June 18, 2024 • 37 mins
Ben Maller talks about Klay Thompson reportedly wanting to play for the Lakers and if there is mutual interest, Les Miles suing LSU for vacating wins making him ineligible for the College Football Hall of Fame, Maller's Mountain of Money: Kendrick Lamar Edition, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. It's our birth three, our three ready
to go, and pro Bouncy Ball announce that the season
has come to an end with the Celtics winning the championship.
Lucky the Leprechaun very happy Warriors free agent Clay Thompson
report says he wants to play for the Lakers. Is
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their mutual interest? Also, the Bulls are being cooked for
reportedly rejecting a top ten lottery pick for guard Alex
Caruso because the ownership wanted them to compete for the playoffs.
What is your verdict on this one? And we'll pivot
over to college football briefly, where Less Miles, the guy
that used to eat grass. Less Miles is suing Louisiana
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State University, where he used to coach, for vacating wins
that he was part of, making him ineligible for the
College Football Hall of Fame. Does he have a winnable case?
We'll talk about that and more right now here. It
is our number three. It is a splash and a
splash and a bye bye. Welcum. In the beginning of
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another hour of The Ben Mather Show. We are in
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way tire buying should be. So the Celtics have won
the championship, the Boston basketball team crown the kings of
the NBA and a lackluster NBA Finals and be another
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ratings low, another ratings low for the NBA. But that's
not my problem. I don't work for the NBA and
I don't work for ABC ESPN, so that's their problem.
But our lead this hour. Since the game was not
a big talker, the Celtics won. They led from pillar
to post. There's no reason to continue to flog the
dead horse, especially when some somebody with a mop is
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broadcasting here. In Boston for us. So we're gonna go
splitsh splash is what we're gonna do. Breaking up is
hard to do. Breaking up is hard to do. So
we talked in a previous episode of the show about
Klay Thompson, who's not handling the situation very well. You
might remember he unfollowed the Golden State basketball team recently.
And have you heard the latest on the saga? Have
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you heard the latest on the saga? So perhaps not.
We're now hearing that Klay Thompson would love to join
the Lakers in free agency, but it's it's a little
bit of a gummy situation because of the salary that
he wants and what the Lakers would be able to
provide him. So let us discuss the question. Warrior free
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agent guard Klay Thompson at one point was good. Not anymore.
He sucks now, but he used to be good. Warriors
free agent Klay Thompson wants to play for the Lakers
is their mutual interest. So I've got Walt Fraser, juice bar,
and Sunflower, and we will combine all of these things
together and we're gonna make the Baba Ganoosh is what
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we're gonna make all right. So first of all, to
answer the question, is their mutual interest absolute bleep and lootly,
there's mutual interest. And here's why the Lakers are much
like Jerry Jones, their star efforts. That's what that franchise does.
And it's the wishful thinking category more than anything at
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this point in the story. So it's subject to change.
But Klay Thompson is a star, but he's a fallen star.
Do not let a falling star fall on you. He
certainly qualifies as that. If you saw his final game
with the Warriors and the plus, I think he was
zero for ten. I believe something like that. But you
can always sell nostalgia. And if Clay Thompson would end
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up with the historians, they love talking about their history.
So if he went to the historians, you get the
daily double. That daily double, no wammy's the daily double.
There's a whammy, but it's a hidden whammy. So what
is the daily double? Not only do you sell the
nostalgia of Laker childhood that when he was a little boy,
Michael Thompson would regale him in the stories as Dad
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regale him in stories about what it was like playing
for the showtime Lakers and all that, and how wonderful
that was. Now he's a radio gas bag issuing propaganda
about the Lakers on the radio in LA. And so
he grew up Klay Thompson immersed in. He was really
indoctrinated in the Purple and Gold rhetoric. Then you have
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the whole He's a legend of the game and the
wingman for Stephen Curry and all that. So from a
purely basketball standpoint, it's a mistake. From a marketing standpoint,
it's not a mistake. From a basketball standpoint, it is
a Walt Fraser Special hairclub for men. No play for
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mister Gray. If Klay Thompson were a horse, he would
have been turned into glue by now the way he's
played in recent years. And the downfall of Klay Thompson
was mostly the achilles injury? Am I correct on that again?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Now?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
He got hurt against the Toronto basketball team and never
really returned to format after that. And that's several years back.
So the Lakers to get this done, if they wanted
to really get the deal done, they would have to
use mathematical gymnastics in order to get it done right,
and make it work. There is a path to getting
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it done. It's a little sloppy. You'd have to bring
in some Enron level accountants, but there is a way. Now. Secondly,
we go to sweet home Chicago, where your Femi and
Eugene and all the other guys there hanging out in Chicago,
and Boss, the Chicago Bulls are being cooked. They're being
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dry roasted right now because there is a report making
the rounds among basketball hartos that the Chicago Bulls rejected
a top ten lottery pick and all they had to
give up was guard Alex Caruso. The story goes that
I saw the so not. But the story is that
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the ownership in Chicago actually wanted them to compete for
a playoff spot and that's why they rejected the trade
of Alice Caruso for a top ten pick. What is
your verdict on this one? So I'll go first. I
have an unpopular opinion. I actually think that instead of
goofing on the Chicago Bulls, they I'm talking about ownership here.
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You should celebrate the ownership there. They stick to itness
in Chicago. Say what you want about the Bulls, and
they've been pretty mediocre for a long time since Jordan
walked out of that building. But on this one, I
side with ownership and enjoy the juice bar. And I'm
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not talking about apple or orange or grape juice or
pineapple juice, no, none of that. I'm talking about gargling
competitive juices. I find it refreshing. I find it refreshing.
And there is nothing in that sport that is a
bigger waste of my time than the NBA Draft. It's
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coming up. We're like a little over a week away
from the NBA Draft, so exciting. But the owners like,
we want to make the plausa that sure they make
more money, and he's like, that's why they want to
make the playff Okay, fine, but they want to make
the playloffs. The lottery and lottery picks in general are
a zero sum game. Say this for a long time.
It's one of those things in life that sounds better
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than it is. There's a lot of things in life
that sound really good until you do it. Like when
I was younger and I'd get an entire extra large
pizza and I'd eat it by myself. That was a
lot of fun. I had a great, great time doing that.
Now at the age I'm at now in the game
of life. If I did that, I would it would
be horrible. I would be feeling the effects of that
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for a long time. I ain't better. Analogy would be
like amusement parks during the summer, when every ones there
and you spend a C note to get into the
amusement park. You then are fitzing your sweating because it's
so hot. You then stand online for hours at a
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time waiting to get on rides. You then have to
empty out what's left of your money to buy fifteen
dollars popcorn or overpriced drinks and food and all that stuff.
And so it's it's overrated, right, And you stand online
to go on a ride, You're on the ride for
like forty five seconds, and then you got to go
stand online again. First round picks are the single most
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overrated thing in the NBA in terms of assets. You've
got to have them, and I'm talking about all even
the first pick. Once every fifteen years, there's somebody that
comes along that's like Victor Wembanyama. Okay, fine, he looks
like the real deal. But other than that, there's a
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lot of turn Burgers. There's a lot of polishing turds
that goes on at the NBA draft. You're selling the future.
You can always sell the future. People always buy the
optimism even when it's not based in reality. And there's
a fine line, as we know, between optimism and delusion, right,
delusions of grandeur. Now, statistically, here's the odd thing about
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the draft. If you look at the last twenty years
or so of the NBA draft. I'm not talking about
back in the old days when you had play even
then you had stiffs, but back in the old days
it will different. But the last twenty years, based on
the data, and all these teams are run by nerds.
Based on the data, statistically, you are likely to end
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up drafting in the first round a role player at best,
meaning even a top ten pick is likely to be
someone akin to Alex Caruso. At least you know, though
that Alex Caruso, who's a glue guy type of player
and limit in his ability, but at least you know
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that he can play in the NBA. A little bit,
you don't know if your first round draft picks is
gonna be able to play in the NBA or not.
All right, final thought, we're gonna pivot away from that,
we do the sideway shuffle as we move away from
basketball Celtics, the champions of the NBA. We move away
from that, though, we go to battl Rouge, Louisiana Batoon Ruge.
Now why, here's why. Former LSU coach less Miles is
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embroiled in a lawsuit against LSU. Now, what is the
upset about? Do they owe money? No? What is this about?
It turns out that less Miles has filed legal papers
we are told against Louisiana State University because they vacated
wins that he had wall coaching the Bengal Tigers, and
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as a result, that made less Miles ineligible for the
College Football Hall of Fame. So anytime there's a lawsuit,
we always ask the same basic question. This will be
no different. The question is does less Miles have a
winnable case? Is this a one oferble case?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Now?
Speaker 1 (12:10):
His argument is, hey, you took away thirty seven of
my wins, thirty seven of them for recruiting violations, and
because of that, my winning percentage dipped below six hundred percent,
which meant that I am no longer eligible for the
Hall of Fame. There's a requirement that coaches have to
win at least six hundred percent of their games, and
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so as a result, less Miles is now ineligible. And
they can debate that's a fugese rule. I would agree
it's a fugaze rule. But based on a seconds long
mallear Of review, based on a second long Mallary review,
this is filled, this lawsuit with baseless claims. From what
I read, as I understand it right, this is this
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is filled with a lot of a lot of apple sauce,
a lot of eyewash, a lot of that stuff. Less
Miles and his I know what his arguments gonna be.
His argument's gonna be listened. Reggie Bush got the heisman back,
and if Reggie Bush got the heisman back, then I
should get my wins back because everyone's getting paid. And
that's just the way it is. And I broke the
rules at the time, but those were ridiculous rules, and
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I was ahead of my time. And now it's like
the while the West, and I should get my wins back.
Everyone's getting envelopes filled with cash. This nil thing's insane,
all right. But looking at this logically, which we occasionally
attempt to do, it's not gonna work. If less Miles
had not racked up the recruiting violations, then LSU would
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have never erased the winds. And if LSU hadn't done it,
that was a proactive movement because the NC double A
was going to take those wins away. But LSU can
do whatever they want, unless I'm wrong on this, I
don't think I am. They can do anything they want
with the school records. The people that are the guardians
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of LSU and the athletic department there because that's their university,
so they can futs around with whatever they want. Now, Furthermore,
less Miles, what he should be doing is suing himself
because the real reason less Miles dipped below the threshold
to be eligible for the Hall of Fame was because
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of a poisoned sunflower or in this case, the sunflower state.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
Or go.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Kansas, Yes, take those Kansas games. Remember Let's went to
Kansas after he was in Baton Rouge Lawrence Kansas. You
take those Kansas games out of the statu sheet. You
get them out of the stat sheet, and you are
at a six fifty winning percentage, which makes you more
than good enough to make the Hall of Fame. Not
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that he would be voted in any way. He would
be eligible Less Miles, but he would not make the
Hall of Fame. But what he really needs here, Less Miles,
is for Rob Manfroul to become the Commissioner of College Sports.
Because Rob Manford loves people that break the rules, always has.
Rob Manford, if he was in charge of the NCAA,
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would run interference. He would roll out the red carpet
for less Miles, just like he did for that cheating punk,
that Jackwagon, Jose Alboo, that dingle Berry, Alex Bregman, and
all the other Chicha cheaters, cha Cha cheaters. It is
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of the day. Chiefs coach Andy Reid, Big Rant. Andy
Reid recently described in great detail meeting Blank again. Andy Reid,
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the Malor reader love today the answer, We'll get to it,
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Speaker 1 (17:32):
Time now for the always popular Mallard Riddle of the day.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid big Red recently described in great
detail meeting Blank. That is the riddle of the day.
What is the answer, Malard prop guy says, meeting former
beloved overnight radio personality Chef Roberto, now a bus driver.
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Erik in Minnesota loved the Malar monologue, he says, read
talked about meeting the owners of Joe's Barbecue, Jeff and Joy.
Who else do you have page down? Justin and Cincinnati,
said JJ Reddick is the answer. Meeting the burger king
from late night drug tester in Montana where they had
a winter weather advisory yesterday, Birdie the early bird from
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Donkey Sausage. That's his answer. Who else do we have
page down? Mister nice guy going with his son's probation officer,
Wow Shots fire, his maker, Alf the alien Opiner said
his maker, and then another one of the McDonald's characters,
Who else we have? Page down? Rashie, Rice's lawyer guests
by Eke and Roseville, Minnesota, Mayor mccheese from King Roy,
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a lot of McDonald's land references. Larry d also went
with Mayor mccheese and the Grimace Yummy. His answer, Kelly
went a different direction. Donut, Kelly said, mister snuffalofagus is
the way to go. Our friend from Nashville, Joey Chestnut
guess by Rob in Minnesota. I'm hearing that the people
that run the hot dog contest are starting to shake
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a little bit. The chestnut might still be in it.
Save the fourth of July for America. Who else do
you have? Page down? We can't can't do that. We'll
skip over that one. All right, Eddie, do you have
an answer? I need an answer?
Speaker 3 (19:17):
He met the kool aid guy.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, all right, Well that's a fine answer,
but that is incorrect edite correct answer. Andy Reid recently
described in great detail getting to meet the White House chefs.
These chefs at the White House.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Oh, he was very fascinated by the culinary aspect there
the oh man, I'm trying to blank on it.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Well, no, this is a different story.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Though.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
He talked about the fish that they had at the
White House. Also, yeah, yeah, he said they had fish,
some fried fish.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
I remember him going on about the Monte.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Cristo Monte Cristo. Yes, that is true, but this is different.
This is recently he talked about it. They said they
had fish, some fried fish that was like fish tots.
Everything was bite sized, and that gets very dangerous.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
So we are hungry, and we are hungry for more.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Do you think they took Andy at the White House
to meet the chefs because he's fat? Is that what
they took him back there? That's kind of rude, right.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Why is that rude?
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Because what are you doing? You're just feeding the addiction,
you know, Like when I was fair, I didn't want
to meet the chef. I just want to eat the food.
I didn't want to meet the chef. Did you want
to meet the chef, Eddie? I just want to eat
the food.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I mean, if it was like really really good and
I could maybe.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Eh, I don't know about that anyway, any wax loquations
about that. Let's go to the phones. We'll say hello
to Dominican Mike. Here's a guy that was at a
Mallard meet and greet back in Charleston. What's going on,
Dominican Mike.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Hey, good morning man.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
You're not going bro? How you doing alive? And well,
just I was scared. I was walking down the hall
mining my own business and this ghost named Laurinus like
spooked me as I was walking down the hall there
scared me.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Alright, alright, I'm not cleaning up bus right now. I'm
in Boston.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Actually the finals were here yesterday.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Uh the Boston won.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
So I'm actually in Boston flying back to.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Florida right now.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Did you go to the game.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
No, I wish I would have gone to the game, but.
Speaker 5 (21:11):
No, I'm not an NBA guy, you know.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
So that's right, you're all You're about baseball, man, You're
all about baseball, That's what.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Yeah, I am.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
So.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
By the way, Andy Reid totally taken to the White
House chef because he's pat totally exactly. I'm right, Eddie,
I'm right. Dominican Mike backed me up on this, and
he knows that he's a made man. He knows people.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, totally man, But that was crazy
the fact that like the Panthers and Boston Celtics won.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
The finals the same day.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Yeah, talking about double celebration. Right wait wait wait repeat that,
But what are you talking about? I didn't hear that.
You cut off what.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
The Panthers win too?
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Right? Win tonight?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
No, no, the Oilers are the Oilers are gonna win. No, no,
the games. Yeah, it's coming up tonight and the Oilers
are going to win, and Eddie's going to be eating
a hockey puck on the show. When it comes to hockey,
I'll thank you, Eddie. He was completely wrong about the
last game. Eight to one was the final. My Oilers
one domination. They're back. The Oilers have arrived.
Speaker 7 (22:13):
Nothing belove for you, but I tr Eddie when it
comes to hockey, do a right.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Thank you all right, Well, enjoy enjoy your bus trip
back home? All right, thank you? All right? It is
a great Dominican Mike. Let's say hello to Kyle, who's
in Denver. What's going on, Kyle? Welcome? Hey, what's up, Kyle?
What's what's going on?
Speaker 2 (22:36):
The sound quality? I don't want to get yelled.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
At for the sound Well I will yell at you.
But yes, go ahead, you do.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Yell You're you're an angry person. I'm looking forward to
the meet and great, got everything booked and everything. Pretty
excited to head there to Vegas.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, now can you can you make Kyle's big board here,
Kyle on your big like, who are you most excited
to see and who you least excited to see?
Speaker 2 (23:04):
So we're going for the guy on the marquee because
it is your show.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
See that, Eddie. He wants to see me, Eddie, not
you Garcia me. Yes, keep going.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Hitting all right. I'm bringing VHS copies of Liar Liar
to get signed by Coop.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
I know Coop will be excited about that.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Oh, I can't wait.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
I know Coop will be charging you a small one
time fee of seven hundred dollars per autograph.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Well, I'm going to be bringing I'm going to be
bringing some stuff to partake with Coop with as well.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Cool what could that be?
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
I have no idea this Coop. You you might want
to take a couple of days off after the meet
and greet because everyone's bringing product for you to sample. Coop.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah, I can't wait to see and meet and Penny
and everyone that shows up. Hopefully Eddie makes the drive.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
I heard.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
The last step that I heard was he might come.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
No, no, you got it coming at either the buying
in the lion in the ball and Chain said he's
good to go. The ball and Chain signed off on
this ball and Shane No yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
The wife no ball and Shane.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
There no, no ball and Shane, we already get there.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
You want to get approval anything that guy approve, I asked,
you've got approval? Yeah, she was okay with that.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
He's a good man. Ben. You gotta run everything by
the wife. I'm fixed.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
No, I make I make the plan. I've been very
for a while. I run the house. That's what. Yeah.
If I don't want parties, we don't have people at
my house. That's the way we do things at the
Mallard house.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
You want those ugly I don't want you.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
I don't want strangers in my house. We don't have
strangers in my house. But for those who don't know
Malard meet and greet coming up. It is August third,
three o'clock till five o'clock at the Stakeout Bar and Grill.
It's S T. A K. E Bar and Grill in Vegas.
Right here, you and l V where when I was
a kid, the Running Rebels were the most exciting team
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in college basketbons kid. That's a long time ago. But
right there on Maryland Parkway. Will be there and it's
only scheduled till five, but we'll probably hang out longer
than that, later than five.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Please, for the love of guy, you got people flying
from all over the country if you leave at five. Hey,
one more thing.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
I feel like you're threading me. I feel like you
just threatened me. I feel like there's that was a thread. Yes,
what what we want to get you drunk? We want
to get you what do you like that guy in Boston?
You can buy me beers? My god?
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah, I did it for yeah. Hey, one more thing.
I I just could not find your clippers in the finals.
Where'd they go?
Speaker 4 (25:40):
Well?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Yeah they were they were. Actually they were fishing with
the nuggets, is what they were doing the final, fishing
with the nuggets. They were fishing with the nuggets. All right,
look what time it is? Look at that hold? I said,
what is that? Wait a minute, Oh that's right, No, nothing,
You're gone. You vanished. I vaporized you, Kyle.
Speaker 5 (25:59):
All right?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
That went well? Yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:02):
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Speaker 1 (26:08):
That's all you got, Eddie. No goofy story. That's it, man,
It's not lazy. Last stories are not always goofy still
supposed to be, That's what That's what Don Martin wants.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
He wants to.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
I'm saving that. He doesn't for you, Well he doesn't.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
I'm saving you what fun facts I have? You have
no idea? What?
Speaker 3 (26:26):
You don't have a fact?
Speaker 1 (26:27):
No I do, but I mean there would be a
dialogue here. They're fun fact back in twenty fourteen. I
was barely alive in twenty fourteen, but Jalen Brown was
in high school and his teacher, his high school teacher
predicted that Jalen Brown would be in jail within five years.
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And here we are, Jesus, and he's an NBA champion.
Kind of a kind of a mean thing to predict
a little bit? Are you kidding me? I thought you
were supposed to. He went to school in Georgia, But
I thought teachers were supposed to pump up their students, right,
like you're going to be the CEO of so and
so or something like that. Tough love, I guess, yeah,
(27:13):
but a former he was a star in Georgia and
he went to cal out in the West Coast. But
he said his teacher predicted he'd be in jail in
five years. And now he's here here, he is a
champion and he was the finals MVP and all that.
Do they still do that? Hey, most likely to be
so and so or like that whole thing? Do they
(27:35):
still do that? Or is that like lane, been.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
A while since I've been in high school.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Man, I don't know that's true? All right, right, what's that?
Speaker 7 (27:43):
I always want to be voted into that.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Most popular, funniest lab most.
Speaker 7 (27:48):
Likely to be awesome?
Speaker 3 (27:49):
I was like, most likely to be awesome?
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Yeah, didn't you want to win one, Eddie.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
We didn't have most likely to be awesome when I
was in high school. That's a new thing. I guess.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
They didn't actually have books when in high school, so
there was they didn't have a year book, A lot
to have a lot there. Yeah, it did not did
not happen. Did anyone predict that you would be in
jail arena within five years of high school?
Speaker 7 (28:12):
No?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
No, not me.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
They thought they should have, though, I.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Think I would be doing this for a living. Yeah,
I think all teachers. I thought you were supposed to
like just every student, like you're going to be a
doctor or a lawyer. You're going to be so and
so or head of state or whatever, you know, some
important what society deems an important job, and then you
know not so much. All right is the Ben Maler Show.
(28:37):
Let's welcome in our contestants. We're ready to play the game.
Let's see here we say, no, no need for the
big introduction. We have Butch in Germany, Auto bond Butch, Hello, Butch.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
Hello, Hi man, Hi everybody.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Oh, we got the whole family house. It's a family affair,
rallying around the radio. But you want to play the game,
yes sir, Yes, all right? Who do you want to
partner up with?
Speaker 7 (29:05):
Butch?
Speaker 1 (29:08):
Okay, all right, very good. And we'll have Butch in Germany.
And we have a Jonas, not Jonas Knox. We have
Jonas in Alberta. So we're going what's going on?
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Much funny, much chift?
Speaker 1 (29:27):
All right, very good, Jonas? And what kind of work
do you do there in Alberta?
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I work for the city. We have just do night
chift on bridge maintenance.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Okay, I got you? All right, Well you're you're gonna
play the game. Who do you want to partner up with?
You got Eddie? You have Kooper? Who do you want
to partner up with?
Speaker 2 (29:43):
I'll take Eddie.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Edie can't play.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Could you imagine me trying to disagree? We try pants well.
Speaker 3 (29:59):
See comedy?
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Yeah? Okay, Jonas you do you realize you picked the
guy that hates the what's that noise? He's probably fixing
your refrigerator right now, Eddie? All right, hold on bridge, mate,
bridge me not fridge? Oh bridge? Yeahg Did I say fridge? Yeah?
Oh that's a bad job by me. All right, anyway,
that's one of the categories. Here, cool, please, A man's
(30:22):
on a bridge right now. This is all into the water.
Speaker 7 (30:25):
Mallard's Mountain of Money, the Kendrick Lamar edition.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
All right.
Speaker 4 (30:29):
He turned thirty seven years old on Monday, old geezer. Yes,
the categories are A D H D, DNA, humble and
all the stars.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
And uh, but which one do you want?
Speaker 7 (30:45):
But the right line?
Speaker 1 (30:46):
That's not the right line. Hold, I'll say let me
all right, let me go there there's Butcher. Hello, Butch,
what's the what for one?
Speaker 5 (30:54):
I suck a basketball?
Speaker 7 (30:59):
Is there a monkey?
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Monkey? His child is a monkey?
Speaker 7 (31:04):
Yes, we can't just give you the easiest cat.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
You don't know what that's That is subjective anyway, who
knows what the easiest one is? Just give But what
was the last one? Coop? What was the last one?
All the stars all do? All the stars? Hold on
a sake. Let's go to a bridge somewhere in Alberta.
Hey man, let me punch up the punch up the
I think I did.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
Jonas, Jonas, you have eighty HD DNA or humble Let's
go DNA DNA.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
All right, very good? Everyone hold on there, no one
hang up. I need to need a backup. Maybe line
line four could be my backup because I have a
feeling one of these guys gonna hang up. But we
have Butch in Germany and me Ben, we have Jonas
in Alberta and Eddie and it's mallards amount of money
is next.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
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Speaker 5 (32:20):
Now who Malor's Mountain of Money?
Speaker 4 (32:23):
Hello?
Speaker 5 (32:25):
Do you have what it takes to get to the top?
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Probably not, eh, Let's get right to the game at
this time. Now for Mahler's Mountain of Money, and we
welcome back in our contestants. We have Butch Auto Bond.
Butch in Germany and he's got his entire family. It
sounds like they're all surrounding him. And we have Jonas
who is honey Bridge. Sounds like he's on a bridge.
(32:52):
The man's on it with a lot of s happened
by Okay, all right, well eight, that's good Freddy. I'm
happy you picked daddy. Very nice. Let's see here, cool,
what are the category we picked?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
My guy?
Speaker 7 (33:05):
Butch? We want you guys have all the stars? Okay,
all Butch? Are you there and ready?
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Every second? What I think he wants his family to
say Hi, want to say hi?
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Can you guys second?
Speaker 1 (33:22):
What? No? No, no, we got to play the game.
Yeah what.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Are we doing a morning show here?
Speaker 3 (33:38):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (33:39):
Some morning zoo? All right, let's get on here, here
we go. But come on, I want to win this.
But I want to win.
Speaker 7 (33:45):
You picked all this? Take it off the speakerphone, pick
up the phone.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
These these athletes all have appeared in ten or more
All Star Games or Pro Bowls. Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (33:53):
Butch?
Speaker 1 (33:55):
All right, here we go forty five seconds on the
clock and we're on our way and go quarterback for
the Saints when they won the Super Bowl. Yes, a
center from Georgetown. He played for the Knickerbockers in the
NBA for in the nineteen eighties and early nineties. Oh
my god, all right, Dodger, Dodger left handed pitcher, he's
(34:16):
hurt right now. He's the what do you say? No,
Dodger left handed pitcher's hurt right now? He's often terrible
in big games, all right? Hammer in Atlanta Braves slugger,
all time home run king, until Barry Bonds passed him.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
What's his full name?
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Yes, Redskins, Broncos defensive back man. All right, at least
the kids got to say, all though. Cool, that's good.
All right, you're up, Eddie. Oh this is all right.
I'm sure it will be wonderful. You got a guy
on a bridge.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
Yeah, let's go, Coop.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
H Jonas you have, you have DNA. These athletes all
have fathers that also played professionally. Forty five seconds on
the clock again.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
Former NBA player, now a coach. His dad was a
Hall of Famer Bill. He just died.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Russell died somewhat well.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
Not yeah, white guy, a Hall of Famer Bill his son.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Hey, you're talking to a guy.
Speaker 3 (35:31):
I can't hear what he's saying. We'll just know, Okay,
he's laughing, all right. Former Major league outfielder. His dad
was Felipe. He was a player and a coach. This
guy best known for being a part of the Bartman
incident with the Cubs.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Oh my god? Is it? My gosh? Eddie?
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Is that the my god name? All right? One of
the Splash Brothers.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
For the warning, you're so bad at god, horrible man.
Speaker 7 (35:58):
I hope you're one of those Ben Mallard strategy.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
They're better at fixing bridges than you are.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
You ever heard of Luke Walton, the son of Bill Walton?
Speaker 1 (36:11):
Did he hang out?
Speaker 3 (36:12):
I don't know?
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Here all right?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Oh wow, I knew that was gonna happen. He's embarrassed.
He hung all you guys, Yeah, he's on the job.
Well we have I mean we have a couple of
back yeah, donut Kelly.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
Yeah, Well, I mean it's not is Kelly your backup?
Speaker 3 (36:28):
Ben?
Speaker 7 (36:28):
Is that here?
Speaker 1 (36:29):
You?
Speaker 2 (36:29):
No?
Speaker 7 (36:30):
I'm going with Oh that's right, that's right, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly?
Do you want? Do you want adhd or humble?
Speaker 1 (36:38):
Humble?
Speaker 7 (36:40):
Humble?
Speaker 3 (36:41):
All right?
Speaker 7 (36:41):
These athletes always stayed humble?
Speaker 3 (36:43):
How far behind him? Like Coop?
Speaker 7 (36:45):
Fifty points?
Speaker 1 (36:46):
All right? Uh?
Speaker 7 (36:48):
Forty five seconds on the clock? Begin?
Speaker 3 (36:51):
Former Pittsburgh Stealers safety Polynesian has big hair? Does ahead
you sold? Yes? He was the big fundamental for this
San Antonio Spurs out of Wake Forest.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
I'm fu uh okay.
Speaker 3 (37:08):
Wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, the greatest wide receiver
in Arizona Cardinals history history. Yes, a current outfielder star
for the Angels. M v P fish, the last names
of fish.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Often injured Clippers player titles with the Raptors.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
It's an easy category.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
No no with the Raptors. Plays with the Clippers. That
was hurt.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
Oh my god, so least well and oh no, you're violent.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
I will.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
Bunch of his kids Bush and his kids.
Speaker 5 (37:50):
I won
Hello and welcome. It's our birth three, our three ready
to go, and pro Bouncy Ball announce that the season
has come to an end with the Celtics winning the championship.
Lucky the Leprechaun very happy Warriors free agent Clay Thompson
report says he wants to play for the Lakers. Is
(00:21):
their mutual interest? Also, the Bulls are being cooked for
reportedly rejecting a top ten lottery pick for guard Alex
Caruso because the ownership wanted them to compete for the playoffs.
What is your verdict on this one? And we'll pivot
over to college football briefly, where Less Miles, the guy
that used to eat grass. Less Miles is suing Louisiana
(00:45):
State University, where he used to coach, for vacating wins
that he was part of, making him ineligible for the
College Football Hall of Fame. Does he have a winnable case?
We'll talk about that and more right now here. It
is our number three. It is a splash and a
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the championship, the Boston basketball team crown the kings of
the NBA and a lackluster NBA Finals and be another
(02:15):
ratings low, another ratings low for the NBA. But that's
not my problem. I don't work for the NBA and
I don't work for ABC ESPN, so that's their problem.
But our lead this hour. Since the game was not
a big talker, the Celtics won. They led from pillar
to post. There's no reason to continue to flog the
dead horse, especially when some somebody with a mop is
(02:39):
broadcasting here. In Boston for us. So we're gonna go
splitsh splash is what we're gonna do. Breaking up is
hard to do. Breaking up is hard to do. So
we talked in a previous episode of the show about
Klay Thompson, who's not handling the situation very well. You
might remember he unfollowed the Golden State basketball team recently.
And have you heard the latest on the saga? Have
(03:02):
you heard the latest on the saga? So perhaps not.
We're now hearing that Klay Thompson would love to join
the Lakers in free agency, but it's it's a little
bit of a gummy situation because of the salary that
he wants and what the Lakers would be able to
provide him. So let us discuss the question. Warrior free
(03:24):
agent guard Klay Thompson at one point was good. Not anymore.
He sucks now, but he used to be good. Warriors
free agent Klay Thompson wants to play for the Lakers
is their mutual interest. So I've got Walt Fraser, juice bar,
and Sunflower, and we will combine all of these things
together and we're gonna make the Baba Ganoosh is what
(03:47):
we're gonna make all right. So first of all, to
answer the question, is their mutual interest absolute bleep and lootly,
there's mutual interest. And here's why the Lakers are much
like Jerry Jones, their star efforts. That's what that franchise does.
And it's the wishful thinking category more than anything at
(04:09):
this point in the story. So it's subject to change.
But Klay Thompson is a star, but he's a fallen star.
Do not let a falling star fall on you. He
certainly qualifies as that. If you saw his final game
with the Warriors and the plus, I think he was
zero for ten. I believe something like that. But you
can always sell nostalgia. And if Clay Thompson would end
(04:34):
up with the historians, they love talking about their history.
So if he went to the historians, you get the
daily double. That daily double, no wammy's the daily double.
There's a whammy, but it's a hidden whammy. So what
is the daily double? Not only do you sell the
nostalgia of Laker childhood that when he was a little boy,
Michael Thompson would regale him in the stories as Dad
(04:57):
regale him in stories about what it was like playing
for the showtime Lakers and all that, and how wonderful
that was. Now he's a radio gas bag issuing propaganda
about the Lakers on the radio in LA. And so
he grew up Klay Thompson immersed in. He was really
indoctrinated in the Purple and Gold rhetoric. Then you have
(05:18):
the whole He's a legend of the game and the
wingman for Stephen Curry and all that. So from a
purely basketball standpoint, it's a mistake. From a marketing standpoint,
it's not a mistake. From a basketball standpoint, it is
a Walt Fraser Special hairclub for men. No play for
(05:38):
mister Gray. If Klay Thompson were a horse, he would
have been turned into glue by now the way he's
played in recent years. And the downfall of Klay Thompson
was mostly the achilles injury? Am I correct on that again?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Now?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
He got hurt against the Toronto basketball team and never
really returned to format after that. And that's several years back.
So the Lakers to get this done, if they wanted
to really get the deal done, they would have to
use mathematical gymnastics in order to get it done right,
and make it work. There is a path to getting
(06:17):
it done. It's a little sloppy. You'd have to bring
in some Enron level accountants, but there is a way. Now. Secondly,
we go to sweet home Chicago, where your Femi and
Eugene and all the other guys there hanging out in Chicago,
and Boss, the Chicago Bulls are being cooked. They're being
(06:40):
dry roasted right now because there is a report making
the rounds among basketball hartos that the Chicago Bulls rejected
a top ten lottery pick and all they had to
give up was guard Alex Caruso. The story goes that
I saw the so not. But the story is that
(07:01):
the ownership in Chicago actually wanted them to compete for
a playoff spot and that's why they rejected the trade
of Alice Caruso for a top ten pick. What is
your verdict on this one? So I'll go first. I
have an unpopular opinion. I actually think that instead of
goofing on the Chicago Bulls, they I'm talking about ownership here.
(07:24):
You should celebrate the ownership there. They stick to itness
in Chicago. Say what you want about the Bulls, and
they've been pretty mediocre for a long time since Jordan
walked out of that building. But on this one, I
side with ownership and enjoy the juice bar. And I'm
(07:45):
not talking about apple or orange or grape juice or
pineapple juice, no, none of that. I'm talking about gargling
competitive juices. I find it refreshing. I find it refreshing.
And there is nothing in that sport that is a
bigger waste of my time than the NBA Draft. It's
(08:09):
coming up. We're like a little over a week away
from the NBA Draft, so exciting. But the owners like,
we want to make the plausa that sure they make
more money, and he's like, that's why they want to
make the playff Okay, fine, but they want to make
the playloffs. The lottery and lottery picks in general are
a zero sum game. Say this for a long time.
It's one of those things in life that sounds better
(08:31):
than it is. There's a lot of things in life
that sound really good until you do it. Like when
I was younger and I'd get an entire extra large
pizza and I'd eat it by myself. That was a
lot of fun. I had a great, great time doing that.
Now at the age I'm at now in the game
of life. If I did that, I would it would
be horrible. I would be feeling the effects of that
(08:53):
for a long time. I ain't better. Analogy would be
like amusement parks during the summer, when every ones there
and you spend a C note to get into the
amusement park. You then are fitzing your sweating because it's
so hot. You then stand online for hours at a
(09:15):
time waiting to get on rides. You then have to
empty out what's left of your money to buy fifteen
dollars popcorn or overpriced drinks and food and all that stuff.
And so it's it's overrated, right, And you stand online
to go on a ride, You're on the ride for
like forty five seconds, and then you got to go
stand online again. First round picks are the single most
(09:38):
overrated thing in the NBA in terms of assets. You've
got to have them, and I'm talking about all even
the first pick. Once every fifteen years, there's somebody that
comes along that's like Victor Wembanyama. Okay, fine, he looks
like the real deal. But other than that, there's a
(09:58):
lot of turn Burgers. There's a lot of polishing turds
that goes on at the NBA draft. You're selling the future.
You can always sell the future. People always buy the
optimism even when it's not based in reality. And there's
a fine line, as we know, between optimism and delusion, right,
delusions of grandeur. Now, statistically, here's the odd thing about
(10:21):
the draft. If you look at the last twenty years
or so of the NBA draft. I'm not talking about
back in the old days when you had play even
then you had stiffs, but back in the old days
it will different. But the last twenty years, based on
the data, and all these teams are run by nerds.
Based on the data, statistically, you are likely to end
(10:41):
up drafting in the first round a role player at best,
meaning even a top ten pick is likely to be
someone akin to Alex Caruso. At least you know, though
that Alex Caruso, who's a glue guy type of player
and limit in his ability, but at least you know
(11:02):
that he can play in the NBA. A little bit,
you don't know if your first round draft picks is
gonna be able to play in the NBA or not.
All right, final thought, we're gonna pivot away from that,
we do the sideway shuffle as we move away from
basketball Celtics, the champions of the NBA. We move away
from that, though, we go to battl Rouge, Louisiana Batoon Ruge.
Now why, here's why. Former LSU coach less Miles is
(11:26):
embroiled in a lawsuit against LSU. Now, what is the
upset about? Do they owe money? No? What is this about?
It turns out that less Miles has filed legal papers
we are told against Louisiana State University because they vacated
wins that he had wall coaching the Bengal Tigers, and
(11:50):
as a result, that made less Miles ineligible for the
College Football Hall of Fame. So anytime there's a lawsuit,
we always ask the same basic question. This will be
no different. The question is does less Miles have a
winnable case? Is this a one oferble case?
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Now?
Speaker 1 (12:10):
His argument is, hey, you took away thirty seven of
my wins, thirty seven of them for recruiting violations, and
because of that, my winning percentage dipped below six hundred percent,
which meant that I am no longer eligible for the
Hall of Fame. There's a requirement that coaches have to
win at least six hundred percent of their games, and
(12:33):
so as a result, less Miles is now ineligible. And
they can debate that's a fugese rule. I would agree
it's a fugaze rule. But based on a seconds long
mallear Of review, based on a second long Mallary review,
this is filled, this lawsuit with baseless claims. From what
I read, as I understand it right, this is this
(12:55):
is filled with a lot of a lot of apple sauce,
a lot of eyewash, a lot of that stuff. Less
Miles and his I know what his arguments gonna be.
His argument's gonna be listened. Reggie Bush got the heisman back,
and if Reggie Bush got the heisman back, then I
should get my wins back because everyone's getting paid. And
that's just the way it is. And I broke the
rules at the time, but those were ridiculous rules, and
(13:17):
I was ahead of my time. And now it's like
the while the West, and I should get my wins back.
Everyone's getting envelopes filled with cash. This nil thing's insane,
all right. But looking at this logically, which we occasionally
attempt to do, it's not gonna work. If less Miles
had not racked up the recruiting violations, then LSU would
(13:40):
have never erased the winds. And if LSU hadn't done it,
that was a proactive movement because the NC double A
was going to take those wins away. But LSU can
do whatever they want, unless I'm wrong on this, I
don't think I am. They can do anything they want
with the school records. The people that are the guardians
(14:00):
of LSU and the athletic department there because that's their university,
so they can futs around with whatever they want. Now, Furthermore,
less Miles, what he should be doing is suing himself
because the real reason less Miles dipped below the threshold
to be eligible for the Hall of Fame was because
(14:21):
of a poisoned sunflower or in this case, the sunflower state.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
Or go.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Kansas, Yes, take those Kansas games. Remember Let's went to
Kansas after he was in Baton Rouge Lawrence Kansas. You
take those Kansas games out of the statu sheet. You
get them out of the stat sheet, and you are
at a six fifty winning percentage, which makes you more
than good enough to make the Hall of Fame. Not
(14:49):
that he would be voted in any way. He would
be eligible Less Miles, but he would not make the
Hall of Fame. But what he really needs here, Less Miles,
is for Rob Manfroul to become the Commissioner of College Sports.
Because Rob Manford loves people that break the rules, always has.
Rob Manford, if he was in charge of the NCAA,
(15:11):
would run interference. He would roll out the red carpet
for less Miles, just like he did for that cheating punk,
that Jackwagon, Jose Alboo, that dingle Berry, Alex Bregman, and
all the other Chicha cheaters, cha Cha cheaters. It is
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Speaker 1 (17:32):
Time now for the always popular Mallard Riddle of the day.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid big Red recently described in great
detail meeting Blank. That is the riddle of the day.
What is the answer, Malard prop guy says, meeting former
beloved overnight radio personality Chef Roberto, now a bus driver.
(17:56):
Erik in Minnesota loved the Malar monologue, he says, read
talked about meeting the owners of Joe's Barbecue, Jeff and Joy.
Who else do you have page down? Justin and Cincinnati,
said JJ Reddick is the answer. Meeting the burger king
from late night drug tester in Montana where they had
a winter weather advisory yesterday, Birdie the early bird from
(18:19):
Donkey Sausage. That's his answer. Who else do we have
page down? Mister nice guy going with his son's probation officer,
Wow Shots fire, his maker, Alf the alien Opiner said
his maker, and then another one of the McDonald's characters,
Who else we have? Page down? Rashie, Rice's lawyer guests
by Eke and Roseville, Minnesota, Mayor mccheese from King Roy,
(18:42):
a lot of McDonald's land references. Larry d also went
with Mayor mccheese and the Grimace Yummy. His answer, Kelly
went a different direction. Donut, Kelly said, mister snuffalofagus is
the way to go. Our friend from Nashville, Joey Chestnut
guess by Rob in Minnesota. I'm hearing that the people
that run the hot dog contest are starting to shake
(19:03):
a little bit. The chestnut might still be in it.
Save the fourth of July for America. Who else do
you have? Page down? We can't can't do that. We'll
skip over that one. All right, Eddie, do you have
an answer? I need an answer?
Speaker 3 (19:17):
He met the kool aid guy.
Speaker 1 (19:18):
Oh yeah, oh yeah, all right, Well that's a fine answer,
but that is incorrect edite correct answer. Andy Reid recently
described in great detail getting to meet the White House chefs.
These chefs at the White House.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Oh, he was very fascinated by the culinary aspect there
the oh man, I'm trying to blank on it.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Well, no, this is a different story.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Though.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
He talked about the fish that they had at the
White House. Also, yeah, yeah, he said they had fish,
some fried fish.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
I remember him going on about the Monte.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Cristo Monte Cristo. Yes, that is true, but this is different.
This is recently he talked about it. They said they
had fish, some fried fish that was like fish tots.
Everything was bite sized, and that gets very dangerous.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
So we are hungry, and we are hungry for more.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Do you think they took Andy at the White House
to meet the chefs because he's fat? Is that what
they took him back there? That's kind of rude, right.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Why is that rude?
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Because what are you doing? You're just feeding the addiction,
you know, Like when I was fair, I didn't want
to meet the chef. I just want to eat the food.
I didn't want to meet the chef. Did you want
to meet the chef, Eddie? I just want to eat
the food.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I mean, if it was like really really good and
I could maybe.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Eh, I don't know about that anyway, any wax loquations
about that. Let's go to the phones. We'll say hello
to Dominican Mike. Here's a guy that was at a
Mallard meet and greet back in Charleston. What's going on,
Dominican Mike.
Speaker 2 (20:44):
Hey, good morning man.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
You're not going bro? How you doing alive? And well,
just I was scared. I was walking down the hall
mining my own business and this ghost named Laurinus like
spooked me as I was walking down the hall there
scared me.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Alright, alright, I'm not cleaning up bus right now. I'm
in Boston.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Actually the finals were here yesterday.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Uh the Boston won.
Speaker 3 (21:05):
So I'm actually in Boston flying back to.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Florida right now.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Did you go to the game.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
No, I wish I would have gone to the game, but.
Speaker 5 (21:11):
No, I'm not an NBA guy, you know.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
So that's right, you're all You're about baseball, man, You're
all about baseball, That's what.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Yeah, I am.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
So.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
By the way, Andy Reid totally taken to the White
House chef because he's pat totally exactly. I'm right, Eddie,
I'm right. Dominican Mike backed me up on this, and
he knows that he's a made man. He knows people.
Speaker 5 (21:28):
Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, totally man, But that was crazy
the fact that like the Panthers and Boston Celtics won.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
The finals the same day.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Yeah, talking about double celebration. Right wait wait wait repeat that,
But what are you talking about? I didn't hear that.
You cut off what.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
The Panthers win too?
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Right? Win tonight?
Speaker 1 (21:49):
No, no, the Oilers are the Oilers are gonna win. No, no,
the games. Yeah, it's coming up tonight and the Oilers
are going to win, and Eddie's going to be eating
a hockey puck on the show. When it comes to hockey,
I'll thank you, Eddie. He was completely wrong about the
last game. Eight to one was the final. My Oilers
one domination. They're back. The Oilers have arrived.
Speaker 7 (22:13):
Nothing belove for you, but I tr Eddie when it
comes to hockey, do a right.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Thank you all right, Well, enjoy enjoy your bus trip
back home? All right, thank you? All right? It is
a great Dominican Mike. Let's say hello to Kyle, who's
in Denver. What's going on, Kyle? Welcome? Hey, what's up, Kyle?
What's what's going on?
Speaker 2 (22:36):
The sound quality? I don't want to get yelled.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
At for the sound Well I will yell at you.
But yes, go ahead, you do.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Yell You're you're an angry person. I'm looking forward to
the meet and great, got everything booked and everything. Pretty
excited to head there to Vegas.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, now can you can you make Kyle's big board here,
Kyle on your big like, who are you most excited
to see and who you least excited to see?
Speaker 2 (23:04):
So we're going for the guy on the marquee because
it is your show.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
See that, Eddie. He wants to see me, Eddie, not
you Garcia me. Yes, keep going.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Hitting all right. I'm bringing VHS copies of Liar Liar
to get signed by Coop.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
I know Coop will be excited about that.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
Oh, I can't wait.
Speaker 1 (23:24):
I know Coop will be charging you a small one
time fee of seven hundred dollars per autograph.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Well, I'm going to be bringing I'm going to be
bringing some stuff to partake with Coop with as well.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Cool what could that be?
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I have no idea.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
I have no idea this Coop. You you might want
to take a couple of days off after the meet
and greet because everyone's bringing product for you to sample. Coop.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah, I can't wait to see and meet and Penny
and everyone that shows up. Hopefully Eddie makes the drive.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
I heard.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
The last step that I heard was he might come.
Speaker 1 (24:02):
No, no, you got it coming at either the buying
in the lion in the ball and Chain said he's
good to go. The ball and Chain signed off on
this ball and Shane No yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
The wife no ball and Shane.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
There no, no ball and Shane, we already get there.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
You want to get approval anything that guy approve, I asked,
you've got approval? Yeah, she was okay with that.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
He's a good man. Ben. You gotta run everything by
the wife. I'm fixed.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
No, I make I make the plan. I've been very
for a while. I run the house. That's what. Yeah.
If I don't want parties, we don't have people at
my house. That's the way we do things at the
Mallard house.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
You want those ugly I don't want you.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
I don't want strangers in my house. We don't have
strangers in my house. But for those who don't know
Malard meet and greet coming up. It is August third,
three o'clock till five o'clock at the Stakeout Bar and Grill.
It's S T. A K. E Bar and Grill in Vegas.
Right here, you and l V where when I was
a kid, the Running Rebels were the most exciting team
(25:03):
in college basketbons kid. That's a long time ago. But
right there on Maryland Parkway. Will be there and it's
only scheduled till five, but we'll probably hang out longer
than that, later than five.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Please, for the love of guy, you got people flying
from all over the country if you leave at five. Hey,
one more thing.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
I feel like you're threading me. I feel like you
just threatened me. I feel like there's that was a thread. Yes,
what what we want to get you drunk? We want
to get you what do you like that guy in Boston?
You can buy me beers? My god?
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah, I did it for yeah. Hey, one more thing.
I I just could not find your clippers in the finals.
Where'd they go?
Speaker 4 (25:40):
Well?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Yeah they were they were. Actually they were fishing with
the nuggets, is what they were doing the final, fishing
with the nuggets. They were fishing with the nuggets. All right,
look what time it is? Look at that hold? I said,
what is that? Wait a minute, Oh that's right, No, nothing,
You're gone. You vanished. I vaporized you, Kyle.
Speaker 5 (25:59):
All right?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
That went well? Yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:02):
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Speaker 1 (26:08):
That's all you got, Eddie. No goofy story. That's it, man,
It's not lazy. Last stories are not always goofy still
supposed to be, That's what That's what Don Martin wants.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
He wants to.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
I'm saving that. He doesn't for you, Well he doesn't.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
I'm saving you what fun facts I have? You have
no idea? What?
Speaker 3 (26:26):
You don't have a fact?
Speaker 1 (26:27):
No I do, but I mean there would be a
dialogue here. They're fun fact back in twenty fourteen. I
was barely alive in twenty fourteen, but Jalen Brown was
in high school and his teacher, his high school teacher
predicted that Jalen Brown would be in jail within five years.
(26:49):
And here we are, Jesus, and he's an NBA champion.
Kind of a kind of a mean thing to predict
a little bit? Are you kidding me? I thought you
were supposed to. He went to school in Georgia, But
I thought teachers were supposed to pump up their students, right,
like you're going to be the CEO of so and
so or something like that. Tough love, I guess, yeah,
(27:13):
but a former he was a star in Georgia and
he went to cal out in the West Coast. But
he said his teacher predicted he'd be in jail in
five years. And now he's here here, he is a
champion and he was the finals MVP and all that.
Do they still do that? Hey, most likely to be
so and so or like that whole thing? Do they
(27:35):
still do that? Or is that like lane, been.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
A while since I've been in high school.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
Man, I don't know that's true? All right, right, what's that?
Speaker 7 (27:43):
I always want to be voted into that.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Most popular, funniest lab most.
Speaker 7 (27:48):
Likely to be awesome?
Speaker 3 (27:49):
I was like, most likely to be awesome?
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Yeah, didn't you want to win one, Eddie.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
We didn't have most likely to be awesome when I
was in high school. That's a new thing. I guess.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
They didn't actually have books when in high school, so
there was they didn't have a year book, A lot
to have a lot there. Yeah, it did not did
not happen. Did anyone predict that you would be in
jail arena within five years of high school?
Speaker 7 (28:12):
No?
Speaker 1 (28:12):
No, not me.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
They thought they should have, though, I.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Think I would be doing this for a living. Yeah,
I think all teachers. I thought you were supposed to
like just every student, like you're going to be a
doctor or a lawyer. You're going to be so and
so or head of state or whatever, you know, some
important what society deems an important job, and then you
know not so much. All right is the Ben Maler Show.
(28:37):
Let's welcome in our contestants. We're ready to play the game.
Let's see here we say, no, no need for the
big introduction. We have Butch in Germany, Auto bond Butch, Hello, Butch.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
Hello, Hi man, Hi everybody.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Oh, we got the whole family house. It's a family affair,
rallying around the radio. But you want to play the game,
yes sir, Yes, all right? Who do you want to
partner up with?
Speaker 7 (29:05):
Butch?
Speaker 1 (29:08):
Okay, all right, very good. And we'll have Butch in Germany.
And we have a Jonas, not Jonas Knox. We have
Jonas in Alberta. So we're going what's going on?
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Much funny, much chift?
Speaker 1 (29:27):
All right, very good, Jonas? And what kind of work
do you do there in Alberta?
Speaker 2 (29:31):
I work for the city. We have just do night
chift on bridge maintenance.
Speaker 1 (29:35):
Okay, I got you? All right, Well you're you're gonna
play the game. Who do you want to partner up with?
You got Eddie? You have Kooper? Who do you want
to partner up with?
Speaker 2 (29:43):
I'll take Eddie.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
Edie can't play.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Could you imagine me trying to disagree? We try pants well.
Speaker 3 (29:59):
See comedy?
Speaker 1 (30:00):
Yeah? Okay, Jonas you do you realize you picked the
guy that hates the what's that noise? He's probably fixing
your refrigerator right now, Eddie? All right, hold on bridge, mate,
bridge me not fridge? Oh bridge? Yeahg Did I say fridge? Yeah?
Oh that's a bad job by me. All right, anyway,
that's one of the categories. Here, cool, please, A man's
(30:22):
on a bridge right now. This is all into the water.
Speaker 7 (30:25):
Mallard's Mountain of Money, the Kendrick Lamar edition.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
All right.
Speaker 4 (30:29):
He turned thirty seven years old on Monday, old geezer. Yes,
the categories are A D H D, DNA, humble and
all the stars.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
And uh, but which one do you want?
Speaker 7 (30:45):
But the right line?
Speaker 1 (30:46):
That's not the right line. Hold, I'll say let me
all right, let me go there there's Butcher. Hello, Butch,
what's the what for one?
Speaker 5 (30:54):
I suck a basketball?
Speaker 7 (30:59):
Is there a monkey?
Speaker 1 (31:02):
Monkey? His child is a monkey?
Speaker 7 (31:04):
Yes, we can't just give you the easiest cat.
Speaker 1 (31:06):
You don't know what that's That is subjective anyway, who
knows what the easiest one is? Just give But what
was the last one? Coop? What was the last one?
All the stars all do? All the stars? Hold on
a sake. Let's go to a bridge somewhere in Alberta.
Hey man, let me punch up the punch up the
I think I did.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
Jonas, Jonas, you have eighty HD DNA or humble Let's
go DNA DNA.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
All right, very good? Everyone hold on there, no one
hang up. I need to need a backup. Maybe line
line four could be my backup because I have a
feeling one of these guys gonna hang up. But we
have Butch in Germany and me Ben, we have Jonas
in Alberta and Eddie and it's mallards amount of money
is next.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
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Speaker 3 (32:00):
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Speaker 5 (32:20):
Now who Malor's Mountain of Money?
Speaker 4 (32:23):
Hello?
Speaker 5 (32:25):
Do you have what it takes to get to the top?
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Probably not, eh, Let's get right to the game at
this time. Now for Mahler's Mountain of Money, and we
welcome back in our contestants. We have Butch Auto Bond.
Butch in Germany and he's got his entire family. It
sounds like they're all surrounding him. And we have Jonas
who is honey Bridge. Sounds like he's on a bridge.
(32:52):
The man's on it with a lot of s happened
by Okay, all right, well eight, that's good Freddy. I'm
happy you picked daddy. Very nice. Let's see here, cool,
what are the category we picked?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
My guy?
Speaker 7 (33:05):
Butch? We want you guys have all the stars? Okay,
all Butch? Are you there and ready?
Speaker 1 (33:14):
Every second? What I think he wants his family to
say Hi, want to say hi?
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Can you guys second?
Speaker 1 (33:22):
What? No? No, no, we got to play the game.
Yeah what.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (33:36):
Are we doing a morning show here?
Speaker 3 (33:38):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (33:39):
Some morning zoo? All right, let's get on here, here
we go. But come on, I want to win this.
But I want to win.
Speaker 7 (33:45):
You picked all this? Take it off the speakerphone, pick
up the phone.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
These these athletes all have appeared in ten or more
All Star Games or Pro Bowls. Are you ready?
Speaker 3 (33:53):
Butch?
Speaker 1 (33:55):
All right, here we go forty five seconds on the
clock and we're on our way and go quarterback for
the Saints when they won the Super Bowl. Yes, a
center from Georgetown. He played for the Knickerbockers in the
NBA for in the nineteen eighties and early nineties. Oh
my god, all right, Dodger, Dodger left handed pitcher, he's
(34:16):
hurt right now. He's the what do you say? No,
Dodger left handed pitcher's hurt right now? He's often terrible
in big games, all right? Hammer in Atlanta Braves slugger,
all time home run king, until Barry Bonds passed him.
Speaker 7 (34:37):
What's his full name?
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Yes, Redskins, Broncos defensive back man. All right, at least
the kids got to say, all though. Cool, that's good.
All right, you're up, Eddie. Oh this is all right.
I'm sure it will be wonderful. You got a guy
on a bridge.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
Yeah, let's go, Coop.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
H Jonas you have, you have DNA. These athletes all
have fathers that also played professionally. Forty five seconds on
the clock again.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
Former NBA player, now a coach. His dad was a
Hall of Famer Bill. He just died.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Russell died somewhat well.
Speaker 3 (35:22):
Not yeah, white guy, a Hall of Famer Bill his son.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Hey, you're talking to a guy.
Speaker 3 (35:31):
I can't hear what he's saying. We'll just know, Okay,
he's laughing, all right. Former Major league outfielder. His dad
was Felipe. He was a player and a coach. This
guy best known for being a part of the Bartman
incident with the Cubs.
Speaker 1 (35:45):
Oh my god? Is it? My gosh? Eddie?
Speaker 3 (35:49):
Is that the my god name? All right? One of
the Splash Brothers.
Speaker 1 (35:53):
For the warning, you're so bad at god, horrible man.
Speaker 7 (35:58):
I hope you're one of those Ben Mallard strategy.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
They're better at fixing bridges than you are.
Speaker 3 (36:05):
You ever heard of Luke Walton, the son of Bill Walton?
Speaker 1 (36:11):
Did he hang out?
Speaker 3 (36:12):
I don't know?
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Here all right?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
Oh wow, I knew that was gonna happen. He's embarrassed.
He hung all you guys, Yeah, he's on the job.
Well we have I mean we have a couple of
back yeah, donut Kelly.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
Yeah, Well, I mean it's not is Kelly your backup?
Speaker 3 (36:28):
Ben?
Speaker 7 (36:28):
Is that here?
Speaker 1 (36:29):
You?
Speaker 2 (36:29):
No?
Speaker 7 (36:30):
I'm going with Oh that's right, that's right, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly?
Do you want? Do you want adhd or humble?
Speaker 1 (36:38):
Humble?
Speaker 7 (36:40):
Humble?
Speaker 3 (36:41):
All right?
Speaker 7 (36:41):
These athletes always stayed humble?
Speaker 3 (36:43):
How far behind him? Like Coop?
Speaker 7 (36:45):
Fifty points?
Speaker 1 (36:46):
All right? Uh?
Speaker 7 (36:48):
Forty five seconds on the clock? Begin?
Speaker 3 (36:51):
Former Pittsburgh Stealers safety Polynesian has big hair? Does ahead
you sold? Yes? He was the big fundamental for this
San Antonio Spurs out of Wake Forest.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
I'm fu uh okay.
Speaker 3 (37:08):
Wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, the greatest wide receiver
in Arizona Cardinals history history. Yes, a current outfielder star
for the Angels. M v P fish, the last names
of fish.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Often injured Clippers player titles with the Raptors.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
It's an easy category.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
No no with the Raptors. Plays with the Clippers. That
was hurt.
Speaker 1 (37:34):
Oh my god, so least well and oh no, you're violent.
Speaker 3 (37:42):
I will.
Speaker 1 (37:48):
Bunch of his kids Bush and his kids.
Speaker 5 (37:50):
I won
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