The Ben Maller Show
| Genre | Sports radio |
|---|---|
| Running time | 4 Hours |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | KLAC |
| Syndicates | Fox Sports Radio |
| Starring |
Ben Maller Justin Cooper Eddie Garcia Danny G. |
| Recording studio | Los Angeles, California |
| Original release | 2014 – present |
| Opening theme | It's All About the Benjamins by Puff Daddy |
| Sponsored by | GEICO Sleep Number |
| Podcast | Fox Sports Radio |
The Ben Maller Show is a sports radio talk show that currently airs on Fox Sports Radio during the hours of 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM ET that is hosted by the Legendary Ben Maller. The current edition of the Ben Maller Show debuted on January 6, 2014, after the announcement of a shake-up in the on-air broadcasting lineup. It was announced that with JT The Brick's promotion, the supporting cast of his former slot would be staying on the time slot and thus joining Maller. The supporting cast consists of Eddie Garcia (update anchor/sidekick), Justin Cooper (Coopa-loop) (executive producer) and Danny G. (technical producer). Maller's previous producer Justin Cooper would be staying with Maller's old slot and thus working with Brian Noe and "The Noe Show" which currently airs in Maller's time slot during the weekend.
Once a week during Monday mornings around 4:30 AM EST, the show does live and unscreened radio under the guise of "giving advice" of a person related to current sports news. Due to the possibility of FCC violations and coarse language from callers, this segment is broadcast on a 40-second delay.
Much to Maller's dismay, the segment is frequently hijacked by listeners who attempt to annoy Maller with long-running gags and jokes. Some of these consistent jokes include "Play the Tomm Looney jingle," "Never heard of him, Ben," and "pokey, pokey, pokey." Since about 2009, this segment has been hijacked numerous times by a caller who starts to read John 3:16 in a deep voice. Maller frequently jokes that he wonders who the man is and how he finds a way to get through during every episode. Also, Windsor, Ont. caller "The Handsome Hoarder" (formerly "Cowboy John-Brad") calls, usually twice, to advise said sports person (if he's male, as is almost always the case),that his problem will be solved if he manages to meet and pair with the HH's favourite sort of woman, a buxom blonde between 22 and 40.(The HH was born July 6, 1953; thus he's 62, though as his re-branded appellation suggests, he's regarded poster boy handsome),and to advocate the induction of his Detroit Tigers heroes, shortstop/former Tigers Manager Alan Trammell, second baseman "Sweet" Lou Whitaker, right-handed pitcher Jack Morris and catcher Lance "Big Wheel" Parrish into Major League Baseball's Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.,where the HH's cousin, Ferguson Jenkins, is enshrined, so far the sole Canadian lad to have received the honour.
This nightly segment features producer Justin Cooper "grilling" Maller with a series of difficult questions regarding sports. At the end of the segment Cooper declares Maller either a "winner" or a "loser" depending on his opinion of how Maller performed by answering the aforementioned questions.
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