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March 11, 2025 16 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What is the what was the CAP's announcement?

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Interesting you're asking what the announcement was where a lot
of people believe you had a hand in it.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Well, thank you, thank you.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
So you didn't craft up at least the press release
or give a statement the no, no, okay.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
But I may have given birth to the idea although
I was emailing back and forth with Monumental yesterday over
a couple of things.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
You think this came together last night?

Speaker 4 (00:25):
Umm?

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Maybe maybe?

Speaker 3 (00:28):
I mean, I could tell you if this was what
I was emailing back and forth about.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
The headline reads Monumental Sports Network announces great Chase coverage plans.
Now do you recall what you discussed with Joe Beninatti
and Ted Leonsis a week or so ago.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
I with Joe B, it was about whether about Joe
B potentially not being able to call the record setting
goal when Alex scores it?

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (00:58):
And then and.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
Then with Ted the same thing.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
I wanted Ted to pay everybody's revenue share so that
that Joe B and whether lockers back or not, but
Alan May would then be on the call for Alex's goal.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
And it was made apparent by Ted that word had
gotten back to him about your conversation with Joe B.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
I believe he went with yeah, thanks for that, Elliott,
you suck.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Oh, Now that's out of context.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
That wasn't it.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
But the press release goes on to say Monumental Sports Network,
the exclusive local broadcast rights holders for the Washington Capitals,
and now today comprehensive coverage plans for the Capitals forward
Alex Ovushkin's chase of the NHL's all time career goals record.
The pursuit, dubbed the Great Chase based on Ovushkin's jersey

(01:54):
number of eight, is heating up, with Ovechkin only eight
goals away from matching the current record of eight hundred
and ninety four goals.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
Right, we're going for nine. We're going for nine.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Though held by Wayne gretzkyame, Monumental is slated to broadcast
fourteen of the Capital's eighteen remaining regular season games this season.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Wait, so Monumental has fourteen of the next eighteen.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
With exclusive national telecast scheduled for the sixth of April,
the tenth, the twelfth, and the fifteenth.

Speaker 3 (02:27):
Right, and it is clearly when the league thinks that
he will break it, as opposed to most of our
listeners who believe it'll be the Saturday that we're in vague.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
In addition to its scheduled live game coverage, through a
cooperation agreement with the league, Monumental will produce its own broadcasts.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, we did it during.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
The four exclusive national telecast games for archival purposes. What
for archival purposes?

Speaker 1 (02:55):
So he's going to call the game, but it won't air.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
They will release the historic halls from Joe Bennati and
other Monumental talent.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
That's not what they meant. Yes, hello, yes, instead of.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
Locker or maybe it would have to be Allan, depending
on Locker's health. They're gonna release you or Boudreau.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Or oh no?

Speaker 3 (03:22):
But or are they saying, here's Joe Bee's call of
the game, and.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Here's what Elliott would say. Here's what Elliott would sound like.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
Oh, it's like in games when you can control the
camera to be the producer of say, like the entrances
in a wrestling video game.

Speaker 3 (03:37):
The wait, so, okay, so they're gonna call the game,
but they're going to call the game for arcaval purposes.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
The four games, yes, which it says would be for
will be released. Yes, So not just don't say archives
like it's going to be stored away somewhere.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
No, but it just won't be live.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Emmy Award winning announcer Joe Benanati with color commentary.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
From multi Emmy multi Emmy Award winning announced Here you.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
Go, Here you go again. I think they're being vague
here because of Craig's health. But it does, say Joe Beninatti,
with color commentary from other recognized talent.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
Hello, Hello, Hello, Sorry you warming up unique New York,
New York.

Speaker 3 (04:31):
Joe Beninatti, Elliott Siegel up here skyview yeap, going left
to right on the radio.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
Well why am i?

Speaker 3 (04:39):
Why am I Walton? Now that I'm not doing a
radio broadcast, I'm doing TV. Hello, it gets better though, yep.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
If Ovechkin records a historical during a national telecast monumental release,
recorded video and audio of Beninatti calling the moment and
other talent reacting to the achievement.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Hello, why are you missus? Doubt fis that's your exclamation?

Speaker 4 (05:05):
No?

Speaker 1 (05:05):
No, but do I get to be like he beats
Wayne's record? Hello?

Speaker 2 (05:10):
Christ call breaking tea. The shirts should already be printing themselves.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
But wait, I don't know but now I'm lost. Now
I'm lost, so Joe By, So they're gonna have I
don't know why they need video of job calling the game,
but that's fine, that's fine.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, Elliott, you should start
warming up if you think this is you.

Speaker 1 (05:35):
Hello.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
The network will then air the full monumental game broadcasts
for fans to enjoy after the national broadcast.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
I like it. I like it. I like being a
part of it.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
We are immensely grateful. Here's where you're gonna have to
add your own quote, because it looks like they only
talk to h to Zach Lyons.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
Oh so they love you know what?

Speaker 2 (06:00):
Oh, as you know they talked to Joby also.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
The oh good, oh what did Joe B say?

Speaker 2 (06:04):
He said, Having the chance to call this exceptional moment
is a profound honor for me and our entire live
game crew.

Speaker 3 (06:11):
You're welcome.

Speaker 2 (06:12):
We have had the pleasures, so you not even are
just asking to somehow be included.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
You'd like someone to acknowledge.

Speaker 2 (06:24):
What you think you've done. We have had the pleasure
of describing and documenting almost all of Alex's goal throughout
his career and capturing his pursuit of the all time
goal scoring record is a privilege few get to experience. True,
we can't wait to share this incredible milestone with our
viewers and celebrate the legacy of an all time great.

Speaker 1 (06:44):
That's awesome. That's a great quote by joe.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
By and Zach said. We are immensely grateful to the
NHL for their collaboration and ensuring that Capital's fans will
hear Alex Ovechkin's historic moments called by job and are
incredible on air talent. Hello, she makes a proper cup

(07:08):
of coffee in a copper pot.

Speaker 1 (07:11):
Never heard that one. That's a long No, that one.

Speaker 3 (07:14):
I mean you have to you really have to graduate
up some levels where I am to get to that.

Speaker 2 (07:18):
Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow letter red that one,
red leather.

Speaker 1 (07:25):
Yellow leather, Yeah, yeah, because then you end up saying
letter yeah. Yeah. I didn't, Yeah, you did. You messed
up a little bit.

Speaker 2 (07:31):
Whatever. I'm not some of the exceptional talents.

Speaker 1 (07:35):
No, I mean, you're not a paid professional alone. Hello. Hello,
By the way, I will have you know.

Speaker 3 (07:46):
I will have you know that the and I don't
know whether it will or it won't, but I did
those two all casts this year. Now I would say
that they were the two highest rated ones, but I
don't even know that they register on the rating scale.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
The no, but one of them, one of them.

Speaker 3 (08:07):
I will tell you this was submitted for an Emmy Award.

Speaker 1 (08:12):
Thank you, thank you, say again.

Speaker 3 (08:17):
Well, I don't know who's listening right now, so I
don't really want.

Speaker 1 (08:20):
To say it was the one with pants the.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
DREAU, but I will tell you this, it's it's the
one with tarik Elbashre.

Speaker 1 (08:28):
Okay, he was on both. But yeah, I know.

Speaker 3 (08:30):
I don't want to say anything to hurt Allen's feelings
or Bruce's feelings or anybody's feelings.

Speaker 2 (08:35):
She makes a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper.

Speaker 3 (08:39):
She they would also like to invite me back to
maybe do a couple more next year. So we're talking
about it. Zach was busy putting this together and then
we'll see.

Speaker 1 (08:51):
We'll see. Now I don't know, I know they submitted it.

Speaker 3 (08:55):
I don't know if we're in the finals for the
UH for the Emmys, but this would ex plain why
when they have other talent that that'll be going on
where I do have a question though, did they talk
to Alan May now the well, there's no guaranteed that
that's what we'll be calling the game with Joe b Hello.

Speaker 2 (09:17):
They actually you know what they do?

Speaker 1 (09:20):
Where will they do?

Speaker 2 (09:21):
Shout out in the press release, Bruce Boudreaux, Bruce is great?
And uh Carl Olsner mm hmm, Brent Johnson, DeVonta Smith,
Helly smoking al cocaine? Mm hmmm are you waiting for

(09:45):
your name?

Speaker 1 (09:46):
Well, I mean I.

Speaker 2 (09:49):
Mean an award winning Alexa Landistor.

Speaker 3 (09:56):
Right, Okay, she's in there as well. She's deserving. I
told you Cocin's job is the one that I want.
I'm not wishing anything on him, but I've always said bacon, al.

Speaker 1 (10:11):
Cokin, Betty White and zombies.

Speaker 3 (10:17):
The But this is exciting for us. People got so like,
as a paid worker, as a paid employee of Monumental,
this this is exciting.

Speaker 1 (10:26):
You are not up and sated. I got paid to
do the old cast? You did?

Speaker 3 (10:31):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (10:32):
Is that because they had to?

Speaker 3 (10:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (10:33):
They had to they had to? Yeah? Wow, Yeah didn't
even cover the parking anyway. It's like Jerry Duty. Hello.

Speaker 2 (10:42):
After we talked with Ben and Nanti, Yes, people got
very vocal, No they should we were get the first
to point out that this could happen.

Speaker 1 (10:52):
No, but but you could hear the pain in Joe B.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
It was but but Joe got to Yes, he got
to talk about it. Yes, in a in a very
safe environment.

Speaker 1 (11:03):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (11:05):
And he told you the best day of his life
personally was when the Caps won the Stanley Cup. But
it was the worst day of his life professionally was
when the Caps won the Stanley Cup.

Speaker 3 (11:18):
Right, and why why can't Joe being both balls? Because
this would be the other one if one alone? Remember
remember during that call how weird it was when he
kept calling me a dick. He was so weird and
loved it, but it was very off brand. That's just

(11:39):
what he got kicked. Once he gets kicked twice. Where
does Joe have to call the game from though.

Speaker 1 (11:49):
They have a whole No, no, no no.

Speaker 3 (11:52):
But what I'm saying is is he going to be
is he going to be in a studio doing it?

Speaker 1 (11:56):
Joe by Joey should be at the game.

Speaker 3 (11:58):
And I understand that they just can't air it, but
he should call it like it's a like, like it's
the game. I don't want Joe B in a studio
and listen. This won't make a lot of sense, but
I bet Joe B would agree with me. Maybe I
should call him that Joe B would agree that. In
order for him to do what he does and to

(12:18):
be in that moment, part of it is having that
crowd there with him and being in the press box,
not sitting in a studio somewhere, even though the again,
I'll speak to my bosses at monumental beautiful facility they build,
but I want Joe B to be in the moment
and not sitting in a recording studio.

Speaker 1 (12:38):
I understand the sense, even if that's on the road.

Speaker 2 (12:41):
But didn't I mean didn't for a full year's worth
of away games, didn't they call games remotely COVID?

Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yeah? I know, yeah, but I don't want to do that.
We don't have to. We don't have COVID anymore.

Speaker 3 (12:54):
I remember we just hit five years the uh no.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
So that's why I want him to be able to
do it in his regular setting. It's got to sound
like Joe.

Speaker 2 (13:03):
But now you realize they gave you second row and
you're asking for front row seats.

Speaker 1 (13:09):
That is actually what I'm doing in real life.

Speaker 2 (13:16):
The metaphor was really on the nose.

Speaker 3 (13:20):
Yes, no, I know, but but listen, if it's not
like but who has him TNT? So it's not like
it's not like they're gonna be set up in Joe
B's studio at Capitol one or on the road.

Speaker 1 (13:36):
There's more than one broadcast place.

Speaker 2 (13:39):
Three of the four games are away games.

Speaker 3 (13:41):
Yeah, Joe should go, Joe B should go. Everybody who's
a part of that should go. Joe B, Alan, Bruce, Brent, Cocin, Seagull,
we should all go.

Speaker 2 (13:57):
What about Elvis here?

Speaker 1 (13:58):
Targs should definitely go.

Speaker 3 (14:00):
Although you watch, Tark's gonna weasel his way in because
he does stuff for TNT.

Speaker 1 (14:04):
He's gonna weasel his way into that. Well, you know what, Tark,
pick where you want to be? Where am i? Gun
line one.

Speaker 2 (14:13):
The congratulations, by the way, are now flooding in.

Speaker 1 (14:16):
Thank you, thank you, Hi elliot in the morning.

Speaker 3 (14:23):
My idea tell you, Yes, Hi, who's this?

Speaker 4 (14:27):
This is Chris from Centerville. Yes, I got one that's
right on your level. She stood on the balcony inexplicably
mimicking him, hiccupping, and amicably welcoming him in.

Speaker 1 (14:42):
Dude, I couldn't read that.

Speaker 4 (14:46):
It's perfect Tyler will help you.

Speaker 1 (14:49):
All right, very good, Thank you. Tom thinks Sajak should
be invited. Oh, the son of a bitch.

Speaker 3 (14:54):
I swear to God, I swear to god. How many
games has he been at for as of late zero?
How many Emmys is he up for? Not on that?

Speaker 1 (15:05):
Well, No, that's different. That's different. I'm talking local. I'm
talking local.

Speaker 3 (15:17):
By the way, she stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him, hiccupping,
and amicably welcoming him in Yes, again, she stood on
the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him, hiccupping, and amicably welcoming him
in reality.

Speaker 1 (15:36):
Oh, I got a doc.

Speaker 3 (15:38):
Doc Johnson's Liquid Hard or whatever it's called.

Speaker 2 (15:42):
It's a it's an al cocine secret wet mouth spray
aliat if you're ever near smoking owl and it's there's
a little whiff of watermelon.

Speaker 1 (16:02):
Well, that's awesome. I'm glad.

Speaker 3 (16:03):
I'm happy for joeb I'm happy for Joe B. I'm
happy for I'm happy for all my monumental coworkers, Joe
B and Alexa and Brent and everybody, everybody, myself, Bruce. Yeah,
but we should be able to go to the away
games in case it happens there. Home games, I prefer
not to be in that booth. Gotta sit front row

(16:26):
while I can
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