1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Kabbooms. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: of the old republic, a sol fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Wow. 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Mallard starts right now. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 3: In the air everywhere, The Fifth Hour with me, Ben 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 3: Malor and Danny g Radio and a happy Friday to you, 12 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 3: the last Friday before we have football NFL football, which 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 3: comes next week. It is the thirtieth day of August, 14 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 3: and we are glad that you have tuned in. Now 15 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 3: Danny is away, he's on assignment today. He'll be back 16 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 3: hopefully for Saturday and Sunday, so we'll be able to 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 3: break it down. But today this podcast of the Fifth 18 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 3: Hour a special edition, a behind the scenes passed to 19 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 3: the collaborative efforts to bring Benny versus the Penny. 20 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: Back to life. 21 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 3: We will get to that, but I did want to 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: mention today a very important day. Now, why is today 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 3: an important day? It is Warren Buffett's birthday, well, it 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 3: is actually Warren Buff's birthday, but that's not why today 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: is an important day. How about Warren Buffett, though ninety 26 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 3: four years old today, was born in nineteen thirty and 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 3: he's one of the ten richest people in the entire planet, 28 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 3: not just the United States, the entire planet. The Oracle 29 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 3: of Omaha, God bless him, Warren Buffett, who has lived 30 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 3: the life. And hey, if you have that kind of money, 31 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 3: you want to keep living as long as you can. Anyway, 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: But the guy had nothing when he started and became 33 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 3: a millionaire. Started in nineteen fifty one, became a millionaire 34 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 3: by the early sixties. 35 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: And think about that. That's nuts. 36 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: Some of the other dopey days I know Blind Scott 37 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 3: loves when we do this. It's National Beach Day today. 38 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 3: This being the holiday weekend as we lead in to 39 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 3: the Labor Day weekend. People always confuse Labor Day and 40 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 3: Memorial Day. But it is National Beach Day today, so 41 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 3: celebrate appropriately. A sign National Beach Day. That probably should 42 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 3: get out to the beach because the weathers is about 43 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 3: to turn in most places. In most places it's about 44 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 3: to turn. That holiday not that all, that's one of those 45 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 3: fugazi made up holidays that's. 46 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: Not that old, that hadn't been around that long. 47 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 3: But there are some legitimate holidays which I think we 48 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 3: need to celebrate. For example, it's Slinky Day. Today is 49 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: the seventy ninth anniversary of the slinky. Now, as a 50 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,279 Speaker 3: product of a world that did not have the Interweb 51 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 3: and had these archaic video games, I was a slinky guy. 52 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: I was had I had the slinky, and I did 53 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 3: like every other kid in the neighborhood. 54 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: We took the slinky. 55 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 3: We went to some stairs and we put it on 56 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 3: the top of the stairs and saw if we could 57 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 3: get the thing to go down the stairs. But it 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 3: is a toy Hall of fame, legend of not quite 59 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 3: the Bambino of toys, I would say, but it's it's. 60 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: Done pretty well. It's done pretty well. The slinky. 61 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 3: I don't know now, like is anyone using the slinky. 62 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 3: It was made by somebody named Richard James, a Navy 63 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 3: mechanical engine. By the way, this does count alf as 64 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: the fun fact, maybe the first of many fun facts 65 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 3: on this Friday edition of the Fifth Hour. But this 66 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 3: guy named Richard James, as I understand, he was a 67 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 3: Navy mechanical engineer and he was on assignment for the 68 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 3: for the military, and he discovered the slinky by knocking 69 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 3: a spring off a shelf by accident, and he had 70 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 3: this epiphany. He watched as the spring ended up making 71 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 3: all these arcs and movements and all this stuff, and 72 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 3: he's like. 73 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: WHOA, we got something here. 74 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 3: And then for about a year, this guy, Richard James 75 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 3: from the Navy started futting around, messing around and doing 76 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 3: all kinds of things, and he played around with all 77 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 3: kinds of wire and then he discovered the perfect spring 78 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 3: that could walk. And now the interesting thing, I don't 79 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: know if it's interesting to you, but I thought it 80 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 3: was interesting. Is this this cat James. When he first 81 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 3: came up with what became the slinky, he had trouble 82 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 3: actually selling it to toy stores. And then what was 83 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 3: the turning point was in the nineteen fourths, nineteen forty five, 84 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: he had permission to go to a show that he 85 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 3: could demonstrate the toy, right and nineteen forty five theres 86 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: is like big toy convention, and he shut it off 87 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 3: and that it just took off and it was a 88 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 3: huge seller. 89 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: And now I. 90 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 3: Don't really know, it's like this, the slinkies in that 91 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 3: class with the etcha sketch. You feel me on that. 92 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 3: But it is a Toy Hall of Fame or the 93 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: slinky was recognized by the National Toy Hall of Fame 94 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 3: in Rochester, New York, because when you think of toys, 95 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 3: you definitely think of Rochester, New York. But it was 96 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: shown at the US Toy Fair for the first time 97 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 3: in nineteen forty six, and all these years later, still 98 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 3: available going to any toy store, not that there's many 99 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 3: toy stores left, but you go to like Walmart or 100 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: one of the big box stores in the toy asle 101 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 3: and you can find yourself a slinky. All right, So 102 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: enough of that, let's get to the meat of the 103 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 3: matter here, the behind the scenes pass. I am so excited. 104 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 3: I hope you can join me on this journey. You 105 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 3: were with us last year. If you're listening to the podcast, 106 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 3: I think you're a higher level in the mouth of militia. 107 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 3: This is not for everybody. We do very well. 108 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,679 Speaker 1: This podcast does very well. 109 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 3: We have a good audience, but we don't have as 110 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 3: many people that listen to this as do the live 111 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 3: radio show. And there's reasons for that. You know, some 112 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 3: of our audience has no idea what podcasting is, right, 113 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 3: they can't get bogged down by a podcast. So if 114 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 3: you're listening to this, your next level. So the TV 115 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 3: shows back behind the scenes kind of let you know 116 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: how this all worked. This past week we had the 117 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 3: lot Lizard, but not that kind of Lot Lizard demo 118 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: day and the real deal. Plus we're going to toss 119 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 3: in as an added bonus for a limited time only, 120 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: we are going to toss in the always popular Potato Gedding, 121 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 3: not Armageddon Potato Geddon. But we'll begin with this. So, 122 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 3: now that the TV show had been given the green 123 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 3: light we talked about in a previous episode, we had 124 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 3: Looney on last week and we had to go back 125 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 3: to Boston and film a bunch of stuff and meet 126 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 3: with the producers and the directors and all the behind 127 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: the scenes people that make TV magic, all the many 128 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: people that had their hands on Benny versus the many. 129 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 3: So we went back and did that in Boston, had 130 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 3: a great time, got to go to BoA's Bakery on 131 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 3: the North End and just enjoyed the heck out of it. 132 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 3: Saw Arnie Spanier drove up to Vermont for a day 133 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: saw Arnie Spanier. 134 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun. 135 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: But now that the TV show's back, we had to 136 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 3: go and get security clearance. You can't just show up 137 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: on the Universe a lot. In fact, we told the 138 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 3: story last year, if you remember, my wife wanted to 139 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 3: come with me to see one of the episodes being 140 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: filmed at Universal and they will not allow anyone on 141 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 3: the lot unless you have security clearance. 142 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: They won't do it, which I kind of get. 143 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 3: Right, there's people that want to do bad things and 144 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 3: all that, and you've got a ton of security and okay, 145 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 3: good to go, right, So the security pass needed to 146 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 3: be updated. The last show we did was Super Bowl 147 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 3: Week back in February, and that was I Believe in Vegas. Well, 148 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 3: we did the show from LA and then I went 149 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 3: to Vegas for the Super Bowl. But the pass, the 150 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 3: way it works, you have ninety days to go without 151 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 3: using the past. After ninety days it gets deactivated with 152 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 3: no use and then you have to reactivate it. 153 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: So I needed to get that taken care of. 154 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 3: So I went to the Universal lot the day before 155 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 3: we were supposed to do some work on the show. 156 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 3: I needed my Golden ticket and I gotta tell you, 157 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 3: it's much different than the radio world. 158 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: Now. 159 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 3: I love radio, and I'll do radio as long as 160 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 3: radio have me, and I'll do podcasting. I love podcasting. 161 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 3: But the difference between television and radio is night and 162 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 3: day and how you are treated. Now, I've been in 163 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 3: radio a long time. I've had issues from time to time, 164 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 3: and normally it's, hey, figure it out yourself. You know, 165 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 3: we're not gonna help you, right, most of that. Now, 166 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 3: occasionally though, people will help you. It's not all the time, 167 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 3: but it seems more times than not. It's a very 168 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 3: combative approach to helping your fellow employee. But in the 169 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 3: television world, and again, I'm more of a radio guy 170 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 3: than a TV guy, I don't know how the long 171 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 3: this TV show is gonna last. I'm shocked that they 172 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 3: brought back season two. I'm happy, but I'm surprised. I 173 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 3: just figured it would last one year and it would 174 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 3: go away and that would be that. However, as I've 175 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 3: lived this experience, which is still relatively new to me 176 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 3: and fantastic, right, it's just exceptional that this is happening. 177 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 3: So I've gotten a bit of a masterclass on the 178 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 3: difference between radio and TV. 179 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: And again I've done a little bit of TV. 180 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 3: I did some stuff at the NBC Sports Network back 181 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:01,839 Speaker 3: in Stanford, Connecticut, probably about twelve years ago, eleven twelve 182 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 3: years ago, maybe even longer than that. Time has gone by, 183 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 3: So I needed my pass updated get to the point please. 184 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: Okay. So fine. 185 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 3: So the person involved in the studio that we use 186 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 3: at Universal, he's like, hey, listen, I'm going to take 187 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 3: care of this. You got to show up, Ben you 188 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 3: do this, Looney, you do this, and no problem. So 189 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: I show up the day before. I'm so paranoid. I'm 190 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 3: not going to be able to get on a lot. 191 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,599 Speaker 3: He's like, go to the security office or go to 192 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 3: security guard shack. 193 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: Talk to this person, do X, Y and Z. You'll 194 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: be good to go. So I'm like, okay, fine, I'm 195 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 1: going to do that and I'll be good to go. 196 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 3: So I show up, they scan my pass and for 197 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 3: some reason, it's not quite working. It's not working the 198 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 3: way it's supposed to work. So I'm like, well, this 199 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 3: is not good. 200 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: This is not good. 201 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 3: So I let the proper powers that be no, and 202 00:10:55,520 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 3: they immediately circle the wagons. Right, they should give a 203 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 3: workshop on how to handle an issue like this is 204 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 3: a small issue, right, but they identified the problem like okay, 205 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 3: So we ended up going to the main security office 206 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 3: at Universal Studios, and people could not have been nicer, 207 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 3: could not have been I ended up going with Looney 208 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 3: because he had to get his stuff taken care of 209 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 3: and boom in and out five minutes. 210 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: Here's your parking, here's your pass. 211 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 3: You're good to go. All right, So that was good. 212 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 3: So I was on the lot. I wasn't a lot lizard, 213 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 3: but I was on the lot. So I was kind 214 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,079 Speaker 3: of like a lizard on the lot, but not the 215 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 3: lot lizard. If you're a truck driver, you know what 216 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 3: I mean. If not, google it. So then the following day, 217 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 3: to advance the story, it's demo day. Now, demo day 218 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 3: is not where you go and destroy stuff. It is 219 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 3: if you're doing home repairs and whatnot. In fact, we 220 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 3: used to have a demo guy. We had several back 221 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 3: in the day. If you've been with the show all time, 222 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 3: people that work in demo that would call us up 223 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 3: on their way to destroy stuff, to take down a kitchen, 224 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 3: a bathroom or whatever and just go in there with 225 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 3: rage and a hammer and a chainsaw and go Rambo 226 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 3: and just knock yourself out. So we've had those guys, 227 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 3: but this, this kind of demo day was hey, back 228 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 3: in the saddle again. 229 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: I'd gotten my. 230 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,959 Speaker 3: Security pass, so I felt like I was the king 231 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 3: of the world. I felt like, you know, this is 232 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 3: this is great. 233 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 1: Uh. 234 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 3: And then I'm back on the Universal lot, but this 235 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 3: time we're doing the TV show, but it's the demo 236 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 3: version of the TV show. Now there's two different worlds 237 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 3: at Universal. There's the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour, which has 238 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 3: the Jurassic Park ride and all these other things. It's 239 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 3: it's pretty wild. It's pretty wild, and it's it's a 240 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: cool amusement park. They have a bunch of new attractions 241 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 3: and whatnot, and so so that's neat. But this is 242 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 3: this is where they actually make the entertainment, right. This 243 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 3: is the back lot, which has been around since nineteen twelve. 244 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 1: And I might have talked about this last year. I 245 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: don't remember, but just about. 246 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 3: Every iconic film or TV show has spent time on 247 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 3: the lot. You're going back old school, early Hollywood. Many 248 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 3: of the early Hollywood films which are still remade or 249 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 3: still talked about and quoted. There was a famous entertainment show, 250 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 3: The Jack Benny. 251 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 1: Show, which was there. 252 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 3: But some of the early movies that were filmed at 253 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 3: Universal on that lot. Frankenstein, the Original Frankenstein, The Bride 254 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 3: of Frankenstein, Dracula die Hard, not Diehard one, but Diehard two. 255 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 3: Spartacus was filmed there. The Creature from the Black Lagoon. 256 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 3: Who I actually watched that about a year ago. My 257 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: wife's for some reasons, let's watch the Creature from the 258 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 3: Black Lagoon. 259 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: So we put it on and I was like, boy, 260 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: this is really I mean, this is not good. 261 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: I mean this is I know, we people quote that 262 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 3: movie and stuff, but man, anyway, they filmed it Universal. 263 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: The Incredible Shrinking Woman was filmed there. 264 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 3: They here's one for you, you boys from the seventies 265 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: and the eighties. The Best Little Whorehouse filmed the Universal 266 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 3: Scarface say Hello to my little Friend. Back to the Future. 267 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 3: But wait, there's more parts of Jurassic Parker film there. 268 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 3: Psycho Batman returns, Meet the Fokers, Abbot and Costello. Abbot 269 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 3: and Costello meet Frankenstein. They filmed that there. Leave It 270 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 3: to Beaver, which is an iconic show, and this is 271 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 3: the real deal. So Demo Day is rather obvious. You 272 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 3: go in there and it is a dry run because 273 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 3: you don't want to screw everything up. You don't you 274 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 3: want to get everything right. So demo day, you go 275 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 3: in there. You're not actually doing the show. You're not 276 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 3: doing the show. You're just going and you're you're. 277 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: Doing the dry run. 278 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 3: You're making sure the camera people know what they're doing, 279 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 3: the producers know what they're doing, You know what you're doing, 280 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 3: and you're doing your thing. It's it's practice. It's a rehearsal, right, 281 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 3: research and development, and so you're experimenting. As Alan Iverson 282 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 3: would say back, and then we talked about practice, not 283 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 3: a game. 284 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: Not a game. 285 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 3: We in here, we're talking about practice, but you want 286 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 3: those habits and it's like, is it muscle memory? 287 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: Are you going to be back? And the same way. 288 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 3: And television was new to me for a weekly TV show, 289 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 3: but in combat parlance, it would be like, hey, they 290 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 3: use blanks in practice, but in the show it's live 291 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 3: on tape and all that stuff, and so everything's got 292 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 3: to be timed out to the second. 293 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: So so fun. 294 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 3: So we we went in there, we did the rehearsal 295 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 3: and it actually went pretty well. The run through that 296 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 3: shoot was pretty well done. We really jumped right back 297 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 3: in It's on the ground and hit the ground running 298 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 3: and all that stuff. I don't know the cliches I 299 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 3: can throw in there, but that was good. So the 300 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 3: screen test, if you will, was a bit of a bonanza, right, 301 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 3: It was good. We felt good about ourselves. We're like, okay, 302 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 3: we got this, but that wasn't the show. We didn't 303 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 3: record that. That wasn't the show. And we had to 304 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 3: get to the real deal. And that was a couple 305 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 3: days later, which was yesterday today being Friday, so we 306 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 3: went into Universal again. So this is the third time, 307 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 3: third day this week. I was at Universal. 308 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: And when I'm there, let me tell you something. 309 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna lie just between us. It's like that 310 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 3: I have that imposter syndrome, like I. 311 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: Don't really belong here, and like what am I doing. 312 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 3: I haven't quite assimilated to the movie studio and everything there. 313 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 3: It's just so much going on. It's like censory overload. 314 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 3: It's really cool. It's a culture shock. I'm used to 315 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 3: doing radio overnight. You go into a dark studio, you 316 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 3: do your thing and all this stuff. So I'm really 317 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 3: a fish out of water. A fish out of water. 318 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: If you wel. 319 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 3: But fine, so we go in to do the show 320 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 3: and we're all excited, we're fired up. However, the logistics 321 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 3: on this, because of the way the show needs to 322 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 3: be done and my schedule doing overnight sports talk radio, 323 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 3: it is any. 324 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: Really long day. 325 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 3: No, I'm not complaining. I don't want you to think 326 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 3: of this as a complaint. I'm just merely pointing out 327 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 3: that the schedule. While I'm not having roads in the 328 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 3: summertime when it's ninety five degrees in human I'm not 329 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 3: doing that. I'm not doing heavy construction. I'm not driving 330 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 3: a truck. I'm not doing stuff at a warehouse. I'm 331 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 3: not driving a forklift. I'm not picking a bunch of 332 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 3: stuff up, and I'm doing in that stuff. But from 333 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 3: a mental standpoint, you do get a worn out. 334 00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: You do get worn out. 335 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 3: I had to go and I live kind of far 336 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 3: from the universe a lot, and so you got to 337 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 3: drive from the north Woods into the Universe a lot 338 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 3: and I did that three days. But then doing the 339 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 3: overnight show, and because of the show being produced out 340 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 3: of Boston, and you got to get it done by 341 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 3: a certain hour because then they have to edit it 342 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 3: and then it has to go to I don't even 343 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 3: think they use satellite to themore. I think everything's used 344 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 3: on the internet. Everyone's sending crap around on the internet. 345 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 3: But you got to get it done by a certain 346 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 3: hour so they have time to get it out to 347 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 3: the powers that be and they can approve it and 348 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 3: sign off on it, you know, all that stuff. So 349 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 3: it makes for a day where I ended up getting 350 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 3: two hours of sleep between the radio show, the driving, 351 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 3: the TV show, going back getting ready for the other 352 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 3: radio show. And it was just a whirlwind, just an 353 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 3: absolute whirlwind. A lot of caffeine. I don't drink coffee, 354 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 3: you know that. That's my michig gos. 355 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:03,360 Speaker 1: I don't drink. 356 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 3: Coffee, but I do take a caffeine supplement. So I'll 357 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 3: take a caffeine supplement and do that. So we're doing 358 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 3: the show, go in all dressed up and fired up 359 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 3: and all that stuff, the real deal. And it's not 360 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 3: as smooth as the demo. I'm not gonna sit here 361 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 3: and say it was, but it was great to be 362 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 3: back with Looney and the finished product. I'm very proud 363 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 3: of it. I hope you'll enjoy it. It's available today. 364 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 3: We're going to be on all over How can you 365 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 3: find Benny Versus the Penny, Well, the first thing you 366 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 3: do is you look at your local TV listings, and 367 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 3: Benny Versus the Penny available on all the NBC. 368 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: Regional cable channels. 369 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 3: So the hub is NBC Sports Boston and we are 370 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 3: in the Friday six pm timeslot, so that's prime. 371 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: We're right after Felger and Maz. 372 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 3: Benny Versus the Penny will be on the tremendously popular 373 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 3: Felger and mass Show, and we will be on after that. 374 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 3: That's our first run, and we'll be on in Philadelphia, 375 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,360 Speaker 3: in the Bay Area, We're gonna be on in LA 376 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 3: that'll be tomorrow, and several other major cities. 377 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: And the difference this year if you missed it. 378 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 3: Last season, a lot of you complained and said, well, 379 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 3: I got rid of cable. 380 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: I don't have that anymore. You know. It's times are tough. 381 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 3: Not that I'm impoverished, but I'm living kind of close 382 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 3: to the poorhouse and I look outside my window and 383 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 3: it's the hard scrabble streets and all that stuff. So 384 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 3: it's like that weird thing where you're not really in 385 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,719 Speaker 3: the Tenderloin district. But you're kind of close to it, 386 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 3: you know, and so you try to cut back financially 387 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,680 Speaker 3: a little bit, and you trim here and pinch there, 388 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 3: and I totally get it. I totally get so if 389 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 3: you don't have cable or satellite and you're in the 390 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 3: streaming world, which. 391 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: Is actually where I am, by the way. 392 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 3: I mean, let's be honest here, my house is a 393 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 3: streaming house completely. I would like to point out I 394 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 3: don't think my wife listens to this podcast that I 395 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 3: would cut down on the number of streaming services that 396 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 3: we have. She disagrees on that's she's a bit addicted 397 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 3: having access. But by the time you end up paying 398 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 3: for all these streaming services, it becomes a paneastic. 399 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: I'm married, my wife wants to dress up. 400 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 3: She today at to the point last year, it was 401 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 3: very difficult to find the show if you didn't have cable. 402 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 3: I had guys emailing me from across the Atlantic Ocean 403 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 3: and the Pacific sit I'm trying to find the show. 404 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: I can't find it. 405 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 4: Blah blah blah blah blah. You know, I gotta go 406 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 4: to like the dark web. Well, that doesn't matter to me. 407 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 4: Because I don't get credit for that. So the powers 408 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 4: that be at NBC, and I really want to thank 409 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 4: They've been wonderful people to work with. I am huge 410 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 4: fans some of the coolest people I've been across my career, 411 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 4: the people that are in charge there, from from Bill 412 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 4: all the way down to John and Vinnie and Kevin. 413 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: I mean, are these are really cool people? 414 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 3: So you know I recommend I said, listen a lot 415 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 3: of my guys listen to my radio show. They said 416 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 3: they don't have cable, then they want to watch the show. 417 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 3: Can we see if we can get on the Peacock 418 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 3: And they made it happen. They pulled some strings and toada. 419 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 3: So this will be our first year. 420 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: This is a national TV show. 421 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 3: Not only are we on the regional cable channels, which 422 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 3: is great and you should watch it on there and 423 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 3: set your device and watch it because that helps us out. 424 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 3: But we don't have to worry about Peel and Potatoes 425 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 3: because we will be on Peacock, I believe today and 426 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 3: I have not We're doing this podcast very early in 427 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 3: the morning, so I have not had a chance to 428 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 3: turn on the Peacock app. And there are a couple 429 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 3: of versions of Peacock. There's I think the free one 430 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 3: and then the one that's a few bucks a month. 431 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 3: And I've been asked, was it on the free one 432 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 3: or do I have to pay for it? And I 433 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: don't know the answer to that. I will know by 434 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 3: the end of the day. I guess I'll know. I 435 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 3: assume I'll be able to futz around and find Benny 436 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 3: Versus the Penny, But that would help us out. I mean, 437 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 3: if I just get every man, woman and child to 438 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 3: listen to this podcast who's listening right now, to then 439 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 3: click on the Peacock app and watch Benny Versus the Penny, 440 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 3: and then if I can get them to get one 441 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 3: other person to do it, my god, that's a massive 442 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 3: amount of people. 443 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: That's a huge base for the TV show. So I 444 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,199 Speaker 1: would really love that and it would mean a lot. 445 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 3: And even if you don't like the TV show you're 446 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 3: not into sports gambling, I get it. 447 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: There are no games this weekend in the NFL anyway, 448 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: there are no games, so you don't have to worry 449 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: about that. But we just goof around. 450 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 3: I pull jokes on Loony Loony makes fun of me, 451 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 3: and it's a half hour and it's like being in 452 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 3: a time warp. The time goes by pretty quick and 453 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 3: all that. So I really do appreciate at the sport. 454 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 3: You guys were great last year, and I do think 455 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 3: talking to some of the people around the show, if 456 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 3: it wasn't for you, I'm talking about you because you're 457 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 3: a podcast listener and you're like a higher level because 458 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 3: you'll go above and beyond like Alf. I think Alf 459 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 3: was forcing his children and his children's friends and like 460 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 3: their neighbors to watch the show. And I'm sure Ferg 461 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 3: Dog had some of his imaginary friends like Brian Finley 462 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 3: and whatnot having to watch the show. But anyway, listen, 463 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 3: thank you, thank. 464 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,959 Speaker 1: You, thank you for that. It does mean a lot. 465 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 3: Now, as far as the Potato Geddon story, I didn't 466 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:39,119 Speaker 3: want to get to this and this is a wild story. 467 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 3: So I love the potato. I am a huge fan 468 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 3: of the potato. But the potato ended up causing me 469 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 3: a great amount of pain, a great amount of agony. 470 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,239 Speaker 3: And one of the reasons is Paul Harve would say, 471 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 3: you're gonna about to get the rest of the story. 472 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: You know what the news is, but you're about to 473 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: get the rest of story. 474 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 3: So I mentioned that it was a really tough day 475 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 3: this week with the taping of the show, and I 476 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 3: didn't get much sleep at all. And in the twenty 477 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 3: four hour period, I did two radio shows a TV 478 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 3: show and I got two hours sleep. Now, the reason, 479 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 3: and this is quite the sob store. It's like a 480 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 3: Greek tragedy, unless it's not. But the main reason that 481 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 3: I had these issues is because of the potato. Now 482 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: you're probably saying, well, Mallow, you're just a loser. You're 483 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 3: probably delirious. What are you talking about? The potato? The 484 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 3: potato cannot do anything. You're just making. 485 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: Crap up, right, you just making stuff up? 486 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,399 Speaker 3: But well, no I'm not. You see, I did the 487 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 3: TV show and then I had to drive back to 488 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 3: the north Woods. So I get in the mallomobile. I 489 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 3: pulled the phone out of my pocket. I then type 490 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 3: in the address I need to go to to get 491 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:55,239 Speaker 3: back to get some sleep. So I'm at that point 492 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 3: on autopilot. I'm still tired. I did the radio show, 493 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 3: I did the TV sh show. It was a full 494 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 3: day and so I'm like, okay, so I just put 495 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 3: it in. I follow the instruction. 496 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: I didn't really look at it. 497 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 3: You ever do that When you turn the the map 498 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,959 Speaker 3: thing on, you just go whatever. I was following the instructions. 499 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 3: So I'm driving and I'm like, well, this is taking 500 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 3: me away I don't normally go. And I noticed it 501 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 3: was bumper a bumper to bumper. And normally the way 502 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 3: the LA traffic patterns work, at least for me when 503 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 3: I'm leaving the TV show, is it's really bad in 504 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 3: patches and then it opens up for a little bit 505 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 3: and then there's a bottleneck. But normally it's not bumper 506 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 3: a bumper to bumper to bumper to bumper the bumper. 507 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: That's normally not how it goes. 508 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 3: So the reason the traffic was so bad was because of. 509 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: The potato. 510 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 3: A big rig loaded with French fries crashed on I 511 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 3: five Interstead five, the freeway in the lowest feeless neighborhood 512 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 3: of Los Angeles. Now, if you don't know that area, 513 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 3: if you're not familiar, and most people listen to this 514 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 3: podcast are not from the LA area, maybe you've never 515 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 3: been to LA. So the southbound lanes, which is where 516 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 3: I needed to go, were blocked by a wall, a 517 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 3: wall that was made up of boxes of fries. Yes, 518 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 3: now the crash happened overnight right on the stadium Way offramp. 519 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 3: That is the off ramp that goes to Dodger Stadium. 520 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 3: So if imagine, if you will, up on the hill, 521 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 3: there's Chavez Ravine, the home of Otani. I used to 522 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 3: be allowed there, but not anymore. They don't want me there. 523 00:27:55,560 --> 00:28:00,679 Speaker 3: So anyway, right right there Dodger Stadium and the cab 524 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 3: of the truck. Somehow this was such a horrific accident. 525 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 3: The cab of the truck had somehow disconnected from the trailer, 526 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 3: and piles of French fry boxes were left all over 527 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 3: the highway and these things were piled up. It was 528 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 3: like the Great Wall of China or the Berlin Wall 529 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 3: had blocked the entire highway. And so in southern California 530 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 3: when this happens, they have this thing called the Ciga alert, 531 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 3: which is actually named after an early la. At KTLA, 532 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 3: they had a traffic guy named Sig and he decided 533 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 3: to make it all about himself, and anytime there was 534 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 3: a bunch of traffic in one area, it would say 535 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 3: a Sig alert. And he's been dead for a while, 536 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 3: but they still used the terminology. So anyway, they closed 537 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 3: the California Highway troll closed it. And even when I 538 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 3: this is hours later, I was still stuck in the 539 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 3: traffic and I saw the clean up and it was wild, 540 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 3: and I was wondering. And I know we have some 541 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: some cops that listen to show any Highway patrol guys, 542 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 3: did anyone get a free box of fries? Because I'm 543 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 3: thinking the first responders. These boxes were everywhere, but some 544 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 3: of them probably were fine, right, some of them were okay, 545 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 3: like the boxes at the very top were okay. And 546 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 3: did you get a free box of delicious fries to put. 547 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: In your your air fryer, your deep frier at home. 548 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: I don't know that is that? 549 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 3: And again, thank you for listening and watching the TV 550 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 3: show Benny Versus the Penny. We get the party started today. 551 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 3: And send me some photos. I love seeing that. I 552 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 3: saw Ferg Dog sent a picture of his recordings. Mister 553 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 3: nice guy in the Bay Area, alf the Alien Opine 554 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 3: or some other guys and gals who are fans of 555 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 3: the show, letting me know that you're recording it and 556 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,959 Speaker 3: also let me know I want to see if you're 557 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 3: watching it on Peacock and boy, we need to do 558 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 3: well on there right. We want to keep the show 559 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 3: on Peacock, so hopefully we'll be doing pretty well on Peacock. 560 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 3: Have a wonderful rest of your Friday. Danny G will 561 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 3: be back with me in the audio dojo for tomorrow's 562 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 3: podcast and also on Sunday with the Mailbag. Have a wonderful, 563 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 3: wonderful rest of your Friday, the last Friday of August, 564 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 3: and we will talk to you next time. Aloha was 565 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 3: he saying, later Skater? Is that what you say, Nanny? Yes, later, 566 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 3: skater got a murder. 567 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 2: I gotta go