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Knocked Out Cold: Tales of Concussions and Crazy Concerts
Have you ever been knocked completely unconscious? That’s the perfectly normal question Rizz decides to open the week with, and suddenly everybody is digging through their personal history to figure out whether they’ve ever actually been knocked out cold. Moon has the strongest résumé, considering he somehow accumulated 219 stitches in his head and face as a kid and remembers multiple collisions where everything went black. Rafe recalls a helmet-to-helmet football hit that left him seeing the proverbial cartoon birds before collapsing. Lern doesn’t think she’s ever been fully knocked unconscious, although growing up with cousins who regularly beat the crap out of her apparently made it a legitimate possibility. And Rizz? Rizz has been watching compilation videos of other people getting absolutely demolished. Healthy Monday morning behavior. One clip involving a guy falling off a boat, smashing his head on a dock and disappearing into the water becomes particularly concerning — mostly because Rizz’s algorithm apparently believes watching strangers fall down is his primary hobby. From there, this funny podcast heads south of the border as Moon returns from Mexico City after performing with Goldfinger at Warped Tour. And this was not exactly an intimate acoustic evening. Moon describes roughly 40,000 people packed in front of their stage, with the festival selling more than 150,000 tickets overall. He talks about Mexico City’s enormous scale, the altitude, the incredible food, the people, the wealth disparity and the extra security precautions surrounding touring musicians in a place where the rules and risks can feel very different. There are chilaquiles. There are frijoles. There are expensive cigars. There’s a ridiculously expensive steak. And naturally, Rizz’s primary concern is whether Moon remembered to buy him Viagra. International travel really broadens the mind. Moon also talks about flying around the anniversary of 9/11, which leads into a discussion about airport security and TSA programs that could potentially allow approved non-ticketed visitors back through security at select airports. The gang remembers the ancient civilization known as “the 1990s,” when you could actually walk someone all the way to their gate without being treated like you were attempting to infiltrate NORAD. They also get into liquid restrictions, TSA PreCheck, Global Entry, inconsistent airport screening and the horrifying experience of throwing away expensive shampoo because apparently national security depends on Lern traveling with a tiny bottle of conditioner. Then Rafe reveals that he witnessed something deeply disturbing on 9/11: A family ordered two seafood towers. Two towers. And Rafe watched the second one go down. We apologize to everyone. Food remains a theme when the crew compares absurd restaurant prices, including Moon’s Mexico City steakhouse experience and Lern contemplating finally dropping serious money on Alinea in Chicago for an anniversary dinner. Because nothing says romance like spending enough on dinner to briefly reconsider your retirement plan. Then Lern enters a place far more dangerous than Mexico City: Youth baseball. She attends her best friend’s son’s game and discovers an ecosystem of pop-up tents blocking everyone’s view, dads standing directly behind home plate, parents coaching from the sidelines and one father criticizing his own kid so relentlessly that Lern — a woman who isn’t even entirely sure how old the child she came to support is — starts emotionally adopting the entire team. That launches a bigger conversation about parents living through their kids, screaming at coaches and officials, and turning youth sports into their own personal Game 7. Rafe remembers his dad loudly chirping him from the stands during basketball games. Moon remembers a young umpire being so intimidated by an aggressive coach that the situation became genuinely humiliating. Rizz talks about parents screaming at aging high-school officials who are simply trying to keep up with teenage athletes without requiring emergency medical assistance. The consensus? Maybe let the kids play. Wild concept. But this episode still has one more masterpiece waiting. Lern’s band plays an outdoor show at Schlafly Bottleworks, where the heat is brutal, the crowd is lively and one audience member decides that simply watching the band isn't enough. This person brings a guitar. And an amp. Then sets up in front of the actual band and starts playing along. Not invited. Not part of the group. Just spiritually promoted themselves to guitarist. People in the crowd start moving away while Lern tries to process whether this is annoying, hilarious or possibly the boldest audition in music history. The mystery musician is apparently friendly, fist-bumps Lern, makes song requests and continues enjoying their completely unauthorized guest appearance. Moon thinks Lern missed an opportunity. His solution? Bring the person onstage. Turn them into part of the show. Maybe let them shred. Maybe get them to stage dive. If it were Greek Fire? Security. Immediately. That’s called artistic integrity. By the end, this funny podcast has managed to connect head injuries, massive concerts in Mexico City, airport security, seafood towers, $190 steaks, overbearing baseball parents and the only person brave enough to attend a concert and apparently think, “These guys could use another guitarist.” Episode 174 is The Rizzuto Show doing what it does best: beginning with one innocent question and somehow ending up in six completely different arguments nobody knew they needed. It’s travel stories, St. Louis comedy, concert chaos, parenting disasters, weird personal memories and sarcastic humor from a group of people who can turn airport shampoo regulations into a legitimate morning discussion. Come for Moon playing in front of tens of thousands of people. Stay for Lern accidentally discovering the world’s most aggressive volunteer guitarist. That’s a funny podcast right there. Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show. 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