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June 23, 2023 • 39 mins

Ben Maller discusses which team DeAndre Hopkins should pick between the Titans and the Patriots, what's taking the Dolphins so long to sign Dalvin Cook, Coop's Scoop on Entertainment, Benny's Balderdash, and more!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's our number four. You have stumbled into the fourth
and final hour of today's broadcast schedule. But the good
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(00:23):
the fifth Hour. But here in our number four, we
bounce around the gridiron. What should DeAndre Hopkins do? Who
should he pick between the Patriots or the Titans? And
what is taking the Dolphins so long to grab Dalvin
Cook and get him under contract? And how much stock

(00:43):
do you put in wide receiver Romeo Dobbs saying that
the Packers quarterback Jordan Love can do the same exact
thing as Aaron Rodgers'll discuss that and much more. Have
a wonderful weekend, have a great time, safe, and here
it is our number four.

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Speaker 3 (02:03):
Our lead this.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
We're gonna go to pro football. Why because it is
my mandates at least.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
Once an hour.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
This happens to me the hour we're gonna talk football,
So we'll do it. The NBA Draft was last night.
It was a three player draft and that was it.
Three players. They picked other players, but it was three guys.
It was the top three picks and it went as
anticipated by many as Wemby goes to San Antonio with
the number one pick, Brandon Miller goes number two to

(02:31):
the Hornets, and Scoop Henderson goes to the Trail Blazers.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
But we go to football.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
We spend the inventory of NFL dealings here in the
month of June, and there's a couple of stories that
popped up. We're gonna start with the hop and you
might know where I'm going but maybe not. DeAndre Hopkins
popping back up as he has reportedly narrowed his landing
spot possibilities.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
Do you see this? So the story got some traction.
It's June, that's why.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
But the story said that Hopkins has narrowed the list
of teams he's going to to two. You want to
take a guess which of the teams he's limiting.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
To play for.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Yeah, the Titans and the Patriots, which you know, I'm
not an expert. I think those are the only two
teams he visited since he.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
Was fired by the Cardinals.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
They kicked him out of Arizona this offseason, he did
visit those two teams, so using the process of elimination.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
But I'm shocked. I'm shocked.

Speaker 2 (03:42):
Now we are hearing the breathless reporting that both teams
have put an offer on the table and that right
now he's trying to figure it out. Hopkins agent, his
financial advisors, they're looking over the financials. Is it better
to play in tennis See? Well, the taxes are better
in Tennessee? What would you rather play for the Patriots?

(04:03):
What are you gonna do here?

Speaker 1 (04:05):
And he is said to be torn. I love the
drama he's so torn.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
He's probably sitting on a boat in Miami right now,
but he's torn on which team to play for.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
So dramatic.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
So let us discuss this. What I want to talk
to you about. The question very simple. Who should DeAndre
Hopkins pick. Let's assume this report is true for a second.
Who should DeAndre Hopkins pick? Between the Patriots and the Titans.
So the envelope is in and the.

Speaker 1 (04:35):
Answer is pat Patriot. That's the answer.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
Now, I've got stylistically courtship and made the evil times,
and we will combine all of these things together, and
we are going to back go back to a classic here.
We're gonna make the Barbacan noss what we're gonna make
now to begin the fun here. I am skeptical that

(05:01):
this is actually based in any kind of reality. I
am if DeAndre Hopkins was that enthusiastic about either one
of these situations, then he would have already agreed to
a contract. Standard protocol if you're a free agent in
the NFL and the team really wants you and you
really want to play for the team, if you visit

(05:21):
the team, they don't let you out of the building.
So he went to Nashville, hung out, listen to some
country music, and he left, and then he got on
a plane and he flew to Boston and he had
some clam chowder and visited Foxborough and hung out there,
and he left without giving his John Hancock.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
So that tells me I do about that. I don't
know about that.

Speaker 2 (05:51):
So Hopkins, looking for a starting role center Stage Broadway,
center Stage Broadway, wants to win a Tony Award, and instead,
right now he is picking between the Peoria Playhouse and
the Fargo Theater. Those are his two options. Way off Broadway,
Way off Broadway. Nevertheless, I am going with the Patriots.

(06:14):
Here's why. And I'm giving free advice. I should charge
for this. I should have a paywall up in charge this.
But anyway, here's the reason. If I'm the advisor and
I'm doing this for free for DeAndre Hopkins, I would
pick the Patriots. Okay, Now, both teams are devoid of
a quarterback. Ryan Tannel blows Mac Jones and Bailey's Appy suck.

(06:35):
So you don't get Tingley as a wide receiver thinking
about playing for either one of those teams because of
their quarterback. The difference here the reason that I give
the edge to the Patriots is because of the way
Tennessee is set up. The Titans are a ground and
pound team. Derrick Henry, he's a super nova.

Speaker 1 (06:54):
He's also the tip of.

Speaker 2 (06:55):
The pyramid, which means everything funnels through him into the pyramid.
He is the living, breathing embodiment of what the Titans
are on offense. New England they don't have that guy.
They don't have a quarterback like that. They don't have
a running back like that. They have a receiver that

(07:17):
is lacking that skill set. Romandre Stevenson and Ty Montgomery
are the lead running backs.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
Now they're okay, they ain't great.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
The top pass catchers Journeyman, Juju Smith, Schuster, the TikTok
star is there. Devonte Parker also a Patriots. So that
means that Hopkins, if he signs with the Patriots, he
can and do.

Speaker 1 (07:42):
The slide and slide in.

Speaker 2 (07:44):
And be the top receiver on the depth chart immediately. Plus,
if you're looking for high profile games in the division,
the Patriots, by my count using Malomath, are going to
have six high profile games in the AFC, two against
the Bills, two against Aaron Rodgers, and the Jets and

(08:08):
two against the Dolphins.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
I'm not going to even include the out of division matchups.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
The Titans have no games that have any juice in
the division thanks to the Colts and the Texans being horrific.
And then you've got the Jags, who are a playoff team.
But you don't know what you're gonna get. It's like
when you go trick or treating as a kid. You
don't know what kind of candy you're gonna get. You're
hoping you get good candy, but sometimes people give you,

(08:37):
like an apple.

Speaker 1 (08:38):
And you're like, I don't want an apple. I don't
want an orange.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
I want candy. I'm a kid, all right. I don't
want to eat your stupid healthy stuff. You moron anyway,
further onoe moving away from the Patriots. So Miami, Miami, Miami.
We go the Dolphins looking to add a new member
to their pod, and we are told the Miami football
team have spoken to Dalvin Cook. Hellelujah, the former Viking

(09:05):
star running back, has confirmed that you hear about this.
He's confirmed that he has spoken with the Dolphins. In
a satellite radio interview, Dalvin Cook believes he would be
the perfect fit in their system. Not system of the
down though. Now Cook is only back, is only back

(09:25):
on the market because Minnesota deem him unworthy. Why he
had crossed over the threshold of fifteen hundred career touches.
The analytical people in football say, once a running back
has crossed that over, they are not of as much value.

Speaker 1 (09:42):
But he is the only player at.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
The running back position to have at least eleven hundred
yards on the ground each of the last four seasons.
So what is taking the Dolphins so long to grab
hold of Dalvin Cook and get him under contract? So
the Fins are taking their time.

Speaker 1 (09:59):
They are in the courtship phase.

Speaker 2 (10:03):
In the courtship phase, so there right now, like Dalvin Cook,
you know, it's like it's like you're dating, right Dalvin
Cook is constantly making eye contact with the dolphin. He's
twirling his hair, and then there's Mike McDaniel over there,
but McDaniel and he doesn't want to see him desperate,
So he's texting sparingly. You know, you don't want to
seem like he's too too into the whole situation, but

(10:23):
putting up the illusion that he's confident, he's very comfortable
with the running back quartet that he has spoiler alert,
by the way, he's not the Dolphins much like the Patriots.
The Dolphins have a middling backfield. Raheem Mostert has had
some big games in the NFL. He's also had games
where you didn't even know he was on the field.

(10:44):
Jeff Wilson Junior is also there. These guys are serviceable
running backs in working order. They're operational. They also live
on the fringes of good. They're replaceable. Dalvin Cook would
be the U word an upgrade. He would help.

Speaker 1 (11:00):
Invigorate things now if he's not washed up.

Speaker 2 (11:04):
Do the Dolphins employ the same group of analytical geeks
that the other teams like the Vikings employed, Probably, so
that's a problem, all right. Last thing here we pivot
from Miami. We go to the frozen tundra Green Bay, Wisconsin,
just up the road.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
From Appleton, Wisconsin, where my brother resides.

Speaker 2 (11:27):
And receiver Romeo Dobbs has expressed his complete and total dedication.

Speaker 1 (11:37):
To the quarterback in Green Bay, Jordan Love. In fact,
the quote which.

Speaker 2 (11:43):
He stated recently said that Love can do the same
exact thing as Aaron Rodgers can do, and those quotes
have popped back up on our radar.

Speaker 1 (11:55):
But wait, there's more.

Speaker 2 (11:58):
As the Packers continue to slobber all over Jordan Love,
JayR Alexander called Love, quote the best quarterback in the league.
So how much stock do you put in wide receiver
Romeo Dobbs and JayR Alexander the defensive back saying the Packers,

(12:18):
Jordan Love can do the same exact thing as Aaron Rodgers,
and he's the best quarterback in the league. So as
far as Jayir Alexander, he's not necessarily wrong because you know,
if you've heard the show over the years, the term best,
the legal definition in advertising for the term best is
not better. People think it means better, but it just

(12:41):
means as good as all the others in that category.
So really, what Jayir Alexander is saying, even though he
doesn't know this, is that he thinks Jordan Love is
just as good as every other quarterback in the league.

Speaker 1 (12:54):
Right, he's the best quarterback in the league. So he's
just as good as every other quarterback in the league.
That's what that's like.

Speaker 2 (12:58):
Every restaurants, the best turkey sandwich, right, best hero, best
hogi whatever, and best pizza. As long as you say best,
if you say it's better than someone.

Speaker 1 (13:07):
You have to prove it. That's the problem.

Speaker 2 (13:09):
But it's in Romeo Dobbs case, that's just old school
boot licking. It's hey, I'm a receiver, give me the
damn ball please, And that's just just the way that's
it can make all the throws blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah. But if you look at the calendar
app on your fout, optimism season is in full force

(13:35):
in the NFL. Jordan Love has fewer than one hundred
pass attempts. He's been in the NFL for three years.
Back in medieval times, they would say, of a person
like Jordan Love, here be dragons.

Speaker 1 (13:52):
Now what did that mean?

Speaker 2 (13:53):
In medieval times, that meant that they were going to
unexplored waters, that that part of land or the waters
had not been seen by human beings. And they put
drawings of dragons and monsters and beasts as a way
to communicate to their other medieval human beings and Neanderthals

(14:15):
that here be dragons.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
So good luck.

Speaker 2 (14:18):
And I would expect the packers to come out and
run a rudimentary offense, baring keep the training wheels on
for the beginning of the year on the Beach Cruiser
and see how that all works out. What could possibly
go wrong? We'll find out.

Speaker 1 (14:36):
It is the Ben Maler Show.

Speaker 2 (14:37):
You want to comment on that or anything else, you
can join us hear the lines are open at eight
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on Entertainment or Ray for Hollywood or Ray for Hollywood.
We got balthered Ash Later in the hour. We'll get

(14:58):
to all that, and we will do it next.

Speaker 4 (15:02):
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moonshine with men.

Speaker 2 (15:37):
You used to have a caller back in the day
named Moonshine Mark good guy, good caller, goofy guy.

Speaker 1 (15:44):
He made me this step stool. He was a very
handy guy. He was very good in the wood shop
area and all that. He was a huge fan of
the show.

Speaker 2 (15:51):
He had health problems, but he made me this clipper
stool that was like painted red and.

Speaker 1 (15:56):
Blue and at the clipper. It was really cool. He
did it from scratch and I still have it.

Speaker 2 (16:01):
He passed away a number of years ago, but I
still have it here at the Malor Mansions.

Speaker 6 (16:05):
I would to that then, Yeah, that's very cool. I
use a stool all the time because I don't reach
many things.

Speaker 1 (16:11):
Yeah, I don't really need a stool.

Speaker 6 (16:12):
I was gonna say, yeah, you don't.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, I know. He and he signed it too. It's
that's awesome memento. So yeah, it's kind of neat. I've
gotten some interesting things from listeners.

Speaker 2 (16:25):
I've had people this guy six Pack, who I don't
think he listens anymore. He's he's a lifer, and he
had a license plate. I don't know how he got
it out of prison, but I got a license plate
with my name on it out of the mail from
the state he happens to be incarcerated in.

Speaker 1 (16:42):
That was kind of cool.

Speaker 2 (16:43):
Sure, anybody in prison, any of you boys listening in prison,
you'd probably rather hear Monci talk than me. But I
would like, I would like if you can find a
way to get me a license plate, that would be
kind of cool.

Speaker 5 (16:54):
Man.

Speaker 6 (16:54):
That's old school, that is right. Do they still do
the license plate thing and out of the prisons.

Speaker 1 (17:00):
Some of the states do, yes, But this was year.
This was years ago. To be fair, I mean, I
don't know if they still do, but this was many,
many years ago.

Speaker 2 (17:05):
And he sent me that I have his license plate
right next to Doc Mike's license plate from Chicago, because Doc,
every time I see him, he make sure to get
me a license plate.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
So anyway, let's let's go to the phones.

Speaker 2 (17:18):
We'll take a call. It is a call in show
and we'll take your calls at eight seven seven ninety
nine on Fox. Is the number eight seven seven nine
nine six sixty six. Now have a big trade in
the NBA, Chris Paul traded the Golden State. Let's go
to the phones. We'll say it Hello to Eli in Fresno. Hello, Eli, Welcome.

Speaker 4 (17:39):
Buddy.

Speaker 1 (17:40):
Hello, it's been a while.

Speaker 7 (17:43):
It has been a while. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm in
the McDonald's drive through right now getting my large diet
doctor pepper.

Speaker 2 (17:48):
That's all you're getting. Yeah, come on, you gotta get
fries with that.

Speaker 7 (17:53):
Yeah, I'm out of I'm out door ashing right now.

Speaker 1 (17:57):
Oh okay, all right, I got you.

Speaker 8 (18:00):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (18:01):
Wait wait wait wait wait wait? Are you're not taking
that up to deliver to somebody right?

Speaker 8 (18:05):
Oh?

Speaker 7 (18:06):
No, I had to get I had to give myself.
I had to give myself a dream to keeat my caffeine.
But I'm I'm super excited about the NBA Draft because
I like all the trades and stuff, and I just think,
I think this is a genius trade that the Warriors
aren't getting enough credit for. I feel like people just
aren't seeing what's happening here.

Speaker 1 (18:26):
What is Is this a self destruction thing?

Speaker 2 (18:28):
They're trying to tear the franchise down to the old
when they used to suck.

Speaker 9 (18:32):
No.

Speaker 7 (18:33):
I think they realized that they had made a mistake
signing Jordan full to thirty three million dollars a year,
which I think that was apparent to all of us
after his play last season and and I think they
had they had had enough with the season after that
shot that didn't go in. If it doesn't, he's a hero,
but he missed. And I think that a dumb Levy

(18:54):
is just trying to clear a lot of cap space
for next season when Paul Leonard and Lebron James are
gonna be available.

Speaker 2 (19:04):
Well, Eli, you are a cock eyed optimist, because if
you remember a couple of years ago, you remember a
couple of years ago the Warriors. I met, I did
a monologue earlier about this. You can hear it on
the podcast. It'll be up on demand when we're done.
But the ben Allers show pikins. But my point in
the monologue, if I remember correctly, was a couple of
years ago the Warriors. The whole plan was we're gonna
be like the Spurs. The Spurs went from Robinson to Duncan,

(19:27):
but we're gonna go from Curry and Thompson and Draymond
Green to Jordan Pool and James Weisman.

Speaker 1 (19:33):
Now they have given up on both of them.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
So either they suck at scouting or or they you know,
they just they're they're too reactive. The prisoners in the moment,
because these guys didn't play well right away or didn't
play well enough, or it's Dan Jordan Jordan Poole upset
Draymond Green, and Draymond Green is like, I don't really
want to come back there if Jordan pools there, So okay,
we'll trade him and we'll bring you back.

Speaker 7 (19:58):
Oh, Draymond, Draymond's gone.

Speaker 1 (20:00):
They're gonna move about that.

Speaker 7 (20:03):
They're gonna move. They're gonna move off of the Andrew
Wiggins contract too. We're gonna get to the we're gonna
get to next year, and the only significant player that's
gonna be on that roster is Steph Curry.

Speaker 1 (20:16):
And I gotta leave it there. But enjoy your door
dashing overnight. Thank you, buddy. Yeah, for sure, enjoy the carbonation.

Speaker 2 (20:23):
Let's go to Andrea in Berkeley, the sports Sorceress. We'll
see if there's some kind of cosmic event that we
need to know about here. I'm sure that something's going
on that we don't know about. Hello Andrea virgo in
Service on Twitter.

Speaker 8 (20:36):
Hello Andre, Yes, Hello.

Speaker 9 (20:37):
Ben and Monty. I.

Speaker 1 (20:41):
If I was any better, I'd be a pool, but
not Jordan Poole. I'd be a kiddie pool because.

Speaker 2 (20:46):
Jordan Pool is gonna play for the Washington Wizards, which, yeah,
that's that's a tough one.

Speaker 9 (20:51):
Yeah, you know, I did Sports Astrology podcast when that
the punch happened, when Draymond Green Jordan Poole, and I
think that was the beginning of the end. Jordan just
had his birthday June nineteenth, nineteen ninety nine, and well, Draymond,

(21:11):
he's a p ice. He's March four, nineteen ninety and
he is Mars and capricorn. Pluto was transiting his Mars,
which is power, power struggles Mars as you know, energy, assertion, aggression.
So you know, Pool was in the wrong place at
the wrong time, and I don't think like the Warriors.

Speaker 1 (21:31):
Wait a minute, he was on the basketball court, right,
Well was he the wrong place at the wrong time.
He's a basketball player. He was on the basketball court.
That's where he's supposed to.

Speaker 9 (21:39):
Be, I know, but in Draymond's range, so to speak.
So it was just you know, kind of not.

Speaker 2 (21:48):
My favorite part of that is how the Warriors tried
to downplay it, and then the video popped up on TMZ.

Speaker 1 (21:54):
So that's a tough job. Oh yeah, liar, liar pants
on fire.

Speaker 9 (21:58):
Yeah, No, they do some sports videos I think TMZ so.

Speaker 1 (22:03):
But they do.

Speaker 2 (22:04):
If they're they're wild, they can get a lot of
hits and make a lot of money on it.

Speaker 1 (22:08):
So there's that clearly.

Speaker 9 (22:10):
Yes, So it was just interesting. I thought that his
days were numbered after that fight that they had.

Speaker 2 (22:15):
They really he's rich though, so it's like he'll just
be rich in Washington.

Speaker 7 (22:19):
Yeah, I mean, we don't.

Speaker 9 (22:21):
Really shed tears over athletes. Trials and tribulation. Just interesting
constantly to see.

Speaker 1 (22:26):
Because they're all rich.

Speaker 2 (22:27):
I think coaches get fired. We can goof on coaches
getting fired because they're still rich. It's like a regular
person getting fired, you know that, because that's different. Then
you guys still play your bills and stuff happened.

Speaker 9 (22:36):
No, that is true. And the Taurists who took the place.
He's May sixth, nineteen eighty five, Chris Paul. So everyone's saying, oh,
he's a lot older. It's like, that's okay, nineteen eighty
five is still young.

Speaker 5 (22:51):
So it'll just.

Speaker 1 (22:52):
Young to us. It's just to us Andrews, but for
the rest of the sporting world. Yeah, I agree with you.

Speaker 2 (23:00):
In real life, Chris Paul is a young man and
a lot of time and all that. But in our
little stupid sports world, he's old and he's always hurt.
So we got to leave with there, Andrew, But thank you,
all right, Virgo and service on Twitter and she's.

Speaker 1 (23:16):
Got her newsletter, I know, and all that stuff.

Speaker 2 (23:18):
So if you want to connect with Andrea, she's a
big supporter of the show. And so if you were
interested in that kind of thing, if that's your jam,
I know, I think Justin and Cincinnati would probably like
that for his birthday today. I think that would be
the perfect gift. That's what Robbie, the Mariner fan told me. Now,
we can't do birthday shoutouts, but Justin in Cincinnati a
huge fan of sports astrology, and I would say one

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of the biggest supporters.

Speaker 1 (23:41):
Of Andrea from the Enchanted Forest where he resides.

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Speaker 1 (24:29):
Give me the hell.

Speaker 5 (24:30):
Yeah, we mentioned the twins. Okay, you're right, nobody really
knows anything about them. They did play for City Reapers
in the Overtime Elite League. I'men Thompson and Asar Thompson,
and I guess they were asked after the draft because
this is the first time they're actually going to be separated,
and Amen said that it's like a bad divorce. He's
losing everything, including his PS five.

Speaker 2 (24:52):
So I hope he'll be able to afford when with
the minimum salary, which is a gazillion dollars in the NBA.

Speaker 6 (24:58):
Yah, yeah, out, it's like you're go to be fine.

Speaker 1 (25:00):
You're getting start up. Should we start a bake sale
for him?

Speaker 5 (25:03):
And we can yeah, up about another one. Yeah, for sure,
for sure a little NFL news. You already talked about that. Packers.
I agree, They're just like, give me the ball. He's
the best one. Let's let's make him, you know, kind
of give him a little bit of love, give Jordan
love the love that he needs, just so that you know,
he passes the ball.

Speaker 6 (25:20):
I hear you, I hear you on that.

Speaker 5 (25:22):
But NFL media reported that Jets safety Chuck Clark did
suffer a torn acl he's gonna miss the remainder of
the season, and the Rams signed Stetson Bennett to a
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Back to you, been great mons. We'll see you in
about four months.

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Hurt ytime person.

Speaker 5 (26:48):
Yeah, hi people, I am I'm all over the place,
all over the place, I hear.

Speaker 6 (26:55):
Always all right.

Speaker 2 (26:58):
It is the Ben Mathers Show. As we continue on now,
we didn't mention Tyreek Hill in the monologue, and that
story did take a change. Yesterday we had done a
monologue and we assumed that Tyree could cut a check
to the person that he allegedly assaulted.

Speaker 1 (27:12):
Well.

Speaker 2 (27:13):
Now, the NBC affiliate NBC six in Miami in South Florida.
There they claim that the person that says they were
assaulted by Tyreek Hill will actually press charges. Hello, and
we haven't heard anything new on this so over the
last few hours. I don't know if they did actually
go forward that because the police had said that their

(27:35):
investigation into the incident was concluded, and then after that
the NBC affiliate said, well, wait a minute, this person's
gonna press charges.

Speaker 1 (27:44):
And the word is it's going to be a misdemeanor charge.
But I don't know, maybe it won't be. Who knows.

Speaker 2 (27:49):
If it's a misdemeanor, it's not much, but he'll get
in trouble with the NFL, I guess, although the NFL's
gone light recently.

Speaker 1 (27:58):
But Tyreek's got a few skeletons. They're hanging out there.
Let's get to the Cooper Loop. Hooray for Holly. Would
all right for Holly? Would the coop scoop on entertainment
with Justin Cooper.

Speaker 6 (28:13):
Thank you, Ben.

Speaker 3 (28:15):
We have an exciting we have an exciting weekend of
entertainment options for you this this upcoming weekend. And first
we're going to start off at the movie theaters. We
have the new release No Hard Feelings, which sees the
return of Jennifer Lawrence.

Speaker 6 (28:33):
Yes, let's go.

Speaker 1 (28:36):
Hell that's your Yeah, you've always liked Jennifer Lawrence.

Speaker 2 (28:38):
You've appreciated her artistic ability, Yes, and her body?

Speaker 1 (28:42):
Yes?

Speaker 9 (28:42):
Really?

Speaker 2 (28:43):
What really?

Speaker 6 (28:44):
What does that mean? Monci?

Speaker 5 (28:46):
I don't think she's been cast in the right roles.
She's great in Hunger Games, but I don't think she's
been cast in the right roles.

Speaker 1 (28:54):
What she wanted.

Speaker 6 (28:57):
I was about to the Silver Linings Playbook. Is the
supposed to be like a fifty year old woman in that?

Speaker 4 (29:07):
No?

Speaker 6 (29:08):
What Oh, that's the mop one. That's the mopping one,
the mop lady. It doesn't take it over the bit.

Speaker 5 (29:14):
It doesn't matter anyways, move on, Jennifer Lawrence.

Speaker 2 (29:17):
I know I will never be back now because of
that take.

Speaker 1 (29:21):
That's the worst take you've ever had.

Speaker 3 (29:23):
You're talking about the movie Joy now And yeah, I
kind of I kind of get what you're talking about.
But no, she won the Oscar for Silver Lining's Playbook
and like.

Speaker 1 (29:30):
Silver Linings Playbook.

Speaker 6 (29:32):
Yeah, well.

Speaker 1 (29:34):
These movies you've mentioned, what.

Speaker 3 (29:35):
Kind of that one's kind of got some sports you know,
it's sports red. Yeah, how do you not fall in
love with her in that movie like come oh man, anyway,
this is uh, they're trying to bring back the R
rated comedy, which is kind of a fallen off in
recent ears.

Speaker 2 (29:51):
They need to bring back the R rated comedy and
the guy comedy. That's what we need.

Speaker 3 (29:55):
That's that's basically what this is. She she plays a
you know.

Speaker 1 (29:59):
Early chick flixs Manchi, I'm always kick.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
She plays in early thirties girl who's like kind of
down on her luck. She's you know, behind on her
property taxes, and in order to like make good on that,
she agrees to date. And I'm putting that in air quotes. Uh,
this really rich couple's son who's kind of like a loser,
doesn't come out of his room, doesn't like talk to

(30:26):
Anybody's on like video games, and so the whole concept
is her trying to do that and hilarity ensues. And
just a side note here, I saw this before I
came to the studio today. It was fantastic. And it's
also the most nudity she's ever done in a movie.

Speaker 6 (30:42):
I'm just thinking that. I'm just gonna say, I'm just
putting that out.

Speaker 1 (30:44):
Who is that guy that used to do the nude stuff.
What was mister Skin. Mister Skin, is he still around?

Speaker 6 (30:48):
I believe so?

Speaker 7 (30:50):
Is he?

Speaker 4 (30:50):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (30:51):
For him? I mean I don't know. Years ago.

Speaker 3 (30:52):
I don't know if the mister Skin is still around,
but the website is still around, I believe. Oh okay,
so yeah, that is. That is in theaters right now.
Go check it out. Please. It is a great film.
And moving over to television, we have the return the
second season of The Bear on Hulu. This is a
fantastic television show. If you haven't already watched it, go

(31:13):
back and check out season one. It's got Jeremy Allen White,
who you may remember from Shameless. He is the star.
He takes over the family's Chicago sandwich shop after the
death of his brother, and basically the second season picks off,
picks up exactly where the first season left off. It
is a great show. Highly highly highly recommend that that's

(31:34):
on Hulu, available right now. Then available right now as well.
This one's on Prime Video.

Speaker 6 (31:41):
This is a new one.

Speaker 3 (31:42):
It's called I'm a Virgo And this one's kind of weird,
but it's getting great reviews. It's a coming of age
series that centers around a nineteen year old black man
living in Oakland who also happens to be thirteen feet tall.

Speaker 1 (31:57):
Oh, what teams do you play for?

Speaker 3 (31:59):
I thought, doesn't doesn't say he's on a team, but uh,
he the you know, it's the odyssey through his life
and he meets a superhero. So it's a it's a
it's a strange one. But that is all available. All
seven episodes are available to stream today on Prime Video.
And then, last but not least, I want to bring
up a new show on Apple TV Plus. Uh, this

(32:20):
one premieres on Tuesday, I believe Wednesday premierees on Wednesday.
And this one's kind of like you remember how you
remember the show twenty four then yeah, that one was
kind of like, uh, you know, it was the whole
thing took place like I don't know, it was like
supposed to be in real time or right or it
was a every episode was twenty four hours some some

(32:41):
something like that. Well this one is another. It's a
seven hour thriller and it takes place in real time,
unfold in real time.

Speaker 6 (32:48):
It starts interest album. It is just like that. Yes,
Idris Elba is the star.

Speaker 1 (32:53):
And he is you don't know who is to hold
on what's your name?

Speaker 6 (33:00):
You know, it's a guy Idris Elba.

Speaker 2 (33:04):
He looks somewhat familiar, but he's on the office, okay,
and like.

Speaker 1 (33:11):
Two episodes he was a star.

Speaker 3 (33:13):
He was a star in The Wire, one of the
best television shows of all time. I didn't really get
into The Wire, all right, Well anyway, not that I
don't appreciate the drug trade in Baltimore, but.

Speaker 6 (33:23):
Yeah, uh.

Speaker 3 (33:24):
He stars as a business negotiator who is on this
flight that gets hijacked, and so he tries to find
out if his business negotiation skills translates to uh, you know,
negotiations with terrorists.

Speaker 6 (33:37):
And so yeah.

Speaker 3 (33:38):
The first two episodes stream on Wednesday on Apple TV Plus.

Speaker 6 (33:42):
And that is Coop Scoop on entertained.

Speaker 2 (33:44):
All Right, thank you for that, Cooper, real quick, and
I can stop Ron's on hold?

Speaker 1 (33:48):
Is he still there?

Speaker 2 (33:48):
From San Antonio? He wants to Ron, what is a
breakfast taco? This guy Victor Wimbanyama said he wants to
have a breakfast taco.

Speaker 1 (33:57):
Is that a San Antonio thing or did he misspeak?

Speaker 8 (34:00):
No, it's it's for a fact, And I don't know
too many cities that have breakfast tacos. Named after weed
man hippie. They actually have one down here called the
trash can. That's not a joke, that's a fact.

Speaker 2 (34:11):
Well, is it just just like a we have breakfast
burritos and soco that's pretty popular.

Speaker 8 (34:16):
That's probably comparable to that. But when you think, probably
the same size tortilla, but it's in a taco shape
versus wrapped up in a burrito. But when a breakfast
taco is about a half pound. Seriously, when you will
you go somewhere and they say, hey, dude, just order one.
It's gonna fill you up in like no man, I
normally two or three breakfast tacos. And when you get
done with one and you and you still got the

(34:36):
other one or two on your feet, You're like, holy crap,
I should have listened to him.

Speaker 1 (34:41):
You've been lighting us. I thought he was.

Speaker 2 (34:42):
I thought he misspoked. I never heard of a breakfast
taco all right? Is it clearly a clan san Antony thing?
Thank you, Ron, I gotta go. It is the band
Matter show. We got balderdash, Benny's Balderdash.

Speaker 1 (34:53):
We'll get to that next.

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Speaker 4 (35:36):
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balder dash.

Speaker 7 (35:41):
What the hell is this?

Speaker 4 (35:43):
Formerly known as something we're not allowed to say?

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Welcome in our contestants. I know IOWI Sam loved that read.
Let's say hello to Jed who fled Hello Jed.

Speaker 8 (36:08):
Bill Romansk you gonna go to prison, Hunter Bidens and
not go to see a day.

Speaker 2 (36:14):
And we say hello to Alameda Lou, who's in mourning
right now because the Warriors are about to become a
relevant Hello, Alameda Lou.

Speaker 7 (36:22):
Hello, I'm not in morning, seabatt because my giants have
swept your Dodgers and Chavez Ravine I'm doing all right.

Speaker 1 (36:28):
Yes, that's all right, and.

Speaker 2 (36:32):
They will be looking at the tooks of the Dodgers
by the time this season ends.

Speaker 1 (36:35):
But that's fine, all right.

Speaker 2 (36:37):
Let's play the game, gentlemen. We have two categories. Your
your name is your buzzer. We've got it. Takes two
and bald and beautiful or bald is beautiful?

Speaker 1 (36:46):
Uh? Do you have and ant? Do you want to go?
Which category you want?

Speaker 2 (36:50):
We'll start with you, our friend from Florida bald? All right,
bald is beautiful. Everyone in this category is or what
ball during their playing days? When this guy went bald
in the early nineties, he added a hoop earring to
his look, and all of a sudden.

Speaker 1 (37:07):
It was really Jed MJ Michael Jordan, that is correct.
Michael Jordan was cool to be both four hundred dollars.
This big bald brit Wow.

Speaker 2 (37:17):
Has held the WBC heavyweight title since twenty twenty.

Speaker 7 (37:24):
Oh god, I got I barely heard that the WBC
titles in twenty twenty.

Speaker 1 (37:28):
This big bald brit Okay, you guys.

Speaker 7 (37:32):
Are Oh it's it's the Gypsy King.

Speaker 8 (37:34):
I know, I know you thought the broad guy who
came in dresses a night. I can't remember the game.

Speaker 1 (37:38):
What's the Gypsy King's name though? Do you know his name?

Speaker 9 (37:42):
Oh?

Speaker 7 (37:42):
Yeah, I did say it, just think because I know it.

Speaker 2 (37:44):
No, the oh god, alame to, Lou. I'll give you
the points. Alome to a four hundred buck, six hundred dollars.

Speaker 1 (37:49):
Here we go. Uh, it's bald. Is beautiful?

Speaker 2 (37:52):
These days most people decide to just shave it all
off when they start to go bald. This Hall of
Fame quarterback has been rocking the coldest sack for nearly
fifty years. It's also on Fox quite a bit. Anybody,
Oh on Fox?

Speaker 8 (38:10):
Quarterback again, Lou.

Speaker 2 (38:15):
You gotta chime in with your name. But you got
it right, So I'll give it to you. Why not
eight hundred dollars? This quarterbacks like the majority of his
career with the Seattle Seahawks, even leading them to a
Super Bowl appearance.

Speaker 8 (38:26):
Matt Jared, Matt has.

Speaker 2 (38:27):
Beeg no, that is incorrect. Al Alameda, Lou, would you
like to steal? Are you hanging up?

Speaker 1 (38:43):
He can't, You can't quit Jaggon? All right? You know
what did he's gone?

Speaker 6 (38:51):
Yeah, he's gone.

Speaker 1 (38:52):
All right, that's it. Well, end the damn game, Lou.

Speaker 4 (38:54):
You Alma Lou.

Speaker 1 (38:55):
You win without even a working buzzer. You will have
a great weekend.
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