WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Take That Big Tech 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:05.120 Kabooms. If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:08.719 minutes a week was enough, think again. He's the last 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:12.360 remnants of the old republic a sole fashion of fairness. 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.520 He treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:19.560 the rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow. The Clearinghouse 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:23.320 of Hot takes break free for something special. The Fifth 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:32.760 Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere. 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.160 The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller and Danny G. Radio 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:44.839 rolls on Rue Jue Who Woo the Good Train audio 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:50.080 all weekend long, no days off. No, we are not 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:53.280 practicing load management. We are not. We do not believe 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.880 in injury prevention. At any time, at any time, our 0:00:56.960 --> 0:01:00.640 vocal cords could pop from overuse. We are not saving 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.560 our voice for the postseason. We don't believe in that bullshit. 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:08.399 We are here to entertain the masses, all seven of 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:12.680 you who download the podcast religiously every week. Danny G. 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.640 It is our mission, it is our life's purpose, to 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.240 provide marginal audio content, and damn it, we're gonna do 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.200 it every week. Danny. Hey, that's seven and a half. Ben. 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:27.039 Because my mom forces her little shit su to listen 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.440 in the living room while she plays the podcast. He 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.480 counts as a half. Let me tell you something, your mom. 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:37.360 All moms are great unless they're not. But I'm a 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:42.319 fan of moms. You. I support my mother mission rest 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.160 in people. She had three dogs that listen to every 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:48.880 one of my show, earf every one of the shows 0:01:48.880 --> 0:01:51.560 I ever did. I had three extra dogs that listen, 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.200 and she told every other dog in the neighborhood about 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.840 her son's radio show. She was very proud of her 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.000 son's a little radio show. So anyway, on this edition, 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:04.120 the fifth hour, we've got one of my favorite stories, 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:11.560 the influencer, Snowball in Paradise, losing the inheritance. What you're 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:15.680 doing backscratcher. But wait, there's more. We've got Pop goes 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:19.639 the culture scientifically, and whatever we don't get to today, 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.840 we can always get to on the Sunday podcast. So 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.120 we'll try to get to as much of that as 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:28.680 we can. But we begin with this, and it's really 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:33.520 sums up my existence in social media now. There are 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:39.480 big companies that advise people who are quasi celebrities. Foe celebt, 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.240 I'm a foe selebt, I'm a real celebrit I'm a 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.040 foe selebt. And so they advise these people on how 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.000 to handle social media and how to have power and 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:48.840 things like that, and they tell you you should have 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:54.480 one name on every platform. On Instagram, on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:59.040 that's your brand. One name. I have a name for Facebook. 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.240 I have a different name for Twitter. I have a 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.679 different name for Instagram. Every one of these platforms there's 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.760 a different name. So I get this message on my 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:14.160 phone from my Instagram page and this kind of caught 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:17.960 my attention, Danny, so I said, and I clicked on it, 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:19.840 and I got I got a look. Side of my 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.880 eyes kind of puffed up a little bit, and I'm 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.240 gonna read this. I'm holding my phone. I'm gonna read 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:29.720 this verbatim, Danny. So it says, hey, there, we love 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:33.720 your profile so much and we want you to try 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:40.080 our products for free. Oh yeah, I'm in. If it's free, 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:43.480 it's for me. And then it says just message us 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:45.920 at blank and then it has the name of the 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.720 account to message and we'll send you some free samples, 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.800 and it says don't miss out. These spots are limited. 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.200 So I'm excited. I'm like, what am I gonna get? 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.360 Maybe I'll get a shirt, maybe I'll get ahead, maybe 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:03.560 I'll get a jet, you know, something pretty cool. So, Danny, 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:07.800 I'm now going to send you the link. Because I 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:09.800 clicked on the link. I was excited. I was like, 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:11.800 I'm gonna go shopping and I don't have to pay 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:16.000 for anything. So here is the link. I am now 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.280 an influencer and I can now I can now pick 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.960 out any item on this particular page and then I 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:26.680 will be able to wear said item. Uh, this is 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.559 this is very exciting. Uh, Danny, I think you'll agree 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:34.400 when you click on that there. That really sums up 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:45.120 my head. Instagram models wearing little outfits. Yeah, there's a 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:49.800 there's a bikini model over here that, there's a I 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.119 don't know what that one holding, a lot of women 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:54.880 holding purses. There's a lot to send you. That little 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.000 purple top that that girls were yeah, the crop top 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:02.159 or the yellow one. Oh man, I was so pissed. 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.240 I was like, dude, you look good in that green bra. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.320 I'm like, you know, here we are. I'm all excited. 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:12.080 I'm getting some stuff and it's like, oh my god, 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:16.720 it's it's these weird glasses and crap like that. Oh 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.359 my god, it's a little top with her boob sticking 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:24.719 out in there. It's like a bandanna design for the 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:28.120 little crop top. Yeah, that I'll look good in that, right, 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.400 that was your left arm. That'll show my girlish figure. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:35.760 So for a moment, Danny, I was an influencer for 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:40.760 a moment, For a very brief moment, I had influencer powers, 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:44.919 and I thought, man, I finally arrived. Finally I've arrived. 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:48.520 I can get some swag and I'm an ambassador for 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:52.920 this company. And then it's it's like all like female stuff. 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.520 What did it feel like being a Jenner? For just 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.240 a moment, I was excited. Man, I was like, I 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:01.080 was gonna text my wife and I was, hey, we've 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:05.359 made it. We've met the family's made it, and uh no, 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:10.520 I like it says it says inspired by today's youth, 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:16.719 unique eye wear, vintage with style. It says on this site. 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:20.760 And so how the fuck did they end up standing? 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:24.039 I know it's all probably a computer or a robot 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:25.880 or something like, but how will I end up on 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:29.840 that list? We're like, I know, we'll send this jackass 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:35.320 a link, and how does that happen. Anyway, it happened, 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:39.560 So we'll move on from that. Now, these snowball in 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:44.599 Paradise twas a winter wonderland in southern California. And this 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:46.280 is a story that has never been told. I didn't 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:48.480 talk about this on the podcast on the radio show. 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.280 I saved it for the podcast. So where the snow 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.720 meets the ocean, it never rains in La. It's not 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:59.040 supposed to snow, for God's sakes. And so let me 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.719 let me prefer this Danny by saying that it was 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:07.760 not snowing in the north Woods. And last weekend, my 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.600 plan was to have a lazy, rainy day at the 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:13.560 Mallard match. You know, one of those days. You stay home, 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.440 you wear your pajamas, you watch TV, you eat, you 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:18.400 cook food you already have, you know, go you don't 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:23.280 leave the house. That was my plan. And as the 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.560 old line goes, if you want to make God laugh, 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:31.960 tell them about your plans. So I'm sleeping at eight am. 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:39.040 The power goes out. How do I know the power 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.640 went out at eight am? So I'm sleeping. I'm not 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:47.000 awake at eight am on a Saturday. I'm sleeping. And 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:51.200 I always have white noise in the background. I have 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.720 a fan, or I have summer I have the AC 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:58.360 going the room air conditioner. Otherwise I can't sleep right, 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:01.200 I cannot sleep. I need to have some some background. 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:07.480 So I was awoken when that noise vanished at eight 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:11.720 in the morning, and I tried to go back to sleep, 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:13.520 but I knew right the power had gone out, and 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:17.280 all as I tried to get back to sleep, and 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.760 then after about thirty minutes of tossing and turning and 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:24.120 you know what am I doing, I said, Oh, screw it. 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:28.320 I got up and I went to the gym and 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:32.199 I spent like two hours on the treadmill because I 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.080 had nothing else. So then I got a text. I said, 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.840 my wife said, hey, the power company says that the 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.920 service that they're figuring out the problem is, but the 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:46.000 service will not be on until the nighttime. So it's 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.480 like at this point, it's probably ten thirty eleven in 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:52.280 the morning. And I came home and they said they 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:55.480 were sending a crew out fix the problem. So around 0:08:55.520 --> 0:09:00.480 around that time, my mother in law informed my life 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:05.480 that it was snowing on the freeway where she lives 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.120 in her neck of the woods near she lives kind 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.880 of close to my sister in law. So we made 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.920 a decision since we why would we stay at home. 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:17.880 Was cold and rainy, and the power was out. We 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.880 couldn't use the refrigerator. We couldn't you know all that. 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:25.760 So we made a decision to make a run out too. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.080 I could be Uncle Benny, right, make a day of it. 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:33.160 Getting the mallamobile, headed head to the area. The snow 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.320 was falling, which, by the way, for those of you 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:39.000 in southern California, right off the two ten freeway, it 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:46.280 was a winter wonderland kind of past Glendora, Sandemas past 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:49.960 that area, and so it was it was. And so 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.760 we got out there and my mother in law said, 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:55.200 this is where it's snowing. We get out there on 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.440 the freeway, no snow, It was raining, there was no snow, 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:03.640 So we decided to get off. I decided, oh, let's 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.040 get off the freeway. And I got off the freeway 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.920 and I turned left and I went four blocks kind 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:14.800 of towards the mountains, and boom, it was a snow utopia. 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:18.200 It was awesome. It really was a winter wonderland and 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:21.320 it felt like I was back and I'd been in 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:27.000 the snow and New York or Boston or Connecticut, you 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.640 know one of those places. It was beautiful. It was 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:33.240 snowball and paradise. There used to be a sports not 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.240 a sports anchor. Was a news anchor in La named 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:40.000 Jerry Dumpy, and he said his famous line was from 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.319 the desert to the sea to all of southern California. 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:46.240 It's a good evening, an old school newscaster. And you 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.040 could add from the surf to the slopes, right because 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:53.960 it was crazy. And and you had the photo which 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.080 I didn't take a picture of it. I hadn't posted, 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.720 but these you know, those Spanish style houses with the 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:04.000 the uh, the like kind of orange brick on the 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:07.520 on the you know what I'm talking about. Yeahs covered 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:11.360 in snow. And it was like the craziest thing covered 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.640 in snow. And so we had a brief snowball fight 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:19.280 and loved it. Wonderful time. And then we just kind 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:23.000 of mosied around, went to bass Pro shops, wandered around 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:27.680 that ginormous store, ate some donuts at that legendary donut 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:31.079 place out there, donut Man, and then I hung out. 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.760 I hung out with my niece and nephew. Awesome little 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.920 kids and the and they lived kind of in bear country, 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:43.440 and my nephew was playing the Floor's Lava. Great game, 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.920 wonderful game and nothing great when we were when I 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:50.440 was a kid, we had like the ocean, there were sharks. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.560 We pretended it was like sharks, not so much the 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:55.880 floor's lava, but it was like there was like ocean 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.480 filled with evil sharks. But I had a fun day. 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:01.360 We turned to the Mallor mansion and by the time 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.800 we got back, the power was on there. So it 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.560 was a happy, happy time. And the good news that 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:12.240 there's no losing of the inheritance, there's none. Danny, Well, 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.800 this is a snow story also that ties into yours, 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.960 because there are parts of California where maybe they've gotten 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:24.280 some snow from time to time, but not this amount 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:28.200 of snow, not where you need a snow plow just 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.800 to go to the grocery store. My dad, he's not 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.040 part of the Garadeli Empire because he got out of 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:38.000 high school. He decided to go his own direction. So 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:42.160 for years he has co owned and operated a construction 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:46.360 company and it's taken him to places like Denver, where 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:50.280 he was part of the construction crew on the Broncos 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:56.400 latest stadiums. He also built some homes in Colorado Springs 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:00.800 and then most famously built some home with his partner 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:05.079 in bass Lake, right outside of Yosemite. He stood there 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:09.280 like a prospector ben on this land in bass Lake 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.880 that's some big wig, some rich guy owned, and he's 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.480 helping to build this guy a lake home. And he 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.959 told himself, someday, I'm going to come back to bass 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.960 Lake here and build my own house. And that's what 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.079 he did. About a decade now, he's been living there 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.680 on the lake. Still works part time for the construction company, 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:32.520 just as a supervisor, you know, because he's done with 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.720 the holding the hammer himself. So I'm going to send 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:39.079 you some before and after pictures. He built himself a 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:42.120 nice little home there on the lake, all right, and 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:46.200 you'll see the pictures. The last time I visited, I 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:51.280 took some pictures of his front deck. Okay, I'm clicking 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:56.360 this here. Yeah, beautiful, beautiful, big trees and right in 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.959 the middle of the forest it feels like yeah, and 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:02.920 literally cross over the street and you are a hundred 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:06.040 feet away from Bass Lake from the water, and they've 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:09.800 gotten snow from time to time. But he has been 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:14.280 snowed in with my step mom for ten straight days now. 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:19.200 And look at the Look at how much snow has 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:24.480 fallen there. This looks like buffalo. That looks like the 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.360 That looks like a lake effect blizzard you would see 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:31.840 outside a Bill's game. It does. That's a while. It's 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.400 so bad that the neighbor to the left had their 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:39.680 roof cave in. Oh no, the neighbor to the right, 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.160 the guy was trying to light his furnace and it 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:50.680 exploded in his face. There's face burned, his hair, his face, 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:56.200 his eyebrows off. Oh my gosh, there's been no snowplow action. 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:01.000 They have been stuck there, trapped like rats. Finally they 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:03.560 have enough food, or they had enough food, or were 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.960 they prepared, or they knew that they were going to 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.280 have a bad storm for a couple of days. They 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.480 had no idea that it was going to be this bad, 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.920 that the snow was gonna come down like this and 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:19.520 collapse roofs there in their neighborhood. Everybody's been freaking out 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:23.640 there because they can't even go into town to get supplies. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:28.040 As he stands outside his house there, the snow is 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.720 coming up to his chest. Wow, that's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:35.360 So finally a couple of days ago they were able 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.760 to for a couple of hours with shovels dig their 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.320 truck out of it and they were able to at 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:44.320 least drive to the town over and they are now 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:48.560 in a hotel. All right, Well, that's do they have 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.160 an a frame like if you don't have an a 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.600 frame roof, like I was hearing that some of these 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:57.360 places in the mountains around San Berardino County, the houses 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.640 that don't have an a frame roof, as you talked 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:03.800 about that guy, the snow sits there and will collapse 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:07.960 the roof. Yeah, that you need to have that triangle 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:12.240 shaped roof or else you're screwed. You know, it's a 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:15.680 great future career. Let's he a roofer in an area 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.440 like that. You are going to be a hot demand. 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.920 You know what we should have done as a hustle though, 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:25.400 get a snowblower. He blew me off at a hotel 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:31.560 near lax How dare you and go up there? And 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:33.600 we would have made so much money? How if much 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.880 money people would have paid. There was somebody going through 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:42.360 the neighborhoods there selling gas in propane, sure, charging triple 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:46.560 the price, making a boatload of money, and he bought 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.320 some pails of gas from the guy. That was the 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:53.600 only resource he was able to get from somebody to 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:58.920 keep his generator running. Wow, price couching the American way, right, 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.600 that's what happens. It's like when there's an earthquake in 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:05.200 the hotels, all of a sudden getting a lot more expensive. Yeah, 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.960 does look like Buffalo. I'll have to tweet that out 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:12.480 at Danny G Radio. Yeah, it looks like something I've 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:16.439 seen at a tailgate outside of Bill's game, where you're like, 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:20.040 what the hell is that? I don't get it? Speaking 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:24.840 of the what what what you're doing? And I had 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:27.960 a few more stragglers. I can now say the word 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:32.280 that that have told us what they do. First, Mike 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:37.000 from Fullerton says, I was brushing my teeth and floshing flossing. 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:40.000 When you asked what people were doing at the start 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:44.840 of Saturday's pot, I mainly yell at Alexa to play 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:49.600 the fifth hour while I'm doing monotonous things on the 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:53.240 weekend like working out, shaving, et cetera. So that's from 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.359 Mike in Flerton. I didn't realize that the show would 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:58.760 play if you just ask Alexa, you just yell at 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:01.560 Alexa and then it'll play the fifth hour. That's pretty cool, dude. 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:06.680 Alexa can do anything I say, Alexa, do the splits, Hey, Alexa, 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:12.560 send me some money, Alexa, twerk, shake that moody. Come 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:18.760 on pimping, get your tims on Kevin in Kansas, he 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:22.280 writes into the very popular what You're doing segment, he says, 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:24.800 while he's listening to the Fifth Hour, he is jogging 0:18:25.000 --> 0:18:29.520 or mowing yards seasonally, say is my favorite podcast to 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.200 work too. Well. Thank you God bless you, Kevin. And 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:34.200 you've been great over the years, sending us questions pretty 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:37.840 much every week religiously. In fact, it's at the point now, Kevin, 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.159 if you don't send a question in, we feel like 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:42.840 we need to do a wellness check on you to 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.560 make sure everything's okay. We're at that We're at that 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:48.960 point in the relationship. That's where we are in the relationship, 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:55.159 and that's just just the way it is. So the backscratcher, Danny, 0:18:56.480 --> 0:18:59.160 and before we get to the backstratcher, if you would 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:01.159 like to send in if you have not yet done it, 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:04.080 and you're late to the party, send in what you're doing. 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.200 We'll still mix those in if we get some some 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:10.840 good ones, ben it. Send me an email, Real fifth 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:13.960 hour at gmail dot com, Real fifth Hour at gmail 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:16.639 dot com, all letters, no numbers, Real fifth Hour at 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.520 gmail dot com, and just put what you're doing and 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:21.400 explain what you're doing and we'll read it on there. 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:25.240 So the backscratcher, the goal is to get to four hundred, Danny. 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:27.679 The goal. We've got to get to four hundred by 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:29.720 the end of the year. That is a nominal goal. 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:33.320 You said by the summer. I said by the end 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.719 of year. You said by the summer. And these are 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:40.399 the Apple podcast reviews that Bannon's talking about. So this week, Danny, 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:47.400 did we get one, two, four? Well, no, no reviews. 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:54.359 I'm gonna say, dosts. Yeah the answer Danny boom right there. 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:59.840 Four we had four reviews. Right, this is big. Well, 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:03.080 this is cool. So this puts us over the three 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.920 eighty mark. Where three eighty one, so we only need 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:09.000 nineteen more reviews. But let's get to the nice reviews 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:13.359 right now from fellow listeners, men, women, and children. In 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:17.600 the backscratcher segment, you scratch our back, we'll scratch your back, 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:20.520 we'll give you a weekly tip of the on air light. 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:24.320 Here to the loyal supporters of the podcast on that 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:26.520 Apple podcast page. Now, why do we obsess about the 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:30.320 Apple podcast page Because we have corporate overlords that do 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:34.639 love that page for whatever reason, they think that is 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:37.399 the end all be all, And we are fighting the 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:42.159 good fight against other podcasts that have bots and and 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:45.320 pay for reviews. We don't do it. We have no 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:47.399 budget when it comes to that kind of thing. The 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:52.200 first review, though, comes from Melissa in Rocky Mount, Virginia. 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:56.160 She writes in love the show, she says, I've been 0:20:56.200 --> 0:21:00.480 authorized by Brigadier General Jason and Rocky Mount leave a 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:05.040 five star review. Thanks for keeping my husband entertained while 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:07.399 he is at work and on the weekends. I have 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:09.920 also come to love your show. I can listen when 0:21:09.960 --> 0:21:13.360 I can listen you rock Well, that's very nice. Look 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:18.320 at that. See that that right there is a wonderful 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:20.719 wife because she know she's maybe not a big fan 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:24.040 of the show, but she supports her husband and she 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:27.800 knows that the legend that is Jason and Rocky Mount 0:21:27.880 --> 0:21:30.040 Virginia has been a big supporter of the show for 0:21:30.119 --> 0:21:33.920 years and that's awesome. So and also, Melissa, thank your 0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:37.960 husband because he did send he's a hat benefactor. He 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:42.720 sent me a hat from the local Salem Red Sox team. 0:21:42.760 --> 0:21:46.960 It's in my rotation. So it's very good. Happy husband 0:21:46.960 --> 0:21:50.120 would blow jobs, happy life. That's absolutely great. Every woman 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:56.960 knows that. All right, James and Arkansas, Right City says, 0:21:57.000 --> 0:21:59.320 just trying to help you, help you to reach your 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:02.159 goal for reviews. Well, thank you, James. I have a 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:06.920 side job driving cars in between dealerships and delivering cars 0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:11.000 purchased off the dealership website. Sorry, you two had to 0:22:11.080 --> 0:22:15.159 buy in this market. The little windows stickers added by 0:22:15.200 --> 0:22:20.760 the dealership have market adjustment two to four thousand dollars 0:22:20.800 --> 0:22:25.240 above sticker. Oh man, yeah, I got stuck with that. 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:29.479 I enjoy listening driving down the highway. That's James in Arkansas. 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.680 God bless you, James. That is an interesting job. So 0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:35.280 I assume you'd drive. I would assume James, and he's 0:22:35.320 --> 0:22:37.080 not there to answer this, Danny, but I would assume this. 0:22:37.200 --> 0:22:39.439 The way this works is you'd have some kind of 0:22:39.440 --> 0:22:41.760 tow truck or something like that. You'd drop the car 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:44.000 off and then that's it. Right, You're done you'd drive 0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:46.720 back and that how that would work? Yeah, I would 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:51.680 think kind of bobbies. Next up, it says a headline, 0:22:51.720 --> 0:22:55.400 wonderful pair. This is from b nine zero two one zero. 0:22:56.840 --> 0:23:01.719 So it's just a fine wine pairs nicely with an 0:23:01.760 --> 0:23:05.639 interesting stinky cheesee, just like a fine wine pairs nicely 0:23:05.680 --> 0:23:10.000 with a interesting stinky cheese. That's a funny Danny G 0:23:10.200 --> 0:23:13.159 pairs nicely with Ben Maller, and the fifth Hour pairs 0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:16.760 nicely with the Ben Mallers Show. So glad the two 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:20.400 of you put forth the extra time to make weekend 0:23:20.440 --> 0:23:24.840 content that makes me tuned into Fox Sports Radio and 0:23:25.000 --> 0:23:29.359 not have to seek out another station. Never disappointed, Love it, 0:23:29.560 --> 0:23:33.520 Keep it up. That's from the nine O two one 0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:36.800 oh no name. Just that's what it said last one 0:23:36.880 --> 0:23:40.520 on the backscratcher. These are actual reviews by actual listeners 0:23:40.520 --> 0:23:42.560 on the Apple podcast page. And if you like this 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:44.800 and you want to be part of it next week, Boom, 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.520 you can be part of it. Cliff in Nashville, he's 0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:51.640 a regular supporter of our content. Cliff in Nashville says 0:23:51.680 --> 0:23:55.919 this podcast is great for your mind and body. He 0:23:55.960 --> 0:24:00.760 says walking for exercise is better with Ben Long walks 0:24:00.800 --> 0:24:04.600 are boring. That is true. That is kind of boring. 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:08.520 So he says, I planned them around this podcast. So 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:13.320 entertaining with witty Ben and Danny g always interesting to 0:24:13.440 --> 0:24:17.480 hear the adventures and experiences these two have never born 0:24:18.600 --> 0:24:23.639 from Cliff in Nashville. So thank you, Cliff. I appreciate that, 0:24:23.680 --> 0:24:25.959 and Danny you do too, Right, this is great Apple 0:24:26.000 --> 0:24:29.480 podcast page help us out. Yeah, thank you to all 0:24:29.520 --> 0:24:32.400 four of you. That's really nice to take some time 0:24:32.440 --> 0:24:35.639 out of your day to make those reviews. Yeah, we 0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:39.240 do appreciate it. And we're not kidding. Some people think 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:43.679 we're kidding. I trust I promise you we are not kidding. No, 0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:47.480 we are bean counters at the company that sift through 0:24:47.520 --> 0:24:51.440 all the reviews. Yeah, and this is a product of iHeartMedia. 0:24:51.440 --> 0:24:54.439 And as you know, Danny, they love their podcast like 0:24:54.480 --> 0:24:56.959 they are. I don't want to speak for the company, 0:24:56.960 --> 0:24:58.800 but I feel like they're more into the podcast stuff 0:24:58.800 --> 0:25:00.960