend and stuff like that. But, you know, I don't want to be a label as a superfan because, you know, those people are about themselves. I'm more about, you know, I go under the radar a little bit, but everyone knows who I am. But, like, I don't need to be in front of the camera or, you know. You know, this is a big deal for me going on podcasts, because it's not about me. It's about the people and relationships. We live in a society where we hide behind fake profiles and this and that and people talking trash, and there's no real social interaction, so having events like this brings people off their keyboards. And in real life, if you got a problem with me or you want to discuss browns, we can come here in person, discuss it like normal people, and we're tailgating for a good cause. So it's about bringing people off the couch and out of their basements into real life situations where they can network and meet other Browns fans. Because, like, let's just face it, when you have a tailgate, usually people are stuck in their tailgate regimens. I get it. But now, like, there's no game going. So all tailgates can come here, they can meet people. There's other podcasts here and hopefully they all get along. I've heard some bad stories about that, but hey, I can only provide the medium for people to come together. What they do, you know, hey, that's on them, but it's for the people. I can care less if I get any kind of notoriety. It's not about being in a Hallowstame or wearing some pumpkin on your head or something like that.
[00:25:24] Speaker A: I will say it does seem like sports is almost like the last bastion of things. Kind of unite.
[00:25:29] Speaker E: People are like, why do you have brown season tickets? I'm like, you know, like 3 hours of comedy every Sunday. It's like, I told my dad last year, I was like, dad, the Browns lost every possible way. You know, I wrote down hell with this, this, that. So they ran out of ways to lose, now they can start winning.
[00:25:46] Speaker C: Exactly.
Logistically, it's got to be, yeah, you.
[00:25:49] Speaker E: Know, what people gotta do is they gotta change their mindset. So, you know, after the Browns went, you know, ten and six, and then the next year they went, you know, four and twelve, I was disappointed, but my dad's like, just go to every game thinking they're gonna lose, so they win. It's a nice change.
You gotta change your mindset about going to these Browns games. Cause I used to be like, oh my God, the browns lost. I'm gonna go on the 40 and jump off the bridge. But now my dad's like this, whoa, change your mindset. I'm like, what do you mean, dad? Well, go to every game thinking they're gonna lose. I'm like, for real? He's like just thinking to lose. And if it wins, a nice change, it's just a surprise. So if you set the expectation like that, you'll never walk out of the stadium pissed.
[00:26:29] Speaker C: Yeah, I think if, honestly, if like, more browns fans embraced that and said, yeah, we're probably gonna lose again, they'd probably be a lot happier.
[00:26:37] Speaker A: That's obviously where I've been for the last couple of years.
I have expectations for round, it just hurts me and lower your bar. But if I just come into it and it's something good happens, I'm like, yeah, great Sunday.
[00:26:49] Speaker E: Exactly.
[00:26:50] Speaker C: Yeah, I feel it, I feel it.
[00:26:51] Speaker A: So look, I understand where you're coming from. I think it's absolutely noble and awesome. You kind of like to fly under the radar, but at the same time, putting on events like this, the organization, it's a lot of work. Well, I want to make sure we at least give you your flowers here, because this does take a ton of coordination to put on an event like that.
[00:27:11] Speaker E: My day job. You have to be, you have to be organized. So I'm a teacher, so if you're, and I teach kindergarten, so if you are not organized, these five year olds will run your show. You know, mister Barnes fans are right. Yeah, it's like, so I, you know, so I look at a tailgate and when they come to a tailgate, like top dog tailgate is, oh, my God, there's a check in station. Everything's planned out. I'm like this. Cause I, I think about this in my. I guess I'm kind of sick, but I think about this all the time. Like how to make tailgates better and run better. But it's kind of like the classroom teaching kindergarten is controlled chaos. Okay, tailgate is controlled chaos, but I'd rather hang out with the kindergartner. Cause they actually listen when I say, okay, I gotta put the beer away. Come on. I'm like, last call is last call. I'm like, there's a certain thing, but people, they respect the organization that we have. Cause, you know, we run it like, you know, it's like NASCAR. Everything's gonna be timed. Like, you know, come in for a pit, you don't know what you're doing. You're not gonna get your tires changed. It's the same concept. Everything is timed. I just wish that the cavs could get the same kind of memo. Your timing is terrible last night.
[00:28:24] Speaker A: Hopefully before Sunday, right?
[00:28:25] Speaker E: Yeah.
[00:28:27] Speaker C: Well, hey, listen, Eric, it's been great having you on. This event is amazing.
[00:28:31] Speaker E: Oh, yeah.
[00:28:32] Speaker C: And we're thinking, I already mentioned it to you, but I think we might start making this a yearly thing. Cause we really enjoy being here.
[00:28:38] Speaker E: You know, I invite podcasts all the time. You know, it's not about me. It's about people coming together. You meet new people, you can network and meet friends. Maybe some guy needs some. He does drywall and your house is all messed up. Hey, you network and get some connections. That way. It's all about the people.
[00:28:54] Speaker C: There you go.
[00:28:54] Speaker A: I mean, we've met already, like three other podcasts.
[00:28:57] Speaker E: Yeah, no real rumbles. Right?
[00:28:59] Speaker A: Good. No, it's all been good.
[00:29:00] Speaker E: Not yet. No.
[00:29:01] Speaker C: Summer slams actually run into some of those that get like, weirdly territorial. And it's. We say there's enough room for all of us.
[00:29:09] Speaker E: We have followers. You do not. Exactly. All right, big guy.
[00:29:12] Speaker C: It is what it is.
[00:29:13] Speaker E: All right.
[00:29:14] Speaker C: But again, thank you so much. We appreciate it. We look forward to seeing these dogs, I think they're about to arrive.
[00:29:20] Speaker E: Yeah, well, yeah, they're in the van. They're walking around with them right now. It's like, that's cool.
[00:29:23] Speaker C: I'm gonna go see those. I'm probably gonna make fun of him. Cause I think him and his wife are going home with a dog.
[00:29:28] Speaker E: Oh, cool.
[00:29:29] Speaker A: We already have one.
[00:29:31] Speaker E: I think that's what the browns should do. They should. You know, when they have training camp there, they always have puppies. But you know what? There's a lot of dogs that are, like, four or five years old, and scumbag owners say, you know what? I don't want them no more. And they give them up.
Adopts a puppy. But what about those other dogs that are sitting there that are great dogs, and the owner was a piece of crap and gave them up. I think that's what the Brown should do at training camp. But just my thoughts.
[00:29:52] Speaker C: All right, guys.
[00:29:53] Speaker A: Love it.
[00:29:54] Speaker C: All right. Well, I appreciate it, Eric. Thank you so much.
[00:29:56] Speaker E: Hey, thank you for guys.
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All right, continuing our interview series here today at Bark of the park, we have a Browns fan, Jeff, joining us here today. Jeff, I understand it's your anniversary, is that correct?
[00:31:11] Speaker F: Yes. Jeff Gorman, me and my wife, Jennifer. It's our 22nd anniversary. We were married on May 4, 2002. We're celebrating 22 years right here at bark in the park.
[00:31:21] Speaker A: Congratulations. Thank you.
[00:31:22] Speaker C: 22 years.
[00:31:23] Speaker A: That's a long time.
[00:31:24] Speaker C: It is. 22 years. I was eleven.
[00:31:27] Speaker F: Okay.
[00:31:28] Speaker A: That was longer than we both are married combined.
[00:31:31] Speaker C: Yeah, that's true.
[00:31:31] Speaker A: It's a big milestone. Congrats.
[00:31:33] Speaker C: That's true. No. So a couple of things here I'm going to ask you. We're going to ask you some Browns questions first. We got some other questions we want to get to for you as well. But first of all, just.
There's been a lot going on this offseason, right? The Browns have done a lot of things. Everybody else in the AFC north has done a lot to kind of improve their teams.
You know, who poses the biggest threat, do you think now after everything's gone on through the draft and through free agency to the Browns?
[00:31:58] Speaker F: Well, I hate to say it, but it's probably the Ravens. I mean, it's strange because I want to say the Bengals, but we somehow seem to be matching up very well against Joe Burrow and the Bengals and the Steelers. I kind of still think that they're succeeding through smoke and mirrors. I don't see everybody having a winning record next year, too. And if anyone's going to drop below 500, I think it's got to be the Steelers. But when you have the Ravens and someone with who's an MVP type, like Lamar Jackson, I think that's like my dad used to say about speed. You've either got it or you're chasing it.
[00:32:28] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:32:29] Speaker A: Not only do they have speed, they now have Derek Henry.
[00:32:31] Speaker F: So, yeah, it's more speed to be chasing.
[00:32:33] Speaker C: Exactly.
Another Browns question here. Do you think the Browns are actually with the way they've built the roster, the way have done things?
If Deshawn, that's not part of the question, not if he can get healthy just as the roster is now. Do you think the Browns are a Super bowl contender?
[00:32:52] Speaker F: I think they are a Super bowl contender because, I mean, obviously you just default will think, okay, you know, the Chiefs are going to be there because they have been there and stuff. But, you know, in order to win the Super bowl, you know, everything's got to go right. And that doesn't always happen year after year where everything's going right and you don't have any major problems and stuff. The Chiefs are one or two injuries away from not doing it. So someone's got to step into that void, whether it's the Ravens, whether it's us, whether it's even the Texans, if they keep moving up. So you always have, you got to stay in the ballpark. You got to stay close, because if you just stay close, as we see in baseball, you know, good things can happen and you could catch fire.
[00:33:31] Speaker C: Absolutely.
[00:33:33] Speaker A: Just to kind of round this out. Obviously, the draft just happens here. Any particular players you're excited about coming out of this year's draft of the Browns?
[00:33:41] Speaker F: Well, I think they were pretty much filling in a few slots. It's hard to get super jazzed when you never, when you don't have a number one pick for so long, we're going to be so happy to get one again next time that happens. But I think that, like, my friend Lou Marconi over here was telling me, he's like, it's exciting that we don't have a huge hole to fill up, that we're already our solid team. And, you know, it used to be like when you think back to the Indians, when the Indians weren't doing very good, we were happy to have, you know, we're trying to find out who's our number one starter now. You go into the season, well, who's our number five starter? You know, we've got, you know, so just to have that solid team returning and to finally have some coaching stability, which we've never had since this team came back, you know, it's like you start with a cupboard, 80% filled, and that's a good feeling to have, I think.
[00:34:31] Speaker C: Yeah, it is. We actually just talked about this on our show this past week, and it's true. It's like it was the first draft that I can remember. Even these last couple where we didn't have number one draft picks, we still had some serious needs going into this draft. I was like, yeah, sure, there's, there are some needs, but there needs in the sense that we need depth, not in the sense that we need that guy to plug in and be the starter right away. So it was just a completely different feel in the draft to sit there and say, oh, that was nice. Yeah, we picked that guy up for death.
[00:35:02] Speaker F: Right? And it's. It's like the way. The best way to illustrate is I was on this draft night show with Lou Marconi, and that's when I accidentally won tickets to this park in the park event.
I tuned in, and I was just in time for the Browns to make their first pick. And it was Friday at 09:00 p.m.. Yeah. So we went all the way that long before the Browns made their first pick. So I'm like, hey, I'm just in time for the Browns to start picking.
Before I forget, I gotta say, it's great to be on the burning river sports cast because I announced for a team called the Burning River Buckets in the ABA, the american basketball association. I've been their announcer for the last three years, and last year we. Not this past year, but the previous year we won the ABA championship.
[00:35:44] Speaker E: Wow.
[00:35:44] Speaker C: Nice.
[00:35:45] Speaker A: Congrats to them.
[00:35:46] Speaker C: We might reach out and talk about this a little bit.
[00:35:48] Speaker F: They're in mentor, but they're called the Burning river buckets, and they're in the ABA.
[00:35:52] Speaker C: Very awesome. So speaking of other things that you do. I know off air, we were talking a little bit about some of the stuff you do. And you get involved with wrestling, actually, yes. So tell us, I understand you wrote or are currently writing or both a book.
[00:36:08] Speaker F: Yes, I've written a few books. I'm in the middle of writing another book. I started with a book called this side of the Mic, which is about my career as a wrestling announcer, which just hit the 30 year mark. And then I wrote a little young adult novel called Wrestling is real. And then I started on a series of pro wrestling history books because I realized that there was not a set of pro wrestling history books. I thought, I'll go ahead and write them. So I fired up the, the old WWE Network now Peacock, and she started watching all the shows. I wrote a book about the history of the WWF called King of New York. And that starts with the first WrestleMania. And it goes until our wedding day, May 4, 2002, because that was the last show of the WWF. And then they switched on our honeymoon. They switched over to WWE. I come back and they're talking about WWE World Wrestling Entertainment. What happened while we were, how long were we gone? They changed the name of the company. And then, so then I filed that with King of Atlanta, WCW. And I'm finishing up. I'm almost done with King of Philadelphia about ECW.
[00:37:10] Speaker C: Oh, nice.
[00:37:11] Speaker A: So now, did you kind of do all of your research just kind of going back, watching through old matches and doing like, timelines or did you get into, like, interviews with guys? Like, did you talk to anybody interesting from any of these promotions?
[00:37:24] Speaker F: Actually, I didn't do any interviews for that. What I did was I watched the shows and I gave an MVP award at the end of each show. And then I added up all those MVP awards. And the book is determined who was the MVP of the WWF. Nice. And then who was the MVP of WCW? So it's, the storyline is you hear the whole history of that promotion and at the end you find out who was the top performer in that promotion.
[00:37:51] Speaker A: Gotcha.
[00:37:52] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:37:52] Speaker C: Awesome. So where can all our followers find your books? Where are they?
[00:37:57] Speaker F: Anywhere you can find them on Amazon. They're all in it. So just search for Jeff Gorman and punch in King of New York, king of Atlanta, or this side of the mic or wrestling is real. Just type that in Amazon on. It'll come right up and you're fit.
[00:38:10] Speaker A: You're still not done with the ECW book or you're close to.
[00:38:13] Speaker F: I'm almost done. I'm just putting the finishing touches on.
[00:38:15] Speaker A: Do you have an idea of when? Yeah. When that might come out?
[00:38:18] Speaker F: Probably in the next couple months, actually.
[00:38:19] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:38:20] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:38:20] Speaker A: Maybe later this year. Maybe a good Christmas present for some folks.
[00:38:23] Speaker F: It'd be a great Christmas present for the hardcore extreme wrestling fan on your shopping list.
[00:38:28] Speaker C: Awesome. And we do like to dabble in wrestling on our show, so this is perfect. I'm sure there's a few out there that.
[00:38:34] Speaker F: And it's a perfect time because SummerSlam's coming to Cleveland on August 3.
[00:38:37] Speaker C: Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. We gotta figure out a way to go.
[00:38:40] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:38:40] Speaker A: Infiltrate someone.
[00:38:41] Speaker C: Right.
[00:38:42] Speaker F: And I'll be announcing for game Changer wrestling the night before August 2.
You have to look that up as far as where it is. I know it's the night before, and I'll be announcing that show.
[00:38:52] Speaker C: Awesome.
[00:38:52] Speaker E: So.
[00:38:53] Speaker A: And I know we want to keep this brief. We want to get you back out of here and back to the festivities here. But I just had another quick question about, obviously, you're pretty well studied and all the different promotions and different errors and things. Like, is there a favorite timeframe for you? Just personally, like, whether it be ruthless aggression or attitude era or even now, some of the teaching stuff, like, from.
[00:39:12] Speaker C: A storytelling standpoint, I think they're all.
[00:39:14] Speaker F: Great in their own way, but I think my favorite has to be the eighties, the Hogan Savage era. That's when the Saturday night's main event era, that's when I first started watching wrestling, really fell in love with it. I never grew. I think the reason why I still love wrestling, I'm still announcing wrestling is I never grew out of it. I didn't. I didn't discover until I was like, 15. I turned on Saturday Night Live, and this wrestling stuff was on in its place. I'm like, whoa, this is really cool. Then I went to the Richfield Coliseum and saw Hulk Hogan against Randy macho man Savage, and I was hooked. Ever since.
[00:39:46] Speaker A: I have so many friends and family that have such fond memories of Richfield Coliseum.
[00:39:51] Speaker E: Oh, yeah.
[00:39:52] Speaker A: It's like they'll talk about going to Richmond Colosseum and watch big time wrestling all the time. I mean, we never had a chance to go to Richfield, obviously, but I know a lot of folks that, they're very, very fond memories of that place.
[00:40:03] Speaker F: Yeah, the first survivor series was there. I was there, man.
[00:40:06] Speaker C: So many things.
[00:40:07] Speaker A: Absolutely.
I had one other question, but now I am blank.
[00:40:12] Speaker C: Well, you're an idiot. So, listen, Jeff, it's been fantastic having you on. We appreciate you joining bark in the park and supporting city dogs. Cleveland. And we will be keeping an eye out for that book coming. Who knows? You might be watching burning river sportscast someday soon. You just see it sitting up here on our thing like we know him.
[00:40:34] Speaker F: That would be great. Yeah. So just hit me up on Twitter, Jeff Dgorman, d for David, and you'll see when that comes out. I'll have a big book launch.
[00:40:43] Speaker C: Awesome.
[00:40:43] Speaker A: Thank you so much for joining us.
[00:40:45] Speaker F: Thanks, fellas.
[00:40:55] Speaker A: All right, we continue our interview series here today at bark in the park, supporting city dogs. Cleveland, you know, obviously, there's a ton of things going on. A ton of food, ton of plants, a huge tailgate here going on. I'm looking around in the crowd, and I see a familiar face. Not one that I know, but it's one that I recognize.
[00:41:17] Speaker C: Bro, you smack me so hard.
[00:41:20] Speaker A: This the guy? We were like, I don't know, but.
[00:41:23] Speaker C: I think it's the guy we have.
[00:41:25] Speaker A: In the flesh, our friend Tony, the.
[00:41:28] Speaker D: Guy who is the guy, aka t. Wobbles.
[00:41:32] Speaker A: Wobbles, you may recognize from a viral video.
What game was that and what. Can you give us the background?
[00:41:39] Speaker D: Yeah, sure.
[00:41:40] Speaker A: How hard did you go that day?
[00:41:42] Speaker D: So I went pretty hard.
Cincinnati. It was a Cincinnati game in Cincinnati, five games before the last game of the season. And so I'm in Cincy. I'm having a blast, and they have tail. The tailgates on there are kind of crazy. It's under a bridge, which bangles. You know, that's where they belong, under a bridge.
[00:42:05] Speaker C: But that sounds about right.
[00:42:06] Speaker D: Yeah. You know, that's how the rivalry gots to go. But no, they were giving away free beers and hot, like, burgers. Breweries were sponsoring the tailgate. I'm like, are you serious?
[00:42:16] Speaker F: Free.
[00:42:17] Speaker D: This is amazing. I'm like, Cincinnati's great.
We can hang out under a bridge, you know, and have a blast and get free free drinks and burgers. So, went pretty hard. And then third quarter, the beginning of third quarter rolls around, and that's about where my memory stops.
[00:42:35] Speaker C: Yeah. And so. So how long did you actually stay on your feet wobbling like that?
[00:42:40] Speaker D: I think till the end of the game. And then I kind of just sat down and got comfy and cozy. No ushers, no security, no nothing. Woke me up. They just let me relax and, you know, slept it off.
[00:42:53] Speaker A: So does someone here from top dog tailgate come, like, save you or.
[00:42:57] Speaker D: No, no, I made it out the stadium, and, you know, some guy in Cincinnati, instead of helping me, if I saw someone passed out in a chair in the brown stadium, I would come up to him, give him my hand and tell him, hey, it's time to.
[00:43:13] Speaker C: Well, you're a clevelander.
[00:43:14] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:43:15] Speaker C: Class.
[00:43:15] Speaker D: Yeah. It's called. Yeah, exactly. It's class. But he just sit there and videotaped me for a while, followed me outside. I sat down outside, kept videotaping, whatever, doesn't matter. Had my friend pick me up. She went to go eat hibachi or whatever. And she's like, you go to the game by yourself, you guys get wild, I'll come get you. So she saved me. She took me back. But then later that night, my mom's like, you're disgracing the family name.
I ended up on CB's news or NBC, whatever. It was like, crazy. Browns fan has too much fun. Oh, yikes.
[00:43:49] Speaker A: But disgrace. I mean, that was. You made a family name.
[00:43:55] Speaker D: We have a blast no matter where we go. I go to 17 Browns games moment away every year. This is my fourth year doing it. Because, COVID, you couldn't do it. You know, you had to wear masks. Some games you weren't allowed. LA. They had the restrictions, whatever it was. So the year before, COVID when we still had 16 games, went to all 16. Then that, after that, COVID. And then three years after that, went to all 17 Browns games. Home away. This last year was 18 Browns games. I was in Houston twice within a matter of three weeks, once on Christmas Eve and the next one with Flaco. And so have you been a Browns.
[00:44:28] Speaker A: Fan a lot longer than that or a lot longer?
[00:44:30] Speaker D: Oh, and 16. One and 15. I ride for my baby boys. No matter what. It doesn't matter.
[00:44:35] Speaker A: You've seen it all.
[00:44:35] Speaker D: We're dogs for life. You know how it goes here.
[00:44:38] Speaker C: Hell, yes. So question, though. I mean, like, the guy that took the video, did he.
Did he end up getting all the money and everything from that thing going viral? Cause that's gotta have millions and millions.
[00:44:51] Speaker D: So listen, millions of views. It's got. It was a royalties. It was a million or 2 million within, like, 48 hours. What do you. What am I even doing on there? Wobbling. I mean, that's what you got me famous for.
[00:45:04] Speaker E: Cool.
[00:45:04] Speaker D: I wasn't fighting, puking, spitting, nothing. So at the end of the day, who won? I did, because I got a buddy together and I said, I gotta clear my. I gotta clear my name. I can't just be that guy wobbling on tv.
[00:45:15] Speaker C: You can't just be t wobbles.
[00:45:16] Speaker D: So. Right.
[00:45:17] Speaker C: You gotta.
[00:45:18] Speaker D: I got an interview with angry Brown fan and Cleveland Barstool they interviewed me, and I had a good interview that went public, and I cleared my name and explained I'm actually a good stand up citizen. This is not a black, homeless drunk.
[00:45:31] Speaker A: Hey, look, we have all been there. Sure. You know, just like sometimes we haven't all had that moment caught on camera, which you did, unfortunately. But, like, we've all. That's why I think I used to.
[00:45:41] Speaker C: Play Frogger in the streets of Nashville.
[00:45:43] Speaker A: That's why I think it's so great, right? Because it's so relatable. We've all hit that point where you're just there, but you're not there anymore.
[00:45:51] Speaker D: I mean, this guy changed my life forever in a great way. I'm recognized by the Browns fans and stuff like that. And when they say, hey, you're legend, legends here, that's what they call me. Legend. I'm not a legend. You guys are legends because we just ride for our city. We're just Cleveland fans. I'm like anybody else that's out here. I'm nobody special. I'm just a diehard Cleveland Browns fan. And you know what's crazy? This last year, I went to Cincinnati for the last game of the season. That didn't matter, right? We had already clinched the playoffs, so I. But I could not go because I go to 17 home and away. It doesn't matter. So I went there. I randomly bought a seat 15 minutes before game time, five seats away from where I said, for I had no idea because I had too good of a time the year before. And guess what? This beefed up, old, in his fifties wrestler comes up to me and said, I'm the guy who videotaped you. I'm the guy that made you famous. I'm like, look, I hate you and I love you at the same time. Did I just randomly buy a seat five seats away from where I sat the year before? I had no idea. Because I buy tickets five minutes before game time. You think I have season tickets or whatever it is? No.
[00:46:53] Speaker C: So did you guys, like, exchange information? Are you guys friends now?
[00:46:55] Speaker D: I mean, buy me a second steak dinner.
[00:46:57] Speaker C: There you go.
[00:46:57] Speaker A: Perfect.
[00:46:58] Speaker C: That's the way you do it, right? Let bygones be.
[00:47:01] Speaker E: No. Yeah.
[00:47:02] Speaker C: We have a big piece of meat.
[00:47:04] Speaker D: We exchange numbers. It's actually a nice guy. I'm like, why'd you videotape me? Why don't you give me your hand and help me? Like, you saw I was in trouble. Like, set me down and just something, anything, anything. Like, take me outside. I was. I was in Pittsburgh. For the game a couple, like a year before, and I saw some big boy passed out on the ground and it took like five of us to get him up. But I'm a brown fan and I do. I hate Pittsburgh. Yeah, I hate Pittsburgh. We're rivals, but am I going to help a human being on the ground? Yeah, I am, because that's what kind of guy I am.
[00:47:32] Speaker A: Very fair.
[00:47:33] Speaker C: So, no, I mean, we do want to ask you why you're here, too. Obviously, you're a huge fan, traveling with the team everywhere they go. We want to ask you a couple questions about the team, please.
[00:47:44] Speaker A: How about the draft just happened? Do you have a favorite that came out of the draft this year or even an undrafted for agent sign they've made recently?
[00:47:52] Speaker D: We got.
Who did we get? I'm terrible with names. Who did we just get? That was one of the first picks that we chose.
[00:48:01] Speaker A: So. Michael hall from Ohio.
[00:48:02] Speaker D: Hall, yeah. Excited about him. Excited about him. That's what I'm, you know.
[00:48:07] Speaker C: Yeah, he's one of our favorites. Obviously, no first round draft pick, which is what it is. But the. The fact that they got a guy that he's the fastest, he measured the fastest off the line out of any defensive lineman in the entire draft in the second round like that. Just phenomenal. I think he's going to do wonders for opening things up for other people on the team.
[00:48:26] Speaker D: Yeah. You guys can't talk technicalities with me? I'm just a die hard brown team. I'm going to watch them no matter who's on the field. You know what I mean?
[00:48:32] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:48:32] Speaker A: So here's a great question for you. For somebody who's been a fan of the team for a long time, this time of year, you know, as we're heading into summer, we're heading in towards, like, hall of fame season.
Art model's name always comes up.
[00:48:46] Speaker D: Oh, my God.
[00:48:48] Speaker A: Are you over Art Modell, or do we. Is it time to put him in the hall of Fame?
[00:48:53] Speaker D: Him in the hall of Fame? I don't. He sold our team to the Ravens, who won Super Bowls. I don't wanna ever see him in the hall. I don't wanna use obscendis on your.
[00:49:04] Speaker A: Oh, please do.
[00:49:05] Speaker C: Please do.
[00:49:05] Speaker D: Oh, really? It's okay. Fuck that motherfucker.
[00:49:09] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:49:10] Speaker D: If you gave me permission, then that's what I'm gonna use. He broke my heart. I, you know, he broke my heart. And I was super young. I think I was like, ten or something at the time. I'm not, you know, it broke my heart, the team, this city is that we live for, that we live for football season every year.
[00:49:28] Speaker C: What's that meme where? It's just, like, the guy standing in random places, looking around. That was, like, all of Brown's fans for those years that we weren't there.
[00:49:34] Speaker A: Right.
[00:49:35] Speaker D: It's horrible.
[00:49:36] Speaker A: I think we totally agree with you. I just think it's one of those that for whatever reason, every year comes up, and I started asking about. Because he was asking about that time.
[00:49:44] Speaker C: It's another, like, two months he wasn't.
[00:49:48] Speaker A: In changing and growing the game. But what he did here was unforgivable.
[00:49:51] Speaker D: Yeah, it's a little bit unforgivable. But, you know, I'm a man all about forgiveness. So if you. If you ask me if you should or should. And he did amazing things for the game, God bless him. Put him in.
[00:50:02] Speaker A: Nah, fuck him. I'm with you.
[00:50:04] Speaker D: I just love second chances. Life's all about second chances.
[00:50:07] Speaker C: That's fair. But I still don't like him. Do you have a record prediction for the Browns this year?
[00:50:12] Speaker D: Yeah, 17 and. Oh, with a fucking super bowl win. God damn it.
[00:50:15] Speaker C: Hell, yes. And final question for you, Tony. Are you gonna adopt the Dodger today?
[00:50:21] Speaker D: There's only one out there. I have two monstrous dogs. If you guys ever seen the movie Turner and hooch, I have two.
[00:50:28] Speaker C: They're basically starred in the show.
[00:50:30] Speaker D: What's it. No, but I have two giant dogs. They're 130 pounds apiece. They're brother litter mates. And they.
That's 260 pounds of boyfriend I have sleeping in bed with me every night. You know what I mean? So the slobber hits the ceiling every day. I gotta scrub the room with a paintbrush. It's out of control. So. I love puppies. Today. I want. But I wish everyone would adopt a dog. It's the most therapeutic thing you could possibly do. It's a beautiful thing, and it's a great cause. The dog adoption agency here is amazing. I just asked if I could work for them so I could switch jobs, so I could be happier in life. But they said they're mostly volunteer only, so I'm gonna start volunteering for them a little bit here and there. I just met the guy who's hosting this event, actually, at a Judas Priest concert. Yeah. He's an amazing guy. We met, we hugged. He recognized me, and I said, I'm coming to your event, I'm donating, and, you know, I would just love to enjoy it. It's amazing. Rain or shine, I'm here no matter what.
[00:51:26] Speaker C: Absolutely. It's awesome seeing browns fans from all over. There's people from far away that have come to this thing to support it. And the rescue that you were talking about, city dogs, Cleveland, all proceeds go to them. Like you said, great cause everything they do is fantastic. So it's good to see browns fans come together for such a good cause.
[00:51:46] Speaker D: Yeah, I gave the young lady money at the, at the gate. She said, are you sure this is what you want to do on it? I'm like, are you kidding? Of course I'd give all that I can. It's anything that supports our city and all the great things that we do here are incredible. I love it, for sure.
[00:52:00] Speaker A: Well, I know we want to get you back to the festivities here, but just speaking of the city, real quick, do you have thoughts on whether you'd like to see the stadium remain at the lakefront or move into Brookfrog Stadium built?
[00:52:10] Speaker D: You know what? Judge me for what? You want to judge me. I'm 38 years old. Whether you think that's old, young or middle aged, doesn't matter. I personally like it where it's at right now for a specific reason.
Old school tradition. You want to go to a game and it's blizzarding, go to the damn game. Bundle up. But a lot of people are like, you know what? It'll open a lot more opportunity for the city, but it's just like the way things are downtown. Whether you have the indian stadium. Oh, sorry, guardians.
[00:52:39] Speaker E: Oopsies.
[00:52:40] Speaker D: Guardians. Cavs. All that in the brown stadium down there. Everything's like, all right there. You got the comedy clubs, you got the house of, like, everything's right there. It's so perfect. Like, we're not a huge, gigantic city like New York or LA or whatever, but everything's so accessible. You move us to Brook park, it's kind of like you're missing a piece of our bloods in a different. You know, but it opens up a lot of opportunity. You put a dome in, you know, a lot of more. A lot more concert venues can come this and that. So I think it's good and bad at the same time. Me personally, I'm old school in my brain. I just switched from a flip phone, like, two years ago, the same phone since I was 16 years old. Regardless, I think keep it down downtown. Keep it old school and no dome.
[00:53:22] Speaker A: Interesting. Yeah, I mean, you know, there's something to that. The cold and the winds, you know, being on the lake, you're in the elements and, yeah, it's just real football.
[00:53:29] Speaker C: I know it doesn't make sense because I live in northeast Ohio, but I hate the cold, so I'm like, let's get this dome in here immediate.
[00:53:36] Speaker D: It's not a terrible idea. At the same time, it's just in a completely different area than downtown. Right? How many? 30 minutes away? About right.
[00:53:47] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:53:47] Speaker D: It's just, what are you gonna do.
[00:53:49] Speaker C: With the old city in the distance, the overhead view.
[00:53:54] Speaker D: So, yeah.
[00:53:55] Speaker A: Tony, you have been a scholar and a gentleman. We appreciate your time here. We appreciate you coming out. Support city dog.
[00:54:01] Speaker C: Don't let anybody tell you anything different. You are a legend.
[00:54:04] Speaker A: You are a legend.
[00:54:06] Speaker D: You guys are legends. God bless you. Everyone from Cleveland is a legend. God bless you guys. Thank you so much. Appreciate you.
[00:54:30] Speaker A: All right, Browns fans, we experienced some unexpected weather here today at bark in the park. Had some heavy rains kind of come out of nowhere, so we had to, unfortunately, pack up our equipment in a hurry. My partner has since long since abandoned me, and we'll be closing up shop here at bark in the park. The 12th annual bark in the park experience for this year. Hope to be back next year. Was a great event, great cause to support. But for now, don't just be a part of the problem, be the whole damn problem.
Burning river sportscast. Burning rivers browns fan cruise and the burning river sportscast. What better combination could you possibly think of?
[00:55:18] Speaker F: Motorboat.
[00:55:18] Speaker C: You play the motorboat.
[00:55:21] Speaker D: You motorboat.
[00:55:22] Speaker A: Son of a fish.
[00:55:23] Speaker C: You old sailor, you.
[00:55:24] Speaker A: You know, I was thinking during that interview.
[00:55:26] Speaker C: What? What were you think? Nothing. Cause you don't have thoughts. Cause you're a brainless idiot.
[00:55:30] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:55:31] Speaker E: My name is Uhtred, son of Uhtred.
[00:55:33] Speaker C: By the way, I want my foreskin back. It doesn't matter what you think.
[00:55:38] Speaker A: Women's guide to anal sex. And it was the second edition. Who makes the second edition?
[00:55:44] Speaker E: The weather outside is weather.
[00:55:46] Speaker C: The other one. The finger. The finger eating food. Fingers, yes.
[00:55:49] Speaker A: Ejaculate all over my body and my genitals.
[00:55:51] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:55:52] Speaker A: Oh, my God.
[00:55:53] Speaker F: My ass is full of shit.
[00:55:55] Speaker C: He's shit everywhere. You don't need fundamentals when you got heart.
[00:56:01] Speaker A: And Jesus.
[00:56:02] Speaker D: And Jesus.
[00:56:02] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:56:03] Speaker C: Touchdown. Anyway. Oh, no.
[00:56:06] Speaker E: We suck again.
[00:56:07] Speaker C: It's going down. I'm yelling timber.
[00:56:11] Speaker A: What do you mean, funny?
[00:56:12] Speaker B: Funny how?
[00:56:13] Speaker D: How am I funny?
[00:56:14] Speaker C: Are we gonna.
[00:56:14] Speaker A: You're only in this.
[00:56:15] Speaker C: Did we start a meat podcast? Like. Like the meat pod?
Slow roasted goddamn jets. All I do is win, win, win. No matter what.
[00:56:28] Speaker F: The leads are weak.
[00:56:30] Speaker D: The leads are weak?
[00:56:31] Speaker C: Fucking leads are weak.
[00:56:33] Speaker D: You're weak.
[00:56:34] Speaker C: I mean, when I. Last year when I went home, you know, my wife's pants hit the ground.
[00:56:39] Speaker F: Erroneous.
[00:56:39] Speaker C: Erroneous on both counts.
[00:56:41] Speaker D: Oh, Lord.
[00:56:42] Speaker C: Wow. But damn.
[00:56:43] Speaker A: I'm sorry. I hijacked your segment for a second to do some good podcasting.
You know why?
[00:56:49] Speaker E: Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight.
[00:56:52] Speaker C: I drove an $80,000 BMW.
[00:56:55] Speaker F: That's my name.
[00:56:56] Speaker C: If you're standing in the aisle, I'm here to say, fuck you.
I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Now, I think we've officially lost all of our more conservative viewers, so I don't think they wanna listen any longer.
[00:57:10] Speaker E: It's Mother Nature.
[00:57:11] Speaker A: Where's logo girl when you need her?
[00:57:12] Speaker D: I desperately want to make love to this cheese girl.
[00:57:14] Speaker A: We need cheese girl now.
[00:57:16] Speaker E: Down, Joes Anderson.
[00:57:18] Speaker C: Down, Joes Anderson.
[00:57:20] Speaker A: Who's canceling now? Who's canceled now?
[00:57:23] Speaker C: Probably me.
[00:57:23] Speaker A: You making it full of fat people.
[00:57:26] Speaker C: I'm not just you.
[00:57:28] Speaker D: We're a whole race, basically.
[00:57:31] Speaker C: No way. She's just straight. Just finger banging her salad.
You first get shocked, and then you get the shocker.
[00:57:42] Speaker D: You like to see almost naked. That's cool, man. Whatever.
[00:57:45] Speaker C: No, no, no.
[00:57:46] Speaker A: Had my life. It tasted like. It tastes like. Hold on.
[00:57:48] Speaker C: Let's hear trash here. Most people, like, they're driving along, and they're like, in between. Me, I'm a little hungry. I'm gonna have a granola bar. Kenny's like, I need a cheeseburger.
[00:57:57] Speaker D: Are you not entertained?
[00:57:59] Speaker C: Are you not entertained?
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