Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Inadvertent Configuration Change… | 10/30/25

Episode Date: October 30, 2025

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Blaze Radio Network. And now, chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. Tyler Robinson, the accused killer of Charlie Kirk. His preliminary hearing has now been moved to January 16th, 2026, and his arraignment is set for January 30th, 2026. Now, they had a gathering on Monday, in the court where he was present with his camera turned off. And they ruled, I say they, the judge, a judge graph said during the hearing.

Yeah, no, he has to be in restraints. Well, in the courtroom. However, he will be able to wear street clothes and they have to, they won't show the restraint. So he'll be seated without the restraint being shown because the imagery is prohibited. And then the judge also said the emotional nature of these proceedings also raised the risk of disruption. Yeah, yeah, it does. Now, the other thing that they're fighting about is cameras in the courtroom. It's allowed in Utah.

but they're fighting over whether they're going to allow it for this trial. The ruling should be, yes, we are allowing the cameras, okay? I know that his attorney requested that cameras be banned from the courtroom to minimize the effects of prejudicial pretrial publicity. Okay. I would hope that we vote, we vote, or the judge rules, on no on that. There's a couple of court TV,

human rights, human events media group have all written open letters to the judge saying the defendant is accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk. We want the cameras to roll. I know the lawyers say, you know, it's going to taint a prospective jury pool.

How is that going to taint the prospective jury pool? You're going to choose a jury. The jury is isn't watching TV at the time of the trial and or getting chosen. We are. And they're being told not to watch the news. Oh, they're not going to. Okay.

All right. I mean, they're not supposed to. You have to believe that the jury will not do that or you sequester them for the trial. But that needs to happen. We need to have the cameras rolling for Tyler's trial. and if you want to not let the cameras roll for the pick of the jury but the trial gets televised yeah I think I'm okay with that so that we keep the jury separate and you've already ruled that we can't see them in restraints he'll be in street clothes but so you just rule that they can't

show the jury but the rest of the trial gets to be watched on television television when it's live. That definitely needs to happen. And I will say that I want it to happen. I just want to see the trial and I want to see him. And we have not had that luxury yet.

And we'll see. We'll see. It is interesting that these moves are pretty regular. This is what happens in a court case. But this is a special case. And he pretty much admitted

it to his girlfriend or boyfriend or whatever, or his person friend at the time and others online. So I want to see the trial on this, please. And it also, that tones down the conspiracy theories. If we're not able to see exactly what's, and see and hear exactly what's going on in the courtroom, then that just leads to a whole boatload more of conspiratorialist moving into the space. And with the cameras rolling, we lose that, which would be nice. Welcome.

Welcome to Toeing the Fat, Fat 5 Plus. Okay, so if you were concerned about the cloud outage from Microsoft yesterday, don't be. Okay, I'm sure Microsoft Azure cloud computing service experienced an hours-long outage that impacted workplace productivity software, Microsoft 365, and workplace distractions, Xbox, and Minecraft. The company, they weren't hacked, okay? They weren't hacked. I know the outage caused disruptions to businesses globally, including Alaska Airlines and Vodafone, but they were not hacked.

Duh, don't even think about that. It was triggered by an inadvertent, configuration change. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Oh, okay. Isn't that what they told us that the Amazon breakdown was?

Something close to inadvertent configuration. They called it internal subsystem responsible for monitoring its load balancers was the root cause. which that is to prevent traffic from overloading its servers.

And so it was an internal subsystem responsible for monitoring. That was the problem when they went down. So it wasn't inadvertent configuration change. But pretty close. And just so you know they were not hacked. Okay. So calm down. And I'm sure whether it was a hack,

or an inadvertent configuration change. Microsoft was a little upset because yesterday they had to have their earnings report, along with meta and Google, I'm sorry, meta and alphabet. They, you know, had their earnings report and everybody wanted to see their AI expenditures and if they were paying off and blah blah blah blah. Alphabet, Google, said they ranked in more than $100 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time. and its cloud unit revenue grew 34% year over year. Yeah, I'm sure it's going to grow a little bit more if Azure goes out.

And AWS has other problems as well. Amazon and Apple have their big earnings today. Look, I mean, Apple, these companies are $4 trillion companies, right? Microsoft and meta. I don't know that, I don't think Alphabet hit $4 trillion yet, but they're all pretty close. invidia was part of the $4 trillion group, and then they hit $5 trillion.

Holy cow. So, Nvidia broke five and then is back down below five now worthwhile. But I will say, you can quote me on this, that's a lot of money. I mean, they are worth a lot. Look, they've been making all kinds of deals with other companies in the past, few weeks. And so they're saying, look, we got new deals with chip companies and the earnings, which is why we are now, you know, worth $5 trillion. So they had the brief moment with the $5 trillion, but they're all, you know, they're all hanging around Apple and Microsoft, over $7 trillion,

for sure. Apple is, I don't know, they're going to make more money now anyway because they're saying they're going to have more ads in their Apple Maps. And I think I talked about this here. I did see an Apple Maps car driving around DFW. And I thought, that's weird. I've never seen that before. Well, duh. They're getting ready for their Apple Maps.

Huh. So, I mean, it's definitely have to be out and about. Because we've all seen the Google Maps cars out and about, but not the Apple Maps. Anyway, you know, the Nvidia CEO, Jensen. Hoi. He talked about how they're announcing new partnerships with Planter and Crowdstrike and Uber. And that also, oh yeah, we're worth over $5 trillion now. Wow.

But they're not because they're back down and there are like $4.89 trillion dollars. Now, not $5 trillion. And I see where maybe Starbucks is turning it around a little bit. Uh, today's business report on chewing the fat fat five plus. Uh, I see where, you know, the latest CEO, Brian Nicole, he's got this big turnaround plan and it seems to be working. Um, you know, apparently they said that, uh, the time spent inside the stores are down. So more than 40% of Starbucks visits were longer than 10 minutes in 20, 23.

Now it's like 33% of the stores. the visits, partially because fewer people are choosing to spend more than 30 minutes at Starbucks. Yeah, no kidding. But they've made, apparently, they've made the Starbucks locations cozier, have they? They've made a more coffee house vibe. Okay, all right. So I don't think it's that, really, that gets us in. Maybe it is. If you have a nice, you know, a nice chair to sit in. Maybe you do, don't feel bad about going in and ordering your coffee and staying there to eat. I will say there were a couple of Starbucks in my life that was a pretty good meeting place

or pretty good going to for online purposes where you'd go and make your coffee and do whatever work you had to do online so his turnaround planned Nicole for Starbucks seems to be working and the same day the same store sales growth

was up and that has not been the case in nearly two years So starting to turn around. So good for them. You know, I am not opposed to a Starbucks French vanilla cappuccino from time to time. That's for sure. But with the drive-through options that we have in today's world, kind of like Taco Bell

with their new drink thing inside the store. It's nice one to go through the drive-thru, and I'll enjoy my drink or my food where I want to enjoy it, not inside your building. Okay. but you know hey you do you you want to go inside and sit down and sip your coffee at Starbucks and maybe chat with your girlfriend a little bit you go right ahead so Francis Ford Coppola we've talked about him before and we talked about his latest mega flop a megalopalus and he is down on his luck now he spent 120 million into making his his movie and he said

I'm spending my money and I'm going to make the movie I want to make. And it garnered less than mixed reviews. Many of the reviewers all said total shambles. Okay. Anyway, he needs some cash because he spent $120 million of his own money into it. I'm not really sure the grand total of what it costs to make that stupid movie. but it only made $14.4 million at the global box office. So he is, he's hurting.

And he said, remember he took it on tour? That's what we were talking about. He took it on tour and he was doing talks and then showing the movie. And that didn't, I don't know how much that netted him. But it's certainly not enough because he's still saying, look, many of my films earn out over time. do they do they Francis oh yes uh apocalypse now uh hello that eventually earned 150 million after several decades oh okay okay so uh i guess maybe megalopolis will earn out after a few decades but he

need some money now and i feel like we talked about this maybe on saturday morning live maybe it was Brad and I that talked about this or we talked about it off the air because I remember looking at the one watch he wants to sell. All right. So he's selling multiple watches. All right. He's going to sell seven luxury watches from his personal collection at Phillips, New York in early December. He said, I need to get some money to keep the ship afloat. Yeah, yeah, you do. And I don't blame you. So the main item was the self-designed. designed watch named FFC and made with F.P.

Jone, which is expected to fetch at least a million. It is poised to become one of the top lots of the season across the watch auction industry, and it's a watch that has a hand, an actual hand of glove, as the timekeeper. And no one would ever thought of doing that. So he got the idea from his wife.

And okay. So that's great. It was such a good idea. He uses a human hand to distinguish all 12 hours. And yet no one would have ever thought of doing that. And the mechanism and the architects of the gloved hand are inspired from the work of 16th century prosthetics pioneer Ambrose Pard. Or is it, that's what it's inspired from? Because it looks like it's inspired,

I don't know, from the Walking Dead to me, or from an Avengers movie, maybe. But sure, you go ahead. And then he's going to sell six more as well. He's hoping to get a little extra cash so maybe he can go out to dinner. And I hope he does. I don't want Francis Ford Coppola

to end up having to live in a trailer park. He's Francis Ford Coppola. Somebody's got to help the brother out. I see also where that, Batman and Robin, their outfits, their show costumes, just sold. So the five costumes worn by the principal cast in 1966 and 1968, the Batman series, which starred Adam West and Bert Ward as Robin, Adam West was Batman, sold for a combined $9,89,500. Okay.

So the Batman and Robin costumes worn by Weston Ward, and that, the largest sum. Sold to one lucky bidder for $575,000. Caesar Romero's Joker costume sold for $212,000. The Batgirl costume went for $87,500. Julie Numar's Catwoman costume, $68,750. Burgess Meredith's Penguin costume sold for $46,250. Wow.

Okay. Now, they stole some other stuff off, too. the bat scanner from the bat cave, the bat rang and holster. That's awesome. And let's see, the props were not only for television mail. Okay, so we got Linda Carter's Wonder Woman costume that she wore in 1975 to 1979. That sold for $225,000.

Now, the costume comes with the Wonder Woman's rome. red, white, and blue corset, golden cuff bracelets, and the golden lasso of truth. That would be cool to have, I will say. But you could have it for $225,000, well, more than that now. Two of the leather jackets worn by Fonzie, hey, from Happy Days, sold for $87,500 and $75,000, and a set of William Shatner's Captain Kirk costumes from Star Trek. We're auctioned for 625 and 525. Okay, I guess the costumes belong to this guy named Stuart Berkowitz, a collector,

and he died last year at the age of 64, and the family's like, yeah, we're done with this stuff. Dad, brother, cousin, sister, whatever, he kept all this stuff. We're selling it all. And we're going to take the cash. As long as we're talking about auctions, I also see where they're going to auction off this Titanic stuff that seems to be kind of cool. I mean, would I buy it? Would I personally buy it? No.

But there's a rare first class passenger list that's expected to sell for more than $100,000. They're auctioning it off at the end of next month, November, almost this month since you're listing live today is the 30th of. of October 2025. So I guess the coveted archive belonging to a Titanic victim was the first class passenger list. And this Frederick Sutton, 61-year-old first-class passenger from New Jersey, was buried at sea when the Titanic sank. But we also have a note that from White Starline, the shipping company, notifying Sutton's

relatives that they would have to purchase a first-class ticket for the safe transport of his corpse. So the family was incorrectly informed that his body was recovered and brought to Nova Scotia aboard the McKay Bennett, but no, did not. Sorry about that. Didn't mean to do that. So you can get that. Some more Titanic stuff. I know. I know. I know. I like the Titanic thing. and it's okay. I like the story. Are we going to, are we, have we had enough of it yet?

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So it's good to know. I know. I know. I did not win the Powerball last night. I know. I'm disappointed. I may have won some money, but I didn't win the jackpot. and neither did anyone else.

So the Powerball Jackpot goes up to $400 million, $190.97 million cash value. That drawing happens on Saturday night, time change night, by the way. Actually, Sunday is time change. You know, technically, I know that. Don't let me catch you turning those clocks back before midnight. Holy cow. So that drawing is Saturday night, November 1st for $400 million.

No one won the jackpot, no one won the 2 million match 5 plus power play. There was a winner in California for just the $1 million. And then the mega millions is up to $754 million. That drawing is tomorrow night, Halloween. It would be spooky to win that on Halloween. $754 million, $352.8 million is the cash payout of the mega millions. I'd wish you good luck, but, you know, I don't mean it. I mean it, but I'd prefer it was me.

Interesting to me that a lot of companies are laying off a lot of people as of late. I mean, there's a long list of companies that are laying off thousands of people, and one of them is Paramount. Paramount said that they would lay off a thousand. thousand people and I think those layouts were going to start today and they were

more coming following the full merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media which happens in August. Huh. Interesting isn't it? Then I see where Paramount is planting a flag in New Jersey.

The studio just signed a 10-year lease for a 285,000 square foot 1888 studios, a production campus under construction in Bayonne. The studio hopes to tap into the state's generous 40% tax credit that makes even Hollywood executives stop and do the math twice. Yeah, but again, it's in New Jersey. Paramount CEO, Andy Gordon, said scaling production is central to our long-term strategy, which now includes an East Coast outpost.

Paramount joins Netflix and Lionsgate who've already set up Jersey operations. The state only allows three studio partner designations for the full 40% crate. Wait, what? So Lionsgate and Netflix already have theirs and Paramount's shooting for the final spot. The studio's application goes before the state board tomorrow.

Interesting. So they have 40% task credit, but just to three of you. Okay. We can't expect to be given all of these. all kinds of people money tax credits. No, because why?

We're New Jersey. That's why. Speaking of films, I see where Cinemax is building new IMAX screens ahead of Christopher Nolan's new movie. I think, I feel like we talked about this before. Maybe I talked about it with my son because he's a big Christopher Nolan

fan and I like Christopher Nolan's work. But the theater chain, Cinnemark, said they were going to install three new IMAX, 70mm. film projection systems plus four new IMAX laser screens and upgrade its 12

existing IMAX screens to laser technology ahead of Nolan's The Odyssey that comes out in July of next year, 26. Currently only 30 theaters worldwide can actually show the IMAX 70 millimeter format and Nolan's

epic, the first theatrical release shot entirely on IMAX 7 millimeter film, was already sold out of 7mm. millimeter screenings a year before. Yeah, that's how we talked about it, because it had already sold out. He announced that he was going to do it,

and it was going to be available on that date in 2026, and then they sold all the tickets out. So premium formats are having a moment with moviegoers. IMAX just reported its highest grossing quarter ever, while premium screens are capturing 20% plus

of major film revenues, despite making up less than 1% of global theaters. Yeah, everybody wants to go and see the, have the IMAX experience. Okay, who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with the fresh Prince of Belair child star, Floyd Roger Myers, Jr., dead at the age of 42.

And Floyd Roger Myers, Jr., known for his role as a child star on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, He suffered a heart attack at his home. According to his mother, he previously survived three heart attacks in the last three years. Huh. Isn't that weird? I wonder what could cause something like that, that a 42-year-old man would, and it would have 41, 40 and 39, would have heart attacks. Huh.

It doesn't say anything about anything else other than he died of a heart attack. So, I mean, if it was that, they would have said, and these heart attacks were brought on by that. But really weird that it happened in the last three years, isn't it? Kind of is. A rest in peace to Floyd, Roger, Myers Jr. dead at the age of 42. And then we have someone who is, well, not dead yet.

Who's not dead yet? A 79-year-old multi-millionaire from the UK, British multimillionaire, has gone viral now after announcing he's looking for a good breeder, a younger woman to marry and have a son who can inherit his 1,300-acre Somerset estate. The eccentric landowner says he wants to secure the family line, passed down his historic property to a male heir, sparking equal parts of fascination and outrage online. Why was there outrage?

He has this huge estate. He has a manor house, stables, acres, countryside, and it's been in his family for generations, but he has not had any children or at least any male children. Now, I will say, just I'm going to throw this out there, I identify as a baby from the UK. Don't get me, don't check my blood or anything. I'm just saying that, you know, I identify as that.

He wants a son and he wants someone, wants a girl to give him a son. I will say maybe perhaps if you have someone who is a good breeder in your family, maybe ship her over there. And then if she has a kid

for the old guy, then you're part of the family and now you can come and stay at the mansion. Or I'm sorry, the manor. So, kind of not a bad, I mean, that's not a bad idea.

I wonder what my daughter's doing. Oh, stop it. It's just a joke. Okay, one of the emails that I get every day, you know, the story emails that I get that I can share with you, has a thing that they always have their word of the day. And I, you know, I rarely look at the word of the day. But I looked at one the other day, or I should say I rarely look at it and think to myself, oh, that's interesting. I see the word and I'm like, okay, that's, you know, that's a word. That's okay.

That's word of the day. And I have to do it every day. so I get that, you know, it's not going to be great every day. It's just another day, another word. But the word the other day was argle-bargle. I had not heard of argle-bargle before, meaning a lively argument or dispute. Argle-bargle. So there you could use that in your daily life.

Go ahead, get out of here. If you're going to have a lively argument or dispute. I don't mean, I didn't mean. to have an argle-bargle with you, okay? I didn't mean to. Sorry. And that's going to do with a joke of the day today. This from Denny, sent in the two and the fat at the blaze.com.

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