Funeral vs Super Bowl?!

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The guys react to a truly uncomfortable Super Bowl Sunday dilemma: a wake scheduled right in the middle of the game window. Sean tries to walk the line between paying respects and saying what every sports fan is thinking, while Evan wonders how something this obvious can even happen, then realizes most of the country simply isn’t living inside the nonstop Super Bowl bubble. That turns into a hilarious, slightly dark debate about funeral etiquette, “buying your way out” with a charity donation, and how different people process grief, tradition, and obligation. It’s one of those conversations where everyone agrees it’s serious, but nobody can stop the jokes. Then they cleanse the palate with sports, as a caller tries to sell St. John’s vs UConn at MSG as the biggest college hoops game of the year. Evan pushes back with the cold truth: it’s a great night out, but February results don’t define anyone. Same goes for the Knicks and Pistons tonight. The only games that matter are the ones in March, then April through June.

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0:00.0	I don't know, man.
0:00.7	Like, God bless.
0:01.2	You're going on a Super Bowl party, Sean?
0:02.4	No, I have people coming over after I get back from awake.
0:05.7	But yes, people coming over. Our condolences. Yes, my condolences. My condolences as well, but awake on Super Bowl Sunday. I mean, can I say that? That's kind of... I'm not going to give away details. Show some damn respect. I have a charmor stuff.
0:19.8	I'm sorry.
0:20.3	We have dear friends who lost a parent,
0:22.7	and I was shocked by this as well.
0:24.6	The... I'm not going to give away details. Show some damn respect. I have some damn respect. I'm sorry. We have dear friends who lost a parent, and I was shocked by this as well. The wake is during the Super Bowl. The week is during the Super Bowl. So it's not even just before, it's during. It's also during. Teakie. It's four to eight. It's four to eight. Yes, it's before and during. So I will... Sure, I'm Tiki. I don't want to be the only bad guy. I will be there before immediate family. Can you at least confirm this is strange? I'm showing up at 315. Okay. Can I... Can I... Help? What? Help to what? help bring her in and
0:54.7	yeah i'll do everything i'm showing my respects and i understand and this is far worse
0:59.2	but it's a super bowl i my opinion
1:02.7	a funeral home should be closed on the super bowl like that should not be offered
1:07.4	that like you know what i mean is the funeral home offered on christmas what's he a football fan. I couldn't tell you. It's a dear friend's mother. You know, show him respect for those people. What about your dear friend? Her husband's a diehard giant fan, I can tell you that. And I'm being carefully. He's a diehard listening to the station. Have you conversed about the situation?
1:28.0	With him?
1:28.3	Yeah.
1:28.8	No.
1:43.1	This is the first time he's hearing me conversed about this. You haven't said, hey, yeah, I'll be there, but Super Sunday. Well, again, at least they gave you those couple hours where you could get in before the game. But still, you know, Super Bowl parties have started. I want to start pounding beers How many, Tiki, answer me this
1:45.6	Because I don't know the answer
1:46.7	And I think we did this two days ago have started. You know, I want to start pounded beers.
2:05.7	How many, Tiki, answer me this, because I don't know the answer, and I think we did this two days ago. How many people live in America right now? Like in the United States of America. It's close to 400 million. 400 million, okay. I don't think it's quite there, but it's getting there. We'll round off down. 400 million people. the TV audience for the Super Bowl is going to be about 110, which means well more than half of Americans are not watching the Super Bowl.
2:09.1	They are not consuming it.
2:10.6	They're not doing anything.
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