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Starting 5

A former sports journalist challenges his friends to draft functional basketball teams from varied topics, then the teams go head to head. Logic occasionally defeats volume.

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01:40:55

Season Two Awards Show

Starting 5 ·

2022/03/13

It's officially over, and the boys (Me, Peanut, and Cody) can't believe it so we're breaking out the 'member berries (ya'll remember that South Park plot?) and reminiscing on the season. We give out the big awards like MVP, All-Starting-5 Defense First Team, and Assists Leader, and we also dedicate just a little bit of time for the categories you really care about like Best Rapper, Most Followers on Insta, and the Tony Snell Award. Brace yourselves for an hour and forty minutes of saying out loud,

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01:32:29

Big Toon Tourney - The Final!

Starting 5 ·

2022/03/06

It's here, as promised: The Final. A year of episodes leads us to the epic conclusion of Season 2. Haters will say it was premeditated, but we've got Cohost Cody facing off against Peanut, the Creator. Steven drops in to keep us focused on the important things, like Stan Van Gundy quotes. This ep has it all, boy does it deliver. We're talking babies, Spike Lee, blood oaths, Lucky Strikes ads, someone fights a bear, Cody wins a bat, Peanut goes full Bobby Knight, and at the end of it all we crown a

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01:17:21

Big Toon Tourney All Star Game

Starting 5 ·

2022/02/27

You've waited and waded through nearly a full year of flap-jawing and general bungus from us for this moment. It's finally here. Join us next week for the Big Toon Tourney Final. But for now, just listen in to three cool cats discuss the Starting 5 All Star Game. I draft against Peanut as Cody keeps us on topic. Topics such as: our new cold open, Piccolo having won the dunk contest, my awful Charles Barkley impression, the Rudy Gobert pick, which players have dated Taylor Swift, and oh yeah, who

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01:36:38

Big Toon Tourney Final 4 - 2 Seed vs 3 Seed

Starting 5 ·

2022/02/20

It's the Final Four (brr brr dee brrr!) and we've got Peanut's 2 Seed Moon Goddess Incubation Chamber taking on Isaac's 3 Seed Po Boys in an epic clash. Steven drops by as a first-time moderator and makes sure we all get along. In this ep: Piccolo discovers something about himself, Isaac's team rallies around the plight of the panda, Slade sets the tone, we wonder if Fire Lord Ozai's shoulder can reach 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit, Peanut's chemistry is questioned, and Danny Phantom thinks up a

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01:06:37

Big Tourney Final Four - 1 v 5

Starting 5 ·

2022/02/14

In today's episode we dive deeper than ever before into two teams who understand the stakes. Teabo's 1 Seed Five's Five return like Groundhog Day to do battle against Cody's 5 Seed Seattle Divinity in a rematch of the Cartoon Network Final. Dillon is joined by Chase (Chestuh McBadBad) to decide who moves on to the final. In today's ep: I pull lots of quotes out of context, there's some Talkin' Sauce slander and also support, #FreeBlossom gets trending, we make a lot of visual jokes, the God of

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01:46:03

All Star Weekend

Starting 5 ·

2022/02/06

Alright ya'll it's All Star Weekend in the Starting 5-verse. Me, Cohost Cody, and Darius (Peanut (The Creator)) have a pleasant, uneventful, cordial series of conversations about which players deserve to make the team. We start off hot with a major communication issue and it's all downhill from there. In addition to selecting the 20 players for the All Star Team, we give you a truly magnificent Skills Challenge featuring nothing but surprises, a 3-Pt Competition with more jokes per minute than 30

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01:26:39

Big Toon Tourney Elite Eight - 1 v 8

Starting 5 ·

2022/02/01

In the last matchup of the Elite 8 we pit Teabo's 1 seed Five's 5 against Steven's 8 seed Steven's Seltzer 6 in what was just a flat out good time. In this ep: we slander the marching band; we reveal (or remember) Jenny the Teenage Robot's height; Blossom gets her flowers; King Boomie babbles some more; Aku = spinach; Amon makes a gutsy call; and we discuss if the beard is mightier than the chin. Special halftime guests Phil Jackson and Coach Herman Boone also drop by.

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01:45:15

Big Toon Tourney Elite Eight - 3 v 6

Starting 5 ·

2022/01/23

Buckle up buttercup, cause this one's long. Coming at you live from Indianapolis mere moments after the College Football Playoff, we pit Isaac's 3 seed Po Boys against Kenny's 6 seed Gold City Mayors. We ramble, we jest, we talk some serious hoops, and we find flaws in our format. In this ep: Kenny goes to Wendy's, Coach K drops by, we get a Ray Drew namedrop, Po sets the NBA record for screen assists, Wilt gets a cool one-handed 30, we make some great jokes that translate well for the audio media,

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01:06:10

Big Toon Tourney Elite Eight - 10 Seed v 2 Seed

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2022/01/16

In today's second round matchup we pit Darius (Peanut(ctrl alt p))'s 2 seed MGIC against Sammy Six Names' 10 seed Self Destruct in a game wherein we remember that Buzz Lightyear can fly. This ep has: a lovely new comps system, foosball, the possibility of a Green Lantern special beam cannon arrow, drinking on the sidelines, some character questions for pretty much everyone on Peanut's team, the evolution of Tigger's three point shot, and fundamentals vs. anarchy. With guest appearances by Kevin

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01:19:15

Big Toon Tourney Elite Eight - 4 Seed v 5 Seed

Starting 5 ·

2022/01/09

In today's episode we break into the second round of the Big Toon Tournament. Justin's number 4 seed Bad Boyz host Cody's number 5 seed Seattle Divinity in a game that canonically takes place at the Palace at Auburn Hills directly after the Malice. Justin has packed the crowd and co-moderator Darius (Peanut (ctrl alt p))) makes sure security is at an all-time low. In this ep: Peanut takes over, the boys discuss Perry the Platypus' alleged death, Panthro manages to stay on the court, Zeus is

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00:20:58

First Round Recap

Starting 5 ·

2022/01/02

In this quick little ep, Dillon talks about the First Round of the Big Toon Tournament. He salutes our fallen heroes and praises those who advanced before looking ahead to the marquee matchups of the Second Round. A must-listen for all those slackers who haven't paid attention to the games so far but need to know what's going on next.

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01:11:37

PBS Kids Charity Filler Ep

Starting 5 ·

2021/12/20

Hey kids! It's the holiday season, which means only one thing: no one is available to pod. So this week, the OG3 (myself, Peanut, and Cody) present to you the PBS Kids Charity Filler Episode. It's a draft laden with team-driven, pleasant, extremely coachable players, and we warp that immediately. This episode features: an experimental 6th man draft pick, lots of dubious math on player heights, a spelling break, evil Domantas Sabonis, more shows no one's ever heard of, tall ball, more extraneous

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01:09:44

Big Tourney 7 Seed v 10 Seed

Starting 5 ·

2021/12/12

In this, the final episode of the first round of the Big Toon Tournament, we see childhood friends become the bitterest of rivals, while Cohost Cody and I attempt to calm the storm. While they both hang out in my living room, Roommate Andrew pits his 7 Seed The Mutant Metaphor vs Sammy Six Names' 10 Seed Self Destruct. We start innocuously enough with the easiest game of fuck, marry, kill you'll ever hear, but from that point on we start to take Sam's team name seriously. This episode features

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01:11:51

Big Tourney 6 Seed v 11 Seed

Starting 5 ·

2021/12/06

In this installment of the Big Tournament, White Kenny seeks redemption with his 6 Seed Gold City Mayors while Dillon tries to teach his 12 Seed Kid's WB Shaft Drafters (The Michigan Meta) to play basketball. Swinging by to keep us in check are Cohost Cody and Roommate Andrew. We get pretty damn chippy in a loving way and make the best NBA comps so far. This episode has everything: a lasso, a chainsaw arm, a short metal man, championship mentality, Kenny's famous sideline gun, rampant ablism, a good

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01:10:35

Big Tourney - 5 Seed v 11 Seed

Starting 5 ·

2021/11/28

In today's Big Tournament matchup, Cody's 5 Seed Seattle Divinity take on Dillon's 12 Seed Cleveland Cowabunga. The God of Basketball starts his redemption tour against Gerald Johanssen. Dillon's ragtag team of Nickelodeon castouts puts up a stiff fight against Cody's well-drilled unit. Joining us for this occasion are Darius (Peanut, the Creator) and Chase (Chestuh McBadBad). Hop on for a wild ride that includes: more disrespect for Jake the Dog, God-o Rocket, the dismantling of SuperBike, an awful

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01:08:02

Big Tourney - 8 Seed v 9 Seed

Starting 5 ·

2021/11/21

In today's first round Big Tournament game we've got the 8 Seed (Steven's Seltzer 6) vs the 9 Seed ((Jacob's) Daddy Issues) in a matchup that is knock-down drag-out hilarious. Starting with a locker room environment that is genuinely dangerous and ending with two villains abandoning the sport to mess up America's favorite chin, this ep's got it all. Cohost Cody swings by to co-moderate, and somehow we agree on every point. Pearl Krabs goes 5/7 from downtown when Azula's not dropping 40, Tigress puts

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01:29:54

Big Tournament Seeding Show Extravaganza

Starting 5 ·

2021/11/14

You've asked for a behind the scenes, unfiltered, legitimately unplanned look into the War Room of Starting 5, and we're delivering. Take a peek behind the curtain as Peanut, Cody, and I rank the 12 teams that qualified for the Big Tournament. It's messy, it's frantic, it's pretty damn funny. Here's an hour and a half of background noise. Get hype.

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01:11:39

Kid's WB Final - Unlucky Madness

Starting 5 ·

2021/11/07

It's finally here: the showdown to end all showdowns, the epic conclusion to the tournament. Two more influential members of this podcast you could not find (and I include myself in that list). Cohost Cody faces off against Peanut, the Creator. Will Cody's heel-turn to villainy work in his favor? Will Peanut's shooters stay hot? Will all these bad guys stay on the court for the full game? Will the loser ever talk to me again? All of these questions and more are answered in this ep, which features: a

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00:46:54

Kid's WB 3rd Place: Bat-Venom

Starting 5 ·

2021/10/31

The bronze medal match sees Roommate Andrew face off against White Steven in a battle that dares to ask how bad of a foul it is to dribble your opponent. This episode features: highly different basketball philosophies, friendly X-men, our first commercial, a loon, and the greatest what if of all time: what would happen if Venom and Batman combined?

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00:57:53

Fat Duck

Starting 5 ·

2021/10/24

In the second semifinal in the Kid's WB bracket, Cohost Cody takes on Roommate Andrew in a lovely battle of wits, references, and psychological barbs. Can Cody's greatest team ever assembled hold a candle to Andrew's croquet offense? Featured in this ep: Cody's dramatic heel turn, a Hebrew Card, Manute Bol, some masturbatory praise of the podcast, an attempt at fighting bad luck with violence, intangibility, and one of my finer dramatic reveals of an ending.

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