1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. The Clearinghouse of Hot 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere. A 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: happy Saturday, big holiday weekend for many, many people, all 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: kinds of different events going on. As we are back 10 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: at it, another edition of The Fifth Hour with Ben 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: Mallord and Danny G Radio all of the trauma in 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: the emotion of the Saturday Podcast and excited to have 13 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: you here, fired up and Danny G you have gone 14 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: above and be odd the call of duty for the 15 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: Saturday Podcast. Like you full credit for that. I don't 16 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: know if you want to get into that right now 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: or you want to wait. It's up to you. You 18 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: don't have to do that up at all you want. 19 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: Oh no, you can talk about it. Um you know, 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: it's spring break for a lot of people. I was 21 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: off campus this entire week, which was pretty nice. I 22 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: had the radio stuff, but Other than that, I didn't 23 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: have to wake my butt up early to get onto 24 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: the campus. I didn't chase any kids around, no freeze monster. Instead, 25 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: we did a little Avala Beach action, some pismo, and 26 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: then ended the week here in Long Beach to visit 27 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: some family. My tendernis Grandma Shirley turned Oh it's great, 28 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: I'm a yeah. So we threw a little, uh little 29 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: beat a party for her and uh so I'm hearing 30 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: a lot from the Hyatt Regency and the LBC. Yeah. Now, 31 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: this is always awkward because you are broadcasting, but the 32 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: people around you in the lobby of the hotel have 33 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: no idea what you're doing. They think you are the 34 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: either annoying loud person or you are just a crazy 35 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: guy like that. They're not sure what you are at 36 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: this point, but they when you see a guy screaming 37 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: into his computer, what's going on over there? Right? Yeah? 38 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: They think I'm just having an early Saturday morning chat 39 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: with my uncle Ben. Yeah. Yeah, and you're very loud. 40 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: You're the loud guy. You need to go to Costco 41 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: and get a hearing. It is what you did do 42 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: absolutely so on this Saturday podcast, we have Uncle Benny 43 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: Blue Heaven, Help Wanted, Tarred and feathered, toffee Boss, and 44 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: whatever else we get. That's a lot of content. That's 45 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: way too much content for a Saturday podcast. I think 46 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: you agreed, Danny that what are we doing here? I mean, seriously, 47 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: come on, that's a lot of content for a Saturday 48 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: But we'll get started with this. So last weekend, this 49 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: being the life of Mallard practice. Now, last weekend was 50 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: the maiden voyage for a sleepover. Now, I have a 51 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 1: five year old niece that was given the royal treatment 52 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: at the Mallard Mansion. We we had her over and 53 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: her brother who's even younger than that, did not spend 54 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: the night, just just her. Uh And it was wonderful. 55 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: And my my niece stayed over for her first sleepover 56 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: at the Mallard mansion, and we prepared a proper kid menu. 57 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: Being Uncle Benny, we had to provide the proper kid menu. 58 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: So she she had a wonderfully made grilled cheese sandwich 59 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: and I cooked, by the way for lunch. Every what 60 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: kid does not like a grilled cheese sandwich the staple 61 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: right with childhood? I mean, come on, So we started 62 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: with that. Now, I did not eat the grilled cheese. 63 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: I went with the cheese steak, so I went with that, 64 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: and then after a trip to the beach for for sunset. 65 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: The sleepover then included a lot of annoying children's music. 66 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: Also there were some kids shows on the TV. Uh. 67 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: And then for for dinner, a giant slice of Kirkland 68 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: brand cheese pizza. So we we started with the the 69 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: wonderful I'm giving the full menu here, the full rundown 70 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: of the grilled cheese, then the the slice of cheese. 71 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 1: She had the option of pepperoni or cheese. She chose 72 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: the cheese pizza. And it was wonderful to have my 73 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: niece over. She is a's at a wonderful age. And 74 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: you're around little kids all the time, Danny, and that's cool. 75 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: I'm not really around little little kids that much these days, 76 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: so it was great. And as my wife points out, 77 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: she's in the palm of my hand. Whatever she needs, 78 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: I will take care of her wants and needs. There 79 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: she's it's just the cutest little girl in the world. 80 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: And uh, and I she called me Uncle Benny, because 81 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: I think you're not allowed to call me Uncle Ben. 82 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: Didn't that get canceled during the last couple of years, right, 83 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: that was the end of Uncle Ben. Yeah, I used 84 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: to love that. I was like, that's the coolest thing, 85 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: Uncle Ben's rice when I go to the store. I 86 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 1: remember I was a little kid, little little child, fat 87 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: kid with my mom and we'd walked down the rice 88 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: aisle and I was, oh, mom, my rice. You know, 89 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: it was like the coolest thing in the world. And 90 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: who knew that I was racist as a child looking 91 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: at that box of rice was nice because it had 92 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: my name on it. But but anyway, uh So, then 93 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: on on Sat I took her to a giant park 94 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: located in the North Woods, and she wrote her scooter 95 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: escorted her across the street to the whole thing, and 96 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: I had swing duty. So I was the the pusher 97 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: on the swings, which was great. Had a fun time 98 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: doing that. Flashed back to when I was on swings 99 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: back in the day, and it was fun for all involved. 100 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: Although she did almost get her jumping off the swing set, 101 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: but we we avoided catastrophe there, so that was that 102 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: was good And uh then had a big swim party 103 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: at her her grandparents house. So that was that was 104 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: the Uncle Benny sleepover weekend. Last weekend, which took up 105 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: most of the a lot of time, most of my 106 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: free time was it was spent with her and wonderful. 107 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: The cool thing and I remember I was talking to 108 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: a buddy of mine and radio. We talked about the 109 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: cool thing about little kids is uncle's and aunts. You 110 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: don't know, like which side of the family they're from. 111 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: That's like two over right, So you think, like everyone, 112 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: you just don't pay attention to that stuff. You know 113 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: what It's like it says, oh, your uncle or you're 114 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: the aunt. And I was like, you know, you're not 115 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: doing inventory, are you blood related? You don't care about that, 116 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: which is so sweet and so wonderful about little little kids. Uh. 117 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: So then I also had the the quick trip to 118 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: Blue Heaven as the late time of this sort of 119 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: would say. And so the Dodgers had their home opener 120 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: on Thursday at Chavez Ravine against the Cincinnati Ring. There 121 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: you were a witness to Opening Day. I did not. 122 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: I had, I had the option, but it because of 123 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: some other scheduling issues. I had some stuff I had 124 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: to do. Uh, could not make it out there. And 125 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: I love Opening Day and I also hate Opening Day 126 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: because of the traffic situation, and this was different because 127 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: this was opening night. Usually the Dodging I can't remember 128 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: the last time they had an opening night game. I 129 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: don't think they've had that, at least I don't remember 130 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,239 Speaker 1: it in my time. Maybe it did happen. I forgot 131 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: about it. But the Dodgers opened up at night, and 132 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: those of us that go down there l A. They 133 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: go to these games, it's a traffic apocalypse when they 134 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: usually play a day game and at night because it's 135 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: a full house. It's everyone's trying to figure out what 136 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: to do. The parking people, Uh, there's a lot of 137 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: new people every year, people that work security. It's a 138 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: it's a total poop fest, and it's a people are 139 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: parking on the streets in Chinatown, which is just down 140 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: the street. Were allowed to say that by that's the 141 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: name of the neighborhood. I think we're allowed to say 142 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: just down the street from Dodger Stadium. And I used 143 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: to live right over there, and I drove by my 144 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: own my old home there at Chevez Ravine in Lincoln Heights, 145 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: and uh, it has not changed. Still still a ship hole. Uh, 146 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: from when I lived there. There were a few more 147 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: trees though in that big park, not that anyone anyway, 148 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: So I I drove in. I drove into Blue Heaven 149 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: because unlike the Angels, the Dodgers were very welcoming and 150 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: welcoming me and the show. They love the Ben Man 151 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: the show. They shep me in the Royal Treatment open 152 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: arms there, and so I stopped by to pick something 153 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: up and be good to go. And I actually planning 154 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: on going to the game tonight on on Saturday night here. 155 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: Depending on when you hear this, it might be yesterday, 156 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, but that's the plan to go out 157 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: there and hopefully Danny we can coordinator schedules and we 158 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: can we can hang out and have a fun and 159 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: get some limo service. Because on the broadcast on a 160 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: m five seventy when the Dodgers were in Minnesota, Uh, 161 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: the announcers kept saying it was rick Monday, make sure 162 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: you get to the stadium early for the opener. Get 163 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: there early, and uh. And I told my girl, I'm like, 164 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: I mean, we already know this from experience, but let's 165 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 1: go extra early. So even though it was a seven 166 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: ten pm start, we were on the road leaving our 167 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: area of the San Fernando slash Ventura County Line at 168 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: like three in the afternoon. We don't want to take 169 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: any chances. Yeah, it's bumper to bumper to bumper to bumper. Oh, 170 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: I just I just remember, by the way. Then I 171 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: forgot about this. I had a major cool radio geek moment, 172 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: major cool radio geek moment. So I mentioned back on 173 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: on hump Day, I drove in I had to go 174 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: pick something up at Dodger Stadium. So I was driving, 175 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: I was listening to the fateful Clayton Kershaw to backle 176 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: when Dave Roberts, Who's causing my blood to boil? Uh? 177 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: Pull the Kershaw from the game, And of course everyone, 178 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: all the Dodger toady's in the media were like, oh 179 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,599 Speaker 1: that's great. Now. Then I'm rolling my eyes watch n 180 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: pitch count my man. Yeah. So I'm listening to the 181 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: game on the radio, right I listen. I wasn't watching, 182 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: and I was listening on the radio cause I was 183 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: stuck in l a traffic trying to get the Dodger 184 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: Stadium from the north Woods is a long dry where 185 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: I lived now, So I'm going in there and I'm 186 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: listening to the game on the radio and they're doing 187 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: the the imaging for the broadcast, and usually I've been 188 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 1: listening to Dodging games. She's always Colin on the local 189 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: l A station, AM five seventies, always like Colin Cower 190 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: or something like that, and they never promote the overnight show, 191 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: like our show does not get any promotion on the 192 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: Dodger broadcast, which always annoyed me because we're on after 193 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: the game most of the time on the West coast 194 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: of that. Why not at least throw us a bone 195 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: every once a long. But they didn't do it. That's fine, 196 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: that's their decision. They get paid a lot of money 197 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: to make those decisions. So I'm listening and they do 198 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: this imaging and they have Cowherd's voice saying something and 199 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: then I hear I hear this this voice, and I 200 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: was like, Wow, that sounds that's that sounds kind of familiar. 201 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: Don't barely leave my man, And it was me. It 202 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: was it was me doing my Don Martin impersonation, the 203 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: guy that runs AM five seventy and one of the 204 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: big bosses at Fox Sports Radio and a big executive 205 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: at I Heeart. And I was like the coolest I know. 206 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: I'm I'm doing a paddle Brian thing look at me, 207 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: But no, I was just I was flattered. It was 208 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: very cool because I did not know about it, Danny. 209 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: I did not expect it. I was just expecting to 210 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: hear the normal stuff that I've heard over the years, 211 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: and so I did have a radio geek moment like wow, 212 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: that's like, that's awesome. And I don't know that anyone 213 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: else would even recognize my voice other than me, but 214 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: I knew that was my voice right away, and I thought, wow, 215 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: that was that was cool. Who did that? Somebody's gonna 216 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: lose their job. Someone is gonna lose their job, Danny, 217 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: for putting my voice on Dodger imaging on the Dodger programming. 218 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: Somebody screwed up. I'm glad you heard that. I also 219 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 1: heard that and noticed it. I always noticed my host's 220 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: voice even if somebody else doesn't, because AM five seventy 221 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: during the football season would run this little promo talking 222 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:40,479 Speaker 1: about all the NFL teams. They pay attention to the Chargers, 223 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 1: and then it was like Petros's voice saying the Chargers, 224 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 1: and then they're like the Rams, and then it was 225 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: somebody else's voice from the station saying the Rams and 226 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: they're like the Raiders, and it's Clay Travis saying the Raiders. 227 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: Youvis always talked to you about my Raiders. So yeah, 228 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: they plugged his voice in there, and I did notice 229 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: your little his piece being used there, which is really cool. Yeah, No, 230 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: that was neat. I did not expect that, and I 231 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: just popped in my head. I was like, I'm trying 232 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: to remember what happened this week, and I remember driving 233 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: in and hearing that. I was like, I was in 234 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: the car by myself, and I was like, yeah, I 235 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: pumped my fist a little bit, like I just hit 236 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: a home run back when I was betting the Bopper 237 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: and I hit a home run there. That was Yeah, 238 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 1: it was. It was wonderful. Also a lot of people working, 239 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: a lot of people not working, right, Danny G. It's 240 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: interesting times we live in these days. Yeah, we tried 241 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: to go out in Long Beach and we're at the 242 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: UH one of the pairs here. You know, you're familiar 243 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: with LBC a little bit big, Yeah, Yeah, I love 244 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: I. I I when I lived in in downtown, I used 245 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: to take the train to the end of the was 246 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: it the Blue Line or whatever it was called. I 247 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: forget to change the names of the train lines in 248 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,839 Speaker 1: l A. But I go down there and I just 249 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: like i'd find clarity at the in that peer area. 250 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: And you're the the aquarium place. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 251 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: so that's exactly where I'm staying right now. I'm by 252 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: the Pine Avenue Pier. So there's that big ferris wheel 253 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: here that lights up at night. Yes, the yeah, the 254 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: Long Beach Aquarium is adjacent to the hotel. Here. There's 255 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: a comedy comedy club right right away, yeah, exactly, the 256 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: outlet stores. And then right across the street there's a 257 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: cool bridge walkway that connects to the hotel, and you 258 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: get the Pine Avenue Pier with tons of really good restaurants. 259 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: There's Gladstones, there's like a really cool habachi Japanese place, 260 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: a smoke house, like a modern barbecue restaurant, which had 261 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: its lights off. So right away we're like, that's interesting. 262 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: Why is that closed? You think that would be hopping 263 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: during spring break? And then there's like a chili's and 264 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: right next to that an outback steakhouse. We kind of 265 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: had our eyes set on the out back, our stomach 266 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: set on the steakhouse, Like man, we don't have one 267 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: of those near us. Let's let's go there. We'll get 268 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: the bloom and onion. Yeah, get a little steak action, 269 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: some shrimp, you know. So we go inside and it's hey, 270 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: we're figuring, we'll have to wait a little bit. It's 271 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: spring break, it's probably jumping in there. We get inside 272 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: and I'm not showing you ben of the restaurant is full. 273 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: There are more people standing by the front of the 274 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: door and outside than actually sitting down inside the restaurant. 275 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: That doesn't seem like a good business model. But I 276 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: don't know. I'd never run a restaurant, but I would 277 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: think you would not want that set up. You would 278 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: not want that. Well, we were trying to figure it 279 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: out because the first thing my tinder ROADI said to 280 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: the greeter was well, why is it a twenty five 281 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: minute wait if all these tables are open. She just 282 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: kind of rolled her eyes and had attitude, and we're like, yeah, okay. 283 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: She just she didn't really, she didn't give us an explanation. 284 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: She just took our phone number. Now we're outside of 285 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: the restaurant and we're scratching our heads a little bit, 286 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: and there are other people out there on the benches 287 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,239 Speaker 1: doing the same thing. There is like three big families 288 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 1: sitting inside the restaurant, right inside the doors, so everybody's 289 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: bumping into each other, but there's actually nobody's sitting down 290 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: at any of these tables. The only place where there 291 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: were people sitting down was at the bar. We start counting. 292 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: My tender Rowning says, I only see two employees in there, 293 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: plus the bartender. So now we're really confused because we're like, 294 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: are we in a twilight zone right now? Because it's 295 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: spring break, right and it's the end of the week. 296 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: I mean, they should be all hands on deck. They 297 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: told us a twenty five minute wait. We're waiting. We 298 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: are waiting. We are a waiting, And now we're watching 299 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: other people go inside and complain and yell at this 300 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: girl who rolled her eyes at us, we're now watching 301 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: her roll her eyes at other people. Potential customers walk in. 302 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: She tells them something. What we think they're doing is 303 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: they're saying the same thing my girl said, which is, 304 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: why can't we sit down at any of these empty tables? 305 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: And then they turned around and walked out. So a 306 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 1: lot of people leaving, muttering and cursing under their breath 307 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 1: walking across the way to the chilies. Are you like, Okay, 308 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: did you time? I time? I'm a timer at time? 309 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: How long the way it is to see if it's 310 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: and good restaurants. I've learned this over there. The good restaurants. 311 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: They'll tell you a time that's way too long. They'll 312 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: say forty five minute, wait and they'll get you in 313 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: twenty minutes. Then you feel like you've won something. Yes, 314 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: then you feel like you've won the lottery, as opposed 315 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: to saying twenty five minutes and then it's fifty or 316 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is. I don't think this restaurant 317 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: gave a damn about hit me us on a certain 318 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: night there in Long Beach. A couple of theories based 319 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: on the information you've given me as I understand it. 320 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: So Uh, either they whoever is the manager of the 321 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: you measured the outback steak, which I enjoy out back, 322 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: been the outback many times. Uh, And they usually give 323 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: you good food and consistent across the country. But I'm 324 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: gonna say that it's they're not paying enough and nobody 325 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: wants to work there, and the people in charge of 326 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 1: hiring people are not doing their jobs. So it's like 327 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: multiple layers of bureaucracy screwing up. So they have two employees, 328 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 1: and the employers are like, well, we we've got to 329 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 1: keep a certain only a certain number of people in 330 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: here because it's one of those things too, Danny, would 331 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: you rather be outside or if you had been seated? 332 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: And then I always say it, when I get seated 333 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: and I don't get water and nobody comes over and 334 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: takes my order, that annoys me almost as much or 335 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: more than waiting outside. Yeah. So, and as far as 336 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: business plans go, they have a back patio there at 337 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: this location, which is huge, So they could have been 338 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: raking in the dough big time, not only with all 339 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: those empty seats on the inside of the restaurant, but 340 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: with all that space there on the beautiful outside where 341 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: you can look at the harbor while you're eating your 342 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: bluemen onion. So we're super confused, but my Tinneroni has 343 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 1: a plan. She says, Look, the only people I see 344 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 1: eating are at the bar. I'm gonna go talk to 345 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:38,239 Speaker 1: the bartender. Slides in, asked the bartender if she can 346 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: order an appetizer from him. They finally bring the appetizer 347 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: and they set it down at one of the bar 348 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: tables and they're not putting there, not seating anybody at 349 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: these bar tables, but he put it down there, and 350 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: he put bread down because he was confused. He just thought, well, 351 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: they ordered from the bar. I guess they're gonna eat 352 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: at the bar next. We're fort minutes into this, so 353 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: we're tearing the bread apart like animals because we're starving, 354 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: and they're still those same big families waiting by the 355 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: door on the inside. So we kind of felt guilty. 356 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: I was like, man, should we take one of these 357 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: loaves of bread to that big family right there? Throwing 358 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: it into a lion's den? And see how back it 359 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: was horrible. We watched a guy in a Dallas Cowboys 360 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: jersey ripped the greeter a new a hole. That girl 361 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: that rolled her eyes at us. He went off on 362 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: her and he's like, I want to talk to your 363 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: manager now, and she said, I'm sorry, there's no manager 364 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 1: on right now. Yeah. Yeah. We kids working one bartender, 365 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: one greater, and one server for this entire huge restaurant. Yeah. 366 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: So I asked you, but what is up with the workforce? 367 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: Because before she got the bread at that little bar table. 368 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: I walked across to the chilis like a lot of 369 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: the people are doing, and I asked for their wait time. 370 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: Their way time was fifty minutes, and they also had 371 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: empty tables. So I asked her what's going on, and 372 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: she said, I'm so sorry, sir, we're understaffed. Yeah, I've 373 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: heard that a lot. Did you Did you leave and 374 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: go to taco You should have. But what my Tinderoni 375 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: wound up doing is she ordered the entrees from the 376 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 1: bartender and she told him, hey, I'll tip you. So 377 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: we wound up getting to eat and they paged her 378 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 1: phone Ben. One hour and thirty minutes later, we were 379 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 1: done with our food, ninety minute wait for outpack and 380 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: there were two tables in the main restaurant being used. 381 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: Ho goofed. I've got to know that's not that's not 382 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: good for that restaurant long term. See. The other problem 383 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: is to people are like, I don't want to work 384 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: for this amount of money and all that stuff, and 385 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: you don't get paid a ton of money. You're depending 386 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: on tips and things like that at jobs, those kind 387 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: of jobs, and so, but the potential customers and that 388 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: money that was turned away, we saw thousands of dollars. 389 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: Leave that restaurant. For anybody listening right now that has 390 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 1: dreamed of moving to southern California and need the job, 391 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: go to Pine Avenue Beer and put your resume in 392 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: for either Chilis or Outback Steakhouse. Want a job running? Hey, man, 393 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: you've got a job. Man. That is that is insane. Yeah, 394 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: they did leave a lot of money on the table. 395 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: All right, Well you did stay though, you had stick 396 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,719 Speaker 1: to it, nous. Because you stay, you figured out how 397 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: to get the food. So we wound up eating. Yeah, 398 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: so I I also Danny last, I'm gonna go back 399 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: to last I mentioned I had the Uncle Benny, the 400 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: sleepover stuff. So I was enjoying the weekend weather. We 401 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: actually had a heat wave about a week ago, got 402 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: very hot, over a hundred degrees, went up to a 403 00:22:55,320 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 1: hundred and seven in the north Woods. Wow, was it 404 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: was smoky hot, And unfortunately no no smoke is in fire. 405 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: Usually when it gets that hot, there's a big fire. 406 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,160 Speaker 1: So in an effort to cool down, I did head 407 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: multiple times, both with my my niece and with my 408 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: wife and the family. Here. We went down to the 409 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: Mighty Pacific, and it was usually the beach is a 410 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: lot cooler. It's like in the seventies or in the 411 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: sixties to get down to the beach when it's hot. 412 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: And it was ninety two degrees at the beach when 413 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: I where I went, and the surf meets the turf 414 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: and all that was crazy. So I decided I'm gonna 415 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: get some walks, you know, some steps and walking around 416 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: wandering around the coastline of California, which I think you'd 417 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: agree is one of the perks of living in the 418 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: Golden State. It is a picturesque place. The beaches of 419 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: California are amazing. Uh. So you put up with the 420 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 1: insane politics, the homeless infestation, the ridiculous taxes, the people 421 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: that don't want to work, uh, the traffic, the pollution, 422 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: all that, but the beach, you got the beach. You're 423 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: never that far away from the beach, the whole states 424 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 1: of coastline. So I was like, all right, okay, fine, 425 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: so well, well, well, upon further review, Danny g this 426 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: weekend excursion to the beach turned into us being branded. 427 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: I was branded, me and my wife branded as in 428 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: tarred and feathered hand. The god that's studying California coastline 429 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: is covered in southern California anyway. Where I was in 430 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: chunks of par oil has stained the beaches, the sands 431 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: up and down the southern part of the coast where 432 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: I was. It was really disturbing and disgusting and dismaying 433 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: would be words I would use to describe that. So, uh, 434 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: we actually ended up having to do some Internet research 435 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: to figure out how to get tar off the bottom 436 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: of your feet. I didn't think I would have to 437 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: do that by going to the beach. I was not feathered. Actually, 438 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: I was just tared. I didn't get the feathers on. 439 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: But that stuff really does stick. Man, It's like an 440 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: extra layer of skin on the bottom of your feet 441 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: if you've never had tar on your feet. So it 442 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: turns out, according to the Internet Google just Google it 443 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: that you need a combo of cooking oil, dish soap 444 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: and a lot of scrubbing and that'll get the tar off. 445 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: And it did help remove the black google from the tar. 446 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: And the odd thing, the odd thing from all of this, uh, 447 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: was if you go back, if you were like watching 448 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 1: the coast from a helicopter looking down, you really wouldn't 449 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: tell you gotta it right, in up close to see 450 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: the level of pollution, and so I was like, what 451 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: the hell happened? I had been to the beach in 452 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: a while. I was like, what happened? And it turns 453 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: out that this was all fallout from an environmental disaster 454 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,959 Speaker 1: that got like two days at news coverage in. There 455 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: was a massive oil spill off the coast of hunting 456 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: To Beach. One of the beaches I went to was 457 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: Sunset and there was a huge hundred and twenty six 458 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: thousand gallons of oil. I remember hearing about this. Yeah, 459 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,719 Speaker 1: this happened in early October, and here we are. I 460 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,719 Speaker 1: went in. You know, mid April, you are still seeing 461 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: tar patties. You were seeing pr balls, Uh, not the 462 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: kind of balls I like. I also just like there's 463 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: a thin layer of oil that is coming in and 464 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: out of the of the waves. I mean, it's a 465 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: seven eight months later, whatever it is, and here we 466 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: are still having and that's good. How long is it 467 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: gonna go on? That sounds that's gonna go on for 468 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: a long time. Dad, that's hundred and twenty six thousand. 469 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: Did you siphon any of this to put into your 470 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: wife's car? Yeah? No, that was the that was a joke. 471 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 1: I said, you know, if we come here, we can 472 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: say we're gonna clean the beach and then we can 473 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,199 Speaker 1: just we can sell it. We can repackage the oil 474 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: and man will be rich, will be on in Tesla 475 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: before you know it. Oh my god, unbelievable. So that 476 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 1: was my my weekend trip to the beach around being 477 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: uncle Benny. And unfortunately the niece, I guess little feet, 478 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,239 Speaker 1: she did not get any tar on on her, so 479 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: she was good to go. Uh So, turning the page 480 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: on that this is the Life of Mallard podcast and 481 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: Life of Danny Geep. Benny the Baker was back also 482 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: figured as an added bonus because the niece was over, 483 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: why not Benny the Baker. So I put on the 484 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: chef's robe there and I went out and uh and 485 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: I added another cookie to my repertoire. And you can 486 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: call me now the toffee Bossy, because I I cooked 487 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: up some delicious toffee flavor cookies. Now I've I've learned 488 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: that toffee is either something that you love or you hate. 489 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 1: There's not a lot of mill ground when it comes toffing. 490 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: I love the toffee dandy. What is your position? I'm 491 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: a fan of toffee. Oh good, okay, good, good good. Yeah. 492 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: I think it's wonderful. And it's a really simple cookie 493 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: to make. Most of these cookies are pretty easy to make, 494 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: and so I went on the internet. I searched around 495 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: and I found a recipe. So I've now here's the 496 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: cookies I know how to make. Chocolate chip force, the 497 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: classic sugar cookies, white chocolate chip, which is just chocolate 498 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: chip with white chocolate, Eminem cookies, and uh yeah, I 499 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: old meal raising. What else I have now? Toffee? And 500 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: in my cookie research, Danny, I noticed there are that 501 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: many cookies. It's kind of like cable television back in 502 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: the day, or really the Internet, where there's a million 503 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: websites on the Internet but people only read a few 504 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: of them, or cable channels. There's two cable channels, but 505 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: people only watched twelve or thirteen. There's a lot of cookies, 506 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: but not a lot of cookies that people eat. Can 507 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: you think of any that I'm missing from my cookie 508 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: accomplishment accolade? She I got the chocolate chip, sugar, the 509 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: white chocolate chip, Eminem, oatmeal, raisin, and toffee. Yeah, Macadamian, 510 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: that's what I could do. I could add that like 511 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: a white chocolate Macadamian, there's a little cookies that have 512 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: the hershey kissing them. I don't know what. Yeah, yeah, 513 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: I guess that we all have our go to. Same 514 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: with pizza, right, there's tons of different kinds of pizzas, 515 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: but we all have our go to. Yeah, for sure, 516 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: for sure. And I was doing some opposition and research. 517 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: It's what a loser I am? Then he me tis 518 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: them I am the biggest loser, Danny G. I went 519 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: to the grocery store and I went to the bakery. 520 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: I didn't buy anything. I was just looking to see 521 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: what kind of cookies they had in the bakery to 522 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: see if there was something that research. I was doing 523 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: opposition research on the grocery store to see to see 524 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: what they had. And uh, I didn't see anything that 525 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: really looked all that that I hadn't already made. So 526 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: I felt like I had accomplished a lot of what 527 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: I was trying to accomplish in the cookie sector. Yea, yeah. 528 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: So if anyone has any suggestions, if you're listening, I 529 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: want to help me out as I try to continue 530 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: the great cookie Experiment of two. If you have any 531 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: like you have a weird cookie that's really good that 532 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: you think we might like there, Uh, and I won't 533 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: have a meltdown eating Uh. Then the fire off a 534 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: message Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com, Real fifth 535 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: Hour at gmail dot com. So we have a little 536 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: time left. I've got backscratcher now. We promised and we're 537 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 1: men of our word Danny on the Fifth Hour Podcast 538 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: that if you scratch our back, we'll scratch your back. 539 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: We've been asking the kind p ones, the hardcore minions 540 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 1: of the Fifth Hour and the Ben Mallor Show to 541 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: help us out because the people at I Heart this 542 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: is an I Heart podcast part of I Heart Media 543 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: and the Fox Sports Radio show and all that, they 544 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time checking out the reviews on 545 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: these websites these uh, and it really is Apple, the 546 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: Apple podcast pages, the big one. And I always roll 547 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: my eyes at that and I say, well, come on, 548 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: what are you doing? And but that's what they like. 549 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: And so we've been asking the big fans to take 550 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: some time out and write a review. And uh, it's 551 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: we got a lot right away, slowed down, it's a 552 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: little slow. This week we got one one same as 553 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: last week. So I leave one better than none. Number 554 00:31:54,760 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: one number uh yes, so only one, but that's the 555 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: one with a bullet. Yeah, that's right, uh so very exciting. 556 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: Only one, and we'll take that and we'll read it 557 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 1: right now. If you would like to have this red 558 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: on the air, you can write something good, bad, or ugly. 559 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: We'd prefer good, five stars, and you can write this 560 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: on the Apple podcast page who podcast dot Apple dot 561 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: com and then search the fifth Hour with Ben Maller 562 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: and that link is always on this feed too. Yeah, 563 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: or just click on the right, just click on the podcast. 564 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: You'll see a link right there and you can do it. 565 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: So this week the backscratcher Mike d Mike d uh 566 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: and he writes in he says, the best podcast ever 567 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: by the best overnight sports talk radio host. And that 568 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 1: is tremendous sucking up right there by this guy, Mike. 569 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: This is for Amy Lawrence. Yes, yes, yes, exactly, Ben 570 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: does it, does it again. His brilliance is sports intelligence 571 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: is in the air everywhere. Do not miss out on 572 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: the sports tomfoolery, well that's close to home, tom foolery, 573 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: not Tom loonery. Along with Ben's trademark shot in Freudian charm, 574 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: The addition of Danny g makes the podcast a can't 575 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: miss a ringing endorsement. I met Ben and Danny in 576 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: a minor league Mallard meet up in the Inland Empire 577 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: that managed to survive the Mallard curse. Another minor league 578 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: team was put out of business after a Mallard appearance. Nevertheless, 579 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: my interaction with Ben and Danny has no influence on 580 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: this review. Try the podcast and you will see. And 581 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: while you're at it, listen two Ben's a show live 582 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: on fs Are there you go? Best podcast? Hand down? Well, 583 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: thank you, Mike, very kind. And I love doing those 584 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: minor league things. We haven't done one of those. And 585 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: while I've done anything because of Kobe, Yeah, and I'd 586 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: love to get out and meet the people and press 587 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: the front of flesh and and all that stuff. But 588 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: the Bakersfield one was crazy. They did minor league baseball 589 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: in Bakersfield for like eighty or ninety years. We went 590 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:18,959 Speaker 1: there and the team went out of business. Uh talk 591 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 1: about the epitome of kiss of death. Uh No, to 592 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: be fair, the ballpark deserved a wrecking ball. But I 593 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: think it's still there, like they had just announced. We 594 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: don't give a damn anymore. When they took the stands 595 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: away down the third baseline and just put park benches 596 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: for people to have. It was also a hundred and 597 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: two degrees in the shade, and they had this sprinkler 598 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: system to try to cool down the and it just 599 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: kept pouring on top of your head. Yeah. Well no, 600 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,800 Speaker 1: it's got even worse. If you remember, I was sitting 601 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: in a position where the the water thing it hit me, 602 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: you know, it was dripping, and it hit me right 603 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 1: in the growing, so it looked like I had urinated 604 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: on my pants. So here I am meeting all these 605 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: big fans of the show, and it looks like I 606 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: have been unable to control my urine and I've just 607 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,359 Speaker 1: pissed myself. And it was very embarrassing, and I had 608 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,320 Speaker 1: to explain it or going on. It's not I didn't 609 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 1: I didn't have an accident. It's good memories, man, and 610 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 1: I played hurt. I had a really bad air infection 611 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,280 Speaker 1: when we were in Bakersfield that night, and I remember 612 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 1: I felt like total crap, but you know, you have 613 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: to smile and suck it up. I remember taking medicine 614 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: and my ear was just throbbing. It was bad. It 615 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 1: was all the way bad for me, but it was 616 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 1: good meeting all the listeners. But I remember leaving going 617 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 1: home just feeling like I wanted to die. I got 618 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:58,080 Speaker 1: a thing about dead bodies. Yeah, no, it was was. 619 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,120 Speaker 1: I just remember the heat. I also remember the ball 620 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: park was built where the sun was in They had 621 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,120 Speaker 1: to wait for the sun, remember, because they ballpark was 622 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 1: built the wrong direction where the sun was in the 623 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 1: eye of the hitters, so they had to wait for 624 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: the sun to go down. And there was a lot 625 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:17,239 Speaker 1: of a lot of issues. I'm told the park is 626 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: still there in Bakersfield. Though the ballpark is still What 627 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 1: are you gonna do with it? They can't use that 628 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,840 Speaker 1: for baseball again, I don't know. I have no idea. 629 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 1: And it's Baker's Fields a weird city because that where 630 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: the ballpark was as a ship hole. But there's like 631 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,640 Speaker 1: a really nice part of Bakersfield which is beautiful, and 632 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 1: the oil money there, yeah there is, there's there's only one. 633 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: But like the ball where the ballpark was was a 634 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: total I mean it was it was a slum area. 635 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 1: All right, We'll get out of here on that. Why not? 636 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,440 Speaker 1: And an he didn't promote Danny anything you would like 637 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: to to promote here and sell or Yeah, well, I'm 638 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:58,439 Speaker 1: leaving Long Beach today to get back to good old 639 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 1: Sherman Oaks, California, and I'll be on with Steve Hartman 640 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 1: and Jeff Schwartz, and then the No Show, the Weekend 641 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,320 Speaker 1: No Show with Brian no and e from Salam later 642 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,239 Speaker 1: this afternoon, Slash Evening on Fox Sports Radio and many 643 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 1: of these Fox Sports Radio Feels in Awesome, the I 644 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: Heart Radio app Street, and of course the Sunday Podcast, 645 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: our mail Bag we'll be coming up. That's right, we 646 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 1: have the mail Bag. We have that to look forward to. 647 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: Have a great rest of your Saturday. And if you're 648 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: listening to this earlier day, if you're going to the 649 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,399 Speaker 1: Dodger game tonight, reach out to me. Maybe I'll say 650 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 1: hello to you if I have a chance. I'd like 651 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,280 Speaker 1: to like to meet some fowls. Love to meet fans 652 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,160 Speaker 1: of the show, people that like to show. Not So, 653 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:40,680 Speaker 1: if you're gonna be at the Dodger game night, let 654 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: me know. I can't wait until we get to meet 655 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: some Angels fans in the future. We'll have to wait many, 656 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: many years, and I think we might have to go 657 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: past the Pearly Gates to meet anti blank, my blank, 658 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,879 Speaker 1: and blank you. Yeah. I have a great day. We'll 659 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,960 Speaker 1: catch you next time and see you later. Skater got 660 00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:58,719 Speaker 1: a murder, Gotta go.