Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 885 | If It’s Not Hot, No Thanks…

Episode Date: June 2, 2022

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I need to begin today's broadcast with an apology. Yesterday, we talked about John Zederkow, who is dead, died at the age of 60 in our Who Died Today segment. I said here on this program that he was in two. episodes of criminal minds. And I couldn't believe that the headlines kept saying, actor in criminal minds and the mentalist dies at 60. And that's what got me hooked on the story. I loved criminal minds.

And I thought, oh, no, one of the big stars of criminal minds passed away. Well, I said, I couldn't believe that he was only in two episodes of criminal minds. I later realized after we published the show that Mr. Zadirko was only in one episode of criminal minds. So I don't want to give anybody false reporting on this program. What we say is true to the best of our knowledge when we say it here on Chewing the Fat. So John Zadirko, family, friends,

I know that he has family members left behind. He has his sister, his brother-in-law, and two nephews, mourning the loss of the life of John Zedurko. But I didn't really want to give you false information. He was only in one episode of criminal minds. He also, I found out after the show, I would have told you yesterday in the Who Die Today segment, that he played in the same basketball team as James Gandalfini growing up in Ohio, Colorado, and New Jersey. So I want to apologize to you and the family members for falsely reporting that John was in two episodes.

of criminal minds. He was only in one. I'm sorry. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. I hope all the only fans creators are okay now. They woke up this morning with a little bit of a shock. They went to their only fans page and it said, sorry, this page is not available.

The link you've found. followed may be broken or the page may have been removed. Go back to onlyfans.com. And apparently they were working on the website, but there were many only fans creators that started to have a little bit of health, health problems, a little bit of heart palpitations going on when they went to log into their only fans account

to either put up some new content or take some cash out from their, subscribers and thankfully it was just they were working on the site and it was down they didn't get rid of all the content on only fans so whew and happy about that another story from yesterday that i want to touch on again uh we talked about the extreme lifeguard shortage that's happening in arizona and we're talking about uh they're offering twenty five hundred dollar incentive signing bonus to become a lifeguard uh many public swissue swimming pools that were slated to be open over Memorial Day weekend did not open because they had a lack of lifeguards.

So over a third of the public pools in the United States did not open this summer over the Memorial Day weekend and probably won't open at all. But then I see, well, maybe I thought, well, you know, okay, why is that? I mean, where's the people? Where are the lifeguards? Well, some of them are out in California. because in California, in Arizona, they're giving you a $2,500 signing bonus. In California, you're making $510,283 a year.

That's the place to be a lifeguard. Now, the lifeguard that made $510,283, that was just his total compensation. It's not like that's his salary. Duh. He made $246,060 from overtime pay. His base salary is only $150,054. And he brought in another $28,661 in other pay and $85,508 in benefits. So the whole, you know, between the entire, the whole total compensation package pushes them over $500,000.

The number two earner was a lifeguard chief made $463,517, followed by, another section chief making $409,414. All told, 98 LA lifeguards made at least $200,000 last year. That's a pretty good gig. That is a pretty darn good gig. Now, those of you that think they're just sitting around doing nothing, that's not true. Okay? And I do mean that, actually.

They're considered first responders. And Los Angeles and the state of California got like $1.9 billion of your money. Well, and some of California's money, but a lot of your money, $1.9 billion bailout because of the American Rescue Plan Act. Yay! And since the lifeguards are considered first responders, that goes to them as well. Isn't that special? I know. Now, I know that they help with, they are, you know, specialized teams.

I get it. And they helped with state emergencies like wildfires. The one guy served 114 days on a COVID incident management team, 70 days on fire incident management team, six separate fires in addition to his service as an ocean lifeguard. So I get it. They're not just sitting around saying, get out of the water, okay?

So they have approximately 166 full-time ocean lifeguards and 600 seasonal recurrent ocean lifeguards. What do you do for a living? Well, are you working right now? No, I'm just waiting for summertime to come. I work as a lifeguard. Oh, okay. Cool.

Now, I know it comes with an enormous amount of responsibility. They're protecting 72 miles of coastline. 10,526 square miles of open ocean waters. 1,686 square miles of Los Angeles County Inland Waterways. Okay. Apparently, according to their numbers, they had 50 million beachgoers and our lifeguards executed over 9,286 ocean rescues and responded to over 13,303 medical calls.

Okay. No problem. And I know I guess they're, you know, helping with the wildfires when they're not on the beach, you know, blowing their whistle, telling you to be careful out in the ocean. But that is a good gig, my friends. If you could be a lifeguard. Okay, let's say you're not one of the lifeguards that goes out and fights fires when the beach is closed. Let's say you're just a beach lifeguard.

You know, one of the part-time recurrent lifeguards, you're making $150,000 a year? That's a good gig. I think I'm moving to L.A. from Arizona for that job. And I don't even want to live in California, although I do love California. It's beautiful. No doubt about it. But I do not want to live there. Not right now.

I mean, they did just release a report detailing its role, California's role, in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans. Oh, so does that mean we're going to get reparations? Probably. The 500-page document lays out the harm, suffered by descendants of enslaved people, even today. Long after slavery was abolished in the 19th century through discriminatory laws and actions in all facets of life

from housing and education to employment and the legal system. Oh, okay. Law professor at Howard University and director of the Thorogood Marshall Civil Rights Center in Washington, Justin Hansford, he's a longtime reparations advocate, called the moment exciting and monumental. To have an official detail of these histories coming from the state is important. I know a lot of people say we don't need to keep doing studies, but the reality is, until it comes from a source that people think is objective,

good luck finding that source, then it is going to be harder, rather than chewing the fat, actually, then it is going to be harder to convince everybody of some of the inequalities described. I know, I know. I know they have a task force, you know, because that was signed into legislation

from Governor Newsom a couple years ago, that they were going to go ahead with the study and plan. Cities and universities have taken up the cause. You have Evanston, Chicago, or Evanston, Illinois, outside of Chicago, becoming the first city to make reparations available to black residents last year. And I don't know what the, you know, what the small print is there, because there's a heck of a lot of people who are not decent. descendants of slaves that are they still getting a cut that are African-Americans or blacks?

Are they still getting a cut? And what if you were a white slave for the Indians? Do I get reparations? If I can prove that I was the descendant of a slave from the Indians, from an Indian tribe? Probably not. But I'm just wondering. I'm just having questions. That's all.

I'm just wondering. Now they claim that they want to have. a cabinet level secretary position to oversee an African-American affairs agency, which branches for civic engagement, education, social services, cultural affairs, and legal affairs. And it would help people research and document their lineage to a 19th century ancestor so they could qualify for financial restitution. Yeah, I mean, there's got a, they're going to have, there could not possibly be every person. And there could not be any fraud in that in that world don't even talk to me about fraud and then i suppose you're going to say

jeff california didn't even have plantations or jim crow era laws so shut up okay we don't want to hear that so it's just amazing times we live in isn't it it is it is amazing times uh let's go to the break room I need something cold to drink. Let's go. Come on. Now that's good. Good news for those of you that like crispy cream donuts and especially hot off the griddle, crispy cream donuts. I think that's the way they're made right off the griddle.

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it's been a long time since i've had an actual crispy cream donut but they are really really good hot. Once they lose their hotness, that pretty much is, you know, that's pretty much a fact with anything, though,

really. Once you lose your hotness, eh, do you really want it anymore? And congratulations to an Indiana donut shop who broke a Guinness World Record. I,

this show has got to get a Guinness World Record. This particular Indiana Donut shop, Tom's Donuts in Angola, Beautiful. I love Angola, Indiana. If my hand is Indiana, Angola's right there.

And it set the Guinness World Record for the most donuts sold in a single day of business. So congratulations to Tom's donuts, who sold 8,558 donuts in a single day. Now, one would think you could probably pull that off. Right? I mean, I realize that's a big number. There's a lot of donuts. 8,500 to 58 donuts. But he had a goal of 1700.

So, I mean, he blew the goal right out of the water. So congratulations to the sailor family as Tom's donuts in Angola, Indiana, was declared the donut capital of the world. 8,558 donuts. made and sold at this particular location in a six hour period the Guinness Book of world record was on location to certify the results so congratulations oh and finally the Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial is over I didn't think it would ever end although some of it was kind of fun to watch so the jury awarded Johnny Depp 15

million dollars after the seven-week trial and I mean there were allegations leveled

at both of it was scorched earth we talked about that I know that Johnny believes he

got his life back but I don't know we'll see the judge reduced Depp's punitive

damages award from $5 million to $350,000 the maximum under Virginia law so Johnny doesn't even get $15 million

he gets 10.35 million oh okay and Then they gave, through Amber a couple of bucks. They said that Depp had defamed her through his attorney as to a single statement accusing her of staging an alleged assault. They gave her $2 million.

So she's going to end up owe in, you know, $8.5 million to Depp. And if I'm Johnny, I mean, I don't know. Maybe I tell her, I don't, you don't have to pay me the $2 million. you give it to the charity that you never paid that you said you were going to pay from our divorce money. But, you know, who knows? Johnny was too busy partying with Jeff Beck in England, and he was drinking at a local bar,

taking pictures with fans when the verdict was read, so good on him. The jury took 12 hours, spread over three days, to reach the verdict. Really strange. Well, not strange. I mean, if you're part of the jury, apparently they had reached their verdict and yesterday it was like the verdict will be read at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Well, if they were ready, why not read it now? Oh, we don't catch lunch. Let us finish up lunch before we have to come back out here and read the verdict. And then they came back out and they forgot to fill in the amounts. So the judge is like, whoa, whoa, whoa, go back, give us some amounts. So, you know, it certainly wasn't the 50 million. And very disappointing for the lawyer team for Johnny Depp. I mean, I'm sure they were hoping for a bigger.

cut and I'm sure that they're going to take their cut from the 15 million award not the 10 million award I would almost bet on that but you know who knows and I mean the attorney for johnny dapp the one that was always looking at him so hot and everything you know she was all excited in fact I don't know this for sure but I would be willing to make another bet that she flew over to the united kingdom you know just to celebrate with her client. I don't know that, I'm just guessing. And today's a big day in the UK.

And they both issued statements. And it's just, I mean, I don't know if there's going to be a season two. I saw my man, Tim Young, asking when season two started. I think they're on hiatus now for a little bit. They had a couple

of issues on the set arrangements, so they're not going to start filming right away. So season two, of the Depp Heard trial won't begin right away. We'll find out more later. But it is a big day in the United Kingdom, which, you know,

maybe that's why the attorney and Johnny Depp are together over there. We finally, finally get to celebrate the queen and her Jubilee, the Platinum Jubilee. It kicked off today and celebrating seven decades of her service. Yay!

It's a four-day celebration, marking the first time a platinum jubilee is taken place in British history. Oh, that's tremendous. And they're having the big birthday parade today. They've got the royal family balcony appearance. And they've got a concert and lighting of 3,200 torchlights, horse races, and along with my favorite, and more. The celebration will end Sunday with the Platinum Jubilee pageants. four acts of music and theater among other celebrations. That's going to be exciting.

And I know that Harry and Megan are over there, and I think they took the kids, but they're just sitting in the back. I mean, yeah, we were happy to have you here, but we're not going to talk to you right now. Just thanks for coming. Appreciate it. And I saw where Megan visited the Evaldi.

So she may be running for office making stops like that. I don't know. We'll see. I mean, she, Harry needs to get rid of that, man. If he wants anything to do with the royalty anymore, man, he needs to get rid of her. And they're not going to get rid of them. I know there's, you know, we've talked about that on a couple of royal specials,

and I know some other people have, you know, listened and started hypothesizing that they're going to get rid of the royals after the queen dies. No way. She said she has no plans of retiring because she knows. Nobody likes you. Nobody wants Charles around, okay? So I'm just going to, I'm just going to.

I was going to continue to live And maybe I can outlive Charles Boy, wouldn't that be horrible? But 86% of the Brits Say that they're satisfied with the Queen's performance And so we've got celebrations all around the world With the platinum jubilee I mean, we're beaming her picture up on Stonehenge

That's a little much for me But you know, whatever. It's a party. Let it go. It's the matcha or the three ensemble Cicot of Cephora of the FACC that I've been to denichy who energize o'clock. The form of standard and mini-regrouped,

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Okay, so let's get to the other beasts, shall we? A mountain lion, I just stopped into a school in California. What? Yeah, the school got locked down because a mountain lion just came into the school. Ah, you know, it's not unheard of. They come close to campus, but, you know, this time he just walked into the school. and they just there is in a room everyone is running crazy

and they just locked him in the room so it was a young one a lion cub and so they had him locked in the room and they of course called the experts and then they came and took him to the zoo the San Diego Zoo they're going to check him out make sure he's okay

and not the San Diego Zoo the Oakland Zoo sorry I apologize no one supports zoo is more than me and I don't want to get them confused because the San Diego Zoo is a beautiful zoo and the Oakland Zoo is who we're talking about here. Okay? And so they came and got the mountain line

and they're giving it a brush and it's just a little when I looked at it at first you know the story sounds like oh my gosh you know this mountain lion is trampling through the school as just a little cub lost. Now I will say this. The cub wanders into the school it was a good thing mom wasn't around

didn't know that the kid went into the school we could have had a real issue there if mom stopped by that said, why are you messing with my kid? Yeah. And they say, oh, the animal was skinny but seemed otherwise healthy. Oh, okay.

Well, maybe something happened to the mom or maybe it was the runt and now it's happy. It got lucky, man. Now it's living at the zoo. But it just wandered in the school. Interesting. How people and animals are just wandering into schools now that I thought we're on lockdown. But apparently not.

Apparently not. We just had the first bison goering at Yellowstone National Park. That's not funny. But it just is because, you know, you're not supposed to get that close to him. This 25-year-old woman got into about 10 feet away from the bison. and the bison was not having any of it. Ten feet is way too close. Some bad boys can move.

You can quote me out that. You don't want none of that bison. He tossed her about 10 feet into the air. Get out of here. Now, she was transported by ambulance to the regional medical center there in Idaho. And, of course, the incident remains under investigation. Here's the investigation. Don't get close to the bison like that.

Now, you're not supposed to. to. There's all kinds of rules for you visitors to Yellowstone. You're supposed to stay 25 yards. 25 yards! That's a long way. You know, you do, I understand the thought process.

25 yards seems like it's a long way away. And so you want to get closer. You want to get that Instagram shot. You want to get that shot for your friend. Look, I'm here at Yellowstone. There's a bison. And so you just keep kind of creeping closer and closer and closer.

and the next thing you know you're you know a few feet away at the bison's like that's too close boom and you're up in the air falling down on the ground hoping that bison isn't going to attack again you don't want none of that bison gore i'm just saying so this was the first reported incident this year and look bison are unpredictable and they could run three times faster than humans and i don't know if you know they're pretty big they're a pretty big animal. So if you're going to go there and you're going to try to get close to them, bring a weapon. No, don't do that.

Don't do that. I don't want to even talk about something like that. Oh, my gosh. I see a woman in New York became a hero because they were in a bar drinking. Everybody having a good time. And the next thing you know, an opossum. Is it an opossum or a possum? It's an opossum.

A possum walks into the bar. and people are freaking out in the bar and this lady's like, what? Why is this possum into the bar? Because possums are like big rats, that's why. And we already talked earlier this week about how the rat problem in New York is just exploding.

Well, there you go. Now possums are too, the rat family. Oh, Jeff, possums are a loving animal. They're not rats. Okay, look at them. Look at them. That's all I'm saying. But there was a lady that, you know, from Alaska.

She doesn't see. I'm not from Brooklyn. Okay, I'm from Alaska. I used to go camping with black bears hanging out of my campsite. And so I just went up to him and I was like, hey, I know you're afraid. And I was like, all right, I think I'm just going to scruff you and take you out because it be less painful for you. So she picked him up by the neck and tossed him outside. Yay.

You're a hero. You got the giant Possum rat out of the bar. I mean, really? Everybody's at a bar starts freaking out because a possum rolls in? Stop it. Man, New York has really gone down, man.

When New Yorkers are in a bar and they're scared of a possum wandering in? Times are tough. Times are tough. And then we had the Sonic in Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia, beautiful this time of year. Apparently, one of the workers

was cooking burgers and tater tots and I mean that's pretty much every worker at a Sonic right? All of a sudden he was over at the deep fryer and looked down and there was a giant python it wasn't a rattlesnake so it was a python you know

rolled up next to the deep friar oh okay the python just kind of came in and said you know what I like that people are leaving doors open and animals are just wanting wandering in. What is happening? Stop it. Doors are meant to keep things out. Oh, they're also meant to let things in, Jeff. That's what doors do. Okay. No problem. So, I don't know, they, they hauled it off. And, uh, you know, now personally, you would have never heard about this snake. If this were me.

And I'm just throwing it out there. Because it probably is never. going to happen but if I were saying you know working at a Sonic and all of a sudden I said hey look at there's a huge Python rolled up behind the deep fryer I'm going to go ahead and get one of my giant sonic snakes and cut the head off of it then I'm going to throw it in a trash bag and put it in the old Sonic dumpster out back And no one's going to know. Gonna wash the knife, mop the floor, and be done with it. Hey, was that a snake back there behind the deep fryer?

I don't know. Go make your burgers and fries. We've got customers. But instead, we hear about it on chewing the fat. And I appreciate, you know, people, you know, telling the story so that we can talk about it here on chewing the fat. But in real life, no. You are not hearing about it from me. You know, at least at the time.

Sure, I mean, I tell, I would have to tell you at some point, but not at the time. Like years ago, when I killed my first snake in Florida, and I've apologized in the past for it, really, it was a Florida black snake, and I shouldn't have killed it. But I didn't know any better. And I was sitting out, we just moved into this house, and we were at a pool, and we were sitting out back by the pool. And we were, you know, at that time I was drinking, so I had a couple of beers with my good friend, David Bradley. And we were sitting there drinking beer, all of some of this giant sea. snake comes around the corner of the Florida room where we were sitting and it's outside not inside

I'm smart enough to know how to close a door and the snake that's a big one I mean I hunted that bad boy down we hunted him down back along the side of the house back behind the trash cans and you know like I would have done at the Sonic it was over for him and then I found out later that they're they're called Florida black snakes and they're really good and they're not bad and they're not poisonous and they're good and they eat all kinds of bugs and they're good for you. So I made sure I made up for it. I made sure all their little babies that used to end up in my pool, I would take them out and make sure that they were okay and let them live.

So I made up for one bad mistake with a Florida black snake. Okay. And then we have the nine-year-old girl who fought off the mountain lion in Washington State and lived. I mean, she got beat up bad man. There's no doubt about that. Apparently she was playing hide and go seek with. some of her friends at this campground. And she, in Fruitland, Washington, which is northwest of Spokane.

I mean, he's right there on the map. And she was playing hide and seek. And then, well, the animal showed up and started attacking her. And she fought it off. It doesn't say how the animal died. I don't know if the girl pulled out her weapon and shot it, which I'm not opposed to if it happened. But it just says the cougar was killed on the scene.

So apparently, you know, she started screaming and she was fighting off the cougar, and someone else came and put down the cougar. It doesn't say. I really bummed that it doesn't give me the full description of how it happened. But the cougar is gone. Have a nice day. We lost them. I know.

Who died today? The cougar that attacked the little nine-year-old girl. That's who died. And he deserved it, too. Okay? Now they claim in this story, shrinking boundaries between. human habitat and lion habitat, oh, it's likely going to lead to more encounters.

That's why we have zoos. That's why we have zoos, why I support zoos, why I believe that zoos are an important part of our life. Okay, but if you run into a cougar, they want you to know that never turn and run. All right, that's what prey does. Don't ever break eye contact. Make yourself big as possible.

Stand tall, wave your hands, your whistle if you have it make sure you never go out and play in the campsite without your whistle and be ready to grab that bear spray that you have on your hip okay what i have on my hip ain't bear spray it's fat jeff no i might have to bear spray but i'm also going to have a weapon i can guarantee you it wasn't bear spray that took the cougar out as it was attacking this nine-year-old girl I could be wrong, but I doubt it. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here.

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I mean, she is like the big deal, right? She's the big boss bitch over there at Facebook, man. She's stepping down. She's saying I'm out. Have a nice day. Take care. I know she's the C-O-O of META, but she's Mark's longtime right-hand person, right-hand man.

Oh, she's a woman, Jeff. I know. She's Mark's right-hand person. And she's only worth about $1.6 billion. Nothing in Facebook world. But she's worked with Mark for a long time. And she's only worth $1.6 billion?

That seems a little low. It seems like, Mark, how about you pay me a little bit more? But she's stepping down. She claims in the fall. And then she's still going to be on the board. Are you? Are you still going to be on the board?

Okay. So we'll see. if, you know, what happens over there on Facebook what that means, what's going on? There was, you know, there definitely was some some infighting and some stories going around that she was helping, she was helping

her boyfriend and telling websites not to run stories on her boyfriend. And so we'll see what happens. Cheryl's, you know, she's a power broker. And as CEO of Facebook, she carried a lot of weight. Now she leaves the CEO and just on the board,

does the board member, if, she remains on the board. Does that still carry the weight of C-O? I think not. And I see the headline of Bezos's ex-wife, McKenzie Scott. The headline is that she's thinking about buying the Portland Trailblazers,

the NBA basketball team. But she's not the only one on that list. I mean, you've got Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle Corporation. You've got Lauren Powell Jobs, another widow of a big shot, although I mean to say another. McKenzie is no widow.

Okay, she's an ex, Jeff. Okay. Lauren Powell Jobs lost her husband. Okay, Steve Jobs, got it. And so she's on that list to buy the Trailblazers too. So I don't know who's getting it now. You know, McKenzie's got some money, and so does Larry Ellison, though. And so we'll see who wins.

You know, I mean, that's the sister, right, the female, the Jody Allen, I think, is running the Trailblazers now after Paul Allen died in 2018. So we'll see, you know, she's going to want to obviously give it to another woman. So, hello. Allison is out. Have a nice day. So it's either going to be Lauren Powell Jobs or McKenzie Scott. And McKenzie Scott is such a philanthropist and has already said she's going to donate all her money to, you know, she's not going to be rich at the end of the day.

She's probably the one, right? She's going to be the one. And so it's possible. And then I've got me thinking, is the NBA still going on? Well, yes, it's the NBA finals. Duh. The Golden State Warriors are facing the Boston Celtics. Starting tonight is the NBA championships.

Wow, amazing. So the Warriors are in the finals for the sixth time in eight years. First team to do so since the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan. They have won three titles since 2015. But injuries, apparently, according to this, have hampered the team over the past. seasons and I, you know, Steph Curry and Clay Thompson, I guess they're at full strength. So they very well pull it off.

I just don't like their head coach. It drives me insane. But, you know, so I've got a kind of, in my heart, I'm kind of rooting for Boston to win that. You know, I mean, Boston is tied with Los Angeles for the most NBA championships with 17. but they haven't seen a title since 2008. So we'll see. You know, it'd be nice to see Boston win, not to really take over from the Lakers,

although they will take over for the Lakers for the most championships. But just because I don't want the head coach of the Warriors to win. I like Steph Curry, but I just don't want the head coach of the Warriors. And he's the kind of guy that got me to stop watching the NBA. you know, one of the regions, and it's definitely him. And I just realized, oh my gosh, this makes me, that's unbelievable.

No wonder he's such a nightmare. He was born in Lebanon, so he doesn't even have a love for this country. And I don't want to hear him say he does. It's agonizing. I don't even want to say his Steve Care stupid name. So I was really torn by the story where ABG, the Authentic Brands Group,

which licenses Elvis Presley-related merchandise had issued cease and desist letters to several Las Vegas chapels. I'm telling you, what are you doing? Not only are you going to cost people their livelihood, I mean, Elvis impersonators, and different venues that use the Elvis impersonators to show up. I mean, you're coming at a tough time,

Vegas is trying to get back. And I know you own the rights. I got it. I know you own the rights to a lot of stuff. A bunch of different brands. I got it. But, you know, that's why I'm torn because I know you own the rights to the brand.

And really, you know, I know that, you're infringing chapel does not comply with the terms of the document within a week. They were going to sue. People were pissed. And they were getting ready to shut down all the Elvis chapels and shut them down.

I mean, we've got the new movie coming out. And it's going to be a big deal. Plus, it's amazing the number of weddings that happen in Vegas by Elvis. People go to Vegas. They want Elvis to marry him. Let's go. Come on. So now, I guess it's being reported that they decided, okay, you know, we're not going to take

you to court. All right. Let's become partners. Okay. Why did you come to the table with this to begin with? Authentic brand. group. Why didn't you? Why didn't you say, hey, why don't we, you know, become partners? So I guess they're going to let these chapels, you know, pay money to be partners

so that people like Las Vegas Elvisweddingchapel.com and Little Chapel of Hearts. We'll be able to still do it. Excellent. That's what I'm saying. Excellent. Let's do this. I guess they've done, they've made some deals now. Other people coming to the table, trying to keep it alive. I mean, let's be honest. If you start taking these chapels out, this is a great way for the king to stay alive. And I can't believe that Graceland,

and I know that you own the stuff, I got it. But there's sometimes you just have to kind of, you know, look the other way, don't you? I mean, I feel like you have to. And I know that there's a, rule there's some kind of vagus law that keeps you could still do it you could still I could still be an Elvis impersonator but I can't be bring you in as Elvis right I got trying to remember what it was so if I specialize or offer Elvis ceremonies and have the King's image as part of my

name and logo, that's a problem. Right. But if I am an Elvis impersonator inside a show that's bringing people in to watch a show, that's okay. I'm pretty sure that's how it works. I know, I'll pretend that I'm an actual attorney. I'll tell you, because it's going to kill the industry. So now, you know, the original story was, you know, hey, we're going to shut you down. You got, you can't do it. We're going to take you to court. Let's move on. But now they're saying, you know what, I know it's a $2 billion a year industry. So why don't we just, we'll call it a partnership, okay? We won't, we won't try to put you out of business. We'll work with you. Okay. We'll work with you. And as I'm talking to you, I'm trying to see if I could find what the heck that thing is called.

Right of publicity. Okay. That's what the Vegas thing is called so that I could use the Elvis image or other images on shows, but I can't bring you in if I am just being an entertainer and bring you in as Elvis. So the way they put it in the story is if I'm deciding to go to a mechanic as Elvis, is he really an entertainer, creating a story or simply using the Elvis name to essentially draw a customer who could say I had an Elvis guy fix my car. And so are you using it to attract attention versus storytelling? I mean, that's a fine line to walk, man.

They're talking about one business at the Graceland Wedding Chapel general manager, Rod Musum, M-U-S-U-M. I apologize, Rod, that's not your last name. I'm sure it's not. Amorphophalis. I'm pretty sure. It's not that. They do 6,400 weddings, Elvis weddings annually. Now, there are 55, 55 freestanding chapels,

all having the option to hire an Elvis artist for a ceremony. Now, those are without Elvis in the business title. So we'll see what happens. And I'm sure that you're going to be able to party. I know that, you know, you've got Pete Valet, Big Elvis sings at the old piano bar at Harris

at 2, 3.30 and 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And he also hosts... I don't know. Big Elvis. Pete Valley. Well, he also performs at the piano bar at Harris, as I said,

Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 2, 3, 30, and 5. He also hosts a blue Hawaii themed gig at the Golden Tiki from 4 to 7, the first Tuesday of every month. So go ahead and write that down. Put that in your calendar for Pete Valley, okay?

I mean Big Elvis. All right. If you can't make it to Harrah's at the piano bar at Harrah's 2, 3.30 or 5, Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, you can see Blue Hawaii, which is at the Golden Tiki from 4 to 7, the first Tuesday of every month. Man, what happens in Vegas?

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