1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Cutbooms. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: The clearing House of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 3: The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Mahler and Danny g Radio, 12 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 3: who is away this weekend hanging out with his pals 13 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 3: Covino and Rich. So you got me and this podcast 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: a super duper special pod on this Friday. And I'm 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 3: not blowing smoke. I'm not blowing smoke at all. No, no, no, oh, 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 3: what a week it was. As you know by listening, 17 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 3: the phones went haywire. There was a glitch here, a 18 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 3: glitch there, a glitch everywhere. Oh yeah, we had some issues. 19 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: We'll get to that at some point over the weekend. 20 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 3: But this being the Fifth Hour podcast, we go behind 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 3: the scenes, behind the microphone, behind the headphones and all that. 22 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 3: And it is a show dedicated to the super fans 23 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 3: of the Overnight if you have listened on a regular 24 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 3: basis to the Fifth Hour podcast, you are in the 25 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 3: one percent of the one percent. God bless you, all right, 26 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 3: God bless you for that. We thank you, because without that. 27 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: I mean we are wor screwed. We are. 28 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 3: And I was away from my poach in the post 29 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 3: in the watch Tower of the overnight a couple of 30 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 3: nights this week. And those of you who were listening 31 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 3: to this podcast last weekend, of course you knew that 32 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: I was going to be away because I had said 33 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: at the end of the mail bag on Sunday that 34 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 3: I had some things to do. 35 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: And I was gonna be away. 36 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 3: And of course that did not stop a number of 37 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 3: people who are not p ones, who are more P 38 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 3: two s P three's, who sent me angry messages. Among 39 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 3: my favorites were, why are you not here? I'm working, 40 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 3: Why are you not here? Get your fat ass behind 41 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 3: the microphone? You only work four hours a day, Why 42 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 3: are you not here? Blah blah blah blah, went on 43 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 3: and on and on and on. So I didn't write 44 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 3: back to any of those people. I did not and 45 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 3: I've decided on this pod today that we are going 46 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 3: to go behind the scenes to a galaxy far far away. 47 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 3: And as the great radio man Paul Harvey would say, 48 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 3: you know what the news is, But in a minute, 49 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: you're gonna know what the rest of the story is. 50 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 3: In this case, you're going to know that I was 51 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: not hosting the overnight show. I was away a couple 52 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: nights Monday and Tuesday, Monday into Tuesday, and then Tuesday 53 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: Wednesday and all that, And in a minute, you're going 54 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 3: to find out the rest of the story. So it 55 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 3: has been many years since I have talked about what 56 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 3: I'm about to talk about into a microphone. In fact, 57 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 3: this goes back probably ten, twelve, thirteen, fourteen years. It's 58 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 3: been a long time, certainly over ten years, and I 59 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 3: think much longer than that. So let's go back in 60 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 3: the hot tub time machine. 61 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: To a random year in. 62 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 3: About the twenty twenty nine, twenty twenty ten, well probably 63 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 3: twenty ten, twenty eleven, I guess would be the period 64 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: somewhere in that period of time, probably twenty eleven. So 65 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: it's been fourteen years twenty eleven. We've locked in on 66 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 3: twenty eleven. So going back then, and I was hosting 67 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 3: filling in locally on our affiliate AM five seventy in 68 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 3: Los Angeles, the home of the Dodgers. Every once in 69 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 3: a while they will call me out of the bullpen 70 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 3: on a rogue mission, and I will go in and 71 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 3: yap away. And so I was asked by the person 72 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 3: who produced the show to step in. 73 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: So I did, and then. 74 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 3: The host of the show during that broadcast it was 75 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 3: I want to say it was on a Thursday, but 76 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 3: might have been on a Wednesday or a Friday. But 77 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: I was hosting the show and the conversation came up 78 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: about you know, being a parent and family and all 79 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 3: that stuff, and I was asked if I had kids 80 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 3: or not, and I explained on that show against a 81 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 3: local show AM five seventy years ago, LA, I explained 82 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 3: that I did have a son, son who I helped raise. 83 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 3: I was helping raise at the time, and I helped 84 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 3: raised him since he was four years old at that time. 85 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: He was probably not much older than that. And it 86 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 3: was a rather benign conversation. However, that would be something 87 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 3: that sparked a bunch of diabolical fans of mine who 88 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 3: could not read the room and were starting to kind 89 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 3: of lurk around, and it freaked out my wife right 90 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 3: Whichel freaked out and some of these Stoker types who 91 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 3: are big fans, and I'm sure meant no harm at all, 92 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 3: but they were trying to get more intel about my son. 93 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 3: And this led to my wife getting some odd requests 94 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 3: on social media, and she was flustered, bedraggled, and she 95 00:05:59,040 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 3: was very upset. 96 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: She who I did that I not talk. 97 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 3: About him anymore on the radio to protect the family 98 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 3: from the lunatics that are out there. So I did 99 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 3: not talk about my steps on throughout his entire education. 100 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: All of the. 101 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 3: Days I would take him to school or pick him 102 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 3: up from school, or the sporting events, all that stuff 103 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 3: that was just off the table, so off the table. 104 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 1: Did not talk about it on the radio. 105 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 3: Lived it, loved it, enjoyed all of it, just wonderful memories, 106 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 3: but not for the radio. Because my wife had requested 107 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 3: not to talk about it. So I never brought it 108 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 3: up until today, and I honored her request, and today 109 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 3: I'm allowed to talk about it because on Monday and 110 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 3: Tuesday of this past week, me and the wife took 111 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 3: off in the middle of the night after the show 112 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 3: a Sunday night and a Monday and headed to San Diego, 113 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 3: a city near and dear to my heart, that was 114 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: the place, as you may know if you followed the 115 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 3: nonsense here that I began my journey into broadcasting at 116 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: a commercial radio station, the mighty six ninety, which was a. 117 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: Border blaster station. 118 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: Ironically, it was only a couple miles away from the 119 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 3: address of. 120 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: The old studio. Got off on SeaWorld Drive Pacific Coast Highway. 121 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: You make a right. 122 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 3: Turn on the off ramp coming from from the north, 123 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 3: make a right turn, then a quick left, and then 124 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 3: right across from the California Highway Patrol station is. 125 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: The studio, which is no longer. 126 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: The studio stations moved and it's a a Spanish station 127 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 3: border blaster station, but they're not there anymore. So anyway, 128 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 3: that's where I was, and literally less than two miles away, 129 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 3: I believe it was was MCRD. Now, if you live 130 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 3: in San Diego or you've spent time in San Diego, 131 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 3: chances are you know it's a great military town and 132 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 3: right next to the airport in prime real estate, some 133 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 3: of the most valuable real estate in all of San Diego, 134 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: right on the ocean is the Marine Corps Recruitment Depot 135 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: known as MCRD and that is where me and my 136 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 3: wife attended because there was family Day on Monday, and 137 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 3: then on Tuesday was graduation day. My son, my step son, 138 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: Patrick graduated. He is now a United States Marine. He 139 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 3: was in boot camp for the last three four months whatever. 140 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 3: It was, no phone, no contact, just sending letters. That 141 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 3: was the only contact, snail mail, as we like to say. 142 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 3: And very proud of his hard work, his dedication, his commitment. 143 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 3: This is something he's wanted for a long time. And 144 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 3: I recall he would come home from school and pop 145 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: on some military documentary and he'd study the military and 146 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 3: the different branches of the military and wanted to decide, 147 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 3: like what branch is he gonna go to? Is he 148 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 3: gonna go to the Army? Is he gonna go to 149 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 3: the Navy. 150 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: The Air Force, the Marines? 151 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 3: And after meticulous research, he determined that the Marines were 152 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 3: for him. And I'm very excited for him. 153 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: This is something he's wanted to do. 154 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 3: He's a young guy, just graduated high school and he 155 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 3: has already passed boot camp and a bunch of his 156 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: friends and his contemporaries in school are just enjoying the 157 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 3: summer and trying to figure out what they're gonna do 158 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 3: next in their life. And he's got his life all 159 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 3: kind of mapped out, at least the next few years 160 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 3: of his life. So we spent several days in San Diego. 161 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 3: There was a a ceremony. I had never been to this. 162 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 3: It's an odd thing. I mentioned that the MCRD is 163 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 3: right neck to the radio station I used to work at, 164 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 3: and so it's close to that. And when I was 165 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 3: a kid growing up, I grew up surrounded by orange groves, 166 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 3: and then around the orange groves there was two military bases. 167 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 3: There was a El Tooral Marine Base and a Tust 168 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 3: and neither one's there by the way, Tust Orange and 169 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 3: El Toro and so much of them. My classmates when 170 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 3: I was in school were military brats that changed schools 171 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 3: every couple of years, and every once in a while 172 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 3: they would be friend one of these kids and they'd 173 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 3: take me on. I remember the Eltoral Marine Base. They 174 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 3: took us to the store there where we could buy 175 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 3: candy and all kinds of crap that we could get 176 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: without paying tax. So it was like, man, we're living 177 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 3: the dream here. We can get everything a lot cheaper 178 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 3: and all that stuff, And so I grew up around 179 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 3: the military. I remember the air show, watching the Blue Angels, 180 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 3: and when I was a kid, back before or a 181 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 3: lot of things changed in the world. 182 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: When I went to the tust And Marine. 183 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 3: Base, they would allow us to like run through as 184 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 3: I remember, as I remember the planes, and they'd have 185 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 3: a plane open. You could like sit in the cockpit 186 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 3: of a real frickin plane, and they had tanks you 187 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 3: could go into the tank. 188 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: I mean, these are things. I don't think they do 189 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: that anymore. 190 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 3: I doubt they do for liability reasons and for other reasons, 191 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 3: but back then we got to do it. So that 192 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 3: was my experience with that. And so even though I'd 193 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 3: worked in San Diego and I have friends that have 194 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 3: been in the Marines and the military and all that, 195 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 3: it was a much different experience actually being there, having 196 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 3: to go through security at the Marine Corps recruit depot 197 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 3: and they search your entire car. There's like a drug 198 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 3: sniffing dog out. So, as I understand it, the way 199 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 3: it works, if you're west of the Mississippi, if you're 200 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 3: west of the Mississippi River, you will go to San Diego. 201 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 3: And if you're east of the Mississippi River, you'll go 202 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 3: to Paris Island, which is in South Carolina, and this 203 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 3: place in San Diego has been around for over. 204 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: One hundred years. It's been around since nineteen. It opened 205 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: in nineteen nineteen. 206 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: We were learning all about it, and so you're there 207 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 3: and just run around and follow orders and they teach 208 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 3: you hygiene and cleanliness and all that stuff that you 209 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 3: need to know in the military. And it wraps up, 210 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 3: if you will, with this thing they called the Crucible, 211 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 3: which is a test of endurance and you have to 212 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 3: pass that if you want to end up becoming a marine. 213 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 3: And so the kid was able to pull that off 214 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 3: and lost a lot of weight, got in great shape 215 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 3: and dominated. 216 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: So we were in San. 217 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 3: Diego hanging out and that the family day was on Monday, 218 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 3: so we got to go around, got to go to 219 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 3: the They have a big museum, military museum, which is 220 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 3: next level, as you might imagine because it's from the 221 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 3: United States military. 222 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: And we went to that. We went to some of 223 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: the stores and checked it all out all of it. 224 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 3: Ended up buying a few things at the store there, 225 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 3: and we did eat a meal the family there and 226 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: had some of my son's friends there. They were hanging 227 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 3: out from his high school buddies and so paid the 228 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,719 Speaker 3: food actually wasn't that cheap, which I was like a 229 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 3: little bummed out by. I thought, well, it'd be cheaper 230 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 3: and it's like seventeen seventy for three pieces of chicken 231 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 3: and some fries some chicken figures, which was not not idea, 232 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 3: but you paid it whatever. Rare and appropriate, right, rare 233 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 3: and appropriate and whatnot. So got to experience family Day. 234 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 3: They had a presentation in this old theater and kind 235 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 3: of went over everything that takes place during boot camp 236 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 3: and all of that fine stuff, and it was very interesting. 237 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 3: I'm intrigued by it. And you know, fifty four hour 238 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,479 Speaker 3: crucible things we talked about there where you're testing. 239 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: Your will and you run up. 240 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 3: A hill and all this other random stuff. And so, 241 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 3: as I understand, you go through the boot camp and 242 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 3: then you pass that, and a lot of you guys 243 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 3: have been in the military. 244 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: So you know better than me, and. 245 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 3: You then get assigned to a different unit and different 246 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 3: branch of the Marines, and you're on your way. And 247 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 3: I've had a chance to correspond with a number of 248 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 3: my friends who I've worked with in radio who are 249 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 3: former Marines and former military, and there's a great rivalry 250 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 3: between the different branches of the military. One of my 251 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 3: great friends, Artie Art Martinez, who I worked with, was 252 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 3: a Fox Sports radio guy, and Art's a proud Marine. 253 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 3: He was in Desert Storm and has many many military 254 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 3: stories and he was very excited, very excited. He was 255 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 3: telling me some of the things about his experience and whatnot, 256 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 3: and that was great. And there's certain things about this 257 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 3: that I didn't know about. For example, on MCRD San Diego, 258 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 3: there is a piece of land which is like the 259 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: Holy Land there the Marine Corps. They have the parade 260 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 3: Deck they call it, which is just a big field 261 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 3: of not cement, but it's like it's paved, but it's 262 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 3: a memorial. It's honored as a memorial to the veterans 263 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 3: of World War Two, Korea, Vietnam, and the Iraq War. 264 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 3: And they will not allow you to walk on that. 265 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: That is right in the middle. 266 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 3: That's where they had the graduation ceremony on Tuesday, and 267 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 3: there are people standing around it, these military drill sergeant 268 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 3: people who will scream at you and chase you if 269 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 3: you walk on this. It's like the flora is lava 270 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 3: and you cannot cannot talk about that, you cannot do 271 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 3: it or cannot walk on that rather. So so anyway, 272 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 3: the graduation was on Tuesday, and went out, had a nice, 273 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 3: nice meal in San Diego and just learned all about 274 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 3: the military. So that was why I was away from 275 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 3: my post behind the microphone for a couple of nights 276 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 3: this week. The rare and appropriate personal duty called. And 277 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 3: now you know the rest of the story. The rest 278 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 3: of the story. So I'll give you occasional updates on 279 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 3: what happens next. And I believe the next assignment will 280 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 3: be Camp Pendleton. I think pretty much all these guys 281 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 3: who graduated boot Camp. I'm not saying anything out of 282 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 3: school here, you end up going to San Diego's up. 283 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 3: You go from San Diego up to Ocean Side, which 284 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 3: is like halfway a little north of Ocean Side, between 285 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 3: South Orange County and San Diego is Camp Pendleton's massive base, 286 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 3: which covers up some amazing real estate in southern California. 287 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 3: So he'll he'll be going there, and then he'll be 288 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 3: gone for another couple of months, and then eventually he'll 289 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 3: get assigned wherever he's going to go, and who knows, 290 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 3: could be anywhere in the United States or Japan, or 291 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,360 Speaker 3: who knows where. I have no idea. He doesn't know, 292 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 3: nobody knows. It's the mystery of it all, the mystery 293 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 3: of it all. So very excited for him. This is 294 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 3: again what he wanted to do. It's his life is 295 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 3: dream to be in this, and he's getting that dream. 296 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: Started early on. 297 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 3: So I wish him nothing but success and hopefully this 298 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 3: leads to amazing experiences and all of that fun stuff. 299 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: So turning the page from that is time now for 300 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: the word of the week. 301 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 3: That's right, the word of the week on this Friday, 302 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 3: the twentieth. 303 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: Day of June, and the word of the week is marine. 304 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: I figure it will be appropriate. Yeah right. 305 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 3: I mean, I just told a story about going to 306 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 3: see the Marine boot camp facility in San Diego, which 307 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 3: is as again, I'm amazed at the real estate right 308 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 3: next to the airport, the views of the skyline of 309 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 3: San Diego off in the distance. 310 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: We're right on the water. It's just amazing. Anyway. 311 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 3: The word marine, like much of our language, originates from 312 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 3: the Latin word marinus, meaning of the sea, belonging to 313 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 3: the sea. The term is derived from mayor, the Latin 314 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 3: word for sa. 315 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: Now. 316 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 3: The term entered the English lexicon through Old French marine 317 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 3: in the fourteenth century, and originally the word was used 318 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 3: to describe things related to the sea, such as marine 319 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 3: life or navigation, like Hey. 320 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: I'm going down to the marine. 321 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 3: And over time it expanded, as you might imagine, to 322 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 3: include military context like the Marine Forces or go the 323 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 3: United States Marine Corps referring to soldiers who serve at 324 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 3: sea or associated with naval operations. And there are related 325 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 3: terms such as maritime and which also means of the 326 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 3: sea and near the sea, and the shares similar origins 327 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 3: and whatnot. But the word of the week, the word 328 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 3: of the week is marine marine, and that takes us 329 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 3: into some food e fun. 330 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: Great for food e fun. 331 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 3: So these are some actual food deals that have popped up. 332 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: Now most of these are fast. 333 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: Food, because most of us eat fast food. Even I 334 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 3: rare and appropriate will make a pilgrimage to raising canes, 335 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 3: although some of you tell me it's not that good, 336 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 3: but anyway, Del Taco, which is not available everywhere, but 337 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 3: Del Taco, debuted a new slow cooked pork carnita. Those 338 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 3: are available now at Del Taco, which is mostly in 339 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 3: the western part of the United States. 340 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: So you've got that. 341 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 3: Little Caesars has introduced a new Fantastic four and one 342 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 3: pizza inspired by Yes, the Fantastic Four. It's a well 343 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 3: cross promotion with the the movie, and that has been 344 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 3: available since back on June sixteenth. Now Marvel Studio is 345 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 3: Fantastic four first Steps will be hitting theaters coming up 346 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 3: on July twenty fifth, but in advance of that, The 347 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 3: Fantastic four and one pizza features eight slices made from 348 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 3: the signature Crust brand. 349 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: You know, the brand signats across. 350 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 3: Each top, with classic cheese, Pepperoni, Italian sausage and bacon 351 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 3: and pepper and holopano, all for the suggested price of 352 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 3: seven ninety nine. This must be a pain in the 353 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: tukis to make. It's gotta be right. So it's two 354 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 3: of this, two of that, two of that, two of 355 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 3: that and throw it all together and tada. 356 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. Now. 357 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 3: Additionally, to celebrate the launch, they are partnering Little Caesars 358 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 3: partnering with Fandango to offer fans who spend twenty dollars 359 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 3: or more online or in store between this past week 360 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 3: and then August tenth, they'll get a code for four 361 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 3: dollars off a movie ticket. 362 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: So you got that. 363 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 3: If that's your jam, have a great time, knock yourself out. 364 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 3: What else do we have on foody Fun Now? Wendy's 365 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 3: has long launched a Talkies Fueg meal with new Fuego 366 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 3: chicken sandwich and Fuego fries. Fuego at participating restaurants. You 367 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 3: can have a little spice, a little bit of a 368 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 3: spice in your life that actually starts today, by the way, 369 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 3: that starts. 370 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: Today on June twentieth. 371 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 3: And the new Fuego fries the classic hot and crispy fries, 372 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 3: tossed them in a tangy chili lime seasoning and serve 373 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 3: them in a custom limit edition tear away bag for 374 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 3: easier snacking. So that is available. And they also have 375 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 3: additional arcade game where you can earn points and unlock 376 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:53,479 Speaker 3: prizes with a chance to win ten thousand dollars. That 377 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 3: meal available at Windy's restaurants in Canada beginning June twentieth. 378 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:03,919 Speaker 3: Prices may vary, so not just in the States, but 379 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: also in Canada. 380 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: So you've got that. What else do we have on 381 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: food he Fun? Ready for food he fun Well? 382 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 3: Taco Bell has launched a new Crispy Chicken taco and 383 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 3: burrito featuring all new Crispy Chicken strips, so you can 384 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 3: get that, put that in in your belly and knock 385 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 3: yourself out. Sonic has unveiled the new Grillos Pickles Big 386 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 3: deal meal. That's a mouthful that starts ten days from today. 387 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 3: It's available for a limited time starting on June thirtieth. 388 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 3: And I'm good. I know that alf is addicted to pickles. 389 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 3: He sent us a gift basket of pickle items which 390 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 3: we're given to other people at the radio station because 391 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 3: both myself and Eddie not fans of the pickle, but 392 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 3: other people did did enjoy the pickle, So there was that. 393 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: There was that for sure. 394 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 3: What else, There's nothing really major. I don't think I'm 395 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 3: missing anything. I mean, we had a lot of the 396 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 3: food stuff last week. All right, we'll get out on that. 397 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 3: I got a big weekend ahead. I will be here 398 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 3: with tails from a random early morning surprise. I'll tease 399 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 3: that for the next edition of the podcast. A random 400 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 3: early in the morning surprise that should not should not 401 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 3: have happened. The logistics on this should not have happened, 402 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 3: but did happen. If you would like to send a 403 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 3: message in for the mail bag, the fifth Hour mail 404 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 3: Bag on the Sunday Pod, you can do that right now. 405 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 3: Send it care of Real fifth Hour, Real fifth Hour 406 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 3: at gmail dot com. That's Real fifth Hour at gmail 407 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 3: dot com, and put your name and city in there. 408 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: Otherwise you're not going to get any credit. You're not. 409 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: That's just the way it is. 410 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 3: And today, by the way, if I did not mention that, 411 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 3: only I did National Flip Flop Day. And I don't 412 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 3: mean flip flopping and all that stuff, but the design 413 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 3: I learned this, I fell down a rabbit hole, as 414 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 3: I'm known to do. The modern day sandal, which I 415 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 3: wear pretty much every night when I go to work 416 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 3: because I have a job that allows you to wear 417 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 3: sandals when you go to work. The modern day sandal, 418 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 3: we can thank our friends in Japan was inspired by 419 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 3: the Japanese zori z O r I zori and the 420 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 3: Encyclopedia of History of Japanese Manners and custom states Japanese 421 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 3: children use the flip flop type shoes when first learning 422 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 3: to walk, and returning Americans brought the zori back from Japan. 423 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 1: At the end of the Second World War. 424 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 3: It was a novelty item for friends and family, and 425 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 3: they brought this back as like a souvenir, and so 426 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 3: we need to owe I guess we do. Oh the 427 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 3: popularity of the current sandal to the Japanese During. 428 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: World War Two. 429 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 3: They took over much of Southeast Asia's natural resources and they. 430 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: Lost in World War Two. They looked to their resources 431 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: and they were trying to. 432 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 3: Find a way to improve the economy, and as the 433 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 3: legend goes, they ended up using the materials that they 434 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 3: had and flip flops with bright colors and all the 435 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 3: different variations. 436 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: But it all started after World War Two. So there 437 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: you go. 438 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 3: All right, anyway, I have a wonderful again, rest of 439 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 3: your Friday today. I got new podcast all weekend long 440 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 3: and later skater Osta Pasta Gotta murder. 441 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: I gotta go