Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Jeffy's Corner: The Job or The Win?

Episode Date: February 6, 2016

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Just call 1-800-686-39-10. That's 1-800-6-86-39-10. Again, 1-800-6-6. 68639-10. Call now. I don't know about you. I'm sick of politics. I have been... It just keeps getting worse and worse and worse. The other day when Trump decided he was not going to take part in the latest debate,

Glenn walked in the back door and said, here at the studio, he says, so what do you think of Trump dropping out? Do you think he's going to hurt him? I said, no. I don't think he's going to hurt him at all. And, of course, it may or may not have with his loss in Iowa. But the thing that gets me the most, and with Glenn and Pat and Stu and Jeffrey, talking about Trump in the way that they have, the one thing I've tried to get across to them is that I think Donald Trump has has the same. People like him for the same reasons that they like Glenn and the guys.

Neither of them have filters, talking about Glenn and Trump. They both speak unfiltered. They speak what's on their mind. They say it unapologetic, and they go for it. And I think that's fascinating, that as much as Glenn and the guys cannot stand Donald Trump, I think there's some irony in the fact that they are both popular. for some of the same reasons, not necessarily politically,

but from an emotional standpoint, which is, I think, where everybody's coming from on the Trump front. But that's as far as I really have gotten into politics. I've successfully avoided watching any of the debates, albeit for the highlights of the debates. They're fascinating in some sense.

But to me, until it comes down to the, to the, you know, final two or three, it's a giant waste of time. They all say the same thing, you know, give or take. None of them follow through on anything they're going to say or on anything that they're going to do. And after a while, it just becomes such a mishmash of quotes and of, you know, mud slinging and everything else. It just, it gets very, very old. even Barbara Bush who if you remember

she did not want Jeb to get into the race she said we've even Barbara Bush was saying we've had enough of we've had enough bushes in the office her quote I thought was great she says I don't think of Trump much at all and of course I'm I'm behind Jeb 100% my whole theory on Trump is he didn't he doesn't really want the job he just wants to win so I'm not sure if he did win the nomination

and or the presidential race if you'd really know A, what to do with it, or B, if you would actually accept it, which is actually kind of good news for Cruz. Who, by the way, is in the pocket of Goldman Sachs if you listen to Ron Paul. It's a good thing there's other stuff to watch on television. All right, where is Jeffie, by the way? And this is a first for the Blaze.

The 2016 Super Bowl breakfast is going to air on the Blaze at noon eastern, 11th Central, morning right here on the blaze. It's before the Super Bowl coverage begins, before the entire universe meets on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field. Actually, it's in California. Glenn, Pat, Stu, and Jeffie, they're all attending the breakfast. At the breakfast, the Bart Star Award will be awarded to this year's player,

voted on by other NFL players. I don't know if I should tell you this or not. Glenn said, who's Bart Star? Oh, gosh. As having outstanding character, integrity, and leadership, you'll see a great lineup of speakers including Tony Dungey, Roger Stobach. That was Roger Stobach. He didn't know who it was.

Mike Ditka and recent edition, Steve Young, we'd like to thank the exclusive sponsor of the program, Retirement HQ. It's powered by Advisors Excel. This is a great company. It's one of the largest financial planning organizations in the country. It's still located in Topeka, Kansas, right down the road from where I used to live, by three buddies who work every day to honor their parents by doing business

with great honor and faith as well. So that's starting tomorrow at 11 a.m. Central, right here on the Blaze, on the television side of the Blaze, our big 2016 Super Bowl breakfast. This is pretty cool. It's going to be a very interesting, very interesting event, so I hope that you will be able to watch that. What's big on the Blaze right now? And this is, This really, this was something I thought was quite fascinating. The Oscar bags, and what's in, have you seen this? What's, all the attendees at the Oscars are getting? You know, every year, whether or not you win, if you go to the Oscars,

if you were nominated for an Oscar, you are given a giant goody bag. And they've always been, you know, full of interesting, Shall we say it? Goodies, for lack of a better word. This year is no different. And as a matter of fact, this year the bags are worth, wait for it, $200,000. Who says you're not a winner if you just get nominated? All right, so the bags this year, this is just...

Absolutely amazing. $200,000. $200,000. The bag is aimed to be a blend of fabulous, fun, and functional items meant to thrill and pamper those who may have everything money can buy, but still savor the simple joy of a gift. Boy, there's a line for you. Included in the bag this year, a $55,000 chip, to Israel. That'd be fun. A $54,000 trip to Japan. A one-year supply of Audi A4 rentals worth $45,000 and a $6,300 donation of pet food to an animal shelter. That's pretty cool. That's a good

one right there. The bag also was said to contain items of a more risque nature, such as a $250 wearable sex toy, designed to provide Hollywood couples of more pleasurable sexual experience. It's a female vibrator described as a device that not only provided stimulating vibes, but also gentle suction. And there you have it. Another unusual item inside the Oscar bag this year. A vampire breast lift. I don't know if this is for vampires or if it's valued at $1900 according to the vampire breast lift website.

The procedure uses your own blood to rejuvenate the breasts. I'm assuming this is for the women and not for the men, although there are some men out there, I guess we could use it. The result of this vampire breastlift is a younger appearing skin and increased volume of fatty tissue. That's what it all promised. The 88th Annual Academy Awards will take place this year on February 28th. That's just, wow. Who knew that so much fun could be stuffed into a $200,000 bag? Unbelievable.

Unbelievable. So one of the highlights of the past, well, I guess the past three weeks, for me, has been the X-Files. And I don't know if you've been watching the X-Files or not, but they've rebooted, essentially, they've rebooted the series.

It started back in, what, 93? And if you ask me, the X-Files has not missed a beat. I think they were absolutely brilliant in everything that they've done. Right down to the fact that

they brought back the original open, even the original open with the original pictures of the Duccovney and Jillian Anderson and Mitch Pilegi or Pellege, or however you say his name, Skinner, Walter Skinner. I just thought that was genius because it tells you you're going to get exactly, you know, what you were used to back in its heyday. And the really good news is that the ratings for the rebooted X-Files have, been stellar.

I guess they've been just as good as the show was during its heyday, which is pretty cool. And I think you actually will see the show come back with more than just six episodes. You know, this is a, they're

half done now. They've done the first three of the six episodes special event, as they call it. I think this was just them dipping their toe in the water to see if people would watch. And in fact, people are watching. if you combine it not only with the day of air,

but also the people who record it. You know, it all boils down to money, of course, as does everything. But I think you'll see that this will return in some form. DeCovine has said he does not, of course, want to go back to a 20-episode season. That would be pretty grueling. I think that's part of the problem with episodic television is that they just beat you. death with it. And especially as an actor, yeah, I know they make a lot of money.

But still to do 20, 21 episodes, a season, that's not only hard work, but if you think about just the writers having to come up with the different plot lines, I mean, eventually you just start pulling things out of your rear end because you've got to come up with 21 episodes. Whereas things on cable, the Red Road, perfect example. I mean, they only do, what, eight, ten episodes a season, and therefore the stories are just, I mean, they are right on it. And I think that's going to be the key with the X-Files. So far, they've captured not only the overarching theme of the show, which was UFOs in the government conspiracy, and they've updated it brilliantly. Joel McHale in the first episode was just, he was great.

The connection to Glenn, I thought was fascinating. And if you haven't seen this yet, if you watched the first episode, it was called My Struggle. The Tad O'Malley Show was the character played by Joel McHale. And if you, I think it was called The Truth Squad, was the name of his show in The X-Files. And if you look at his logo and then you compare it with Glenn's older logo, I think you will see the comparison. And I think you will see the, I think you'll see the tie-in.

I think he was based quite a bit, quite a bit on Glenn. There were some Easter eggs in the latest episode of the X-Files, the Ware Monster episode. And this, I have to tell you, Darren Morgan, who wrote and directed this episode, which was on last Monday, I love Darren Morgan. he is

he's responsible for some of the best X-Files episodes of the original series and he wrote and directed this one and some of the things that they snuck in they didn't even really sneak them into the episode but the the things that they put into the episode that were from the original series

for example the two paint huffing stoners at the very beginning of the teaser scene they had appeared in two of the previous X-Files episodes from season three, the War of the Prophessers Zibis, which I never can say, but it's the one about the cockroaches with Bambi, she was in it, and Quagmire. Do you ever think life is so amazing, one of them asks, that maybe we shouldn't waste it by getting high all the time?

They haven't changed at all. Mulder and pencils They brought that back He's throwing them at the ceiling But this time he's throwing them at the poster On the wall that says I want to believe I thought this one was clever too They worked in how he dies

How Mulder dies But if you think back to the episode of Clyde Buckman's final repose He said that the agent's life Would end as a result of auto erotic asphyxiation and that's well it's kind of what they alluded to in this episode and then Scully if you again if you really followed it closely enough Scully because of the alien DNA she's theoretically immortal

which she of course says in this episode I'm saying is you've really got it oh there's a couple more I'll get to those in just a minute but if you were waiting to watch the X-Files, don't wait any longer. Go to Hulu or the Fox website and watch these. I mean, they have done a first-rate job of really bringing back the essence of the show. A couple more of them. I will bring to you here in just a second. It's about 20 past the hour.

This is the Jeff Fisher radio program. I am Brad Stags filling in for Jeffie this morning on the Blaze Radio Network. You're listening to the Jeff Fisher Show. The Blaze Radio Network. When our water heater broke down last month, it was a nightmare. It took five hours for the plumber to show up, and he charged us a couple of hundred bucks just to come out. Then it cost another $1,800 to put in the new water heater.

By the time it was all said and done, I felt like I'd been taken. But what else could I do? The smartest thing you can do is get a home warranty from American residential warranty. Their home warranties pay to repair or replace all your major appliances when they break, and they will break. And at the worst possible time, call a member. American residential warranty right now. For free information on home warranties, starting at just pennies a day,

don't wait for your refrigerator to stop running or your ceiling fans to stop turning. Call American residential warranty right now. Ask how you can save up to 50% on washer and dryer coverage. Just call 1,800-686-39-10. That's 1-800-6-6-39-10. Again, 1-800-6-6-39-10. Call now.