1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Kabooms. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in the. 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: Air everywhere you have stumbled on, not by accident, by choice. 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: The Fifth Hour with Ben Mahler and Danny G Radio 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: a spin off of the Overnight show you hear Monday 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: through Friday on many Fox Sports Radio affiliates across the country. 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: And we are doing it live well kind of kind 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: of live a global exclusive Danny G. Nobody else has 16 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: the content that we are about to provide. I can 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: say with a garon t that no one can touch 18 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: this podcast when it comes to exclusive, worldwide details. That 19 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: is a must listen for every man, woman and child 20 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: in the Malard. 21 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 3: Militia speeding at you like a rented malardmobile. 22 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: Aha, that is on the list, that is on the agenda. 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: But this is the thorough, in depth team coverage review 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: as Danny G will be the inquisitive reporter and he 25 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: will be asking all the questions that you wish you 26 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: could ask, but Danny has the chance to do that. 27 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: So it's the Malard Meet and Greet, the first podcast 28 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:48,279 Speaker 1: since our trip to Minnesota last week had a wonderful time, 29 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: and we'll go through all of the details on this 30 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: will give you a blow by blow among the features 31 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: on this podcast, we'll take a trip on the love Boat, 32 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: we'll go speed racer, a rollicking Happy Days type festivity, 33 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: and we will also have information that no one else has. 34 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: We will tell you which member of the Malad militia 35 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: almost stripped buck naked at the Malor Meet and Greet 36 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: to the shock of everyone that saw this happen. We 37 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: had nudity at the Malor Meet and Greet. We will 38 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: get to that and also some sticker fund So there's 39 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: a lot, a lot to navigate through, Danny, but I 40 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: have my machete and we will be swashbuckling our way 41 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: through the festivities on the Friday podcast. So we'll start 42 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: out with the love vote. So got to Minnesota. Now 43 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: we'll get to the meet and greet, which was a 44 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: wonderful affair on Saturday in the evening time from five 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: to nine. But prior to that, got up really tried 46 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: to maximize my time. I figured, no, I don't want 47 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: to sit in some room watching TV or listening to 48 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: some audio. I want to go out. I want to 49 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: experience everything that Minnesota has to offer. So we got 50 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: there on Friday and on Saturday morning, we got up 51 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: kind of early. My brother drove over from Appleton, Wisconsin, 52 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: which is about a four hour drive. I believe he 53 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: said about four hours. So I met my brother. My 54 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: wife was with me, So me and my wife met 55 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: my brother and his wife and we headed to Lake Minnetonka. 56 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: So why did we go to Lake Minnetaka, Danny ge, 57 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: why do you think this was? There's a ten thousand 58 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: plus lakes. There's like twelve thousand lakes in Minnesota, but 59 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: we chose Lake Minnetonka. Why do you think that. 60 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 3: Is the famous Vikings cruise. 61 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: That is correct ding ding ding ding days. So Lake Minnetaka, 62 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: which is only like fifteen minutes away from downtown Minneapolis, 63 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: a notorious lake if you're a football fan. Because within 64 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: the last I want to say, it's probably about fifteen years. 65 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: I forget exactly when it happened, but it's been been 66 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: a fair amount of time, maybe even longer than that, 67 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: but if you were around for it. The Minnesota Vikings 68 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: got in a whole lot of trouble because a group 69 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: of players decided to rent a boat and they went 70 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: out on Lake Minnetonka. And one of the players had 71 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: flown in a group of professional ladies, a. 72 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,239 Speaker 3: Bunch of hookers and cocaine. 73 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: Women who knew exactly what they were doing, and they 74 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: also realized that they could get paid for their skills, 75 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: and so they had a unbelievably great time out there 76 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: on what became known as the Love Boat on Lake Minnetonka. 77 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: And so I made my way. We now we did 78 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: not actually go on the lake. We walked around the lake. 79 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: There's a nice trail around Lake Minnetonka. A bunch of 80 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: people are out with boats. The weather was great, it 81 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: was really cool. I checked out my first first lake 82 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: in Minnesota was lakeman Tanka, and it was a very 83 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: nice lot of little towns kind of around the lake 84 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: where they have shops and you know, standard touristy stuff 85 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: and things like that. So that was that was a 86 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: lot of fun. I did not see anyone making love 87 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: on a boat though, so I think that it might 88 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: have happened, but they did it in the privacy of 89 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: the lower deck of the boat. 90 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 3: We're too modern for that, Ben. This happened back in 91 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 3: two thousand and. 92 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 1: Five, oh Zara, So it's been eighteen years, eighteen years 93 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: since the love boat and the vikings around that time. 94 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 1: Not only they have the love boat scandal, but you 95 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: remember they also had the Wisonator, which was a few 96 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: years after that. The guy got busted Ontario Smith I 97 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: believe was his name, Yeah, the airport, because he had 98 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: a fake device to deliver urine a fallus, a fake 99 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: fallus what taught with and that was was also a 100 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: great moments in Viking history. So we had a fake 101 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: Dick Cheney, yes exactly, a fake Dick and Dayton, if 102 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: you will. But so she had that. So then there 103 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: was this great debate whether or not my wife was 104 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: going to go to the meet and greet and some 105 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: interesting folks that comes to these things. My wife has 106 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: been to some of these events in the past, but 107 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: not all of them, and she was debating whether or 108 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: not to go, and we were talking about that. She 109 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: decided kind of at the last minute she was going 110 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: to go. But as you know, Danny, you can't just 111 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: roll out of bed and go to a Malor meet 112 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: and greet. You've got to get all dulled up because 113 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: you're representing the show, you're representing the brand, and so 114 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: my wife always wants to look as good as possible. 115 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: So she had to go to the store to pick 116 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: up a few things that she did not have with 117 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: her in her suitcase, and we were getting ready. We 118 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: had a bit of an issue. We got back to 119 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: the place we were staying and the code to get in 120 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: was not working, so that delayed us. We were like, 121 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: we got locked out, and if we had been locked out, 122 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: we would not have been able to make the Mallord 123 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: meet and greet, which would have been a slight problem 124 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: considering people were traveling from all over to come to 125 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: this thing. But anyway, we figured it out. We got 126 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: in there, so my wife got ready fine, but we 127 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: left a little bit later than I was hoping for. 128 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: So I got on the highway there in Minnesota and 129 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: started cruising to Mounds View, Minnesota. The Mermaid in an 130 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: event center where the Mallard meet and greet was taking place. 131 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 3: Now. 132 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: I was driving with the flow of traffic. Okay, I 133 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: was driving. 134 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 3: I wasn't going. 135 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: Faster than everyone. I wasn't out in front, I wasn't. 136 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 3: The pace car. 137 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: I was with the pod of people that were going 138 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: the same speed. And I look in my rear view 139 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: mirror and I notice a police car has now come 140 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: up on my bumper. Oh no, And I look in 141 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: the rear y mirror again. I thought, well, maybe they're 142 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: going to go around me. And then the guy's like 143 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: he's mad dog in my license plate. You know, he's 144 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: looking at the license plate and all that. 145 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: So what color was this rental? 146 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: The rental was like a great color. It wasn't anything 147 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: like outrageous. So I'm driving whatever. And but I knew 148 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: once you kind of get locked in, it's like you 149 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: get locked in this asteroid belt or something like that, 150 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: this holding pattern. And I was done. I knew I 151 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: was done. And the question is do I just pull 152 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: over now before he turns his lights on? Do I 153 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: wait a little bit, like what's the move? Do I 154 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: try to get off the freeway, which would have been 155 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: a bad move. 156 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 3: It's like Star Wars where you get locked into their 157 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 3: tractor beam. 158 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was heading to the Death Star. So this 159 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: is going on. And but the main reason I think 160 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: I got pulled over, this is my theory and I'm 161 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: sticking with it, is I had the one thing you 162 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: do not want to have when you travel and get 163 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: a rental car, and that was the trunk. Uh No. 164 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: The one thing, the one thing Danny, you do not 165 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: want to have is out of state plates. You do 166 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: not want to have out of state place because that 167 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: is a dead it's a dead giveaway. It's easy money 168 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: for the police. They can write the ticket. They know 169 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: you're not going to fight the ticket because you don't 170 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: live there. They assume you don't live there. So when 171 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: I picked up the rental car, I only had two options. 172 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: You get to the rental car booth and they say, 173 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: all right, there's two cars, pick either one. One of 174 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: the cars had a Texas license plate. The other had 175 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: a Kansas license plate. So I decided Kansas was closer 176 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: to Minnesota, up by a little bit, so I'll take 177 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: the Kansas license plate. So I was driving around with 178 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: Kansas plates. Wow, and I was in a no win situation. Now, 179 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: the officer was totally cool. It was a nice guy. 180 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,839 Speaker 1: Young guy looked like he was just out of the 181 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: academy and this might have been the first ticket he 182 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: had ever written. And so he's like, why why are 183 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: you in such a hurry? You know, they ask you 184 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 1: the questions when they asked, Well, so then I had 185 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: the chance to say, well, it's funny you should bring 186 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: that up, because I actually I do a radio show 187 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: and I'm on my way to meet listeners from the 188 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: show that's that are here in Minnesota, and so I 189 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 1: was like, oh, maybe that'll give me some Yeah. 190 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's like, I'm gonna double this. Fool's fine. 191 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. So so the guy's like, oh, yeah, okay, 192 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: and then he just watch back. It went back and 193 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: it's a little more confusing when you had a ticket 194 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: in a rental car and because you don't you have 195 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: to show the insurance, but you don't you have your 196 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: own personal insurance, and then you have to obviously the 197 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: driver's license is out of state, and so they got 198 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: to run that. And so anyway, the guy did all 199 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: that stuff. So that caused me to be about a 200 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: half an hour late to the malth of meet and greet. 201 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: And the ticket was not expensive. It's it's affordable, you 202 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: can do it online, you fill out the ticket. Whatever. 203 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: It's a nuisance, got a murder, It's an absolute nuisance, 204 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: pain in the behind. One complaint. I had a wonderful 205 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: time in Minnesota. But the one thing I will complain 206 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:37,359 Speaker 1: about the speed limits in the Greater Minneapolis area. Ridiculous. 207 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: The speed limit is like sixty fifty five to sixty 208 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: miles an hour. No one is driving fifty five to 209 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: sixty miles an hour because the weather was good. Now 210 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: maybe in the winter. Maybe in the winter, Danny, when 211 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 1: the weather's nasty. And yeah, I can understand how you'd say, Okay, 212 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: this needs It's like. 213 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 3: They need two different sets of signs. 214 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, because I'm going with the 215 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: flow of traffic. And I've had this rule. We've talked 216 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: about it on the radio show. I got pulled over 217 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: years ago a highway patrol officer in California. He told 218 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: me said, listen, if you go seventy nine or under, 219 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: I will not even bother pulling you over. It's not 220 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: worth my time. I go eighty eighty five or above. 221 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: So Ever, since then, I had always made sure not 222 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: to go seventy nine over seventy nine miles an hour 223 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: because I figured I would not get a ticket. As 224 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: my plan, my battle plan and all that. So in Minnesota, 225 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: I was going seventy six miles an hour and not 226 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: to seventy nine. But I still got a ticket because 227 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: I had out of state plates. That's my again, that's 228 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: my theory, that's what I'm going with. And so anyway, 229 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: that was my pain in the ass trip to go 230 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: to the the Mermaid for the Malared meet and greet. 231 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: So then we get to the Mallard Meet and greet. 232 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: The first thing I say, I pull off the highway. 233 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: I was only two off ramps away, Danny, two off 234 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: ramps away. If I had made it, I would have 235 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: been fine. Obviously, got pulled over. So I get back 236 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: on the highway. I get off the highway at Moundsview 237 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: and I turn and there I see it, like a 238 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: beacon of light off in the distance, The Mermaid. Here 239 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: it is. I've heard so much about this place. We 240 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: promoted it for several weeks. And I see flashing the 241 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: jumbo tron. There it is my name in lights, Danny 242 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: as a queen, the Queen of the Mala Musia in Minnesota, 243 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: she's not Queen Roxanne, but she's spin Cycle Regina, who's 244 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: the queen of the Minnesota contingent of the Mala Musia. 245 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: So she had had my name put up on the 246 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 1: billboard outside right on this big road in Minnesota. I 247 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: saw this. My name was flashing, which was kind of cool. 248 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: I was like, I did a double tike. I was like, 249 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: is that really my name? I was like, maybe that's 250 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: maybe that's Ben Maler or something like that. So I 251 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: got there. Now I was still kind of in a 252 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 1: bad mood. Not kind of I was because I'd just 253 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: gotten a speeding ticket. But I saw that jumbo tron 254 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: and I was like, man, that's great glowing right there, 255 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: and it was kind of twilight. The sun was it 256 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: was still up because it doesn't get dark in Minnesota 257 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: till like eight thirty, but you know, summers down a 258 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: little bit, but not all the way down. And I 259 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: walked in and everyone was all excited to see me, 260 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: and it was a huge crowd there, and it was 261 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: really cool. It was a really neat thing, and I 262 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: had a wonderful time meeting everybody. We had people come 263 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: from all over the place, all over the states. Obviously 264 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: in that area around Minnesota from Wisconsin, Iowa. Doc Mike 265 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: was there from Chicago. We had northern Minnesota well represented. 266 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: We had Nebraska, and also Ernesto flew in from the 267 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: Bay Area, so we had northern California represented, and I'm sure, 268 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure I'm forgetting some other other locations. But it 269 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: was great. I had a wonderful time. I got to 270 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: meet a bunch of people. I tried to balance my time, Danny, 271 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: because you know, a lot of people there and I 272 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: and my wife actually was very helpful because she was 273 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: like encouraging me to move on to some other people, 274 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: because otherwise I just would have talked to like one 275 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: person the whole time. 276 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, she was your handler. 277 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. She was pushing me to the other groups 278 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: of people. So I was doing that and it was 279 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: it was really really neat. We had a big contention 280 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: of the Viking World Order, which I did not know 281 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: much about. But this is like the top fan club 282 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: of the Minnesota Vikings, which Regina spent cyc A. Regina 283 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: the queen of the Minnesota Contingent. She is a part 284 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: of that, and so she got a couple of the 285 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: other members to come out there. They were all hanging out, 286 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: so that was cool. Tommy Kramer. You remember Tommy Kramer, 287 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: the quarterback for the Vikings back in the eighties. Yeah, 288 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: So Tommy Kramer was there. He made he popped up, 289 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: he popped in there. He was kind of signing autographs, 290 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: hanging out. He had had merchandise that he was selling, 291 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: so he had a little table he was setting up. 292 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: And we had live music. Really good local artists there 293 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: were performing and it was just a really rollicking happy 294 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: days kind of thing there. It was a lot of fun. 295 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: Met Eke from Roseville, Minnesota, Rob from Minnesota. All these 296 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: guys that are big contributors of content to the show. 297 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: Many of them were able to make it. Not everyone. 298 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: We didn't meet Hayes the Crazy Guy, allegedly Crazy Guy, 299 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: he was not there. Met Mike de Farmer and his 300 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: wife who work on a small farm out in the 301 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: boondocks in Po Dunk, USA, and they have no kids, 302 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: just them working on the farm and he listens every night. 303 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: He gets up at two thirty in the morning to 304 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: feed all the animals on the farm and he listens 305 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: to the overnight show while he's working and says he's 306 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: I think he told me, Mike. I don't want to 307 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: get this wrong, but he said he hadn't left the 308 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: farm more than like twice in the last several years, 309 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: but he left to come hang out with us at 310 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: the meet and greet. So that was really cool. That 311 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: was neat, and you know how these things go, Danny. 312 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: Everyone's got a story, everyone's got something they want to 313 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: share with you. There were a bunch of introverts, so 314 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: I tried to make sure I accommodated the introverts. As 315 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: a fellow introvert, I felt like it was important for 316 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: me to spend time with them, and everyone seemed to 317 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: be having a good time. Angelino was there. She's the 318 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: big fan super fan, and she got a lot of 319 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: the shirts and she was hanging out with some of 320 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 1: her friends. She got me a nice gift. Some people 321 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: did bring me gifts. I got some. I got a 322 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: hat from Angelina, Colorado Buffalo's hat, which was kind of cool. 323 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: There were some other knickknacks that I got as well. 324 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: So as it was very very welcoming. You've heard of 325 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: Minnesota nice, A lot of Minnesota nice, dandy, a lot 326 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: of Minnesota nice. 327 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 3: Now I want you to address the axe throwing video. Yeah. 328 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: So I will get to the ax throwing video in 329 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: a moment, but first a global exclusive, Danny g before 330 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: we get to that. No one else has what I'm 331 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 1: about to do. Which member of the Malard militia at 332 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:46,439 Speaker 1: the Malor meet and greet almost stripped Buck naked in 333 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: the middle of the Mermaid in the middle of the Mermaid. 334 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 3: So air Force Andrew was there. 335 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: Well, you would assume it would be Air Force Andrew 336 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: because he's the legend from previous Mallet meet and greets. 337 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: But no, it was not Air Force Andrew. He was 338 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: not the guy that was there, the person that decided 339 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: to turn the Mermaid into a Chippendale's the one and 340 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: only hollering James. Hollering James, the crazy caller, Hollering James. 341 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: So let me set this up. So James had someone 342 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: drive him, very nice gentleman, and I believe his wife 343 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: drove hollering James to the meet and greet, and I 344 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: was really looking forward to meeting Jims. James has called 345 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: the show for years. If you listen to the Overnight show, 346 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: James breaks the mold, or maybe he's part of the mold. 347 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: So hollering James is the guy that's been evicted from 348 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: several places he's lived because he calls the show in 349 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: the middle of the night and starts screaming about the 350 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: Vikings or the Twins, or the Timberwolves or the Golden Gophers, 351 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: like it's why old and crazy, right, wild and crazy. 352 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: So anyway, I show up. They say, hey, there's hollering James. 353 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: So I go up to hollering James. The first thing 354 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: he does is literally take the hat off his head 355 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 1: and say, hey, I want you to have this. He 356 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 1: hands me this Viking hat which is covered in schmutz. 357 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: It's it's got, it's I don't know, it's smelled. It 358 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: was disgusting. So I said, you know what, James, that's 359 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: very kind that you wanted to give me your hat. 360 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: But I'm okay, I want you to have that hat. 361 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: So I handed the hat back to hollering j He's 362 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: He's like, no, I want you to have I said, no, 363 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: no'm James. You listen, you take that. You need the 364 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: hat more than me. You're the Viking fan. I'm a 365 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: Rams fan. I don't need the hat. But he tried 366 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: to give me so fine. So I talked to James 367 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 1: for a little bit. At some point he procured a 368 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: Mallard Meet and Greet shirt. There were a couple extra shirts. 369 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: He was able to get his hands on a Mallard 370 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: Meet and Greet shirt, so got his hands on this. 371 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: So he then we have a conversation and he's like, hey, 372 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: I want you to autograph the shirt. So I said, 373 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: no problem. You're hollering James. That's very flattering. I mean, 374 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: what do you want an autograph from me? 375 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 3: And what with that? 376 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: So I said, you know what, Okay, I am going 377 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: to give you an autograph. And it's very hard to 378 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: sign an autograph because you're wearing He was wearing the 379 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: shirt at this point. So James is like okay and 380 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: starts taking the shirt off, and he starts undressing in 381 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: the middle of this restaurant, bowling alley, concert hall type venue. 382 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: And now the photo I posted of hollering James, Danny, 383 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: I think that's a pretty flattering photo. Pretty flattering photo 384 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: of hollering James. And he's a round mound of sports 385 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: talk power. He's large and in charge. Hollering James women. 386 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: I saw some things when he took the shirt off 387 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 1: that I did not need to see. I didn't Now. 388 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: Fortunately I was able to convince him to put the 389 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: shirt back on, and I decided just to sign. He 390 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: wanted on autograph, so I was like, all right, I'll 391 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 1: sign the autograph, just leave the shirt on, and so 392 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: so he did. It's not the cleanest looking autograph, but 393 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: he he allowed me to do it, so so I 394 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: I autographed that, uh, and he was happy. And I 395 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: didn't even see him leave. I told him to come 396 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: say bye when he left, but I don't I don't 397 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: know where he where he ended up. But that was 398 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: hollering James, briefly turning into a Chippendale's dancer. Now you 399 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: wanted to know about this axe throwing. 400 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, it reminded me of you throwing those lollipops 401 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 3: at are baseball outing. 402 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: Well, that's a bad take by you, Danny. Let me 403 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: explain what happened here. It's it's a common misconception that 404 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 1: somehow that I was bad at throwing an axe, which 405 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: is fake news. That is not true at all. So 406 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: what happened was, at the end of the event, the 407 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: thing was kind of whinding down and the spin cycle, 408 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: Regina came over to me. She's like, hey, the people 409 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: would like you the people of the Mermaid have given 410 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: me permission you could throw an axe. I was like, oh, okay, whatever, 411 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: So I had to sign a waiver. Now, the young 412 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: lady that worked at the axe throwing part of the Mermaid, 413 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: she looked like she was just out of high school, 414 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 1: and so she's describing to me the different ways to 415 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 1: throw an axe safely. Now, I had never thrown an 416 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: axe before in my life. I didn't anticipate that I 417 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: would start throwing an axe at this event. But everyone 418 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 1: was like a nick in Wisconsin, and some of the 419 00:23:54,920 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 1: other guys were like they were excited and they wanted 420 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: me to throw the axe and so okay. So I 421 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: went over there, and as I said, the lady there, 422 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: the young lady was describing the different ways. There's this technique, 423 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: which is the one handed technique, and there's the uh 424 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: there's this which is the that's the. 425 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:20,560 Speaker 3: Two over the top of your head. 426 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the two handed technique. So uh, So she 427 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: hands me the bucket of axes. She says, you're never 428 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 1: supposed to pass the acts to anyone else. You just 429 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: take them out of the buck And so I'm kind 430 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: of I'm warming up. I'm loosening up for the axe toss. 431 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: Kyle from Denver's there and our buddy from Des Moines, 432 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: and so a couple of other people were there. So 433 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm kind of loosening up with the axe toss, and 434 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: the first couple were not particularly great. And of course 435 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: what always happens is the the paparazzo tries to make 436 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: you look like you're you're incompetent, and so these idiots, 437 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: these nimrods, posted the video which made me look like 438 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: I was unable to throw an axe. Of course, they 439 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 1: conveniently left out the clip of the video. Once I 440 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: warmed up and once I had my batting practice, my 441 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: ax practice, Danny, I nailed, absolutely nailed the axe toss. 442 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 1: It was amazing. In fact, I am now an honorary lumberjack, 443 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: one of my just all bunyan and I will challenge 444 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: you or anyone else I know. I challenged Cooper Loop 445 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: and Eddie and Roberto, and I will challenge you. I 446 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: am now a MENSA level axe thrower. 447 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 3: All right. 448 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,719 Speaker 1: I went through the process, a learning process and batting 449 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: practice and all that. But I'm telling you what right now, 450 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: and anyone that was there that saw this, whether it's Angelina. 451 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: I don't think she saw it, or a wheelchair Brad 452 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: or Shane or any of these guys. I promise you 453 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: I will beat you. I'm an AX expert. 454 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 3: Sounds very defensive. 455 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: Not defensive it all. It's an accurate portrayal because when 456 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: somebody throws out a video which is clearly there put 457 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 1: on the internet to make you look bad, and they 458 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 1: don't give you the whole story. They tell you part 459 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 1: of the story, but not the whole story. Bad job 460 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: by them. 461 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 3: How many tries later did you actually get one to stick? 462 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:27,679 Speaker 1: The next one? It was the next try. Yeah. And 463 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: Nick and Wisconsin, who's a big fan of the podcast, 464 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: Nick explained, there's a cheat code and it's all about 465 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: the risk movement. It's all about the risk movement. That's 466 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: the key to throwing the acts. And once you master that, 467 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: I'm now like a ninja. My right hand was getting 468 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 1: a workout. Yeah, So it's really all about the risk 469 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 1: is like ninety percent of the axe throwing. Once you 470 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: get that down, your set. So I'm ready anywhere you 471 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: want to go, anytime, any place, and we will do damage. 472 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: We will make axe magic is what we're going to make. 473 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: There was the axe toss on that I also wanted 474 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: to mention and I want to thank Femi. Now, Femi 475 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: is from Nigeria. He's actually hoping to call the show 476 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: from Nigeria, but he lives in Minnesota. He's lived in 477 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:26,239 Speaker 1: Minnesota for years. Married guy, family guy, hard working guy, 478 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:30,959 Speaker 1: and and so Femi on his own. I didn't tell 479 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: him to do this. I didn't say, hey, you should 480 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,959 Speaker 1: do this. He's such a big fan of the show 481 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: that he went out and had some bumper stickers made 482 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: for the show and it was his active kindness and 483 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: Femi wanted to pass those out to everyone who showed 484 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: up at the Malar meet and greet. He's the bumper 485 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: sticker guy, and he was so kind. He made hundreds 486 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: of these bumper stickers and we had a great turnout, 487 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: but not everyone got bumper stickers, not everyone wanted them. 488 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: And so he told me, says he wants to support 489 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: the show so much that he said he will send 490 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: a bumper sticker to anyone who's a fan of the 491 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: Ben Malors Show or the Fifth Hour podcast, and he 492 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: will he will cover the shipping for the bumper stickers, 493 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: which isn't that much, but it's still a very kind 494 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: act by Femi. And so if you're interested, and this 495 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: is the number one uber each delivery guy in Minnesota, 496 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 1: if you are interested in getting one of these bumper stickers, 497 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: you can email him. I'm gonna give you his email 498 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 1: address right now. It's Femi Vikings at yahoo dot com. 499 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: Femi and then just Vikings like the NFL team at 500 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: yahoo dot com. You can email Femi and this is 501 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: all he's doing. It's got he's got these really cool 502 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: bumper stickers in a few different shades and colors, and 503 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: it's got the name of the show, it's got the 504 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: time of the show. It's got those little microphones. So 505 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: it's pretty neat. And check that out if you're interested, 506 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: and you don't have to put it on your car. 507 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: Maybe you want to put it on something in your 508 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: man cave or your office or back of your computer, 509 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: whatever it might be, whatever floats your boat. Forehead, well, 510 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: if you have a five head, you could put that 511 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: on there, making a forehead. 512 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 3: Again. 513 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: So thank you, thank you, thank you to Femi. That's 514 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 1: very nice, very nice job by you. Good job by you. 515 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: So thank you for that. And I'm trying to think 516 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: what else I can mention about the meet and greet. 517 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: We had the wedding. We had the faux wedding with 518 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: Doc Mike, who hands me Danny he's getting married to Regina, 519 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: gets me a stack of like fifteen pages of copy 520 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: that he wants me as the deacon. Deacon mallard, I'm 521 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: overseeing the wedding, so he wants me to go over 522 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: all this copy and exchange their vows and women. What 523 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: a shit show that turned out to me? Yeah, my goodness, 524 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: it was fun. It was fun. My wife was the 525 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: flower girl. We had, We had the music going. It 526 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:09,479 Speaker 1: was interesting, and Regina spinsyger. Regina had somebody documenting everything. 527 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: She had a camera person, like a professional camera person. 528 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: It was like a wedding photographer taking photos of everything. 529 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: It was like next level. It was wild and crazy. Dad, 530 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: I'm going to decapitate a goat nuts. 531 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 3: What stood out to you about this meet and greet 532 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 3: that was different from all the others? 533 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, this one, I would say the Viking 534 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: world order being there and just a good happy vie. 535 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: People seem genuinely happy. Not that they aren't happy when 536 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 1: I see them elsewhere, but it was like I think 537 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: people in Minnesota have this chip on their shoulder where 538 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: it's like, ah, we're in Minnesota. No one wants to 539 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 1: come here. It's flyover country, you know. People you think 540 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: of the Midwest, people go to Chicago, right, They'll go there. 541 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,959 Speaker 1: There's a few other places in the Midwest, but Minneso 542 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: is not normally high up on the list, and so 543 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: I got a sense for people. They were genuinely happy 544 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: that I would go out of my way to go 545 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: to minne APIs and I had a wonderful time. It's 546 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: a beautiful place. 547 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 3: Really. 548 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: The weather was great, likely the only week the weather 549 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: will be good, but it was perfect. I want to 550 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: thank all the listeners that did recommend that I come 551 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: in May rather than in April where there was still 552 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: snow on the ground. So thank you for that. That 553 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 1: was a great hack that I got from people that 554 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,719 Speaker 1: are fans of the show who helped me out on that. 555 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 3: So this is an important question. I know you don't 556 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 3: like eating in front of people. Did you dabble in 557 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 3: any sort of finger food or juicy lucy action in 558 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 3: front of listeners? No? 559 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: In fact, that's funny should bring that up, because I 560 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: had no time from the time I got there. I 561 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: was a little late because of the speeding ticket. But 562 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: from the time I got there until the time I 563 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: walked out of the venue, I had no time. I 564 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 1: had my wife brought me a glass of water, and 565 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: that was it. I had no time to eat any 566 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: of the food of the mermaid. I was talking to 567 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: somebody at all times, because you know how these events go, Danny. 568 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: First thing, people you go there, there's a big crowd, 569 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: and then people start leaving because they have things to 570 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: do and they just wanted to meet me, and then 571 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: you know, be part of the event, but then they 572 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: had other things to do, and then there's like the 573 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: second wave of people. So throughout the night we had 574 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 1: different different waves convoys of people that were showing up, 575 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: and then they had to go, and then there'd be 576 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: new people that would show up. And so like we 577 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: took a group photo, but that only shows you part 578 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: of the group that was there. There were many other 579 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: people that showed up either early and or they showed 580 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: up late after we had already taken the team photo. 581 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: So so yeah, I was trying to, you know, be 582 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: as polite as I could possibly be to everybody, but 583 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: I did not eat. I went out after. We'll actually 584 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: talk about that later because I have a mallard of 585 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 1: food review. We'll get to that coming up in the 586 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: Saturday podcast. I think we'll leave that to the Saturday one. 587 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 1: I think we're good on this. Anything you want to promote. 588 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: It is Friday. You have Covino and Rich. I assume today, 589 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: is that correct? Yeah? 590 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 3: Friday morning. So I'm gonna take a little nap here 591 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 3: and then get my ass back up and get to 592 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 3: the studios for Covino and Rich from two to four 593 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 3: pm on the West five to seven pm in New 594 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 3: York City. Yeah. 595 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: I love the Covino and Rich show. There you go, 596 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: so enjoy that, Danny, and we'll have amazing pod casting 597 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: all weekend long, all weekend long. We have other exclusive details, 598 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: another never before told story. 599 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 3: I got a good one for you on Saturday as well. 600 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: All right, well, I look forward to that. So we'll 601 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: get out on that note. Have a wonderful rest of 602 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: your Friday. It is my day of rest. I did 603 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: the overnight show last night, and so now the podcast 604 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 1: here and then I will be hanging out back baking. 605 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: I did get the Kitchen Aid mixer that had the 606 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: meatball surgery. Did come back, so I will be able 607 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: to get back in the kitchen this weekend and make 608 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 1: some delicious goodies. So I look forward to that. But 609 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: have a wonderful day. We'll catch you next time. 610 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 3: See you tomorrow. Asta pasta got a murder. I gotta go.