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right now that it does. We are in the air everywhere, spanning the globe through the power of podcasting, because four hours are not enough. They are not enough. Eight days a week, eight days a week, we are here. This is our one of my favorite podcast that we do. I love the mail Bag. I love the mail Bag. It's Sunday Mailbag Day. You got football going on. I also noticed gascon that this podcast is evergreen. Dad. We have people that listen to this on Monday and Tuesday.

It is timeless. This podcast, the Mailbag podcast, is timeless. No, I'd like to have a proper okay, alright, alright, coming in a man who sabotaged a network radio show on four radio stations Sirius XM Radio and also American Forces Network and one man butchered that entire show. Give it up for David gascon West of the four five. I'm here. I'm happy and uh, you know, for those that have a problem with a crowd introducing me along with Ben, uh, you can go kiss my ass. Such a dick, you're

such a gig. I am happy to report like you out with the Evergreen podcast on Sundays is that I had a couple of people acknowledge your your pull question from Thursday morning. Um, one guy said there was a plus a ten effort by me producing your show. I think the podcast numbers reflect that, and he said it was a ten out of seven thousand. You gotta ten out of that. Take the ten, no matter what. Listen, A ten in a ten in St. Louis, Missouri, is is a twenty in California. I'll take whatever I can

get these days. That's fine. Yeah, all right, Well, I mean we can be s here. I mean you want to hit on here, you want me to just go right to But don't forget um, you mentioned this yesterday the YouTube channel Benny Versus the Penny. Every week we do this on Friday's. Uh, we don't have a set set time just yet, but if you subscribe to the channel and you get a notification or reminder that you

can get in line with us. Yeah, and and we don't expect you to adjust your entire schedule for a YouTube show, but if you happen to be available at that time, if you've got nothing going on, and a lot of us don't because of the pandemic, you know, just give it a give it a watch, give it a thumbs up. And of course Gascon would like if you're a woman to especially watch that because he doesn't care about the dudes. He's only worried about the the

more of the merrier. But ladies, you can watch it live or on demand, So if you missed the live broadcast of it, you can watch it on demand as soon as it becomes Ye, and you've added that the last couple of weeks there you put each game. So if you just want to hear one game, like you know, the Monday Night game for example, if you you want to hear that or whatever, you can just click ahead and click on the link. You know that it's time coded there, right, Yeah, especially, I mean because you had

it last week. We had two money Night games, So yeah, we're gonna pushed through that and get to the money Night gave, which you kind of got fucked on because you cap that game with Cam Newton. I know I did. I did. I would not have picked the Patriots with Bryan Horrier. Are you kidding me? You are you freaking kidding me? Yeah, I got screwed on that. It I had. I had a couple of more bad beats. It's just not been the last couple of weeks have been shipped. But I I will be better. I will live to

bet another day. Which is even worse because New England played good enough not only to cover, but to win

that game. I thought I was okay. It was a six to three game with a minute to go in the four in the third quarter of the game, or of the game, and with Brian Hoyer throwing slop and yet the Patriots were still blow for blow right there with the Not only did he throw a bad pick, but in the first half Mahomes should have been picked off he wasn't, and Brian Horger took a sack before the end of the second quarter, and they had no time outs remaining, so it would have been six six

Hatty had enough. You know, well, you gotta remind me of that gift guy, And I'm moving on my I don't want to I don't want to deal with it. We've got to talk about the upstand the downs. We can't just all down it ups. I'm a positive guy. I'm Benny Bryan Side, and I'm not a negative person. I'm a positive person. This is we're living in the gutter right now. Oh that's true. He's funny the not

to get carried away on politics. But I hear these election commercial living in California, and I hear anytime there's a tell on how I'm gonna vote. Any time on these propositions in California, they say Governor Newsom wants you to vote this way. Okay, I'm voting the other way. I don't even look at it. As long as I hear these commercials on the radio. Guy have a Newsome recommends you vote this way, Okay, I'm I'm voting the other way. Do you get anything that scumbag supports? I

do not support what it. Do you get the text messages about the propositions? No, I haven't been getting those get the text messages on those like what do you support? We got one the other dance said, do you support reparations? Oh? Is that right? Yes? I think everyone should get reparation. How are they gonna find the money for that, guest guy? Where are they gonna they? Are they money trees? Maybe there's money trees and Sequoia is buried in the Sequoia somewhere.

What is the uh? What's the genetics testing that you did? Or was it your your wife that did the d n A, Well she signed up for one of those things. Yeah, maybe they do the reparations through that. You have to find out what you are. Well, I mean many people were gonna go far enough back the Jewish people were slaves. So maybe I can get some money out of the Romans or something like that. I can get some money, you know, set my people free, you know, because that

bloodlines right? Why note you go back far enough? Send an invoice to the Germans for that one. Oh that's right, I should send it to Yeah. All right, let's get some questions before we get in trouble here, guests gone, Yes, all right, here are some questions. Let's get this party starry. We have some email questions. Glenn in Chicago rights and he says, how many one night stands as Gagon had. I'll set the over under it four and a half. I'm gonna take the over on that. I my man

gets gone back in the day. I've heard stories now, I don't know if they're true or not. A lot of guys like to tell fish stories, but I've heard you were very prolific back in the day, guest Gun, You've had some some enjoyment with the ladies. Yeah, i'd be correct for four and a half as a decent bar, but it did go over unfortunately. We at the ten bar under ten, under ten, but really close to ten, and you'd like to get to ten. You'd be open contact guest goun ladies if you'd like to help him

increase his numbers there. Uh, and then Glenn says more Regina drops who the fund is? Regina? Thanks for listening to the show, guest Gun. Regina is a decorated member of the Mallar Militia. She's in Minnesota. We call her spin cycle Regina, and I love Regina. She has nothing to say ever when she calls up. She just likes the giggle and she talks about sitting on a washing machine because of the spin cycle. It sounds hot. Yeah, it's wonderful. Does she have her teeth? I've I've never

met her. I'm she's just a beautiful woman. I don't know what's going on with her, Chris. Chris writes in and he says, Chris and Merry Coker ole America. Ioway says near Davenport, home of the Quad City River Bandits gonna have to get a hat from the Quad City River manage to add to my collection of of hats. I am the mad Hatter of sports chatter. Sadly, he says an affiliate of the Astros. Well screw that, I

don't want a hat from the Astros affiliate. Uh And Chris wrights in from ioways, Just, David, when is the last time you and Pops talked O J? And any memory stand out? Did you watch the trial? There you go. He wants all O J all the time, guest, gun you and the pops bring that up. Obviously, your dad became internationally famous shuring the O J trial. He was on every TV station in the freaking world. That's pretty nuts.

I didn't watch the trial, but We talked about it on on occasion, especially because of the the ESPN documentary that came out a couple of years ago. He was part of that and they wanna I think it was an Emmy They Want Bests documentary. I think it was the last year that they allowed them to in or to be nominated for an Emmy based on documentaries. But he was a part of that and kind of twisted

because he was a part of that case. And I have a really good friend that I went to elementary and high school with that worked for the d a's office in Las Vegas, and when O J was convicted, he was a part of that case. And so I remember him calling me and said, Hey, I did something your dad couldn't do. Let's put Wow. I'm got a good laugh out of it. That's funny. Uh. Chris also says for me, says, Ben, where were you during the chase? And did you watch draw? Well, I have a great O. J.

Chase story. I was going to Saddleback College and I was interning at the mighty six nineties San Diego, but I was going to the college radio station. I was living in you know, I grew up in Orange County, I was in Irvine and I got on the freeway to go south to Mission Viejo where Saddleback College, and to go to college radio station. And I saw the tail end although I didn't know it at the time.

Gascunt I did not know it at the time, and then I put two and two together when I when I got down to the college radio station, everyone was watching on the TV that only had one little TV. I had seen the caravan O J had got. I guess he had tried to go to the cemetery where Nicole. Uh like it wasn't he he was there. Nicole was at the cemetery or something like that, you know, her body right in the Guna Hills. It was in the

Guna Hills. Anyway, he was driving up the freeway and I saw like like four or five six police cars and I just like some kind of white car and even really wreck. I didn't think anything of it. I was like, all right, there's a police chase. And then I was like, oh my god, that was like the beginning. That was the early part of the police chase, but the slow speed chase. And I saw I saw the tail in it, and in retrospect, I was like, damn it, I wish I had known. You know, you didn't know.

I mean, you see in l A. We see in Orange candemy police chases all the time. You don't think anything of it because it happened so often. But yeah, I watched the trial. In fact, by the time the trial came around, I was I was working as a reporter Dodger Stadium covering the Dodgers and the team's in l A for the Mighty six ninety by that time. And I remember going in through downtown to get to

Dodger Stadium. You go by the downtown the court building there, and there were there was tense not TEN City, it was TV city with all the satellite trucks from around the world. He's massive satellite trucks to broadcast the o J trial. It was insane. He was like they said, it was like the Olympics. And and one of my my buddy's Norm. I don't know if you've met Norm, Norm Peters. He covered the o J trial in the courtroom.

He had a seat in the courtroom and Norm would cover the trial during the day and then he'd come out to the stadium in the press box and he would sitting next to me, and he would regale me with stories and he'd tell us. You know, everyone would wanted to norm what happened when the O J trial today? And uh and I also remember the other thing I remember about that is at a Dodger game. Uh. It was. It was a night game. I needed were playing like

the Cardinals or something like that. I forget who they're playing, but there were Judge Edo and personators that showed up and everyone went nuts. There were these two like Asian dudes that were addressed like Judge Eto and they had the full robe on the whole day. It was hilarious. That's good man. Yeah, remember that that was? That was that one stood out. Could you imagine if we had social media back then? Oh my god, I don't know how. I don't know how it could have been bigger, though,

you know, I don't like that was so big. I think it was almost bigger because we didn't have so you know what I mean, Like everyone had to go to a TV to watch it. And yeah, that was I was nuts, man, And you were probably like fifty by then, right, you know. I was a teenager. I remember because I would not see my dad for days.

He would never be. I mean, don't forget that was a hot time in l A. Because you had a few years before that with the l A Riots, Yes in l A, the Michael Jackson case, and then with the North Hollywood shoot out too. There was a lot of things going down in l A during that time. Yeah. Well it seems like there's always crazy things going on here, but yeah, that was a was a spicy, hot period of of time for sure. Um Let's see here. Tammy in Montana writes it, what are your fan girls there?

And she says, Ben, the militia love the militia, women love David except for Rachel Lamontabello. She is your stocker. There you go, and good news. Tammy is supporting the Benny Versus the Penny podcast. She said she has been somewhat active there on that fanatic link, so so thank you for that. Pretty there you go. She likes the interviews we do in the fifth hour as well, so yeah, it's good. She enjoys the beards, so yeah, I'm thinking about doing the old shave of the head type thing.

I go fully bald, but go let happen, man, let it happen, Just let it happen. You gotta do it, man, you gotta do it. I gotta take the joke. I don't think I have a good ball, but I think I could do it. I could like a one buzz cutter go all the way. How about how about this how the wife pick your head, just put shaving cream all over your head and have her bickett that you're there? Man, I'm not quite ready for you got the grand mared and if you don't wait, listen, you wear hats the

majority of the time. Anyway, I know that's a good point. And yeah, you're not. I told her. I said, like, I did tell her that this And why why the funk am I going to the barber? I got nothing up top? I got some on the side, But like, what's the point. I'm every time I go to the barber. One time it's twenty bucks, one time it's twenty five, next time it's thirty. They just like they just pull out of the sky what price they want to charge you? And I'm like, the price has gone up and my

hair has gotten lower. So like it doesn't make any sense. Class you're gonna pay five bucks for a tip? But this is a win win for you, all right, I'm a pilot, right, Yes, he finally got in, he writes and says, other than flying, I'm a graduate of the culinary arts as well. Much like Gordon Ramsey and Wolfgang Punk, their name is the only connection to the establishment. The time has come for the Mallard militia to acknowledge that the executive chef of The Fifth Hour with Ben Mallory

is none other than David Gascon. What. Yeah, that's good. You've got to be I'm a pilot. You've got to be this guy. And no, no one loves you like he does and Tammian Montana uh. He says he has worked his media magic to elevate the Fifth Hour from his presence, from his peasant like slop to Michelin star rated ratio gold. It started out as a rubbery Mallard Fowler chicken sandwich with warm beer. David Gascon has turned into a wagon taba Hawks steak, complete with the accoutrema

and a nice Cabernet. It's gorgeous, sounds terrible. I love the wording on that. I hope he actually stop put that He's not done. There's more here. Oh, thank keep going.

This is like the never ending story here David Gascon has resonated with listeners west of the four oh five and across the world who possessed the vocabulary that the regular mallard of shell Lack no longer will be subjected, he says, be subjected to the drunken slurring of beer drinking Brian half pint, real talk and weed man, hippie, I remember listening way back in the day, my ears bleeding from Darryl and Knoxville, Hotel Ryan, mad Clown and

the Seven Toad Flexus. Well, that's good knowledge. I'm a pilot. You have been listening a long time because Hotel Ryan's like he's all grown up now he's got a family. I don't know what happened to Darryl and Knoxville. He calls every once in a while. The Mad Clown also grew up and got a family. Flexus hasn't grown up and still calls the show what was once and audience barely fit for Ben and maybe Arnie Spanier has now become a respectable, uh coveted podcast. Oh this is full

of bullshit, is what this is? Man? Oh man, I can smell the bullshit I sound. It sounds like we've taken this podcast from blue collar to white collar and I'm not done. I'm not done, which leads to my next question. My question says, I'm a pilot. Well, Ben, finally anow is that David Gascon is the brains by the operation. I'm a pilot. You obviously said this before his producing work on the show. Uh, you know have a plethora, he says, of media outlets that you never

could have fathomed before. Instagram, cameo, YouTube. Anybody can get Instagram account. I'm a pilot. You don't even have to be alive to have an Instagram account. Cameo, that's hard to get on YouTube? I could. Anybody can get on YouTube, he says, all because of the talented David Gascon. Wow, this guy is just blown smoke up. You took his man. He acknowledges the effort, the hustle, the motivation, the inspiration

that I provide. I appreciate that he took all right, I don't I don't even want to read that right, This is so, this is disgusting. I want to take a shower, and he says, respectfully, I'm a pilot. Flying hiatus is over. Oh he's back at work. My trip from I'm a pilot. Where where can we go? We could like New Zealand. That'd be a fun trip. Man, Europe. Could you survive eighteen hours? Though it depends on what kind of playing animal pilots? Guy, that's the seven seventy

seven seven. I would imagine I'd take a sleeping fill like it couldn't be that bad, right, yeah? He yeah, we need uh well, he flies all over the world. That's the best part about it. Can do a little first class. And Glenn in Chicago sent this in on the email. We already used. One of Glen's questions. He says, what do you think of Dan McNeil from the Score in Chicago here getting fired for what he tweeted about the Sideline reporters outfit. Uh, it's just, you know, it's

just the sign of the times. I mean, you can't you can't say anything on Twitter that's even mildly offensive to be I didn't think that's a fireball offense, but on Twitter it is. So I mean, you gotta you think these are the times we're in. You know, It's not like when we did the podcast with Arnie, Me and Arnie back in the day. You could you know, say anything you want it and didn't matter. And I mean I remember some of the stuff we used to do and it was insane and we did it. Now

we'd be out of work, but times were different. Now everyone's uh, they get their paintings and a wat over something. So that's the way it is, Jesson. Any thoughts you have on that, No, I think it's what we mentioned earlier. Just you get nostalgic about it, and then it makes the stories that much better. But you get a little bitter because you can't do some of that ship anymore. I appreciate it, like you can't even question any person's outfit.

He was on television, but I alwayso loved remember the column Whitlock rode a couple of weeks ago about I forget who it was, but she got her job because of her looks, like, and people got so upset. They were like so offended by that. But like in television, isn't that why you get higher? I mean that is it might not be the only thing, but it's a variable because people have to look at you. So why is that offensive? I don't understand how people were like, oh,

I can't believe you would say that that's sexist. I don't see a lot of ugly women on television. There are a few of them, but I don't see a lot of ugly women. And where are the ugly women on TV? Point them out to me? I don't want to do that. But Joe Bucks said it in his book, his book Lucky Bastard. He said he had multiple executive producers that said, hey, you need to lose weight. Nobody

wants to look at a fat guy on TV. Oh yeah, yeah, Like we used to crack jokes because the only real fat guy that I know on TV in the Bay Area. You know who I'm talking about there is that um uh not Bernie um yeah. Ray Raddo, Yeah, I love Ray rad I've only met Ray Raddo like one time. He has no idea who I am, but I Ray Raddo was a hero. This guy's had a longer. I don't if he's still on TV in the Bear but he was on TV for like fifteen years and he is like the last guy you would think would be

on TV. And it's good, gives it gives hope for people like me. But when I when I was on TV for a year at NBC, I was lean and mean. Man. I I didn't put me on when I was fat. I didn't have a TV job when I was fat. I lost waiting worked out all right. Carlos in Houston writes in He says, who was y'all's favorite superhero growing up? Also, Ben, you should be happy the Astros are embracing being the heels of baseball. It's great. I agree with you on that.

Like Carlos care as a punk and he loves being a punk, and the Astros are in denial and all this stuff. I do think it's good that they are embracing. I will I will agree with you on that favorite superstar. I loved the cartoons. I was a big fan. I had my Batman period I used to love. I like the Batman cartoon. I also like the Batman TV show, the original with Bruce Wayne uh and and and uh what was the guy's name? The other guy at Adam West who played Bruce Wayne, and then um Bert something

who was Robin. Yeah, that was good. I like that spider Man, spider Man, spider Man. Uh yeah, I went through the all the superheroes. I liked Fat Albert at one point that was a hero. Mine. I was a kid. I felt so sad when when Christopher Reeve was paralyzed. Oh that did suck man. I thought he was the greatest Superman. I thought he was the coolest Superman. Yeah, yeah,

my favorite was what I forget. I think it was Superman too, when he got sick and he started flicking those peanuts at the the alcohol bottles in the bar. Just think if he hadn't had his little accident with the horse, he probably would have made seven or eight more of those movies, right, conceivably he could have. It was great man, all right, Kentucky j and Scottsville, Kentucky writes in he says, not much of a mind boggling question, Kentucky, Tay and I got the goods we promised you mentioned

it last fifth hour? What address do we send it to us? Should we give out the address now? Gascon? Is it? Yeah? Any where you are hold on sick. It's been so long since I've been there. I get a friend the because I don't know when for it is anymore? Right, So I do well, I think it's the same. Yeah, I don't know the mail right. I used to know where the mail room was. I don't even know where the mail room is. They just dropped

the mail off. I send it to care of the Ben Mallor Show, one five to six Ventura Boulevard, Sweet four hundred Sherman Oaks, California, nine four oh three. And that's all you have to do. And let me know though if you do. And then and that's not just for you guys, Kentucky Jay and Kentucky Day, but for anybody. If you send something to the show, if you want to, you know, trick kind some people do and it's great, we love it. It's nice. Um, But just send it

to that address and let us know though. So I'll go in and I'll slum and hang out with the masses and pick it up. So again in the address one Sventura Boulevard, Sweet four hundred Sherman Oaks, California, right there at the corner of Ventura. And so Paulvita oh three, and you know, we will be very grateful from that little care package. That'll be good, right if he if, if, and when he does send that, that would be a perfect reason for you to barbecue that stay you are

because you have one with the other. That's a perfect compliment all right, John and San Diego says, what is it we're doing? The mail back? John in San Diego says, what's your take on the Chargers for getting their San Diego roots and backing your Dodgers given the bull track record of no titles? Are you worried about a jinx? Well you listen, John. You know I started in radio and San Diego and I have a great affinity for

the San Diego Charger fan. I used to spend time at that Jack Murphy Stadium watching the Padres, even though I'm a blood enemy now the Padres because they played the Dodgers this week. But I I have a place in my heart for San Diego sports, and I think it sucks the Chargers left. They should have been in San Diego. It's a joke. I hold out hope that at some point people will come to their senses and the Charges will go back to San Diego and they'll

build the stadium. There is a path to go back, although I don't know if the Charger fans would take them back in San Diego. It's one, It's amazing, it's one of the great things. I talked to some people that work for the Chargers they were convinced that you San Diego fans, we're gonna make the drive up to l A. And they while they built an l A fan base, while they cultivated in an l A fan base, they'd have the San Diego Charger fan that would take

busses up to go watch and play. And instead it was busses of Chiefs fans, Raider fans, Bronco fans, and every other team they played, and it was like another road game. Was crazy. I don't understand how people thought, yeah, the Chargers or San Diego negatives would be back in those Chargers. I would I'd be like, fuck you all the way up the fire for the no and that's what you should do. I agree. I agree with that. And it's think about if the NFL had played this

right now. I liked that Vegas as a team, and it's great for Vegas, good for Vegas and the Raiders, and the town's embraced it. But you know how meny Raider fans are in l A. How the Raiders would have done if they they would have trumped the Rams. And the Rams have a good following, but the Raider fans insane. They have sold out every game not that anyone's buying tickets these it's what we're wonderful. Alright, I'm

Matt in Goff's Town, New Hampshire, right since his bed. Well, what are the Detroit Lions going to do with this mess of queen and Patricia? Is there any point of firing them now? The Lions can't even tank for Trevor because we already suck signed hopeless in New Hampshire or hopeless in uh yeah, and Patricia is gonna get fired. He'll be back with Bill Belichick as one of the assistants with the Patriots next year and they'll bring in some other dope. I love the fact that stat I

gave on the show. I hope you heard it, Matt, that the Lions first pick the defensive back from Ohio State. Was it a kuda? I believe it wasn't ranked a hundred and third out of a hundred and three defensive backs according to Pro Football Focus, the guy was the number three pick. He's the worst defensive back the first quarter of the season in the then entire NFL. Unbelievable. All right, a bear in Rochester, New York. Right, since it's bad? What is the deal with Marcel, as he

calls himself. I cannot believe his diet and the way he thinks he is an actual talent. But who eats that crap? For real? He isn't really eating like that. It's a bit right, No, no, no, bear listen. I feel bad for Marcella. One of the reasons I like putting Marcel on it because we not that I'm patting myself on the back, gust count, but I feel like we are providing him hope. Marcella lives in the projects in Brooklyn, and uh, you know, he's got some issues

he's got and we all have issues. He's got some issues that we don't have. And uh, from what I understand, I don't know a lot about Marcel's situation. I know a little bit more than I say on the air, and I won't say things as his personal business, and I don't want to give out his personal business. But he's got a few stepbacks that he's had, and essentially

he's by himself all the time. So the only friend he's got is the radio, and he likes calling into radio shows because it makes him feel like he's got a connection with outside the projects in Brooklyn. He doesn't even really leave. It's not safe where he lives in Brooklyn. He doesn't leave very often. And essentially, from what I understand, some of his relatives will drop off from your food and they'll go on a Monday and they'll drop off oodles and noodles or hot dogs or fries or pizza,

and that's it. And he's whenever they whatever the family gives him, that's what he eats. And unfortunately, a lot of the stuff that they give him is you know, stuff that's a forty nine cent pack of noodles. Uh, that's just kind of out goes. So it sucks, but that's his diet, and you know it's It started because he was calling me on the Boston Show and he was just terrible, and I felt bad because he had nothing to say, and I was like, all right, So I was just trying to make some small talk and

I was like, Hey, what's you have for dinner? And then Marcel said I had had some Chef BOYRD. So then I did this whole rant. I this bit. I goes, oh, you know that, and you go to the finest restaurants in Italy and they so they serve Chef Boy or b r R B or chef. I can't even say it now. Uh anyway, He's like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, he's played along. It was hilarious. That's the Marcel story.

Guests gone would spin in him because yes, Scott, if Guesscott was in charge, he wouldn't even take the calls. But I see there's I'm not a complete asshole. I gotta look out for that Marcel. You know, I don't want to want him to feel somewhat important. It's only a couple of minutes of my time, right, Yeah, that's why I don't have a problem with You're having guys like that on and you mean, it's funny when you get people that bitch about thirty seconds for a minute

with somebody. Yeah, these guys down on his luck. Man, You guys got a tough life, tough deck of cards and trying to make give him credit. He's the happiest guy in the world. He he thinks he's breaking news guy and he's calling he's got all our show. He calls the show in Maine, the morning Jab guys, and he's got every day he calls a different show and it makes his life enjoyable. So good for him. And make him call Arnie span your show. Well, that would

make his life enjoyable. That would not make his life enjoyable. Frank in San Demons, californiady, be beautiful place you ever been to? Sand Demons? I haven't been there. Beautiful waters is out there, right, That is correct. Yeah, there's a beautiful park. Forget the name of it, but there's a there's like a lake right there, right next to raging waters. It's pretty cool. I haven't been in a long time, you know, all right, Frank and sand Demons right, since,

says please l A Dodgers use Kenley Jansen sparingly. If not at all him and Dave Roberts would be the beginning of a nightmare. I Frank, I agree with you. I do not want to see Kenley Jansen in another high pressure situation until next season in the regular season. He has not earned it. He has not earned it. Sorry. Sorry. Rader Freak in Winston Salem, North Carolina writes in he says the situation in Laws, Vegas. Should we park the car just yet or what? Personally? I'm tired of his

damn excuses. Love the shoeing there you go? All right? Thank you? Raider Freak in Winston Salem, North Carolina. So here's what I think is gonna happen. My theory on the Raiders is Mariota's he's injured to begin the year. Once they get Mariota back and up to speed, and as soon as Car has a couple of stink bombs in a row, either Car is gonna get hurt. They'll figure out some gaze injury and say, hello, something you gotta sit out. But they're gonna get Mariota in the game.

I'm convinced that he's gonna start just to see what they got. And I think Mariota is like a doppelganger of of Car. Unfortunately, I don't think he's much better, but he's different. He's different. Kevin in Rockford, Illinois, right, and says Mr Moneyball Mallard. If Brian Finley and David Gascon were to partake in a five round m m a fight, who should I put my money on? Wow? That's the ultimate to Sophie's choice is what that is? You got gas got West of the four oh five,

You've got silver spoon. Brian Finley, Man, I think you guys would play Pattycake for five rounds is what you do, and you talk about how wonderful your your life's are and all that, how rich you are, and uh, I guess I would give the edge to you because Finley is a bit of a petite guy and you've got some more bulk to your kind of fat. So I would give the age to you for the advantage of you. I'd feel a little guilty about doing any harm to him. He is nicely dressed, he is west of the four

oh five. He's a he's a proper man. He's kind and gentle to some. And I don't know, I think it. I think i'd abdicate the throne at least that I had a cage match to Brian Finley. All right, Justin in Mollen writes, and he says, who's that to Illinois? I believe, right, am? I right on? I don't know. You don't know where may has Moline, Illinois for nice? Yeah, I've heard of it before. So it's in the quad Cities there, I think, I don't know, I'm going Quad

Cities A right, it's a nice small you know. It's like, I don't know, it's probably fifty thou people there or something like that. You just get some obscure locations of people. And I'm always curious, I know, because you're west of the fourth if you want on the East coast, West coast, the entire flyover country, You're like, funk them. I don't have these states in our republic. Have you been to.

I've been to more than you think. Actually, guesscount I've been to more than you think because my travels with the Dodgers back in the day. But I don't know, I don't know. I haven't really counted, but I've been at twice six and you're bragging about that I didn't go. I've flown over all. I've flown over forty nine of them. I haven't flown over uh, you know, Alaska. But the cool and the Northeast, you've got an advantage because all those small states, you know, it's easy to drive through.

You're like, I'm in Rhode Island. I'm in Connecticut. I mean, never on, I'm in New Hampshire. I'm like, I'm in Maine, I'm in Massachusetts. I'm like, okay, good, You're you're not call in the West driving around California to be like seven eight states if it was in the East Coast. It's true. Now when you go to Boston, though, do you go to Logan or do you fly into JFK and then train it or drive up? No? No, I fly in the Logan, although I have. I have done

the train the Amtrak. Yeah, what's it called the expedient? No? No, what's the name of the Amtrak from New York to Boston. I don't starts with it? Hey, but yeah, I've taken that. It's pretty cool. It's kind of expensive. Actually, I thought it would be cheaper, let's say, Speria, But I don't think that. I think that's right. Actually, I think that's right. That sounds right to me. Anyway, Justin and Maulin says,

what do you think about Corona Gate? I feel cam Newton's COVID test results were faked by Roger Goodell to give mahomes the engine, keep mohole the whole mahomes love going. Well, I like your conspiracy theory of mind. Justin, that's that's good. I did not. I have not heard that one before. It is odd, though, Man, I gotta tell you this whole thing with these a these these tests where people

are positive and they're asymptomatic to me, that's wild. Like you're telling me you have an illness, you're sick, and you don't have any symptoms and you don't feel sick and you don't even realize you're sick. I mean, that's that's just that part is nuts to me. Yeah, I just told I mean with what Tennessee happened a couple of days ago, Like what what would you rather have happened here as an organization, lose a game because of

a forfeit or lose draft picks? Yeah, I mean I was on the other day with my guy Bob Fesco in Kansas City on six Tons Sports our home in Kansas City, and Bob brought up a good point. He's like, well, if you forfeit, I'm I'm team forfeit. But Bob's like, well, like, for example, Buffalo, you forfeit as we're doing this. We don't know where the Buffalo is playing the game or not.

We don't know, um, but let's just say Tennessee has to for iFIT the game Buffalog it's the wind well that hurts the Chiefs because the Chiefs are in a race with Buffalo. And then I didn't I mean, it's a decent point. I'll concede that's a decent point. But there's got to be some kind of punishment. The draft

picks doesn't don't affect the players. It is odd though, because and I brought this up with Bob also, like can you think about the Titans and it's all about perspective, Like there was a time we would have celebrated the fact that Ryan Tannehill and these guys want to win so fucking bad that they would work out together when they're not supposed to because they want to win, you know, they want to win, and we would celebrate that. But now it's Scotch, Scotch, we got you. You're not supposed

to be doing that. I get it now. The one, the one with the Cam Newton apparently going out to dinner after he had been told he tested positive according to Schefter, and he went out with Gilmore and men. That's that's that's nuts. I mean this, and I'm I'm thinking a lot of this stuffs bullcrap. But if somebody tells me I have the coronavirus, I'm gonna go out and have a nice Italian deal dinner somewhere, you know, or whatever, the Raiders of what a week ago there

at that gallet together. Oh yeah, yeah, they went yeah, that's right. They got in trouble. Guys get in trouble with that Zack in Greensboro, North Carolina, says Ben, what's your favorite sports moment, Well, that'll be when the Clippers win the championship in the next couple of years with Kawhi Leon. It would be my grandmom and the Dodgers win the World Series. My greatest sports moments haven't happened.

I've seen a lot of crap sports moments. I've seen the cheating Astros win the World Series, the cheating Red Sox win the World Series. I saw the Miami but they were there in the Florida Marlins win the World Series. I've seen the Lakers win NBA Championships. I've seen some you know whatever. I saw match stairs at a home run against the Dodgers. Halfway up the pavilion. You saw a high potent Rams offense scored three points in the

Super Yes, yes, uh. And I saw the coach of the Rams following around Sean McVeigh falling around Bill Belichick and like a puppy dog, you know, or star smitten teenagers like a teenage girl in love with some person in the band. You know, just the whole the trope of that. Sean in Milwaukee says, whomps do you think

you are? That's from from Sean. Thank you. Sean alf East of the Rockies rights in on the wild card line, he says, Ben, this is alf the great Oldpire says Ben, I need you to put your tinfoil hat on for this question. Do you think that the mood rings issued two NBA players were made in China? Bubba aside? Don't you find it odd that the NBA has remained immune to COVID and that Major League Baseball and now the NFL are under siege? He says? Uh oh so, uh so,

Alfe going conspiracy guy, Alice going tinfoil hat like that. Now, what is the conspiracy your alfh? Is it that the rings don't actually work and the players all actually have COVID in the NBA and they're just asymptomatic. Or is it that China has a cure for the coronavirus and since the NBA is an ally of Chinese money, that they NBA players have been given the special magic sauce The witches Brew. What's a better conspiracy guest, gun, I

think the witch is Brew, which is Brew? Yeah, I mean, but the NBA and the NHL they haven't had they didn't have any positive cases, and they're both in bubbles. Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's just you can't ask someone to spend seven months in a bubble. It's unrealistic. I mean, come on, I don't care how much money you make that you're not gonna do that. Alf also says, am I the only schmuck that has ponied up cash on fanatics via Benny versus the band? I don't know. I think Tammy

and Montana right, A few others. Was a couple of them. We've had a few people which and I saw Robbie, the Marina fan. He loves Josh Allen. I think he bought a Josh Allen autographed photo on there, which I didn't even really sold down Fanatics. Danny writes in Daniel in Californias, how can the Clippers improve for next season? Specific? I guess he wants specific examples, but they've already fired Doc Rivers. That's the first step in the right direction.

Doc stood there with his arms up like Bud Selick at the All Star Game. Here as they go, I don't know what to do. You don't do something. I know coaches don't matter that much, but you could have done something. You could have tried something. He did nothing. He was, you know, sitting there watching the fire burned

down the building without trying to put out the fire. Uh. But I think you gotta look at trading Paul George and believe it or not, from what I've been been hearing, he's actually got value, which blows me away considering what a stiff he's been in the postseason. But there are teams in around the MNY they really value him. And really it's just what Kauai wants. I think you've gotta to me, they had a good enough team to win a championship. They just didn't play well for three games

in a row against the Denver Nuggets. So like you're just gonna change the players, but they already had the players that it's it's about to me, it's about execution, obviously, And I think the Lakers are the best team in the NBA. But they've been able to put it together and the Clippers were not. And and so that's that's how you end up in the spot that you're in. They don't have a lot of wiggle room. They have no draft picks the Clippers for like the next ten years.

They're all in Oklahoma City. They got endless money from the owner. And there's always like you can buy first round picks if you want to get a first round pick. Those those end of the first round picks are always sold every year. There's a couple of them. Ethan and Acman rights and we haven't heard from Ethan on Twitter very much. Ethan, are you still on Twitter? You've kind of disappeared. Maybe he's back in school. Ethan says, what animal would you guys want to ride? Like a horse?

We should consider riding drafts like horses. Ethan must be smoking a lot of pot when he sent this in. Uh, I don't know how it'd be cool to sit like an elephant elephant rides or a rhino? How about a lot would be good? How about a lion though, like the big name there the How cool would that be the king of the junk? What about riding in a cheetah? Yeah? Cheeta be smoking? Think you'd fall off though, right? Well? Yeah,

but if you could ride it like a horse. G Money in Houston, writes says, which Houston sports team do you hate the most? Rockets, Texans or Astros? As? Come on, it's the Astros. It's gotta be the Astros, not even close. I don't even really hate the Texas. I just think Deshaun Watson's overweight rated and the Rockets are, you know, just a middling team with James Harden. But I don't hate them. Uh, Thomas, and this is for you, guesscon. I'll give it to you from Warwick, Rhode Island. Right

City says what the fund is wrong with your governor? Alright, go ahead, Gisco. I just look up relationship Gavin Newsome, Nancy Pelosi. That will tell you enough. Amos then said Amos follow ups is what what is still wrong with your Uh? Yeah, Eric and Almosa is before the pandemic? Where was your go to restaurant to take your wife for a date night? Oh, we had there's a there's a couple of restaurants in l A. We used to go. Well, we went to um I'm trying to remember the name

has been so long. There was Palermo's in North Holland, not in North Holly West, East Hollywood. Have you ever been to Palermo now? But you've told me about it? Though? Good spot, very nice people, good people. Palermo's. We went to El Coyote on Beverley. I used to eat there when I lived over in Hollywood. I love El Coyote. It's a lot of like B and C list celebrities will still go in there, and some A list. I saw me and my wife went there one time in seth.

Rogan Wall was walking out as we were walking in. Um, that's pretty good. I don't go to Cosa Vega in the Valley. My friend Jay goes there all the time. That's a Kardashian hanging out. A lot of Hollywood losers go there. You ever go to Cossa Vega's just down the street from where we work. Oh yeah, No, I've never heard of. It's a small taco shop. Do you guys? God, did you guys go together to Langers? Yes? Yes? The only problem with I love Langer is my favorite deli.

It's the greatest, better than any New York deli, any Delhi, anywhere, Langer's Delhi. The problem is there in a very shitty neighborhood, right across from MacArthur Park where you can get any kind of contraband you want guns, drugs, you name it,

and and fake I D yes? Do you want to fake I D in l A. You get off the red line station and there'll be a guy near the phone store that will be yelling I D I D I D and then you he'll take you into the back of one of the businesses there and he's got a book of I D s. Will get you any I D you want. You want a social Security He'll get you that. Uh, you name it. He'll hook you up good to go. But yeah, yeah, the neighborhood shitty,

but I love it. And they're only open to like four because you don't want to be there after four o'clock. It's that crappy your neighborhood. Um, but yeah, I've been there many times. I love Langers, Tito's Tacos, Johnny's Pastrami east of the four or five, Just east of the four or five. That's the point of d marcation. Uh Man, there's many out there's other local restaurants getting me where I live now, that that to we're all about. Charlie in Memphis says if when you cook the Tomahawks steak?

Will you explain to your militia what a freezer burn steak tastes like? Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what you're talking about. Pete in Pittsburgh says Ben, I need you to put me in rehab. He says, Pete, I tried to help you out twenty years ago. Pete, you wouldn't listen to me. I hope you listening to get some help. Pete. You're a good guy. We like your towned guy. Pete. Oh my god, let's see. Do I want to read this one on the air?

All right? Russian? Russian kid from Cattering, Ohio. Right, so, he says, Hey, Dick from Dayton, question for the whole crew, which Hollywood celebrity would be cool for you to see as the president and vice president? Example? Example, he says Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman as I guess the vice president? Uh, I don't know. Larry David, the fat guy from Jeff Garland. How about that? I don't know. I'm not good with celebrities.

I don't know a lot of celebrities anymore. You guess any celebrities that stand out for you, anybody that you're about the Rock? What about Dwayne Johnson? What Vince mcman, Yeah, Vis McMahon. Who's the guy, remember the guy who did dirty jobs? Mike Row. Oh yeah, he's kind of a celebrity. I think he's pretty sharp. You think he's pretty win it? Yeah. Oh. The only other guy that I like a lot, the news guy John Stossel. Not really a celebrity, but no,

I think he's pretty good. No, you're a fan. What about Howard Stern? I like the old Howard Stern. I don't really like the new Howard Stern. New soward. Howard Stern's you know, he's just softie. But the old guy was be great, wonderful. The guy was hanging out with Trump every day, but now hates Trump. That guy, that guy. Yeah, it's so funny you think about what Trump was. All these people were hanging out and the moment he became

running for president, Oh my god, he's a racist. All the same people were hanging out with him are admitting they're hanging out with a racist. It's just fascinating. All Right. I think that's enough, guest gun, Yes, I think that is that good. Are we good on that time to put the baby to bed. All right, listen, thank you guys for supporting the podcast. We appreciate it. And again

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