1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: Kabbooms. 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts. 10 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 3: Right now in the air ey where The Fifth Hour 11 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 3: with me Ben Mahler and Danny g Radio who's on 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 3: assignment but his producing this show. 13 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 4: He will be back tomorrow and the rest of the weekend. 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 4: But you got me today on this Friday's the thirteenth 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 4: day of December, as we celebrate National ice Cream Day. Yeah, 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 4: you'd think National ice Cream Day would be sometime in 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 4: the summer, right, There is actually another National ice Cream Day. 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: There's two National ice Cream Days. 19 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 4: There's one in July, which makes sense, right, I mean 20 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 4: the ice cream you think of the summertime. But there's 21 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 4: a second National ice Cream Day, which is today. And 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 4: of course I think we talked about this in July. 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 4: But the invention of ice cream, the people of the 24 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 4: Persian Empire started making ice cream. They poured concentrate of 25 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 4: grape juice over snow, and that was the original I scream. 26 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 4: Of course, at some point before that, it's likely there 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 4: was a lemon flavor, shall we say, of ice cream 28 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 4: that was used, if you know what I'm saying, like 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 4: a yellowy lemon flavor of ice cream. But ice cream 30 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 4: was first patented in eighteen forty six. Someone named Nancy 31 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 4: Johnson invented the She invented the patent for the first 32 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 4: hand cranked ice cream maker, and the rest is history. 33 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: And I was in Vermont earlier this year. 34 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 4: You're visiting my friend Arnie, the great Ernie Spaniel, the 35 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: sticking genius, and we drove by the Ben and Jerry's compound, 36 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 4: those moon bats in Vermont, and the famous story back 37 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 4: in the seventies they took a five dollars course on 38 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 4: ice cream making and opened up the Ben and Jerry's 39 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 4: there at a gas station, a converted gas station in Burlington. 40 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 4: And and now they are looney tones, but they it 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 4: all started with the little ice cream. Four out of 42 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 4: five Americans eat more sugar. Here's a fun survey around 43 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 4: the hollage. I thought it should be more than that 44 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 4: it's eighty percent. And there's all kinds of I got 45 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 4: all kinds of sugar ice cream stats here, all kinds 46 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 4: of this by age group, they say the For example, 47 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 4: according to Way survey, different age groups preferred different ice 48 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 4: cream flavors. The fourteen to seventeen group enjoy mint chocolate chip. 49 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: The eighteen to twenty four it's cookies and cream. 50 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 4: Get them all turned on, and then the cookie dough 51 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 4: twenty five to thirty four, and then above forty five 52 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 4: it's it's chocolate. I I'm a cookie dough. I like 53 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 4: midship mint chocolate chip cookie dough. It's really hard to 54 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 4: turn down any kind of ice cream, right, fudge, brownie, 55 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 4: you name it. 56 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: Whatever might be ice cream on top of that. 57 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: Anyway, So it's National ice Cream Day, but it'll happen 58 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 4: again coming up in the month of July. So July 59 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 4: of twenty twenty five, just have like multiple days wine. 60 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 4: It's also National Cream cheese Frosting Day today, so celebrate 61 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 4: appropriately for that, National Cocoa Day on this Friday, and 62 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 4: randomly National violin Day. 63 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: Okay, So on this edition. 64 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 4: Of the Fifth Hour, we have Liberachi approved. Goodbye, my 65 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 4: radio friend, A little foodie fun and a very bizarre 66 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 4: word of the week, which actually could be two words 67 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 4: of the week. 68 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: It's not really one word, it's more than that. 69 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,839 Speaker 4: So we always begin the Friday podcast by pointing out 70 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 4: that Noel am I lucky enough to have a radio 71 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 4: show that hopefully listen to during the week. 72 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: I mean, that's pretty cool, right, pretty that's a neat thing. 73 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 4: And then I have this podcast, which I've been very 74 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 4: blessed with to have this podcast as well. 75 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: I've done this for a number of years. 76 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: Now with gag On and of course Danny GE's been 77 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 4: with me for a long time as well. And a 78 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 4: couple of years ago, the good people at NBC gave 79 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 4: me a TV show. Shocking, I know, and I feel 80 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 4: like Jim Harbaugh evangelizing. Who's got it better than us? Well, 81 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 4: probably nobody. Well there's a lot of people that have better, 82 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 4: a lot of people that are worse than us. But nonetheless, 83 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 4: I try to convert you if you have not already 84 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 4: fallen for my crusade, as I missionize every week, the 85 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 4: Little Missionary here, my campaign to spread the gospel of 86 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 4: Benny versus the penny. It is a half hour of 87 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 4: your time. It is a weekly NFL gambling show, but 88 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 4: not really so much a gambling It's light on the 89 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 4: gambling and mostly just me futzing around, goofing around with 90 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 4: my sidekick, teleprompter Tom as we call him. So it's 91 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 4: week fifteen. We recorded the TV show yesterday. It actually 92 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 4: started airing on television around the country last night. 93 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 1: It is a nationally syndicated show, thank god for that. 94 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 4: NBC Sports Now for our purposes, the show is produced. 95 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 4: The director, the producer, all the production team, my team, 96 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 4: the people that put the show together behind the scenes 97 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 4: are at NBC Sports Boston. So that's our flagship. So 98 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 4: that to us is the biggest affiliate, not that we 99 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 4: don't love being on in all these other cities, but 100 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 4: that's the one where the people that make the magic, 101 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 4: the people that make the hot dogs, they get to 102 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 4: consume the hot dog right there in their backyard. And 103 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 4: so with that being said, we will go live no 104 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 4: Celtic game tonight, hallelujah, hallelujah, no Celtic game tonight in 105 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 4: the early television window. 106 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: Don't think they play it all. 107 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 4: Today, So we will go live on tape on NBC 108 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 4: Sports Boston in prime time six pm and then two 109 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 4: more at least two more encore showings. The show will 110 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 4: be broadcast again at eight thirty and then again at 111 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 4: nine to thirty, so three showings between six pm and 112 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 4: nine thirty ten ish, which means Alf the Alien ol 113 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 4: Piner going to be very busy. Alf I know you 114 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 4: have a homework assignment there, buddy, and you've been very 115 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,799 Speaker 4: good and loyal, and we lost our buddy masshole Mickey, 116 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 4: so I need you to carry the load there and 117 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 4: watch the show and all the episodes. 118 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: And all that, and I know you will. I know 119 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: you will. 120 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 4: Rusty as well, Rusty in Boston. And now Danny DeVito, 121 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 4: how cool is that the call the other night. 122 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: From Danny DeVito. 123 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 4: I'm gonna I'm gonna tell my wife this weekend, Danny 124 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 4: DeVito is a fan of the show that I've arrived. 125 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: Now, this is Danny Vieto. 126 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,679 Speaker 4: He just happened to be a trash man in Boston, 127 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 4: but he's making like one hundred and fifty thousand dollars 128 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 4: a year picking up other people's trash, which is not bad. 129 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 4: So again, the whole point is Benny versus the Penny. 130 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 4: Week fifteen break down, all the big matchups, this weekend 131 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 4: in the NFL, and I want you another show. Is 132 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 4: Liberacci approved at least teleprompter Tom his outfit Liberacci approved, 133 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 4: And we're gonna send out another Sissor real. 134 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I have had so much fun. 135 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 4: I feel like I'm a child the last couple of 136 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 4: weeks walking around the back lot at Universal Studios, Hollywood, 137 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 4: and we've stumbled on to the downtown city backdrop scene, 138 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 4: the fake buildings where they've filmed so many iconic movies 139 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 4: and TV shows over and mean, we get done with 140 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 4: the TV show and we we walk and it's pretty 141 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 4: long walk from when we do the show. 142 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: We do the show kind of near. 143 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 4: The front of Universal, the back lot, the front part 144 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 4: of the back lot at univers Studios, if that makes 145 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 4: any sense. So then we get out of that building. 146 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 4: We have to walk down to the abb And and Costello 147 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 4: parking garage. We then put our bags in the abb 148 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 4: and Castello draw Abnue Costello Garage. We then go into 149 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 4: an elevator. We go down the elevator to the ground floor. 150 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 4: We then walk out through an office building. We then 151 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 4: walk up to the left and have to go up 152 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: a hill and then we have a long walk. 153 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: We go by all. 154 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 4: These massive studios and we walk, walk, walk, Why walk 155 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 4: by the Johnny Carson building. There's a jay Leno street 156 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 4: slash building right across the street from Johnny Carson's building. 157 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: We keep going, keep going, keep going. At Boom there 158 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: it is right there, right. 159 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 4: In front of us, this beautiful city with a movie theater, 160 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 4: it's got a hotel, it's got everything. So we've deterned 161 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 4: and we love this Looney as well. And I tried 162 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 4: to explain to Looney we should have been doing this 163 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 4: a long time ago, and for some reason he thought 164 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 4: I was taking him up to Universal Studios the amusement park. 165 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 4: It's like, no, I don't. I can't fit on the 166 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 4: rides at Universal Studios. I'm too tall for that. I 167 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 4: used to be too fat too, but I'm too tall now, 168 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 4: so I'm like no. So this is our new spot. 169 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 4: And there's another video that we're putting out later today 170 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 4: that you can check out behind the scenes of the 171 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 4: Universal and you will see the Liberachi approved outfit from 172 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 4: teleprompter Tom for this week's episode of Benny Versus the Penny. 173 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 4: It is well, it's it's on brand for looning. It 174 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 4: is on brand for Looney all right. Turned the page 175 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,719 Speaker 4: from that, I was I think I was trying to 176 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 4: think who sent me a message out? One of you 177 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 4: guys sent me a message saying, hey, we should go 178 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 4: back and kind of honor some of the people that 179 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 4: we've lost this year, and my buddy in Charleston. 180 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: But anyway, we will do that at some point. 181 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 4: I did want to spend some time this weekend to 182 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 4: say goodbye to my radio friend, and that would be Skeeter. 183 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 4: We talked about this at the beginning of the week. 184 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 4: I found out over last weekend that we had lost 185 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 4: our friend Skeeter. And over the last few days before 186 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 4: Skeeter passed, I had been in contact with Colonel Rick 187 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 4: and the Montana Girl. They are the two fine sweet 188 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 4: souls that have kept an eye on Skeeter, and they 189 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 4: reached out to me when Skeeter had a medical emergency. Now, Skeeter, 190 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 4: if you're not familiar, is a caller to the show. 191 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 4: He's one of the great characters on the show. And 192 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: really what the Overnight Show is all about. We're keeping 193 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 4: your company. We're there with you. You can't sleep, you 194 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 4: got medical problems, whatever it might be, and there's another 195 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 4: human being who is there. That's the whole point of 196 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 4: doing it. Otherwise they just put tape programming on and 197 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 4: that's it and save some money and they don't have 198 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: to pay people like me, and that's that. But Skeeter 199 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 4: is famous, and I will remember Skeeter as long as 200 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 4: I do this show for what he inspired Skeeter is. 201 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 4: I'm gonna tell you about his life here because Colonel 202 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: Rick and the Montana Girl were kind of enough to 203 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 4: share a nice little right up on Skeeter. I wanted 204 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 4: to share that because this is the last time we'll 205 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 4: probably mention him often on the show, and I wanted 206 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 4: to give him the proper sendoff as he deserves. So 207 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 4: Skeeter started calling the show years ago and just a 208 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 4: sweet old man. But he loved being part of the show. 209 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 4: He loved being part of the show, and so much 210 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 4: so that we have the mal Or Militia. Listen to 211 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 4: the show, you know that we wote to Mallard Militia, 212 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 4: a group of super fans of the show that support 213 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 4: and defend the honor of the Ben Maller Show. 214 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: So fine. 215 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,839 Speaker 4: I had used the Malad Militia moniker for a long time. 216 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 4: In fact, to Johatish John. 217 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: If you remember that name from Michigan, who retired from 218 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: sports radio calling. Very odd story. 219 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 4: But johnis John's like Mallad Militia Maleman. So we did 220 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 4: this years ago. This probably goes back twenty years we 221 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 4: had the Mala Militia. But a few years back, and 222 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 4: I don't even remember exactly when Skeeter started calling the show. 223 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 4: And he really was into the show, and he loved it, 224 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 4: and he had great energy, and he was a sweet 225 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 4: old man, and he wanted to be a member of 226 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 4: the militia. And he could not wrap his mind around 227 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 4: the fact that that there's no way to enter. He 228 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 4: wanted to be part of the club. He kept asking me, 229 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 4: call after call, how do I get part of this? 230 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: How do I want to be part of it? 231 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 4: And so in a moment of weakness, I said, all right, fine, 232 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 4: you want to be part of it. I stop annoying me, Skeeter. 233 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 4: I'll come up with an oath. So I took the 234 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 4: I went on, I did some creative editing. I took 235 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 4: the United States Military Oath, and I twisted a few 236 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 4: words around. I made it my own. I put my 237 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 4: own touch on it and that was it. And then 238 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 4: I did it on the air, and Skeeter loved it 239 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 4: and he could not get enough of it, and other 240 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 4: people in the listening audience wanted to be part of it. 241 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 4: Many of you have taken the Malad Militia oath over 242 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 4: the years, and it's all because of Skeeter. 243 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: It's all because of Skeeter. 244 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 4: It's a blood oath and accordance to the bylaws of 245 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 4: the Mala Militia. And so that is all because of Skeeter. 246 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,839 Speaker 4: That is his lasting legacy on our little radio show. 247 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 4: And it's the funniest thing because Skeeter. I'm gonna tell 248 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 4: you about him here in a second. Skeeter spent a 249 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 4: long time in the military. He spent time in the 250 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 4: United States military, and here I am doing the military oath, 251 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 4: is changing a few words around, and he loved it. 252 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 4: And I get the biggest kick out of that because 253 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 4: I've heard for a lot of guys that did time 254 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 4: in the military, spent time there, and they all seem 255 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 4: to enjoy it. 256 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: I've not had anyone say I'm offended by that. It's 257 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: just really a great tribute to Skeeter. So let me 258 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: tell you a little bit about him. Let me tell 259 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: you a little bit about him. Skeeter just on. 260 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 4: I think it's proper right. It's interesting. You never really 261 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 4: know who these people are when they call in. But Skeeter, 262 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 4: we learned a little bit about him. 263 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: His name, his real name is David. 264 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 4: David aka Skeeter, was born and grew up in North 265 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 4: Dakota on a farm, the son of a farmer. Graduated 266 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 4: from school, he went off to the Navy. I'm in 267 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 4: the Navy. He was a semen. Served twenty years in 268 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 4: the United States Navy. Our buddy Skeeter, twenty years in 269 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 4: the Navy. Now, after the Navy, he moved to Montana. 270 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 4: He said, that's it. I'm done. I'm going to retire 271 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 4: and I'm going to fish. And man, did he love 272 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 4: to fish. And if you love to fish, Montana is 273 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 4: heaven on earth? 274 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: Is it not? Is it not heaven on earth? Going 275 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: to Montana? 276 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 4: So as the story was passed on to me by 277 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 4: Colonel Rick. One of the famous Skeeter stories. In his 278 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 4: life in Montana fishing, he one time caught a seagull. 279 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, he was fishing. 280 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 4: Instead of catching a salmon or something, he caught a seagull, 281 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 4: and he reeled it in and cut the tangled line 282 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 4: and set it free. He was very excited about that. 283 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 4: And I'm happy to report that I thought this might 284 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 4: be bullshit. I thought this might not be true. And 285 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 4: I have seen photos of said seagull. The seagull seemed 286 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 4: to be doing okay, and it was not killed by this, 287 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 4: but it was just amusing. As far as Skeeter's personal life, 288 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 4: he had been married twice, He had no no children 289 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 4: from his first marriage. 290 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: He had three step sons with his second marriage. 291 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 4: And since he had a retirement from the Navy, he 292 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 4: had worked a little bit, worked as like a service station, 293 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 4: a gas station attendant in Montana. 294 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: He'd done that briefly. Liked music and sports and fishing. 295 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 4: And all that, and also had a great love of 296 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 4: of of the history of music, song titles from different dates. 297 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 4: He knew all about that. And as far as what 298 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 4: happened to Skeeter, without going into too much detail here, 299 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 4: Skeeter had called the show we knew he had cancer. 300 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 4: He had given us updates. Now it's it's pretty well. 301 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 4: I mean, Skeeter was you know, we were we were 302 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 4: like radio. 303 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: Family, and you know Skeeter was one of those guys 304 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: he wanted to share with us. 305 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 4: We were important to him and and from any ways, 306 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 4: he was important to us. 307 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: On the Overnight show. 308 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 4: And so Skeeter would call us up and give us 309 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 4: medical updates when he visited the doctor about his cancer 310 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 4: and the outlook and how things were looking and all that. 311 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 4: He was very positive, very optimistic about everything. But about 312 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 4: two weeks ago, Skeeter was taking the trash container out 313 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 4: on a very cold, cold morning or afternoon, I guess 314 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 4: it was. It was a Sunday, so not this past Sunday, 315 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 4: the Sunday before, and there was a lot of wind, 316 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 4: a lot. 317 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: Of wind in Montana. 318 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 4: Winds gusted up to sixty mile an hour, and baby, 319 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 4: it is cold outside. 320 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 1: It was cold, and pair of. 321 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 4: Skeeter was not even though he's lived in Montana for 322 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 4: a long time and he's a hardy North Dakota, he's 323 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 4: gotten older and he's sick and whatnot, and so all 324 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 4: that apparently caused him. He was not prepared for it. 325 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 4: He fell down, and unfortunately he was by himself. He 326 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 4: laid there for about an hour on a frigid afternoon, 327 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 4: was sixty mile an hour wind Finally, one of his 328 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 4: neighbors came home and saw him laying on the ground, 329 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 4: called the paramedics. They got him up, helped him into 330 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 4: his house, and Skeeter being a you know, being stubborn, 331 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 4: which I respect. I'm stubborn too, excuters like, dude, I'm 332 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 4: not going to the hospital, all right, get out of here. 333 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: I don't I want to go to the hospital. I 334 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 4: don't need to get checked out. 335 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: So the next. 336 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 4: Morning, as I'm told, the Colonel Rick, who has been 337 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 4: his caregiver for a number of years with Montana girl, 338 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 4: they they've done a great job with him. So Colonel 339 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 4: Rick went to his home and found our buddy Skeeter 340 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 4: had fallen yet again in his house. And so this 341 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 4: time the Colonel got him up and kind of got 342 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 4: him walking with the assistant a walker and made sure 343 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 4: he had his phone with him twenty four to seven 344 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 4: for help of needing. And you know, David, they was 345 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 4: happy and all that he was good. But then the 346 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 4: following Tuesday, there was a wellness check that was done 347 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 4: on Skeeter and he didn't answer. 348 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: It's never gonning done. That's what happened on my dad. 349 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,400 Speaker 4: My dad used to do wellness calls my dad one 350 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 4: time he didn't answer. 351 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: That was not good. 352 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 4: So anyways, Colonel Rick ran over to check on Skeeter. 353 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 4: He had fallen yet again. He was very weak and 354 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 4: needed to call an ambulance. They called an ambulance, took 355 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 4: him to the hospital, try to find out what was happening. 356 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 4: He had fallen down three times in three days, so 357 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,959 Speaker 4: obviously this is not going well. He was taking to 358 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 4: the hospital our buddy Skeeter and obviously not doing very well. Unfortunately, 359 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 4: you never know when your time is, and you hope 360 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 4: it's not. 361 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: Today, you hope it's tomorrow. But Skeeter's body had been 362 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: shutting down. 363 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 4: He did suffer from kidney cancer and that in the falls, 364 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 4: everything kind of tied together, we are told, and eventually 365 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 4: he became unresponsive. But I am happy to report this 366 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 4: actually made me made me very happy. The colonel who 367 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 4: had been keeping an eye on Colonel Rick and the 368 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 4: Montana girl deb they tell me that while Skeeter was 369 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 4: in the hospital, before he crossed over to the pearly 370 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 4: gates there and went to the other side, they had 371 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 4: mentioned the name my name Skeeter wanted me to know 372 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 4: about his situation. 373 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: If something were to happen to him. So Colonel had 374 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: reached out. But when he mentioned to Skeeter my name, 375 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: Skeeter smiled, which made me feel very good. And I 376 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: had left a. 377 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 4: Voicemail message for Colonel Rick to I didn't know whether 378 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 4: that was for Skeeter or not, but I left a 379 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 4: very nice message on the phone. I was trying to 380 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 4: get in contact, but Skeeter was unresponsive and whatnot. So 381 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 4: I left a voicemail message about how much we loved 382 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 4: Skeeter and how great he was and all that stuff. 383 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 4: And before Skeeter passed, they were able to play that 384 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 4: message for Skeeter and Colonel Rick. I teared up a 385 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 4: little bit when I read this. But Colonel Rick sent 386 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 4: me a message and he said that when they were 387 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,400 Speaker 4: playing my voice to Skeeter and he's, you know, unresponsive, 388 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 4: he's dying, is on his deathbed in the hospital, and 389 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 4: his eyes fluttered and he actually smiled, which made me 390 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 4: feel just was great. You know, it's not about me, 391 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 4: but it just it's like, wow, there's just that connection 392 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 4: that you have. And I never met Skeeter. We never 393 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 4: met in real life. We just talked on the phone 394 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 4: on the radio several times, and and then his wife, 395 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 4: Colonel Rick's wife told David, you know, we love you 396 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 4: and all this stuff, and and then Skeeter shortly after 397 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 4: that passed away and he was at peace. And I 398 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 4: was also told by Colonel Rick that our buddy Skeeter, 399 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 4: he had one last wish. I guess he wanted to 400 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 4: see the Lions go to the Super Bowl. And so 401 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 4: that's for Skeeter. We'll see how far they go. But 402 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 4: he loved and really enjoyed the show and the characters, 403 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 4: and he loved being part of the show. 404 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: And I mentioned this on the radio the other day. 405 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 4: It was just a hilarious tale that Colonel Rick told 406 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 4: me about Skeeters on he was on what used to 407 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 4: be called twitters now X and he was so proud. 408 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 4: He thought he was Taylor Swift or you know, whoever 409 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 4: your favorite famous person is, because he had like one 410 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 4: hundred and thirty people following him on X and to him, 411 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 4: that was the. 412 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: Biggest thing in the world. Like that was awesome. 413 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 4: Was that was his bully pulpit, that was his megaphone 414 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 4: to the world. I thought that was just so sweet 415 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 4: and wonderful. I need emailed me a few times over 416 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 4: the years, and we had corresponded off the radio. But 417 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 4: rest in peace, Skeeter in Montana. A life well lived, 418 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 4: a full life, twenty years in the Navy, a good 419 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 4: amount of time retired fishing in Montana, and a couple 420 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 4: of the marriages and all that. 421 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,199 Speaker 1: But rest in peace, Skeeter. 422 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,640 Speaker 4: Hopefully he's hanging out with Genie and Medford and a masshole. 423 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: Mickey's on four. 424 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 4: We had a lot of people on the other side. 425 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 4: Let me tell you something, the malor meet and greet 426 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 4: that we're going to do on the other side, Holy Canoley, 427 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 4: that is going to be a big one. A lot 428 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 4: of legends, a lot of legends that we have lost 429 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 4: over the year. Jimmy Ray from Tampa Bay, so many 430 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 4: others that have passed on. 431 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: All right, it's the fifth hour. 432 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 4: I wanted to turn the page from that our tribute 433 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 4: to Skeeter in Montana, and I wanted to mention what 434 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 4: a perfect transition. 435 00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: Skeeter liked to eat. 436 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 4: We'd like to eat. Skeeter would appreciate this. Foody fun, 437 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 4: foody fun. Let's do it, that's right, A little food 438 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 4: he fun, food he fun. All right, some food stores 439 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 4: here at Taco Bell testing a beverage concept called Live 440 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 4: Moss Cafe. Does that not sound like a ripoff of 441 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 4: the McDonald's cafe thing. Yeah, I'll give Taco Bell credit 442 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 4: Taco Bell and Jack in the Box, which is not 443 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 4: a national chance of regional chain. They'll just throw anything 444 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 4: out there like they don't really care. A Wendy's recently 445 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 4: brought back the French onion cheeseburger. Now, I used to 446 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 4: eat Wendyes all the time, but I always went chicken 447 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 4: sandwich nuggets, Chicken sandwich nuggies, as the kids say at Wendy's. 448 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 4: I do like French onion though, I'm a fan of 449 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 4: the French onion, so. 450 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: Take that for what it's worth. 451 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 4: Also, Burger King has announced the return of the BK melt. 452 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 4: I know that Blair and Maine is excited about that, 453 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 4: and I'm excited about the Truro fries available for a 454 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 4: limited time now. That starts December nineteenth, So today's the thirteenth. 455 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: You knew the math on that. 456 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 4: And this being the holiday season, it is the season 457 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 4: to put random maps up and have some fun. 458 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: And this being. 459 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 4: Foody fund, we don't have too much time left. But 460 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 4: I did want to mention this on Foody Fund. The 461 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 4: most popular Christmas desserts in each US state. The most 462 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 4: popular desserts in each US state. And let's see, we 463 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 4: don't we can't do all of them. Let's just we'll 464 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 4: do some of the big ones. We'll do some of 465 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 4: the big ones. Now most states. What do you think 466 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 4: the number number one dessert is for Christmas? That is right, 467 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 4: ding ding ding ding ning pumpkin pie. Pumpkin pie. Now, 468 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 4: I think pumpkin pie. I think Halloween, I think Thanksgiving. 469 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 4: I don't necessarily think the Christmas holiday. But pumpkin pie 470 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 4: is number one in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, 471 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 4: South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Minnesota, and Ice, Missouri. Number 472 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 4: one Wisconsin, Michigan. These are all Hardy, hardy pumpkin pie territories. Maine, 473 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 4: my friends in the state of Maine love pumpkin by 474 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 4: South Carolina pumpkin pie now in New York, New York, 475 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 4: in Pennsylvania. In Texas, the sugar cookie. The sugar cookie 476 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 4: reigns supreme. Also in Illinois. Also in Illinois, California, the 477 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 4: state we broadcast from, Red Velvet Cake is number one 478 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 4: here in California the most popular Christmas dessert, which I've 479 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 4: never had at Christmas. I've only had red velvet cake 480 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 4: a few times. There was a woman that listened to 481 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 4: the show name I think her name was Tiffany. She 482 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 4: came into the studio and I don't know, she just 483 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 4: like stopped. 484 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: She must have hated us. She must have thought I 485 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: looked like an ogre or something that it's very were 486 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 1: she came in and then she just vanished, stopped calling 487 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: the shoe name. She brought in red velvet cake one 488 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: time and we enjoyed. 489 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 4: It was very good, a very moist cake, delicious, hardest 490 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 4: screw cake up, but I don't usually have it here. 491 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 4: Kansas also big red velvet cake territory, as in Alabama 492 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 4: and where else I think I said South Carolina was 493 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 4: it was pumpkin pie. It's actually red velvet, North Carolinas 494 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 4: pumpkin pie, Virginia red velvet, Ohio red velvet. Some of 495 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 4: the other ones here, Like what's going on in Florida, 496 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 4: Tierra Massou is the number one to serve well. I 497 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 4: guess we could get supermarket Steve's wife to make some 498 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 4: Tierra Massoux there for the people of Florida. 499 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 1: Piscotti is number one in Georgia. That seems a lot. 500 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 1: What else do we have? If I see anything else? Utah? 501 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 4: Well this is perfect for Utah. J Dot in Utah 502 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 4: and his people over there. The number one dessert in 503 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 4: Utah for Christmas is rice pudding. 504 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: Yes, rice pudding is a nonmber. Yeah, good luck on that. 505 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: I'm good. 506 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 4: I also believe in if I'm looking at this properly, 507 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 4: Maryland is also rice pudding. So yeah, I'm okay. I'm 508 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 4: a big pecan guy. Pecan pie got Connecticut. I should 509 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 4: go to Connecticut or DC. Pecan pie is number one. Also, 510 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 4: I want to pint. Tiera Massoux number one in Oklahoma. 511 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 4: I know I'm bouncing around, but I of those desserts 512 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 4: that were listed, like some states have carrot cake, like 513 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 4: Indiana's carried I don't. 514 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: I can't stand carrot cake. I mean, whatever floats your boat. 515 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: Tiera Masoux also big in Nevada. Point that out. 516 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 4: I'm a big pecan pie guy. Sugar cookies. I'm not 517 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 4: gonna do a list because Terry in England. I do 518 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 4: not do lists, Terry, but I will give you my 519 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 4: big board. Of these lists, I would put pecan pie 520 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 4: in the number one spot, Sugar Cookies, number two, Red Velvet, three, 521 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 4: pumpkin pie. 522 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: Four. Because I think of pumpkin pie, I. 523 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 4: Think of that as a Thanksgiving dessert. I would put 524 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 4: piscatti after that, followed by Tierra Massou and then I 525 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 4: put rice putting, followed by carrot cake. 526 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: That's my big board right there. That's it. 527 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 4: That's all right time now four the word. 528 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 1: All the week, or in this case, the words of 529 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: the week. 530 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 2: Now. 531 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 4: This one an email I got from a listener to 532 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 4: this podcast. He calls himself the grease Monkey. 533 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: You're not alone. 534 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 4: He's in Atlanta, and he says he wanted us to 535 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 4: talk about the Alan Wrench. Of all things, the Alan wrench. 536 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 4: That's random anyway, Grease Monkey writes. Sin says he's spent 537 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 4: a lot of time in recent years. He got married 538 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 4: about a year ago. They've got a home, and he 539 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 4: has purchased all kinds of Ikea furniture, and every piece 540 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 4: of furniture that he's built since he got married and 541 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 4: started his life has had an Alan wrench. He says 542 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 4: he now hates the Alan wrench and hopes to never 543 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 4: see it again. But yet he emailed me wanting to 544 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 4: know about the history of the Allen wrench. So it's 545 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 4: not just I can't, but Ikeia is most nomal Every 546 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 4: single ready to assemble product requiring screws has a complementary 547 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 4: Allen wrench. 548 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: That hex tool you twist, you know what, it's pain 549 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: in the ass. 550 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 4: You twist it to secure fasteners and for bookshelf you're 551 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 4: building the table, any kind of price, pretty much the 552 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 4: entire line of Ikea products, and it's it's necessary. It's 553 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 4: a necessary thing. It's not the easiest thing to play 554 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 4: around with, depending on how small it is. And the 555 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 4: Allen wrench it's an L or an S shaped tool, 556 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 4: six sided head, easily gripped allegedly, So what's the history 557 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 4: of it? So I did a deep dive on this 558 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 4: and it goes back to nineteen ten. 559 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: Sure enough, there's a gentleman named William G. 560 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 4: Allen, the owner of the Allen screw manufacturing company. Mister 561 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 4: Allen loved the name Allen and he started marketing hex wrenches. 562 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 4: You see, the wrench, the Allen wrench was actually the 563 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 4: hex wrench. It had already existed since the nineteenth century. 564 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: And they. 565 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 4: Were intended to compete with similar square wrenches and whatnot, 566 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 4: and then reduced tool slippage. 567 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: And unity to get in all that. 568 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 4: But to mention, the wrenches were meant to be used 569 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 4: with a screw that had a hexagonal recess, so Allen 570 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 4: had filed a patent for that in nineteen oh nine. 571 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 4: He called his the Allen safety screw is what he 572 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 4: called it, not the Allen wrench. So you're probably wondering, 573 00:32:53,600 --> 00:33:00,600 Speaker 4: So the hex wrench existed before the Allen wrench, So 574 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 4: why do we still, all these years later call it 575 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 4: the Alan rench. Here's why. And this is a great 576 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 4: lesson about marketing. It's a great lesson about business and 577 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 4: how people are wired. The reason in twenty twenty four, 578 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 4: almost twenty twenty five that we call it the Alan 579 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 4: wrench and not the hex range, it's very simple. 580 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: The reason we do. 581 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 4: That is because of publicy, publicizing five screwed that up, 582 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 4: publicizing right. Marketing, marketing, and that is the key, that 583 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 4: is the key to this. It's all about the marketing. 584 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 4: And I've read books about business and products and what 585 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 4: makes products popular and what makes them not popular, and 586 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 4: the manipulation of the mind and all this different stuff. 587 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 4: You study this stuff and you learn that the same 588 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 4: playbook is used to hype things up, to advertise, raise 589 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 4: the profile of something. The pervasive marketing, if you will. 590 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 4: It's the same formula of salesmanship that is used. And anyway, 591 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 4: so this guy, William G. Allen, just was able to 592 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 4: publicize and market it. And once in a mind, once 593 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 4: people have determined that a product is called this, that's 594 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 4: what it's called. People don't like to change their minds. 595 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 4: Once they perceive you one way, that's it. And so 596 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 4: the secret to success off is getting into the mind first. 597 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:50,280 Speaker 4: And while the X ranch was around, it was not marketed, 598 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 4: it was not publicized, and not have the Hollywood hype 599 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 4: machine behind it like the Allen screw manufacturing company. 600 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 1: And so therefore it's. 601 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 4: Better to be first in the mind than first in 602 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 4: the marketplace. It was not, and all these years later 603 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 4: we still call it the Allen Wrench. We'll get out 604 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 4: on that. Have a wonderful rest of your Friday. Please 605 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,720 Speaker 4: try to watch Benny Versus the Pennys on in Boston, 606 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 4: San Francisco, Philadelphia, Kansas City, a bunch of other places 607 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 4: around the country. 608 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: Check your local TV listings, or just. 609 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 4: Watch it later tonight on Peacock streaming nationally twenty four 610 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 4: to seven, Benny versus the Penny, myself and teleprompter Tom, 611 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 4: the liberati of the TV show, have a great rest 612 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 4: of your day. Danny g will rejoin me tomorrow and 613 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 4: we'll catch you then. And as he would say, later, 614 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 4: skater 615 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 1: Gotta murder, I gotta go.