1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Kubbooms. 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: The clearing House of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Mallard starts right now. 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere The Fifth Hour back at it 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: on a Friday, the eighth day of December. We're hanging 12 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: out with you here because five nights a week not enough. 13 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: On the overnight and Ben Maller hanging out with Danny 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: g Hello, Danny, welcome. 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 3: Good morning. 16 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's so early on a Friday that I was 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 4: trying to turn a heater on in the garage. 18 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: Well, you know, we do these tire rack commercials and 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: part of the copy is the terrible winter weather that 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: we have in California in La how bad it is 21 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: and really is that wintery mix that we get in 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: California where it occasionally gets down to like fifty degrees 23 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 1: or something like that. It's a real problem. 24 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 3: I thought you were going to tell me to burn 25 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 3: some tires in the grudge. 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: Oh no, I listen, if you want, I can do 27 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: a tire rock commercial now, if you want. I have 28 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: them memorized at this particular point. We love them so much, 29 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: Danny that in if you need insurance, I know who 30 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: you can contact. 31 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 3: What is your favorite piece of copy to read? 32 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 1: Well, let me tell you someth Danny. Winter is coming 33 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: and you know what that means. To us here that 34 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,279 Speaker 1: means well, it doesn't mean anything, but for other people 35 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: it's that wintery combination. 36 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 3: Northern California that means rain. 37 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: No. 38 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 4: I have the copy memorized as well, because I get 39 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 4: it ready every day for Covino and Rich, so we 40 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 4: have that in common in our lives. 41 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter whether you need Bridgestone tires, it be 42 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: of Good, Rich or Continental. We know them all. In fact, 43 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: I'm more qualified to work at a tire shop tire 44 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: rack than I am to do a radio show. So 45 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: I think I should just sell tires. Maybe that's my future, Dan. 46 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: I'll just become a tire salesman and I'll work for 47 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: the people at Tyreck, which is kind of like what 48 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: we're doing now anyway, right, In many ways in many ways, 49 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: we love them, but that's what we're doing. So anyway, 50 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: on this podcast, we have The Mickey Mouse Show, The Pods, 51 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: Squad Flawed, the Word of the Week, and Foody Fund. 52 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: So a lot to get to, but that's always shameless promotion. 53 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: It is week fourteen in the NFL season. It began 54 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: on Thursday night. 55 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: Can you believe it's already Week fourteen? 56 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's only a few weeks to go in the 57 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: regular season as we wind things down or wind up 58 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: for the home stretch. But week fourteen, and for the 59 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: purposes of this podcast, and if you want to help 60 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: us out, that means Benny Versus the Penny Week fourteen 61 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: is back and we are on all over the clock, 62 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: all weekend long, starting today. The first episode that will air, 63 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: I believe, is in the Bay Area on NBC Sports 64 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: Bay Area. We are the pre pregame show for the 65 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors as they play. If I'm correct, I 66 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: think they play Okay, see today and the pregame coverage 67 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: will begin after Benny Versus the Penny. But I believe 68 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: we if I have the schedule correct, which I think 69 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: I do. Three point thirty in San Francisco in the 70 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: Bay Area there and then a non core showing at 71 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: ten o'clock. But we'll be on all over the map. 72 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: The Hub in Boston on NBC Sports Boston, we're on 73 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: late night after Celtics programming and whatnot eleven thirty pm, 74 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: and then another replay showing and encore showing after the 75 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: Witching Hour. Actually it's during the Witching Hour at twelve thirty, 76 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: so they'll be on there Philadelphia at eleven o'clock. I mean, 77 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: you go through the whole schedule here. Check it out. 78 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: Benny versus the Penny goof around with a penny handicapping 79 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: NFL games, So check that out. 80 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 4: Tons of eyes on you on the Lakers Channel tomorrow 81 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 4: as well, pre and post. 82 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: Right, well, we'll be on yeah, well we were back 83 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: to more normal times there on the Saturday Spectrum sportsnet 84 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: so cal because the six am showing who the Hell's 85 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 1: awake at six am? One on Saturday, I don't know, 86 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: raising my hand all right, yeah, you got a kid, 87 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: three pm and then seven pm, so three showings at least. 88 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: There might be more, but at least three showings on 89 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: the Laker Channel and then on Sunday if you're in 90 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: New York or New Jersey or Connecticut and you have 91 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: SNY you can check it out at eleven thirty am 92 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: and there'll be a bunch of other showings as well. Now, 93 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: big doings this week and big thanks to Danny g 94 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: So the big reveal. Now, I was not at the 95 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: watch post on Wednesday into Thursday. I did not do 96 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: the show per normal. Now, we have talked about this 97 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: in the past. I don't know if I've done it 98 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: with you, Danny, but typically in broadcasting, if you take 99 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: a day off in the middle of the week and 100 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: then you come back following that, that's less than ideal. 101 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: Like usually people take days off, it's either Monday or Friday. 102 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: You don't normally take a Wednesday into a Thursday off. 103 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: But I did, and there was a reason for it. 104 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: I was hanging out with a bunch of vermin, well 105 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: cartoon vermin. This actually goes back to a story we 106 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: talked about last year, and it's really been going on 107 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: for many, many years. 108 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, you not opening your work email? 109 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: Yes, I Ever since I got whacked by the company 110 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: in nine, I made a pack with myself. I'm never 111 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: going to open up the work email unless I'm forced 112 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: to because I have to do some kind of training 113 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 1: because when I needed to get access to the email, 114 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: when I got let go, the first thing they shut 115 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: off that you want to take You guess what the 116 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: first thing they shut off is. 117 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 4: Besides bulk erasing all of your voice from everything on 118 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 4: the network, Yeah, but shut your email off. 119 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's I remember I was a kid. I watched 120 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: a History channel and they had to think about Joseph 121 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: Stalin right the way he would erase people I give 122 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: it of their photos and it was pretty much what happens. 123 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: But the email thing was annoyed, right, the Great Purge 124 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: and the email thing would always you know, So I 125 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: stop checking my email, and that's that's good because I 126 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: don't have to worry if anything happens. I don't have 127 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: to worry about missing email because I don't have I 128 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: don't even know it's there. But it's bad because, as 129 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: Looney used to say, sometimes they have free cupcakes on 130 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,679 Speaker 1: the fourth floor or something like that, you can't get them, 131 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: or tickets to big events and things like that. And 132 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: so iHeartMedia, which is the parent company of Fox Sports Radio, 133 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: the radio Mega. They don't like the word radio, right, Danny. 134 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: They just like the word broadcasting or media audio audio 135 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: audio company. 136 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: I think they prefer media company, now. 137 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: Company, right whatever, whatever. The consultants all platforms including TV, 138 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: that's right. So anyway, the people at iHeart the parent company, 139 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: the LA Cluster, which I don't even know if we're 140 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: part of because we're not at the LA Cluster. They 141 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: have a bunch of big radio stations that have a 142 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: lot of listeners and all that stuff. Anyway, every year 143 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: they have an event. We talked about this in years 144 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: past at Disneyland, the California Adventure, and this is where 145 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: they close the park to the great unwashed and then 146 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: it's a private party. I have worked at the company 147 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: for over twenty years. This thing has been going on, 148 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: not that long, but close, and I have never ever 149 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: been to this event. I remember last year you went 150 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: and I was like, I was, I was very jealous, 151 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: and several other people went and I was like damn. 152 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: So I asked you. I said, Danny, let me know, 153 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: give me a heads up. I don't check my working 154 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: and you're a man of your word, Danny, you're a 155 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: man of integrity. You immediately alerted me to the events 156 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: the way I guess it had worked in the past, Danny, 157 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: it no longer worked, right, They had changed it up 158 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: a little bit this year. Just my luck, right, they 159 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: decided to change it up. 160 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 3: A little bit. 161 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 4: They still did their quote unquote raffle for employees. Yeah, 162 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 4: but who wants to, you know, live their life by chance. 163 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 4: So if you are friends with the right people, you 164 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 4: can still get into the park for this iHeart event. 165 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 4: So I went through the right channels. But yeah, they 166 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 4: had given away their extra tickets this year at our 167 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: company Christmas party. 168 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, so it looked like I wasn't gonna go. No, 169 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: to be fair, and just for the record, I liked 170 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: the event. I wanted to go to the event, and 171 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: Danny directed, you knew the right person. I actually I 172 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: knew the person. Also. I reached him as well. A 173 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: guy that I've known for twenty five years who funny story, 174 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: our promotions guy, Dave Dave Weis. So I met him 175 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: he was working I was covering baseball. I was a kid, 176 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: and he was the He was working at a station 177 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: in Orange County where Steve Desager worked. So that's when 178 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: I first met the Sager and I met Dave Weis. Also, 179 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: it was like the same the same time. It was 180 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: a ninety five to nine, which I think is like 181 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: a religious station. Now maybe I'm wrong on that. 182 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,079 Speaker 3: I don't know, but that. 183 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: Was the station they all worked at. And so I 184 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: met him and I reached out to him. You were 185 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: you were great. 186 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 4: It seems like a religious guy. I've never been to 187 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 4: a strip club with him in a super Bowl city before. 188 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: That would never happen. That would be that would be inappropriate. 189 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 4: When I got a hold of Dave Ben, I told 190 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 4: him and I used your wife, my wife, if I said, look, 191 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 4: as long as Ben's been at the company, he's never 192 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 4: been to one of our big iHeart events. And his 193 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 4: wife is a big Disney fan, so you can't fail 194 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 4: him on this. 195 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I was getting pestered. My wife wanted to go, 196 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: but her aunt really wanted to go, and so I 197 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: was getting pestered a lot. I hate, you know, I 198 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: hate getting pestered, Danny. I don't like I hate asking 199 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: for things. It annoys me. I think so much more stuff. 200 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: If I just was a pain in the ass and 201 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: just asked, you know, give me this, that and the 202 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: other thing. But I don't. I just hate doing so 203 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 1: I don't do it. I mean rarely, rarely do I do. 204 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: This was like a rare exception. But anyway, it worked out. 205 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: Was able to go and the Scott our Ball gave 206 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: me the night off, so that that worked out pretty well, 207 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: and it was interesting. It's a weird situation because it's 208 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: I'd not been to this before. Because you go into 209 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: the park, it's still open. They're in the process of 210 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: like shutting it down. 211 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, they kick the regular customers out by a certain 212 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 4: time and then only the iHeart winners and staff get 213 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 4: to run around the park after that for a few hours. 214 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 1: Yeah. And so I was in social butterfly mode, Danny, 215 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: thinking I was just going to run into a bunch 216 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: of people that I knew because I've met a lot 217 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 1: of people over the years, and a lot of the 218 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: radio people. So I was like, all right, I'm gonna 219 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 1: have to be social butterfly guy. And I'm an introvert, 220 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: but I'll be social butterfly guy. I didn't see one person, 221 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: not one person that I recognized or knew from the company. 222 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: I mean, California Adventure is a pretty big chunk of land, 223 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: so it is a spread out situation. But I didn't 224 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: see one person, and I knew people that were there 225 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: because they told me they were going to be there, 226 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: so I was like, okay, and I started texting people. 227 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: But that's fine. I mean, it got on everything that 228 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: we wanted to get on and all that, and it 229 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: was good. 230 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 3: And to watch the water show. 231 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: We did actually, and we didn't take your advice initially 232 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: because you did advise us to get real close. You 233 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: told us like to find the times and stuff. We 234 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: didn't get real close, but the wife loved it, the 235 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: light show and the water and it's like the Bellagio 236 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: on steroids is what it's like. 237 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: Yes, but it was good. 238 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: I only got motion sickness on like one ride, which 239 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: was pretty good. That's not bad. And I got on 240 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 1: the cars right still had like an hour hour and 241 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: a half wait. We waited till the very end and 242 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: went on that that's the big ride at California Adventure. 243 00:12:59,120 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good one. 244 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: And Soaring Over used to be California, now Soaring Over America. 245 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,119 Speaker 1: That went on that. So it was good. And unfortunately, 246 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: to the dismay of Disney, Danny did not dust off 247 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: the wallet for a five dollars and fifty cents soda. 248 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 4: I was going to ask you about your purchases there 249 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 4: because I just couldn't imagine you taking your wallet out 250 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 4: to pay for any of their overpriced concessions. 251 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it was a weird situation because you know, 252 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: it's rare and appropriate. I'm a rare and appropriate guy, Danny. 253 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, rare and appropriate. You know, how often 254 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: do you go to Disney It's you know, everything was 255 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: taken care of. They gave us the VIP status, So 256 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: I mean they charged thirty five bucks for parking at Disneyland. 257 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: Thirty five bucks to park your car. That's insane, insane, 258 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: which is why a lot of people and you should 259 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: never do this, Danny. People in southern California will park 260 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: in the neighborhoods around Anaheim and then walk to Disney. 261 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 3: To say, it sounds like one of my mom's moves. 262 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think you might have mentioned that too, 263 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: But I know that's that's been a thing. But you park, 264 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: and you just kind. 265 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 4: Of Since I was a kid, my mom parked her 266 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 4: station Wagon in the Anaheim neighborhoods and she'd be like, 267 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 4: come on, walking's not going to kill any of you. 268 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're gonna walk anyway when you get to the 269 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: amusement park. 270 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 271 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. So so here's the deal. So I had an 272 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: interesting day because I was off from the radio show 273 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: and I spent a lot of my days, you know, Danny, 274 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: I'm obsessive, compulsive with preparation. I have like a factory 275 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: type situation getting ready for the show. And I didn't 276 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: have to worry about that. But I wasn't off because 277 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: I had the TV show that we record the TV 278 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: show at Universal Studios on Thursday. So I had the 279 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: TV show and I had to get ready for the show. 280 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: But I was off from work. So I spent time 281 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: with the wife and we had been wrestling thing we 282 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: had to go to and all that. But I had 283 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: to get ready for the TV show. And so what 284 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: ended up happening. I popped up. I was on my 285 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: phone using I wrote notes using the I have an iPhone, 286 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: so this notes thing, which I don't you have an iPhone, 287 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: but it's a little notepad, yeah, digital notepad, and so 288 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: I use that and I pretty much wrote all of 289 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: my notes that I needed for the TV show, which 290 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: I don't read. I have to memorize them, or memorize 291 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: as much as I can but I wrote all this 292 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: stuff down like on my iPhone. I usually use a laptop, 293 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: but I use the notes thing, and so I'm like 294 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: scrambling to get all that done. And then so the 295 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Disney thing went to one in the morning, Mickey Mouse 296 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: Show was till one in the morning. And then by 297 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: the time you get out of there, it's like one thirty. 298 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: You had to drive to the house, the Malor Mansion, 299 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: which isn't that far away from Disneyland, but it's still 300 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: far enough. And did all that, but then I had 301 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: to I took like a thirty minute power nap, and 302 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: then I started going into TV mode and I had 303 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: to put my my my church temple clothes on and 304 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: get ready for for the TV thing. So it was 305 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: a busy day. 306 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 3: Were you inspired by getting a glimpse of the Great 307 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 3: ellen k Well? 308 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: Ellen k a legend, And might I add I knew 309 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: ellen k before she became the Great Well And I 310 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: don't want to say that before she became the Great ok, 311 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: because she was like Rick Dez's sidekick. 312 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, she went from Rick D's to your Boy from 313 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 4: American Idol. Oh right, yeah, and then after Seacrest she 314 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 4: went to coach FM so man talk about three different 315 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 4: lives in radio and all big stations. 316 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, when I met her, she was with with D's Rick, 317 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: the legend. This guy was a massive start. I mean, 318 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: he had the number one radio show in La on 319 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: Kiss FM back in the yedies, and she was with 320 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: him and all that. So yeah, I mean they had 321 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,880 Speaker 1: the Coast logo up in a bunch of different places 322 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,719 Speaker 1: and they had little photo op things. I didn't take 323 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: a lot of photos because I was we were running 324 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: around and all that, but but it was a lot 325 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: of fun. So thanks Danny for helping it help me 326 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: out there. Hopefully next year we can all go again, 327 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: but who knows. If not, you know, if it's one 328 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: and done, it's one and done. You know, at least 329 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 1: we got in there, so that's good and it all 330 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: it all worked out now. I didn't want to. I 331 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: want to mention this as we turned the page. Here 332 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 1: the pod squad is flawed. Not the podres Dandy, although 333 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: you could make that argument. They gave away Juan Soto 334 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: U and who saw that one coming? Everyone everyone, because 335 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: the owner died and they're going to cut back. The 336 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: TV deal fell apart in San Diego. But anyway, this 337 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 1: is not about the poty. This is about the podcast, 338 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: which we're doing right now. So we need help. Probably 339 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 1: not you gotta to mention this on the podcast. But 340 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: I got this big email. Did you get this big email? 341 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: Dani's big company email. 342 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 3: I did get that email, yep. 343 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. So they made some changes to the podcast game, 344 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 1: which affects this podcast and the Ben Malor Show radio podcast, 345 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 1: which is problematic. But so we want to be proactive, 346 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: not reactive. Then I guess in a way we're reactive, 347 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: but we're being proactive because we're making sure that this 348 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: does not continue to cause issues. So we get, according 349 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: to the numbers, the analytics, because we are all about 350 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: big data, we get over eighty percent of all of 351 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: our podcast listens from the Apple podcast, which we've mentioned 352 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: how we desperately need people to review the podcast. We 353 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 1: begged for that on the show. So we have the analytics. 354 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: I don't know how much of this we want to 355 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: give out, but over eighty percent of the downloads we 356 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: get come from the Apple podcast. 357 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 3: Of course, because so many people have iPhones. 358 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, and so Apple made some rather large changes to 359 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: the to the way they do business and their metrics 360 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: and all that, and without getting into the minutia of 361 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: how they make the hot dogs. 362 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 3: Yeah right, I don't think anyone. 363 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: Wants to know how they make DoD dogs. But the 364 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: main thing is they stopped auto downloading podcasts. For years, 365 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: we had just begged people just describe to the podcast. 366 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: You automatically get the podcast, which is true if you 367 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: if you would, you know, sign up. I guess the 368 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: terminology has changed. Right, You're supposed to just follow because 369 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: subscribe means pay for it. We don't charge anybody. It's 370 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: completely free. So you just follow the podcast. So that's 371 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: the big word. They want to follow. You follow the podcast. 372 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: And the issue here and I mentioned this the other 373 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 1: night on the radio show, but it bears repeating because 374 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: like the show that I do and you guys with 375 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: Covino and Rich, we're a high volume podcast because we 376 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: do a lot of content every day. We have the 377 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: Ben Malacher we have four hours, and then we have 378 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: the best of podcasts, so we're doing five podcasts a day. 379 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: And from what I understand, if I who knows, if 380 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: I'm right on this, the way it works if you 381 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 1: follow the Ben Malershow podcast and then you start getting 382 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: the downloads of the podcast, and then as a follower 383 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 1: of the podcast, you don't listen to the five most 384 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: recent episodes, and then you don't listen to an episode 385 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: in fifteen days, they stop, they stop. You know, you 386 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: don't get we don't get credit. Right, that's it, it's done, 387 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:41,360 Speaker 1: it's over, I believe. Yeah, and so that for us, 388 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: that's five podcasts a day, and so it adds up 389 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: pretty quick. So we need you to follow. What can 390 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: people do here, Danny? 391 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:50,239 Speaker 3: Do you know? 392 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: I forgot? There's some of the things that people can 393 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: do to help us out, but mainly just be vigilant 394 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 1: and don't go more than a day. Just give us 395 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: at least a few minutes a day of. 396 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 4: That's the key is, don't let episodes pile up. If 397 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 4: at all possible, at least go back and download Friday 398 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 4: or Saturday and listen to at least five ten minutes, 399 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 4: and then you know, later you can get more caught up. 400 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 4: But yeah, that's the thing. They're not going to let 401 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 4: endless amounts of episodes just sit there in a pile 402 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 4: on your iPhone. 403 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: Yeah. So I do hear from people. I'm sure you 404 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: hear the same thing, Danny, Like I save up podcast 405 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: to binge listen to the podcast, which we love that 406 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: you're listening as you go on a long road trip 407 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: or something like that. Man, that's pretty cool. That's neat 408 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: that you listen to the podcast and catch up. I know, 409 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 1: moving man, Matt. A lot of the truck drivers, they're 410 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: on the road a long time. Obviously, they're hours in 411 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: the car and so in the big rig, and they'll 412 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: they'll save up podcasts to listen to. But it helps 413 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: us out more if you can listen just a little 414 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: bit every other day or every day. Every day would 415 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: be ideal, but you got stuff going on and maybe 416 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: you miss a day or two, but just make sure 417 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: you're keeping track. 418 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 4: And it helps when it's a topical show, and I 419 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 4: think we do a pretty good job with that with 420 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 4: our different features. Yeah, it's not that it gets outdated 421 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 4: right away, but we're obviously talking about things that are 422 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 4: you know, in the news or headlines right now. And 423 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 4: so it's fun to listen every weekend because it's like 424 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 4: opening a couple of new Christmas gifts every single weekend. 425 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 4: So yeah, I think our listeners are going to be 426 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 4: okay with this, but hopefully our competition Ben they have 427 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 4: problems and their downloads go way down and our stay 428 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 4: way up. 429 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 1: Well, that would be ideal and that we would love 430 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 1: that to crush the competition. And I've heard from people 431 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: the weird weirdos that like to go back way back 432 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: in the archive and listen to old podcasts because they 433 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: like to hear knowing. They you know, how you can 434 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,479 Speaker 1: go back and walk watch an old game and you 435 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: know what happened to every player's life. 436 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, like you randomly watch old baseball games. 437 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, I watch old baseball games, old football games. 438 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: It's like I started that during COVID and I still 439 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: do it. A lot of it's nostalgia. I just love 440 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: the old school broadcast just because it brings me back 441 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: to when I was younger and watching it and some 442 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: of the stuff I didn't even watch. Some of the 443 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: stuff was before I was even around. And I'll watch 444 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: a random game from Howard Coseuth calling a Monday night 445 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 1: football game and it's so hokey and so like, there's 446 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: high school football broadcast today that are better than network 447 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: television was, as you would imagine in the nineteen early 448 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: nineteen eighties or the you know, the late seventies or 449 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: whatever it might be like, it was just it's actually 450 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: high school football broadcasts are better as things have evolved 451 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: over time. And you mentioned some of the features we have, 452 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: including the word of the week, the old of the week, 453 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: and in honor of hearing NonStop Christmas music, the word 454 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: of the week is ba humbug, which is really I 455 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: guess two words, ba and humbug, but combined it I 456 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: thought it was going to be Mariah Well ba humbug. 457 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: And most people know that came from the modern usage 458 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: came from Charles Dickens Christmas Carol, a Christmas Carol which 459 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: goes back to the eighteen hundreds, the mid eighteen hundreds, 460 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: and Ebenezer Scrooge ba humbug talking about Christmas and all that. 461 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: I don't think he cares. Eben he's a scrooge about Hanaka, 462 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: but he was very upset about Christmas. So anyway, the 463 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 1: ba humbug thing, and obviously he's in part of culture. 464 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: Most people know it. It means you dislike something, something 465 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: that's popular, but you don't like it, so you say 466 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: bah humbug. But it is interesting note that Ebenezer Scrooge 467 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: did not create the term humbug, that that term did 468 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: not mean I hate Christmas. Before Charles Dickens wrote that 469 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: in to the famous A Christmas Carol that it first 470 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: appeared in writing about fifty years before Charles Dickens wrote 471 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: A Christmas Carroll, but a much different world. There was 472 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,959 Speaker 1: no Internet, you couldn't look stuff up or anything like that. 473 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 1: It was a much different time than today by a 474 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: long shot, anyway. Charles Dickens wrote that in the play 475 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: in his story, But it first appeared in Oxford and Cambridge, 476 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: and it was described as a word very much in 477 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: vogue with the people of taste and fashion, they said, 478 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: And so long story short, it was like a trendy 479 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: slang word coined by college kids in the era, and 480 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: the exact person that came up with it, nobody seems 481 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: to know, has been longustin history. But humbug was used 482 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: widely enough that it's definition as was made clear. So anyway, 483 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: it was according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the actual 484 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: word humbug, not bah humbug, just humbug, referred to like 485 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: a hoax, befooling someone, a trick, something which is not 486 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: really what it pretends to be, like a sham a fraud. 487 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 1: Horn swaggling someone sculduggery is a ba humbug. So that 488 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: is the word of the week. Bah humbug. We went 489 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: a little along, Danny. So we will have to push 490 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: back the Foodie Fund to our Saturday podcast. We'll have 491 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: that on Saturday, some foodie fun and had I did 492 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: have a request for FOODI fund that I'll have to 493 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: try to remember tomorrow when we do that. It is Friday, 494 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: the eighth day of December. I've already worked. They did 495 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: the overnight show last night. I'm doing this you, Danny. 496 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: You have I assume you have a full full plate 497 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: ahead of you. 498 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 4: Here, take a quick nap and then get on the 499 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 4: road to beautiful Sherman Oaks, California, right next to bel 500 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 4: Air where the Fresh Prince used to live and Covino 501 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 4: Enrich the Friday edition of the show. It's gonna be fun. 502 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 4: We're actually gonna do last one standing on a Friday 503 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 4: two to four pm on the West Coast. That's five 504 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 4: to seven pm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 505 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: Where they used to have a good football team in 506 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh but not any more. Have a wonderful day and 507 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: we will catch you next time. 508 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 3: Austa pasta by flation