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That'll be an hour number three, 42 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 1: and then later on you'll be long gone by hour 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: number four, but we'll. 44 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 3: Still be here. 45 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: It's a four hour flight every night, and in our 46 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: four we'll have fact or fiction. 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 3: We do take a lot of comments on the X machine. 48 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: We'd love for some new people to jump on there, 49 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: so be ranting and raving here in the mal monologue 50 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: and then you. 51 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: Can send us a message on X at Ben Mallard. 52 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 3: But our lead. 53 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: Seattle. We go to Seattle to the victor goes to 54 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: the parade. Close to a million people the estimated crowd. 55 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: I don't know why they didn't include everyone who was 56 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 1: alive in the greater Seattle area, but there's about a 57 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: million people, supposedly men, women and children that ditched school 58 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: and work and showed up there the celebration the Hawk 59 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: Tua as it was their second championship celebration there in 60 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest. 61 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 3: So I'm assuming you in that hawk that night. 62 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: There was a lot of hawk too at this thing. 63 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: I didn't watch the whole thing. I watched some clips 64 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: online that was going on, kind of sleeping working the overnight, 65 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: but saw enough of it to give you some takes 66 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: on it. And fortunately we have boots on the ground, 67 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: Mike who listens on kJ R and Seattle, and he 68 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: was I don't think he was there. He was watching 69 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: the local TV feed and he claims Mike that we 70 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: absolutely nailed it on our Bingo card for the championship parade, 71 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: that every prediction that we made, everything I tossed out happened. 72 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: According to Mike, it was the we're gonna run it 73 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: back again comment that happened. Nobody believed in us, happened, 74 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: a lot of profanity, a lot of drunk people and 75 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: players the parade route. 76 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: They had a trophy. 77 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: I guess they took it off the buses that wander 78 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: around among the crowds. So all of that stuff happened. 79 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: Now for many, though, the pinnacle was the speech by 80 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 1: the quarterback Sam Donald. Yes that's Sam Donald, who claimed 81 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: he was grateful in a very boring way for the 82 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: Seahawks Super Bowl victory. We have a little taste of it. 83 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: Here is some of what Sam Darnold had to say. 84 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: Let's go to the audio tape, take a listen. 85 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 4: I just want to say I've talked a lot this 86 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 4: last week about belief. A lot of people, you know 87 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 4: it didn't believe in me, but it didn't matter because 88 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 4: the ones that are close believed in me, including y'all 89 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 4: I appreciate so much. 90 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, that that's the money quote and a good 91 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: jumping off point. 92 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 3: So let us discuss the question where do you fall on? 93 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: Seahawks quarterback Sam Donald pointing out that a lot of 94 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: people didn't believe in him, and then he said that 95 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: all you people did. So my thoughts, I've got spirit airlines, 96 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: singing Cowboy and the Friars Club, and we're gonna put 97 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: all of these things together and make some homemade OUI 98 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: gooey cinnamon rolls. 99 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 3: Man. That sounds good, all right, so a sounds delicious. 100 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: So let me address Sam Donald directly as a fellow 101 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: Orange County guys. Sam Donald grew up in South Orange County, 102 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: so let me address him directly from ococ guy. The 103 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: reason Sam, that people didn't believe in you is because 104 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: you gave people. 105 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: No reason to believe in you. Okay. 106 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: The distrust was earned, and you were actually given a 107 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: lot of early on a lot of belief. You were 108 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: drafted very high in the NFL draft, right top five 109 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: draft pick, and all that went to sc which at 110 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: that time meant something in football power. 111 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 3: Not much anymore, but they used to be They used 112 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 3: to be. 113 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: Good but in your body of work in the NFL, 114 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: you just haven't done anything. The distrust was earned. This 115 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: was not a one semester slump. It didn't fail algebra 116 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: and that was it. No, no, no, this was a 117 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: lifetime achievement award for Sam Donald in the artistry of 118 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: the flop. Okay, it's like a secret menu item at McDonald's, 119 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: the McDonald's Sunday, the mcflop with this man and his 120 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: report card for Sam Donald in his career was d 121 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: D D triple D was his report card deplorable deadbeat 122 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: defeat because he was deplorable, played like a deadbeat and 123 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: then his team got defeated. That's what happened on an 124 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: almost weekly basis. So Donald was running a small airline. 125 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: It was a competitor for Spear Airlines. It was called 126 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,559 Speaker 1: the Vomit Comet and come fly the Barfy Skies and 127 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: that's how it went. And people are trying now and 128 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: this is always in it. I don't quite grasp it. 129 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: It happens quite a bit. I still don't quite understand it. 130 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: Why some people are trying to rewrite history like Sam 131 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: Donald was some kind of misunderstood genius as a quarterback, 132 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: and he was being held back by the man what 133 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: are we doing? Like stop, you realize how stupid you 134 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: sound throwing that kind of stuff out. No, Sam Donald 135 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: was now the quarterback. He was getting manhandled on a 136 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: weekly basis. He was seeing ghosts throwing gifts to linebackers. 137 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: Why would anyone again, why would anyone believe? And even now, 138 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: like even now after the Super Bowl, the Lombardi Trophy 139 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: given out, all of that stuff, Sam Donald is still 140 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: on double secret probation. He's he's on probation from the 141 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: naughty list. And if you're honest, most Seahawks fans rolled 142 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: their eyes when Sam Donald agreed to a contract, like. 143 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 3: What are you doing? What do you please? And so 144 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 3: it wasn't like they believed in him. 145 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: And Sam was trying to make it seem in that 146 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: soundby like he had this belief among the Seahawks fans. 147 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: No, even the. 148 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: Front office likely didn't believe in Sam Donald's. Let's be 149 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: completely transparent here and the parade was powered the whole 150 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: championship thing. Sam Donald was along for the ride, and 151 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: that's great. Congratulations game manager Sam Donald, although he really 152 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: wasn't this year in many ways. But if you look 153 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: at the formula for Seattle. They won with their defense 154 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: and then the phantom two point play the Zebra Guardian 155 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: Angels of the NFL helping Seattle get home field advantage 156 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: throughout the playoffs because they just handed two points to Seattle. 157 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: He did not earn against the Rams and one of 158 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: the most corrupt calls that has gone unlooked by many. 159 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 3: Not on this show. We're not part of the mainstream. 160 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: We're not trying to suck the toes of the NFL, 161 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: so we can point out how ridiculous that was in 162 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: Week sixteen. Now, Sam Donald, he's one of now thirty 163 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: four quarterbacks I am told that have won the Super Bowl. 164 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: There have been some that have won a bunch like 165 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, but there are thirty four individual starting quarterbacks. 166 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,959 Speaker 3: That have won a Super Bowl. And Donald, though, is 167 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 3: still the kitty table. 168 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: He's still he's he's asking Nick Foles, can you pass 169 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: the biscuits? 170 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 2: Nick? 171 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 3: Can you? 172 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: Pat? 173 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 3: And Joe Flacco can you give me some of the 174 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 3: what is that? That is that garlic? Can I get 175 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 3: some of the gard? 176 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: Yeah? 177 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 3: Okay, give me some of the gard? 178 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: And Trent Dilford can can you pass the mashed potatoes. 179 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: I'd like the mashed potato. 180 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 3: Yeah. So it's a nice story in all all right, 181 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 3: but let's cool your jets. 182 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: Okay, literally, cool your jets in this story book. Here 183 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: for Sam Donald, he led the NFL in turnovers and 184 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. The crowning moment for Sam Darnold, 185 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: he had the worst yards per pass of any winning 186 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: Super Bowl quarterback of all time, which means he is 187 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: the worst winning quarterback based on Super Bowl performance in 188 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,559 Speaker 1: the game yards per pass in the history of the 189 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Congratulations, way to go, Sam. We're proud of you. 190 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: We are very proud of you. We didn't believe because 191 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: we actually watched you play. Okay, all right now, page two. 192 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: Among the other highlights from the parade that I saw, 193 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: we saw the Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker, who it 194 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: would appear tried to negotiate a new contract with the 195 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: general manager, John Schneider at the parade. 196 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 3: Now, Schneider, it's hard. 197 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: To know if he'll remember any of this, but he 198 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: was feeling no pain, the general manager of the Seahawks, 199 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: and he said, talking about Kenneth Walker, he tried negotiating 200 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: with me five minutes ago. 201 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 3: It was really weird. So Walker who is going. 202 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: To be a free agent barring some kind of intervention 203 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: by the Seahawks, like a franchise tag or something like that, 204 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: which seems pretty outrageous. So Kenneth Walker is said to 205 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: be a free agent, and the question is how do 206 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: you grade Kenneth Walker attempting to get a new Seahawks contract. 207 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 1: It appears during the Seattle Championship parade. So this was, 208 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: I believe, a master class in opportunistic larceny in the 209 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: Pacific Northwest. 210 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 3: I love it. 211 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: Right, while the rest of the Seahawks are drowning in 212 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: a sea of lime green confetti, You've got Kenneth Walker 213 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: out there trying to get the bag. 214 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 3: What's in the bag? 215 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: Money miney money at Walker in my head, he looked 216 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: at the GM John Schneider of the Seahawks, a man 217 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: clearly enjoying the victory spirits, if. 218 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 3: You know what I mean, A man whose guard is well. 219 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 3: He wasn't just down. It was in the witness protection program. 220 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: And then kevinth Walker, like he saw daylight in the 221 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: B gap. He just went for the be gap. And 222 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: it reminded me of one of my favorite stories. I've 223 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: been a radio a long time. One of my favorite stories. 224 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: When I first got into radio, and when I got 225 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: into LA radio, I was told this by multiple people. 226 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 3: There was a person. 227 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: You don't know who this is, and you know unless 228 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: you're old, this person named Gene Autry. He was a 229 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: very famous man in American country music. Gene Autry owned 230 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: the California Angels, and every was like, oh, the greatest 231 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: guy in the world. And Gene Autry is the star 232 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: of this little story. Back in the golden age radio 233 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: when you could make a lot of money owning radio stations, 234 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: and Gene Autry was He was known as the singing cowboy. 235 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 3: That was his shtick. 236 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: He was the singing cowboy. And he owned a couple 237 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: of big radio stations, owned some stations in Seattle in 238 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: LA and he would throw these massive, massive Christmas parties 239 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 1: and he would get a little bit of that holiday 240 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: hey you feel me on that little holiday cheer in 241 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: his system. And he handed out at least one although 242 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: I heard this happen more than one time, like one 243 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: hundred percent raise in a contract and he wrote the 244 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 1: whole thing on the back of a cocktail napkin for some. 245 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 5: Dj Remlin's already been more than fourteen. 246 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: Oh no, all right, well, so anyway to finish the 247 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: to finish the tail here. So so Gene Autry was 248 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: on the back of a cocktail napkin. He wrote for 249 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 1: one of his DJs at this campc like he was 250 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: bad Santa this lifetime contract and. 251 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 3: He actually honored it. He actually honored the contract. 252 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: And so in that respect, Cannibal Walker is a sharp cookie. Like, 253 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: you don't negotiate when the general manager is completely sober 254 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: and he's got spreadsheets in front of him in his 255 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: sterile office or something like that, with a group of. 256 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 3: Nerds around him. 257 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: You negotiate when the blood alcohol level is higher than 258 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: the salary cap. That's when you negotiate. And Schneider was schnuckered, bamboozled, 259 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: and completely defenseless at that point. 260 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 3: So you strike while the iron is hot. 261 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: And of course it apparently didn't work, but the attempt 262 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: was there. It's brilliant, right, it's ruthless, and it gets 263 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: the Malor's seal of approval. Kenneth Walker gets the Mallard's 264 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: Seal of approval. All right, Now, last word here, So 265 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: you got the Seahawks head coach Mike McDonald who took 266 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: shots at a comedian during the parade. This also happened 267 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: at the Seahawks championship parade. The comedian drew Ski, he 268 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: got some strays, he got some shrapnel here. This following 269 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: the famous event that happened a week prior there Jackson 270 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: Smith and Jigba had finished up his speech, Drewski. You 271 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 1: might remember they had their incident at NFL Honors and 272 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: McDonald barked. 273 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 3: Put some respect on that man's name. Oh my god, 274 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 3: respect now, in case you forgot. 275 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: In that viral moment from NFL Honors in the Bay Area, 276 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: San Francisco about a week ago. 277 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 3: A little less than. 278 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: That, Drewski co presented jsn's Offensive Player of the Year 279 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: award and deliberately mispronounced Smith and Jigba. 280 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 3: In fact, he said a word that if I said, 281 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 3: I would not be on the range tomorrow. Yeah. But now, 282 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 3: of course he did it for. 283 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: And he got ripped by a handful of people that 284 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: have a stick up there tuk us. 285 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 3: Many of them happened to be employed by the Seahawks. 286 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 1: So the question, does Drewski deserve the heat that he 287 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: still getting for deliberately mispronouncing the Seahawks star Jackson Smith 288 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: and Jacob's name. So the Seahawks coach here, McDaniel or 289 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: McDonald rather McDonald is up there acting like a like 290 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: a suburban dad defending his kids honor at a PTA meeting, 291 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: is what it sounded like. Put some respect on his name. 292 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: Give me a break, Seriously. I thought this was sat tire. 293 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: I thought, well, that's ai. I'm not gonna fall for that, 294 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 1: but it happened. It's drusky like this, just in to 295 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: the Ben Maler Show on Fox Sports Radio. You're gonna 296 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: be blown away by this. Nobody else has this content. 297 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: The man's a comedian. Now you might not think he's funny, 298 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: but he's a comedian. He's paid as a comedian to 299 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: stir the pot, and that's it with jokes. He's not 300 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: there to read the Encyclopedia Britannica, if that's even still 301 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: a thing. This is like going to It's like somebody 302 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: going to the Friars Club roast in New York City 303 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: and getting mad when someone may your hairline. 304 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 3: Hello, if you. 305 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: Can't handle a mispronounced name at some NFL Honors Fugasy 306 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 1: Award show, you are softer than a marshmallow. It's been 307 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: in a microwave for five minutes. And your problem should 308 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: be with the NFL, who dared hire someone who's a comedian. 309 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 3: And I get the whole Wow, it's us against the world. 310 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 3: That Seahawks. Boy, they boring, by the way, the Seawks 311 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: are so boring. 312 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: Manfortunately they won't win again or anytime soon, so we 313 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: have to worry about it. But if you, if you 314 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: are that uptight, go on Timu and buy yourself a 315 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: sense of humor. 316 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 3: You can buy them on Timu right now. It's a joke. 317 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 3: It's not some. 318 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: Grand global conspiracy and low hanging fruit. 319 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 3: I know we're living in a dimension. 320 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: Where feelings are more important than first downs for some 321 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: and all that bunch of babies. Back in my day, 322 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: Back in my day, if a comedian poked fun at 323 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: you and told the. 324 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 3: Joke, you laugh, then you bought them a drink. 325 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: Now we've got Mike McDonald acting like he's defending the Alamo, 326 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: and I wouldn't do that. You remember how the Alimo ended. 327 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: It was not good for those that defended the Alamo. 328 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: He did not end very well there. 329 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 3: Anyway. 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So 346 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 6: listen to Steve Godson Company Live and our original podcast. 347 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 6: Please subscribe, rate and review Steve Gotson Company and God 348 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 6: Bless Football. Taylor's livelihood depends on it. You do it 349 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 6: today and you can check all of those out on 350 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 6: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. 351 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: Our lead this hour from pro Bouncy Ball and we 352 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: begin with this as we prepare for Influencer Weekend. It's 353 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: not All Star weekend, it's Influencer Weekend. The NBA gave up. 354 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: They said, listen, this product sucks. Nobody wants to watch it. 355 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: Let's just allow a bunch of annoying TikTokers to run 356 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: around and then people still won't watch it, but at 357 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: least we'll say we're doing something. So there is a 358 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: fog of apathy that has covered the NBA. 359 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,360 Speaker 3: It is. It's very odd. 360 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: Because they're making money, yet it's not a good product. 361 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,959 Speaker 1: It's not an entertaining product. And yet you've got grossve 362 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 1: people that are like, well, not that bad, and then 363 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: the other people are like, oh, it's pretty bad. 364 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 3: It's not great. 365 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: You know this, this is what happens before the bottom 366 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: falls out. So the unthinkable, the unimaginable has. 367 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 3: Started to happen. And you might know where I'm going 368 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,959 Speaker 3: with this, but maybe not. For a number of years, 369 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 3: it has been. 370 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: Tamboo to mention anything negative about the silver tongue devil 371 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: who runs the NBA as the leader of the Cartel 372 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: of Basketball. Well, the tide is starting to turn against 373 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, a handful of media dopes, some 374 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: more prominent than others, including at one point a mainstream commentator. 375 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: Now he's just a podcast guy. Bill Simmons that they 376 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: have started to question whether Adam Silver is the right 377 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: person to lead the NBA. So that is a good 378 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: jumping off point. Let us discuss the question. We'll keep 379 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: it simple because look at the time, thumbs up or 380 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: thumbs down, thumbs up or thumbs down, should NBA owners 381 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: look to replace the commissioner Adam Silver. So my observations, 382 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: I've got the Phantom of the Opera, TSA and Gumbo, 383 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 1: and we will combine all of these things together and 384 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: we are gonna go ABC is. 385 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 3: What we're going to do, all right. 386 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 7: So number one, I'm gonna give this one a thumbs up, 387 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 7: a thumbs up on booting the lizard person. 388 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: Commissioner Adam Silver has proven to be a total fraud, 389 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: a total fraud. He's a glorified accountant who has benefited 390 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: from the Peter principle reaching his highest level of incompetence, 391 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: and he's just kind of settled in and that's it. 392 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 3: And I wish he had learned from a real commissioner 393 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 3: like David Stern. But unfortunately he didn't. 394 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: And there's dumb people that act like Adam Silver is 395 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: a genius all because of the television. 396 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 3: Money that keeps going up up on away. Please, all right, 397 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 3: let me tell you something right now. 398 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: I consulted with my guy Fergdog and he confirmed to 399 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: me that you could put Patrick Starr in the NBA 400 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: headquarters on Fifth Avenue and have Patrick Starr drool all 401 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: over the desk for eight hours a day and the 402 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: networks would still dump billions right there in the office building. 403 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: In a streaming world. Professional sports is an idiot proof business. 404 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: Now It's not going to always be like this once 405 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: the younger generations get in charge. They don't like sports 406 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: as much as the older generations, and that's part of 407 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,040 Speaker 1: the greed of the professional sports industrial complex. They have 408 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: been able to convince enough younger people to like sports 409 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: the way the older generations did. 410 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 3: But right now it works. 411 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: It sells itself despite the leadership, not because. 412 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 3: Of the leadership. Do you feel me on that? It's not. 413 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: It's despite the people in charge, not because of the 414 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: people in charge. And under Adam Silver's guardianship, if you will, 415 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 1: the NBA has become the only business on Earth where 416 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: the product calls in sick more than the customers. 417 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 3: It's wild. It's so crazy. 418 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: People pay hundreds of dollars, paying five hundred bucks for 419 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 1: a ticket because they want to watch Wemby or Luco 420 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: or Lebron. 421 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 3: And what do you get. 422 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: You get, Like the case of Lebron, you get a 423 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: dnp old or some phantom injury. And then you also get, 424 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: as an added bonus, a middle finger from the box 425 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: office is what you get. Their customer service model at 426 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: the NBA is yeah, we heard your complain, Now go 427 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: kick rocks, get out of here, you losers. So yeah, 428 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: get get rid of Adam Silver. Right, what's the what's 429 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: the downside of it? Like, seriously, what's the downside of it? 430 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: Make me be interim commissioner the Mather Doctor. The first 431 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: thing I do on day number one. 432 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 3: Where I've. 433 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: Everything, okayler renon, first thing I do, Okay, first thing 434 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: I do here is I stop fleecing the fans. 435 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 3: I do that. It's I know it's a copycat league 436 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 3: and all that. 437 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: So the NBA should rip off the Phantom of the 438 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: opera back. 439 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 3: In the day, Wicked, the Book of Mormon on Broadway. 440 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: If the headliner is absent because of illness, vacation, or 441 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:50,959 Speaker 1: any other reason, you are entitled to a full refund 442 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: or exchange. This is a long standing but not widely 443 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 1: advertised norm on Broadway in Manhattan. So when it really 444 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: killed the NBA, they'd lose a couple of bucks. Most 445 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: people wouldn't even take advantage of it. Most people are 446 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: so lazy. So I got to fill out a thing 447 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: on my phone and then I get another ticket. 448 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 3: I don't want to do that. I forget it. I 449 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 3: don't want to go. 450 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: So yeah, they'd lose a few bucks. However, they would 451 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: gain goodwill. They gain goodwill. They gained the trust to 452 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: people that spend money to go to these games, and 453 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 1: that's worth something. There's some value in that, because right 454 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: now they look like a bunch of dopes and dingle 455 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: berries and. 456 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 3: All that now. 457 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: Page two to the leftovers Department. The leftovers department, circling 458 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: back to the NBA trade deadline. The NBA trade deadline. 459 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: One name that we had highlighted as a stone cold 460 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: lock to be traded and wasn't traded, is miffed by 461 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: the whole situation. 462 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 3: We're talking about. Grizzly star Jah Morant. Did you see this? Okay? 463 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, Jah Morant, who was said to be shocked that 464 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: no team, no team wanted him this season. And according 465 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: to what we were reading here, there's a major wake 466 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: up call for Jahn Morant, and now he's committed to 467 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: restoring his value. 468 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 3: A great comeback story. So the question how much stock? 469 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: All right, how much stock do you put in Grizzly 470 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: star Ja Morant changing his ways because he's baffled that 471 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: he became untradable at the deadline. 472 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 3: So how much stock do I put? 473 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: I put a pinch of salt. I don't you want 474 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: to put the whole thing, the whole shaker, put the 475 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: whole I. 476 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 3: Don't care put the whole thing in Jaws. 477 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: Talent nuclear his judgment in a smartphone world, he is 478 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: a flip phone when it comes in fact, I would 479 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: even argue rotary phone when it comes to judgment. The 480 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: NBA's mantra, all these professional sports leagues of the mantras, 481 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: you never give up on talent. 482 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 3: You never give up on. 483 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: Talent ever, unless the talent keeps giving up on itself. Now, 484 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 1: Jahn Morant basically put himself on the basketball version of 485 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 1: a TSA no fly list. Radioactive right, radioactive Ja Morant, 486 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: he's a radioactive asset. 487 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 3: Contract too big, baggage, just too heavy even for the NBA. 488 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: I mean, there's guys who have done some really nasty stuff, 489 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: which actually worse than what John Moran's done, and they're 490 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: playing in the NBA. 491 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 3: But Jahn Morant, now, they're not gonna talk him. They're 492 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 3: not gonna go there now. 493 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 1: As for the Great Awakening, all right, this is a 494 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: spin off of the A and E franchise Beyond Scared Straight. 495 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: It's a spin off. It's called Beyond self Aware starring 496 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: Ja Morant. Beyond self Aware three seasons now removed. You 497 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: realize we're three seasons removed from that after glow of 498 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: the All Star Game appearances, the all NBA stuff. And 499 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: so when you look at those two years, he's a 500 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: two hit wonder, not a one hit wonder. John Moran 501 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 1: a two hit wonder. And that's about it. The highlights 502 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: when he plays hadn't played that much, but when he plays, 503 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: they still pop pogo stick athleticism, which is great and electric, 504 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: exciting player to watch, good ballplayer when you're watching as 505 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: a fan. The availability is a skill that's lacking, and 506 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: the reliability is a currency which is also lacking. So 507 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 1: you keep waiting for that epiphany. While Jaw lives in 508 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: his own world, he lives somewhere up in the wackadoodle land, 509 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: and where he lives, consequences are optional and all that, 510 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: and apologies are not worth the bandwidth they took to 511 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: send the apologies. 512 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 3: You might remember. 513 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: The great and the incident in Denver there with the 514 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: strippers and the guns and all that. Then he they 515 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: sent him to some for Gaysey rehab by and then 516 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: he came back and like, did the same stuff. It 517 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: was the whole thing was so stupid. Did the same 518 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 1: thing again or close to it. But I'll believe there's 519 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: some kind of great real life, real world switcheroo. 520 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 3: When this lasts longer than an NBA road trip. 521 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: Until then, it's a tee situation, talented entertaining enigma. 522 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 2: All right. 523 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: Meanwhile, we go now final point to the Bay area 524 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: where the Warriors recently said bye bye, bye bye. They 525 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: said bye bye to Jonathan Kaminga. It was traded. We 526 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,479 Speaker 1: were on the air that night. It was broadcasting from 527 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: the remote studio in San Francisco, and a little bit 528 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: before the show Cominga was traded to the Atlanta Hawks 529 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: for the often injured Unicorn. So there was a story 530 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 1: this is a good start. I love this guy. This 531 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: like NBA the These stories are better than the product 532 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: on the court, which says a lot about the NBA. 533 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: But the story is that the Warriors and Jonathan Kaminga 534 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: reached a tense They call it a flare up. 535 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 3: In the story, they call it a flare up. 536 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: You could use some other verbiage on this, but this 537 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: was in December when Jonathan Kaminga missed a team event 538 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: and was told that someone around him was taking too 539 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: much food from the family room so barely they had 540 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: a hall monitor, and somebody was getting too many snacks, 541 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 1: and somebody a deep throat for the Warriors then rated 542 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: out Jonathan Kminga well. The Warriors traded him to the 543 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: Hawks for Christops. Porzingis who I saw sitting. 544 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 3: On the bench. I was watching some of the Golden 545 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 3: State game with the Spurs. 546 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: I had it on the background. He was sitting on 547 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: the bench. Porzingis there. He's got an expiring contract. 548 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 3: Now. 549 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: The reporting says that the disconnect between the player and 550 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: the Warriors had grown so petty, so petty by that point, 551 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: and then the news came out about this food fetish 552 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: situation thing of a jig, the what you mnna call it, 553 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: and even Steph Curry, the most boring man on the planet, 554 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: Steph Curry offered what was essentially an eye roll in response. 555 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: His response was, I'm sorry, bro, this is ridiculous. 556 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 3: Go be great. That's it. That's all he said. 557 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 1: That's nine words, nine words, and that's it. So the question, 558 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: because of that, Steph Curry is being praised for being 559 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: a class act and defending a former Golden State Warriors teammate, 560 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan Kaminga. 561 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 3: Is that how you see it? 562 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: Does Steph Curry deserve praise for saying, I'm sorry, bro, 563 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: this is ridiculous, Go be great. 564 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 3: So the long answer is no. 565 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: The short answer is me shaking my head like it's exhausting. 566 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: Like now we're handing out class act metals to Stephan 567 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: Curry because of an Instagram post that is nine words 568 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: long about Jonathan Kaminga. That's where we are right now. 569 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: The bars at that point. Okay, it's like a nice 570 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 1: Hallmark card. You can go up to Vermont and shoot 571 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: a Hallmark card and put a jump shot on it 572 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: and all that stuff. 573 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 3: The whole thing with the Golden State. 574 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: Warrior is the food room drama, the. 575 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 3: Leaks about that. 576 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: It's so great, the Cold War so dramatic, simmering like 577 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: a big giant tub of bad gumbo, just sitting there 578 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: for months and simmering and bubbling up. 579 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 3: And all that. Now we're pretending Steph just discovered empathy. 580 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: All right, that's gluten free. By the way, I would 581 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: argue the word I will use on this one. I 582 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: love words. I didn't love words. I wish I love 583 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: words in school. I've loved words since I got out 584 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 1: of school. I hated words in school, I hated math. 585 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: I hated words. 586 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 3: But as an adult, I guess I'm an adult. 587 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: I talk about athletes, I talk about balls all the time. 588 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: But it is performative. My word is performative. Is the 589 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: word I will use on this It's a polite shrug. 590 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: While the team that Steph Curry is the face of 591 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: is leaking petty stuff. I'm gonna go out on a 592 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,719 Speaker 1: limb and say, Jonathan Kaminga was not the one leaking 593 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: that that that came from the Warriors, and we traded 594 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: this guy, this guy was so out of control that 595 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: he was even eating too much kettle corn. 596 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 3: He was hoarding the kettle corn. 597 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: He had bad etiquette at the buffet, bad buffet etiquette. 598 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: Gotta get rid of him, all right. Keep in mind 599 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: my theory, and I'm never wrong about this. If Steph 600 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: Curry truly wanted Jonathan Kaminga to still be in the 601 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: Bay Area, he'd still be there. Superstars move mountains in 602 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: that business. And Kaminga was stuck in a basketball detention 603 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: and living in the penalty box of Steve Kerr, and 604 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 1: everyone knew that eventually he was going to get out. 605 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 1: He was supposed to be traded Kaminga before the year, 606 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: and they kept him around till the trade deadline. But 607 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: STEP's quote, it's a nice cologne, it's an expensive cologne, 608 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: and it's being sprayed right over a dumpster. 609 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 3: Smells nice. 610 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: However, the trash is still still there. It's still there. 611 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,959 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 612 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 613 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:36,799 Speaker 3: Here we go, Here we go, Here we go in 614 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 3: It's mallard. How about that? 615 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 2: To the third degree, This is one big event gets 616 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 2: grilled all right. 617 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:45,359 Speaker 5: Cool. 618 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: But by the way, I did see the Great slug 619 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: the hostess with the Moses. 620 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,399 Speaker 3: Who guess it's a great name. 621 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,439 Speaker 1: I didn't see this until a second ago, The great 622 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: World B Free Love the name slug Love the name 623 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: not world b Free, but a great name. 624 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 3: All right, Cooper, what do we have here? 625 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 5: Deshaun Watson has started his growing program as he looks 626 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 5: to regain the starting job in Cleveland. A new Brown's coach, 627 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 5: Todd Munkin has expressed interest in working with Watson. Ben, 628 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 5: do you think there's any chance that he starts for Cleveland? 629 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: A lot of people would have to have ankle injuries 630 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 1: and knee injuries. No, I think there's a better chance 631 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: that they just get rid of him and he's not 632 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: even on the team next year than he's actually. 633 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 3: Playing for the Browns. 634 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 1: But it is the Cleveland Browns, and they are the 635 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: poop emoji team, the Cleveland Browns, so's it's a very 636 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: I'd say it's a less than ten percent chance they 637 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: go with Deshaun Watson. But they don't really have a quarterback. 638 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: Sure Sanders sucks, so it's not like they have anybody 639 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: who's any good. 640 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 5: All right, next, Dan Quinn met with the media on 641 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 5: Tuesday and said he expects the offense to look different 642 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 5: with Jayden Daniels going under center more often, with David 643 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,880 Speaker 5: Bloun now calling the plays. Ben, do you think the 644 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 5: Commanders can get back to being contenders in the NFC? 645 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:58,239 Speaker 1: Well, they were a fluke team when they got to 646 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: the Final four. They were not They played much like 647 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,319 Speaker 1: the Patriots this year, played a soft schedule and they 648 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: took advantage of it, and Washington took advantage of it. 649 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,919 Speaker 3: And then went after Burners and get got there. 650 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,320 Speaker 1: I would say they're a middleweight team in the NFC, 651 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,240 Speaker 1: that they're gonna be right around eight or nine wins, 652 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: and we don't. I they can make some great moves 653 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: this offseason, but right now you're asking me, right now, 654 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,800 Speaker 1: Coop the answers. I see them as an eight or 655 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,960 Speaker 1: nine win team in a pretty blot NFC East. The 656 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: Cowboys are no good, the Giants are no good. Philadelphia 657 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 1: is on the way down, so it's not a great division. 658 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:33,640 Speaker 3: Next. 659 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 5: Former number one pick Kenyon Martin recently went off on 660 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 5: NBA team's tanking, saying, quote, this disgusting display of non 661 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 5: competitive organizations. I think it's awful for the game. I 662 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,920 Speaker 5: think it's awful for sports. Something has to be done, Ben. 663 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,240 Speaker 5: What can be done? 664 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,280 Speaker 1: Well, you get rid of Adam Silver because he's allowed 665 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 1: this to happen, So you got to get rid of him, 666 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 1: and I would get I would consider getting rid of 667 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:56,280 Speaker 1: the lottery. 668 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:01,240 Speaker 3: Or they've tried to tweak it, but it's really the culture. 669 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 1: Of the NBA. They embrace it. The people that work 670 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:04,520 Speaker 1: in that business embrace It's really sad. 671 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 3: How did we do? Cupolo? 672 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,560 Speaker 5: You pass this edition? 673 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 2: Twitter? Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup 674 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 2: in the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports 675 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 2: Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR 676 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 2: to listen live. It's now time for. 677 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 3: Time for Horry Horry Honey. Wait ask Ben Twitter, send 678 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 3: us your questions on Twitter now then no ware, We 679 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,440 Speaker 3: go sign now for ask Ben. 680 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 1: Your questions are answers and for the reading of the questions, 681 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: we go over to the coopo loop. 682 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,399 Speaker 5: All right, We're gonna start off with a question from 683 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 5: Ferg Dog. Hi, Ferg Dog, you would like to know 684 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 5: do you like driving with the windows up or down? Yeah? 685 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,879 Speaker 1: The only time I really drive with the windows down 686 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,960 Speaker 1: is if I'm near the ocean, or if I'm driving 687 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,759 Speaker 1: through Gilroy to smell the garlic. Other than that, the 688 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 1: windows are almost always up, you know, summertime. 689 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 3: Sometimes I used to have a car with a sun 690 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,360 Speaker 3: roof that was kind of cool for a while. That 691 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 3: futs around with that. 692 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: But normally the windows are up only if I'm near 693 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: the beach or where it smells like garlic. 694 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 5: What about you, Lorena, I agree, location matters. If it's 695 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,840 Speaker 5: too windy or cold, though, or I'm on the freeway, 696 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 5: always windows up. 697 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:26,360 Speaker 1: Well, there's a on my way home from the studios, 698 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,399 Speaker 1: I go through this stretch of factories in La where 699 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 1: they I can literally smell the chemicals even with the 700 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 1: air condesting on. I can't imagine if I had my 701 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: windows open. I don't know what kind of junks. 702 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:39,760 Speaker 3: In the air there. But they do it all overnight 703 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,680 Speaker 3: when everyone's sleeping. But I'm not sleeping. 704 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:47,320 Speaker 5: What about you, Coop, I only open up the windows. 705 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 3: When we share. 706 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:57,200 Speaker 5: Yes, there we go, perfects. You put it perfectly. Yeah. 707 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:58,719 Speaker 5: Other than that, the windows. 708 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: Are up, I hear you right and very you all 709 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 1: have great tinted windows. 710 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,960 Speaker 3: I don't have the tinted windows like that. You have 711 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:09,359 Speaker 3: epic tinted windows. What is next? What do we have here? 712 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 5: I'll just say this real quick. The King Rory nobody 713 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 5: prefers miracle Whip. Moving on, rushing Robin the three two 714 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,360 Speaker 5: one wants to know who is your favorite cartoon character. 715 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,040 Speaker 1: Well, I think Rob, your SpongeBob was amazing. It was 716 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:31,640 Speaker 1: a great call by you, Rob. It really depends when 717 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 1: I was a kid. I live in the Stone Age, 718 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,239 Speaker 1: so it was like the Flintstones and the Jetsons when 719 00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:37,840 Speaker 1: I was a kid. But as an adult, like Homer 720 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,480 Speaker 1: Simpson obviously, but I enjoy cartoons. 721 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 3: I'm like the old dude watching cartoons. I don't mind them. 722 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,200 Speaker 3: I think they're fun. 723 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,920 Speaker 1: The Family Guy's been great. I don't watch it every week, 724 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:49,840 Speaker 1: but every one so all watch it. 725 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 3: What about you, Lorena? 726 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,440 Speaker 5: I know you would think my answer would be something Disney, 727 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,239 Speaker 5: But as a kid, my favorite cartoon was Sailor Moon. 728 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,040 Speaker 3: Okay, I got you. Oh couple of Tom and Jerry 729 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 3: when he was a kid. 730 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,240 Speaker 5: No, I'm not that old. 731 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 3: Uh. 732 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,359 Speaker 5: My favorite cartoon character, like I guess it's like now, 733 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,360 Speaker 5: I'd have to say BoJack Horseman, great character. 734 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 3: Uh. You liked that for a while though, right, did 735 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:15,759 Speaker 3: you like that. 736 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,680 Speaker 5: For yeah, yeah, I mean it is it is an 737 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,800 Speaker 5: old show. Now that's a fantastic show. 738 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:20,520 Speaker 1: Uh. 739 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,799 Speaker 5: But like as a kid, I want to say, like 740 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:29,879 Speaker 5: maybe like hey Arnold, I like I like Arnold guys. 741 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 1: But for me, like it was a big deal as 742 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,560 Speaker 1: a kid. If you're around my age, the Saturday Morning 743 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,120 Speaker 1: cartoons were massive, Like. 744 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,959 Speaker 3: That was you know that's a that's all the cartoons 745 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,839 Speaker 3: on Saturday Morning. He was all so good as a kid. 746 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:46,400 Speaker 5: Man ash ash ketch him Pokemon, Pokemon. Yeah, that was 747 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,120 Speaker 5: Saturday Morning. 748 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 3: All right, what's next? What do we got? It's ask Ben. 749 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,760 Speaker 3: Your questions are answers. 750 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,840 Speaker 5: This is a good one. I like this donkey sausage. 751 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,440 Speaker 5: Wants to know how dark? How dark do you like 752 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:57,359 Speaker 5: your toast? 753 00:40:59,560 --> 00:40:59,799 Speaker 3: Yeah? 754 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,839 Speaker 1: I don't really eat breakfast food that much, but when 755 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: I do eat breakfast food, I don't want it. Like 756 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:08,280 Speaker 1: the meat I eat is the color of the tires 757 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: on my car that I don't want that with the toast. 758 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,200 Speaker 3: But I it's kind of a sweet spot. 759 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,440 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not like Jim Nance where I take 760 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:19,280 Speaker 1: a photo of it like it's gotta be well done. 761 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,719 Speaker 1: But there's a sweet spot if you know what I mean, 762 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,239 Speaker 1: Like it's on the darker side the toast, but not 763 00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:25,680 Speaker 1: not too much. 764 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 3: What about you, Raine? 765 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, chocolate? 766 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,160 Speaker 3: Okay, there you go? Cool? What really? 767 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: Uh? 768 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 5: I like darker toast, but like a brown or too 769 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,920 Speaker 5: dark brown? If it's if it's like black, that's that's 770 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,920 Speaker 5: that's too it's too charred. 771 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:46,360 Speaker 3: Okay, all right, very important to be like Jim Nansen. 772 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 3: Have a photo your toast. What's next? 773 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,920 Speaker 5: It's a it's a number four on my toaster setting. 774 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,040 Speaker 5: That's what I That's what I like. 775 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,839 Speaker 3: Number four, number four. 776 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 5: All right, let's see Wayne and Delute, who I've never 777 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,600 Speaker 5: seen work. Wants to know are the majority of your 778 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 5: callers mentally ill? 779 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:14,640 Speaker 1: What is your definition of mentally ill? Didn't they Ronald 780 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:17,080 Speaker 1: Reagan in the eighties closed all the mental hospitals otherwise 781 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:17,839 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have a job. 782 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 3: What are you talking about? Come on? My people couldn't 783 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,320 Speaker 3: talk to me. Come on, I love these are the 784 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:24,080 Speaker 3: greatest characters. 785 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: I'm so lucky these people they find me, these guys, 786 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: I love them, every one of these knuckleheags my people. 787 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,120 Speaker 3: These are my friends. 788 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,520 Speaker 5: Kevin would like to know have you ever been to 789 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,240 Speaker 5: a metal or punk concert. 790 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,520 Speaker 1: No, I've only been to a few concerts. I've never 791 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 1: been to one of those. What about you, Lorena, what's the. 792 00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,319 Speaker 5: One warp tour? I think that counts. I've been to 793 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:50,760 Speaker 5: Warp Tour, Yes, yes, many metal, a couple couple punk shows. 794 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:51,840 Speaker 5: Metal is my favorite. 795 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,560 Speaker 3: Arby Metal Coop. What's next? 796 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,400 Speaker 5: Alfie? Alin Opiner wants to know. Do you enjoy cooking shows? 797 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,160 Speaker 1: Not as much as my wife, who watches them all 798 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,600 Speaker 1: the time. I used to like them occasionally, but she 799 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:06,560 Speaker 1: loves like British. 800 00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,880 Speaker 3: Baking Show and I'm not that into it. What about you, Lorena? 801 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 5: I love cooking shows, but I just can't. 802 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,560 Speaker 1: Cook all right? 803 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:13,759 Speaker 3: Cool some of them. 804 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,359 Speaker 5: I like the competition cooking shows. 805 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,600 Speaker 3: Well, anything with competition. Yes, the way to do it 806 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:20,440 Speaker 3: is to do a competition. 807 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,680 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 808 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,880 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.