The Friday Mailbag

Zach Harper turns to noted Jets aficionado Wosny Lambre for guidance on how to be a depressed football fan following a crushing Super Bowl Loss. The Warriors tried to trade for LeBron James before the Trade Deadline?? And don't forget about Daryl 'D-Mo' Morey's history of bold trade inquiries. What is Kyle Kuzma trying to build with the Wizards? Better fit: OG Anunoby on the Knicks or Gordon Hayward saddling up to the Thunder? And we decode Spencer Dinwiddie's parental analogy for why he chose the Lakers. Patreon Exclusive: Draymond Green eviscerates 'little guy' Jusuf Nurkic on his podcast. Plus Wos gives his thoughts on this week's Cinephobe, 'Blue Chips' Produced by Anthony Mayes If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Haberstroh and Travonne Edwards are Coming Home! Mayes is depressed about the 49ers losing another Super Bowl. Everyone has been comparing Patrick Mahomes to Michael Jordan, but what NBA player has an identical resume? We discuss the Usher halftime show and Swizz Beats being cucked in front of the largest audience since the moon landing. Despite the Trade Dudline, there were still NBA teams that improved, like the Mavs, Knicks and Suns. Why did the Hawks, Lakers and Warriors stand pat? Patreon Exclusive Segment: LeBron keeps lying and Courtside Tray details his trip to Madison Square Garden featuring appearances by Tracy Morgan, Spencer Dinwiddie and Mark Cuban. Produced by Anthony Mayes. If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc

Eden, Zach, Emily, Mo, Katie & Mayes Missing laundry items and Zach's flooded apartment. A sudden development at Karma, and no we're not talking about the brunch menu. Teslas see ghosts in cemetaries and Eden's review of the Apple Vision Pro. Sandwich talk! Including the Sandwich Alignment Chart. Love Question about Valentine's Day Patreon Exclusive: All Fantasy Everything live show in Phoenix If you want to hear the full mailbag, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the Mailbag on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Harper and Wosny Lambre celebrate their birthdays and talk about the debut of Curb Your Enthusiasm's final season. Should the NBA restrict the trade window to a set period like they do in soccer? Or would that force ESPN to actually have to discuss basketball instead of rumors and cap machinations, and cause a ceasefire to the possibility of a Woj-Bomb at any given moment. We discuss the brand spankin new LED court that will debut for All Star Weekend, check in on the Ben Simmons hype train and Kyrie's comments after returning to Brooklyn. Patreon Exclusive Segment: 50 Cent has removed the Ja Rule Curse from the Minnesota Timberwolves and Zach has made a conscious decision to believe in the Clippers. Produced by Anthony Mayes. If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings Learn more about

Tom Haberstroh and Travonne Edwards are Coming Home! Tracy Chapman joining Luke Combs for a Grammy's performance of Fast Car prompts an interesting discussion about the second life songs can get these days and how music is an emotional time machine. With the Trade Deadline looming, should the Warriors trade for Lauri 'Bird' Markkanen? Should the OKC Thunder cash in their chips for win now type player? New York City is buzzing about the Knicks and Jalen Brunson as an MVP candidate. Are they the NBA's version of what happened with the Detroit Lions this season? Patreon Exclusive Segment: Dr. Brian Sutterer weighs in on the unclear language surrounding the media coverage of Joel Embiid's injury diagnosis. Produced by Anthony Mayes. If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings Learn more about yo

Eden, Mayes, Emily, Mo, Katie & Dammond Johnson Mayes unveils his group project theory for all interpersonal social dynamics. What is your go to snack under the influence? First crushes and the silly things we did to get their attention. If you want to hear the full mailbag, check out the patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the Mailbag on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Harper and Wosny Lambre stayed up late to catch LeBron's late night emoji tweet ⌛️, and are here to interpret just exactly whose time is up. You've heard that Joel Embiid and Tyrese Haliburton are in danger of missing out on awards, but was the responsibility on the Player's Union to prevent us from getting here? A spicy Detroit Diss Track will never see the light of day, Amin Elhassan may have blasphemed with his latest costume, and is a Steph Curry / Sabrina Ionescu shootout necessary? Produced by Anthony Mayes. If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Haberstroh and Travonne Edwards welcome Amin Elhassan to Mondays, even though he's not a capricorn, hasn't come home and might be headed to Turkey. In the wake of the scoring eruptions from Luka, Embiid, Booker and KAT, is defense gone? Is that a good thing? Tray sees both sides of the issue. Joel Embiid hasn't played in Denver since 2019 and is in danger of being ruled ineligible for his second MVP, but there's another player's money that Amin is more concerned about. Tom has a scorching hot take in light of the NFC Championship game. Produced by Anthony Mayes. If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eden, Zach, Emily, Mo, Katie & Mayes The crew shares their experiences with road rage, frustration with people zippering, and Eden's troubled past on the road. Except for Zach, who despite rage in his everyday life, is chill on the road. Favorite slang words or phrases in other languages? Behaviors you found out what was weird later in life. Grocery store habits and curiosities. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place and other 90s trash television. If you want to hear the full mailbag, check out the patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the Mailbag on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Harper and Wosny Lambre are together once again on the Wednesday show with 'floater' Amin Elhassan. The Bucks fired Adrian Griffin despite being 2nd in the East. Could you have seen this coming if you were paying attention? Can Doc Rivers prescribe a cure and make the Bucks championship contenders? Why and how did CNN get the scoop ahead of Woj and Shams? The Miami Heat acquired the scariest, terriest guard in the NBA. Produced by Anthony Mayes. If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Mayes brings in Jason Madison to discuss the best of television in the last year. Why did we wait til January 2024? Because The Curse and Fargo hadn't wrapped up yet. Honorable Mentions at 6:02 I Think You Should Leave, How To With John Wilson, Beef, Slow Horses, Reservation Dogs Dear Mama 16:09 #10 Dave 25:15 #9 The Last of Us 33:02 #8 Righteous Gemstones 44:37 #7 Poker Face 48:23 #6 The Curse 53:32 #5 Abbott Elementary 1:10:02 #4 Fargo 1:13:21 #3 Barry 1:16:11 #2 The Bear 1:24:27  #1 Succession 1:31:46 Hijack, The Bad Batch & Winning Time 1:38:12 The Black Shows that got Axed in 2023 1:47:23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Haberstroh and Travonne Edwards unite for the inaugural Monday edition of the OG Podcast. Kevin Durant wants to be included in the GOAT conversation. What is holding him back from reaching that level? Then Ben Aronson joins the program to discuss the collapse of Sports Illustrated and the greater media landscape. Produced by Anthony Mayes. If you want to hear the full OG Pod, check out the Patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the OG Pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eden, Zach, Emily, Mo, Katie & Mayes with Enrico Guizzardi joining us from Rwanda What bizarre request would you make for your funeral? Katie's been preparing for this question for a while. Saltburn review! We had the whole panel watch the movie so we can discuss Barry Keoghan's squinty eyes. If you want to hear the full mailbag, check out the patreon! Join the Count The Dings Patreon for exclusive full, ad free episodes, extra Cinephobe content and more at www.patreon.com/CountTheDings Watch the Mailbag on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CountTheDings1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The crew assembles to debate ordering movie theater popcorn via postmates. How much are you willing to pay for Flavacol? What are you getting too old for? What do you refuse to spend money on? Can anyone beat Post Malone at beer pong? Bubble tea has evolved, and while The Rehearsal is over, the House of the Dragon has just begun. Zach Harper, Eden Liu, Jerry, Emily Sargo, Mohammad Shirdel and Mayes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mailbag crew has returned for another thriller. Zach Harper, Eden Liu, Emily Sargo, Dammond Johnson and Anthony Mayes are here to tackle the most pressing issues in podcasting. Zach is concerned about Russia, primarily the alternate Russia from the tv show 'For All Mankind', but also the remote town of Tiksi and October Revolution Island. Then everyone assembles their heist crew from a particular set of restrictions, and when they attempt to establish three laws in their own countries, things quickly fall apart. Also, why are we wasting resources reanimating dead spiders? Don't we have better things to do? Finally Walter 'Papa' Mayes joins the show for a spoiler filled discussion of the Jordan Peele film Nope after about the 1:40:00 mark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach has returned from his Bachelor Party in Vegas and has stories to share about Momofuku's Fried Chicken and Caviar and the dangerously attractive woman he encountered at the pool. Emily Sargo paired two concerts together this week and shares her experience from The Weeknd and Rage Against the Machine. Anton Ham brags about how much delicious food he's been eating lately. Mayes dives into the archives to ask a question about utensils that really just points to one key weakness in his cutlery game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jade returns from his mailbag hiatus to give an update on Greyson's smashed iPad and report back from his summer Bear Safari in Connecticut before immediately turning around and leaving for Cape Cod, Zach checks in from Vegas, Jerry joins the show to ask a pertinent love question, Emily Sargo enjoyed Nope, and Mayes continues to hatewatch Westworld and consolidate the essence of the story down to bite size pieces for Eden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eden, Zach and Mayes return to discuss what alcoholic beverage they would love to have just a phone call away. Just who exactly is Johnny Carson? How many texts without a response is the limit? TFM Crew investigates. Why is Nathan Fielder such a seductive genius? Zach and Mayes try to convince Eden to check out The Rehearsal. Westworld ""Is Back"" according to respectable people on the internet, but Mayes tells you why it's still a Hatewatch. And finally, do snakes poop? You'll have to tune in to find out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Sargo wonders how Idris Elba can be so hot, but yet be a bad kisser, and the gang speculates on who else fits that description. Eden Liu won't stop spamming the group chat with chicken cutlet sandwich porn. Darlene Bereznicki is starting to develop a new character for her act thanks to a prompt for a variety show, where she inhabits the persona of a teenage Australian boy. Anthony Mayes wants to end microtransactions once and for all. Then finally Dammond Johnson joins the show and we talk about Thor Love and Thunder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayes is back from Pittsburgh, and he can't wait to tell the gang what he witnessed. Darlene Bereznicki had trouble adjusting to the siesta schedule in Spain, and Eden Liu & Emily Sargo describe their experience with the delicacy that is omurice. Later on Eden saw the new movie The Black Phone and Mayes breaks down the fourth season of Westworld, which takes place 7 years in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices