WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Classy Hang, Trashy Mic! 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:01.480 Kabooms. 0:00:02.279 --> 0:00:05.400 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.160 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.520 treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:17.480 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:18.400 Wow. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.320 The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:30.640 The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:35.600 In the air aywhere the Fifth Hour with me, Ben 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:41.839 Mahler and Danny G Radio and a very good Saturday 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:42.120 to view. 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:47.159 It's the fourteenth day of September. We got college football 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:51.200 from early this morning all the way till the nighttime. 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:54.280 And Danny G you were not with me. Yesterday we 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.360 had our companion podcast for the TV show This is 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:02.560 My New Michigan Dandy to turn that in order to 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:05.279 try to pump up the ratings on the TV show. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.000 I had this epiphany. I've seen a bunch of these 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.760 companion podcasts, and I thought, well, we should have one 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:14.360 of those. Why do we do one of those? And 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.720 so the fun all you have. 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.520 To do now really is murder somebody, Ben, because then 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.280 you could have your own murder podcast series. 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:23.279 Got a murder. 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:25.760 Yeah, true crime podcast is the way to go, but 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.959 we have our own sub genre, the after Show podcast 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.160 must listen for fans of Benny versus the Pace. So 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.399 that was yesterday and today we're back to the normal 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:40.160 fun with you Danny. On this podcast. We have the Schmooze, Cruise, 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:47.080 Come Full Circle, wreck It, Ralph, the Beatles, kind of Bison, 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.760 and if we have time, there's some other stuff that 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:52.440 I would like to get to, but I don't know 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:54.360 if we're gonna have time or not. But let's start 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:59.680 with this. So the Saturday podcast is dedicated to those 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:03.640 that have the Honeydeist and want to hear us just 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:07.680 talk about our amazing, fascinating rock and roll lifestyles that 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:11.760 we live being major radio personalities. 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.280 A bunch of hookers and cocaine. 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:17.400 In an era where that is respected, that is loved 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:22.320 and unless it's not but the life of Mather of 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:24.560 the Life of Danny g So this week I was 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:32.120 invited to a VIP private private meet and greet our 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:37.160 friends at Rapid Radios based in beautiful Grand Rapids, Michigan, 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:41.120 came out to Los Angeles and they're a wonderful partner 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.040 for the radio show. You hear every show there's a 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.960 commercial for rapid radio. Some of you have reached out, 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.120 you have purchased rapid radios. For example, off the top 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:50.000 of my head, I know Chip in the Cues and 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:56.520 Syracuse purchased the Rapid radios. So anyway, the big bosses said, hey, 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:59.320 we need your presence. I said, you know I do 0:02:59.360 --> 0:02:59.760 an overnight. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:00.360 I can't. 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:00.760 I don't. 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:03.160 I don't show up when the sun's up. I'm a vampire. 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.520 It's like me with I can't do it. And they said, well, 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.400 we need you, and so I made the rare and 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:15.040 appropriate appearance that was. That was back on Wednesday, and 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:18.600 so I I blessed the management folks. I was able 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:22.240 to see you, Danny, face to face, meet and greet 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:26.920 with you. And so I I left ridiculous early. I 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.560 live out in the north Woods. It's a very long 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:33.840 drive to get to the Sherman Oaks studios there and 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.000 the traffic is a nightmare. So I was like, all right, 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.440 I'm just gonna get up early. I won't sleep that much, 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:40.760 but I don't want to sit in traffic. I'd rather 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:44.120 get there early and not sit in traffic. So I 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.360 made I made it an editorial decision, if you will, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:47.680 un if that's the right word. But I was like, 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:49.720 I just get up early and go. So I got 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.839 up early, I went, and I decided, there's so much 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.440 car theft in La I'm just gonna I have some 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:57.600 stuff that I don't want to be stolen. So I'm 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.000 gonna put it in the studio and then I'm gonna 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.160 go and I'll do the meet. 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:03.880 That way a coworker can steal it. 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.120 Yeah, if someone's gonna steal my stuff, I wanted to 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.000 be somebody from Fox Sports Rado. I don't want some 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.080 stranger to steal that. I want somebody I work with. 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.640 So anyway, I saw you, Danny, I saw wrong Button, Bob, 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.480 my old producer, Bob Gara. Who else? I said, Covino 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:19.239 and Rich was there? Your guys A Rob Parker, Rob 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.360 Parker and so I was there for a little bit. 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.640 I think it was there for like an hour and 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:29.000 then drove down Ventura Boulevard. So I looked on my 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.080 thing on my GPS. I was fussing around with it 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:34.360 and said, well, we're like five or six miles away 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:38.479 from where this restaurant Ventura Boulevard in studio city was 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.640 and I don't even remember the name of it. I 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:47.000 figured out about five six miles take me maybe ten 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:49.520 minutes to get there. It took about half an hour. 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.400 It took about half an hour, and it was like 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:59.440 hemorrhoids to try to find parking, right, And so you 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:02.040 know me with parking, I don't pay for parking. I 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.240 don't I gotta find parking. I'll get to it. 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.719 You'll walk ten blocks to get cheaper parking. Yeah. 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.640 So I'm driving around. There's a lot of traffic and 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.279 I'm like, ah, this is you know, I'm supposed to 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.760 be there now I'm suddenly I'm a few minutes late. 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.560 So I text one of the bosses. I'm like, hey, 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.440 I can't the parking lot for this restaurant was full. 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.279 What am I going to do? There's nowhere to park, 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.880 And so he says Bowling Alley, which is across the street. 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.640 There's a bowling Alley which used to be what was 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.000 that restaurant that was there for years? Guy, it was 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.880 a late night diner. I used to go there. Look 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:35.760 at the name of it. There were a few of 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:37.800 them in I think they're all closed, but it doesn't matter. 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.559 So we went over. I parked right across the street. 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.000 There was a parking lot. I figured if I got 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.160 towed or I got a ticket, the boss was going 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.680 to pay for it because it said only parking for 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:50.080 the bowling alley. But if the Boss said to park there, 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.240 I parked there, and if I got a ticket or 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:53.080 got towed, he would. 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:53.320 Pay for it. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:56.640 Let's be honest. They let you expense pretty much everything 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:57.320 in your life. 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:04.480 Yeah, when you're doing overnight radio, the gas is expensed, clothing, headphones, 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.920 a lot of stuff. A lot of stuff expense unless 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.800 that's not the case. So I found Peter and I 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:13.000 parked there. Made the walk past the bowling alley, so 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:14.440 it made it seem like I might go to the 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:19.240 bowling alley, kept walking. I could have jay walked Acrossfin 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.040 to the boulevard, but it was rush hour and people 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.160 in La are assholes the way they drive, so as 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:27.960 I screw that, So I just I walked a couple 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.479 of blocks down to cross legally. So I did that, 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:36.080 did that, and then it was the Schmooze cruise, A 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:42.200 schmooz Appaloosa, if you will. Big bosses Don Martin, the 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.279 Big Boss, Scott Shapiro was there, A bunch of the 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:51.960 hosts Jonas Knox, LeVar Arrington, who, Jason Smith, Harmon was there? 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:56.640 Your guys Covino and Rich dan Byer made an appearance, 0:06:56.720 --> 0:07:00.960 Good Old dan Byer, Big Mike, some other names. People. 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:03.240 Oh that's that's who. I meant to say, who for, say, 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:04.840 Big Mic again, Big Mic? 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:05.839 Who? 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:11.560 Yeah, yeah, exactly? Lead a Lap was there, Last Call Lee, 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:16.200 even Cooper Loop made an appearance. And there were a 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.000 bunch of other people. I have no idea who they were, 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:23.239 but this was something where I again rare and appropriate. 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.320 I go back to that phrase, Danny rare inappropriate. They 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:30.120 provided free alcohol. I did not drink that. They provided 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:35.440 free like regular water obviously water is usually free, and soda, 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.360 and then they also had appetizers. They would go around 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.560 as a happy hour social meet and greet with the 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:45.400 people from MAPID radios. And you know, Danny, being in radio, 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.360 we get so many free things. You know, you think 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.040 I wouldn't make a big deal about it. I was like, 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.720 this is like my holiday bonus. So I ate. I 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.480 usually don't eat on Wednesdays because I don't want to 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.400 look bloated on the TV show And in my head, 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:01.280 I'll look bloated if I eat, because we tape on Thursdays, 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:05.120 and we talked about about the taping yesterday on the 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.680 Friday podcast. But so the whole thing I ate. They 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:12.880 had unbelievably good food and it was on the company 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.040 Dime Danny. I'm a shocked. I figured there's probably nothing. 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:21.640 This is some bougie Ventura Boulevard studio City in La restaurant. 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:23.520 Yeah, I mean jealous. Now. 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.320 The reason I didn't go was because I was busy 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:29.480 with Covino and Rich's podcast. But as soon as you 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:31.560 guys all left and I heard about the food, I 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.640 was like, damn it. I should have just made the 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.400 listeners be late listening to that damn podcast. 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:40.080 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. This it shocked me because you know, 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.199 I have the palette of an eight year old. So 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.240 if I liked the food, everyone would like the food. 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.960 So they had little fry cups. This guy would walk around. 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.920 It was like a small fry cup with a little 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:56.920 ketchup on top. Mac and cheese bites, Mac and cheese balls, amazing, 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:01.360 little spice on them, little kick, but wonderful. They had 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:05.920 several different styles of bar pizza. I actually did something 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:09.280 I don't. I hate mushrooms because my parents made me 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:11.760 eat mushrooms when I was a kid, mushroom pizza, and 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:14.280 then I learned mushrooms fungus. I'm like, I'm not eating that. 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.120 But what I did was I took the corner piece. 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:20.560 They had those little bar pizzas, so I took the 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.680 corner piece because there was only one mushroom. And if 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.600 the guy walked around and had pieces with multiple mushrooms, 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.400 I didn't eat it. But fortunately I got a lot 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.360 of pieces with it. It's just one mushroom. They had 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.520 fish tacos. Stayed away from that. They had some kind 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:38.920 of califlour. I don't know. I didn't eat that. That's 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.640 a vegetable, so I stayed away from that. The brisket 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:47.840 taco though outstanding, Daddy, the brisket taco was wonderful. Chef's 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.520 kiss on the brisk I didn eat the tomato, but 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.160 I took that off. But everything else I eate in 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:56.520 that all right, I want my chicken. So that was 0:09:56.559 --> 0:10:00.320 the That was the event to schmooze, cruise, good time 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.160 had by all and then Danny on top of that, 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.160 I failed to mention this I just came to my head. 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:10.560 Here the boys from Wrapping radios. They were so into 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:14.360 Fox Sports Radio and being partners with us that when 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:16.520 I was getting done with my radio show, which I 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:21.120 went and did. Right after the show, I went back 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:22.880 and I had hours to kill, but I sat in 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.080 the back. But they showed up at like three in 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.480 the morning to hang out and see the studio. It's 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.720 like craziest. Yeah. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:34.439 I was able to meet them Thursday afternoon. They came 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.440 into the Covino and Rich show and hung out. And 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.920 it's cool when you meet sponsors and the people behind 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:43.280 a company. Then it actually puts a face to all 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:44.839 these billboards. 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:46.520 That we read live on the radio every day. 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.319 Yeah, what's cool. I heard from one of the gentlemen. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:51.840 He was telling me the whole story about how the 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.080 company started, and one of the guys behind it's a 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:56.960 Ham radio guy. And I was like, oh man, my 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.560 dad a Ham radio guy also, And I was giving 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.040 up the stories about my dad who always wild say someday, Ben, 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:07.040 there's gonna be a massive earthquake and then eat Ham Radio. 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.840 Ham Radio is going to save you know all this, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.640 and it did not happen in his lifetime. But I'm 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:13.959 sure at some point it will happen. 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:17.160 So a few weekends ago, you might remember where I 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.120 told the story about trying to sell that e bike 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:21.040 on offer up. 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.360 Yes, the guy that wanted you to drive fifty miles 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:25.800 and take three hours in traffic. 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.560 Yeah, the whole Yeah, and that guy disappeared and that 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:33.160 was okay because he was flaky from the start. 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:37.160 It's now fast forward to being stood up. 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.600 I had somebody that said they were going to come 0:11:39.960 --> 0:11:42.560 take a test ride on it at eight pm. So 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.040 I stood out in my garage starting at seven point 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:49.480 thirty waited until eight forty pm, with them messaging me 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:52.680 saying I'm almost there, We're on our way. They never 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.400 showed up. Ben I straight got ghosted. 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:57.079 Why would you. 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.920 I don't Yeah, thank you, I was uttering to my 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.120 better half. I said, why in the world would you 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.800 not just message the person and say, you know what, 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:10.360 we changed our mind, we're not coming on our way. 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:15.560 Totally wasted my time. This was last weekend. So now 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.000 I'm very Larry. I'm just like, I don't want to 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:20.840 deal with any of these potential buyers. I might even 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:24.280 just pull this off of Instead of offer up, I 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.120 was using Marketplace now on Facebook. 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:29.800 I have not spent too much time on there, so 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:31.600 tell me. I don't know a lot about it. My 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:33.640 wife has sold some crap on there, but I don't 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:34.800 know much about it. 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.800 It seems like there's a lot more eyeballs on it, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:43.000 but also a lot more people who completely flake offer up. 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:45.360 It's more of those drive buys I told you about. 0:12:45.720 --> 0:12:49.360 Is it still available on Marketplace? I got tons of 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:53.120 questions and every single message from every potential buyer. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:54.200 I'm not kidding you. 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:58.080 I got hundred messages written to me with questions about 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.760 the bike. Everything they needed to know about the bike 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.400 was in the description that I took the time to type. 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.480 But do you think people actually read the descriptions that 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.160 you type on the products? Oh no, of course not, 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.880 big fat no, no, Well, no, I'm lazy. I'm just 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:14.400 going to look at what the item is and then 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:16.720 I'm going to ask you to repeat yourself from what 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.680 you already took the time to do on the item. 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:21.400 So this is what I'm dealing with. 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:22.600 Bullshit. 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.720 But then I get this message from a dude where 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.520 he seemed really cool and different from the other buyers. 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.840 He told me He's like, hey, I did my research 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.840 on that bike you have up for sale. Just have 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:37.200 a couple of quick questions, and his questions were Legit. 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:39.960 Says he's in the city right next to mine, and 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.440 I'm like, oh, that's good because maybe he won't flake 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:44.480 when you know, I need him to come for the appointment. 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.280 So Wednesday midday shows up at the right time. 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.199 This is crazy. This guy actually made his appointment. 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.440 He's telling me all about how he's about to do 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:59.560 a charity ride for that Sam Rubin guy who just 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:00.800 recently he passed. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.199 Away Channel five, the biggest. 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:08.880 Famous entertainment reporter from southern California. People knew him even nationally. 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.160 Ben this guy who came to potentially buy the bike 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:15.520 worked for k t L. A. Oh that's cool, and 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:20.800 starts talking about who we have in common. Hartman O, Yes, 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.240 Chris Myers. 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:25.280 I kid because I care. And that was just wow, 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.240 because I have a buddy at Channel five in LA 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:31.880 who is a camera guy. What did the guy do? 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:32.760 Did he tell you what? 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.360 Like what he did? Kind of? Yeah, he's in charge 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:36.400 of the union there. 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.440 Oh okay, yeah, And I said, man, we got to 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:40.560 get you at our network. 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:44.680 Yeah, care of more man, but carel that's a third 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:46.360 rail man, that's a third ray. 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:50.440 This guy represents the talent there. Do you remember back 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.600 in the day when our network kind of union. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.440 Uh well, I'm I'm not that old. 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.200 I think Fay zapped you with one of those men 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.200 in black flashy things. 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:04.640 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I didn't think that. I have worked 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.920 at a union shop before, and shocking, they pay a 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.960 lot of money at those union shops. They do. They're very, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.120 very nice. Yeah, I guess we got some money here. 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.240 Anybody's ever been to La It flows? It aren't in 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.880 l A K. T. La is right in the belly 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:24.440 of the beast, right, and you get off the one 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:28.720 on one there in uh in Hollywood on sunset, Right, 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:30.600 it's on sunset. I think it's on sunset. There's right, 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:31.840 it's right actually the highway. 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:36.400 Yeah, yes, well this is where the conversation gets interesting. 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.760 Chess rides the bike and he comes back and he's like, 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.560 I might have to tighten the brakes, but you know, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.800 the bike has just been covered in my garage, so 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:46.760 it was if it was a little stiff, it's because 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:50.160 it's brand new, hasn't even been broken in. He told me, 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:52.680 I used to be an avid bike rider, but now 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:54.680 I need an e bike because I need a little 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.840 help on this ride for when I get tired, I 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:01.480 want to flip the motor on. So he's telling me 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.880 stories about Sam Rubin and what this bike rides all about. 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:09.800 And wow, finally two months later, I sell this bike. Wow, 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:14.040 and seemingly to the right person. Where everything came full 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:18.040 circle though, is he calls his wife on his cell phone. 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.800 I'm going to have her send the venmo to you 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.120 from our account. And I said, all right, cool, so 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.720 I gave him the info. She said it's going to 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.760 be about ten minutes before she can do it, and 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.680 I'm like, all right, that's fine. He's like, so let 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.560 me stand here and brag about KTLA my work. There 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.360 for ten minutes, I'm listening to his stories about the 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:39.600 TV station, and then at the very end, so what 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:44.520 exactly do you do at your network? And I briefly 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:48.040 tell him, wait, wait a second, you're not the dude 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.040 that does the thing with Ben Mahller, are you? 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:50.840 Who? 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:51.640 No? 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:54.360 To God, he. 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.720 Starts talking about how he is a fifth hour listener 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:02.400 really and sanding there waiting from a venmo. And now 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.200 I feel kind of awkward. Do I look like some 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:12.199 dishoveled hobo trying to sell a bike? But it turns 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:16.920 out we got to shout him out. Tony listen, listens 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.080 to the Fifth Hour podcast. 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:20.560 Tony, What's up? Tony? 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:25.040 Obviously he's in the business. He listened to Jay Moore 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.280 and Ben Mallard. Those are the two names that came 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.760 up when he was talking about the network. Cool and yeah, 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.760 very cool, and he said he listens sometimes to your 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:39.639 overnight podcast. But he said in his rotation is the 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:44.280 Fifth Hour. I told him we'd definitely give him a 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.840 shout out. The Venmo came through, he took the bike over. 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.000 He had a nice bike rack on his vehicle because, 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.280 like I said, he's been a bike rider. I actually 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.600 had a smile on my face from making a sale. 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:59.800 I went inside and I told my girl, I said, wow, 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:02.840 I think I actually sold something to the right person. 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.760 That's awesome. And to honor Sam Rubin, that's one of 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.679 the few guys, as you know, Danny, in this entertainment business, 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.280 there's a lot of people that are they give the 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:18.080 facade of being good people who are absolute schmucks, right, 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:23.080 And but I haven't heard any anything from anyone. Nothing 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:27.040 negative at all about about Sam Rubin. Everyone loved the guy. 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.600 He's just like the greatest guy in the world. And 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.960 he was there and I would watch. I used to 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:36.000 go to the gym after the overnight show and i'd 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.720 stay there. By the time I got done, the KTLA 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:43.520 Morning News was on, and I would watch that pretty 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:47.560 regularly because I like the way they bullshitted. I'm sure 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:49.760 they still do, but I'm not really watching it these days. 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:53.240 But they did a wonderful job, so that is awesome. 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.679 Yeah, and it also reminded me that there's actually people 0:18:56.800 --> 0:19:00.960 listening to this crap we do. Oh no, no, sometimes 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.800 sometimes in the studio or in our home studios, and 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:07.560 we're not exactly thinking about all of the people listening. 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:10.200 Yeah, and Tony, I want you to know when you 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.880 were listening to Jay Moore and me back in the day, 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:17.640 I have gone on, I have the TV show and 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:22.359 Jay owns the Lakers, so I think he's a little 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:25.280 bit better than me. But yeah, you know what the 0:19:25.840 --> 0:19:30.679 heck turning the page the wreck at Ralph Radio, people 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:32.960 do the darness things. So I showed up to work 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.480 Sunday night. Now Sunday and night I go in there 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:38.200 usually Sunday, because I don't know it's after the NFL 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.520 games whatever. So I go into the studio Sunday night, 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:44.320 and there's always trash piled up. They don't clean the 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:46.920 place on the weekends, and everyone apparently eats a ten 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:49.800 course meal in there. There's be like a fat form 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:54.800 in there. May no one on the weekends is doing 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:59.080 burpies and push ups and all anyway. So I go 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.920 in there on Sunday night for the overnight show, and 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:07.399 some neanderthal has destroyed the studio, like we have our 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:10.080 own wreck at Ralph. Now you know where I sit 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:12.200 in I sit in the chair closest to the door 0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:15.359 facing the camera. The I've got Eddie on my left, 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:18.720 I've got the producer's chair and the other room on 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.800 my right. So that's where I sit. So I go 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:24.680 in there and I put my bag in, and Arnie's 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:28.600 doing the show from his basement in Vermont, and Plank's 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:31.280 doing the show from his basement in Oklahoma. So I 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:33.400 got the only one there. So I go, I put 0:20:33.440 --> 0:20:35.119 my stuff down. I'm like, all right, I plug my 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.040 headphones in and then I'll put my mic condom on 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:40.800 and I'll be good to go and my little spit 0:20:40.880 --> 0:20:43.280 thing for the mic, And so I go to grab 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:46.560 the mic. There's no mic. I'm like, wait a minute. 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:50.040