1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Kubbooms. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with me, Ben 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: Mahler and Danny g Radio, who is producing this podcast. 12 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: We are with you again. The audio Sweatshop does not stop. 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 1: Just finished a few minutes ago, the Overnight Show. I 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: took a brief, well deserved, well deserved time out and 15 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: then right back in, right back into the fun. Here 16 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: we are in the podcast studio, the remote podcast studio. 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: A week from Black Friday. Oh yeah, very exciting. On 18 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: this podcast we have the Malar Kitchen Diaries, Bias Babies, 19 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: the phrase of the Week, and an added bonus, an 20 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: old friend returning. We'll explain what that is. Time permitting. 21 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: Time permitting on this podcast, but begin you and I 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: together with the Malar Kitchen Diaries. There's something about the kitchen. 23 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: It's in every home, the kitchen, but it's something that 24 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: feels like a there's something there that feels like a stage. 25 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: Now I'm not talking about the Food Network something like that. 26 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: More like a one man Shakespearean tragedy, at least when 27 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: I'm involved starring yours truly, And yet again another example 28 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: of me questioning some of the choices I've made in 29 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: my life. I have learned often, and I share these 30 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: stories with you when bodily things go wrong because of 31 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: medical conditions or whatever. But when I get into the 32 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: kitchen and I get my hands dirty, sometimes they are 33 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: dirty with blood, blood blood blood. That is the malarculinary 34 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: institute of learning. From a strict tuition policy, you are 35 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: going to pay in pain, oh the agony. And I 36 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: don't know whether you cook or not. I'm I don't know. 37 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: I've heard from people that do. I've heard from people. 38 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: I eat TV dinners, I eat frozen food. I got 39 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: an air fryer. That's all I need. But there's that 40 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: moment in every kitchen, right before you slice, sear, or 41 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: flame something, where, at least for me, I hear the 42 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: Anthony Bourdaine voice, the late Great Anthony Bourdain voice like 43 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: a ghost haunting you. It's over your shoulder. And in 44 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: the Anthony Bourdain voice, I hear the whisper good food 45 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: is all about risk, and when it does come to 46 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: the Malar Culinary Institute, the risk level is somewhere between 47 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 1: Evil Knievel jumping the Grand Canyon and deciding I'm gonna 48 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: make my password for all of my banking information and 49 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: my life savings. I'm going to make my password password 50 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: one two three ABC is what my password is going 51 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: to be. Now, this is not cooking. This is full 52 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: contact food preparation, and I'm going to prove that to 53 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: you right here on this podcast. So we approach this 54 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: with adrenaline, heartburn, medication, and the understanding that in any 55 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: moment in the kitchen this could become an episode of Dateline. 56 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: You don't want to be on an episode of Dateline. Now, 57 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: all of this Michigas started out innocently enough in a 58 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: land far far away, unless it actually happened just a 59 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: couple of miles away. But this was a chance, a 60 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: way to honor my dearly departed mother and her epic 61 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: legacy that she left behind. Is the baker and the 62 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: family food maker. And all that. Now. Originally, if you've 63 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: been following the podcast, you know that this was something 64 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: that started with cookies. And I'd like to thank the 65 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: people that Crumble Cookies who have been price scouging for years. 66 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: Over there. My god, it's just a little bit of 67 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: dough and some chocolate chips. What are you doing? And 68 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: they're great. I love Crumble cookies. They're outrageously priced, and 69 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: so I made a knockof version. The wife had gotten 70 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: me some Crumble cookies and I really liked them, and 71 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 1: then she told you, She told me how much they cost, 72 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: and she tried to high that from me, and then 73 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: I found it and I said, oh my god. So 74 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: I'll just make some ripoff versions of my favorite Crumble cookies. 75 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: And so that was the baby step, if you will, 76 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: into the domestic Benny Bliss domestic Bliss there. However, it 77 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: did not stop there. Like any gateway drug, the chocolate 78 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,799 Speaker 1: chip cookie led to other cookies, and then that led 79 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: to the Mallard what I call the crack Cocaine menu 80 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: at the Malar Mansion, which I've talked about a lot. 81 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 1: My favorite foods, the smash burger on the griddle, grilled onions, peppers, 82 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: all that welded to the griddle like it's owed it's 83 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: owed you money or something like that. The Philly cheese 84 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: steak that could end up solving world peace and causing 85 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: everyone to have heart disease at the same time. Double daily, 86 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: double daily double. Then there's the Mallard Pizza, which briefly 87 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: was Eddie Restaurant. I hope that guy Johnny Oh's listening 88 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 1: in Grand app It's Michigan. We briefly had the Mallard pizza, 89 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: which is garlic onion, bell pepper, generous helpings of garlic onion, 90 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: bell pepper. It was the Mona Lisa of garlic, onion 91 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: and bell pepper. And then the crunchy gringo taco. May 92 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: my friend Alex Long departed rest in peace. There the 93 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: crunchy gringo taco that would make any reasonable nutritionist openly weep. 94 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: All right, And so in the last I'm not sure 95 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: how long it's been been, about six months, maybe a year. 96 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: Time flies. So entering the kitchen has been swarma that 97 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: came into the picture, that beautiful Mediterranean marble, the spinning 98 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: pillar of poultry perfection, chicken shwarma. Truth be told, it 99 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: has become a Saturday night ritual in the Malor mansion. Well, 100 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: what a life. I watched some college football, maybe a 101 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: crappy NBA game. I got that going on. The marinade 102 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: that sleeps overnight. I talk overnight. This thing sleeps. So 103 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: you get the chicken ready, you pound the chicken a 104 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: little bit, you get everything ready, all the spices and 105 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: all that stuff, and the marinade, and it just sits 106 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: there in the fridge and sleeps like it's at a 107 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: four star hotel. And that's it, and wake up and 108 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: you're on your way. Sometimes I do it overnight, two 109 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: or three hours in the oven. You rotate every thirty 110 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: minutes or so, like it's auditioning for dancing with the stars. 111 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: And finally, in order to get chicken shwarma. It's one 112 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: thing to put the chicken on the spit, but you've 113 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: got to slice it, you gotta shave it. You've got 114 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: to present the shwarma the way that it deserves to 115 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: be presented, like our brothers and sisters in the Middle East. 116 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: So this is where you get your testosterone juices going. 117 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: And that is also where the quantum leap took place. 118 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: There was a metamorphosis in the malar kitchen, when Benny 119 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: the Baker became Benny the butcher. You see the new 120 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: chicken shwarma toy that I decided to get in a 121 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: moment of I don't know what I was thinking. I 122 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: got this chicken schwarma restaurant style buzz saw. I don't 123 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: know any other way to say it. And I bought 124 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: it in a moment of culinary confidence that was unwarranted 125 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: on the Amazon. I found it, wife bought it, got it, 126 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: and I'm happy to report that I nearly turned my 127 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: left thumb into a side dish. Would you like some 128 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: thumb with your schwarma? No, I'm good. I could just 129 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: take some rice, but we have a nice chunk of 130 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: a thumb. Would you like that with some sauce? No, 131 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: I don't want that with some sauce. So the blaze 132 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: of the circular kitchen saw the shwarma as it was 133 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: described on Amazon shwarma buzz saw. I said, easy to assemble, 134 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: easy to clean, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. 135 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: So I pluged this thing in. I'd opened the box. 136 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: I plugged this thing in. I put the blade. There 137 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: was an extra blade. I put it in and as 138 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: I was futzing around trying to figure out how exactly 139 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: the Shwarma buzzsaw worked, somehow, some way, my left hand 140 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: that got in the way, and it was I didn't 141 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: even notice at the time. This thing was so fricking power. 142 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: I didn't even notice. And then I looked on the 143 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: inside but not the back of my knuckle. I don't 144 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: know what the inside thing is. You know, whether you 145 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: bend your thumb and the part where it bends forward, 146 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: and it looked like a fighter jet had buzzed by 147 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: the tower. It was fast, it was violent. My thumb 148 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: felt a little off. And then I looked at it. 149 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: I said, whoa, I had the precision of a neurosurgeon 150 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: with some anger issues. It was. It was a gusher. 151 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: And as this is going on, I'm putting my hand 152 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: under the sink trying to wash whatever is there away. 153 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: So the wife calls me. Now, normally, you know, you 154 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: pick up I picked up. Crisis going on. She's like, hey, 155 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: how's your new toy. How's your new toy? I said, Oh, 156 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: it's great. The gadget's going very well. Here. It's a 157 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: great little toy. There just just absolutely wonderful. And without 158 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: missing a beat, I said that, and I said it's great. 159 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: And I said, well, I just had one little thing, 160 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 1: I said, little paper cut. And why did I say that? 161 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: I said that because I know how my wife's brain 162 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: is wired. If I had said, well, I think I 163 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: might have just cut the half of my thumb off 164 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,840 Speaker 1: on my left hand. Oh my god, it would have 165 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: been pan at the disco and all that stuff. And 166 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: if I just say a paper cutses, Oh, you get 167 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: paper cuts all the time, and you say that because 168 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: sometimes survival is about not telling the truth immediately. You 169 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: just got to give the truth adventures, but you don't 170 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: get right of it. So I hung up, and I 171 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: immediately thought, man, do I need stitches like this? I 172 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: probably should get some stitches. I should have signed a 173 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: waiver before opening up this monstrosity, and at least now 174 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: I was able to stop the bleeding. I put some 175 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure bandages, and I likely could have 176 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: used maybe three or four stitches on my thumb, but 177 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: that would have caused a whole other set of issues 178 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: and all that stuff, and so I avoided that. I 179 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: should have signed some kind of waiver before again opening 180 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: this at least now, though I am the proud owner 181 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:58,479 Speaker 1: of what I call symmetrical scars, the daily double of scars, 182 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: because I did. I'm not to tell the story on 183 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: the previous podcast, but about a week prior, I was 184 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: the soux chef at the Malar Mansion. I was cutting 185 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: onions at the Malor Mansion, chopping them up right, Chopping onions, 186 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: something that I do a lot, and I don't tell 187 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: anyone I eat a lot of onions. I don't like 188 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: vegetables other than onion, bell, pepper, and garlic. And that's it. 189 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:29,599 Speaker 1: And so my right pointer finger, my right hand, was 190 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: getting a workout. How dare you My right pointer finger 191 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: nearly severed while chopping onions, nearly severed while chopping onions. 192 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: And so this week the left thumb sliced from the 193 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: Schwarma buzz saw. And now I'm one dice garlic clove 194 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: away from joining the witness protection program. You know it's 195 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: going to be bad when your hands starts looking like 196 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: they were coached by your hands. Both of them. They 197 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: were coached by Nathaniel Hackett. Remember Nathaniel Hackett, the numb 198 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: nuts who coached the Broncos. Yeah, so this Swarma Buzzsaw. 199 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: I've got good news for Ferg Dog and Alf and 200 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: mister nice Guy and some of the other big fans. 201 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: So this Shwarma Buzsaw will be coming to an Amazon 202 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: return bin near you with an added bonus. An added bonus, 203 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: you can get the malar hemoglobin as I left. I 204 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: think I washed it off, but there's some DNA I'm 205 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: sure still on there. Now, what's next in the malar kitchen? 206 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: You asked, Well, I'm glad you asked. The plan is 207 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: with Black Friday coming up next week, to buy a 208 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: custom sharpened for war and ready for battle shwarma knife. Now. Sure, 209 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: I might lose the arm. I might lose the arm. 210 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: It also might make the greatest fifth hour podcast of 211 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: my life. Because the reality is King with Ben Mahler. 212 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: That would be me talking to the third person. Is 213 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: not for the fan of heart. There's no Michelin star. 214 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: The only star I have is the star of a 215 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: band aid, a Johnson and Johnson band aid, the owner 216 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: of the Jets. Maybe a little barbecue sauce off the side. 217 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: So there's that now. I promise you that this podcast 218 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: in about two or three months. Hank in Tokyo he's 219 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: jotting down notes right now, and he's like, how can 220 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: I weaponize this? How can I weaponize malor slicing his 221 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: thumb and almost cutting it off. And I'll wait four 222 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: months and I'll bring this up when Malou does a 223 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: monologue about the Chiefs, because I like the chiefs and 224 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: he's gonna rip the chiefs and I'm gonna go sit 225 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: by that and another Anthony Bourdain. I want to bookend 226 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: this with Anthony Bourdain, the great celebrity chef. He was 227 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: right as well. He said the way you make an 228 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: omelet reveals your character. Right, he said that what he 229 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: should have said is the way you slice swarma reveals 230 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: your morality. And that's it or mortality. I think I 231 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: said morality mortality. Oh boy, it's early, and yet every 232 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: every Saturday and this has been going on. I lace 233 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: up the apron. I'm like a prize fighter. It's Benny 234 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: the Mallard time Maller in the kitchen. It's three hours 235 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: of verbal boxing, because that's the deal. That's the deal 236 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: in the kitchen is the deal in sports radio. You 237 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: sharpen the blade, you take the risk, and you pray 238 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: that you still have your thumb Comeunday. Keep in mind 239 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: this food I make on Saturday, I make a lot 240 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: of chicken, a bunch of chicken, stack it up as 241 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: far as far as we go, and that's my food Monday, 242 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: Tuesday and Wednesday, so three days of food. My wife 243 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: also eats that while she's at work. And then I'll 244 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: make some rice and don't tell anybody that I'm eating 245 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: somewhat healthy because I'll also have some cookies or something 246 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: I make, so it's not that healthy anyway. So the 247 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: plan is, you know, I'm gonna get that knife eventually 248 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: and some other stuff and I'll be good to go. 249 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: And yeah, I'll get the marinade and all that. And 250 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure that the knife wants my social Security number, 251 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: so I'll give it that. So there you go, turning 252 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: the page. 253 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 2: Though. 254 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: We had a viral exchange between a social media user 255 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: and the Grock AI chat bot that took place the 256 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: other day, and this has been going around. It took 257 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: over the micro blogging world by storm by storm. In 258 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: a now deleted post created by the AI Grock device, 259 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: there was a comment comparing Lebron James and Elon Musk 260 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: now rolling Stone, which justin points out as a liberal 261 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: rag Justin and Cincinnati. So they had the story, this 262 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: thing's been bouncing around. I just happened to see it there. 263 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: Somebody sent me a link to it, and it was asked. 264 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: The GROC was asked how Elon Musk stacks up against 265 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: Lebron James, and Grock responded by acknowledging originally that Lebron 266 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: dominates in raw athleticism and basketball prowess and all this stuff, 267 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: and he's a genetic freak and blah blah blah the 268 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: chat bock chet bot and then made a claim which 269 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: has gone viral. That said, but Elon edges out in 270 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: holistic fitness sustaining eighty to one hour weeks across SpaceX 271 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: Tesla neuralink demands relentless physical and mental grit that outlast 272 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: seasonal peaks lot there. So Elon has since broken into 273 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: commentary on this. He talked about it, He refuted the 274 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: rather insane to the membrane claims, the outlandish claims about this, 275 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: and Elon then penned on the micro blogging site x 276 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 1: formerly known to Twitter, he said, earlier today, Grock was 277 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: unfortunately manipulated by adversarial prompting into saying absurdly positive things 278 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: about me. For the record, I am a fat retard, 279 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: said Elon. Elon Musk. Okay. Groc has also made similar 280 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: responses with over the top praise for Elon Musk. In fact, 281 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: there's some examples here that I read that he picked 282 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:03,719 Speaker 1: Elon Musk over pay and manning for the nineteen ninety 283 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: eight NFL draft. Also claimed that the millionaire could fight 284 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: the former heavyweight chippieid of the world Iron Mike Tyson. 285 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: So these AI conversations have since sparked conversation and rayak 286 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: shan across all social media platforms, going on and on 287 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: and on and on and on, and people are freaking out. 288 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: There's always people freaking out. There was one dude who's 289 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: like at Cornell and he gave a statement saying, these tweets, 290 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: while they're mostly amusing, r a reminder of a serious matter. 291 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: There is no such thing as unbiased AI. Okay, an 292 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: unbiased AI tool. So the question with a number of people, again, 293 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: this is the matrix, So take it for what it's worth. 294 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: Who knows if these people are actually freaking out or not. 295 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: But for the purposes of this part of the Fifth 296 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: Hour podcast, Let's just assume position that some people are 297 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: freaking out because an AI chatbot said Elon Musk. Well, 298 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:10,360 Speaker 1: they would take Elon Musk edging out over Lebron James 299 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: in a matchup. So there are people that are a 300 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: little annoyed BYuT this is this a big deal, a 301 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: little deal, or no deal? So after a minutes long 302 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: Mallard deliberation, I have determined this is a harmless deal. 303 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: Of course, AI is not unbiased. I love that there 304 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: are people who are freaked out. Oh my god, I 305 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: can't believe the AI is not unbiased. What a nightmare. 306 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: And I'm like, really, like, you live in the same 307 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: world I live in. You raised by a bunch of wolves, 308 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: but not timberwolves because you'd be a loser. Humans are 309 00:20:54,800 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: not unbiased, every man, woman, and child. You get to 310 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: a certain age, including the Dali Lama and the late 311 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: great Mother Teresa. Bias is not some glitch in the system. 312 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: It is absolutely baked into every one of us. I 313 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: am bias. You are biased, right, It's part of the 314 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: human condition. Every lens we look through every sound that 315 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: we hear. If you're blind, like Stevie Meatballs or incod 316 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 1: terror blind, Scott or any of the guys that are 317 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: in the blind Mob of we have the top blind 318 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: fighting squadron of any radio show. You think about the 319 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: heavy hitters that we've got mentioned some of them there, Stevie, 320 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: Meatballs again, Blind Scott Inkad Terror, Emmett the Blind Seahawk fan, 321 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: our buddy in Bakersfield, Andrew in Bakersfield part of that group. 322 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: And so you look at all that, it's like they 323 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: could hear sounds and but they're biased, right their brihs 324 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: because of this. It's all based on your upbringing, your 325 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: situation in life, the way your parents taught you, culture education, 326 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: even little accidents along the way, like the time that 327 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: I had an issue coming back from from dinner in 328 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: the car and uh, you know it just that helped 329 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: shape who I am. But think of it like this, 330 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: I like, think of it like a fingerprint. No two 331 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: are the same, but everyone has one, right they don't 332 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: know fingerprints are the same, but everyone's gone. Your world 333 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: view is unique, and it's still a print that shapes 334 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: how you grasp reality. What is reality? I don't know 335 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: what reality is? What is reality? And so you see 336 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: the game different. It's like it's like home field advantage 337 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: versus going on the road. Some people and athletes love. 338 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: Some guys love going on the road, shutting people up. 339 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: Other people like, no, I want to stay I want 340 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: to stay home. I want to have my bed, I 341 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: want to have everything like that, And they can handle 342 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: the whole environment. They have problems with the people cheering 343 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: against them, and they don't like the different stadiums and 344 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: the rituals and all that stuff and so, but that's 345 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: based on perception, and so you get a bunch of 346 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: information that that becomes who you are. It's like people 347 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: talk about cloning, and yeah, you could have the same 348 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: genetic makeup, you make a clone like Tom Brady's dog. 349 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: The issue is that that'll never be the same because 350 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: what makes you you, as I learned from from Doctor Seuss, 351 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: is that every place you've been and everything you've done, 352 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: and every in my case, every monologue about the Cowboys 353 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: or the Dodgers or the usual suspects, it's all in 354 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: the catalog. And a recreation will not have that same 355 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: life experience. And there's a world where Elon Musk, for example, 356 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: use him as an example, there's a world where Elon 357 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: Musk does not become the most powerful business mogul in 358 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: the world, worth trillions of dollars. That there's a world 359 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: where he ends up as a janitor and he ends 360 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: up in the Janitorial Olympics that we are going to 361 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: do the housekeeping Olympics that we talked about in last 362 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: week's episode of The Fifth Hour podcast. There's also a 363 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: world where Lebron James never ends up playing basketball and 364 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: doesn't play sports at all, and just ends up becoming 365 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: some kind of middle manager at a Applebee's in Akron, Ohio. 366 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: And there's his life, and that's it. And so the 367 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: paradox is that even when people try to be objective, 368 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: they're still choosing what is important to them as relevant. 369 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: That's the same that people have a media biased And 370 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: I love how certain people are we're not biased it, 371 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: you are. Everyone's biased right now. Some people just own 372 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 1: it and wear it and they're like, oh, yeah, we're biased. Yeah, absolutely, 373 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: come on now, we're biased. And then other people are like, 374 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: oh we are fair, and no, you're all right. Meanwhile, 375 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: time for the phrase of the week. The phrase of 376 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: the week. The phrase of the week this week, as 377 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: submitted by Scott in Florida formerly in California, but he 378 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: left the People's Republic of California for the Free State 379 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: of Florida. So Scott writes, and he says the phrase 380 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: social butterfly. I want to know about social butterfly. So 381 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: that is the phrase of the week's social butterfly. So 382 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: this originated ittle research on this. And you know, from 383 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:47,120 Speaker 1: the metaphor of a butterfly flitting from flower to flower, 384 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: I guess that was a metaphor that was used popularly 385 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: back in the day. And this thing goes back. It 386 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: became popular social butterfly in the late nineteenth and early 387 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 1: twentieth centuries. It was a way to describe fashionable, outgoing individuals. 388 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: You said, oh, that's a social butterfly. And just like 389 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: a butterfly moving very gracefully from bloom to bloom, a 390 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: social butterfly as someone who rather obviously just from one 391 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 1: conversation to a different part of the party and goes 392 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: to a different group of people and is bouncing around. Now, 393 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 1: the idiom began appearing in English around the late eighteen hundreds, 394 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: so about the time Major League baseball became a thing. 395 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: In the late eighteen hundreds and early nineteen hundreds, often 396 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: in society comes describing women who attended multiple balls, dinners 397 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: or charity events. Now, originally, originally this was a derogatory phrase. 398 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I can't use it. It was derogatory. 399 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: You can use it, you can use it's okay, I'm 400 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: going to be the pass on that. But originally it 401 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: suggested that someone was a shallow person, more concerned about 402 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: the perception the appearance than the depth of a connetch. 403 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: And over time it softened into a more neutral, is 404 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: sometimes even positive descriptor of hey, oh, you're a verial 405 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: social butterfly. As an introvert, I am not a social butterfly, 406 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: but today refers to someone who is charismatic and outgoing. 407 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: I do Benny Versus the Penny on YouTube. You should 408 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: watch the latest episode today at some point, make some 409 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: time help us out. Subscribe to the Benny vs. Penny channel. However, 410 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: on that show, I do it with Tom Looney, who's 411 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: a tremendous, tremendous extrovert, right tremendous, very charismatic and loves 412 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: parties and all that stuff. And no, no, I don't 413 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 1: go back to the Gilded Age in the early twentieth century, 414 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: So I don't go back to that point, but I 415 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: would not be the one bouncing around parties and all that. 416 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: And so for those that are into that, good for 417 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: you and all that shifted. By the mid twentieth century, 418 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: the phrase broadened beyond high society elites and has been 419 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: used for years to describe anyone who enjoys, mingling and 420 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: networking and is all about that life boss. So there 421 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: you go, and good luck. And if you're an extrovert, 422 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: it's for you. Knock yourself out doubt time. As an 423 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: added bonus, we have an added bonus, added bonus. What 424 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 1: is the bonus? Well, Ryan and Shrewsbury Mass, who's been 425 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: up early. I don't know what Ryan's up to. He's 426 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: been getting up early to hear the last part of 427 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 1: the show, the live radio show. We thank him for 428 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: being part of the mattherl Or Militia and he's a regular. 429 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: He said, I would like you to bring back Foody Fund. 430 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: He heard the overnight show when I was ranting about 431 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and the bills and all this other nonsense, 432 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: and he's like, hey, you got to bring back the 433 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: Foody Fund. So in honor of Ryan and Shrewsbury Mass 434 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: food he fun. Hooray for food. 435 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 2: He fun. 436 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: These are actual stories because everyone's got to eat now. 437 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: Jack in the Box is not everywhere. It's a regional 438 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: fast food chain. They have debuted a new Munch Better 439 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: Deal lineup featuring Gremlin's Midnight Meal. That's right, the Gremlins 440 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: which occasionally attack the remote studio of the Ben Malers Show, 441 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: and I'm in the remote studio for the podcast. How 442 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: about that, as Mel Allen would say, So the meal, 443 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 1: the latest meal, the new Munch Better Deals lineup featuring 444 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: Gremlin's Midnight See. I would get this if it came 445 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: with the little Gremlin stuffed animal thing. The Gremlin's Midnight 446 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: Meal for those that enjoy a lot of weed snack 447 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: after hours. Two Crispy Chicken strips, two Tacos, onion rings, 448 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: half Sea Fries, midnight Sauce, and a drink that will 449 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,959 Speaker 1: cost you thirteen bucks. Thirteen bucks. It also includes Oh 450 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: here we go, a limited edition Gremlins air Freshener. Do 451 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: I need a Gremlins air freshener? I do not? I 452 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: do not. Also joining the lineup in the new Midnight 453 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: Snack Shake department a couple of different flavors they've got 454 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: different toppings as well. You got vanilla shake. It's blended 455 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: with M and M's milk, chocolate candies, Mini marshmallows, crunchy 456 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: Graham cracker crumbs, and salty pretzel pieces. And that's available 457 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 1: from five forty nine to five ninety nine. And so 458 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: there's that. I guess this started in San Diego, where 459 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: Jack in the Box has they're headquarters. I believe they're 460 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: based in San Diego. So there is that. What else 461 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: do we have on Foody Fund? Little Caesars, which is 462 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: everywhere pizza pizza, They've debuted the new stuffed crunch crust pizza. 463 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: What the f is that? What is that stuffed crunch crust? 464 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: All right, let's see what this thing is. It features 465 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: a large round pizza with toasted cheese stuffed crust brushed 466 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:25,479 Speaker 1: with the brand signature buttery flavored garlic spread. There you go. 467 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 1: Does not does not seem bad? I this week was 468 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: where was I at? I was? I was at the 469 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,479 Speaker 1: store and there was a pizza hut that was popping 470 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: and my grandfather, my mom's dad, loved pizza. I went 471 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: there a lot as a kid, Like that was a 472 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: treat to go to pizza and they served the pie 473 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: at the table and they gave you the It was 474 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: it was really cool. And I've not been to pizza. 475 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: I used to eat pizza breadsticks at Dodger Stadium because 476 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: that was my thing and it was relatively inexpensive and 477 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: it gave you a good amount of food and I 478 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: love that. And I used to bet people and they 479 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: would get me the breadsticks. Well, actually what happened there 480 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: was a woman I don't know if anybody knows who 481 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: she is anymore, Lisa Guerrero, who I think she's an 482 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: entertainment reporter now. But Lisa was in La TV. Personality 483 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: she did Monday night football did not go very well 484 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: for her. She was really cool to me. She was 485 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 1: a nice woman and we you know she was We're 486 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: going to like Channel two in LA and I was 487 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: on the Dodger Dodger beat, and so my move would 488 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: be to go get breadsticks, and she the pizza at 489 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: Breadsticks and Lisa she only wanted like she'd always like, 490 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: kid me up, why can I get a bread stick? 491 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: And so I gave her one and it would piss 492 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: me up, but it was like the polite thing to do, 493 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 1: and I do it and then eventually she started every 494 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 1: once in a while buying me an order of breadsticks. 495 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: But that was the last time. It probably goes back 496 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, five years or so, last time I 497 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 1: ate pizza. I think it's been about that long. But 498 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: it was. It was jop It was jumping and Little Caesars, 499 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: which happened to be and we're talking about Little Caesar 500 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: right now. Their debut. They debuted this new stuffed crunch 501 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: pizza thing acrust there. I was also at a different 502 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: store and there was a Little Caesars and that thing 503 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: was jumping too. So that's is that one of the 504 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: last really decent deals you can get is the pizza. 505 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: Little Caesars is really compared to everything else, light years 506 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: ahead in terms of affordability. Popeyes has launched the new 507 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 1: Freddy faz Bear. I believe I'm probably butchering that crunch 508 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: menu featuring garlic palmersan chicken tenders, cheesy bites, and cupcake 509 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: cup that's right. They've teamed up with five Nights at 510 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 1: Freddy's two to bring you the fan a taste of 511 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: the franchise with this launch, and so you can get 512 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: that at Popeyes right now. Taco Bell debut's the Fan 513 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: Style Menu, featuring the new California Crunch, Rap, Burrito Bliss, 514 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: and Catalina Craze. That sounds like a lot of stuff 515 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 1: that Devonte Adams of The Rams likes. Followed by over 516 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 1: forty thousand submissions by people that are fans of Taco Bell, 517 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 1: they announced the debut of the new Fans Style Menu. Now, 518 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: this is only available through the app and at select restaurants, 519 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 1: at least according to this So there you go. Also, 520 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: Wingstop has debuted the new Fiery Lime flavor. Well isn't 521 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,920 Speaker 1: that exciting? Yeah, there you go. And what else do 522 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: we have about? Well, here's some interesting fashion and food news. 523 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: Venmo and Taco Bell have decided that belts should do 524 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,879 Speaker 1: more than just hold up your pants and the world. 525 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,720 Speaker 1: You know, you don't want the world to see your underwear, 526 00:34:56,360 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 1: They should also hold up your tacos. Yes, this this 527 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: is a move right out of the KFC department. KFC 528 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: does these things every once in a while where they're 529 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 1: gonna sell cologne that you can smell like fried chicken, 530 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 1: that kind of thing, and it's just gag stuff. Taco 531 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: Bell's like, hey, we want some of that action. Man, 532 00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: we want some of that action. So Taco belt is 533 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:26,760 Speaker 1: a handcrafted belt made by an artisan who has built 534 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: a one of one piece in the past for people 535 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: like Kendrick Lamar Chabouzi and other people I've never heard 536 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: of who are apparently famous. But I'm getting old, so 537 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,959 Speaker 1: I don't know who these people are anyway. A bunch 538 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,280 Speaker 1: of celebrities, you know, a celebrity effort and all that stuff. 539 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,840 Speaker 1: And so this belt, which really looks about as ugly 540 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,439 Speaker 1: as you could you could be, just really really ugly. 541 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,919 Speaker 1: They say it's a piece of art, and I guess 542 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,359 Speaker 1: it is if you're Stevie Meatballs. It's a piece of art. 543 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 1: For the rest of us, I don't know about that. 544 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: I don't know about that. They say, Hey, listen, it's 545 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: a play on the money belt, and instead of storing cash, 546 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: it guards something arguably just as important. The free Cantina 547 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,240 Speaker 1: Chicken taco wish you can snag on your future order 548 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: when you pay with Venmo in the Taco Bell app 549 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,760 Speaker 1: This is through December thirty first through December thirty first, 550 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:28,319 Speaker 1: So there's that and McDonald's. We'll get out on this. 551 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: McDonald's is going full Grinch for the holiday season on 552 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 1: December Madness. We're not that far away from December here. 553 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 1: Thanksgivings coming up next week. December Madness is coming for 554 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: all of us. So Mickey De's deciding to embrace the story, 555 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: says the Chaos with a meal built for anyone who's 556 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 1: feeling a little grinchy, starting December second at select locations nationwide. 557 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,400 Speaker 1: We're not sure about our friends in Canada. We're not 558 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,319 Speaker 1: sure about you guys in Canada, so check in on that. 559 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,400 Speaker 1: But the Grinch Meal a collab with Doctor Seuss Enterprises. 560 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,280 Speaker 1: I think I just mentioned Doctor Seuss earlier in this podcast. Anyway, 561 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:13,239 Speaker 1: Doctor Seuss Enterprises leans into the mischief instead of mistletoe. 562 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: The star is the new Dill Pickle Grinch Salt Mickshaker fries. 563 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,799 Speaker 1: That is a mouthful. Let me say that again for 564 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 1: those of you in the back of the room. I 565 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 1: know Ferg Dog doesn't really care that much, but Alf's excited. 566 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 1: The new Dill Pickle Grinch salt Micshaker fries a tangy, 567 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: briny seasoning you toss onto the fries yourself. It's the 568 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 1: first time that the US has gotten this. I guess 569 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,719 Speaker 1: they've done it elsewhere. I'm good. I don't like I 570 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 1: could say I actually might try that if I ended up. 571 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 1: It's just seasoning. It's just seasoning. I don't like the 572 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,320 Speaker 1: texture of pickles. I don't like the I like the smell. 573 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: I used to eat pretzel, pencil pretzel. I used to 574 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 1: eat little pieces of when when I was a kid. 575 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,319 Speaker 1: My mom, you gotta eat I just I didn't want it. 576 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: I did not want any of the pickle. So we'll 577 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:18,319 Speaker 1: put the pickle back in the jar. Remember when our 578 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,919 Speaker 1: buddy Alf sentle giant box to me and Eddie because 579 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: Eddie hates pickles more than I do, and he sent 580 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: us this big box of pickle chips and pickle snacks, 581 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 1: and we're good. All right, we'll get out on that. 582 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,879 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to bed. Have a wonderful rest of 583 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,960 Speaker 1: your Friday. Here, don't forget about Benny Versus the Penny. 584 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:42,439 Speaker 1: Bennie Versus the Penny season number one on YouTube after 585 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 1: a couple of years on NBC and then they whacked us. 586 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,879 Speaker 1: So we're back on YouTube. Check that out, first time ever. 587 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,600 Speaker 1: And it's week twelve, full episode up. We're off to 588 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: the one and oh start. We're undefeated. So far thanks 589 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,760 Speaker 1: to the Houston Texans winning outright over the Buffalo Bills. 590 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,680 Speaker 1: I have a great We'll talk to you on Saturday. 591 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 1: That'll be tomorrow, and then again on Sunday and later. 592 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:12,239 Speaker 1: Skater asta pasta, gotta murder, I gotta go