Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - How Bout Now?... | 1/31/24

Episode Date: January 31, 2024

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So a woman in New Hampshire has miraculously survived after falling into a garbage truck and being compacted several times along with neighborhood trash. I want to know, first of all, how she got in the dumpster. According to this, the 60-year-old woman was thrown from a dump. into the garbage truck. Okay. Now the garbage was reportedly compacted up to four times in the back of this truck before the driver said,

I got a camera back there. I noticed. Oh my gosh. What's going on back there? Neighbors reported hearing the screaming coming from inside the garbage truck. And she sounded like she was in agony. Yeah. She was being crushed by garbage.

Okay. So we realized someone was in the truck. The truck driver said, yeah, they're screaming. Then after he saw her, like he's up front. So you hear the compact route back. I don't expect the truck driver to hear the screaming. But maybe check the camera a couple more times than after four times of crushing.

And so they got the firefighters there and they got her out of the garbage truck. She was fine. you know a few minor bumps bruises stuff like that but she wasn't nothing terrible was not in serious condition they said the first report said that she was in serious condition but every report I've read afterwards said she was fine

now I want to know I have a couple questions first we don't know how long she was in the dumpster how do you throw yourself in the dumpster did she climb in after something and then while she was in there, that's when the garbage truck pulled up. And she didn't realize that the garbage truck had pulled up and picked up the trash can, couldn't stand up,

and say, hey, I'm in here. I don't know. I just don't know. But in one story, a lady says that her kids were home from school, and they were watching what was going on. And I was like, girls, once you see her come out, I don't want you watching. Why?

She's still alive. Girls, this is what happened. Watch out of the fire, those fine rescue firemen. Save people. No, turn away. Don't look. The whole thing is just really, really weird. But just know you can survive.

You can survive if you put yourself in a dumpster and you get picked up with a garbage truck and then you get compacted in the back of that garbage. garbage truck three or four times, you're going to be fine. Don't even worry about it. Welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. The State Department has told United States residents traveling to the Bahamas,

hey, you know, you should exercise extreme caution in NASA. Yeah, you know, we've had 18 murders since January 1st. Wait, what? Yeah, I mean, today, we may have even had more by today. Today is, if you're listening live, is the 31st of January, 2024. So since January 1, they've had 18 murders? Yeah, I would go there and exercise extreme caution. Murders have occurred in all hours, including a broad daylight on the streets.

I guess that would be, you know, all hours. According to security. alert. Wow. Retalatory gang violence has been the primary motive. The embassy has urged travelers to exercise extreme caution in the eastern part of New Providence Island, NASA. Use caution when walking or driving at night. Keep a low profile. Be aware of your surroundings. Do not physically resist any robbery attempt. Okay. I'm supposed to just turn my stuff over. Yes, you are, Jeff. review your personal security plans. Okay, so just be careful if you're going headed down to the Bahamas.

The picture that they have with this story, they have one, two, three, four, five cruise ships at a dock. It doesn't say the cruise ships have been photographed in the Bahamas. It just has five cruise ships, and they're big old boys, too. but they're not as big as the icon of the seas. The world's largest cruise ship was ready to set sail from Miami over this past weekend. We've talked about when they first talked about

how it was getting ready to go. Icon of the seas left the port of Miami. I don't know if they're going to NASA or not, if they are, and you're on it. Heads up. So the icon of the seas comes with eight neighborhoods

seven swimming pools six water slides a total of 20 decks its ship embarked on its inaugural cruise seeking to capitalize on surging travel demand remarkably the ship is roughly

five times the size of Titanic and has a maximum passenger capacity of 7,600 now we've all seen the memes of the cruise ship, and this is the cruise ship of today, and they have the Titanic, the top of the, is the Titanic,

and then, a little bit of the Titanic was, and this is the cruise ship of today, look how much bigger they are. But I saw one the other day, and it might have been a picture of the icon of the seas. And it has a picture of the icon of the seas. We'll just say it was, because I don't know that it was. They have a picture of icon of the seas,

and it says 2024, and then at the bottom picture, is the Titanic and it's just the ocean. Get it? It's just, you know, Titanic sunk. Okay. So anyway, it costs $2 billion to build. Measures 1,200 feet, 365 meters,

from bow to stern, and weighs 250,000, 800 metric tons. Wow. Wow. Now, the biggest, baddest ship on the planet, according to Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty. So just to have fun out there, okay? Now the ship built to run on liquefied natural gas,

which burns more cleanly than other conventional marine fuels, but contains high levels of methane. So they are contributing to climate change, my friends. Those bastards. We have to shut this thing. down. Now, Royal Caribbean says, whoa, whoa, whoa, we are doing everything

possible to stay within regulations, and that's just, you know, don't worry about it. Everything is fine. Oh, okay, well, then I believe you. So if you're hitching a ride on the old icon of the seas, you know, take it easy.

You're going to stop off at the Bahamas in NASA because things are not safe there. right now. And they are telling people exercise extreme caution. And I would dare to say that if you're going to take the icon of the seas or any of those cruise ships,

you may want to take a Jace case along with you just in case. Jacemedical.com. Now, since this December, which is, I don't know, last month, drug shortages hit a record high. And this is causing severe disruptions in medical treatments. There are delays, treatment cancellations, and unfortunate rationing of vital medications. Even drugs as important as the antibiotic amoxicillin are in short supply right now,

along with 294 others, actually. Doctors are even saying, hey, you know, we're forced to make these choices, including which patients will be prioritized to receive potentially curative therapy, and we have to make those decisions because of the shortage. And also, if you're on a trip, let's say in, I don't know, the Bahamas, and you need medicine and you don't know where to go and where to get it. That's what you need the Jace case for. It's a personalized emergency kit that contains five essential antibiotics

that treat the most common and deadly bacterial infections, and Jace is continually working to expand their medication offerings. They've even added Ivermectin as an option in the Jace case. But, Jeffrey, what if I'm interested on this? Is there like a website? There is, jacemedical.com. What if I need a little bit help because this economy is really bogging me down? Can I save some money with a promo code?

You can. You can type in J-E-F-F-Y at checkout for a discount on your order. What about if I want that new medicine, avermectin? I already said they have it. I said that they have it. They've added Ivermectin. I don't know why you keep asking me. I'll tell you one thing, Chris.

I know that, listen, I know that this particular Jace case right here that I have on my hand is yours. So what you could do is you could, I don't know, buy a gift card for your family or loved ones so that they could get a Jace case of their own. What about if I hate this person? Can I get it for that person? You can still get them for that? So a loved one and hate? Loved ones, family members, anybody that you hate. I could just get.

You could get the Jace case. Yeah, Jace is not, they don't care. Jacemedical.com. J-A-S-E-Medical.com. Promocode Jeffie. Jacemedical.com. Sometimes the best gifts aren't gifts at all. Their experiences, journeys, something that unwraps them.

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All right, so you've already made your plans. You've done your crews this year. What are you going to do next year? Well, NBC Universal has finally released detailed plans for its new theme. Park, Universal Epic Universe. It's not going to open until summer of 2025, though, so, yeah, I know. You got to wait until next year. Guests will enter through the Celestial Park, an astronomy-themed centerpiece with water

features and a lot of greenery. There will be another Harry Potterland. But unlike the other two at Universal Orlando, it will bring the Ministry of Magic to life. Other sections will include how to train your dragon, ILLIV. of Burke, Dark Universe, focused on the classic universal movie monsters, and Super

Nintendo World. I mean, I don't know if you need anything else. So Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, said 2023 was the most profitable year for its theme parks division. Its existing Super Nintendo worlds

were, you know, obviously a major factor in that success. So, there you go. So you have fun and you could go to the universal well it's in Orlando but it's the universal

epic universe and man what fun it will be for you to go and have a I don't know 10 20 dollar corn dog and enjoy the fun so I know go go now and have fun okay so how in the world

does a judge decide on a pay package for Elon Musk? So I read this, honestly, I don't know the answer. I will look into it for you. We will talk more about this in an upcoming show. Elon Musk is temporarily, according to the story, temporarily no longer the richest man in the world. Okay, so we knew he wasn't the richest man in the world. Anyway, he was just surpassed by what's his face from France

and from the Louis Vuitton people. So he was number two anyway. But according to this, a Delaware judge struck down his $55 billion Tesla pay package for being excessive. I want to say F you to this Delaware judge. Why is this going before a judge to begin with? Screw off, Judge.

It's not up to you, apparently it is. What's excessive and what's not. Wow. So Tesla's board now must propose a new compensation plan for its CEO. I mean, what are we even doing? It's his company. The board said, hey, we'll give him a $55 billion package. No, you can't do that, says a judge. So without that $55 billion, that puts him down to $154 billion. So, I mean, that makes him, I mean, that puts him way down the list. I mean, we may have to start a go-fund me for Elon.

I don't know. I mean, he may actually have to play the lotto if he's way down to like $154 billion. I mean, no one won the mega again last night. So the next drawing is Friday night for $333 million. And the power ball is tonight at $188 million. So I'm just... Just saying, Elon may have to play those because he's now, I mean, he's not even number two. At 154, holy cow.

Number one can barely see him down there at 154. Elon, is that you? I can't see you from here. Yeah, tough times. Tough times for Elon. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. The television show suits.

Yes, it can claim one more milestone. It's the most streamed show over the course of a year. And that was, of course, 20, 23. So I was looking at the list of the most streamed shows. Suits, of course, was, I mean, it set a record for the most weeks, 15, most consecutive weeks, 12 is the number one overall title. set a record for the biggest single week for an acquired series then proceeded to break that record

three more times in the next three weeks topping out at 3.88 billion minutes for the week of July 17 through the 23rd. So as I was looking at the streaming top tens for 2023, so you have the top 10 series and the top 10 original series and the top 10 movies.

So the top 10 series overall suits far and away. Netflix and Peacock. 57.7 billion minutes. I mean, I loved suits. It was a great show. No question. But holy cow.

That number's coming in it. Coming in it. Number two. Bluey on Disney Plus. Oh my gosh. 43.9 billion minutes. Coming in at number three. NCIS

Netflix and Paramount Yeah, that's still Gibbs That's the old NCIS, The original with Gibbs 39.4 I like the new NCIS And they have the new NCIS Hawaii

Not real big on the NCIS Down Under, whatever it is But the original NCIS With Gibbs, tremendous And the latest NCIS Without Gibbs, But they try to

It's a brush with Gibbs A brush with Mark Harmon As Gibbs is still, you know, hanging in there, okay. And then, now what do we have? Then it goes down to Coco Malin, Big Bang Theory, Gilmore Girls, Friends, Heartland, Supernatural. Yeah, Supernatural, huge.

I bet you that was bigger the year before. $22.8 billion. Then the original series, coming in at number one, which is a surprise since it's on Apple TV. I'm sorry, Apple TV Plus. Ted Lassow, 16.9. billion minutes. Wow. Then the Night Agent on Netflix,

that was really good. 14.4 billion. Ginny and Georgia, I just, I tried a couple times. I'll get back to it, I guess. You know, 13.8 billion. Virgin River. Are you kidding me? That's just a soap opera. I guess that's probably the Ginny in Georgia, too.

That's just 13.7 billion. Wow. Jack Ryan on Prime, 12.8, really good. The Mandalorian on Disney Plus, 12.3 billion. Outer Banks, yeah, really good. Gabby's Dowell House on Netflix, huh?

And the Lincoln Lawyer tops out the top 10 at 11.8 billion. Really like the Lincoln Lawyer. Really good. Both seasons, really good on Netflix. You haven't seen it. You should watch it. As far as movies,

Moana, Incona. Well, you look, Moana and Encanto, those movies. Okay, so you're looking Now those are both on Disney Plus 11.6 billion minutes. Okay, so those are movies that parents are putting on and just putting the kids in the

playroom. They're putting the movies on and they're just letting the kids play in the play room with Moana on or in Canto. 100%. Many of those billions of minutes are those types of minutes. Super Mario Brothers at 8.8 billion. Wow. Elemental.

That was okay. Minions the rise of Gru Sing 2 Frozen Black Panther Wakanda Forever Avatar The Way of Water

6.4 billion Glass Onion Knives Out Mystery A 6.3 billion I mean those are all Okay Just Okay

But they're there And yes sadly I was with many people and added to those billions of minutes with those shows. So apparently the big thing now is for Hollywood actresses to talk about bad dating. And so there's plenty of bad dating. Plenty of times they swiped right.

And they were bummed out about it. So Sharon Stone, you know her you love her. Apparently she's, according to this, has not had a ton of luck in the dating department. That's surprising to me. She's 65 now. And she says that she's, actively pursuing a serious relationship.

But she's having a hard time finding the right guy. Gosh, darn it, Sharon. Man, I'm hoping you find the right guy. So she claims she's active on dating apps. But she's not looking for a quick fling. I didn't want to just go on Tinder and F somebody. You know what I mean? It's so easy to F somebody.

You don't have to go on Tinder. you can go to effing coffee bean. That's not hard. Duh. So she went on to talk about some great dating app encounters where she found one man was a convicted felon. Another was a heroin addict who she claimed, clearly, had 20,000 heroin injections.

Oh, okay. I guess he sent a picture to her. Hey, check out this hot bod full of needles marks, huh? Yeah, looking pretty hot. She said, I guess she went out on a date with them anyway. Why not? Why not? Hey, maybe he'll bring his own heroin and we could share.

So they went to the Bel Air. Of course, that's where you'd go. If you want to go out with a guy who's, you'd know, has 20,000 heroin injections. Hey, let's take them to the Bel Air in L.A. And then she bailed on him and said, we had a cocktail.

And then she said, I can't stay. I'm out of here. She said, though, she claimed that she had a lot of excess with online dating during the pandemic with virtual relationships.

Oh. Okay. Oh, man. Nothing like a little. little bit of Zoom business going on for Sharon Stone. Oh, yeah. She said she was almost like a therapist. One whose wife told him she wanted a divorce and they had two little kids.

He was struggling to process it. And the other had broken up with his girlfriend. She had gotten pregnant and instead of marrying, she got an abortion. He was still very much in love with her and I helped him process it. It was really rewarding for both of us. I don't know how to explain it. Me either. But you just did.

You just did. So according to Sharon, this year, she wants to fall in love, 100%. And she just, she doesn't look for anything in a potential partner. I never looked for anything because I don't think that's what happens.

You're standing somewhere, someone walks up and starts talking to you, and you turn around and think, what? And the next thing, you know, two years have gone by. You don't look for a list, and then your list arrives,

that's what people who don't have relationships. So they can come, that's what they say if you do, oh, I see, I see. That's what people who don't have relationships say so they can comfort themselves with the fact that they don't have a relationship. Got it. If you don't have a relationship,

you make a list of what you're looking for. Okay. All right, Sharon, well, thank you. I know you've been married before, right? Oh, well, yes, a couple times. Yeah, I married back in the 80s. We were married only for, I don't know, two or three years and then we got a divorce.

And then I married in the 90s. I had a kid. And then we separated and I finally got a divorce. That was early in the 2000s. And then I adopted a couple of kids. And now I'm just swiping Tinder looking for love. That was me saying that. Not Sharon.

Sharon didn't say that she was just swiping Tinder looking for love. But that's what she's doing. Wow. So five months. since they announced the unionized UPS workers ratified massive five-year labor deal that included massive pay raises. UPS said, you know what, yeah, we're going to lay off 12,000 jobs. That's only 14% of our 85,000 management jobs would be cut.

So I don't even worry about it. Okay. Chief Executive Officer Carol Tomey was quoted on an earnings call by Bloomberg as saying, job reductions were due to sliding package demand and soaring union labor costs. She said the layoffs would save the company about a billion dollars this year. We're going to fit our organization to our strategy and align our resources against what's wildly important. Wait, what? We're going to fit our organization to our strategy.

and align our resources against what's widely important. Okay. All right. She said that even after shipping volumes grow, these jobs will not come back. Wow. So why don't you just shut up?

Okay. We're laying you off, but you're not coming back. Wow. Thank you, Carol. Not even a sliver of hope? No. Once these shipping volumes, volumes grow, these jobs are not coming back.

It's a change in the way we work. She also ordered workers to return to the office five days a week. Holy cow. That'll teach you to ask for air conditioning in your trucks. I'll tell you that. Right now, how you're liking that AC in your trucks? Oh, you don't have them yet? Yeah, you don't have AC in your trucks or you don't have a job.

Boy, that stinks. That stinks. Same thing with General Motors though. You know you union folks. I know I know I don't want to bad mouth the unions, but you know you got if you're making all this money, but you don't have a job. Are you making all this money? I'm just asking. If you're making, you can ask this question on your own really. If you're making all this money, but you don't have a job. Are you making all this money? Go ahead, you're going to answer it. Go ahead. You can't. I'll wait. You're not going to answer it?

All right, fine. Be that way. Oh, wow. Who died today? Who died today? Cheetah Rivera. Cheetah Rivera, dead at the age of 91. Beloved Broadway star

of West Side Story, Chicago. of the spider woman. She died in New York following a brief illness. So it wasn't that. So don't even look at me

because it was a brief illness. If it was that, they would have said that, right? Her daughter said that she died peacefully. Okay. I mean, she was huge in Broadway.

I don't know. She how many nominations she had for a Tony's and she's. won a special lifetime achievement award in theater. I mean, she was phenomenal. And she was, I know that, I'll remember when they filmed the Lynn Manuel Miranda, Mr. Broadway now, he was all excited about having her in his, in that movie.

He said, and in fact he quoted when we filmed the scene, she wasn't available for the shoot dates. So I left the chair empty in the diner for the three days of the shoot day. And the whole shoot, people kept trying to move the chair to clear space. And I'd say, no, we're going to get Cheetah. I don't know how, but we're going to do it. So eight months later, during the reshoot, she joined us and held court all day. And he said, she is magnificent, not ready for past tense yet. Oh, no.

So Cheetah, Rivera. born Dolores Cancita Ficarore del Rivero. Where's Chris at? I need him to pronounce that for me. She was born in Washington, D.C. She was the third of five children of Pedro Julio and Catherine del Raviro. Now, she chained as a ballerina and was, I mean, she was remarkable. So, Cheetah Rivera.

Cheetah Rivera, dead. Dead. Keep repeating each word just because for some reason it sounds like, it sounds like I mean it more. If I just repeat each, Cheetah Rivera, Cheetah Rivera, dead, dead, at the age of, at the age of 91, 91. Rest in peace.

Rest in peace. Speaking of old female performers, Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell at the age of 80 will make her debut Grammy's performance this year at the ceremony. Yay! Now, I've been a fan of Joni.

I guess I should say kind of a fan. I was forced to like her over the years. There were some people in and out of my life that were a Johnny Mitchell fan, so I listened to a lot of her stuff. But she's agonizing really in real life, and she's really old now. I mean, the last time she performed on stage that I saw,

she just came out and sat in a chair and strummed her guitar and sang her. They pay paradise and put up a parking lot. And I'm sure that she'll do that, and everybody will be standing O for Joni. But so the Grammys are coming up, I think, this Sunday. Yeah, they're this Sunday.

What am I doing? It's the fourth. Yeah. And so they're going to, They're going to have the awards in L.A., obviously. That's where, you know, they all hang out. But they were doing a live performance in L.A. But they're also doing a part of it from the sphere in Vegas.

You, too, is doing something, and I think they're doing some other special thing tied into the broadcast from the sphere. So that should be kind of cool, actually. I'm very fascinated to see that. Am I fascinated to see, you know, All the other dingo berries at the Grammys? No, not really. But, you know, it'll be fun.

And I think, if I remember right there, starting earlier, isn't that what they said for the Grammys? We're going to be at Crypto.com, in arena plus the sphere stuff. And we'll air live at 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern. So that's not any earlier. No, I mean, that's still regular time, 8 to 11 Eastern. and 7th Central, maybe a little earlier.

We'll see. I mean, maybe they used to start later than that. But so we're looking forward to that. I see that even the Grammys have their swag bags that they get, the official Grammy gifting lounge in the show's presenter and performer gift bags. They all have. Oh, my gosh, no matter who wins. The performers as well as the presenters

are all going home with a luxury gift bag from Lash Ferry's distinctive assets. Oh, that's so special. They've been doing that for at least 25 years. That is great. The bags are valued at $36,000. That seems a little chinty compared to the Oscars. But, okay, I mean, thank you.

I'm still taking it. I'm still taking it. $36,000. $145 bags in total. Distinctive assets is also mounting a gifting lounge that will be open for three days of rehearsals. Okay. So that's going to offer a five-piece line of luxury products

for a fourth year. Do they get to come in and purchase that or some of that stuff free? Also available in the lounge is the cordless robotic pool cleaner. the arrow wellness, glutorial health and longevity bundles. Yeah, I think they're giving you deals on all this stuff. Okay, but what's in the gift bag? Okay.

A vegan beverage product from 1MD Nutrition. A book, Fly the Big Book of Basketball Fashion from Artesian books. Man, I bet you that's good. Portable Antimicrobial Seats for Personal items. like purses from Begassay. Vanilla Company's skin care, bird buddy bird feeders, blend quick portable blenders,

Brownie Point's sweet treats, a session with magician and mentalist Carl Reed's minds. I'll give a, you can have a session with me. I'll give that away. A session with Jeffrey Reed's minds. Sustainable skin care.

from Densuria, Dyson Zone Noise Cancelling Headphones, products from Epic Light Beauty, exclusive access to the VIP Life from Fly Life, mini Furby Furblets, electronic toys, beauty products, all this is just garbage. I mean, beautiful stuff. What am I saying? It's beautiful stuff.

Red Light Therapy, boy, everybody likes that these days. College and Gummies by I Herb. products from I'm a beauty Impressed Beauty and our chocolate skin care by Institutum a variety pack of Carmonauts,

hair products, Kiss products, Kudo Protein Popcorn, functional pancake and waffle mixes, L'O Pateras beauty products and the game Monopoly Knockout. To top it off in your swag bag,

you're going to get Monopoly knockout. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Oh man. Now how bad do you want to be part of the Grammys? I know. Me too. Boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes.

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mostly flight attendants, but some pilots involved. But somewhere along the line and the airlines, you know, are constantly. between struggling with the TSA, then the airlines, it's become more and more of a nightmare to fly these days. That's just my, it's the way I look at it. It might not be true and more and more people are flying. The numbers through the turnstiles

are larger than they were before the pandemic. So, I mean, we're getting, we're getting people flying, but it's becoming more of a nightmare. schedules are tighter flights are overcrowded and so there was a story about a guy in Mexico City that opened up the emergency exit and walked out onto the wing as the plane was parked waiting to take off now the airlines and the airport

said the man has been turned over police but all the passengers are on his side we had to wait for four hours on the tarmac without ventilation or water while the flight was delayed. So all the passengers were like, he just wanted to get some air into that plane. And so he kicked open the door and walked out on the wing.

The passenger was on a flight to Guatemala and maybe he decided, hey, I don't want to go to Guatemala. Maybe he was on the tarmac in Mexico and said, you know what? Guatemala does not sound like that good a place right now. And, you know, kicked open the emergency door and walked on the wing. So he opened the emergency door and while it was stationary

at a remote position, stood on the wing and then re-entered the cabin without affecting the aircraft or anyone else. That's awesome. So he turned himself over to authorities. At least 77 passengers aboard the Aero-Mexico

flight to Guatemala. signed a statement, handwritten on notebook paper, photos of which were posted on social media supporting the man's actions. The delay and lack of air created conditions that endangered the health of passengers. He saved our lives.

So, there you go. Wing Walker was good to go. Okay, don't even worry about it. How about you just shut up? I would be out of my mind. Out of my mind. Just sitting on the tarmac waiting and take up for four hours. Four hours?

Come on now. Come on. Something's got to be done. You got to do crack a window. You know, open a van. Do something because that is a nightmare. Man, I'm with you. Oh, kick open the door, let some air in.

Take a little walk on the wing and then, you know, get back in. It's all good. worry about it. If they have a problem with it, they can confront you later. That's awesome. Oh, did you see where we're talking about now TikTok is kind of pushing the limit? You know, I thanked today earlier on my chewing the fat segment on Pat Unleashed. I thanked Amazon. I may have thanked them yesterday as well. I don't remember if I thanked them on the show or not for raising their prices because I was sick of watching shows on Amazon Prime without commercials. Man, was I sick of that.

I was sick of paying for Amazon Prime to have packages, I'm having the, the goodness of Amazon's heart to deliver packages to me after I pay for them, right to my house. And then on their Prime Video Service, I was able to watch shows on there without commercials. That was so nice because that was a privilege for me to pay them to make that happen. Well, now they've decided that they're going to charge for commercials and limited commercials on Amazon Prime unless I pay them another $3 a month.

Man, it ticks me off. I don't know. It's just a just ticks me off. I know. Why don't they should have raised their prices another $3 a month for Amazon Prime, and I would have went with it. They just said, hey, we're charging you $3 more money

for Amazon Prime. And it's because we don't want to give you commercials in ad. But they didn't do that. What they did was, screw you, we're going to charge the $3 a month, or you're going to get ads because we actually don't want you to pay for no ads. We want you to live through the ads

because we're going to make more money with the ads than we're going to make from the $3 a month that you're going to pay us to not watch ads. That's what they want. It's just, just ticks me. But thank you. Thank you, Amazon. I appreciate it.

But I see where TikTok now is testing out a new feature that will automatically identify products and videos and allow users to click into a page that displays similar items for sale. The feature is part of TikTok Shop, the app's e-commerce platform that launched last year. It's going to combine the ease of shopping on a platform like Amazon with recommendations from TikTok influencers.

So I always like the idea of being able to go to a website and watch a show and say, man, that, I like that chair. I like that sweater. I like those shoes. I like that pillow. I like that picture frame. Whatever the case is. And click on it and then be able to purchase it.

I love that. We should be doing that here on the blaze. 100%. People should watch the blaze and be able to click on an item and purchase that item. Like the desk I'm sitting at, this stupid, ugly desk. But if you like it, you should be able to click on it and buy one. Have it delivered to your house. or go pick one up down in Nebraska furniture

or wherever they sell them. It's fine with that. But this is surprising that they say that you'll be able to, they'll display similar items for sale. So not like, ooh, I like that pillow. So if I click on the pillow,

then it's going to bring me up a page of full of TikTok pillows. Not that particular pillow. I don't know. I don't know. I guess they're targeting $17.5 billion. dollars in sales in 2024 relying on e-commerce to sustain revenue growth beyond social media

advertising okay uh we'll see i don't know that that that is going to work or not i instagram tried that for a little while people got pissed uh they removed it pretty fast because uh instagram was like hey we don't like seeing that uh from our uh ig's main focus and uh we're just we don't want to see it on our pages. Okay. So we'll see if it works. I don't know if it will or not.

I mean, TikTok, all those, those TikTok channels that sell the bags of magic rocks and the magic stones, that's all, that's all, that's all,

those are all TikTok people. TikTok making all kinds of money from that crap. Just, it's never enough. You know what? That's what the problem is. It's never.

enough. Well, it's going to have to be today, my friends. Okay? It's going to have to be today. That's going to have to be enough. Just have to wrap this thing up today, all right? I'll leave you with the joke of the day. This actually, I did LOL at this. Myself, all myself. That happens a lot to me, actually. I read these early in the morning. I'm drinking my coffee, half asleep, going through, looking for jokes. And then if I laugh out loud, it's worthy enough for you and worthy enough for chewing the fat okay my wife

yelled from the bedroom asking do you ever get a shooting pain across your body like someone's got a voodoo doll of you and they're stabbing it and I replied no she yelled back how about now

how about now see she had a she had a he had a doll and she was Ah, you get it. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts.