This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stucats podcast.

In these difficult times, we need our occasional clown levity.

And so Tony has not been able to stop talking for two days about what he believes to be the story of the weekend, undercovered by our show,

which is, if I can spoil it a little bit, the villainist Dylanous Dylan Brooks getting into an

epic staring match with Benny the Bull. And it made me think, what are the greatest

staring matches involving mascots of all time?

Because Frank Robinson stared down an umpire one time for more than two and a half minutes.

They stared at each other.

It was Frank Robinson.

So good.

Frank Robinson made that umpire stop staring at him.

But Benny the Bull, not smiling not smiling, face, uh,

face never changing is able to do a stare down with Dylan Brooks, one of the most villainous

players in the history of the NBA. It's great because Benny the Bull, he doesn't blink.

Because he's a mascot. That's right. But neither does Dylan Brooks.

And that's the thing. Dylan Brooks is standing there, emulating the exact stance of Benny the Bull, and they're just going at it, and they're like 45 feet apart, and Dylan Brooks is just not breaking eye contact with those fake eyes. Now, the question is, does Benny the bull see the person inside Benny the Bull? Does he see through Benny's eyes? Or does he see through like Benny Snout?

No, oh, let's see.

No, that's got to be the sn inside, Benny the bull. Does he see through Benny's eyes? Or does he see through like Benny's snout? No, oh, let's see. No, that's got to be the snout, right? I don't know. That has to be the snout. That's a shorter person. That mascot's head is around where the eyes are. Yeah. David, what was your greatest or most memorable interaction with a mascot of any kind? because this is not the greatest showdown in the history of... It's damn close. Robin Lopez has had a bunch. I'd like to nominate him as our goat of just interactions with mascots. Barkley was good with the mascots. He'd beat them up. Beat them up. I mean, Carter McGregor punched Bernie in the face, remember? Mascots, yeah. Well, wasn't there a lawsuit? Yes. Mask. No, mascots make everything better.

David, have you ever had a bad interaction with a mascot?

No, Tommy Lassorten, the Philly Fanatic was a good one, but that's really old school.

My interaction was just that I got such a bad rap for firing the guy inside the mascot

for somehow him thinking that

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