1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse, to clearinghouse of hot takes, 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with Ben 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: Maller starts right now. It's in the air everywhere here 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: we are on a Sunday Sunday. Additionally, Fifth Hour with 9 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: Ben Maller. Because listen, five nights a week not enough, 10 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: not enough, So we provide you with marginal audio content 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: eight days a week. And here we are so exciting 12 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: twenty hours a week on the radio and a flee 13 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: give or take three hours, three bonus hours on the weekend. 14 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: And we have yet to take a call from the 15 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: most famous famous prank caller of all time. He has 16 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: not called this show. But the phone is ringing. The 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: phone is ringing, so you never know. At any moment 18 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: we might actually take a call from the aforementioned And 19 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: how exciting would that be? My God, that would be 20 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: that would be great? Right the phone ring in there. 21 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: We won't stop ringing. This is not a call in 22 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: radio show. You might want to stop that, Howard. That's 23 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 1: a that's a problem. Anyway, Listen, this is the fifth Hour. 24 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: This is all about Yet, it is all about your 25 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: questions and our answers on the Fifth Hour podcast. So 26 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: without further Ado, let's strike up the band. I'm not 27 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: gonna waste any time here. He is the man, the myth, 28 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: the legend, our guy. Ohio. It's well said, OHIOO well said. 29 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: So the first email comes from Glen in Chicago and 30 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: he says, Hey, Ben, what is with the forty seven 31 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: minute obesity chubby kid commercial that you do that's on 32 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: this podcast. It feels like it never ends. Glenn in 33 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,679 Speaker 1: Chicago complains, I don't know if it's the same commercial 34 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: plate multiple times in a row or one long ass commercial. Alright, 35 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: First of all, Glenn, thank you for your listenership. As 36 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: you know, you've been with the show while now and 37 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: we do appreciate that. And I'm sure the people that 38 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: spend a lot of money on that commercial are happy 39 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: that you called it a forty seven minute obesity chubby 40 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: kid commercial. That is what's known as a mead role 41 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: in the podcast game and the advertiser paid a good 42 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: amount of money, and it's just pretty much me telling 43 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: a story, me telling a story, and then I plugged 44 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: their website and that's pretty much it, and I thank 45 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: you for listening. I don't think it's a bad commercial. 46 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: It's pretty good commercial. It's I will tell you this though, Glenn. 47 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: I've done a lot of spots over the years for advertisers. 48 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: That is the longest commercial that I have ever done. 49 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: And I remember when I was contacted by management. They're like, hey, 50 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: you know so and so I want you to do 51 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: a spot. I was like, well, well that's great. You know, 52 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: I almost never turned down advertisers because I, as I 53 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: learned from John Sterling on this podcast, The Voice of 54 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: the Yankees, the most important thing is selling the soap. 55 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: You've got to sell this up. So I'm like, all right, 56 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: I would like to sell the soap. But they contacted 57 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: me and said, well, they want you to tell a 58 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: story about your life and losing weight, and they want 59 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: to help other people lose weight, and they have a 60 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 1: website that can give people advice and direct people. I 61 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: was like, all right, yeah, that sounds good. You know, 62 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: anything that can lead someone to lose weight. I'm all 63 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: for right. Yeah. I also think if you're happy fat 64 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: and you don't want to lose weight, I'm good with 65 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: that as well. Uh. And I've told this story many times, Glenn. 66 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: But when I was growing up, and I remember being 67 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: at at social evance bar Mitzvah's weddings funerals, and my 68 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: my cousins, my old cousins, aunts and uncles would all 69 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: give me the lecture, you really would you need to 70 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: lose weight, Ben, You'll feel so much better. And I 71 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: remember thinking at the time, I did not feel bad 72 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: at all. I felt fine. I thought things were going great, 73 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: and and all this talk about oh no, no, you 74 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: need to lose x amount of weight, and and I 75 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: was like, come on, you know what's wrong with you? 76 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: You people are so you're wrong, you really are. And uh, anyway, 77 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: I may get to the point. When I was at 78 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: my fattest, I was like, all right, let's uh, let's 79 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: get it on, let's get it on right now. And uh. 80 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: And then even even when I lost weight, even when 81 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: the weight came off and I had that big accomplishment, 82 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: I lost two hundred pounds, I was so fat. I 83 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: was so overweight that I could able. I was able 84 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: to lose two hundred pounds and I was still a 85 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: big guy. That's how fat I was at the at 86 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: my biggest and and then I remember the conversations turned 87 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: from you need to lose the way to oh my god, 88 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: you're probably feeling so much better right now. And then 89 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: I remember telling people and how upset they were when 90 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: I pointed out, you know, I didn't ever feel bad 91 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: when I was fat, and I don't really feel that 92 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: much better now. I feel about the same. Yeah. Sorry, 93 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: I mean that's uh, that's the problem. And they were 94 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: like what I mean, I don't I don't understand. Come on, 95 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: I mean, what is that all about? You lost all 96 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: this weight here? And I'm like I'm shutting them down, 97 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: you know, I'm like sorry anyway, So, Glenn, that is 98 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: one commercial. If if you're talking about the one I 99 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: am talking about, it's one commercial, like three or four minutes. 100 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: I don't maybe it's even longer than that. I have 101 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: no idea. Next question from Neil in the real Miami, 102 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: not the fake Miami. The real Miami. Uh, Neil says, 103 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: So I'm on the road in Orlando. Boy, that's gotta 104 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: suck you live. I've seen Neil's home there the view picturesque. 105 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: He's got the showcase home high rise Miami we talked 106 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: about in previous episode. And and Neil's living the life. 107 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: He's in the penthouse overlooking all of Miami. That got 108 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: the Heat Arena right next door to him. And as 109 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: he pointed out, you live in a place like that, 110 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: after a while, you don't even appreciate the views, the 111 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: coast of the Atlantic Ocean right there and all that. 112 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: You just forget about it because it's you know, it's home, 113 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: and you just live your life. Anyway, back to the email, 114 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: Neil in Orlando visiting for work says he was hanging 115 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: out with his brother watching Goodfellas on a rainy day 116 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: and there is a scene with Jimmy he wanted Spider 117 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: to dance before he shot him, and the word Mama 118 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: Luke was all over the place. So he says, I 119 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: was wondering if you, uh, if you have a favorite 120 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: old school gangster movie. He said, you and your partner 121 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: to be named later have an old school gangster movie 122 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: that you like. Well, you actually mentioned my favorite one 123 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: of those women. Many people say Godfather Too is the 124 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: greatest of all time. But for me, it is the 125 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: aforementioned Goodfellas. I love that movie. I've watched that movie 126 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: many times. It's held up for me. I enjoyed very much, 127 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: and uh, I love it now. The term mama luke. 128 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: I actually learned it from not that movie, but I 129 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: watched a movie that I'm not even that big a 130 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: fan of it, the Raging Bull boxing movie Martin Scorsese, 131 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: famous name in Hollywood, and they used the term mama 132 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: luke quite a bit in that that movie, and that's 133 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: where I first learned mama luke. I stole it from 134 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: the movie. That's a good word, which I guess if 135 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: I'm an Italian, but if you're of Italian heritage, i'd 136 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: say a word that you're familiar with. But I it's 137 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: become it has over the years become mainstream in lexicon. 138 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: And so that is the the back story on that, Neil. 139 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: But yeah, Good Fellas, you can't go wrong with that. 140 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: I love the Sopranos. That's obviously not a movie, but 141 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: I enjoyed the hell out of The Sopranos back in 142 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: the day, and I don't normally enjoy that kind of content, 143 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: And I'm pretty much documentary guy, it's gonna be real 144 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 1: or it's not for me. But when it comes to 145 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: to a good mob show, I I'm all about it. 146 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: I am all about it. Yes, very very nice. There 147 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: cannot get enough of it? All right, moving on in 148 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: the mailback, Next up, any meany mighty mo. Pick a 149 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: caller by their name, and let's say hello to Pierre 150 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: from Springfield. We're actually not gonna say to low to 151 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: him because if he says all back, he's a phantom. 152 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: And it goes. And as much as Pierre the keeper 153 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: of Alfie Adiano Piner listens to the show, I mean 154 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: this guy, this is a dedicated member of the Mala Mush. 155 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 1: I wonder what Pierre does, like I wonder what he 156 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: does for work, what he does in his free time. 157 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: I've seen him at Red Sox games, driving down from 158 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: Springfield Tow, Massachusetts to go to Red Side games. But 159 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: man Pierre is able to listen to all of the content, 160 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: whether it's the middle of the night when I do 161 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: these other bits on on radio shows, Pierre is always there. 162 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: He is. He's great. As far as a p one 163 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: brigadier general in the mallem listen, I'm very lucky, like 164 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: a lot of you have been very loyal. But Pierre 165 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: Alfie and pineers right near the top of the list. 166 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: No matter when we put content out, Pierre's like, I'm 167 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: here and uh, and he's just he's all about it. 168 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: It's like and even when I do stuff at the 169 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: last minute and then Pierre pops up and it's like, motherfucker, 170 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: here he is. Here's Pierre Alfieri, Li Piner ready to go. 171 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: It's a Whodini. Yes, he is like Pudini. That's a 172 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: good point, very much like Pudini, the way that he 173 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: pops up like that. Anyway, all right, yes, let's get 174 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: to it. So, Pierre from Springfields, this man. As I 175 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 1: type this question, I think that I just heard you 176 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: say that Benny versus the Penny maybe returning to the radio. 177 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: Maybe it's just that I haven't had a coffee yet 178 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: and I didn't hear it correctly. Would you care to 179 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: elaborate on the state of the Juggernaut YouTube show? So, Pierre, 180 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: here's where I am. I know for sure there is 181 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: a date down the line where the Benny versus the 182 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: Petty segment will return to terrestrial radio. So I know 183 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: that is true. Uh, one date in late November around Thanksgiving. 184 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: The plan is all everything lines up in a row, 185 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: we will have Benny Versus the Penny on terrestrial radio. Now, 186 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: as you know, because I've been very open about this, 187 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: the reason that we do Benny Versus the Penny on 188 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: YouTube is to provide some tape so that we can 189 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: get a TV show. We actually were in conversations with 190 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: several big media companies to provide and don't laugh, all right, 191 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 1: it's not it's not funny, but we were. We were 192 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: in conversation to to put Benny Versus the Penny on 193 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: a major media platform. Um. One was Old Media, a 194 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: couple were New Media, but the deal fell apart at 195 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: the very last minute. Has often happens, you know, something, 196 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: something goes wrong. Uh So the goal is to eventually 197 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: move that to a television or internet streaming platform with 198 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: a lot of sponsors, a lot of bells and whistles, 199 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: and then everyone will be like hey, congratulations, yeah, and 200 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: we'll be thank you, thank you for that. But as 201 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: of now that has not happened. Um and I have 202 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: got a lot of complaints with people even know Benny 203 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: Versus the Penny. The bulk of it has been off 204 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: the year now off off radio. It's been on YouTube 205 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: for a couple of years now, and we did on 206 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: the podcast for a year, so really it's been off 207 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: Terrestaural Radio for three years. It's just been in other platforms. 208 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: And I still get people that call up and they're like, yeah, 209 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: you gotta bring it back, man, you know, and I'm like, 210 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: all right, well maybe we will from time to time. 211 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: I still do the Thursday night game. I still do that. 212 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: Uh and and and and that that goes well. I 213 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: will keep you posted, Pierre when it moves, if it 214 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: does move off YouTube back to terrestural radio, but I 215 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: guarantee there is a date that it will happen. Alan 216 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: in Akron writes in he says, do you get residuals 217 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 1: for any of your TV work? Uh no? Uh no. 218 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: And the reason I know, I've been on a few 219 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: TV shows. I worked at NBC on Sports Talk Show 220 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: at NBC out of Stanford, Connecticut, did that for about 221 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: a year. Uh that is not an evergreen show. That 222 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: was not a union a gig, so didn't get any 223 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: kind of residuals. And then I was on the Sports 224 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: List that's one with Summer Sanders on the Fox Sports Network. 225 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: That's one I wish I got residuals for because that 226 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: thing was an evergreen show. And five six, seven years 227 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: after I did that show, I'd walk into a sports 228 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: bar occasionally and they'd have that on one of the 229 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: monitors after a game, and I was like, if I 230 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: only got paid like a dollar every time that thing aired, 231 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: or fifty cents, I would have made a killing. But 232 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: they didn't work that way. Uh So that sucks. And 233 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: then the other thing I just did for Vice also 234 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: not anything that pays residual. So the answer is no, 235 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: But I do. I do know that Coop gets money 236 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: on the show, the shows that he did back in 237 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: the day, he gets residual checks from that. Be sure 238 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: to catch live editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays 239 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: at two a m. Eastern eleven p m. Pacific on 240 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio and the I Heart Radio. Kevin in Kansas, Right, 241 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: so he says, dear beat, besides playing the plastic recorder 242 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: or the flute, oh phone in grade school? Were you 243 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: involved in music or theater any time in school? Thank 244 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: you for great the great podcast. Well, Kevin, thank you 245 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: very much. I appreciate that first of all. Now secondly, 246 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: I was in the band in elementary school. I was 247 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: in the band, and as the largest kid in the 248 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: elementary school, I had a very large instrument and I 249 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: forget the name of it. It was like a violin, 250 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: but it was massive, right, it was. It was massive, 251 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: and I had it was it had a lugged this 252 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: thing around and I don't think it was againness world 253 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: where it wasn't actual violin. It was a different, different 254 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: name for the instrument. But it's been so long that 255 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: I forgot. And I was really bad. I barely knew 256 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: English in elementary school, so learning music, I pretty much 257 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: just did my own thing. And I was in the 258 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: background in the band, and as long as the other 259 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: kids did what they were supposed to do, I was okay. 260 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 1: Like I was just kind of background noise in the band, 261 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: you know, I was. It was elevator music, and I 262 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: was kind of doing my thing. And plus, as you 263 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: know from working in the educational system, Kevin, when you're 264 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: a kid in school, it doesn't matter how terrible you are, 265 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: it is irrelevant. You get applause. You cannot do a 266 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: bad job. Right, no matter what you do, you are 267 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: going to get support. You're you're gonna get people as like, hey, 268 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: good job by you, you know, matter what, and they're 269 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: not gonna laugh at you. And I gotta have point 270 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: figures and gonna say the doing Yeah, then I gonna 271 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: say what that dog doing back there? No, none of 272 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: that's gonna up. Uh. So I didn't get any negative feedback. 273 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: But I did play an instrument. That's one of those 274 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: things I wish I had paid more attention to my mom. 275 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: May she rest in peace. We had a piano that 276 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: my grandparents have got had gotten, and I attempted to 277 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: play the piano and I knew a few songs, just 278 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: kind of by memory, not really reading music. But my 279 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: my mom tried her darnist to get me to learn 280 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: how to play the piano professionally, and it just never 281 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: never really clicked. She was really good, I mean, she 282 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: knew she picked it up, but she knew how to 283 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: read music. And very talented woman on the piano. Who's next, 284 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: it's the mail bag? Don't we have Matt in bow 285 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: doin Maine? Yeah? I gotta looked at up bow doin Maine. 286 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: You think that's a real You know, I only know 287 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: a few cities in Maine and most of the cities 288 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: I know in Maine are from doing the radio show, 289 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: and that's not one that i've I've heard of. Let 290 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: me let me check this out and do a little, 291 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: a little reconnaissance on the town of bow doin Maine. 292 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: What can I learn from the interweb? What do I 293 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: know about bow doin Maine? Population three thousand, sixty one 294 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: as of the census. It is part of the Portland's 295 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: metropolitan Portland, Maine metropolitan area. So there is that not 296 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: that far from the Atlantic Ocean. It was developed as 297 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: an agricultural town, raising sheep, producing apple's, wheat, hey and potatoes. 298 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: All right, look at that. That's kind of cool. But 299 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: since the early nineties, oh, this is interesting here. Since 300 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: the early nineties, alpacas normally an animal you see in 301 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: South America. But according to the Internet, it can't be wrong. 302 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 1: It's on the internet. Alpacas who look like weird looking 303 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: goats with a long neck. That's what an alpaca, you know, 304 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: those furry fury that. Yeah. So if I wanted in alpaca, 305 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: I could call Matt up and Matt could get me 306 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: a deal, and then he could he could have it 307 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 1: shipped the alpaca out the Cali and I could have 308 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: bella and a pet alpaca in my backyard. How great 309 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: would that be? That'd be wonderful. Anybody famous come from 310 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: Bodin Main, Boy, the odds of famous people come from there. 311 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: Not great when you have so, you know, such a 312 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: few assistant small population, such a small population. Uh, it 313 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,400 Speaker 1: says here according to the Internet, Mike mckugh the most 314 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: famous person to come out of that town in Maine. 315 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: And he who is that? You ask? A hockey player 316 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: who was drafted by the Minnesota north Stars, a team 317 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: that doesn't even exist anymore, is the first pick of 318 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: the nineteen supplemental Draft. He played at the University of 319 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: Maine and he played in the NHL for twenty games. 320 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: He scored one goal and that was his only point 321 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: in the NHL. Yeah, so this guy's like the Moonlight 322 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 1: Graham of hockey. Mike McK things you did not expect 323 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: to hear on the fifth al. Anyway, back to Matt's email, 324 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: and Bo bow doined me and I hope I'm saying 325 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: that right. I'm just guessing at that. Uh. And Matt says, 326 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: does Marcel in Brooklyn dip his pizza in ranch dressing 327 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: before consumption. It's a great question, Matt. I'll try to 328 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: work that into the show this week. I will ask 329 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: Marcel if I remember, Marcel, do you enjoy ranch dressing? 330 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: And I'll ask him questions. I do enjoy quizzing Marcel 331 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: about various things food related. He revealed had never eaten 332 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: beef before, but he does enjoy hamburgers. This past week, 333 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: Matt's Marcel is a great character on the show. He's 334 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: a wonderful character on the show. He loves the show, 335 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: he loves being on the show. Now I've got an 336 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: email from people saying your mean to Marcella. I'm not mean. No, 337 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: Marcel loves being a radio star. We allow him to 338 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: be a radio star, and he loves being a character 339 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: on our show. But I have to ask him about 340 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: ranch dressing. I'll have to phrase it the right way. 341 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: What country does ranch dressing come from? What is what 342 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: is ranch dressing made out of? I could ask that, right, 343 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: That's a good question. Then I'll answer some some nonsense 344 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: most likely, most likely, and then I'll be good. Mike 345 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 1: is next on the mailbag. Mike from Los Angeles writes 346 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: in he says, Man, I know you are a tight wad. 347 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: But everyone splurges on something or another. What is worth 348 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: spending moron to get the best? So, Mike, I have 349 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: I mentioned this in the past. I guess you're new 350 00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: to the podcast or maybe you missed it in a 351 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: pre be a s mailbag. The one thing that I 352 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: will spare no expense on I look out for, Mike 353 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: took us, uh the toilet paper. I do not go 354 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: cheap on toilet paper. We've all been to that truck stop, 355 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 1: We've all been to that grocery store that has toilet 356 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: paper that is thinner than you thought was humanly possible. 357 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: And you have to use a whole role to get 358 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: a decent amount of toilet paper to take care of 359 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: your business with your number two. So I when I 360 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: go to Costco, they have a cheaper version, and they 361 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: have a more expensive version, and I go with the 362 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: more expensive version of toilet paper. That is one area, Mike, 363 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: I do not cut corners. Uh. As far as food, 364 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that you can save money 365 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: just on generic brand. Um. You know, gasoline is one 366 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: of those things. You can go to any gas stations, 367 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: all regulated by the government. All that, Uh. Rob Parker 368 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: told the store about airlines, and that even the cheap airfit, 369 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: even the cheap airlines that you think are just you know, terrible, 370 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: are regulated by the government, so they have to they 371 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: have to follow the rules and regulations to have a 372 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: license to be allowed to fly. So but I usually 373 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: just fly, I I when I fly. I don't fly 374 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: very often anymore, but when I do, I will go 375 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: on there, Mike, and I'll go to one of the 376 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: travel websites, punch in why I'm going, and whatever pops 377 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: up as the cheapest I'm in. Don't matter what airline 378 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: it is, as long as it's you know, saving a 379 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: couple of bucks. I'm good. Matt from Indie writes in 380 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 1: on the mail back. He says, Ben, my wife is 381 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: habitually late to appointments. It drives me crazy. Matt says, 382 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: are you usually early or late? Well, Matt, I'm glad 383 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: you're concerned about my punctuality. In live and I do 384 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: have a job. I have one of the few jobs 385 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: where you have to be there on time. And if 386 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: you are not there on time, bone and their mother 387 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: will know that you are late. You have not shown 388 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: up right when I when I missed a few shows 389 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: at the beginning, we had gremlins. We've been I mean, 390 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: knock on wood here. Fortunately we've been in pretty good shape. 391 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: But in the past I've had gremlins that have affected 392 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: the beginning of the show. And there's no way to 393 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 1: get around that. There is no way to pretend like 394 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: you are there when you're not there, because you sound 395 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 1: like bozo and it's just I mean, I could play 396 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 1: a sound bite over and over of me, uh you know, 397 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: doing that and pretend that I was me, but the 398 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: listener knows. Listeners now, I have gotten away a little 399 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: bit on the radio show, Matt. Sometimes if I have 400 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: a few issues that we need to work out, we 401 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: have to reset the equipment that I used to connect 402 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 1: to the mothership from the home studio. Uh that I 403 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 1: What I will do is I'll have Roberto play a 404 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 1: song every once in a while, little cheap Code on 405 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: the Ben Mallery Radio Show inspired by Matt from Indie. 406 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: If you hear one of the Mallard themes songs at 407 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: the very beginning of the show, and it's like a 408 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: dedication and said, it's just something different. It's actually because 409 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: the gremlins have attacked my equipment. Hand to God, that's 410 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: why we do it. Like the gremlins have attacked and I, 411 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: you know, I have to you have to kill time, 412 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: kill a couple of minutes to have everything reset. And 413 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: so that's that's how that goes. J from Cleveland, Cleveland 414 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: one of my favorite cities. They love me in Cleveland. 415 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: When the Cavaliers ended the Curse of Cleveland, the fan 416 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: famous photo there held up a sign had all these 417 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: people that were Calves haters. And I was on this 418 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: right next to Skip Bayless, a man that makes seventy 419 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: five times the amount of money that I make, actually 420 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: more than that anyway, Jay from Cleveland, right, and he says, 421 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: I recently learned how to speak somewhat fluent Italian. Congratulations, 422 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: Uh riva. Drcha was wondering what skill would you like 423 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: to master? So Jay, we did answer a version of 424 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: this question earlier in the mail bag. I think it 425 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: was was it Kevin who asked that I forget. I 426 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: think Kevin in Kansas asked the question. But the the 427 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: general question was about you know, instrument a thing like that, 428 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: and then there was another question that was similar. Um. 429 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: But the the way I will answer uh this question 430 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: right is hey, I I wish I had learned another 431 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: language and mastered it. When I being of the Jewish faith, 432 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: I learned Hebrew, but just enough to get my bar mitzvah, 433 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: and i've had had had all that pretty much got 434 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: Now I know a few words and a few phrases, 435 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 1: and and Yiddish I picked up That stuck with me 436 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: a lot. My grandfather, may he rest in peace from Springfield, 437 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: mass who when he was trying to talk dirty, when 438 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: he was trying to say mean things, would talk in 439 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 1: Yiddish at the house, and occasionally when he would say 440 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: things the US kids as grandkids, he would use Yiddish terms, 441 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: and so I picked up some of those phrases. My 442 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: mom would also use some of those things, and her 443 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: dad had was the one that had done that stuff. 444 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: So it would have been cool to learn how to 445 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: fluently speak that. I need a Rosetta stone, hell, I 446 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: need a Rosetta stone for English. Barely speak English, you know. 447 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: At one point, as I said, I knew Hebrew and 448 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: all that, but I have want to be I know 449 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 1: a few words in Spanish living in Los Angeles. Just biasmosis. 450 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: You picked that up, right, You just picked that up 451 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: a little bit, Uh, and it's it's really spanguish at 452 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: this point, it spangs. I don't even know if I 453 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 1: answered Matt and Indy's original question about being on time. 454 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: I want to go back to that. Uh So, as 455 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: you know, I am buy the clock for the clock, 456 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: plausibly all about the clock on time, Mallory in my 457 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 1: civilian life, Matt, I am not on Lombardi time. Vincimbardi 458 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: legendary story. He believed that being on time was not 459 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: good enough, and you always had to be fifteen minutes early. 460 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin, the Old Coach and Jacksonville with the Giants, 461 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: he ripped that off from Lombardi. I'm not like that. 462 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: I like to be on time. I don't like to 463 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: be late. My wife also generally tries to be on time. 464 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: We have relatives. I have a cousin of mine who 465 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,479 Speaker 1: I love, who just moved into the area where I 466 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: now live, and we catch up and she is habitually late. 467 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: But it's good because it reminds me of her mom, 468 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: because her mom was like that too. And I'm you know, 469 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: if you follow your parents as much as you say 470 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: when you're a kid, you know I'm not gonna be 471 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: like my mom. And I'm not gonna be like my dad. 472 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: There's one day you wake up and having epiphany and 473 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: you're like, crap, I'm doing that. My dad used to 474 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: do that. I'm doing that. My mom used to do that. 475 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: But my mom was always on time, and her sister 476 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: was always late, and I'm on time and her daughter, 477 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: who's my cousin, is often be sure to catch live 478 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: editions of The Ben Maller Show week days at two 479 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: am Eastern Pacific. Moving on, dog handler Dale from Orlando, Right, 480 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: so we had we had our guy from Miami's and 481 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: I guess we're big in Orlando anyway, Dale writes, and 482 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: he says, recently, I have fallen down the the rabbit 483 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: hole here of binge watching conspiracy theory documentaries on YouTube. Lately, 484 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: I've been watching documentaries about nine eleven, big Foot, and 485 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: several other interesting topics. It got me wondering, Ben, what 486 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: conspiracy do you wish that you knew the answer to? 487 00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: So this is a good question. Now be careful, Dale, 488 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: because conspiracy theories have been weaponized. And if you tell 489 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: too many people Dale that you enjoyed conspiracy theories, you 490 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: will be called an extremist. You will be called all 491 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: kinds of nasty names, uh and polite society political, it's 492 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: been politicized. But I enjoyed conspiracy theories also, and I'm 493 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: not watch a lot of those documentaries on YouTube. But 494 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: to answer a question Dale, the one that there's two 495 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: that are on on this number one would be Roswell 496 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: New Mexico. Did aliens drop down and Roswell New Mexico 497 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: many many years ago. I am of the belief that 498 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: that happened, and I I do believe that that is 499 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: not I don't I don't think that it didn't happen. No, 500 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: I think it happened. Uh. And I don't think it's 501 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: fair you are fake. No, I believe it is legit. 502 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: And my hypothesis has been since that date. Look at 503 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: the while and crazy things that have happened, and how 504 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: rapidly in the Western world humanity has progressed with the 505 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: technology we have available. Now, I look at this, this 506 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: iPhone and the computer that you're probably listening to this 507 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: on some kind of device, whatever your your smartphone is 508 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: or however you're listening to this, maybe it's some other way. 509 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 1: But I'm just amazed by and this technology and how 510 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: quickly it has changed considering what it was like a 511 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: hundred years before. Roswell. I just think that that that 512 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: is legit, and they re engineered alien technology somehow to 513 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: create what we have. I'd like to know if that's 514 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: true or if I've just I've taken stupid pills and 515 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: I'm a big dumb dumb uh and I should put 516 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: on my bows of the clown nose and all that. 517 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: So that's the first one. The second documentary dale that 518 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: I would love to know if it's what happened, is 519 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: dB Cooper D. B. Cooper. This is one of the 520 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: great documentaries. I've read books on this, I've read many 521 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: stories online, I've watched documentaries. It is fascinating that that incident, 522 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: the hijacking of a plane from the Northwest, lead to 523 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: the change of all airlines used to get on airlines 524 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: in the back on the planes in the back, and 525 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: they got rid of that because dB Cooper jumped out 526 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 1: of the back of the plane. The famous story that 527 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: he was flying. He demanded money, he demanded ransom. He 528 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: held people hostage on the plane and they gave him 529 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: the money, figuring they'd get the money back when eventually 530 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: they catch the guy. He took off and then jumped 531 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 1: out of the plane randomly in the Pacific Northwest and 532 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: was never found again. They never found the money, and 533 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: many people have died on their deathbed said they were 534 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: dB Cooper. There have been some people that believe they 535 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: cracked the case. I think one one was a police 536 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: investigation by former law enforcement people. We talked about that 537 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: on this podcast a while back, who claimed that it 538 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: was a done deal. They had they had solved and 539 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: cracked the case. And uh, I'd like to know what 540 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: really happened, maybe even go back and be on the 541 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: plane and like C. D. B. Cooper and and find 542 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: out what what happens. It really was. It really as 543 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: good an amazing tale as has been told by the 544 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: storytellers over the years. Who else do you have? Fred 545 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: in Spring Texas? Is to either one of you speak 546 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: foreign languages? Was a solo act thread And I just 547 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 1: said I don't. I do not. Dave in Toronto right 548 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: so and he says, hey, hey, Bett, would you recommend 549 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 1: towing an electric generator during vacations? If all we have 550 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 1: all we have our electric vehicles. Yeah, that's what the 551 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: political class right as telling us that we have to 552 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: have electric vehicles that we're gonna we're gonna run out 553 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: of fossil fuels. Uh yeah, alright, Uh, good luck on that. 554 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 1: I've had an electric car in the past. I'm not 555 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: against electric cars, but I'm also not against fossil fuels. 556 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:21,919 Speaker 1: I think everything in moderation, everything in moderation, and there's 557 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: still a place for for those cars that use gasoline. 558 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 1: And I I hope I live a long life. I 559 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: hope I live to see the date. I know. I 560 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 1: live in a place in America here California, where they've 561 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 1: said by X year they're gonna get rid of gasoline. 562 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 1: They're not gonna produce gasoline cars anymore. It's all gonna 563 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: be electric, and we're all driving Tesla's or whatever the 564 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:54,280 Speaker 1: hot electric car the day is. And I will believe 565 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: it when it happens. I believe what happens. All Right, 566 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: that's enough mail. Thank you all for contributing, and again 567 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: we'll have some big news coming up on the Fifth 568 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: Hour podcast and the questions. We had a fair amount 569 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: this week. 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