1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:01,600 Speaker 1: Kubbooms. 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 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,600 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 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: Mahler and Danny g Radio A Happy Saturday is Today's 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: the third day of January, our second podcast of the 13 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: brand new year, and it's an NFL Saturday. It is 14 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: on like Donkey Kong. Two games, one good, one bad. 15 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: The early game at four thirty Eastern one thirty in 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: the West, Carolina at Tampa Bay, which is supposed to 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: be the NFC championship game. However, it is not necessarily 18 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: a standalone championship game Carolina. If they win, they win 19 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: the NFC South. If they lose, meaning Tampa Bay wins 20 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: that game, then it comes down to the Atlanta Falcons 21 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: game on Sunday with New Orleans, and if Atlanta is 22 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: able to win that game, Carolina will still win the 23 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: division based on the tiebreakers, so Tampa Bay is really 24 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: up against it. That game getting the d level broadcast 25 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: crew of Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Lewis Riddick, which 26 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: means my remote controls mute button will be getting a 27 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: workout today from my right hand. And the late game 28 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: Seattle and San Francisco, which is for all the marbles 29 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: in the NFC West. You've got Joe Buck and Troy 30 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: Aikman in the seeding atop the NFC all that great 31 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: stuff on the line in that game. So those are 32 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: the two games today. Benny versus the Penny is up 33 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: and running if you want to check that out. We 34 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: have all the information you need on both those games 35 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: and the full episode for Sunday. As it is the 36 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: final weekend of the NFL regular season, which means a 37 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: lot of teams who are just trying to get the 38 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 1: heck out of Dodge and go on vacation. You have 39 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: a mix of that. You also have a mix of 40 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: teams that are scratching and clong trying to get in 41 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: the playoffs. On today's podcast, we have Malar Mitzvah Carbon Dating. 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: We'll get to those things. We begin though, by pointing 43 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: out it is National Drinking Straw Day today, so please, 44 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: when you have a beverage today, drink with a straw. 45 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: And I was blown away doing research for this podcast 46 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: when I found out that the straw goes back to 47 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: three thousand BC. Things tubes were used as ancient straws 48 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: and thin long metallic tubes to brew beer. The original straw. 49 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: In the eighteen eighties there was a patent filed for 50 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: paper drinking straws. A person that made them a guy 51 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: named Marvin Stone. I have no idea who that is, 52 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: but Marvin Stone did not like the rye straw aftertaste, 53 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: so he's like, I just come up with this paper straw. 54 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: So that was in the eighteen eighties. And then in 55 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: the nineteen thirties a guy filed a patent for a 56 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: bendable straw because his daughter was having issues. This young 57 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: lady there was having issues drinking with a straight paper straw, 58 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: which is completely understandable. And then it wasn't until the 59 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: nineteen sixties with the rise of the fast food industry, 60 00:03:54,720 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: the paper straw replaced by the plastic straw, and really 61 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: the superior straw. The plastic straw. I live in a 62 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: state which is outlawed the plastic straw. It is the 63 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: People's Republic of California. I stand with the plastic straw. 64 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: The paper straw is just a waste of time. It 65 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: is also today is the Festival of Sleep Day. Yeah, 66 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: the Festival of sleep Day, and celebrate appropriately. 67 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: There. 68 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: The first bed, the first bed. The earliest account of 69 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: a bed goes to the eighth century BC. Bed was 70 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: woven of rope. Sounds like a nightmare. Then in four 71 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: point fifty BC, you had a Greek physician who suggested 72 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: that sleep, the reason that we sleep is because of 73 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: a lack of circulation to the brain. So that was medicine. 74 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: That was modern medicine in four point fifty BC. So 75 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: you had that. Then in the twelve hundreds you had 76 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: people who tried to sleep while sitting up. Yeah. Yeah, 77 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: Well the beds were smaller because they used pillows and 78 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: other things, and that's how that operated back in the 79 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: twelve hundreds. And so you've got that. Then in the 80 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: sixteen hundreds you had the magical Tale of Sleeping Beauty, 81 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: which how much money has Disney made off that that? 82 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: That's a ton of money I mean the whole the 83 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: merchandise and the whole thing, the movie back in the day, 84 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: and Money, Money, Money that came out in sixteen thirty four, right, 85 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: sixteen thirty four, My goodness. All right. Meanwhile, let's get 86 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: to the meat of the matter here. Let's not mess 87 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: around the holiday hiatus which technically ended with Benny Versus 88 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: the Penny and the podcast which all popped up yesterday 89 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: back in the content business. But the holiday hiatus from 90 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: overnight Radio is supposed to be about rest. You're supposed 91 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: to recharge your batteries, powered down the vocal cords, pretend 92 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 1: for a fleeting moment that the rhythms of the brain, 93 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: Thesecanian rhythms, have not been permanently manipulated and hijacked by 94 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: the graveyard shift. That's what you people tell me. You 95 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: know who you are, experts, have all the answers, It 96 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: all sounds good. Nevertheless, somewhere between Christmas rainstorms in Socow 97 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: which we actually have had, and the itch to be 98 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: back behind the microphone, which I am now in the 99 00:06:54,360 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: podcast studio, the highlight of my break veiled itself, not 100 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: in a studio on asphalt, in a never before told story, 101 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: This is a global exclusive here on the Fifth Hour podcast. 102 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: Settle in for the details on a last minute desert dash, 103 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: a spontaneous pilgrimage across the American Southwest, the Great American Southwest. 104 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: There's not a lot there. There's not a lot there. Now, 105 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: this was with no advanced notice. There was no RSVP, 106 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: none of that. Just me, my wife and the Maladmobile 107 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: pointing east away from southern California and the comforts of 108 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: the Malard Mansion towards the Valley of the Sun. Now, 109 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: if you've ever driven from Los Angeles to Fause, I've 110 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: talked about this a few times over the years, but 111 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: if you've ever driven from LA to Phoenix, you know 112 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: that that route is less a road trip and more 113 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: of a test of endurance. Once you clear what's known 114 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: as the Inland Empire, the civilization waves goodbye to you. 115 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: It's like a distant relative at a bus station, you know, 116 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: the Greyhound bus station. Now. Palm Springs a desert oasis 117 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: which was made famous by legends like Frank Sinatra and 118 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: Bob Hope and people like that back in the day. 119 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: So Palm Springs and its sister cities, which are just 120 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: wonderful places. They tease you though about twenty twenty five minutes, 121 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: most of them off the highway. It's a mirage of 122 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: golf courses and windmills and just really nice. But then 123 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: back to nothingness. And then you get to this town 124 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: called Blythe, which appears like a punctuation mark on the 125 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: California Arizona border. So you go through Blythe, you cross 126 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: the state line, you enter the Grand Canyon state which 127 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: is mostly sand cactus, and this unsettling feeling that you 128 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: missed and exit three hours ago. What's going on? Arizona 129 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: to its credit, I will give credit to Arizona. They 130 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: know who they are, and who they are is a 131 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: whole lot of nothing, and they lean into it. The 132 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: rest areas are outstanding, much better than California. In Arizona, 133 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: the rest areas are first class, five star oasis is 134 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: the wherry driver driving these desert roads. You've got relatively 135 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: clean bathrooms, shaded benches. Although I went this time of 136 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: the year it was not very warm, so you didn't 137 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 1: really need the shade, but it's there. You know, most 138 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: of the year it's pretty hot. You had those informational 139 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: plaques that quietly say, yes, this is all there is 140 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: for miles and miles and miles. You have this weird 141 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: pocket of Arizona, which is not on the local time. 142 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: It's a Native American land anyway, Listen, you give credit 143 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: where credits due. The first real sign of life as 144 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: you drive from state line of California and you get 145 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: into Arizona. The first town that really stands out is 146 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: called Buckeye, and there's construction everywhere, houses sprouting like weeds 147 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: after rain. Suburbia marching westward if you will. And then 148 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 1: you get to a town called Goodyear. I wonder what's 149 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: named after a spring training home of the Cincinnata Reds, 150 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: along with the team formerly known as the Cleveland Indians, 151 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: and thus the holy land for Dick from Dayton. From 152 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: there it is a conveyor belt of Phoenix suburbs until 153 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: you reach the main event. However, this trip wasn't about 154 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: the scenery, it wasn't about cactus. It was a mission, 155 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: a malar mitzvah. What is a malar mitzvah? So a 156 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: couple of weeks earlier, at a family gathering, I mentioned 157 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: this briefly. I believe here on this podcast it might 158 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: have been on the radio. So I think It was 159 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 1: the podcast that at this event. One of my uncles 160 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: had an event, a wedding anniversary. I attended, and the 161 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: only living uncle I have, by the way, and this 162 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: is the one where I had my relatives lecturing me 163 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: over a monologue I did about women's soccer three years earlier, 164 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: and this woman pulled me aside, a very nice woman, 165 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: in the most polite way, told me I was an 166 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: a hole, which I appreciated. So anyway, I was there 167 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: at that event. My beloved cousins Lynn and Jerry, both 168 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: in their eighties mid to late eighties. Jerry eighty seven, 169 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: I got eighty seven. So they invited me to their 170 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: daughter's birthday party that I was sixty. She's not a 171 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: little kid, obviously sixty in Phoenix. Another cousin obviously related, 172 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: and now I recognized at the time. I recognized at 173 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: the time immediately this was a token invitation. This is 174 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: the polite kind you extend, knowing full well that because 175 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: of travel and my job, there was no chance I 176 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: was going to show up. So naturally I just had 177 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: to show up. I said, oh, what the hell, I'm 178 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: off from work. I love these people, they're getting older. 179 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: I want to see them, so I didn't make an 180 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: announcement because I wasn't completely sure I was going to go. 181 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: There was a lot of weather. I don't drive unless 182 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: I have to in the bad weather. I've learned that lesson. 183 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: I almost died several times driving in rain, so I'm 184 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: like all, I picked my spots, so I wasn't sure 185 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: it was going to happen. I didn't tell them. I 186 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: didn't want to get their hopes up. Not that I'm 187 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: the end all be all, but I didn't make it 188 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: an announcement. There was no fanfare. I just got in 189 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: the car on Saturday. Six hour drive actually was over 190 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: that because we stopped a couple times and a bit 191 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: of a curveball. So Lynn and Jerry have lived in 192 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 1: the same house, my cousins for fifty six years. They 193 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: have watched Phoenix more from a one horse town filled 194 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: with tumbleweeds into a major league city home of the 195 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: MLB NFL Super Bowls. The whole deal, the whole deal. 196 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: They were once season ticket holders to the Suns back 197 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: when they played at the Mad House on McDowell, and 198 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: I learned when I went to their home just a 199 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: few miles from their home the Madhouse on McDowell. They 200 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: watched the legends like Kevin Johnson, thunder Dan Marley, the 201 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: Round Mound of Rebound, Charles Barkley dominate with Cotton Fitzsimmons 202 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: as the coach. Some of those great Sons teams back 203 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: in that era, and that building shaped generations of basketball fans. 204 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: It probably violated several fire codes being at the time 205 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: it was there, and as far as the trip now, 206 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: we did not factor in one rather important detail, one 207 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: rather important detail. Arizona does not mess with daylight savings time. 208 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: The Grand Canyon State is in open rebellion against the clock, 209 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: and I respect it now. As you know, I am 210 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: by the clock, for the clock, all about the clock. 211 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: I live by the clock. However, I respect Arizona and 212 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: their rebellions. I endorse it. I also showed up an 213 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: hour late because of it, so, not factoring in the 214 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: time we planned it all out. We would have left 215 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: an hour earlier if we had known about the time change. 216 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: We didn't factor that in. So my thought was, oh, 217 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: let's go straight to the party, you know, let's go straight. 218 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: We're gonna be late. My wife's like, let's go to 219 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: the hotel. First of course she won. She always does. 220 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: So we arrived at the party at seven pm sharp, 221 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: right in the middle of the birthday girl's speech. It 222 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: was a subtle entrance, like a marching band during a 223 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: eulogy at a funeral. It's like, what are we doing? 224 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: Very awkward, and then it happened, right, you know, cousins 225 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: in the air everywhere, faces people I had not seen 226 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: since I was a kid thirty forty years ago, people 227 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: who shaped my childhood when family functions were mandatory as 228 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: a little kid, I talked about weddings, bar Mitzvah's family reunions. 229 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: We had a lot of those, from ages zero to ten, 230 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: eleven twelve something along those lines. I was dragged to 231 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: all of them. And then around fifteen or so, my 232 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: mom's health really got pretty bad and she had rheumatoid 233 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: arthritis and all kinds of craps. She just did not 234 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: win the health lottery, and so travel slowed down and 235 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: the family circuit kind of faded away. And then at 236 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: age nineteen, I dove head first into radio. At the time, 237 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: it was like it was cool to be on the radar. 238 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: Now it's like, oh yeah, the radio, But at the 239 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: time it was really cool, so I dove into radio 240 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: and I dedicated my life to the profession of gas baggery. 241 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: And suddenly there they were, my cousin Brad, the guy 242 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: that gave me my first beer at a family reunion. 243 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: I was far too young. Statute of limitations safely expired, 244 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: safely expired. My cousin's Tammy and Karen. They were there, 245 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: my cousin Barbara ninety two, and this was very awkward. 246 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: I wanted to share this with you. So I get 247 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: to the party and it's bad timing and the birthday 248 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: girls speak and I show up. A lot of the 249 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: people have no idea who I am. Then there's some 250 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: people that did know who I was, and they were 251 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: kind of like, oh, excited to see me and making noises. 252 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: Well Barbara, God bless her. You know, she was a 253 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: friend of my mom's, older than my mom two and 254 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: she screamed when she saw me, and she started crying 255 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: when she looked at me, like I just walked out 256 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: of some kind of seance or something. And it was 257 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: very touching. It was really sweet, and it was very 258 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: emotional and deeply awkward. It happened right in the middle 259 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: of everything and everyone's trying to shush her, and she's like, 260 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: you know, when you're ninety two, you don't really give 261 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,479 Speaker 1: a crap. You know, you're on borrowed time at that point. 262 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: And then just as suddenly, it was all over at 263 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: seventh and we got there about seven, right around seven, 264 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: at seven thirty local time, the mass exodus began at 265 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: this party. I'm not kidding. One by one we had 266 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: cousins departing. It was like a conga line of closure. 267 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: And by the ninety minute mark from the beginning, I 268 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: remember we got there about an hour late, but by 269 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,479 Speaker 1: the ninety minute mark, the place was pretty much empty. 270 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: My wife was stunned. Her family gatherings are these people 271 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 1: on her family, They just keep going and it's like 272 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: the energizer Bunny and her grandparents have passed away now, 273 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: but when we used to go out with them. Luigi, 274 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: authentic Italian guy who ironically loved the Olive Garden and 275 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,439 Speaker 1: his bride there and they be there for three or 276 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: four hours, minimum five hours. The Malor family treats events 277 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: like a Broadway show. Ninety minutes, brief intermission, curtain down, 278 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:37,199 Speaker 1: go home, and still the love was real, the hugs, 279 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: the laughter, there was genuine joy. People seemed really happy 280 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: to see me. I was happy to see them, and 281 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: it was great. Mission accomplished, Mission accomplished. It was wonderful. 282 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,719 Speaker 1: And unlike past Arizona trips where we just drove and 283 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: drove back, we stayed overnight at a boutique hotel my 284 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: wife picked out in the car on the way there, 285 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: and amazingly, this is gonna blow you out. There was 286 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: no resort fee. There was free parking. I imagine that 287 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: the people in Vegas. You can have a hotel with 288 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: no resort fee and free parking. It's a miracle. It's 289 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: proof that hotels can survive without nickel and diming you 290 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: through the Badonka donk like they do in Lost Wages, Nevada. 291 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,239 Speaker 1: In Phoenix they had this was a nice hotel and 292 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: it was right in the central part of the action, 293 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: and it had no resort fee and free parking. 294 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: It was wonderful. 295 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: So then we say it was Saturday, so we stayed 296 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: Saturday night. Sunday morning brought breakfast in Scottsdale. I should 297 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: also point out we went to a tiki bar, because 298 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: when you think tiki, you think the greater Phoenix area. 299 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: But on Sunday morning, we had breakfast in Scottsdale. I'm 300 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: not a breakfast guy, my wife loves breakfast and we 301 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: went to this trendy breakfast spot in Scottsdale. Quick goodbye 302 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: visit with Lynn and Jerry. One final sacred stop. My 303 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 1: cousin Karen came by to say hello as well. But 304 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: on the way out of Dodge we went to Culver's, 305 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: the mecca of the cheese curd the in and out 306 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: of the Midwest. Butterburger, Wisconsin cheese curds. Oh my yum 307 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: yum to my tumb tum, delicious enough to be very dangerous, 308 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: very very dangerous if one ever opened near the Malar mansion. 309 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: And then it was back into the desert darkness, surrounded 310 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: by unseen critters, wandering spirits, things that go bumpitty bump 311 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: in the night, and probable extraterrestrial activity overhead. A lot 312 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: of extraterrestrials spotted in the desert Southwest. It was a 313 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: successful Malar mitzvah, A lot of miles on the odometer. 314 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: Time was bent, some love was delivered, a reminder that 315 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 1: sometimes the best part of stepping away from the microphone 316 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,959 Speaker 1: is finding the people who helped shape the voice using it, 317 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: and that was those people, and it was grasping a 318 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 1: lot of time. Some of my fondest memories, the big memories, 319 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: were with them, and I haven't seen him in years. 320 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: It's bad job by me, but it was great to 321 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: see them now turning the page, I wanted to tell 322 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: another tale. A long time ago, when the world was 323 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: full of wonder, before GPS lied to all of us, 324 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: there was a voice, a voice that did not whisper, 325 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: a voice that did not mumble, didn't need closed captioning, 326 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: a voice that boom, A voice that could cut through 327 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: bad football like a chainsaw through wet cardboard. Just like 328 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: get a wet cardboard box like weed ban has on 329 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: a rainy day in Miami. You get a chainsaw, and 330 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: that voice could just cut through it like a chainsaw. 331 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: A Gene decker Off, the Buccaneers mentioned they played today. 332 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 1: The Buccaneers announced this week the Deckerhoff will retire at 333 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: the conclusion of the season, which will likely be today. 334 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 1: It's unlikely the Buccaneers are going to make the playoffs. 335 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: They have to win and get help. And if they 336 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 1: don't get that help, even if they win, they're not 337 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: in so we won't know until tomorrow unless they lose today. 338 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: So this is likely the last game that Deckerhoff will 339 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: call for the Buccaneers, closing the book on thirty seven 340 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: years of calling the Creamsicle football games on the radio. 341 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: That is not a career. That is a mortgage length sentence. 342 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: Is what that is? My God? The third longest active 343 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: tenure in the NFL right now, three quarters of all 344 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 1: Buccaneer games in franchise history, both Super Bowl runs, every era. 345 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: He touched, every era, every uniform, the throwback uniforms were 346 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: the uniforms that weren't throwback uniforms, every quarterback experiment that 347 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: came with an instructional manual written in crayon. Jane was 348 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: there for all of it, the good, the bad, and 349 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 1: the think about that. Coaches came and went. Owners shuffled 350 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: through like bad renters. Quarterbacks rotated like spared tires, temporary, unreliable, 351 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 1: many of them. And there was Gene. He was the 352 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: load bearing wall who documented all of that. Remove him 353 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: and the whole thing collapses. And here's the part where, 354 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: of course I insert myself, because that's what we do 355 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: in radio. How do I relate to this story. The 356 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: reason I wanted to talk about Gene decker Hoff is 357 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 1: it reminded me of one of my favorite memories in 358 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 1: recent years. Thanks to my friendship with Fox Sports Radio 359 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: alumni member Buck's sideline reporter TJ. Reeves, I got to 360 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: meet Jean a few years ago, and not just meet him, 361 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: I got to help him out, which frankly, is now 362 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: going to go on my resume. Hopefully I don't need 363 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: my resume, but I'll put that under public service. So 364 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers were in Los Angeles for their first trip 365 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,239 Speaker 1: or Jane's first trip to Sulfi statem. I think they 366 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: might have come to LA during the pandemic, but Gene 367 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: didn't go, and so whatever I was told, it was 368 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: his first time at Sofi Stadium. And if you know Sofi, 369 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: this shiny billion dollars like a sci fi movie prop 370 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: that looks like it landed from another planet. And it's 371 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: got the footprint I want to say, it's big. It's 372 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: the footprints of the size of Texas and the navigational 373 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: clarity of a corn maze mixed with a crossword puzzle 374 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: while you've had too much whiskey. It's just a mess. 375 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: And so TJ. I ran into him, and TJ mentions, Hey, 376 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: you know, Gene is trying to find his way to 377 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 1: the press box. We're all trying to find Gene. We 378 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: can't find Gene decker Off. The game's going to start 379 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: in like an hour and a half. Can we find Gene? 380 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 1: So we need your help. So I said, no problem. 381 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: I got nothing else going on, so I am. Now 382 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,719 Speaker 1: I'm walking around the state. I find myself in one 383 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: of the elevators near the press box, minding my business, 384 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: embracing my inner introvert, where I don't talk to anybody. 385 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: When I hear a short, portly, older gentleman say he's 386 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: lost and going to be late. And I recognized right 387 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: away the golden pipes. The light bulb didn't just flicker. 388 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 1: This wasn't just a guy. This was the guy. This 389 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: was the man, the myth, the legend, Gene Deckerhoff. I 390 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: introduced myself, I said, hello, mister Dekerhoff, and suddenly I'm 391 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,919 Speaker 1: not a radio guy. I am a pace car. I 392 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 1: remember this is how I remember it. I'm leading the 393 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: broadcast field safely through the turns, sirens blaring, mission, Get 394 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: Jean to the booth, Get Gene to the booth. That's 395 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: the mission, and we did mission accomplished. It felt like 396 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: guiding the Pope through Times Square or helping Santa Claus 397 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: find the chimney. You don't forget. You don't forget. What 398 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: a run. A congrat to Geen Dekkeroff. Since joining the 399 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: Buccaneers in nineteen eighty nine, you had Hugh Culverhouse, the 400 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: menacing owner. At the time. Ray Perkins was the coach 401 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: of the Bucks. In eighty nine, Vinnie Testaverdi was the 402 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: starting quarterback. Joe Ferguson, who is thirty nine years old, 403 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: was the backup quarterback. He's now seventy five. Time goes 404 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: quick and Gene has been the constant. He's now Jean's 405 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: eighty and he's called over seven hundred and fifty games, 406 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: screaming touchdown Tampa Bay more than a thousand times. The 407 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,440 Speaker 1: phrase is stitched into the DNA of the franchise. Same 408 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: with Fire the Cottons, which is in Raymond James Stadium. 409 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 1: That's not just the catchphrase, that's the dagger, the final nail, 410 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: the Mike drop before mike drops were cool. And let's 411 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: not forget forty two years as the voice of the 412 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: Severnoles of Florida State football forty two. That is not longevity. 413 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 1: That is carbon dating. What this man has been able 414 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: to do forty two years at Florida State and then 415 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: the thirty seven with the Buccaneers. I didn't grow up there, obviously. 416 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,719 Speaker 1: I didn't grow up listening to Jeen Deckerhoff on the radio. 417 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: I have heard his calls for over twenty five years. 418 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: I've been in radio. I've been in radio longer than that, 419 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: but I've heard his calls, like Florida State back when 420 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: they had great teams and the Buccaneers where they've had 421 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: some pockets of good teams. And you don't last that 422 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: long unless you're really great. You don't, or unless somebody 423 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: wants you know, I guess if nobody wants your job, 424 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: then maybe you can stick it out. Or you're the 425 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: son or the daughter of the owner of the team. 426 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: But trust me, trust me, bro. Everyone wanted Jeen decker 427 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: Hoff's job. Those are those are great jobs. They pay 428 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: very well. You have to travel with the football team. 429 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: You want those jobs. They just couldn't touch the skill 430 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: level that Jeen decker Hoff had. And he wasn't flashy, 431 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: he didn't chase the trends. He didn't try to sound 432 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: like he was auditioning for TikTok. You morons, these older guys, 433 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 1: they don't get loud enough for me. Come down. He 434 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: just called the damn game, clean, loud, honest, proud professional. 435 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: In a business where voices change faster than coaching philosophies, 436 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: they change a lot they do, especially now these days. 437 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: Gene Deckerhoff was the lighthouse. He was the same beam, 438 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: the same and cadence, the same conviction, all of that. 439 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: So you tip the headphones in this case, you fire 440 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: that cannons one last time later today, and then the 441 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: voice fades away and the echo will stay. We'll still 442 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: have those calls, those clips on NFL films from back 443 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: in the day. What a hell of a legacy for 444 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: the great Gene Deckeroff, a career that is one of 445 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: the greats. So congratulations to Gene Deckeroff, and enjoy your 446 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: final broadcast later today. Unless you hear this after the game, 447 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: and then hopefully Gene already enjoyed his final broadcast, we'll 448 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: get out on that. We've got the mail bag, which 449 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: should be yours on Sunday, unless there's some kind of 450 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: snaffu like something gets deleted and then you won't hear 451 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: the mailbag. But other than that, the plan is we 452 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: will give you the mailbag, have a wonderful rest of 453 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: your day if you're listening when this thing immediately drops, 454 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: and enjoy the football today. If you listen two days 455 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: later or three days later, hopefully everything we said is 456 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: completely accurate, and if not, just blame I guess we'll 457 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: blame Danny, who me, I don't know who else, but 458 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: blame somebody. Blame whatever you want. But on that note, 459 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: we'll catch you next time. Later, skater asta pasta Now 460 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: I think so, my Felisia