1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: of the old Republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse, the Clearinghouse of hot 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere. That's right, 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: you've stumbled upon the Fifth Hour with Ben Maller and 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: Danny g Radio. Because let's face, four hours a night, 10 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: five days a week, clearly on enough bonus coverage here 11 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: on the fifth Hour. Very exciting, I know it's true. 12 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: Calm down, Calm down, and Danny. This is one of 13 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: my favorite shows of the week. It's the mail Bag, 14 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: mail Bag Bag. It's been a beautiful weekend already, Sports 15 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: with Coleman uh Saturday shows a lot of fun, there's 16 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: NFL preseason in action, and then you got the Fifth 17 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: Hour on Sunday for the mail Bag. Mail Bag, mother sucker. 18 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: That's right, it's all you need and the proper way 19 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: to start the mail Bag. There's only one way to 20 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: do it, and we have to strike up the band, Ohio, 21 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: al it's mail bag, alright, good job. I love that 22 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: right to the point that allows us to get to 23 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: the many many, many questions. Right, come back touching, it's 24 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: time for mail call. That is right. This is what 25 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: we call the mail bag. We do it every week. 26 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: If you'd like to contribute, you don't have to wait 27 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: five days to send a question. You can do it 28 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: right now now. We're not gonna read your question right now, 29 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: because we're not actually live right now is a podcast. 30 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: We will read it on the next show, if you know, 31 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: assuming we get it in time and all. But you 32 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: can email at any point. You can email right now, 33 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: five minutes from now, ten minutes from now, tomorrow, the 34 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 1: next day. But my experiences, if you don't do it 35 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: right now, you're gonna forget to do it. Real fifth 36 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: Hour at gmail dot com. Real fifth Hour at gmail 37 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: dot com. Or you can wait until Monday or Tuesday. 38 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: On the Facebook page which is Ben Maller's show, I'm 39 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: told no teenagers, no one under the age of seventy 40 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: is on Facebook, but I'm still on there to see 41 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: family and whatnot. But Facebook Ben Mallers Show on there. 42 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: You can check it out are we on TikTok? No, 43 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: we're not on TikTok? Are we on h There was 44 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: another one my nieces told me about just take a 45 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: photo of what you're doing at that moment, a snapshot, 46 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: And they're like, all your friends are supposed to take 47 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: a photo of what you're doing at that time. Have 48 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: you ever heard of this? Maybe you listening can help 49 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: us out on that. I just googled new social media discord. 50 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: We know about Twitch, Instagram reels, No, we know about Patreon. Yeah, 51 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: I don't know Twitter, Space. Let me see Spotify, green Room, Caffeine, No, 52 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: super Nova na clubhouse not clubhouse now, I don't know. 53 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: Maybe it's been around for a while and I don't know. 54 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: I just don't remember the name, but it's Yeah. My 55 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: my niece is in high school, so she's much cooler 56 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: than I am, quite far. She's got all the answers 57 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: to lights fine, and she shops at thrift stories. My 58 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: other niece is in college, so she's come on. Al Right, 59 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: the first too cool for you with all those holes 60 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: in their jeans. Damn right? All right, we start with 61 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: this one. Mike from Fullerton rights in and he says, hey, Ben, 62 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 1: you asked how I became a rabid fan of your show, 63 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: So I will say, oh, this is the big reveal 64 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: from Mike from Fullerton. Uh, he says, I've just been 65 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: an occasional sports radio listener until last summer when I 66 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: was looking for more things to listen to in the background, 67 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: I found a show I liked, but it was not yours, 68 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: he points out. It was Fox Sports Radio alumnus Steve 69 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: Mason and John Ireland Mason and Ireland show. Both of 70 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: them worked at Fox Sports Radio back in the day. 71 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: In fact, John Ireland, before he became the Laker broadcaster, 72 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: did a Saturday morning show with Steven A. Smith at 73 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Steven had not done much radio, they 74 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: worked together. I did updates on that show from time 75 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: to time. I do recall trying to touch up Stephen 76 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: as work. He did not appreciate that, but Steve Mason 77 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: also a Fox Sports Radio guy. Anyway, Mike says, I 78 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: mainly podcasted them at night, and I enjoyed it until 79 00:04:56,040 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: the NBA season started and all their whining and illusions 80 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: over the West Brick Lakers disaster got very annoying, so 81 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: I dropped him. How about that? He got rid of 82 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: Mason in Ireland. They've been on the radio and in in 83 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: l A for like three decades. He says, I put 84 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio on one night because I needed a 85 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: new show, and Yours was on. Brian Finley was filling in, 86 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: and Tennis arguments took over. It was great. Wow. I 87 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: became a fan of the show right away. You can 88 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: either thank or blame Brian Finley for that. I'm gonna 89 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: blame him. Uh And Mike says, I listened for a 90 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: few months without contributing anything until the Rams won the 91 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I was pumped up, so I called the 92 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: Instant Advice Line for the first time and started tweeting 93 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: the show that night. The reason I've been tweeting more 94 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: the last few months, he says, is just that I've 95 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: been around longer and I started talking to the other 96 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: super fans of the show. He says also enjoyed bugging 97 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: my friends with clips from the show. He also says, 98 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: if you're wondering how I am able to listen to 99 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: the show every night, it's pretty simple. I'm not very 100 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: outgoing and I work from home. That's like the perfect combination, right, 101 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: introvert work from home, check mate. He says, that's my story. 102 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: Keep up the great work man and YouTube Danny Gee. Well, 103 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: thank you, Mike. I am flattered. And I do like 104 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: Mike's sense of humor. He's got a very sarcastic, dry 105 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: sense of humor, which I enjoy very much. Are we 106 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: going to eat him at the Mallard Meat and Greece? 107 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: He said, he's not very outgoing and he's an introvert, 108 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: so probably not. Now. I I will say these things 109 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: I've done in the past. Usually what happens, and I 110 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: know this because I'm an introvert too, but I I 111 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: usually take some caffeine, so I'm bouncing off the walls 112 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: at these things. Normally there'll be a few fellow introverts 113 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: that will go to these things and sit by themselves, 114 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: kind of in the back act, because that's what we 115 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: do as introverts. Yeah, and so I'll try to as 116 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: much as I can go up and say hello if possible, 117 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: because I have that bond with the introvert, and so 118 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: there's a connection that we have and I understand the 119 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: language or the introvert. So anyway, I thank you Mike 120 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: for that. Keep it going on really quick, Ben, your niece, 121 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: is it be Real. Yes, there it is be Real. 122 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: You ever heard before? Yeah, I found this New York 123 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: Times article. It says this new social app is boring 124 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: in a good way. Once a day, at an unpredictable time, 125 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: be Real notifies its users that they have exactly two 126 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: minutes to post a pair of pictures. The feed is 127 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: mundane but also fun for now at least. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, 128 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: because we were at the beach and Uncle Benny, that's me, 129 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: I'm Uncle Benny. So we I had to be in 130 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: the photo with my niece. You know, she got the 131 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: notification while Yeah, we were hanging out in the the 132 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: beach cabana, which is just a tent, but we were 133 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: hanging out there and she's all, I gotta gotta post this, 134 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: And so we get to the bottom of everything on 135 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: this damn podcast. You want to answers, We gotta answers 136 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: Chris and Marrit Coca to Iowa writes in he says, 137 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: if you could choose where and how you will die, 138 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: what would it be? That's a very morbid question. On 139 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: the beach, watching the sunrise or in a warm bed? Uh? 140 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: Can I take none of the above? I don't know. 141 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you don't. You don't know how. 142 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: It's the surprise of life, the mystery of life. You 143 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: don't know how you're gonna die? Um, and do you 144 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: want to die suddenly? I have. It's a weird thing 145 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: because I have both experiences. My mom had breast cancer. 146 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: She was sick for many years, the last probably ten 147 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: years of her life. Most of it she was sick, 148 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: and then my dad was mostly healthy up until like 149 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: just a couple of days before he checked out. And 150 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: so I don't I don't know what's better. I I 151 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: felt like more with my mom. I got to say 152 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: goodbye to her, and we knew the end was coming. 153 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: My dad, I didn't really expect that he was not 154 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: going to make it. So that's a that's a tough 155 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: one to people say die in their sleep. But the 156 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: moment you die, don't you go like ah like that? Yeah, 157 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: I mean I guess if you Yeah, it's hard to 158 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: answer that question. But you would love to be surrounded 159 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: by your loved ones. Yes, And my mom got that, 160 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: which is great because we knew what was going to happen. 161 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: When my dad did not because of we had a 162 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: heart attack, but it was also because of COVID and 163 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: all that stuff. That's unfortunate. Chris also says when you 164 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: get mail delivered, changing the topic from from the mail delivery, 165 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: when you get mail delivered to your house and it 166 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: isn't yours, you a throw it away, be put it 167 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: in the correct mailbox, or see right, return to center 168 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: on it and put it back in your mailbox. Ps 169 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: go raiders. So the answer to that for me, Chris 170 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: is I will I don't throw it away unless let 171 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: me let me check that unless it's like junk mail. Yeah, like, 172 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: well this person, Why am I going to track down 173 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: this person? They're not gonna want this. But assuming it's 174 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't look like junk mail, I will try to 175 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: put it in the correct box. But if it's somewhere 176 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: I don't realize where it is and all that, I'll 177 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: just you know, do the return to center thing. But 178 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: I don't throw it away unless it's junk. Yeah, if 179 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: it's somebody you know in your neighborhood and they just 180 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 1: got a couple of the house or apartment numbers backwards, 181 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: then you walk it down and set it on their doorstep. 182 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: But if you could tell it's junk, you're right, you 183 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 1: throw that in the trash can. Yeah. The last thing 184 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: you want is a neighbor to bring you junk mail 185 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: and be like yeah, yeah, you didn't get this, but 186 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: here it is. I was like, no, no, no, no, no, 187 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: I don't need that exactly. Thanks for my phone bill. 188 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 1: I don't want that. It's junk mail. Yeah, I know 189 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: you pay it, Okay, I don't. I don't need that 190 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: at all. All right, what what the heck is wrong 191 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: with you? All right? What is next year? We do? Uh? 192 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: Next one, says dear Menace of night radio and die 193 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: no my Danny g. Oh, this is Neil from the 194 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: real Miami. He says. It has come to my attention 195 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: that you two utes are in a career surrounded by sausages. 196 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. I've been there. I spent 197 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: five years in the Marines. Fun real, not real, fun. 198 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: Question for you two utes? What other career do you 199 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: or did you dream of? For a taco party? Danny? 200 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: He says, Look at that? Is that the reason Danny 201 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: g got a gig at the school? Wow warm regard 202 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: from the other Sunshine state. Here Neil in Miami. So yeah, 203 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: how do you answer that when I what other career 204 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: would you do like a strip club. DJ. Well, I 205 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: was gonna say, and hopefully when you're thinking about work, 206 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: you're thinking with your big head, because I never thought about, well, 207 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: let me think about this career because there's gonna be 208 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: girls there. That's not how that works. Um. You know, 209 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: I was at FM radio stations, so that had a 210 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: combination of female and male DJs. But obviously he's right 211 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: about sports radio, it's predominantly male. But we don't go 212 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: to work to mac on anybody were we both have 213 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: significant others. First of all, I guess that hasn't stopped 214 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: some other dirt bags, but we're not. Neither of us 215 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: are like that. And No, to answer his question about 216 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: going to a school and working there or teaching at 217 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: a school, my experience with female teachers has not been 218 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: so amazing. I mean, I don't want to stereotype female teachers, 219 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: but uh, they're either granola cruncher's or they're very strict, 220 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: or they're very old or but I but I've never 221 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: gone to a campus thinking about, oh man, what teachers 222 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: are gonna be here. I'm thinking about, oh ship, what's 223 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: my lesson plan for this morning? How many kids are 224 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: going to be in this class. Yeah. Yeah, well he's 225 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: probably thinking like as when you're younger, you know, you 226 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: imagine okay, okay, the hot teacher or something like that. 227 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: Or uh, maybe I've been too serious with work then, 228 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: because I didn't think about that when I was a 229 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: kid either. Yeah. No, I had very old, cremudgeney teachers. 230 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: I did not have anyone mildly attractive who was a 231 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: teacher of mine, as I recall. Maybe I had a 232 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: substitute one time that was kind of cute, but other 233 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: than that, it was and you know, even if she 234 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: was cute, I mean I was. I was the bowling ball, 235 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: I was the beach ball. I mean, no, there's nothing 236 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: going on there at all. I got mail, yea, I 237 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: got mail Ya Berry from Music City, USA. He says, 238 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: yah yama, Man, Benny, yah yama, Benny. I am really 239 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: hoping that today, on this episode The Real Fifth Hour, 240 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: you will give us an update on Benny versus the Penny. 241 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: Come on, man, I also have you mentioned you have 242 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: mentioned rather Barry says, you have mentioned many times that 243 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: you like to bet on the NFL. Do you bet 244 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: on any other sports, either professional or college? I'll hang 245 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: up and listen Hello, l all right, so Barry, the 246 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: first thing is the Benny Versus the Penny thing is 247 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: all over the map. There's a possibility that will be 248 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: on this podcast. There's a chance it'll be on different platform. UM. 249 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: I am talking to a number of people about this, 250 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: and it's a very fluid situation. And I realized the 251 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: NFL season is less than a month away now, and uh, 252 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: I don't have anything locked down. I'm really at the 253 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: mercy of some very powerful people that I am caught 254 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: up as you as you know Danny, in the bureaucracy 255 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: of corporations, and you know, it's just the part of 256 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: the the way this stuff works. So there's also a 257 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: chance that Benny Versus the Penny might start out on 258 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: the podcast, and then at some point, since I own 259 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: that proper, I guess it could move to another platform 260 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: later on. Um. That's also on the table. Uh, And 261 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: so there's different possibilities. I was I was actually playing 262 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: around Dan. I don't know if we should tal about 263 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: this on the podcast, but if you do end up 264 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: being the Penny, at least at the beginning of the year, 265 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: I was thinking maybe there'd be a way we could 266 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: do this on a Twitch Feed recorded because a lot 267 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: of the fans of the show loved the live interaction 268 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: and that's a a big part of it. So I 269 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: thought maybe we could do something on Twitch and then 270 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: recorded off there and use it for the fifth hour 271 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: on the weekends, like, don't do it on a oneever time. 272 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: We'll just It's like I remember when Adam Corolla started 273 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: doing his podcast stuff. He just like tweet out, hey, 274 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: we're doing a live show called now ye that, like 275 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: we could do something like that. And then I'm pretty 276 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: sure I don't know about Barry's schedule, but I bet 277 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: you Alf the Adental Pineer would show up no matter when, 278 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: and and Justin and Cincinnati and just Josh and your 279 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: lover Rachel Brohlalla A right of course. So wow, she's 280 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: a wonderfully talented music shouldn't werelucky to have her? All Right, 281 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: come back pay Attuching, It's time for little speak of 282 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: the Devil, and he shall appear. Pierre from far far 283 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: away says, I will not be attending the Mallard meet 284 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: and greet in the o C Huh, how dare him? Pierre? 285 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: If you had started walking but have maybe made it 286 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: to Pennsylvania by the time the thing starts anyway, uh, 287 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: he says, ben I feel the need to clear the air. 288 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: Pierre writes, there's a lot of fake news surrounding me, 289 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: the Muppet militia and the Mallard militia. Here says, first off, 290 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: my burner account was inspired by the feud between Ernie 291 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: and the rest of the Muppet militia. I enjoyed the 292 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: playful attacks and am very sad that Ernie and the 293 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: rest of the Muppet parody accounts are gone. He says. 294 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: I was Switzerland in the skirmish and did not take sense. 295 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: For those of you the new to the show, I 296 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: had this guy, Ernie, the Great Opiner, who lived in 297 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 1: Michigan and was a super fan of the show and 298 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: contributed a lot of content, and he had Ernie from 299 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 1: Bergen Ernie as his avatar. And what happened on the 300 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: show was a number of other listeners got jealous that 301 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: this guy was getting all the attention, and they were 302 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: very annoyed, and so they started attacking him by coming 303 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 1: up with other Muppet accounts. Came out of nowhere, and 304 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: we thought it was funny, and then it just kept 305 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: happening one after another. It wasn't random after a while. 306 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: And I don't know if it was just one person 307 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: or if it was like fifty people, but it seemed 308 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,959 Speaker 1: like a lot of people had Muppet account and so anyway, Ernie, 309 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: it was all fun and games at first, and Ernie 310 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: was cool and all that, and then at some point 311 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: things went terribly wrong. And I'm not really sure what happened, 312 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: but some of these uninvited guests who became Muppet accounts 313 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: said they did something. Ernie claims he changed shifts, but 314 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: I think there's more to it. I think it goes 315 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: deeper than that. Danny, Yeah, I think it had something 316 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: to do with a certain snuffle up against Avatar. Well 317 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: maybe Oscar the Grouch came over and started ship talking 318 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: from his can food and then Ernie gotta you gotta 319 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: have thicker skin than that. Though there's a lot of 320 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: Oscar the Grouches in this world. Yeah. Yeah, and social 321 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: media is a cess pool anyway, We've known that since 322 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: that one. And you know, people do stuff just to 323 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 1: get attended. Do you see the video that went viral 324 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: this week of the guy that went up to uh, 325 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,879 Speaker 1: this NBA player in the candy shop and he's like 326 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook, Russell Westbrook, I love you, Russell Westbrook. And 327 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: it was Ben Simmons. Yeah, yeah, And so I think 328 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: I was just being a dick. And there was the 329 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: other one, Chris Paul. Chris Paul. Yeah, it was the 330 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: same thing. And so you know there's some guys asked 331 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: not you got the wrong NBA player or whatever, but 332 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: it was like just doing it. Get social media cloud. Yeah, 333 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: they're being funny. All right. Back to the message from Pierre, 334 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: he says, as far as me bullying members of the 335 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: Malla misia, that is also fake news. I have been 336 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: very supportive to others new and old, to the Malley Militia. 337 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: As far as my question, this is probably aimed towards 338 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: the great Danny J. Pierre says, as he once sat 339 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: in Roberto's chair as well as Coops. Every day I 340 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: listened too much to the live show and then I 341 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: download and listened all four hours at work. How about this? Yeah, 342 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 1: dream listenership for us right there? God bless you, Pierre. 343 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: What do you think Pierre does for work? What kind 344 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: of work do you think Pierre listens to the radio? Yeah, yeah, 345 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: you monetize that. I'm a pro radio listener. Yeah, my 346 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: question is why does some audio get dropped from the pod? 347 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: I e. Certain sound effects, music, or even crew members audio. 348 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: Sometimes I'll hear you Ben conversing, but not the other 349 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: crew member. Yeah. Yeah, that doesn't happen a lot, because 350 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: when it does happen, it's a mistake. Usually, Yeah, unless 351 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: it's some copy written material that we know can't be 352 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: included in the podcast. But because of that, sometimes on 353 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,239 Speaker 1: the board we call them pots pot not because we 354 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: smoke them smoke weed. It's an abbreviation. And that's the 355 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: line on the board that you turn up and down. 356 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: They're settings above that, each line on the control board, 357 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: and you can either feed it to the live air 358 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: and the podcast, or you could press that button to 359 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: not feed it to the podcast. So, for instance, when 360 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: we play rejoined music, that's not fed to the podcast. 361 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 1: And sometimes you'll play a sound effect or something like that, 362 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: or you'll accidentally have that button off on a microphone 363 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,959 Speaker 1: up at top and so that's not fed to the podcast. 364 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: We look back later and we see a gap in 365 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: the podcast, We're like, oh, ship, what was supposed to 366 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: be right there? And then I'll say, hey, Roberto, you're 367 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: not feeding X or Y to the podcast and he's like, 368 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: oh ship and he presses the button and gets it 369 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: back to the podcast. So no bumper music. What about 370 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: the Mallard music? We can put that on the podcast. Yeah, 371 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: if a listener sends us something that they personally created, 372 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: we can play that. If it's something that you or 373 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: I personally created, we can play that. But if it's 374 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 1: something that's copy written, we can't play that music on 375 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: a podcast. Yeah. And the company we work for, I heart, 376 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 1: they have to write a giant check to the record companies. Right, 377 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: is that it's as cap I think? Is that still 378 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: the outfit that controls the music the money. Every time 379 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: we play anything, we have to send money. And if 380 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 1: we were only allowed to a certain amount of music, 381 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: not to get two inside radio. But there's lots of 382 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: different rules. For instance, if we were like, hey, let's 383 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 1: have a Bob Marley Friday, we actually couldn't sit there 384 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: and play Bob Marley three or four times an hour 385 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: for an entire show. And also you're not allowed on 386 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: a network like us. We're not allowed to promote music 387 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 1: that's coming up because we're not a music station, So 388 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 1: we are actually not allowed to say oh, coming up next, 389 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna play this song. We can't do that. So 390 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: there's lots of little strange copyright rules. Yeah, and so 391 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 1: the company rights a giant check, one of those huge checks, 392 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,479 Speaker 1: and then they as cap Well, it's great. Imagine if 393 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: you're a musician and you write a hit song that 394 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: gets a lot of radio play, even like you can 395 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: do it when you're nineteen years old, eighteen, whatever it 396 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: might be, and you're getting you get a little bit 397 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: of money for the rest of your the rest of 398 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: your time. You're getting a litt chet Yeah. It's exactly 399 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: like how Coop still gets small checks from whenever they 400 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,479 Speaker 1: play his movie. How messed up are we though? Is 401 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: that the people in radio? Why didn't they do that 402 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,919 Speaker 1: in radio? Like you play an old radio show, you 403 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: get a little check. I agree with you. Every time 404 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: an old show gets downloaded, you and I get eight cents. 405 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: Come on, let's go, I'll take five cents. I don't 406 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: even need eight cents, you know, I'll take five. It 407 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: all adds up every download, five cents. All right? Moving 408 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: on on the mail back come back at it's signed 409 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: for mail call. Ozzy was from South cross Western Australia. 410 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,360 Speaker 1: The man that got attacked by the kangaroo. He told 411 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: us that story in the previous episode of the show, 412 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: he says, Big Man and Danny G. As I was 413 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: listening to the podcast last week, DANNYG was talking about 414 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: twirling a snake over his head after he ran that 415 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: sucker over, which reminded me about being out in the woods, 416 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: he says, Woodwood with the brother in law on one 417 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: of the one of his paddocks that we were cleaning 418 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: up and Ozzy was goes on to say here that 419 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: he was in a loader and was outside the tip truck. 420 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: He u. He motioned to me a snake was close 421 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: and now he killed that sucker, which is illegal in 422 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: Australia as they are a protected species. You're not, Oh 423 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: how about that, dude? Can't Did you know that? I 424 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: didn't know that. You can't kill us? Man? Uh, he says, 425 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: But cut the story short, I asked him, He says, 426 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: short story. I asked him if it was poisonous and 427 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: he picked up the dead carcass and said yes, as 428 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: the scales on its belly goes a certain way. And 429 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: my reply was high snaky, don't bother me? Can I 430 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 1: pick your tail up to see if you're poisonous. He says, here, 431 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: so there's azziwas tail from Western Australia. They're protected. But 432 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: what if it's self defense? Well that's a good point. 433 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: If a snake comes after you, if it's poisonous, what 434 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: are you supposed to get bitten and die? Yeah? And 435 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: then do you need to hire a snake lawyer? You 436 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: think you'll ever go to Australia, Danny, think your travels 437 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: will ever take you to Australia. I haven't had the 438 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: chance to go to Europe yet. I think that will 439 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: be next on the tinderonis list for the upcoming years 440 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: ahead of us. So I don't. I don't see Australia. 441 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 1: I wish, but I don't think so in my lifetime. Yeah, 442 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: I used to do radio in New Zealand. I would 443 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: love to go. I have a couple of friends in 444 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: New Zealand from the radio stuff that I did back 445 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: in the day. I'd love to go to New Zealand. 446 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: But I feel like if you go to New Zealand, 447 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 1: you kind of got to go to Australia too, don't 448 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: you there They're they're not that far. It's a couple 449 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: hour flight. But they're close to each other, so you 450 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: gotta do it, don't you think? All right, we'll keep 451 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: it going. It is the mail bag here, and let's 452 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: see any meaning Manti, Yes, we do have, man, we 453 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: have a lot of mail. Kevin in Kansas rights and 454 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: he says, dear Ben and Danny g I have discovered 455 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: a common word that nobody can say with any authority. 456 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 1: The word is latte. Can either of you say the 457 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: word with any kind of toughness behind? Kevin says, I, 458 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 1: I don't think even Chuck Norris or John Wayne could 459 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: say latte without losing their credibility as real men. Any thoughts, yo, Man, 460 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: I put some poison in that motherfucking latte. There, you 461 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: guys here, there, you go right there. And he's got 462 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: the pipes, Kevin, he could do it. I can't do it. 463 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: I say latte, Latte, Latte, latte. There are some words 464 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: like that, but there's other words I don't. I I 465 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: butcher like free throws. I I I say foul shots. 466 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: I usually say foul shots. A lot of broadcasters have 467 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: problems saying Russell Westbrook. They'll say Russell rest Brook, Russell Russell. Yeah, Well, 468 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: I like when it's football and basketball season and I'm 469 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 1: talking about Russell Wilson and then about Russell Westbrook, and 470 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: that inevitably I will confuse the my Russell's. I'll mix 471 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,239 Speaker 1: up my Russell's bad job by me. I do not 472 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: believe there's any antidote to that. I think I might 473 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: need to take some penicillin, all right. Next up on 474 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: the mail back, thank you Kevin. Kevin has been a 475 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: great mail bag contributors. He's there for us pretty much 476 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: every week, and and good questions from Kevin, So thank 477 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: you for that and keep it moving here alright. Next 478 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: up is Greg from West St. Paul, Minnesota. He says, 479 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 1: Ben and Danny, g when you were kids in grade school, 480 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: what was your favorite subject? In your least favorite? So 481 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: the least favorite is easy, that's math. I hated math 482 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: my my favorite except when grade school. I loved speech class, 483 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,239 Speaker 1: but that was in high school. Like grade school. I'm 484 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: trying to remember. Like I liked history a little bit, 485 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: like learning American history. I thought that was cool. I'm 486 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: telling what else there was. I was not a good student, 487 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: so there wasn't a lot that I loved in school. 488 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: What about you, Danny? Anything you love, you hate? Greg 489 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: wants to know He's dying to know. In West St. Paul. Yeah, 490 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: by far, my favorite was Miss Martinez, my third grade teacher, 491 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: And once a week she would put a really cool 492 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: poster up on the board in front of the room 493 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: and she would say, Okay, here's the assignment. You all 494 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: take out a blank sheet of paper. See what's going 495 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: on in the poster. And it would usually be like 496 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: a Transformers poster or a Winnie the Pooh poster or 497 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,959 Speaker 1: something like that, and whatever the scene was, she'd say, 498 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: how did they get to that point right there? What 499 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: led up to this scene? You need to write that 500 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: and the best ones I'm gonna read out loud to 501 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: the class. The best one out of all of them 502 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: wins that poster and a prize pack. And so it's 503 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: kind of cool, right. So I loved creative writing even 504 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: back then. So what I did. I look at this 505 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: Winnie the Pooh poster and I incorporated all of the 506 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: kids in class, the class clown, the girl everyone had 507 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: a crush on. I inserted them into the funny story 508 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: and then got to that point of the poster. So 509 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: she reads my paper and the classes busting up laughing 510 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: because I was writing jokes about all the kids in 511 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: the class, and I remember winning the poster and the 512 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: prize pack. But the problem been after that, everybody started 513 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: copying that idea. So whatever posters she would put up, 514 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: all the kids had knockoff versions of what I did 515 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 1: to start the school year. Oh yeah, so I had 516 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: to fight with the copycatters after that. Um, But still 517 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: it was a great way to start the year. I 518 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: loved any writing. Whenever the teachers had anything going on 519 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 1: like that, I paid close attention. And then when it 520 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: was math time, I was like, can I go outside 521 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: for some extra recess? Not interested in the numbers? Oh 522 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: for sure, for sure, I I recall. I wish I 523 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: could track down some of my old elementary school teachers. 524 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: They would laugh their ass off at how much time 525 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: I spend putting notes together for the show and different 526 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: bullshit that I do as an adult. They would because 527 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: I was such a disheveled child, right, and you know, 528 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: a typical loner dude, you know, in overt and all 529 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: that stuff. But if they could see me now, if 530 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 1: only they could see me now and say and they 531 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: laugh and say, yeah, you should have paid more attention 532 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: you know. It's funny because a lot of broadcasters look 533 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: back at being told to shut up in class. You 534 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: talk way too much. You're never gonna come out to anything. Yeah, 535 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: oh sure, and we goofed right now. I was, you know, spitballs. 536 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: I've told the story before. I had a buddy of 537 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: mine who had never seen a naked woman, and they 538 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 1: had National Geographic magazine, and he could not stop looking, 539 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: and of course was passing it around. And I was like, Oh, 540 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: this is the most amazing thing he'd ever seen in 541 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: his life. I got mail. Yeah, I got mail. The 542 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: next one from Walt. He says, three hundred sixty four 543 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: miles east of the four oh five. So what is 544 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: that in the Phoenix area? Am I right on that? 545 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: Somewhere in Arizona. I've think Phoenix is like three seventy 546 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: five from l A. I think, but I don't know. 547 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: I haven't driven there in a long time. I used 548 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: to go to spring training in Arizona back in the day. 549 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: Walt says, you mentioned that your father was an amateur 550 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 1: radio operator. Yes, he was. My father was a prolific 551 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: amateur radio operator, and he was convinced until his last 552 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: day on the planet because I know I talked to 553 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: him a few hours before he passed away. We didn't 554 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: realize he was gonna pass away from heart of that. 555 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: But my dad was convinced that there would be a 556 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 1: bigger earthquake in l A and Ham radio Ham operators 557 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: were gonna save the day. And he taught actually Ham 558 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: radio at some of the local colleges near where he lived. 559 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: So he was all in, and he was fully invested 560 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: in amateur radio. Uh and Walt says, did you ever 561 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 1: think about taking the FCC test to get a license 562 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: and then get his old call sign? I did not. 563 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 1: I did not realize that I was even an option 564 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: to get his old call signed. I don't think you can. Yeah, 565 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: I don't know how that works. But my my father, 566 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 1: he tried. God bless arrest his soul. Also, my dad 567 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 1: tried to get me to become a Ham radio guy. 568 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,839 Speaker 1: And I was into it, like the talking part of it. 569 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,359 Speaker 1: But up until not that long ago, you had to 570 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 1: know Morse code, and I I, for the life of me, 571 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: I could not figure out Morse fucking code. And I tried. 572 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 1: My dad got me all these books. He tried. My 573 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: dad was very good with numbers. He was a math 574 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: major at U C l A. So he was very 575 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: good with math. But I was I was completely lost. 576 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: If it had just been the speaking part, I couldn't nailed. 577 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: That was probably the toughest test I took in all 578 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: of high school. The electronics teacher, Mr Haskins, he would 579 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: set it all up. He was all official. He wasn't 580 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: an advanced technician for Ham radio, and he would set 581 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: up the test and he was super serious about it. 582 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: And I remember Ben falling behind a couple of steps 583 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: listening to that damn Morse code. And once you get behind, 584 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: you're screwed. You're screwed because it leaves you in the dust. Um. 585 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 1: So it took me three tries, and on my third 586 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: and final try passed it to get a technician's license. 587 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,319 Speaker 1: The final attempt. Yeah, that's press er when you know 588 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,880 Speaker 1: you don't even get another chance. Yeah. And my my 589 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: dad he also there was a Ham radio magazine, if 590 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: if anyway is listening q s R. I think it 591 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: was called I think he had every single addition of 592 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: that of that magazine. He was just he was a 593 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 1: huge fan of that magazine. So I know we have 594 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,879 Speaker 1: a few Ham radio people that are fans I think 595 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: are our buddy Terry in England is a Ham radio 596 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:50,320 Speaker 1: operator also, So what became of your dad's Ham radio equipment. Well, yeah, 597 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: obviously I'm not a Ham guy, so we we actually 598 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: we were able to give it to He was part 599 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: of a local community club. You know. They they're an 600 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,800 Speaker 1: emergency response team if there's a disaster in the city 601 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,880 Speaker 1: he was living in, and so we were able to 602 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 1: donate that to the people who are in the Ham clubs, 603 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: so they were able to use his equipment. And you know, 604 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,840 Speaker 1: he had he had tons and tons of of really 605 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,800 Speaker 1: old stuff. He didn't have a lot of new stuff. 606 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: My dad liked the old stuff. And I used to 607 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,520 Speaker 1: bust my dad's balls because he he was so into 608 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,919 Speaker 1: Morse code because that's what he learned as a kid, 609 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: and he'd get on the Ham radio bands at night 610 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: and he'd be very frustrated there weren't a lot of 611 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: people doing the Morse code. But and I was like, well, 612 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 1: just do the vocal stuff because there's more people doing that. 613 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: But he he loved the Morse code and that's what 614 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: he wanted to do. And he got frustrated because a 615 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 1: lot of the time, Uh, there wouldn't There wouldn't be 616 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 1: people on there doing the Morse code. So, by the 617 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: way I googled the amateur radio magazine q ST, QST 618 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: knew he was a cue all right, Johnny writes in 619 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: from fishing Texas waters. I guess that's what he's doing 620 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,879 Speaker 1: right now. He's fishing the waters of Texas. Uh, he says, 621 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,920 Speaker 1: how is it that FSR does not recognize you as 622 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,879 Speaker 1: the most influential people in the world. There you go, Uh, 623 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: why is that, Danny? G Why didn't we not get 624 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:22,040 Speaker 1: recognized as the most influential people in the world because 625 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 1: we're the most interesting people in the world. So we 626 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,400 Speaker 1: can't hold two title belts at the same time. Yes, 627 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,840 Speaker 1: and as much as they want to overpay us, Danny, 628 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:35,160 Speaker 1: we both we want to keep our blue collar outlook 629 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 1: we do. We don't want to become white collar. It 630 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 1: would ruin the whole bit that we have. It's much 631 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: better to carry the rock thirty five times in a game, 632 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: to ground and pound and help the team win the division. 633 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,520 Speaker 1: We're not the prissy prima donna quarterback who doesn't want 634 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,680 Speaker 1: to get sacked. Yeah, there's some people that order an omelet, 635 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 1: but there's other pool that have to break the eggs 636 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 1: to make them, and that's what we do, right, I think, 637 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if you believe any of that. That 638 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: is a load of bull puck. Alright, Croy in Minnesota, 639 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,920 Speaker 1: Right so, and he says, what is the best firing 640 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: story you've had? You are a co worker? Well, that's 641 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: that's appropriate because we had our Buddy Sports with coleman 642 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: on who was let go I lost. I've told the 643 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,640 Speaker 1: story a few times over the years. I haven't told 644 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,719 Speaker 1: him a while. I was hosting Dodger Talk and I 645 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 1: lost the gig at a pay phone on outside a 646 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 1: cat walk from the press box at County Stadium in Milwaukee. 647 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: It's the end of a road trip the Dodgers where 648 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: they went to Chicago Milwaukee, and I got a call 649 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,360 Speaker 1: from the programming guy saying, hey, you gotta, you know, 650 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 1: give me a buzz when you get back to l A. 651 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: And of course I was like, I want to find 652 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 1: out right now what's going on. And the guy's like, hey, 653 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 1: we decided to make a change. And there's this other guy. 654 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: He's a bigger name, and uh, he's going to replace 655 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:14,160 Speaker 1: you starting tomorrow. And I was like what And Uh, yeah, 656 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,600 Speaker 1: so I lost. I lost the gig there that I 657 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,359 Speaker 1: got replaced though by a legend in l a television Oh, 658 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:27,520 Speaker 1: David vasse No uh Silver Tips stew the great student 659 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: aahan Oh, a long time television personality was in movies. 660 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: Why did Stu need that gig at the time? He 661 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,040 Speaker 1: didn't need the gig, but he was. He was actually 662 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,239 Speaker 1: retired and he loved the Dodgers, and so he thought 663 00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,160 Speaker 1: it would be a fun gig to travel around and 664 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: come on, Stu, he should have let a young Benny 665 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,720 Speaker 1: continue that job. I often wonder what would have happened 666 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 1: if I had continued that job, Like, how would my 667 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,200 Speaker 1: life have turned out? If I would I still be 668 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,840 Speaker 1: doing that job. You might be sitting in the booth 669 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,200 Speaker 1: decks to Charlie Steiner. I gotta tell you, though, Dan Danny, 670 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,759 Speaker 1: it was not the easiest thing, because even though I 671 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: love the Dodgers, when they played like shit, I wanted 672 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,719 Speaker 1: to say, hey, they they You know that guy's a 673 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: bomber and you can't really do that in that job. 674 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,919 Speaker 1: You have to be a houseman. It's you can't give 675 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,719 Speaker 1: anytime you say there was a day I did that job. 676 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 1: The Dodgers. It was like a Sunday I think they 677 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,239 Speaker 1: were playing the Montreal Expos how long ago that was, 678 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 1: and they had a terrible They made like six errors 679 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:25,960 Speaker 1: in the game or something like that, and I was 680 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 1: like ripping the defense, and some somebody got offended that 681 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,400 Speaker 1: I was being too critical. I was like, what am 682 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,799 Speaker 1: I supposed to say? You have like six errors in 683 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,680 Speaker 1: a game. What do you want me to do? Praise 684 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: you for your gold glove defense? Hm. But anyway, any 685 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,160 Speaker 1: firing stories you want to share with Croy. So when 686 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: I was programming a hip hop radio station here in 687 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: southern California, I actually inherited a staff, which, as you know, 688 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:57,440 Speaker 1: that's hard because at the time the station sucked pretty bad. 689 00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:01,440 Speaker 1: They were in seventh place. There's that weird transition period 690 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,560 Speaker 1: where you got to figure out who you're gonna keep, 691 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 1: who you're gonna acts. Uh, And it's the hardest with 692 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,440 Speaker 1: the weekend staff, because that's hard to fill those jobs. Anyways, 693 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 1: I'm looking at this weekend staff. I need to fill 694 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 1: out the roster. There was this one guy named Timothy James, 695 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: fake radio name and a fake voice. Ben He'd be like, oh, yeah, 696 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:27,040 Speaker 1: it's Saturday. Yeah, oh yeah. He was horrible what he 697 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: did the early Saturday shift in an early Sunday shift, 698 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 1: and I thought, well, let me just leave him alone. 699 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,560 Speaker 1: Except he was an asshole in the hallways. He created 700 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 1: lots of drama with the staff. So I kept talking 701 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:41,560 Speaker 1: to my general manager like, can I just get rid 702 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,200 Speaker 1: of this guy please? He's just a troublemaker and he's 703 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,840 Speaker 1: bad on the air. And my GM was like, wow, 704 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,160 Speaker 1: you know, just bear with it. Just just you're gonna 705 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,839 Speaker 1: have to, you know, control the guy. And I'm like 706 00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,080 Speaker 1: all right. So every weekend was something new. Every weekend 707 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,080 Speaker 1: was a new problem with this guy Ben. So finally 708 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,920 Speaker 1: I I wake up one Saturday, a I turn on. 709 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,879 Speaker 1: You know, when you program the station, a big part 710 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,560 Speaker 1: of your life is listening to your damn radio station. 711 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,799 Speaker 1: If you're not there, you are because you're listening in 712 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,600 Speaker 1: your car, on your phone at your house. To make 713 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,160 Speaker 1: sure everything is going smooth. In the old days, you 714 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:19,080 Speaker 1: had to listen line. Before all the apps where you 715 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,480 Speaker 1: could listen anywhere you want, it is yes number to 716 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,239 Speaker 1: call up to listen in on the station. Yeah, it 717 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: was my responsibility. My general manager said, you have a 718 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,920 Speaker 1: big contract, because you have big responsibilities. Then it bugged 719 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,719 Speaker 1: the ship out of my girlfriend at the time. So 720 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 1: I wake up early on Saturday morning and I tuned 721 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:42,439 Speaker 1: my station in and there's dead air. What the what's 722 00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,560 Speaker 1: going on? And then like a song comes on, but 723 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,799 Speaker 1: there was no imaging nothing before the song. All right, well, 724 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:53,960 Speaker 1: maybe Timothy is just tired starting off his shift. And 725 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,560 Speaker 1: then the next song ends, Ben, and there's more dead air, 726 00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,920 Speaker 1: and I'm like, what the funk man? So I call 727 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,960 Speaker 1: of a hot line. At this point, I'm like, all right, 728 00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 1: two incidents of dead air. I need to call and 729 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:08,400 Speaker 1: see if this is this guy hung over. Nobody answers 730 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:12,040 Speaker 1: the hotline the red phone in the studio with the 731 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:15,400 Speaker 1: blinky flashy light that means those ships the boss is calling. 732 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,399 Speaker 1: No one answers it the bat phone. And now I'm 733 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,720 Speaker 1: like really pissed, Like okay, so we sound like ship 734 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,880 Speaker 1: on the air right now, and nobody's answering the bat phone. 735 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,040 Speaker 1: So another song gets played and then imaging comes on, 736 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,960 Speaker 1: but it's train wrecking with a song. So Ben, I 737 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 1: throw my clothes on, I speed down to the radio station. 738 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,680 Speaker 1: I stomp into the studio and I expect, you know, 739 00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,680 Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm gonna see, but I'm thinking 740 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:47,120 Speaker 1: Timothy James is gonna be laid out, you know, on 741 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,880 Speaker 1: the floor, drunk or something like that. I don't know 742 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:53,680 Speaker 1: what to think. There was no Timothy James. It was 743 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:58,320 Speaker 1: a bright eyed intern, a scared look on his face, 744 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,279 Speaker 1: and I'm like, where the fuck is Timothy at I 745 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,520 Speaker 1: don't know. He just asked me to cover for him 746 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:12,800 Speaker 1: for an hour. This is Ashole Benefit fIF fifty radio station. 747 00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,759 Speaker 1: This guy had an intern cover for him for an hour. 748 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,560 Speaker 1: So I stay there and I like where did he go? 749 00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,040 Speaker 1: And he's like, I'm not sure. He didn't tell me. 750 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,880 Speaker 1: He just asked me to cover the control board for 751 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,520 Speaker 1: an hour. And I'm like, you don't know how to 752 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,440 Speaker 1: do the control board. Nobody trained you on this. And 753 00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,239 Speaker 1: he's like, oh, I'm just trying to figure it out. 754 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,680 Speaker 1: He showed me really quick, and I'm sorry if it 755 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,320 Speaker 1: sounds bad on the air, and I'm like, get the 756 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,640 Speaker 1: funk out of here right now. So I send the 757 00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:43,760 Speaker 1: intern home, I get my headphones out of my programming office, 758 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:45,840 Speaker 1: and I jump on the air and I do the 759 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:52,200 Speaker 1: next break live, introduced the next song. He's driving back 760 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:57,320 Speaker 1: to the studios. Yeah, he hears the program director on 761 00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,520 Speaker 1: the air ben he walked in. Forty five minutes later. 762 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 1: He had an interview somewhere for like a daytime job 763 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,080 Speaker 1: Monday through Friday. He tried to have this guy cover 764 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:15,080 Speaker 1: while he went to the job interview. Yeah, I said, 765 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,680 Speaker 1: get your ship and get out of here. He was 766 00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:20,160 Speaker 1: trying to argue with me, and I was like bye bye, 767 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:24,120 Speaker 1: and yeah, that was the best firing we ever had there. 768 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,160 Speaker 1: I've never heard of anything like that in raiding. We've 769 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:30,799 Speaker 1: heard a lot of crazy stories. No, that's that's quite 770 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,600 Speaker 1: the quite all right. Well, that's a perfect way to 771 00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,000 Speaker 1: put the bow on this. And so for John in 772 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:40,960 Speaker 1: Northern Colorado, Luna, Mike, Steve, all you guys, I'm sorry, 773 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:44,120 Speaker 1: we just ran out of time here, but we will 774 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,320 Speaker 1: next week. We'll have a new mailback, so if you 775 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 1: want to submit your question for next week, John in 776 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,840 Speaker 1: Colorado and all you other guys there, and Gal, I 777 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,440 Speaker 1: don't see any gals. I lied. There's no women. Uh. 778 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,000 Speaker 1: And what happened to Helen and stew by the way, 779 00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,560 Speaker 1: they they vanished. I hope they're okay. Helen and Stu. 780 00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:03,439 Speaker 1: They they told this tale. They said they were gonna 781 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,400 Speaker 1: pay off the Great Tale and then they vanished. I 782 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,840 Speaker 1: only we've heard from them in like a month. So 783 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:13,680 Speaker 1: hopefully Helen and stew and Palmetto Bay, Florida there are Okay, Danny, 784 00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,080 Speaker 1: what do you have coming up? You're also you're gonna 785 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,840 Speaker 1: be on the radio show, The Librado Show tomorrow. And 786 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:25,760 Speaker 1: don't forget. The Mallard meet and greet is this week. 787 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,080 Speaker 1: Hopefully Danny can make it. We'll find out. I will 788 00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,400 Speaker 1: will obviously talk about it on the overnight show, but 789 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:36,080 Speaker 1: that'll be this Friday in southern California. Uh. Contact Eddie 790 00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:39,080 Speaker 1: Garcia Eddie on Fox at gmail dot com if you're 791 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:43,120 Speaker 1: interested in attending in La Maratta. I believe it is 792 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,600 Speaker 1: La Maratta there. But Danny, what are you got going on? Yeah, 793 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fun week besides the meet and 794 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:50,759 Speaker 1: great you're right Monday into Tuesday. I get to fill 795 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:56,960 Speaker 1: in for Coop today. This afternoon, I'm gonna be having 796 00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,759 Speaker 1: fun with Covino and Rich and then the show, right 797 00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:04,560 Speaker 1: but for yours Arnie Spaniard with Chris Plank Blaker Feds. 798 00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:08,840 Speaker 1: And then it'll be Mallard time. Yeah, alright, well, listen, 799 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:11,400 Speaker 1: we'll have we'll have a great time this week, and 800 00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:13,759 Speaker 1: who knows, you never know. It's gonna on the place. 801 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:15,560 Speaker 1: If you want to recommend a guest. That's some people 802 00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:19,080 Speaker 1: emailing me different names for future guests. Now that we 803 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:23,160 Speaker 1: got Musburger Danny, I know. I think the world is 804 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:26,120 Speaker 1: our oyster. I think we can get anybody there. Set 805 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,719 Speaker 1: the bar high. I got some emails out to your 806 00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,680 Speaker 1: boy George Norri. I would love to talk to George Nory, 807 00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:33,640 Speaker 1: that would I would love to hear you and him 808 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,400 Speaker 1: having a conversation. So I'm efforting that at the moment, 809 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:38,520 Speaker 1: all right, So we'll see what happens with that. But 810 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,200 Speaker 1: have a great week, great rest of the day, obviously today, 811 00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:44,480 Speaker 1: and I'll be back in the radio studio, the terrestrial 812 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:49,360 Speaker 1: radio studio, the brick and mortar studio, literally and figuratively 813 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,960 Speaker 1: there tonight, eleven pm in the west, three A. What 814 00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,239 Speaker 1: is that to two am? I keep my math. They 815 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,440 Speaker 1: said there would be no math two am in the east, 816 00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,520 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night there on a Monday. 817 00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:04,479 Speaker 1: And we'll catch you then later. Skater gotta murder, gotta 818 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:04,560 Speaker 1: go