ACHP Episode 374 Super Bowl Surprises, Cigar Drama, and the Truth of Coop!
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Welcome to the Cigar Hustlers
Podcast episode 374 where
cigars, industry talk and
unfiltered opinions collide.
Sit back with your Co host Mike
Stephon Kevitch and Mike Palmer.
Me, I'm Boots the engineer
making sure these two don't burn
down the place.
Grab a cigar, sit back and let's
get into it.
That's your weird transition
there after my name or
something.
Yeah, I don't.
I don't know.
Mike Palmer I I just think it
was.
Felt unnatural.
Yeah, it was kind of like kind
of short.
Felt unnatural.
He's been gone for several
weeks.
We just, yeah, don't know what
to.
Do you do input here?
No, it goes in.
You don't have to do it anymore,
OK?
Look at you, just evolving.
It's amazing.
Yes, Episode 374 Trending News
Michael Yes, we have Super Bowl
upset.
The penny may go the way of the
dodo.
Uh huh.
OK.
I did it twice.
I have the topics twice.
Perfect.
Read it twice.
Trending news we have Super Bowl
upset.
The penny may go the way the
dodo Taylor Swift didn't have
any Swifties at the Super Bowl,
and somebody should ask Tom
Brady how much his time is
worth.
Ah, OK.
Then in cigar news this week,
we've got the head fed.
Bastard steps down.
Oh, tired of all the
motherfucking snakes and these
motherfucking cigars.
Real.
Oh my goodness.
If you can sell an octopus.
Oh, if you can't sell an
octopus, then maybe you can sell
an eel.
Interesting.
Something dies in Mississippi,
and Jonathan Drew likes pina
coladas.
I'm looking forward to the
mysterious headlines that you
just meant mentioned.
Drunk Chicken has a problem with
the Google Maps.
Our friend Luciano makes a small
come back.
A small.
And finally, this El Poco.
And finally, in this week's Chad
GBT editorial, Coop is under
scrutiny.
Uh oh.
Under fire.
No scrutiny.
The difference?
Scrutiny is everybody's looking
at his ways, he does things
under fire is he's done
something bad and everybody's
shooting at him.
Bang Bang.
Oh, I feel like he's done
something bad.
Not a matter of opinion.
Why does this move like this?
I don't.
Understand 'cause you have
manhandled it and.
Torqued it 75,000 times.
Yes, in the last 374 episodes.
Everybody's going to.
And now it doesn't.
Like to watch the torquing?
It moves.
Well, it's like automatic, yeah.
OK, see the silver?
Tighten the silver up.
No, no, the silver.
There's only one Chrome piece
up.
No, not the black piece, just
the silver.
Piece You're always yelling at
me.
Well, I'm sitting there saying
silver and Chrome and you're
torquing the black.
Silver and Chrome.
Just let it rest against your
mouth.
All right, just let it.
Just let it sit there.
Just let it sit there, OK?
Alright.
Well, I'm excited to hear about
it going.
Yeah, let's get going.
Alright, the Philadelphia Eagles
are Super Bowl champions again
after a dominant performance in
a 40 to 22 win over the two time
defending champions Kansas City
Chiefs.
The win is the first for the
comeback coaching duo of Jalen
Hurts and Nick Serrani.
Serrano, how do you say his last
name?
Siriani.
Siriani yeah, after they fell in
super.
Bowl.
That's 57 two years ago.
V I I I It's hard.
To V I I.
Hard to I should have put it in
English when I did the thing
against the Chiefs.
With the loss, Kansas City falls
short in a quest for the first 3
peat in Super Bowl era.
A brilliant night from the
Eagles defense and an efficient
poise night from Hertz.
Headline Philadelphia second
Super Bowl title in the
franchise history.
Yep.
Did you watch?
Did I watch?
You watched.
You watched.
Well, here's the thing.
Here's what I'm going to tell
you.
I went to a Super Bowl party.
Well then I had to and then it
was on.
And it was on right, But I
stayed outside and I smoke
cigars.
You watched?
Was there ATV outside?
Yes, there was.
There may have been ATV outside.
But do you have ATV outside?
I was just close to texting your
wife several times ago.
I need a picture of him watching
the Super Bowl.
Yeah, but I didn't.
Well, yeah, I would say that I
watched the game.
Yeah, I would say that I watched
the.
Game we watched till halftime
and I couldn't understand the
halftime show and the wife had
already fallen asleep so I was
like I think I'm done.
The the Kendrick Lamar, yes, it
was amazing.
Not a fan.
OK, well, but there's a lot of
couple things here we got to
discuss here about the Super
bowl #1 yes, I believe I
mentioned this to you.
I don't know if I mentioned it
to you on the podcast or not,
but what is the one thing that
is greater than the NFL that you
cannot, that will not lose?
Do you remember that?
Vegas, Vegas, Vegas, Vegas.
Now if you go and you look at
the books and the ratings for
the people who bet on the
Chiefs, yes.
What do you think the percentage
is for the people who bet on the
Chiefs to win the game?
Well, they were not the favored
to win.
I'm sure they had a lot of bets,
but they were not favored.
OK, Either way, that doesn't
matter.
What do you think the bets were?
How like what percentage you
think, how many people do you
think in the entire US or world
or whatever?
I.
I, 62. 62 percent, 62%, that's
perfect, but it's a pretty
accurate number.
That's pretty.
And maybe.
He looked.
Maybe he.
Looked, I just want you to know
boots.
I've missed you, you know, thank
you.
Any mention of sports and I'm
just.
He's talking to himself.
I went on a rant about Luka
Doncic and I was talking about
the Anthony Davis trade and I
called him Anthony Edwards the
entire time and no one, no one
tracked me.
Well, 'cause Palmer has no clue,
yeah.
Well, I think it was a guy from
ER, so yeah, the actor.
No one tracked me.
They just, he just let it RIP.
And I'm like, OK, great.
And then and then I'm looking at
I'm looking at my clips.
I'm about to put together a clip
for last week.
And then I listen to myself and
I go, Oh my God.
The entire time I'm talking
about the wrong person.
Talking about Anthony Edwards.
I'm talking about a totally
different.
Word.
We're talking about the actor
from ER.
I was talking about Anthony
Davis and I'm like, Oh well, I
guess I'm not doing that clip.
That's the one you should have
done.
It would.
Have been funny, would have done
it and put the picture of
Anthony Davis.
Yeah, right.
Like, you know, nobody would
have done.
Maybe I should do that so I can
get people to tell me how dumb I
am on social media.
We did get accused of hate
mongering by the tiny giraffe.
By the baby giraffe.
Oh yeah, by bullying, you said.
Yeah, bullying.
Yeah, Cyber bullying.
This is cyber bullying.
Second, a whole new level.
Yes, so, OK, so 62%, I will tell
you that I looked it up.
Yes, buy the book your average
depending upon where the book is
coming from, like whatever the
the the Caesar's Palace,
whatever.
Sure 60 to 80% of the of the US
or world or whatever bet.
Bet for the.
Chiefs The Chiefs to win.
Oh, 'cause they thought it was
scripted.
Yeah.
So what happens?
What happens?
They script it the.
Other they all lose their money.
All of a sudden, all of a
sudden, there's no penalties
going.
Yeah, there were none going
their way.
No.
They had one at the beginning of
the game and you and you did
like this there.
Was.
Totally, right.
Look, you got to let that go,
right?
And the one.
Where the guy's hand was all
over his.
Face Yeah, yeah, the pass
interference on the offense.
And then you're thinking, oh
God, it it's it's coming.
It's coming to your fruition.
They're going to let them win.
And then all of a sudden they
did no calls for them
whatsoever.
So then I looked it up.
I'm like, I wonder how many
people bet on the Chiefs to win.
So now we are assuming Vegas
controls NFL football.
I I think Vegas is always Vegas
controls everything.
Well, would they like to
advertise on our show?
Yeah, of course.
Yeah, they actually called.
Seminole, the betting app.
It's Hard Rock.
Hard Rock.
Yeah, hard.
Rock isn't as big as Vegas.
No, but we'll take hard.
Rock.
But if you don't think that, you
know, I don't know, I would
believe that when when the money
gets on the line and it's that
big, there's no way they're.
Not going to let.
Them.
No, I go, we take the money.
So some guy made a phone call.
Make sure they lose.
Is that just so you know?
Tommy two times.
I mean, I've never seen Patrick
Mahomes on his ass so many
times.
Yeah, he did not have a good
night at.
All no calls are roughing the
passer, right?
None of that.
And you know, in the past a lot
of those calls would have been
roughing the passers.
First time.
First time.
However, I did see a similar ass
whooping when he played against
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the
Super Bowl.
Oh, he got knocked down his.
Ass Oh my God, he.
Was but they still rushed.
But they still won though, no?
No, wasn't that much one that
was closer to the beginning of
his career.
That was well, it was five years
ago.
It was 2020.
Oh, closer to the beginning of
his career, I don't know how
long, he said.
Yeah, I think.
Do you think Travis Kelsey's
going to retire?
Nah.
Nah, he's not.
Going Maybe there will be a
breakup song.
He walks.
No, he walks funny.
Does he?
He sort of struts.
Yeah, yeah, I noticed.
Like a Conor McGregor strut.
Like a.
Yeah, kinda.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's exactly how to describe
Conor McGregor.
McGregor.
Yeah, you're a big fan.
Well, he I have seen the movie,
he did the one movie, right.
So the way he walked in that
movie.
Yeah, but that was a little over
exaggerated in the movie, I
mean.
That's just how he walks,
probably, right?
OK, so yeah, I think that I'm,
I'm happy that everybody bet on
the Kansas City Chiefs to win
the game.
Oh, and to see them.
Lose.
Not, not just lose.
Not just lose, Not just.
Lose an obliteration.
Yeah, there it was.
It was, yeah.
They were absolutely decimated
and made me happy.
What is the highest score ever
in Super Bowl history?
I have no.
Idea 'cause that seems like a
big number.
They were, I think, I think
actually this one was close.
I think it was like 44 was the
difference or something like
that Will.
You check.
Yeah, check.
OK, alright, let's move on.
Alright, Trump orders the
Treasury Secretary to halt
making the penny a cost saving
move or a legal challenge.
In a bold move to curb
government spending, President
Donald Trump has ordered
Treasury Secretary Scott
Bessette to halt the production
of a new pennies.
The directive, announced via
Truth Social, aims to reduce
what Trump describes as
unnecessary expenses in the US
budget.
Let's RIP the waste out of our
great nation's budget, even if
it's a penny at a time, Trump
stated, highlighting that
pennies cost literally cost us
more than two cents to produce.
The proposal is based on the
growing concern that pennies no
longer serve an intended
economic purpose, although it
remains under unclear, sorry
whether Trump has the legal
authority to make such an order
since Congress, not the Treasury
or Federal Reserve, controls the
production.
He is correct about one thing,
though.
Pennies are a financial drain.
Really.
According to the US Mint's
annual report, it cost 3.69
cents to produce and distribute
a penny.
It'll cost $0.03. 3.69. 3 1/2
cents to make one.
To make one penny worth a penny.
Wow.
Worth a one cent Last year, over
3 billion pennies were issued,
resulting in a loss of $85.3
million.
We lost $85 million on pennies.
Yes, point 3 million.
Yes, wow, to make to make the
pennies.
Wow, that's.
Incredible.
I'm sorry.
Go ahead, Kyrie, but I'll ask
you a question afterwards.
Despite their low face value,
pennies make up more than half
of the US coins in circulation,
with over 250 billion pennies
currently circulating.
Average about 700 pennies per
person.
Everybody keeps them in those
jars.
That's the exact, that was the
exact question I was going to
ask you.
Do you think that we don't have
enough pennies?
Per person, it sounds like we
have enough pennies.
We're good on pennies.
It seems like we're good on
pennies.
Why do they have to keep making
new pennies, right?
The the pennies wear out?
Or do we just lose them?
I, I I don't know.
It's it's probably like a budget
thing, right?
Like they say, hey, we got this
much money, we have to fucking
fuck off with what's made the
pennies.
Run the penny machine guys.
Do you know how much we're
losing on this?
Yeah, I'm well aware.
I'm well aware.
And you still want me to?
I'm the penny guy, I know.
And you still want.
Me new here, don't ask
questions.
And you still want me to
continue with the pennies?
Yeah, man.
Many countries have phased,
sorry.
Many countries have phased out
their smallest coins due to
similar concerns over rising
production costs and dwindling
purchasing power.
With the pennies value eroded by
inflation, it's not even worth
the penny anymore, right?
It raises the question, should
the US follow suit and eliminate
the outdated currency?
It sounds like a yes, a solid.
Yes, it does.
It sounds like it's a reasonable
thing.
You know it's.
Time to get rid of the penny
we're.
Losing $85 billion to make 3
billion pennies.
That's just the pennies.
Yeah.
Right.
Who knows what it cost to make a
nickel?
Did you see that Elon is
allegedly looking into the
Department of Defense and the
Pentagon with Oh, don't?
Look there.
It's that's interesting.
That's not the one you're
supposed to look at.
Oh, that's a big one.
Well, yeah, with the $75
hammers.
There's there's money just
missing.
Oh, I'm sure.
Totally unaccounted for.
Yes.
And it kind of begs the question
of are, you know, some of this
money that disappears?
I wonder what they're it's
actually for, you know, like
what's the technology that
they're hiding and stuff like
that.
Oh it's the the sub penny money.
It's the sub penny money.
Right.
The the defense stuff, we don't
know about that.
They, you know, the money's not
in somebody's pocket.
It's in some invisible jet
somewhere.
Right.
Exactly.
Yeah, invisible.
Well, that's the stuff we don't
want the other people to know.
The other people.
The bad guys.
The bad Who are the bad guys?
I don't know at this point you.
Don't know at this point I.
Don't know.
I don't know what?
Yeah, Everybody.
That's not us.
All the bad guys.
The Canadian we're almost the
Canadians, but we brought them
back in.
Yeah, please.
Well, they they elected to come
back.
Please.
Trudeau threw a tantrum for 10
seconds, right?
And then somebody got the phone,
said calm down.
Calm down, easy, we don't like
you.
Here's what we need.
We need, we need to work
together and say, oh, oh.
Oh, that's what we're doing.
It's about the drugs.
Oh, got it.
Yeah, I didn't explain it
correctly.
I'm sorry I didn't.
Really, I was lost in the
translation.
Who is the bad country now?
Is it China?
China's not really the bad.
Country China is definitely the
bad.
Country.
They're, yeah, they're being
made the villain here.
Is that the one that the one
nobody likes?
Anymore, I think, I don't think
that it's made to be the villain
thing.
I think it's just a, you know.
Their size.
Yeah.
You know, like you look for some
type I, this is just me
speaking.
Sure, sure.
But I think that you look for on
a global level, some type of
like globalization where all
economies are working together
for the greater good.
Sure, OK, But not like a new
world order type scenario,
right, where there's some type
of domination, you know what I
mean?
Sure.
So when a when I think that when
a country's powerful enough to
do something like that, we have
some concerns.
Well, I think we need a bad guy.
I mean it's.
It's good for America.
Yeah, America likes having a bad
guy.
We need somebody to put our
anger at and everything.
Yeah, sure.
It's good for America, yeah.
Maybe the invisible people?
I mean, the Germans said if we
take over Greenland, they're
going to attack.
I mean, haven't they?
Learned the Germans.
Yeah.
Haven't they learned their
lesson yet?
I mean.
The Germans said that.
Yeah.
Oh, wow.
The German Chancellor, I think
the guy who's in charge of
Germany's a chancellor.
Chancellor.
Didn't he have a funeral?
Was Chandler.
That was Chandler.
Oh, Chandler.
Completely different thing.
Yeah, it's a totally different
thing.
Right, yeah, if we invade and
take over Greenland, he said.
We will.
We're not going to invade
Greenland.
Well, Trump would like to just
take it.
I don't think he wants to buy
it.
Any I don't think he's going to
take it, I think.
Why does he win Greenland?
What is the draw with Green?
I think it's a tactic for.
It's full of ice.
No, I think it's a military
tactic.
Oh yeah, it's, it's probably a
positioning strategy.
Oh wow.
We just I.
Don't read the news.
Just put something there.
I wouldn't.
Who's going to know it's all
frozen?
It's all frozen.
There's nobody in the middle or
near the North End or something,
right?
To answer your question from
before, the biggest Super Bowl
lead was 45 points and XXIV is
24, right?
XXIV Yes.
San Francisco beat Denver 55 to
10.
No, I'm at the highest scoring
thing, but I guess that would be
50.
Four.
I think that's what he
referencing.
Well, he said, the biggest Oh.
That's the biggest blowout.
I'm sorry, The the difference
Score.
Yeah.
Deficit.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Nice word.
Thank you.
Big word.
That's that's what we're in
right now 'cause we're making a
lot of pennies.
Yes, yes, making a lot of
pennies.
Almost a four cent penny.
I'm gonna go home and keep all
my pennies.
If we're 4, sell them back.
I'll sell this to you for 3.5
cents.
Right, yeah, I'll give you a
deal.
They gotta make a little profit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 3.69
they can make their own.
Yeah, you know, you know, I'll
just go 3.
I'll just double up.
I'll sell it to you back for two
cents.
Alright, the biggest score was
Super Bowl XX IX95 when 49ers
beat San Diego Chargers 49 and
26 for a total of 75 points
total.
There you go.
I like the fact that he didn't
want to break down the Roman
numeral XXIX.
It's safer that way.
Right, that was 29.
Yeah, it's 29.
XXIX.
All right, moving.
On Taylor Swift's three word
reaction has been revealed after
the 14 time Grammy winner was
pelted with booze.
I'm breaking up.
During Super Bowl 2025 matchup
between the Kansas City Chiefs
and Philadelphia Eagles on
Sunday, the Cruel Summer hit
maker, 35, appeared on the
Jumbotron inside Caesar's
Superdome.
But what's quickly met with loud
boos from Die Hard Bird fans,
causing Swift to do a subtle
double take before smiling.
After being caught off guard by
the harsh reception to her
presence, the singer turned to
her pal and rapper Ice Ice
Spice.
Ice spice.
I don't know.
Ice spices.
Ice Spice in the VIP box you.
Don't know who Kendrick Lamar
is?
I recognize the name, I just not
familiar with his work.
Right, but Ice Spice I've never
even heard of.
Is that one of the Spice Girls?
I have no idea.
No, to be fair, it's definitely
not one of the Spice Girls.
OK, I'm with you on this one.
What's?
Going on the Fortnite?
Does she on Fortnite or
something?
The Fortnite singer, who was at
the game to cheer on boyfriend
Travis Kelsey, was seen sane on
the scoreboard in response to
the booze.
That was the name of her album.
Fortnite.
Yeah, See, I don't follow her
either.
I'm not a Swifty.
Wow.
That's incredible.
Still, the pop superstar, who
appeared on the Jumbotron right
after Adam Sandler and Paul Rudd
appeared unfazed as she smiled
at her the Chiefs blowout 40 to
22 loss to the Eagles.
That's who they should have put
on the Jumbotron, The Sandman.
The Sandman.
Yeah, Adam Sandler.
He was, that's what said she was
shown right after he was shown.
OK, they didn't Boo him.
Right.
Of course not.
The boos were later echoed by
President Trump, who took to
social media to troll the singer
after his brief appearance at
the Super Bowl match up.
The only one thing that had, the
only one that had a tougher
night than Kansas City Chiefs
was Taylor Swift.
She got booed out of the
stadium.
MAGA is very unforgiving.
He does not like Taylor.
Swift.
Did Trump make any?
Did they highlight him at all or
no?
They showed him at the BLS
Trump.
While Trump was spotted in the
stands at the beginning of the
game, he didn't stick around for
long.
Yeah, he loved that halftime.
He was the 1st president ever be
at a Super Bowl.
Really.
Yeah, that's pretty smart.
Yeah, It's a good tactic.
You know, when it comes to the
whole are you still reading or
no?
No, no, I'm, I'm forwarding to
the next story.
When it comes to the whole
Taylor Swift thing, I don't.
You know, first of all,
Philadelphia fans, they're
special, right?
There's something.
Right now the the streets are
burning in Philadelphia.
Yes, it's very upset the people
are talking about.
It it doesn't matter if they win
or lose.
Win or lose, we're going to fuck
this place up.
That's pretty.
Oh, really?
Either way though.
It's it, there's rioting.
Regardless, I look forward to
some of the clips that I'll see.
It's very entertaining.
But I think that real
realistically, I just think
that, you know, people are just
kind of done with the whole and
here's Taylor Swift and here's
Taylor Swift and yelled Taylor
Swift again.
Yeah, they didn't show her till
way after the game and
everything.
Yeah, it's, it's no longer.
It's not a big deal.
It's no longer beneficial for
the NFL to do it.
You know what I mean?
If you were a Swifty fan and you
saw that she was whatever to the
Chiefs and you decided to lock
in on football that already
happened, Sure.
You know you're not gravitating
towards it now, right?
Yeah, they missed their
opportunity last night.
I mean, Pete Davison was there
so she could have broke up with
Travis Kelsey and left with
Pete.
Oh my goodness, what?
Is it with him?
He keeps getting all these hot
women.
He's kind of funny looking.
Pete Davidson, yeah.
The guy from Saturday Night
Live, right?
Yeah, I don't know.
He's a man.
That's amazing.
Well, I hear he's got a, you
know, that's what you heard.
Yeah, that's the rumor.
Who told you that?
Yeah.
I read it on social media.
Oh, OK, so it's got to be true
this.
Guy has to be accurate.
Has to be accurate.
What type of social media?
Sorry.
Instagram.
TikTok.
I don't.
Remember Instagram?
All these hands.
No, you got to pay for those.
I'm too cheap.
I'm not doing that.
Got it.
Please you.
Know we might not.
I ain't paying for.
That stuff, that's ridiculous.
I get a free code or something
from somebody.
Oh, like a like in the bottom of
the Cracker Jack box.
Right.
Did you see the Secret Service
hiring the commercial during the
Super Bowl?
No, it it was it was a really
good video, except they showed
pictures of Abraham Lincoln.
You think that would be one they
sort of, you know, stay away
from?
Yeah.
Yeah, didn't work out that well.
Yeah, that one didn't work out
too well for.
Them why not?
That was the beginning.
He got killed that.
Was the beginning.
That was why they decided to go
there like This is why we needed
this.
All right, guys, we got to tie
it up here.
They're like showing clips of
the.
It's like showing an unlocked
cockpit right of the.
Old history stuff like the the
Statue of Liberty being built
and then there was a small clip
of Abraham Lincoln.
I'm going that was the one you
guys lost.
I mean, yeah, you guys botched
that one, right?
Aside from that Missus Lincoln,
how was the play?
Yeah.
You know, commercials that stood
out to me.
Wait, wait, let me ask you guys
because we don't even really we
this is not on off script.
This is totally off script.
Sure, sure.
What were give me your two
favorite commercials from the
Super?
Bowl.
Well, I didn't watch all of
them.
OK.
I mean, that's fair.
Right.
But like I said, I only made it
to halftime.
I saw this morning the Dunkin'
Donuts one.
I thought that was funny.
OK, kind of long, but I thought
it was funny.
The Budweiser one with the with
the horse was cute, but I think
that's sort of overdone the the
horses doing stuff right?
What else?
Well, it was like a remake.
Well, those are two.
Yeah, those are two.
Yeah, I guess those are the two
boots.
What do you got?
The only one that really stood
out to me was the Dunkin'
Donuts.
The Dunkin' Donuts.
I'm trying to remember the there
was a Kevin Hart one but I can't
remember it.
Oh, for me, yeah.
The Bud Light one with Shane
Gillis and Peyton Manning.
Absolutely hilarious.
So they, they like it's a
neighborhood house party or
whatever and like, hey, we want
to have a house.
You know, we're having a part, a
cul-de-sac party.
And they trek through on this
lawn mower and it's got, oh, I
saw that one and it's got a
train of Bud Light.
And the guy says, oh, I'm going
to screw this up.
The guy says, your lawn mower's
a smoker.
And he said, no, my smoker cuts
grass.
It was hilarious.
I yeah, I, I remember that one
because I Ginger was sitting
next to me.
I was like, man, you don't have
one of those.
Yeah, that shit was.
The David Beckham one I liked.
Too.
That was the one I was going to
miss.
Stella Artois.
It's funny 'cause I don't really
drink.
And the the two funniest ones
for me were the beer
commercials.
But Bud Light did a good job of,
you know, they picked the right
guy from the job when it comes
to Shane Gillis, right?
What I'm saying that right?
Yeah, he's hilarious, dude, he's
so funny.
And yeah, I like the Stella had
a 12/1.
Are you Matt Damon famous?
No more more like Ben Affleck
like oh, it's too bad.
Sucks so.
All right, Tom Brady wears a
$740,000 watch as he makes his
Super Bowl announcing debut.
Tom Brady has stepped out in
style.
The former NFL quarterback, 47,
arrived for his commentary debut
debut with the 2025 Super Bowl
in New Orleans on Sunday,
February 9th with a major piece
of bling on his wrist.
Wasn't very attractive either.
Brady was all smiles as he
stepped into the field in a neat
Gray suit to make the way to Fox
Sports booth.
Accessorizing his polished look,
he wore a Jacob and Company
Yellow Sapphire Caviar Tubulon
watch that retails for $740,000.
You think he was just giving
that to where?
No.
You think that's his?
I'm saying.
That are you talking about Jacob
the jeweler?
Jacob and company, I don't know,
it just says Jacob and Company.
Oh yeah, I don't think they
would just give that.
No just give it to him to where
so it gets seen on the TVI.
Don't think that's the case.
No, so he pays almost $1,000,000
for his for a watch.
That's a brag piece right there,
buddy.
This is Tom. 740 GS right one of
two.
The watch has a golden yellow
face with a brown leather
wristband and details.
According to Jacob Company, the
jewelry The jewelry piece is
made of continuous array of
gems.
The case features 224 baguette
cut gems, while the crown
contains 16 baguette cut gems
and one large rose cut gem.
Meanwhile, the dial of the watch
has 130 baguette cut gems.
A lot of, A lot of.
Baguettes.
A lot of baguettes.
It's a lot of bread is.
That it.
That's it.
That's the end of the story.
How many?
How many that you're too funny
dude.
Like you can roll into a
question at that point or
something.
Just a dead air.
Yeah, like.
So, well, I had to hurriedly put
this together and it it goes
back into now on the
teleprompter to the booing
story.
Who Who owns Who owns the other
watch?
That I don't know.
Matt Damon.
It's it's Ben Affleck.
No, no, he's.
He's here's here's what I mean.
That's how many hours you think
went into that watch in order to
build it.
Oh, a lot of I don't know what
it how long it takes to cut a
bag at, but then a lot of them.
Yeah, I bet you that's like a
four year piece to build.
I bet you took three or four
years to build that watch maybe
a little bit less.
So you know that is like and the
way that they wore it, I saw it
right.
I didn't think about.
It is more of the story, I'm
sorry, the Taylor Swift cut in
and then cuts back.
Out.
Gotcha.
OK, go ahead.
The former athlete, who played
in the NFL for 23 season, spent
20 years with the New England
Patriots in his final three with
Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He has been to 10 Super Bowl,
winning seven of them, and he's
widely regarded as one of the
best quarterbacks of all time.
He is the best.
Well, he's regarded as.
No, he is the best.
I don't know.
Our Lord and Savior Tom Brady,
you do not speak I'll of our
Lord and Savior Tom Brady.
Yes.
Sorry, that's not who they
mentioned at church Sunday.
Did not mention Tom Brady no as
the Lord or Savior.
Wow, you're obviously going to
the wrong church.
No, it's not in New England.
It's quite apparent.
So you know what's also funny
about that if you were watching
the show, the, you know, the
Super Bowl, if you read the when
he would speak and the other guy
next to him would speak, it had
like little descriptions of who
is who and it said Fox NFL
analyst to that one guy.
And then it said seven time
Super Bowl champion Tom Riley.
I'm like, who's this guy?
One of you is making, you know,
300,000 a year.
The other guy's making way more.
It's like 3. $185 million or
something, it's something
ridiculous, something he's
making.
Yeah, that's how we can afford a
$750,000 watch, I guess, and not
give a shit.
And it, and he wasn't even like
he played it down.
He wasn't like, you know,
shoving it up.
It was kind of covered with the
coat.
And he's like, oh shit, what's
that?
You know it's.
Almost time for the game.
I don't.
I don't know what's going on
here, but I think.
The game, Somebody asked me what
time it is.
Somebody right?
No, the way that he.
Played this a news commentator
guy who doesn't have anything
under his name.
Ask you what time it is the.
Guy was super slick man.
Tom Brady was super slick.
Or the other guy.
Three quarter of $1,000,000
where else?
Can you wear a $740,000 watch?
Publix.
He doesn't go to Publix.
He has buckles, he has people,
buggies, bugies, the buggies.
You get the brisket sandwich.
He goes to, I'm sure he goes to
all sorts of things.
It seems like it it just has a
cheap leather band though.
It's not.
I'm sure it's not a cheap
leather band.
It says brown leather band.
Yeah, that's that's no
description of like brown virgin
made.
From the only two mink meerkats
exactly in Egypt.
It made from the last surviving
elephant with dusk.
Well, it wasn't a $3,000,000
watch.
Jay-Z had like a $2.5 million
watch.
He was rocking I.
Bet it didn't have leather
bands.
It may have had.
I doubt it had a leather band.
It's probably.
He had a metal, Yeah, he had
gold.
So metal is worth more than the
leather?
Obviously you see the penny.
Made out of pennies, made out of
copper.
And a leather made.
He has a watch.
This is actually made out of the
last surviving pennies in
America.
Before we halted a penny
production, I got the last.
I got the last eight to beat the
band.
Oh, my goodness.
All right, moving on.
And then the world of cigars.
Michael, Oh.
This is the good stuff.
Oh wait.
Well, let's pause now and do
Boots's trending topic.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh yeah, Boots's trending topic.
Hit your music.
Oh yeah.
And he's on me, so I can't bring
out my cigar.
It's the news intro too.
No secret intro, no Jesus, here
it is.
Hello peoples back.
And we've missed you.
Thank you, all right.
In a heartbreaking turn of
events, nearly 2 million baked
goods were recalled nationwide
last month, casting a shadow
over what should have been
moments of comfort with sweet
treats.
Among the affected items were
beloved Dunkin' Donuts and
coffee rolls, which were pulled
from shelves due to potential
contamination with Listeria,
awful bacteria that can cause
serious illness.
The recall, issued by a
manufacturer, FGF Brands,
affected products made before
December 13th, 2024 and
officially went in effect on
January 7th, 2025.
Despite the severity of the
situation, the US Food and Drug
Administration did not issue an
immediate press release, leaving
many unaware of the potential
danger.
A variety of items, chocolate,
Raspberry and Bavarian
doughnuts, French croulet,
eclairs and coffee rolls were
part of the recall, turning
moments of indulgence into
sources of worry.
Dunkin, in response to
inquiries, referred to a
statement by FGF Brands, which
aimed to clarify the scope of
the recall and ensure customers
were not confused or misled.
It is a somber reminder of how
something as simple as a donut
can become a public health
concern, leaving many
questioning their safety with
the food they once trusted.
Were you upset about the Donuts?
I don't need any of those ones.
How do you That was his favorite
commercial.
Yeah, he did.
Like the commercial?
And Dunkin, where some of the
Donuts affected were Dunkin's
Donuts.
Did he like he must?
He might be red lighting.
I mean, that was the best
reading I've ever.
Heard it was.
Yeah, it was very good.
Crazy.
Trying to get him, trying to get
better.
I actually pre read it though
'cause normally I don't pre read
it.
Yeah, yeah.
I thought about it when he sent
it to him.
I'm like, MMM, he's gonna.
Be able to read it, that's OK,
but there was no joke in the
middle of it.
Like I like the whole.
Thing the whole thing was
written as it was sad.
And we were really hoping that
he would screw up listeria.
Yeah, we're hoping.
And then he And then he nailed
it.
Listeria.
Yeah, Listeria.
And he got the name of all the
fancy Donuts right, too.
Yeah, Oh well, he's a donut kind
of sort.
I only like the the strawberry
filled ones where they are the
the the Jelly the.
Jelly.
The Jelly.
Had I known that, I would have
focused more on the Jelly.
I would have guessed that you
were a Jelly donut guy.
Yeah, those are the.
Best does make sense?
Yeah, that tracks completely
perfect.
OK, all right.
In the cigar news, Rob Manison
leaves League of Fat Bastard
Cigars Rob Manison has announced
that he has resigned from League
of Fat Bastard Cigars.
In April 20/20/2024, Mason was
named president of USA.
You know.
The you're fine.
An America for the relatively
new company, League of Fat
Bastards, was founded by Adam
Levine, who created the company
after he found smoking cigars to
be helpful with his own mental
health.
Like the real Levine?
No, I've actually met this guy.
No, this isn't Adam Levine from
the Music.
Oh, I think he's from Australia.
I believe you're right.
The company promises to donate
40% of its profits to charities
that benefit men's mental
health.
LFOB is a truly unique brand
with its focus on mental health,
something rarely seen in the
cigar industry, said Mason and A
Madison Sorry in a press
release.
I wish the team continued
success as they build on that
vision.
He did not give a reason for
departure.
Maybe he was tired of being
called the head fat bastard.
I'm only guessing, I don't know.
That that, that could be it.
You are no longer the head fat
bastard.
That would be a good thing.
Is it League of Fat Bastards?
That's what it's called.
L yeah, League of Fat Bastard.
LOF.
It almost sound like Liga.
Yeah, I thought you said Liga
first.
Oh no, League of Fat League.
Of League of.
League of League.
Of I thought it was a Drew
Estate cigar.
Yeah, please.
Mace Manderson is best known for
his time at Imperial Brands,
where he served as the head of
the companies to retail arms
Cassa de Monte Cristo and later
Jr.
Cigars.
Neither job.
I had people calling him Fat
Bastard.
No one called me fat bastard.
No, I call him fat bastard.
Last two jobs.
And they were nice to me.
Right.
And I got this Australian guy
calling me head fat bastard all
the time.
And it's funny because it's all
about mental health, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
Don't know, kind of
counterproductive there it.
Should be called like.
League of Slim Men or something?
League of, you know, pleasantly
plump.
There you go.
That sounds nice, you know.
Yeah.
Men without fathers.
Yeah, yeah.
League of right.
Yeah, I meant League of Men
without Fathers.
Pleasantly plump men without
fathers.
Yeah, slightly overweight.
Sounds even worse.
Or they could call them the Jon
Snows.
Or the League of Ozempic.
There you go.
Yeah, League of Ozempic.
League of Ozempic.
Maybe Rocky Patel's Year of the
Snakes debut at the PCA, 2024.
Rocky.
Rocky Patel Last week Chinese
New Year took place and we
entered the Year of the Snake on
the Zodiac calendar as it did
last year.
As it did last year for the Year
of the dragon, Rocky Patel
Premium Cigars will make
multiple cigars for the new year
for the American market, the
company will release the Rocky
Patel Year of the Snake Toro
that uses the Nicaraguan Havana
rapper over Nicaraguan broadly
binder and fillers from
Honduras, Nicaragua.
It is made at the company's
Tavacusa.
Tavacusa Jack will correct me,
I'm sure.
Tavacusa.
Factory Desoline, Nicaragua.
Each cigar has an MSRP of $35
and production is limited to
6000 boxes of 10 cigars. $35.
Wow, the Year the Snake began
last week.
Rocky Patel won't start selling
the Year of the Snake until 2025
PCA Convention, a trade show
which starts in April 12th to
the 14th in New Orleans.
OK, here starts the mention of
when the event is in every story
now.
Well, that's good.
You know, he could just say it
once and then we could all just
assume.
Well, yeah, but not to Not
everybody reads the every
article like you do, you know
what I mean?
That's the difference because
you know, but a Rocky Patel guy,
a consumer that's excited about
Rocky Patel will just read the
Rocky Patel or.
Oh, that's silly.
How do you not know what's going
on that way?
They they're not just staying up
on the current events of Cigar
News.
They care about Rocky.
Yeah, so strange.
So that's why it has to state on
every single.
It makes sense to me.
Oh, OK.
It makes sense if that's the
reason.
Yeah, OK.
There will also be a different
Ventola that will be sold to
stores outside the US, but the
company has not released details
about that cigar because we
can't buy it anyway.
So I'm not telling you.
You want to know about it?
No, I'm not telling you.
No.
You're Americans.
And a similar story.
Gurkha issued a statement.
Hey, we had a snake.
Never mind, it didn't work out
for us last year.
That didn't track.
Yeah, sorry, it just didn't work
out for.
Us.
Oh boy.
You know, what's really kind of
interesting, though, is these
$35 cigars and stuff.
Yes, I don't think that they're
going to do well.
No, it's kind of a novelty thing
at this point.
Like everybody wants to make one
that's expensive and then
everybody gets a box.
Well, that's what kind of
happened with the 100 dollar
$150.00 one, right?
You had everybody come out with
these $100 hundred and a couple
of them tracked, sure, you know,
but I would say less than 10% of
them, you know?
Oh yeah, yeah.
So now everybody's like, well,
no, we got this $35 one right,
which is our premium top of the
yada, yada.
Most expensive?
And like that, that Monte
crystal that just came out.
The M?
The M, yes.
Great cigar.
It was very good.
Yeah.
Yeah, 30 something bucks, right?
And I'm like, I don't know.
It's not.
Really selling well.
I don't know about that, pal.
You know, right, Kind of missed
the mark.
If you had came in at a solid
20, maybe you'd have gotten away
with it.
Yeah, 20 sounds like a good
price.
Seems reasonable.
Special 20 year Tobacco $20.
Yeah, make it all line up.
Sure.
Yeah.
It seems reasonable enough,
right?
Artisano del Tobacco is adding
the eel lancero to the El.
Pupo line.
The El Pupo is back.
El Pupo is back.
We're expanding the El Pupo.
Artisano Del Taco.
Oh, the tobacco.
Sorry, not Del Taco.
I see the Del Taco.
Wow, Arsenio del Tobacco.
Completely different.
OK, totally different place.
The bees look like tacos.
Yeah, yeah.
Is adding a big tail capped
Lancero size Hotel Pupo line,
calling the slender cigar the
Eel, According to a report by
Cigar Aficionado, the Eel
measures 7 by 38 and uses the
same blend as the other sizes,
meaning a Mexican sanitized
Maduro wrapper and a Nicaraguan
binder and fillers.
But the wrapper undergoes a
different fermentation process
to bring out more sweetness.
Oh, it's totally different for a
38 gauge.
Which differentiates it from the
rest of the sides.
This is not the first time the
company has said that the
wrapper for one of its El Pupo
releases undergoes a different
treatment other than the size in
line.
The same was said about the fry.
Oh, Fry's different than the
Pupo.
Right.
No, no, the fry pupo is
different than the eel pupo.
Well, the fry comes before the
pupo.
So many pupos.
But the company never said just
what the different fermentation
process did to the profile.
Maybe they're spraying it with
the sugar water or something.
Maybe there's excessive.
Pupo Pupo spray.
Or maybe the the vegan Kitkats
melted on the tobacco.
Yeah, we.
Have to get the pupo.
Yeah, we will never know.
The world will never.
Know El Pupo is Spanish for the
Octopus debuted in 2023 and 3
sizes, adding two more to 2024,
while the eel brings a total to
six.
Hell, Hydra.
The Robusta, the Toro Grande,
the Bellicoso Grande, everything
Grande, the Fry, the Octo Ocho,
the Eel.
While the Eel and the Octo Ocho
share the same measurements, the
latter is a cubelera of three
cigars twisted together.
So that just took the other two
cigars we couldn't sell and we
just made.
It we mashed it.
We had lots of these.
Deal is produced by Double
Killer, AJ Fernandez Cigars de
Nicaragua SA and Esta Lee and is
scheduled to be shipping our
retail this February 18th.
Like multiple pupos?
Is offered in boxes of 10 cigars
and comes with an MSRP of 1650
per cigar.
Perfect.
Didn't they have one of their
cigars rank on the half wheels
top 25?
I don't remember.
A pupo cigar I.
Remember a PUPO ranking on?
Artisano del Tobacco.
Oh, maybe they did, but I don't
think it was one of the Pupos.
You don't.
Think it was a pupa I.
Don't think it was one of the
octopus, the eel of the fry, or
the ocho octo.
Is that the guy with the with
the face is like the silhouette
of the guy?
Is that the guy with the face?
I hope that he has a face.
On the band.
On the band.
No, that's the Arsenio.
Oh, that's by Argonosa.
Yeah.
Oh, from the dog pound, Yeah.
Yeah, surprised that we didn't
get like a hurtful private DM
from Terence on our clip.
I have a joke.
You're.
Bullying me.
The e-mail sent to the company
seeking to confirm the accuracy
of the report about the Poopos
has not been replied to yet.
We need to know about the poopo.
You don't know you need to have
the poopo answer.
Is it regular poopo?
Is it softer poopo?
I don't know, could be a very
upset poopo.
Could be upset poopo, could be
it's.
Going to be a smelly poopo.
Could be a watery poopo.
Could be a yeah.
Or maybe it's a nice hard firm
poopo.
We don't know at this point.
We want to know what type of
poopo.
Know the poopo?
Cover the poopo.
Mississippi Smoke Free Act dies
in committee.
Of course it did.
Goodbye.
Bill, the Mississippi House of
Representatives seeking to
implement a statewide smoking
ban on enclosed public spaces,
places of employment and certain
outdoor spaces, spaces with
animals, outer space, and maybe
even a little bit inner space
has died.
Outer space too, after being
deferred in committee and not
receiving a boat a vote.
Sorry.
Bloat.
Clark's bill called for fines
for both the smoking and
prohibited areas.
Those allowed smoking were
banned.
I don't know if you're OK
without your glasses.
You've talked about bloat.
You've talked about.
I think it's it's
mispronunciation.
It's not just fine.
OK, maybe.
They're having a stroke over
here, who knows?
Smokers would face a fine of up
to $50, while businesses and
building operators would face a
fine of $100 for first violation
and then $500.00 for every
multiple violation within.
So I'm sorry, I didn't, I didn't
hear you said in in public
places.
Public places.
Oh wow.
Anywhere where there's public.
Yeah, including outer space,
including.
Inner space, outer space, places
with animals, places with small
children.
You can't smoke anyway.
Yeah, your your house is not
public.
Yeah, it's like Colorado.
You can't smoke.
Yeah, you can't smoke in public.
Right, Colorado.
After being referred to the
House Committee on Public Health
and Human Services, it was
deferred by the chair of the
committee, Rep Richard Bennett,
failing to make it to a vote
while the statewide ban died.
Cities, towns and countries
counties with Mississippi remain
able to enact their own smoking
bans.
Yay, Mississippi.
That's how it should be.
You if you know if it, if
there's a particular county or
whatever, they want to run their
own smoking regulations and let
them run it.
Sure.
Well, it's stupid.
Pay wide 1 doesn't work.
Then they, you know, go to the
smaller one.
Yeah.
I mean, it's stupid, but
whatever.
Tired of this stuff, It's
ridiculous.
Well, that's why we don't live
in Mississippi.
I think that you're going to see
a resurgence here of cigars,
honestly.
In Mississippi or nationwide?
Across the nation.
Oh, that'd be nice.
That would be really nice.
I think that a lot of people, I
think that a lot of people
aren't, aren't drinking as much
as you would think.
Oh, really?
Yeah, they say that's the one
industry that never goes down.
I think that that that industry
is going to start losing.
You think it's a health thing?
Drinking seems to be advertised
as less healthy now.
Yeah.
I think that as, as you know,
time kind of.
Has ever been healthier?
Yeah.
When was it OK?
Yeah, but they haven't focused
on making it seem unhealthy.
Well I think there was a times
like Oh my God my arms cut off
like here drink this while we
fucking burn.
Your right you know.
We cauterized as a wound, yeah.
I'll tell you what.
That was the cowboy days, My
Yeah, Things have progressed
since then, no.
Robbie Doyle, He he had some
type of cigars that had like
this picture on it.
He like went on a cruise and he
had some type of cigars from
this place.
Yeah.
I would never buy cigars in that
place.
It was like cancer or something
on it.
I'm like.
Death, Death.
Yeah, some of the European
countries put warnings on it,
like cigarettes.
Yeah, it's weird.
Well, like I said before, I mean
you can go on cancer.gov and you
can see the percentage and raise
as far as the threat for guys
that smoke 5 cigars a day that
don't inhale, right, the risk is
nominal in comparison.
I thought 2 was the number it
whatever it is up.
To five numbers.
Yeah, that's fine with me.
Yeah, no, the data showed 505
cigars non inhaled.
Oh, we're good.
We're fine and and.
Six, the line, did it change at
six?
Mike here.
They they measured and they
went.
That's not inhaling 5 Is the
line now anything about 5?
We're not sure.
No, the category said like 5
different things.
One was, you know, non-smokers
then, then, then it was guys.
That only smoke rocky.
Then it was then it was 5, 55
cigars a day, non inhalers.
Then it was inhaling cigars,
cigarettes, and you know.
Vape probably.
I don't know if vape was on
there to be honest.
Terrible, terrible vape.
Yeah, so you know, like enough
with the fucking regulations,
right?
Give it a break.
Why don't we regulate cocaine?
We don't do that work well like
cocaine's illegal well.
Columbia said that.
Right.
Well, they say it's illegal.
Presidents, they say it's
illegal.
You should be.
You should just.
Yeah, there were many pennies we
could make if we had cocaine tax
thing, you know, every fine.
Yeah, how about we melt all
these pennies down and maybe we
can make something with that to
help the cocaine?
Oh, there you go.
Yeah, Peter and Eds would be
performing.
Copper spoons or something?
Peter and Eds would be
performing at a high rate at
every cigarette.
What's wrong with Pete?
I don't know.
Why is he bouncing off the
walls?
Sniffing on the pig.
He continues to drink and he
doesn't seem to be affected.
What events does he have in him?
Aw, I'm sorry, Pete.
He doesn't.
That's cold.
Drew state ships underground the
10 flying pigs.
He's in, We love Pete.
He's in a transitional period of
his life.
OK, You leave Pete alone.
You want to make fun of Alfredo?
He should.
You make fun of Alfredo all day.
You don't pick on Pete.
Good thing he didn't buy the
mobile home.
He didn't.
I don't think he bought it.
Alfredo.
No, Pete.
Homeless Pete.
The newest vitola of the
Underground 10 is off to stores,
just not stores in the USA.
Drew store it is.
Begin shipping the Underground
10 Flying Pig, which combines
the company's popular Flying pig
vitola for the blend created to
celebrate the 10th anniversary
of Underground.
That means it's as far as a
three.
Let me see if I say this right.
A three and 15 sixteenths by 60.
I thought it was already the 10
year before.
It's a 10 year anniversary of
the underground.
Yeah.
I thought, Oh no, no, yeah.
With the with the yellow ribbon
thing.
Yeah, OK, they've made now the
pig with the yellow ribbon.
OK, so it's the 10th year
anniversary, 12 years later with
the yellow.
Ribbon of the yellow ribbon.
Got it, got it, got it.
Yeah, yeah.
Glad.
Blend Wise uses Mexican San
Andreas wrapper over
Connecticut, Broadly Binder,
Brazilian Modafina and Cuban
Seed Nicaraguan fillers.
The release is an international
exclusive mean it will not be
sold in the US.
It is expected to arrive in
November 2024 but was delayed.
Is that why they can say it's
Cuban seed?
Can you say Cuban seed if it's
in America?
No.
Well, you can't say Habano.
Right.
Going into if.
It's coming to America and can't
say it has Cuban tobacco.
In European markets, because
this is, this is.
This is for international,
right?
So they can say that.
Let me finish my sentence.
You cannot say Habano in
European markets, So instead
they say Cuban seed.
Yeah, well.
What is the reason for that?
Over regulation.
Underground is a cigar born from
the hands and hearts of a
factory floor, said Jonathan
Drew, Co founder and president
of Drew State, in a press
release when the cigar was
announced in September.
The Flying Pig vitola is a
symbol of life's rugged journey
and now added our 10th
anniversary, a decade of
dedication.
If you love pizza, Mexican, hot
chocolate and walks in the rain,
Pina coladas and getting caught
in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if
you're have a brain, If you like
making love at midnight in the
dunes of the Cape, I'm in love
that you're look for right to me
in escape.
We've got you here, bro.
Plus, he added the cute little
yellow ribbon to and make it
completely.
Wow, Jonathan Drew, huh?
Exhausting.
Going hard in the paint with a
pina colada.
Hard in the paint with a pina
colada.
Drunken chickens adding the
henchman.
Oh, did you want to talk about?
That Yeah, well, we were arguing
about Cuban seat.
Sorry.
No, you were explaining why they
say Cuban seat.
Yeah, that's right.
I mean, you're interrupting me.
Got you, right?
Do you remember that?
That was fun, No?
I don't remember how.
It was a good time.
It was a good time, yeah.
So yeah, at this point, though,
when it comes to these flying
pigs, there's so many of them.
I'm I'm sorry it looks awkward
with your arm out for some
reason.
I don't know why you.
Want me to put my arm?
Where do you retire?
Well, the one that cuz it sort
of trails off the camera, it
just looked weird.
This one, yeah, When you had it
on your foot, it was it was out
of the shot.
I'll bring it back a little
strange.
It's a better.
Hand it made your body look like
plastic man like elongated.
I'm deformed.
We're gonna switch cameras.
We're gonna.
No, we're not.
Yeah, yeah.
No, you're gonna get a deformed.
No, Oh no, I have that one.
No, you have the new one.
That's mine.
No, this is already all set up
with the teleprompter.
Damn it.
Yeah, but at this point you got
the 52 and 9, the underground
flying then like the H99 flying.
Right.
It's like they just got to come
up.
Underground 10 flying.
With the ribbon on it and I
could say it's the anniversary
of the pig.
Right, right.
But it's not the anniversary of
the pig.
What's half of that pool?
No.
And it's not.
Well, it is because it's got the
red, it's got the yellow.
Ribbon, it's not the underground
10 year because, you know,
anniversary.
Well, it's the 10 year blend.
We put the yellow ribbon.
Got it.
That would look, you know, looks
nice.
Cuban seed looks nice.
It's first people that are
missing, right?
Right.
People that are missing.
The yellow pig, the yellow pig,
the yellow ribbon.
You know, like that you do for
the soldiers around the tree.
Yeah.
Tie a yellow ribbon round.
We Can't Sing that song.
It'll be.
Yeah, is.
That what they do.
Yeah, when you go to war.
There's a song.
Yeah, tie a yellow ribbon around
the old oak tree.
That's a song.
Really.
That's where they get that from.
You know I was, you know, I
don't know what to tell you.
Can't believe you didn't know
that I didn't under the drunk
chicken.
On to the drunken chicken.
No drunk chicken.
It's not drunk in, it's drunk
it's it's always drunk the past
tense.
That's the name of the company
has always been drunk chicken.
Drunk chicken.
Currently drunk chicken.
I thought it was you.
Had friends there, I thought.
Boots.
Yeah, you.
Thought it was drunken chicken.
Yeah, it's drunk.
You were tight with him.
Yeah, Drunk Chicken adding the
hedge fund at the PCA 2025.
Since launching in 2019, all of
the blends sold by Drunk Chicken
Cigars has been made in the USA.
This spring that will change is
the company is debuting a new
line that is is made in
Nicaragua.
The henchman will be a 6 by 54
Toro made-up of Nicaraguan
Connecticut seed wrappers
covering a binder grown in
Nicaragua and Nicaraguan Leharo
filler tobacco source from
Agranosa Leaf.
So, you know, it's expensive.
I mean, good.
Well, Drunk Chicken declined to
name the factory where the
cigars were rolled.
The company confirmed that the
factory is located in Nicaragua.
Previously, the company has said
that it's cigars have been made
at an undisclosed factory in the
USA, but now it's undisclosed
factory in Nicaragua.
But they said Agonars should
leave tobacco.
Yeah, but that's not where
they're making the cigars.
They're buying the tobacco from
them.
They're not saying the name of
the factory.
Interesting.
Yes, and they didn't never said
the name of the factory in the
USA either.
Also interesting.
Yes, basically the nice people
from Drunken Chicken can't read
a map and they never know where
they are.
It's drunk chicken.
That's what I.
Said yeah, he said drunken.
Did I?
Yep, you guys got me all messed
up.
Now each cigar will have an Ms.
Pre, an MSRP of $12.00 and the
henchman will be packaged in a
20 count box with only 250 boxes
produced by somebody somewhere.
Excellent.
By somebody, somewhere.
Somebody, somewhere like a true
henchman, This cigar is
unexpectedly bold, loyal to its
purpose and unwavering in its
powers, said Desiree Siller,
founder of and CEO of Drunk
Chicken Cigars, in a press
release.
It may appear refined, but once
you light it up, you'll
understand.
It's here to make a statement.
Nice.
Drunk Chicken says the henchman
will ship to retailers
immediately following the trade
show, which will be held April
12th and 14th, 2025 in New
Orleans.
Did you see Eric Espinoza was in
New Orleans with the I?
Did.
With Guy Fieri.
With the guy.
With the guy.
I did, yeah.
There was like a whole live that
he did or whatever.
Yeah, outside of a cigar place,
I thought before he started
talking.
About a.
Cigar Place.
Smoke on the water, baby.
Smoke on the I was about to say
the name but I was going to say
it looked like he was in Saint
Augustine.
Very similar architecture.
Yeah.
Well, yeah, that's like French
Quarter, yeah, type stuff,
right.
Hey Luciano Cigars is launching
the underrated Chico's this
week.
Underrated.
Underrated Chico's.
That's the name of the brand.
Although, oh, OK.
Today Luciano Cigars is
releasing a new 4 by 40 size for
its underrated line called
Chico's, which the company says
is a nod to its approachable,
spirited character.
Very small and suspect to
interpretation.
Yeah.
The cigars designed for the
shorter smoking times that
consumers generally have
available during the colder
winter months, and the time
Luciano is in a factory before
someone realizes really own it.
It uses the same blend as the
larger size, with Mexican San
Andreas rapper Nicaraguan binder
and fillers that contain
Connecticut Broadleaf, Ecuadoran
HVA and Medio Tempo from
Nicaragua's Pueblo Nuevo region,
all tobaccos Luciano has heard
of but he's never bought before.
Well, he's paid for it.
Well, that's when I bought it.
Bought paper.
The release of the Chico's
brings the number of sizes in
which the underrated line is
offered to six.
He's got an underrated sublime,
underrated Toro, underrated
robusto, underrated Corona,
underrated summer breeze 6 by
60, underrated Chicos, 4 by 40.
With underrated chicos, we've
taken our underrate.
I don't know how he talks.
They can't do his accent.
Yeah, I don't know.
That's fine.
We've taken our underrated
philosophy to do less and change
more and prove that great things
often come in small packages.
To Luciano Morales, president,
founder, king and supreme ruler
of Luciano's Cigars, sometimes
the best surprises are found in
the briefest moments, which is
also similar to how people
describe the time they spent
with Luciano.
The underrated Chico's, as an
MSRP of $6 per cigar is offered
him 50 count boxes underrateds
produced at Luciano's Cigars
Factory in SLE, Nicaragua that
he may or may not own, depending
on who you ask you.
Just got to get back to him on
that.
Yeah, you got video?
You know, I don't think there's
a market.
I don't believe this this market
really exists.
For this 4 by 40, yeah.
Or for Luciano's.
Well, yes, so let me.
But let me count this.
Last two all.
The four by 40 cigar, when you
make that cigar, if you make it
for the intentions of, hey,
people will smoke this in colder
weather, right?
I think that that's complete
horseshit.
Oh, I think so too.
Why?
Because it's a Shorty.
Yeah, I think that, look, if
you're a cigar guy and it's cold
out, you're going to accommodate
yourself so that you can smoke a
full cigar.
And now if you want a small
quick smoke because you're
walking the dog or you're doing,
you know, whatever, that would
make sense, you know, or hey, I,
I have 20 minutes between this
and this and I can get a little
cigar in.
OK.
I, I, I would understand that.
I don't see.
I've never come across a guy
that says I regularly smoke
toros except when it gets cold
out and then I smoke small
cigars.
Yeah.
I just don't think it's a thing.
Go ahead.
Our friend Romatron lives in
Wisconsin.
He smokes smaller cigars this
time of the year because it is
colder.
I've we've had this discussion,
he smokes a lot of weaselitos
this time of year because it is
so cold outside.
Now I have also seen legitimate
posts of Romatron smoking full
cigars right now.
Well, I'm sure he gets one in
when he, you know, when he runs
out of the smaller ones.
But I've asked him, how do you
handle the smoking outside of
it's so cold up there in
Wisconsin time of year he goes
well.
I smoke a lot of weaselitos or
smaller.
Cigars.
I'm willing to bet that he still
smokes indoors.
Well, sure, at the shop do.
You think he's up?
Oh yeah, he's always up.
It's late.
It's what it how many hours
behind.
Are there?
It doesn't matter.
He's up when I get up in the
morning.
I think they're only like, I
think 2 hours, whatever Vegas
is.
When I talk to him about his
orders, it's at like 9:00 our
time, so I mean, he's up.
Yeah.
So, OK, let me get this in
perspective.
What ring gauge is a black and
mild?
Who knows?
Who knows?
We can.
Smoke those How do we?
Know that what ring gauge is a
weasel ito?
Small, it's a lancero, it's a
46.
Oh, so these are even smaller or
44?
So these Chico whatever smaller.
They're like backwoods.
Backwoods are bigger.
Oh wow, they're.
Almost like a Corona Gorda.
Apparently he's busy.
Well, now I'm not going to
answer when you call back.
Your call has been forwarded to
an just.
So you know.
Man you're 1 moment you get one
shot.
Go to it on the show.
That was it.
He's been asking.
You blew it.
You blew it.
Hard to tell you I I set you up
to break you on the show and
then you don't answer the.
Phone terrible.
Terrible.
All right, we got this week's
ChatGPT editorial.
Yes, brought to you by Leaf and
Bean in Saint Augustine, where I
will be next week at an event.
What?
Have you seen our recent half
wheel review?
Yes.
We can't talk about that after
the editorial.
Sure, the catastrophic failure,
they got a 90.
I thought you wanted to talk.
About it, might as well.
You already brought up, might as
well.
Talk about it now, yeah?
That cigar's getting good
reviews all over the place,
Yeah, for the cigar that'll
never be seen again.
Well, you never know.
You never know.
You never know.
God I.
Wish he was like this when he
made the banger ring.
I will say this, Well, that was
more complicated.
Yeah, that was made somewhere
else.
That was made through somebody
at someplace.
Yeah, exactly.
This one we just go make more.
That's that reminds me of the
Foundation Cigars clip I saw on
Instagram.
What?
There there's a foundation
cigars clip about it was a it
was an Australian guy talking
about a Ethiopian cigar that's
made in Nicaragua that sold in
the United States.
And I'm like, what is going on
here, right?
How do I find that?
So, so I wrote, who's the
Australian?
And then like Nick responded or
whatever, I'm like, oh, I guess
it didn't really translate that.
I'm like, what the hell is going
on here?
So, but yeah, we ranked 90.
Yeah, that was good.
Bro post Tanya just continues to
crush.
Brooke said he is a fan of the
brand.
He's a great guy.
I like, I like all the guys at
Half Wheel.
Sure.
I like all them too.
Here's the thing that I can tell
you if you're about to get into
the cigar industry, it's been 10
years for us.
Well, this is year 11.
This is year 11.
This is year 11.
We have cigars that normally
rank 88 to 91, and we're still
working our asses off to barely
break even because we're
continuing to grow and reinvest
in our company and it's very
hard.
So if you're like a cigar guy, a
cigar enthusiast, and you're
like, hey, I want to get into
the industry, save your money.
It's not easy.
It's not worth it.
Having a good cigar just doesn't
make it happen.
It takes over 10 years to be
successful in this industry, I
know, and so does Palmer now.
Yes, yes, I know.
It's a lot of hard work.
OK, so good.
Chad GBT.
All right, Chad, GBT editorial.
Just go ahead and breathe in on
the mic boots, no problem.
Yeah, just blow in there.
Are you comfortable over there?
Yeah.
Forget your mic.
Forget your mic was on.
Yeah, it was.
Fucking There you go.
No, no, I'm there.
All right, journalistic
integrity of Cigar Coupe under
scrutiny Cigar Coupe's editorial
standards have come under fire
once more as questions arise by
the objectivity of their
coverage.
The organization has long prided
itself on maintaining a strict
policy that only covers staffing
stories involving executives at
the vice president level or
above, emphasizing that these
decisions are never influenced
by the size of the company.
However, recent report suggests
a conflict between Cigar Coupe's
past editorial policy and its
current actions.
Specifically, the website
published a story detailing the
hiring of a state level sales
representative by DTT, a family
company not typically associated
with the many promotions and
corporate hierarchy.
Here we go.
This decision has raised
eyebrows given that it seems to
contradict Cigar Coupe's earlier
stance on only covering top tier
staffing changes.
The decision to cover seemingly
lower level hiring at DTT was
prompt, as prompted critics to
question whether the site's
editorial choices are being made
in line with its stated policy.
With the shift in coverage, the
larger question now looms.
Are Cigar Coupe's editorial
decisions being influenced by
factors other than the level of
the executive involved?
The recent turn of events calls
for closer examination of Cigar
Coupe's body of work.
If the site's editorial policies
have already been been flexible
in the instance, could other
stories have been similarly
affected?
The line between journalistic
integrity and editorial
consistency is now being
questioned.
And it's up to the public to
decide whether Cigar Coupe's
content remains as impartial as
it claims.
Perhaps he is hired a college
intern, and maybe they made the
decision without him knowing.
Yeah, some say he may have been
swayed by the advertising
dollars.
Who knows?
I mean, his number one choice of
cigars this year was a sponsor
of his show.
A big one.
A big one who knows.
It's not for this podcast to
start rumors or assume anything.
We just hope it all gets
explained in a fashion that have
us all being huge fans of his
organization and his many shows.
Now, we would like to note that
after information about this
editorial was leaked, Coop has
claimed that he made changes to
his reporting rules, which now
involves stories of lower
staffing appointments being
considered newsworthy.
But there was nothing reported
about Mike Wilson being hired by
Hooton Young two weeks ago, or
even Richie Otero's appointment
to a Florida State manager with
a Florida sales manager.
Sorry with Espinosa Cigars,
which is.
Practically.
The exact equivalents of the
DTT.
Right.
Great point.
Yes, so I guess we'll wait to
see what Coop has to say.
So you have this guy and you
become national sales manager,
Yes, and we don't, he doesn't
choose to cover.
It right?
No, no, no.
He covered you but did not cover
when I was made director of
social media.
Oh, I thought.
That was the story.
Was, he said.
Yeah, where he said I only do
VPS or national position gotcha
or whatever.
All right, so so then he
doesn't.
So he flat out states that he
does not cover a state sales
person getting.
Right.
Lower lower level position,
right?
Whatever the case is, whatever.
Whatever they happen to be.
And then you have Edgar, who
used to work with us.
Yes, and she's now representing
Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust.
Correct.
Just in Florida, right, Justin,
Justin because it's trust me, I
do it too.
It's it's it's not an easy.
Job in the state of Florida,
right?
You're not discrediting that.
You're just stating that hey,
for a guy like Coop, he states
these policies that this is
something that he wouldn't
necessarily cover.
Correct, right.
And then he turned around and he
covered it, right.
And not only did he cover it,
but then when you said hey,
whoa, foul, because you said
that this is your terms, this is
this is your policies to how you
cover things, right.
Then he states, well, no.
If you had paid more attention
to my website, I have made
changes to my editorial
policies.
Right.
However, we have seen other
people take over these
positions, right, recently,
right, Richie?
Richie within the same year, you
know, probably within 45 days
difference.
Oh yeah, easily.
Yeah, You know, maybe less than
that is now representing the
state of Florida.
Right for Espinosa cigars, no
coverage.
No coverage.
And there was a press release.
There was a press release
because Half Wheel picked up
that story.
Half wheel picked up the story
right but Coop didn't.
Coop did not.
Now with.
Mike Wilson, I'm not sure if
there was a press release for
that.
I don't.
Yeah, that probably.
Was, I think it was just a
social media mention.
Right, right.
Which is fun.
You could miss that.
Sure, sure.
Yeah, he he could.
Miss But if somebody submits the
press release right, you would
think sure that they would
acknowledge, you would think
very interesting, I mean very.
Interesting, Dunbarton, but I
don't know.
I don't know.
I say I.
Dunbarton advertised with the
cigar.
Coup.
I have no idea.
I don't know either.
I would say that.
Espinoza know if Espinoza does
either.
Do you think Espinoza is bigger
than Dunbarton or Dunbarton is
bigger than Espinoza?
I honestly don't know.
I think Espinoza is bigger than.
I would think it would be.
Bigger.
I think Espinoza is bigger than
Dunbarton.
Sure.
So why not cover that?
I don't know, maybe because it's
just Florida level and he didn't
consider it big.
Enough, but it is but the other.
One, but the other one is so I
does not make any sense at all,
right?
I'm so confused.
The mass not match.
I can't sleep at night.
Just trying to figure this out
and just bewildering.
We're hoping to get down to the
Cigar House Podcast is hoping to
get down to.
The Yes Robin, get down to the
nitty gritty of this and find
out what is the reason.
Don't worry, I'll put together
some.
Positions are excluded, but some
are included.
It just doesn't make any sense.
So it's like he's picking and
choosing what he wants to cover.
What meaning he wants to?
Cover based on the brand, which
he said.
It has nothing to do with
anything, right.
So I don't, I really don't know.
I don't.
It's so crazy.
Right, maybe so busy with all
the shows.
I think that's one of the only
major media reviews that we
didn't get on the list.
Yes, but he did sort of say he
thought we were going to do
well, which we thought meant on
his show, right.
But I I guess he just meant
everybody else's show.
Yeah, Yeah, we're excluded from
his list.
Do you think that has to do with
like the skip coop beef?
I don't.
I never thought of that.
I don't.
Know you think that we're like
lumped in there?
Is there beef?
It wouldn't be the first person
to lump.
Unaware there are rumors of
beef.
Yeah, there wouldn't, it
wouldn't be the first time we've
been lumped into our association
with the Roma Craft family,
right.
So I mean, I mean, obviously if
we have to pick size, we're
going with the family.
Well, hey, listen, you can call
them idiots, but they're our
idiots.
That's right exactly, damn it.
And you don't get to call them
idiots.
No.
Yeah, no.
That's just us.
Yeah.
We don't call you an idiot,
Skip.
Not at all.
No, he's way more intelligent.
He's way smarter though.
Yeah, he.
Reads a lot.
Yeah, he reads a lot, Yeah,
consumes massive amounts of
content of all sorts of shows.
He does, yes.
It's pretty remarkable.
He is.
He's a remarkable man, He is.
I'm happy to call him my friend.
Yeah.
Yes, you guys are tight, yes and
now you're friends with Eric
Espinoza, you just.
You apparently, yeah.
I mean that that was that was a
big day for me.
Look at you, right?
Yeah.
Called Doctor Jack Who, we're
obviously good friends.
And then all of a sudden Eric's
on the phone, right?
It's just what do you need bro?
Sputting it up.
Oh right, you should have said I
need a meeting with you and Guy
and I want Guy to cook.
I want to come to Guy's house
for dinner.
Yeah.
This is your job.
Everyone OK?
Yeah.
Can you be in New Orleans?
Yeah, yes, I'm on my way.
I'm on my way.
I'm leaving right now.
So yeah, excellent coverage,
Sir.
Thank you.
Look at you, just getting into
the nitty gritty of cigar media.
I enjoy the editorial every
week.
Challenging the asking the real
questions, right?
You know.
It's remarkable.
So much free time.
So much free time.
We're going to review the new
Viso Horny on the Patreon.
Yes, yes.
Yeah, Viso 2.0, yes.
I don't know if Boots is going
to be here for that though.
Oh.
God, I hope so.
You said you had to leave.
Is it good to leave?
I have a thing.
Oh boy.
Is it to get your Donuts checked
at your house?
Is that where you have to go?
No, no, no, because Tia's, you
know, sick.
I've, I have to, you have to
work.
Not sick, but she's recovering
still.
I have to take care of all the
other stuff.
He has to do work.
So I must work.
I have to work.
I hate not going to believe
this.
You're not going to fucking
believe this.
I got to get to work now.
Right.
No.
No, you stay in bed, recover.
Sit there so you have a little.
Surgery.
Yeah, OK, sure.
No, I got.
Even an organ that you needed.
Right.
Wow.
Crazy.
He's on the phone right now.
They're going to smoke a visa.
Horny how?
How are you actually doing?
So I get up.
You're right.
So I really want to know what
what so.
Yeah, I'm going to text her
after.
On a scale of one to 10, tell me
your level of pain.
One being the lowest, 10 being
the highest.
It's about A7.
No, it's not bad.
Seven.
So you're saying, So you get to
work.
So you're not to A10?
Yeah, you're good.
So if I have the girl that works
for us to drive you, you could
probably go to the meeting.
Yeah.
So what you're saying is it's
possible for you to go and
handle this stuff?
That would be great.
No, no, no.
It's OK.
You get up and handle it.
I don't want to do it.
I you're better with it, it's
fine.
I get it.
Can I ask you a question?
So certainly I have been, I have
been wondering this for a while
and just never asked.
So since Richie took over
Florida, yes, that means
Alfredo's no longer in the.
Picture.
Oh yeah, Alfredo's.
Yeah, they announced first that
they're no longer associated
with Alfredo Cruz.
Oh, OK.
They broke up.
Right, so actually that was a
double story he could have
covered.
Right.
Yeah, because I.
Never.
I never heard that.
Right, but the brokerage stories
aren't usually covered by
anybody actually except us.
It's the saddest stories.
The broker stories are the
saddest.
They are, yes.
Because the breakup is just so
harsh.
It that's what it's like a
breakup.
Yeah, yeah.
It's like, you know, mom and dad
are getting a divorce.
Yeah, you ride the roller
coaster, it goes up,
everything's good, and then they
say get the fuck off, right?
You know, that's the funny part
to me is you see all these like
in the real world, like not the
cigar world people like well
what if he loses his job and
he's making $80,000 a year?
I'm like, well shit, I know a
guy that was making 80K off that
brake and they just sent the
packing.
There's no fucking severance.
Have a nice day, you know.
And it's not because you were
doing a bad job.
Right.
You know you're.
Doing a really good job.
Congratulations.
We don't need you.
Thank.
You so much for establishing
that and pack your shouldn't.
Maybe maybe they should evolve a
little bit and inside of there,
because I'm sure brokers have
contracts, right?
So maybe inside of no.
No, no, there's no contract.
Oh wow, yeah, they really need
to evolve.
Especially they tell you
something, you go OK.
Yeah.
There's what we're going to give
you.
Here's what we're going to give.
You, you know.
Hey, I'm not getting really
paid.
What?
You said I was going to get
paid.
Yeah, we changed our mind.
Yeah.
We decided no, that's not that
wasn't really working for us.
Yeah, that was too much.
So they're literally like a drug
dealer, pretty much no contract.
Just give me some trunk stock.
Let me go sell this on the
street.
Yeah, it's kind of right.
Exactly.
Yeah, wow.
And then the FDA approves your
drug, and we don't need you.
Anymore, right?
Hey check this out.
Saw you crushing it and we're
going to part ways.
Yeah, that corner's not yours
anymore.
So exactly it's.
Not your corner.
You know, the one thing that I
could tell you?
Probably.
Just Puerto Rican girl, take
your place.
Just be fine, it's not a
problem.
Oh, you're referencing OK.
Yeah, specifically I was getting
specifically.
You know what, the one thing
that I can tell you though, as
far as brokers that are always
taken care of when it comes to
the Peven Garcia organization,
they've always taken care of
their guys.
And same with, you know, Pete
Johnson at the Toy because Pete
Hernandez, you know, they stuck
with him the whole time.
And they could have easily
parted away and say, hey, we're
done here.
But they didn't, you know?
What?
What if they did now?
He wouldn't.
He wouldn't.
Who he?
Did that now he'd be on suicide
watch, man.
I mean, come on.
Yeah, you know, right.
That shit's that ain't funny.
No, no, no, no, no.
But he doesn't listen to it.
Wasn't a suggestion, Pete.
No, I think, I, I think people,
he'll, he'll clap back.
He'll do good.
He'll.
Do so much.
It's so much to a point where
I'm considering taking back on
the TWI.
Oh honestly, that would be nice.
Honest just because of Pete.
Right.
Yeah.
You know, I'm like, well, shit,
dude.
Please God call him today and
get it.
I would love it.
It's a possibility, you know, if
we can put it, put it together,
right?
I'm not against it.
I like Pete Pete's a hard
fucking.
Worker.
I like Pete.
Too.
He's a lot of Pete's, a lot of
things Pete's and Pete knows
he's a lot of things.
But you know what?
He's our idiot, right?
God damn it.
Another.
One of ours, yeah.
And our comic book world that we
live in.
Yes, indeed.
All right, you have a listener
of the week.
No, I didn't.
Yeah, I love how just pick some
shop.
Of the week.
Here's your Shop of the Week.
Leaf and Bean in St.
Augustine, FL where a week from
this Thursday I'll be at having
a cutting light.
Very nice.
How did it go at Roz's, by the
way?
It went well, actually.
I I mean, I had fun.
I had a good time.
Yeah, so well.
That's how you leave.
Oh, well, I had a good time.
I had fun.
Did you meet anybody Cool or no?
Anybody stand out?
They have a group of mics that
frequent that shop like we have
a group of mics here.
Gotcha.
And there is a gentleman named
Maduro Mike.
OK, which if you picture you
could probably imagine.
Got it.
He was he was hilarious.
He had a headband on and he was
an older guy.
He was loud.
They playing pool in the back.
And yeah, let's you listen to
the week right there, buddy.
I don't know if you listen to
the show.
All right, listen to the week
Maduro Mike from Roz's Cigar
Emporium in Ocala, FL.
They have a very hardcore
committed group.
I mean, all the guys that were
there on Friday night had either
a Roz hat or a Roz T-shirt.
Really.
And then one Friday a month,
Robert Allen from Cigars for
Warriors takes the donations and
they throw them all out on the
pool table and they start
sorting, you know, for the
packages and stuff.
All these guys show up and help
them for free.
Wow, that's.
Incredible.
Yeah, that's really cool.
It is.
It's a it's a hometown.
Everybody knows everybody type.
Cheers.
Shop thing.
Yeah.
Nice.
And it's like a cigar museum
when you walk in there, all
sorts of signs and memorabilia
up everywhere.
And he's got speakers from drive
in theaters and old telephones
and three cigar Indians.
And I mean, there's stuff
everywhere.
It's like a Friday's.
Yeah, kind of like a Friday's,
kind of, but more.
All right.
Anything else?
No.
That's it, That's all I got.
All right.
Well, hey, thank you very much
for listening guys, and we'll
catch you on the next one, all.
Right, guys, bye, bye.
Show Notes
Brief Description:
In this week’s episode ofThe Cigar Hustlers Podcast, we break down the shocking Super Bowl upset, the decline of the penny, and Taylor Swift's low-key appearance at the big game. We also discuss Tom Brady's pricey time, the resignation of the Head Fat Bastard, and plenty of cigar industry chaos—snakes, eels, and Mississippi mysteries included! Plus, Jonathan Drew’s love for piña coladas, Drunk Chicken's GPS troubles, Luciano’s small return, and the editorial showdown over what is news to Coop. Tune in for the wild ride!