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3:12All right, so our lead to begin, we're gonna start with the grapevine. It is the silly season. And when it is the silly season, you must go on a rampage and enjoy every little nugget that comes out. So we start out deep in the heart of Texas, the plot thickens in Jerry's world. Have you heard the latest on this? Have you been following? No, you're okay. Good, good for you. Maybe not. So we've learned now that the Cowboys thought may assumed, you know what happens when you assume, they were close to acquiring Raider's Edge R Usher Max Crosby, that's Max with 2X is not 3X is Max Crosby. Be a trade this week. However, apparently that did not happen because he's Crosby's not even traded. And other teams have been sniffing around, trying to get in there. And so now the offers that the Raiders have are supposedly greater than the Cowboys offer.

4:14And I love that the reports said that the offers for Crosby are potentially, potentially up to two first round traffic. So the Cowboys, again, this is the scuttle butt, have tapped out. They tossed in the sponge here and pivoted to free agent defensive end or soon to be free agent defensive and trade Hendrickson, who the bangles decided they didn't want to pay anymore. And so they got rid of him. Get out of here. You're done. We can have the NFL's worst defense without you. We don't need you. So that is a good jumping off point. Let us discuss, there's a lot to this. So the question, the reporting the Cowboys are bowing out of the Max Crosby sweepstakes. What's that storyline tell you? So my thoughts on this. I've got QVC Madrid and large yellow sticker.

5:18And we will combine all of these things together and we are going to pull the pin on an audio grenade is what we're going to do. Yeah, I know, I know. All right, so A, I like to use the time test in Mallor Schneider's test and do the old smell test. So I'm going to do that right now. Yeah. So smells like Jerry Jones is doing what Jerry Jones does best. He wins the off season. You can rip them all you want. You can say that what he does is a throwback to medieval times but he wins the off season, the marketing circus under the big top fun for all ages. Come on, come on. You're as great at it. Not just an owner, he's a marketing maven, an absolute marketing maven. The guide treats the NFL like QVC. Everything is a promotion. Everything is a teaser trailer. Jerry leaks out, Dallas is out.

6:18The shark starts circling. The debate shows start going on and on about the cowboys. Of course, Jerry don't have to say anything for the debate shows to talk about the cowboys. Everyone gets all worked into a ladder. And all worked into a ladder. And suddenly the cowboys are the lead story yet again. And Matt Crosby right now is sitting on a folding chair somewhere out there, maybe a table, I think maybe a chair, sitting on a chair there. And the flea market is open for business. And the raiders are walking around and Tom Brady's got his skinny pants on and you get the megaphone out there. Who wants an all pro pass, for sure? Come on down, come on down right now. Do I hear two first round picks? How about two first rounds of second round pick? Now if somebody, here's my theory on this. If somebody met the reserve price for Max Crosby, then he wouldn't be in Vegas. And I just checked before we cracked the microphones and he's still with the raiders.

7:18So he hadn't been traded. There's no report of a trade happening. So that would mean that that report was wishful thinking and they did use the weasel or remember, this is the time of the year, pop goes the weasel. You got to pay attention to weasel words. And so when you use words like potentially, potentially great weasel word, really solid weasel word potentially. Yeah, it's just outstanding. See, throw it all together and it hadn't happened the trade of Max Crosby, is it Jerry? Is it possible? Is there a world, a dimension in the multiverse where Jerry Jones leaked this out? And the cowboys, they stay in the headlines and then it's the art of negotiation via trickeration. The old negotiation, trickeration, smoke mirrors and a couple of planted stories to useful idiots in the media. And the message to Crosby, it's like a dog whistle, the Crosby. I was like, hey, listen, if you want to play in Dallas,

8:21which is the raiders with a different logo on the helmet, then start raising a ruckus in Vegas. You got to create chaos, a hull of blue, if you want that. Now, keeping the theme going page two here, as we continue all night on the Ben Mall or show. So we are told the cowboys are expected to shift their focus to instead of continuing to try to get Max Crosby to acquire when the newly year begins, free agent, Trey Hendrickson of the, well, he was with the Ben Gals. So let's pretend for the purposes of this mall or monologue that that's not some kind of squeeze play and that this is actually the real deal and that's true. So the question, if Dallas is pivoting to Trey Hendrickson over Max Crosby, how big a downgrade would that be for the cowboys? Side by side.

9:21So if you go side by side, if the cowboys do pivot for Max Crosby to Trey Hendrickson, I'm gonna use a sandwich analogy, the Hogi analogy here. It's similar, but not the same. For example, Max Crosby, if you were to look not a list, but a big board, Benny's big board of sandwiches, a properly made cheesecake as the godfather of Fox Sports Radio, the great Tony Bruno taught me years ago. You gotta have the provolone, not the cheese whiz on that, the right kind of bread, the whole thing, throw that together. That's a perfect sandwich. The cheesecake sandwich with the onion, the peppers and all that, that's the way to do it. Now Hendrickson, he's a sandwich. However, he's like a spicy chicken sandwich that's been sitting out under a heating lamp at a 7-11 for the last 22 hours. Not quite the same. Not quite the same, a sandwich, but not quite the same.

10:21Now both of these guys get sacked, however, when the run game comes towards Hendrickson, he undergoes a metamorphosis. He travels through time to Madrid, Spain. He becomes a bullfighter, a madador. Ole, ole, ole, ole, ole. And running backs, they just go, woo, right by him. Now Crosby, when you look at his body work here, he's a Swiss Army knife. And he's able to play the run. And wants to play all the time, and all that's been durable. And he's also a little bit younger. And in that business, obviously that's a big deal, the kind of a guy that is the centerpiece. And not that Hendrickson wouldn't be the centerpiece, the Cowboys have a bunch of no names in bombs on defense, flots him and jets him. But instead of a Swiss Army knife that has a little bit of everything, he's more like a switch play. He doesn't have the other attachments, just a switch play, that's it. That's all he's got. So Jerry is being a, it would appear,

11:24again, how much of this is true, and how much of this is for public consumption. As Jerry likes to say, when things get boring around here, I like to stir it up a little bit. So it looks from the outside that Jerry is being a frugal shopper, that he's being a frugal shopper, and budget's tight, you know, is it true that those mega yachts, and Jerry's got a really nice yacht last we heard, and you need to have a bunch of people on staff for that. If you want to enjoy the South of France, you got to have the internet on there, you got to have the greatest chefs and the cleaning people and servants and all that on those mega yachts. And so if you spend a little more on Max Crosby, to then have to get rid of your Butler, your second or third Butler on the yacht, that's a tough decision. I think we can all understand and relate to the dilemma that Jerry would have. All right, now last word to the belt way we go,

12:25a player that we have talked about, a way too much, I've seen about this when I was coming into the studio, I was like, we have talked about this guy way too much considering how few impact moments he's had in his career. Now, who am I talking about? That would be Brandon Iock, the wide receiver, who I guess is technically part of the 49ers, I guess the New League year starts next week. So there is some chatter, and we love our chatter, the commanders could sign Brandon Iock to a one-year prove-a-deal, a one-year prove-a-deal, if the 49ers end up they release him, which I assume we all assume that's going to happen, and it seems like that's obvious, and the Niners are pretty much said, they're gonna get rid of him, whether they trade him or release him, more likely you would just release him, because why would you trade for a player who's going to be released anyway? So the question on this one, what stands out, if anything, what stands out to you about Washington,

13:26the team formerly known as the Redskins, looking to add wide receiver Brandon Iock on a prove-a-deal contract? So the first thing is rather clear, I think everyone, you know, the person in the back of the room over there, the person in the way in the back of the warehouse, it's not even listening, they know. The NFL motto is never give up on talent, even when the talent, like in this case, is clearly giving up on their own frontal lobe. You just don't give up on the talent. You don't, you know, I mean, there's a wide receiver right now in jail who killed a young woman and her dog, they burned up alive because of him, and he's going to get out jail relatively soon, and someone's going to give him a tryout. That's how the NFL operates, that's how they do things there. Obviously, this is not that, this is much, much different, but Brandon Iock has a large yellow sticker that has been slapped on his back, and it reads buyer beware, buyer beware, a dynamic separation merchant,

14:29an artist of separation, who has also managed to separate himself from his teammates, his coaches, not his own ego though. He cannot separate himself from his own ego, and after that Frisco Fiasco, where he cost himself a cool 27 million, you realize in the annals of the NFL, there are only a handful of people in the history of the NFL that have blown 27 million dollars of their money, guaranteed loot. There's a guy in jail that was going around robbing banks to go to chiefs games, and to gamble, and that guy didn't get 27 million. When he was robbing banks, this guy gave up 27 million, the steepest exit tax to leave California yet, and certainly an NFL history, and he's now looking to have what, make it prove it deals, that's what he's got, which even that, you're like, why does he even have that? What is he out to prove? He's out to prove what?

15:30That he's not some kind of high-speed social media addicted powder keg, and that's it, what is it? They give the commanders, and the commanders are in this weird spot. They came out of nowhere, they had sucked for years, they came out of nowhere, got to the final four, and then he got smoked in the final four, had that magic playoff run, Jaden Daniels looks like he's gonna snap at any moment, he snapped last year, and the commander's a terrible. And so if they pull the trigger on this, they can enjoy a nice lunch menu that includes their own sandwich, the knuckle sandwich, from the knucklehead in chief, and look forward to the two receiver set in Washington. On one side, you'll have scary Terry McLaren, on the other side, you'll have scary in maturity Ayok, and good luck, good luck, and Washington's supposedly realizing that even if they got this guy, they still have to go get somebody else at the Whiteout position,

16:32and so the reason you would have to do that is because whoever adds, the soon to be former 49er Brandon Ayok knows, that they are one, or he is, one bad tick-tock post away from a self-inflicted trip back to the doghouse, and good luck. Now in DC, they'll learn the only thing more toxic. The only more toxic in DC than politics is a Whiteout who sends communication via a cryptic emoji, or a bunch of cryptic emojis, and cannot stop cold turkey, cannot do it, addicted, addicted, and is so addicted to it that he's willing to give up $27 million. At some point, if he's lucky, Brandon Ayok will be an old man, and he'll be sitting on a rocking chair somewhere, talking about his life, and I'll say, maybe I shouldn't have done that. Maybe I just, you know, I could have been,

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20:40Con ratos bonitos, hoy en Life Nation, tocó. So our lead this hour is from the transaction wire we go with a Buffalo Rome. And the NFL, the bills have made a move. They needed help. They don't have much there. They didn't have much there at the wide receiver position. I assume you've heard by now, but maybe not. If you missed it, we learned that the Buffalo football team has acquired wide receiver DJ Moore, and a fifth round traffic, and they gave the bears, dub bears, a second round pick. Yeah, so this is now the new player that has been deputized DJ Moore to get Josh Allen over the Humpty Humpty and get him into the Super Bowl and the win the Super Bowl and all that. That is a good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question. Is wide receiver DJ Moore going to be a success

21:42or will he be another bills boondoggle? Is he going to be a success or another bills boondoggle? So my observations, I've got airport gift shop, CVS special and treasure map. And we're gonna lock all of these things together and go boom, goes the dynamite. Boom goes the dynamite. So number one, number one. Number one, number one. Yeah, after a very brief, a very, very brief mallard deliberation in the jury room, we have come to the verdict on this and that would be the mallard report card. On the mallard report card, the Buffalo bills. This is the most coveted report card in all of overnight talk radio. The Buffalo bills get a C. They get the C. The Chicago Bears, a B. The bears actually did better in this than the bills

22:44and that almost never happens. And I'll tell you why. Let me walk you through this here. Chicago had let the world know they were getting a new DJ. They were done with DJ Moore. Yafimi knows this, tree in Chicago, all my guys there in Chicago knows. So Chicago essentially sold a used car that already had the check engine light blinking. And they said, okay, they got top dollar for it. No haggling, they got top dollar. And Moore was being phased out of the bear's offense, kind of like an old iPhone, like an iPhone 5 or something like that. And Roma Duneze and others arrived on the scene. The pecking order had changed. And suddenly DJ Moore's stat line had some supply chain issues. He was not getting the ball enough. There was a shortage of targets. And now the question is, why would Buffalo with all the receivers that are available? Why would they trade a second round pick

23:46for this guy? So the reason I've determined is you follow the breadcrumbs. The new coach, Joe Brady, I believe is the gentleman's name. He won't be there long. But he worked with DJ Moore back in Carolina. So the coach Brady and Moore work together with the Carolina Panthers. And as always, you don't need to send a group text about this, but it's not what you know, it's who you know. Which is really tough if you're an introvert because it's really not what you know, it's who you know. Now that said, if you're looking this objectively, looking at this objective, then there's nothing more objective than overnight sports radio. Free agents treat Buffalo like it's Siberia with chicken wings. The players the bills get are typically older, broken down and have no other options. All right, that's typically who goes to the bills. It's a hard sell in free agency. It is, it's not a glamour location.

24:49And you know, it's got a great fan base and all that's wonderful that it's just not people want to go there. So this is more like shopping, the bills getting these more, it's kind of like shopping at the airport gift shop. We've all done it. You know, maybe when you were a kid, you're like, hey, I need a souvenir. You forgot you maybe you were supposed to get your kids a souvenir. You went on a business trip or something like that and you forgot to get a souvenir. You're like, oh crap, man. I got to get my kid a souvenir. So you're at the airport and you end up paying like $50 for a t-shirt that should cost about $15 or whatever and then you bought it. Now add in the fact as we slice and dice this, add in the fact that DJ Moore's got to double whammy. What is the double whammy? Well, questionable effort, bad attitude. What whoa, what whoa? A chronic case of IDGAFitis. I don't give, I forget what the F word is,

25:52but something fun. I don't give a fun. No, I don't think that's it. Fudge might be fudge. Lollie gagging through routes or routes. There were some clips online that were made months ago of, and you can look them up yourself. Even Stevie Meepalls can see them. But they showed clips of DJ Moore who was Lollie gagging. It looked like he was touring a museum on his routes and he didn't want to be at that particular museum and he was doing it. And so now Buffalo was hoping for a rebirth, a reboot. And there is talent there. DJ Moore, the reason that he has had the long career in the NFL is because he has the reputation of a guy that can turn a five yard pass into a highlight. He was a slippery player, a loosive. And so that's very valuable. But more, he's not been that guy sliding away

26:53the last couple of years. So now by default, he is the number one wide number one. He will go ahead of the other pass catchers and Buffalo, the other people that get the ball a lot. Khalil Shakur and Dalton Kincaid. And those guys, Buffalo bedding. They are bedding on a career resurrection tour, a comeback tour for the ages. Now that's one of those things. Will it work? Or maybe this just turns into another magic trick, a disappearing second round pick for a player who is washed up. All right, so we'll see. Now page two, to the quarterback shuffle, the fun size edition of the quarterback shuffle, the latest on alligator arms. He's on the move again. Yes, alligator arms. You think that a number of these teams would be frightened death at doing business with Kyler Murray. And that very well will likely be the case. However, the rumors are in the air everywhere.

27:57The latest one, which I heard and smiled when I saw this. I thought, boy, that's pretty, pretty good. That's pretty funny. So we're hearing now that the team that is considering Kyler Murray, one of the teams considering Kyler Murray is a team that had not been mentioned. Had not been mentioned. That team canza city. What? Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so there's like an insurance policy for Patrick Mahomes, who's recovering from a torn ACL, little snap crackle pop there. So Adam Schefter, the NFL insider, who famously reported years ago that Connie Rice was a candidate to be the coach of the Cleveland Browns. So Adam Schefter, or General Manager, whatever, but Adam Schefter brought up the chiefs as a possible landing spot for Kyler Murray. So the question, are we buying this Kyler Murray

28:59to Kansas City garbage? Or is this just more spin from Kyler Murray's clowns, the people that are trying to get him a job somewhere and peddling things through back channels? So this one I jotted down on my note card, CVS Special. Click Views Spreader. Click Views Spreader. As in, click it, click. There is not going to be a stampede for Kyler Murray. There's not. And that's all this is, is engagement farming. It's a total non-starter. Why would Kansas City run by a Hall of Famer Andy Reed, the gold standard, invite this little bug on the rug, this virus into the building? There'd be no reason to do that. It's an absolute joke. If I'm drafting a league, and I say league, I mean, League of Legends team, Kyler Murray is my first overall pick.

30:02I would be scratching and clawing my hands on Kyler Murray. The little fella is the goat of the joystick. However, the chiefs, they don't use the joystick. They use the duke. We're good. Alligator arms Kyler Murray should be on the no fly list. For a reason. Here's another guy who's got some attitude issues, pouting and all that. My homes has, how many years do you think my homes has left? He's in his early 30s. He's got seven, seven, eight years. If he wants to keep going, he's got to pay for those water burgers. He's got that water burger empire, so he's got to buy more water burgers. What a shot water burger. He doesn't need a backup who'd rather be on Twitch than watching film. And it isn't. I don't want this to happen. But if Kyler wants a gap year, a sabbatical, and to go to a good team and be a backup, then just go to the rims. I don't want that.

31:03I would dislike that a lot. Of course, most of the people in my career that I have bashed end up with teams I like. That seems to be how this always happens. It's a return to the curse of the Ben Bino. Bro, I'm risking my life, bro. That slug Blake snails on the Dodgers. I did a lot of material ripping James Hardin. Play off Hardin. He ended up playing for the Clippers for a little bit. And now there's a chance that Kyler Murray ends up with a rinse. But that would actually make some sense because Cliff Kingsbury is there. And that means it's a safe space for him. Cliff Kingsbury, who allowed Kyler to play all the video games unchecked and all that. So Kyler likes him because he's the parent that lets you get away with everything. But the chiefs, if you're the chiefs, you don't put a juice box in a wine cellar. The quarterback rooms a wine cellar. You don't put a juice box in there. What are you doing? All right, final point now. We go to Tampa where a little birdie tells us

32:04the wide receiver market for Mike Evans is not looking that great. The Tennessee Titans and the Raiders. Those are the two teams that are said to be the most interested in Mike Evans. Should he end up leaving Tampa Bay? Those are the two teams that are trying to get their hands and rallying around to get a wide receiver Mike Evans. So the question, you've got this pending free agent wide receiver Mike Evans, who is very popular with Tennessee and Vegas. You make the call on what that means. All right, so I will make the call here. I've read the treasure map. I've looked at the treasure map. It means that all roads and all bodies of water lead back to Tampa, all of them. There is no decision to be made. You're telling me that your options are, you can either go play for the quote,

33:06we ask Titans, that's not my nickname. That's Cam Ward's nickname for the Titans, the we ask Titans, or the Supreme Greens Raiders. Now, if you don't know the history of Supreme Greens and you wanna get an education, type into Google, Alex Guerrero, that's Tom Brady's best friend and Supreme Greens, check that out. Yeah, absolutely. Even that would make Doc Mike blush that story. So that whole thing's pathetic. It's kind of like these choices are like being the kid and your parents says, okay, for dinner, we've got Brussels sprouts and cauliflower and you have to pick one. Well, no, you're a picky little eater. You look at the stats. Evans, I get that he's coming off a bad year. He was hurt. He had less than 400 yards receiving. Only had a few touchdowns. He played, I think it was like eight games or something like that. Had a hammy that went whammy. That was taped together and then the collarbone went snap crackle pop like a wind field there and a bunch of pieces. So damage goods, he's at the age where that's a problem

34:10and unless, if I'm Mike Evans, unless the Patriots, bills, or chiefs come knocking on the door, I hear them knocking right there and unless they come knocking on the door, you don't move. Why would you? Now, if they call, you pack the suitcase and you hitchhike out of dodge and you say, by bye, we'll see you later. Get out of here and otherwise you bunker down in the pirate ship and to quote the great gene decker off, fire the cannons is what you do. Because the other options, if this is accurate, it's shiver me timbers, raiders and the Titans, no bueno, no bueno on that. Be sure to catch live additions of the Ben Mallor Show weekdays at 2 a.m. Eastern 11 p.m. Pacific. This episode is brought to you by Spreaker, the platform responsible for a rapidly spreading condition known as podcast brain. Symptoms include buying microphones you don't need,

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36:14and building a life that truly matters. You desire in family like this picture, and that's not reality. A lot of the time is for people. My sister and I don't speak. It's definitely a very painful part of my life, and I hope it's not forever, but it's for right now. Listen to on purpose with Jay Shetty on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2023, a story gripped the UK, evoking horror and disbelief. A nurse who should have been in charge of caring for tiny babies is now the most prolific child killer in modern British history. Everyone thought they knew how it ended. A verdict, a villain, a nurse named Lucy Letby. Lucy Letby has been found guilty. But what if we didn't get the whole story? The moment you look at the whole picture, the case collapses. I'm Amanda Knox, and in the new podcast Doubt, the case of Lucy Letby, we follow the evidence

37:17and hear from the people that lived it to ask what really happened when the world decided who Lucy Letby was. No voicing of any skepticism or doubt. It'll cause so much harm at every single level of the British establishment of this is wrong. Listen to Doubt, the case of Lucy Letby on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Next Monday, our 2026 I Heart Podcast Awards are happening live in South by Southwest. This is the biggest night in podcasting. We'll honor the very best in podcasting from the past year and celebrate the most innovative talent and creators in the industry. And the winner is... Creativity, knowledge, and passion will all be on full display. Thank you so much, I Heart Radio. Thank you to all the other nominees, you guys are awesome. Watch live next Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific free at Veebs.com or the Veebs app. It's Mallor. How about that? To the third degree.

38:17Are you ready? This is one big bet gets grilled. Cool, hello? Miles Garrett just signed a contract extension last off season, but teams apparently think the Browns could still trade him. Teams have reportedly reached out and Cleveland is listening. Ben, do you think he actually gets traded? I say there's a 10% chance. He's all that Cleveland has. They have no other star players. Everyone else sucks shooter, say it as blows. So he's the only they have. And they don't, they can't win. So they gotta have at least one star player. So I'd say there's a 10% chance that Miles Garrett has traded before the NFL draft next. In the latest trade rumors, Kawaii Leonard is being linked to these 76ers. This would reunite him with former teammate Paul George. 76ers are currently on the fringe of contention in the east. Would this move a catapult them to the top? Only if they hired Doc Rivers is the coach. Then they would be go, no, come on. Listen, I'm a Kawaii, Kawaii's got issues. Who knows what's gonna happen with this investigation? And I'm done with Kawaii next. Team USA dominated the Colorado Rockies

39:18in the final exhibition match of the World Baseball Classic. There's got people excited with something even claiming this is the most. Do I care? I don't care. I do not care, Koop. I do not, I'm not into it, Koop. I don't care. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at FoxSportsRadio.com. And within the IHARDS Radio App, search F-S-R to listen live. Knock knock, who's there? Lane Wing, Lane Wing 2. It's Big Band's Lane Joke of the Week. Lane Jokes, Lane Jokes of the Week. These are actual jokes by actual listeners. So, say the music down a little bit. There we go. All right, now, weed man, I had to wake you up, weed man. I'm going to contact HR. I'm going to contact HR, weed man. What is up with that, weed man? I dare you. No, you didn't wake me up, and I was just calling. No, you, I know when someone's sleeping in the air to the phone.

40:22Just admit it, it's OK, you were sleeping. No, I'm not too active overnight, I was just calling right then. OK, I had, yeah. I just looked at the guy, I just looked at the clock, and it was 4.30, and I was just waiting a couple of minutes. OK, all right, all right. So you were not listening. You admit you were not listening. Oh, no, I wasn't looking. OK. Here we go, weed man. These are actual jokes by actual listeners. SpongeBob SquarePants sent this one in. He says, why did weed man get fired from the landscaping company? Why? Because when asked to pull the weeds, he smoked them instead. That's so spunked up. I wonder if SpongeBob smokes seaweed. I'll have to ask him next time he calls, who is weed man's least favorite coach? Cool. A job coach that's Eric in Kansas.

41:25He also said, hey, Ben, what does weed man do for spring cleaning? What? He empties the ash trays. There he is, there he is, there he is. Do you still have your latest ring for Mr. Irrigation, weed man? Yeah, it's great. You haven't lost it yet. OK, good. What can weed man remember the next time life gets hard? What? At least I'm not blind Scott. That's Noah. That's the one. I know, Jeannie. Why is weed man so good at opera? Why? You love the high notes. You love them, weed man. You like the leprechaun. Why did weed man stop dropping acid? Why? The die hard broke three of his toes. That's a Terry in Saipal.

42:28Kathy and Madison set this one. And she's a big fan, weed man. Kathy and Madison, big fan. Good, Kathy. And she says, hey, did you know, or do you know, rather why Miami police kept throwing weed man in jail? Why? They wanted to hear him laugh in person, says Kathy. Well, a lot of people don't know this. But apparently, weed man is going to Ireland for St. Patty's day. Why is weed man going to Ireland for St. Patty? Wow. Wow, why? Well, because the grass is always greener over there. That's from Mike the leprechaun. What is the difference between a slow cooker and weed man? One's a crock pot. And the other's a crack pot. That's from E.E. You know what I'm saying? This next one's from Lucky Tony. He says, what happened when weed man fell asleep

43:29during his doctor visit? Why? Apparently, you woke up with a thermometer in your mouth and for some reason there was a breath mint in your tookus. I don't know why. That's our Lucky Tony. Shit. Did you hear that weed man is worried about losing an hour of beauty sleep this week? You know, it's daylight savings time. You really? Yeah, yeah, Sunday and yeah, two in the morning turns hour in. I had it unless you're in like Arizona or Indiana. Your phone automatically changed your phone, right? The phone will do it. You got the Obama phone, right? You're good on that. You're good on that. But you're worried though about losing an hour of beauty sleep. You're about to add? No. Yeah, yeah. Apparently, you said you thought that you're going to try not to get ahead of yourself. That's a time in Indiana. Thank you, Tom. What do you call these are some other jokes? Surfer Todd, the comedian, multi-time lame joke writer of the year.

44:30What do you call a narcoleptic terrorist? What? A sleeper cell. There you go. What? What's hollering James favorite type of study? What? Sleep study. Eric and Kansas. What? What game will blind Scott never be able to play? What? I spy. That's Noah. Noah. How does hollering James know his Viagra is at least working five days a week? The pizza guy tells him. That's a lucky Tony. I said that one in. There you go. All right. All right. What's Marcel's favorite football position? What? Blocker. That's Mike the leprechaun. And there you go. Big Ben's lame jokes. The week. Thank you, weed man. Go back to bed. Guy, you were sleeping. It's OK. Go back to bed. This is an I Heart podcast. Guaranteed human.