TORONTO! It's the kick off of the World Cup and apparently 70% of us don’t care?!? How Toronto. What if I had a cute story about a dog?

00:00:01 - HEY LOOK! IT’S A CUTE DOG STORY: THE DOG WHO SAVED THE WORLD CUP

Tonight we begin with a canine caper! A stolen World Cup trophy. Monty Python named cops, a ransom plot run by people who may have learned crime from the Pink Panther and a story made for the internet, with a surprising Canadian connection. As Toronto welcomes the World Cup, we raise a pint to Pickles, the goodest boy in World Cup history.

00:13:26 - HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH FOR A TICKET?

Canada is playing its first-ever World Cup game on home soil and hundreds of tickets remain unsold. And we think we may know why, they cost approximately TOO MUCH.

But it makes us wonder: assuming you aren't house poor, grocery poor, or just poor - what's the absolute most, you would spend on a single event? From Nickleback to the Blue Jays, we get into our ticket fantasies, fails and limits.

00:26:00 - ELMER THE SAFETY ELEPHANT WAS A FREE AGENT?!?

Elmer the Safety Elephant walked away from Toronto at one point, and gave way to one of the most nightmare fuelled Toronto mascots, we bet you have never seen. Could we interest you in a Troll Doll version of Julian Fantino?

00:35:17 - IS SNEAKY DEE'S THE MOMENT TORONTO FINALLY SNAPS?

A Toronto Star opinion piece argued, we've become the city that preserves the shell while removing the soul. Is Sneaky Dee's becoming a condo symbol of everything Torontonians fear about the city's future? Will we snap or just move to Barrie?

OVER / UNDER APPRECIATED - 00:53:30

Every week we take a look at what’s over and under appreciated.

This week Frozen juice concentrate is making a no name comeback and the mere mention of it, brought up childhood complications. I’m so sorry to the panel.

Your therapist isn’t sending you to Las Vegas to do anything, actually, but this sign guy had a moment.

We think third is the new first, Toronto finished third in a ranking of World Cup host cities and we react exactly how you'd expect a city reacts to winning bronze - by being unnecessarily mean to Vancouver (Meagan edit: exactly how one should react to Vancouver).

01:12:45 - THE APPRECIATION PARADE

Vince tries his best to appreciate the World Cup civic havoc, Meagan’s down with the new keeper of Lord Stanley, and Dan is vibing with that Barrie guy, who let Jesus take the wheel of Air Canada planes.

We hope ya enjoy it! Thanks for hanging out with us for another week of Toronto's teams, memes and past scenes. Got topics or want to join the table? Get in touch with us!

Toronto! We had a full week of nice weather, what doom awaits us?

We begin with the oddest story that starts and ends with a Toronto twist. From meme of the decade Harambe, to barstool sports, and Toronto Tempo awkward timing, it all combines for a story, our local media didn't quite nail.

00:10:06 - Dan went to a bar Kiki Rice went to, then she GOT HURT - so can we blame him?

A scary moment for the Tempo leads us to wonder how it’s Dan’s fault. While Dan wonders, why are we trying so hard to keep people indoors during Toronto's three glorious days of summer? WNBA Outdoor games anyone? Patio watch parties?

00:17:20 - WHAT IF IT ISN’T THE INJURIES? TEAM CALEB.

The reinforcements are coming, they said. It will be fine they said. Vince wants the front office to push the chips into the middle of the table. Dan wonders if everyone is blaming injuries because it's easier than having a much bigger conversation. Dan's on the Caleb rant train, Vince not so much - we get into it.

00:30:11 - PATRICK ROY HAS ENTERED THE CHAT? NAH.

While Toronto media gives out flowers for “hard work” of the front office, we're pretty convinced this is Corporate Hiring Process 101. The real question: are the Leafs preparing fans for a bold choice, or just collecting résumés before they hire the hockey equivalent of chatGPT?

00:34:59 - DEAR SCEPTRES, PLEASE HIRE A WOMAN.

Expansion losses. Coaching rumours. Daryl Watts drama. Confusing decisions. Dan makes the case that this might be one of the messiest stretches in recent franchise history as the Sceptres try to explain how they got here.

00:41:56 - THE PWHL OPENED THE BOOKS AND REMINDS US MIDDLE CLASS MATH IS STRESSFUL.

The players union released salary information and suddenly everyone got a glimpse behind the curtain. We talk about the reality of trying to build a professional league, the economics of women's hockey, and just how much middle-class math is happening with your favourite players.

00:47:00 - DID A BLUE JAYS PLAYER FIND A STAR WARS FIRST?

A lightsaber pen. Star Wars Night. A first major league home run. If Disney got this script, it would be shelved for being too original.

00:53:20 - WHO IS ON YOUR RAPTORS MOUNT RUSHMORE?

Kyle Lowry gave his Raptors Mount Rushmore and so we give ours.

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This week we take aim at FIFA prices, why comedians shouldn't slide tackle in baseball, why nepo baby blue jay shrines don't surprise us. Can bigger fines stop out of control ticket pricing in Ontario?

Plus, one of the dumbest ever manager beliefs about baseball was debunked to his face, by Max Scherzer.

01:29:20 - THE APPRECIATION PARADE - OUR CHILDHOODS WERE RIGGED!

Vince reminds us why Alvin Williams is under appreciated and how the diversity in the booth, has never been the same. And Dan finally learns why he dominated his friends at NBA Jam growing up, spoiler alert - it was rigged.

We play you, a legendary confession from one of the game's designers. An apology may be owed to Michael Jordan.

That's it for this week everybody, thanks for hanging out with us for another week of Toronto’s teams, memes and past scenes!

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00:00:03 - STORYTIME: MADONNA VS. TORONTO THE GOOD

This week Dan Speerin takes us back to a time when Toronto's Morality Squad aimed their nonsense at the queer community and Madonna. But it also shaped Dan’s whole view of Canada being “not cool”.

What shaped your view of Toronto?

00:17:45 - Vince Kesavamoorthy shares his immigrant story of escaping a civil war, only to find snow in May, and a Blue Jays team about to repeat, all of this was a part of his cultural “Welcome to Canada”.

00:24:00 - FANS ARE DONE WITH TORONTO BARS NOT PLAYING THE TEMPO

The Tempo are building something special, but fans keep running into the same problem: why isn't my local bar playing them?

00:34:30 - THE BLUE JAYS ARE CURSED BY A WITCH (HEAR ME OUT)

Vince remains hopeful for the season, but the prosecution would like to submit several exhibits into evidence, that we were cursed by a witch.

00:42:30 - LEAFS FANS HAVE BECOME THE EX WHO CAN'T LET GO

Every Mitch Marner success, turns Toronto into someone refreshing their ex's Instagram at 2 a.m. We discuss why the conversation is getting weird, and why the larger Vegas success story deserves a whole lot more attention than Marner buuut that would involve Canadians reflecting and discussing the Hockey Canada scandal.

00:50:20 - DAN'S SCEPTRE COACHING CHOICE TO KEEP A FAMILY TOGETHER

Dan was calling for Toronto to go with a woman coach, from day one and now it might be finally happening. We give our picks!

01:02:25 - TORONTO VS USA SPORTS VOTERS

Scottie Barnes thinks being left off the NBA All-Defensive Team was nonsense. Vince lays out the case and Dan proposes a weird sports-media electoral college system because American voters still don't seem particularly interested in watching Toronto teams. From Dave Stieb to Scottie Barnes, it's an old sports problem and we want it fixed.

01:10:05 - SHAI, FLOPPING, AND A BOARD GAME DRAMA THAT COULD BE A WINDOW TO OUR AI FUTURE

A board game satire, pokes fun at Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for flopping. So Shai lawyered up. The internet reacts exactly how you'd expect, but Vince thinks Shai has a case, while Dan talks about how this could be a window into our AI hellscape future, but he's not on Shai's side, for comedy protection. It’s one of the strangest sports stories of the week.

01:19:00 - THE NBA’S FAVOURITES FETISH, IS BAD FOR JOURNALISM

Will the future of sports journalism just become influencer fandoms? The one NBA playoff ruling that paves the way for propaganda over journalism.

OVER/UNDER APPRECIATED - 01:23:33

01:23:43 - DOES HOME ICE EVEN MATTER ANYMORE?!

Montreal fans booed their own team, for their disappointing play at home. We debate whether home ice advantage is the most over appreciated advantage in sports.

01:10:40 - BAD VIBES - IS ROGERS STADIUM CAUSING EARTHQUAKES?

Rogers Stadium concert noise, is still shaking nearby homes. Is it NIMBY whining, or legitimate concerns? A story that involves the phrase “sound absorption system” as we try to remember what Bill Nye taught us.


1:30:34 - THE BLUE JAYS CAUSED A WEIRD "ONLY IN 2026 SENTENCE" INVOLVING "AI WORSHIP WALK UP MUSIC"

What timeline is this? We explain how somewhere along the way we took a wrong turn with Dalton Varsho and we would like everyone to stop and consider what we've unleashed upon society.

01:32:51 - THE APPRECIATION PARADE

Our two moments of appreciation this week involve Spongebob cast members and broadcasters to checks notes BE IN THE ARENA.

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