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Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes

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Speaker 2: of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He

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Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the

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Speaker 2: The clearing House of Hot takes break free for something special.

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Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in

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Speaker 2: the air.

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Speaker 1: Everyway you have stumbled on to the Fifth Hour with me,

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Speaker 1: Big Ben and Danny g Radio. You hear me during

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Speaker 1: the week on the overnight show. You hear Danny with

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Speaker 1: Covino and Rich during the coveted afternoon drive slot. Is

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Speaker 1: that what you call it, the afternoon drive slot.

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Speaker 3: We actually call it the coveted afternoon drive slot.

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Speaker 1: Yes, the very important coveted however you want to say

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Speaker 1: it there afternoon slot. So Danny's with them during the week,

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Speaker 1: and then we form Voltron here on the weekend. Happy

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Speaker 1: twenty fifth day of August. It is one of the

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Speaker 1: final Sundays without NFL real NFL football.

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Speaker 3: I don't believe it, man, I can't wait.

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Speaker 1: We got to get through today and then next week

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Speaker 1: and then the following week it's on. But more importantly,

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Speaker 1: you do not have to wait, because this Thursday, the

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Speaker 1: maiden voyage of season two of Benny Versus the Penny,

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Speaker 1: the TV show was renewed by NBC in a shocking move,

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Speaker 1: one of the great upsets in the history of television.

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Speaker 1: Season of Benny Versus the Penny It'll begin on Thursday

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Speaker 1: of this week, and we're going national this year. If

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Speaker 1: you missed the Friday podcast with Looney Tunes, Benny Versus

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Speaker 1: the Penny not only on regional cable channels NBC Sports

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Speaker 1: all their regional affiliates, but will also be on Peacock,

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Speaker 1: so you'll have a chance. No excuses to miss Benny

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Speaker 1: Versus the Penny this year. It is available to every man, woman,

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Speaker 1: and child who has access to the Internet. And it's

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Speaker 1: fair to say, nanny, if you can get your hands

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Speaker 1: So excited about that. But the real NFL begins the

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Speaker 1: season actual games a couple of weeks away, and today

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Speaker 1: is also not only the twenty fifth of August, it

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Speaker 1: is national Banana split day. Now, I liked the bananas,

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Speaker 4: Bananas are really filling. So my memory of the few

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Speaker 1: Yeah. My favorite dessert is from the chocolate shop that

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Speaker 1: cookie Sunday, the Giri Delli cookie sound. Yeah, it's just

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Speaker 1: a wonderful dessert. It's the perfect dessert when I celebrate

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Speaker 1: And there's one in Hollywood, obviously, all over the Bay Area,

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Speaker 1: That's right. Fun fact time, though, we got a fun fact.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready for a fun fact? Of course you are,

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Speaker 5: And first it's bang, Thank you very much, Ohioal Steve

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Speaker 5: in Maryland rights and these are actual questions by actual

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Speaker 1: comes from Stephen Maryland, says Danny G and Big Ben.

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Speaker 1: We know this is not a political podcast, however, did

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Speaker 1: I just can't stand blowhearts, and every politician's a blowhards,

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Speaker 4: I didn't watch either politics, not really my jam. I read,

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Speaker 1: fun fact, on your ride to the from Burlington too,

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Speaker 1: so they kicked him off the plane. But yeah, you

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Speaker 4: as normal, but Tuesday and Wednesday we'll be filling in

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Speaker 4: for the great Colin cowherd.

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Speaker 1: Oh, Colin taking us some time off, um, getting that

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Speaker 1: vacation in.

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Speaker 4: Yes, some of our superstars are getting into their last

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Speaker 4: vacation days before the NFL season begins.

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Speaker 1: No days off, no days off once the NFL begins.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, right, people will still take time off. All right.

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Speaker 1: I thank you, Danny. Great weekend, and we'll do it

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Speaker 1: again next weekend. What do you say?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, later, skater gotta murder, I gotta go