1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox sports 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the i Heart Radio app 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: search f s R to listen live. Be sure to 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays at 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: two a m. Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: Radio and the I Heart Radio app. If you thought 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: more hours a day, minutes a week was enough, think again. 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: He's the last remnants of the old Republic, a sole 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: fashion of fairness. He treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: the same as the rich pill poppers in the penthouse, 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: to clearinghouse of hot takes, break free for something special. 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: the air everywhere you cannot get away from the Mallard 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: brand because management wants us to keep doing other shows. 16 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: So it's the podcast, the spinoff version of the Ben 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: Maller over a Night Show. Because four hours obviously not 18 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: or not not enough during the week on the overnight 19 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: clearly not enough. We do this now eight days a week. 20 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: At least some of us do this eight days a week. 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: And this the Saturday edition of the podcast and we 22 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: will have plenty of amazing audio content for you. Of 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: course you'll be the judge of that, and back this weekend. 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: You never know when he's gonna be here and when 25 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: he's not gonna be here. He's very bougie. The work 26 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: ethics not quite up to standard, but David gascon nice 27 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: of you something. The only offs you know, I figured, uh, 28 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: you know, and salary demands aren't there met just yet. 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: So I gotta, you know, play a little tough. I 30 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: gotta play a little a little push, a little back. 31 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: You know that dance would do. So just kind of 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: sitting here with us common people, the holy poloy sitting 33 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: at home. It's Ben Mallory, the common people. Yeah again, 34 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: I know you're oblivious to this. I'm in a professional 35 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: radio studio from your house, with better equipment than the 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: equipment that you're sitting in front of in that particular room. 37 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: So I just want to point that out right now. 38 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: I'm in a situation where the quality on my end 39 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: is wonderful. Yeah, because the equipment is better. I won't 40 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: be curious come tax Seas, and I know we're around 41 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: the corner, but I would imagine you'll you'll push things 42 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: back a little bit. I will be curious how much 43 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: money you saved in on gas, not like tires, not 44 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: on oil, but gas. Well, it went up. The electricity 45 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: bill went up, as you know, to pay for the 46 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,920 Speaker 1: electricity here for all this equipment here. It's there's a 47 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: lot of equipment in this particular studio that I have, 48 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, balances out, No way, there's no way that 49 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: balances out. Like you you drive a hefty, hefty ways 50 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: a way to get to the Fox Sports studios. Yeah. No, 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: I do occasionally go in there, and I go out 52 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: there and I'll check out the Neanderthals like yourself that 53 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: worked there, and I'll do it. You know, time of 54 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: time you check in when you need to pick up mail. 55 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: Let's not confuse anybody about you checking in with people. 56 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: It's killing two births of the ones. Of course, show 57 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: you a little bit about my and my ambition here 58 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: compared to guest gon. When when I'm doing the show 59 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: and the broadcast line goes down, what I do? Run? 60 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: You know a rain storm. See, I'm hungry like a wolf. 61 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: I want to keep working. So what I do? I 62 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: got that fire my belly guest guy, so I gave 63 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: them almobile. I didn't even put shoes on. I was 64 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: in such a hurry because well, the main reason I 65 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: was in a hurry is because that guy Brian Finley 66 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: on the air and I could see my career going 67 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: away because Brian Finley was doing the hour of radio 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: while I was was driving around. So I was a 69 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: little concerned by that. I have I actually have a 70 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: remedy for that. And for you. Yeah, this is something 71 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: I was taught by someone else that works on one 72 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: of these networks. Why don't you tape recording and or 73 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: hour and have it in the bag so you're talking 74 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: an evergreen hour. You could just put that on at 75 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: a given moment there, just in case. Right, Yeah, No, 76 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: it's not a bad idea. It's not a bad idea. 77 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: And uh, I have thought about it. I now. I 78 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: I was in the mother ship, the Fox Sports Radio 79 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: studios when Wrong Button Bob got the nickname Wrong Button Bob. 80 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: When Bob Gara went nuclear and turned he hit the 81 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: kill switch on the entire network four radio stations, in 82 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: a switch we didn't even notice existed until Robert Garrett 83 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: found it. The producer now of the Odd Couple, by 84 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: old producer and all I did. I said, you know, 85 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: can you go back and reset the computer because you 86 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: had to go back into the control room to reset 87 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: the computer that I used when I was in there. 88 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: And he went back and he flipped the switch, and uh, 89 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: and then we found out what happened if Fox Sports 90 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 1: Radio went off the air and was not met with 91 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: a lot of enthusiasm because they had They did have 92 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 1: some tape shows, but they were like ten years old 93 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: talking about college basketball. They were not generic, is what 94 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm saying. They were not. They were time sensitive and 95 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: did not satisfy the needs of the consumer. And correct 96 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong. Wasn't that the best of Steve Disager? Yeah? 97 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: Well yeah, we heard the Sager doing a college basketball 98 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: like n c A tournament scoreboard, which would have been 99 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: fine if it had been that year and it had 100 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: been college basketball season, it would have been perfectly fine. 101 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: But it was neither of those things. It would have 102 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: been awes would have been awesome if it was in March, right, 103 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: Like we confused? You mentioned how confused the people would be. 104 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: So that's that's great. So what's what's on the menu 105 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: of this? So that's fine? So all right, so on 106 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: this Saturday edition of the Fifth Hour. We've got a 107 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: word show, drama, rama, We've got that a lot to 108 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: get to in that discussion. Also cydeclops, tales of West 109 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: of the four oh five, and the nickname claim and 110 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: so we have all that. In addition, if we have time, 111 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: we'll get to pop quiz as well. That's a lot 112 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: of content. That's a lot of content. That's bonus content 113 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 1: that only the p ones that tune in even on 114 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: the weekends get. Other people don't get this content. Guest guy, 115 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: this is amazing content. We I come in here with 116 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: a lot of gumption to put this together and people, 117 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: you know, not everyone will here. We're fine. This is 118 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: for the special like one per centers if you will, 119 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: that are extremely locked and loaded, that support the podcast 120 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: or they have nothing else to do. Well that that 121 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: also well and also the honey Dooo list on the weekends. 122 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: I hear that a lot from from the fellas. You know, 123 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: you get the get the stuff that you gotta do 124 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: on the Saturday, get up early, do some stuff, put 125 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: the podcast on or there, go for a walk or 126 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: whatever whatever you do. Many different ways you can consume 127 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: the podcast or your truck driver and I know from 128 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: talking to moving Man Matt, the Great Moving Man out 129 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: of Boston, that he will save up the podcast, the 130 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: whole the full Monty and then when he goes on 131 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: the road, goes to Oregon or somewhere across the country. 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: He was just put on the podcast anyway, All right, now, 133 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: Awards Show, Drama Orama. It is one of the biggest 134 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: weekends of the year on The Ben Maller Show. And 135 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: if you've been listening, you know, if you've been paying 136 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: attention to the overnight show, all about the lead up 137 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: to the pinnacle, to the big payoff, right the crescendo. Uh, 138 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: and that would be Sunday night into Monday. Now, why 139 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: is Sunday night into Monday different than all other nights 140 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: on the Ben Mallor Show. I'm glad you asked. Uh. 141 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: It is the night that we present in living audio 142 00:07:51,480 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: color ones Benny Awards, celebrating mediocrity in marginal over night 143 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: sports radio. And I know Gascon for you, this is 144 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: very difficult to be part of. You now, you're not 145 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: part of that show, but this is where we honor 146 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: the people you consider peasants and sharecroppers and hay seeds 147 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: and country Bumpkins. These are the people that are below 148 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: you guesscon but to me, they're equals, and so we're 149 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: gonna honor these people. It's always a stressful time in 150 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: in the show. Um, but I know you don't like 151 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: that when we kind of celebrate the regular people. You 152 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: were annoyed by that, Gusco. I'm a little appalled by it. 153 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. I mean, everyone that's out there 154 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: that listens to this podcast knows I'm underappreciated and undervalued 155 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: and undercompensated. And to that I break my back for you. 156 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: And and then additionally, I am not I am not 157 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: even up for a consideration as a benny for a 158 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: commendable fill in, because that's exactly what I am, or 159 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: what what you have on your show with three guys, 160 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: most of them sleeping from majority of the four hours. 161 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: You lean on me like a good wing man, like 162 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: this is Pete Mitchell and Mother Goose and top Gun, 163 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: like I am here there for you at any given time, 164 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,959 Speaker 1: not only on the air, but at the middle of 165 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: the night. I supply you with entertaining and theatrical stories 166 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: that make you laugh a little bit during a You 167 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: have a special kind of Michigas as my grandfather. You 168 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: are so oblivious, you know, you have missed a bunch 169 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: of podcast I've missed like six that's a lot. That's 170 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: not a lot. That is a ton. Okay, that is 171 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: a ton. And you're so oblivious, You're unaware. The Pikes 172 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: has been fine. No one hasn't. If I'm getting directly 173 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: it sucks on this, then yeah, no, I disagree. Who 174 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: do you want to rip that? We've had great people 175 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: that have come in here and done the podcast. What 176 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: are their names? Well, last week we had bow of 177 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: the show that was in here and did an amazing job, 178 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: and he talked about you want to Yes, Yes, he 179 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: was great. He didn't talk too much, he didn't try 180 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: to steal the show at all. He was he was 181 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: one with Kevin the Great, Kevin O'Connell. Kevin, here's a 182 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: solid job. He's the guy that just left the company 183 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: two days ago. Okay, continue, well, that's fine. He probably 184 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: got a better job for the Curse of the Benbino. Continue, 185 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: that was the curse of the Bambino at all. He 186 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: worked on your show and then he quit. He laughed. Well, 187 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: because now because of that, it's the catapult. He's not 188 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: probably got a better job. Good for him. The other 189 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: Mallard's success story, Mallard tree booming. Maybe he could go 190 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: right for a local newspaper and playgiarize some articles and 191 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: then get fired. Wow, savage monster, you're a savage monster. Yeah, alright, anyway, listen, 192 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: the point of this is guesstcon. The show goes on 193 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: the Jubilasian the celebration. It's always a laza lallapalooza. I 194 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: think it's the of the word I was looking for there, 195 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: but it's it's always fun, even when you're not here. So, 196 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: but the reason, get back to the point please. Alright, 197 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: So we're talking about this this week being special. Why 198 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: is this a stressful time? Because there is so much 199 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: on the line. There was so much on the line. 200 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: You win a Benny Award and your life changes in 201 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: amazing ways. It does. You get immense clout in the 202 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: little village that is the Ben Mallory Show of the 203 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: Mallard Militia, in our little ecosystem, a little world here. 204 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: It's a big deal. This is a big deal. You 205 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: might say, Oh, who cares, It's just a dopey overnight show. No, 206 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: one's listening anyway, and you might be right about that, 207 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: but we have our own little cult and for the 208 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: nocturnal creatures right to get together there and all the 209 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: carnivores and the primitive beings that listen overnight, that are 210 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: up all night with us. Ah, this is huge, This 211 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: is very important. It's essential that you are celebrated and 212 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: honored with the Banny Award. And now the the real 213 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: reason for the anxiety, though, is emotion. Emotion takes over. 214 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: The better story is in the losing locker room, and 215 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: it's just a couple of layers this. It's the people 216 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: that don't get nominated. I get nasty emails. I've been 217 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: listening to you for X number of years and your 218 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: trow used to be good. But I cannot believe I 219 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: sent you seven thousand three text messengers Twitter and you 220 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: did not put me on the list of a nomene 221 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: Always like that, And then I also like the nominees 222 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: who don't win and then have bitterness and resentment towards 223 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: the show as well. And I'm not getting the Benny's. 224 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: We've done this for several years now, and some people 225 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: hold such a grudge that we have lost some of 226 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: our higher ranking members of the mall unlesha pe once 227 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: because of displeasure for not winning an award which does 228 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: no financial no monetary value. You don't get a trophy. 229 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: And you know every everyone, every year there's at least 230 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: one or two unhinged whack jobs, the chowter heads that 231 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: come out here. But I say to each their own guests, alright, 232 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: So I got a question and a comment for this 233 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: first offic The comment is this is it's probably Coop's idea, 234 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: but I thought it was a great job that you 235 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: guys have nominated a renamed it Genie and Medford Caller 236 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: of the Year. Well we did that several years ago. 237 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: Genie passed away. Thanks for paying attention there. You're a 238 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: big fan of the show. But the Genie and Medford 239 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: Memorial Caller of the Year awards the greatest caller in 240 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: the history of sports talk radio, the Overnight, the great 241 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: Genie and Medford loved her, loved I thought she was 242 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: fake for the first five years she called the show 243 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: and says this, No one could be this crazy, but 244 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: she was. That's good. Now. The question is is do 245 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: you have anybody that you would consider in the running 246 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: for a Leonardo DiCaprio kind of a war. Like. What 247 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: I mean by that is it took DiCaprio year years 248 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: and years and years to finally win an Oscar. Yeah, 249 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: he was nominated sometimes other times he wasn't and just 250 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: never want anything despite having good work. And then he 251 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: finally had that happened. I think it was with The 252 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: Revenant a couple of years ago. So do you have 253 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: anyone on your big board that you say, keep an 254 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: eye on him or or her because they've been in 255 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: contention a few times and just have never gotten over 256 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: the hump. Oh yeah, there's there's several members of the 257 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: Malle militia that are underappreciated, under rated, undervalued, however underword 258 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: you want to use. And uh, and I don't want 259 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: to influence the voting because the voting is Saturday. There's 260 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: still time to vote and uh, you're laughing at me, 261 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: but but seriously, because this is the final push here 262 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: and now it's a little harder to vote now because 263 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: I had to move some tweets around and you gotta 264 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: check my timeline on there. You might have to scroll 265 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: down a little bit. Maybe I'll repin that. I'm not 266 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: sure how we're gonna do that. But the the voting 267 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: is on. There's a way you can vote on Google. 268 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: One vote per customer. There's a link. It's on the 269 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: Facebook page. You're gonna have to scroll down a little bit, 270 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: but please vote if you haven't voted yet. Some of 271 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: these categories are literally, I'm not exaggerary, literally and figuratively 272 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: being decided by like ten votes or less. It's insane. Now, 273 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: for the sake, for the sake of transparency, will you 274 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: let everybody that's voting on this know that when the 275 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: voting starts, it will not stop at four o'clock in 276 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: the morning and then restart any hours. Letter Well, well, 277 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: let me put us away, gast Scott. We will have 278 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: on on this edition of the podcast, the Saturday edition 279 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: of the Fifth Hour podcast. Well full transparency. We're gonna 280 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: wait actually to announce the real winners. We're gonna give 281 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: out the awards on Sunday night, but we're gonna wait 282 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks there to all the absentee ballots 283 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: come in, and then we're gonna count the absentee ballance, 284 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: which I didn't even know it's possible on Internet. Pull 285 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: We're gonna wait for that. You never know, Genie might 286 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: actually vote then concern the dead vote. Now, just give 287 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: me a heads up as we're doing this and we 288 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: obviously the podcast is uh is recorded in a previous 289 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: day and Saturday, but to give me an idea of 290 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: where we're at now. One of the categories Best Show Marketing. 291 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: This is a category that includes shell Shock really being 292 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: the driving force the guiding light for the mallarw maneuver 293 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: drink at a bar in Colorado. Thank you for that 294 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: moving man. Matt came up with the Mallard the mobile 295 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: Mallar Militia billboard on the back of his his big 296 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: rig driving around the highways and byways of America. Andrea 297 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: the sports astrologist Virgo and service on Twitter. She promoted 298 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: the show when they did a feature on her on 299 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: CBS Sunday Morning, gave us a shout out, and then 300 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: Fats in Philadelphia lit himself on fire screaming Ben Maller 301 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: during the NFL Draft, which was a great way to 302 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: market the show since he and die so Um. Those 303 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: are all all the the nominees in this category, but 304 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 1: the top two are literally the separation point between number 305 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: one and number two in this category is seventeen votes. 306 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: Seventeen votes is the separation very close, best lame joke 307 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: Writer of the Year, very very close as well, splitting 308 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: hairs here. Uh. In fact, this one, there are as 309 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: we're doing this, five votes separate first place from second place. 310 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: Five And we keep in mind hundreds and hundreds and 311 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people have voted, and 312 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: five votes separate this category. That is this insanity, UM 313 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: and some of the other categories that are extremely extremely close. UM. 314 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: Female Caller of the Year, the ladies stepping up the game. 315 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: Are we gonna have to change that just a genderal, 316 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: gender neutral call of the Year in the future, I hope, 317 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: but maybe you maybe you dumb it. As as title 318 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: nine Color of the Year, about title nine Color of 319 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 1: the Year. Now we've had a big sea change in 320 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: this category and the favorite is still in the lead, 321 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: but number one to number two as we're doing this 322 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: two votes. This is insanity and the person that was 323 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: in number one is now fourteen votes behind number one. 324 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: So it's all it's like a horse race, neck and neck. 325 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a photo finish in many of these categories. 326 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: It's so exciting, And we also have the social media 327 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: brackets which are online, and the final bracket is up. 328 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: But we had sixteen finalists, the Sweet sixteen, and we're 329 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: pairing that down. We also had the category for the 330 00:18:55,560 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: Top Power Hour from from which you of course mocked 331 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: and ridiculed, and radio it was tremendous. Radio was wonderful. 332 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: We learned about people, learned about their lives and the 333 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: very relatable something I know west of the four oh five, 334 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: you guys, you guys can't even have your streets safe 335 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: enough for the Great Tiger Woods to drive through. So 336 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: you guys got your issues over there west of the 337 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: four or five. Just want to point that out. Maybe, Yeah, 338 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: all right, So now as far as the people getting 339 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: upset again, I just want to circle back to that, 340 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: as the White House Press Secretary would say, So you 341 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: you really don't need to go start raving mad. P 342 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: s A. You don't have to go start raving mad 343 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: because you didn't win a dope awards. You you know, 344 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: on the on the bennings. It'd be cool if you did. 345 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: Not everyone's gonna win. Obviously, it's not like you actually 346 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: win a trophy. I must stress this. You don't win 347 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: anything you get, but you do get golden tickets, which 348 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: are only good. It's like Mickey Mouse dollars. They're only 349 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: good at Disneyland. It's virtual street Craig, you get some 350 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: of that. But the callers, I will say the callers 351 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: were more important than ever in our shows. Much different 352 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: than the other shows in that, you know the other shows, 353 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: they most of them have gone away from taking calls 354 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,479 Speaker 1: and having listener contributions. And some of these shows, I'll 355 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: let you in a little secret, some of these shows, 356 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: as Taboo to says, they actually taped their show. They 357 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: even they're not even there to take calls because they're, 358 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: you know whatever, they're doing their thing. We're doing it 359 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: live and we do obviously have a lot of interaction. 360 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: That's one of the things that makes the show different 361 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: and unique. And it was sports shutting down. Uh, you 362 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: the listener were more important. We had no actual sporting 363 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: events for over a hundred days, almost a hundred and 364 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: fifty days to talk about in so we thank you now. Well, 365 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: well we ever get the chance since we since we 366 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: introduced Benny versus a Penny in online, would you ever 367 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: consider doing the Benny's on YouTube? Um? Yeah, I I would, 368 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: but it's it's part of the radio. So it's like 369 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: for the radio shop. So I feel like it should 370 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: be in that world. It should be in that world, 371 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: because as much as I try to get people to 372 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: listen to this podcast and to the other things that 373 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: we do, there's there's a certain percentage of people that 374 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: just our only radio listeners. And as much as I 375 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: have tried, and usually it's people over a certain age 376 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: all stereotype that the radio. I love radio, but I 377 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: am able to listen to podcasting and streaming and whatnot. 378 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: But some people aren't um and they're only able to 379 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: listen to the radio. So I don't want to eliminate 380 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: those people who are the backbone and the of the show. 381 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: So we have these side clops. What is these cideclops 382 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: all about here, guests? So it's it's that that cloud 383 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: that that we have kind of crafted and created, that 384 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: was upon us in September when we first launched to 385 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: Fit Down with Ben Maller. It's taken us to the 386 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: the highs, the highs of you being disbanded from rams 387 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: and Seahawks games, to the loads of loads with my 388 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: car being hit and windows being bashed out. I was 389 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 1: I was not around last week obviously, and I know 390 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: that was felt by you not being on the podcast 391 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: for a couple of days, and wonderful. I I thought, 392 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: you know, I had some issues. I needed to go 393 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: visit an optometrist. And you know, for a month, maybe 394 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: like three weeks, I had dryness at least I felt 395 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: like I had dried us in one of my eyes 396 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: and I was scratching it and rubbing it so much. 397 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: I thought maybe it was an eyelash, maybe it was 398 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 1: just something from the morning time. Couldn't get anything out, 399 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: and I I tried remedy it by putting a warm 400 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: cloth in my eye eye drops and nothing worked. I 401 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: even took the drops that I used from my ear 402 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: since they were eye drops, and still nothing worked. So 403 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: I went to an optometrist and visit with the autometrist 404 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: and she's like, I'm gonna run you through an entire 405 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 1: evaluation since it's been a few years since you've had 406 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: an exam. So I said, all right, final, if you 407 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: take a few minutes, no, no worries. Then I went 408 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: through a seventy five minute I evaluation and I shoo 409 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: you not. It was like a full blown exercise routine. 410 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: I was gassed. I was so tired, like just my 411 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: eyes and my head from the functioning. And she said 412 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: two things. She said, Hey, do you have double vision? 413 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 1: And I said no, Why And she says, because some 414 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: of these baseline tests that I put you through, it 415 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: looks like you have double vision. But your eyes reset 416 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,640 Speaker 1: so fast because your eye muscles are fast, but your 417 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: eye alignment is unbalanced, so you're gonna be susceptible to 418 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: that as you age. And I was like, fuck, this 419 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: is another thing Ben hasn't told me about. So when 420 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: I don't have double vision, this one thing that's not 421 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: fucked up. Anything else is fucked up, but that's not 422 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: one thing that's messed up with me. So the creme 423 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: de la creme was at the end. She went through 424 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: the entire evaluation, then started looking at my eyes to 425 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: see if anything was in it. And this made me upset, like, 426 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: I don't know, have you have you ever been outside 427 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: the park catastrophe? Have you ever had a moment in 428 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: your life where your body went into a fight or 429 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: flight moment that you can remember? And it was really intense. Uh, 430 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: you know, off the top of my head, I'm trying to. 431 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: I've been to some accidents where you kind of like 432 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: your but full. I don't think I've ever fully gone 433 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: into that mode, so okay, I've only been into it twice, 434 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 1: and oddly enough, it was. One of the first times 435 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: was when I was fasting to start and I had 436 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: to do a physical and I had six vials of 437 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: blood drawn, and for some reason, I went into a 438 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: fighter flight. Because I was having the blood drawn, I 439 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: was looking at it and I felt like I was nauseated. 440 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: I feel like throwing up, I felt like just sweating. Well, 441 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: when she was evaluating my eyes and then looking in 442 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: to see if I had anything in them, she put 443 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: this blue light into my eye and then she flipped 444 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: my eyelid, and for some reasons terrible, but then it 445 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: was so benign. All of a sudden, I started because 446 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: I was fatigued already. I started getting this massive head ache, 447 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: and then she pulled away and ben it looked like 448 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 1: someone dumped a gallon of water on me. I started 449 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 1: breaking out in this massive sweat. I felt nauseated and 450 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: my adrenaline was going, blood was pumping, and I was 451 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: fast in that same day, but I just felt fucking dead. 452 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 1: And she said, are you all right? And I was like, 453 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: I got no clue. I feel like I'm in this 454 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 1: like fight or flight situation. It was like that for 455 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes and then she said after we were done, 456 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: she's like, we need to still, we need to redo this. 457 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 1: So after it was over with, we did both eyes 458 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: and she says, you have a submittrical, asymmetrical elliptical nerve 459 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: heads and these nerve heads are at the back of 460 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: your eyes and they basically feed everything from her eye 461 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: neurologically to your brain. And they're asymmetrical. So she says, 462 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: when they're asymmetrical for human beings, you're susceptible or you 463 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: can be down the road for glycoma. So I was like, 464 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: wait a minute. All the way so she asked me, 465 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: She's like, does anyone in your family have like coma 466 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: anthem that Natris said no and uh And she says, well, 467 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: and then that's you've had that then since birth it's 468 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: genetic or you've had it just because of birth. So 469 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: is there something they can do now that they know 470 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: this that they can manage it? Yeah, Okay, that's good, 471 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: and so this is a good thing. It's a horror story, 472 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: but it's a good kind of So I gotta go 473 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: to an opthalmologist now and been thousands of dollars probably 474 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: it's so I need to have a baseline test to 475 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: see exactly where those nerve heads are and then see 476 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: how enlarge they become or if they if they don't 477 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: at all. Because I asked her that, I said, hey, 478 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: is this something that can reverse? Is it something I 479 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: can prevent? And she says no, but we had to 480 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: monitor it. So you have to be aware of this 481 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: as you age. When you hit five, when you hit fifty, 482 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: you know, and beyond that. So two things that really 483 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:57,959 Speaker 1: just so you got the vision. My hearing, I know 484 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: is I'm gonna, you know, my old man to hearing it. 485 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: But I know I'm gonna need a hearing it guaranteed 486 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: by a certain point here. And the hearing I have headphones. 487 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 1: I wear headphones for thirty hours a week here it 488 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: turned all the way up. That's gonna be my my 489 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: issue there. But as far as the flight or fight 490 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: or flight thing, I think the closest I've had to 491 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: that is flop sweat when I did really bad monologue 492 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 1: and I just was drowning on the flop sweat, and 493 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: I was just very uncomfortable. And that would be as close. 494 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: I've done that many times. Yea, boy, the first show 495 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 1: I ever did in radio, Oh my god, did I 496 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: have stage fright? I was fine. I prepared for the monologue. 497 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: Was like a Saturday morning. I prepared for the monologue. 498 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,679 Speaker 1: This is my big break. I was gonna host a 499 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: show and it was in l A and it was 500 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 1: a big deal. And so I I prepared for the 501 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,479 Speaker 1: monologue and I just nailed the monologue. It was a 502 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: perfect ten. And I was all excited. I was all 503 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: proud of myself. And then I had no material prepared 504 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: for the rest of the show. I had nothing. I know, 505 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: I no direction, no idea what I wanted to talk about, 506 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: what I was gonna do. And then of course no 507 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: one called. So I'm just drowning. I was just Remember 508 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: my program director had come into. Bob Bennett was the 509 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: guy's name. He came in to to congratulate me. Boy, 510 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 1: you really did a great job. Man, you were wonderful. Man, 511 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: you really just did a wonderful job. We're so proud 512 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: of you. And then then he came back later in 513 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: a slightly different tone, I had been blindsighted. Oh man, 514 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: yeah I was. I was so disappointed obviously with my eyes, 515 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: but the fact that I went into a fight or 516 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: flight situation with just the flipping of an eyelid and 517 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: well your eyes, you you're were you never you messed 518 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 1: with the eyes. You met the brains right behind that. 519 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: You're you're screwed. Yeah, that was a little nervous. So 520 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: that's that's where I'm att This is uh, it all 521 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: goes downhill. I apparently once you hit the big four. Oh, 522 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: I wouldn't know that. I'm still thirty. So we have 523 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: the nickname claim and then we'll get the tales of 524 00:28:58,120 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: West of the Four. Oh if I have to push 525 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: back pop quiz to the Sunday podcast. All right, so 526 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: the nickname claim. Big week on the show for nicknames. 527 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: Now we added not one, but two and this is 528 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: a podcast exclusive. Two new officially sanctioned nicknames for who 529 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: for me? All right? These were given by listeners. Now 530 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: they both passed the test. They are now kosher, big 531 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: shot out the Tree in Vegas, Big tip of the 532 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: headphones Here Tree in Vegas submitted one. This was on 533 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: the air because of my gambling habit money line Mallard 534 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: money line Mallard. That is nickname number forty seven, So 535 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: thank you Tree in Vegas on Twitter RP one buddy 536 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: big Rig Robs submitted the nickname number forty eight, and 537 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: I am now known as the Shaman of schaden Freuda, 538 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: the Shaman of schaden Freud. So thank you to big 539 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: Rig rob Eyes. You know, I enjoyed taking joy out 540 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: of other people's misery and sports. So I now have 541 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: more official nicknames than there are presidents that have. You know, 542 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 1: they've been forty six presidents. I have forty eight nicknames. 543 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: One point up. Well, I I do appreciate the fact 544 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: that you were labeled money line Mallards since a couple 545 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: of weeks ago you were corrected by a few people 546 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: with art dispute between what money line odds are and 547 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: what they are not. And that's good. And obviously he 548 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: wasn't paying attention to Benny versus the penny in because 549 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: you would not acknowledge that if it was the case, 550 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: since you finished behind the penny to close out, then, 551 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: in fairness and truth and broadcasting, if we had finished 552 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: the year, and I might fortunately took a couple of 553 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: weeks off there because you don't want to work at 554 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: the end of the year, and then the situation with 555 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: my family, so I couldn't do the playoffs, but I 556 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: would have dominated the postseason. I'll point that out. I 557 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: just want to point that out. Well, that's good. So 558 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: now you've you mentioned the nicknames. But what is the criteria? 559 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: What is the smell test? Well, you know, each nickname 560 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: is judged on the rhythmic nature of it, the comedic 561 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: nature of it. Is it gonna stand the test of time? 562 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: Can't be two time specific? Uh? And so there's there's 563 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: several criteria that go into it, and these are both passed. 564 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: The test, the eyeball test, the smell test, the hearing test, 565 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: money Line Mallard and the Shaman of Schadenfreud. New nicknames, 566 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: very exciting. Now we have Tales of the West of 567 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: the four or five quickly guess guy, Tales of West 568 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: of the Four. I've I've been sitting in it frequently 569 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 1: and I was invited by somebody on the apparatus. But 570 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: for iPhone users that are out there, um, if you 571 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: have access or if you'd like to, you can join 572 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: and download an app called Clubhouse. It is an application 573 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: which is audio only but it's set up like the 574 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: old school days of ale well when they'd have those 575 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: chat rooms where you could just meet people on there 576 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: and type of way. Well this thing, well, no, but 577 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: you can if you wanted to. But there's different rooms 578 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: in there for different kind of categories and so I've 579 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: invited you on there, but I thought it might be 580 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: appropriate to invite people and to set something up like 581 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: one of these days and maybe do something once a 582 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: week We're invite members of the Mallam Militia into a 583 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: private room where we can grab ass and talk and 584 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: chat and ask questions and do ship like that for 585 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 1: fifty sixty minutes. Uh. It's a good platform, but it's 586 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: an opportunity for people to network, people to connect and 587 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: obviously just shoot the breeze about anything that's out there. 588 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: It's it's fascinating stuff Like I know Mark Cuban has 589 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: been on there a few times. Elon Musk has been 590 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: on there as well. Um, you get different celebrities, different personalities, 591 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: and uh, I think it's fascinating that it's an application 592 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: where it does away from the nuances of trying to 593 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: network directly through emails and through company portals and ship 594 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: like that you can actually reach out to these people 595 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: one on one, and it's fascinating. I actually think it's 596 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: right up there, and I think it would it's the 597 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: equivalent of Facebook, better than Instagram. It's the audio. It's 598 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: only audio, yes, still, so there's no video element to it. 599 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: It's the only audio. So how do you how does 600 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: how do people not start talking over each other? So 601 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: there's there's moderators in each room, and in order to speak, 602 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: there's an icon that allows you to designate someone to 603 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: raise their hand. If they want to raise their hand 604 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: and talk, they can, and if not, they don't talk 605 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: at all. So you have moderators, you have speakers, and 606 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: then you have an audience. Um, the cool thing is 607 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: is how you connect to people. As you can list 608 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: a profile like you would for Twitter or Instagram, and 609 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: you can link your Twitter account and your Instagram accounts 610 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: that way. So if you want to speak to someone directly, 611 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: you connect with them on Instagram and then you can 612 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: send them direct messages. That's happened to me a lot 613 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: on there. So you can't DM anybody on clubhouse, but 614 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: you can do it through other applications. So I would 615 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: recommend I recommend to do that. I think it'd be 616 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: pretty fun and I think it would be Uh, do 617 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: you have like an investment in this or something? It 618 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: sounds like you have a financial stake. No, But I 619 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: do think that we can make get a financial situation 620 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: if we pick up sponsors and we do things like that. 621 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 1: People do it all the time where they have a 622 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: a segment or something like that that's sponsored by a 623 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: certain advertiser and then you plug them for a little while. 624 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,439 Speaker 1: So I'll investigate. I'll investigate, and I will check that out. 625 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:16,839 Speaker 1: But I believe we have to get out of here. 626 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 1: Guess that's it's that time, right what we gonna say 627 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: goodbye until we meet again. Be sure to catch live 628 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,680 Speaker 1: editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays at two am 629 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 1: Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the 630 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: i Heart Radio app.