Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - EP 298 | Fat Pile Friday - Survivor EDITION

Episode Date: February 7, 2020

On this edition of Fat Pile Friday, Jeffy is bringing you the latest on this new diagnosis that Jeff Probst is talking about called 'transient global amnesia.' This rare amnesia comes and goes, Jeffy is calling BS on this! Actress Jameela Jamil has OFFICIALLY come out as a queer after a backlash when HBO Max announce that she will be the MC of the new tv show 'Legendary.' Did she take a page out of Kevin Spacey? The Stripper Bowl made LOTS of money, but the strippers weren't happy about there cut. And Millennials have come out saying that being a 'plant parent' is too difficult and it's very stressful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now a Blaze Media podcast. Welcome to it, Chewing the Fat, with yours truly, Jeff Fisher. Thank you so much for coming along for the ride today. Speaking of rides, how long can you drive an automobile when the windshield is cracked? Wait, we still on this? Yeah, we're still on it. I thought you're going to get it fixed. Well, I've set up the appointment, but it was cold and rainy and cold and rainy.

So now they're coming today. They're coming later today. Are they supposed to? Is it weather permitting? Weather permitting, they're supposed to be coming later today. It's supposed to be fine. And you just have no rain and no cold, right? So because I will say that yesterday morning,

I didn't talk about it yesterday because of what the last two days have been really cold. Really cold. And snowing. And so, you know, as we talked about earlier in the week with the cold weather and, the de-fraster and the cold weather. And turning your car into the Muslim-compliant vehicle. And so I have not turned it into the Muslim-compliant vehicle, although I think I'm going to driving home today before they come to fix it because...

Okay. You're running tight? No. It's gotten so much bigger. It's gotten so much bigger. What did it call that? And that's what the guy said originally. He goes, well, you know, it's not going to...

He claimed that it's not going to break through like that. But it's going to continue to grow. It becomes a... driving hazard because that's all you see. You know, if you... Distract it, you. Yeah. Okay.

So, I mean, I just look above the two cracks that are, you know, eye level. I just sit up a little bit high. So you get like a little book, you sit down that book. You know, and what's really strange, too, is when the sun's out, even in the cold weather, when the sun's out, as you're driving down the road, as, you know, you obviously roads curve and turn and you make different turns. And the sun peaks right through? Shoots through those cracks. That's what's distracting.

As you're driving, it's kind of like these little, you know, eye fireflies. As sun shoots through those cracks in you, man. So you got like solar beams. What did you do? So I can see where it's distracting and you probably won't be advised to drive. To drive. To drive. I feel like if you would have made your vehicle Muslim compliant on Monday when you start

having this conversation. You would have been okay. Yeah. Well, I feel like maybe you're right. So I'm not really sure. But I didn't. So we haven't even started the show yet. So the Survivor host, Jeff Prost.

That's how he's pronounced his name, right? P-R-O-B-S-T. I mean, he's been hosting Survivor for a thousand years. The show's been on for, I don't know, 100 seasons. Wait, this show's been on for a thousand years? Yes. And only for 100 seasons. 100 seasons, yeah.

So, yeah, it's not as good as people thought. Oh, okay. If it was 100 years and a thousand seasons, then that's a show. They just won that every, every. I mean, actually, seriously, look up home. I think we are on like 20 seasons. I think this is like the 20 or 21st season of Survivor.

I mean, just an amazing show. My eighth grade dance theme was Survivor. Yeah, my, I think, when I graduated from third grade, that's when we were using the Survivor theme. So Survivor started in 2000. Yeah, but how many seasons? And we have 40 seasons.

So, yeah, two seasons a year. So 40, whew, so it's been 20 years. And the 40 season just started. Yeah. He was, you know, I'm busy, I'm sure, promoting the new Survivor, whichever is. I mean, I stopped watching quite some time ago. Yeah, I stopped watching that too.

after my third was a third or second grade graduation i don't remember uh with the theme freaking punked once again trying to like share you know how old survivor is oh i know i'm with you i understand what you're doing okay but i stopped watching you know i got got you're like okay all right you wrote it out get out of here

burn out your little light candle and take the walk get out of here but you know people loved it and then the naked survivor and the whole thing going on I don't think that there's a naked survivor there's a naked survivor thing yeah I don't think it's with the ABC people though no I don't think Jeff had

I wouldn't be surprised if Jeff has his fingers in it but oh thank you thank you but I don't know that so anyway he's he's doing an interview and on

one of the Kelly and Ryan shows he does not have have his finger on naked and afraid. Are you sure? You're sure? You're sure? Is from the Discovery Channel?

It's by Michael Brown. And Jeff Brose. Oh, hey, Amanda Kimmel leaked nude pictures. I'll be right back. Anytime you look up anything naked. Have you seen the new Miley Cyrus Instagram post? She's almost naked. Yeah, like almost everyone.

fine. So he's doing an interview on Kelly and Ryan, which is, I mean, I never miss a show. I never miss a show. By the way, in 2015, Jeff Probes explain why everyone on Survivor is getting naked. Thank you.

So. What does he say? What does he say? Because it's hot and they're hot. No, Rimshot. It's hot, they're hot. And so is she.

Rimshot? and so was she thank you jeez killing me all right so what does he say why is everybody getting naked on a survivor I think it's a combination of

all the above depending on the person um 50% strategy 50% a bit to get closer to her um carefree attitude towards life free spirit you're on an island with no one else around

except for, you know, all the camera people and food people. And by the way, I mean, we've already seen the leaked, you know, the production crew that has the, that has the setup about, you know, a quarter mile down the road. We could see the antenna on that tent. You know, they're dining, you know, they've got five-star food shipped in. Those crab legs and those lobster legs and that steak. Well, Bill and Nedley, they're getting naked and eating dirt. Wait, hold on.

Survivor. They're eating worms. No, they're eating dirt. Oh, they're eating dirt in that episode? I missed out because I saw them eating worms. Yeah, they did not see that. Worms. Oh, they did.

Okay. And then he cut his foot while he was trying to catch a fish. What? Oh, no. Yeah, she had to fix it. Do you know how you fix a foot that you get cut on in it? How do you fix it? Well, I mean, you get naked and no, don't.

I'm not, I'm going to stop. Just don't know. So, anyway, Jeff Prost doing a stupid interview. This whole story. He's 58 now. And, I mean, 20 years. I mean, the guy's made a fortune on the stupid show.

Good for him. I mean, bless his heart. It's like the other one. Who among us wouldn't want to be Jeff Prost right now? That's what I thought. Everyone. He's like the other guy that does the other reality TV show where you run around the world.

Yes. You don't say no to those gigs. No, you don't. You don't say no to those gigs. Those gigs are tremendous. So apparently, He has had a memory issue. Well, you know, when you eat worms and dirt,

the parasites can get to your brain. So he suffered, and he's telling the story about suffering from amnesia, which he claims was temporary and left him with no memory of anything. Yes, of the people watching live on the podcast. You can see on the camera, Chris has his hand up, which, by the way, I thought we had. had, we had made clear in a previous podcast that that needs to happen more than it has. I'll tell you that.

But that needs to happen every time you, you have a comment or want to speak. Yeah, I do, I do. He said he had no memories of anything. That's correct. I feel like he's about to, some news are about to come out of like a Me Too thing. And I don't know anything about this. I didn't even search any. But I feel like we're about to hit a crossroad of Me Too slash Harvey Weinstein.

Funny, he doesn't mention any of that in this story. Okay. This was just an interview. Off the cuff interview. Okay. Off the cuff interview. With Kelly and Ryan saying, hey, I have temporary memory loss. Which I thought was fascinating.

It's called, he's even backed it up. Oh, he has doctors. Got it. He suffered from a rare phenomenon. And that is what? transient global amnesia transient global amnesia amnesia

during which sufferers temporarily become disoriented about where they are and can't form new memories I know Jeffie you tell me that this is going to be a sad story

because if he's suffering from Transient Global Amnesia this is super I'm curious. Yeah, I know. And I feel like, you know, whoever he touched during season 28, 30, 32, and 38, that never happened. So, he just bring the music down a little because he was trying to book a trip for himself

and his wife. And he couldn't remember his wife's birthday. Oh, no. Oh, no. He said he suddenly had no memory of what day it was where his wife and where his, where were what she was doing. Oh my God. Do you remember the anniversary date? No.

No. He didn't even remember his kids. Oh my gosh, yes, kids. He was You even know the destination? He was Something was wrong when he was booking the plane and he couldn't remember his wife's name or his kids and then he's not able to fill in one of the fields

on the form. Oh! I hate me that happens. Don't cry. It's okay. While on the phone with his wife I think he's fine. He started to forget other details. Oh, no.

Do you forget his birthday and his social security number? The kids' names. He said as the day went on, he had zero recollection of anything happening to me. Wow. I didn't even know who I was or where I was. And that's when I touched 53 women, allegedly. I even wrote on my laptop. Oh, no.

So this is proof. So this is diary? This is there's diary here. I wrote on my laptop. Dear diary. I wrote a note that said, Dear Me Too. No, it doesn't...

Dear Alex. Dear hashtag Me Too. No, it doesn't say this. Oh no. This says, uh, for our records. I have no idea why I'm wearing these clothes. Oh no. I have no idea where our kids are.

Oh no. I have no idea what day it is. Oh my God. I have no idea why I'm writing this. What? Then a little later. Uh-oh, here we go. He types,

I just read this. I have no memory of writing it. He claims that the episode lasted for about three hours. Wow. And that's when he booked an appointment for a neurosurgeon. And that's when he diagnosed with... While he was in the hospital on his way to get the MRI. Uh-huh.

He forgot where he was. The memory came back. The memory came back. He remembered everything. It all came back. Everything came back? I hit the elevator belt to go up and get the MRI. Your memory is back.

I remember everything. I remember it. I'll accept for what happened in the time that I didn't remember everything. Oh, no. My wife's name. Everything came back. The birthdays, it's all back. It's all back.

So that's when the doctor said, you know, Jeff. Yeah, what's up, doctor? You have a condition. known as Transient Global Amnesia. And what do I get, Doc? T-G-I-A. You get an excuse to get you off of the Me Too case that's coming down the pipeline.

That's what you get, Jeff. Come over here. Sit out. I'm sorry, but that's exactly what it is. Fishing and two eyes. According to the doctors, okay. It's most common among people age 50.

It's only temporary. and you suffer memory loss, but it comes back in a few hours. Now, TGA, and you know TGA is transient global amnesia. Some people think that there's a link to a history of migraines or the overfilling of veins with blood due to blockage, and I'm sure that maybe that is a problem during the amnesia time of blood overfilling to the veins. you know what happens when blood overfills in veins

I'll let you think about that for a second then that's what you know you get back to the Me Too movement so it occurs with blood overfilling veins it occurs in five with blood overfilling veins it occurs in about

five per 100,000 people a year wow now that seems to me. Too high? That's a lot for of not hearing about this before. You know, I haven't heard of transient global amnesia before. And five out of every 100,000 people are getting this? Huh.

Okay. Pro says he's 100% fine now. And that health scares appears to have been a one-off. And it hasn't occurred since. But you just don't know when transient global amnesia is going to hit. You know, we don't know if it's caused by blood overfilling veins or not. And, you know, to quote one of the greatest president of all time. It was all motion.

Yes, that still holds true. It held true yesterday. It holds true today. Yes, it does. There's no question about that. say that it does it has a me too feeling bro it does have a

me too feeling yes it does I was like okay well I guess I'm going to write down me too movement because there's no way you out of the blue go to Kelly well you're on Kelly and Ryan and you just you know you're talking and one thing leads to another and it's just a relaxed environment

and Kelly and Ryan and that's when you feel to give the world your first excuse a of TGA, aka Transiate Global Amnesia. Yeah, you're relaxed. You're there to promote the show. Yes, yes.

The 40th season. Kelly and Ryan make you feel so comfortable. Oh, they do? I've never been on their show. No, I have not. But as a viewer, you can see. As a viewer, you know that. You see the atmosphere of like relaxation.

The camaraderie between those two. It just makes you feel like the friends. I can understand how I, you know, if I were in Jeff's place, one time or another, you'd sit down in those really comfortable chairs that they have you sit in. Yeah, it's a cool studio. Those directors chairs that are so comfortable. Absolutely.

I don't know if you ever sat in them. Oh, I have. I have like three of them at the house. They are so comfortable. Like, that's what I used to eat because they're so comfortable. Thank you. And so you can well understand why someone would just, oh, you know what just happened? What just happened, Jeff?

I was just diagnosed with TGA. What is TGA? Yeah, well, transient global amnesia. And what happens when you have TGA? forget everything for a brief amount of time. But then it all comes back. Oh, it comes back. It all comes back.

So it's only temporarily. There's no, there's no medicine, there's no cure because it's just, it just goes away and then it just comes back. Do we do like a telethon, you know, and raise money for this new form of amnesia? We may. Oh, we may. We may have to. But if news comes, I swear.

I know for sure. I swear. I know Fisher. It's so. I'm literally putting this on the books. I'm putting this on the same page. I'm putting this on the same exact page with this story. This is literally the defense of something.

It doesn't have to be me too, but something happened on this season of Survivor. And something happened in Las Vegas, the city that, you know, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, unless you're Jeff Pro is worth millions of dollars and a host of a show that's been on a thousand years. No, it's 100 years.

Oh, yeah, 100 years,000 episodes. or seasons or whatever. I know it's 20 years and 40 seasons. Shut up. But the point is. That something's coming down the pipeline. Yes. And he's getting...

Good for him. Good for him. It's a good move. It beats Kevin Spacey. Okay, I'm gay. Absolutely. Yeah, he learned from Kevin Spacey. I can't say I'm gay.

I can't say I'm gay. Which, by the way. Did you see who grabbed a page out of the Kevin Spacey, I'm gay? Did you see that story? Oh. It was that chick, that Asian chick. You know her name, you know, Jamela Jamil. I love Jamela.

From the Good Place. Yes. Oh, speaking of the Good Place. What happened? We're going to get, just remind me. We're going to talk about the good place. Like I said about the Ambassador Brock. Are you going to talk about that today?

Yes. Okay. I'm getting to it. Okay. So this is going to wrap it up. It's Friday. It's Fat Pile Friday. We're getting to it. And I'm sorry if I'm saying her name.

This is a chick. that said she loves abortions, which she kid kids. This is her. Agonizing. And this again is tied in with Kevin Spacey saying I'm gay, which didn't work, by the way. Although Kevin got out. No, it didn't work. It worked.

And he did get off. Because... Don't give yourself a rim shot. Anyway. Rim shots are mine. So she, yesterday, HBO Max announced a new competition show. called Legendary. Oh, wow.

And they announced her as the MC. Oh, okay, good. But we have a problem. Good for her because she's got Good Place just wrapped up. She's probably broke now, living on the streets. And in HBO Max is the new... Because a good place wasn't out long enough for any of them to make any cash. No, that's not going to syndicate it either.

No one's going to replay those. I'm sorry. Yeah, you're never going to... No. How many seasons was it? Four. Was it only four? Yeah.

Really? Yeah. They usually milk those for longer. Well, the problem was that after season two, they lost... A writer either died or they got fired because somehow they lost track of what the whole purpose was. I was forced to watch that show. My wife was a fan and I was forced to watch it. I was a fan too.

And so I've seen many episodes. I can't say that I've seen them all. But I did catch the final episode of The Good Place. The wrap-up show where they wrapped it all up and everybody went away. and except for the, except for what happened afterward and we'll talk about that moment. Okay, but as soon as it was announced,

Jamil faced criticism for taking this role because it's about LGBTQ subculture. Oh my gosh, that's what the show legendary is about? Yes, yes. It's called New Vogue in competition show legendary. Ooh, I actually might watch. So the actor, no, you will like it. You will like it.

Because when I read the reviews, I'm like, it has Jeffrey all over because Jeffrey is, It's fashion. Thank you. The actor clarified that she's the only judge on the show, but she released a statement identifying herself as a queer. So I'm good for the part. You can't get, I'm okay for the role.

You know, it's a long- I don't advertise me being part of the LGBTQ community. No. But because I'm queer, get off me. Yeah. And, you know, she went through this three-pages. I'm not going to read the whole page. Oh, no, we can't take that.

But I'm just going to read the title and maybe one sentence of her coming out as a queer. Okay. So she can be the J-Mille J-squared. Yep. So that she can be the MC of the new HBO Max Vogue in competition show, legendary. With the title, Twitter is brutal, period. This is why I've never officially came out of square. I added a rainbow to my name.

Oh, that's why. That's why she didn't come out. Can you stop judging her? Like, I literally just read the first sentence. This is why I never officially came out as queer. I added a rainbow to my name when I felt ready a few years ago, as it's not easy within the South Asian community to be accepted. And I've always answered honestly, if ever straight up asked about it on Twitter.

Have you? Have you ever? Have she? Have you ever asked her? Is she a queer? No. Okay, then. Go ahead.

But I kept it low because I was scared of the pain of being accused of performative bandwagon jumping. You can understand that. Over something that caused me a lot of confusion, fear and turmoil. When I was a kid, I didn't come out from the family. I thought we were just going to read a little bit of this. Yeah, but now I'm into it, though. All right. Okay.

I didn't come out from a family with any. openly out, it's also scary as the actor to openly meet your sexuality, especially when you were already a brown female with in your 30s. Oh, shut. I stop. We're not reading anymore from Jamil to Meal. I can't. Jamil Square.

But this is, yes, J squared. But I can't. Jay squared from the good place. But I, good for her. She took that, she saw Harvey Weinstein. Now it's a little bit different than the Kevin Spacey story. I mean, Kevin Spacey's sorry. is using the hey.

I'm a queer. Leave me alone. I'm still, I'm going to work, okay, I'm fine. And that's exactly why HBO Max and a legendary

gave me the job. So anyway, we were talking about the good place, the TV show, which ended. And I thought it was on actually longer than that. So it was four seasons.

And it was kind of an agonizing show to me. But, you know, I really was forced to watch it from time to time. And I don't mind what's her face and what's his face in the show. I mean, they're fine. And some of the other characters were okay. They were good characters.

It was a good cast. And I really didn't mind that, you know, I never asked if J squared was queer. So that's why she was in the good place. It wasn't a shock to me that she was. But, I mean, I just. Which, by the way, before we move on, when you look at her, do you see Asian? Because I don't see Asian. Oh, man.

What do you see racist? I see Brown. Okay. So the big thing about that to me was that after the last show, they aired a finale show with all the characters with Seth Myers hosting it. They had them all in the round and they talked about what a wonderful show it was and how much what a cast and how much the cast and how much the, They all loved each other and what a beautiful thing it was. And it was, I was, that's what made me think that the show was on longer than four seasons. So they did a reunion of a show that was on for four years.

Oh, that's incredible. I'm sorry, four seasons. Four seasons. Sorry. Four seasons. And I was, and I was forced to watch the entire episode. Oh, yeah, you were forced to watch that reunion? I sat there.

Yes, I was forced to watch it. I sat on the dining room, but my wife and my daughter had it on. And I couldn't walk away. You couldn't walk away? I could not. No, you have to be pretty big. Right. No.

You know, the trailer has like another wing on the other side. It does? Yes. Can I get to that from the dining room? I believe so. I believe so. But if you cut through your server's stairs and go through the main stairs. I don't use those stairs.

I know you don't. That's not you don't. Those are the servers, yeah. So you go through your servers. Actually, you could have gone through your server's door. and then come to the front, you'd be on the other wing of your trailer. Huh.

Weird how that works. But I just couldn't believe that they had this. Yeah, that's weird. That is really weird. At the end. It was just really strange. Because it wasn't a show that was literally changing TV history or something. That is weird.

I wonder why. I got not to go watch it. So I'm really curious to see why did they have a reunion. And with Seth Myers. I mean, maybe Seth was a big fan and he was like, hey, let's do it. And they were like, okay. Yeah, I guess if it's more money, you know,

and bring more attention to HBO Max, legendary. All right. Yeah. You see also, you know, yesterday we talked a little bit about Jay-Z, telling us why we can't be mad at him. No, no. He's fake. No, we didn't talk about a fake excuse.

We talked about his excuse for sitting down. Yeah, that was fake because he got some backlash. Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry, I don't have producer ears like he does, and I don't know. Right. You know, Jeffrey, you are the closest thing I know to what a JC is in the music industry. Short of a little cash. Yeah.

When you go to big events, are you lost? Well, if I was part of it. If I was part of it. Oh, yeah, if you were part of it. Like I've been a part of some big events that Glenn has put on here at the moon. When you were part of man in the moon and they did the national anthem. Yeah. Will you focus on the cameras?

No, I sat. We were sitting in the back. Uh-huh. And I was like, oh my gosh. and I wanted to sit and I made sure that, just like Jay-Z, you don't stand for that. You sit. You don't know.

You sit. You sit. You sit. And the transitions are going. What's good is that if I remember right, and I didn't talk about this yesterday, but if I remember right, that picture, Jay-Z has people in front of him standing up. It does. It does.

I realize that I'm sure the screens up above in the box that he's in, because Jay-Z isn't sitting with the unwashed masses. Oh, no, no. He has a personal box. He's in the box. So the people in front of him were standing. up. So while he was, he couldn't see the field and the actual presentation going on sitting there, but he could look up at the screens and see the production. Because that was what his

company was. Just agonizing. But I didn't realize that they also, in Miami, we missed it. We got to ask Stu if he went. I didn't know that this went on, the stripper bowl in Miami. And some of the footage of that after the stripper bowl, The stage is filled with cash. It is incredible. Ankle high. Ankle high bills. I mean, oh no, nobody goes to the stripper bowls.

That place had to have been packed. It must have been raining cash, man. Just raining cash. The footage from the shade room is incredible with the cash. Dude, that's insane. I know. And they were whining that's a insane. The strippers didn't get enough money out of the deal.

But that is, oh my gosh. Yes, there are all ones, but you add all those ones up. You're putting someone through college because that's what we all know that strippers do. And the strippers go there to, you know. Right. You know. Earn money to help their children. Yeah.

No, they're college adventures. Not their children's adventures. Oh, okay. They're their college. They're college, yes. So they were pissed that they didn't make enough money and that was the deal. So the people that put it on were apologizing. and trying to make a big deal out of, you know,

hey, we don't control or make the rules for how many girls dance or how they split the pay. Next time we'll do better. Oh, oh, okay. No problem. Which, by the way, I'm looking at the picture on the right side, on the second level, there's a lot more money there. Do they count those two?

Yeah. I mean, it would have to have been raining cash. I feel like, okay, maybe on the bottom, okay, you did not make what you were hoping to make. but on the little second level, it looks just another ankle high dollar bills. I see like a $100 bill sticking on the side, so make sure you get all the cushions out.

So the creators, maybe not the dancers and the performers made the extra cash, but the creators and the owner of the club did okay. Oh, absolutely. With Stripper Bowl from Super Bowl Live. And I'm sure Super Bowl Live doesn't want to have anything to do with Stripper Bowl. But I'm sorry, by the way, all those drinks that were.

were there, they were all well drinks. Oh, yeah. Do you think they cracked the top shelf for you guys? In your private booth they did. Oh yeah, of course. You know, after a thousand dollar minimum order, about the top shelf, we water down half of it. Speaking of a stripper bowl, too, I saw where Tinder made $1.2 billion in 2019.

They had a pretty good year. So congratulations to Tinder, by the way. And as long as we're on 10, we can talk about Porn Hub is now putting on their own little fashion week at New York Fashion Week. The Pornhub stars are going to walk the runway this year at Fashion Week. So that's good stuff. Congratulations. That should be fun.

I broke the case. What happened with the money? I'm really here at... I broke the case. I broke the case. Okay. At Cash a Viipool Party, he posted a video of what it looked like, all the money and the And then a part two of that video is him in the vehicle saying,

look at my money. I got all my money back and I got even more back. It was all up on his crotch, his shoes. Look at that. I ain't no bitch. I got my money back. I got my money back. Oh my gosh.

That's embarrassing. Just embarrassing. We could run Stripper Bowl so much better than that. Absolutely. We make sure that the performers are paid their worth. And we can make sure that the club has got their money and their profit back and that we come out ahead as well. I mean, maybe we just need to run Stripper Bowl next year for Super Bowl live to whatever that number is. All right, let's go to the break room, get a drink of Coca-Cola zero sugar.

Oh my gosh. And it is, oh, so good. So you hooked on again. You hooked. You're back. Yeah. You get you. Yeah.

I'm glad that you hooked on this, then you're on the cigarette. I thought cigarette was going to, like, honestly, I thought you were not going to last. Because ever since I've known you, you smoked. I know. I miss smoking. So honestly, I still do. It's been over a year. It's been over a year.

It's been over a year. So I honestly thought. I'm considered a non-smoker. I still chewed some nicotine gum. You are a non-smoker, though. I mean, yeah. Yeah, you are a non-smoker, yeah. But I miss it still.

Good job, dude. I'm a proud of you. I mean, it's, I see people smoking, and I know I'm supposed to go. Do you get the jitters? Ooh, yucky, but. No, shut up. It's not yucky. I don't get jitters.

It's just like. Now, do you feel that if me and you go to like a hookah bar and do some hookah, do you feel like, you know, that counts of smoking because you don't inhale the hookah just let it flavor and then just blow it out and it's not really going into your lungs so i'm just saying it's difficult for me okay i'd go ahead get the rim shot ready for this on it just so you have it ready okay uh because this is where it's this is going to lead me to a rim shot i'm sure of it as i think of it in my head already uh it's difficult for me and many people to put something

in their mouth and not swallow or inhale. And now to today's headlines. Because you're not supposed to smoke cigars and try to use cigars as a smoking substitute if you're a smoker because you end up inhaling them. Yes. And so, you know, even Cigar Dave, the general has often said, if you're trying to quit smoking, quit smoking. Don't use cigars for that.

for at least a year. I can start smoking cigars now. Wait for at least a year because you're not supposed to inhale. I still would have a difficult time with that. I know that about myself. That if I... Because you want to.

Yes. If I put something lit in my... Between my lips, I'm going to inhale it. Yeah. It's just the way it is. Thank you. How long were you smoking? Like, seriously.

Like, how long time? Like, more than 30? A long time. More than 40? Long time. More than 50? A long time I stopped by 50

Because there's no way you'll do than 50 A long time 60 A long time Okay I'll stop Because then I'm like Just know that I was I was

When did you start? I was 18 No 15 It was before my father died My father died when I was 14 Okay

So 12 Okay 12 or 13 Something like that Oh yes Yes Because you did talk about Yes.

Yeah, you did talk about that. Yes. I mean, my grandfather, I mean, I was always around my grandfather for a lot of my younger years and he smoked forever. You know, I mean, I was, I was always like, I'm going to smoke so long. Yeah. And plus it was the old days, too. It was okay for a kid. Yeah, it was okay for a kid to smoke.

Oh. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. It's the old days. Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Nobody. Hey, Johnny, what's your cigarette? I don't know one. Excuse me? Ha. You better get here. And we'd get together with, at that time, back in the old days.

Back in partner. We had, you know, we always had these giant family get-together. That's what I'm saying. And, you know, the families were all there. So all the cousins would be outback smoking. Yeah. You're okay. You're out-back smoking because all the old folks are in playing cards and drinking beer and smoking.

We get to smoke, too, damn it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. And then I remember I told you that I made a, I made cash. Sailing the old cigarettes. Well, I didn't sell the old cigarettes.

We smoked those, but we sold the pornography magazines. The pornography magazines from the back of the cash, yeah. To buy cigarettes. Well, there was also old, outdated cigarettes in the trash, too, with the porn. So, I mean, we were getting boring bags and outdated cigarettes. Is that a... Cigarettes do have expiration date? Yeah.

Okay. I feel like in today's world, they're not going to be thrown away on the dumpster out behind Walmart. Oh, they're a package in it. Yeah. Oh, they're sending back in the... to Marlboro to get refunds. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. So, you know, the kids today aren't as lucky. When you were buying cigarettes, were you buying by the curtains or like, like the big package or like singles? Whatever we had. They were throwing away cartons. No, no, no. As an adult.

Oh. When you went to like. Yeah, usually cartons. So you bought the whole like $50 thing. Well, 10, 10 packs, whatever it costs. Yeah. But I mean, you like to, when you can, you go to the Indian reservation. should get the cheaper packs.

A lot of cheaper on the old Indian reservation. There's one in here? It's just across the border in Oklahoma. Wow, you drove to Oklahoma. It's just a zip across the border. It's like a four-hour drive. No, it's not. Not from where I live.

From where I live, it's just right there. This is what? I walk out my backyard. I'm in Oklahoma. Oh, there's the Indian reservation. So I'm looking at this stack. of stuff here on Fat Pile Friday. I mean, there's, I don't know where

to begin. An armed robber busted after bank tellers recognize her as a former client. That's just stupid. If you're going to rob the bank. Go to a new one. Or I don't know, wear a mask. Oh, that too. Yeah, that too. Maybe they recognized her limp or something.

I probably should read the story. The lady had a limp and they knew it was her. Mary? Is that you? She walked it, right. She walked into the bank. demanded money from the teller. She was given an undetermined amount of money and a die pack. You never take the... You never take the packs.

That's just dumb. The employees of the bank remember her as a one-time client. How did they remember she had to take a limp? When police got to the bank, they obtained her address and went to her house. They found the money she had taken along with the die pack. Here's the thing. You don't go to your home after you were robbed. You go to Oklahoma.

Get those cigarettes. A, you get rid of the night pack. What are you doing? Yeah. You never take the hard pack. Must be a newbie. Well, you know, she had a limp, so she took what she could do. It must be a non-shoeing the fat listener because she knows.

Right. If she listens to the product, she knows how to, I mean, she doesn't know how to do it. Millennials say being a plant parent is harder than they expected. I love that story. Are you kidding me? I love that story. Seven and ten millennials consider themselves plant. Parents. If you find yourself struggling to be a plant parent in life, you should subscribe to

chewing the fat. Subscribe to chewing the fat. Use iTunes. Use Stitcher, Spotify. Use Google Podcasts. And we here at Chewing the Fat will help you through the struggles of being a plant parent. I think the rule number one of being a good plant parent is to play chewing the fat for your plants. Amen. I think that's like the rule number one. It will help them grow. We found out that plants do have, we know that plants do have day and nighttime preferences. Recognition, yeah.

So, you know, it's good. We also knew that they like to be talked to, which is what chewing the fat is. They like, we're here for you. We'll help them grow. Jeffrey, you work your tongue to the bone. make that podcast be part of your plant life. Thank you. Thank you.

You know, not only are we here to help you raise your human children. We're here to help you raise your plants. And, I mean, you're welcome. Download and subscribe to more content at the blaze.com slash podcasts. I can't stop looking at this plant parent story 7 and 10 while millennials demand for house plants is high

Jeffrey how many times have you moving to your house and be like we need some plants here You know a number of times Oh you have? A number of times I too recognize the difficulty Of being a plant parent

See the only reason why I have plants in my house Is because of animals that if you have certain plants, you don't have to feed them. Well, it's also better for your house to have, it creates oxygen and it helps you breathe better in your house. It's good for you. And they're nice, they're pretty.

I mean, we have plants. I have plants everywhere. I know you do, but they're fake. Because I helped you move them in there. Seven and ten millennials are plant parents. Can we stop with the plant parent? The average plant parent has killed seven plants they've brought into their home. Well, that's what happens.

Sometimes you forget to. water. 47% are apprehensive to own plants because they don't know how to take care of them. Jeffrey, it's very difficult to take care of a plant. You know, you have to walk it. You have to dress it. But you don't. No, you don't have to do that to a plant.

You have to take it to the bathroom. Yeah, you don't. You have to feed it. You have to nurture it. It cries at night. 81% say adding plants to their space has had a positive effect on their mental and physical health. That I believe.

That's true. Absolutely sure. Top five reasons why millennials own house plants. Plants. What's the difference between a house plant and an outside plant? One is inside the house and one is outside the house. I mean, you're not that dumb, are you? But I feel like they're making this sound like this is a domesticated plants.

Some plants do better inside. Okay. Inside a structure. Other plants do better outside where they get direct sunlight. and they get air and weather changes. And water. But others do better inside. Inside.

Okay. Thank you for. Those are the ones that would be considered house plants. House plants. Got it. Plants complement their overall home decor aesthetic. 50% of the people. Absolutely.

48% they improve air quality, which is both in them. You talked about that. 47%. Plants are trendy. Just want people to know. 45% plants are. peaceful and calming. I'll give you that.

Yeah, something to look at and something to talk to. Unless you have to worry about, you know, you don't know how to take care of them. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They're not peaceful and calming. They're not peaceful. It's a stress. It's a trigger. Right.

39% say plants make their space look beautiful. Oh, yeah, I can see that. Yeah, they sure do. But 22% are apprehensive about owning a plant. Because. They've accidentally killed one before. Oh, no. Jeffrey, how many plants have you killed?

More than one. So you don't have a green thumb. More than one. No, I do have a green thumb. Oh, you do have a green thumb. You can have a green thumb. And still kill plants. And still kill some.

You learn. Ooh, the last time I had this kind of plant, I didn't water it enough. Oh, the last time I had this kind of plant, I watered it too much. Wait, is that that simple? Oh, the last time I had this kind of plant, I didn't trim it right. Oh, the last time I had this kind of plant, I hung it outside. It's an indoor plant. I mean, yeah, you kill them.

That's what happens. You know what? Failing is a part of succeeding. You can quote me on that. Can I quote you on that? By the way, that's a great story. That's a great story. Ridiculous.

Ridiculous. All right. We have to talk about... Ambassador Brock, yeah? Ambassador Brock in Africa has emailed us. Do it. Is there nothing else to do in Africa? He emailed us the address.

He sent a picture of he and his family. Oh, there is. Beautiful picture. Did you send me this? He was, well, it was, you know, if that's what I forwarded you, yes, I forwarded you. He also commented on some of our comments. Oh, God. He's a little upset about it.

Because I know I didn't mess up. I said Swaziland, but it's not Swaziland. Well, it's formerly. Formerly Swaziland. But he is our proud African ambassador. Notice we didn't give him just formerly country Swaziland. We gave him the continent. And that was a decision that we went back and forth.

I know. And I'm rethinking that now. Because we gave it to Gary. We gave Gary England. England. Gary has England. We didn't give him Europe. Because he said no to the UK.

He was pissed to the UK. Yeah, he was like... He might have accepted Europe. I think so too. He may have accepted if we gave him Europe. But we just, you know, England. And he's like, no, I don't want that. He doesn't want anything to do with the UK.

Well, he was for Brexit. And he's England proud. Okay, so fine. So Gary said that in regards to Mike's email, remember we gave him a hard time about how he had. said usually listens to every episode. And then another listener got upset and started crying. So Gary, who wants to be our Yupor ambassador.

It's tabled. Yes, he wants to be our Yupor ambassador. He was saying that he listens to all episodes, not usually. Mike said, let me, in parentheses, ask kissingly, fix the issue at hand. He's a little upset. He is upset. I actually, in capital letters, never missed. an episode of CTF,

even the Saturday American Dream and talking walking dead. But I just put usually to not be such an ass kisser. And I appreciate that from our African ambassador. So Mike can chill, I mean... By the way. Our man Brock is a little pissed.

You mean Ambassador Rock. I'm Brasseter Brock. A little upset. Well, he should be. A little upset. He got challenged for his ambassadorship. I'll be pissed too. So as far as whom do I represent here in Eswatini, that's the name of

formerly Swaziland, God or CTF? God. Can I just say, Jeffrey, I take my ambassadorship of CTF very seriously. I won't let you down. That really, I think he does mean God first. I think he does mean God first. Which is good for

him. That's how it should be. No, no, eh. No eh. We're going to respect the ambassador's way of thinking. And for him God comes first then CTF then his family I feel like that's a pretty good sandwich there

right in the middle where that the Oreo filling is we are the Oreo filling I'm okay with that he talks about the packages we talked about mailing issues we had inside information that it was very difficult if you want to send a shirt you have to send

10 shirts multiple shirts and it hopes that one gets through without it getting stolen without it getting shipped to another country Or like the orangutan just took it from the mail. According to Ambassador Brock, there are some postal issues. Oh, oh no. With packages getting sent out. Loss or theft.

He claims that when the country was called Swaziland, many times, and he's blaming this on the USPS, which kind of pisses me off. Wait. I thought that USPS was only for the United States. He claims that the USPS would send out packages that his. parents would mail. He has parents living here in the States. His parents would mail them packages.

I'd like to know what his parents are sending him. Kind of packages. Cookies, Oreos. Yeah, okay. I'm sure that's what they are. But the USPS would send them to Switzerland instead of Swaziland. I can see that confusion. Because Switzerland, Swaziland.

They couldn't know. Nobody's sending anything to Swaziland. And by the way, when you say, Swaziland do you feel like you actually say in a country? No. So because of the cost of packages coming from the USA and the Swazi post office issues, he let his PO box number go. Oh no. So you aren't going to be able to send your stuff. Okay. However. Oh, crap. Oh no. You're going to bug me that. Just for CTF. Oh no. I went back to the post office. And he renewed his stupid. I paid the renewal.

Damn it. And he sent the address. So, we'll take a shot. I will say, for the ambassador, we have to try. We have to try to get a package through for the ambassador. Now, my next question is, does our Blaze Media Shop shipped ships to outside the continent? They have to. What are you talking about?

You can order anything you want online. You can order anything you want. if they that has to happen if not perhaps a producer for a program would have to mail it out

I think so we need to get in contact with that producer because I feel like yes that producer needs to Does it make that happen? Yeah what size did he put a size He did Oh he did it

and if you look at the picture of the family you wouldn't ask that question you would say oh it's Jeffie size Oh, a Jeffie size Because we do have that option He did give you an out For the Jeffie size

He did He said a smaller one And the wife can wear it Oh, okay Okay So if I order a Cush Cruz size The wife can wear it Right

If I order Jeffey size However he is the ambassador Not the wife No no no no Oh no no The wife wants one She can order one Yeah it's $30 plus ship

And handling and taxes We'll make sure it gets to Swaziland Or he's Swatini Or whatever the hell Does to buy one for the kids, too. So I see two kids in this picture.

Yeah. No, they are not. Oh, no. They're just influencers. Okay. They're influencers. And we thank them for their influencing, but they're not the ambassador. One last thing before we leave on Fat Pile Friday and head into the weekend.

Thank you for subscribing to Chewing the Fat. Tell your friends. Tell your neighbors. We appreciate you being influencers. And we also, you know, if you want to email the Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com, and request the possibility of you becoming an ambassador to the show, do so. Your requests will be looked at and will be talked about as they arrive. But the last thing I wanted to talk about, we've talked multiple times about the Madonna vacation that she's on,

and every so often during the vacation, she decides to perform. There's been plenty of times during this vacation when she was supposed to perform and decided, no, I can't. I've got rehab six hours a day. My knees hurt. My back hurts. I just can't. So she cancels those shows.

And there are smaller audiences as an intimate vacation tour. But she actually showed up for a show in London at the Palladium earlier this week. and they reminded her that, hey, Madge, we shut down at 11. Okay, so make sure you're wrapping up the old Madge show at 11. So at 1105, she's still going. And someone hits the switch of the fire curtain. and it stopped halfway down so fortunately no one was hurt

but now the things that they're trying to cancel my show or carry my show you should have been done at 11 match okay told you right maybe you show up on time but definitely mistakes were made but not by her though you know mistakes remain thank you not by her thank you

she's the artist here she's the one creating art Thank you. And you can censor art, a.k. But you can censor the show. You can say, we're not censoring your art.

You censoring. So as that freaking curing. We're not censoring your art. We're saying 11 o'clock. We're shutting this thing down. Now, was this 11 o'clock their time or 11 o'clock her time? Oh, right. Because my 11 o'clock is very different than you're 11 o'clock.

Well, if you're performing in a country. Okay. You're performing on their time. Body clock time doesn't count. Okay, I'll let that one slide, but I'm the artist. I'm the one that call the shots here. I'm the one coming to a different country to perform my songs that I created. So, I mean, really, the plaintiff is just, they are, they are curtailing talent.

They're shutting down talent. They're shutting down the show. And it's their fault. And even though they have a strict curfew. And she's in the middle of, you know, wrapping up the show. She claims the show was, you know, had a few more minutes left. But it's already past the shutdown time. By the way, I feel the pain of those people that work there.

I know. I work for a host that, you know, when I tell them, hey, Jeff, you have eight minutes left on the segments. Wait. He goes for like nine. And like I tell him, I will shut you down if you pass eight minutes. minutes so I could see you know once again this show is like mimicking life because when I say Jeffrey eight minutes it usually ends up to be 15 minutes and then backs you know behind the scenes

I'm after like oh cut this out cut this out cut this a cat this a cut this oh Christmas you know there's a lot of dead air in there you know just just in it up you know so I guess I can see where they're coming from I'm going to see where she's coming from I'm more on their side like if are you if this Because I'm telling you right now, Madonna is right. And those bastards are trying to cut her off. And there should be no curfew on Madonna. She can go as long as she wants. Sure.

Sure, the residence has a curfew in the city and everything. Don't they know who the talent is?