Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 132 – The Real Meaning of Cinco de Mayo
Big Shot Bob Pod with Robert HorryShow Notes
It's a Friday, which means it's time for another Shoot Around — the show where we throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.
Big Shot Bob himself, Robert Horry, is back in the building for Episode 132, and this one goes all over the place. We kick things off reacting to Skip Bayless returning to First Take for a one-time reunion with Stephen A. Smith. Nobody asked for it, everybody's gonna watch it — including us. But it raises a fair question: are you tuning in because you actually enjoy them, or just because it's been so long that nostalgia has you by the throat?
From there we got into what TV reunions we'd actually want to see, which somehow turned into Rob getting volunteered — live, on the spot — to host a new version of NBA Inside Stuff with Ahmad Rashad's old job. He ran with it. Like, really ran with it. The man had co-host candidates locked and loaded (Cheryl Miller, Monica McNutt, and others get a mention), a vision for the show, and apparently more enthusiasm for a job he doesn't have than the one he does. Incredible.
Then things got weird. A United Airlines plane clipped a bakery truck on the Jersey Turnpike on approach to Newark — and we had the audio. That set off a whole conversation about terrifying aviation moments, NBA team charter planes, which franchises had the nicest setups (Dallas and Portland apparently had the goods), and the time Rob was sitting next to Butter Bean on a late-night flight when the guy in front of them went completely still and his wife lost her mind thinking he was dead. Spoiler: sleep paralysis.
A listener named Richie sent in a question after a wild JP Morgan story broke this week — a guy fabricated a sexual harassment case, it went everywhere before anyone fact-checked it, and the woman got dragged online for days before the truth came out. That opened the door for Rob to share a story he's apparently never told publicly: the time a woman he didn't even know filed a false harassment claim against him with the Lakers, complete with unsolicited fan mail that's... a lot. We won't spoil the details. But it ended with Rob's lawyer sorting it out after discovering the same woman had done it to three other people.
We wrapped up with a question from Vic about the Mandalorian movie dropping near May the 4th, Star Wars fatigue, and whether Marvel is stuck in the same trap — giving away so much for free on streaming that nobody wants to pay for the theatrical version anymore. Then, naturally, it was Cinco de Mayo (Taco Tuesday edition), which meant Rob had to explain a very chaotic night in Austell, Georgia, a sombrero, a man in a full Transformer outfit, and getting home at 3 AM.
Friday energy. All the way through.
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0:00 Intro – Big Shot Bob Opens the Show
1:10 Skip Bayless Returns to First Take with Stephen A.
2:30 What TV Reunion Would You Actually Want to See?
3:30 Harper Gets Volunteered to Host New NBA Inside Stuff
8:00 Craziest Audio of the Week: United Airlines Hits a Bakery Truck
10:30 Craziest Plane Story: Rob's Recruiting Visit to Georgia Tech
11:30 The Man Who Looked Dead (But Wasn't) – Sleep Paralysis Story
14:00 What NBA Team Charters Are Actually Like Inside
17:00 Delta Passenger Refuses to Hang Up – Delays Entire Flight
18:00 Listener Q (Richie): JP Morgan False Harassment Story
19:00 Has Anyone Ever Lied on Rob Horry? (The Answer Is Yes)
20:00 Rob's Untold Story: False Accusation Filed With the Lakers
23:00 Jenners Story: Someone Checked Into a Hotel Under His Name
25:30 Listener Q (Vic): Is the Mandalorian Movie Worth Watching?
27:00 Cinco de Mayo Fell on Taco Tuesday – How Did You Celebrate?
29:00 Outro – The Real Meaning of Cinco de Mayo
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