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In the past, we have paid respects to Hulk Hogan commercials, Ric Flair commercials, and our annual favorite of hometown commercials.  We add another legend to the commercial family with Shaq commercials.  Grab your Reeboks and a Pepsi, and prepare for almost 30 years of ads featuring Shaq Diesel.

Shaq Reebok Commercial (1993) - https://youtu.be/taKQHlEAeNE

Shaq Attack Toy Commercial - https://youtu.be/uBMi037Oh60

Shaq All-Sport Commercial “2044” (1994) - https://youtu.be/DEqp3tN7muE

Shaq Fu Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwWXqlhEN8

Pepsi Big Slam - https://youtu.be/tPiMvRrISlc

Reebok Shaq vs. Shaq (1995) - https://youtu.be/-CYOjklUEBU

Taco Bell Double Decker Taco with Hakeem Olajuwon (1995) - https://youtu.be/FVmaYNtgu4g

Reebok Olympic Commercial with Emmitt Smith (1996) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ABstuWWHJE

Taco Bell Taco Neck (1997) - https://youtu.be/CsGwPyrSNVE

Pepsi Commercial (1997) - https://youtu.be/N4M_OcgP2ko

Pepsi Commercial with Michael J. Fox (1997) - https://youtu.be/dTyyGgiMCAU

NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC for Midway (1999)  - https://youtu.be/88SePMME0r4

Burger King Shaq Pack - https://youtu.be/EXweq5wKOd

RadioShack Commercial with Carmelo Anthony (2004) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Xh_-Olq7I

NBA on TNT “Spanish Class” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJbTuidtZo

Vitamin Water “Horsin’ Around With Shaq” Super Bowl XLII Commercial - https://youtu.be/ti4aCoikJBE

This is SportsCenter “Hero” - https://youtu.be/FZdplRRmCQ0

Icy Hot Dance Moves - https://youtu.be/IOTsV-ydJ_0

The General Commercial (Truck) - https://youtu.be/Fwc1bGbcerI

The General “Best Friends” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNUxsqvl3dg

The General Trampoline - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEb3UG-EuII

The General with Michael Buffer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8L0BQZd2k

Harbin Beer (China) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH2146LMdkE

Nestle Crunch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQEDwrpwJ6M

Alkaline 88 Water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqnf-2-1PuE

Age of Beard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwr73cCo3KA

Frosted Flakes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGmvlaKFyCc

Papa John’s Stuffed Crust - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYOwqAtaNvg

Oreo Acrobat Commercial (2017) - https://youtu.be/u6CKP47CIQ 

Epson EcoTank for Epson Canada - https://youtu.be/rMtEGc7u71g

Gold Bond Compilation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGERvTGQvwc

In 1984, the San Francisco Giants needed something to get fans' attention away from their poor play on the field. Enter the first ever anti-mascot a crustacean mascot which drew heat from not only the fans, but the Giants and the opposing teams as well. It's all immortalized in one of the best baseball commercials ever.

Love that Crazy Crab!

Greg comes on for an instant reaction after a wild Saturday night with the Final Four and Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 as he talks about San Diego State's wild comeback and Rey Mysterio slapping hands with Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

The start of a new baseball season has arrived and we celebrate by looking back at the TV version of a movie from 3 years prior, about a rag-tag group of underdogs.  The toughest competition for The Bad News Bears didn't come from opponents on the field, but from its competition on other networks.

In honor of MLB Opening Day coming up, we present this special live show recorded on Stream Lounge as Mike, Greg and Chico watch Tim Conway as that loveable Dorf try to show us how to play baseball and root, root, root for the home team!

Dorf on the Diamond - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKyCLX5eb10

With the XFL having returned last month for it's third version, we felt it was right to release a special extended edition of our XFL episode released around the launch of the 2020 XFL.

This time we've added a few additional segments on the 2001 version but we've also recorded an hour of new footage regarding the 2020 XFL.

Grab a cup to add onto the beer snake cause THIS IS THE XFL!

Timestamps

0:56 - The XFL (2001)

1:40:02 - Segment recorded in March of 2020 for Place to be Nation regarding the cancellation of the XFL 2020 season due to COVID-19

1:41:59 - The XFL (2020)

"The DC Defenders' beer snake is the XFL's greatest tradition" (SBNation) - https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2020/3/9/21171937/dc-defenders-fans-beer-snake-xfl-2020

In this year's "big game," for the first time, we have a set of brothers playing against each other for a title.  Ten years earlier, we had a set of brothers coaching against each other for a title.  What was a great battle that came down to the end was overshadowed by a lengthy power outage.

Last year we covered the 49ers and Cowboys in the Nickelodeon Wild Card game with an ending that had us all like WTF?

This year we came back to watch the rematch as both teams faced off with a trip to the NFC Championship Game on the line.

Today, New Japan Pro Wrestling has its annual January 4th supershow at the Tokyo Dome in Wrestle Kingdom 17. In celebration, Greg and Chico record their first live show with Peacock as they look at WCW Starrcade 1995, which features New Japan taking on World Championship Wrestling in the World Cup of Wrestling!

Also, Sting, Lex Luger and Ric Flair battle in a triangle match, with the winner meeting the Macho Man for the WCW championship in the main event! This show is, so action-packed you may need to snap into some Slim Jim's!

Wrestling fans tuned into the WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 Pay-Per-View expecting a night of exciting wrestling and what happened in the first four minutes was so weird that it's been on Greg's mind for the last 29 years.

Find out if a bunch of trick-or-treaters from Atlanta can be scared by Tony Schiavone.