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Everywhares we fill a buster the weekend time away with another addition, this Sunday Sunday Sunday Funday edition of the podcast The Fifth Hour with Ben Maller, because four hours are simply not enough. On the radio show, this is spinoff of the Overnight Show on Fox Sports Radio. This only available on the iHeart podcast network and wherever you get your podcast now available eight days a week. And right over there, coming in from west of the four

oh five Freeway. He's got his Gucci outfit on today. David Gascon is making his way in there and just gone. We have any canned applause, Nothing nothing canned. Everything is organic. It's official. It was yesterday, but I walk on in. I'm loud and proud and vibrant as ever. In top shape right now. I guess you could say, and uh, but I saw this. Uh we haven't been there in a while, but buddy of mine sent me a text with a link. Um, there's a Vegas hotel and casino

that's got an outdoor setting. Now, like, have you been to Legassi Stadium at the Venetian Hotel? Yes? Okay, so those that don't know, Legassi Stadium is basically the Venetians sports Book, but it's underneath the hotel and casino and it looks like a giant movie theater. Well, there's a hotel and cause you know, I guess off the strip now that has that same kind of setting for a

pool party. So they have this monstorious flat screen TV that they're dedicating towards the NFL season, so people can like reserve their their canopies, their seats or whatever, or just be in the pool and watch NFL games here in the fall. Look pretty awesome. No, cool, So you're gonna go to Vegas? I heard it wasn't that good yet. Wait a little bit. I just not. It's not really

back because of the restrictions and all that. There's just then the fact that you need to pay for a resort fee, you gotta pay a parking fee to bring your car and park of the garage. Just sucking rubs me the world, And I thought they got rid of I believe they got rid of the parking now because it's free again. Yeah, but I think the trying to convince people to come back. Yeah, it's free temporary, so just so that the reason they charged for parking was

because a they could and be the hockey team. Yeah, that's what I was told. The hockey team needed to the revenue and the people were going to go down to those Golden Nights games and they're gonna park at the hotels and then not the team would get no revenue. So they got a percentage of is it mgm uh yeah, they got a percent a cut of that. From what I understand, it's behind the New York, New York. Yeah have you been? Have you been since? Or you've just

been coasting it up? No, man, I was pretty lucky. I guess I knew that the world was gonna hit the mute button or the pause button or whatever because in January or December of last year, when I was on hiatus, because I had a lot of time off comp time. I have a ton of time, more time off this year than ever i've I've only used a few of my compts. But I went to Vegas in Seattle within the span of a couple of weeks, so I knocked all that out right. There was great. It's nice.

So you get to do that, and then on top of you get to you get to host a show from home with thousand dollars worth of equipment installed in your house that I paid for. Well, this is my Yeah, this is the old w e I studio. I built this for w e I. And uh, and then I should give that up because our the show went on sports Hub, which is the rival, the blood rival w e I. You didn't give w e I anything back. No,

I bought this all. I built it my own remote to I used it when I did the show in New Zealand when I was a guest on Radio Sport, which no longer exists because the Apocalypse. We at Darcy waldor Grave on a couple of weeks back. And uh, yeah, no, I I feel like you should give something back to w e I. What should I give back? What I mean they didn't buy any of this. I bought at all. Maybe you should buy them something like, buy them a bunch of spines. I don't know what you're talking about.

Because they don't want to hire you. Because i've heard your tape. I don't know why you'd be upset with it. I haven't sent them anything. That's not what I hear. What do you talk to them? You're not up to snuff for Boston radio. I'm a product of Boston. What are you talking about? Not a not a products? Boston radio is different. No, it's it's throwing haymakers. You're you do these little pity pet punch I don't, I don't jab. I got combinations, NA not really like boy you. It's

it's a different animal Boston sports radio. I've only dabbled in it a little bit, but it's you're not cut out for right. You gotta you know, you gotta bob and we even you gotta throw punches below the belt and all that. You're not You're not like, yeah, I put my head down and just throw haymakers. You got

a glass chin, that's your I do? Boss? Is not a town on the local sports radio that if you are a cream puff or tomato can you don't you don't do well, and that's unfortunately you're you're a mix of a cream puff and tomato. That's bullshit. But anyway, it's like we've had because tell you Bruno obviously in Philip Delitia. But there's certain markets at least I appreciate the media talent that they don't fucking sugarcoat anything like Philadelphia. Uh,

there are some, there are some that do sugarcota. But I like the fact when the team doesn't play well, they're not looking for reasons that to be optimistic. They're depressed and kicking them in the in the shins, you know, which is the way I believe you should do it. I think that's the proper way to do sports radio because you're holding these people accountable, right, well, yeah, that's you,

that's part of it. But I think rather than you don't work for the teens, you know, you sly you know they're like, well, yeah they have the Red Sox have lost eight of nine, but they're really trying just like, fuck you, I don't care the jobs to in the game. Yeah, speaking of which, you know, the Boston Bruins are in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Have you have you watched any of the Stanley Cup playoffs now that they've begun, they

go like eight am until like two in the morning. Nowadays, I have watched, so I have not watched that much. I've been mostly watching baseball and then a little n B A I've mixed in, but mostly been baseball that I've been checking out, you know, flipping around four or five games at night, and then I'll work maybe one NBA game into that and I'll watch more when the playoffs start this coming week here in the NBA. I'll probably watch more of that. I guarantee I will, because

they're looking for stuff to talk about. And the hockey. Yeah, but I'll tell you I'm at my King's unfortunate on it. But I may, as you know, a Bruins fan, so I will. I will check out the Bees from time to time, but I watched a little bit of it, not much. I do have a have a source inside d bubble, which one I'll reveal Toronto Edmonton, all right, all right, so I know a little bit about the bubble. Now I will not reveal the name of the source. I will not. But the streets are talking, the streets

are talking, and here we go. So, uh, this particular person who might be a broadcaster, might work for the NHL, has announced that inside the bubble, it's at a nice establishment there in Edmonton. They have food at the hotel and the different restaurants who are associated with the hotel.

Not free gascunt not free food inside. But it it's expendable, right, it's expendable, and so they everyone's given a per diem per day on how much they can spend on food, but they still have to pay for the food in Edmonton at the bubble, and unlike the NBA bubble, from what I've been told from a reliable source, the players are there with the announcers and the coaches. They're all intermingled.

In the NBA. They believe in segregation in the NBA, and they have separated the broadcasters from the coaches and from the players, and so they don't schmooze. They're not socializing with each other. It's the players with the players and I guess some of the coaches. But then the broadcasters are separate. But in the hockey bubble, the bubble, the broadcasters are hanging out with everybody. That's all I

have on bubble and formation. That's it. That's good. You don't really go off into the NHL realm, so it's nice to see, as you know. Several years back on the NBC Sports Network on Sports Talk, I was asked about Sydney Crosby and hockey, and I did do it at Old Chuck busted my balls. After that. Keith Jones busted my ball. He thought it was hilarious the way I I attempted to answer that hockey question. Any Old Chuck is good on the ponies though. I love Eddie

Old Chuck. Good people, man, that's a good dude. Heitie Old Chuck. Love that guy, solid guy, those hockey guys. Jeremy Roenick was there when I was there, a good guy. He's not there anymore, but he'd come on the podcast Roenick. Yeah. Do you think it's gonna go to barstool like Dione Prime Time? Yeah? I get I got the money over there. They got a lot of a lot of money to spend over barstool. Yeah. What's what's on the menus of ah? Alright, so we have b or not to be? You have that?

I would assume, yes, all right, we have be or not. I don't know. I have no idea, and we also have a mailbag and then whatever else pops up. So alright, let's start with any complaints from many money or is it pretty really on the mail bag. Yeah, there's always people complaining. There's people complaining. I'm happy people, I'm still getting I mentioned this the other podcast. But people complain

because they see me wearing Iowa Hawkeyes hat. They're like, fuck, you usually wear a Minnesota Golden Golphers or Tennessee balls. I'm like, okay, I don't. I don't have one. The Iowa hat was sent in. I have nothing against the Golden Gopher. I will wear a Golden Gophers had. If somebody sends me a size eight Golden Gopher's hat, I will do it. But you know, come on, give me a break. I was shocked. I got people are triggered by a freaking hat on a video that's on the internet.

I mean really, well, yeah, people gotta complain about something. I know. If it's not your hat, it's your audio. If it's not your audio, it's your video. If it's not your video, it's your background. Like it's got to be something. That's why the number one pastime for human beings is to belly ache, to bitch, and to blow viate and complain. That's it. Number three gossip. Uh so yeah, let's do this the You're Not to Be This is an ode to the Babylon Bee, which Ben introduced me to.

I've taken a great love and appreciation for Um. We will an onion guy. I'm still an onion guy. I like the young You're all about the Babylon By. The good news about this segment, though, is since you started with B or not to, but you have stopped sending me the Babylon Be stories. So now it makes it harder. But you used to send me every one of their posts and the Babylon b. Yeah, I've I've tempered that. And the results last week showed you, uh, hitting only

two or five on these stories, so I will do better. Well, let's see if you will. Um. Let's go with the five titles that did not make the cut in this week's version of The b and Not to Be um. Number one story that did not make the cut Joe Biden vales to return nation to era when press didn't bother reporting on presidents scandals okay, as an ode to

a lot of the presence in the recent years. UM story umber two, Title number two, Bill Clinton says Epstein's cause of death depends on what your definition of suicide is. All right, that's a node to a cigar in an intern um Title number three Kamala Harris humble to have been chosen exclusively for her race and gender. Coin to CNN, that's why she's the vice specially kid, I was watching

that the other day. They are convinced godlike Title number four, college athletes surprised to learn his school has classes pretty dawn good. We don't play school here. Uh. And title number five that did not make the cut. Chicago Weatherman predicts another huge murder front this weekend. Okay, so those did not make the cup. But now we get to

the meat of the matter here. These are actual but you have to determine whether there are actual stories from the Babblelonbie, that's my job and you can play along, or whether these are legitimate stories. Yes, right, So week by week we've we've gotten harder on then and uh, a little bit more challenging last week. But I think this week you've got on knocking them all down. Uh. Story number one, and this one's gonna be a real

tricky one, especially with sports. Illustrated Men's Health magazine celebrates body positivity with first obese cover model uh well as a recovering fat man myself. I I think we should appreciate the masculine fatty, the fatty body of a man. And your bff A Rasch Markazzi with the l A Times Yeah, that's special, former intern of course. But I I would say because society they prop up the fat

woman more than the fat man. This is my theory on this, yes, Like, like you know, there's this this sense of we we have to make fat women feel better, but we don't have to make fat men feel bad. Okay, I see that there's a there's a there's a divide there, Like, you know, if you're a fat woman, you should be proud to wear your bikini and all that. But you're a fat guy. We're in your mum, you shouldn't be

doing that. So I'm gonna say this is a Babylon b story because there's a gender bias against fat men where fat women are more like, oh, you know, she's a woman, she's beautiful no matter how big she isn't all this is that? Your final answer? Final answer, Ben you are one for one. Yeah, yeah, if people do you recall they've had a couple of different moments with mentalth obviously different things on there, but also sports illustrated. So you a curveball early on? How about this one?

Story number two, So I'm guaranteed right now gascon of getting at least the two under Batty. Yes, I'm not good shape last week. You're better than I'm better than co be bounce your Max Munsey and jose Luba how booming u? Uh? Story number two. Strong link found between supporting communism and never once having opened a history book? Is that the B or not the B? Alright, So supporting communism and what was the other point and uh not not opening a book in supporting communism? Is that it? Yes?

All right, So I could see how this would be spun by some you know intellectuals that if you if you don't know, if you don't read you know books, you're you're you're gonna go to the dark side. I said, I could see somebody writing that, But I'm gonna say this is the Babylon B. I'm gonna say this is the Bablon Is that your final answer? Yes? Final answer? This is over the top, dramatic. Yes, Benny, you're two for two. Yeah, so I've already matched my score last.

That is tough. You can see that being written on CNN dot com or somewhere, you know, if you know what study history use the board communis although I think they do support communism or they I know they support Marxism. I know that I read it. I read a study last week from a couple of Ivy League students that did a report that basically they talked about some of the policies that have been implemented because of like diversity

trending things like that. They actually did a study that says that it has no benefit to companies or operations. It actually it hurts them to a detriment because people look at the initial message but lose it and then the cost of it all with the training um doesn't actually serve its purpose. Like they talked about certain training seminars that are costing between four and fifteen thousand dollars.

And it's not like Seattle. I wonder they doing the You sent me that about Seattle, right all the the chief of police, No, No, the one where they were trying to sensitize people to not be white or something. Remember that. Yeah, that was odd that was going on there in Seattle. Too much coffee or something like that. I don't know how about this one, the B or not the B State Governors against Health shuts down Jim

owner during lockdown. Uh, you know, I think this is this one's true because I think I've heard about that. I think that's been making the rounds. This isn't a New Jersey. Isn't there some big controversy in New Jersey with a Jim that got shut down. I pulled the guy's business license or something like that. I think I read about that, So I'm gonna say that's true. Is that your final answer? That is my final answer? To go three for three on the B or not to

be Ben Mallory, You're three for three. You're doing it right. The state of New Jersey there I read that. Yeah, it's crazy, and then I'm hard ass there in politics is out to get these this local mom and pop gym. Yeah. The borough Council voted five to one to rescind the business license of Atlas Jim, a couple owners, one at the age of fifty and one another one at thirty three. They continue to divide, defy the odds of the governor to have his gym open. They contain to open it up.

They're arrested and charged with multiple accounts of misdemeanors. UM. The owners basically said, hey, we've heard all the public say, science and data, science and data. We're so confident process and our safety protocols that you can show us the science and data that proves that the gym isn't benefiting the public, will certainly close it down. They post that on multiple social media accounts including Instagram, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Um the council voted against them. They've resent their license to have a gym open there in the state of New Jersey. Yeah, and this is the argument with the politics and all that, right, the whole thing where the protesting they're cool with. That's worth the risk. But this, this is a problem and it reminds me of you know,

this is when it comes to science. People say believe the science, but people only believe the science that fits their agenda, you know what I mean, Like because people have made their mind up, and you know, science consists of people who disagree with each other. We've talked about that. We didn't talk about John Stossel that that famous video

that we we discuss. But but when you you break down the size of people, they dismiss the science that doesn't fit their beliefs, right, So it's it becomes pointless. What's that confirmation bias? Yeah, exactly, confirmation biases is what's going on. But but it's true people if you look at it and the way people consume stuff. And I talked about this the other day. We're talking about college football, right, and people it's become politicized and if you want college football,

you're a Trump guy. If you don't want college football, you're a Biding guy. And uh, it really is a direct reflection of the science where I can find people saying, hey, science indicates it's safe to play college football and you can do it safely, and it's it's not that big a deal and all that, but people don't want to hear it because people only believe in doctors and science

that fits their narrative. And and I don't know if you brought this up during your show or if you talked about it at all, but the one thing that people are bringing up constantly with science and safety with these players and and talking about football as a hole is that they want to be free of liability. The university is the presidents. If they want to be free of all that, then what the funk are they doing with ct EAU. Yeah no, it's I mean I mentioned

this that the players are like running around. They're like crash test dummies on the field, even with all the changes they've made and their crash test dummies and all that. And then this is where they draw the line in the sand. It's bullshit. And the other thing about the coronavirus, you want to be cold blooded. There's really no way to trace where you got it from. So you're not gonna win a lawsuit. Right if you go to court and say, all right, I played in the SEC, I

played at Alabama, I got the coronavirus. Well here's the way I approached maybe I'm wrong. Has proved me wrong. Gascon. If I go to court and I sue and I say, I played football at Alabama and I got the coronavirus, and I'm blaming you the school and says, okay, so we put all these safety measures in where where did you go? That's retrace everywhere you went because it's possible you got it somewhere. How are you gonna prove that

you got in the locker room? And don't forget that if you're suing in a civil case, it's a preponderance of evidence, which is and also it's not beyond a reasonable doubt. So you, as the person suing the university, would have to prove your case. It's not the other

way around. So we've had reports that people in the United States have gotten coronavirus from packages delivered to their house, that they haven't left their house during the quarantine, and they've gotten the coronavirus from packages that have contained the virus on it. That's the point. Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Miller Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Alright, bet, so we go from all the chatter with college football to our nation

as a whole. In an act of defiance. Bald eagle shoots down its own alright, so we're doing beer not to be here. Bald eagle shoots down its own yes, m hmm, alright, this is this is to me the hardest one. Let's try to use ben logic on this. So how would a bald eagle shoot down its own. I'm trying to figure wrap my mind around that. Uh, And I'll give you can I give you a hint? Yeah, it's uh. It's symbolic with where we are at right now. It's something we mentioned in the previous episode with elon

Musk technology. Okay, so it's uh. Uh, I don't know. And you don't usually send me animal stories from the Babylon be so this is an animal story. So uh, I don't know, but I'll say this is real. I'm gonna say this is a real one. You want to go four for four? I would like to go for Yeah, check this story out. A bald eagle launched an aerial assault on a drone that was operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy basically ripped off

the propeller, sending the aircraft into Lake Michigan. That's actually happened a couple of weeks ago in the middle of July. That's pretty intense. Like an eagle knocking down a drone. That is crazy, although not as crazy. Remember when they those uh stealth bombers when they crashed one on a test flight in in Guam years ago. Billion dollar was at one point four billion dollars per plane. They crashed one into the It was ruined. It was totally wrecked.

Can you imagine being the pilot of the that's our tax dollars going away? Oh my god, Oh my god. All right, what's the last one? For four? I don't care about this. I'll e only try in this last one, alright, So four for four, going five for five for the second time ever in the B or Not the B in an active revenge blockbuster finding a way to undercutt Netflix by partnering with AMC for new releases. I don't

think blockbusters around anymore. So I'm gonna say this is the Babylon B. I'm gonna go out and say this is the Babylon BE. Try to go five for five? Here, gascon Ben, you're five for five, I tweeted a little bit. Uh. It is actually true, though, with the story, just not the title of it. AMC Theaters is offering starting on August the twenty, which is in a few days from now, retroactive ticket prices to fifteen cents fifteen cents, so their

whole montage for this upcoming event. Movies in at nineteen twenty prices a marketing gimmick. Yes, yes you can go. That's pretty nice though. Could you imagine going to a movie theater, getting popcorn, nachos, a drink, and then watching a movie for just uh like five bucks? Yeah? That would be great. Yeah, I'd be wonderful. Would you be inclined to go? Yes? Of course? I love a good deal? Why not? Would you wouldn't? Well, because you're a closed space,

we mean you would go. You don't even come to work. I am following the company guidelines from my heart media is there, and more importantly of getting these videos I wouldn't be able to do the videos at works. It's a different setup. So I'm I'm really giving the more content for the for the bosses, I am giving them more content by shake your head at me like that. Such a company, man, I am absolutely so. You say the company for twenty years right there, I'll teach you

that if you want. You've been with the company that long. Well, the twenty anniversary of Fox Sports Radios here, I did leave the company for six months and twenty six days. They asked me to leave hiatas I got a little pink slip. But other than that, I've been here since the beginning. It's a long time. I can't believe it. I was shocked. I was like, wait, it's been it has been there. Wow, all right, mail bag, mail bag,

we get letters. Letters. I wish we could get that David Letterman letters, remember that letters song that I'd be great. I've been able to find if anybody hasn't send it to us, we'll play it on the thing. Do you Letterman would and sue us? Would he? Maybe? Yes? Everyone wants to make some money. Letterman's retired. He's cool, he's got the beard. He looks like Santa Claus. What does he care? Besides Doc Mike? Does anyone actually send you legit letters in the mail? Uh? Dicken Dayton has sent

me Christmas cards over the years. I actually I have some. Actually have to go pick up the mail. Uh. Yeah, I've gotten some things. Here. I have a stack of don't you can hear this? A stack of mail? Oh? Skeeter in Montana. He sent me a a birthday card. Rachel and Manta Bellow sent me a nice birthday card.

But I also have here's one. This is from a let's see here from Clarksville, Tennessee, says notice notice the penal institution from which this was mailed assumes no liability or responsibility for the contents which have been inspected for contraband only. So there you go. Nice. So uh one of our listeners in Nashville in prison. There. All right, let's get some mail these are sending. Most of them are posted on Facebook. We have a few that are

coming for the email via the email. The email is real Fifth Hour at gmail dot com facebook page Ben Mallers show typically on Wednesday. I try to do it earlier in the day. Uh. And we we post a link and then you gotta search for it sometimes because I put video links up there and you can ask a question and then put your name in the city and then we'll possibly use the question on the air.

Very simple, Pierre in Springfield, Massachusetts, where my late great grandfather worked there before he moved west to Los Angeles. And Springfield, mass home of the basketball Hall of Fame. Anyway, Pierre says, of all the times I hear you talk about your affinity for mascots, I never hear you mentioned the O G. San Diego Chicken. Where does he rank on your big board of mascots? Well, Pierre That's a

great question. You know, as I grow up growing up in southern California, and I worked in San Diego radio for a few years back in the day, I've I gotta be honest with you. I'm not a big chicken guy. I'm not not a big chicken guy. I don't hate the chicken. When I was a kid and my my parents would take me out and the Chicken would appear, like games in Anaheim or whatever. I don't think he appeared at Dodger Stadium was Anaheim. Now, we'd go to games and see the Chicken and it was fine, it

was cool and whatever. I just love the backstory though, of the Chicken. See the actual chicken mascot is way back, like my big boards got the Philly fanatic like right there at the top, and and then everyone else's his secondary on that, whether it's you know Mr med or Bernie Brewer. You go, got down the list of mascots, but I don't. I don't put the Chicken for longevity has been there. But I love the backstory. You know the backstory, right, Guescan you you worked in San Diego,

you know the backstory and the chicken. Let's get it oh you don't, all right. So so this started in the mid seventies. It was a television commercial for KGB FM in San Diego. And so this guy came up with the idea to have an animated chicken, right and uh and so he was gonna animate and an Arabic aerobic chicken or whatever. And it was like for a commercial for KGB radio and they used it. Anyway, the the guy that they hired to do the commercials like

a twenty year old guy. What's the guy? Ted? She Analys or Gianolis or something like that. I forget how to pronounce his last name. I apologize anyway, this guy named ted Um, he was twenty years oldway was going to say. I think he was going to San Diego State and he like loved baseball and he's like, hey, I remember he did an interview and he he said, I can get into baseball. I bet I can get in free to baseball game. So I I wear the

chicken suit. And so he contacted the padres and he offered them, he said, I can come in there and entertain the crowd and I'll wear my outfit and they allowed him. This is how this outlacks it was back in the seventies, fifty years ago. They allowed him to wander through the ballpark there, Jack Murphy Stadium, the Murph uh and and go to the Padre games. And then he had this this thing where somebody would you would would come up to him say, you know, lay one

on me or whatever. He would lay an egg and it had some kind of prize or whatever, you know, some dopey thing like that in the nineteen seventies and all that stuff. Uh. But that's how the chicken became the chicken. And the reason it really worked is because the Padres, who were terrible in the nineteen seventies and blue their attendants also sucked and supposedly, like I think

they doubled there's something their attendance. And I remember the story that from from one year to the next just by having the Chicken mascot in attendance and uh and all that. And so then they started branching out. They're like, wait a minute, rather than just do Padre games, we'll travel around a minor league games and we'll go to other stadiums. And I think that even when the Clippers were there in San Diego, that the Chicken would appear at games, and it was they changed and it was

it was the KGB chicken. Then it became the San Diego chicken. Then it became just the chicken. I think if I if I remember correctly, but it's good backstory. But I don't know. Did you did you have all the chicken stick I know all the stickles? Just say, did you ever work for COGO or KGB when you were at Uh? I did stuff with Cogo, Yes, Cogo I did some stuff with. I did not do anything with Key Drew you I did. Yeah, they're like the

rock station down there. Yuh, yeah, they're the cool station. Yeah, we were the sports guys. But I ran the board for San Diego State men's basketball on KO g O Cogo six hundred news radiots, that's right, fifty thousand wats from Sun Diego. What do they have? They have this out like Limball Station and Hannity and those guys in Sandy Ago. Now probably I would I would think cool? All right, Uh, what else do we have here? Nathan? In tom Water, Washington? Have you ever heard of that?

Tom Water Washington? I don't know. I don't know what part of Washington that is. I have to check that out. Let's see Tom Way. I'm looking up right now, Tom Water, Washington. It's uh fourteen point four square miles according to this near Olympia. Is that right? Okay, there you go. Uh, he says, what are you going back to Fox Sports Radio studios? What is this? Are you? Guess? Gott pretended

to be Nathan and Tom Water Washington? Is that your I think he really appreciates, uh, you know, people that actually go to work and work well. Nathan. Thank you for your question. Thank you for your loyalty to the show. Here's what I'll answer you. I'm getting my guidelines from Scott Shapirol and the people at I Heart Media, and when they say green light go, I'm in um. Based on what I know, I don't think that's gonna happen

until um. But as guess, God likes to say, maybe it'll happen in late November or early November, that it might be back. And but I have a feeling I'll still be doing the show from here even when we do go back, that it'll be a mix. It'll be some days I'll be here, some days i'll be there. I don't think it'll be all all back the way it was um so, but I don't know. I mean,

I'll follow. The guy was r J and San and Tonio says, would you rather take a rocket ship to space or a submarine down to the bottom of the ocean. I gotta go sub I disagree. I think it'd be cool to take a rocket ship beyond and out of space. But looking at you, you wouldn't be comfortable in a rocket ship. I would be come from a submarine either. I didn't even like the submarine righte at Disneyland. I don't know why, I gotta be loud and angry about it.

But a submarine you down there and the pressure could crush the submarine. Yeah, but when you get on a rocket ship you can actually just explode on liftop. Yeah. But you know, there's probably been what do you think, less than two hundred people that have been to outer space? Probably less than a hundred people that have been to outer space in the history of humanity is seven point eight billion people on the planet on all the other people, not less than two d How many people you think

have been outer space? If I had a guess, I'd say I'd actually say close to two. I'd say like to ten you ain't ten. Yeah, uh, let me see if I can find it. People have been in outer space beyond the Earth's atmosphere. I'm not uh see total number of people have been in space? Uh fived? All right, there you go. Who knew? I had no idea that? All right? Um, but yeah, I would go rg, I would go to space. Carlos in Huston, are there? You do wonder what's the very But they've not been to

the very bottom of the ocean right now, the deepest parts? No, not yet. What if there's like a portal, it's like the Twilight Zone, and you go down deep enough and you go into the middle of the planet, into a different dimension. And those people that believe the Earth is hollow are right, and there's a portal into the hollow Earth. But it's only the deepest parts of the ocean. Wouldn't that be amazing? Maybe that's like towards like Antarctica, the

North Pole. That's why they don't let you go there. Right. Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Alright, uh. Carlos in Cheeters Town, USA, Houston, Texas, says, you have traveled all over the country, which one was your favorite stadium that you have visited? And he also says, who the fox says pink pinky swear. It's pinky promise. No,

it's pinky swear, pinky swear. Carlos, Fuck you Carlos. Alright, anyway, all right, I'm kidding, I kid because I care, as Chris Myers would say, no like baseball guy, like the usual Finway, as long as you sit on the monster seats at Fenway, because the rest of the seats are not designed for people like me. They were. The stadium was built in the early nineteen hundreds. Wrigley Field is cool. Uh, some good times there when I was going in with the Dodgers. P n C Park in Pittsburgh is awesome.

The views are amazing. Of that, the bridges in Pittsburgh and the skyline behind, it's just an amazing It looks like a Bob Ross painting. This is what it looks like. And I hate to say this because they're a blood rival. But the ballpark in San Francisco, the China basin there which I don't even know what's called now, it used to be packed bell It was. It was a bunch of different names, but like Oracle now or I think that's about Yeah, I think that's right. But the Giants

Ballpark is awesome. It is great. Obviously Dodger Stadium, but those are the big four. I would say outside of Chavez Ravine, San Diego is not bad either. The new ballpark. In saying it was, I say, knew. It's been around probably for twenty years by now. Have you been to the new Yankee Stadium? I have not. I was at old Yankee Stadium and an old Shay And even though I go to New York, I've not been to either of the new ballparks in New York. I think I

don't even knew anymore. I've just forever reason I have not gone. I think I took a picture of it and sent it to you, but I went last year to Tropicana. It is, but I could understand now how ball gets lost in the outfield up in that that walk that roof, man, because you can't see shit. Although the seats behind home plate ben are fucking amazing. Like the entire ballpark is just a dump, but you sit in those reclining seats right behind home plate it's like

you're sitting at a giant amc or regal theater. It is comfortable as ship. It's like it's like being west of the four or five. Being the New Yankee Stadium is like being in the Colosseum. It is it is a month Stero. My cousin, one of my cousins that I got family in the New York area, and other my brother. My cousin, she got free tickets occasionally from her work to sit behind home plate in that really ritzy area where all the tycoons of Wall Street said.

And she she's not a big baseball fans, so she's just pretty much Spade spent the entire game in the buffet, the seafood buffet and all that and just eating. It was like a three hours of eating. And they spent about one eating watching the Yankee game, and they were just eating the entire time. All right. Jason from Rocky Mount, he took the oath. By the way, he took the malo. He's officially in the malle Militia, sworn member of the Malamosia.

Jason says, guys, I'm forty four years young, married once I am planning on getting married again next summer. Mazelto It says, man, I get married to a woman I've been with for seven years. She is the same age as me. So would you rather attend my wedding being someone you have never even spoken to on the phone? Or well, that's not true, I didn't speak to you now Jason or Jason in Ottawa's wedding. I believe that

won't last for six months. And you don't know this, guest Gun, because you know you go to bed at like seven o'clock at night. But Jason in Ottawa one of our long time Brigadier generals Canadian version of of the Mallamlitia and Jason announced his retirement from the show. He's thirty five years old and he is about to marry a twenty year old. Yeah, yeah, he's about to marry a twenty year old. And so this, this became

great fodder for the lame jokes this week. There was the radio roast the other day for Jason and Ottawa on our Friday show, and a lot of guys fascinated by this. And guest Gun, now, you're you're a single guy, you're your fifty would you go down to twenty? Would you go, how low would you go? What's your cut off on how low you would go? At this point? The sliding scale is there. I think it is a

sliding scale. I think the range is probably Yeah, so you're fifth, so you'd go twenty five years and I go, my range is probably twenty five to forty nine right now. So that's your sweet spot right there. Yeah, with a lean to the twenty five to thirty five, I would think it would be the Yeah. But you gotta look at the older group too, because they have a lot of things going for them. The experience, the investments, battle tested, the financial gains. You know, like you're looking out for that.

You want to be a the male equivalent of a sugar daddy. You want to sugar mama. I just think that you need to have someone that's got you know, I mean, you got tools in one kid or tools on another, if you know what I mean. I got you. But Jason, I wouldn't want to go to either of those weddings, but I would go to your wedd I mean, if you're invited me. I've never been to Rocky Mountain, Virginia. Check that out, Kentucky. Good luck to you, Jason, in

Rocky Mount, Kentucky. J from Scottsville says, if you had to uproot from Los Angeles and go to another state with a major sports market, would you feel obligated to support that team in fear of backlash of not being a homer per se? Example, Dodgers beat the Red Sox on your and Your show. Is you praising such teams? It may cause some listener loss or make for compelling calls. Well, J, I've actually lived this a little bit. All I didn't relocate.

I did some remote shows for several years in Boston with w E I and at that in that stretch of time. This is not Murphy's law. Its Mallor's law. During that stretch of time, the Dodgers and Red Sox played in the World Series, and the Rams and the Patriots played in the Super Bowl. So I had to live that life. Um. But the thing is that I don't hate the Boston sports teams. And actually I follow the Red Sox a little bit from AFAR, and I

follow the Patriots from AFAR, but they're not my favorite teams. Um. And I've picked up random hats from those teams over the years to add to the hat collection and whatnot. But I think you gotta keep it real, man. You can't be phony. People know when you're phony, they know your phony, and so you can't do that. And I does. I do think it makes for more compelling stuff because the other thing about sports radio is people love when you're wrong, and they love to pour salt on an

open wound. It's really shot in Freuda. Like the shows that have been the most popular on on the weekend they show are when the Clippers go out and take the ride on the vomit comment in the playoffs and lose, or after the Dodgers lose the World Series and they didn't really lose in seventeen or eighteen they tied in seen the Red Sox cheated also. But people love that, they love taking joy listening to me me me be miserable, and uh so it would make for more compelling radio.

I believe that to be true. All right, Chris in my Cocona, Oh about that for a name, it's pretty good Cocona, which they have a minor league baseball team there, the Coconas waunched by Pepsi. Anyway, I'm a Cocona Awa. I'm just gonna keep saying that because I finally Chris sent me how to properly pronounce this. I think I'm saying it right. Cocon pronunciation guy on it. He did. Uh, there's a nice park there in m Coconio. There's a fifty seats theater. I was reading on the internet. Uh.

Nice small town there in Iowa, Uh, says Uh. Christen in Cocona says, have you ever dropped and lost a foul ball or a home run ball? Ever been kicked out of a stadium? Never been kicked out of a stadium?

I did. At one point when I was covering a Dodger Atlanta Braves game, I had a foul ball hit by Troy Gloss, known for his days with the Angels, World Series hero for the Angels, but he was at the end of his career playing for the Atlanta Braves, and he had a foul ball in the press box in the front row there, and Uh, it hit me and bounced off my chest and I did not make the catch, and I got booed by the crowd at Dodgers State Idium and in the press box and it

bounced down. I'm the thing I'm most upset about is I put the I I had the bruise because it hit me and bounced off me. But then somebody else took the ball on the press box. Bull crap. I'm still upset by that. I've never had a foul ball come my way, but I I have had a couple of pucks and those hurt. You're a pucking kind of guy. Well, this is before while it actually happened in the Great Western forums. This is before I had that netting behind

each goal. Before they whis sified sporting events with Nennie. Pretty much, people weren't on their cell phones getting dotted. Uh yeah, I grabbed two pucks. I had one and it hurt pretty bad. It was a clean shot. But one of my favorite things when we going to King's games would the pregame skate. Yeah, I love it was awesome, like right going down and we were able to get down near the ice and stuff there, and there'd be

pucks that would fly over there all the time. I love the end game shots that went over the net because you would always look for people that got fucking drilled. There is always that one person that either wasn't paying attention or they just they couldn't find the puck. And there'd be people with like beer standing up in the great Western form back in the day and never watered down their beers. Everyone was like whoa, like what's going on?

And you know someone just bleeding from the head down on their toes because they got drilled by Puck Robin vegas right and says this is your for both you and gas Can. Who is the worst filling update anchor? Is it? He says? Wrecked him? Ralph or Brian fifteen minute? Finley? Wow, yes, you want to attack one of your co workers? Go ahead? Is it Canadian? Mike? Is it Canadian? Mike? Is that the answer? Yes? Uh? The the correct answer here? Well,

I see not Ralph. I guess I would go Finley is the worst because Ralph at least doesn't spend thirty minutes on the the updates, and Ralph hasn't created his own fan club in his head with his neurosis like Finley does. Just blatantly makes up out of thin air Finley fanatics, which does not exist, but in his head it exists. It's your guy, that's right, absolutely correct. Locally docally do locally docally do as they say. Alright, couple more emails, Uh, when will the Red Sox be relevant again?

I don't know who sent that one in. I don't know. I'd say within the Red Sox will never would be bad for more than like three years. Three years. They've been pretty spotty. They've won a bunch of World Series the last twenty years, but they've also had some terrible teams with Bobby Valentine and all that stuff. Uns see, can't read that one on the air. Uh, let's see Neil rights in. Seems like the guests you know and connect with are great, but the ones you don't, the

athletes suck. It's Neil's opinion on the show. I cleaned that up a little bit, and he did not enjoy some of the the athletes that we've had. We only had one, I think. Uh, And he says, uh, let's see here, how about having John Freaky on? Yeah? You know John. John used to work at Fox Sports. I did not know John. Okay, I could get I could track down Freaky. And I would like to hear David Dr David G your wingman, conduct an interview while you be his wingman. Okay, No, nobody wants to do Nobody

wants to hear that. Jesse from Pona says, Hey, Ben, do the Dodgers need to make a move to keep their World Series hopes alive? Uh No, they just have to give some smelling salts to Cody Bellinger and too Max Munsey. That's it. So anyway, that's it. We're we're out of time there and sorry Vall's fan Jimmy from Fayetteville, Tennessee. There did not sneak it in, did not sneak it in, but it happens, and then we left a couple others on the table, But that's it. Have a wonderful rest

of Sunday. We will be back live in the Magic Radio Box leven PM in the West on Sunday night, but that of course works out to be two a m. In the East on Monday in the overnight, and we'll talk to you then. Have a great week.