WEBVTT - Extra Sauce 0:00:02.240 --> 0:00:05.440 If you thought more hours a day, dred minutes a 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:09.240 week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants of 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:12.879 the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He treats 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:15.760 crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the rich 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:20.200 pill poppers in the penthouse, to clearing house of hot takes, 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:24.080 break free for something special. The Fit Hour with Ben 0:00:24.120 --> 0:00:31.360 Maller starts right now in the air everywhere. It's a Sunday, 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:36.640 Sunday Sunday, and it is time now for the mail bag, 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:39.720 as we are back at it again here all over 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:44.920 the I Heart podcast network, a global audience and people 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:50.080 downloading this podcast in countries all all over the world. 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.879 But of course the big ones are the U S 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.600 and Canada, and they're winking a knock to our friends 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.200 in Mexico, joined again by the man west of the 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:06.520 four oh five, David Gas. Right there, the cloud has 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:10.399 returned to the now. Not there, Anthony, how they if 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.640 they pick and choose their spots, It's kind of like 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:17.360 Paul George and Kawhi Leonard and times Tylou So, yeah, 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.800 you agree with me on that. Sometimes they're there and 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:24.320 sometimes they're like Anthony Davis, they're injured wearing street clothes, 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:27.840 street closed Davis. It's an ugly look what's uglier though? Him? 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:33.120 Or Joel embiid uh Joel m beat. Well, I'm gonna go. 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.479 I'm gonna go Anthony Davis. You can't go. You can 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.760 go push if you want. I go Anthony Day. I'm 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.119 gonna go Anthony Davis. When go on that? Oh yeah, 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.000 it's embarrassing. Yeah, all right, So we have the mail bag, 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:45.480 and you know, I don't like to waste any time. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.040 I want to go right into the mat backs. My 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.240 favorite podcast. I love answering the questions of the random 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.120 people that listen to the podcast that bother to send 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:54.920 these questions. And before we get going here, I just 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.800 want to point out that you can submit your question. 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:00.520 I post every usually Wednesday, some times I'll do it 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.760 on Tuesday, depending on when we roll the podcast. But 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.960 on Facebook on the Ben Mallor show page, I will 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.400 post on there, Hey I need some questions name and city, 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:11.120 name and city, and then most people put their name 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.360 in city and there's always some a holes that don't. 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.440 And then you can also email the real It's Real 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:19.880 fifth Hour at gmail dot com. Real fifth Hour at 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:21.679 gmail dot com. You have to spell fifth out f 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:25.160 I F T H real fifth hour at gmail dot 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:28.240 com and you can submit a question that way. Now 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:32.320 I have not a question, but I do have not 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:37.640 an email, a letter from a listener. Oh is that right, 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.560 an actual physical snail mail letter. Yes, an actual handwritten letter. 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:45.120 Might allowed to read it. I didn't know people still 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.040 send those, Yeah, I mean they still sent him. We 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:52.240 got it a few days ago in the mail. Oddly enough, 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:58.120 it came with a bottle of Texas style whiskey. Mm hmm. Interesting. 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:03.119 So the note says, David, thanks, thank you for you 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.119 and Ben providing some laughs over the past shitty year. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.400 Save some of this from when Ben finally cooks his 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:13.080 freezer burnt tomahawk, and of course when King Newsome gets 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.280 booted out. Sorry it took so long. Work in vacation 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.640 with the family, got Tokyo Sydney tele Avision coming up. 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:23.200 I'm a pilot. We'll give you an email report. So 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.720 we're looking forward to that. I believe we are locked 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.079 down in all rooms now. We did have freedom in Japan, 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.840 but with the Olympics, I think just one away or 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.800 just a few months away. Sydney has always been a prison, 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:38.000 bunch of assholes. Tel Aviv shall be interesting. Take care, 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:43.880 I'm a pilot, Yes, sir, he did. He did. He 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.120 send me some some Texas style whiskey. And it's dark. 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:51.160 So the darker it is, the heavier the hangover will be. Well, 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.640 I hope you enjoyed. But he sent me that really 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.760 cool looking m hat you know, the minor league team 0:03:56.760 --> 0:04:01.840 from Montgomery Biscuits. Yeah, yeah, so that that had will last, 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:03.520 you know, many years. I'll get to wear that hat, 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:05.600 you know, occasionally, for for many many years. That but 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.840 once you drink that alcohol, it's gone. It's over, I know, 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.720 but it's seems it's the opportunity to cherish that with 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:16.640 a burnt tomahawk steak again. Once you cook that tomahawk 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:19.040 steak the way it needs to be, it's not a past. 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.800 So you're not gonna put it in a frame. Not no, no, no, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.600 to love the Mallard Louve. I will document everything like 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:31.720 we're at the Louve. Absolutely all right, I'm glad I'm 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:33.320 a pilot. Still right, have an email. I haven't got 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:34.960 an email from I'm a pilot in a while. I 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:38.880 wondered what he was up to. Still traveling the world, 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.760 John in northern Colorado. Right, So he says, Ben, do 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.760 you drive out of your way to buy cheaper gas 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:50.960 or do you pay whatever the most convenient station is charging? 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.120 Not what I do, John. I am a Costco member, 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:56.800 so I I go to Costco to get my guest. 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.440 But Costco's gas is usually pack so my move, I 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.160 will go right when they open. The gas station near 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:06.200 me opens at five thirty in the morning, and I 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.640 will get there at five and I will go in 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.920 and out and no problem, and I'll get the because 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:18.640 Costco is always twenty the thirty cents cheaper than any 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.760 of the gas stations. So I always go to Costco 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.360 and get gas. And now occasionally when I'm out and 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.080 about and I'm not near a Costco or Costco is closed, 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.040 like on the weekends, they're not open very long, so 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:33.440 I'll I'll then have to suck it up and get gouged, 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.839 but I will refuse. I'd rather run out of gas. 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.479 Like sometimes there's parts of of l A and there's 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:41.960 and New York is the worst of this, but but 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.200 there's there's places where the gas is like they like 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.760 five fifty six dollars a gallon. You know, they just 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:48.760 they don't want you to buy it. I would rather 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.839 run out of gas on principle than spend five fifty 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.920 for a gallon of gas, So screw them. Yeah. Usually 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.719 next to the airports, of course, or or the rental 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.480 car Yeah, the rental car places. They always jack up 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.719 the price right around there. You're gonna be in a 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.440 delicate spot once you moved the Mallar Mansion. I'll be 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:09.160 curious to see, like where you pin your gas locations 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.599 for pick up? Yeah, I don't know. I mean maybe 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.520 we won't move the Mallar Mansion. You never know. No idea. 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.960 Barry in Music City Rights and he says, yo yo 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.520 mob Bennie, how long have you and Eddie worked together? 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.440 And would you to be the longest tenure duo at 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:30.440 fs ARE. Uh, Well, we me and Eddie worked together 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.640 at different times on the weekends and the early days. 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.839 We were paired together and Eddie went and did some 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.320 other stuff. I did other stuff, and then we've been 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:46.640 together on this version of The Overnight Show since. But 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:50.000 we had worked together off and on, and yeah, it's 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:55.520 really a technicality, Berry, because I've been at the network 0:06:55.640 --> 0:07:00.960 since two thousand which is a long time. But I 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:06.040 was whacked. I was giving a pink slip January nine, 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:10.760 had a six month, twenty six day break from from radio. 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.920 Was let go, and then they brought me back. After 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:19.400 that point, Eddie started, I think a couple of years 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.760 after that, or at least a year after that, and 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:26.280 then uh he uh, he's been straight through. He didn't 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.280 he didn't get he didn't get the guillotine like I got. 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.000 So uh so it's really but but you know, six 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:33.600 months and twenty so I think I'm still a few 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:35.560 months ahead, at least a few months ahead of Eddie 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:40.080 in the overall employment. But you'd have to contact HR. 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:42.160 But but but yeah, as far as the people that 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:46.000 work at the network, yeah, there's nobody. They're all going. 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.280 Everyone's gone. I mean I know people all over the 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:49.760 place that used to work at the network that are 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.840 not there. I mean, just complete, complete turnover. There's like, 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:57.920 there's a guy in the imaging department, Chris Lindsley, who's 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.840 been there longer than me, but he's he's behind the scene, 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:07.840 secret guy. But he's the only one. Every everyone else's yeah, 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.040 come in late Chris, and Iowa says, can you give 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.800 us a mini monologue on the Tuck Rule game. Keep 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:17.120 in mind that Brady had both hands on the ball 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.520 when he was hit, thereby re establishing himself as a 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:24.080 ball carrier, not a thrower. Awesome. The original call was fumble. 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:28.040 See the picture he posted a picture here, I says, ps, 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:32.559 it's all I have left as a Raider fan. Uh yeah, 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.840 christ No, I was actually on the night of the 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.280 Tuck Rule game, and so I did a monologue then. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.960 So I'm not going to recreate the monologue, but I 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:46.320 do recall the radio call from Gregg Poppa, who was 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:50.160 assuming that the Raiders were going to the Super Bowl, 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:55.679 right they had won the game and it didn't work out. 0:08:56.440 --> 0:09:00.800 Let's see your Kyrie in Okay. See says hey, big Ben, 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.040 why does Cooper Loop get so butt hurt when you 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.960 tell the truth about those bums, the Fakers. I hate 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.600 the Lakers more than any team in all of sports. 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.240 That's one of the reasons why I love you, Big Ben. 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:17.360 You let those historians know the truth. That's right. Uh. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:21.200 Email continues, I don't care who wins the championship. As 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.679 long as the Fakers don't, then I feel like my 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.800 team won. He says. He says, f the Lakers a 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:32.280 rhythmic chance style, just like you like it. There you go, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.160 that's the great Kyrie, one of my my big supports. Well, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.120 thank you, Kyrie. I'm right there with you. Well, there's 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:41.800 a Cooper loop and in Roberto, but Coop's worse than this. 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.200 They think they're just better because they like the Lakers, 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.440 you know, and they they support the Lakers, so they're 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:52.160 better people. And it's just bullshit. But this is the 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.280 mindset you gotta deal with. These people have ne roses, 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:59.080 these Laker historians, and it is great. It's great for life, 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:02.160 it's great for human nity, it's great for the sporting world. 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:05.559 When the Lakers take it in the chin, it's just better. 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.720 Sports are just better when the Lakers lose. It's just 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:13.320 more fun. Life is better, you feel, you feel good, 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.840 you look better. That's just the way it is. Right. 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:21.320 They're bad. They're just bad people. They are clearly all right. 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.920 This one's from Jose in Massachusetts. He says, Hey, Lord Ben, 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:30.120 it's Jose. Thank you again for working Memorial Day. I 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.960 really appreciate it. You're the only one I listened to now. 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:40.080 You and Kwammy Brown at that. Thanks again, you're a 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:43.680 good example of hard work. We try to get Kwammie 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.800 Brown on the podcast, he did not get back to it. 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:50.840 Kwammie Brown not interested in the past. I guess Kwami 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.560 is at the point now where he's becoming a big 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.440 internet star all of a sudden, so he doesn't need 0:10:55.480 --> 0:11:00.760 to promote himself anymore. Pierre in Springfield, mass Stitusetts down 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.600 the street from the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame, where 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:07.600 you can see Muffett McGraw says Ben, Are you and 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:12.120 or Dave responsible for drumming up sponsorships for Benny Versus 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:15.400 the Penny on the YouTube? Fanatics is great in a 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.960 huge get, but sometimes the answer is staring you in 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:23.320 the face. Have you, guys not landed a major alcohol distributor, 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:27.920 weed dispensary or sports betting coming? There you go? You've 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:32.679 made a living on drunks and Degenerate's time to monetize. Wow, 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:36.320 not there you, Pierre. Now, we we are opened all 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.360 of that, and if anyone wants to advertise, I mean, 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.520 we're not sure what Benny Versus the Penny is gonna 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:46.800 look like in one, but it's rapidly approaching. NFL training 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.600 camp opens up in less than fifty days. They'll be 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:54.160 playing exhibition games shortly after that, and then the regular 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.240 season of the NFL will start in September. And that's 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:02.400 the biggest part of the year for sports programming. That's 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.439 the really New Year's Day is the start in the 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.480 NFL season kicking off. That's when it all begins. Uh. 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:11.240 He also says, I'd like to to plug your cameo. 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:19.160 He said, Ben, a fantastic, fantastic fifty a birthday shoutow. Yeah, 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:22.440 Pierre had a birthday and his birthday was yesterday, June 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.920 fifth was his birthday, and he said he thanked thanks 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:31.000 for the shout out, the mini monologue, and he appreciated 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.720 the the length. He says, I look forward to ordering 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:37.720 one from David as soon as I can find a 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.600 discounted promo code off the dark web. I can't wait 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:44.160 to hear him wax poetic about all my outstanding qualities 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.000 as a contributor to the show and podcast. Now, I 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.960 guess the question is for all of us, outside of 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.320 this love fest between you and Pierre, Um, were you 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.160 in a shower or bathtub when you did this cameo 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.920 for him? Now, I was sitting right here in this 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.679 chair in the studio, and I watched. But in to this, 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:06.079 Pierre is one of the great show contributors. The guy adds, content, 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.120 I wasn't. I was in bullshitting, Like, there's some guys 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.240 that are really tuned in and they're locked in on 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:17.119 what we're doing, and they help drive the content and segments. 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.679 They will give us something to talk about and lo 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.520 and behold, we've done a great segment of radio in 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.560 part because of something that somebody like Pierre sent in. Listen, 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.160 you can walk on the four h five freeway crap 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.400 your pants and he'd say that was Filet Mignon Like 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:36.080 that guy absolutely adores you. Listen. He's a bit of 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:40.280 a renaissance man, Pierre. He is. He's obviously a great father. 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.760 His daughter wanted the cameo for him, so shatter errands. 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.600 So that's a good job, good job by her. And 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:51.120 uh yeah, happy birthday. There you go. Happy birthday to you, Pierre, 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:56.000 and many, many, many many more. Kevin in Kansas he 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:59.120 writes and says, Hey, Ben and David, you've set the 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.320 bar pretty high the past few months. Great podcast. Your 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.800 Friday guests have been informative. Your Saturday topics and Sunday 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.960 mail bags have been very entertaining by this is pretty good. 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.079 This is buttering the biscuits. It's good here. Good job 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:12.920 by you. I think you missed the spot, Kevin. He says, 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.160 do you ever feel pressure to keep the content so good? 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.920 Or do you just ride the wave each week and 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:23.800 go with the flow keep up the good uh work? 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:28.640 Uh well, Kevin, I believe in the one step at 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:34.200 a time philosophy. And I don't know, but I don't 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:38.600 like you think I'm worried about next week's podcast, I'm not. 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:42.040 I'll I've got the radio show to worry about during 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:47.760 the week. So usually a day or two before the podcast, 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.360 I'll be like, okay, we gotta get you know what 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:53.720 were gonna do here? But it's really dependent. It's a uh, 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.320 what's the word I'm going It depends on what's going on, 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:01.080 Like there's gotta be something that you can't plan too 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:03.680 far and ahead too far ahead, like I there's sometimes 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.240 we'll have people on that wrote books, like we had 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.640 Dave Parker on that was booked way in advance, and 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.760 there's some other people that have actually I've talked to 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:14.800 about booking that we we might might put on here 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:16.480 in the future that we have to book in advance. 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.320 But for the most part, it's you who can we 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.840 get on what would be interesting, who's in the news, 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.320 what something like that. But we usually do that like 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:30.440 just a couple of days before the podcast, and I 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.200 think personally, for me, I don't I don't feel pressure. 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.680 I just look for the most vulnaible situation to try 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.840 to put you in with the guests. Yeah, but you 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.000 do as you said, let me do a cost benefit analysis. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:46.600 How can I have malleus the most fans standard. There's 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:50.040 like a boiler plate email the Ben. I've been listening 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:54.200 to you for blank for blank years. I've always enjoyed 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.720 your show and found it entertaining, but it's for the 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:00.600 button there. But I can no longer gonna listen to 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:04.520 you because you said blank and you had blank on 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:08.760 your podcast, and I politically don't agree with you, so 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:13.200 screw you. Yeah, that's pretty much how those emails go. 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.760 Thank you for that. Like we had doctor sat on 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:20.720 you know, very good. I thought he was great from 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:25.200 Montreal and informative and you know, straight shooter and all that, 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.640 and the same emails popped up you know, Johnny on 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.880 the spot. They're showing up saying I don't want I 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:34.600 liked you for so long, but yeah, you really got 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:38.520 those from him. Yeah that is unbelievable. Well, you know 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:40.520 what it is because he pops up on Fox News 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.960 and so people. I'm convinced these people like the Biden crowd, 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.480 they like watch Fox News and whoever's on. They're like, oh, 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:50.920 I can't you know enemy combatant there you full draw 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:54.800 the line on that. He's a foreigner. Check he's educated, check, 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:56.960 he's a doctor. Check. And he's not even from the 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.920 United States. I know, I don't know, and it doesn't matter, 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:05.480 doesn't matter. Listen the local Rodi I was getting crap 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.400 because I said that Naomi Osaka I did a couple 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.440 of monologues. I said, well, listen, if she doesn't want 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.120 to it, doesn't want to talk to the media, let 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.919 her go get her therapy and that's it and she 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:18.840 can't play. And then the next day she she did 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.520 leave the French open because she was didn't want to 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:25.080 talk to the media, and uh, I was getting nasty 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.119 messages from people that I can't believe you were so 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.840 insensitive and somebody should hold you accountable for what use 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:36.000 for an opinion I should be held accountable for an 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:40.040 opinion that somebody should do their job right, that the 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.719 job part of being a professional athlete and tennis players 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:46.040 to talk to the media is not exactly torture. The 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:50.679 media is fluff, fluff, fluff, fluff, fluff, fluff, and the 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.439 media has gone softer and softer and softer and softer 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.480 and softer and all this, and so listen, I get it. 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.400 She doesn't like to talk. She's an introvert. I'm an introvert. 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:02.159 But you still got to do things you don't like 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.280 to do. There's still things in life you have to do. 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:09.639 And the problem is it's it's Pandora's box because once 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.359 you allow that, you know it's the given an in 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.920 She'll take a mild philosophy. They'll be like, Okay, I'm 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.040 not doing this because I mental health. You know, I 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.679 feel anxiety. There's a lot of things in life that 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:23.280 you're gonna feel anxiety. That doesn't mean that you should 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:26.600 be allowed to not do them. Yeah, yeah, And that's 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.320 to me, that's the the issue that people are like, oh, okay, 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.920 I can't can't do that because you know I might 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.760 feel uncomfortable or whatever. It's like, come on, there's there's 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.200 a special amount of mental capacity that you want has 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.760 to have to be an athlete, let alone a professional athlete. Yeah, 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.560 and and there's gonna be things, you know if you 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:47.760 know what I do. But like my point was, if 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:49.159 she doesn't want to talk to media, she can be 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:53.919 a douche and be like Marshawn Lynch and uh, you know, 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.280 both teams played hard by man. You know that's trying 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:58.280 to bring my a game. You know. Go through sports 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:01.080 cliche dot com, which I contributed two back in the day. 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:03.560 My name is there at the bottoms of the contributors 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:06.440 and you can you can use that as your your 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.320 sounding board. Just use those cliches, hop on that bandwagon. 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:11.320 You don't do your thing there. Why don't you respond 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.040 to those emailers now and say, you know what, I 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.879 can't respond to this email like i'd like to because 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:19.000 I have some some mental issues right now. I'm going 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:23.320 through some well the soccer craters said, well, listen, I'm 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:25.640 triggered by this. I need therapy now. Your email hurt 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:27.560 my feelings. You know. The trick is that what you 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:31.440 should do is you should actually screenshot those emails, blackout 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:34.919 your email address, and then posted on social media, so 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.280 that way you're the victim. Be sure to catch live 0:19:37.440 --> 0:19:39.639 editions of The Ben Maller Show week days at two 0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:42.880 am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Be sure to catch live 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.239 editions of The Ben Maller Show week days at two 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:49.159 am eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:52.640 the I Heart Radio app. Oh yeah, well that's big. 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:57.040 Being the victims very important. You're being targeted and harassed. Yeah, 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.320 you gotta find in any story, you gotta find the them, 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.160 and then and then you post it online and then 0:20:03.160 --> 0:20:05.440 people say, oh, I feel so bad for you. Oh 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:11.320 my hanging there, Oh my, my, my, my my. It's good. Yeah, 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.560 it's wonderful. All right, what is next year? Let's see 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:18.040 any meny money mo. David from Parts Unknown says he 0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:21.320 can fix baseball. Just stick to the freaking rules of 0:20:21.320 --> 0:20:26.199 the game. It's just fine, nine pitches to start and 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:30.879 only eight every half inning after that. Otherwise provide box 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:35.199 springs and mattresses the odd lazy boy it would be 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:40.080 good too. So he wants a limit of eight pitches 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:43.840 per half any that'd be interesting, So you don't have 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:46.439 to walk anymore, you have to swing. What if the 0:20:46.440 --> 0:20:48.200 pitch is out of the strikes and you still gotta swinky? 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.880 I guess so, I guess you do that. Yeah. Jason 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:56.680 from Rocky Mountain, Virginia says, have either of you been 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:59.440 on a cruise ship before? If not, your boy Rob 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:04.840 Parker commended the Golden Girls cruise. Your thoughts. I've never 0:21:04.920 --> 0:21:08.080 been on a cruise. I have thought about it, but 0:21:08.200 --> 0:21:12.880 I understand the accommodations are not for someone of my height, 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:18.600 so it would be problematic. And uh, it would be 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:20.320 kind of cool. I heard they're really good deals that 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:22.560 you can eat all the food you could possibly want, 0:21:22.600 --> 0:21:26.840 and they've got all the great accommodations and and all that. 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:29.159 I've not been on a cruise ship. Yeah, I've been 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:31.000 on a cruise. I wanted a couple of them, but 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:35.040 I took a cruise. Mm hmmm. Twelve years ago, went 0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:39.119 down to Cabo for a wedding. The wedding took place 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:43.480 prior to leaving the dock, and then obviously didn't get 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:47.399 married in international waters. They did not know. Part of 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:50.679 it's because not everyone that was attending the wedding was 0:21:50.720 --> 0:21:55.200 actually going on the cruise. So we embarked I think 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:56.840 later in the afternoon, but the wedding was in the 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:59.920 middle of the day, and uh yeah, it was pretty fun. 0:22:00.280 --> 0:22:03.080 Although I don't know, I'm not a huge fan of 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:09.240 going to Mexico. But what's wrong with Mexican sucks? Yeah, 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:12.560 you know, like the what do you not like the water? 0:22:12.640 --> 0:22:14.200 You can't drink the water. You can't drink the water. 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:17.320 I got food poisoning down there. Well that's mono zumas 0:22:17.440 --> 0:22:27.760 were range, okay, law enforcements, trash, Oh yeah, federalities, federalities. 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:29.639 You want to go down the wrong street because the 0:22:29.760 --> 0:22:32.520 cartels will get you. They'll do you in on that. 0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:35.560 It's just disappointed, man, because there are certain parts of 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:39.280 Mexico that look gorgeous. Cobble was nice. I have family 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:44.840 in Guadalajara, and I fucking love Mexican food. Yeah, we 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:47.760 like American Mexican food. No, no, no, no, I mean 0:22:48.160 --> 0:22:51.119 half my family's Mexican. That doesn't mean I think that 0:22:51.320 --> 0:22:53.720 means like the food in Mexico is different than the 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:55.880 food in l A or whatever. You know, It's like 0:22:56.040 --> 0:23:00.400 it's a different, different animal. I don't know. My mom 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:05.520 my aunt used to make those homemade tamales. Yeah, fun man, 0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:10.280 Look one of my favorites. The nostalgia flashes back to 0:23:10.359 --> 0:23:12.520