November 10, 2023 • 34 mins
Ben Maller & Danny G. Radio have another fun Friday bonus broadcast! They talk: Cat-Like Reflexes, Cliff Hanger, Foodie Fun, Phrase of the Week, & more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Kubbooms.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes
a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants
of the old Republic, a soul fash of fairness. He
treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the
rich pill poppers in the penthouse.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special.
The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Ben Mahler
and Danny g Radio Welcome into the audio domain. No
days off, in fact, not only no days off, double
header action some days and Danny, we're back at It
(00:49):
is the tenth day of November. We're not that far
away from Thanksgivings right around the corner'tis the time to
start putting up Christmas. There's actually somebody in the neighborhood
that put up their Christmas lights already, which is annoying.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
It's the time of the year where our wives and
girlfriends start ordering even more crap off of Amazon to
put in front of our doorsteps every day.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Yeah yeah, so I think the rule is the rules
changed over the years of those in terms of like
decoration and I don't want to go down that road
too far. But it's just like it was shocking that,
like right after Halloween somebody put up their holiday stuff
and I just noticed it. But I'm like, you know,
it's like it used to be right after Thanksgiving people
(01:36):
would put holiday stuff up. But it's I understand why
people do it, and I understand why stores do it,
Like Costco. You go to Costco, they got all their
Christmas stuff up. Because this is the biggest money maker
Wright's business, one oh one, biggest money maker first of all.
And secondly, you can elongate it. Instead of only doing
it for one month, you can do it for two
(01:58):
months or three months and.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Just keep going Anyway.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
The podcast today, we've got catlike reflexes, Cliff Hangar, foody.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Fun and we.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Love words, so we do the phrase of the day,
the phrase of the day. But we start with this
and we begin with a new weekend, which means another
opportunity to do regional cable television. It is episode ten.
(02:34):
We have made it to double digits. If you thought
we were going to be canceled after two episodes, you're wrong,
or five episodes. Somehow, the people at NBC have been
asleep at the switch and they have let the show
run and it's actually getting better, which is rather shocking.
But we are in our tenth episode this weekend. It
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starts airing today, very exciting stuff. As we head back,
I was hanging out all day yesterday at Universal Studios
putting the show together as we we've I say, all day,
which is really a lot because most of the time
is just trying to come up with notes and stuff.
The actual taping of the show, it doesn't take that
(03:19):
it's only a half hour show. It doesn't take that long.
The first episode took forever. But we've got it now
where it's kind of like an assembly line, which is
pretty cool, and so we're happy about that, and the
people are happy that work on the show, the crew
in Boston because they don't have to stay there all
day waiting for numb nuts, the two of us to
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get the show done. And as far as when the
show is going to air, it changes all the time
now because of the NBA and the NHL, so it's
it's a wee bit different each weekend. And I try
to lead you down a path as a regular minion
to the fifth hour, but you're supposed to check your
local TV listings. That's the goal. But for example, tonight,
(04:01):
we normally air at seven thirty in Boston. For some reason,
they decided to air the Celtics game tonight.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I don't know why.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I think Benny Versus the Penny would have done better
than the Celtic game. But we're gonna be on after
the Celtic game tonight in Boston, which is the flagship
of Benny Versus the Penny. So that'll be tonight, and
we have back to back at Encore showing at eleven
o'clock and eleven thirty after the Celtics play the Brooklyn
Nets in thrilling NBA action and interesting schedule in Philadelphia.
(04:33):
Normally the show airs on Friday in Philadelphia, but I
looked at the schedule, the seventy six Ers are playing
and then right after that the Flyers are out where
we are there in Anaheim, and so NBC Sports Philadelphia
is gonna air both those games, which pretty much eats
all of their airtime when the show would air. So
(04:54):
we're gonna air on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia at three
point thirty in the afternoon. We are on in Chicago
tonight on NBC Sports Chicago at ten.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
O'clock in the Bay Area.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Got a couple of showings today at Benny Versus the
Penny six o'clock and ten pm, and we'll also be
on in LA. The Lakers aren't playing on on Saturday,
so four showings of Benny Versus the Penny in the
LA market on Saturday at six am three pm.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Do you know, Ben, last weekend I caught the show
early Sunday morning on the Lakers channel at seven am.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
The fact that you were up at seven am on
a Sunday morning, that must be sun related. That must
be the little Man.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
It was podcast related.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Oh okay, well there you go. That well that's true,
there you go.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
But also on one screen I had that early morning
Germany game on oh okay, yeah, and then on my
nice iPad I had Benny Versus the Penny. I had
your volume up and I had the football game volume
all the way down.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Well that's the right way to do it wrong, that's
probably so anyway, And we'll be on Spectrum Sportsnet so
call at six am Saturday, three pm, seven pm at
eleven pm, and then the usual showing in New York
on Sunday at eleven thirty am. That's been pretty consistent.
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That's been our window on SNY and New York. So
we'll be on on Sunday. And as an added bonus,
since you listen to this podcast, I would like to
point out that we had almost a disaster, but because
of my cat like reflexes. There was one moment I
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was trying to remember a point I wanted to make,
and while I was getting to the point, there was
a slip. There's a little bit of a slip of
the tongue, but I did catch myself. I think it
got by the sensors at NBC. They allowed it to air,
(07:09):
so we'll see what happens, but see if you can notice.
I'm not going to say when it happened in the show.
It's only a half hour show. But there was one
point where I was scrambling to make a point and
it's all I got to remember all this crap I
don't have, Like Loony's got a teleprompter, I don't have
a I don't have a teleprompters. It's got to remember everything.
(07:30):
And I was trying to remember and I had it
in my head and then it kind of came out
the wrong way, but I think I caught myself, So
there is that. So anyway, check it out.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Love love that. I've gotten a lot of feedback people.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
When I really loved Dannie is when people take photos
at like bars and stuff after games. That's really cool.
I have a climbate loser. I have a collection of
those those photographs. I like those.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
How are you doing in New York? Like, are the
New York liking it? Or are they flicking their thumb
at you?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
No, New York is the degenerate gamblers any any kind
of gambling information. It's very precious. But I'm not my
guy fun House, who is an old mal or militia guy,
the guy that trolls Mike Francesa all the time on X.
He used to be he's not up now. He used
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to have a job where he was up all night.
I know, I know him a little bit and he
would listen to the Overnight show. So I'm trying to
get him to promote the show, but he's I don't
I don't think he wants to do it because he
only does like negative crap, but he likes ripping people,
and I don't think you want I mean so far,
he hasn't he hasn't gone down that road. So but
(08:45):
because of my cat like reflexes, we were able to
save it. Now, this was an odd week. That's Friday,
the weekends here, and there was a story that happened
locally in southern California here that.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Really had me shook up.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
And it's one of those things you think, well, that's
not gonna Who cares about that? You know, what's going
on with you? No big deal. So when I was
growing up I've talked about this a little bit in
the past. When I was growing up in southern California
as a kid, I grew up in the Irvine area,
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and there was nothing there, Like it's a big if
you know, I don't know if you know the area
of southern California. Most people are listening outside of Southern California.
But there's a there's a win is a pretty large city.
There's a university there. You see Irvine, which it was
there when I was a kid. But pretty much all
we had growing up as a kid in in the
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OC was orange groves. We had other agricultural other farming stuffs,
farming town, and we also had back back in the day.
We were surrounded by two military bases. We had on
one side the El Toro Air Station, which was cool
(10:04):
because we got the Blue Angels every year. They had
a big air show. And it was also cool because
when I was a kid, I have memories of when
the President would come to come to La or California,
they would land the plane at the El Toro.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Air Station.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
So I would go there, and I remember when I
was a kid, Ronald Reagan the Air Force one we
all went out there to see the plane.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
It was pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
It was pretty neat, So that was on one side,
and it was a pretty decent sized military base and everyone.
So I've talked about this past, but if you weren't listening,
I had a buddy of mine because the kids would
go to school with us where I went to school,
and one of the kids would take even invite me
to the base. And we went to the base and
it was awesome. The general store on the base they
(10:57):
didn't charge tax so I just loaded up, you know,
I loaded up on all the candy and all that
crap because I don't have to pay taxes. I'm saving
a bunch of money here. It was great, so that
was on one side, and then on the other side
was the Tustin Military Base, the Tustin Air Station. Now
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all of these are closed. Now they're all they're all closed.
But the story popped up and I don't know if
anybody saw it outside this, but it was a Marine
Corps air station Tustin, which is long defunct. It's been
been gone for probably thirty years. But they had built
in the era of the world of World War Two.
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They built these massive hangars to hide planes and blimps.
And you know, they were worried about Uh, you got
to think World War two. As I was told the story,
it was you think of Pearl Harbor. They were worried
that there was.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Gonna be like an invasion.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
They would have had to hide everything. I think that
was part of the reason they did it. But they
build these giant, massive, domed hangars. That's part of the
story here. These things, When I say massive, seventeen stories tall,
more than a thousand feet long, they're like three hundred feet.
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Why these things are amaz, They're humongous. And so when
I was a kid growing up between two military bases,
we'd go to the air show at the Eltoral Marine base,
and then we'd go they had an open house where
we could like walk through, and it was so long
ago they didn't give a crap we were walk through.
They sit in tanks and the fighter jets. We could
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like sit in the cockpit of the It was ridiculous.
They would never do that kind of stuff these days anyway.
So I have very find memories of that, and these
these things are all gone. But the massive hangars there
were two of them. Gigantic hangars again thousand feet long.
Just imagine how big that is, seventeen stories high, very wide,
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and they were made out of wood.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
Crazy. I'm looking at pictures of them right now.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Yeah, and this week one of them randomly burned down.
They were still there. They were grandfathered in. I think
they were named a historical landmark because they go back
to the I think they were originally built in the
nineteen forties, so I think they're over eighty years old.
Speaker 4 (13:41):
The wire was so large that they had to use
a helicopter.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Yeah, it's ridiculous, And so I was really I was
really bummed out because growing up those things. Wherever I was,
where I grew up, I could look out and see
the hang there that they were so much taller than
everything else because there was just orange groves, and so
no matter where you were, you could see these massive hangars.
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And the other night this week there was a random fire,
which common sense would say probably somebody started and and
he used to run. I went from one side to
the other. It seemed like it took forever because it
was so long. But the photos on this, if you
want to see some wild photos of massive hangar burning up,
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was just insane, Like it looked like into the world stuff,
the photos of the thing burning and it was crazy.
So I was bummed out about that. And then as
an added a little added bonus here, it turns out
that the hangars are filled with asbestis.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Oh no, so they have just dropped.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Uh, there's a air air quality crisis in that area
because they just shot up as best as all over
that part of Orange County. So it's pretty pretty crazy.
So there's all kinds of way. They closed the schools
(15:23):
around there, and they are all kinds of of health
concerns because yeah, these things were built. They didn't really
give a crap about the as Best this back then,
they didn't know it was. It was bad for you,
and so anyway, that's that's the the story. Now they're
(15:45):
trying to figure out what are they gonna do, because.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
I guess it's kind of a weird thing.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
They were empty, but the Navy still kind of overlooked them,
even though they were like it was a marine base,
but it was the Navy would would overlook everything. They
had to declare a state of emergency because of that,
And they've actually filmed a bunch of TV shows and
movies over the years. These things are so massive and
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they closed thirty years ago. The fires started like in
the middle of the night. But some of the shows
that it's pretty crazy, some of the shows and movies
they filmed, and these things. Austin Powers, the Spy who
Shagged Me? They filmed some of that inside one of
the hangars there.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
They there was a time machine in the shape of
a Volkswagen Beetle that could transport Mike Myers to nineteen
sixty nine, and so they filmed that there. There was
like a bunch of old old movies in the World
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War two period. There was a Pearl Harbor movie actually
in two thousand and one that the Pearl Harvey movie
and then before that, there was a Hindenberg movie they
filmed there, a bunch of other random stuff. So anyway,
it's it's kind of crazy that that thing's not there anymore.
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I just just assumed, because it was once it was
given the title of having special status that it was,
they couldn't tear it down. You just assumed I was
gonna be there long after I'm gone. You know, it's
not gonna go anywhere. They also filmed I think I said,
the Star Trek and that was in nine reboot. They
filmed film there.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
So anyway they're gonna tear that thing down.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
There's one hangar left, so if they're gonna tear that
one down also, But yeah, I nostalgic, man, I was
flashing back. It was. It was a cliffhanger. As I
was thinking back to walking through those who as a
little kid, and and how ominous, uh just massive those
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things those things were.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
You would figure that there would have to be some
cameras trained on these things, right, I mean.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Well, the big rumor I'm talking to people that live
around there, and the big rumor is that, yeah, there's
conspiracy theories that it was it was it started. I
don't think most of in an empty wooden hangar, a
massive cavernous hangar, a fire is not gonna just start
on its own. I don't think, right, you would common
sense would say, well, it's like there was no lightning.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
It wasn't raining. Yeah, unless there's some old electrical panel
that or something.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Possibly, but that's very valuable real estate.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
So the theory is that somebody went in there and
you know, did did what they did, and then they'll
eventually build build a bunch of condos or houses or whatever.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Yeah, same conspiracy theories we were hearing after the Maui fires.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Oh yeah, yeah, that's right. Yeah, whatever happened, it's just
like every other big story, like the Maui thing.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
A bunch of people died, it was terrible.
Speaker 3 (19:12):
And the media runs in to document everything, and then
after a couple of weeks they move on. It's like
people are still there.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
But yeah, yeah, it's like the news channels get tired
of certain stories after they hit on it way too hard.
Then they leave it alone way too much. And I
bet you that Oprah and the Rock are busy buying
tons of the burn properties right now because nobody's watching anymore.
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What I bet you those two are going to be
the rulers of Maui.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
And that enclave of that part of Maui that like
all the locals will be gone and they'll just put
like you know, massive houses or resort like another resort
or something like that.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
We have I love words. We love words, So we
have a fray lease of the day.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
We will do another phrase tomorrow because there's some other options.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
We're on weekly, so it'd be the phrase of the week.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Well no, but if we do a phrase tomorrow, it
can be the phrase of the day today and tomorrow
can be the phrase of the week. That way we
can or we can have phrase the week, phrase of
the week times too. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Both.
Speaker 4 (20:22):
We do the phrase a Friday.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Friday's phrase. A Friday phrase is the phrase of the week.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
You know you want that day and we'll give you that.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Is down to the wire, down to the wire, down
to the wire. We go.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Hear that in horse racing exactly. Most people have heard
that over the years. It's a situation where it's not
going to be decided until the very end. Like most
NBA games are close with three minutes to go in
the game, and whoever makes.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
More baskets in the last three minutes is gonna win.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
And football games usually pretty close going to the fourth quarter,
so somebody it ends in the final final part of
it till.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
The very last moment. So the phrase down to the wire.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
It did originate in horse racing, but I didn't know
what it meant exactly why I was down to the wire?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
What's the reference?
Speaker 3 (21:17):
So in the early days of horse racing, there was
a wire that was hung above the finish line and
they used that to help determine the winner. Let's see
who is down to the wire? You have to cross
the wire. And since the races as they still are,
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we've had a race. We'll talk more about that, I'm
sure on Saturday. But the races were very close and they.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Just sat coming down to the wire.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
And the first time that phrase down to the wire
was used in writing was in eighteen eighty nine Scribner's magazine.
There was an article titled how the Derby Was Won
was the title, and so that's the first time. I'm
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sure it was used before that, but that is the
first time. So the phrase of the week coming to
us from the world of horse racing down to the wire,
down to the this podcast day the fifth Hour podcast
in many respects, down to the wire. Right, we're down
to the wire. But I think we need to have
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some foody fund. What do you say.
Speaker 4 (22:32):
Let's do it all right.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
We all have to eat, and let's eat. Let's enjoy food.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
And today's Veterans Day, So major salute to both active
duty and veterans who served in the military.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
And as a result of your service, I am not eligible,
but you are eligible to get a lot of free crap.
There are a bunch of restaurant chains offer bring free
meals and discounts. And my advice is, if you spent
your time in the military, take full advantage of all
all of this. Just get really fat all day. Just
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eat non stop. So some of the deals at Apple Applebee's,
now that's fine, dine and Danny Applebee's. I doesn't get
much better than that. So they have all kinds of
deals today.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
You'll get if you're active.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Duty, military, veterans, Reserves, National Guard, we'll see a complementary
full size entre from a exclusive menu. Yeah, the items
include at Applebee's you can get a six out, six
ounce top sirloin, classic bacon, cheeseburger, chicken tenders platter.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
They got it, bunch.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
I don't need to give all these out, but there
you go, go out and get your free entre. Knock
yourself out.
Speaker 4 (23:59):
It's a good fifty there.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Yeah, yeah, why not? Then you can go. Have you
ever been to a place called Bar Louis? It's a chain,
it's not.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
A big chain, but no, I've never heard of that.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Yeah, I've been to one, this one in Orange County.
But they're inviting all active and retired military complementary burger
on the house. So you get your steak or your
chicken fingers at Applebe's, you go over to Bar Louis,
you get your cheeseburger. Bob Evans. You ever been to
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a Bob Evans. They're not around here, but bob Evans
is all over the place.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Yeah, been to one in a different state.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Yeah, yeah, they don't have them. I don't think they
have them here. I've never seen them.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
Yeah, no, not in Cali.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
So veterans' active duties can get a farm fresh dish today. Yeah,
there you go, farm farm fresh dish, Country biscuit breakfast.
I think that a lot of breakfast items and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
So check that out. What else I'm trying to think.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Of some chains that people are everywhere. California Pizza Kitchen,
complimentary non alcoholic beverage.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
What was that?
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Like a dollar?
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Hello, our veterans need to drink.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
Oh, and you get a choice of one entre from
the fixed menu. It's always the fixed menu. What else
we have?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Chili's is on here.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
There's a chain called Claim Jumper, which I don't even
there's not many of those left. But if you can
find that, knock yourself out.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
They've got a deal.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
How do they know who's a veteran and who's not
a veteran?
Speaker 3 (25:40):
It's a great question. Don't they have to have a card?
Like if you served in the military. I think they
give you a card to prove you're not bogus. Why
are you going to go in there and say you
were in the Air Force, Danny, is that your plan?
Speaker 4 (25:51):
I wondered if I'm grandfathered in because of my grandfather.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Oh, that's like the Gronk insurance thing.
Speaker 4 (25:57):
Yes, exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
It's like you should go into Denny's because they're on
the list, Like you get a free original grand Slam.
Speaker 4 (26:03):
Yeah, don't tell them my grandpa really loved pancakes. Can
I have some?
Speaker 1 (26:10):
I wonder what they would do that.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
They must these restaurants must make you show an identific care.
Speaker 4 (26:16):
Yeah, yeah, like military ID.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
And you know, you know, Danny, we're going to get
the stolen valor story today, right, did some some a
hole is gonna you know, probably more than one is
going to pretend to get a free meal or whatever.
That's gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Farmer Boys.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
That's a fast food chain. They're pretty getting pretty big.
They've got a free Big Cheese the go to for
cheeseburger lovers. I have no idea what that is, but
you know you can try that.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
French sticks are pretty good.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Golden Corral, Oh yeah, I know, yeah see, I.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Thought that was a fancy restaurant.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Now Golden Crowd celebrate Veterans Day with the annual Military
Appreciation Night. That's not till Monday, so you don't have
to wait. You have to do that today. You can
do that on Monday. Twenty three years ago they started
this tradition. They will serve a complimentary thank you meal
to all active duty military personnel, National Guard, Reserves, veterans,
all branches of service at all Golden Corral stores across
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the nation, and free redeemable dinner.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Buff they and beverage. Here you go.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
That's what you gotta do. You get it that so
you get the food today and then you get it
on Monday. You knock yourself out. I mean this thing.
Hooters is on here, but you do have to present
a lot of these do say you have to present
a military ID or proof of service. So get your
free seff Ie hoop. You want some pancakes. Joe's Crabshack
(27:53):
is on here.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
Now it says to show proof. What if I have
a picture of me and my brother both wearing fatigues
with guns? You think they would take that?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
Why not?
Speaker 4 (28:07):
No?
Speaker 3 (28:07):
You know going there and you know where your costume
from Halloween? What could possibly go wrong? What else we
have on foody fund? Let's see a few more. We'll
get out of here. Trader Joe's putting purchase limits on
one of their baffos Socca wives. Now, this is an
item I have never heard of. It is not in
(28:28):
my wheelhouse. Have you ever had frozen kimbap?
Speaker 4 (28:33):
Who?
Speaker 3 (28:35):
No?
Speaker 4 (28:36):
No? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (28:38):
I think it's k I M B A p it's
some kind of like seaweed thing.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Sounds pretty nasty.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
Yeah, I'm good man, I don't need the seaweed.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
I'm okay.
Speaker 3 (28:51):
I used to get annoyed. I'd go in the ocean
and the seaweed would wrap around my ankles. There's a
pain in the ass.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
Yeah. I see little kids eating those seaweed snacks and
then it's all in their teeth and it's smelly.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
It's nasty. So they say it's a Korean dish seaweed
and cooked rice, similar to, but decidedly distinct from, a
megasized maki sushi roll. So yeah, you can have mine,
(29:24):
Dan if you want that.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
I'm good. So what the people are buying multiple packages?
Speaker 1 (29:31):
I guess the people love this.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
They can't get enough, and so they put a limit,
only two per customer, and they do not sell it online.
You cannot get it online. You're out of luck. If
you want to.
Speaker 4 (29:41):
It makes sense so popular. I bet a fast food
place is going to open and serve that.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
Remember when McDonald's canceled, the McRib said it'd been discontinued. Yeah, yeah,
it's back. The McRib is returning, but only to select
locations despite it being discontinued. Stupid, Why didn't even bother
Let's just say we're gonna stop selling it for a
few months.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
We'll bring it back. This shit is nasty. It's like rubber.
I don't get it. I don't understand.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
The sauce, right, it's all the sauce.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Yes, So I mean go get some good barbecue sauce
and drink it by the tea spoon if that's what
you're into.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
Yeah. I saw a video on the actual patty of
beef and the McRib and it was it was like
gray and nasty, and but McDonald's released the statement it
says it turns out not everyone was ready to say
goodbye to the McRib after.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Last year's farewell tour. So here we are to the.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
McRib is returning to restaurants in the Greater Indiana and
Southwest Michigan areas that is starting on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
And there is a.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
McRib locator website which is funny enough, mcriblocator dot com.
So if you're that, you got to really be horny
for the McRib to go on there, right, that's got
to be like really a big, big f and deal
to go down that.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
That particular road.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
So this is like a musician who an old musician
who announces a farewell tour, and then a couple of
years later they start popping back up with more concerts.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
Oh yeah, yeah, psych, that's a head fake. I just
hit a head fake on you, loser. In and Out
Burger used to be a treat for only people on
the West coast, but not anymore. It's moving further and
further east. In and Out heading east, expanding to a
brand new state, brand new state.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
Well this is actually not.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Not east, but it's it's further east then they have
been a place they have not had a location, and
they're going to open up in albert Querque, New Mexico,
which is very much in the west.
Speaker 4 (32:04):
You say Albuquerque. Yeah, and we used to love the
Looney Tunes. Sure bugs, Bunny talking about Albuquerque.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I know I should have made a left join at
al but quaky Yeah, I said. They're excited.
Speaker 3 (32:21):
They're gonna be fully in the Four Corners serving our customers,
but it's not gonna be for a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
Why does it take a couple of years.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
In and Out currently operates multiple restaurants in the Four
Corners Arizona, Utah, and Colorado, as well as Nevada, Texas,
and Oregon. I thought they were going to Tennessee. Weren't
they supposed to have some locations.
Speaker 4 (32:44):
In Yeah, I believe one opened at Nashville. If I'm not,
you're right here.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
Earlier this year one hundred thousand square foot we talked
about on the podcast You're Right, We talked about this Franklin, Tennessee,
and then that's.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Right, yeah, not far from Nashville, right outside of Nashville.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
And then they opened up. I think I think that
is the only one. They're gonna have one in Nashville
starting in twenty twenty six. In and Out. Before we
know it, they'll be in. Go to Boston, you'll get
an in and out Burger. You go to like Portland, Maine,
there'll be one right there on the ocean. You can
go and look at the whales and you can and
(33:20):
enjoy yourself out, knock yourself out.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
See double cheeseburger out there. They're going to take over
the world.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
You can go four by four. If you want animal
style fries, you can do it all. It's multi dimensional.
A lot we'll get out on that, Danny. It is Friday,
We've got the TV show. I've got some promoting the
hell out of that. What is going You got Covino
and Rich today.
Speaker 4 (33:45):
Yeah, I'm gonna have a fun Friday afternoon show from
two to four pm on the West Side and from
five to seven pm in Boston, Massachusetts.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
Hey, look at you changed it though, Look what you
did having wonderful don't forget we got new podcasts never
before told, stories from behind the scenes, action at the Breeders' Cup,
the kind of content that you need. And I may
even get a little frisky on the Saturday show and
try to find another phrase of the week. As Danny says,
(34:18):
it'll be a second.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Phrase of the week.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
Anyway, have a wonderful day the rest of the day
and we'll talk to you next time.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
Austa Pasta.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Got a murder.
Speaker 4 (34:30):
I gotta go
Kubbooms.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
If you thought four hours a day, twelve hundred minutes
a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants
of the old Republic, a soul fash of fairness. He
treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the
rich pill poppers in the penthouse.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
The Clearinghouse of Hot takes break free for something special.
The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller starts right now.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
In the air everywhere. The Fifth Hour with Ben Mahler
and Danny g Radio Welcome into the audio domain. No
days off, in fact, not only no days off, double
header action some days and Danny, we're back at It
(00:49):
is the tenth day of November. We're not that far
away from Thanksgivings right around the corner'tis the time to
start putting up Christmas. There's actually somebody in the neighborhood
that put up their Christmas lights already, which is annoying.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
It's the time of the year where our wives and
girlfriends start ordering even more crap off of Amazon to
put in front of our doorsteps every day.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Yeah yeah, so I think the rule is the rules
changed over the years of those in terms of like
decoration and I don't want to go down that road
too far. But it's just like it was shocking that,
like right after Halloween somebody put up their holiday stuff
and I just noticed it. But I'm like, you know,
it's like it used to be right after Thanksgiving people
(01:36):
would put holiday stuff up. But it's I understand why
people do it, and I understand why stores do it,
Like Costco. You go to Costco, they got all their
Christmas stuff up. Because this is the biggest money maker
Wright's business, one oh one, biggest money maker first of all.
And secondly, you can elongate it. Instead of only doing
it for one month, you can do it for two
(01:58):
months or three months and.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Just keep going Anyway.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
The podcast today, we've got catlike reflexes, Cliff Hangar, foody.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Fun and we.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Love words, so we do the phrase of the day,
the phrase of the day. But we start with this
and we begin with a new weekend, which means another
opportunity to do regional cable television. It is episode ten.
(02:34):
We have made it to double digits. If you thought
we were going to be canceled after two episodes, you're wrong,
or five episodes. Somehow, the people at NBC have been
asleep at the switch and they have let the show
run and it's actually getting better, which is rather shocking.
But we are in our tenth episode this weekend. It
(02:56):
starts airing today, very exciting stuff. As we head back,
I was hanging out all day yesterday at Universal Studios
putting the show together as we we've I say, all day,
which is really a lot because most of the time
is just trying to come up with notes and stuff.
The actual taping of the show, it doesn't take that
(03:19):
it's only a half hour show. It doesn't take that long.
The first episode took forever. But we've got it now
where it's kind of like an assembly line, which is
pretty cool, and so we're happy about that, and the
people are happy that work on the show, the crew
in Boston because they don't have to stay there all
day waiting for numb nuts, the two of us to
(03:39):
get the show done. And as far as when the
show is going to air, it changes all the time
now because of the NBA and the NHL, so it's
it's a wee bit different each weekend. And I try
to lead you down a path as a regular minion
to the fifth hour, but you're supposed to check your
local TV listings. That's the goal. But for example, tonight,
(04:01):
we normally air at seven thirty in Boston. For some reason,
they decided to air the Celtics game tonight.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
I don't know why.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I think Benny Versus the Penny would have done better
than the Celtic game. But we're gonna be on after
the Celtic game tonight in Boston, which is the flagship
of Benny Versus the Penny. So that'll be tonight, and
we have back to back at Encore showing at eleven
o'clock and eleven thirty after the Celtics play the Brooklyn
Nets in thrilling NBA action and interesting schedule in Philadelphia.
(04:33):
Normally the show airs on Friday in Philadelphia, but I
looked at the schedule, the seventy six Ers are playing
and then right after that the Flyers are out where
we are there in Anaheim, and so NBC Sports Philadelphia
is gonna air both those games, which pretty much eats
all of their airtime when the show would air. So
(04:54):
we're gonna air on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia at three
point thirty in the afternoon. We are on in Chicago
tonight on NBC Sports Chicago at ten.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
O'clock in the Bay Area.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Got a couple of showings today at Benny Versus the
Penny six o'clock and ten pm, and we'll also be
on in LA. The Lakers aren't playing on on Saturday,
so four showings of Benny Versus the Penny in the
LA market on Saturday at six am three pm.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Do you know, Ben, last weekend I caught the show
early Sunday morning on the Lakers channel at seven am.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
The fact that you were up at seven am on
a Sunday morning, that must be sun related. That must
be the little Man.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
It was podcast related.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Oh okay, well there you go. That well that's true,
there you go.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
But also on one screen I had that early morning
Germany game on oh okay, yeah, and then on my
nice iPad I had Benny Versus the Penny. I had
your volume up and I had the football game volume
all the way down.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Well that's the right way to do it wrong, that's
probably so anyway, And we'll be on Spectrum Sportsnet so
call at six am Saturday, three pm, seven pm at
eleven pm, and then the usual showing in New York
on Sunday at eleven thirty am. That's been pretty consistent.
(06:24):
That's been our window on SNY and New York. So
we'll be on on Sunday. And as an added bonus,
since you listen to this podcast, I would like to
point out that we had almost a disaster, but because
of my cat like reflexes. There was one moment I
(06:47):
was trying to remember a point I wanted to make,
and while I was getting to the point, there was
a slip. There's a little bit of a slip of
the tongue, but I did catch myself. I think it
got by the sensors at NBC. They allowed it to air,
(07:09):
so we'll see what happens, but see if you can notice.
I'm not going to say when it happened in the show.
It's only a half hour show. But there was one
point where I was scrambling to make a point and
it's all I got to remember all this crap I
don't have, Like Loony's got a teleprompter, I don't have
a I don't have a teleprompters. It's got to remember everything.
(07:30):
And I was trying to remember and I had it
in my head and then it kind of came out
the wrong way, but I think I caught myself, So
there is that. So anyway, check it out.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Love love that. I've gotten a lot of feedback people.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
When I really loved Dannie is when people take photos
at like bars and stuff after games. That's really cool.
I have a climbate loser. I have a collection of
those those photographs. I like those.
Speaker 4 (07:57):
How are you doing in New York? Like, are the
New York liking it? Or are they flicking their thumb
at you?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
No, New York is the degenerate gamblers any any kind
of gambling information. It's very precious. But I'm not my
guy fun House, who is an old mal or militia guy,
the guy that trolls Mike Francesa all the time on X.
He used to be he's not up now. He used
(08:24):
to have a job where he was up all night.
I know, I know him a little bit and he
would listen to the Overnight show. So I'm trying to
get him to promote the show, but he's I don't
I don't think he wants to do it because he
only does like negative crap, but he likes ripping people,
and I don't think you want I mean so far,
he hasn't he hasn't gone down that road. So but
(08:45):
because of my cat like reflexes, we were able to
save it. Now, this was an odd week. That's Friday,
the weekends here, and there was a story that happened
locally in southern California here that.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Really had me shook up.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
And it's one of those things you think, well, that's
not gonna Who cares about that? You know, what's going
on with you? No big deal. So when I was
growing up I've talked about this a little bit in
the past. When I was growing up in southern California
as a kid, I grew up in the Irvine area,
(09:21):
and there was nothing there, Like it's a big if
you know, I don't know if you know the area
of southern California. Most people are listening outside of Southern California.
But there's a there's a win is a pretty large city.
There's a university there. You see Irvine, which it was
there when I was a kid. But pretty much all
we had growing up as a kid in in the
(09:43):
OC was orange groves. We had other agricultural other farming stuffs,
farming town, and we also had back back in the day.
We were surrounded by two military bases. We had on
one side the El Toro Air Station, which was cool
(10:04):
because we got the Blue Angels every year. They had
a big air show. And it was also cool because
when I was a kid, I have memories of when
the President would come to come to La or California,
they would land the plane at the El Toro.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Air Station.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
So I would go there, and I remember when I
was a kid, Ronald Reagan the Air Force one we
all went out there to see the plane.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
It was pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
It was pretty neat, So that was on one side,
and it was a pretty decent sized military base and everyone.
So I've talked about this past, but if you weren't listening,
I had a buddy of mine because the kids would
go to school with us where I went to school,
and one of the kids would take even invite me
to the base. And we went to the base and
it was awesome. The general store on the base they
(10:57):
didn't charge tax so I just loaded up, you know,
I loaded up on all the candy and all that
crap because I don't have to pay taxes. I'm saving
a bunch of money here. It was great, so that
was on one side, and then on the other side
was the Tustin Military Base, the Tustin Air Station. Now
(11:19):
all of these are closed. Now they're all they're all closed.
But the story popped up and I don't know if
anybody saw it outside this, but it was a Marine
Corps air station Tustin, which is long defunct. It's been
been gone for probably thirty years. But they had built
in the era of the world of World War Two.
(11:43):
They built these massive hangars to hide planes and blimps.
And you know, they were worried about Uh, you got
to think World War two. As I was told the story,
it was you think of Pearl Harbor. They were worried
that there was.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Gonna be like an invasion.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
They would have had to hide everything. I think that
was part of the reason they did it. But they
build these giant, massive, domed hangars. That's part of the
story here. These things, When I say massive, seventeen stories tall,
more than a thousand feet long, they're like three hundred feet.
(12:24):
Why these things are amaz, They're humongous. And so when
I was a kid growing up between two military bases,
we'd go to the air show at the Eltoral Marine base,
and then we'd go they had an open house where
we could like walk through, and it was so long
ago they didn't give a crap we were walk through.
They sit in tanks and the fighter jets. We could
(12:47):
like sit in the cockpit of the It was ridiculous.
They would never do that kind of stuff these days anyway.
So I have very find memories of that, and these
these things are all gone. But the massive hangars there
were two of them. Gigantic hangars again thousand feet long.
Just imagine how big that is, seventeen stories high, very wide,
(13:12):
and they were made out of wood.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
Crazy. I'm looking at pictures of them right now.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Yeah, and this week one of them randomly burned down.
They were still there. They were grandfathered in. I think
they were named a historical landmark because they go back
to the I think they were originally built in the
nineteen forties, so I think they're over eighty years old.
Speaker 4 (13:41):
The wire was so large that they had to use
a helicopter.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Yeah, it's ridiculous, And so I was really I was
really bummed out because growing up those things. Wherever I was,
where I grew up, I could look out and see
the hang there that they were so much taller than
everything else because there was just orange groves, and so
no matter where you were, you could see these massive hangars.
(14:08):
And the other night this week there was a random fire,
which common sense would say probably somebody started and and
he used to run. I went from one side to
the other. It seemed like it took forever because it
was so long. But the photos on this, if you
want to see some wild photos of massive hangar burning up,
(14:34):
was just insane, Like it looked like into the world stuff,
the photos of the thing burning and it was crazy.
So I was bummed out about that. And then as
an added a little added bonus here, it turns out
that the hangars are filled with asbestis.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Oh no, so they have just dropped.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Uh, there's a air air quality crisis in that area
because they just shot up as best as all over
that part of Orange County. So it's pretty pretty crazy.
So there's all kinds of way. They closed the schools
(15:23):
around there, and they are all kinds of of health
concerns because yeah, these things were built. They didn't really
give a crap about the as Best this back then,
they didn't know it was. It was bad for you,
and so anyway, that's that's the the story. Now they're
(15:45):
trying to figure out what are they gonna do, because.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
I guess it's kind of a weird thing.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
They were empty, but the Navy still kind of overlooked them,
even though they were like it was a marine base,
but it was the Navy would would overlook everything. They
had to declare a state of emergency because of that,
And they've actually filmed a bunch of TV shows and
movies over the years. These things are so massive and
(16:11):
they closed thirty years ago. The fires started like in
the middle of the night. But some of the shows
that it's pretty crazy, some of the shows and movies
they filmed, and these things. Austin Powers, the Spy who
Shagged Me? They filmed some of that inside one of
the hangars there.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
They there was a time machine in the shape of
a Volkswagen Beetle that could transport Mike Myers to nineteen
sixty nine, and so they filmed that there. There was
like a bunch of old old movies in the World
(16:52):
War two period. There was a Pearl Harbor movie actually
in two thousand and one that the Pearl Harvey movie
and then before that, there was a Hindenberg movie they
filmed there, a bunch of other random stuff. So anyway,
it's it's kind of crazy that that thing's not there anymore.
(17:14):
I just just assumed, because it was once it was
given the title of having special status that it was,
they couldn't tear it down. You just assumed I was
gonna be there long after I'm gone. You know, it's
not gonna go anywhere. They also filmed I think I said,
the Star Trek and that was in nine reboot. They
filmed film there.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
So anyway they're gonna tear that thing down.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
There's one hangar left, so if they're gonna tear that
one down also, But yeah, I nostalgic, man, I was
flashing back. It was. It was a cliffhanger. As I
was thinking back to walking through those who as a
little kid, and and how ominous, uh just massive those
(18:00):
things those things were.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
You would figure that there would have to be some
cameras trained on these things, right, I mean.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
Well, the big rumor I'm talking to people that live
around there, and the big rumor is that, yeah, there's
conspiracy theories that it was it was it started. I
don't think most of in an empty wooden hangar, a
massive cavernous hangar, a fire is not gonna just start
on its own. I don't think, right, you would common
sense would say, well, it's like there was no lightning.
Speaker 4 (18:32):
It wasn't raining. Yeah, unless there's some old electrical panel
that or something.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Possibly, but that's very valuable real estate.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
So the theory is that somebody went in there and
you know, did did what they did, and then they'll
eventually build build a bunch of condos or houses or whatever.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Yeah, same conspiracy theories we were hearing after the Maui fires.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Oh yeah, yeah, that's right. Yeah, whatever happened, it's just
like every other big story, like the Maui thing.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
A bunch of people died, it was terrible.
Speaker 3 (19:12):
And the media runs in to document everything, and then
after a couple of weeks they move on. It's like
people are still there.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
But yeah, yeah, it's like the news channels get tired
of certain stories after they hit on it way too hard.
Then they leave it alone way too much. And I
bet you that Oprah and the Rock are busy buying
tons of the burn properties right now because nobody's watching anymore.
(19:40):
What I bet you those two are going to be
the rulers of Maui.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
And that enclave of that part of Maui that like
all the locals will be gone and they'll just put
like you know, massive houses or resort like another resort
or something like that.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
We have I love words. We love words, So we
have a fray lease of the day.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
We will do another phrase tomorrow because there's some other options.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
We're on weekly, so it'd be the phrase of the week.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Well no, but if we do a phrase tomorrow, it
can be the phrase of the day today and tomorrow
can be the phrase of the week. That way we
can or we can have phrase the week, phrase of
the week times too. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Both.
Speaker 4 (20:22):
We do the phrase a Friday.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Friday's phrase. A Friday phrase is the phrase of the week.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
You know you want that day and we'll give you that.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Is down to the wire, down to the wire, down
to the wire. We go.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Hear that in horse racing exactly. Most people have heard
that over the years. It's a situation where it's not
going to be decided until the very end. Like most
NBA games are close with three minutes to go in
the game, and whoever makes.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
More baskets in the last three minutes is gonna win.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
And football games usually pretty close going to the fourth quarter,
so somebody it ends in the final final part of
it till.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
The very last moment. So the phrase down to the wire.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
It did originate in horse racing, but I didn't know
what it meant exactly why I was down to the wire?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
What's the reference?
Speaker 3 (21:17):
So in the early days of horse racing, there was
a wire that was hung above the finish line and
they used that to help determine the winner. Let's see
who is down to the wire? You have to cross
the wire. And since the races as they still are,
(21:38):
we've had a race. We'll talk more about that, I'm
sure on Saturday. But the races were very close and they.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Just sat coming down to the wire.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
And the first time that phrase down to the wire
was used in writing was in eighteen eighty nine Scribner's magazine.
There was an article titled how the Derby Was Won
was the title, and so that's the first time. I'm
(22:09):
sure it was used before that, but that is the
first time. So the phrase of the week coming to
us from the world of horse racing down to the wire,
down to the this podcast day the fifth Hour podcast
in many respects, down to the wire. Right, we're down
to the wire. But I think we need to have
(22:29):
some foody fund. What do you say.
Speaker 4 (22:32):
Let's do it all right.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
We all have to eat, and let's eat. Let's enjoy food.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
And today's Veterans Day, So major salute to both active
duty and veterans who served in the military.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
So thank you.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
And as a result of your service, I am not eligible,
but you are eligible to get a lot of free crap.
There are a bunch of restaurant chains offer bring free
meals and discounts. And my advice is, if you spent
your time in the military, take full advantage of all
all of this. Just get really fat all day. Just
(23:10):
eat non stop. So some of the deals at Apple Applebee's,
now that's fine, dine and Danny Applebee's. I doesn't get
much better than that. So they have all kinds of
deals today.
Speaker 1 (23:29):
You'll get if you're active.
Speaker 3 (23:30):
Duty, military, veterans, Reserves, National Guard, we'll see a complementary
full size entre from a exclusive menu. Yeah, the items
include at Applebee's you can get a six out, six
ounce top sirloin, classic bacon, cheeseburger, chicken tenders platter.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
They got it, bunch.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
I don't need to give all these out, but there
you go, go out and get your free entre. Knock
yourself out.
Speaker 4 (23:59):
It's a good fifty there.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Yeah, yeah, why not? Then you can go. Have you
ever been to a place called Bar Louis? It's a chain,
it's not.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
A big chain, but no, I've never heard of that.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Yeah, I've been to one, this one in Orange County.
But they're inviting all active and retired military complementary burger
on the house. So you get your steak or your
chicken fingers at Applebe's, you go over to Bar Louis,
you get your cheeseburger. Bob Evans. You ever been to
(24:33):
a Bob Evans. They're not around here, but bob Evans
is all over the place.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Yeah, been to one in a different state.
Speaker 3 (24:40):
Yeah, yeah, they don't have them. I don't think they
have them here. I've never seen them.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
Yeah, no, not in Cali.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
So veterans' active duties can get a farm fresh dish today. Yeah,
there you go, farm farm fresh dish, Country biscuit breakfast.
I think that a lot of breakfast items and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
So check that out. What else I'm trying to think.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Of some chains that people are everywhere. California Pizza Kitchen,
complimentary non alcoholic beverage.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
What was that?
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Like a dollar?
Speaker 4 (25:16):
Hello, our veterans need to drink.
Speaker 3 (25:19):
Oh, and you get a choice of one entre from
the fixed menu. It's always the fixed menu. What else
we have?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Chili's is on here.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
There's a chain called Claim Jumper, which I don't even
there's not many of those left. But if you can
find that, knock yourself out.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
They've got a deal.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
How do they know who's a veteran and who's not
a veteran?
Speaker 3 (25:40):
It's a great question. Don't they have to have a card?
Like if you served in the military. I think they
give you a card to prove you're not bogus. Why
are you going to go in there and say you
were in the Air Force, Danny, is that your plan?
Speaker 4 (25:51):
I wondered if I'm grandfathered in because of my grandfather.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Oh, that's like the Gronk insurance thing.
Speaker 4 (25:57):
Yes, exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
It's like you should go into Denny's because they're on
the list, Like you get a free original grand Slam.
Speaker 4 (26:03):
Yeah, don't tell them my grandpa really loved pancakes. Can
I have some?
Speaker 1 (26:10):
I wonder what they would do that.
Speaker 3 (26:12):
They must these restaurants must make you show an identific care.
Speaker 4 (26:16):
Yeah, yeah, like military ID.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
And you know, you know, Danny, we're going to get
the stolen valor story today, right, did some some a
hole is gonna you know, probably more than one is
going to pretend to get a free meal or whatever.
That's gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Farmer Boys.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
That's a fast food chain. They're pretty getting pretty big.
They've got a free Big Cheese the go to for
cheeseburger lovers. I have no idea what that is, but
you know you can try that.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
French sticks are pretty good.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Golden Corral, Oh yeah, I know, yeah see, I.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Thought that was a fancy restaurant.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
Now Golden Crowd celebrate Veterans Day with the annual Military
Appreciation Night. That's not till Monday, so you don't have
to wait. You have to do that today. You can
do that on Monday. Twenty three years ago they started
this tradition. They will serve a complimentary thank you meal
to all active duty military personnel, National Guard, Reserves, veterans,
all branches of service at all Golden Corral stores across
(27:23):
the nation, and free redeemable dinner.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Buff they and beverage. Here you go.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
That's what you gotta do. You get it that so
you get the food today and then you get it
on Monday. You knock yourself out. I mean this thing.
Hooters is on here, but you do have to present
a lot of these do say you have to present
a military ID or proof of service. So get your
free seff Ie hoop. You want some pancakes. Joe's Crabshack
(27:53):
is on here.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
Now it says to show proof. What if I have
a picture of me and my brother both wearing fatigues
with guns? You think they would take that?
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
Why not?
Speaker 4 (28:07):
No?
Speaker 3 (28:07):
You know going there and you know where your costume
from Halloween? What could possibly go wrong? What else we
have on foody fund? Let's see a few more. We'll
get out of here. Trader Joe's putting purchase limits on
one of their baffos Socca wives. Now, this is an
item I have never heard of. It is not in
(28:28):
my wheelhouse. Have you ever had frozen kimbap?
Speaker 4 (28:33):
Who?
Speaker 3 (28:35):
No?
Speaker 4 (28:36):
No? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (28:38):
I think it's k I M B A p it's
some kind of like seaweed thing.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Sounds pretty nasty.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
Yeah, I'm good man, I don't need the seaweed.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
I'm okay.
Speaker 3 (28:51):
I used to get annoyed. I'd go in the ocean
and the seaweed would wrap around my ankles. There's a
pain in the ass.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
Yeah. I see little kids eating those seaweed snacks and
then it's all in their teeth and it's smelly.
Speaker 3 (29:04):
It's nasty. So they say it's a Korean dish seaweed
and cooked rice, similar to, but decidedly distinct from, a
megasized maki sushi roll. So yeah, you can have mine,
(29:24):
Dan if you want that.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
I'm good. So what the people are buying multiple packages?
Speaker 1 (29:31):
I guess the people love this.
Speaker 3 (29:33):
They can't get enough, and so they put a limit,
only two per customer, and they do not sell it online.
You cannot get it online. You're out of luck. If
you want to.
Speaker 4 (29:41):
It makes sense so popular. I bet a fast food
place is going to open and serve that.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
Remember when McDonald's canceled, the McRib said it'd been discontinued. Yeah, yeah,
it's back. The McRib is returning, but only to select
locations despite it being discontinued. Stupid, Why didn't even bother
Let's just say we're gonna stop selling it for a
few months.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
We'll bring it back. This shit is nasty. It's like rubber.
I don't get it. I don't understand.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
The sauce, right, it's all the sauce.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Yes, So I mean go get some good barbecue sauce
and drink it by the tea spoon if that's what
you're into.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
Yeah. I saw a video on the actual patty of
beef and the McRib and it was it was like
gray and nasty, and but McDonald's released the statement it
says it turns out not everyone was ready to say
goodbye to the McRib after.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Last year's farewell tour. So here we are to the.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
McRib is returning to restaurants in the Greater Indiana and
Southwest Michigan areas that is starting on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
And there is a.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
McRib locator website which is funny enough, mcriblocator dot com.
So if you're that, you got to really be horny
for the McRib to go on there, right, that's got
to be like really a big, big f and deal
to go down that.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
That particular road.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
So this is like a musician who an old musician
who announces a farewell tour, and then a couple of
years later they start popping back up with more concerts.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
Oh yeah, yeah, psych, that's a head fake. I just
hit a head fake on you, loser. In and Out
Burger used to be a treat for only people on
the West coast, but not anymore. It's moving further and
further east. In and Out heading east, expanding to a
brand new state, brand new state.
Speaker 1 (31:46):
Well this is actually not.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Not east, but it's it's further east then they have
been a place they have not had a location, and
they're going to open up in albert Querque, New Mexico,
which is very much in the west.
Speaker 4 (32:04):
You say Albuquerque. Yeah, and we used to love the
Looney Tunes. Sure bugs, Bunny talking about Albuquerque.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I know I should have made a left join at
al but quaky Yeah, I said. They're excited.
Speaker 3 (32:21):
They're gonna be fully in the Four Corners serving our customers,
but it's not gonna be for a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
Why does it take a couple of years.
Speaker 3 (32:30):
In and Out currently operates multiple restaurants in the Four
Corners Arizona, Utah, and Colorado, as well as Nevada, Texas,
and Oregon. I thought they were going to Tennessee. Weren't
they supposed to have some locations.
Speaker 4 (32:44):
In Yeah, I believe one opened at Nashville. If I'm not,
you're right here.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
Earlier this year one hundred thousand square foot we talked
about on the podcast You're Right, We talked about this Franklin, Tennessee,
and then that's.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Right, yeah, not far from Nashville, right outside of Nashville.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
And then they opened up. I think I think that
is the only one. They're gonna have one in Nashville
starting in twenty twenty six. In and Out. Before we
know it, they'll be in. Go to Boston, you'll get
an in and out Burger. You go to like Portland, Maine,
there'll be one right there on the ocean. You can
go and look at the whales and you can and
(33:20):
enjoy yourself out, knock yourself out.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
See double cheeseburger out there. They're going to take over
the world.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
You can go four by four. If you want animal
style fries, you can do it all. It's multi dimensional.
A lot we'll get out on that, Danny. It is Friday,
We've got the TV show. I've got some promoting the
hell out of that. What is going You got Covino
and Rich today.
Speaker 4 (33:45):
Yeah, I'm gonna have a fun Friday afternoon show from
two to four pm on the West Side and from
five to seven pm in Boston, Massachusetts.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
Hey, look at you changed it though, Look what you
did having wonderful don't forget we got new podcasts never
before told, stories from behind the scenes, action at the Breeders' Cup,
the kind of content that you need. And I may
even get a little frisky on the Saturday show and
try to find another phrase of the week. As Danny says,
(34:18):
it'll be a second.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
Phrase of the week.
Speaker 3 (34:20):
Anyway, have a wonderful day the rest of the day
and we'll talk to you next time.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
Austa Pasta.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
Got a murder.
Speaker 4 (34:30):
I gotta go
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