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November 27, 2025 • 42 mins

Ben Maller talks about Geno Smith's apology to the Raider fans, his viewpoint on the Chip Kelly play calling botch, playing another edition of Who Am I, and much more!!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Gobble gobble, it's our number one Happy Thanksgiving from the
Ben Mathers Show to you. I'm glad that you are
taking part, even on this holiday, to the bantering and
the witticism and the wordplay that we do all night long.
It's great to have you part of the show. And
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(00:22):
if you have no family and no friends, well we're
your family, we're your friends, and we thank you for
being part of the Malard Militia and our little radio family,
our dysfunctional family overnight. So here in our number one
where are you at? On Gino Smith celebrating Turkey by
giving the bird and then apologizing for the bird he
apologize to Raider fans. Also, what is your viewpoint on

(00:43):
the leaked story that claimed former offensive coordinator Chip Kelly
regularly botched play calls with the Raiders And how do
you process quarterback Justin Fields being blindsided by the Jets
benching him say what, We'll get.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
To all of that and more right now.

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So we got three games on an NFL kind of
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original recipe show all night. We'll have podcasts all weekend,
all that stuff. So we're here on this overnight right now.
The big Turkey is going around in the sky and
he's gonna slide down every chimney and then deliver turkey
and mash.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
But no, that's that's the other holiday I got you,
all right, So we'll begin our lead.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
This hour is from Viva Las Vegas, where the Raiders
are bad at football but good at providing content. The
incompetent Tom Brady has his fingerprints all over the crime
scene as the Raiders are worse than they've ever been
under the leadership of Tom Brady. But you're not supposed
to talk about that because they'll cancel you in the NFL. Well,

(03:53):
Gino Smith, who's not on the quarterback, he sucks. He's
caught on camera. You might remember giving the two birds salute,
telling the Raider fans that your number one and you
over there your number one. The double bird towards the
fans at the Raiders stadium named after an airline which

(04:14):
they didn't buy advertising, so we're not giving a give
him a pop. But as he walked off the field
after the latest embarrassment for the Raiders, a loss to
the Cleveland Browns, now the clip.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
Of force went viral.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
It's not often you see a forty million dollars a
year football player given the old bird it. Gino's done
this before and he'll probably do it again. However, we
now have the rest of the story. If you have
not heard yet, Gino did issue a apology for the bird,
and we have the audio.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Let's go to the audio tape. Take a listen. You
know there was an incident after the game on Sunday,
jus or anything that you are going to say about
that or yeah, for sure.

Speaker 3 (04:55):
You know, first of all, we'd like to apologize obviously
to the fans to the fan base of Radar Nation.
You know, I made a poor judgment out of frustration,
and you know that's not an excuse.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
I've got to be.

Speaker 3 (05:08):
Better than that, and I've got to hold myself to
a higher standard, and in that moment, I didn't, you know,
sincerely apologetic, and you know, I'm very sorry for obviously
for doing that, and you know, I just want to,
you know, make it known that those things will never
happened from media.

Speaker 2 (05:23):
All right. We actually paid extra to get that reverb
in there.

Speaker 1 (05:25):
We want to make sure that if you're wearing headphones
like I am, you'll have a migraine headache by the
end of the show. But you just take some ibuprofen pharmacy, Greg,
you'll be fine. So that was the apology. Pretty good
jumping off point. Let us discuss the question here. It
is where are you at on Gino Smith and that
apology for giving the number one salute to the Raider

(05:49):
fan base.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
So I've got my thoughts on this. I've got Doctor.

Speaker 1 (05:52):
Seuss, Looney Tunes, and Rubric's Cube and we'll put all
of these things into a microwave for ten minutes and
we'll take something out. You know, I've never had something
good out of a microwave other than popcorn.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
Has anyone ever made anything good in a microwave other
than popcorn? I have never had anything.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
That went into a microwave that came out was decent
other than popcorn. Anyway, A my first thought here, this
was the first time, and I take copious amounts of notes,
this was the first time all year that Gino Smith
actually pointed in the right direction. This was it. It

(06:30):
wasn't malicious, It was instinct. It was muscle memory. It
was like a smoke detector going off in a burning kitchen.
That's just what a smoke detector does. It didn't think
about it, It just did it. That's what it does.
The only thing that Gino should be apologizing for is
the thirteen touchdown, thirteen interception performance that he's put out

(06:54):
in the field.

Speaker 2 (06:55):
That is not production. It is not production.

Speaker 1 (06:58):
That is a roulette wheel in cleats, which is appropriate
as he plays in lost wages Nevada League leading legally,
not in yards, not in winds, of course, because you
play for the Raiders, but in pickoffs. And then and
then he reads the apology Bingo card Gino Smith like
it's laminated in the playbook. In fact, I would argue,

(07:21):
and I don't think I'm wrong on this, that Gino
Smith better at giving the apology Bingo card than he
is reading the Raider playbook. Poor judgment, check check that box.
Hold myself to a higher standard. Check check that's not
who I am? Check check check. Right there, Bingo, you
had the cliche jackpot. Now quoting the great doctor Seuss,

(07:43):
one of the great philosophers of my childhood, Doctor Seuss.
He meant what he said, and he said what he meant.
Or in this case, he gave the bird, which is
what he wanted to do, and he meant what he
did by giving the bird. The bird is the word.
The bird is the word.

Speaker 2 (07:59):
Now.

Speaker 1 (07:59):
That is authentic Geno. That is the real Gino Smith
giving the bird double bird to the fans the press conference.
That was corporate Gino. That was tap on the shoulder. Hey, Gino,
some people and management aren't really happy by this.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
Can you clean this up? Sure, I'll clean it up.
What do you want me to do?

Speaker 1 (08:16):
Well, I want you to go give an apology. We'll
give you a Bingo car. We give you an apology
Bingo car. Gino just to roll off a few of those. Okay, sure,
I'll do it, no problem. You're paying me forty minutes, Okay,
I'll do it, sure, no problem. That was corporate Gino's.
That's a bowl of vanilla ice cream, no sprinkles. That's
vanilla ice cream, no sprinkles, two scoops, your Gino Smith off.
That offense with Gino Smith is not a scheme. It's

(08:38):
the haunted house. You enter every game with hope and
you leave with major regret. Gino Smith has become the
poster boy for.

Speaker 2 (08:51):
Super duper football follies.

Speaker 1 (08:53):
They bring that back with Gino Smith. Forget the the
news conference. I forget about the news conference and all
that he should have mailed in a blooper reel is
what he should have done. That's the only tape that
Gino's winning. And several of you have sent me the
photograph of Geno giving the bird out to the fans,
and that should be That should be in the Raider

(09:16):
merch store. They should sell that. That sums up the
current state of the Raider franchise. That they can have
a two different church. They have the Geno Smith one
where he's given you the bird and then they have
the Tom Brady one where he's in the booth pretending
like he's the offensive coordinator.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
For the Raiders. Speaking of that, we turn the page. Now.

Speaker 1 (09:36):
NFL Network the prov the news service, the mouthpiece of
propaganda for the NFL. They reported there were instances where
former offensive coordinator chip Kelly Chipper chip Kelly botched his
own play calls. Very dramatic reporting the day before Thanksgiving
when three people were watching the NFL network and two

(09:58):
of them worked for the NFL, and so the reporting
said that chip Kelly screwed up his own play calling
and left Raider players unsure of what they were running.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
Oh my god, oh mg, yeah, do you see it? No,
you didn't see.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
In other instances, the state sponsor propped the news service
to the NFL reports that he chip Kelly tried to
call plays that the offense did not know.

Speaker 2 (10:26):
Oh my god, oh man yeah. Quote.

Speaker 1 (10:31):
There were times I was told, said the gas bag
blow hard NFL reporter where chip Kelly was reportedly botching
the play calls.

Speaker 2 (10:41):
Oh my god, y had Tom pellasorrow report he.

Speaker 1 (10:46):
Said, quote, he's supposed to be, for instance, tagging emotion
on a play. So the receivers on the left, not
the right. He forgets to say it, so Gino Smith
going to the line of scrimmage and going, this doesn't
look right.

Speaker 2 (10:59):
This look right.

Speaker 1 (11:01):
There were times that Chip, He's claimed on several occasions,
call to play that was either not in the game plan.

Speaker 2 (11:09):
Or not installed at all.

Speaker 1 (11:12):
So the question on this one, what is your viewpoint
on the leaked story that claims Chip Kelly botched play
calls regularly with our Raiders, the now former Raider offensive coordinator.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
So many many gullible people are taking this and running
with it. Oh see, I told you, I told you,
not us.

Speaker 1 (11:38):
I'm a skeptic and I'm highly skeptical of this. Chip
Kelly was completely clueless tabloid bombshell.

Speaker 2 (11:46):
Oh just before Thanksgiving? You know what this smells like?
You smell? You smell that, I smell. It smells like smells.

Speaker 1 (11:53):
It smells less like straight reporting and more like Looney Tunes,
A little pended pew if you will skunk spray, watch
out for the skunk spray. Yeah, calculated stench deployed at
the perfect time. You want to play the parlor game,
and I love playing the parlor game. I don't play

(12:14):
it that often.

Speaker 2 (12:15):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
I should play it more. I should play it more.
I don't play that often. But I love the parlor game.
Where's the league coming from?

Speaker 2 (12:21):
So let's do it. What do you say? It's Thanksgiving,
let's have some fun. So let's play the parlor game.
Where's the leak coming? The story again?

Speaker 1 (12:27):
Chip Kelly calling wrong plays, calling plays that wasn't in
the raid Of playbook, confusing poor helpless Gino Smith. So
we asked two questions when we play the parlor game,
where's the lake coming from? Question number one is who
gains from the league? Question number two is why league?
Now those are the two questions. The answer to both

(12:49):
of those questions, all right, I will not say who.
The initials are gs gs, Oh you got it?

Speaker 2 (12:56):
You yo, You're good. That's right, Ding ding ding? Geno Smith?
Who gains from it? Gino Smith? Why leak? Now? Well,
let's get into it.

Speaker 1 (13:06):
So this turns mister middle Finger, the guy that just
gave the bird to Raider Nation. You leak now because
it changes the narrative. It changes the narrative, and you're
now the helpless victim and you're playing poorly, but you're
not playing poorly because of your fault.

Speaker 2 (13:24):
It's your fault. No, of course not.

Speaker 1 (13:26):
Why would you have any accountability. It's all Chip Kelly's fault.
He's the boogeyman. Blame it on Chip. It's a circus
to playbook, poor helpless Geno Smith. He had no ability.
He didn't know the plays either, so any play that
was called, he's repeated it blindly.

Speaker 2 (13:42):
Because he's a dummy.

Speaker 1 (13:44):
But you're not supposed to say that, and so he
gains from it, right, It's like, oh, what me?

Speaker 2 (13:49):
It will listen. Yeah, I was flipping the fans off,
but I was confused because of Chip Kelly. It's Chip
Kelly's fault.

Speaker 1 (13:56):
I'm sure no one, I'm convinced no one who's riding
the gravy train for Gino Smith would dare leak that
to the NFL network. God, no, no, boo hoo hoo, No,
don't even say that. This is such a sad story.
Somebody passed the kleenex. My god, and then also the

(14:18):
excuse making manuel yet it so. The report says chip
Kelly was calling plays that weren't in the game plan again,
forgot motions, botched Alignment's all that and a bag of chips.
So let me get this straight. Pete Carroll signed off
on him. Tom Brady, the Raiders genius, the Michael Jordan
of football owners. Tom Brady gave the thumbs up. But suddenly,

(14:43):
now Chip Kelly's mister mix up. Now he's the problem. Yeah,
that's the ticket, that's the listen. Timing is everything. The
season is already a golden corral buffet of vomit, barf spewing,
blowing chunks all over the stadium there in Vegas. That's
the Raiders season. And now Gino Smith is running the

(15:05):
cya offense.

Speaker 2 (15:08):
Now what is that? Well, I don't know what the
cya offense is.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
That's cover your ass, cover your ass, protect your narrative,
shift the blame, change the headlines. This ain't football. It's
a political theater in shoulder pads is what it is here.
And Geno Smith just found himself the perfect scapegoat with
a headset.

Speaker 2 (15:28):
Not anymore because they fired him, the coach killer.

Speaker 1 (15:31):
Geno Smith's in competence got chip Kelly fired, but Geno's
taking advantage of it.

Speaker 2 (15:35):
It's like, listen, Geno's a really good player. It just
happens that Chip Kelly was the problem. He's the evil bastard.
That's it all right.

Speaker 1 (15:42):
Now, last word, we now pivot to Jersey, Why why not?
That is where Jets quarterback Justin Fields, the guy that
can't play. He's claiming now that he was blindsided what
blindsided by the demotion to QB two status from the

(16:02):
Aaron Glenn coaching Tree. The motion says Justin Fields said, quote,
I did not anticipate it whatsoever. Field's commenting for the
first time on the record since being demoted, being benched
and all that, he vowed to become a starter again.

Speaker 2 (16:20):
In the NFL as he wants to continue the con.
It's the long con and he's long gone from the Jets,
but he wants a long con to continue.

Speaker 1 (16:31):
He did send nixed signals on whether he wants to
remain with the Jets, even though technically he's under contract
for another year and methinks they will work out some
kind of financial deal to get out of that contract.

Speaker 2 (16:41):
Now.

Speaker 1 (16:41):
The slumping Justin Fields was replaced last week by Tyrod Taylor,
who also can't play.

Speaker 2 (16:51):
He's a little better at hiding it than.

Speaker 1 (16:52):
He can't play, and he will start again on this Sunday.
Here Thanksgiving weekend the Sunday card Jets and Falcons for
friends and family only to watch that game friends and family.
Aaron Glenn said that he made the switch. That's the coach,
not a good one. Made the switch because he wants
more production from the passing attack, which currently ranks thirty

(17:13):
second in yards.

Speaker 2 (17:14):
The Jets would be.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
Thirty third to thirty fourth, but fortunately there's only thirty
two teams in the NFL now. Not surprisingly, Justin Fields
did not agree with that hypothesis. Fields, a first round
pick by the Chicago Bears back in twenty twenty one,
has now started fifty three games and lost thirty seven
of them. I don't think that's good. Two and seven

(17:36):
with the Jets. He's out of thirty three qualified pastors.
He's twenty ninth there in total QBR, but still sees
himself as a starter. So the question how do you
process Gino Smith? Or not Gino Smith? Justin Fields got
my bad quarterbacks mixed up? So how do you process quarterback?

(17:56):
Justin Fields being blindsided by the Jets benching him again,
the question how do you process quarterback? Justin feels they're
being blindsided by the Jets benching him. So on this one,
Field's claiming the blind side thing by the benching is
the perfect summary, a summation, if you will, of his

(18:17):
entire career.

Speaker 2 (18:18):
In the NFL.

Speaker 1 (18:19):
He can't read the room, just like he can't read
a defense. The Jets are dead last in passing yards.
He is twenty ninth in QBR, which is kind of
a newer stat The nerds like I gave the lifetime record,
which is terrible. And how could you not see this coming?
I do overnight talk radio and I saw it coming.
How do you not see it coming?

Speaker 2 (18:40):
I don't understand. Do you not pay attention? Obviously you don't.

Speaker 1 (18:44):
It's the same issue. It's the same issue that we
saw in Chicago. And there's a faction of the Bears
fan base that was spinning that say, oh no, it's
not what you think. But it's the same issue in Chicago.
Delayed read, sloppy, sloppy football. The throws just a little slow,
no feel for the moment, no pocket presence, none of that.

(19:07):
We are now five years in, five years in and
Justin Fields looks like he still needs to be assembled.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
And you got it.

Speaker 1 (19:16):
You thought it was right out of the box, and
you could just use the quarterback, but you can't. You
need's assembly and it's a mess and you don't have
the right tools and the thing of a jig and
all that stuff.

Speaker 2 (19:25):
So it's a problem.

Speaker 1 (19:26):
And he looks like Justin Fields looks like he's trying
to solve a Rubik's cube on every drop back, except
he's blindfolded.

Speaker 2 (19:34):
And this is it's not situation. Let's put it that.
It's not situational, it's systemic.

Speaker 1 (19:42):
The same issues from Chicago followed him to Pittsburgh and
then now on to New Jersey slash New York. And
you take a couple of steps back and you go
up in the sky thirty thousand feet and you look down.

Speaker 2 (19:56):
Let's see here, who's the CD.

Speaker 1 (19:59):
That would be just Field's common denominator. He's the common
denominator and the Bear fan base that we're blaming Matt
Naggy and then Matt Eberflus and those guys, And then
they blamed the offensive line.

Speaker 2 (20:10):
Then it was the receivers and all that.

Speaker 1 (20:13):
Well, that the one with Matt Naggy and Matt Eberflus,
that was good. Then he went to Pittsburgh with Mike
Tomlin considered a pretty good head coach. And then we
got the well, it can't be Tomlin because people think
of him as a good coach, so it must be
the It must be the receivers that are not good there.
Then it was the offensive line because he was getting sacked.

Speaker 2 (20:31):
A lot, and move it around.

Speaker 1 (20:34):
And now he sucked in one, two, three places, so
three teams. He's been bad justin Fields, So why does
the finger never seem to go back to Justin Field?

Speaker 2 (20:45):
Now? Maybe finally, finally it's pointing back at Justin Fields.

Speaker 1 (20:49):
Justin Fields did not get blindsided. He finally just got exposed,
is what happened. It is the Ben Mallard Show. And
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thanksgiving Song over the river and through the woods to grandmother's.

Speaker 2 (26:03):
House we.

Speaker 1 (26:03):
Go, yes it's a lot of, fun a lot of good. Times,
SIR i can't. Wait there you go.

Speaker 2 (26:11):
We do have Ask. Ben that'll be coming up much
later on in the.

Speaker 1 (26:17):
Show it'll be an hour three we'll have Ask, ben
so you can send questions in for that.

Speaker 2 (26:21):
And not a.

Speaker 1 (26:23):
Burner right off to the great, start he, Says Happy, Thanksgiving,
Ben can we get your mount rushmore.

Speaker 2 (26:29):
Big board of side? Dishes SO i know what you're
trying to.

Speaker 1 (26:31):
Do not a. Burner you're trying to trigger me and
do my usual rant about how you can tell lazy
talk show Hosts thanksgiving weekend is.

Speaker 2 (26:39):
A dead you.

Speaker 1 (26:40):
Dead thanksgiving weekend separates the good talk show host from
the bad talk show.

Speaker 2 (26:45):
Hosts the bad talk show host.

Speaker 1 (26:47):
Are the ones that are just lazy and pack it
in and do the traditional.

Speaker 2 (26:51):
Boring thanksgiving cliche evergreen. Topics what are you thankful for
in sports this? Year what are you thankful?

Speaker 1 (27:00):
For? Uh, yeah that's always. Good who do you want
to invite over To thanksgiving?

Speaker 2 (27:04):
Dinner? Uh, yeah, okay uh shove it up You? Yeah
yeah you know? What, uh there's.

Speaker 1 (27:09):
That My another favorite of the lazy talk show host
is to do The thanksgiving dinner. Draft that's next level.
Laziness that, Is i'm not doing seriously LIKE i UH
i talked to my buddies and raiders, like, listen is
a you hear a talk?

Speaker 2 (27:24):
Show say what do you? Pick do you pick the turkey?
For what about the? Pie maybe you go? Pie oh my.
God it's, like.

Speaker 1 (27:31):
Just tell, me you're you're not doing any show prep
and you've done no prepper and you're just. Lazy oh my.
God and and usually what ends up. Happening all, right
Maybe i'll do the full rants.

Speaker 2 (27:42):
On the on The friday, podcast who, knows but, uh
either either, Way, uh it's just.

Speaker 1 (27:48):
Hilarious when you hear some of this, stuff you're, like my, god,
like what are we doing?

Speaker 2 (27:52):
Here come on and be? Professional be.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
Professional late Night drug tester, SAYS i was worried the
rundown was going to be like lazy Holiday Sports Talk
Radio hour one included the, bird yet you avoided putting,
Stuffing cranberry's and pie in hour, two, three and four.
Summaries good job by, you says the late night drug.

Speaker 2 (28:15):
Tester Supermarket steve had a lot to.

Speaker 1 (28:17):
Say he, said Justin fields being surprised that he got
benched is one of the more delusional THINGS i have ever.

Speaker 2 (28:24):
Heard one of the most illusional Things i've ever. Heard
steve also, says.

Speaker 1 (28:29):
Where along our history did it change from a story
coming out about a coach calling plays that are in
the playbook that a quarterback was not ready to. Accomplish
that it was seen as a bag call by the
coach and not a quarterback that was. UNPREPARED i feel
like that was a little, disjointed a little, bit a little.

(28:53):
Bit hugh on the five right sin he's driving ON i,
five he, Says, Hey, BEN i.

Speaker 2 (28:58):
Just cut a. Fart that is a leak. Story run
with it there you, go, report report it all.

Speaker 1 (29:04):
Right The Ben Maler show On Fox Sports radio has,
learned according to league, Sources hugh on the, five just
let one rip just had a, big big flatulence right
there ON i. Five in, fact he might have to
pull over to a gas station because of that.

Speaker 2 (29:25):
Harmonic distortion that took place.

Speaker 1 (29:27):
There and according to some other unrelated, sources he has
a rumbly tumbly and hopefully he'll be able to get
that taken care of. There it was being described by
witnesses as an airborne toxic event that took. Place the
forecast calls for more, airbenders so keep an eye on.

(29:49):
That and his pet actually it's interesting he's bringing. This
hugh on the five is bringing his pet To thanksgiving,
dinner and his pet is a. Spider it's a barking.
Spider so he's got. That so he's got everything covered right.
There very, happy very very happy for. Him fergdag, says
where are the rest of The? Bennetts Is LaRita Seeing

(30:09):
wicked a second time With?

Speaker 2 (30:11):
Coop he, says. EMBARRASSING i don't. KNOW i.

Speaker 1 (30:14):
Listen one of the good things about doing the show
the WAY i do it is it doesn't really matter
who's here or. NOT i, MEAN i like having the regulars,
here but we pretty much do everything in, house so
nothing really changes in that.

Speaker 2 (30:26):
Regard what else do we?

Speaker 1 (30:27):
Have shane and The moynes, says is THE Nba cup
the worst change to THE nba and The Adam silver?

Speaker 2 (30:33):
Era, no, no, no not at, all.

Speaker 1 (30:36):
Not even, close not even, Close shane in The, moyne
the worst change in The Adam silver era is the
fact that he killed the business model by encouraging the
star players not to.

Speaker 2 (30:45):
PLAY i, MEAN.

Speaker 1 (30:49):
I. Can't there has never been a worst commissioner in
sport Than Adam, Silver like this is under his, watch
the product is now, unwatchable and he allowed, it and
he encourage it to, happen AND i.

Speaker 2 (31:03):
DON'T i, MEAN i love.

Speaker 1 (31:04):
BASKETBALL i used to watch it all the, time AND I,
i my, GOD i cannot stand.

Speaker 2 (31:09):
It it's so. Crappy it is such a septic. Tank THE.

Speaker 1 (31:13):
Nba it's unbelievable how bad it's happened in my.

Speaker 2 (31:17):
Life who cares about THE Nba.

Speaker 1 (31:19):
Cup that's just a ridiculous fugacy thing to try to
get people to. Watch and they wouldn't need. It if
the star players actually, played wanted to, play they wouldn't.

Speaker 2 (31:30):
Need any of this. Stuff and they just don't want, To.

Speaker 1 (31:33):
Okay so like eighty percent of our star players aren't,
playing and of the eighty, percent seventy percent are faking.

Speaker 2 (31:40):
Injuries SO i know what we're. Doing we'll just put
on really bright.

Speaker 1 (31:43):
Courts we'll paint the court's bright colors and the dumb
people will. Watch it's like we'll just it's it's like
we'll just spray some. Body we'n't take a, shower but
we'll space some body spray or. Whatever or like if
you have cracks in the, foundation we'll just paper over the.

Speaker 2 (31:57):
Cracks and that's. It you, know nob'll. Notice and my,
god so bach but another one got another one got
Hurt Steph.

Speaker 1 (32:06):
Curry early reports overnight Here Steph, curry The warriors bruised
his right. Quad but he's going to undergo AN. MRI
i IN MR i For Steph curry coming up later On?

Speaker 2 (32:20):
Thanksgiving does that cost extra if you have AN mri On?
Thanksgiving all? Right because if you have.

Speaker 1 (32:28):
Ever been to the hospital on a, holiday obviously short
staff because not everyone's there obviously the holiday all that,
stuff and it's LIKE i feel.

Speaker 2 (32:36):
Like everything's more expensive on the. Holiday so, uh there you.

Speaker 3 (32:40):
Go.

Speaker 2 (32:41):
Uh speaking of.

Speaker 1 (32:42):
The, Court SO i did see that houka luka. Ukah
luca was complaining luka doncik there was complaining about the funny.

Speaker 2 (32:51):
Court.

Speaker 1 (32:52):
Uh he criticized the in season tournament. Court he said it's.
Slippery it was danger he, say he claimed he slipped.

Speaker 2 (33:02):
A lot of. Times it's a lot of players were.
Slipping it was. Dangerous, oh the, danger the. Danger, god
those poor.

Speaker 1 (33:13):
Players did they give out purple hearts after that? Game
they had to play on a court that was? Slippering For,
luca did he get a purple heart for? That like
a purple and gold. Heart, Possibly, no he did.

Speaker 2 (33:22):
Not, okay, UH i Thought luca.

Speaker 1 (33:27):
Would luca sounds kind of like THOSE aau guys that
complained about. Everything it was one of the Things Phil
jackson used to complain. About he's like the spoiled athlete and,
stuff and, like you, know guys playing pick up basketball
with potholes on the. Court and Then luca's complaining because
the court's a little slipper and he's grumbling about.

Speaker 2 (33:45):
That let's go to the.

Speaker 1 (33:46):
Phones it is a calling show on This thanksgiving except
on The west coast where it's not Quite. Thanksgiving let's
say hello To Big, daddy who's In.

Speaker 2 (33:55):
Memphis, Hello Big, Daddy.

Speaker 1 (33:57):
Welcome what's going on to all my fans and all my?

Speaker 3 (34:01):
Constituents? YEAH i got a name for uh not producer,
Beat PRODUCER.

Speaker 2 (34:07):
P how About Project, no.

Speaker 4 (34:09):
We GOT.

Speaker 1 (34:11):
I like.

Speaker 2 (34:12):
THAT i like that a. Lot Project we got better
than PRODUCER. P you like that?

Speaker 4 (34:17):
More?

Speaker 3 (34:17):
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah we gotta wrapping message project project PROJECT. P,
yeah project we know you?

Speaker 2 (34:27):
Producers, okay, fine are You? Patrick you want to be
Called PROJECT? P we'll call you. PRODUCTS i like it all, Right.

Speaker 3 (34:38):
Project we're gonna get the one we've been trying to.

Speaker 1 (34:41):
Get now that your, name you know.

Speaker 2 (34:48):
What's?

Speaker 1 (34:48):
Tomorrow five turkeys on?

Speaker 4 (34:49):
Today rather IF i can give me, now.

Speaker 2 (34:54):
You're you're you're doing. EVERYTHING i despise. HER i DON'T
i shouldn't. KNOW i have No thanksgiving plans at.

Speaker 4 (35:02):
ALL i, have, UH i.

Speaker 1 (35:03):
DON'T i don't have much family in the. Area my wife's,
Working i'm. Working so it's just a normal.

Speaker 2 (35:09):
Day it's not we're not you know what?

Speaker 1 (35:15):
Underwear you know What i'm, SAYING tv, remote that's Pretty
that's pretty much what my day is going to. Be
i'll be sitting, Around i'm gonna get. Up i'll probably
see the second. Half i'm telling you right, Now i'm
not gonna be up for the first half of The
lions package, game But i'll be up for the second
half of that, game and Then i'll watch the.

Speaker 2 (35:32):
COWS i appreciate. Cheating apparly The. Cowboys The cowboys are.
Back The cowboys are. Back all The Big, daddy The
cowboys are.

Speaker 1 (35:45):
Back, yeah all, right you, too be, careful be safe out,
There Big daddy be good, man the Great Big daddy From.
MEMPHIS a long time listening to the. Show supporter of
what we. Do god bless them. Absolutely, hellelijah all, right

(36:05):
we are on ex At Ben mallor if you would
like to be part of the. Show that's At Ben.
Mallor And i'm looking. Through is ANYTHING i didn't get
to THAT i wanted to get? To nothing really worthy
being red on the air Our. Ton now for the
who AM? I? Game this is where we pretend to
be somebody else.

Speaker 2 (36:24):
Us we call it the who AM? I?

Speaker 1 (36:25):
Game so this weekend The rams Play carolina And Matthew
stafford can become just the fourth player all time with
multiple touchdown passes and no interceptions in six consecutive. Games
he would Join Tom, Brady Aaron, rodgers and me, Again Matthew.

Speaker 2 (36:44):
Stafford he can ram it all day and ram it all.

Speaker 1 (36:46):
Night stafford will become the fourth player all time to
have multiple touchdown passes and no interceptions in six consecutive.

Speaker 2 (36:54):
Games he will.

Speaker 1 (36:55):
Join Tom, Brady Aaron, rodgers and. Me who AM?

Speaker 2 (37:00):
I that is the. Question the. Answer we'll get to.
It we will do it.

Speaker 4 (37:05):
Next be sure to catch live editions Of The Ben
Maller show weekdays at two Am eastern eleven Pm pacific
On Fox Sports radio and the iHeartRadio App.

Speaker 2 (37:15):
Bill miller and.

Speaker 1 (37:16):
You it is The Ben Mahlor show as we kick
off The thanksgiving festivities with hot sports.

Speaker 2 (37:23):
Takes, yes just what you, need just what you.

Speaker 1 (37:26):
Need absolutely don't forget to check out the YouTube channels
for The Ben Mahler. Show you Want mallard, monologus you
want to look at an ugly man talking to a,
microphone it's At Ben Mahler. Show and if you Want
Benny versus The, penny the iconic show that was given
birth here On Fox Sports Radio mail million years ago

(37:49):
and then was on a, podcast and then was ON
nbc for a couple of. Years now it's gone global on,
YouTube joined the global movement Of Bennie versus The. Penny
we got The Thanksgiving day special, up get my picks
against the spread on the three games On. Thanksgiving no
one else has that content At benny. Vs pennies absolutely.
Free it's Our Black friday blowout, sale our doorbuster sale

(38:13):
At Benni vspenny and check that. Out there'll be a
new episode up later today for The Black friday game
and then a full episode sometime On friday for The sunday.

Speaker 2 (38:24):
Game So Benny versus the.

Speaker 1 (38:25):
Penny back to, it right back to what we go
and here is the payoff on the insta. Trivia So
seahawks wide Receiver Jackson smith In jigba playing.

Speaker 2 (38:36):
Very well this year for The.

Speaker 1 (38:38):
Seahawks Jackson smith And jigba has the most receiving yards
prior To thanksgiving in a single season IN nfl. History
he Broke blank's previous. Record, AGAIN clf wide Receiver Jackson
smith And jigba has the most receiving yards prior To
thanksgiving in a single season IN nfl. History he broke

(38:59):
blanks previous. Record that is the. Question now what is the?
Answer let's see does anyone know the? Answer and we
go to the Great unwashed here At Ben mahllor ON.
X that's At Ben. Mahlor if you would like to
answer any of these, questions probably not this one because
you answer won't get red on the. Air but we

(39:20):
have other questions throughout the. Night and let's see here
Random ryan And carolina Says Rams hall Of famer long
Snapper Seymour. Butts by the, way fun, Fact Seymour butts
a member not only great adult, entertainer but a member
of The Mallard.

Speaker 2 (39:33):
Militia there's a fun fact A.

Speaker 1 (39:35):
Keith Ocho texto Says Radio, rich the curmudgeon Of. COLLORS
i Miss Radio. RICH i think he's probably checked, out
but we Loved Radio rich quite the. Character do you
remember his last Call Ocho texto when he all of
a sudden randomly brought up the fact that he used
to sleep.

Speaker 2 (39:49):
Prostitutes that was. Unexpected rob the just randomly brought this.

Speaker 1 (39:54):
Up rob The, goatman Says Pat summer All Ivone. Calderone
there's a good name from mister nice Guy ivon called
The ronald baseball. Player who else do we have Baby?
Saja is that it From? SCROOGE i don't. KNOW i
have no Idea google got. GUY i don't.

Speaker 2 (40:10):
Know i'm SURE i probably should know, that BUT i
Guess i'm too. Old who? Else?

Speaker 1 (40:13):
Thoughtful mike From Pokey Pokey pokemon Thoughtful mike great caller
From San antonio years, Ago mike madonno From shane In Des, Moines,
Minnesota North, Stars, Legend casey our Case keenum Case keenum
From femi the Top uber eats driver In. Minnesota Ostridge
aunt says The costco Hot turkey Pro bologne.

Speaker 2 (40:36):
Sandwich you Know i've not had That Ostrich.

Speaker 1 (40:40):
Ann it doesn't LOOK i Love, costco but it doesn't
look that.

Speaker 2 (40:44):
GOOD i don't. KNOW i don't know about.

Speaker 1 (40:47):
That Bill, nye the science guy who's seventy years old. Today,
okay there you, Go Bill, nye get the bow. Tie Justin.
Herbert guests By, Freeman Joe Turkey jones From eke And, Roseville.
Minnesota Patrick beverly.

Speaker 2 (41:02):
On the rampage From. Oscar he's a glue.

Speaker 1 (41:05):
Guy Joe montana guest By JOHNNY, Q Christian.

Speaker 2 (41:09):
Ponder Big, lou he's on number.

Speaker 1 (41:12):
Two Oh, man the Great Rodney Rodgers rest in. Peace
that was in my, Wheelhouse Big. LOO i covered The
clippers When Rodney rodgers. There what a nice man he,
Was what a cool. DUDE i have some fond. Memories
Maybe i'll share some of those on the podcast this.
Weekend But Rodney, rodgers he was paralyzed since like eight
or something like. That you get AN atv. ACCIDENT i

(41:32):
know it's two PEOPLE i know in my life that
got paralyzed from. ATVs one of them used to work
here and then Also Rodney. Rodgers So i'll probably not
be going on AN ATV a Current Warner guest By Rebecca.
Answer her Answer viking Legend Tavarius jackson from Lou who
else can't read that on the, Air we'll skip over that, One.

Speaker 2 (41:58):
Charlie. Brown but guess By greg Real Estate.

Speaker 1 (42:00):
Mugo, no the correct answer Is Tory holt to The
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