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5 min readIn a Las Vegas steakhouse, a young woman sat alone, dressed up, with a phone mounted on a stand in front of her. She was having an animated conversation with it while eating a porterhouse steak. Ben Maller watched from a nearby table, trying to figure out what he was witnessing. His wife gave him the look that meant don't you dare go ask, so he didn't. But the moment stuck with him as one of the strangest things he'd seen in a city built on strange things. This episode of The Fifth Hour is a meandering, personal travelogue through that Vegas trip, anchored by a running ranking of college football coach Lane Kiffin's most spectacular career meltdowns.
The Lane Kiffin Exit Hall of Fame
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:37) **Opening & National Tailgate Day** - Ben Maller welcomes listeners to the fifth hour on a college football Saturday and celebrates National Tailgate Day.
- 2 (07:02) **World Beard Day & Historical Beard Facts** - Ben pivots to the second holiday of the day, World Beard Day, sharing bizarre and historical trivia about facial hair.
- 3 (10:19) **Benny's Big Board: Lane Kiffin Exit Hall of Fame - #4 & #3** - Ben begins his countdown of Lane Kiffin's most chaotic and humiliating job departures, starting with his escape from Tennessee and his firing at USC.
- 4 (15:27) **Benny's Big Board: Lane Kiffin Exit Hall of Fame - #2 & #1** - Ben concludes the countdown with Al Davis's public execution of Kiffin and the chaotic "Oxford Hostage Crisis."
- 5 (26:02) **The Mona Lisa of Mutilated Spuds: Steakhouse Confessions** - Ben transitions to "leftover tales from the naked city," beginning with his controversial stance on ordering steak well-done.
- 6 (30:03) **Slug's Secret Steak Emporium: The Red Carpet Treatment** - Ben recounts being convinced by his friend Slug to visit his restaurant on the Vegas strip, expecting mediocrity but finding excellence.
- 7 (34:11) **The Mashed Potato Revelation** - Ben describes the transcendent experience of eating the mashed potatoes at Slug's restaurant.
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Show Notes
It’s the Saturday Fifth Hour, your audio tailgate before college football goes completely off the rails! Benny celebrates an 11-year-old girl bullying a key figure in American history into a makeover, then unveils Benny’s Big Board: Lane Kiffin Exit Edition. This is NOT a list! Two decades of HR violations, ranked for your listening pleasure. Plus, Vegas leftovers featuring the Mona Lisa of mutilated spuds, gastronomic voyeurism, and a glass-shattering good time with Benny the Bootlegger. Another unauthorized transmission from the Maller Militia underground.
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