ACHP Episode 401 Taylor takes over, Mr Beast is in Trouble, Hurricane Cat 5
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Yeah, welcome to episode 401 of
the Cigar Hustler Podcast.
Hello, Michael.
Mr. Palmer, It's 11.1g by the
way.
Thank you very much.
How are you?
What?
I'm fine.
Thank you.
How are you?
I've missed you.
Just long regular weekend.
It's been 2 days.
Far, far too long.
Far too long.
Far too long.
We had no interaction actually
over the weekend at all.
It's very peaceful for me.
Oh, it's.
Been peaceful.
That was not what he was looking
for.
All right, August 29th we have
the in store release of the
Cenizafina Connecticut cigar.
Oh, that's fantastic.
You should comment on these.
Things very excited about that.
Make sure you attend that event
to support Cigar Hot Slur.
August 30th I'll be at Cigar
Life in Lakeland, FL for a
Postonia event from 6:00 to
11:00 PM, also featuring Adrian
Palmer from the Florida Cigar
Club.
If you're in the area and you
love Postonia and want to
support Postonia in a great
store, you should stop by Cigar
Life on that date.
Nice.
The ice maker Greg drops his
wallet.
Wow, it's.
Heavy and again, yeah, this.
Got a lot of money in there.
This past week I was on the Nice
Ash podcast where we smoked a
the Postonia Habano and they do
a rating show so as you smoke it
they rate it.
Seem kind of silly for me to
rate it.
I gave it five stars.
But seems silly.
Seems silly but they gave 4 1/2
but we talked all about
conspiracy theories and then
they time the show and how long
it takes you to smoke the cigar.
Interesting.
So it's a little cigar.
It'd be a quick show.
What?
Were the conspiracy?
Did you cover 9/11?
How do?
You not cover 911 when it comes
to conspiracy.
Because there is no North
Dakota.
There's no North Dakota.
Do you know any?
Have you ever met anybody from
North Dakota?
Yes.
Yeah.
South Dakota.
No, South Dakota has the the
heads in the on the thing, but
North Dakota heads.
Yeah.
Mount Rushmore.
I couldn't think of the name.
And North Dakota heads.
North Dakota is not famous for
anything.
The North Dakota has two Air
Force bases.
Wow.
Well, that's not that wasn't
listed on the list of things
they're famous for.
They're famous for like Indian
culture.
Is that not important in
American?
History.
Let me verify this.
You're an Indian.
If you're an Indian, that's
really important.
I would.
Ask you a question, Palmer.
Do you like to go to the casino?
No, actually I don't.
Yeah, I have been to North
Dakota.
Have you?
Yeah, I drove there.
You sure I'm positive?
Maybe it was South Dakota.
I'm positive.
The roads are flat and the meth
is bluntiful.
I mean, I don't know if.
They are for their.
Allegedly, no, but there isn't.
There is a North Dakota.
OK.
There are two major Air Force
bases there, Minot and Grand
Forks, right?
One of them is specializing in
drones.
The other one, I don't know, I
think like nuclear bombs or
something.
I honestly have no idea, but I
have been there.
Or maybe you went to Canada?
No, I no, I didn't have to.
I had no passport.
We don't need one for Canada.
That's.
Silly, that was your conspiracy.
That was the big one.
Yeah.
Well, the way they were talking
about it, it made complete
sense.
That was the big one.
Then I looked up.
I looked up the seven things
they're famous for and it was
stuff like open land.
It is very open.
Indians, I mean, and you can
find Indians anywhere.
I mean, unless we keep them all
there.
It's extremely flat, right?
It's very.
Very flat.
Very nothing.
I get it.
Nothing but.
We talked about how squirrels
and pigeons are fake.
Oh man, you guys were really
reaching.
You didn't cover any serious
conspiracies.
Why cover the serious ones?
The other ones are funnier.
They're they're more
entertaining.
No way Epstein files.
Like that's not a conspiracy.
That's not a list.
That's an excellent thing.
Is there a list?
Isn't there a list?
That's a good conspiracy right
there.
There's like, it wasn't my show,
Michael.
I just do.
I just was entertaining and
funny and talked about hours of
guys, OK?
Five stars.
Well, that's great.
I'm glad you were on.
If you want, if you support us,
please check out the podcast of
what is it called?
Nice.
Ash.
Nice Ash Oh, the episode will
issue.
The episode will come out on
September 10th.
OK, 910 the day before we never
forget.
I'll put all the links and stuff
up.
Never forget.
Never forget, yeah.
OK, that's my wedding
anniversary.
September 10th or 9. 11910 not
911 Oh my God.
Well, it was way before, wasn't
it?
So.
Yeah, no.
Oh, oh, you could.
Have been on a plane going to
your honeymoon?
Oh, that have been terrible.
That have been terrible.
Yeah.
OK.
So what else you got?
All right, welcome to episode
401 in cigars or podcast.
This week, we're diving into the
biggest stories making
headlines.
Mr. Beast gets slapped with a
lawsuit from Spaulding over the
Beast trademark Mr. Beast.
Taylor Swift breaks the Internet
with her new with her surprise
debut of the New Heights
podcast, and Hurricane Aaron
makes history as the first
category five of the season.
We'll also catch you up on cigar
entry news from Arturo Fuente
shaking up international
distribution to Cigars
International expanding into new
markets, plus PCA's new global
education push.
And of course, we'll finish with
what's the score?
I love it.
What's the score?
What's the score?
All right, Trending news.
What?
What?
That's it.
That's what we're doing, yeah.
You don't talk about the shirts,
but before we get into.
It Michael, how can I get a
shirt?
God, Mr. Palmer, Yes, you
embarrass yourself.
How do you not cover this?
You're supposed to say this.
This is a part of your thing.
Just talk about the shirts.
Well, thank you so much for
asking me, Mr. Palmer, what you
want to do.
But like sitting in the audience
today is is the mayor Dak Maybe
he would like to get a shirt.
See now I even I even introduced
the boot.
Boot just did an outright for.
He did a spit take on the other
microphone.
There's spit all over the board,
the monitor.
I thought the interruption was
completely classic, right?
There all over Sandra Palmer,
everything.
I did have to apologize for that
on the other podcast, by the
way.
For Palmer.
For interrupting.
Oh, I'm sorry, it's a thing, I
can't help it, I apologize.
Please continue.
Yeah, I don't know how you're
not concussed.
Yeah.
So yeah, Chapter pod.com, if you
like, and support what we're
doing here.
We are releasing shirts almost
every month.
There'll be a brand new shirt.
We release 2 this month,
Alcatraz, New York in honor of
our boy Boots.
It's the Best Buy it.
And the Postonia SBC 24?
Sure.
I like that one too, right?
There's still some BDP shirts
left so if you want to go if you
buy 1 you get the 2nd 140% off.
Shout out to Franz Leto, Norman
Joseph.
Cigar vault, Mark.
Cigar Vault, Oakdale.
So I'm sorry, I always screwed
that up.
And they get mad.
Yeah.
Cigar Vault, Oakdale.
There's a lot of cigar vaults.
Cigar Vault Oakdale.
Oakdale is the best one.
Our boy Mark Palmer, Travis
Peterson, Julian Gordon and Joel
Olezinski.
Olezinski.
Olezinski.
Yeah, yeah.
So we've sold the most shirts
we've ever done so far.
This month.
This month we've already broken
a record banner month, so I just
wanted to shout out to some of
those guys that place orders,
you know, until it gets out of
control, then I won't do that.
Oh, so every every month we'll
announce the I mentioned some
names.
Oh, actually, I like that, you
know.
Not all the names, but some of
the names.
Some of the names, we're going
to get letters from the people
that you didn't.
Mention letters.
I would love a letter.
All caps.
All caps Yeah, I just meant a
single letter.
Yeah.
Now also, just so everybody
knows, if you like what we're
doing and you want to support
us, all you got to do is like
subscribe and share our posts.
Just do that.
Please, for love of God, we need
the support.
All right, and we appreciate you
guys.
So all right, now go on with
your show.
Trending News What's wrong?
Oh, what are we doing for the
Patreon?
I don't know what are we doing.
Show it.
You should know, 'cause we
covered this, we're doing the
Casa Cuba.
Perfect.
It's crooked.
That we talked about at the end
of the show.
Last episode did.
We talk about it on the Patreon
or the regular.
Show the regular Show said well
then we're going to do a Patreon
version of the Casa Cuba because
he.
Said all the fuente.
Yeah, that's.
Right.
Are you OK?
No.
You're not OK.
Stroke is, that's obvious.
I'm fine.
Did you red light?
No, no, I did not really.
No.
Did you take your medicine?
Yes.
Are you sure?
Yes, it's blood pressure
medicine has nothing to do with
my.
Head OK 'cause I feel like maybe
you didn't take your medicine
today.
Maybe my ginkgo biloba?
Mr. Bulmer did not take his
medication.
Are you ready to go?
Yeah, let's go.
Everybody's on you.
I had.
To I had to start this now 4 *
I.
Had to clean up your mess the
beginning of this broadcast you
keep.
Interrupting.
Yeah, because.
This is amazing.
Because somebody had to clean up
your mess and here I am
facilitating orders shipping
product for you.
I'm sorry, I'm out doing other.
Things.
But did I?
Did I complain?
I just picked up the ball and
just carried.
Forward I can't sit here every
day, neither can I.
And yet I still took care of it.
What?
You're here doing stuff.
Sometimes, hey.
You're ready now because Mr.
Beast is getting very upset.
We.
I was born ready.
Let's go.
I want to light this cigar, so
let's go.
Alright, Mr. Beast.
With my how about that cigar
lighter?
Yes, I love the lighter.
With my how about that cigar
lighter?
Oh.
And then nice, yes.
Oh, it's in gun shape.
From my boy Matt Tie.
Mine's at the house.
Bam.
OK, I'm ready now.
Sure, one more time please, I.
Can't confirm with.
Mr. Beast sued by Spalding over
the Beast basketball trademark
Spalding James Jimmy Donaldson,
better known as YouTube star Mr.
Beast, I don't know his real
name, is facing a lawsuit from
Russell Brand's parent company
of Spalding over the use of the
mark the Beast on basketballs
and footballs and a federal
complaint filed in Kentucky.
Russell argues that it has owned
the registration trademark the
Beast since 2003, covering the
basketball's equipment and
accessories.
Spalding markets its own the
Beast basketball system, and the
company says it has invested
heavily in building the brand's
recognition.
Mr. Beast, whose YouTube channel
is the most subscribed in the
world with over 422 million
followers, sells merchandise
ranging from candy to apparel,
the sports gear through his
online store and retailers like
Amazon and Walmart.
Among those items were
basketball brands with the
Beast, which Russell says are
nearly identical to its mark.
Russell first objected in 2023,
sending letters demanding that
Mister B stop selling the
products.
While Mr. B's teams indicated
sales would be discontinued and
some listings were removed,
Russell claims the balls were
still visible on Amazon and
hidden store pages.
Oh.
Cryptic, The company insists
these lingering listings amount
to ongoing infringement.
The lawsuit seeks a court
injunction to block further use
of the mark and demand monetary
damages, including profits Mr.
Beast earned from the sales of
the as well from the sales as
well as attorney fees.
The case highlights the tension
between established sports
brands and celebrity driven
merchandise.
For Russell, it's about
protecting a 20 year old
trademark.
For Beast, it could mean
rethinking how his massive
online brand expands into
physical products.
OK, So what are they actually
upset about the the actual
basketballs?
The beast logo is pretty much
identical.
It's identical.
It's just a color change.
OK.
So it's not, it's not the, you
know, the standard 20%.
So who had the rights first?
Was it was it Spalding or was
Spalding?
Are you sure about that?
Yeah, they said.
Well, they're claiming they did.
Yeah, they've had a a beast ball
a long time ago.
Yeah, I remember as a kid I had
one.
OK, all right, but it looks like
so.
But they sent the thing down.
They did the season, he said.
The season decision thing, I
took it down, but it's still
lingering.
It's still on Amazon and it's
still on other various smaller.
Pages.
OK.
So there's some places where it
wasn't cleaned up 100%.
You said it was on hidden pages.
It does say hidden.
I don't know what hidden means.
I I I assume that it's just
smaller?
Yeah, it means maybe they didn't
delete it, they just moved it
over so that you couldn't find
it easily or something like
that.
Could be until they run through
the balls they made or
something.
No, I just maybe they just
didn't know how to remove it.
I mean, if it's a smaller site,
I don't know.
I just that you know, you never
really know a guy by via via
interviews or youtubes or
whatever the the case may be.
But to be honest, I don't see
Mr. Beast doesn't strike me as a
guy as like, I'll get you
Spalding.
Here's what I'm going to do.
OK, I'll agree to this and then
fucking do some crazy shit where
they he can still sell the
basketballs.
Well, he might just be trying to
move the balls he has left.
He's got so much money, he could
easily just throw them away.
I just, it seems like he tried
to do the right thing and maybe
the organization or the people
that represented.
Sales kind of I'm.
Talking, I'm talking, I don't
care, kind of fumble the ball
the whole process, you know what
I mean?
And because of that, like now
you got this lawsuit.
I don't know, it seems kind of
fishy.
Why does it seem fishy?
It just seemed like he was doing
the right thing and just, it
just wasn't perfect, you know,
Like I go ahead.
I, I the kind of go into what
you're saying, I think what
happened is Spaulding maybe
figured out how much money he
was making off of the name, like
off of the ball, right?
So then they said, OK, well,
we're going to put this lawsuit
against you.
If you don't change it, then we
get money off it because that's
usually how it works, right?
Yeah, I don't know.
Why don't you just do a joint
thing with Spalding if they have
the right to the beast, like,
hey, you know, why don't we
just.
Well, maybe the Beast balls for
Mr. Beast are inferior.
They're not as good as a
Spalding ball.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Maybe Spalding approaches him
and says OK, hey, how about we
do this?
We'll do a Spalding Beast ball
together.
Well, then they got to pay him
money.
Yeah.
So right now they get, they're
supposed to be able to sell it.
Just them, just Spalding that
says the beast on it right?
Do you think that the the
Spalding the Beast ball would
sell more or less with Mr. Beast
actually being a part?
Of it, I have no idea.
I don't know how popular he is.
I don't know how popular he is
in the sports ball area.
He's the number one YouTube in
the world.
Well.
He correct?
Fucking Jock.
Straps, it doesn't matter.
Yeah, I don't.
Well also too, like if he's a
YouTube right, that's going to
be younger generation, so
they're probably going to be
more likely to buy basketballs
and stuff like that.
So, yeah, so it's probably, he
could probably sell a lot.
Maybe they don't like the way he
represents himself, maybe it
goes against whatever Spalding
wants their brand to be.
Who knows.
But they had it first.
I mean, they legally had it.
Yeah.
But I'm just saying why not work
with the guy that would, I mean
that would make the most sense
to me, right?
Share revenue help us explode
the sales of the Beast
Basketball.
Do you want some money or do you
want zero money, right?
Well, they're still they've been
selling it, though.
They're still making money on
the ball.
But I'm willing to bet that they
could 4 or 5X that basketball
sale.
Maybe his balls don't sell much,
I have no idea.
Yeah, and you're angry?
Now I'm not angry.
Because I cut you back off.
I'm not angry.
You cut me off all the time.
Why would I be angry because you
cut me off?
I don't.
Cut you off all the time.
OK, you do want to interrupt
your.
Michael, review the video.
Yeah, when you interrupt me.
See.
OK.
And that's how he's look.
You see that Boots?
I'm not angry at all, Michael.
I can.
See it all in the cameras.
Yeah, he's just so angry.
I'm not angry.
It's all right.
It's OK.
You're allowed to be angry.
OK.
I thought it was just funny how
he said his balls know so much.
Maybe they don't.
I don't know.
I don't know what the sales of
his sports equipment is.
I'm not saying he's not known in
his name.
I mean, he's selling candy bars
for God's sakes.
He could sell anything he wants.
Which are delicious.
Yes.
You had the peanut butter cups,
right?
Yes.
Right, Yeah, they tried to
Squidaldo slip and fall on and
get them.
Right.
He was going to sue the the
Circle K or whatever it was.
Yes, it's one of the best clips
I've.
Ever got?
In my life.
All right.
OK.
So hey, hope it works out for
Mr. Beast and Spaulding.
Me as well.
Together.
Together as one.
Right Taylor Swift live updates
life of a showgirl New Heights
podcast debut breaks the
Internet The pop star also made
an appearance on her boyfriend
Travis Kelsey's podcast
Wednesday last Wednesday.
Travis and his brother Jason
gave fans a hint earlier Monday
morning after posting their
podcast would return from hiatus
early for a very special guest.
Only the guest silhouette was
shown at the time, but fans
immediately guessed Swift.
Taylor detailed the 12 track set
list on the podcast and revealed
song names, including the fate
of Ophelia, followed by
Elizabeth Taylor.
Opalite father figure, eldest
daughter.
Ruin the friendship.
And actually there's lots of
names here.
Yeah.
Is her life about?
A breakup.
Breakup with who?
She breaks up with everybody,
but she has not broken up with
Kelsey Swift appearance on The
New Heights marks the first time
the pop star has given an
interview since since she was
named Time's Person of the Year
in 2023.
At the time, Swift and Travis
had just begun dating, and she
spoke about their budding
romance the first time publicly.
The two first sparked romance
rumors in September 2023 after
Swift appeared on Travis's NFL
games with his family.
Shortly before, Travis had tried
to give Swift a friendship
bracelet with his phone number
on it at one of her concerts.
Nice.
Explosive viewership subscriber
with live YouTube viewers.
The episode surpassed 1.3
million live viewers in the
first hour, nearly doubling the
8800 thousand who tuned in to
Donald Trump Joe Rogan's episode
last year.
These are details for her being
on the show.
Yeah, within five hours of video
had mashed over 6 million views
on YouTube.
The daily subscribers new
heights.
YouTube subscribers base surge
from 2.85 million to 2.94
million, adding roughly 90,000
new subscribers.
In a very short time, the
episode is on track to become
one of the most watched podcast
episodes ever, challenging
existing records.
It became the podcast most
watched episode by a wide
margin, suppressing Kylie
Kelsey's previous high of 8.6
million views under 24 hours.
Is that it?
Yeah, there's some more
information, but we can talk
about it now, OK?
I didn't want, I didn't want to
interrupt you.
OK.
Thank you very much.
So I was.
Just going to sit here patiently
and wait.
Yeah, Look, man, you know they
already have a huge following,
right?
Right.
Talking about the.
The Kelsey Brothers, Kelsey
Brothers.
It's already a good podcast,
already does very well.
Right.
Dude, you throw Swifty on there,
now you got a whole other
demographic that you're tapping
into, Yeah.
It's no different than their
football team that they use for
the football team.
Yeah, well, I mean, I there's
reason to believe that some of
those games were sandbagged by
refs so that the Kansas City
Chiefs could could continue to
move forward throughout the
season.
And allegedly, supposedly, some
of those refs have been fired,
quietly fired.
Yeah.
I don't know, Like, we haven't
really heard much about it.
But it was the refs, that refs,
the three games that were very
questionable.
So at least that's what I heard.
Whatever.
Could be wrong.
But they didn't just do that on
their own.
They didn't just say, hey, you
know what?
We're going to make sure Kansas
City wins this game, right?
Who didn't the Kelsey's, The
refs?
Oh, the refs?
No, no, they were told to
obviously because of.
I think it's because of the
Taylor Swift ratings, right?
Sure.
But that kind of fizzled out,
right?
Did you get tired?
You got tired of seeing her?
Yeah, I think everybody did.
Yeah, I mean, I was.
Not seeing her, just hearing
about the story.
It was like, oh, here's a play
and skybox.
Yes, Taylor, Right.
And we're not here to look at
Taylor.
How many times they're going to
show her just sitting there
smiling?
Though there she is, there she
is there.
She is OK, we can stop watching
now so.
But this is brilliant for the
Kelsey brothers.
Right, well, they came back from
hiatus probably to time this
with the release of her new
album.
Yeah, brilliant.
I mean, they got 100, almost
100,000 new subscribers, right?
That's in like less than an
hour.
That's like 98,000 more than us
in seven years time.
How many of them stick around,
though, hoping she's going to be
on again?
Let's say they're all, what do
they call them?
Swifties, Her fans.
So 90,000 screaming girls and
women, you know, subscribe
because she was on it.
And then three more episodes,
she's not on again.
And they're like.
You think it was just girls that
subscribe?
I liked how he how he did detail
that.
Yeah, you think it was?
You think it was just girls that
subscribe?
No, I said what?
The 90,000 new subscribers were
just her fans, OK?
So you think those were just
girls?
I don't I I assume most of her
fans are females.
I'm sure.
I mean guys like it too.
But you already hear about the
girls.
You don't hear much about guys
being called Swifties.
It's a new generation.
OK, well Boots, are you going to
stop being a subscriber then
when she's not on the show
anymore?
Absolutely.
Dude, let's let's say that it's
2%, let's say 2% sustain out of
that number.
That's still an extra 2000
people.
We need to get Keanu down here
with a wig.
Call him Keanu Swift.
Keanu Swift.
An extra 2000.
People, I just asked you how
many of them you think were
going to stick around.
I didn't say they weren't.
I asked you how many you think
will you call them if she's not
on again?
You call them all females.
I was just saying maybe they're
not all females.
Maybe they're not all females,
but I was saying her fans.
I was saying 90,000 people.
Maybe those were all her fans.
Yeah.
How many of them do you think
are going to stick around when
she's not on again?
I I think more than 2%, I would
say probably 30 or 40% because
the Kelsey brothers are pretty
cool.
Right, minimal one girl.
You know that's the whole point,
right?
Right.
To get people to sustain.
If they're saying something, the
story is saying the 90,000
subscribed because she was on.
Right.
Yeah, I I would.
I'd be willing to bet that.
At least, what is your show
normally about sports and stuff?
Everything.
Everything I.
Mean it's kind of yeah.
I'm not going to be able to talk
at all today, am I?
That was like the third time I
was in mid sentence and I was
just.
You guys are going to, you're
going to love the camera
switchbacks though.
It's perfect.
I don't know, I I honestly think
that at least 10 or 20,000 of
them will hang out.
We'll stick around and listen.
I.
Don't think the number will be
that high.
Yeah.
I think the ones that's that
stay subscribed are the ones
that's just too much trouble.
Just unsubscribe.
I had no idea you're so
pessimistic.
So you're taking the under?
I'm taking the under.
OK, I don't think anybody really
unsubscribes.
You got to go out of your way on
YouTube to.
But you know what?
Well, that's what I said.
I think the ones that stay are
the ones because it's just too
much trouble to unsubscribe.
I unsubscribe from stuff.
What do you subscribe to that
you unsubscribe from on YouTube?
Shows that I thought that I
liked that I watched 3 or 4
episodes and I don't just
because it fills up the feed.
Tell me one.
I don't know the name of them
off top my head, that's why I
don't watch them anymore.
I can't.
Wait for this.
Come on, there's got to be one
that you like.
This tell you what, I'll give
you a list next week.
A whole list of the ones you
unsubscribed.
From you said you wanted just
one, so I will come up with one.
How would you find them if you
unsubscribe from them?
I'll look and see.
How?
What are you going to look at?
Well, you're so argumentative
today.
You're.
Going to look at the ether and
say the nothing and then come
back and say I don't have any
information for.
You, yes.
OK, I'm not argumentative.
You've cut me off 3 times and
now you.
Have Well, you don't notice when
you cut me off.
There you go again, cutting me
off.
I do notice when you cut me off.
No, you don't notice when you
cut me off.
No, I notice all the time when
you cut me off.
Oh well, you both did a minute
ago.
Cut you off?
Yes.
I don't even know what you're
talking about.
See.
Exactly.
I only noticed when you cut me
off.
You just said you noticed when
you cut me off too.
Because I never cut you off.
Yes, you do.
Never.
OK, I'll point it out next time.
Not a single time.
I'll point it out next time.
OK.
Alright, do you want to keep
going?
No.
I would like to move on to the
next.
Story.
That's what I meant.
Do you want to keep going with
the next story?
That would be great alright.
Hurricane Aaron makes history
with a rapid rise in Category 5
Hurricane Aaron rapidly
intensifies Saturday, becoming
the first Category 5 hurricane
of the Atlantic season after
strengthening from a tropical
storm in just 24 hours.
The National Hurricane Center
reported that Aaron's maximum
sustained winds more than
doubled to 160 mph by late
Saturday morning.
Mike Benin, director of the
National Hurricane Center in
Miami, called Aaron a very
powerful hurricane, noting its
winds gained 60 mph in intensity
with approximately 9 hours on
Saturday.
We expect to see Aaron peak here
in intensity relatively soon.
Brennan said in an online
briefing.
Michael Lowry, a hurricane
specialist and storm surge
expert, highlighted the
exceptional pace of Aaron's
strength, calling it incredible
for any time year, let alone
August 16th.
Lowry added that only four other
Category 5 hurricanes have been
recorded in the Atlantic on or
before August 16th.
Aaron is noteworthy for being
one of the few Category 5 storms
so early in the season and for
its rapid intensification.
Mike Lowry, That's nice.
That's that's amazing.
And another news, all the
islands that went across are
gone.
There was like 4 of them.
Do you look at the the category
5?
Do you like when do you start,
when do you start tracking
hurricanes for it to hit us?
When everybody starts, when they
say they're coming this way.
OK, so they've said that this
one's been coming this way for a
little bit.
No, it's never been.
None of the string models have
said it was coming to Florida.
It's always supposed to have
turned and gone north, right?
So at that point, I stopped
watching.
But I did watch the news when it
said it's going to be a 5
because it's unusual.
But then it just.
It's going to die out there
anyways though.
Well, it's going to go up the
coast.
They're evacuating the outer
areas of the North Carolina.
Are they really?
Yeah, it's due to flooding.
That's.
Not good.
OK, well I I already started
putting up my Halloween
decorations.
Well, we're fine here.
Yeah, but there's going to be
more to come.
Listen.
You know, yes.
You don't have to forgot until
you start seeing all the water
gone at Publix.
And stuff.
And the toilet paper.
Yeah, once all the water in the
toilet paper goes away, then we
know we're in trouble.
Right.
Oh shit, there's a hurricane.
Yeah, I had no issues getting
gas today either, so.
Yeah, me either.
So what?
At what point do you worry about
the Hurricanes?
Like, 'cause when I saw it, it
just showed like the cone of
death, but it didn't show that
it was turning.
It just showed it moving West,
but it wasn't remotely close to
us.
Oh all the stories I saw about
this one said it was going to
turn so I didn't pay much
attention to this at all till
they got up to A5 and they were
like woo.
It's a 5, which is unusual but
still doesn't affect us unless
some of the outer bands go
across us.
He was busy unsubscribing.
From Yeah, I was busy
unsubscribing on YouTube.
All the shows perfect.
So where are we at?
What?
It's almost September, right?
Yeah, we're almost out of the
season.
What's Yeah, what do we got two
more months of our.
Season goes still in November.
It goes to November, like
November 1st or something.
I don't remember exactly.
Yeah, we'll pick November 1st.
Why not?
No one's fact.
Checking, I mean we're on the
ES.
So I mean, apparently there was
ABCD that we didn't even didn't
even know about.
Yeah, I guess you got a point.
I hope that we have nothing.
Because your Halloween record.
We're due.
We're due for one.
I mean, it's been a long time.
What are you talking about?
We got one last year.
Yeah, but nothing terribly bad,
no excessive damage.
Stuff.
What are you talking about?
We still got one.
I feel like there was one in
Deltona yesterday.
We got one and then we had one
the year before.
We've had one every year.
What they're saying, they're
saying we're due for a big one.
We're due for a big one.
Yes, that's just what they say.
I don't know what it means.
Why don't they throw ice cubes
off the coast of Africa or
something?
Seal the fucking water out.
This is ridiculous.
Yeah, they're going to thin the
herd.
You.
Know what I mean?
How do we solve this?
I don't understand it.
Why are we still dealing?
With this crap, with hurricanes,
yeah, it's Mother Nature.
I mean, what do you we can't
control hurricane?
Mother Nature's trees too.
We control those all the time.
Cut those down.
That same thing trees don't.
Trees don't move.
They don't not like a hurricane.
So you know, the tree in my yard
has probably been there for the
40 years it didn't just walk in.
So you don't think we can shut
down a hurricane?
I don't think we can, no.
What do you think?
We would if we could.
No, no.
What are you saying?
Because it's it stimulates the
economy.
Oh, conspiracy theory.
You could shut down a hurricane.
Yeah, yeah.
How do you guys?
You guys have seen the whole
twister moving early?
No, come on guys, the new one.
No, the old one.
How do you shut it down?
They put like a chemical, like
chemicals in the middle of it.
Yeah, dry ice.
I don't know if it's DRY.
Ice Sprinkle the clouds with dry
ice.
They put chemicals in the middle
of it.
Yeah, they put like a whole
thing in it broke.
Apart and they get rid of it.
You just spit on the microphone
again.
Really, that's the thing.
That's what they did.
I.
Don't know if I believe you,
that doesn't sound accurate.
Make another shirt.
It's accurate.
Make another shirt.
It's accurate.
OK, all right.
Hurricane Aaron remains a
Category 4 storm forecast to
bring life threatening surf and
RIP currents across the US East
Coast this week.
Aaron is located about 105 miles
north of Grand Turks Island with
maximum sustained winds of 130
mph moving northwest at 13 mph
as of Monday morning.
Aaron's forecast to pass east of
the southeastern Bahamas on
Monday and move between Bermuda
and the East Coast of the US by
the middle of the week.
Sorry.
OK, Aaron.
Got it.
That was just the current update
because the story I had was from
Saturday.
OK, got it.
Before you get in the news, you
want me to talk about one of the
social media posts or are we
done?
I have one more news story, OK?
Alright, go ahead.
A newly unveiled statue of Tom
Brady at Gillette Stadium has
sparked a wave of debate among
Patriot fans, with the reactions
ranging from praise to
disappointment.
The 12 foot statue, which the
New England Patriots unveiled a
week ago this past Friday,
captures a legendary quarterback
and a stoic post victory pose
and was intended as a tribute to
his historic career.
However, after being revealed to
the public, it has left some
Boston fans divided.
In a recent poll by boston.com,
1334 respondents weighed in on
the statue, with options running
the gamut.
One of those oh.
Of those, 521 readers rated the
statue as awful, 476 felt it was
OK, and 337 gave it
enthusiastic.
I love it.
For some fans, the statues
minimalist design and subdued
pose resonate deeply.
It captures his emotions after
wins.
Stoic, triumphant.
But on to the next, said Andy
from Charleston Supporters.
Charlestown.
Is that Charleston?
Charlestown.
Supporters of the statue argue
that the pose perfectly reflects
Brady's personality, focused,
tumbled and consistently looking
toward the next challenge.
However, not everyone agrees
with the interpretation.
Many readers expressed
disappointment that statue
lacked excitement or energy.
There were many other poses they
could have used.
I think this one was boring,
said Tom from Worcester.
While the statues Worster.
Is that how you say Worster?
Well, the statue's intentions
were clearly to honor Brady's
legacy as one of the greatest
quarterbacks of all time.
The execution has left many
questioning whether it truly
captures the spirit of his
achievements.
So what you pretty much told me
is that there's 527 people there
that are completely fucking
miserable and no matter what
happens in their life, they're
going to be negative.
I mean.
Yeah, out of the what?
The 1300 that they asked, 500 of
them didn't like it at all.
Yeah, I mean, dude, Bostonians,
bro, they're just, some of them
are just out of control so bad.
Yeah.
Have you seen Dwyane Wade's
statue?
Yeah, looks nothing like.
Did we talk about that on the
show before?
Yeah, have you seen Dwyane
Dwyane?
If you're a fan of Dwyane Wade,
if you're Dwyane Wade himself,
if you're a family member of
Dwyane Wade, you have every
right to be upset about this
statue.
It looks like a mutant is in
front of the American Airlines
Arena or whatever it's called
now, right?
A complete mutant.
At least Tom Brady's is clean.
It looks nice.
I thought it looked nice in what
I saw.
That's a big.
Win.
It looked like Tom Brady.
They just don't like the pose.
They're just angry people, you
know, they're paying too much in
taxes.
They're not allowed to smoke up
there.
You know, it's just, it's
ridiculous.
And who?
Who has to?
Who gets lashed out at?
Tom.
Tom.
They take it out on Tom.
Are they taking it out on Tom?
On a statue.
Terrific Tom statue.
Yeah, it's ridiculous.
They're putting it in the
lighthouse.
Does that mean anything to you?
The lighthouse.
What they say in the base of the
lighthouse.
Oh yeah, yeah, at the stadium.
Oh yeah, I guess.
OK.
So I guess it's not in its
permanent location.
Oh, 'cause right now it's
probably out front.
Yeah, it's out front.
We're going to put it in the
lighthouse.
Is that where everybody?
Does everybody go through the
lighthouse?
No.
Is this?
Like a Walt Disney thing.
It's a part of a museum or
something.
Yeah, it's like the by the their
Hall of Fame or whatever and
then they have their own store
and stuff, so.
Oh, OK.
But I, you know, you'd think
that there'd be I, I honestly
think that that's got to be
bullshit.
There's they went out of their
way to find people that were
just, that are just, I mean, I
guess if you have the time to
respond to the newspaper voting
thing, you're probably a
miserable person regardless,
Right?
Yeah, at least 70% of you.
I hate it, you know?
Why do you hate it?
They could have done something
different.
I really wanted to see him.
Could have been better.
You know, they could have had
him jumping over that one guy
backwards doing the split like
that was Saquan Barkley, you
know?
Just give him some time, they'll
they'll like it.
Remember what happened when Tom
first came in for Bledsoe?
Nobody liked Tom.
Yeah, no kidding. 7 Super Bowls
rings later.
Just give it some time when they
removed the Bledsoe statue in
the White House and put Tom
first, then they'll like it.
The guy's got six rings, right?
New England has six rings.
Right, it's.
Ridiculous.
OK.
Do you have anything to add to
that?
No, no.
OK.
All right.
All right, do we have a social
media minute or did we decide
not?
I do have one social media
Minute that's not related to the
one we were talking about.
OK, go ahead then.
So Jack's my oldest son.
He had a couple of buddies that
have been on this baseball team
forever.
And they were in the World
Series this year.
This season they were they were
in last year and won at the 11 U
League and they were in again at
12 U and they played against
Japan.
And I gotta tell you, the I
think it's the Cal Ripken, Babe
Ruth League should absolutely be
embarrassed as to how they
handled this situation.
They had a person in the stands
blowing a horn and every time
that their team went up.
Usually those guys get removed.
Yeah, there was like two or
three innings where it was not
addressed at all.
It was absolutely horrendous,
man.
I don't understand how an
organization, if this is the
top, this is the game, the game
of all games.
As soon as somebody blows a
horn, somebody should have
instantly nipped that in the
bud, right?
Yeah, So, you know, I'm watching
these kids and I'm hearing this
horn, and I'm getting irate.
I'm like, this is ridiculous.
How is no one controlling it?
And then when the game was
finally blown out of the water,
the horn stopped.
Somebody said, hey, you know,
you should probably stop that.
Was oh, you went to the game.
No, I watched it.
It was in Missouri.
So you could hear the air horn
on the TV.
Dude, it was so bad and like so
the person would play the horn
on the other team when they
would play, but they wouldn't do
it when they were hitting, but
they did it intentionally
against every time that Altamont
was hitting.
If I mean, that's ridiculous.
How would you feel about that if
you went, if you spent these
kids have been up there for
three or four weeks at this
point.
Imagine you're spending three
weeks or three to four weeks in
a hotel with your kid going
through this tournament, making
it all the way to the end.
And then all of a sudden you
have a person interrupting when
your kids are hitting.
I was.
Trying to disrupt the kids
concentration type of yeah,
yeah, no, it's terrible.
How would you be, how are you OK
with that as an organization?
Man, I don't, I don't know.
Was it somebody from Japan?
You said they were playing in
Japan.
They should have stopped it,
you'd think, right?
That's it.
Who you're going to give me?
Should have stopped it.
How about you?
That's it.
I think it's completely
horrible.
I mean, literally is based off
of sportsmanship.
I mean, really sportsmanship,
right?
That's their number one rule.
That's that's that definitely
doesn't fit the the word there.
Sportsmanship.
In the previous game they got
they got mad about Altamont
being too rowdy in the dugout.
Oh, so they complained about?
When they played against
Missouri, ironically enough for
the US Championship, they got
mad about the Altamont players
being too rowdy, but meanwhile
internationally this fucking
person got to do whatever they
wanted.
Right.
Yeah, it, I mean, whoever, I
don't know who governs that
other than the league, but like
whoever's at the game that's
supposed to stop that, they
should have definitely been
doing their job.
You.
Would think there would be
somebody, at least from the
stadium that would have stopped
it.
Well, you know what the sad part
is that there are plenty of
other organizations that you can
do that have other series of
that magnitude.
Yeah, kids are in baseball.
I highly recommend you putting
them in that one and not in this
one because that was absolutely
absurd, right?
Yeah, Terrible.
And now I have my clip for
later.
All right, boots.
Trending news boots.
There's a piece of paper over
there on your desk.
Very excited about this.
Maybe this will turn Palmer's.
I don't want to read this, This
will.
Did you?
Already read it this will.
Turn read it.
I read the top line.
Read it.
Turn Palmer's attitude around.
Of course it will.
Make him happy.
What are you focused on?
On Palmer, because everybody
wants to see his reaction to the
headline here.
Good.
Thousands of wieners spill
across busy highway wieners,
wieners and more wieners.
Crew mustered up the coverage.
The courage to deal with
thousands of runaway wieners
with a Fire Chief saying I can
tell you personally, wieners are
very slippery.
I did not know that, but now I
know because I've been standing
in nothing but wieners all
morning.
A truckload of wieners packed
tight with even more wieners
spilled across a busy
Pennsylvania Rd.
The Wiener truck carrying tons
of steaming hot wieners suffered
mechanical problems.
The Wiener packed trailer
scraped along a concrete
divider, ripping wide open and
scattering wieners in every
direction.
Highways Hwy. crews were
immediately knee deep in
wieners.
They mustered up the courage to
start the morning Wiener
cleanup.
Shrewsbury Fire Company Chief
Brad Deberman didn't mince words
once.
Those wieners lead the Wiener
truck and hit the Wiener Rd.
Those wieners are garbage, hot
garbage and there are still too
many warm wieners for everyone
to handle A front end.
A front end loader was called in
to scoot massive piles of busted
wieners.
The the loader dumped the
rolling, sliding, splitting
wieners into a Wiener filled
dump truck, creating amount of
broken, bruised, battered
wieners.
Drivers stuck in traffic
reported seeing waves of wieners
stretching for blocks.
Some said the Wiener spill
spelled like a giant roadside
cookout gone terribly wrong.
Others said it looked like a
Wiener apocalypse.
The Wiener incident will likely
go down in local history as the
greatest Wiener spill of
Pennsylvania.
Thousands of wieners lost,
thousands of wieners mourned,
and a whole lot of wieners that
never made it to a bun.
Reminds me of a trip to Germany
for the club's opening night
where I also saw nothing but
walls of wieners, streets of
wieners and crowd cheering for
more wieners.
That takes you right back to
Germany, huh?
Absolutely not.
That's a very sad story, buddy.
That was a terrible thrill by
the.
Way it was.
Terrible that all those wieners
are everywhere now.
Are you upset about the wieners?
I mean, that's a lot of wieners.
A lot of wieners.
I'm not engaging.
Are you upset that you weren't
there for the wieners?
And that you can't consume the
wieners.
Not engaging.
You don't, so you don't want to
eat the wieners.
I'm not engaging.
You're not a Wiener guy.
I'm just here so I won't get
fined.
Don't get fined.
That's Marshawn Lynch, Yeah.
OK.
All right.
On the cigar news, Toro Fuente
Marifel in distribution
agreement and yeah Toro Fuentes
International Distribution is
going in house saying that the
long standing distribution
relationship between the company
and Marifel has come to an end.
Marifel served as the companies
international distributor for
markets other than the US and
the Dominican Republic.
Arturo Fuente has local
distributors in various
countries.
For example, COP Tobacco is is a
distributor in Germany and
Business Bay Global is the
distributor in Saudi Arabia.
But those entities had to
purchase Fuente cigars through
Arturo Fuente International,
which was run by the Marifels.
Now, those orders will be placed
through Fuente Marketing
Limited.
Jose Blanco will serve as the
lead point of contact, though
there will also be a team in the
Dominican Republic that will
assist in fulfillment and a
letter sent to international
clients.
Carlos Carlito Fuente Junior
indicated that the Marifel's
have existing inventory and that
clients could choose to place
orders through Marifel.
Fuente Junior's letter said that
the the distribution
relationship had ended but made
no mention of the other
relationships that the two
families have, most notably
Cameroon wrappers.
Merrifield Family is the
dominant supplier of Cameroon
tobaccos and no company is known
more than a Toro Fuente for
using Cameroon wrappers.
The company uses Cameroon
wrappers in a Sotoro, Fuente,
Doncarlo Semiway lines as well
as other brands it produces for
Ashton and JC Newman.
Today's news has no bearing on
the American market.
At Toro, Fuente and JC Newman
have a joint sales team that
sell both companies products.
This is very interesting.
Yeah, I have questions.
OK.
What are your questions?
So if it stops the distribution,
is it going to affect the supply
of the wrapper?
That's a great question and I
got to be honest, I where you're
going to hold back all of this
and talk about it on the Patreon
because this is all there's a
lot to cover here.
So you have information.
I don't have information.
I have my own point of view, and
normally my point of view is
accurate.
I mean, it could be inaccurate,
but what do you got to say?
I was going to ask what he's if
you had some sort of insider.
Information.
No, I did.
I did try and get some Intel,
but and I'll give you more
information about that on the
Patreon.
And again, if you like
supporting us and you like
getting more news and more
information about the cigar
industry, check out our Patreon.
Go to patreon.com and look at a
Cigar hustler's podcast.
Yeah, for all you Fuente people
out there, this is probably
something you definitely want
to.
Listen to for for all you cigar
people in general.
I mean, the the ask anybody
who's a Patreon supporter,
they'll tell you that the
Patreon blows this show out of
the water and.
Everybody says it's the better
of the two shows.
And I think this is a damn good
show.
So, I mean, look, Palmer's
practically crying today.
You.
Know 5% of the shows of the
world.
Yeah, exactly.
So that's this one and the other
one's better.
Yeah, exactly.
OK so we're moving on.
Yep, Cigars International
expanding to Orlando and
Kentucky later this year.
Cigars International is planning
on opening two stores, one just
South of Cincinnati and the
other near Universal Studios in
Orlando.
Yes.
The Orlando store we located at
4158 Conroy Rd. about 2.5 miles
east of Universal Studios.
Unlike most Cigar International
stores, the name given to the
company's physical store.
It will be an existing building,
so the building's already there.
Oh, really?
And not ground up construction.
In this case, the building was
previously a sports bar.
Oh wow.
So it must.
It must be close to what they
use.
Have you ever been in one?
Yeah, I think we went to one in
Tampa.
Yeah, you could say it's 3/4
bar, 1/4 cigars, right?
I mean, that's smart if the
location will work, if you can
fit it, you know, right?
I'm excited about that.
I can't wait to see how that
works in Orlando.
Yes, it should be very nice.
You know, because the reality is
that some people do their best
to slow progress in this
industry.
And you know what?
Unfortunately, a bigger dog is
going to eat you.
So yeah.
'Cause their pockets are really
deep.
We look forward to seeing CI in
Orlando.
I'm excited and they're in a
great location down by
Universal.
There really isn't any
competition in that area.
So I think that they're going to
do great there, you know?
It's a 9000 square foot store
and a full bar.
Large walk in humidor and
smoking offer both inside and
outside.
Nice.
It's by Universal like on
Universal.
Property.
No, no, it's on Conroy, 2 and 2
1/2 miles away.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's kind of in like, like
a sand lake.
Doctor Phillips area.
Oh.
Yeah, got it.
This will mark the company's
fourth store in Florida, though
the first in the Orlando area.
You know, I think that there are
other opportunities for other
retailers to be open there.
And two, it's unfortunate for
them that that never occurred.
So now, now you get the biggest
guy possible that comes in and
and starts to take that
opportunity.
So it's going to be great.
It's going to be great.
Competition is a good thing,
yes.
Are you excited?
Palmer, I'm looking forward to
it.
Yeah.
I mean, there's nothing really
friendly for us over that
direction.
Not even close.
Yeah, no.
Now we can go to a place we
can't get trespassed.
Allegedly, you know, but.
We could eventually.
But not.
That's true, but not.
Very likely, but not out of the
gate.
Not very likely.
Yeah, right.
OK.
When the two new stores open,
the company will have 15
locations in Florida or 15
locations actually Jacksonville.
We don't need to read all these.
It's not 15 locations in.
Florida.
No, No 15, Yeah, yeah.
It looks like there's a lot of
them in Pennsylvania.
Couple in oh, a lot of them in a
lot of Texas.
Yeah, there's only like 2 in
Florida, right?
I think Kentucky's kind of
tough.
Yeah, 2, There's only two
currently in Florida.
No 3 Jacksonville is open now.
Does it say where the one in
Kentucky is located?
No, no, where it's going to be.
It's going to be near
Cincinnati, so somewhere on the
border I'm guessing.
Near Cincinnati.
Is that is that close to the
race tracks?
I don't know.
I'm curious as to how close it
is to Jeff Mutate's spot.
I don't know because he's in
Jeffersonville, IN, which is
like right across the bridge
from Kentucky.
Right.
Yeah, he's running.
Is that the bottom of Kentucky
or top?
Top.
DAX says top.
Top Oh, they scrapped the
location in Saint Louis.
They were talking about that
last year.
I believe Dak.
So, yeah, OK.
All right, moving on.
Right Premium Premium Cigar
Association names Ricardo
Carrion Director of
International Affairs and
Education The Premium Cigar
Association has announced that
it has named Ricardo as its new
director of international
affairs and education.
He joins the PCA after spending
several months with Casa Turrent
when he served as the company's
head of business development.
Prior to joining Casa Turrent,
he was the COO of Tor Imports in
Great Britain and the CEO of
Jestina in Spain.
Before joining Cigar Industry,
he served as diplomatic role as
Nicaraguan's Deputy Ambassador
to the United Kingdom, Ireland
and Iceland, as well as the
official representative to the
United States Maritime
Organization and international
organizations in the coffee,
sugar and cocoa sectors.
He has also LED content strategy
and operations across various
geographies for TripAdvisor and
William Hill.
Not familiar with William Hill,
is that a travel thing?
I'm guessing no I do.
He's also Co founder of the
Cigar Academy and educational
venture that he launched with
the Thomas Greeson in March
2024.
The Cigar Academy's mission is
to safeguard, nurture and
disseminate the rich artisanal
heritage and traditional
knowledge of cigar making by way
of educational courses and
certifications for consumers,
retailers and those working in
the cigar industry.
Ricardo is a catalyst who brings
a ton of energy and passion to
any project, said Joshua
Hiberski, executive director of
the PCA and a press release.
His expertise will allow the PCA
to refine existing projects and
help service our growing
membership ranks.
He'll be working in a versatile
role to help grow membership
outside of the United States,
create programs for US retailers
and the Caribbean Basin, and
develop universal education
programs for all members
categories.
This guy seems super
overqualified.
Super overqualified, yeah.
What's the?
Point of.
That that was what I was talking
about, Yeah.
What's what's the point in this
guy's position?
Yeah, I don't understand it.
Something with education.
Cigar education, yeah.
I don't know.
Yeah, he started the Cigar
Academy.
What is that?
I think they teach you how to
roll cigars.
We've we, we talked about that
months ago when it came out.
It was a school that you could
go to in a third world country
if you want to learn how to roll
cigars.
Is that what that was?
Yeah.
And now he's now he's.
What are we doing?
We're Cigar.
Education.
What are we?
We're paying this guy to be in
charge of cigar.
Cigar Education.
Is is cigar?
And help grow membership outside
the United States isn't in a
United States organization.
It's dark cigar.
Well, it's the Premium Cigar
Association.
It's not PCAA of America.
I mean, they're based in
Washington.
Yeah, they do fight for our
rights in the US.
And so we can wear anything we
want.
Do you think he was just friends
with somebody and then just kind
of gave him a build him a job?
I don't know, It does look, it
says.
The new role will also see him
heavily involved in a new
initiative at the PCA is
launching with the University of
South Florida and the World
Cigar Show in Dubai.
He served as chair of the PCH
Education Subcommittee and has
already begun leading projects
across USA and international,
including training programs,
cultural exchange efforts and
through leadership as a
volunteer for the organization.
I have no idea what this guy's
doing.
I don't fully understand why
this has happened.
Well, I mean, it sounded like
he's trying to gain membership,
right?
That was 1 and that's it.
That's all I heard.
How is he gaining membership?
That's what it said in the
reading, said something about
gaining membership.
Yeah, but OK, like I'm trying to
buy a Ferrari, you know what I
mean?
Like that makes no sense.
What?
What's his job pay?
Sounds like a lot.
It does.
It sounds like he he needs to be
paid a lot.
Yeah.
CEO of one, I mean the we don't
know what the companies are, but
CEO of one company, COO of
another company, some type of
cultural attache to Iceland.
It's got to be 6 figures, you
would think.
Yeah, and it's not like slightly
6 figures.
Right.
What do you think, Joshua
Waberski, and what do you think
we're paying him?
I don't know.
Not enough, I don't think.
More than TripAdvisor, probably.
I mean, if we saw his close
recently at the last.
Event, that's true.
It's kind of questionable.
So I don't think he gets paid
enough.
We couldn't hold Scott Pierce
for the pay, so he.
Left because of pay.
Right.
So I don't think that.
Could we ask Scott Pierce what
the pay is?
Hey, Josh, how much you make?
We tried somewhere between.
We did right.
We asked Scott Pierce.
He wouldn't say.
He wouldn't say no, but he said
that it's more at CAA.
Yeah, he did say that.
Wow, this is this is the PCA and
there's so much secrecy on the
pay.
Very cryptic.
Well, I mean, their budget has
to be available somewhere.
No, it's a nonprofit
organization.
They don't have to disclose.
That's how they get around.
That's how, that's how the NFL
operated forever.
Oh, we're nonprofit until they
had no choice but to be profit,
right.
And then as a as a publicly, I
don't know, something they had
to disclose exactly how much
money Roger Goodell makes.
PCA also has now they're selling
T-shirts and things.
Are they?
They're not nearly as good as
the ones on chapter pod.com,
yeah.
They're biting off of us, not.
Nearly as good.
Yeah, it's ridiculous they don't
have.
What are we doing with this guy?
They don't have Alcatraz in New
York.
Yeah, obviously.
You know.
Or BDP shirt.
No.
Yeah, ridiculous.
Or the coffee thing.
Yeah, I wonder, I'm curious as
to how much is this guy getting
paid right.
And what the hell is he actually
doing?
Because it sounds like he's not
doing anything, but he's
collecting the.
Paper.
There's a lot of stuff he's
supposed to be doing, but all of
it adds up to nothing.
Yeah, right.
We see a lot of that in the
cigar industry.
A lot of people say I will, you
know, I can do these things and
like, but what are right?
But what are those things?
I.
Have a farm?
I show you.
Not the road.
I have a farm.
Do you have a farm?
Well, yes, I do.
Yes, I have a farm.
I have a.
Farm.
You should look into my eyes.
I have farm.
I have farm.
This is not the Droid you're
looking for.
In the picture of this guy, he's
a handsome European looking dude
walking down the street in a
black suit with a white shirt,
all sorts of stuff going on
behind him.
That's all you need.
Can't wait to see the evolution
of PCA.
You should start coming in
carrying a briefcase, like
looking like you're running with
your.
Did we ever hear about this guy
again?
Or now this is the announcement.
He's there, and then he's going
to.
Collect the money for a year.
They're going to go, man, we
spent a lot of money on this guy
that did nothing.
And then you're going to get a
clipping and then you're going
to read it and say this guy got
fucked, he's back at
TripAdvisor.
You think?
You think it's only a year?
No, wait, man.
PCA.
He'll make at least the PCA next
year.
He'll walk around and talk to
the third world country booths.
This.
Is at least three or four years.
Takes a while to take.
Half $1,000,000.
Yeah, easy, easy.
This guy's got a Yeah, he's got
a How come we didn't get this
job?
We we weren't no, no, you were
not cultural attache to Ireland
or.
Whatever the cigar education,
don't smoke that shit.
That's terrible.
That's terrible.
Don't smoke that.
That'd be better off than what
he's doing, right?
He's first generation
international immigrant.
What is the travel button?
What the?
Fuck that means.
Well, because you're.
You're your first, your dad.
Was from Poland, right?
Your first generation immigrant.
Yeah, see.
See, I made it sound good for
me.
So that way, yeah.
So that way you can get the job.
Oh yeah, that's great.
Yeah, I'm first.
What do you call it?
1st generation immigrant.
International, International.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I.
Mean now they're doing all these
meet and greets, so they're
there's this blonde lady and
Joshua and somebody else that's
traveling all around visiting
all these shops and stuff.
Well, that's good.
They sound like cigar.
What are they doing when they're
there?
Looks like they're just wearing
clothes they slept in and, you
know, hanging out and smoking
cigars.
Listen you Josh is going to wear
what he wants to wear if he
wants, you know, if he wants to
do the derelict edition from
Zoolander then.
Derelict.
There's the the blonde lady had
a lovely outfit on.
She looked, she looked fine.
Yeah, I don't know what to tell
you, buddy, man.
I don't know, man.
This is, I'm kind of curious
about this whole Emirates thing,
like what are we, what are we
doing there?
Why are we?
We're locking in 'cause that's
the Dubai thing.
Yeah, that's where the the money
is.
That's where the money is now.
Well.
There's a cigar thing that goes
on.
Over there, yeah, that's new.
So is PCA not involved in that?
No, no.
Well, we don't have a piece of
it, I don't think, but we go to
it.
Apparently we we are involved
and that's what this guy's going
to do.
So it's to get more money to pay
him.
Pretty much.
Well, do they do?
They don't give us money to be
involved in that.
I'm sure we have to pay to be in
it.
I have no idea well how they
have the money.
Why would that take hours?
We don't have it.
First of all.
We have, well, we have money.
PCA does it anyways.
They just hired this dude.
So I mean, let's say that's
$600,000.
Let's say it's 300.
Thousand.
Yeah, he's probably like that.
He's probably 2. 50 So still,
they had to have that money, and
if he's making three, Joshua's
got to be making 6.
No.
Way you don't think he's making
more?
No dude, 600,000 a year so.
This guy is the International,
whatever he is.
Yeah.
You think he's higher up the
food chain than Josh would?
I'm willing to bet this.
I don't.
I don't want to know if I'd
consider him higher up the food
chain, but if I were betting
man, I bet you he gets paid more
than Josh.
Oh, you think they had to bump
his pay to get him?
He gets paid more than Josh.
Yeah, sweeten the deal a little.
Bit he worked for TripAdvisor.
Yeah, I don't know if it's a
high paying thing.
TripAdvisor, I don't understand.
I mean, I know what it is, but
you know.
Five stars 4.5 right he.
Gives, you know, he gives the
ratings in the books, Yeah.
It's amazing.
With his black suit.
This place tastes very good.
Very good coffee if I get 5
stars.
I have a great pea coat.
No, no, it was like a black
suit, not a pea coat.
It was a suit.
It was a very hot where he was,
I'm sure.
Gucci.
Yes, very, very good.
Well, yeah, OK, so hey, listen.
What?
Are we doing with all the money?
I don't know what we're doing,
these people.
Hey, we're working really hard
and audible.
Wait, what happened?
How about this?
We're gonna create our own
organization and we're gonna
charge half the money PCA
charges, and everybody just get
the money to us.
And we're gonna do a I tried
doing that one year.
I forget what we were gonna call
it.
We were starting our own org.
Yeah, we were.
Let's just call it AAA cigars.
Yeah, that's like everybody.
That's fine.
AAA cigars.
Cigars.
That way we get listed first.
Right.
Right.
We're the association,
Association of Americans.
American AAC Association of
American Cigars, right?
We could do a convention.
Sure, why not?
We'll have a convention.
They got the painting in it.
We got the big Mick.
And we're going to let all the
media in for free.
Early.
Early, early.
Early coupe for free.
Yep, John Mctavish, we'll get in
without any issues, right?
Yeah, we'll vote Coupe King of
Media.
Can't Yeah, we'll we'll award
him every.
Every year he gets a trophy,
yeah.
Oh yes, you're going to give him
like a baseball trophy.
Yeah, he likes trophy.
He would love that.
He likes trophies.
He'll love that.
I love that a little pitcher 1
he likes those.
Right, like Davis can be
international media or
something.
Yeah, international media king.
Yeah, he is Canada, Yeah.
Yeah.
We'll give fish stick.
We'll give him fish sticks.
Yeah, we give fish like nothing
until he gives us a review
that's somewhat positive.
I love Aaron but God damn he's
ruthless.
I can't follow their rating
schedule.
Thing I can't follow our rating
scale.
I mean, Gavin has been sent and
sending me texts.
He's like, for love of God, you
just have to divide by three.
I don't I don't understand what
the problem is and he's like,
I'm like, yeah, you're right.
I don't know why we mess that up
every time on the Patreon button
so.
Maybe half will finally get
their rating scale fixed.
No, their their grading scale's
fine.
They're fine.
Yeah, they're fine.
Yeah, I love their 82.
It's a nice warm 82.
So yeah.
All right, Martin, the batters
are dying on the iPad.
We need to keep going.
OK, Martin Coves, the Prodigal
son, heads the stores.
The prodigal son, The new cigar
line from Martin Cove, the actor
who played John Crease in The
Karate Kid and Cobra Kai.
Oh good, it's honest way to
storage.
It's being released in a 6 by 52
Toro vitola with an undisclosed
blend, which were produced at
Tabacolera.
Thomas, Dominican.
Dominican.
Chico Rivia Chico Rivas factory
in Tambor, Dominican.
Republic.
Oh, there we go.
Which is also produced cigars
for Sanjay Patel.
The MSRP is set at $14.00 per
cigar.
Great price for a cigar and $280
for a 20 count box.
These cigars share a name with
the upcoming TV series and four
part comic book series developed
by Cove.
Oh I didn't know he came out
with ATV show.
I guess he has to.
They killed him on the other
show.
Did he die?
He died.
He blew up on a boat.
Ralph.
Is that Ralph?
Who is this?
John Crease.
This is the the.
Cobra Kai guy?
Yeah, sweep the leg.
Didn't he bite the a person?
Allegedly I.
Don't know recently.
Like in real life.
Was that John Crease?
That's the older guy, right?
Or is that the younger guy?
That's the guy in charge of
Cobra Kai originally.
They're all older.
From the movie.
OK, the older guy, I got to look
this up.
I think it's the right guy.
Well, he is old, but I don't.
What do you say?
Cobra Kai the movie?
That's a.
Because there was, there was two
of them.
No the.
This is the guy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's Johnny.
He got in trouble.
I think he bit, he built bit an
actor or something.
The TV show.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They're at.
She's like, there was a video
footage of it and like you or
like you don't get to just bite
me or something.
Yeah.
You make that part of the clip.
Yeah, that'll be amazing.
The line was developed by Cove
and Paul Desalvo of La Casa
Grande Cigars and Sanji Patel of
Sanji Smoke Shop in the SP1014
brand of cigars.
De Salvo has also worked with
actors Chazz Momentary on his A
Bronx Tail line of cigars.
Cigars are being launched at 3
retailers, La Casa Grande Cigars
in the Bronx, Sanji Smoke Shop
in Bloomfield, NJ, and Smoke
Inn, which is multiple occasions
in Florida.
Oh, we've got in on that one.
Interesting.
A press release said that the
company hopes to expand
production and availability,
which it would make the cigars
more widely available by fall of
2025 or early 2026.
This is fall of 2020.
Five OK, pretty much thoughts on
this cigar You think it's going
to work I.
Mean it's been sitting for a
year at least 'cause they said a
year ago as being released.
Did they?
They they announced it later
like a year ago or something.
OK.
So do you think you were still
in the other room?
I don't know.
I know celebrity cigars are kind
of popular right now, but it
would have been better if he
released it during the season he
didn't die or was still alive.
What celebrity cigar has been
popular that came out and
sustained?
Well, not only one, not the.
Well, yeah, only one.
Not to sustain, but there are.
I meant there have been a lot of
them lately.
What?
So they seem to do good at the
beginning and then you never
hear.
From them, which one?
What other ones come out
recently?
Well, the Mike Tyson's still
collecting dust.
Yeah, yeah, there was the Mike
Tyson.
OK.
That was April of last year.
It was Irish.
Oh yeah, It wasn't this year's
show.
It was last year's show.
It was the Irish guy.
Conor McGregor, also Dominican
stick.
I was just asked about his stick
yesterday and I was like no.
It's OK, but I don't I haven't
seen a lot of people like
posting it.
I smoked one that was good and
then I smoked three that were
bad.
Oh, inconsistent.
The baseball players coming out
with one Mexican, Mexican
Olympic guy.
Not really a celebrity.
Well, not John crease level I
guess, but.
Don't really know who he is.
The poppy.
Poppy's old Chazz Palmeteri few
years now.
Thought he just came out with
another one.
But he's been doing it for a few
years.
Oh, is that what it is?
Yeah.
Guy Fieri?
Ray Lewis.
That was one of the first ones.
Does Ray Lewis still make that
cigar?
Karl Malone.
Carmelon's been doing it for
years.
Is this cigar still with Lara?
Carmelon.
Yes, yeah.
So not.
I mean, it's not like the
celebrities are flooding in to
do cigar things.
Ike Taylor.
He's been doing it for a few
years.
Didn't some rapper just come up
with a cigar?
I.
Don't know I.
Don't remember him.
I don't know whether I wouldn't
know where he was anyway.
You cover the news.
I just listened.
To the news it was I only have
so much room.
I don't store all this stuff.
Oh, sorry.
OK, Yeah, well, wish you the
best, John Crease.
I don't know.
It's going to be an uphill
battle.
First of all, nobody knows John
Crease.
I mean, the good thing is he did
partner with Abe.
Abe will help the exposure,
right?
Yeah, this is the other guy from
the movie.
Well, they're probably mostly
talking about it's a Western.
The new shows are Western.
Oh, this is the guy from the
Western that you've.
Never seen yeah the new TV show
if he's.
Going to bite any other actors.
Please be in a Vander.
Maybe.
OK.
Hey, you ready for the biggest
game show in the cigar industry
currently?
Yeah, it's time for What's the
Score.
First cigar today is reviewed by
Charlie Minato.
It's a Casa Corillio cigar.
Dominican Republic, limited
edition, The Perez Corillio
Pledge of Allegiance rocket.
Oh, the rocket.
OK, Boots, you want me to go
first?
You want to go first.
Perfect.
You go first.
You.
Want me to go first?
OK, I'm going to go 85 out of
the gate.
Yeah, that just totally messed
you up, didn't it?
We'll go 82 since it's warm. 82.
Since it's warm.
Yeah, that's what you said
earlier.
Oh Pledge of Allegiance rocket
Country of origin Dominican
Republic factory Casa Carrillo
rapper USA Connecticut Broadly
binder Ecuadorian Habano filler
Nicaragua Excondaga Halapa USA
Connecticut Havana seed
Pennsylvania P41 says 6 3/8 by 5
eights.
It's round.
MSRP is $30.
It was released in June of 2025.
Can you read the size?
Again, 6 and 3/8 by 5/8.
Yeah, I will. 6 3/8 by 58 you
mean?
Six and three 8 inches.
Ring gauge is 58.
OK, I was.
Like Dang, that's a big cigar.
Yeah, big.
That's a huge.
Bitch.
Number of cigars smoke for the
review 3.
That is a big cigar.
I'm gonna stick 85.
Charlie smoke this.
Yeah, he's very angry.
Must stick 82.
OK, the first right thing he's
done so far.
So wait, he's at 82 now too?
He's I'm at 85.
You're at 85.
He went down to 80. 20 he's been
at 82 a.
Warm 82O.
OK.
Remember warm.
Yes, the wrapper is on the
lighter side of what's probably
the upper quartile of wrapper
darkness and plenty of
discoloration veins and oil.
Plenty of discoloration, plenty
means I don't know, I don't like
the appearance 84. 82.
Warm 82 is taken to the warm 82
OK.
As the finish develops, the
first cigar starts to taste like
a toasted sesame seed bagel.
Oh God.
Well, The other two cigars learn
more into toasty and roasted
flavors, though the third has
unique chocolate pudding flavor.
Timer is now hit the ground.
He pushed it off, yeah.
He's very angry.
I would.
I heard pudding.
A cigar that tastes like
pudding.
I must have.
Wow, I don't.
Think I've ever tasted a cigar
with like, pudding?
They were.
Last week it was.
Flying.
I'm sticking 85.
No, I'm going to move up to 83
with the pudding.
OK.
Yeah.
Well, it's not going to be
plugged because it's probably
underfilled and it's 6 3/4 by
58, so.
In the early part of the final
third, each cigar seems to go
through this brief moment of
bitterness.
Given how consistent the profile
has been up until this point,
it's even more jarring than it
would be on most other cigars.
86.
That OK, 83.
All right, final thoughts.
If by the third puff of the
Pledge of Allegiance rockets you
aren't into the flavor profile,
it's probably best that you find
a different cigar to smoke.
Most of our reviews will show
that not only is the sum
variance between the three
cigars we smoke for a review,
but also transitions throughout
a cigar.
This is an exception, an example
of the extremely consistent
experience.
It's also an example of a great
cigar from a technical
standpoint, executing the
flavors it has very well with
only a few construction related
hiccups.
Unfortunately, this is also one
of the most limited cigars we
reviewed this year, and so if
you are reading this and you
haven't already purchased the
Rocket, you probably aren't
going to get a chance to, at
least not in 2025.
So it's consistent.
It's probably boring.
It gets bitter a little bit.
You sound like you like it, and
I think Charlie's definitely a
pudding guy.
Maybe he doesn't like pudding.
Oh, you think he's a pudding?
Guy, the final thoughts thing
means nothing from Charlie.
You could write this was the
greatest cigar ever and it could
be an 88.
I'm going to go 87.
I'm going.
To.
Go 86. 90.
Charlie's and I won again.
A-90.
A-90.
Got a 90.
He's a pudding guy.
He loves his pudding dog.
Rocket.
Remind me of What's the Nestle?
Alright, we got to go because
the iPad's going to die.
Oh my God.
This is from August 21st, 2012.
It is reviewed by Brian.
Why didn't you charge it?
Well, because you showed up
early or would have charged for
another hour and a half.
I mean, we were, we did it like
a week ago.
I have to charge it every week.
Yeah, you had seven days.
It sits over there in the
cabinet.
Where do you want me to leave it
plugged in at?
I'm plugging it over here.
It'll be gone by the end of the
week.
This is a Davidoff Dominican
Republic limited edition review
the AVO 25th anniversary
edition.
We have cameras here.
We would tell you who took it.
People unplug it all the time.
The thing was unplugged this
week when I got here.
OK, what?
This is the AVO 25th Anniversary
Edition cigar.
By.
By who?
Brian.
Reviewed by Brian.
OK.
This is from 2020.
Twelve.
OK, you want me to go first or?
No, I'll go first.
You sure?
Yep.
Because we've just proven that I
can beat you either way.
No, I'll go 1st 82.
OK, 88 OH.
You son of a bitch.
All right, it's the AVO 25th
anniversary edition.
It is a Dominican Republic
factory is OK cigars rappers
Dominican, Creoho sun grown
binders Dominican fillers
Dominican.
It is a six by $5216.00.
Back in 2012, the release date
was September of 2012.
The number of cigars smoked
Review only two.
They must have really liked it
back in 2012 for $16.00.
Yeah, I'm talking about the
manufacturer 82.
It's OK.
By the OK brand, I'll stay 88
boots, he said 82.
Oh, did he?
Oh, he went first just now.
We're sticking.
Yeah, the second third continues
much as the first, which is to
say delectably mild.
Delectably mild.
To sun grown.
OK.
Boots is it?
Oh, that's it.
That was it.
That's it.
That's the clue.
Oh, 82.
I'll stay 86.
You were 88.
I'll stay.
I'll move to 86.
The final third has started to
get a little harsh, which
unfortunately for a cigar with
such a delicate profile, means
that most of the flavors have
become muted.
Now it sucks the final third.
82.
I'm going to go.
I'm going to stay 86.
Ironically, the final third has
been the best as far as
construction goes, with very
little flaky ash and no touch
ups required.
But tastes like garbage.
Very bitter $16.00 What?
84.
He slid up.
Is this the last?
Is it?
Yes, and we have final thoughts.
Oh, we do have one more going to
go 85.
I haven't smoked an avo in quite
a while and I'm not entirely
sure why.
I used to enjoy them regularly,
but for some reason they have
fallen out of my rotation.
This cigar reminds me that I
should occasionally enjoy an
avo, especially if I'm looking
for a good mild cigar.
The subtle flavours and delicate
profile was enjoyable throughout
most of the cigar.
Unfortunately, the mild profile
was overwhelmed at the end with
some slight harshness that would
have ruined a fuller bodied
cigar.
I'm hoping that a few months in
the humor will allow the last
third to mellow out and let the
cigar shine in its entirety.
For now though, I can easily
recommend picking up a few to
try as overall it was an
enjoyable smoke.
Boots. 83.
Oh, he went down, down.
Oh my God, I'm going to go back
up.
I'm going to go 87. 86 I was
honored, damn it.
I still won.
You still won.
Unbelievable.
Man.
It was.
It was not even that great.
He had to put it back in the
humidor, let it sit and he still
gave it a 86.
I was so close.
Well, he said it was a good
zagar, he wishes he smoked more
and you should go buy.
One guess what?
What he said was is he said that
he usually liked to smoke avo
but this reminded him why he why
he hasn't.
You know what he said?
He said, he said, guess what, In
13 years there's going to be a
show that's going to guess these
reviews and Mike is going to
dominate in it against Boots.
No chocolate.
That's exactly what he said.
No chocolate pudding.
Final thoughts.
OK, what else you got?
You got a listener of the week?
I do not.
Boo.
Do you got a listener of the
week?
Yeah, he's sitting behind you.
Oh, look at that.
Brilliant.
He's in the bathroom.
No, he's that's behind me.
He's more beside me.
Dak Prescott of the Dallas.
Mayor of Cigar Town.
Of the Dallas Cowboys.
Yes, Mr. Dak.
Dak, what is your last name?
Noel.
KNOLE.
Yes, Kanole.
Shop of the Week, Cigar Life,
where I'll be doing it in an
event at the last Saturday of
the month on the 29th or the
30th.
The 30th.
The 29th this year, 30th is
there.
Excellent.
All right, it's been episode 401
of Cigars or Podcasts.
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Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 401 of The Cigar Hustlers Podcast. This week we’re diving into the biggest stories making headlines: MrBeast gets slapped with a lawsuit from Spalding over “The Beast” trademark, Taylor Swift breaks the internet with her surprise debut on the New Heights podcast, and Hurricane Erin makes history as the first Category 5 of the season. We’ll also catch you up on cigar industry news, from Arturo Fuente shaking up international distribution to Cigars International expanding into new markets, plus PCA’s new global education push. And of course, we’ll finish with What’s the Score and a fresh review.
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