1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:01,600 Speaker 1: Kutbooms. 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 --> 00:00:09,280 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 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow, it's the clearinghouse 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: of hot takes. Break free for something special. The Fifth 8 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: Here week ago. Welcome, It's the Fifth Hour with me, 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: Ben Maller and Danny G Radio. Because listen, five days 11 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: a week not enough, five nights a week not enough, 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 1: and I'm on every night late night. Danny G, who 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,319 Speaker 1: used to be with me, is with Covino and Rich 14 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: during the afternoon hours, and we form Voltron here on 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: the weekends. We thank you for being part of the 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: pod and spinoff off of all those terrestrial radio shows, 17 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: but only available here in the podcast format. This is 18 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: the final NFL Sunday, the last one, the swan song 19 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: for the regular season. And then it gets real. It's 20 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: on like Donkey Kong starting next week in wildcard round. 21 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: Excited about all that, but we've got the met back 22 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: Before we get to the mailbag. I did want to 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: mention here it's the fifth day of January. I wanted 24 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: to mention more plumbing issues of the Malord Mansion. More 25 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: plumbing issues. 26 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 3: I mentioned this is the reason I tune in. 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you love to hear, you know, shit stories. 28 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: So we had mentioned in a previous episode there was 29 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: a clogged toilet. Someone stayed at the house cloged toilet. 30 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: So we had someone I will not name the guilty 31 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: watching our dog Moxie while we were in San Francisco, 32 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: house sitting and with a big giant gun in case 33 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: anyone tried to come to the house anyway. So they 34 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: were in the house for a few days. Got back 35 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: all right, got back kind of late, little groggy. When 36 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: I got back to town, the person that was house 37 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: sitting was gone. And I'm gonna tell this story because 38 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 1: it's important to the story. So I go into the 39 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: lower bathroom here the Malor Mansion, downstairs bathroom. So I 40 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: go in there, and I had to take care of business. 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: I'd been in the car all day driving back from 42 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: from Northern California. So I'm I'm on the throne, you know, 43 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: I'm doing my doing my thing with my squatty potty 44 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: and all that. And I go to flush, and I 45 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: hear the water filling into the bowl, but I don't 46 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: hear the water going down the bowl. And then I 47 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 1: as I'm sitting on the throne, I am, I'm feeling 48 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: some some water kind of coming up near the Tukas 49 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: turns out Danny that the person that was watching the 50 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: house had clogged the toilet and did not did not 51 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: let us know. Again it's a second time. Now, this 52 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: was not a number number one. This was the number two. Yeah, 53 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: that means it was brown town, if you know what 54 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: I'm saying. Right. But I'm like, okay, you know what, 55 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure it's not a big stuff. I'm just gonna. 56 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I have a plunger. I am, I'm gonna. 57 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: I'll cover my eyes and my nose and I'll do it. 58 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: So I take the plunger out and it's not a 59 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: great plunger. My wife got these plungers that look good. 60 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: They're not really effective plungers, but they look good, so 61 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: that whatever. So I go to plunge the toilet and 62 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: a couple of thrusts. Nothing. 63 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 3: It's just the water is not going down. 64 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: So so let me give you a little time, so 65 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: I know, because maybe the water pressure will put you know, 66 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes just without doing anything, the toilet water 67 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: will go down, the clog will take care of itself. 68 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: So I waited about forty minutes. I come back. It's 69 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: exactly the same. It's I go to the plunger, I 70 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: grab the plunge and I start trying to fus around 71 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: with the plunger and try to get the thing on stuffed. 72 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,119 Speaker 1: And I'm really aggressive at this point. I'm really going 73 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: for it. I'm like a lumberjack with the plunger. So 74 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm doing it and nothing. So now I'm starting to 75 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: freak out a little bit because it's like New Year's 76 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: Eve or like it was like the day before news 77 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: and I was like, you know how much it costs 78 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: for a plumber over the holiday? Like they charge you extra, right, 79 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: it's like surge pricing. So I'm gonna take care of 80 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: this myself. I am hellbat. So I start going online. 81 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, what are some tricks to get a toilet 82 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: unclogged without a plumber? The Internet's a wonderful place. It's 83 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: also a very dangerous place. So I I read all 84 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: these home remedies involving boiling hot water. That boiling hot 85 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: water will loosen everything up. So I went and boiled 86 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: the pot of water. Now I'm standing over the brown 87 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: poop water and I'm pouring boiling hot water. The poop 88 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: is splashing around. 89 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 3: Oh, it's like you're making coffee. 90 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: So they said, the Internet said, just put the water 91 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,119 Speaker 1: in there and leave it. And then they said, also 92 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: before you leave it, leave some some soap, some dish 93 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: soap in there as well. So I'm like, okay, boiling 94 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: hot water. 95 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 3: And then somebody was punking you. 96 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: Then I put dish soap over the boiling hot water. 97 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: So now just brown soup with bubbles soap bubbles is 98 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: what I have. Right, So it's like this is literally 99 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: a shit show. And so but it said again, it said, listen, 100 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: just do this, it'll take care of itself, you know, 101 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: give it an hour. Okay, I'll give it an hour. 102 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: So I went away and I came back about an 103 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: hour later, and it was exactly the same, exactly same. 104 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: So I said, you know what, I'm giving up. I'm 105 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: giving up. I've tried the internet thing. I'm gonna go 106 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: to home depot. I'm gonna buy you know those plumbing 107 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: tools you can buy at home depot to unclog a toilet. Yeah, 108 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: so I'll do that. So I get up the next 109 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: morning and I go down and look at the toilet 110 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: and the water had gone down, like overnight. The water 111 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: had gone down. So I'm like, all right, we're good. 112 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: And the poop was gone and it was like it 113 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: was low. So I went to flush the toilet and 114 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: it got clogged again. It was it was not unclogged somehow. 115 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: I don't know this like a magic trick, like a 116 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: Houdini trick. The water had gone away, but yet I 117 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: flushed it and it filled back up in the water. 118 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 1: It wasn't draining. So I was like, oh, screw it. 119 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: So I went to home depot. I went to the 120 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: plumbing aisle on home Depot and I'm looking around my Now, 121 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: keep in mind, my grandfather was a very successful plumber, 122 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: and so I feel like it should be in my 123 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: DNA second generation, you know, third generation whatever. He ran 124 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: up a plumbing company in LA and I feel like 125 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: I should be able to pull this off. So I 126 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: go and go to the plumbing aisle. I get the 127 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: I forget what it's called, but you it's it's kind 128 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: of like a snake for a toilet. It's you know, 129 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: it's a big metal thing you twisted, it goes all 130 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: the way down the toy. 131 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, call that a snake. 132 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: Okay, So I get that. Now there's three different options. 133 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: There's the professional grade plumbing option, which is like one 134 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: hundred bucks. There's the middle option, which is like forty 135 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: or fifty bucks, and then there's the basic option, which 136 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: is like twenty. So I, of course A bought the 137 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 1: twenty dollars one. I'm not gonna spend one hundred dollars 138 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: to unclog a thought. So I bought the twenty dollars 139 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: and I came back and I watched a YouTube video 140 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: on how to do this thing, and I'd go in 141 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: the bathroom and very frustrated, and I used this thing 142 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: and I put it all the way to the very 143 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: bottom of the toilet. I pull it back up to 144 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: get everything out of there. And I do this like 145 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: three or four times, and nothing's happening. Nothing's happening. And 146 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: so had we ended up having to call a plumber, 147 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: wasted the money on that, called the plumber, came out, 148 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: and we've determined now the plumber was here for like 149 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: ten minutes and fix the thing right away because he 150 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: had the professional one. So I could have spent one 151 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: hundred dollars Danny and gotten it fixed, but I chose 152 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: to spend twenty, which meant I had to spend another 153 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: you know whatever it was for the plumber. So that 154 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: was that was my plumbing situation. But we've determined a 155 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: minute long mall of investigation that what has happened here 156 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: is that we have high end toilet the toilet paper. 157 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: The one thing I do not go cheap on is 158 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: toilet paper. I don't I go big on toilet paper. 159 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: I feel like that's that's something you don't go cheap on. 160 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: And what we've re term is when people come to 161 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: have my wife has a lot of parties at the 162 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: end of the year, and so we have see septic 163 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: issues here because of the fact that people are not 164 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: used to high end toilet paper. It's a bougie item. 165 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: So we made a decision in the future, when we 166 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: have people stay at the house, we are going to 167 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: get commercial grade toilet paper one ply toilet paper, and 168 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: that is the toilet paper we're going to use for 169 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: when people come to the house because if you cannot stuff. 170 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: I think it's called marathon toilet paper. You know, I'm 171 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: talking about the really cheap. 172 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 3: Toilet paper because you buy the fancy stuff, it's thicker 173 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 3: and so, yeah, you just use too much of it. 174 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 1: The Charman ultrasoft I believe is what it's or something 175 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: like that, and it's it's great, but you don't need 176 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: to use a lot of it because it's you know, 177 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: it's really good, right, mego roll and all that and 178 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: people touch, and we think that's the the issue there. 179 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: So we're gonna find commercial grade. We'll go to like uh, 180 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, Smart and Final or something like that. 181 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: They probably sell it there, and we'll get the cheapest 182 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: toilet paper that everyone hates, sloppy, the whole thing, and 183 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: then we'll just. 184 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 3: Borrow something from our studio's bathroom. 185 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: Well I could do it. Yeah, we have a horrible 186 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:27,559 Speaker 1: toilet paper. It's just freaking horrible. All right, let's get 187 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: to the actual mail bag. It's I had to tell 188 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,439 Speaker 1: my poopy story. But let's say the mail bag. Anonymous 189 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 1: rights in, Anonymous rites and says, So Jonas Knox comes 190 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: in before your show ends, Ben, did you do you 191 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: talk to him between breaks when he's preparing for the show, 192 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: and then when your show is over and the other 193 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: are coming in, like LaVar Arrington, do you talk to 194 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: those guys before they go on the air or out 195 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: of respect? Do you not bother them because you have 196 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: to prepare for a radio show and you have thoughts 197 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: in your head and you might understand that if you 198 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: talk to them, they might find it annoying because they 199 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: just really want to do their show and all that stuff. 200 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: What's the etiquette asking for a friend? Yeah, so the guys, 201 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 1: I mean, we don't really have anywhere to get ready 202 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: for the I get there early. I go to the 203 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: very back. I go to the old Fox Sports Radio 204 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,959 Speaker 1: Updates studio, which is empty, and I go in there 205 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 1: and I finish up getting ready for the show. But 206 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: pretty much everyone else shows up at the very last minute, 207 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: I mean very last minute. And so it's not like 208 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: Jonas and LeVar are there an hour before the show. 209 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 3: Well, Ben, to be fair, I think that's because Coop 210 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 3: gets there so early. He's asleep back in one of 211 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 3: the other rooms. 212 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: Well, that's true. I'man Coop is the model of preparation, 213 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: so he's really the personification of dedication. So he's there, 214 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: but the other people's you know, get there late and 215 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: all that stuff. So but I do I say hello 216 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: to Jonas. I've known Jonas for many years. I love Jonas. 217 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: He's a friend of mine, and so we'll know the 218 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: quick hello, the small talk. LeVar is a great dude. 219 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: Talk to LeVar with Penn State in the playoff LaVar. 220 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: I saw him on TV the other day when I 221 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: was watching the Penn State Boise State game. There was 222 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 1: a play on the sidelines and LeVar is like a 223 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: big you know, he's big royalty at Penn State. So 224 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: he was on the sidelines there and and we were 225 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: chatting with you know, just small talk, chat with him 226 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: about whatever's going on and normally nothing to do with sports. 227 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: I'll say, hey, what's going on with the family or whatever, 228 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,719 Speaker 1: and then we're done. You know, We'll make some sarcastic 229 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: radio comments and then we'll move on and that's it. 230 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: But there's there's no long, long conversation. I mean, maybe 231 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: once a year we'll socialize somewhere. There'll be an event 232 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: we have to go to and we'll socialize, but oh quick, quick, 233 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: Kello and I just like with Jason, Jason Smith and 234 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon. I talked to Harmon more than I talked 235 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: to Smith, but I. 236 00:12:58,440 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 3: I see it. 237 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: Catch up, how's the kids, how's the wife, that thing 238 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: or the you know or whatever, and then we're done. 239 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: So all right. Next up, Mike from Shrewsbury, Mass Writes 240 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: in on the mail bag. He says, we we got 241 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: to get you the Central Mass here for a Mallard 242 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: meet and greet. Longtime listener, all the way back to 243 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 1: twenty five, back when Spokekane Gary was around. Yeah, I 244 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: remember that great Spokane he spoke kan Gary and Pete 245 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:31,239 Speaker 1: and Pittsburgh arrivals, updates with Turk Stevens. You had another 246 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: two people, one from Philly and a guy with a 247 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: fake name. Anyway, a longtime huge fan. I'm curious as 248 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: to why you are so secretive of what town you 249 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: live in. No big deal, and I understand privacy, but 250 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm always wondering the whereabouts of the Mallard mansion. Not 251 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: a stalker, just a curious question. I keep up all 252 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 1: the great shows. And then says he wants Eddie to 253 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: come back and all that, and it's any good vibrations. 254 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: So Mike yeah. So here's the deal. I I I 255 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: know that there's a lot of people on the Internet 256 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: that are fake tough guys, but over the years, I don't. 257 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm abrasive in any way. I think 258 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: I'm pretty mellow and all that. I just have sports takes. 259 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: But I've had people send me some threatening things and 260 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: previous homes I've lived in. I had somebody got my 261 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: address at one of the houses I used to live in, 262 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: and they'd send me things with no return address on them, 263 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: kind of ominous things, and I know it's it's likely nothing, 264 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: but just out of what do they say to any 265 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: out of an abundance of caution, I just I don't 266 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: toss out where I where I reside. Now, I'm sure 267 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: if you want to find out where I live, you 268 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: can find out with the Internet. It's probably not that 269 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: hard to find out, but you might get it wrong. 270 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: I've moved several times in recent years, so you're probably 271 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: not going to find out exactly where I am. But 272 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: that's generally that's generally right. I was, I was on 273 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: a list. Some lunatic was sending weird snail mail to me, 274 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: and Adam Carolla with me and Adam Carole. It was 275 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: very odd. I've only met Adam Carolla a few times 276 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: in my life. I don't really know him. He didn't 277 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: really know me. You know, we're not friends. But it 278 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: was very bizarre. 279 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 3: You know what's crazy is when you view the Malord 280 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 3: mansion from Google Earth, you have the nicest pool. It's 281 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 3: in the shape of dollar. 282 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: Signs Da da dalla. That's what I say. That's I said. 283 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: That's what I said. Come on, Pippin, get your tims on. 284 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 3: You say dollar dollar bill, y'all. 285 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: Zach from Columbus right sat in the mailbag, he says, Mary, 286 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: Christmas happy hanikah blah blah blah. Did you ever tell 287 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: the story about the horrible thing that happened? Or did 288 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: I ever tell you the story? Says the horrible thing 289 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: that happened to me in college involving human excrement and 290 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: a fridge full of beer. Yes, Sack, I think you 291 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: did tell us that stor if I remember correctly. A 292 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: while back, he said he's been busy with all the events. 293 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: He still listens, but usually weeks later, so Danny, he'll 294 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: hear this sometime in like February. Loves the show. 295 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 3: He says, let me know that Super Bowl is gonna 296 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 3: be awesome. 297 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: He says, let me know if you're if we're still 298 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: in play to drag your ass to Ah. Yes, Zach, 299 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: I don't know when, probably the spring, and you have 300 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: offered your establishment there Zach and Columbus and I actually 301 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: sent out an email this past week Danny to try 302 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: to try to figure that out. And one of the 303 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: scenarios would be to do a live podcast from that 304 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: bar in Columbus. So we'll see if that that happens, 305 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: but whether whether I do it or not. Normally on 306 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: these mallor meet and greets, I'm not doing that. But 307 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: if we happen to work it out logistically, maybe we'll 308 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: do it. But so I will, God willing, I will 309 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: be there once I start after football season. Usually wait 310 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: till March or April. And you really don't want to 311 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: go to Ohio in February or January, so Alf from 312 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: Realtor dot com writes, and so he says, as beautiful 313 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: and magical of a place that Fullerton sounds. Have either 314 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: of you too gotten as far as scouting future locations 315 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 1: to call home and get the hell out of the 316 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: People's Republic of California, says Alf from the Commonwealth. Danny, 317 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: have you have you thought about you're getting a little 318 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: older there done with radio? Where you're gonna end up? Oh? 319 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 2: Me? 320 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 3: You know, I really liked Wyoming and Montana when I 321 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 3: went there, oh maybe a decade ago on a little 322 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 3: hiking trip. I could potentially see myself pulling a Phil 323 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 3: Jackson just going out in Montea. 324 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, I could see you, like, well, we have the 325 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: budget in Montana, we could live like the Unibomber, you know, 326 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: a little shack in Montana right now. God's I've never been. 327 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: I've never been to Montana. Looks beautiful, though, so it 328 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: looks amazing. 329 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 3: Really pretty. 330 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: Man. 331 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 3: Air is so crisp and so clean that if you're 332 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 3: a city boy like us, it hurts your lungs to 333 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 3: breathe the oxygen there. That's cool. 334 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's pretty neat. I don't know. I do, look, 335 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: alf sometimes I look at real estate and say, you know, 336 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: what would this be like? And but you know, my 337 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: wife loves California, so she's not leaving her job anytime soon, 338 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: So you know, I do. I do criick on the 339 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: real estate websites every once in a while and think 340 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: like if I bought a little place in New Hampshire 341 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: right on the ocean there, like near Portsmouth, I could 342 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: do that right the low taxes, I could kind of 343 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: handle that, Mike and Fullerton, right, since it is that 344 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: be New Year, guys. During The Ben Maller Show's extended 345 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: holiday break, I took Tony in the Bay Area's advice 346 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 1: and listened to a couple of show podcasts from early 347 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. The crew at the time was Eddie Garcia, 348 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: Justin Cooper, and some guy named Danny g. I've never 349 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: heard of him before. I really enjoyed your breakdown of 350 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: the twenty seventeen NBA trade deadline. Anyone who hasn't heard 351 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: it yet should check that out as soon as possible. Yeah, 352 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: that's classic. Now, Mike says, I have a couple of 353 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: questions from that show. You bet Eddie Garcia that Colin 354 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: Kaepernick would not start five more games in his career, 355 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: and Eddie was stupid enough to take it. Did he 356 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: ever pay off the bet or did he try to 357 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: weasel out of it? I know, Mike and Fuller and says, 358 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: I know if things turned out differently, you definitely would 359 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 1: have paid off your bet. Rocky Mountain Oysters anyone. That's right, 360 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: Mike ear high five. And my other question is you 361 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: were concerned at the time that your male was getting 362 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: jacked off by someone. Did you ever find the culprint 363 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: very funny, very very funny? 364 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 3: Yeah? 365 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: I remember that bet. But when you make long term bets, 366 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: Danny on radio, no one actually remembers them. 367 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 3: A good thing for you because you also bet me 368 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 3: and Coope that the Lakers and Lebron when they first 369 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 3: signed it, that they wouldn't even sniff the NBA playoffs, 370 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 3: let alone a final. And you said the Clippers. You 371 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 3: said the Clippers would win a championship before the Lakers 372 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 3: even got to one. 373 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: What's wrong with your Clippers? Hold on buckeroo, hold on buckeroo. 374 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: Number one, the Lakers did not win a championship with 375 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: Lebron James wrong and number two the clip Here we 376 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: go the final four. That's okay. Go Kawhi Leonard, you 377 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: know right, Kawhi back? Come on? 378 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 3: Oh did you see that? Did you see the recent 379 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 3: lawsuit I did? 380 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: Yeah? 381 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, Clippers are dealing with a former Clippers employee spilling 382 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 3: the dirt. 383 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: It's one of Kawhi's buddies, who was like, wants a 384 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: big check and good luck. Maybe you know, maybe he'll win. 385 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 3: I don't know. 386 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:51,959 Speaker 1: The way the story was written did not paint him 387 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: in the in the greatest picture. But yet early on 388 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,959 Speaker 1: that Kaepernick story twenty seventeen, that was every day, it 389 00:20:59,000 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: was a new revelation. 390 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 3: If I had to hear Clay talk about Kaepernick one 391 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 3: more time talk, he was great on the radio, But 392 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 3: I had to hear Kaepernick talk every single morning, without 393 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 3: a doubt, Kaepernick was going to come up in the conversation. 394 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it was. 395 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 3: It was gold. 396 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: There was low hanging fruit, which is the most delicious fruit. 397 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: And we'd never seen anything like this in modern NFL. 398 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: And then the people were boycotting the NFL. They were 399 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: very upset and it was patriotism and stuff, and then 400 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: you had everything was just Nutso in the mid that 401 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: mid decade, that from like twenty fifteen the election and 402 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen Trump. 403 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 3: Some people predicted that the NFL would fold and go 404 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 3: out of business. 405 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: Remember, yeah, Mark Cuban, didn't Mark Cuban say the NFL 406 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: was going to go they were going to kill themselves 407 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: or whatever. Yeah, yeah, you had. So you had all 408 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: that in with this span of a couple of years, 409 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: and then you topped it off. The cherry on top 410 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: of this was the COVID in twenty twenty, twenty twenty 411 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: one into twenty twenty two in California. Of course, I 412 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: still see people. I still see people wearing masks, so 413 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: I think it's still going on in parts of California. 414 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: But anyway, all right, thank you Mike for listening to 415 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: old podcasts. Do we get credit, Danny? Does the company 416 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: still say, hey, people are listening to your podcast even 417 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: if it was eight years old, we still get credit? 418 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 3: I know. That's what sucks is if this was a 419 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 3: TV show, you and I would see a payment, even 420 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 3: if it was thirty cents or thirty dollars, we'd get 421 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 3: something in our mailbox. But when you do radio, as 422 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 3: you've talked about before, in one air out the other 423 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 3: literally because there are no residuals. 424 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, it sucks. It sucks. It's like music. You make 425 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: a song. How many bands, how many musicians, they're nineteen 426 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: or twenty years old, they do a song, it's a hit, 427 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: and they're still doing that song when they're fifty and sixties, 428 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: you know, sixty in their fifties and sixties, they're still 429 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: doing the same song they did when they were nineteen, 430 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: and they're making money off it. And you imagine you 431 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: doing what if? 432 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 3: Like you, I remember you did this really great Lob 433 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 3: City monologue one night, and what if For years people 434 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 3: called in requests and said, Ben, do your Lob City 435 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 3: monologue again. 436 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I would. I would nail it every time, 437 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: would get better, it would be better, it would be amazing, 438 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 1: and uh yeah, but no, it's a disposable form of 439 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: entertainment unfortunately. All right, thank you, Mike, Kevin and Ohio. Right, 440 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: so we're not sure where. It's kind of a big state, 441 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: he says. Ben and Danny. I wanted to get your 442 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: thoughts on this new wrinkle in fraud and I did 443 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: not say. Did you see the story this week that 444 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: the the new there's a surge in cryptocurrency fraud led 445 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: by young Nigerian men, that they've found a way to 446 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: rip people off with cryptocurrency. 447 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 3: Oh, I thought this was going to be that stupid 448 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 3: fast track thing. Have you seen that? 449 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 1: Oh? 450 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 3: I don't know how these pirates are doing it, But 451 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 3: when you drive anywhere near those fast track lanes. There's 452 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 3: some in Orange County. So when we were going through 453 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 3: Orange County to go to the San Diego Zoo, there 454 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 3: was an option, you know, to get in those fast 455 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 3: track lanes. Didn't get in there, but I did go 456 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 3: into like a carpool lane. And then later I get 457 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 3: a text saying that I went into the fast track 458 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 3: lane and I owed six dollars in ninety nine cents. 459 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 3: Maybe it wasn't a carpool lane. I click on the 460 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 3: stupid thing and it goes to the California fast Track page. 461 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 3: Whatever I put in my card to pay the six 462 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 3: ninety nine, it just spins and spins and it says 463 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 3: it couldn't process my card. The very next day, I 464 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 3: find out that my card has been flagged by my 465 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 3: bank for fraud. 466 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: You're an ass hat. It's a fake. 467 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 3: Fast track thing. They have put in your information so 468 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 3: they could rip off your info and then they try 469 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 3: to add you to their Apple Wallet to use your card. 470 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: Uh you know. I Actually it's funny you bring that up, 471 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: because I had when I was in the Bay Area, 472 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 1: we had the option of taking the Bay Bridge, which 473 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: they had to use. You have to use the like 474 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: the Northern California fast track thing, or you could go 475 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,199 Speaker 1: the long way into San Francisco. So we went the 476 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: long way because I wanted we didn't have the fast track. 477 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: And I did get a text. Actually, now that you 478 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: bring it up, I got a text. But I text 479 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: my wife. I said did She drove part of the 480 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: way and I drove most of the way, and I say, 481 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: I know I didn't go in the carpol in. Did 482 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: you go in the carpool in? Because I don't. I 483 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: don't remember you doing that. She said, Oh, no, it's 484 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: a scam. 485 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 3: Because yeah, there's been reports of this all over the country. Now, 486 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 3: first of all, they won't text you. I read that, 487 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 3: and if you look closely at it, it's fast track. 488 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:53,719 Speaker 3: The tea is missing, so it's fas track. So just 489 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 3: be aware of that and hit the report spam button 490 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 3: on it. 491 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 1: All right? So were they like, how do they get 492 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: your number? They're just they're fishing. 493 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 3: That's the part where Brenda was saying, that really creeps 494 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 3: me out that they were able to find out that 495 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 3: we were going through that area. How do they do that? 496 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 3: How do they scan the phone? Is it through Apple Someway? 497 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: Yeah? Here it is It says, please pay fast track 498 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: lane on December thirty first, in order to avoid excessive 499 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: late fees and potential legal action on the bill, Please 500 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: pay the fee in time, thank you for your cooperation, 501 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: and wish you a happy holiday. And then has a load. 502 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 1: It has a link. Please reply Yet why then exit 503 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: the text message and open it again? Blah blah blah 504 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 1: blah blah. Uh yep, got that. I got the same thing. 505 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, see, and I felt so stupid. The reason that 506 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 3: I didn't even think twice about it was because, like 507 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 3: I said, I knew I had just passed one of 508 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 3: those lanes. So that's how they got me. 509 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: Well, everyone who drives goes through one of those lanes 510 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: at one point or another, even if you don't go 511 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: in the lane you're. 512 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 3: I don't have any of those around where I lived. 513 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 3: I just happened to drive past one in Orange County 514 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 3: that day. Yeah, how the hell did they know where 515 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 3: I was? 516 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: Yeah? That's craziness, man, That is uh not so uh. 517 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: Let's see Mike in Sacramento rites and says Benny and 518 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: Danny guh, he said, I heard you talk about your 519 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: trip to northern California on the show. I only mentioned 520 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: it once, Mike, I didn't mention the whole thing. He says, 521 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: a self driving Waymo cab, did you take one? And 522 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 1: then he sent me a video of a cab smashing 523 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: into a delivery like robot, like a Wayne. I guess 524 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 1: there's a you. It's not YouTube. It's like a TikTok 525 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: of Waymo's gone wild. Have you seen this? 526 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 3: I have seen this? 527 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, like Waymo's that are that break and keep 528 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: driving in circles. 529 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's one that drives in the wrong direction. 530 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's pretty wild. No, I did not take a 531 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: way Moo. I brought my car, I drove my car. 532 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: I'm I'm good. And I heard they're the same. But 533 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: my brother in law I was like, oh yeah, they're 534 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: like he takes them all the time. He's like, well, yeah, 535 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: they're pretty much the same price as taking Uber. So 536 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: really want to take an uber? Help a dude out, 537 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: you know, doing Uber help them out a little bit. 538 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 3: That's why we see things a little bit different because 539 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 3: so many truck drivers and paper boys and remember those 540 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:18,719 Speaker 3: things called newspapers. 541 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, God bless truly the paper boys, security guards. 542 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 3: And truck drivers we support because we appreciate all of 543 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 3: those men and women that do those jobs, because there 544 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 3: are a lot of our listeners. 545 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. I mean when I started the Overnight Show, 546 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: most of our live listeners were delivering the newspaper. Now 547 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: it's like maybe three percent, But at one point it 548 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: was like sixty percent of the people were delivering the newspaper. 549 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: They were going to get the papers, they had to 550 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: wrap them, the whole thing. And now it's hardly anybody. 551 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:02,719 Speaker 1: Now it's mostly uber truck drivers, people working in bakeries, factories. 552 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,239 Speaker 1: Those are normally the people. Good guys, I said, good 553 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: guys in bads, got cops and bad guys who are 554 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: out coming to crime and all that. So they're hey, listen. 555 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: So anyway, I think that's so. Now we have some 556 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: other ones, but I think we're good on that. We 557 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 1: gotta get ready for football, Danny. It's the last time 558 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: when the entire playoff bracket will be set. By the 559 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: end of the day today everything will be locked up 560 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: and then tonight our grand body of them all mina 561 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: Sota in Detroit for all the marbles. The number on 562 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: the NFC it is. 563 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 3: Who did you take in that game on Benny versus 564 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 3: the penny I actually. 565 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: Took, believe it or not, the Minnesota Vikings took the bikes. 566 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 3: Okay, So as. 567 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: The number one seat in the entire NFC, do. 568 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 3: You know on our prediction sheet inside the studio, we 569 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 3: all fill it out before the season begins. I picked 570 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 3: the Vikings to make the playoffs as my out on 571 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 3: a limb. 572 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: Well, you're guaranteed of that appen. 573 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 3: Do you think when they give Sam Darnold big pay day, 574 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 3: do you think JJ McCarthy will be available to quarterback 575 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 3: needy teams? 576 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, if you're gonna pay Donald, why not. It's not 577 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: like mccow old's. McCarthy ain't McCarthy's. He's not a young lad. 578 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: He was at Michigan for several years. I think, yeah, 579 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: why not trade him to somewhere like Seattle or there's 580 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: a bunch of teams Tennessee that they need a quarterback 581 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: and Donald's young enough if you believe in him. I skeptical. 582 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: I just in my head, Donald's gonna go out there 583 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: and ride the vomitcommet in the playoffs and then it'll 584 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: be like, well should we should we pay him? And 585 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: uh uh? 586 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 3: Do you think Lamar is gonna fold in the playoffs again. 587 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, he has not had any success in the plus, 588 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: why would this year be any different? He hasn't. Now 589 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: they could win in spite of him, like because Henry 590 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: and the defense played better. 591 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 3: But yeah, by the way, McCarthy's not that old. He's 592 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 3: twenty one. 593 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: Oh I thought he was a little than that. But 594 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: Donald's is late twenties. 595 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 3: Twenty yeah, Donald's twenty seven. 596 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: And all right, we will be back next weekend with 597 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: all new podcasts. If you want to recommend something, when 598 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: you want to send a message in for the email bag, 599 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: it's Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. Real fifth 600 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: Hour at gmail dot com. If you would like to 601 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: be part of the mail bag, if you want to 602 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: recommend something either for the Terrestrial show or this show, 603 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: or you want to recommend a guest, we don't do 604 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: really do guests, but people we can hang out with. 605 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: You can do that as well, same email address, the 606 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: whole thing. 607 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 3: So I'd like Brian Billick to be on the podcast. 608 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: Brian Billich, Brian Billick, what we need Brian Brian Billick. 609 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: All right, Dann, you have any wonderful day, enjoy the football, 610 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: and I'll be back on the live Radio tonight tonight, 611 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: back at it Sunday night into Monday, eleven o'clock in 612 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: the West and two am in the East, all night 613 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: long and we'll talk to you man. 614 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 3: Have a booty full week later, Skater, I heard that Danny. 615 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: Brian Billy I'm not available, so please a message. 616 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 3: I got a murder. I gotta go.