A Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 289: Exploring the World of Cigars at the PCA Convention
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That'll let us in soon, it's.
Not time, but where are?
They the king doesn't wait.
We're gonna eat.
Foods are always hungry here
foods.
Fill here he's always.
Up to eat and then I gotta write
this down.
Come on, Greg.
I know you're very busy, but
I'm.
Very busy.
Don't bother me.
What'd you get them?
100 bucks?
So you're going to give them $40
in cigars?
$100 owes me 300.
Super busy all.
Right.
Are you so flexy?
I Move Guys Episode 289. 289 of
Cigars podcast just sitting here
flexing, eating my cereals,
getting my gains on.
All.
Right, So hot.
We got to get in this place
soon, man.
I got a ton.
I got a ton of Connecticut to
swing.
They better be letting me in
here soon.
I.
Don't think I brought enough
cash.
Hey.
Another one.
He's eating no money.
Why do you eat everything?
Boots.
I thought was food from.
The Phil.
I mean, who?
Who are you guys always eating
anyway?
Listen, thanks for listening.
All right.
Right.
We're see you guys games,
they're like when ringing.
My.
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I'm not even gonna read the
rest.
Of you it's not.
A fashion engine today.
This is why I let you do
everything.
That's why.
This.
Is why I let you.
Do everything I.
Thought it was your.
Lack of motivation.
No, no, I'm hey.
We're gonna call Super busy.
Yeah, super busy.
We're gonna call Caleb from the
down to HURF.
See how he's doing?
He didn't go to the PCA either.
So I'll see.
If we can get Caleb.
On the phone here.
Nice.
Just calling me on my.
Sorry.
I know the podcast is important,
but my various phone calls?
Throughout the day.
Just relax.
He knows where.
Caleb.
Hi, how you doing like?
Is this Caleb from Caleb's down
to her podcast?
This is Caleb from the Down
Earth podcast and the after her.
Hey, I'm.
Sitting here with the king and
and.
King Stephon Chevich fresh out
of the gym.
Oh, got that Vegas lift.
Huh.
Oh yeah.
We just called to see how you're
doing, since you and I didn't go
to the show.
Ah, just living a loser life.
You know, taking care of the
kids, smoking a couple cigars at
home.
But that's, you know, nothing
too exciting here.
At least your guys aren't on
social media, so you don't have
all these posts to comment on
and and get tagged in that
you're not there.
So have you heard from the guys?
You know what?
I'm gonna see him tonight.
There.
We're keeping everything very
hush hush, because they want to
tell me at first.
Oh, are they coming back today?
Yeah, they actually should be.
They said 4:30, so I might
actually pick them up.
Wow.
So they came back early.
Yeah, they did.
I'm surprised.
Yeah, I am too.
I've seen them in your guys down
to her photos.
Looks like they had a good time.
Yeah, it looks like you guys
down at Cigar Hustler took real
good care of them Boots and
Mike.
Yeah, it looks like Boots did.
Mikey's probably been busy.
I haven't heard from anybody
either.
Nobody calls me either.
Yeah, Jerry called me.
Jerry called me like 2 in the
morning.
I think he forgot it was like 5.
Here I.
Forgot the time difference you.
Know East Coast time?
Yeah.
I'm trying to think.
I got, I got.
I got one text message, I think
from Boots, but it was a photo
of him with a celebrity.
It's not like, you know.
It was something good.
Yeah, he's wrong.
Oh, I get a text.
Message from I.
Get a text message from Jerry
one night too.
See, Jerry's the guy he's
keeping.
He's keeping in.
Touch at least Jerry, Jerry and
Geo keeping in touch with me.
The regular guys are.
That's that's OK.
Hey you guys doing a show this
week?
Yeah, so Wednesday we have an
episode with Greg Metz from Old
Elk.
It is going to be an audio only.
We had technical difficulties
when we recorded the power was
out in Jerry's neighborhood, so
we had to move all our equipment
to our friend Adams smoke shop.
We went to record there and the
Wi-Fi strength wasn't strong
enough, so we couldn't get any
of our cameras to connect.
Yeah, every once in a while we
have the Mivos act up here too.
You know what?
It was a really good interview
either way.
So when we put out the audio
only, it's gonna be an awesome
interview.
Just Greg, Matt, old knowledge
from Old Elk, great company as
well.
Great bourbon.
It's amazing.
He's just like a legend in the
in the whiskey industry.
Oh, good deal.
Well, since they're coming back
then I guess you'll probably
upload the story or the show
tomorrow.
I didn't know if he planned on
doing it from the show or not,
but I didn't know they were
coming back early, so.
That works out well.
I actually think he has all the
audio ready to go.
So what you know?
He had one up and he took it
down and substituted the show
you guys did this week or?
Last week, I guess it.
Was.
Oh yeah, yeah.
We had a better show that time.
The 4th of July Hot dog eating
concept one.
You know, that was a good joy.
Listen to it.
But Geo's got to stop eating
chips when you guys record.
That drives me crazy.
You know Phil.
Phil loves chips and not dogs.
That's all it does.
I'm sure you guys had some good,
good food down in Vegas.
Well, they they might have not.
Not me so.
Yeah, right.
So we got home cooked meals.
That's all we did.
Right, Phil's eating an oatmeal
pie.
At the one link so.
All right, man.
We just wanted to check in with
you, see how you were doing, see
if you'd heard from the guys at
all.
And now that we know they're
coming back, so yeah, you guys
will have a show up this week.
Yep, yeah, audio only.
So you know, nothing on the
video side of things, but.
Phil Fedron's a fan of suburban
old Elk.
Greg Matt's budget in the
whiskey game from Indiana.
Everything from Bullet Seagram's
when it was gold, Seagram's
factory MGP.
He's got his hands in like over
100 different bottles that are
out there on the market.
So.
Yeah.
Do you guys say you know these
alcohol connections from your
job at that liquor store you're
working at?
Some of them, but then again,
you know, every now and then we
get a fan, send US1 here or
there, you know, a spouse or two
will buy us a bottle.
We won a couple at a different
auction.
So that's usually one of the
things that we each take a turn
buying like every, every 3rd
week, you know?
Oh, gotcha.
All right.
All right.
Well, you guys are doing great
in the ratings.
I think last week you beat us.
Well, you know, I was just.
We're just trying to put out a
great show, so you know.
Well, we appreciate you guys.
You're doing a hell of a job.
No problem.
We're trying to be as prepared
and professional as possible,
even though we do get a little
silly on the after.
Her.
Oh, that's OK.
That's what those are for.
Little loose on her Patreon
thing.
So it's it's about the same
thing.
Well, sometimes you don't want
this show to end in.
You know you're done recording
the main show you.
Stick around.
I think it all started when we
had a guest and I don't think
our guest wanted to leave, so we
supposed to start another show
up.
Wow.
You know when next time you guys
come up to Buffalo, you have to
come to Jerry's Garage and do
the show in the lounge?
Yeah, definitely would make
people.
Take a trip up there.
That'd be on your guys show.
That'd be fun.
Oh yeah, you'll see why people
don't want to leave.
And that's why we That's why we
put out the second show, so our
guests can get, you know, a
little loose with it, too.
All right, man, we're gonna let
you go.
We appreciate you taking the
time to talk to us today.
So this is Caleb, and Caleb's
down to her podcast and Caleb's
after.
Her.
Nice talking to you, Caleb.
Hey, thank you guys so much and
thanks for the care package as
well, Palmer.
Oh, you better, man.
Uh, enjoy that.
Those cigars.
Oh, smoking the BDP right now.
And the Pasquale was excellent.
I had it yesterday.
Oh.
Goodness awesome.
All right.
Yeah.
We're reviewing the BDP on our
Patreon today.
Awesome.
Awesome.
I'm enjoying it right now.
It's a beautiful day in Buffalo.
All right, buddy.
Appreciate it.
We'll talk to you.
Later.
All right guys, have fun, All
right, Enjoy your day.
See you, Kayla.
I love.
I love how you took over.
The interview.
The interview you didn't want.
To Talk I.
Love how I was just able to sit
here and listen to you.
So you're doing.
Just enjoy doing the the lacks
of Daisy over here.
I just.
I flexed three or four times.
Oh, did you?
I asked all over your table.
I saw you actually it.
Was perfect.
I'm getting plenty of my juice
here, right?
And.
Somebody's texting you again?
Oh.
All right, Well, you take, you
take.
Care of that?
Nick and poops.
Palmer, Nick and poops.
Nick and poops.
You know how that is?
And tell us what you did over
the weekend.
I tell you what, man.
What'd you do?
So did you work out?
Obviously.
I flew to Vegas.
Yeah, this for.
We had the show, so I had to
come back cuz that's what I do.
I'll work.
I'll work everybody right.
Pee right here.
Super pee, right?
Hot work, right?
Hustle.
I appreciate you smoking my
cigar.
You know.
Not smoking the world, you.
Put a lot of work into this SO.
It's Tanya, Connecticut.
And listen, it's better than
anybody.
I'm slinging Connecticut's like
crazy in Vegas, flying
everywhere.
I literally left the show right
because.
I didn't have enough people.
I had to go outside on the Vegas
Strip.
Oh.
Sling in Connecticut's
everywhere.
Everywhere.
Great.
Cuz I just outwork everybody.
It's just what I do.
But you too.
And I, you know, I lift, I pick
things up, I set them down.
Right.
But I also make amazing cigars.
Yes.
And it's what I do in the
podcast.
Of course, you know, of course.
But you're, you know, I let you
handle all that.
I don't like to do any of this.
You're letting me?
Do you know I got a, you know, I
gotta adjust things and.
You know how it is, how it is to
be.
You know the king.
Phil, you want to chime in over
there, Anything.
He's your Boo, too.
Maybe put maybe put down some of
your snacks.
All he does is eat.
All he does is guys.
What all you got over there
today, Phil?
I wonder if he's still going to
the training.
Well, Phil, Phil, I know Phil
is.
Oatmeal cream pie.
Look at that.
I know what trainer he's going
to do.
You got some Peach Rings?
Look at you.
You're all set.
Over there and my favorite cigar
of all time, the Milky Way.
It's nice try not to get any of
that out of the equipment,
please, if you're.
Trying to get gains, Phil.
You need to do this new program
I'm on.
I read a new book.
I read a new book.
Yesterday you did.
Yeah, I got rid of everything.
The whole plunge.
I got rid of all.
No hot box.
No hot box.
No cereal.
No cereal, nothing like that.
The new.
Intermediate Fasting.
No intermediate fasting.
As a matter of fact, it's the
opposite.
The opposite, It's the opposite.
I eat all cheeses.
Oh.
All cheeses.
Heavy down.
Binds you, so you hold the
weight.
Now you can turn that weight in
the muscle.
You know muscles and that's your
cameras under and that's where
I'm at, so, so lots of cheeses.
A lot of cheese, a lot of dairy.
A.
Lot of dairy.
I drink 4 gallons of milk a day.
Wow, 4 gallons another day.
Probably.
All fat?
Well, because you want to turn
the fat into carbs, which turn
into muscle.
Oh.
It's a book I read.
It's another book I read.
Hold on, update.
Somebody's texting you again?
No, I just got a new book I just
read.
I'm not doing OK.
I'm not doing the milk anymore.
Yeah, not the cheese anymore.
So now I'm eating live chickens.
Live.
Yeah, live.
They got the most protein in
them.
So according to the book that
that I read, that's just, you
know, I get more more protein,
right.
The live chicken.
Oh, I mean, I I'll work.
That's what I do.
Right, right.
But you do.
Let's.
Oh, I forgot.
To tell you I got in a fight.
Another one.
With who?
Who this time?
Football.
Oh, another parent.
You know the same.
Guy The guy who's up.
No, this is a different guy.
It's completely different, man.
Different guy.
Yeah.
So he walked up to me and I was
like, look, look, this is going
to go one in two ways, right?
And he turned around and he
bolted.
But good that he ran.
He ran so far away.
And he's lucky Dick because I
was going to beat his ass.
I lost my temper.
No.
It was, Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I
don't know.
But I regained and I just
started flexing and it was good.
And he ran and it's good,
though, But I was this close,
this close to fighting him.
That Oh.
I was that close.
Right, but he backed down.
He backed down, thankfully.
You know, I'm.
I'm there for the kids.
Right.
I'm going to train the kids to
teach him the fundamentals.
Yeah, let's not go down this
road.
No.
I'm just saying, OK, so he
wanted.
To be in another fight.
Boot stayed at the the PCM.
I left him there.
He's.
He's with Greg.
He's very, you know, him and
Greg is well, First off, Greg's
late every morning.
Every morning he's late, I'm at.
I told him he's got 5 minutes to
come down.
Of course, 8 minutes he shows
up.
In Boots, he's just running
around town like the.
You know, taking photos
everywhere.
Taking photos with everybody,
right?
Trying to get.
Trying to earn that industry
label?
Apparently don't.
You.
Well, hey, let's let's see we
can we can find out what he's
doing.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Let's call him, make sure he's
doing work.
See if he's doing anything.
If he answers the phone, why
would he answer?
What's he's not like he's busy?
Let me.
Call you right back.
We're doing the show.
How?
Are you doing the show?
Come on, you are on.
The prayer.
You're on the air.
We're on the air.
That is that me, Mike Palmer?
Yes, it is.
Oh my God.
He does exist.
MM I.
Swear, Mike.
I swear I'm going to post in the
group I'm going to.
Post to the group.
Yeah, you better post Terrence
or I'm going to have to.
We're going to have to let you
go.
I know.
I think I've got like 37 hours
left.
Hold off.
You know, Zeb's been posting all
the time.
So, you know, I might have to.
I might have to let you go to
make room for all his posts.
Well, I'm just give me a chance.
Is all I'm asking.
Right.
All right, all right.
Terrence, I appreciate that you
having a good show.
Oh.
Just looking the dream.
There you go, flags in
everywhere.
I see all the photos you just
flexing, flexing.
Running.
Around.
Flexing.
Running around like an idiot.
All right man, let me talk to
Boots again.
No, no, no.
I want to keep talking.
To you, we would see who else he
can get.
Maybe there's a bigger celebrity
nearby.
Is the king around?
Step on Kevage.
Is this good time to wish him
happy birthday?
What's up?
So where you at?
Who you near?
Are you near Roma craft at all?
We won't talk.
I'm walking with the tool for
Fable.
Fable.
No, I don't talk.
To no.
Biking Hey, how you doing,
fable?
I'm good, brother.
Nobody.
'S sitting on the Indian today.
Nice to see you guys out and
about.
Yes, Sir.
Well, good for you.
Put boots back on.
The phone please.
Yo, all right.
I'm right here.
I'm right.
Hey, we.
Want to talk to Jamie?
No, we want, we want to talk to
Jamie.
I gotta go back.
Over that, I said.
Go to Robogram.
I want to talk to Jamie.
Where's my brother?
What's he doing?
Are you guys?
You got who?
Miguel Montana I don't.
Want to talk?
To him, I want to talk to.
I want to talk to Jamie.
You want to talk to Miguel?
No, I don't want to talk to
Miguel.
I don't want to.
Talk to Miguel.
I don't want.
To talk going.
On man we live in the P.
CA.
Man.
Hey, how about?
You I love.
I'm well, man.
How?
Are you?
Good, good.
You having a good show?
You know what it.
Is man grinding and grinding,
You know, that's what we're
doing, man.
If you get better, you're too
better.
Miguel.
Mike, Doesn't Miguel sound like
a fucking hobo?
I thought it was Donald Trump.
I thought.
I thought Boots was out front
and that was some guy on the
street.
No, no.
No, right here, right?
Here No.
I don't want to.
Hey, stop putting other people
on the phone.
I want to talk to Jamie.
OK?
OK.
This is an hour show.
I don't have that much time.
You want to talk to Jamie?
All right, we're.
Walking back over there.
Yeah, we want to talk to Jamie.
I thought you were walking over
there.
You're not a very walking here.
You're not a very.
Good roving reporter.
You're roving this.
Place is huge.
It's.
Huge.
You know, it's huge.
I've been there before.
He's been roving.
That's the problem.
That's all he's doing is roving.
It was roving I'm.
About to walk by the.
Huge guy.
You want to talk to him?
I don't know.
I don't want to talk to him.
Jamie.
We want to talk to Jamie.
Jamie only.
Jamie.
Oh, Jamie.
OK.
All right, I'm going.
Hold on, everybody.
Everybody in the world's
interviewing these people.
Mike.
Why didn't you come to this show
this year, brother?
I was.
I was hoping.
To see you, Mikey got mad, said.
I couldn't come.
Yeah, I got mad too.
Yeah.
What is?
This.
I don't know.
Yeah, that's.
Not right.
No, it's not right at all.
I understand.
I'm very disciplined.
It went from he was.
Mad at me to I had it.
Why isn't my tool in the Roman
crime boom selling fable cigars?
He is.
Well then, where are you?
We were over at Terence.
I got one of those big lunatic
JFR cigars.
Why do you want that?
For.
I'm a lunatic.
What's imagine my?
Hand is a lunatic.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna.
I'm gonna smoke it on the show.
The show is only an hour.
That's like a four hour.
Cigar.
He wants to see what's the
biggest stick he.
Can he wants.
He wants to have something big
in.
His Don't.
Don't we have a cool sample over
here somewhere?
You just put it and you just
suck the shit out of it or
something.
One blow.
You should write that.
Down.
What time was that?
That's not yet.
That's the king.
He's back to the show.
I.
Flew back real quick for the
show.
Oh, that was the.
Key Oh.
Yeah, you have to watch the show
this week.
I'm gonna do a little lifted and
then I'll be back there.
Oh my God.
You guys have wigs on?
I'm just.
Out don't I'm me.
I'm just out working everybody.
It's not a.
Wig.
It's a crown.
Oh.
I was running the show as usual.
Howard.
No Jamie, for God's.
Sakes, man.
It's like a celebrity siding
bro.
I know.
You've been walking over three
days.
I understand, but nobody talks
to Jamie.
I want to talk to Jamie.
He's just.
Star stroke All right.
I still like it's how he's been
all weekend.
Seems busy hold.
On.
Let me see if he's available.
Hold on one second, Sweeney.
See you wanna talk to Sweeney?
No.
All.
Right.
Hold on.
All right.
I gotta see if he's available.
An income you.
Know what?
Hold on.
She's she's busy.
Hold on one.
SEC.
I gotta be so horny, right?
Here, hold on.
I don't want to talk to him
either.
Be so.
Horny.
All right, we had to let him go.
He's not very cooperative being.
A He's a he's a terrible field
reporter.
Terrible field reporter.
I gotta tell you, we'd.
Like to talk to Jamie?
From about Howard.
G.
Yeah.
No, I didn't.
I didn't say Howard.
Yeah, I.
Gotta be so horny here, I.
Didn't say be so.
Hard talk to Miguel.
Whatever I don't even.
Know who that was?
I had no idea.
No idea.
I think I know who it was and I
think I remember, but I didn't
know what.
I didn't know what was listening
now.
He's calling me.
Cool.
Yes, Hello, this is cigar has
some podcast.
So you only want Jamie?
Yes, man.
Why would you?
Hang up on me, that's.
Insulting.
He's so horny he's hurt.
He sold out and wouldn't sell me
cigars, so I don't know.
What to tell you?
There's a sample for you.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
Okay, we'll talk to you now.
How are you doing?
Doing well.
It's been a great show.
Joe's going well.
You sold out.
That's nice.
Yeah, yeah.
Good for you.
So is it gonna be a be so horny
too that you sold out so fast?
That who be so horny.
That's not up for me.
There has been some.
Talk.
Up to me I mean, but there has
been some talk for some other
stuff, but probably.
You're in negotiations.
Yeah, we're.
Maybe now that you have an
established brand, you do an LE
and you go with another factory.
Yeah.
I hear.
I hear Mo's got a connection for
cigars.
That is true.
You could do a be so be so
horny.
For.
Tina standing 5 feet from me
right now.
Congratulations.
What about Garrett Robinson?
Hey, you're.
No.
Oh, Garrett.
Yeah, I'll talk to Gary.
I'll talk to Garret.
Oh my gosh.
Is this Garrett?
This is Garrett.
From Don Dorteo Cigars.
Yes, Sir.
OK, for morning only.
I watched your live video this
morning.
Skip never shows up before noon.
That is accurate.
Yes.
I found that.
Out.
I've known him for a long.
Time he's.
Suddenly, Leonard.
Yeah, he's not up.
He's not there first thing in
the morning.
Did you?
Guys, do you guys know what uh,
Phil is?
Holding in his hand right now.
What?
Who is?
Boot.
Phil's here.
Yeah, we have Phil here.
It's a boot.
It's.
An oatmeal cream pie.
Boots is Phil's eating an
oatmeal cream pie over there on
the camera.
So.
Bro, it's a donkey Dick.
Oh yeah.
Yeah, he likes the big things in
his mouth.
He's a big fan of that.
Yeah, he does.
Yes, he does.
He does.
I mean it kind of reminds.
Me of college a little bit, but.
You know, whatever.
I thought you were going to say
he was holding your new cigar.
No, but he should.
No, I've already smoked.
That it's delicious.
Oh, did we did we bring an extra
1 back?
Or two or three.
Or.
Something No, no.
No it.
Was a birthday celebration.
Here and you.
Greatest PCA.
Prank.
Ever.
Thank you, Garrett I.
Appreciate you my friend.
Absolutely.
Have a good show all.
Right, guys.
Oh yeah, you have a good show
too, all.
Right.
All right.
I think.
Jamie's available.
Oh no, wait.
I like the celebrating.
My birthday, by the way, that
was.
That was very good.
I have lightweight.
I have lightweight heavy right
here.
No, no, that's.
No, no, I want to.
I want to hear how mad Mikey was
about the birthday.
Stuff.
Oh, and.
Why y'all leave Palmer at?
Home, Yeah.
On the air, brother.
How you doing it?
Was about miss you bro.
I miss you too, man.
I know they said I couldn't
come.
They said I caused too much
trouble.
That's fucked up, man.
I'm not to talk.
To I'm not.
To talk to Mike about that, you
had to run the podcast.
He does everything.
I hear he had a great birthday.
Yesterday, though, who Mike did.
Yeah.
His his great, not birthday.
Yeah, his great, Not birthday.
Fantastic.
Y'all got to.
Have you on the podcast?
You want us to call you?
Go ahead.
Y'all we.
Can do we can do.
It over the phone, Uh.
FaceTime whatever you want to.
Do.
I'll be so pressed.
To talk and skipping Mike.
You know what I'm saying, but
y'all talk to the one.
To the real motherfucker that
makes it.
Go.
I know, man.
You do all the work.
You do all the work.
I say that all the.
Time.
Let's get down the.
Brass tacks and talk.
About what the fuck this deal,
really?
Is that's right you?
Know what I'm saying?
Well.
There's no proof because you
always wear the rubber gloves so
nobody can tell what you're
doing.
Well, I'm I'm doing work when
you see me with gloves.
On my hand I'm.
Doing work work.
Time.
My.
Gloves and my.
Aprons, you know I'm.
In the back door at work.
Busy.
Very busy, man.
That's what's up.
That's what's up all.
Right man.
Good talking to you.
Take that up.
All right, man, we'll, you know
what?
Arrange it with Mikey and I'll
do it anytime, he says.
We can all.
Right.
If not, next time he travels,
I'll do my own show again, and
then we'll call you all.
Right.
All right, man.
Jamie's got a line.
Here she very busy.
Super busy.
I got one.
More.
I got one more.
You ready?
Wait, this is.
The Who you put out.
Of.
Stop putting every way home.
Know what?
I've got Greg from Cigar.
Hustler.
Oh, super busy.
He's.
Probably not doing.
Anything.
Super busy.
Super.
Busy.
Is this Greg from Cigar Hustle's
podcast?
It's.
Not it's not Greg's podcast.
No, hello.
Greg from Cigar House.
How are you?
Yeah, you're.
Not from the podcast?
Who who is this?
Is this Mike Palmer and Chet?
Can I?
No, no, Mike.
Palmer in the King, The King.
Is back for the show.
To come back from Vegas for him,
he just, he's on.
The He's on the show.
He just walked away from the
booth to go and talk to Saka
Super.
Fast.
And I was, I was walking away to
get on my private jet to come do
the show.
That's all.
All right.
But you, uh, you sing really
well on airplane.
Yeah.
That was it must it must be the
acoustics, the acoustics of the
plane.
He hasn't seen the video.
He hasn't seen the I saw the
video.
I didn't hear it because I had
my headphones, my neck going
away.
I had my sleeping stuff.
I was sleeping the whole trip.
All right.
He's walking away.
What about?
What about Sean from Fable?
No, no, he's probably high.
Oh, he he declined the
interview.
See.
I told you.
No, no, nobody else.
I only want to talk to Jamie.
I'm going to hang up.
What you don't?
Want to talk to me?
Hello, Jeff Mutaver Foster.
He's just throwing people.
On the.
Wall man, How's that?
He don't want to talk to Mr.
Lima.
Tada da da da.
Da.
Well, I do now.
I forgot you're Mr. Lima tada da
da.
I actually forgot that too.
How you doing Mr. Palmer, Sir.
How are you doing, Sir?
We are selling cigars.
Like candy bars out here?
Rocking and rolling.
And having all kinds of fun.
Plenty of.
Plenty of.
Hope you are complete.
Tonight, you said Candy.
Bars floating around there.
Look, you know there's.
No cocaine, Only hooker.
Oh, I hear if you talk to uh, I
can't.
Remember, and there's single
mothers.
That need a little.
Extra support, actually.
Hookers.
Come on, it's too.
Such a nice.
Why you gotta be so judgmental?
You're such a nice.
Man, why you gotta be?
Sentimental.
Wait, we gotta get him.
Here you need help too.
When do I get an invite to your
new house?
Right now.
There we go.
You're invited.
Open invitation writing this.
Down.
Open invitation you are.
Invited right this minute.
And you're only two miles from
Skip's house.
Is that what you said?
Yes, Sir.
So we can go over there for for
dinner.
Yeah.
Is this This is a.
This is a + 1.
Right, gringo.
Coachina I'll.
Sir for dinner.
Perfect.
This this invitation is a + 2,
right?
Mike Palmer +2?
Sure, why not?
There we go.
I'm not going to be there with
you, so I don't care.
All.
Right.
Hey, you have a good show.
Enjoy the last couple days.
It's nice talking to you.
Thank you all.
Right, brother.
All right, Jamie's available.
OK, quick.
Jamie's available.
Quick, she's.
Right here.
Can I get out of out of
character?
Hi.
Jamie.
Hi, my sweet Michael, are you?
Hi Jets, you too.
Hi, Jamie.
Hi Jet how are?
You technically I'm the king on
the show, but I got a great
character.
We wanted to get your.
Perspective on the show because
nobody ever asked you anything.
When everybody's running around
like, oh, I'm talking to so and
so, I see so and so.
She is running the biz.
She is.
Oh my gosh, I think the show is
going really well.
Good, Yeah, Half wheel said.
You guys are.
Terribly crowded half.
Wheel said you guys, Yeah, half
Wheel says you guys are
terribly.
Crowded there.
We are terribly crowded.
The nice thing is our booth kind
of ended up with an extra 10 by
40 space in front of it.
So we're just nice encroaching
basically on all the public
walkways.
Perfect.
Yeah, everybody's there to see
you.
Probably.
Well, you know, at least in our
corner of the world, we think
that.
Yes, yes, we.
Do.
And I feel very and I feel very
lucky to be here to help this
year.
I'm glad to be back and to see
their faces again.
Kind of like a family reunion.
Yeah.
But I've been here since before
COVID, so it's nice to Yeah,
it's nice to see people again
and meet new stores and see
what's going on.
But we'll let you go.
We know you're terribly busy,
but we appreciate you taking a
moment so we can say hi.
I I'm so glad you did.
It makes me feel so special.
And you guys are my favorite.
Don't tell anybody else.
OK.
No, we don't tell anybody, I'm
telling.
All right, all.
Right.
Talk to you later.
Thank you.
Talk to.
You later.
Bye, bye.
Thank.
You all right, all.
Right.
Yeah.
That's all we wanted.
We're done.
I don't.
Want anybody?
Else about hang up Palmer.
Hang up Palmer.
No, I don't want to talk to
Espinoza.
Hey, what are you doing?
What are you?
Doing.
Can you get the the chef on the
phone?
As you said.
Now if you can get get our guy.
Yeah.
Go get the guy.
Go get the guy.
He saw he taking pictures
everybody at the show.
That is the the the most
photographed man at the PCA.
Oh yeah, for me.
Well, because you're in
everybody's.
Photo.
I mean it's.
Easy to be the most photographed
when you photobomb everybody.
Are you guys, are you pushing
the BDP out there?
Oh, yeah.
All right.
You didn't.
See I got.
A bun, Miller.
It'll be a nice photo.
It's.
Quite a few photos all.
Right.
All right.
We'll make sure Phil cleans up.
He's got a lot of snacks over
there when he leaves, but we'll
make sure he cleans up your your
space there when you do that.
You guys have a blow up to all.
Over it.
No, no.
You want to say hi to Phil?
Phil, say hi to Boots.
Hi, Boots.
It's Phil.
It's Phil.
Oh Lord, all right.
His mask is getting real tight
on him because he's been eating
nothing but protein.
He's just eating away.
I'm.
Just eating away.
That mask probably struck in the
watch.
He said he he said he went to
the workout this morning, but I
don't believe it.
I don't believe it.
I don't believe he's going
anymore.
All right, man.
Enjoy your last couple days,
we'll see you when you get back.
All right.
Thanks.
See.
You in a bit, buddy.
All right, that was.
Boots live from the.
PCA.
Live industry.
Live.
Where did we talk to?
We talked to.
Fable, we talked.
To I don't remember where the
word was.
Yeah, that guy, he's so horny
Phosphoro and he finally got to
talk to world famous Jamie
Rosette.
Famous.
Jamie, that was great.
I tell you.
It's like an Angel over the
airwaves.
It is.
I love her.
She's so nice.
It's just the way it is.
The nicest person and I bet she
is so busy babysitting, you
know, I'm out busy.
I'm out handing out my cigars
and selling orders.
Donnie Connecticut out working
everybody.
You know how it is, but I bet
she is just babysitting
everybody there.
I'm sure I know I've told this
story before in the air, but I
went one year Old Town cigars in
Saint Augustine.
She got me.
She let me go on her ticket or
pass whatever you want to call
it.
So I couldn't get in before the
setup.
I could.
You keep flexing.
I could only get in after the
show, technically open, because
I was not.
A vendor I was a.
Buyer at that time.
So she saw me sort of hanging
around out front and she was
walking in with her guys,
walking in with her guys.
And she goes, you're not coming
in.
I go, no, I can't get in, can't
get in until the show opens.
It's like another hour.
She goes, oh, she goes, no, no.
No.
You're with me.
Come on, Come on.
You're with me.
Yeah, you're with me.
So she had me sort of slide into
their group, and as we went by
the security guard, he started
to say something.
She goes, no, no, he's with me,
right?
And I just.
Walked right in.
And the rest of the day she
tried to leave.
Like, no, no, I'm with you.
Right, the rest.
Of the day.
I'm with you.
You said, well, I know, I know,
Palmer, but I gotta go back to
the hotel.
You said I'm with you.
No, no, I'm not.
Going to hotel Mr. Rose Alice is
jumps way to jump ropes and
things No no.
He's very worried.
I've never seen a guy work out
as much as I do, but that guy
he's.
Got those things like a?
Whip.
Oh my God, he starts flinging
him.
He starts fleeing.
I'm waiting for him to lasso
people, alright?
We.
Got.
A little bit of news here.
Alright.
Get into it, Palmer.
From the.
Four quarters of the world.
All the cigar industry.
News you could possibly.
Need the Cigar Hustler Podcast
Report with Mike too?
We got the two biggest news
stories of the week.
We're not going to go over all
the PCA stuff cuz I'm sure
that'll happen next.
Week.
Listen, we just covered all of
PCA in like 2 minutes.
Pretty much, yeah.
Spoke to everybody, everybody
important there, right?
Right, PCA.
They announced the PCA 2025 will
take place April 11th through
the 14th.
Yes, so several months early in
New Orleans.
What do you think about that,
Palmer?
Well, let me read this.
Read on.
And then we'll talk redone.
All right.
This will work the first time
that premium cigar association
and trade show will take place
in New Orleans since 2015, which
was the the year before.
I'm sorry you're busy over
there.
I just invoices.
I started going 2016 so I just
missed his show by by a year and
when it was in New Orleans,
after conducting several member
surveys, it became clear that
New Orleans with the top choice
for the future trade show.
It has been several years since
the PCA held its trade show in
Big Easy, the last being in
2015, said the organization and
press release.
The PCA has worked closely with
the state of New Orleans to make
this happen and the city has
been very accommodating to
ensure PCA and its members will
feel welcomed during their stay.
DCA would like to thank and
acknowledge New Orleans and
Company, the city's convention
and visitors Bureau, for being
great during the selection
process.
I heard people say they didn't
like it when it was there.
It was hot and rainy and humid
and.
Super hot.
You got to take into consider
into consideration the weather,
right?
It's hot and musty there.
In April, April could go either
way, but April was probably
rainy.
I would.
Think.
The 2023 PCA convention trade
show started last week.
We don't need to talk about
that.
The move to New Orleans means at
least three consecutive trade
shows will take place at
different venues and in
different months.
Last month, Governor John Bel
Edwards signed HB11, which
extended the tax exempt status
for cigar and pipe tobacco
sampled at the Convention Center
during the industry's trade
show, but it's held in New
Orleans in until 2030.
The tax exempt has been
scheduled to expire on December
31st. 2020, hold on, let me
disconnect from the thing there.
From the phone calls.
It's all from the phone calls.
All right.
Texans have been scheduled to
expire, blah blah blah.
While the last bill was
favorable for PCA convention
trade show New Orleans smoking
ban, which covers bars and
restaurants, remains in effect.
Smoking is still loud within
cigar bars.
I don't know if that means you
could smoke.
You could smoke outside or not,
though.
I think you probably can.
I mean, you can smoke on the
trade show floor, but.
You know.
They'll definitely have
designated areas, I would hope,
yeah, So I would hope so anyway,
but.
All right.
You OK with that?
Don't break that.
Yeah.
No, no, don't.
Break that, It's very.
Just adjusting.
It's very just.
Adjusting.
Very expensive.
What I do, I gotta adjust, you
know all.
Right.
And then I don't.
Like it to take be in front of
me in the camera I like.
To right so you can see I
understand.
See JC Newman has created a Lego
replica of its El Relo Relo Joe
factory.
El relo, Hey.
El relo, Hey.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Billing your own cigar.
Just get a whole lot easier.
JC Newman Cigar Company has
announced that it will begin
selling a Lego replica of the
factory in headquarters in
Tampa.
Let's see the the It's called
the Clock in English, but it's
El Relo.
Hey, OK.
You got to get the oh, hey, oh,
hold on, man.
It's prominent to 201.
Retro Helen set.
All day, which uses authentic
Lego brakes.
It is not a licensed Lego
product.
Pricing is set at $100 and will
be sold at JC Newman's factory
gift shop, where the company
also sells exclusive cigars as
well as on its online store.
What up?
Yeah, right over there.
Just ash and just getting it on
the floor for you.
When I was a little kid, I spent
a lot of time in a historic
cigar factory in Tampa,
including countless hours on the
floor with my dad's office
playing with Lego, said Drew
Newman, the company's 4th
generation owner, in a pressure
lease.
I love Legos and I love our
iconic building.
I'm very excited to bring both
of these loves together with our
new Lego set.
When built, the set measures 6
1/2 by 6 by 4.
While the set is not a scale
replica, the backside of the
paper stuck together.
It should make a Lego replica of
me.
There's the.
Big mountain of muscle.
Not Enough Legos model shows the
inside of two floors, which with
the clock tower movement and
another with bales of tobacco in
the factories basement.
I'm very grateful to Sherry and
Alex Kalita of our design
partners Common Bond Design, for
creating this wonderful way to
honor our beloved and
worldfamous cigar factory, said
Newman.
While most of JC Newman's
premium cigars are made in its
factory Nicaragua or Bio Toro
Fuente in the Dominican
Republic, the company makes
roughly 100,000 cigars per day
using vintage machines at El
Relo Hey.
In addition, lines like the
American and the Angel Cuesta
and rolled at the Drew Newman
spearheaded A multiyear
renovation of the factory.
Blah blah blah blah blah.
Relo hey.
Relo.
Yes, yes, yes, Relo.
Relo It's like Nicaragua.
Yeah.
You see?
Yeah.
Wagua make.
Sure you.
Gotta get the agua.
It's like nica agua, nica, agua.
Nicaragua.
Nicaragua and you'll learn you.
Have a shop of the week.
You know, the problem is you
probably don't retro hell
enough.
Probably that do.
You have a shop of the week over
there.
I do have a shop at the wheel
you do.
Hold on.
I do.
OK, what's the shop of the week?
Shop of the Week is Cigar
Hustler in Deltona, FL.
Oh, you can't make your own
shop?
To shop of the week.
It's not my oh wait, yeah, yeah,
this is my shop.
I mean.
How about we do tobacology?
You know, I was going to say
tobacology.
Right tobacology.
I love Brett, love Brett at
Tobacology.
So Shop of the Week.
Tobacology Listener of the Week.
Matt.
Up run button, Run button, Hey
run button, I got excited.
I must start pushing on the
button.
Stop.
Push.
Push Who's the.
Listener, I work everybody.
Listener.
Of the week Matt, Matt, Ty.
Oh, Matt Ty.
Matt, Ty.
You know what?
It was his birthday yesterday.
Right.
OK, listen to the.
Week.
You know, else's birthday.
This.
Week Ty from The Backology It
was your birthday.
It was my birthday, apparently.
It was, yes.
Apparently it was.
Appreciate all the love and
support from all my all my fans
texting me and coming up to me
at PCA.
It's been amazing.
Interrupting nothing.
Like talking about selling 300
boxes to one shop and someone
coming in going happy birthday
when it's my birthday.
That's nice, I know.
I hope you enjoyed that.
I'm going to be very angry, very
angry.
All right, guys, we're going to
wrap it up.
We've got a little video that's
going to play after this.
So enjoy that.
And we have to go do the Patreon
where we're doing this week,
we're doing the.
Bdp.
Oh, you're just checking out
completely.
All right.
This has been episode 289.
Thanks, guys.
We got to go.
Say bye.
Say bye.
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Show Notes
In this exciting episode of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, your hosts The King and Mike dive deep into the world of cigars with a special interview featuring Caleb, the charismatic host of the popular Down to Herf podcast. Then our very own roving reporter Boots, takes us on a virtual journey through the highly anticipated PCA (Premium Cigar Association) convention.
Boots takes us right into the heart of the PCA convention, where cigar enthusiasts, manufacturers, and industry experts gather to celebrate the culture and craftsmanship of cigars. Boots explores the bustling convention floor, speaking with industry leaders and cigar aficionados about the latest trends, upcoming releases, and the overall state of the cigar industry.
With their signature humor and enthusiasm, the hosts and guests make this episode an engaging and informative journey for both seasoned cigar enthusiasts and newcomers to the world of cigars. So, sit back, light up your favorite cigar, and join the Cigar Hustlers Podcast as they bring you the latest and greatest from the PCA convention, all while exploring the rich tapestry of the cigar lifestyle.