ACHP 579 Mr Beast Gets Married, AI Teacher Robots and Taco Bell Goes No Lettuce
Episode Summary
Episode 579 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast opens with Steve "Hippelhauser" filling the host chair alongside co-host Mike Stepankevich and board operator Phil McGuffey, working through a long run of listener comments from the CHPod blog, the ongoing Creekside "Team Money" ribbing, and the live auction for Phil's butterfly mask. From there the crew runs the day's headlines: MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) marrying Thea Booysen on a private island with only 70 guests, which turns into a tangent on why the richer you get the smaller the wedding; a western New York school district on the Seneca Nation reservation buying a $57,590 Realbotics humanoid robot named "Sally" plus an AI teaching-assistant curriculum developed with Steve Wozniak; Taco Bell's new $3 Pepper Jack Steak Burritos (notably lettuce-free after the recall); and a grid-operator warning about rolling blackouts across 14 central states.
The cigar news block is the meat of the episode. The guys dig into the Summertime Smoke Cigar Festival's new partnership with the PCA and question why the U.S. trade association is investing in a UK festival in a market facing a generational tobacco ban. They then spend real time on Don Abram Harris's $8 billion pro se lawsuit against Philip Morris USA / Altria over his attempt to trademark "Marlboro Man" for a 6x60 Nicaraguan-filler cigar (Connecticut and Maduro wrappers) named for his father, who worked tobacco fields in Upper Marlboro, Maryland — including the Maryland radiologist who had already sunk $740,000 into the company and was reportedly considering up to $50 million more before walking away. The hosts break down the trademark math, the PMUSA settlement offers Harris rejected, and the general "delusion" of investment expectations in the cigar business. They also cover the return of Robert Caldwell's Lost & Found charity cigar for 2026: same blend, 50 cents more, 600 bundles instead of 500, with proceeds going to the Miami Veterinary Foundation's Project Unleashed.
The show closes with "What's the Score," guessing the Halfwheel score on Charlie Minato's review of the J.C. Newman Leroy Neiman 2026 Collector's Edition — a gorgeous, art-banded 6 1/2 x 56 Ecuadorian-wrapped cigar with great flavor but persistent tight draws and burn issues. The actual score, 86, sparks a rant about scoring inconsistency versus the Powstanie Sumatra Churchill, followed by a genuinely nice retail story about a Cigars International employee driving out of his way to buy Powstanie and Trust Museum cigars in Claremont.
In This Episode
- 01Listener Comments & Mask AuctionThe crew reads CHPod blog comments, jokes about Mark Palmer's bot accounts, and updates the bidding on Phil's butterfly mask.
- 02MrBeast's Private Island WeddingJimmy Donaldson married Thea Booysen in front of just 70 guests, sparking a debate on why celebrity weddings shrink as fame grows.
- 03AI Robot Teachers in the ClassroomA western New York district deploys a $57,590 Realbotics humanoid named Sally with a Steve Wozniak–developed AI curriculum.
- 04Taco Bell Burritos and Rolling BlackoutsTwo new $3 Pepper Jack Steak Burritos arrive lettuce-free while 14 central states face heat-driven grid warnings.
- 05PCA Partners with Summertime Smoke Cigar FestivalThe hosts question why the U.S.-focused PCA is backing a UK festival in a country with a generational tobacco ban.
- 06$8 Billion Marlboro Man Trademark LawsuitDon Abram Harris sues Philip Morris USA over his pending 'Marlboro Man' cigar trademark after a $740,000 investor walked away.
- 07Lost & Found Charity Cigar Returns for 2026Robert Caldwell's annual charitable release grows to 600 bundles at a 50-cent price bump, benefiting Project Unleashed.
- 08What's the Score: Leroy Neiman 2026 Collector's EditionCharlie Minato's Halfwheel review of the J.C. Newman art-banded release lands an 86 despite tight draws and burn corrections.
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Transcript
All right it's that time again, it's a three minute intro, three, just fast forward guys, two, now you've got to skip the ad and then jump in the video. That's about 30 seconds ahead. We're ready. Oh, he didn't even say three.
Yeah, I did. He did. Oh, did he? Welcome to a Cigar Hustler Podcast, where cigars start the conversation, but anything can happen.
I'm Steve Lippelhauser, your new host. Big fan of the real T-Money, though. Thank you for the hat, T. Thank you very much.
Oh, boy. My co-host, the beautiful and ever-popular Mike Stepankevich. I don't know why he said you were angry yesterday. I don't know why he says these things to you.
And behind the board, keeping this train on the tracks, is the masked man himself, and star of the man-on-man movie, I'll Ride That Train, Mr. Phil McGuffey. I'll ride that train. Hey, Phil.
Hello. Hey, Phil. How are you doing? Each episode, we dive into the cigar world, sports, business, current events, pop culture, and whatever crazy headlines have everyone talking.
talking nothing's off limits no opinions are scripted and you never know where the conversation is going next so light your favorite cigar pour yourself a drink and settle in this is the cigar hustler podcast are you struggling to read that with the sunglasses on yeah i am is that what's happening right now you sound like alex yeah so settle in yeah okay the glasses might have to go all right i'll just pull the halo head down further on today's show mr beast gets married Someone just unplugged the teacher, for goodness sakes. Uh-oh. Well, there isn't any lettuce on it. Did you pay the power bill?
I always ask that question at the beginning of the month. I wasn't sure if I paid the car insurance yesterday, I had to look it up. Oh, God. Is that a traumatic incident?
Not paying the insurance? Yeah. No, but it was due on the 15th. Then it's cigars.
That's a B as in billion. Yeah, now we're in the UK. Or yay, now we're in the UK festival business. Good dog, good dog, and finally, a what's the score.
But Mikey, how do we get some of the CHPod swag? And I hear there's this Patreon show you guys do. Oh. Being the new host, I'm not familiar with.
Yeah. Yes. Like and subscribe wherever you're viewing and listening to the show. com for all your CHPod swag.
Or if you buy one, you get the second one 40% off. Also, there's a section that's called Blog, which is part of our episodes and cigar talk, you can join that, and if you comment below, you may hear your comment read aloud. Oh, I need to sign up for that. Yeah, you do.
The most recent one, I think, is iHeartboots. I'm thinking about setting up more parameters for the customer login. Only one first and last name allowed. Per email.
No, not per email. They just drop new emails. Well, right. It's like iHeartBoots at Outlook.
Oh. Yeah. That's definitely Palmer. He's the only person that has Outlook.
I don't have Outlook. And Palmer's not here. I'm Stephen Hippolazer. Who is this Palmer person?
Yeah. Whatever. Mr. Wickadissi over there, or whatever his name is.
Mr. Wickadissi. Mr. Wickadissi.
Mr. Wickadissi. I'm German. I'm Stephen Hippolazer.
Check out our... Go ahead. No, you go. Whenever they put people on a witness protection program, they always give them some type of Jewish name or...
That's her German name. I like how you... Hippelhauser. I like how you...
So, all Jewish people are in the Windows Relocation Program? Is that where we're going? I like how you, Ennis and Li, are so racist. It's incredible.
It's incredible. It doesn't even know it. Oh, my goodness. com, Us Cigar Hustlers Podcast, where if you pay for the full year, you're going to get 10% off.
Ooh, bye. That'll be coming on the... That's the next task on the CH Pod site. What, give them a discount?
Build a Patreon on there. Oh, build a Patreon. Oh, build the paycheck. Mm-hmm.
Uh, just a couple comments from the CH Pod site today. There's a lot. On the site? On the site.
Oh. I start there. Oh. That's more important.
I didn't know that was going now. That's more important to me. Gotcha. Yes.
So, I'm sorry, I don't want to interrupt. Is this just on the bidding, or is this the other parts going now, too? Oh, this is the episode. Oh.
Is there comments on the auction? I don't know. I haven't looked at it. I was busy yesterday, I mean, someone was busy yesterday relocating.
Oh, that's right. It says, I Heart Boots, at I Heart Boots, at Team Money, which Team Money are you, the true or the, or the Creekside wannabe? That's not nice. For the love of God, the backlash from that thing, man.
What are we doing? We love the, we love our Creekside fam. Yes. Okay.
However, Conor is my favorite, just for the record. McGregor? No, no. My son?
Nope. Well, of your sons, he's my favorite. Oh, me too. Yeah.
But... I mean, the other guy too. Not me. We should make "Conor is my favorite" shirts or something like that.
Oh. That would be funny. That would be funny. You know.
Who is Conor at Creekset? He's on their show and he works there. Oh. I don't know.
The only show I've saw was the one you did. It's so funny because, like, he's a good guy, I want to say he's a good kid, but he's not a kid, like he's, you know, but they're all younger than me now, because now I'm old. Now you think how I feel. Yeah, decrepit.
Everybody's younger. Yeah, oh my goodness. I know. That red light's over there collecting dust, by the way.
No, no, I did, well, I obviously didn't use it yesterday, or he didn't use it yesterday, he wasn't here. But, I don't know, it comes out every day. Did you use it today? No, not yet, I haven't had a chance.
Okay, I'm just checking. " - It's not me. - It's not him. - Yeah, it's definitely him.
- It's not him. - Let me see here. Let me go to the front of the side so I can see it. - Yeah.
com. I wonder who that is. - The current bid for the Phil's Butterfly Mask is $46. - Come on, guys.
- Sitting tight at $46, and there's no additional comments on that. Oh, there is one, I'm sorry. There's actually a couple. It says, "Why don't you want me to win, Phil?
" From Christopher Weiss. Did I say I didn't want him to win? I guess, yeah. Yes, you said he'd do something weird with it.
Yeah. " To Kristen the Mask. Kristen the Mask. It's definitely a Palmer, because he can't spell.
I can spell. I'm not Greg. I can't read. It's a big word.
I like Chris. He has the first one. Maybe he's just trying to get all of them to have the collection. Yeah, if you catch them all, I mean, you get a big price.
Like Pokemon. From Palmer. Okay. com area.
And then, getting into some good stuff here, because I asked, I know I asked this question. What would a movie be called that was ran by Phil in a nursing home? Oh, that's why. Okay, I didn't understand.
I'm looking forward to getting to that. Yes. At Real Smoke Pod says, the real team money hangs out on our show as well. Awesome guy.
Don't know this Creek Money. Creek Money. Creek Money? Yes.
Don't know this Creek Money guy. Laugh out loud. Sure, he is kind of awesome, just not as awesome as the real one. He is definitely awesome, and you are correct.
Who said that? At Real Smoke Pond. Oh. Florida Man, listening to the beef that is going on is hilarious.
It reminds me of the first Anchorman when they have the newscast fight scene. I haven't seen that in a while. Yeah, that's a good movie. Insight from Phil.
Yes. Wow. At Ruckus Unchained. We should quote him, man.
Mikey's mom. Mikey's mom. Ah, Sharon! Phil's geriatric experiment is one of them.
That's okay. That's all right. She was being nice. What about the fact that it came from my mom?
Right, right, right. Should have been something involving your mom. " It's a little obvious who it is. Wow, what a fantastic show.
The Amazing Gonzo completely steals the stage, much better than the white-bearded BDP, no personality. It's definitely Alex. Very aggressive. Yeah.
He says it's from the Cigar Guys. " Well, he sounded like the Muppet, because he kept pausing. Now that I think more of it, Alex does look like Gonzo, and is also a Muppet. Crossing the Monroe should become a new hashtag.
What is Crossing the Monroe? New fan art coming, it says from... It's talking about because Alex and them are on the other side of Lake Monroe. Oh, Crossing the Monroe, gotcha.
Yes, that way they can get on a real podcast. Right. Who said that? I'm not sure.
At David Hasselhoffman, I love that he changed his name to David Hasselhoffman. Oh, it's really saying that now. I don't, you know what, I don't even know who this is, it's gotta be him, right? You would think, but you never know anymore.
There's a Baywatch picture, too. I'm running. This could be Palmer. I don't have this kind of time, that's like 17 now I'd be running.
Phil McGuffey starring in: "Phil's Making Cream Pines With Granny". It's definitely Palmer. That's funny. Phil McGuffey starring in: "Phil the Hip Breaker".
That's a good one, too. Oh, I like "Phil the Hip Breaker". " No, they're not. No, they're not.
He must be new. They're pretty funny. They're pretty funny. Come on.
@ihearttripleg says Alex was acceptable, but pales in comparison to the great triple G. All hail triple G. I got news for you. You stick triple G in that chair, it's utter chaos.
There's just no way. Can't read. He tried this morning. I'd have to make everything in pictures.
There's a circle here. Oh, I like tic-tac-toe. @iheartbdp says the show was missing something today. It wasn't the same.
Oh, the lead personality, the great BDP. Me, me, me, me, me. Thank you very much. Hey, I'm Palmer, and I'm going to comment about myself.
No, I'm not. I'm Stephen Hippelhazer. I heart BDP. Who, who, what was the name of that one?
At I heart BDP. Oh, my. Hey, that Let Us Recall, look how much money they donated to a political campaign, and puff, it was a false positive. At Mark Palmer, who is, I believe, our number one CH pod guy.
Just for the record. Probably. Yeah. At this point, wear his entire wardrobe.
We like him. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Let me see here, because there's a little 577.
I'm not doing 577. Yeah, just skip past all the Palmers. That's all I got for today. If you want to hear your comment, read aloud on the show, simply comment below on our YouTube channel or comment on our CHPod blog section.
That's all I got. Let's get on with the show. All right, now the news. The star, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, shared the news in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
YouTube star, Mr. Beast, has married his longtime girlfriend, Thea Boosin, during a lavish, week-long wedding celebration on a private island. Who's, who? Mr.
Beast. Oh, Jimmy Donaldson. Mr. Beast.
Got it. Was it the... Thea Booyanson. I'm sorry?
Booyanson is her name. B-O-Y-E-S-A-N. Bouyanson. Bouyanson.
They got married on a private island. Yeah. According to People, a couple both, 28, went on Richard Branson's Nectar Island in front of 70 friends and family members. So that'd be all those guys from his different shows, I'm guessing.
No way. 70? 70 for a wedding? 70.
You know how low that number is? Well, it's on a private island. He had to fly everybody there. Yeah.
So it doesn't sound like he, it sounds like her family, his family, that's it. Like immediate. It says friends and family. So yeah, just close friends.
Not like the people that star in a show, it's just the people who work on it. Isn't that funny? Is it like the richer you become, the smaller the wedding you want to do? How many people were just at the Kelsey wedding?
I think everybody. Wasn't it at like... Yeah, that was like... I think it was only a hundred though.
Madison Square Garden or something on Netflix? Yeah, they rented a Madison Square Garden, but I don't think it was a whole lot of people. It wasn't a lot of people? No, because the bigger you get also, the harder it is to keep it a secret.
Right. I mean, if he got married on an island, if people knew, there'd be drones everywhere. You think so? Yeah, I think so.
Is that big of a deal? Drones? Islands in the middle of the ocean. Okay.
Right, so you take a boat out, you get a drone, you fly over the island, you videotape his wedding. All right, well, you've been married 75 times. The first wedding, let's start there. The first wedding.
How many people did you have at your wedding? I don't remember, but it was more than the second and way more than the third. Yeah, I'm getting smaller. So you reduced as you went.
Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, the first one, you're younger, more family people show up. You get to the second one, family members start dropping off.
So you get to the third one, they're like, nah, this won't lie, we're not coming to this one. We're not doing this. Right. We're not doing it again.
We're not doing it again. How many presents has this guy won from us? Yeah, this is ridiculous. Right.
The festiv-y, the festivities, festivities, the festivities. The festivities? The festivities kicked off on July 14th and reportedly lasted an entire week. The guests enjoyed activities like kite serving, snorkeling, feeding the lemurs and flamingos that live there.
Do you think he filmed it? You know, I was about to ask you that. Do you think it's going to be coming up in a... The wedding special.
The wedding special. The Mr. Beast wedding. Probably gave the lemurs $100.
We're on an island. We're so happy in there with so much love. We work a lot and don't get to be around all our friends and family, so to have everyone in one place was really special, he said. Donaldson, who is the most subscribed person on YouTube with over, how many followers do you think he has?
30 million. Phil? 250 million. 507 million followers.
That's it? What do you mean, that's it? You said 2 million. We're at a solid 3,000.
Right. Crushing. They first started dating in 2022. He popped the question in Christmas 2024.
They were always working to get him married. So we need to get Mr. Beast numbers, is what you're saying. Oh, that'd be nice, wouldn't it?
507 million. 507 million. We're almost there. So close.
I heard he was broke again. He's always broke. He's always broke. He invests the money back in or whatever.
Yeah, he gives water to tribes in Africa or something and pays for things at school. Does he really? That's pretty cool. Yeah, he does.
He does. I've seen the video of him. I'm going to help him put a well in somewhere in Africa. Is he making new canoes for Placentia?
He's like a good dude. He's making canoes for, not Placentia, not Placentia, who does? STG. Oh, yeah.
Right. The, not the fort, the, whatever. The Amazon basin. The super exclusive canoe driven tobacco.
Yeah. That now in a new size. Super rare. Super rare.
One New York school district is exploring the boundaries of integrating technology in the schools. What are they doing? Who? What?
Hold on, wait a second. I want to get back to this real quick. You want to get back to what? Mr.
B. He's also had several weddings. Oh. How many people did you have?
I haven't had several weddings. You've had as many as me. I've had one wedding. You've had one wedding.
The other ones were just like, sign here, sign here, good, you're married, kisser? Yeah, they were at the courthouse. So was it like an obligatory marriage? Wait, so that was the first two, because I know the third one you had a wedding.
Yeah, I said that. Oh, so that's the one. Oh, I would assume, I'm sorry, I assumed the first one would have been. Okay, so the first one, so did you club her over the head and then she just signed?
What happened? You had a free afternoon, you were driving to the courthouse. Like, yeah, let's get hitched. You just had one in the tank, so you're like, "We should get married"?
No, we were just super young, and, well, she needed health insurance as well, so... Oh, green card wedding. No, it wasn't green card wedding. So we went down...
I love you so much, you big American soldier. You marry me, I become citizen, you're a big hero. This was way before that. Okay.
You were in the Navy. And you had health insurance at Papa John's? No, at UPS. At UPS?
At Ups? Yeah. Is that where you met Ginger? No, that's where I got Ginger's job.
You took Ginger? Oh. Oh, and then you married him? No, I didn't marry him.
Oh, sorry, I got confused. Okay, all right, so first nothing. It was at the courthouse. Just bam.
Yeah. Okay. Do you have to wait in line? Is it like on TV?
No, it's not. You make an appointment and show up at 2:00 and then you're out by 2:10? No, there's nobody in the... Oh, there's not like a line of people waiting every day?
No. Oh, it's nothing like the movies. Don't act like you haven't been to the courthouse to get married. You've been married three times.
Yeah, I've never been married at a courthouse. Every time you've been in front of a... You have to go. Huh?
You have to go to get the paperwork and stuff. Not to the courthouse. At least not here. I mean, maybe it is part of the courthouse, but you don't go in front of the judge.
You just go sign the form and they give it to you. Yeah, in the clerk of the court or whatever. Yeah, the clerk of the court's office. Yeah.
Okay. All right, so then number two was... This is interesting. Uh, Norfolk.
And you just... Oh, on a ship by a captain. No, it was, it was at the courthouse. You missed all the opportunity.
I would have been married by a captain of a ship, right? Yeah. Well, then you would have to get on a ship. Oh.
Good point. Come on, you're in the Navy. I am not getting on a boat. I've been on ships.
I just haven't been out to sea. Well, that doesn't count. Then I've been on cruise ships, and so I've been in the Navy. These ships are not anything like a cruise ship.
Okay, so the third one. I was on a Coast Guard cutter. They went out. That's nice.
So, how many people did you have at your third wedding? It's more than you. My third wedding? Well, my third wedding was during COVID.
Yeah. A hundred and sixty? Okay. Well, I think it's more than my first one.
I think we had like a hundred. Wow. How many were at your wedding? I know you only have the one, but still.
I don't know. Somewhere between like a hundred and fifty to two hundred. Oh. Yeah.
Ugh. So expensive. Yeah, the first one was expensive. Ridiculous.
Okay, well, yeah, it's just weird that the celebrity, like the number of, like, it's like the richer you get, the smaller that number comes. Right, because you want to keep it a secret. Like, if Elon got hitched, there'd be nobody there. He'd take the rocket up.
He'd do it in space? I would. Yeah? Yeah, if I was Elon Musk?
You think that he could health, like health-wise, handle that? Oh, that's true, I don't know, maybe not. Maybe he was younger. You know?
He could work towards it. He could work towards It's getting super healthy where he could be an astronaut. I don't know why he hasn't done that anyway. You have spaceships.
Why aren't you an astronaut? He doesn't want to be, probably. If you guys think he hasn't been in space, he's probably been up there. Yeah?
Yeah. I don't know. Do you think Elon's been in space? Ask Claude.
Well, this is an iPhone. This is Chad GPT. Oh. Claude.
Hey, has Elon Musk ever been in space? Let's see if it talks. You want me to use ChatGPVD? Yes, dummy.
You always ask me that. Don't make me angry. Elon Musk has not personally traveled to space, despite leading SpaceX, which has achieved significant milestones in space exploration. Musk has remained on Earth.
His focus has been on advancing space. I'm sorry, you want to take that? It's my daughter. Which one?
Where are you, Danny? The littlest one. Oh, yeah, you gave her a Alexa phone. Alexa, call daddy.
So, no, Elon Musk ain't going to space, buddy. Daddy, can I have a cookie? Okay, carrying on. Can't you get Alexa to do your voice, and then you don't have to answer?
No. Does it leave a voicemail? That's horrible, by the way. Why is that horrible?
You create an agent, an AI agent, to interact with your kids. Yeah, I don't even have to talk to my children anymore. Not anymore. Well, just when you want to.
That way you can't be bothered. Right. Alright, one New York school district is exploring the boundaries of integrating technology in the schools by deploying an AI-assisted humanoid robot in the classroom this fall. Okay.
The Salmonac City Central Schools District in western New York has partnered with Toronto-based robotics company Realbotics to introduce a robot in the classroom along with an AI teacher's assistant program according to a press release from the company. The Rural District on Seneca Nation Reserva--oh, it's an Indian school. Canadian robots. Now we're all-- This is New York.
Toronto-based robotic. Yeah, but they sent it to America. Yeah, it's a Canadian robot. Infiltrating.
Maybe it's got a green card. S. citizen. Super explicit.
It's gonna need some type of paperwork, is all I'm saying. Oh. Now, there's a highly contentious debate over technology's role in the classroom. The issue has recently exploded nationwide as artificial intelligence expands and schools We can just grapple with...
Okay, can we just turn the ringer off? Yeah, imagine if you just silenced that. Oh, let me grab our book. Go ahead.
Daddy, can I have a cookie? Yes. Yes, baby. Yes.
" On what? I hate you already. I'll be home in probably about 30 minutes. And bring me a cookie?
He just lied to her. My turn. I'm doing the podcast. 30 minutes?
Can you bring me Mr. Mike's doughnut? I heard it was a doughnut. I heard it was a good doughnut.
Yeah, let me go, okay, so I can finish. Do you not love us like his wife loves him? Okay, a little bit. Bring me my doughnut.
I saw it on the live feed that I have from Alexa. And go, 23. The school's district will be among the first to place a humanoid robot in the class. That was funny.
New York Focus reported it. It will provide support to student teachers but isn't meant to totally replace educators. So they're putting a robot in the classroom. Yeah.
You got a problem with that? No, I don't have a problem with that. Yeah, this is illegal. Why is it illegal?
It's a Canadian robot. Well, you think that they're just putting the robots in the school? What, is he going to say good things about Canada? No, they're going to look at everything that's going on in America.
In the classroom. It doesn't walk. It's like a Canadian spy, is what you say. Yeah.
Yeah, what do you think the robot does at nighttime? It scoots around on its little half body. It's charging. It's from the waist up.
Oh, yeah? All right. Oh, is that what it is? Yeah, the picture.
Oh, yeah. It doesn't, you know, walk around. Oh, okay. So it's like animatronics almost?
Well, it looks like those real dolls, to be honest with you. Yeah. It has the same type of skin and everything, and it's got brown hair, and it blinks, and the mouth moves, and it talks. And what's it supposed to do?
Let's read on. We'll deploy the robot in AI and robotics courses along with the AI teacher's assistant program which students can use to interact with the robot's avatar on their laptops, according to the outlets. The courses use a curriculum developed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to support students pursuing computer fields. Sally the robot will have a lifelike appearance featuring silicone skin, long brown hair, Andrew Kegel.
Wow. Kegel? Mr. Kegel.
The CEO of Realbotics told the outlet it cost a district, how much do you think this thing cost? How much this thing cost? It's a school on an Indian Reservation. Yeah, and it came from Canada.
And it came from Canada. So this is freedom dollars. Uh, I'm going to say... Okay, wait, they did get a discount.
I'm going to say 250 G's. Phillip? Three million. And that's the discounted price?
Yeah. How much money do you think this Indian Reservation has? Indians have lots of money, bro. That's a lot of money, bro.
Hard rock. There's no casino on this reservation. Yeah, I bet there's not one. $57,590, according to the contract, which Kegel noted was a discounted price.
It's for the school. It's for the school. This deployment in a working school district represents a landmark moment for both AI and humanoid robotics. Kegel said in the release, we're moving beyond lab demonstrations and pivots to deliver real embodied AI directly to the classrooms.
I guess they could teach you whatever they wanted to teach. Can you go on his thing so he could show his cigar and put his hand down? Thank you. La Stancia.
Okay, so, hmm. So, there's also, as you heard, an avatar on your laptop when you're in the school. So, I mean, if you're not there with Sally, you can ask Sally questions on your laptop. Yeah.
And the avatar will interact with you. Oh, you know how many kids are going to get in trouble with this thing? Yeah, interrupt the teacher. No, no, I see that, it looks like you asked Sally some inappropriate questions.
Inappropriate questions. Come to the principal's office? Bring your laptop. Bring your laptop.
We actually have-- Can we wheel Sally in too? Can we wheel Sally in too? Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee. And then like R2D2.
Where do you think the future of AI bots are in schools? I never thought about this until these places were doing it. As long as it doesn't replace humans completely, but I imagine eventually it will. Mmm, maybe.
I don't think so. I mean, maybe not in our lifetime. I don't think that AI ever officially replaces humans. Really?
You don't think there'll be like a data, like from Star Trek: Next Generation? No. I don't think it will be. I don't think it will.
Well, listen, there is still a Captain Picard. Well, yes, I'm not saying... See what I'm saying? Yeah, but he is available, though.
Yeah, so like he exists, but he's not the dude in charge. You know what I'm saying? In some of the episodes, he did get his own chip eventually. - Did he?
- Yeah. - They were running out of content, is what you're saying? - Probably, that's what it was. - Yeah, yeah.
So, I'm just kind of curious. - Are you okay, are you a robot? Did something happen there? - Well, 'cause my brain's going like three different directions at the same time.
- I got you, I hate when that happens. - So, where do you see AI being in schools? Just this, just like a teacher thing? - Yeah, I mean, what else would you want them to do?
- I got one. - The maintenance guy? - I mean, that ain't bad. Custodian?
Mop, mop, mop, all day long. Mop, mop, mop, while I sing this song. And he's Jamaican? No, that's Adam Sandler.
What about you, Phil? Lunchroom lady? Yeah, I mean, yeah, there's... Ooh, with the hairnet?
Yeah, like, there's a whole bunch of jobs they could do in the school, just not the teacher. How about this? Active Shooter Patrol. They are testing drones over at Deltona High.
Yeah, that's, I mean, but that's just the little thing that's going to fly in. But like, imagine bots when an active shooter takes over, takes the school. Oh, they send them in. They're already there.
Oh, they come out of a cabinet or something. Instead of the drone flying, there's a walking one. And they contain the individual. And they have guns on them.
You don't even need to arm them. Arming them is kind of scary in a school, right? Go ahead. Go ahead.
No, you. Well, you were actually kind of finishing what I was going to touch on. I want you to do it, though, because it'll sound so much more intelligent. Or maybe racist.
Slightly racist. Racist against bots? Well, you never know. These damn robots.
You may be trying to get ahead of it. No, I was just going to say, like, what if somebody hacks into their mainframe or whatever while they have the gun in their hand? Well, he's not giving them weapons. Well, that's why he was already getting ready to touch.
Yeah, like a detainment thing, you know? They all stand around him? I mean, just tackle him, take him down. It's like a stun gun.
I wouldn't even stun him. That one from two weeks ago that kicks. Well, for one, listen, every bullet that a robot catches is a life potentially saved, right? Oh.
If you think about that. Yeah. So, you know, if you flooded... Robots aren't a big fan of that, but I like where you're going.
Where are you going? If you flooded an armed assailant with AI bots, eventually they'd be detained. Yeah, you don't need like five. Five?
I don't know. Five's a good number. Sounds like a lot. Five's a good number.
I was thinking bigger. I was thinking bigger numbers. Well, these are going to be expensive. What, are you going to have an army of bots?
You get a bulk buy. You just don't buy them from Toronto. You're paying too much of a press. You got the shipping.
Yeah. You got to get them from China. Oh. Yeah.
Tariffs. 35% I checked the other day. Yeah, it's still there? Yes.
Just put generic drugs on the bots from China and, you know, you get no tariffs. Oh, that's, well, now they're working on something else. Oh, yeah, right, and that's bad, we don't do that. Just put generic drugs.
Okay, all right, moving on. You got 30. Two new Pepper Jack Steak Burritos are rolling out in Taco Bells, introduced to the very slow news day. I've been up since two.
Introducing two new $3 Pepper Jack Steak Burritos, the good news is there is no lettuce on these burritos. Trying them today. You can order them through the Taco Bell app now or you can wait and grab them when the restaurants start on July 23rd. I can't believe this made the news.
Nobody cares. Somebody cares. Somebody cares? It was in the news.
It was some news thing somewhere. It was on the trending page. It was on the trending page? Yep.
Trending page under food and beverage. I don't understand how you can order them on the app, but you can't get them until the 23rd. You can pre-order. I'm going to pre-order to drive to a Taco Bell and get me a burrito?
It's just a quicker method. Okay. I was saying you can order them on the app now, or you can wait till the 23rd when the restaurants are selling them. Yeah.
So are they going to ship them to me? Yeah, it's a pre-order. Did you know that the Chipotle up on Howland, that's not a drive-thru? That's not a drive-thru?
I'm going to tell you right now, I'm getting out of this conversation. I don't know what's going on here, but like I'm not talking about a drive-thru that's not drive-thru, and I'm not talking about tacos. Why aren't you talking about? It's not, it's burritos.
This is the food section, so... People have already started trying them. They love them. They're delicious.
By the way, I love the fact that you didn't even acknowledge the end of the World Cup this week. Ah, it's sports. Gotta mull that right through. Yeah, I just went past that.
The end of the World Cup? Yeah, the World Cup ended in some country. Oh, the end of the World Cup. Yeah, that's pretty much, that's exactly what I said.
No, but I thought you meant like, I thought you meant like the end of the world. No, and there's a cup. And some, and boom. Right, boom.
All the world now is in a cup. He's a chalice of victory. Or maybe they're just ending it all together, never gonna do it again. Yeah.
Mm. Wild stuff. Yeah. Wild stuff, Hawkman.
S. electric grid operator has issued a warning for 14 central states that may implement rolling blackouts due to the heat wave and increased demand for electricity. I didn't know there was a limit on how much electricity we get. Yeah.
I mean, you got to produce it, and then you have these data centers that are sucking it up. Well, it's because of the heat through the Midwest, and everybody's using the air conditioning. Is this going to affect Florida? I don't think so.
No, we're not in the central of the country. Yeah, you guys just need to get with the times, man. There's a level three alert. Well, but this one company hits all these states, so they only have so much electricity over eight states, where we have just our own.
So it's shit infrastructure is what you're telling me. Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. That's the way it would be.
And some of these states only allow certain type of electrical production. Yeah. How do they make electricity? There's nuclear.
They have, they got a kite. Well, there's a nuclear. They have a kite in the air. And they chase the storms.
Oh, that's why we don't have a problem here. We're the lightning capital of the world. Yeah. It's all over.
All day long. Constantly recharging. You want to know what states are having problems with the power? Sure.
The following states are under advisory: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, I don't know why they weren't, I guess they're alphabetical. I pelted two right off the jump. Texas, and Wyoming. Texas.
Yeah, Texas is still a little mmm, you know what I mean? There's still sections of it that's like mmm, doesn't make sense. You'd think there's enough money there. Yeah, I don't, there is, I don't understand how they have all these flooding issues too, like Houston floods, it just doesn't even, I'm like, I don't, I don't get it, I don't get it, you think that they would be like, well, you know, hurricanes and all this other shit?
Yeah, because didn't Louisiana install like some type of levy system and all that? That broke. That broke, that didn't work. Yeah.
Oh. Yeah. Somebody hates Louisiana, that's where all the hurricanes go. And what, there's one heading there right now.
Is there, oh yeah, the, what is that, Bertha? Or Bethlehem or something like that. But that's not a big one. Is that a hurricane?
No, but... I mean, it's 40 miles per hour. That's a lot for them. It's enough to rock the levees again.
Yeah, and it's still in the Gulf, right? So, I mean, it's still going to collect. Yeah, it's Panhandle over to Louisiana. You guys got to keep me up on the weather.
I had no idea this was happening. It was coming towards us, but then it took a hard curve. Yeah, you don't like to do stories that doesn't involve us, so I didn't pick it up today. That doesn't involve us?
Yeah. Like burritos? We eat burritos! We have Taco Bells!
We eat burritos. There's no lettuce on them! Do you not eat burritos, Mike? I guess I do.
I had a breakfast burrito this morning. What type? I made it myself. Oh.
Bacon, egg, and cheese. Oh, nice. I'm not a big Taco Bell guy. Really?
Yeah, I mean, I'm not huge. Every once in a while, you crave it, but not now. Yeah, I hit it every once in a while. They have the diarrhea lettuce, I don't go there.
Dude, Pollo Choppa calls right next to Taco Bell. I'm in. Give me rice, beans, and chicken. I'm- Yeah, but there's no tacos there, is there?
No. No, that's Spanish food, not Mexican food. There's a difference. Okay.
I'm just telling you what I prefer. Well, I mean, you're like comparing what's there. That's like going, no Taco Bell, I go to Burger King. There's no taco, we're talking about Mexican food.
There's no Taco Bell competition, if that's the case. There's Del Taco. Yeah, Del Taco, Jack in the Box. Jack in the Box has tacos?
Yes. They're terrible, but they have them. They're terrible. Jack in the Box isn't here.
Yeah, there's Altamont right by you. There's one by your house. There's the Jack in the Box here? Or Longwood.
Longwood. Longwood. Really? Greg's bin.
Greg's bin? Yeah. It's halfway in between your house and Greg's house. He said the day it opened, the line was, it's unbelievable.
Yeah. It's unbelievable. Then he got them and he was like, these are terrible. He waited in line for that.
He waited in line. For the misery. These must be good. Look at all the people.
Didn't like Burger King or somebody used to have tacos? I think Burger King did briefly, but they went back to burgers. They realized that they're Burger King. Let's stay in our lane.
Yeah. What are we doing? We're stretching it with the fish sandwich. All right.
Give me some cigar news, Matt. Cigar news. Summertime Smoke Cigar Festival announces a partnership with the PCA. Now we're in the festival business.
Well, they're just living the, I mean, he's living his best life. I saw a video of them with the, they're at a hotel or something right off the ocean. Right, didn't it? Talking to some guy.
Come here, raise all their money, and then they all go to Europe. The Summertime Smoked Cigar Festival has announced a new partnership with the PCA, a move designed to strengthen the festival's international profile while expanding collaboration with the premium cigar industry. This is just some festival that now we're involved in. And I say "we" because we are members of the PCA.
We got like a kiosk or something? What's going on? I don't know. According to the announcement, the partnership is intended to increase the global reach of the festival while creating stronger connections between the UK market and the broader international premium cigar community.
Didn't they just go lifetime ban or whatever on Tobacco UK? Yeah. Yes. Yeah, there's a generational ban.
All right. Is that official or is that? Yeah, no, no. That's that happened.
Did it happen? Yeah. So this must be like a going out party. They do this festival every year.
I looked it up, see, because in our announcement in America, there was no mention of what the festival was. Right. I'm not going to have it in 18 years. The PCA, that's right, they're going to run out of people.
So maybe it's a short run investment, I guess. The PCA is the largest trade association representing the premium cigar industry in the United States. See how it says, in the United States? I'm sorry.
Yeah, no, I'm just confirming that it is a generational tobacco ban. The membership that includes manufacturers, distributors, brick-and-mortar retailers, the organization is best known for its annual trade show and its advocacy efforts on behalf of the premium cigar industry. K. Nice.
K. You can still smoke, but you can't buy it. Oh, so where are you getting them? S.
Go to Ireland? S. Yeah, go to Ireland. Buy.
Yeah. K. a country or a region? Why would you say that?
What did he say? I didn't hear it. 38 minutes and 23 seconds. Oh, we can't say the websites?
No. You just said it again. This is like your first day. What?
I didn't hear what he said, but don't say it again, so. Yeah. 38 minutes? Yeah, 38 minutes, 20.
All right, Smoke adds another level of international resolution, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The festival has attracted a wide range of exhibitors from across the premium cigar industry, has become a destination for enthusiasts looking to meet brand owners, learn about new releases, and experience premium cigars in a festival environment. Have you ever heard of anybody from here being at this festival? No, and I don't understand why we're doing a festival in a country that has a generational tobacco banner or to link that up.
Exactly. Makes no sense. Why are we doing this? Is it gaining money from them?
No, we're giving them money. Yeah. We have so much. The PCA is just like so fluid.
It seems to be lately, doesn't it? They're running around everywhere. Well, neither organization has announced specific initiatives stemming from the partnership. Both indicated that the agreement intends to support the continued growth of the festival.
We're all about making that festival bigger. Do you remember the skit when PCA fired all their employees because of COVID and we called Chet? And Chet had like a fax going on in the background. Scott Pierce.
The PCA. Hey, Scott, can you hear us? Oh, sorry. I'm doing it.
Sorry, there's a fax coming in. Somebody signed for the UPS. There's so much going on. Oh, wait.
There's nobody here. He was just the one guy. Oh, the good old days. Oh, take me back.
All right. Don Abram Harris. You know who he is? No.
I saved this story. I didn't give it to you guys yesterday because I wanted to talk about it. Okay. He files an $8 billion lawsuit against Philip Morris USA over Marlboro Man trademark dispute.
Mm-hmm. Abram Harris, the founder of Don Abram Harris Cigars, has filed a lawsuit against Altria, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, regarding the dispute over Harris' attempts to trademark Marlboro Man for a cigar inspired by his father. I guess his father was a Marlboro Man. He was a cowboy?
I guess he was a cowboy. For his troubles, he would like $8 billion. That's nice. We need a lawsuit.
So he's looking for a settlement. Well, he wants to use Marlboro Man for some reason. Last year, the cigar company announced a new cigar called Marlboro Man, which Harris says is inspired by his father, Joseph Harris, who worked on tobacco fields in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Oh, maybe that's why he was a Marlboro Man.
Okay. As for the cigar, it's an offer in a 6x60 Gordo using Nicaraguan tobacco underneath Connecticut or Maduro wrappers. In March of 2025, he filed for a Marlboro Man trademark, which remains listed as pending. S.
Patent and Trademark Harpers warned that Harris' Marlboro Man trademark could be confused with a variety of Marlboro trademarks owned by Philip Morris, a division of Altrias. Similarly, an attorney representing PMUSA contacted Harris, informing him that the company viewed his Marlboro Man cigar as a trademark violation in letters including in the lawsuit, Harris appeared to have offered to stop using the mark in exchange for payment from Philip Morris, which was rejected, in addition, Philip Morris USA appears to have made an offer to allow Harris to sell through his existing Marlboro Man inventory until a certain date in exchange for him dropping the mark. The trademark. Well, that was nice of them.
Yeah, that seems reasonable, but they didn't have to do that. Yeah, because they could have really crashed down on them. Right. Those offers do not appear to have worked.
Beyond the standard issue of most trademark disputes, Harris claims that he lost a significant investment in his business. A part of the lawsuit, he has included a letter from Lawrence P. Schumbert, a Maryland radiologist. The letter mentions that Schaumburt has invested $740,000 into the cigar business.
If this isn't working out, he'd like to give us a call, we would. I'll take 740K, and then I'll just try and sue somebody, and it's their fault, the money's gone. Is this for one cigar? One cigar.
The letter goes on to say that Schaumburt was considering investing up to 50 million in the company. How much do radiologists make? - Apparently, a lot. - Yeah, he must be liked.
- They're not even the real doctor. - Yeah. - They're the guy that looks at the pictures. - But he's in Maryland, though, right?
- That makes them the real doctor, 'cause they look at the pictures. They don't have to take the pictures. - I can look at the pictures. - You don't get to look at the pictures.
- I can look at the pictures. - No. - They're x-rays. They're easy to read.
What? - Some of the best doctors are in Maryland. - Oh, is it? Where all the good doctors are?
- That is, it's a medical, it's a complete medical state. - Really? - Really? - It's a complete medical state?
Yeah. Maryland? Home of the medical state? No.
Home of the medical state? Yeah. Where the fried chicken comes from, isn't it? Maryland fried chicken?
Maryland fried chicken? Are they the fried chicken state, too? All I know is Fear the Turtle. No, they're not the fried chicken state.
Oh. Don't they make like a clam chowder, too? Maryland clam chowder, that's the red one? That's New England.
No, New England's a white one. I think Maryland's a red one. New York. It's not New York.
Yeah, it is. No, it's not. What state is the red clam chowder come from? You don't want to use Chachi BD in that?
Yes. Red clam chowder is popular in southern New England, especially alongside coast of Connecticut and Rhode Island. So neither one of us are right. And is part of New York.
Right, you have to add that in at the end. We'll just chalk that one up as Phil's win. Is that the red or the white? He was going to make five payments of $10 million per year.
Again, how much is this guy? Maybe he would like to be in a festival. Yeah, right? Yeah, right?
Right. We know we can get a festival. Don't give them more money. The letter says that because of the trademark dispute, he won't invest.
I'm not going to now. Only one of them won cigar. Unfortunately, after reviewing recent developing concerns, the trademark dispute involving your proposed Marlboro Man cigar brand and the cease and desist correspondence received from Philip Morris, USA, though it's legal counsel, I have concluded that I am unable to proceed with the contemplated additional investment, he said in a letter to Harris. So, he realized: This guy's full of poop, allegedly, this guy's full of poop, and I'm not giving him a money.
I mean, like, so, to drop 750k, you know what I'm saying? Like, damn. You just, okay, I'm gonna do it. Yeah, hey, I'm making this cigar called the Marlboro Man.
It's got a cowboy on it. I'm filing with my stuff. How would you give me 750? Have I heard that before?
Have I heard that before? So strange, that name. All right, Harris's new partner, and then there's a name listed that we're not talking about. Yeah, what?
Harris's? Oh! How is he faster than you on this? Because you spoke really fast on that one.
I don't know, he's smart. He's so handsome. Right, right. Yeah.
Mass does not deter from his good looks at all. Yeah. S. Custom and Border Protection.
It's unclear how that's related to the lawsuit, but he puts that in there. You know, I'll throw Border Protection in there, too. On top of all this other stuff, my cigars were held up in customs. I wonder why.
I would like Philip Morris to fix that too. For five decades, Philip Morris used the Marlboro Man as a highly successful advertising campaign for its Marlboro cigarette brand. The ad quickly morphed into a specific campaign around a cowboy, oftentimes with a horse. A variety of people played a Marlboro Man, including some noted actors, but Daryl Winfield is best known for the role.
It's also a movie. Mm-hmm. So, like Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man? I kind of like that movie.
It's a stupid movie, but it's a fun sit and just watch Saturday afternoon. Mickey Rourke. Yeah, yeah. And the other guy.
Yeah, the guy from the TV show. Miami Vice? No, no. No?
Wasn't the Marlboro Man the Southerland? The Southerland? Southerland. Kiefer Southerland.
No. Oh, he did a movie called The Cowboys with, uh, that was Woody Harrelson. Yeah, with Woody Harrelson. Who played Harley Davidson in The Marlboro Man.
And that was called Cowboy Up. I've been hitting this button a lot today. Don Johnson. Oh, it was Don Johnson.
Yeah. Do you know what TV show he was on? Yeah, Miami Vice. That's what, yeah.
Why did it take you so long to get there? Well, he didn't get it first. See how he did that? He didn't get it first, though.
He didn't beat me to it. Okay, so it sounds to me like this guy as, He's not a leg to stand on. Well, he's also representing himself. Oh.
He doesn't have an attorney. Oh, really? That's why he threw in the other thing. And customs.
And customs. So you own the, so you're arguing the rights to the Marble Men. Yeah. Okay, and why is that?
Well, my dad... We used to call my dad the Marlboro Man. Yeah, he was the guy. Right, he's a completely different man.
He was in tobacco fields and wore a cowboy hat. Right, we have two O's in Marlboro. And he was from Marlboro. Right.
Maryland. Maryland. Yeah. Completely different thing.
Totally different. Your guy had a white hat. My guy has a black hat. Yeah.
Completely different. Different cowboy. Is the radiologist available for additional investments? Yeah, if he's got money to spend.
He walked it back. But think about this. It sounds to me like he used that as an excuse. He couldn't get away from this guy.
somebody told him look you know what dude the 750 is gone yeah you know i mean they spent that they got you on the hook for more you better you need to walk this back and he's like i don't know i'm gonna walk this back oh wait oh because he's suing somebody wait oh the legalities yeah i can't do that legalities get it's completely different thing 50 million 50 million i love i love the delusion that's in the cigar industry it's amazing right like he's gonna get all that back You know how long it would take to get $50 million back for one cigar? Yeah. He just got to sell one for $50 million. Just one cigar.
I mean, the guy's making one cigar. He invested in one cigar company. I like cigars. I like to spend some money.
And it made Half Wheel News. Well, because of the $8 billion lawsuit. Right. It's probably the highlight of you, this is the most precious a guy's ever gotten.
We should start throwing out some, we should just start, I can represent ourselves, and we can make frivolous lawsuits on that one. Yeah, we're gonna sue, we're gonna sue, 10 billion, what for, well, you know, we have cigar, they have cigar, we don't like their cigar. Right, their cigars look kind of like a, yeah, and we can do one like every quarter, you know what I mean, like we could always make press release for cigar releases for Polstania, and then lawsuit, like a follow up. We could do that.
" It'll be perfect. Represent their self in the lawsuit. Yeah, they're representing their self. We'll just leave a blank.
Against Altidus. Ooh. Yeah, we'll sue the big guys. That's where you get the money.
Altidus, Drew Estate, Swisher. Ooh, for saying he's gonna not sell cigars on retail and he's selling cigars retail. Yeah, exactly. I'm never gonna do that.
All right, lost and found, give a... Word that's bleeped out. Lost and found and bleeped? Lost and found give a...
Yes. Got it. Return for 2026. On Friday, the 2026 version of Robert Caldwell's annual charitable cigar will head to stores, at least on paper.
The lost and found give a, you know what, 2026 appears to be the same cigar as last year's release. While all that is the same, there are a couple of changes, it's more expensive. Of course. It went up 50 cents.
Yeah. Compared to the last year's, and production will be 600 bundles instead of 500 bundles of 10 cigars. Perhaps the most important detail that remains the same is that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of cigars will be donated to the Miami Veterinary Foundation Project Unleashed, which gives a free vet care to those who may not be able to afford it. Like 25 cents a cigar?
Yes. Because they raised it 50 cents? Right. I mean, that's cool.
I like that. The cigars will ship July 24th. So that's, oh, Friday. You think he moved from 500 to 600 because he sold out on the 500?
Uh, well, the cigar's exactly the same as last year, I think he had 600 left. You think, but he only made 500 last year. Right, so he made 1100, sold the five, and they're like, that's it, that's enough, but he got 600 more. Next year.
Next year. Next year. And then just bump it up for the storage fees. Increase the price.
All right, now it's time to play the industry's favorite game. - What's the score? - Players hear clues from a Half Wheel Cigar Review and try to predict the score before it's revealed. As more details are shared, the challenge gets easier, or does it?
The closest guess to the actual score wins the round. Can you read between the lines to predict the score? Let's play What's the Score? Today's Cigar, July 21st, 2026.
Charlie Minato is the reviewer. C. Neumann Limited Edition Leroy Neumann 2026 Collector's Edition. This is the one with the big band that's some type of artwork.
- Okay. - We talked about it a month ago. - Wait, wait, back it up. One more time, what is it?
- It's the cigar where the band is practically the entire cigar. - Yeah. - And when you open it up, it's a piece of art. It's an art, it's a-- - And what's it called?
- The Leroy Neumann Collector's Edition. - Ah. C. Neumann.
- Leroy Jenkins. Leroy Jenkins. Leroy Neiman's. Not Jenkins.
Yes, Jenkins. Okay. All right. Go ahead, gentlemen.
Five. Five? 85. Cigar Reviewed, Leroy Neiman, 2026, Collectors Edition, Country of Origin, USA.
C. Newman Factory, Wrapper, Ecuador, Binder, USA, Filler, we're not gonna say. Length six and a half by fifty-six, they smoked three cigars. Eighty-four.
Eighty-five. Clue number one, the blend is exceptionally smooth and balanced, delivering layered notes of wood, earth, nuts, cream, and sweetness that can become even richer and more cohesive during the second third. Eighty-four. Philip?
Eighty-six. Clue number two, the presentation remains among the industry's best with premium packaging that continues to stand out as one of the most distinctive and collectible releases available. I like the wrapper that they put on the paper and I will give it a high rating because of paper. Very pretty.
84. 87. Clue number three. Persistent tight draws and reoccurring burn corrections held the cigar back with the construction issues, noticeably muting the flavor profile and making it an otherwise excellent blend of frustrating to smoke.
It's very pretty. It's a good blend. Can't smoke it. Oh.
Oh. 84. Beep, beep. 85.
Final thought. After finishing the first Leroy Neiman 2026 Collector's Edition, the best of the trio I smoked, my hope, was that the other two would avoid the draw issue. Nope. I smoked each of the Leroy Neiman's released, and for different reasons, none of the other ones have enamored me like the original.
The 2026 Edition is the only one that had a flavor profile that seemingly could match what I remembered about the original. Despite a flavor profile that I really enjoyed, the cigars were overfilled. That was your final thought? That was the final thought.
Okay, before I give my number, I gotta ask you, Phil, did it rank higher or lower than the Postana Sumatra Churchill? This one, well, the way that these guys rank cigars is probably higher, but it should be lower. So it ranks higher? Yeah.
So this cigar is going to rank higher than the Powstanie Sumatra. Yeah, the way they rank them, yeah. Okay. The one yesterday was horrible, and they ranked that low.
I'm going to say 79. I don't think you're right. I think that it ranks lower than the Powstanie Sumatra. Okay, I'll go 82.
He went the right way, 86. See, dude. 86. That's what I'm talking about.
Like these guys. Well, first of all. Fire, insert fireworks, fireworks, fireworks. Yeah.
But this is what I'm talking about. Like they rank stuff crazily. It's like, what? It was very pretty, apparently.
Muted, because it had a piece of paper. Right. Charlie likes the colors. I don't know what to tell you.
This was paper and 86. It's an excellent blend. Very pretty. The cigar was terrible.
Can't smoke it. Rancid. Couldn't finish it. Still ranked higher than a Pustani Simrancia.
You know what you do? Your next cigar you create, you need to put cocoa nibs with it, just like you give like some cocoa nibs with it. Drop some in the box, sprinkle them in the box. Yeah, and then you will get probably a 96, 97 from Patrick.
And then a nice little piece of art that goes on top. You know what was awesome? Yesterday, I was, you know, when I go by, I like to shake everybody's hand before we leave. " I just drive out here just for this cigar.
Right. The Postaña Sumatra. And guess what? It was a Churchill.
Right. And I was like, I got to leave out, walk out the store feeling like, all right, that's pretty badass. You know? Oh.
So. Yeah. Again, the numbers that these guys come up with sometimes. 81.
Yeah. Out in Claremont yesterday, when they walk in, if I'm there, I go and help the customers in the humidor. Follow this guy in, he goes, he turns heads for our stuff, and I go, oh, you're making my job easier. You're making my job easier.
At least you're in the right section. " I tell him who I am and the brand. " He goes, "I work for Cigars International. " He goes, "I go to Cigars Any Aver.
" So we're talking and he picked up a couple other stuff. And then when he walked out to smoke this trust museum, and he's asking about that. And I explained that to him. So he grabs four of those.
He ended up with $90 worth of cigars before he left. And he said, "We don't carry your stuff, but come out to Cigars International. " How awesome is that? Yeah, it was great.
His name was Mike, so it's not like I can forget his name. Can't even screw it up. Right. I just come here, you know what, I go to, I work at another store, we don't carry stuff, I just come here to pick up your stuff.
And it's not really that close. Yeah, like I have to drive here. Yeah, I have to drive here. I have to take the toll road.
I have to take the toll road. That's incredible. Good stuff. Okay.
Anything else to add? Uh, nope. That's it? Yeah, we already mentioned the appearances a couple of times, so.
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Show Notes
Mr Beast Gets married, Someone Just unplug the teacher!!, Well there isn’t any lettuce on it did you pay the power bill? Then in Cigars That a B as in Billion, Yeah we are now in the UK festival Business! Good Dog Good Dog and finally a whats the score!