1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: Kabooms. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to the Clearinghouse 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: of hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: Mahler and Danny g Radio A Happy Saturday, College football 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: Saturday today, the eleventh day of October. Danny, and there's 12 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: a baseball game today. How about that game last night, 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: the Holy Canoly. 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 3: You mean the one that ended ten minutes ago. 15 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I thought, well, you know, Friday night. 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: I love elimination games. I'm a loser, Danny. I spent 17 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: my Friday night. I thought the game would last two 18 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:08,199 Speaker 1: and a half hours. That thing lasted five hours, five 19 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: hours before Jorge Polanco delivered the dagger for the Mariners. 20 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 4: Let's put it this way, Benny. I did the CNR podcast, 21 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 4: I did their Best of the Week podcast. I cut 22 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 4: up clips for sponsors, sent emails left the network, sat 23 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 4: in traffic for an hour, got home, had dinner, baby, 24 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 4: sat CoA for two hours, and the game was still going. 25 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, no, no. I was like, okay, so that 26 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: is Friday. The game starts on the West Coast at 27 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: five o'clock or five oh eight or whatever. This thing 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: will be over by seven thirty, LA time, no problem. 29 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: The thing ended after ten o'clock. It was like one 30 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: in the you know, I think it was after ten o'clock. 31 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: It was ridiculous. But the Mariners congratulations to what Robbie 32 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: the Mariner fan JJ and written crying Craig no denis 33 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: the long suffering Mariner apologist, all all you guys, as 34 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: the Mariners have advanced to the American League Championship Series. 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: The winner take all Game five, and uh the the 36 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: line from John Sterling that's been on this podcast. That's baseball, Susan. 37 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: The Tigers lose both games started by clearing away the 38 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: top pitcher in the American League, Schooble, and they both 39 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: games he started, they end up losing, and they lose 40 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: the series. So it's bananas. I did have a developing take, 41 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: which it's no one's gonna remember it because the Mariners 42 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: won the game. It was the I think it was 43 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: the what ending? Was it the sixth inning? George Kirby 44 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: had thrown five shutout innings for the Mariners. To me, 45 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: this was peak modern baseball stupidity, and I jotted it down. 46 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: I wrote a little note because I knew I'd be 47 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: talking about this game, and this game will be old 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: by the time the radio show comes back around, right, 49 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: So I was like, maybe I'll mention this on the podcast. 50 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: But it bothered me so much, and it's like it's 51 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: one of those things. Since Seattle won, It's like, who cares. 52 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: But you've got George Kirby who was dealing and I 53 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: don't even think he's that good, but he was dealing bullets, 54 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: mowing guys down in this winner take all game. And 55 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: Dan Wilson looks at his iPad and goes, well, you know, 56 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: it's third time through the order penalty. The chart says, 57 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: take him out of the game. You can't make this 58 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: stuff up. And this is the religion of analytics at 59 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: its dumble. 60 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 4: H Oh, yeah, you mean, like how glass now was 61 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 4: dealing and he got pulled and good thing that worked 62 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 4: out for the Dodgers. 63 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 3: But had it not, we'd be talking about that still. 64 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, well then they claimed he had a cramp, which, 65 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: as I said, there's some jokes we used to make 66 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: on the radio. We don't make anymore about cramps. 67 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 3: But he Nolan Ryan is laughing to himself right now. 68 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: But this guy Danny threw, he was throwing a jam. 69 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,119 Speaker 1: I was like he was matching. 70 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 3: Now. 71 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: He wasn't striking out as many as a schoogle, but 72 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: he was getting the outs. In fact, he had the 73 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: lead at that point, sixty six pitches, no runs, and 74 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: they handed the ball the Mariners to Gabe Speier, who 75 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: had a five point four ERA in the postseason and 76 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: who exactly baseball malpractice. Of course, Carry Carpenter hit a 77 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: home run. He went to Poundtown and hit a two 78 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: run bomb. Boom goes the dynamite off the reliever. You know, 79 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: Seattle won the game. So it's like it's only one 80 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: of those things that'll be something I remember about this. 81 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 1: But you're right, Nolan Ryan, You're absolutely right. Laugh Randy Johns, 82 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: even Randy Johnson would laugh at that. 83 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: And the like you pussy's do you think I didn't 84 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 4: have any ramps when I was on my one hundred 85 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 4: and twenty fifth pitch. 86 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: Oh, the one hundred pitch thing drives me nuts. And 87 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: I guess every day on this podcast because yesterday I 88 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: was ripping the Philadelphia Phillies on the podcast. I was 89 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: mocking the analytics, right, because the analytics would tell you 90 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: the dog should not have won that game because the Phillies. 91 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: All the Dodgers did was put the ball in play. 92 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: It was the funniest thing that the game game was 93 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: a game four Dodgers and Phillies. When Andy pie is 94 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: he hit a little two hopper that went about thirty 95 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: five forty feet and he's doing the postgame interview on 96 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: Turner like he was a hero of the game. Because 97 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: this is the problem. You put the ball in play, 98 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: you make people make plays. That's another one of these things, 99 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: the cult of baseball, modern baseball. They don't believe in that, 100 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: and they don't you know, you're not allowing people to 101 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: test the limits like all that stuff. Just pot listen, Sea, 102 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: I don't one. Congratulations and so we are set. 103 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 3: Up another five today. 104 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: That's right. Well, yeah, we'll be definitely watching that with 105 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: baited breath from Milwaukee as the Brew Crew and the 106 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: Cubbies will decide who gets to play the Dodgers, so 107 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: we're we're guaranteed to have a well if the Dodgers 108 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: get there, we'll definitely have a World Series with someone 109 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: they've ever played before. The Mariners have never been to 110 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: the World Series, and as far as the Dodgers have 111 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: played the Brewers and Cubs, I feel like they've played 112 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: them a lot in the playoffs. 113 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 4: That would be a West Coast World Series and the 114 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 4: Dodgers would have home field. 115 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: Oh with Seattle? 116 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 3: Is that yeah? 117 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: Would they really? Okay? 118 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 3: I think so? Yeah. 119 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: I don't know the overall records the matchup though, the 120 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: Brewers and the Cubs. I don't believe either team has 121 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: listed a starting pitcher. And it's the morning of the game, 122 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: which seems problematic. The Brewers are a slight favorite in 123 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: that game tonight, so that's what's up in the winner, 124 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 1: we'll take on the the Doyers, you get the Mariners 125 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: and the Blue Jays. Game Game one of that series 126 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: will be tomorrow, So quick turnaround for the Mariners. 127 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 3: And Mariners won ninety games. Dodgers won ninety three games. 128 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: Oh wow, Okay, so they would have they would have 129 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: home field, and they would have if the Cubs win, 130 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: would the Dodgers have home field? They would have home 131 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: fielder with Cubs, I would assume, right, is that. 132 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 3: Over the Cubs? But not Yeah, but not the Brewers. 133 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, not the Brewers. I don't think it matters, like 134 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's not. There's not like a moat around 135 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: the field with alligators if you go to the warning 136 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: track and all that stuff. So I wanted to begin 137 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: though on this podcast. We've got the island life heat 138 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: lamps and lunch with the plastics, but I want to 139 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: begin with this. So I used this term a lot, 140 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: and I've had some people reach out to me says, 141 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't understand what is that? What does that mean? 142 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: An island game? An island game? Now you're the listener. 143 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if you know, Danny, you know what 144 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: an island games, but maybe the listeners does not know. 145 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: So it's the one NFL game on the schedule. Now, 146 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: this was a The game last night between the Tigers 147 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: and the Mariners was an island game. It was a 148 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: standalone game. But the island game is mostly a football term. 149 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: And early if you watch football on Sunday, normally the 150 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: early window, you have the late window. But when it's 151 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: an island game, there's no there's no competition, there's. 152 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 3: No red zone. 153 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: There's one game, one stage, one reason. You know you're 154 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: texting your friends about that one game. That's it. That's it. 155 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: It's the island, not a palm tree, not my tie. 156 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: There's no hammock anywhere, and that's it. Like Monday night 157 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: football originated the island life, it became an event. It 158 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: was Howard Cosell in your living room telling you what 159 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: you already knew, but had very good dictation and was 160 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: the grown up in the room. It was the soundtrack 161 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: back in those days, like massive ratings felt important and 162 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: all that, and and the NFL over the years they said, 163 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: well why stop at Monday. So they did Thursday, and 164 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: they do Sunday night, even the technically the London game. 165 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: There's a lot of these now and if you're on 166 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: the West coast, that is six in the morning they 167 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: kick off the London game and so you can enjoy 168 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: that while you're eating a stale bagel or whatever. But 169 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: the NFL does not miss an opportunity to remind you 170 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: that they run the show. They run the counter. There's 171 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: something different about these island games and I in the 172 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: gambling world. It's kind of more of a gambling thing 173 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: than anything, but you certainly feel it. You can tell 174 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: it's bigger when even when it is it it's the 175 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: only show in town. Like we had Jacksonville and Kansas City. 176 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: Nobody gets up for Jacksonville. But that was the last 177 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: Monday night game. It was an island game. Is everyone's watching. 178 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: Everything is micro analyzed an island game. Every throw, every punt, 179 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: every bad time out feels louder like for example, the 180 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: end of that last Monday night game between Kansas City 181 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: and Jacksonville, you had Trevor Lawrence fall down, get up, 182 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: look around in shock. No one was there and walking 183 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: to the end zone because Chris Jones decided he didn't 184 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: want to hustle on the play. 185 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 3: He actually fell twice. 186 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, felt but Chris Jones standing there watching like 187 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: he was one of the camera people were security butt. Yeah, 188 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: that was That was great and so u as in 189 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 1: football we love it and all that. It's it's great, 190 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: but the party, party of one, party of one, and 191 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: when you're watching on Sunday in the early window at 192 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: one o'clock Eastern or even four o'clock. There's there's usually 193 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: a few other games at four o'clock Eastern, but there's noise, 194 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: there's other games, there's distractions. You might miss a play. 195 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: You know, you're flipping around. I'm watching two or three well, 196 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: in the early window, I'm usually watching three or four games. 197 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: The late window, I'm flipping around to all three games. 198 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: But an island game, an island game, every mistake under 199 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: the microscope right becomes a headline. You blow a coverage 200 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: on Monday night, they're replaying it as we were just 201 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: laid out here. If you don't hustle playing it for 202 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: days to come. And if you're a quarterback at one 203 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: o'clock in the afternoon and you throw a terrible interception, 204 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: it's not being dissected like a frog in a lab. 205 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: It's not. And again, the Gambers kind of figure this 206 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: stuff out first. This is their playground. You can pretend 207 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: it's about football, but it's just more juice on island games. 208 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: And there's no hedging with seven other bets and all 209 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: that stuff is just one game. You're either winning or 210 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: you're throwing the remote control. And the other thing, which 211 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: is great, it's undeniable, is the communal aspect of that. 212 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: That in this streaming world where you watch stuff on 213 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: demand when you want something where everyone is united and 214 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 1: everyone's watching the same thing, and it's like the Last Bastion, 215 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: if you will, where everyone's doing the same thing at 216 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: the same time. I say everyone. There's still a lot 217 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: of people don't care about football and all that, but 218 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: it's either shared dread or shared joy depending on the outcome, 219 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: like the super Bowl, but the entire football consuming public 220 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: looking at the same whether it's bad offense or you know, 221 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: people say, I don't know, what's that coach doing. You fired. 222 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: It's like a church or a temple if the tabernacle 223 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: or synagogue had prop bets pretty much right, you got. 224 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: A quarterback can have a bad throw in the early windows, 225 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: I said, people are gonna remember it. You throw the 226 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: same lame duck in a primetime Island game and you 227 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: become a trending topic and we're all ranting Daniel and 228 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: the radio about you in island. It's an ordinary thing 229 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: an island games, there's an ordinary play into a defining moment, 230 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: and reputations are often enhanced and people come out of 231 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: nowhere and occasionally, you know, things are overcooked by Tuesday 232 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: morning and all that. But that's the beauty of the NFL, 233 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: the master illusionists in the NFL. It turns the little 234 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: scheduling quirk into this national ritual of watching. And again, 235 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter who's in there. You know, you could 236 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: put the Tennessee Titans against the Cleveland Browns and it 237 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: would look like Picasso if you just shine the right 238 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: light on it. And so everyone kind of understands that, 239 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: and they know they know we're gonna watch, right, and 240 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: we know we're gonna they know many of us are 241 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: gonna bet on it, and so yeah, even if we 242 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: all post on social media, boy, this game stinks. Or 243 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: did you hear what al Michael said. That's the genius 244 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: of it. It's an island game because the NFL made 245 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: it an island game. It's a Maden man made creation. 246 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: It's like a skyscraper man made it. But the point 247 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: is that island games, it's not about the quality, it's 248 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: about the focus. It's one giant magnifying glass. And so 249 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: there you go. 250 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 3: Isild in games. Moon. 251 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 4: When you first said that, I thought you were talking 252 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 4: about how they scouted play Thompson's dad, Michael back in the. 253 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: Day, back back in the day. Michael Thompson, who I 254 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: used to have on the radio when he was playing, Well, 255 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 1: he wasn't playing. He was a broadcaster for the Trailblazers 256 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: back in the day. But yeah, he's still. 257 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 3: Doing his he's still a little almost man. 258 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: He's still doing the Laker games, right, I think he is. 259 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, he is. 260 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: There you go. 261 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 3: So, there you go. 262 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: That's the island game. So don't ask me about it again. 263 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: I don't. If you have any questions, look for Sports 264 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: with Coleman. He'll answer all your questions about island game. 265 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: No bikinis, no palm trees, none of that stuff. And 266 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: certainly in an island game, because you have the island life, 267 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: there are no there are no heat lamps because it's 268 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: an island game. You don't need heat lamps because there's 269 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: enough juice out there. 270 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, let me take you back to Monday at Fox 271 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 4: Sports Radio. Monday, Monday, you know, usually Monday evening at 272 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 4: the network is usually kind of uneventful. I see Mike 273 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 4: Carmon in the blue kitchen. I see Jason Smith walking 274 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 4: down the hallway as I'm leaving. Monday night football is 275 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 4: going on. So you hear a little editors reacting to 276 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 4: the football game, as you said, because it's an island game. 277 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 4: Other than that, you know, not a lot of fireworks 278 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 4: going on at that hour. This past Monday was different 279 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 4: because Rob Parker was celebrating press box being named after him. 280 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, and I know, Ben, I'm sure your alma 281 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 4: mater there in Orange County is going to name a 282 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 4: press box after you pretty soon. 283 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: Oh sure, I'm sure they're working on it right now 284 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: as we speak. They're waiting for Do they even have 285 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: a press box there? Yes, it has three chairs in it. Yeah, 286 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: but hey, I'll take it. You know they want to 287 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: do it, eh, saddle back then? 288 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, I mean he didn't go to a big school, right, 289 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 4: isn't it southern Connecticut? 290 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, I saw. I saw a photo. It 291 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: looked it looked kind of cool. His name was right here. 292 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. 293 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Hey, they painted it, Danny. That's a big upgrade. 294 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 3: Nice they did. They painted it, They put his name 295 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 3: on it. 296 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: Sell the alarm if you know. 297 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 4: He loves some Rob And it's not a bad thing 298 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 4: because all these years he's been really good at promoting himself. 299 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 4: The next newspaper writing gig the next TV gig, the next. 300 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 3: Radio gig, No Lie no bs. 301 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 4: It got really good because as I'm in the Casey 302 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 4: case And Production studio doing the Covino and Rich podcast. 303 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 4: After the show, Iowa Sam comes walking by and knocks 304 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 4: on the door, sticks his head in, and he says, dude, 305 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 4: they are setting up heat lamps out there in the kitchen. 306 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 4: Ooh yeah, like really, And he was so excited telling 307 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 4: a little kid they're going to get to go to 308 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 4: the toy section at Target because Iowa Sam, there's nothing 309 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 4: better than free food. In the mind of that guy. 310 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 4: There's free food. Sure, it starts at seven pm. I'm 311 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 4: going to go home and shower and shape. It was 312 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 4: like Sam was getting ready for a date. 313 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: So just for the record, for those that don't know, 314 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: so we have the Smurf Kitchen at Fox Sports Radio. 315 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: So what you're describing here is Rob Parker decided to 316 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: rent out the venue, the hall, which is not even 317 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,479 Speaker 1: a hall, it's a blue table. 318 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 3: Yeah exactly. 319 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 4: So he took that party from Connecticut and had another 320 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 4: party in Sherman Oaks with some of the staff there 321 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 4: at our network. So it was a good turnout and 322 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 4: there was ribs, there was mac and cheese. There was 323 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 4: corn bread chicken wings. Of course, Rob loves the flats. 324 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 4: That's a joke on the show that whenever Rob goes 325 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 4: to like a chicken wing place, no drums, no drums, 326 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 4: he tells them all flats. Don't even try to give 327 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 4: me any drums. I want all flats, really good catering company. 328 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 4: Rob went all out for his party. Rob g who 329 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 4: used to produce your fine radio show, Wrong Button Bob, 330 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, funny ass snow man. And then Kelvin Washington 331 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 4: is on air partner. He said, Kelvin, you're gonna do 332 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 4: the second toast. Okay, Elijah, you got the video set up. 333 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 4: There was like a news piece in Connecticut where they 334 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 4: did a story on Rob. 335 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 3: Wow. All right, guys, I know everyone's hungry. 336 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 4: You all want to eat, but we're gonna hear from 337 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 4: a couple of people that I work closely with, and 338 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 4: then you're gonna watch a video and then we're gona 339 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 4: have a toast and then we're gonna eat. 340 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 3: Well, this is impressive. 341 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, there's no question I love Rob. Clearly did 342 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: not get the inner. You know, when you think of me, Danny, 343 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: you think of an introvert. He did not get the 344 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: introvert a gene. Rob, he did not. I was at 345 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: his birthday party. Was it a couple of years ago? 346 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: Remember he rented out the hall at the MGM Grand 347 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: in Vegas. 348 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 3: And then oh, yeah, that's right, you had the. 349 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: Big birthday bash there that was hundreds of people. That 350 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: was insane how many people were there. But this was 351 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: obviously a smaller, a smaller event. I did not get 352 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: the invite actually saw Rob. Now, I get there pretty early. 353 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: I get to the to the station pretty early before 354 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: the show because I've got a very long drive from 355 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: the north Wood, So I usually try to get there 356 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: sometimes up to ninety minutes before the show, just so 357 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: I can finish getting ready and I don't have to 358 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: be rushed worry about an accident or anything like that. 359 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,239 Speaker 1: So I get there early and I'm walking in and 360 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: Rob's walking out with trays of food and he's got 361 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: a couple of his buddies with them, and I was like, well, 362 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: that's kind of odd because Rob was way before, way 363 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: before that time. And yeah, he said there's some corn 364 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 1: bread in there if you want some, So there was. 365 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's all they left you. Yeah, speaking of that cornbread. 366 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 4: The other amazing feat of the night, one of our 367 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 4: coworkers I won't say their name, he was first in 368 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 4: line for the food. And you know that's always kind 369 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 4: of awkward too, because you don't want to rush to 370 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 4: the front. You let other people go first. We especially 371 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 4: the couple of girls that were there, we let them 372 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 4: go first as gentlemen. So we're watching this. I load 373 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 4: up a plate super high. Oh my god, he must 374 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 4: be hungry. And he turns to Rob and he said, 375 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 4: I didn't eat anything all day. I saved it up 376 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 4: for this. So yeah, so he was off shot. 377 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: At his birthday party. I'm pretty sure he was doing 378 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: inventory on what was being consumed and what was you 379 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: know what I mean, he is keeping track. Rob does 380 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: keep track of what's being consumed and what's not being consumed. 381 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,679 Speaker 4: Well, he didn't stop this coworker from going back a 382 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 4: second time, because when we were finally sitting down eating 383 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: our first plate, this guy went back to all of 384 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 4: the uh, what are the catering trays? 385 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I know what you're talking about. 386 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 4: He goes back to all the heat lamps in the 387 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: trays and starts piling up a second plate. He has 388 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 4: the second plate in one hand and in the other 389 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 4: hand he has one of the to go containers that 390 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 4: the catering company had on the table. I think they 391 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 4: meant for those to be used at the end of 392 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 4: the party. Not only was he first in line, he's 393 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 4: now eating a second plate while we're eating our first 394 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 4: and he's loading up. But to go plate, Well, you 395 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 4: got something you should something you should know about summer 396 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 4: radio peoples, if there is free food, be there early 397 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 4: and be there first. 398 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 1: So this guy went in there and just was gobbling 399 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: up all the food and didn't even like no decorum. 400 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: My grandfather would say a hawser Yiddish for a pig, porky, 401 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: porky the pig. Wow, all right, we got I guess 402 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: there you go. So the lesson to Rob is to 403 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 1: have have that somewhere else and not invite whoever that 404 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: I think I know who that was, but don't invite them. 405 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: That's that's it, man. I had one more, as all 406 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: stories do. This was an ordinary weekday adventure, and this 407 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: is the Saturday podcast, so it's the Life of mal 408 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,959 Speaker 1: or the Life of Danny g. So it started out 409 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: any other ordinary weekday, although this time my wife she 410 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: went into work a little later. She at night during 411 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: the week, and so we had a little bit of 412 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: a lunch thing. And we do this every time she 413 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: gets either the night off or she goes into work 414 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 1: a little later, because we don't really see each other 415 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: much during the week at all. It's pretty much just 416 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: on the weekends. And you know, sometimes she has plans 417 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,439 Speaker 1: then too, so I don't even see her then. But 418 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: she didn't have to be at work so that early. 419 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: So we thought we'll be civilized humans, will go out, 420 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: have a nice meal whatever normally cook is, I like 421 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: to say here, and so sat down at the table. 422 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: Don't have to be at home where Moxie's farting while 423 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: we're eating, you know, and all that. So we picked 424 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: up a local restaurant, nothing fancy, you know, place that 425 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: has my kind of food, fried food, which I like 426 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: when I go out and all that. And so I 427 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: had my chili chili fries, which is my new Michagas. 428 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: Tastes like a touchdown in your mouth, and I'm living 429 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: my best middle aged dream right there. And then I 430 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: bit into them. It was like the I can bite 431 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: and I bit into and it was like kind of crunchy, 432 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: and it was like some crunchy And now crunch is 433 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: fine when you expect crunch if you bite it, bite 434 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: a chip, you know it's I don't. I don't eat pickles, 435 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: but I've been around people like, who are weird that 436 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: like pickles? And you get a crunch, Maybe eat a 437 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: fry you know that fry it that it's been in 438 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: the deep fryer a little too long. 439 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, But there's nothing weird about pickles. You're the 440 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 4: weird one for not liking. 441 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: Though I like the smell of them, I don't like 442 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: the texture. I don't like the taste. I had to 443 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: I was forced to eat them as a kid. But 444 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: so this crunch, the crunch did not feel quite right. 445 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 1: This sounded to me like the crunch of doom. So 446 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: my mind starts spinning. Here, my mind is wandering, right, 447 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,719 Speaker 1: I'm like, did I just like, is a tooth? Did 448 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: I just bite a tooth out of my mouth? Is 449 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 1: this is maybe they put a metal shard in the chili? 450 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: You know, I'm going through all this. 451 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 3: Right, and it was a finger in your fry? 452 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: Has my lunch become a crime scene or something like 453 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: that we need to get a CSI crew in here 454 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: or something like that. And my wife looks at me 455 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: across the table, and you know, like in my head, 456 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, wait a minute, I'm like, I got my tongue, 457 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm kind of moving around my teeth throw all there. 458 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: I don't feel any chips or anything like that. I'm thinking, Oh, 459 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 1: they must have put something in the chili. I'm going 460 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: to file a lawsuit, you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna 461 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: contact one of these ambulance chasing lawyers. And I'm I'm 462 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: kind of but I wanted to know what it was. 463 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: And I'm like, looking examining the chili, I'm like searching 464 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: for Jimmy Hoffa there. And then and then the culprit emerged, 465 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: and after my investigation, it was determined it was not 466 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 1: a rock. It was not a piece of metal. It 467 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: was not a filling. It was not a shard from 468 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 1: something in the kitchen. It was the cutlery that I 469 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: was using. It was the fork, stupid. It was the fork. 470 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: Not not just any fork. We're talking about one of 471 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,880 Speaker 1: those black plastic forks. You know what I'm talking. 472 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, this has happened to Brenda before at 473 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 4: Panda express she had a fork that it broke and 474 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 4: she swallowed parting it. 475 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, So I had bitten clean through this 476 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 1: utensil like it owed me money or something like that. 477 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: A giant chunk was missing, gone, presumed in my stomach. 478 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 3: And so not just the prong. It was an actual 479 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 3: piece of the fork. 480 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: It was more than just a little piece. It was 481 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: a It was a pretty big chunk. And so I've 482 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 1: read articles about micro plastics, you know, in our guts 483 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: and all that, so micro being the operative work. This 484 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: was like a macro plastic, Danny. I swallowed this thing. 485 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: So it was not This wasn't a molecule. This is 486 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: like a souvenir from the gift shop. And and so 487 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,480 Speaker 1: in my brain, I've already I've already melted from all 488 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: the late nights doing radio and all that stuff. So 489 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: I start spinning, and this is this is how my 490 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: mind wanders, Danny. So in my head, I'm like, wait 491 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: a minute, I just ate a large chunk of a 492 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: plastic fork. And so I'm thinking of all those Marvel stories, 493 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 1: you know, the comic book stories of Marvel, And I'm like, 494 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: if Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive Spider becomes 495 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: Spider Man and Bruce Banner gets hit with gamma rays 496 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: and becomes the Hulk. Then what happens if I, you know, 497 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: I swallow a chunk of a plastic from a discount chili, 498 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: you know, a fork at a chili restaurant? Do I 499 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: become plastic Man? Right? Do I stretch across the studio 500 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: console and grab grab my drink? You know, without standing up? 501 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: I do? I melt in the sun because I made 502 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: out of plastic? Can I go on Coast to Coast? 503 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: Because I can now ship, I can shape shift into 504 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: like a solo cup, and that way I can get 505 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,719 Speaker 1: into those Dodger playoff games. I'm banned because the Dodger's 506 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: not room for me because of all the Japanese media. 507 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,719 Speaker 1: But if I could become plastic Man, I could shape shift. 508 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: I could also get a guest spot on Coast to Coast, 509 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: And then I was thinking, I can go on vacation. 510 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: You know, if I'm plastic Man, Danny, I'll take a 511 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: pilgrimage to the Great Plastic You know that Pacific garbage 512 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: patch out in the ocean. Have you you've seen that, right? 513 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: You know that big thing of plastic. That's like circling 514 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 1: around the ocean. That could be my vacation spot. Like, 515 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: that could be my can coon. I could go out 516 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 1: there the mecca of the plastics, and I can I 517 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: can have a powwow with my people, other plastic people, 518 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: and if I'm really plastic man, I was like, what 519 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: will my origin story be my local radio guy or 520 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 1: you know, syndicate a radio guy bites fork, swallows destiny 521 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: or whatever. So like all this was going through my 522 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: head and then the other thing was like is that 523 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: going to be painful coming out the other side. I 524 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: was thinking about that too. I was like, well, wait 525 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: a minute, here do I sell that maybe maybe ferg 526 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: Dog would want to buy the piece of plastic if 527 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: it comes out. I was like, maybe I can put 528 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: it in it is like a Mallard of Militia action figure. 529 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: You know, it could be like a sword, you know, 530 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: something like that. 531 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, pork on the way in, sword on the way out. 532 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: And uh So, anyway, then I realized, well, I'll probably 533 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: just forget all about this and maybe I'll mention it 534 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: on the podcast and I'll go back to complaining about 535 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: quarterbacks on the overnight, and uh I guess I'll just 536 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: every time I use a plastic fork. Now I'm gonna 537 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: have PTSD, right, I'm gonna be like, oh no. 538 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 4: You know, ben as utensil man. The kind of crime, 539 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 4: the kind of crime you could fight. We've talked on 540 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 4: the podcast before about how Rich Davis steals thirty forks, yes, 541 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 4: stacks of napkins every time he goes to Chipotle. You 542 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 4: could go to all these different restaurants and catch thieves 543 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 4: like Rich. 544 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: That's a great idea, although I would feel bad because, 545 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: as I've told the story, I was rich in the past, 546 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: like I used when I was a bachelor. I had 547 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: a drawer of napkins that I gotten from restaurants. I 548 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 1: had a drawer of plastic forks. I had a drawer 549 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: of condiments. I had one drawer just for ketchup packets 550 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: from the restaurants. I had another drawer for like barbecue sauce, 551 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: because I love barbecue. Suck. 552 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 3: It could be part of the origin story. 553 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: Put it in it. But make a movie. Yeah, comic book, 554 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: we should do it. Somebody put that out. 555 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 3: You used to be who you hate? 556 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: I Yeah, that's there, you go. That's the storyboard right there, 557 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: all right? We'll get out on that. Enjoy the baseball 558 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: game tonight. Are we suppose I have no skin in 559 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: the game. Are we supposed to pull for the Brewers 560 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: or the Cubs? I don't. 561 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 4: I guess if we want home field advantage, then we 562 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 4: go for the Cubs. 563 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: My thing is, Danny, I want to learn this by you. 564 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: My position is that the Dodgers will have an easier 565 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: time with the Cubs than the Brewers like. The Brewers, 566 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: to me, are the kind of team that the Dodgers 567 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: will have more trouble with because they got a lot 568 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: of pesky. You wouldn't know the last couple of days 569 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: in Chicago because you know, they were terrible. But the 570 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: Brewers generally have a really pesky kind of team. That 571 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: to me, that's the kind of team that will give 572 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: them more problems. But you know, the way the Dodgers 573 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: are starting pitching is they're in really good shape. And 574 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: as long as they as I pointed out on the 575 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: Friday podcast, as long as they avoid the actual real 576 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: relief pitchers and just use Rory Suzaki in the bullpen, 577 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: they're good. So there you go, They've solved it. So 578 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: have a great rest of your Saturday. Remember the mail 579 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: bag is tomorrow. If you want to send a letter 580 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: into the mail bag, send it care of Real fits 581 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: Hour at gmail dot com. Don't forget Bennie versus the 582 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: Penny streaming live on tape on YouTube week six, so 583 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: you get all day today and tomorrow in the morning 584 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: before the afternoon game start. Forget about the lending game, 585 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: but watch Benny versus De Penny on YouTube YouTube dot com, 586 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: slash at Bennievspenny YouTube dot com slash at Bennievspenny, and 587 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: we'll do it all over again tomorrow later. 588 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 3: Skater Myopulation