WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: "Sock in the Snout" Mail Bag 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:05.520 Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:09.200 week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:12.480 of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.520 treats crackheads in the ghetto Cutter the same as the 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.919 rich pill poppers in the penthouse the Clearinghouse of Hot 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.640 takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:32.880 Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere and 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:38.080 welcome into a special addition of the Fifth Hour with 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:44.440 Ben Maller and Danny G Radio. As we have returned 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:49.120 to the podcast, do Joe and we are ready for 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:52.120 what I look forward to every week. Now. I'm not sure, 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.200 like what podcast gets the most downloads. Is it the 0:00:55.240 --> 0:01:00.600 Friday one with the interview? Is it The Saturday Life 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.440 of Mallard and Danny G? Or is it the mail Bag? 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.680 As you know, Danny, I just keep my head down 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:12.360 and keep marching on, hoping that the audience is there. 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:16.080 And you know, it's it's an odd thing that the Mailbag. 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:17.800 I like it because I don't really know what we're 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:21.680 gonna get on. The Mailbag literally is a mixed bag. 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:25.319 I've told you before. One of my favorite segments working 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.959 with you on the live show. Was asked Ben, because 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.360 I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:32.959 questions we're gonna come up. And then we would learn 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.800 something new about you and everybody on the crew. And 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.319 most of the time it was something humorous that we'd 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.440 all be laughing about later. Well, it might be romantic 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:46.759 or you know, and that's so sweet and hopefully not romantic. 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:51.160 Nobody wants to hear about that. That's true, That's definitely true. 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.559 You can tell some story about how you save somebody 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.520 out of a burning car and the crowd went wild. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.680 Would you run towards a burning car to help somebody? 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.160 You know? You don't know until you're in the moment. 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.440 I would like to think I would, depending on the 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.960 level of fire. Depending on the level of fire, yeah, 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.040 like smoke and you maybe you could see just a 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.160 little bit of flames starting by the engine. Yea, in 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.800 my head. I think we all have this and like 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.919 the cartoon bubble in our heads. Were the hero, right, 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.079 we run over just in the nick of time, We 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.120 pull the person out of the car, we get away, 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.200 and then when we get like thirty steps away, kaboom, 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.640 the thing explodes and and then we wake up and 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:42.160 we realize that's actually not what happened, that none of that, 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:45.079 none of that took place, and boom goes to dynamite. 0:02:45.800 --> 0:03:03.880 All right, let's get to the mail bag. It's all right. 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:08.400 The first question on the mailbag comes from Kevin in Kansas. 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:12.880 He says, Dear Ben and Danny G. You both have 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:18.720 odd sleep schedules. What's the longest you've gone without sleep 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:23.120 and how un normal were you during that span or 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:27.720 did you actually function decently? That is from Kevin, our 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:31.799 buddy in Kansas who is a fellow teacher Danny G. 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.640 And So I trying to think the longest way, I 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:37.440 think it might have actually been when I had my 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.840 gall bladder issues because I couldn't sleep. I was so 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:44.920 uncomfortable that it was a nightmare. Uh So that might 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:49.080 have been it. Outside of that, when I was doing 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.520 that television stuff at NBC and I was traveling and 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:55.120 I had to get off the plane and immediately work. 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.200 But the problem I have is I sound like I'm drunk. 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:03.160 I start luring my words, which is when you're in 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:07.560 the business I'm in and you're in, Danny, that becomes problematic. 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.600 Except a lot of our favorite Mallard Militia members sound 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:16.640 that way. That is true, Yeah, you just sound like 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.440 the leader. Yeah. But as far as the number of 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:23.880 hours I without doing any kind of pharmaceuticals like Jet 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:26.400 who fled that some of the other people that call 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:30.760 the show, I would say, I've probably stayed up maybe 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.480 three days. I think is the is about the limit 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.040 on that. I've definitely done two days a lot where 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:40.599 I've gone over forty right around forty eight hours where 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.880 I have gone without sleep. So I've done that. But 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:45.360 I'm getting older now, Danny, we're both getting older. I 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.040 don't know how much that I can do anymore. I 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:49.560 need at least a few hours. I'm not a good sleeper, 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.839 but it's at least a few There were some nights 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:57.160 where I had to do the intricate parts of some projects. Now, 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:02.080 mind you, that's sixty kids, sixty different projects. So I 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.800 had the hot glue gun out here at home, and 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:08.839 I had like an assembly line on my kitchen table encounters. 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.719 I literally was up all night working on it, and 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:17.080 then showered, went to work, stayed up working all day, 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:22.080 got home. I love science. You know, I guess that's 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.080 doable because you don't sleep, You're up for two days whatever. 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.000 But when I first started the podcast with you and 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.039 I was moving here to where I'm at now, Ben, 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.719 there was a three day span where I was moving, 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.599 working at the network, working at the school, and I 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.000 literally did not sleep for three straight days. It was 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:45.640 just work, this shift, double shift, this move. And I 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:49.120 remember being in my old place in Burbank with my 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:53.599 eyes just bugged out. I've never done drugs like cocaine 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.240 or anything like that, but that would have been the 0:05:56.279 --> 0:06:02.960 time to start. I remember thinking to myself, how did 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.520 people do this back in the eighties, you know, where 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:08.160 they just worked around the clock and they never slept. 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:10.640 And then it occurred to me they did not do 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:15.960 it on their own. They didn't do it sober. Oh yeah, 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.200 I've heard stories about people we I think we know 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.479 some of the people who have done television in l 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:27.000 A who were skiing the mountains even when there was 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.479 no snow on the mountains. They were they were riding 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:35.720 the white Horse. Yes, yes, exactly, exactly so uh yeah, 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:37.760 But I've never done that stuff either. I mean, people 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.560 get blown away. I've I've talked about this also in 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.760 the past, but I I've never had a cup of coffee, 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.320 and I can't have it at this point because that 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.640 is my claim to fame, that is my conversation starter. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:54.240 I have crossed the rubicon of age where I can 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:58.200 no longer discuss uh even having a cup of coffee 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:01.520 because it's off the table. And sushi, right, I've never 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:03.960 had sushi either, That is correct. I've never see. The 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:06.800 sushi part is amazing to me. The coffee, I kind 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:10.160 of get it because I don't exactly like the smell 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:14.680 of black coffee. Um, you know, I need like a 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.560 lot of creamer, I need a lot of sugar, I 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:21.360 need milk added. So I like the cold coffee. I 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.320 would drink a cold latte way before I would drink 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.800 any sort of hot coffee. So I kind of can 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:30.920 understand that. But never having sushi and you live in 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:36.760 southern California, that's just weird. I'm obviously weird. I'm in radio. 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.240 You know that you're not even a California roll. See, 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.840 that's like sushi par beginners. No, I've never. I've never. 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:48.320 I don't like fish. If I don't like fish when 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.080 it's cooked, why am I gonna eat sushi when it's not? 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.240 When it's not cooked. We forgot, by the way, to 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.760 mention our buddy ohio Aw. We thank ohio Aw. I 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.800 just kind of slid it. We slid into that without 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.640 giving him the proper credit. It's a bad job by us. 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:07.520 But Ohio aw came up with the the jingle great Ohio. 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.600 All the mail continues, it does not end. I got 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:16.000 mail yea, I got mail yea. The air from East 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.880 of the Rockies rights and he says, I am writing 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:23.560 in on the wild card line. He says, uh, I 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:28.760 like that. Three quick questions, Hey, why did you save 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:33.640 your bone breaking adventures for the Mallard Town podcast and 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:37.240 not your own? And he says, credit to the Aussie 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:41.240 guy for breaking the news. That's a great question, Pierre. 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.920 I don't know why that that ended up that way. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:48.400 I never I never spent too much time, uh worried 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.360 about him. I just kind of, like I told, I 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.680 told the story with him, and I guess it just 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.120 didn't come up on the podcast. That's a bad job 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.040 by me. He also says, can you share the cautionary 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:02.360 tale of Ernie the Great oh Piner for the listeners. 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.920 He says he wants to know the details. Ernie was 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:07.560 you were on the show when Ernie was part of 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:11.040 the show, right, Danny there, and Ernie was a big, 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:12.920 big part of what we were doing and all that, 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.440 and he quit the show like he was like a 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.199 major contributor in the show. And Ernie was a great 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.720 fan of the show. And we had the Muppet remember 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:26.200 the Muppets account and and and actually Pierre is alf 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.680 the alien o Pineer and he was one of the 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.920 guys that started that. And Ernie was getting so upset 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:34.840 because he had Ernie from Burton Ernie as his avatar, 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:39.480 and he was so annoyed by all these other Muppet accounts. 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.880 It was hilarious, it was. But and that's part of 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:45.920 the reason he went away. Uh, And I don't I 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:49.200 don't think we're gonna hear from Ernie again. Unfortunately, I 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.000 think nothing. He's dead. I think he's moved on. But 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.080 it sucks if somebody quits your live show, it's almost 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.440 like a death. Yeah, these are people that are part 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:00.800 of our family. I agree with you. It's a weird 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.200 thing when they get traded, like like Chris and Houston, 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.960 who was like a nemesis from Houston. Chris, but he 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.559 doesn't call anymore because he's on the dreaded day shift. 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.800 He's sold out for the day shift, and yah, you 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.680 miss him. You're like like, once in a while, I'd 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.959 like to have a nice conversation with Chris so I 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:22.880 could bust his balls about the Astros, the cheating as astros. 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:27.120 Uh and Pierre also says, is Fullerton west of the 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:31.680 four oh five? Asking for a friend, he says, uh no, 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.920 uh no, no, no, it is west Uh it's actually 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.360 east of the five, although I think the five goes 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:44.520 through part of Fullerton west of Fashion Island. Yes, yes, 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:48.320 that is uh let's it's not anyway, I thank you 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.839 for that. Next up, Ironically enough, I don't know how 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:54.560 this worked out. Come back, pay a touch. It's time 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:58.680 from now. I'll call Mike from Fullerton rights and he says, 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.560 has USC and U c l A joining the Big 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:06.000 Ten made you feel any different now that southern California 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.280 is part of the Big ten country. It took me 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.960 a while to adjust, but I'm really starting to appreciate 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:18.120 these Midwestern values since Mike from Fullerton. Yeah, when I 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.520 was driving through Westwood this week to get to the 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:24.520 Fox Sports radio studios, I was I took the dreaded 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.559 four oh five to get over the hill and through 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.560 bel air and all that nonsense. And so I'm driving 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:32.480 and I'm looking at the u c l A Campus. 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:35.280 I'm like, wow, I can't believe they get snow here. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.200 That's what it's gonna be wild. It's absolutely crazy. And 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:40.839 I wonder what the U c A Hockey team is 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.400 gonna be And when they take on Wisconsin in Michigan, 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:49.280 it's it's gonna be cool, right man. Uh. And then 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:52.200 Mike also says he's adding a few more to his 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:58.840 interview wish list, and he's got Ralph Lawler, Don McLean, 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:03.240 Jose Mode uh, and Donald Trump. He says Danny g 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.840 has his number, and he says last, but certainly least 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:11.320 Brian Finley's on the list. So out of that list, 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:15.840 not that we do list podcasting, but Ralph Lawler I 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:20.080 believe will be on the podcast at some point. I'm 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:23.079 friends with Ralph. He's retired now, he's he spend part 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.240 of his time in Oregon, part of his time in Florida. 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.240 But the reason I believe he'll come on the podcast, 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:32.439 Danny he's got a book. Yeah, the books coming out, 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.440 so he'll be on the pimp his book, and I 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.120 actually want to read the book. He's gonna tell Sterling stories, 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.920 stories about Donald Sterling, his time with the Clippers, obviously 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:46.600 his life. And so hopefully we'll get him on at 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:51.880 some point. I know, I know all these guys except Trumps, 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.800 Don McClean I know from the Petrols and Money Show, 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.240 and Don I when he played in the NBA years 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:01.920 ago and all that. He's been around forever, So hopefully 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:05.760 we get him on. And Jose Moda known known Jose 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.800 for for many many years. Also casually, you know we're 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:11.280 not best friends. Then would this be a good time 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:15.520 to vent for a minute about Brian Billick? Is it now? 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:19.920 Can we officially put the cover of the coffin down 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.880 and say that's it? We're done? Are we at that point? Though? 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.960 I would like to because on a previous podcast we 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:31.360 joked around, because we jumped through all these hoops with 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:34.719 Brian Billick and his representative to get him on as 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:39.480 a guest on the podcast Brian bill Brian Billick, they 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.760 said yes to the interview, and then through email only, 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.480 they would not give me cell phone numbers except we 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:48.520 had one cell phone number. Remember that said this isn't 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:53.080 Brian's phone anymore. Oh that's right, yes, yes, And I 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.160 got that number from somebody who that was the number 0:13:56.280 --> 0:14:01.200 that was Brian Billick pretended like his cell phone number 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:05.320 wasn't his cell phone number. And in that text message, 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:09.640 which was very odd, he said, Brian Billick doesn't use 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.000 this cell phone anymore. You need to get ahold of 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.319 his rep. And he gave the reps name and I'm like, well, 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.360 if Brian doesn't use this phone anymore, how would this 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:24.400 person know who Brian Billicks rep is. So I'm like, okay, whatever, 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.840 I'll play your stupid game. Brian Billick. I've been emailing 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:31.920 back and forth with his rep. This is just amazing 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.680 to me because back and forth, I'm talking ten emails. Ben, 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.360 he doesn't come on the podcast. So you and I 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.680 were like whatever, Brian Billick. I even I have a 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:45.160 funny drop from that podcast because you're like Brian Billick, 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:50.600 Brian Billick, Brian bill Brian Billick. And it's just funny 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.480 to hear your voice cracking because you're so piste off 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:59.400 about dumb ass Brian Billy. Well, fast forward to Monday, 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:03.360 I get email from the rep saying hey, Danny, it's 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:06.000 been a while. I know you guys really wanted to 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:10.280 have Brian on the show Good News. He's doing media 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:15.240 tomorrow all day Tuesday. He's gonna go on TV and radio. 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.640 So give me the time for Ben and we'll make 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:22.040 it happen. I promise. And I'm like, well that's nice. 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.720 I mean, you know, it was a ship show last 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.560 time trying to work with this guy. But he's trying 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:28.760 to make it up to us. So I text you. 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:32.080 I'm like, hey, Ben, what's your window? When can we 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.720 take this guy? Yeah? I gave you two windows, right, 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.920 do it a morning window in an afternoon window to 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:44.720 completely f up my day for the podcast. Talk to 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.760 Brian Billick, who is not coached in the NFL and 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:51.720 over a decade. I immediately send this information back to 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.960 him via email and I'm like, dude, we look forward 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.800 to it. Here are the two windows. Let me know 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:02.840 what works for Brian. Got crickets, that's all we got. 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.160 Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.960 tick tick. Nothing nothing back, nothing back, nothing back. I'm 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:13.160 checking my email all day now. I'm interrupting my school 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:17.200 job by trying to slightly check my email in between 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:21.640 lesson plans and teaching these kids in the classroom. I'm like, all, 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.360 are you guys cutting paste over there? I gotta check 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:28.000 my email. So I'm checking my email. Nothing from this guy. 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.560 Nothing back. Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick. Day goes, 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:35.560 day goes, nothing back. So that night I email him 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:39.320 again and I'm like, dude, it's almost Tuesday. When are 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.280 we gonna say? I wake up Ben? I set my 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.760 alarm for Tuesday morning. I set it for four am, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:49.040 five am, and six am. That way I don't miss 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:53.360 any communication with this guy. I get one email from 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:57.240 him Tuesday morning at five a m r. Time, and 0:16:57.320 --> 0:17:00.560 it said what time does Ben wanted to hype again? 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:08.720 And and mind you Danny. In the afternoon, I'm texting 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.840 my friend in Baltimore because he knows Billick and he's 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:16.239 one of the people whatever so we're friends, and and 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:18.680 he's like, hey, I heard Billocks on one of the 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:22.760 stations in Baltimore right now doing an interview. You know, like, 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.679 wait a minute, this is one of the windows that 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:30.920 I had given Danny and Billicks red interview. And then 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:33.359 he popped up on a station in Denver like he 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.440 did a bunch of like radio stuff and a few 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.879 podcast things. But we were on the list and we 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.480 didn't make the lid. What was that? Hi? I like 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:47.200 the saint. That's that's fine, that's it. And next time 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.600 and they need something to promote, I'll remember this, al right. 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:52.639 Next time they had some crappy product they want to 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:57.560 promote or whatever, some gambling thing, I'll remember. All right, 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:03.040 I'm moving on as we continue. You always exciting a 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:09.560 fifth hour mail bag? Who is next here? All right? 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:13.720 We have Neil from the real Miami, he says, A 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:17.879 three hour long but scenic drive from Hemingway's Key West 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:22.080 a great place for the Miami chapter of the Mallard 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:25.560 Militia to meet up. You can fly over to Miami 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:30.480 or Fort Lauderdale twenty minutes away Gascon and Lawrence the 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.919 Lawyer ak marlins Man can pick you up in a 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:38.200 stretch Limo and we can swing by to get weed man, 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:43.399 hippie and cantankerous COVID couple from pombay Uh And on 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:47.840 the way to Key West, what do you say? Yeah, well, 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.440 you name pretty much all the listeners, although we did 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:54.240 have that that guy the dick from from Miami. Then 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:58.760 I love you? Who calls up every once in a while. 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:01.280 He hasn't called up in a while. That would be 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:03.440 great fun. I'd love to do it. I've I've been 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.520 to Miami at once in my life. I was there 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:09.680 for like a week years ago for a World Series 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.960 and I've not been back, so that would be That 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.359 would be great. And uh, I've friends that have moved there, 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:18.520 and I know a lot of people in Florida. Over 0:19:18.560 --> 0:19:20.879 the last three years, a lot of people left California. 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.000 Many of them have gone not just to Miami, but 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:28.600 Orlando and you name it, the Gulf Coast region where 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:31.720 the what they call the redneck rivieria, I believe is 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:35.720 the term some friends that are there. Uh. Neil also 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.200 says pro tip for you and the Mallard militia. Best 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:41.000 time to go to Miami is the end of the 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:46.320 hurricane season, which is from Halloween when they have a 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:51.280 Freaky Fantasy Fest and then followed by festival after festival, 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:55.160 including some food festivals like seafood so you can pick 0:19:55.240 --> 0:20:00.879 your own poison. That's great advice. Yeah, And that's a 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:03.320 good time to go anyway, because the weather in Miami 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:05.280 is always pretty much the same. It doesn't really get 0:20:05.320 --> 0:20:07.520 that cold doesn't get that hot. It's always kind of 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:10.560 the same around the same temperature. So if you go 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:15.920 there in October, I maybe wait till November, right because 0:20:15.960 --> 0:20:18.439 it gets a little colder in November. Where we are, 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.840 it doesn't get all that cold. So thanks for the information, Neil. 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:24.359 And if I do end up having another one of 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.960 my friends relocate to Miami, I guess I'm gonna have 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.560 to go back to Miami. And sounds to me like 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:35.200 there will be more people I know moving to Miami. Miami, Miami. 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:39.840 You've got mail Tony in Seattle, write s this is 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:43.320 somewhat related, he says. The next place you'd like to travel? 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:51.280 Yes with Mrs Mallard and Mrs TINDERNI So any road trips? 0:20:51.280 --> 0:20:53.560 I know you You mentioned your car issues here, Danny, 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.399 so she won't be going on any car trips. But 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:02.320 any any exotic locations that you'd like to visit. No, 0:21:02.680 --> 0:21:06.240 nothing exotic. We're actually gonna try to go to Disneyland 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:10.480 next week. That's tost of going somewhere exotic. Are you 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:14.560 gonna start robbing banks on the way? Um? I do 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:18.560 have a few week days off in between this summer 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:22.920 school job ending and the next school semester starting. That's 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:25.000 gonna be nice to have a couple of week days off. 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:28.399 Just gonna try to stay close by in southern California. No, 0:21:28.840 --> 0:21:34.440 nothing long distance until November. A stay cation. Yeah, of course. 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:38.600 We got Maui coming up in November. That's that's the 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:41.240 big one. That's the big one. So we're saving. We're 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:43.600 in that mode right now where we're like, get the 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:46.800 one that's on sale. I hear you. Yeah, as far 0:21:46.840 --> 0:21:51.159 as me, Tony. Actually, I would like to get to 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.320 the Pacific Northwest again, a lot of Portland. My wife's 0:21:54.359 --> 0:21:56.920 got a friend in Portland and we were talking about 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:59.000 going up there and visiting her and her kid and 0:21:59.040 --> 0:22:01.960 all that. Uh. And I want to get back to Minnesota. 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:05.439 I was so close in Wisconsin, and I learned that 0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:09.119 people from Minnesota do not cross the Wisconsin Minnesota border. 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:13.040 It's a point of demarcation. It's apparently the people in 0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:17.000 Wisconsin hate the people in Minnesota and vice versa. They 0:22:17.040 --> 0:22:20.919 think the other state is like a demilitarized zone. So 0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:24.080 I had a meet and greet in Appleton, and we 0:22:24.119 --> 0:22:26.000 had all these listeners in Minnesota like, oh yeah, I'm 0:22:26.000 --> 0:22:27.760 gonna drive over it's a long drive, but I want 0:22:27.760 --> 0:22:30.520 to meet you. And then nobody showed up from Minnesota, 0:22:30.840 --> 0:22:33.119 but I we we do so well there on the 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:35.640 radio show. I really would love to meet a bunch 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:38.760 of the big fans of the show that listen on 0:22:38.760 --> 0:22:42.199 on CAFAN. One of the great sports talkers in the country, 0:22:42.480 --> 0:22:45.280 and it's very cool that they carry the overnight show. 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:47.919 So I'd love to go in there and go to 0:22:48.000 --> 0:22:50.560 some juicy lucy place. And if you're one of our 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:53.960 p ones and you know a restaurant in Minnesota, like 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:58.159 the reason I picked a Latin Fusion restaurant in Appleton 0:22:58.680 --> 0:23:01.400 because I was a friend of the family and so 0:23:01.560 --> 0:23:05.080 I it's much easier to do these things if you 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:08.000 end up knowing someone or you have somebody's a fan 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:11.520 of the show at the restaurant. Uh. There has been 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:13.760 some talk of a Mallard meet and greet sometime in 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:17.000 August at a I cannot reveal the location yet, that's 0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:18.800 not finalized, so I don't want to say anything about 0:23:18.800 --> 0:23:22.160 it to jinx it Um. But to answer your question again, 0:23:22.200 --> 0:23:27.639 Tony Minnesota, possibly Portland's and that's that's about it. But 0:23:27.920 --> 0:23:30.840 whether I get to any of those places I can't 0:23:31.000 --> 0:23:34.840 can't say, what do you like? Burn it down? Like Bakersfield? 0:23:35.760 --> 0:23:38.880 How dare you that stadium still there although it should 0:23:38.920 --> 0:23:41.639 be burnt down? I will say that Chris and Marracoca 0:23:41.720 --> 0:23:44.720 to Iowa, Right, since it's you and Danny G should 0:23:44.720 --> 0:23:48.080 start watching a TV series together and you can discuss 0:23:48.640 --> 0:23:52.280 the weekly episode on the pod. Yeah. I don't know 0:23:52.320 --> 0:23:54.520 that I have enough time, neither to you Danny, with 0:23:54.600 --> 0:23:59.400 our crazy schedules to dedicate every week to watch an episode. 0:23:59.400 --> 0:24:01.600 But from I'm the time I I did this with 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:04.160 with Gascon back in the day west of the four 0:24:04.200 --> 0:24:07.240 oh five, where if there was a cool documentary or something, 0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:10.239 and we could both watch it and give our like 0:24:10.560 --> 0:24:14.320 book report or movie review like Siskel and Ebert, there's 0:24:14.320 --> 0:24:17.080