Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 672 | Out With The Old

Episode Date: July 26, 2021

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in a world turned upside down. The CEO of Marlborough, you know, Philip Morris, they said, or he said, that the company will stop selling cigarettes in Britain in the next 10 years. And if they're eyeballing not selling cigarettes in Britain, wow. He apparently urged the British government to treat cigarettes like fossil fuel cars and basically regulate them to death. Oh, okay. Now, we know that they said that they're going to ban the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2030.

We'll see how that goes. But Philip Morris wants to transition to a health care and wellness company. Oh, okay. No problem. Apparently, half of their sales come from non-smoking products, or that's what they're hoping to have happen. The company currently generates a quarter of its revenue from alternatives, such as its electronic devices

that heats tobacco instead of burning it. Oh, okay. And they said that it would buy Vectura, a company that makes asthma inhalers. So, okay, I guess we trust the cigarette companies. The people that don't trust the cigarette companies are saying, oh, how can you trust them? Especially when they're still marketing cigarettes in lower-income countries

where most of the world's smokers now reside. How can you trust them? Well, they're still a company trying to make some money. Now, they're making the money off of people getting sick and smoking their damn cigarettes, their product. I know. But now they're saying they want to stop selling cigarettes in a country. Wow. Okay. Again, in a world turned upside down. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. All right. Thank you for coming along for the ride today. And in the break room today, we are going to test.

side by side, the Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and the new Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, which ended up in my home this weekend. I wasn't prepared for it to enter my home, but it did. So we've got to do a taste test side-by-side on the Coca-Cola Zero product. But first, Walmart, the big company, Walmart, in the news, as they are being sued, I've got two cases against Walmart. One case is already resolved, and it was really, it should have been resolved for the plaintiff. But Crox is suing Walmart.

Well, they're also suing about two dozen other companies as well, along with one of them as Hobby Lobby. For alleging they copied the iconic design of its clogs, the Crocs, for a lawsuit. filed last week, the Colorado-based manufacturer claims the knockoffs infringe on its trademark of distinctively clunky $50 shoes made with buoyant foam and ventilation holes that can be adorned with charms. We just love crocs, and we're sick of companies trying to rip people off with their lookalike clogs, okay? Now, representatives for Walmart, Hobby Loppy, Leffler Randall did not immediately respond to requests, I bet. And then, of course, Skechers, Skechers declined to comment, citing the pending litigation.

So they picked up the phone anyway. So Crocs have been around for, I don't know, a couple of decades. And did they, you know, I guess originally they were to be the, you know, clean boating shoe. And then it became one of the, you know, I mean, you know Crocs footwear, right? I mean, it had huge success. Remember in the early 2000s? I mean, everybody wanted to wear crocs.

Not me, but everyone else wanted to wear crocs. And now it's, you know, it's part of the lexicon of fashion. Yeah, you heard me. The lexicon of fashion. Crocs. I mean, they're talking about revenue of a couple of billion dollars a year. That's not bad for Crocs, but they're tired of the copycats. And so am I.

You damn crock copycters tired of you. So they are suing them, and they want big money, and they want to stop this right now. Okay? Yeah, that's right. So now they're saying that they're going to, you know, double down on growth and they're moving away from national chains and they want to sell directly to consumers through its websites and stores. Oh, okay. So they want to shut down any future copycats and they're going to withdraw from wholesale partnerships and we don't want these retailers trying to replace

our products with their own. Those damn things. fake crocks. Yeah, counterfeit crocs. So we're going to shut them down early. And I don't want to see any fake crocs on the market. Okay? Yeah, you heard me. And then this case, which is really, well, it's really sad, really good. It's all, it's all tied up in one. So a jury against Walmart, ruled against Walmart because it abruptly fired a long-time employee with Down syndrome. This 55-year-old Marlowe's Bath had worked at Walmart for almost 20 years. And she loved her position. She loved doing the job.

But in 2015, they changed her work schedule. And she really struggled with that work schedule. And she went to them and said, hey, Can you do something for me? Can you help me out? Can we adjust my start and end times? And after she complained and went to them to try to change it, they said, you know what?

No, you're fired. Oh, which just devastated her, according to her family. And she can't even see the commercials anymore, and she doesn't like to see the Walmart trucks. It was sad. So the jury said, yeah, no, Walmart should not. have done that. And they also found that Walmart turned down her request to be rehired because of her disability and because they needed to accommodate her disability. I mean, she already worked there for

16 years. Wow. So she won the, it took six years, right? I mean, this case was just settled. And it was settled for $150,000 in damages. And then they were ordered to pay $125,000.25,000. million dollars in punitive damages, which later the judge scaled back to 300,000. And I'm like, wait, what? No, the jury came back with punitive damages of 125 million. That's what she should get. Plus the 150,000, plus Walmart should pay for the court costs, all of it. Attorney fees, all of it.

But instead, the judge scaled it back to 300,000. plus the $150,000. So she only gets, she doesn't even get half a million. That does not seem fair. Just me. Just me, I know, but it just doesn't seem fair. Life isn't always fair, Jeff. So get over it, okay?

All right, I'll get over it. I'll let you know. This headline companies from Chipotle. to Whirlpool are raising prices on consumers because of higher costs. Uh, really? Yeah, really. So consumer brands, like Chippole, like Whirlpool, are dealing with inflation by passing higher costs onto you, the customer.

Well, no kidding. Now, we know that prices are jumping at record rates. We know that. We see it. If you walk through the stores or you bought purchase products, you actually take part in knowing that prices are going through the roof, as the saying goes. I mean, they are definitely going up. And these companies are making no secret out of what's said all along.

When this happens, they turn the prices over to you. They don't just take it. I mean, that's how companies work. It's just incredible to me that you would think that, oh, well, they're getting charged a lot more for their goods to make their product. But they'll just eat that, and they'll just allow you to pay the same price for the product. No, that's not how it works. I mean, all the calls, their earnings calls with the CEOs, have all said that, yeah, we are, we're seeing higher prices for the raw materials, but we're going to offset that with raising the prices to consumers. And we see that happening right now.

Yeah, but aren't you going to, yeah, no. I mean, Pepsi already said that, yeah, we're the same as everybody else. Sure, there's inflation out there, and we are going to be pricing to deal with it. So you're going to have to deal with it, too. I just wanted you to know that so when you see that the prices are going up, it's because the companies, those rich, evil, capitalistic companies are just passing those. prices off to you. So when goods are higher for them to make their product,

they're going to pass that along to you. Just like when they get taxed by the government because they need to pay more and pay their fair share. Okay, that's great. Do you think they're just going to eat that? No, you are. So thank you to. the federal government, state and local governments, for raising the taxes on those evil

capitalistic corporations and make them pay more. Okay? Yes, because there's nothing I want to do more than pay more for products because they're being charged and taxed more. I bet you feel the same way, right? I knew it. I knew it. Wow, we have breaking news for those of you listening live to Chewing the Fat. Today is the 26th of July, 2021. The universities of Texas and Oklahoma took the first official step to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference.

Wow, that is huge. We talked a little bit about it on Pat Unleashed this morning that it was being talked about, but it's official. Texas and Oklahoma gave a joint press conference and said they have informed the Big 12. They do not intend to extend their grant of media rights past their current expiration in 2025. Texas and Oklahoma have made their intentions clear to the Big 12. They had to make that happen really

because the SEC admission process isn't going to move forward without them coming out and officially saying they did not want to be a part of the Big 12. Wow! So they have officially provided notice to the Big 12. We are out as of 2020. That is incredible. Those two teams hold the Big 12 strong. I mean, Missouri and Texas A&M left a few years ago,

and Nebraska left. Colorado, I mean, just amazing. These teams leave a Big 12 is done. We'll see if it actually happens. We'll be talking about it tomorrow morning on Pat Unleashed for sure. They need 11 votes out of the 14 teams that are in the SEC, and for sure you're going to have no from Texas A&M and Missouri. They don't want Oklahoma or Texas in the SEC.

So you need a couple more, and then you don't get voted in. Plus, if they do get voted in, now you're talking about when. Are they going to stick around through the 2024 season playing in the Big 12, knowing that the SEC is looming? I don't think so. Is the Big 12 want them? No. Do they want to be there?

No. So that's going to be some really, really fascinating times. And what happens to the rest of the Big 12? And where do teams go? Wow. This college football, that move, the Texas, Oklahoma, formally getting out of the Big 12. and then possibly going to the SEC,

that shakes up the college football conferences for the next couple of years, boy. That is for sure. For sure. All right, let's go to the break room. I need to get something to drink, and we've got to do the taste test between the previous Coca-Cola Zero

and the brand, and new Coca-Cola Zero Sugar that arrived in my home. So this is the sound of the... When I got a great deal on a great gift at winners, I started wondering, could I get fabulous gifts for everyone on my list? Like this designer fragrance for my daughter. At just $39.99, how could I resist?

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Winners, find fabulous for less. The original. As we head to the break. Oh, yeah. All right, I'm not going to take a drink of that yet. And then this is the new Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. Oh, I'm not sure. Not sure what sounds better.

Okay, so I know what a refreshing cold beverage, the original, or the previous Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, not the original. The original, I was really bummed when they got rid of that. So it's been too short a period for me to get too bummed about the new one. Although I am, I am. I didn't really want them to mess with the last one, and now they're messing with the last one. Yeah, you heard me right.

I didn't want to mess them with the last one, and now I don't want to mess them with the last one. So that's where we're at. All right, this is the new one. Coca-Cola Zero Sugar in the red can with the black lettering. Oh, yeah, it's okay. It's cold. That's my review.

That's cold. It doesn't have that refreshing kick, though. All right, this is the previous Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. See, that's got, there's something. Something that gives me a refreshing. See, that's their thing, that they wanted the Coca-Cola Zero to taste like Coca-Cola, more like Coca-Cola. Well, no, I'm drinking Coca-Cola zero because I don't want it to taste like Coca-Cola. Now, they claim that these ingredients are just, they're tweaking the recipe.

Oh. okay they're tweaking the recipe all right well I still say I think this is the new one oh man back to back

the old one wins yeah the old one wins now what will happen after I can't have the old one anymore there's no more old one I don't have a choice

which is going to be happening soon like I don't know in the next couple of days when what I have at the house runs out. I'm stuck with the new one. And I don't know. I don't know.

We might have to go to the diet, to the diet Dr. Pepper Zero. We might have to go to something else because this one might push me away from the Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. And don't start with me. Don't start emailing me at chewing the fat at the blaze.com.

Don't drink sodas. at all, Jeff, you should stop drinking sodas. I kind of know that. And I say kind of because I know I know that, but it's a tough addiction to kick. Okay. Okay. Okay.

So the official vote right now is the Coca-Cola zero sugar with the red can, red and black can with white lettering, and is the winner over the new Coca-Cola Zero. But we'll see if the new Coca-Cola Zero is as refreshing a drink as the ice-cold red can white lettering Coca-Cola Zero. I don't think it's going to be, but I'll give it a chance, but it better happen quickly. How about those opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics, huh?

Yeah, I know. How about them? I didn't watch them either. And only 16.7 million viewers did. Wow. I mean, that's down 37% from 2016 and the smallest audience for the event in 33 years. Wow.

That does not bode well for this year's Olympics. And the whole thing, I mean, we have our soccer team losing, our basketball team losing, our gymnastics team was topped by Russia when they were being touted as the best. I mean, things are not going well right now at the Olympics. And so I'll let you know. I'll keep you updated. And we'll go through the, we'll go through the medals as the week progresses.

but wow, does not look good for the US of A. So keep your fingers crossed and your flags flown high or low or somewhere off to the side where nobody can see them, but you just have it there for the good old red, white, and blue. Sad news for Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, I'm sorry, Sir Richard Branson, they are not astronauts. And it's sad news for those of us that, wanted to, you know, do a little space tourism, you know, hop on for the ride and make sure

your hands are. You hold the guardrails at all times. The Federal Aviation Administration has set new rules concerning the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program and the criteria used to award those commanding, piloting, or working on privately funded spacecraft. with commercial space astronaut Wings badge. So the order was issued on July 20th. The same day, billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was, and his Blue Origin Rocket made history by blasting off from the West Texas Desert,

returning, you know, reaching space and returning to Earth. Now, that's just Jeff because he went past the line, right? He went into what was officially space. Branson did not. Branson was just a tourism astronaut. He gets his little, I mean, I'm sure you got a little astronaut pin. A little rocket chip pin. Here you go.

Thank you. Appreciate it. Got my little rocket pin. But, you know, what is that? The Carmen line. And Bezos went past that. So he went into their, you know, technical space. but no, the new order was issued on that day.

So, no, the boundary between the atmosphere and space is to begin 50 miles up. Bezos made that, you know, met that requirement at the 62 miles above sea level. But now passengers must have demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to public safety or contributed to human space flight safety, given the automation of Blue Origin, Bezos doesn't meet this criteria. That's kind of bull crap. That's a crappy move on the Federal Aviation Administration.

I'd be pissed if I was Jeff. That's ridiculous. I mean, he went into space. He went past the Carmen line. He took people with him, and then on the same day that he'd, goes up, you pass a new rule, I'd be pissed. I'm going to say that he's an astronaut. I'm going to say technically he's an astronaut. That's kind of ridiculous on the Federal Aviation

Administration. That doesn't matter to me, no, but that's kind of bull crap. I'd be really pissed if I was him. I'm not, so, eh, get over it. Plus, he's, you know, it's bad enough that they're saying, hey, we've decided that you're not an astronaut now. We have the adult toy company who's launching a line of rocket-themed, well, you know, things. You know, after the phallic-shaped rocket from Bezos, it said, hi, after Jeff Bezos launched off into the abyss this morning, the world couldn't help but notice the phallic-shaped rocket he was in, and then an instant the internet began blasting off memes that could take you to the moon and back.

Cam Soda, the adult entertainment company, is joining in on the fun by creating some rockets of their own. So there's that. You know that's what you were thinking. Well, one of the things that you were thinking during the Jeff Bezos rocket blast off and taking off, I mean, sitting there on the,

on the launch pad. You can't help but see it, at least for the first time, and think, okay. I mean, Jeff, we got it. You're the richest guy on the planet, and you're going to be the richest guy in the solar system for 10 minutes and 10 seconds.

But, I mean, you have to, we got it. You're the biggest in town. We understand. But are you? All right, let's spin the, the globe. Shall we spinning the globe? I don't know that sound defect. Just whosh. Boom. Oh, look, it stopped at the Vatican. Yes. The Vatican has released information on its real estate holdings for the first time, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties as part of its most

detailed financial disclosures. Wow. I mean, the Catholic Church is opening up the books now. Holy cow. Things are going to get dicey for the Vatican man. If they are opening up their books and they've got 50 pages of financial material, they're not like that much as it is. And now they're going to open it up and say, yeah, we own all that. No problem. That's just us.

Okay. No problem. Good luck. God bless. And I mean that literally. Good luck. God bless. All right.

We're spinning the globe. Oh, South Africa. All right, let's see what's happening in South Africa. Death toll from a rioting in South Africa rises to more than 330, says the government. South Africa said that rioting has claimed 337 lives, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the day before. Oh, okay, well, no problem. We'll just attack a few more on, right? So maybe we need to calm down the little civil unrest going on in South Africa.

So far, they've said, ah, they just damaged $3.4 billion worth of buildings and homes. Ah, I don't worry about it. We'll be fine, okay? All right, let's spin the globe one more time. Oh, France. Anything going on in France? Oh, my gosh. Yes, they are protesting. And they had clashes with police over COVID-19 measures and the government sanctions against the unvaccinated. Oh, okay. Yeah. Dozens of protesters were arrested for an unauthorized march. that took place in Australia, not France.

I'm not, well, spend the globe, oh, look, Australia, yeah, people were arrested and protesting. Spin the globe, Italy, oh yeah, they're protesting in Italy, too, against the government sanctions and the COVID-19 measures. One more, oh, yeah, stop at Greece. Yes, Greece is doing the same thing. Wow, people have had enough. Good, I don't see this ending well for,

anyone. That's not good at all. All right, let's spin the globe for real. The Congo. Wow, what's going on there? Oh my gosh. What? There's Congo wars. Yeah, 16 civilians have been killed in suspected condo wars going on. Not condo wars. What am I talking about? Congo. Congolese. I know. I know, it's not condo wars. It's just silly. Are there condos in the Congo? That's a question for the ages. I know.

All right, let's spin the... Oh, yeah, okay, there we go. We stopped in Belgium. What's going on in Belgium? Well, they're reporting a woman who contracted two COVID variants simultaneously. Really? How is that possible?

Well, we don't know. We just know that she was unvaccinated, and she contracted two variants of coronavirus at the same time, which is believed to be the first documented case of its kind. So we'll see what comes of that. I don't know. I don't know either. Oh, wow, that one stopped in the United States.

Wow, right there. Right there, too. Okay, wow, let's see where we are we at. in the United States there? Kind of New Mexico-ish? Yeah, somewhere along there. Okay. Well, a builder from Fisher's Sand and Gravel Company, as far as I know,

no relation to me, has built two private sector border walls attempting to separate Mexico from the U.S. And he built them, erected them, and he now wants to sell them and wants to buy them off. Apparently, he said, hey, I heard,

that they were going to be, you know, building these great border walls. And I thought, you know what? I'm going to build some. I'm going to build them. But now he wants to, you know, have someone pay him $30 million for it. So that wasn't really a smart move. One of them, 15,000. I mean, wow.

He built one that holds about 15,000, 18, 18-foot-tall gray steel mullards, they're called, five inches apart with a concrete foundation. That's a hell of a wall. I'll tell you that. But he's just wanting someone to buy it now. Maybe he should have thought about that when he went ahead and built it? Because he said, hey, I heard Trump talking about building.

building this great, beautiful wall, so I sensed an opportunity and it would be fun and I just wanted to, you know, I remember the Hoover Dam and I remember all these big things. So I just wanted to get out there and have a wall built under my company. And he spent money lobbying in Washington, D.C., so something must have happened because that didn't happen. And then he had problems with his taxes. Amazing. He was lobbying DC for

money to build a wall. And then they investigate him. Huh. Wonder how that happened at all. And then he was sued by a government agency. The U.S.

Department of Defense is conducting an audit. to determine whether there was a contract to give him money. I guess he was awarded some money that they don't know where that came from, but the department that sued him, I didn't even know was a department. The U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission, which argued diverted water could end up displacing the U.S. Mexico border line Now, he of course, contested the suits,

confident that when construction was complete, the government would want to buy what he was calling the Lamborghini of walls. Now, we'll see. Some of this fence that he built in Texas, and, you know, look, this guy spent all this money building this fence and got part of a deal from the government to build some of the wall.

But then, you know, I mentioned that he's being, you know, it's being investigated. because they try to make sure that the integrity of our contracting process. Yeah, yeah, the integrity of the contracting process is so important to every government agency. Okay, thank you. And we might as well spend the globe one more time and get out of the, see if we can get out of the U.S. Oh, yes, we did. Let's go to Germany.

The U.S. and Germany reached a deal that allows for the country. completion of a Russian gas pipeline to Europe without further U.S. sanctions. So just go ahead. We're going to build that pipeline. And you in the Ukraine, how about you zip it? Okay? We don't want to hear any complaints from you. We want to hear something from you. We'll ask for it.

And Germany is in trouble. Man, they have had some flooding going on and have lost a lot. I mean, they have had heavy rains. and it is looking to get back all the visitors that have not been able to go to these special little picturesque German towns for all their touristing going on in Germany because of wild flooding. I know flooding. I mean, it's incredible, the footage that you saw in Germany from the floods. Oh, man. Not good.

Not good at all. So, all right. All right. Not saying that, you know, climate change is causing the flooding, but I am saying that, you know, water. Water is causing the flooding. I mean, okay, so you got flooding in Germany.

We have the, we spent the gold, we stopped in India. We had the landslide. I don't know if you saw the footage of the, landslide in India. Oh my gosh. I mean, people died. They were these giant

rocks and gravel falling from the top of the mountain, smashing bridges and cars and people was not good. It was not good. And then, I mean, we spent the globe, oh, we're back in the U.S. in Utah. Yeah, a sudden sandstorm comes up in

Utah, and there's a 20-car pile-up and people died. There's a few natural disasters happening around the globe and it's a little frightening. And we saw reports. Oh, it's been the globe. I'm sorry. And we saw reports. We're in China now of a typhoon hitting Shanghai. I mean, okay. Okay. I'm going to stop spinning the globe because I don't want any more bad news. So San Francisco. beautiful city. I left my heart there once, trying to decide whether to build trash can prototypes

at up to $20,000 a piece. I want to go on record as saying, San Francisco, I'm willing to build you a trash can for a lot cheaper than $20,000 a piece. So they've agreed to move forward on a proposal to manufacture 15 trash can prototypes at the cost of $300,000. Oh, okay. Yeah, it's a pilot program to find an alternative to the city's existing aging receptacles. Okay. So I guess you have to, I kind of get the idea that we need receptacles that are going to last. But that does seem a bit pricey.

So they're saying that according to the Chronicle, the cost per can once we get, you know, past this prototype stage, will only cost $2,000 to $3,000 each when mass produced. Oh, okay, no problem. But first it's going to cost, you know, $20,000 a piece. Well, that's just the prototype. Once we get past that, it'll be $2,000 to $3,000. I mean, I hope that they were going to lie. I don't know how it doesn't say how long the other existing aging receptacles have been out there.

But it does make one wonder how long it would last if it costs $20,000. Because I know I get the whole thing that it would, you know, cost $20,000. a nickel more to go first class. You can quote me on that. But I don't know that it costs a bunch of nickels. So, it does say here, it does say, most trash cans throughout the city

have been around for more than 20 years and have been wide open, leaving a mess in the area. Well, yeah, you've let all the homeless people wander around the city digging through everything they can San Francisco has more than

3,000 garbage cans throughout the city. Wow. Why don't they just pay the homeless people to pick up the garbage? And then we'll be good. You give the homeless people money to pick up the garbage

and bring it to the we set a trash truck, you know, one trash truck in each neighborhood and they're going to be parked on this street corner and you pay the homeless people to bring the trash to the garbage truck so you don't have to waste gas driving the garbage truck around and they, the homeless people, pick up the trash and bring it to the garbage trucks.

You could probably do that cheaper than spending $20,000 each on a trash can. Don't you think? I know it's just me. I know, I know, I know. I was just, I'm just trying to help San Francisco out with their, budgeting problems. So pay the homeless people to pick up the trash and

give them an address where they have to bring it. And then you'll be good. You're welcome. It's a busy weekend at Comic Con. They released a bunch of Walking Dead stuff. For those of you that are Walking Dead fans, they released a trailer for

Walking Dead Season 11. Looked pretty good. They released two Fear Season 7 trailers looked pretty good and they released a season two World Beyond trailer which you know was okay I'm not a huge fan of the show anyway but we do talk a little bit about it on talking walking dead for those of you that are dead fans we do a podcast talking walking dead with Jason Butchell and my son

Maximus but they look really good and I'm looking forward to the Walking Dead coming back for their final season. They return on August 22nd, 2021. So in that prior week to August 22nd, we'll get a Talking Walking Dead podcast and build up to the season premiere of the final season, season 11, of the Walking Dead on Talking Walking Dead.

I also see where they're starting to get the cast and crew ready to start filming the new Yellowstone show, the prequel to Yellowstone. Apparently it's going to be filmed here in Fort Worth in the DFW area, the Y-1883. They're supposed to tell the original story of the Dutton family from Yellowstone. So they're saying that it's going to stream

this year on Paramount. I don't know that they're going to make it this year, but they're going to make it by 2022. So, you know, parts of the series are going to be filmed here in Fort Worth. So if you're looking for a gig, you know, part of the Yellowstone franchise, you can do that. That's kind of exciting, and I am kind of looking forward to that. It would be nice if my man Kevin Costner was in town for that. He can call me, Kev.

You can show up here on Chewing the Fat any time. Anytime you want to stop by and have a chat about anything. I'm here for you. Okay, we can talk about whatever you want to talk about. Chewing the Fat is here for Kevin Costner. I know. You can quote me on that. I'm not opposed to that.

I also saw where Zach Snyder released a trailer or Netflix released a trailer for his Army of Thieves, which is like the army before the army of the dead. So it's the prequel. It's coming to Netflix this fall. Looks really good. got a couple of the same characters in it. And it's got, What's Her Face from Game of Thrones? Natalie Emanuel.

And the guy that plays Deider, the Safecracker, Matthias, He Schweitzer. He is the main star of this Army of Thieves. And it looks really good. So anyway, I saw that was posted this week. A lot of trailers posted. And it was an exciting time in the world of entertainment. Plus, LeBron James, Space Jam, the Space Jam 2 or whatever it's called, the sequel, is a sucking big wind.

It's dropped 68% from the first week. and the total that it's made so far, $51 million. So I guess it costs $150 million to make. Wow, it did cost $150 million. That was their budget. Holy cow, it is not going to make. I mean, they'll be lucky to make that back, and it's not going to be played in China,

which I'm sure LeBron, you know, wanted that to happen as he was bending the knee to China for that. And it still didn't turn out. So, you know, that's a real shame. That's a real shame that it's not working out for LeBron James. Isn't it? You know, that's a shame. I mean that with every ounce of meaning I can work up for that.

that. You see also where Jackie Mason died. I know that he was, you know, he's this comedian and he was, you know, he's kind of, he's 93. But he had an incredible life. I was reading about, I was reading about, you know, some of the stuff that he did throughout his career. And he was pretty incredible. Plus, he was, I didn't realize that he was doing a series of commentaries for Breitbart News in which he regularly. roasted Hollywood. Kind of funny. Good stuff.

It would be worth it now. So I guess, I mean, it was sad that he passed away, and he passed away at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. And he was, he did the world according to me that was a hit on Broadway in the late 80s. He also, he received an Emmy and a Grammy for the show, which was adapted as the Jackie Mason on Broadway. show. So he's got an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony. The only thing

he never got was an Oscar. And he was in a number of movies, which obviously weren't Oscar-ready movies. It's in the Caddyshack 2, and Mel Brooks the History of the World, Steve Martin's the jerk, the Stooley in 1971.

He was in a lot of films. He did a lot of this. I mean, it just had an amazing life. And his story with Ed Sullivan, that the host accused, Ed Sullivan, Sullivan accused Mason of directing an obscene gesture at him after he signaled the comic from offstage to cut the routine short. Right?

So Sullivan, according to the story, is telling Jackie Mason, hey, wrap it up. Let's go. Let's go. Now, Mason said always that the gesture was in his mind. And, you know, four-letter words and dirty gestures are a way of life for me. I was just a street guy, and he was a, you know, he was a rabbi. And so he was, you know, he sued for libel and slander,

and Sullivan admitted that he had made a mistake. And the comic was brought back to the show. And he, and Mason was bummed because he had already been tarnished for being crude and unpredictable. but he beat Ed Sullivan over that. Ed Sullivan had to admit that he made a mistake. Wow, pretty huge. A lot of people didn't get that to happen in those days.

Ed Sullivan was the king of television at that time. All right, I got to go. Let's wrap it up. I'll see you tomorrow on Chewing the Fat. Thank you so much for coming along for the ride today. Don't forget to follow me on Twitter at Jeffrey JFR. Facebook and Instagram, Jeff Fisher Radio. I see also, wow, we're in.

Instagram and Twitter were in the news as well. They had a couple of big headlines. Oh, yeah. Twitter is growing at the fastest level since 2014. Huh. I wonder why that could be. They're eliminating their competition. It's possible.

That's possible. And Instagram has a new sensitivity filter. And a lot of the Instagram users and posters are a little wound up because they're getting their posts blocked because of the sensitivity filter. So don't worry, they'll adjust it. Zuck'll get that right back on track for you. Right.