WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: "Dollar Menu & Kickbacks" Mail Bag 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:01.520 Kabooms. 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:05.440 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:09.280 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:12.560 of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.560 treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:19.680 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to Clearinghouse of 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:23.560 hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth Hour 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:29.479 with Ben Maller starts right now. 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:37.440 In the air everywhere. Welcome in to the pod cast Dojo, 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:44.839 no days off, no days off. The Fifth Hour with 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:49.720 Ben Mahler and Danny g Radio eight days a week, 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:56.200 as we are in the air everywhere and Danny, this 0:00:56.280 --> 0:01:00.760 is the Sunday Podcast. And because the penny, Now, this 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:05.200 is not the official NBC penny which now bought the 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.960 rights to Benny Versus the Penny for this season. Not that, 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.880 but it still is a this is this the penny 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:15.479 that you had for last year's version of Benny Versus 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:15.880 the Penny? 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:23.320 Is this NBC penny? No, I use the old Fox 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.039 Sports Radio, old studio. 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:29.200 Penny O that fanlassic it is. 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:33.400 It's a vintage coin that I flipped on yesterday's podcast 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.480 and it told us to do the pop goes the 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:38.080 culture this morning. 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.200 Well there you go, perfect, all right, So we will 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.199 do pop. Pop goes to the culture that we must give. 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:49.960 We must give the proper due to our man. Ohio Wow, 0:01:50.080 --> 0:02:06.559 what do you say? Right to it? We go thanks 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:10.959 to Ohio Al we love him. If we need any imaging, Danny, 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.520 we work at a major audio company, but we go 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.639 to Ohio. Oh yeah, that's our guy. He's a great singer. 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.680 The company likes his rate. By the way, ohioo, the 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:26.280 company likes your rate. They are big fans of Yeah yeah. 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:28.799 Is it a nonprofit tax right off for him? 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:31.519 Well, that depends on how deep down the rabbit hole 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:33.320 you want to go when it comes to the taxes. 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:35.639 It depends on what kind of account you have, because 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.960 conceivably everything could be a tax right off, right if 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.520 you really want to not anipicks or nippick things. So 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:47.520 pop goes to culture. A very popular chain of restaurants, 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:52.720 which is global, being called out for false advertising. That 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:58.680 would be McDonald's. McDonald's is being called out. Why they 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:03.040 have this thing called the dollar menu, and what is 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.400 missing from the dollar menu, Danny, would you like to 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:07.519 take a guess, what do you think is missing from 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:08.440 the dollar menu. 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.200 Oh, for a few years now, there's been nothing on 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.200 the menu that actually cost a dollar. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.240 Ding ding n ning d n d n ding. Yes, 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:20.079 the Mega McDonald's. They've had this dollar menu for years now. 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:23.440 Originally everything was a dollar, but then the price of 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.520 food went up, so they said, okay, we'll have three 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:29.239 different tiers. We'll have the one dollar, the two dollars, 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:35.640 the three dollar and now they have nothing, nothing in 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:40.280 the one dollar area. So McDonald's was asked about this 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:44.560 in some pr hack for mcdonald' said, we built this 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.640 new menu with variety and value firmly in mind. The 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.400 menu is the first time McDonald's has included the popular 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.240 happy meal at the three dollar level. And blah blah 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:58.200 blah blah blah blah blah. Uh and so yeah, people 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.800 are ripping apart Mickey these They're like, what's going on. 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.760 I know, if I want a sausage McMuffin with egg 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.680 or the classic chicken sandwich and the cheeseburg and the 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.880 triple cheeseburg, that's gonna be three dollars. I know that 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:17.680 they've got the two dollars portion, but the the one dollar, Yeah. 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.160 I got to tell you Ben too. It's a little disappointing. 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:22.279 You know, we're not up usually at the hours of 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.839 McDonald's breakfast. But a few weeks ago, when I was 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:29.400 dealing with the hospital for obvious reasons, the WiFi and 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.120 I went through the drive through and we're like, well, 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.200 we're on our way to the hospital, we'll get some breakfast, 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.800 a nice, warm breakfast from McDonald's. 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:39.839 But it was ten oh one, and you're screwed? Is 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:40.080 that what? 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:43.240 I oh? For two people? How much do you think 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:43.960 of breakfast? 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.760 Was well, if you're going to a nice restaurant'd be 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.680 breat pricey. But at McDonald's, I don't know, two people, 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.560 it's fast food. What do I think it should cost? 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:55.440 How did you buy a full breakfast or did you 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:56.520 just buy a couple of items? 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.400 Now we just got a couple of items in a drink. 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.800 Okay, so yeah, I know, fifteen twenty bucks something like that. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:07.040 Yeah, try thirty two dollars. 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.480 Fesh, thirty two bucks for that? Did you get it 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:12.040 covered in gold? 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.760 It is ridiculously priced down. You might as well go 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:18.960 to I hoop and sit down for breakfast. 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:25.080 Wow. Wow, all right, Well, so anyway, Insider searched McDonald's 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.159 locations across the US. They used the mobile app. They 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:32.880 went to a store in southern California, and they did 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:37.760 not find any item at one dollar on the menu. 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.799 Not one. They went to a place in Orange, almost 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.520 everything listed on the value menu was priced close to 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:47.880 three dollars, except soft drinks and sweet tea. Those two 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:52.839 aems sold for a dollar twenty nine. But that's just 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:58.240 powder and carbonation, right, that's all that is. Yeah, get 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.880 the tea bag treatment, literally the tea bag treatment. There. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:06.839 So the McChicken was one dollar in twenty eighteen. It 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.880 is now priced at two dollars and thirty nine cents. 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:16.400 So that's some inflation for your ass. Yeah, man, that's crazy, 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.000 all right? What is next to pop? Goes the culture? Well, 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:24.120 here's an odd story, Danny out of Canada, sadness and frustration. 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:32.080 Prisoners in Canada would like to spend more time in jail. Why. Well, 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:34.520 according to the story bouncing around here, they say that. 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:41.120 The issue is Canada's got a housing crisis, and so 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.800 it's it's so difficult in certain parts of Canada find 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:45.760 a place to stay. 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.279 They're like, can we stay longer? We'd like to be 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.640 incarcerated for a little bit longer. We like, are the 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.719 Canadian jails really nice? I don't how would you know? 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:55.520 By the way, I don't know. 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:59.520 Maybe I'm guessing that they're nicer than ours if people 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:00.880 want to stay there longer. 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:07.960 Wow, this is in the Toronto area of Canada. So 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.840 I'd rather be behind bars than do that. That's what I 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.120 would rather do. Now. My favorite story. I'm sure you 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.800 guys talked about this on Covino and Ridge. I even 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.040 talked about it on the radio show. But it's so good, 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.560 it's such a wonderful story I need to also talk 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.560 about it here again. It was my favorite story of 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:29.480 the week, Danny on the radio show. The Nebraska guy 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:36.240 driving around with a bowl, not just a small bowl, 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:42.920 a watusi bowl named Howdy Dooty in the passengers seat. 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:47.120 To me, this is a perfect story. This is a ten. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.760 If it was a sports card, it would be rated perfect. 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:54.960 Just some guy in Nebraska pulled over for driving down 0:07:54.960 --> 0:08:00.800 a highway highway two seventy five and this how many 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.480 pounds do you think that bowl weighs? It looks like 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.040 it probably weighs about eight hundred pounds. It's a massive. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.760 I was going to say, it looks like a two 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:10.040 thousand pounds bull. 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:13.480 Yeah, you're probably right. I went eight hundred is probably 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:17.240 probably much bigger. The video. This thing has come completely 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:23.160 viral Howdy Dowty, how do you do? Uh? And there 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:28.160 is nearly three million views thousands of a repost. So 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.400 I have learned Danny some intel from one of our 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.400 listeners on the Overnight Show who tells me that Howdy 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:39.280 Dowty is Internet famous and was already Internet famous because 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.840 of because of Reddit. That apparently the guy that owns 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.320 Howdy Dowty, the guy that put Howdy duty in the 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.880 car and Jerry rigged the car where they took half 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:52.600 the car away and all that that this guy's been 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.960 posting stuff or people have been posting photos about this 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.880 guy online and he's become well. No, I had never 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:03.120 seen this before, but man, is that cool? And the 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.640 bull didn't seem to care. You think that bull was drugged? 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:08.280 What do you think? Ben? 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:12.040 Maybe this bull was just lullabide to sleep by riding 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.160 in the car. Because one thing I've been finding out 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.040 as a new parent is the reason why a lot 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.640 of people strap their kids in a car seat and 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.360 drive them around in circles in their neighborhood. 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.880 Oh yeah, kids always fall asleep, right, that's like the 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:30.479 perfect sound of the background noise. It's like perfect wonderful. 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.080 Whenever the car stops, the kids starts screaming. 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:34.400 Again. 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:37.800 It doesn't work on planes, though, I've noticed that it 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:41.280 doesn't like kids starts screaming when they're a little sleep 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:45.959 on plane. But the automobile, good to go? Next up 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:50.000 on pop goes. The culture is just twelve percent of Americans, 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:55.760 mostly men. Here's a story shaming us for eating meat. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.320 Twelve percent of Americans, mostly men, are eating half of 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:06.520 our beefs apply, according to a new report. And so like, 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.680 who cares? Like, why is that a big deal? People 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.800 trying to shame you. You shouldn't be eating meat? You twelve 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:17.120 percent of Neanderthals? What's wrong with you? I don't get 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:18.640 that one. Do you get that one? I don't get 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:19.000 that one. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.520 Well, as my grandma would say, if she was still alive, 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:25.120 this country has gone to hell in a handbasket. The 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.600 other thing she would say about that is there's a 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.200 reason we have sharp teeth. 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.559 Yes, no, I agree. I agree with the taker your 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:37.640 your grandma's take I'm right there. Absolutely. Well, here's a 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.920 story we put in Popco's The Culture because of your situation, Danny. 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:45.319 There's a study out that claims it takes new fathers 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:52.080 two years to feel happy, two years in their relationship 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:55.360 again after the birth of their child. So, Danny, I 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:59.200 ask you, is this true for you? Are you going 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.720 to have to weigh another you know, almost two years 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:06.400 because you're baby G has only been around for a 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.959 few weeks here, right, how old? How many weeks has 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:09.920 baby G been around? 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.400 He is four weeks old? 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.120 Now, oh so that's that's a month, right, he's a 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:19.920 month old? Yeah, yeah, very cool. I like that you 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.640 celebrate every month when you're little, and then as you 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:27.439 get older it's like, yeah, not so much. Yeah exactly. 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:31.119 You want to ignore the months that are going by. Yeah, 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:35.080 two years to feel happy a relationship again after their 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:36.360 child is born. 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:40.120 Yeah, this sounds like a trap. To quote Star Wars, 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:44.480 it's a trap. Don't comment on this story anywhere where 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.960 there's a mother nearby. 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.160 Can and likely will be used against you in the 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.480 court of a relationship. Yeah, you got that to look 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.800 forward to. This is more of a science story, but 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.120 I'll mention it here it says that that the one 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:05.920 billion people will die from climate change by the year 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:10.680 twenty one hundred, So that means in the next seventy 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:14.800 seven years, which, by the way, I think the number 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.640 is higher than that, because this is like that COVID bullshit, 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.520 where anybody that died in twenty twenty died of COVID 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:22.719 pretty much, right. There were people who died in automobile 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:27.160 access then COVID, that kind of ridiculousness that was going 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.880 on in some places. But there will be a billion 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:36.920 people that die by twenty one hundred because that's just 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.120 the lifespan of people as certain age. You're not going 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:44.320 to live another seventy seven years. I'll be dead by 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.679 twenty one hundred. I assume, Danny, you're not going to 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.440 be making it to twenty one hundred, right, So it's like, 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.800 that's a bullshit thing to me, RoboCop, I'm going to 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:57.120 get some computerized parts, man, that's the plan. I will 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:02.120 live forever and ever. And well, I missed this. This week, 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:08.640 sciences believe a wormhole may have opened up over California. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:15.800 But that a wormhole, eh, so I missed that. Where 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.280 do you think the wormhole is you think like in Fresno, 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:19.840 What do you think? I don't know. 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.760 I would say chow Chilla, California. 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.320 It's even better. No, no, no, they say. Scientists on 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:29.760 the History Channel believe a wormhole may have appeared at 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:35.800 a UFO hotspot over Catalina Island in California. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:36.880 Interesting. 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.560 I love Catalina. Yeah, I'm all for. 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.000 The It's where the Wrigleys used to hold court. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:47.400 That's right, the Chicago Cubs old spring training home there 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.160 and where the Buffalo roam. Because of a movie, they 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:53.640 brought Buffalo there and it was they ran they ran out, 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.080 the budget ran out, and they had you know, they 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.319 we talked about this on the podcast. They ran out 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:02.080 of money. They were fanning on returning to Buffalo, couldn't 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:10.200 afford it. Sorry, Buffalo are staying. Buffalo had little buffaloes then, Yeah, 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:13.600 it's like three or four generations of buffaloes have lived 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.800 on that island. Well, actually, I'm probably gonna go back 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.800 to Catalina Island here soon, so I'll tell the wife. Hey, 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.760 let's see if we can find that that wormhole. That'd 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:24.760 be kind of cool. Maybe we can go to another dimension. 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:32.040 Have big eyes. Let's get to the actual mail bag. 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:35.200 What do you say, Danny, Let's do it. 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:53.840 It's bang. Thank you, Ohio Al. First up Kevin in Kansas, 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:58.680 right Sin. Now Kevin's the teacher. But now Kevin's done teaching, 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:01.960 so he's living his best life, he says, Ben. Could 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.520 you relate to the story about your meeting with Don Rickles, 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.480 He says, Danny, did you have any similar encounter with 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:13.840 a comedian? Thanks for the great podcast. That's Kevin. Thank 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.200 you Kevin. You have to let us know Kevin too. 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.880 You said that you weren't sure how this whole retirement 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:22.600 from teaching thing was going to go. You had to 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:24.880 wait a few weeks when school was going on. So 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.000 schools in most places. I don't know about Kansas, but 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.160 I think it started. And I know it's Labor Day 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.520 weekend here and all that, but let us know what's 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:36.720 going So to answer your question about Don Rickles, when 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:42.040 I was a kid, I went to a family bar mitzvah, 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:46.080 and it just happened to be at this sge it 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:47.960 actually it was in Woodland Hills out in the San 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:52.160 Fernando Valley, if I remember correctly, And I was a 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.800 little kid, like I was a child, but I still 0:15:55.840 --> 0:16:00.360 remember this because my parents had heard Don Rickles was 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.880 at this place, not even for the bar mitsva I 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:07.160 was at in another room there was a different bar Mits. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.800 So my Mom's like, hey, I should go up to 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.640 Don Rickles. I didn't know who Don Rickles was. You know, 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:15.560 you might I know, if you're listening, you might know 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:19.080 who's Don Rickles, the famous comedian for a millionaires. And 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.600 he was a critic, right. His whole shtick was to 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:22.440 rip people, right. 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.960 Danny, Yeah, he talked a lot of shit. He was 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:26.480 good at it. 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:30.640 Yeah, that was his his misery. Guys. I I was 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:33.920 a little fat kid and Don Rickles was in They 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:37.160 had a little coat room at the front of this 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.920 building where people obviously drop off your coats and hats 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.800 and stuff like that, which is it was always odd 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.080 to me why they had that in California because it 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.320 doesn't get that cold. How often does that thing used? 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:51.880 But whatever, So I'm a richard and famous ben don't 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:52.680 ask questions. 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:58.320 So I went in there and Don was getting uh, 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.360 I don't know what he was getting, but but I 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:02.200 you know, I didn't know what to say. I looked 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:06.800 at him, and he he looked at me and he 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:08.960 gave me this look, who's this fat kid? You know 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:10.560 that kind of He gave me that kind of look, 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.919 and then Heed he patted me on the head and 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:18.600 then that was it. So my interaction with Don Rickles, uh, 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.080 not very memorable, but for my parents it seemed like 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:23.960 a big deal because he used to go on Johnny Carson, 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.160 which was like the big show on you know, NBC 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.760 at night and all that everyone was watching Johnny Carson. 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:34.359 Have you had any similar encounters where a comedian patted 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.439 you on the head, Danny that from Kevin or a 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.440 similar encounter with a comedian. 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.640 Nah, where I'm from in southern California as a little 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.360 kid and then up to the Bay Area after that. 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:50.120 The biggest celebrity we met was Ronald McDonald. Remember back 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:53.680 when McDonald's would have those play days where the all 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:55.840 the characters would be there at the restaurant. 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.960 Yeah, you'd been hanging out with Grimace and Hamburgler. Yeah. 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:05.000 Man in the hood of rialto California. That was some excitement. 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.600 My mom would bring us to the McDonald's to stand 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:14.520 in line to get Ronald McDonald's autograph. And here's what 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:18.440 Ronald McDonald did though this guy who was playing the character. 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:21.840 We were tiny kids, so I thought it was really 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:25.560 Ronald McDonald, but he was having a very bad day. 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.600 He stepped on my older brother's foot with his big 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:33.920 red clawd hopper, and my older brother's crying because Ronald 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:41.280 McDonald stepped on him. And so my mom said to him, hey, 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.560 you jerk, watch what you're doing. And he turned around 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.000 and he tried to say something to my mom and 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:49.720 she told him, if you say another word, I'm gonna 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:51.720 slap that makeup off of your face. 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:54.840 Wow. 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.960 Yeah, so my mom almost kicked Ronald McDonald's ass. 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.480 Who are being a story? But no social media back then? 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:05.480 Right that way, on social media, that would be like 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:07.560 a million dollar story. 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:11.359 Be great, he could assume McDonald's. 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.760 Oh, you would own like three franchises at least by 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:16.240 this point, Mike in Fullerton writes, and he says, hello, 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:19.800 Ben and Danny g. Before I say anything, I need 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:24.199 to stand up and applaud you guys for landing the 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:28.399 elusive Brian Billock. It couldn't have been easy to reel 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:34.080 that legend in. Well done, Brian Billick, Brian Billock us. 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.760 So now that the hunt for Billick's finally over. Who's 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:42.040 the Fifth Hour's next dream catch? He says, Michael Jordan, 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:51.359 Bernie Fratto, Mike Tyson, Brian Finley or who daddy? So, yeah, 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:54.359 who's our guy? What are you gonna go? Baba booie? 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:56.920 I don't know what's the stuttering John from the Old 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:59.520 Stern Show. What are we looking at here? What's the 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.400 go to guy? But you know the big one would 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:04.160 be and he will not do it, and he's probably 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:08.360 too old to do anything. Shatner Shatner. Yeah, we could 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:13.760 get Shatner. That would be awesome. I'm in command. I 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:18.960 could order this. Yeah, he belongs on a podcast. 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:19.360 Yeah. 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:21.840 When you think podcast, you think Shatner. Yeah. 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:24.919 I feel like he was born to be on a podcast, 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:27.240 not just talking but also singing. 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:31.760 Yeah, doesn't all He's the Man's an entertainer. The man 0:20:32.040 --> 0:20:33.719 is an absolute Tenay. You know, it would be good 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:37.080 to get on. She won't do it either. Lauren Sanchez 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:39.479 would be great to get on. She will There's no 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:40.600 way she will do it. 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:42.000 Yeah, she won't do it. 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:44.919 That's not gonna happen. But I knew her when she 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:48.480 was doing TV in la back back in the day. 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:51.399 Mike also says, Ben, please spill the beans on the 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:54.160 Boston trip. Well, I did. I spilled the beans already 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:57.879 there on Friday, and you heard all about us, you 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:00.280 know all about it. So but thank you Mike in 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:02.800 quotes and Fred in spring Texas Rights and he says, hey, 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:05.240 hey there, guys. At the top of each hour on 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:08.680 the Overnight Show, Ben, you have a welcome in spiel 0:21:08.920 --> 0:21:11.240 that is pretty much the same, except when you are 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:16.199 describing how powerful the FSR microphones are. You use a 0:21:16.200 --> 0:21:21.679 different adjective to describe the extent of those microphones each time. 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:25.480 Where do you get those words? Do you use a 0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:29.600 book of descriptors or do you take them off the 0:21:29.640 --> 0:21:33.880 top of your head or does a staff member provide them? Well, 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:37.240 great question, Fred, And as you know, Danny, there's a 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:41.440 lot my staff does most of the show. I just 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:44.760 kind of roll in there and that's it. Everything's written out, 0:21:44.880 --> 0:21:45.360 good to go. 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:49.640 Yes, I've been part of those production meetings before, and 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:55.440 man if I thought the herd was intense. It it's 0:21:55.520 --> 0:22:00.560 mind blowing that for your show, for your hours, probably 0:22:00.600 --> 0:22:08.480 the most resources that our company uses on one particular program. 0:22:08.880 --> 0:22:10.760 Stat Guy, your stat guy is nice. 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:15.280 Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, well that's you know, we inter numbers, 0:22:15.280 --> 0:22:19.480 got my social media guy. Very good, very good, good, yeah, 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:23.280 very good. Listen, Fred, They're there. They're just words, you know. 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:25.399 I try to change up. There's actually a few things 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:28.360 at the top of the hour that's different, keep it fresh. 0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:31.880 A lot of it is the the same, and all 0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:36.040 that the vast I always go vast, and then at 0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:38.960 that point, after the word vast, I'll say like utopian 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:43.480 ly or mighty or whatever. Powerful. Originally I was I 0:22:43.480 --> 0:22:46.200 always say mighty powerful as a tribute to my first 0:22:46.240 --> 0:22:49.080 radio first real radio station I worked at commercially the 0:22:49.200 --> 0:22:51.879 mighty six nineties, I'd say mighty powerful. But then I 0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:53.439 got bored with that, so I was like, I'll just 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:56.280 throw some other random big names in there, or big words, 0:22:57.560 --> 0:23:03.440 and that's That's worked out pretty well. Yeah. Hillbilly Mike 0:23:03.520 --> 0:23:06.600 writes and says, Hey, Danny g congratulations on the new baby. 0:23:06.920 --> 0:23:10.000 I have a suggestion for you. You've got plenty of 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:14.479 pictures of the baby day one, and my suggestion is 0:23:14.640 --> 0:23:18.200 each month, on the same day for the first year, 0:23:18.280 --> 0:23:20.879 you take a picture of your kid. It's amazing the 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:23.760 changes your kid goes through from months to month and 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:28.200 to dress them up and have a dedicated monthly pick 0:23:28.320 --> 0:23:31.560 to look back on, he says. Pretty cool. Another thing 0:23:32.440 --> 0:23:35.360 that hill Billy Mike says he did was that when 0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:38.840 he was old enough to hold the angel topper of 0:23:38.880 --> 0:23:41.919 our Christmas tree, my wife, he says, took a picture 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:45.600 of me holding him while he put the angel on top. 0:23:45.800 --> 0:23:49.760 It of course progressed to him being on my shoulders 0:23:50.119 --> 0:23:53.000 every year until the last year he did it, he 0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:57.960 was eighteen, and I got on his shoulders and placed 0:23:57.960 --> 0:24:01.200