Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - TITLE: Just Pick One… | 3/6/26

Episode Date: March 6, 2026

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Good news. Good news. We may be able to spend some extra time on the moon. I know. Texas scientists revealed in this scientific report study, and the study paves away for further research on lunar agriculture, and may have implications for astronauts' ability to spend longer stretches of time in space. Huh? Love that. How are we going to do that? Well, we're going to grow chickpeas. Yes, chickpeas. Love them. And not really, I was forced to eat them as a child. But apparently biologists conducted an experiment using materials from Earth simulated

to mimic lunar soil. And they dusted chickpeas with powdered abuscular my chorosol fungi. That's exactly how it's pronounced. I wish my girl was here to help me out. She's around here somewhere. I'll have to try to find her. helping the plant's roots spread out and reduce absorption of iron, aluminum, zinc, and copper. Some soil samples were also treated with fertilizer from red wiggler worms.

In each case, chickpeas treated with the fungi powder, lived two weeks longer or more on average. So we are living a long, long time, or a longer time on the moon, which is wonderful. and space travel. We can grow chickpeas, man. How much longer do you want to stay in space now? Plus, NASA said more good news. NASA has said that the asteroid 2024YR that was supposed to crash into the moon, yeah, they say now zero chance of that asteroid hitting the moon. So how cool is that? We'll be able to stay longer on the moon eating our chickpeas and we don't have to worry about the asteroid hitting us. Pretty sweet. Welcome! Welcome to Chewing the Fat Fat 5 Plus.

So Brittany Spears was arrested for a DUI. Does that surprise anyone? I know. No, it doesn't actually surprise anyone. Apparently, she was alone when she was pulled over in Westlake Village and then was taken to a local hospital to draw blood to determine her blood alcohol content. According to this story, she was unharmed. in the incident, okay, but was crying. Sources, I'm sure we'll get more information as time goes by,

that the singer's blood alcohol count was 0.06%. In California, the legal limit is 0.08% or higher for a driver's age 21 or older. Okay, so she was under the limit. But, this kind of ticks me off, actually. She needs to get a good attorney. you can still be charged with DUI in California if officers observe erratic driving regardless of your blood alcohol content. So according to the police dispatch audio, Spears was in a black sedan and she was driving erratically, breaking, swerving, and driving with no tail lights.

The dispatcher talking to an officer mentioned the vehicle was traveling on Southbound 101. Okay, so Malbub, and she was arrested for DUI and then she was let go, you know, a couple hours later. I will say this. Why not just charge her with reckless driving? And let's drop this DUI thing, because she wasn't driving under the influence. Okay. She was driving erratically, and she was upset about something. We don't know what. And she should be charged with reckless driving. Okay. Now, I will say, I read a story, and you know how much of this is true. We know Brittany has been really struggling, right? I mean, does she need help? You bet. You bet. You bet. apparently the family and her people, spokespeople have said she's going to get help,

and they're coming to, you know, they're coming to take care of her. The court date is May 4th. You know, may the 4th be with you, ah. But according to sources, and I don't know how good these sources are, described the hours before the arrest as emotionally catastrophic, beginning not with the car, but with the Iran War coverage, a phone and a well-intentioned Amazon search that her friends had to intervene on her before it completed checkout.

Well, because it's not a real thing. There's no way that she could have completed checkup. Apparently, Brittany had decided that she wanted to adopt an Iranian war child. And good for her. You know, good for her. And I guess she opened up Amazon and she was going to order an Iranian war child from Amazon, according to her friends. An international humanitarian adoption.

I mean, that happens on Amazon. on all the time, right? Oh, wait, it doesn't? Yeah. Well, she did not take that very well. And that's what one of the things that, you know, brought on this unfortunate incident that, you know, of course, they said, now, you know, they're saying that the family is going to come and help her and she was completely inexcusable and we're getting together and we're going to, you know, help her out. and she has a problem. Okay. I mean, I think we all kind of agree with that.

But does she need to have a big deal about this particular charge? No, I think this charge needs to be reckless driving, pay a fine, have a nice day. Now, you know, if you listen to this show, no one supports truckers more than chewing the fat. Jeff Fisher and this program, that is clear. I love truckers. They're the lifeblood of America. I know that. And I appreciate what they do every day.

But I just, we're seeing more and more stories about truckers out there that are causing issues because they can't read or speak English. And I was really thinking about that. So, first, Wyoming Highway Patrol released last week, apparently how widespread the problem is. Out of 16,676 inspections on commercial vehicles in 2025, 676 resulted in violations where drivers failed the interview because they weren't proficient in English. Wow. And that was the eighth most frequent violation Wyoming officials cited drivers for. Holy cow. So, you know, you think about that and you think about the case that.

Our transportation secretary is working on to make every driver's license test in English. Truckers and bus drivers are going to be required to take the commercial driver's license test in English. You know, I was driving the other day driving to work, I was like, do you need to speak English to drive on American roads? Now, I guess the answer to that is no. You know, we have plenty of signs, and many of them are generic, you know, turn. Don't turn here, stop. If you have GPS, right, the GPS will tell you which way to go. So you don't necessarily need to read to go where you need to go.

And that's what's helping these truckers, right? They're driving the truck, barely. And they're following the GPS. I had a story that I read the other day about a trucker who had a credit card issue. issue at the gas pump so he went inside and he couldn't you know could barely communicate with the with the employee behind the counter because he couldn't speak English and they finally you know worked it out it took a long time the story was a long story but they finally worked it out and the trucker had to go you know call his business because it's not the card isn't working and so it's

very frustrating and I believe that you know you probably do need to speak English if you're working and, you know, driving trucks, the lifeblood of America, on American roads. No question. Then I was, I was thinking, okay, so we give so much trust to other drivers on the road. Every day, cars, trains, boats, and animals. Animals, yes, even animals. We give so much trust to other drivers on the road. And we just expect that they are following the rules. right? We're always just, I mean, we're a split second away from something bad happening. We've seen bad things happen all the time, and it's just a split second. And so, I mean, we give so much trust to other drivers on the road to, you know, change lanes properly, drive speed limits, know how to,

you know, actually know how to drive their vehicle. You're able to, you know, pull it forward and back and park, all that kind of thing, the vehicle that you're actually driving, that's a problem with, you know, a lot of in-town drivers. You know, wives and mothers who have big vehicles, big suburban vehicles, but they really can't park them properly because it's a big vehicle and you've got to know what you're doing. But we do give a lot of trust to people on the road. And for the most part, people, I think, do their part to be safe because no one wants to get hurt, right? No one.

But we give more more. trust, more leniency to the truck drivers, right? Because they're on the road all the time. And, you know, I love them. And so, will you follow them? You know, they're the lifeblood or they know what's going on on the road. So if you're a truck driver and you can't speak English and you're not communicating

with other truck drivers or, you know, you're at least not communicating with other truck drivers that speak English, you're communicating with truck drivers that are speaking, the language that you speak. In America, on American roads, yeah, that's a problem. So I'm kind of with Transportation Secretary Duffy. You know, let's make everybody take the test in English so that we know that they are at least proficient enough to read and they're able to read our signs, not just look at them.

You know, speaking of trust and what we have in trust in people on the road with us, I see where Miles Garrett, the defensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns, in fact, the defensive player of the year in the NFL, he broke the sack record this past year. The story is talking about how he got his ninth speeding ticket, okay? So I guess as a rookie, he survived a rollover crash flipping his Porsche. That, you know, he got a ticket for going to 65 and a 45. And, you know, this is the latest incident. in Congress Township, Ohio, which sits between Cleveland and Columbus. He was not under the influence of anything.

He was just coming back from an event that he had to do, a college basketball game that he attended. And apparently he was driving 94 in a 70. Okay. And that's his ninth speeding ticket. Let me ask you a question. How many times do you think Miles Garrett? Miles Garrett has been stopped in Ohio around Cleveland and just let go. This may be his ninth ticket, but there's no way that this is the ninth time that he's been pulled over.

No way. If he's got nine tickets, that means he has probably, I don't know, let's on the out. You know, on the inside, we're like talking about double it, 18. 18 stops and probably more like 25 or 30, where the police officer, it's Miles Garrett. All right, it's Miles Garrett. If you're any kind of NFL fan in Cleveland, Ohio, you know, Miles Garrett is your guy. Can he afford, you know, a couple hundred dollar fine? Yes, he can.

Can he afford to have a driver if he wanted? Yes, yes, he can. but he'd rather drive himself and, you know, speed and go fast. So you know there's plenty of times where the police officer just says, Miles, what are you doing? Slow it down. Get out of here. So I'm just saying, he never wants to talk about it. He wants to talk about football, talk about his team. He doesn't want to talk about his personal life, which is speeding on the roadways.

but I will just say that I believe that there's no way that this is maybe his ninth ticket. This is not the ninth time he's been pulled over. And, you know, here's the thing, Miles. When you're speeding like that, you're putting the rest of us in danger. So remember that the next time you want to be Mr. Ledfoot on the road, okay? Drive safer. Quick reminder for those of you listening live, today is the 6th of March, which means that it's time change weekend this weekend. Sunday, the 8th, you need to

just spring ahead and set those clocks ahead. Now, I would advise it really maybe it feels better to start earlier. It certainly does when we set the time back. I always like to start, you know, a day earlier. Just I changed my analog clocks back so that, you know, you still have it in my head of what time it is. Your body has to adjust for sure. But just remember, you go ahead, you know, you gain that hour. You get that extra hour back this weekend. How much fun is that?

Huh? I know. Look, I, there's plenty of times. I mean, there's all kinds of our congressmen and senators that want to change the rule and just make it so it's one time and one flat time and be done with it. I believe that it should be. I mean, this changing the clock back and forth is agonizing. But nobody can decide which one they want.

So, I mean, do you want the daylight savings time or do you want the standard time? At this point, I don't care. Pick one, and that's the one we'll use. Then I don't have to be frustrated trying to remember which clock is, I have to change manually and which clock changes because it's in the Internet of things. So there's plenty of stuff. I mean, we have the oven. I've got to change the oven.

I got to change the microwave, got to change the coffee maker, got to chase the cars. My cars are not on the Internet of things. I have a, let's see, I'm handing a one to, I have two, I have two or three analog clocks I have to change. My gosh, it's going to be a busy weekend. And on top of that, then I have to do Saturday morning live with Brad Staggs tomorrow. The seventh way I do Saturday morning live every Saturday. I can't change the clocks before then. Otherwise, I'll be late to the...

No, I go ahead, so it would be, yeah, no, I'd show up at night. I'd be early, all right, so I'd be early. So I'd be early. I'd just be extra early for the actual showtime. Anyway, so be sure to tune in to Saturday morning live with Brad Stags and myself. You can listen and watch that on my ex at Jeffie JFR. You can, of course, watch it on his ex account, which is, I think, real Brad Staggs or something like that. and I'm kind of mad at him now anyway

because he made these really cool box lights that light up that's why they're little box lights and he made him for his show you know Mojo 5-0 or Mojo mornings or whatever whatever he calls the show over there he's so mad right now as the Daily Mojo

I know what it is okay he does his show every weekday so just go to the Dailymojo.com and you can check out all the stuff that Brad does. And his ex account is at Real Bread Stags. Okay, happy? All right. But he made these little boxes for Mojo. And they light up and they're really cool.

And he showed them to me on Saturday, after our Saturday morning live show. And I thought, oh, those are cool. And I'd like to have one of those, you know, for chewing the fat. And they'd be cool. And, you know, chewing the fat, fat 5 plus. And so he sent me a couple. And I think he sent the wrong ones.

Because he showed me what he made. And it says chewing the lights up and it says it's cool. I like it. I like the way it lights up. Uh, but it says chewing the fat five plus with Jeff Fisher. Now that's wrong. That's incorrect. It should say chewing the fat fat five plus with Jeff Fisher. And I told him all you needed to do on this little top part is drop the five plus down a little bit and put fat, uh, at the same size lettering as with Jeff Fisher. And it'll be perfect. They'll be chewing the fat fat 5 plus with Jeff Fisher. And this particular one is the one that he showed me, uh, that he sent me a picture of that doesn't have the fat 5 plus. It just says

chewing the fat 5 plus with Jeff Fisher. And so I guess he sent me the wrong ones. I mean, they work and everything. They're cute, but they don't say chewing the fat fat, fat five plus. They say chewing the fat 5 plus with Jeff Fisher Now apparently When I replied to him back with that To fix that

He said that those would be ready in June And I guess he meant it Okay you know I read a story That I found I don't know I can understand it Because I've done plenty of things

Alone in my life But I never really thought about it But according to this According to this Broadway ticket study or data from the Broadway League. Solo theater goers purchased nearly 20% of Broadway tickets. That's double the rate of just a few years ago, according to NPR.

So you're not alone if you are going to the show alone. And really, you're not alone if you're going to the show alone. But apparently the rise of people who want to see the show without having to discuss it, over, you know, dinner and, you know, coffee, whatever, apparently is reflecting a broader cultural shift toward doing things alone. People are traveling, eating at restaurants, watching movies and concerts all by themselves in greater numbers. And so, you know, are we becoming a pack of loners? You know, a country of a pack of loners? I don't know. I mean, I've, there's been plenty of times when I was, when I was single, you know, I wasn't afraid to do things alone.

There was a time between when my wife and kids were in Florida, and I was living in Pennsylvania and working in Manhattan, and I was living in an apartment, and they weren't there with me. So, you know, on the weekends, I wouldn't go out and do things alone, you know, but there were plenty of times when people would say, hey, what are you doing this weekend? Let's go do this. And I'll go, yeah, let's do that. So I don't think that's being a loner. That's just doing some stuff alone. You can quote me on that. And those of you listening to Chewing the Fat alone, I appreciate it.

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I had nothing to do with that. That's them. But you can still, you know, obviously order a cameo through the cameo website as well. And it's been a while since I've reminded you of, you know, one of the rules of being a subscriber to chewing the fat. I appreciate it, and it's free for now. But if you're, one of the rules of being a subscriber is that if someone asks you, hey, what are you listening to? you have to say chewing the fat. It's a rule. I mean, I don't make them, actually I do. But it's a rule.

And so, I mean, I don't care. I know you're going to be listening to other stuff. I get it. We all listen to, you know, a thousand things alone or with other people. But, you know, if someone says, hey, what are you listening to? No matter what you're listening to, your answer has to be chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. That's just a rule of being a subscriber to chewing the fat. Fat 5 Plus.

Hey, what do you listen to? Chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher. It's just that simple. You know, sometimes a company comes up with a product and you think to yourself, why haven't they done that before? A&W, and they may be thinking about this themselves as well, A&W is bringing soda fountain nostalgia right to the store shelves. They're going to release their new root beer float soda.

I mean, come on. We have all loved A&W root beer floats for our, life. So this new flavor is going to be available in both regular and zero sugar options, giving consumers the choice between the full classic experience and a lighter alternative without the added sugar. I'm just going to be awesome. It's going to be nationwide this summer. Now, I will say this. Some may say, why not just have the real ice cream and the real just a regular ANW over the real ice cream? That's not me. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying And some might say that.

So I was just saying, what a great idea, though, to have an A&W soda, root beer float flavor. Because that's the iconic flavor, duh. Okay. Who died today? Who died today? Well, let's begin with Lou Holtz. He died at the age of 89. Very sad.

He was a great, you know, he was Hall of Fame football coach, a great motive. innovator, a great speaker. I saw him speak a couple of times. He was really, really funny, both times, really inspiring. And I met him, I talked to him, I interviewed him when he did the Outback Bowl, when he was with the South Carolina Gamecocks. And I was doing part of the show, and, you know, we interviewed the coaches for the pregame and halftime and postgame, stuff like that. And I really, I mean, Lou Holtz was a really, really, I like the man a lot. And so rest in peace to Lou Holtz dead at the age of 89. Then we have Colorado quarterback Dominique Punder.

He died in a single car crash at the age of 23. Very sad. I mean, you think he was driving some kind of speedster car, but he was in a Tesla. he was driving a 2002-3 Tesla Model 3. Guess the NIL money hadn't come through. And he lost control on a curb. And here's the thing. I was reading about how he crashed and, you know, then ultimately died.

And boy, what a... We've all been in accidents. We talked about... This whole show was talking about driving safely on the roads. I mean, we've all been in accidents where, you know, the one accident I was in with my pickup truck. I remember hydroplaining. And there was no one else around.

I'm thinking I still got it. I can still get it. I can still get it back. I'm still fine. And then you start to spin. And you think, I still got it. I still got it until you slam into the guardrail. And then you spin back around again.

And you slam into the guardrail again. And the next thing, you know, you're backwards in the middle lane with your seat broken. Waiting to get hit by another car coming down that lane on the interstate. Well, it's raining. It's still dark. Yeah. We've all been that way. So, you know, during his crash, it says here that he lost control on a curve.

Okay. The car went across the eastbound lane, striking a guardrail. So he still thinks he's got it. No problem. And then an electrical line pole. Ooh. So it's starting to get tough, but it still think you can get it back under control. Then it rolled down an embankment where it then caught fire.

So he's still rolling down an embankment, still thinking he's got it, maybe. And then at the end it catches fire. Really, really sad. I just couldn't help thinking about this whole time of reading how the crash, you know, what happened in the crash. I'm thinking, when did he, you know, probably when he passed out,

did he think that he wasn't going to, that he was done? But it's really sad because that whole time you think he got it and you don't. So rest in peace to Dominic Ponder dead at the age of 23. You know, speaking of athletes, I see where the San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron could begin this season, possibly,

you know, but he's on the injured reserve list right now because apparently he recently sustained an infection in his rear end. That is that funny? No one wants an infection in their rear end. No one. So apparently this 29-year-old knuckleballer had a procedure this week to fix the ailment from this infection in his butt.

Now, I don't know what happened. We can all make our jokes. Ha, ha, ha. He's got an infection in his butt. He's been in the hospital and he's trying to get better, which is good and I don't wish him any harm. Now, apparently it was a hemorrhoid issue.

Uh-huh. It was a hemroid. issue. So good luck to Matt Waldron, who is recovering from his infection in his butt. And I'm sure this is exactly what it is, because it says so in the story. It was a hemorrhoid issue. And just a heads up for those of you that think that heart attacks are for older people, apparently, heart attacks aren't just for older people anymore. According to the AMA, I'm sorry, according to the AHA, the American Heart Association, the share of adults ages 18 to 54 who died in the hospital after a severe first heart attack

jumped 57% between 2011 and 2022. Most of those hospitalized were men, but women died at a higher rate, always the overachievers. Uh-huh. After researchers accounted for all the usual suspects, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack deaths were more closely associated with non-traditional risks like low-income, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, non-tobacco drug use, and women were more likely to carry a higher number of those

non-traditional risk factors. So between 2011 and 2022, it jumped 57%. I would love to see the study between 2022 and say 2012 and say 2012. 2025, see those numbers. And I'd also like to see the numbers between 2020 and 2020. Because what is the common denominator in those years? Well, that is the common denominator. Yeah, you know what the common denominator is. So, you know, they gave you 2011 to 2022. I feel like the biggest number would be at the end of that study between 2020 and 2022. That's just me, though. I'm just guessing.

I had no idea. I have not seen the study. It just would not surprise me if that were true. And I don't want to leave on a sad note with heart attack talk, but I did see where engineers have now developed an injectable, and if I could say it right, it'd be good news. Engineers have developed an injectable liver cell mixture that could temporarily take over for a failing liver. That is outstanding. It could revolutionize the long-term liver disease. treatment and extend how long patients are able to wait for a donor organ. I mean, you might not have to get a donor organ. If they could just, you know, ever so often give you a little injection of a liver cell mixture, you may never have to get another donor.

That's good. That's good news. They don't say that I do. They say you're getting that. Oh, my gosh. Or am I in Iran? Planes are flying over. I will be careful.

I will say this. I am not in Iran. I'm not broadcasting from Iran. But the DFW area, where I live, holy cow, for as long as this military action has epic fury in the Middle East and Iran has taken place, there has been plenty of military activity flying over my house. And they are fully armed and they're ready to go. So I would advise that if anyone wants to try to attack Texas, don't do it. All right, let's get out of here.

I'm going to leave you with a quick joke of the day. Oh, you know what we can do? You know, it is the Paralympics are going on this weekend. So we've got the Paralympics happening. So the regular Olympics ended a month ago, and now we've got the Paralympics happening. Kind of excited. I don't remember if I told you this joke or not,

because there's two hockey jokes that I remember. I remember saying, okay? And I remember one, I think I told you, right? That was from Doug and Monica. But yeah, because Monica wanted to make a point of saying that this one was from Doug. And that was, you know, that was the joke about the, why the women's gold medal Olympic team wasn't going to go to the White House because they already had to play through three periods.

That's terrible. Bad joke, Doug, not even funny. I don't even know why I repeated it. But this one from Susan, I don't know if I told you this word or not, I got to remember the jokes that I tell you. So this one, Jeffie, heard this thought of you. I think I told you this as well.

You know, there'll be a new joke of the day tomorrow on Saturday morning live if I did tell you these jokes. Why do hockey rinks have curved corners? I don't know, Jeff. Why do hockey rinks have curved corners? Because if they were 90 degrees, the ice would melt. I think I did. I think I did.

tell you that before but I don't remember but yeah I think you get the idea of what she's trying to say don't you