Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Immune Amnesia... | 3/17/25

Episode Date: March 17, 2025

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I guess I should have sued as well. Delivery driver in California has won a $50 million lawsuit against Starbucks. Why? Because he spilled coffee in his lap at the drive-thru. The jury found for Michael Garcia, who underwent skin grafts and other procedures on his gentleman. after a venti, that's a large, sized tea drink spilled instance after he collected it. This happened back in 2020.

He has suffered permanent and life-changing disfigurement. Has he? Garcia's negligence lawsuit blamed his injuries on Starbucks, saying that an employee didn't wedge the scalding hot tea firmly enough into a takeout tray. But he didn't, I guess, look. at it when she handed it to him to make sure that it was, you know, firmly into the takeout tray. And that's when it spilled. The jury verdict is a critical step in holding Starbucks accountable for their flagrant disregard of customer safety and failure to accept responsibility,

according to Mr. Garcia's attorneys. Starbucks, of course, disagrees. They will appeal this decision. They said that we disagree with the jury's decision that we were at fault for this incident and believed the damage is awarded to be excessive. Yeah. The CDD. Adding that it was committed to the highest safety standards in handling hot drinks. There you go.

I remember the lady back in, I don't know, that was 100 years ago now, won the, I think it was in New Mexico, where she won damages because she spilled, coffee in her lap from a McDonald's drive-thru. And the jury awarded her like $3 million. And then a judge said, oh, yeah, no, that's too much. And then they settled for under, I don't know, it was under half a million dollars.

So, I mean, I still could have won some money. Because at one point, a few years ago, I was in an international house of pancakes. You may know it as IHOP. with my daughter. And I spilled, they bring you the, they bring you the carafe of coffee. And as I'm getting up to,

I think we were leaving, maybe I was going to the restroom. I don't remember. I spilled it, turned it over, and it spilled all over my lap. I was wearing white shorts at the time. I had coffee everywhere. And it was not,

I was not a happy camper at the time. I should have sued. I should have sued IHob because they should have known that that caraf of coffee on the table was not set properly, and that's how come I spilled it all over me. I didn't get any burns. I wasn't permanently disfigured from it, but I was embarrassed, and IHop should have paid me some money. They didn't because, well, I didn't sue.

But now, according to this jury, Starbucks owes this guy $50 million. Wow. we live in strange times, don't we? Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. You know, speaking of California lawsuits, another lawsuit about a person being injured where a jury awarded the plaintiff $7.25 million.

She should have got $50 million. She should have been awarded $50 million and not the $7.25 million. So the 74-year-old Arizona woman sued Disney I'm sorry Universal Studios Hollywood while she sued them

because she was exiting the Harry Potter and Forbidden Journey Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood and she fell okay so you think to yourself well it was her fault that she fell well she was getting seated on the popular

attraction with her grandson when she was asked to exit after her harness failed to secure properly. Believe me, I've been embarrassed with that as well. I should have sued. I should have sued. When the harness

doesn't secure properly, we've got another fat one here. Yeah, you're going to have to leave. And I have not seen a picture of the grandmother, Pamela Morrison. So I'm just guessing that the harness failed to secure because she was overweight. I don't know that, though,

to be factual. So anyway, when they told her, hey, You can't go. This thing isn't locking up properly. You got to get off. She slipped and fell when stepping from a moving walkway onto solid ground. Wow. So her attorney argued, and one of the case, the fall, which caused spinal compression fracture due to the employee's failure to halt the moving walkway and allow the woman to exit safely.

Yeah, that's a big problem. If you couldn't get strapped in and you had to leave, let's stop this thing from. moving. And it would have cost them, according to the attorney, seconds to stop it. But instead, they wanted to keep the ride moving no matter what to make its quota of 1,800 riders per hour. Wow. And Universal Studios said, yeah, she was too focused on her grandson, not where she was stepping. The fall was her fault.

Well, the fall was her fault. Well, after a three-day trial, the California jury deliberated for four hours. and before they found the theme park responsible for creating the dangerous conditions that led to Morrison's accident. Yeah, I do agree with that. She was awarded $250,000 for future medical expenses, $2 million for past pain and suffering, and $5 million for future pain and suffering. Thank you. I mean, that's great.

Universal Studios Hollywood did not comment. But she should have got the $50 million, and the coffee guy should have got the boot. I mean, I would have been, I think I would have been upset even at 7.25 million for the coffee guy, but I would be better, I would be happier than 50 million for the coffee guy and 7.2 million for grandma, who they couldn't stop the ride as they were telling her she had to leave because they couldn't, they couldn't strap her in. I've been there. I have been there.

Now, I don't recall, pretty sure the machine was not, yeah, it was not moving the last time. the last time that they sat me in the seat that was supposed to be the fat guy seating seat and they still couldn't get the harness to lock in and hold on hold on we got another fat one he's got to make the walk of shame they make you get out and walk past everybody that's already locked in that's embarrassing i should have sued i should have sued so we are uh three months into 2025. I mean, if you're listening live, today is the 17th of March, 2025. And according to all reports, we have more cases of measles reported this year so far than we had all of last year, which doesn't surprise me. Right. I mean, we have, I think, almost 300 cases. As of Friday, Texas

reported 259 cases of measles. New Mexico had 35 cases and Oklahoma has reported a couple. Pretty strange. So now this current outbreak, 36 patients have been hospitalized, six more than previously reported. Ninety-one cases are among children, zero to four, and 125 are among people ages 5 to 17. Texas 257 cases, all but two, are in people who are unvaccinated use. Or with unknown vaccinated, vaccination status. In New Mexico, 33 of the 35 cases are in those who were unvaccinated. You, sons, or with unknown vaccination status.

So there's 11 Texas counties, two New Mexico counties, they butt up against each other. And so they had the first death in Texas, which was a school-age child, which they claim was not vaccinated and had no underlying conditions. Health officials in New Mexico said that they are investigating the cause of death of a non-vaccinated person who tested positive for measles in the Lee County, New Mexico. The resident had not sought out health care. Okay. But when I was reading about the measles and, you know, some of the causes and effects and what happens,

I ran across a term I had not heard before, a term of immune amnesia. immune amnesia. I had never heard that term before. And they treated in the story like, yep, that's what it is. So the risk associated with measles infection is much greater than the sum of the observable symptoms. According to these experts, the immune memories that you have acquired are priceless, built over many years from countless exposures to a menagerie of germs. Measles virus is especially dangerous because it has the ability to destroy what's been earned. immune memory from previous infections. So the process of fighting measles

leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection. The worldwide increase in measles prevalence is caused for concern because morbidity and mortality from this disease extends far beyond acute measles infection. Yeah, they're trying to say the immune amnesia.

This entire article is about getting yourself vaccinated, by the way. It's determined that it takes approximately two to three years post measles infection for protective immune memory to be restored. Wow. Okay, so two to three years post measles infection for protective immune memory to be restored. Well, that's even so the immune amnesia only lasts two to three years. The average duration of measles induced immune amnesia was 27 months in all three countries. Okay. So you do. It's two to three years and then your immune amnesia goes away. Corresponding evidence indicates that it takes up to five years for children to develop healthy immune systems,

even in the absence of the immune suppressing effects of the measles virus infection. If measles virus infection essentially resets a child's developing immunity to that of a newborn, re-vaccination or exposure to all previous, encountered microbes will be required in order to rebuild proper immune function. So make sure that you expose yourself to all the stuff you expose yourself to before and make sure you get an updated vaccine shot. So, I mean, we know that the vaccine for measles is highly effective. And I would guess, I would say take it.

Now, you know what, you do you. You do you. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the measles, mumps, and rubella, MMR vaccine, is 97% effective at preventing measles after two doses, and widespread vaccination has led to a greater than 99% reduction in the disease in the United States. Yeah, I mean, we've, we had it eliminated, and now it's coming back because you've made us so damn uneasy

about what you tell us to put in our bodies. I can't you've screwed yourself up. The COVID thing screwed everybody up. And now we question every stupid thing that you tell us to put in our body. And I don't blame people for not wanting to get it. That's for sure. But, but once you get the measles, you're going to be suffering from immune amnesia for the possibility of, well, 27 months is the low ball. And three to five years is the high ball.

then you still are going to suffer from it unless you re-vaccinate yourself and expose yourself to all previously encountered microbes. She's... It's not that hard. Boating for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes. Ugh, what? Sounds like Ojo time.

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and go out and party? Am I right? Oh, of course I am. I never understood the St. Patrick's Day celebration. I mean, let me rephrase. I understood that it was a celebration to be able to drink and party and have a good time and, you know, get a free drink or, you know, wear your green hat and, you know, your Kiss Me, I'm Irish T-shirt, that kind of thing. Got it. Understand it.

But the whole thing, the whole green thing, just I never, I never understood it. Now, St. Patrick's Day goes back to like 7th century Ireland. Okay. All right. Great. He was a saint. Okay. Got it.

There's other things. There's a couple other big saints. I was reading a story about St. Patrick. And according to some of the experts, there was St. Patrick. There was St. Brigid and St. Colomba. Do we have St. Well, you know, I guess we do. We have Columbus Day. Do we have Bridget Day? I don't think we do. We should. Now, the first St. Patrick's Day parade currently on record that we know about was held here in the United States of America, St. Augustine, Florida, in 1601. So, they were partied in 1601. Now, what they believe, the reason that it's such a big deal is because they wanted to have a gathering of the American Irish people.

Catholicism and they're saying, look at us, and they march in the streets to remind people that, hey, we as a voting block could wield a lot of power. And I'm sure that's exactly what it was. I mean, according to the U.S. Census, 31.5 million Americans, 9.5% of the population claimed Irish ancestry in 2021. Yeah. I mean, the population of Ireland was 5.3 million. So we got a lot of a lot of Irish people here in the U.S. In fact, we have more. Irish people here in the U.S. or at least bloodline than they do in Ireland proper. So go out and celebrate, have fun.

It's St. Patrick's Day. If you're listening to this after the 17th of March and you missed it, darn the luck. I mean, I guess you could just put your Kiss Me I'm Irish shirt on and go out and say, hey, happy St. Patrick's Day. And maybe someone will say, hey, that was last week, or, hey, that was yesterday.

And you could say, I'm either still celebrating or you could say, wait, what? It was? I thought for sure it was today. And, you know, get away with it. So good luck. Have fun. And celebrate your St. Patrick's Day the way you celebrate your St. Patrick's Day with the luck of the Irish. And watch out for those damn leprechauns.

Man. They could do some harm, those leprechauns. And I guess kind of good news coming from the space station and NASA and SpaceX. The astronauts arrived at the ISS. The SpaceX crewed Dragon arrived at the ISS yesterday. And the two astronauts with two astronauts, Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, clearing the way for Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams to head home perhaps later this week. NASA keeps insisting that they were not stranded there the whole time.

But instead, they were intentionally kept hanging for technical and budgetary reasons. Okay. And this amazing that I did not think this was actually true. And it may or may not be. You take it with a grain of salt. We'll see what happens. But they claim that Butch and Sonny will not get overtime or compensation above and beyond their usual salary for the extra months spent working from space.

Okay. So if you were thinking they were going to get extra money for being stuck at the ISS, I mean, for being at the ISS, just, you know, as they were there for technical and budgetary reasons, uh-huh. They are not going to get any more money. Now, have they been getting paid this whole time? I would hope so.

I would hope that direct deposit was still working back here on this planet. so that their family or whoever they support was able to get support they needed to keep a roof over their head and make the car payment and buy food and that kind of thing. So I'm sure that money was still being deposited in their accounts. But just a whole strange situation around the whole thing. And I know Elon continues to say that it was a political thing that had them stuck up there. and they recorded some videos thanking Elon and what a wonderful thing it is. Now, the two are going to strap into their own SpaceX capsule that's already been there.

That's what we were talking about, I think, last week. Their capsule has already been there, just sitting there collected dust. It had some issues that they had to fix before that one would go away. I forget what was wrong with that. Because they were supposed to go back. Oh, I know it was a battery. They had extensive batteries. battery repairs is what they said.

So an older capsule took its place and now we've got their return here in a couple of weeks. So weather permitting, the SpaceX capsule carrying, Butch and Sunny and two other astronauts will on dock from the space station early Tuesday, which would be

the 18th of March 2025 and splash down off Florida's coast later that evening. Up until then, there will be 11 aboard the ISS representing the U.S., Russia, and Japan. So fingers crossed and prayers said for Butch and Sonny to return to Earth because they sent

back the Starliner, the Boeing Starliner that they were concerned was going to blow up on re-entry. It did not. It did survive and landed back here on Earth. So, I mean, they were, I mean, would it have, would that have happened if they were in it? We don't know. We do not know. So, you know, they have been not stuck there, though.

They've been up there doing whatever it is they do. But they weren't stuck there. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cool to drink desperately. Be sure to follow me on my social media at Jeffie JFR on X. Jeff Fisher Radio is Facebook and Instagram. Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher is the YouTube page. You can order a cammy.

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Lawrence O'Donnell, host on a television network called MSNBC. Now Lawrence has been around for quite a while. He's 73 now. Wow. And he has been, he was the executive producer and editor on the TV show,

The West Wing. I'd forgotten about that. And he's been around a long time and everybody loves Lawrence O'Donnell, don't they? Yes, of course they do. Lawrence has to take a break from his show. Now, he does a nightly show on MSNBC,

Okay. And it's difficult to do an hour-long show every day. Believe me, I understand. When you have producers and cameramen and writers, you just can't get through the day. It's difficult. Come on now. They all, with producers and writers on these TV shows, it ain't that hard, Lawrence. It ain't that hard. But he is exhausted and need some time off. He said he was on, what's her face? his stupid show. Rachel Maddow, who's the queen of MSNBC, which I never understood, but that's the case. He said, this is day 52.

I thought it was day 92. Turns out it's day 52, Rachel. And I'm exhausted. So I'm going to take next week off, and I'm telling you that now, because I know you don't like it when I just drift away.

Wait, what? So I'm taking the next week off and I'm going to come come back and go with you all the way to the 100 days. Because she's coming back, or she's back, for the first 100 days, because her deal is like one night a week on TV, and then she gets to do, I guess, her podcast, and she gets to do some writing.

I don't know. She made a great deal. Good for her from MSNBC. I'm sure they're regretting it now, but she certainly made a great deal. You want me to come in one night a week? I could do that. And you know what? I can do a podcast as long as I have a producer and somebody to write some stuff for me. I can do that. I don't know that she actually does it, but I remember them talking about it. And so she's back every night now for until the first hundred days because it's we've got to cover Trump. That bastard, the first hundred days. Lawrence can't take it. It's day 52.

And he already needs a vacation. So he can't do it. He'll be back though after a week. That's what he said. be back. So we have that to look forward to. I mean, he opened his show. I mean, he's been just a critic of Donald Trump. He hates Donald Trump. He suffers from a Trump derangement syndrome. There's no question about that. His show, his last show before he needed a week off, he implied that the president is mentally impaired. And so America is at this hour completing the 52nd day of having a president of the United States whose brain does not want. work. Donald Trump's brain is broken, badly damaged, as he exhibits every day. I mean, Lawrence, perhaps you missed the four years prior to these 52 days, but I just drives me insane. Anyway,

but he's so exhausted. Donald Trump's brain is broken and badly damaged, and he's continuing on, but Lawrence O'Donnell is exhausted. It has to, whew, has to take some time off to recalibrate and come back stronger than ever. That's great. We only have that to look forward to. I mean, maybe he's just using it as an excuse

to take off this week to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, right? I mean, O'Donnell, I'm just guessing. I don't know. I don't know that Lawrence has ever come out and said, hey, I'm Irish, but his last name is O'Donnell. Anyway, so maybe he used.

uses it as an excuse to just get drunk all week. I'm going to take the week off. I've got a party. I got St. Patrick's Day. It's actually I celebrated St. Patrick's Week. And you know what? I'm going to use Trump as an excuse. I'm exhausted.

I'm just exhausted. I need to take some time off. And I'll be back in a week. And so he'll come back and be hung over for the next 40 days of the Trump. Well, first 100 days. Now, that might actually be worth watching. Nah, never mind. I see where NBC, now, has MSNBC and NBC split apart yet?

I don't think they have. I think they're talked about it, and they're doing some distinct moves to make that happen, but I think technically right now they're still the same company. I see where they just signed a new deal, a $3 billion deal, for U.S. rights to broadcast the 2034 and the 2036 Olympic Games.

Oh, so Comcast, NBC, signed a $3 billion Olympic media rights deal with the IOC through 2036 including Salt Lake City Winter Games. So that's wonderful. They're going to be the champion of Olympic broadcasting in the United States.

The IOC said Thursday had signed a long time United States broadcast partner with that $3 billion renewed deal and it elevates Comcast NBC Universal to being a strategic partner instead of just a media rights holder, promising innovative joint strategic initiatives and projects and involving the streaming platform, Peacock.

So, man, when you get together and you start talking about innovative joint strategic initiatives and projects, good for you, good for you, $3 billion to broadcast. the Olympics. They're going to have to make that money back somehow. Yeah. So let me see.

2036 host has yet to be decided. Oh, okay, so they don't know. This goes on to talk about, you know, India, guitar, Turkey, Hungary, Indonesia. Want the, want the, 2036 Olympic Games. Yeah, good luck with that. I mean, India might get it. But Qatar, Turkey.

No thanks. They'll just be busy. giving envelopes of cash to the IOC and hopes that it happens and the IOC will go, no, no, sorry, this country paid us a lot more money. And we'll have a, what is it? Oh yeah, an innovative joint strategic initiatives and projects with these countries. So back off. With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your

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Anyway, they moved across the central and southern U.S. 12 people were killed. I mean, it could be more now because they're still digging out the debris. really, really sad. They had tornadoes in Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, killed, I don't know, eight people, dozens more injured. We had a 55 vehicle pile up.

I mean, we saw some of the footage of that. It was just crazy. I mean, Hurricane Force winds with blowing. We had, here in this area, we had the sand coming in the air. It was great. Look, it's great. It's always good when you're breathing dirt. And then they had 110 people were injured and one killed from this high winds through Oklahoma and North Texas.

I mean, it's just was really, it's been really, really crazy because of that. So that's either an early spring or a late winter. We had a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia that left at least 59 people dead and more than 150 injured. We had President Trump ordering strikes against. the hooty, not hooty than blowfish, but the hooty fighters in Yemen, good. They can't attack us, continue to attack us without repercussions. Sorry, that can't happen. That has, we have to put a stop to it.

Then we have a couple animal stories that made me laugh. And I'm going to, you're going to be mad at me for laughing at this, okay? It's not funny. It's not funny at all. but this happened over Christmas, and we're just, we're learning about it now. So, I mean, I guess they've been looking for the guy, and now they're putting out, you know,

they're asking for people's help. All right. The man was described as a tan complexion between 30 and 40 years old, wearing all black clothing and riding a black, fat, tire e-bike. Okay. And there's a $20,000 reward. for information that leads to the man's conviction or civil penalty.

Okay. He is, he will, if they've ever fined him, he'll be charged with harassing, capturing, or killing sea lions, as well as other marine mammals is prohibited by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Yeah, so he'll be charged with all of that because witnesses told officials that they'd seen a man use an eight-inch black knife to saw the animal's head off. See, it's not funny. It's not funny. First of all, that takes some guts. You ride up to a sea lion and you cut its head off,

and then you throw it in a plastic bag and ride away. For what purpose? That's what I mean we have to find them. We don't know. We don't know. We don't know. We just know that the sea lions are a little pissed. And if they find them, if the sea lions find him first, it's over.

Don't even joke around, man. the sea lions do not mess around with the sea lion mobs. So, holy cow, let's see. The bizarre incident follows upon a similar attack in which officials say a man hit a sea lion with a large stick. That animal is found to be pregnant as well as suffering from poisoning from domic acid produced when fish eat algae. Okay, well, it wasn't, okay, suffering from poisoning but not from a human. the man was charged with a felony animal cruelty as well as possession of a controlled substance

after police said they found meth in his possession. So this other guy hit a sea lion and he gets charged with a felony. Man, the guy who cut the head off, he's going to prison for life. I don't mess with the sea lions, man. That takes some guts. Just walk up to a sea lion and cut its head off.

I still again, I ask for what purpose. I don't know the answer to the question. I don't know. It's terrible. I'm not laughing because it's funny. I'm laughing because I don't have any other reaction for it because I'm just, I don't understand, you know, what you're doing. But just know that harassing, capturing, or killing sea lions is prohibited.

Thank you. And you think maybe he didn't know. Maybe he didn't know. The guy's riding around on his e-bike. He's got a plastic bag and a knife and thought, you know what, today, today I'm going to go ahead and get me a sea lion head. That could not have been easy.

That could not have been easy. And we still haven't caught him. This happened at Christmas. And we're talking about witnesses. What did they do? The witnesses are doing it? In today's world, we didn't take any pictures. We didn't take any videos.

We don't have any pictures of this guy at all. And we just have people saying, oh yeah, this guy, this complex guy, probably about 30 or 40. He was wearing it all. black who's riding one of those black fat e-tire bikes yeah he just came up and you know cut the sea lion's head off threw it in a bag and rode off you didn't take a picture or anything now i was sitting here on my porch i just figured hey well it's one less sea lion i got to worry about so if you see the bad uh the tan

complexion between 30 and 40 years old and he's still wearing all black and he's riding the black fat tire e-bike uh reported to law enforcement you may get an extra 20 grand if it leads to his conviction. And we got an update on the Pope. In fact, we got a picture. I was amazed. So I'm sitting, reading stories to talk to you guys about and put at different shows that I do when I'm on Brad's morning show,

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I'm probably I shouldn't say he's doing fine. He is, he's not in a life-threatening condition, but he does remain in, well, the condition remains complex. Oh, okay. So apparently he's still receiving supplemental oxygen. I bet. And I bet when he doesn't use the supplemental oxygen, like when he's sleeping,

he uses full blast oxygen. No question. High flow ventilation mask at night. I believe that to be true. And good, if that's helping him heal. But I was wondering, man, we have not seen a picture. Is there no paparazzi anywhere in Rome in the Vatican that sneaks in with a 800-foot telel lens

to have the show us the Pope laying in bed with his oxygen mask on or sitting up in bed getting checked out nothing? The Pope is the one that's sacred? Oh, wait. Anyway, so we did get a picture of the Pope this weekend. He is in the church. I'm pretty sure they built this in his room. Okay, I know they say that he was in his wheelchair

of his personal hospital chapel. Yeah. So he's sitting up in his wheelchair. The chapel is probably, like, you know, right there. He doesn't have to go anywhere. The chapel is there. Now, they opened the window at the hospital on Sunday where he, you know, he was attending mass. He held celebrated mass with other priests.

And they said that the 10th floor papal apartment in the Jemeli Hospital. Okay. So is that where he was, the open window with the balloon? If I'm the Pope, that's not where I'm at. But, okay, you know, for his security and safety, I want people looking at that window there. That's fine. That's where I'm at.

I'm up there. Really, I'm on another floor down the hall. But okay. So we got a picture of him. We did get a picture of him that he looks at least, that we have proof of life of the Pope, and he was in a wheelchair, so apparently the Pope rolls on. This episode is brought to you by Peloton.

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We have Matt Richman. Matt Richmond has won the 40th annual Los Angeles Marathon. I know. He's the first American man to take the title in 31 years. Yeah, that belongs to Kenya. In fact, number two, and number three were Kenyan. So Matt beat out the Kenyans.

America's back. He got his personal best time of two hours, seven minutes, and 56 seconds over the course that began at Dodger Stadium, went through downtown L.A., Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Brentwood before ending in the Century City neighborhood. Okay, so it took him two hours and seven minutes and 56 seconds. Second place from Kenya, two hours, ten minutes. wow, that's a lot. I mean, it's two minutes, almost three.

And the other Kenyon in third place, 2.13. I mean, that's six or seven minutes. I mean, he crushed them. America's back. Let's hope that we don't find out that he cheated. I don't want that to happen. I want to believe that Rick went from Illinois.

He was a member of the Montana state cross-country team, bless his heart, earning all-American honors as a junior, So, I mean, it's the first time since, well, I think, 94, 1994, right? That's what I said, 30 years. 40 years. Ooh, man, 40 years. So congratulations to Matt Richman, R-I-C-H-T-M-A-N for winning the Los Angeles

Marathon beating out the Kenyans, which is unheard of, well, at least, unheard of for the best 40 years. So congratulations. And we better not find out he cheated. I'll be really bummed if we find out that he's cheated. But as of right now, he stands as the winner of the Los Angeles Marathon. Congratulations. And if you're wondering in the next couple of weeks why your favorite shows on network television aren't airing new shows?

Well, that's because it's March Madness. And there's college basketball games going on. And they all get together and they don't want to go up against the, college basketball March Madness, which is probably a pretty good bet. Not to go up against that, because that's where most people are watching. So you have that to look forward to the NAA printable bracket is available wherever you get your brackets. And you can join along for March Madness. Yay!

All right. There's so much to talk to you about I honestly could go on for another hour and a half. Seriously, between you and me, I could go on for another hour and a half. I could go on for another hour and a half. I'm not going to. There's always tomorrow. There's the rest of the week. I know.

And I thank you all for listening very much. If you're listening, remember a rule for a subscriber to chewing the fat is if someone asks you, hey, what are you listening to? You have to, as a subscriber, answer, well, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. I know you listen to other stuff. I get it. Thank you so much for listening to this show. But tell your friends and neighbors to listen as well.

There's so much to talk to you about. I mean I've got to get out of here well that's just all there is to it there's only so much time in the day and I know you only have so much in the time of your day to listen so we'll get out of here there's plenty more to come the rest of this week I'll leave you with the joke of the day a joke of the day sent from

Braden and I don't know that Braden actually wrote this but he sent it to Chewing the Fat of the Blaze.com and I'm going to share it because I did laugh so whether he wrote it or it was you know written by another actual comedian. I did laugh, so

it's funny. Since I laughed at it, it's funny. Good news about erectile dysfunction. You know, speaking of it, I want to stop for a second. But there's so many drug commercials on these apps. I've been watching a lot on Peacock and Paramount Plus, and so many ads are from drug companies. Wow, it's just incredible.

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