Speaker 1: Boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a
Speaker 1: week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants
Speaker 1: of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He
Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the
Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse, the clearing house of
Speaker 1: hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth Hour
Speaker 1: with Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere
Speaker 1: as we yap all weekend long. It's the Fifth Hour
Speaker 1: with Ben Maller and Danny g Radio together here on
Speaker 1: a Sunday, Sunday Sunday, eight days a week, double barrel action.
Speaker 1: Back on the radio tonight at eleven o'clock in the west,
Speaker 1: two am in the east. But right now we have
Speaker 1: mailed to get to Danny. Are you prepared? Do you
Speaker 1: have the proper protective gear on for the mail bag,
Speaker 1: same head gear I had as a kid. Ben, you're prepared,
Speaker 1: you're all ready to go? All right? Well, this is
Speaker 1: very exciting. Now we have Ohio all sent us the mail.
Speaker 1: Sorry now we were unable to play it last week,
Speaker 1: but we've worked out the technically definitely culties, so now
Speaker 1: this is going to be an authentic official mail bag
Speaker 1: because we have music so exciting. Now now we can
Speaker 1: get started with the festivities. So the first email Danny
Speaker 1: comes from Helen and Stu of Palmetto Bay, Florida. They're
Speaker 1: very controversial couple on the show, Helen and Stu. They
Speaker 1: are either loved or hated. They were at war with
Speaker 1: the previous co host sidekick of the Fifth Hour. And
Speaker 1: uh here's the emails. It's been happy honaka as you know,
Speaker 1: and practice on Fox Sports Radio eight days weeknik is
Speaker 1: based upon the Hebrew word for dedication. Ironically, Helen and Stewright,
Speaker 1: our festival spans eight days. To coincidence, we think, not,
Speaker 1: that's right, Helen and Stull, I'm eating a a nice, desisious,
Speaker 1: delicious meal of Latka's and jelly doughnuts right now, and
Speaker 1: she says, let's go to the man of the hour,
Speaker 1: Danny g Helen and stou Sy welcome home to Mallard
Speaker 1: Town a radio prose pro. The email writes a great
Speaker 1: voice with a raw but honest street edge to him, Well,
Speaker 1: this sounds like a movie, like a review of a movie,
Speaker 1: doesn't it. Danny man, I like, that's a good line.
Speaker 1: You should put that on your resume there on a
Speaker 1: great voice with a raw but honest street edge to him.
Speaker 1: I like that mad really bad movie summary and bad skill,
Speaker 1: mad skills, not bad mad skills. And as stew and
Speaker 1: his golf pal refer to him as the Titan of Tendernes,
Speaker 1: look at that. You got a nickname there with Stu
Speaker 1: out on the golf course in Florida. Uh. The email continues, Ben,
Speaker 1: by the sound of your voice, we know you are
Speaker 1: over joy to get rid of that piece of rotted
Speaker 1: out beach driftwood west of the four or five well,
Speaker 1: that is shots fired and replace him with Danny jo.
Speaker 1: I'm very happy to have Danny on the show, and
Speaker 1: I had no problem with the other show. The show
Speaker 1: was good, but scheduling wise it did not work out anyway.
Speaker 1: Helen says, Stu and I the entire Mallard militia except
Speaker 1: for apparently, she says Stu and I the entire Malla
Speaker 1: militia except for the moose in Montana. Tammy Wow are
Speaker 1: equally excited with the news as his management and Fifth
Speaker 1: Hour advertiser moving forward, sell the soap boys. That is
Speaker 1: a reference, Danny. We had John Sterling, the voice of
Speaker 1: the yankees On and he told this story about how
Speaker 1: the most important thing in broadcasting is sell the soap.
Speaker 1: You gotta sell the soap and touched on that a
Speaker 1: little bit. Last week, Ben, I want to say to
Speaker 1: the power couple there not in Braytonon, but the other
Speaker 1: power couple Palmetto Bay, which is in the Miami area.
Speaker 1: But people in Miami or they don't like Palmetto Bay.
Speaker 1: This Rivals of Palmetto Bay, thank you for the nice welcome.
Speaker 1: And on Twitter there were a few shots fired at Gascon.
Speaker 1: What I replied to those shots fired, Hey, you gotta
Speaker 1: give gags a lot of credit for getting the show started.
Speaker 1: Salute there you go, and Helen and Stoopy where they
Speaker 1: did have some questions that they said housekeeping questions for
Speaker 1: Danny g Congratulations on your engagement. Once you're married, will
Speaker 1: you finally reveal your last name? Well, as you know, Ben,
Speaker 1: the last name was really never a secret. It was
Speaker 1: just kind of a radio bit we did to have
Speaker 1: some fun. Yeah, I don't mind letting everybody know that
Speaker 1: I'm actually part of the Gara Deli chocolate Empire. That's
Speaker 1: why I have time to play around with kids after school.
Speaker 1: On the football field and sit around in the middle
Speaker 1: of the night and do podcasts with you. I mean,
Speaker 1: I look, Garri Deli, you know the name. You trust it.
Speaker 1: It's some it's some wonderful chocolate. And so I have
Speaker 1: to thank my great grandfather. Yeah, he comes from a
Speaker 1: long line of chocolate tears, the garat Deli chocolate family
Speaker 1: and my favorite dessert, Danny. And one of the reasons
Speaker 1: I'm friends with you is the Gara Deli ice cream
Speaker 1: cookie Sunday, which is an amazing thing. And there's been many,
Speaker 1: many years of civil war between gar Deli's Chocolate in
Speaker 1: northern California and Sees Candy in southern California. And oh yeah,
Speaker 1: screw those these people. They tried to steal that idea
Speaker 1: from my aunt, uh years and years ago. So I'm
Speaker 1: glad you're a fan. Ben. You know, I've always been
Speaker 1: pro Gared Delli, which upset my mom. My mom was
Speaker 1: to seize candy woman. And I love Geared Delli. And
Speaker 1: in fact, I've been to San Francisco in downtown there
Speaker 1: in the financial district, there's a Geared Dellis. As you know,
Speaker 1: because you run the company. Are you related through blood?
Speaker 1: The Gara Delli's chocolate right there, Danny Amazing. I grew
Speaker 1: up in that shop. Yeah, it's great. You were a
Speaker 1: little boy and you were making ice cream Sundays as
Speaker 1: a child. Pierre from Springfield rights in and says, Ben,
Speaker 1: now that you've successfully had the elitist boil removed from
Speaker 1: your tourkis, is there any truth to the rumor that
Speaker 1: he's moving to Vermont to form a supergroup with Arnie
Speaker 1: for those that have been permanently emotionally scarred by the
Speaker 1: Mallard militia? Yeah, there's probably like, Uh, they meet every
Speaker 1: Thursday at two o'clock and they trash Justin in Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: just Josh, who else? Uh? Flexis and Buffalo and the
Speaker 1: whole group. Poor Artie. Did you see how his Twitter
Speaker 1: got hacked? I wondered what had been because Arnie started
Speaker 1: following me again randomly, and I thought, well, why did
Speaker 1: you stop following me? He I didn't realize he had
Speaker 1: gotten hacked. You got followed, I got blocked, and it's
Speaker 1: some company trying to sell PS five's. It's like, Uh,
Speaker 1: it's weird. It's like some video game company hacked him.
Speaker 1: Fan your Yeah, and Arnie lent me a text called me.
Speaker 1: Buddy called me. I got locked out of my Twitter.
Speaker 1: I got hacked. I need help. Arnie. That's great funny
Speaker 1: had followed me. But maybe it was the other people
Speaker 1: that followed me. Maybe he didn't actually follow me. I
Speaker 1: don't I don't know anyway. Pierre and Springfield, also a
Speaker 1: friend of Alfie Indian Or Piner says, has Danny g
Speaker 1: been permanently excommunicated by the suits at fs ARE or
Speaker 1: is there hope that he can fill in for Roberto
Speaker 1: and resurrect some classic Genie drops. Uh, now you're you're
Speaker 1: a producer. Now you're not an engineer anymore. You've moved
Speaker 1: on to producing. But people do miss that Danny, the
Speaker 1: Genie and Medford drops. The old fans of the show, Roberto,
Speaker 1: Roberto was not around for Genie and you were there
Speaker 1: in the glory days of Genie and Medford. An amazingly
Speaker 1: gifted caller that sports radio and one of my favorites,
Speaker 1: the greatest caller in the history of the show. And
Speaker 1: we had so many jobs. She was a drop machine,
Speaker 1: she really was. She was. I missed Genie a lot.
Speaker 1: Always would call with a story about her neighbor. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: and she tells stories about like random dating people that
Speaker 1: being at the liquor store and a Raiders fan and
Speaker 1: a Chargers fan, and she would tell me, I love
Speaker 1: you because you're a Raiders fan. And uh, you're right
Speaker 1: though about the drops, I would be cutting up at
Speaker 1: least five Genie drops a week. I got it all
Speaker 1: over me. God bless truly the paper Boy's security guards
Speaker 1: and drivers. That's true, Dawn. When I write my book someday, Danny,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a chapter on Genie and Medford, at
Speaker 1: least part of a chapter on Genie Medford. Because this woman.
Speaker 1: I thought I was getting punked when she started calling
Speaker 1: the show. I thought, this is not a real this
Speaker 1: is a fake. I'm getting cat fished or something. This
Speaker 1: is not a real one. And it turned out she
Speaker 1: was real. And the story is she was little down
Speaker 1: her lock, I think it's fair to say, and she
Speaker 1: was self medicating herself, and she was a lonely woman
Speaker 1: and she started I just wanted somebody to talk to,
Speaker 1: and she called one to talk to nine on one,
Speaker 1: and then it became problematic because you're not supposed to
Speaker 1: do that unless you have an actual emergency. So they
Speaker 1: arrested Genie and Medford and then they told one of
Speaker 1: the police officers told her, hey, you should your lonely
Speaker 1: listen to the radio call the radio show. And for
Speaker 1: some reason, all the radio shows on the dial in Medford, Oregon.
Speaker 1: She found our show and started calling the show, and
Speaker 1: a legend was born. And when she passed away, Danny,
Speaker 1: they raised the fans of the show raised so much
Speaker 1: money because she was by herself, she was a you know,
Speaker 1: a lonely old woman, and paid for her funeral expenses
Speaker 1: and they had enough money left over. There's a plaque
Speaker 1: at that Swan Boat Park near Dodger Stadium with j
Speaker 1: name on it, unless the unless the people that live
Speaker 1: there have ripped that sign down. But assuming it's I
Speaker 1: assume it's still there. It's not the greatest part of
Speaker 1: l A. But it's a beautiful park. Well it's there.
Speaker 1: Somebody's camping permanently on the bench, but it's there. Someone's
Speaker 1: home right now, but somebody's floorboard, but it's there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: were you Were you on the show when we had
Speaker 1: Genie versus Pete and Pittsburgh. Oh my god, that was unreal.
Speaker 1: Genie starts talking like a gangster and yeah, she channeled
Speaker 1: Goodfellas was then. And then there was Genie versus Tammy,
Speaker 1: remember yes, the towel. That was a stunner that we
Speaker 1: we all anticipated that Jennie would just destroy Tammy and
Speaker 1: Montana who knew that Tammy had the kind of verbal
Speaker 1: boxing skills to Bob and we verbally in that kind
Speaker 1: of theater and it was like Tammy took out Muhammed Ali. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was an imaginable upset on the show and that
Speaker 1: was that was great, and I remember we were all
Speaker 1: stunned and Tammy's got some bulldog in her. Jennie ended
Speaker 1: that verbal octagon by basically saying, whatever I'm out of here,
Speaker 1: you're a poopoo head. Yeah, like no mos no moss,
Speaker 1: no moss. Essentially all right, Matt from Mansfield, Texas, right,
Speaker 1: sinces Ben. I recall when I first started listening to
Speaker 1: the show that Danny g was still on then, but
Speaker 1: I don't recall much about it. And you give us
Speaker 1: some of the history and notable mom it's well Genie
Speaker 1: and Metford was a big part of it. Yeah, we
Speaker 1: had we had some great times. We had a lot
Speaker 1: of listeners stopped by met a lot of listeners back
Speaker 1: before the whole COVID thing shut that down at the building,
Speaker 1: and we got to throw out the first pitch at
Speaker 1: a game in Baker's Field, which was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: And we had Coope eat that's a lean live there, Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: it was great. We had him eat a seventy two
Speaker 1: hour old sitting out in the break room hot dog
Speaker 1: from Burger King, yes, from the Jay Moore show that
Speaker 1: Jare had had a burger King partnership and they left
Speaker 1: food and we was half rotted with a relish, yes,
Speaker 1: and the relish is what almost made Coope puke up
Speaker 1: the bet, but we pulled money and Coop would eat
Speaker 1: random things. We would periscope on the show often, which
Speaker 1: was a lot of fun because the listeners loved to
Speaker 1: see behind the scenes because at that time, pre COVID,
Speaker 1: we were all in the studios together. Yeah, it was fun,
Speaker 1: a a good time. And remember I'd bring in the
Speaker 1: DJ lights Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was wonderful. Let me
Speaker 1: tell you it was. It was a discothech, it was
Speaker 1: not just a radio station. So yeah, there were a
Speaker 1: lot of great, great moments in that time. And there
Speaker 1: you know, now you're back on the podcast. So we'll
Speaker 1: have even more and once we can actually go out
Speaker 1: and meet people, we're gonna have a podcast get together
Speaker 1: only for the fifth hour. Quinn in Colorado springs rights
Speaker 1: in he's a big p one in the Malamusci says, yes,
Speaker 1: then we were around the same age. He says. My
Speaker 1: favorite comedian of all time is George Carlott says his
Speaker 1: ability to put the crowd in the palm of his
Speaker 1: hand was impeccable. His delivery, timing, setups, philosophy and wit
Speaker 1: are timeless. For Christmas this past year, my wife bought
Speaker 1: me the DVD career collection of every one of his
Speaker 1: live special One could correlate the art of stand up
Speaker 1: comedy into hoasting radio with the parallels and then he
Speaker 1: was very kind here says, as you do blah blah
Speaker 1: blah blah blah. He says, you have a favorite comedian
Speaker 1: growing up or now? While I was a huge George
Speaker 1: Carlin fan, and I've told the story before, Quen, I
Speaker 1: don't know if you heard it, but George Carlin was
Speaker 1: a sports talk radio fan in Los Angeles and occasionally
Speaker 1: called in the greatest comedian of all time, which I
Speaker 1: believe is George Carlin called in. He's he's he's on
Speaker 1: the the top for whatever. I don't amount Rushmore, but
Speaker 1: anybody's list of top comedians, if you don't have George Carlin,
Speaker 1: something's wrong. But Carlin was a fan. He was a
Speaker 1: huge sports fan, and he was an old radio guy
Speaker 1: from Dallas. He worked in the radio in Dallas, and
Speaker 1: he always appreciated radio and sports radio. And he called
Speaker 1: in and he actually became friends. He was George from Venice,
Speaker 1: that was his name, George from Venice. Venice Beach is
Speaker 1: where George Carlin lived, or at least that's where he
Speaker 1: said he was from. And he would he would call
Speaker 1: up and he became friends with one of my friends,
Speaker 1: Lee Klein, who you've had it back and forth with
Speaker 1: over the years, Danny. But Lee became friends with Carlin.
Speaker 1: And I was a huge Carlin fan, and I was like,
Speaker 1: I want to meet George Carlin, and Lee like would not.
Speaker 1: He would not. He kept saying, I'm gonna introduce you
Speaker 1: to Carlin and all, and they would. Lee and Carlin
Speaker 1: like went out to lunch and they became buddies. And
Speaker 1: Carlin invited him to his comedy shows. It was insane.
Speaker 1: I was so jealous and Lee would not. He kept saying,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna set you up. I I got to do
Speaker 1: it the right way. And then it never actually happened,
Speaker 1: and unfortunately Carlin passed away suddenly. It was a big surprise.
Speaker 1: But yeah, back in two thousand and eight, I think
Speaker 1: it was. Has it been that long? Yeah, Carlin man
Speaker 1: one of the greats, and also grew up with Cosby
Speaker 1: before he was evil, before he was enemy number one,
Speaker 1: public enemy number one. Yeah, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, David Pryor,
Speaker 1: Chris Rock. Bernie Mack was one of my favorites. Ben
Speaker 1: Bernie was good Bernie Mack and and then you know,
Speaker 1: we also grew up with guys like Rodney Dangerfield and
Speaker 1: Sam Kennison. Yeah, They're just been some great comedians over
Speaker 1: the years. It's it's almost becoming a lost art because
Speaker 1: these guys are scared to say anything now or they
Speaker 1: don't want to be But because of the temperature in
Speaker 1: the room, we can't do comedy the way we used to.
Speaker 1: Underrated comic. He died also Richard Jenny may See Richard, Yes,
Speaker 1: very good. Stephen Wright another one that Steve favorite of
Speaker 1: his dead pan I don't know who's who the top
Speaker 1: comedians are now. I have not been to comedy club
Speaker 1: in a while, and you're right with everything, the wokesters
Speaker 1: and all that. I don't know if you can really
Speaker 1: to me, comedy is supposed to be stereotypes and and
Speaker 1: goofing and then everyone it's like a roast and then
Speaker 1: at the end you'll hug it out. You're like, that's good,
Speaker 1: it's all for the joke, and then we move on.
Speaker 1: But nowadays it's obviously not like that. People are very
Speaker 1: what's the word. I'm like, yeah, touchy, there you go, touchy.
Speaker 1: The Sheila writes, and she says formally from Orange County,
Speaker 1: relocated to the free state of Arizona. What good for you? Sheila, Yeah, Arizona. Man,
Speaker 1: enjoy you, enjoy yourself. There, she says, she has some
Speaker 1: random thoughts. I don't know if she wants me to
Speaker 1: read this on the air. She says, the non Mallard Militia.
Speaker 1: She's not part of the militia, Danny, but she is
Speaker 1: a loyal listener over the years. She said she randomly
Speaker 1: found the show about ten years ago. She was picking
Speaker 1: up her daughter from work a like eleven PM. Or
Speaker 1: teenage daughter and heard the Mallar monologue and she became
Speaker 1: a fan, and so thank you. She says. She's glad
Speaker 1: that Danny g is on the fifth Hour. She says,
Speaker 1: she loved you Danny on the show back in the
Speaker 1: day with the tinderronis and all that. And she sucked
Speaker 1: up to me by ripping Kyler Murray. Thank you for
Speaker 1: that taking a shot at Lebron James. I appreciate that
Speaker 1: as well. How about Sheila lives in Arizona taking a
Speaker 1: cheap shot at Kyler Murray. Good for you, she says,
Speaker 1: if you are inclined for the mailbag, how did you
Speaker 1: and the misses me because I am a girl, she says,
Speaker 1: and I I like that stuff. Thanks for the show
Speaker 1: as there you go makes me laugh in some dark
Speaker 1: times in the world. Well, thank you Sheila for listening.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I met my wife online. I had been
Speaker 1: doing a lot of online dating, uh, and I met her.
Speaker 1: God has it been about ten years, eleven year or
Speaker 1: something like that. It's been a long time, it was.
Speaker 1: I got on a lot of dates and they were
Speaker 1: all failures. It was a disaster. So I I went
Speaker 1: into every date not expecting any of them to work out. Uh.
Speaker 1: And I was just convinced it was gonna be a
Speaker 1: waste of my time and they were gonna hate me
Speaker 1: and uh and there gonna look at me and say,
Speaker 1: this is man's disgusting. I want nothing to do with
Speaker 1: this man. And so that was always my mindset going
Speaker 1: to dates. But this one, Uh, this, I mean, my
Speaker 1: wife is way out of my league. As Clay would say,
Speaker 1: out kick coverage on that one. But um, but to me,
Speaker 1: i met her or whatever, I was like, fine, she
Speaker 1: just we hit it off. You know, you hit you
Speaker 1: meet online, you talk your text whatever, talk on the phone,
Speaker 1: you hit things off, and then you got a meet
Speaker 1: in person. It's always different when you meet in person.
Speaker 1: It's always awkward at first because you already know the person.
Speaker 1: And uh. And this one was bad because I was
Speaker 1: living in Lincoln Heights and I took the gold Line
Speaker 1: up to Pasadena if you're familiar with l A and
Speaker 1: I took the gold Line up to Pasadena. The gold
Speaker 1: Line was late. I was late for the date. I
Speaker 1: was freaking out, so I start running. Problem is, by
Speaker 1: the time I get to the place I met the
Speaker 1: now my wife, I was covered in sweat. So what
Speaker 1: a great first impression. Show up covered in sweat. We
Speaker 1: were supposed to see a movie. You were the white
Speaker 1: Patrick Ewing. I was, yeah, exactly, I'm like a big pig.
Speaker 1: I'm a hog. You know, I'm just sweat. And we
Speaker 1: were supposed to see a movie. We couldn't agree on
Speaker 1: the movie, so we just went and hung out at
Speaker 1: a bar and talked, and so it worked out. And
Speaker 1: then you took her windows shopping right at the Dollar Tree. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I took her anything you want, and the dollar didn't,
Speaker 1: didn't I read? I think we do we talk about
Speaker 1: this on this I don't know. I talked so much
Speaker 1: I don't even write. We didn't talk about it on
Speaker 1: the podcast last week, but it is a news story
Speaker 1: that I read, and it caught my eye because it's
Speaker 1: a dollar twenty five and up. Now, that's the great
Speaker 1: thing about what's what's your name is known? You don't
Speaker 1: ever have to change your name. Don still be called
Speaker 1: dollar Tree or dollar store or whatever it is. Well,
Speaker 1: it's like America Online, but it was people in other
Speaker 1: countries were on America Online. But it's online. They're living alive, man, Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're living a false, false And now appearance. We can
Speaker 1: no longer take our kids in there and say you
Speaker 1: can have five things. It's like five, really five things?
Speaker 1: You have five things? Now we're gonna have to say
Speaker 1: four four items. Yeah. I love dollar, dollar, tree, dollar general,
Speaker 1: all those things. Uh, Barry in Music City, says yo
Speaker 1: Yo Mo Benny. He says, I enjoy hearing, the hearing
Speaker 1: the origin of hello, But I think you missed the
Speaker 1: few years when yo yo ma was the primary method
Speaker 1: of hello. He says. When you make your world famous
Speaker 1: Mallard pizza, do you make your own pizza crust or
Speaker 1: do you buy an off the shelf cross. That's a
Speaker 1: great question, Barry. Really depends if I have planned out
Speaker 1: the pizza, I will make the dough. I have my mom,
Speaker 1: as you rest in peace, bought me a nice mixer,
Speaker 1: so I'm able to mix the flour and all that.
Speaker 1: It doesn't take that long to make. The problem is
Speaker 1: you have to let it sit for a while so
Speaker 1: it tastes good. And that's the only only issue. But
Speaker 1: usually I'll do it on the weekends if I make pizza,
Speaker 1: But during the week sometimes I'll go to like Trader Joe's.
Speaker 1: You can buy the dough at a trader Joe's and
Speaker 1: I'll do that if i'm if I'm saving saving time.
Speaker 1: Derek in Parts Unknown says, why is it that Fox
Speaker 1: is playing some FIFA tournament on the serious feed instead
Speaker 1: of your show? Uh, he says, I transition from list
Speaker 1: thing to your show in the house to the car
Speaker 1: at the start of the last hour the past few
Speaker 1: days serious as the damn football on this is insanity
Speaker 1: must be stuffed. Well, Derek, the problem is, and you
Speaker 1: know this day, we share that that Fox Sports Radio
Speaker 1: channel is a joint venture between Fox Sports Radio and
Speaker 1: they carry Fox Sports television programming like Skip Bayliss's show
Speaker 1: and some other those debate shows are on there. So um,
Speaker 1: we're pretty much, you know, if it's between radio and television,
Speaker 1: what television wants and what radio wants to Fox, I
Speaker 1: think we know who's gonna win that battle. I think
Speaker 1: we know who's gonna and and then and rightfully, so,
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that shouldn't be the way is so
Speaker 1: occasionally we get covered up. The good news is on
Speaker 1: I Heart there's a twenty four hour stream. You can
Speaker 1: hook your phone up to your car. I know it's
Speaker 1: a bit of an inconvenience, but you can listen that way,
Speaker 1: and there's also terrestrial radio. We're on most cities, so
Speaker 1: you can hear the show that way, on the old
Speaker 1: fashioned way with the static in the background crackling. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I use Apple. I used the iTunes for your podcast,
Speaker 1: and then I use the I Heart Radio app for
Speaker 1: whenever I stream FSR Live. Yeah, I listen to the
Speaker 1: I Heart app. It's really good. I remember when you
Speaker 1: had when you booked Trump on the On Clay show.
Speaker 1: I listened to that interview. Somebody tipped me off because
Speaker 1: Trump is gonna be on today, and so I I
Speaker 1: ended up listening on the I Heart app to that. Clay.
Speaker 1: It's an honor. You have a great show. Did you
Speaker 1: tell my producer Danny g that he deserved a raise
Speaker 1: when you called last time? Absolutely? I said, you get
Speaker 1: the president, but you really do. You have a great
Speaker 1: show and he's a nice guy. I said, you get
Speaker 1: the president of the phone, you deserve a race. I
Speaker 1: haven't done too many of these goals. That was great,
Speaker 1: Kevin from Rockford Right, since this next week, I will
Speaker 1: be making my way back to Colorado for the sixth
Speaker 1: time this year. How about that? The reason I'm going
Speaker 1: is to High Game Mountain. My goal is to hike
Speaker 1: all fifty eight of Colorado's fourteen thousand foot mountains. How
Speaker 1: about this guy, Kevin says, I've done quite a few
Speaker 1: so far, but this next one will be my first
Speaker 1: winter hike. I plan on planting a flag on top
Speaker 1: of the next mountain that says Mount Mallard. Where would
Speaker 1: I post the pictures so you and the crew can
Speaker 1: see it? Also, I I wrote a Christmas song. He
Speaker 1: says you better watch out. I think he's a lady.
Speaker 1: I ain't quite sure, but something seems shady. Brian Finley's
Speaker 1: coming to town. Uh, that's that's pretty funny. I'm loving
Speaker 1: the Christmas songs. By the way, I heard those on
Speaker 1: your overnight show. Yeah, isn't that great doing the show Thanksgiving?
Speaker 1: And I Uh, one of the engineers, Chris, was like, hey,
Speaker 1: I was starting at midnight. We got to play the
Speaker 1: Christmas songs? Was no, because we have all these great
Speaker 1: mother theme songs that we couldn't we wanted to play
Speaker 1: him because they're not holiday songs. And so I was like,
Speaker 1: wait a minute. We got a lot of talented people
Speaker 1: that listen to the show. Why don't I get some
Speaker 1: free content, And so I asked. People are very kind,
Speaker 1: and we've got a number of songs. Uh, Mr pc
Speaker 1: in in Michigan, Harry and Maine, our buddy and Richmond, Ohio, al.
Speaker 1: So many talented people sending in songs and they're pretty funny. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Those mixed in with the classic comedy Christmas songs that
Speaker 1: I taught Roberto how to play years ago. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: that was your that was your work around. It really
Speaker 1: was because I didn't like you. You probably remember, if
Speaker 1: you're a longtime Mallard follower, the restrictions that were put
Speaker 1: on us with it can only be Christmas music. So
Speaker 1: I said, all right, if that's the case, then I'm
Speaker 1: gonna bust out funniest Christmas songs I could find, Police
Speaker 1: stopped my car, chipmunks roasting over and open fire, all
Speaker 1: the greats, all the funny stuff instead of all the
Speaker 1: old Christmas songs you hear everywhere during the holiday. Yeah.
Speaker 1: That was a great addition, and so this is another
Speaker 1: layer to that. So I think we've got enough songs.
Speaker 1: We can always submit more because we have a month
Speaker 1: of programming. If we can play goofy songs and then
Speaker 1: original tunes written by fans of the show, so As
Speaker 1: and Kevin. As far as the flag, that is awesome
Speaker 1: that you are You're You're gonna plant a Mount Mallard flag.
Speaker 1: And I can't wait to see the photo. I imagine
Speaker 1: like snow in the background, high and the beautiful peak
Speaker 1: in Colorado looking out at the great wilderness in the West,
Speaker 1: and um, I can't wait for that photo. Send me
Speaker 1: an email, uh and and contact me and send it
Speaker 1: on Twitter if you want, and I'll make sure to
Speaker 1: post that. If you want to email it to me,
Speaker 1: I can post it on the social media pages for
Speaker 1: the show. And I wonder his age, Ben, because ten eleven,
Speaker 1: twelve years ago, I would go on some really nice
Speaker 1: hikes with my cousin. He would take me through Vegas
Speaker 1: to Zion and to all these different national parks. He
Speaker 1: would say, Okay, I mapped it out, I planned it out.
Speaker 1: This is a beginning hikes, so don't worry. So we
Speaker 1: get on this trail. Turned out it was nine miles.
Speaker 1: Oh my god. Yeah, And I'm like, this guy is crazy, man,
Speaker 1: this is not for beginners. And he would go off
Speaker 1: the trail. He would follow like dried up creeks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: my cousin was crazy with the hiking, so I would
Speaker 1: just have to keep up with him, right, So I
Speaker 1: got into really good shape just following him on these trails.
Speaker 1: But now fast forward ten years, I swear to God,
Speaker 1: walking up two flights of stairs, my legs are like, dude,
Speaker 1: can you sit down for a minute? What at what age?
Speaker 1: At what point? And and maybe you know, I'm just
Speaker 1: starting to get out of the studio because what I
Speaker 1: was in a six seven year pattern there where my
Speaker 1: job was to just sit or stand in a radio studio.
Speaker 1: Now that I have another job where I have to
Speaker 1: move around a lot and hustle and walk and run,
Speaker 1: I'm just getting my legs warmed up again. At what point, Ben,
Speaker 1: do you have to sit down and retire from hiking? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I used I loved hiking around l A. I used
Speaker 1: to hike all attempt But I I've been This has
Speaker 1: been a tough year because I moved and I had
Speaker 1: a gym shut down in and so then I got
Speaker 1: a treadmill. I bought a treadmill and I actually used
Speaker 1: the treadmill, and then we had to move and we
Speaker 1: had to put it in storage, and it's still in
Speaker 1: storage and I have not been able. And I go
Speaker 1: on walks occasionally and things like that around here, suburban hiking.
Speaker 1: But I used to walk around the studios during I did.
Speaker 1: I used to time out the brakes and walk around
Speaker 1: because I was obsessed with getting ten thousand steps. So
Speaker 1: I love the fact that starting after midnight, it's a
Speaker 1: new day, so I have like an advantage. I get
Speaker 1: some steps in during the show and get my exercise.
Speaker 1: You actually patrolled the building better than the comic book
Speaker 1: loving security guards, right, yes, And I became friends with
Speaker 1: all the crack addicts in the around the studios there
Speaker 1: that live in that neighborhood. Um. But anyway, send me
Speaker 1: an email, Kevin Ben Maller show at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1: Put make sure you put in the headline there Mount
Speaker 1: Mallard or something like that so it gets my attention.
Speaker 1: Carlos in Houston and good luck, Kevin. Be safe out there,
Speaker 1: Carlos and Houston. Says Ben. I want to hear your
Speaker 1: take on all the noise that Ennis cantor Freedom is
Speaker 1: making with his shoes. Uh. Yeah, I haven't seen the story.
Speaker 1: I haven't done a monologue on it, you know, And
Speaker 1: I I obviously am more in line with Ennis Cancer's
Speaker 1: politics than I am Lebron James. But I just, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm a little over the whole politics and sports thing,
Speaker 1: and I just kind of I'm a little tired of
Speaker 1: the whole thing on either side, right. I know the
Speaker 1: argument is always you love your you love politics and
Speaker 1: sports if you agree with it. But I'm like, you know,
Speaker 1: I just I'm in it for the games and all
Speaker 1: that stuff. But I wish Ennis can't her Freedom. Well.
Speaker 1: I think it's cool that he changed his name to Freedom,
Speaker 1: but aside from that, I'm on his side. But I
Speaker 1: don't and I don't really have a strong opinions on
Speaker 1: on that whole whole deal. But he is set up now.
Speaker 1: Cantor Is career with the Celtics isn't going that well.
Speaker 1: So he's not playing particularly well this year. He's got
Speaker 1: a future in politics if he wants, right, you can
Speaker 1: be run for political office anyway. Uh Valls fan Jimmy
Speaker 1: from Fayetteville, Tennessee, writes in for both of you, when
Speaker 1: y'all were little, did y'all, because he's from Fayettville, Tennessee,
Speaker 1: did y'all ever go skinny dipping? With some hot chicks.
Speaker 1: Let's clear something up. We were never little. No, we
Speaker 1: never little uh and uh two things on this a
Speaker 1: Uh no hot chicks would get near me. So that's
Speaker 1: number that's number one. Number two. H. Even as an adult,
Speaker 1: I don't like to get naked, so I can't imagine
Speaker 1: as a child skinny dipping thinking that would be a
Speaker 1: good idea. I wanted to wear as many clothes as
Speaker 1: I could. And then he also says, you and Arnie
Speaker 1: in the hot tub does not count. Yeah, we had
Speaker 1: the great hot tub escapades in Indianapolis back in the day,
Speaker 1: but but no Danny growing up at you know, the
Speaker 1: Bay area there and Shenanigans with the skinny dipping. In
Speaker 1: my early twenties, there was a gal who brought me
Speaker 1: to the Sycamore Mineral Springs. Dad is a spot to
Speaker 1: check out, Ben, because I had never been in one
Speaker 1: of those big wooden tubs before. H And that was
Speaker 1: just use your imagination. But that was a very memorable night. Um,
Speaker 1: you grew some hair on your chest that night. Danny
Speaker 1: became a man. But I hear, yeah, that was a
Speaker 1: date planned by her, and all these years later, that
Speaker 1: is one that's stuck that's he is still You're You've
Speaker 1: been on a lot of dates, but that's one that
Speaker 1: you remember. Cliff from Nashville rights in on the mail back.
Speaker 1: He says, Ben, since Danny g announced his engagement, have
Speaker 1: you explained in the Facts of Life of Marriage that
Speaker 1: she controls half the money and of the fun box?
Speaker 1: That is from from Cliff? Well, no, Danny, you do
Speaker 1: you understand how this this wor and you're engaged? You're
Speaker 1: still everything's great? Right? Things are going well? Everything's good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: everything is amazing because my tender Roni, my Queen tender Roni,
Speaker 1: is pretty amazing. The thing with her, Ben, the only
Speaker 1: way I was gonna stay committed with somebody if it
Speaker 1: was better than being single. And I finally found a
Speaker 1: woman where everything is better than it even was when
Speaker 1: I was single. Good, that's awesome. Now does she big question?
Speaker 1: Does she listen to this podcast? She is a fan
Speaker 1: of Ben? Now, will will the Tenderroni, the queen tendernis
Speaker 1: you call her? Is she going to continue? Because I
Speaker 1: think we've You've been in the business a long time,
Speaker 1: and you know what usually happens is there's the goldilocks
Speaker 1: zone when you first you're with a woman, and she
Speaker 1: you'll find out, you know, she finds out you're in
Speaker 1: broadcasting and you've got a big podcast, a radio show,
Speaker 1: and they want to listen to everything. But then after
Speaker 1: a while it kind of weans a little bit, Like
Speaker 1: like my wife would listen to every single show. She
Speaker 1: wanted to hear everything, and and now she listens maybe
Speaker 1: once a month if I'm lucky. If I'm lucky, should
Speaker 1: listen with them once. But that's like the natural circle
Speaker 1: of life, I think. Right, Yeah, you know, my girl
Speaker 1: has a long drive, a big commute during the week,
Speaker 1: so she does listen to podcasts, and this is one
Speaker 1: of the ones that she has in her phone that
Speaker 1: automatically downloads, is what she told me. So when I
Speaker 1: was just a guest on this podcast, she listened to it.
Speaker 1: I think she'll probably continue to listen until I say
Speaker 1: something that turns her off and she says, you dirty,
Speaker 1: rotten scoundrel, How could you talk about that, suh. For
Speaker 1: at least one day, you'll be in the doghouse and
Speaker 1: I'm not ever listening to you on that show again. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: and you have a lifetime of that to look forward to.
Speaker 1: You have and Uh, you know, it happens. You live
Speaker 1: with somebody, you're gonna be at each other's next from
Speaker 1: time to time. So it uh, she is a good sport.
Speaker 1: She understands at least a little bit about radio. As
Speaker 1: far as us needing to share a lot of personal
Speaker 1: things that usually people would not share, yes, exactly. And
Speaker 1: we both like to think no one's listening and we
Speaker 1: can share these things because no one's actually paying. Sometimes
Speaker 1: I forget and then like I said something last week
Speaker 1: and she made a comment and I was like, oh crap.
Speaker 1: But but this is the best way to go about
Speaker 1: doing podcasts, Ben is You're right, Just forget that the
Speaker 1: masses are listening and it's just you and me having
Speaker 1: a conversation, and whatever goes goes. Just let her rip,
Speaker 1: Let her rip. That's the way to do it. Iron
Speaker 1: the Hole exactly exactly. Brandon from how writes in he says,
Speaker 1: guarantee this has been asked. But you talk about stocks
Speaker 1: a lot. Do you do any day trading or swing
Speaker 1: trading or are you a buy it and leave it
Speaker 1: type of guy? All right, Brandon, So we do not
Speaker 1: give stock advice. You should never take stock advice. Financial
Speaker 1: advice from someone who does a podcast or a radio show,
Speaker 1: because if we had a lot of money, we would
Speaker 1: be doing that full time and not doing this. Um.
Speaker 1: But I do have one of the apps that you
Speaker 1: can trade daily, but I am really bad at the
Speaker 1: date trading thing because what I do is when I
Speaker 1: buy a stock, I like the whole launcher. I'm not
Speaker 1: a buy and sell guy, and I wish I was,
Speaker 1: because I got in on that doze coin thing, and
Speaker 1: if I had sold, I would have made a decent
Speaker 1: amount of I held onto. It's worth nothing horrible. But
Speaker 1: my my new michiganas Brandon is I've I've talked about
Speaker 1: this in the past in the podcast. I love buying
Speaker 1: stocks that are cheap, that pay a dividend that that
Speaker 1: those are the two things I like for I used
Speaker 1: to buy. I was all into gambling and weeds box,
Speaker 1: and then blind Scott gave me the one weed stock
Speaker 1: that failed. Every weed stock's gone up except the one
Speaker 1: that blind Scott recommended, and that's gonna toilet. But uh
Speaker 1: so I moved over to these a lot of like
Speaker 1: real estate companies and stuff, and they paid dividends every quarter,
Speaker 1: So I like that. I feel I'm making money making money.
Speaker 1: When you go to Vegas, you play quarter slots. Uh No,
Speaker 1: I bet on red or black on roulette and what
Speaker 1: the or otter even is? Uh? You know? And fantasy
Speaker 1: I'm no, I'm no fun. I used to be in
Speaker 1: fantasy leagues and I I draft what I thought was
Speaker 1: the perfect team. So I wouldn't trade anyone because I
Speaker 1: loved my team, and that would annoy the people in
Speaker 1: the league, because what's the point of playing fantasy baseball
Speaker 1: if you're not gonna trade anybody. But I'm like, no,
Speaker 1: I did a great draft. My team's perfect. I don't
Speaker 1: need another picture, you know. I was like, now, what
Speaker 1: about this Safe Moon because my older brother is huge
Speaker 1: into Safe Moon and he's been trying to enlist me.
Speaker 1: Is this something that I should dabble in? I don't know.
Speaker 1: Let me what is? It's called safe Mo. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: looking it up here. Hit us up on Twitter if
Speaker 1: you're a Safe Moon fan. But it's something I guess
Speaker 1: they've just created a wallet and he's trying to or something.
Speaker 1: Is that like a crypto thing? It is? Okay, So
Speaker 1: if you're a fellow crypt keeper, let me know. I'm
Speaker 1: I'm intrigued. I'm interested. I just don't understand all of
Speaker 1: it yet. I have dose coin that was a disaster,
Speaker 1: something a little skeptical, and I got burned. As you know.
Speaker 1: I had a chance to buy bitcoin at a hundred
Speaker 1: dollars a bitcoin when it was early on. I said
Speaker 1: it was a scam. I turned it down. I am
Speaker 1: the biggest asshole. Our buddy over at bar stool, I
Speaker 1: guess did some videos about it, and it got some
Speaker 1: backing and some traction. And it's not showing up here,
Speaker 1: showing up but on my mean, they don't have everything
Speaker 1: on this the app that I use, so it might
Speaker 1: be elsewhere. All right, Kevin in Kansas, right, since it's
Speaker 1: dear banded, Danny g Late. I've seen Joe Namath, Jimmy Walker,
Speaker 1: and Bill Shatner pushing Medicare enrollment a few decades from now.
Speaker 1: Can you see yourselves hawking products on air? Oh god, yes,
Speaker 1: of course, come on, right, we do that right now.
Speaker 1: I do. Hey, this is Ben Malloy for Medicare. I
Speaker 1: do it right now. Seconds of copy. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: don't yeah, I'm still better, still bitter about that, Oh
Speaker 1: my god. Oh that's for the podcast. Do whatever you want, Greg,
Speaker 1: Writeson says, did they say the option would never work
Speaker 1: in the NFL? Have Lamar Jackson and the Ravens proven
Speaker 1: them run? The Ravens don't run an option offense. That's
Speaker 1: too sporty a question, Greg, But the Ravens don't run
Speaker 1: an option office. And when Lamar Jackson won the m
Speaker 1: v P, he won it because he became a good
Speaker 1: thrower that year, not not his legs. The legs as
Speaker 1: a bonus. And I saw a stat in the month
Speaker 1: of November, Lamar Jackson has these. He had the second
Speaker 1: lowest quarterback rating in the NFL O behind Tyrod Taylor.
Speaker 1: So he's not throwing the ball particularly what at that
Speaker 1: four interception game last week, So he's not exactly like
Speaker 1: in the world on fire. Yeah, he said, I played
Speaker 1: like a rookie Uman. He can spin the ball pretty
Speaker 1: good when he's on, but he was off for sure
Speaker 1: last week. He still won the game through four inception.
Speaker 1: How often do you you lose a game? Uh, if
Speaker 1: you're the team that throws the four interception? How many
Speaker 1: one game? If the other team throws it's crazy. It's
Speaker 1: a testament to the vomit he was playing against. Yeah,
Speaker 1: j Bone we've got a couple more j Bone in
Speaker 1: Portland that I'll do. One more j Bon in Portland,
Speaker 1: says Portland, Maine. Not a question, he says, But Danny
Speaker 1: G come on, perfect, let's go. Danny G's a legend,
Speaker 1: he says. I'm glad you guys are bumping heads again
Speaker 1: and making his laugh. So J Bone is excited Danny
Speaker 1: that you're partner. Let's go. And I know you also
Speaker 1: read some nice comments earlier in the hour, and so
Speaker 1: I just want to thank everybody for the nice welcome.
Speaker 1: Being up early early in the morning to do this
Speaker 1: is a labor of love. But you know what, Ben,
Speaker 1: you're probably the only host where When I got that
Speaker 1: call from Fox Sports Radio management and they were like,
Speaker 1: are you interested in this? You were the first name
Speaker 1: that came up. I was like, Hell, yeah, I'm interested
Speaker 1: in that. That's Ben Mallory you're talking about. You're very kind.
Speaker 1: I appreciate that. I'm glad I'm listening. It's wonderful. It's
Speaker 1: been fun, and uh, we got places to go and
Speaker 1: things to do. I know that. So we're gonna get
Speaker 1: the heck out of here. But have a great rest
Speaker 1: your Sunday. We'll have another edition. If you want to
Speaker 1: send a question in for a future mail bag, you
Speaker 1: want to ask me a question, Danny g both of
Speaker 1: us questions. You can contact the show on Facebook the
Speaker 1: show facebook page, Ben Maller Show on Facebook. I post
Speaker 1: every Tuesday, usually early in the day, sometimes in the
Speaker 1: afternoon a link and that's up. You can post Tuesday
Speaker 1: or Wednesday. And you can also email the Real Fifth
Speaker 1: our Real Fifth Hour at gmail dot com and put
Speaker 1: your question in there and we may use it on
Speaker 1: a future podcast. And you can do that right now.
Speaker 1: You can do that tonight tomorrow. Just get it in
Speaker 1: by the end of the day on Wednesday. Have a
Speaker 1: great rest of your Sunday. I'll be back on the
Speaker 1: radio tonight at eleven o'clock. We'll talk to you then later.
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