Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 785 | Just Get It Out!

Episode Date: January 14, 2022

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And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. Well, we found out yesterday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revoking the standard of identity for French dressing. Thank goodness. It's in response to a citizen petition from the Association for Dressings and sauces. And why am I not a member of the Association for Dressings and sauces? Because I'll tell you why, because most of that stuff is bougie. but petitioners shared information documenting that the standard is outdated so in 2020 the end of last year the oh no two years ago now what am i thinking it's 2022 the agency issued a proposed rule and is now finalizing the rule based in part on its conclusion that revoking the standard will allow for greater innovation and more flexibility of products on the market and that's what we need in french direction is greater innovation and more flexibility of products on the market.

We need that with French dressing desperately, and I am happy. Overjoyed with happiness that it's finally taken shape. Welcome, welcome to chewing the fat. I didn't realize that people were so wound up about French dressing and other dressings most of it is nastiness anyway but it appears that consumers appear to expect French dressing to have certain characteristics not required by the standard such as containing tomatoes or tomato derived ingredients whatever all right fine I mean the FDA and Cosmetic Act the federal food drug and cosmetic

Act protect consumers from adulteration and misbranding of products. Foods with standards of identity that have been established include bread, certain cheeses, fruits, jam, certain vegetables, fruit juices, and certain types of chocolate. The standard of identity for French dressing characterized it as

containing oil, acidifying, and seasoning ingredients, and allowed additional safe and suitable ingredients. But, you know, I guess some people expected it to have tomatoes and other stuff. So anyway, they're revoking the standard of identity, which is great. And then I see where there's a story about the recall of baked goods in Kroger.

Now, we talked about this on an earlier episode of Chewing the Fat, where they had the desserts country oven brands being recalled. But in this story, it also at the bottom talks about more recalls to worry about. Now, again, we talked about the, you know, the cinnamon rolls and four ounce and two and a half ounce packages, white cake, chocolate cake, white vanilla cake, yellow vanilla cake. And the list goes on of these country oven brand desserts that need to be recalled, that are recalled. and they were items that were sold in, you know, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, California, Oregon, Arkansas, Washington, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Virginia, and Utah. Just those states, though. But at the bottom of this story, it talks about more recalls to worry about.

And the list is incredible. We talked about the massive salad recall. that for Dole and Kroger and more brands, there was an urgent meat recall of 234,000 pounds. We have new frozen veggie recall issued because people were, I guess, breaking their teeth. We have a 28,000 pounds of meat. We talked about that across seven states with recall.

Urgent target recall. People were getting sliced open by this recalled product. I'm not sure what they were opening up. Hold on. There were some 174,300 bullseys playground metal mailbox units nationwide. And they have been recalled because people are slicing themselves open while opening the product. You have another bagged salad recall. And you have the Costco and ShopRite recall desserts.

I remember talking about that. And we also have an earth. urgent supplement recall caused by exploding bottles. That can't be good. So apparently there's a Candida flush herb supplement from Mountain Meadow herbs. And so there's no contamination issue. It's just that the bottles are prone to becoming pressurized during storage. And as a result, opening impacted bottles can pose a danger.

to the users. So the product, I guess, forcefully expels air, as well as portions of the capsules and powder, which could result in, you know, you and me sustaining injuries to our hands and eyes and, you know, requiring medical attention if we open up the bottle of candida flush herb supplements. So if you are a candida flush herb supplement

from Mountain Meadow Herbs user, be careful. Be careful. that bottle could explode in your face. All right, I want to do a story around the rust shooting and death on the movie set of Rust. But we need to revisit some rules because I did the story of the star of that movie, recorded his Instagram account the other day. And he talked about how he, you know, all the stories of him not following the rules and complying with the investigation.

We're all BS. And we come to find out that it really isn't BS. It really isn't BS at all. Although he did give a, you know, his disclaimer of we've got, they've got to follow the rules of evidence and they have to request this. They can't just get everything that they, you know, they can't just get everything. They have to be specific of what they need from his phone.

And when I say his, I'm talking about the star. of the movie Rust. Now, the rules on this show have been that when I say, I want to postpone the rules for a moment, okay? Because I want to, we need a new set of rules. A little carried away the other day. So the rules had been when I say his name, Alec Baldwin, that a gunshot would go off.

All right. But the other day, I started saying just Alec and the gunshot went off. So we need to revisit some of the rules here on chewing the fat. Okay? So if I screw up and say that the full name, Alec Baldwin, you're going to hear this. If I say, Alec, you'll hear this. And it's just a reminder of the horrific situation on the set of Rust when Mr. Baldwin shot Helena Hutchins. And, well, he shot two people, but Helena Hutchins died from the shooting, from this scene.

and he is, you know, obviously denied that he was not at fault. And he even said in an interview that he didn't pull the trigger. Okay, it was a magic gun, I guess. But apparently he has not turned over his cell phone or other information that was, you know, given to him through a search warrant. They issued it. They want it. And he insisted he's complying, but he's complying through the, you know, through law.

right? I mean, he's saying, hey, I want to turn it over to you, but you can't just get everything. I'd be more specific. He talked about love letters to his wife, uh-huh, and other photos on the phone that, you know, he doesn't want anyone to see. Uh-huh. So, I mean, the question is, you know, why? Well, he's Alec Baldwin. I mean, he isn't really lying, but he is, you know, he just wants to have both sides of the, both sides of the bread buttered. That is, yeah, that's what it is. He wants both sides of the bread buttered. I just, I kind of, I'm on his side and I hate that I'm on his side. But we've talked about it before, about how, you know,

we all want to be in compliance with police officers and the horrific things that go on in life. But we do have rules and regulations to follow with the law. And while he can still say that he's complying and anyone that says I'm not complying is full of crap and I'm doing exactly what it is, well, it's kind of true. I mean, he's following the rules and regulations, but he isn't just, you know, handing over everything. And, you know, that's, you know, I get it. I get it. And that makes me want to, you know, I'm with you, Alec. It just does make one wonder, hmm, I wonder what he's hot.

I mean, that's the whole thing, right? We see it on TV shows all the time. We talk about where the police say, you know, well, you have to let us in. Do you have a warrant? No. Well, if you ask for a warrant, it makes you look guilty. Well, okay, so what?

So it makes me look guilty. Get a warrant. Follow the law. But, I mean, you want to be helpful. But, I mean, the police are supposed to follow the law, too, right? And I guess they're supposed to follow the law even for, Alec Yes, even

Alec Baldwin. So we'll find out in the future what happens. I know that you know, look, they're supposed to, you know, the point is, is to protect his privacy and yours, if you were ever caught up in something as horrific as this, in matters unrelated

to the actual case that's being investigated. So, you know, I know that they, you know, are they using their, well, we're finalizing logistics with authorities and authorities from New York and Arizona are assisting in this matter. So that's, you know, to have Alec, you know, come out and record his video and say that it's all BS and it's a lie. That's just him being, you know, off or on his meds.

This is, I mean, that's what we've become used to with Mr. Baldwin. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Oh my gosh. That was so good. Oh, cold feels so good. I will say that I feel like I'm completely over the COVID-19 positive testing, although I have not tested negative yet,

but I haven't taken the test, but I feel like I'm negative. And my wife who tested positive and who has not tested negative yet seems to be over to. So it's a couple days. of the Omicron and then, you know, you can move on with your life. I've got to find a test to test me negative. So it's official, but it's official. Although I will say, I today, you know, has been, well, six days, right? So it's today is Fat Pile Friday.

So I started getting sick late last Friday night into Saturday. So it was a couple days there and tested positive on Saturday. Saturday for COVID. I still, like today, I could have slept forever. And that's really unlike me. I mean, I, I, yes, we all need sleep. I get it. And, you know, we have a schedule.

But my schedule is, you know, I'm up and I'm moving around and doing stuff every day. I'm bright and early. And, you know, bright and early, like before bright and early, actually dark and early. And boy, today I just, I couldn't. I could have slept all day long. I don't know if that's a, I don't know if that's a side effect of Omicron or if it's just, you know, me being, you know,

enough is enough and how about you get some sleep? I don't know. But it sure feels like that's some sort of, I don't know if that's Amacron long haul, because it's only been a week, but I definitely feel like I could lay down and go to sleep at a moment's notice. And I do not like that.

I do not like that at all. Okay, so for those of you that follow me on social media, Twitter at Jeffy JFR, Facebook, Jeff Fisher Radio, Instagram, Jeff Fisher Radio, getter at Jeffy JFR. You follow me on YouTube, Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com. You saw that I posted yesterday this Zupranos video. It is awesome.

I hate that the story itself apparently started with Stephen in Colbert because he is just, well, not funny, but he's the guy. So he showed this video, and I remember seeing the video a week or so ago, a couple weeks ago, of the orangutan driving the golf cart, right? And it's really, Colbert, I guess, joked around that the orangutan was in Florida, because we have to make the joke, golf carts in Florida. But apparently it's a part of a menagerie in Dubai belonging to Chicago. Fatma Rashad al-Makhton, the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid El Maptorum,

the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. And the orangutan is named Rambo and has been driving various vehicles since he was young. But this YouTuber, genius, smell for dip, noticed that, hey, it's in a one-hand driving technique. And he thought, man, that looks like Tony Soprano. And the opening scene of the Sopranos. So he edited the video together with the Sopranos theme. All right. I won't play the whole thing because I'll just want to watch the Sopranos all over again.

But it's from, you know, the Alabama 3, A3, however, whatever they go by, woke up this morning and, you know, that theme for the Sopranos. It was just awesome. And it just makes me want to watch the Sopranos. But what it was a genius video of using the orangutanang driving around the golf cart with the Sopranos open. So if you didn't get a chance to see that yet, oh, watch it. It's funny. And speaking of great songs, I see where Baby Shark Dance

You expected me to play it there, didn't you? No, I won't. I promise I won't. I cannot take. I don't want to hear it again. But I see where Baby Shark Dance... I thought I was going to play it, didn't you? No, I told you.

I won't. I promise. Baby Shark Dance hit 10 billion views on YouTube. 10 billion. Oh, man. That is just... That's a milestone. That's a milestone.

Congratulations. I feel like we... gave them this award already, but you know, now they've it's official. 10 billion views on YouTube. I was looking at the list of billions of views on YouTube, like the top 30.

And, you know, that 30 is 3.3 billion. Well, they're tied. With Shakira and Jay Baldwin for 3.03 billion views. Ed Shearin's got three in the top 30. Three billion. 3.39 billion, 5.58 billion for our shape of you.

Despacito Les Fonse has 7.70 billion views on YouTube. That's number two behind Baby Shark. Got to feel good about yourself. All these artists have got to feel really good about themselves because they're coming in behind Baby Shark. But congratulations for 10 billion views. I thought I was going to play it there, didn't you? I want to, but I promised I wouldn't.

Hey, speaking to me, as long as we're talking about music, I see where the Bonaru Music and Arts Festival is going to return. Thank goodness. I mean, it's been canceled for two years. So that's going to return June 16th and 19th. Will it? Will it return? They're just, you know, they're going to advertise that they're going to return so good.

You're going to headline with Jay Cole and Tool. and Stevie Nix and my favorite, more. And we also have the new 2020 Coachella Valley Music Festival and Arts. No, I guess it's the official title is the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Okay, it's 2022.

Billy Elish Contne West is going to be there. So, well, that'll be great when that happens. When is Coachella actually supposed to happen? In April. So the 2022, Coachella, is currently set for April 15th, 16th, and 17th, and then again, April 22nd, 23rd, and 24th at the Empire Polo Grounds in India, California. So we'll see how that goes. I mean, this should be one of the big first ones, right, since the Travis Scott debacle in Houston. So we'll see what happens when all of these people get together for a giant concert should be.

fun. Oh, and I see where Ricky Jervais, Afterlife, season three, is available on Netflix today, starting today. If you're listening live,

it is the 14th of January, 2022. So that should be, you know, a good watch for the weekend. I see where Netflix also is doing a documentary series that's going to follow the PGA tour

from, uh, okay, man, I got to tell you, I am not, I don't dislike the professional golf association, but I hope that we could make the documentary something more than, I mean, if we're going to use an orangutan driving around on a golf cart, maybe, but the PGA is against golf carts anyway. So we're probably not going to get that. I'm not real sure. I mean, it may or may not be good.

who knows, but I don't know that I'm excited about seeing a documentary of the PGA tour. And he tickos for the driver. No, no, he's using his wedge. It doesn't sound like it could be that interesting, but what do I know? I mean, I used to golf all the time. You know, 100 years ago, I used to golf a lot. My dad used to golf in these golf leagues, And when I was a little kid, he got me while he was golfing in the league.

I took lessons from the pros at the clubs. And so, I mean, I can golf. I'm an athlete golfing. But, you know, after I got my club stolen, and then I was just like it wasn't worth my time to golf anymore. And I still have my special putter, though. I don't know if we've talked about this. I feel like I've talked about a long time ago,

but I still have my putter that my dad won in a tournament. you know, a thousand years ago from ballpark Franks. It was a, you know, ballpark Frank tournament at the golf club, at the, at the club. And he won a putter, which is a, you know, the putter is a fork at the bottom with half a hot dog as your putter. It's my ballpark Frank putter. I will not lose at the putt-putt golf course with my ballpark Frank putter. Okay. If I go there and I don't have my putter, you might have.

a chance. But if you are taking me on and I pull out my ballpark Frank Putter, that's right, my friends. If I pull that out of the trunk, you are going down. All right? Not even the windmill could stop me.

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So how much do you pay your dog Walker? I was looking at this

the best best cities to walk your dog. Yes, I was looking at it. It's what I do. And in this story, it talks about the average dog walker rate, $12.40 an hour. All right. The highest maximum rate was $85.51 an hour. To walk a dog or to walk dog.

or to walk dogs, plural, I could do that. For 85 bucks an hour? Yeah. My kids are going to start becoming dog walkers. That's what's going to happen. Now, if you live in Honolulu, Rochester, New York, Salt Lake City,

they are not on the list. They didn't make the list. Well, it's because the data was lacking for the list. But according to this, here at lawn starter.com they are still nonetheless good cities for dog walking.

I was looking I know now it's kind of dated I'm not really sure I can appreciate the list because they compared 170 of the biggest

US cities based on their walkability, pup friendly trail access, services and safety. All right. So the number one city overall. Dog walking. Portland, Oregon.

I mean, are we out really? I mean, we've seen what happened in Portland in the last couple years. I don't know that I want to be out walking my dog. And number two, San Francisco. No. Maybe it's number two because you're able to just go number two and not worry about it.

Oakland, California. Another place that doesn't seem the safest place to be able to walk a dog. That's just me, though. I know. Las Vegas, number four, you're walking a dog in the desert? That's the, they got the best places to walk your dog? Okay.

All right. Number five, Boise. Boise's beautiful. I do love Boise, Idaho. I could actually live in Boise, Idaho. No question about that. When we traveled there, we went there for a long weekend. And I fell in love.

I didn't realize how pretty a city it was. And big parks and everything was really nice. It's not a surprise that it's on the list. And then, you know, L.A., New York, Washington, D.C., Colorado Springs, Jersey City. Those are the top. Jersey City. Ugh. Dust walking your dogs. Okay.

All right. Fine. So I guess it's because Portland has the most dog-friendly trails. Then you have Phoenix. and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Yeah, those aren't dog-friendly trails. Those are Cellier Meth trails in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hey, most dog walkers per 100,000 residents, Orlando, Florida, Miami, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Then you have Las Vegas and Springfield, Missouri. Weird, Springfield, Missouri. So apparently, I mean, you could make the argument that there are plenty of people in Orlando Miami and Fort Lauderdale that are aged. Let's just call them aged and have animals that don't want to walk their dogs. So they pay people to walk their dogs. Paying $85 an hour to walk your dog? I mean, I want to do that.

Fewest pedestrian fatalities. I mean, Frisco, Texas, Glendale. I mean, it's just best cities to walk your dog. It's all just. That's all. I'm just. seven of the top 10 cities are located in the west and I guess they offer easy access to dog parks

and dog friendly park. I went through all this. I went through all this just because I couldn't believe that someone is paying $85. $51 an hour to walk their dog. Will you walk my dog for $85 an hour? There's a number of jokes in that. question and you can write them yourself.

And just so we, you know, cover it full circle, I gave you the top cities, I'll give you the bottom cities of the best cities to walk your dog. At the bottom of the list, Jackson, Mississippi, then Wichita, Kansas, Port St. Lucey, Florida, Garland, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, Montgomery, Alabama, Macon, Georgia, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Lareda, Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

And Detroit, Michigan, sneaking in there down to the bottom for the best places or worst places to walk your dog. I mean, you could probably make some, I don't know, if it's a bad city to walk your dog, do you make more money walking it or less money? Yeah, not sure. I mean, I'm charging a lot to walk your dog in Oakland.

Let's just be clear about that. And Portland's number one, too, you're paying me some extra cash to walk around Portland with your dog. No question. there's so many jokes in there All right I'll stop with the walking the dog jokes Is you see where

I don't even know if this story is real or not But it's a fascinating Social media story A Chinese woman Identified as Ms. Wang Has been stuck According to her With her date since January

5th after the neighborhood they were in Was locked down So the guy, they were going out on a blind date, they were out on a date, neighborhood got locked down, nobody goes anywhere. So they've been together since then. Apparently, she claims that the guy is not much of a conversationalist. His food is mediocre, but he's still willing to cook, which I think is great.

So she's being interviewed about it, and she said that besides the fact that he's as mute as a wooden mannequin, everything else about it was pretty good. So, I mean, okay, they'll keep me up to date on your blind date that, you know, you got stuck with each other, no problems, kind of a cute little story. You know, speaking to social media, Charlie Di Emilio, TikToker, $17.5 million last year. TikToker, $17.5 million last year. That's not a bad business model. That's pretty good. That is pretty good.

So if you, you know, if you've got the, at the Cajonis and you don't want to be a, you know, $85 an hour dog walker, you can go ahead and start posting on TikTok and earn some cash. Just get the views, baby. Get the clicks. 17.5 million for Charlie Di Emilio. Forbes claims that celebrities collectively were paid five,

55.5 million in 2021 on TikTok, which is a huge increase. No question. Now, the Charlie and Dixie DiMiliou apparently are like the Kardashians of TikTok. So, and I apologize for not knowing them. And I wish I have known them and I will now, although I'm not a big TikToker, which is, you know, maybe I need to start being a TikToker. but I am not. So I can say that I'm not aware of all the huge TikTok stars,

although I am aware of some of them. But when you're talking about making $17 million a year, posting on whatever social media account, that's pretty sweet. That's pretty sweet. So if you could get anywhere between, you know, I don't know, 10 bucks and $17 million on a social media account

good for you good for you I would bet that everyone hopes that they're going to be the 17 point whatever million dollar earner rather than the $10 earner but you know at least you made something right Welcome aboard Air Canada

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tomorrow, which would be the 15th of January 2022. It's looking like the bid at the time of the story was only $12,774. So if someone would like to bid on the Fleetwood Brom pastel yellow caddy

and give it to moi, I would be very grateful. It looks really cool. I would love to have a 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brome that belonged to the king himself, man. That would be awesome.

No doubt about it, man. It's a beautiful, big old caddy. It's got an 8.2-liter V8, 190 horses, 360 feet pounds of twist. I mean, come on now. And it's only got 1,700 miles on it. It's had four owners. It's awesome.

I mean, apparently, so the doctor to whom Presley gave the car sold it in 1985, who sold it years later, and then he bought it back again. So it's up for sale, 75 Fleetwood Brome, yellow or pastel, whatever you want to call it. It is awesome. You're probably getting, what, 10 to 12 miles to the gallon on this bad boy? And the one thing I love about it is they made a big deal out of it having the one Elvis, Tennessee plate. I have one of those. I drove a car for a long time in my life with one Elvis plate on the front of it.

I know. It wasn't a Cadillac, though. It was a Thunderbird. But I had a 70, I think it was a 70. I don't remember the year, Thunderbird that I drove. It was white, the long, the long, Thunderbird Hood, two door. Awesome.

I love that car. I had the one Elvis plate on it for a long time. That's my one Elvis car. And somewhere in my, you know, house of hoarded goods, I have my one Elvis plate still. Love that. So anyway, if you're looking for something to do with,

you know, $12 or $13,000, if you're a TikToker, you made some extra cash this year, and you're thinking, you know, we should buy a Jeff, chewing the fat, the King's 75 Cadillac Fleetwood Brough.

That would be awesome. I would love you for that. I see where Ronnie Spector died too. Oh, wait, that's supposed to be under Who Died Today? Ronnie Spector. I know. Singing, you know, from the Ronnettes, man.

It's huge. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group. Also, you know, producing from Phil Specter and The Wall of Sound. And they were great at the time. They were huge, man. There was no doubt about that. They released their debut album in 1964. Five of the 12 tracks made the charts.

I mean, they were on top of the world, man. They toured with the Beatles. I think they toured with the stones. They were incredible. So she passed away. anyway. So that's who died today. I see there are another person that died,

although not today, actually it was the oldest human fossil. They just found. It's a lot older than they thought. They think, yeah, you know, it was, we found it in Africa, in Ethiopia, southwestern Ethiopia, and we figured it was really old.

And I believe that was the quote that they had. It was really old. But right, now they're talking about, I think they said that they previously was 233,000 years ago. And now they're thinking that it was older than that. So she's been around for quite a while. The Omo One fossil. Pretty, you can quote me on that.

She's been around a long time. So she didn't actually die today. but she is the oldest known example of a homo sapien. Pretty incredible. You know who else has been around a long time? The cockroach. And I see where a New Zealand man had one of those. Yes, a cockroach wriggling in his ear for three days.

Three days. You know, we hear these stories all the time, and I say all the time. Frequently, we hear stories about people who have bugs crawl in their ears. But this man discovered a cockroids. brooch had been living in his ear for three days. All right. So I guess he fell asleep on a couch and the road crawled into his ear. And then he was like, man, something is going on.

There's something in my ear. I don't know what's happening. So he goes to the dock and the dock says, eh, there's no cockroach in there. What are you talking about? It's just dead skin cells. And so she syringed his ear and prescribed antibiotics and told it's probably going to go away. the own way. But if you, it's clear

now. So if you use a hair dryer, that should heat up the excess water of anything that's in there. And it should be fine. He did that for two days. And then he realized, man, something is not right. It's just there's something in there. So we went to another doctor. He goes to

an ear doctor. And the ear doctor says, yeah, that's a cockroach in there. I'm just going to get the tweezers and pull this thing out. Oh, didn't get it all. Oh, let me use this suction device here. And pull...

And he hears his eardrome pop, and the roach was finally removed. Oh, that means he was cooking that cockroach with the blow dryer for a couple of days in his ear. Oh, man. And now, so now it, you know, he's cleared and he can't believe that it happened. He's an arborist in New Zealand. So he regularly protests the removal of native trees. So he apparently lived in trees for days at a time without any incident. And for him, he was laughing about this actually happening on his couch

rather than up in a tree somewhere. But would you go around to that doctor again? Hey, Doc, you told me there wasn't a roach in my hair. Guess what? There was. I was in there for days. Remember, a few years ago, we talked about the guy who had a roach lay eggs in his ears.

I know. I know. Apparently, that roach went in there and burrowed in and stayed there for a few days. I get it. Even in this story, you know, it's fairly common for insects to get stuck

in one's ears. Is it? Okay. All right. Apparently, you know, the ear docks have seen, you know, all kinds of stuff

crawl into ears. I get you. But I don't know how common it is. I mean, I guess, you know, little kids have gotten ticks

in their ears and stuff like that, but that's not a cockeroach crawling into your ear. I've had one crawl across me. And I mean, you are awake and focused at that point. I was in Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina.

And I was laying in that hotel room. And I felt that cockroach crawl across my... And I moved every coffee table chair and hunted that bastard down. and put a size 13 shoe on top of that son of a gun. I mean, there was no way that that thing was going to survive. I'm sure there's plenty of more cockroaches in Columbia, South Carolina. Believe me, it's a cockroach haven. But not in that room, not the rest of that night.

No. I'm telling you, that's an awakening moment. So I can imagine how frustrating and weird it must feel to have a roach in your ear, deep inside your ear, and not being able to, I mean, that's an it you can't scratch. Oh,

should be a title of something for that. An itch you can't scratch. I mean, I, holy cow, just do whatever you got to do. Right? You just go crazy. Do whatever you got to do. Just stick whatever thing you've got to stick in there

and pull it out. How many times have I told that before? You know, and sure everybody's going to get COVID-19. I'm sure everyone is going to get Amacron. And we're going to, you know, hopefully it's going to be more like a, you know, a cold than anything. So it's going to be an endemic, not a pandemic illness, which is good. I mean, I'm excited about that. And I see where the White House said they're sending 10 million COVID-19 tests for schools a month.

That's great. Maybe they can get them because I can't find them anywhere for home tests. but hey, you know, it's going to be free. You're not going to be able to get them, but it's going to be free. I get it. I know all that's going on, and it's horrible, and I get it. I'm still, you know, technically I'm positive. I have not tested negative yet.

Hopefully I'm going to have that happen very soon. But the good news is in all of this, I see where we have our first 57-year-old patient. And by the way, I've got to say, The guy looks, okay, let's stop for a second. Let me tell you the story. All right. The story is that a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease

received a successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart and is still doing well. I mean, that is great. They did it in Maryland. I feel like that should have happened already. But the organ transplant demonstrated for the first time that a genetically modified animal heart can function like a huge. human heart without immediate rejection by the body.

So David Bennett, a Maryland resident, is, you know, obviously being monitored. And, you know, we're going to see how it goes with the new pig heart. Now, I will say that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for the surgery on New Year's Eve, though it's expanded through its expanded access through the compassionate use provision. Yeah, if I'm going to die and you have. have a way to maybe save me, I should be able to choose whether I want a whatever kind of animal heart I want in me.

Okay. If it's going to save me, put it in. But let me just say this. As I'm looking at this picture of Mr. Bennett, good for him. And I'm, you know, I'm happy for him. But he does not look 57. He looks really, really old. And those of you listening to think 57 is really old.

I know. I understand. I get it. It's all relative. But I guess if you need, if you're in need of a pig heart, your body's bent through quite a bit, so it's getting beat up. But he does not look 57. He looks more like 87. It looks more like 87. How old is our president?

Because our president is, what is he, 79, 80. He looks, looked really. bad. I mean, I saw him. I watched his little speech when he was talking about everyone get vaccinated and he's telling social media platforms to crack down. Yeah, I'm this information. You'd be sure to crack down on free speech, but this is America. We love America, but you'll be sure to crack down on free speech. We don't want people to be able to say what they want to say. But anyway, he looked really, really old. And I know that's not supposed to be new, but it does not look. good for our president.

I'll tell you that. And as far as social media companies cracking down, they seem to be following your suit, Mr. President. All right. I got to get out of here. I had to go find a test so I can test negative. Plus, we've got, I mean, I've got all kinds of stuff to watch. We've got to catch that.

We've got a new 1883 sometime this weekend, right? Dropping on Paramount Plus. and we have the NFL playoffs. Holy cow. I mean, do you see where the NFL viewership grew 10% from last year during the regular season? And the NFL games accounted for 91 of the top 100 telecasts on TV. That's a pretty strong argument for the NFL. Pretty strong.

It'll be interesting to see some of the numbers on the bowl games for college football because I feel like the bowl games really did not do well this year. I don't know why. I just have that feeling, and I'm going to have to look at those numbers. The big ones, sure. The big ones, sure, but the other ones that are just, you know,

the side note, bowl games. I feel like those are waning. You know, those are fun for the teams to do, I guess. But it's a good argument for the NFL. Anyway, thanks for listening to Chew and the Fat. I appreciate it. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content. at the blaze.com slash podcasts.