WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Go King Eddie! 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:01.440 Kabbooms. 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:05.360 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:09.160 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.480 treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:17.480 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:18.400 Wow. 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:22.320 The clearing House of Hot takes break free for something special. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:29.160 The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:31.920 the air everywhere. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:34.920 The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Maller. Danny G is away. 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:38.319 The Vegan will be in at some point, but it's 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:40.440 not about Danny G. It's not about the vegans. We 0:00:40.760 --> 0:00:44.880 slide into this Friday, the fifteenth day of November. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:50.360 The man of the hour, my brother in audio arms. 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.159 Who has been kind enough to hang out with us, 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:56.840 even though he has no contractual obligation to do this 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:01.040 and can do whatever the hell he wants now, the 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:06.000 Great Eddie Garcia. Eddie, I love you, man, Thanks for 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.600 thanks for coming on. It's been it's been a crazy, 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:12.080 crazy week obviously for you. I've I've been through this before. 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.759 It doesn't make it any better. I know you've You've 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:16.319 been in the business a long time. What is the 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:19.240 last you know, a few days been life for you, Eddie. 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:21.720 I mean, it's been crazy for all. Everyone love you, 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:22.800 but what's it been like for you. 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:28.240 Well, when I listened the first night after the news 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.160 came out that they were letting me go and thank 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.600 you for your kind words, I really appreciate it. And 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:40.000 I texted Coop, our producer, and his response is kind 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:41.240 of how I've been feeling. 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:43.319 This is weird. 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.920 So that's how I feel. It just feels weird. I 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:52.880 don't know that it's completely hit me. I'm not angry, 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:58.000 I'm not bitter, but I am sad. You know, you 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.160 can't work for twenty three years at a place and 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.400 then have it end kind of like with a snap 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.920 of the fingers and then not be sad about it. 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.560 But you know, it was a great run. I never 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.359 dreamed I'd have a job for twenty three years, that's 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:13.399 for sure. And a matter of fact, I just had 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:18.600 my twenty third anniversary in the end of October. And 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.239 when every time you hit that, you kind of reflect 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:25.360 on it and think, man, it's been so long, and 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:27.840 it also doesn't seem that long. I know you and 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:29.959 I have talked about this when we think, oh, my god, 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:31.440 that was ten years ago or something like that. 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.240 It seems like it was not that long ago. 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:37.800 But yeah, it's just weird. It's weird. It's been I 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.240 was thinking about this too. It's been twenty three years 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.640 since I've looked for a job. I'm not even sure 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.519 exactly how to go about it in some respects. But yeah, 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:50.440 it's yeah, I mean it's I will say this, and 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.679 I talked to my wife about this, and hopefully it continues. 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:55.680 Every time I've ever lost a job, I've gotten a 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.680 better one, and this one will be hard to top, 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.000 but I'm hopeful that that will happen. 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:00.920 Well. 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:03.320 Absolutely, And I just want you to know. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:07.320 I Lorena, who is new to the to the Overnight Show, 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:11.040 and it's kind of new to radio. She was she 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.480 was an absolute wreck. I went in and she had 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:16.680 not experienced like anything. 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:20.960 Like this. I know you've been. You were there when. 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:26.000 I I got whacked back in nine, and I remember 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.400 that that was that was an odd time. 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:29.840 You know, they didn't know what was going on, and 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:30.280 then they. 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.480 Brought they brought some people back and all that. So 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.200 they you did the show Sunday night. I was away 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.480 and people think that like I somehow knew. 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.840 I had no idea. 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.480 I knew the company was laying people off. I didn't know, 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.680 you know, how that would affect affect our show. But 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:49.800 I was in Kansas City actually was texting you over 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:51.520 the weekend. I had told you that I met a 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:54.960 bunch of listeners and several of them brought your name up, 0:03:55.080 --> 0:04:00.000 and we were attacking me because of your game show, 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:04.960 prowess and the hockey. One guy was wearing a Penguin's 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.480 jersey that showed up and they're like, we need more hockey, 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:08.840 and we know, more Eddie and all that stuff. 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:10.720 So I text you over the weekend, and. 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:15.600 Then I was flying back and I was actually sleeping 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.560 and I heard I said this on the air the 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:19.360 other night, but I had heard what it had. Yeah, 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.320 because if you had sent some messages some other people 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:26.240 that also had lost gigs and Sevy messages and all that. 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:30.080 But so you they call you up on Monday morning 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:31.880 or afternoon, I mean you sleep during the day, so 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:33.640 it's got to be somewhat later in the day, right, 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.600 and kind of walk us through that part of it. 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.440 Yeah, I got a text from our boss, Scott Shapiro, 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:40.480 and it said, give me a call when you can. 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:46.000 I have not physically seen Scott in I don't know 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.680 ten years because of the shift we work. 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:49.960 I know it is and I don't. 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.440 Yeah, and I don't live close by, so there's no 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.080 reason for you to like pop in and I live 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:55.920 like thirty five miles away, and I you know, I 0:04:55.960 --> 0:05:00.000 don't just you know, so he has texted me before 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.240 or just to say, hey, Ben's gonna be out, do 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:04.320 you mind hosting with Brian? 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:04.440 Know? 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.240 Are you cool with that? So it wasn't you know, 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.919 like I saw this text on like, oh crap. But 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.800 as soon as I heard his voice, I knew either 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.480 one of two things happened. Either someone died or I've 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:19.839 been let go because I could hear it in his voice, 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:25.080 So it was it was obviously the second one. So 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.159 and Don Martin was on the call, the big boss, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.480 I guess, and I got God knows. 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:31.080 When I've seen him. 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:36.240 But anyway, I mean, you know, yeah, they had they 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:40.960 said very nice things, and Don even mentioned specifically you know, 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.000 Ben was let go and we brought him back. So 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:47.040 you never know how it goes, you know. And I'm 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.760 not gonna wait for them to call me back or anything. 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:50.000 Like that. 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:54.120 But I mean he did say that, so maybe maybe 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:55.560 there's a glimmer of hope that I can come back 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:56.080 at some point. 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.040 Well, I'm all for it. Ed you know that, and 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.839 you're you're exactly right. I I got I go on, Jane. 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:05.520 I remember the exact day. It was January twentieth of nine. 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:09.400 They were swearing in Barack Obama as the president and 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:13.080 there was a mass layoff the company had at that time, 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:17.280 and they didn't tell me when I at that time 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.680 that they might bring me back. I had taken some 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.120 fill in gigs in Boston at EI, I did some 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:27.040 stuff actually at the Angel Station, Ama thirty in Anaheim 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.000 at the Big A and some other gigs like randomly 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:34.599 I'd popped up on and then they called me months later. 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.360 So but it was six months and twenty six days. 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.160 Hopefully for you it won't. But yeah, I mean, like 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.360 you said, you're out there. You've got a great body 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:45.560 of work. I've done this a long time and you 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:48.919 got connections I know in the hockey world. So there 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.159 will be something, whether it's coming back to the Fox 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.760 Sports Radio or whether or not you get something else, 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.440 it'll be there. But one of the cool things about 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.320 this and there's not anything really great about it. 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:03.440 But one of the things for me is we've both 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:05.159 lost our parents and whatnot. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.320 We've been to many funerals, and you go to funerals 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.040 and people say how wonderful people are and how great 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:11.560 they are. 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:16.120 But they're dead. You know, you're very much alive. But 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:17.600 I hope you felt the love. 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:22.600 I mean, it was unbelievable how many people and you 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.240 don't know this kind of stuff, like we kind of 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:26.880 hide out at night, but you don't really realize who's listening, 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.080 and how we affect are able to help people out, 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:31.840 be part of their routine, and you. 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.000 Really touched a lot of people's lives. 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.680 You You're very proud of yourself, Eddie, because, uh, not 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.400 only when I was meeting people, but but then the 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:43.840 news came down, they were able. I was able to 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:45.120 talk about it on the air and you heard a 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.960 little bit of that. But the entire night, I mean, 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.400 no people all over you know are p ones, but 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.040 people I'd never heard from Eddie reached out to me 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:56.880 to yell at me, tell me what an ahole I am, 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.240 which I agree with, and then how much they love you. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.360 So what was that part of this by what's it 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:05.920 been like to get all the love from the various people. 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.920 It's been awesome. I really appreciate it. 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.600 I know you gave out the email address and also 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.240 the social media there. It's funny because it's Eddie on Fox. 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.480 It needs to be Eddie not on Fox anymore, I guess, 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:22.120 but I have not And if anybody wants to send 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.480 an email, I will respond at some point, but it's 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:28.800 Eddie on Fox at gmail dot com. I've gotten probably 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.880 like seventy emails which I haven't responded to yet because 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:33.760 I just kind of want to take my time, but 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.040 I will. I promise I will respond to all of them. 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.240 And then I did go on social media after you 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.000 made the announcement on the air, and then kind of, 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:45.520 you know, made the announcement myself and responded to some messages. 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.760 So no, it's very humbling. My wife has talked to 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:50.840 me about this, and she was, you know, we met 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.040 in part because of Fox Sports Radio, so that's, you know, 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.720 another thing that that job is connected to for sure, 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.560 how you impact people's lives, and I don't you and 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.000 I don't think about that really when we're just having 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.679 fun doing our job. And doing something we're passionate about. 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.320 But when you hear people say, you know stuff like 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:10.520 you know, I was going through a tough time and 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:11.960 you guys helped me get. 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:13.000 Through it, or you know. 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.880 I mean, one I'll never forget was getting a message 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.000 from a guy who was dying and he just said, hey, 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:19.520 I'm not going to be around much longer. I just 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:21.920 want to say thanks for all the good times you 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.840 guys gave me. And you're just like, geez, wow, it's 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.520 but no, it's been great. I really appreciate it all. 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:28.960 You know. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.679 I got a call from the Fresno State play by 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.400 play guy Paul Leffler, who I've only met once in 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:36.840 person and have a message with a few times. You know, 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.880 I'm obviously very proud of my little school and talk 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.720 about it as often as I can. And he messaged 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:44.680 me which was kind of out of the blue, which 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:46.600 was really cool. But he's obviously a radio guy, so 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.439 he gets it. So yeah, lots of calls, lots of emails, 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.440 lots of messages. It's all very much appreciated. And as 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.040 you know, it's not like we you don't ever get 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:58.839 a chance to say goodbye. I know, I know, you're 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:00.440 there one day and you're gone to net and then 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.079 you just kind of like deal with it. 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.240 I was just happy I got to talk about you 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.840 because I've been in situations before in my career where 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.360 you know, people I've worked with have been you know, 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.600 let go, and I just we just had to pretend 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.400 like they didn't exist, and at least and I. 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:16.960 Told them, I was like, and they knew it. 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:18.840 I mean, you've been such a big part of what 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:20.960 I've done in Fox Sports Radio that I had to 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.199 be able to to talk about you and and to 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:26.920 celebrate your career, which is not over. 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.360 I mean, you'll probably uh get a better job. 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.280 Make me look like a jackass, but uh but but no, 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.520 I mean, and I was thinking about I said this 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:35.760 a little bit on the air, like, you know, we've 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:36.480 been together. 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:37.960 We you know, we started out. 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:39.839 We were both you're a little older than I am, 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.920 but I was in my twenties. I think when I 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:44.840 met you, and you know now we're kind of like 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:48.800 middle aged angry dudes and stuff. We're both single guys, 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.360 are you know, we we've lost parents and whatnot and 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.960 been through Uh, I'm not sure when you I don't 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:56.600 know when you when exactly did you starty? 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:58.080 What year I'm trying to do the math on this. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.640 I'm no malor math, but it was what year did 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:04.199 you start at the company, because you remember. 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:08.640 Of twenty It was two thousand and one, okay. And 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:14.160 my first shift, I remember, was during the Diamondbacks Yankees 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:14.920 World Series. 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:19.360 Okay, all right, so that was shortly after like the 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:20.840 nine to eleven stuff all that. 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:25.679 So so that's how I always remembered when I started. 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.760 Yeah, yeah, And I mean think about I would say, 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.760 and I don't know for you, and obviously your this 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.199 is about you, it's not about me. But the thing 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.560 that blew me away in this time working with you 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:40.160 was the COVID years, which went for like way too 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:44.959 long in my opinion. But we had nothing to We're 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.679 a sports radio show. We had nothing going on, and 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.200 we were totally just futsing around trying to kill I 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:52.800 was doing monologues on Marble Racing. 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:54.640 You had to do news updates, which was basically what 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:55.720 are they going to come back to play? 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.560 And we had more people listening. And I think that 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.199 period time. I don't know if you agree with me 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.480 on that any but I think for me, that period 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:07.760 of time was such a connection with people because there 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.880 were a lot of people that were just lonely and depressed, 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.320 and it was just it was, I felt, a very 0:12:14.360 --> 0:12:16.679 important time for this show, and you were a huge 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.960 part of that, you know, playing the games and deffing 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.240 around and that whole thing. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:24.280 You know, it really was. It was crazy. 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:28.080 Yeah, no, absolutely, and uh it was. It was funny 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.400 when you were, you know, doing your home studio stuff 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.080 and the gremlins would attack and I would have to 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.760 take over for a little bit. I remember I was thinking, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.760 maybe I should have something prepared, blah blah blah, and 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:40.960 then I realized, they don't care about that. They just 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.000 want to I'll just take a couple of calls and 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.400 we'll goof around with somebody until Ben comes back. That's 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.120 what they that's what they care about. They don't really 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.720 care about me doing some half assed mallor monologue. So 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:54.440 that was always an interesting time when that happened. And uh, 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.640 because we didn't know how long you'd be gone too. 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.000 Sometimes it was twenty seconds. Sometimes you had to drive 0:12:59.040 --> 0:12:59.840 into the studio. 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.720 I know, it was so stupid, It was so dumb, 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:04.559 and it's you know, it still happens every once in 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:04.800 a while. 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:06.280 I guess Loraino hosts a show. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:10.640 Down but but but no, it was it was you know, 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.080 it's it's crazy with the gremlin stuff and I it's 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:16.080 one thing that I really wish I could tone down 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.120 because I spend so much time preparing for the show 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:18.880 and the monologue. 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.160 You and you know, Eddie, you're absolutely right, like I 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.320 go out, I just we were just inns the city. 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.079 Nobody gives a shit about my opinions on sports. I 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:28.520 just want to hang out, you know, I just want 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.080 to you know, they want to talk. They you know, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.600 they like that I'm talking. But I could I could 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.440 read Wikipedia page you too, right, you could just you know, 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.439 at the top of the eye we goof around. 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:38.640 And stuff, but you could. 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:40.720 You know, you just want to hear your voice pretty much. 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:44.200 It's not necessarily what you're talking about. It's that you're talking. 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:46.640 I think that's the most important thing. And I I've 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.000 and we're both radio guys and stuff like that. I 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:53.160 always thought that's kind of the connection live radio and it. 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.920 Especially at night. Like I've worked during the day. I 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:57.600 know you worked during the day too. I feel like just. 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.800 Radio is more important at night to be because they're 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.560 usually by themselves and you know you're listening whether you're work. 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:06.520 You know, I can't tell you how many guys I've 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.440 met you've been out at these meet and greets, Eddie. 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:10.960 They call it old man disease. Well, you just can't 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:11.480 sleep at night. 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.640 You get to a certain age and whatever the reason, 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.640 you're just up at night and you need something to 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:16.320 keep your company. 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:20.360 So it means a great deal. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:22.240 But you were a huge part of that, and I 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.240 as far as the rivalry, you will stay claim, Eddie 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:27.960 to the all time winning percentage. 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:29.360 You're claiming that? Is that correct? 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:30.960 That's absolutely correct? 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:32.640 Yeah, but I do have We used to. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:34.200 We used to have a guy that kept track of 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.280 the results. And I don't know whatever happened to that guy, 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:36.520 do you? 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:37.400 I don't. 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.360 Yeah, you we well, we we had a couple of 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:41.720 people that would keep well. One was in Australia, right, 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:45.960 Ozzie Was it not Ozzy guy? Was it Ozzie momentum? 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.480 One of the guys in Australia would keep track, although 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.400 I believe they adocted. 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.960 The numbers in your favorite were part of your team there, yea. 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.000 I was thinking about this, Ben because people are like, hey, 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:59.840 you know you got to you gotta stay in touch, 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.480 blah blah blah. I was thinking, Uh, at some point 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.600 I'll have to call in to play a game and 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:06.640 play with you. 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.000 How much would that blow people's minds? 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.640 Have you and I on the same team after being 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:13.800 rivals for so long? 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.560 Yeah, no one will, No one will be to beat us. 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:19.360 I want you to know you're also in you know, 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:21.080 you know, Eddie. I mean not that you probably ever 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.000 want to go back there until you get rehired at 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.720 some point, hopefully you will, but you're more than welcome, 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.720 just like you know Roberto who left to go I 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:31.320 can become a bus driver, Eddie. 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.400 You're not no, no, definitely not no. 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.080 I don't think so, I'm trying. I think who else 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:37.800 has left? Uh? I don't know. 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:41.520 People leave for random jobs or whatever. But I've always 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:43.440 said I, and I mean this. Have I ever losed 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:47.600 this job? Which probably sooner than later. Maybe I'll go 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:50.240 to Costco or something. Then I'll be I'll be fun. 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:52.360 I don't know, but it's. 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:54.600 Well you said about you were talking about nobody cares 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:55.440 about your monologues. 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:56.160 That's not true. 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.640 But what they really do remember is the funny moments, 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.760 the crazy callers. That kind of stuff is what really 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.480 citticks and resonates with people. And I mean, I've thought 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.800 about it certainly while I was still doing the job. 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:13.880 But to get paid to laugh and goof around and 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:17.880 talk about sports is a dream come true. So twenty 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:19.920 three years of doing that, pretty lucky guy. 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:25.400 Absolutely, and listen, we had a great rivalry and you 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.480 made me better. I loved going against you in the 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.720 game shows. And I've told people when I've gone out 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:33.280 and been able to meet listeners, and we had a 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.440 great turnout this past weekend in Kansasity. 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:39.080 We'll talk more about that on the Saturday podcast. But really, 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:41.600 the whole thing is that we really want to win. 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:46.960 It's not fake, like we really genuinely are competitors, and 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:50.520 it's we're not playing I guess, are you still playing hockey? 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.160 You were playing hockey at last night? Heard are you 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:55.800 still playing like adult hockey? I am, yes, Okay, well 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:59.000 I'm not. This is the only competition I have. It's 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.480 either me sitting on a treadmill looking at my you know, 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:02.720 listening to music or my. 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:04.639 Whatever, listening to my phone. 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.719 But the competition I have is with Eddie, and so 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.879 we would go head to head and yeah, I know 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.440 you could admit, now, Eddie, you're not working there. 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:16.159 You did cheat a little bit, but you could you 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:16.800 could admit that. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.080 No, you never once, never, once. 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:22.080 You were caught at least twice. Uh you know, I 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.000 forgive you, Eddie. I love you. 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.440 I The only the only. 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:29.600 Person that ever said they witnessed you cheating was Jonas Knox, 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:31.600 and that was that was not solicited. 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.720 He came in, He's like, I saw Ben looking up answers. 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:36.880 I'm like, I knew it almost. 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:41.760 That is correct. Jonas made that up. He's a liar. 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:44.480 It's a bad job by him. Uh So, of all 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:47.040 the nicknames, because you know, I want to make sure 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.400 we don't forget these. We need to document the nicknames 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:53.600 because I have the most nicknames, but you kept picking 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:56.159 up nicknames, many of them you hate. 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.119 But I guess let me do the nickname run. 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:01.119 Down for Eddie here and we'll see which ones you 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.000 like and which ones you now I've called. 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.119 You right away which one I hate the most? 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:14.520 Shuttle all right, but these are among the nicknames that 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:16.600 we gave Eddie over the years we worked together. The 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:19.480