WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: "Code of the West" Mail Bag 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:05.480 Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:09.160 week was enough, I think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:12.440 of the old Republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.480 treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.840 rich pill poppers in the penthouse the Clearinghouse of hot 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:23.599 takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:33.480 Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere, and 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:38.400 welcome in a brand spanking new edition of The Fifth 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:43.680 Hour with Ben Maller and Danny g Radio. And I 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:48.120 realized this is an NFL Sunday Well, listen, the show 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:51.040 must go on, and there is a period of time 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.280 we're gonna get this thing up. Hopefully it's up early 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.040 here you'll be able to listen before the games, but 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:57.800 if not, you can listen after the games. Yeah. And 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:02.320 you mentioned on yesterday's podcast that some schedules change during 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.839 NFL season, and that applies to the Fifth Hour two. 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.880 Because I will make my very best effort to get 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:14.800 the Sunday podcast up as early as humanly possible. Alright, 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:17.800 so it's gonna be up early, and especially for our 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.319 East Coast brothers and sisters, will get it up for you. 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:22.600 I know you've complained and all that, so we've heard 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:28.120 your compounds person all. By the way, yes, well we 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:29.920 have a pill for that, so we'll help you get 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.200 it up early there, and we want to keep doing it, 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.480 so please help us out. Tell a friend continue to 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.760 listen to the Sunday podcast. I'll be watching football too. 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:43.119 I understand we'll all be watching football, but we can 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:46.720 also multitask and do more than one thing. And so 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:50.720 with that being said, Danny g let's strike up the band, 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:54.640 our buddy Ohio al and let's get to the mail back. 0:01:54.880 --> 0:02:12.359 It's all right, very nice from our guy Ohio. Aut 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:14.560 GE's played every week at this time. These are actual 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.760 questions from actual listeners to the show from all over 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.760 the United States, all over the world. Anyone that hears 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:25.480 the Fifth Hour podcast obviously can contact us. You can 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.360 send an email anytime right now. You can send it 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:30.480 five minutes from now. You can send it tonight, tomorrow 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:34.440 the next day. Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.520 Just make sure you put mail bag in the headline 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.519 so I know it's for the mail bag. Real fifth 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.880 Hour at gmail dot com. Spell out fIF F I 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:45.360 F T H Real Fifth Hour at gmail dot com 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.480 and we may use your question on the show and 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:51.359 also on the Facebook page Ben Mallard Show. Every Tuesday, 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:55.400 sometimes on Monday, depending on schedule, we will post on 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:59.840 their asking for questions and we may use your question 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:04.480 on the air. First up as we begin come back, 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.520 pay attention. It's sign from me. I'll call okay, Alan 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.320 and Akron right since says, do you have an adequate 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:15.600 backup power supply at the Mallard mansion if you would 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:19.280 experience a rolling blackout or do you need to go 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:24.360 in studio whenever there is an energy emergency declared? Alan 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:29.160 looking at the headlines this week with the rolling blackouts 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.800 in California, So Alan, I do not have a backup 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.600 power supply. We do have solar at the Mallard Mansion. 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:38.960 I don't think that really matters when the power goes out. 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.760 I think since it's still tied into the power grid, 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.440 it's not like you because you have solar, you get 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.440 a break. And because we've had power outages with the 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.000 powers out in the whole neighborhood. So the one guardian 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:54.040 angel that we have doing the overnight show is typically 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.360 they won't have to shut the power off overnight, they 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:01.560 would shut the power off. Between four o'clock and nine 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:06.320 o'clock is prime usage because fortunately, uh, it's it's it's 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.800 a double edged sword, Danny doing the overnight show there, 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:11.920 they don't shut the power off because most people aren't 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.520 using power, they're sleeping, So it's we don't have to 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.960 worry about it. Yeah, when we've all been dealing with 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:22.240 three eighty dollar electric bills, and the reason why is 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.840 because you get home after work and you want to 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:29.159 enjoy your electronics and your air conditioning during those four 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:33.280 to six pm peak hours where California charges us ten 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:38.600 times the rate in those two hours. Yeah, it's it's 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:45.000 wild to me that the planners, the engineers, the politicians, 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:51.200 the people that are given the title to build the infrastructure, 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.479 which is ultimately the most important thing. Where people get 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:58.520 so concerned about so much bullshit that doesn't affect them, 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:03.480 but the base needs of keeping people cool in the summer, 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:08.440 warm in the winter, just the very basics, right, Shelter, 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.760 human shelter, which is one of the prime things we 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.480 all need. You need food, you need shelter, all right, 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.320 you need to feel safe. Those these are the primal 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:22.200 things that we all need, and yet these assholes who 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.800 are in charge of all that stuff have excuse my 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:29.440 French fucked it up so much that they tell people 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:34.560 when it's blazing hot, don't use the air conditioner. What 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:38.479 the fuck is that? Seriously, and I'm laughing at myself 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:42.360 thinking about the video. Gavin Newsom put out, Oh, yeah, 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.440 he was wearing a big sweater. Well that's actually that's 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:47.360 actually let's get to that because I'll let you ran 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.440 on that. But that's the next email. I got mail, yea, 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.880 I got mail, yea. Clifford National says, Then I was 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:59.120 watching your governor instructing California's turn their thervist that up 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.880 to seventy eight the greeze, he was wearing a fleece 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.520 jacket in his office. There was a heat wave. Is 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:12.480 it that cold and Sacramento. That's Danny your thoughts. I 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:16.479 think his air conditioning was blasting so much ben that 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.640 he needed a blanket at his desk. See, I have 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.600 an alternative theory on that, Danny. My theory is that 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:27.080 the governor was he was so so desperate for money 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.000 he figured somebody is marketing the apartments, like alright, Governor, 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:34.960 where the Golden Bear logo on your hat and your jacket, 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:37.880 and we'll sell some and then we'll be able to 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:42.600 buy some more wind turbines to get some power in California. 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.080 It's a marketing move. Was he at the French laundry 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.400 when he when he had that little video? I don't 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:53.800 such a dope. He's blow up all of the politics 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:59.120 in California. Start over again. Listen. I live in California, 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.960 and I have obviously my family and friends here, A 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.680 lot of them have moved to other states in the 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.240 Midwest and the East Coast and whatnot. But I mean, 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.680 this is when you deserve the people in California keep 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.600 voting for these idiots. What do you mean you deserve this. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.360 I don't deserve I don't vote for this, Danny. I 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:17.960 don't think you. I don't know you're apology. I don't 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.720 think you vote for it. But they continue to vote 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:23.920 for this nonsense. So what do you think. It's ridiculous. 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.640 It's like fires. You know that if you have proper 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:30.520 forest management in California, you will not They talk about 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.880 global warming and all that, but proper forest management, which 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:38.000 means occasionally burning back the overgrowth in the forest, will 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:43.760 limit limit the fires. But do they do that, No, 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:47.400 because there's people hugging trees that say you can't do it. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.040 So instead, people's homes burned down every year because they 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:54.480 they're afraid of offending the tree huggers. Come on, there's 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:57.760 gotta be balanced. I love treats, So my favorite place 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:01.160 to go is the Sequoia Sequoia forest. Those giant sequoia 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.320 trees there. I love it. But at the same time, 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:08.400 they've almost burned down every year, like the last five years. 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.360 It's it's three thousand year old trees because they won't 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.760 take care of the forest. And well, your first mistake 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:18.360 is you're bringing logic into this conversation exactly. That's a 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.080 bad job. Bad job by me thinking that people would 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:25.320 use common sense because common sense is not common We've 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:29.760 known that for some time. Alright. But you like my 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:31.679 theory though, Danny, that he was trying to sell some hats. 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:33.600 I think he was trying to sell hats and jacketson 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.240 the government. He was just trying to show off his 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:40.800 air conditioning unit. Oh that could be too yeah, listen, Well, 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.040 it's like it's like during the COVID stuff. You know 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:44.960 that I can go out to the French laundry and 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.040 have a nice meal with my friends and co workers. 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:51.040 But you you better not. Are all gonna die. We're 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:57.840 all going to die, alright. Next up Chris and marre cocaa. 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.960 Iowa right, so he says, Dear Benny Brightside, I recently 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:04.480 hired a self employed person to grind some stumps in 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:08.960 my backyard. That sounds dirty. We had a handshake deal 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:11.200 to get the job done. He picked a weekend, he 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.360 said he would do it, and then I never heard 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:20.520 from him again, despite repeated contact efforts from me. My 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:24.120 question is, how do you feel with such unprofessional behavior. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.199 He's a younger guy, and I'm tempted to advise him 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:30.400 that ignoring customers is very bad for business and it's 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:33.319 very rude to waste people's time, but it would likely 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:38.800 fall on deaf ears. But Chris says, I'm also tired 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:43.520 of saying nothing like I usually do any advice. Well, Chris, 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:47.400 I'm actually going through something similar the house I'm in. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.959 The the gardener, which you know has kind of been 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.360 in the family. It's one of these things where this 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.800 guy started as a gardener when he was like sixteen, 0:09:56.480 --> 0:10:01.960 and he's been associated with the family or like thirty 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.400 five years. Like the guy has been doing it forever. 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:10.400 He's and he does a really good job, but when 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.680 he decides to do it, it's one of those things, 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:16.320 you know, it's like sometimes he won't show up, he'll 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.320 skip a week, or he won't do you know, certain 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.000 things he's supposed to do and all that, and but 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:23.960 we feel like we can't get rid of the guy 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.439 because he's been connected to the family for so long. 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.760 But you've got a different situation there, Chris, and that 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.440 that is annoying, and it's one of those things. I mean, 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.199 that's that's the rep you know. I know this is 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:38.320 not a contractor, but we've all heard the term contractor time. 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.000 And I know that because the Mallard Mansion got renovated 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.000 and so we were dealing with a lot of contractors 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:48.040 and sometimes they show up and sometimes they wouldn't show up. Um. 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:51.280 But but I would agree with you that yelling at 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.400 the guy. I mean, you should say, hey, I really 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:55.960 am you know, disappointed. But but now everyone's got the 0:10:55.960 --> 0:11:01.080 Trump excuse. I had the COVID, I got, I got 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.520 the code. You had no symptoms. Well, yeah, that's the COVID, 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.679 though I was asymptomatic, but COVID hours. Yeah, I got 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:08.880 the COVID the ultimate get out of jail free card. 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.520 How how do you think this guy should handle it, Danny? 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.319 Any advice to Chris? Kill him with kindness, But at 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.240 the same time, you gotta be firm with your stance. 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:22.600 I would start the email nice, and then I would 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.600 get to the point and be firm about you gotta 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:29.880 be professional, dude, and please follow through with our promise, 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:32.560 and then I would stay on top of it after that. 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:36.600 And yeah, sometimes you don't want to be confrontational, do 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:41.400 you know, Ben? In life, you gotta have your voice heard. Yeah. Well, 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.880 and as it goes back to what I have have 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:48.760 talked about the code of the West and the lack 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.600 of the quote. If you just follow the code of 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.360 the West, that you take pride in your work to 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:58.320 finish what you start, like those basic things what has 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.760 to be done, then the world would be a lot better. 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.280 I think, just simply, there's so many people that cut 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.200 corners all the time. I don't want to put the 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.760 effort in. And you know, who knows, maybe this guy 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:13.280 had something happening family emergency, But even then you gotta 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.640 still contact people say I wish I could make it. 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:19.080 I didn't make it. I apologize. I'll be here at 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:22.120 a different a different time. The very least. You have 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.560 to communicate well with your clients. Yeah, and you don't. 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:27.640 If you're an introvert like me, you don't have to 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.200 talk to him. You can send a text. There's different 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:35.760 ways to do it. Now you're not stuck. Next up, 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.840 you've got mail. That would be Blake, our buddy Blake 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:42.120 in Arkansas. This guy's got that crazy Amazon job where 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:46.080 he buys old Amazon well not old but Amazon returned 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.920 products and then sells them at a discount store in Arkansas. 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.320 Has done very well for himself, he says Ben. I 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:56.320 agree that three, maybe four college football teams have a 0:12:56.360 --> 0:13:00.160 shot to win a national championship every year. However, Ever, 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:04.760 when we moved into the new four team playoff, it 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:08.040 is absolutely just killed the value of the bowl games. 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.960 Who will be that is a letter or a word 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.840 missing here or who it's gonna be every year October one? 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.199 The same five or six schools. Se I guess he's 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.719 complaining the same five or six schools all year. No 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.520 one else matters. I truly believe changing the twelve. We're 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:30.400 really amp up the sport like never before. You and 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:34.599 I will always agree that you know, a twelve and 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.600 a liberty team will have zero shot at beating Bama. 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.960 But if those fan bases don't have any hope to 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:44.760 ever make it, ever, what's the point? Alright? So Blake, 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.600 my apologies, but I think there were some words or 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.199 some letters missing. Uh, but I think we've got to 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.480 just you support the twelve team playoff. I think I'm 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.960 okay with the twelve team playoff, but I do think 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.640 that there are only a handful of teams, as I said, 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:02.440 three for teams any year that can win the national 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:07.760 championship legitimately h the great equalizers injuries. The other thing 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:11.920 that this will be good, Danny, is that in college football, 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.240 this has been something that's happened last maybe ten years, 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:18.360 where the great star players, if they don't have a 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:22.000 chance at the national championship, they will rest for the 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:26.880 NFL draft. So that should eliminate it for at least 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:31.120 twelve schools where they started. Because we watch these bowl games, 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:32.760 not that we watched that many of them, but the 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.800 star players often don't even play anymore unless they have 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.360 a shot at the national championship. You're exactly right. We'll 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.680 get to see everybody play. You know, the top players 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:46.480 for sure will be involved in that. And because of 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:50.280 injuries also, you could, if you, if you, if this 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.880 goes long enough, eventually Alabama will lose to somebody like 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.360 Liberty and it will be the greatest upset in the 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.560 history of college football. To make movies about it and 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.240 write books about it, because Alabama will have two offensive 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.800 linement out with injury, and they won't take Liberty a 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.440 team like Liberty seriously. And next thing, you know, it's 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.280 anyone's game in the fourth quarter and the ball bounces 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.640 your way, you end up losing. The other teams were 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:18.520 so al right. Next up on the mail bag, any 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:24.320 meany mighty mo? Pick a message. Let's see here, let's 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:29.240 go all right, come back touch It's son call Kevin 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:31.920 in Kansas writes, and he says, Dear Bannon, Danny G. 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.640 You both work in the high pressure field of live 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:39.960 talk radio. Danny G also works in education. Mrs Mallard 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.800 works as a nine on one operator. Based on your 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.080 years of experience with those pressures, what advice do you 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:50.880 have to make make it through the day? Yeah, Kevin, 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.200 So I I will just follow the advice I learned 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:58.680 from my parents, and I really learned also from following 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:02.880 Lee Hamiltons around Hack Saw Hamilton's who was my mentor, 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.000 one of my mentors in radio. I was an intern 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.760 for him back many years ago in San Diego, and 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.200 Lee was always there. He was the first one in, 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:16.840 the last one out. He spent all day preparing for 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:21.200 his afternoon drive show. And it's been said by people 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:25.800 smarter than me that success is really of preparation. And 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:29.400 you know, you know success it out of a preparation 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:34.760 is perspiration. If you will that it's it's much better. 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:37.640 I've felt for me how I'm wired. I would much 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.320 rather over prepare and hope that it's all for nothing, 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.080 that I don't need it. And oftentimes it is then 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:48.320 trying to fly and and pretend that I I don't 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:52.760 have I haven't done the work. Uh, you understand what 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:54.400 I'm saying, Like, I don't want to be the guy 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:56.280 that shows up and they're playing. I've worked with guys, 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.480 I've seen guys I've worked with, They've been some of 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.160 them empic stars. Uh, And I guess they just a 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.520 better at showing up and faking it. And there was 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.200 one guy that used to work at our place that 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:11.199 did no prep would show up and whatever was on 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.880 back when ESPN dot com was the big website would 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.840 just read those stories and that would be how he 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:20.919 did his his show. And um, eventually it caught up 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.359 with him and he lost He lost his gig, but 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:24.760 he was able to pull it off for a while. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.320 He made a lot of money, made more money than me. 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.720 But I think preparation is the key. Because Dan, I 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:31.240 don't know if you feel the same way, but for me, 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.240 to me, the easiest part of my day is actually 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.640 doing the show because I know I'm fully prepared. Now, 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:42.680 sometimes ship hits the fan and I'll be fully prepared, 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.119 and then ten minutes before the show, some trade will happen, 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.800 or you know, unfortunately doing the overnight show, somebody will 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.280 have an accident and then everything gets out the window 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.399 and you've got to do improv. And that's fine because 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.080 the moment calls for that. But what do you have 0:17:56.280 --> 0:18:00.560 a piece of advice here for Kevin in Kansas. Well, 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:02.639 you mentioned it just a few minutes ago on the 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.320 podcast to have pride in your work. So no matter 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.359 what industry, you're in. Man, what a great trait that 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:14.800 is to go above and beyond to make sure whatever 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:19.919 you're responsible for is not only completed, but completed to 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:24.000 where your bosses would be proud. Some of that's lost 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:28.560 in the past few years in several industries, but in radio, 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:32.360 Ben you're completely right. Set Up is key because when 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.000 I have the next segment prepared and in front of 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:38.000 me and ready to go, we don't know what's gonna 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:40.520 happen once we turn those bikes on and we're live 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:42.560 in the middle of it, but at least we have 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.280 our notes in front of us and we know where 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:47.800 we're headed and where we're going. And when you don't 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:51.239 have that outline and you're not prepared, then you have 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:56.159 no direction. So whatever industry you're in, preparations set up 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.600 is key, and then you get confidence based on the 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:02.520 fact you are ready for no matter what curveball comes 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.959 your way. Yeah. And it's one of those things too 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.679 where He's like, there's people that come up to me 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:09.280 in an appearance or something. They'll be like, well, I 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:13.040 know more sports, not about that. I'll say, you know 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:16.639 what you probably do. You know, I probably wouldn't beat you, 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:20.159 you know, head to head trivia contest. But the art 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:23.320 radio can and the other thing we've seen it, Danny, 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:25.960 when you bring people in who aren't trained in broadcasting 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:30.360 and they could do two or three minutes, but can 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:33.800 you do four hours? And can you do four hours 0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:37.240 where somebody actually wants to listen for more than a minute. 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:41.080 That's the hard part. Like it's harder to people to listen, 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:43.440 But once you get people that actually like the crap 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:46.280 that you do to get them to listen even longer, 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:50.320 that's the hard part. That's like the really hard people engaged. 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:53.840 There was a study, the results were just released. The 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:59.280 average American pays attention for twenty eight seconds. So whatever 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:02.919 they're listening, who are watching you have their attention span 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:08.240 for twenty eight seconds. Just think about that. Yeah, No, 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:11.600 it's it's like you can keep a goldfish and gay 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:17.880 engaged longer people and uh, but it does just whenever 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:20.960 you happen, we're all helping each other, right, the communal 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:23.240 way of life, whether you work in radio or not. 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:26.280 I mean, my wife has a much more stressful job, 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:30.560 but then you know, some times nothing happens and you know, 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.280 the phones don't ring, and she's able to just to 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:35.400 you know, sit around and wait for the phone to ring. 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:39.119 She's prepared though. She knows what to do if somebody 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:41.320 calls up having a heart attack, or someone's calling up 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:43.920 and they've been shot, or the neighbor has been shot. 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:46.200 She knows how to handle those. But she never knows 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:49.000 who's gonna call, like, has no idea until she gets 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:52.359 there and the people actually call in. So thank you 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:55.040 for that. Good question by Kevin Always good. Kevin's always good. 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:56.800 He's been with us a long time on the podcast 0:20:56.840 --> 0:20:59.920 and the show, and he does what you do. Dan. 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:02.080 He's a teacher just like you, So he's he's out 0:21:02.080 --> 0:21:06.640 there doing his thing. Next up on the mail Bag, 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:12.560 Mike in Fullerton rights in. On this edition of the 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:15.800 mail Bag, he says, we all know Ben wants eight 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:18.679 Rocky Mountain oysters to pay off a bed. So with 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:22.120 that in mind, what are the most disgusting things each 0:21:22.160 --> 0:21:26.760 of you have eaten? Uh? Well, Mike commit the Rocky 0:21:26.760 --> 0:21:30.879 Mountain oysters? Is that's right up there, Because I don't 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:35.600 eat disgusting food because why would I. The only way 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:37.360 I would is if I lost a bed or something 0:21:37.400 --> 0:21:40.040 like that. I eat things I like, I don't even 0:21:40.040 --> 0:21:42.679 need a lot anymore, as you know, Mike and your 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:46.280 friend fer Dog, because I you know, I'm on this 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:50.800 in a minute, fasting nonsense, that's my michigass, and so 0:21:50.920 --> 0:21:53.440 that's that's what I do. Danny, have you eaten any 0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:57.119 disgusting foods? Which is usually just the texture of the food, right, 0:21:57.160 --> 0:22:01.439 which is texture? And if there's I balls? Uh, what 0:22:01.600 --> 0:22:03.960 comes to mind? A friend of mine when I lived 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:06.480 up in Pismo Beach and was doing radio up on 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:10.040 the coast Filipino family, I go. It was a lot 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.919 of fun. We're drinking a little bit at the get together, 0:22:13.280 --> 0:22:15.840 and they had this layout the spread of food, which 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:18.960 smelled amazing. So I make this big plate. I don't 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:21.320 know what most of the dishes are, so I put 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:23.720 a little bit of each dish on my plate and 0:22:23.760 --> 0:22:28.399 I'm eating away. Some of the textures were interesting. And 0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:32.240 after I got done sampling this plate, my buddy told 0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:36.720 me what the dishes were made out of. Yeah, and 0:22:36.800 --> 0:22:42.719 let's just say reveal answers, revealing. I shouldn't have asked. 0:22:43.119 --> 0:22:48.480 I should have just tasted. Oh yeah, Well, well when 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.399 I'll tell you one that I ate one bite of 0:22:51.440 --> 0:22:54.520 when I was a kid, Uh, and it's a it's 0:22:54.560 --> 0:22:58.720 a customary Jewish food. Give filter fish disgusting. I hate 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:02.840 fish anyway, fermented fish, I say, I definitely do not 0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:05.400 need to eat it was it was horrible for dog. 0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:09.959 So uh that that's on the list. All right, we'll 0:23:10.040 --> 0:23:11.880 keep it going on the mail bag. Here, let's pick 0:23:11.960 --> 0:23:16.320 up the pace. We're running short on time, Pierre writes 0:23:16.359 --> 0:23:20.400 in not writing from the base of Muffett McGraw's plaque 0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:23.480 at the Basketball Hall of Fame. He says, hey, Ben 0:23:23.480 --> 0:23:26.960 and Danny Gee, have you ever played fantasy sports with friends, 0:23:27.000 --> 0:23:31.240 co workers or listeners? And be Ben, you consider yourself 0:23:31.320 --> 0:23:35.439