WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: "4-Hour Corpse" Mail Bag 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:01.440 Cutbooms. 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:05.360 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:09.200 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.480 treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.440 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to the Clearinghouse 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.200 of hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:30.680 Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:34.120 In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour we meet Ben 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:38.040 Maller and Danny g Radio, who joins us for the 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:43.920 mailbag in a happy Sunday Sunday. It's not just Sunday, though, 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:46.760 it's more for some people. I say, well, that's the 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:48.840 second day of March and all that. No, no, no, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:53.479 this is a bigger deal because tonight in to Monday, 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:57.080 and really for overnight purposes, it's Monday, but it is 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:01.720 on the twenty twenty five Any Awards, the greatest night 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:06.199 in Overnight Sports Talk Radio. Wow. There is still time 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:09.680 to vote. Vote early, Do not vote off, and vote early, 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.640 and we will name the winners of the Bennies tonight. 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.960 How you're excited, Danny, You'll stay up all night right 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:17.000 unless you won't. 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:20.520 You know what, I am a two time Benny recipient. 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:24.640 Congratulations, and once you win to Benny, it's always right 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:27.040 there on your resume. Wherever you end up, you always 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.480 make sure to put that, usually at the bottom, but 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:30.520 it's still on the resume. 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:32.880 I'm not sure which fun fact to put in my 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:37.200 professional bio, whether or not I've won two Benny's, or 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:40.440 maybe I should put the two time Book Them championship 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:41.319 in there instead. 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.600 Well, it's one of the great fantasy football events of 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:48.120 the year, and there are rumors there's some rumblings, Danny 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:52.480 in the building that the NFL Bookham may be returning 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:54.840 now that President Trump is back in the White House, 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.920 that we may look them back. Baby. 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.280 So this is like how John Grew was reinstated into 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.320 the Bucks. 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.560 Yes, he was kicked out because the politics said you 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.200 got to kick him out. But now come on back, John. 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.640 Are they gonna have a ceremony for him again because 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:13.679 they well they didn't have a ceremony to kick him out, 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.720 but yes, very similar to that. Well, we have the 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.680 mail bag, Danny, So rather than must futs around and 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.560 all that, let's hit that button right there in Ohio, 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:34.280 A will serenade us into the mail bag. It's this bag, 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:43.480 all right, thank you, ohio al And here it is. 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.200 These are actual questions from actual listeners to the show. 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:48.359 You don't have to participate, but if you want to 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.720 send a message in care of Real fifth Hour at 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.960 gmail dot com. That's Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. 0:02:56.600 --> 0:03:00.480 First one this week Danny from Kevin in Kansas. He 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.160 says he's visiting Phoenix right now. He wrote in He says, 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.440 Dear Ben and Danny, g. I'm visiting the Phoenix area 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:11.919 this weekend. We went past the site of the new BUCkies. Yes, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.480 this will be the closest BUCkies to LA and I 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.320 am planning on making a pilgrimage to the Phoenix area 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.240 once this thing open. It's not open yet, Danny, but 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.480 there'll be a BUCkies in the Phoenix area. How cool 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:26.480 is that? That's awesome. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.079 I cannot wait. You know, I've never been to one before. 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.440 I've been to one. I was the one in Columbia, 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:36.480 South Carolina, and it was awesome. It was so freaking cool. 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.040 I can't wait to not that that's right next door, 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:41.800 but I do have some family in Phoenix, and I 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:43.480 can say I'll go visit family and just go to 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.480 BUCkies anyway, Kevin says, there's not a lot to show. 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:48.400 He sent some photos here you can't see him, Danny, 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.000 He says, has not a lot to show you, as 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.800 you can tell by the photos I'm sending, But it 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.800 will be worth the wait. He says, if you guys 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.520 got a job at BUCkies, what would you do? Would 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:03.000 you make the pulled pork sandwiches, stock the BUCkies nuggets, 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:07.880 greet the customers. How about doing a live remote or 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:11.040 a meet and greet at a BUCkies? Well I would 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:12.440 be all for that, Dan, I think you'd be down 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.240 with that too. If BUCkies wants to pay for us 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.440 to do the Fifth Hour podcast at BUCkies, we would 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:21.800 be flattered. We give them all this free publicity. Anyway, 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.560 Why don't we just go there, spend a couple of bucks, 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.560 and we'll hang out and do the show from BUCkies 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:32.760 while they make those Texas barbecue beef sandwiches. Because it's 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:34.320 gonna be tough for you to answer this, Danny, because 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:36.880 you've never been to BUCkies. But Kevin, I've been to one, 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:39.200 and I would like to be at that station with 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.719 all that smoke meat. That's where I would like to 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.600 be that sandwich. One of the top five barbecue sandwiches 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.760 I've ever had was at BUCkies, of all places. Now, 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.160 it may have been because I was tired, it might 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.400 have been because I was in the middle of a fast, 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.640 but it was so fricking good. This Texas barbecue beef 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.920 sandwich was awesome, So I would do that at and 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:05.880 BUCkies is like the Costco of truck stops, although it's 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.120 not actually a truck stop. I've been told by truck 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:12.640 drivers that trucks aren't actually allowed at BUCkies. It's just 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.239 for commuter cars. It's for people traveling down the interstate 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.880 and all that. But it's an amazing place. And I'm 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:20.920 surprised Dan, with all the shows you guys have done 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.640 on the road with Covino and Rich that you have 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.839 not ended up in a BUCkies area. I'm sure you've 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:28.440 been to a place that had a BUCkies, you just 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.919 didn't end up there because you were doing other stuff. 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:35.000 Right, We're pretty rushed getting into the city's Graduate hotel, 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.080 live broadcast, hang out with listeners afterwards, and then the 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.919 next day turn around usually and go right home. 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.359 Gotcha all right? Well, Kevin, enjoy your stay in the 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.840 Valley of the Sun. I think you must be going 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.760 to spring training. Maybe not, though I don't know what 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.680 else you got going on there, But whatever it is, 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:53.320 hope you have a fun time in the Valley of 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.960 the Sun. Mike and Fullerton writes and says, Hey, Benny 0:05:56.080 --> 0:06:00.080 the Bopper and Danny g and Mike says, has there 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:04.159 been any pushback from listeners or someone from tire raq 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:08.279 dot com for using Fullerton to help sell snow tires 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.600 in the live reads? I know you both know Fullerton's 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:16.960 a cold weather city, but the majority don't. He says. Also, 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.120 who did you guys vote for in all the Benny categories? 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.000 Alf and I would love to know. Yeah, Well, you're 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.200 never supposed to announce who you vote for in the 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.680 Bennies and won't. We won't do that now. In fact, 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.719 I haven't even voted Yet'm gonna I'm gonna vote later 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:33.240 today because I know my vote will matter more depending 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.479 on where the categories are. And as far as the 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:40.360 tire Iraq commercials, exciting news, Danny new copy, we had 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:46.120 a recording session last week. New tire Iraq commercials. 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.600 Oh boy, is it something about spring? 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.800 Well, it's not. Hey, snow and ice are coming. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.440 Usually is when the weather or the season changes, that's 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:00.279 when their copy changes. So you'll say something like, hey, 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:05.200 with baseball coming and lots of spring cleanup action, it's 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.680 time to get some new spring wheels. 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:11.960 Something along those lines, Danny. But it's funny, you know, 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:15.360 the copy is resonating with the listeners. I'm pretty sure 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:19.400 the tire rack people love this because, as you know, 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.640 Danny from working with me all these years, that I 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:24.480 like to embellish a live read. I like to add 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.000 a little flavor, little spice on top, little hot pepper, 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.840 and so I'll just start going off the copy. I 0:07:31.560 --> 0:07:33.640 make it a bit on the show, and then at 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:35.200 the top of the hour I do the live read. 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.520 And it's at the point now where I've got guys 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:42.720 like Fargo, Pete. Hey, it's not there's no more snow here, 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.640 all right, the weather's better. Stop with the commercial. These 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.160 guys all email it in. What are you doing? All right? 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.040 Stop with the snow and ice are coming? We're good, Okay, 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.080 We're all right here. You know it's March. Now, what 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:54.360 are you doing so well? 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.840 Do you understand though, that good top notch producer on 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:01.240 your show Yeah, they would annually go into that copy 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.680 and change that to say snow and ice is here. 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:09.400 Yeah, not is coming well from your lips to God's ears. 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:13.760 Alf from the tile bag, right said? He says on 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.680 the mailbag, he says, guys, since this is a podcast 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.280 and you're not held back by the normal constraints of 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:23.800 terrestrial radio, and this is nothing like ask Ben, I've 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:25.800 got some things to say. First of all, let me 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:29.040 give you Alf's word of the week, as it pertains 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:33.400 to scrabble. Alf's word of the word. That's good. He 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:36.480 did this because I was so busy ranting on Friday 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.959 about Matthew. No, I know what I do. The Benny 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:43.199 Show on Friday yesterday was the Stafford rant where Stafford 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.400 agreed to the deal on Friday, and then I ranted 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.720 on Saturday. And now we're at the mailbag. But I 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:50.560 didn't even have time to get to the word of 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.000 the week, of the phrase of the week. I never 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:53.800 did that. That's a bad job by me. But Alf 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:58.480 says the word is bingo, in a term that is 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:02.960 adopted from scrap. Alf says, it's when you're able to 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:07.400 place use to place all seven letters, therefore getting a 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:13.439 bingo in contrast to scrabble, where a bingo earns fifty points, 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:18.320 a bingo earns you an extra thirty five points in 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:23.560 Words with Friends after adding multiplier tiles, he says. Then 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.440 the email continues. I've used this term because, as you know, Benjamin, 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:31.560 you played two, not just one, but two bingo words 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:36.440 on consecutive turns to turn our maiden scrabble game into 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:40.440 a devastation situation and a beatdown for the ages. I 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:44.960 feel that I've earned this honor or power thanks to 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.200 the aforementioned beating, to give you not one but two 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:54.480 new ALF officially sanctioned nicknames. They are Benny Bingo and 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.800 Benny beat Down. Feel free to add them to your 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:02.040 rundown going forward. That's great idea, ALF, and I will 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.800 likely do that, and it's been a lot of fun. Danny, 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:08.080 I'm on this. It's called the Scrabble Go app on 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.240 my iPhone if you're on Android, and if you want 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:15.040 to play scrabble against me, I'm not getting paid. Then 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.160 they didn't tell me to do this. I like playing scrabble. 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.079 At my downtime, I play scrabble, So if you want 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.439 to play against me, and I've got a good group 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.640 of listeners. Now Alf is in there, Noah in Austin. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.640 I play against him. Just added a new guy from Ohio. 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.920 There's a couple other people that I am forgetting their names, 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.920 but they're also playing. So if you want to send 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:38.560 a game, I'm on there under Benny, I got my 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.560 avatar has a Dodger hat on Brooklyn Dodger hat. 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:43.680 And if you sign up for this, you get Ben 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:45.240 Maller's personal cell number. 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:47.760 Yes, yes, in fact, you can come over and have 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.959 dinner if you want, come on, have a dinner. I 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:57.240 don't care thet's see next one boy did not This 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.640 person did not sign their name. Danny. You know how 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:00.480 I feel about that. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:01.360 What a shrop boy? 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:06.760 Anonymous Anonymous Ben and Danny, Benny and Danny g Danny. 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.440 I know you're a Laker fan. You're probably fired up 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:12.040 about Luca coming to the team. Well, Lebron James went 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.600 on a rant this week complaining about the media. I 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.480 wanted to get your thoughts. You didn't mention this on 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:18.600 the Overnight show, Ben, I don't know if you saw 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:22.160 it or not, and then he sent the quote I 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:23.920 guess Lebron said, I don't know if you guys covered 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.840 this on Covino and Rich this week. Lebron said, why 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:28.520 do you want to be the face of the league 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.800 when all the people that cover our game and talk 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:36.479 about our game on a day today basis shit on everybody. 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:40.959 That was the quote from I guess Lebron, But Anonymous 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.760 wanted are. 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:46.800 Confused about who he's talking about because when I watch 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:50.520 those boring NBA shows on TV, they kind of just 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:54.319 break down the games shows like ours. On the radio, 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.960 we talk about TMZ sports type stuff. So is he 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.480 talking about trolls? Is he talking about radio guys? 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:07.199 Yeah? And is the criticism my first point, Anonymous, is 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:12.800 the criticism unjustified. It's a bad product, just little quality control. 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:17.920 The NBA is a league that does not care about 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.560 the regular season, so why should the fans care about 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:23.480 the regular seasons? Is that irrational to say that? Is 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.600 that some kind of you're just being a hater. Well, 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.199 if you're speaking the truth, you're not being a hater. 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:33.480 You're just pointing out what is going on in the world, 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:37.880 what is currently accepted by Adam Silver and the powers 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.559 that be in the NBA. It's common knowledge that they 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.640 don't care about the people to buy tickets or watch 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:46.920 the games on TV. Load management, which they've tried to 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:50.240 tone down, but the regular season, it just doesn't matter. 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:54.320 There's teams and star players that find it more of 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:58.120 a nuisance than anything. And number two, and this has 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.960 always been my rant. I used to hear this a 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:02.760 lot early on. I haven't heard it so much in 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:06.439 recent years since Trump became president. The first time, you're 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:10.240 too negative. You should be positive, you know. And I 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:13.880 made the adjustment years ago. Danny occasionally on Benny Bright's side, 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.320 and that's my positive side. But for the most part, 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.000 as you know from working in this business, nantial is 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:25.960 using just studying human nature. Humans react to negative negativity. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.720 The Internet, which is where everything is done. All the 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:30.720 commerce has done these days on the internet. Right in 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:34.599 our world we have the live radio show. It's broadcast 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.200 on iHeart, which is on the internet streaming, it's repackaged 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:39.880 on the podcast which is on the Internet. The Internet 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.439 is a area, an ecosystem that is designed for negativity 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:49.440 because human beings react to negativity. People want engagement. The 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.120 way you make money is through engagement, whether it's a 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:56.439 radio show, engaging the audience, whether you're online and negative 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.320 things bring more engagement. That's a reality. So if Lebron 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.400 has a problem with the media, he's really got a 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:05.840 problem with human beings, right, because that's how we are wired. 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:10.360 That's it. We're wired to react to negative stuff. And again, 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.320 I go back to my original point here that generally speaking, 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:20.600 it's not outrageous criticism to say that the vast majority 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:25.240 of the NBA product sucks during the regular season, and 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:29.440 that they have mastered the art of floating on the 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:33.120 inner tube on the lazy river, right that they I 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.200 know that's unpleasant to say and all that, but the 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:39.560 regular season is dormant, and the All Star Games even 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:42.840 worse than that, And so are we supposed to protect 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.680 I guess Lebron might take away. I guess he wants 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:50.000 guys in the media, Danny to just be toast sucking. 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.960 You know, he wants to be prob the news service 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:57.080 for the NBA, and you know that's not how it works. 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:01.120 Honestly, there's too many teams to get into the playoffs 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.920 right now, to play in games and all that. It's 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:05.440 a bit of a snooze here and there in the 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:09.360 regular season. The regular season is too long. Still to 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.560 this day, my favorite season was the strike shortened year 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.680 in the NBA. It was the perfect amount of games 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:19.760 in my opinion, so too many games. US regular NBA 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.120 fans don't even get to go to the arenas because 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:25.840 they outpriced us long ago. I can't tell you the 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:27.760 last time I got to go to a Lakers game, 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.240 because you know what, I'm not going to spend my 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.680 rent money on that. I'll watch it on TV. And 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.720 if it wasn't for the Luca ad trade and the 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:38.640 Jimmy Butler trade. 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:42.920 Yeah, I stopped going the NBA games when COVID started, 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:46.200 and I remember it was like two days before COVID 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.440 and that was the last time I attended an NBA 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.800 game and I've not been back. And I if you 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.240 would have told me when I was in my twenties, 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.160 when I was going to NBA games every night, that 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:56.840 I'd be at a point in my life where I 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:00.440 just didn't miss it, I don't now like you, Danny. 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:01.800 I mean, we've got a job to do, and we're 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:06.600 looking for content. We're always scouring the world for content, 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.600 and so I do pay attention, but it is more 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.240 the TMZS type stories than it is the games. We 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:13.840 don't break down game. Very rarely do we break down games. 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.800 Now when the playoffs come around, we'll throw it down 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:18.760 on a playoff game or something like that. But in 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:19.960 the regular season. 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.960 Yeah, in regular season, we're not talking x's and o's. 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:27.240 Yeah, and and I have the game on Danny while 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:31.000 I'm putting notes together from my monologues, and it's it's 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.080 hum drum man, it is. It's almost as bad as 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.560 watching spring training baseball. I don't know if you've watched 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.480 any of these spring training games, Holy crap, I mean, 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:41.720 have they always been this bad? I used to love 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:45.400 watching spring training games, and it just I don't know 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.680 what it is. Maybe it's me. It just seems like 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:52.640 the broadcast quality sucks. It's dull as dishwater. It's just lifeless. 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.840 You gotta watch like the first two innings of a 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.880 spring training game because if you turn on the game 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:03.240 past then it's like number seventy six versus number eighty seven. 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:05.560 You know, you don't know who any of these people are, 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:11.800 the broadcaster, the broadcasters don't know, and it's just blah. 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:17.960 It's very watered down. MLB fans enjoy it just for 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:22.240 the simple fact that baseball is almost bat but yeah, 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.280 you're right, it's not the most exciting thing to watch. 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.399 It's like background viewing. I have it on in the background. 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.520 Yeah, yeah, that's usually what I The sport that we 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.639 pay attention to is the NFL. The basketball is on 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:37.000 in the background, for sure, and even worse than that 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:41.199 would be college basketball. Oh my goodness. All right, Fred 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.879 from Apple Valley writes, and he says, Ben and Danny, 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:46.280 before I go any further, I know you like to 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:50.119 say this is not a political podcast. However, here we go. Danny, 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:53.800 he says, I am into politics. I also like your show, 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.480 and I wanted to know as a talk show host, 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.560 what you guys thought of the fight on Friday between 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:06.720 the Ukrainian president Zelenski and the US President Trump, says 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:13.679 Fred from Apple Valley. So, uh I I saw a 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:19.360 three minute clip where they it was Trump, Zelensky and 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.200 the vice president what's the guy what's our vice president's name? 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:25.920 I don't remember, uh the guy from Ohio anyway, doesn't matter. 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:28.000 But uh so they were they were sitting in the 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:34.080 Oval office there and they it did get very heated. Uh. 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:35.920 I don't know too much about it to be it's 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.680 perfectly honest, Fred, whatever I'm gonna say is probably completely wrong, 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.560 but you asked me my opinion, and it's the podcast. 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.199 I would argue based on the amount of money that 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:49.320 the United States taxpayers have sent to Ukraine over the 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:51.760 last you know number of years, here, I would I 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:54.159 would have liked to have seen a little more appreciation 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:58.080 from Zelenski, But you know, I don't know all the 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:03.080 nuances of that, but it does seem a very Again, 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:05.560 I'm not into the political game that much, Danny, but 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:09.600 I can't recall any other world leader going to the 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.080 White House and acting that way? Can you? I don't. 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:14.160 Off the top of my head, I can't, And maybe 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:19.240 it happened years ago before I was around. But pretty wild, 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:21.760 wild scene there. They were supposed to have some kind 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:23.880 of peace deal, and I guess the think fell apart 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:30.440 and they're screaming at the cameras and pretty wild stuff. Man. Yeah. 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:34.120 Maybe barstool can get them together for a celebrity boxing match. 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.200 Yeah, or they can go to that Starbucks at the 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:42.439 Marriott JW. Marriott in Indianapolis. The NFL security can come 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:43.399 over and break them up. 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.920 Yeah. I've been friends with Jordan Schultz for years. By 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.840 the way, because I produced a weekend show he used 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:54.880 to do on NBC Sports Radio and I was texting 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:56.879 on the other day when all this was going down. 0:19:57.400 --> 0:19:59.440 Wrap Aport. Guy's a douchebag. 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:04.800 I'm on. I don't know he reached out to me 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:09.159 Jordan Schultz years ago. I don't even I mean just 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:13.879 casual like stuff, and so I don't know him like 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:15.679 you know him. I don't know him, but I'm on 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:18.760 his side. Like the way that played out. It just 0:20:19.400 --> 0:20:22.280 having been in some of those similar situations in the past. 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:25.600 You got here. Here's my theory. Let me give you 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:27.240 my theory on that real quick. If I haven't if 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:30.320 you haven't heard yet. So for those that don't recall 0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:34.360 what happened, Jordan Schultz has been working for Foxsports dot com. Rade, 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:37.160 Is that correct? I think yes, yeah, he's doing something 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:40.640 for the website and he's NFL insider guy day to day. 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:43.040 You know, Jay Glazer doesn't really do that much anymore. 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:46.280 It's mostly, you know, on the weekends for TV. So 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:48.600 Jordan Schultz has been doing the heavy lifting for Fox 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:51.680 as the NFL insider they're at the combine. He had 0:20:51.680 --> 0:20:56.560 a story that Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford were together 0:20:56.600 --> 0:21:00.159 in Montana, and Brady was whining and dining Stafford to 0:21:00.200 --> 0:21:02.800 try to recruit him to become of the Raiders. So 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:05.920 then Ian Rappaport follows that up. I say, oh, no, 0:21:06.000 --> 0:21:07.840 it was just a chance meeting and all that. It 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.160 wasn't you know, they weren't doing any recruiting or anything 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:13.119 like that. And then there was a conversation at the Starbucks. 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:16.000 Now I am without knowing either one of these people, 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:19.040 you know, in real life, I'm on the side of Schultz. 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:23.240 Because my theory on this, Danny is that Schultz report 0:21:23.280 --> 0:21:27.040 was absolutely right. One of the odds that Stafford, who's 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:30.879 from Texas lives in LA would be in Montana and 0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:32.920 Tom Brady at the same exact time, at the same 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:35.240 exact location. They just have to bump into each other. 0:21:35.440 --> 0:21:37.520 It was a bull crap story. So my theory is 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:40.680 that Brady's very self conscious. He knows that he wants 0:21:40.680 --> 0:21:42.560 everyone to love him and all that stuff, and he 0:21:42.600 --> 0:21:45.479 also knows that might have violated some kind of NFL rules. 0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:50.480 So Brady deputized Ian Rappaport, who's a former NFL beat 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.640 writer for the Patriots. When Tom Brady, by the way, 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:58.440 was with the Patriots and Brady's people his camp called 0:21:58.520 --> 0:22:02.000 up Rapaport said hey, do us a solid and Rappaport 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:03.639 did and then made. 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:07.440 They told, will give you a reach around later. 0:22:08.640 --> 0:22:11.720