1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: Kutbooms. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to clearing House 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: of hot takes, break free for something Special. The Fifth 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 3: In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 3: Mahler and Danny G Radio and a Happy Saturday. 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: The fifteenth day. 12 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 3: Of February, the day after Valentine's There was Valentine's Day weekend, right, 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 3: so I don't know if you survived or not. You're here, 14 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 3: you're listening, whether it's early or whenever you listen. We're 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 3: recording this early on Saturday morning, but we are here 16 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 3: hanging out with you on the Fifth Hour, myself, Danny 17 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 3: G on assignment today. It must be the Valentine's Day thing, 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 3: but he is scheduled to join us at some point, 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 3: hopefully tomorrow. Because I don't think he's going to be 20 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 3: on this podcast. You're stuck with me, but Danny will 21 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 3: be producing this podcast. Should be with us tomorrow for 22 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 3: the mail bag. And normally we start out by praising 23 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 3: some dope holiday. Really not anything stands out today on 24 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 3: the dopey holiday thing. The only thing that kind of 25 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 3: got my attention this is more because my brother lives there. 26 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 3: It is National Wisconsin Day today, and we have some 27 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 3: regular p ones that listen to the show, whether it's 28 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 3: live the Green Bay Gobbler for example, comes to mind, 29 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 3: or we have podcast listeners, guys that email. We have 30 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 3: some email guys from Milwaukee. We have some email guys 31 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 3: from Wisconsin as well, from all over Wisconsin. Brandon, for example, 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 3: sends emails so often, so listen, We're on in Wisconsin. 33 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: It is National Wisconsin Day. 34 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 3: So I thought, all right, let mean, I really did 35 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 3: this to kind of send something to my brother because 36 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: he lives in Appleton, my young brother and I don't 37 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: talk to them that often, but I think of Wisconsin, 38 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 3: you think of cheese, and you think of beer, and yeah, 39 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 3: so I cooked up some fun facts about the state 40 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: of Wisconsin. And these mayor may not be true. These 41 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 3: mayor may not be true, but I believe them to 42 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 3: be true. I believe them to be true. So ten 43 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 3: thousand BC. They asked to me. Now, how the hell 44 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 3: they know this? 45 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 1: I don't know. 46 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 3: Ten thousand BC. The Paleo Indians the first known inhabitants 47 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: in Wisconsin. Now, I would argue that dinosaurs like we 48 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 3: lived there way before the Indians got there. But they're 49 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: claiming that was the beginning of humans in the. 50 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: State of Wisconsin. 51 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 3: And Wisconsin became US territory or I guess it was 52 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: the Wisconsin Territory created by an Act of Congress in 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 3: eighteen thirty six and became a state officially a state 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 3: part of. 55 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: The Union in eighteen forty eight. 56 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 3: It's been a minute since Wisconsin's been part of the US. 57 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: We stopped making states with Hawaii and Alaska. 58 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: That was it. We don't need anymore, I guess. 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: Sounds like President Trump, though's gung ho to get a 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 3: couple more states. 61 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: He wants to have some more states, Greenland and wherever. 62 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: Who knows. 63 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 3: Anyway, it's the National Wisconsin Date's Fun Fun Facts about Wisconsin. 64 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: Fun facts about Wisconsin. Let's see what do I have? 65 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 3: I have Wisconsin. Now, I did not know this. By 66 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 3: the way, it is known as the Badger's state. I 67 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 3: knew that, right, Wisconsin Badgers, the Big ten team there 68 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 3: in Wisconsin. But did you know it is not called 69 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 3: the Badger State because of the animal. I always thought, well, 70 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 3: Wisconsin's mascot's a badger, and that's the badgerer animal, but 71 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 3: no turns out. In the early days of Wisconsin the 72 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 3: Badger State, the nickname a just goes back to the 73 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 3: eighteen hundreds refers to the lead or the lead rather 74 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 3: lead miners who used to travel and dig the tunnels 75 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 3: and they would stay warm and sleep and all that. 76 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 3: They were the Badgers, the lead, the lead group. And yeah, 77 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 3: well I know that Harley Davidson's from Wisconsin. Uh, you know, 78 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 3: they're not as popular as they used to be. When 79 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 3: I was younger, Harley Davidson was like the end all 80 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 3: be all. I don't think they're doing as well anymore. 81 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: And the first ever ice cream Sunday we can thank 82 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 3: because of the Twin Rivers Soda Shop. Some guy named 83 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 3: George George George George George George of Twin Rivers. Yeah, 84 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 3: at the Twin River Soda Shop. He asked in that 85 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 3: soda shop for a dish of ice cream and sauces 86 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 3: on a random Sunday, And that was the point of 87 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: conception for the ice cream Sunday. So I'll send some 88 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 3: of those over to my my brother. Today's National Wisconsin Day. 89 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 3: Very very exciting. 90 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: Indeed. Now in this podcast we have what do we have? 91 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 3: We have the signs you have a work force problem, 92 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: signs you have a workforce problem. 93 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 1: We'll get to that. 94 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 3: No up charge here, something that I'll likely get ripped 95 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 3: for by you idiots and worse than the chiefs, if 96 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 3: that's possible, worse than the chiefs. 97 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: So we'll have that. 98 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 3: And I actually wanted to start with the phrase of 99 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 3: the week because I did not get to it on 100 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 3: the Friday podcast. So the phrase all the work, oh 101 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 3: here is the phrase of the week. The phrase of 102 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 3: the week is with a grain of salt. Now there's 103 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 3: a couple of ways to say this. You can say 104 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 3: with a grain of salt, you can say with a 105 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 3: pinch of salt. I use this on a semi regular basis. 106 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 3: This is part of my lexicon, and it actually comes 107 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 3: from a Latin phrase which translates and I'm not going 108 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 3: to try to speak Latin x nay on the Latina. 109 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: That's all the Latin I know. 110 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 3: Although there's a fair amount of words that we use 111 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 3: that are Latin, but we know how to use them. 112 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: But anyway, get to the point. 113 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 3: So with a grain of salt or a grain of 114 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 3: salt translates the Latin phrase with a grain of salt 115 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 3: or with a grain of wit, the phrases used to 116 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 3: indicate that something should be taken with skepticism or reservation. 117 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 3: The phrase is thought to originate it and be written 118 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 3: around seventy seven a d. 119 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: That's been a while, seventy seven a d. 120 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:39,799 Speaker 3: And in the book Plenty Plenty the Elder's Natural Historia, 121 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 3: that was the name of the book. But in the 122 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 3: book Penny described an antidote for poison that included a 123 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 3: grain of salt, and that phrase that was taken from 124 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 3: seventy seven AD. In this random book the phrase was 125 00:06:54,520 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 3: adapted by English writers and oh there we go. And 126 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 3: in Britain the phrase is used with a pinch of salt. 127 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 3: In in America it's with a grain of salt. So 128 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: obviously again you're you know, you don't believe it. You're like, 129 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: that's not really true. And they're lying to us there, 130 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 3: they're lying to us. Take it with a grain of salt. 131 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 3: Now it is NBA all Star Weekend. Last night they 132 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 3: had this for gazy rookie thing with run TMC and 133 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: Team C. They got it done over Team T and 134 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 3: you had the Golden State war influence. 135 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: So of course these are the Warriors. 136 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: When I was a kid, when they had Tim Hardaway, 137 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 3: Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullen and they were known as 138 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 3: run TMC. It was an exciting team. It's fun team 139 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 3: that was back in the late eighties. I think Sleepy 140 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 3: Floyd was still part of that team. Good name anyway, 141 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: they used that in the Rising Stars Challenge. 142 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: I watched about two minutes of this. I'm not gonna 143 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: lie and on that. I'm good. I'm all right. 144 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 3: Uh yeah, Team T, Team M and Team C alongside 145 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 3: the g League Crew, which was coached by Jeremy Lynn. 146 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is not for me. This is not for me. 147 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 3: I did see after it all ended that Steph Castle 148 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 3: of your San Antonio Spurs was the MVP. So congratulations 149 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 3: on ringing the Rising Stars Towns. I gotta tell you, 150 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 3: I didn't see a lot of Rising Stars the two 151 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 3: minutes I watched. Maybe I missed the Rising Stars. I 152 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 3: should have kept watching, right, I should have kept watching. 153 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 3: I did see Dalton connect play a little bit and the. 154 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: Lakers tried to trade him. 155 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 3: But he's a rising star. Why would you trade a 156 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 3: rising star? I don't understand. I have no idea. Now 157 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 3: I did, I didn't want to mention that. I tease 158 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 3: this and the story. This is one of those stories 159 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 3: every once in a while, something happens on a Friday 160 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 3: or Saturday where I was like, man, I would really 161 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 3: love to do a monologue on that, and I'm not 162 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 3: going to do it here because we try to avoid 163 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 3: all sporty all the time. But there's something that I 164 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 3: saw that my eyeballs popped out of my head a 165 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 3: little bit when I saw it. Is that you gotta 166 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 3: be joking, like this gotta be satire. This is something 167 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 3: like Sports Talk Barry my guy who I've had on 168 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 3: this podcast, or butt Crack Sports, or Babylon B came 169 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 3: up with. Did you see that the NBA and the 170 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 3: Players Association holding meetings with the All Star players, the 171 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 3: top players in basketball, like the top guys, biggest names 172 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 3: in the sport ahead of the All Star Game, which 173 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 3: is tomorrow, and they were essentially evangelizing that it's very 174 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 3: important to play hard for the fans. But then they 175 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 3: tossed in and this is the most important part. 176 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: For the business. 177 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 3: For the business now, I would argue, I would argue, 178 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 3: this is a sign that you have a workforce problem, 179 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 3: that you as a business, something has gone sideways, something 180 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 3: is off a little bit. You have people in your 181 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 3: business that are so confident in their celebrity that they 182 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 3: can rest all Star weekend. 183 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: They don't want to hammer away and put on a show. 184 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 3: And it's man, it's something that is across all sports. 185 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 3: It has infected all of the sports. Drastic times require 186 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: drastic measures. So you know something's drastic when the commissioner 187 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: and the union are meeting with the players to say, hey, boys, 188 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 3: you gotta kind of give us a little bit effort. 189 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 3: You got to get off the inner tube and stop 190 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 3: floating on on the lazy river. There they punch the 191 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 3: clock guy mail it in and just coasting along. And 192 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 3: in all those words, the NFL players did the same thing, right, 193 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 3: They cut corner. They didn't want to tackle boo hoo hoo. 194 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 3: And so the nfls has got rid of it. And 195 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 3: the Pro Bowl is like now it's like a water 196 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 3: balloon toss tic tac toe. 197 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: It's like summer camp. The Pro Bowl. I mean this 198 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: used to be an event. 199 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 3: Now, the Pro Bowl was never great in football, but 200 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 3: there was a point where guys actually hit. There's a 201 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: certain safety that died way too young for the old 202 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 3: Washington Redskins that laid out a punter in one of 203 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 3: the great moments in Pro Bowl history. But across all 204 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 3: of sports, the temperature for these All Star events is lukewarm. 205 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: I rotate nuts. 206 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 3: I have a couple of friends of mine that have 207 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 3: and worked in that professional sports world for a long time, 208 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 3: and they were explaining me the whole point of the 209 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 3: All Star Game was to promote the business. 210 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: And all these sports leagues. 211 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 3: When they started, they weren't they weren't that well publicized, 212 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 3: they weren't broadcast everywhere, and so you didn't have the 213 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 3: internet obviously in the early days. And so in order 214 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 3: to have an event where you could see everybody like, 215 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 3: it's all the great it's an appetizer of all the 216 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: greatest things you have to offer. 217 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 1: That's the All Star Game. 218 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 3: But now everyone can see anything anytime they want, and 219 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 3: the players are so confident and so cocky, and they 220 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 3: lack that toughness and that Frida and I often talk 221 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,719 Speaker 3: about the Code of the West, right, the Code of 222 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 3: the West, which I have tried to model as much 223 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 3: of it as I can. The main thing is to 224 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 3: take pride in your work and always finish what you start, 225 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 3: do what has to be done. 226 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: Those are all parts of the Code of the West. 227 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 3: And that doesn't exist when you're a pro bouncy ball 228 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 3: player and you just want to go and party at 229 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 3: the All Star Game. 230 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: And I get it, it's fun, you know, you have 231 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: a good time. Why not. 232 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 3: You don't want to be bothered by having to play 233 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 3: hard in the game, so you play grab ass on 234 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 3: the court. But Adam Silver seems to think there'll be 235 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 3: some kind of renaissance and we'll see tomorrow in the 236 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 3: All Star Game. I know the three point shootout and 237 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 3: the Dunk Contest, which is really the Witness Protection Program 238 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 3: edition of the Dunk Contests that they continue to tweak 239 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 3: and try to modify. And I don't even know the 240 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 3: All Star Game thing. I got you have multiple teams 241 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 3: in that dough Yeah, let me explain something. If you 242 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 3: need someone to explain the instructions to you, and you're 243 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 3: a die hard fan to watch a sporting event, something 244 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 3: is not right there. I know you're trying to recalibrate 245 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 3: this thing, right, You're trying to get some excitement back 246 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 3: in the All Star Game. But if the customer needs 247 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 3: someone to explain what is going on because you've got 248 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 3: a business filled with players that just don't have the 249 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 3: intestinal fortitude to play hard, I mean that is a 250 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 3: tough sell. That it's hard enough to watch the All 251 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 3: Star Game. I mean, I'll probably watch some of it 252 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 3: because I've got a radio show to do and I'm 253 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 3: looking for content. But that is I would have done 254 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 3: a full monolog I'm not in two monologues if there 255 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: was a show on Friday night into Saturday. Here about that, man, 256 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 3: that is just insane. Yes, we're begging you, please please 257 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 3: come on buy in to the Dogma, buy in. 258 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: We need you. Wow. Anyway, I'm moving on from that, 259 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: So about it. 260 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 3: I'm gonna most likely get killed for this, but I'll 261 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 3: tell you what happened. So Valentine's Day was yesterday and 262 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 3: it was rather a quiet been married for a few 263 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 3: years now and the wife wasn't feeling great. I'm still 264 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 3: getting over this. The sniffles got a lot of phlegm. 265 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 3: I'm the King of all phlem right now. So we 266 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 3: were like, all right, Valentine's Days for the amateurs, right there. 267 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 3: Valentine's Day for the people that are new and new relationships. 268 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 3: You're dating, you're trying to impress your significant other, the 269 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 3: whole thing. 270 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: But we're pros. 271 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 3: It's kind of like New Year's Eve is for the amateurs. 272 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 3: If you're a real hard alcoholic, you don't need to 273 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 3: go out in New Year's Eve because that's for the amateurs. 274 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 3: So we thought about Valentine's Day's kind of same thing. 275 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 3: And I've never been a big Valentine's Day guy anyway. 276 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 3: Now Lorraina the other night, she was all fired up, 277 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 3: but the wife and I were like, listen, we have 278 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 3: to work a lot. 279 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: We don't see each other much during the week. I'm 280 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: running all over the place. 281 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 3: We had the last TV show which you can still watch, 282 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 3: Benny Versus the Penny on Peacock check that out. 283 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: Help us out. 284 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 3: So anyway, we were like, I will stay home, and 285 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 3: I was like, okay, I'll make pizza. We'll make it 286 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 3: from scratch. We had done this in the past, we 287 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 3: have pizza time and all that. And then I had 288 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 3: this light bulb go off in my head because I 289 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 3: was reading some stories. I think I mentioned this on 290 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 3: a previous edition of this podcast, but I read that 291 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 3: a bunch of these pizza chains were up charging people 292 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 3: for Valentine's Day, and not just pizza places. But the 293 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 3: story is about pizza because I'm I'm gonna tell you 294 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 3: I made pizza last night. But it was like I 295 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 3: read that. I think it was Papa John's California Pizza Kitchen. 296 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 3: There were some pizza hut I think was I think 297 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: that was a big one. Anyway, they were like, all right, listen, 298 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 3: if you it's limited time, limited time, you know, go 299 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 3: to a pizza hut, you can get a heart shaped 300 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 3: pizza for Valentine's Day. And so they were like charge 301 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 3: an extra for that, and oh, I mean it's the 302 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 3: same dough. 303 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: You just shaped the dough. And I was like, what's 304 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: going on with that? So I got this, you know, 305 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: you know what up my I was, I'll do that, 306 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: why not? You know? So I did. 307 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 3: I made a heart shaped pizza for the wife on 308 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,479 Speaker 3: Valentine's Day and I have some photo. 309 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: Now she was not feeling well. 310 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 3: She was under the weather and she's still obviously day 311 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 3: after so she's still in the other she refused. She 312 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 3: said she was not photo ready, so no photos of her. 313 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 3: But I took some photos. I was very proud of 314 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 3: my work here, so I took some photos. It's not 315 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 3: a perfect heart, but I saved the upcharge. There was 316 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 3: no up charge. And I not only made the Valentine's 317 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 3: Day pizza, we made it from scratch. I'm talking you know, 318 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 3: the flour, the yeast, all that, the sugar. The I 319 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 3: had a little honey and that was good that I 320 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 3: mean that now on honey. I had a little, just 321 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 3: a teaspoon of honey, and it adds a little twist 322 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 3: to it. I put some corn meal under the crust. 323 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 3: That's pretty solid, pretty solid. But I made some garlic 324 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 3: butter parmersan twist. Now this is a ripoff of another 325 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 3: very expensive food item and I am a big fan of, 326 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 3: and that would be the garlic parmersan twist from Roundtable, 327 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 3: which is wonderful, absolutely great. And so I found years 328 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 3: ago how to make those a pretty good hybrid version 329 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 3: of that counterfeit version for a lot less. So once 330 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 3: I converted to that, I do that for big events. 331 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 3: I do that for big events, and I try to 332 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 3: spread the gospel. Let's say, you know, it's one of 333 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 3: my hobbies on the weekends, futsing around in the kitchen. 334 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 3: But it doesn't always go well. We go on the 335 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 3: hot tub time machine now and we head back back, back, back, 336 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 3: back back back, all the way back to Super Bowl 337 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 3: Sunday and one of the great food tragedies of our time. Now, 338 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 3: as I said, I like to futs around in the kitchen, 339 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 3: something I've started. 340 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: Doing, probably doing it for man, it's been a few years. 341 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 3: It's not brand new I've been I started doing the 342 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 3: baking stuff, and now I've moved on to pizza. 343 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: And it's pretty much just food. I like, I know 344 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 1: how to make. 345 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 3: It's food, I like, you know, it's cheese, steak, it's burgers, 346 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 3: it's it's a pizza, you know, those kind of thing 347 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 3: chicken fingers, you know, which may annoy you. I'm not 348 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 3: like a total foodie. I'm not making the foo foo food. No, 349 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 3: I'm making stuff I want. And that's it, right, And 350 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,479 Speaker 3: so that's what most people woul do, right, you make 351 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: stuff you like, you know, and all so Super Bowl Sunday, 352 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 3: big day, a big day, fired up Chiefs and Eagles, 353 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 3: last last Sunday, and I was like, I'm gonna break 354 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 3: my diet. 355 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: I am gonna go big. 356 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 3: I am going to go big, big big big big 357 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 3: big big big big big big big big big big 358 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 3: big big big. In fact, I want to be a 359 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:00,479 Speaker 3: cartoon character. I would like to be Porky Pig from 360 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 3: Looney Tunes, right, And that's what I want. I want 361 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 3: to be Porky pick. I want to overeat so much 362 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 3: that I flash back to my younger. 363 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: Days and overdo it, you know. 364 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 3: I mean, I want to be stuffed to the gills, 365 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 3: but I want good food. I want people to look 366 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 3: at me and say, that's a big fat cub of go. 367 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: That's what I want. I want to be compared to 368 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:28,479 Speaker 1: Joey Chestney. 369 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 3: Now keep in mind, I watched the game in solitude, 370 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 3: and I'm by myself because I got to pay attention 371 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 3: to what's going. 372 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: On and all that. 373 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:40,479 Speaker 3: So anyway, I'm settling up and on Saturday, the day 374 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 3: before the Super Bowl, I'm like, Okay, I'm planning my menu. 375 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 3: Eagles are in. I picked the Chiefs that didn't go 376 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 3: so well, but I'm gonna have I'm gonna have a 377 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 3: Philly cheese steak because that's the perfect meal. The Eagles 378 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 3: are in there, it's Philadelphia, why not. And I'll have 379 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,959 Speaker 3: some pretzels. Pretzel bites is my appetizer. I'll have some 380 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 3: ice cream for dessert and it'll be really good. I'll 381 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 3: mixing some snacks and that's gonna be a wonderful Super 382 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 3: Bowl for me. So I go to the store to 383 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 3: buy there's a certain type of bread. Now I blame 384 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 3: the great Tony Bruno. It's an outrage because Tony schooled 385 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 3: me when Tony worked at our shop at Fox. Tony 386 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 3: Bruno the greatest sports talk radio host in my lifetime. 387 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 3: But Tony Bruno's like, hey, you know, he explained to me, 388 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 3: this is what you need. No cheese whiz, you got 389 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 3: to have provolone. And then he talked about the bread, 390 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 3: certain type of bread. You gotta have these rolls from Philadelphia. 391 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 3: So the local store where I live out in the 392 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 3: north Woods, there's a store, only one store that sells 393 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 3: that bread. 394 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: HOGI rolls, and they're authentic. 395 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,239 Speaker 3: They're the same ones that are used in Philadelphi, and 396 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 3: I've only used those for years. When I make a 397 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 3: cheese steak, a cheese steak Sammy, so I have some 398 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 3: rabbi ready to go. I had the Provolone cheese, no 399 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 3: cheese wizz Provolone cheese. 400 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: I went to buy the bread. They're out of it, right, 401 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: So then I'm like, oh, man, maybe there's some other store. 402 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: So I looked it up. 403 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 3: In like two towns over, there's another store that's supposed 404 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 3: to have the bread. So I get them the malamobile 405 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 3: and I zoom over to the other part of the town. 406 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, I'll go get the bread. They 407 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: don't have the bread. 408 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 3: They don't have the bread, so now I'm like, well, 409 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 3: I don't want to drive to a third store. So 410 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 3: I was like, all right, as orchas. I love cheese steak. 411 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 3: I got to have this bread. Apparently I can't eat 412 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 3: it without it, because Tony Brune will be upset, even 413 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 3: though he has no idea I'm doing this. So it's 414 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,959 Speaker 3: all right, I'll scratch that. I'll make pizza. That's what 415 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 3: I'll do. How can you f up a pizza? Maybe 416 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 3: I'll make a cheese steak pizza. I'll put the ribbi 417 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 3: on there, I'll put some onions, a belt pepper and 418 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 3: make a cheese steak pizza. That's the ticket. So I 419 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 3: want to make it from scratch. So I go and 420 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 3: I get the yeast and the water and everything, the sugar, 421 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 3: the salt, all that stuff. Put it all together, and 422 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 3: it's supposed to rise. So I put it in, put 423 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 3: a towel over it, follow the instructions, walk away, And 424 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 3: about an hour or so before the Super Bowl, I 425 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 3: went to check the dough because you got to knead 426 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,360 Speaker 3: the dough a little bit. So I went to check 427 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 3: the dough, and the damn dough had not risen. 428 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: He did not. This was not this was not an 429 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: Eastern situation. Nothing had risen. 430 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 3: So I was like, oh crap, I must have ft 431 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 3: up the water temperature. When you combine the yeast with 432 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 3: the water and the sugar and the salt and all it, 433 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 3: the water temperature has to be one hundred to one 434 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 3: hundred and ten. 435 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: So it was either. 436 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 3: Too cold or too hot. And I was tired when 437 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 3: I put it together, so I didn't know which one. 438 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 3: So then I'm like, all right. I was in a hurry. 439 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 3: The game's closing in It's going to take a long 440 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 3: time for this dough to get ready. So I threw 441 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 3: together some more dough. And I was in a hurry, 442 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 3: like I said, because I was trying to plan everything 443 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 3: out time wise. So i'd have the food around halftime, 444 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 3: and I put the dough in and I put a 445 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 3: towel on it, and I came back around the time 446 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 3: I needed to knead the dough and this was flat. 447 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 3: This was like a piece of paper. And I was like, 448 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,919 Speaker 3: oh crap, I'm ft is it? And this is going worse. 449 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 3: At the time, the Chiefs were down I think twenty 450 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,479 Speaker 3: four to nothing at af time, and I was like, 451 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 3: this is worse than the. 452 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: Chiefs, Like, how is that possible? 453 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 3: How is it possible that this is worse than the 454 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 3: my performance worse than the Chiefs? 455 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: It was wild, and so I was right. I couldn't 456 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: make it. 457 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 3: And now I've been told I talked to a few 458 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 3: of my friends who are in the culinary world. They 459 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 3: told me that what I need to do now and 460 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 3: the next time the dough doesn't rise, it's probably some 461 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,919 Speaker 3: of you with the water or oil. So add some 462 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 3: oil to it, add some water, knead it a little bit, 463 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 3: and then it'll rise. But I didn't know that at 464 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 3: the time. I didn't know that at the time. So 465 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 3: I was f instead of having this feast of feast, 466 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 3: instead of needing to go to a fat farm, and 467 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 3: and all that I was not. I was not the 468 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 3: guy that picked out scarf down all the food over indulge. 469 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 3: Was not that guy did not wolf down a ton 470 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 3: of food. I made like two cheese casadillas, and I 471 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 3: had a couple of pretzel bites which I had gotten. 472 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: So I had those, and that's it. That's that's all 473 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: I had. 474 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 3: That's h and I some peanuts, I think, if I 475 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 3: remember correctly. But that was my super Bowl. So I 476 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 3: fd up. Bad job by me. And that means next year, 477 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 3: assuming I'm not at the super Bowl, which likely won't happen, 478 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 3: But next year, I will plan I will plan ahead, 479 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 3: and I will make sure that my pizza is on point, 480 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 3: make sure my pizza is on point. 481 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: I will work on that. I did want to mention 482 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: this too. 483 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 3: I saw this story yesterday that caught my attention, and 484 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 3: in invahl the chiefs. 485 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: I love the excuses the chiefs. 486 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 3: It wasn't their day. They sucked at a time you 487 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,919 Speaker 3: cannot suck. And as I often have preached from my 488 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 3: bully pulpit, that the only thing that matters. And I 489 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 3: spent a lot of time handicapping games, but the only 490 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 3: thing that matters is who is better in that moment, 491 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 3: who does better in that moment under the immense pressure. 492 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 3: And as Dick Stockton taught me, stats tell you what 493 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 3: has happened, not what's going to happen. And the Eagles 494 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 3: were clearly dominant. And now there's a story coming out 495 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 3: the Chiefs suffered from super Bowl fatigue. Let me get 496 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 3: my world's smallest violent out. I can play that. 497 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: Oh boo hoo. Who the Chiefs? 498 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 3: They're in the super Bowl every year and they were 499 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 3: just worn out. 500 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,719 Speaker 1: From being in the super Bowl every year. Stop, what 501 00:26:58,800 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: are we doing here? 502 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, that story's making the rounds that Andy Reid or 503 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 3: somebody who coaches. Maybe not Andy Reid, but somebody told 504 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 3: some sports writer claim that told the media member who 505 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 3: had asked him if going to the Super Bowl ever 506 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 3: gets old, and he said it does. 507 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: So. Well, the good news is if. 508 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 3: They keep playing the way they did in the super Bowl, 509 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 3: they do not have to worry about going back to 510 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 3: the super Bowl. 511 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,200 Speaker 1: They don't have to worry about going back to the 512 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: super Bowl. So there you go. Wonderful wonderful, wonderful. 513 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 3: And what else did I see that caught my I 514 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 3: saw the quote? Did you see the quote from Brian Cashman? 515 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: No, Okay, you'll get a kick out of this one. 516 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 3: So it is my belief that the Yankees and Dodgers 517 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 3: are run pretty much exactly the same way from a 518 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 3: day to day standpoint. You've got an army of dorks 519 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 3: that are in the front off. Now, Brian Cashman has 520 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 3: employed all of the nerds he can get, and in 521 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 3: La Andrew Friedman has nerd army, So it's revenge of 522 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 3: the nerds. 523 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: And then you've got the. 524 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 3: Manager who's just following the middle manager who's just following 525 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 3: what those guys want, whatever the data indicates for that day. 526 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 3: So Aaron Boone and Dave Roberts are pretty much the same. 527 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 3: Dave Roberts I really liked him in that spot. I 528 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 3: have fired Dave Roberts about six or seven times. At 529 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 3: this point, I'm convinced Dave Roberts will manage the Dodgers 530 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 3: the rest of my life. That he's just going to 531 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 3: be there forever and be like the all time wins 532 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 3: guy in baseball history, and he's just going to manage there, 533 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 3: he'll be seventy and he'll still be managing. 534 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: And then in New York you've got Aaron Boone. 535 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 3: Now, the way the Yankees played is a direct reflection 536 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 3: of Aaron Boone. They got to the World Series and 537 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 3: they had a total melt down. The relief, pitching melted down, 538 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 3: the defense was terrific. They were fundamentally unsound, even though 539 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,719 Speaker 3: they got to the World Series, and the Yankees decided 540 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 3: to retain Aaron Boone. A very Unyankee like thing of 541 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: my younger days in my youth, because the Yankees would 542 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 3: fire managers all the time. In fact, they fired so 543 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 3: many managers they brought back managers and it was a 544 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 3: regular occurrence. So I saw this quote yesterday from Brian 545 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 3: Cashman who said that if Aaron Boone had gotten into 546 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 3: free agency, if the Yankees have said bye bye and 547 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 3: let him go, he says, quote, if he wasn't the 548 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 3: Yankee manager, it would have been a feeding frenzy for 549 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 3: him to be a manager that's coveted elsewhere. Objectively, Cashman said, 550 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 3: that's how I. 551 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: See it. 552 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Brian, you see a lot of things I 553 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 3: don't see because I look at Boonie the Yankees have 554 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 3: made the postseason six of the seven years he's been there, 555 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 3: but they have not won a World Series, which is 556 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 3: supposed to be the bar for the New York Yankees. 557 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 3: You're not judged by making the playoffs. You're judged by 558 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 3: winning the World Series. And they've had some really good teams, 559 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 3: and Aaron boot should should have paid a price. I 560 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 3: would have fired him. I would have fired him, but 561 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 3: you know, he's just a puppet. So I understand why 562 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 3: they kept him. Why Dave Roberts continues on and all 563 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 3: that stuff. But the decision in Game one when he 564 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 3: put Nestor Cortes in their nasty nest Cortes, now I 565 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 3: love it as a Dodger fan. Cortes hadn't pitched in 566 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 3: September and then gave up that majestic one of the 567 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 3: great moments in Dodger history, a walk off Grand Slam 568 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 3: to Freddie Freeman in Game one of the World Series. 569 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 3: And then, of course, the defensive meltdown in Game five 570 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 3: in the Bronx when they had a five to nothing 571 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 3: lead and the great Garrett Cole could not be troubled 572 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 3: in the World Series to hustle the cover first base, 573 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 3: so good, so good. Oh, and I didn't even mention 574 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 3: the Eagle parade, which was on Friday, and I saw 575 00:30:58,720 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 3: good old Howie Roseman. 576 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: What a douche. Do you see? 577 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 3: He got hit in the forehead with a beer bottle 578 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 3: or can or something like that. So he had this 579 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,239 Speaker 3: big scar on his forehead. And he gets up there 580 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 3: and he's speaking, holding up the Lombardi Trophy at the 581 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 3: parade in the rally in Philadelphia, and he said. 582 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: I bleed for this city. Does how he know he's 583 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: not playing for the Eagles? Does he understand that I bleed? 584 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,719 Speaker 1: What a heart O, what a harder? All right, we'll 585 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: get out on that. 586 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 3: What do we get the dunk contest and the three 587 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 3: point shootout tonight? 588 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: Oh? 589 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 3: Eve, I don't know anyone in the dunk contest that 590 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 3: is bad. 591 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: I'm not into it. 592 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 3: A three point contest, I like, but that's just like 593 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 3: watching a regular season NBA game, My god. 594 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,239 Speaker 1: Anyway, all right, we'll get out on that. 595 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 3: Have a wonderful rest of your Saturday, enjoy the day 596 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 3: to day, and we'll have the mail bag. Whether Danny 597 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 3: joins us or not, we will have the mail bag 598 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 3: on Sunday. Your questions are answers nothing like ask Ben. 599 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: Nothing like ask Ben. Anyway, I have a wonderful day 600 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: and thank you. 601 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 3: We'll talk to you next time later. Skater, asta pasta? 602 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: Is that how you do it, Danny? 603 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 3: That's right, that's how you do it right, Asta pasta, 604 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 3: Now that's it, My Felicia