1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: Kubbooms. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. Wow to the Clearinghouse 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: of hot takes, break free for something special. The Fifth 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 2: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 3: The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Mahler and Danny g Radio, 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 3: A Happy Saturday to you. 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: We have arrived here. 13 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 3: The twenty first day of the month of June, a 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 3: celebration of National Selfie Day today. And I've been doing 15 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 3: this podcast long enough that I recall this day. I 16 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 3: don't know if we did this last year or a 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 3: couple of years ago, but it is National Selfie Day. 18 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 3: And the stat on this, the fun fact on this 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 3: which blows me away. The first selfie widely credited to 20 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 3: somebody named Robert Cornelius, and who the f was Robert 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 3: cornelis He was an American chemist and is considered one 22 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: of the founding fathers of photography, which kind of obvious. 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 3: He's one of the first people to do a selfie. Now, 24 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 3: the thing about this, this goes all the way back 25 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: to eighteen thirty nine. This guy, Robert Cornelius, had to 26 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 3: sit still, perfectly still for ten to fifteen minutes to 27 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 3: create the first intentional self portrait. So imagine in eighteen 28 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 3: thirty nine what the world must have been like. I mean, 29 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: that's only sixty some odd years A little over that, 30 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 3: the birth of America and the world's first selfie. Robert 31 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: Cornelius the earliest form of photography utilizing natural light and 32 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: silver transfers, and it was born. And it wasn't from 33 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 3: that point until the nineteen seventies, So from eighteen thirty 34 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 3: nine to the nineteen seven so we're talking about one 35 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:20,119 Speaker 3: hundred and thirty some odd years. And then ted all 36 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 3: about the digital. It was all about the digital. A 37 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 3: company came up with a way to do digital photography, 38 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: the dawn of the digital age. The first digital camera 39 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 3: was invented in nineteen seventy nine, and then it wasn't 40 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 3: until another decade plus that the first global social media 41 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: website started, MySpace. MySpace is huge, as my old colleague 42 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: Karen Kay said back in the day, and Facebook debuted 43 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 3: in the early two thousands, and so that was that 44 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: was the beginning. And then the next big change was 45 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 3: in two thousand and two the Nokia Phone and the 46 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 3: Sanyo Phone. They debuted camera phones, and then ever since 47 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 3: then watch out. There is no stopping, no stopping the selfies. 48 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 3: So today National Selfie Day. On this podcast, though, we 49 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 3: go swimming with the marlin. Swimming with the marlin, as 50 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 3: in the Marlin Man, and who goofed? I've got to know? 51 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 3: The phone edition, who Goofed? I've got to know? And 52 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 3: we'll have some phrases, probably more than one phrase of 53 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 3: the day, but we'll begin with this. So, once upon 54 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 3: a time, a very long time ago, a strange thing. 55 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: Happened on a very high mountain in the north Woods. 56 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 3: That was early on a random Sunday night or late 57 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 3: on a Saturday, and yours truly was lounging around. It's 58 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 3: very early or very late, depending on how you look 59 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 3: at these things, and the decision was made to take 60 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 3: a bath to decompress from the week that was. The 61 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 3: wife was away, she was at work, she was working 62 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 3: an extra shift, so I was alone. Got a random text, 63 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 3: I'm in the bathtub and I get a text and 64 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 3: it's from a number that I had not received a 65 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 3: text from in some time. And I was like, oh, 66 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 3: who's this And their name pops up and it says Lawrence, 67 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: and I was like, wait a minute, I know Lawrence. 68 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 3: I only know one person named Lawrence, and it's not 69 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence in my life. 70 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: In my phone. 71 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 3: There's one person in my phone, I believe right now 72 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 3: named Lawrence. And he goes by the moniker Martlin's Man. Now, 73 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 3: keep in mind, I had not heard from mar Oland's 74 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 3: Man in many, many months. I had not seen Marlin's 75 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 3: Man in a couple of years. So he sends me 76 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: a text. He says, Hey, I'm heading to Los Angeles. 77 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 3: I'm on a plane. I'm at the airport here in Florida. 78 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 3: I'm flying on a very early morning flight to his time, 79 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: heading to California, and I'm going to beat the Dodger game. 80 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: It's the primetime Sunday night game Dodgers in Los Angeles 81 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 3: and they're playing the Padres or not the Pidters, the Giants. 82 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 3: He says, are you going to the game. 83 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: I'd like to see you? 84 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 3: So all right back, I said, listen, I'm very excited 85 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 3: that you're going to be at a Dodger games. I 86 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 3: haven't seen you in. 87 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: A long time. 88 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 3: I'm very happy for that, but I will not be 89 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 3: at the game. I then explained how the Dodgers had 90 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 3: cut me off. They had stonewalled me the PR department 91 00:05:55,400 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 3: for the Dodgers since they got Shohio Tani. Despite almost 92 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 3: thirty years of covering the Dodgers, they decided that I 93 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 3: was not worthy of being there on a regular basis. 94 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 3: So a few minutes later I sent that to Marlin's man. 95 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 3: I explained the whole deal. I said, listen, I've been 96 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 3: replaced by seven reporters from different news outfits in Japan, 97 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 3: and I get it. They're making more money. I guess 98 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 3: they don't value the overnight show, which is on a 99 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 3: station which is almost owned, like half of it by 100 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 3: the Dodgers. Anyway, So Marlin's man text me back and 101 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 3: he says, hey, listen, I want you to go to 102 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 3: the game. 103 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: I'll get your ticket. You want to go, I'll get 104 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: you a ticket right next to me. 105 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 3: And without missing a beat. Now I had other plans. 106 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 3: I said, hell, yes, yes, what time do I need 107 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 3: to be there? It was that simply said, listen, do 108 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 3: you still have the same email. I'm gonna transfer the 109 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 3: ticket over to you. So he sent me the ticket. 110 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 3: He didn't send me parking, which I'm okay with. So 111 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 3: I got to the stadium, and that in itself was 112 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 3: an issue because remember last weekend, the civil unrest was 113 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 3: going on. There was a lot of animosity. There's still 114 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 3: a lot of animosity in the LA area. But the 115 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,239 Speaker 3: off ramp, all of them, all the off ramps from 116 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 3: the one oh one Freeway, which is what I take 117 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 3: to get to downtown LA. 118 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: I normally will get off. 119 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 3: I know all the streets in LA because I used 120 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,119 Speaker 3: to live down there and I've been there a million 121 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 3: times to Dodger Stadium, and it's much easier to get 122 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 3: into Dodger Stadium from a couple of streets which are 123 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 3: not right off the freeway. 124 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: You get off the one oh. 125 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 3: One and you make your way through and you can 126 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 3: get there pretty quick. But the problem was everything was closed, 127 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 3: so all of the routes or routes that I normally 128 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 3: take to the ballpark I couldn't take. There were highway 129 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 3: patrol LAPD fully armed loaded all that blocking every on 130 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: ramp and off ramp. So this ended up adding about 131 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 3: two hours. Roughly, it was like an hour and a 132 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: half to two hours of my commute to the ballpark. 133 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 3: So I finally get there, and I realized that, wait 134 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 3: a minute, if I park here, it is going to 135 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 3: be a freaking nightmare. 136 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: And I like to save a couple of bucks when 137 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: I can. 138 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 3: So the Dodgers, they claim they don't own the parking 139 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 3: lots at Dodger Stadium and all that stuff, but whoever 140 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 3: does own the parking lots at Dodger Stadium is making 141 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 3: a killing because there is no real public transportation at 142 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 3: Dodger Stadium. You got to take a bunch of trains, planes, 143 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 3: buses and all that stuff. So the parking at Dodger 144 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 3: Stadium is forty dollars for general parking. 145 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: Forty bucks, all right. 146 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 3: So I remembered because I would park here back when 147 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 3: I was in good standing with the Dodgers. I would 148 00:08:55,720 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 3: park down the hill near the La Fire Academy, and 149 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 3: it's like a fire building. They have a gymnasium and 150 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 3: all that stuff, And that's the overflow parking. It's not 151 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 3: technically in Dodger Stadium property. It's down down, not at 152 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 3: the bottom all the way, but it's like halfway down 153 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 3: the hill, and. 154 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: So I go. 155 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 3: I was like, wait a minute, I can park here, 156 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 3: And I said, five dollars dollars twenty twenty five. 157 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: You can pay five dollars five dollars. 158 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 3: To pay for parking. Now, there was one problem that 159 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 3: I did not factor in. I did the arithmetic here 160 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 3: and I did not factor this in the problem. It 161 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 3: was a scorcher. It was like ninety five degrees in 162 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 3: Los Angeles on Sunday. And so I paid the woman 163 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 3: for the parking five dollars on the credit card, no cash, 164 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 3: and then I get out of the car and I 165 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 3: have to walk all the way up the hill. Now 166 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 3: this is a social event. I'm not working, so I 167 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 3: have to walk all the way up there. And I'm like, listen, 168 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 3: I'm in. I spend my time on the treadmill. 169 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: I can do that. It's not that I can't. 170 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 3: Do it, But how am I going to appear when 171 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: I get to Dodger Stadium on a ninety five degrade 172 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 3: degree day with no shade. So I start walking one 173 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 3: foot in front of the other. You know, that's how 174 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 3: all great journeys begin. I've read that somewhere. So by 175 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 3: the time I get to the ballpark, I am hand 176 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 3: to God. 177 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: Covered in sweat. 178 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 3: It appears that I've just taken a bath and my 179 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 3: clothes are drenched. So I get you use the ticket. 180 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 3: I get to the ballpark and I immediately go to 181 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 3: the bathroom on the reserve level. I go to the bathroom. 182 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 3: I then grab as many paper towels as I can 183 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 3: get my hands on as many of them, and I 184 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 3: start trying to dry myself off because I've got to 185 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 3: see Marlin's man, Lawrence, and I don't want to look 186 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 3: like a slub. So here I am grabbing these paper 187 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 3: towels and I'm in a fever pitch, trying to drive 188 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 3: myself off the glamorous life of a big time overnight 189 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 3: radio star unless I'm not. But I'm sitting in the 190 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 3: front row. All the rich people, all the big shots, 191 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 3: they sit down there. So I then had to find 192 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 3: Marlin's man. This was a problem. I couldn't find it. 193 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 3: I get down all the way down, I take the 194 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 3: escalators down. I actually ran into Rick Monday, and I 195 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 3: explained to Rick. On my way down, I said Rick 196 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 3: real quick, I waved him. He was kind of surprised 197 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 3: to see me. I've known Rick for many many years 198 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 3: since I was a kid, and Rick was kind of 199 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: taking it back, and I just quickly said, I said, listen, 200 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 3: I'm not really allowed out here much anymore, but I. 201 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: Just want to say hello, something along those lines. And 202 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: then that was it. 203 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 3: So again I'm still covered in sweat. I'm trying to 204 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 3: find Marlin's man. I get down there, he's not there. 205 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 3: I send him a text. He doesn't right back, so 206 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 3: I'm looking around now. The good thing is he always 207 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 3: wears that orange Marlin shirt. He has the orange hat, 208 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 3: and so he stands out like a throbbing orange thumb. 209 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: All these people were in Dodger blue. 210 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: There were a few Giants fans, and then there's Marlins 211 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: Man and he's wearing his orange Marlin's Jersey's got the 212 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 3: signature hat, the whole thing, which at one point about 213 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 3: six or seven years ago was a very popular Halloween 214 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 3: costume for many many years. And he was also late 215 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 3: because of the traffic in downtown. 216 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: La, the civil unrest and all. 217 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 3: He had the same issues I had, except he had 218 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 3: it worse because he is not familiar. He only comes 219 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 3: to La occasionally, not very awful. So we finally a 220 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 3: long story short, we finally connect. Now keep in mind, 221 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 3: in between the time I'm waiting for Marlin's Man, I 222 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 3: grabbed a single cup of ice water to try to 223 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 3: cool down my internal temperature. I then go back to 224 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 3: the luxury bathroom. 225 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: Where all like the rich f's. 226 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 3: Hangout, like all the very important people hang out, and 227 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 3: I'm I'm still sweaty. 228 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: What do you think I did? 229 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 3: That's right, yes, I grabbed a bunch of paper towels 230 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 3: and started wiping the shits, as my grandfather would say, 231 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 3: off my body. I was still worried about my appearance. 232 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 3: I was like, this is embarrassing, and I got a 233 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 3: good deal, I say, thirty five dollars on parking. However, 234 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 3: I ended up looking like I had been in hot 235 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 3: yoga and it was It was awkward. So again we 236 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 3: connected Marlin's Man, and fortunately he didn't seem to notice 237 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 3: that my clothing was still drying. He was very cordial, 238 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 3: very polite, dapper man, Marlin's Man with the orange outfit, 239 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 3: and he's also a very big tipper. Marlin's Man's got 240 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 3: a couple of bucks, so he's a very big tipper. 241 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 3: And he takes care of the people that work at 242 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 3: the different ballparks, and so everyone when he walks in, 243 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,479 Speaker 3: like there's a battle between the people that serve the food. 244 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: And there's like a pecking order. 245 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 3: And I've been there enough with Marlin's Man over the years, 246 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 3: where this is the Kramdala Krem. The richest of the 247 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 3: rich get these tickets buying on plate and some very 248 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 3: wealthy people in La that work at movie studios and 249 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 3: our executives at tech companies and our so But Marlin's 250 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 3: Man when he walks in, the waiters come over. They 251 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 3: want him to work with them because you know, he'll 252 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 3: get any table he wants, but he'll pay a large 253 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 3: amount in terms of tipping. 254 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: So he hooks us up. The server. The gentleman who 255 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: came up hooks us up. I think his name was 256 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: d or something. 257 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 3: Anyway, he hooked us up with a table and it 258 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 3: was a freeloaders paradise, freeloaders paradise. I went for the 259 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: chicken palm sandwiches. Now there was some high end seafood, 260 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 3: really good seafood if you're into that kind of thing, 261 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 3: which many of. 262 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: The people there were enjoying. 263 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 3: And I went for the chicken parm sandwich where they 264 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 3: were a chef's kiss, the perfect ratio of chicken, not 265 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 3: too thick, not too thin, fried to perfection, covered in nice, 266 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 3: delicious cheese. And then they had the perfect sauce sauce 267 00:15:58,280 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 3: to chicken. 268 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,119 Speaker 1: The cheese ratio. 269 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 3: I also had some chicken enchiladas. Why not little garlic 270 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 3: Little Mexican had some garlic bread with the chicken palm 271 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 3: and the enchiladas and all that. 272 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: Like a hodgepodge. 273 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 3: I just it's like a pot luck, except there was 274 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 3: a lot of luck, a lot of luck, and so 275 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 3: it was a hodgepodge of goodness. It was delicious, and 276 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 3: I tossed in some Father Day Father's Day cupcakes. They 277 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 3: had this big spread of cupcakes. I posted some photos 278 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 3: on social media. It was a marvelous culinary experience. Now 279 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 3: I should also point out, and it is interesting to 280 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 3: note that I was not there as just the only 281 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 3: guest of. 282 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: Marlin's Man, Because when Marlin's. 283 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 3: Man goes to a game, Lawrence likes to socialize and 284 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 3: he always invites a group of people and we become 285 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 3: friends for that day and over the years going to 286 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 3: these games, I have befriend did everyone from executives at companies, 287 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 3: major companies that have gone here, to models, you name it, 288 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 3: and it's like a whole you never know who's going 289 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,439 Speaker 3: to be there. So Marlin's man invited a couple of 290 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 3: his other friends, and one was an actor who has 291 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 3: been in a bunch of random roles, like one of 292 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 3: those guys you kind of know who he is, but 293 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 3: you're not really sure. He also worked at a high 294 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 3: profile job in Stanford, Connecticut, traveled around with professional. 295 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 1: Wrestling, so he was there. 296 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 3: And then the other gentleman also worked in entertainment as well. 297 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 3: Both these guys were living in New York. Now, the 298 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 3: other guy that was I'm not really familiar with exactly 299 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 3: what he did, but he he ended up. He ended 300 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 3: up originally from LA. He moved to New York and 301 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 3: he had a lot of money. And I'm not giving 302 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 3: any names here, so tell some more details. But the 303 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 3: other guy was looking to buy a place, like he 304 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 3: flew out, went to the Dodger game and he's like 305 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:08,959 Speaker 3: telling him. 306 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, I'm looking to buy a place. 307 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 3: In LA And he's like explaining that he's gonna buy 308 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 3: a like a high end luxury condo and so I 309 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 3: was like, oh, you got that kind of money. 310 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: He's like, you know, you buy a house. 311 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 3: And then he's explaining, He's like, yeah, I got a 312 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 3: lot of my friends have had home invasion robberies, which 313 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 3: has been a big problem. A lot of it doesn't 314 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 3: get reported on since they try to downplay that stuff. 315 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: They try to keep it on the down low. 316 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 3: The athlete thing gets reported a lot when their houses 317 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 3: get broken into. 318 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: It anyway, So the guy's like, yeah, I'm looking at some. 319 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 3: Real estate here and I decided to go to the game. 320 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 3: And he's like a Yankees fan, but he's okay with 321 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 3: the Mets. The other guy's a Mets fan and he's 322 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 3: okay with the Yankees, which is odd, right, He's odd 323 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 3: because the guy that's the the guy's the Yankees fan lives. 324 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: He's from Long Island, and anybody that knows New York, 325 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: I mean from there. I've got family there. 326 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 3: The rule is generally, if you're in the city or 327 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 3: a Yankee fan, and if you're over on the side 328 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 3: there on Long Island, you are a fan of the 329 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 3: Mets because that's the local team. Anyway, things are all messing. 330 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 3: So that was the group of people that I was with, 331 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 3: and we were schmoozen wall eating, and even though I 332 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 3: am a full on introvert and it's very awkward for 333 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 3: me to converse with random people that I've never met, 334 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 3: I actually enjoyed the conversation. 335 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: You know, there's a couple of guys talking ball. You know, 336 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: we were talking ball. 337 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 3: We were all talking about what we do for our careers, 338 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 3: and Marlin's Man was really pumping me up, which made 339 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 3: me feel good because these guys were kind of big 340 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 3: shots and he was pumping me up. He's a fan 341 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 3: of the show and he misses Eddie and we were 342 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 3: talking about some of the old days on the show 343 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 3: when he called in and all this stuff. Now, a 344 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 3: lot of what we talked about is not fit for broadcasts, 345 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 3: and it's the private conversation and I'm not going to 346 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 3: talk about that. But Marlin's Man told some stories, some 347 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: I'd heard, some I had not heard. He also knows 348 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 3: a lot of very important people at Major League Baseball. 349 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 3: Marlin's Man because of his job in his real life 350 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 3: and his travels around baseball. 351 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: Everyone knows him because of the outfit and he's a 352 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: very nice guy. 353 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 3: And so he is around people that tell him stuff 354 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 3: like the inner workings of Major League Baseball. And so 355 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 3: he'll tell me things he's heard. You know, who knows 356 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 3: if it's true or not. I believe most of it's 357 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 3: probably very true because things he's told me in the 358 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 3: past have happened long after that. Unfortunately, I cannot use 359 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 3: that stuff on the air because I'll get cut off. 360 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: So it's one of those weird things. 361 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 3: Like I know stuff that's going to happen, yet I 362 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 3: can't do it. And I'm not a journalist. I'm a 363 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 3: talk showist. I'm an opinion guy. Talk show is a 364 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 3: columnist on the radio. We're not there to report the news. 365 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 3: We are just there to give opinions on what happens 366 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 3: and to occasionally going to no Stradamus mode, distant relative 367 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 3: of no Stradamus, friend of no stradenis and all that stuff. 368 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 3: So he told me some stuff I can't repeat. So 369 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 3: then it's right before first pitch, and about twenty minutes 370 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 3: before first pitch, we're still inside because very hot Marlin's 371 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,239 Speaker 3: man Lawrence is like, listen, we're gonna go out right 372 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 3: before the game. It's too hot. I did this before 373 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 3: when I was hot. Here there's no shade. We're just 374 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 3: gonna wait. Okay, fine, so there you go, and we 375 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 3: my phone starts blowing up. I was getting all these 376 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 3: messages about half an hour before the game. 377 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: I told the story a. 378 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 3: Little bit on the radio, but found out first one 379 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 3: in the group to find out that the Higants had 380 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 3: traded with the Boston Red Sox for Raffie Devers. And 381 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 3: then that became buzz. Everyone was talking about. They were 382 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 3: putting their cupcakes and their cookies down, and they're like, 383 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 3: can you believe this? Unbelievable. So we watched the game, 384 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 3: had a good time. He had a lot of junk 385 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 3: food during the game as well. The Dodgers ended up 386 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: winning the game, and Marlin's Man. 387 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: Had told us, he says, listen, let's get out of here. 388 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: There's like one out to go in the ninth finning 389 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: or whatever is. He got to get out of here. 390 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: So I did what I was told to do. 391 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 3: Part of the group we left again one out before 392 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 3: the game endn't and Marlin's Man had to get out 393 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 3: of Dodge and get out of the ballpark. Hit back 394 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 3: to lax for a flight to Florida. He also attended 395 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 3: the Florida Panthers clinching the Stanley Cup on Tuesday night. 396 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 3: He was sent me a bunch of photos from the celebration. 397 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 3: He's sitting right against the glass at the game. Now, 398 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 3: leaving Dodger Stadium was also a bit of an opposite go. 399 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 3: I had the same issue I had coming into Dodger 400 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 3: Stadium with a slight change. 401 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: Now, as you might remember, because I just told the 402 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: story a few minutes ago. Since I parked. 403 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 3: Down the hill the cheap five dollars a lot, I 404 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 3: was able to circumvent much of the traffic. Unfortunately, not 405 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 3: only were the off ramps closed, the on ramps to 406 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 3: the highway were closed. So this presented a problem. I 407 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 3: was at the mercy of the LAPD and the Traffic 408 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 3: Department of Los Angeles, La City to direct me on 409 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,479 Speaker 3: where I needed to go. They decided it would be 410 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 3: fun to f with with Ben. 411 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: How did they decide to f with Ben? 412 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 3: Well, the roads were all closed, and so they directed 413 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 3: me through downtown Los Angeles and the people that were 414 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 3: very upset with ice were there and they were making 415 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 3: a lot of noise. This was like the ground zero 416 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 3: for the protesting. You had cops on one side, you 417 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 3: had people on the other side. 418 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: I've never seen that. 419 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 3: Many Mexican flags, even in Mexico, but they were holding 420 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 3: up their flags and a lot of foul signs, upset 421 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 3: with the cops. It was quite the show. Quite the show. 422 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 3: I did not expect to be in the show. Now 423 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 3: nothing happened to me. I was stunned, though. How many 424 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 3: buildings had f this f that graffiti on them. I'm 425 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 3: pretty sure the people doing the graffiti, that's the only 426 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 3: thing they know how to write on the wall. At 427 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 3: this point, what an I saw what an iesore and 428 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 3: it was disappointing. There's some really nice buildings that were 429 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 3: totally jacked up. It made me a little sick, a 430 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 3: little nauseated. And I know all that stuff will eventually 431 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 3: be cleaned up and it'll cost a lot of money. 432 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 3: But I did make my way out of the matters. 433 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 3: Now I had to head back to the mother ship 434 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 3: because there was show to do. I had a talk 435 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 3: show to do, So I left and made my way 436 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 3: to the station, and then I went all the way 437 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 3: in the back to the very very back where the 438 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 3: door is broken, and proceeded to prepare the final elements 439 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 3: for the overnight show. So that was my trip with 440 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 3: Marlin spent this week. 441 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: Who Goofed? I've got to know? Who Goofed? I've got 442 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: to know. 443 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 3: And they did fix the phones finally on Friday, but 444 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 3: it was a bit of a long week. In fact, 445 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 3: you might be able to tell here we are even 446 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 3: on a Saturday, and my voice is. 447 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: Still a little a little off, a little off. 448 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 3: And did a lot of extra talking on the talk show, 449 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 3: a lot of extra talking. So as you know, I'm 450 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 3: on my own. I lived the island life every night. 451 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 3: My partner in crime for years was Eddie Garcia. The 452 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 3: company determined that they decided to whack Eddie and they 453 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 3: didn't replace him, so they just put like you know, 454 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 3: recorded updates on so fine, I said, I. 455 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: Can do the show. I've always prepared to do the 456 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: show fin. 457 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 3: So kind of replacing Eddie, I will mix in phone 458 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 3: calls so it's not just my voice, because Coop doesn't 459 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 3: talk and Lorena doesn't talk that much, so I will 460 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 3: mix in callers as an element on the show. 461 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: So that's that's kind of the way I've been doing it. Well, 462 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 1: the phones are all messed. 463 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 3: Up, they're not working, so I just have to keep 464 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 3: calling and going and the you know, the do hickey, 465 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 3: We couldn't get that working. The thing I'm a bob 466 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 3: wasn't what right, the gadget malfunction. 467 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: You know, the mercy of the equipment. 468 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 3: And this was actually the phone company. 469 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: They were the ones that had f this up. 470 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 3: I don't know how that happens, but it happened, and 471 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 3: we made it through the week, barely made it through 472 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 3: the week. Somehow blind Scott was able to get in. 473 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 3: He got in, and I think it was Eric, the 474 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 3: introvert from the train town in Illinois. He got in 475 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 3: multiple times. But I was getting email from super fans 476 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 3: of the show that called the show very upset. 477 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: They think that I was involved in this. They were like, 478 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: oh man, you gotta fix the phone. I gotta get it, 479 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: like this is. 480 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 3: Their hobby, is calling the show and being a character 481 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 3: on the show, and they were very upset and they 482 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 3: demanded that I fix it, like I have some kind 483 00:27:54,359 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 3: of technical expertise, which, by the way, spoiler alert, I don't. 484 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 3: But somebody fixed the phones, so we should be good 485 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 3: for another I don't know, twenty five years until the 486 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 3: phone's break again, and then we'll move on to something else. 487 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 3: Time now for the phrase of the day. That's right, 488 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 3: the phrase of the day. 489 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,959 Speaker 1: The phrase of the day. A two for one blowout. 490 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 3: Special will start with the phrase of the day, happy wife, 491 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 3: happy life. Happy wife, happy life. So to have a 492 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 3: good life, it has been said you need to have 493 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 3: a good wife. And when the wife in a family 494 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 3: is happy, then everyone else is happy. And if a 495 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 3: wife is not happy, no one's happy. Now that phrase, 496 00:28:54,640 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 3: happy wife, happy life, it goes back. I did research 497 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 3: on this. It goes all the way back to nineteen 498 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 3: o three, but not before that. There's no documentation of 499 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 3: that before nineteen o three. 500 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: And it is interesting the node as. 501 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 3: The late Great Vin Scilly would say that in nineteen 502 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 3: oh three in the final verse of a a choice 503 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 3: bit of doggerel called the work of wages party, where 504 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 3: the words have been not more than a congarease, but 505 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 3: used in expressing casualty. It's a lot of mumbo jump, 506 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 3: but that makes sense. 507 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: But here's what it said. 508 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 3: It said, I'm a work and wages party man, like 509 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 3: a political group. I say that's what I am. You'll 510 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 3: find me true and hearty man, for that is what 511 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 3: I am. Now let's rejoice to end the strife with 512 00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 3: all the kids in Clover. A happy wife, a happy life, 513 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 3: that's the line, and a jolly good turnover. 514 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: So courier research done concerning this particular phrase. 515 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 3: The belief is the phrase happy wife, happy life obviously 516 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 3: a true idiom, but it comes to describe obviously what 517 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 3: family's going all the way back to the late eighteen hundreds. 518 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 1: Which phrase was actually used. 519 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 3: Way before in nineteen oh three. It just wasn't in 520 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 3: document documented writing until nineteen oh three. Anyway, the woman's 521 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 3: mood needs to be good or else no one's happy 522 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 3: in the family. Now I mentioned a two for one blowout, 523 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 3: a sale on the phrase of the day. How about 524 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 3: chill pill? Chill pill, that imaginary pill, calming and soothing, 525 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 3: a medication used to relax. Now, this is a colloquialism 526 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 3: that is used when someone is worked up into a lather. 527 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: Down. Dude, take a chill pill. Take a chill pill. 528 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 3: Now, it turns out the term was actually first used 529 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 3: all the way back in the eighteen hundreds, way back then, 530 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 3: describing a pill that was meant to fight off literally 531 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 3: the chills that were associated with a high fever. So 532 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 3: if you had a fever, you took this pill, and 533 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:24,640 Speaker 3: it's a chill pill. 534 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: You'd stop dealing with that. 535 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 3: It contained a bunch of random medicines. Even some black 536 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 3: pepper oil was in there. And this was very little 537 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 3: relation to the chill pills of the nineteen eighties. These 538 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 3: were prescribed for children who were believed to have suffered 539 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 3: from ADHD eight, and the thought is by some that 540 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 3: the two were related in some way maybe a stretch. However, 541 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 3: other people believe it is related. So the term chill 542 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 3: became popular in the late seventies. Today, chill pill is 543 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 3: used or chill out when needing someone to calm down. 544 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: It's like, hey, just take a chill pill. Just just 545 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 1: do it. Just take a chill pill, all right. That 546 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: is that, We'll put the baby to bed. 547 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 3: I will have a mail bag for you on the 548 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 3: Fifth Hour podcast. I don't know if Danny's going to 549 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 3: be there or not, but we'll have the mail bag 550 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 3: either way tomorrow on Sunday. Have a wonderful, glorious rest 551 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 3: of your Saturday. Got an NBA Finals Game seven tomorrow? 552 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 3: Tomorrow tomorrow? 553 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: Will the thunder choke this away? Is Indiana? 554 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 3: They're gonna steal a championship from OKC developing hot dot 555 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 3: dot dot. 556 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: We will talk about that. 557 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 3: More as we get into it, and the mail bag 558 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 3: and all that. I have you a wonderful day. We'll 559 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 3: talk to you next time. And as Danny would say, 560 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 3: asta pasta laid skater, and I would say, a rivaderce. 561 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: Aloha by Felicia