ACHP Episode 476 Blue Berries Might Kill You
Episode Summary
Episode 476 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast opens with Mike Palmer, Phil McGuffey and co-host Mikey riffing on youth sports coaching, church collection plates and podcast housekeeping before turning to the heart of the episode: the funeral for Erik Espinosa's father. The hosts recount the service, the turnout of industry figures and retailers, and two moments of quiet class they witnessed — Richie running for an umbrella to shade Erik's mother in the sun, and Hector parking far away and walking the uneven cemetery ground on a reconstructed leg rather than taking a closer spot.
The show then goes live to Jack Torano of Espinosa Premium Cigars, who thanks the crew for attending and for the card they gave Erik, and shares memories of smoking with Espinosa Sr. — including a great story about the old man rifling through a bag of trade cigars and telling Jack, in Spanish, not to worry about what he was doing. Jack talks about what it means to be inside the Espinosa family, comparing it to his Torano days, and the outpouring of love at the viewing and burial.
After the CH Pod Swag segment (new Smoke & Subscribe triple-torch and single-flame lighters at chpod.com) and listener comments, the guys run their usual off-beat news block: BAFTA fallout over the attendee with Tourette syndrome and Jamie Foxx's reaction, a strange Utah nursing home staffing controversy, and a Class I listeria recall on frozen blueberries from the Oregon Potato Company.
Cigar news covers the CLE 25th Anniversary TAA — a 6x54 round Toro of all-Honduran tobacco marking Christian Eiroa's 25 years — the Punch Rare Corojo 25th Anniversary made at the JRE Tobacco factory, the American-made Cohiba Serie M Reserva Plata rolled at El Titan de Bronze in Miami with San Andrés wrapper and Nicaraguan/Dominican fillers at $29.99, and a Marto Cigars exclusive Mr. Sinistro 12-count revolver-cylinder canister at $150. The episode closes with What's the Score on a 2011 review of the Montecristo 75th Anniversary Lancero, which scored a brutal 56.
In This Episode
- 01Remembering Erik Espinosa Sr.Mike recounts attending the funeral, the industry turnout, and small acts of class from Richie and Hector that stood out.
- 02Phone Call with Jack ToranoJack Torano calls in to thank the crew, share stories of smoking cigars with Espinosa Sr., and talk about the Espinosa family culture.
- 03CH Pod Swag and Listener CommentsMikey shows off the new Smoke & Subscribe triple-torch and single-flame lighters and the guys read listener comments.
- 04Off-Topic News BlockBAFTA Tourette's fallout and Jamie Foxx's take, a Utah nursing home staffing scandal, and a Class I listeria recall on frozen blueberries.
- 05CLE 25th Anniversary TAA 2025A 6x54 round Toro of all-Honduran tobacco celebrating Christian Eiroa's 25 years, shipping to TAA retailers.
- 06Punch Rare Corojo 25th AnniversarySTG's single-vitola 6x54 Honduran Toro made at the JRE Tobacco factory, plus talk of the El Rey del Mundo collaboration.
- 07Cohiba Serie M Reserva PlataAn American-made Cohiba rolled at El Titan de Bronze with San Andrés wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Dominican/Nicaraguan fillers at $29.99.
- 08What's the Score: Montecristo 75th Anniversary LanceroA 2011 review of the Altadis Lancero gets torn apart for draw problems and harshness, landing a 56.
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Transcript
hello people's yes you can start welcome to a cigar husser podcast episode 476 i'm mike palmer your host and with me today is phil I'm going to be a daddy again, McGuffey, over at Engineering. And then it's my co-host, Mikey. I like to edit Preston's show late at night, so he's the last thing I see before bed. Wow.
Wow. Wow. Welcome, gentlemen. I drove all the way to Miami for a funeral.
Drove back, coached two teams for basketball, ate dinner, and edited the video. Oh, you made it back in time for sports? Yeah. Oh, good for you.
And edited the video. The one that you labeled Preston is a hottie. Oh, God. Yeah.
Yeah. I forgot about that. Yeah. That's great.
I should have left that on there because it's his memory stick. You should have left it on there for him. " I made him say something about your haircut, too, by the way. Did you?
Oh, tell him what I said. " Did he say something? What did he say? " He likes that.
You're a terrible person. There's very few things I get to have fun with around here. Are you connected to the Rodecaster? Um, nobody is connected.
Nobody is. Alright, we don't have headphones either. No, are we calling someone? Oh, yeah, I'll make a speaker call then today.
Oh, you didn't tell me. Well, yeah, it would have been a little bit better if you would have told us five minutes ago. Yeah, I would have mentioned it before the show, not during. I'm too busy correcting all your problems.
Flavor Flav. Title of the last show. Go look at it. The last show was Replay.
No, the one before that. ACHP Replay. Flavor Flav. It's Flavor...
Flavor Flav. I looked up the spelling of his name. Look, the title is Flavor F-A-V comma equal sign. sign.
I fixed that. Did it still show up? You did not fix that. I thought I fixed it.
Clearly you didn't. Was he trying to make like a little smiley face at the end? I was making a smiley face. Yeah.
Is that what you're doing? Yes. You forgot the smiley part. Oh.
Flav. Flavor Fav. Flavor Fav. That's how you spell it.
I looked it up. Flavor Flav? That's how you spell his name. Flavor Flav?
Yes. So there would be an L in there? Oh, Flav, not Fav. Not Flavor Fav?
Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah. That day I had to upload six shows that night. Nothing makes me happier than when somebody's telling me continuously that I'm wrong.
I didn't understand what you were saying. You don't know what you're talking about. You're an idiot. Yeah, you're right.
I'm a complete idiot. Let's spell Flav. Just to get back on track here, does Preston watch our show at all? No.
Oh, man. Do you watch Preston's show? No, no, but I don't think you guys talk about boots on that show. I have to watch his shorts.
We subscribed. He doesn't even know who you are. You've showed up once or twice. No, I know, but I'm saying, like, we talk about Preston on our show.
He doesn't want... And for one of the podcasts that you showed up for, one of the other ones, you decided to eat a sandwich in the background. Could you hear me? No, you just sat down and got lunch.
I was like, okay. Oh, you can eat during the show? No. No, you can't.
I had to text him and said, during the podcast, could you move, please, with your burger cake? With your burger cake. Oh, I was sitting at the table. Oh, he sat over there.
Yeah. Oh. Background for continuity and stuff. Right, yeah, that's what Mikey always says about our show.
Yeah, come on in. Do whatever you want. Do whatever you want. So he does the same thing.
I'm okay with a natural atmosphere in a cigar lounge for a cigar podcast. That's natural. So he should have been dribbling a ball or playing flag football? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, if you come in and you drop a Hardee's bag with a soda- I'll make sure- Have you heard of iFlag, by the way? No, what's iFlag? com is a big flag football organization that advertises on iHeartRadio. Really?
Yeah. What are they, a league? I know, I heard the commercial yesterday when I was driving. But no idea what they're about.
They were talking about a tournament, they do national tournaments and stuff in places. So they're a league? Yeah, they're a league. Okay.
Oh, that's cool. I thought it was neat. I mean... I'm with Preston.
Well, I know, but I didn't know if it was a league you guys could sign up to play against. You want me to play more football? More football. Well, when you start, you know, for your league.
Yeah, you have your own league. Our school league just started for kindergarten and for fourth grade. Are you the coach for the school? Yeah.
Oh, my God. Do you get a tuition discount? No. Do you get paid?
No. It sounds like a good deal. So right now, so if you include basketball with those two teams running, I'm back to nine. You do school basketball, too?
I do. When that happens. What's the deal for that one? Zero dollars.
No tuition discount. Why do you do everything for free? Yeah, everything's for free, right? What normally happens is I get some parents to give me some advice that I don't ask for.
Do they give you money you don't ask for? No, I'm just kidding. Actually, the parents, I gotta be honest. If you're one of his parents, could you start tipping?
Knock on wood. The parents are really great in all of them. They're really good to me. They don't give me a hard time at all.
Do you have Venmo? Of course. You should put like your Venmo QR code on the shirt, yeah. On every kid's shirt.
Right. If you like what you see here, tip us. If you're enjoying your edumagation, I don't know if you'd like what you see here all the time. That's the problem.
Well, then they just don't scan it. That's what they do at church. They put the scanner code up on the screen. Oh, they just throw that up there now?
Sometimes, yeah. Oh, they don't even pass around a plate? That's when they're going hardcore. They do the plate.
Oh, hardcore is a plate. Just put the pension on them, place the plates this week. Make them feel bad when they grab it. I go during, we go during like the school one, like, well, it's, you know, whenever.
Yeah. They don't pass around the plate during the school one because all the kids are there. Oh, yeah, they don't have no money. Kids will take the money.
" Right. " Well, it's funny too now because it's like, you're supposed, they give you envelopes and you're supposed to put your name on the envelopes and stuff. I'm like, I'm not doing all that. I'm not doing that.
Yeah, they want to give you credit, or belittle you, one or the other. I'm just dropping cash in the bin, that's it, you know? Then they do like a report at the end of the year, on the big screen, in front of everybody. Yeah, this is how much Stepankiewicz family is given.
Stepankiewicz, $17. What's up with that? Here's the top five. What are you talking about?
I coach all your basketball teams there. Yeah, I do all your sports. Do you know how much time I sacrificed for this? Do you know Preston?
I'm already, I'm already stressing out about it. Right. All right, so let's get back to the show here. Yeah.
So you went to the Espinosa funeral yesterday. Oh, yeah, but you, we don't want to talk about CH Pod Swag or no? We're getting right to that. Talk about what?
How do you get some of that CH Pod Swag? We get to that. Yeah, it's normally after he reads off like what we're going to talk about. Yeah, this is the part of the show where we just sort of talk about what happened.
Okay. Oh, okay. I did go. Yeah.
And then I'd say what the show is. All right. And then I go, but before we get started, and then you do the CH Pod Swag. That's wagging the comments.
Okay, I'm very sorry. I mean, we've only been doing it for eight years. Flavor Fav. This is the new, by the way, but okay, Flavor Fav.
So you went to the Espinosa funeral? I did. Is it a bunch of cigar dignitaries? There were...
Who's who of finest people? There were some heavy hitters there. There was a couple guys, you know. Guy Fieri?
He was not at the funeral, but I believe he was at the wake. Why didn't he go to the funeral? I don't know, maybe he had to... Was it at a church or like a graveside?
No, it was at the burial. Yeah, there were a couple guys there, there were a couple of retailers there, but from what I understood, they were kind of standout. Obviously, Abe was there, which was very respectful, he's awesome, he's a funny guy. he said something to me and i countered back because he was talking about you he's like uh make sure you say something something to your significant other and i'll and i said i'll tell her you said hello he goes wait wait who who do you think i'm talking about i'm not sorry i would never say anything like that about your wife or anything i'm like oh i know exactly who you're talking about like you gotta be witty man i don't you know like you gotta be fast if you're gonna come for me i i got instant counters so uh but yeah man he was he was very gracious we talked a little bit um Mr.
San was there your friend oh yeah and but here's what I got to tell you that was that's remarkable about some of the people in the Espinosa organization I mean they're all pretty remarkable but there were two things that I that I saw when I was there that really kind of highlighted for me um number one when Eric's mom was done speaking first of all that was difficult to listen to because i'm like oh god you know like i'm gonna you know you start getting choked up when you start to see you know even though he had a great life and he lived a long period of time like she's now like her partner is gone right yeah it's emotional yeah so that's tough um once once it was kind of the ceremony or whatever was done she walked the service thank you she walked away and then kind of sat out in the sun richie ran out and ran right to the car and got So we got an umbrella and just stood there and held it for her the entire time so that she had some shade because it was hot. And the other one that I saw, we got there kind of early because that's how traffic worked out, right? So we had there like an hour early. So I think we might have been the first people there, if not, you know, the second people there.
And so we parked by the office, which was far away, and then we kind of walked up. " And then all of a sudden, kind of Hector disappears, and Hector parked so far away, I couldn't see his car. This guy has had his entire leg reconstructed, right? And the ground that you're walking on, it's not even at all, it's a cemetery.
So, you know, no one would have thought twice if he'd have parked closer, right? But, like, that's the integrity that Hector has. He's like, you know what, I'm gonna pull far away, I'm gonna stay out of it, and I'll walk up, right? So, when you see things like that, you're like, man, you don't know if somebody notices that at all?
Like, you don't do that to see if, you know, like, I'm gonna do... Sure, he didn't do it to make a point. Right, he did it just to be a good person. I'm like, man, you know, that was stellar, you know?
So, um, and then of course you saw Eric and, you know, well, I saw, you know, a handful of people, but, uh, yeah, it was, uh, it was good, but, uh, Jack wanted me to call him, so I'll give him a buzz real quick. See if he's available. Hey buddy, I got you on the podcast. Um, I don't have my headphones, so I just did the speaker phone.
How are you, sir? hold on one second hold on sorry just hold on it's okay i will hold we're hold we're not doing anything make it a sandwich it's fine oh sandwich sandwich i love sandwiches sandwich sandwich a knuckle sandwich okay how's it going guys good man it was it was great to see you uh you know i I wish it was on better circumstances, but I did just want to call to you, and Palmer wanted to give his, wanted to speak to you, and wanted to give his condolences as well, so, and then obviously, you know. Well, I wanted to thank you all, you all for attending. That was a special moment that all of you came.
Well, wait a minute, not all of you, right? Yeah, no, Palmer wasn't there. No, I had an event, I couldn't make it, very sorry. He said he had an event, he says he's very sorry he had an event.
Yeah, events are way more important. You know, those little cut, those little cut lights are way more important. I get it. Yeah, you know, it's like, what are you gonna do?
You know, someone's dad passes, you gotta, you gotta go, you know? Yeah, you gotta go do a cut light, a little three-in-one. Yeah, you gotta go do a three-in-one. But no, Palmer, Palmer, I heckle, I heckle you, but thank you for, thank you for the condolences on behalf of the Espinosa family.
It was a very special event, and it was amazing that Mike and Greg made the drive to attend. Well, we love you guys, man. We're always here for you guys, so. But the heckling didn't go as well as I planned.
I thought that he would go sideways, but he kind of laughed it off. I knew it was going. Yeah, yeah. Damn.
All right. Because Palmer's used to being a whipping boy. Yeah. Yes, yes.
He kind of takes that shit in stride. He doesn't squirm as much as he used to. I know my place in the industry. Well, he's been doing it for 10 years.
So is there a tradition in, because today I was privy to the card you gave Eric. Yes. Is that a tradition? Well, you know, here's what I'm going to tell you.
I mean, I don't want to say much more than that. Yeah, well, here's what I'm going to tell you. You know what I'm talking about. Like, here's the reality.
everybody people all people go through things and they have these struggles and like you know um i got stuck with the bill when it happened to me right yeah so that sucks and i don't care how much money you have like like you know no matter what the circumstances are no matter where i am no matter what i'm what i'm kind of doing uh like if someone has more money than me and we go It's not like I'm expecting that person to pay, right? And I don't think that it's appropriate to have that belief, right? So no matter where somebody is in success, it's always, I think that it's always important to acknowledge that, hey man, all this ain't cheap, right? So, I want to alleviate that feeling too because, you know, I've been on the other side of that and it sucks.
So, on top of dealing with everything else. So, you know, yeah. It's not a tradition. He was extremely moved by not only your appearance, but by that card, and he was a moving moment in the meeting this morning.
He brought that up, and we were all blown away by your guys' kindness and generosity, so we really appreciate it. You are, whatever the inner circle is of Espinosa, you have entered it. You guys have definitely answered it. You might be as tighter than I am.
Like I said, you know, I haven't been invited to anything, so... Well, maybe one day, you'll get there. I believe in you. I believe in you.
I think they were surprised to see me at the funeral. " You guys, you're here? Oh, well, I mean, you know, like, listen, it had a big impact on you too, man. And when I saw you, I was like, you need to get it together.
Like, you're not helping me right now, I'm telling you. Listen, listen, I told somebody, I told Ceci that story, that when you saw me and I was breaking down, you were like, you need to stop, because if you don't stop, I'm going to start. Right. This is not going to be good for anybody.
Nobody needs to see this. Yeah. They're like, what's wrong with him? You know, the thing is a very, you know, listen, senior was a very, was a part of my life for the last seven plus years.
Right. And, and when you get to smoke cigars with somebody of that age, and, and this guy, that pull punches never did anything. So he was really entertaining. I mean, one of the funny, one of the quick, you have a moment?
Yep. One of the, one of the, one of the funny things that would always happen here, and I used to do it in the Taranio days when I would go do a malt vendor, you know, The manufacturers tend to trade cigars in these things, because it gets to a point where the line stops and we're, you know, we're sharing cigars with each other, and I always bring a big bag of cigars from all the other manufacturers, and I bring them to the office where they're at Bieterano, there wasn't an office in general for me to go to, but I would bring that bag and we'd all share it, and, you know, it's good to know what other people are making in the industry, it's good to go smoke everybody's cigars. And I did that one day here, about two or three years back, and in strolls the old man, and he sees the bag sitting on the table. Right.
And this whole conversation happened in Spanish, but he starts like, he holds up the bag and he looks into it, it's a clear bogot of bag, and then he sets it down and he starts picking through it, and he separates like eight of the cigars, there's like 30 cigars in there, he separates like 80 of them. " I wonder where Eric gets it from. Yeah, he just walked out with all his pockets full of all the cigars, it was fucking, you know, I want this one, I want this one, and he was a character, and much like Ceci's dad that was a part of my life for like the first four years that me and Ceci were together, and I used to get to enjoy a cigar with him, and talk about, you know, his, when he was young, and I used to enjoy all that. That's just shit, and I miss him greatly, and we're all going to miss Eric's dad greatly.
I mean, he was a big, he left a big footprint here, you know, it was always great to see him here, it was always, you know, a good day when he came and he was having a good day to enjoy dominoes and shoot the shit and spend time at the office, so he's going to be missed, he's going to be extremely missed, but Eric, I think Eric said it best that he, when he said he wasn't sad about his dad, He's happy for the life that man led. And he was a very special person, and again, we appreciate everybody that reached out to Eric, and reached out to me, and everybody here. And listen, I feel more like family here. I joke about everything, but I feel more like family here than I did in the Taranio days, actually.
You know, these people are, you know, when you're in the Espinosa world here, you are part of this family. Yep, you got some good dudes around you, man, that's for sure. And I think the viewing and the burial yesterday was a good, you know, you saw it yesterday. The outpouring of love for this man was incredible.
You know, and a tribute to the whole Espinosa family. 100%. 100%. We appreciate you all, brother.
I appreciate you too, man. And Palmer is dead to me. Oh, again. You're dead to him.
One more time. One more time. Again. We all appreciate you, Jack.
I had time there as I was thinking about everything at the cemetery yesterday. I already picked out Palmer's plot. Oh, wow. That's a good spot over here.
I want to be cremated. That's a good spot for Mike Palmer. He says he wishes to be cremated, so, you know. He had a cut light.
Did he? Did he? That'll go on his headstone. That'll go on my headstone.
He had a cut light. Yeah. All right, brother. I'll talk to you, man.
Thanks. We love you. We love you too, brother. Be easy, man.
All right. Oh, what a nice call. Yeah. I wasn't expecting it to go that way, but yes.
Yeah, you don't get that on other shows. No, no, no, no. Yeah, so. Well, we know good guys, so that's why it happens on our show.
you know what dude i i believe that you attract you you attract good people if you're a good person you know and um the bad ones kind of weed themselves out or you know what i mean like it just happens so right uh espinosa's got a great group of squad man great group guys you know i get random calls from the sales people with tips on shops like hey i was in the shop and they asked me what else they should carry and i said you so here's their phone number yeah good people that's It's the only company that I get that from. Right. You know, what's funny about that company, when I first started, you know, going around with you and doing all the cigar stuff, when I first met all them, I literally thought they were all like related, like brothers, cousins. Really?
Yeah. That's too funny. Then I found out that there's only like two of them, the son and the dad. Right.
Are some of the girls nieces or something? Probably. I know the Espinosa family is huge. Yeah, I've never met like the office people, but just like the reps and the guys that we see go around the like PCA and stuff.
Right. I thought they were all, even Jack, like I thought Jack was related to him. It's kind of funny. Yeah.
His name's Taranio. Yeah, you could have. Taranio Espinosa. They all have to have the same last name?
Yes. Yes. That's correct. That's how you know you're related.
All right. Well, I mean, we're 22 minutes in. We haven't even touched the show, so I guess this is going to be a good one. Right, yeah.
We got some good stuff, taking a day off, let the news pile up a little bit. All right, on today's show, we have some BAFTA updates. Oh, God. Utah has a problem with the elderly, another level one food recall from a potato company.
And in cigars, we got a late to the show cigar, two new cigars, and then a what's the score. But first, Mikey, I hear you've got some new CH Pod swag. Ah, yes, indeed. Let me light my...
I just ran out of fuel. Let me light my... Oh, God. I knew that was gonna happen.
In the best part of any show, what are the comments? com. Oh! Well, I only made like 10 of those.
That was it. Two styles. But I also have this one, the Single Flame Smoke & Subscribe. Oh, trusty, there it is.
This is a great, this is a great lighter. It is a good lighter. This one's only six bucks. 95, buy one, get the second one, 40% off.
Uh, and I gotta tell you, I can't confirm or deny, however, there's a slight chance that this will pass TSA when you go to, because it's entirely plastic. Yeah, it's plastic. I can't, I can't say, yes, do this. However, I can tell you in my experiences, I have had no issues with this.
Well, you buy two of them. You know what they say, no risk it, no biscuit. Right. And for six bucks, yeah, what do you get to lose?
99? 99. 95. I like the fives.
95. Yeah, but you have to buy both to have the complete collection. com, where you buy one and get the second one 40% off, and if you spend $100 or more, you're gonna get free shipping. Some of the comments that we have.
They're getting longer. Yeah, people are pouring their hearts out to us. That's great. I love that.
Yes. Bring it on. You know, bring it on. I'm actually starting to get some messages.
Um, well, let's see. Yeah, it was great. So, Real Smoke Pod commented, this has got, this is They watched the replays, they still love this episode, he seems like a fun person to talk to, heart goes out to him and his family right now, thanks for the replay, which was Eric Espinosa's… The last interview we did with him. Yeah, thank you, we did that, you posted that back up.
Team Money says, if the cartel attacked the US, there would be so much heat on them, it would be the worst thing they ever did. There are massive contingency plans in place for this exact situation. Stephen Wells said: "I don't know why Palmer is complaining about extra work. He doesn't sleep.
" We're going to be checking a lot of boxes today's show. Oh, it's all just because of Phil? Not today. Epicurean Smoke says: "The new ads make the show even more entertaining, especially if you're just listening to the show in the background.
One second we're hearing Palmer's about this diaper slide, and the next it's about life insurance and bathroom remodeling. Yes. Oh, bathroom remodeling. So, and, uh, I don't know if I did this one, uh, TX Southpaw says, rumor has it, when Mikey tells Phil that he can't have a free cigar when working on the podcast, he puts two in the old prison pocket.
Wow. One for himself, and the second is used to bribe guests for future podcast appearances. No, you have not read that one before. Wow.
So, thanks so much for your comments. If you want to hear your comment on our show, there's a good chance that we'll read it off. Unless you're very hurtful towards me, then I won't read it. I'll read those.
Oh yeah, Palmer will read those ones. No, no, no, no. If they're hurtful, if you say something bad about him, I'll make sure I get it. That will not happen.
So, yeah. All right, now with the news. Did I say like and subscribe? Yes, you did.
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You get stuff here, you don't get anywhere else. No, that's true. Espinosa just uses as a way to thank people for showing up for the funeral and stuff. Espinosa just used us?
The Espinosa group. Jack Torano. Jack was their spokesman, but yes. Yeah, of course, of course, man, that's what we're all...
No, I mean, I know, not bad, but I mean, you know, he's not calling... Yeah. And that's why we're the number one show for Industry Insiders. There you go.
Yeah, take that, take that cigar, guys. Yeah. Ha ha. You are moved.
Go back to more of your magic, uh, AI tricks. Yeah, poof. Here you go. All right, we got some BAFTA updates.
Apparently, the man with the Tourette's had other run-ins with the press. Yes. Oh my God, this is great. " Oh boy.
But he said the word. Why do they allow this guy to go anywhere with high-ranking people? " Oh, did he die? Oh, I don't know.
They didn't see what happened. Oh, he didn't follow that up. Well, at least he's learned now. So after he made the outburst at the BAFTA Awards, he took himself out of the event.
He left. Of course, he's got to be embarrassed. Right, yeah. Or scared.
Or scared. I don't think he's scared. You know, I got to believe that there's some grace here with this guy, whether he should have it or not. You know, I think that, you know, I can't imagine somebody being outraged to hurting a person with a disability, you know?
Wow. Is it a disability? Here we go. Jamie Foxx.
Oh, no. Actor, celebrity. He says he's faking it. He's just another white man, the one to say the N-word.
Oh, boy. I mean, maybe. I don't know, yeah. Like, I don't know the guy, so I can't stand behind him and say, Yes, no, you're completely wrong, or yes, you're completely right, I'm just watching from a bird's eye view like everybody else.
You know who Balin is? No. Balin's the young lady who has a reality show who has the Tourette syndrome in America. Oh, we started to watch that.
Yeah, we started to, too, and it gets kind of repetitive. It's very redundant. And then it felt kind of like stage, like the show. Some of the things, yeah, like they put her in situations because they know she's going to do stuff.
So anyway, she released a big announcement saying, trying to explain the man's condition, and that Tourette's goes for the worst thing that you could possibly say at that situation, and that's what it yells out, that you have no control at all. Okay, so it's probably legit. I hate cheese! Nothing like that, huh?
Just straight to the blackboard. You have Google news updates? Yeah. When it happened, they released a statement, Something to the effect of the man's name screams, if they use the N-word, at the BAFTA Awards, and they've put up the picture of the two black actors, Michael B.
Jordan, and the other good actor that's so good, we don't remember his name. Yeah, you recognize his face, but you can't. And you know what, when I was driving home thinking, like, what other movies did I see him in? It was Gone in 60 Seconds.
You know, I was just about to say, he was a cop and gone in 60 Seconds. He was really good in that movie. Yeah, he was good in that movie. Yeah, I mean, whatever, this is just, this was, we're gonna be moving on from this soon.
Yeah, this, this, now this is, well, Michael, uh, Jamie Foxx was the reason it came back out again, because he thinks the guy did it on purpose. I mean, look, he's entitled to think whatever he wants to think. Sure. Just don't hurt the guy.
It seems like. Well, I mean, nobody's beating him up or anything. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure the guy feels bad enough.
Yeah, he left. Uh, I gotta go. Oh, what did I just do? Man, I've never said that before.
This is really getting bad. Can you, like, tape your mouth shut or something, you know? You just rip it open. I mean, like to say something.
I'm like, no, you know, he'll just put the tape on his mouth. And they zoom in on him in the audience. He's like this. He's a tape face from America's Got Talent.
Oh, yeah. Man, could you imagine what this guy's life's like? Does he just like scream stuff out like that? It's got to be horrible.
It's got to be horrible. You can't control it at all. Yeah, because you're going to say something that a person could hurt you, right? Right.
No, no, we don't want this. Well, could you, I mean, that Baylen show, they showed her boyfriend all the time. " Right. I mean, I mean...
Is that her true feelings, or is that just Tourette's? Yeah, exactly. I mean, how do you know which one it is, you know? Right.
" Right. " Right. Little baby. Little baby wiener.
Checkbox one. A weenie's fine. Weenie's fine. He said ER.
He said the hard R at the end there. I said wiener. He didn't say wiener. It's okay.
It's not one of the buzzwords. " Still safe for ads. Still say what? Still safe for ads.
So, it's gone back and it's monetized every show we've ever done. Some of them are yellow, some are green. I don't know what the difference is. Yellow's caution.
Yeah, yellow's caution. Proceed with caution. We must have hit some of the boxes on those. We'll check a couple blocks on that one.
All right, so Utah's having a problem with the elderly. Uh-oh. Unlicensed staff have been having consensual sex with the nursing home residents. Oh, dude.
Consensual or un-consensual? Consensual. Okay. So if you're a doctor or a nurse, you're somebody who's registered, you cannot.
But if you're like a nurse's aide, if you're one of the cleaners. That's okay. Game on. If you're the guy that runs around and distributes books.
But it's consensual. It's consensual. We're sure that it's consensual. We're sure that it's consensual.
Yep, there's no rules about it. But it's leaving Utah officials in a dilemma because they don't want it happening. Why? Because they don't want to walk in and find, you know, 18-year-old mop bucket boy, Pop and Grandma.
Are they on the clock? Yes. They are confirmed on the clock. They're on the clock.
Well, then that's a problem. " You know how you fix this? You know how you fix this? How do you fix it?
You make a job. Make a job? Yeah, there's just one guy that goes around and if they want to, you know, do their thing, I don't think it works that way, I think that so-and-so is attracted to the other person and then this thing happens, well, maybe you get like a guy that's like Jason Momoa or something, he runs around the elderly house, so there's an 18-year-old high school kid working at the nursing home reportedly began having sex with multiple residents and encouraged his friends to apply for jobs at the home home, you're not gonna believe this, you're not gonna believe this, right, the grandma is pretty good. So they asked him, was he attracted to the lady, and he goes, no, but she asked me, and I thought, why not?
She didn't even ask for the extra large pizza. I don't see what the problem is here, as long as it's not on the job. I don't know, I mean, he could be a volunteer or something. I don't know, well, they don't like it.
Who? The people that run the facility. Do you want to come visit your grandma in the home and find, you know, and there's a mop bucket outside, and the broom is, you know, leaning against the door, and you open the door, and he's in there banging her in her wheelchair? Pop, pop, pop, pop.
Maybe he's just jealous. Maybe they're all jealous. Is she happy? I don't know.
" I imagine some people would be upset. If I'm gonna go out, this is how I'm going out. Dude. I mean, what are we doing?
Like, she's still living a little bit. Yeah. Not a girl. They walked in on a physical therapy aid attempting to have sex with an 80-year-old woman who had been reported missing.
Okay. She wasn't in her room. Was it Samantha Gunther? Oh, she wandered off with this guy.
Well, he took her somewhere. Hey, let's go somewhere quiet like this room closet. Right. Something, who knows.
I don't know, like, how do you regulate this? I don't know, I don't have a problem with it either, technically, I mean... Now look, if there's uncontensual, if there's... " Yeah, if we're taking advantage of people with, like, Alzheimer's and all of these other things...
Well, that's part of the dilemma. I mean, if they have Alzheimer's, maybe they think you're, you know, Johnny, her husband, but you're not, you know. Okay, I can see where that gets a little murky, but... You know, I'm gonna go with Palmer on this.
He's the one closest to this situation soon, so maybe this is something fun for these type of people. Maybe, I mean, you know. As long as everybody's okay, everybody's having a good time, no one's being taken advantage of. Well, the 18 year old's definitely being taken advantage of.
Right, 18 year old. He's okay with it. Is it being taken advantage of? I mean, there's a female with male situation too, where an 18 year old girl was doing an old man, which is just kind of weird.
I don't know why that's weirder, but it seems weirder. It does. Please be 18. You guys all seen.
If the older lady thinks it's her husband who's already passed, and it's not, I don't know, like I said, that's a little murky. You think she's thinking it's her old husband? She could. I mean, maybe the guy looks like the 18-year-old version of her husband back in high school.
It's very Vanilla Sky-y. Do you remember that movie with Tom Cruise? I never saw it, but I know the movie. Where he got to live over his good moments forever.
Oh, is that what it was? Yeah. Wasn't Cameron Diaz-y? Was Cameron Diaz-y?
Uh, she might have been. She's very Vanilla Sky-ish. I guess this is whatever. This is kind of tossed up in the air.
You know what? Good for them. Whatever. I guess we'll hear more.
Well, when they find out, they fire the employee. They fired him? They fired the employee, yeah. You're not allowed to bang the...
Does he still come around? No. He's not getting paid anymore. Okay.
But, like, you know... I mean, he said he didn't... You know, he wasn't attracted to her, but she asked and he could do it, so he did it. Maybe he felt like, you know what?
I'm going to continue my civic duty here, and I'm going to check back in. I'm going to sign in as a guest. This is my, I'll volunteer now. Right, I'll volunteer now.
Do volunteer hours. He took the whole introductory to the job thing really seriously. Like, hey, Tom, when you're in these rooms and they ask for something, make sure you take care of them, okay? You got it.
All right, you got it. No matter what they ask for, you take care of it. Right. Anything?
Anything? I need to qualify the anything, Barb. I love how he dropped the broom and just struck the show. I was like, all right.
Okay, here we go. Give me a minute. Granny's going to be so upset. The kid's gone.
Yeah. He loved me. Bring him back. She's not going to eat anymore.
I mean, you know, people were dying to get into that place. Well, that's what they were talking about. I heard this on the radio show. They're like, the lineup for this place is going to be crazy.
Yeah, I too want to stay here. I want to move in over there. That sounds great. Her body works.
We should follow this up and see if this kid gets a job anywhere else. Well, that's just it. They are going to other facilities. So you get fired at the, you know, Mayfair Farms Retirement Home, and then you show up over at the, uh, Booty Booty, uh, Booty Booty, I don't know, I'll just think of another name.
Yeah. Wow. Yeah, they go to work in another retirement home, and then they just start all over again. Hmm.
So they want to make some type of, uh, statewide, like, list. Like, Billy's known to bang old ladies, so don't hire him. Well, you know, listen. It's not illegal.
Oh, look. Taking care of the elderly is very important. It is. And I'm not saying, I'm not saying in that level, right?
I'm just saying, so, you know, you want to make sure that they're at the end of their life and they're being cared for. Yeah, these are long-term facilities. It's not like it's, you know. Yeah, and that's, I mean, all of it sounds so hard, so difficult.
Okay, let's stop talking about the last thing you said. Wow. I don't know why, I'm just having problems over here. You always do.
Him and death, he doesn't like death. That's not what I was talking about. No, it's hard. Oh, all of it's so hard.
All of it's so hard. All of it's so hard. Yeah, and all of a sudden, he can't continue. Yeah, we gotta move on.
Now he's wondering if he can get a job. No, let's move on from this. Because he's like a little teenager, like a little 13-year-old boy or something. He's a herd.
That's discovered his peepee for the first time ever. Oh, yeah. You ever seen that meme where the guy was like, "Oh man, I can't believe I misspelled Grandfather Clock" on Google? No, but I got it.
Oh, but here comes the sirens, they're coming to get you. Right, oh God, it's illegal in Florida. Oh, they're calling me. They're calling, they're calling.
Sir, you have a vision that's been approved. Leave your watch upstairs moving forward. How about we just do that? I need it, in case my wife texts me.
Not for one hour. She's pregnant, she might go into labor. She'll understand. She'll understand?
The phone rings right away, you pick it up no matter what we're talking about. Hello, we're podcasting. He's got a pregnant wife and he can't. To be fair, we have two totally different relationships.
Well, right, but his wife's having a baby. I'm way more invested with my wife than he is with his. Oh! Honey, call anytime you want, I'll pick it up.
I only saw my wife right before, we're doing the show, don't call. So if she calls, like she did the one time when mom was in the hospital. Yeah. All right, we got another level one, food recall.
Ooh, a food, a death one. Another level one, we're only covering level ones now, there's too many of them. We skipped peanut butter last week, everybody wanted me to talk about peanut butter, but we skipped it, it was not a level one. It wasn't level one.
No. It's a life-threatening listeria risk from, where's the name of the company? The Oregon Potato Company. Oh boy.
You want to know what's being recalled? Yes. Frozen blueberries. No.
Yes. What? Do you eat frozen blueberries? You do.
I bet you do. Could it be the fact that the potato company sold the blueberries? Could that be the problem? Maybe.
They have listeria, our possibility of listeria. So it's a family owned business in Salem specializing in frozen and dehydrated potatoes, vegetables, and fruits. They have flagged 55,689 pounds of individually quick frozen blueberries. The notice was made on February 12th.
Regulators on Tuesday upgraded it to a class one recall. officials warning the exposure to potential listeria monocytogenin. Ooh, it sounds serious. Could cause serious adverse health consequences and death.
It could cause death. Could cause death. Wow. S.
states, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. We're okay here in Florida. No blueberries. I was going to bring you frozen blueberries tomorrow, called the show, but I guess that's out.
Oh, and through Canada. So, McTavish, no blueberries. Yeah, well, by the time he sees this, it'll blow over. Oh, yeah, he's eight months away now.
So, do you think people pay attention to these? I mean, if we didn't talk about this, I wouldn't know the blueberries will recall. Okay, but they're not in this area. No, no, but still, even if they were, we wouldn't know.
Right. I mean, because I look at Google Trends, this comes up as one of the top stories. So, you feel like you're doing a public service is what you're telling me? " I don't know if the potato company made these.
I'm throwing them away. I think some people will. Do you? Yeah.
I'm sure they put it on the local news. Some people are as paranoid as you are. I'm not paranoid. I mean, like the peanut butter thing.
I ate a lot of peanut butter. I didn't even look to see what the brand was. I don't care. I don't know.
It had plastic in it or something. I mean, okay. So any of these other recalls we did, some of them were in Florida. " No.
That's what I mean. It wasn't cat, it was botulism, I think, and a hamburger. That was serious. No, that just gives you the poops.
I eat the same food all the time. Right. So just don't mess up my Costco chicken and we'll be good to go. Oh, Costco chicken's Enrico.
I'll figure it out. I'm sure I'll eat it still. Yeah, and they're burning down the building right now as we speak. They better not be.
We've already lost two. Right. Anyway, I was doing the story last night, I opened a yogurt in the fridge that had gone back and forth a couple times. Back and forth a couple of times in Adrian's Lunchbox.
Yeah. I was like, it still looks okay. Do you think that's a man's perspective? Because that's how I feel, right?
Yeah, I mean, you know, I stirred it up a little and, you know, it's fine. Yeah, she was like, I don't know, I'm not eating that anymore. Well, you put it back in the fridge, so... You didn't throw it out.
You didn't throw it out. So like, you know, I brought my chicken on the car ride yesterday. It was already cooked. And I didn't eat it because we stopped to eat.
I was with Matt Booth, by the way, Phil. How jealous are you right now? Oh, was Matt Booth there like yesterday? Yeah, I picked him up and dropped him off.
Oh. So you know where he was sleeping? I know exactly where he was sleeping. Oh.
" Yeah, Adrian does that too. I'll pull something out of the fridge. " Yeah. I mean, it was in the car.
It was not like it sat and heated up and like, you know. Still, it's cooked. Yeah. It felt like it was raw.
Right. Right? You're gonna eat it up before you eat it. Yeah, so, I mean, I lost that battle.
I have to choose my battles as a man that's married. Oh, she threw it away anyway? Of course. I'll let her go.
Okay. I'll still sneak a couple of bites and then throw it away. It's fine. I'm not dying.
So, eh, whatever. What are you gonna do? Who else was there? Wait, did Greg wear his suit?
He did. He has the one suit he wears to court and funerals. He did. With the pointy shoes?
Did you look at the shoes? I didn't look at the shoes. Oh. But Greg was there, yeah.
No, no. I know Greg went. I was just curious if you wore his jail suit. No.
We looked appropriate. And you wore your black suit? Yeah. What did Man Booth have on?
He had this lovely black sweater, like a quarter zip or button up. Fancy. I mean, if he was traveling, he might not have had clothes. No, he looks good.
He looks good. You know, I told him that we looked better. Sure. You know?
Huh. Here we are. I love Matt, dude. He's such a good guy.
You know, we had a good time driving. It's entertaining when you get to hang out. I don't know. Like, I got a lot of good friends in this industry, man.
Really do. And he's one of them. So, yeah, we had a good time. I feel bad about not going.
You should. Oh, thank you. You should because, yeah. Oh, never mind.
You should. I do too, but I had to stay home. You're not so much. Wow.
You thought about it. You were gonna do it. I didn't know. Yeah, I was going to, but Tia didn't get home till like 10 o'clock last night from Boca.
If you knew Matt Booth was in the car, would you have made it work? No. There was no way to make it. Are you sure?
Trust me. I was gonna try to make it work, but it just, there was no cards to play. " No, there was... My pops couldn't take off work.
My mom couldn't take off. It's just not the right time. Yeah. It all happens for a reason, dude.
You know, I know I play, I kid, and I make fun of things, but it's all good. No, I know. Okay. You have a video?
No. Thank God. We don't need one. We're 46 minutes already.
Oh, yeah. So you don't have anything you want to talk about now? We're in the middle of the show. No.
Anybody want to call? I already called them. Oh. Nobody else?
No. Matt Booth. You want to call somebody? Matt Booth.
You want to call Matt? No. You don't have to call Matt. Is he close by?
You want me to call Skip? No. You're going to yell that about something? No.
He was yelling at us the other day. Was he? All right. Cigar news.
It's almost March 2026. Congratulations, CLE. They're releasing their anniversary TAA 2025 cigar. TAA?
The TAA 2025 cigar. Last to the shop here. The new TAA cigar for 2025 is heading to stores this week. The CLE 25th Anniversary TAA is shipping, it's a 6x54 Toro version of the company's CLE 25th Anniversary Blend.
However, this one is round. It's a round one. It is a round one. This one is round.
Where the regular ones are square. Square. This one is square, this one is round. So they introduced this cigar in 2020, and apparently they come out with it every year.
And to commemorate Christian Eros, 25 years in the cigar business is made entirely of Honduran tobacco. Condoran Tobacco. Do you think this is kind of like, well, we got to make a TA. Just, you know what, you got the blend.
Just go ahead. Right. You know what, let's save time. Don't put it in the, don't put it in the molds.
Don't put it in the box. Make it around. Well, it's got to be, it's totally different at that point as far as the amount of tobacco that's in the cigar. Oh.
Yeah. Oh, maybe they went, hey, we put too much tobacco in. Okay, then don't, don't. Just make them rounds.
We'll make them TAA. We'll give it to the TAA people. So all the TAA guys that bought this last year are like, oh, look, it's coming. Well, why would you wait, if that were the case, it wouldn't take you this long to make it, you know what I mean?
So it wasn't a mistake, but maybe it was just a little lazy. Maybe they were waiting to see how many they sold. Maybe. Now we gotta buy the tobacco, we gotta roll them.
CLE, they have the tobacco. We gotta put it in these weird boxes we just made. They look like Mardi Gras boxes. Do they?
Yes. Okay. Mardi Gras is over, isn't it? Uh, yeah, I think it is.
Or is it going on? I don't know. I don't know. TA's over.
We know that. I know what's going on at Universal. I need to do that. Alright, so moving on.
Yes? Punch Rare Corojo, 25th Anniversary shipping next week. Another Anniversary Cigar. Oh.
Are we getting that? I don't think so. Do you want me to? No.
Do you want the Punch Rare Corojo? No. Not me personally. I didn't think so.
I mean, I guess I could. Scandinavian Tobacco was putting out a bunch of cigars, so they must have got the cease and desist lifted, or whatever it was. That's a totally different company. I always get the two confused.
Yeah, that's a totally different company. You get them confused. No, they had a different cease and desist on them. Oh, yeah?
Yeah. What was theirs on? A Swiss guy made hot chocolate the wrong way. Oh, yeah.
Oh, the Swiss Miss. The Swiss Miss. He got in trouble with Swiss Miss. And that's linked to Scandinavian Tobacco Group?
Right. It was like a shell corporation of Swiss Miss? Exactly. Allegedly.
And then what he did, he actually, what he did was he took some of the, he got investors and he put it into crypto. He said the sugar-free? It wasn't sugar-free. Yeah.
Oh! Did you see that, uh, that Delgado guy got busted for alleged money laundering and something? Uh, I, Delgado guy, here in Orlando? Yeah.
Yes, yes, for a Bitcoin and, uh, something else. There's a picture where he's holding up a Goliath cigar. Oh, is he holding a cigar in the picture? Yeah.
I wonder who did the private label. He looked funny, I mean, he looked funny. Who did that cigar? Did you get paid?
I want to know. Give me the details. Uh, STG changed the cigar by making it a Rare Coroho, a regular production line. Ah, tricky, tricky.
So it's not that rare? Not that rare anymore. So it's regular Coroho? Yes.
The company is once again shaking things up. The release is the Punch Rare Coroho 25th anniversary, which celebrates the 25th anniversary. Well, that works out well for them. Doesn't seem like they're shaking much up.
No. Yeah. It's different because it will be offered as a single Vitola and made at the JRE Tobacco Factory. The Punch Rare Corojo is a 6x54 Toro made entirely of Honduran tobacco.
How could they make it entirely of Honduran tobacco? The other guy's doing entirely of Honduran tobacco. Who is? CLE.
They're the same factory. I think. It says JRE, not CLE. It's probably the same cigar.
Yeah, but they're like, you know. See, you wonder why I get confused. They're kind of together. They have a lot of tobacco.
It's probably the same cigar. It's a different label. That's Aladino, right? Jerry?
Jerry? Yes. Yeah, they're brothers. Aroha.
I don't... I don't... I... Stop.
Fabrica Day Bureau's Aladino Las Lomas Yamestran, the factory that makes... Hamestran. That's an H? It's not a Y.
I thought it was a Y. No. Does your... does your H's look like Y's?
You might have to go to that home where they're... No, it's a J technically there, brain surgeon back there, you be quiet. Yeah. Bang, bong.
You're scared to ask. Move on. The first two times the companies has worked together in September 2024, the two created the El Rey de Mundo, king of the world, mom. El Rey de Mundo, that's a great cigar.
Is it? Yeah, you don't like it? It's one of the little papers upstairs. The one that's wrapped in the tissue.
Yeah. Comes with tissues. You sneeze, you sneeze, you go, you sneeze, you go, you nose. Yeah.
All right, now we have another new cigar. Chuggy Chuggy. You better not have flipped to me. Did you flip to me?
I accidentally did, because he did Chuggy Chuggy. It was just natural for my finger to do it. Just having a drink. Sorry.
American-Made Cohiba Series M Reserva Plata. Yeah. What? American-Made Cohiba Series M Reserva Plata.
Cojiba, Plata. What color is that? I hope you ask us the price on this one because it sounds expensive. Shipping next month.
Okay. There's another El Titan De Bronze Made Cojiba. Scandinavian Tobacco Group, which sells the Cojiba brand in the US, has announced the new Cojiba Series M Reserva Plata. 52 Toro that uses the Mexican San Andres wrapper over a binder from Esteli, Nicaragua, and four fillers from the Dominican Piloto, Cubano, Vizo, and Lajero from Jalapa.
Jalapa. Oh, see, that makes sense now. The other one was Hamistron. Right.
There you go. Not Jalapa. Not Jalapa. From Jalapa.
He's from the Jalapa. Vizo and Le Herald from the Jalapa Nicaragua region. And a leaf from Esteli, Nicaragua. Most non-Cuban cohibas are made in the Dominican Republic.
Not anymore. Well, this one's American with all the other tobaccos from... Ray, why is it American? There's no American tobacco.
Yes, there is. First of all, there is American tobacco. No, no, no, the list. They made it in America.
Oh, they brought all the tobacco from the other country over here. Titan De Bronze is Miami. Oh. Miami, baby.
Act like you're in this industry, for the love of God. Eat cigars in MSRP, love. How much over there are you... For which one?
He said two different cigars. No, he's not. No, no, one cigar. It's the Cohiba Plata.
Oh, I had a lot of description on this. Reserva Plata. Made in America, with tobaccos from Nicaragua, and Mexico. Let's go 35.
That's a good price. 45. You went the wrong way. Yes.
99. New Day. " You went the wrong way. That was a good one.
New Day. Production is limited to 3,000 boxes of 10 cigars. You went to McDonald's. McDonald's.
The following shows of Kiva, no, it doesn't show, I deleted the picture. Alright, and there's a long quote from someone. Okay, Justin Andrews, I like that you put that in there, like, you know, stupid. What?
Just putting it in there, for your teleprompter, doesn't even make sense. Well, if we had longer time, I would have read it, but we're, we're over time, so I'm cutting things out. I just wish you didn't read it at all, whether we need it or not. Marto Cigars has an exclusive cigar.
Do they? Yes. What is it? The Mr.
Sinestro Jury of Six is a store exclusive. I saw him do a video yesterday. Did you? Yes, so apparently they released a press release to Half Wheel.
That's good. Is this Sinestro, guys? Yes, and our friend over Marto Cigars. I like it because it's shaped, it's round like a barrel for, not a barrel, but the inside of a revolver.
That's how big the cigar is? No, no. Each cigar is a bullet in the revolver. Oh, that's the box?
The box is round. You know, it sits, but it's cut like it's the inside of a revolver. Oh, very fancy. Yeah, it is fancy.
And then each cigar has a little thing and you pop it out. Okay. The canister is designed to replicate the cylinder of a revolver. There you go.
There it is. 12 cigars, suggested retail price of? This is for all 12. You can only buy it at one time.
You have to buy it. You can't buy the singles. There's 12 in a- And a six-shooter? I don't understand.
A 12-shooter. What was the size of the cigar? A 12-shooter? It's a 12-shooter.
Is there a revolver with a 12-shooter? No, but they like this number better, apparently. What was the size of the cigar? 6x50.
Toro. Toro. 180? He's pretty close.
Will I go the right way? I'm going to say $150. You went the right way. Yay!
$150. $150 for 12 cigars? New day over. 50 per cigar.
While the size and package are new, the blend remains the same. So we just put it in a fancy box, people. Wait, wait, wait. Did you say 12 cigars or did you say 6 cigars?
I said 12. 50 a cigar? I don't know. That's what it says it works out to.
150, which works out to 1250 per cigar. No, okay, no tax, no nothing. Tax is up to individual states. Yeah, no tariff, no nothing.
I like that he can't do math. How's that even work? 1250 times. Whatever, it's just, this is Rick, go on, move, move on.
We have this really cool box, put something in and we already made. Now, I just want you to know that I'm two for two, where people have looked at me on this episode and told me that I'm completely wrong. No, no, no, you missed the last one, I got that one. 50 per 12 cigars doesn't work.
Yeah, it seems too cheap. " Seems too cheap. Surrounded by people who tell me I'm an idiot. Meanwhile, back at the farm...
What were you gonna say? Are you scrolling through every single interview? No. Yes, I have all these interviews.
No, but it's time for the industry's favorite game, What's the Score? Da-da-da, da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da. Today's Cigar, May 2nd, 2011, Charlie Monato, Altidus USA Cigars, Dominican Republic Reviews, the Monte Cristo 75th Anniversary Lancero. Ooh.
Go ahead, two for two-er. I'm going to go 87, 0 for 0 for… For Monte Cristo? Yeah. Go 82.
5x40, Wrappers, Ecuadorian Habano, Binder, Nicaraguan Filler, Honduran and Nicaraguan, Country, Dominican Republic, Factory, Tablicalera de Garcia, MSRP $15. Source, B&M, 1750 with taxes. This must be an older one. Time in humidor, 10 months.
Cut, a Wolf V cutter. Light, I am Corona, double Corona. Smoking time, one hour and 40 minutes. This is a different approach.
This must be an older one. 87. 82. Clue number one.
The Ecuadorian Habano wrapper had a medium-dark color with a nice sheen, and the cigar initially delivered appealing notes of walnut, cocoa, or cocoa bean, hay, and mild leather, creating a pleasant start with balanced medium-range flavor. Are you looking it up? 80, no, 87. I could care less.
If I lost every single one from now until Christmas, I would still be dominating you. So no, I'm not looking it up, nor do I care. 82. Clue number two: construction showed moments of precision.
The cigar produced a firm ash that occasionally reached two inches and burned with near machine-like accuracy, reflecting solid rolling craftsmanship, despite other issues. 85. 82. He's angry hitting that button.
Sorry, I hear that? Angry button flipping? The biggest drawback was persistent draw problems and harshness, tight airflow, tar buildup requiring repeated use of draw tools, relights, and largely one-dimensional sweet tobacco profile with lingering harsh pepper that never truly evolved. It's no good.
It's no good. 82. Mmm. Mmm.
Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. 80.
Oh. After smoking this, oh, final thought, sorry. After smoking this cigar, I'm only left to wonder if the people responsible for choosing the blends, not just the blender, had altered to smoke other cigars. I know that individuals like Pete Johnson of Tatuaje, Dion, how do you say Dion's last name?
Dion of Illusion. Is it with a J or a Y? A G. John Huber of Crownheads, Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate, and Jose Blanco of La Aurora, amongst many others, all smoke cigars other than those they create because they enjoy a good cigar.
Yet examples like this make me wonder if this is true with those at Altidus. When comparing this to other Montecristos made by Altidus, I guess the flavor is a bit more mature, although I'm unconvinced this is any better. When you compare this to other cigars, truth be told, this is pretty bad, and that's before the $15 price tag, 2011, which quite frankly makes this nothing short of an abomination within today's cigar market. It's an abomination!
When I try to find a singularly redeeming quality, I fail. I tried, but I fail to see how this cigar can seem appropriate in today's market. Seventy six. Seventy five.
Damn it. I didn't think you'd go lower. Fifty six. Oh.
Wow. Cha-ching. You went to grab it when I saw the score. You went the right way.
Yes. I should have went lower. It's a new date. Oh my goodness.
So I bought liquid cold medicine for the trip. Yeah. Because it works faster than pills. So then when I left, I forgot to take it before I started driving.
Right. So I had to chug it from the bottle. Oh, nice. Very gangster.
Because you can't pour it into the little cup while you're driving. He's going to spill it all of a sudden in my new car. So yeah, I figured one gulp was about a cup or an ounce, whatever. Swinged it.
I just chugged it. Were you drowsy at the event? No, no. It's non-drowsy daytime medicine.
Oh. So like I took it when I left, covered the car ride. Yeah. Took it before the event after I scarfed down a chicken wrap from Burger King out in the parking lot.
Okay. And then at the end, another five hours later, I took it on the way home so that I could breathe. I got a little addicted to the nose spray. Yeah.
So I cut it off. You do seem a little more chipper today than you have been. I feel better today than I have. Daytime is better than nighttime.
Nighttime, my wife and I were both like, "Oh, I hate you. Oh, I hate you, too. You started this. " That's not the cold.
She flies out tomorrow, so... Oh, I understand. Oh, so that's why you're a chipper. She's concerned about the...
Got it. How long she got up? Just for the weekend. Gonna go see the grandchildren.
It's a birthday party. Gotcha. When you were sipping on the Sizzurp, were you listening to Project Pat? What?
I don't know what that is. I don't know what that is. I don't know what that is. I don't know what that is.
That's a rapper. And he sung it. No, but a member of the Wu-Tang Clan did die last night, though. What?
Yeah. Who? Could have been big enough. First of all, Palmer, if you're going to talk about this, you better have factual evidence.
Yeah, yeah. The guy's called Power. What? They're not releasing Why is why I didn't cover it in the show.
I had to cover it. You're correct. Oh, my God. I read those.
Oliver Power Grant dies in '52. Yeah, they're not saying how he died. 52 seems kind of young. That's very young.
Oh, man. This is horrific. I figured you guys would. How are they going to finish a new album?
Is there a new album? Yeah, they have. They have. They're working on one.
Oh, apparently it's over. No cause of death was immediately disclosed. That sucks. There's been a lot of deaths this week.
It's going around. Oh, there's been two major suicides. Really? Um, the guy from, uh, Revenge of the Nerds.
What? What are you doing to me right now? Which guy? The main guy.
The black haired one. I guess they both have black haired. Carradine. David Carradine?
Yeah, the main guy. Yeah. No way. Yeah, he had bipolar disease in it, finally got him, he shot himself.
Ugh, I went to Google AI, so it's not gonna show me the... Robert Carradine. Robert Carradine. I saw it and I thought, that's a Kung Fu guy.
David Carradine? Yeah, David Carradine, but I thought it was David Carradine. Wow. Because the picture of him doesn't look like him at all.
Robert, ho, ho, ho, ho. He committed suicide? Yeah, he shot himself. Man, so.
That was such a good movie. I can't think of the guy's name. Who's the guy that does the show with Steve Martin though? The little guy.
Martin Short? Mike Short's daughter killed herself. Oh, God. Man, really?
Yeah, like the other day. We don't usually color deaths on the show. It's just depressing. Yeah, I mean, what are you doing to me?
Yeah. Sorry. What a way to close this out, Palmer. Thanks so much, dude.
Yeah. Well, we started the show. We bring in full circle. Oh, okay, perfect.
Oh, perfect. Mission accomplished. Okay, well. So, I really liked having a midweek break.
And? We should do it every week. No. We can't do it, Palmer.
We're dedicated, educated, motivated, shows up, pushes a couple of buttons. He's in and out in 45 minutes. Oh, what, you want to come do this? I'll tell you what we can do.
If you want, we figure out, we figure out a staple co-host to run it on Wednesday with me. Boots. And you can be done. Well, yeah, but that doesn't, I mean, this is the easy part of it.
What's the hard part? The hard part, yeah, it doesn't negate the work. It's the uploading and the show prep. He's trying to offload one day here.
I see what he's doing. The uploading? Yeah, upload the show. You just hit a button.
Yeah, but it still locks me to the computer for three hours. The button? I don't have to sit there and watch, but like the other night, Spotify wasn't working, so I had to sit there and watch it to see where the problem was. Okay.
And then fix the problem. Normally I can just turn it on, then I go find something else to do, or I work on show prep. You want daddy to take care of that too? No.
It was nice this week to have a night where I didn't have to upload anything because I uploaded everything yesterday or the day before. I mean, what else are you doing? I'm not saying that you're not doing anything. Well, I mean, spend time with my wife, watch TV or something, you know, instead of leave here at five-ish and then go home, eat dinner and start working on the show.
So just to be clear, after eight years of hard work, we finally have gotten monetized. Yes. And you want to take your foot off the gas? No.
Not so hard. He's reached it. Shouldn't have spoiled me with having the week off when I didn't have to do something on Wednesday. Well, I'll let Eric know, thanks for letting your dad die.
Oh, my God. Wow, I didn't say that. Wow, what an ending, Eric. Are we still going?
It's an hour, seven minutes? Jesus. We only seven minutes over? Yeah.
Oh, wow. Yeah. Fine, whatever. No, I'll figure out the alternative.
No, no, no, alternative. It's okay, I'll put it together. It's been episode four. Wait, hold on, time out a sec.
What? All we have to do is say something to you and you figure out an alternative? Can we get sponsors? No, I figured out an alternative, monetization and Patreon.
Anything else? Can we get free swag? You get free swag. You get free swag.
I know, I just wanted to see what else could happen, Palmer. Anything else? Oh, can we have food here? Sure.
No, you cannot eat in the background of the show. We've already established that. Bring your Hardee's cheeseburger here and you can eat in the background. My Hardee's.
By the way, Hardee's is right on the road. It's a great place. I know. I know.
Is that still open? They're closing around the country. They're better than Burger King and McDonald's. Don't.
I'll be sitting there at night and we're watching TV or something late at night and something will happen and I'll make some comments. " You know what's so funny, dude, is that happened to me too. Like I was having a similar conversation with one of Brittany's friends and she's like, How do you guys know all this stuff? I was like, Palmer tells me everything.
Palmer's got me in the loop. There's stuff that I have to read. No, that's no good. But now I already know what it is.
But I know about it. But I know about it now. Dialed in. All right.
Well. All right. Episode 476. Thank you very much.
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If I did entertainment and education, would it be? Inter-education. Enter-cation? Enter-cation?
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