Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Just Tell Us… | 12/8/25

Episode Date: December 8, 2025

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Blaze Radio Network And now, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher. Well, the Louvre back in the news again. No, not because of a robbery, but because of a pipe bursting in one of the rooms. Now, the pipe burst in the Egyptian Antiquities Department Library. It's so three to 400 books, maybe more we're still investigating, and visual periodicals, archaeology journals, and other works, some of which date back to the 1800s. As I said, a complete count of effective items is still being conducted.

The museum's staff are attempting to dry and dehumidify them. A major renovation of the Lou's HVAC had been planned, of course it had, beginning in September of next year, including the area of the museum affected by the damaged pipe. Now, the French art historian wrote that the Antiquities Department had repeatedly asked the Deputy General Administrator for funds to protect these books from a potential rupture of the pipes running through the false ceilings. No, and that didn't happen. So there you have it. The Louvre looking well, looking good. My favorite part of the story is that they don't really care about the books that they love.

lost i mean they say they do but then in one interview one of the egyptologists put uh no precious books were ruined ah yeah we knew that had to be repairs and you know what we really don't care about the ones that were ruined there were no precious books ruined oh okay well then don't worry about it all is good welcome welcome to chewing the fat fat five plus Officials in California are urging people not to forage for wild mushrooms after a rise in poisoning cases and has caused at least one death. The California poison control system, love them, has identified 21 cases of Amatoxin, Amatoxin, Amatoxin, Amat Toxin, A-M-A-T-O-X-I-N. Got to be amatoxin. Anyway, the poisoning resulted in severe liver damage in several people, including children,

and at least one of the patients may need a liver transplant. Oh, okay. Deathcap mushrooms can easily be mistaken for safe, mushrooms because of their similar taste, smell, and appearance. The confirmed cases happen between mid-November and early this month, which is a rainy season in the region, that creates ideal conditions for the deadly variety to grow. Yeah, I mean, wow, when you go out and you're foraging for mushrooms and, you know, the ones that grow near the oaks and the hardwood trees, yeah, you don't want those.

And the cases are mostly in the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. the risk is statewide. Death cap mushrooms contain potentially deadly toxins that can lead to liver failure, as stated earlier. Because the death cap can easily be mistaken for edible safe mushrooms, we advise not to forage for wild mushrooms at all during the high risk season. They are never safe to eat, even if it's boiled, dried, frozen, or cooked. Eating the deadly mushrooms can cause watery diarrhea,

nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dehydration, all within six to 24 hours. Yeah, I don't recommend eating them. And although symptoms may initially wane, severe or fatal liver damage can still occur up to eight days later. Only people with extensive training and experience should eat wild mushrooms that they have picked themselves. So, don't do it. Don't do it.

I would say listen to the officials in California and don't forage for wild mushrooms during the rainy season because you just don't know if the ones that you've foraged are death cap mushrooms because you don't want none of them. Speaking of fungi, research has found that there may be a black mold at Chernobyl. this black fungus that eats radiation. They have found that this black mold formed from a number of different fungi has been growing toward radioactive particles and surviving on ionizing radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Now, you're looking, what is ionizing radiation? Well, it's any electromagnetic or particulate radiation that has enough energy to detach electrons from

atoms and can cause chemical changes in cells and damage DNA. Duh. Humans are exposed to ionizing radiation via natural sources, but too much exposure can result in health hazards. Another thing you don't want, or at least I don't want, is snails. I know people have been eating snails for at least, I don't know, 170,000 years. They've been a snack in the Mediterranean for about 30,000. They're relished in Italy, Spain, North Africa, parts of Asia, and the Caribbean, but they aren't relished in the Jeff Fisher, Chewing the Fat Household, they'll tell you that. Well, in France, they had a big snail theft that is causing quite the stir. So a family that owns this snail business, that was the target, you know, snail, it is holiday

snail eating season after. all. So the recent theft of more than $100,000 worth of escargo. Look at that escargo. That's an old joke from a local farm.

So they believe that they were the target. Well, you think. They figured it was an insider's job because he said he came to work and the doors were open and the

stock was gone. Oh, okay. It was all gone, including the petty cash for the business. And so 990 pounds of fresh frozen snails worth $100,000 were gone as well. And that's, you know, when they're in high demand, this is escargo snail season just before Christmas. So the company is really struggling. And I bet, you know, this is a big deal for them. And it's good that police have suspects. Oh, wait, they don't. They have no suspects, and the family is struggling to contend with the loss. Yeah, no doubt about it. And plus, there's all kinds of rules and regulations that limit gathering. The, um, there's, I guess there's several hundred snail farming families in France. And so the supply of the mollusks in the wild has been depleted. And the

regulations limit gathering them and the cultivation does not meet demand. So, I mean, it's a big deal. So now we have the French mafia stealing the old snails from local businesses. Oh, he's got a fresh stash. We're taking it. Make it look like we wanted the money, too. So we'll take the money from the petty cash as well. Okay?

Sure. No problem. Good luck to the family. I know that they claim that the snail farm, the shop, the labs in the kitchens were, have been up and running. They've been working since 1999, and now they are really struggling to stay afloat because of this theft. So good luck to them. But it wasn't me. I had nothing to do with it, although, you know, it looks like a pretty good haul. 990 pounds of snails worth 100 grand. Yeah, that's a pretty good payday. Plus, are you getting the 100 grand? Probably not.

Probably maybe you're only going to make 50 to 70,000. thousand because you're going to have to go to restaurants and say hey i've got some fresh snails for you here got a great price for you so if you're in france and of course this is the uh you know snail eating time of the year are you asking hey where did this escargo come from you are not uh so it's going to be making some other restaurants uh some extra money because they're buying the hot snails from the black market so i don't know what you do maybe you just enjoy the snails you know if you enjoy that kind of thing. social media at Jeffrey JFR on X. Jeff Fisher Radio on Facebook and Instagram. Chewing the Fat

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Pretty good. I mean, it cost them 35 to 45 million to make it. Another Bloomhouse sequel. Way over it performed expectations. And look, it's weird, right? But hello, it's a game and it's supposed to be weird. And that's why everyone goes to see it. Yeah, that's just five nights at Freddy's.

Zootopia, too, with, Week 2 had 43 million domestic weekends. That's down 57%. So they're up to 220.5 million domestic with 915.8 million globally. Wow. On 150 million dollar budget, Disney has got to be loving every second of that. Wicked for good. Week 3, 16.7 million. That's not that good. Down another 73%. So they've 296.95 million domestically, 440.1 million globally on a $165 million budget. Okay, I guess that's good, but I'm sure they expected a lot better from that. And boy, what a shame it is to see those two crying ladies around promoting the show doing nothing, but crying. It really is agonizing. I feel like every time I turn around Cynthia Irivo and Ariana Grande are doing

some kind of press junket and they're crying or they're comforting each other it's really kind of it's a little over the top it does not make me want to see the movie I'll tell you that and the rest of the top 10 really didn't do that great I guess number four Jiu Jitsu Kayazon execution did 10 million and then the rest is way down there man wow three million now you see me now you don't

3.5 million on a 110 million dollar budget now you see me now you don't has 55 well over 55 million domestic 209 million global so they've made their money back but boy not that good kill bill the bloody affair 3 million eternity 2 million hamnet 2 million predator badlands 1 million wow a predator badlands week 5 1.8 million domestic weekend, 88, wow, 88.26 million domestic total, and 177.6 million global on 105 million dollar budget. That is not that good. The Running Man, Week 4, I thought this movie was going to be good. It must not be good at all.

Week 4, one, a little over a million domestic, 36.53 million domestic total. Wow, 65.7 million global on a $110 million budget. Wow. The promos must be that that's the best part of the movie because I thought it looked pretty good, but no one is going to see it. So you knew with the announcement that Netflix was going to buy Warner Brothers for, I don't know, $72 billion with the $5 million buyout and the total enterprise value is like $82 billion. and the deal is supposed to close in 12 to 18 months. That's, you know, if it bypasses all the regulatory hurdles. And believe me, they can afford it. Remember, not long ago, we looked at the cash on hand that these companies have. And Netflix is number two with $474 billion cash on hand.

So there's that. But people are not happy about it. The WGA called it, what antitrust laws were designed to prevent uh warning it'll eliminate jobs and push down wages dGA raising significant concerns requesting a media with netflix to understand their vision for the legendary studio worth noting a newly elected dGA president christopher nolan made nine films at warner brothers before jumping to universal cinema united labeled it an unprecedented threat to theaters claiming it could remove 25% of annual domestic box office sag after demanded the deal must create more production not less

And of course, Elizabeth Pocahontas Warren slammed it as an anti-monopoly nightmare with control of nearly half the streaming market. Yeah, I mean, look, that's the deal. All these streaming platforms want to be your destination. Apple, Prime, Netflix, they all want to be your destination. So you'll go to Netflix and you'll stay there and you'll watch shows. You'll go, you do live TV, you'll do movies, you'll do shows, you'll do sports, but you'll stay on their platform. That's what they're all looking for.

So be ready for those wars because those wars are coming. As far as the movie theaters, I mean, I feel like Netflix is still going to produce these movies because they need content. And so they're already, you know, the season finale of, you know, the Stupid Stranger Things show is going to be at the theater and they aren't charging the theaters anything. It's free.

The theaters, you get a free ticket if you have a, concession stand ticket. So you're buying the goods. And this was my deal with the movie theaters all along. They should make deals with the concessions. I know that's where you make your money. I understand. But bring the crowd in

by making it just a tad bit cheaper than I don't know, a million dollars to have popcorn and a soda when I'm watching a movie. Or here's an idea. Do the Netflix plan and say, hey, if you spend, I don't know,

10 bucks on food, you get to see the movie for free. At least try to generate some traffic into your theaters instead of wanting to milk us all for every dime we're worth. Because that's what you're doing now. And how's that working out? So I see where Billboard ranked the top stand-up comedians of the 21st century. And I saw where Ricky Gervas, who is ranked way down there on the list at 16th.

He had posted on the socials that this is so American-centric, I'm genuinely surprised to be on it at all. But to be fair, it's a pretty fine list. And I'm a fan of most of the people above me, so it's all good. So the top 25 stand-up comedians of the 21st century from Billboard. 25, John Stewart, stop it. 24, Bill Conley. Billy Conley, yeah, he's really funny. 23, Trevor Noah.

Stop it. 22, Jim Gaffigan. 21, Gabriel Iglesis. Yeah, he's funny. He should be up there. Sarah Silverman, no, they should be up higher than her. Ali Wong, Patrice O'Neill, Wanda Sykes. Ricky Jerva is 16.

Mitch Hedberg is 15. Dave Attel, 14. Adam Sandler, 13. Nate Bargatsky, 12. Sebastian Manichol is 11th. Is that how you say his name? Manis. Sackalo, Leo.

I don't know who that is. yeah, I looked him up. I looked. Oh, yeah, him. Sebastian Manaskelko. Yes, I do know him, but that high on the list. I don't know about that. Number 10, Robin Williams. Number nine, Maria Bamford. Number eight, Norm MacDonald. Number seven, Kevin Hart. Number six, Jerry Seinfeld. Number five, Bill Burr. Yeah, he used to be funny. John Mullaney. Number three, Louis C.K. Number two, Chris Rock. the number one stand-up comedian and the 21st Century, according to Billboard magazine, Dave Chappelle. Do with that list what you will.

Who died today? Who died today? Well, begin with Frank Gary. Frank Gary dead at the age of 96. There was no cause of death given except that there was, I guess he passed away in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness. Okay. Gary, I mean, was a major architect. I mean, he won all kinds of awards. His modern pop art led to some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed. I mean, he designed the good. He designed the good Ugenheim Museum in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A., Berlin's D.Z. Bank building.

He was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the top honor the Pritzker Prize. Yes, I'm sure that's the Pritzker family, which is, you know, they're kind of a nightmare. But, hey, he got the Pritzker Prize. And he was described by them as refreshingly original and totally American work. Other honors include the Royal Institute of British Architects, Gold Medal, and the Americans for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award award. So rest in peace to Frank Gary, the most celebrated architect of his time, dead at the age of 96. Then we have a former teen pop rock star, Justin Barron, Justin Barron, dead at the age of 40. Now, I don't remember Justin Barry, but apparently he was a,

you know, pop rock star. a teen pop rock star. He was the singer, the Red Walls, from the Red Walls, as a founding member of the Chicago pop rock band who rose to fame

straight out of high school, his band confirming the tragic news. They did not give a cause of death. But there is a quote from his father who revealed that it was peaceful. Huh?

Not quite sure what that. means unless he was really really sick and then they just you know went ahead and pulled the plug but anyway rest in peace to uh former teen pop rock star justin baron dead at the age of 40 then we have michael annette former nascar racing star michael annette dead at the age of 39 anette former a race car driver, made 436 combined starts in NASCAR's three national touring seasons. Incredible. Again, no cause of death was given. At the age of 39, we need to go ahead and give a cause of death. Otherwise, we're going to think that something fishy happened. So, and everyone says they're deeply satin and we're sorry to see them go, but we'd like to know what the cause of death was. You know, for those

of us that do stories about people who passed away. So I don't know what happened. He either was really sick, he either took his own life, he maybe got into a car accident. You know, he was a NASCAR driver.

I don't know. I don't know. Rest in peace to Michael Annett, former NASCAR racing star, dead at the age of 39. If he did take his own life, he should have just dialed 988 and get some help because as I always say when you feel that the earth would be a better place without you in it you're wrong get help and just dial 988 that's the toll-free lifeline

helpline and they will at least help you through whatever sadness whatever depression you're in okay so I'm reading a story about Martha Stewart how you know or you love her. She's 84 now. Holy cow. Anyway, the story talks about how she buries dead horses on her property. And I don't know if you have a dead horse, if you could just pull up to Martha's yard and say, hey, Martha, I got a dead horse in the back. Can we bury it? I'm pretty sure she's talking about her horses. But she says that she lowers them into a deep grave and a clean white linen sheet. And that is wonderful, isn't it? Yes, because when your horse dies or you have to put it down, you know, you want to be able to just dig a deep hole on your property and, you know, on the back 40 and put a white linen sheet around them and, you know, they cover them up.

Now, she was on this podcast, a podcast called 50 plus and unfiltered. It's a good idea because, man, it's really, it's really 80 plus. And here you go, she's 84. that's perfect fits into my timeline i'm telling you once you break 80 uh it's really between 80 and 95 if you're still if the if the stars are still cogent they are willing to say anything because they don't care what are you going to do to them i mean hell martha stews already been to jail uh she's already you know they've already nailed her and she still came back fighting so uh i mean i don't care so anyway this podcast 50 plus and unfiltered i guess it's hosted by her former

The Apprentice, Sean Killinger. She was asked on this podcast what she wants to happen to her body after she dies. That's, you know, good question. I don't know that I would ever think to ask Martha Stewart what she would want done. But if she brought up her horses,

then I would definitely think about, well, what do you want, Doug? We're going to wrap you in a linen sheet and bury you in the back 40? She said yes. She said, I'm going to be composted. Wait, what? Yeah, I'm going to be composted.

uh she said that uh i look i'm used to death of my horses as an example when one of my horses dies we dig a giant hole and uh we have a pet cemetery the horse is wrapped in a clean white linen sheet and very carefully dropped down into a giant lovely grave oh okay and so uh she said that um it's uh it's legal i could bury dead animals in my ground and uh it doesn't hurt anyone it's my property and for her own body when the time comes she balked at the thought of a traditional burial these coffin things and all that stuff no way so she said she came face to face with her own mortality after she said she was struck by lightning three separate times throughout her life the first time that does not make me want to hang out with martha stewart by the way uh the first time she told

Kellinger occurred when she was washing her dishes in her kitchen. Stuart said she, glad to see she was doing her duties. She was washing her dishes. She watched the lightning come down from the sky and enter her home piping. The electric surge came out of the faucet in the water and zapped me right in my stomach, which threw me on the floor. Wow. Okay. Then, does she go on? She said, so does she talk about the other two times in this interview? It doesn't say in the article. I'd like to know where she was when she got nailed the other two times. But, again, it does not make me want to hang out with Martha Stewart.

Hey, want to hang out? No, thank you. No. Making sure that it's a clear day. Okay? So good for Martha. I'm glad she's doing well. She looks great.

And I'm glad that she's going to become compost, I guess, on her property. I don't know that that's legal. It may be illegal to bury your horses on your property. I don't know that it's legal to compost a human body. But, hey, she's Martha Stewart. She can do what the hell she wants. And this is really a sad story. I don't know.

This really struck me this morning. None of the 12 remaining U.S. military survivors of Pearl Harbor, you know, they're obviously all over the age of 100 now. They are not able to attend the annual memorial. Yeah, they didn't go. They didn't go. 12 surviving U.S. military members from the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor were able to attend this year's ceremony in Hawaii. Really, really sad. It's part of, you know, a really

sorrowful trend, really. There's fewer and fewer survivors able to come to memorialize the day and the day that will live in infamy. And with this year being the first year to see no survivors showing up, wow. And I guess what about 2020? in COVID nobody was at that one either yeah I know and there should have been but there wasn't there wasn't no public ceremony in 2020 sad but the 105 year old IRA he had to cancel plans he was ready to go and then he got stick he lives in Oregon and he fell ill and he couldn't make it really sad so you know all the people that were there to pay their respects to the 87,000 troops that were stationed on Oahu on December 7th, 1941 when the base was attacked by

Japanese kamikaze plans killing more than 2,300 soldiers and fleeing the U.S. into World War II. So I just, it's sad that none of the survivors are able to show up now. They're either all dead or they're really, really old and unable to travel. And it's very sad. all right let's let's get out of here I got a couple jokes of the day I'm gonna give you an old one and a new one okay this one uh came from eric

and I know I did this one I not too long ago I think but it makes me laugh every time I read it so I'm just gonna do it it's from Eric uh it makes me laugh every time a man runs into the emergency room and says help

I've been bitten by a wolf and the nurse at the desk says where and the man replies no regular I think because she was yeah you got what happened and this one uh is a new one from denny uh denny working hard on his jokes of the day uh he needs to work a little harder because this one here i'm telling you there's something missing and uh you know i'm just i'm

going to read it to you and i'm going to say work harder denny i appreciate the hard work those of you that want to send in your uh you know submissions for joke of the day you can sent them to Chewing the Fat to Blaze.com. You hear about the scientists that tried to mix crab DNA with cheetah DNA. No, I didn't hear about the scientists that tried to mix crab DNA and cheetah DNA. Things went sideways real fast. See what I mean? I just do better.

Everybody just needs to do better.