1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:01,600 Speaker 1: Kabbooms. 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 2: of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto Cutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse Wow. The Clearinghouse of 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: Hot takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: with Ben Maller starts right now in. 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: The air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Mahler 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: and Danny g Radio will join me over the course 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: of the weekend. He is producing this podcast today, but 12 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: we are locked in the pod studio early on this 13 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: Friday morning, back at it after a few rare and 14 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: appropriate days away back in the podcast sweatshop, and on 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: this podcast we've got signed, sealed and delivered and check 16 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: the inbox and some other surprises along the way. But 17 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: we begin with this. So we are recording this live 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: on digital tape, as we like to say, later than normal. 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: And the reason that we are doing that is because 20 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: Uncle Benny did not want to disturb his nieces that 21 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: we're sleeping right next door to the remote studio where 22 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: we do the overnight show from occasionally and also do 23 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: this podcast. There is an adjacent bedroom which has a 24 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: very thin wall with bad insulation, and that is where 25 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: much of the audio magic comes from on this side 26 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: of the wall. We didn't want to disturb the people 27 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: on the other side of the wall. As much as 28 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: I wanted to get in here and bark early in 29 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: the morning, would have caused a great disruption to the 30 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: beauty sleep and did not want to upset my twenty 31 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:03,559 Speaker 1: something nieces. So nevertheless, here we are. Now the big 32 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: news of the week. Well, I took a couple of 33 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: again rare inappropriate days away from the radio show. There 34 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: was no holdout, There was no hashtag, there was no drama, 35 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: there was no hostage video that was released. There was 36 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: no I want to be traded to some other team 37 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: that did not happen. No, just a pen, a paper, 38 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: maybe some docu sign new a multi year deal, done 39 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: the way things used to be done. Quietly. You know. 40 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: I realized I am in the talk radio business and 41 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: that we liked the contract holdout in pro football because 42 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: it's good for business. However, my business done on the 43 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: down low, the DL, as we used to say, So 44 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: we did not announce that there were extension talks going 45 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: on on this podcast or the talk show. In fact, 46 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: technically I was working without a contract for a couple 47 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: of weeks. My contract had run out, so at that 48 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: point I was a free agent, even though I was 49 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: still getting the microphone time at Fox Sports Radio. But 50 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: we did not leak the news to a trusted source, 51 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: not that there's many of those people left trusted sources. 52 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: There was no campaign on the gram featuring my dog 53 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: Moxie wearing a T shirt saying pay me. There was 54 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: none of that. No, no, we signed this new multi 55 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: year deal. We did it behind closed doors, under the 56 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: cover of darkness, which, if you know the Malor brand 57 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: over the years, that's about as on brand as it gets. 58 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: And so let's be honest here now, there was a 59 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: point where we thought this would not be happening, where 60 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: it all might come tumbling down like a wobbly Jenga 61 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: tower tipping over and hitting the floor, pieces flying everywhere. 62 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: So let's go back on the hot tub time machine 63 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: to a sad moment on the history of the show 64 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: and in a moment where at the time I was 65 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: at the very top I thought of the mountain. Let's 66 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: go back to November mid November twenty twenty four, I 67 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: had returned from a very brief trip to Cansa City, 68 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: had returned from Kansas City after a VIP weekend. They 69 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 1: rolled out the red carpet, had a penthouse, hotel room, 70 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: the airfare, everything taken care of courtesy of the landing 71 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: in Liberty, Missouri, the home of the Ben Mallard Chicken 72 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: fingers and my friend Bob Fesco, the big morning star 73 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: at the fan in Cansa City. I went in there 74 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: and you guys showed up from all over the Upper Midwest. 75 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: We had people come down from Iowa, Nebraska, obviously Missouri 76 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: where we were doing the broadcast Kansas which is right 77 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 1: across the way there, and it was awesome. I had 78 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: a great turnout. People were very kind. And then I 79 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: got back and I walked into an audio bloodbath. The 80 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: company had whacked the great Eddie Garcia steamboat. Willie, my 81 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: longtime Update anchor, partner in crime after more than two 82 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: decades at Fox Sports Radio. That's it now. As you know, 83 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: for all of us, the experience of you a listener 84 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: me doing the show that was a major, major gut punch, 85 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:50,799 Speaker 1: the kind of sudden move that makes you realize yet again, 86 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: how fragile these gigs really are, the fragility of the 87 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: business that I have chosen my life's profession. You see, 88 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: there was no golden watch that was handed out. There 89 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: was no farewell tour. I don't like those anyway, just 90 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: a thanks for everything. It's not you, it's us. And 91 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: then a vanishing act of Eddie that reminded everyone who's 92 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: involved in the business that you're only secure until you're not. 93 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: And listen, we have built a freakishly loyal cult audience, 94 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: which hopefully you're part of. You're listening to the Fifth 95 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: Hour podcast and I think you're in that. It's my opinion, 96 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: but you're listening to the radio show and the Witching Hours. 97 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: However you consume this stuff, it doesn't matter. Right, We 98 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 1: started to wonder if our number was next. My deal 99 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: was up in the summer, just a couple of weeks ago, 100 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: in July of twenty twenty five. So you do the 101 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: math on that. You say, well, Eddie and Eddie got 102 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: let go in November and then my deal is up, 103 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: and okay, you put two and two together. You're like, well, 104 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: this isn't good. That's not good. And if Eddie could go, 105 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: I certainly could go. I'm not giving a lifetime contract 106 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: or anything like that. So one thing about getting into 107 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: the industry at a pretty young age you learn at 108 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: an early point in life that not only life is temporary, 109 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: but the business you have chosen is temporary. This is 110 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: not something that you normally do for a long time, 111 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: certainly not in one place, which makes what has happened 112 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: to me in my situation even more outrageous and more 113 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: crazy and all that stuff. Radio, especially talk radio, does 114 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: not offer long term leases. It does not you You're 115 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: always month to month, at best your month to month. 116 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:11,679 Speaker 1: And while these jobs are hard to get, they're even 117 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: harder to keep. And if you manage to stick around, 118 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: as I like to say, you age in dog years, 119 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: a decade on the air is really like seventy seventy 120 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: years on the air. Like the format shifts, the executives change. 121 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: I have had in my time at Fox Sports Radio, 122 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 1: I think I've had three or four different bosses. If 123 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: I did the math on that, yeah, I've had four bosses, 124 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: four people that could have whacked me at any time. 125 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: So I've had four executives that I've had to deal with. 126 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 1: And then what ends up usually happening is it's not 127 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: even the executives that you deal with. It's one day 128 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: some middle manager from San Antonio tells you that your 129 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: P one numbers are strong, but your P two numbers 130 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: are soft. The quarter hours just aren't really working out 131 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: for us anymore, and suddenly you find yourself only doing 132 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: a podcast, which listen, eventually, I will only do a 133 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: podcast at some point. That is the way it's going 134 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: to go. But the point is you're only doing a podcast, 135 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: and then you're doing ads for a lawnmower blade replacement company. 136 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: And that's fine. You try to avoid that as long 137 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: as you can. And we survived for now all yet 138 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: again and listen were locked in financially for a couple 139 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: of years to the company. And we're still calling the shots, 140 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 1: still sitting in the catbird seat, the watch tower of 141 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: the overnight, still commandeering the overnight airwaves, like the one 142 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: man navy, writing the monologues, the bullet points of the monologues, 143 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: putting the things together for the show as a one 144 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: man op. But why do we enjoy those crazy nighttime hours? 145 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: Because for all the pressure, capital pee pressure, the late 146 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: night slot comes with something that no amount of drive 147 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: time Molah can buy you freedom. Freedom with a capital F. 148 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: And we talk about this from time to time, But 149 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: no one's breathing down my neck at three in the 150 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: morning to get me to do something that they think 151 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: needs to be done. Meaning there's no brand consultants that 152 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: are yelling at you about your tone of that monologue 153 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: or the pacing of that particular segment, or you left 154 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: that guy Jed who fled on too long. She was 155 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: on the air for too long. There's no zoom calls 156 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: filled with big buzzwords with things like synergy in platform adjacency. 157 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: I don't even know what that means. Right, you don't 158 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: have that. So those are all positive things. Those are 159 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: all positive things. You don't have to deal with the 160 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: rigamarar that a lot of those other shows have, where 161 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: there's people in management that often feel the need to 162 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: do something to justify their existence, which often means busy 163 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: body work. We don't have that. We don't have that. 164 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: They've given me the freedom of the overnight to go 165 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: in there and just get weird. Right, you get to 166 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: be weird, you get to be real, get to talk 167 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: with yes, you the listener, the audience. You don't have 168 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: to talk at anyone. I don't have to talk at you. 169 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: I don't have to sit like I'm on some mountaintop 170 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: that I'm better than you. And one thing you learn 171 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: also is that the people listening at the hour where 172 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: you should be sleep and nothing good happens after midnight, 173 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: the phrase one or two in the morning, whatever it is. 174 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,839 Speaker 1: But the people that are listening, the insomniacs, the truckers, 175 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: the security guards, the cops, the robbers, the fast food workers, 176 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: the night owls, a few lost souls mixed in there. 177 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:29,479 Speaker 1: You're not flipping around, You're not hey, you're not dabbling, 178 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: You're locked in. You listen. Many of you listen for 179 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: the entire four hours of the show, or you'll listen 180 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: for an hour. Most people in daytime radio, you're lucky 181 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: if you get them for seven or eight minutes. Very 182 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: rare that they listen that long. And the difference also 183 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: is you listen overnight and you call in, you become 184 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: part of the show. You become a character on the show. 185 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: I go out and do these meet and greets the 186 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: different towns. I've been all over the United States, from 187 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: from Maine all the way to Seattle and all over 188 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: South Carolina. We did one last year in Charleston, in 189 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: southern California, all over the place. And always somebody will say, hey, 190 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: what's so and so like, And it's a caller to 191 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: the show. They're like, Hey, what's that person like? And 192 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: so that's one of the reasons you don't leave something 193 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: like this. And sure could I have jumped to a 194 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 1: morning show somewhere or afternoon drive and made a lot 195 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: more money. Absolutely, I'm not getting rich doing this. I'm 196 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: not and doing a zany show, a zoo show with 197 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: goofy animal sound effects and giving away wads of cash, 198 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: or a car wash in Temecula, you know, like I 199 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: used to do at the mighty six ninety in San 200 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: Diego back in the day. We could have taken this 201 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: audience and tried to rebuild something somewhere else. Very difficult 202 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: to recreate that. We've had opportunities over the years. I've 203 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: been offered radio jobs in many cities, well three to 204 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: be exact, since I've been at Fox Sports Radio. But 205 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: fun equals funds, right because radio at night, and we 206 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: have preached the bully pulpit, from the bullie pulpit, this 207 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: and I continue to say this radio at night just 208 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: means more. It connects deeper, cuts deeper, It sticks in 209 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: your soul longer. It builds community in a way that 210 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 1: daylight radio cannot touch. It just can't. There's a lot 211 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: more people awake during the day, but there's a lot 212 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: of options, and people are busy and they're listening with 213 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: half an year. At night, there's less going on and 214 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: you're more locked in. And that is why the Malard 215 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: Militia as we've called it, thanks to Jahattis John and 216 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: Michigan who came up with that name, the Malard Militia 217 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: isn't just a catchy name. It's a movement, right, It's 218 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: the movement is it's a small movement. It's a movement. 219 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: Got a bunch of diehards across every time zone in 220 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: the United States. We have an international reach, but we've 221 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: got people at truck stops and people listening during the 222 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: day while I'm sleeping in office buildings who treat me 223 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: like a friend in the room, not just some random 224 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: voice in the box. What's in the box right? Not that? 225 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: And what kind of bond? You don't throw that away 226 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: for some tea time. I'm not even a golfer a 227 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: golf once a year if I'm lucky. You don't throw 228 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: that away for some tea time at nine or ten 229 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: in the morning, and then a What's trend segment? No, 230 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: So we stayed. We stayed with Premiere Networks, which is 231 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: still the top of the food chain in syndicated radio. 232 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: There is no one that does it better than the 233 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: Premiere Networks. And I recall them my younger days. I 234 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: was like, that's the gold standard. You want to work 235 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: in radio and you want to do syndicated radio, you 236 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,479 Speaker 1: work for a Premiere. They were called Premiere Radio Networks 237 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: when I started. Now they're just called the Premiere Networks. 238 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: And then with Fox Sports Radio having started shortly after 239 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: the network launched, and remember being on and only markets, 240 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: the test markets. We were doing beta testing at Fox 241 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: Sports Radio in the early days, and I was the 242 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: first weekend overnight host on Fox Sports Radio. They were 243 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: playing recorded programming overnight and they gave me the Friday 244 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: and Saturday overnight shift. I was, I believe twenty five 245 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: years old or something like that. I got the overnight 246 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: show at Fox Sports Radio on the weekends, and we 247 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: were doing beta testing in Binghamton, New York, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 248 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: and there were a couple of other small markets, but 249 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: we were only on in like four or five cities. 250 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: To start Fox Sports Radio, we had to work out 251 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: the kinks. We had to give the customer a product. 252 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: At that time, ESPN Radio was the gold standard. Everyone 253 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: had listened to that they were at the very top 254 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,719 Speaker 1: of the food chain. And now you look all these 255 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: years later, and Fox Sports Radio is the gold standard. 256 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: It's been that way for years in national syndicated sports 257 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 1: talk radio. And so they've given me this stage with 258 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: a microphone, a moon, and a man on a mission. 259 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: And so the audio penthouse stays occupied and the show 260 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: we're not coasting along. We're evolving. We're getting bigger and 261 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: louder and stranger and hopefully better. Of course you'll be 262 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: the judge of that. So we may soon be entering 263 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: our year twenty five. Now I'm a little behind Fox 264 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Fox Sports Radio's birthday is August twenty eighth, 265 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: is when the network launched in two thousand. So I 266 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: have to wait. I haven't done the math on this. 267 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: I haven't done the math on this. I'm sure alf 268 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: or ferg Dog or someone will do the math. So 269 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: I'm six months in twenty six days. Actually seven months 270 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: in twenty six days behind that because I started about 271 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: a month after the network started, so I'm about eight 272 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: months behind. So I guess the summer. If my math 273 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: is correct, the summer of twenty twenty six will be 274 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: my twenty fifth anniversary at the company. But in talk 275 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 1: radio terms, that's something like, you know, twenty five years 276 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: is like eighty two and a half. I did the 277 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: math on that. The legs still work, the voice still 278 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: cuts decently, still cuts decently. Occasionally I get my vocal 279 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: cord shredded from talking so much being a one man 280 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: act on the overnight. By the end of the show, 281 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: some of you guys still laugh, some of you still 282 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: enjoy the show. And more importantly, that red on air 283 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 1: light that flashes outside the studio it still means something 284 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: to me. I was raised on radio. My parents worked 285 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: crazy hours. My mom ran her own business, and she'd 286 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: always have the radio on. A little fat Benny would 287 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: tag with my mom after school and she'd make her 288 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: deliveries to post offices or whatever, and I was with her, 289 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: and she always had the radio on. It always meant 290 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: a lot to her. She always would turn it up 291 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: for certain segments on the radio. My dad was the 292 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: same way, grew up listening to Art Bell through Coast 293 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: to Coast late at night. But my mom, both of 294 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: them loved, loved radio, and she would turn on in 295 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: the afternoon at five point thirty. There was a guy 296 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: named Jim He who did a sports show in LA 297 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: and she knew I liked sports, and so she turned 298 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: that on and he had all these goofy sound effects 299 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: and so I listened to that and I loved it. 300 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: And there's just something magical about doing it live. Performing 301 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: live the grid of the overnight, you don't get that 302 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: same vibe. Not that I don't love doing the podcast, 303 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 1: but you don't get that same vibe. And you don't 304 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: get many second acts in this business. You don't. And 305 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: so we were able to secure a third or fourth. 306 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: I don't even know what we're on now. So remember 307 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: to turn out the lot. But the party's not over. 308 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: The party's not over. And you leave that radio on 309 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: and you download the podcast, you listen to that, you 310 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: give us a good review, and you help keep this 311 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: show going as long as we can go. And we'll 312 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: just keep doing it and doing it and doing it 313 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: and doing it and doing it. And I have no 314 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: plans on stopping as long as the health is good 315 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: and life is great and I loved it. We've survived 316 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: a freaking pandemic together. We can survive just about anything. Now, 317 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: turning the page on that, you gotta check the inbox. 318 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: What's in the box? You gotta check the inbox? So 319 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: he announced your pronouns. He emailed me a few weeks back. 320 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: His name Will Will the thrill from oh Glaholma, so 321 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: he said HEREM. I almost didn't open the email. I 322 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: get inundated. This is a person named blind Scott who 323 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: is one of my crazy friends. I've known Blind Scott 324 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: since a man the early days. He was one of 325 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: the original people that fell in love with the Overnight 326 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: Show and his many service dogs. Now he can't have 327 00:21:55,640 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: a service dog anyway. Scott and I go go way back, 328 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: and he sends me literally hundreds of emails a week, 329 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: and as a result, I have to like get rid 330 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: of him, and it's hard to go through the email. 331 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: It's a whole flugezy thing. So I get this message 332 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: from Will from Oklahoma, and as I said, I almost 333 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: didn't open it, because you know, spam is everywhere other 334 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: than blind Scott, and I am not in the market 335 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: for some kind of malware by opening some email I 336 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: don't recognize, or trying to have someone sell me a 337 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: discounted timeshare or some off brand pharmaceutical products that will 338 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: promise to regrow my hair. I'm good on that. I 339 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 1: have a nice hat collection. But something in the subject 340 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: line caught my eye and I'm not sure what it was. 341 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: I don't think he said longtime listener, first time visitor, 342 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 1: although he could have said that. It turns out that 343 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: Will wasn't just another overnight zombie. No, this was a 344 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: card carrying member of the Malor militia, a real one, 345 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: authenticated and essentially from before he was even a teenager. 346 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,959 Speaker 1: So he said he had been listening to the show 347 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 1: since he was the tender age of twelve years old. 348 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: So at age twelve he found the show. Let that 349 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: marinate in your brain for a second. For me, I 350 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: was like, that kind of reminds me of me. I 351 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: fell in love with radio around that age. I think 352 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: I started listening. I was a little younger than Will, 353 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: but right around that age, and I loved it. I loved. 354 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: I was an introvert and the radio talked to me. 355 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: It spoke to me, and I didn't have to deal 356 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: with anyone. I didn't have to talk back to it. 357 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: It just talked to me. And if I wanted it 358 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: to shut up, I just turned it off. It was wonderful. 359 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: So I've always said, and I said this earlier thing 360 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 1: dog years and all that. So using that analogy that 361 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: we used earlier in this fifth Hour podcast, that would 362 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: make this kid about sixty in radio terms. All right, 363 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: So he grew up in southern California, my stomping grounds, 364 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: and would sneak a transistor radio or probably a phone 365 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: with the iHeart app. You know, I don't know, I'm 366 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: old under the covers and listen to this overnight circus 367 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: that we've created. His dear old mom, he said, would 368 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: scold him for staying up too late to listen to 369 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: that gas bag. I don't know. His name might start 370 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: with a B. Maybe that would be me, and hey, listen, 371 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: I've been called worse. Now. Will told me sadly that 372 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: his mom had recently passed away from cancer, and now, 373 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: at twenty one years old, all grown up and married, 374 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: he was coming back to town. Wanted to visit the 375 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: studio just to kind of hang out, and I gave 376 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 1: you say thanks and all that, just to see the 377 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: place where this odd little cult show is brewed, a 378 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 1: nice warm brew every night. Like the bizarre stew of 379 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: many hot sports takes and Mallard monologues, goofy sound effects, 380 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: all the lunacy, all the nonsense, all the wacky callers, 381 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: all of that. Now you should know that we've had 382 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: a few bumps in the road with visitor requests. I 383 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: love opening our doors. I think that's the coolest thing. 384 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: I still get a kick out of walking into the 385 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,360 Speaker 1: radio studio now again, I guess I'm getting old boomer, 386 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: not a boomer. I just feel the energy. I feel 387 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 1: the vibe of the microphones and all the legends that 388 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: have worked in that building. We're in the old Rush Limbaugh, 389 00:25:55,440 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey compound. Just amazing people in broadcasting, some of 390 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: the greatest of all time, who entertained millions and millions 391 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,640 Speaker 1: of people, and they sat in those same studios, slaving 392 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: away in the mic over the microphone. Casey Casem his 393 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: old studio is down the hall. It's our podcast studio. 394 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: Like this is just amazing, you know, the ghost of 395 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: that building, if they could talk. So I want to 396 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: let you guys in, if your friends, if I know 397 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: you from the show, and you're called in and see 398 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: that's one of the things Will told me as a 399 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: kid caller, and I had forgotten. But he went back 400 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,679 Speaker 1: to the iHeart archive and sent me the clip that 401 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:41,360 Speaker 1: Will had been a kid caller, that he'd fallen asleep 402 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: as a little kid on the air, and I'd forgotten that, 403 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: and Will sent me the audio and I kind of 404 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: refreshed my memories. There you go. So I was like, 405 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: I kind of let this guy in, come on and so, 406 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: but we did have some issues now with the visitor request. 407 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: I don't want to name anyone. However, Mike Leprechaun, you 408 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 1: know who you are, Mike. Mike gave us all a 409 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 1: mild case of PTSD. I mentioned earlier in this podcast 410 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: that my contract was coming up in the summer. And 411 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: about a month before the contract comes up, I get 412 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: all these messages from management complaining that one of my 413 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: rogue listeners had shown up into the building and violated 414 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 1: the security protocol and you know, going nuts on me. 415 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: So I say, oh boy, this is not good. So 416 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 1: again a little bit of PTSD. We don't need to 417 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: go in any more detail on that, but let's just 418 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: say you get burned once by Eleprecaun, you think twice. Still, 419 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: something about Will's story felt genuine and felt authentic, and 420 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 1: so we told him. I said, listen, I don't want 421 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: to be a douche. You can stop by briefly. It's 422 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: gonna be a long drive for you. If you're that motivated, 423 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,719 Speaker 1: you can do it. He said his uncle. His uncle 424 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: was the guy who had indoctrinated him into the cult 425 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: of the Overnight Sports Radio World when he was twelve 426 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: years old. So we said, hey, listen, bring the uncle. 427 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: Just don't bring a posse, right, don't bring an overnight bag, 428 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: don't bring a pillow. Don't show up at noon for 429 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: the midnight visit, or you're going to get pepper sprayed. 430 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: So Will was raised properly, not by wolves. His mom 431 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: did a good job. So he followed our instructions. He 432 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: showed up with Uncle Josh, polite, normal middle aged human being, 433 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: not wearing a cape or asking to speak to the 434 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: ghost of Genie and Medford or see if he could 435 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: channel Jimmy Ray from Tampa Bay. No he didn't. So 436 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: we gave them a very brief walk behind the scenes tour. 437 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: And I say very brief because it was in the 438 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: middle of a stop set and I had to get 439 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: back behind the microphone. Nothing glamorous unless you consider the 440 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: stack of ancient show rundowns off to the side or 441 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: some stale vending machine leftovers on the Smurf kitchen glamorous. 442 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: So he met the crew. He and Josh met the crew, 443 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: saw the magical on air light and the various buttons 444 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: and gadgets in the studio. We snapped a few photographs, 445 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 1: We chatted for a couple of minutes, and then that's it, 446 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: he laughed. That's it. That was the visit. It wasn't long, 447 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: it was short. It was sweet. It did stick with me, though, 448 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 1: because here's this kid, and he's not a kid anymore. 449 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:50,479 Speaker 1: He's all growing up. Who stayed up late with a 450 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: cheap in my head, a cheap radio and just go 451 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: with my version of the story and listen to me 452 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: ramble into the void of the darkness night. And now 453 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: he's all grown, he's working the dreaded day shift in Oklahoma. 454 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: He's still listening, still connected and granted he's a podcast guy. 455 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: He told me he listens to the podcast, which is understandable. Nevertheless, 456 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: still loyal and that's awesome. And people think no one 457 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: listens to the overnight radio. Why did he do the 458 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: Overnight show? They think it's the like a graveyard shift, 459 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: a wasteland of insomniacs and weirdos yelling at the clouds. 460 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: And while we get a lot of that, we get 461 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: a lot of the angry old guy like Jerome and 462 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: Charleston who just calls up to complain about everything, and 463 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: so some of that is true. Every once in a while, though, 464 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: one of those weirdos turns out to be just a 465 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: cute kid who's growing up and wants someone to listen to, 466 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: something to listen to, and finds the show and it's 467 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: a companion as a background soundtrack in this case to 468 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: his life. Now, did it make me feel a little bit, 469 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: a little bit and a little like the godfather of 470 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: this strange nocturnal family, the mal Or Militia that we 471 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: have built up over the years. So to Will, thank you, pal, 472 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: it was great to meet you. Will wants me to 473 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 1: do a Malor meat greet in Oklahoma. I've been to 474 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City before. Now Will lives in a small town 475 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma and not in Oklahoma City. So if I 476 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: do end up there, will I promise we'll do a 477 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: malor meat greet. But I did want to think you're 478 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: not just for listening, but for reminding me yet again, 479 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: why this thing we do in the middle of the night. Well, 480 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: ninety nine point seven percent of the population of sleeping 481 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: other than Alf and ferg Dog and mister nice guy 482 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: and a few others still matters right now again, Will 483 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: you got to get some sleep during the nighttime hours 484 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,800 Speaker 1: because you work the dreaded day shift. You've got a 485 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 1: family to support. You're all married, So welcome to adulthood, 486 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: and thank you, thank you, thank you. Will and on 487 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: that we will put the baby to bed. We'll have 488 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: some new podcast all weekend and get you caught up 489 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: on the schedule for next week as well. So thank 490 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: you for listening and supporting in the podcast. You can 491 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: email me if you get this in by tonight, you 492 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: can email me a question for the mail bag and 493 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: send that in care of what that would be the 494 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: Real Fifth Hour Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com 495 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: and put name and city, name and city in the 496 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: headline on that Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com, 497 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: and your comments and questions we'll be read in the 498 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: Sunday mail bag, but we'll have new pods all weekend. 499 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: Have a wonderful, wonderful rest your Friday. Thank you for 500 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: allowing me to put this up a little bit later. 501 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: It's an afternoon podcast on a Friday, but that's all good. 502 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 1: That's all good, So we'll catch you out tomorrow and 503 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: aloha all that wonderful stuff. And as Danny says later, 504 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: skater now asta pasta, gotta murder, I gotta go