1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Cutbooms. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: The clearing House of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in. 10 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: The air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Maler 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: and Danny g Radio our last Friday podcast for the 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: month of February. Now, how do I know it is 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: the last Friday podcast for the month of February Because 14 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: this is the last Friday in the month of February. Hello, Hello, 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: only one more day after today to get through. 16 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: Wow. 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: Fired up, fired up as we walked in to the 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: remote studio here after doing the overnight show, surviving the 19 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: audio battlefield, exploring every avenue through the overnight, then taking 20 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: a brief hiatus and wandering around clearing my head to 21 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: walk back in to the remote studio to provide you 22 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: this podcast. Now on the Friday edition of The Fifth Hour, 23 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: which you are currently locked in on, we have the 24 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: state of the Malor Union by request, the state of 25 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: the Malor Union by request. Also food e Fun. Hooray 26 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: for food e Fun and it is a jam packed 27 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: foodie fun by demand, by demand, what the people want, 28 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: the people get. Brian Billick. Brian Billick. Now, I always 29 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: trying to start with some kind of dopey holiday, and 30 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: I didn't see anything that really stood out. There's a 31 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: lot of really lame holidays. There was one that not 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: only is that lame, but it's just something that's it's 33 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 1: not legit. And you know most of these are not legit. 34 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: No Brainer Day, which apparently is celebrated. I didn't know this. 35 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: It's a no brainer celebrated annually on February twenty seventh, 36 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: and it is it's known as International No Brainer Day. Okay, 37 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: what is the point of this? The holiday was founded 38 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: way back in the nineties to encourage people to keep 39 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: things simple, to resolve situations calmly without stress. So I 40 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: started digging around. I was like, oh, that doesn't seem 41 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: all that interesting. Fine, So then I started looking up 42 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: fun facts about the brain. Now that is fun fun 43 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: facts about the brain. Did you know? Did you know 44 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: that going back to one hundred and seventy BC, there 45 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: was a Roman physician, Gallan, who said, hey, you know 46 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: that brain thing, this is the thing that is involved 47 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: in problem solving. That's it right there. And so this 48 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: Roman physician came up with the concept that the brain 49 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: is involved in problem solving. That was one hundred and 50 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: seventy BC, like just after the cavemen, for God's sake. 51 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: And then in the sixteenth century, so you got to 52 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: go back, you know, go forward many many years. There 53 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: was a different doctor, doctor Andres, who created a map 54 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: of the nervous system. The first sketch of the nervous 55 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: system that must have been just amazing, was not on 56 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: the internet. By the way, they did not put that 57 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: on the internet. And you know why they didn't put 58 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: that on the internet. That's right, there was no Internet, 59 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: that's correct. Then in the eighteen hundreds, in the eighteen hundreds, 60 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: a couple of doctors in eighteen forty eight showed that 61 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: specific parts of the brain perform specific functions, that there's 62 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: certain things in there, and there's other parts that you know, 63 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: the frontal lobe and all that that stuff. And then 64 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: in nineteen twenty nine, nineteen twenty, almost one hundred years ago, 65 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: ninety seven years ago. There was a piece of medical research, 66 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: a study that confirmed in nineteen twenty nine that your 67 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: brain and my brain never rest even when you sleep. 68 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: Even what we're kind of like the fish. You know, 69 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: you ever go out and see the fish. They can 70 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: turn off part of their brain, but they go into 71 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: sleep mode like your computer. However, they don't turn the 72 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: whole thing off. And might I point out this is 73 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: a probably people say, well, turn your brain off, and 74 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: I have I always have a million things. I'm worried 75 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: about the next show. I forget about the last show, 76 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: but then I got to think about this other thing 77 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 1: I gotta do, and so it's always rolling. My brain 78 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: is always rolling around there. It's very hard to just 79 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: calm down. Despite all the supplements, all that stuff, it's 80 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: hard to calm down. So that was in nineteen twenty nine. 81 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: They figured out the brain never stopped. It was always 82 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: moving even when you were thinking of things, and the 83 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: brain never rested. And that was in nineteen twenty nine. 84 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: And then in the nineteen sixties that was the boom 85 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: time for neuroscience and the study of the brain called neuroscience. 86 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: That really took off in the nineteen sixties and then 87 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: now we have no Brainer Day. Now we have no 88 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: Brainer Day, which is just wonderful, which has been around, 89 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: I guess since ninety five. So over thirty years of 90 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: no Brainer Day, over thirty years of No Brainer Day, 91 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: just absolutely great. So moving on from that, I don't 92 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: write back to a lot of people. I'm bad about that. 93 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: On the email, I apologize in advance. If you send 94 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: me an email, you probably won't not get a response. 95 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: I need to work on that. I just don't have 96 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: enough time allotted for that bad job by me. So 97 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: I do check. And I got a couple of messages 98 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: this week from fans of the show, super fans of 99 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: the show. And I'm not going to call this an 100 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: inbox revolt. You can call it that. You can call 101 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: an uprising if you want. I'm not going to do that. 102 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: So these messages, I knew they were coming. I knew 103 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: they were going to be in my inbox. It's happened 104 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, and so I thought, well, 105 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: why would this be any different. So I checked the 106 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: inbox and there were a handful of listeners, and I 107 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: want to stress just a few amounts, A very small 108 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: amount of people who were aggrieved, wounded, even that their 109 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: beloved Overnight gas Bag declined to dissect President Donald Trump's 110 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: State of the Union address Say what yeah, so ap 111 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: penalty Back on Wednesday, the President gave the State of 112 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: the Union addressed. Now, this was not negligent. This was 113 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: not and I will address this. I felt the podcast 114 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: is the perfect format. I will explain the mythology behind this. 115 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: It was brand management and the modern era that we 116 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: live in. In my world, in the media world, everything 117 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: is bait. Now, we do live in a society where 118 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: you get paid for clickbait. But this is not even 119 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: so much clickbait. This is just bait. The State of 120 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: the Union is not merely a speech. Whoever the president is. 121 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: It is in that world. And I have friends of 122 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: mine that have gone into politics, and we went our 123 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: separate ways. We both got into the radio world as 124 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: sports people. They went to politics. And a couple of 125 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: my friends are very powerful people. In fact, I happen 126 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: to have a good friend who's a very powerful person 127 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: on the Democratic side. I know a few people on 128 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: the Republican side, and so I talk to him everyone. 129 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: I don't talk to them often. I don't, you know, 130 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: sometimes I'll fire off a text, so we'll go back 131 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: and forth. But the State of the Union is not 132 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: just a random speech. It's kind of a big deal 133 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: in that world. And I've had people that they've told 134 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: me is that Listen, you know we worked in sports together. 135 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm politics now. It is the political super Bowl week. 136 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: They might as well have Radio Row and influencer Row 137 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. The panels convene, graphics explode, analysts perspire, 138 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: They have roundtable discussions under studio lights, as if the 139 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: democracy depends on this, and the event is sold as 140 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: destiny in prime time. It is sports radio is not 141 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: obviously C SPAN, Thank god, I jump off a bridge. 142 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: It's not C SPAN with better bumper music. You know 143 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: it's not. There is an old school logic at play here. 144 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: Now I'm going to quote Harry Snyder. Do you know 145 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: who Harry Snyder? Do you think a Harry Snyder is 146 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: some kind of political pundit be Harry Snyder as a 147 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 1: talk show host from the nineteen eighties, or ce Harry 148 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: Snyder is none of the above. Well, it turns out 149 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: that if you went with C you're right. Harry Snyder 150 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 1: is the person that co founded in and Out Burger, 151 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: the In and Out Burger, the number one burger place 152 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: on the West coast, and it's spreading. I think they're 153 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: moving to Tennessee because of California politics and all that. So, 154 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: you know, good luck. So Harry Snyder co founded In 155 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: and Out Burger. Grab some water here. So he co 156 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 1: founded an out burger back in the day. And they 157 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:54,839 Speaker 1: had a very simple motto, do one thing and do 158 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: it well. That's it. That's all. Do one thing and 159 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,599 Speaker 1: do it well. When Snyder opened up the first In 160 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: and Out Burger in Baldwin Park, California. Still live right 161 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: near there or a couple miles away in nineteen forty eight, 162 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: the menu was minimalist poetry, burgers, fries, and shakes. If 163 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: you want cheese on the burger, they call it a cheeseburger. 164 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 1: You got the fries, you got the shake, and you 165 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: got the obviously the soft drinks. No swordfish, no swordfish surprise, 166 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: there was no seasonal quin wah bowle didn't get it. 167 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: I didn't get it. Seventy plus years later is my 168 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: math on? Yeah, my math is I'm almost going to eighty. 169 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: We're almost at eighty. The line still when you go 170 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: to an inn out burger, there's a line of cars. 171 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 1: It's like that movie Field of Dreams back in the day. 172 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: You build it will come or they will come. And 173 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: so that philosophy of this guy, Harry Stender, that is 174 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: not stubbornness. That is clarity sports radio my world. Drifting 175 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: into partisan debate would be like me walking into an 176 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: in and out burger and say, I need sushi. Well 177 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: we don't have sushi, but I want sushi, but we 178 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: don't serve any kind of seafoods or I don't care. 179 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: I want my sushi. So you can be all righteous 180 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: and all that, and a lot of people love being righteous. 181 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: We live in the age of being the victim. It's 182 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: not fair. I need my society. The chef remains unmoved 183 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: because they know the rules. And over the past decade, 184 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: we have witnessed what happens when people who do entertainment 185 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: platforms or whatever you wanna call it, dip a toe 186 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: into the political jacuzzi. The water bubbles, the temperature spikes, Suddenly, 187 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: the audience fractures into factions. It's like a if you've 188 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: ever seen what happens to a windshield when they get 189 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 1: into an accident and it breaks, and a bunch of pieces, 190 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: thousands of little pieces, and so everything fractures, and then 191 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 1: people start getting armed with spreadsheets and grudges and all 192 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: that stuff. It's a big mess. The comment section transforms 193 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: into Thanksgiving dinner with no cranberry sauce, no stuffing, and 194 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: a lot of sharp objects, a lot of sharp objects. Like, 195 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: it's a big mess. So yeah. Occasionally, occasionally there's a 196 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: moment from the State of the Union that bleeds into sports, right, 197 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: it bleeds into sports. A presidential quip about a sports 198 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: team winning a championship. We had that this week. We 199 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: had that this week. There was a shout out every 200 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,359 Speaker 1: once in a while that would go to whatever team 201 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: you know won the championship or something like that, And 202 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: those are always fair game. Those are always fair game. However, 203 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: a full autopsy of applause lines and legislative wish list 204 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: this is for another aisle, entirely picture the State of 205 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: the Union through the television lens it deserves and consuming 206 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:36,239 Speaker 1: on social media. I've always said that it's HGTV for governance, 207 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: like the set immaculate right, the history of the State 208 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: of the Union. The pacing is all rehearsed. It's like 209 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: love it or listed. One side of the chamber, which 210 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 1: by the way, happens to be the side in power, 211 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: springs to its feet as if confetti cannons might deploy 212 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: and they could get a free T shirt as wells. 213 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: Scott's going to come out the other side that is 214 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: not in power. They sit there with stoicism. Some pretend 215 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: to sleep, but they're they're very calm, and then they're 216 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: they're not happy, though you can tell from the body 217 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: language whatever is being said they don't like it. It's 218 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: kind of like an airline passenger who just learns, by 219 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: the way, the flight has been delayed, the airport's about 220 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: to close, so you're gonna have to go go to 221 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: get a hotel room. We're not taking off till tomorrow morning. 222 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: The other team could literally come up with a cure 223 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: for cancer, provide everyone a billion dollars, and they want 224 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: to list it. Not love it. They'd want to list 225 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: it because there are guy's not in power. The camera. 226 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: I always get a kick out of us. They've got 227 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,239 Speaker 1: these these props, the camera pans to hand pick citizens 228 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: in the galley or the gallery. I guess it's but 229 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: each story is calibrated for maximum heart tug it's heartstrings 230 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: tugging at the heartstrings. It's civic pageantry with advanced sound 231 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: and graphics and all that. And every year, men and women, 232 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: I don't think many children watching this, but every year 233 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: men and women, adults and some teenagers and some kids 234 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: will a few kids will watch. But the viewers are 235 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: told that this episode, well, this changes everything. This is 236 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: a game changer. Our democracy, Our democracy depends on you watching. 237 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: And every year the sequel arrives on schedule, and they 238 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: say the same thing. They say the same thing at 239 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: the State of the Union every single year. See, the 240 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: political industrial complex thrives on engagement. 241 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 3: Outrage. Outrage is what it is, and whatever the president 242 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 3: it does is wrong. They could recommend something, if the 243 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 3: president does that. 244 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: It would still be wrong. It's just that that's the 245 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: way it is. That's the way it's set up. Outrage 246 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: is currency and indignation is renewable energy. Right, the chiron 247 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: at the bottom of whatever channel you're watching on the 248 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: screen pulses with just apocalyptic vocabulary, all those big words, right, Oh, 249 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: crisis on Capitol Hill, chaos, a day of reckoning, and 250 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: the world hates America and all this stuff. So the 251 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: Republic is always one monologue away from collapse if you 252 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: believe that. If you believe that, and somehow it's been 253 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: able to continue on and on and on and on. 254 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: So again, I don't deal in that world. That's not 255 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: my world. That's someone else's world. Ideal in the sports 256 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: radio world, ideal in a different kind of melodrama, ideal 257 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: in missed field goals, blown leads, dumb coaching decisions, quarterbacks 258 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: who throw hospital balls for no apparent reason. Now, the 259 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: stakes feel enormous in the mall Man, in the malment, 260 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: they feel enormous, but they are contained, compartmentalized, if you will, 261 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: pigeonholed within hash marks and the hardwood and all that. Now, 262 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: over the years, I've done a lot of these Mallard 263 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: meet and greets. We're planning, We're in the planning stages 264 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: right now. I'm trying to find out logistically when we 265 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: want to go to Boston, when we want to go 266 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: to Ohio, and those are the two that we have. 267 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll get Vegas in. I want to go to 268 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: the Bay Area, do one in the northern California. We 269 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: should do one in La I know mad Jack had 270 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: a place, but we didn't end up doing it. Bad 271 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: job by us. That was back in December. But meeting 272 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: a number of my friends who listen to the show, right, 273 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: people like you and I that are just trying to 274 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: enjoy life. So I've determined that about twenty percent of 275 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: society is hard oh political guy, hard, oh political guy 276 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: or gal to try to get it in every conversation right, 277 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: the discourse has to be about this, And half of 278 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 1: that faction is prepared to send a strongly worded email 279 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: to a sports radio host at two in the morning, 280 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: why have you not talked about this? The remaining eighty percent? 281 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: And I'm you know, I'm in the eighty percent, just 282 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: trying to get through the week, just trying to get 283 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: through the day without needing some meds for their blood 284 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: pressure and just trying to pay the bills they want 285 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: and tune into too the over. You want to hear 286 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: some hot takes. You want to hear hollering James snore. 287 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: You want to hear the redneck Riviera's biggest star, you know, 288 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,959 Speaker 1: the Jed who fled wandering around saying eight hundred words 289 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: in ten seconds. You want to hear the latest comments 290 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: on the on the X machine from Malard, prop Guy 291 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: or fer Dog or Alf. You want to hear what 292 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: they have to say. That's what you tune in for. 293 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: So to me, silence in this case is not avoidance. 294 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: It's knowing that you are a specialist. It's like back 295 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: in the in the old days before baseball changed the rules. 296 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: And if you're around my age, there was a baseball 297 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: term for a very specialized relief pitcher. And what was it. Well, 298 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: if you were a left handed a left handed reliever, 299 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: and you would come in and you'd face one batter right, 300 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: one batter, one batter, one batter, one batter only, and 301 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: they called you a loogie. Yeah, a loogie. That was 302 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: that was your that was your name. Uh. And and 303 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: and not hock, not hawk alugie, No, no, no, wasn't that. 304 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 3: I know. 305 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: I know, am I going inside baseball? I think most 306 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: people around my age know that. But maybe you're not 307 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: around my age and you're like, oh, there's no crying 308 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: in baseball. I don't don't yet get it. Uh yeah, 309 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,959 Speaker 1: So I know the baseball seasons underway. I know it's 310 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: been hijacked by the computer guys for years, but it's 311 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: it's underway. Yeah, so there you go. Uh, but that 312 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: that's it. So I'm a specialist, you know that. That's 313 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: the that's the deal. That's that's what I do. I am. 314 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: I'm a lea, A relief pitcher, is what I am. 315 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: That's it. Yeah, pop pop fizz fizz. Oh what a 316 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: relief it is? Well not exactly, but you get the point, right, 317 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: you get the point. So anyway back to it. So 318 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: this does not mean that we obviously we obviously deal 319 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: in bombastic conversation. That is a world that we are 320 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:27,199 Speaker 1: involved in. The show features much like politics filibusters. Some 321 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: would say this Malar podcast here, the fifth Hour podcast 322 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: is a filibuster. The Marathon Mallard monologues dissecting the footwork 323 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: of Lamar Jackson, or what he orders at a food truck, 324 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: or the trade value of Alligator arms Kyler Murray. I've 325 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 1: been labeled Benny Blowhard for hot takes on players like 326 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: Sam Darnold or Fernando Mendozo, the Indiana Hoosias quarterback. The 327 00:21:52,359 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: difference is consequence. If a sports talk opinion detonates cub Boom, 328 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: the fallout is limited to some barroom chatter a few 329 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: social media comments, and that's it. When politics detonates, family 330 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,479 Speaker 1: members stop talking to other family members, Like you know, 331 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: you've got a problem if you will not talk to 332 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: someone because of their politics. Just you know, eat your 333 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: own knock yourself out, and I can think you're a knucklehead, 334 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: but I can still be your friend. Presidents, now you 335 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 1: think about the president, they change every few years, like 336 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: whether President Trump or his eventual successor whoever that ends 337 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: up being. You know, they rotate through the White House 338 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: like head coaches. It's like a rebuilding franchise, always rebuilding, 339 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: was rebuilding, always problems, speaking in cliches, political cliches. The 340 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: choreography of the State of the Union remains unchanged, though 341 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: I remember watching it with my parents as a kid, 342 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: and I didn't think it was the most interesting in 343 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: the world, well the most interesting thing in the world. 344 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: My parents were really into it, and so I'd paid 345 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: attention to it as I got older. And it's the 346 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 1: same show all these years later. Applause on Q, scowls 347 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: on Q, the same script. Obviously the names have changed, 348 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: although some of them are still there from when I 349 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 1: was a kid, which is crazy because I'm not getting 350 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: any younger, and the TV news people treat this as Shakespeare, 351 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: and often it plays more like professional wrestling. The great 352 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: Jesse Ventura was in the iHeart Building years ago and 353 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: he told the story about how it was very much 354 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: like professional wrestling, that everyone played a role. And then 355 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: they all went to the same cocktail parties in DC 356 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: and they hung out together. And yet you know, people 357 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: you know in Toledo, Ohio would get upset because they 358 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: don't like so and so's politics, and yet these people 359 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: were going out and having long island ized teas together. 360 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,439 Speaker 1: You know, after they would just mf each other. The 361 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: ringmaster knows the crowd. You got to give the customer 362 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: what they want. The people that come into the open 363 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: night show, they want to hear about football, occasional basketball. 364 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: Everything stacked neatly on Aisle fourteen, not for a you know, 365 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: tune in for a seminar on fiscal policy. You're not 366 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: tuning in for that. And in an era obsessed with engagement, engagement, 367 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: you must be engaged all that. Choosing not to chase 368 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: the loudest topic of the room is a quiet, active discipline. 369 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 1: Not every platform needs to opine on every spectacle. I 370 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: have a group of my radio friends and we text 371 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: about certain people that have to give opinions on every right, 372 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: and we all roll oririzes people in sports radio that 373 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: think they're going to solve the world's problems giving a 374 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: take on every issue politically. And it's fascinating that these 375 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: people think so much of themselves that they believe that 376 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: the people need to hear their opinion on a variety 377 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: of issues that have nothing to do with the job 378 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: they're hired to do. And I don't have the bandwidth 379 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: to get involved in that. I just don't. I don't 380 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: ignore it. I watch some of that stuff, but I 381 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: don't obsess about it. And I'm pretty sure that the 382 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: United States, as it heads into the two hundred and 383 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: fiftieth birthday, will survive an overnight sports show that mostly 384 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 1: sticks to sports takes. It's again in and out, Burger Burgers, 385 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 1: fries and shakes. No swordfish, there is no swordfish. Cannot 386 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: get it. Cannot get it. Meanwhile, let's get to some food. 387 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: He fun, get me in the mood, Little food, he fun, 388 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:11,360 Speaker 1: all right, foody fun. Taco Bell, Taco Bell, Late night 389 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: Taco Bell. They have taken things to the next level. 390 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: They are bringing back the Live Moss Live and this year. 391 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: This year it is going to be essentially a star 392 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 1: studded award show. So what Yeah, Yeah, the people over 393 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: there at Taco Bell a March tenth. March tenth, Taco 394 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: Bell will host Live Moss or Live Moss Live, A 395 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 1: Night at the Palladium, a one night only variety special 396 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: taped at the legendary Hollywood Palladium, streaming exclusively on Peacock. 397 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 1: They got a deal on Peacock rapper Vince Staples. I 398 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: have no idea who that is. We'll be hosting this. 399 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: Celebrity appearances from Doja Cat. I've heard of that, somebody 400 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: named Benson Boone. Have no idea who that is. Ariano Maddox, 401 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: nothing on that. Anderson Pack, I believe Paak as DJ Peewee. 402 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: There's a couple other people I've never heard of. I 403 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: don't think this is for me and my age people. 404 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: I guess obviously, Taco Bell, you don't want my people eating, 405 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 1: you want younger people eating. Taco Bell announced twenty twenty 406 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:38,439 Speaker 1: six menu. It's gonna be like a like again award 407 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 1: show and they're going to have different food items come 408 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: out and announce some and all that stuff. So that'll 409 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: be coming up March tenth. It's at noon Eastern time, 410 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: nine am Pacific time on the Peacock, So enjoy that. KFC. 411 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: We move on foody fun. Kentucky Fried Chicken has decided 412 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: they need to bring back an item from the past. 413 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: It is officially back to Twister. You Gotta Do the Twist, 414 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 1: a fan favorite, thee the Wrap has returned two Crispy 415 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: Chicken original recipe chicken tenders, lettuce, tomato, and pepper mayo 416 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: inside a warm totilla tortilla. This time around, it's less 417 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: like a sidekick and more like a full meal. Full meal. 418 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: And then there's the new twenty dollars build a bucket. Okay, 419 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: so that's the build a bucket for twenty bucks. You 420 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: can choose between eight pieces of bone in chicken or 421 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: eight original recipe tenders plus four individual sides, four biscuits, 422 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: four sauces. If you go the tender way. It's structured 423 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: for sharing. However, they say that is like a Swiss 424 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: army knife, and it's flexible enough that no one has 425 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: to settle for the side they don't want. So there 426 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: you go. For twenty twenty bucks. It doesn't seem outrageous. 427 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: I don't know that that's going to feed for people, 428 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 1: not people my size, but maybe little people can enjoy that. McDonald's, 429 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: Mickey D's. They're expanding their McCafe lineup with drinks. They're 430 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: putting drinks out from the failed cosmic concept. So there's 431 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: that that's exciting. Yeah, McDonald's. Remember they tried this. We 432 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: talked about it in a long ago episode of the 433 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,959 Speaker 1: fifth Hour McDonald's Beverage Focus. They were trying to compete 434 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: with Starbucks and just take down Starbucks and that was 435 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: the plan, and it was a horrific failure. Horrific failure. 436 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: And so now they've mixed some of the stuff that 437 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: did work there with the cosmics that Beverage Focused offshoot 438 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: did not do the job. So they've combined this together 439 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: and the McCafe label some of the items five hundred locations, 440 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: five hundred locations between Wisconsin and Colorado. So that's it. 441 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: The Red Bull infused popping tropic and strawberry watermelon refresher. 442 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: That sounds pretty good. I like the strawberry, the watermelon, 443 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:40,479 Speaker 1: creamy vanilla cold brew. I'm good on that, toasted vanilla whatever, 444 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: coffee thing, and then Kraft soda called sprite Berry Blast. 445 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: So all of that is there. And this comes from 446 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 1: a big shot at McDonald's who said it a recent 447 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: Ernie's call that there obviously they learned a lot through 448 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,959 Speaker 1: the cosmic test and they're using that. They're applying that 449 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: now to the McCafe brand. So all right, enjoy that 450 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: a former SpaceX engineer has walked away from rockets to do. 451 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: What what do you think, Well, it's obviously foody fun, 452 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: so it's something to do with food. This genius former 453 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: SpaceX engineer has decided his life's mission is to make 454 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: a coffee maker. But not because we need a new 455 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: coffee maker. No, no, no, no, no, there's a catch. What 456 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: is the catch? His plan is to make a plastic 457 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: free coffee brewer that regular people can actually afford. Yeah. 458 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: So it started as a personal frustration and has turned 459 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: into a full on proper mission. And so he went 460 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: looking for a coffee machine made entirely without plastic. Couldn't 461 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: find one. The high end options were thousands of dollars. 462 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: The affordable ones all had plastic hidden somewhere in there, 463 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: whether it was valves, tubing, whatever, and even machines marketed 464 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:24,719 Speaker 1: as stainless steel relied on other parts to get heated daily. 465 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: So he built. He built the one that he wanted. 466 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 1: It took him three months. The guy quit his job 467 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: and he built an affordable, convenient, plastic free coffee maker 468 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: made out of metal and made out of glass. The 469 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: coffee pot is glass. I don't see any I do 470 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 1: not see any plastic in the photo. I'm looking at 471 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: here and it says the twelve cup brewer. It swapped 472 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: out all the plastic components for medical grades, stainless steel 473 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 1: and glass to eliminate plastic contact with the hot water flows. 474 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: And the goal is durability. And it looks looks fine, 475 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: look bad at all. So I'm not sure what the 476 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: plan is to sell that, But there you go. Can 477 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: either make rockets to go to the moon or make 478 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 1: a coffee machine, and if you get that sold, you'll 479 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: make a lot of money. Flaming Hot, the people that 480 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: Flameing Hot have taken their brand and they're expanding it 481 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: into the ready to eat meals category with the launch 482 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: of boneless chicken wings. So you'll be able to get 483 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: those at the the grocery store. Yeah, about that, A 484 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: boneless chicken with bold heat and I believe they are 485 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: available through now through June. Flaming hot boneless chicken wings 486 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: available at Kroger only, So only at Kroger, which is 487 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: the largest grocery chain in the country based in Cincinnati. 488 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: Jack in the Box is testing loaded onion rings. That 489 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,320 Speaker 1: sounds that sounds pretty good. Jack in the Box testing 490 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,399 Speaker 1: how far you are willing to take your onion ring 491 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 1: eating experience. And right now it's in San Antonio only, 492 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,839 Speaker 1: So my buddies in San Antonio, you guys go out 493 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:28,879 Speaker 1: and eat these things. Let me know. Email me at 494 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 1: real fifth hour at gmail dot com, give me a 495 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 1: scouting report. Chain's rolling out sauce and loaded onion rings 496 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 1: a new test item that turns its classic Pinko breaded 497 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:46,760 Speaker 1: rings into a snack situation. You get eight crispy onion 498 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: rings stacked that's it, eight crispy onion rings stacked with 499 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: MELTI cheese, sauce, ranch I'm out, bacon crumbles. Or there's 500 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: the hot mess version that swaps in pepper jack how 501 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: to pe for extra heat. So those are it. Price 502 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: starts at four dollars and fifty cents, and again it's 503 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 1: a test run in San Antonio. So go see the 504 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 1: Alamo and get some hot mess sauced loaded onion rings. 505 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 1: Do the math on that, So eight fifty and then 506 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 1: there or no, it's not if it's foy, I already 507 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: screwed it up. I already screwed it up. So it's 508 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: four point fifty and then divided by eight rings. So 509 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: that's about fifty six cents per onion ring. And then 510 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,280 Speaker 1: that does not include the topic, that does not include 511 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,840 Speaker 1: the topping on foody fund. What else do we have? 512 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 1: We do a couple more here. Let's see Oreo has 513 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: just dropped a doctor Doom cookie and they've teamed up 514 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 1: with Marvel so the Stuff of Legends campaign. Now this 515 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 1: cookie the reason I bring it up. When you lick it, 516 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: it turns green. Yeah, yeah, it turns green. Imagine how 517 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,759 Speaker 1: many chemicals must be used to get that to happen 518 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:22,640 Speaker 1: that kind of chemical reaction. Okay, what else? Uncrustables is 519 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 1: adding blueberry to its PB and J lineup the JM. 520 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: Smucker Company they previewed recently the coming brands in twenty 521 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 1: twenty six, and sure enough, on Crustables adding blueberry option. 522 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: Doctor Pepper's gone whack a doodle. They're all in. Doctor 523 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:49,919 Speaker 1: Pepper flavored tic TACs are now a thing. I don't 524 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,560 Speaker 1: know why they're a thing, but they're a thing in 525 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: Johnsonville has just announced recently a Doctor Pepper flavored sausage, 526 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,480 Speaker 1: so you can get your you can have your Johnsonville 527 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: sausage Dr Pepper flavor, and then you can, after the 528 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,960 Speaker 1: meal enjoy some tick tacks with Dr Pepper and you'll 529 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,840 Speaker 1: be a doctor, unless you won't. On that note, we 530 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,319 Speaker 1: will get out of here. Have a wonderful rest of 531 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 1: your Friday. We'll have new podcasts on Saturday and Sunday, 532 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: as we do every single weekend right here. Cannot wait 533 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,719 Speaker 1: for the weekend as we Danny Gio. Hopefully you joined 534 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:32,280 Speaker 1: me at some point here. Anyway, have a wonderful rest 535 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,880 Speaker 1: of your Friday and we will chat with you next time. 536 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: Asta pasta aloha, got a murder. I gotta go,