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Hour 3 - It Hurts So Bad · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Wowie.
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  Speaker 2: Kazowie. It's our number three. Our three. The Ben Maller Show.
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  Speaker 2: And here we go in our number three. Set up
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  Speaker 2: all night on this Tuesday, the 20th day of October
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  Speaker 2: for Fresh Pod. So does NFL insider Tom Pellicerio deserve
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  Speaker 2: the heat that he's getting for his reporting, Trader Matic reporting,
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  Speaker 2: on Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts' blood clots, like it's some
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  Speaker 2: kind of Rambo story. Also, why on God's green earth
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  Speaker 2: a Tuesday? Their season begins in hours as we're doing this.
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  Speaker 2: And what is your level of interest in the new
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  Speaker 2: NBA season as it begins in hours from now? We'll
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  Speaker 2: talk about all that and more. Here we go. It's
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  Speaker 2: hour number three. It hurts. It hurts so bad. It
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  Speaker 2: hurts so bad. Welcome in the beginning of another hour
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  Speaker 2: And we will actually mention briefly Pro Bouncy Ball. But
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  Speaker 2: we begin in Philadelphia. The controversy of the week in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL involving Super Bowl winning quarterback Jalen Hurts. Down
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  Speaker 2: for the count. Did you see this? Out of thin air.
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  Speaker 2: A report popped up here. Jalen Hurts, Eagles quarterback, going
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  Speaker 2: to miss the rest of the season after doctors discovered
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  Speaker 2: not one, not two, but multiple blood clots in his lungs.
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  Speaker 3: You see this?
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  Speaker 4: No?
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: Well.
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  Speaker 2: That doesn't sound good. Not a doctor. I can play
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  Speaker 2: one on the radio. That's generally blood clots, not good.
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  Speaker 2: So Hurts played. Here's where the story takes a left turn.
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  Speaker 2: So Jalen Hurts played against Jacksonville, the London Jaguars, despite
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  Speaker 2: having what was said to be a superficial blood clot diagnosis.
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  Speaker 2: He had one touchdown pass and 220 yards passing in
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  Speaker 2: that last-second field goal loss to Jacksonville. Now, the story
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  Speaker 2: took a turn to the wild side when longtime NFL
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  Speaker 2: insider Tom Pellisario reported that Jalen Hurts went 36 hours
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  Speaker 2: without sleep. He was instructed by the doctors not to sleep.
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  Speaker 2: Why do you think that is? Because you could die
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  Speaker 2: if you fall asleep. It's not good for you to
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  Speaker 2: fall asleep. That's apparently, from what I read on the Internet,
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  Speaker 2: how big a mess this story became. Now, Pellisario getting
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  Speaker 2: called out. Now Netflix, Netflix, do they really need an
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  Speaker 2: NFL insider? Okay, apparently they do. So Tom Pellisario working
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  Speaker 2: over there, NFL insider. And here's where it gets really crazy,
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  Speaker 2: really crazy. Because he decided to say, my God, what
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  Speaker 2: a tough dude this guy is and all this stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Laying it on thick. Praising the toughness of Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 2: and asking, how committed is Jalen Hurts to the game
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  Speaker 2: of football? Now, this, of course, was red meat in
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  Speaker 2: the lion's den. Critics questioning the medical judgment, medical malpractice
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  Speaker 2: being tossed around. How could you allow Jalen Hurts to play?
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  Speaker 2: How could you allow Jalen Hurts to fly internationally? Right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Hurts, the blood clot diagnosis was not disclosed
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  Speaker 2: on the injury report. Now, Nick Sirianni was asked, I
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  Speaker 2: believe we have the audio. So Nick Sirianni was asked
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  Speaker 2: about this situation. The Eagles coach, keep in mind, this
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  Speaker 2: is not looking good for the Philadelphia Eagles franchise in
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  Speaker 2: terms of. what they were, you know, advice they were
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  Speaker 2: giving out and all that stuff. And Jalen Hurts, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you allowed the guy to play in a blood clot situation. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: here is Nick Sirianni as the media was peppering him
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  Speaker 2: with questions. And Nick Sirianni, not really all that excited.
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  Speaker 5: Were you briefed by the medical team before you did
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  Speaker 5: this press conference on why he was permitted to fly
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  Speaker 5: despite the blood clot?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I got it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, guys.
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  Speaker 5: Can you give us the information?
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  Speaker 6: As the spokesman of the team, we're just hoping you
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  Speaker 6: give us some information for the public.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: Guys, I've addressed this. I've talked to you guys about this. Again,
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  Speaker 5: the medical experts are there. And I think I've answered
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  Speaker 5: this question multiple times. We put out a statement for
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  Speaker 5: you guys to hear, put out multiple statements for you
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  Speaker 5: guys to hear. And so and I told you guys
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  Speaker 5: that last week that I was going to leave it
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  Speaker 5: at that of where, you know, where we were on that,
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  Speaker 5: because we put out a detailed statement for you guys
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  Speaker 5: to hear and understand.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so that's Nick Sirianni saying, I'm not going to
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  Speaker 2: lose my job over this. I will lose my job
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  Speaker 2: because the team is going to finish at the very
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  Speaker 2: bottom of the NFC East, neck and neck with the
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  Speaker 2: Washington Commanders. Now, the Hurts blood clot diagnosis was not
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  Speaker 2: disclosed on the injury report. I don't know if you
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  Speaker 2: know this, but people bet on these games. That seems
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  Speaker 2: like kind of a big deal. The NFL's a gambling entity.
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  Speaker 2: They're in the gambling business. They're in bed with the bookmakers.
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  Speaker 2: So you kind of have to keep an eye on
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  Speaker 2: this stuff. Now, you heard back and forth there. Nick
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  Speaker 2: Sirianni trying to protect his ass. Everyone's in, you know what,
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  Speaker 2: cover your ass territory, CYA. Now, the Pellisario report, the
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  Speaker 2: Netflix insider, Tom Pellisario, his report, critics accusing him... of
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  Speaker 2: protecting the Eagles, using favorable reporting, and essentially just being
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  Speaker 2: a megaphone for whatever story the Eagles are trying to
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  Speaker 2: get out. So that is a good jumping-off point. Let
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  Speaker 2: us discuss the question. Does NFL Insider, here's the question,
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  Speaker 2: does NFL Insider Tom Pelisario deserve the heat that he's
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  Speaker 2: getting for his reporting on Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts? the
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  Speaker 2: blood clot situation. So my take on this, I've got
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  Speaker 2: certified scuba instructor, Petri dish and dental cleaning. And we
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  Speaker 2: will combine all of these things together. And we are
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  Speaker 2: going to put the biscuit in the basket is what
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  Speaker 2: we're going to do. We always start though with the
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  Speaker 2: lead off part of this. And from the sound of it,
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  Speaker 2: from the sound of it, the Eagles organization said, malpractice,
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  Speaker 2: the malpractice of the Eagles organization, that they've taken this story,
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles, and they have sprinkled some Disney fairy dust
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  Speaker 2: all over that. You can buy that at a shop
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  Speaker 2: in Disneyland for about $ 10, 000. You can buy some of
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  Speaker 2: that Disney fairy dust and sprinkle that all over. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to go yes on Tom Pellisario deserving the
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  Speaker 2: heat that he's getting and It's not new, and he's
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  Speaker 2: not alone. It doesn't change what he is. And some
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  Speaker 2: of you don't understand that. I understand the Eagles part
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  Speaker 2: of it. The Eagles are trying to turn playing football
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  Speaker 2: with a blood clot into this heartwarming human interest story.
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  Speaker 2: And so they, more likely than not, they gave that
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  Speaker 2: to Tom Pellisario, and they said, hey, listen... This is
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  Speaker 2: the story we're going with. And he, of course, had
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  Speaker 2: a big Cheshire Cat smile in our head and said, OK,
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  Speaker 2: that sounds good. Let me repeat that. Why not? The
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  Speaker 2: Eagles are turning this into some kind of Disney movie
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  Speaker 2: starring Jalen Hurts about grit and courage. There is a
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  Speaker 2: dimension in the multiverse where Jalen Hurts went out there
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  Speaker 2: and played in Jacksonville and dropped dead. We're having a
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  Speaker 2: much different conversation about that, if that's the case. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: it didn't happen. However, the NFL insider, Tom Pellisario, on
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  Speaker 2: my report card for his story, I wrote down not
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  Speaker 2: an A, not a B, not a C, not a D.
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  Speaker 2: i wrote down ui for useful idiot that's what i
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  Speaker 2: wrote useful idiot and it sounds like he is so
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  Speaker 2: deep so deep in the nfl tank how deep is
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  Speaker 2: he thanks for asking he's so deep that he is
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  Speaker 2: a certified scuba diver. He actually had to get certified.
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  Speaker 2: He's that far deep into the tank for the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: And it's not just him. Journalists in name, they're really
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  Speaker 2: just publicists. It's copy and paste. They're aggregators. NFL people
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  Speaker 2: give them stories. They just repeat them blindly. I like
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  Speaker 2: Adam Schefter. Remember the famous Schefter report where he called
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  Speaker 2: some source Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Editor?
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  Speaker 2: It's just over the top. Nobody seems to care. And
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  Speaker 2: we've all been programmed, you've all been groomed over the
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  Speaker 2: years to love your state-run media. Your team websites, your
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  Speaker 2: positive news. I'm one of the last of the Mohegans
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  Speaker 2: here where we actually criticize people. Most talk shows don't.
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  Speaker 2: They don't do that. They don't really criticize anyone. What
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  Speaker 2: are the positives? Three up, three down. You know, all
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  Speaker 2: those boring, lazy talkers. They put guests on. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I laugh. People tune in for the host. They don't
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  Speaker 2: tune in for the guest. And there's certain things. I
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  Speaker 2: do the rant every year about the... We do the
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  Speaker 2: Christmas thing. And what are you thankful for? Who's been naughty?
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  Speaker 2: Who's been nice? That kind of stuff. It's all the
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  Speaker 2: lazy talk show host handbook. You buy my book, the
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  Speaker 2: lazy talk show handbook, putting guests on, doing those cliche topics.
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  Speaker 2: We don't do that around here. But a lot of
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  Speaker 2: you love that stuff. You get you can't get enough
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  Speaker 2: of it. You're like, this is great. This is amazing. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: my God. And these insiders, they just repeat. And there
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  Speaker 2: was this idea that. that these guys are watchdogs. These
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  Speaker 2: NFL insiders are watchdogs. And really, they're more lap dog
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  Speaker 2: than watchdog. Kind of like my dog, Moxie. Now, I
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  Speaker 2: was away for a few days. I was out of town.
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  Speaker 2: I came back, and my old dog, Bella, would run
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  Speaker 2: and jump. Like, this is the greatest day in that
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  Speaker 2: dog's life. You return home, tail wagging, tongue wagging. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: my God. My dog, Moxie, did not get off the sofa.
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  Speaker 2: gave me side-eye, like, why are you bothering me? Like,
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  Speaker 2: that's certainly bigger than a lapdog, but that's lapdog ability.
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  Speaker 2: And these people have access. trading integrity for sources and
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  Speaker 2: direct deposit. The Eagles want you to see. It seems
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  Speaker 2: the story from the Eagles is this is Rocky Balboa.
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  Speaker 2: This is Rocky Balboa. And I'm looking at this, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, if this reporting is accurate, that he had
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  Speaker 2: multiple blood clots, the Eagles knew about it, medical people
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  Speaker 2: knew about it, he was allowed to play in the game,
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  Speaker 2: then I'm looking forward to the medical malpractice deposition is
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  Speaker 2: what I'm looking forward to. There's a massive difference between
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  Speaker 2: playing hurt and risking your health. Obviously, we all know that.
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  Speaker 2: Somebody has some explaining to do. Yeah, good luck on that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure there'll be some investigation. Remember, there was a
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  Speaker 2: Chargers quarterback, Tyrod Taylor, who had an injection right before
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  Speaker 2: the game years ago and did not go well and
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  Speaker 2: That was pretty much the end of Tyrod Taylor. He's
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  Speaker 2: bounced around, played for a few different teams, but he
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  Speaker 2: was supposed to be the starting quarterback for the Chargers.
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  Speaker 2: It didn't go so well.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Now, furthermore, to pro bouncy ball.
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  Speaker 7: What?
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  Speaker 2: Calm down. So the NBA, I am told, begins the
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  Speaker 2: 2026-2027 season. just hours from now, we're doing this in
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  Speaker 2: real time, the Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons will
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  Speaker 2: play at 3 p.m. Eastern time. That is noon Pacific.
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  Speaker 2: There's an NBA game to begin the season at 3 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: Eastern time and noon Pacific this afternoon. Part of the
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  Speaker 2: first ever opening night tripleheader. or opening afternoon tripleheader, on
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  Speaker 2: NBC and the Peacock. So the question, why on God's
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  Speaker 2: green earth, why on God's green earth is the NBA
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  Speaker 2: starting at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday? It's ridiculous. So
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  Speaker 2: there's a tremendous amount of excitement. tremendous amount of excitement
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  Speaker 2: around basketball. It is so unprecedented. How unprecedented is it?
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  Speaker 2: It's so unprecedented. They've scheduled games for when most Americans
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  Speaker 2: are occupied. That tells you how important the product is
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  Speaker 2: in America. They've said, how can we start our season
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  Speaker 2: at a time that is as inconvenient as possible for
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  Speaker 2: the vast majority of men, women, and children? And they
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  Speaker 2: were able to do it. Now, normally, when people like something, Normally,
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  Speaker 2: when people like something, you don't make it harder to watch.
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  Speaker 2: That is one of the rules of business. But the
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  Speaker 2: NBA discovered a revolutionary business concept that the schedule, American basketball,
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  Speaker 2: we need to schedule that so Europeans can watch it.
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  Speaker 2: And that Americans should be grateful that they have a
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  Speaker 2: game in the afternoon. It's what? Three o'clock Eastern. On
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  Speaker 2: a Tuesday. Who's the target audience, you think, for the NBA, right?
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  Speaker 2: Is it unemployed people? Is it the retirees? Is it
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  Speaker 2: people working from home? Is that who they're trying to
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  Speaker 2: get here? Now, customer demand. The NBA is like, well,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot of demand for the product, and this
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  Speaker 2: is what people want, and all that. It's really just
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  Speaker 2: corporate ambition is what it is. The NBA is operating.
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  Speaker 2: That game was not played for Boston. It isn't played
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  Speaker 2: for Detroit. That game is being played on European time.
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  Speaker 8: It is.
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  Speaker 2: It's confusing. It's not confusing. While most people in America
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  Speaker 2: will either be at work in their car commuting somewhere,
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  Speaker 2: for those of us that work the overnight, recovering from
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  Speaker 2: the graveyard shift, The NBA, though, they're worried about the
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  Speaker 2: mom and pop in Belgium. They don't want the people
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  Speaker 2: in Belgium missing the tip-off because the game will be
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  Speaker 2: played prime time in Belgium. And I'm sure the losers there,
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  Speaker 2: destroying Paris, the riders and whatnot, will take a break.
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  Speaker 2: They'll stop that to watch Celtics-Pistons basketball. Why not? It's
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  Speaker 2: the classic bait-and-switch situation. This is not a gift to
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  Speaker 2: the fan, not the American fan. It's not. It's Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Frankenstein's laboratory. It's the Petri dish experiment is what it is.
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  Speaker 2: And the NBA is somewhat open about this. They're like, well,
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  Speaker 2: this is a test. They're trying to build the brand
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  Speaker 2: and take over the world and all that. And so
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  Speaker 2: in cahoots with NBC, you've got NBA and NBC executives
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  Speaker 2: who get around. They're playing scientists. And they're unconcerned, completely
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  Speaker 2: unconcerned about what happens when the monster escapes. They're not
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  Speaker 2: worried about that. All right, last thing. We now take
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  Speaker 2: a couple steps back and we look across the Serengeti
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  Speaker 2: and we say it's about to begin. We always ask
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  Speaker 2: the question every season. Been doing this a long time.
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  Speaker 2: Same question gets asked. Here's the question. What is your
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  Speaker 2: level of interest in Give me your level of interest
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  Speaker 2: in the new NBA season as it begins tomorrow. just
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  Speaker 2: hours from now as we're doing this in real time.
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  Speaker 2: So on the Mallard scale of interest, one to 10,
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  Speaker 2: one to 10 with 10 being unbelievable. The NBA is
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  Speaker 2: a 10 in gossip. It is a nine in drama
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  Speaker 2: or Rama. It is an eight in celebrity. And in
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  Speaker 2: terms of my overall actual basketball interest in the NBA product,
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  Speaker 2: I'm at a four and I'm going high. I'm going
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  Speaker 2: high at a four. I'm at a four. I'm at
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  Speaker 2: a four. And frankly, the last part, I'm grading on
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  Speaker 2: a curve. I'm telling you, it's grading on a curve.
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  Speaker 7: It is.
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  Speaker 2: It's TMZ with a shot clock. That is the NBA.
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  Speaker 2: And I talked about it up until really about a
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  Speaker 2: year and a half ago. Kawhi Leonard. I give Kawhi credit.
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  Speaker 2: That great Canadian lad, Kawhi Leonard. Our buddy Nico in
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  Speaker 2: Vancouver knows this. Kawhi Leonard killed my love of basketball.
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  Speaker 2: And that, Anthony Davis, just like all those guys that
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  Speaker 2: don't take it seriously. And so I learned. I learned
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  Speaker 2: from the NBA not to take it seriously. So I
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  Speaker 2: don't take it seriously. I'll mention it now and again
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  Speaker 2: if I'm looking for something and there's a good story.
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  Speaker 2: It's not going to be about the basketball. It's not
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  Speaker 2: going to be about the basketball. And you've got some
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  Speaker 2: juicy storylines. And most of them are this guy said
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  Speaker 2: that something and then the other guy said something and
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  Speaker 2: There are some decent stories. If the players were actually trying,
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  Speaker 2: it'd be a lot of fun. LeBron's going to choke
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  Speaker 2: on a cheesesteak in Philly. That'll be great. They'll eat
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  Speaker 2: him alive. Giannis will be sunbathing in his banana hammock,
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  Speaker 2: missing games for the Heat on South Beach. The Knicks
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  Speaker 2: will be proven to be one-hit wonders. Jason Tatum has
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  Speaker 2: a solo act with the Celtics. These are all legitimate stories.
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  Speaker 2: The NBA wants us, though, to be emotionally invested. in
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  Speaker 2: October basketball. They want you to be emotionally invested in
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  Speaker 2: October basketball when the employees, the people that are there
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  Speaker 2: to play the game treat October basketball like they're getting
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  Speaker 2: a dental cleaning. The league has conditioned through their work.
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  Speaker 2: They have conditioned the audience, you and I, to believe
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  Speaker 2: the regular season is disposable. It's an 82-game inconvenience. If
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  Speaker 2: you don't believe me, just try to watch the product.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: It blows. It does. It's not good. So imagine going
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: to a restaurant promoting a celebrity chef, and you're all excited. Oh, look,
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: I got a big celebrity chef on the marquee at
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: the restaurant. You're all excited there. And you go in there,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: and they say, well, good news, bad news. Well, the
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: good news is we're open. Okay, that's great.
• 20:30
  Speaker 8: I'm here.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: You're open. That's just wonderful. The bad news is the
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: celebrity chef has decided to take the night off, not
• 20:38
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• 20:41
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• 20:42
  Speaker 6: No.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: The celebrity chef taking the night off to manage his workload.
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: What?
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Imagine if you only had to work three nights a week.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: That'd be something, right? Most NBA teams play three nights
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: a week. That's it. Sometimes four, sometimes two, sometimes one. Yeah.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Real grind. Real grind. Some of you guys tell me
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: you work two or three jobs. A lot of you
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: work two jobs. And these NBA players, they go, oh,
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: my God, I've got to work three games a week
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: out of seven? Oh, my God. And the top guy's
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: making $ 50 million or more per year, and they act
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: like playing basketball a few nights a week is like
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: working in a coal mine. It really is a grind.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: It's an insult. It's always been an insult. And the
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: NBA allowed it to happen for years, and even though
• 21:34
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• 22:14
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• 22:21
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• 22:24
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• 22:28
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• 22:34
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• 24:12
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• 24:16
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• 24:19
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• 24:31
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• 24:31
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• 24:34
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• 24:46
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• 24:47
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• 24:49
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• 24:52
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• 24:53
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• 24:55
  Speaker 2: you showing me this? And he said, yeah, someday you're
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: going to go to these places. I said, no, I'm not. Uh, anyway,
• 25:00
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• 25:29
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• 25:30
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• 25:33
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• 25:41
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• 25:43
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• 25:46
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• 25:46
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• 25:49
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• 25:52
  Speaker 7: Zoinks!
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah. All right, here's the Mallor riddle of the day.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Rays, I say this in air quotes, star
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: Yandy Diaz was photographed ripping a blank... After flexing and
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: won the American League pennant, he was very excited about that.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: All right, what do we have? Let's see. Page down.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: A Dr. Pepper Bratwurst guessed by King Rory in Wisconsin.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: What else do we have? Page down. Was seen ripping
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: a new hard drive from our buddy Michael in Tulsa.
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: Ripping a bong with Luca and Hookah Pookah from Naughty. Burner,
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: that does look about right there. What else do we have?
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Let's see. Page down. Stevie Meatball says, ripping a 17-second-long fart.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: From Stevie. Timmy from Busco, Indiana says he's been ripping farts.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: Another ripping fart. Ripping a putt-putt from Eileen in San Francisco.
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: Andy in Lionel Lakes, Minnesota says he ripped off Hulk
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: Hogan with the T-shirt. Started flexing, brother!
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: Uh, what else?
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: A lot of people going for Rob went to celebrity
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: fart after winning. Uh, it's pretty much every answer is
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: that slug. The maestro of mashed potatoes says he ripped
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: a much smaller bowl than I did during the Maler Palooza.
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: It's from our buddy Slug. A Kit Kat bar from
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: Filler Up Phil. Uh, what else do we have? Donkey sausage,
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: a Lucha Libre mask. Well, thank you for that. I
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: appreciate that. Uh, Glad you paid attention. What else do
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: we have? Let's see. Page Dan. K Ben says, is
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: there an interest level below zero on the big men
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: NBA big board? Analog Al said, painting a bridge is
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: the answer. Let's see here. Did the nay-nay from Shlano.
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: That's his answer. What say you, Lorena?
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: I think he ripped a massive, thick phone book.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: Phone book. All right. Interesting. That is incorrect, unfortunately. Yandy
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Diaz was photographed ripping a tomahawk steak in the Rays
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: Clubhouse in Flexing after Tampa won the American League pennant.
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: He ripped a steak in half?
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, those tomahawk steaks are like the Fred,
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: this is a data reference.
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: The one with the big bone on it?
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, the giant. It looks like a cartoon like
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: you'd see back in the day. All right, let's say
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: hello to Andrea. She's the astrology insider. She's in Northern
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: California there in Berkeley. And she's on Fox Sports Radio
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: right now. Hello, Andrea.
• 28:29
  Speaker 8: Welcome.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: Hello, Ben.
• 28:31
  Speaker 8: How are you?
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: If I was any better, I'd be a warrior, but
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: not a Golden State warrior because they're not going to
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: be very good this year.
• 28:41
  Speaker 8: Yeah, well, that was not a very auspicious start with
• 28:46
  Speaker 8: Steph Curry, but I'm calling in about the 49ers. But
• 28:49
  Speaker 8: first things first, happy Scorpio season and upcoming birthday, Lorena.
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 28:55
  Speaker 8: You're welcome. Yeah, I like the way you said that,
• 28:59
  Speaker 8: Scorpio season. Very nice.
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: It's the most wonderful time of the year.
• 29:04
  Speaker 8: Yes, I'm a transformation. So, yeah, the leaves change red, orange, yellow.
• 29:14
  Speaker 8: The time change. Yeah, it's just a very spiritual time
• 29:19
  Speaker 8: of year, very reflective and transformative.
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: I thought they were getting rid of that stupid time
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: change a couple years ago. They keep threatening to get
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: rid of it. They never have the balls to get
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: rid of it. Just pick a time.
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: Pick a time.
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: I don't care. Pick a time.
• 29:35
  Speaker 4: One time!
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: I don't want to change. We don't need to change time.
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: It's the dumbest thing to talk about. change. Stop with
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: the time change.
• 29:43
  Speaker 8: Yeah, when is that, like November 1st or something?
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: I believe that is correct. That's a couple weeks away,
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: but yeah.
• 29:50
  Speaker 8: Well, speaking of change, let's make sure that Mal and
• 29:53
  Speaker 8: Alicia and your listeners are aware that Mercury is about
• 29:57
  Speaker 8: to retrograde, Ben, October 24th.
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
• 30:02
  Speaker 8: Yeah, October 24th to November 13th. And the World Series,
• 30:08
  Speaker 8: curiously enough, October 23rd to the 31st. So that's some
• 30:13
  Speaker 8: interesting timing there. And we have Venus retrograde, planet of relationships, love,
• 30:20
  Speaker 8: October 3rd to November 13th. That's currently retrograde. So we're
• 30:24
  Speaker 8: going to have a double retrograde of Mercury, which is communication, transportation, love.
• 30:31
  Speaker 8: technology staff who so be mindful allow extra time for
• 30:35
  Speaker 8: travel might be a lot of replays during the world
• 30:38
  Speaker 8: series might be kind of interesting like that but uh
• 30:42
  Speaker 8: yeah the 49ers i'm actually i just did a podcast
• 30:45
  Speaker 8: with my colleague um cessar love um on the um
• 30:50
  Speaker 8: 49ers and And Brock Purdy, he's December 29, 1999, hardworking,
• 30:58
  Speaker 8: ambitious Capricorn. And the worst thing you can do is
• 31:02
  Speaker 8: call a Capricorn Mr. Irrelevant. He'll show you. So, last
• 31:07
  Speaker 8: draft pick, and he's doing quite well for himself. So
• 31:10
  Speaker 8: good to see that. Yeah, the podcast actually, Shanahan, the
• 31:18
  Speaker 8: last time Mercury was retrograde, that was when he had
• 31:21
  Speaker 8: that unfortunate little mishap with the car and dropping his phone.
• 31:26
  Speaker 2: He got away with it, whatever he did. You think
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: he actually dropped the phone? I think there's something else
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: going on with that. I think that's the story for
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: the public consumption. I'm guessing we're getting part of the story,
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: not the whole story.
• 31:37
  Speaker 8: Yeah, well, Mercury was retrograde during that time as well,
• 31:43
  Speaker 8: so it's interesting to see a few more mishaps occur.
• 31:47
  Speaker 8: And Jed York, it'll be in the podcast, came out
• 31:51
  Speaker 8: about the mishap. in East Palestine, Ohio.
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: Yes, just a small mishap. Yes, a small little mishap.
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: All right, we'll leave it there, but thank you, Andrea,
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: for promoting your podcast. Let's say hello to JJ in Renton.
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: What's going on, JJ?
• 32:07
  Speaker 8: Welcome.
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: You want to promote your podcast also? What would you
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: like to promote?
• 32:10
  Speaker 4: What's up, man?
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: There he is, Jay.
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: How's that Sam Donald working out for you, pal? You
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: enjoying that?
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: Don't even start with it.
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: How's that working out for you? I'm starting with you, dude.
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: I'm starting with you, dude.
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: No, we're not. Bro.
• 32:24
  Speaker 7: Bro.
• 32:24
  Speaker 4: He needs to be benched.
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: I agree. You know who's vanished? Your buddy Nostradinus has vanished, man.
• 32:32
  Speaker 2: You guys, you Seahawks guys.
• 32:33
  Speaker 4: I don't care about Nostradinus.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: That's a drop.
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: He's not a real Seahawks fan. I'm a real Seahawks fan, man.
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: Okay. What's the difference? What's the difference?
• 32:42
  Speaker 4: Sam Donald needs to be benched.
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: I agree.
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: But what I wanted to talk about is.
• 32:51
  Speaker 4: The freaking Jayla Hurst stuff. Jayla Hurst stuff.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, okay.
• 32:58
  Speaker 4: Not man, man.
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: What about Jayla?
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: That was dirty how they did them, bro.
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: We don't know the whole story yet. It sounds dirty.
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: The version we're getting now sounds pretty bad. If that's
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: what actually happened, that sounds bad.
• 33:10
  Speaker 4: That is disgusting, though, man. For real.
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: People die all the time from blood clots. One of
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: my old board ops died from a blood clot.
• 33:21
  Speaker 4: Blood clots in your lungs? That's crazy, man.
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: They're not really good anywhere you get them. That's not
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: a good thing.
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: And then, hold on, I want to say something. Coop,
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: your Broncos got lucky, man.
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: Take that, Coop. Lucky.
• 33:40
  Speaker 4: Coop, your Broncos still suck because your offense sucks. Your
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: defense is decent, but your offense sucks.
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: More importantly, I met JJ in Renton at the thing
• 33:53
  Speaker 2: we did seven years ago. How old is your daughter?
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: Your daughter must be almost grown now. How old is
• 33:57
  Speaker 2: she now?
• 33:58
  Speaker 4: She's about to be 13, man.
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's not almost grown, but that's older than she was.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: She was a little kid. Yeah, she was a little
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: kid when we came here, man. Wow.
• 34:08
  Speaker 4: And that's why I love you to death, man.
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: Well, thank you, buddy. I'm a big fan. I'll come back.
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: I love Seattle. Hold on, hold on. Not everyone. There's
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: some freaks in Seattle, but I love a lot of people.
• 34:17
  Speaker 7: What?
• 34:18
  Speaker 4: Before you come back.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: What?
• 34:20
  Speaker 6: What?
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: I just want to let everybody know, Ben is a
• 34:24
  Speaker 4: big freaking teddy bear, man.
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: All right. Thank you, JJ. I'm going to hang up
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: on you. The great JJ in Renton.
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: I love that he had to get that out.
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: Very important. All right, we need our contestants. If you
• 34:37
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• 35:47
  Speaker 1: Do you have what it takes to get to the top?
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: Probably not.
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: All right, to the game we go. We'll start out
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: with our contestants quickly. Scotty on the pike, a regular hello. Scotty, welcome.
• 36:01
  Speaker 4: Hello, Ben.
• 36:02
  Speaker 8: How are you?
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: All right. Thanks for asking, Scotty. Who do you want
• 36:05
  Speaker 2: to partner up with? We don't have a lot of time,
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: so who do you want to partner up with?
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: I'll go with you.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: Can you sound a little more excited?
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: He knows he's going to lose.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: No, no. I'd like a little more excitement. I'd enjoy
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: a little more excitement.
• 36:17
  Speaker 4: I want to go with Big Ben.
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: There we go. All right. Tyler is just down the
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: road from you there. He's in Boston. Hello, Tyler. You're
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: on the Ben Maller Show. Welcome, Tyler. You love these
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: games also. Who would you like to partner up with, Tyler?
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: Well, you know, me and Coop generally win this, so
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: we'll do it again.
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: That's a lie. Some cheating. All right, quickly, Coop. What
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: do we got? Quickly, quickly.
• 36:37
  Speaker 9: All right, this is the Snoop Dogg edition. He turns
• 36:39
  Speaker 9: 55 years old today. Oh, man. Categories are Nothing But
• 36:43
  Speaker 9: a G-Thing, Gin and Juice, I Love My Mama, and
• 36:47
  Speaker 9: Drop It Like It's Hot.
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: Scotty, which category would you like?
• 36:52
  Speaker 4: Drop It Like It's Hot.
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: Drop It Like It's Hot. All right, and Tyler, how
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: about you?
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: Nothing But a G-Thing.
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: All right. All right, let's go, Scotty. You picked Drop
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: It Like It's Hot. And these sports figures all have
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: had notable blunders in their careers. Are you ready?
• 37:11
  Speaker 5: I am.
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: All right, 45 seconds on the clock. We need the
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: first and last name. Good luck. Here we go. We're
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: on our way. Quarterback for the Washington Commanders, he ran
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: out the clock in a tie game.
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: Coach of the Seattle Seahawks decided to run the ball.
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: Or throw rather than run, yes. Call the timeout for
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: Michigan with no timeouts left in the final four. No,
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: basketball player. Fab four. Fab five, rather. No, how soon
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: we forget. Wide receiver for the Eagles. Fumbled before he
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: crossed the goal line. Slot wide receiver. Played with a
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: bunch of teams, but mostly played for the Eagles and
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: the Commanders. How about the basketball player? Dribble out the
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: clock in the NBA Finals for the Cavaliers in a
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: tie game. Oh, come on. Cowboy players.
• 38:02
  Speaker 8: Basketball sucks.
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: Okay, that's fine, but these are basketball questions. J.R. Smith,
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: Deshaun Jackson, Chris Webber. Crap.
• 38:11
  Speaker 3: That basketball player, Deshaun Jackson. We got 30 points.
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: Oh, my God.
• 38:16
  Speaker 3: Tyler, we have nothing but a G.
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: How do you not know Chris? How old are you?
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: I don't want to know. You're probably too young. Go ahead.
• 38:21
  Speaker 9: Tyler, we've got nothing but a G thing. These athletes
• 38:24
  Speaker 9: all have a first name that starts with a G.
• 38:25
  Speaker 9: 45 seconds on the clock. Let's begin. The Greek freak
• 38:32
  Speaker 9: for the Milwaukee Bucks.
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 38:36
  Speaker 3: The tight end for the 49ers.
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: The current quarterback for the Jets.
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: Yep.
• 38:46
  Speaker 3: Ace pitcher for the Yankees. He used to be on
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: the Pirates.
• 38:50
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 38:52
  Speaker 3: Running back for the Bears. Back in the day.
• 38:58
  Speaker 2: Back in the day.
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  Speaker 9: A white guy that was on the Utah Jazz and
• 39:05
  Speaker 9: later the Celtics.
• 39:07
  Speaker 3: He was like.
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: Gordon Hayward.
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah! Come on!
• 39:12
  Speaker 9: Offensive lineman who later became the director of the.
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: White guy in the Jazz. One of the great clues
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: of all time.
• 39:19
  Speaker 3: And the Celtics.
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: And the Celtics. They don't have any white guys in
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: the Jazz or the Celtics. That's for sure. Oh, my God.
• 39:25
  Speaker 3: You got 180.
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: So 180 to 30. All right, we're going.
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: Here we go.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Scotty on the pike. What do we got? Gin and juice?
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: Gin and juice or I love my mama.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: Scotty?
• 39:35
  Speaker 4: Gin and juice.
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: Gin and juice. All right.
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: All right, here we go. These sports figures all have
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: gotten a DUI arrest. Bad job by them. All right, here,
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: 45 seconds. We're on our way. Go. Former CBS commentator
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: and Cowboys quarterback.
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: Tony Romo.
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: Yes. Former Mavericks coach. He was a star for the
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: Nets and the NBA. Point guard. Jason Kidd. Yes. Quarterback
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: who barfed in the Super Bowl for the Eagles.
• 39:57
  Speaker 4: Donovan Knapp. Yes.
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: A wide receiver mostly known for the Chargers. He got
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: a DUI after signing with the Colts this season. Slot
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: wide receiver. All right. How about this? A Steelers wide
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: receiver last name, kind of a famous last name, like
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: the booze about 10 years ago or so.
• 40:22
  Speaker 4: Antonio Brown?
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: No, it's another wide receiver.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: Terrible. Yeah, please.
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: There's no basketball. I mean, I couldn't do Zach Randolph.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: He killed somebody.
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: Great news for Coop.
• 40:33
  Speaker 4: Oh, my God. The other category was like a 60-minute.
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: We win again. We win again. No, I think I
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: won because we ran out of time, so I won.