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Ben Maller talks about the Chiefs wanting a "full commitment" from Travis Kelce if he does return, the Vikings being interested in Geno Smith, who got the best of the David Montgomery trade as the RB was sent from the Lions to the Texans, and more!
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3:00There's also a best of feature. And then the whole thing. And then the whole thing. So here in our number one, the chiefs want full commitment from Travis Kelsey. If he does return in 2026, how are you interpreting the messaging coming out of Kansas City? The Vikings are interested in Raiders quarterback Gino Smith. How does that taste? And who got the best of the David Montgomery trade? He's running back. Goes from the Lions to the Texans for an offensive lineman. And a couple of bingo cards. All that and more right now. Here it is our number one. Look at that. New imaging. It happens once a year. We all should enjoy it. We should all end once a year. We get the new open. I know. It's exciting. Get calm down. We are on Kelsey watch.
4:00All night. Kelsey watch. Welcome in the beginning of another night of the bandmailer show. We are in the air. Taking up a lot of bandwidth as we gallop to glory. Coast to coast. Sported a border in beyond on the vast and massively. Powerful microphones of FSR emanating lives from the shake. The shaken bake of the graveyard shift as we are hanging out here together. We're in this together from the world famous Fox Sports Radio studios. Now Luke the vending guy reminds us and so does King Rory that this hour made possible in part by our friends at Tire Rack. We're over 40 years. That's a long time. Tire Rack has been helping customers like Malaprop guy, alpha alien opiner and furg dog find the right tires for how, what, and where they drive.
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6:00to play supposedly although they haven't gotten the official word. They want a decision by the end of the week. By the end of the week. And they want to say, okay, so good, okay. Now that would give them if Kelsey decides to say X-NAY on the football A that would give them time to go out and turn over some rocks and try to find another tight end and look at the draft if they need to find a success kind of obvious there. But wait, there's more as every great infomercial the late night staple the classic but wait, there's more from Ron Popeo who was supposed to appear on my podcast and he decided not to do it and then died, how dare him. Anyway, state funded NFL media state funded NFL media tells us that the chiefs general manager Brett Veech, the GM there,
7:01now he wants to make sure that Travis Kelsey is all in if he does end up playing in 2026. So that is a good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question. The chiefs, according to this report saying they want full commitment from Travis Kelsey for the 2026 NFL season. How are you interpreting this? So I've got subpoena jello salad and dodgeball and we will combine all of these things together and we are going to have a delicious grilled cheese sandwich is what we're gonna have with the cheese on the outside and the inside of the grilled cheese. Now, a looking at the situation in Kansas City call it from 30,000 feet looking down here and then getting a little closer and a little
8:01closer. I see a house divided. Oh, the drama. I do. I see a house divided. To me, this one doesn't pass the smell test. Now, to the average consumer, you'll say, wow, what are you talking about? Mal or you big donkey? You don't know what you're talking about. This is nothing. I think there's something there that you do. I can smell. I can smell better than you. So this smells like the scent of passive-aggressive behavior. It's a power play, power play. If you will, at one arrowhead drive there before they move to Kansas. Now, the chief she-am here, Brett Vich the man of the hour. He's out there playing Mr. nice guy. It's good cop bad cop. He's being the nice guy. If you listen between the words, if you read between the lines, shall we? What do you say here? When the jam,
9:01the general management NFL team comes out and announces his list. I need this player to be a thousand percent all-in. I need this player to be there. That is not a compliment. That is not a compliment. That is like issuing a subpoena. It's what it is. It's like, hey, think about it. Seriously, when you peel back the onion, what do you get? You don't have to ask the guy who's already in the gym at six in the morning if he's committed to the team. By doing this, the obvious conclusion, you connect the dots on this one and the obvious connection is let this, you ask this guy who spent his time with the Euras tour, traveling around the globe, game show, cheesy game shows, bad acting, with Adam Sandler,
10:01all that stuff. He spent more time getting more miles, more air miles than he did yards. His numbers say a lead balloon. I was not good. He was multitasking and the brand and all that stuff. And so the chiefs, if you want to get next level traumatic, they're in the swifty standoff, if you will. Because that big celebrity wedding coming up in the spring here and we're all, I mean, not that far away, right? We're closing in on that. And so they need the money. So let's go for it. Let's do it. The football side. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The football side sees a 36-year-old or something like that. Asset that's running on fumes. You know, whatever Kelsey is.
11:01He's getting up there. And the GM's essentially saying the way I use the mallard Dakota ring. The General Manager of the Rockstar Live or the first hubby of the Rockstar Live. That can wait. Right? So either you'll put the glitter away. Put the glitter away. Hit the weights and all that stuff. Or go be the first hubby full time. It's an awkward pickle is what it is. There's never really a good pickle. So it's an awkward pickle. But I think so. But I think it's an awkward pickle. I'm just getting connected with the Kiev star – they want to continue this as long as they can. Of the tailor's swift effect. However they need an upgrade on the field. That's the problem.
12:01That's the condor. That's the condor right there. It's time to decide. tie this story out of Minnesota. Well, there's a lot of stories out of Minnesota that make me roll my eyes. But this one in particular, so the Vikings are window shopping for a savvy veteran starting quarterback, at least a former starting quarterback. So they know they need some insurance. They need a little bit of insurance there for McCarthy. Actually, I need a lot of insurance for J.J. McCarthy, not a little bit of a lot of insurance for J.J. McCarthy. And they, the story that was very arrogant was like, wow, they think that they're, they've got such great coaches and they've got Justin Jefferson that they can pretty much bring in any schmo and whatever dingleberry they pick will put up big numbers and lead them to victory because that they've got talent and they've got coaching and all that stuff. And the name that
13:01popped up here, the name that popped up. I saw that. Do you see this? No. Geno Smith. Geno Smith. Is that not comedy gold? My God. So good. Yeah, the Raiders Court. I saw the quarterback Geno Smith who was not very good in Seattle and approved. He wasn't very good with the Raiders. And he is a person of interest for the purple people, eaters. All right. Question. So the Vikings, if you believe the chatter are interested in Raiders quarterback Geno Smith, who will likely be released, better known as fired from his job there in Vegas. So how does that taste? How does that, the fact that the Vikings are being connected? Get your skull out right now to Geno Smith. So you're telling me that's the
14:05grand plan. Come on. Like that's the big Nordic reboot in Minnesota. This is what you're going to do. And you got JJ McCarthy. Well, we're going to bring in Geno Smith. Really. Is that right? You know what that tastes like that tastes like liver worst and in yellow salad is what it tastes like right? It's stomach turning. It's absolute stomach turning. It's puking your mouth. And I got nothing. I got nothing. I'm not a Viking guy or anything like that. I don't have a Viking fan. I have friends in Minnesota and all that. But my God. Like this is so over the top. You want to believe that this was one of those stories that was put out there by the agent hoping that it leads to something, right? That the agent leaked it. And that says, I hate float the Minnesota connected to Geno Smith. Maybe someone will bite there in Minnesota and say, that's a good idea. Now, the alternative is also ridiculous. Kyler Murray. Yep. Fun sized quarterback Kyler Murray. He comes with a booster seat. If you get him in a trade, the
15:09Cardinals will throw that in the booster seat. So there is that. Do you imagine choosing if those are your options, you've got Kyler Murray and Geno Smith. So what I rather have the mutant fungus, which is over here, or do I want the bubonic plague bacteria, which is over here, which one would I like? That is such a horrific combo dish. If those are your options, you're considering if you're the Vikings, my unsolicited advice would be to go out and get Kurt Cousins and bring him back. Not that he's any good, but I'd rather have him than Geno Smith or Kyler Murray. At least he likes football, unlike Kyler Murray. And Geno Smith just bad. At least occasionally Kurt Cousins is halfway decent. And Geno Smith, you think about his signature mom with the Raiders. It was giving the bird to Raider fans. That was it. And then in Seattle,
16:11his signature moment was after the first game he played against the Broncos when he gave this big speech about how nobody believed in me and all that. And then the rest of his time in Seattle proved that those people were right by being a middling quarterback. So that's what we are. That's where we are. Yeah, with Geno Smith, when the pocket collapses, he is gift-wrapping turnovers. It's like he's Santa Claus there. You get a turnover, you get a turnover, you get a turnover, good luck on that. And the decision making, which melts faster than the ice over there on Lake Minnetonka in April. And he's been bad, Geno Smith. Last year it was like the new level of bad. He was a new level of bad. Fewer yards, more interceptions. Team was terrible. He was horrific. And so they say, well, he's a bridged quarterback. I love when people say Geno Smith is a bridged quarterback. It's a draw bridge to nowhere with a hole in it. And that's the kind of
17:11draw bridge quarterback. He's meanwhile, to Motown, we go, we got a trade. We got a trade hours after we did a mall or mall or at least part of a mall or mall or mall or log about David Montgomery. He's our running back. David Montgomery. He's been traded by buy to Detroit. He said he didn't want to be traded. Lines trading running back. David Montgomery to the Houston Texans for offensive lineman, juice, shrugs. Any relation to newy shrugs? I don't know, juice, shrugs and a couple of draft fix. Nothing really worth our time of fourth round pick. If you're into fourth round draft fix, I recommend a nice therapist is what I recommend. I also a seventh round draft. Well, that's even better. And that's not till 2027. So my gumbry on the move question, who got the better of this David Montgomery trade between the lions and the Texans? So after eight minutes
18:16long deliberation of the available information, I've seen some people say, well, the lions got the better of the trade. I'm like, really? I didn't see it that way. It's cute. Like, the whole trade. It's not a big trade or anything like that. I'm going to talk about it for a couple minutes because we talked about David Montgomery in a previous episode of the show. This comes after he had said that he, the report was he wanted out of Detroit and he said, no, he refuted that report. And then hours later, he's traded. And so the winner's corner to me, the arrow is pointing towards Houston. It's a slight lean. It's not like this is going to change all that much, but the slight lean there, David Montgomery is not some spare part that Houston found in the trunk next to the spare tire. It's, it's not that. The moment, and this is what really leaned it the direction of the Texans for me, the moment I saw the messaging from the lions front office, the whispers of salary cap relief. And we saved some money getting rid of David Montgomery.
19:20That is called playing dodgeball with the truth. And any time I hear a team say we got rid of this player because of the salary cap, I know bullcrap. I know it's bullcrap. It's the magic phrase that you can use to justify anyone leaving your team. Anything that maybe will be deemed unpopular and that might be unpopular. It was well, you know, it's the perfect boogie man. You go, yeah, but a salary cap, you have it, you have it, you have it, you have it, you have it, salary cap, salary cap, and then dumb people, they just believe it. They accept it. They move on. And they say that's that. And do I think Detroit believes that my gummers cooked? Absolutely. They didn't want to say that. So when they say they said, ah, salary cap relief. No, they thought he was still good. He'd be on the team. They think he's done. Do you trust the Detroit Lions? Do they know what they're doing? Do they know? I would think he can still be at least a short yarders goal line
20:22guy and get touchdowns that way and be a wrecking ball type running back David Montgomery. I mean, he's 29 next season. So the Lions, again, the cap excuse. This is just my default programming. When you hear the cap excuse, dead, get white, dead, get white, that they are reshaping the narrative. They're they're manipulating the narrative to fit it because they're a little scared. I was like, ah, we just say the salary cap, salary cap, salary cap, salary cap, salary cap, salary cap, salary cap, all right. So the Texans traded also. They're off. The offensive lineman they traded according to the the scouting report, juice, Sugs, the cops on him are an orange traffic cone would be as effective. So that's good luck. I'm sure he's a nice good name. Oh, I don't know if we can play him. We don't really break down offensive lineman other than the draft or when they're terrible. And he sounds, accordingly, when I read, he was not very good. It is the Ben Mallor Show. We will open up
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24:29Presented by Geico, the exclusive launch partner of I Heart TikTok Radio. Geico is proud to support a new way for fans to discover music, creators, and what's trending now. It feels good to have the best playlists. It feels good to Geico. Segregation and the day integration at night. When segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner had his own rules. We didn't worry about what went on outside. It was like stepping on another world. Inside Charlie's place, black and white people danced together, but not everyone was happy about it. And you saw the KKK? Yeah, they was dressed up in that uniform. The KKK set out to raid Charlie, take him away from here. Charlie was an example of power. They had to crush him. From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch, and visit Myrtle Beach, comes Charlie's place. A story that was nearly lost to time. Until now, listen to Charlie's
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29:03formal apology, but I'm not sure who he wants an apology too. Uh, Jed who fled writes in he from the redneck Riviera. He says, I need an auto answer for people on hold because sometimes I call in and then when Koopa picks up the phone, I'm sometimes in the shower. I'm taking a dump or I'm getting high and he hangs up. I like to stay. I'd like to stay in the queue. Do you have any solutions? Yeah. Well, try not to go and get high and all that. And while while you're on hold, you know, while you're on hold, that would probably be the way to do it. Well, what else would he do while he's on hold? Hmm. Yeah. I don't know. Is there anything else to do? Nothing. Yeah. Uh, not a burner writes in says, I feel like former Heisman trophy winner Geno Toretta would be a better option right now than Geno Smith. Yeah. That has to be a story that was put out
30:04there by the agent. I, the Vikings, I know they got issues in Minnesota. It can't be at that level, right? It can't, can't be at that level, I would think. Uh, racer X says Brett Vich handed a subpoena to Travis Kelsey. Uh, he says, uh, I mean, he always just quoted me. Well, thanks for listening, racer X. I'm glad that you quoted the Malar monologue. It means a lot to get that out there in the cosmos. It does. It means that a lot. Jason, the diamond man writes in and says the, uh, Malar log, uh, Malar monologue gets a 1,995 on the Jason B diamond man scale one to 10. And the queen is there as well. The tech queen back on the airwaves everywhere for four hours. We were actually, I think to people realize that we actually are on Sunday and the Monday, or I feel like some people only know that we're on Monday and Tuesday, but like we're on,
31:06like we, the show, our week begins Sunday night in the Monday. I don't think it clicks for a lot of people. Yeah. Yeah. I think there's a lot of people that don't work Sunday night in the Monday, and they're like, what's going on? I don't have a lot of friends who think I work Friday night, because they're like, well, you work Monday through Friday. I'm like, yes, Friday morning. Yeah. Well, that's the key thing about this, uh, this shift. You get the Friday and Saturday off. Right. So it actually feels like a three-day weekend most of the time. I don't know about this. I don't know about this. No, it's less than a full week. Friday. I'll give all Friday. It is. I agree with Cooper. I agree with Cooper. No, no, no. I have most of Sunday. That's a bad take. Uh, and here's why, uh, because Cooper's right. Uh, I do the show. I get done with show Friday. I then have to wind down. There's a wind down process. So that screws my Friday up. And then on Sunday, I have to wind up. So really, it's just like a day and a half, maybe, maybe a day and a half. I hear you. I'm just saying, that's the way people understand that there's a wind down situation.
32:08And then there's a wind up situation. It's like a, uh, those old lawn mowers where you had to pull the thing and then it starts it. And then, you know, they show those in movies. The lawnmower, there's a string. I remember I'm back in the day. I used to follow behind my dad and I would play um, they follow the Ellibuk road. Oh, you did with the freshly cut grass. It's a very nice, nice memory to have your dad didn't have one of those sit-down John Deere track things. No, yeah, unfortunate. Yeah. I feel you have some computer issues here. Cooper, with that be accurate. I feel like there's some issues with the computer, the technology. I'm literally right across a plane of glass from you. And I get the sense that there's some kind of glitch in the matrix. Am I correct on that? There was. I wasn't sure if there's something wrong or if it was just taking forever. Has it, has it finished logging in yet? No. It is not finished. We can go to plan B if you want. I mean, I can open up the window on plan B if you want to do that. I love alternative plans. You enjoy backup plans. Yeah. I love the equipment here. I do. I like
33:09that it is only, we spare no expense. Uh, we really do. And it's just, just great. And, and I'm not, not being sarcastic. Oh, no, no, it's, no, it's doing something. Not just keeps, uh, regurgitating the computer. It's like puking in its mouth and then puking again and again and again and again. Well, good. It's system up and we have a problem. I like that they have such, uh, okay. It's such confidence. We have such confidence, uh, staff here that it's doing. Oh, and I think it might be good now, Cooper. I think you might, it appears that it's back. Okay. All right. So the system update, we'd like to alert all the affiliates. The system update. It appears as now been complete. Supermarket Steve writes since his way to go, Lorena. Uh, that is a staple and should be played weekly on the show just to be clear, Ben, uh, J scoop and just Josh are still alive. Uh, I know, I know that. I know that. Uh, what, what do you, what are you questioning? Um, we, we know that beer drinking Brian, uh, met his demise and, uh, our friend, uh, half pipe, uh, pipe. I don't know where, I don't know where she is.
34:14I don't know where she's, who knows. I think she found somebody else on that. That was it. Furgdog says, I don't know if he wants it, but, uh, for me, rather, but I all apologize to mark the full main guy. I hope you'll forgive me. Yeah. I'm relatively confident that he will not forgive you next time. I am, I've been reminded next hour we will have ask a weed man, our friend Billy. Oh, yeah. It's his weekly segment. We'll see how long this goes, but that'll be next hour. So we'll have that to look forward to. So dear God, it's good. Promote a head. He's very happy. He's got, got a great attitude about life. He said really terrible life in many ways. He's been arrested a bunch of times. He's at all kinds of problems and he's always got a smile on his face, which is good. So there is a rivalry being created out of thin air. We'll get to that coming up in a moment, but let's get to the latest. That's a cosmic event right now. And we have boots on the ground. And we go to Berkeley in the lead off chair because she's about to exit. Yeah. And her name is Andrea.
35:20And she's the astrology insider and one of the benefits of working all night is the great cosmic event that is taking place right now in the heavens. Yes, perfect timing. And thank you. That was a perfect introduction. And yeah, blessed full moon moon eclipse to the Mallorna Marissa. You will all be there in spirit. I'm leaving around midnight and I'll go to Shiboh Space Center. It's up in the Oakland Hills and having a watch party from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. The lunar eclipse will be at 338 a.m. So we're right in the middle of that. And again, it's in Sun and Pisces, Moon and Virgo. So those signs in particular will feel most acutely. And yeah, just like a very rare thing. I told you the former's Almanac called it the worm moon because earthworms come out of the ground this time of year because the ground is warmer and start
36:21gravitating. And it's also full blood moon because that's the color when the earth and sun meet each other in the sky, which is quite rare. So you can look up in the sky. You don't need any telescopes, any special technology. Just fingers crossed. We had a little rain here earlier that there's a clear sky. So full moon, lunar eclipse, 338 tonight. All right. We will look forward to that. I will see that one night. Can we do it too, Ben? What's that? Can we go dance under the moon? Oh, dance. You know what? Make sure. Wait, guys, just a reminder. Oh, that's right. Technology just so you know February 26th to March 20th. So you're doing really well. Just know we're dealing with that. All right. Hopefully the gremlins don't attack, you know, exactly. All right. Well, enjoy. Let us know how it goes. Have a great time out there. Bundle up. Yes. You'll have a good time. Definitely, Ben. All right. There she goes, Andrea. She's right there. I witness reporting from right in the
37:26Oakland Hills. And she will have a complete report later this week on the full moon, the astrology inside of Virgo and service on X Virgo and service on X. Check that out. So they're that's bring Mark the full name guy in on and mark that they're trying to create a rivalry out of thin air for the NFL draft, the rivalry between Ty Simpson. That's the Alabama quarterback and Fernando Mendoza, the Indiana quarterback. Now, this is mostly from the media making it. They're trying to make it seem like there's this great rivalry there. These are two of the most boring individuals I've ever heard. So I don't see any kind of spice. I don't see any kind of spark here. I'm confused by it. Anyway, Mark the full name guy. Yes, Mark the full name guy. Well, you know, the media created this ridiculous rhetoric about the whole Bella check and Tom Brady and who deserves all the credit for their success.
38:28Blah blah blah. Well, that wasn't it. That wasn't a crazy. That was not a crazy. It wasn't by the media. Yeah. Okay. And it wasn't crazy. It wasn't it wasn't crazy. And we're not believing in that. It's a, you know, it's an individual. Well, at the time I was on team Bella check and then Brady made me look like a jackass. But at the time, it was like, well, it was Bella check and all that, but then turned out to be Tom Brady. Yeah, well, it turns out that Tom Brady is a media darling and Bella check is not. So of course, Tom Brady. Oh, no, no, no, it turns, it turns out, hey, it turns out that Tom Brady went to Tampa and won a Super Bowl and built Bella check. Well, he did score off the field, but on the field with the Patriots, very mediocre. The New England Patriots with Bill Bella check, they were serving slop. Well, I don't know if you can just blame the coach for that team. Yeah, when he's the, yeah, when the coach is there, when the coach is the GM, yes, you can.
39:29When he's the GM, you can blame the coach. Yes. Yes, you can't, what are you stupid? Yes, you can. No, what the agenda of the owner is. You don't really. Yes, the owner wanted to lose. Yes, the owner wanted to lose. You're correct. The owner wanted to lose. You don't know that. The owner, well, that's what you're saying. That's what you're saying. I'll spell it out for you. That's what you're saying. I'm saying that these people may not want to pay their players any money. All right. Listen, I thought you, I thought you were living the great life. You're an organ here. You're on the organ trail and you're so angry. Why are you so angry still? What's going on with you? You're not letting me speak. Yeah, you're right. I say something that, what? You talk over me now. Look, it's a talk show. I'm a talk show host. What do you want? We just go in the other room and let you talk. But God, lose my job. It's just my call.
40:31Now that's that's vintage mark the full name guy right there. That's right. I did marked the full name guy. I still love, I was, I still love, no, no. Hold on a sec. Now, I love marked the full name guy when the Giants were winning the World Series. And he called, I happened to be listening is driving around and he called into the Giants post game show. They're a little talk show and was ripping Bruce Bochi. It was outstanding. While they were winning the World Series, he was ripping Bochi. So how well they were winning the World Series. You see what a liar you are. You're a chemical media propaganda. There it is. The analogy to make stuff up. Oh, no, you admitted to it. You told me you admitted to it. I'm not saying Donald. I was going to lose a Super Bowl. Now we're now we're on Sam Darnal. Why do you care about Sam Darnal? Sam Darnal's not going to give you any money. Okay. I don't care how many times you're post about Sam Darnal and call up. He doesn't know who you are. He's
41:34not going to send you a check. So what are you doing? I didn't lose very much at all. I told you that Super Bowl is another game. It's not anything magical. If you're, if you're like betting this game every night. Are you done? Is that it? You hope I lost a bundle. You don't know that I lost a bundle or not. Knucklehead. Why don't you do the right thing and hang up on yourself, Mark. Hang up on yourself right now. Go. Go away. There you go. Mark the full name guy. I didn't give two a sense about Sam Darnal. Now he wants a Super Bowl. All of a sudden he's the greatest champion of Sam Darnal. There it was. You got to be joking. You got to be joking. Anyway, it is the Ben Mallor Show. Time now for the Who Am I Game. This is where we pretend to be somebody else. Thus we call it the Who Am I Game. I hold the all time professional football
42:39record for single season rushing yards. I was also the first NFL player to record gains of 90 plus yards on a run, a reception, and a kick return. Who? All of that in the same season. Again, I hold the all time professional football record for single season rushing yards. I also was the first NFL player to record gains of 90 plus yards on a run, a reception, and a kickoff return in the same season. Who am I? The answer. We'll get to it. We will do it. Next. Be sure to catch live editions 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 explaining our SS feeds to confused relatives and saying things like sorry, I can't talk right now. I'm editing audio. If this sounds familiar, you're probably already a podcaster. The good news is Spreaker makes the whole process simple. You record your show, upload it once, and Spreaker
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46:46there's the fifth hour podcast. Now, that is a spin-off of this podcast. You can hear it every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday only available in the podcast format. Never before told stories. I'd be some interviews again. We might do that and see about that. I think about bringing some of those things back to the fifth hour podcast, but check that out available wherever you get your podcast. You can hear this show as well in the podcast format. If you can't stay up all night with us, just search Ben Mallow Show podcast and fifth hour podcast. It is omnipresent. It's all over the place. All right, back to it. We're going to pay off the Who Am I Game? I didn't want to, let's me take Michael. Michael wants to rant about the Celtics here and then I'll pay off the Who Am I Game? Michael, what's going on? You're on the Ben Mallow Show and Fox. Hello, Michael. Welcome. Hey, uh, Ben Mallow, uh, long time listener. First time caller. Long time listener. First time caller. I love that. That's the greatest radio cliche of all time and talk radio. Love that.
47:46Love that. Calling in from Bird's Water. I just want to give a little rinse. I just want to give a little stamp about the Celtics real quick. Okay. So I just want to stamp something because Ben Mallow, I'm going to go. I'm going to give you a call later on in the season. I'm going to stamp it right now. Celtics in the finals. JT, whether it comes back or not. Celtics stamp it right now. Michael. Okay. All right. We're on the record. All right. Michael, he's calling a shot right now. Here we are in early March and he is saying that in the summer in June, the Celtics will be in the NBA fun. Now I did watch a little bit of that Celtic Bucks game, Michael and the Celtics with a starting lineup of Derek White, somebody named Hugo Gonzalez. I have no idea who that is. Nicole LaVuce of it. Sam Hauser and Baylor Shireman beat the Bucks with Yannis by bloom out by like 20 points. Crazy. All right. I got to let you go. Your connection sucks
48:47anyway. But call me back, Mike. You're on the record. And you can do the victory lap if that happens. If it doesn't happen, you'll just pretend it didn't happen. Time to have for the who am I game. I hold the all-time professional football record for single season rushing yards. I was also the first NFL player to have gains of 90 plus yards on a run, a reception, and a kickoff return in the same season. Who am I? That is the question. What's the answer? Katie Perry, guess by Keyline Pie Bobby, who has Clyde Edwards-Hallair from Eek. That's very funny. Mark in Queen says the juice, OJ Simpson, the cut and slash move. Camila Cabello, Cabello, who's 29 today from late night's director Tony Hawk from Rob the Goat Man, Eric Dickerson, guess by Andy and Lionel Lakes, Minnesota, George Washington from Scrooge, Mark the full name guy from Mowler Prop Guy, Shane Raleigh from Mr. Nice Guy. That's a good name. Nordberg from King Rory, Danny Noonan from I-40 Inn. All right, Lorraine, did you have an Ansela Raina?
49:48Victoria Beckham. No, the great New Jersey general from the USFL Herschel Walker. Back in 1985, Herschel Walker. He also had that with the Eagles as well. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.
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