Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - You Never Know… | 6/30/25

Episode Date: June 30, 2025

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including those written by J.K. Rowling. There's a bookstore in San Francisco called Booksmith, which opened way back in 1976, and it's in Hyde-Ashbury. And apparently they've decided that they're going to stop selling J.K. Rowling's books because of the J.K. Rowling Women's Fund, which describes itself as a legal fund to support individuals and organizations fighting to retain women's sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces. Nothing about trans. But, according to Booksmith, yeah, that's what it's all about. So as a group of queer book lovers, we also had our

Adelance is shaped by wizards and elves. You or someone you love wants to dive into the world of Harry Potter, we suggest doing so by buying used copies of these books. Sure, just not from you. I'm all for it. I'm not mad that the bookstore decided to not sell the books. Just go somewhere else. That's the way capitalism works.

You don't want to sell a product? You don't want to serve a human being? You don't want to do this? Fine. But I get to decide to go somewhere else. So good for them for taking a stand to get something that doesn't need to have a stand taken against it. I think we're all for individuals and organizations fighting to retain women's sex-based rights in the workplace in public life and in protected female spaces. 100%.

So if you're a book lover, don't shop at booksmith. And then we'll see how that goes. Sure, they're going to tell you, we've got other. We've got other fantasy books that are similar to Harry Potter. Yeah, but they're not Harry Potter, are they? No, no, they're not. So have fun, and good luck to your business. And if you're a bookstore in San Francisco, advertise.

We sell all books. We don't discriminate against any authors. And then if Booksmith goes out of business, so be it. Welcome. Welcome to Chewing the Fat. Okay, Hamid Ramadan, Bayomi, Ali Marie, 70-year-old Egyptian man. He's already back in Egypt. He was trying to get into the United States, and he's been removed.

Why was he removed? Well, he kicked a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agricultural Detector Dog, this little beagle. And, I mean, he kicked him hard. In fact, they, you know, they took the dog to a veterinarian. and said he had some bruised ribs, and apparently he kicked it so hard that it flew away. It's not funny at all. And they were pissed.

Do not mess with the detector dogs or any of the detector dogs, especially the beagles, who are, you know, not that large of an animal. But they definitely inspect baggage and travelers that come in from Cairo and come in from different countries around the world. And he violently kicked this dog after the dog. said, hey, I smell something on this guy. We need to check him out. And so CBP officers immediately descended on him, handcuffed him, and turned him over to

Homeland Security investigations for prosecution. He was, and he pled guilty, and he was supposed to pay a fine, and he was supposed to pay the veterinarian's bill, and then he was deported back to Egypt. Okay. Good. No problem. The thing that I found weird was what he was smuggling in, and I don't. quite understand it. Okay, so he was caught smuggling over 100 pounds of undeclared and prohibited

agriculture products. Oh, okay, if that doesn't give him the right to kick a beagle, I know, I got it. But he's sneaking in all this meat. He snuck in 55 pounds of beef meat. We're assuming it's beef meat. My be camel meat, I don't know. Forty-four pounds of rice. 15 pounds of eggplant, cucumbers, and bell peppers, two pounds of corn seeds, and a pound of herbs. Now, all these products are prohibited from entering the United States, and they were seized. What is he doing?

I don't know if he knows this coming from Cairo, but we sell those products here in the United States. You don't need to bring them in from Egypt. We don't want your beef, meat, rice, eggplant, cucumbers, bell peppers, corn seeds and herbs. Sorry, they're not coming into the country. And Freddie the Beagle sniffed it out. Now, Freddy's fine, and he was taken care of.

And as we learn from this story, during a typical day last year, CBP, the Customs and Border Protection Agency, they and their canine teams across the nation, seized 3,500 and 86 prohibited plant, meat, animal byproducts, and soil, and intercepted 247 insect pests at U.S. ports of entry. If this is what they're seizing, man, I don't want to know what's being snuck into this country at all. But good for Freddie, the beagle, for sniffing it out. Sorry he got hurt and kicked from Hamad Ramadan, by me, Ali Marie, the 70-year-old

Egyptian, who is now back in his home country and trying to figure out a way he can get someone else to sneak in his beef, meat, rice, eggplants, cucumbers, bell peppers, corn seeds, and herbs. I mean, I understand trying to sneak in drugs. I do. I'm not saying it's right. It's obviously not. But I get it. But I don't get trying to smuggle in beef meat and rice.

and what all else, people are trying to smuggle into this country. I don't understand that at all. Just weird. And it looks like it's going to happen. Alligator Alcatraz is going to happen. I didn't think they would allow this to happen. There was all kinds of protests going on, but they were not blocking the roads. Not in Florida.

You block the roads in Florida. You get run over. So they were all rode up along the roads as they were bringing in materials for alligator alcatraz. I guess Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Donald Trump, our president, is going to be there at the opening, which is supposed to be tomorrow. They say they've decided to move forward with a plan to build the detention facility on the remote site. It's in the Everglades. And they're going to move the undocumented migrants there while they await deportation. It's supposed to have old.

open, soft-sided holding units for 100 of detainees, daring them. Daring them to try to get away. Go ahead. There's a gators out there. Have fun. Good luck. God bless. So it's going to cost $450 million a year for this joint.

Maybe that's cheap. I don't know. It probably is. I would seem to me that there are facilities that we could already use that would be okay. would not cost us $450 million a year, but they did not ask me. So do I love the idea of alligator alcatraz? I do.

I just did not think it's going to happen. But according to this, it is. And everybody's going to be there for the grand opening tomorrow. Those of you listening live, today is the 30th of June 2025. Tomorrow is, wow. Tomorrow is July 1st, 2025. Holy cow. So apparently this is going to be the new facility to hold

immigrants arrested in Florida, as well as transfers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other facilities. So this is it. Alligator Alcatraz is officially happening. Like we talked about, I think, I don't know, sometime last week we talked about it. Man, I want, do I like it? Yes. Do I think the world is going to be very upset with the first time we see an immigrant chewed up by an alligator? Yes, yes, I do. But I'm still going to look. Now, a place where there's no alligators is Idaho,

and there was a horrific scene in Cordelline, Idaho yesterday. I believe that's how you pronounce it. I'm sure Idahoans will say, that's not how you say it. But as far as I know, it's Cordellin, Idaho. Two firefighters were killed and a third wounded when they were shot as they responded to a wildfire on the mountaintop. And the wildfire was set to lure them in and to ambush them. So a tactical response team used cell phone data to zero in on a wooded area where they found the body of what's believed to be the lone suspect and a rifle nearby as flames were rapidly approaching.

Okay. The sheriff said that the signal was detected coming from a cell phone that was in the same spot since 3.16 p.m. They honed in on it. the body and the firearm were quickly removed from the scene because of the fire rapidly approaching. There was, the suspect had exchanged gunfire with other law enforcement officers. There were two helicopters overhead with snipers in them. So they don't know if one of those or they're not reporting what killed him or he, that person

killed himself. They believe that the suspect started the fire and it was an ambush. That was intentional. The firefighters did not have a chance. Yeah. And they haven't released the suspect's name, which I don't like. Why? Why aren't we releasing his name?

How come we don't know who he was? Who he is? I just, I don't know. I don't like it. I want to know who he was and what the deal is. There were all kinds of reports that it might be that Travis Decker. Remember we talked? I don't know if we talked about it.

I know if we shared it here on chewing because it's just a horrific thing. I think we did because I remember I remember talking about it with you. The Travis Decker, the father, who is accused of murdering his three young daughters. You know, they were divorcing or divorced, and he came to pick up his kids, as usual. The mother said he was struggling as a former military man, but she didn't see any signs that he would harm the children or himself or anyone else. And then he just never showed back up. And they found the girls killed, just really, really. really sad, horrible. I don't know how. I mean, you definitely have to have a mental break to

kill your own children, right? I mean, that's absolutely true, but they haven't found him yet. So was this him? Because this was, he, where this happened was in Washington, you know, there's been enough time. That was, I don't know, two or three weeks ago, so he definitely could have been, you know, on the move. And in Idaho, I just, we don't know. And we would need to know. That information needs to come. Rest in peace to the slain. firefighters and all the people that were wounded and thank you for all the all the responders that showed up and took this guy out or made him take himself out and saved a lot of lives and they issued a stay in place order and they lifted that after they found the body but they also said

be aware because the fire was raging as far as I know that fire is under control or at least partially under control and there's no more firefighters going on. Just horrible. What an idea that we're going to call in a firefighter, a fire and then use

that as a way to harm the first responders. Just horrible. But we need to know who it is and who it was. And that gets us closer to finding out why it happened. And, you know, I,

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I finally knocked it out yesterday because I couldn't take the Codies anymore. I had to get it to the end. Okay, so I knocked them out. The Bears on Hulu and all 10 episodes and Animal Kingdom is on Netflix. Six seasons. Most of those seasons are 13 episodes. Oh, okay. So I really enjoyed the heck out of it, but it doesn't mean that I needed to be done with it personally.

So before, that's all I want to talk about with you today. That's all I could talk about with you today. But first, let's talk about moving for a little bit. When the time comes for you to move, whether it's in the same town or anywhere else in the country, you're going to want a real estate agent and not just any agent. You want someone who's really good at what they do. Fly-by-night, moonlighters just don't cut it. Glenn found this out years ago when he used to have to move a lot and he got tired of

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Go to real estate agents, I trust.com. Real estate agents, I trust. com. Okay, now, let's get back to my shows. So, The Bear, 10 episodes. It ended on a semi-cliffhanger, a little cliffhanger. And I thought to myself at the end, that's good with them we've got season five,

because I thought I read where they, had already re-upped seasons four and five. Eh, ah, wrong. I read today that season five has not been greenlit from Hulu. What are you thinking? And there's, I mean, if they leave the show, the way

they left it, I am going to be very unhappy. But apparently Jeremy Allen White has got some scheduling conflicts with some films he's supposed to be in, and he's supposed to play Bruce Spring and he's supposed to be in a Star Wars movie.

I don't know. So we'll see. We'll see what happens. I'm going to be very disappointed if they don't end the bear on a different ending. It was great. I love all the characters. I love them all. They do a great job.

And I'm invested in all the characters in the bear. How they consider that a comedy? I have no idea. It's barely a dromity, but it is very, very intriguing. And I enjoy the heck out of it. But that can't be the end. I'm sorry. I won't allow it.

I won't allow it. They haven't called me and let me know, but I won't allow it. So get the deal done, Hulu and the rest of the cast with the bear. And let's get season five and let's wrap this thing up. Shall we? Okay. Now, let's get to Animal Kingdom. Wow.

I had watched most of Animal Kingdom when it was running on TNT. I remember we talked about this because I thought it was FX, but it was TNT, and Ellen Barkin, and all the characters are really good, and the first four seasons are awesome. And last week I said they should have just ended it after four. Well, I mean, they needed to wrap it up after Smurf, who was played by Ellen Barkin, after her death. and it took two seasons to do so.

And then the ending, man, I did not need to end that way. I'm going to spoil it for you because I can't take it. Okay, I sat through these damn six seasons, and I loved all the thefts, I loved all the crime, I loved every minute of the sex, drugs, and rock and roll. 100%. But the ending needed to be different than what it was. Okay, so I won't tell you what the ending was,

but just know that the ending needed to be different than what it was. I get how one part of it they thought would be okay, but there were a couple other parts of it that were not okay at all, and it should have been done differently. And I wish TNT and the creators of Animal Kingdom would have reached out to me during that time, and I would have set them straight. because they obviously don't know what they're doing. They've only done six seasons of a show.

They obviously don't know what they're doing. I was really disappointed. I just, it didn't make sense to end it the way they did. And I wish someone would explain to me why it made sense to end it the way they ended it. But it was worth to watch. And I still, I've been dreaming like crazy that, you know, being a criminal works. And I know it doesn't. And I've never, I've never.

I'm not going to do it, but I want to do it because I could use the money. And if that's what it takes, then, well, I guess that's what it takes. And you can't quote me on that. If that's what it takes, that's what it takes. Also, I see where the jury is going to start deliberating today in the Sean Ditty Combs trial. I thought the judge would throw this thing out, but I thought wrong. so the jury gets the case, I guess, today, unless the judge throws it out, but closing arguments are done and they're going to get there. Hey, follow these rules on the trial and go find the verdict, okay?

So we'll see. It's going to be fascinating to see what happens with this jury. That's for sure. All right, let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink. Desperately. Be sure to follow me on my social media at Jeffrey JFR on X. Jeff Fisher Radio on Instagram and Facebook. Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher is the YouTube channel, and that's going to be fired back up here real soon. Very good. So chewing the fat with Jeff Fisher is the YouTube channel.

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And I thank you for that. So it looks like everybody over at Apple Movies is going to be happy. F1 brought in 55.6 million domestically in its opening weekend, giving Apple its first bona fide box office hit. It's got 144 million global, too. That's a big debut for Brad Pitt. I'm sure he's happy about that. How to Train Your Jaggon, number two, Elio, number three.

Okay, I think that's how you say the stupid chill. Megan, 2.0. only 10.2 million for Megan 2.0. That's a little disappointing for that movie. They expected a lot more for that, I think. 28 years later, 5th. Leelow and Stitch is 6. Leelho and Stitch still hanging in there at 6 with 5.

I mean, they've got how much global? Almost a billion. 946 million global. Good for them. Mission Impossible. Final Reckoning still hanging in there. Got 542 million global. Still hanging in there at 7th.

The top movies, Materialist. from the world of John Wick ballerina number nine, Karate Kid legends hanging in there at number 10. They've got like $89 million global for Karate Kid. That's pretty good. So Apple's F1 is taking the victory lap. I will say this, that this is going to be short-lived, I think, for F-1.

And I don't know. I'm just guessing. But next week, and I think it begins on Wednesday. Today is Monday the 30th. I'm pretty sure Wednesday for the 4th of July weekend, Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh film in the franchise hits theaters. I probably will go to the film, to the movie theaters to see that film. I'm a huge Jurassic World fan, and we'll see. We'll see.

I mean, it looked like it was going to be pretty good. And so I may have to just, you know, roll by the theater over the. this July 4th weekend, maybe an early morning, the earliest morning shoot I can get. And get in there and just catch it so I see it on the big screen. But I do definitely want to see Jurassic World. And I think that Jurassic World will probably give F1 the boot out of number one. But you never know. You never know.

But you kind of do, don't you? Yeah, you do. Okay, so are we all done with the Jeff Bezos pretend wedding? I hope so. And I say pretend because we found out that they didn't ask for any special licensing from Italy. So they either got married before or they're going to get married after this big three-day extravaganza. We don't know. And we don't know.

Maybe she hasn't signed the pre-nup yet. I don't know. But they got done. Originally, I heard a number of $76 million that they were, it was going to cost for the wedding. Apparently, all reports now are only $55 million. So they cut some quarters. I saved a couple of bucks. Good for Jeff for cutting some corners.

He donated over a million to the city, told the guests who don't give us gifts, donate to the city, and help Venice, I don't know, stay afloat, and literally. And so everything's fine. We're done. Everybody got, went out and did some shopping and spent a bunch of money, brought in a bunch of money for the economy. and only spent $55 million from Bezos officially for the event. You know, look, I don't care what Jeff Bezos. He could do what he wants with his money. I don't care.

I'm just sick of hearing it. It was quite an agonizing show of everyone showing up. Would I have gone had I been invited? You bet. I would not have pulled a hat down over my face. I would have put on just a regular, you know, some kind of. a, you know, some kind of suit that was made by, I don't know, Ralph Lauren, let's say, just so they could say, there's Jeff Fisher wearing a Ralph Lauren, and we'd be done with it.

And then, you know, it wouldn't be Dosay Gabana, but it would be, you know, Ralph Lauren, and then we'd move on with our lives. But I was not invited very disappointingly. But it's finally over. Thank you. Be done with the extravagant show. We got it. You're a billionaire.

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Who died today? Well, let's begin with Lalo Schifrin. Lalo Schifrin, a six-time Oscar-nominated composer, pianist, conductor. He's got Grammys. He's got Emmys. This guy has composed stuff for all kinds of movies and TV shows. In fact, he's responsible for the Mission Impossible theme.

The story behind that is he said he composed it like in three minutes, set to the unusual five, four time signature. CBS was the one who commissioned it. And he said, it still holds true today through the Tom Cruise franchise. He said, yeah, it took me about three minutes. I didn't see any footage of the show. I just did it. He's been known as a workaholic because he was, you know,

he's working all the time. he is dead at the age of 93. Doesn't say the cause of death, although he's 93. He was living in Beverly Hills in a home owned by Groucho Marx for the past few decades. I'm sure everything he did was there unless he had his own Lalo Schifrin studio that he went to once in a while. But very sad. The guy is responsible for all kinds of themes. I mean, you look at the shows that he did music for.

It's incredible. Kelly's heroes. The Eagle is landed. The nude bomb, Black Moon Rising, Money Talk, something to believe, bringing down the house. And then you go up here, he did the music for Steve McQueen's bullet, sudden impact, Deadpool, and Dirty Harry, and Magnum Force, Sting, too. I think he did the TV shows of Manix and Starsky and Hutch and Bull, I mean, bullet. The guy was just a monster.

He was born in Argentina. And so, I mean, rest in peace to Lalo Schifrin dead at the age of 93. Then we have Walter Scott Jr. Walter Scott Jr. Who is he? Well, he's one of the founding members of the R&B soul singing group, The Whisperers. Rest in peace to Walter Scott dead at the age of 81. According to this, he died in Los Angeles as well.

he had a six-month long battle with cancer. Huh. Six months. Six-month battle with cancer. I mean, that's very sad. It doesn't say, you know, that he got that. But one would think that perhaps that would increase your chances of cancer. I don't know.

They would have said something if it was. But rest in peace to Walter Scott. one of the iconic voices and founding members of the whisperers dead at the age of 81. Then I mentioned this on Saturday. Rick Hurst, the Dukes of Hazard Star, he's that guy that you'd go, oh yeah, that guy, he is one of those, oh yeah, that guy. He played deputy Cletus Hogg in the Dukes of Hazard. He is dead at the age of 79.

Very sad. He's been in all kinds of stuff for years. He's been in all these TV shows. and movies. And when you see Rick Hurst, you'll go, oh yeah, that guy. And he's the father of Ryan Hurst. You remember Ryan from the Walking Dad? He played Beda, and he's been in a number of things in Hollywood. That's his dad. And he was always making people laugh and smile. And people who knew him for years just said that he continued to make people laugh until the day he died. So rest in peace to Rick Hurst, that guy, from the Dukes of Hazard dead at the age of 79.

Then we have a Rebecca Del Rio, a Rebecca Del Rio dead at the age of 57. Now, Rebecca is the Mulholland Drive singer, songwriter, delivered a brief but unforgettable performance in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. She's died at the age of 57. There's no cause of death listed, but it said that her god-given talent from singing and adding her most famous song titled, I don't have to tell you what her most famous song was. I mean, you already know it.

It's Liorondo. Duh. It was named after Roy Orbitson's crying song. So, yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to talk down to you. Rest in peace to Rebecca Del Rio dead at the age of 57. Then we have a Hall of Fame horse trainer, D. Wayne Lucas, winner of 15 Triple Crown races, dead at the age of 89. D. Wayne Lucas, Hall of Fame horse trainer won 15 Triple Crown races.

Very sad. He was hospitalized with severe MRSA blood infection, that's MRSA, blood infection, that caused significant damage to his heart and digestive system, and worsened pre-existing chronic conditions. Huh. Doesn't say anything about that, though, so I'm sure it had nothing to do with that at all. He won the Kentucky Derby four times. Only Bob Baffert has more triple crowd victories.

Wow. And Bob is one of his pals. So very sad. This guy was riding horses still in his 80s. They were talking about he wanted to get on the horses. He wanted to be out there with him. So, rest in peace, to D. Wayne Lucas, a winner of 15 Triple Crown races, horse racing Hall of Famer dead at the age of 89. You know what else is almost dead, and that's electric vehicles.

I know, I like them. I get it. But according to this, EV enthusiasm hits a six-year low. AAA survey reveals that cost, range anxiety, and battery safety are still top concerns. Yeah, there's no doubt about that. And plus, guess what, they're not as cheap as everyone thinks they are, because you still have to plug it in and you're being charged for electricity. I know, you don't have to get gas. I got it. Gas is at an all-time low, and we're coming up on the July 4th weekend,

and they're talking about, you know, millions of people on the road, be careful. Be ready to, you know, stuck in traffic when you're going places. We'll see. We're supposed to start hitting the roads. Well, today is the 30th. So by Wednesday, people are going to start taking off for the July 4th holiday. Not chewing the fat. Okay. Chewing the fat will be here through the third Thursday. Okay? No problem. Chewing the fat's here almost all. I'm going to put in almost a whole week. You are welcome. And then, and then we'll break. for the, you know, for the holiday weekend. But, you know, I'm going to be here through Thursday.

Yeah, unlike other shows, well, that are going to be gone, probably starting, like, on Wednesday. Not my show, chewing the fat? No, we're here for you. Anyway, they talk about this new AAA survey where, you know, people don't want the electric cars. And they're getting rid of the deals with this big, beautiful bill that Trump has got them all worked up about.

And so, you know, don't worry about those. battery's burning. Don't worry about it. I don't worry about installing those home charging stations. I don't worry about those tax credits with that because those are going away for that. Man, nobody wants them anyway. I was looking at the, how many, in the United States, only 16% of U.S. adults report being very likely or likely to purchase a fully electric vehicle as their next car. Wow. That's the lowest since 2019. We've got all kinds, I mean, 75 options have been introduced in the past four years from different vehicles, from different manufacturing companies, because they were getting all kinds of money from the government,

I'm sure it doesn't say that in this story, but that's exactly why they were doing it. And nobody wants them. What did we say at the time? Nobody wants them. And that is true. So, good luck. Good luck to the EV world because they're a collecting. dust. They're not dead. They're not dead, but they are, you know, they're feeling sick.

They're feeling a little sick. And man, if they let it go, that cough could really ruin them. Yeah, if you hear your car doing that, uh, let's get them to the hospital, okay, because they're sick. 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 ways to move. Lift with confidence, while Peloton IQ counts reps, corrects form, and tracks your progress. Let yourself run, lift, flow, and go. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread Plus at OnePeloton.ca.

So we have a lot going on. Of course, you know, like I said, we have this Fourth of July week end. celebration, Independence Day. Fireworks are still going on. I saw fireworks the other night. I was driving home with my daughter, and there was two big fireworks show off in the distance. I pulled into a school parking lot and just sat there and watched the fireworks with her.

It was incredible. I don't know who did them. I don't know what city. I don't know what county, but we sat and watched them anyway from a distance. We weren't as close as I would have liked to have been. But it was cool, so we're already getting fireworks from cities around America. We have Wimbledon kicking in. Today, I think it starts in London with the first time without human line judges.

I don't like that. I don't like that. I always wanted to be a line judge. That was one of my dreams in life was to become a human line judge. That was such a, what a great, oh! You just slide your hand off when it's out. It was such a, what a great job. And when it's in, you don't have to say in, you just have to put your arm down.

Yeah, like it's in. Look at that arm. That arm says the ball was in, okay? But if it's out and you know, if it's way out, obviously, you just, you have to still judge it. So you put your, you put your arm down, but you don't have to yell. But if it's close, man, you're right, you're armed down and out right away. Oh, man, that's good stuff. Always wanted to do that. Well, now they're doing it with, uh, with computers. AI and no humans involved. So it would be interesting to watch Wimbledon

without the actual human line judges this year. Am I right? I know. China just hosted the world first soccer match between teams fully autonomous humanoid robots. Pretty incredible to watch. I mean, did it look kind of silly? Yeah.

They were child-sized robots. They were powered by AI with equipment, with these visual sensors, but that means that they're learning, and they are really, really close. And if China is letting us see this as a fun thing, ha, ha, ha, watch the robot soccer players fall over and we carry them off on a stretcher, and we watch how they move their legs and they're not quite great kickers, and, you know, they're running down the field or, you know,

roboting down the field, moving fast, uh, it's going to be a, incredible where they're at. You don't want to see, we've talked about it how many times, you don't want to see an army of those humanoid robots marching down your streets. I'll tell you that. No way. No, but I still want one. I don't care what size it is. I need to do bot in my home. I know. I know I'm supposed to be scared of them. And I guess at some point, I kind of am. But, you know, I want my house clean too. And I want my dishes done. And I want the trash taken out and I don't want to have to do it. So I want my do-bought to do it.

Okay? So yes, convenience is winning me over. But we're playing soccer with robots. Completely autonomous, humanoid robots. And while it wasn't pretty, still pretty amazing. Pretty amazing. All right, let's get out of here. I'll give you the joke of the day.

This joke of the day came from Jay. And he says it's from Sherpman. So I'm not sure who or what Sherpman is, but it's really more of kind of thoughts about things rather than jokes of the day. But he has one, two, three, four. I should probably just do one a day this week for the whole, giving the whole Fourth of July week extravaganza with these thoughts from, from Sherpman or Jay, who emailed Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com.

So, yeah, let's do that. one of these is going to be for each day that we're on the air this week from Jay, who claims it's from Sherpman, who I don't know who or what that is. So number one is, if Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him? See, because the song is Jimmy. Oh, well, you know what it is. Stream and subscribe to more Blaze Media content at theblaze.com slash podcasts. Unwrap holiday magic at Holt Renfrew with gifts that say I know you. From festive and cozy fashion to Lux Beauty and Fragrance sets,

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