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The Plague, Party Cops & The Perfect Burger

The Rizzuto Show | Daily Comedy Podcast

September 28, 2026

We’re starting the week optimistic… which lasts approximately long enough for Moon to explain how an illness tore through his house, knocked him out of the show and may have eventually reached the dog. Nothing says funny podcast quite like debating DayQuil while discussing a sick Chiweenie.

Speakers Scott, Rizzuto, Tony Patrico, Moon Valjean, Jeff Burton

TopicsComedySociety & Culture

Scott (0:00)

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Rizzuto (1:31)

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Well, here we are, St. Louis. Another week begins.

Tony Patrico (2:40)

Wow, it's like we were never gone.

Rizzuto (2:41)

Another week begins. Let's get through it together.

Tony Patrico (2:45)

Okay.

Rizzuto (2:45)

Shall we?

Tony Patrico (2:46)

Yeah.

Rizzuto (2:46)

It's gonna be fun.

Tony Patrico (2:48)

Yeah.

Rizzuto (2:49)

It's gonna be a good week.

Moon Valjean (2:51)

It's gonna be a-

Rizzuto (2:51)

I'm going into it very optimistic.

Moon Valjean (2:54)

It's gonna be a great week, dude.

Tony Patrico (2:57)

What's your optimism from?

Rizzuto (2:59)

I don't know.

Just my demeanor. You know me.

Tony Patrico (3:03)

You got a great demeanor.

Rizzuto (3:04)

I'm always a glass half full guy. Always.

Scott (3:08)

Always.

Rizzuto (3:09)

Always. Rafe out, Moon in, so one in, one out.

Tony Patrico (3:13)

One in, one out.

Rizzuto (3:15)

Moon feeling better?

Moon Valjean (3:17)

I feel much better than I did on Thursday. I still feel strange.

Rizzuto (3:21)

Honestly, if you would have come in Friday, I would have killed you.

Jeff Burton (3:23)

Yeah, I would have.

Moon Valjean (3:24)

I was trying. I don't like- That was the first sick day I think I've taken in.

Rizzuto (3:28)

Thanks for being a hero, but you didn't need to be.

Moon Valjean (3:30)

A number of years.

Yeah, it was a good idea because, so it was my stepdaughter had it first. She had it two weeks ago. What are we talking about? I don't know. It's got to be some sort of virus or something.

Rizzuto (3:41)

I mean, what kind of symptoms are we talking? Diarrhea? We're talking-

Moon Valjean (3:45)

I didn't have that. I don't know if she did, but she just was like down.

Rizzuto (3:49)

What was it? Loose stool?

Jeff Burton (3:52)

Bloody eyes. What was the stool doing?

Scott (3:54)

For me, it was a bloody eyes.

Moon Valjean (3:55)

Normal stool, although a lot of it, I guess.

Tony Patrico (3:59)

You'll clear out a diverticulitis.

Jeff Burton (4:02)

Yeah. Diverticulitis.

Moon Valjean (4:03)

It was fatigue, probably a small fever, although I never checked mine, but I think she did have a fever. And just absolutely just dead. Like, you know, one of them viruses just takes away-

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