WEBVTT - The Fifth Hour: Penny for Your Thoughts 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:01.480 Kabbooms. 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:05.400 If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.200 a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:12.520 of the old Republic, a soul fashion of fairness. He 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.520 treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:17.480 rich pill poppers in the penthouse. 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:18.400 Wow. 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.320 The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:30.720 The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now. 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:33.760 In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Me, Ben 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.560 Maler and Danny G Radio who will join us at 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:42.120 some point over the weekend. Well, my marketing campaign has 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:44.400 paid off. We have gotten you to show up here 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.840 to this edition, a special spicy edition of The Fifth 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.760 Hour as we kick off the weekend. If you're new 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:55.160 here and you heard me blatantly promoting over the top 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:58.080 promotion on the Overnight Show, which we just ended a 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:01.880 few hours ago, thank you, Thank you for being here. 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.280 We do this podcast every weekend, myself and Danny G. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:09.560 Danny normally joins me on Saturday and Sunday and sometimes 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.240 on Friday, but it's just me here as we kick 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:16.039 off the month of August. So the big reveal we 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.920 are moments away from the big reveal on the edition 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.039 of the Fifth Hour we have this edition, we have 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:26.680 the penny has dropped and the Great key Lime Caper, 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:31.000 among other things. But we'll focus on that and let's 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:32.440 get the party started. 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:34.679 Don't waste what are you doing? Bet? You made me 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:36.800 come to this dumb podcast. I don't want to be 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.400 here all right. Listen. 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:43.560 After months of chatter among the mal Or militia, so 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:45.679 many of you have sent me emails. We only have 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.040 read a few of them on this podcast and on 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:52.640 the radio show. I've gotten heartfelt letters, people that love 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:54.120 Benny versus the penny. 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:55.800 There have been social media. 0:01:55.560 --> 0:02:01.080 Posts, all of the good vibrations, all of them. Well, today, 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:04.680 today is the day the cat is out of the bag. 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:05.880 You have come to the right place. 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:09.640 We have saved this announcement for here on the Fifth 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:14.280 Hour podcast because this news is so important, right, so 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:18.520 crucial that we want the hardcore p ones who are 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.440 the foundation, the salt of the Earth and the Mala 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:25.680 militia to hear it directly from us, not just in 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.880 a short radio segment. We have a lot more time 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:29.960 here on the podcast format. 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:31.760 Now. It also does not hurt. 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.360 I'm not gonna lie to artificially boost the downloads on 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:36.359 the Fifth Hour podcast. 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:38.040 Man, Hey, full transparency, kids. 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.560 We got a podcast to do every weekend, and if 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:42.360 I'm gonna do it, we might as well drive people 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.600 to the podcast. Now, regardless of that, the news is real. 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:50.679 Our long national nightmare is over. The decision has been 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:54.280 made on the future of Benny Versus The Penny on 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.800 television in twenty twenty five, after all this time. 0:02:57.840 --> 0:02:59.960 So let's make it some fun, right, let's make it fun. 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.520 We'll have multiple choice and I'll give you three options. A, 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:10.240 Option A and B. C picked up season three. We 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.640 are back baby later this month here in August, with 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.440 a full season all the way through the Super Bowl 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:19.880 in February. We'll have a preview show at the end 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:24.320 of August, the kickoff here in early September, and that 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:25.440 is just going to be amazing. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:25.760 Now. 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:31.080 Option B the show was canceled. We were dumped by NBC. 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:36.320 Option C none of the above, all right, So those 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:37.080 are the options. 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.520 You got it. A. NBC picked up season three. We're 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:45.920 back later this month. B the show was rudely canceled. 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:50.600 CEE none of the above, some other option right, Danny 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.640 G can you give me a drum roll, please go, 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:57.360 I need a drum roll, please all right, Reveal answers, 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:05.280 Reveal answers. Now, if you picked option A, you're a dreamer, 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:10.440 a lovely loser. God bless you, because the correct answer 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:15.960 is b. We have been put on waivers designated for assignment. 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.680 Oh oh, NBC will. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.520 Not will not be bringing back Benny Versus the Penny 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.440 for season three. You kill that now before you q 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:30.760 the sad trombone and activate an insurgency with the foot 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:34.120 Soldiers and the Mallord Militia. Let me stop you right now. 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:38.279 This is not a sad day. It is not seriously, 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.840 and I'm not blowing smoke here. I am Benny Brightside 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:45.560 on this one absolutely now. I found out this news 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.080 a little earlier in the week. It was not the 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:51.080 news I was hoping for about getting poll acts from 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.760 the TV show. But I've had time to process it, 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:58.920 I've had time to reflect, and I feel nothing but gratitude. 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:01.280 I got yeah to share that with you. Working on 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:06.120 Benny Versus the Penny with John, Kevin, Vinnie, the Ride 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.000 and Die team on that TV show was like breathing 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.600 in a breath of fresh air in a very stale 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:17.120 media world. I've heard over hers teamwork makes the dream work, 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:22.919 and these cats were pros, pros, detail freaks, meticulous, obsessed 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:27.160 with producing a quality show. They worked tremendously hard, They 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:31.440 stayed late, they cared. It wasn't just a cheeseball weekend 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:36.080 gambling show. It mattered right, and that was very important. 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.360 As you might imagine. You don't need to tell you that, 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:39.240 but you. 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.760 Have to understand how much that meant to me. Right. 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:46.359 Contrast that with much of my radio career as an adult, 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.640 where and I love radio, I'm not. I love the business, 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.920 but for better or worse, I've often been surrounded by 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.920 people that don't have that. I've been a one man band, 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.680 surrounded by folks who treat the job like it's the 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:03.320 d and first one out of the building, last one 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:05.920 in the antithesis of what we hear here with NFL 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.600 training camps going on, where every quarterback's got to be 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.760 the first one in, last one out. Well, and in 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.040 my experience working with a lot of people over the 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.360 years in radio, many of them have been first one 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:18.520 out of the building, last one in. So as a result, 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.240 I've felt like the onus has been on me, I've 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.520 had to overprepare just to carry the load. Not that 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.400 I wouldn't have done that, a lot of that anyway. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:27.560 So this TV experience this. 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:28.360 Time was just different. 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.000 It was energizing, right, It was really cool and of 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:34.800 course a massive thank you to Bill Brighton. 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:35.840 You might not know who that is. 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:39.240 If you're not in television or media, you may not 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.440 know his name. However, he is the big cheese over 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:45.440 at NBC who believed in the gas bag you're listening 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:49.680 to right now when few others would. He had been 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.440 a listener to the Overnight Show as he was working 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.040 his way up the television business over the years, and 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:58.839 he had reached out to me and said, hey, Ben, 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:00.680 I want to work with you. 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:02.400 I want to get you a TV show. 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.880 And I of course, immediately my kneesk reaction is, oh, yeah, right, 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:08.520 you know I'm getting punked here, and you're not gonna 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:09.280 give me a TV show. 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.640 I'm doing an overnight radio show. I'm gonna get in 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:12.280 a TV show. 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.400 You're gonna put a guy with a face for radio 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.480 on the National Broadcasting Company platform? 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.000 Come on? Yeah? Right? 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:24.200 And anyway, but he was a man of his word, Bill, 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.240 and he has been nothing but kind to me and 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:30.880 my wife, very generous and just just great. 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:31.720 It was surreal. 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:35.520 It really truly was surreal to do a TV show 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.960 from a studio at Universal Studios in Hollywood, a place 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.800 that I went as a kid. Remember I had a 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.280 meltdown on a tour when I was a little. 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:45.520 Kid at a FAM reunion. 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:48.000 I've been there many times of the years, just as 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.840 a tourist with people out of town, and to walk 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.800 the famous back lot and to not get arrested for 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:58.720 trespassing because I actually I had access to it. I 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:00.920 was allowed to be there, I believe long there to 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.880 be in the mix where so many great movies in 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.680 the heyday of Hollywood were made and TV shows and 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.280 iconic bigger than life celebrities worked And here I am, 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.640 my fat ass is walking around there and it was 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:16.000 just just awesome to walk around the sets and to 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.720 get the vibe. And sometimes they'd be shooting movies there 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:22.040 and we'd walk through it and they didn't you know, 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.720 they didn't care, and it was wonderful. And then another 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.200 experience that I've had the last couple of years to 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:34.160 see my ugly face promoting Benny versus the Penny On 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:38.600 a random Friday night Celtics game on NBC Sports Boston. 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.600 They had a little graphic my face would pop up 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.680 and then they said, coming up after the Celtic game, 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:47.560 after postgame, it's Benny versus the Penny, or you're doing 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:49.720 a Golden State Warrior game, or if it was early 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:53.840 in the football season the Giants San Francisco Giants broadcast, 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.280 or the old Oakland A's. 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:57.280 In the Bay Area. 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.559 It was mind blowing, it really was, right. It was 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.880 a huge ego boost. It was stupefying all that stuff, 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:09.240 and we got cleared in every major media market in 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.960 law in America. I mean, we were in Los Angeles 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.120 that we do the show from LA We were on 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:18.319 the Lakers station and they they had very little programming, 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.080 so they aired it like four or five times a 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.800 day on the weekends. We were in Chicago. I got 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:25.920 to text my cousins in Chicago say, hey, you got 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.680 to turn on the NBC Sports station, which no longer 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.040 is there, but at the time it was, and so 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:35.800 that was kind of cool. And my brother, who you 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.640 know in New York, who knows nothing, not a sports 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:42.200 guy at all, And my brother's like, hey, I was 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:46.360 at some pub in Manhattan and they had had sny 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.320 on and the show was on there. 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:49.640 At this pub, and so that was cool. 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.440 And then this last year we went on Peacock, which 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.160 opened it up to a lot of you that did 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:58.160 not get cable television anymore. So that was neat. So 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.600 the point is we were not just playing for the 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.560 Mallard Militia. Not that I don't love playing for the 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:03.319 Mallard Militia. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:04.880 I love it. 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:07.680 You know, it's great, It's wonderful, right, It was a 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.239 wonderful thing that we have. We've got a good community 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.280 in the Mallard Militia, and you guys have been wonderful 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.200 and continue to be wonderful. The TV show gave us 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.000 a bigger audience, right, It's like off Broadway versus Broadway. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.200 We had a larger stage, bigger crowds. We got to 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.520 grow the brand a little bit. And I would be remiss. 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.240 I also I don't do shout outs on radio. This 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:31.840 is a podcast, but a tremendous shout out to my 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:36.559 on air double play partner, the one and Only Television's 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.720 Tom Looney, my comrade, the Yin to my Yang, the 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:42.680 peanut Butter to my jelly. That sounds kind of weird, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.040 tastes like a touchdown in your mouth. 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.120 How dare you? But I know I've always worked very 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:48.600 well with Looney. 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.840 I thought of all the people I've done shows with 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:54.960 over the years, the Blitz that myself and Looney did 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:58.680 many years ago. It was the greatest weekend show Fox 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:02.120 Sports Radio has I ever had. Management did not agree. 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.000 But we just play well off each other. We have 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.520 this good camaraderie. I don't believe in chemistry, but we 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.400 just we get each other's vibe. He brought the drama, 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:14.080 the fire, the flare, the razzle, dazzle, and I played 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:16.640 off that, and then I would throw fire in his face. 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:21.920 And I have fond memories already, even though we'll be 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:23.440 doing more of these, I'm sure in the future. 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:28.440 But the table reads at seven am at Universal Studios, 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:30.880 right across the hall from the studio where the stuff 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.720 of legend as we would do the dry run on 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:39.280 the show, and the little cubby hole studio with a 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:43.480 couple of chairs, a green screen at the camera, and 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:47.280 the couple of people behind the scenes there who made 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:49.120 that happen, and so it was all dream like. 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.280 So this chapter has ended. 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:55.880 Benny Versus the Penny on NBC has ended, as I 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.439 learned from one of my great heroes as a child, 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.760 when I was a little boy growing up. I don't 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.480 know if you are familiar with the work of doctor Seuss, 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:08.679 but doctor Seuss taught me not only greed, eggs and 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:13.040 ham sam I am. Doctor Seuss also taught me that. 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:16.120 And yes I'm using a doctor SEUs quote on this podcast. 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.600 Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened. And 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:23.840 that is my position. Oh Ben, you're going soft here, man, 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:24.400 No I'm not. 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:26.120 I'm not. 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:30.720 Now that said, this chapter may not be over. Like, 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.480 we've already got some feelers out there's some interest that's 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.000 been bubbling up here there. 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.320 There will be more Benny Versus the Penny. 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.720 That's why I'm not really all that upset, because I've 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:45.560 done Benny Versus the Penny for a long time on radio, 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.400 and I moved it to this podcast for a couple 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.600 of years with Danny g and we did it on 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:56.800 YouTube with Gascon for a period of time. It's now 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:00.880 been on television for a couple of years. So it's 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:02.640 just not gonna be on NBC for now. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:03.280 And who knows. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.800 Maybe down the line they'll come back to us and say, hey, 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:07.920 we like the show, we want to get it back. Now, 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:12.000 as to the nitty gritty on this fifth hour, the 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:15.200 question of why so, I'm going to try to be 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:19.080 proactive here, and the reason I want to be proactive 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:20.560 is because I just don't want to deal with the 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.679 nonsense of the email. I normally get a lot of 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.360 email on this. You guys have been great, and you're 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:25.040 like anything. 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.520 I knew what happened, so why was it canceled? Now? 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.640 You gotta understand, in the media business, you never really 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:36.240 really know. There's always extenuating circumstances. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.720 However, I will tell you the people that I've dealt 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:43.160 with at the network have been wonderful. Right, and this 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.760 guy John, who's a Hall of Famer in Philadelphia produced 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:50.400 Phillies games with Harry Callous, just a great dude, seasoned 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.720 media guy oozes Philadelphia. 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:53.720 So John. 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.840 Had been very transparent, and I believe he wasn't blowing 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.960 any smoke or anything like that. Really do appreciate it. 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.760 This was not as I understand it. It was not 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.360 because the ratings. It wasn't as no one was watching. 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:09.240 We actually did well from Again, this is what I've 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.080 been told from some of the people that worked on 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.080 the show. We had some solid numbers in key demos 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.640 in certainly in Boston. There were some weeks that we 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:21.200 did really really well, like top three in the market, 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:26.640 which is great. However, you go understand, gambling is still 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:30.280 the wild wild West on television. It's a very dicey 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:33.320 ad market. A lot of advertisers don't want to be 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.680 involved in gambling because, let's face it, people lose money gambling, right, 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:40.640 That's what happens, and very conservative buyers. There's limited options, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.560 there's limited inventory, and that's just the way it is. 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.600 I wish it was different, but that's the landscape. And 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.280 a lot of the gambling market, as I've been told, 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.360 has matured, which means they don't spend as much money 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.040 because they've got a good grip on it. So you 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:55.880 need more gambling markets to open up. 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.520 Now. There will be another gold rush, and I hope that. 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.880 I'm still doing Benny versus the Penny when California, If 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.600 the lunatics in California allows sports gambling, that will be 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:10.040 a massive gold rush. There'll be a lot of money there, 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.240 a lot of money to be made, but to take 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:16.240 you behind the scenes. So NBC has had been keeping 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:20.560 me and Tom Looney updated the original deadline. It was 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.480 kind of vague on the radio show, but the original 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:26.920 deadline was July first. Now we obviously blew way past July, 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:31.720 for we're in August now and as recently as last Friday. 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:35.440 So the last Friday in July, I was under the 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.080 belief that we had a deal. We had the framework, 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:43.240 the outline, the blueprint for season three. We had found 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:46.400 a title sponsor, we were actually going to be on 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:49.920 more affiliates than last year, that we were going to 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:53.000 cross over to some other channels that we weren't even 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:57.440 on in other markets. So I went to bed on 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:02.120 Friday night thinking that we were pretty much said to 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:05.240 the point where we had the schedule, and I was 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:09.040 looking at airfare on when to fly back to Boston 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:12.640 to film at NBC Sports Boston, when to film the 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:17.320 promotion for the TV show, And then, like a summer 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:24.520 storm in the desert, somehow between Friday and then Tuesday, 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:29.000 it all vanished. It turned to dust and that show business, right, 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.600 that show business. So this was actually my second run 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.600 at NBC. You might remember the old NBC Sports network, 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:36.360 You probably don't. 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:37.440 Not a lot of. 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:42.320 People watched it, so yeah, that folded also, So I'm 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:47.440 batting a zero point zero zero at NBC. But you know, 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.480 you know what they say, when one door closes, another 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:56.280 one opens. Now sometimes sometimes there's a long hallway in between. 0:16:56.760 --> 0:17:01.640 So we've got big plans for that hallway. Sunny days, 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:06.760 sunny days ahead. And to everyone who watched, who supported, 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.760 who promoted, who messaged other people to get them to watch, 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.000 or even those of you that are just haters and 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.080 ballbusters and you thought this was the dumbest show in 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.959 the world and you sent nasty messages from Afar, thank you. 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:21.680 You were all part of the ride. 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.000 You were all part of the journey and a great 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:26.919 chapter in my media career. 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:30.080 And no matter what happens, I've got that in my 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.080 back pocket. So it's not over. 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:36.200 And it's pretty late in the game this year. The 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:40.760 football season began last night kind of with the Fugeese 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.359 exhibition season, So we'll see what happens. 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.679 But the penny has not flipped its last pick yet. 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:51.560 And I was talking to Tom and we've we've got some. 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:51.120 Logs on the. 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.720 Fire and we'll see there's also the possibility that we 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.199 bring Benny Versus the Penny to a podcast format like this. 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.320 There's other streaming services there's available. There's been some. 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.480 Talk of Patreon as well. There's a lot of options 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:09.600 out there. So we will, we will have it for you, 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.800 and we'll let you know. Obviously we want you to listen. 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.439 So again, thank you. Not a sad day. Not a 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:18.280 sad day, it's a it's a pivot point. We will 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:21.520 return with another season of Benny Versus the Penny. Unfortunately, 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.080 will just not be with our friends over at NBC, 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.040 So turning the page on that. And this is very 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:31.119 random and sometimes the stars just aligned. But today is 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.880 National Homemade Pie Day. 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:35.040 Now. 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:38.240 The only reason I bring that up is because I 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:41.199 have a pie store, right and I'll give you that 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:44.840 story in a minute, But first, in honor of alf 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:48.000 the Alien, O Pinter and Ferg Dog and mister nice 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:49.640 Guy and all you knuckleheads. 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:54.080 Fun facts about pie. Yeah, I've got fun facts about pie. 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:59.480 Is it true that the ancient Egyptians are the earliest 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:04.280 known civilization to have had a pie dish? 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.320 I'm nodding my head, yes. Now. 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:10.159 It typically consisted from a deep dive on this. It 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:15.600 consisted of a crust made from wheat, oats, rye or barley, 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:17.040 and it was filled with honey. 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.159 That sounds kind of like a granola bar, doesn't that 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.800 wheat oat honey? Isn't that a granola bar? Now? 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:28.639 The ancient Greeks and Romans also had pastries similar to 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:32.880 what is known as today modern day pie. For example, 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:37.840 and for reference, the Romans often coated meat with a 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:44.240 pastry made out of flour, oil, and water. However, however, 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.040 the dough was only intended to help preserve the meat. 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:52.159 They didn't have refrigerators and things like that, not to 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:56.240 be eaten as a meal. So there's a Roman cookbook 0:19:57.080 --> 0:19:58.960 that dates back to the first century that it was 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:05.159 discovered to contain recipes similar to pie cases, so is 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:07.719 that And then Terry and England or in Great Britain, 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:12.639 pies were mainly used as a covering to preserve meat also, 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:16.639 but that was when they were exploring the world the 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:20.880 long sea voyages, and fresh meat could not be obtained. 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:23.359 You can't really go hunting when you're in the middle 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:27.640 of the Atlantic Ocean. And during medieval times the pies 0:20:27.760 --> 0:20:32.840 became more elaborate. The cooks tried out do each other. Allegedly, 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:35.760 they had grand banquets. It was all about the presentation, 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:40.480 and the pie was often the centerpiece. Now, one of 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:42.720 the interesting things of note here in. 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:43.439 The pie world. 0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:49.760 It wasn't until the fifteenth century when pies usually only 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:53.439 contained meat or fish, but they became more of what 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:57.360 we have today with fruit. They had custard pies, and 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:00.960 it has been said that the very first pie was 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.359 baked for Queen Elizabeth the First and that was during 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:08.560 the sixteenth century about that. And then when the English 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:15.800 settled to America, they brought the pie. And the early 0:21:16.119 --> 0:21:21.560 pies they brought were thick, heavy crust or a rigid flour. 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:27.920 And shortly after that it became a trademark of America. Right, 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:30.280 And we know it was a big jumping off point 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:33.760 was in World War two, right they said, soldiers were 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:36.520 asked why they were going off to war and they said, 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:38.520 for mom and apple pie. 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:39.200 There you go. 0:21:39.280 --> 0:21:44.399 And now now to the great key Lime Caper, the 0:21:44.440 --> 0:21:45.400