July 3, 2025 • 40 mins
Ben Maller opens hour 3 of the show reacting to quotes from a new upcoming book from DeMaurice Smith, former head of the NFLPA, where he took shots at Aaron Rodgers, calling him an 'impressive antagonist'. Ben also reacts to Travis Kelce revealing he's eyeing a career in broadcasting once he retires from the NFL. Plus, more fun with a new edition of 'Ask Ben'!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh maha, oh maha, oh mah. We call an audible.
It's our number three. All work and no play in
our number three, as we keep the VU meter moving
on the podcast. So Aaron Rogers has been described as
isolated and dismissive and an impressive antagonist in a new
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book out from the former head of the NFL Players Association.
How much credence do you give? Those words by the
head of the NFLPA back in the day. Also Aaron
Rodgers posting workout photos with Steeler pass catchers from Malibu,
including DK metcalf, Is that something or nothing? And Travis
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Kelcey hinting at a broadcasting career after his NFL retirement.
Does that make it tingle that he's going to go
into broadcasting. We'll get to that as well. Right now here,
it is our number three. It's all in the book.
What's in the book. It's in the book. Look at
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the book. Welcome In the beginning of another hour of
the Ben Mahler Show. We are in the air everywhere
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Show b So our lead this hour is from the bookstore.
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That's right, the bookstore. They still have them, not many,
but they still have them.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
So do you know the name d Marie Smith? You
know who that is? You know that name?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
This guy was the NFL players associations are for almost
a generation, from twenty oh nine to twenty twenty three.
So he just got kicked out of there a few
years ago. But of course, anytime you have a position
of prominence, it's easy to sell a book. So you
go to a publisher and say I got a book.
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So he guided the union through. There was a lockout
that didn't work out so well.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
There were some.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Very public spats between ownership and the union. There was
battles over arbitration lawsuits against the NFL. So De Marie
Smith guided the union through all that. And just to
prove that he did it, he has written a book.
It's not out yet, three hundred and fifty four page
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book called.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Turf Wars is the name of the book.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
And in the book, because the excerpts have gotten out,
he released many of them, I understand. And he took
shots at NFL owners, NFL big shots. The guy that
ran the union for the NFL described the commissioner, Roger
Goodell as.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Cold, dark void.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
He described him, he said of the Cowboys owner, he said,
if Jerry Jones saw a dollar bill on the ground,
I truly believe he'd stop and pick it up, he said.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Smith also called.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
The collective ownership of the NFL the cabal of greedy billionaires.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Now, this guy unloaded on Aaron Rogers. That's right, he
got in the book. What's in the book Aaron Rodgers.
So if you haven't heard about this, yet among other things,
the guy that ran the union, which Aaron Rodgers is
a member of, called Aaron Rodgers the god of cheese,
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said nation who was isolated and dismissive. That was his
description of how Rogers was during the Union get together.
As Rogers protested the seventeenth game being added to the schedule,
he was upset about that. According to the book, Rogers
sat in the back row of the meeting room and
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issued a loud sigh, standing up, and then had a
dramatic exit.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So he sighed and exit. He exited the room an.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Incredible quarterback, the book wrote the de Maurice Smith wrote,
there said incredible quarterback, and then he said impressive antagonist.
Impressive antagonist. So let us discuss the question. Aaron Rodgers,
I just laid it out, described as isolated and dismissive
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and an impressive antagonist in this new book from the
former head of the NFL Players Association.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
How much credence? How much credence do you give this?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
So my views on this, I've got gold medallion Berger,
but not a cheeseburger and Frank Caliendo and we will
combine all of these things together and we are going
to make the malard pizza, which has been on the
menu at a couple of mom and pop shops but
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not in a while, the male pizza, the garlic onion
bell pepper, chef's kiss for mallard pizza. So my first
thought on this the Aaron Rodgers stories, how much credence?
The questions, how much credence do you give this book?
Like with everything written by a publisher, everything that's published,
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you always say, well, they did it to sell books.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
They did sell books.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
But the way this works, if you put something in
there that's not true, you are held to a huge
financial liability. You're gonna have to pay a fair amount
of money if you publish something and it's not true,
you have to vet everything. Now, you could argue this
is a gray area and the guy that ran the
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union is giving his interpretation. Is there anyone that recorded
these interactions?
Speaker 2 (06:52):
That's his opinion. You're allowed to have your opinion. You
can't be sued for your opinion.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
But de Marie Smith calling Aaron Rodgers an impressive antagonist.
Those two words, okay, those two words. Aaron Rodgers is
going to treat that. I'll tell you how he's gonna
treat it. He's gonna treat it like a solid gold medallion.
That is a bragging rights booster. Impressive antagonist is the
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highest compliment you can give a man who stood up
to the NFL Union, who stood up to Roger Goodell
in the NFL, and stood up to the media echo chamber.
So the idea that Aaron Rodgers is somehow upset by that,
I find that hard to believe. Rogers did not play
the game off the field, right, He did not engage,
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and he did not fall into lockstep off the field.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
He didn't do what they wanted him to do, I mean,
go through it. He did not.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Kneel down, he didn't comply, and he never apologized for that.
And so he continues to be the villain. But he's
not upset about that. That's a great badge of honor.
Impressive antagonists tremendous.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Now.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Secondly, staying with the theme here, mister Rogers neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
So social media was a buzz.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
They had a field day why because of photos involving
Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Has Aaron Rodgers finally shown for the first time his wife, No, no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Aaron Rodgers. Instead, there were some photos posted of him
working out. You know how we love workout photos. Oh yeah,
thumbs up to that. So he was working out with
Steeler pass catchers, including DK metcalff. Now, did this happen
at the confluence where the Ohio River is from? No?
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Did this happen somewhere out on a sleepy grass field
in western Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
No.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Did Aaron Rodgers take DK metcalf on and the other receivers.
Did he take them to somewhere I don't know, in
Hawaii or somewhere in the Bahamas and have them work out?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
No, Rogers brought DK metcalf.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
And the other Steeler receivers and tight ends to Malibu, Malibu,
Casa Garcia or Casa Rogers rather in in Malibu.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And the question, so, Aaron Rodgers, these photos.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Have made the rounds of him with the Steeler wide
receivers and all that DK metcalf in Malibu.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Is this something or is this nothing? So I have
noticed this.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
It came under my radar because the social media world,
which is the matrix most of it's not true, going crazy.
The bots are going crazy over this. Oh man, look
at the leadership of Aaron Rodgers. That's team bonding. That's
gonna help the Steelers when they get to the playoffs. Now,
for me, it's it's a burger. It's not a cheeseburger.
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It's a nothing burger. Malibu is not where you find
the road to the super Bowl. Glory road is not
in Malibu. Right, It's where you find influencers if you
need to go to rehab. There's some great rehab clinics
in Malibu, very expensive life coaches.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Right.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Life, they've got that, They've got those those fruit bowl
they got everything you'd possibly want there except the path.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
To a super Bowl. Right. And it's not about chemistry.
That's a bunch of nonsense. It's a photo op. That's
the way it is.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Rod the ambassador of Bakersfield knows that Aaron Rodgers is
a brand. He's always been a brand. And this is
not about building the proper timing with DK Metcalf.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
And the receivers. This is about building engagement on the socials.
Right on the socials.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
They're not preparing, the Steelers are not preparing in Malibu
for a.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
January game in Baltimore or in buff No.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Aaron Rodgers perfecting that that magical you know, that golden
hour where the lighting is perfect, and it's just you
don't even need a filter on Instagram because everything's just perfect.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
That's what's going on all right now?
Speaker 1 (11:14):
A final thought to can Za City, were we go
can Tza City?
Speaker 2 (11:22):
And that is where we mentioned this earlier. We're getting
to a little more here.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Travis Kelce has pretty much come out and said he
is planning on having a broadcasting career. He is eyeing
broadcasting after his NFL career is over when he retires,
which will likely be in the next year or two.
So does that make get tangled? Does it make get
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tangle that Travis Kelce is planning on going into broadcasting.
So my first thought is I'm flattered that someone would
like to do what I do for a living.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Welcome to the club.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
And Travis Kelce has not even retired yet, and I
will guarantee.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
You the media world already treating him like he has.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
And they're they're like, Oh, he's the next Tony Romo
or Tom Brady, greg Olsen, any of those cats. Right
that Kelsey is going to be America's next great pig
skin philosopher.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Just throw a microphone in his face.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Now, that part of it makes me want to puke
in my mouth, right, and it just does. And you
think this is a country of football fans that desperately need,
desperately need, and have been crying out for another ex
jock with a microphone and a mandate to mangle the
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English language in primetime, like Travis Kelcey will.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Now you can think Frank Caliendo, why not hire him?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Because Travis kelce as he put it, not my words,
his words, he said, the reason he thinks he'd be
a good broadcaster is because he's impersonated the broadcasters that
call the games. And he said it would be fun.
He thinks it would be fun to jump in there.
So years ago, there was this guy named Howard Cosell.
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He's long dead, famous sportscaster, and he ranked and.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Raved about what he called the jockocracy.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
This is forty five years ago, and it's only gotten worse.
The jockocracy was like, all you need is a helmet,
that's it. And if you have a helmet on your
resume in your past, and you will have a pulse.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Even then sometimes you don't need a pulse, you're good.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
It's a conga line through the conga. It's a conga
line of former players turned instant analysts just to add water.
Travis Kelsey billed as the rare talent. I'm telling you
what they're already saying. They're already saying, this is a
rare talent. The reason Kelsey's going to get a Tom
Brady like contract is because the belief is he can
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appeal to the crossover audience that the hardcore meat and
potatoes football fan will watch, and then the Taylor Swift crowd,
the swifties that couldn't tell you between a football and
a cantalope, that they'll also watch as long as Kelsey
and Taylor Swift are together, and all you need is
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a little charisma, come up with a catchphrase, and that's it.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
And then I will guarantee you there will be a
bidding war.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
You'll have Amazon and NBC and CBS and ESPN and
Fox and all these people making a run at Travis Kelsey.
He will be the most sought after free agent in
sports media. He probably already is, and he's not even
available yet. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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And here is the malor riddle of the day. So
Lebron James recently wore a blank hat while.
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Golfing in Ohio.
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At least that's the rumor. So the mallor riddle of
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Big Hour. A lot of content, a lot of content.
Here's the malor riddle of the day. So Lebron James
war a blank a hat while a rumor to be
golfing recently in the state of Ohio.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
That is the question.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
What is the answer, Bobby and Florida says, Lebron wore
a ip.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
In pool's hat.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Rod the Ambassador of Bakersfield says.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
He wore a make America Great Again hat. Yeah, I
don't think that'll be happening.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Who else do we have? Scrooge says he wore a
condom on his head. Ferg Dog says a from that
winter wonderland of Fullerton, says the soda drinking hat from
SpongeBob SquarePants.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
You're the one that has that. For Doug, Lebron doesn't
have that.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
You have that alf the alien opiner says, clearly an
alf hat.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
What else?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Yeah, I wonder if Alf actually does have a shrined
alf in his home. Donkey Sausage says a hole in
one hat is the answer. Miguel on Fire says he
was wearing a blank, blank hat.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
I don't think well, I don't think i'd say that
particular word.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Wearing a tow to two from Freddy that's his answer.
Andy in Lionel Lakes, Minnesota checks and he says the
riddle of today Lebron wore a straw top hat while
smoking a blunt on the golf course. Tinfoil hat guessed
by malaprop guy who included a photo.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Who else do we have page down?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Jim from Cleveland says that Lebron wore a hat, saying
I listened to the Ben Maler show.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Well, that would have been good promotion for the show.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Judge Small's hat from Mason in Huntington Beach.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
With that reference. Who else do we have a page down?
Josh in Nebraska says.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Lebron has been wearing an Indiana fever hat because he
wants to go play with Caitlyn Clark. That that is
the answer. Hello Kitty hat guest by Rob in Minnesota.
We'll skip over that one.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Trucker. Joe says it a I Love China.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Hat, A fez from Eke. Now, a lot of people
don't know that the name of that hat, it's the
I think of it as the Shriner's hat, but it
is technically called the fez.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
I believe that is actate. I think that's the accurate name.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
You would know a seasoned veteran like Eke and Rosevillo
Minnesota would know. Luke says A hat about eating crayons,
A Lincoln type stove pipe hat from Mark in Santa Monica.
Burger King paper crown from Fat Daddy. That'd be great
if Lebron's out there golf and he's got that Burger
King crown on top there, that's the way.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
To do do it.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Who else, Matt Jack says, is don't forget my senior
discount ball cap is the answer?
Speaker 2 (20:46):
See anybody else? So you have a lot of answers here,
all right, enough of that, Mary, do you have an answer? Mary?
The riddle of the day.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Lebron James wore a blank hat while rumored to be
golfing in Ohio.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
I hat, says King James, King James, with his own
name on it.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
That's kind of a douche move. No, that is not correct.
The correct answer. Lebron James wore a welcome home hat,
a welcome home hat, leading many to be convinced that
that is Lebron's way of saying that he's going to
the calves. He's letting the world know that he's going
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to be traded to the cavaliers. Let's go to the phones,
and who do we have you?
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Listen you any meenie miney mow. Pick a caller by
their name. Let's say hello to Don in Duluth. What's
going on?
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Don?
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Welcome, nice to meet you.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Longtime listener ten years, first time caller ten years.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Unbelievable. Now what part of d Luth are you in there? Don?
Speaker 3 (21:51):
We are downtown outlooking the water Lake Superior with the
lift bridge in the back.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Beautiful, beautiful.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I was in the luth a couple of years ago,
and I love the mall you have.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
There where you can buy like a at the mall
there in Duluth.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
They have the great indoor mall because you don't want
to go outside in the winter, and they have the
glass right on Lake Superior where you can buy like
a blender, and right behind.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
It's Lake Superior in one of the stores. There's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
So it is a beautiful thing.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Yes, yes, Well, why on this night did you decide
to call down as opposed to all other nights.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Well, I think I need to take the pledge, if
that's possible. I thoroughly enjoy listening to a show, and
I'm very entertaining by all of the callers, every one
of them.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Well, don't say all of the calls. Don't say all
the calls you don't like blind No, you know? All right, Well,
the very kind of you, Don, I will swear you in.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
And this is a very serious thing. This is not
just a dopey radio bit.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
You'll be sworn in to the cyber militia, the mal
Or militia.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
And are you prepared?
Speaker 1 (22:59):
You understand the responsibility Don in Duluth when you take
the Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Oh absolutely, this sounds like a man who's prepared. All right, here,
we can just repeat after me, Don repeat after me.
I state your.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Name, I Don from Daluth.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Do solemnly swear, solemnly swear that I will support and defend.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
That I will support and defend.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
The Ben Mahlor Show, the Ben Malor Show.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Against all enemies foreign and domestic, against.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
All enemies foreign and domestic.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
And that I will obey the orders.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
And that I will obey the honored.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Or orders to peacefully fight back, to peacefully.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Fight back, to peacefully fight.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Back against hostile attacks.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Against hop style attack.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
From rivals, sports, gas bags, and blowhards.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
From all of the blowhard.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
So help me, God, So.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Help me God, and everybody else.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Congratulations Don and Duluth.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
You're sworn in in honor of legends on this show.
The biggest legend Skeeter in Montana. So congratulations Don. You
are now the newest member of the Malor Militia. You've
been sworn in there and I know somewhere the podcast listener,
our buddy Butch from Germany, who used to listen. He
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listens now to the podcast. He's back from Auto Bond Butch.
We used to call him, but he approves as well.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Don call any time now that you're sworn And remember,
if somebody attacks the show or somebody attacks me, we
may activate the Malad Militia, so be prepared. It's cyber warfare, okay, Don.
We are a peaceful organization, but if we must defend
the honor of the show. We will go in accordinate
to the bylaws of the mallor militia.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Do you understand.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
I am honored and I am prepared.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
All right, thank you Don. All right, there he goes
as our buddy Don.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Let's say hello to another legend, helmet Man in southern California. Hello,
helmet man, top of the morning. Well, helmet Man, I
want to say on behalf, I heard the news Justin
and Cincinnati. Who loves giving bad news out Justin? He
lives for bad news. He gave me the bad news.
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And you you let me know as well, Helman Man,
you reached out to me on the social media. My
condolences to your mom, your dear old mom. Right, you
told me she passed away this.
Speaker 6 (25:42):
Week, this week, ninety six years old. She passed away
July of twenty ninth.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
That's on a Sunday, Okay, so just a few days,
just a few days in the past there.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
So my my condolences. That's some great DNA though.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
That's a wonderful ninety six years. That's an amazing run
for your for your mom. That means, helmet Man, that
you'll probably be around for so many more years, right,
because you got your mom's DNA in there, so you're
in good shape.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
I hope so are you gonna.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Hoped?
Speaker 6 (26:15):
I heard you?
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And okay, all right, well what did you think of that? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Yeah, that was nice. Yeah you you the show was
pretty good.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Uh you know, oh, thank you.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
I'll be on there. I'll be on there tomorrow or
later today. Also, I'll be back on there again.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
I'll be listening. Not on this evidence, not on not
in Johnny Cochrane's house, not on this evidence.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
I think if you mean if it does if it
doesn't fit, you must have quit.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I think is what you mean, right? Is that what
you mean?
Speaker 6 (26:53):
Forever? Forever? Purpose? If the perpetrator was I would say,
since old Jay Nate said the perfect crator went out
the back gate, Cato is a dog that he purchased.
That dog wouldn't go out the front gate. Who will
(27:14):
follow Old Simpson out that back gate? What about that
back gate with all at EEDTA on the back gate
and every detective and police officer walking across the Clarence
scene with blood and everything everywhere, And you have seen
that scene during the time.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
By the way, let's time out of time out. If
you're just tuning in. This is our live coverage. Helmet
Man is our OJ Simpson correspondent.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
He is covering the O. J. Simpson trial.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
He's been watching it, giving us updates on this and
he is our really our courtroom reporter. You'd admit that,
helmet Man, Right, you're going really in depth on this,
this OJ trial.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
You're all over it.
Speaker 6 (27:55):
Yeah, it's total. It's totally inconsistent with the prosecution. All
at edt a on that back.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Casey coming man, helmet man, are you still taking hour
long showers?
Speaker 6 (28:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (28:11):
I took one one and a half hours, ninety minute shower.
Helmet Man took ninety minutes. God bless you, helmet Man.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Don't don't go. Don't go thirty minutes, don't go sixty.
You gotta do ninety.
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Stephen helmet Man Henderson recording gold Subston case AM five
to seventy Fox Sports Radio.
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All right, thank you, helmet Man, the Great helmet Man.
He actually gives real name on the air.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Who knew? All right, the Great helmet Let's say let's
go to another leg by.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
The legends are all lined up here Van, the one
legged Bama Man, it says, is next online three.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Hello Van, the one legged Bama Man.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Hello, welcome, Hello Ben a sports blogger. OG's going on?
I gotta get on to you. What did I do
that ill last night? Well, I was on home for
part of it, but that I don't talk about other callers.
I don't care about all that crap. But he was awful.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
Are you talking you're talking about the Leprechaun.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Yeah. Yeah, you couldn't understand what was what was being said.
You were trying to sign something and he was just
you know, yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Well, here's a lot to say. He has a lot
to say, here's a lot to say.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
Yeah, he was excited. I guess Boston.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Uh, yeah, he's you know, outside Boston, he's from the
suburbs out there.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
In that game, he showed up during the daytime trying
to get in.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Well, yeah, he got us in trouble because he showed
up during the day and that, you know, van the
daytime people that they're you know, they're buttoned up people.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
They're they don't understand.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
The people work, the people that work during the day,
they don't understand what we do here at night.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
They have no clue what we do, and they don't
want to hang out with people that call the show.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
So it's uh, it's unfortunate and hopefully it will not
happen again.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
We don't have a lot of people in here. Every
once in a while will invite people in to hang
out with.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Us, but you can't be showing up during the day
because you know it all hell break.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
I get messages from management like what are you doing?
Why is this person here? What's going like? I don't
I don't know. I didn't tell him to show up.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
He didn't know what he was going to show up,
you know, exactly let him know who he was. He
won't let me. And that's kind of funny. Yeah, draving
them all the way out.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
So well, he came out for some other reasons, but
he did. He was in town and he wanted to be.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Here, so yeah, that was cool. Yeah all right, what
uh the Doctor's gonna get a new picture?
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Well, yes, yes, they're gonna get new pictures.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yes, and they might need a new third They might
need a third basement after months. He got hurt last night.
Who depends how long he's gonna be out. They could
trade for a third basement.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Also, they're gonna get logo. Where is he from Seattle? Loo?
Speaker 2 (30:58):
No, I don't even gonna get him there.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
I wouldn't be shocked if the Dodgers went out and
got like Walker Bueller and brought him back, even though
he sucks for the Red six, I could see him
coming back.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
Yeah, I'm surprised that Max Free. I thought he was
watched up when he left the Braze. But a great year.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Yeah, not a good not a good start this week,
but overall he's been been wonderful.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Yeah. Yeah, braids are awful. They're terrible.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Yeah yeah, Well they've mastered the art of players getting hurt.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
Though, they've mastered that, so they've they can.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Yeah, there there's bad Andrew Promin, dogs pitchers and and
regular players. Yeah, but they're not. But you know they've
had a good run. You can't make it every.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Year, the Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Dodgers make it every Yeah, yeah, all right.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
A couple of all right, they do. They do have
a lot of my YouTube. I'll be here tomorrow, by
the way, so if you want to call them, I'll
be here, yeapping away. I'm not taking the day off.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
There there's a great Devi Van, the one legged Bama Man,
a legend. Let's say hello to Blair in Maine. Hello,
Blair in Maine. Pick up, don't pick time the show, Blair,
pick up the phone, don't pick time the show, Sir,
how dare you all right?
Speaker 2 (32:21):
Put him? Hang up on him.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
I'm not gonna call back, and you can pick up
the phone like an adult.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
I'm not doing speaker phone, Blair. I don't care if
you're on the toilet, I'm not. I'm not doing that.
I'm not. No.
Speaker 7 (32:33):
If you I need decent audio, just the bare minimum
the bear. I know you're gonna be a podcaster, Blair.
And if people can't understand, they can't hear what you're saying,
it's not gonna work.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
It's not now. What is going to.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Work is ask Ben. Your questions are answers for the
rest of the hour. For the rest of the hour,
we're gonna have asked Ben. Get those questions in hashtag
ask Ben. We'll get to that and we will do
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Here we go and away we go. It's ask Ben.
Speaker 1 (34:09):
Your questions are our answers. And we passed the mic
over to the producer of the show today, Ian Roddy
Ian hashtag ask man, what questions do we have today?
Speaker 5 (34:24):
All right, so we're gonna start with one from Freddie Rivera.
He says at Ben Maller at Ian Roddy underscore, what
would your last meal be if you were on death row?
Speaker 1 (34:33):
I would have an endless all you can eat buffet
with no time limit.
Speaker 2 (34:37):
And just keep eating and eating and eat. No, I
don't know bout you. The last meal.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
The great thing about life is you never know what
your last meal is going to be, unless you've done
something terribly wrong and then you know what your last
meal is going to be.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
Right, You never know. It's the mystery of life. What
is your last meal going to be?
Speaker 1 (34:53):
That it'd be something I like, you know, cheese, steak,
a burger, you know, the usual staples of my diet.
What about you, Mary? My final last meal? You know
you're in jail. Whatever, What would it be?
Speaker 8 (35:07):
Uh, mozzarella sticks from Sonics.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
That's very specific, not from anywhere else. You believe Sonic
has the best mozzarella sticks?
Speaker 2 (35:17):
Is that accurate?
Speaker 5 (35:18):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (35:19):
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. It's Stockholm syndrome.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
What about the marinara sauce? What about that? You like
the marinaro sauce?
Speaker 5 (35:24):
I ate it before I started the shift?
Speaker 2 (35:27):
Oh you did? Okay? Yeah, I got you all right?
What about you? Ian? What would you go for last meal?
Speaker 5 (35:34):
Probably boring, but I'll keep it with just like a
burger and fries from where though not from anywhere specific?
Maybe like Shakeshack Shakeshack's pretty good?
Speaker 2 (35:43):
Yeah, okay, but you not in and out. Most people
go in and out. Your East Coast guy, so you
go shake Shock.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (35:51):
I mean I went to high school and stuff on
the West coast here, so you know, I'm quite familiar
with in and out. But you know it's all right,
Shakeshack's better in my opinion.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Wow, all right. You know I've been the original Shakeshack.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
My brother lives in New York and it was like
a mom and pop thing in Central Park, and my
brother took me there and I was like, oh, this
is fine whatever.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
And then like a couple years later, they were everywhere. Yeah, Jakeshack.
They just blew up all over the base. Anyway, all right,
what is next year?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
It's it is ask Ben Hashtag asked Ben back to
the inn for the reading of another question.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
What do we have next? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (36:20):
My guy Emmett Douglas here blind Emmett and Olympia. He asks.
My twenty first birthday is Monday, So what should my
first legal drink be?
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Vodka? Vodka? Mary? What do you think vodka? Yeah? I
just drink a bottle? Why not? What do you think, Mary,
young guy?
Speaker 8 (36:38):
I would say Duo Paloma. That was my first drink. Well,
my first legal drink at twenty one. Awesome, your first
legal drink.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
You started drinking when you were much younger, But your
first legal drink. We've all drank when we were younger.
Speaker 5 (36:49):
I think my first drink was Hennessy O little Henny.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
Uh yeah, you real bright about that? All right?
Speaker 1 (36:58):
What about you? Any advice to Emmit? You're not that
much older than Emmett. Any advice you want.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
To give him?
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Here?
Speaker 5 (37:04):
No, I mean, you know, my my twenty first birthday
four years ago, now more than that. So I think
my first drink was a blue moon just a beer.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah, I can't go.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Yeah, mine was beer. Also at a family reunion. My
cousins tried to get me hammered when I was a
kid at a family reunion.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
And yeah, and it's actually because of that.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
I really don't like the taste of alcohol, and I
blame them because I got it. You know, I was
a young, young guy and it just doesn't taste very good.
You gotta mix it with other stuff to make it palatable.
All right, what's next? Let's ask Ben. Your questions are
answers for the rest of the ar. If you like
this segment, we do it every single week at about
this time. If you really like this segment, we have
(37:45):
something that is nothing like this on the Fifth Hour
podcast on Sunday, the mail Bag. And if you hate
all this, we only do it once a week, so
who cares?
Speaker 2 (37:52):
All right? What's next? All right?
Speaker 5 (37:54):
Coming from the King Rory. Do you prefer cats or
dogs if you wanted a pet?
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Well, I am allergic to cats. I love dogs. I'm
a big fan. I've always had dogs in the house
when I was a kid growing up. I've had many,
many dogs because they don't live that long. Big fan
of my current dog, Moxie, the English bulldog. Love mox
Moxie hangs out with me and is the laziest creature
in the world. Like I will get ready for the show,
(38:20):
I'll have a game on, and Moxie will lay there
for literally four hours and not move The only movement
will be her eyeballs when she's looking at me, like
why are you?
Speaker 2 (38:30):
What are you doing? Why are you? Movie? I love dogs,
love dogs? What about you? Married dogs or cats?
Speaker 8 (38:36):
I would say neither, but I guess I'll go a dog.
No none, Like I'm not a dog. What do you
want to fish? I'm not No point of my adulthood
where I understand how much responsibility it is and I
just don't want to do it.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
Oh, I got you.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
Okay, did you when you were growing up? Did you
have a pet when you're growing up?
Speaker 2 (38:57):
We didn't.
Speaker 8 (38:58):
We didn't get our first pet until, like, I think
I was eighteen, and.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
She's still okay, all right, so okay, I got Well
that makes sense?
Speaker 3 (39:06):
All right?
Speaker 2 (39:06):
What about you? Ian?
Speaker 5 (39:07):
Definitely dogs big dog guy or or or orf. Yeah,
and shout out. Willis our guy Andre in Massachusetts is
dog who was going wild last night.
Speaker 1 (39:16):
There is some controversy whether Willis is a real dog.
I think we've determined he is a real dog.
Speaker 5 (39:20):
Did you just have like a soundboard or something?
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Well?
Speaker 1 (39:22):
Originally, well, originally, originally Willis did not really make much noise,
so we thought that might not be a real dog.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
And but now Willis is making more noise. What is
next year? What is next? To ask? Ben? Your questions
are answers? All right?
Speaker 5 (39:35):
Next up comes from Perito, So Ben, great Perrito. Yes, Ben,
if you had to go across country a llah planes,
trains and automobiles, who would you pick? And he actually
gave a little list here of blind Scott Poppy, Sir
scratch Off or Jed who Fled?
Speaker 2 (39:50):
All right, So what was I missed the beginning of
the question? What was the beginning of it?
Speaker 5 (39:53):
If you had to go across the country allah, planes,
trains and automobiles, who would you pick?
Speaker 2 (39:58):
Well, if I wanted to, if I want the party,
I'd go with Jed who Fled? Right.
Speaker 3 (40:02):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (40:03):
If I want to, I guess I would. If I
was in a party mood, i'd go him. If I
wanted to play the lottery in every city, I'd go
with Sir scratch Off. So it just depends on my
mood that day. I would definitely definitely.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
Not go with hollering James. I would not go.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
And I guess that's only for me because you guys
don't really know the callers that well.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
So any quick one, any quick question there? You want
to get in here? Ian?
Speaker 5 (40:27):
Can you parallel park? That comes from King Rory as well.
Speaker 1 (40:29):
Yes, thank God for backup cameras, although I did learn
driving without backup cameras.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
But I am a fine parallel parker.
Speaker 3 (40:36):
Mary.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
What about you? Yes or no?
Speaker 5 (40:38):
But I can parallel park? Now all right?
Speaker 2 (40:39):
What about you?
Speaker 1 (40:40):
Ian?
Speaker 5 (40:40):
I can? I can?
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (40:42):
The backup camera. What a great thing. The backup cameras massive.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
I can't believe I live. I can't believe I lived
in the world without the backup camera. That's wild. I did.
I survived.
Oh maha, oh maha, oh mah. We call an audible.
It's our number three. All work and no play in
our number three, as we keep the VU meter moving
on the podcast. So Aaron Rogers has been described as
isolated and dismissive and an impressive antagonist in a new
(00:23):
book out from the former head of the NFL Players Association.
How much credence do you give? Those words by the
head of the NFLPA back in the day. Also Aaron
Rodgers posting workout photos with Steeler pass catchers from Malibu,
including DK metcalf, Is that something or nothing? And Travis
(00:47):
Kelcey hinting at a broadcasting career after his NFL retirement.
Does that make it tingle that he's going to go
into broadcasting. We'll get to that as well. Right now here,
it is our number three. It's all in the book.
What's in the book. It's in the book. Look at
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the book. Welcome In the beginning of another hour of
the Ben Mahler Show. We are in the air everywhere
co mingling, as we say, listening is believing coast to coast, border,
the border and beyond.
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Show b So our lead this hour is from the bookstore.
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That's right, the bookstore. They still have them, not many,
but they still have them.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
So do you know the name d Marie Smith? You
know who that is? You know that name?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
This guy was the NFL players associations are for almost
a generation, from twenty oh nine to twenty twenty three.
So he just got kicked out of there a few
years ago. But of course, anytime you have a position
of prominence, it's easy to sell a book. So you
go to a publisher and say I got a book.
(02:56):
So he guided the union through. There was a lockout
that didn't work out so well.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
There were some.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Very public spats between ownership and the union. There was
battles over arbitration lawsuits against the NFL. So De Marie
Smith guided the union through all that. And just to
prove that he did it, he has written a book.
It's not out yet, three hundred and fifty four page
(03:23):
book called.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Turf Wars is the name of the book.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
And in the book, because the excerpts have gotten out,
he released many of them, I understand. And he took
shots at NFL owners, NFL big shots. The guy that
ran the union for the NFL described the commissioner, Roger
Goodell as.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Cold, dark void.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
He described him, he said of the Cowboys owner, he said,
if Jerry Jones saw a dollar bill on the ground,
I truly believe he'd stop and pick it up, he said.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Smith also called.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
The collective ownership of the NFL the cabal of greedy billionaires.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Now, this guy unloaded on Aaron Rogers. That's right, he
got in the book. What's in the book Aaron Rodgers.
So if you haven't heard about this, yet among other things,
the guy that ran the union, which Aaron Rodgers is
a member of, called Aaron Rodgers the god of cheese,
(04:31):
said nation who was isolated and dismissive. That was his
description of how Rogers was during the Union get together.
As Rogers protested the seventeenth game being added to the schedule,
he was upset about that. According to the book, Rogers
sat in the back row of the meeting room and
(04:53):
issued a loud sigh, standing up, and then had a
dramatic exit.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
So he sighed and exit. He exited the room an.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Incredible quarterback, the book wrote the de Maurice Smith wrote,
there said incredible quarterback, and then he said impressive antagonist.
Impressive antagonist. So let us discuss the question. Aaron Rodgers,
I just laid it out, described as isolated and dismissive
(05:27):
and an impressive antagonist in this new book from the
former head of the NFL Players Association.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
How much credence? How much credence do you give this?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
So my views on this, I've got gold medallion Berger,
but not a cheeseburger and Frank Caliendo and we will
combine all of these things together and we are going
to make the malard pizza, which has been on the
menu at a couple of mom and pop shops but
(05:59):
not in a while, the male pizza, the garlic onion
bell pepper, chef's kiss for mallard pizza. So my first
thought on this the Aaron Rodgers stories, how much credence?
The questions, how much credence do you give this book?
Like with everything written by a publisher, everything that's published,
(06:21):
you always say, well, they did it to sell books.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
They did sell books.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
But the way this works, if you put something in
there that's not true, you are held to a huge
financial liability. You're gonna have to pay a fair amount
of money if you publish something and it's not true,
you have to vet everything. Now, you could argue this
is a gray area and the guy that ran the
(06:47):
union is giving his interpretation. Is there anyone that recorded
these interactions?
Speaker 2 (06:52):
That's his opinion. You're allowed to have your opinion. You
can't be sued for your opinion.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
But de Marie Smith calling Aaron Rodgers an impressive antagonist.
Those two words, okay, those two words. Aaron Rodgers is
going to treat that. I'll tell you how he's gonna
treat it. He's gonna treat it like a solid gold medallion.
That is a bragging rights booster. Impressive antagonist is the
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highest compliment you can give a man who stood up
to the NFL Union, who stood up to Roger Goodell
in the NFL, and stood up to the media echo chamber.
So the idea that Aaron Rodgers is somehow upset by that,
I find that hard to believe. Rogers did not play
the game off the field, right, He did not engage,
(07:39):
and he did not fall into lockstep off the field.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
He didn't do what they wanted him to do, I mean,
go through it. He did not.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Kneel down, he didn't comply, and he never apologized for that.
And so he continues to be the villain. But he's
not upset about that. That's a great badge of honor.
Impressive antagonists tremendous.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Now.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Secondly, staying with the theme here, mister Rogers neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
So social media was a buzz.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
They had a field day why because of photos involving
Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Has Aaron Rodgers finally shown for the first time his wife, No, no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Aaron Rodgers. Instead, there were some photos posted of him
working out. You know how we love workout photos. Oh yeah,
thumbs up to that. So he was working out with
Steeler pass catchers, including DK metcalff. Now, did this happen
at the confluence where the Ohio River is from? No?
(08:43):
Did this happen somewhere out on a sleepy grass field
in western Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
No.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Did Aaron Rodgers take DK metcalf on and the other receivers.
Did he take them to somewhere I don't know, in
Hawaii or somewhere in the Bahamas and have them work out?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
No, Rogers brought DK metcalf.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
And the other Steeler receivers and tight ends to Malibu, Malibu,
Casa Garcia or Casa Rogers rather in in Malibu.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And the question, so, Aaron Rodgers, these photos.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Have made the rounds of him with the Steeler wide
receivers and all that DK metcalf in Malibu.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Is this something or is this nothing? So I have
noticed this.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
It came under my radar because the social media world,
which is the matrix most of it's not true, going crazy.
The bots are going crazy over this. Oh man, look
at the leadership of Aaron Rodgers. That's team bonding. That's
gonna help the Steelers when they get to the playoffs. Now,
for me, it's it's a burger. It's not a cheeseburger.
(09:53):
It's a nothing burger. Malibu is not where you find
the road to the super Bowl. Glory road is not
in Malibu. Right, It's where you find influencers if you
need to go to rehab. There's some great rehab clinics
in Malibu, very expensive life coaches.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Right.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Life, they've got that, They've got those those fruit bowl
they got everything you'd possibly want there except the path.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
To a super Bowl. Right. And it's not about chemistry.
That's a bunch of nonsense. It's a photo op. That's
the way it is.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Rod the ambassador of Bakersfield knows that Aaron Rodgers is
a brand. He's always been a brand. And this is
not about building the proper timing with DK Metcalf.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
And the receivers. This is about building engagement on the socials.
Right on the socials.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
They're not preparing, the Steelers are not preparing in Malibu
for a.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
January game in Baltimore or in buff No.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Aaron Rodgers perfecting that that magical you know, that golden
hour where the lighting is perfect, and it's just you
don't even need a filter on Instagram because everything's just perfect.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
That's what's going on all right now?
Speaker 1 (11:14):
A final thought to can Za City, were we go
can Tza City?
Speaker 2 (11:22):
And that is where we mentioned this earlier. We're getting
to a little more here.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Travis Kelce has pretty much come out and said he
is planning on having a broadcasting career. He is eyeing
broadcasting after his NFL career is over when he retires,
which will likely be in the next year or two.
So does that make get tangled? Does it make get
(11:46):
tangle that Travis Kelce is planning on going into broadcasting.
So my first thought is I'm flattered that someone would
like to do what I do for a living.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Welcome to the club.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
And Travis Kelce has not even retired yet, and I
will guarantee.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
You the media world already treating him like he has.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
And they're they're like, Oh, he's the next Tony Romo
or Tom Brady, greg Olsen, any of those cats. Right
that Kelsey is going to be America's next great pig
skin philosopher.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Just throw a microphone in his face.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Now, that part of it makes me want to puke
in my mouth, right, and it just does. And you
think this is a country of football fans that desperately need,
desperately need, and have been crying out for another ex
jock with a microphone and a mandate to mangle the
(12:45):
English language in primetime, like Travis Kelcey will.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Now you can think Frank Caliendo, why not hire him?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Because Travis kelce as he put it, not my words,
his words, he said, the reason he thinks he'd be
a good broadcaster is because he's impersonated the broadcasters that
call the games. And he said it would be fun.
He thinks it would be fun to jump in there.
So years ago, there was this guy named Howard Cosell.
(13:14):
He's long dead, famous sportscaster, and he ranked and.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Raved about what he called the jockocracy.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
This is forty five years ago, and it's only gotten worse.
The jockocracy was like, all you need is a helmet,
that's it. And if you have a helmet on your
resume in your past, and you will have a pulse.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Even then sometimes you don't need a pulse, you're good.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
It's a conga line through the conga. It's a conga
line of former players turned instant analysts just to add water.
Travis Kelsey billed as the rare talent. I'm telling you
what they're already saying. They're already saying, this is a
rare talent. The reason Kelsey's going to get a Tom
Brady like contract is because the belief is he can
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appeal to the crossover audience that the hardcore meat and
potatoes football fan will watch, and then the Taylor Swift crowd,
the swifties that couldn't tell you between a football and
a cantalope, that they'll also watch as long as Kelsey
and Taylor Swift are together, and all you need is
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a little charisma, come up with a catchphrase, and that's it.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
And then I will guarantee you there will be a
bidding war.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
You'll have Amazon and NBC and CBS and ESPN and
Fox and all these people making a run at Travis Kelsey.
He will be the most sought after free agent in
sports media. He probably already is, and he's not even
available yet. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
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And here is the malor riddle of the day. So
Lebron James recently wore a blank hat while.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Golfing in Ohio.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
At least that's the rumor. So the mallor riddle of
the day. Lebron James said to have worn a blank
hat while rumored to be golfing in the state of
Ohio recently.
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That is the mallor riddle of the day. The answer,
We'll get to it and we will do it next.
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Time now for the mallor riddle of the day, and
then we'll get back to the calls and ask Ben
Big Hour. A lot of content, a lot of content.
Here's the malor riddle of the day. So Lebron James
war a blank a hat while a rumor to be
golfing recently in the state of Ohio.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
That is the question.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
What is the answer, Bobby and Florida says, Lebron wore
a ip.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
In pool's hat.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Rod the Ambassador of Bakersfield says.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
He wore a make America Great Again hat. Yeah, I
don't think that'll be happening.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Who else do we have? Scrooge says he wore a
condom on his head. Ferg Dog says a from that
winter wonderland of Fullerton, says the soda drinking hat from
SpongeBob SquarePants.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
You're the one that has that. For Doug, Lebron doesn't
have that.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
You have that alf the alien opiner says, clearly an
alf hat.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
What else?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Yeah, I wonder if Alf actually does have a shrined
alf in his home. Donkey Sausage says a hole in
one hat is the answer. Miguel on Fire says he
was wearing a blank, blank hat.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
I don't think well, I don't think i'd say that
particular word.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Wearing a tow to two from Freddy that's his answer.
Andy in Lionel Lakes, Minnesota checks and he says the
riddle of today Lebron wore a straw top hat while
smoking a blunt on the golf course. Tinfoil hat guessed
by malaprop guy who included a photo.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Who else do we have page down?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Jim from Cleveland says that Lebron wore a hat, saying
I listened to the Ben Maler show.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Well, that would have been good promotion for the show.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Judge Small's hat from Mason in Huntington Beach.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
With that reference. Who else do we have a page down?
Josh in Nebraska says.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
Lebron has been wearing an Indiana fever hat because he
wants to go play with Caitlyn Clark. That that is
the answer. Hello Kitty hat guest by Rob in Minnesota.
We'll skip over that one.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Trucker. Joe says it a I Love China.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Hat, A fez from Eke. Now, a lot of people
don't know that the name of that hat, it's the
I think of it as the Shriner's hat, but it
is technically called the fez.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
I believe that is actate. I think that's the accurate name.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
You would know a seasoned veteran like Eke and Rosevillo
Minnesota would know. Luke says A hat about eating crayons,
A Lincoln type stove pipe hat from Mark in Santa Monica.
Burger King paper crown from Fat Daddy. That'd be great
if Lebron's out there golf and he's got that Burger
King crown on top there, that's the way.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
To do do it.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Who else, Matt Jack says, is don't forget my senior
discount ball cap is the answer?
Speaker 2 (20:46):
See anybody else? So you have a lot of answers here,
all right, enough of that, Mary, do you have an answer? Mary?
The riddle of the day.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Lebron James wore a blank hat while rumored to be
golfing in Ohio.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
I hat, says King James, King James, with his own
name on it.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
That's kind of a douche move. No, that is not correct.
The correct answer. Lebron James wore a welcome home hat,
a welcome home hat, leading many to be convinced that
that is Lebron's way of saying that he's going to
the calves. He's letting the world know that he's going
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to be traded to the cavaliers. Let's go to the phones,
and who do we have you?
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Listen you any meenie miney mow. Pick a caller by
their name. Let's say hello to Don in Duluth. What's
going on?
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Don?
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Welcome, nice to meet you.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
Longtime listener ten years, first time caller ten years.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Unbelievable. Now what part of d Luth are you in there? Don?
Speaker 3 (21:51):
We are downtown outlooking the water Lake Superior with the
lift bridge in the back.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Beautiful, beautiful.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
I was in the luth a couple of years ago,
and I love the mall you have.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
There where you can buy like a at the mall
there in Duluth.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
They have the great indoor mall because you don't want
to go outside in the winter, and they have the
glass right on Lake Superior where you can buy like
a blender, and right behind.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
It's Lake Superior in one of the stores. There's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
So it is a beautiful thing.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Yes, yes, Well, why on this night did you decide
to call down as opposed to all other nights.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Well, I think I need to take the pledge, if
that's possible. I thoroughly enjoy listening to a show, and
I'm very entertaining by all of the callers, every one
of them.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Well, don't say all of the calls. Don't say all
the calls you don't like blind No, you know? All right, Well,
the very kind of you, Don, I will swear you in.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
And this is a very serious thing. This is not
just a dopey radio bit.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
You'll be sworn in to the cyber militia, the mal
Or militia.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
And are you prepared?
Speaker 1 (22:59):
You understand the responsibility Don in Duluth when you take
the Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Oh absolutely, this sounds like a man who's prepared. All right, here,
we can just repeat after me, Don repeat after me.
I state your.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Name, I Don from Daluth.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
Do solemnly swear, solemnly swear that I will support and defend.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
That I will support and defend.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
The Ben Mahlor Show, the Ben Malor Show.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
Against all enemies foreign and domestic, against.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
All enemies foreign and domestic.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
And that I will obey the orders.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
And that I will obey the honored.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Or orders to peacefully fight back, to peacefully.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Fight back, to peacefully fight.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Back against hostile attacks.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Against hop style attack.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
From rivals, sports, gas bags, and blowhards.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
From all of the blowhard.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
So help me, God, So.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
Help me God, and everybody else.
Speaker 2 (24:16):
Congratulations Don and Duluth.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
You're sworn in in honor of legends on this show.
The biggest legend Skeeter in Montana. So congratulations Don. You
are now the newest member of the Malor Militia. You've
been sworn in there and I know somewhere the podcast listener,
our buddy Butch from Germany, who used to listen. He
(24:39):
listens now to the podcast. He's back from Auto Bond Butch.
We used to call him, but he approves as well.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Don call any time now that you're sworn And remember,
if somebody attacks the show or somebody attacks me, we
may activate the Malad Militia, so be prepared. It's cyber warfare, okay, Don.
We are a peaceful organization, but if we must defend
the honor of the show. We will go in accordinate
to the bylaws of the mallor militia.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Do you understand.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
I am honored and I am prepared.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
All right, thank you Don. All right, there he goes
as our buddy Don.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Let's say hello to another legend, helmet Man in southern California. Hello,
helmet man, top of the morning. Well, helmet Man, I
want to say on behalf, I heard the news Justin
and Cincinnati. Who loves giving bad news out Justin? He
lives for bad news. He gave me the bad news.
(25:33):
And you you let me know as well, Helman Man,
you reached out to me on the social media. My
condolences to your mom, your dear old mom. Right, you
told me she passed away this.
Speaker 6 (25:42):
Week, this week, ninety six years old. She passed away
July of twenty ninth.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
That's on a Sunday, Okay, so just a few days,
just a few days in the past there.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
So my my condolences. That's some great DNA though.
Speaker 1 (25:56):
That's a wonderful ninety six years. That's an amazing run
for your for your mom. That means, helmet Man, that
you'll probably be around for so many more years, right,
because you got your mom's DNA in there, so you're
in good shape.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
I hope so are you gonna.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Hoped?
Speaker 6 (26:15):
I heard you?
Speaker 2 (26:17):
And okay, all right, well what did you think of that? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Yeah, that was nice. Yeah you you the show was
pretty good.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Uh you know, oh, thank you.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
I'll be on there. I'll be on there tomorrow or
later today. Also, I'll be back on there again.
Speaker 6 (26:36):
I'll be listening. Not on this evidence, not on not
in Johnny Cochrane's house, not on this evidence.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
I think if you mean if it does if it
doesn't fit, you must have quit.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
I think is what you mean, right? Is that what
you mean?
Speaker 6 (26:53):
Forever? Forever? Purpose? If the perpetrator was I would say,
since old Jay Nate said the perfect crator went out
the back gate, Cato is a dog that he purchased.
That dog wouldn't go out the front gate. Who will
(27:14):
follow Old Simpson out that back gate? What about that
back gate with all at EEDTA on the back gate
and every detective and police officer walking across the Clarence
scene with blood and everything everywhere, And you have seen
that scene during the time.
Speaker 1 (27:33):
By the way, let's time out of time out. If
you're just tuning in. This is our live coverage. Helmet
Man is our OJ Simpson correspondent.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
He is covering the O. J. Simpson trial.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
He's been watching it, giving us updates on this and
he is our really our courtroom reporter. You'd admit that,
helmet Man, Right, you're going really in depth on this,
this OJ trial.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
You're all over it.
Speaker 6 (27:55):
Yeah, it's total. It's totally inconsistent with the prosecution. All
at edt a on that back.
Speaker 1 (28:03):
Casey coming man, helmet man, are you still taking hour
long showers?
Speaker 6 (28:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (28:11):
I took one one and a half hours, ninety minute shower.
Helmet Man took ninety minutes. God bless you, helmet Man.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Don't don't go. Don't go thirty minutes, don't go sixty.
You gotta do ninety.
Speaker 6 (28:25):
Stephen helmet Man Henderson recording gold Subston case AM five
to seventy Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
All right, thank you, helmet Man, the Great helmet Man.
He actually gives real name on the air.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Who knew? All right, the Great helmet Let's say let's
go to another leg by.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
The legends are all lined up here Van, the one
legged Bama Man, it says, is next online three.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Hello Van, the one legged Bama Man.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Hello, welcome, Hello Ben a sports blogger. OG's going on?
I gotta get on to you. What did I do
that ill last night? Well, I was on home for
part of it, but that I don't talk about other callers.
I don't care about all that crap. But he was awful.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
Are you talking you're talking about the Leprechaun.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Yeah. Yeah, you couldn't understand what was what was being said.
You were trying to sign something and he was just
you know, yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Well, here's a lot to say. He has a lot
to say, here's a lot to say.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
Yeah, he was excited. I guess Boston.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Uh, yeah, he's you know, outside Boston, he's from the
suburbs out there.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
In that game, he showed up during the daytime trying
to get in.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
Well, yeah, he got us in trouble because he showed
up during the day and that, you know, van the
daytime people that they're you know, they're buttoned up people.
Speaker 2 (29:46):
They're they don't understand.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
The people work, the people that work during the day,
they don't understand what we do here at night.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
They have no clue what we do, and they don't
want to hang out with people that call the show.
Speaker 1 (29:58):
So it's uh, it's unfortunate and hopefully it will not
happen again.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
We don't have a lot of people in here. Every
once in a while will invite people in to hang
out with.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Us, but you can't be showing up during the day
because you know it all hell break.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
I get messages from management like what are you doing?
Why is this person here? What's going like? I don't
I don't know. I didn't tell him to show up.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
He didn't know what he was going to show up,
you know, exactly let him know who he was. He
won't let me. And that's kind of funny. Yeah, draving
them all the way out.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
So well, he came out for some other reasons, but
he did. He was in town and he wanted to be.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
Here, so yeah, that was cool. Yeah all right, what
uh the Doctor's gonna get a new picture?
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Well, yes, yes, they're gonna get new pictures.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yes, and they might need a new third They might
need a third basement after months. He got hurt last night.
Who depends how long he's gonna be out. They could
trade for a third basement.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Also, they're gonna get logo. Where is he from Seattle? Loo?
Speaker 2 (30:58):
No, I don't even gonna get him there.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
I wouldn't be shocked if the Dodgers went out and
got like Walker Bueller and brought him back, even though
he sucks for the Red six, I could see him
coming back.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
Yeah, I'm surprised that Max Free. I thought he was
watched up when he left the Braze. But a great year.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Yeah, not a good not a good start this week,
but overall he's been been wonderful.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Yeah. Yeah, braids are awful. They're terrible.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Yeah yeah, Well they've mastered the art of players getting hurt.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
Though, they've mastered that, so they've they can.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Yeah, there there's bad Andrew Promin, dogs pitchers and and
regular players. Yeah, but they're not. But you know they've
had a good run. You can't make it every.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Year, the Dodgers.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Dodgers make it every Yeah, yeah, all right.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
A couple of all right, they do. They do have
a lot of my YouTube. I'll be here tomorrow, by
the way, so if you want to call them, I'll
be here, yeapping away. I'm not taking the day off.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
There there's a great Devi Van, the one legged Bama Man,
a legend. Let's say hello to Blair in Maine. Hello,
Blair in Maine. Pick up, don't pick time the show, Blair,
pick up the phone, don't pick time the show, Sir,
how dare you all right?
Speaker 2 (32:21):
Put him? Hang up on him.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
I'm not gonna call back, and you can pick up
the phone like an adult.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
I'm not doing speaker phone, Blair. I don't care if
you're on the toilet, I'm not. I'm not doing that.
I'm not. No.
Speaker 7 (32:33):
If you I need decent audio, just the bare minimum
the bear. I know you're gonna be a podcaster, Blair.
And if people can't understand, they can't hear what you're saying,
it's not gonna work.
Speaker 2 (32:46):
It's not now. What is going to.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Work is ask Ben. Your questions are answers for the
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Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific, Bill.
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Speaker 1 (34:09):
Your questions are our answers. And we passed the mic
over to the producer of the show today, Ian Roddy
Ian hashtag ask man, what questions do we have today?
Speaker 5 (34:24):
All right, so we're gonna start with one from Freddie Rivera.
He says at Ben Maller at Ian Roddy underscore, what
would your last meal be if you were on death row?
Speaker 1 (34:33):
I would have an endless all you can eat buffet
with no time limit.
Speaker 2 (34:37):
And just keep eating and eating and eat. No, I
don't know bout you. The last meal.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
The great thing about life is you never know what
your last meal is going to be, unless you've done
something terribly wrong and then you know what your last
meal is going to be.
Speaker 2 (34:49):
Right, You never know. It's the mystery of life. What
is your last meal going to be?
Speaker 1 (34:53):
That it'd be something I like, you know, cheese, steak,
a burger, you know, the usual staples of my diet.
What about you, Mary? My final last meal? You know
you're in jail. Whatever, What would it be?
Speaker 8 (35:07):
Uh, mozzarella sticks from Sonics.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
That's very specific, not from anywhere else. You believe Sonic
has the best mozzarella sticks?
Speaker 2 (35:17):
Is that accurate?
Speaker 5 (35:18):
Uh?
Speaker 8 (35:19):
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. It's Stockholm syndrome.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
What about the marinara sauce? What about that? You like
the marinaro sauce?
Speaker 5 (35:24):
I ate it before I started the shift?
Speaker 2 (35:27):
Oh you did? Okay? Yeah, I got you all right?
What about you? Ian? What would you go for last meal?
Speaker 5 (35:34):
Probably boring, but I'll keep it with just like a
burger and fries from where though not from anywhere specific?
Maybe like Shakeshack Shakeshack's pretty good?
Speaker 2 (35:43):
Yeah, okay, but you not in and out. Most people
go in and out. Your East Coast guy, so you
go shake Shock.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (35:51):
I mean I went to high school and stuff on
the West coast here, so you know, I'm quite familiar
with in and out. But you know it's all right,
Shakeshack's better in my opinion.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Wow, all right. You know I've been the original Shakeshack.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
My brother lives in New York and it was like
a mom and pop thing in Central Park, and my
brother took me there and I was like, oh, this
is fine whatever.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
And then like a couple years later, they were everywhere. Yeah, Jakeshack.
They just blew up all over the base. Anyway, all right,
what is next year?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
It's it is ask Ben Hashtag asked Ben back to
the inn for the reading of another question.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
What do we have next? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (36:20):
My guy Emmett Douglas here blind Emmett and Olympia. He asks.
My twenty first birthday is Monday, So what should my
first legal drink be?
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Vodka? Vodka? Mary? What do you think vodka? Yeah? I
just drink a bottle? Why not? What do you think, Mary,
young guy?
Speaker 8 (36:38):
I would say Duo Paloma. That was my first drink. Well,
my first legal drink at twenty one. Awesome, your first
legal drink.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
You started drinking when you were much younger, But your
first legal drink. We've all drank when we were younger.
Speaker 5 (36:49):
I think my first drink was Hennessy O little Henny.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
Uh yeah, you real bright about that? All right?
Speaker 1 (36:58):
What about you? Any advice to Emmit? You're not that
much older than Emmett. Any advice you want.
Speaker 2 (37:03):
To give him?
Speaker 3 (37:04):
Here?
Speaker 5 (37:04):
No, I mean, you know, my my twenty first birthday
four years ago, now more than that. So I think
my first drink was a blue moon just a beer.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah, I can't go.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
Yeah, mine was beer. Also at a family reunion. My
cousins tried to get me hammered when I was a
kid at a family reunion.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
And yeah, and it's actually because of that.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
I really don't like the taste of alcohol, and I
blame them because I got it. You know, I was
a young, young guy and it just doesn't taste very good.
You gotta mix it with other stuff to make it palatable.
All right, what's next? Let's ask Ben. Your questions are
answers for the rest of the ar. If you like
this segment, we do it every single week at about
this time. If you really like this segment, we have
(37:45):
something that is nothing like this on the Fifth Hour
podcast on Sunday, the mail Bag. And if you hate
all this, we only do it once a week, so
who cares?
Speaker 2 (37:52):
All right? What's next? All right?
Speaker 5 (37:54):
Coming from the King Rory. Do you prefer cats or
dogs if you wanted a pet?
Speaker 1 (37:59):
Well, I am allergic to cats. I love dogs. I'm
a big fan. I've always had dogs in the house
when I was a kid growing up. I've had many,
many dogs because they don't live that long. Big fan
of my current dog, Moxie, the English bulldog. Love mox
Moxie hangs out with me and is the laziest creature
in the world. Like I will get ready for the show,
(38:20):
I'll have a game on, and Moxie will lay there
for literally four hours and not move The only movement
will be her eyeballs when she's looking at me, like
why are you?
Speaker 2 (38:30):
What are you doing? Why are you? Movie? I love dogs,
love dogs? What about you? Married dogs or cats?
Speaker 8 (38:36):
I would say neither, but I guess I'll go a dog.
No none, Like I'm not a dog. What do you
want to fish? I'm not No point of my adulthood
where I understand how much responsibility it is and I
just don't want to do it.
Speaker 2 (38:52):
Oh, I got you.
Speaker 1 (38:53):
Okay, did you when you were growing up? Did you
have a pet when you're growing up?
Speaker 2 (38:57):
We didn't.
Speaker 8 (38:58):
We didn't get our first pet until, like, I think
I was eighteen, and.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
She's still okay, all right, so okay, I got Well
that makes sense?
Speaker 3 (39:06):
All right?
Speaker 2 (39:06):
What about you? Ian?
Speaker 5 (39:07):
Definitely dogs big dog guy or or or orf. Yeah,
and shout out. Willis our guy Andre in Massachusetts is
dog who was going wild last night.
Speaker 1 (39:16):
There is some controversy whether Willis is a real dog.
I think we've determined he is a real dog.
Speaker 5 (39:20):
Did you just have like a soundboard or something?
Speaker 3 (39:22):
Well?
Speaker 1 (39:22):
Originally, well, originally, originally Willis did not really make much noise,
so we thought that might not be a real dog.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
And but now Willis is making more noise. What is
next year? What is next? To ask? Ben? Your questions
are answers? All right?
Speaker 5 (39:35):
Next up comes from Perito, So Ben, great Perrito. Yes, Ben,
if you had to go across country a llah planes,
trains and automobiles, who would you pick? And he actually
gave a little list here of blind Scott Poppy, Sir
scratch Off or Jed who Fled?
Speaker 2 (39:50):
All right, So what was I missed the beginning of
the question? What was the beginning of it?
Speaker 5 (39:53):
If you had to go across the country allah, planes,
trains and automobiles, who would you pick?
Speaker 2 (39:58):
Well, if I wanted to, if I want the party,
I'd go with Jed who Fled? Right.
Speaker 3 (40:02):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (40:03):
If I want to, I guess I would. If I
was in a party mood, i'd go him. If I
wanted to play the lottery in every city, I'd go
with Sir scratch Off. So it just depends on my
mood that day. I would definitely definitely.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
Not go with hollering James. I would not go.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
And I guess that's only for me because you guys
don't really know the callers that well.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
So any quick one, any quick question there? You want
to get in here? Ian?
Speaker 5 (40:27):
Can you parallel park? That comes from King Rory as well.
Speaker 1 (40:29):
Yes, thank God for backup cameras, although I did learn
driving without backup cameras.
Speaker 2 (40:34):
But I am a fine parallel parker.
Speaker 3 (40:36):
Mary.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
What about you? Yes or no?
Speaker 5 (40:38):
But I can parallel park? Now all right?
Speaker 2 (40:39):
What about you?
Speaker 1 (40:40):
Ian?
Speaker 5 (40:40):
I can? I can?
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (40:42):
The backup camera. What a great thing. The backup cameras massive.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
I can't believe I live. I can't believe I lived
in the world without the backup camera. That's wild. I did.
I survived.
Host
Ben Maller
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