1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants of 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He treats 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the rich 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: pill poppers in the penthouse. The Clearinghouse of hot takes 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with Ben 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: Maller starts right now in the air everywhere, and you 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: have locked in on a special edition of The Fifth 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: Hour with Ben Maller and Danny G. Radio. And unlike 10 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: the other Friday pot becaun't. We do this thing every week, 11 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: and normally we have somebody on here, a pre eminent 12 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: name in the world of sports, or somebody that I 13 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: just know from the radio world, and we commits and 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: we we schmooze and that whole thing. But we thought 15 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: this being a special Friday, we must look back at 16 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: an out of sight night, one of the great nights 17 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: of the year, the Mallard Meet and greets. So Danny G. 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: I consider this the post game show for those that 19 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: were there and those that were unable to intend because 20 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: of their schedules and whatnot, or they lived too far away. 21 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: The opportunity to look back at what was a great night, 22 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: and there's so many things that we have not been 23 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: able to get into. I talked about it with Eddie 24 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: a little bit on the radio on Sunday night in 25 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: the Monday morning, but we left a lot of stuff 26 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: out because we had to get to the show. And 27 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: it was just a phenomenal night and a night that 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: I will remember for a long time. And I know 29 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: Danny you had, you had an interesting day yourself getting 30 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: there and all that, and just everything that happened. So 31 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: this is a chance to look back, and it's gonna 32 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: get into everything that happened as much as we can. 33 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: And there's a few highlights of things that will focus 34 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: on Stranger Danger, uh, the the the dreaded cartoon bubble, 35 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: the family affair and all that. But I thought we 36 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: would begin first of all, Danny was so just some 37 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: general thoughts at this hooting Nanny that took place. I 38 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: was very happy with the turnout. Not everyone who said 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: they were gonna be there showed up, but there were 40 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: people that said they weren't gonna or people that we 41 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: didn't even know we're gonna be there that showed up. 42 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: So I thought it was great, and people came from 43 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: near and far, and it was just it was a 44 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: good night. It was a fun night, and I walked in. 45 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: Some crazy stuff happened right away when I got there, 46 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: right at six o'clock. But uh, Danny, you had quite 47 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: the journey. You could have flown, I believe, the Kansas 48 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: City and you would have been able to make it 49 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: wheels up wheels own time in the year by the 50 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: time you got to the event. Is that accurate. That's 51 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: one crazy part about living in southern California. You know, 52 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: if we lived in another state and we were on 53 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: the road for that many hours, we would have crossed 54 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,839 Speaker 1: through like three different states. But here you just get 55 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: to the next county in three hours. I started my 56 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: journey on the border of Ventura County in l A County, 57 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: drove through l A County, which was a mission and 58 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: a half. I left my house right before five pm, 59 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: because obviously I was at the school all day, got home, 60 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: showered really quick, jumped in the car, got on the freeway. 61 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: I knew I was entering Karma Gedton, but it was 62 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: well worth the drive. Ben. It took me two hours 63 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: and fifty four minutes to get there. Oh no, oh 64 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: wait too, I did. I thought it was like two 65 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: and a half So two hours and fifty four minutes 66 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: you got in the car. I assume you use one 67 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: of the mapping apps, whether it's Maps or or Ways. 68 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: Did you use one of those or did you you did? 69 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: I used the Ways app? And when you got in 70 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 1: the car. How long did it say it would take? Initially? 71 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: What was it? Was it small? Was it insignificant? Initially 72 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: had said I would arrive there at seven thirty four pm, 73 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: and I was like, that'll be right before halftime. But 74 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: then when I was in that slow crawl right around 75 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: the Burbank area which is soon going to be our 76 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: home allegedly, Yeah, then the ways app started ticking up. 77 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: It went from seven thirty four to seven forty four. 78 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: Then it said seven forty eight or something like that. 79 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: And that's when you called me. You called me when 80 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: I was like eight miles away. I was just in 81 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: bumper to bumper, even though it said eight miles away. 82 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: I was like, come on, man, just get me off 83 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: this freeway. Already we were worried about you because some 84 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: of the some of the fans were like, where's Danny 85 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: g you know, Danny g said he was gonna be here, 86 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: and I was like, well, yeah, he did. I don't 87 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: know what happened. I gave you a call to see 88 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: what was going on, and then you you gave me 89 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: the whole, the whole lap there what was happening. And 90 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: I was like, wow, that's wild man. I mean it 91 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: took me a little bit. I mean I don't. I 92 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: don't live right near that location. Eddie made it seem 93 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: like I lived right near there. I don't. But I 94 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: did not have to travel as far as you had 95 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: to travel, because you spent three hours in the car 96 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: to go to the events, So you could have a 97 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: three hour of flight would have put you in Dallas. 98 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: You could have gotten to Dallas if you loan Kansas City. 99 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: That's crazy, that's an insane And so then I when 100 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: somebody had said you were there, Danny, and I didn't 101 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 1: see you, and then I saw you at the bar, 102 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: so I was like, I went up to you at 103 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: the bar and I was hey, Danny, Jay, I was like, 104 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: what are you doing over me? I didn't. I didn't 105 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: know what had gone on. I and so you would 106 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: at that point because you had shown up and then 107 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: you were at the bar having a drink, and yeah, 108 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: you know, I definitely needed a drink after all that traffic. 109 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: But I entered the party from the side. I was 110 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: being an undercover agent checking everything out. A couple of 111 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: listeners came up to me right away, and we're talking 112 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: to me about this very podcast, and so we got 113 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: into this big conversation about the fifth hour, and the 114 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: two really nice listeners were talking to me about how 115 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: this podcast is a big deal for their listening pleasure 116 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: every week, and they were talking about drops and different 117 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: stories that we've told, and it was a really cool conversation. 118 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: But then I asked him. I said, where's the bar 119 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: at and they said, oh, over by the Chargers fans. 120 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: They pointed me in that direction. I said, here's what 121 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do. I'm gonna get a quick drink and 122 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna come back here. And as I was 123 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: ordering the drink, there were listeners at the Bard America, 124 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: and so I was talking to listeners at the bar, 125 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: and then that's when you came over. And the best 126 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: part Ben when you grabbed me and took me over 127 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: back over to the kids together there. I took the bill. 128 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: I was supposed to be signing for the bartender, and 129 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: I stuck it in my pocket. Oh oh. The bartender 130 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: came over and he was like, hey, uh, I know 131 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: you left abruptly. It wasn't your fault. He's like, but 132 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: I think you took the copy of the bill. Yeah, 133 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my lad you drank and 134 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: ditch do you know? No, no, no, I told him 135 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: what I was doing there and made quick small talk 136 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: with him when I ordered the drink. So it's not 137 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: like I was trying to ditch the guy. I just 138 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: forgot all about it because you're like, hey, get over here, 139 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: and so I shoved it in my pocket before I 140 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: signed the bill for the guy. I resigned the check 141 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: and he walked away. But way one of the listeners like, oh, 142 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: you were trying to ditch the bartender Like no, no, no, no, no, 143 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: bet got from the bar and so yeah. Best part 144 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: about that drive though, when Eddie found out why it 145 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: took so long. He was like, Hey, do me a favor. 146 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: Don't tell or Roberto how long it took you to 147 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: get here, because I don't want them to be able 148 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: to use that as ammunition. Oh yeah, well, listen that 149 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: those guys. They had the opportunity. We invited Coop and 150 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: Roberto to be there, and it was a lot of 151 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: a lot of guys were like, where's Roberto, where's getting Coop? 152 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: And I'm like, well, hey, yeah, And for whatever reason, 153 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't important for them to be there, and they didn't. 154 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: They didn't put a lot of emphasis on it. I mean, 155 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: that's their decision, and I wish they would have done, 156 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: but you know, it would have gone, but we don't 157 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: get paid, and with the price of gas, ended up 158 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: costing all of us a little bit of money. But 159 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: it was worth it for me and I was when 160 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: I was a little kid, Mary I watched Mary Poppas 161 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: and she would say, super califragilistic, XBLI does it was 162 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: that kind of good. It was. It was just great 163 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: and but no, it was not all great day. So 164 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: I told I told this story a little bit. I 165 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: believe it was the English playwright and poet William Congreve 166 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: who is credited with the line hell hath no fury 167 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: like a woman scorned. And so that was my first 168 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: experience at this sublime Mallard meet and greet. It was 169 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: wonderful life energy. People were enthusiastic big fans of the show. 170 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: Was a great mix people from all different backgrounds. It 171 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: was a melting pot, right, I was wonderful. So I 172 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: walk in right at six o'clock. I'm on time, Mallard 173 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: by the clock for the clock, plosibly all about the clock, 174 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: and within thirty seconds, hand to God. Within thirty seconds 175 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: of my arrival, I am in the middle of stranger danger. 176 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: I have an I rate angry woman who's little past 177 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: middle age, who starts reading me the riot act. I. 178 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: Her name is Dotty, which is the perfect name, right, Dotty, 179 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: And she's like a fire breathing dragon. Okay, I believe 180 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: the term is hen pecked, uh, Danny, I think that's 181 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: the term. Just google it if you've never heard the term. 182 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: But so she comes up to me and she tells 183 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: me that she does not like who. He doesn't like me, 184 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: doesn't like the show because of me. She's calling me 185 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: like a bully, right, She's really upset, and she she's 186 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: making me out to be some kind of abrasive ruler, tyrant, 187 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: despotic uh, like I've got the hammer and sickle from 188 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: the old Communist party there in Russia. Like she's really angry, like, 189 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: and I thought it was an act At first. I 190 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: was like, Okay, what does she think, I'm Attila the 191 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: Hunt or something like that show. I thought she was kidding, 192 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: but no, she wasn't kidding, Like she really didn't like. 193 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: I don't recall ever having that happened. I've done a 194 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: lot of these over the years all over the country, 195 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: and you'd think something like that would happen in a 196 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: place like Boston, where people are known to be kind 197 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: of surly, and no, it was in southern California where 198 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: this woman comes up very upset, ruthless and angry and 199 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: you're mean to Eddie and Brian Finlay and she's going 200 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: on and that would be like being invited to a 201 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: Lakers meet and greet and attacking Lebron James right when 202 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: he enters the building, the leader of the crew. There's 203 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: a little lot, so she's calling me all these names. 204 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: Say why she hated you so much? Well, yeah, she 205 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: explained it was because I do not say nice things 206 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: to about Brian Finley and Eddie that I goof on Finley. 207 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: I call him numb nuts, and I occasionally will pick 208 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: on Eddie as I believe the term is stickola. My 209 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 1: grandfather would say stickla on the show we bust each 210 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: other's balls. Lady, she was a finly fanatic. Yeah, apparently 211 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: we found the one Brian Finley fan. Might be related 212 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: to Brian. I don't know. Maybe it was an aunt, 213 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: maybe it was his mom. I have no idea. Daddy, 214 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: did you call Brian to let him know you located her? Well, 215 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought that up, because this woman is 216 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: hopping match. She's spitting fire right, very angry. I'm trying 217 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: to calm her down, you know, I'm I'm using my 218 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: late night DJ voice trying to calm her down. Everything's okay, 219 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: it's just a radio show, life short. What are you 220 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: doing having I'm using all that right, I'm like, why 221 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: did you show up? You hate the show? I don't understand. 222 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: And so then she explains to me that her brother, 223 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's younger or old, he was 224 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: there and he's a fan of the ship. So I 225 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: guess they listened together and she hates the show, he 226 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: likes the show. And then she hands me this card 227 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: and she tells me not to read it till I 228 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: leave the event. So I put this card in my 229 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 1: back pocket. So I got that. I'm walking around. It's 230 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: it's crazy, it's and of the people that show up 231 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: to these things are are great and super fans and 232 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: all that general's in the mallard militian. There's always that 233 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 1: one percent who complete asshole, and uh, it just happened. 234 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: It was within the margin of error. So so anyway, 235 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: I pulled out the old cell phone and I dialed 236 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: up Brian Finley and ring ring, ring ring. Uh nothing. 237 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: He didn't answer, which is fine. So then it goes 238 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: to voicemail. I never leave, yeah, I never leave a voicemail. 239 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: But I was like, all right, whatever, this woman's pain 240 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: in the ass. So I handed my phone to Dottie 241 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: and I said, here's Brian's voicemail. You can send send 242 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: him a message. So she left some I don't know 243 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: where she left, but she left some message on the phone. 244 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: Daddy not daddy, dotty. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Dottie, and she 245 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: handed the phone back to me, which is good. I 246 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: thought she might steal my phone and run away. But 247 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: the good news is Danny by the end of the night, 248 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: before she left, she left before the event was over. 249 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: She said that at least I'm nicer in person then 250 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: I am on the radio. That's a backhanded compliment if 251 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: I've ever heard one. It's an old, left handed compliment 252 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: from Dottie. So that was my run in with Dottie. 253 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: What was the card? Was it a Starbucks gift card 254 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: in there for you? Well, that's the funny thing, Danny. 255 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: So I got home, I completely forgot about the card, 256 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: you know, out of sight, out of mind. I got 257 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: in the car, said by to everybody, got in the car, 258 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: set by Eddie, and then I'm driving back and I 259 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: did not get to eat at this event because I 260 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: I felt guilty that people had come from so far away. 261 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: That's actually the other part of story. So in my 262 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: in my head that you kind of play things out. 263 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: You know, we all have this soundtrack that is like 264 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: the voice that tells you that that kind of narrates 265 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: our lives. I assume you have that too, Danny. I 266 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: think everyone kind of has that. Like you're you're like, Okay, 267 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: here's what I'm gonna do, Here's what's going on. You're 268 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: thinking in your head. Yeah, mine's voiced by Merlin Olsen. 269 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: Mine's voiced by the guy from the Wonder Years. Remember 270 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: that show back, and so I was, I was, it 271 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: was all mapped out. I was gonna futs around with 272 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: the listeners, but at some point would be halftime, and 273 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: I was gonna take a break. In fact, uh supermarket, 274 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: Steve and his lovely wife had they had made She 275 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: had made some tar tiram sioux, and I said, she 276 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: gave me one to eat, and I was like, oh, 277 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: it's not quite the time to eat. It's not my time. 278 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: I've got I'm fasting, which I was. So I was, okay, 279 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: I'll eat and I was gonna take a break, and 280 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: I was gonna have cheeseburger in Paradise with tater tots. 281 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: I was looking at the menu, the tater tots, pretzels, 282 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: the whole thing, and in the cartoon bubble in my head, 283 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: I had a feast fit for a king. But what 284 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: ended up happening. I was so worried about being a 285 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: schmuck and not saying load of people and I know 286 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: people couldn't stay for the whole thing. They were only 287 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: there for a little bit. And this was, you know, 288 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: this whole mock up I had going to my head, 289 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: and so I didn't want to leave anyone without getting 290 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: the proper amount of time if they really wanted to 291 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: spend time with me. I was honored that they would 292 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: come out of their way and and pause their lives 293 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: to hang out with us, and so I wanted to 294 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: spend time with them, and so I ended up bouncing around. 295 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: So I'm bouncing all over the place, and I'm shaking 296 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: a lot of hands, I'm kissing a lot of babies, 297 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: taking a lot of photos. I even signed a few autographs, 298 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: which was cool, and I had a blast a couple 299 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: of our buddies from Reno. One of the guys, I 300 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: think they both work at the prison, which is far 301 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: outside Reno, but they're big fans of the show, and 302 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: they had got clipper hats. So I saw an autograph 303 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: these really nice clipper hats, which was neat, and a 304 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: few other things. So anyway, I think when you thought 305 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: the value of a Clippers had couldn't go any lower, 306 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: exactly right. It's what is still wrong with the Clippers. 307 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: A personalized autograph. I wasn't even personalized. I just saw 308 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: my name there because I didn't want to f up 309 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: the hat anymore by personalizing it. But it was it 310 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: was nice that they wanted me to do that whatever. 311 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: So so then I got out of there, uh and 312 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: ended up leaving the card that Dotty the angry woman 313 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: had given me. I was. I went home. I then 314 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: had to get food because I hadn't eaten, and so 315 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: I went out with with the wife with the family. 316 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: We went out by the food of food. And then 317 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: the next morning I forgot about the card again, and 318 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: then on my way to work on Sunday night, I 319 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: was like, wait a minute, what happened to the card? 320 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: And I don't know what happened to it. I think 321 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: I left it in the back pocket of my pants 322 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: and either it got thrown out because it went in 323 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: the washing machine. I don't know. So we will never 324 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: know what kind of angry words were on Dotty's card 325 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: that she put there. It could have been a peace offering, 326 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: though ben could have been some amazing gift certificate in there. Yeah, 327 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: that's what I was concerned about. I was concerned that 328 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: Dotty possibly put like a thousand dollars in there something 329 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 1: like that. I just I just got rid of of money. 330 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: But yeah, well that was the other possibility, right that. 331 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: I was like, well, she put some kind of white 332 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: powder and she wanted me to open it up after 333 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 1: we leave, because it's possible that everyone would die, uh, 334 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: depending on what the thing was. And so I guess 335 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: I'll never know unless it turns up somewhere, I will 336 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: not know what our home girl Dotty put in the card. 337 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: Very angry Dotty. But anyway, so that was that was 338 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 1: the experience. But I give you credit, Danny. I can 339 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: tell you've done more of those things because you, unlike me, 340 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: I was bouncing around you like you You're like, I'm 341 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: gonna sit down. You had a huddle of people around you. 342 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: There was like a half circle around you, and you 343 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: were just sitting there telling stories. And that's that's a 344 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 1: great strategy. I love it, Like rather than me, I'm 345 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: the idiot, I'm running all over the place. And you 346 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: had a game plan and you said, Okay, I don't 347 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: know if this was planned out or just happened organically. Uh, 348 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: but whether it was by design or not, but you 349 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 1: had people that were wrapped around you like you were 350 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: the quarterback calling the play in the huddle. Was great. Yeah, 351 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: it kind of happened organically. Although when I think back 352 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: to some of the meet and greets that we did 353 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: for Q one on four seven and the heat back 354 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: in the day. That's how the night would kind of 355 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: play out. We'd usually be broadcasting from a place and 356 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: we would be sitting down with the microphones and the headphones, 357 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: and then the listeners would kind of come over and 358 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: and that's exactly how it played out there. The only 359 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: thing missing from that booth that Eddie and I were 360 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: sitting at for a while was headphones and a microphone 361 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: on the live. Yeah, I know, it was It was 362 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,479 Speaker 1: cool and I got a lot of steps in walking 363 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: walking around and did you were bouncing around, which that 364 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: was cool. Though you were working the room. There were 365 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: a lot of listeners that obviously wanted to take photos 366 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: with you, and um, there were some that you could 367 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: tell that we're a little bit on the outskirts, so 368 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: they get together that we're on the shy side. Yeah, 369 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: and you can relate to that, so you kind of 370 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: went and pulled them in. Yeah, I am, and people 371 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 1: some some people were sending me emails, Oh you say 372 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 1: you're an extra, you're an introvert, but I don't believe it. 373 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: You were out there doing your thing and I'm like, well, yeah, 374 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: because that was the event. But it took a lot 375 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: of energy and a lot of effort for me to 376 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: schmooze and go around and and I'm not trust me. 377 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: You've known me a long time, Danny, Am I a 378 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: social butterfly? I'm not right. You've been to parties. I 379 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: hope you'll come again this year when we have the 380 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: parties again. After the last couple years we haven't be 381 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: able to do it because of COVID. But um, my 382 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: wife is much more outgoing, she's much more of a 383 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: socializer and all that. And you know, I'll do it occasionally, 384 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: but I pretty much keep to myself. That's why I 385 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: went to radio. If I was an extrovert, if I 386 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: was the life of the party, I'd be doing something else. Yeah, 387 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: at at a perfect party, I would be behind the 388 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: turntables and you'd be behind the griddle. Yeah exactly. I'd 389 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: be cooking up doing something or serving you know, drinks 390 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: or whatever it might be. Uh and you know, put 391 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: fire on on you know, put wood on the fire 392 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. But uh yeah, so but and 393 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: it was it was neat. I didn't meet. We had 394 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: a good mix. We had some extroverse. There were some 395 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,359 Speaker 1: people very enthusiastic, energetic that were gung ho to to 396 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: be part of this. And then there were the other 397 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: people who I related to a little bit more who 398 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: were kind of, as you said, in the back and 399 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: introverted and then didn't want to be the one to 400 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: go up to me. And and I totally get that. 401 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: I feel you. It is so awkward and it's it's 402 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: a weird thing, but it's also somewhat therapeutic, Danny to 403 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: do these things, because we're so lucky to have these jobs, 404 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: to work on radio and podcasting and stuff like that, 405 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 1: and without the people who are who were there that 406 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 1: listen and our fans and what we do, then we'd 407 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: have to go out and get a real job. I 408 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: wanted to ask you, was this year very first Raider tailgate? 409 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: I know we had first walked in and Eddie talked 410 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: about this on your live show. There was a Chargers 411 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: fan club there, but his wife's Chargers fan club. They 412 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: had the pop up tent outside of this restaurant, and 413 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 1: I noticed that right when I was parking, Wow, are 414 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: the Chargers sponsoring this event? So I walk in andto 415 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: the left where the bar was at there were all 416 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: these Charger fans watching this meaningless preseason game. Yeah. They 417 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: were playing the Saints and their last Yeah, and they 418 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: weren't making any noise, and they just all kind of 419 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: look bored out of their minds. And I was like, well, 420 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: it must be kind of hard to have a viewing 421 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: party for a preseason game. Then I look over to 422 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: the right and I saw a Raider viewing party. I 423 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: was like, oh, that's cool. Whole bunch of Raider fans 424 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: showed up to outdo all these Charger fans over. Yeah, 425 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: there was a humongous you're not exatary. There might have 426 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: been more Raider fans on our side of the bar 427 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: the Charger fans on the other side of the bar. 428 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: Confused because I was doing like a spin around the place. Well, 429 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: where's the mallard get together at? Yeah? No, it was 430 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: it was why we well right away. Also, not only 431 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: did I have Dottie who was was doing doing her thing, 432 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: but Teverlely and uh she. I don't know if you 433 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 1: met Teverley. She's a huge Raider fan. I've known her 434 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: for a while because they went to Bakersfield and some 435 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: of your other events. Great couple and her I think 436 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: husband right she here, he was screaming you know, he 437 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: was yelling out random things as the night went on. Yeah, 438 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: was communicating with the Charger fan club. It was great 439 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: because it was like primal screams throughout the bar, and 440 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: and it was like Mallard, you know, he's just like 441 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: made no sense, but he randomly send these things out. 442 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: It was very very amusing, and so we had we 443 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: had told my TENDERNI that I felt like I was 444 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: at the Oakland Coliseum. It was. It was crazy. Some 445 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: other observations. We we had a fair amount of families 446 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: that that was really cool. Not probably by the time 447 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: you got there, Danny, they had left a lot of them. 448 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: But when I walked in, like early on when the 449 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: shin dig began, there were a lot of guys that 450 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: brought there their kids and their wives and girlfriends and 451 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: hopefully not both wives and girlfriend at the same time. 452 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: But uh, but it was it was a family fair 453 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: and that was really neat, Like it was really cool, 454 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: and they had had dinner there and they were hanging 455 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: out and I took some photos of some of the 456 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: kids and in fact, one of the guys from East 457 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: l A. I did a cameo for for these two 458 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: big fans of the show back a couple of years ago, 459 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: and I invited them to the studio and I said, 460 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: once COVID's over, I want you to come in because, uh, 461 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: the kids at that time, I guess he was in 462 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: the seventh grade or the sixth grade, but he's in 463 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 1: the eighth grade now and so he's in junior high. 464 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, yeah, come have your dad 465 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: bring it down. We're gonna show you around the radio station. 466 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 1: And so I saw them. They showed up. It was 467 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: great to see them. Hadn't hadn't met them in person, 468 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 1: and so I invited them down to the radio station 469 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: again and I told them Danny, I said, email me 470 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: because I want to set up a date. Well, have 471 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: you come in and we'll coordinate it because I have 472 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: a hybrid schedule. I do the show from the remote 473 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: studio my my home studio about half the time and 474 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: then I'm in the main student do the mothership half 475 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: the time. And so he said, shore, no problem, I'll 476 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: email it. But I still haven't gotten emailed Danny, So 477 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: I'm concerned. Hopefully they hear this and you can email 478 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: me Ben Mallards Show at gmail dot com for that. 479 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: That's B. E. N M A L L E. R. 480 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: S h o W at gmail dot com and send 481 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: me a message. I know who you are and I 482 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: know a few things that the general population does not know. 483 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: So send me a message and will set something up 484 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: and you can come in and hang out for for 485 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: an hour or two and see how we do the 486 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: show and behind the scenes and all that. Sad to 487 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: miss some of the kids, and like Anthony and Anaheim, 488 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: like you said, the families left right about the halfway point. 489 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: Because everybody knows Ben the hookers in cocaine come out 490 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: at about eight p m. Bunch of hookers and cocaine. Well, 491 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: that's it. That's at the after party. There was an 492 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: after party. Jay Scoop had an after their party with 493 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: Jay Dot and his lovely girlfriend and then the very 494 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 1: beautiful Regina spin Psycho. Regina was there and so I 495 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: think some other people. They went up to the the 496 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: suite there and I had a fine time in the 497 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: Holiday Inn, which was adjacent because this was right next 498 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: to the Holiday and it was conjoined. It was like 499 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: the restaurant for the holiday. And I believe right, I 500 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: think that's there was some con't joining all right, I'm 501 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: sure And we had people and we're not naming a 502 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: lot of names here because I I've tried to avoid 503 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: that because when you start naming names, Danny leaves so 504 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: many people out. Yeah, it's like a speech accepting an award. 505 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: You might as well just say thank you to everybody 506 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: that's helped along the way. You know who you are. Yeah, 507 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: And I could name probably se people there, but I 508 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: leave out. I named Dottie because she attacked me. I 509 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: name Teverley because she comes to all of these things. 510 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: She's been a fan of the show for years and 511 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: she's so supportive and she's she's in real estate. She 512 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 1: was telling me about her real estate dealings, and I'm 513 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: very curious how that works because these things are so expensive. 514 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: Of the houses, like, how many houses a year do 515 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,960 Speaker 1: you have to sell to make a living? And she's 516 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: told me that if she sells three or four houses, 517 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: she's in pretty good shape for the year. But that's 518 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: that's still a lot. That's and that's one every every so, 519 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: you know, every few months or so. So it's it's 520 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: a pain. And it was it was really cool learning 521 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: about the stories of how people found the show, and 522 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: you talked about the podcast. People help them out, and 523 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: it is one of the interesting things about doing the 524 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: overnight show. I think it was Steve Somers, who did 525 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: the overnight show at w FAN for years, who said 526 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: that radio is just more important at night. It's a 527 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: little more important at night than it is for people 528 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: during the day. And I completely agree with that sentiment. 529 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,239 Speaker 1: It just means so much more to people at night, 530 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: not that it doesn't matter during the day. And trust me, 531 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: the people and we both know this, Danny from being 532 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: a radio The people that do daytime shows six am 533 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: to six pm, they make more money than us. They 534 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: get endorsement deals that we don't get. But I don't 535 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: think there shows matter as much. And maybe I'm just 536 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: biased by doing the overnight show, but I've heard so 537 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: many stories from people who were down on their luck, depressed, 538 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: got dumped by their girlfriend, lost their job, or they're 539 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,239 Speaker 1: working a dead end job, a ship job, and they 540 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: wish they were doing something else and they were depressed, 541 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 1: or they had medical issues and they were in the 542 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: hospital and they found the show and we were a friend, 543 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: we were there friends, and so I don't know that 544 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 1: that happens on a daytime show. It's the same sort 545 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: of sentiment that a band receives from their fans, like 546 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: I Found you and I was going through a really 547 00:29:54,960 --> 00:30:00,040 Speaker 1: bad breakup tracks number four, seven and ten Saved of 548 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 1: My life. Like, musicians will get this a lot, and 549 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: you're right, nighttime DJs will hear that often as well, 550 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: because in the daytime there's just a lot going on, 551 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: a lot of hustle and bustle, and in a way, 552 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: some radio shows are almost like background music. But when 553 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: everything slows down and a listener is really paying attention 554 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: and concentrating to a nighttime radio show, that's when things 555 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: are calm and more quiet, and you have time to 556 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: like be in your own head and you're dealing with stuff, 557 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: and that's when some people need a friend. And unfortunately 558 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: for you, Benny, that's when the pressure is on you 559 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: and the spotlight's on you for your time slot. Well wait, 560 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: there's more, no, no, it is. I listen. It was great, 561 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: And I love the guys that were like in jail 562 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: and found the show and and now they're they're living 563 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: a good life and they've got a job and family 564 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: and things like that. That's that's really cool. There was 565 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: a guy in the military, a couple of guys that 566 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: were from the military backgrounds and they they found the show. 567 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: They were listening for a while. Uh, you know, there's 568 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: an Iraq. I guess I'll say the Rockers and the 569 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: rocker who gave me my avatar. He helped my avatar 570 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: on Twitter and he said he started listening in high school. Danny, 571 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 1: he's now in his mid thirties. Holy crowd. Uh you know, 572 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: it's it's stuff like that. How about the truck drivers 573 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: who were there, Oh yeah, we're great. U. Yeah. That 574 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: was awesome to hear from several drivers who talked about 575 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: not only our live show, but the podcast meaning so 576 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: much to them. God bless truly, the paper boys, security 577 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: guards and drivers. And then also the Mason who hates 578 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: our curse words being bleeped out of the podcast, even 579 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: though I explained the bit to him, Ben, I mean, 580 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: he knew kind of that it was a bit, but 581 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: he he likes to hear the curse words. So just 582 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: to honor him, last week, I left the curse within 583 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: we are we are listening to your demands. Well, there 584 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: were two Masons who were older. There was a kid 585 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: named Mason, but there were two older Masons. There was 586 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: Mason from Huntington's Beach. And then there was also Mason 587 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: from the Bay who works like Tesla, so he was there, 588 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: got you, Yeah, this was the younger man. Okay, so 589 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: the Mason from from northern California who made the drive down. 590 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:31,959 Speaker 1: That motherfucker you can't understand normal thinking, Mason, is your 591 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: problem there? I mean, And obviously that is an affectionate 592 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: tone there with that F word for you. That's right, 593 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: that's right. But but again thanks to everyone that showed up. 594 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: And I would like to make this a yearly ritual. 595 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: And I was talking to Eddie and on the way out, 596 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 1: and hopefully we can do this every year, maybe around 597 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: the same time, possibly at the same location, who knows. 598 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll even make this like a big event and 599 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: see if we can get promotions involved Danny, and see 600 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: if we can get some some sponsorship dollars for a 601 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: restaurant or something like that. That's always the possibility. I've 602 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: tried to keep this kind of on the down low. 603 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: The boss knows, yeah, he knows what. He was excited 604 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: about it. He actually was talking to me about some 605 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: shifts coming up Saturday. You needed some extra hours from me, 606 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: And while he was texting me about that. He said, 607 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,479 Speaker 1: I saw pictures on Twitter. It looked like the Mallard 608 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: event was awesome. Yeah, I wrote back, and I told him, yeah, 609 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: it was pretty amazing. He's in on it now, so 610 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: I think we should get some sponsorship dollars out of him. 611 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: I agree, and the other thing too. Before I forget, 612 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 1: I really want to thank the guys and I should 613 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: not encourage this activity because it can can work both ways. 614 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: But we have crossover fans that are are big supporters 615 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: of petros and money in l A. Are there the 616 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: flagship the newon drive So they used to work at 617 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Where's the truck? Then? Yeah? Yeah no, 618 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: But these guys were like going They told they told 619 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: me they went up to Don Martin, the big boss, 620 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: and we're like yelling to get me more exposure and 621 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 1: our show more exposure and stuff like that. They were 622 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 1: busting Don Martin's balls. That's thund that's our big man. 623 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 1: I can't do anything about that. Mallard man, what do 624 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: you do? It's just I don't ever fire anybody my man. 625 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: The audience does that by tuning out. It was it 626 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: was so good, but the I did want to go 627 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 1: back to the overnight the overnight radio listen, nighttime radio listener, 628 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:46,240 Speaker 1: real quick, because I read a book years ago about infommercials. 629 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: The reason infomercials are on late at night. One of 630 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: the reasons is it's obviously easier to put them on 631 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 1: late at night because it's cheaper advertising rates and all that. 632 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: But they've done stage. People do behave differently at night, 633 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: and and that's why people party at night and they 634 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:06,040 Speaker 1: do crazy things at night, right and uh, you know, 635 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,800 Speaker 1: it's like that old Stephen King quote. Nothing good happens 636 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: at midnight unless you listen to the radio. But but 637 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 1: people's activity is different and their sensibilities change a little 638 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: bit at the end of the day as opposed to 639 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 1: the beginning of the day. I'm sure we missed a 640 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff, Danny, but we we've got to kick 641 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 1: the can. We've got other business to get to this weekend. 642 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,720 Speaker 1: We'll have two other podcasts, but that is the Mallard 643 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: Post Game Mallard Meet and Greet. Mallard and Danny g 644 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: are thoughts on what It was a wonderful event thanks 645 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 1: to everyone that showed up. Regina flew out from Minnesota. 646 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: We had listeners judge, our friend Jay Scoop from Seattle 647 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: Bay area and Nevada, Utah Ja Dot rove out from 648 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: Utah and probably got here quicker driving at night from 649 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 1: Utah than you did, Danny from where you came from. 650 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 1: So that yeah, special shout out to Eddie and you 651 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,399 Speaker 1: and the p Ones who made it such a fun event. Yeah, 652 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: it was a great night and a night I will 653 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: remember for many many years, and hopefully those of you 654 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: that were there, well we'll remember that as one. Uh. 655 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: That is it. We'll get out of here on that 656 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 1: and we'll catch you on our Saturday podcast coming up tomorrow. 657 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: Have a great day later, Skater fun you go. What's 658 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,280 Speaker 1: you think the popa Wizard