August 15, 2024 • 38 mins
Ben Maller discusses if the Vikings are cursed after it's announced J.J. McCarthy will miss the entire season, Kevin O'Connell saying he can sleep easy knowing McCarthy is the franchise QB, what we can expect from Sam Darnold in Minnesota, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we go. Welcome, it's our number what our one.
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So here in hour number one, it's all about the Purple,
the Purple people eaters. Are the Vikings cursed? Are they now?
Kevin o'connowac coach says he can sleep easy knowing JJ
McCarthy is the Vikings franchise quarterback. Your thoughts on that? Also,
what can we expect from Sam Darnold as he's officially
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QB one in Minnesota? Will he be sleeping on the job.
We'll get to all that and more right now as
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Here we go to the Twin Cities. A Mallor show
follow up, Malor Show follow up. The Viking ship has
come across an iceberg. Now nobody, you don't see icebergs
in August, but here we are. If you have not heard,
perhaps not, we told you there are two things that
could happen when you have a torn meniscus. They go
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and they don't know until they opera. So you go
in there and either it's a minor tune up or
it's a full rebuild. Well, Minnesota, we have found out.
If he didn't see this, well they're behind the eight ball.
This week, the Vikings have confirmed that rookie quarterback J. J. McCarthy,
a Michigan man, is going to miss the entire season.
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Not part of the season, not a few games, not
half the season, the entire season, after having a full
maniscous repair. It's in your knee now. During Wednesday's practice,
after that news came down, wide receiver Jordan Addison went
down in a heap with an injury and they brought
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the golf card out to take him away. And then
you factor in the annals of Minnesota football. You go
to their Pro Football reference page and you see the
many shanked field goals, missed opportunities in playoff games, the futility,
the ineptitude in the Super Bowl. And this has led
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to a conversation that the unwashed there having that the
Minnesota Viking football team is jinxed. So let us discuss
the question. We're just gonna keep it simple, Sports Radio.
It's not that hard. So the question are the Vikings cursed?
So I've got optometrist sleeping Beauty's Castle and Dolly Parton,
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and we will combine all of these things together and
we are gonna fill up the Rainy Day Fund, is
what we're going to do, all right. So a to
answer the question, are the Vikings cursed, I'm gonna shake
my head. No, they are not. On the surface. I
totally understand why that is a talking point. This has
been a Murphy's law situation for the Vikings. Anything and
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everything that can go wrong seemingly has happened, in particular
the last couple of days or so. However, when you pause,
take a couple of steps back, you take a deep breath.
I reject that hypothesis that they're cursed. And if you
believe that, you're a sucker, right, that the Viking faithful
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need to visit an optometrists because in this case, this week,
you're suffering, and the reason you need to go to
an optometrist, you're suffering from myopia. Right and near side
of this, not all objects are as they appear. Is
it true that the Minnesota football team is actually secretly
relieved that they will not not be pressured to play
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rookie quarterback JJ McCarthy. Now I don't playing at all.
The initial plan was he would miss a few games,
but he be out all year. And you hear the
chatter and how much of this is real, how much
of it is just bull crab, So for debate, But
they would like him to learn by osmosis rather than
on the job training. We like baptism by fire. They don't. Plus,
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if I read this properly, wide receiver Jordan Edison, who
went down snapcrackle, pop, it was all for the cameras.
He dodged the major injury. The Vikings are saying, he's okay,
might miss a day or two, but that's it all
right now, turning the page on that, but staying in Minnesota,
coach Kevin O'Connell was singing the praises of rookie quarterback
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JJ McCarthy's saying, and I'm gonna give you some of
the highlights here. He said that the Vikings fan base
should be excited. Now, why should they be excited because
they have their young franchise quarterback in the building. That's
a direct quote, young franchise quarterback in the building. O'Connor
went on to say, this is going to be a
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small bump in the road. JJ is confirmed to the
Viking coach and a lot of other people and players
that he's the right guy in the building for the future.
Close quote, So let's put a bow on this one.
Kevin O'Connell, the Viking coach, saying that JJ McCarthy is
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the Minnesota young franchise quarterback. He's in the building. Your thoughts,
So my thought is this is way premature, right, this
is like half cooked pie. It's not quite done yet,
and it's a Also, I just got this hot tool
vibe hype man. And Kevin O'Connell knows if this thing
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goes to the dark side in Minnesota, there's no guarantee
that he's back to even coach JJ McCarthy. So he's
working as a boot liquor for McCarthy and he's planting
the seat. Hey, you know, this is the franchise guy.
So if we go out there and ride the vomit comet,
remember that because my franchise quarterback is going to be
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playing next year, not this year. But he was putting
on those purple knee pads and it really wasn't a
trip to Sleeping Beauty's cast. It was fantasy lane because well,
McCarthy looked really good in these seventeen pass attempts he
had in an exhibition game against Laiders, where he averaged
over eleven yards per pass play. You gotta remember, though,
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this guy at Michigan ended up being a first round
draft pick, and Michigan didn't play him like he was
a first round draft pick, like they hid the quarterback.
Who does that? Seriously? Whouldn't football if you have a
player that you know is going to be a first
round quarterback who says I don't want him to throw
the ball that much. He only had twenty five or
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more pass attempts in less than forty three percent of
his career starts at Michigan. He had more games with
less than twenty five attemps where he was just a
decoy handing the ball off then throwing the ball. Who's
the bad weather the Big ten? It's not all bad
weather the Big ten? And I would argue this is
more than a small bump in the road. It is
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it's historical. JJ McCarthy has become now the first quarterback
drafted in the first round in the common draft ear
that goes all the way back through the two thousand's,
the nineties, the eighties, the seventies goes back to the
late sixties nineteen sixty seven, the common Draft era. So
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my math is correct on that we are looking here
at close to sixty years. He's the first one to
miss his entire rookie season due to injury. Now, there
have been players that didn't play as rookies because of
contract situations and also just being benched because you know
the old school mindset in the NFL. Oh you play
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the rookie quarterback all right. Now, the last word here
with JJ McCarthy in the infirmary, like the theory is, Hey,
the Vikings, I believe they wanted this. I think a
lot of smart people thought they wanted it. It's official
that the quarterback who's going to start is a guy
who has been much maligned who's now going to have
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to try to climb them out. And what can we
expect from Sam Donald in Minnesota? So we know what
Sam darl is. This is not like I don't know
what he's gonna be. Sam Donald has already written his story.
He is the big eie. He's an enigma. He's one
(09:53):
of these cats. He's got everything in his tool bag, right,
all the tools of the trade. Can make all the
throws outs go god got when they watch them throw
the ball. But ultimately, given enough time, what is Sam Donald?
Sam Donald? It's it's like a Dolly Parton tune. He's
a he's a heartbreaker. Right, weaves this magic spell and
there's a lot of low information fans that get all
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excited and you know, promises that things are gonna be
great that and and never end up like that, never
ended maybe for a little bit, like I don't be
shocked if the Vikings come out of the gates and
played pretty well early and Donald's throwing touchdown passes and everybody, well,
he's arrived. But eventually, sooner than later, you'll find out
that he's just like the guy that he was with
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the Jets and the Panthers, the other teams he's played
for better receivers. I'll give you that right. You can't
argue nobody has a assuming Addis is gonna play, he's
not hurt, which they Vikings are saying, nobody's got a
better one two punch of wide receiver than that team.
So I take them over the Dolphins, who were a second,
but I would take the Bikings so they've got better
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receivers than he's ever had in his career. But that'd
be day Because we know how the story ends, the
Vikings will end up with Sam Darnold. By the time
we get to the late season, they will be a
ship out on Lake Minnetonka, but not the love boat.
They will be a ghost ship, a ghost ship on
that beautiful Lake Minnetaka. That is what they're going to be.
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Speaker 1 (14:07):
Nobody listens for all four hours, you'd be a loser.
You don't even listen for all four hours? Why would
the listener listen.
Speaker 4 (14:13):
For all four hours?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Everywhere? I think we proved last night no one listens
for all four hours. I think that's the We just
want you to think that what are we eating tonight, Loraina?
What do you need to worry about here? What food
are we going to be any?
Speaker 5 (14:28):
Pizza tonightft over Portos tonight?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Ben Orgos, all right?
Speaker 5 (14:32):
Eating a corn and chili peblano soup.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Wonderful okay? And when will this be made? Are we
waiting for the third degree to make this? What are
we waiting for? Do we know when the food will
be served?
Speaker 5 (14:42):
I am currently eating it now, Ben.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
You are all right? Wonderful okay, very nice. And we'll
be eating throughout the night. We'll have food updates you
feme in Chicago, rights since says a Mallard a plus
and chicken wings with a ranch faon do on the
mallok Well, that sounds disgusting. I don't like chicken wings
because have bones. I don't like ranch, and I'm not
a big fund guy, although cheese fund do not terrible,
(15:05):
which is the usual fund he says. Similar to the
year ten sixty six, the Vikings are no more. They
should go all the way and trade Jefferson for Picks
and Tank. It is the Bears time to take the North,
says Ya Feeme from Chicago, who saw that take coming
from a Bears fan, who could have seen that, Yeah,
(15:29):
I like that we've traded Doc. Mike doesn't call the
show anymore.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I don't know why.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Maybe he's maybe he's in jail, who knows, but you know,
coll but we've got a bunch of people in Chicago,
and Doc always complains you, Oh, you don't have any
listening to Chicago. Now, we got a bunch of people,
but not Doc. It's wild late night trug Tester says,
Minnesota can't be cursed. How can you explain the contributors
to the Ben Maller Show that call from the land
(15:55):
of eleven and forty two lakes there? Yeah, not ten thousand,
but because of marketing, it's one of my favorite fun
facts about Minnesota that they are actually more lakes in
Wisconsin than there are in Minnesota. But from a marketing standpoint,
it's better on the license plates to say ten thousand
(16:17):
than it is to say eleven thousand, eight hundred forty
two because that's not well. I mean, I didn't come
up with this, but people love round numbers, and the
number ten thousand it's a human condition, is more impressive
than the number eleven thousand, eight hundred and forty two. Now,
I would like to debunk that. Let me demunk that.
(16:38):
I would rather have eleven million, eight hundred forty two
thousand dollars than just ten million dollars. I'd be happy
with that. Yeah, Shane in Des Moines says, See J
in DC is a great caller, he says, but to him,
he says, the hottest coaches hot seat in the NFL
(17:00):
will always be in Dallas. He says, I agree with
the Giants coach as well. There you go. I hope
it's our man, Mikey in Seattle, mister Luciano from La
La Land. But his heart is in the Bay, he says,
nine point one out of ten on the Mountain Monologue. Also,
if you can answer this question, any update on if
(17:23):
Benny versus the Penny is coming back? Nothing to report,
although it is getting soon, so hopefully we'll know soon
or else we won't be there. We'll let you know. Now.
I am amazed at the bulldog tenacity of Mark the
full name guy like this guy will not let it go.
(17:46):
It is fascinating to me. He has this this like
you know what up hiss took us about the conversation
we had years ago, and he still calls up in
ransomout Slim Tim, and he sends me messages on X
all day.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Sounds like borderline obsession, rambling lunatic messages.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
It's wild. I must be the most interesting man in
this world. I guess I have to go to that
town he move too, in Oregon and find out what's
going on. Slim Tim says nine out of ten on
the Malar monologue with a hot ham sandwich. As the
a packer fan, I am swimming in the tiers of
Viking fans. Better luck next year, our next generation. Yeah,
(18:30):
there's no pun can't cry like yeah, absolutely, Viva los
Vicki chicks in says Buenos Noche has been a HOWK
two a vibe? Yeah, why not?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
You know what the heck?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Cowboy Drew says, Kevin O'Connell will be gone after the
four and thirteen finish less Steckel two point zero is here.
That's a good old school reference by Cowboy Drew. Bet
you didn't think we'd get less Steckel on the on
the show, but here we are. Tammy in Vegas is
checked in and she wants you to know that she
is a proud loser because she listens all four.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Hours, yeah, of the show.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
And she was at the mall of Meet and Green Eddie.
She was hanging out and she had the I don't
know if it was good fortune or bad fortune of
having to be at the table, but she did. I
think she was at the table with JT the Wingman.
But then also we had Mike from Vegas, the guy
that likes to go swimming in the Bellagio fountain. Yeah,
(19:29):
Matt the Warrior Raider. Tom Brady rose Fan says, I
listened to all four hours on Monday. Everyone still complain.
What is going on? All you people do is complain,
he says. And I was rewarded with four practice football
modelogus as you were. And you know what, I would
(19:50):
do it again. I would do it again. You want
to talk about Steph Curry. You want me to lick
Steph Curry's toes?
Speaker 4 (19:57):
Is that what you want me to do? Well?
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I do have an Olympic basketball story that is the
kind of story. It is timely, Eddie. You're damn right.
We are on the pulse of what's going on in
the world and there's no more timely story than this.
So here's what I think is the most interesting story
from the Olympics. We now know the tale of the tape.
As you party hardy, you might have seen footage on
(20:21):
TMZ and some of the gossip sites on social media
of Labron, James, Steph Curry and all those Olympians going
in do some bougie location in Parie. Well, we now
have the details on that. It might have seen the
video Lebron being an a hole to some kid in
the street as he made his way in to the party.
(20:43):
So how much did the USA Olympic team spend on
the party in the French capital to celebrate their gold medal?
Or the parison list? And don't get too crazy here,
because I don't want you to ruin the bit EDDI
always ruins these bit bits.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Maybe I asked you, Loraina, so you don't want a
game show bed right now because I'm about to play.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Well you can play. Go ahead, We'll go around the room,
round robin, all right, we're playing the USA Basketball game,
your favorite Olympic stars there. They had a big party
and Pat Reid to celebrate their gold medal. They had
the finest champagne and cigars and they were all patting
each other on the ass saying how great they all were.
Everyone loves that. Okay, so how much Lorena contested Number one?
Speaker 5 (21:28):
They spent fifteen thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Ben, That is a great guess, Thank you, Lorena. Stay there.
Let's go to contested number two, Eddie Garcia. How much
did Team USA stars spend as they savored their championship
in the French capital?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Well, a quick Google search.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
No, no, Benny, he's out to Bay.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
No, I'm not. I'm I would look to see how
much is a expensive bottle of champagne? Because I don't know.
I don't buy shamp pain, so.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
They're gonna look like a champagne guy.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
No, even though I did, I didn't sample. But I
was with Big Lou when he was having champagne and
orange juice for breakfast in Las veg.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Was he on number two? Big alous?
Speaker 2 (22:13):
It?
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Maybe maybe they do not use good champagne at that
the bullet look at me.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
That's probably true. Uh, let's go survey says a million dollars.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Horrible guess Eddie.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Contestant number three, Cooble Loop contestant number.
Speaker 6 (22:36):
Three, kobal Loop one hundred thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
All right, change with these guys.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Showcase showdown rules in effect, Eddie, you're out. You went over.
Uh Coopa loop is the win world.
Speaker 7 (22:50):
I did not go over to be what they called
themselves height rollers, the tabloids in London tell us they
spent over two hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
On one night they kicked us out. Shut up. They
spent seventy thousand to rent out the venue. They could
have they could have come to my house for like
twenty bucks. They could have had had the event, you
had to charge them more than that, that's true, but
seventy thousand dollars. They dined on the finest French food,
including you know, the what do they call them steak Frida's?
(23:22):
Is that what they call them snails? Isn't that s cargoes?
Speaker 4 (23:26):
Not they call it.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
They had French onion soup they just called soup, you know,
that's what they called there. They also had the finest
desserts crem breulet macaroons.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
I don't like macaroons.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
They had chocolate sou fle and something else I can't
pronounce what I mean. They smoked luxury Monte Cristo cigars.
They had five boxes of ten cigars that ordered for car.
Speaker 4 (23:51):
Seems like they should have been more expensive, though, thinking.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
That your your buzzkill, You're ruining my fund. Sixty five
hundred dollars for five buy of ten cigars. They also
ordered fifty bottles of some champagne I can't pronounce. That
cost eighteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Safe twenty
bottles of some other alcohol I can't pronounce. That was
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like sixty four hundred dollars, but all together it was
over two hundred thousand dollars. They also had fifteen bottles
of twenty ten dom perione That cost each bottle was
eleven hundred and sixty dollars. Yeah, And if I had
gone to this, I would have been like, where are
the chicken fingers?
Speaker 4 (24:35):
At?
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Can I get the Can I get the chicken fingers
and the fries?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
I would have rather had that than es cargo.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Is delicious. Oh, come on, get out of here, am
I the only one with a mature palate.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
And if you call like slimy gunk, mature.
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Not slimy. Their buttery and delicious.
Speaker 6 (24:54):
They are season buttery and garlicy.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
Yeah, they're so good. And you put kept their a little.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
You keep talking like this, Laarren, I'm gonna suspend you
from tomorrow show if you keep talking like this. Okay,
I'm gonna don't laugh at me. I got the power.
I gotta wield my power from time to time. I
have to do that. So you keep talking like that,
and that's it.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
You're with sassy tonight. You watched me, Ben?
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Oh really sure about that? All right? So I hope
you're happy, Matt. That was my USA basketball story, which
Eddie of course ruined by going one million dollars. So
thank you for that. I appreciate that. Very kind of
you ruin my fun.
Speaker 4 (25:26):
I said, one million French francs, not not dollars.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Okay, all right whatever.
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Speaker 4 (25:36):
Over to the NFL, things could have been even worse
for the Minnesota Vikings. Jordan Adison, one of their wide
receivers carted off the field to practice. This, of course
on the heels of JJ McCarthy being lost with the season.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
However, but now eddiewe. When I played high school football,
I like to be carted off the field because there
was a long walk to the Lockerdow did they even
have carts on your Yeah?
Speaker 4 (25:56):
They had Wow, impressive.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Heart.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
At my high school there.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Was one cart and the guy that ran it was
this big fat guy who was like the equipment guy
at the high school. He drove, he drove around.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
The cart that we did not have no cart at
our school.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
Okay, yeah, fancy cart schools. Anyway, carter it off the field.
But head coach Kevin O'Connell dwyk, he says, Addison going
to be okay.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Well you want didn't you go to a high school
that I think they they had a dirt field and
they had like the horse that would come out on
the field and that they did one. It was a
one horse town.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Right.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I was in the city you grew up in. Right?
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Who Why are God's name did you go there?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
What was the town that you The.
Speaker 4 (26:40):
Town was called Porterville, California?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Yeah, well I was there.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Why Why would you go there.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
You were.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
I don't want to. It was a sad event, but
you I was there. Oh you forgot I was there. Yeah,
I was there. I talked to you while there. We
were there together at that all right. I drove through
Porterville near Bakersfield, right north north north east.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Ye know, yes it is. It's a one cow town.
I would say.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Yeah, there's not a lot going on in Porterville. No, no, no,
are you the most famous alumni from.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
No, no, no, the great Rants Mullinicks. I remember.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Rants Mullins.
Speaker 4 (27:22):
That's you might remember this guy. He was a punter
for the Rams John Misco. Do you remember him vaguely?
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Grants Mullinick. Yeah, yeah, who couldn't even play today, but
for the Toronto Blue Jays in the what early eighties?
Is that about, right? Mollinox wore glasses I did. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
you have a mustache. He did have a mustache. I
could I could in a powder blue Blue Jay uniform?
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Oh yeah?
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Oh do you know.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
There was a guy that played for the Patriots named
James Sanders. He was a defensive back. He went he
went to my high school.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
I don't know, I don't know who that is.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
I have no idea. A few people that come out
of there.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Yeah, my high school. I went to a couple high schools,
but the one I played football at the end, there
was there were few famous people they came.
Speaker 4 (28:16):
Out of there.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
But anyway, who cares. Somebody cares about that. And my
theory is that there every high school has had at
least if you've been around as a high school for
like at least twenty years, there's somebody that made some
kind of fame out of your high school. That's just
the way is. Hey, we have a fun fact. That's
not a fun fact.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Come on, fun fact.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
In Minnesota, Twins did not have a good day against
the Kansas City baseball team, but Carlilos Santana hit his
sixteenth home run of the season in that Twins game
on Wednesday, and someone who runs the social media account
for the Twins was keeping receipts and they reminded a
fan that they have to pay off their bet. They
(28:58):
encouraged the fan to do it. Fann back in February,
when the Twins picked up Carlos Santana said he would
do a shot of olive oil if Santana hit over
fifteen home runs, and so the Twins social media teams,
demanding the guy, a guy named Josh, does it? So
(29:19):
how bad? A shot of olive oil wouldn't be that bad?
Speaker 4 (29:22):
Right?
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Good for you?
Speaker 4 (29:24):
He ask Coop. He's the one who eats weird stuff
on the stand the show.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
I don't think that's that weird. I think eating what
Coop ate on the show the hot dog, though. The
vasoline was disgusting. Yeah, that was pretty bad.
Speaker 6 (29:36):
Yeah, that one is the only time I've almost thrown up.
Speaker 5 (29:40):
Wait, vasaline? You ate straight basiline?
Speaker 4 (29:41):
Yes, Florina, we told you the story the tongue spoonful.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Yeah. So the guy that invented vasiline died years ago,
and in his oh bit they said that he ate
a spoonful of maasoline every day because he believed this
would allow him to have a long life. And he
did live a long time. He had a nice run
in the game of life.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
But and then, of course we talked about it, and
we were We asked, Koop, how much would we have
to pay you to do a spoonful of vassaline? And
he had a number, and we met it, and so
he did it.
Speaker 6 (30:15):
I don't know if I said an exact number, but
the the pledges just started pouring in.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Yeah, we threw we threw in money. And then we
had a listener I remember who drove by with the vacline.
Speaker 6 (30:27):
With the vassalline and a diet doctor pepper for me
to wash it down.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Yeah, yeah, that was that was his hostage demand list.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
But I think I think I ended up getting like
sixty in cash and then like a few dinners here
in the studio.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Wow, yeah, yeah it was. It was good. We haven't
have done a food challenge in some time.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
Would you would you have done that, Lorena? Would you
have taken the spoonful of vassaline?
Speaker 5 (30:52):
I use vascline every day to keep my moisture moisturized.
But I don't know, Yeah, but I don't. I don't
know how I could do with a whole mouthful of
that goo.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
I wonder.
Speaker 4 (31:11):
I can only wonder.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Yeah, all right, well, very good, all right, it is
the Ben Malor Show. As we press on, this is
a calling show. I don't think we've I don't know
we've have we taken a call.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
I don't think we've taken we have not taken a call.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
We have not taken a call. This is where I
get those angry letters. Well, you do to your calls.
So all right, let's go. Let's say a load of
blind Scott who was at the flash mob Malard meat
and great because it was outside of his house, outside
Bova's Bakery and Boston. What's going on, blind Scott?
Speaker 8 (31:45):
Hey, man, I want to bring this up. I said,
you an email about it too. Damn. I said, like,
I'm gonna fall over right now.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I stood up.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Yeah, yeah, you sound like you were out of it everything. Okay,
you want us to get medical help for you.
Speaker 8 (31:58):
Well, I was laying down and then I stood up
because you've got to stand up when you do a
sports radio call. Dude, Remember you got fired from the
job fifteen years ago. They're doing the fifteen anniversary at
the Sports Hub. So in January two thousand and nine
they fired Ben, but then they brought him back and
they introduced the Sports Hub, and then your career has
been like threw the loof ever since then.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Yeah, it's correct. Yes, January twentieth, it was the day
they swear in the President of the United States, and
I was watching that, but it was actually the nineteenth.
It was January nineteenth. Oh yeah, I was reading the
New York Post and they said that the company was
going to get rid of a bunch of employees. I then,
about ten minutes later, as I remember, got an email
(32:40):
from one of the big bosses here at Fox telling
me there was a mandatory meeting the next day that
I had to attend. And I put two and two
together and I knew I was getting whacked. And I
remember Greg Bergman Old Pink Eyes, my producer at the
time was now he's a big shot over to ESPN.
But Burgie he was freaking out and he was just
(33:01):
I remember that night because Bergie was like, oh my god,
I got a kid. I got, I mean, I got
and I can't lose my job. And it was like
getting over it. And I was like, well, you know,
you're not really in radio until you've been been let
go a few times. So it's like, yeah, we'll work
somewhere else, you know whatever.
Speaker 8 (33:15):
Ye.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
It was six months and twenty six days after that
happened that I.
Speaker 8 (33:19):
Was yeah, and then we all met up on Facebook
and we didn't really know what to do. And I
was going blind then. So I when you got fired,
I was like, oh, what do I care. This guy
got fired from a job. I'm going blind, you know.
But then when you came back, you you got that
job in Stanford, the big TV gig and even Pittsburgh. Pete.
He went on the Howard Stern Show, and I remember that.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Yeah, yes, Howard Stern. That was That was amazing. More
people reach out to me because I was back when
everyone listened to Stern back in the day. And yeah,
I had family members who don't didn't even know I
was in radio. I think somebody mentioned your name on
the Stern Show. It's like one of those Yeah.
Speaker 8 (33:53):
Howard pretended like he knew you and everything, and he
was out raised to say book you. They actually brought
color malone and prepended he I tried to listen to
the show. He didn't show up. Some nights they would
play commercials for the whole four hours.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
Shit.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
Yeah, I think it was a can of soup. They
put a can of soup on there. Great memories though. Yeah.
The sports U fifteen years ago and they have become
an absolute monster in Boston. Radio Domini. I don't think
they've I think in the last fifteen years, I think
they've only lost like one ratings book in Boston. It's
crazy how good that station is. Anyway, I gotta go,
thank you, Blind Scott. Okay, Blind Scott. Yeah. The fans
(34:29):
of the show back in those days, they were like
message boards or whatever, so they were like they were
convening on they were plotting to get me radio jobs
in different places. We can get mall of a job here,
We'll get Mallard job there. I had it all planned out,
and I did actually do some audition shows at different
stations around the country, but then I ended up coming back.
And I've been back by back fifty I was here
(34:51):
ten years, No, nine years, you're nine years and then yeah,
twenty four years. Now that's a long that's a long
time time, is fly?
Speaker 4 (35:00):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (35:01):
That's crazy? Yeah? Please Ben?
Speaker 4 (35:03):
That long?
Speaker 1 (35:03):
All right? Anyway? Time now for the who am I?
Speaker 6 (35:05):
Game?
Speaker 1 (35:06):
I have the highest turnover rate in the NFL since
twenty eighteen, minimum two thousand dropbacks. Looking for the name
of a quarterback. I have the highest turnover rate in
the NFL since twenty eighteen, minimum two thousand dropbacks. Who
am I? That's the question?
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Speaker 1 (36:02):
And here is the who am I game? Where we
pretend to be somebody else. I have the highest turnover
rate in the NFL on dropbacks since twenty eighteen, minimum
two thousand dropbacks. Obviously, we're looking to name home quarterback
the last five years, six years in the NFL. That
(36:24):
is the question. What is the answer, And let's see
does anyone know the answer to A nice note from
CJ who appreciated the love from Chris and the more
or not Chris and the Moyes from our other buddy
in the Moines. Who else we have? Let's see page
down here, Derek Cargus by Wally and Florida. Mark is
going with Willie Beaman as his answer, double Ow Mexican
(36:45):
and San Diego says Gardner Minshew, Hey, come on, that's
my guy, double Ole Mexican. I don't know if you
know this. I'm in the closet as a raider fit
I am because I If Gardner Minshew starts, that's that's
a team to watch. Shannon moy went with former coach
Doug Collins. He's the guy that said nice things about CJ.
Why a tittle from Rob in Minnesota? That was his answer.
(37:08):
Daniel Jones, Danny Dimes, Vanelevic from Robbie the Mariner fan,
Casey Carr Holler going with Moses Marino is his answer.
Mister Unlimited from Andy from Lionel Lakes. Who else do
we have? DJ Spin in San Diego also went with
Danny Dimes is his answer. Bruce Gradkowski from Malibu, Rubin,
(37:29):
that's good name, proud volunteer. Nathan Peterman from Miami Danny
that's his selection? Who else we have? Porterville native still
kicking Monty Moore, the former female. Yeah, that's cool, cool name.
All right, quickly and we don't have a lot of time.
What is the answer to the.
Speaker 4 (37:49):
Winns former San Diego Chargers signal caller Cleo Lemon.
Speaker 1 (37:53):
Oh, that's a good name, Cleo Lemon, but he was
always a lemonade, real sour. No, the correct answer, Eddie
is the news darting quarterback of your Minnesota Vikings, Sam
Donald Sam donald e turnover machine. He pukes all over
that failed, but he's playing quarterback.
Here we go. Welcome, it's our number what our one.
Happy Thursday too, the fifteenth day of August. As we
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So here in hour number one, it's all about the Purple,
the Purple people eaters. Are the Vikings cursed? Are they now?
Kevin o'connowac coach says he can sleep easy knowing JJ
McCarthy is the Vikings franchise quarterback. Your thoughts on that? Also,
what can we expect from Sam Darnold as he's officially
(00:43):
QB one in Minnesota? Will he be sleeping on the job.
We'll get to all that and more right now as
we dance with the Devil. Here an hour number one
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Here we go to the Twin Cities. A Mallor show
follow up, Malor Show follow up. The Viking ship has
come across an iceberg. Now nobody, you don't see icebergs
in August, but here we are. If you have not heard,
perhaps not, we told you there are two things that
could happen when you have a torn meniscus. They go
(02:34):
and they don't know until they opera. So you go
in there and either it's a minor tune up or
it's a full rebuild. Well, Minnesota, we have found out.
If he didn't see this, well they're behind the eight ball.
This week, the Vikings have confirmed that rookie quarterback J. J. McCarthy,
a Michigan man, is going to miss the entire season.
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Not part of the season, not a few games, not
half the season, the entire season, after having a full
maniscous repair. It's in your knee now. During Wednesday's practice,
after that news came down, wide receiver Jordan Addison went
down in a heap with an injury and they brought
(03:20):
the golf card out to take him away. And then
you factor in the annals of Minnesota football. You go
to their Pro Football reference page and you see the
many shanked field goals, missed opportunities in playoff games, the futility,
the ineptitude in the Super Bowl. And this has led
(03:40):
to a conversation that the unwashed there having that the
Minnesota Viking football team is jinxed. So let us discuss
the question. We're just gonna keep it simple, Sports Radio.
It's not that hard. So the question are the Vikings cursed?
So I've got optometrist sleeping Beauty's Castle and Dolly Parton,
(04:05):
and we will combine all of these things together and
we are gonna fill up the Rainy Day Fund, is
what we're going to do, all right. So a to
answer the question, are the Vikings cursed, I'm gonna shake
my head. No, they are not. On the surface. I
totally understand why that is a talking point. This has
been a Murphy's law situation for the Vikings. Anything and
(04:26):
everything that can go wrong seemingly has happened, in particular
the last couple of days or so. However, when you pause,
take a couple of steps back, you take a deep breath.
I reject that hypothesis that they're cursed. And if you
believe that, you're a sucker, right, that the Viking faithful
(04:48):
need to visit an optometrists because in this case, this week,
you're suffering, and the reason you need to go to
an optometrist, you're suffering from myopia. Right and near side
of this, not all objects are as they appear. Is
it true that the Minnesota football team is actually secretly
relieved that they will not not be pressured to play
(05:11):
rookie quarterback JJ McCarthy. Now I don't playing at all.
The initial plan was he would miss a few games,
but he be out all year. And you hear the
chatter and how much of this is real, how much
of it is just bull crab, So for debate, But
they would like him to learn by osmosis rather than
on the job training. We like baptism by fire. They don't. Plus,
(05:38):
if I read this properly, wide receiver Jordan Edison, who
went down snapcrackle, pop, it was all for the cameras.
He dodged the major injury. The Vikings are saying, he's okay,
might miss a day or two, but that's it all
right now, turning the page on that, but staying in Minnesota,
coach Kevin O'Connell was singing the praises of rookie quarterback
(06:00):
JJ McCarthy's saying, and I'm gonna give you some of
the highlights here. He said that the Vikings fan base
should be excited. Now, why should they be excited because
they have their young franchise quarterback in the building. That's
a direct quote, young franchise quarterback in the building. O'Connor
went on to say, this is going to be a
(06:21):
small bump in the road. JJ is confirmed to the
Viking coach and a lot of other people and players
that he's the right guy in the building for the future.
Close quote, So let's put a bow on this one.
Kevin O'Connell, the Viking coach, saying that JJ McCarthy is
(06:41):
the Minnesota young franchise quarterback. He's in the building. Your thoughts,
So my thought is this is way premature, right, this
is like half cooked pie. It's not quite done yet,
and it's a Also, I just got this hot tool
vibe hype man. And Kevin O'Connell knows if this thing
(07:04):
goes to the dark side in Minnesota, there's no guarantee
that he's back to even coach JJ McCarthy. So he's
working as a boot liquor for McCarthy and he's planting
the seat. Hey, you know, this is the franchise guy.
So if we go out there and ride the vomit comet,
remember that because my franchise quarterback is going to be
(07:24):
playing next year, not this year. But he was putting
on those purple knee pads and it really wasn't a
trip to Sleeping Beauty's cast. It was fantasy lane because well,
McCarthy looked really good in these seventeen pass attempts he
had in an exhibition game against Laiders, where he averaged
over eleven yards per pass play. You gotta remember, though,
(07:47):
this guy at Michigan ended up being a first round
draft pick, and Michigan didn't play him like he was
a first round draft pick, like they hid the quarterback.
Who does that? Seriously? Whouldn't football if you have a
player that you know is going to be a first
round quarterback who says I don't want him to throw
the ball that much. He only had twenty five or
(08:07):
more pass attempts in less than forty three percent of
his career starts at Michigan. He had more games with
less than twenty five attemps where he was just a
decoy handing the ball off then throwing the ball. Who's
the bad weather the Big ten? It's not all bad
weather the Big ten? And I would argue this is
more than a small bump in the road. It is
(08:29):
it's historical. JJ McCarthy has become now the first quarterback
drafted in the first round in the common draft ear
that goes all the way back through the two thousand's,
the nineties, the eighties, the seventies goes back to the
late sixties nineteen sixty seven, the common Draft era. So
(08:50):
my math is correct on that we are looking here
at close to sixty years. He's the first one to
miss his entire rookie season due to injury. Now, there
have been players that didn't play as rookies because of
contract situations and also just being benched because you know
the old school mindset in the NFL. Oh you play
(09:12):
the rookie quarterback all right. Now, the last word here
with JJ McCarthy in the infirmary, like the theory is, Hey,
the Vikings, I believe they wanted this. I think a
lot of smart people thought they wanted it. It's official
that the quarterback who's going to start is a guy
who has been much maligned who's now going to have
(09:33):
to try to climb them out. And what can we
expect from Sam Donald in Minnesota? So we know what
Sam darl is. This is not like I don't know
what he's gonna be. Sam Donald has already written his story.
He is the big eie. He's an enigma. He's one
(09:53):
of these cats. He's got everything in his tool bag, right,
all the tools of the trade. Can make all the
throws outs go god got when they watch them throw
the ball. But ultimately, given enough time, what is Sam Donald?
Sam Donald? It's it's like a Dolly Parton tune. He's
a he's a heartbreaker. Right, weaves this magic spell and
there's a lot of low information fans that get all
(10:15):
excited and you know, promises that things are gonna be
great that and and never end up like that, never
ended maybe for a little bit, like I don't be
shocked if the Vikings come out of the gates and
played pretty well early and Donald's throwing touchdown passes and everybody, well,
he's arrived. But eventually, sooner than later, you'll find out
that he's just like the guy that he was with
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the Jets and the Panthers, the other teams he's played
for better receivers. I'll give you that right. You can't
argue nobody has a assuming Addis is gonna play, he's
not hurt, which they Vikings are saying, nobody's got a
better one two punch of wide receiver than that team.
So I take them over the Dolphins, who were a second,
but I would take the Bikings so they've got better
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receivers than he's ever had in his career. But that'd
be day Because we know how the story ends, the
Vikings will end up with Sam Darnold. By the time
we get to the late season, they will be a
ship out on Lake Minnetonka, but not the love boat.
They will be a ghost ship, a ghost ship on
that beautiful Lake Minnetaka. That is what they're going to be.
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Nobody listens for all four hours, you'd be a loser.
You don't even listen for all four hours? Why would
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For all four hours?
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Everywhere? I think we proved last night no one listens
for all four hours. I think that's the We just
want you to think that what are we eating tonight, Loraina?
What do you need to worry about here? What food
are we going to be any?
Speaker 5 (14:28):
Pizza tonightft over Portos tonight?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Ben Orgos, all right?
Speaker 5 (14:32):
Eating a corn and chili peblano soup.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Wonderful okay? And when will this be made? Are we
waiting for the third degree to make this? What are
we waiting for? Do we know when the food will
be served?
Speaker 5 (14:42):
I am currently eating it now, Ben.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
You are all right? Wonderful okay, very nice. And we'll
be eating throughout the night. We'll have food updates you
feme in Chicago, rights since says a Mallard a plus
and chicken wings with a ranch faon do on the
mallok Well, that sounds disgusting. I don't like chicken wings
because have bones. I don't like ranch, and I'm not
a big fund guy, although cheese fund do not terrible,
(15:05):
which is the usual fund he says. Similar to the
year ten sixty six, the Vikings are no more. They
should go all the way and trade Jefferson for Picks
and Tank. It is the Bears time to take the North,
says Ya Feeme from Chicago, who saw that take coming
from a Bears fan, who could have seen that, Yeah,
(15:29):
I like that we've traded Doc. Mike doesn't call the
show anymore.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
I don't know why.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
Maybe he's maybe he's in jail, who knows, but you know,
coll but we've got a bunch of people in Chicago,
and Doc always complains you, Oh, you don't have any
listening to Chicago. Now, we got a bunch of people,
but not Doc. It's wild late night trug Tester says,
Minnesota can't be cursed. How can you explain the contributors
to the Ben Maller Show that call from the land
(15:55):
of eleven and forty two lakes there? Yeah, not ten thousand,
but because of marketing, it's one of my favorite fun
facts about Minnesota that they are actually more lakes in
Wisconsin than there are in Minnesota. But from a marketing standpoint,
it's better on the license plates to say ten thousand
(16:17):
than it is to say eleven thousand, eight hundred forty
two because that's not well. I mean, I didn't come
up with this, but people love round numbers, and the
number ten thousand it's a human condition, is more impressive
than the number eleven thousand, eight hundred and forty two. Now,
I would like to debunk that. Let me demunk that.
(16:38):
I would rather have eleven million, eight hundred forty two
thousand dollars than just ten million dollars. I'd be happy
with that. Yeah, Shane in Des Moines says, See J
in DC is a great caller, he says, but to him,
he says, the hottest coaches hot seat in the NFL
(17:00):
will always be in Dallas. He says, I agree with
the Giants coach as well. There you go. I hope
it's our man, Mikey in Seattle, mister Luciano from La
La Land. But his heart is in the Bay, he says,
nine point one out of ten on the Mountain Monologue. Also,
if you can answer this question, any update on if
(17:23):
Benny versus the Penny is coming back? Nothing to report,
although it is getting soon, so hopefully we'll know soon
or else we won't be there. We'll let you know. Now.
I am amazed at the bulldog tenacity of Mark the
full name guy like this guy will not let it go.
(17:46):
It is fascinating to me. He has this this like
you know what up hiss took us about the conversation
we had years ago, and he still calls up in
ransomout Slim Tim, and he sends me messages on X
all day.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Sounds like borderline obsession, rambling lunatic messages.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
It's wild. I must be the most interesting man in
this world. I guess I have to go to that
town he move too, in Oregon and find out what's
going on. Slim Tim says nine out of ten on
the Malar monologue with a hot ham sandwich. As the
a packer fan, I am swimming in the tiers of
Viking fans. Better luck next year, our next generation. Yeah,
(18:30):
there's no pun can't cry like yeah, absolutely, Viva los
Vicki chicks in says Buenos Noche has been a HOWK
two a vibe? Yeah, why not?
Speaker 4 (18:42):
You know what the heck?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Cowboy Drew says, Kevin O'Connell will be gone after the
four and thirteen finish less Steckel two point zero is here.
That's a good old school reference by Cowboy Drew. Bet
you didn't think we'd get less Steckel on the on
the show, but here we are. Tammy in Vegas is
checked in and she wants you to know that she
is a proud loser because she listens all four.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Hours, yeah, of the show.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
And she was at the mall of Meet and Green Eddie.
She was hanging out and she had the I don't
know if it was good fortune or bad fortune of
having to be at the table, but she did. I
think she was at the table with JT the Wingman.
But then also we had Mike from Vegas, the guy
that likes to go swimming in the Bellagio fountain. Yeah,
(19:29):
Matt the Warrior Raider. Tom Brady rose Fan says, I
listened to all four hours on Monday. Everyone still complain.
What is going on? All you people do is complain,
he says. And I was rewarded with four practice football
modelogus as you were. And you know what, I would
(19:50):
do it again. I would do it again. You want
to talk about Steph Curry. You want me to lick
Steph Curry's toes?
Speaker 4 (19:57):
Is that what you want me to do? Well?
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I do have an Olympic basketball story that is the
kind of story. It is timely, Eddie. You're damn right.
We are on the pulse of what's going on in
the world and there's no more timely story than this.
So here's what I think is the most interesting story
from the Olympics. We now know the tale of the tape.
As you party hardy, you might have seen footage on
(20:21):
TMZ and some of the gossip sites on social media
of Labron, James, Steph Curry and all those Olympians going
in do some bougie location in Parie. Well, we now
have the details on that. It might have seen the
video Lebron being an a hole to some kid in
the street as he made his way in to the party.
(20:43):
So how much did the USA Olympic team spend on
the party in the French capital to celebrate their gold medal?
Or the parison list? And don't get too crazy here,
because I don't want you to ruin the bit EDDI
always ruins these bit bits.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
Maybe I asked you, Loraina, so you don't want a
game show bed right now because I'm about to play.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Well you can play. Go ahead, We'll go around the room,
round robin, all right, we're playing the USA Basketball game,
your favorite Olympic stars there. They had a big party
and Pat Reid to celebrate their gold medal. They had
the finest champagne and cigars and they were all patting
each other on the ass saying how great they all were.
Everyone loves that. Okay, so how much Lorena contested Number one?
Speaker 5 (21:28):
They spent fifteen thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
Ben, That is a great guess, Thank you, Lorena. Stay there.
Let's go to contested number two, Eddie Garcia. How much
did Team USA stars spend as they savored their championship
in the French capital?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Well, a quick Google search.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
No, no, Benny, he's out to Bay.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
No, I'm not. I'm I would look to see how
much is a expensive bottle of champagne? Because I don't know.
I don't buy shamp pain, so.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
They're gonna look like a champagne guy.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
No, even though I did, I didn't sample. But I
was with Big Lou when he was having champagne and
orange juice for breakfast in Las veg.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Was he on number two? Big alous?
Speaker 2 (22:13):
It?
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Maybe maybe they do not use good champagne at that
the bullet look at me.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
That's probably true. Uh, let's go survey says a million dollars.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Horrible guess Eddie.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Contestant number three, Cooble Loop contestant number.
Speaker 6 (22:36):
Three, kobal Loop one hundred thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
All right, change with these guys.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Showcase showdown rules in effect, Eddie, you're out. You went over.
Uh Coopa loop is the win world.
Speaker 7 (22:50):
I did not go over to be what they called
themselves height rollers, the tabloids in London tell us they
spent over two hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
On one night they kicked us out. Shut up. They
spent seventy thousand to rent out the venue. They could
have they could have come to my house for like
twenty bucks. They could have had had the event, you
had to charge them more than that, that's true, but
seventy thousand dollars. They dined on the finest French food,
including you know, the what do they call them steak Frida's?
(23:22):
Is that what they call them snails? Isn't that s cargoes?
Speaker 4 (23:26):
Not they call it.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
They had French onion soup they just called soup, you know,
that's what they called there. They also had the finest
desserts crem breulet macaroons.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
I don't like macaroons.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
They had chocolate sou fle and something else I can't
pronounce what I mean. They smoked luxury Monte Cristo cigars.
They had five boxes of ten cigars that ordered for car.
Speaker 4 (23:51):
Seems like they should have been more expensive, though, thinking.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
That your your buzzkill, You're ruining my fund. Sixty five
hundred dollars for five buy of ten cigars. They also
ordered fifty bottles of some champagne I can't pronounce. That
cost eighteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Safe twenty
bottles of some other alcohol I can't pronounce. That was
(24:15):
like sixty four hundred dollars, but all together it was
over two hundred thousand dollars. They also had fifteen bottles
of twenty ten dom perione That cost each bottle was
eleven hundred and sixty dollars. Yeah, And if I had
gone to this, I would have been like, where are
the chicken fingers?
Speaker 4 (24:35):
At?
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Can I get the Can I get the chicken fingers
and the fries?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
I would have rather had that than es cargo.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Is delicious. Oh, come on, get out of here, am
I the only one with a mature palate.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
And if you call like slimy gunk, mature.
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Not slimy. Their buttery and delicious.
Speaker 6 (24:54):
They are season buttery and garlicy.
Speaker 5 (24:56):
Yeah, they're so good. And you put kept their a little.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
You keep talking like this, Laarren, I'm gonna suspend you
from tomorrow show if you keep talking like this. Okay,
I'm gonna don't laugh at me. I got the power.
I gotta wield my power from time to time. I
have to do that. So you keep talking like that,
and that's it.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
You're with sassy tonight. You watched me, Ben?
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Oh really sure about that? All right? So I hope
you're happy, Matt. That was my USA basketball story, which
Eddie of course ruined by going one million dollars. So
thank you for that. I appreciate that. Very kind of
you ruin my fun.
Speaker 4 (25:26):
I said, one million French francs, not not dollars.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
Okay, all right whatever.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
Over to the NFL, things could have been even worse
for the Minnesota Vikings. Jordan Adison, one of their wide
receivers carted off the field to practice. This, of course
on the heels of JJ McCarthy being lost with the season.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
However, but now eddiewe. When I played high school football,
I like to be carted off the field because there
was a long walk to the Lockerdow did they even
have carts on your Yeah?
Speaker 4 (25:56):
They had Wow, impressive.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Heart.
Speaker 4 (26:00):
At my high school there.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
Was one cart and the guy that ran it was
this big fat guy who was like the equipment guy
at the high school. He drove, he drove around.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
The cart that we did not have no cart at
our school.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
Okay, yeah, fancy cart schools. Anyway, carter it off the field.
But head coach Kevin O'Connell dwyk, he says, Addison going
to be okay.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Well you want didn't you go to a high school
that I think they they had a dirt field and
they had like the horse that would come out on
the field and that they did one. It was a
one horse town.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Right.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I was in the city you grew up in. Right?
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Who Why are God's name did you go there?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
What was the town that you The.
Speaker 4 (26:40):
Town was called Porterville, California?
Speaker 1 (26:43):
Yeah, well I was there.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Why Why would you go there.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
You were.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
I don't want to. It was a sad event, but
you I was there. Oh you forgot I was there. Yeah,
I was there. I talked to you while there. We
were there together at that all right. I drove through
Porterville near Bakersfield, right north north north east.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Ye know, yes it is. It's a one cow town.
I would say.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Yeah, there's not a lot going on in Porterville. No, no, no,
are you the most famous alumni from.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
No, no, no, the great Rants Mullinicks. I remember.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Rants Mullins.
Speaker 4 (27:22):
That's you might remember this guy. He was a punter
for the Rams John Misco. Do you remember him vaguely?
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Grants Mullinick. Yeah, yeah, who couldn't even play today, but
for the Toronto Blue Jays in the what early eighties?
Is that about, right? Mollinox wore glasses I did. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
you have a mustache. He did have a mustache. I
could I could in a powder blue Blue Jay uniform?
Speaker 4 (27:53):
Oh yeah?
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Oh do you know.
Speaker 4 (27:57):
There was a guy that played for the Patriots named
James Sanders. He was a defensive back. He went he
went to my high school.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
I don't know, I don't know who that is.
Speaker 4 (28:05):
I have no idea. A few people that come out
of there.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Yeah, my high school. I went to a couple high schools,
but the one I played football at the end, there
was there were few famous people they came.
Speaker 4 (28:16):
Out of there.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
But anyway, who cares. Somebody cares about that. And my
theory is that there every high school has had at
least if you've been around as a high school for
like at least twenty years, there's somebody that made some
kind of fame out of your high school. That's just
the way is. Hey, we have a fun fact. That's
not a fun fact.
Speaker 2 (28:33):
Come on, fun fact.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
In Minnesota, Twins did not have a good day against
the Kansas City baseball team, but Carlilos Santana hit his
sixteenth home run of the season in that Twins game
on Wednesday, and someone who runs the social media account
for the Twins was keeping receipts and they reminded a
fan that they have to pay off their bet. They
(28:58):
encouraged the fan to do it. Fann back in February,
when the Twins picked up Carlos Santana said he would
do a shot of olive oil if Santana hit over
fifteen home runs, and so the Twins social media teams,
demanding the guy, a guy named Josh, does it? So
(29:19):
how bad? A shot of olive oil wouldn't be that bad?
Speaker 4 (29:22):
Right?
Speaker 5 (29:23):
Good for you?
Speaker 4 (29:24):
He ask Coop. He's the one who eats weird stuff
on the stand the show.
Speaker 1 (29:27):
I don't think that's that weird. I think eating what
Coop ate on the show the hot dog, though. The
vasoline was disgusting. Yeah, that was pretty bad.
Speaker 6 (29:36):
Yeah, that one is the only time I've almost thrown up.
Speaker 5 (29:40):
Wait, vasaline? You ate straight basiline?
Speaker 4 (29:41):
Yes, Florina, we told you the story the tongue spoonful.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Yeah. So the guy that invented vasiline died years ago,
and in his oh bit they said that he ate
a spoonful of maasoline every day because he believed this
would allow him to have a long life. And he
did live a long time. He had a nice run
in the game of life.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
But and then, of course we talked about it, and
we were We asked, Koop, how much would we have
to pay you to do a spoonful of vassaline? And
he had a number, and we met it, and so
he did it.
Speaker 6 (30:15):
I don't know if I said an exact number, but
the the pledges just started pouring in.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Yeah, we threw we threw in money. And then we
had a listener I remember who drove by with the vacline.
Speaker 6 (30:27):
With the vassalline and a diet doctor pepper for me
to wash it down.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Yeah, yeah, that was that was his hostage demand list.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
But I think I think I ended up getting like
sixty in cash and then like a few dinners here
in the studio.
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Wow, yeah, yeah it was. It was good. We haven't
have done a food challenge in some time.
Speaker 4 (30:47):
Would you would you have done that, Lorena? Would you
have taken the spoonful of vassaline?
Speaker 5 (30:52):
I use vascline every day to keep my moisture moisturized.
But I don't know, Yeah, but I don't. I don't
know how I could do with a whole mouthful of
that goo.
Speaker 1 (31:09):
I wonder.
Speaker 4 (31:11):
I can only wonder.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
Yeah, all right, well, very good, all right, it is
the Ben Malor Show. As we press on, this is
a calling show. I don't think we've I don't know
we've have we taken a call.
Speaker 4 (31:25):
I don't think we've taken we have not taken a call.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
We have not taken a call. This is where I
get those angry letters. Well, you do to your calls.
So all right, let's go. Let's say a load of
blind Scott who was at the flash mob Malard meat
and great because it was outside of his house, outside
Bova's Bakery and Boston. What's going on, blind Scott?
Speaker 8 (31:45):
Hey, man, I want to bring this up. I said,
you an email about it too. Damn. I said, like,
I'm gonna fall over right now.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
I stood up.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Yeah, yeah, you sound like you were out of it everything. Okay,
you want us to get medical help for you.
Speaker 8 (31:58):
Well, I was laying down and then I stood up
because you've got to stand up when you do a
sports radio call. Dude, Remember you got fired from the
job fifteen years ago. They're doing the fifteen anniversary at
the Sports Hub. So in January two thousand and nine
they fired Ben, but then they brought him back and
they introduced the Sports Hub, and then your career has
been like threw the loof ever since then.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
Yeah, it's correct. Yes, January twentieth, it was the day
they swear in the President of the United States, and
I was watching that, but it was actually the nineteenth.
It was January nineteenth. Oh yeah, I was reading the
New York Post and they said that the company was
going to get rid of a bunch of employees. I then,
about ten minutes later, as I remember, got an email
(32:40):
from one of the big bosses here at Fox telling
me there was a mandatory meeting the next day that
I had to attend. And I put two and two
together and I knew I was getting whacked. And I
remember Greg Bergman Old Pink Eyes, my producer at the
time was now he's a big shot over to ESPN.
But Burgie he was freaking out and he was just
(33:01):
I remember that night because Bergie was like, oh my god,
I got a kid. I got, I mean, I got
and I can't lose my job. And it was like
getting over it. And I was like, well, you know,
you're not really in radio until you've been been let
go a few times. So it's like, yeah, we'll work
somewhere else, you know whatever.
Speaker 8 (33:15):
Ye.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
It was six months and twenty six days after that
happened that I.
Speaker 8 (33:19):
Was yeah, and then we all met up on Facebook
and we didn't really know what to do. And I
was going blind then. So I when you got fired,
I was like, oh, what do I care. This guy
got fired from a job. I'm going blind, you know.
But then when you came back, you you got that
job in Stanford, the big TV gig and even Pittsburgh. Pete.
He went on the Howard Stern Show, and I remember that.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Yeah, yes, Howard Stern. That was That was amazing. More
people reach out to me because I was back when
everyone listened to Stern back in the day. And yeah,
I had family members who don't didn't even know I
was in radio. I think somebody mentioned your name on
the Stern Show. It's like one of those Yeah.
Speaker 8 (33:53):
Howard pretended like he knew you and everything, and he
was out raised to say book you. They actually brought
color malone and prepended he I tried to listen to
the show. He didn't show up. Some nights they would
play commercials for the whole four hours.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
Shit.
Speaker 1 (34:06):
Yeah, I think it was a can of soup. They
put a can of soup on there. Great memories though. Yeah.
The sports U fifteen years ago and they have become
an absolute monster in Boston. Radio Domini. I don't think
they've I think in the last fifteen years, I think
they've only lost like one ratings book in Boston. It's
crazy how good that station is. Anyway, I gotta go,
thank you, Blind Scott. Okay, Blind Scott. Yeah. The fans
(34:29):
of the show back in those days, they were like
message boards or whatever, so they were like they were
convening on they were plotting to get me radio jobs
in different places. We can get mall of a job here,
We'll get Mallard job there. I had it all planned out,
and I did actually do some audition shows at different
stations around the country, but then I ended up coming back.
And I've been back by back fifty I was here
(34:51):
ten years, No, nine years, you're nine years and then yeah,
twenty four years. Now that's a long that's a long
time time, is fly?
Speaker 4 (35:00):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (35:01):
That's crazy? Yeah? Please Ben?
Speaker 4 (35:03):
That long?
Speaker 1 (35:03):
All right? Anyway? Time now for the who am I?
Speaker 6 (35:05):
Game?
Speaker 1 (35:06):
I have the highest turnover rate in the NFL since
twenty eighteen, minimum two thousand dropbacks. Looking for the name
of a quarterback. I have the highest turnover rate in
the NFL since twenty eighteen, minimum two thousand dropbacks. Who
am I? That's the question?
Speaker 2 (35:23):
The answer nex Fox Sports Radio has the best sports
talk lineup in the nation, catch all of our shows
at Foxsports Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app
search FSR to listen live.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
The Ben Malbur Show never fails to amaze with all
kinds of freaks of nature. Show your support for the
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Coming up an hour three of tonight's program and out
(35:57):
live from the Tirak dot com Fox Sports Radio Studio.
It's Ben Maller.
Speaker 1 (36:02):
And here is the who am I game? Where we
pretend to be somebody else. I have the highest turnover
rate in the NFL on dropbacks since twenty eighteen, minimum
two thousand dropbacks. Obviously, we're looking to name home quarterback
the last five years, six years in the NFL. That
(36:24):
is the question. What is the answer, And let's see
does anyone know the answer to A nice note from
CJ who appreciated the love from Chris and the more
or not Chris and the Moyes from our other buddy
in the Moines. Who else we have? Let's see page
down here, Derek Cargus by Wally and Florida. Mark is
going with Willie Beaman as his answer, double Ow Mexican
(36:45):
and San Diego says Gardner Minshew, Hey, come on, that's
my guy, double Ole Mexican. I don't know if you
know this. I'm in the closet as a raider fit
I am because I If Gardner Minshew starts, that's that's
a team to watch. Shannon moy went with former coach
Doug Collins. He's the guy that said nice things about CJ.
Why a tittle from Rob in Minnesota? That was his answer.
(37:08):
Daniel Jones, Danny Dimes, Vanelevic from Robbie the Mariner fan,
Casey Carr Holler going with Moses Marino is his answer.
Mister Unlimited from Andy from Lionel Lakes. Who else do
we have? DJ Spin in San Diego also went with
Danny Dimes is his answer. Bruce Gradkowski from Malibu, Rubin,
(37:29):
that's good name, proud volunteer. Nathan Peterman from Miami Danny
that's his selection? Who else we have? Porterville native still
kicking Monty Moore, the former female. Yeah, that's cool, cool name.
All right, quickly and we don't have a lot of time.
What is the answer to the.
Speaker 4 (37:49):
Winns former San Diego Chargers signal caller Cleo Lemon.
Speaker 1 (37:53):
Oh, that's a good name, Cleo Lemon, but he was
always a lemonade, real sour. No, the correct answer, Eddie
is the news darting quarterback of your Minnesota Vikings, Sam
Donald Sam donald e turnover machine. He pukes all over
that failed, but he's playing quarterback.
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