Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 429 | A Deal Is Reached, the Emmys and the New Mafia Testifies

Episode Date: July 29, 2020

Warning! Schoolgirls from India have discovered an asteroid heading toward Earth  open music AMC and Universal reach a deal to bring movies to homes earlier ( AMC should have used me to negotiate the deal ) Artists demand end to unauthorized political use of music. Electric Moped Service REVEL temporarily shutting down in NYC Bankruptcies are booming but a ways to go to set a record  BREAKROOM*** The Heads of the four families testify today…All about antitrust, could be interesting… McKenzie Scott formally Bezos is giving away money, for good of course… Emmy nominations are out…reason to subscribe PODCAST*** Email your screams to chewing the fat at the blaze dot com [e-mail] request from an email to promote a youtube channel … no way … not mentioning Eyes to Inspire with Geoff Prince on youtube Can’t see doing that… I have my own youtube channel to promote Solar Power and Heroin in Afghanistan. This Week Sponsor: Get your life back with Relief Factor and its 3-Week Quick Start for only $19.95. If you are in pain, what have you got to lose? Go to https://www.relieffactor.com Subscribe on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All right, this is a warning that, well, it's just a warning. Two schoolgirls from India have discovered an asteroid, which is slowly shifting its orbit and moving toward Earth. Now, congratulations to the two schoolgirls. Radhika Lakhani, and Vadia Vicaria, I guess that's right, it'll have to do. I apologize if it's incorrect. Now, they have discovered this asteroid, which on a project from school, they're both in 10th grade,

that their project, now they get to name it, and they've chosen, I mean, rolls right off the tongue. HLV-2514. You think of discovering a new asteroid and naming it. Boy, and say, what do you want to name it? Well, HLV-2514. Oh, okay. That sounds great.

So anyway, they discovered this asteroid, HLV-2514. And they have warned us that it's right now currently close to the orbit of Mars but in one million years it will change its orbit and move closer to Earth now it'll still be at a distance

of more than 10 times the distance which exists between the Earth and the moon but asteroids are to be taken very seriously and this asteroid is changing its orbit it could change again and move you know, five times

the distance between us and the moon. But I'm warning you now there's an asteroid headed toward Earth or moving closer to Earth and we need to be on the lookout

for HLV 2514. Well, well, well, looky here. AMC Theaters

has agreed to a deal with Universal Pictures. Their deal is allowing the studios movies to be made available to U.S. audiences at home after just three weekends

in the theaters. Huh. Boy, AMC should have used me to negotiate their deal because I wanted four weeks. but they went for the three. They are going to receive a portion of the revenue that Universal generates from premium video on demand

during the first weeks the film is offered to at-home viewers. Well, that's weeks. We don't know if that's one week or two weeks, but they didn't disclose any of the other financial deals. Good for AMC, because they know their days are numbered and they're hanging on and getting as much as they can right now, especially during COVID. On top of prior to COVID, this deal was going to happen.

But now with COVID, have a nice day. So we'll see how that works out. I mean, that's a good deal for you and me. Three weeks? Yeah, go ahead. It's all yours, AMC. And then good luck. Good luck hanging on, bringing people into the theaters,

sitting them, you know, social distance apart, and everybody wearing masks and, you know, hosing down the theaters. I mean, it's a rough business to be in. I do. I feel for it. I understand the frustration. So, I mean, they are definitely trying to hang on.

And I get it. And hopefully they're, you know, using, you know, hopefully they're going to make some money. They probably will make some. My deal, I told you, we've talked about it before, would have been sounds a tad bit different than what

they got so their deal is three weeks they get the movie and then in the first weeks doesn't specifically say how long they get a portion of the money that it universal

generates from video on demand and where do they get the portion from all video on demand money or just specific cable companies? Like, I don't know, you know, Comcast, the company that owns Universal. Yeah, that's kind of funny how that works out, isn't it? Yeah, it sure does. So, look, I'm all for it.

No problem. Really, it should be both. And, you know, if you want to go see it on the big screen at the theater, you go right ahead. But, you know, I'm going to watch it at home for, you know, how much ever they're going to charge. And really, they're going to charge less than what I would have charged. So, you know, maybe both of them should have just let me write out a deal. I should have written out a contract and a deal between the movie theaters and the movie, uh, movie generators and then we could have just signed my deal and that could have you know taken my cut

because i would have given them four weeks at the theater not three i would have given them a portion of the first week not the first weeks of the video on demand and then uh then we're done then we're done have a nice day and we'll still you know you can we'll we'll we'll we'll we'll you promotion before, you know, the movie after, well, there's an idea. All right. That's what we'll do. You get it for four weeks, and then we get it to share revenue with you the first week. And after that, it's all ours, but we'll give you a promo that airs, you know, either

at the beginning or the end of the movie, and you're probably going to demand for the beginning. So we'll start with the end. that says, hey, enjoyed this movie at your house? You know, you can enjoy it better at AMC theaters and do a full-blown promo for AMC and get your popcorn and the big screen and we keep everything clean and it's a beautiful place

and why be at home, why be stuck at home when you can come and be stuck with us? Or something like that. It's my own little off-the-top AMC ad. I'm sure they are pretty. appreciate it. But that is great news, because we've been after it for how long? I mean, I want to be able to watch the movies at my house sooner than three, four, five, six months down the road after they've been released.

Let me watch it at my house. Please. Please. And now, I will be able to. Thank you. Now, the one thing we won't be able to do, if the artist, have anything to say about it. You know, and the group

Artist Rights Alliance has anything to say about it. As we won't be able to hear music that we all like at political events. So, all these groups, big name groups,

R.E.M. Rolling Stones, Elton John, dozens of artists have all signed their names and or their band names to a letter that wants to keep politicians off their music. So that's it. We want our music, or they're going to pay for it. And I'm guessing that even if they don't, even if they pay for it, a lot of these artists are going to say no.

Sorry. I know you paid us, but sorry. So, I mean, there are plenty of bands. Plenty of people have signed this letter. Roseanne Cash, I'm told, is the frontrunner on this. She's a, I'm sorry, the frontrunner. Wow. I apologize, Roseanne.

She is a tireless advocate and helped with this letter. As did other members of the artist rights, Alliance Board. REM was the earliest to sign on. Good for them. Now, they've, you know, they began their letter with Dear Campaign Committees. An artist, activists, and citizens, I'm sorry, as artists, activists and citizens, we ask you to pledge that all candidates you support will seek consent from featured recording artists

and songwriters before using their music. in campaign and political settings. Yeah, they don't care if they're getting paid or not. They want to be able to tell you whether or not you can play their music or not. According, you know, we know this is not a new problem. Or a partisan one. Right. Every election cycle brings stories of artists and songwriters frustrated to find their work being used in settings

that suggest endorsement or support of political candidates without their permission or consent. I got news for you. The letter goes out, but I'm pausing for a moment. I got news for you. If I hear a Rolling Stone song, for instance, as an example, at a political event, at any kind of event at all, I am liking to hear the song, but I don't say, oh, that must mean the Rolling Stones believe that this event is great. that this person is wonderful.

I don't think that. Now, maybe that's just me. Maybe that's just me. Now, the legal letter continues on and on and on, and I'll just break it up a little bit for you. The legal risks are clear. Campaign uses of music can violate federal and in some cases state copyrights

in both sound recordings and musical compositions. Depending on the technology used to copy and broadcast these works, multiple exclusive copyrights, including both performance and reproduction, could be infringed in a addition, the users, impact creators, writes of publicity and branding, potentially creating exposure for trademark infringement, the illusion or tarnishment under the Lantham Act. I love the Lanham Act. It's actually the Lanham Act.

It's not the Lanham Act. It's the L-A-N-H-A-M Act. And giving rise to Klanfler false endorsement. No, you know, it doesn't. I'm sorry, you may think that, that, you know, Trump walks out on stage to your song, and now I think that Mick Jackson, Lover loves Donald Trump. I don't think that.

I don't think that at all. You know, I just don't. I'm sorry. It just doesn't happen to me. So the, and they, you know, got their letter down. And of course, that's what they,

you know, even if you pay, right? I mean, for all these reasons, we urge you to establish clear policies requiring campaigns supported by our committees to seek the consent of featured recording artists, songwriters, and copyright owners before publicly using their music in a political or campaign setting. Funding, logistical support, and participation in committee programs, operations events should be contingent on this pledge.

And its term should be clearly stated in writing in your bylaws, operating guidelines, campaign manuals, and where you establish any other relevant rules, requirements, or conditions of support. And they signed the letter sincerely, and it starts with A in alphabetical order with error, with Aerosmith and then we'll just go all the way down here to the Kurt Cobain estate all the way down Lionel Richie Mick Jagger REM train and alphabetical order is that it is that it we stopped at trained okay uh good Stephen Tyler uh even signed this separate from Aerosmith good for him good for him did the Rolling Stones sign this no the Rolling Stones did not sign this but Mick Jagger

And Keith Richards signed it separately, but the Rolling Stones didn't sign the same. Elton John, Elvis Costello, Fall Out Boy, Green Day. Aren't you all just great? You know, good for them. I hope, look, this is what I want. They should be given compensation, rightfully so, the compensation that they're due from whatever industry they're a part of for it playing.

But other than that, that should be it. You know, we have such a hard time here on the Blaze Podcast Network and the Blaze Radio Network because, you know, back in the old days, we used to play music all the time.

And we'd have bids and we'd laugh and we'd listen to music and we'd promote the artists. Nope. Not anymore. because you have to pay big money. Radio stations and corporations pay a lot of money to play songs and play music.

Now, I will say that I'm not sure because what's supposed to happen, like if I'm on a radio station, if I'm doing a radio show, and, oh, let's say, let's use somebody that's on the radio every day. Oh, I know, Gleback. And he's on for Premier Radio Networks. Now, what's supposed to happen

is that while each of these local radio stations that broadcast the show have their own deals with ASCAP and BMI and pay whatever their deal is that they pay, they're still supposed to document it. Like the talk stations pay separately, and the music stations have a lump sum deal with ASCAP and BMI. So if Glenn were to play a song, which he never does anymore,

because it's too expensive. There's a whole bunch of money involved. Then the local radio station would have to write it down as well. So if I've had my song played on Glenn's show, I could get money from him, and then I could go back and see if all these radio stations wrote down that they played it. And if they didn't, I could go after them. And all these radio hosts that play songs,

I mean, it really kind of ticks me off because, you know, it's a hit or miss kind of thing, and a lot of these artists go after shows and stations and particular people just because they don't like them. Well, if I'm paying, you know, so be it. I know Rush had that deal.

It's a big deal with the pretenders and his theme music, and he's paid a fortune. And they were happy to get the money. They were pissed. that it was Rush Limbaugh's music, but, you know, then they, and they got the checks,

and they realized, you know, if we just don't talk about it, then Rush could use it, we'll just get the checks. Huh, that's a strange thing, isn't it? Maybe you just don't say anything and you collect the money? There's a thought.

One company that's not going to be collecting any money in New York right now is the Ravelle. Electric Moped Service. Is it Ravell or Revel? Ravell, the electric moped service. I mean, when you go to New York, you want to hop on a scooter and ride it around the city. Don't you? Yes, you do. Why get in a vehicle that's covered when you can just hop on a scooter?

when you could just hop on a scooter? Well, they're shutting down. Temporarily, of course, in NYC. To review safety protocols. Now, they had another rider who passed away, who died on Tuesday earlier this week, and a couple weeks ago, they had someone else die

while, you know, riding their scooter or not riding their scooter or whatever the case may be. But since launching a couple years ago, They've expanded to Miami, Austin, Oakland, and D.C. And really, I mean, when you want to go to Miami, and you just want to hop on a scooter and ride around in a hundred-degree weather, don't you? Of course you do.

Now, you know, the pandemic gave it a little boost. People didn't want to take public transportation. I don't even know if the public transportation was running, so be able to hop on a scooter at least when you were in the city. But, and they're already facing, you know, a bunch of different laws. suits because of faulty mopeds. You know, it's the allegations, of course. And so now they make everyone watch a safety video.

The bikes are equipped with two helmets, although they don't have a way to enforce. Now, there should be a way to, you know, you can't take the helmet off. They won't start unless you have the helmet off. Of course, you could just leave the helmet there on the sidewalk, but whatever. And then they have,

they make, with their app, they make you have a safety exam, and they've suspended a couple thousand accounts for unsafe behavior. I mean, that's trying to take the bull by the horns a little bit, right? I remember we have the e-scooter problems, and I mean, there's,

there's plenty of issues with the e-scooters and the riding, electric moped services. So we'll see how that works out. Now, in New York, don't forget about, Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero program, which means he wants zero traffic deaths. Really what he's trying to do with Vision Zero is just eliminating, you know, vehicles in Manhattan, and that will be his Vision Zero program.

But 221 people so far have died in traffic crashes last year, and his Vision Zero program has been, you know, been up and running for quite some time. You know, I hope they make it. I hope they do all right. There's bankruptcies. I know the report about bankruptcies is pretty, it sounds worse than it is. We've talked about it. I talked about companies going out of business before, but we're talking about more retailers

have filed for bankruptcy so far this year than in all of 2019, right? And there's stores, you know, closing stores, which is cost. You know a lot of jobs. No question about it. But when you look at the chart, I was looking at a chart of bankruptcies. And from 2007 to today, up to today, to 2020, it's pretty incredible.

So according to this chart, up to today, if you're listing live, the 29th of July 2020 to Chewing the Fat, thank you, by the way. We've had 40. 40 retail bankruptcies. And last year we had a total of 32. A total of 32.

So we're already more than last year, and this year isn't even done. But, but, way back in ancient history, far and a land far, far away. And the year 207. And the year 2008. In the year

2009 328, 4411, 407 retail bankruptcies. Wow. Wow. That, no,

and then it dropped down to, you know, 48, 45, 24, 21, 20, 31, 32, 40, 33, 32, 40. I mean, wow. I mean, you could say, I guess, during the Obama years,

that there weren't that many retail bankruptcies. But you could also say in 0708 and 2009, they all went out of business. So there wasn't any more companies to go out of business. Obviously there was. But not a huge number. Wow. 328 in 2007, 441.

in 2008 and 407 in 2009. Wow. That makes 40 look pretty good, doesn't it? I know it does. I mean, let's go to the break room. That's how good it looks. Let's go to the break room and have a drink of some ice cold refreshments. Oh, that's so good.

Today's the day. We've got the heads of the four families, the new mafia, on a testifying in front of the Judiciary Committee, Judiciary Committee. Judiciary Committee. I can't speak today. Maybe that's every day, Jeff. No, I think it was just today. Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon.

All going to be testifying remotely, of course. So I hope they remember to mute the mic. That'd actually be funny if, you know, one of them didn't and said something really good, but it's not going to happen, right? It just isn't going to happen. Sorry, if it does, someone should be fired. No question. You should have someone there taking care of you.

It's all about antitrust, antitrust. And the relationship with big business, right? So it got its name with the, I'll give you a little history lesson here that I learned as we're reading about antitrust. With the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890. I mean, you knew that, right? Of course you did. It gave politicians the antitrust machetechetti, according to this article. but it wasn't until Teddy Roosevelt took office in 1901 that they actually started doing some

macheteering. Roosevelt's Department of Justice, Roosevelt's Department of Justice brought 44 antitrust suits against different companies, starting with J.P. Morgan's Northern Securities Company, then the U.S. largest railroad monopoly. And then he chopped up standard oil. Then companies started working around the Sherman Act. They created holding companies and mergers and shared leadership and some trust continued sucking up fair competition.

Bastards! That's why in 1914 we needed Congress to enact the Clayton Act, which filled in the cracks from the Sherman Act. And it banned interlocking directorates. They're directorates. Good. Good. And the Federal Trade Commission was also created that year and put in charge of antitrust enforcement. Yeah.

So how about that? So be ready to create some more interesting stuff from these hearings today. But it'll be interesting to see. what they have to say. And one of the heads of the four families, Jeff Bezos from Amazon, he's not really the head. I mean, his family,

his mafia family is pretty strong. I would say that probably the strongest of the mafia family is Google. Sun Jai Picard. But I don't know that,

I don't know that Sunjai holds the power over Bezos. We'll see. And then you have Tim Cook from Affle and Zuckerberg from Facebook. Zuck's on the bottom, right? He just does what he's told. Tim Cook, I think you got Bezos, Cook, Google, Facebook.

Right? I don't know. As far as the pyramid. of power from these new uh these new mafia families which is why uh the head of amazon jeff bezos his wife uh oh i'm sorry former wife uh who is now called a beckenzie scott by the way uh she is having nothing to do with j with bezos right she got her new last name and it was taken from her middle name and she wants nothing to do with Jeff Bezos, you know, except for the money. Other than that, I don't want anything to do with you.

So she has, you remember, she signed the giving pledge, a commitment to donate the majority of her fortune. Well, good. And so now, and she, you know, she just, they're making a big deal out of her donating $1.7 billion since her split with Jeff. And, you know, good for her. Good for her. But get this.

According to this article. According to this article, right? She got $36 billion at the time of the divorce. And we talked about it that it was like, I thought she was only worth like 50 some. 58 billion or something now. But according to this, it's $60 billion. So she's going to have a little doing to give it all the way. and I just want you to know, McKenzie, I'm here for you.

I don't want to ask for it because, you know, you don't want to ask billionaires for money because they just look at you like, no, what are you crazy? Go make your own billion. But if they feel like they're doing good and just want to give it to you, then that's good. And you have to say yes.

You couldn't say, no. No, McKenzie. No, I'm not going to take 500 million from you to, you know, have my family be fine for the rest of their lives and their children's lives. No, I'm not going to do that. You have to take it. It's a must. So I'm here for you, McKenzie. It makes you feel better.

It will be part of your giving pledge. And you'll know you're helping out an American family. So. I'm here for you. It's all I'm saying, I'm here for you. And then we got to talk about the Emmys. Why am I? Blabbing on about the heads of the four families

and we got the Emmys to talk about. We've got to do that. You know, in one moment, right after this, on chewing the fat. Yeah, we'll get to the Emmys. You know, we've got to talk about the Emmys. And I know I definitely, you know, We'll talk about the Emmneys when Chris gets back.

He'll be back this week. He had some kind of little boogie travel that he takes care of. So I know he has some different ideas on what shows are good, what shows are bad. And he's wrong, but we can hear from him. I'm happy to hear from him whether he's wrong or not. So according to this, Boeing lost $2.4 billion. in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic has led demand for air travel to, I don't know, collapse.

Here's another company. I mean, they're lowering production rates and eliminating jobs. I mean, there's no need for new aircraft. And they were in trouble anyway before the pandemic, right? I mean, they had big trouble, big trouble with their, but their Macs, right? Whatever the stupid thing was. You know, the 737 Max.

I mean, they were having big troubles with that before this. So, I mean, we heard from right southwest who said they were, you know, I guess not going to furlough anybody right now that air travel was going to have to triple. It's going to have to more than triple. I mean, you were looking at the TSA. Checkpoint numbers for the 28th of July 2020 at 536,756 travelers through the TSA turnstiles. And a year ago, it was 2,438,967. Yeah, it's going to have to pick up at least a third.

And now we're seeing reports that show air travel industry is not expected to recover until 2024. And I would guess that it may never come back the way it was because many companies have realized that the travel they were doing isn't necessary. We'll see. you know, one-on-one business deals are still the best way to do it. So, you know, we'll see. Although companies are struggling, right? And what was keeping the airlines afloat was, and this is just, you know, hypothetical. Hypothetically speaking, what was helping keep the airlines afloat that many of the two million travelers last year were business travelers.

and they were charging their flights to their business accounts. And while many businesses allowed you to keep your bonus points personally, they were paying for your corporate travel, which was getting charged an outrageous amount of money from the airlines. And you heard me, airlines, outrageous amount. What you charge for tickets is way too much, and you know it. You know it. And now you're seeing the, you're seeing that come, come back home.

The chickens are coming home to roost. So we'll see how that works out. We'll see how you can. I mean, do I love to fly? Yes. But, I mean, if it's a must, then let's do it. But why? It's just, we'll see.

It's not a, it's not a good time for the airline. industry. That is for sure. All right. So the Emmys, yeah, baby. Netflix recorded 160 nominations for the 72nd annual primetime Emmy Awards. Now those Emmy Awards are coming up Sunday, September 7th. See if anybody shows up or if they just have it all. Hey, we're over here. We're telling you. We're you won. Congratulations. We'll show videos. We've already told the people who won that they won. So they're

celebrating squares. Just look up at the big screen. There they are at home. Yeah, there's the cast of Succession all at home. Hey guys, congratulations. So we'll see. HBO got 107 nominations, but HBO

scored the most mentions with 26 for its limited series Watchmen, which was pretty good. It was all right. I don't know that I'd give it pretty good, actually. I would just say it was all right.

But the Marvelous Miss Maisel ranked second with 20 nominations. Ozark, Netflix's Ozark, HBO's Succession got 18. Wow.

Mandelorian, Saturday Night Live, and Pops, and Schitt's Creek, 15. I think they'll be the runaway since they were. This is their last season, and, you know, everybody loves them now, and their great succession better with something. We'll break it down. You know, I was going through the different, I was going through all the different shows and different actors and actresses, you know, in the nomination press release that they have here.

You know, I mean, can we break up outstanding character voice over performance, which I am not on any of those? Outstanding animated program. Outstanding production designed for a narrative contemporary program, one hour or more. Outstanding production designed for a narrative period or fantasy program. one hour or more. Outstanding production design for a narrative program,

half hour. Outstanding production design for a variety, reality, reality, or competition series. Outstanding production design for a variety special. Outstanding casting for a comedy series. Outstanding casting for a drama series. Outstanding casting for a limited series, movie, or special. Outstanding casting for a reality program.

Outstanding choreography for variety of reality programming. Outstanding cinematography for a multi-camera series. Stimitography for a single camera series half hour. Outstanding cinematography for a single camera series, one hour. Outstanding cinematography for a limited series or movie. Outstanding cinematography for a non-fiction program. Outstanding cinematography for a reality program. Outstanding commercial.

Who's the outstanding commercial? Back to school essentials. Sandy Hook Promise. Before Alexa. with Amazon, bounce, Apple AirPods, Groundhog Day, Jeep, the look, P and G. What do you think gets for that? Probably the Sandy Hook promise, right?

Got to give Back to School Essentials with Sandy Hook promise. Although the Groundhog Day was pretty good, and everybody likes the Groundhog Day. and then you have you know Apple AirPods which is you know of one of the heads

of the four families I don't know what makes me laugh I just love the idea of these big companies being the new mafia but that's just me Outstanding period costumes

Write your own jokes Outstanding fantasy sci-fi costumes Outstanding contemporary costumes Outstanding costumes for a variety non-fiction or reality program

Outstanding directing for a comedy series Outstanding directing for a drama series Outstanding directing for a limited series movie or dramatic special Outstanding directing for a variety series Outstanding directing for a variety special Outstanding directing for a documentary non-fiction program Outstanding directing for a reality program Outstanding single camera picture editing for a drama series

Outstanding single camera picture editing for a comedy series Outstanding multi-camera picture editing for a comedy series Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming. Outstanding picture editing for a non-fiction program. Outstanding picture editing for a structured reality or competition program. Outstanding picture editing for an unstructured reality program. Outstanding contemporary hairstyling. Outstanding period and or character hairstyling.

Again, do your own jokes. Outstanding contemporary hairstyling for a variety, nonfiction, or reality program. Outstanding derivative interactive program. Outstanding Original Interactive Program. Outstanding Interactive Extension or a Linear Program. Outstanding lighting, design, lighting direction for a variety series. Outstanding lighting, design, lighting direction for a variety special. Wow.

Outstanding main title design. Outstanding contemporary makeup, non-prostetic. Outstanding period. I bet you they give that to, let's see, big little eyes, euphoria. Oh, non-prostatic. Outstanding period or character makeup non-prostatic. Let's see, Walking Dead gets in some of the. these variety for non-fiction reality program.

No, about staining prosthetic makeup for a limited series, movie are special. Mandalorian, had a bunch, West World, yeah, has a lot. Music composition,

so no walking dead in any of the makeup, which is just incredible to me. They get one? American Horry story. Horry story? Yeah, Horry story. Makeup. Non-presenting.

What was the makeup? I know, standing main title design. Yeah, nobody cares about that. Okay. I mean, we're all the way down to music composition for a documentary, you know, through the entire list, original music and lyrics,

original main title theme music, all stuff that's important to the industry, but the stuff that we care about, outstanding lead actor in a comedy series. Outstanding lead actor in a drama series. Who do they have for the drama series? Morning Show, Steve Carell, Jason Bateman, Ozark, Billy Porter, they could give it to him, which, no, please.

Brian Cox as Logan Roy from Succession and Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy in Succession. Both of those are really good roles, and they both do a great job. Bateman in Ozell. is great. Steve Correll is great. If they give it to Billy Porter, I may go off the deep end. So that would be another reason you should subscribe to this podcast,

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We will air them here on Chewing the Fat. and, you know, it's possible. I'm not sure what the turnaround rate is for the promotion in Iceland that you will get heard on this show, and probably by more people, then we'll hear you in Iceland and before they hear you in Iceland. So send the screams too. We'll air them here on Chewing the Fat, Chewing the Fat at The Blaze.com. Speaking of emails, you know, you can email. anything email the show uh anytime but i got an email uh that uh you know is sucking around

saying uh you know thanks for the endless entertainment and cracking me up yeah yeah yeah first of all 20 stars best podcast ever thank you i appreciate it and that means you know i do i appreciate it but uh they're asking you know he all that all you know this whole pat on the back uh hugging we love the show for, hey, do you think you could promote my YouTube channel? How about no? If you want people to see your YouTube channel, eyes to inspire, you know, advertise. Advertise on chewing the fat. That's all I ask.

Now, look, I realize, and I went to the YouTube channel, and I realized that Jeff Prince, the host of the channel, you know, okay. sure he has macular degeneration has been getting worse since he was diagnosed, uh, since the age of seven. Uh, and sure he's going around, uh,

making videos of how he's overcoming his limitations. Sure, that's going on, but no, I'm still not going to do it. I'm not promoting eyes to inspire YouTube channel. Not doing it. I,

you know, I got my own YouTube channel to promote, chewing the fat. I, and you want me to promote yours? And if I do yours, holy cow then it's you know i'm going to get inundated by everybody promoting and that's i just i can't i can't i wish i could but i just i just can't so i was watching a couple of his videos i may

actually talk to jeff i'd like to know a how bad it's getting really in real life and and what it's like uh to have macular degeneration and graduate and I don't know how gradual it is, but he's, you know, he's a lot older than seven now, and he's still doing things. But it looks like, you know, everything is a blur. I don't know. I'd be interested to talk to him. So I'm going to, I will reply to your email, Jeff,

and we'll set up a time to maybe talk a little bit about your struggles and the positive things that have happened to you because of it. Anyway, it's eyes to inspire on YouTube that I'm definitely not going to promote. I've got my own YouTube channel to promote, as I said, chewing the fat. So, no, it's not going to happen. So I'm reading the other day about solar power and heroin. And I know that comes as a surprise that I'm reading about heroin, but, hey, that's what I do.

And they're talking about how the heroin industry has benefited from solar power in Afghanistan and what it's meant to them. It's incredible. Their crops and what they're doing in Afghanistan. So in 2012, these farmers were working, according to this, 157,000 hectares. And, you know, from our Australia talk when the fires were burning, hectares are, you know, a little over two acres. and so they had 157,000 hectares and in 2012. So by 2018, all right, in that time frame they started using solar to help with the production.

And they've doubled, they had it doubled in 2018 to 317,000 hectares and 2,000. It was 344,000 hectares, and it's continuing to grow. They had poor yields. The land was not productive. They started purchasing solar. And off they go. They're building homes. The opium seems to be as good or bad.

better than ever before. They were producing in 2012, 3,700 tons of opium. 3,700 tons. In 2016, they had got it up to 4,800. In 2017, 9,000 tons of opium. I mean, that's a bumper crop. That is a bumper crop. So the poppy cultivated in Afghanistan,

with the investment in solar energy, everybody's making more money. And we're getting more opium on the streets, which, by the way, is horrible. And I won't hear of it. And this is just not right. And we need to do something about it. Damn those farmers that are growing poppies and opium.

Now, when they yield, you know, when they harvest the crops, they're growing other things as well now, thanks to solar power. So perhaps they can, you know, we can work out

some kind of deal where those other crops are making more money than the opium deal. You know, good luck because, you know, the drug lords

in Afghanistan are, well, they're nice people. And I'm sure you could talk to them, you know, one on one and let them know, hey, guys,

look, we really want you to be growing to me. and so if you could do that that would be great and we really appreciate it I'm sure I'm sure that the drug lords in Afghanistan would listen to you no problem no problem now if they used my plan you know a while ago remember when we first went into Afghanistan I gave them a Jeff Fisher chewing the fat million dollar idea turned the caves and in Afghanistan into beehives and start having Afghanistan create honey.

And that would have been the crop that they could have used to take over for the opium. And then now they could be growing tomatoes and have honey in the caves from the bees. And we wouldn't have a shortage of bees. We wouldn't have a shortage of honey. And we wouldn't have a shortage of tomatoes. We just have a shortage of opium, which, you know, is a good thing, right? Right. Of course it is.

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