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Greg Gutfeld and guests discuss how malls around the country are filling empty spaces with pickle ball courts on ‘Gutfeld!’

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♪ ♪ >> Greg: IT COULD PICKLEBALL REPLACE THE MALL? INSTEAD OF BUYING KHAKIS, YOU COULD PLAY A SPORT THAT IS WACKY. [LAUGHTER] I KNOW. TRUE, APPARENTLY MULLS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE TURNING TO PICKLEBALL TO FILL VACANT SPACES LEFT BY STORES THAT CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT IS THE ATHLETIC ACTIVITY SO

IRRELEVANT EVEN TRANS WOMEN IGNORE IT. ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE I KNOW, PICKLEBALL IS A SPORT. IT IS LIKE TENNIS IF YOU DON’T LIKE TO MOVE AROUND A LOT. [LAUGHTER] IT IS ALSO A MEDICAL CONDITION IF YOU GET STUCK IN A JAR OF CURTAINS. [LAUGHTER] PICKLEBALL. [LAUGHTER] PICKLEBALL WAS INVENTED IN 1965.

THAT-YEAR KAT WAS BORN. [LAUGHTER] YOU WIN BY HITTING A BALL UNTIL ONE OPPONENT GETS BORED AND LEAVES. [LAUGHTER] SOMEHOW THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE PLAYING HAS JUMPED 159% OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF THOSE PLAYERS WHO HAVE FALLEN AND THEY CAN’T GET UP. [LAUGHTER]

IT IS THE CURRENT SPORT OF CHOICE FOR A LATE MIDDLE AGE SUBURBANITES WHO HIT THE COURSE BEFORE THE RELEASE OF FACTORS WERE OFF AND THE CIALIS KICKS IN. [LAUGHTER] RECALLED THAT THE MIKE MAKER SWEETSHOP. [LAUGHTER] AND NOW COURTS ARE TAKING OVER SPACES FIRMLY OCCUPIED BY RETAIL GIANTS LIKE BATMAN AND BEYOND

OLD NAVY AND SAXS ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING THE HANG OF IT. >> HIT THE BALL. LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT. OH, THAT IS — >> OH! >> OH! >> Greg: HERE I THOUGHT HE WAS JUST BAD AT BROADCASTING. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS SO MEAN. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE HERE, KAT?

THE GREATEST THINGS THAT WE GREW UP WITH, MALLS, SHOPPING MALLS, IS NOW BEING TURNED INTO, LIKE, ACTIVITIES FOR RETIREES. WHAT DOES THIS SAY? SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. >> Kat: YOU KNOW I DON’T LIKE ACTIVITIES. >> Greg: I KNOW. >> Kat: I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. NO ONE WOULD EVER INVITE ME AND

THAT IS THE RIGHT CALL. BED BATH & BEYOND IS A SAD PLACE, THOUGH. >> Greg: IS IT? >> Kat: YEAH, IT IS SAID. YOU WONDER, WHO IS BUYING THOSE SNACKS? I ALWAYS WONDERED THAT. >> Greg: THAT IS PART OF THE BEYOND. >> Kat: YEAH. >> Greg: THAT WAS A PROBLEM WITH

BED BATH & BEYOND. BEYOND WAS SO AMORPHOUS IT COULD BE ANYTHING. I ONCE BOUGHT A SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN AND BED BATH & BEYOND. >> Kat: YEAH. >> DID YOU REALLY? >> Kat: I DON’T KNOW WHO THIS IS FOR. I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD DO IT. I HAVE BEEN TO DAVE AND BUSTERS

IN TIMES SQUARE A FEW TIMES AS OF LATE. >> Greg: I LIKE THAT TWO, THE COMBINATION OF ACTIVITIES AND SHOPPING EXCEPT THEY GOT RID OF THE SHOPPING. >> Tyrus: THIS IS SAVING MALLS. IT IS NOT JUST PICKLEBALL. IT IS TRAMPOLINE WORLD AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES SO

NOW WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THE MALL, THEY GO TO ACTIVITIES BECAUSE YOU JUST GO TO AMAZON OR ORDER ONLINE. SO THE ONLY THING THEY STILL HAVE THIS HOT TOPIC, APPARENTLY. HOT TOPIC IS STILL HANGING STRONG. BUT — THEY ARE HAVING ACTIVITIES. ALL THESE NEW THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO GO.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT USED TO BE — MALLS USED TO BE ON LOCK AT 6:00 A.M. TO 9:00 A.M. FOR ALL PEOPLE TO DO THEIR LABS. REMEMBER THAT? NOW THEY HAVE TRACKS. IT IS NOT JUST THAT. KIDS NOW HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. YOU CAN TAKE THEM TO THE MALL, ESPECIALLY PLACES LIKE CHICAGO

WHERE THEY HAVE COLD WINTERS IN THE MIDWEST AND STUFF. HOPEFULLY THEY PUT BULLETPROOF WINDOWS ON THE MALLS. BUT THEY ARE HAVING MORE THINGS FOR THEM TO DO INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE STORE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SAVE YOUR PRECIOUS CHILDHOOD MEMORY OF WHAT IS A

MALL BECAUSE ONCE THE ACTIVITIES AGO, THEY ARE GONE. >> Greg: YEAH. IT IS PUTTING. THE HOT TOPIC, THE ONLY ONE THAT STICKS AROUND. INSTEAD OF DRESSING ROOMS, THEY HAVE SELF-HARM ROOMS. [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, MIKE, YOU AND I GREW UP AROUND THE SAME TIME, LATE 50s EARLY ’60s.

>> WE WERE RAISED BY THE SAME LOVELY OLD LADY. >> Greg: RACQUETBALL COURTS, REMEMBER THEM? EVERYONE WAS PLAYING RACQUETBALL IN THE MID-70s. GOT 15 MINUTES PER FIVE BUCKS. HIT THE LITTLE RACKET [BLEEP]. >> RACQUETBALL WOULD WEAR YOU THE [BLEEP] OUT, THOUGH. THAT WAS A REAL SPORT. COMPARED TO PICKLEBALL.

PICKLEBALL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO SAVE FOR MALLS AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IS SITTING ON A CLIFF. >> Greg: OH, MY GOD, YOU ARE RIGHT. >> IF THERE WAS A MALL THAT HAD, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, TRANSWORLD? >> TRAMPOLINE — TRAMPOLINE WORLD.

>> IF YOU HAD A BROTHEL IN THAT. A PLACE TO GET WINGS, THEN I WOULD GO. >> Kat: I CAN TELL YOU NEVER BANK YOUR SECRETARY. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] >> Greg: IT IS KIND OF EERIE, THOUGH, TO THINK THAT IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE MALLS ARE LIKE CEMETERIES NOW.

I USED TO DO THAT THERE AND NOW IT IS JUST LIKE PEOPLE PLAYING WITH THEIR LITTLE RACKET. >> Kat: LISTEN, I’M A SUBURBAN MOM. AS LONG AS THEY DON’T COME FOR TARGET. IF THEY COME FOR TARGET, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. >> Greg: YOU DON’T WANT A TARGET ON TARGET.

>> I THINK IT IS OKAY. I HAVE A LITTLE KID. AND TAKE HER TO THE MALL AND PEOPLE GET TO EAT. >> Greg: IS THIS A CHILD? >> YES, MY KID. >> Greg: YOU SAID YOU HAD A LITTLE KID. YOU WERE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT CHILD ABDUCTIONS HERE. >> I DID.

I WAS VERY FAT AND PREGNANT THROUGHOUT 2020. I HAVE PICTURES. >> Tyrus: IT IS COLD OUTSIDE, SEND THEM OUTSIDE. [LAUGHTER] >> MY LITTLE PRINCESS. AS AMERICANS, WE STRUGGLE WITH OUR WEIGHT. AND I THINK ANYTHING THAT IS GETTING US TO MOVE IS A GOOD THING. SO I THINK I’M KIND OF FOR IT.

BUT I DO LIKE HOT TOPIC. I WENT THROUGH THIS GRUNGY PHASE AS A TEENAGER AND I THOUGHT HOT TOPIC WAS LIKE THE COOLEST THING EVER. WE WERE COOL. YEAH. [LAUGHTER] >> KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT. >> I WENT TO GO LOOK AT IT. IT WAS SURROUNDED BY BOOB SHIRTS.

CAN YOU MOVE INTO THE OTHER SIDE? >> Greg: I WAS MAD WHEN THEY STOPPED SELLING THE ICE CUBES WITH WOMEN ON THEM. YOU PUT THE GLASSES AND THEIR BIKINI FALLS OFF. >> YOU PROBABLY HAD THAT PIN, TOO. >> Greg: I HAD THE PIN. YOU COULD HOLD IT WITH ONE HAND. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

YOU PEOPLE DISCUSSED ME. I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LAUGHING AT ANYMORE. MOST PEOPLE DON’T. BUT COMING UP — >> Tyrus: I KEEP WALKING INTO YOUR BEAR TRAP

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