Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Should Not Exist… | 8/19/24

Episode Date: August 19, 2024

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Gosh, darn it. Oh, well, we don't need it. just give him a fake one. So the hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, admitted Fernando for an emergency operation to address an intracerebral hemorrhage that is bleeding within the brain. During the procedure, surgeons removed a 12 by 15 centimeter section of his skull. Now, they intended to replace it in a subsequent surgery. But then there were complications and one. thing led to another, and then we couldn't find the piece of skull. What do we do with that skull? Well, we don't know. Oh, well, never mind. We'll just use this synthetic replacement,

which then caused more complications, including an infection, which caused more surgeries, and we continue on with that. Well, now the couple, I guess they're upset at the Ameri University Hospital in Midtown, and they're fine. a lawsuit against the hospital. Good. They claimed negligence after the hospital misplaced a portion of Fernando's skull. I'm sorry, allegedly misplaced a portion of Fernando's skull following the brain surgery. Then they charged them for the synthetic version.

So I'm just saying if you happen to go in for brain surgery and they're going to cut piece of your skull off, I don't know, ask the doctors and nurses to maybe put the right name on the skull so that they can, you know, they know where it's at. Put it in the right drawer so they don't lose the skull that they need for you. I mean, just we live in amazing times, the most amazing times ever. And so they are suing for physical and emotional distress. Yeah. I hope that they get a whole bunch of money. They were billed only $19,000 for the replacement of the skull.

And the entire bill came to $146,845. And that does not seem like it should, that's that much for brain surgery. Wow. So they had prolonged hospital stay and additional medical expenses totaling 146,845. $0.60. I mean, he had some good insurance, if that's all he had to pay for brain surgery. Still, though, still, I digress. No matter what he had to pay, it was too much because they lost a part of his skull. So pay up and pay up now. Of course, they won't, and it will be an ongoing battle. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat.

You know, speaking of hospital screw-ups, the story is about a 60-year-old truck driver who has sued Tokyo Hospital where he was born after discovering that he was accidentally, accidentally switched at birth. Amazing. So that he was switched at birth in 1953. He ended up with a poor single mother, while the other baby grew up to own a real estate company under his rich biological. parents. Wow. He learned about his parents two years ago, and I thought, oh, how I wish they had raised me. But notes that he's really shown grace and humility through the process, that many people have expressed sympathy for him. He says he feels grateful to both the family that raised him and to his birth parents. And he also says he feels no amosity or resentment or bitterness toward the who switched places with him. He said we are both victims in this.

I can't be angry at him. The story also reignited the nature versus nurture debate with, you know, many people pointing out that this is proof positive that it doesn't matter what your background is. Nature cannot overcome nurture and people who are born into poverty are doomed to stay there. Now, the heart-wrenching story coincides with the Japanese film, like father like son that explores the theme of what would happen if two families discovered that their children were switched at birth what would happen if you found out that one of your children or your only child was not your child but belong to i don't know milly down the hall from where you had

your kid and uh wow that is i don't know that'd be that's a tough one you'd love it You'd love it because you've loved it from the very beginning, right? But wow, that would be tough because now you know that, I mean, that kid over there, that's your real kid. And so what do you do? That's the question. What do you do? Do you, does the rich family now feel like they owe the truck driver back pay? some kind of reparations does the rich kid now think wow how lucky i am to be part of this and i don't want

anything to do with my mom who had me i would end up being a truck driver um that's bad that is terrible just terrible and it's a tough place to be in for sure but um good luck good luck at all hospitals Just make sure you keep an eye on your kid when you're having your baby. Make sure that you know the baby is yours. Of course, we have another huge recall from Purdue. They have recalled hundreds of thousands of frozen ready-to-eat chicken breast nuggets and tenders for possible metal contamination. The affected items are the 22-ounce simply smart organics breaded chicken breast nuggets.

and the 29-ounce chicken breast tenders, and the 22-ounce butcher box organic chicken breast nuggets. Man, I love those butcher box organic chicken breast nuggets. All the bags have a best if used by date of March 23rd, 2025. Now, they're being recalled, say it with me now, out of an abundance of caution. There's only 167,171 pounds of frozen. ready to eat products. Now they, obviously, you can return them or throw them away for sure.

Now, the foreign material was identified in a limited number of consumer packages. Yeah, metal was found in the products. It was a metal wire I embedded in the food. That's all, though. So they determined that it was a very thin strand of metal wire that was inadvertently introduced in the manufacturing process. So we decided to voluntarily recall these packages on the product. So if you have any of those products, take them back.

And sure, we've had issues with other meat and everything being recalled. But why do we not have meat vending machines in this country? I don't understand. I don't understand why we do not have meat vending machines in this country. I see a story talking about these vending machines offering sausages and other essentials in Germany. That needs to come here to America. According to a survey by the German press agency, these machines are booming. Yeah, you can go up to the meat vending machine and get your brattwurst, your barbecue meats, anytime day or night.

Sure, we can go to the grocery store and Walmart is open, but that's not the same thing as having a meat vending machine. It has three or four types of sausages. It does have some kind of potato salad, so you get a little extra other than meat. You can grab all you need. You can grab all you need for dinner. That also stocks eggs, milk, butter, fresh produce.

I mean, you're getting an assortment of food. This is what we're doing. 570,000 vending machines across Germany. They're playing a significant role in complementing traditional shops. I bet you they're knocking some of those traditional shops out, unless the traditional shops actually run the machines. All right. So that's this trend, convenient alternative for customers outside of regular shop hours.

Yeah. So if you could set up a meat vending machine outside of your business, So you're brick and mortar so that people had access to it 24-7 while you were not open. That would be awesome. And that's exactly what we need in America. And I don't care if it's got eggs or milk or butter or any other stuff. I should be able to get my sausages and hot dogs and any other meat product I want from a vending machine. That needs to happen right here in the good old U.S. of A.

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and he's going to become the new chairman and CEO effective September 9th. And I mean, there's all kinds of challenges for Starbucks. They're disappointing sales and they're, you know, they're looking to, they're adding competition. Same store sales are down by 14%. There's activist investors demanding changes. And I know former CEO Howard Schultz who keeps buttoned And one of the first things I would do if I was Brian

was to tell the former CEO Howard Schultz, you know, the guy that started at all. But out, okay? You're not around anymore. I mean, I'm sure he's around and he's on the board, but butt out anyway. We're sick of hearing what you have to say. So that you know how to run the company, so what?

But the good deal for Brian is that Starbucks is giving him a $113 million compensation package. Nice. He's got the largest sign-on deals in corporate history. The package includes a $10 million sign-on bonus, $75 million in equity grants, and an annual salary of $1.6 million, which is nothing because you get the performance-based bonuses

that could elevate those earnings well beyond $100 million. So I know that he was instrumental, according to Starbucks, and driving, you know, Chip-O-Lay through the roof. And they have all the confidence in the world that he's going to do that at Starbucks. But congratulations, and that's good. It's always nice to get an extra $10 million in your bank account and have an idea that another $75 million in equity grants.

And that million. $1.6 salary, that's like, that's what you pay for, to take care of the garden at the house. The rest of it is all performance-based, and that's going to be, you know, tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars. So, you know, congratulations. Be sure to follow me on my social media sites at Jeffrey JFR on X, Jeff Fisher Radio on Instagram and Facebook.

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And then I do it. I'm like Cameo's trained monkey or they're my pimp or something. It works out like that. And you can email the show anytime, chewing the fat at the blaze.com. Chewing the fat at the blaze.com. I see them all. Thank you. I may not respond to them all, but I do see them.

And I get your jokes of which of one I will share a little bit later on in the program today from a listener who emailed chewing the fat at the blaze.com. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. So Deadpool is now the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time. surpassing Joker, the $1.8 billion and climbing. I saw where Todd Phillips, the director of Joker, posted his congratulations on Instagram with Deadpool at the top of the stairs. Kind of funny.

And the new Joker opens October 4th. Really looking forward to that. All the trailers I've seen for that look awesome. Just really looking forward to that. This weekend was the big weekend. knocked Deadpool and Wolverine out of the number one slot and knocked it ends with us out of number two to number three. So hubby and wife, you know, number two and number three now instead of number one and number two. The number one movie, Alien Romulus, $41.5 million in the domestic opening, 108.2 million global debut.

That's a strong start. for the franchise reboot. I mean, another alien, man. Wow. And they just keep banging them out. Twisters, number four at 9.8 million domestic weekend. Plus, it's number one on streaming. So that's going to continue to do well.

Coraline was number five at 8.4 million. Despicable B. Four. Still hanging in there, man. At number six was six million for the weekend. That's already at 340.4 million domestic total. Trap, 3.4 million domestic. Inside Out 2 still hanging in there. Another 3.2 million domestically.

I mean, that's huge, right? I mean, 642.2 million domestic total so far. Borderlands came in number 9, 2.4 million domestically. and Harold and the Purple Cran coming in at number 10 with $1 million domestic weekend that is its third weekend and they have Harold and the Purple Cran

have made $15.7 million domestically. So, I mean, it's been a good year for Disney though. I know they are in the crosshairs of the world and I don't really deservedly so. But Alien Romulus is a good year. a Disney movie. So is Deadpool and Wolverine. So is Inside Out.

So is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. So according to this, Disney has grabbed 42% of the summer box office ticket sales in U.S. and Canada, according to box office Mojo. So last year was only 27%. So it's had a pretty good year at the box office, which

may or may not be a good thing, depending on who's looking at it. And I guess we've decided that we're going to use father and son duo to co-host the 76th Emmy Awards, which air September 15th on ABC. They are Eugene and Dan Levy. They're going to host the Emmy Awards. Yay! You know the two Canadians that are best known for starring in the HACI, and co-created Schitts Creek,

which broke, I don't know, Emmy Award records in 2020 after winning nine trophies and becoming the first comedy to sweep the four main comedy acting categories. So we have those two that are going to be co-hosting the Emmys on September 15th. So will that be good? Maybe, maybe. And all the people excited about the venue sports app that was supposed to come together. which was a joint venture from Disney's ESPN, Fox, and Warner Brothers.

We talked about that as they planned to charge $42.99 a month to access to 15 live sports channels. Offerings are set to include the company's entire sport portfolios, including professional football, basketball, hockey, tennis, as well as college football and basketball. Each company had agreed to one-third ownership of the platform, which sought to secure 5 million customers in five years, which they probably would have gotten. $42.99 was a little bit cheap for that. But that's not going to happen because Fubo TV sued them because they said, hey, you guys went against us when we tried to do that. And a federal judge has said, you know what?

That looks like you have a pretty good case. So because Fubo said, yeah, Disney, Fox and Warner Brothers, they went ahead. then colluded to drive up prices and said that we couldn't do that and got kicked us out of doing this exact thing on our streaming service. And so a federal judge has said, you know, that's kind of true. It's looking that way. So, yeah, we're going to go ahead and block venue from doing that. And so we'll see what happens.

But, man, it was a long shot when they first started announcing it anyway. So, you know, we'll see. Also, I see where Robert Duchnero, you know him, you love him. It was celebrating his 81st birthday out on a yacht, of course, and there's footage of him jumping off the yacht into the water, and everybody just loves dad. Dad, Robert Duch Niro is such a good guy. And he's just crazy.

He's 81. He's jumping. from the yacht to the water. And we're just so happy to have him around and spend his money. And, you know, we just, we've been sad for a while now since, you know, the grandkid died. And, you know, we just want to be with dad and, you know, celebrate his 81st birthday and tell him that he needs to keep working because we need the money. Well, he's been, he's been suspended from X. Huh.

really weird that Robert Douche Niro would be suspended from X. I know. I know. For his violent and unhinged comments. We're going to kick him off X. I mean, I don't want to see anybody off X. I was to let it all go. But apparently they do have actual, some actual lines that you can cross.

And Robert Duch Niro. cross them. Sad, I know. I don't want them kicked off, but I'm not disappointed either. This episode is brought to you by Peloton. A new era of fitness is here. Introducing the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus, powered by Peloton IQ. Built for breakthroughs with personalized workout plans, real-time insights, and endless

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Phil Donahue has passed away dead at the age of 88. Phil Donahue. This guy was a television icon. I mean, he lasted out 30 years of daytime television talk show. During his heyday, if you wanted to be anybody or get your word out, you had to go through Phil Donahue. Phil Donahue show later just Donahue. So, I'm a crazy.

He started in Dayton, Ohio back in 1967. And just had the studio audience. and it was just, you know, he was the man. He was the talk show man, Phil Donahue, dead at the age of 88. As far as I know, he was still married to, what's her face? You know, Marlowe Thomas. Yeah, they've been married since, I don't know, 1980. They've been together for a long time now.

I've seen Marlo Thomas as of late, and she is, be able. beyond the three cuts to clownface mode. She's definitely past that. But she has followed that. She has followed that timeline, which is my three cuts to clown face for sure. But she's been around forever. And they were in love forever since 1980.

So rest in peace, Phil Donahue, dead at the age of 88. Then we have Jack Russell, the lead singer of the metal band Great War. White has passed away at the age of 63. Now, you remember Great White? They had the bar banfire in Rhode Island. 100 people died. 2003, but that seems like 18 lifetimes ago.

But it actually did happen in 2003. He passed away at the age of 63. Of course, he'll be remembered for his sense of humor and exceptional zest for life and unshakable contribution to rock and roll. Okay. But, all right, rest in peace, Jack. But he had died, he had been diagnosed with Louis body dementia. Nobody wants that.

I don't wish that on anyone. And multiple system a trophy, which causes loss of coordination and balance and changes in speech. Oh, no, we don't want that, honey, no. He was only 63. So rest in peace, Jack Russell, dead. the age of 63. Then we have Alain de Léin, the French actor,

most famous, well, I mean, I'm sure you know him as from La Semaray. He is dead at the age of 88. I looked at his picture. He looks familiar, like he looks at something that I've seen, but I don't remember, I don't feel like La Semaray is what I would have seen,

but it's possible. He passed away peacefully in his home in Dushi. surrounded by his three children and family, according to a statement. It doesn't say what he died from. Oh, yes, it does. No, it doesn't. They were talking about how pissed they were at him in the last few years

because of his public comments on adoption of children by same-sex parents. I guess he was not a fan. And affinity with far-right politicians, Hugh Bastard. But no more. You don't have to worry about him anymore. more. I didn't know, dead at the age of 88. Then we have John Apria.

John Apria, the actor, portrayed young Salvatortesio in the Godfather Part 2. He played the father of John Stamos' character in Full House. He died at the age of 83. He died of natural causes. Oh, okay. At 83, he died in Los Angeles. at at 83.

I mean, he was in a lot of a lot of pretty big movies. So, I mean, he's doing okay. I was sad to see him go. But rest in peace. John of pree, dead at the age of 83.

All right, I learned of a couple of animals, bugs, insects that are on this planet that I didn't know existed. And they don't need to exist. I'm going to call for their extinction right now. All right.

This one is the stinging bearded fireworms. Now, they're, these do not need to be on the planet, all right? They're also known as bristle worms, or I guess they're called bristle worms, and everybody calls them bearded fireworms. They're the centipede-like creatures that have spikes filled with venom. And if you're stung, the pain could last for hours. Now, apparently they're washing up on beaches coming out of the Gulf of Mexico, at least along the Texas coast. So if you're walking along the beaches of Corpus Crispi and who doesn't love to walk along the oil-stained beaches of Corpus Christi,

now they're not all oil-stained, Jeff, they're fine. Okay, you got me. Just be on the lookout for bristleworms, otherwise known as the bearded fireworms. If you get stung by their spikes, they're filled with venom, and you can be in pain for hours. Why, they don't need to exist on the planet. We need to find a way to make them extinct. Then I see another animal, or I guess it's an ant. It's called the panda ant.

That's what they call it. It's the name is the panda ant, except here's the thing. It's not a panda or an ant. it's a wingless wasp and it's just black and white now apparently they're primarily in Chile but they don't need to be on the planet at all

they're black and white fur and it gives them their panda-like experience but it's actually a wingless wasp the female laser eggs inside other insects and when the larvae hatch they feed on the host, eventually killing it to survive.

Their bright colors warn predators of their powerful sting. The female panda ant also has the largest stinger relative to her body size of any insect. There's no need for this particular thing to be alive on the planet. We need to find a way to put an end to the panda ant, which isn't an ant or a panda. but a wingless wasp We need to find a way to make that go away Asap Speaking of pandas

I see where Ying Ying The giant panda living at a theme park in Hong Kong Just gave birth to twins Becoming the oldest member of her species on record To become a mother for the first time So no matter how old pandas are They're taking care of some panda business We're actually doing that

So according to representatives from Ocean Park, Ying Ying, has lived with her partner, Le Le, I bet you he's doing a little Leigh, at the tourist destination since 2007. The new mother recently celebrated her 19th birthday, so best, I guess, a panda years, that translates to roughly 57 years old and human years, so almost 60, the oldest member of her species to give birth. That's, you know, congratulations to the true rarity. I guess she was nervous throughout the process.

She's first time mother. She spent much of her time laying on the ground and twisting. Sounds like a pregnant woman. Oh, stop it. It's just a joke. And she, the labor took about five hours, which I guess is not regular for pandas. Now, Ying Ying gave birth to a female cub first, and that weighed, then a male cub. but she's not the only one.

Now, there's another zoo in Germany that has a panda Meng Meng. These names, man. There's Ying Ying and Lay-Lay and Meng Meng. Meng gave birth to twins as well. Or is going to. Going to give birth later on

this month. So Ming-Ming, hope there aren't any complications. They're waiting for Meng-Ming to give birth. But they're going to be twins, too. And I did not know that this actually takes place. in China. And maybe we've talked about it before, but I don't recall talking about it here on chewing the fat. But zookeepers in Chinese zoos dress in disguise in these panda suits to train baby pandas

to live in the wild. This could not be real because the pictures. are just, I mean, I guess maybe pandas are stupid. And when they see a human dressed up in this stupid panda outfit, they think, oh, I guess that's another kind of panda. And they must be getting ready for me to live out in the wild. Because it's... That's your gig at a Chinese zoo, dressing up as a panda, to prepare the young pandas,

the little giddyups, to live in the wild. good for you good for you because I don't care what country you're from or you're in no one supports zoos more than myself or chewing the fat so if you dress up like a

panda in a stupid suit to help pandas out at the zoo again good for you boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes what sounds like Ojo time Play Ojo? Great idea.

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You just go on the airplane and, I don't know, buckle up and then just fly without looking at a movie or listening to music and just enjoy the flight. So, you know, if you do that, good for you. But now we have India's biggest budget airline, India Go, is now trialing a booking feature that will allow women to avoid booking a seat next to me. The feature, the first of its kind, for an airline, works by showing female travelers a pink seat at the seat selection page if it will be occupied by a female passenger. And so you can now identify your genders when you purchase your tickets, which allows the airline to control access to these details. Good luck. We'll see how that worked out. I don't think that's going to happen in America.

But, you know, we'll see. We'll see. Because in America, if I identify as a woman, then my sea can be pink, right? So if I identify as a woman, that makes me a woman, doesn't it? And then we have a European airline, Whiz Air. They have created a new plan that they're going to use called All You Can Fly. It's an all-you-can-fly pass, offering unlimited flights for about $570 or $499 euros or whatever. So this pass covers a wide network of destinations across Europe, the Mediterranean,

and even into regions like the Middle East and Central Asia, allowing for extensive travel flexibility. However, the pass comes with several important conditions. Really? flights can only be booked within 72 hours of departure and only one-way tickets are allowed. It seems to be an issue if you're trying to return. I guess it has great value if you're a frequent flyer.

A lot of people are concerned that now, you know, maybe this airline is looking to, you know, file for bankruptcy because it looks like they need some cash. One person says that WIS is, they are the same type of airline as Spirit is here in the U.S. So they'll just give you an idea of what's happening. But that, I mean, and all you can fly past, it's kind of sweet. I wouldn't mind, you know, if they could have an airline that would do that. That'd be kind of a good deal.

Although without the return ticket, you're going to have to wait for the return tickets, which is kind of, so you've got to do it within 72 hours. and then you got to hope that there's a seat for you, right? I'm sure there's all kinds of weird stipulations that are going to go with that. So good luck. I hope it works out for everybody. You know what? I want it to work out for everyone.

All right, let's get out of here today. I mean, we've got all kinds of stuff going on today. Just, I mean, we've got the Democratic National Convention starting. We've got Trump and Musk yapping tonight on X. We've got, just so much news. And then you've got chewing the fat right here, the show that you come to, so we don't have to talk about Musk and Trump

and we don't have to talk about the DNC because that all can happen on Pat Unleashed. I'm with Pat every day the next couple of weeks, so be sure to join in on Pat Unleashed as well. But, you know, you still have chewing the fat to take you away. I'm like Kelga. I'm like the Kelga on a podcast and just take you away.

So if you don't, get that reference. Sorry. Okay. The joke of the day, emailed to Chewing the Fat at theblaze.com from Marcus. An old timer goes to the barber shop and says to the barber, I hear you give a good shave, but I have so many wrinkles and creases on my face. I haven't had a close shave years. Barber says, sit down in this chair right here, and he puts this wooden ball between your cheek and gum. and it'll smooth the skin on your face while I shave it.

And the barber has done, the old timer says, wow, nice and smooth. You know, while you were working, I was concerned that I might swallow that wooden ball. And the barber says, that's not a problem. You could just return it in three days like everyone else does. See, because most people just swallow it and then they, well, now you got it. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content.

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