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That championship pedigree I always work out that way. Welcome in the beginning of another night of the Ben Mahler Show. We are in the air everywhere like minded patrons as we win the Wooden Spoon Prize coast coast, Border, the Vord and beyond on the vast and humongous powerful microphones of FSRE and mondating live from the banquet. It's Benny's Babbel Banquet. We're open all night. The restaurant does not close. Serving up those hot takes, not pancakes, hot takes. We're broadcasting live from the Tyraq dot com studios. Tyraq dot com will help you get thereon unmatched selection, fast free shipping, free road hazard protection, and over ten thousand recommended installers tyraq dot com, the way tire boning should be a no G manage in Chicago. Very excited. A regular p one of the show, and he's very excited about the number ten thousand and Oh what a night it was, Oh what a great day it was from when I woke up until just a few minutes ago. If you like sporty, if you're a fan of sporty, which I think you might be, you are plausibly listening consume overnight sports content in the audio form, which is also available now on YouTube, these Mallard monologues. But our lead this hour is from The Sweetness. Now, if you're old, you hear the word sweetness, you think, wow, that's Walter Payton, not Walter Payton. But we're talking about the Sweet sixteen. Of course, is we had not one, not two, not three. How about four games on a Thursday night to kick off the card, and it'll be four more games on Friday, and then we'll whittle it down a seat in the Elite eight for those that were victorious in the games that were played on Thursday. So I don't even saw any of this. Maybe you were watching the baseball or possibly you're like I was too busy. I had to stare at a wall. Well, there wasn't a whole lot of drama O rama, which seemingly that's what you want. You want those game changing moments where the game's close and somebody has to step up and make a play. Well, we didn't get much of that until the final act of the night in San Francisco, the late television window as Darien Williams hit the tie breaking basket with seven point three seconds on the jumbo tron in over time after tying the game with a three pointer at the end of regulation. He plays for Texas Tech. If you don't know who Darien Williams is, so he ends up hitting the three pointer late in regulation to tie it, then hits the tie breaking basket in the final seconds of overtime, and Texas Tech thanks to a clankety clank by Arkansas at the buzzer, and the Red Raiders have advanced to the Elite eight. The first overtime game of March Madness, and it came after Texas Tech was down by sixteen points midway through the second half. Now, normally in the college game, if you're up by sixteen points, you are going to punch your ticket and advance. But coach John Calipari's Razorbacks, who were technically the tense seed, although many did not perceive them as the tense seed because of all the nil payments and just the aura of John Calipari. But Texas Tech has advanced. They will play the number one seed Florida in the West Regional final that'll take place on Saturday. The better story, now you know where the better story is. That's right, The better story is in the losing locker room. And man did that thing come apart. So let's ask the question, did Texas Tech assert their will when they fell behind by sixteen points or did John Calipari and his Arkansas squad lose it? All? Right, so my thoughts on this. I've got the trojan staples and locomotive and we'll run through all all of these things, all of them, and we are going to make a nice vacation to Bahamas because John Calipari cannot go to the Bahamas. So a to answer the question, did Texas Tech assert their will or did John Calipari and Arkansas lose it? Well, the arrow is pointing at Coach cal who was at the controls in the cockpit on Yep, you're right. The vomit comment. Oh my god, Arkansas was looking so good. I was like, Oh, it's cal par is fun to talk about on the radio. He says stupid things, he dresses, he's got this debonair look to him and all that. But man alive. Arkansas goes up by sixteen and the big fundamental Arkansas gets this massive advantage I'm relatively speaking massive, and then they grab the sleeping bag and the only question is did John Calipari read them some bedtime lullabies as they took a nap? I mean a whole canoli here. The hard drive got a trojan, a trojan horse virus and malfunctioned as Texas Tech was liberated and advanced to the second round. But the things that stood out, and this is often the case, it's not like this is just an Arkansas problem. We're not exactly talking chess here. It's more checkers, the little attention to detail, and I didn't think it was going to cost Arkansas, but they had some sloppy offensive possessions. When they went up by sixteen, They're like, oh, let's get some more stats going here. We'll take some circus shots. And then they also decided they had a big enough lead. I guess they didn't really need to lock in on defense. They were undisciplined on defense, and you put those things together and all of a sudden you got a swan dive. And how unprecedented is the swan dive by Arkansas? The mother of all stats, the mother of all stats is it's not Boom goes to dynamite, but it's pretty much boom goes to dynamite. Entering this game, John Calipari had played thirty His teams had played thirty five games in the NCAA Tournament in his coaching career, going back to his days at UMAs where they led by six or more points at halftime, and John Calipari had been thirty five and oh his teams when leading by six or more. That was the stat prior to the game, and that tells you what has happened, not what's going to happen. As a result, Texas Tech gets her done. They get her done, and they advanced. Now elsewhere, we had the Duchies Cooper flag and the number one seed. Duke continue monster mashing in the NCAA Tournament with a little controversy, but one hundred and ninety three win as they went turbotastic early in the second half of this game over Arizona in the Sweet sixteen. And now the Blue Devils will match up with the number two seed, Alabama. So the bracket has held. The bracket has held. One of those teams is going to the Final four, but that'll be the Elite eight matchup. You've got a basketball school, Duke versus a football school Alabama. But don't bury the lead, my man. All right, We're not going to bury the lead. So the lead here is the performance of the flag. The flag is up, So how would you describe for those that did not see it, Cooper Flags play for Duke in this game. So having Cooper Flag on your roster, if you don't know this already, you should know this already. It's like that old marketing campaign from Staples back in the day. It's the Staples easy button when you have Cooper Flag on your roster. He had thirty points, seven assists, six rebounds, and we are told a partridge in a pear tree. He had all that, had all that, and it would appear based on his body of work here, which is limited because he's only been at Duke one year, cheat code allowing the Blue Devils to level up. And this is why you've got multiple suck bag NBA franchises that are trying to trust the process and trying to get in on that top pick in the draft, because Cooper Flag will be the top pick and he's from Maine, so they can't really rig it. So he plays for the team from Maine. I don't lest I checked. They don't have an NBA team and the Celtics are not going to be in the draft lottery, so that's off the table. So who knows where Cooper Flag is going to end up. But he will be the prize, the next big thing in the NBA. But he's still got some work to do in the college game and he's got to earn those nil checks he's getting for the Dukies. All right now, the last word here, So on a rather overcast I will use the word overcast a day in the tournament. Go to Newark, New Jersey. They know a thing about overcast, thing or two about overcasting in Newark, New so mentioned Alabama and the number two seed they advanced. They did it with a little rasthma task. So the number two seed Alabama set an nc doublea tournament record for three point shots made. How many you think they made? Did you see this game? Yeah? You know, Well somebody else didn't see it, So I'm gonna tell them twenty five to three pointers twenty five against the Tater Top kids from BYU. Yeah, that's a lot twenty five, So a record setting, and some say for Alabama because that's a football school, although not much anymore because Nick Saban ain't walking through that door unless he's there to collect a check and cheer for them on television. But Alabama twenty five three program defining win one thirteen to eighty eight. That's an NBA score. That's like a matchup between the Celtics and the Wizards. And that was the final their East Regional semi finals. So coach Natoates and the Bama squad knocking twenty five triples into the net and they break the record which was twenty one held by Bo Kimball and Loyola Maramont thirty five years ago. Wow, where has the time gone? So if you're old enough to remember that that amazing magic carpet ride with Bo Kimball and before that his buddy who passed away, Hank Gathers. But your thoughts, what are your thoughts on Alabama setting a new standard for most three balls knocked down? So obviously it's a historical night. And my thought on this if you were to conveyor what Alabama did now, the defense was obviously lacking for perimeter defense. You don't need to be an insider in the NBA to know this was not going well for the BYU Cougars defensively. But this Christian Tides team, even if you leave guys open a lot in college, they'll miss. I don't know if you've noticed that there's a theme in this tournament, in every tournament, but the Crimson Tide were an unstoppable locomotive. True. Yeah, of moneyballs, you get a moneyball, you get a moneyball, you get a moneyball, you get a moneyball. And to put into context the historical nature of this, I may or may not remember loyal A Maramont hitting all those three point shots back in the day. And while in modern basketball it's poper shot. You're expected to just shoot three point baskets. That's it. That's today's NBA, that's most of college basketball. If you go back a generation and a half to the loyala Marimont team, which is a small school. Yeah, we're going to the hot, tough time machine here. If you go back then, that is a team that look like they were playing at a different level, like they were playing a different sport. They changed the game. This little school near Lax which was nothing athletically and since then has been nothing athletically. And they played in a high school gym. And in those days, the three point shot was considered a masculine It was he had one guy on the team that would be a three point specialist and the top players. It was unbecoming to shoot a lot of three point shots. Can you imagine that? Yeah, now if you don't shoot three point shots, it's the other way. But the three point shot in those years, it was like a side table. It wasn't the sofa, it wasn't the television. It was a side table, and that's what it was. And so it's obviously we've done a one to eighty since then and gone the complete opposite direction, and so Alabama has the record. It's a safe bet that that record will not last another thirty five years, that that record will be broken within the next five years, and probably take the under. Take the under on that. But how zany was Bama shooting the basketball? I'm glad you asked, So here's how zany it is. And I believe this stat is accurate. Let's say Alabama had not made one two point basket. They missed all of their two point shots, so they were over from the floor two point field goals against by U. The Crimson Tide made enough three point shots where they still would have won the game. They still would have won the game even if they had not hit a single two point shot. Methinks that's pretty good. Methinks that's pretty good. And yeah, you do the math math on that, and the math works. The math absolutely worse.

That championship pedigree I always work out that way. Welcome in the beginning of another night of the Ben Mahler Show. We are in the air everywhere like minded patrons as we win the Wooden Spoon Prize coast coast, Border, the Vord and beyond on the vast and humongous powerful microphones of FSRE and mondating live from the banquet. It's Benny's Babbel Banquet. We're open all night. The restaurant does not close. Serving up those hot takes, not pancakes, hot takes. We're broadcasting live from the Tyraq dot com studios. Tyraq dot com will help you get thereon unmatched selection, fast free shipping, free road hazard protection, and over ten thousand recommended installers tyraq dot com, the way tire boning should be a no G manage in Chicago. Very excited. A regular p one of the show, and he's very excited about the number ten thousand and Oh what a night it was, Oh what a great day it was from when I woke up until just a few minutes ago. If you like sporty, if you're a fan of sporty, which I think you might be, you are plausibly listening consume overnight sports content in the audio form, which is also available now on YouTube, these Mallard monologues. But our lead this hour is from The Sweetness. Now, if you're old, you hear the word sweetness, you think, wow, that's Walter Payton, not Walter Payton. But we're talking about the Sweet sixteen. Of course, is we had not one, not two, not three. How about four games on a Thursday night to kick off the card, and it'll be four more games on Friday, and then we'll whittle it down a seat in the Elite eight for those that were victorious in the games that were played on Thursday. So I don't even saw any of this. Maybe you were watching the baseball or possibly you're like I was too busy. I had to stare at a wall. Well, there wasn't a whole lot of drama O rama, which seemingly that's what you want. You want those game changing moments where the game's close and somebody has to step up and make a play. Well, we didn't get much of that until the final act of the night in San Francisco, the late television window as Darien Williams hit the tie breaking basket with seven point three seconds on the jumbo tron in over time after tying the game with a three pointer at the end of regulation. He plays for Texas Tech. If you don't know who Darien Williams is, so he ends up hitting the three pointer late in regulation to tie it, then hits the tie breaking basket in the final seconds of overtime, and Texas Tech thanks to a clankety clank by Arkansas at the buzzer, and the Red Raiders have advanced to the Elite eight. The first overtime game of March Madness, and it came after Texas Tech was down by sixteen points midway through the second half. Now, normally in the college game, if you're up by sixteen points, you are going to punch your ticket and advance. But coach John Calipari's Razorbacks, who were technically the tense seed, although many did not perceive them as the tense seed because of all the nil payments and just the aura of John Calipari. But Texas Tech has advanced. They will play the number one seed Florida in the West Regional final that'll take place on Saturday. The better story, now you know where the better story is. That's right, The better story is in the losing locker room. And man did that thing come apart. So let's ask the question, did Texas Tech assert their will when they fell behind by sixteen points or did John Calipari and his Arkansas squad lose it? All? Right, so my thoughts on this. I've got the trojan staples and locomotive and we'll run through all all of these things, all of them, and we are going to make a nice vacation to Bahamas because John Calipari cannot go to the Bahamas. So a to answer the question, did Texas Tech assert their will or did John Calipari and Arkansas lose it? Well, the arrow is pointing at Coach cal who was at the controls in the cockpit on Yep, you're right. The vomit comment. Oh my god, Arkansas was looking so good. I was like, Oh, it's cal par is fun to talk about on the radio. He says stupid things, he dresses, he's got this debonair look to him and all that. But man alive. Arkansas goes up by sixteen and the big fundamental Arkansas gets this massive advantage I'm relatively speaking massive, and then they grab the sleeping bag and the only question is did John Calipari read them some bedtime lullabies as they took a nap? I mean a whole canoli here. The hard drive got a trojan, a trojan horse virus and malfunctioned as Texas Tech was liberated and advanced to the second round. But the things that stood out, and this is often the case, it's not like this is just an Arkansas problem. We're not exactly talking chess here. It's more checkers, the little attention to detail, and I didn't think it was going to cost Arkansas, but they had some sloppy offensive possessions. When they went up by sixteen, They're like, oh, let's get some more stats going here. We'll take some circus shots. And then they also decided they had a big enough lead. I guess they didn't really need to lock in on defense. They were undisciplined on defense, and you put those things together and all of a sudden you got a swan dive. And how unprecedented is the swan dive by Arkansas? The mother of all stats, the mother of all stats is it's not Boom goes to dynamite, but it's pretty much boom goes to dynamite. Entering this game, John Calipari had played thirty His teams had played thirty five games in the NCAA Tournament in his coaching career, going back to his days at UMAs where they led by six or more points at halftime, and John Calipari had been thirty five and oh his teams when leading by six or more. That was the stat prior to the game, and that tells you what has happened, not what's going to happen. As a result, Texas Tech gets her done. They get her done, and they advanced. Now elsewhere, we had the Duchies Cooper flag and the number one seed. Duke continue monster mashing in the NCAA Tournament with a little controversy, but one hundred and ninety three win as they went turbotastic early in the second half of this game over Arizona in the Sweet sixteen. And now the Blue Devils will match up with the number two seed, Alabama. So the bracket has held. The bracket has held. One of those teams is going to the Final four, but that'll be the Elite eight matchup. You've got a basketball school, Duke versus a football school Alabama. But don't bury the lead, my man. All right, We're not going to bury the lead. So the lead here is the performance of the flag. The flag is up, So how would you describe for those that did not see it, Cooper Flags play for Duke in this game. So having Cooper Flag on your roster, if you don't know this already, you should know this already. It's like that old marketing campaign from Staples back in the day. It's the Staples easy button when you have Cooper Flag on your roster. He had thirty points, seven assists, six rebounds, and we are told a partridge in a pear tree. He had all that, had all that, and it would appear based on his body of work here, which is limited because he's only been at Duke one year, cheat code allowing the Blue Devils to level up. And this is why you've got multiple suck bag NBA franchises that are trying to trust the process and trying to get in on that top pick in the draft, because Cooper Flag will be the top pick and he's from Maine, so they can't really rig it. So he plays for the team from Maine. I don't lest I checked. They don't have an NBA team and the Celtics are not going to be in the draft lottery, so that's off the table. So who knows where Cooper Flag is going to end up. But he will be the prize, the next big thing in the NBA. But he's still got some work to do in the college game and he's got to earn those nil checks he's getting for the Dukies. All right now, the last word here, So on a rather overcast I will use the word overcast a day in the tournament. Go to Newark, New Jersey. They know a thing about overcast, thing or two about overcasting in Newark, New so mentioned Alabama and the number two seed they advanced. They did it with a little rasthma task. So the number two seed Alabama set an nc doublea tournament record for three point shots made. How many you think they made? Did you see this game? Yeah? You know, Well somebody else didn't see it, So I'm gonna tell them twenty five to three pointers twenty five against the Tater Top kids from BYU. Yeah, that's a lot twenty five, So a record setting, and some say for Alabama because that's a football school, although not much anymore because Nick Saban ain't walking through that door unless he's there to collect a check and cheer for them on television. But Alabama twenty five three program defining win one thirteen to eighty eight. That's an NBA score. That's like a matchup between the Celtics and the Wizards. And that was the final their East Regional semi finals. So coach Natoates and the Bama squad knocking twenty five triples into the net and they break the record which was twenty one held by Bo Kimball and Loyola Maramont thirty five years ago. Wow, where has the time gone? So if you're old enough to remember that that amazing magic carpet ride with Bo Kimball and before that his buddy who passed away, Hank Gathers. But your thoughts, what are your thoughts on Alabama setting a new standard for most three balls knocked down? So obviously it's a historical night. And my thought on this if you were to conveyor what Alabama did now, the defense was obviously lacking for perimeter defense. You don't need to be an insider in the NBA to know this was not going well for the BYU Cougars defensively. But this Christian Tides team, even if you leave guys open a lot in college, they'll miss. I don't know if you've noticed that there's a theme in this tournament, in every tournament, but the Crimson Tide were an unstoppable locomotive. True. Yeah, of moneyballs, you get a moneyball, you get a moneyball, you get a moneyball, you get a moneyball. And to put into context the historical nature of this, I may or may not remember loyal A Maramont hitting all those three point shots back in the day. And while in modern basketball it's poper shot. You're expected to just shoot three point baskets. That's it. That's today's NBA, that's most of college basketball. If you go back a generation and a half to the loyala Marimont team, which is a small school. Yeah, we're going to the hot, tough time machine here. If you go back then, that is a team that look like they were playing at a different level, like they were playing a different sport. They changed the game. This little school near Lax which was nothing athletically and since then has been nothing athletically. And they played in a high school gym. And in those days, the three point shot was considered a masculine It was he had one guy on the team that would be a three point specialist and the top players. It was unbecoming to shoot a lot of three point shots. Can you imagine that? Yeah, now if you don't shoot three point shots, it's the other way. But the three point shot in those years, it was like a side table. It wasn't the sofa, it wasn't the television. It was a side table, and that's what it was. And so it's obviously we've done a one to eighty since then and gone the complete opposite direction, and so Alabama has the record. It's a safe bet that that record will not last another thirty five years, that that record will be broken within the next five years, and probably take the under. Take the under on that. But how zany was Bama shooting the basketball? I'm glad you asked, So here's how zany it is. And I believe this stat is accurate. Let's say Alabama had not made one two point basket. They missed all of their two point shots, so they were over from the floor two point field goals against by U. The Crimson Tide made enough three point shots where they still would have won the game. They still would have won the game even if they had not hit a single two point shot. Methinks that's pretty good. Methinks that's pretty good. And yeah, you do the math math on that, and the math works. The math absolutely worse.

Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.

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A whole new ball game come in the beginning of another hour of The Ben Malor Show. We are in the air everywhere talk mates, as we have belly laughs, which are included coast to coast, port of the voter and beyond on the mast in sizeably powerful microphones of FSR and monating live from the theater the tongue tied theaters. We are broadcasting live the tire ract dot Com studios. Tyre ract dot com will help you get there in unmatch selection, fast free shipping, free road hazard protection and over ten thousand recommended installers. Our buddy Larrow Junior who's in Boston and when I worked at the other station in Boston there he was my guy, helped me out as a producer. So Tyre rac dot I'm the way tire buying showy and so our lead this hour is from baseball man. I had a good time. I don't know if you saw a bunch of the games. I got up relatively early for me, mainly because I don't sleep well, but I was excited. I've always loved Opening Day. I used to ditch school for Opening Day as I felt like it was a holiday and I needed to miss school. It was more important. I watched some ball. So the new beginning and the biggest name to change teams this offseason was mister money Bags himself, who made his debut with his new team. Nobody watches the spring training game, so this was the game that mattered. We're talking of course, of outfielder Wan money Bag Soto, who got to debut his New York Mets laundry for the first time in a regular season game. So I don't know if you're watching this, maybe not. The Metropolitans were playing the cheating as one one thousand and two, one thousand holes and one. Soto. Now, he did get on base three times, okay three times on base. He had a single and a couple of walks. However, that is not the story. Don't bury the lead, my man. So the story here the final at bat, that is the focus. The Mets come to home plate. They're trailing three to one against the cheating Astro. So down three to one one, Soto steps into the box. There's two out in the top of the ninth inning, runners on the corner, so the tying runs are on. Soto represents the winning run. Conceivably would still have to get Houston out in the bottom of the ninth, but the Asstros closer Josh Hater is on the mound, so Soto steps into the batter's box. Pitch one's a ball, Pitch two is a ball two zero count hitters count two to zero. Pitch three and one Sodo digs in, he chokes up on the bat and stands there and watches the pitch go by ball three. So now it's the ultimate ultimate pitchers count or hitters count rather, because the pitcher doesn't want to walk Sodo because then the tying ronal being scoring position, and all the Mets would need is a base hit. So it's a three to zero count. Surely one, Sodo is gonna swing the bat, because why would you not swing the bat your seven hundred and sixty five million dollars man. So three and zero one, Soto stands there and watches the pitch zoom by star Reik one. So it's a it's a three to one count, but he's still in good shape. Three to one. Still, hitters count, so three to one pitch by Josh Hater. He fouls the pitch off bab ball all right, So now it's a three to two count all of a sudden, so he's one. Soto's gone from a three to zero count hitters count three to one count. Hitters count. Now it's three to two. Not so good, but still the pitcher has to throw strike. So Josh Hater settles in. He throws the pitch and it's a slider. Loan, Oh, it's ball four, right, ball four, but numb nuts runs. Juan Soto meekly swings and it wasn't even really a swing, like it was a half swing, but it counted as a swing. He chased a slider that went out of the zone. Good afternoon, good evening, and good night. As the cheating a holes won the game. Now, following the loss, what do you think happened? There was a dog pile, dog pile on Juan Soto and the Metropolitans. So let us discuss the question. I know it's only it's only one game. We're doing the talk show today. We're doing the show today. So does one Soto deserve the noise he's already getting for his lackluster performance in the clutch for the Mets? So my observations on this, I've got boxing, Amazon, Prime, and Alaskan and we will combine all of these things together and we are gonna make the Gabba ghoul. We're gonna make the Gabba goool, all right? So number one, number one, yeah, all right. So to answer the question, does Wan Soto deserve all the noise for his unclutch performance in the mets opener. Uh, I am nodding my head. Yes, I am nodding my eyes. And here's why, all right, you should be n No. It is a make or miss league, okay, And sowing about a swing about a whiff. He whiffed an opening day is worth like ten games because people stop paying attention after opening day. They do. These first games of the season are magnified, they get covered like they mean more. And so Juan Soto is the leading man, he is the top performer. He is at the very center of the stage. He is in the eye of the storm. And it's part of the all inclusive package. Seven one hundred and sixty five million dollars and the great boxing promoter Don King still alive, somehow still alive, living in Florida, and Don King one time one of the great rants of all time. He talked about a boxer, but it applies to Juan Soto. When you're in the position of Juan Soda, you are scrutinized, despised, politicized, dramatized, chastise analyzed, moralized, stigmatized, sensationalized, and criticized more than anyone else. So you're getting paid seven hundred sixty five million, And so what you do is you go up to your penthouse apartment at the very top on for one hundred and who cares if you're a punching bag and one. Sodo has always been the kind of guy who's this smug dude. He's very easy to hate on. He's got this smarmy arrogance to him. Like it doesn't seem like the Mets fan base would really embrace a guy like Juan Soto. He seems like the antithesis of the of the Mets fan base, and the Mets fan base is annoying, but they're not arrogant annoying. See that's the Yankees. The Yankees are arrogant annoying now page two here. So the one of the other storylines, the Podres are expected to be a contender, not they're not gonna win the nationally West. The Dodgers, I think have already wrapped that up. But one of the funny things that happened on opening day was in San Diego's win over the Atlanta Braves. Where are you at on Padre star Fernando Tatis being caught admiring he was naval gazing a fly ball, which would have been fine if it had gone into the stands, but instead it bounced off the wall and he ended up getting a single, one of the longest singles in baseball history. So forget the whole opening day thing. Fernando to tease in mid season form, right, he has always been bold and shameless, and why wait until June or July to get the party started. Bring the razzle dazzle. You gotta bring the razzle dazzle. He immediately broke into He checked me out, jog around the bases like the dudes I see at the gym when they walked by the mirrors and they're they're they're flexing and looking at how great they look in the mirror. It was that kind of thing, right, which again would have been fine if the ball had gone in the stands. It did not, And I saw this same thing happen years ago. A teammate now teammate of Juan or Fernando Titties, Manny Machado. Manny Machado briefly played for the Dodgers. They were playing the Red Sox in the World Series. This goes back a few years and Machado hit a ball off the wall in the World Series against Boston was at Dodger Stadium, and he was just enjoying it. He wanted to enjoy the moment. He was smelling himself a little bit. And then he ended up at first base because the ball hit off the wall and he didn't know what to do. I had no idea, what do Yeah? Caught peeking Now. As for Tatis, Fernando Tatis, we believe that what he's really doing here is waiting for his Amazon Prime delivery and he's trying to get that shipment of that ringworm medication. Wink wink wing. See all he needs is that ringworm medication. Then that ball goes in the stands, if you know, you know? All right? Now? Final point? So what else wide angle lens, wide angle lens? What else stood out on opening day? Well, we had the Dodgers against the top pitcher in the American League. Show showtime did it again? Dodgers are now three and zero. Otani hit a dinger and at what point will this become annoying? The story was not the Otani home run. The story was the ti Oscar Hernandez three run homer, because that turned the game upside down. That was the game winning mortal blow that did in the Tigers and their cy young pitcher Schooble did them in. But yet the headline is Otani goes deep, Dodgers win beat to Tigers, but Otani nout a couple home runs. The Dodgers have played three games, so he's right there. How about the Chicago White Sox, who are supposed to be baseball's worst team, but for one day they had the atomic elbow for the pathetic Angels eighth to one that the game was actually closer than that. The White Sox put up a five spot in the eighth inning, they blew the game open. And someone named Sean Burke who hasn't been around very long, and he started Opening Day. The White Socks have nobody else and while he was out there, he shut down that pathetic Angels lineup. So it was so bad for the Angels. How bad was it? Position player Nicky Lopez that sounds like a singer. Nicky Lopez pitched in the ninth inning there the or the eighth inning rather for the Angels. He came in a position player pitching against the White Sox on opening Day. On Opening Day, So how would you describe the vibe around the angels. How would you describe that? So the vibe around the angels after losing to the White Sox eight to one of the opener, it's like an Alaskan Alaskan weather report, gloomy and gray, gloomy and gray. You know, Juno Alaska. Fun fact, fun fact, fun fact, Juno, Alaska has the most cloudy days in American territory. I know it's not north of I know it's not the continuous forty eight, but Alaska's part of America. They have two hundred and eighty days a year with cloud cover in Juneo, Alaska. Shout out to our listeners in Juno, Alaska. Yeah, we're hanging out. We're on earlier in Alaska now. Terry Francona had a very tough opener his debut for the Cincinnati Reds, and I expect Cincinnati to be via a fringe contender with Francona's leadership. They did not get off to a good start, losing to the Agantes. You had the phenom of Phoenom's Paul Skins on the mound for the Buckos the Pirates. He went five and a third innings and he gave up a couple of runs left the game and the Pirates were winning, and they had lost by a walk off to the lowly Marlins. So we'll be pirate baseball, Paul skeens and pray for rain. You had somebody named wheel Air Abreu who hit a three run homer in the ninth the Red Sox. That was his second home run of the game, and they beat the Rangers five to two. So the Socks off to a good start there. Austin Wells, remember we had mentioned Austin Wells, the catcher was batting leadoff. First time in Yankee history that a catcher was batting leadoff, and Wells the first catcher, whether it's the Yankees or anyone else, to hit an opening day lead off home run. You know, usually catchers don't bat leadoff. You're not doing that well if your catcher's bat and leadoff. But Austin Wells hit home run. So first time in baseball history that's happened. The Nationals had a great pitching performance and then still lost to Bryce Harper and the fight in Phils. But for the rest of time, every time Bryce Harper goes to DC boo boo, and rightfully so rightfully fans still booing him at Nationals Park. He homered again, and that's it. And how about the story in Seattle, the Seattle baseball team versus the Sacramento baseball team that's so embarrassed by being in Sacramento, they don't want to admit they're in Sacramento. Before that game, though, the story Hall of Famer fifty one year old echa Row Suzuki. So he threw out the first pitch. Did you see this? No? All right? Now, he's fifty one. He wears uniform number fifty one. He came out of the Seattle dugout wearing a full Mariner uniform. He had the pants, he had, he had the hat, the jersey, the whole thing. And he went out to the mound and he threw an eighty four mile an hour opening pitch on the radar in full uniform, in full uniform, which I think is faster than half the Marinder pitching staff. I think he has a better arm than half the Marinder pitching staff. So very sentimental, sentimental moment there in Seattle.

A whole new ball game come in the beginning of another hour of The Ben Malor Show. We are in the air everywhere talk mates, as we have belly laughs, which are included coast to coast, port of the voter and beyond on the mast in sizeably powerful microphones of FSR and monating live from the theater the tongue tied theaters. We are broadcasting live the tire ract dot Com studios. Tyre ract dot com will help you get there in unmatch selection, fast free shipping, free road hazard protection and over ten thousand recommended installers. Our buddy Larrow Junior who's in Boston and when I worked at the other station in Boston there he was my guy, helped me out as a producer. So Tyre rac dot I'm the way tire buying showy and so our lead this hour is from baseball man. I had a good time. I don't know if you saw a bunch of the games. I got up relatively early for me, mainly because I don't sleep well, but I was excited. I've always loved Opening Day. I used to ditch school for Opening Day as I felt like it was a holiday and I needed to miss school. It was more important. I watched some ball. So the new beginning and the biggest name to change teams this offseason was mister money Bags himself, who made his debut with his new team. Nobody watches the spring training game, so this was the game that mattered. We're talking of course, of outfielder Wan money Bag Soto, who got to debut his New York Mets laundry for the first time in a regular season game. So I don't know if you're watching this, maybe not. The Metropolitans were playing the cheating as one one thousand and two, one thousand holes and one. Soto. Now, he did get on base three times, okay three times on base. He had a single and a couple of walks. However, that is not the story. Don't bury the lead, my man. So the story here the final at bat, that is the focus. The Mets come to home plate. They're trailing three to one against the cheating Astro. So down three to one one, Soto steps into the box. There's two out in the top of the ninth inning, runners on the corner, so the tying runs are on. Soto represents the winning run. Conceivably would still have to get Houston out in the bottom of the ninth, but the Asstros closer Josh Hater is on the mound, so Soto steps into the batter's box. Pitch one's a ball, Pitch two is a ball two zero count hitters count two to zero. Pitch three and one Sodo digs in, he chokes up on the bat and stands there and watches the pitch go by ball three. So now it's the ultimate ultimate pitchers count or hitters count rather, because the pitcher doesn't want to walk Sodo because then the tying ronal being scoring position, and all the Mets would need is a base hit. So it's a three to zero count. Surely one, Sodo is gonna swing the bat, because why would you not swing the bat your seven hundred and sixty five million dollars man. So three and zero one, Soto stands there and watches the pitch zoom by star Reik one. So it's a it's a three to one count, but he's still in good shape. Three to one. Still, hitters count, so three to one pitch by Josh Hater. He fouls the pitch off bab ball all right, So now it's a three to two count all of a sudden, so he's one. Soto's gone from a three to zero count hitters count three to one count. Hitters count. Now it's three to two. Not so good, but still the pitcher has to throw strike. So Josh Hater settles in. He throws the pitch and it's a slider. Loan, Oh, it's ball four, right, ball four, but numb nuts runs. Juan Soto meekly swings and it wasn't even really a swing, like it was a half swing, but it counted as a swing. He chased a slider that went out of the zone. Good afternoon, good evening, and good night. As the cheating a holes won the game. Now, following the loss, what do you think happened? There was a dog pile, dog pile on Juan Soto and the Metropolitans. So let us discuss the question. I know it's only it's only one game. We're doing the talk show today. We're doing the show today. So does one Soto deserve the noise he's already getting for his lackluster performance in the clutch for the Mets? So my observations on this, I've got boxing, Amazon, Prime, and Alaskan and we will combine all of these things together and we are gonna make the Gabba ghoul. We're gonna make the Gabba goool, all right? So number one, number one, yeah, all right. So to answer the question, does Wan Soto deserve all the noise for his unclutch performance in the mets opener. Uh, I am nodding my head. Yes, I am nodding my eyes. And here's why, all right, you should be n No. It is a make or miss league, okay, And sowing about a swing about a whiff. He whiffed an opening day is worth like ten games because people stop paying attention after opening day. They do. These first games of the season are magnified, they get covered like they mean more. And so Juan Soto is the leading man, he is the top performer. He is at the very center of the stage. He is in the eye of the storm. And it's part of the all inclusive package. Seven one hundred and sixty five million dollars and the great boxing promoter Don King still alive, somehow still alive, living in Florida, and Don King one time one of the great rants of all time. He talked about a boxer, but it applies to Juan Soto. When you're in the position of Juan Soda, you are scrutinized, despised, politicized, dramatized, chastise analyzed, moralized, stigmatized, sensationalized, and criticized more than anyone else. So you're getting paid seven hundred sixty five million, And so what you do is you go up to your penthouse apartment at the very top on for one hundred and who cares if you're a punching bag and one. Sodo has always been the kind of guy who's this smug dude. He's very easy to hate on. He's got this smarmy arrogance to him. Like it doesn't seem like the Mets fan base would really embrace a guy like Juan Soto. He seems like the antithesis of the of the Mets fan base, and the Mets fan base is annoying, but they're not arrogant annoying. See that's the Yankees. The Yankees are arrogant annoying now page two here. So the one of the other storylines, the Podres are expected to be a contender, not they're not gonna win the nationally West. The Dodgers, I think have already wrapped that up. But one of the funny things that happened on opening day was in San Diego's win over the Atlanta Braves. Where are you at on Padre star Fernando Tatis being caught admiring he was naval gazing a fly ball, which would have been fine if it had gone into the stands, but instead it bounced off the wall and he ended up getting a single, one of the longest singles in baseball history. So forget the whole opening day thing. Fernando to tease in mid season form, right, he has always been bold and shameless, and why wait until June or July to get the party started. Bring the razzle dazzle. You gotta bring the razzle dazzle. He immediately broke into He checked me out, jog around the bases like the dudes I see at the gym when they walked by the mirrors and they're they're they're flexing and looking at how great they look in the mirror. It was that kind of thing, right, which again would have been fine if the ball had gone in the stands. It did not, And I saw this same thing happen years ago. A teammate now teammate of Juan or Fernando Titties, Manny Machado. Manny Machado briefly played for the Dodgers. They were playing the Red Sox in the World Series. This goes back a few years and Machado hit a ball off the wall in the World Series against Boston was at Dodger Stadium, and he was just enjoying it. He wanted to enjoy the moment. He was smelling himself a little bit. And then he ended up at first base because the ball hit off the wall and he didn't know what to do. I had no idea, what do Yeah? Caught peeking Now. As for Tatis, Fernando Tatis, we believe that what he's really doing here is waiting for his Amazon Prime delivery and he's trying to get that shipment of that ringworm medication. Wink wink wing. See all he needs is that ringworm medication. Then that ball goes in the stands, if you know, you know? All right? Now? Final point? So what else wide angle lens, wide angle lens? What else stood out on opening day? Well, we had the Dodgers against the top pitcher in the American League. Show showtime did it again? Dodgers are now three and zero. Otani hit a dinger and at what point will this become annoying? The story was not the Otani home run. The story was the ti Oscar Hernandez three run homer, because that turned the game upside down. That was the game winning mortal blow that did in the Tigers and their cy young pitcher Schooble did them in. But yet the headline is Otani goes deep, Dodgers win beat to Tigers, but Otani nout a couple home runs. The Dodgers have played three games, so he's right there. How about the Chicago White Sox, who are supposed to be baseball's worst team, but for one day they had the atomic elbow for the pathetic Angels eighth to one that the game was actually closer than that. The White Sox put up a five spot in the eighth inning, they blew the game open. And someone named Sean Burke who hasn't been around very long, and he started Opening Day. The White Socks have nobody else and while he was out there, he shut down that pathetic Angels lineup. So it was so bad for the Angels. How bad was it? Position player Nicky Lopez that sounds like a singer. Nicky Lopez pitched in the ninth inning there the or the eighth inning rather for the Angels. He came in a position player pitching against the White Sox on opening Day. On Opening Day, So how would you describe the vibe around the angels. How would you describe that? So the vibe around the angels after losing to the White Sox eight to one of the opener, it's like an Alaskan Alaskan weather report, gloomy and gray, gloomy and gray. You know, Juno Alaska. Fun fact, fun fact, fun fact, Juno, Alaska has the most cloudy days in American territory. I know it's not north of I know it's not the continuous forty eight, but Alaska's part of America. They have two hundred and eighty days a year with cloud cover in Juneo, Alaska. Shout out to our listeners in Juno, Alaska. Yeah, we're hanging out. We're on earlier in Alaska now. Terry Francona had a very tough opener his debut for the Cincinnati Reds, and I expect Cincinnati to be via a fringe contender with Francona's leadership. They did not get off to a good start, losing to the Agantes. You had the phenom of Phoenom's Paul Skins on the mound for the Buckos the Pirates. He went five and a third innings and he gave up a couple of runs left the game and the Pirates were winning, and they had lost by a walk off to the lowly Marlins. So we'll be pirate baseball, Paul skeens and pray for rain. You had somebody named wheel Air Abreu who hit a three run homer in the ninth the Red Sox. That was his second home run of the game, and they beat the Rangers five to two. So the Socks off to a good start there. Austin Wells, remember we had mentioned Austin Wells, the catcher was batting leadoff. First time in Yankee history that a catcher was batting leadoff, and Wells the first catcher, whether it's the Yankees or anyone else, to hit an opening day lead off home run. You know, usually catchers don't bat leadoff. You're not doing that well if your catcher's bat and leadoff. But Austin Wells hit home run. So first time in baseball history that's happened. The Nationals had a great pitching performance and then still lost to Bryce Harper and the fight in Phils. But for the rest of time, every time Bryce Harper goes to DC boo boo, and rightfully so rightfully fans still booing him at Nationals Park. He homered again, and that's it. And how about the story in Seattle, the Seattle baseball team versus the Sacramento baseball team that's so embarrassed by being in Sacramento, they don't want to admit they're in Sacramento. Before that game, though, the story Hall of Famer fifty one year old echa Row Suzuki. So he threw out the first pitch. Did you see this? No? All right? Now, he's fifty one. He wears uniform number fifty one. He came out of the Seattle dugout wearing a full Mariner uniform. He had the pants, he had, he had the hat, the jersey, the whole thing. And he went out to the mound and he threw an eighty four mile an hour opening pitch on the radar in full uniform, in full uniform, which I think is faster than half the Marinder pitching staff. I think he has a better arm than half the Marinder pitching staff. So very sentimental, sentimental moment there in Seattle.

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Pacific. It's Mallard. How about that? To the third degree.

Pacific. It's Mallard. How about that? To the third degree.

This is one big Ben gets grilled.

This is one big Ben gets grilled.

Okay, good bloop.

Okay, good bloop.

Adam Schefter reported on Wednesday that Abdul Carter is likely to pick be picked number two overaw by the Cleveland Browns. Ben, do you think passing on a quarterback is the right move for Cleveland?

Adam Schefter reported on Wednesday that Abdul Carter is likely to pick be picked number two overaw by the Cleveland Browns. Ben, do you think passing on a quarterback is the right move for Cleveland?

Yeah? Because these guys aren't that good. It's not a great quarterback draft. The only reason that the conversation is camboard intruder Sanders at the top is because they're the most the most important position. Normally they'd be second round picks, and they're talking about drafting him at the top of dual Carter's the guy's a monster. He's a great player, and I would take him number one overall is what I would do if I was Tennessee. I would just draft a duel Carter.

Yeah? Because these guys aren't that good. It's not a great quarterback draft. The only reason that the conversation is camboard intruder Sanders at the top is because they're the most the most important position. Normally they'd be second round picks, and they're talking about drafting him at the top of dual Carter's the guy's a monster. He's a great player, and I would take him number one overall is what I would do if I was Tennessee. I would just draft a duel Carter.

Next, there's a proposal to move touchbacks out to the thirty five yard line. Now, the NFL believes that if this proposal passes, it'll double the number of kickoffs returned. Ben, do you think those extra five yards will make such a dramatic difference.

Next, there's a proposal to move touchbacks out to the thirty five yard line. Now, the NFL believes that if this proposal passes, it'll double the number of kickoffs returned. Ben, do you think those extra five yards will make such a dramatic difference.

No, it won't. They'd have to put the ball to fifty yard line, the mischia gost that these coaches do. They're like, no, we'll just we'll thirty five yards. We'll be fine. The NFL doesn't really care about the kickoff anyway. They have appsbsolutely neutered the kickoff. The well really want more? Kick us? Stop? You know you're just you're talking out of both sides of your mouth. Next.

No, it won't. They'd have to put the ball to fifty yard line, the mischia gost that these coaches do. They're like, no, we'll just we'll thirty five yards. We'll be fine. The NFL doesn't really care about the kickoff anyway. They have appsbsolutely neutered the kickoff. The well really want more? Kick us? Stop? You know you're just you're talking out of both sides of your mouth. Next.

Now, the White Socks are on pace to win one hundred and sixty two games, but they've been given a historically low win total by Vegas oddsmakers fifty three and a half wins, which is still twelve and a half more than they had last season. Bet you're taking the over the under?

Now, the White Socks are on pace to win one hundred and sixty two games, but they've been given a historically low win total by Vegas oddsmakers fifty three and a half wins, which is still twelve and a half more than they had last season. Bet you're taking the over the under?

Yeah, I actually bet the over on this. I last year was a fluke. They'll be bad, but you're still going to win sixty games. How did we do?

Yeah, I actually bet the over on this. I last year was a fluke. They'll be bad, but you're still going to win sixty games. How did we do?

We passed?

We passed?

That is a win. The Angels didn't pass, Coop. They failed. They've they lost.

That is a win. The Angels didn't pass, Coop. They failed. They've they lost.

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I'm not doing anything? All right? Here we go. Why is Lizzo concerned with people's genders?

Why?

Why?

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No?

No?

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Wow? Yeah, yeah, she uses them every day to get in and out of bed. That's a fargo Pete.

Ben. That's that's a perfect lead in too. Did you know that Billy Blanks you know our laugh track here, he got a job at his local Florida tractor supply store.

Ben. That's that's a perfect lead in too. Did you know that Billy Blanks you know our laugh track here, he got a job at his local Florida tractor supply store.

Is that right? Wow? Really? Yeah?

Is that right? Wow? Really? Yeah?

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He will be the manager of the weed and feed department. That's from Penny bright Side.

All right, not me but Benny Brightside Jr. What is the good, the bad, and the ugly about weed Man?

All right, not me but Benny Brightside Jr. What is the good, the bad, and the ugly about weed Man?

What?

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Entertainment starts right now for this Friday.

Entertainment starts right now for this Friday.

Here's Justin Cooper. Thank you, Marcel. All right, Ben, We're gonna start off in the theaters, and we have a couple movies of note to talk about it out this.

Here's Justin Cooper. Thank you, Marcel. All right, Ben, We're gonna start off in the theaters, and we have a couple movies of note to talk about it out this.

Week's tribute to Eddie Garcia. Note the first one.

Week's tribute to Eddie Garcia. Note the first one.

I'm gonna bring up about in Neither of these movies, by the way, I have been blowing critics out of the water, but that doesn't mean that they're not fun. So the first one is called Death of a Unicorn.

I'm gonna bring up about in Neither of these movies, by the way, I have been blowing critics out of the water, but that doesn't mean that they're not fun. So the first one is called Death of a Unicorn.

Critics, aren't real people? Death of a Unicorn. Yes, it's like a fun movie for little girls.

Critics, aren't real people? Death of a Unicorn. Yes, it's like a fun movie for little girls.

It's a rated R horror comedy and it stars Jenna Ortega, the Great Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd and yeah basic. Uh. The premise is this, When a man and his daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn with their car, his boss tries to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties with horrific results.

It's a rated R horror comedy and it stars Jenna Ortega, the Great Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd and yeah basic. Uh. The premise is this, When a man and his daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn with their car, his boss tries to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties with horrific results.

Yes, is there an actual unicorn in there? Uh?

Yes, is there an actual unicorn in there? Uh?

I mean I haven't seen the trailers. I've seen posters. It does seem to be. It seems there's like some evil kind of twist to it.

I mean I haven't seen the trailers. I've seen posters. It does seem to be. It seems there's like some evil kind of twist to it.

Are unicorns real?

Are unicorns real?

I don't believe so well, no there is.

I don't believe so well, no there is.

He's on the Celtics christ Off porzingis.

He's on the Celtics christ Off porzingis.

That's true and never mind, okay, moving moving on. We also have a another horror movie out this weekend. It is called The Woman in the Yard.

That's true and never mind, okay, moving moving on. We also have a another horror movie out this weekend. It is called The Woman in the Yard.

I hate women in the yard, hate them.

I hate women in the yard, hate them.

Yes, especially this one. This is a scary, veiled looking woman that kind of stalks this family, kind of kind of death looking coolish, yeah, you know which kind of thing, and she keeps getting closer and closer to the house and then uh, the horror ensues.

Yes, especially this one. This is a scary, veiled looking woman that kind of stalks this family, kind of kind of death looking coolish, yeah, you know which kind of thing, and she keeps getting closer and closer to the house and then uh, the horror ensues.

I'm catching a spell on you.

I'm catching a spell on you.

That's right. So that is in theaters right now as well. Those are the two movies that I think could be worth worth your time. I don't know about the money.

That's right. So that is in theaters right now as well. Those are the two movies that I think could be worth worth your time. I don't know about the money.

Wow, used to be a big movie guy. I remember you had that movie past.

Wow, used to be a big movie guy. I remember you had that movie past.

Still I still have I still have that. Yeah, that's right, So it's worth it for me to go see it because it's you know, you're a movie guy. Yeah, but if you're paying for each ticket, you know, I don't know.

Still I still have I still have that. Yeah, that's right, So it's worth it for me to go see it because it's you know, you're a movie guy. Yeah, but if you're paying for each ticket, you know, I don't know.

You're waiting for liar liar too cool?

You're waiting for liar liar too cool?

Please please, somebody somebody writing. You could be the.

Please please, somebody somebody writing. You could be the.

Jim Carrey character, right, you could be the liar guy. That's right, you could be the liar. You're all grown up now, like the kid, the kid from Liar Liar grows up and then you have a family and then you and your kid comes up with the claw because it's genetic, you know.

Jim Carrey character, right, you could be the liar guy. That's right, you could be the liar. You're all grown up now, like the kid, the kid from Liar Liar grows up and then you have a family and then you and your kid comes up with the claw because it's genetic, you know.

Right, Yeah, there you go.

Right, Yeah, there you go.

All right, I got the whole script. We got to write it. Hey, I can write it, right, just have a I write it. What the hell?

All right, I got the whole script. We got to write it. Hey, I can write it, right, just have a I write it. What the hell?

I don't know if it's that good yet, but hey, there's been there have been worse sequels to be released, that's for sure. I'm positive.

I don't know if it's that good yet, but hey, there's been there have been worse sequels to be released, that's for sure. I'm positive.

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Moving over to television, we have the premiere of the third and final season of Bosh Legacy. Now, this is a spinoff series from Chris No. Uh, it's a bos Bosh yeah.

Moving over to television, we have the premiere of the third and final season of Bosh Legacy. Now, this is a spinoff series from Chris No. Uh, it's a bos Bosh yeah.

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And this is I think that's Bose Yeah. Yeah. This is a spinoff series from the original Bosh Uh, you know, detective show on Amazon Prime Video. And this will be the final season of this spinoff series, but apparently a second spinoff series will follow later this year.

And this is I think that's Bose Yeah. Yeah. This is a spinoff series from the original Bosh Uh, you know, detective show on Amazon Prime Video. And this will be the final season of this spinoff series, but apparently a second spinoff series will follow later this year.

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That is available to stream right now on Prime Video and then coming out later. Let me see it's let me check when this is coming out Sunday.

That is available to stream right now on Prime Video and then coming out later. Let me see it's let me check when this is coming out Sunday.

Sunday Monday, Sunday Sunday one day only Sunday.

Sunday Monday, Sunday Sunday one day only Sunday.

On Paramount Plus. I don't talk about stuff on Paramount Plus very often I do have it, actually, but this I don't think I actually pay for it. I think I'm like using the in laws account. Yeah. But yes, it's called Mobland and it's from Guy Ritchie. It is in London set organized crime series and it stars Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and Tom Hardy. So big cast there. We'll see how it is. That's available Sunday on Paramount Plus. And that is Scoop Scoop Entertainment

On Paramount Plus. I don't talk about stuff on Paramount Plus very often I do have it, actually, but this I don't think I actually pay for it. I think I'm like using the in laws account. Yeah. But yes, it's called Mobland and it's from Guy Ritchie. It is in London set organized crime series and it stars Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren and Tom Hardy. So big cast there. We'll see how it is. That's available Sunday on Paramount Plus. And that is Scoop Scoop Entertainment