November 21, 2024 • 40 mins
Ben Maller talks about Jim Harbaugh calling Justin Herbert "one of the best of all-time," and how much weight that carries, Harbaugh also saying he wants to give people who compliment the Chargers a "kick in the shins," Kyler Murray going unrecognized in NYC, and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we go. Welcome. It's our number one, our one
of the original Recipe podcast. We were up all night
providing you with this fresh pod on demand. Here in
hour number one, it's all about Harbaugh. As in Jim Harbaugh.
Now Harball had a field day this week. He called
his quarterback with the Chargers, Justin Herbert, one of the
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all time best quarterbacks, one of the all time best. Also,
how much weight does that have? In addition, Jim Harbaugh
said he wants his players to kick people who give
the Chargers accolades and compliments. He said, kick him in
the shins and said they're trying to make you soft.
Is there a set of truth in that? And people
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seem shocked online that cardinal quarterback Kyler Murray went unrecognized
in New York City recently. Is this a big deal,
a little deal or no deal? We'll talk about that
and more right now here. It is our number one.
That's my quarterback.
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will start out with football. What else will we talk about?
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As football season it's getting into late November, Thanksgiving is
right around the corner, and bigger games this weekend. If
you look at the card for week twelve does not
take place till Monday. The Chargers and the Ravens, the
hard Bowl Part two, The Hardball Bowl Part two, well
actually it's more than part two, but they're getting together
(02:29):
to have a little party on Monday night. But our
lead this hour is from La La Land. That is
where we begin. And I was told years ago, when
you have good audio, you gotta play the good audio.
And we've got really solid audio. Well you'll be the
judge of that. You'll be the one that determines whether
you like it or not. I like it. So the
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Chargers head coach has gone above and beyond the call
of duty. Now, I don't know I eve been following
this or not. Maybe you've missed some of it. Who knows.
So Jim Harbaugh, Yeah, that guy, not John Harbaugh. Jim Harbor.
So Jim Harbaugh spent over four minutes, It was four
(03:13):
minutes and twenty one seconds of his weekly news conference
slobbering all over his quarterback, Justin Herbert. I mean he
was all in right, we have a little taste, we
have a little audio here, here's Jim Harbaugh laying it
on Thick about his quarterback. Take a list.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
It is what it is. I mean, enjoy it. He's
not only one of the best in the game currently,
he's one of the best of all time.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Oh, one of the best of all time. So right,
when you say best of all time in your head,
you meet it as well, Mahomes, you had Tom Brady,
Montana and Justin Herbert, who doesn't belong now. Harbaugh celebrated.
He was even saying that the quarterback's parents, just In
Herbert's parents who we named, should write a book about
(04:04):
raising Justin Herbert. That this is such a great chicken
soup for the soul story that they should write a book.
So let us discuss now Jim Harball again the money
quote here you heard it calling the Chargers quarterback Justin
Herbert one of the best of all time, one of
the best of all time. So how much weight? How
much weight does this have? So I have ancient art, tumbleweed,
(04:30):
and numbers game, and we will combine all of these
things together and we are going to provide you a
pillowy foundation. So a Jim Harbaugh is in mid season form,
which is appropriate, I think you'd agree, because it is
mid season. And here's Jim Harball over the top, going
(04:52):
at it again, always with the drama, o rama, the
bold statements, the intensity, and at his core we have
determined it goes back to his days when he was
playing in the NFL, but really more so after as
a coach. As a player, he was a knucklehead and whatnot,
but it wasn't the way it is now as a coach,
going back to his days with the forty nine Ers.
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At his core, Jim Harbaugh is a thespian. He dabbles
in the ancient art of puffery with exaggeration on top.
So it's puffery and exaggeration, and that's the Chargers coach.
He has one speed. It's only when you know how
you can go up and down and all that stuff.
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But he has one speed. And when he gave praise
to Justin Herbert, the problem to answer the question how
much weight do you give this, Well, you don't give
it much weight. And here's the problem following Jim Harball
as a coach. I think you'd agree everywhere he's been,
whoever his quarterback was at the time, was God's gift
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to the quarterback position, going back to his days with
the forty nine. So it doesn't have a lot of
weight to it because he does it about everybody. Right,
if everything is great, then nothing is great. That's the problem.
Harball never says anything negative about his players, and that
goes back to that Bo scham Beckler old school coaching
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who he learned from on how to approach it. But
every quarterback has been elite if you ask Jim Harback,
every one of them has been elite. Now, as we know,
on a technicality, it's a big technicality here. These comments
by Jim Harball about Justin Herbert were not as wonderful
(06:42):
as the untrained ear makes them appear, because we know
on this show that the legal definition of the term
best means as good as all the rest. So really,
what Jim Harball was saying was that justin Herbert's as
good as every other quarterback in the NFL. It just
sounds better. And for those that relate to the party,
that is why there are eight million delis that claim
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they have the top, ho Gi, the top, you know,
Samwich top here, whatever phrase you want to use, whatever
region you're in. But they can do that legally because
in the advertising world, the term best just means as
good as everyone else in that category. So in that respect,
if you look at it from that perspective, it's like, well,
you know, Jim's just having fun, having a good time,
(07:25):
why not, And it wasn't outrageous. Justin Herbert's as good
as every other quarterback in the NFL period. Stop all
right now, But wait there's more. Every good infomercial has
that line, and we're late night, so we're like an
infomercial for sports. So wait, there's more. Jim Harbaugh gave
some advice, he gave some pearls of wisdom. We have
(07:46):
some more audio or some pearls of wisdom to the
Charger players and what they need to do when they
get positive media coverage, And let's go to the audio tape.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Are giving you accolades and compliments and telling you you've arrived.
Kick them in the shins. Could kick them right in
the sheins.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
That's what you do.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Those accolades could come from you know, could come from
people you don't know, could come from the media, could
come from the teammates, could come from friends, could come
from your own family. They're trying to make you soft.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Kick them in the shins. So anyone says I had
a good show, I immediately I didn't even kick him
in the shins. I kick him in the nuts is
what I do. I write in the nuts. If they
say I have a good show, I get very offended
by that. If they say the monologue was good, I
get annoyed troubled by that. But let's break this down
point by point. Because Jim Harbaugh, as you heard, says,
(08:41):
he guys, praisey. You kick them in the shins. The Chargers'
accolades and whatnot. Kick him in the shins. Chargers played
pretty good defense this year. They just want a primetime
game people saying some nice, nice things about them. As
a hardball reference, they make you soft. They make you soft.
So is there a seed of truth in this latest
(09:03):
commentary by Harball? Now I'm nod in my head. Yes,
I'm not in my head. Yes, there is absolutely some
seed of truth that aside Jim Harbaugh continues to be
a character of himself. And I like the guy. He's
good for what I do for a living, God bless him.
But Harbaugh, you know what he's like on this one.
He's like tumbleweed. He's all over the place, right, He's
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all the way because in the first SoundBite that we played,
what is he doing? He is slobbering all over his
quarterback is going on. So, really, Justin Herbert should kick
Jim Harbaugh in the shins when you judged the pose.
Harbaugh laying it on so thick about Herbert. And then
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moments later in the same news conference, like people praise
you, you gotta kick him in the shins. They're trying to
make your stuff. So is Jim Harbaugh trying to make
his quarterback soft? And and then he kind of goes
Dan Campbell, I know he's doing the whole old Michigan
thing with with Gary Moehler and Bo Shambuckler and those
guys back in the day, but still got a little
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vibe like Dan Campbell. Instead of biting their kneecaps, We're
just going to kick their shins, is what we're going
to do. All right, last word, we go on the pinwheel.
Our next stop is Arizona. Now, the Cardinals are currently
in first place. Nobody takes them seriously, but they are
in first place at the moment. They will not finish
(10:29):
in first place, but they're there right now. So people
seem shocked by a viral clip that made its way
around the interweb. Now, in that clip, for those of
you that are seeing impaired, the Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray
spent part of his bye week in New York City
and he was doing some fugezy internet bit by his
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social media manager and it was like a pizza taste.
I guess he was trying to deal like the people
over at barstool at Portnoy thing where he just goes
and eats pizza and they get clicks on that, So
I guess that's what he's doing. But anyway, Murray went
unrecognized starting quarterback in the NFL when he's thirty five
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million dollars a year, guys, and he went unrecognized in
New York City? Is this a big deal, a little deal?
Or no deal? So I thought about it. I was like, well,
people are making a big deal about it. And several
of you sent this to me. Do you see this?
You rip them all the time and they didn't even
know who he was. Did you see this? I was like, Okay,
(11:37):
I saw it. What do you want me to do here?
What were you like me? Much like my answer, by
the way, it's not a big deal. It's not a
little deal. It's not it's not no deal. It's a
pocket sized deal. Much like Kyler Murray. It is a
numbers game. And why would you recognize? Kyler Murray's not
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a household name. He's not a real star, meaning a
crossover star. People in football know who he is, but
it's hard old people. He's very diminutive, which means he
doesn't look like all the other quarterbacks. He's very small.
And if you look at society in general, it is
estimated that in the United States, right around thirty percent
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of men, women and children love sports like hardcore, and
then there's maybe forty percent of people in general that
are kind of casual fans, and then there's a bunch
of other people that don't even have the sports gene
at all, and we try to avoid those people because
they're bad people. But in terms of the breakdown, so
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it's a numbers game. So if you have seventy percent
that are either casual sports fans or don't even like
sports at all, then why would they know who this
guy is. There'd be no reason to know who he is.
And this was in New York during the NFL season.
It was two thousand miles away from Arizona, where the
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Cardinals play their games, and so if he had been
playing a Call of Duty on some kind of Twitch stream,
then people would recognize them. Right, that's this video game thing,
but this happened to be just out on the streets
of New York and eating random pizza. It is the
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night and another giant bowl of snap, crackle and pop.
But who is it? This time? We'll get to that
and we will do it next.
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Speaker 1 (14:38):
It is Bill Miller. We'll get back to the dumb,
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Why because I'm told to read this you can, Bill Miller,
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That's at Ben Mahlor on social media, Cooper Loop at
a Bronco fan. Yeah, uh, Bronco fan, and Lorena Ben
(15:24):
tells me she had an allergic reaction to something in
the studio. Oh, yes, yes, yes, she's taking medication. You
can follow her at FSR tech Queen. Now we get
back to the dumb, dumb all right, Straw you Belle,
you you're a jerk. Bill all right, it is the
Ben Mahler Show. We started out with Jim Harbaugh in
(15:46):
the same news conference keeping faint praise on his quarterback
and then announcing that anyone that does that should be
kicked in the shins. You should kick them in the shins. Uh.
So we have that, We have that. Yeah, always fun.
In your comments, Ferg dog rights and says Ben, are
you sometimes jealous of Alligator arms Kyler Murray's unpopularity? There's
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no way you could order pizza in New York City
without getting mobbed by fans. Yeah. Every time I go
to Manhattan, man, I can't even I can't take the
subways for dog. It's it's insane. Everyone knows who I am.
It's wild when you think two in the Overnight show,
who would know who you are? I mean, you're in
the middle of the night. Who the f's listening? Right?
Speaker 5 (16:28):
But no, what's that guy from like Syria or something?
Speaker 1 (16:32):
The guy from Syria?
Speaker 5 (16:33):
The guy who was eating pizza next to Kyler Murray.
He wasn't from the US.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Oh yeah, well that's it doesn't matter. People in Syria
should know NFL players. NFL players are more important people
than us.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
I don't even and I work at Fox Sports.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Well you're not supposed to announce that out loud, but
you're supposed to keep that on the down low, right ten.
You're an expert, right like, oh you play?
Speaker 5 (16:54):
That's cool?
Speaker 6 (16:54):
Well, you know what, I would argue that the majority
of football fans in general wouldn't recognize a majority of
the quarterback one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
There was years ago when I used to go to
the NBA games a lot. I was at a Laker
game and I was in the in the media dining
room and there was a guy at another table who
somebody came up to me and is like, Hey, do
you know who that is? You recognize that? I said,
I don't know who that is? I have no idea
miss whatever it looks like an athlete, but I don't
know who it did. And it was the starting running
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back for the Houston Texans who happened to just be
I had no idea. He wasn't wearing his helmet, so
I didn't recognize him Arian Foster. It was Aaron Foster. Yes,
Aaron Foster was the gentleman who was there, and I
didn't know who he was. And that's the way it does.
But see the NFL, that's another reason the player should
demand they get rid of the helmets so people can
then recognize the players.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Yeah, definitely, you want recognition over safety.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Definitely, definitely. Well, the old school guys will tell you
that it was safer when they had leather helmets because
they think they're protected. They think they're protected by those helmets,
but they're not. So they had leather helmets. They would
not lead with their head because if you lead with
your head with a leather helmet, you're seeing Birdie's and
it's not going well.
Speaker 6 (18:06):
And just who do you think would be the most
recognizable quarterback right now active Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
I definitely Mahomes. He's on a bunch of commercials. That's
why he's right.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Put a wig on Kermit for Mahomes and Andy Reid.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Andy Reid is a coach, good yeah. And the guy
that's a fan of ours, the almost Andy Reid, who's
who's a listener of ours, who was at the Mallard
meet and greet and friend of the show in Kansas City.
There looks just exactly like a doppel game. Just for
the record, I want to set the record straight. Lorrain
is just playing a character. She is one of the
great knowledge of people in the NFL. She's just playing
(18:39):
dumb on the radio. She is an expert when it
comes to all things sports. In fact, much of the
content of the show, the stats and all that come
from lorraina.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
It's basic psychology.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Ben you.
Speaker 6 (18:52):
By doing what Lorena does, it makes all of the
listeners feel better about their own knowledge.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
It's good for self esteem. She's trying to help your
self esteem and all that. That's really it and exactly yeah,
and that's true. I remember i'd a guy tell me
one time, one of my bosses in radio years ago.
He said, you know, if you want to find out
if anyone's listening make a mistake, you know, just make
a little miss and then everyone nothing. People love more
than this in the radio to call up and correct
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the person on the radio. It is the number of
and and so. As I pointed out back when we
worked with Eddie, I said, I got to do a
perfect show. I occasionally make missakes. But Lorena, you're taking
that to the next level like some like some zen stuff.
What you're doing here by not knowing how I do it,
not knowing the team, like the team names and all
that stuff. But I'm very impressive. Let's see here, Let's
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see if she stays in character. The NFL team in
Tennessee is what's their nickname?
Speaker 5 (19:48):
They're the They're the Titans.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Look at that, she look at She broke character. I
thought you were gonna play. He broke the character.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Try again.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
You didn't see the we did the walk through.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
You didn't.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
You didn't show up for the walkthrough. We remember, we
went over the script. This is all scripted. You didn't.
You don't remember that. It's a bad job by you. Man.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
I was actually getting proud of myself.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
I'm like, wait, yeah, let's see which NFL team does
she know? Minnesota?
Speaker 5 (20:20):
Minnesota Rams, that is correct, Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
All right, Indianapolis. What are they Indianapolis Groundhogs? That is correct.
You're really good at this man, very impressive. Freddie wrights
In says, Kyler Murray is a jag, just a guy,
as you call him. He's no big shot like big Ben. Well,
think you appreciate that. And even though the Cardinals have
(20:44):
a winning record, there's about twelve people outside the state
of Arizona that have watched the Cardinals play on a
regular basis. So we can put that out there right now.
Let's put that out there and listen, Kyler Murray bounce
back here we we we But he has twelve touchdowns
this season, so that's nice. Whatever, ten games, twelve touchdowns.
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It's not the greatest thing we've ever seen from a quarterback.
And and so be it. Who else do we have
on the X machine? Late night drug tester says, I
don't live in California, but I am sure if you
kicked someone in the shins in LA, you are given
money and told by doctors it's it isn't your fault. Yeah, well,
(21:27):
I don't even know if you need the doctors to
tell you that. I think the the billboard lawyers nowhere
I have been. Every town has billboard lawyers, you know
the Hey it's yeah, you get a who hurts you?
I love that one who hurts you?
Speaker 5 (21:42):
Have you been in an accident?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Yeah, have you been? Is your boss mean to you?
You know that kind ofing? Uh? And then they have
their their number and their websites and all that, Like
LA has more of those than anywhere I've been. I've
traveled all over it.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
I've been called one.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yet you think I should have you called? What are
you talking about me? That I should have called one me?
Speaker 5 (21:59):
I'm shocked I haven't called one.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Yeah, why I haven't? No, No, of course not. I
expect to be, you know, my boss to be rude
to me. That's how I was raised. It would be shocked.
If they're nice to me, I don't know how to
handle that. They're nice. I mean, every once in a while,
I've had a good boss, and it's very odd to me.
I'm used to getting read the riot Act I had
a boss.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Ever been locked in a freezer?
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Have I been locked into it? No? I've never been
locked into a freezer. That was an episode of the
Brady Bunch, wasn't it. Wasn't that a Brady. That's an
old school reference, Lorena. There was a TV show called
The Brady Bunch and I think they got locked in
a freezer and it was Sam the meat man had
to come over and break them out. I believe, if
I remember correctly, you were locked in a freezer at work.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
You intentionally intentionally blocked in a freezer.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
How much do you think that's worth?
Speaker 5 (22:40):
I think it's worth a couple bucks?
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Like how much? What do you say? I got two
thousand bucks? Five thousand?
Speaker 5 (22:46):
Good, like twenty seven thousand?
Speaker 1 (22:48):
And how many years ago is this?
Speaker 5 (22:50):
Five years ago?
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Is that within the statue of limitations?
Speaker 7 (22:52):
I don't think it ever goes away. So it's still
so impddy from like fifty years ago.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Right, Yeah, so the agony, the pain is still there.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
I'm I won't walk into a walk in anymore with
a man never.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Never, never never, probably a good idea not to do that. Yes,
walk nowhere with men ever? No, never, not at all? Absolutely,
King Roy writes in says Get with the Times is
twenty twenty four. Not all reporters have nuts to kick,
and the ones you think might have some they might not.
But most people have a pair of shins so you
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could kick. So Harball was just trying to stay politically correct.
He points out. Mickey in State forty eight says, great monologue.
Harball is somewhat correct. Getting that comfort could be a
great poison. And hopefully people outside of the valley will
come to know alligator arms Murray. If the Desert Birdies
(23:46):
make the playoffs this year, well make the playoffs. Now
Murray's been to the playoffs. I still remember him sulking
on the bench when they lost to the Rams. Still
remember that. Visual absolutely dread pie rights and says what
happened to Justin Herbert? He got kicked in the shins
at halftime, making him play like the other best I e.
(24:08):
Daniel Jones or Deshaun Watson or et cetera, et cetera
on Sunday night. Yeah, he was pretty shaky. There was
he two or twelve passing or something like that in
the third quarter. Believe so, Stevie Meatballs right, since says Ben,
stop taking things out of context to jerk them around.
(24:29):
You're better than that. Best means there aren't any that
are better. You're wrong, Stevie Meatballs, You're completely wrong. This
is one of those mind blowing facts that I learned
years ago. And the term best in advertising means it
gives all the us. Now if you're not yeah, fun
that is a fun fact that if you're not bright
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enough to figure that out. If I say something is better,
like if I have a Hogy Mather's Hogy, which we
should have a hogy. We have pizza, we have a
lot of chicken dishes. We just to that pizza and
Grand Pizza and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and that's we had.
The original dish we had was at a diner, mom
and pop diner in Syracuse, just down from what used
(25:11):
to be called the Carrier Dome. I don't think it's
called that anymore in Syracuse. And it was the mal Zone,
which is a cow zone, but it's my it's oh
I get the maul, Yeah, the malezone. So we had that.
That was the original dish. But we've not had a
real Hogi. So if anybody has a mom and pop
business and wants to put a Hogi out there, we're
all we're all about it. But sure if you say, hey,
(25:32):
my hogy's better than that Hogi, they other Hogi people
could sue and say, well, how can you prove that.
You have to prove it's better, and if you can't
prove it, you'll lose some money. No, it's shocked.
Speaker 5 (25:44):
Well, you know what they could do. So they'll have
the picture of your HOGI.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
Whatever we end up calling it, and then underneath it's
going to say the best HOGI and then Malard quotation
mark best.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
Yes, it means just as good as the rest.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Yeah, we'll put that out there because the.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
Ben Mallard quote below it to make it really your hoki.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Yeah, Gunner writes in from the Walmart in Minnesota, says
you better be talking some basketball, but no Clipper talk please. Ben. Well,
am I taking my cues from Gunner? Because if that's
the case, I'll go to bed right now. If Gunner
is touching up my work here, I'm out. I was
not planning on talking about the people's team who are
(26:25):
on an absolute burner at the Into It Dome in
the hood in Inglewood. Another night, another win for the Clippers.
Thanks for bringing that up. I did not have that
on my big board, but now that Gunner brought it up,
the clips led by the Beard James Harden, just another win.
Clips up to nine wins now the losing streak. They
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own Golden State, they run the West, the People's team,
so very nice. Thank you for reminding me of that
Gunner and the snap crackle Pop, little shot in Freude,
Little shot in Freuda on the snap crackle Pop. I
was watching these Sixers Grizzlies game. Don't ask why I'm
a loser, but I had it on and I just
love the train wreck aspect. I'm like rubbernecking watching the
(27:10):
Sixers because we talked about them a lot this week
with Joel Embiid getting called out by a teammate, they're
trying to downplay that. So this was the first game
all season where the Sixers started the game with Paul
George and Maxi and Joel and Beid, they're big stars,
were all there eating delicious barbecue in Memphis, and so
(27:34):
I'm watching this something. This is probably where the Sixers
are going to turn things around, right here. This is
the beginning of it for the Sixers. So I'm watching
and they trailed most of the game. After like the
first ten minutes or so, they were mostly behind, mostly behind,
(27:54):
And these Sixers got the full Paul George experience as
pg or podcast p got hurt he had snap, crackle pop,
Paul George leaving the game. He was active at the
start of the game, but he ended up leaving the
game with the same injury that he had before. And
(28:15):
there's a phrase that I've used many times over the years,
do not let a falling star fall on you. And
it would appear that the Sixers have multiple falling stars
falling on top of Nick Nurse. Now, fortunately he's a nurse.
He's a male nurse, so he should be able to
handle that. But Paul George hyper extended. Yes, yes, is
(28:37):
there a nurse in the building. Oh, oh, Mercy nurse.
So Paul George hyper extended the same left knee he
had injured over a month ago, just over a month ago.
So he's out again. Let's go to the phones and
we'll say lo to Real Talk. Who's in New York? Hello,
Real Talk?
Speaker 8 (29:02):
I love that music. I love that music. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
here we go, Here we go, oh yeah, y.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Oh yeah, oh yeah oh yeah.
Speaker 9 (29:17):
Watch my field, watch watch Oh yeah, he's back.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
He's back. Real Talk has returned. He's here again, another
night with some real talk on the radio. How can
I help you?
Speaker 8 (29:37):
Real Talk man, Real Talk in the house with a
real talk for that ass.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Ben boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom, Yes, sir, Ben, Yes.
Speaker 8 (29:47):
I note your podcast. It's fire, dude, you were so
awesome on the mic.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
It's on fire. It should actually be burned up. It's
that hot, it should be burned up the podcast.
Speaker 8 (29:57):
But I want to know something like, you're so comfortable
and funny when you're talking and doing your thing. I
wonder when when you were young, were you like a
class clown or did you kind of grow into your personality?
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Uh No, I was not. It was not a class
I like do for around. But I I am an introvert.
So but I with my buddies, you know, my pals.
On the playground, I dominated the playground. I was very
entertaining on the playground. In class, it was a struggle.
But on the playground that was my that was my
wheelhouse out there with the other kids, swings on the
swing set, playing kickball. I mean I dominated that.
Speaker 8 (30:29):
I gotcha. Yeah, you know, I love talking to you,
but they're not love most to do well. The second
thing I.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Love more to do is yeah, what do we got? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (30:41):
How about a little truth bore.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
No truth or there. Okay, well I haven't played that
in a while. All right, let's play truck.
Speaker 8 (30:51):
Be quick. We're gonna be quick. We're gonna pick eenie
meany miney.
Speaker 9 (30:57):
Morena, Nona oh mane.
Speaker 8 (31:03):
Okay, So for those who don't know how true for
de work is like this, I'm gonna ask Lorena true
for there. She's gonna pick one option. If you took
one and chooses not to do it, she can always
choose the second option, and she chooses not to do both.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Real no, no, Yeah, So Lorena, are you down for
a little true for Dare?
Speaker 8 (31:24):
Baby girl, Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
She sounds excited. She sounds very excited for she's got
a lot of enthusiasm to do this bit, a lot
of it.
Speaker 5 (31:33):
Okay, we'll start to have a question. If we picked Dare,
how do you know I did it?
Speaker 8 (31:39):
Don't don't worry, we will know.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Don't question the bit, Lorena, do not question the integrity
of the bit. All right, bad job, buddy. Just get
the dump button ready, because I know I know how
this works.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
All right, I'm gonna do.
Speaker 4 (31:51):
There.
Speaker 8 (31:51):
Okay, there it is. Okay, there's what I want you
to do. Do you have like water or juice anywhere
near you?
Speaker 5 (31:56):
I have spekling?
Speaker 3 (31:57):
What?
Speaker 8 (31:58):
Okay, So this is what I want you to do.
I want you to take a little bit of water
and put it in your mouth, and I want you
to get to the microphone. I want you to say,
will I get an A plus for the professor? Everyone
definitely knows you.
Speaker 5 (32:17):
Okay, I do love this stair. I think it's super fun.
Speaker 7 (32:22):
But the problem is I can't have water near my
board or the microphone because it's all electronic.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
And if I that has happened, and.
Speaker 5 (32:29):
If I spit, I'm going to have an electric issue
and I can't. I can't do that.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Well, you want to have the issue, the network will
be off the air. That'll be the problem.
Speaker 5 (32:36):
But what if I do it away? What if I
do it away from the mic and I just turn
up my mic?
Speaker 8 (32:42):
No, that's gonna have to be true.
Speaker 5 (32:44):
No, No, let's try this. Let's hold on, hold on,
We're gonna try this. Say what about daddy or is
a teacher.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
He's got some experience of this. I don't know if
this is about I don't know.
Speaker 4 (32:57):
Wait, what do I have to say?
Speaker 1 (32:59):
We're in that's Okay, Lorena, everyone quiet on the stage. Here,
here we go. Oh my god, don't drop she dropped something.
Don't here we go. She she's moving the mic over.
She's just standing back from the board. All right, she's
(33:22):
drinking the water. She just what happened?
Speaker 8 (33:31):
What did she?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
She fell down? What happened? She spit out the water?
What happened? There? Sp split the water. I'm sorry she
did not. I guess she didn't win, real talk. She
she made the effort. She tried.
Speaker 8 (33:45):
Come on, babe, I'm still drinking off from.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
All right, all right, all right, you might want to
you might want to hit it went nose. All right,
he's such a loser. He didn't get the golden ticket.
So it worked out that he didn't get the golden ticket. Burns,
I understand why the sparkling water. I like the regular water.
(34:08):
I don't hate the sparkling water, but it seems a
little dude water in my mouth. Rush, Yes, I understand, Yeah,
I understand. I hope she got to the dumb button fasten.
I know that would be unfortunate that she didn't. Alright,
here is the who am I game? We'll find out
in the second coop. If she didn't. Here's the who
am I? Game? Packers quarterback and you can answer this
(34:30):
on x at Ben Malor. Packers quarterback Jordan Love has
been intercepted in each of his first eight games. He
is the first quarterback to do that since me again.
Jordan Love of the Packers has been intercepted in each
of the first eight games of the season he has played,
and he is the first quarterback to do that since me.
(34:54):
Who am I? That is the question, the answer, We'll
get to it. We'll do it next.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Miller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's Bill Miller. We'll get back to
bloviating Benny who I don't know, some idiot they put
in here. I'll get back to him in a second.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
Ben sucks.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
I agree, Bill Miller does not, but he sucks. Be
part of the show all the social media channels there.
We have a special unique mix on the program, things
like Ask Ben, which would be coming up later on
Sports Jeopardy on Friday, all kinds of different content. You
can join the fun on Facebook, Ben Mahler Show on Instagram,
(35:40):
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Whatever that is just type Ben mahller in and let's
get back to that guy, Phil Bill, I'm not I'm
not that guy. Bill. I'm not that guy. Pal, I'm
not that guy. Time now for the who am I? Game?
(36:01):
This is where we pretend to be somebody else? Les
We call it the who am I? Game? A blatant
attempt to get you to listen a little bit longer.
And here it is the who am I Game? Sodam exciting? So. Packers'
quarterback Jordan Love has been intercepted in each of his
first eight games. He is the first quarterback to do
that since me. Again, Packers quarterback Jordan Love has been
(36:24):
intercepted in each of his first eight games. He is
the first quarterback to do that since me. Who am I?
That is the question? And what is the answer? We'll see?
Does anyone know the answer? Ellen degenerate? Guess by Ike
and Roseville, Minnesota, I forty and says I think it's
(36:45):
the The cougars are coming. Cougars are coming? Sup by
Brett Farb. Guess by Rod the Ambassador of Baker's Field.
Who else do we have here? Page Dan Cougars are coming.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
Hold.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
Mister nice guy is going with Scotty Farrell as his answer.
Great classic photo there that you have held on to
over the years, mister nice guy. Adrian the Pokey Pokey
pokey guy going Pete in Pittsburgh as the answer. King
Roy says, Loreina, at least her professor. Who else do
we have page down? Firkduck says straight a student? Lorena?
(37:24):
Were you a straight A student? Loraina?
Speaker 5 (37:26):
You I really was?
Speaker 6 (37:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Okay, very smart. The Bella Twins who are forty one today.
They're wrestlers. The Bellowtwin we they're part of the professional
wrestling rings. O G. Harry Potter, the old gangster Harry
Potter from alf the Alien O Piner. Who else do
we have page down? Elijah Manning guests by Josh that's
his answer. A lot of Loraina answers to various Jackson
(37:52):
from Eke and Roseville, Minnesota. Shane in Des Moines going
with Danny wirlfol Andy from Lion o' Lakes in Minnesota
says mister unlimited is the answer. Matt the Warrior Raider
Tom Brady rose Fan who came back from the other side,
had a near death experience. Brock Osweiler is his answer.
(38:14):
Dante going with Bert Jones Eloy from Compton says it's
Loraina's lucky sparkling water bottle. Is that a lucky water
bottle that.
Speaker 4 (38:23):
You have there?
Speaker 5 (38:23):
Well, some people might think so because it touches my mouth.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
Okay, Al del Greco, there's a good name from pink
Eye Bill. Any relation to Bergie, my old producer who
missed work because he had pink eye as a grown
adult ounce, Yeah, it's unfortunate. I love Bergie. I text
him every year to come to the holiday party. Bergie
missed work because he had pink eye and also was
(38:47):
late to work because he was playing adult kickball, you know,
adult kickball. I'm just saying that's a weird combo. Yeah,
Paul got this right, but he cheated, so that does
not count. Tony Mond Tana from Christopher and Cannes City Robin,
Minnesota says Prince Fielder is the way to go. John
Freeze from rich that's his answer. I can't read that.
(39:12):
A lot of Brett farr answers. A lot of Brett
fav answers. Timer the Cheese Guy from Mickey and State
forty eight Gunner from the Walmart in Minnesota, says Cooper
Rush west Side LBC says Jamis crablegs Winston is the answer.
All right, what say you, Lorena again? Jordan loves starting
(39:33):
the year with eight consecutive games with interceptions, and he's
the first quarterback to do that since me.
Speaker 7 (39:41):
Well, that's a really bad quarterback, ben So Yeah, Clearly
the worst quarterback in history that I could think of
was JaMarcus Russell.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
JaMarcus Russell. Okay, the purple drank fin answer showing your
Rolodex football knowledge. Unfortunately that is incorrect. The correct answer
was Case Keenum back in twenty eighteen, Case Keenum, and
he's the first Packer quarterback since IRV Comp. The great
IRV Comp. You don't remember him, nineteen forty four Earth Comp.
Here we go. Welcome. It's our number one, our one
of the original Recipe podcast. We were up all night
providing you with this fresh pod on demand. Here in
hour number one, it's all about Harbaugh. As in Jim Harbaugh.
Now Harball had a field day this week. He called
his quarterback with the Chargers, Justin Herbert, one of the
(00:22):
all time best quarterbacks, one of the all time best. Also,
how much weight does that have? In addition, Jim Harbaugh
said he wants his players to kick people who give
the Chargers accolades and compliments. He said, kick him in
the shins and said they're trying to make you soft.
Is there a set of truth in that? And people
(00:43):
seem shocked online that cardinal quarterback Kyler Murray went unrecognized
in New York City recently. Is this a big deal,
a little deal or no deal? We'll talk about that
and more right now here. It is our number one.
That's my quarterback.
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will start out with football. What else will we talk about?
(02:07):
As football season it's getting into late November, Thanksgiving is
right around the corner, and bigger games this weekend. If
you look at the card for week twelve does not
take place till Monday. The Chargers and the Ravens, the
hard Bowl Part two, The Hardball Bowl Part two, well
actually it's more than part two, but they're getting together
(02:29):
to have a little party on Monday night. But our
lead this hour is from La La Land. That is
where we begin. And I was told years ago, when
you have good audio, you gotta play the good audio.
And we've got really solid audio. Well you'll be the
judge of that. You'll be the one that determines whether
you like it or not. I like it. So the
(02:50):
Chargers head coach has gone above and beyond the call
of duty. Now, I don't know I eve been following
this or not. Maybe you've missed some of it. Who knows.
So Jim Harbaugh, Yeah, that guy, not John Harbaugh. Jim Harbor.
So Jim Harbaugh spent over four minutes, It was four
(03:13):
minutes and twenty one seconds of his weekly news conference
slobbering all over his quarterback, Justin Herbert. I mean he
was all in right, we have a little taste, we
have a little audio here, here's Jim Harbaugh laying it
on Thick about his quarterback. Take a list.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
It is what it is. I mean, enjoy it. He's
not only one of the best in the game currently,
he's one of the best of all time.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Oh, one of the best of all time. So right,
when you say best of all time in your head,
you meet it as well, Mahomes, you had Tom Brady,
Montana and Justin Herbert, who doesn't belong now. Harbaugh celebrated.
He was even saying that the quarterback's parents, just In
Herbert's parents who we named, should write a book about
(04:04):
raising Justin Herbert. That this is such a great chicken
soup for the soul story that they should write a book.
So let us discuss now Jim Harball again the money
quote here you heard it calling the Chargers quarterback Justin
Herbert one of the best of all time, one of
the best of all time. So how much weight? How
much weight does this have? So I have ancient art, tumbleweed,
(04:30):
and numbers game, and we will combine all of these
things together and we are going to provide you a
pillowy foundation. So a Jim Harbaugh is in mid season form,
which is appropriate, I think you'd agree, because it is
mid season. And here's Jim Harball over the top, going
(04:52):
at it again, always with the drama, o rama, the
bold statements, the intensity, and at his core we have
determined it goes back to his days when he was
playing in the NFL, but really more so after as
a coach. As a player, he was a knucklehead and whatnot,
but it wasn't the way it is now as a coach,
going back to his days with the forty nine Ers.
(05:13):
At his core, Jim Harbaugh is a thespian. He dabbles
in the ancient art of puffery with exaggeration on top.
So it's puffery and exaggeration, and that's the Chargers coach.
He has one speed. It's only when you know how
you can go up and down and all that stuff.
(05:33):
But he has one speed. And when he gave praise
to Justin Herbert, the problem to answer the question how
much weight do you give this, Well, you don't give
it much weight. And here's the problem following Jim Harball
as a coach. I think you'd agree everywhere he's been,
whoever his quarterback was at the time, was God's gift
(05:55):
to the quarterback position, going back to his days with
the forty nine. So it doesn't have a lot of
weight to it because he does it about everybody. Right,
if everything is great, then nothing is great. That's the problem.
Harball never says anything negative about his players, and that
goes back to that Bo scham Beckler old school coaching
(06:18):
who he learned from on how to approach it. But
every quarterback has been elite if you ask Jim Harback,
every one of them has been elite. Now, as we know,
on a technicality, it's a big technicality here. These comments
by Jim Harball about Justin Herbert were not as wonderful
(06:42):
as the untrained ear makes them appear, because we know
on this show that the legal definition of the term
best means as good as all the rest. So really,
what Jim Harball was saying was that justin Herbert's as
good as every other quarterback in the NFL. It just
sounds better. And for those that relate to the party,
that is why there are eight million delis that claim
(07:05):
they have the top, ho Gi, the top, you know,
Samwich top here, whatever phrase you want to use, whatever
region you're in. But they can do that legally because
in the advertising world, the term best just means as
good as everyone else in that category. So in that respect,
if you look at it from that perspective, it's like, well,
you know, Jim's just having fun, having a good time,
(07:25):
why not, And it wasn't outrageous. Justin Herbert's as good
as every other quarterback in the NFL period. Stop all
right now, But wait there's more. Every good infomercial has
that line, and we're late night, so we're like an
infomercial for sports. So wait, there's more. Jim Harbaugh gave
some advice, he gave some pearls of wisdom. We have
(07:46):
some more audio or some pearls of wisdom to the
Charger players and what they need to do when they
get positive media coverage, And let's go to the audio tape.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Are giving you accolades and compliments and telling you you've arrived.
Kick them in the shins. Could kick them right in
the sheins.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
That's what you do.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Those accolades could come from you know, could come from
people you don't know, could come from the media, could
come from the teammates, could come from friends, could come
from your own family. They're trying to make you soft.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Kick them in the shins. So anyone says I had
a good show, I immediately I didn't even kick him
in the shins. I kick him in the nuts is
what I do. I write in the nuts. If they
say I have a good show, I get very offended
by that. If they say the monologue was good, I
get annoyed troubled by that. But let's break this down
point by point. Because Jim Harbaugh, as you heard, says,
(08:41):
he guys, praisey. You kick them in the shins. The Chargers'
accolades and whatnot. Kick him in the shins. Chargers played
pretty good defense this year. They just want a primetime
game people saying some nice, nice things about them. As
a hardball reference, they make you soft. They make you soft.
So is there a seed of truth in this latest
(09:03):
commentary by Harball? Now I'm nod in my head. Yes,
I'm not in my head. Yes, there is absolutely some
seed of truth that aside Jim Harbaugh continues to be
a character of himself. And I like the guy. He's
good for what I do for a living, God bless him.
But Harbaugh, you know what he's like on this one.
He's like tumbleweed. He's all over the place, right, He's
(09:25):
all the way because in the first SoundBite that we played,
what is he doing? He is slobbering all over his
quarterback is going on. So, really, Justin Herbert should kick
Jim Harbaugh in the shins when you judged the pose.
Harbaugh laying it on so thick about Herbert. And then
(09:46):
moments later in the same news conference, like people praise
you, you gotta kick him in the shins. They're trying to
make your stuff. So is Jim Harbaugh trying to make
his quarterback soft? And and then he kind of goes
Dan Campbell, I know he's doing the whole old Michigan
thing with with Gary Moehler and Bo Shambuckler and those
guys back in the day, but still got a little
(10:07):
vibe like Dan Campbell. Instead of biting their kneecaps, We're
just going to kick their shins, is what we're going
to do. All right, last word, we go on the pinwheel.
Our next stop is Arizona. Now, the Cardinals are currently
in first place. Nobody takes them seriously, but they are
in first place at the moment. They will not finish
(10:29):
in first place, but they're there right now. So people
seem shocked by a viral clip that made its way
around the interweb. Now, in that clip, for those of
you that are seeing impaired, the Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray
spent part of his bye week in New York City
and he was doing some fugezy internet bit by his
(10:54):
social media manager and it was like a pizza taste.
I guess he was trying to deal like the people
over at barstool at Portnoy thing where he just goes
and eats pizza and they get clicks on that, So
I guess that's what he's doing. But anyway, Murray went
unrecognized starting quarterback in the NFL when he's thirty five
(11:15):
million dollars a year, guys, and he went unrecognized in
New York City? Is this a big deal, a little deal?
Or no deal? So I thought about it. I was like, well,
people are making a big deal about it. And several
of you sent this to me. Do you see this?
You rip them all the time and they didn't even
know who he was. Did you see this? I was like, Okay,
(11:37):
I saw it. What do you want me to do here?
What were you like me? Much like my answer, by
the way, it's not a big deal. It's not a
little deal. It's not it's not no deal. It's a
pocket sized deal. Much like Kyler Murray. It is a
numbers game. And why would you recognize? Kyler Murray's not
(11:57):
a household name. He's not a real star, meaning a
crossover star. People in football know who he is, but
it's hard old people. He's very diminutive, which means he
doesn't look like all the other quarterbacks. He's very small.
And if you look at society in general, it is
estimated that in the United States, right around thirty percent
(12:21):
of men, women and children love sports like hardcore, and
then there's maybe forty percent of people in general that
are kind of casual fans, and then there's a bunch
of other people that don't even have the sports gene
at all, and we try to avoid those people because
they're bad people. But in terms of the breakdown, so
(12:42):
it's a numbers game. So if you have seventy percent
that are either casual sports fans or don't even like
sports at all, then why would they know who this
guy is. There'd be no reason to know who he is.
And this was in New York during the NFL season.
It was two thousand miles away from Arizona, where the
(13:03):
Cardinals play their games, and so if he had been
playing a Call of Duty on some kind of Twitch stream,
then people would recognize them. Right, that's this video game thing,
but this happened to be just out on the streets
of New York and eating random pizza. It is the
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night and another giant bowl of snap, crackle and pop.
But who is it? This time? We'll get to that
and we will do it next.
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back to the dumb, dumb all right, Straw you Belle,
you you're a jerk. Bill all right, it is the
Ben Mahler Show. We started out with Jim Harbaugh in
(15:46):
the same news conference keeping faint praise on his quarterback
and then announcing that anyone that does that should be
kicked in the shins. You should kick them in the shins. Uh.
So we have that, We have that. Yeah, always fun.
In your comments, Ferg dog rights and says Ben, are
you sometimes jealous of Alligator arms Kyler Murray's unpopularity? There's
(16:10):
no way you could order pizza in New York City
without getting mobbed by fans. Yeah. Every time I go
to Manhattan, man, I can't even I can't take the
subways for dog. It's it's insane. Everyone knows who I am.
It's wild when you think two in the Overnight show,
who would know who you are? I mean, you're in
the middle of the night. Who the f's listening? Right?
Speaker 5 (16:28):
But no, what's that guy from like Syria or something?
Speaker 1 (16:32):
The guy from Syria?
Speaker 5 (16:33):
The guy who was eating pizza next to Kyler Murray.
He wasn't from the US.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Oh yeah, well that's it doesn't matter. People in Syria
should know NFL players. NFL players are more important people
than us.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
I don't even and I work at Fox Sports.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Well you're not supposed to announce that out loud, but
you're supposed to keep that on the down low, right ten.
You're an expert, right like, oh you play?
Speaker 5 (16:54):
That's cool?
Speaker 6 (16:54):
Well, you know what, I would argue that the majority
of football fans in general wouldn't recognize a majority of
the quarterback one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
There was years ago when I used to go to
the NBA games a lot. I was at a Laker
game and I was in the in the media dining
room and there was a guy at another table who
somebody came up to me and is like, Hey, do
you know who that is? You recognize that? I said,
I don't know who that is? I have no idea
miss whatever it looks like an athlete, but I don't
know who it did. And it was the starting running
(17:26):
back for the Houston Texans who happened to just be
I had no idea. He wasn't wearing his helmet, so
I didn't recognize him Arian Foster. It was Aaron Foster. Yes,
Aaron Foster was the gentleman who was there, and I
didn't know who he was. And that's the way it does.
But see the NFL, that's another reason the player should
demand they get rid of the helmets so people can
then recognize the players.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Yeah, definitely, you want recognition over safety.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
Definitely, definitely. Well, the old school guys will tell you
that it was safer when they had leather helmets because
they think they're protected. They think they're protected by those helmets,
but they're not. So they had leather helmets. They would
not lead with their head because if you lead with
your head with a leather helmet, you're seeing Birdie's and
it's not going well.
Speaker 6 (18:06):
And just who do you think would be the most
recognizable quarterback right now active Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
I definitely Mahomes. He's on a bunch of commercials. That's
why he's right.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Put a wig on Kermit for Mahomes and Andy Reid.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Andy Reid is a coach, good yeah. And the guy
that's a fan of ours, the almost Andy Reid, who's
who's a listener of ours, who was at the Mallard
meet and greet and friend of the show in Kansas City.
There looks just exactly like a doppel game. Just for
the record, I want to set the record straight. Lorrain
is just playing a character. She is one of the
great knowledge of people in the NFL. She's just playing
(18:39):
dumb on the radio. She is an expert when it
comes to all things sports. In fact, much of the
content of the show, the stats and all that come
from lorraina.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
It's basic psychology.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Ben you.
Speaker 6 (18:52):
By doing what Lorena does, it makes all of the
listeners feel better about their own knowledge.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
It's good for self esteem. She's trying to help your
self esteem and all that. That's really it and exactly yeah,
and that's true. I remember i'd a guy tell me
one time, one of my bosses in radio years ago.
He said, you know, if you want to find out
if anyone's listening make a mistake, you know, just make
a little miss and then everyone nothing. People love more
than this in the radio to call up and correct
(19:20):
the person on the radio. It is the number of
and and so. As I pointed out back when we
worked with Eddie, I said, I got to do a
perfect show. I occasionally make missakes. But Lorena, you're taking
that to the next level like some like some zen stuff.
What you're doing here by not knowing how I do it,
not knowing the team, like the team names and all
that stuff. But I'm very impressive. Let's see here, Let's
(19:42):
see if she stays in character. The NFL team in
Tennessee is what's their nickname?
Speaker 5 (19:48):
They're the They're the Titans.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Look at that, she look at She broke character. I
thought you were gonna play. He broke the character.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Try again.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
You didn't see the we did the walk through.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
You didn't.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
You didn't show up for the walkthrough. We remember, we
went over the script. This is all scripted. You didn't.
You don't remember that. It's a bad job by you. Man.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
I was actually getting proud of myself.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
I'm like, wait, yeah, let's see which NFL team does
she know? Minnesota?
Speaker 5 (20:20):
Minnesota Rams, that is correct, Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
All right, Indianapolis. What are they Indianapolis Groundhogs? That is correct.
You're really good at this man, very impressive. Freddie wrights
In says, Kyler Murray is a jag, just a guy,
as you call him. He's no big shot like big Ben. Well,
think you appreciate that. And even though the Cardinals have
(20:44):
a winning record, there's about twelve people outside the state
of Arizona that have watched the Cardinals play on a
regular basis. So we can put that out there right now.
Let's put that out there and listen, Kyler Murray bounce
back here we we we But he has twelve touchdowns
this season, so that's nice. Whatever, ten games, twelve touchdowns.
(21:06):
It's not the greatest thing we've ever seen from a quarterback.
And and so be it. Who else do we have
on the X machine? Late night drug tester says, I
don't live in California, but I am sure if you
kicked someone in the shins in LA, you are given
money and told by doctors it's it isn't your fault. Yeah, well,
(21:27):
I don't even know if you need the doctors to
tell you that. I think the the billboard lawyers nowhere
I have been. Every town has billboard lawyers, you know
the Hey it's yeah, you get a who hurts you?
I love that one who hurts you?
Speaker 5 (21:42):
Have you been in an accident?
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Yeah, have you been? Is your boss mean to you?
You know that kind ofing? Uh? And then they have
their their number and their websites and all that, Like
LA has more of those than anywhere I've been. I've
traveled all over it.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
I've been called one.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yet you think I should have you called? What are
you talking about me? That I should have called one me?
Speaker 5 (21:59):
I'm shocked I haven't called one.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Yeah, why I haven't? No, No, of course not. I
expect to be, you know, my boss to be rude
to me. That's how I was raised. It would be shocked.
If they're nice to me, I don't know how to
handle that. They're nice. I mean, every once in a while,
I've had a good boss, and it's very odd to me.
I'm used to getting read the riot Act I had
a boss.
Speaker 5 (22:17):
Ever been locked in a freezer?
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Ben?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Have I been locked into it? No? I've never been
locked into a freezer. That was an episode of the
Brady Bunch, wasn't it. Wasn't that a Brady. That's an
old school reference, Lorena. There was a TV show called
The Brady Bunch and I think they got locked in
a freezer and it was Sam the meat man had
to come over and break them out. I believe, if
I remember correctly, you were locked in a freezer at work.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
You intentionally intentionally blocked in a freezer.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
How much do you think that's worth?
Speaker 5 (22:40):
I think it's worth a couple bucks?
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Like how much? What do you say? I got two
thousand bucks? Five thousand?
Speaker 5 (22:46):
Good, like twenty seven thousand?
Speaker 1 (22:48):
And how many years ago is this?
Speaker 5 (22:50):
Five years ago?
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Is that within the statue of limitations?
Speaker 7 (22:52):
I don't think it ever goes away. So it's still
so impddy from like fifty years ago.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Right, Yeah, so the agony, the pain is still there.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
I'm I won't walk into a walk in anymore with
a man never.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
Never, never never, probably a good idea not to do that. Yes,
walk nowhere with men ever? No, never, not at all? Absolutely,
King Roy writes in says Get with the Times is
twenty twenty four. Not all reporters have nuts to kick,
and the ones you think might have some they might not.
But most people have a pair of shins so you
(23:24):
could kick. So Harball was just trying to stay politically correct.
He points out. Mickey in State forty eight says, great monologue.
Harball is somewhat correct. Getting that comfort could be a
great poison. And hopefully people outside of the valley will
come to know alligator arms Murray. If the Desert Birdies
(23:46):
make the playoffs this year, well make the playoffs. Now
Murray's been to the playoffs. I still remember him sulking
on the bench when they lost to the Rams. Still
remember that. Visual absolutely dread pie rights and says what
happened to Justin Herbert? He got kicked in the shins
at halftime, making him play like the other best I e.
(24:08):
Daniel Jones or Deshaun Watson or et cetera, et cetera
on Sunday night. Yeah, he was pretty shaky. There was
he two or twelve passing or something like that in
the third quarter. Believe so, Stevie Meatballs right, since says Ben,
stop taking things out of context to jerk them around.
(24:29):
You're better than that. Best means there aren't any that
are better. You're wrong, Stevie Meatballs, You're completely wrong. This
is one of those mind blowing facts that I learned
years ago. And the term best in advertising means it
gives all the us. Now if you're not yeah, fun
that is a fun fact that if you're not bright
(24:50):
enough to figure that out. If I say something is better,
like if I have a Hogy Mather's Hogy, which we
should have a hogy. We have pizza, we have a
lot of chicken dishes. We just to that pizza and
Grand Pizza and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and that's we had.
The original dish we had was at a diner, mom
and pop diner in Syracuse, just down from what used
(25:11):
to be called the Carrier Dome. I don't think it's
called that anymore in Syracuse. And it was the mal Zone,
which is a cow zone, but it's my it's oh
I get the maul, Yeah, the malezone. So we had that.
That was the original dish. But we've not had a
real Hogi. So if anybody has a mom and pop
business and wants to put a Hogi out there, we're
all we're all about it. But sure if you say, hey,
(25:32):
my hogy's better than that Hogi, they other Hogi people
could sue and say, well, how can you prove that.
You have to prove it's better, and if you can't
prove it, you'll lose some money. No, it's shocked.
Speaker 5 (25:44):
Well, you know what they could do. So they'll have
the picture of your HOGI.
Speaker 7 (25:49):
Whatever we end up calling it, and then underneath it's
going to say the best HOGI and then Malard quotation
mark best.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
Yes, it means just as good as the rest.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Yeah, we'll put that out there because the.
Speaker 5 (26:00):
Ben Mallard quote below it to make it really your hoki.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Yeah, Gunner writes in from the Walmart in Minnesota, says
you better be talking some basketball, but no Clipper talk please. Ben. Well,
am I taking my cues from Gunner? Because if that's
the case, I'll go to bed right now. If Gunner
is touching up my work here, I'm out. I was
not planning on talking about the people's team who are
(26:25):
on an absolute burner at the Into It Dome in
the hood in Inglewood. Another night, another win for the Clippers.
Thanks for bringing that up. I did not have that
on my big board, but now that Gunner brought it up,
the clips led by the Beard James Harden, just another win.
Clips up to nine wins now the losing streak. They
(26:46):
own Golden State, they run the West, the People's team,
so very nice. Thank you for reminding me of that
Gunner and the snap crackle Pop, little shot in Freude,
Little shot in Freuda on the snap crackle Pop. I
was watching these Sixers Grizzlies game. Don't ask why I'm
a loser, but I had it on and I just
love the train wreck aspect. I'm like rubbernecking watching the
(27:10):
Sixers because we talked about them a lot this week
with Joel Embiid getting called out by a teammate, they're
trying to downplay that. So this was the first game
all season where the Sixers started the game with Paul
George and Maxi and Joel and Beid, they're big stars,
were all there eating delicious barbecue in Memphis, and so
(27:34):
I'm watching this something. This is probably where the Sixers
are going to turn things around, right here. This is
the beginning of it for the Sixers. So I'm watching
and they trailed most of the game. After like the
first ten minutes or so, they were mostly behind, mostly behind,
(27:54):
And these Sixers got the full Paul George experience as
pg or podcast p got hurt he had snap, crackle pop,
Paul George leaving the game. He was active at the
start of the game, but he ended up leaving the
game with the same injury that he had before. And
(28:15):
there's a phrase that I've used many times over the years,
do not let a falling star fall on you. And
it would appear that the Sixers have multiple falling stars
falling on top of Nick Nurse. Now, fortunately he's a nurse.
He's a male nurse, so he should be able to
handle that. But Paul George hyper extended. Yes, yes, is
(28:37):
there a nurse in the building. Oh, oh, Mercy nurse.
So Paul George hyper extended the same left knee he
had injured over a month ago, just over a month ago.
So he's out again. Let's go to the phones and
we'll say lo to Real Talk. Who's in New York? Hello,
Real Talk?
Speaker 8 (29:02):
I love that music. I love that music. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
here we go, Here we go, oh yeah, y.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Oh yeah, oh yeah oh yeah.
Speaker 9 (29:17):
Watch my field, watch watch Oh yeah, he's back.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
He's back. Real Talk has returned. He's here again, another
night with some real talk on the radio. How can
I help you?
Speaker 8 (29:37):
Real Talk man, Real Talk in the house with a
real talk for that ass.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Ben boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom, Yes, sir, Ben, Yes.
Speaker 8 (29:47):
I note your podcast. It's fire, dude, you were so
awesome on the mic.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
It's on fire. It should actually be burned up. It's
that hot, it should be burned up the podcast.
Speaker 8 (29:57):
But I want to know something like, you're so comfortable
and funny when you're talking and doing your thing. I
wonder when when you were young, were you like a
class clown or did you kind of grow into your personality?
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Uh No, I was not. It was not a class
I like do for around. But I I am an introvert.
So but I with my buddies, you know, my pals.
On the playground, I dominated the playground. I was very
entertaining on the playground. In class, it was a struggle.
But on the playground that was my that was my
wheelhouse out there with the other kids, swings on the
swing set, playing kickball. I mean I dominated that.
Speaker 8 (30:29):
I gotcha. Yeah, you know, I love talking to you,
but they're not love most to do well. The second
thing I.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Love more to do is yeah, what do we got? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (30:41):
How about a little truth bore.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
No truth or there. Okay, well I haven't played that
in a while. All right, let's play truck.
Speaker 8 (30:51):
Be quick. We're gonna be quick. We're gonna pick eenie
meany miney.
Speaker 9 (30:57):
Morena, Nona oh mane.
Speaker 8 (31:03):
Okay, So for those who don't know how true for
de work is like this, I'm gonna ask Lorena true
for there. She's gonna pick one option. If you took
one and chooses not to do it, she can always
choose the second option, and she chooses not to do both.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Real no, no, Yeah, So Lorena, are you down for
a little true for Dare?
Speaker 8 (31:24):
Baby girl, Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
She sounds excited. She sounds very excited for she's got
a lot of enthusiasm to do this bit, a lot
of it.
Speaker 5 (31:33):
Okay, we'll start to have a question. If we picked Dare,
how do you know I did it?
Speaker 8 (31:39):
Don't don't worry, we will know.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
Don't question the bit, Lorena, do not question the integrity
of the bit. All right, bad job, buddy. Just get
the dump button ready, because I know I know how
this works.
Speaker 5 (31:48):
All right, I'm gonna do.
Speaker 4 (31:51):
There.
Speaker 8 (31:51):
Okay, there it is. Okay, there's what I want you
to do. Do you have like water or juice anywhere
near you?
Speaker 5 (31:56):
I have spekling?
Speaker 3 (31:57):
What?
Speaker 8 (31:58):
Okay, So this is what I want you to do.
I want you to take a little bit of water
and put it in your mouth, and I want you
to get to the microphone. I want you to say,
will I get an A plus for the professor? Everyone
definitely knows you.
Speaker 5 (32:17):
Okay, I do love this stair. I think it's super fun.
Speaker 7 (32:22):
But the problem is I can't have water near my
board or the microphone because it's all electronic.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
And if I that has happened, and.
Speaker 5 (32:29):
If I spit, I'm going to have an electric issue
and I can't. I can't do that.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Well, you want to have the issue, the network will
be off the air. That'll be the problem.
Speaker 5 (32:36):
But what if I do it away? What if I
do it away from the mic and I just turn
up my mic?
Speaker 8 (32:42):
No, that's gonna have to be true.
Speaker 5 (32:44):
No, No, let's try this. Let's hold on, hold on,
We're gonna try this. Say what about daddy or is
a teacher.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
He's got some experience of this. I don't know if
this is about I don't know.
Speaker 4 (32:57):
Wait, what do I have to say?
Speaker 1 (32:59):
We're in that's Okay, Lorena, everyone quiet on the stage. Here,
here we go. Oh my god, don't drop she dropped something.
Don't here we go. She she's moving the mic over.
She's just standing back from the board. All right, she's
(33:22):
drinking the water. She just what happened?
Speaker 8 (33:31):
What did she?
Speaker 1 (33:31):
She fell down? What happened? She spit out the water?
What happened? There? Sp split the water. I'm sorry she
did not. I guess she didn't win, real talk. She
she made the effort. She tried.
Speaker 8 (33:45):
Come on, babe, I'm still drinking off from.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
All right, all right, all right, you might want to
you might want to hit it went nose. All right,
he's such a loser. He didn't get the golden ticket.
So it worked out that he didn't get the golden ticket. Burns,
I understand why the sparkling water. I like the regular water.
(34:08):
I don't hate the sparkling water, but it seems a
little dude water in my mouth. Rush, Yes, I understand, Yeah,
I understand. I hope she got to the dumb button fasten.
I know that would be unfortunate that she didn't. Alright,
here is the who am I game? We'll find out
in the second coop. If she didn't. Here's the who
am I? Game? Packers quarterback and you can answer this
(34:30):
on x at Ben Malor. Packers quarterback Jordan Love has
been intercepted in each of his first eight games. He
is the first quarterback to do that since me again.
Jordan Love of the Packers has been intercepted in each
of the first eight games of the season he has played,
and he is the first quarterback to do that since me.
(34:54):
Who am I? That is the question, the answer, We'll
get to it. We'll do it next.
Speaker 4 (34:59):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Miller
Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's Bill Miller. We'll get back to
bloviating Benny who I don't know, some idiot they put
in here. I'll get back to him in a second.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
Ben sucks.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
I agree, Bill Miller does not, but he sucks. Be
part of the show all the social media channels there.
We have a special unique mix on the program, things
like Ask Ben, which would be coming up later on
Sports Jeopardy on Friday, all kinds of different content. You
can join the fun on Facebook, Ben Mahler Show on Instagram,
(35:40):
Ben Maller on Fox and now available on Blue Sky.
Whatever that is just type Ben mahller in and let's
get back to that guy, Phil Bill, I'm not I'm
not that guy. Bill. I'm not that guy. Pal, I'm
not that guy. Time now for the who am I? Game?
(36:01):
This is where we pretend to be somebody else? Les
We call it the who am I? Game? A blatant
attempt to get you to listen a little bit longer.
And here it is the who am I Game? Sodam exciting? So. Packers'
quarterback Jordan Love has been intercepted in each of his
first eight games. He is the first quarterback to do
that since me. Again, Packers quarterback Jordan Love has been
(36:24):
intercepted in each of his first eight games. He is
the first quarterback to do that since me. Who am I?
That is the question? And what is the answer? We'll see?
Does anyone know the answer? Ellen degenerate? Guess by Ike
and Roseville, Minnesota, I forty and says I think it's
(36:45):
the The cougars are coming. Cougars are coming? Sup by
Brett Farb. Guess by Rod the Ambassador of Baker's Field.
Who else do we have here? Page Dan Cougars are coming.
Speaker 6 (36:58):
Hold.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
Mister nice guy is going with Scotty Farrell as his answer.
Great classic photo there that you have held on to
over the years, mister nice guy. Adrian the Pokey Pokey
pokey guy going Pete in Pittsburgh as the answer. King
Roy says, Loreina, at least her professor. Who else do
we have page down? Firkduck says straight a student? Lorena?
(37:24):
Were you a straight A student? Loraina?
Speaker 5 (37:26):
You I really was?
Speaker 6 (37:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Okay, very smart. The Bella Twins who are forty one today.
They're wrestlers. The Bellowtwin we they're part of the professional
wrestling rings. O G. Harry Potter, the old gangster Harry
Potter from alf the Alien O Piner. Who else do
we have page down? Elijah Manning guests by Josh that's
his answer. A lot of Loraina answers to various Jackson
(37:52):
from Eke and Roseville, Minnesota. Shane in Des Moines going
with Danny wirlfol Andy from Lion o' Lakes in Minnesota
says mister unlimited is the answer. Matt the Warrior Raider
Tom Brady rose Fan who came back from the other side,
had a near death experience. Brock Osweiler is his answer.
(38:14):
Dante going with Bert Jones Eloy from Compton says it's
Loraina's lucky sparkling water bottle. Is that a lucky water
bottle that.
Speaker 4 (38:23):
You have there?
Speaker 5 (38:23):
Well, some people might think so because it touches my mouth.
Speaker 1 (38:26):
Okay, Al del Greco, there's a good name from pink
Eye Bill. Any relation to Bergie, my old producer who
missed work because he had pink eye as a grown
adult ounce, Yeah, it's unfortunate. I love Bergie. I text
him every year to come to the holiday party. Bergie
missed work because he had pink eye and also was
(38:47):
late to work because he was playing adult kickball, you know,
adult kickball. I'm just saying that's a weird combo. Yeah,
Paul got this right, but he cheated, so that does
not count. Tony Mond Tana from Christopher and Cannes City Robin,
Minnesota says Prince Fielder is the way to go. John
Freeze from rich that's his answer. I can't read that.
(39:12):
A lot of Brett farr answers. A lot of Brett
fav answers. Timer the Cheese Guy from Mickey and State
forty eight Gunner from the Walmart in Minnesota, says Cooper
Rush west Side LBC says Jamis crablegs Winston is the answer.
All right, what say you, Lorena again? Jordan loves starting
(39:33):
the year with eight consecutive games with interceptions, and he's
the first quarterback to do that since me.
Speaker 7 (39:41):
Well, that's a really bad quarterback, ben So Yeah, Clearly
the worst quarterback in history that I could think of
was JaMarcus Russell.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
JaMarcus Russell. Okay, the purple drank fin answer showing your
Rolodex football knowledge. Unfortunately that is incorrect. The correct answer
was Case Keenum back in twenty eighteen, Case Keenum, and
he's the first Packer quarterback since IRV Comp. The great
IRV Comp. You don't remember him, nineteen forty four Earth Comp.
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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.