1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Cutbooms. 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 2: of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers. 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: In the penthouse. Wow. 8 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: In the air everywhere. 11 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 3: The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben Mahler and Danny g 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 3: Radio and a Happy Friday Morning to you. Finished with 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 3: the radio show a couple hours ago. I walked out 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 3: of the studio and I said. 15 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna come in here. 16 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 3: I'm gonna come back to the podcast studio, the remote 17 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 3: podcast studio. 18 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: And I had this big plan. 19 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 3: I was going to tell all these stories about Santa 20 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 3: Benny and all that stuff. And however, I've made an 21 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: editorial decision on this edition of the Fifth Hour podcast. 22 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: I have decided that I need to get back on 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 3: my bully pulpit. And even though I did four hours 24 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 3: of talk radio last night and I used the soapbox 25 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 3: to rant and rave about what happened in the NFL game. 26 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 3: It was such a whack a doodle finish to the 27 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: Rams Seahawk game last night in the beautiful Pacific Northwest 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 3: that I have decided that I'm going to rant more 29 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 3: about that. I have some more thoughts I want to 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 3: share with the class. And you're part of the class, 31 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 3: and we will give you the holiday schedule as promised 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 3: later in this podcast, which includes Hanukkah, which is going 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 3: on right now, so Lotka's Jelly Donuts and then with 34 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 3: my wife's family Christmas cookies. She bought eggnog. I will 35 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: not be partaking in that, the whole Norman Rockwell thing. 36 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: We'll have that, But. 37 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 3: Right now, in this moment, let's get the party started 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 3: with a little audio therapy. Not radio therapy. This is 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 3: podcast therapy. It's therapeutic. It's just what the doctor ordered. 40 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 3: It's group counseling. It needs to be done because of 41 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 3: the Seattle screw job that took place last night. Now, 42 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: I don't work for the Rams. You know that I'm 43 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 3: not a show for the Rams. You know that, although 44 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 3: no Streudinis might disagree, I'm not. I don't make any 45 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 3: money when the Rams win unless I bet on the 46 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: game and I did a small bet, nothing major in 47 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 3: that game, and Seattle was actually favored by one and 48 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 3: a half to two by the time the game kicked off. 49 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: I need to talk. 50 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 3: About this because what we watched was not football. That 51 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 3: was a magic trick. It was sleight of hand. The 52 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 3: NFL pulled two points out of a hat like a 53 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 3: street hustler with a bent deck of cards back in 54 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: the old Times Square in Manhattan. Now let's say it's slowly, 55 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 3: because I know there's some people there that might be 56 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 3: listening on Park Avenue in New York wearing headsets. Now, 57 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 3: if you're in the replay center in New York, you 58 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 3: have the headset and then a blindfold. The referee blew 59 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 3: the play dead whistle. 60 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: That's it. 61 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 3: The universal signed for stopped playing football. Now, that's it. 62 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 3: And everybody did the Rams stop. The Seahawks stopped, even 63 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 3: Zach Charmoneau, who came over there, and he slowed down 64 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 3: like he hit rush hour traffic. And he wasn't in 65 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: a hurry. The play was dead. He grabbed the ball, 66 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 3: but he wasn't in any hustle. It was finito. It 67 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 3: was done, and somehow the modern day Penn and Teller 68 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 3: went abra kadabra. The NFL handed Seaheadle two points, like 69 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 3: a complimentary mint at the end of a bad meal 70 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 3: when they give you the bill. And by the NFL's 71 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 3: own rule, I went back and I looked because I thought, well, 72 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 3: maybe I got something wrong here by the NFL's own rule. 73 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 3: And I know reading is hard for some spelling is 74 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: hard for others. I learned that every week on the 75 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 3: show and inadvertent whistles. According to the NFL's own rule book, 76 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 3: an inadversive inadvertent whistle ends the play unless the action 77 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 3: is a continuation already in progress. Key phrase already in progress. 78 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 3: Now Charboneau, the running back there does not stop to 79 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 3: pick up the ball until way after the whistle after, 80 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 3: not during, not simultaneous after. That's not continuation, it's not 81 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 3: that's a sequel. Nobody asked for its. It's hilarious to 82 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 3: me watching the replay, and I watched it, I don't 83 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 3: know seven thousand times. The second that whistle blows, whistle, whistle, whistle, 84 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 3: everyone freezes. It's like a middle school dance when the 85 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 3: chaperone flips the lights on. It's also like musical chairs. 86 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 3: The music stops game over. But the NFL said, nah, eh, 87 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: I think we'll keep dancing. Well, Seattle, you're allowed to 88 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 3: dance the Rams. No. And here's the kicker on this. 89 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 3: It isn't even about the officials on the field. They 90 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 3: actually got the call right in the stadium, the Seahawks 91 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: were preparing to kick off to the Rams. 92 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: They got the call right. They called the play dead. 93 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: They did their jobs. 94 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 3: The disaster was cooked up by the instant replay brain 95 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 3: trust in the Big Apple, the Wizard of Oz behind 96 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 3: the curtain, pulling levers and pretending this is all you know, 97 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 3: this is all kosher, that it makes sense. And but wait, 98 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 3: there's even more. Now, how about the absurdity of advancing 99 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 3: a fumble ball on a scoring play. Now, that's supposedly 100 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: banned in the fourth quart it's illegal for boton, it's 101 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 3: against the rule, except apparently, when it's a two point conversion. 102 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 3: The Seahawks need a little bit of a booster, a 103 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: little booster shot. 104 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: There you go. It's funny how the. 105 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 3: Fine print always opens up like a trapdoor, the NFL 106 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 3: handing the Seattle football team two points like a TSA agent, 107 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 3: waving one guy through while everyone else gets friss like. 108 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: What the heck? And this wasn't missed. 109 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: It's manufactured, is the word I will use. And let's 110 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 3: not ignore the snuffleufigus wearing stripes in the corner of 111 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 3: the room. Who's chatting with the HeLa monster? Okay, they're 112 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 3: having a conversation. And then over there, I believe the 113 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 3: is that a giant oversized blue whale that just swam 114 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 3: into the room. We already talked about the Puka Nicool 115 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 3: horsehead in the bed on the radio show last night. 116 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 3: The league sending a little bit of a message. You're 117 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 3: gonna talk out of school, out of class, you're gonna 118 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 3: talk about the referees. Well, suddenly the rule books can 119 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 3: get flexed like a yoga instructor. The Rams should have 120 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 3: won the game thirty to twenty eight in regulation, end 121 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 3: the game, roll credits, that's it. Instead, we got a 122 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 3: blown call that changed the outcome of a lot of stuff, 123 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 3: a lot of stuff. 124 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: Whether it's the division, who knows. 125 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 3: What's going to happen the final few weeks of the season, 126 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: but the division, number one seed, number one in the NFC. 127 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 3: A call so bad it belongs in the hall, not 128 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 3: that hall, the Hall of shame. Right next to the 129 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 3: infamous replacement referees, the past interference reviews that vanish into 130 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 3: thin air. Now was this malfeasance? Was this incompetence or 131 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 3: was this intentional? 132 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 2: Right? 133 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: That's the question hanging in the air. 134 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 3: Like Kim trails back on the old Coast to Coast 135 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 3: with Art Bell and you know the spin is coming, right, 136 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 3: and I've already started to see some of it. I 137 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 3: cannot wait. I'm gonna go to bed here a little bit, 138 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 3: and by the time I get up, it'll all be 139 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 3: bouncing around the echo chamber the League press release, which 140 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 3: will be a gigantic word salad. And by the way, 141 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: I don't like salads. I don't like salad, but it'll 142 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 3: be a word salad. Correct application of the rule as 143 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 3: it is written in Phase seventeen of the rule book 144 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 3: after a further review. Spare me, I'm gonna puke in 145 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,599 Speaker 3: my mouth. No justice, no peace. This one's going to 146 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 3: echo for days. The Seattle screw job, the Rams got robbed. 147 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 3: Case closed. Now you say the case is closed, but 148 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 3: you think I'm done. 149 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: Hell no, hell no. 150 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 3: Let's address my coffee drinking seahawk loving friends. So I 151 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 3: mentioned I did the radio show a little while ago. 152 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 3: Oh I got done. I had a little bit of 153 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 3: a down stretch, kind of reset the battery there for 154 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 3: a little bit, and then I come back. 155 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: Into the remote studio to do. 156 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 3: The podcast, and I made the mistake of opening up 157 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 3: my email, my inbox, and then also went on. 158 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: Social media, some of the social media stuff. 159 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 3: And I'm going to say this slowly, clearly, and I 160 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 3: believe with perfectly polished, a perfectly polished golden hammer. For 161 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 3: my friends and those that are regular fans of the show, 162 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 3: some of you I met at the Seattle meet and 163 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 3: greet we did in twenty nineteen. 164 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: But those of you chiming in from. 165 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 3: Seattle wagging your fingers and declaring that I've gone full 166 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 3: tinfoil houtguy malor you boys think that I've lost my fastball. 167 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 3: You're calling this a conspiracy rant that what are you doing? 168 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: You're laughing at me. 169 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 3: You're saying that it's like I've seen sasquatch wearing ram 170 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 3: colors in the end zone. Listen, Regardless of all that, 171 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 3: here's the inconvenient truth. You j'rer bronis. You jackwagons can't 172 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 3: handle and all of you you fall on the spectrum 173 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 3: of Mama Luke. 174 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 2: Yes. 175 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, let me explain the inconvenient truth. 176 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 3: A lot of things feel true long before they're actually 177 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: officially stamped approved by the people in charge. This is 178 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 3: all stuff that comes out in books years later. History 179 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 3: is littered with examples. This is not fringe, this is 180 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 3: not outer space, this is not street level reality. 181 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: It's not any of that. 182 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:44,239 Speaker 3: I'm not doing remote viewing what we witnessed in Seattle 183 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 3: last night as we're doing this podcast early on this Friday, 184 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 3: the nineteenth day of December. But you look last night, 185 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 3: that was the metaphorical bloody knuckles is what that was. 186 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 3: It was NFL street justice I get. In my opinion, 187 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 3: it was payback with a smile for m wide receiver 188 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 3: Pooka Nakua, who sent out a comment on social media 189 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 3: and then deleted it after the game. But Pookah is 190 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 3: the guy. He listened, he poked the hornets nest. He 191 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 3: went out of two and twenty five yards receiving, two 192 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 3: hundred and twenty five yards receiving and a couple of touchdowns, 193 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 3: and yet the NFL is like, listen, you poked the 194 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 3: hornets nest live on a live stream Internet stream and surprise, surprise, surprise, 195 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 3: he got stung by the hornet's nest right there, Well, 196 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 3: the hornets in the nest, you prod the hive, don't 197 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 3: act shock when the bees come buzzing. 198 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: And now I know the game. You know some of you. 199 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 3: Are playing, not all of you, but some of you 200 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 3: are playing. Some are just rage baiting. 201 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 2: I know. 202 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 3: It's like, hey, let's poke the mallor hoping to get 203 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 3: a reaction so you feel alive. Right, you get five 204 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 3: minutes in your sorry ass situation. 205 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: I want to I'm gonna bust mallards chops, That's what 206 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do. Okay, I'm not talking to you. Okay. 207 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: I enjoy busting balls as much as anyone. I love 208 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: hitting buttons. It's fun. 209 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 3: I'm amazed how people get so upset over sports takes 210 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: on an overnight show. However, here we are, it still 211 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 3: happens all these years later. So I'm not worried about 212 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 3: the rage baiting morons. Right, the ones I would like 213 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 3: to address, and if this is you, you fall into 214 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 3: this category, this basket, the ones that actually believe this 215 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 3: nonsense about there's nothing to see here. And when you 216 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 3: label anyone who questions it a conspiracy theorist. Congratulations, you 217 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 3: have just won the booby prize. You are drinking the 218 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 3: kool aid of the CIA. 219 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: That's right, the CIA. 220 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I went there. Buckle up, buccaroo. Now, while the 221 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 3: CIA did not technically invent the phrase conspiracy theory. 222 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: Didn't you know that? 223 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 3: Way back in nineteen sixty seven, so we're talking almost 224 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 3: sixty years ago, the internal CIA the Dispatch, recommended using 225 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 3: the term conspiracy theorist to discredit critics of what the 226 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 3: time was a very big report, the Warren Commission, and 227 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 3: so the memo from the CIA, it actually helped popularize 228 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 3: the term as a weaponized slur designed to shut down 229 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 3: any kind of debate. You cannot question anything. 230 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: Because you will be given cooties. 231 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 3: You're going to be called a conspiracy theorist and shutting 232 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 3: up a lot of people. You shut them down any 233 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 3: kind of debate by making skeptics sound unhinged. 234 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: How dare you? 235 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 3: And no, I am not wearing tinfoil headphones. It is 236 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 3: documented history. It's the same playbook as the NC double 237 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 3: a years ago. 238 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: They were facing their ruin. 239 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 3: People were suing them, people were players, were dying, their girlfriends, their. 240 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: Wives, were suing the NCED double A. 241 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 3: It was called something else, but they came up with 242 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 3: the term student athlete, just pulled that out of thin air. 243 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 3: It was a phrase cooked up to avoid paying workers 244 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 3: comp a cute combination of words ugly motive, ugly motive. 245 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: And they did that for so long that people thought 246 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 3: it was legit. They didn't realize it was a hustle 247 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 3: by the nc Double A, and they kept repeating it 248 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 3: even to this day. While players are being paid wads 249 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: of cash, more money than Alf and Fergdog get paid. 250 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: To do the show, which is not much, not much. 251 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 3: But they just give them wads of cash and say, here, 252 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 3: play football for us, play basketball for us. And they 253 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: still people still use the term student athlete. And here's 254 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 3: the malor money line. It's not a conspiracy theory in 255 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 3: terms of the NFL stuff or really anything, if it's true. 256 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: It's not a conspiracy theory if it's true. So let's 257 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: talk some football. 258 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 3: What do you say, because the NFL has already released 259 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 3: the hounds, it's gonna get worse. Later I mentioned the 260 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 3: word salad is coming from the NFL. They'll be sending 261 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 3: it to Pro Football talk. And then Florio will post 262 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 3: it and he'll go nutso and all that stuff. So 263 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 3: we know that's coming, but it's already started. Like suddenly, 264 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 3: out pop the rules experts, right, the rules experts like 265 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 3: jack in the box lawyers. 266 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: And as they pop up. 267 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 3: And you know, spin the thing in the jack in 268 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: the box, they spin themselves dizzy trying to spit polish 269 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 3: a rusted broken call now one of my favorites, and 270 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 3: I wanted to share with you here on the Fifth 271 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 3: Hour podcast, and I quote, this is somebody that worked 272 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 3: for the NFL. 273 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: I don't think they worked for the NFL anymore. They're 274 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: former referee. 275 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 3: The quote was, whether a whistle is blown or not 276 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 3: is completely irrelevant to the two point conversion that was 277 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 3: given to Seattle. Completely irrelevant was the line, so the 278 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 3: whistle is blown or not, it's completely irrelevant. That is 279 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 3: higgely piggly nonsense, is what that is. That's not analysis. 280 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 3: That's called gas lighting. One oh one call him the 281 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 3: gas man whoever said that. And for those that are 282 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 3: playing along at home or at the gym, or at 283 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 3: work or in your car, gas lighting, I think we 284 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 3: all know what that is, but some of you might 285 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 3: not know. Gas lighting is the manipulation of people into 286 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 3: questioning their own reality, into doubting what their eyes saw 287 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 3: and their ears heard, and what we all heard, every man, woman, 288 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 3: and child, clear as a church bell whistle, whistle whistle, 289 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 3: And so that might be the dumbest thing ever spoken 290 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 3: by a human with some kind of credentials to their name. 291 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 3: The NFL wants to have it both ways. Heads they 292 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 3: win tails. You are cuckoo for cocoa puffs. You're crazy, 293 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 3: crazy crazy. You're on the chew crazy trade. You are 294 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 3: when players from both teams let me repeat this for 295 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 3: those of you a little slow. For players from both things, 296 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 3: maybe you're on the spectrum. When players from both teams 297 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 3: stopped playing at the sound of the whistle, including the 298 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 3: numb nuts who casually strolled over to bend down to 299 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 3: pick up the ball. Two full mississippi seconds, one mississippi, 300 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 3: two mississippi after the whistle, that is no longer a 301 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 3: clear recovery by any reasonable definition known to humanity. 302 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: Beast or zebra or lizard, person or the grays. I 303 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 1: don't care. If whistles and rules are now. 304 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 3: Open to interpretation, then congratulations, Come on down, We've got 305 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 3: ourselves a rule change. So from here on out, the 306 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 3: lesson is ignore the whistle. It's not just play to 307 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 3: the whistle, it's played through them. Pretend they are hood 308 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 3: ornaments and they're there for decoration. In fact, why even 309 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: bother having officials save money. Just let some guy from 310 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 3: Long Island who's in New York blow an airhorn when 311 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 3: the play is over like a monster truck rally, watch 312 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 3: out for the grave digger. By the way, and to 313 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 3: everyone parroting the rule book, because I have seen this 314 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 3: already too this morning. They're parroting the rule book like 315 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 3: it's this scripture. And welcome to the oldest argument in sports. 316 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: It's really in. 317 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 3: Life, the spirit of the law versus the letter of 318 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 3: the law. By the letter of the law, I'm sure 319 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 3: you can futs around and find something there, find something 320 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 3: that the NFL got right. 321 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:33,920 Speaker 1: But by the spirit of the law. 322 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,239 Speaker 3: NFL players are trained from Pop Warner on up. 323 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,479 Speaker 1: We're talking Pop Warner. 324 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 3: That's when they hear a whistle, the play is dead, period, 325 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 3: end of sermon. The play is dead if the whistle 326 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,239 Speaker 3: doesn't blow. And we'll just look at the game last night. 327 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 3: If that whistle doesn't blow, multiple ram players dive on 328 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 3: all of They all dive on the ball be a dogpile, 329 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 3: and you know they're like seagulls dive bombing, drop French 330 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 3: fry on the beach. 331 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: So did that happen? 332 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 3: No? No, you know, have we gone bonkers? 333 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 2: No? 334 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 3: Have I joined the Flat Earth Society? No, I've not 335 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 3: joined the Flat Earth Society, although they still send me 336 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 3: emails every once in a while because I blamed Kyrie Irving. 337 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,360 Speaker 3: We did a thing about the flat earth and then 338 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 3: the or the Actually, the flat earth people do not 339 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 3: send me stuff. 340 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: It's the hollow earth people. Excuse me. The flat earth 341 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: people don't bother me. 342 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 3: The hollow earth people who were a subset when we 343 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 3: talked about Kyrie Irving and the flat Earth. 344 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: Those people reach out to me every once in a while. 345 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:50,479 Speaker 3: But I'm just refusing to pretend that water isn't wet 346 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 3: because some rules analysts told me it's dry. 347 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 1: Carrying the water for the NFL. The whistle has to 348 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: mean something. 349 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 3: It has to or the whole thing, the whole operation 350 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 3: for Gayzy, which is the word of the week for 351 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 3: Gayzy seems to be. 352 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: The word of the week. 353 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 3: I feel like I've used it a lot and there's 354 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 3: a lot of things. I'm not rushing to conclusions. I'm 355 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 3: just selling you. I'm telling you that there's a lot 356 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 3: of stuff going on in sports. 357 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: Right now that is for gazy is what it is. 358 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 3: All right now to the holiday radio schedule, by demand, 359 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 3: by demand, I have waited to This is not the 360 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 3: end of a podcast, but it's getting closer to the 361 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 3: end of the podcast, and we will, for ratings purposes, 362 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 3: push back the Santa Benny version of this podcast until Saturday. 363 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: I have some things I want to share with you. 364 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 3: About my experience, which I love so much, of climbing 365 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 3: to the top of a fire truck and playing Santa. However, 366 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 3: you know, I would assume, because you're listening to the podcast, 367 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 3: you're a high level p one that I by nature 368 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 3: a worker bee. I don't like time off. I don't 369 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: trust time off. Time off is it's like a suspicious 370 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 3: relative who shows up unannounced to your house, double parks 371 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 3: in the driveway, and somehow still complains about parking while 372 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 3: also eating all of your food. 373 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: And I had this happen. I've had this happen a 374 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: few times. 375 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 3: I've had people over and they've just gone wild, right, 376 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 3: just absolutely gone wild, and it's maddening. Absolutely maddening is 377 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 3: what it is. 378 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: And so. 379 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 3: Every once in a while, even the most stubborn awks 380 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 3: has to leave the plow in the field and walk 381 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 3: back to the barn. You know, this is my passion. 382 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 3: The overnight show, what we call the Ben Mallor show. 383 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 3: It's not really a job. It's not a paying job 384 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 3: at Pizzo. 385 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: Okay, but not. 386 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 3: I could be making more money if I did a 387 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 3: daytime show, I'd be making a lot more money. But 388 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 3: it's an audio sweatshop, right, It's a nightly assembly line 389 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 3: of piping hot takes, crazy calls from people like hollering 390 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 3: James and blarn Maine and Lucky Tony rants, Mallard metaphors, mallarisms, 391 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:28,239 Speaker 3: all that stuff. It rolls off the conveyor belt in 392 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 3: the factory of hot takes while most of the world is, 393 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 3: at least our side of the world is drooling in 394 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 3: a pillow, or at least auto pillow. Now I like 395 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 3: it that way. I have more editorial freeman freedom at night. 396 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 3: I don't have people my boss is harassing me. I 397 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 3: thrive under the cover of darkness. Think of me like 398 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 3: an audio raccoon with a microphone, rummaging through the sporting 399 00:23:55,400 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 3: news trash at three am and loving every second of it. However, 400 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 3: here we are, I have stacked up comp days the 401 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 3: old fashioned way by working holidays most people don't even 402 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 3: know have names. And I have worked the big ones 403 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 3: as well. Thanksgiving, fourth of July, you name it, those 404 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 3: like President's Day. 405 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: I don't even know if that's a company hall. I 406 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: think it is this federal holiday. 407 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 3: But while on the fourth line, well, you're lighting fireworks 408 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 3: or carving a turkey on Thanksgiving, I'm carving up monologues 409 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 3: like a Deli slicer on full blast. 410 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: And those receipts add up. 411 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: And so this is the the malor math hours in 412 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 3: hours ode on those holidays. And then there's real life 413 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 3: like my wife, who runs a tighter operation than most 414 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: NFL front offices, and she is a social butterfly occasionally occasionally, 415 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 3: and so she has us hosting multiple holiday parties. One 416 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 3: of them will take place this weekend, another one the 417 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 3: following week which means that I have to take part 418 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 3: in actual human interaction. I have to get plates, napkins, 419 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 3: I have to smile, I have to pretend like I'm 420 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 3: interested in people telling me stories. I don't care about 421 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 3: eye contact. I am waving the white flag. As a 422 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 3: result of that, I will become Benny the Baker this 423 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 3: week Extreme Baking. I will also be taking the rare 424 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 3: and appropriate time off, which for me feels like skipping 425 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 3: leg day after a decade long streak, or more like, 426 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 3: I guess intermittent fasting, which I have this ridardulous streak going. 427 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 3: But here's the Malar scoreboard, and yes I'm I'm giving 428 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 3: you the information slowly. For the people in the cheap 429 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 3: seats here, it is the big payoff here, the moment 430 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 3: of truth. Plan your vacations accordingly. The Ben Mahlor Show, 431 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 3: not the podcast. The Ben Malor Show, has not one, 432 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 3: but two more live shows in twenty twenty five. We'll 433 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 3: be recapping the NFL Sunday into Monday, and we'll be 434 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 3: recapping the NFL Monday into Tuesday. Now after that, we 435 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 3: go into what's known as suspended animation, kind of like 436 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 3: a sci fi movie, not a good one, not a 437 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 3: good one, where the hero is frozen in a pod, 438 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 3: dreaming of bad officiating and phantom replay reviews and giving 439 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 3: Puka Nakouah, the business and all of that and breaking 440 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 3: down all of this like government spreadsheets. But fear not, 441 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 3: loyalist foot soldiers, you know who you are, My most 442 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 3: ardent supporters that would die on Mount mallor in the 443 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 3: Mallard Militia. The podcast should still be there. Now there 444 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 3: is a chance I make a little road trip. I 445 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 3: will not be flying. I'll be driving somewhere to an 446 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 3: the state, which in the West is a whole endeavored 447 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 3: to go to another state. So if that happens, that 448 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 3: might delay the podcast. I don't know that that will 449 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 3: be the case. 450 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 1: I believe I think. 451 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 3: Will be good on that, and so Benny versus the 452 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,400 Speaker 3: Penny should still be breathing on YouTube as well. As 453 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 3: we wind down the regular season in the NFL. The 454 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 3: pantry will not be bare. However, the original recipe, the 455 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 3: full overnight Grind will be put on. 456 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: Ice Ice Ice Baby. 457 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 3: We officially returned from hiatus on Sunday night into Monday, 458 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 3: January fourth into January fifth, and we'll flip the switch 459 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 3: back on like the Frankenstein Monster and minus of course 460 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 3: the neck bolts will mix in extra sarcasm. I'll try 461 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 3: to get some sleep over the next couple of weeks 462 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 3: and then come back recharge. Think of it as our 463 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 3: brothers and sisters in the NBA say, load management, load management. 464 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 3: I'm not retiring. I'm not retiring. 465 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: And if I end up getting fired, it was not 466 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: my decision. 467 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 3: I'm kidding, but no, this is a strategic time strategic 468 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 3: time out, not a two minute warning. And even the 469 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 3: most reliable workhorse, whatever you think that is, needs a 470 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 3: pit stop, an oil change, maybe a fresh set of tires. 471 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 3: You need all that stuff before getting back on the 472 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 3: overnight highway where the things go bumpity bump at night. 473 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: So my message to you is thank you. 474 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 3: And we have two more podcasts this weekend, and I've 475 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 3: got two more ratorships. 476 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: I just want to thank you now. I'll thank you again. 477 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: I want to thank. 478 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 3: You for supporting what we do here. And it's been 479 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 3: a transitional period of time. 480 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: We lost I. 481 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 3: Say lost at He's not dead, but he was like 482 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 3: go by the company. Eddie Garcia is a big part 483 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 3: of the show. And the show's continued on and it's 484 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 3: different than it was and the characters changed. But the 485 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 3: show's popularity has been pretty good because of you, and 486 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 3: so I want you to enjoy the holidays, whatever you celebrate. 487 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 3: If you don't celebrate anything, just have a great day, 488 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 3: enjoy your life. 489 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: I want you to eat too much food. I want 490 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: you to gain ten pounds. I want you to argue 491 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: with in laws that you don't like. 492 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 3: I want you to argue with your relatives that are 493 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 3: blood relatives that you also don't like. I want you 494 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 3: to miss me just enough, just enough where you come back, 495 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 3: just enough where you come back, because soon enough it'll 496 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 3: be lights, camera action. The lights will come back on, 497 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 3: the phones will start ringing, We'll be breaking down things 498 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 3: with Marcella and Brooklyn and hollering. 499 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 1: James and all. 500 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 3: The characters on the show will return, and the Audio 501 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 3: Sweatshop will reopen for business. 502 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: So we have much to get to. 503 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 3: I will put the baby to bed right now, but 504 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 3: we'll have no podcast on Saturday. I will give you 505 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 3: the Santa Bendi podcast on Saturday. That is my plan, 506 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 3: unless something crazy happens later today that requires another emergency 507 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 3: Mallard monologue like this ridoculous play in Seattle on Thursday night. 508 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 3: So Danny putting this thing together. Danny g hopefully will 509 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 3: join me at some point over the weekend. And later 510 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 3: skater aasta pasta gotta murder, I gotta go