1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Ka boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: of the Old Republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse the clearing House of 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: Hot Takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: with Ben Maller starts right now in the air Everywhere 8 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: another addition of the Fifth Hour with Ben Maller, back 9 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: at it on a Saturday. Here we are very exciting 10 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: myself at Danny g Radio the most anticipated podcast Nanny 11 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: of the weekend, the much awaited blow by blow recap 12 00:00:55,440 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: of a trip to Radio Row, which is a very exciting, 13 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: very exciting for me. I've not been to Radio Row, 14 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: so we we will get into all of the goodness 15 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: that is Radio Row. And I cannot wait to get 16 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: it because I've been waiting. You know. I told some 17 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: of the stories Danny on the radio, but I didn't 18 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: get into it too much. I figured, why not save 19 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: this for the podcast. That's where it's all about, right, 20 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: the podcast. So yeah, save it as you should. And 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: this is way better than a recap of the game. 22 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: Who watched that game. This is more about Radio Row. Yeah, 23 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: I mean listen hundred and twelve million, but there's like 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: three d thirty million people in America, so more people 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: didn't watch the super Bowl than actually watched the super Bowl. 26 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: But a very limited amount of people, very limited amount 27 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: of people get to hear this podcast. This is a 28 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: very exclusive groups. So I've got Serendipitous debonair, customary bunkering, 29 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: and critically acclaimed. This is a jam packed fifth hour. 30 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: The amount of content that you were going to get 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: on this edition the fifth Hour is insane, right, I 32 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: mean it's just NonStop unless it's not all right, So 33 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: Serendipitous Danny, And this is actually before I even ran 34 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: into you at the l A Convention Center where Radio 35 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: Row was last week, so I finally making it there 36 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: and and being part of the ambiance. But getting their 37 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: parking was a nightmare, as they had artificially inflated the 38 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: price of parking taking advantage of the Super Bowl crowd. 39 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: So right around Radio Row the parking was like fifty 40 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: bucks a lot of those places, but uh, I ended 41 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: up parking about two miles away, at least according to 42 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: my step tracker, it was two miles away, and they'd 43 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: cleaned up a lot of the homeless. I don't know 44 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: where they put them, but they cleaned them up a lot. 45 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: And anyway, partly it was like still thirty bucks the park. 46 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: So that was the first kicking the in then having 47 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: to pay thirty bucks to park. I wasn't playing me 48 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: there for like two or three hours, Dan, Yeah, it wasn't. 49 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: I ended up we ended up staying a lot longer. 50 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: But my plan was only to be there a little bit. 51 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: I know exactly what the city of l A did 52 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: what they always do. They put some pocket money into 53 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: their jacket, put them on a bus, and they dropped 54 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: them off in Palmdale. Classy. Yah, Well they'll all be 55 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: back now. They're probably already back now that the Super 56 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: Bowl is over, and I don't care anymore until the 57 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: next big event and then they're gonna ship all the 58 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: homeless homeless out. But it's very weird, you know, you 59 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: know how things happen in life. And so I ended 60 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: up parking in a lot. I usually had this lot 61 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: that I parked in when I would go to games 62 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: in downtown l A. But I decided not to park there. 63 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: I want to part a little closer, and then I 64 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: ended up parking further away, but in a different direction 65 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: where I decided a park a couple of miles away. 66 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: And you know, I was a long walk. It's fine, 67 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: the weather was great, whatever, but it was It was 68 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: a serendipitous decision because if I had parked somewhere else, 69 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: I would not have been able to run across who 70 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: I ran across there. My path took me directly into 71 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: the man known as Helmet Man. Oh yes, I'm actually 72 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: on the Live are yes, you're on the superhero Helmet 73 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: Man just happened to be out on the street there 74 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: selling his products. It was like a light shining from heaven. 75 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: I fell asleep. That's the man right there, the great 76 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: helmet Man. And he hadn't called the show in a 77 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: couple of years. I was telling you the story, Danny, 78 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: when we were at the restaurant there. But he had 79 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: not called the show in a couple of years. I 80 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: was concerned. Eddie was concerned. We were all concerned because 81 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: he had come by the studio and just like knocked 82 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: on the door and we put him in and we 83 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: hadn't heard from him, and he'd always checked in with 84 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: us every once in a while see what was going on, 85 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: and so we were worried he had passed on, gone 86 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: to the Pearly Gates or something like that, and uh no, 87 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: I ran into him and he acted like nothing had happened. Hey, Ben, 88 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: you know like that, And it was great to see him. 89 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: He actually called into the show early this week. I 90 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: heard your Monday Morning show and I heard you tell 91 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: a little bit of this story and Eddie and everybody 92 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: seemed really happy that he was there with us. But 93 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: I didn't know he called the show though. Yeah, he 94 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: called in a couple of days later and he said 95 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: he was at the super Bowl and he sold a 96 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow Bengals jersey for a hundred bucks. I was 97 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: his big sale there, which is a big deal for 98 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: helmet man. And he also said he was at Sofa Stadium. 99 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: So they've changed the name of Sofa It is now 100 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: Sofa Stadium in the hood in Inglewood. He said he 101 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: lives over there now that that he moved. He relocated. 102 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: But it was he's very charming man and it was 103 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: nice to to catch up with him and a great 104 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: start to a very fun day, uh, you know, around 105 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: the super Bowl and all that stuff and so so 106 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: that was my my serendipitous uh trip. And and then 107 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: as far as the Radio Row, I mean, you've been 108 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 1: to these things before. Danny had not been to Radio Row. 109 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: But that's a lot of grab bass, a lot of 110 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: grab bass going on. Not good at grab bass, not good. Uh. 111 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: An introvert does not do well at radio I thought 112 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: I did pretty good all things considered. Yeah, I was 113 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: trying to be social. Yeah. No. When we were finishing up, 114 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: I made the joke that it felt like Jerry McGuire 115 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: where he is taking his wide receiver to do a 116 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: lap and he's like, come on, I know you're not 117 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: very social, but let's do a lap. Let's work the 118 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: room one time, as I see. And at the end 119 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: he was like, that wasn't hard, right, Well, you were, 120 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: you were escorting me. We were a tag team here 121 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: walking around Radio Row. And there's definitely a class system 122 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: that I noticed at Radio Row. That was one of 123 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: the first things I noticed, Like most of the station's 124 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: have just a crappy little table and a box of 125 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: equipment and maybe they have one of those vinyl signs 126 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: behind them if they're lucky. So you've got that's the 127 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: vast majority of Radio Row. And then we have the 128 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio hundred thousand dollars set, which they put 129 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: in the company put in UM and there were some 130 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: other big draft kings at a big stage. I saw 131 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: CBS had a big one. I mean there were a 132 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: few of them that were pretty big. Most of them 133 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: were pretty pretty small, and everyone's rubbing elbows with everyone 134 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: else on this. I remember it was either Miami Beach 135 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: or Atlanta, because they had huge sets like that at both. 136 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: My former program director at NBC Sports Radio was at 137 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: one of the tables, like you're talking about and when 138 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 1: I saw him, instead of saying hi, he looked up 139 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: at our set and he said, what are you guys doing? 140 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: Set up for a Metallica concert? Yeah? It was, And 141 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: I said this. I was on with Jason and Harmon. 142 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: I went on for a segment or two, and I 143 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: I wasn't kidding, like I've unfortunately had a year I 144 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: worked in television at NBC and Stanford, Connecticut. I was 145 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: never on a set that was as nice as the 146 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: one for a week at Radio Row. It was insane 147 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: uh nice that was And I felt like I felt 148 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: a little shame because I feel like I'm more. I'm 149 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: more like the guys at the card tables, you know 150 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: what I mean. Like it was. It was a different 151 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: world being on the stage and all that. Not that 152 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm complaining, but it was. I felt guilty because all 153 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: these guys are looking as you said, they're looking up. 154 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: They're like, oh, look at you big shots coming in 155 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: here with your your massive set and all that stuff 156 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: and your fancy pants set, with your Lamborghini here at 157 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: the super Bowl. But trust me, Ben, it's way better 158 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: than riding in one of those Pinto's. And the Mallard 159 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: militia would agree that after all these years of doing 160 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: sports radio, you deserved a Lamborghini there at the super Bowl. 161 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: But it was nice. It was very cool. And uh, 162 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: and I guess I can. I can go p O 163 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: B if you want. I can drop some names you 164 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: can drop. I jotted down a few names of people 165 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: I met. I met Big Jim Murray and mass from 166 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: the Felgern Mashow that is the number one afternoon drive 167 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: local big market radio show that's on our affiliate, our 168 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: Fox Sports radio affiliate, Night point five FM, the Sports Hub. 169 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: And so those guys are great. I'm in fact, Big 170 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: Jim Murshed is he's gonna come on the podcast. We're 171 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: gonna get him on in a future podcast and shoot 172 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: the crap about his rise up on the Felgern Mash 173 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: Show in Boston, and that show dominates the radio waves 174 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: there in Boston. I'm trying to think who else there 175 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: had a very brief you were actually part of this, 176 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: a very brief encounter with the one million dollar man, 177 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: Pat mckiw fee. Yeah, because he was a guest on 178 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 1: radio row with me in Atlanta for outkicked the coverage, 179 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 1: and dude had a crazy good memory. You know. I'm 180 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: talking to him about a Super Bowl from a couple 181 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: of years ago, and he was like, oh yeah, He's like, 182 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: that's when Buffalo Wild Wings had me on your set. 183 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: He was right, that's exactly what happened. And so I 184 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: was able to then turn it over to you and 185 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: got a couple of good pictures of you guys, and 186 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: you guys chopped it up. He wanted to know when 187 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:32,479 Speaker 1: you slept. Yeah, we were talking very debonair, very debonair. 188 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: Pat McAfee full as you see on his TV radio 189 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,479 Speaker 1: show whatever it is there. If you call ripped jeans Debonair. 190 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: Well you know, it's modern debonair, and he was the 191 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: only radio guy that had an entourage. He's like the 192 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: bro of sports talk radio. And he did have a 193 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: huge entourage. I mean, he even had some live performances 194 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: going on by different hip hop artists that were stopping 195 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: by throughout the week. And I'm proud of him because 196 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: at that time, I remember Clay Travis asking me after 197 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: the fifteen minutes with us at that Super Bowl. He 198 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: was so good that Clay said, hey, Danny talked to 199 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: him and his manager, see if he can do a 200 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 1: weekly hit on out Kick that would be great, And well, 201 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: you know the rest of the story. He went on 202 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: to do his own show. Yeah, and that was the 203 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: single greatest paid guest in sports radio over the last 204 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: year was Aaron Rodgers. No one's even close. Like every 205 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: week because of the circumstances of you know, him not 206 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: getting the vaccine and people complaining about that and all 207 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: that stuff, and the Packers, who were the top team 208 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: in the NFC during the season, is every week. It 209 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 1: was something it was like on the Pat McAfee show. 210 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: But good for him. He got a hundred million dollars 211 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: here from what fan. Do I think it was? Is 212 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: that the one that or DraftKings, one of the gambling 213 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: outfits paid him. So that was nice to meet him. 214 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: It was nice, very nice. A brief conversation there and 215 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: he but he did have that flotilla of people around him. 216 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: They're writing his coattails. But he's like a former NFL player, 217 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: so does that like he's not He played in the NFL. 218 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: He was a punter, so you've got that. There was 219 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: a a name radio person that we walked past Danny 220 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: and did not acknowledge us, not acknowledge us. And I'm 221 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: pretty pretty sure, pretty sure the person saw me surprised motherfucker. 222 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: Who was it? We will not reveal the name. We 223 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: will not reveal the name, but it was someone his 224 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: last name rhymes with flick, with someone we both know. 225 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: And it just just randomly we were walking in he 226 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: was walking out, ships passing in the night and uh no, 227 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: and no even fake hello we got. I don't think 228 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: he saw you because he was looking kind of the 229 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 1: other direction, or he looked right through you, maybe because 230 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: you're so thin. Now, yeah, I don't know about that. 231 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: He definitely looked my direction. Now, maybe you know because 232 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: you're around, You're in a strange environment. There's a bunch 233 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: of random people. It is possible, not probable. It's possible 234 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 1: that he did not connect and I. And to be fair, 235 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: I mean he's one of the guys that I haven't 236 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: seen since I lost a lot of weight. So maybe 237 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: he didn't put two and two together. There is that 238 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: possibility that he expected me to be a total large 239 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: ass and I didn't show up as a total large ass, 240 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: and so that might have been the the issue there. Uh. 241 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: As far as the hospitality, Danny, it was okay. They 242 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: had for the media. They had a lot of chips, 243 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: soda right, there's vending machines that they had in the 244 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: green room. One of the highlights, man of walking around 245 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: that event with you once you would I got NFL bags. 246 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: We were able to really go to town and put 247 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: free bees in the bags. And what I loved is 248 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,719 Speaker 1: you had a calculator in your head. Every time we 249 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: got something for free. We were like, there's one dollar 250 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: off my parking, there's five off my parking. That's ten 251 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: towards my parking. That is outstanding. That TV slash radio 252 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: guy to their core adding up the free bees to 253 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: make sure the parking got paid. Yeah, so I did. 254 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: I did the math on this, and I said, you know, 255 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: with inflation, with with Biden, the price of everything going up. 256 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: I figured per gatorade three bucks per gatorade, the soda 257 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: probably around the same, maybe a couple of bucks for 258 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: the si I've going well, fo dollars, two dollars for 259 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: the soda, two dollars for the soda. Bag of ships, 260 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Maybe a buck fifty maybe maybe two 261 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: bucks depending. So I was doing the matter old spice products. Yeah, 262 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: there was old spice, although we really botched that we 263 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: could have got more of that. We missed out on 264 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: some Panini football cards that we didn't know about until 265 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: it was too late. So there were a couple of 266 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: misses on our part. But we know we did clean 267 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: up pretty good though. Yeah. Like I remember, I was 268 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: walking back to my car through the mean streets of 269 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: downtown l A there, and that bag was pretty heavy, 270 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: pretty heavy, and boy, we going to the the what 271 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: do they call it wasn't just a gift shop, it 272 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: was something else. They had some name for it. I 273 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: forget the name of it. It was the NFL Super 274 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: Bowl Store. Yeah, so we walked through there, and you 275 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: know how you go to like Disneyland, and when you 276 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: walk through a ride, they let you out in the 277 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: gift shop. It had that kind of vibe and Disney 278 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: like prices. The NFL, they really know how to make 279 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: those cash registers should change chi ching, chi ching, chi ching. 280 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: And you look at the prices. Hell now, yeah, you're like, no, 281 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: I can't be that much. I only got a couple 282 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: of hats and it's sent me back over a hundred 283 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: bucks with two hats. This hats made out of gold. 284 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: I mean, my goodness. And you were you were running 285 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: around there trying because you were buying some stuff for 286 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: some people, right, you had some like a Bengal fan 287 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: and some mother other people, the the the Queen Tinderoni. Well, 288 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: so I got her a nice hat that matches her 289 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: colors that she loves. We both were able to get 290 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: a couple of shirts on our way out. Oh that's right, Well, 291 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: that was that was a great well, that was the 292 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: unexpected bonus. At the end of the night, we were 293 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: leaving and I was only planning on staying for like 294 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: two hours. I thought, I'll just go for two hours, 295 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: get the hell out of there. We ended up deciding 296 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: and I think this was a great decision to avoid 297 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: the gridlock l A traffic rush hour getting out in 298 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: the belly of the Beast there in down Ton, l A. 299 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: We both determined we were having a good time, so 300 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: we're like, oh, let's just stick around. So we ended 301 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: up staying I don't know when we leave eight o'clock 302 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: or something like that. At night. We cut the place 303 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: down pretty much, which was a good decision because you 304 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: were able to go on Live with Jason Smith and 305 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon, which was a lot of fun. And also, 306 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: and let me back up a little bit. When we 307 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: were on Radio Row talking about being on live radio, 308 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: we met your boy Q, one of the main hosts 309 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: on Raider Nation Radio Las Vegas. We're talking to him 310 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: about Vegas and the Super Bowl coming up on a 311 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: couple of years and we were having a fun little 312 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: conversation with him. He had the headset now. Prior to 313 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: talking with him, I asked him, I said, you're not 314 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 1: on right now writing so no, no, no, it's cool. 315 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: I'm in a commercial break. He lost track of time. 316 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: We say goodbye to him, he puts his headset on 317 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: and I hear him talking to his engineer back at 318 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: the Raider Nation radio and he was like, what three minutes? 319 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: You've been playing my intro music for three minutes? Beautiful 320 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: made him three minutes late to his radio. So some 321 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 1: some jamok driving around Vegas is like, why is this 322 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: jackass not talking about the Raiders? Why is he playing 323 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: this music? What is it going on here? Yeah? That 324 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: P Diddy classic? Well that would be like if three 325 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: minutes of that just ran without saying a word. Yeah, 326 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: that's what happened to your boy to there in Vegas. 327 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: The whole They have a whole radio station in Vegas 328 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 1: just Raider four seven Raider programming. That's right in your wheehouse, 329 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: Danny G. That format is crazy, all right. So we 330 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: stayed till we were past traffic and our way out, 331 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: we'll go back to the radio row. We're giving you 332 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 1: the blow by blow because this is the kind of 333 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: content you didn't know you need, but you can't get 334 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: enough of. This is the kind of audio content you're 335 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: looking for on a Saturday. So on our way out, 336 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: you know those those a decent crowd of people just 337 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: mulling around outside the exit, and there were some bunch 338 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: of people selling the bacon wrap tot dogs. I mean 339 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: they lined them up on both sides of the street. 340 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: It smelled really good, really really good. And then there 341 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: were a couple of dudes with bags of shirts and 342 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: they were Super Bowl shirts. Like, these are good looking shirts. Yeah, 343 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: they did a good job on them. These are some 344 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: of the l A entrepreneurs that we liked to support. 345 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, Ben, check the tags on the shirt. 346 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: He checked the quality of the shirt, make sure that 347 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: the print on both sides was nice, and then made 348 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: sure the price was right. Yeah, no, it was inside 349 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: the price gouging NFL store, that same shirt would have 350 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: been sixty bucks probably something like that, ye, sixty five bucks, 351 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: and we got it outside for twenty bucks. And it's 352 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: it's a good looking shirt, it's it's well made. It 353 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: past the Mather test where I I kind of pulled 354 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: it apart and let me look at that, and I 355 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: was like I was ending. But the price of even 356 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: counterfeit shirts has gone up. At the World Series in seventeen, 357 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: I bought a couple of those shirts out on the 358 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: streets outside Dodger Stadium and I paid ten bucks a shirt. 359 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 1: So in five years from two it's got up, but 360 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: you know half it's double. Yeah. Yeah, So yeah, these 361 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: guys are smart. They know exactly where the price point 362 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: was on the inside of the event, and so they 363 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: knew that their price point outside of the event was 364 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: a bargain. Yeah. Yeah, No, I didn't we I was 365 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: gonna do it, but I once I saw the quality 366 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: of the shirt, I was like, okay, because I was 367 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: gonna get a shirt, and I was like, that's pretty expensive. 368 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: And then you don't know how much you're gonna wear it. 369 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: But if you got a deal like that, you gotta 370 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,719 Speaker 1: take advanta to that for sure. Hats on the inside 371 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: that were official and shirts on the outside which were 372 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: semi official. Yeah. Also, we we went I'm bouncing around here, 373 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: but we went to a restaurant. Now I did not eat. 374 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: I was a douche because I was fasting, man, and 375 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: I sat there and you had you had a delicious 376 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: plate of chicken fingers. I I was, I was, I 377 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: was in pain. I was like, that looks so delicious. 378 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: And Harmon and and Burs singer Ryan Burr Shinger keep trying, Ryan. 379 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: We all went to this restaurant across from from the 380 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: crypt Arena, whatever it's called there. Yeah, we went to 381 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: Tom's at l A Live there right across from the event, 382 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: and I was bummed out because you know, I haven't 383 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: got to break bread with you in a while. You know, 384 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: back in the live radio days with you, we used 385 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: to have pizza parties all the time. You and I 386 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: would go to cheesecake Factory in places like that to 387 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: break bread. Um, so I know your style of food, 388 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: I know what you love. The menu was right up 389 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: your alley. Oh, I love bar food. I love bar food. 390 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: But I'm I've been able to work out in a while, Danny, 391 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: because my treadmills on the fritz. And and so I'm 392 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: so paranoid as I recovering fat man every time I 393 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: eat a big meal out like that. And then I 394 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,239 Speaker 1: figured I was gonna eat later. I was like, oh, 395 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get fat. Don't do that, Ben, don't do that. 396 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: So I just drank water and uh sorry, maybe next year. 397 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: Next year, I'll protect But the food looked great. It 398 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,479 Speaker 1: was a great conversation. I love radio meals where it's 399 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: just a bunch of radio people telling radio stories. That's 400 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: the greatest thing. And I don't have many of those 401 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: anymore because of COVID. We haven't had those in a 402 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: long time. I haven't seen a lot. I don't think 403 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: i've seen harmon uh since since all this happened. I mean, 404 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: I haven't been in very much, so I haven't seen 405 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: any any of you guys that much. And a lot 406 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: of the hosts and other announcers are remote from their 407 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: homes this past year or two, like Dan Buyer, who 408 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 1: we saw, I hadn't seen him since Kobe passed away, 409 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,959 Speaker 1: and we were eating together at the Miami Beach Super 410 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: Bowl Crazy Ride the past couple of years. Yeah, and 411 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: I had not seen Gottlieb or Buyers since. We went 412 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: to a golf tournament. They had a Fox Sports Radio 413 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: golf tournament in the middle of twenty nineteen, which somehow 414 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: somebody screwed up and invited me to that, and I 415 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: had a wonderful time. It's a tournament you spoke about 416 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: with Bucky Brooks on the podcast. That's right, Yes, Bucky. 417 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: Bucky was one of my golf partners there and saw 418 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: me hit the worst shot in the history of golf 419 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: that I hit a folding chair, which I still don't 420 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 1: know how I was able to pull it off just 421 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: ram it. But yeah, that was cool. I was a 422 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: good time, even though I didn't eat. Just the company 423 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: was great hanging out with you and Harmon and and 424 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: and Burr Singer. After the bar, you spent five ten 425 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: good minutes with a horse. I did. I did, That's right, 426 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: I got I apologized. You guys had to wait for me. 427 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: I was very rude. I've always been a fan of 428 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: the Cavalry the Los Angeles. I do the same thing 429 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: when I go visit my brother in New York. So 430 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: it's not just l a police, but it's like the 431 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: police on horseback. It's just like, for some reason that 432 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: just gets me every time. I'm like fascinated by that, right. 433 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: And so we were walking back and there was a 434 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: couple of horse officers officers on horseback, and they weren't 435 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: actual horses, and so I went over to see the 436 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: horse and talk to the officer, and it was it 437 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: was pretty neat. He was telling me about how difficult 438 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: it is. There's very few officers that are on the 439 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: cavalry or whatever they call it, and there's only like twenty, 440 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: I think, in all of Los Angeles, and so it 441 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: was it was interesting. He was giving me a little 442 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: inside skinning. And now if you're on the officers, you 443 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: you have to pass all these tests like it's a 444 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: very elite group of people that are allowed to do it. 445 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: And so I took a photo. Maybe i'll post that. 446 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: I don't think I posted that one last week, but 447 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: I did take a photo with the horse. I think 448 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: he came out pretty good. Everyone the horse was looking, 449 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: I was looking, the officer was looking. Everything was everyone 450 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 1: was happy and and all that stuff. So that was 451 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: a good photo. And but you guys had to wait 452 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 1: for me to get done, and I appreciate you waiting. 453 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: Another radio guy we're dropping names here, former very briefly, 454 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: a colleague of ours at Fox Sports Radio and one 455 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: of the great late night hosts who's done it a 456 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: lot longer than I have, and someone I respect in 457 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: radio because he's been good at it for a long time. 458 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: That'd be relevant. Yeah, that was one of the highlights 459 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: of the entire trip to Radio Row. I remember being 460 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: a little kid in the car when my family moved 461 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: from l A to the Bay I remember being in 462 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: the Bay Area and he was the first sports talk 463 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: radio guy to simulcast his show. Actually got to see 464 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 1: what he looked like as he did his show on 465 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: cable TV, and then we would hear him on the 466 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: radio as we drove in the car. And one of 467 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: his sticks was his listeners would call in and they 468 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: would tell him what kind of alcohol they would like 469 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: him to pour. Pour me in Old English, and they 470 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: had different sound effects of the alcohol being poured. All 471 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: these years later and all the success he's had, it 472 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: was very cool to talk to him in person and 473 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: then see how much he looked up to you and 474 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: guys like you, because you guys have a lot in 475 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,479 Speaker 1: common obviously. Yeah, it's great. I've known, you know, I 476 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: listened to Scott two before you know, I was actually 477 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: in the business, but it was kind of early on 478 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,719 Speaker 1: and stuff. But Scott's been on forever and we worked. 479 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: I worked with him his west he was working at 480 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: Westwood One. His syndicated show was picked up by the 481 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: local affiliate I was working at, and then you know, 482 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: they tried to make it like a local national thing 483 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: because he was in l A. He was living in 484 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 1: Orange County, and so he came to some remote and 485 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: we kind of hung out together there and then he 486 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: came through Fox Sports Radio briefly, but It was great 487 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: to talk to him. He's very kind. He said some 488 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: nice things about me on the show, which was cool. 489 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: And we're gonna get Scott on the podcast. I think 490 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: he's he's good to go. He says he's good to 491 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: do it. And we were catching up and we're talking 492 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: about his days at Fox Sports Radio and he's told 493 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: me he knows me. And there's like a few other people, 494 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: it's hardly anybody that It's crazy how long he's been gone. 495 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 1: It seems like he was just there. To me. My 496 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 1: concept of time, of course, like Einstein's quote, what is time? 497 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 1: This time even exists, but it seems like I can 498 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: remember it, like it seems like it was like two 499 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: months ago Farrell was working at our place. But it's 500 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: probably been fifteen, sixteen years, seventeen years since he worked. 501 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: There's something along those lines. It's been an insane amount 502 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 1: of time. And so yeah, everyone's pretty much turned over 503 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: multiple times since then, as is the radio world that 504 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 1: we live in, right, A lot of change, a lot 505 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: of that. Although we've had some pretty good stability lately 506 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio, what kind of Clay getting promoted 507 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 1: kind of ruined that. But that's good for Clay because 508 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: he got the Limbough Show and all that. So it 509 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: was it was neat talking to Farrell and and his 510 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: thing and his radio run and he does some internet 511 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: TV thing as well, so he's got a lot going on. 512 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: He's it's so weird because you know, I knew Farrell 513 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: before he really had a family or anything like that, 514 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: and now he's, you know, all grown up. We're all 515 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: grown up, I guess. Yeah. He was telling us about 516 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 1: how two of his boys are basketball stars at their school, 517 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: so yeah, you're right then to hear somebody talking about 518 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: their kids in high school and stuff like that, You're like, wow, 519 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: times are passing. Yeah, yeah, time does not slow down 520 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: for anyone. The train keeps a moving, uh, that is 521 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: for sure. Now that the customary part of this, Danny. 522 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: So we both were in agreement on this, and we 523 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: had such a good time here. We made some contacts 524 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: for the podcast, we booked future guests for the podcast, 525 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: we networked, we were schmoozing that we are. I think 526 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: we're both in agreement and the company is not gonna 527 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: send us these things because you know, but since the 528 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: next two Super Bowls, super Bowl fifty seven and Super 529 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty eight are geographically desirable. I think our plan 530 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: is to try to make it to Arizona and Glendale, Arizona, 531 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 1: and then Las Vegas after that. That's a big one 532 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: for you, Danny, the Las Vegas super Bowl. But we 533 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: can get into radio row. So I think the plan 534 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: is I might even, you know, go a day early 535 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: and do the overnight show from a radio station in 536 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: Phoenix and then and then that way I'm in town 537 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,960 Speaker 1: for the next day. But I think we're gonna do it, right, 538 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: that's the plan. You know, who knows, Maybe we'll both 539 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: get different jobs. I don't know, maybe you'll do something else. 540 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: But assuming we're in the same situation here, we're gonna 541 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: be there, right, that's right there. If it's in driving distance, 542 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: then we'll do it again. Look out, Ben Maller on 543 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: the loose. Yeah, you'll go from not having gone to 544 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: any of the radio rows for how many years to 545 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: all of a sudden three years in a row. You'll 546 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: become a fixture of radio. I'm excited about that. And 547 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: since we'll be on the road, we can do like 548 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: a mini Mallard meet and greet in uh in Phoenix, 549 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: in Vegas and all that and the next of course 550 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: years down the line and all that, and it didn't happen. Well, 551 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: it's going to happen, hasn't happened yet. We're looking forward 552 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: to now as far as bunkering is concerned. I got 553 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: several emails. I didn't want to use this in the emails. 554 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: We're going to do the email tomorrow and I don't 555 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 1: want to do that here. But I got several people 556 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: asking what did you eat during the Super Bowl? We 557 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: were asked what I was going to eat, and so 558 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: I just wanted to pay that so you stopped asking me. 559 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: I don't know why that's so interesting. Who the hell 560 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: cares what I eat? Seriously, I mean, it's it's ridiculous, 561 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: but uh so, uh my answer I probably will surprise you. 562 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: We're having some work done still, after all this time 563 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: at the Mallard mansion, there's still slowly work being done, 564 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: and my wife is orchestrating all that. I'm encouraging her 565 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,240 Speaker 1: to try to get a lot of this stuff done 566 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: quickly because I'm tired of the sporadic construction. We're both 567 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: tired of it. So anyway, she had scheduled some some 568 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 1: work done in the kitchen of all places. Super Bowl Sunday. Yeah, 569 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: So I was hunkering and bunkering down in my studio 570 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 1: slash office, and my wife actually had to work on 571 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Sunday, but she did. She she works at 572 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: night like I do. But on her way out of 573 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: the door, she felt pity on me, Danny, because I 574 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: couldn't go into the kitchen. It was off limits. It 575 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: was a construction zone. So I'm bunkering in the studio 576 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: and she very nice. It's good. You know, you picked 577 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: a good wife, and she's picked the right person. Maybe 578 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 1: not I'm I'm not the right person. But she she 579 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: made these big bowls, these big snack bowls, so I 580 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: I had one for the first half and one for 581 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: the second half. But it was all like popcorn, flint, Almond's, 582 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff because nothing I can because if 583 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: I had had access to the air fryer or the oven, 584 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: I would have made like many tacos, two keto's that 585 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: you know, that finger foods, that kind of stuff. But 586 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: you were at work, weren't you, Danny. Were you in studio? Yeah, 587 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: I was part of the coverage team with plankin Spaniard. 588 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: I got to the studios at two thirty PM. I 589 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: left eighteen minutes into your second hour. Did they buy 590 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: pizza for you and the guys? They did? Big Mike 591 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: came in to have a meeting with his editing crew. 592 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: He also brought in Mulberry Street pizzas. Yeah, now that's 593 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: good pizza. That's high end pizza. But my one complaint, 594 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: the slices are so big. It goes quick. The slices 595 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: are massive on the Mulberry Street. That's called nitpicky. I 596 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: did a lot of those Super Bowl shows back in 597 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: the day to do they still get a lot of 598 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 1: calls during the game. I was always blown away by 599 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: that that you'd be on competing against the Super Bowl 600 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 1: and you'd have a full bank of calls and everyone 601 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: wanted to talk and it just blew me away. But 602 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: it's cool. Yeah, it was very cool there. There's actually 603 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: people who like our network so much they muted the 604 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: broadcast team and had us on instead as their audio track. 605 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: So that was really flattering. And you're right, a lot 606 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: of calls and interaction. I thought it would be more 607 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: tumbleweeds and crickets, but there was a lot of people listening. 608 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 1: That is pretty cool, all right. So we'll get out 609 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: of here on this. This is critically acclaimed, Danny. So 610 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: we have been begging. I've been begging. You've been requesting 611 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: people actually right reviews on the Apple page for the 612 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: Fifth Hour podcast, and we have since I last checked 613 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: Danny three reviews. So in honor, we're gonna we're now 614 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: going to read the reviews. I a person very close 615 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: to me told me, Ben, you really should read the 616 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: reviews when somebody sends a review in since you're begging 617 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: people to send reviews and you should read him. I thought, 618 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: you know, that makes a lot of sense. So ohio 619 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: Al gave us a review five stars, says he loves 620 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 1: the Danny G edition. The Fifth Hour is always entertaining 621 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,360 Speaker 1: to fill the weekend while waiting for the next week 622 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: of the Ben Mallor Show. Keep up the good stuffs 623 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,960 Speaker 1: from ohio Al, a fan of yours and mine. Thank 624 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: you for that, ohio Alan. He's a little biased because 625 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,920 Speaker 1: he provided a song that we play every weekend on 626 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 1: the podcast for the mail bag, and also Robin Vegas 627 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 1: wrote any headline Fifth Hour great podcast. Big Ben is 628 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,239 Speaker 1: a radio legend, huge upgrade, adding Danny G. Then he 629 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: takes a potshot at Gascon. He says, the other guy 630 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: Blue Major chunks one word narcissist. Well that's not very nice, Rob, 631 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: how dare But thank you for the review, Rob, thank 632 00:34:54,680 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: you for the review. And Sassy Jojo, thank you, Sassy Joe. 633 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: Joe says, great show, very entertaining. Danny g is good too, 634 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: So you got you got that thrown in there as well, Danny, 635 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: Thank you, Rob, and thank you Joe Joe. Yeah, and 636 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: Ohio all as well. Yeah, the three, Yeah, the three 637 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:18,319 Speaker 1: of you. If we can now multiply that like Gremlin's Ben, Yes, 638 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,160 Speaker 1: let's get three more. Let's ask for three more reviews. 639 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 1: That's it. We'll shoot low. And I promise you from 640 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: now on I I get on tee every week when 641 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: you make a review, we'll read it. We'll read it 642 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:33,919 Speaker 1: right here on the podcast. We'll give you a little 643 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 1: love on the podcast because you're giving us love. We'll 644 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: give you a little audio love as a thank you 645 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: as because I know it's a pain in the y s. 646 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: Who wants to do that? What a pain in the 647 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 1: You don't want to sit there? You gotta fill out 648 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: that whole thing. You're like, well, it's a waste of 649 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,760 Speaker 1: my time, but we thank you for it does matter 650 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,279 Speaker 1: and so thank you. And well, I think we'll check 651 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: out for today. We got the mail Bag on Sunday, 652 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,439 Speaker 1: right Sunday, Sunday, Sunday the mail Bag. Can't wait for that. 653 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: Let's be fun. And boy that Friday podcast if you 654 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 1: missed it a doozy. We don't need to bring Jonas in. 655 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,720 Speaker 1: Go back, download, listen the whole thing. Have a great 656 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: rest of your Saturday, though, and we will chat with 657 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: you again tomorrow. Oh and I almost forgot Ben. Lastly, 658 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 1: at Danny G Radio on Twitter, I have COVID tests 659 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 1: for sale. That's right, compliments of the NFL Radio row 660 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 1: I kept giving us free COVID tests. I think I 661 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: have like five of them. Their first sale. It was wonderful. 662 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 1: I see you guys. Population