WEBVTT - "Bowling Ball Drop" Mail Bag 0:00:00.960 --> 0:00:05.480 Boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:09.280 week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants of 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:12.880 the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He treats 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:15.800 crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the rich 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:20.240 pill poppers in the penthouse, to clearinghouse of hot takes, 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:24.079 break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with Ben 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:34.199 Maller starts right now in the air everywhere, the final 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:38.600 edition of the Fifth Hour with Ben Maller in Danny 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:43.760 g Radio. Here to close out this weekend of podcast. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.880 But I will be back on the radio a good 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.120 chunk of this week, so I'm not taking my extended 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:55.280 vacation as I normally do. More on that later. Yes, 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.680 I know this podcast eight days a week. The radio 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.680 show with the podcast four hours a night, clearly not 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.240 enough on the overnight. Before we get into the mail bag, though, 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:09.760 Danny G. I mentioned on the Saturday podcast that I 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:13.240 watched an old Yankee game with the Red Sox and 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.200 George Steinbrenner, the old owner of the Yankees, who has 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.160 been dead for a long time, was interviewed and he 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.960 was asked about all the controversy in the Bronx. This 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:24.319 is a probably how old is this thirty five year old, 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.600 thirty six year old interview? This goes way back right 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:30.640 way Wait wait, wait back. So I was watching it 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.640 and I just loved what he said because it really 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.039 resonates to this day considering how much more money is 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:40.320 involved now. So I wanted to play that and then 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.800 we'll get into the mail bag. So this is again, 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:47.000 this is on an NBC broadcast from nineteen eight six. 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.520 So we're going in the hot tub time machine, and 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.960 this is the old, grumpy owner of the Yankees, George Steinbrenner, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.360 and he's asked a question by Joe Garagiola and listened 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:01.400 to Steinbrenner's response, what about the turmoil it always seems 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.760 to surround the club? Well, you know turmoil. Well, no, 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.960 turmoil is with every baseball team. They haven't the San Diego, 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:10.600 they have it in the Middle West, they have it everywhere. 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:13.200 That's part of the game. And you know, I have 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:15.200 to laugh when guys say, well, it's a strain and 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.080 it's turmoil to play baseball in the Yankees, or for 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.720 four thousand dollar a year average salary, or for a 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.240 million six like our top player makes, they can take 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:24.880 a little turmoil. Let them go out and drive a 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:26.799 cab in New York if they want some real turmoil. 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:33.799 Imagine if an owner said that today, Danny. I mean, 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:37.000 what a good point he makes to shut up and 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:41.400 play and stop crying. Yeah. So when people and I 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.920 have a similar outlook, I mean, people say I I 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:45.840 bust a lot of balls and all that with athletes, 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.080 but I do think, listen, these there are a lot 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:51.919 more difficult jobs. I think working at a fast food 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.800 restaurant at rush hour, at in and out. We talked 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:56.960 about that, that is a much harder job to me 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:01.320 than playing for the Lakers or the Clippers or whoever, 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:05.000 whatever team you happen to like. Uh, and and there 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.240 are there's so many other things. We had a listener 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:12.000 on Facebook the other day who posted a list of 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:17.519 his deliveries as he delivers packages for Amazon. It's insane, 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.959 these guys going all over God's Green Earth to deliver packages. 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.280 And it's like, that's a much more difficult job then 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.120 it is playing in the NFL. And I have respect 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.320 with the NFL players and the baseball players, the basketball 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.359 players do, but let's let's have some perspective. There are 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.560 other people that have much more difficult jobs that are 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.560 getting paid peanuts for those jobs. I don't understand why 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.600 nobody's watching the guy deliver packages at Amazon and all that. 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.360 I get it, but still, yeah, I would never call 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.680 their jobs easy. But how coming all other walks of 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:51.880 life when you're well compensated, you're not allowed to complain 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:57.280 because you're told, hey, shut up, you're well compensated. Yeah. No, absolutely, 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.280 So that was the Steinbranner thing. That was great. Oh thay, 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:02.520 I'm glad. I'm glad you enjoyed that. I went back 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.200 and I dugged through us. I I gotta find the 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.840 exact moment I wanted to remember exactly where it was. 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:08.200 I was able to track down. Let's get to the 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:18.680 mail back here we go. Yes, it is in the bag. 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.799 Thanks to ohio Al for sending in that little ditty 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.240 way back in the day. And we played every week 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:28.320 to kick off the mail Bag. And this week's mailbag, 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:33.000 Danny g. We start off with an email from Pierre 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.080 in Springfield. I know this is very exciting. Here we 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.039 have our first email from Pierre. He's a friend of 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.000 Alf the Alien Opie. Yes we do. We have a 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.760 lot of mail this week, and uh, here. It is 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:49.240 so Pierre in Springfield, says Ben. Danny g uh Ben, 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:54.000 it seems like everything you do everything possible to keep 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.279 your loyal minions on the edge of our collective seats. 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.839 He says, whether it is posting the YouTube broadcast time 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:04.159 of Benny versus the penny five minutes in advance, or 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:08.039 being vague about your sabbatical. He says that being said, 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:14.600 some of us are only in He says the Benny business, 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:17.680 UH is talking about when I guess when I'm on 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.800 and don't listen when you're not on the live air. 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.680 Can you just ask a Roberto or anyone at fs 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:29.160 ARE with computer access to hit the record button and 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:33.760 play all of the show's drops for about six episodes 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:38.480 worth of the podcast content while you're enjoying you're well 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.640 deserved time off asking for a friend. Uh, That would 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.320 be great, but I'm pretty sure management would not sign 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.480 off on that, Danny. I don't think that management would 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.160 think that was such a great idea, and if we 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:53.119 brought that up to management, management would come by shoot 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.200 that down. So your show does have a lot of 0:05:56.240 --> 0:06:00.159 fun drops, half of which I personally reported in to 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.560 the computer system that it is true. Many of the 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.200 drops that we play today are all from that is 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:12.839 not fake news news. I spent a lot of hours, Mr. 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:16.400 Former President putting those in the next gen computer system, 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.320 and I would like a show like that. If you 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.640 recall when Roberto first took over for my old spot, 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.159 I helped him do a weekly segment you voted on 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:30.560 the best drop out of the three yes Yes, Battle 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.360 of the Drop, and that's because there were so many 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:36.159 good drops on your show. That is a good idea. 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.520 But I will say this, even the most loyal Ben 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.760 mallor fan who doesn't like it when you're actually taking 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:45.680 a vacation day, you know, give the programming a chance still, 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.560 because that is a fill in hosts opportunity to shine. 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.240 And I have produced many fill in hosts over the years, 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.600 and there's actually some fun times during those shifts because 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.240 those guys get a chance to be on the big 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.680 network and have a shift. Yeah, and that's what I 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.520 did when I was starting out. I was the filling 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.159 guy and then got more opportunity on the weekend and 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.320 then you know, it's still a filling guy for a while. 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:12.880 So yeah, I mean, you got to give people a chance. 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.040 But you know, how people are, Danny. A lot of 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:17.040 people creatures a habit, and you just get used to 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.000 something and then you're used to that and you don't 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.280 want to get used to something else. But I give 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:23.400 it a try, give it a sample. You might as 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.720 well listen. And I think I get credit for that. 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.480 If you stop downloading the podcast, I think that hurts me. 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:33.440 So keep downloading the podcasting. Yeah, Kevin in Kansas writes, 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.840 and he says, dear Ben Danny, g uh. He says, 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:40.280 but now that life in the north Woods is normalizing, 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.080 do you have any marathon walks? Plan? Is your new 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:48.520 neighborhood conductive to your long walks where maybe you can 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.280 find laundry hampers and such. That's the famous story at 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:55.880 the old place, I was walking and somebody had left 0:07:56.160 --> 0:08:01.560 a professional industry grade undry cart on the side of 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.920 the road, and I walked by, and I walked for 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.600 like another hour, and then I came home and I said, 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.680 if that thing is still there, I'm getting it's just 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:13.280 thrown on the side of the road, like in a 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.960 pile of trash. So I went. I put the the Mallamobile, 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.280 the SUV version of the Mountain Momobile, and I went 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.280 down there and I picked that piece of trash up 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:24.520 off the side of the road and I put it 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.360 in my car and I cleaned it up, and right 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.800 now is sitting Kevin in a storage shed. I do 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.360 have a bunch of areas I can walk in the 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:37.640 north Woods, but I haven't been able to do much 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.640 of that because of the schedule and everything. And I'm 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.000 really excited. I'm hoping by the time I go on 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.960 my end of year sabbatica, when I come back, I 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:49.439 will have access to my treadmill and that will be 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.079 That will be the big thing, because I need I 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:54.600 can go in after the show. It's a little awkward 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:57.280 to walk around in the middle of the night. People 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:01.280 think you're up to no good and I'd rather avoid 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.840 having to deal with that. So and also with the 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:09.360 low being thirty thirty nine degrees here in California, we 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.840 curl up in the fetal position. Yes, when the temperature 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.920 gets to the thirties. Yes, we are warm blooded and 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.679 do not do well. We don't have thick blood and 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:22.640 that is a problem. Right, who is next year come back? 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:27.599 It's the little car that's right. R J in the 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:32.640 sane Antnio rights, and he says, hey, guys, did you 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:37.160 ever watch late night talk shows and which ones were 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:41.000 your favorites? Yeah? I did, I loved I was a 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:43.280 huge David Letterman fan when I was growing up, when 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:46.600 he was on the late Late after the Tonight Show 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.160 on NBC. But everyone and we're of the age day 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:52.760 we were kids, that's what people watched was late night, 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.720 like the late night talk shows that they got massive ratings, 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:03.160 I mean unbelievably massive, huge amounts to people that used 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.680 to watch those late night shows. And it's really segmented now, 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:10.800 and they've really become more I feel like, more politicized 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.240 definitely than they used to be. And so it's in 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:17.600 terms of the audience now compared to what it used 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:21.280 to be. It's yeah, like if I was a Letterman guy, 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.520 my mom used to watch the Johnny Carson Show, so 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:26.280 we watched that. I was just gonna say that my 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.720 mom was a Carson fan. My aunt, her sister was 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.480 a big Letterman fan. So when I would visit my cousin, 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:34.960 they'd always have Letterman on. So I got to watch 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:38.240 both shows depending on where I was, either in l 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.280 A or the Bay Area. Both really great shows and 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.560 of course, all of the beef that Letterman had with 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:48.640 NBC would spill over onto the airwaves, and it was 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:53.320 pretty fun to watch him slam his employer all the time. Yeah. Yeah, 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.160 you felt like you were watching something you weren't supposed 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.679 to be watching. There was a special there's a uniqueness 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:01.960 that nobody else was doing at that time that led 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:03.720 Himan didn't. I used to love it because he dropped, 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.800 like he'd go do a recorded segment where he'd go 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.880 to a parking garage in New Jersey and dropped ten 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:11.880 pounds a large just to see what it looked like 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:13.920 when it hit the ground, and it was just hilarious. 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:16.920 Or you drop a bowling ball or a couple of 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:20.640 bowling balls off. So yeah, are you I have fond 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:25.960 memories of that back in the day. Let's see who 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:32.440 is next on the mail bag page down page, Yes 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:38.520 we do. Jennifer in Richmond, Virginia, right. Since she says, 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.560 Ben and Danny g Hello, Ben, you make me laugh 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.520 with all the sound effects. Well, I'm glad somebody likes 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:47.200 the sound effects. It's my opportunity to play goofy soundways. Uh, 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:51.240 and she says, anyway, you played Ralphie from the Simpsons 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:54.439 last week already forgot what he said, But do you 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:59.000 also have him saying I sleep in a drawer? If not, 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.960 is there any way you can get that. I looked 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.000 for that, I did not find that. The only other 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:11.120 Ralph drop I could find was this one. Yeah, I 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:12.559 don't know. I've got a good one. I don't know. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:16.560 I don't know if that's it, uh Ralph approved. But 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:19.440 you and your drops man, we were just talking about that. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.440 How Roberto has those buttons in front of him nowadays, 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.200 and before that, I had all those buttons in front 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:27.480 of me on the podcast set up here. Used to 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.040 see Ben with his buttons and you get a big 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.319 smile on your face buttons pop up on the screen. Oh, 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.679 it's so much fun. I love it. And I've got 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:37.520 a lot, but they're all they're not in order, and 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:39.520 I can't really on this thing that I'm using, I 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:41.600 can't really put them in order like I have. This 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.679 is my coop drop smoke. Yeah, but that's up at 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:47.800 the top and I need that at the lower level. 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:52.240 And then we ever talked about the Minnesota vikings, and 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:55.680 now you have more of an appreciation for the timing 0:12:55.880 --> 0:13:00.480 skill and technique it takes to place a proper drop. Yeah, No, 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.640 there's always felt like you don't You don't want to 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.160 put the drop in at the wrong time because that 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.800 becomes a big problem. You know, that's not you don't 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.000 want that you needed at the right time. Yeah, you 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.160 have to wait for a breath, and you know with 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.680 you breaths don't come often. Dead air is the death 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:22.840 of radio, you know, correct on that? Alright, Moving on, Jennifer, 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:24.839 she did have a question. I think that was our 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:26.920 only question about Rob. So I don't have the drop. 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.200 Do you have any Ralphie drops over there? Danny old? 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:33.400 Any from the Simpsons? I can find one and all 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:37.800 inserted into the podcast here, she's touching my special area. 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.160 I won't win in my mouth and then I ate it. 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:47.920 Can I have a new one? Ralphie? All right? Chris 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:54.000 in Marraccona, Iowa, says, Ben, does your wife or wives 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:57.160 get upset with you watching so much sports in your 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:02.000 free time? How often does it's my job work on them? Well, Danny, 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.040 this is the same thing for you now that you 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:08.480 are in a a long term relationship. So I try 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:13.080 to be very polite, uh A. During the week. The 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.160 way I get ready for the show is I usually 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.000 have a game or two on at night kind of 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.040 in the background. I'm watching it with half an eye, 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.040 and I'm trying to get notes together for the monologue. 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.280 So and then when the game. Usually the cool thing 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:27.560 about a lot of these games, like in the n 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.920 b A, I don't really have to pay attention to 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.440 the end because most of these games are decided in 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:34.400 the final three minutes of the game, so I can 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.040 kind of look with half an I Football is much 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.280 harder because I try to really pay attention to it, 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.080 and that becomes more problematic on Thursday and Monday and 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:46.080 Sunday night. Um, so those are the nights. But like 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:49.400 on UH, the shows off for us on Friday night 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.160 and Saturday, and I try to be really good about 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.320 not not forcing it. I'm able to watch a lot 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.680 of stuff on my phone, so I will sometimes will 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:00.480 be out if we're out at the all or something 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.120 like that, I'll pop on the phone I fing like 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.480 WiFi or something like that, and I'll watch watch some 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.920 college football or something like that. But I'm pretty pretty 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:09.600 good about it. But during the week I have to 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.200 do it for work, and She's pretty good, but she's 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:13.400 working too, so snow, big deal. What about you, Dannie, 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.280 Are you able to get away and watch the Raiders 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:19.200 or whoever you want to watch on the weekend? Yeah, 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.640 my chick fil a. She's really good about sports being 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.160 on TV A because she knows how much I love sports. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.760 She also has a couple of boys who love sports 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.560 and their Raider fans. Her family are Raider fans and 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:37.640 big Dodger fans. Basketball is really the only thing that's 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:41.120 been hard to watch with her because, like you just said, 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.840 the biggest action happens at the end of the basketball games. 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:48.000 So if I'm watching an NBA game in the first quarter, 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:50.720 she thinks I'm wasting my time because she's like, why 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:52.760 don't you just turn it on at the very end. 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:56.000 She's not wrong, but she's not the only way you're 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.040 not wasting your time is if there's a massive fight 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:02.520 or an injury. Other than that, you're you're absolutely wasting 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.560 your time. As far as NFL Sunday goes, I got 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:09.240 the ticket before the season began, and she's a really 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:13.320 good host, cooks up really good football food. I give 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.720 her a lot of props for that, So no no issues. 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.160 Where I'm at Bend. I could not get along with 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:21.480 somebody who didn't let me watch sports. Yeah, my wife's 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.520 not really into the but she's allows me to do 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:26.840 she knows I have to do it, and and she 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.160 likes to go to games. She loves to go to 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.120 games that you never liked to watch the games on TV. 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.520 She loves going to Dodger Stadium or whatever and seen 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.160 a game. And I haven't really been able to do 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:41.120 that much recently, but hopefully sooner than later we'll get 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.640 back out going to games and you're busy in the 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:47.480 press box. She's not allowed up there. Although I don't 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:48.920 even go to I don't even I've really been doing 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.280 that much. I've been to a few NFL games, and 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:56.160 I got my routine everything set up. I've settled into 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.720 my habit of where I do the show. I have 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.800 my own studio set up up, the home studio, and 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:03.800 so I'm kind of in here most of the time. 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.560 And someday we'll have to retell the story about how 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.960 much food used to steal out of the press box. 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.480 Oh my god, let me tell you back in the day, 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:14.800 that was Big Benny days. The reason they had to 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.520 change the name of Staples Center is because I ate 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:21.119 so much food back in the day, they needed more money. 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.760 Real sad story, Danny. That was pretty what happened there anyway. 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:33.200 Next up on the mail bag, that's right all right, uh, 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:38.640 Valls fan Jimmy from Fayetteville, Tennessee. He writes in, Uh says, 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.240 no question. Just want to thank you for making the 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.680 third shift. He's the last eight years looking forward to 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:48.159 have a safe holiday. You and Danny g so thank you. 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:52.520 Valls Fan, Jimmy, thank you. And Jimmy is authentic Tennessee. 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.360 He's not. He's called the show a few times. Oh yeah, 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.240 and I've I've talked with him on Twitter. Yeah, he's 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:00.720 got but calling the short you can tell he's not 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.399 a faith he's not. He's not somebody that like moved 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.359 to Tennessee when he was thirty. No, No, he's living 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.520 the life. He's living the life there, absolutely all right. 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:15.040 Next up, Tammy in Montana rights in. She says, yes, yes, 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:19.600 Danny has a sexy voice too. She says, yeah, we 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:25.359 talked last week, but gascon and she says, of all 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.679 the people that could have replaced David, Danny Gee is 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.600 the one that will do a great job keeping up 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:35.199 the friendly banter. Tammy says, keep working hard on the 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:39.399 podcast content and keeping you in line, just as David 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:41.840 did not. David did not keep me in line. That's 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.240 bull crap. How dare you? And she says, have you 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:50.720 heard of Helen has choked on her arrogance? Yet? She says, well, 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:56.040 this is continuing here the I know. Calm down, She says, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.640 have you heard of Helen has choked down her arrogance? Yet? 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:03.160 Let Helen know that the cockroaches and rats that live 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:07.200 in her house do not count as knowing people. Well, 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:11.480 this is vicious. That's a Tammy and Montana the back 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:15.639 and forth, and right from that we have Helen and 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.800 Stu from palmetto Bay. They wrote back. They have their 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:24.800 reply in the Octagon on the fifth hour, and this 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:29.399 one says to Mallard Claus, North Pole, California, a last 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:33.679 minute present request. Turns out that all Tammy and Montana 0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:39.280 wants for Christmas are her two front false teeth. The 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:42.400 great news is that after watching the latest Benny versus 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:46.199 the Petty video, Stu and I noticed that her boyfriend 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:51.240 David Gascon has plenty of uh moose sized and bright 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:55.360 Hollywood cap teeth to spare. Wow, I don't think those 0:19:55.400 --> 0:19:57.320 are those fake. I don't think those are fake. I 0:19:57.320 --> 0:20:00.240 don't know, and they maybe they maybe even years then then, 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:03.000 but they really don't like they said at last count, 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:09.800 Gascon has three extra sets of incisors, canines, and Moehler's 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:13.480 of course no wisdom teeth. If he did, he'd still 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:16.160 be on the fifth hour. Wow. Shots fired. Well, they 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:20.800 were demanding the departure of David. Uh. The message continues 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:25.479 from Helen and Stu. The angry Well, I don't think 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:29.439 they're angry, just having fun. Uh, couple, they're they're very, 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:33.920 very divisive here, the Mallew Militia. You are under attack here, 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:37.280 Helen and Stu, It says Benny in all seriousness during 0:20:37.320 --> 0:20:43.520 these ongoing challenging social times. Happy mench holiday to you, Aaron, 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:47.960 now Danny Chocolate. That's right. We learned on the original 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:50.800 episode that you were on. You are part of the 0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:54.840 Great Gara Deli Chocolate family. Uh, says the entire Ben 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.800 Mallory Show crew and the Mallard Militia, including Yes, Tammy 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:02.720 and Montana. For another outstanding year of not so serious 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:07.399 sports talk entertainment like Mallard claws on a fire truck. 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:12.520 Our support for you will remain in the air everywhere. 0:21:12.520 --> 0:21:15.679 That's from Helen and still all people very nicely. A 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:19.320 nice way to end the Tupac Biggie beef there or 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:21.320 the beef. The beef is still going, but it was 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:24.920 just a holiday truth for a moment. Yeah, that the 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:29.440 beef was not ended, Danny. It's it will continue for 0:21:29.440 --> 0:21:31.480 for a long time, but they'll pick it up after 0:21:31.520 --> 0:21:35.159 the new year. Uh. Let's see John in Dallas right 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:39.679 since his last week, I adopted a rescue dog and 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:43.600 unlike all the other dogs and cats that I have had, 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:48.000 this one is a female. And then John and Dallas says, 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:52.400 can you and Danny g give me some fatherly advice 0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:58.320 on what it is like to live with a bit? Okay, well, yeah, 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:00.880 your Bella is a female dog, so I do have 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:03.919 she is that that is the technical term. We're not 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:09.160 being offensive at all. A female dog is a bitch. 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:12.600 And I moved in with a bit recently. You have 0:22:12.640 --> 0:22:17.560 a female at Daisy, little Daisy the dog. She fits 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:20.840 in the palm of your hands. Man. She's a small dog, 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:24.200 but she also thinks that she is a guard dog. 0:22:24.359 --> 0:22:27.440 So she's one of those where in her mind she's 0:22:27.520 --> 0:22:31.880 protecting the entire house, but in actuality, your big toe 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:35.480 could move her away. Yeah. And and Bella's got a 0:22:35.720 --> 0:22:39.600 it must be the little Napoleon complex in the dog community. 0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:42.320 I don't know what the dogs uses the Napoleon complex, 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:44.840 but yeah, Bella is like the Bella. She's a boss 0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:48.879 dog and she's she's the boss bitch. And uh, if 0:22:48.920 --> 0:22:51.080 I don't give her a treat, she'll like pot me. 0:22:51.720 --> 0:22:54.120 If I don't scratch her back before I go to bed, 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:57.800