1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:01,400 Speaker 1: Kabbooms. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 2: of the Old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in 10 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: the air everywhere. 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Maler and Danny G. 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: The Weekend starts right now. Happy Friday is the nineteenth 13 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: day of September. Just a few hours ago, I got 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: done with the overnight show and here we are back 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: in the podcast studio. Danny G Radio will join me 16 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: at some point over the weekend. But on this podcast, 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: The Friday Spectacular, we have Hello, Yellow Sugary Lollipop, and 18 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: who knows what else, But we start with this. It 19 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: is National Tradesman Day. That's right, National Tradesman Day celebrated 20 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: the third Friday of September every year. It's relatively new. 21 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: I brought this up because having met a number of 22 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: you at various meet and greets over the years in 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: different parts of the country. A number of you have 24 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: worked in the trades you have right, whether you could 25 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: be anything from a carpenter like just Josh, you're in 26 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: the building maintenance, world, plumbing, electricity, any of that stuff, 27 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 1: and the trades are are massive. I think I would 28 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: have done okay in that if I'd learned a skill, 29 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: obviously other than talking about sports. But listen, the great 30 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: thing about the tradesmen, as you guys know, you don't 31 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: really think about it much until you need them, and 32 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: it would be almost impossible, if not impossible, to have 33 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: a high quality of life without a bunch of tradesmen. 34 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: Which is interesting because I did see the stat that 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: this is not the fun fact, by the way, but 36 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: I did you see a stat that one new tradesman 37 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: comes into the profession for three old ones, meaning that 38 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: every time three tradesmen retire from their profession, only one 39 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: new one joins the forces. That is a supply shortage situation. 40 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: And according to a recent study from the Hudson Institute, 41 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: which I am not sure what that is, but they 42 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: I saw this study and they said that the way 43 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 1: things are going, barring some kind of change, there will 44 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: be a shortage of tradesmen by twenty fifty, so that's 45 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: a generation from now there will be not enough tradesmen 46 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: in the world. And there's been this debate, but is 47 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: it good for your health to be in the trades 48 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: and whatnot. However, based on the fact that a lot 49 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: of us have set jobs that we're sitting around, we're 50 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: sitting at desk, I sit in the radio studio all night, 51 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: that you're not moving, you're not getting your blood flowing. 52 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: That actually, as opposed to those type of jobs, seditary jobs, 53 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: that if you're in the trades, you're actually healthier because 54 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: you're constantly moving your body around, your muscles, your joints, 55 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 1: all that stuff. And I had some friends of mine 56 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 1: that got into the trades and they've made good money, 57 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: they've had consistent employment, and the only things they've complained 58 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: about sometimes they are having to work on the holidays 59 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: because if you're a plumber and somebody's toilet gets clogged 60 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: or something like that on Christmas, who you're gonna call? 61 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: Gonna call a plumber and all that. But anyway, so 62 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: celebrate National Tradesman Day today. And the fun fact, the 63 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: fun fact on National Tradesmen's Day, going back to the 64 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: Middle Ages, Is it true that when you were a 65 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: barber in the Middle Ages, not only were you a barber, 66 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: but you also provided your service as a doctor to 67 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: the lower class, the lower social class, the poor people 68 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: who could not afford to go to an actual Middle 69 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: Ages doctor, so they had aches and pains. The barber 70 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: turned out to be the doctor. Sounds like something that 71 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: Doc Mike out of Chicago would do. Now, on that note, 72 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: we turned the page and a story that I was 73 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: debating whether or not to share with you. I ultimately 74 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: determined that that what happened to me this week is 75 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: both educational and also perfect for this format because you, 76 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: by listening to the Fifth Hour, are p one your 77 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: next level. There's a lot of people. We do very 78 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: well on the Overnight Show. There's a lot of people 79 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: that listen, but a lot of the people listen just 80 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: because we happen to be on at that time. Right, 81 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: you have to go out of your way to find 82 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: this podcast, right, the Fifth Hour podcast. It is promoted 83 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: on the Overnight Show. We do promote it, but you 84 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 1: have to go out of your way to find it. 85 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: And you've done that. So it's story time on the 86 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: Fifth Hour. Let me tell you about fasting. Now I 87 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: have discovered it is not for whims. It's for lunatics, 88 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: is what it's what it's for. So for many years 89 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: now I have practiced innerminute fasting. You may know that 90 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: if you've listened to these podcasts, you know I've talked 91 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: about my life choices when it comes to that kind 92 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: of thing. So for the most part, the way it 93 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: works is one meal a day. Sometimes I will skip 94 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: a day and I will stretch out the fast from 95 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: say twenty three hours or twenty four hours. I will 96 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: go to forty eight hours, sometimes even longer than that, 97 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: and I would go without food. Is my personal Michigas. 98 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 1: As my grandfather would say. It's it's kind of like 99 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: rooting for the Clippers in the nineties or collecting ticket 100 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: stubs from UC Irvine with a guy named Billy Mulligan 101 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: who is the coach from their basketball games. You do 102 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: it because it makes sense only to you, and that's 103 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: why you do it. So this week, this week, though, 104 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: the routine betrayed me. So my lovely wife and I 105 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 1: we went out to a rare for US rare for 106 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: US meal. Since I usually cook, I like futson around 107 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: in the kitchen and so one of us will make 108 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: it easy as me. But we'll make food and end 109 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: up eating at home. Let's say six days a week, 110 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: maybe go out once a week. And so we went 111 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: to one of our favorite spots. It's a local spot, 112 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: kind of a kind of a place that serves chicken 113 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: fingers and pastromi fries. My kind of place, My kind 114 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,559 Speaker 1: of place that's soul food. It's so indulgent that if 115 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: you had an offensive line or a sumo wrestling outfit, 116 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: they would enjoy the food. They would enjoy. It's heavy food. It's, 117 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: like I said, soul food. It's fried in memory and regret. 118 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: So I broke my fast. I had been fasting for 119 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: roughly forty eight hours, and I broke my fast with 120 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: some gusto, some razzle dazzle. I gobbled down my delicious 121 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: chicken fingers with the honey mustard, the barbecue and the 122 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: house sauce, which is kind of like a Thousand Island 123 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: type thing. So I hate that. I think Spacoli would approve. 124 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: I hugged the wife goodbye as she went to work. Waddled, 125 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: I waddled like a penguin out to the parking lot, 126 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: to the mal ormobile, thinking was it worth it? Was 127 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: it worth it? And see, I had ad home because 128 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: I had to prepare for the Ben Mahler Show, and 129 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: it takes a lot of time needed to prepare the monologues. 130 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: There's bullet points that go into that, and I have 131 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: to find things that I'm interested in. So then my 132 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: stomach whispered back as I was settling in for the 133 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: relatively short drive back to the Malor mansion, and the 134 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: stomach whispered, oh you think so, huh okay. Now by 135 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: the time I hit the road, that whisper had become 136 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: a primal scream. And this restaurant's about ten minutes from 137 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: the Malor Mansion, and yet I felt like I was 138 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: carrying a live hand grenade in my gut. You ever 139 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: had that, We've all had that, right, you've had that. 140 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: I've had it before. I haven't had in a while. 141 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: Now you should know, and maybe you do that roughly 142 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: five or six years ago. I think it was six 143 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: years ago. Now, I had my gallbladder removed. Yeah, Now, 144 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: if you've had that happen, you know this. If not, 145 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: if you lived long enough and eat fried food, that's 146 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: going to happen. So it changes the way the machinery 147 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: works in the body. Your body keeps score. Why would 148 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: your body keep score? And the thing about it, it's 149 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: a little trickerations because the body waits for the exact 150 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: wrong time to remind you, and then all of a sudden, 151 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: it is Dante's inferno. We are talking death con one 152 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: as a gastro intestinal emergency situation. So keep in mind, 153 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: I have a ten minute drive. I was staring down 154 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: a red light parade, one after another after another, like 155 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: rush hour in midtown Manhattan, a sea of red, a 156 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: red sea. So now I'm doing inventory. I got what 157 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: appears to be a gastro intestinal hand grenade in my 158 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: stomach that is fertilized. I've got a good amount of 159 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: time to go. And I did the malth and it 160 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: wrote back in my head, no chance, in that little 161 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: cartoon bubble them above my head. No chance. So now 162 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: this becomes a two minute drill, but not not a 163 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: two minute drill that you might think is going to 164 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: be successful, because this is a two minute drill, except 165 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: the quarterback had no timeouts. It was a pouring rainstorm. 166 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: The quarterback also had two left feet, and the clock 167 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: was mocking the quarterback. So I end up making it. 168 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: I said about ten minutes, but I made it about 169 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: eight minutes in and it was a couple of minutes 170 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: from the Malor mansion. And suddenly, imagine the US Space program, 171 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: NASA counting down five four, three two one. We have 172 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,479 Speaker 1: lift off. We have lift off. Apollo eleven has blasted 173 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: off into space. Now, in my case, it wasn't a 174 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: P eleven. It was kaboom. Let's just say, in that moment, 175 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: I became a Cleveland Browns fan. In that moment, I 176 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: became a Cleveland Browns fan. The Malormobile was christened in 177 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: brown Town. If you will in Brownston, what can brown 178 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: do for you? Now, for the record, I want to 179 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: clarify this because some of you knuckleheads, like just Josh 180 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: and others. We'll run with this. And I did have 181 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 1: a famous incident at a park when I was walking 182 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 1: around getting steps in and totally dropped a bomb on you, 183 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: a poop bomb in a public restroom. That was like 184 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: a crime scene. So this was not that. So I'm 185 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: in the car. I mentioned kaboom. The Malomobile was disheveled, 186 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: but for the record, it was technically not poop. This 187 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 1: was Billy Ruben I am told is the term it's yellow, 188 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: hello yellow, definitely not mellow yellow. It is not mellow yellow. 189 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: It was Mana Zuma's revenge or in this case, Malar's revenge. 190 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: We'll rebrand it Malar's revenge or put the highlight of 191 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: their Malard's gut punch. So, in other words, the exact 192 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: kind of technicality that only those of us who are 193 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: middle aged men would cling to when describing our own humiliation. 194 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 1: So technically, not poop is a phrase that could serve 195 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: as an epithet for many things here that have gone 196 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: on around this time and maybe my generation anyway. So 197 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: the good news is, and this is the most important 198 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: part to me, This is the most important part, because 199 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: when we had five four three two one, we have 200 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: lift off, we have lift off of Apollo eleven or 201 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: in this case, you know what. So I was worried. 202 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I mean, this is this is a lot. 203 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: There's a lot going on, and the car is going 204 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: to be destroyed. I gotta use the car to I 205 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: have a long drive. It's gonna stink, it's gonna be terrible. 206 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: This is a nightmare situation. The good news one word 207 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: one word, containment, very important word. Most of the bodily 208 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: oil spill the Exxon Valdis, the Malar Valdis. Most of 209 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: it was captured by the clothing and not the upholstery 210 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: in the car. So this made it a messy, certainly humiliating, 211 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: but survivable. Fumbo rooskate. All right again this I had 212 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: no control at that point. I would have obviously not 213 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: had that happen. I tried to find somewhere to stop 214 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: along the way and the places I was looking to stop. 215 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: By the time I figured out I needed to stop, 216 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: I was not near anywhere to stop. So I did 217 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: make it to the Malor mansion. I parked, and unfortunately, 218 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: much to my disappoint I had to sit there for 219 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: several minutes. It seemed like it was about three hours. 220 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: It was probably only five minutes, but I was waiting 221 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 1: because there's a kind of a green area, grassy area 222 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: in front of the house, and one of my neighbors 223 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: was walking her dog at the worst possible time. My 224 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: whole plan was, all right, boom, get their park, run 225 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: into the house, and take care of business. Now, keep 226 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: in mind, I don't even know this middle aged woman 227 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: who's my neighbor. I don't know a few of the neighbors, 228 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: but not many. Nevertheless, you cannot make eye contact. In 229 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: that moment. You are covered with shrapnel. Right you have 230 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: been hit with some AMMO and your down range and 231 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: it's just kind of soaking into everything. At this point, 232 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: you can still feel it as you move around. It's 233 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: a big mess. So you wait for the coast to clear. 234 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: And then at that moment, all of a sudden, I realized, 235 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: wait a minute, the path is clear. It's go time. Okay, 236 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: it's go time? Was that me? So then you sprint? Okay, 237 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: you sprint like you sained bolt across the lawn. I 238 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: know Ferg dog's very fast, so he knows that I 239 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: don't know about alf. So I had the laundry situation, 240 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: which was unfortunately a hazmat situation, and then I had 241 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: that on and then I had shame. There was some shame. 242 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: Now the wife was at work, so I didn't have 243 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: to worry about that. I get in the house and 244 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: it was a malor rescue and recovery mission. It was swift. 245 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: I went as fast as I could. The only one 246 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: in the house was my dog, Moxie. Moxie opened her 247 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: eyes and she looked at me in shame. There was 248 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: some shame there. She didn't say anything because she can't talk, 249 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: but my English bulldog Moxie definitely knew something was not 250 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: right and that I was closer to her than I 251 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: was another human being. So the clothes immediately go on 252 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: the washer, all the clothes, everything. I then high tailored 253 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: to the shower. The car has to be cleaned after 254 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: the shower. And indignity, well, dignity is not not easy 255 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: in this. But here's the lesson. All right, here's the 256 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: lesson to my friends, you boys and girls. Fasting is 257 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: kind of like life. This is a weird part of 258 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: aging that and I don't think I'm that old. I 259 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: don't feel that old, although this certainly made me feel older. 260 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: But your body keeps finding new ways to remind you that. 261 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: You might think you are in control, you might think 262 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: you have a choke hold on the game of life, 263 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: but you are not in control. You can be disciplined 264 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: for years. You can control your schedule, fast every day. 265 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: Think you're doing what's right at the time for the 266 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: zeitgeist of the time. But one plate of delicious deep 267 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: fried golden brown chicken fingers and a big bucket of 268 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: pastromi fries. Will remind you that in the end, the 269 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: randomness of life always wins. Right. You can plan the fast, 270 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: you can plan the aftermath of said fast, all of that. 271 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: Clearly I didn't do that properly. My game plan was 272 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: not great. And every so often, when you get to 273 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: the point of life that I'm at here and a 274 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,120 Speaker 1: lot of you guys are at in middle age, your 275 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,639 Speaker 1: body taps you on the shoulder and says, hey, buddy, 276 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: hey about it. Remember me, Yeah, the warranty, it's expired. 277 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: You need a new warranty. And so that was that 278 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: was my very interesting afternoon. And I did not mention 279 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: it on the radio show for obvious reasons. So if 280 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: you hear this, you're listening right now, you're obviously hearing this. 281 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: You're one of the few that have heard the story. 282 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: So it's onward and upward. And next time I have 283 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 1: a forty eight hour fast, I will remember to not 284 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: eat pastrami fries, chicken, maybe some grilled chicken and some rice, 285 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: and that'll be good. That'll be good. So moving on 286 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: from that, I want to turn the page to the Amazon. 287 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: We go to the Amazon all right, So the Amazon 288 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: I saw this. I was gonna mention it on the 289 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: Overnight Show. I didn't get to it. I wanted to 290 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: bring it up with you here, and I don't know 291 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: if you know exactly what I'm talking about. This is 292 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: not about al Michael's performance last night on The Thrilling, 293 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: Riveting Bill's Dolphins game. It's not about that. So the 294 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: new basketball season is starting soon. Oh, you shouldn't talk 295 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: about the NBA. It's not really about the NBA. It's 296 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: about Amazon. So Amazon is about to jump into the 297 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: deep end of the basketball pool. They are strutting around 298 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: like not peacocks because that's NBC. But they're strutting around 299 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: like the biggest, baddest company in the world, Amazon, and 300 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: they're in bed now with the NBA and they us. 301 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: They had to take the WNBA. Who's watching that crap? 302 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: What's the first thing the big boss, this guy named 303 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: Jay Marine that sounds like a fake name. What's the 304 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: first thing this big boss, j Marine tells us? He 305 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 1: says the mantra of Amazon NBA coverage, The mantra of 306 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: this outfit is too It's three words, celebrate and educate, period. 307 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: Stop celebrate and educate. Let me repeat that for those 308 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: of you in the back of the room. Celebrate and educate. 309 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: That's the plan for the Amazon Amazon Prime. Now my 310 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: reaction is not three words, it's three letters. O MG 311 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: O MG, as in, oh my god. Now I am 312 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: not great at a lot of things. You might think 313 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: I suck itt radio whatever. However, I have worked in 314 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: the broadcasting business for a long time and that's not 315 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: how I was raised. That was not how I was 316 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 1: raised in broadcasting, and I don't know anyone else who 317 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: wants that content. To me, that's not broadcasting. When you 318 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: say celebrate and educate, that's not broadcasting. That's the Soviet 319 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: prov the news service is what that is. That's propaganda 320 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: in a stream. Celebrate and educate. That's a kindergarten slogan. 321 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 1: That's a company picnic where everybody gets a little gold star. 322 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: It's just for showing up. You get a little gold 323 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: star and some potato salad. Congratulations. But I don't like 324 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: potato salad. It's disgusting. Now as I understand it, the 325 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: plan here is, instead of breaking down bad defenses, are 326 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: calling out a star player who mailed it in, because 327 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: God knows that never happens. Instead, what we're gonna get 328 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: is a ten minute package of someone's dog rescue story. Right, Oh, 329 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: he saved his dog from being eaten by a bunch 330 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: of coyotes. The Amazon NBA logo should be a puffer 331 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: fish who says no, who says no. It is sugarcoating, 332 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: is what like? From what I have read again, I've 333 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: read the trades on this. It's Amazon serving you a 334 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: sugary lollipop and telling you it's a cheeseburger and fries. Well, 335 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: I wanted a cheeseburger in fries. You get the sugary lollipop. 336 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: I didn't want the lollipop. I wanted the cheeseburger and fries. 337 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. We're serving sugar sugary lollipops. You should 338 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: enjoy the sugary lollipop. It's on sale on Amazon Prime. 339 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: But I wanted a cheeseburger and fries. It doesn't matter. 340 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: Here's my main problem, all right, and listen. I understand 341 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: everyone's different, and I get that. But for the most part, 342 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: viewers are not dumb. Okay, some are, some are, but 343 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: viewers are not dumb. You insult people's intelligence with puff pieces. 344 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: It's like putting on a classic Sugar Loaf record. Don't 345 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: call us, We'll call you. Don't call us, we'll call you. 346 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: And that's what the fans will be humming when they 347 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: tune out. You know, the nonsense. Because the goal you 348 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: put me in charge, you make me the boss. The 349 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: goal should be to entertain and to inform, not to 350 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: sell me a cheesy version of pro basketball where everything 351 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 1: is sunshine and rainbows, unicorns and the whole thing so 352 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: bull of cherries. You're going against human nature. We're all hardwired, 353 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: all of us. I don't care your gender or your race. 354 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: I don't care about any of that stuff because we're 355 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: all the same. When you peel back all the layers, 356 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: it's human nature. If it bleeds, it leads. As a 357 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: phrase in television news, the reason that is a phrase 358 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: is because people love that crap. They can't get enough 359 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: of that crap and spoiler alert. People love the negative, 360 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: whether it's negative news or a negative story about an athlete, 361 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 1: and they crave the train wreck, the drama orama, as 362 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: we like to say the flame outs. You have to 363 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: know what the customer wants, and you have to give 364 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: the customer what they want, and that is what drives 365 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: the conversation. Amazon has more than enough money. They have 366 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: plenty of research, market research that they shows us. They 367 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: are aware of the situation. This is not some kind 368 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: of new situation from the Book of Revelations. Sports are 369 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 1: filled with juicy drama. They just are players who hate coaches, 370 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: coaches who hate the media, media who hate the players, 371 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: and the coaches. And professional sports in particular are about 372 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: the conflict. The star athlete who's more concerned about his 373 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: TikTok than making the jump shot and practicing his jump shot, 374 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:55,479 Speaker 1: the Matador defense or ela that is a problem. So 375 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: it's about someone. If you're doing it right, it's highlighting 376 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: someone in an NBA game choking in the clutch, leaning 377 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: into load management, or a coach losing the locker room. 378 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: People will tune in for that. They're not going to 379 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: tune in for the marshmallowy stuff. They don't flip on 380 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: a game to hear a bedtime story. Amazon doesn't want 381 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: to show you the warts, the soft underbelly, the screw ups, 382 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: the reality of the game. They want to tuck you 383 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: into bed with a warm glass of milk and a 384 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: bedtime story about how everyone is a winner. You're a winner, 385 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 1: Little Johnny, You're a winner. It's like Amazon is officially 386 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: smoking the psychedelic rock pipe. The people involved in this 387 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: NBA stuff like totally out of touch on this. And 388 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: you know what this is. It's a kale smoothie. It's 389 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: a kale smoothie with a bit of glitter on top. 390 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: I don't need glitter. I don't want kale either. But 391 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 1: Amazon thinks it's a party. It tastes like it's disgusting. Meanwhile, 392 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: the fan, what does the fan want? I just want 393 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: to chill out. Most people that consume sports, it's a pastime. 394 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: It's something you do after a long day at work. 395 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: It's something that you do to kind of chill out, 396 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: and you just want to have a beer and some 397 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: hot wings or whatever your jam is. For me, it's 398 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: chicken fingers. You don't want some corporate ted talk about 399 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: celebrating and educating. Celebrating and educating. This isn't broadcasting. It's 400 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: narrow casting and it's marketing, is what it is. It's 401 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: those things. And Amazon just announced to the world that 402 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: they'd rather be what Oprah's book Club than Monday Night 403 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: Basketball or whatever it's going to be now, the other 404 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: conspiracy let me put on my tinfoil hat here. So 405 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: the other conspiracy on this is that the NBA wanted this, 406 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: that this is what the NBA wants, That the Amazon 407 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: people are just file following the marching orders of big Basketball. 408 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: And for a while I have heard from the people 409 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: that I know that work in the NBA that the 410 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: league office and I'm not sure exactly whether it's Adam 411 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: Silver or people below Adam Silver, it doesn't really matter. 412 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: People that live in that Manhattan bubble bubble that work 413 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 1: in the in the NBA league offices have long been 414 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: bothered by what they deem a negative cloud that covers 415 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: the NBA, that they don't celebrate. They don't celebrate basketball. 416 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: So when I heard the word celebrate, that was immediately 417 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: an alarm bell that went on, Well, wait a minute. 418 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: That's one of the things that I've heard in the 419 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: feedback I've got. They were very upset with Jeff Van 420 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 1: Gundy for his criticism of the sport, for his criticism 421 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: of the officiating. He has been exiled. He's on the 422 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: LA Clippers coaching staff. So Van Gundy is an example 423 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 1: of that. They also, despite being tremendously popular, have issues 424 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: with Charles Barkley and Shaquill O'Neal and the whole shocking 425 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: of fool mocking some of the players and Charles Barkley, 426 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: those guys who are unhinged with their commentary. It does 427 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: rub people wrong and they're bothered. People work for the NBA, 428 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: some of them, again, not all of them. This is 429 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: a small minority, but clearly a vocal minority who have 430 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: been bothered by that presentation of their product. They believe 431 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: that their product is all high and mighty and that 432 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: they should celebrate. That's the celebrate thing. The other concern 433 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: the NBA has is the fan base getting older people 434 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 1: my age and older that like basketball, and younger people 435 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 1: only consume the highlights, which is appropriate because we did 436 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,199 Speaker 1: a rant about Adam Silver and his situation where he 437 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: said it's just a highlight sport and then he tried 438 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: to put tried to unring the bell and all that. 439 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: So I bring this up in addition because the perception 440 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: is that Amazon Prime is going to be a younger 441 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: audience and that there'll be people that will click on 442 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: Amazon Prime that aren't basketball fans, and so they want 443 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: the league office wants to educate the people that are 444 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: casuals that are not fully invested, which seems fine in theory, 445 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: but in reality not so good because you're offending your 446 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: base to gain what a few more possible consumers of 447 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: your product, but you're going to upset a larger percentage 448 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: of people that already know the game and don't want 449 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: to be educated like they're in kindergarten and learn the 450 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: ABC's and the one two threes. They already know that stuff. 451 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: They're already aware of that stuff. All right, we'll get 452 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: out on that. Danny should join me at some point. 453 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: We'll have a new podcast on Saturday and a new 454 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: one on Sunday. By the way, before I forget, if 455 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: you want to send an email in I checked the 456 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: other day. I have not checked this morning here on Friday, 457 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: but the other day we were a little slow in 458 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: the email. So if we don't get enough, we will 459 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: not have a mailbag. So if you want to be 460 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: in the mail bag and make sure we have a 461 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: Sunday pod, I mean, we're planning on doing it. We 462 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: have a few, but we usually have a lot more 463 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: than this, so I don't know what happened with the email. 464 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: So hopefully we'll get a few more of you to 465 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: send us an email. Real fifth hour at gmail dot 466 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: com is the email address. That's real fifth hour at 467 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: gmail dot com and just all letters, no numbers. Name 468 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: in city if you want credit, Name in city if 469 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: you want credit, and that is that. Have a wonderful 470 00:29:56,080 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: rest of your Friday. It's a final Friday. Days of 471 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: a baseball regular season. That's almost over. We got some 472 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: college football today and then the big weekend. We'll cover 473 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: it all as we go forward. But have a great, 474 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: glorious rest of your Friday. We will talk to you 475 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: next time. And as Danny g would say, Asta pasta 476 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: or is it later, skater, Aloha means goodbye riva, don 477 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: jay or bye bye see. That's what Dick and Dayton says. 478 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: Bye bye, gotta murder, I gotta go