1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Kabbooms. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,160 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 sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: The clearing House of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now here. 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 3: We go in the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, 11 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 3: Big Ben and Danny g Radio The Weekend kicks off. 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: A Happy Friday to you the sixteenth day of August. 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: But you are knew that? 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 3: And Dan, are you wearing your Hawaiian shirt? It's Hawaiian 15 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 3: Shirt Day today, big big holiday, Hawaiian Shirt Day. I 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 3: don't look good in Hawaiian shirts. Of course you would argue, 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 3: I don't look good in a lot of things, but 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 3: Hawaiian shirts. I used to have a lot of them, 19 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 3: and then people pointed out that they made me look 20 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 3: like job of the hut, so I don't really have 21 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 3: any at this particular point. 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,639 Speaker 4: Some of them look like tablecloths, so I actually only 23 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 4: have one, and I got it there in Maui the 24 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 4: last time we were on that island. I'm not a 25 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 4: big Hawaiian shirt guy either. 26 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, when you're a bigger guy, it often looks like 27 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: a moo MoU and it's not a great look. But 28 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 3: I used to love them because they were very comfortable, 29 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 3: and in my head because they had a call or 30 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 3: the Hawaiian shirt, I was like, Okay, I must be 31 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 3: looking good. And then other people say, you know, it's 32 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 3: not a really good look. You know, it's not it's 33 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: not particularly great there, and I'm like, all right, there 34 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 3: you go. It was also National work from a Home 35 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: for Wellness Day. That must be one of it. That 36 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 3: sounds like a fugesy holiday. They must have just came 37 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 3: up with that in like the last couple of years. 38 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 5: Right, Oh, that's for sure from COVID. 39 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: Gotta be gott to be definitely. 40 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 4: Feel like Grudy Gobert invented that day. 41 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: It's pretty pretty bad. 42 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 3: I Hey, I I like, I have a remote studio, 43 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 3: which I love. It's great, but I don't know that 44 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 3: my wellness has improved my time. I have extra time, 45 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 3: So I guess that's that's pretty important. You have extra 46 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: time and all that. But yeah, that's that's that's another 47 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 3: one of these these weird holies. 48 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: Anyway, let's get into it right now. Let's not waste 49 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: any time. 50 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 3: A lot of email, Danny, I was on the East 51 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 3: Coast doing my thing and so we are reunited on 52 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 3: this podcast, and many people were wanting details on what 53 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 3: was a mallor. 54 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: How would you describe this now? 55 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: It was it's not a malord meet and greet because 56 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: it was just me and one other person, well, me 57 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 3: and my wife and one other person. It was. 58 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: It was like a military. 59 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 3: Date. Man. 60 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: It's like, I'm old. 61 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 3: So you remember like the Flintstones and the Jetsons got 62 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 3: together and it was like whoa. It's like mind blowing, right, 63 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 3: you know when like shows crossover. 64 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's crazy. It's like, whoa, how did that happen? 65 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 3: It doesn't happen as much anymore because everything is compartmentalized, 66 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 3: its streaming and all that. But I was on the 67 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 3: East Coast last week for a fair amount of time. 68 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 3: Fair amount of time as. 69 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: Most of the week. 70 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 3: Actually, I was in Boston, and I went to a 71 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 3: bunch of Northeastern states they're the New England states. In fact, 72 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: I made it to all of them outside of Rhode Island. 73 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 3: I didn't get the Rhode Island this time. I know 74 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 3: Redbreast Paul's likely devastated. And I did not get to Connecticut. 75 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 3: But I made it to all the other states. And 76 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 3: the only state I've been, I've been to Boston a 77 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 3: lot over year, is the only state in that region 78 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 3: that I had not been to. I had to cross 79 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 3: that off, and I did, and that that box was 80 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: the state of Vermont. And the only reason that was 81 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 3: not the only reason. There were two reasons I went. 82 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 3: Number one was I hadn't been there, and I was like, oh, 83 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 3: you know, it's so close, it's not that far. 84 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: Drive why not listen in my head it wasn't that far. 85 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: I drive so fine. 86 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 3: The other thing is I have a friend, old radio friend, 87 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 3: that lives there and someone you know a little bit 88 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 3: as well, Danny, our buddy Arnie Spanier, who lives in Burlington, Vermont. 89 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: And so I was like, you know. 90 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 3: I can kill two birds with one stone. I can 91 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 3: go to Vermont. I don't know anything about Vermont, and 92 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 3: then I can hang out with with Arnie. So it 93 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 3: was like military exercises. It's malad militia and Arnie's Army. 94 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 3: I got together and I had text Arnie and I said, 95 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 3: you know, I'm going to be in Boston. 96 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,039 Speaker 1: I guess some stuff I gotta do there, and I 97 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: I'd like to. 98 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 3: Come by and say hello. And he wrote back a 99 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 3: serious you know. He went back and forth and then 100 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: the text exchange and we're going back and all that stuff. 101 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 3: Yeah probably, you know, if something comes up, I might 102 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 3: not make there, make it there, but I most likely 103 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 3: will be there. And so we're going back and forth, 104 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 3: and Arnie's recommending like hotels to stay at. He's telling 105 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 3: me like all the things to do in Vermont. He's 106 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 3: asking what my hobbies are and all that if I 107 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 3: could go there, and I ended up having to brave 108 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 3: The Element's more on that in a second. 109 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: Actually almost I'll do it right now. I almost died 110 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: on the way to Burlington, Vermont. 111 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 3: So if you're not familiar to get from Boston up 112 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 3: actually I was in Needham, Massachusetts, and the Boston suburbs 113 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: that's where we're standing. 114 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 5: Need them. 115 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 3: To get from Needham to Burlington, Vermont is give or 116 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 3: take a three and a half to four hour. 117 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: Drive. It's a very lengthy drive. It's I guess the. 118 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 3: Quickly would be like going from LA to not San Francisco, 119 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 3: maybe San Jose in that area, you know, you're driving 120 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 3: a fair amount and maybe it's not even that far, 121 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 3: but but what either way, So, but I had things 122 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 3: I had to do. Was I was in Boston, had 123 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 3: some meetings and things that I cannot talk about. But 124 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: hopefully we'll be able to talk about those things soon soon. 125 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 3: Fingers crossed on that. So I had, I had, you know, 126 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: adult stuff I had to do. 127 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: Which I don't like being an adult and all that. 128 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 3: And I had a dinner in Boston that I had 129 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 3: to attend on Thursday, but I was gonna hang out 130 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 3: with Arnie on Friday. And so we made a tactical decision, 131 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 3: much to the chagrid of my wife. We decided, you know, 132 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 3: to enjoy the day in Vermont. Why don't we just 133 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 3: drive after the dinner and we'll just drive at night 134 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 3: and we'll get to Burlington and we'll have all day 135 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 3: two futts around in Burlington. 136 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: It's like, that's a good idea. You know, we do 137 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: this a lot. 138 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 3: We get a Friday, we'll just hear, will get in 139 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,119 Speaker 3: the car and drive to Vegas on a whim. 140 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: Let's go to Vegas. What the hell? 141 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 3: So that's the same thing. Did not look at the 142 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,679 Speaker 3: weather app. Danny did not look at the weather app. 143 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 3: Figured out, come on, who's worried about weather? Summer August. Yeah, 144 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 3: So the dinner ended much later than I anticipated. Then 145 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 3: I had another thing I had to do after the dinner. 146 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 3: So now it's getting late. It's getting kind of late. 147 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 3: And we ended up getting back to where we were 148 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 3: staying at like eleven o'clock. I think it was eleven, 149 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: if I remember doing this off the top of my head, 150 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 3: so I think it was about eleven, maybe eleven thirty, 151 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 3: got in the malor Mobile rental Malormobile typed in the 152 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 3: name of the hotel in Burlington where we were going, 153 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 3: and then we were on a way and off to 154 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 3: the races. And we drove and drove and drove, and 155 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 3: my wife was very tired. I was the driver. She 156 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 3: fell asleep off and on and she does not know 157 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 3: this because she was sleeping, but we almost slid off 158 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 3: the road into the woods multiple times. Because once we 159 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 3: got out of Boston, it wasn't raining in Boston. But 160 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: we got out of Boston, got up to New Hampshire, 161 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: which is just like it's a suburb of Boston, that 162 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 3: part of New Hampshire. We got out there and it 163 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 3: started raining and it rained the rest of the trip, 164 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 3: the remnants of Hurricane Debbie, which I guess at that 165 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 3: point was tropical Storm Debbi, and it was just pounding 166 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 3: that part of the country. And the other thing I 167 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 3: learned is that on Highway eighty three, which is the 168 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 3: main drag that goes out to Burlington, Vermont, they don't. 169 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: Believe in lights. They don't believe in lights. There are 170 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: no lights. 171 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 3: So I'm driving on a very small highway and it's 172 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 3: raining off and on very hard. 173 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: There are no lights. I don't know where the hell 174 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: I'm going. 175 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 3: And every like mile there's a sign of like a 176 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 3: warning sign moose bears, you know, be alert all this 177 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 3: all this crop and we what's the term I'm looking for? 178 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 3: You know, when you hit water and you kind of 179 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 3: like it's you take off. Hydro plane? 180 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:20,719 Speaker 1: Is that the term? 181 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 5: I think that's it, right, yeah, hydro plane? 182 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. So this happened like many times. 183 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 3: It's like, oh my god, we have all the ways 184 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 3: to die on my way to see Arnie Spaniard did 185 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 3: not have that on my big board that that would 186 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 3: be how I met my demise. But obviously we made 187 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 3: it there, and you guys. 188 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 5: Have quite the history together when it involves water. 189 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: Yes, unreal, absolutely unreal. 190 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 3: So we got we got to the hotel like three 191 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 3: point thirty four in the morning, and at hotels they 192 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 3: don't care what time you check you check out at 193 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 3: the same time. So they kicked us out at eleven 194 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 3: in the morning. And you know, it takes a while 195 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 3: to fall asleep, and I was kind of on adrenaline 196 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 3: high from almost dying or at least having my night ruined. 197 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,599 Speaker 3: There wasn't really cell reception out there, and some of 198 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 3: those some of those parts of the highway, and unfortunately 199 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 3: there weren't many cars on the road because I think 200 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 3: there's more I think this is true. There's more cows 201 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 3: in Vermont than people by a wide margin, I believe. 202 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 3: So we had to check out at eleven am, so 203 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 3: I probably went to sleep around six or so, got 204 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 3: up at like ten four hours and Arnie was so 205 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 3: bright eyed and bushy tailed, the stinking genius that he 206 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,719 Speaker 3: drove up to the hotel to pick us up. 207 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: And he was our chauffeur. 208 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 3: He was the chamber of Commerce for Burlington and all 209 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 3: of Vermont. 210 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 5: Great to see. 211 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: I love Arnie. I've known Arnie. 212 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 3: We both were doing local radio in La a long 213 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 3: time ago. We fought the good fight. He dragged me 214 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 3: into a hot tub and ruined a chance for me 215 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 3: to have, you know, nice nice time with some beautiful 216 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 3: women there in Indianapolis. Went a single bad job by 217 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 3: him because he started talking. But anyway, so it's great 218 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 3: to see him. He picked us up. He drives a jeep, 219 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 3: and I guess in Vermont you gotta have a jeep. 220 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 3: So he's he's got all this planned out. I'm gonna 221 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 3: show you all of Vermont. We're gonna go everywhere. I 222 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 3: got zal planned out. I want to show you this, 223 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 3: that and the other thing, you know, And I was okay. 224 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 3: So the wife needed a coffee, so we went to 225 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 3: this local Vermont coffee shop, which is like the the 226 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 3: Ben and Jerry's of coffee. But I don't drink coffee, 227 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: so I abstained. My wife got some. 228 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: Arnie got some and then said it was disgusting. And 229 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: then we went. 230 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 3: On a pilgrimage driving around. We drove all over Burlington 231 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 3: and some of the other towns around there. Arnie took us. 232 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 3: You'd get a kick out of this. Danny Arnie takes 233 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 3: us to the store. He buys all the Fox Sports 234 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 3: radio producers maple syrup. 235 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: We went in there and it's ah. 236 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 5: You were at the source. 237 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I was at the I was at ground 238 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 3: zero for maple syrup. And uh we went in there 239 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 3: and it was pretty impressive. Not gonna lie a massive 240 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: gift shop. Uh, it was like the Walmart of or 241 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 3: Costco of maple syrup in in Vermont. 242 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: Let me see if I can find the name here. 243 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: I didn't. I gotta I gotta look. 244 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 3: At my photos. I didn't write down the name. If 245 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 3: you're in Vermont, you know exactly what I'm what I'm 246 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 3: discussing here. But the page down going those for the 247 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 3: photos here, and it took took a few, took a few. 248 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 3: Uh let's see it's uh oh yeah. We took one 249 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 3: right out in front, which I posted on social media. 250 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 3: It's a cold Hollow cider mill. If you're ever Inton, Vermont, 251 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 3: Cold Hollow Cider Mill, that is the that is the place. 252 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 3: So they have like a whole, like a mile of 253 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 3: maple syrup. Might be exaggerating, Maybe it was two miles. 254 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 3: And then they have souvenirs, Vermont souvenirs, you know, all 255 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 3: the usual stuff like you're at the gift shop at 256 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: Disneyland or disney World or whatever. So they had all that. 257 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 3: They had maple donuts, which were okay, I. 258 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: Mean, I'm not gonna lie. They weren't the greatest thing 259 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: in the world. 260 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 3: So then we my wife bought like, oh my god, 261 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 3: she's oh my god, maple. 262 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: Syrup, and she bought a time. 263 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 3: We had to buy another suitcase just to put the 264 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 3: maple syrup in the suitcase. That's how much maple syrup 265 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 3: she bought. And I don't even know how much it cost. 266 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: My god. 267 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 3: So then we're driving around and we drove by the 268 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 3: world headquarters of Ben and Jerry's ice. 269 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: Cream, the Wolkesters, and. 270 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 3: I am not a big fan of their politics or whatever, 271 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 3: so we abstained from that. I didn't we didn't actually 272 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,719 Speaker 3: have time. My wife did want to go and get 273 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 3: the Ben and Jerry's there. We ended up eating it 274 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 3: at a different location. We went to Stove Vermont. You 275 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 3: ever heard of Stove Vermont. There's a famous church. This 276 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 3: is all within like forty minutes of Burlington and Stove, 277 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 3: Vermont is the ski capital of the Eastern United States, 278 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 3: and it is an amazing town. It's like you're living 279 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 3: in a postcard. They have this old white church. In fact, 280 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 3: if you type in Stove Vermont, I think that's the 281 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 3: first thing that comes up the hills and then you'll 282 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:49,479 Speaker 3: see this famous white church that goes back many, many years. 283 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 3: I don't know how it is, but it was very 284 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: prominent in Stove Vermont, very prominent. And you know, we're 285 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 3: moving around doing all that little snow because it was 286 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 3: it's August. 287 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: It was just last week. 288 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 3: And uh, and Arnie's given us the whole deal, the 289 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 3: whole information thing. He's like, oh, yeah, this is where 290 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 3: they film the Hallmark movies. And he says there's a 291 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 3: lot of movie productions that come here in Burlington, in 292 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 3: Stoue Vermont. And since Arnie's the Chamber of Commerce guy, 293 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 3: he's like breaking it all down, Like Arnie, I live 294 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 3: in Hollywood. I mean, I'm not, you know, it's good 295 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 3: for you. But and Arnie's from La so he gets it. 296 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 3: But he was He's he told me, He's like, yeah, 297 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 3: they want the locals that they don't. It's so expressive 298 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: to get people to come out here. That when they 299 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 3: film movies, they invite the locals to come down and 300 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 3: be extras in the movies because they need bodies for 301 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 3: the movies. And he said they filmed Beetlejuice too, was 302 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 3: filmed in in that I think it was in Burlington, 303 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 3: and he said he was invited. 304 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: He said, I didn't do it. 305 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 5: I didn't do it. 306 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: So then we kept going around. 307 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 3: We ended up at Church Street, which is like their 308 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 3: famous I say famous. I'd never heard of it before 309 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 3: Arnie told me about it, but they have a bunch 310 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 3: of shops. It's kind of a cool vibe, hipster vibe 311 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 3: in Burlington. And we did that, walked around there, a 312 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 3: lot of against souvenirs, Nick Knacks stuff that will land 313 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 3: up in the landfill, but it has Vermon on it. 314 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 3: And there's actually there was another ben in Jerry's there. 315 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 3: So my wife's like, I gotta get Berend and Jerry's whatever, 316 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 3: Just get me, give me something with cookies and ice 317 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 3: cream and I'll be good and so done. 318 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: We did that. 319 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 3: We walked by actually I would have real So we 320 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 3: walked by the office what Arnie claimed this was his 321 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 3: office Bernie Sanders office is in Burlington, and we walked by, 322 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 3: and Arnie sad, oh, yeah, he's not here. You know, 323 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 3: I've seen him before though he comes in here. 324 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: Everyone here right now. 325 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 3: And so I posted something on social media. I was like, 326 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 3: I didn't I didn't see that whack a doodle Bernie say. 327 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 3: And so, of course, with anything political, that's a. 328 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: Third rail, Momma, that's a third rail. 329 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 3: And it always starts like this anytime you mentioned anything political, 330 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 3: it's I like your show, but you know, it's like, 331 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 3: that's that whole thing. 332 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: I like your show. 333 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 3: But you know, right there, the but everything before the 334 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 3: butt's a lie, as we like. 335 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 4: To say, but your political views, I can't agree a 336 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 4: line with my own. 337 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 3: So therefore I must disown you, and I must send 338 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 3: you to the hoo's gal. I would like to point out, 339 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 3: maybe why don't we just do the phrase of the 340 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 3: week right now. 341 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: We'll do the phrase. Are you ready for the phrase 342 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: of the week, Danny. 343 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 5: The phrase of the week. 344 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, So the phrase of the week is whackadoo, because 345 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 3: that's the word that triggered some of Bernie is who 346 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 3: do they what do they call Bernie's fans? 347 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm sure there's a nickname for him, 348 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: but whatever, Who cares? Uh? 349 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 3: So I called Bernie a wackadoodle. Some people got upset. 350 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,160 Speaker 3: I guess some angry emails. You know, that whole thing's 351 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 3: just part of the job. You're not doing your job. 352 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 3: If everyone loves you, some people have to hate you. 353 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 5: Right. 354 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: Isn't that the Howard Stern thing? 355 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 3: Right? 356 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: The people that hated and listen longer and all that stuff. 357 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 3: And anyway, wackadoodle is if you don't know what the 358 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 3: true set the Bernie Bros. 359 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:16,479 Speaker 1: The Bernie Bros. There you go. 360 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 3: So the whack a doodle describes someone who is a bizarre, foolish, 361 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 3: you know, kind of in an amusing way, that kind 362 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,400 Speaker 3: of thing. Whack a doodle comes from the word wacky. 363 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 3: It's kind of obvious. It goes back to the mid 364 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 3: eighteen hundreds in England and it started out as wacky 365 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 3: and it was called the fool simpleton, left handed person. 366 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: There's a shot at lefties. 367 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 3: And so from that point, advancing forward through the years 368 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 3: in by the nineteen thirties, so roughly eighty years later, 369 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 3: it became a way of describing someone who was eccentric, 370 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 3: and by the nineteen fifties, wackadoo emerged and it kind 371 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 3: of a playful addition. 372 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: And here's a fun fact for you. 373 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 3: I don't know if we can get this and play 374 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 3: a little bit on the podcast here, Danny I fell 375 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 3: down this wack a doodle. Hole was like, I didn't 376 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 3: realize wackadoodle would trigger people. I was like, I use 377 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 3: that term a lot. I didn't realize that was an 378 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 3: offensive term to me. All politicians are whackadoodles. Otherwise, why 379 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 3: would you become a politician? Normal people do not go 380 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 3: into politics. Good people don't go into politics. Right, You've 381 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 3: got to be a bit of a whack adoodle, right, Yeah. 382 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 5: Yeah. 383 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 4: We actually spoke about this on the Afternoon Show, saying 384 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 4: that the reason there's not a lot of good youngsters 385 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 4: in that game right now is because there's not a 386 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 4: lot in it for them. It's kind of all negative, 387 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,959 Speaker 4: you know, for you if you go take bullets in 388 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 4: that industry. 389 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not it's not great. 390 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 3: And now you can make a lot of money as 391 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 3: a politician when you're done, like the amount of money, 392 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 3: I mean a lot of I mean you go everyone 393 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 3: that like goes into the political machine and leaves. I 394 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 3: saw a story about like Barack Obama, who was kind 395 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 3: of a regular guy, didn't have a lot of money 396 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 3: when he went into politics, and now after he's been president, 397 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 3: he's worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And you hear 398 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 3: stories about congress people that go in and then they 399 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 3: get side you know, side deals when they get out 400 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 3: and they get but yeah, you're right, at a young age, 401 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 3: it's a tough racket. But Bill Haley and his comments 402 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 3: saying whack a do that was their song, which is 403 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 3: a you know, whack a doodle, wack a do. It 404 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 3: was a nineteen fifty six tune Razzle Dazzle, So it 405 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 3: was in their razzle that they added that in there. 406 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: So you know, there's a fun fact. 407 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 3: The phrase of the week which triggered some what are 408 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 3: they called Bernie Bros? 409 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: Is that what they go? Yeah, whack a doodle, whack 410 00:20:59,080 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 1: a doodle doo. 411 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 5: I googled that really quick. 412 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 4: I googled Bernie Sanders fans, and Bernie Bros Came up. Okay, honestly, 413 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 4: politics are not my racket. 414 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 3: Nor mine, nor mine, And uh yeah, I have been 415 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 3: asked by people say will you cross over and do 416 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 3: political radio. I said, well, if I can't get a 417 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 3: job in sports and I need to put Ramen noodles 418 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 3: on my plate, sure, But until that happens, until I 419 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 3: run out of every venue to practice the dark arts 420 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 3: of sports gas baggery, I will, I will abstain from 421 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 3: that world. 422 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 4: That would rather be a jock on the air playing 423 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 4: classical music before I stepped my foot into politics on 424 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 4: the radio. 425 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 5: I would. 426 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 4: I think I would fall asleep if I worked out 427 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 4: a politics radio station. 428 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's it's a tough racket. 429 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 3: But everything now has covered the same, to be honest 430 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 3: with everything's got to be polarizing right now. 431 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: Now people get offended. 432 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 3: Sports takes and even sports things have become political in 433 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 3: many ways. 434 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 1: It's a bizarre thing. 435 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 3: So just to put the ball on the travel log, 436 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 3: the Malard travel log from my day with Arnie. 437 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: We went by the big Lake there in. 438 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 3: Oh god, I don't remember the name of it now, 439 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 3: the Big Lake in Burlington, which I believe, No it's not, 440 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 3: but it goes all the way into Canada. Saw a 441 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 3: lot of a lot of good people. I don't know 442 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 3: if they're good people, but people from Canada Arnie said 443 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 3: that a lot of the Montreal is like an hour 444 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 3: away or hour and a half away from Burlington. And 445 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 3: Arnie's like, oh yeah, Lake Champlain, I believe is what 446 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 3: it's called right there in Burlington. And Arnie's like, oh yeah, yeah, 447 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 3: we get a lot of Canadians that come down here, 448 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 3: and true enough on Church Street filled with Canadians and 449 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 3: we were going to go to Montreal. I was like, 450 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 3: we're were this close to Montreal, why don't we go 451 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 3: to Montreal? And we realized we didn't have passports, so 452 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 3: we couldn't go, which sucks. You're not allowed to go 453 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 3: into Canada unless you have a passport, right, yes, yeah, 454 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 3: I mean years ago, before nine to eleven, you could 455 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 3: go in there with a driver's license, but now you 456 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 3: need to have a it's been twenty years, but over 457 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 3: twenty years, but you have to have passport. So we 458 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 3: were close a lot of Canadians there, a lot of 459 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 3: that really quick. 460 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 4: I was just going to say, cue the conspiracy music. 461 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 4: Lake Champlain is home to the oldest known fossil reef 462 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 4: in the world, and some think that there may still 463 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 4: be a dinosaur in the lake. It's a mysterious creature 464 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 4: called Champ, similar to the Lochness monster that many have 465 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 4: claimed to see while enjoying the lake there. 466 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 3: Yes, in fact, Artie took us by. There's a minor 467 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 3: league baseball team that used to be affiliated but then 468 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 3: Rob Manford in minor league baseball because he ruins everything. 469 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 3: And they they're called like the River Monsters or something 470 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 3: like that, or they've got some bizarre like monster name. 471 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: And we went in. That's actually a funny story. 472 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 3: So we went into the gift shop because Arnie is like, 473 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 3: buy a hat, and they had like the River Monster 474 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 3: was the logo of the team, and so I was 475 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 3: looking at the hats. We go into the store and 476 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 3: this is how this is how crazy Burlington Vermont is 477 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 3: and you appreciate this Danny living in La Here. We 478 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 3: go to the store and there's other customers in the store. 479 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 3: There was no employee in the store. No one was 480 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 3: there to like ring up the customers. 481 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: Literally we were the the. 482 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 3: Store was left open and there was no employee in 483 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 3: the store, and we're like what the you know, But 484 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 3: and then so we walked out because I was like, 485 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 3: that's free. If they're not here, it's free, you know, 486 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 3: Like I don't think that's how it works already. He 487 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 3: was kidding, of course, but I didn't get a hat. 488 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 1: I was gonna buy. 489 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 3: One of these river monsters had things, but I didn't 490 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 3: end up doing it. And so we got in the car. 491 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 3: We were driving back down to Boston. 492 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 5: She should have took it and just left a ten 493 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 5: dollars bill on the counter. 494 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was an option. 495 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 3: So we're driving back down through you know, you know, 496 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 3: the the back roads there, through the back roads. 497 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: Oh, I should have gone through Springfield. I didn't do that. 498 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: But anyway, we're driving. 499 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 3: We're driving, and we ended up driving through the capital 500 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 3: of the beautiful state of Vermont. And this was the 501 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 3: one state when I was a kid, I loved the 502 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 3: you know, when you were in elementary school and you 503 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 3: had to learn the capitals. Like your your son, little 504 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 3: baby gree in a few years is going to have 505 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 3: to learn the capital. 506 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 1: I think they still make kids learn the capitals, don't they. 507 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 5: I don't know. 508 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 3: I'm sure maybe they know they hate America so much, 509 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 3: you learn the you know, capitals of other countries. 510 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: But but whatever, who cares? 511 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 3: So som driving back and we drove by the capitol, 512 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 3: and I told uh. Now, we drove back during the day, 513 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,680 Speaker 3: but again it was still raining because the storm was 514 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 3: still hanging over that part of the country, the remnants 515 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 3: of that tropical storm or hurricane whatever it was. So 516 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 3: we're driving back down and we drive through Mont. Is 517 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 3: it mont Pelier or how do you pronounce it? I 518 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 3: don't even know how to pronounce. 519 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: The capital over the month Peeler. No, I don't think 520 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: that's it. They stole it from the French. 521 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 3: And so we drove through there and I had heard 522 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 3: it was a shithole, and I was like, wow, I 523 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 3: had really nice capitol building with a golden dome, which 524 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 3: was great, and that that was wonderful. It is the 525 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 3: smallest capital city in the United States. It is the 526 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 3: also the only US state capital without a McDonald's. This 527 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 3: is it's just like a three roads and that's it. 528 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 3: Three roads and that's it. And it would make sense 529 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 3: because again, Vermont has the greatest number of dairy cows 530 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 3: in the country and there are like five cities in 531 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 3: Vermont larger than the. 532 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: Capital of Vermona. 533 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 3: I mean, it's beautiful because you've got the the Appalachian 534 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 3: Mountain Range and there's other mountains that aren't part of that, 535 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 3: but are there as well? And uh and great, and 536 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 3: so drove through the capital, took a couple of photos, 537 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 3: got back on the road and tried to avoid dying. 538 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 3: A little easier with the sun up, however, still a 539 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 3: long drive, more cars on the road because it was 540 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 3: during the day, and uh, you know, it was a 541 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 3: bit of an issue. And uh now we we then 542 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 3: went through, uh, Dartmouth, which is a Ivy League institution. 543 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: You've heard of Dartmouth, right famous, that's in New Hampshire. 544 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 3: I went by, went by there pouring rain, stopped to 545 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 3: get something to drink, and we were like, oh, let's walk. 546 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: Around the Dartmouth campus. 547 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 3: You know how often are you at dart So we 548 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 3: start walking around and I was I was going to 549 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 3: get I wanted to get a hat. 550 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: I collect these hats. 551 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 3: Dandy and the school gift shop that has all the 552 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 3: hats is closed because it was like five thirty or 553 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 3: six or something like that, so that was closed. 554 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: Couldn't get a hat. 555 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 3: We started walking towards the campus and then it just unloaded, 556 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 3: just spit all over us. It was a total debacle, 557 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 3: And so I didn't really see much of the Dartmouth campus. 558 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 3: It looked beautiful, It looked just absolutely wonderful, but I 559 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 3: couldn't really get into it because I. 560 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: Was pouring rain. We didn't have umbrellas, didn't bring the 561 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: malleor umbrella. Bad planning by me. We have fun. We 562 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: have a fun fact, Danny, though I do have a 563 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: fun fact. 564 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 3: This. 565 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: I jotted this down. Are you ready for a fun fact? 566 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 5: And we have the whole world is ready for a 567 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,239 Speaker 5: ben mallor fun fact? All right? 568 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 3: So mentioned McDonald's the Golden Arches there McDonald's. A couple 569 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 3: of fun facts on McDonald's. Since there is no McDonald's 570 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 3: in the state capitol, the only US state capital without 571 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 3: McDonald's in Vermont, they did some math. This is the 572 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 3: last data we have is some twenty twenty one, so 573 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 3: it's a few years old. How many burgers per second? 574 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 3: How many burgers per second does McDonald sell globally as 575 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 3: of twenty twenty one? As of twenty twenty one, that 576 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 3: is the question the esteem panel can now answer. Take 577 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,479 Speaker 3: a guess, and I don't go too crazy here, because 578 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 3: again McDonald's they have locations all over the place, but 579 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 3: per second, per second, and remember they're not open most 580 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 3: locations aren't open twenty four hours a day. 581 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll say three hundred. 582 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 3: I see what you've done now is you've ruined the game. 583 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 3: We call that the Garcia. We call that, call that 584 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 3: the ady Garcia. 585 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 1: You ruined the game. 586 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 3: No, McDonald's. I thought this was impressive. They sold seventy 587 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 3: five burgers a second. Wow, eighty six thousand, four hundred 588 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 3: seconds in a day. So if you do the math 589 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 3: on that, and they have done it, I didn't do it. 590 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 3: They did it, and then I just copied it. So 591 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 3: McDonald sells six point four eight billion burgers per day. 592 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 3: And then to get the second per second, you divide 593 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 3: the six point four eight they said they were doing, 594 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 3: no math, six point four eight million into the eighty 595 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 3: six thousand, four hundred seconds, and you get seventy five 596 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 3: burgers a second. And so that that breaks down to 597 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 3: two point four billion burgers a year that they sell. 598 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: That's when they. 599 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 3: Say billions and billions of burgers on the sign. They 600 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 3: ain't kidding two point four. 601 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 4: Billion billions and billions and billions billions. 602 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 3: We're telling you billions and billions and billions. Oh. Also, 603 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 3: the first drive through the first McDonald's drive through. 604 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 5: You know where it was for military person? 605 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes. 606 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 3: The first McDonald's drive through was built in nineteen seventy five, 607 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 3: which may or may not be the year I was 608 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 3: built in Sierra Vista, Arizona. It was near a military 609 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 3: base and the only reason they did it was because 610 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 3: of the military They were not allowed to exit their 611 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 3: vehicles off post while wearing their military uniform was against 612 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 3: the rules, and so they wanted burgers, but they couldn't 613 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 3: go into the store to get to burgers. So McDonald's like, 614 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 3: all right, we'll put this drive through in and here 615 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 3: you go and the rest is his door. Re all right, 616 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 3: we'll get out on that note, no foody fund this week. 617 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 3: I mean, there were some good food stories, but do 618 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 3: we really want to hear about Cinnabon teaming up with 619 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 3: warheads or stuff like that. 620 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: I think we're good. I think with that. 621 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 3: I had to get all the Arny stories, and I 622 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 3: didn't get to all the Arni stories. 623 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: I didn't didn't get to them all. 624 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 3: But we will press on a full weekend here. This 625 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 3: is our Friday pod obviously, but we'll have a new 626 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 3: podcast on Saturday and Sunday and we'll get in I 627 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 3: plan if we if we have time tomorrow, we'll get 628 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 3: into a flash mob mal or meet and greet situation. 629 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 3: Not a full Mallo meet and greet, but a flash 630 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 3: mob Malla meet and greet. We'll get to that tomorrow. 631 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 3: Have a wonderful Friday, Danny, You've got a weird schedule 632 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 3: right this this Friday. 633 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: You're not doing your normal schedule. 634 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 3: My correcting that you're up early, but you've got you've 635 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 3: got a bunch of stuff here shortly right. 636 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 4: Well, we did finish the Dan Patrick hat trick. Okay, 637 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 4: Thursday morning was our last morning filling for DP. So 638 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 4: we're actually back for one day on the afternoon show, 639 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 4: which is later today two to four pm on the 640 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 4: West Side, and that is five to seven pm in 641 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 4: beautiful Vermont. 642 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: And that just proves I do not look at the schedule. 643 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: I do not. 644 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:54,080 Speaker 5: I do not. 645 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 3: That proves I have no idea when anyone's doing anything. Anyway, 646 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 3: have a wonderful rest of your Friday. Hey, thank you 647 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 3: for supporting the podcast. 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