Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - I Guess it’s Just Me… | 10/7/24

Episode Date: October 7, 2024

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without a nationwide, with a nationwide outage. PlayStation servers were down roughly eight hours worldwide. Bank of America crashed with many customers reporting account balances of zero, couldn't get into their accounts. And let's not forget, America held hostage from the Longshoreman strike for three days. And we're still digging out from Hurricane Haleen. I mean, and we're digging out. I mean, we're still delivering rescue supplies.

And some rescue supplies are being delivered by mule teams. I mean, that's good. I'm happy that those supplies are being delivered, but we're doing it with mule teams. I mean, that's where we're at right now. Now, there are plenty of places that are, you know, actually delivering goods and whatever services they can offer without the mule packers. But, hey, if you got to use them, you got to use them. You can quote me on that. But this extreme terrain pack animal supply trains are going where planes, trains and automobile.

Mubiles cannot. So that is, that is awesome. And now we have to worry about Hurricane Milton. Hurricane Milton is in the Gulf of Mexico, just off to Yucatan Peninsula, and it is bearing down on the west coast of Florida. Yes, the west coast of the east coast of North America. And it looks as though in the cone of, well, I mean, I used to call it the cone of death. I guess that's too hurtful now.

The cone of uncertainty is looking like it's going to be a direct hit on Tampa Bay. And that is not good. This is the storm that, you know, we all feared we're going to happen. And amazingly, it's going to hit the West Coast. Cut across the middle of Florida. Now you're looking at Orlando and then along into the space coast. And it's already a category four. So they claim that it would be down.

you know by the time it makes landfall on Wednesday early Thursday that it would that it's going to drop down to a three but if it's already a four wow I mean it may get to a five that is not good you can quote me on that you can quote me on that and I know we're all talking about you know weather machines and weather being made and we knew it I've never seen a storm form in the Gulf of Mexico and then head east that's got to be made by man okay all right whatever caused it uh it's on its way so heed the warnings and uh they tell you to get out get out because it is it's not going to be pretty i was amazed at uh the damage that helene did to the west coast of florida i mean it took a battering from helene before it made landfall But they talked about the loss of life in Pinellas County alone, which is a county right there in Tampa Bay. I've lived in Pinellas County for many, many years. And the loss of life in Pinellas County from Hulene.

So if Tampa Bay takes a direct hit, you need to get out. They're evacuating people in Florida already. Good. Governor Ron DeSantis has been on it. And so has, you know, the state of Florida. FEMA directors, and they're all ready, and they're, you know, preparing for the storm. But if you're, I mean, if you live on the west coast of Florida in Tampa Bay, I would say whether you believe you're in an evacuation zone or not, get out.

Because that damage is going to be, it's going to be horrific. It's going to be bad. And, you know, I would tell you to go up into the mountains of North Carolina. That's not going to happen. So just get out and head north and then head west. So, you know, that's the best I can tell you. But I would get out of its way because Milton is going to leave a very destructive path. Anyway, welcome.

Welcome to chewing the fat. One of the issues with ID where you have video eyes, ID, well, facial recognition software. And there's been plenty of cities that have put it in and tried to put it in and taken it away because it's so slow. They see the faces and they don't interact. Now we see what it looks like on TV and we think, oh my gosh, it's like that in real life. Well, it hasn't been really.

You know, it takes some time because of the databases that are not all hooked up. And many of the databases, you know, it takes a while to get the information from. So we have the facial recognition, but it takes a while to get through to find who that person is. Well, I was looking at these two Harvard students who paired with the Rayban meta smart glasses with facial recognition software to rapidly identify strangers and compile their personal information from the Internet. And they did this so they could highlight the privacy concerns that are getting out there with. easy access from consumers. So they posted this video on how they built eye x-ray. And the program uses the glasses to capture images of random people.

And then they did it on a school campus and at a train station. And then they identify them through a publicly accessible facial recognition search like prime or prime eyes, P-I-M-E-Y-E-S. and then they use a large language model, LLM, to troll the web and compile the person's information. Okay, so they came up with people's addresses, names, their parents, photos, and they did it in minutes, and sometimes it was less than minutes, and even approached the unsuspecting people with the info that they collected to make, you know, hey, look what we found about you, is this you? Holy cow. Now, they said that they were not going to release the code for this program,

but created it to highlight how possible to build, how it's possible to build invasive tech with recent advancements like smart glasses and LLMs. Yeah. So when they approached META for comment about the project, Meta said you were familiar with the information gathering that could be used with any camera. Meta smart glasses have a small light that comes on when the wearer is recording. Oh, okay. So the people that report there's being hard to see and, you know, there's, you know, with bright lighting areas, it's very difficult to see.

Yeah, never mind. It's there. We were able to turn the light on. So why don't you just shut up? Oh, okay. So they chose those glasses, according to the researchers, that because of their inconspicuousness. It's a good word, inconspicuousness. So the facial recognition and your information is out there.

We all know that the information is out there, right? You know if you've been online ever, your information is out there, period. It just is. You have to do the best you can to keep yourself, you know. I don't know. I don't know about safe is the right word, but to keep yourself, you know, incognito because nobody can really do that. And that's why Eric Smith said years ago that now people are going to have to have two identities

because the first identity is going to be what it is, and then you're going to be, no, I don't want that identity to be me. And so they're going to have to come up with two identities. Good luck. I don't know if facial recognition will then say, well, before 2000, he was this person. And then after 2000, he was this person. You know, we'll get there soon enough.

But along with AI and everyone having their pictures taken around the globe, this facial recognition program will not be the only one out there that works fast like this one. And it's a little bit of a little frightening, a little frightening. Now, if you like me aren't doing anything wrong, then what does it matter? Am I right? Of course I am. But, because if you're not doing anything wrong, what if you have to be nervous about? See?

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All right, so let's take a look at the top movies from the weekend. Number one, Joker, Follet Adieu. I got 40 million in their domestic opening and 121.1 million global debut. But it, you know, got a D-Cinema score and 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. I knew walking out of it. I saw it. I went to the theater and saw it in it. And, yeah, I didn't see it illegally on some small screen.

I actually paid to see it at the theater. And I knew walking out of the theater, everyone was going to hate it because it's a musical. And I liked it a lot. Scott Gaga, of course it's going to be a musical. Hello, Lady Gaga is in it. What did you think? Well, let's put Lady Gaga in a movie and not like her sing. Oh, okay. So, and yes, Joaquin sings. And they do, you know, the old TV shows and the songs and the soundtrack. And all it was where his mind was. He's crazy. And I know the world, just like Lady Gaga, the world who hates it wanted him to be the Joker. And he was not the Joker.

He was just a crazy, whacked out individual that got turned into the Joker by accident. And, you know, Joaquin didn't want to do the, you know, he probably shouldn't have done it. But he said it couldn't turn down the money. I know it's a lot of money. I don't know if he got anything on the back end

because there might not be anything on the back end, but he got $20 million up front. And I think, Guy, I got $10 million for her part. And so, you know, he didn't want to do it. So is this a spoiler? Just, I'll just say that the ending is where most likely it would take a, it would take a stretch to have Joker 3 if you ever work could convince Hocking to do it. And so, you know, everybody's going to hate it. And it's going to, this is going to drop down hard next week because it's a musical.

And people didn't understand. Why are they singing? It's just a break in the action. Yeah, it's the lyrics of the song that matter. That's where he's at. It's just, I really enjoyed it. And I loved all the old music. I love the idea of the, you know, the show, the TV shows that they were doing,

you know, their variety show. The opening, the opening was animated. which I thought was awesome. I enjoyed the whole thing and that makes me the weird man out because the world hated it. I saw, I think maybe one good

review, one person liked it and I, I was probably written by Grock and so or open AI. So I don't know that a human actually wrote a good review for Joker but I did not write one but I'm telling you right now that I enjoyed it

and it's well worth the watch. And do you If you go in with a blank slate and it begins at the very end of the first movie, so you're right there. You're right there. You know what happened in the first movie and you're right here. You're seeing what happened in his life after that Arthur Flex. So, you know, it's not the, it's not the returning Joker into this anti-hero. No, we're not doing that.

This is not a continuation into the Joker anti-hero. world. So that's where you're at with Follet adieu. Wild Robot was number two. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, number three. Transformers 1 still hanging in there. It had number 4. Got 5.3, 5 million this weekend. I really liked Transformers 1 as well. Speak No Evil. Sam and Colby. Legends of the paranormal. 1.75 million. That movie, I think that's the YouTuber movie, right? Yeah. Sam and Colby,

they do some impressive work. My daughter really likes them a lot. And I've seen, she shows me a lot of their YouTube work. So they got $1.75 million in the weekend. In just 302 theaters. Yeah. So that's pretty, that's huge for them. Good for them.

And I believe my daughter actually went to see the movie this weekend because she was, you know, she's been a fan of Sam and Colby for quite some time. A White Bird, Wonder Story. Deadpool and Wolverine still hanging around with the $1.52 million. I did not see that at the theater. I didn't see that still showing at the theater. So they must have lost a bunch of screens and they're still having it at some theaters. And Megalopolis, the 100 and, I mean, the Megaflopolis

that only did a $1.5 million this weekend. Wow. I mean, it's only got 6.5. 4, 6.48 million total? Holy cow. It truly is Megapilopolis. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something.

I mean, you know, all the shows. I mean, there's been some great shows. I'm still watching TV. We're talking about movies now, but there's some really good shows on TV that I'm watching. And we're coming up on the new fall season for the networks. So there's some shows that I really do want to watch and see if they're any good. I did watch Matlock.

with What's Her Face, Kathy Bates. And it was, I enjoyed it up until the time when you realize why she's, you know, that she's not who she's pretending to be at this law firm. She's something completely, completely different. And it's just so like, of course, of course that's why she's doing what she's doing. And I don't know. I just feel like I'm tired of that train of thought for Hollywood.

But, you know, she's going to, she's into it because she lost her daughter to opioids, and she's going to find out who's responsible in this law firm is the firm that was representing the opioid company. And it's just, I don't know, I'm tired of that. Just tired of it. That's all. Again, probably just me. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cool to drink desperately. I want you to imagine for a moment that you're about to make the biggest financial decision most people make in their lives.

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But we'll get to that in a little bit. So that may actually be my joke of the day, the email that I received about my cameo. So anyway, follow me on all my. social media sites. Did you know that it's Amazon Prime big deal days starting tomorrow and Wednesday? So I guess it's their annual early holiday sale. So look for that. Yeah, I know. Amazon Prime big deal days are tomorrow and Wednesday. The people getting, getting bared down on by Hurricane Milton and Florida will not, they're a little busy right now, Amazon Prime. So you might want to give them a give them a reprieve until after the storm.

And then I see, you know, in our parking lot here in Dallas, Texas, Irving technically, where Mercury Studios are, they have taken to parking the Target Circle vans. This is their staging area for the Target Circle vans. Now they showed up here a couple weeks ago, and they have been a breeding ever since. And then the company, some company, I'm assuming, was Target, but it probably was a subcontractor came put stickers on the outsides of these white vans with the Target Circle and I saw the advertisements on TV

talking about their big Target Circle Week coming up which they're in the middle of now and then I'm driving through my neighborhood and I see one of the Target Circle vans in my neighborhood so you've got that going for you you got the Target Circle week party going on and the Amazon Prime big deal day savings, things going on. So, I mean, more companies that are caring about you, really.

I know. I know they are. So there's a new study that revealed which U.S. states have the largest number of beginner-friendly mountain bike trails. I would say, though everyone needs to be riding on the biker trails and not, The road. But Texas, the great state of Texas, was found to have the highest number of easy trails. We have 5,994 trails for bicycles.

I don't want to see a bicyclist on the road ever again. Massachusetts and Colorado takes second and third place with 4,274. And 4,155 of white circle trails. Okay. Okay. So analysis of more than 117,000 mountain biking trails As revealed the best states for beginning beginner mountain bikers So there are more than 117,000 mountain biking trails

Now I don't know if those are white circle mountain bike trails I guess that means if it's a white circle it's for beginners And so I know that's not mountain biking the bicyclists on the road are not mountain biking. I know. I know. I get it. But all bicyclists should be riding in the trails.

So Texas, Massachusetts, Colorado, top three, like I said, Minnesota, California, Utah, Utah, Montana, Arkansas, Wisconsin, North Carolina. Ooh, that may have changed now. Michigan have the top 10 in mountain biking. availability. Yeah, the easiest is the white circle. Then there's the green circle, which is easy green circle, which is probably getting a little bit harder.

And then intermediate blue. And then difficult is red. Ooh, difficult is red. Yeah, you don't want to. Montana has nine difficult red bike trails. Wow. If you want difficult bike trails, go to Montana.

A very difficult black diamond. Massachusetts has 10,000? You kidding me? Come on. Texas only has 2,708 of those. So Massachusetts, California has 12,000 of those, over 12,000

of those. Wow. Colorado has over 9,000. So California and Massachusetts, wow, they've got a lot of those. The extremely difficult double black diamond mountain bike trails.

California has over 2,000. Texas only has a couple hundred. Massachusetts has a little over 1,000. Colorado has 1,300. Utah has 1,600 of those. Utah has 1,618 of the extremely difficult double black diamond mountain bike trails. Boof. Okay.

Not as much as California, but they're there. They're number two. But Texas is far in a way number one when we're talking about easy white. circle mountain bike trails, which I believe that every bicyclist should be riding on the trails and not on the road. I know, that's just me though. And I know I like riding bikes too. I do. It's been a while because of my bad knees, but you know, I love riding bicycles. I used to ride them all the time. But, you know, just I never felt that I was, you know, superior to automobiles. I'll just leave it at that. When I rode

bicycles all the time, I never thought that I was superior to automobiles. And I feel like that particular mindset has changed. When I got a great deal on a great gift at winners, I started wondering,

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best known for his originating the role of Captain Bly on Mr. Rogers' neighborhood, who can forget that, and writing for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, died in Palm Desert, California. He was 87 years old. He was on Mr. Rogers more than 200 times from 1961 to 1965 before Tom and Dick Smothers convinced him to move to Los Angeles to write and produce their variety show. Bly helped assemble a remarkable writing staff working alongside young comedians, Steve Martin, Bob Einstein, Rob Reiner, Carla Garlop,

with Bob Bly as the head writer and producer. I mean, the Smothers Brothers Brothers Comedy Hour at that time, you know, was a monster, and he won, you know, an Emmy for writing in 1969. Alan Bly, Allen Bly, dead at the age of 87. Rest in peace. Then Christopher. Sissone. I think that's how you pronounce it.

Christopher C-I-C-C-O-N-E. Dead at the age of 63. And I know what you're saying. Well, who is Christopher Sissone? Well, he is the brother to Madonna. Yes, Madonna, younger brother, I think younger, right? How old is Madonna these days? Yeah, I didn't want to, you know, I don't want to age shame Madonna.

But she's older than Christopher Sissone. So Madonna is 66 these days But anyway, Christopher is dead at the age of 63. Apparently, he had a long battle with cancer. And, you know, it doesn't say anything about that. So, you know, could have that, you know, made the cancer grow faster. I don't know.

It doesn't say anything about that. So rest in peace, Madonna's younger brother. Christopher Cessone, a dead at the age of 63. and I want to apologize to the Richard Simmons people. I know I shared it, I think, on my ex account, but they had a big celebration of his life this weekend that they live streamed on Saturday. And they were posting pictures and showing the live stream.

And, you know, I wanted to go over and take a look and pay my respects to Richard Simmons at the live stream. But, you know, it's college football. And Missouri was getting their ass. kicked and I just I was in a bad mood and I just I couldn't do it so I apologize but I hope if you were there to share in the celebration of life of Richard Simmons on the live stream this weekend good for you good for you then I see where a doc this doctor I'm not quite sure what to make of this this is a little frustrating to me okay so the doc Mark Chavez one of the two doctors

charged in connection with the Friends star Matthew Perry's death has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine as part of a plea agreement during a court appearance in Los Angeles. So in accordance with the agreement, Chavez formerly pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine to Perry, who, you know, who died in October due to acute effects. That had everything to do with the doctor, not him. So he made a formal plea agreement with prosecutors. He, but the plea agreement, it doesn't say, you know, usually make a plea agreement and you already know what you're going to face criminally as far as prison time.

Chavez is facing up to 10 years in prison, which is the maximum recommended sentence outlined in the plea agreement. So he pleaded guilty and now he's just going to hope that the judge gives him less than 10 years in prison for that? Holy cow. Seems a tad extreme to me, but that's just me. That's just me. Jeff, he was providing ketamine to Matthew Perry, and that killed him. I know. And if Matthew Perry didn't get his ketamine from this Dr. Chavez, he would have gotten it somewhere else. So the two doctors, Placentia and Chavez, are among the five people who have been charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry. His personal assistant, Kenneth Aywama.

Oh, yeah, we forgot about Kenneth Aywama Masa. And an acquaintance of Perry's Eric Fleming were also charged. So they did charge them. Oh, wow. And they have, according to this, they have been cooperative with prosecutors. Oh, okay. So what are they charged with? So Eric Fleming, the acquaintance, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine

and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death. And the assistant, Iowa Massa, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. So he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death. And then the sentencing dates are set for the, for, the coming months. So they didn't even know how much time they're going to get. They're just going to plead guilty. I don't like that plan, Sam, I am.

But that's what they're doing. So they're going, you're all going to jail. And I would bet that the judges are not going to be very lenient with these dangleberries. And he's going to say, hey, that's what you get. That's what you get. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply.

All right, it's a big week, too. We've talked about the Amazon Prime and the target circle. Tesla apparently is going to finally reveal its robotaxi on Thursday. So will it happen or will it be pushed back? I don't know. Elon says he's going to unveil Tesla's fully autonomous Robotaxie to the public that, you know, that's why he pulled it at the last moment last time, right? He said he was going to reveal it and then, no, we're not going to do that. So, I mean, he's been talking about Robotaxies for a while and we'll see if he actually introduces this.

So the event, apparently, according to this, could be the watershed moment for Tesla with this aging. fleet, okay, heightened competition and a desire to find its next best. Oh, he's got the robot. Hello, he's got, and he's got the robot coming. And so he's not worried about Tesla. He's got the Tesla robot, just to be clear. But, you know, the Robotaxi is supposed to be unveiled this week. That's something we can all look forward to, isn't it?

I just want a car that's cheap, and I can get in and say, take me here, and it takes me there. That's what I want. Now I have to use my wife for that. I drive myself a lot, just to be clear. That's how much I use my wife for that. But I'm not opposed. I've not opposed to making that. So, all right.

So I got a couple of emails over the weekend that I'll share with you, including the one from my cameo guy. And I'll tell you that story a little bit. But this email came from John, who said, Because if you want to try, Jeffie, if you want to try some excellent sourcrow, and it's still there, I can recommend OMA's house in San Antonio.

About 15 years ago, I took a trip to San Antonio, and one day I asked a gas station attendant for a restaurant recommendation. I thought he said Omaha's, which I thought would be a steakhouse. When I got to the intersection, which I can't remember, I found OMA's house, OMA, POSTA VS H-A-U-S. It was a German restaurant and I had to have something to eat.

I ordered Browurst with sauerkraut and potato salad. I wasn't a huge fan of sourcrow, but this was the greatest I ever had. If Alma's house is still in San Antonio, I think you should give it a try.

Well, John, let me say this to you. No, I'm not going to give it a try. The point of my sauerkrauts story wasn't that I just like it from time to time or I really appreciate this type of sourcrow

I'm opposed to that sourcrow the point was I hate sourcrow I am not eating it okay put a gun to my head eat the sourcrow or a bullet I'm saying take give me the bullet okay I'm not eating

sourcrow but John thanks for the email then I got the email from Paul. Now, Paul, I didn't realize Paul was, I should have, and I apologize for this, that he was trying to, you know, sneak up on me with the cameo order. I thought it was someone else, but Paul played What's the Lie a couple weeks ago, and he was under the impression that if he won What's the Lie three times in a row, that I would apologize to the Uper's of Michigan for besmirching them. and then he didn't win three weeks in a row,

and so he was really bummed out. That's when he ordered the cameo, and I should have put that together, but I didn't, I apologize. And he'll say, that's because you're one of the trolls down there below the bridge. Yeah, okay.

So he ordered the cameo, and he wanted me to apologize to Eupers for some of the things that I've said over the years, and in particular the last couple months. And, you know, this show, and on Chewinn, and on Pac-Rae Unleashed. And I was, that was like, no, I'm the, you know, I'm the, I am a trained monkey, but I'm not tethered to the organ grinder, okay? I'm not doing that. So then he sent me an email saying, dear Mr. Fisher, a few weeks ago, I set out on a journey to redeem my people.

You know, the Eupers, I jumped my way onto America's favorite game show in search of an apology. Unfortunately, I came up a couple of wins short. I then thought, you know, us Uper's are resourceful people, and we know how to get that job done. When we duct tape up a car window, it stays duct taped up, doggone. Unlike the hillbillies of the South, they might duct tape it too, but it ain't staying up. It was in that moment that I, that an image appeared in the clouds above me. There, as if written by God himself, I saw the letters C-A-M-E-O. Yes, that's what he saw.

I could dip my hand deep into my pockets and order me a trained monkey. But the monkey I received did not offer an apology to the Uper's as he was trained to do. I never did believe it was possible to train a monkey. My wife says, oh, honey, stop. Look at the cute little monkeys. so you stop. Then one glance at a legless man laying in the dirt on the danged monkey snatches their wallet right out of her backpack.

Great. Stuck out of Mexico vacation without cash in an ID. Wow. Man, I'm sorry that happened to you, Paul. And so maybe that danged monkey can be trained. But who's dang trained monkey is it? And I thought about it. So Mr. Fisher, it appears. according to Paul in his email, that you may have avoided an apology and edged out a lowercase uper.

But apparently you have dipped your hole in the UP. I told you, yeah, I've been to the UP. I've been there multiple times. I've crossed the bridge. I got it. So I'll settle for us both being a little butt hurt for now. I'm not butt hurt. I'm sorry.

You could be butt hurt all you want. I'm not butt hurt, okay? I'm from Michigan, the lower peninsula. All right. The people who are butt hurt are the Upers. And the Upers that I've had to deal with in the past, unlike you, Paul, but the Upers that I've had to deal with in the past are a little bit, well,

slow. And that's just been my interaction with them. You, of course, are not that way. So I'm sorry that you. didn't, you know, win at what's the lie? You did win one week, I think. And I appreciate you ordering a C-A-M-E-O from me.

Just, you know, just know that the reason that I give the Upper Peninsula. And I told you, I believe I told you in the cameo that when Michigan took the Upper Peninsula, it was because we really wanted Toledo. and Ohio wanted Toledo And they said, look, we will keep Toledo And you guys can have that piece of land up there Called the Upper Peninsula And we said, all right, fine

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