From Shattered Seats To Showbiz Spats: A Rollercoaster Of Odd News And Honest Reflections

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Ever feel that strange drift between Christmas and New Year—the dead week where time slides and everything feels slightly out of focus? We start there, then shift fast: a surprise visit from my sister snaps the mood back into color, and we’re off through a trio of stories that swing from absurd to devastating to delightfully nostalgic.

First, a Florida lawsuit over a shattered toilet in an accessible stall raises serious questions about safety, maintenance, and how much crucial detail gets lost in clicky headlines. Was it the seat ring, the bowl, or a mounting failure? Without specifics, we’re left guessing about risk and responsibility, especially for folks who rely on ADA‑compliant fixtures just to navigate a day without injury. That hunger for detail becomes a theme: if reporting skips facts, the public can’t judge what actually happened.

Then we step into heavier territory: a dental implant procedure that ended in a fatal brain injury tied to anesthesia complications. It’s heartbreaking—made sharper by a smiling pre‑procedure selfie—and it prompts a sober talk about outpatient anesthesia, oxygenation, monitoring, and rapid response. The point isn’t fear; it’s informed consent. Ask who administers the drugs, what monitoring is in place, and how emergencies are handled. Routine care should be routine, but it still deserves rigorous safeguards and transparent answers.

To close, we reach for showbiz history—a new Johnny Carson book revives the infamous Marlon Brando and Zsa Zsa Gabor clash, a live‑TV powder keg that reminds us why late night once felt dangerous in the best way. Less polish, more truth. It’s a dose of cultural nostalgia that pairs with the present tense of this show’s own timeline: only a few dozen episodes remain before we cap things at 1,000 and call it a beautiful run.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:15):
Well, hello.
Good morning.
Monday.
It's the week.
I call it the dead week.
After Christmas before NewYear's.
This is the week that I hate themost.
But it's gonna be okay.
I have better feelings about itthis year than I did last year
or previous year.
So it's it's gonna be fine.

(00:36):
My sister came into town.
That cheered me up.
She texted me Friday.
She said, Hey, what are youdoing this weekend?
I thought I'd fly down and seeyou.
I'm like, well, alrighty then.
Come on.
She booked it Friday night, flewdown Saturday, and left.
She's leaving this morning.
She's probably already at theairport.
Wow.
I mean it was a great trip.

(00:57):
Fast, but you know, fantastic.
I didn't realize how much Ineeded my sister until she
showed up.
Oh yeah.
Okay.
Um I have some stories for you.
We have some tragedy and then wehave some levity.
I hope you had a greatChristmas.
We had a good Christmas.
I thought so anyway.
Uh those five days that we wereoff went by very fast.

(01:20):
Uh let's see.
Let me go over to my X-File.
Okay, we're gonna start withFlorida man suffered a serious
bodily injury after toilet seatshattered beneath him at Outback
Steakhouse.
This is a lawsuit.
Now, at first I read toiletseat.

(01:41):
I thought, how can you be bodilyinjured just by the seat
exploding?
And then I thought, well, maybethe whole toilet tank, you know,
that he was sitting on, maybe itcaved in or something.
Uh, but I I think it's just theseat.
I sure surely they would say itwas something else.
Oh my gosh.
Okay, hold on a minute.

(02:03):
Oh, I gotta close this out andopen it up in a different
reading thing becauseadvertisements are popping up
everywhere.
So hold on one second while Iput you on pause.
Alright, resuming, let's see,here we go.
Florida man filed a lawsuitagainst Outback Steakhouse,
alleging that a handicappedtoilet he used at one of the

(02:25):
Sunshine State locationssuddenly shattered and collapsed
while he was using it.
Michael Green claimed that hesustained severe bodily injury
during an ill-fated trip to theto the latrine at an outbow in
the Navy we call it the head uhlatrine at an outback steakhouse

(02:46):
restaurant along SouthwestCollege Road in Ocala, Florida.
We don't need to know all thatdetail.
Come on.
In the hefty lawsuit leviedagainst the Aussie American
staple, Green said that thetoilet seat in the handicap saw
suddenly shattered and collapsedwhile he was using it.

(03:06):
Now, what do you mean the seat?
To me, the seat is that thingthat flips up and down.
Not the whole tank that you siton.
But I don't know, maybe that isthis I mean it is a seat, you're
sitting on it.
I don't know.
The injuries Green asserts hesuffered range from significant
and permanent loss of animportant bodily function to

(03:30):
loss of capacity for theenjoyment of life, court records
said.
Uh-oh.
He accused the restaurant ofnegligence and failing to ensure
the toilet was properly securedto the floor.
He also claimed it created anunreasonably dangerous condition

(03:50):
to members of the public.
Uh I'm hoping for a little bitmore detail, but I don't think
we're gonna get it.
He is seeking$50,000 in damages,and in early November, the
Outback Steakhouse abruptlyclosed 21 of its underperforming
units.
Oh dear.
Units.
Come on.

(04:11):
This y'all.
But it is endeavoring to launcha to launch a comprehensive
turnaround strategy.
And then it goes on and justtalks about a fast food diner
Sue Duncan after he alleged atoilet seat at Florida location
exploded, drenching him in humanfeces.
Okay, that's lovely for thisearly in the morning.

(04:33):
Uh then it goes on to talk aboutother crap.
So we don't know how much theguy weighed, you know, what was
going on.
We don't I don't know.
They they leave out a lot ofdetails, and I can't stand it
when they do that.
This is not reporting.
I need more details.
What do I have to do to makethem get more details?

(04:53):
Alright, we need to move on tomy next story, which let me go
over here and find it on myX-file.
Um rusty this morning.
Uh having not okay, this poorguy.
This poor guy and his family.
Oh my goodness.
This is one of the reasons Idon't get unnecessary procedures

(05:17):
done.
Death.
Final photo of Arizona mankilled.
They call it, they're sayinghe's k he was killed during a
routine dental procedure,resurfaces as family settles
wrongful death lawsuit.
This poor guy.
Oh my gosh, this is horrible.
Let's see.
Uh, a haunting selfie, and theydo share the selfie, taken by an

(05:42):
Arizona man hours before hesuffered a fatal brain injury
during a routine dental implantprocedure as has resurfaced as
his distraught parents settledhis wrongful death lawsuit.
Why he wasn't murdered, hewasn't killed.
It was a freak accident and diedas far as I'm concerned.
But let's see what it says.

(06:03):
Derek Swanson, who is forty, whowas 40 years old, took a picture
of himself beaming in a dentistchair on March 3rd, 2023.
He captioned the photo yesterdaya new car, today implant.
Fun never stops.
Swanson, an avid gym goer, waseager to receive a long-awaited
dental implant.
He booked the procedure atScottsdale Facial and Oral

(06:26):
Surgery, but never woke upfollowing complications with the
administered anesthesia.
He was placed on life supportafter suffering a brain injury
and died March 10th, 2023.
He was so excited he had fixed alot of his teeth and they were
looking really nice, his mothersaid.

(06:47):
His poor parents took him thereand they waited in the waiting
room for him, and they waited.
She said they waited and theywaited and they waited and they
waited for hours.
She said they called Derek backand that I won't forget.
He turned around and gave me awink and said, I love you, and
he walked back.
She said, I just kept waitingand waiting, and Derek wasn't
coming out.

(07:07):
Brenda and Bill Swanson filed awrongful death lawsuit against
the dentist, Dr.
Derek Lamb, and the Scottsdalesurgery clinic.
The lawsuit was finally settled.
The Swanson's lawsuit allegedthat the lamb and the clinic
made an error during theanesthesia process, which
deprived Derek of oxygen andtriggered a fatal brain injury.

(07:31):
Well, there you go.
There you have it.
Alright, we need to end on alighter note.
We're going to talk about I wantto get this book.
I should have asked it for itfor Christmas, but I'll get it.
Because I'm going to read a lotthis year.
Maybe I'll I think I want to getthis one on audio.
We'll see.
Uh, that's about the JohnnyCarson.
Marlon Brando and Jah Gabor'sheated tonight show clash

(07:54):
revisited in the new JohnnyCarson book.
Johnny, now I've I didn't seethis when it happened.
I was too little probably backthen to stay up and watch Johnny
Carson.
Uh uh not too, too little, butyou know.
Johnny Carson's tenure on NBC'sThe Tonight Show produced many
iconic moments.

(08:15):
In the new book, Love JohnnyCarson.
Carson's super fan Mark Malkoffdetails some of the most
legendary moments on the show,including a blow-up between
Hollywood jogger nuts,joggernauts, Ja Jacques Gabor
and Marlon Brando.
I don't really remember hearingabout this.
Maybe you do.
According to the book, Brandoand Gabor appeared on the show

(08:38):
alongside one another in May1963.
Well, that was three yearsbefore I was born, so no wonder.
Um, let's say Brando walked outdrunk and sat down next to
Johnny's previous guest, sociallight and actress Ja Ja Gabor,
who had been promoting her newface cream.
Uh, Malkoff wrote, while the twostarted off cordial with Brando

(09:02):
calling Zahja fascinating andcharming, the love between them
quickly faded as Gabor beganinterrupting Brando constantly.
Uh-oh.
Things continued to spiraldownward after Brando took a
weak knock knock joke thatgarnered polite applause, which
Gabor pointed out saying onlyfor Marlon Brando would they

(09:23):
applaud for that.
Josha changed the subject backto her face cream, rehashing the
product's incomparable benefits.
Are we going to have to sit hereall night and listen to your
crappy plugs?
Brando asked, according to thebook.
Malcolf continues by saying thatthe conversation soon turned
into an exchange of insults.

(09:45):
Uh which Jah got up and stormedoff the set while a still drunk
Brando offered a sly smile.
You can go finish reading thatif you'd like.
Which, by the way, before Iforget, only 33 more episodes,
really 32 after this one, andthen I'm done.

(10:08):
I will have hit a thousandepisodes, and then then the
podcast is shutting down andwill be no more.
Alright, stand by.
We got the question of the day.
Okay, this really isn't aquestion of the day.
Just tell me how your holidaywent.
What was the what was yourfavorite moment of the holiday?
Uh Christmas.
And then also tell me, do youhave any New Year's plans?

(10:31):
We do not.
Now I do have Thursday off,which is the first.
Um, but I have to go back towork on Friday.
And we never do anything for NewYear's Eve ever.
We are usually in bed, eventhough I have it off the next
day.
We don't, I mean, we just don'tdo anything.
We just we do our normal thing.
We may stay up a little extraand maybe watch a movie or
something on Wednesday night,since I don't have to go to work

(10:54):
on Thursday, but you know, whoknows?
We'll see.
Alright, I gotta go.
Thanks for listening.
Bye.