WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Black Friday Bonus Benny 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:01.480 Kabbooms. 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:05.400 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.160 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.520 treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:17.480 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:18.400 Wow. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.320 The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:29.400 The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in. 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:35.600 The air everywhere you have stumbled on to the Fifth 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:40.640 Hour with Ben Mahler and Danny G Radio who is 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.240 on assignment. Danny G is away, but we are hanging 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:47.520 out a fresh podcast for you, even on a day 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:50.240 of rest, the day where you're supposed to go out 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.800 and go shopping and spend a bunch of money and 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.440 all that. Here we are hanging out on this twenty 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:00.960 fourth day of November. A glorious fry after a full 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:07.479 pig skin, a palooza on Thanksgiving, the Mal Thanksgiving, which 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.319 was amazing. More on that. I'll probably save that for 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:14.320 the Saturday podcast with Danny G. The Life of Mal 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.920 The Life of Danny G on Saturday. But we have 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.320 a lot to get to that's on our plate. You 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.440 could say these are leftovers, but I don't think they're leftovers. 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:25.720 I do not believe they are leftover. So we have 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:30.240 on this fifth Hour with Ben Mahler, Sands Danny g 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:34.160 who'll be back this weekend, we have Black Friday, Shopping, 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:42.360 racist a Turkey PSA, and the Idiom of the Week. 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:47.320 All of that content absolutely free. We do not charge 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.840 a penny, not a penny. You don't have to pay 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.480 a subscription fee or anything like that. As we are 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:56.360 in week twelve of the NFL and today, depending on 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:01.800 when you are listening to this particular most people listen 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:04.760 in the morning. But we have later today a football game, 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.880 not a good one, not a good one. The Miami 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:13.200 Dolphins at seven and three and the j e Ts Suck, Suck, 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.280 Suck at four and six. That is the first ever 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:20.320 Black Friday game by request from Amazon. I don't know 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.200 if you saw the story the other day where Peter 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:27.080 King he was claiming that this is such a big deal, 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:30.000 It's like such an awesome thing to play football on 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:35.160 Black Friday. It's so unusual that there will be teams 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:40.000 bidding trying to become the exclusive rights holder to the 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:43.240 Black Friday Game. Now the Jets are hosting that game today. 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:48.840 It starts at three o'clock Eastern time noon in the West. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:51.560 That game is in New Jersey. I don't think anybody 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:55.880 wants the Jets to host that game permanently because they 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:59.760 have They're like the new Lions. They really are. They've 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:05.360 become like the Lions have been. It's stunk. So on 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.160 this podcast, we've got Black Friday Shopping, Turkey PSA, and 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:09.560 Idiom of the Week. As I said, so, we're gonna 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:14.360 start with the Black Friday shopping, and you can do 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.080 whatever you want. Maybe you don't go shopping at all. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:17.840 A lot of people doing the shopping online. Maybe you 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.320 wait for Cyber Monday, which I guess is still a thing. 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:25.600 But I know one thing that every man, woman, and 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:31.000 child freaking love. They can't get enough of it. And 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:36.640 it is the universal gift that every human being says, 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:41.840 thank you, Can I have another? And that would be 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:47.360 Benny Versus the Penny. That's right. You might say, well, 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.840 there's no way you've got to show there's absolutely no 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.640 possibility there's an episode of Benny Versus the Penny. There 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.920 were three football games yesterday on Thanksgiving. There's a game 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.760 today with the Jets and the Dolphins. There's no way, 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:05.520 no that's wrong. In fact, we've got a pretty good 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.640 card of games. All things considered. Everyone's playing this weekend. 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.840 There's no five weeks, but there's some dcent ends. You 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:16.200 got the Bills on the comeback trail taking on the 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:19.920 Philadelphia Eagles and that's one of the big games on Sunday. 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.680 Also the Ravens and Chargers, the Vikings trying to get 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.720 back on track against the lowly Chicago Bears, and the 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:30.960 NFL's hottest team, the Denver Broncos playing the Cleveland Browns. 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.280 So there's some decent match. But also Jacksonville is trying 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:36.840 to get revenge against the Houston Texas. So here's what 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:40.240 you need. Give the gift of Bennie Versus the Penny. 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.120 As even on Thanksgiving week, there is no time off 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:46.400 when you do television. There's no days off when you 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.560 do TV. You can't take a day off when you 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.960 do TV. It's very important. TV's very very important. So anyway, 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:56.240 this kicking off Week twelve, our Week twelve edition of 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:59.799 Benny Versus the Penny, Our maiden voyage on our flagship 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:04.960 is NBC Sports Boston. Available on Direct TV also Fubo TV, 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:07.840 you can get Benny Versus the Penny. There are other 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:09.760 ways to get it. I'm not sure how that is. 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:11.599 Those are the two ways I've been told you can 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.080 get the show. But on NBC Sports Boston. Our first 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:19.719 edition airs at seven pm tonight, so seven pm Boston. 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:23.400 We'll get that show also nine pm, so a couple 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.000 hours later, and on Core Performance and then a third 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:30.520 running because apparently there's no programming here Thanksgiving weekend, we're okay, 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.840 twelve thirty am Eastern time, so that's good. We'll get 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.480 a lot of people that are hammered on the North End. 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:40.360 We'll be listening and watching Benny Versus the Penny. Now 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:44.640 in Philadelphia, you can check out the show at six 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:48.800 thirty in the evening here we'll have that and then 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:53.320 ten o'clock a bonus edition of BENNI Versus the Penny 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:57.000 in Philly. In Chicago, we're on after the Bulls Raptors, 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.560 So if you're in the Chicago Land area, you probably 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.880 should say your DVR to record an extra I don't 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:06.160 know hour, because usually that stuff goes long. I've been 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.719 told by people I missed the final fifteen minutes of 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:12.360 the show because the so and so game blah blah 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:15.400 blah blah blah went long. So anyway, we are on 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:20.279 in Chicago nine to thirty pm tonight in the Windy City. 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.080 Hopefully my cousins that live in Chicago will be able 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.440 to watch that game. That's on NBC Sports Chicago. We 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.640 ride through the Bay Area. We are on pregame for 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.480 the pregame show of the Golden State Warriors and the 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.919 San Antonio Spurs as our episode of Benny Versus the 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:42.200 Penny in San Francisco and beyond, well, they're at five 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:47.560 thirty Pacific time and also ten thirty, so we are 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:53.400 wrapped around the San Antonio Spurs and the Golden State 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:58.080 Warriors game, so before and after we're also on in Sacramento, 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:04.360 NBC Sports California and all over Northern California. Also, that's 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:08.480 the sister channel to NBC Sports Bay Area. But Benny 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.480 Versus the Penny our first broadcast will be at four 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:15.040 pm Pacific time and then again at eight pm. That's 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:19.280 after Sharks Canadians they play in the afternoon, and then 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:24.600 also after the Sacramento Kings play the Minnesota tim Rules 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.240 and when they get together, you throw out the records. 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:30.160 You don't want to look at the records. Well, actually 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.520 they're not terrible. Both those teams are actually, as they 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.000 say in Poker on the Com, they're on the com. 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:38.320 But wait, there's more. Now we are on all over 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:42.760 LA on the Home of the Lakers. You can catch 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.120 Benny Versus the Penny again. This is what everyone wants 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.880 for Black Friday. This is the number one thing people say, 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.320 I gotta get that. I gotta get that for Black Friday. 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:55.040 So on the LA market. In the LA market, I 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.120 should say Spectrum Sports Net SoCal. I've been very critical 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.000 of the Lakers over the years. If you've heard the show, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.280 I have been taking my potshots, but I really think 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.560 they're cable channels great. I am a big fan. I 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:08.520 saw the light. I've come to salvation when it comes 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.040 to the Lakers cable home. Man, is that a good channel? 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:14.480 Spectrum Sports Net SoCal. We have our first showing at 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:18.240 six am on Saturday, so tomorrow six am we'll have 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:21.560 another showing at three pm eleven pm as well, so 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:27.880 three showings of Spectrum Sports Net socals Penny versus the Penny. 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:30.600 You can check that out and man, do. We hope 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:33.000 you will. That would be awesome. And then don't forget 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.520 there's a bunch of other showings throughout the day on 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.680 Saturday from all the other affiliates. We also are on 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.800 in New York City, the Big Apple. If you can 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.840 make it there, you can make it anywhere. And we 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:48.400 have our own timeslot very consistent on SNY the TV 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.599 home of the New York Metropolitans, so all over the 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:56.720 New York market, eleven thirty am on Sunday morning. So 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.920 you watch that and then you flip over to the 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.719 network pregame shows if you're so inclined. But you'll get 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:07.000 everything you need, all the picks against the spread for 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:10.720 the week twelve the Week twelve edition of Benny Versus 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:12.200 the Penny, and again we were going to have a 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:16.280 bunch of other episodes that will air throughout check your 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.679 local TV listings. It is on elsewhere, but those are 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:23.920 the main hubs of Benny Versus the Penny. I am 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:29.080 such a radio loser. Now. If you have been with me, 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:33.640 if you've been hanging out with me over the years, 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.920 you know that when it comes to the holidays, I 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.080 have high stands. Some would say, hey, you're a douche. 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:44.480 But I believe that you should never cut corners. I 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.520 don't like a lot of people. And anything you do 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:50.600 you should do an honest work. You should do the 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.720 job as required. I go buy what And I've talked 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:55.480 about this a bunch. The Code of the West, right, 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.679 I'm a big believer in the Code of the West. 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:01.400 And if you're not familiar for somehow, if you haven't 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:04.040 heard what the code is, a Code of the West 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:07.720 is it's a very simple concept. It's a very simple 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:11.400 concept that you take pride in your work. You always 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.600 finish what you start. You do what has to be done, 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.599 like a podcast on a day when I shouldn't be 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.640 doing a podcast like this. This is an example the 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:23.240 Code of the West. Right. You do what has to 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:28.360 be done, and if you make a promise, you keep 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.960 the promise. Those are all things that are part of 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:32.280 the Code of the West. There's a bunch of other 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:35.360 things in there, right for the brand right talk less, 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:39.920 say more. That's also that's also a big thing. So 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:43.400 not that I'm some kind of Wyoming cowboy, but did 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:47.760 you know here's a fun fact. In Wyoming, the state 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:51.360 Code of Ethics is the Code of the West. I'm 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:53.720 not making that up. By that's a fun fact. Alf 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.880 the Alien Opiner will like that. The Wyoming State Code 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.400 of Ethics is the code of the West. So take 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.920 that for what it's worth. So anyway, that's all part 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:05.720 of the deal. That's all part of the deal. But 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.760 I bring this up because it's our time of the year. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:12.599 We do this a couple times a year on the podcast. 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:16.160 Consider this a Turkey public service announcement, a Turkey PSA. 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.880 And since you are a super fan of the show, 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:22.080 you've gone above and beyond the call of duty. You 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.439 don't just listen to the overnight show, which would be enough, 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.319 that would be enough. You don't just do that. You've 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.640 gotten out of your way to track down the fifth 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:34.800 Hour podcast. And is that awesome? Yes? Right, that is 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.200 just one of you. You've caught the bug. You've caught 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.600 the bug, and we thank you for that. But this 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:43.640 time of the year is a time where a lot 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.720 of people fill in in sports radio and they get 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:52.319 very lazy. They like to get an inner tube and 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:56.880 float on the lazy river of sports radio. And so you, 0:11:57.040 --> 0:12:00.680 as a discerning customer, I would like thank you to 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:05.320 avoid people that are lazy at their job. 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:05.880 You know that. 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:12.520 Corny, hokey holiday weekend sports radio, the cornball sports talk 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:13.880 radio that you get this time. 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:14.200 Of the year. 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:18.920 And for example, here are the things look for if 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.200 you want to know the person you're listening to has 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:25.000 done no prep and has no idea what they're doing. 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:28.000 They're just punching the clock, right, They're just punching the clock. 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.320 Here are some of the topics of conversation. If you 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:35.440 hear this on whatever radio show. And I'm sure this 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.360 is no one that we work with at Fox Sports Radio. 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:41.480 These are probably other people like local guys and gals. 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.720 But anyway, here's the deal. So these are the things 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.800 you look for that you know the person you are 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.720 listening to is not putting an honest effort at the 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:54.800 handbook to the lazy river of sports radio over the holidays. 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:59.720 For Thanksgiving weekend, a big one is what in sports 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:03.520 are you thankful for? Right? What in sports are you 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:08.319 thankful for? If you have someone that you're tuning into 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.959 on the radio, say that that is a red flag, 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:18.520 there should be alarm bells. That's actually what it sounds like. 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:26.200 Just like that, that is a sign. Whoever is doing 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:31.160 the show is lazy. They are lazy. That is an 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:35.040 evergreen question. What in sports are you thankful for? Let's see, 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:40.560 I'm thankful for Victor wembon Yama looking good one game 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.079 and sucking for the next ten. I'm thankful for that. 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.320 So that is one of the topics of conversations. Oh 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:50.160 here's another one. Who's the biggest turkey in sports? 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:50.600 Now? 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:55.240 That is a spin off of what are you thankful 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.720 for in sports? That's a spin off. The spinoff would 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:02.200 be who's the biggest turkey in sport? And that's a 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.320 sign no prep right, You're just hanging out, rolling on 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:09.080 and you're just doing your thing, and it's like a 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.080 bittersweet moment when you realize the person you're listening to 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:17.440 is just punching a clock. That's all They're doing. Another 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.600 thing to look for, another thing to look for. Here 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:24.440 on Thanksgiving weekend is who would you like to invite 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:29.320 the Thanksgiving dinner? This probably happened already on Thanksgiving itself 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.480 and the lead into Thanksgiving, but this is another one, like, 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:36.840 who do you want to invite? A general live in sports? 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:40.400 Who do you want to be at your Thanksgiving? I'd 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.960 like to have I don't know Kobe. I'll have Kobe 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:50.520 Babe Ruth. Then I'll take Shack and Phil Jackson, and 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:54.440 I'll throw in Ken Norman and Ken the animal Banister 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.520 from old school NBA. How does that work? Does that work? 0:14:57.560 --> 0:14:57.720 Good? 0:14:57.760 --> 0:14:58.320 Does that work? 0:14:58.400 --> 0:14:58.440 No? 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:03.720 Yea, So that likely already happened. That likely already happened. 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.600 How about this one. Here's another thing you need to 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.440 look for this Thanksgiving weekend. And this is also something 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.880 that probably already happened. But it's something that somebody could 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:17.840 do right now anyway, after the fact post mortem. The 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:24.560 Thanksgiving weekend food draft a staple of lazy talk show hosts. 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:28.760 For better or worse, this is a sign I have 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.880 given up all hope. There's nothing to talk about. So 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:36.960 I am just going to go with the Thanksgiving weekend draft. 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.720 What the damn do? And that's the number one pick 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:42.920 is a turkey. Maybe you don't like turkey, Maybe you 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.880 like ham, maybe you like beef. I don't know. What 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.800 about football? Should football go ahead of turkey? What about 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:52.840 cranberry sauce? How about pumpkin pie? Everyone loves pumpkin ky yams. 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.280 Some people just like the marshmallows, the sweet potatoes. What 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.520 about sweet potatoes? And go on and on. What about 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.880 the gravy? That is a sign you are a hack? 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:08.040 That is a sign you are a hack. A donk 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:13.000 k a app salute donk. So those are some of 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:17.080 the things to look for, and likely already happened a 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.520 lot of those things, but they continue on through the 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:25.040 holiday weekend. There are some Black Friday editions of this. 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:30.040 And for example, since today is Black Friday, what would 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:34.520 you buy for Patrick Mahome? Right, what would you buy? 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:37.160 You Just pick any athlete, any star athlete you know 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.240 and fill in the blank. That's also part of the 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:46.880 lazy sports radio river for Thanksgiving weekend. Now we have 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:53.360 the ideo of the week times too, the idiom of 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.440 the week, not to be confused. Not to be confused 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.120 with the phrase of the week. No, no, no, this 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.120 is something totally different. Also not the word of the week, 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:06.800 which is again foreign to the idiom of the week. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:10.679 So we have double your pleasure, double your fun on 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:15.879 the idiom of the week. We have birds of a feather, 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.680 Birds of a feather, the idiom of the week. Now, 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:22.479 I'm assuming you've for this. We did this one in 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:27.679 honor of Thanksgiving in honor of Thanksgiving. The idiom of 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:33.359 the week. First of two birds of a feather. How 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.080 dare you so? I assume you know what this is, 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.439 but you know we most of us ate turkey or 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:42.280 some kind of bird this week, So bird unless you're 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:44.680 a vegan, and then you know it's probably offensive to you. 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.640 But birds of a feather. And then this goes people 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:53.520 that have similar taste, interest backgrounds, people who relate to 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:58.520 others and you feel safe around them, shared values. Birds 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.560 of a feather. Now it is actually the full phrase 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:03.960 is birds of a feather flock together, But over time 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.000 most people just say birds of a feather. Say birds 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:10.360 of a feather? Is is what most people say. Now. 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:14.359 The first use of this idiom, we are told, goes 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:20.000 back more than four hundred and seventy five years ago. 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:21.840 You gotta go all the way back in the hot 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:26.920 top time machine to the year fifteen forty five. Wow, 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:30.560 birds of a feather flock together. That goes back to 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:36.240 fifteen forty five guy named William Turner. Bill Turner used 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.040 one of the first versions of this in something called 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:46.480 the Rescuing of Ramish Fox, and the phrase comes from 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:51.200 the observation that the same type of bird will hang 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:55.439 around with the same type of bird, meaning that if 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:58.800 you see a pigeon, they're gonna be hanging out with 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.560 other pigeons. If you see, oh, they're hanging out with crows. 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.359 That's how they roll. They don't hang out with the 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:07.280 other birds. You're not gonna get a parrot hanging out 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:10.199 with the seagull. They that's not how they roll. Birds 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:14.439 of a feather flock together. The geese hang with geese. 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:18.080 It's all part of the plant. And in the same 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.960 energy they fly, they're able to fly in formation and 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.920 all that, and they've got each other's backs, right. The 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:29.960 group of birds protects each other from hostile attacks, much 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:35.639 like the Malard militia. And we protect each other, you 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:37.919 protect me, I look out for you. That's how it 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:40.000 works when you're a member of the Malleord Militia. So 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:44.760 the first of two idioms of the week birds of 0:19:44.800 --> 0:19:50.600 a feather or birds of a feather flock together. That's 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:55.080 an old one that goes way back to fifteen forty five. 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.360 But I said, since it's a holiday weekend, this being 0:19:57.400 --> 0:20:02.120 Black Friday, double your pleasure, double your fun. So we 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:06.840 have a double dose of the idiom of the week. 0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:09.280 That's right, the idiom of the week. It's our pearls 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:14.440 of wisdom while you're at a three martini lunch instead 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:16.800 of shopping or doing whatever you're doing today, eating a 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:20.520 leftover turkey sandwich. So the next idiom of the week 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.560 something that I use quite a bit on the show. 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.320 I use this usually a couple times a month. 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:33.280 Can of worms. Can of worms? Here the next idiom 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:39.720 of the week. Now, in terms of can of worms, where. 0:20:39.359 --> 0:20:43.480 Is this one at? So this means to get into 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:54.640 something that is trouble, messy, causing problems, right, something that's unwanted, complicated, 0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:58.960 pain in the ass. A synonym of a can of 0:20:58.960 --> 0:21:03.560 worms would be Pandora's box. You've opened Pandora's box, but 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:07.479 this is can of worms. The origin of this phrase 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:12.600 does not go back very far. Shockingly, so the previous 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:14.840 idiom of the week, we gave you birds of a feather, 0:21:15.359 --> 0:21:18.520 that goes all the way back, back, back, back, back 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:22.240 back to the fifteen hundreds. But from what I was 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:25.800 able to decipher from my research for this edition of 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:29.879 The Fifth Hour, a can of worms, the phrase goes 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:36.840 back only about seventy five years, about seventy five years. 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:40.720 The belief is by those that keep track of this stuff, 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:44.480 and man, what exciting lights the lives they lead, right, 0:21:44.520 --> 0:21:47.439 What a happy tap dance that must be. But the 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:49.679 people that keep track of this and see when words 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:51.959 came into existence and when they were tracked and all 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:57.720 that stuff. The origin of this phrase can of worms 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:02.480 goes back to the nineteen fifties. I mentioned about seventy 0:22:02.520 --> 0:22:05.960 five years ago. Nineteen fifties. It was found in something 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:11.600 called the Edwardsville Intelligencer, which sounds like a newspaper to me, 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:15.840 The Edwardsville Intelligencer. It was published in the United States. 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:20.320 It is a writing cliche but has gotten popular in 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:23.879 verbal communication also, So it started as one of those 0:22:23.920 --> 0:22:26.520 written things and has become more and more popular. So, 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:28.440 can of worms. You've opened up a can of worms? 0:22:28.520 --> 0:22:30.520 So just not me. I thought this might go back to, like, 0:22:30.640 --> 0:22:33.040 you know, ancient times, when they had actual worms. You'd 0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:34.800 open them up and they'd all crawl out, and all 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:36.600 that stuff. Now I liked. I used to go to 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:40.560 the Magic Shop at Disneyland. I was a big fan 0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:43.200 of the Magic Shop. I've been at Disneyland a while. 0:22:43.240 --> 0:22:46.200 I can't afford it. Anymore on overnight salary. But we'd 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:48.840 go to Disneyland and they'd have that little can of 0:22:49.000 --> 0:22:52.160 like it was a can of fake peanuts and you'd 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:55.360 open it up in a worm like a snake would 0:22:55.400 --> 0:22:58.240 pop o, like the fake can of worms and all 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:01.600 that stuff. That was that. That's kind of cool. That 0:23:01.640 --> 0:23:06.760 was neat. So can of the worm. The next idiom 0:23:07.080 --> 0:23:10.160 of the week a double dose on a Black Friday 0:23:10.600 --> 0:23:15.040 two for one special. What other podcast is giving you 0:23:15.240 --> 0:23:20.440 that kind of content? The answer is none. The answer 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:25.240 is none. That's it. They're all sleeping on the job. 0:23:25.720 --> 0:23:27.879 That's what they're doing. So thank you and don't forget. 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:30.920 Don't forget. If you like the podcast, help us out. 0:23:31.240 --> 0:23:33.359 It's in the description. You can go on the Apple 0:23:33.440 --> 0:23:36.760 podcast page write a little review. We don't care if 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:38.679 you do or not. The people that care are in 0:23:38.840 --> 0:23:41.560 upper management at the company, the people in the corner office. 0:23:41.560 --> 0:23:43.800 They keep track of that kind of stuff, and if 0:23:43.800 --> 0:23:46.040 you don't have a number of reviews, they get upset. 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:47.919 If you don't have good reviews, they get upset. So 0:23:47.960 --> 0:23:49.879 help us out. If you can just go to the 0:23:49.960 --> 0:23:53.760 Apple podcast page check out. It's very simple. Check out 0:23:53.800 --> 0:23:56.600 the review section. You can post whatever you want there 0:23:56.640 --> 0:23:58.920 and we will read it on the Saturday Podcast. Maybe 0:23:58.920 --> 0:24:01.840 not this week, but in a future edition of the 0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:05.320 Saturday Podcast. So thank you. And again, don't forget Bennie 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:07.399 Versus the Penny. I really would love to have a 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:09.760 second show with meet a lot for me. When I 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:12.280 say a second show, I mean a second season of 0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:14.000 Benny Versus the Penny, So I would love to have 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:17.679