WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Barn Burner with Cheese 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:01.480 Kabbooms. 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:05.400 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.160 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.520 treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:17.480 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:18.360 Wow. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.280 The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:29.280 The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in. 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:37.600 The air everywhere. Welcome to another Pipe and Hot edition 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:41.559 of the Extra Crispy, Extra Spicy Fifth Hour with me, 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:46.199 Ben Mahler and Danny g Radio, and a very happy 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:51.400 Friday to you. The first full weekend in the month 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:55.400 of September, and more importantly, we are now heading in 0:00:55.440 --> 0:01:01.040 to a full football season. We had last night compelling 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:06.160 theater as the Baltimore Ravens tried to pull out a tie. 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.160 Actually we're gonna go for the win at the end 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.160 on that Thursday night game last night. We talked about 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.399 it on the Overnight Show, and I don't want to 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.440 rehash that here because we already discussed it. But if 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:21.720 you missed the original recipe podcast, the Non Extra Country Podcast, 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:27.360 it was a humdinger, a Barnburner of a finish as 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:33.000 Lamar Jackson made multiple mistakes at the end of that game. 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:38.360 And Lamar is a polarizing figure, as we know, because 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:42.160 he does things that nobody else does in the NFL. Right, 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:44.759 there are some things that Lamar Jackson does that nobody 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:48.520 else can do in the NFL, and there's also basic 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:53.600 things that other quarterbacks are able to do that Lamar 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:59.360 messes up all the time. And that game was the 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:04.640 persona ocasion, was the epitome of the Lamar Jackson experience. 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.520 And the Ravens didn't play all that well. There were 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:11.440 some defensive breakdowns. They have a new defensive coordinator, several 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:15.120 new coaches on the staff, and they still had a 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:17.920 chance to tie. And if they had scored the touchdown, 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.120 the lively was out of bounds. If they had scored, 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:22.600 they would have gone for two. But enough about that. 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:27.040 We have another game tonight and that is in Brazil. 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:33.040 The Eagles and the Packers will duke it out as 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:38.240 there is military security protecting our NFL players in Brazil 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:44.600 today and that game will be on Peacock later today. 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:48.000 More on that coming up on this the Friday edition. 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:53.160 This sixth day of September edition of the podcast here 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:58.160 will have the wardrobe change or was it the flapping 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:02.480 your feathers like you just own care, cheeseburger in Paradise, 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.880 and the phrase of the week. So there's a lot 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:09.320 of stuff to get to. Today's National Read a Book Day. 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:14.239 Who me and you can read a book while listening 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.280 to the fifth Hour podcast, so you know that, Yes, 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:20.280 you can multitest. You can read the book and listen 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.840 to this podcast in the back. And while we want 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:28.200 you to focus on everything that we say, we get 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.639 credit as long as you play the podcast. They have 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:35.360 ways to track you. As you know, Big Brothers always 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.680 watching or listening, so they can track you and how 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.040 many people are listening. And when you listen to like 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.960 you download the podcast, you listen for like five minutes, 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.120 we get credit, but we get extra credit if you 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.320 listen for ten minutes. I don't even know how it 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:50.600 all works. I just know we need a minimum of 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:54.000 like five good minutes. We get a little credit for 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.400 two or three, but we'd like to have more. We'd 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:01.600 like to have more than that. So that's the deal 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:01.880 on that. 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:02.200 Now. 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:06.760 It is also Fight Procrastination Day, and I am proud 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:12.240 to say that this is not an issue that I have. 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:19.200 I wish it was a problem. I just don't in 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.960 terms of work stuff. Now there's other stuff, like the 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:26.920 day to day monotony of adulting that I do procrastinate 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:31.520 on it. But in terms of work, I'm very surgical 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:35.520 with the way I approach things. I have my routine. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:40.760 But today is fight procrastination day, and opportunity for you 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.960 and maybe me when it comes to the adulting stuff 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:49.440 but not work stuff, to face your procrastination issue head on. 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.560 And they are of course saying this is a mental 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.839 health related and all that stuff, and yeah, well, it 0:04:55.880 --> 0:05:00.880 does actually lead to hoarding. I know that from having 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.040 listeners who have gotten in some trouble Cowboy and Windsor 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:07.560 and some other guys that have gotten to hoarding. And 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:12.599 it actually originates. Procrastination originates from a Greek poet who 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:17.800 was among the first people to speak against procrastination. In 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:23.839 a poem titled Works and Days. The Greek poet spoke 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.840 to his brother who had mismanaged his inheritance, asking him 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:32.600 not to abandon his duties. And so it goes all 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.600 the way back to Greek times. So it is fight 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:40.320 procrastination day. Now for us, we take you behind the 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:45.400 scenes on Benny Versus the Penny. This is our second episode. 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:50.880 It has already aired in some markets, for example in Philadelphia. 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:57.719 It has already been broadcast in Philly and a couple 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:01.600 of other cities. Now the the main hub of this 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:07.159 every station matters. But in Boston where the show is produced, 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.840 my guy Vinnie and the production team Kevin and those 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:13.240 guys put the show together. And our first showing on 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:17.000 NBC Sports Boston will be tonight at six o'clock. We're 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:21.200 in a great slot. We're on right after Felger and 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:25.320 Maz So that's the very popular afternoon drive from the 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:29.520 sports of Michael Felger and Tony Maserati. It is simulcast. 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.359 It's such a popular show that it is simulcast all 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.680 I think all four hours are on NBC Sports Boston 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.240 and then we come on after that. So that's a 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.360 great slot. And Benny Versus the Penny not only if 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.279 you miss it at six o'clock, it airs again at 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:48.440 eight point thirty and nine to thirty, so there are 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:54.359 three showings tonight of that program. There's no reason to 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:58.360 miss in the Boston market on NBC Sports Boston Benny 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:02.200 versus the Penny. So check that out. Now, I did 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:06.360 have a bit of a wardrobe issue, not a snaff foo. 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.240 It wasn't a wardrobe malfunction by any means. It was 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:13.960 a wardrobe change. It certainly was that. So I'll take 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:20.200 you behind the scenes. Last week, the episode was boomed 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:24.360 out to the masses, and we get feedback like any 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.320 job to the radio show, and from time to time 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.840 the bosses will say, hey, like this, I don't like this, 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.119 you know, and then it's up to you to figure 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:36.000 out how you want to approach things. And we have 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:40.200 a great team that follows the TV show very closely. 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.680 As you might imagine, there's a lot of people involved, 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:47.120 much more than a radio show where I have pretty 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:51.880 much total editorial control over the radio show that I do. 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:56.120 It's not exactly the same. I have a lot of leeway, 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.640 a lot of leeway on the TV show, but I 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:04.600 do not have complete and total control, nor would you 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.440 expect me to, nor would you expect me to. There's 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.160 a lot of care that goes into it, right, It's 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:10.960 very surgical the way to put the show together and 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:12.960 all that stuff. So in terms of the picks, those 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.920 are obviously my picks. And sometimes I might say something 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:21.400 that is allowed on the radio and not allowed on 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:26.480 television and for whatever reason, for whatever reason, and so 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.720 we make sure not to do that again, make sure 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.360 to clean that up. But as far as the wardrobe 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.920 is concerned, I did get one comment from one of 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.200 the big bosses at NBC is like, hey, you know, 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:43.560 I like the show this, that, and the other thing. However, however, 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:48.560 and then they'll point something out. And if you've known 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:53.560 me at all from the Overnight Show, you know, in 0:08:53.679 --> 0:09:00.760 terms of that show, I am the fashionista. I just 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:05.360 am I Eddie. Come on, Eddie wears the same thing 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:11.840 all the time. Coop no, and Lorena has been away. 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.680 But I'm the snappy dresser. I'm the snappy dresser on 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.760 the show. I'm on camera there, I'm just on the 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:22.160 YouTube channel for the show, and it's like I'm walking 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:24.640 down the catwalk all time. So it was odd when 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.760 somebody from NBC contacted me and said, hey, you know, 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:30.520 I like the show, however, I'd like to update this 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:36.080 little wrinkle. So it caught my attention. It was hat related. 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:40.520 It was hat related. So one of the big bosses 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.520 at NBC's like, hey, I would like you to have 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:48.440 a different hat, and he even went on the interweb 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.760 and found the style of hat that he wanted me 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:55.680 to have. The look and all that. I said, Okay, 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:57.920 you're the boss. I mean, you gave me a damn 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.319 TV show. Whatever you want. I'm there, man, I don't know. 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:04.200 I'm in radio, you know, fashion, even though I'm the 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.040 fashion Nissa on the show. It's like, okay, this is 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.400 a different world from me. I thought, like a wardrobe 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.160 and worry about my appearance and stuff. I can't be 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:15.079 a disheveled slob and I mean, man, So he sent 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:19.000 something to me and we immediately bought it. Bought this 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:25.760 this hat from hand crafted from Ireland to where so 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:29.280 we got the hat doing the show normal week. In 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.880 terms of prep, you know, sent the stuff where it 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:34.880 needed to go to Vinnie. I do most of the 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:36.600 prep for the show. Send it to Vinnie. He then 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:41.079 puts everything together, the rich tapestry of information. He has 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:45.520 to sew that together into a rundown where we have 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.760 the A block, the B block, and the C block. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.559 Because it's half hour show, so you get the beginning, 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.360 the middle, and then the end. Boom boom boom, and 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.320 that's it. Shows over. So I send him the stuff. 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:58.800 He then sends me back at the end of the day, 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.240 he sends me the rundow. So then at that point 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:07.680 I have to compile my talking points and I don't 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.800 use it tele a prompter. That's Tom Looney. Tom Looney's prompter. Tom, 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.160 He's Tom the prompter. Don't use a prompter. Probably should 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.360 use a prompter. Don't use a prompter. So it's all 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:19.640 pretty much muscle memory where I go over my notes 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:21.559 and I'm trying to remember like key points I want 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:26.760 to make. But the show is my end is improvised 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:28.960 what I'm going to say. I have an idea of 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:30.600 what I want to say, and I way too much 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:34.040 much information on every game. The show is only half 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:38.160 an hour, and because of that, as we've talked about 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:41.920 in previous episodes of this podcast, the fifth hour, a 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.000 lot of stuff does not end up on the show, 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:49.439 and the same thing happens in radio. It's even more 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:53.839 exasperated on the television show because there's so many moving 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:58.760 parts and you're on camera, then you're off camera and 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.080 you're paranoid about how you're looking, and the whole thing. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.760 And so there's all that involved. There's all that involved, 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:10.720 but the wardrobe thing. So you get to the point, please, Okay, 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.520 I'll get to the point. So I show up to 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.959 the Universal studios and I'm the first one there because 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:17.720 what I do is my move is I do the 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:22.680 radio show and boom, I'm getting off the radio. I 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.679 scoot right over to Universal students. I'm like, hey man, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:26.800 I'm at Universe. This is great. But there's no one 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:28.760 there when I get there, there's no one there, like 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:34.439 the security guard. There's somebody in the CNBC newsroom, in 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.400 the MSNBC newsroom, because it's kind of where we have 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:42.000 our studio. It's in the the NBC Tom Brokaw building 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.199 over there, and so we have our own little little 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.560 cubby hole there, and there's a room right across the hall. 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.320 You go out of the studio. We record Benny versus 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:52.800 the Penny, and it was a big green screen and 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:54.720 cameras and the lights and all stuff. So you go 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:58.240 out of there, you make a right turn. There's a 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.000 whole hallway, but you go you don't look at the hallway, 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.320 you just turn right. Then as you're walking down you 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.320 take a few steps down to the right, and then 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.079 to the left there's a door. There's a couple of 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.440 tables in there, and that's where I spend most of 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.760 my time on the Universal Lot. I go in there. 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.360 There's power, there's a whatever you need there. They got 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.640 everything you need. There's a great commissary there down the 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.280 hall where they have all the usual nonsense with water 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.840 and coffee which I don't drink. And there's downstairs there's 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.599 snacks you can you can get you have to buy them, 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.840 I fast, so I don't. I don't buy them. But anyway, well, 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.720 so I go in that room and it's the middle 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.560 of the night. There's no one there whatever, and I'm 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:45.000 just trying to compile and put together how I want 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:49.120 the show to go. I and it's like some things 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.120 that I want to make sure I get in. There's 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.280 some things that you know, whether that gets in or not, 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.000 it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. So I do that, 0:13:58.080 --> 0:13:59.480 and I guess some other stuff I have to take 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.880 care of. So I'm in there a while and kind 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:05.719 of doing my thing and all that, and then eventually 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:08.760 Looney strolls in. Now the great thing about when Looney 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:14.800 shows up to record the show. He's there right before 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.839 we have this call time. They send a sheet down. 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:20.680 You have a call time, have to be there, and 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:22.760 I get there real early because I got nothing else 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:26.040 to do. Looney strolls in. You always hear Looney before 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.040 you see him. You always hee him. He'd be a 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:32.280 terrible spot. He's the antithesis of a ninja. Okay, So 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:36.800 you hear him chit chatting, playing grab ass with pretty 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:40.520 much everybody who's wandering around. And by that time there's 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.640 people that are showing up, and you know, Looney's saying 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:47.320 hello and he's remembering everyone's name, and you know it's 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.880 Pop Pop Phizz fizz. Oh, what a relief it is. 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:53.120 Tom Looney's here. So I hear him before I see him. 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.240 He shows up, and then we go over everything. He's 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.560 got a couple of wardrobe options. We do a table 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:01.720 You think we're kidding, but we don't. We actually do 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.960 a table read, and we go over every segment of 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:09.000 the show. And what often happens during the table read 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:13.320 if we haven't mentioned this in previous episodes. So we 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.040 go over things, but there's things that we don't want 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.080 the other person to know, like Looney will drop stuff 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.240 on me when we're actually doing the show that wasn't 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.680 in the table read, and vice versa, and vice versa. 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.520 So well, well, it's you know what it's like. It's 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:32.040 like exhibition football where you don't want to show the 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:35.800 other team your playbook, but you want to play the game, 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.720 but you don't want to show what you're going to 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.120 do in the real game. And so that's what it's like. 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.360 But it gives you a sense of what's going to happen, 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:48.000 but there's always surprises. So we do all that, and this, 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.400 to me is a very important part of the making 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.520 of the show because unlike the radio show, you go 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.080 in there you want to get it done. It's on 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:59.880 television at lasts for several days, it's everywhere people can 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.400 you want to it's your product. You are putting your 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.800 product out there, so it's important we go over that. 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:07.800 So fine, we do that, and then it's time to 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.760 put the final pieces to the wardrobe together. And I 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.520 mentioned that one of the big executives at NBC had said, hey, 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:15.400 we want you to get this hat. So I bought 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:18.480 the hat, pretty expensive hat, pretty expensive hat, and so 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:20.960 I put the hat on, I put the sweater on, 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.440 changed up the sweater this week. I got permission from 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:27.560 the big bosses at NBC to change the wardrobe. So fine, 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.360 So I go into the studio. I sit down, new 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:34.160 hat on, and there's a lot of conversation going on 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.280 back in Boston. People are going back. I know they're 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.200 talking about the hat. I know, the hat's the point 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.160 of emphasis. And then they're trying to adjust the lighting. 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.600 So I've got people running around behind me and in 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:46.520 front of me trying to adjust the lighting in there, 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.120 Like what's going on. It's like okay, And I had 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:53.560 a feeling the hat something was a little off, but 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.440 again it wasn't my decision. This was somebody that wanted 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.600 me to wear the hat. So I don't wear it whatever, 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:01.280 you know, they want it, whatever they want, I'll wear 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:03.280 clown makeup if they want, they you know, keep me 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.760 a TV show. I mean, come on, some would argue 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.080 I am wearing clown makeup. So I went in there, 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.639 we sit down, I test the microphones, and we have 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.040 to test the earpiece and all that stuff. And so 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:21.840 I'm pretty normal minimal things, nominal, nominal stuff. And we 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:25.280 go through all the trivial stuff and and then I 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.560 get the message, Hey is do you have the hat 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:33.400 from last week in your in your bag? Why? Yes, 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:37.680 I do. I absolutely have the hat from last week. 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:39.160 So I had to go out of this to take 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:42.120 my mic off and my IFB go out of the studio, 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:44.240 go make a right turn, go into the room I 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:48.560 normally hang out at and fiddle with my hat. And 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:50.399 so fiddle with my hat I did. And so it 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.880 turns out that I will be returning the very expensive 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:56.760 hat hand crafted from Ireland. It just I have a 0:17:56.880 --> 0:18:01.280 very large head. And you can say because I've got 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:02.760 a lot of empty space or I have a big brain. 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.480 Either way, and so the bit of a problem to 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:10.679 find hats that fit right on the big head not easy, 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:15.560 not easy. So then we use the old hat. You 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.959 can see that today, later today and tomorrow and then 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:22.560 Sunday morning on this week's edition of Benny Versus the Pennys. 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.679 We like to call it BBP BBP Betty versus Penny. 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:29.800 So we turned the page on that and I got 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:31.720 a lot of great feedback, and we're going to do 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:36.960 the mail bag on Sunday and we'll read your questions 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.080 and go over the quiz of the week from you guys. 0:18:40.160 --> 0:18:42.200 And we got a lot of email this week, which 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.800 is great, and I'm sure we'll get more between now 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:49.800 and Sunday. You can email Real fifth Hour at gmail 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:53.880 dot com. Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. Fine, 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.040 so people are emailing me be like, hey, I want 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:59.920 to watch the show. I have Peacock and where's the show? 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.280 So I point out where the show is. I go 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.400 over here, the show's shows right there, boom, I'll watch 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:10.720 watch the show. So fine, and then, uh, I guess 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:15.119 it was yesterday on Thursday, maybe even Wednesday, might have 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:16.840 been on Wednesday. I think I think it was actually 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:19.320 started on Wednesday. I'm getting these messages that are are 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:26.480 trickling in and people are are annoyed. They're getting progressively 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:32.040 more upset and know what did what did I do here? 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:34.800 And I don't think I did. I didn't. I don't 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:37.960 think I did any anyway. The the tenor of the 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:40.840 messages where hey, I heard you mentioned on the radio 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:46.439 show that your TV show is on pot On on 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:52.200 Peacock on Peacock, uh, and uh, but I couldn't find it. 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:57.679 Did you lie? Did you make that up? You know 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:01.560 that whole thing? And one guy even went as far 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:07.679 as to say. They contacted customer service. They were that 0:20:07.960 --> 0:20:13.159 annoyed they could not find the show on Peacock. So 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:17.680 then that sparked a minutes long Mallor investigation. As I 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:21.520 started to freak out what happened to the show, I 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:25.199 became a bit abrasive, bit abrasive, as they were right. 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:29.080 The people that were contacting me were there. They were annoyed, 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:32.400 they were upset, which is I'm honored that you're upset 0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:35.360 because you can't find a TV show that's a week old. Anyway, 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:38.960 now I know the rest of the story, the rest 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:42.800 of the story. So it turns out the TV show 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:51.040 has a rather quick expiration date because we're picking games 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:54.479 that are played mostly on Sunday and then the Monday 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:58.640 night game. There's no reason to keep the show up 0:20:58.680 --> 0:21:01.840 other than to make us look like jackasses, you know, 0:21:02.040 --> 0:21:05.240 jack wagons or whatever. So what they do, it's just 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:09.040 like the TV show, the TV show which is on Peacock. 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:12.560 It's the same show, but on cable they stop airing 0:21:12.600 --> 0:21:16.480 it at one o'clock Eastern on Sunday because that's when 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:21.399 they kick off that big television window. So somewhere and 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.760 this is way over my pay grade. Somebody that is 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:29.760 involved in the Peacock process not only took the show 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:32.359 off Peacock, which I'm fine with. I get it. Even 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:38.120 though last week's episode, the week one episode preseason is 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:41.760 pretty much evergreen in terms of the picks are going 0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:44.520 to last all year. We did win totals, we did 0:21:44.800 --> 0:21:47.520 some player I did some player props. Those bets will 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:49.880 have a lifespan that will go all the way through 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:54.160 the regular season. The show this week, which you'll start 0:21:54.359 --> 0:22:00.040 start today, that in the pecking order of television, and 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:06.760 it's going to be dated on on Sunday. Okay, so fine. 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:10.280 But the only problem I had I did let the 0:22:10.320 --> 0:22:12.840 people at NBC know is they took the entire beny 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:18.080 versus the penny page down and one guy contacted their 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:22.600 customer service and the person wasn't real helpful and that 0:22:22.680 --> 0:22:24.119 you know, they kind of got upset and all that. 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:26.360 So I just want you to know I do care 0:22:26.440 --> 0:22:32.600 about your feedback, and I have contacted through the proper channels. 0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:36.320 I do know the social order, I know where I 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:38.840 fall on the food chain, so I feel like I 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:43.200 was diplomatic and we'll see where the road takes us here, hopefully, 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:45.440 we'll get this straight now early. This is the first 0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:49.080 year we've been on Peacock and it was really cool. 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:52.760 They had a great page. My ugly photo was on there, 0:22:53.280 --> 0:22:55.960 and from what I understand, don't hold me to this, 0:22:57.280 --> 0:23:00.919 that page will be back up this afternoon. By this 0:23:01.040 --> 0:23:03.320 afternoon and you'll be able to watch Benny Versus the 0:23:03.359 --> 0:23:07.200 Penny week two week two week. It's week one of 0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:10.680 the NFL season, but week two for the show, episode two, 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:12.760 and so you'll be able to watch that later today. 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:15.199 And you know, one thing I have no problem with 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:19.720 being bashful is is promoting the show, and so I'll 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:24.240 send that out on all the appropriate social media channels 0:23:24.680 --> 0:23:31.200 and this podcast companion your next level P one if 0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:34.159 you're in here, So that's how I classify you that 0:23:34.960 --> 0:23:36.960 you're even listening to the podcast on the weekends, and 0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:39.679 hopefully you listen to the overnight show. So thank you 0:23:39.800 --> 0:23:44.200 for flapping your feathers about the Peacock. We'll get that 0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:48.239 sorted out again today. It should be back up and 0:23:48.280 --> 0:23:50.240 then remember though, it's only going to be up for 0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:53.600 a few days, so if you're planning on we were 0:23:53.760 --> 0:23:59.080 just talking about this earlier a few minutes ago, procrastinating, well, 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:01.760 fight procrast nation. If you're planning on pushing back the 0:24:01.760 --> 0:24:06.919 TV show, you have until Sunday morning and then the 0:24:06.960 --> 0:24:11.440 thing vanishes into the into the into the outer space area. 0:24:11.520 --> 0:24:14.560