Hank Azaria
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
You know, people either really are into you or they're not once you go on the jumbotron. Ben and I talk about this all the time. We like dread the moment we're going up on the screen. We're like, oh, God, I hope I get a decent response. Otherwise, they're not going to have me back next time, you know. But I'm just I like what I like.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I'm such a big fan that they're kind of happy to let you sit 10, 15 rows up. They have a nice little suite for folks sort of out. And I kind of prefer that because it's a great view of the game and there's less pressure on you as a celebrity up there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I'm glad you guys heard that, too, because I think I just had a stroke. But anyway, go ahead.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
That's why. I understand. They're jealous. People don't love you. I'm sure you've discovered this. I just sat courtside at the Knicks. People aren't happy for you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Well, Spike, of course, is the top of that mountain. I mean, he goes to games out of town. He's everywhere.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
What do you want Ben to be doing? You don't want him to be excited? Is he just a little, like, is he dorking out too much for your taste? What's going on there?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Yeah, I probably say that quote because he loves you, Dan. I think he really wanted to be on. And so he wanted to want to give you something. Yeah. You know, Ben, you know, Ben's got a lot on him. He works real hard. And I'm happy for him personally that he has the thing that brings him that childlike joy, you know, and he wants to jump around at courtside at the Knicks. Let him have his fun, man.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I've been courtside many times. I think it depends on the game, you know?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
This is more of a comment on your your your opinion on on Ben's physicality rather than, you know, his attitude in the Nick game. I think you just you want to just be a little more graceful than he is, perhaps.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I got to support my friend here. I think Ben, he's genuine. He's himself. It's awesome. No, wait a minute. He represents what the garden is really like.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I'm sure he was. I'm amazed that Spike... missed that game. I mean, really, he travels the country. Well, he just had it revoked.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
He's revoked it, and now it's time for a... It's such an absurd notion that I don't think it merits even pushing back against. Anyone you filed this with, if you could do such a thing, would reject it out of hand. They wouldn't even look at it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Do I get some reverse? Proudly never been. Hank Azaria, colon, I hate charity. Whoa.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
No, that's right. Whoa, no, no. I do almost nothing but raise money for charity, including sing like Springsteen everywhere. But, you know, you stumbled onto another. So many little vocal stings now you guys have. Yeah. What has happened? Why is it all about little songs?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
That's what that means. I wondered what that meant.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
So he's allowed to toss in whatever little music he wants? Yeah, he's out of control.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
No, I forgot. Studio DLS Zoom phone number two and Studio One Zoom shot is what's coming through on my Zoom. And yeah, I've forgotten the folks name I knew. All right. There's some new faces.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
You're just you're not Stugatz.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I know your name is John. I remember that it's John.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Good enough.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
They kind of do, I've discovered in my old age. For some reason, baseball is with me more. I'm more of a, yeah, but don't get me wrong. I'm freaking out over the Knicks. I mean, absolutely. And I follow every year. I don't really miss a game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Well, yes, it's great. We always, you know, we always have the jets to bring us right back down to earth in case any of us are feeling things too much. And but honestly, the honest answer to your question is it will take. years for me to be, before it wears off on me, just the Knicks and Mets being relevant and good, okay? Let alone how well they actually do.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
That is still a joy for me, that we play meaningful late season games and are decent and in the conversation. It would take a couple of years for me to get frustrated and go, why isn't this team winning a championship? You know? And it also is a little uncomfortable, especially as a Mets. I really get weird when the teams do well. I don't know how to be.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I'm so used to just complaining about what's wrong with these teams. It's hard for me to switch gears and just be happy that they're doing well. Not to mention these teams are, I meant when I said like these Nick wins apart from the last one have been hard attack. They haven't, they've trailed by 14 points in every game at least. I mean, it's really a series of heart attacks watching this team.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Is it that, as a Nick fan, do you need to just focus on something that bothers you? Are you proving my point? You can't just go with the joy. It's got to be finding what's annoying you about it, and that's where you're comfortable. Is that part of it for you?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
This is like OCD behavior. You're focusing on this so you don't really worry about the bigger problem, which is when are they going to lose?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Now I remember you. Yes, of course. You're Obi-Wan Kenobi. There you go. Have you been watching Andor? No, I haven't. I heard it's good, though. I really liked season one.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I assume by adult Star Wars, you don't mean like Star Wars porn.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
No, I kind of only like adult, like Rogue One and what Favreau did there with Boba Fett. Because what we get now, continuing the studio films, we argued about this, I think. It's coming back to me. You liked the prequels, which I don't understand. But no, I like the adult Star Wars when it's done well. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Yes. There's Wild Billy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Literally, if I were invited, how would I handle that?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Well, I don't know anybody close. It's not like it would be organic to invite that I would go. Well, we're getting into inside baseball. There's memorials and there's funerals. Usually big actors, there's kind of a private funeral. You talking about like the memorial?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I went too famous.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I don't understand the spirit of the question. What's the dilemma here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Serpico. I'd go to Pacino's funeral, even though I'm not very close to him, just out of respect. I mean, I'd be honored to be there. I'll say goodbye to the legend.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
You know what would be a real dilemma? Whether I'd go to Matthew Broderick's funeral or the Met Gala. That would be like a real tough one.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Hank. Investment in my life. Even if I wouldn't go, there's no investment in my saying, I would never go to that church.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I really miss you guys. And maybe Brockmire will make a return soon in a more serious way on the show.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Of course I would go to Paul's funeral. This is all very sad. This very sad little segment you have here. No matter what Billy plays. No matter what upbeat 70s dating game music you're playing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Of course I, Nathan, love Nathan. Why would I not go to these people's? Circle back on Janine Garofalo. Circle back on that one. Also love Janine. Harvey Weinstein. Thank you. I would not go to Harvey Weinstein. We got it. You got him. I would absolutely not go to that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I'll bring because I genuinely missed you, Dan. It's been a very, very long time. And all of the people in there. I'm not sure whether to start as Brockmire or as Bruce Springsteen or as myself. I have no idea which way to go here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
It's a little weird. It's not like turning 60 drove me to some kind of weird post midlife crisis where I felt the need to start up a Springsteen tribute band or nothing like that with a bunch of children, by the way. Yeah, it's insane how I've gotten totally obsessed. You know, I'm a mimic. I've gotten completely obsessed. with talking and singing like Bruce.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
And it has cheered me up a lot, having turned 60, now 61. And I've raised a lot of money for charity, doing it, and I really, really enjoy it. So that's what dead is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Well, first of all, I got to say that Stugatz, you've gotten kind of bloated. That's weird.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
What's going on? Have you guys fired Sugatz? Lots going on.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
All right, I just was worried. I don't know. He just can't be controlled. Yeah, I understand that. I could have told you that a long time ago. Saved you a lot of time. Well, hi, Stugatz. Who's the new guy? Sorry, I've been lost in my Springsteen world.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
That's confirmed? Okay, all right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Hank, I see. Nice jersey. Yes. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
It's been insane here in New York. Even when they win, it's like you feel like they lose even when they win. It's like this heart attack, except for that last game. So that came along with actually felt bad. Jason Tatum at the end of that game. I mean, I'll take it. I would have been happier if he wasn't injured. But we were going to win that game anyway.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
You mean, I don't know.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
no you know by the way he was writhing around i was sure it was one of those landed on an ankle things right and then when they showed the replay finally and you see it was non-contact no i can i can tell you honestly when i saw the non-contact nature of that i felt really bad i was like oh no you just never like to see that as a basketball fan just go oh that's awful you know that's awful i think the point
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Yeah, go ahead.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Have you realized that you feel more for men than you thought you did? This is natural. Many men have different feelings. There's nothing to be ashamed of.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Maybe this is because you have feelings about men you are not totally, are not totally processed. Could be, it's possible.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Because he's got a great ass! Yeah, you like that Al Pacino yelled that into my head. As do I. I love doing Brockmire. That's a good segue back into the Pete Rose thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Yeah, I was rethinking. Maybe I don't answer as Brockmire.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Not yet. He has not surpassed Clyde yet. He's making a run at it. He's got to win a ring first to achieve that, in my opinion. And, you know, Clyde, come on, Clyde. I mean, there's a guy who, Deuce McBride? Who is that? Deuce McBride? How dare you? Who was the original number two?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Larry Johnson.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
All right. Well, I'm glad to hear that. And yeah, I mean, to me, passing Clyde would be hard. But he might do it. I mean, it's a good problem to have, trying to pick between Jalen and Clyde as your favorite all-time name.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I mean, who hates them? I mean, I'm sure everybody outside New York hates them. But you mean like in New York or wherever?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Oh, yeah. The Knicks are the main focus of New York. I think they're the most beloved team, and it was especially heartbreaking. I mean, look at, through all those 25 years, the Garden was never not at capacity for every single game. I mean, need I say more? I mean, it was always insane in there, no matter how the team did. Yeah, it's been fascinating.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
As you know, I'm sort of obsessed with team ownership and how that affects everything. And I don't think, can you recall, Dan, an owner sort of, I know that sometimes teams get sold, like the Mets are a good example, right? The Wilpons got out and Steve Cohen came in and it's changed things over there. And we've seen that happen in a bunch of places. I can't recall an owner really just kind of
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
reversing his policies and going, let me hire guys who know what they're doing and let them be. And it's worked. Can you recall any other example of that?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
No, well, wait, many points there. They tried to hang on to Hartenstein. They just, they literally couldn't. He got 18 million more or something going OKC. Like they just couldn't match it. And then the guy, I don't think he wanted to leave, but he couldn't turn down that money. And, you know, Leon Rose has made a series of incredible decisions.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
I mean, he might have gotten a little lucky with Jalen. I mean, remember when Jalen first got here, we all thought we overpaid for him. But he's good. And he's turned into this superstar. Nobody saw that coming. And... Leon Rose and World Wide West have just made a bunch of decisions that have been great.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
But the fact that they were allowed to even make them is astonishing because that just wasn't the case a bunch of years ago here in New York.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
Oh, all the time. Look, I think there was an article in the Post today that finally broke down what goes into being allowed sitting at courtside. That's what you'd imagine. You do have to really be a Nick fan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The Hank Azaria Show With Not Stugotz
They kind of draw the line there, unless you're dating either someone who's genuinely a Nick fan or is such a huge star that there's no way they're going to keep them out of the front row there. But yeah, you know, but it's literally it's like it's kind of daunting. You know, people applaud. It's like a popularity contest.