1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Boom boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: of the old republic a sole fashion of fairness. He 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse the clearing House of 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: hot takes break free for something special. The Fifth Hour 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: with Ben Maller starts right now, nine in the air 8 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: everywhere and welcome into another addition to the Fifth Hour 9 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: with Ben Mallard and Danny G Radio. I know you 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: hold your applause please, there's no need to clap. Life Mallard, 11 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: the Life of Danny G and Daniel Paul as well 12 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: with you here, We're back at it again on a Saturday. 13 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: I want to thank Hall of Famer Dick Vermeil, who joins. 14 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: That was pretty cool. That was really cool to hear 15 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: his voice. Yeah, Dick Fromil, who I I know him 16 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: as a coach, But also he did television. We talked 17 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: about that a little bit in the interview. But he 18 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: did TV for so long that I recall for many 19 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: years when he left the Eagles until he coached the Rams, 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: like he was a staple of my Saturday or Sunday, 21 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: depending on whether he was doing NFL or college. And 22 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: he's still very sure. Eighty five years old. Eighty five 23 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: years old Dick FROMIL and today's the big day actually, 24 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: So if you didn't get a chance to hear the 25 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: conversation on Friday, go back and listen. We we caught 26 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: up with him as he was preparing for his Hall 27 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: of Fame speech, and he kept saying, only got eight minutes. 28 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: I only got eight minutes. That's all I have. I 29 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: only have eight minutes. And it was it was interesting. 30 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: I never heard the story before that he told either 31 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: about how you know, his father and family they wanted 32 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: him to going to the family business and uh and 33 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: what and so it's interesting. But it's good to have 34 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: him on. And congratulations to Dick for Meal on the 35 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. And I would say, you know, not 36 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: just being a big timer here, Danny. I'm looking at 37 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: that list of names and I ran them down at 38 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: the beginning of the podcast on Friday, the Hall of 39 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: Fame class for my money, dollar for dollar, Dick for 40 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: Meal is the guy that I wanna. I want to 41 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: see his speak unless we could bring Cliff branch back. Yeah, well, 42 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: that would be something now that would get headlines. If 43 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: if he and Sam Mills and those guys were that 44 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: would be that would be amazing. He kills not anymore. 45 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: It's the Hall of its. Remember that that bit John 46 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: Madden did, which was really cool. He talked about the 47 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame at night, the bus come alive and 48 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: they each other. It was like, and how cool was 49 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: it to see actual football on the field, even though 50 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: it was backups playing. I'm sure you were riveted watching 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: Stid him throw the ball. I have a tradition, and Danny, 52 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: this is my tradition for many years, the Hall of 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: Fame game. I get all excited to get all my 54 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: snacks ready, and then I watch about half a quarter 55 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: and and then I go watch a baseball game. And 56 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: and that's what I do every year. And every year 57 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: I might call this is gonna be great, and then 58 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: it's gotten even worse. That's like one of those things 59 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: in life, you know, things usually get better, they don't 60 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: get worse. But because of Sean McVeigh. And I'll blame 61 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh the Rams coach. Because of McVeigh, everyone else 62 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: copy nobody plays their starters hardly anybody plays their start, 63 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: even for a series m Ramonal night. Wasn't it during 64 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: COVID that we didn't even get a game because the 65 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: field conditions? Oh well, no, there was. I think that 66 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: might have been before COVID members. Before that was pre COVID. 67 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: It felt like a COVID shutdown. Yeah, I did have 68 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: the COVID vibes to it, if I remember correctly. They 69 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: had painted the field and it was slippery and the 70 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: players were complaining about that. That's great. You think back 71 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: to the early days of football and where we've come 72 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: when it comes to our football, and it's uh. I 73 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: don't want to say it's a clown show, but some 74 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: of this stuff comforting though, Right, it's comforting just having 75 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: the sounds of football on with Mike Tariko's voice. Well, 76 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: and you know you're only a month away, right or 77 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: like a month away, which seems odd to me because 78 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: you know, there's only how many three exhibition games now 79 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: they're down to three. They're down to three, so they 80 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: get three and then of a week off before the 81 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: regular season. And the only thing that really happens my 82 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: experience in exhibition football is players get hurt. That's that's it. 83 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: You're starting right guard, we'll go down with an injury. 84 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: Your backup wide receiver who you need in the rotation 85 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: will hurt his ankle and be unavailable for the first 86 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: part of the season. And so that's usually how that 87 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: That's usually how that goes. But coming up on this 88 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: podcast as we go inside the bodega, on the menu, 89 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: we've got Off Broadway Chasing five Dollars, joy Riding, and 90 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: the Deja Vu, and we will also have Backscratcher. Hopefully 91 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: we have some of this week I have not checked yet, 92 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: but hopefully we will have at least one. Alright, So 93 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: Off Broadway and at this being the Saturday podcast Life 94 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: of Mallary, Life of Danny G. We take you behind 95 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: the velvet ropes the life of a major sports talk 96 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: radio figure, at least in my own head. Uh, it's 97 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: not easy being a rock star, Danny. It's not easy 98 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: being a rock star. So many people want to be 99 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: around you have so many social events you have to 100 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: go to. It's just this, this job is not that easy. 101 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: You've had your run ins with paparazzi TMZ. They won't 102 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: leave me alone. So this past weekend, the wife worked 103 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: on Friday, so I had some hometime. I had some 104 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: alone time, which was mostly running errands around, going to 105 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: Costco grocery store, adult ing. I don't like adults. I don't. 106 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: I don't. I actually don't mind the shopping stuff for 107 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: some reason. I don't mind. But a lot of stuff 108 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: is like just bulb, you know, what has pained the 109 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: painted behind. So I did a lot of that. On Friday, 110 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: I met a friend, had had had dinner, and then 111 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: on Saturday had the only day with the wife. And 112 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: it was an early wake up call how to squeeze 113 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: a full weekend into one day because I work on 114 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: Sunday night the Monday, and so the first stop was 115 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: the England Empire. If you're familiar with southern California. Now 116 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: the i E. And why did I go to the I? 117 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: I was doing some antiquing, not adulting, Danny and taking, 118 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: because that's something you do when you're old and boring. 119 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: You go a taking. Okay, I if you had told 120 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: ten year old Benny, little fat Benny eating donuts and 121 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: cake that someday you'll be a middle aged man, you'll 122 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: be adulting and going to antique stores on the weekend. 123 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: Where is the antique store Riverside. Uh no, no, no, 124 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: this is actually a really cool place. I don't know 125 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: if you in the the TENDERNI are indo and taking, 126 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: but it is a really cool story. Highly recommend. It's 127 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: called It's in Ontario, which is not Riverside, but on 128 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: the way to Riverside Treasures and Junk Treasures and then 129 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: the letter and and Junk. Now, seriously, did if you're 130 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: into these kind of stores, if you're in the l A, 131 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: don't shake your head, you know, can't. Why are you 132 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: shaking it? Because we go to Grandma Shirley's house and 133 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: Long Beach and it's like a museum with antiques in it. 134 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: Uh so it's like we go to an antique store 135 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: every time we visit Grandma. Yeah, but if you take 136 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: Shirley stuff, she'll kick your ass. At this place, you 137 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: can buy it and you don't have to worry about it, 138 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Anyway, So it's very unique. 139 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: It's a huge store. They've got everything from like if 140 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: you want to get an old gas pump. I don't 141 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: know why you would want to get an old gas pump, 142 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: but some people, you know, like like those things. Is 143 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: a display thing in your home. They're selling the stuff 144 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: that the American pickers guys exactly exactly. It's it's got 145 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: that vibe, although they got rid of I'm not watching 146 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: American Pickers in a long time. But the one guy 147 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: had a stroke, right, the chubby guy, he's off the 148 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: shop and get a stroke on um. But anyway, so 149 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: I just wanted to come back and they're like, nope, 150 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: too late. Yeah, so do who they replace him? The 151 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: other guy's brother. Oh really? Oh is that right? Yeah, 152 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: he was already on the show part time, so they 153 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: just made him full time. Okay. Anyway, so this store 154 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: has that kind of stuff. Yeah, you've seen American pictures. 155 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: It's that kind of stuff signs, and they've got an 156 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: outdoor area with all this like crazy stuff. A lot 157 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: of it needs to be refurbished. And but so that 158 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: that was the beginning of the day, and then it 159 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: was off to the main event, dinner and a show dinner. 160 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: And again, being a big time radio personality, you gotta 161 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: you gotta do these things. And so I had a 162 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: very nice meal at a Mexican restaurant that I used 163 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: to eat at regularly back when I lived at the 164 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: old Mallard mansion and then it was closing night of 165 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: the Lion King. Yeah, not just any Lion King. This 166 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: was off Broadway, Danny. This was an off Broadway production. 167 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: And when I say off Broadway, I'm talking three thousand 168 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: miles off Broadway. Okay. This was a summer playhouse production 169 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: for kids ranging from age nine to roughly fifteen. And 170 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: the reason I was there my wife's girlfriend from her 171 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: childhood has a one of her kids. Her son was performing, 172 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: and so we were there for moral support. This kid, 173 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: total ham, this little munchkin. Great kid's name is Alex 174 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: and he's got the gift for gab and all that. 175 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: Total extrovert. I'm an introvert. This kid's like nine years 176 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: old and thinks he's going He already thinks he's a 177 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: Hollywood star and he's convinced he's only going to be 178 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 1: a bigger star. And so, uh yeah, yeah, we were. 179 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: We were hanging out watching The Lion King with a 180 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: bunch of kids. The thing about full disclosure, Danny, we 181 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: had front row seats at this thing, front row seats. 182 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: But the problem is, as soon as the lights in 183 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: the venue went down in the theater, what do you 184 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,079 Speaker 1: think happened? A spotlight come on in it it's you. 185 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, no, I wish that had happened. My 186 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: eyelids got very heavy. Oh no, oh yeah, no, oh 187 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: this is terrible. You pulled a wow. Oh my, oh 188 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: my god. Hollary James is the most the most. But yeah, 189 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: so I got up early. I didn't get a lot 190 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: of sleep. I'm you were out in the sun shopping 191 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: at this antique store and some other places we went 192 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: to there, so the lights go down and my eyelids. 193 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: My wife has to poke me to stay away because 194 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: it's very embarrassing. These little kids have been practicing for 195 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: this show. Here I am in the front row snoozing 196 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: while they were doing their lion king act. And it 197 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: was funny. Why is the big man in the front sleeping? 198 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: What is he not like our show? Why? Why did 199 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: he come here to sleep? Why is that? I would understand? 200 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: And uh yeah, so my wife had to kind of 201 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: keep me awake there. I even took some caffeine and 202 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: it still didn't work. Something about movie theaters or shows. 203 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: I just zone out. Does anyone else have that problem? Danny? 204 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: Do you have that problem? Are you? Yeah? Especially if 205 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: the A C kicks on? And it's them comfortable. Yeah, man, 206 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: because you're too comfortable to not take a little nap. 207 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: And I don't think the kids actually saw it because 208 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: my wife was pretty good about waken waking me up. 209 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: But the show, from what I saw when I wasn't sleeping, 210 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: was very good. And uh, a little kid Alex we 211 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: were there to support, was wonderful. And it was really 212 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: funny because he was right in front of us on 213 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: stage and he, uh, my wife was trying to distract him, 214 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: and he didn't want to. He didn't want to look 215 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: at us because he didn't want to be distracted. He 216 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 1: wanted to stay in character. Danny. You know, when you're 217 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: a kid actor, you don't want to be distracted by 218 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: some grown ups and all that. Non, So this is 219 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: where you needed the big time, the little big timers 220 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: by wearing sunglasses indoors. That way you can snooze if 221 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: you feel like it. Oh yeah, I could have got 222 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: a full Hollywood thing and all that. Yeah. Sure, we've 223 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: seen The Lion King before. Well, I saw the movie, 224 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: but never the play. No, I've never seen it. Well, 225 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: now I have, I've seen the kid version. What have 226 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: you ever done drama with kids that's must be a 227 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: pain in the ast to get and there were a 228 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: lot of kids in this production, Like I don't know 229 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: who's behind it, but that that must be the biggest 230 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: pain in the behind too to put that thing together. 231 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: But they did a good job. So anyway, they're probably 232 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: chasing money. I don't know if they're chasing five dollars, Danny, 233 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: but they're probably chasing something. Yeah. Well it's a good 234 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: tie in because school years about to start in southern California. 235 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: Can you believe that been when football season used to start. 236 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: That's when we used to go to school as kids, remember, yeah, 237 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: you had a legitimate So maybe I'm wrong, but I 238 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: remember being like two and a half months solid of 239 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: of summer. Yeah, we used to go to school in September. 240 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: Now these kids back it all the way up, back 241 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 1: that dump truck up a month. August nine is our 242 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: first day in the school district here for the new 243 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: school year. Well, you gotta get started early then because 244 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: of all those snow days in California. So you have 245 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: to start early because you're gonna miss some school because 246 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: of snow. Yeah, lots of big ten days. Yeah, So 247 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: Chloe are eleven year old who. You hear her laugh 248 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: regularly on this podcast. She needed shoes, school shoes and 249 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: pe shoes, and she's all excited because she gets her 250 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: first locker of her life. It's a big deal, right, 251 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: It is that very first time you got a locker, 252 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: you're like, oh man, this is so cool. I'm gonna 253 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: use this locker every day. And you wound up just 254 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: using your backpack all the time pretty much. So we go, 255 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: we take her to the mall and we're on a mission. 256 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna get a backpack, we're gonna find her shoes. 257 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: We get to the mall. She's looking for some maybe 258 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: some converts, something cool that you know, she can use 259 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: every day, because her mom already found the pe shoes, 260 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: so now we're looking for the everyday shoes. So we 261 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: go into the first shop and because of the workforce issues, 262 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: there's one guy working and about five or six kids 263 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: sitting around waiting for shoes to try on. Finally guy 264 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: brings out the shoes. They don't fit. We go to 265 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: the next door. The shoes are tore up. At the 266 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: next door, they don't even have shoes on the shelf. 267 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: This this is gonna suck. Third stop, we go to 268 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: journeys and they actually had a pair of shoes she liked, 269 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: and girl brings out a pair that fitter and we're like, man, 270 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: we won the lotto right now? Yeah, I guess I 271 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: got some money. Here. She points up to a little 272 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: sign and she was like, you can get five dollars 273 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: off if you text that code right there. Okay, five 274 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: dollars off. That's you know something. It's not a lot, 275 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: but it's something. I won't even buy a fast food 276 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: meal these days, but it's better than nothing. You know 277 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: that feeling where a kid is trying to help you 278 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: with your cell phone like you're a senior citizen. That's 279 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: what it felt like, because none of us could get 280 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: the stupid code to work on our phone. No, it's 281 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: got to be capitalized. Do you need help? Do you 282 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: need help? Sir? Can I see your phone? I'll help you. 283 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: Finally we get the stupid code for five dollars. We 284 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: literally wasted minutes of our life trying to get this 285 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: five dollar off code. It was to the point where 286 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: my Tenderoni was just frustrated and she's like, the five dollars, 287 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: so just let me pay. Those are her words in 288 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: front of all the little girls working in the store. 289 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: We actually did get the five dollars off and were 290 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: kind of laugh about it. As we leave the store, 291 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: We're like, that was a nightmare, But we know that 292 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: down at the other end of the mall, Ben, there's 293 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: one of those robot machines that you've been talking about 294 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 1: on the podcast. Remember when you read that story about 295 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: how they think those machines are the self serve machines 296 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: are going to replace fast food? Yes, yes, yes, yes, 297 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: I do recall that in this mall there are no 298 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: more ice cream shops, no more frozen yogurt shops. Instead, 299 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 1: they have those machines. I don't know if I like that. 300 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: It's it's kind of like you've seen this maybe inside 301 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 1: movie theaters, where they'll have the pink berry machine and 302 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: you could get a serving of it for five bucks. Well, 303 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: let's go down there and get some pinkberry. Now, if 304 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: you don't know what pink berry yogurt is, take a 305 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: visit to California and get some pink berry. I don't 306 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: know what they mix into that yogurt. Ben. It is 307 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: equivalent to crack. It is so so freaking delay. Pinkberry 308 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: places used to be everywhere. Yeah, not as add not 309 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: as many of them as their work, but there's still 310 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: a fair amount in there's a few left in southern California. 311 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: And I don't know why they closed the way they did, 312 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: because that place is freaking delicious. So we walk all 313 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: the way down to the other end of the mall 314 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: on a mission to get some of this pinkberry. So 315 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: we get to the machine. My Tenderoni takes out her 316 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: card and swipes it. It looks like it took the card. 317 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: All rubbing our hands like yeah, here it comes the 318 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: first frozen yogurt cup. Yeah. No, no parts inside the 319 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: machine are moving. What is going on? It was a 320 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: brand new machine, like shiny. There's no sign on it 321 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: anywhere saying it doesn't. So I'm like, well, hang on, 322 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: let me use my card. Take out my Dodgers debit 323 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: card and I swiped that and it says it's processing, 324 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: and we're all like doing many claps, like yeah, it 325 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: took the Dodgers card to work. Then it says transaction canceled. 326 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: What it's like, damn it. She takes out another credit card, 327 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,959 Speaker 1: same thing. I take out a credit card. We're on 328 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: our fourth card now because we want this frozen yogurt 329 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: so bad. It just shows an X on the screen. 330 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: Transaction canceled on the screen. It says you can put 331 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: an exact change in a five dollar bill. So my 332 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: Tenderroni says, all right, I'm gonna go to Missfield's Cookies 333 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: right there. I'll get one little cookie for my daughter. 334 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: I'll get the change. We'll put a five dollar bill in. 335 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: That's gonna work for sure. So she stands in the 336 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: stupid line overpace for this tiny cookie, comes back with 337 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: a five dollar bill and she says, this better fucking work, 338 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: and she puts the five dollars in and then has 339 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: a look of horror on her face because the machine 340 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: just straight up stole the five dollar bill and boom 341 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 1: goes a dynamite. Now we're piste. She's like, let's go 342 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: right now, or I'm gonna get arrested for kicking and 343 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: hitting and tipping this machine over. We're kind of mumbling 344 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: and grumbling as we walk all the way to the 345 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: parking lot. We get to the car, and she was like, 346 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: you know what, why don't we just drive to yogurt Land? 347 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: And I looked at her and I was like, oh, 348 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: I just got an email from them yesterday. They sent 349 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: me a five dollar off coupon another five and we 350 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: just kind of looked at each other laughing and we're like, no, funk, 351 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: five dollars, let's go home. And that's what we did. 352 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: The story of our life that night was five dollars 353 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: and we did. We just went home and we had 354 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: popsicles out of the freezer. Oh man, well, you save 355 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 1: some money on that one. But the ice cream, I'm 356 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 1: a little disappointed. I've not been to the mall very often, 357 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: but they don't have the actual ice cream shop. They 358 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 1: just have the machine. It's just two machines at the 359 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: end of the mall, one regular ice cream, one pinkberry 360 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: frozen yogurt. And we took a photo of the number 361 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 1: and the email on the side of the machine was 362 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: gonna ask you that if you contacted to get your 363 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: money back. We called the number twice now and it's 364 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: a recording a robot voice saying that they're closed. Nice. 365 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,959 Speaker 1: You could kiss that five dollars goodbye. You know, somebody 366 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: owns that machine and it's that that's there their gig 367 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: little side hustle, like those those A T M machines. 368 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: You know the hustle on that those are privately owned 369 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: and then people have to keep up the money and 370 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: it's a big, big to do. Wow. All right, well 371 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: did you go to the mall and try to get 372 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: some ice creams from yogurt and then look what happens? 373 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: At least we saved that five dollars at journeys very important. 374 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: All right, I want to go back I met you. 375 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: I saw The Lion King, a great off Broadway production 376 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: of nine, ten, eleven, twelve year olds and a few 377 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 1: high school kids. But after that, Danny, we attempted for 378 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 1: a late night on the town and so we hit 379 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: all old town Pasadena. Now I don't usually eat late anymore. 380 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: I'm old, I guess, and I noticed that I eat 381 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: in the middle of the day and it's just better 382 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: for me. If eat after a certain time, it doesn't 383 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: go well. But once a week occasionally rare and appropriate. 384 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: I was really rare and appropriate. You can do it. 385 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: So we were like, hey, about was our one night 386 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: a week together because my wife had working on Friday. 387 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: So we're like, we're gonna go to Pasadena hang out 388 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: old stomping grounds and all that. There was a soccer 389 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: friendly going on I think of the Rose Bowls. So 390 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: there were a lot of soccer fans walking around in 391 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: Pasadena is a mad house. And we found parking just 392 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: a Jason to Colorado Boulevard where the Rose Parade goes 393 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: down and all that. And we knew there were a 394 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: bunch of restaurants that had good late night food, and 395 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: there was one that we were jones at for Burger 396 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: place in Pasadena and so what a Debacco Danny this 397 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: turned out. So we went to this place called Slater's 398 00:22:55,640 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: fifty fifty. Oh yeah, it's a good place. So we 399 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: looked online and they said this the show that the 400 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: kids show ended like nine, nine thirty. By the time 401 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: we made it to Pasadena, it was a little after ten, 402 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: but they said online that they were open till eleven. 403 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 1: So we went in there to get our cheeseburgers and 404 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: our fries and all that, and we showed up well 405 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: after ten pm. We stroll in and immediately we were 406 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:27,199 Speaker 1: greeted by a gentleman who says, welcome. The kitchen is closed, 407 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: only the bar is open. Ah, that's the work. We're like, 408 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: m effort. You're open to eleven, shouldn't the kitchen be 409 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: open to eleven? Is that that hard to ask? Am 410 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: I being unreasonable? Maybe I am being unreasonable? So only 411 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: the bar was open. We weren't looking to drink, we 412 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: were looking to have some food. And so we walked 413 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: around Pasadena and we found several other locations that were 414 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: also supposedly open that we're not, and we there was 415 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: like the cheesecake factory over there, but there was a 416 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: long wait for that. Were like no, So we walked around. 417 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: We end up walking around for like an hour. So 418 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 1: now it's like eleven. A little after eleven, we finally 419 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: tossed in the sponge and we say, okay, we gotta 420 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: go old reliable, and we went over to Hollywood just 421 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: south of Hollywood Highland and Fat Sous from its Fat 422 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: Sous the Hollywood just just south of there, right near 423 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: a little south of the Hollywood Bowl and Hollywood and 424 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: Highland and all that, and so now this place never disappoints. 425 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: There was actually a long line, but they have big 426 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: sandwiches and filling food and you shouldn't eating that late, 427 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: but we're inappropriate, and so then we headed back to 428 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: the north Woods, had a long drive. Wait what did 429 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: you eat at fat So we I ate the cheese, steak, fries, 430 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: and then we split the sandwich, me and my wife 431 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: because I didn't want to eat too much, so I 432 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 1: split all those sandwiches are huge, Yeah, they're massive. Back 433 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: in the old days, Danny, I could have polished off 434 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: one by myself, no problem, and fries and all that. 435 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: But I used to watch you do that across the glass. 436 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: I don't want to be a hawser anymore. So. Anyway, 437 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: so we're heading back and we got a long drive, 438 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden we decided to go off 439 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: the Beaten Path. Off the Beaten Path, a notorious piece 440 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: of Los Angeles. And this is by this time. It's 441 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: probably one thirty in the morning. By this time, maybe 442 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: two in the morning. Uh, and maybe I don't know. 443 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: I didn't write down the time, but it was late 444 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: and we ended up going joy riding. And if you're 445 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: not in l A, you probably have no idea what 446 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: this is. But Danny, I bet you know what this is. 447 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: The sixth Street Bridge. Have you heard about that. Yeah, 448 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: this bridge just opened up a couple of weeks earlier. 449 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: Been in the news a lot here, Yeah, exactly. So. 450 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: It took six years to build and it is a 451 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: beautiful piece of art. Uh. And it's obviously bridge. But 452 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: since this replaced this old nineteen thirties vintage bridge that 453 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: they took down and they put this thing up and 454 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: immediately this being l a hoodlums have been running wild 455 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: on this bridge. It's been all over the news. The 456 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: police don't know what to do. They've been sending battalions 457 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: in there push the crowd out. Yeah, the bridge has 458 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 1: closed multiple times. There have been according to just what 459 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: I looked. I looked up on the internet. I was like, 460 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: what's I remember hearing about it on the news and 461 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: it looked beautiful. I've driven by it a few times 462 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: going into the Mothership. It's right off the one on 463 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: one freeway in l A uh and the connecting to 464 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: the five. And so in the two weeks the thing's 465 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: been open, there have been people graffiti ing it, of course, 466 00:26:54,359 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 1: street art, doing donuts on their cars, rag racing, getting haircuts, 467 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: rutting up the incline. Yes, people have climbed for TikTok 468 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: or Instagram whatever it is. They've climbed up the side 469 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 1: of the bridge. Dumb asses, and so it's so bad 470 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,479 Speaker 1: they're talking about putting like uh, what do you call 471 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: to break up the stop people from speeding on it? Uh? Oh, yeah, 472 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: I know what you're talking about, putting up barriers on there. 473 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: So I was the guy, what the hell? I thought? 474 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: You know, why not? I've heard about it. It looks 475 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: beautiful from Afar and I went down it and got 476 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: off the one on one connector at the seventh Street 477 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: off ramp, went back and took a joy ride down 478 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: the beautiful bridge. They did a great job. It's a 479 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: shame people are are goofing it up. Hopefully people will 480 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: calm down, but that bridge is gonna be a ton 481 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: of movies. Yeah. Now, why do you think it's been 482 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: like this since it opened? It's just like a new toy. 483 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: That's a good question. Like I just people it's new, 484 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: and the people have been seeing this thing being built 485 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: for years and they want to be part of it. 486 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: If you live in that area, there's a lot of 487 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,959 Speaker 1: people that live there on top of each other. It's 488 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 1: a very congested area of l A and so it's 489 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: like part of it's actually neighborhood pride. But you gotta, 490 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: as we say in football, Danny, you gotta act like 491 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 1: you've been there before, right, You can't. Yeah, it's not 492 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: your first bridge. Yes, I calm down, man, what are 493 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: you doing? Thank's wrong with you? Anyway, that was my 494 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,679 Speaker 1: joy writing experience. I don't know that I'll ever go 495 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: on the bridge again. I'd like to at some point, 496 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: but I can't guarantee I will ever end up doing that. 497 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: But it was neat to see. As far as the backscratcher, 498 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: you scratch our back, we scratchers, I I say we. 499 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: We will tip the microphone to people that take the 500 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: time out. I have gotten more email from people that 501 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: say they can't figure out how to post a review 502 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: then people that have actually reviewed the podcast. So I 503 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: I don't know how we can explain it, Danny, do 504 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: you know how we could explain it to make it 505 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: easy for the simpleton to find the page that they 506 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: need to go to and what they need to click 507 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: on on the page, because I've had people say, hey, 508 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: I got to the page, but I don't see where 509 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: to click. And the best way I can explain it 510 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: click on the link that's in the description of this 511 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: very podcast. When you click on that link that says 512 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: to leave your review, then just page down, page down, 513 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: and you'll see where the Apple podcast review goes okay, 514 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: so yeah, and it's a pain in the asset and 515 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: I get it, But that does help out the podcast. 516 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: If you want more podcasts, I don't know how many 517 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: more we can do. I don't how many more I 518 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: can do, but there's always room to expand. And if 519 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: the reviews go well and the company's happy and all, 520 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: that will put more product out there. Uh for sure, 521 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: So we we can absolutely do that. But go to 522 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: the Apple podcast page. This week on backscratcher, do we 523 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: have see here? Do we have three to one or none? 524 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say that is a winner. Congratulations n G. 525 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 1: You the big winner. You won an opportunity for me 526 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: to read the review back. How about you're chasing five 527 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: dollars like you know, five bucks. It's on a string. 528 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: So Mark and Minneapolis writes in He says, excellent podcast. 529 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: Ben and Danny g have great chemistry. Well, Mark, you 530 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: know how I feel about chemistry. Uh, it's it's a 531 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: science thing. But anyway, I love the stories about life experiences, 532 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 1: kind of like the Seinfeld bit. A show about nothing exactly. 533 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. Mark, especially you would agree Danny. 534 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: The Saturday podcast is the ultimate show about nothing. It 535 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: is just a couple of radio people telling stories about 536 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: the mundane parts of life. He says. It's a regular 537 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: part of my weekend. Mark says, I have listened to 538 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: talk radio for forty years, all kinds of topics. He says, 539 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: keep up the great work. Well, that's very kind of you. Mark, 540 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: as a connoisseur of the spoken word format of radio, 541 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: or as radio people now in management say, Danny audio 542 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: audio they don't like. They don't the d The word 543 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: radio is taboo. Now it's you can't say it. I 544 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,479 Speaker 1: love the word radio. I'm old school Danny. I love 545 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: the word radio. I do. Oh. I forgot to mention 546 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: to you, Ben my Dodgers debit card. I checked my 547 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: account when I got home, and they charged me five dollars. 548 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: No way. Yeah, so they stole her five dollar bill 549 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: and they charged my Dodger card five dollars. So they 550 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: got ten bucks out of you, and you didn't get 551 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 1: any product. No, I got no frozen you. I forgot 552 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: to mention that party. Hey, you call them up and 553 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: they don't answer own answer. What a hustle. I'm gonna 554 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 1: go in there with a chisel and a hammer now, 555 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: The next move would be to contact the people that 556 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: own the mall and say, hey, oh yeah, I got 557 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 1: a problem here. I'm sure they'll answer their phone. Well, 558 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 1: they probably are. Well, I bet they would because they're 559 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: owned by a big real estate conglomerate or whatever. Right, probably, 560 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: so they probably would. Yeah that's not right, man on 561 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: a bunch of thieves. That's ten bucks and you got 562 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: uh well, no calories in the ice cream, though there 563 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: is that day a good point. It was a good diet. Yeah, 564 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: you got to experience what it would have been like 565 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: to get get that uh you know, ice cream, but 566 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: you didn't actually have it. Uh, So I think we'll 567 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: get out on that. Yes, anything else to promote? What 568 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: do we got going on here? It's a Saturday, Saturday, Saturday? 569 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: What do we have today? Saturday? So I'm gonna be 570 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: driving my tender Ronis car into Sherman Oaks for the 571 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: Hartman and Short Show and then through that. Of course 572 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 1: it is Brian no With from salam Oh. Speaking of that. 573 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: We we actually have something in common, Danny. Before I 574 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: forgot about this, the deja vu, the mallarmobile, My wife 575 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: was on our way to the dentist. Everything starts flashing, 576 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 1: pulsating again. Dejah. Yeah, car had to be towed off 577 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: the freeway, back in the shop, so we're down to 578 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: one car. So we both common both the same families, 579 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 1: both have one car in the shop. What a nightmare? 580 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 1: What apendon? Anyway, I have a great rest of your 581 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: day today, and don't forget the mail Bag podcast. At 582 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: least gas went down by twenty cents. Oh yeah, that'll 583 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: that'll save us. That'll save us. Talk to you next time. 584 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: Have a great day, Austa, Basta, got a murder, Gotta go.