131 - The Legend of Zelmo Beaty
Come and get it, its PGH Dive Bar Talk, the only Category 5 podcast in the universe. We challenge you to go find another one. Happy Thanksgiving! This week, we get to go on vacation with the Prince of Pittsburgh. Well, not exactly, but we hear about his trip back to Kent. And... you’ll get to hear all about your hosts complete history of handball. Who knew they had so much in common? We start a new season for both the Movie and Music game after crowning our Season 3 champs. There’s that and so much more. Remember, tell ‘em where you got it!
(1:03) – One of the best ways to cure a hangover is to drink a banana milkshake with honey.
(2:08) – Podcast Numerology. Who’s your favorite to don #31? Reggie Miller? Donnie Shell? Greg Maddux? Zelmo Beaty?
(4:52) – @newscientist Magazine headlines:
1. Young great whites flipped upside down by hungry orcas.
2. Can’t focus due to a lack of sleep? Your brain needs a wash.
3. Small galaxy is home to a shockingly enormous black hole.
(7:51) – Four things happened to Coach when he attended a Kent State basketball game.
(13:45) – www.pghdivebartalk.com. Beer and pizza ratings, feel good songs and memes, great photos of you, the fans, and…surveys. Head over now to participate.
(15:22) – RIP Rodney Rogers (1971 – 2025). Coach has a few good stories about Rodney working his basketball camps. Rodney is one of only seven players in ACC history, and the only one from Wake Forest, to earn both ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC Player of the Year honors.
(18:58) – Dear Tiny vs. Dear Abby
1. My husband mentions his late girlfriend in his sleep. Should I be concerned?
2. I’m a senior widow dating an older man, but he constantly stares at other women. I’m trying not to be jealous, should I cut it off?
3. My wife of 31 years fight over politics. Our marriage counselor advised I change my political views. My wife has given me an ultimatum. What should I do?
(28:35) – Team handball stories
(38:21) – Transylvanian Brain Freeze presents Facts of the Week
1. An 18-year study concludes that those that drink in their late teens and 20s went on to higher levels of education and income than their sober counterparts.
2. An 18-year-old in Florida went to a Halloween party dressed in a prison jump suit. He was pulled over at 6AM and failed his sobriety test and was arrested.
3. A two-year old managed to order 31 cheeseburgers through a delivery service via his mother’s phone.
4. A tour guide in Germany is known as the Grumpy Guide. He snaps at tourists and berates them for stupid questions. Tours are sold out through next year.
(43:13) – The Movie Game
(47:47) – The Music Game
(52:46) – Argy Bargy
(54:11) – Hell’s Half Acre. Brooks Nader vs. Shemp’s Sister
(1:00:37) – Samurai Chatter
1. What is a question you are afraid to answer?
2. How can you improve the life of those around you?
3. What makes someone a hero?
4. How do you celebrate the things you have?
5. Rodney Dangerfield quote
