May 20, 2025 • 9 mins
What happens when a Red Sox blogger walks into a prank interview with two fake sports radio hosts named Carl Spoon and Rational Bill?In this laugh-out-loud episode of The Ben and Skin Show, the crew—Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray—fires up the legendary Wayback Machine and resurrects one of their most iconic bits: The Sports Inferno. This time, they revisit a prank interview with a Boston Red Sox blogger who had no idea he was stepping into a comedic ambush.The Return of Carl Spoon & Rational Bill: The fictional sports radio duo is back, and they’re as chaotic as ever—grilling their unsuspecting guest about everything from Deflategate to ACDC.The blogger, Brian Joyner, tries to keep up as the questions spiral from Tom Brady’s suspension to whether Robbie Ross is still playing baseball.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle.
As you know, we have BFD on Sunday, May twenty fifth,
Dosaki's Pavilion headline by Chevelle and Marilyn Manson. It's going
to be incredible and we're gonna give away some tickets
right now using the iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
You're going to use the talkback feature and the third
person to leave their name, their phone number, and their
email address and can answer the question. In the Today Game,
we celebrated David Letterman for what reason? What happened on
this day in history for David Letterman. We talked about
it during the Today Game. The third person who knows
who has their phone number, email and their name right
(00:38):
there on the talkback feature, you are going to.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Win BFD tickets. Good luck everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
This segment Ride Her is brought to you by Rollertown
Beer Works. That's the brewery up there in Salina, Texas.
At Me and Ben are partners in and we are
getting real lit for all things that involve playoff hockey
for all the games. We're going to be open at
Rollertown Beer Work and we're gonna be cranking with good food, specials,
crushable pitchers. Those are our pilsners, our loggers, things like that.
(01:07):
We're gonna have green beer, green cocktails, the game sound
will be on. We got that gigantic TV right there
in the tap room, perfect for watching playoff hockey. And
then we're gonna have good food Wednesday Gothic Pizza. And
then Friday and Sunday during the game Mueller Wagu which
is incredible food. So make it up to Rollertown. You
can also pick us up to go places like tom Thumb, HGB,
(01:29):
Total Wine and more so many different places. Thank you
for supporting Rollertown Beer Works. But right now it's time
for this.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
It's time to go into the stridule Warburg.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
It is that time. The Sports Inferno is back.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
If you don't know who that is, quickly, I can
tell you it's Carl Spoon and Rational Bill. And if
you're new to the show, this would be somewhat of
a prank interview. It's more of an interview with a
blogger for the Boston Red Sox, whatever blog they were doing,
probably Green Monster Nation or something, a guy named Brian.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
This will take us back to the year twenty fifteen.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
But if you're not familiar with these prank interviews, Basically,
you know, these guys agree to be interviewed because they're
dying to be interviewed, and so the listeners in on
the prank, and we're in on the prank. The only
person who doesn't know what's a prank is the guy
getting interviewed. And we're kind of making fun of sports
talk radio with the weird pairings, the juxtaposition between two
weird hosts.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, and you know, we just have fun with all
of it.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I kind of always felt like it was improvisational sketch
comedy in which one of the members didn't know what
was happening. He was in on improvisational sketch comedy.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
So here it is sports Inferno, Red Sox blogger Brian
on this day a long time ago.
Speaker 6 (02:49):
Welcome back to the sports Inferno.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Inferno with Coral and Rational Bill walked up.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Back to the Inferno.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's time to get it to heat it up in this.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
It's your boy Carl's Food, Rolling.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Strong on a Tuesday afternoon with my main man, Rational Bill.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
How you feeling today, Rational Bill?
Speaker 7 (03:13):
I woke up and had a little bit of a fever,
but I feel pretty good now, DoD You're a warrior.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
The Rangers better get their act together in Boston against
the Boston Red Sox.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
We thought we'd check in with the enemy.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
We're going behind enemy lines and today from the Over
the Monster blog. I know you've read it as you
keep up with Mike Napoli and Robbie Ross, we're joined
by Brian Joyner. Brian, how you doing. Welcome to the
damn Inferno.
Speaker 8 (03:39):
Thank you. It's good to be here.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Brian.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I'm pissed off about the flategate.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
What is your thoughts on this?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
What does it mean?
Speaker 8 (03:46):
I very much wanted Robert Kraft to do everything he could.
Oh my god, you gotta be kidding me.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
You've gotta be kidding me, Brian. That's a disgrace to
sports for that so called man to take a dump
overall his fellow owners. I think it's a damn schrist.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Brian Joyner, E Brian, your thoughts.
Speaker 8 (04:13):
I'm just happy we have the trophy because if we
didn't win, this would be miserable.
Speaker 7 (04:17):
The people in the Boston area respect Tom Brady.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Great question.
Speaker 8 (04:22):
Rational ability that, Brian, Uh yeah, but I don't think
that they are.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Rational about it not still have the Green Monster.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
The interesting follow up over the Monster blog is Brian Joyner,
So what is the fallout up there on the playgate?
Speaker 8 (04:39):
Everyone is waiting now to see if Brady will reduce
suspension and he already knows that, and I think everybody
assumes that that is what's.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Going to happen.
Speaker 7 (04:48):
I feel like Brady's pretty good and the punishment is good,
but maybe it's not as it's not too much, but
it's okay, just a rite him out of four games?
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Brian?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 8 (04:58):
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Brian?
Speaker 8 (05:00):
No?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That being damn travesty? Are you kiddy me? I never
do too games.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I'm gonna be pest off.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Rational bell see when they would do it? I can't
say it.
Speaker 7 (05:11):
Hell though I can see both sides. I can see
why you would keep it for and why you would
make it to.
Speaker 8 (05:16):
What side are you on? Brian? Don't be a okay? Then? No?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Damn? Hey, Brian, you remember that year that dead or
Andy Moss?
Speaker 8 (05:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Good question? Who's your favorite cowboy of all time?
Speaker 8 (05:29):
I really like that when he played what a front runner?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
This guy is?
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I like the old time Yardist leader one of dudes.
Speaker 7 (05:35):
My favorite with Tiny Gamp. You like the Shark, he
just hustled so much. I like Biddle bass dude.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Hard worker. Brian. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
Do you like Kenny gamp who he's a special teams player.
But I don't like the front running superstars as much
as I like the other day came the.
Speaker 8 (05:55):
Marion Barber when he was good to watch.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Marion Barber was a running back.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yeah, no, I know you're of the sports and Donaldson
and Rational Bill. Not going to Brian Johnson, I'm sorry,
Brian Joyner. Brian Johnson's the lead singer of a c
d C.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Do you like a c d C?
Speaker 8 (06:11):
Brian, of course?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
What's your favorite a c DC song?
Speaker 8 (06:15):
I don't know. Sound you're struck?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Oh that's but you know what that one about your
Rational Bill, They're a good one. I'd love to hear
you sing it. Don there Bender like to roll and.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah, bolt it out a c DC.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Who's your favorite.
Speaker 8 (06:40):
Band, Brian oh Man, I don't know whichever one the
Patriots likes?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
To God, what a bets rider you are.
Speaker 7 (06:49):
You're trying to antagonize this with your talking about the
Cowboys and Patriots, But I want to talk to Red sacks.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Wait are they good this year?
Speaker 8 (06:57):
They're okay, not as bad as the Rangers.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
But no, Wow, is a Robbie Ross at closer?
Speaker 8 (07:09):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Whoa whatever happened to him? Is he still in playing
the baseball?
Speaker 8 (07:16):
I mean, I guess he's you guess I thought.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
You're a rotten Sox blogger. You gotta be on top
of this, Brian. We gotta know what is Robbie Ross's roll.
Speaker 8 (07:25):
He's a left handed guy who gets a couple outs
or doesn't get them, and it comes out of the game.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
He was left handed here too. I remember him still
left handed up in Boston.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
We're talking to an expert, Brian Troiter.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
Are they over the mother making fun of my question?
I can tell you no, no, not a baseball guy.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I'm okay. I'm a football expert and none of baseball.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
And he's talking about European football.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
He's a soccer guy.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Yeah, any soccer questions for rational Bill?
Speaker 8 (07:56):
Brian, Uh, who do they think is going to win
the chap in the league final?
Speaker 2 (08:01):
I follow, Oh, yes, you never My god.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Having brought Brenden Time's voice come in every time with
that stupid explosion, Carlsman can roll with anything and turn
it into sports content.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
All right, what do you think? What's your favorite a song?
Speaker 4 (08:42):
It's amazing too because it really was a situation though,
like asking Ben who was going to be in the champions.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
He told him about was an experts one question.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
I could He got a little excited that your tattoo?
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Do you remember when Randy Moss played for?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
And then who's your favorite cowboy?
Speaker 4 (09:14):
My favorite line is that he was left handed when
he was here too.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Okay, that was a good way to endo Tuesday. Man,
I'm smilling old big wow. So back in the day,
Kat used to go into the Rangers clubhouse and grab audio.
I'll never forget when he walked up to Robbie Ross,
he looked him dead in the eye and he said,
d m.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Me for socks and panty purchases.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And Robbie Ross passed, that's gonna do it for us.
Christina is gonna stick around and play some tunes here
on the eagle.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Here you going, well, I want to get my sock back.
Dude had enough fun in games al art
The Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle.
As you know, we have BFD on Sunday, May twenty fifth,
Dosaki's Pavilion headline by Chevelle and Marilyn Manson. It's going
to be incredible and we're gonna give away some tickets
right now using the iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
You're going to use the talkback feature and the third
person to leave their name, their phone number, and their
email address and can answer the question. In the Today Game,
we celebrated David Letterman for what reason? What happened on
this day in history for David Letterman. We talked about
it during the Today Game. The third person who knows
who has their phone number, email and their name right
(00:38):
there on the talkback feature, you are going to.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Win BFD tickets. Good luck everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
This segment Ride Her is brought to you by Rollertown
Beer Works. That's the brewery up there in Salina, Texas.
At Me and Ben are partners in and we are
getting real lit for all things that involve playoff hockey
for all the games. We're going to be open at
Rollertown Beer Work and we're gonna be cranking with good food, specials,
crushable pitchers. Those are our pilsners, our loggers, things like that.
(01:07):
We're gonna have green beer, green cocktails, the game sound
will be on. We got that gigantic TV right there
in the tap room, perfect for watching playoff hockey. And
then we're gonna have good food Wednesday Gothic Pizza. And
then Friday and Sunday during the game Mueller Wagu which
is incredible food. So make it up to Rollertown. You
can also pick us up to go places like tom Thumb, HGB,
(01:29):
Total Wine and more so many different places. Thank you
for supporting Rollertown Beer Works. But right now it's time
for this.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
It's time to go into the stridule Warburg.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
It is that time. The Sports Inferno is back.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
If you don't know who that is, quickly, I can
tell you it's Carl Spoon and Rational Bill. And if
you're new to the show, this would be somewhat of
a prank interview. It's more of an interview with a
blogger for the Boston Red Sox, whatever blog they were doing,
probably Green Monster Nation or something, a guy named Brian.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
This will take us back to the year twenty fifteen.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
But if you're not familiar with these prank interviews, Basically,
you know, these guys agree to be interviewed because they're
dying to be interviewed, and so the listeners in on
the prank, and we're in on the prank. The only
person who doesn't know what's a prank is the guy
getting interviewed. And we're kind of making fun of sports
talk radio with the weird pairings, the juxtaposition between two
weird hosts.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, and you know, we just have fun with all
of it.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I kind of always felt like it was improvisational sketch
comedy in which one of the members didn't know what
was happening. He was in on improvisational sketch comedy.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
So here it is sports Inferno, Red Sox blogger Brian
on this day a long time ago.
Speaker 6 (02:49):
Welcome back to the sports Inferno.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Inferno with Coral and Rational Bill walked up.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Back to the Inferno.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
It's time to get it to heat it up in this.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
It's your boy Carl's Food, Rolling.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Strong on a Tuesday afternoon with my main man, Rational Bill.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
How you feeling today, Rational Bill?
Speaker 7 (03:13):
I woke up and had a little bit of a fever,
but I feel pretty good now, DoD You're a warrior.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
The Rangers better get their act together in Boston against
the Boston Red Sox.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
We thought we'd check in with the enemy.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
We're going behind enemy lines and today from the Over
the Monster blog. I know you've read it as you
keep up with Mike Napoli and Robbie Ross, we're joined
by Brian Joyner. Brian, how you doing. Welcome to the
damn Inferno.
Speaker 8 (03:39):
Thank you. It's good to be here.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Brian.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I'm pissed off about the flategate.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
What is your thoughts on this?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
What does it mean?
Speaker 8 (03:46):
I very much wanted Robert Kraft to do everything he could.
Oh my god, you gotta be kidding me.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
You've gotta be kidding me, Brian. That's a disgrace to
sports for that so called man to take a dump
overall his fellow owners. I think it's a damn schrist.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Brian Joyner, E Brian, your thoughts.
Speaker 8 (04:13):
I'm just happy we have the trophy because if we
didn't win, this would be miserable.
Speaker 7 (04:17):
The people in the Boston area respect Tom Brady.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Great question.
Speaker 8 (04:22):
Rational ability that, Brian, Uh yeah, but I don't think
that they are.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Rational about it not still have the Green Monster.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
The interesting follow up over the Monster blog is Brian Joyner,
So what is the fallout up there on the playgate?
Speaker 8 (04:39):
Everyone is waiting now to see if Brady will reduce
suspension and he already knows that, and I think everybody
assumes that that is what's.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Going to happen.
Speaker 7 (04:48):
I feel like Brady's pretty good and the punishment is good,
but maybe it's not as it's not too much, but
it's okay, just a rite him out of four games?
Speaker 6 (04:56):
Brian?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 8 (04:58):
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Brian?
Speaker 8 (05:00):
No?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
That being damn travesty? Are you kiddy me? I never
do too games.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I'm gonna be pest off.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Rational bell see when they would do it? I can't
say it.
Speaker 7 (05:11):
Hell though I can see both sides. I can see
why you would keep it for and why you would
make it to.
Speaker 8 (05:16):
What side are you on? Brian? Don't be a okay? Then? No?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Damn? Hey, Brian, you remember that year that dead or
Andy Moss?
Speaker 8 (05:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Good question? Who's your favorite cowboy of all time?
Speaker 8 (05:29):
I really like that when he played what a front runner?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
This guy is?
Speaker 7 (05:32):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
I like the old time Yardist leader one of dudes.
Speaker 7 (05:35):
My favorite with Tiny Gamp. You like the Shark, he
just hustled so much. I like Biddle bass dude.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Hard worker. Brian. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
Do you like Kenny gamp who he's a special teams player.
But I don't like the front running superstars as much
as I like the other day came the.
Speaker 8 (05:55):
Marion Barber when he was good to watch.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Marion Barber was a running back.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Yeah, no, I know you're of the sports and Donaldson
and Rational Bill. Not going to Brian Johnson, I'm sorry,
Brian Joyner. Brian Johnson's the lead singer of a c
d C.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Do you like a c d C?
Speaker 8 (06:11):
Brian, of course?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
What's your favorite a c DC song?
Speaker 8 (06:15):
I don't know. Sound you're struck?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Oh that's but you know what that one about your
Rational Bill, They're a good one. I'd love to hear
you sing it. Don there Bender like to roll and.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Yeah, bolt it out a c DC.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Who's your favorite.
Speaker 8 (06:40):
Band, Brian oh Man, I don't know whichever one the
Patriots likes?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
To God, what a bets rider you are.
Speaker 7 (06:49):
You're trying to antagonize this with your talking about the
Cowboys and Patriots, But I want to talk to Red sacks.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Wait are they good this year?
Speaker 8 (06:57):
They're okay, not as bad as the Rangers.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
But no, Wow, is a Robbie Ross at closer?
Speaker 8 (07:09):
No?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Whoa whatever happened to him? Is he still in playing
the baseball?
Speaker 8 (07:16):
I mean, I guess he's you guess I thought.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
You're a rotten Sox blogger. You gotta be on top
of this, Brian. We gotta know what is Robbie Ross's roll.
Speaker 8 (07:25):
He's a left handed guy who gets a couple outs
or doesn't get them, and it comes out of the game.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
He was left handed here too. I remember him still
left handed up in Boston.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
We're talking to an expert, Brian Troiter.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
Are they over the mother making fun of my question?
I can tell you no, no, not a baseball guy.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I'm okay. I'm a football expert and none of baseball.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
And he's talking about European football.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
He's a soccer guy.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Yeah, any soccer questions for rational Bill?
Speaker 8 (07:56):
Brian, Uh, who do they think is going to win
the chap in the league final?
Speaker 2 (08:01):
I follow, Oh, yes, you never My god.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Having brought Brenden Time's voice come in every time with
that stupid explosion, Carlsman can roll with anything and turn
it into sports content.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
All right, what do you think? What's your favorite a song?
Speaker 4 (08:42):
It's amazing too because it really was a situation though,
like asking Ben who was going to be in the champions.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
He told him about was an experts one question.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
I could He got a little excited that your tattoo?
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Do you remember when Randy Moss played for?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
And then who's your favorite cowboy?
Speaker 4 (09:14):
My favorite line is that he was left handed when
he was here too.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Okay, that was a good way to endo Tuesday. Man,
I'm smilling old big wow. So back in the day,
Kat used to go into the Rangers clubhouse and grab audio.
I'll never forget when he walked up to Robbie Ross,
he looked him dead in the eye and he said,
d m.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Me for socks and panty purchases.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And Robbie Ross passed, that's gonna do it for us.
Christina is gonna stick around and play some tunes here
on the eagle.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Here you going, well, I want to get my sock back.
Dude had enough fun in games al art
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