WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Names That'll Live Forever 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:01.440 Kabbooms. 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:05.360 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:09.200 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.480 treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.440 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to the clearinghouse 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.200 of hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:28.440 Hour with Ben Mahller starts right now. 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.360 In the air everywhere. 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:37.040 The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Mahler and Danny g Radio, 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:39.800 who will be producing this podcast. He'll join me later 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:44.040 in the weekend when I don't know, probably tomorrow, probably tomorrow. 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:44.760 But here we are. 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:46.239 We've made it to the end of the week. It 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.800 is the seventh day of March, a big day for me. 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.760 We usually begin these podcasts reacting to the dope holidays 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:58.880 that they have every day, and today is National Ben Day, 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.800 a day all about Ben. 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:07.759 You have got to be kidding me, How great is that? Yeah? 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:11.800 What a dumb holiday? Anyway, I do have some fun 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.840 facts about the name Ben. It's not a popular name. 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.280 It was never a popular name in my lifetime. 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:18.800 Ben. 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:21.240 Back in the I guess in the eighteen eighties, way 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.520 before we were around, it was it was one of 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:28.760 the ten most popular names in the United States. But 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:33.319 as of the last survey of names available a couple 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:37.399 of years back, the name Ben was ranked seven hundred 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:41.800 and seventieth, so that that's not good. But outside of 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:48.200 America it's it's popular in Germany, of all places, the 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:52.000 name Ben ranked in the top thirty five. Also very 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:55.800 popular in Ireland. About that Germany was in a seventh place. 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:59.560 Ireland it was in like thirty second place. And so 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:04.600 the name Ben, which the most famous band the founding father, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:08.040 one of the founding fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:12.959 the first Postmaster General in the US back in seventeen 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:17.240 seventy five. Now, there were some other things that stood 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.440 out that I would like to share with the class 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:25.240 because it's kind of amusing. Today is National be Heard Day, 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:30.080 and it's National Day of Unplugging, So you have a 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:32.760 day to be heard and a day to not pay 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:39.480 attention to anybody. That's the same day, which is wonderful. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.480 Now I'm told National be Heard Day is a chance 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:48.400 for small business owners to have their voices heard. So 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:52.040 you're supposed to encourage people that work in small businesses 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:54.960 to stand up for themselves and be heard and all 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:58.120 that and fight against the big companies. But then you 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:02.040 have National Day of Unplugging, which should be on the weekends. 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.160 It should not be on a Friday. You can say 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:05.279 the weekend begins. 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:11.720 Today because it is Friday, the National Unplugging Day. It 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:16.280 became a global day just a couple of years ago, 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.240 so it's one of these for gazzy holidays that hasn't 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:19.880 been around that long. 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:20.160 Now. 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:25.360 This weekend, I believe on Saturday, in the Sunday early 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:30.919 in the morning, it is the daylight saving time jump. 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:36.520 You gotta spring forward, and that'll be on Sunday in 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:40.360 the wee hours of the morning, and that the early 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.080 sunsets the end of winter and early sunsets, and that 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.480 means the sun will be out a little bit later. 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:49.000 Now. I have been reading a lot of. 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.160 Things that one of the things that the Trump administration 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:53.839 is considering doing here. 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:55.360 I thought this was took an Act. 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.920 Of Congress, but apparently the president can sway Congress is 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:03.440 to decide whether or not they're going to just stick 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:04.800 to one time, which I'm all for. 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.480 And this was actually something my dad. 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.320 Was a big advocate of and there were a couple 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.200 of points before my dad checked out, where it looked 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:18.320 like this was going to happen, and it never actually 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:21.200 took place. But it seems like Trump's only gonna be 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.160 president for a few more years and then he's done, 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.560 and so he's trying to pack everything in he can. 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:28.800 And Elon Musk. 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:30.960 Was he the first Buddy or something, I don't know, 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.120 whatever they're calling him, whatever dopey name they gave him, 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.400 But he was running a survey over on X and 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.760 trying to get people to decide whether they wanted the 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:45.360 permanent clock to go if Daylight Saving US time changed, 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.839 if it was canceled. Do you want an hour earlier 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:53.559 an hour later of sunlight? And I don't know why 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.799 you would want an hour earlier of sunlight. Most people 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.680 would rather go out and do stuff after work and 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.560 have the sun up a little bit later. I would think, right, 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.280 it's common sense. But I wouldn't care either way as 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.360 long as you don't change it. And I used to 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.600 do the weekend overnight show in my early days at 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:16.920 Fox Sports Radio, and when we went back, I remember 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:20.159 one year I was doing like a five hour live 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:24.200 show on the weekends overnight, and so that five hour 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:28.039 live show went to six hours, and then on the 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.480 flip side when we lost an hour, and then it 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:34.880 was obviously down the other direction. But I recall spending 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:39.960 a couple of years actually doing like six hours, which 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:43.040 was a lot by yourself, and then when I ended 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.560 up doing a weekend show with Looney Tunes, we did 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.359 like six seven hours pretty much every Sunday on the Blitz. 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.560 It was an all day into the night type situation 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.479 back then. Now on this edition of The Fifth Hour, 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.839 we have the return of the phrase of the Week 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.800 and we're going to start though with the postgame cover. 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.200 So now I know the Bennys were back at the 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:07.280 beginning of the week, back on Sunday night in the 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.400 Monday early Monday morning. 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.160 And I don't want to do old broadcasting. 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.320 I did want to go over some of the numbers 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:17.720 now that we've had some days to let everything settle 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:21.799 in and process the Benny Awards, and so I wanted 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.400 to hold your hand and walk you through this and 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:25.760 kind of go over everything again. 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:27.080 If you miss the Benny Awards. 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.640 It's one of the most downloaded podcasts that we have 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:35.760 every year, and certainly this quarter of the year. We 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:40.000 have the Benny Awards, which took place back on Monday, 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.560 and then the big event of the next quarter of 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:47.320 the year, which goes into the summer, is the Malard Palooza, 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.279 which will be taking place sometime around Major League Baseball 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.520 it's all Star break. So I want to spend a 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.880 couple of good minutes here going over the Benny Awards, 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.920 and I'll give you who finished in first, second, and third, 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:04.880 third place in all of the various categories. I don't 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.280 think I'm going to give who finished in last because 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.080 it doesn't really I don't want to pick on people 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:10.239 for finishing in last place. 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.520 But great voter turnout, very passionate. 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:17.120 I did get the normal emails from people saying, oh, 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.200 you know, I really like your show. It's not fair 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.440 I should have won, or people upset they didn't get nominated. 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.200 Even I didn't get as many messages from people who 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.960 lost as I have in the past, but I got 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:31.760 this similar amount of people complaining it's not fair and 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:35.160 I should have been nominated. They give me the whole resume, 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.000 and I understand you're a fan of the show and 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.320 you want to be recognized. I get it, but we 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.080 can't recognize everyone otherwise, what's the point, you know, I 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:47.160 don't give out participation trophies and all that, so ixnay 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.200 on the message A and I think some of you 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:53.680 just did this to troll me. I'm convinced that there's 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.720 a certain percentage of you idiots that were just setting 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.040 me messages because you just wanted to bust my balls, 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:05.640 which fine, mission accomplished. Pat yourself on the back, congratulations, 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.440 A way to go, so again, I'll work you through 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:12.040 this year and the Benny Awards. Back on Monday, we 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:13.920 had the Rookie Caller of the Year. Now, as you 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:18.120 might remember, Mike the Leprechaun from Boston won and he 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:22.360 won by a pretty wide margin. Finishing in second place 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:27.680 was our friend Kelly in des Moines formerly in Nashville. 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:32.560 Kelly and Shane in des Moines are a couple. They're 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.720 going to be getting married at some point here. And 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.760 Kelly's got a bun in the oven, so they've got that. 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:40.440 Working for him. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.559 And in third place, I thought he would have done 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.439 better than this because of the name Danny DeVito. So 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:50.520 Danny DeVito finished in third place in Rookie Caller of 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.199 the Year. So those are the top three the game 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:57.680 show contested of the year, and this was the Secretariat, 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:04.680 a domination situation for our guy, Manuel and Guardina, who 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:10.040 got the largest margin of vote in any category. For 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:15.200 Game Show Contestant of the Year, he won going away. 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.920 Kelly and the Moine finished second. So that's two runner 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.839 ups in two categories. On the Bennies for Kelly in 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.040 the Moines, she was in second place and in third 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:30.560 place was Chris in Boston, and Chris and Boston did split. 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:35.240 He did split the vote with Chris in Massachusetts, Chris 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.440 and the Commonwealth, And if you would combine those votes, 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:40.480 they would not have won, but. 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.080 They would have finished ahead of Kelly in the Moine. 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:47.360 But if ifs and butts were candy and nuts, everyone 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:48.160 would win to Betty. 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:49.240 But that's not the way it works. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:53.959 The next category, Lame Jokes Contributor of the Year, another 0:09:54.720 --> 0:10:00.360 domination situation not as pronounced as Manuel and Guardian, but 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:06.280 Surfer Todd, the Comedian, a fan favorite. Surfer Todd did 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:10.679 it again quite the character there as he ran away 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:15.200 with the voting, finishing in second place. Kurt from Earth 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:20.600 finished in second, and Chip in Maine was in third place. 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:24.280 So congratulations to all of the joke writers. 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:26.679 I know some of you guys were upset that you 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:27.559 didn't get nominated. 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.120 We have a lot of joke writers, George and Uvaldi 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:34.760 for example, who did not get nominated, a regular joke writer, 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:39.520 several others who have been with me a long time 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:44.080 and unfortunately did not get the nomination. But that's the 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:49.440 top three in that category. Game Lame Joe Contributor of 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.640 the Year. The next category up is the ask Ben 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.160 Questions hashtag asked Bean. 0:10:58.040 --> 0:10:59.560 And the top three in this category. 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:04.360 That's very close category the Asked Ben Questions and Alf 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:06.080 the Alien. 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:06.640 Ol piner one. 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:13.120 He won by eleven votes over his nemesis, Ferg Dog 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:17.600 from Fullerton the Winter Wonderland of Fullerton, so Alf won 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:21.240 by eleven votes. Ferg Doog was in second, and then 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:26.720 just behind Ferg Doog was Late Night Drug Tester. So 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:29.000 those are the top three in the ass Ben category. 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:36.000 The top crew fill In which was very very competitive, 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:42.880 and we had Milkman Mike, first ever non employee to 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:46.319 win Crew fill in Milkman Mike as fake weed Man. 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:52.040 He ended up winning the vote. In second place was. 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:57.520 The No Show Brian no so Brian no fills in 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:03.959 for me when I'm inappropriate away from my post. Brian 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.480 Noah was in second place, and then in third we 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:12.280 have Bernie Fratto Bernie Weekend at Bernie's, who just edged 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:17.200 out Brie very close, just a few votes. So that's 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.800 a pretty big surprise of the breed doing very well 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.880 considering she only filled in a few times and Bernie 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:29.040 and obviously Brian filled in more than anybody when I 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:29.440 was away. 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.200 We're recapping the twenty twenty five Benny's the. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:37.760 Top three drop of the year, and I ended up 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.680 winning with give Me a Little Taste of That d 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:47.559 and that was not very close. A second place was Loraina, 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:50.880 the first runner up for Drop of the Year with 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:56.320 the pickle SoundBite, and in third place and should have 0:12:56.400 --> 0:13:03.480 won the benny Hollering James, who not only not only 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.240 as an epic snorre, but he proved that he can 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:11.000 test the boundaries of the human body as he snored 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.480 and farted at the same time on the air. And 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:19.880 how that does not win a benny. I would like 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:21.840 to have a word with the electorate, like, how do 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:25.560 you not give that benny for Drop of the Year? 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:30.160 To Hollering James, So but didn't happen anyway, I won it. 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:36.000 Loreno was second, and Hollering James finished a distant third 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:42.120 for that particular Benny Award. As the crow flies as 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.600 they say, whoever they are. From drop of the year, 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:49.320 we go to the blind Caller of the Year, the 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.959 blind Caller of the Year, and this category went to 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:57.480 blind Scott who dominated. Blind Scott has been over the 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:05.079 top and very aggressive on our show. Now Blind Scott 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:09.560 one got forty four percent of the popular vote in 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:13.280 second place. It was a distant second place, but Inca 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:17.480 Terror pretty impressive considering Inca doesn't call the show very much, 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.480 but he was part of the Mallard Palooza, has been 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.320 part of that off and on for a number of years. 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.720 And in third place another guy that doesn't really call 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:29.160 the show that much anymore, Emmett, the blind Seahawk Fan. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:34.479 So that was the top three in the blind community 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:40.040 and Emmett finishing in third, edging out who did he 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.880 j he had that legally blind Christopher and also Stevie 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:50.320 Meatball's intentional caller or intentional Hello. International Caller of the 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.800 Year said the guy with the microphone it's early. 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.440 What do you want? International Caller of the Year. 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:01.720 Very competitive category in in fact, the difference between first 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:06.200 place and second place was four votes, even closer than 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:10.720 the Caller of the Year, and congratulations to Ozzie was 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:15.600 as he ended up winning at Ozzie was in Western Australia. 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.240 He's the guy that bought the satellite hookup from Elon 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:23.320 Musk so he could support the show. And Ozzie wise 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:27.640 ended up winning by four votes over Ozzie momentum. It's 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:31.960 all Ozzie all the time, but Ozzie was over Ozzie momentum. 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:37.320 Finishing in third place was in a surprise Otto Bon 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:44.360 Butch finished barely ahead of Terry in England and the 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.440 difference between those two was also four votes, so very 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:52.840 close voting for International Caller of the Year. And now 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:56.000 the gentleman who finished in third Autobon Butch is not 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.880 eligible now he moved back to the States, so he 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.920 will no longer be eligib for International Caller of the Year. 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.000 The Intoxicated Caller of the Year. 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:07.200 A domination also that went to Jed who fled who 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:09.760 won you might remember we talked about that, but in 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:16.760 second place, very impressive from Lost Wages, Nevada. Mouthwash Mike, 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.240 Mouthwash Mike is a big fan. He's from the Midwest. 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:22.560 He's lived on the streets of Vegas for a while. 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:24.720 Every radio show needs a lot of good homeless guys 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:27.240 calling the show, so Mouthwash Mike lives on the streets 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:27.800 in Vegas. 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.080 He came to the mallor meet and greet, and I 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:32.840 don't need to get. 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.360 Into the Story's kind of obvious why he drinks mouthwash. 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.320 And he's the guy that swims in the fountains at 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.560 the Blagio. But he didn't call that much and he 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:44.480 ended up finishing in second place over Keg Drinking Steve, 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:52.840 the delusional over the top Canza City Chiefs fan Keg 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:58.840 Drinking Steve, who finished in third place. The female caller 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:04.480 of the another domination. Congratulations to all of the women. 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:08.920 Now this is a category. If you're trying to sneak in, 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.479 you're trying to sneak in and win a Beny Award, 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.800 this is the category for you because there's not that 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:18.000 much competition. 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:19.879 But those that do take part. 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.600 The women that do take part very good callers, and 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:24.560 they love the show and they support the show and 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:28.919 congratulations to Andrea again the Astrology Ladies, she finished in 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:33.560 first place. She got over forty percent of the popular 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:38.680 vote in second place, and that's her third second place. 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.800 She's like the bride'smaid, which is ironic. She's getting married, 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:45.159 but she's the bridesmaid. For the Beny Awards. Kelly and 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:49.720 des Moines finished in second place, followed by Tammy in Montana, 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.840 which is also very impressive that Tammy and Montana finished 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:57.359 in third place considering the fact that Tammy rarely calls 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.359 the show. She loves the show and she's still listens 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.200 to the show, but she's unable to call the show 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.680 much because of her her work situation. 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:08.440 But she finished in third place. The Beer Drinking. 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:14.560 Brian Worst Caller of the Year, the worst caller of 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:21.160 the Year, and this category again very competitive category. Why 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.640 wouldn't it be and we have a lot of worst callers. 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:28.040 We don't have that many good callers. So the category 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.320 named after beer drinking Brian, who passed away a few 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.720 years back with half Pint, one of the great characters 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:35.200 in the history of the Ben Mallor Show. 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:37.359 And we do miss beer drinking Brian. 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:40.520 He loved the show so much he could not stop drinking, 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:44.760 and it unfortunately did him in the winner though of 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:49.879 this category and back to back championships for Poppy in 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:54.560 San Diego, who continues to be the biggest winner in 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:57.800 the history of San Diego Sports. I don't know about sports 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:01.560 in general, but at least sports radio Poppy in San Diego, 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:07.840 who got thirty six percent of the vote in a 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:13.920 ridiculously competitive category. And Poppy ended up getting thirty six 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.840 percent of the vote now finishing in second place, was 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:22.160 hollering James, So congratulations, hollering James, you're the first runner up. 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:26.080 And what that means if somehow Poppy becomes a good caller, 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:30.720 then we have to bump up. Bump it up. Now, 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:36.520 bump it up. We will have to bump up, hollering James. So, James, 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:41.800 you should be hoping that Poppy in San Diego becomes 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:45.080 a good caller, because then you become the new beer 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:50.200 drinking Brian worst caller of the year. And in third 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:53.800 place Mike the Leprechaun. So, Mike, you got some work 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:58.440 to do. Good luck. That is a surprise that Mike 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:03.280 the Leprechaun finished ahead head of Gunner in Minnesota and 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:09.159 also Jerome and Charleston, but particularly Gunner in Minnesota because 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:14.280 his calls he's like a young poppy Gunner from the 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:19.440 break room at the Walmart and he's on that same trajectory, 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:21.200 if you know what I'm saying. 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:25.400 All right, the final, Final, Final, Final. 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.800 Category to break down for you on our postgame coverage 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:32.879 made possible by Nobody the twenty twenty five Genie in 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:38.040 Medford Haller of the Year. Before I get into this, 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:40.560 I did want to take care of some business. I 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:45.280 mentioned on the radio show that there's a park. I 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:47.280 mentioned this every so often, there's a park in LA. 0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:50.960 It actually came up from Lorena and she mentioned there's 0:20:51.000 --> 0:20:55.240 a Swan boat park. It's near Dodger Stadium in LA. 0:20:55.920 --> 0:21:00.239 And I had mentioned that there's a plaque that is 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:04.439 dedicated to Genie in Medford. And I got an email 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.520 from a guy who says I wasn't listening. I've heard 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:09.240 you talk about Genie and Medfor'm a fan of the 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:13.200 show and be in LA for work in the month 0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:16.480 of April next month, and I wanted to know what 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:19.720 this was all about. And so I wrote back and 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:21.200 I explained to the guy, and then I got another 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:23.720 email from somebody who lives in LA who wanted to 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:26.560 go check out check out the sign and as I 0:21:26.640 --> 0:21:28.760 was flattered and stuff, So I'll just throw it out here. 0:21:29.880 --> 0:21:32.320 A couple of years back, been a minute, Genie and 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:35.480 Medford passed away. She was a beloved caller on the show. 0:21:35.560 --> 0:21:38.560 People could not get enough of Genie in Medford. She 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:42.600 was such a character and beloved right, and she was 0:21:42.600 --> 0:21:44.280 pretty sick and she didn't call for a while at 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:46.439 the end, and when she passed away, you know, we 0:21:46.520 --> 0:21:48.920 mentioned the passing of people. We try to help them 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:52.760 out their families and whatnot. But Jeanie was such a 0:21:52.800 --> 0:21:57.600 beloved caller to the show and she lived a very 0:21:57.640 --> 0:21:59.720 lonely life. She had kids, but they didn't really talk 0:21:59.760 --> 0:22:01.520 to her that much, and she was kind of on 0:22:01.560 --> 0:22:04.600 her own. And it was a sad story, right. It 0:22:04.680 --> 0:22:07.000 was a sad story that happens to a lot of people. 0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:09.080 It's not just her. But she was a friend of 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:11.840 ours and one of the reasons she kept calling the 0:22:11.840 --> 0:22:15.720 shows because she didn't have any friends. And so we 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:19.800 embraced Genie and Medford, and when she passed away, we 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:21.840 were overwhelmed. We were just trying to get some money 0:22:21.880 --> 0:22:25.240 to pay for her funeral expenses and whatnot. 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:29.600 And we had so much love for Genie. 0:22:29.640 --> 0:22:33.399 People that never call the show, people that never send 0:22:33.440 --> 0:22:36.040 messages into the show, and they're like, oh, you know Genie, really, 0:22:36.280 --> 0:22:38.280 you know, cheered up my day and all the stuff. 0:22:38.560 --> 0:22:41.399 And it's the power of the spoken word, the power 0:22:41.640 --> 0:22:44.280 of the late night You never know who's listening. These 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:47.600 are people that likely will never interact with the show ever. 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:50.240 They're just listen and they're driving to work or driving 0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:53.720 home from work, and that's it. So we had extra money, 0:22:54.560 --> 0:22:57.359 and so we thought we wanted you know, I forget 0:22:57.400 --> 0:22:59.800 who's I mean it was Tammy and Montana. So some 0:23:00.200 --> 0:23:04.479 came up with the idea and like, let's do something 0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:09.600 to remember Genie because she wasn't being buried in a cemetery. 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:10.720 It was one of those deals. 0:23:10.720 --> 0:23:14.879 And so who visits cemeteries, right, Most people don't. But 0:23:15.040 --> 0:23:16.360 one day of the year, the day of the Dad, 0:23:16.480 --> 0:23:18.080 you might go and do that. But other than that, no, 0:23:19.040 --> 0:23:21.800 So this is at the Swan Boat Park. It's it's 0:23:21.920 --> 0:23:25.080 near Dodger Stadium, right near the one oh one freeway 0:23:26.119 --> 0:23:31.480 in La I actually go by there every time I 0:23:31.640 --> 0:23:32.320 drive into the. 0:23:32.240 --> 0:23:33.399 Fox Sports radio studios. 0:23:33.400 --> 0:23:35.440 I have to drive by that on the one oh one, 0:23:36.119 --> 0:23:38.840 so I'm driving by that a few days a week 0:23:39.920 --> 0:23:42.119 on my way into the studio, and I've not been 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:46.520 there in a while. I was there originally around COVID time. 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:50.880 I'm a doctor, and it was it was bad. 0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:52.920 I mean, there were homeless people everywhere. I thought the 0:23:52.920 --> 0:23:54.800 thing would be ripped off and gone. And then we 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:58.400 went back, maybe two years ago, we stopped by and 0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:00.760 it was still there and it was all awesome. And 0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:04.679 so that is why we named the caller of the 0:24:04.720 --> 0:24:09.480 Year after Jeanie and Medford just a wonderful, wonderful caller 0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:12.600 to talk radio. Now, as for the meat of the matter, 0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:18.480