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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Well, that was mighty interesting. Yes, it was. We went on a little field trip during that intermission to go visit Stephen A. Smith, who's doing his show from our building today. And man, was that incredible. Limits was there in his Aaron Rodgers shirt. Bob was there in, well, no, you're not wearing a suit today. No.
But immediately, our boss back introduced us all to Stephen A. T-Bird was a nervous wreck, wasn't he, Bob? Did you see him coming past?
Yeah.
He brushed past us, say, excuse me, I got to go set something up. T-Bird is very nervous about setting up the show back there.
But it looked like he did a good job setting it up.
He always does. He always does. And I certainly wasn't questioning T-Bird's credibility. And then we all met Stephen A. Limit said hello. I said good to meet you. And Bob immediately got into suit talk with Stephen A about how much the suits cost.
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Chapter 2: What was the experience like visiting Stephen A. Smith?
That was an interesting conversation, Bob, wasn't it?
Yeah. And, you know, I've heard him talk about this before, but I mean, he's he takes his appearance very seriously and what it means in terms of interviews and things that he does. And he likes to dress to the nines. So.
He said he grew up poor in New York and had this fear that he was, you know, going to fail interviews or not get a job someday or lose a job or whatever. And so he makes sure that he has, how many suits does he have? 43, he said?
40-some, yeah. 150 ties. Yeah. Lots of slacks, blazers, all this stuff. But I mean, hey, why not? And I'm a big believer. I tell anyone who wants to come and make impressions in the business, if you're in for an interview, make sure you dress as if, you respect yourself and that person you're about to be interviewed by.
You two bonded over suits, I could tell it. I could tell that there was a bond there. Couldn't you limit that these were two people out of you and I's stratosphere?
Oh, definitely. Especially for me, just the owner of one suit compared to the Rolodex that Bob has in his closet.
How many do you have again, Bob? We did this last week. You have more than Steve and A, don't you?
About the same, I guess. Not as many ties, although I do have a lot of ties. He likes the shirts, too. The shirts, you can tell, are crisp. And he was very soft-spoken, wasn't he? Not exactly what you see on the air, but I've heard that before about him. That's his air motif.
And he thinks the Steelers are going to win tonight, but he's not confident.
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Chapter 3: How does Stephen A. Smith feel about his appearance and suits?
Pony was chopping it up with him as well.
Pony came flying in there in his Steelers jersey.
Yeah, he went right ahead of us. He just moved in like a bully attempt. He was very giving with his time talking to us.
What did you think of Pony's maneuver there, Limits?
Well, I really didn't like that Pony immediately came in and said, Limits, there's dead air going out over the station right now. You better go in there and fix that. And I said, no, there's not. I made sure that we would not. And then he pushed to the front of the line and started talking to Stephen A. Yep, he did. He said, hey, Andrew Filippone, the last time that I spoke to you was...
They got into a Terry Fox conversation. He was our original programming boss.
Yeah, and apparently Terry had talked to him yesterday.
Stephen talked to Terry yesterday, yeah. That was incredible. It was fun, and it was a good field trip. Do you agree?
I agree. But Joe, I thought you were going to ask him to come on with us.
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Chapter 4: What are Stephen A. Smith's thoughts on the Steelers' chances?
But they're the overdog. We'll see today. What is going on?
He was really frustrated at the, you know, just like his. Yeah, that.
I don't know. That's just my opinion. I think that's a lot of people's opinions, but it's just an opinion. Troy Aikman comes in at $18 million. Charles Barkley at $21 million, Bob.
Wow, I didn't know that.
Tom Brady at $37.5 million.
That's the thing that tipped everything, and it actually helped other people get more money.
And the guy we just met clocks in and number one sports media paid in the world $40 million for that man you just met. I should have asked him for a loan.
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Chapter 5: What impressions did the hosts have of Stephen A. Smith?
Wait a minute. Is that a year?
Yeah.
That seems a little high to me. I thought maybe it's right. I don't know. I thought they were dealing. I was looking at the New York Post when they're on top of these sorts of things.
No, this is how it works. He has a five-year, $105 million deal with ESPN. A three-year contract for $36 million at SiriusXM.
That's what he's doing right now.
And his YouTube channel is in the $40 million range annually. So this dude is absolutely crushing us. Crushing it, I should say. Crushing us, yes. Well, I'm surprised he only has 40 suits.
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How about that? Brady is second. I'll say Brady's gotten better.
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Chapter 6: How does Stephen A. Smith compare to other sports media personalities?
I still think Howard Cosell is a unique guy who brought that Monday night time slot to where it is and where it's been. He was unique in a way that ā How many times have they tried to replicate that with Dandy Don and Howard Cosell? Yeah. And they've had how many combinations at ABC over the years and ESPN when they've done it? So it's not easy to do. I know.
But I still think the game is the game. If you have a great game, people are going to watch a great game.
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How much does Peyton Manning make? That's a great question. He should be.
Yeah, I would think he would be in here. Maybe a lot of his is endorsement money.
Oh, I'm sure it is.
Which I think this is just like base salary for what you actually do. Ben, I guess, will be on the Manning tonight. I'm sure he will be. He should be. See, I'm going to watch the Manning cast tonight. I enjoy that more than a regular broadcast. You?
How much of that can you take, though, on a regular basis?
A lot of it. It's entertaining.
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