Producer Jim (23:37)

Ever worked with Mike.

Dan Bongino (23:38)

You think so? I know Jim's making fun of me because I'm new. Thank you. See, I need the humor to break this up, but this is going to be a really hard show for me. I have the worst mic discipline ever. The great, when you look at the greats, they had Rush Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity. Guys have been around forever. They know you gotta eat the microphone sometimes. Not me. I'm like this. You can't hear they got. But nobody can hear you, bro. Nobody can hear you. But I had to eat that because we forgot the mic stand, so. I know you remember that, Paula. Well, that was our I am legend moment, but we made it, so. All right, what else you got for me, guy? I hope it's that. I hope you got the tough stuff out of the way because this thing's already wet. So what do you got next? All right, good. Give me a break for a second. Dan, you're 50 years old. I congratulate you. I didn't think you'd make it that far, but you did. But now you're gonna make it to 90 or something. But I just want to say happy birthday. You're a special guy. Happy birthday. You know who did that video? Yes. Evita's mom did that video. I got that on my phone at my 50th birthday. I see a message pop up. It's a text. I see Rachel Duffy. I'm like, oh, hey, happy birthday. I didn't see the video until a few minutes later because it didn't come through, so. Remember, Paul? I was in the office. We had. I don't know, Brendan, you were there, like, 250 people. We had a concert going on. It was crazy. And I said, oh, look at this. The boss did a little video for us. Yeah, I remember that. I love that line. I didn't think you'd make it this far, but now you make it. That. That is, like, so the boss, right? There's no more appropriate birthday message than that one. Hey, guy, you want to take a quick break here so we can take care of the people? Okay. All right, let me just. Hold on. Let me wipe my eyes here so I can see straight. All right. Guy says do one more. I needed a little bit of a break. Hey, guys. How you doing? You don't have to be too crazy. Just close that door behind you because it gets hot in here. All right, what do you got for me? You tell that to the black family. That seeing their sons twice. The rape. You got nothing else, buddy. Nothing else. That's a fact. You've got nothing else. All you want to do is see the country. You just want to see the country burn. That's it. I want to see the country burn. You son of a. I want to see the country burn. You're nothing but a pun. You're a punk, Bungino. You're a punk. You wouldn't tell me that to my face. We'll leave it there. Coming up the left. Wait, do you Guys, see the look on Hannity's face at the end? He's like, whatever, guys, we'll leave it there. Haley, come on, though. Tell me those things didn't kick ass in the ratings, right? It was like, guys, you have no idea. Like, Haley worked in Hannity's show for a long time. And when I had my own show, she used to show me, but I never kind of got the inside baseball till I did my own show at Fox. And they get these kind of minute by minutes or, you know, simple little line graphs. And Haley be like, look at this. You and Geraldo last night, it'd be like this. It'd be like, you know, Hannity always did big numbers, but be like. And then Geraldo would come on and it'd be like this huge spike like that. Everybody loved those fights with Geraldo, and I knew he'd. You know how you kind of don't know you made it till you made it? Media who hates our guts. I mean, right guys, they can't hate me anymore. Like, media, they're always writing bad stuff about me, whatever. But Mediaite had their top hundred people, whatever it is they put out every year. And me and geraldo were like 41. Like, damn. Bongino and Heraldo's must see viewing. It was must see viewing for me. I used to look forward to it. But what would happen, Paula, you remember this? When I would come downstairs. So that was in the house, that studio, I couldn't sleep. I couldn't write. I could not sleep. I'd be like, maybe it's too much inside baseball, but hey, whatever. I'd be like, you need to, like, scratch my head or something. I can't relax because I would come downstairs so riled up. So when people used to tell me, like, is that an act? I'll be like, no, it's not an act. Look at the show the next day. There's bags under my eyes because I couldn't sleep because I never knew where he was going with stuff. I will say this. Thank you, Geraldo, for the nice tweet. As you know, I'm a spreadsheets guy, folks. Passionate, but I don't get emotional. Me and Geraldo disagree in a lot of stuff. But I'll tell you, when I saw him in the studio at Fox, he was always a gentleman. So I appreciate that. And people can disagree, right? I mean, that's what makes us different than savages, right? We can disagree on stuff. And thank you for the nice tweet. After. After you heard that, I was leaving, so I appreciate that. Perfect. As only guy can do. For the last time. Speaking of spreadsheets, have you done your tax? Only guy does that because he knows I get on. I get off on these tangents. Sometimes I distract easily, like when there were flies in the studio last time. But I saw that. Do you guys have that one? That one's just called. Hey, April 15th. The tax deadlines come in fast. You have me unfiled tax returns can't pay the irs. The IRS is more aggressive than ever. And the longer you wait, the worse it gets. Wage garnishments, bank levies, even property. Property seizures are on the table. You need to get ahead of it. But going up against the IRS alone is a mistake. Take my advice. Call the experts at Tax Network usa. They know the system. They have an edge. A preferred direct line to the irs. They know who to deal with and who to avoid. Whether you owe $10,000 or $10,000,000. 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It's been the essential reason. I wake up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a new day. No more tossing and turning if you're dealing with snoring, which typically I don't. But Paula said I was snoring the other night when I was really tired. Did you not? Which is like. That must be a first lot going on in his head. Sleep apnea, back pain, or you sleep too hot. That's definitely me. Helix has a mattress for you. Go to helixsleep.com danagetstarted. You know, a good night's sleep is one of the best ways to have a better quality of life. And Helix mattresses can help you figure out which mattress will work best for you. I have a pretty hectic schedule after a long day of work. Always look forward to sleep on a Helix mattress. So many of my listeners use Helix and it's making a big difference in their lives right now. Get Helix's best offer available, exclusive for my listeners. 20% off site wide. That's right. Just go to helixsleep.com Dan. Get 20% off sitewide again. That's H E L I X helixsleep.com Dan. Thank you guys for all these years. We appreciate it. All right, back to the show for live reaction in the first Dan Bongino show ever where he has had absolutely no input whatsoever. Wow, that was a great one. Effing love you, Dan. Love you, too. Okay, wait, stop that. Can't believe it's the end of an era. I'm just reading the chat, you guys. It means so much to me. Thank you. Who's that? Country ladybug? Miss him already. I miss you guys. You know, when I got up this morning, you know when I sent out that tweet, I was like, all right, it's just the morning. It'll be okay. It was about 6:00 in the morning, and then I didn't know what to title the show, and Guy sent me a text. I said, hey, guys, can you guys send out the link right away to get the waiting room up early? And he said, guy texted me, what do you want to title it? And I couldn't think of anything. And I just thought, you know, see you on the other side. That's the only thing I could think to say, so I will. I love you guys, too. I'm reading all your chats. Thank you, man, you're blowing that thing up right now. Chris, you did good work on that chat. Only we can melt the chat. Only we can melt the chat. All right, what do you got for us next? There? Gee, I'm gonna kill this freaking fly. I knew it. You see that little. This is real. Here he is. He's right here. I'm telling you, he's mocking me right now. He was mocking me like loser. He is. He's a lib. He's a liberal. He's a far left. This happened in a break in the Fuck. They breed like. Like rabbits, like pets, and you can't get rid of them. I've tried everything. I'm ready to, like, fumigate the whole house with deadly chemicals just to kill these things, just to prove a point. They'll land right in your face during the show because they're just like. They're flipping you the middle finger. I just gotta find this little. During the. Because he's driving me crazy, I'm telling you. He's mocking me. Having a fight with a fly. It is. This happens all the time. I do it all day during my podcast. Yeah, Dave. Sorry. Just having a fight with a fly. That hap. That. Guys, I was just telling you this story, right? So you guys are. You got to know everything. If you're going to be out there in the Bongino army and I'm going to be gone from you, you need to have the whole library material. So what happened there? So the old studio. Sorry for the sniffles. I'm just. I'm just really emotional today. So my apologies. But in the old studio, we had converted an apartment. And I'm so glad, when we brought on Evita that she saw the old studio. We were on top of each other. I mean, it was not cozy at all because it was just me and Paula. And then we brought on Evita and Michael and Guy and Justin. So we knew we had to get out of there. But it took a while to build this place. But the studio we had was a converted apartment. So when we converted it, one of the contractors forgot to seal off a water pipe. It was like a kitchen sink. So these little drain flies, and you couldn't see them on the Fox show. They would, like, fly around you, and it would. I'd be reading a monologue, and it'd be this really emotional monologue. Be talking about some crazy thing that happened. It's like some tragedy and some fly be like. And he'd be hovering in front of my finger. I don't think they have fingers, but some of them were giving me the middle finger. I'm telling you, these things were mocking me. And they were slow. And then they would only get fast when you tried to get them, they'd be like, right. You remember Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid at the thing, right? And I'd be like. And the thing would be like, carl Lewis, boom. Sprinting out of there the whole damn show. So, Sabrina, Will, my team over at Fox, they were hilarious. They're like, dan, we got a surprise for you on this show this week. And they were. Of course, the camera was always rolling, and they rolled that clip And I was just dying on the air. Don't worry, Patty. You just answer that right here. Don't we have phones going off? I told everybody. I said, guys, if you got. It's like 40 degrees in here, too. So I told everyone, there's a door over there. If you need to go outside and get inside a tauntaun, go right ahead. Because I'm always. Evita likes it at, like, 85. She's like, it's cold. It's 85 in here. Me, I put that sucker down at, like, 60 degrees. So I'm always hurting. But that's a good one, too, guys. That was great. I love that one from the Fox show. All right, let me hear. Look at that guy. What a singer, that guy. You guys have never seen this, have you? Now you've seen this. You see this? You guys, check this out. Oh, man, you guys pulled this one, huh? But you ain't gone. You ain't gone, baby. Now, that is some unearthed, like, hardcore. Oh, wait, who the hell's that? Let's go. Are you, like, live here or is this, like. Did you record? We're live, baby.

Nate Smith (35:21)

We're live.

Dan Bongino (35:21)

Shit. I'm not even supposed to curse anymore where that is. Nate, man, God bless you. Now I ruined your whole song. Bulletproof. But you allowed me to come up on stage and just rock out with you, brother. You've always been a good friend to me. I can't believe you're here. Thanks for joining the show.

Nate Smith (35:36)

Coming at you from Ireland right now live. Man, I. That was such a fun night, and I'm so glad I got to be at your birthday party. That was amazing, Nate.

Dan Bongino (35:43)

When Paula and I. Paula, it was my 50th, and I know I told you the story, but Paul and I said, listen, we need to have someone really special here. And I. I texted your guy and I said, listen, if it's not Nate, it's nobody. Like, I don't want anybody else there but Nate. And, man, did you rock that out. My doctor to this day is like, I'm not a country music guy, but I'm a Nate Smith fan now, man. You've been such a good friend to me. You're such a patriot, too. You love your country and your fans. You're such a humble guy. That was just an incredible night. It was such an honor to have you there, bro.

Nate Smith (36:13)

I'm so honored to be your friend. And I do love America with all my heart, man. I really, really do. You know that. And I'm just so happy with Everything that's coming down the pipeline. And did. You were the guy for the job, bro. You were the guy for the job. And I texted you, or I think I FaceTimed you actually the other day.

Dan Bongino (36:27)

You did.

Nate Smith (36:28)

And so emotional like that. If there was one person that you could choose for this role, if there was one person you could pick to be in the position you're in, it's you, man.

Dan Bongino (36:36)

There's.

Nate Smith (36:36)

There's nobody better. There's nobody that had more of a humble heart that's going to steward this so well. And that's you, Dan. You know, I really. I really believe it.

Dan Bongino (36:44)

You know, I was doing the radio show, and I saw FaceTime and during the break, and it was Nate, and it was the day that this was announced, and that was an emotional call. And, you know, you said something to me. It really kind of touched me. I feel like, you know, you and I kind of almost came up together. I mean, we've known each other about two years. I ran into you. Well, I ran into you. You didn't run into me. I saw you opening up for Morgan Wallen, and you were just amazing. And I looked at Paula and I said, who the hell is this guy? You just blew me away. I never went for the opening acts. I just went to see Morgan. But we had nothing to do in Houston, and there were people, like, crying when you were singing. So the guy next to me, remember Paul? He's like, that's Nate Smith. I went home, downloaded your whole album, and I followed you on Instagram, and you immediately follow me back. And you had the nicest things to say, and we've been friends ever since. And now you've blown up so many chart toppers. Bulletproof is still my favorite song. I sing in the shower horribly, as you've just seen. But you've blown up, too. You're in Ireland. You were just. What, were you in Norway before this, too? I just saw in your Instagram.

Nate Smith (37:45)

I've been everywhere, and it's so funny. Like, I give you this compliment. I'm just trying to love on you.

Dan Bongino (37:48)

And you want.

Nate Smith (37:49)

You put it back on me to flex. No, just. Just receive it, man. Like, the whole world's excited for you, dude. I'm excited for you, and this is a very emotional day for you and stuff. So when Paula was like, do you want to. Do you want to hop on and say hi to him? Like, I don't care where I am, what time of the night it is, or whatever. I have to see my guy. I have to see my friend and root him on and just know that I'm supporting you. Dude, I love you to pieces.

Dan Bongino (38:09)

I really do, man. You know, you absolutely know the feelings mutual. Guys, just support my buddy here. Nate, one thing. No, I got to tell you, Paul and I have felt horrible about for a long time. Paula, you know where I'm going. Nate, you gave us. You gave us your jacket that night. I can't take it. It's such a nice jacket. The leather jacket he has on. Guy, can you pull up a still of that by some chance? He gave us a. We'll do it afterwards. But that jacket, I can't. I gotta give it back to you. I can't take it. No, I can't accept it. I have it hanging on a mannequin in my, like, man room, and everybody loves it. And because everybody loves it, they're like, oh, my gosh, he gave you this? I'm like, maybe it was a mistake and I had had too many Don Julios. I'm like, I gotta give this back to him.

Nate Smith (38:54)

If you give it back to me, friendship is over.

Dan Bongino (38:57)

Cause the fuel is friends. All right. It's on tape.

Nate Smith (39:00)

That was your birthday gift.

Dan Bongino (39:02)

The greatest gift ever.

Nate Smith (39:04)

But it fits you better. You look better in it, too.

Dan Bongino (39:05)

By the way, I have some good pictures in that jacket. It does fit like a glove. Nate. Nate, man. God bless you, brother. America loves you. I know you love him back. Thank you so much. You've been such a great friend to me, bro. Thank you so much. Godspeed, brother. Congratulations. Thank you, Nate. All right, take care. Wow. That was. How did you guys hook that one up? Guys, he's not like some, like, you know, incoming guy. This guy's like a big, major star. How'd you guys do that one? Was that you? Was that you? Paula worked at it. Everybody hooks up. Paula, that's amazing. Thank you. And it worked like the tech. We're in a new studio. I was so nervous. I didn't want to do any guests or anything like that. All right, Keith, I don't know how you're going to top that one. That was really a surprise. You don't want the jacket back, Paula, we feel so bad about this, guys. Right? We feel so. This is the nicest tour jacket. There's another person. I have no idea who this is, folks. I'm really not messing with you. No idea. All right. Oh, look at this. Country music. The famous John Rich. Big and rich. John Rich, solo lone star. The great John Rich. A hero, a patriot. Redneck. Riviera I may have been in there a couple times with producer Jim. Hey, me and Cash were in there one day checking out the place. John, what an honor to have you on the show. Thank you for joining us, brother man.

Producer Jim (40:23)

I appreciate that. I got the call from Guy. He said, man, you want to jump? I said, absolutely. Listen, Dan, you are. Listen, you're a warrior. We all know that. But I wanted to say something that I think you've really brought to we the people. On top of being a patriot and a champion, the level of education that you have brought to the general audience on how to look at these circumstances and situations, how to make sense of chaos, even for me, has been enlightening many, many times. Man, you are true friends of we the people. I know this is a massive, massive sacrifice that you're making to go take this job. So we appreciate your willingness to serve our country, even at great expense to yourself, which I will say is a. Is a reminder of how the founding fathers did it. They all gave up major things to serve our country. And I know you don't view yourself like that, but we certainly do, sir.

Dan Bongino (41:14)

And we're very proud of you, John. You have been just an incredible friend to me and my family. And for those of you who don't know John and I go, oh, there's the jacket. Look at that. For those of you who don't know, John and I go way back. John and I used to do the five together. And when I had gotten wind that this was gonna happen, John's a very close friend. When I tell you a limited circle of people, I mean, you could fit em on one hand. One of the first people I reached out to was John, because we're always working on projects. And John, I don't mean to be too long winded, but John's always looking to take care of other people. And I found this singer in my church, this young lady, Anna, and I said, john, you think we. And John's on the phone right away on a Sunday, and he's like, here's what we got to do, and we're gonna. And then this came up, and I had to kind of back away from it. And John, we could not have been nicer. John, through your companies and your donations to charity, Redneck Riviera and all your stuff, you've always been amazing to people, and it's such an honor. And hey, next time I'm around Nashville, maybe I'll have to drink that liquid death, the water stuff in the bar instead. But I'm Definitely gonna stop by, man. You've always been a friend to me, and I will never, ever forget what you've done for me and for America, brother. Thank you.

Producer Jim (42:24)

You are always welcome. We consider you family, brother. Now you go out there and you, by God, show them what you've got.

Dan Bongino (42:30)

Okay?

Producer Jim (42:30)

This is Dan Bondino with a smile on his face. He gonna be grinning the whole time, but, buddy, he's coming for you. Go fix these problems, man. If anybody can do it, we know it's you. God bless you.

Dan Bongino (42:40)

Thank you, John. I appreciate it. Thank you, John. Appreciate it, brother. Man, you guys brought the country music a team out today. I mean, John's had, like 10 different careers in country music. Big and rich, lone star John Rich himself in his solo career. And folks, I'm telling you right now, that guy is a genuine, genuine patriot. Trust me, there is nothing inauthentic about John Rich. I mean, Paula, how many times have we texted John? Hey, John, can you do us a favor? Back to you instantly. If he takes five minutes, something's wrong. Someone injected him with some scopolamine or something, and he's out because he gets back to you five minutes later, no matter what. So thank you, John Rich and Nate Smith. Kee, you got the jacket again. I want to see that picture. Pull that sucker up. So this is my party. That is me at the end of the night. Who is. I don't even know who that is to my left. Oh, that's my brother to the right. I don't know who that is to the left. But that's Nate's jacket, folks. The back of that, that is hand painted. And all of his tour dates are on the sleeve. And he's right. That does fit me pretty good. I mean, self praised, stinks, but whatever. Aunt Jane will forgive me. God rest her soul. Someone painted that. So Paul and I were like, we can't take Nate's jacket. He gave us the jacket. And I'm like, was I just. Oh, is that Brian Chisum? Yes, it is. I'm like, I can't do that. But he says, keep it. So, Nate, thank you. It's on a mannequin in our office. So that's the jacket, folks. I'll let you know. That's my. That's my backyard right there, too, at the party. So the front was. You remember that part? I remember some of that party. A lot of it. I wish I got to say hello to everybody, but I didn't. I know you're going to tell me something. Like, do you need to delete yourself. I know, I know. I knew you were going there. Our last break, folks. And we'll get back for the last half an hour of the Dan Bongino show. Thank God you guys are here. Really, the studio, I can't really. If you guys weren't here, I'd have broken down 10 times for. You guys are so. Kind of lightened my mood and made this so refreshing. So thank you. What a great idea to have people here. I'm sorry if I'm freezing you out. Oh, look, Vicki Vacanti's here as well. Our best friend Vicky Vacani. You know, the orthodontist. This is wife of orthodontist. You know, you had, remember in the old like wife of orthodontist, but a powerhouse like Paula. She is the Paula of the vulcani. So there she is right there, the lovely Vicky Vacanti. We love her. So look, now you're on the show. There you go. Hey, Delete me makes it easy, quick and safe to remove your personal data online at a time. Oh, wait, you got to make an appearance Present makes it quick and easy to remove your personal data online at a time when surveillance and data breaches are common enough to make everyone vulnerable. 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And I looked at him and I'm like, man, this guy looks for me. He was on Fox more than I was. You're like really? What do you have a show or something? No, no. He runs ads here locally and I just saw him on the ads all the time. I'm like, dude, you're on the network more than I am and I work there and we've been. We've got a lot of memories together in a lot of countries and a lot of Places and a lot of states, man. So many good times. So I didn't know you were coming by today, man. My brother. And that's saying a lot because let me tell you something, this guy's like me. Like, he doesn't stop working ever. And when I remember, I didn't miss the show for, like, five years. So we'll be in his backyard on a Saturday night, you know, sharing some barley soda or whatever, and we'll tell stories. And he's like, you know what, Dan? I was the same way. He's like, I didn't take a vacation. Because, you know, you had other orthodontists. They come in and they steal you. But I was the same way. I didn't take off Christmas or anything. I was like, if there'd be other people they're going to listen to. And then. He's always been a source of good advice. So thank you, man. And I'm sure we got a lot of good times ahead, but I'm going to have to fly back on the weekend sometimes. We're still going out of that boat, which has created kind of an interesting situation. I'll have to see on the other side on that one, but. Yeah. All right, play one more for me. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. What do you got for me? Just since yesterday, massive breaking news about what's going on with Facebook. Everybody who. Oh, wow, I needed a spear for that one. Old. Don't jump in either direction. Don't do it. Don't do it. Your boy Dan. What do I say all the time to you? Do not get emotional about this. Then. You're like a leftist. Be transactional. All we want is plus ones and minus ones. That is it. Don't jump on me. This is awesome. Facebook's our best friend now. But also, it's silly to jump on the fuck Facebook. This is the stupidest thing ever. Hello. You guys fit a lot in that one. Karate Man. Hold, hold. Karate man is patient and he only feels pain on the inside. Hold the karate. I will not steal you. Wrong. That was a double. Karate Man. That was the verse of a meme. Was that the first one? My blood, sweat, tears, and my entire reputation. You don't need to have legislative or executive power to move the needle. The Bongino army's strong because there's a lot of us, right? Why are there a lot of us? There are a lot of us because we happen to get out ahead of the stories and be three to four, sometimes six months ahead of a story. Look at the chat. One of the things I told you about a while ago. Now, seeing that chat's going to melt. I mean, actual formal executive power. You can't. We don't have. I'm not the president. We all get that. Donald Trump is President Trump. Now, one of the things you're seeing that we discussed early is. I have it. Yes, I do. Oh, no. Where are we going? Where was I grabbing. What was it? The damn Bongino. Oh, man. Rockham Sock Em Robot. Did I tell you? Theory of politics. Andrea. What did I tell you about this dude? Right in a grill. This is where this is, you guys. This like the memes where all the memes came. There it is. There it is, folks. The rock. And it still works, too. Look at it. It actually still works. I rock him. Socked him myself. Jasmine, when you. When you beat him, when you win, he. Sometimes he falls off. Oh, look, I got it. No, but the bad guy won. There we go. That's it. The bad guy's not supposed to win. That's not the way that works. Andrea, what was I telling you this morning after that clip? That's where. So that's where Rock Em Sock Em started. If you're a really new listener to show. And that, of course, was Double karate. Man. If you guys don't get the joke. That was from the Eddie Murphy movie. Was it Trading Places? Was it. That's where that came from. That's my favorite scene in the movie. So that's the joke. But we got. And this is why. And look at him. The thing's blowing up the chat. I think you guys seriously melted the chat down. We got probably close to a couple hundred of these things don't send. And I know. Look at all the Rock Em Sock. Oh, my gosh. Nobody can do that to a chat like you guys. Nobody. It fries my phone. It's like my phone is. And we'll have to throw it a rock and soccer for the last time, you know. Thank you, guys. That was a good one. That's where all these memes came from. So that was. Those were good. All right. What else you got for me, by the way? The thing. Justin, too, if you guys get the chance. Yeah, yeah. At some point. I don't know who sent this thing. Yeah, wait, before you go to the next one guy, guys, I want to show you something. We got this this morning. I have no idea who sent this, but whoever did this is hilarious. Paula gets this thing. Look at this. It's a painting of the Dan Bongino Army Air Force now, before you. Oh, wow, that's a nice plane. You're missing the details. Paula and I were in a rush this morning, so we missed the whole thing. So it's just sitting on the table. And look who. There's lovely Paul in a bikini. Well, not a bikini, a one piece. But looking quite attractive, I must say. Now, there's my daughter Amelia. There's Lucy piloting the plane. Is that. Who is that? Is that. That's Michael. And that little turret there, I think Justin is one of the gunners guys in the back. There's my. My other daughter. And then Vince is in there in the back. And then there's Evita and Hayley. Everybody makes an appearance on this thing. This was the most amazing thing. Whoever put this together. So I'd like to say, tell me in the chat who you are, but the chat goes so fast. I have no idea. I have no idea. That was. But that showed up this morning. That came just this morning. And we had no idea. That is how cool you guys are in the audience. We love you guys. Of course, we got to do at least one last Motley, folks. You know, the Motley was the original. I mean, I kind of missed the Motley. We've had to move on from other different elements of the show. But how many of these did we get? Oh, my gosh. We probably have something close to about 5,000 of these things. We could give them away every day for the rest of my life, if I live to 100. Look at it. There you go, rocking the Mudley chat. And by the way, that clip I played in the beginning with the flag, the flag really didn't come down. There's a ledge in my. I wasn't making that up. Usually it comes down and, you know, because of the stick, the thing got stuck on the ledge up top. That really happened. What do we got here? Oh, this is my lovely wife, Paula. Of course. I took all some of the messages from the chat and we put it in this here for you. Oh, my gosh. Let me read that. You're the best, Dan. You will be missed. I expect great success from you in the future. Congratulations, Dan. Cutesy time is over. You guys are amazing. Thank you, Paula. And thank you to you all. Show it to the camera. Oh, yeah, sorry, guys. I'm reading it. But there you go, covering my face for radio. And everybody signed it. I see. Jason, Fran signed it. Oh, thank you guys, so many. Thank you for your service. I really appreciate it. We have the best chat in the world. I mean, Listen, guys, live stream numbers, whatever, throw all that stuff out. It's just been a big fan family here, and I read your stuff. That's why I'm always looking at my phone. That's why Guy made me move the charger thing over here because I have such poor mic discipline. Listen, it's just. Call it what it is. What would I do, Guy? I had it over here to keep it off screen and now you can't hear me. So Guy's like, just put the damn thing in front of you. Everybody knows you're reading the chat. I'm not like, you know, texting Paul about what's for lunch or something like that. I think we melted down the counter too. Like, this has been just a fun fire show so far. So I appreciate it. Thank you, guys. There's another clip for me. I don't know. I'm not sure this is your favorite. All right, let's see what you got back up at dusk. 8. 8. No one's thinking about this. The thing is, no one's thinking about it. It's because I'm a fucking moron. That's the reason. But I would love to thank the Dan Barcino show for declaring this officially the second or third. This is second or third, Guy. The. I think the third Frank Fraghese day. And I want to take this opportunity to accept this great honor. Did he ever accept the great honor? Did we ever make him, like, a trophy or anything? We did not. Huh? So, folks, in honor of the great. The man. You know, they say that the man, the myth, the legend, but in this case, he is a man. He is definitely not mythical, but he is unquestionably a legend who has given us, what would you say, guy? Hours of priceless content and by the way, is still writing op EDS about. I have never seen a guy so singularly obsessed with me in his life. The famous Frank Fughese. Now the Fugazi Head will live on why I am gone from you. I have authenticated the Fugazi head. No, seriously, it says authenticated, and that is here. I'll sign it again in front of Anita, AKA Anita Andrea. So here in pen, Dan Bongino. But I did tell Anita this. I said, anita, did I not tell you before I go, you will be entrusted with the great Fagazi Head. But I do want this back one day. So you, on your own show, your own podcast, you and speak have the McGrawing Cruise podcast over there. You are now being entrusted with a prized possession, the Fugazi Head. She Says she's blessed and it is a great honor. I gave Jim my first don't get dead coin. Jim is. And we were supposed to give Jim Ren and Stimpy, too, but honestly, I don't know where the hell Ren and Stimpy went. We do everything in a box. We have so many cool little gizmos that I just. I don't even know where it is. So when I find Ren and Stimpy, Jim, they're all yours, buddy. All right. Yeah, that would be a great idea. That's a great idea. Let's do that. So, guys, before I wrap up with you today, the end of the podcast, I just want to be sure to introduce to you who is going to be taken over my show. Obviously, I will have a lot going on. I will be divorcing myself from the business. It's been a long process. I'm going to tell you something. I'm not in any of this for the money, the cash, any of that stuff. Obviously, no one goes into government work to get rich. I just like good people. Because if you surround yourself with good people, then good and great things happen. And if you surround yourself with bad people, then awful things happen. Vince Colonnaise is one of the most talented people in the business, an incredible talent. He's had a show on wmal. He is launching his podcast on the Silverlock Network on Monday at 10am so an hour earlier, you're gonna have Steven Crowder afterwards on Rumble at 11, you've got Evita. At 9, you've got Haley at 6, you've got the quartering, you've got Don Jr. You've got an amazing lineup. Vince, it is an honor to have you. You're gonna be taking over the radio show, too. And I just wanna thank you for taking this on so last minute.

John Rich (59:32)

I can't even believe I'm here. And I'm so over the moon about all of this. And I will say this is the most unusual exchange in media that you will ever see. I promise, for the rest of your life. This is a jealous industry. This is an industry where people. You know, there's some people who help each other out. But for the most part, when a guy gets a job, usually somebody else has to lose it. That's usually how that works. And what's happening here is Dan is stepping away from all of this. Look around us. I mean, just in this room. And then, of course, look at the chat and what he's built. And I think it's just such an obvious sign of Your decency and your commitment to your country that you can do this, you can walk away from this and then become the deputy director of the FBI. Who wants that job? This guy wants that job. So you're going in to do something really important. And like I said, this is deeply unusual. So ever since it was announced. Am I on mic? Good. Ever since it was announced, the reaction has been completely positive. And that's a testament to you. You said, this is my guy. I like this guy. He's gonna do a good job. And your audience, the Bongino army, has responded so well. It's been unbelievable how nice this has all been. They're so passionate, and we're gonna do great things, man. And the thing. The message I keep getting is, you've got big shoes to fill. I'm like, I know, but what I really have is schmedium shirts to fill.

Dan Bongino (60:50)

Yeah. Nicole Wallace, guys. Nicole. Make sure Nicole gets a photo of Vince immediately when he wears his first schmedium.

John Rich (60:57)

That Nicole Wallace clip is one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

Dan Bongino (61:00)

Well, I noticed that she instantly was.

John Rich (61:02)

Like, talking about your T shirts, and I was like, this needs, like, some sort of, like, slow bass line underneath it. Like, she was really into the Bongino shoe.

Dan Bongino (61:09)

Brother, for as much as we've criticized Rachel Maddow and Nicole Wallace, I promise you, you are not going to find a clip of me going, hey, that's some outfit she's got under. Like, what was the weirdest thing? Like, it was such an oddball coming out of nowhere.

John Rich (61:23)

Like, she was practically fanning herself on television.

Dan Bongino (61:26)

So weird, but funny story on that. So yesterday, Paul and us, we got some guys at the house, some really good guys, and one of them bought me a T shirt, and the guy said, I don't know what size you are. I said, well, you know, it's Queens, so you got to round down. That's where I'm from. And he knew right away. He's like, let me guess. The schmediums, right? I'm like, hey. I said, but I am 50, so I've got to kind of, like, size up a little bit. But, Vince, that's cool. Thank you, brother.

John Rich (61:49)

Man, you're the best.

Dan Bongino (61:50)

10:00Am on Monday, folks, his first guest, Tucker Carlson. Big. Yeah.

John Rich (61:54)

We announced Don Jr last night.

Dan Bongino (61:56)

Oh, you did? Don Jr next week.

John Rich (61:58)

So we got Don Jr coming right to this studio.

Dan Bongino (62:00)

McGroin Crew. Spread the word in studio, huh? He's coming. Nice of you. Thank you, Don. That's amazing. So thank you, guys. I appreciate it, Vince. So, guys, I'm going to. I'm going to wrap this up here. Well, I'm going to try to wrap it up here. I'm really just a little bit overwhelmed because, you know, with the show and all the clips and having everybody here, it's the energy kind of just distracts you from the reality of, you know, what's about. What's about to happen. And it really hit me this morning. I want you to know how much I love you guys. I mean that, you know, people throw that term around, but I really love you guys. I feel like I've met so many of you. Some of you I've never even seen. Whether it was Eric or Jeremy on the radio show. I'm just. I chose early on to interact with my audience in kind of a different way, and it's paid me back so many dividends. And there's nothing more incredible than going out at a book signing and someone goes, hey, how'd that treat you gave Lucy the other day work out? And you're like, how'd you know that? Like you said on the radio, I'm like, I did like, you know, that people. The relationship seems so asymmetric at times. Like, you know about me, but I don't know about you. But I know all I need to know about you, which is you've been there for me when I needed you. And to walk away from this was, I promise you, is not easy. But I absolutely know that this was the right thing to do. I've told you over and over, but that measure the effectiveness of what you do in your life by how people who stand and tell you to stop reacting. And the reaction has been exactly what I expected. I promise you this. I'm going there with a clear mission in mind. I go there with a clear head. This was done for the right reasons. And I am really, really, really going to miss doing this and being here with you every day from this point on. If you follow me on. All right, deep breath. See, breathe in. It's easier. My social media accounts are not going to be abandoned, but I won't be posting about politics. It'd be inappropriate during my time. There's understandable restrictions on that which make perfect sense, but you can still follow me. I'll be opening up different accounts and official accounts and things like that, but I have to stay out of the political space because it's the right thing to do and it's the rules. And I hope you understand that I'm not Going there to be some partisan. I know the people who hate my guts in the media. I don't expect you to understand that the idea of putting aside your politics to do a job is definitely foreign to you. I totally get that, but it's not to me. You know, I proudly protected two Democrat presidents and a Republican. No problem at all. Not sure you could do that, but I did. And now it's a different protection role. So I still got a radio show to do, which is crazy how I'm going to get through that. So I'll end as I began. I'll see you guys on the other side. Thank you. That was hard, man. Wow. Three more hours. Yeah, three more hours. Hours to go. This is now real. So President, Attorney General Bondi and now director. Gosh, that sounds good to say. FBI Director Akash Patel offered this role, a role I expressed an interest in. And ladies and gentlemen, I told you. You see, it's hard for me. I'm going to accept the role proudly as the deputy director of the number two spot at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. My left shoulder doesn't work, so I wanted to do like a big dramatic thing. And I just realized looking at the feedback, my left arm don't work. Let's just do the. Here it is. If you are. Listen, I love. Look at this. These guys cutting out. Look at this. Look at these guys in the other room. Oh, look at them. Fancy. Go around again. Oh, look. Look at that. If you are listening on Apple and Spotify, you know, I love you guys. You are the original. We didn't even have a video show for years until the lovely Paulita said, I think we should do a show on video. By the way, she's sitting right here, too. This is the new studio. Welcome to the new Dan Bongino show. The new evening scroll with Haley. The new early edition with Evita and Vince, which is going to be starting when I leave. This is the new studio. I really hope you like the new studio. Just give another shot of each angle here you can see we put a ton of work into it. Paula did, so did my crew. It was our first show from here. Look at that. He's got it. Michael, Justin Ghee, we really. I hope you guys enjoy it at least next week for me. And with Haley moving forward in the future, she's right over there. And Evita and then Vince. Thank you so much for tuning in today. Give us a follow rumble.com Bongino really appreciate it and I will see you on the radio in a little bit. You just heard the Dan Bongino Show.