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00:00 Did you see Dave as well?
00:01 Dave's here?
00:01 Yeah.
00:02 No he's not, is he?
00:02 Yeah he is.
00:03 Dave Fortnight's here.
00:05 So there's something going on.
00:08 Well it's something big.
00:10 What do you think the big cat will be?
00:12 I'm seeing.
00:13 I think the secrecy is big, Rumble.
00:15 What do you think this meeting is about?
00:17 Okay, announcement time.
00:21 Kind of a big one, so...
00:23 As of this moment, while you were watching this video,
00:27 I have purchased back Barstool Sports from Penn.
00:30 So that is right, it's back to the pirate ship.
00:33 So welcome back, Back in Control.
00:37 [Music]
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01:16 Everyone's in the gambling cave because all of our offices are in desks or chairs.
01:32 Everything's been turned to dust without any real warning.
01:35 We all kind of thought I think the same thing that...
01:37 It happened over the weekend.
01:38 It happened over the weekend, then we had today to get all of our shit out.
01:41 We were sorely mistaken.
01:42 Everything's gone and now we're all kind of stuck together in the gambling cave.
01:45 The work area, did you guys know about it happening?
01:48 No.
01:49 You think they'd tell us?
01:50 Let me tell you something.
01:51 Che's going to Chicago with a basketball court.
01:54 We got couches.
01:55 So I don't know what the hell else they want us to do,
02:00 but hey, we're at work.
02:01 We're working.
02:02 So there's big thoughts about laptops are being stolen.
02:05 They don't know where they are.
02:06 There was a point in time I didn't own a laptop and they were laughing in my face.
02:09 Who's laughing now?
02:10 I have nothing missing.
02:11 Are we still blogging on iPads?
02:13 I have a keyboard.
02:14 Five years here full time, never given a work laptop.
02:17 Not my fault.
02:18 Where you at, Pete?
02:19 You're never given one?
02:20 No.
02:21 I mean, it's probably going to look really nice when they're done, but I mean...
02:23 Don't pander us.
02:25 They're doing desks.
02:27 That was patronizing.
02:28 You're a little place.
02:30 The seating chart came out.
02:32 Are you guys happy with your seats?
02:33 Are you kidding?
02:34 No.
02:35 And the crazy shit is I thought me and Enrique were pals.
02:38 Now I'm like by Erica's office across from Frank the Tank.
02:40 I'm a windows guy.
02:41 I'm a corner guy.
02:42 I can't sit across.
02:44 I love the tank, but I can't sit there.
02:46 I'm going to be hearing about the Mets in February.
02:49 New digs, Frank?
02:50 New desk?
02:51 I kind of like the old way better.
02:52 What do you sit across from?
02:54 I don't know yet.
02:55 There's no law and order here.
02:56 We got to sign seats, but everybody's trying to trade seats.
02:59 We have seats.
03:00 You know what I like to do?
03:01 What I'm told.
03:02 I'm a good soldier.
03:03 I like rules.
03:04 I like law and order.
03:05 Clem is trying to trade.
03:06 Everybody's trying to trade.
03:07 I'm not trying.
03:08 I just feel like I'm out of the loop.
03:10 Law and order.
03:11 You get a seat, you sit there.
03:13 That's it.
03:14 Maybe Dave and Erica wanted you to be out of the loop.
03:16 Maybe they did.
03:17 Dave will be here today.
03:18 Let him have a seat.
03:19 You're not happy with your desk assignment.
03:20 Why would Dave be interested in all of that?
03:22 What is he talking to Dave about?
03:24 I'm fine with the way everything is.
03:26 What do you think?
03:27 Wait.
03:28 Has no power.
03:29 You do that on purpose?
03:31 Yeah.
03:32 It's overcoming adversity.
03:33 Oh, that's what I need to do?
03:34 Yeah.
03:35 How fast can you--
03:36 The little battery icon is going down.
03:38 How fast can you get a blog out?
03:39 Let's go.
03:40 Let's like--
03:41 Yeah.
03:42 Yeah.
03:43 So you're saying--
03:44 It's warming up with a donut on your back.
03:46 Then when you get electricity--
03:47 [imitates explosion]
03:49 [laughter]
03:50 Boom, boom.
03:51 Pop and home runs left and right.
03:53 But if there's no power, it's like having no back.
03:55 No, because you have to crank out your blogs
03:58 with as much battery as you have.
04:00 It's pressure.
04:01 Can you blog under pressure?
04:02 When it completely goes out, what happens?
04:05 Just go take a nap.
04:06 [laughter]
04:08 Now there's less room for the toys and the light.
04:11 Well, Jeff Delos--
04:13 I feel like a shot of Jeff Delos.
04:15 That was 100%.
04:17 He packed up all of his little toys
04:19 and had to move across the country
04:20 to have enough room for them.
04:21 We've had some bad real estate.
04:23 Farmer?
04:24 Yeah.
04:25 Why?
04:26 We're so far away.
04:27 I mean, I love how far away you are.
04:30 No, but there's people in front of us that never come in.
04:33 The further away, the better.
04:35 [bell ringing]
04:38 I've officially traded my desk with Devlin.
04:41 No compensation needed.
04:43 Just straight up one for one.
04:44 The deal is in.
04:45 I did make a trade.
04:46 Kind of got offered out of nowhere.
04:48 I would have loved to have a window.
04:49 I thought about having Ken Jack try to figure out
04:52 how can you give me a window seat,
04:53 but there was no alley to that.
04:55 I'm not content.
04:56 I'm safe over here.
04:57 I don't have a desk?
04:58 I don't think they gave you one.
05:01 Jesus.
05:02 What the fuck?
05:03 What the fuck is this?
05:05 Wait, what the fuck?
05:07 I don't like this at all.
05:08 I don't got a desk.
05:09 You don't get a desk.
05:12 That's tough.
05:13 I probably thought you were going to Chicago.
05:15 There's writing on the wall, and I'm getting scared.
05:18 I'm literally--
05:19 He's going to claim that Gaz's desk again,
05:21 like he did the last time?
05:22 Billy's second guessing that decision now, isn't he?
05:25 Doesn't even have a desk.
05:27 I have somewhere you can sit, Billy.
05:29 [laughter]
05:32 I feel like we just washed ashore from a plane wreck,
05:35 and we're all just looking for our belongings.
05:36 Like, has anyone seen my granddaughter?
05:38 We have lots to trade, all that.
05:40 This cannot be on my mind.
05:41 A book about drag queens, a vaginal telescope,
05:46 a hot black athlete.
05:47 You can see because there's nail polish and semen on there.
05:51 So that's how you know it's mine.
05:53 There it is.
05:54 What is Tom Brady's ball doing here?
05:56 #deflategate.
05:57 Are these Billy's footballs?
06:01 Will Smitty get mad if you put those in there?
06:04 What does she look like?
06:05 Kind of blockhead-ish.
06:07 Why are you so obsessed with Smitty's desk?
06:08 It's because this shit is all over my plant wall.
06:11 Maybe she should work from home,
06:12 since she's not on the schedule.
06:14 Last week there was a lot of, "We're adults,
06:16 we don't need to be told where to sit,"
06:18 and then everybody came in today and said exactly
06:20 where the seating chart told them to.
06:22 I'm worried that when the full Chicago move happens,
06:26 the way that the New York City office is currently structured
06:30 compared to the way the Chicago office will be structured,
06:33 we will be left in the dust in New York City.
06:35 What do you mean left in the dust?
06:37 You don't want to have as much fun?
06:39 No, it's not about fun, just about funding,
06:42 the way we're viewed, the way it looks on social,
06:47 the way people pay attention to Chicago
06:51 compared to New York, I think.
06:53 But you can't always control the way that you're viewed.
06:55 As an office, I think we should be more hands-on
06:58 in ensuring our survival.
07:00 I know you've had these similar conversations I've had.
07:03 Yeah, but I'm not like doing...
07:05 If you want to talk about it, you have to talk about your conversations, too.
07:07 I know, but my perspective is not doom and gloom about it.
07:10 I'm like, "Oh, this is a..."
07:11 I'm trying to be proactive instead of reactive.
07:14 So what would you do proactively?
07:16 You can't just hammer me about the details
07:18 when I know you've had these exact same conversations
07:21 to be proactive.
07:22 But I'm not going to talk about those conversations around here.
07:24 I don't want them to say, "All right, wash our hands, office,
07:28 Ikea couches, Connect Four, we're done."
07:30 Right? And so you think that that's a half-assed rebrand?
07:33 Seth, do you agree with that?
07:34 I mean, the couches and Connect Four has been a success.
07:37 I don't like when people complain without a better plan.
07:42 I am being proactive on that.
07:44 I am gathering information from everybody in the office
07:47 about what we need and want and could use,
07:51 and I am relaying this to the powers that be.
07:54 I want to speak for the people who are scared to speak.
07:57 I can't throw business floor people under the bus.
07:59 It's not my role. It's not my job.
08:02 What?
08:03 To throw business floor people under the bus.
08:05 Why? What happened?
08:07 You can't say it. There's cameras on.
08:10 But I can't do it.
08:11 That's where you were so good on radio.
08:13 You held people accountable.
08:14 What happened?
08:15 I went on Yak yesterday, and they wanted me to trash the business floor,
08:18 and I was like, "I'm not going to do that."
08:20 For what?
08:21 To be competent.
08:23 But I'm not going to do that.
08:26 Why?
08:27 Not my role.
08:28 Dave doesn't want me to be the dog.
08:30 He wants me to be Zen. I'll be Zen.
08:32 Whatever the leader says.
08:33 What do you think this meeting is about? Five more years of Dave.
08:36 No, probably CEO.
08:37 No, Robbie's CEO.
08:38 Yeah, Robbie's CEO.
08:39 No.
08:40 He's chief accountant.
08:41 If you think this isn't good news, you're insane.
08:43 I think it's definitely not good news.
08:44 Dave would have been doing wacky bits with me if it was bad news.
08:48 You mark this footage, and then once they make this good news announcement in a few hours, you find me.
08:54 I'll give you the Jim Halpert smirk, like Tony himself.
08:57 I hope you're right, Mr. Cronin.
08:58 I am right. I'm always right.
09:00 What's the big announcement?
09:02 I'm using it.
09:04 You ain't going nowhere. You're staying.
09:06 Why would I be going nowhere?
09:08 Why wouldn't you?
09:09 It's a pretty big announcement.
09:11 A year and a half away.
09:12 Well, I can't even say it now, so nobody's panicking.
09:16 That's totally it.
09:19 He's been on vacation three weeks in the last four.
09:24 He's worked here for six months.
09:27 So no Rico today, Dave?
09:30 He's in a Rueblog.
09:32 People think we joke. He's literally been on vacation three of the last four weeks.
09:37 He worked for six months and took three weeks vacation. It's incredible.
09:41 I've been here for 20 years. I've taken one week.
09:43 He said he thought they had five weeks. He's like, "That's why I got the fire department."
09:49 Is he in Aruba right now or something?
09:51 Middle of summer?
09:53 I didn't send any emails about the fucking Cedar chart.
09:56 Neither did I.
09:58 I heard there's a trade.
10:00 We're about to make some trades. We're going to get the band back.
10:02 Keep Jack away from me.
10:04 Is TOB coming back?
10:06 Oh, O'Day?
10:08 Is that what the meeting's about?
10:10 Is that what the meeting's about?
10:12 We're having a meeting on the roof of the Empire State Building.
10:14 Do you have a desk?
10:16 No, I took the mean girls desk.
10:18 Why?
10:19 Because they haven't been in here in...
10:21 Do you not like them?
10:22 No, I love them.
10:24 I figured the number two should be here for the big meeting.
10:27 I think this is when Dave hands over the equity.
10:30 This is the moment?
10:31 It's been a prank this whole time.
10:33 I think it's to go over the seating situation.
10:36 No, I think it's because he reached out.
10:38 You think so?
10:39 Robby Fox is the new CEO.
10:41 That's the other rumor going around.
10:43 Is that what the rumor is?
10:44 It's either Dave resigned or Robby's the new CEO.
10:46 Someone else had...
10:48 I've gotten a million texts about why we're having a company meeting.
10:50 Which is kind of crazy.
10:52 Well, I mean, you're here for the first time in six months.
10:55 Dave's here.
10:57 Erica was in a pretty good mood yesterday, which is strange.
10:59 So, there's something going on.
11:01 People say it's because we don't have a basketball court in New York City.
11:04 We don't have Connect Four, so that doesn't matter.
11:06 Is it because Jack Mack hit 600,000 followers?
11:08 There's a lot of people.
11:09 Well, Jack and I can do it, anybody can do it.
11:11 So, that's not a big deal.
11:12 I've heard, and this is just rumblings, that I'm going to be in charge now.
11:17 Dave's handing off the company to me officially.
11:20 Robby actually texted me this morning and said, "Did you hear what the news is about?"
11:22 He's promoted the CEO.
11:23 Robby?
11:24 Robby?
11:25 There's a couple of rumors.
11:26 I think it might be like Robby's the new Eric, I'm the new Dave.
11:29 It's like CEO, chief of content.
11:31 Robby's convincing the new CEO.
11:33 So, Tom, chief of content.
11:36 Chief of content, yeah.
11:37 Robby, CEO.
11:38 Get to work.
11:39 What do you think the meeting is about, Rhea?
11:41 Robby becoming CEO, obviously.
11:43 That's what I hope it is.
11:45 I think everybody's been talking about it for a while, that Robby's been in the talks.
11:48 So, I'm hoping it comes to fruition.
11:50 The rumors have caused PennStock to go up like 15%.
11:53 If you look at the ticker, the word got out, and they believe it.
11:57 PennStock 3% today.
12:00 It's a big day for me.
12:02 It's huge.
12:04 It's a long time coming.
12:05 I know, we've been talking about it for a while, for years, since we started, basically.
12:08 I didn't think it would come this fast.
12:10 So unexpected.
12:11 I wore my best shirt.
12:12 What's the future of Dave?
12:13 Do you keep him on?
12:15 We'll talk about that later.
12:17 He demands a lot of, you know, doesn't bring in the page views like he used to.
12:21 Are you going to be sitting here?
12:23 No, I'll be up there.
12:24 I'm taking over Jay.
12:26 Oh, okay.
12:28 Actually, is it about Robby sitting at my desk?
12:31 Whoa!
12:32 Yeah, that's what it's about.
12:34 She hasn't heard the news.
12:35 I'll fire her.
12:37 If anything, I'm the new CEO.
12:41 Oh, that's not what people were rumbling about.
12:43 I did hear that Robby is CEO, and I think he's deservedly so.
12:47 I mean, he's got the collar shirt on.
12:49 Look how he's tinting his hands.
12:51 Tommy's new president of this office.
12:53 And much to the dismay of Tommy Smokes, there's a new sheriff in town.
12:57 I'm the new Dave.
12:58 I need the new Eric.
12:59 I view myself as the new Jay.
13:01 Oh, okay.
13:02 It's like succession.
13:03 Like we've known for a while, somebody's going to take over.
13:06 Today is the day.
13:07 We didn't expect it.
13:08 Am I still here?
13:09 Yeah, of course.
13:10 You're great, too.
13:11 It seems like this is bigger than just like a company meeting.
13:15 People are rumbling about me.
13:16 Because the box man did his hair.
13:19 He's ready to go.
13:20 It's different because we're usually given notice, and today it's just like,
13:24 "Hey, by the way, there's an important meeting, earnings call tomorrow."
13:27 Gaz took the meeting after the market closes.
13:31 Yeah, just earnings is today.
13:33 Bringing up some facts.
13:35 You know we follow earnings closely.
13:37 Dave's here.
13:38 You're here.
13:39 Me.
13:40 Erica.
13:41 I'm here.
13:42 If it was something big, don't you think Big Cat would be here?
13:45 No.
13:46 No.
13:47 Honestly, if it's a big one.
13:48 No.
13:49 It's the New York office.
13:50 If it's not involving him, why would he need to shut it down?
13:52 Well, not yet.
13:53 Can we just get this wall repainted?
13:56 You're the CEO.
13:57 You tell us.
13:58 Oh.
13:59 I heard you're getting promoted.
14:00 Yeah.
14:01 [laughter]
14:02 [inaudible]
14:03 Rumors.
14:04 Wow, what are you going to do with this?
14:05 We'll take that offline.
14:08 You're staying.
14:09 I'm taking over for Jay.
14:10 Oh, you're taking Jay's job.
14:12 You didn't tell me she was staying.
14:13 No, she's staying.
14:14 Oh, I'm out.
14:15 Is Gaz staying?
14:16 That's the first order of business.
14:17 What do you know about the desk situation on the second floor?
14:20 The desk situation is a tough one.
14:22 People are upset about it.
14:24 I think we need more people on top of each other, more desks.
14:27 I agree.
14:28 A new way to get when all the guests come in to go this way instead of that way.
14:31 Because then that would make more interaction.
14:32 There'd be more stuff going on.
14:33 Like the old office, when you come off the elevator, it's like--
14:35 You should just shove all the desks in front of the elevator.
14:37 I'd make that as an executive decision.
14:39 I'd accept.
14:40 What's the best way to reach out?
14:42 Are you skinny now?
14:44 [laughter]
14:46 You really look so skinny.
14:48 I appreciate it.
14:49 But no.
14:50 I think you look great.
14:51 I appreciate that.
14:52 Thank you so much.
14:53 What do you think the meeting is about today?
14:56 I would say Rico Bosco's job security.
14:59 Dressed up for it, I see.
15:01 Dressed up for what?
15:02 [laughter]
15:04 [chatter]
15:12 Okay, announcement time.
15:14 Kind of a big one, so a shocker, I would actually say.
15:19 So as of this moment--
15:21 And we're going to put up a little press release in a little bit, and Penn just did it.
15:24 We are no longer a Penn company.
15:26 We've gone separate ways.
15:28 I bought back Barstool, so I own all of it now.
15:31 [applause]
15:39 So the last thing we did when we wanted to work with Penn, because they had an opportunity with ESPN,
15:43 it ended up being really good for us and probably a spot we want to be anywhere.
15:47 Anywhere, excuse me, where we can go back to just being ourselves.
15:50 We don't have to worry about what we say, what we do.
15:53 I have no plans ever to sell Barstool again.
15:57 I've already made the money that I need to make.
16:00 This is just a place where I want to be the best content on the Internet.
16:05 And finding people working hard, and that's all you'll work with.
16:09 Rico Bosco on vacation.
16:11 [laughter]
16:13 That type of shit won't fly.
16:14 That's how Rico is now on a year-to-year contract for the next thousand years.
16:19 I can't stress this enough.
16:21 This is a very good day for Barstool and everybody here.
16:24 Work hard, do your job well, and this should be a happy, fun place to work,
16:29 as much as the needs of the world can make it fun.
16:33 The big thing is go make content, be great at it, have fun.
16:37 This is an electric, amazing place to work.
16:39 This is a once-in-a-lifetime story, so I think this is great.
16:42 It's a very good day for Barstool, for sure.
16:45 Thank you, and to another million years, I guess.
16:49 [applause]
16:51 [music]
16:56 Everyone else is happy.
16:58 I'm glad everyone's happy, but I guess I'm not getting promoted.
17:01 It's like I'm not here. It's like I'm invisible.
17:03 I was a contender for CEO, just so everyone knows.
17:07 I was being discussed.
17:09 My only question is, is Minzy coming back?
17:11 Only question.
17:12 I mean, to be fair, it's only been turned down for months.
17:15 Every day he comes to work crying.
17:17 This guy hasn't been funny in two years, and now he has the chance to do it again.
17:21 This is going to be great.
17:22 Everybody was doom and gloom this morning.
17:24 I said, "It's going to be good. It's going to be good. It's going to be good."
17:26 Nobody believed me. 8-8. Good day.
17:28 Good day at Barstool Sports.
17:30 [laughter]
17:33 Fucking right. Let's go.
17:35 My brother, holy shit, you're saying Team Portnoy?
17:37 Great day to be at Team Portnoy, man.
17:39 We've never had a meal together.
17:42 We've never.
17:43 You are invited.
17:45 I would love to.
17:47 It's not going to be me and you, so.
17:49 God, it's so good to be back.
17:50 People hate me at Stock Market. I'm 30%.
17:54 Is DTG back now?
17:57 Well, that wasn't why it wasn't back. I didn't have the money.
18:00 Did you tell them you were coming back?
18:02 Yes.
18:03 [laughter]
18:06 I'll probably have to negotiate with them versus myself.
18:09 Vince-y.
18:10 Holy shit. I'm floating down the interstate right now, man.
18:15 So, you're coming back, right?
18:18 Fucking A. I'm coming back.
18:21 That's even a question.
18:24 I told you I'd send a brick watch over those other offers.
18:27 You were always my guy. Always.
18:30 Well, you're back.
18:33 There's no chance in hell I'm not.
18:36 I can't even tell you how happy I am right now.
18:39 I just appreciate you giving me this opportunity.
18:42 I feel like I'm floating in space.
18:45 All right. We'll get it all papered up.
18:48 We'll just switch it from brick back to barstool.
18:51 We're good to go.
18:53 Done. All right.
18:55 Mincy's back.
18:57 I fucking love it. I love it.
18:59 I can't believe it. What a summer.
19:01 Thank you so much for everything.
19:03 Like I said, my dad almost started crying when I gave him that watch.
19:06 It meant so much to him.
19:08 It was a little blurry, but you could see the tears through the fog.
19:11 Mincy's back.
19:12 We're back. Just saying. I love it.
19:14 You said that just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.
19:16 Like I said in the Gleason video, too. I thought that you snapped up.
19:19 All right. I'll talk to you soon, Mincy.
19:21 We're back, baby. We're back.
19:23 Oh, my gosh. All right. Let's do it. Can't wait.
19:25 All right. Bye.
19:27 [laughs]
19:29 I don't even know how it came to be. It came to me quickly.
19:35 So like the pen had to go a different direction because of the regulatory shit, which I get.
19:41 I want to make sure barstool's, you know, barstool.
19:45 So the opportunity basically arose for me to fucking buy it.
19:48 And I bought it.
19:49 And now, you know, the Nate's of the world are fucking safe.
19:53 Because who knows what would happen.
19:55 And, you know, Daveless, barstool-less ecosystem and all these little people out there.
20:00 I mean, Glennie Balls, Nate Dogg.
20:03 We got a lot of people there who have no life skills maybe outside these doors.
20:07 Bosco?
20:08 Well, Bosco. Bosco is going to have to fight for his salary.
20:13 That was sort of the incentive.
20:16 Me and Dan were talking like if we do this, Bosco is then on the hook to like beg for his fucking supper every single year.
20:23 So I'm excited about that.
20:25 Especially no more three-week vacations from Bosco.
20:28 That's ending.
20:30 But yeah, it's a great day.
20:31 So what actually happened?
20:33 It was scenes. It was scenes.
20:35 It was scenes.
20:36 I mean, could not be more perfect for a guy who doesn't gamble and lets it fly and says a lot of dumb shit on the internet.
20:46 It's a great day to be me. It's a great day to be me.
20:49 Everything. Everything Barstool's ever done.
20:53 That's awesome.
20:54 Her echinacea is a safe belt.
20:57 You thought the whole second command thing was a joke?
21:03 You, Gaz, and Nate?
21:05 And Erica.
21:06 It's the big three.
21:09 You got equity. You got it, didn't you?
21:11 I mean...
21:14 Is that what you're wearing?
21:17 I didn't know until two seconds ago.
21:19 This is a fit right here for a three-time dinner.
21:22 You gotta lay your backpack behind.
21:24 He's wearing LA gear.
21:25 You definitely can't wear your backpack, your hat, and your glasses.
21:29 Are you playing Little League?
21:30 Are you playing 7th grade?
21:31 You're fucking 18 from middle school.
21:33 Yeah, who cares?
21:34 Are you playing in your skateboard?
21:35 You think he's got 8th grade?
21:36 Are you gonna play skateboard too?
21:37 Give me your polo.
21:38 Don't climb her back.
21:39 Hey, Nate, kill yourself.
21:44 Nate's day is numbered with the dateless company.
21:47 I've been talking about that for six months.
21:49 Like, about how once my thing's done, I'm out.
21:51 Penn's gonna look down at the roster and go, "Who's Eric Nate?"
21:54 Cross me off.
21:56 He's another guy, probably.
21:59 Penn would've been like, "All we hear is how dumb."
22:01 It's like, "Well, he hired him a long time."
22:04 What time is it right now?
22:13 9.45.
22:15 9.45.
22:16 We got a couple people over here.
22:18 These motherfuckers don't show up.
22:21 I'm only in the office for a fucking week.
22:23 What the fuck are these idiots doing?
22:26 This is a disaster.
22:27 And we're not talking about Cy Young and Ted Williams.
22:31 We're talking about Smitty, Glennie, Marty, Tommy.
22:36 This section over here, if they died, nobody would notice.
22:41 And they can't fucking get in here?
22:43 I'm sorry.
22:45 The whole fucking place is empty.
22:47 I've been with the company for less than 24 hours, and nobody's here.
22:51 That's crazy.
22:53 What time do you get in?
22:55 9.30.
22:56 You weren't in at 9.30.
22:58 No, I got in at 5.00.
22:59 What? First day. You can't beat me in?
23:03 I took you to dinner.
23:04 What the fuck? You complain about everybody else.
23:07 Now this place is a dead fucking ghost town.
23:11 How was dinner last night?
23:12 Dinner was really good.
23:13 It looked lovely.
23:14 We had a really good time.
23:15 Yesterday was a great day.
23:17 I ended up being correct about everything.
23:19 Dinner was lovely.
23:20 We had some sushi, some steak, some bread, some drinks.
23:23 Came in a little late today, and back at the bottom.
23:28 You weren't here either. Nobody was here.
23:31 What time do you get in?
23:34 Keegs, you weren't in. Caroline, not in. Nobody was in.
23:38 I'm shooting something.
23:40 What were you shooting?
23:41 I shot something at 9.00 a.m. in Dumbo.
23:44 Alright.
23:45 I'm deceased.
23:46 Alright, good.
23:47 Probably the last one in, but I probably did way more work this morning than any of the people here.
23:51 If my train got here at 10.02, you should have seen the strides I was making.
23:54 There was nobody in there. That place was dead ass empty.
23:57 Day one of Meowny, and no one could show up.
24:00 Bobby Fox got diarrhea. That's like fucking Tommy Lights.
24:04 I don't like driving early because of traffic.
24:07 What?
24:09 I'm going to let you write it down.
24:11 I'm taking notes, baby.
24:12 No, I'm trying to see what I want on the rundown.
24:14 Quite the fall from grace.
24:16 CEO one day, the next, diarrhea.
24:19 That's what happens.
24:20 Even CEOs get diarrhea.
24:23 Shit happens.
24:24 You only walk in, no one's fucking here.
24:29 No one.
24:30 It was so stunningly silent.
24:32 Give me like a 15 count and then we're good.
24:35 Exactly.
24:36 I mean, he's hustling.
24:37 He's hustling.
24:38 He's not working today.
24:39 I don't like that.
24:40 That's what you should do.
24:42 You should be fucking on the hop.
24:44 That's the type of what I expected to see.
24:46 People busting around.
24:48 Literally busting your ass.
24:50 Snicker wrote seven blogs in all of July.
24:53 I just emailed you the whole list.
24:57 What else does he do?
24:58 Nothing, right?
24:59 He's a stay at home.
25:00 So he's just doing nothing.
25:01 He's robbing us.
25:02 Occasionally comes in for pick central.
25:04 He's robbing us.
25:05 Smitty's robbing us.
25:06 We're getting robbed by Smitty.
25:07 Smitty, God bless him.
25:09 He said Penn offered him four months maternity leave.
25:13 That's a good gig.
25:15 So I don't know.
25:16 People have babies.
25:17 I don't fucking know.
25:18 He's prepped Penn nonstop.
25:19 I was here till about midnight last night.
25:22 Woke up in a panic.
25:26 Adding everything to the prep sheet as Dave tweets and eviscerates Smitty.
25:30 Just making sure we have every tweet on there.
25:32 I think it's going to be great.
25:33 It's just shit show.
25:35 But we're ready for this.
25:37 I think I legit had a dream about Barstool Radio.
25:41 You slept. Good for you.
25:42 How does it feel to be back on the ones and twos?
25:44 It's unbelievable.
25:45 Next time I'm going to be doing a pizza review.
25:47 We thought we had it good on the golf course.
25:49 We're right back into the rat race.
25:51 Great day for Barstool, for Frankie.
25:52 He's back on the train.
25:53 Probably where I belong.
25:55 I won't be using my computer.
25:57 Did you see the sign outside?
25:59 Who do you think is the most nervous for Dave to be back in the office?
26:04 I'm going to guess that you would be.
26:06 You or Bosco.
26:08 Welcome back to the greatest reality show on the planet Earth.
26:13 Barstool Radio is back.
26:15 I felt like for the first time in maybe 10 years, I was a fan again.
26:22 The difference in the company, the culture, the vibe was palpable to say the least.
26:30 I hung out until 7 o'clock last night, just goofing.
26:33 You know what it really was?
26:35 Everybody just hung around to clown on Nate.
26:37 What's up, dog?
26:38 What's up, bitches?
26:39 [barking]
26:41 How was dinner?
26:42 Dinner was lovely.
26:43 Are you on? Is the mic on?
26:45 Frankie hasn't worked in three years.
26:47 [laughter]
26:49 Dave and the dog hit a rough patch.
26:51 Already?
26:52 A major change is going to be--
26:55 I told Smitty, "You're not a stay-at-home dad at work. That's out.
26:59 If you want to stay at home, go work somewhere else."
27:01 But either be in the office or don't work here.
27:05 If you're Nate Dog, Tommy Smokes, the loser pen, you better fucking be here.
27:11 He should almost want to be here.
27:12 It shows that you don't have any appreciation at all.
27:16 You're just taking this all for granted. That's what it shows.
27:19 I think it's more that it just kind of--
27:22 It's like you showed your true colors a little bit,
27:24 where there wasn't one part of your brain that said, "I should be there," or, "I want to be there."
27:30 I work from home in the morning, then I got here at 10:30.
27:32 But I think the vibe should be like, "I'm going to work from the office today,"
27:35 because it's day one of the new--
27:38 Yeah, but obviously in retrospect, that's robbing. That's stealing.
27:43 So we've got to change that.
27:44 He needs me to keep this place going.
27:47 Absolute disaster.
27:49 No music. It was chaos.
27:52 Do you guys lose audio?
27:54 Oh, for everything.
27:55 I got a notification on my Whoop that I had hit a massive stress moment around 1.30, nightmare.
28:02 I mean, you were fucking it up pretty bad.
28:04 But when we went live, nothing was ready.
28:07 Everything I was hitting wasn't going out to the thing.
28:09 So I turned around, there's a guy working in there, and he was freaking out, and he just left the room.
28:16 And I go, "Where are you?" I said, "When you leave the room, where do you go?"
28:19 Because he left the room three times.
28:21 And he goes, "I'm going to look for Pete."
28:23 So I walked over to Pete, and I said, "Pete, you get your fucking ass in here."
28:25 I said, "Your room is fucking crumbling."
28:28 That's what I said to him. And he came in, and we fixed it.
28:30 Dave, Dave, people are asking, "Are we going to get Uber Eats money?"
28:34 They cut it off.
28:36 We got $80 a month, and I thought it was $80 a day.
28:38 So you want to show up at noon and eat instantly.
28:41 Yeah. You know how much better my life would be if I could just show up at noon and have free food?
28:45 Improve our outlooks, that's the important one.
28:47 You've got to take advantage of everything.
28:49 So maybe if you're good employees and get here on time,
28:52 and don't stack vacation weeks on top of vacation weeks.
28:58 What time did you get here today?
28:59 I took you to dinner yesterday, and you took advantage of me.
29:01 Where did they go to dinner?
29:02 Zero Bond.
29:03 As we're walking out, ordering extra glasses of wine and putting them in his pocket.
29:08 That's not true.
29:10 How crass of you.
29:14 I thought you were going to think I just got here.
29:17 The funniest daily mail ever.
29:19 Dave Boren calls out fucking brain-dead Barstool employees for not showing up in office on first day back
29:23 after he bought the company with a picture of his empty seat.
29:26 Business is booming.
29:28 I did it again. You're welcome.
29:30 It is Thursday, August 10th, back on Barstool Radio Live.
29:35 We can have Barstool Radio with me and Dave.
29:40 It could be Barstool Radio with Tommy and Riggs.
29:42 It could be on YouTube.
29:44 It can be new, old.
29:46 There's a running theme of just Smitty getting dunked on by somebody at some point.
29:49 I think we'll probably hear from him today.
29:51 I don't know for sure, but he was obviously the focal point of a lot of shit yesterday.
29:56 I've heard through the grapevine he is very, very pissed.
29:58 I don't know if he's in or wants to come in.
30:01 Oh, no.
30:03 Here we go. Here we go.
30:04 General Smitty.
30:06 He's not here, Smitty.
30:08 We moved to New York, and everyone kind of like pretend to like me here,
30:12 and I got you guys all these baseball bats.
30:14 I don't pretend to like you. I like you, Smitty.
30:18 So Dave has been going in on you.
30:22 Did you talk with him afterwards, or was there any--
30:26 No, I was going to talk with him today.
30:28 He texted me in Dave's style.
30:32 "What do you do here? You wrote seven bugs all of July.
30:34 Had a kid on May 29th and was on maternity leave until recently.
30:36 Will be blogging more, but things have been going on, blah, blah, blah.
30:39 Are you still on paternity leave?"
30:41 Not technically, but to be honest, like I probably should be,
30:45 I was offered 16 weeks by Penn, and I said I only needed four to six.
30:49 Penn doesn't own Barstow anymore. I do, and I expect people to earn their salaries.
30:53 I can't control, A, when my kid's born,
30:55 and, B, what Penn offered and what I took for paternity leave.
30:59 I can't go back in time.
31:00 He's going to be like, "I don't give a fuck what Penn offered you
31:03 or what you did take or didn't take."
31:05 He would, you know, throw his baby out in the fucking garbage
31:08 and come to work the next day.
31:09 I don't know. It seems a little tense on there.
31:11 Somebody walked in with a baseball bat.
31:13 It is brutal, but it's just kind of--
31:16 That is quite the intimidation factor.
31:18 Yeah, I mean, if any person is standing around
31:20 holding a baseball bat in their hands for an hour,
31:23 I think people are going to be like, "What's going to happen?"
31:26 I wanted to talk to Dave today.
31:27 At this point, I mean, your history with Dave is a long-storied one.
31:33 Can I straighten up one thing that he said yesterday?
31:35 Yeah, that's what we're doing.
31:36 I don't give a fuck about Showergate.
31:38 I don't give a shit about that, and I've told him this a million and one times.
31:42 I don't care that you film me in the shower.
31:45 I don't give a fuck, Dave, that you film me in the shower.
31:48 Is that clear enough?
31:50 Dave Portnoy doesn't lie. He doesn't lie. He doesn't lie.
31:52 But there's a lot of revisionist history when it comes to me.
31:55 Some of it's true, some of it's bad, some of it is just a little out there.
31:59 And I appreciate Dave. I love Dave.
32:01 I'm thankful for the opportunity that he has given me and will continue to fulfill my contract.
32:07 But Jesus Christ, especially when I have a family,
32:09 and I'm trying to explain to him what's going on to weaponize social media against me like that,
32:15 whether he meant to or not.
32:16 It sucked, and it sucks for my family.
32:18 It's going to be that way.
32:19 I know. I know, and that's what I signed up for when I started working here in 2011.
32:24 I don't know if I can do it after my contract.
32:28 Yeah, you're out?
32:29 I don't know. I'm going to have that discussion with my family.
32:33 And also, to clear something up, I live two and a half hours away,
32:37 and I've been up here pretty regularly ever since.
32:40 I live basically a half hour closer than Jeff Naddoo, who never fucking came up.
32:43 Okay, so this is the point. I think this is Dave's point.
32:46 I get that. I sympathize with that.
32:49 But that is a choice you made to live far away from your job.
32:54 I know. I made that choice, which was approved in 2020 when I was streaming,
32:58 and there was radio, and there was a difference.
33:00 And now three years later, it's just different.
33:02 But there's also a difference between approved and is this good for your career.
33:06 You made a work-life choice.
33:08 His point of view is that is neither here nor there because you just need to do more work.
33:14 That's fine.
33:15 But you make a choice between family and work, and one of them suffers,
33:19 and when work suffers, your boss is not going to be happy.
33:22 Honestly, is it fair? No.
33:24 I fucking lost a--you know, I had a failed marriage largely because of it.
33:31 It's a tough 24 hours. I'll get over it. I'll be fine, and we'll get back to normal.
33:36 I'm definitely--I'll be here blogging.
33:38 Yeah. Well, I think that's all--
33:40 Tim Horton is always right. For five years, I haven't come at him.
33:43 Five years. I'm not even coming at him now.
33:44 Like, I love Dave. I'm very grateful.
33:46 You came in here slamming the bat.
33:48 The bat! It's not coming at him. That's what the bat does.
33:51 I think we all feel a little more comfortable with the bat right now.
33:54 Absolutely.
33:56 This is the only thing I found from my desk. Everything else is thrown out.
34:00 Oh, yeah. Joey apologizes for that. He threw out all your stuff.
34:04 Whether I'm here or not after three years, I'm here or not before then.
34:08 I'll figure it out. I'll be fine. I'm a big boy. I can take it.
34:11 It's just when things seemingly out of my control get exasperated like yesterday,
34:17 and it spills over.
34:19 If you do better at Barstool, it's worse at home.
34:22 And when you do more at home, it's worse at Barstool.
34:25 And that's probably a lot of jobs, but it's very heightened here.
34:28 I'll put it out there again. I love Dave. I have no problems with him personally.
34:33 I thank him for everything. There you go, Dave. Thank you.
34:37 And you want me to admit I'm the cherry case? I'm a charity case.
34:41 Sure, Dave. I admit it. I'm a charity case. There you go. Quote it.
34:44 All right.
34:46 As far--you know, when you are in the blender, it is not a fun time as the other guy.
34:56 How do we think that went?
34:58 I don't really care.
35:00 When he put the headphones on when he was coming in, oh my god.
35:04 Barstool Radio was so fucking packed.
35:07 I'm not going to lie. It was tough for me to keep my mouth shut. This is good. I'm happy.
35:13 I'm ready to roll. How are you doing? You look fabulous.
35:16 Wow. This looks like a phone operation right now. Hello, Dave.
35:21 Oh. Oh.
35:24 What?
35:25 I promised I would never touch him again, and I almost tried to tongue kiss him.
35:29 But I pulled away. It was a good recovery.
35:32 But he was like, Stu, remember. You know, like, Stu, remember.
35:36 Look at him, the bold showing. Stu, Stu, remember.
35:41 Ready to roll.
35:43 [Music]