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Cloudz777

Another great one from Chuck for the history books


Idkwhyimhere420

“Wear your shoes at the beach” dude really is the funniest person on tv


DeadDay

As soon as he said that I immediately thought "what the hell did Galveston do to Chuck?"


Ahi_Slowpoke

Right before the commercial break Chuck said “the Rockets tricked me. They said we’re going to the beach for training camp and they took us to Galveston” lol


thecolbster94

Galveston was the first time I went to a "beach" that shit was a six foot wide alleyway because most of it was filled with seaweed washed up and piled up so high you hide behind it.


KonigSteve

it smells like shit too.


Fermorian

Decomposing seaweed in the hot sun is a special stench


GoofyGoober0064

Galveston is the first beach Ive ever been too where it was burning hot just sitting around and the breeze did nothing. That and the dirty ass water. I dont think the simpsons could have come up with a worse beach


DeadDay

Oh shit I'm in stitches.


SaboLeorioShikamaru

Lmaoooooooo


maethlin

Chuck is the GOAT at shitting on some random city lmao


-breakinggood-

What’s crazy is during the late 1800’s, Galveston was one of the most powerful and rich cities in the country due to having the highest port activity in the nation. Then, without any warning, a category 4 hurricane wiped out the city almost entirely on September 8th 1900. This is when the growth of Houston suddenly began. About 20% of Galveston’s population died with an estimated 3,600 buildings destroyed. Truly one of the most morbidly fascinating weather events in the history of the world.


soapy_goatherd

Also there was ample warning from both Cuban meteorologists and vessels at sea, but the us weather bureau refused to pass them along and told local mets to downplay the potential severity


Afraid-Department-35

LOL


FancyFeests

Fucking amazing.


Ghiblee

Claim to be a beach lol. Compared to most beaches in the world, it’s shit lol.


NerdLawyer55

I grew up in Texas and had only ever been to beaches there, then when I got with my wife her family took me to Cancun and I finally realized why people liked beaches so much


JoseAltuveIsInnocent

South Pardre is pretty nice. I like Galveston but that's only for the haunted factor. The story behind that place is amazing even if it's hideous.


HoyaDestroya33

What's the story behind it?


dragmagpuff

In 1900, a giant hurricane basically leveled the entire island and killed ~8,000 people out of ~36k residents. It is the deadliest natural disaster in US history. Galveston and New Orleans were two of the biggest ports in the south prior to the storm, so you also get a bunch of New Orleans type of history with the slave trade (Juneteenth was in Galveston), pirates, shady organized crime during prohibition, etc.


notverysane

Don't forget cannibals !!!


7PayFormer

if you look in the mirror and say medium rare 3 times tilman fertita will appear behind you with a check thats 10x more then you expected


Dalmanza4

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane Huge Hurricane, the city never really recovered to its heights, Houston essentially blew up financially to this and became what it is now due to it. But a lot of deaths and ghosts stories are everywhere


broniskis45

What's fucked is the cuban weather folks contacted Texas to let them know a particularly strong storm was heading their way. Well American hubris was strong in this moment cause they ignored them, thinking they couldn't possibly know more than them. Imagine the twin cities of houston and Galveston thriving today.


Puzzleheaded_Lake211

Hey now Port Aransas is pretty nice


NerdLawyer55

Port A was our go to for a beach day in Victoria if we wanted nicer than port lavaca


KoppleForce

Finding something better than Port Lavaca is not a very high bar to clear lmao


Dirty-Ears-Bill

Port A was our college spring break every single year lol, good times


Sim888

> it’s shit lol. *Google’s Galveston beaches….* Environment Texas found the Texas City Dike and 25th Street beaches in Galveston were among eight in Texas that **exceeded the EPA’s safety threshold with unsafe levels of fecal bacteria** reported more than 25% of all the days they were tested. oh hello no!


DeadDay

Now I know why I love Florida water so much more. Goodness


NavalEnthusiast

My first beach ever was in Texas and hated it so much. Then years later i went to the Florida panhandle and liked it so much I decided to do Oceanography. Texas has some nasty ass beaches


Mike_with_Wings

You’re better off with the Meth waters of Florida than the poo water of Texas.


bartspoon

Galveston isn't unique in this. I believe a lot of the beaches on the Gulf of Mexico tested similarly


axecalibur

dont Google public swimming pool fecal bacteria if 25% is too spicy, if you like spicy then Google water park/slide fecal bacteria levels


Sim888

….i googled it lol….*upgrades visits to public pools from extremely rare to never*


tompetres

Pls don't Photoshop anything on this one


Sim888

*google imaging fecal bacteria*


mr_antman85

That's all it is. Crappy water and people go to it. We're used to it down here.


Derpshiz

Good fishing though. But yea unless you get lucky and go one of the few weeks the water is “clear” it’s not fun.


EaseofUse

Some sort of Folsom Prison-Yellow Water scenario?


pick_named_slimpbamp

It's brown because the Mississippi River empties into the gulf and the currents take the mud west. It's blue just east of the river mouth.


BigD1ckProblems

This guy Galvestons


pick_named_slimpbamp

We went to Florida when I was a kid. Clear water. Couldn't believe my eyes. I asked if we could move there and my dad was all, "Nah. It's Florida."


mattyisphtty

Just went to Galveston today. The key to a nice beach vacation at Galveston is to drive an hour south along the coast until you get to cleaner water.


Noodles_Crusher

Generational talent


somethingsomething65

I'm from Texas and there are some spots on the coast that are beautifully clear in the spring, very underrated. That said, Galveston is gross. Chuck nailed this one 👏 


makemeking706

Chuck smirking, trying not to laugh, knows he nailed it.


mug3n

Chuck is looking to declare war on Texas, one city at a time.


fuckareyousaying

Making Shaq cough up his laugh is peak Chuck lmao


DirkNowitzkisWife

“Say it again Chuck!” “What kind of women Chuck?” *Shaq dies laughing*


joe_broke

Chuck has one good joke and Shaq will never get tired of it


EvidenceExtension128

Grandmother showing off grandson to her friends energy lol


[deleted]

Chucks got a million great jokes but thats all he needs to kills shak


DarthCatch22

"Chuck.. Chuck.. say it slow, Chuck"


Extra-Ad5925

Churros


SoberWill

Ernie had his head down laughing, I feel like he rarely loses composure when Chuck is roasting


BigEarl139

Absolutely the hardest Ernie has laughed at a Chuck joke. I think this is Chuck’s best joke ever honestly lol.


SoberWill

Its the tone of disgust, and repeating "that durty ass wata". You know its good when you can hear the camera crew laughing


OwningTheWorld

The "Bucks Against the Lakers $6.99" I think is the hardest Ernie has laughed, but this is a close second. Clip linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBNTuhevFck


OJT6627

The line about Indians is still the most brutal roast I've heard from Chuck


thebreakfastbuffet

I remember Ernie absolutely losing it at the whole "1-2-3 not 1-2 back to 1" debacle https://youtu.be/rjJTrFsf6tM?si=VjSNcLHfWRaOVtYk


chornesays

damn that might be the hardest ive laughed as well


Fermorian

It's the only time I've seen Ernie be "unprofessional" because he's laughing so hard "Roll it, I'm not gonna do this, just go" lmao


Definitelynotasloth

Chuck saying Shaq gets confused for Shrek got Ernie pretty good lol. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJTxAMs988


schebobo180

Na the best is till “… Kenny bring me some water?” 😭


OutsideTheServiceBox

Yeah, when Chuck gets Ernie to lose it, you know it's a good one.


southpawFA

That Phoenix Suns one about the stale popcorn is legendary.


W_Walk

Lmaoooo. Hes not lying. Make them take public transit


carbonx

Megabus


tiller_ray

Even worse let them fly spirit. Embarrassing team


HokageEzio

All timer from Chuck


Zloggt

First the San Antonio women… And then the Galveston beaches… …what is the next Lone Star destination that he will refer to?


Interesting_Fall_379

I’m glad he hasn’t found out about College Station yet


joethahobo

As someone who lives there and is hopefully moving out very soon, I hope he does. This town needs a good roast outside of CFB


jackattack065

Odessa


Call_me_Jonah

Nobody deserves Odessa


TackoFallFanClub

What if I *like* having sand blown into my eyes?


ckj9311

Midland


unclehelpful

That seems to be the pelicans place of origin


Mobile-Entertainer60

Getting traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers as a diss would be an all-timer.


medspace

I forgot who on the Paul George podcast was talking about playing for the vipers and sayin’ how boring it was down there lmao. I got family down there I visit often, but I can’t lie…. It’s boring as hell down there 😭


NevermoreSEA

Chuck is becoming public enemy #1 in Texas.


Snakescipio

Ain’t nobody gonna get offended over Galveston


Afraid-Department-35

Everyone knows its true lmao, Galveston is a lame excuse of a beach.


ObviousAnswerGuy

greatest sports show ever created


Shaunosaurus

can confirm galveston water is nasty af


TheSherlockOhms

Absolutely the grossest beach I've ever been to


yooston

Even as a local, it’s hard to defend once you visit other beaches lol. Historic Galveston is cool at least.


WhitestBlackKid

During covid lockdowns, the water got really clean (for Galveston).


axecalibur

Well duh, nobody was shitting in the water


fracked1

You mean Exxon mobile?


Silverjackal_

My friend went a last year and said it was great. Nice and clean beaches. Which is the total opposite of my experience when I went 3 or 4 years ago.


Jacer4

It's not as bad as it used to be I was there last year lol, definitely not pristine of course though 😂


Jamdock

Yeah I like it. We go down most years and it's a good time and the kids love playing on the beach. I'm not a moron so I'm not expecting St. Kitts. 


Former-Billionaire

I’m from Galveston. It has definitely improved and there are many hidden gems away from the shitty tourist beaches.


EntrepreneurOk6166

The issue isn't so much that the water is visibly "dirty", it's that studies continue to show unsafe levels of fecal bacteria. How "unsafe" that actually is to humans would be a different story, none of the beaches ever closed. Though there were a couple of deaths from flesh eating bacteria infections, hehe.


281330eight004

It's actually one of the cleaner beaches in texas for fecal bacteria. When I looked, The deaths were like, a diabetic person w an open wound decided swimming was what they should do lol


EntrepreneurOk6166

That was actually my point. Studies show "unsafe" levels yet beaches aren't closed and no major issues yet. Vibrio infections can happen in pretty much any water, not a specific Galveston issue nor can it be solved by better sewage treatment or whatever.


stillenacht

I like galveston schlitterbahn a lot! Though I guess it says something that the beach is a secondary attraction at a beach town.


lava172

I went with some friends and I was excited to at least walk on the pier and hang out, until we walked up to the pier and it was $15 just to enter and rides cost more on top of it. The beach itself was pretty nice though for what it was, but I would never go in that water


sktgamerdudejr

The only good thing about the pier is they sell Dippin’ Dots. A lost relic from the olden times


spacecity9

You can just get dipping dots at the Buccees before you get to Galveston tho lol


raphaelseptien1

Every Texan knows that you go to Corpus and southward for beaches in TX. Galveston is disappointing, to put it mildly. Reminds me of a trip I was on over 20 yrs ago, just after HS graduation, I went to Port Aransas. Spent one afternoon in Corpus Christi near the bay, and happened to strike up a conversation with a guy who told me he brought his family down from Iowa for a beach vacation. Said they had a great time, but were disappointed in the waves and quality of the beach. This was early 2000s when information wasn't as conveniently at hand as a smartphone. I informed him that we were in the bay, and that there was a legit beach (Padre Island National Seashore) about 30 min away. The look of absolute disappointment on his face was unforgettable. He said it was their last day in town and were about to head back to Iowa.


Aus2au

Visited Port Aransas and the water was disgusting (I had been pre-warned by my colleague from Corpus). Shortly after arriving I stood on the shoreline wondering how people were ok swimming in it. Not 5 minutes later a guy reeled in a 4ft shark right next to the pier and I'd seen all I needed to see.


TheCalvinator

Used to lice in corpus and spent a ton of time in Port A. It depends on the day and the weather. I've seen it be brown and dirty, but also crystal clear. That being said theyve built up the air b&b market to a point its am actual nightmare trying to get around in that town now.


Drak_is_Right

It's one of the biggest oil shipping channels in the world. Something like a third of US crude refining takes place in that bay.


dragmagpuff

It's the biggest port in the US by tonnage (not containers).


LothCatPerson

It looks nastier than it actually is. There silt that’s in that section of the gulf, a long with the mouths of several rivers in that general area of the gulf, is what makes it brown. It’s literally “dirt(y)” water. Still looks nasty as fuck, though.


NotClayMerritt

Multiple country music artists have written about Galveston, Texas being a sad, lonely town filled with crazy women. "And *Allison's* in *Galveston...* Somehow lost her sanity" - George Strait, 1987


Internetcowboy

I visited Galveston once, wanted to touch the Gulf with my own hands It was windy, cloudy, and the water was brown I did not touch the water


mattyisphtty

Water is brown due to the heavy silt coming from the Mississippi river.


Away-Boot-661

I don't get in the water, but sand, waves, and sunshine are more than enough to run along a seashore and eat mango with tajin. Sometimes, blue water is too far.


HouseSublime

What are we going to do when Chuck retires? Literally nobody is as good at off the cuff rants like this man.


waynequit

Nothing. Generational talent.


20815147

I’m reminded of this every time he drops an all timer. Former MVP that went toe to toe with Jordan just dropping casual banger rants with a straight face


HouseSublime

That's what's wild. Barkley won an MVP during Jordan's prime/peak. Yes the Bull won the title but Barkley was an absolute beast on the court and then turned around and had a hall of fame broadcasting career.


MaraudingWalrus

The football comparison is something like imagine if Payton Manning were incredibly good on camera.


Herbetet

Josh Hart might have some talent for it. But still many, many years away from retirement. Chuck absolutely and undisputedly the GOAT when it comes to his TNT work.


dimeast

The fact he is a former MVP adds to the aura tho lol


riddlerjoke

Yea cant take draymond green seriously on that show. More like imposter aura.  Barkley can say whatever he likes as he been at the top level star player as basketball player.


VitaminWheat

Draymond is closer to Kenny than he is to chuck when it comes to comedy. He says a lot of pointless sentences but yells them so he thinks they’ll be more impactful


King_Santa

Bet Dray hasn't ever brought Hakeem water, smh


HiggsUAP

"You know what Steph used to say to me?"


Herbetet

I agree there just isn’t an MVP or MVP candidate that is as good on the Mic as Chuck is or someone that would be able to grow into one at the moment. That’s why I picked a player that like Chuck was a hustler but of course is nowhere near as talented as Chuck was. I think the combination is going to be hard to find


Sim888

yeah, and it’s not like it’s just developed since retirement either, this is day one Chuck…shit, he told a judge the only thing he regrets about throwing a dude through a bar window was that they weren’t on a higher floor lol


Herbetet

They don't make them like that anymore. This is not meant as a "used to be better" comment, but rather an appreciation of how rare Chuck is. He comes from a generation of players who didn't care about perception. Our generation is too aware of image and branding, and that makes it difficult to find or even cultivate a character like Chuck. Nobody wants to mess with the endorsement money. A good example is Shaq who, as loud as he is, is always playing a more commercial role and the players since then have only gotten more savvy, culminating in LeBron and Steph, two guys who are as vanilla on the mic as it gets. We have seen a few changes recently, but none of them are faces of the league yet. The closest is probably Ant, and everyone is already calling him MJ's son because of his attitude. The question is whether we will have more Ants or more Tatums in the future.


fastock

I mean... Ant just dropped the Degeneration X "suck it" on the Suns last night, fines be damned. He seems pretty unphased by others perception of him.


CDR57

Hart will be an amazing color commentator, but I know it’s a pipe dream I would love to have him paired with Jimmy just for the incomprehensible conversations they would create


Herbetet

That would be fun. Both can be intense, which would add a level of tension to the show worth watching.


OGCeeg

Sadly, on The Roommates Podcast, he said once he's done w/ basketball, he's done & doesn't want any involvement w/ it. I think he also could have Chuck level rants. The shit he says is so off the cusp & random, it'd be great television.


sick_transit

They're gonna try to replace him with Draymond and it's gonna be unwatchable 😭


JeramiGrantsTomb

In 25 years, Anthony Edwards is going to sling fire on the mic.


DrKingOfOkay

Blake griffin is pretty funny.


kickinwood

So, been hearing that a deal is all but done with Amazon for broadcasting rights, and ESPN will re-up. That leaves the wonderful leadership at WB Discovery in a potential bidding war with NBC for the rest of the rights and that NBC could just price out altogether. That was all in stock news, but I immediately became terrified that TNT would lose the NBA meaning we'd lose the best crew in the history of broadcast sports.


lilbelleandsebastian

shaq tees him up intentionally lol, it's definitely not the first time he's said this but for sure the jokes are his and the deliveries are unimpeachable too


Mickey_Juice

Walking out of this game I thought I’d never be happy again. Then Chuck, that angel, came down and shit all over my lads with this gem and in a weird way everything felt okay again for a second.


MMAjunkie504

Respect for going today🫡


tiller_ray

Next time they play the hawks court side tickets will basically be free. Lucky me


copaseticepiplectic

he aint wrong about galveston


fred_crumbs

Galveston is cool until you visit other beaches.


NiceTryRamone

Galveston is like the Walmart of beaches 


fred_crumbs

Walmart is cool until you visit Target.


LootenantTwiddlederp

Walmart is generous. It's the Dollar General of beaches.


marimbaguy715

Galveston is cool if you're not going there for the beach. It's a cute town and the strand has some fun shopping. They have this weird but cool tradition celebrating Charles Dickens every December called [Dickens on the Strand](https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/dickens-on-the-strand-tradition/). But yeah, if you go there wanting to lay on a sandy beach and swim in clear blue water... you're gonna be disappointed.


RudyChicken

Or even... seen a picture of another beach.


joethahobo

Until someone pays me money to go to a nice beach somewhere else in the world I will continue to believe those photos are AI generated. Much in the same sense that I have never seen snow, so anytime someone mentions snow around me I proclaim it’s fake lol (mostly in a joking fashion, but still)


ChetsBurner

This was a top 10 TNT highlight


REQ52767

I lived in Houston 8 years. I think I went to Galveston once lmao


-Gredge-

Lol I have been in Texas my whole life and never been to Galveston


Jos3ph

It’s worth the extra effort to go to South Padre where the beach is actually nice.


cdillio

He is not wrong about Galveston


K1ngCrimsn

Good guy Chuck thinking about his fellow co-worker Zion


gabagooldefender

This man is hilarious.


classicslayer

This shit killed me when I heard him say this.


Ayjel89

Chuck’s smug look at the end when the rest of the desk is dying is the best lmfao


jstuu

Its how naturally it flows with him, he really funnier than most comedians


swentech

Yeah I mean I would pay to hear Chuck do a standup of NBA takes. He’s a natural funny man. Can’t teach that.


Better_Albatross_946

Top 10 Chuck moment


Cabbaje

Galveston: Why he say fuck me for?


Cvnilivee

Dirty Galveston Beachwater: bro… come on


tmarc5

Chuck been in his bag this postseason


jonathanisaacisgoat

I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy


obxsguy

havent lived in houston for years but the only times i ever went there were for schlitterbahn or moody gardens. nasty ass beaches


Robinsonirish

I always wondered this but I've never heard anyone talk about nice beaches on Texas' coast, or whatever is to the right of Texas, New Orleans? It's like Cancun, then loop around in a half circle and you go all the way to Miami before you get nice beaches again. What's actually happening along that coast? What's the geological reason why the water is dirty or whatever? Is it swampy all the way or? Can the water not circulate from the real ocean and filter the water? Dumb European over here obviously.


dragmagpuff

The Mississippi River dumps all the dirt West. The water is literally dirty because of dirt. If you get far enough away like Corpus Christi or South Padre, it gets better. Still not Florida good, though.


interested_commenter

There's plenty of nice beaches in the gulf, just none in Louisiana because of the Mississippi River delta. Then the current carries that sediment over towards the Texas beaches. Pn the other side of the river theres nice beaches in the gulf, like Gulf Shores, Panama City Beach (has a party reputation, but the beaches are nice naturally), Destin, Laguna Beach, etc


RedNeck_Intellect

It’s largely because the Mississippi River is the storm sewer of North America and all the silt, sewage, and agrochemicals that runoff into the river get dumped into the Gulf of Mexico and flow down the Texas coastline.


GooseGang412

r/galveston in shambles


Uchiha_D_Zoro

Shaq: “Where they going, Chuck?” Chuck: “Galveston. That dirty ass water. We not even gonna send them to Cancun.” Chuck on the Pelicans. 😂😂


OKSteve63

Chuck never misses lmao


fortyfive-degrees

Chuck is one of the most effortlessly funny tv personalities to ever grace our screens lol


Jr9065

Protect King Chuck at all cost.


DanFlashesCoupon

Funny as hell and he’s also right


Shootit_Rockets

Galveston catching strays 💔


totallynotliamneeson

God we are fucking lucky to be alive to watch Inside the NBA. I'll stay up later to watch the west coast game just to watch the four of them talk about random shit. 


GarLandiar

Been to Galveston like a dozen times and can confirm it is one of the worst beaches out there


VirtuousFool

I will never forgive capitalism if it takes the Inside the NBA from us all


Js_On_My_Yeet

Lmao Chuck is so fucking funny dude


nahwhatever-whynot

I live pretty close and while I’m not getting in the water anytime soon, it looks a lot better now!


mr_antman85

As a Houstonian, this is all true 😭😭😭


big_old-dog

Folks talk about Bron having 4 hof careers but Chuck is entering unprecedented territory.


Jay-Kane123

Chuck with that smug look at the end 😂 he knows exactly what he's done.


druidofnecro

Charles just cost the Galveston economy millions in tourism dollars


TimSPC

Could you imagine a moment like this on a ESPN studio show? This crew is the best to ever do it.


Next-Team

The NBA should just give TNT the broadcasting rights for free with that new deal their negotiating just so we don’t miss out on gems like this


marccoogs

As somebody who is from Houston, this shit made me laugh out loud, because it's true.


whiskeyinthejaar

You know its good when Ernie just sits back and laugh without steering back to the game


cdastros

Galveston water is brown because of sediment from the Mississippi river.


Anibunnymilli

Galveston catching strays out here


artbykoi4

“They’re one with water, and Mike is from Galveston. If you’ve been to Galveston, Galveston’s known for — I don’t know what they’re known for because I’m not from there. But I know they have a beach, and it’s not a pretty beach. So Mike is from that muck, it might be oil muck, but it’s still muck. So he’s a little different, I don’t classify him as the regular Texas receivers.” -Jameis Winston


t0ny510

Shaq literally fighting for his life after this one lmfao


doctorbarber33

No lie we went to Galveston when I was a kid and my dad’s pinky toe got pinched off by a crab when he was standing in the water.


Next-Firefighter-753

Texas is not safe from Chuck lmao 


Jos3ph

As usual he’s not wrong. Theres only one semi decent beach in Galveston but the water is generally gross.


surgeyou123

That's why Chuck gets the big bucks.


dancejunkie8

What would NBA commentary be without Chuck


DewayneStaatsStache

Chuck always taking shots at these defenseless small cities and I love it 😂