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Hour 4 - The Buck Stops Here · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Great googly moogly. It's our number four. Our four ready
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  Speaker 1: to go as we are here together on the Ben
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  Speaker 1: Maller Show. It is Thursday, the 15th day of October.
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  Speaker 1: So how big a deal is this reported rhubarb, a
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  Speaker 1: pregame argument between ABC's Joe Buck and Troy Aikman? as
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  Speaker 1: Aikman is a lame duck. Joe Buck got paid. Aikman
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  Speaker 1: did not. Also, how do you see this latest Joey
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  Speaker 1: Porter injury for the Cowboys? He's only played one game,
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  Speaker 1: and now he actually does have a legitimate injury after
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  Speaker 1: supposedly being a healthy scratch in Pittsburgh. And in Buffalo,
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  Speaker 1: why did Bills coach Joe Brady retract his criticism of
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  Speaker 1: running back James Cook's butterfingers after... Threatening the bench, James Cook.
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  Speaker 1: He did a 180 on that. We'll talk about all
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  Speaker 1: of these things and more right about now. Here we go.
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  Speaker 1: Settle in. It's our number four. And here it is. Well,
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  Speaker 1: the buck stops here. Unless it doesn't. Welcome in the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: who always wears that ugly Giants hat, and Mikey Cano,
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  Speaker 1: don't you know? They were curious about the NLCS. Now,
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  Speaker 1: we had a game last night, the Dodgers and the Brewers,
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  Speaker 1: where the Brewers hit first pitch of the game, Jackson Churrio.
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  Speaker 1: He hits a home run. Dodgers came back. They took
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  Speaker 1: the lead. And then immediately, Blake Snell went out there
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  Speaker 1: and rode the Vomit Comet and puked it up, gave
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  Speaker 1: up back-to-back jacks to the brew crew. And Milwaukee piled
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  Speaker 1: it on. The Brewers get a win. And if you're
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  Speaker 1: a Dodger hater, you'll be very happy. The Milwaukee Brewers
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  Speaker 1: are now one win away. One win away from advancing...
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  Speaker 1: to the World Series. They haven't been there since the
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  Speaker 1: early 1980s. They played the Cardinals back when the Brewers
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  Speaker 1: were an American League team. And there is no time
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  Speaker 1: like October. The NLCS is here streaming live on Fox 1.
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  Speaker 1: The back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers taking on the top-seeded Brewers.
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  Speaker 1: And this NLCS rematch one series away from the World Series.
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  Speaker 1: This is win-or-go-home baseball right now. It is for the Dodgers.
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  Speaker 1: Every pitch matters. This is the moment. The whole season's
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  Speaker 1: been building to every pitch, every swing, every walk-off. Do
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  Speaker 1: Catch the Dodgers versus the Brewers today live on Fox 1.
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  Speaker 1: There's no time like October, and there's no place, no
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  Speaker 1: better place to stream the magic than Fox 1. And remember,
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  Speaker 1: the schedule changed. Because of the weather, inclement weather today
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  Speaker 1: in Cleveland. So the AL game got moved up to
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  Speaker 1: 1 o'clock Eastern time. And 10 o'clock in the West,
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  Speaker 1: you'll have Griffin Jacks on the mound for Tampa versus
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  Speaker 1: Gavin Williams, the horse, of course, for Cleveland. But that
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  Speaker 1: means the NLCS game, which is the game on Fox.
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  Speaker 1: You can watch on Fox 1. The Brewers are going
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  Speaker 1: to go with Undecided. He'll be on the mound. Undecided,
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  Speaker 1: the Dodgers are going with Tyler Glassdown. And the Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Glassnow Dodgers are a minus 151 favorite for whatever that's
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  Speaker 1: worth against undecided for the Brew Crew. But that's not
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  Speaker 1: our lead story.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: Our lead this hour is from the Boob Tube. Broadcasters
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  Speaker 1: gone bad. ABC. Joe Buck of ABC. Troy Aikman. reportedly
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  Speaker 1: got into a rhubarb. They argued before the recent Monday
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  Speaker 1: night football game, the Rams and Bills in the hood
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  Speaker 1: in Inglewood and up to no good at SoFi Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: So if you didn't hear about this, perhaps, perhaps not.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Buck allegedly initiated a very uncomfortable exchange over the
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  Speaker 1: fact that Joe Buck got his money and Troy Aikman
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  Speaker 1: did not. And if Aikman is a broadcaster, he's also
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  Speaker 1: multitasking as a lame duck broadcaster. So supposedly there were tensions.
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  Speaker 1: They did subside just before kickoff. And there were no
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  Speaker 1: signs on the broadcast that anything went haywire. According to
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  Speaker 1: something called Front Office Sports, they claim to have the story.
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  Speaker 1: Buck signed a six-year extension worth over $ 100 million. $ 100 million.
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  Speaker 1: Has anyone ever tuned into a game to watch Joe Buck?
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  Speaker 1: The answer is no. Anyway, Joe Buck, good for him.
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  Speaker 1: What a hustle. What a hustle. Buck gets $ 100 million,
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  Speaker 1: and he'll stay with ESPN, bringing no viewers to the
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  Speaker 1: TV through 2031. Now, meanwhile, Troy Aikman, who also nobody
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  Speaker 1: tunes in to watch, Aikman's contract expires after this season.
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  Speaker 1: And there are no negotiations. Aikman expected a deal to
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  Speaker 1: be done before the season, and it hasn't happened. So
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  Speaker 1: despite everything, Aikman said, I want to keep my job.
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  Speaker 1: I want to continue this 25-year partnership with Joe Buck,
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  Speaker 1: the Fox refugees. Remember, they left Fox simultaneously and ran
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  Speaker 1: off to ESPN. So that's a good jumping-off point. Let
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  Speaker 1: us discuss the question. How big a deal is the
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  Speaker 1: reported pregame argument between Joe Buck and Troy Aikman? So
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  Speaker 1: I've got Steelworker, Team Shop, and 7-11. And we will
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  Speaker 1: combine all of these things together, and we are going
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  Speaker 1: to have a little gabagool, some baba ghanoush, and the
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  Speaker 1: jambalaya for Ben Jamin. So we've got all that. We're
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  Speaker 1: good to go. We're going to try to seize the moment,
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  Speaker 1: try to seize the moment.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Now, first of all, you know, how big a deal
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  Speaker 1: is it? Buck Aikman barking at each other. It's we're
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  Speaker 1: at the stage now. It's very awkward, very awkward. The
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  Speaker 1: self-titled worldwide leader is apparently prepping for a little addition
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  Speaker 1: by subtraction in the broadcast booth. Two guys making enough money,
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  Speaker 1: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, to essentially buy the entire
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  Speaker 1: state of Rhode Island, are fighting. Before a Monday night
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  Speaker 1: football game, they're arguing, and I'm sure somewhere there's a
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  Speaker 1: weeping steel worker who's playing a very tiny violin. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: what a sob story this is. These two rich people
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  Speaker 1: are bitching at each other. You don't need a forensic
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  Speaker 1: account to figure this one out. The argument itself is
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  Speaker 1: not the story. Don't bury the lead, my man! The
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  Speaker 1: fact that someone leaked this That is the smoking gun.
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  Speaker 1: Loose lips at ABC prove that this isn't some harmless
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  Speaker 1: lover's quarrel. It's a full-blown broadcasting divorce after 25 years
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  Speaker 1: of broadcast matrimony. ABC has said, you know what, we
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  Speaker 1: don't want you guys together anymore. And we have our favorite,
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  Speaker 1: and that's Joseph Francis Buck. That's our favorite, JFB. He
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  Speaker 1: got the house, the car, and the massive contract extension.
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  Speaker 1: And Troy Aikman, well, you get radio silence, custody of
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  Speaker 1: the telestrator, and visitation rights on Thursday and possibly Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: You get that. So ESPN treating Aikman like a rental car.
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  Speaker 1: Plenty of mileage ready for addition by subtraction. And I
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  Speaker 1: know a little bit how that world works. I've worked
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  Speaker 1: in the media business for a while. I did some
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  Speaker 1: TV a couple of times. And despite TV not doing
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  Speaker 1: very well right now, TV's really financially a hot mess.
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  Speaker 1: they always have the money for the jocks. They love
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  Speaker 1: their ex-jocks. They still worship their ex-jocks. And if they
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  Speaker 1: really wanted Troy Aikman, Aikman would have had a done
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  Speaker 1: deal back in August. They would have worked out the
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  Speaker 1: details for Aikman. It hasn't happened. Now, that being said...
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  Speaker 1: As we mentioned here moments ago, the show is not
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  Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. It's the NFL. That's the show. You
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  Speaker 1: could put not one but two garden gnomes in the
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  Speaker 1: booth on Monday night, and the ratings would still be
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  Speaker 1: pretty good. People would still watch. As long as the
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  Speaker 1: matchup is okay, they'd still watch. Now, secondly, to the
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  Speaker 1: trainer's room where Cowboys defensive back Joey Porter Jr., He's
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  Speaker 1: dealing with a snap, crackle, pop. Oh, my ankle! Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's got a bad ankle. This ahead of the Week
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  Speaker 1: 6 matchup against the Green Bay Packers. I saw that
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  Speaker 1: Micah Parsons is not rushing back to play. He can't
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  Speaker 1: be bothered to play. I'd be very concerned if I
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  Speaker 1: was the Green Bay Packers. Very concerned. There is no
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  Speaker 1: sense of urgency by Micah Parsons. He's given me NBA
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard vibes. I'd be very worried if
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  Speaker 1: I was the Packers. What have we done? We gave
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  Speaker 1: this guy a lot of money. He doesn't seem to
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  Speaker 1: have any kind of interest in getting back and helping
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  Speaker 1: the team play. Even against his old opponent, his old team,
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  Speaker 1: his old employer. But this is about Joey Porter Jr.
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  Speaker 1: So Porter did practice on a limited basis on Wednesday night.
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  Speaker 1: He missed the Week 5 game against the Tampa Bay
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  Speaker 1: football team because of an illness. He was seen leaving
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  Speaker 1: the locker room where one of the Cowboy staffers had
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  Speaker 1: to hold a trash can so he could puke because
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  Speaker 1: Porter's such a diva, he can't hold his own trash can.
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  Speaker 1: He's got to demean some Cowboy low-level staffer. So Dallas
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  Speaker 1: traded a second-round pick and a sixth-round pick in future
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  Speaker 1: years to get their hands on Porter from Pittsburgh. Porter
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  Speaker 1: has appeared in one more game than you have and
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  Speaker 1: I have. He's played 25 defensive snaps. That was against Houston.
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  Speaker 1: So the question, how do you see this latest Joey
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  Speaker 1: Porter injury for the Cowboys? How do you see this
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  Speaker 1: all working out? So this is what's known as justice.
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  Speaker 1: It's cosmic justice, a complete embarrassment, for the Jerry Jones Cowboys. Now,
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  Speaker 1: they're saying this is not that big a deal. I'll
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  Speaker 1: believe it when I see it. This has bamboozled written
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  Speaker 1: all over it. The Steelers, they ought to just go
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  Speaker 1: down to the team shop and send Jerry Jones his
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  Speaker 1: own personal terrible towel for taking Joey Porter Jr. off
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers' hands. There's an old saying, when somebody shows
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  Speaker 1: you the exit, maybe you should ask why. Maybe you
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  Speaker 1: should ask why. Porter went from a healthy scratch in
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  Speaker 1: the Steel City, malfeasance, he didn't want to play, to
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  Speaker 1: now a walking injury in a short time in Big D.
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  Speaker 1: He spent more time, he has spent more time being
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  Speaker 1: evaluated than a contestant on The Voice. And he's got
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  Speaker 1: that French leave thing in Pittsburgh. And now he's on, what,
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  Speaker 1: medical leave in Dallas. So the football gods, the football
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  Speaker 1: gods have a wicked sense of humor. Handing Joey Porter Jr.
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  Speaker 1: a cosmic wedgie. Cosmic justice. This is a cosmic wedgie
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  Speaker 1: of industrial strength. proportion the cowboys again they figured hey
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  Speaker 1: we're getting a franchise pillar we're getting a shutdown defensive
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  Speaker 1: back and so far they got a franchise patient is
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  Speaker 1: what they got i know it's only been a couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks well we have a talk show to do
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  Speaker 1: today final thought we go to buffalo Bill's coach, Joe Brady,
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  Speaker 1: made some headlines the other day. The relatively new coach
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  Speaker 1: in Buffalo, who nobody really knows who this cat is,
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  Speaker 1: gets a lot of love from the media. And he
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  Speaker 1: made some comments about James Cook, the running back who
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  Speaker 1: had been giving up the football multiple times. Fumble!
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  Speaker 4: Bug on the rug!
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, here is what he originally said. This is Joe Brady,
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  Speaker 1: coach in Buffalo. This is what he originally said the
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  Speaker 1: other day about James Cook. Take a listen.
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  Speaker 5: We're putting the ball in harm's way. And we know
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  Speaker 5: the way that we lose football games is we turn
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  Speaker 5: the ball over, right? And, you know, James has put
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  Speaker 5: the ball on the ground. And there are obviously at
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  Speaker 5: some point there has to be consequences to when we're
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  Speaker 5: putting negative stuff out there. And so it's, you know,
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  Speaker 5: conversations that we're having ongoing. James knows it's important to him,
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  Speaker 5: but that can't happen. And it's going to cost us
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  Speaker 5: football games. It almost cost us one. And it's got
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  Speaker 5: to improve or the carries are going to decrease.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: So there you go. He said, we're going to not
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  Speaker 1: give this guy the football because he's a liability, which
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  Speaker 1: he is. Well, then somebody had a talk with Joe
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  Speaker 1: Brady and let's just say his song sheet changed. Let's
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  Speaker 1: go to the audio tape. He's a, he's aware of it.
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  Speaker 5: We're going to continue coaching it, but, um, I don't
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  Speaker 5: want you guys to think that I'm going to stop
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  Speaker 5: giving James Cook the ball either.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 5: Like, like I said, he's playing really good football and, um,
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  Speaker 5: we have to, but that element is what allows it,
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  Speaker 5: you know, to, to not be absolutely great football. And, um,
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  Speaker 5: So we've addressed it. He's cleaning it up.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: He's cleaning it up? He just fumbled twice in the
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  Speaker 1: game the other day. How's he cleaning it up? I
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  Speaker 1: think there's evidence he's not cleaning it up. So Joe
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  Speaker 1: Brady has heard backtracking after suggesting that James Cook could
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  Speaker 1: lose playing time because he keeps fumbling. Cook with the
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  Speaker 1: two fumbles against the Rams in Week 5 and should
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  Speaker 1: have cost the game. To Buffalo, they should have lost
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  Speaker 1: that game. Rams kicker, who they've since fired, gave the
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  Speaker 1: game back to Buffalo. But Brady demanding better ball security
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  Speaker 1: and then doing the old 180, saying, psych, psych, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if anyone's running the ball better than him
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL. So Brady insisting he will not stop
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  Speaker 1: feeding James Cook, acknowledging the problem, the reversal, raising questions
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  Speaker 1: about whether or not Joe Brady, the original warning, was genuine,
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  Speaker 1: or the follow-up was genuine. What is going on here?
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  Speaker 1: So the question, why did Bill's coach, the new guy,
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  Speaker 1: Joe Brady, retract his criticism of running back James Cook's
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  Speaker 1: butter fingers? So Joe Brady, the coach here, has the
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  Speaker 1: backbone of a wet spaghetti noodle. A wet spaghetti noodle.
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  Speaker 1: Brady went from Judge Judy to Mr. Rogers' neighborhood overnight.
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  Speaker 1: Won't you be my neighbor? Won't you be my neighbor?
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  Speaker 1: And please don't drop the ball, James. Please don't. So
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  Speaker 1: you finally say something here that makes total sense. Your
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  Speaker 1: running back is a liability. If he runs the ball
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  Speaker 1: for 80 yards and then fumbles after that 80-yard run,
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  Speaker 1: what good is that? And here was the coach issuing
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  Speaker 1: out accountability. And then just a couple of days later,
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  Speaker 1: he turns around and says, let me go out to 7-Eleven.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to give James Cook a nice slurpee. Slurpee, slurpee, slurpee.
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  Speaker 1: Two fumbles, one public warning, and an immediate retreat. Brady
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  Speaker 1: discovered the modern NFL coaching handbook. You criticize the players
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  Speaker 1: on a Monday. You apologize on a Tuesday. And then
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  Speaker 1: you compliment on a Wednesday. That's it. Apparently, holding on
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  Speaker 1: to the football is an optional item if you play
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  Speaker 1: for Buffalo. And Brady's message is rather simple. There are
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  Speaker 1: consequences for fumbling unless you're a really good player and
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  Speaker 1: somebody taps me on the shoulder and then there's no punishment.
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  Speaker 1: No punishment. If he doesn't have the stomach, if the
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  Speaker 1: coach does not have the stomach to bench James Cook
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  Speaker 1: in October, why should anybody, anybody believe he'll have the
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  Speaker 1: stomach to make the tough decisions in January? You don't
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  Speaker 1: win in the playoffs fumbling the football away. That is
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  Speaker 1: a poisonous cocktail. It's a toxic cocktail is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: You lose them. It's not going to win the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, Buffalo's not going to win with that defense.
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  Speaker 1: But somebody please explain that to the coach. Coach Spineless
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  Speaker 1: over there before we head further into the season and
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  Speaker 1: then it becomes a problem once we get into January.
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  Speaker 6: now on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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  Speaker 1: The Mellor Show on Fox Sports Radio. As we cruise
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  Speaker 1: through the overnight here, early morning hours coming up a
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  Speaker 1: little bit later this hour, we will have Fact or Fiction.
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  Speaker 1: Fact or fiction, that'll be coming up a little bit
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  Speaker 1: later in the hour. Something that happened 25 years ago.
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  Speaker 1: Still a topic of conversation. What is it? What are
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  Speaker 1: we talking? I don't understand. What are you talking about?
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  Speaker 1: We'll explain. We'll get that coming up in a couple minutes.
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  Speaker 1: We'll take some more of these phone calls as well.
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  Speaker 1: The whole thing, if you'd like to be part, 877-99-ON-FOX.
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  Speaker 1: That's 877- 996-6369. Also on X, at Ben Maller. That's
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  Speaker 1: so please act accordingly. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: All right, back to where we go, and let's say
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  Speaker 1: hello to Blind Scott, who's on the north end of Boston.
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  Speaker 1: He was on earlier. He said he wanted to be
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  Speaker 1: on in this hour, so we will make his dream
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  Speaker 1: come true. Hello, Blind Scott.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, hey, Ben. Thanks for putting me on here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm starting this clinical trial next week. It's going to
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  Speaker 2: pay me some money. It's going to be pretty good, hopefully,
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  Speaker 2: at McLean's in Belmont. Hopefully, we see some progress. I'm
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: not doing that well, so I joined the show again
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  Speaker 2: because you called me last week because I was having
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  Speaker 2: a hard time and I realized you were in your car.
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  Speaker 2: So I just started talking really fast because I knew
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  Speaker 2: you were driving, so I tried to keep you on
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  Speaker 2: the phone as long as possible. Did you notice that?
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  Speaker 2: I didn't even let you talk. And then yesterday I
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  Speaker 2: woke up, and it was like 9.28 in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: I had just gone to bed, and my mom was here.
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  Speaker 2: And she told me I had joined a cult, too. Like,
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  Speaker 2: she said, you're in a cult. And she was yelling
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  Speaker 2: at me and saying, you can't even see what you
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  Speaker 2: look like. And I was like, well, Ben Mellor's not
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  Speaker 2: going to be happy you said this about him. You
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  Speaker 2: know what I'm saying? So I'm back flying my freak
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  Speaker 2: flag with.
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  Speaker 1: All you freaks out there.
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  Speaker 7: Wait, wait, wait.
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  Speaker 3: Your mom?
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  Speaker 1: Are you saying we're a cult? Is that what you're saying?
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  Speaker 1: I feel like you're accusing us of.
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  Speaker 2: Being a cult. Yeah, she said you're in a cult.
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  Speaker 8: Really?
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  Speaker 3: You had all these surgeries.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you had all these surgeries done. You're in a cult.
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  Speaker 3: And, like, maybe we should take some calls on this.
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  Speaker 2: If we're a call tonight, you have this other leprechaun guy.
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  Speaker 2: He seems like he's had some surgery done.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you want to talk to the leprechaun. Okay, we
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  Speaker 1: can make that happen.
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  Speaker 2: For sure, this guy, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, this guy was in the octagon. Did you hear
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  Speaker 1: the octagon yesterday? Marcel was in the octagon against the leprechaun.
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  Speaker 1: They went at it there in the octagon.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I've been struggling with, like, severe mental illness,
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  Speaker 2: so that actually compounds it.
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  Speaker 8: You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 2: When we had a meetup and I had like 15
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  Speaker 2: drinks in a row and he was there. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: I was just the star of the show though. I
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: stole the show. Actually, there was Dan, the garbage man.
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  Speaker 2: There was that guy, um, the midget guy that I
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  Speaker 2: liked so much that I blocked his number. Um, the
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  Speaker 2: bridge guy, uh, what was his name? You remember, uh, geez,
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  Speaker 2: he's listening right now. He was from Rhode Island. Uh, geez,
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  Speaker 2: he was there with his girlfriend. She really enjoyed me.
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  Speaker 1: Um, No, she didn't. She was just being polite.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, what was his name?
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  Speaker 3: It was Cape Verdean.
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  Speaker 2: What was his name?
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  Speaker 1: Ah, Jesus, I have his number blocked. You've got to
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  Speaker 1: say it. You're supposed to remember people's names. What's wrong
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  Speaker 1: with you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I blocked his number because he was calling
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  Speaker 2: me and waking me up because I wasn't calling on
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  Speaker 2: the show.
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  Speaker 3: But, damn it, you should know his number.
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  Speaker 1: He has your number?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I should come on the mail bag again.
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  Speaker 1: Avelino is his name. Avelino.
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  Speaker 2: Avelino, yeah. Avelino, yeah. He's a wicked smart guy.
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  Speaker 1: Remember Dave the Trash Man was there. He had his
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  Speaker 1: kid with him. Cape Cod Paperboy showed up.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he didn't talk to me.
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  Speaker 2: There was a lot of people that refused to speak
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  Speaker 2: to me.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know why anyone would refuse to speak to you, Scott.
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  Speaker 1: I can't imagine why anyone would not want to talk
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  Speaker 1: to you. My God.
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  Speaker 2: We only had a 45-minute meetup, and it was just
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  Speaker 2: me speaking the whole time, having 15 drinks, like, just
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  Speaker 2: throwing my weight around. I was a star. Just like
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  Speaker 2: on that Fifth Hour podcast, I'm available again, so you
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  Speaker 2: could put me on with one of those tomato cans
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  Speaker 2: that you have, like, Scott from Northern Kentucky. Bring him on,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll come in on the phone, and I'll light
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  Speaker 2: up the show, and I can carry the content. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the Leprechaun wants to say hello to you. Mike
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  Speaker 1: the Leprechaun, say hello to Blind Scott. Mike, you guys bonded.
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  Speaker 1: You're good friends. Hello, Mike the Leprechaun.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I like him. He's got a teacher's pension. Hey, so, Mike,
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  Speaker 2: how much is your teacher's pension a month? I'm just curious.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of a personal question. I don't think he should...
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  Speaker 1: I don't think he should.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, Mike.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Mike, you want to go to the teachers union
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  Speaker 2: meeting with me and meet some chicks? They have it
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  Speaker 2: down here on Beacon Hill once in a while. They're
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  Speaker 2: coming up on a contract, actually, soon. And we could
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  Speaker 2: help represent. We could do some protesting in front of
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  Speaker 2: the state house.
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  Speaker 1: We've got to let him talk, Scott. You just keep talking.
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  Speaker 1: Let him talk. It's fine.
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  Speaker 2: He's on all the time, so I'm just trying to
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  Speaker 2: be the star of the show. Hey, Mike, what do
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  Speaker 2: you think? I'll let you talk now.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, Blanche Scott, my pension pays my bills, let me
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  Speaker 3: put it that way, and you did a great job
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  Speaker 3: on the mailbag last weekend.
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  Speaker 8: Ben speak about four times for the whole hour.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was great.
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  Speaker 2: Is he going to comment on this teachers' union contract?
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  Speaker 3: It's in Massachusetts.
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  Speaker 2: It's coming up. They say it's the biggest teachers' union
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  Speaker 2: contract ever because they don't have the money for it
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  Speaker 2: right now. The state doesn't have the money.
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  Speaker 1: Let me ask you this, Scott. Why would we want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about a teachers' union on a sports talk radio?
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  Speaker 2: Because Mike was in. Because they're listening now. I know
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  Speaker 2: they're all listening, these teachers. And then they have the
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  Speaker 2: other people listen, like the construction unions. They're driving into
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  Speaker 2: work now. The Teamsters Union listens. It's a union to
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  Speaker 2: where Boston is a blue-collared working city. And this is
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  Speaker 2: drive time. Everybody's driving into work right now. Rhode Island
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  Speaker 2: is listening, too. They bumped that sports network off in
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  Speaker 2: Rhode Island. And Ben's the only sports show on there
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  Speaker 2: on the overnight now. So this is the only sports.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I hear Paul, the blow alcoholic guy.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's Red Breast Paul. I heard he is back,
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: Red Breast Paul. He calls the day shows.
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  Speaker 2: They use his name to get in with Mike Felger sometimes.
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  Speaker 3: I can't get into any sports.
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  Speaker 2: Shows besides this one because I over-communicate and get too
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  Speaker 2: much content.
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  Speaker 1: You're still going, by the way. Mike the Leprechaun, anything
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  Speaker 1: you want to add here? Mike the Leprechaun, you haven't
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  Speaker 1: said nothing here, Mike the Leprechaun.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'm trying. So I saw the people vote, 60
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  Speaker 3: for the Leprechaun, 40 for Marcelo.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Mike, what are you worried about? You won the vote. Congratulations.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and that's only fair. And I hope Lorena is
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  Speaker 3: in boxing, judging school today, because you can't go 10-4, 10-3, 10-2,
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  Speaker 3: which she did anyways.
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  Speaker 2: I'm actually waiting for the fentanyl bag to show up
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 3: You were a pleasure to hang out with.
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  Speaker 2: Dude, hey, anyways, dude, one other thing I've got to
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  Speaker 2: ask you. Are you worried about this cannabis bill? You
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  Speaker 2: know that's coming up.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Scott. I appreciate that. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations, Leprechaun, on beating Marcel. The vote of the people,
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  Speaker 1: by the people, for the people, all about the people.
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  Speaker 1: Marcel won the studio vote. You were the winner of
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  Speaker 1: the vote of the people. So there you go. Enjoy that.
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  Speaker 1: And back to the phones we go. Let's say hello
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  Speaker 1: to Steve in Manhattan. Hello, Steve-O in Manhattan.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome.
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  Speaker 2: Ben.
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  Speaker 3: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. Ben, distinguished panel, expanding audience,
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  Speaker 3: welcome to Hee Haw, laughing, and anything that entertains you.
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  Speaker 3: First of all, Ben, you've got to realize something. I'm
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: in demand at this time of year, okay? They want
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: to hear my opinion on certain things. You know, I
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  Speaker 3: know you've got your scouts out there.
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  Speaker 1: Who are they? Who are they? Who are they?
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: I don't know. You know, these other shows and stuff,
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: they want me to comment on certain things. and it's
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: not sports-related. But sports can get intertwined with it eventually sometimes.
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  Speaker 3: But the thing is, I was just singing White Christmas
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: because the other day we were online, and I call
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  Speaker 3: them delis, right? I don't call them bodegas. I call
• 29:50
  Speaker 3: them delis. You know, going to get something to eat.
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  Speaker 3: And this woman is online, and she's like out for
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: a snack or something. You know, like... And she's just
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  Speaker 3: going on and on. I want this. So I started
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: singing White Christmas. And this woman turns around. She was
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: pretty good looking, too. I love that song. We're singing
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: that song to you because you're not moving, lady. Anyway,
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  Speaker 3: the thing is, I love this show. I know you
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  Speaker 3: got your scouts out there. They hear me. But don't
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: take that personally, please. They want to hear me. They
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: want to hear certain things I have to say.
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  Speaker 1: We'll say something amazing. Dazzle me right now. Give me
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  Speaker 1: some razzle dazzle. What do you got?
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah, but you're throwing me off the air.
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: I'm not throwing you off the air. I didn't throw
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  Speaker 1: you off the air. What are you talking about? I
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  Speaker 1: like when you call.
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  Speaker 2: You know that.
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  Speaker 3: And I will say something to the audience out there.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: Increase Ben's audience by a gazillion because this is the
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  Speaker 3: only show right now. that i could call steve from
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: man i come on the air there's other shows believe
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: me it's like it's not it's an obstacle course.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: Let me ask you a question should i be concerned
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  Speaker 1: that you and blind scott can only call this show
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: that every other show in my industry has banned you
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  Speaker 1: and i put you guys on is that a bad
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  Speaker 1: thing for me am i am i making some kind
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  Speaker 1: of mistake here that i put you guys on and
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  Speaker 1: everyone else will not allow you to be on the
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  Speaker 1: radio and i put you on no problem.
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  Speaker 3: You have a studio audience? No, that's perfect. That's what
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: this is for. We're here to talk. This is what
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: we're here for, to talk. If you want to stop talking,
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: there's other places on the planet you can go to.
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: Believe me, you're not allowed to talk there. But the
• 31:31
  Speaker 3: thing is, listen, with sports, do you see some of
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: these people in sports are morons. We know that. The
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: giant overtime game. One guy's not taking any heat. To me,
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: that was the dueling boneheads because the Giants had the ball.
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: He should have had the ball. If I'm the coach,
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: the kick is out there kicking the field goal and
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  Speaker 3: the game's over from the 40 yards. The kick is
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  Speaker 3: 40 yards.
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  Speaker 2: Right?
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  Speaker 3: From the 24-year, whatever, after the 40-yard kick, game is over.
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  Speaker 3: What do you keep running the ball for? Bad things
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  Speaker 3: can happen if you keep.
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  Speaker 1: Playing like that. They don't trust their kicker. That's why.
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  Speaker 1: I don't blame them. The Rams trusted their kicker and
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  Speaker 1: they lost because their idiot kicker missed a makeable kick.
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  Speaker 1: Shanked it.
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  Speaker 3: Right, but the thing is, it was 40 yards. Listen,
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  Speaker 3: if you can't kick a 40-yard field goal in the NFL,
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  Speaker 3: you don't blow in the NFL, all right? That's the
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  Speaker 3: way I look at it.
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  Speaker 1: I hear you. I hear you, absolutely. All right, we'll
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  Speaker 1: leave it there, Steve-O. Thank you for your hot sports takes.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate that. Let's say hello to Poppy in San Diego. Hello, Poppy.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, what's going on?
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: Oh, you don't sound as excited as you normally do.
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: Is everything okay?
• 32:46
  Speaker 8: Well, actually, I got some breaking news about what happened. Well, actually,
• 32:49
  Speaker 8: it was on Tuesday morning. I got hit by a car,
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  Speaker 8: you know.
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  Speaker 1: No, Papi, you got hit by a car? No way.
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  Speaker 1: That's terrible, Papi. Were you walking or driving when you
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: got hit by the car?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I was driving.
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  Speaker 8: That was when I was done doing Uber Eats. So
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  Speaker 8: I was on the street, what's that street called?
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  Speaker 7: Claremont?
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  Speaker 1: You can't say that word. No, you can't. I think
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  Speaker 1: you're cursed. All right, we're done, Poppy.
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  Speaker 4: What do you mean?
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: Did you say what I think you said?
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  Speaker 8: No, I said Claremont.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: No, but I thought you said something else there. Did
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: I hear that or am I hearing?
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  Speaker 3: No, no.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: I feel like I'm hearing bad words. I think I
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: heard something.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: I thought I heard some bad words, but okay.
• 33:27
  Speaker 8: No, but anyway, this car came out of nowhere and
• 33:30
  Speaker 8: hit me. You know those big white van, the one
• 33:32
  Speaker 8: that has a portable washing? I was in my right lane,
• 33:35
  Speaker 8: he was in his left, and he just came and
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  Speaker 8: hit me. Boom, I moved to the side or I
• 33:39
  Speaker 8: was a bit worse. Man, this guy took off all quick.
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: I called the cops.
• 33:43
  Speaker 8: Bad job on San Diego's finding some cops. We were
• 33:47
  Speaker 8: like two, three hours to come and do the police
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  Speaker 8: report on this guy.
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: It took a couple of hours? You got hit by
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: a car and it took them a couple of hours?
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: You must not have been injured that much then, right?
• 33:57
  Speaker 8: Well, actually I was when I got out of the car.
• 33:59
  Speaker 8: I was injured. My whole back is all sore. My
• 34:02
  Speaker 8: knee is all weak. I showed the cops the injury,
• 34:05
  Speaker 8: the damage on the car. They still didn't believe me,
• 34:07
  Speaker 8: a white man. And I showed them.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: Was there video? Did they have video of it?
• 34:11
  Speaker 8: Well, I'm thinking the business right there is a Dunkin' Donuts.
• 34:15
  Speaker 7: Where this guy came out and there's other businesses on
• 34:17
  Speaker 7: the main street on there. They have to do the
• 34:19
  Speaker 7: report and the police report. But these guys didn't believe
• 34:23
  Speaker 7: me and thought I was lying. I'm like, look, there's
• 34:25
  Speaker 7: fresh white paint here. I know it was a Mexican-American
• 34:30
  Speaker 7: cop and a white cop, and they didn't believe me.
• 34:32
  Speaker 8: I'm like, dude.
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: Sorry about that, Papi.
• 34:34
  Speaker 8: Yeah, they didn't believe me. I'm like so bad, banged up.
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: Well, hang in there, buddy. You're off work for a
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: little bit, I guess, so you'll have to get back.
• 34:43
  Speaker 8: Yeah, but hey, I'm here to give a pick, people.
• 34:44
  Speaker 8: I can't miss the show. Give me a pick.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: Even getting hit by a car cannot stop Papi from
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: making picks.
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: Exactly.
• 34:51
  Speaker 8: Not even. I'm here for the people.
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: All right, hurry up. Come on. Chop, chop.
• 34:56
  Speaker 7: Go ahead.
• 34:56
  Speaker 8: And tomorrow, on Thursday night football, if you've got Broncos,
• 35:00
  Speaker 8: I'd like the Broncos plus two and a half bone eggs.
• 35:03
  Speaker 8: It's going to be high altitude and over 1.5 passing
• 35:06
  Speaker 8: touchdowns for bone eggs. I think he's going to do good.
• 35:08
  Speaker 9: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Poppy. Feel better, my man. There you go, Poppy.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: Dinged up. He claims he got hit by a car there.
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: Not good. All right.
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: It is the Ben Maller Show. If you're on hold,
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: you want to be one of my judges, you can
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: do that. By the way, Tom Brady is the, we
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: tease this. If you tease, you got to please. It's
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: been 25 years, nearly 25 years, close, since the Tuck
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  Speaker 1: Rule game. Tom Brady was joking around. He acknowledged that
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  Speaker 1: the infamous play against the old Oakland Raiders might actually
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  Speaker 1: the stand. I'm ready to testify. Now Brady, of course,
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  Speaker 1: them also, but he was having fun with that. As
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  Speaker 1: way back in the day, Oakland was ready to Win,
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  Speaker 8: Please transmit immediately.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me lies. Tell me sweet little lies.
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  Speaker 4: Is it fact or fiction?
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  Speaker 1: Let's face some raw facts. All right, let's do it.
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  Speaker 1: Three stories. You got to figure out which of the
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  Speaker 1: three is not true. Let's welcome in our judges. We
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  Speaker 1: have Daniel, America's favorite crossing guard in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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  Speaker 1: He is back. Hello, Daniel. Welcome.
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  Speaker 8: Good morning, Ben.
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  Speaker 1: Life treating you well, I hope.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Oh, yes, it has.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Outstanding.
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  Speaker 9: Hold on.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to play. We have Coach Russell, our favorite
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  Speaker 1: high school football coach in the Orlando area. Hello, Coach Russell. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: good morning.
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  Speaker 8: Good morning, Daniel.
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  Speaker 9: Be safe out there today, brother.
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  Speaker 1: All right. You ready to go here, Coach? Very good.
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  Speaker 1: Hold on. Seuss Dog. All right. Seuss Dog, our friend
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  Speaker 1: from New Hampshire and Marcel's buddy. Hello, Seuss Dog.
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  Speaker 3: You know, every time I hear Blind Scott's voice, it
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  Speaker 3: makes me want to vomit.
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  Speaker 8: That guy needs Jesus, and I need to start stocking
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  Speaker 8: up on Pepto-Bismol.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Everyone get along. Mark on the north end. Hello,
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  Speaker 1: Marky Mark, my man. Hello, Mark.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Ben, and I agree.
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  Speaker 9: Every time I hear Brian Scott's voice, it makes me
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  Speaker 9: want to get into the verbal octagon with him and
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  Speaker 9: dedicate it to guys like, let's see, Mike the Leprechaun
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  Speaker 9: and Marcel.
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  Speaker 1: All right. We can make that happen. And Frank the Tank. Hello,
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  Speaker 1: Frank the Tank.
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  Speaker 3: How's it going, Bill Miller?
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's do it. Here we go. Three stories.
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  Speaker 1: Figure out which of the three isn't true. Story number one,
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  Speaker 1: EA Sports College Football, big return a couple years ago,
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  Speaker 1: and now it likely is going away because of rising
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  Speaker 1: costs because of NIL. And they're going to have to play.
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  Speaker 1: The costs have risen $ 1, 500, $ 1, 500 per player. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to keep going up. They say they can't. afford to
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  Speaker 1: pay the NIL money for the EA Sports College football game,
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  Speaker 1: so it's going to go away. Story number two, legendary
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  Speaker 1: football coach Mike Ditka passing away last week. The Chicago
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  Speaker 1: Bears planning a big celebration of life when they return
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  Speaker 1: to Soldier Field October 22nd, Thursday night primetime game, dubbed
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  Speaker 1: Ditka Night. Concessions and fans are the stadium and fans
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  Speaker 1: are encouraging people to come dressed up as the coach.
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  Speaker 1: They'll be selling chocolate cigars for fans to add to
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  Speaker 1: their look. And story number three. A popular Midtown Manhattan
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  Speaker 1: Asian fusion spot is offering Knicks fans a sweet deal
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  Speaker 1: for the first month of the NBA season. If you
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  Speaker 1: wear Knicks gear the night of the game, you'll get
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  Speaker 1: an 11% discount in honor of number 11, Jalen Brunson.
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  Speaker 1: Those are the three stories. One of them is not true.
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  Speaker 1: Figure out which one is fiction. Separate it from fact.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to the judges. Daniel, one, two, or three, Daniel?
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  Speaker 3: Three, and thank you, Coach.
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  Speaker 4: I will be careful today.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Look at that. The coach and the crossing guard bonding.
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  Speaker 1: Coach Russell, one, two, or three, Coach Russell?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, it's definitely number three because number one is for sure.
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  Speaker 1: All right. And good luck with your team there, Coach.
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  Speaker 1: Seuss dog, one, two, or three, Seuss dog?
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  Speaker 3: That's number three.
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  Speaker 1: Number three.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Mark on the north end. Which one is it, Mark?
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to make it unanimous.
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  Speaker 8: Number three.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, let's see if Frank the Tank will
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  Speaker 1: make it. Frank, what number?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, let's make it unanimous. I mean, number three.
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  Speaker 1: All right, number two is actually the fake story. You
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  Speaker 1: got it wrong. Number two, number two, the Ditka one.
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  Speaker 1: That was the fake one, the Ditka.