Boycotts, bans, threats, and doping. The two Lehigh Alums discuss the 2026 Olympics and the shenanigans that have occurred with the Games over the decades. 

The lads pick five random tv shows from the '80s and try to guess what they were about: Silk Stalkings, Fantasy Island, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, Remington Steele. Garth notes the value-add of Mike Post's Hill Street Blues theme song, while Ray does a few minutes on Ricardo Montalban.

The discussion swerves to brainstorming who was the best pro athlete turned actor. After running through the lead candidates Garth and Ray have seem to come down to six of one (Jim Brown), half a dozen of the other (Fred Dryer).

Ray and Garth muse over a random page from the 1986 TV Guide, which leads them into a broader discussion of '80s tv.

We discuss the changes in movies and tv over the decades. Are factors such as straight to streaming, movie actors doing tv, television moving from episodic to long arc, a net positive?

SCOTUS strikes down the Trump tariffs. Can we add anything to the general discussion?

The "Embattled" Tony Clark steps down as MLB union head. How former player rep Marvin Miller ran rings around the owners to secure free agency and other labor gains.

Ray and Garth discuss Bobby Duvall and Mel Brooks. We agree Duvall was a compelling actor, but how many of his movies did we actually see? Segue to Mel Brooks where Ray makes the case that his movies were... not funny.