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So if 48 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: you have not heard, I don't know what you've been doing, 49 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: doing something else, perhaps you missed it. So we have 50 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: learned that the Ravens that's a football team, not a 51 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: good one. They didn't make the playoffs. The Ravens have 52 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: hired Charger defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, who Jesse Mintter. That 53 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: sounds like a picture for the Atlanta Braves. Anyway, jesse 54 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: Minter will be the new head coach. You can feel 55 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: the excitement unless you can't. Unless you can't, So he 56 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: replaces John Harbaugh with the title as an up and comer, 57 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: a fast rising coach, the flavor of the month. Jesse 58 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: Minter from the Chargers strong ties to the Harball family. 59 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: Mint who was at one point an assistant with the 60 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: Ravens and recently has worked with Jim Harball law around, 61 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: following him around like a puppy dog from Michigan to 62 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: the Chargers. And now he's going to replace Jim Harbaugh's 63 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: brother and tagged again forty two rising Star all that, 64 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: so that is a good jumping off point. Let us 65 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: discuss the question now former Charger defensive coordinator Jesse Minter 66 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: taking over the Ravens job. Is it fair to expect 67 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: instant results from a guy who's never done the job before? 68 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 1: Is it fair to expect instant success? So my thoughts 69 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: on this, I've got claw machine, tennis, ball, and narcotics 70 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: and we'll put all of these things together and we 71 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: are going to make some delicious, amazing spaghetti and meatball. 72 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: So a my first thought on this is the idea 73 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: that it's not fair is insane. Like there's some people 74 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: that think everything needs to be be completely fair. Life 75 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: is not fair. Your life will improve when you realize 76 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: that life is not fair. There's so many people that 77 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: don't seem to understand that concept. That is why these 78 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: guys get paid a lot of money, right, big money, 79 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: big money and big money, and they hope they don't 80 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: get away with me. Now, this is not last I 81 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: checked the Raider job. That's an outhouse, right, the Browns 82 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: of Porta Potti. It's not that in comparison to the 83 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: Raiders and the Browns. This is a five star restaurant. 84 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: This is not a roach coach, as we used to 85 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: call food trucks back in the day. You've got an 86 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,799 Speaker 1: MVP level quarterback, a really good gamer, really good gamer 87 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 1: in Lamar Jackson, a great regular season player who often 88 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: there's a glitch in the matrix and he goes a 89 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: wall when January comes around, Lamar if Lamar is still 90 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: in the building, and that's not a guarantee, right, there's 91 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: still a chance in the multiverse that the Ravens get 92 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: rid of Lamar Jackson to go completely scorched earth. However, 93 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: if he is still there, if you're still in the 94 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson business, then jesse Mincher, the new coach, has 95 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: zero elbow room. Does anyone disagree with that? Okay, I 96 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: don't see anybody raising their hand. There's no grace period here. 97 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: There's no learning on the job. You hit the ground 98 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: running or you get trampled by a stampede. That's how 99 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: it works. And this is going to be Jesse Minter's 100 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: first head coaching job in Baltimore at any level, at 101 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: any level. And so now he will be managing the offense, 102 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 1: the defense, special teams, massive egos, annoying media people like 103 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: sports with Coleman, and the buffet line. He'll be making 104 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: sure the foods served at a certain time, like do 105 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: they want burgers? Maybe they don't want burgers. How about fish? No, 106 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,840 Speaker 1: other players don't really like fish. Okay, chicken, Maybe we'll 107 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: do chicken. Well, now they kind of want burgers, and say, 108 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: how about steak. Okay, we'll do stick. We a forged 109 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: to get where the NFL we can afford anything we want. 110 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: So you got to control all that stuff. And the 111 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: other problem is you don't know what you don't know 112 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: right hiring rookie coaches. There's certain teams that are just 113 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: loser teams, like the Raiders, now the Browns, the Titans. 114 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: Even the Titans hired a either hire a rookie coach 115 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: or you hire a reject, right rookie or reject and 116 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: the Ravens. I didn't think that that was that job 117 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: that you would hire first timer and all that stuff. 118 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: Now I have a theory I'll give you in a 119 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: minute when you'll hire a first time head coach. Having 120 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: been in this chair behind this microphone for a number 121 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: of years, I've noticed that it's kind of like going 122 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: to the arcade. When you hire a rookie head coach, 123 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: it's like playing the claw machine. Everything looks really good 124 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: in the claw machine, like all the stuffed animals. Maybe 125 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: they have some electronic devices in there. You're like, man, 126 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: that's really good. I like that new iPhone that's in there. Okay, good. 127 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: So you put your money in there. You have a 128 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: lot of hope. There's flashing lights because it's an arcade, right, 129 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: and what happens normally you walk away with nothing and 130 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: you've lost your money. So what are the odds that 131 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: this guy is a good higher Jesse Mintor for the 132 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: los A, the for the Ravens, from the chargers, right 133 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: from the chargers to the rives. So I'm gonna set 134 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: the Mallard line at plus one fifty all right, plus 135 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: one fifty enough. You're not good at Matt. That is 136 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: very generous. I'm Benny Brightside, I'm mister Positive. I'm Sunshine, Rainbows, Lollipops, 137 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: Puppy dogs, the whole thing. So that is a generous 138 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: for now, the heat, if you look at this, the 139 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: heat's gonna be on right away unless Lamar Jackson is 140 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 1: let go and then that's you know, they trade him. 141 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: But it's gonna be like you're a line cook and 142 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: you're in a top restaurant, a seafood restaurant in Baltimore, 143 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: and you're making crab cakes at dinner rush. You got 144 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 1: to keep throwing those crab cakes out. I mean, you 145 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: gotta do it otherwise forget about it. And the roster 146 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: is aging. It's not a smooth situation there. The quarterback 147 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: clock is ticking and so the margin for aero is 148 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: a very microscopic the margin for air. Now turning the page, 149 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: so we keep the theme here, at least for now, 150 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: the theme of the hour. So the question now is 151 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: what does the decision, now that we know who's replacing 152 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: the former coach, what does the decision to hire someone 153 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: tied to the Harbaugh family and even tied to John 154 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: Harbaugh as the next Raven coach? What does that tell us? Right, So, 155 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: sitting in the psychologists chair, this was was not just 156 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: about football. It would it would indicate that the Ravens 157 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: ownership group. It was like couple's therapy, but everyone's wearing 158 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: like jockstraps and stuff. So the ownership looked at the Ravens, 159 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: the guys in Baltimore, and they realized that Lamar Jackson 160 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: and John Harbaugh were at loggerheads. They weren't speaking the 161 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: same language. You got a flip phone and the other 162 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: guy's doing the TikTok and all that stuff. So Jesse 163 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: Minter now enters the picture and he's the Harball family's 164 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: Swiss army knife. Now he's not a blood relative, but 165 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: this guy has been a tennis ball Jesse Mintor. You 166 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: look at his resume and it's whack a mole between 167 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 1: John Harbaugh spent four years with the Ravens, Jim Harball, 168 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: and he's gone back and forth. It's like a kid 169 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: shuttled between divorced parents every other weekend and the Ravens again. 170 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: Four years they had this guy with John men Michigan, 171 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: then the Chargers. So this is in theory, it's a 172 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: peace treaty. It is a peace treaty by ownership for 173 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: the quarterback. The owner, Steve Bashati, wanted to keep John Harbor. 174 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: To me hiring this guy is a dead giveaway. We 175 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: hired Jesse Mintor, who's tied to the Harballs. It tells 176 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: me that the owner decided to keep Lamar Jackson or 177 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: attempt to keep Lamar Jackson happy, and that's why he decided. Well, 178 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: I have to get rid of John Harbaugh because I 179 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: want to keep Lamar Jackson happy. So but I'm gonna 180 00:10:58,120 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: still go as close as I can get to the 181 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: Harball bloodline without actually hiring a Hardball. Keep that alive, 182 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: and then I can get Lamar Jackson happy and all that. 183 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: So you get a new voice, but the same perspective 184 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: on football. So using some more Malard psychobabble, don't forget 185 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: the story. Dump dumpity, dumpity dumpity, do right the story 186 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: dump now Lamar and I was away from my post. 187 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: It was the end of twenty twenty five, so it 188 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: was only a few weeks ago. But Lamar was accused 189 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: of sleeping in meetings, video games till sunrise, and essentially 190 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: just being like an overgrown kid. Even though he's got 191 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: this massive contract, he he doesn't take the job seriously. 192 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: He gets star treatment. And so the theory I have 193 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 1: again amateur psychologists, I practice on the radio. So the 194 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: theory is that that was an intentional leak to try 195 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: to wake Lamar up, that embarrass him, send that story out, 196 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: and instead it blew up in the hands of John Harbaugh. Right. 197 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: It nuked the relationship with Lamar Jackson, so Lamar shut 198 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: down even more. The moment, which we knew at the time, 199 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: was a big thing. Some of you dumb people didn't 200 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: know the moment after the Steeler Ravens game when he 201 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 1: was asked Lamar Jackson whether he wanted John Harbaugh back, 202 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: and he refused to answer the question. That was the moment. 203 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: That was the tipping point. That was when things went 204 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: caugh boom. Is what happened right there, and the owners blinked. 205 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: And again I theory is they did want to fire 206 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: John Harbaugh, so they essentially hired his steps on is 207 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: what they did. It's not really a full reboot for 208 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: the Ravens. It's like it's like, Hey, I'm gonna have 209 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: a diet coke instead of regular coke and I'm healthy 210 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: Now I'm good because I had I'm drinking diet coke. 211 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,839 Speaker 1: You know, it's get the super sized combo meal and 212 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: I'll get the diet coke. Okay, you're good, You're living 213 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: extra ten years, all right. Now, last word, we head 214 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: the Buffalo where the buffalo roam. So while the Bills 215 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 1: are turning their full attention to a coaching search, and 216 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 1: there are some really shady names on that coaching search, 217 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: there is a grassroots movement that has started. You see this, no, okay, 218 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: So there's a grassroots movement that has started among the 219 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: Bills mafia. And I'm not sure whether there are boots 220 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: on the ground for Alexis and Inka Terror and Derek 221 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: the Bill's Monster. He's one of the guys in the 222 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: Bills mafia that wears the mask and jumps on tables, 223 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: So I don't know if these guys are part of it. 224 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: The grassroots movement, though, has started among the Bills mafia 225 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: to tried to have their voices or they have petitioned 226 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: to reinstate Sean McDermott. So what let me repeat that 227 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: for those of you in the back there. So, yeah, 228 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: so the petition is to reinstate Sean McDermott, as you know, 229 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: the coach. Now, as of a little bit before we 230 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: crack the microphones here on the Overnight Show at Fox, 231 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: the thing's only been up for a couple of days. 232 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: The petition to reinstate the fired Bill's coach has over 233 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: thirty eight thousand signatures, over thirty eight thousand signatures and 234 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: county and county. So the question do you expect the 235 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: wack A Noodle owner Steve Pagola, who we featured in 236 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: a previous episode of the show. Do you expect owner 237 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: Steve Pagola rather to see this and to pay attention 238 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: to the Bill's Mafia and their petition to bring back 239 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: the now former coach. Sean McDermott. All right, so my 240 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: first thought on this, it's like buying flowers for your 241 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: girlfriend after you forgot her birthday, your anniversary and Valentine's Day. Right, 242 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: it's a sweet gesture. You don't gain any real leverage, 243 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: you don't. Do you think that the owner of an 244 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: NFL team, Steve Pagola, is sitting in a leather chair 245 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:02,119 Speaker 1: somewhere in his estate and sipping to atobisk and trembling 246 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: because the Internet is upset? Do you think that's going on? 247 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 3: Right? 248 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: Maybe he's having French onion. He could be French onion. Soo, 249 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: As Donnie Brasco would say back, in the day. Forget 250 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: a body, forget a body. Come on, now, this shows passion. 251 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: I thought it. Listen, Bill's mafia has passion. They still 252 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: have passion. The majority of Bill's mafia loved Sean McDermott. 253 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: There was a great bond there between the coach and 254 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: the fan base, and for that, I say great. It's 255 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: also whoop de damn do passion. And this is another 256 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: thing that I've learned from working on the suburbs of 257 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: the industrial complex of sports. Passion does not run billion 258 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: dollar franchises. And there's an old saying in the industrial 259 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: complex of sports, and especially the NFL, that he who 260 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: listens to the fan base ends up sitting with said 261 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: fan base that you cannot listen to them. And ownership 262 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: doesn't crowdsource decisions. It's not like a bake sale or 263 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: something along those lines. And so you're asking what, like, like, 264 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: what are you trying to send a message? Because I 265 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: don't think it's the message you want. And there is 266 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: a way to send a message. It's very painful message, 267 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: very painful message to send it. It's painful to get 268 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: that message out. But it involves narcotics. It's the narcotic 269 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: known as apathy. It's a hell of a drug apathy. 270 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: The loudest protest, the loudest protest you can make as 271 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: a fan base is not going on social media and 272 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: or attacking you know, random dot bots or whatever. The 273 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: thing that you can do that will get attention is 274 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: too And this is gonna scare you. It scares me. 275 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: It's this thing I can't do. The sound of silence. 276 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: The loudest protest is not noise. It's nothing. It's do nothing, 277 00:16:55,280 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: say nothing, be nothing. Stop buying tickets, stop buying the merge, 278 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: stop high fiving every team, tweet like it. You're a 279 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: trained seal. Just don't do it. Hit pause. Is it hard? Yeah? Absolutely. 280 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 1: Aloofness is no fun if you're fully invested. However, it 281 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: does work. There's a history of this working. The greatest 282 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: example is the Roman dynasty of baseball the Dodgers right now. 283 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: And the reason the Dodgers have that is because the 284 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: fan base turned their back when they had this parking 285 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: lot magnet named Frank McCort that owned the Dodgers. People 286 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: actually stopped going to Dodger games. The attendants went down, 287 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: the TV ratings were terrible, and people stopped caring they 288 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: had apathy and Major League Baseball, the commission at the 289 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: time was this used car salesman, this huckster named Bud Selik, 290 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,159 Speaker 1: who allowed all of the steroids to go on in 291 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: baseball and then also allowed to tie in the All 292 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: Star Game back when that used to matter. That was 293 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: really the point of demarcation, when the All Star Game 294 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: started sucking because of Bud's selick in all sports. But anyway, 295 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: the point is that at that time Baseball freaked out. 296 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: This was one of their great cats, the Dodgers, and 297 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: so they worked out a deal to force Frank McCord out. 298 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: They gave them the parking lots. Dodgers ended up with 299 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: a sweetheart TV deal which is why they have this 300 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: and finagling the contracts to have them deferred. And the 301 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: Dodgers are set up so you talk with your wallet, right, 302 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: and petitions are that's a whisper and until the revenue 303 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: needle moves the wrong direction, and are you in the 304 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: red or in the black? 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We have not 325 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: done this in twenty twenty six seven' done this in 326 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: a long time. Used to be a staple of the show. 327 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: But the Verbal Octagon will be open for business. We 328 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: are going to have Blind Scott representing the Patriots in 329 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: three rounds of verbal chaos in the octagon, and we 330 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: will have him going against someone I've never heard of 331 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: named John in Colorado. So we'll see how that goes. 332 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: That'll be coming up later this hour. Get your bets in. 333 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: No fixing, no funny business here. I don't know what 334 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: the line is on DraftKings. I'll have to check. But 335 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: our lead from Indianapolis and we have a true crime 336 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: mystery in the NFL. Yeah, are those still popular? Those 337 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: true crime shows? Are they still I don't know. I 338 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: don't know if they're still popular. If you haven't seen it, 339 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: perhaps not. We have learned that the FBI, better known 340 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: by that name rather than the Federal Bureau of Investigations, 341 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: is looking into the death of former Colts owner Jim 342 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: Ersay and the doctor who was supplying him all of 343 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: those pills and whatnot, huge amounts of opioids and ketamine 344 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: and injections and all that stuff. All that stuff, and 345 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: so from the story it was reported by the Washington Post, 346 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: they said the same California based doctor Ersa lives in 347 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: indian He lived in Indianapolis. Live anywhere now but Ursa 348 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: in He had a doctor in California who also signed 349 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: his death certificate, the same one that was handing him 350 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 1: all the good stuff and ruled the death natural. All right, 351 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 1: So that is a good jumping off point. Let us 352 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: discuss again the FBI. The question is the FBI sniffing 353 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 1: around the doctor who provided Colts owner Jim Mersay his 354 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: opi opiods? So how do you read this one? All right? 355 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: How do you read this one? So my observations, I 356 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: got deep pockets, nanny pod, and tub sales pitch again, 357 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: deep pockets, nanny pod and tub sales pitch. And we'll 358 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: put all of these things together. One two, three, n ABC. 359 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: So number one, number one a little faster number one. No, 360 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: that was better. That was better. So this is not 361 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: the Jim Mersey story. Is not a who done it? 362 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: It is a how much is it? Story? In my opinion, 363 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: it's a sad story, right, somebody dies a sad thing. However, 364 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: I don't believe this is worthy of violence. You know 365 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. We don't need to play the violin. 366 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: Jim Irsay was a lot of things. He was quite 367 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: the character. He was good for what I do because 368 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: he said's anythings? And I appreciate people like that. If 369 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: everyone did the same thing, boy, life would be boring. 370 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: And so ever, say it was a character. He was 371 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: and wasn't the greatest owner in the world. But who 372 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: cares because he said some wack of doodle stuff and 373 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: we love that. We love that. He also had demons. 374 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: We all have demons, right, everyone's got demons. He had demons. 375 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: He was an addict. He was very open about that. 376 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 1: It was painful, and this went on for decades. And 377 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: one thing I know people in my world. I'm sure 378 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: you have people in your world that are addicted to 379 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: drugs or whatever. Alcohol. You always find if you're an addict, 380 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: you're always gonna find your fix. It's like water finding 381 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: a crack, right, It's the water's going to find the crack. Well, 382 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 1: there's no crack. Well, there's a crack. You didn't realize 383 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: the water found it. And the other thing I know 384 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: from I'm not rich, but I know some people that 385 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: are rich. And when you have deep pockets, you can 386 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: find whatever you need. Right, And especially if you're an 387 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: attic and you have a lot of cash, there's always 388 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: a doctor feel good. Right, there's always a doctor feel 389 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: good willing to play pharmacist for hire. Now that said, 390 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: this is also one of those textbook one percent justice. 391 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,439 Speaker 1: You know how there's like different different things. And when 392 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: regular people die because they're addicts and they found a 393 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: doctor that is running a buffet of pills for them, 394 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: it's bubcus, right, they get bupkus. There's no investigation. That's it. 395 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: It's kind of a shrug. Maybe you get the emoji, 396 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: the shrug emoji, and then that's it. You move on. However, 397 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: when a billionaire who happens to own an NFL team 398 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: keels over in the same situation, suddenly it is CSI rehab. 399 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: We've seen some high profile cases over the years. I 400 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: don't know how old you are. They should be a 401 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: musician named Michael Jackson. He was kind of famous. His 402 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: doctor was giving him all kinds of stuff. It was convicted, 403 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: went to jail. More recently that if you watch the 404 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: show Friends back in the name Matthew Perry who died 405 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: in I think it was Malibu, and there's similar situation there. 406 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: So these people had a lot of money, they were 407 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: famous people, and they were able to find doctors. According 408 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: to one was convicted. I don't know what happened with 409 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: the I haven't kept track of the Matthew Perrys. So, 410 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 1: but they had there's a lot of there's a lot 411 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: of opportunity, uh when you when you've got the money, 412 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: and so wealth buys uh confusion, it also buys you 413 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: plausible deniability. Now, I want to be clear, I got 414 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: a very passionate reaction. Last year we talked about the 415 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: sad story involving the pitcher Tyler Skaggs of the Angels, 416 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: and he also was a drug addict, and he, you know, 417 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: he died from an overdose at a hotel room in 418 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 1: Texas and the Angels were playing the Rangers and the 419 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 1: person that was giving him the drugs in that case 420 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: is currently in jail, will be in jail pretty much 421 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 1: the rest of his life. And I had said I 422 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: did not believe that that warranted a conviction because that 423 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: was a couple of junkies that were sharing drugs. They 424 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: were both drug addicts. And so to me, this is 425 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: different than Jim Mersey story. And the reason it's different, 426 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 1: I'll say why, is because doctors, unlike just regular people 427 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 1: that are addicted to drugs, they take the Hippocratic oath, right, 428 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: and when you take the hypocritic oath, which is the 429 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: foundational ethical code of medicine for physicians, and I think 430 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: most of us know that we learned that in school. 431 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: And so when you do that, you emphasize the principles 432 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: of things like do no harm, right, do no harm, 433 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: and patient you get to be quiet about patients of 434 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,719 Speaker 1: the confidentiality and all that stuff, and so all of 435 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: those things go into it. And so it's different when 436 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: you're a doctor, when you're handing out the opioids like 437 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: tic TACs, it's problematic as opposed again to somebody who 438 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: is a low level staffer for the Angels and was 439 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: also a drug addict, and Tyler Skaggs reached out to 440 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: him to get drugs. To me, that's a different situation, 441 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: all right. Now we move away from that's sad tale. 442 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: We go to the Bay Area where John Lynch the 443 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,719 Speaker 1: story still has legs the GM of the Niners confirming 444 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: confirming John Lynch that wide receiver Brandon Iuc will not return. 445 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: We talked about this in a previous episode of the show. 446 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: John Lynch said he has played his last snap. Now 447 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 1: we are told the Niners are all horny to get 448 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: their hands on Vikings. Wide receiver Jordan Addison, who played 449 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: at Pitt and SC was a very good college player 450 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: and had a great rookie year in the NFL for 451 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: the Minnesota football team. So the theory is based on 452 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: what I understand a minute long deliberation of the available information, 453 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: that Jordan Addison would slide in to the Niners and 454 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: become the primary pass catcher and not likely sending Brandon 455 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: Ayac back to Minnesota. Now, why would Minnesota want to 456 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: get to get rid of Jordan Addison. Well, there's some 457 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: financial stuff, but it's also he's just become a knucklehead. 458 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: Buffoonery has been taking place here. So Addison's production is strong, 459 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: although it's not going the right direction of the off 460 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: field stuff. The buffoonery is the story here for Jordan Addison. 461 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,360 Speaker 1: So the question on this one for the class. And 462 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: you're in the class. So the question is the forty 463 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: nine ers, according to various outposts making efforts to this offseason, 464 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: they have targeted Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison as a 465 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: guy they want do you approve or disprove? As you know, 466 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: it's very important. I'm at the bully pulpit here, and 467 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: at the bully pulpit very important that what I say matters. 468 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: So I approve the Vikings going for Jordan Addison with 469 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: the qualifier of adult supervision. The talent this guy is 470 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: absolutely is wonderful. The smarts does not have a high 471 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: football IQ. Okay, don't ask. Jordan Addison can play at 472 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 1: a very high level. He's got the tools in the toolbox. Unfortunately, 473 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 1: the toolbox is missing the instruction manual. So if you 474 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: get him, you're gonna have to go online and see 475 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: can I get the instruction man? Well, we don't. We don't 476 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: send that out. Well why not? I need it? I 477 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: need the instruction man. Well, we don't do it anymore. 478 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: I can send it to your phone. I don't have 479 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: a smartphone. I have a dumb phone. Okay, you're screwed. 480 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: That's it. So that's why he'll be available from Minnesota. 481 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: If you believe these coupes, and really, anyone's available, and 482 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: anyone's can be available. Of the Dallas Mavericks can give 483 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: away Luca. Anyone can be available, and you can get 484 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: Jordan Addison for pennies on the dollar. Because there is 485 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: a hole in his ozone layer when it comes to 486 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: decision making. So if you activate the Malard think Tank, 487 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: which we like to do, you bring Jordan Addison in, 488 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: then you hold an A and E style intervention. You 489 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 1: bring in that A and E style intervention. I'm talking 490 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: the full babysitter package. You go on nanny pod, you 491 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: get the VIP package, you got the nanny, you got 492 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: the babysitter, which I guess is different than a nanny. 493 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: Then you've got the chauffeur. Got to have the show 494 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: for guy. Now in San Francisco they got those self 495 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: driving waymos, which in LA they're turned into barbecues, but 496 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if they do it in San Francisco too. 497 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: So get one of those, you know, give him a 498 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: personal weymo and then you're good on that GPS ankle bracelet. 499 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: If you have to. The court might give him that, 500 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: anything to keep him from Buckley. Now he has served 501 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: the vikings three years in the NFL. The three x 502 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: three combo. What is the three x three combo? That's 503 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: that's the meal, three by three combo meal. You've got 504 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: three seasons in the NFL and three arrests. Three arrests 505 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Now, I believe the last one, which 506 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: was at a hotel in Florida, I think the charges 507 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: were not They didn't go forward with that case. But 508 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: he still was arrested for it, but they didn't go forward. 509 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: It worked out some kind of deal. It would appear 510 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: and the production. That's the other issue. He's not terrible, 511 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: but it's like a phone battery that every year you 512 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: have your phone, the battery drains a little bit faster. 513 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: You know what I'm talking about. It's paying the ass, Yeah, exactly. 514 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: So that's the issue. He's had fewer catches Jordan Nattison, 515 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: fewer yards and fewer touchdowns every season since his breakout 516 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: rookie year. And nevertheless, here's the thing. I don't want 517 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: to see the Niners do well. But if I was 518 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: the Niners, I would say, well, we don't really need 519 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: somebody that's acquired boy. We don't need acquire boy. So 520 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: they need a weapon, and we know that brock Purty. Really, 521 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 1: what the Niners are saying is brock Purty's not that good, 522 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: is what they're saying. Right, He's not good enough. Some 523 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: quarterbacks elevate wide receivers. Brock Purty is not. That guy's 524 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: very average talent. They overpaid him, and this is an 525 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: admission that he needs playmakers. Brock perty because he doesn't 526 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: make players around him better, They make him better. He 527 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: doesn't make them better. He doesn't elevate his teammates. That's 528 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: really what the Niners are saying by this rumor getting 529 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: out there and Kyle Shannon's offense. All you geniuses tell 530 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: me how great this guy is as a coach and 531 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: all that stuff. His offense is hyped as a finishing 532 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: school and all that. So let's see. Let's see. Let's 533 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: see Lance the bus driver, Nest Do in the Bay, 534 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: and Terry and England's a big forty nine er fan, 535 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: and Jay Scoop and all these cats. Let's see how 536 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: this goes all? Right, now, final point, dud Jersey. We 537 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: go to Jersey. We are told that multiple defensive coordinator candidates, 538 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: including two big names, two prominent names in the NFL, 539 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: have said ix nay on the Jets say they have 540 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: declined to even interview with Jets head coach Aaron Glenn. Now, 541 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: the big Apple media having a field day, acting like 542 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: termites finding soft wood. They are consuming it from the 543 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: inside out, so excited. This is so great for them. 544 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: So the question, how do you process Aaron Glenn and 545 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: the Jets being rejected by multiple big name defensive coordinators. 546 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: So this is not Harvard law right, turning you down. 547 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: This is not Harvard law. This is the NFL coaching 548 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: market telling you, eh, and we're good, we're good. We 549 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: don't need that. Now tells me that Aaron Glenn and 550 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: the Jets front office aimed way too high, way too hot, right, 551 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 1: and you outkicked your coverage. Our old morning guy Klay 552 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: Travis would like that, but you OutKick your coverage right. 553 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: You tripped over your own shoelaces and you landed faced 554 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: first in a cloud of stardust. It's bad job by you. 555 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: It shows you zero situational winners. They don't know where 556 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: they rank on the food chain in the NFL, and 557 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: you really have to know where you rank the Jets. 558 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: That's I guess. I'll use the analogy like this. Imagine, 559 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: if you will. You are a tech startup. You've got 560 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: a little bit of venture capital, but you're not you're 561 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: not loaded, right, you're a little venture capital. So you're 562 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: a tech startup, You're gonna fix the world and all 563 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: that stuff. And you go out and you try to 564 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 1: poach an Apple executive and you offer them a bunch 565 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: of stock options, and the Apple executive looks at you 566 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: and said wait a minute, that's monopoly money, and said, well, 567 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: I know it's monopoly money, but we want you to 568 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,479 Speaker 1: come work for us. We're a hot to try start up. Well, no, 569 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: but I work at Apple. I have real money. I 570 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 1: don't need. I do not need that monopoly money. But 571 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: please come on. You're using the if you're the startup 572 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: the Jets, you're using the tub sales pitch, what I 573 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: call the tub sales pitch. You know what the tub 574 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: sales pitch is. It's trust us, bro that's the sales pitch. 575 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: Just trust us brouh And we're building something. Yeah, that's it. 576 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: That's a ticket. We're building something. It is an open 577 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: secret that coaches. No, you go to the Jets, Yeah, 578 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: you'll make a decent amount of money, but you better 579 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: not buy anything. Because the Jets have a stumble bump owner. 580 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: The roster blows. There's chaos in the air everywhere, and 581 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,240 Speaker 1: so there's also a lack of job security for Aaron 582 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: Glenn and so it appears they've said hard passed. You're 583 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: gonna get someone. Ob mean, someone will take that job. 584 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,919 Speaker 1: It's kind of like going to Best Buy. The Jets 585 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: are like, I think I gotta get a refrigerator. And 586 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: so you look at the price of the refrigerators and 587 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: they're really expensive, and said, man, I can't afford that. 588 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: And so you're not getting a shiny stainless steel model 589 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 1: with the ice maker and all the bells and whistles 590 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: and the dew hickeys and all that. You're in the 591 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: back open box fridge, you know, the back where they 592 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: have all the stuff. That's damage. You got dents on 593 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,720 Speaker 1: the door, it's missing the shelf. There's some kind of weird, 594 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: funny humming sound thing. I don't know what that is, 595 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,720 Speaker 1: but don't worry about it. And by the way, all 596 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: sales are final. All sales are final. Good luck, good 597 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,400 Speaker 1: luck yikes. 598 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 599 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 600 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: It's Mallard. How about that to the third degree. 601 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 2: This is one big event. Gets grilled. 602 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:22,720 Speaker 1: Coobol. 603 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 4: It was reported on Wednesday that Brian Daball is targeting 604 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 4: the Bill's head coaching job. Ben, what odds do you 605 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 4: give Dave Ball of actually landing it? 606 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: Well, of course everyone's targeting that job. I give him 607 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 1: a better than fifty percent I'd say a sixty percent yes, 608 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: because he's bros with Josh Allen and Josh Allen they 609 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: got to suck up to Allen. So I say that 610 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,839 Speaker 1: Brian day Ball, I would say he's got about sixty 611 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: percent chance. He worked there. He was beloved in Buffalo, like, 612 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 1: that's the one guy they can hire that people won't 613 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:53,080 Speaker 1: be pissed off about. 614 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,400 Speaker 4: Next, in a piece where league executives, coaches, and scouts 615 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 4: were asked to make a bold prediction, one thinks that 616 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 4: the Falcons could start the season with Kirk Cousins not 617 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 4: only still on the team, but at the top of 618 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 4: the depth chart. 619 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,160 Speaker 5: Ben, could you see that happening? Well? 620 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: Could they? Yes? Could they? But if I'm Kevin Stefanski 621 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: and I'm taking over, I want to change it off. 622 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: I want to bring new people in there. Cousins look 623 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 1: pretty washed up at the end of last year, so 624 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 1: I would make a change. But could he? Sure? I 625 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 1: could see that? 626 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 5: Next? 627 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,959 Speaker 4: On Wednesday, there was a report that sugg Justin Steve 628 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 4: Kerr's future with the Warriors is up in the air, 629 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 4: and that multiple assistant coaches on his staff are offerating 630 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 4: under the premise that Kerr will not be back next season. 631 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 4: Do you think this is it for Steve Kerr? 632 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, well I think it's fair. If Kerr realizes it's 633 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: all over for the Warriors, he's out. He'll go back 634 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: and do television or at Amazon or NBC, which he 635 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,040 Speaker 1: did at TNT before and that did. How'd we do, Kobolo? 636 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 5: You pass this edition when I won the game? 637 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,840 Speaker 1: Unlike unlike that guy pretending to be John from Colorado 638 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 1: who did not win. 639 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 640 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Foxsports Radio 641 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,360 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 642 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:03,160 Speaker 2: listen live. Knock Knock Who's there? 643 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: Blame Weed? Blame week too. It's Big Ben's lame joke 644 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 1: of the week. We go lame jokes the week, actual 645 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,399 Speaker 1: jokes by actual listeners. We have our laugh track from 646 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: South Florida. Hooray for Holly would hooray for Hollywood. Weed 647 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: Man Hippie. His name legally is Billy Hello, weed Man, Hippie. 648 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 6: Hey Ben, I love you, Hey, I work, I work 649 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 6: two week, Yes, work, there's a lot of work. 650 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 1: This is this job is not that easy. You still listen? 651 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: Do you still listen? Weed Man? The other nights, or 652 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 1: you only listen to the nights that you're on the shows 653 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,600 Speaker 1: every night. All right, well, let's get to the jokes. 654 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,320 Speaker 1: Here we go. These are actual jokes by actual listeners. 655 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: If you'd like to send one in in a future 656 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:57,200 Speaker 1: episode of the show, send it care of Benmahlor Show 657 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,399 Speaker 1: at gmail dot com, Ben Maler Show at gmail. Black Tom. 658 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 1: Put jokes in the headline. Put jokes in the headline. 659 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,000 Speaker 1: How has Lisa been able to stay with weed Man 660 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 1: for all of these years? How? Say hi, Hi, Ben 661 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: Hi Lisa? Yes, the reason Lisa's being able to stay 662 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 1: away or stay with weed Man all these years is 663 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,439 Speaker 1: because he lives a thousand miles away. That is why 664 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 1: that's a certain time the comedian, what's the different? What's 665 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 1: the difference between weed man hippie and a used toothpick? 666 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: What not? A damn thing? That's not very nice? Gg hout? 667 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: Dare you we we? Lisa didn't like that one. Weed 668 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 1: man hippie is so poor? How poor is he? He's 669 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 1: so poor? When you watch when you watch Benny versus 670 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 1: the Penny on YouTube, the penny gets blurred out. That's 671 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: how poor are that's Kurt from her who said that 672 00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:01,760 Speaker 1: one in? Why does weed Man have a splitting headache? 673 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 3: Why? 674 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: Well, he's been diagnosed with a crackhead. That's Drew in Minnesota. 675 00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 1: I come on, who is weed Man's favorite agent? Is 676 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:19,040 Speaker 1: the favorite sports agent? Rich Paul? Rich Paul? That's Eric? 677 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 1: Eric in Kansas? Is Big Ben's lame Jokes of the 678 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,360 Speaker 1: week with our friend Billy? What is weed Man's definition 679 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: of streaming a streaming service? What when a dog approaches 680 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,239 Speaker 1: you while you're sleeping on the ground. Wow, that's not nice. 681 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:40,120 Speaker 1: That's Drew in Minnesota. Well, exciting news. Exciting news. What's 682 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:46,640 Speaker 1: weed Man's New Year's resolution? What to remember his email address? 683 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: Do you remember your email adds? We'man now you don't? 684 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 1: Oh my god? Why does weed Man always feel crowded? Why? 685 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 1: Because he has no room? Michael lebret on. That last 686 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,439 Speaker 1: joke was from Eric in Kansas. What has weed Man 687 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,960 Speaker 1: been working on in his spare time? Why he's making 688 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,200 Speaker 1: the largest rolling paper ball in the world. Congratulations, and 689 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: I we bought. Why don't beg buds? Why don't beg 690 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:24,399 Speaker 1: bugs fear weed Man? 691 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 3: Why? 692 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,400 Speaker 1: Because they know he can't bite? They know he cannot bite. 693 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,560 Speaker 1: Do you ever find your teeth. I don't think you 694 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,399 Speaker 1: found your teeth there. How did Ferg Dog? How did 695 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,279 Speaker 1: Ferg Dog describe learning Braille? He said it was a 696 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 1: bumpy ride, a bumpy ride. Noah in Austin, beg you 697 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 1: Weed man, bye bye. There he goes our buddy Weed. 698 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,000 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 699 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 700 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,880 Speaker 3: I have the Morning News set Lines podcast after the 701 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,520 Speaker 3: one minute what about look on my Instagram page is 702 00:40:55,560 --> 00:41:00,000 Speaker 3: coming up after this. But in the meantime, listeners theopon Entertainment, 703 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 3: what a Fox Sports Radios, Great Friday, Mali Show, traditions, 704 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:08,239 Speaker 3: sorts now and here, it's not of it, my man, 705 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:13,480 Speaker 3: my man, Sword Juna Cooper and I say, broco Fan, 706 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,960 Speaker 3: take it away. I'm in my mind, brockle Fan on Nex. 707 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 5: Thank you Marcel's mentor, Coop your his mentor. That's that's 708 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,560 Speaker 5: I'm it's a I'm proud to be that. 709 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:27,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's your student. You're really doing a great job 710 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,120 Speaker 1: teaching me so so good. 711 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:30,960 Speaker 5: It is, thank you, Yes it. 712 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,759 Speaker 4: Is, yes, it is, it's all yours, my man, take 713 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:38,360 Speaker 4: it away, thank you, Marcel. I am taking it away, 714 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,040 Speaker 4: all right, So we're gonna start off like we always 715 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,640 Speaker 4: do in the theaters on Koop Scuba and Entertainment, but 716 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,640 Speaker 4: we're gonna we're just gonna take a brief trip there 717 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 4: because the couple of releases this weekend have terrible reviews, uh, 718 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,680 Speaker 4: but they're worth mentioning just because they've got some star power. 719 00:41:55,719 --> 00:42:01,200 Speaker 4: The first is a movie called Mercy Now. This stars 720 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:05,760 Speaker 4: Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, and it is a action 721 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 4: adventure slash side fi. Stop calling, I'm not going to 722 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:09,560 Speaker 4: screen your calls. 723 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:10,080 Speaker 3: Uh. 724 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,160 Speaker 5: In the near future, a detective step. 725 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:18,440 Speaker 1: Oh my, people love to call the show a detective. 726 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 4: A detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. 727 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,960 Speaker 4: He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the 728 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 4: advanced AI judge. 729 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,439 Speaker 1: Oh Ai judge, That's just what I need in my world. 730 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,840 Speaker 4: Yes, it sounds it sounds like a like an interesting premise, 731 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,200 Speaker 4: but the critics apparently did not like it. It's got 732 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,279 Speaker 4: a twenty six percent on Rotten Tomatoes so far. 733 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 1: Did they did? They did? I don't know who made it, 734 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,640 Speaker 1: but they're like, we gotta get Ai in a movie. 735 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,279 Speaker 1: Let's get Ai in a movie. Everyone do an Ai. 736 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 4: Let's get a people want to see that in the 737 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,759 Speaker 4: movie though, well, I mean the the AI character is 738 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:55,600 Speaker 4: played by a real actress. But you know, it's it's 739 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,319 Speaker 4: it's it's what's going on in society, Ben, That's that's 740 00:42:58,320 --> 00:42:59,799 Speaker 4: you know what we gotta you know, that could be 741 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 4: a future we might be judged, you know, juried and executions. 742 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 1: By a I kill plug it, you know, if to 743 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:10,040 Speaker 1: worry about it, plug it. 744 00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 4: H The second movie coming out this weekend is a 745 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 4: another installment in the Silent Hill series. This is returned 746 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:24,719 Speaker 4: to Silent Hill. Uh, this one. I'm just gonna mention 747 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:29,000 Speaker 4: it because it's a known brand. But it's got a 748 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:35,000 Speaker 4: nine percent on Rotten Tomatoes and the nine that's true. 749 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,920 Speaker 4: That's that's something I guess. I'm moving over to television. 750 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:40,719 Speaker 1: Television, the boob tube. 751 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,879 Speaker 4: Yes, that is correct. We have a documentary for you, Ben, Oh, 752 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 4: thank you. There we got and this one is mel 753 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,560 Speaker 4: Brooks the ninety nine year old man. 754 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:52,600 Speaker 1: You're still around? 755 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:58,680 Speaker 4: Yes, this is a documentary directed by jud Appatoo and 756 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,359 Speaker 4: Michael you know what, jut outtime. 757 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:02,600 Speaker 5: With somebody else? 758 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 1: Okay, you don't know how to say it, leave it out. 759 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:06,359 Speaker 5: That's right. 760 00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:08,360 Speaker 1: Just mumble it, just mumble it. 761 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:13,360 Speaker 4: Bonfiglio, Michael Bonfiglio. That's probably how Yeah, there we go. 762 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,200 Speaker 4: H It is a two part look at the comedy legend. 763 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:21,000 Speaker 4: Both parts are available to stream right now on HBO Max. 764 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,200 Speaker 4: Part one was actually last night at eight eight pm. 765 00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:27,080 Speaker 4: If you don't do the whole streaming thing. Part two 766 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,680 Speaker 4: will be tonight at eight pm on HBO. 767 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I do. I just stream it. I just stream it. 768 00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:39,040 Speaker 5: I'm good on that my music. Please thank you, Lauren. 769 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,080 Speaker 1: Come on. 770 00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:46,120 Speaker 4: Ye here, here's something interesting that is going to be 771 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,840 Speaker 4: on Netflix, and it's it's gonna be on Netflix tonight. 772 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,560 Speaker 4: Actually you might have seen some advertisements for it. It's 773 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:56,000 Speaker 4: called Skyscraper Live. So it is a live event and 774 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,560 Speaker 4: it follows free soloist Alex Hanald. 775 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,520 Speaker 5: Who is going to climb one of. 776 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:06,839 Speaker 4: The world's tallest buildings type one oh one, which I mean, 777 00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:07,840 Speaker 4: that's the plan. 778 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,480 Speaker 1: This is live. Yes, Sophie dies. 779 00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,440 Speaker 4: I guess we're gonna see a death on Netflix if 780 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:15,400 Speaker 4: that happens. 781 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:17,919 Speaker 1: Okay, I don't live. 782 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 5: Look, I mean they might have, like you know, kind 783 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:21,640 Speaker 5: of like we do a. 784 00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:27,560 Speaker 4: A little bit of a delay just in case he falls. 785 00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 1: Bay Area calls up and says bad words and things 786 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:30,279 Speaker 1: like that. 787 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:34,200 Speaker 4: Right, yeah, so and I and I imagine if the 788 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:36,960 Speaker 4: cameras are following him if he falls. I doubt the 789 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,280 Speaker 4: camera is going to pan down to see if he falls. 790 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:44,279 Speaker 1: Everyone gets pancakes soon. 791 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:45,600 Speaker 5: Anyway, if you're interested to. 792 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,440 Speaker 1: See me somebody, I want to see him make it. 793 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,399 Speaker 1: I don't want to see any gad zukery. I want 794 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: to see the guy make Yeah. 795 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:52,080 Speaker 5: There you go. 796 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:56,600 Speaker 4: That is tonight at eight pm Eastern five pm Pacific 797 00:45:56,680 --> 00:46:01,759 Speaker 4: time on Netflix. And Last but not Least is the 798 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:06,560 Speaker 4: premiere of the third season of Apple's acclaimed dramedy Shrinking, 799 00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:11,560 Speaker 4: starring Harrison Ford and Jason Siegel. This season, we'll see 800 00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:17,600 Speaker 4: Jeff Daniels and Michael J. Fox joined the cast. Rude yes, 801 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:18,319 Speaker 4: oh yeah. 802 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:22,200 Speaker 5: That is Michael J. Fox's first TV role in five years. 803 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:27,760 Speaker 4: And that will be on Apple TV Wednesday, January twenty eighth. 804 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:31,160 Speaker 4: Shrinking third season that is Coop Scoop on Entertainment