Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - It’s Too Late Now… | 8/17/23

Episode Date: August 17, 2023

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The Eiffel Tower. It's a, you know, a landmark. Is it one of the 18 wonders of the world or nine wonders of the world or seven wonders of the world? How many ever wonders of the world there are? Is it one of those? No, it's just a landmark? Oh, okay. So it was built in 1887, between 1887 and 1889, and it was part of the 1889's world.

Fair, it's a, you know, cultural icon of France. It's the Eiffel Tower, and I guess they call it the Iron Lady. So, you know, it's one of those wonderful things that you see everywhere. My mother-in-law, I've got Eiffel towers in the house and pictures of the Eiffel Tower because she loved it. I did not know about, I was reading about it today, and for what reason I'll tell you in a moment, that it has, you know, three levels to it. It has the lower levels, restaurants on the first and second levels.

And then there's a platform for the third level. It also has an apartment up top. So the builder, Gustav Eiffel, had been built an apartment on top for his private use. And he decorated it with furniture. And he invited friends to stay up there. I don't know if it's still open. I don't know who lives there.

It's probably just shut up now, collecting dust and they let people in to see, oh, that's where Gustav used to sit and hang out. So I don't know. It would be kind of cool to have an apartment on top of the Eiffel Tower, though, just, you know, as a rule of thumb. And, you know, you can visit it every day and they have their rules and there's no luggage and there's no pets, unless it's a seeing eye dog, of course. And so you could go up and there's no, whatever, they have their rules. Now, two American tourists were found sleeping on the second level of the Eiffel Tower. They believe that the two guys got so drunk that they bought the tickets to go up top at like 10.40 p.m. at night.

Now, I don't know how long it stays open because it does close because they were found when the security guards were opening it, you know, preparing for it to open up the next morning. Now the story says they appear to have gotten stuck because of how drunk they were. I don't know if they were stuck or if they just hopped over the security barriers on the second level on their way down and passed out and just slept underneath the stars on the Eiffel Tower. But they apparently didn't pose any apparent threat. Now, the world that we live in today, do you think that the security guard said, hey, what are you doing? get out of here. You can't do that. Get out of here. No, of course not.

Firefighters, including a specialist unit for recovering people from dangerous heights were sent in to help recover the interlopers. They were brought to the police station and now they're probably going to have a criminal complaint filed against them. So maybe when you're going to see the Eiffel Tower, you don't get drunk.

And if you are drunk, and you go up to the top and you're on your way down and you see the security barriers at the second level, you don't hop over them, and then pass out and sleep on the Eiffel Tower. But it sounds kind of fun. Welcome.

Welcome to Chewing the Fat. So the fatal shooting on the movie set rust of cinematographer Helena Hutchins is still in the news. Why? Because now they're saying that Alec Baldwin Oh my gosh, I forgot those are the rules of the show. He could be charged now in the shooting again. Wait, what? Yeah. And don't forget, I know I forgot. I forgot the rules of the show because of this story. Whenever I mention his full name, you have to hear the

the gunshot. And if I mentioned his first name, you hear the gun cocking sound. Those are the rules of the show. I can't do anything about that. Sure, it's my show, but those are the rules. I mean, you have to follow the rules. So apparently, experts in ballistics and forensic testing based in Arizona and New Mexico released a report yesterday, if you're listing live, today is the 17th of August 2023, after examining the Colt 45 used on the set. Okay. Now, I thought that they had already done that. And they had already tested everything,

and they were trying to figure out whether Alec pulled the trigger or not. Now, he has always denied that. So we'll see. You know, they didn't have enough evidence, apparently, when they dropped the charges earlier at an earlier time. so, you know, they said that those charges at the time could be refiled again, and we figured, no, that's not going to happen. Well, it still may happen. I guess what happened is they believe now that the only way that the gun could have been fired is if the trigger had been pulled.

Okay, so the hammer being manually retracted to its fully rearward and cocked position. followed at some point by the pull or reward depression of the trigger. Oh, okay. So, okay, he said he didn't pull the trigger. Do we believe him? You know, whatever you want to believe. However, in the story, it talks about the analysts relied on replacement parts to reassemble the gun, pieces of which were broken during earlier testing by the FBI.

So it's not really the same gun. Is it, sir, ma'am, person, special agent of the FBI? It's not the same gun. They used replacement parts to reassemble the gun. It's just, I don't understand how this, if I'm not, I'm not an attorney. I'm not Mr. Baldwin's attorney. I wouldn't be Mr. Baldwin's attorney. I mean, I personally, I think he's a douche.

I've said that before, but I don't think that he should be charged. I think this was a horrific accident that happened and just terrible and I wouldn't wish it on anyone even Alec Baldwin Now again he's claimed that he pulled the hammer back

but not the trigger and the cult fired which fatally struck Helena Hutchins and struck Joel Sousa as well so we'll see Now there was footage and just amazing and we do learn last

week and I did talk about it because it's just this ongoing case of from the Rust case. But the armorer Hannah Guterres Reid is still on trial and she entered a not guilty plea for involuntary manslaughter and a tampering with evidence charges. So her trial is supposed to begin the first part of December of this year. The trial dates for December 6th through the 15th. The jury selection is supposed to begin December 5th. So she worked as the armor on the set along with Mr. Baldwin. And so as part of the order, setting Hannah Gittarez reads conditions,

she may not possess firearms, consume alcohol, or return to the location of the alleged incident. She also shall not buy, sell, consume, or possess illegal drugs and must submit to drug or alcohol testing upon the request of the state. The documents also stated that the defendants shall submit drug testing in the state of Arizona and report the results of the test to the special prosecutors and the court twice per month. Wow. She's also accused of transferring narcotics to another person with the intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of herself.

Well, yeah, that's why you transferred narcotics. We did talk about this. she said here get this out of here i don't want people to know about it well okay yes that was to prevent the apprehension prosecution and conviction of herself so that's still ongoing just amazing i cannot believe that they still are going to try to get alec on this now there was video and audio released uh worth a couple minutes that I had not seen before from the set of Rust and they're all there and it's right after the shooting I mean they have not even the ambulance is there the helicopters there the police are

there and uh Alex and other co-workers are there and to me the audio does not sound and the video does not make it seem like this is someone who did this knowingly I was going, sir. So my understanding, well, I know your name. Yeah, he's on the phone. Let me give with my lieutenant and see where we want you to. I'm right here. Yes, sir.

All right. Give me just a second. What we want to do? So now he's sitting down with his other co-workers. Yeah, I need a cigarette. The Marlboro Medium. I'll take it. Right now, our status is questionable.

That's why we call the air light. you're still on the set. Stabilize her vital signs, enough for the flight. And administer any kind of narcotics or anything they need, what thinners that may be, then they'll load her up in the helicopter and the flight are there. I believe the other ambulances on the other side. And he seems to be doing better than she was.

Wow. They might drive him in an ambulance. I heard him wave on. Just incredible. I had not seen that footage before. Now, all that having that set, so they were bringing the helicopter and to stabilize Helena.

Joel was going to take an ambulance because he wasn't as bad off. Things were not looking good for Helena Hutchins, obviously. She did not survive that. But all of that with the set workers and Mr. Baldwin did not seem like a guilty man. Now, I know. I know. What does a guilty man look like, Jeff? well, to me, not like that.

And so, you know, who knows what's going to happen. But do I think it's silly that they're going to try to charge him again? I mean, he obviously, he didn't intend on harming this woman. It's such a waste of time and energy and looking for headlines to go after Alec Baldwin on this case. And as much as we want it to be happening to this guy who is such a douche, it just is completely, you know, just completely agonizing, really is what it is. Completely agonizing. All right.

So, all right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. Okay, I see where Chick-fil-A is looking to debut a new chicken sandwich. at the end of this month, which is August 2023? The new honey pepper pimento chicken sandwich? No, thank you. No, thank you. So the pomeo cheese, custom made by Chick-fil-A,

a combination of sharp cheddar cheese, green chilies, and red pomeptos worked together to create a savory, melty spread atop the original Chick-fil-A-fil-A. Halipinos never before used in a chick-fil-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-sourced especially for the brand's menu item, the mildly pickled jalapinos delivered just enough heat to balance the sweet and salty flavors, and the honey sweet and smooth. The drizzle of honey on our warm toasted bun adds a subtly sweet flavor to tie everything together.

No, thank you. It's going to be for a limited time. I would say limit that. a little bit more limited than you plan on. Okay. I know the Chick-fil-A chef, Stuart Tracy, as a stand-out guy, and he's trying his best to make things, you know, stand out.

That's what he does. But no, thank you. A new thank you to the honey pepper pimento chicken sandwich. No, thank you. I also see, if you're looking for a gig, there's a new gig, you can become a Bucky's taste tester, right? It's called Bucky's Bud E.

So this is from a special company. You know, they always have advertising companies, finance buzz, it's called, that takes care of this for companies. And they want a sampler that goes out to the stores, Buckees, and taste all their products, and they'll pay you for it and then post on social media and review all the goods.

Many companies do it. We talk about it when they do. and we're doing it again. So if you get this job, the Buckees Bud E, you're going to get $1,000 and you're going to get $250 to cover cost of snacks, gas, and or Bucke's merchandise. Okay. So you've got to try, you know, you're going to be trying the beaver nuggets and the colloshies or the colloshes, yeah, whatever they're called, tacos, barbecue sandwiches,

the fudge, the banana pudding. It's been a long time this time I've had banana pudding. Biscuits and gravy and gravy. more. And you're supposed to document your impressions of the snacks and reviews with photos and etc. You must be 18 years of old. You must live near or willing to travel to Buckees.

You must be willing to try most kinds of snacks. And you must do it in two weeks. I don't know. Sounds like a pretty good gig. So you have until September 11th, the end of September 11th, to apply to become the Buckees Bud E. And the candidate who they select, they will let you know by. September 18th.

So good luck and, you know, best wishes. I used to be a bigger fan than Buckees. I talked about this a little bit this morning on Mojo 5-0 doing my Thursday morning hit with Brad and Ron over there on Mojo 5-0. You know, I used to be a bigger fan until they started, until I learned their hatred for truckers. I know.

I know this show. No one supports truckers more than Jeff Fisher or chewing the fat. And the way they treat truckers is a little disheartening to me. I've been to Buckees. I stop in. I've had my picture taken with the beaver. I get it.

But the way they treat the truckers is a little maddening to me. And so they've lost a lot of my fanhood because of that. Although for a thousand bucks, a couple weeks work at $1,000 plus $250 for, you know, cover the costs, I might get over my upset in this for a couple of weeks. congratulations to Barbie. Barbie is now Warner Brothers highest grossing domestic release

ever. It has earned $537 million as of this recording to edge out Christopher Nolan's The Dark Night for the top spot. And so congratulations to Barbie for becoming the highest grossing domestic release ever

for Warner Brothers. Oh wow You're stretching to get those records But they're getting it They are getting it Oh And this is sad news If it's true

Apparently And I know this is going to come As a surprise to a lot of people Especially those who follow her on Instagram Like I do Britney Spears It's being reported now That Britney and hubby

Have filed for divorce I mean It's been a I've been married for so long on a whole 14 months. And after 14 months, you know everything about the person. And so you've had enough.

So Sam and Brittany I guess have filed for divorce. Okay. Or Brittany has filed for divorce from him. Apparently, we don't know that for sure. We're getting reports that that's true. But no one's returned calls

and the court records. They don't know if they filed for divorce in L.A. or Ventura County, we're not sure. We just know that a person close to the couple has it that they're getting a divorce. Okay, so is it going to happen? Who knows? I mean, I have seen Brittany doing some strange dances

on the old Instagram, and the last big round was her pole dancing. I know that's for exercise and everything. I get it. And she's preparing for maybe a show, I don't know. But there are times when Britt seems to be off her meds. Now, she's, good. That's why they got married. They had the big wedding in California with

Selena Gomez and Drew Barrymore. Paris was there. Madonna was there. It was all just a big old party and the conservatorship was over and we're free and I could be married and do what I want. Oh, okay. And so that's what we did. And then apparently it was reported that she lost a baby to Sam. And that was before they got married. That's what the rumors were. So we'll see. We'll see.

I mean, she got a break with Elton. Elton gave her a break with that collaboration. That was a good deal for her. It was a smart move on her to take it. So, you know, in the crowd all was for free Brittany. And Elton gave her some love, gave her some extra money. but her lifestyle she needs to go back on tour probably

and maybe Sam was busy just sucking her dry or it was the other way now, never mind, just stop it so we don't know for sure but it's being reported that it could be over for Brittany and Sam I know, dry your eyes

oh and speaking of Madonna who was at Brittany's wedding her tour I guess is scheduled to kick off October 14th. Remember, it was postponed after she had, you know, health concerns. So, she's back, baby. So

the tour is going to kick off October 14th. And if you already have previously purchased tickets, you're good to go for the material girl. I'm sorry, the Queen of Pop. Boarding for Flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes. Oh, what?

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Concerned by your gambling or that if someone close, you call 186653310 or visitcommitzontario.ca. Who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with Helen Smart. Helen Smart, former member of Britain's Olympic swim team, who also won a silver medal at the World Championships and European Championships, has passed away. Well, that's why she's in the Who Die Today segment, at the age of 42. Helen Smart, dead at the age of 42. The cause of death was not immediately known.

So don't look at me like that. Don't come at me like you think you know what it is, because they didn't say. what it is. I know what you're thinking, but it is, it's definitely, it doesn't have to be that because the cause is unknown,

okay? All right. Then we have a airline pilot, unnamed, 56 years old, mid-flight, from Miami to Santiago, Chile. Two hours into the eight-hour flight, the captain went to the laboratory

and collapsed and died. Don't, don't. Don't look at me. You don't know what it was. We just know that he collapsed in the laboratory and could not be revived. So they diverted the plane to Panama City and, you know, he was pronounced dead on arrival. So, and then the plane was just sitting there in Panama City. How pissed would you be?

I mean, I know you want to, I'm sorry that the pilot, you know, died. but how about we get to Santiago because that's where I wanted to go. Okay? I didn't want to be stuck here in Panama City because this guy died. I mean, there were three other pilots on the plane. I get we had to divert it,

but you know, drop them off. Let's get back in the air. That's not what happened. But according to this story, this is the third time this week where pilots have become incapacitated, but this is the first fatal accident. And it doesn't say,

why he collapsed and passed away. So again, I know what you're thinking, but don't think that because it doesn't say that. They just say that he went to the laboratory and then he died. It's not funny. It's not funny at all. I don't know why you're even smiling because it's not funny. Okay.

Also, who died today? Renetto Scato. I guess that's her name. Renato Scotto, S-C-O-T-O. I apologize for not knowing this huge opera singer, but she died at the age of 89 in her hometown of Italy. She was a soprano

of uncommon intensity who became a successful director after her singing career. She died in her hometown, which was in Italy. I love this review of her when she made her MET debut. The New York Times headlined her as a new star. She's short on the plump side

with a round face that is remarkably expressive. So that was great. She had a great career, though. I mean, my gosh, you look at all the performances she gave. She was wonderful. Now, it doesn't say, hear what she passed away from. I know she was 89. It said that in the story that her manager had talked to her several weeks ago

and didn't get any indication that anything was going on. so is it possible that what you're thinking is true? No, I didn't say that. I'm just saying that, you know, it doesn't say what she died of. I'm just saying they did just say. Renata Scato, dead at the age of 89. So this story is kind of maddening. We talked the other day about a person who was in our Who Died Today segment,

Joan Mayer, M-E-Y-E-R from Can. Kansas, a 98-year-old co-owner of a newspaper, who had passed away of a heart attack because of the stress. The prosecutors had a search warrant that came in and took the newspapers, all their equipment, all their computers, all their notes, everything, this Kansas newspaper. And she was so upset that she had a heart attack and died. Well, now the local prosecutor said, yeah, you know what, I'm going to withdraw the search warrant. Yeah, you can have all your stuff back. it's a little late for that don't you think

maybe you should ought to have been rating the newspaper to begin with but you know now it's too late and Joan is dead and you're saying ah you know what

I'm going to drop that I'm going to withdraw the search warrant yeah you can have all your stuff back sorry and speaking of well not dead yet but pretty close broadcast and cable TV dropped two

a new low in July of 2023 among total share of American viewers. It dropped below 50% of total TV usage in the United States for the first time. So streaming services like YouTube and Netflix accounted for a record 38.7% of total U.S. TV usage.

Holy cow. That is pretty freaking amazing. When you look at this chart, 20% broadcast, 29.6% cable, 38.7% streaming, and 11.6% other.

Okay. All right, we gotcha. So the two most streamed titles in July were licensed shows. Suits. I mean, suits is great and it's up on Netflix, but I'm all for it.

I'm worth it, but people are still watching it, because it's up on Netflix and it's number one on their now streaming or new releases or whatever, however they do it. It's accounting for nearly 18 billion, 18 billion viewing minutes. Wow. That's huge. And the kid's animated favorite, Bluey, got a few billion views in and of itself. You know, for comparison, Stranger Things captured nearly 18 billion viewing minutes in July of 2022.

was the release of its fourth season. I mean, suits have been out for quite some time now. So, just really amazing. So Nielsen estimates that consumer usage on TVs, including internet-connected TVs, combining two separately weighted panels, that's how they did the study.

Let's see, broadcast TV remained the top broadcast in July, while the top broadcast programs were ABC World News tonight, which is amazing. I could not tell you the last time I watched that. the MLB All-Star game on Fox

and on cable ESPN's Homer on Derby and the College World Series were the top two cable programs in July followed by When Calls the Heart on the Hallmark Channel So we have all that And you know look football season is just around the corner Right these numbers are nothing

compared to what's going to be happening once NFL starts And that's what raised some of these numbers up When you look at YouTube, excluding YouTube TV, that increased 5.6%, which shared their climb. And that excludes YouTube TV. YouTube TV, I'm sure, went up, I mean, now that they have the NFL package, which is the largest of all network, the platforms YouTube. They're at like 9.2%. Netflix viewing increased 4.2%.

That brought its total usage to 8.5%. Amazon Prime was up 5% versus June to represent 3.4%. So people are getting some of their new shows in. The strike is ongoing. Those numbers are going to drop big time if we're not going to have new content delivered to us. And of course, like I said, football season is right here upon us. So all these networks that carry the NFL and college football are going to be the number one networks. That's just the way it works.

America loves football. and I am in that crowd. I am in that crowd. So bring it on college football and the NFL. I'm ready for it. I know there's plenty of TV shows to watch, which I'll be watching. There's still good shows on right now. Only murders in the building.

Justified Lioness, Dark Winds. I saw a promo for Bass Reeves, which will be coming out in the fall, which is going to be awesome. We'll have some new Walking Dead shows, the Daryl Dixon show, plus fear will finally be over. Thank you, Jesus. And then we'll have the Rick and Michaud show, and we'll bring back Talking Walking Dead here

with Jason Butchell and my son Maximus, because the Daryl Dixon show looks really, really good. So we'll have those shows because those are already in the can. But once there's going to be so much time, and thankfully for these networks that have football, they will be kind of okay, even without new shows to bring you, they will have the live programming of the NFL and college football,

which will ease some of the pain. But if they aren't working on new content once football is over by the end of January, the Super Bowl is in February, Jeff. Yeah, I know. But once, you know, football is over by January, the end of January, aside from the Super Bowl, they're going to be hurting. Big time. So make your deals.

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I'm just saying. So Target had their big earnings call this week and their chief growth officer, Christina Hennington, who I'm sure is wonderful. she said that, hey, we've been listening to guest feedback and evolving as part of what we do every day. So we're fine-tuning our merchandising approach to heritage months, such as, oh, I don't know, for example, Pride Month. You know, we're fine-tuning some of the merchandising approach to Heritage Months, like Pride Month, after we had some consumer on rest way down to, yeah, there was consumer on rest. Yeah, that's what it was.

So some of the changes we'll make to our Heritage Month collections going forward will look like, well, we have a slightly more focused assortment. We're going to evolve our store and digital presentations. And we're going to reconsider the mix of our own national brands with our external partners. Yeah, they got into big trouble with that. Not only, that had nothing to do with, really, with Heritage Month. Target got rid of a lot of the national brands and moved to their own brands. And people are like, hey, what happened? to the product

that I usually buy. Yeah, we don't carry that anymore, but you can buy this Target brand. Anyway, there's, you know, they're still going to celebrate Heritage Months, but they're, you know, they've added some modifications. We still look, we want consumers to view Target as

their happy place. And the retailer will do what it can to lean into that expectation. Yeah, I bet. According on the call, execs said that there were incidents of shoppers threatening staff and destroying pride-themed merchandise and displays.

And that's what hurt the second quarter sales. Yeah, we were down. We were down almost 5.5% from a year ago. So we're doing more. We're fine-tuning. We're making things a little bit better. That's what we do here at Target. So first of all, I'd like to, I believe maybe possibly they had some pride-themed merchandise

and displays destroyed. threatening staff. Okay, if you say so, if you say so, but I find it hard to believe. On top of which, I'm still pissed that they didn't paint the target balls out front with the pride flag. So until you celebrate Pride Month

with those balls out front painted with the pride flag, you're not pride enough for me, Jeff Fisher. Okay? Until then, you can get back to me with your little fine tuning, okay? Hey, am I the only one? I probably am. I know.

So I'm just going to say, I'm sorry to begin with. And then we'll just, we'll move on, okay? Because I'm going to say, am I the only one? I don't get the pumpkin spice thing. Am I the only one? I know they've made a big deal. Everything is pumpkin spice. There's pumpkin spice socks and pumpkin spice underwear and pumpkin spice donuts and pumpkin

spice lattes. And of course, we're having it. Happy Dunkin has got their pumpkin spice back. And when is Starboy's going to bring all their pumpkin spice back? And crispy cream. You can get the latte. You can get the frozen spice latte. The ice pumpkin.

The spiced coffee. The donuts, the bread. I just, I can't take it. I can't take it. 7-Eleven's got their pumpkin spice lottes. Oreo has their pumpkin spice Oreos. I just, enough. Am I the only one?

Am I? I'm the only one that can't take the pumpkin spice stuff. And I know, I know, I get it. My wife, I think, likes the pumpkin spice stuff from either Starbucks or Dunkin. And she makes the pumpkin butter and the pumpkin stuff. And it's all about coming into the fall. But I, first of all, the fall, it's still 185,000 degrees here in North Texas. Okay?

The sun has. moved just ever so closer to the state of Texas. So when I start thinking about owl cake pops and the cold brew and the apple crisp oat milk shake and espresso, I've had enough, okay? I've had enough. I just, sure, I drink my coffee the morning. And I know, I know, it's me, it's me. I know.

Once in a while, I like a, you know, a French vanilla cappuccino. Once in a while. I say, you know what sounds good? a French vanilla cappuccino. And then I moved back to my black coffee. But the pumpkin spice thing, I just, I just can't.

And I know, again, I know, it's just me. So I've already apologized, realizing that it's just me, but I've had enough. And it's not even over yet. It's just beginning. Oof, it's going to be a long couple of months.

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