1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Kabbooms. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 2: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 2: of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter 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 --> 00:00:18,400 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 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 3: In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 11 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 3: Maler and Danny G Radio who will join us at 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 3: some point over the weekend. Well, my marketing campaign has 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 3: paid off. We have gotten you to show up here 14 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 3: to this edition, a special spicy edition of The Fifth 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 3: Hour as we kick off the weekend. If you're new 16 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 3: here and you heard me blatantly promoting over the top 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: promotion on the Overnight Show, which we just ended a 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 3: few hours ago, thank you, Thank you for being here. 19 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 3: We do this podcast every weekend, myself and Danny G. 20 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 3: Danny normally joins me on Saturday and Sunday and sometimes 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 3: on Friday, but it's just me here as we kick 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 3: off the month of August. So the big reveal we 23 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: are moments away from the big reveal on the edition 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 3: of the Fifth Hour we have this edition, we have 25 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 3: the penny has dropped and the Great key Lime Caper, 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 3: among other things. But we'll focus on that and let's 27 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 3: get the party started. 28 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: Don't waste what are you doing? Bet? You made me 29 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: come to this dumb podcast. I don't want to be 30 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: here all right. Listen. 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: After months of chatter among the mal Or militia, so 32 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 3: many of you have sent me emails. We only have 33 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: read a few of them on this podcast and on 34 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: the radio show. I've gotten heartfelt letters, people that love 35 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: Benny versus the penny. 36 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: There have been social media. 37 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 3: Posts, all of the good vibrations, all of them. Well, today, 38 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 3: today is the day the cat is out of the bag. 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: You have come to the right place. 40 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 3: We have saved this announcement for here on the Fifth 41 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 3: Hour podcast because this news is so important, right, so 42 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 3: crucial that we want the hardcore p ones who are 43 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: the foundation, the salt of the Earth and the Mala 44 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 3: militia to hear it directly from us, not just in 45 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 3: a short radio segment. We have a lot more time 46 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 3: here on the podcast format. 47 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: Now. It also does not hurt. 48 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna lie to artificially boost the downloads on 49 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 3: the Fifth Hour podcast. 50 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: Man, Hey, full transparency, kids. 51 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 3: We got a podcast to do every weekend, and if 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 3: I'm gonna do it, we might as well drive people 53 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: to the podcast. Now, regardless of that, the news is real. 54 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 3: Our long national nightmare is over. The decision has been 55 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 3: made on the future of Benny Versus The Penny on 56 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 3: television in twenty twenty five, after all this time. 57 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: So let's make it some fun, right, let's make it fun. 58 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 3: We'll have multiple choice and I'll give you three options. A, 59 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 3: Option A and B. C picked up season three. We 60 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 3: are back baby later this month here in August, with 61 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 3: a full season all the way through the Super Bowl 62 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 3: in February. We'll have a preview show at the end 63 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 3: of August, the kickoff here in early September, and that 64 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 3: is just going to be amazing. 65 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: Now. 66 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 3: Option B the show was canceled. We were dumped by NBC. 67 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: Option C none of the above, all right, So those 68 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: are the options. 69 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 3: You got it. A. NBC picked up season three. We're 70 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 3: back later this month. B the show was rudely canceled. 71 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 3: CEE none of the above, some other option right, Danny 72 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 3: G can you give me a drum roll, please go, 73 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 3: I need a drum roll, please all right, Reveal answers, 74 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 3: Reveal answers. Now, if you picked option A, you're a dreamer, 75 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 3: a lovely loser. God bless you, because the correct answer 76 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 3: is b. We have been put on waivers designated for assignment. 77 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: Oh oh, NBC will. 78 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 3: Not will not be bringing back Benny Versus the Penny 79 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 3: for season three. You kill that now before you q 80 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 3: the sad trombone and activate an insurgency with the foot 81 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 3: Soldiers and the Mallord Militia. Let me stop you right now. 82 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 3: This is not a sad day. It is not seriously, 83 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 3: and I'm not blowing smoke here. I am Benny Brightside 84 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 3: on this one absolutely now. I found out this news 85 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 3: a little earlier in the week. It was not the 86 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 3: news I was hoping for about getting poll acts from 87 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 3: the TV show. But I've had time to process it, 88 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 3: I've had time to reflect, and I feel nothing but gratitude. 89 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 3: I got yeah to share that with you. Working on 90 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 3: Benny Versus the Penny with John, Kevin, Vinnie, the Ride 91 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: and Die team on that TV show was like breathing 92 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 3: in a breath of fresh air in a very stale 93 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 3: media world. I've heard over hers teamwork makes the dream work, 94 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 3: and these cats were pros, pros, detail freaks, meticulous, obsessed 95 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 3: with producing a quality show. They worked tremendously hard, They 96 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 3: stayed late, they cared. It wasn't just a cheeseball weekend 97 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 3: gambling show. It mattered right, and that was very important. 98 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 3: As you might imagine. You don't need to tell you that, 99 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 3: but you. 100 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: Have to understand how much that meant to me. Right. 101 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 3: Contrast that with much of my radio career as an adult, 102 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 3: where and I love radio, I'm not. I love the business, 103 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 3: but for better or worse, I've often been surrounded by 104 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 3: people that don't have that. I've been a one man band, 105 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 3: surrounded by folks who treat the job like it's the 106 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 3: d and first one out of the building, last one 107 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 3: in the antithesis of what we hear here with NFL 108 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 3: training camps going on, where every quarterback's got to be 109 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 3: the first one in, last one out. Well, and in 110 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 3: my experience working with a lot of people over the 111 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 3: years in radio, many of them have been first one 112 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: out of the building, last one in. So as a result, 113 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 3: I've felt like the onus has been on me, I've 114 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 3: had to overprepare just to carry the load. Not that 115 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 3: I wouldn't have done that, a lot of that anyway. 116 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 3: So this TV experience this. 117 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: Time was just different. 118 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: It was energizing, right, It was really cool and of 119 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: course a massive thank you to Bill Brighton. 120 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: You might not know who that is. 121 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 3: If you're not in television or media, you may not 122 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: know his name. However, he is the big cheese over 123 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 3: at NBC who believed in the gas bag you're listening 124 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 3: to right now when few others would. He had been 125 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 3: a listener to the Overnight Show as he was working 126 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 3: his way up the television business over the years, and 127 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 3: he had reached out to me and said, hey, Ben, 128 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 3: I want to work with you. 129 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: I want to get you a TV show. 130 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: And I of course, immediately my kneesk reaction is, oh, yeah, right, 131 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: you know I'm getting punked here, and you're not gonna 132 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 3: give me a TV show. 133 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: I'm doing an overnight radio show. I'm gonna get in 134 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: a TV show. 135 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 3: You're gonna put a guy with a face for radio 136 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: on the National Broadcasting Company platform? 137 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: Come on? Yeah? Right? 138 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 3: And anyway, but he was a man of his word, Bill, 139 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 3: and he has been nothing but kind to me and 140 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 3: my wife, very generous and just just great. 141 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: It was surreal. 142 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: It really truly was surreal to do a TV show 143 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 3: from a studio at Universal Studios in Hollywood, a place 144 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 3: that I went as a kid. Remember I had a 145 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 3: meltdown on a tour when I was a little. 146 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: Kid at a FAM reunion. 147 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 3: I've been there many times of the years, just as 148 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 3: a tourist with people out of town, and to walk 149 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 3: the famous back lot and to not get arrested for 150 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 3: trespassing because I actually I had access to it. I 151 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 3: was allowed to be there, I believe long there to 152 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 3: be in the mix where so many great movies in 153 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 3: the heyday of Hollywood were made and TV shows and 154 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 3: iconic bigger than life celebrities worked And here I am, 155 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 3: my fat ass is walking around there and it was 156 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 3: just just awesome to walk around the sets and to 157 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 3: get the vibe. And sometimes they'd be shooting movies there 158 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 3: and we'd walk through it and they didn't you know, 159 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 3: they didn't care, and it was wonderful. And then another 160 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 3: experience that I've had the last couple of years to 161 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 3: see my ugly face promoting Benny versus the Penny On 162 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 3: a random Friday night Celtics game on NBC Sports Boston. 163 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 3: They had a little graphic my face would pop up 164 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 3: and then they said, coming up after the Celtic game, 165 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 3: after postgame, it's Benny versus the Penny, or you're doing 166 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 3: a Golden State Warrior game, or if it was early 167 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 3: in the football season the Giants San Francisco Giants broadcast, 168 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 3: or the old Oakland A's. 169 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: In the Bay Area. 170 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 3: It was mind blowing, it really was, right. It was 171 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 3: a huge ego boost. It was stupefying all that stuff, 172 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 3: and we got cleared in every major media market in 173 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 3: law in America. I mean, we were in Los Angeles 174 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 3: that we do the show from LA We were on 175 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 3: the Lakers station and they they had very little programming, 176 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 3: so they aired it like four or five times a 177 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 3: day on the weekends. We were in Chicago. I got 178 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 3: to text my cousins in Chicago say, hey, you got 179 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 3: to turn on the NBC Sports station, which no longer 180 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: is there, but at the time it was, and so 181 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 3: that was kind of cool. And my brother, who you 182 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 3: know in New York, who knows nothing, not a sports 183 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 3: guy at all, And my brother's like, hey, I was 184 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: at some pub in Manhattan and they had had sny 185 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 3: on and the show was on there. 186 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: At this pub, and so that was cool. 187 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 3: And then this last year we went on Peacock, which 188 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 3: opened it up to a lot of you that did 189 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 3: not get cable television anymore. So that was neat. So 190 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 3: the point is we were not just playing for the 191 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 3: Mallard Militia. Not that I don't love playing for the 192 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 3: Mallard Militia. 193 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: I love it. 194 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 3: You know, it's great, It's wonderful, right, It was a 195 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,239 Speaker 3: wonderful thing that we have. We've got a good community 196 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 3: in the Mallard Militia, and you guys have been wonderful 197 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 3: and continue to be wonderful. The TV show gave us 198 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 3: a bigger audience, right, It's like off Broadway versus Broadway. 199 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 3: We had a larger stage, bigger crowds. We got to 200 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 3: grow the brand a little bit. And I would be remiss. 201 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 3: I also I don't do shout outs on radio. This 202 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 3: is a podcast, but a tremendous shout out to my 203 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 3: on air double play partner, the one and Only Television's 204 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 3: Tom Looney, my comrade, the Yin to my Yang, the 205 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 3: peanut Butter to my jelly. That sounds kind of weird, 206 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 3: tastes like a touchdown in your mouth. 207 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: How dare you? But I know I've always worked very 208 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: well with Looney. 209 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 3: I thought of all the people I've done shows with 210 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 3: over the years, the Blitz that myself and Looney did 211 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 3: many years ago. It was the greatest weekend show Fox 212 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 3: Sports Radio has I ever had. Management did not agree. 213 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 3: But we just play well off each other. We have 214 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 3: this good camaraderie. I don't believe in chemistry, but we 215 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 3: just we get each other's vibe. He brought the drama, 216 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 3: the fire, the flare, the razzle, dazzle, and I played 217 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: off that, and then I would throw fire in his face. 218 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 1: And I have fond memories already, even though we'll be 219 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: doing more of these, I'm sure in the future. 220 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 3: But the table reads at seven am at Universal Studios, 221 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 3: right across the hall from the studio where the stuff 222 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 3: of legend as we would do the dry run on 223 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 3: the show, and the little cubby hole studio with a 224 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 3: couple of chairs, a green screen at the camera, and 225 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 3: the couple of people behind the scenes there who made 226 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 3: that happen, and so it was all dream like. 227 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: So this chapter has ended. 228 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 3: Benny Versus the Penny on NBC has ended, as I 229 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 3: learned from one of my great heroes as a child, 230 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 3: when I was a little boy growing up. I don't 231 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 3: know if you are familiar with the work of doctor Seuss, 232 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 3: but doctor Seuss taught me not only greed, eggs and 233 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 3: ham sam I am. Doctor Seuss also taught me that. 234 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 3: And yes I'm using a doctor SEUs quote on this podcast. 235 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 3: Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened. And 236 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 3: that is my position. Oh Ben, you're going soft here, man, 237 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 3: No I'm not. 238 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: I'm not. 239 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 3: Now that said, this chapter may not be over. Like, 240 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 3: we've already got some feelers out there's some interest that's 241 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 3: been bubbling up here there. 242 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: There will be more Benny Versus the Penny. 243 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 3: That's why I'm not really all that upset, because I've 244 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 3: done Benny Versus the Penny for a long time on radio, 245 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 3: and I moved it to this podcast for a couple 246 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 3: of years with Danny g and we did it on 247 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: YouTube with Gascon for a period of time. It's now 248 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 3: been on television for a couple of years. So it's 249 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 3: just not gonna be on NBC for now. 250 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: And who knows. 251 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 3: Maybe down the line they'll come back to us and say, hey, 252 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 3: we like the show, we want to get it back. Now, 253 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 3: as to the nitty gritty on this fifth hour, the 254 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 3: question of why so, I'm going to try to be 255 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 3: proactive here, and the reason I want to be proactive 256 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 3: is because I just don't want to deal with the 257 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 3: nonsense of the email. I normally get a lot of 258 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 3: email on this. You guys have been great, and you're 259 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 3: like anything. 260 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: I knew what happened, so why was it canceled? Now? 261 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: You gotta understand, in the media business, you never really 262 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: really know. There's always extenuating circumstances. 263 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 3: However, I will tell you the people that I've dealt 264 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 3: with at the network have been wonderful. Right, and this 265 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 3: guy John, who's a Hall of Famer in Philadelphia produced 266 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 3: Phillies games with Harry Callous, just a great dude, seasoned 267 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 3: media guy oozes Philadelphia. 268 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: So John. 269 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 3: Had been very transparent, and I believe he wasn't blowing 270 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 3: any smoke or anything like that. Really do appreciate it. 271 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 3: This was not as I understand it. It was not 272 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 3: because the ratings. It wasn't as no one was watching. 273 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 3: We actually did well from Again, this is what I've 274 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 3: been told from some of the people that worked on 275 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 3: the show. We had some solid numbers in key demos 276 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 3: in certainly in Boston. There were some weeks that we 277 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 3: did really really well, like top three in the market, 278 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 3: which is great. However, you go understand, gambling is still 279 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 3: the wild wild West on television. It's a very dicey 280 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 3: ad market. A lot of advertisers don't want to be 281 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 3: involved in gambling because, let's face it, people lose money gambling, right, 282 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 3: That's what happens, and very conservative buyers. There's limited options, 283 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 3: there's limited inventory, and that's just the way it is. 284 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 3: I wish it was different, but that's the landscape. And 285 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 3: a lot of the gambling market, as I've been told, 286 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 3: has matured, which means they don't spend as much money 287 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 3: because they've got a good grip on it. So you 288 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 3: need more gambling markets to open up. 289 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: Now. There will be another gold rush, and I hope that. 290 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 3: I'm still doing Benny versus the Penny when California, If 291 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 3: the lunatics in California allows sports gambling, that will be 292 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 3: a massive gold rush. There'll be a lot of money there, 293 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 3: a lot of money to be made, but to take 294 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 3: you behind the scenes. So NBC has had been keeping 295 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 3: me and Tom Looney updated the original deadline. It was 296 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 3: kind of vague on the radio show, but the original 297 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 3: deadline was July first. Now we obviously blew way past July, 298 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 3: for we're in August now and as recently as last Friday. 299 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 3: So the last Friday in July, I was under the 300 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 3: belief that we had a deal. We had the framework, 301 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 3: the outline, the blueprint for season three. We had found 302 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 3: a title sponsor, we were actually going to be on 303 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 3: more affiliates than last year, that we were going to 304 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 3: cross over to some other channels that we weren't even 305 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 3: on in other markets. So I went to bed on 306 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 3: Friday night thinking that we were pretty much said to 307 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 3: the point where we had the schedule, and I was 308 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 3: looking at airfare on when to fly back to Boston 309 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 3: to film at NBC Sports Boston, when to film the 310 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 3: promotion for the TV show, And then, like a summer 311 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 3: storm in the desert, somehow between Friday and then Tuesday, 312 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 3: it all vanished. It turned to dust and that show business, right, 313 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 3: that show business. So this was actually my second run 314 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: at NBC. You might remember the old NBC Sports network, 315 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: You probably don't. 316 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: Not a lot of. 317 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 3: People watched it, so yeah, that folded also, So I'm 318 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 3: batting a zero point zero zero at NBC. But you know, 319 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 3: you know what they say, when one door closes, another 320 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 3: one opens. Now sometimes sometimes there's a long hallway in between. 321 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 3: So we've got big plans for that hallway. Sunny days, 322 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 3: sunny days ahead. And to everyone who watched, who supported, 323 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 3: who promoted, who messaged other people to get them to watch, 324 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 3: or even those of you that are just haters and 325 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 3: ballbusters and you thought this was the dumbest show in 326 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,959 Speaker 3: the world and you sent nasty messages from Afar, thank you. 327 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: You were all part of the ride. 328 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 3: You were all part of the journey and a great 329 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 3: chapter in my media career. 330 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: And no matter what happens, I've got that in my 331 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: back pocket. So it's not over. 332 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 3: And it's pretty late in the game this year. The 333 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 3: football season began last night kind of with the Fugeese 334 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 3: exhibition season, So we'll see what happens. 335 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: But the penny has not flipped its last pick yet. 336 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 3: And I was talking to Tom and we've we've got some. 337 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 1: Logs on the. 338 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 3: Fire and we'll see there's also the possibility that we 339 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 3: bring Benny Versus the Penny to a podcast format like this. 340 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: There's other streaming services there's available. There's been some. 341 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 3: Talk of Patreon as well. There's a lot of options 342 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 3: out there. So we will, we will have it for you, 343 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 3: and we'll let you know. Obviously we want you to listen. 344 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 3: So again, thank you. Not a sad day. Not a 345 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 3: sad day, it's a it's a pivot point. We will 346 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 3: return with another season of Benny Versus the Penny. Unfortunately, 347 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 3: will just not be with our friends over at NBC, 348 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 3: So turning the page on that. And this is very 349 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 3: random and sometimes the stars just aligned. But today is 350 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 3: National Homemade Pie Day. 351 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: Now. 352 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 3: The only reason I bring that up is because I 353 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,199 Speaker 3: have a pie store, right and I'll give you that 354 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 3: story in a minute, But first, in honor of alf 355 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 3: the Alien, O Pinter and Ferg Dog and mister nice 356 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 3: Guy and all you knuckleheads. 357 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: Fun facts about pie. Yeah, I've got fun facts about pie. 358 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 3: Is it true that the ancient Egyptians are the earliest 359 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 3: known civilization to have had a pie dish? 360 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm nodding my head, yes. Now. 361 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 3: It typically consisted from a deep dive on this. It 362 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 3: consisted of a crust made from wheat, oats, rye or barley, 363 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 3: and it was filled with honey. 364 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: That sounds kind of like a granola bar, doesn't that 365 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: wheat oat honey? Isn't that a granola bar? Now? 366 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 3: The ancient Greeks and Romans also had pastries similar to 367 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 3: what is known as today modern day pie. For example, 368 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 3: and for reference, the Romans often coated meat with a 369 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 3: pastry made out of flour, oil, and water. However, however, 370 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 3: the dough was only intended to help preserve the meat. 371 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 3: They didn't have refrigerators and things like that, not to 372 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 3: be eaten as a meal. So there's a Roman cookbook 373 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 3: that dates back to the first century that it was 374 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 3: discovered to contain recipes similar to pie cases, so is 375 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 3: that And then Terry and England or in Great Britain, 376 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 3: pies were mainly used as a covering to preserve meat also, 377 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 3: but that was when they were exploring the world the 378 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 3: long sea voyages, and fresh meat could not be obtained. 379 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 3: You can't really go hunting when you're in the middle 380 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 3: of the Atlantic Ocean. And during medieval times the pies 381 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 3: became more elaborate. The cooks tried out do each other. Allegedly, 382 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 3: they had grand banquets. It was all about the presentation, 383 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 3: and the pie was often the centerpiece. Now, one of 384 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 3: the interesting things of note here in. 385 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 1: The pie world. 386 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 3: It wasn't until the fifteenth century when pies usually only 387 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 3: contained meat or fish, but they became more of what 388 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 3: we have today with fruit. They had custard pies, and 389 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 3: it has been said that the very first pie was 390 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 3: baked for Queen Elizabeth the First and that was during 391 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 3: the sixteenth century about that. And then when the English 392 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 3: settled to America, they brought the pie. And the early 393 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 3: pies they brought were thick, heavy crust or a rigid flour. 394 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 3: And shortly after that it became a trademark of America. Right, 395 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 3: And we know it was a big jumping off point 396 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 3: was in World War two, right they said, soldiers were 397 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 3: asked why they were going off to war and they said, 398 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 3: for mom and apple pie. 399 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: There you go. 400 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 3: And now now to the great key Lime Caper, the 401 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 3: great key Lime Caper. 402 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: So let me tell you something about key lime pie. 403 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 3: Now I've learned this over the last year. It's not 404 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 3: just dessert. It's not now in Florida, it's some ways currency. 405 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 3: Some would call it a religion. In parts of Florida, 406 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 3: it's diplomacy. Now, if you grow up in California, you 407 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 3: probably love tacos and in and out Burger. My Guy 408 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 3: sports with Coleman. He didn't grow up. He's from Atlanta, 409 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 3: but he lived in Maryland so long. I would probably 410 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 3: say crap cakes are sacred. If you're from the Northeast 411 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 3: in Boston, you love the maybe you love the Canole's right, Texas, 412 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 3: it's you deep fry everything you call it, call it 413 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 3: a miracle. Everything's deep fried. In Cansa City, it's Ben 414 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 3: Mallard chicken fingers and barbecue brisket. But in Florida, you 415 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 3: gotta have some respect, put some respect on the pie. 416 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 3: So I bring this up because p one listener Bobby 417 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 3: from the Sunshine State, who apparently moonlights as both a 418 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 3: pastry ambassador and a pie whisper in his spare time. 419 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: He has been very generous. 420 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 3: He shipped off a coconut flavored key lime pie from 421 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 3: the Tropics to the main land. Now, I I did 422 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 3: not realize that there was even a coconut flavor key 423 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 3: lime pie. The only coconut I really eat. Is like 424 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 3: the Almond Joy candy bar, which was always the last 425 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 3: one in the. 426 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: Bag on Halloween. 427 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 3: So anyway, this pie arrived, and you don't ask questions, 428 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 3: You thank the pie gods. You split it evenly among friends, 429 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 3: You treat it with reverence as the pie deserves. 430 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 1: Which brings us to the caper. 431 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 3: So imagine the three musketeers, myself, Loreina, and Coop. 432 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 1: There's one pie. 433 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 3: So we have to divide the pie evenly, like ancient 434 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 3: treasure after a fierce battle. 435 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: You got to divide what you've got. So I took 436 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: my slice, a very generous wedge. That still didn't feel 437 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: like enough, because you know, my name's on the show. 438 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: But it was. It was fine. It was a big 439 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: piece of pie. 440 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 3: And I had the pie given to me by Lorena, 441 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 3: and she placed it on a party size paper plate, 442 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 3: you know, those flimsy, flimsy plates, and so it very 443 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 3: flims treacherous vessel, if you will, unworthy of the prestigious 444 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 3: cargo that that pie was that it carried. 445 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 1: And so but I had to be ready, right. 446 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 3: We had a long journey from the studio back to 447 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 3: the Malor mansion in the north Woods. Now, logically, one 448 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 3: would think that you just seat belt the pie in 449 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 3: you let it ride shotgun like a proper co pilot, 450 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,239 Speaker 3: and you're fine. But no, because I live in a 451 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 3: fantasy world where highways stay open. 452 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: At night, and normally they do for me. I work 453 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: the overnight shift. I'm driving when most people are still sleeping, 454 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 1: So I just assume the traffic's going to part like 455 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: the Red Sea, and construction zones will not materialize like 456 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: Poultergeist from the Underworld. Then I'll be fine. 457 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 3: So for the first i'd say twenty five percent, first 458 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 3: quarter or so of the journey with the Pie, it 459 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 3: was on the seat next to me. It was exactly 460 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 3: like the pie gods had ordained. 461 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: It was very smooth. Wasn't a lot of traffic. I 462 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: had the cruise control on. 463 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 3: I was listening to some classic AM radio old school 464 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 3: buzzing softly in the background. I could practically taste that 465 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 3: delicious gram cracker crust, the whipped cream topping on top 466 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 3: of the key lime pie. 467 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: And then the. 468 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 3: Unexpected plot twist, the dreaded detour slow for the cone zone, 469 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 3: flashing lights. Right now, there was a parade as far 470 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 3: as I could see of tail lights, and I saw 471 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 3: a bunch of big rigs. I saw construction, some guy 472 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 3: probably named Carl, Probably named Carl, He. 473 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: Had one of those reflective vest things on. He was waving. 474 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 3: Traffic off to the surface street purgatory. So my plan 475 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 3: went up in smoke. Suddenly I am now Magellan Mallar 476 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 3: with Apple Matt. I am navigating uncharted urban terrain in 477 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 3: a CD part of town. They say nothing good happens 478 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 3: after a certain hour, and I was out at that hour. Now, 479 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:18,400 Speaker 3: more importantly, I'm driving around and every turn I make, 480 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 3: every turn is putting that delicious pie in danger of 481 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 3: becoming roadkill. See, I can understand I had no choice. 482 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 3: I at that point became the pie sentinel. I made 483 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 3: a decision that I had to protect the pie. 484 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: So my right hand. 485 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 3: My right hand was getting a workout, was not getting 486 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 3: a workout. My right hand extended and I gripped that 487 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 3: flimsy plate, and I became Lady Liberty. I gripped it 488 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 3: like the statue of Liberty torch. Now my left hand 489 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 3: was steering the ship through turns. 490 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: Right turn here, left turn there, red light here, yellow 491 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: light there, pothole to the side. 492 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 3: All of this while I'm praying, if you will, I 493 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 3: don't know if that's the right word to the dessert gods. 494 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 3: Please just get this thing home in one piece. I 495 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 3: do not want to lose this pie. So we often 496 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 3: hear people talk about multitasking, and I kind of rolled 497 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 3: my eyes. I'm like, please, try holding a flimsy plate, 498 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 3: wobbly plate with creamy coconut flavored. It was like a 499 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 3: coconut flavored missile in the palm of your hand while 500 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 3: cornering at twenty five miles an hour or more up 501 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 3: to forty, you know, try making a left turn with 502 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 3: one arm while mentally calculating the aerodynamics of what would 503 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 3: happen to that whip topping on top of the So 504 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 3: this was in many ways a symbiotic relationship. 505 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: At that moment, I became one with the pie. 506 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 3: And by mile nineteen on my journey, I was sweating 507 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 3: like I had just run the Boston Marathon, and I 508 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 3: was wearing a parka. While I was doing my right 509 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,479 Speaker 3: arm was locked in position like the old days when 510 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 3: you used to have to hail a cab if you're 511 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 3: old enough to know what that was like. But I 512 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 3: was trying to hail a cab for an hour straight, 513 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 3: and I swear to you, and I'm not just talking 514 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 3: out of my took us. 515 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 1: Here. 516 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 3: I could feel the pie breathing, like the pie in 517 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 3: my head, the cartoon bubble of my head. Don't look 518 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 3: at me like that alf and fer dog in my head. 519 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 3: The pie knew what was on the line here. The 520 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,719 Speaker 3: pie knew the steaks here if something went wrong, and 521 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 3: it turned out, there was a great pie miracle. 522 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 1: That pie survived. Not a smear of whipped. 523 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 3: Cream or key lime on the upholstery, not a not 524 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 3: a droplet of anything from the crust. Nothing was displaced, 525 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: no casualties, no cleanup, no ruined upholstery. 526 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: It reached the Malor. 527 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 3: Mansion intact, untouched. And then, to quote one of the 528 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 3: great characters in the history of Hollywood from the Austin 529 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 3: Powers franchise, Fat Bastard, I said to that pie, get 530 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 3: in my belly, is what I said. And I devoured 531 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 3: that thing like I hadn't eaten in weeks. It was sweet, 532 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 3: it was tangy, it was everything. The crust had the 533 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 3: integrity that I was looking for. The filling was a 534 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 3: citrus symphony, and while not as good, not as good 535 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 3: as the original of the strawberry because of the intense 536 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 3: coconut flavor, it was still delectable. So I wanted to 537 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 3: write a thank you letter to Bobby and maybe we 538 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 3: should nominate his pie generosity for the No Peace Prize 539 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 3: in the Mall of Militia. Instead, I said, well, you know, 540 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 3: I don't really have his email, so I'll just tell 541 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 3: the story right here on the podcast. So what is 542 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 3: the point of all this? Get to the point please, Well, 543 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 3: it's simple. There are moments in the road of life 544 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 3: where you're tested. 545 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: Said, well, this is not a test, but a test 546 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: is when you lose your job or a test, is it? 547 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 3: No, this was a test, right, and it wasn't a 548 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 3: huge test, but you're asked to call to rise above. 549 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 3: There some men that carry torches, some men carry flags, 550 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 3: and then there's some in the middle of the night 551 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 3: that carry a coconut key lime pie down fifty miles 552 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 3: of asphalt just to bring sweetness home. So God bless you, Bobby, 553 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 3: and thank you so much. God blessed that pie lived 554 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 3: a good life. And hey, my arm got a nice workout, 555 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 3: my arch outstretched right arm. 556 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: That kept that pile. All right, we'll get out on that. 557 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 3: We'll have new podcasts all weekend, including a Malor Mover 558 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 3: Malor movie review. Easy for me to say, Malor movie review. 559 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 3: We will get to all of that as we go 560 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 3: through the weekend. Danny should be with me on the 561 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 3: Saturday and Sunday Mailbag podcast. If you do want a 562 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 3: Sunday letter in for the mail bag, you can do that, 563 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 3: but you should probably do it by probably this afternoon. 564 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 3: I would say Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. 565 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 3: You can join legends like Man Ryan from Shrewsbury and 566 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 3: Barry from South Carolina and Ferg Dog and mister Irrigation 567 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 3: and so many other legends that are regular Reggie from 568 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 3: Detroit who are part of. 569 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: That mail bag. 570 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 3: So Real fifth Hour at gmail dot com. Have a 571 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 3: wonderful rest of your Friday and we will yap at 572 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 3: you tomorrow as the podcast does not stop later Skater, 573 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 3: Oh wait, Danny, you want me to say? Oh, that's right, 574 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 3: Austa Pasta. 575 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: That's a Danny Lion, That's a Danny g Lion. I 576 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: said it. It's the why are you still listening? The 577 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: podcast is over. There's nothing else. It's over come on