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Close your eyes. Exhale. Feel your body relax. And let go of whatever you're carrying today.
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the West Point Lincoln and West Point
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Lincoln of Sugarland Studios. Here's Pain and Pendergast. All right, Pain and Pendergast with you. And we're getting some react on the text page. Ben, you've got fans out there. Just so you know. Ben Gary.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
That's good to know.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yeah, it's good to know. Yeah. Ben Gary, our producer. Today is Ben's last day as the producer of Pain and Pendergast. Gone but not forgotten. Ben is still Ben. You're still going to be doing Texans work, right?
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Yes, sir.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Pregame and post game.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Yep.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
So I will still get to talk to you twice a day during the football season?
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Yes. Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Or two shows. Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Ben and I aren't big heart to heart type guys. I don't think maybe Ben is, but I'm not. And so I'm going to say this now and embarrass him, but I don't want to make eye contact with him while I'm doing it. I just, I'm going to miss Ben a great, great, great, great deal because he is. He's been the person who's most patient with all of my issues that I've ever encountered in My life. And he's most often the victim of those same very issues I have with my inability to organize or keep track of my thoughts or anything. And it's like his. His patience and his coolness under pressure when I might have a co host who's glaring at him. Ben just handles it all in stride.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
He does. Including the glare. Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
And no. Now I'll say Ben is. Ben has by far in my life been the person who makes me laugh at myself when he roasts me with his little comments and everything.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Very subtly.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Yes.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Good roaster.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
He can take shots at me, which I have zero sensitivity about and make me like, laugh later on.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
During the day. I will miss you, Ben. Don't make eye contact with me.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Don't make this.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Yeah, yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
As opposed to me when I rose Seth, and Seth's like, what the hell, man? So, and Ben, I will echo everything Seth said, said. And also, people don't realize Ben is a one man show in there. So whether it's getting guests on the line, putting the podcast up, which, like, if you go, if you download our podcast, you subscribe to our podcast, all the, the episode and chapter descriptions and everything, it's really good and really detailed. And Ben does all that work while me getting in his ear going, hey, man, that cut that we were about to play, shelve that and go get this cut that you may have had from back on April 4th.
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Can you do that?
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
No. You don't know?
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
15 seconds.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Well, one of the, like Sean and I like, our show is one of the highest rated podcasts in the entire company, like nationwide. And a huge part of that is that Ben does a really good job actually paying attention to how to label things and title things and cut them up and everything.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Ben's a huge part of that. So, Ben, we thank you. Thank you for everything, man. You've done a phenomenal job.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
You're most welcome. It's been a been a hell of a ride.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yeah, it's been a hell of a ride. Yeah. And we're looking forward to still seeing you and everything like that. Now, I think the way that, I think the way, Ben, your love language for the audience really is, is the hotkeys in there, because you're very good at picking the just the right time to play just the right hotkey. And you've got some in there that probably haven't even been unveiled yet, I would imagine. And if you want to mix one or two of those in, that's great. But as far as the ones that have been part of the show. Like a staple of the show. Just go through these right now and go ahead and just hit us with them and we'll react to them.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Oh, man.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oi. That was very often. That's Seth.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
That's me doing my.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Being British.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Doing my British. Either Australian or whatever thing. I can't even remember. Do you remember what that was for, Ben?
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
No.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Yeah, British.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Every so often.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
So anytime. And really, what's funny is there's two actually. Anytime Seth is European, it's oi. And anytime Seth is Hispanic.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
What the hell is this? Quesadilla? No, that's whenever I'm a. That's whenever I'm an American. That does it.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I want to be Hispanic.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
That's whenever I'm being a xenophobic. Yes.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, hit us with some more, Ben.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Let's see.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
So this one, she is a friend of my boyfriend.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Barely get to use that one.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I can't remember. I can't remember the last time I heard that one. What was that?
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
I wish I could remember what these were about.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oh, my God. Yeah, Play that one again. We don't.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
She's a friend of my boyfriend.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
We haven't played that one enough.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Oh, I miss that guy.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I have.
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Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Okay.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Wonderful person, great personality that the first three have all been Seth. There's at least one more in my head that I think there's going to be of Seth. But, Ben, you get. This is your show, Ben, so you go ahead. What's your next one?
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Oh, I like playgrounds. What was it? I like playgrounds. I like playgrounds.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I like playgrounds. Okay, I've never heard that one.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
That's something that he had. He was. You grabbed that for a reason.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Seth can explain a little bit more. Yeah, yeah, it sounds like Seth. He was holding that for blackmail at some point. I'm gonna take back all those nice things you just said about him. What else you got in there, Ben?
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Just so you know, I'm not looking at your breasts at all because I respect you as a person. Even though with my peripheral vision, I can see that they're pretty big.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
That was like a realistic.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
In the staff meeting. Yeah, we weren't even on the air for that.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Ben pulled that off the zoom call from the staff meeting. Good hockey. Oh, man. Oh, you got any. What else you got in there, Ben?
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
You want an 11 year old to work in your knife factory? Go for it.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
What the hell am I. This is the greatest Seth Payne segment
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
of all time in my Fantasy version of sex addict therapy. It's a raucous and hilarious place. I stand by that.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I agree. That was a good take.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Most of these are really good takes.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oh, my God. No, they're. They're all phenomenal takes. Oh, my God. Ben, anything else in there?
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Jeff Luno was, like, selling women's wear on the Internet.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
That's true.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
So he did before he got into baseball.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
These are, like, deleted scenes. I. I haven't. Benny played, like, seven of them. I've only heard, like, four.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
These are all old. I used to be. I used to be funnier.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oh, okay.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Anything can I take. Can you take a request, man?
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Yeah, I'll see.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
People love the one of the ones that's most correct. Brandy roasting me. People love hearing the Brandy roasting me.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Oh, I'm Seth.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Paid.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I liked Ray and Milani.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Told dumb jokes.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Laugh. The laugh is incredible.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
This interview is over.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oh, I forgot you were you. Were you interviewing, like, what was.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
That was during COVID I think.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yes, it was.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Yeah. Brandi was making fun of me at dinner, and I. And I had. And I recorded her doing it. Oh, my God.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
The laugh. The laugh is great.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Do you.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Do you have a favorite David Cully hotkey in there, Ben, that you would like to play? Because I feel like that's. Oh, Cully gets a lot of traffic on this show. Smart, tough, selfless.
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Selfless.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Selfless is a tough one, though, too.
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Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Selfish.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Yeah, I know. I, I, I can sympathize with him because it's tough sometimes. Selfless sounds like selfish. So in your brain, you're thinking, like, I got to really nail the S on this.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Wait, we're taking away from Ben, though. It's supposed to be. Yeah, yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
This is Ben. Yeah, this has been saying Ben hit anything in there, man. This is like touch tunes for hotkeys right now.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Seth, Motorboat.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oh, play that again. And then play Brandy laughing afterwards. So they play the. It's a disturbing sequence.
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Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
This is getting a lot of react. Ben. Here. Ben, stop it. You're gonna get me fired in all caps. Cackling like a hyena.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Oh, I forgot about this one.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Throw my peanuts any damn place.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Wait, what? How many set hotkeys do you have in there?
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Oh, I've got a bunch.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
You've got more?
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Yeah.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Tight ends. Get your butts out of your head.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Butts out of your heads.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
He's insisting that the audience just wants to be foon sped.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I remember that. I remember that. I play that again.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
He's insisting that the audience just wants to be foon sped.
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Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I. I wanted to get foon sped T shirts made after that.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
What's that about?
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I don't. I don't know, but the. The. The cacophony or the cadence of it sounds like that sounds like a Covid show.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Oh, yeah. He's insisting that the audience just wants to be foon sped.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
You know, I mean, like, that sounds like almost like a zoom call.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
I blame all of these on. They were Mondays after a Sunday night game.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Yes.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
I was sleep deprived or something. What else?
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Ben?
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
We'll fry that bitch up. Oh, yeah, that was. I was talking about Americans and our ability to turn anything in even better by frying it up. I think I was like, I was. I think I was. I think I was ranting against Europeans on that one.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Okay, there's one. The one that's. He's been. You still have not played the one that I had in my mind when I said you played these first three that are. Seth. What? Where is this one? I think you know what it is.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
You go full Ted Bundy.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I think that's Seth's most famous of all those hotkeys. We Just played. If I were to do the Mount Rushmore of Seth Hotkeys, I would say.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Or full Ted Bundy.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Are you full Ted Bundy? Oy.
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Oh.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oi. Quesadilla.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
What the hell's this? Quesadilla.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I'll let you pick the fourth one, Ben. Any of the ones you played are perfectly fine.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Oh, I got a new one.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
A slip and slide, whatever it might
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Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Which I think honestly might have opened up a whole new avenue, a whole new revenue stream for them.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I told you after you said that, I'm like, don't feel bad. You can get hurt on a slip and slide very easily.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Right, Right. Yeah. That was a live read for. Boy, the listeners caught that one. It was good to know. I sent some of those comments to Mokarim to let them know that people are listening to the ads. Yeah, because we got like 20 text messages saying slip and slide.
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Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Really? What are you doing on Saturday, Seth?
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Yes.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Slip and slide.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
A slip and slide, whatever it might be.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I just love a serious. You are like, in that one. Like, you. You were. You were in live mode.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Hit me with a go die.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Oh, go die.
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Every.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
That's the fourth one on the Mount Rushmore right there.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Yeah, Again, that was back when I used to rant more and I used to just be more. I don't know, less well adjusted because I'm so well adjusted now.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
You're well adjusted. Now you're well. Ben, we say all this to say thank you for everything you've done for the show, man. Best of luck in everything you do, and we're looking forward to still getting to see you and chat with you and all those things on Texans game days and whatnot.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
Thank you, guys.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Been a pleasure. All right, that was good. And that segment popped. I'm laughing. This segment is so good. Hashtag thanks, Ben. Ben, you got a Hashtag nice job.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
I thought we might get a Sean one in there or something.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
I don't know. I'm fine with how that segment went.
Ben (Producer of Pain and Pendergast)
There's not as insane as you pretty much got.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Like, you're in my phone as co host.
Pain and Pendergast Co-Host (likely Sean Pendergast)
Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah. There we go.
Pain and Pendergast Host (likely Seth Payne)
Okay, good, good. All right, Payton Pender gas with you. Cole Thompson with us. One more segment to go. All right, let's get ready. Let's get ready for the Astros this weekend. The new season win total is out for the Astros over or under on this number, and how much of the big questions that the Astros need to get answered positively for them to go over this win total. We'll do that coming up next.
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Date: July 17, 2026
Hosts: Seth Payne & Sean Pendergast
Guest Producer: Ben Gary
Episode Theme: Farewell to Producer Ben — Hotkey Memories & Show Highlights
This special episode of Payne & Pendergast is dedicated to honoring Ben Gary, the show’s much-loved producer, on his last day in the producer’s chair. The episode quickly sets aside the usual sports analysis, turning into a lively, nostalgia-packed segment where Ben showcases his massive library of hotkey sound drops—many featuring show host Seth Payne. The co-hosts reminisce on show moments, roast each other, laugh at outlandish clips, and reflect on Ben’s impact behind the scenes. The tone is warm, irreverent, and filled with inside jokes—a true behind-the-scenes celebration for long-time listeners.
"I'm going to miss Ben a great, great, great deal because he's been the person who's most patient with all of my issues that I've ever encountered in my life… His patience and his coolness under pressure… Ben just handles it all in stride."
Seth’s Various Accents & Quirks:
Random, Out-of-Context Quotes:
"I can't remember the last time I heard that one. What was that?"
Soundboard Requests:
Reflection:
“People don’t realize Ben is a one man show in there... all the episode and chapter descriptions and everything—it’s really good and really detailed. And Ben does all that work while me getting in his ear going, ‘Hey, man, that cut that we were about to play, shelve that and go get this cut that you may have had from back on April 4th.’”
Sean (02:07):
"I'm going to say this now and embarrass him, but I don't want to make eye contact with him while I'm doing it..."
Seth (03:20):
"People don't realize Ben is a one man show in there...whether it's getting guests on the line, putting the podcast up...Ben does all that work."
Ben (04:20):
"You're most welcome. It's been a, been a hell of a ride."
Seth (04:56):
"Oi. That was very often. That's Seth." (referencing his own signature drop)
Sean (06:51):
"Just so you know, I'm not looking at your breasts at all because I respect you as a person. Even though with my peripheral vision, I can see that they're pretty big." (laughter, revealing candid behind-the-scenes banter)
Ben (13:16):
"Oh, I got a new one." (keeping the hosts guessing with every sound drop)
Seth (14:00):
"That's the fourth one on the Mount Rushmore right there." (on the “Go die” hotkey)
Seth (14:24):
"Been a pleasure. All right, that was good. And that segment popped. I'm laughing. This segment is so good. Hashtag thanks, Ben."
| Timestamp | Content | |-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:30 | Episode launches, Ben’s sendoff discussed | | 02:07 | Sean’s heartfelt (awkward) farewell to Ben | | 03:20 | Seth details Ben's behind-the-scenes contributions | | 04:20 | Ben’s gracious farewell | | 04:55 | Ben’s “hotkey” segment kicks off — signature sound bites | | 05:45 | Outlandish out-of-context quotes (“She is a friend of my boyfriend”, “I like playgrounds”, etc.) | | 06:51 | Embarrassing/funny Zoom call drops pulled by Ben | | 08:25 | Sean requests Brandi’s “roasting” audio segment | | 09:59 | David Culley’s (Texans coach) “smart, tough, selfless” sound drop | | 11:45 | “The audience just wants to be foon sped” recurring gag sound drop | | 12:26 | “We’ll fry that bitch up” (America’s culinary solutions) | | 12:55 | “You go full Ted Bundy” (infamous hotkey) | | 13:58 | “Go die” (classic rant sound drop, Mount Rushmore status) | | 14:09 | Closing thank yous to Ben, hashtag #ThanksBen from listeners | | 14:49 | Banter about possibly finding a Sean hotkey (“co host”) |
The episode is full of locker-room banter, inside jokes, gentle self-mockery, and genuine affection. Sean and Seth revel in awkward moments and self-deprecating humor, often dissecting why a dropped sound is hilarious or embarrassing. The camaraderie is palpable, with the kind of easy ribbing only possible among close colleagues and friends.
This episode departs from standard Houston sports coverage to offer a heartfelt, uproarious farewell to producer Ben Gary. With a barrage of infamous Payne & Pendergast “hotkeys,” the hosts and Ben create a living highlight reel of the show’s funniest, weirdest, and most beloved moments. For dedicated listeners, it’s a rare look behind the scenes; for newcomers, it’s a crash course in why the show’s chemistry is so special.
Hashtag for the episode: #ThanksBen