Hello, and welcome to Take Line. I'm joined again today by one of the funniest to ever do it.

One of the greatest to ever do it. One of my favorites out there is a stand up in the co-host

of the Air Buds podcast used to Mel Johnson. You can find him every place where you don't expect

to find him, but that the shit is going down. And today he's here. We will also be talking to

Max Bredos, play by play announcer for Los Angeles football club. He will be here to talk to us

about MLS State of L-A-F-C after two big European signings. First, let's talk about, let's talk about

Jamel Johnson. First, let's welcome Jamel. Jamel, how are you? And as I was saying in the intro,

you're always at a place where no one expects to find you there, the Batcave.

Yeah, the last time you saw me was the launcher met. The next time you'll see me, I'll be on the moon.

As I'm on my Instagram, and I see you, you know, just like,

cheesing out on my timeline with the Camille Matumba with the SPs, among others.

Totally forgot what to do with my hands and photos.

Talk to us about the SPs. What's going on with the SPs? One of the most

one of those interesting events of the summer. Also becoming a classic L-A event.

It is. You know, I mean, I know they did, they did it in New York one of the COVID years. And I bet

it wasn't as fun as when it happens in L.A. The vibe is not right. Plus the ESPN office,

you know, there's the big L.A. office here. And when they have it, you just walk from L.A.

live from the building right to the place. So, you know, every few years, you know,

they hire a bunch of comics to write on the SPs. And I know one of those comics very well.

And then I get to pretend that I was a writer as well. And that is what happened this year.

Shout out to my guy Rob Hays, slid me the plus one. I went. It was in Hollywood at the

Dolby Theater, which was a little weird because it was hot as hell. And the red carpet was essentially

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