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June 4, 2026· 56m

ACHP Episode 544 Weird Tensions, Weird Florida and Cigar News

ACHP Episode 544 Weird Tensions, Weird Florida and Cigar News

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Welcome to.

A Cigar Hustler podcast where

cigars are just the starting

point.

Join me, Mike Palmer, along with

Mike, Stefan Kevitch and Phil

Mcguffey as we dive into the

latest cigar industry news,

sports, current events, business

and whatever crazy stories are

making headlines.

Whether you're a seasoned cigar

smoker or just looking for

entertaining conversation,

expect honest opinions, plenty

of laughs, and a few unexpected

detours along the way on today's

show.

No, we did the Harambee story

last.

Week I was doing what's that old

show?

Arsenio Hall.

Oh, he's.

In the dog pound.

Yeah, nice in the dog.

Pound on today's show.

Florida may soon be overrun by

millions of mosquitoes.

A driver.

No.

Yes, a driver gives deputies one

of the most creative excuses

we've ever heard of getting

caught at triple digit speeding.

A beloved SeaWorld celebrity

takes their final bow Overseas.

Tensions are heating up in a way

that can impact the entire

world.

Strait of Hormuz.

Plus, in cigar news, we've got a

couple of new releases we're

talking about, and then it's

time to test your palate with

test your palate and your

instincts with another round of

what's the score?

Phil being the winner.

We don't know that before we get

started, we have a new feature

today called Phil's Joke of the

Day.

Oh.

Oh nice.

He was trying them out of me

while we were waiting.

Yeah, we're, you know.

Just pick the best one, you only

get the one.

Pick the best one, Yes.

OK, so fellas, how are you guys

doing?

How's the weather out there?

It's a little cloudy a.

Little cloudy It's been a rainy

week.

Little.

I need to spray my grass but I

can't get the range every day.

All right, here's a joke.

You ready, Mikey?

Yeah.

All right, we get both your

reactions here.

Well, the camera should be on

you.

Oh, just on me.

I like to see the reaction.

OK, fine.

Well, you can.

You can watch another thing.

Oh my Lord, you.

Did them so well.

I did, I did.

Oh, William takes such tiny

puffs that the cigar is

constantly asking, are we doing

this or not?

All right, Mikey, how do you get

some of that chapter pod swag?

Like and subscribe wherever

you're viewing or listening to

this show.

Check out chapter pod.com for

all our chapter pod swag.

We are two away.

We are two away.

The overalls arrived yesterday.

From the BDP purchasing for you

to wear overall.

Is it only till the end of the

week or is it till we run out of

them?

Because I mean, otherwise I

might as well go ahead.

And wear them well.

I forget what we said.

No, you're close.

I mean, well, we just got to hit

15.

I didn't.

We didn't put a date on it, you

know.

So if we sell two more in six

months, I dragged them out of

the closet.

No, no, it's got to happen

before the 4th of July.

It's your 4th.

It's your 4th of July, sure

enough.

Oh, I'll wear her 4th of July

because I'm gone for two days.

We'll have to do that early.

All right, go ahead.

OK, I'm gone for two days.

So, yeah, listen, there's a

little bit, I had an issue with

the shirts because I wanted to

get those preorders out already,

right?

It got looped and tracking and

so I had to reorder.

So they're coming.

So guys, just bear with me for

one second.

I have a well, we have a handful

of orders that are all and it's

like all kind of people bought

the travel mugs, then they

bought the BDP shirts and they

bought all these things and.

Like shirts turned into the

beanies.

No, no, the shirts aren't going

to be a problem, but it's just

there's a lot of the orders are

kind of all over the place right

now.

We have a lot of orders, a lot

of back orders, Yeah, just be

patient with me and I'm going to

have it all sorted out.

As soon as these shirts come in,

everything's going to go out all

the same, same time.

And keep buying.

But to be fair, the director of

printing was rather busy last.

Weekend.

Yeah, yes, with the whole

wedding thing, yeah.

Yeah, Chapter 5 was in charge of

a wedding for the weekend.

She's got all the orders laid

out, she's just waiting for the

shirts to come in.

Gotcha.

She's waiting on the shirts.

Right.

And there it would go like out

for delivery and then it would

say back at FedEx facility, out

for delivery, back at FedEx

facility.

And then I'm like, what's going

on here?

And they're like, oh, we're very

sorry, but you're it hasn't been

out long enough for us to

credit.

I'm like, I'm just going to

order more and then I'll deal

with this credit later.

So there's that.

Now.

Check out patreon.com off Cigar

Hauser's podcast today.

Smoking.

Today as he went off of me, we

are going to review the Opus X.

What's it called?

25th anniversary L something.

Opus X.

El.

No El tributan or tribulo or ta

ta ta.

I mean, it would be beneficial

for our listeners if we knew

exactly what it was that we

were.

Smiling, I knew earlier I even

sent you the graphic had the

name on it, but apparently

neither one was remembered.

It is L something with AT.

El Tributo.

There you go.

Tributo Opus X El Tributo.

Oh, that's how we say tribute in

Spanish, Tributo.

That's how we say it, yes.

Earlier was them's people.

Oh.

So we'll be breaking this down

on a review and talk about some

other stuff inside the industry.

Nice.

I like when you take your first

puff and you retro hell and then

you you look at it like, what is

this?

Check out patreon.com, a cigar

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year, you get 10% off.

By now.

By now.

We're what are we?

We get deal.

One day away from all of the

comments and then then we'll.

Yes.

One more day.

One more day.

One more day away.

And we'll be through.

Your final day to enter.

We have to come up with another

prize.

Yes.

Carbon fiber fiber lighter

cutter combo set from some

company we don't say the name of

because they didn't pay us.

Yeah, because we're not, they're

not a sponsor or something.

We're just nice people.

You would like to send in

something and be.

No, no, no, no.

Send it to No.

Send it to Kara, No.

Her and.

Phil No.

Yes.

No.

Then I'll work it into the show.

I said 2.

I said 2 you.

Guys are just dry begging.

That's the way we don't get

paid.

OK, all right.

Now some comments from our

previous episode.

Lightning in 1993, says Justin's

LinkedIn says new business

development manager at

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Oh,

that doesn't even sound

important.

No, it doesn't sounds old.

Yeah, I'm the new.

So he's in sales?

That's like brand ambassador,

you know what I mean?

Yeah, that could be Law's job.

Exactly.

Oh law is Justin Andrews.

Law doesn't get paid as much

money as Justin.

Andrews, Not even.

Yeah, at Brett, Mercurio says do

the drinking contest as a live

pay-per-view.

Oh, what drinking contest?

Don't you remember when?

You said you could out drink me.

Oh yeah, OK.

I mean, it'd be a long show.

Only 199.

A long show, right?

So they must pay by the minute.

Oh, that's so bad.

They pay by the minute and then

when one of us passes out or

stops, that's where they stop

paying.

Yeah, they could bet on the

round.

Data Cash 2004 says you can put

whoever you want on the $250

bill as I will never see one.

Yeah, me and you both, buddy.

David Hasselhoffman says Palmer.

The orange one is the Echo Hale

shop exclusive with Cigars

Daily.

Yes, I contacted Espinosa Cigars

yesterday to find out we have

the new mask in the room.

I just didn't make it right

there so we didn't see it at

first.

If you'd like me to get it.

Let me read the comments and

then let's let's.

I glanced over and the name by

seeing him with the.

Peach, it dawned on you.

David Hasselhoffman also said

Justin must have been in charge

of the Sheriff's Department that

raided Afroman's house for that

pound cake.

I don't get that you didn't like

there was a large man that went

in when they were raiding

Afroman's house and he did like

a double take on on the, oh, the

pound, the pound cake.

Yeah.

I'm just going to do a couple

more here because there's a lot

today.

There's one from your mother.

Yeah, I'll get you want me?

To get Mikey's mom.

Yeah, do Mikey's mom.

OK, Mark Palmer, 57-O says I

vote for only dead presidents on

our money, although I guess a

Trump dollar be be collectible

along with his steak knives, his

vodka, his school.

I'm sure he'll sell them on TV

for an inflated price and.

His cell phones.

Yeah, don't forget the cell

phone.

Get the cell phone any day now

any.

Day.

Let's see, Bruce Cox says

Daphne, Joy and Diggler sounds

like the law firm in charge of

the case.

That's pretty good.

Diddy is being represented by

Daphne, Joy and Diggler.

And I'm going to end it here

with at Ruckus Unchained, yes.

Yay, Mommy call Sharon.

Caldwell was bought by Lotusai

Laudusai.

I didn't understand.

It's like a new company.

She's so smart.

Very informed with the industry.

And she knows so much.

That's how you learned.

If you want to hear your comment

potentially read aloud on the

show, just comment below.

You're also going to be entered

to win this cutter lighter set

that we're giving away this

week.

Today is the final day for no.

Tomorrow's the final day.

Tomorrow's the final day for

that.

And then Monday, we'll have your

winner.

There will be a winner, yes.

And I'll say Boots, pick a

number through between 1:00 and

Phil, Phil, pick a number

between 1 and 700 and he'll be

like 2.

He'll be like 4.

No, it'll be in the middle.

It'll be 487 that way.

I can't get to it either way I.

Didn't know what the game was.

You just said pick these

numbers.

If you ever said these are the

comments, pick a number between.

Going forward, if he ever asked

you to pick a number, it's for a

contest.

So always go low.

So if you guys are listening out

there, make sure you're the

first to come.

Here.

No, don't.

I don't want you to always go.

Make sure you comment the

beginning.

Of the count 1. 1 pick.

One game number one through

7584.

What?

OK #1 is.

OK, I think that's everything on

with the show if.

I start the news.

I can't go get it.

You need to.

We need to get it.

Then talk about something else

and put the camera.

No, no, I'm leaving.

Phil, we have an updated mask

for you for June.

Your June mask has arrived and

it's every bit of amazing.

It was made by David

Hasselhoffman.

Oh, oh, Baywatch.

Yeah, and he also included some

cigars as well.

For for me.

No, not for you.

No, not for.

You.

Why would he include them for

you?

Yeah.

Because he's, because he's said

the whole thing.

All right, switch to your

camera.

Wait.

Switch to my camera.

So we get your, so we get him

when he sees it.

OK.

All right.

Oh.

Oh, that's nice.

Isn't that lovely?

OK, now put the camera back on

Mikey while you put it on.

Well.

You don't like it, It's

beautiful.

It's beautiful it.

Doesn't look through.

No, I thought he'd be more

excited about that.

You get rid of the Princess

Peach.

How's that?

How is that?

Oh.

Yeah.

Back to your I knew that was

going to happen.

What happened?

It's something on the.

Forehead, I broke it, the

little.

Antennas.

It was like pressing on my

forehead.

You you can adjust it because I

had it on yesterday the.

Antennas.

You can adjust the mass so you

can still see, but it doesn't

quite poke you.

No, it's just because I have a

big forehead in there.

Dude that.

To your camera, we can all see

that is.

Amazing.

Nice look at like a Superhero.

Don't burn that one.

Don't burn that one.

We have more.

Yeah.

Alright.

Incredible.

I love it.

Oh, that's nice.

Yeah, you can't even see it,

really.

Look like a Hawkman.

Yeah, you can only see the

bottom hawk.

Woman hawk woman.

Well, it's because the camera

needs to just lower your chair.

Can you lower your chair

anymore?

Nope, you.

Didn't even try.

You still you still didn't.

Try.

You still didn't try.

All right, I'm with the show.

Thanks, Hoffman.

Hazel.

Hazel Hoffman All right, I'm

with the news.

Tech giant Google is seeking

government approval to release

32,000,000 mosquitoes into

Florida.

No.

Yes, what?

According to CBS News, the

outlet reported this week that

Google is pushing to do so as

part of a debug program.

More specifically, the program

is aimed at releasing sterile

male mosquitoes.

Oh oh oh, dubbed the Good Bugs.

The good bugs.

To bring down population of

mosquitoes that actually spread

diseases like Zika, yellow fever

and dengue.

Fever Have we ever had Zika in

Florida?

Yes, there was.

AI get it several times a year.

Really.

Yes.

No, they have like, yeah, there

was like an outbreak, remember?

Yeah, where you get the small

headed babies I.

Don't know.

That's small, like the

Beetlejuice people.

Yes, they're not quite that

small.

He's not wrong.

For officials with the program,

this method can prevent the

spread of such diseases without

relying on unsustainable

pesticides.

Are trying to clear out all of

the standing water in an area.

You can't clear out the standing

water in Florida.

Have you ever had Zika in?

Florida Our good bugs are male

mosquitoes that have a naturally

occurring bacteria called

Wabachia, which wabachia which

makes him unable to have

offspring with wild female

mosquitoes, the program's

website reads.

Male mosquitoes can't bite or

spread diseases, so good bugs

will stop bad ones from

reproducing.

What if the bad bugs kill all

the good bugs?

This sounds like a terrible

idea.

Oh no, they're going to.

It's going to happen.

They're going to release 20

billion mosquitoes.

Yeah, but he's saying it sounds

like a.

Terrible idea.

Terrible idea.

Well, if there's more good bugs

and bad bugs than the bad bugs,

can't mate.

I understand the.

Logic.

I just think that messing with

mud Mother Nature is not.

Yeah, you don't think so?

Yeah, not a good idea.

Well, the no the mosquito's been

around forever.

Let's say about love bugs.

Yeah, mosquitoes have been

around forever.

Wasn't the love?

Wasn't the rumor that the love

bugs were created from like the

Florida Gators or something?

To no yeah University of Florida

they.

Did No, they that's just a myth,

is it?

Or it's an urban legend to eat

the mosquitoes?

Yeah, right now.

Where was it created?

They came over in a basket of

fruit on a boat or something

like everything else I want to

get.

To They came over in a basket of

fruit on a boat.

Yeah, we'll send them back

immigration.

That's.

Right.

Where was immigration when we

needed them back?

Then why isn't ice tackling the

love bugs?

Exactly.

A Federal Register last month

shows that the approve that if

approved for a permit, Google

plans are released the

32,000,000 mosquitoes into

Florida over the course of two

years.

So it's not all at once, just a

couple here, those, some over

here.

Little Dash will do you.

The EPA is seeking comment until

June 5th before making the

decision of whether to issue the

permits.

Just got more days.

Do you think this is a good

idea?

I don't know.

I mean, we don't.

There's like the only place in

the world that didn't have

mosquitoes was Iceland, I think,

and now they're there too.

How can they survive?

Well, Iceland is actually green

and Greenland is full of ice.

Yeah.

Oh, is there is there mosquitoes

in Alaska?

I would guess maybe they get

killed off every year.

I mean it's not snow all year

long until you go really high up

I guess.

Sure why not?

I mean if it doesn't, I mean

they can.

The male ones don't bite so

what's the downside?

More mosquitoes on your car?

So they don't bite, but you're

hoping that they're going to

mate with.

They will mate with the females.

And then not make babies.

Right, because they're all been

fixed.

Yeah.

By the vasectomy guy.

Yeah, by the mosquito vasectomy

guy.

Yeah, the guy have a billboard.

The Billboard on the highway,

Yeah, that guy, yeah.

Phil, do you think this is a

good idea?

No 'cause you know to to fix a

problem you have to create a

problem.

So we don't know what that

problem is yet.

Mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes is the problem.

Yeah, but it sounds like they're

probably going to create

something different.

Yeah, some.

Kind of super mosquito mosquito.

Didn't see that one.

Coming Phil's got money in this.

Oh yeah, you bet.

No, he had to separate the male

mosquitoes from the female

mosquitoes.

So he had to look for a little

mosquito wieners, and then he

had to, oh, this one's male that

goes over there.

Like a Lego set.

Yeah, it's a side.

It's a side hustle.

For Phil, there's no money

makers bet on this.

I don't know.

Is there money?

Is there?

It's a prop bet.

I'm sure you could probably bet

on something like this, but.

Yeah, how many mosquitoes does

it take to kill off a wild

mosquito?

Yeah, there's this.

There's this betting app called

Kashi.

Oh, I've seen that.

Yeah, you can bet on stuff like

that.

Yeah, like bet like.

How it's going to go on you?

Why is it on me when you 2 are

talking?

He thought you were going to say

something.

No it wasn't.

No, I was nice and yawning.

You want it on me?

Here it is.

There it is.

Is that what you want?

Yes, I want my Princess on.

Butterfly Man.

The Angel.

Butterfly Man.

This is going to probably be a

hot mask because of the plastics

up there, no?

No, it's well ventilated.

It'll be fine.

You'll be fine.

I used to, I would sweat with

the Princess Peach one on.

Well, it's Princess Peach is

gone now.

That was cloth.

You are now butterfly man.

Yeah, and it's a hell of a mask.

It's nice he went to a lot of

work, Mr. Hessel, he did.

I'm a little nervous on where he

got it.

He made it been 3D printed.

He made this.

Yeah.

Really.

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, that's pretty cool.

Yeah.

Oh, now he's OK.

He made it just for you.

Big fan of Phil.

I'm a big fan of him.

There you go.

Oh yeah.

You love the way.

He's a great guy.

I don't.

I honestly don't think this

happens.

I don't think it passes.

The the permit.

Yeah.

Why?

Because it just sounds like

complete bullshit to me.

I don't think that anybody be OK

with just releasing this.

When did Google get into

scientific?

Yeah, when is Google in the bug

business?

Why is it Google and not like

University of Florida or you

know something?

And why is Google invested in

doing it?

Right, exactly.

That's what we're saying.

What?

What is?

What's the upside here for

Google?

Term of like are the mosquitoes

a problem for the data Centers

for AI so.

That's what I mean, I mean,

yeah.

Did they have like an office

here that's near a lake?

And they're just really tired of

the does it walk through their

cars?

Yeah.

I suppose so.

Makes no sense at all.

It really doesn't.

OK, moving on.

What is today's actual date?

The second. 3rd. 3rd so two more

days so hopefully they release

information like they're going

to release the bugs whether it

happens or not.

Well, I guess it would be the

4th.

All right, the driver was

arrested in Lake County after

deputy said he was clocked going

101 mph and a 55 mile an hour

zone.

Oh, he's going to jail.

Sajun, Jack.

Rye Hoochins.

He wasn't doing double the speed

limit.

He was closed.

Anything over 100 you go to jail

in Florida.

No, no you don't.

You don't mandatory go to jail.

They may they have the right to

arrest you.

The officers call anyway.

He was arrested June 1st and a

charge of dangerous excessive

speeding.

According to a Lake County

arrest affidavit.

The arrest happened near State

Road 19 or County Road 455 in

Groveland.

In the middle of nowhere.

Middle of nowhere.

Yeah, I mean, who's he hurting?

And his Audi.

He's just wide open.

Well, it had to be some kind of

traffic.

The cop was just sitting there

waiting.

Yeah.

According to the affidavit, Lake

County deputy was conducting

stationary traffic enforcement

when you heard a vehicle

approaching at a very high rate

of speed.

The deputy said he saw the

vehicle traveling northbound.

He could hear it rapidly slowing

down as it approached.

The patrol vehicle was radar

detective.

According to the affidavit, the

deputy activated his radar and

recorded the vehicle going 101

mph in a 55 mile an hour zone.

The deputy said the vehicle had

been traveling much faster

before the radar was activated.

Deputy what Deputy said that the

vehicle was a silver Audi.

According to the affidavit, the

driver eventually pulled over

and told the deputy he was in a

hurry to get home because.

He wanted to catch up on his

latest show of RIP and.

Dutton Ranch.

Yeah.

Phil.

He just ate a chili dar from

7:11.

Oh no, his dog had gotten loose.

Why people like the animals,

man.

Hoochins was arrested on charge

of dangerously excessive

speeding and take it to the Lake

County Jail.

The vehicle was towed, accorded

to the affidavit.

Bye bye.

OK, he was sent to the poke.

So they, they, they arrested

him, right?

I mean, what type of dog we're

talking about here?

Well the picture they showed on

the story was a Chihuahua.

I'm not sure if that's actually

the dog.

So not necessarily a threat to

anybody around it.

How do you find out that your

Chihuahua got loose?

Maybe.

Maybe somebody called the dog

tag?

Yeah, maybe seven.

Well, then it's safe because

somebody has it.

Maybe the neighbor says, hey, I

see your dog out.

Oh, hey, I see.

Hey, your little Chihuahua Pepe

is running the neighborhood.

Bark, Bark.

What?

What's the excuse that you would

use if you got pulled over doing

100 miles an hour and a 55?

Medical emergency?

What?

What is it?

My wife's at home.

She's choking.

That's what you would use.

They're going to go to your

house.

Using that would work.

That's all right.

I mean, I have to go to my house

too.

In the meantime, I can text and

go look, act like you're choking

when we get there, or say you

were just.

Problem is, she's not a good

liar.

She wouldn't go.

If she wouldn't, it wouldn't

work, right?

I'd have to about facing head of

your house and text you and go

you're choking.

I'll be there minute with a cop.

I'd be blue on the floor.

I would.

I would shove something in my.

Throat.

You would choke.

I would legitimately choke.

Shove a big hot dog in the bun

in you.

The cops are here.

Oh.

Yeah.

What about you, Phil?

What?

What would you?

What would your reasoning be?

The counts are off on my

mosquitoes.

I got to start over again.

So many penises.

So many little mosquitoes.

I don't know, man.

I mean, I have to go to the

bathroom a lot, and sometimes I

do speed for that.

So it'd probably be that like,

hey man, like there's gonna be a

huge mess here soon.

But what you would have to do is

actually shit yourself in the

car at that point.

Yeah, and you're still probably

getting the ticket.

I'm I'm probably OK with that.

Not with a ticket.

But not going to jail.

I think I would make it

probably.

Oh, he's still hauling you to

jail.

Not no.

He don't want to put you in the

squad cars doing you smell.

Like, yeah, yeah, 'cause they

have to clean their own squad.

They got to clean their own

cars, so I'm.

Just going to poop all over

myself.

Same thing with like if there's

like alligator near you or

anything.

Shark.

Oh, sharks and alligators don't

like poop.

Yeah, just poop yourself.

They'll they'll deter.

Really.

Really I don't know if I could

get it up that fast though with

a shark biting my leg and I.

Got to.

Oh, really?

You see a shark?

You don't think you're going to

be able to?

No.

I don't think so.

It hasn't grabbed a hold of me

yet.

Oh, it is hard suddenly.

I feel the urge suddenly.

I had a Taco earlier.

Is that a strategy you use when

you know when it's life or death

and you want to make sure that

someone else dies instead of

you?

You shit yourself, you make sure

Tia shits herself and then he

runs.

Yeah, I mean, it would it

probably a good tactic.

I've never done it, but.

No, no.

I.

Think I just had to.

Yeah, I don't know what I would

do in that scenario, guys.

Thanks so much for asking.

Oh Mikey, what would you do?

You just pass out in the car.

Maybe do a chase, but I mean,

you know, make.

Him Chase.

Yeah, At that point, I if I know

that I'm going to jail, right,

Right.

And I don't think I can

logically get out of it.

Let's cook, baby, Let's go.

Just go over broke.

I mean, if I'm going, I'm going

to me.

Versus the, the Hellcat versus

you, right.

And all I got to do is get out

of the Hellcat at a point where

the vehicles kind of abandoned

and you don't know if I was a

driver.

Oh, and then you quickly

reported stolen.

Yeah.

While you're running through the

woods.

Right.

What I mean my?

Car was stuck.

I've ran one time.

Did you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Is that have anything to do with

what we're talking about?

You just let us know.

You did, you get away with it.

Yeah, yeah.

So what I did is it was like,

this is when I was younger,

super late, and I had like a

Mazda 3, brand new Mazda 30 God.

And you escaped.

Yeah, so I was coming back from

Knights Library.

Was it?

Were you up against a police

officer on a bicycle?

I mean, well, I'm like a Mazda

3.

No, like I saw him like he was

in the middle of the median and

I, I passed and I was like, oh

man, he's going to light me up.

So then all of a sudden I saw

him turn.

I was like, oh, there he comes.

Sure enough, he lights up,

lights him up.

But he's far away, right?

So I pulled down the street.

This is in Deltona.

I pulled down the street.

I pulled into a into a driveway

and turned my car off.

And then he drove.

He drove past.

Wow.

Just sat there for a little bit.

You know, that's extremely

lucky.

Yeah, super.

I think that if I turned a

corner and he didn't see me,

what I would do is I'd throw

myself in the trunk of the car.

That way, when they searched,

when they searched the vehicle,

they.

Started banging on the trunk.

Yeah, they stole my car.

Man, thank you.

Yeah.

You really rolling the dice on

that one like I?

Don't know, it's a great idea.

What?

Are you talking about they can't

prove that I was behind the

wheel?

I was carjacked at the light.

Who was he?

It was a tall white, black,

purple part.

I don't.

Know I see a thing.

I had a I panicked.

He had a ski mask.

I saw the gun all.

He saw was like, yeah, he had a

gun in my face.

Why does it show on my dash Cam

here that there's a big

Sasquatch with a cigar hanging

out of his mouth?

You smell like a cigar.

Well, I mean.

He blew smoke into the trunk.

I don't know.

Today he ashed on me right here.

Wait a second, you're telling me

you smoked my stuff as well man?

Can't believe you smoked my Opus

X.

Yeah, that was an Opus X El

Tribuno.

Yeah, you just, you know, you

pop the trunk, you leave the,

you leave the driver door open,

you close the trunk, right?

You wait 10 minutes for the pull

up.

It's a good story.

What are you doing?

The only problem is I couldn't

get in my trunk because it's

loaded.

Oh yeah, you can get football

stuff and sports stuff.

I just squish between it.

Yep, Pull that door down really

tight.

Yeah, it's a great idea.

We're not saying anybody should

do.

That yeah, yeah.

Yeah, this is just all

hypothetical.

This is all.

This is just us having fun.

Making a movie or something?

Yeah, exactly.

He went that way.

I heard him run left.

Yeah, he had a big black Hummer.

What?

Your brother.

Yeah, Greg's house.

He just, yeah, he just made your

brother the guilty.

A lot of jewelry on one hand.

I think he said his name was

Greg.

Yeah, Greg. 2G's right that 2.

G's the 3G's. 03 G's.

Here's his address.

A lot of jewelry on the one.

Hand a lot of maximum

accessories a.

Little punchy with a tight

T-shirt.

And he loves to be searched, so

make sure when you get there you

pat him down.

I don't for.

God's sake, don't take his food.

I believe he said he had a

detonator in his rectum.

Kept saying he wished he had

more time.

He wished he had more time.

OK, next.

All right, you knew.

Doesn't like it when you poop in

the water.

Who's that 39 year old dolphin

died Sunday at sea.

The dolphin named Dottie was

born in SeaWorld Orlando.

So she was a local girl.

Oh.

My goodness.

Before being relocated to San

Diego, which became her long

term home, according to the park

officials, Dottie had four

babies, but it was unknown if

they lived alongside her in San

Diego.

Dottie shared an exceptionally

close bond with her care team.

These relationships supported

the trust needed for voluntary

diagnostic behaviors when she

had kidney problems a few years

ago, in 2010, long time 13 years

ago, 16 years ago, officials

announced on Facebook.

After her diagnosis and

treatment provided by the

SeaWorld veterinary team, Donnie

lived another 15 years.

She'll be deeply missed by the

team who cared for her and by

the countless guests who were

able to connect with her over

the remarkable life.

That's very sad.

That's the first time I've ever

heard of someone moving out of

Florida and going to California.

Right.

Yeah, it's just the other way

around, yeah.

Dolphins always look so happy

the way their faces are.

They never look like they're mad

or evil or mean or yeah, when

it's closed, it sort of goes up

into a little smile.

And when they open, really

they're going, hey, I'm happy.

Yeah, they're like the Joker's

of the the ocean.

OK, I don't really have anything

off of that one.

I can't really say. 39 years

old.

Yeah, yeah, she lived a good

life. 39 is a good age for.

A That's a long life for a

dolphin in captivity.

Have you ever swam?

You ever swam with dolphins?

No, I haven't.

But I have thought about doing

the thing in the Aquatica thing.

Discovery Cove.

Discovery Cove, Yeah.

Yeah, that's.

Cool, but it's expensive right

here.

Have you ever swam with

dolphins, Phil?

Not I like SeaWorld.

Which is in real life.

Just out in the water.

Yeah, like I used to take boats

and jet skis all the time in the

inlet side of Mosquito Lagoon.

Need some run over there.

Mosquito Lagoon.

That's where you got the idea to

count the peepees.

There's always dolphins over

there.

Yeah, with that mask on, they

might, you know, take you for

one of them.

That's true.

I look like the the water

people.

From it is kind of like the the

alphabet Archer.

What?

I have no idea what the hell

he's talking about.

You guys are.

You guys don't know the Marvel

guy Archer?

The Marvel guy?

Is it Archer?

You mean Hawkman?

I thought Archer was maybe he's

DC.

Is it DC?

There is nobody named Archer.

Hawkman.

Hawkman has Hawkeye, Hawkeye,

Hawkeye, Hawkeye.

This guy had.

I thought Archer had this type

of Ask Hawkeye.

Archer does too, but I think

you're talking about DC.

Yeah, I think I'm talking about

DC.

Yeah.

Archer's the DC guy with a bow

and arrow, and he wears a mask.

Yeah, he's like red wine blue.

He has a mask like this.

Don't know.

Kind of like this.

This is more butterfly ish.

His is more wingish, like a

eagle.

Speaking of.

Red wine?

Well, DC is called Green Arrow,

so there's that, no?

That's not.

It Greeno wears like a Robin

mash or Lone Ranger, correct?

No, you're talking about

Hawkeye.

Hawkeye maybe?

It's Hawkeye.

Yeah, one of The Avengers.

Correct.

Yeah.

Got run over by a snow machine a

couple years.

Ago he did.

Jeremy Renner.

That sounds right.

I was going to say Piven, but

that's not right.

Yeah, I was thinking of P

completely.

A different guy.

He was awesome in the town.

Yeah.

Yeah, and then he did.

He does well in mayor of

Kingstown as well.

Yes, OK.

All right, Speaking of you, red,

white and blue, the US military

said it launched self-defense

strikes on Iran overnight and

shot down ballistic missiles and

drones fired at ships and Gulf

countries.

A Bang, Bang.

So apparently the peace talks

are not going well.

No.

The strikes on Qasim Island in

the Strait of Hormuz were in

response to attempted attacks by

Iran across the Middle East,

U.S. central Command said.

CENTCOM said Iran had fired 2

missiles at Kuwait and three at

Bahrain, all of which broke

apart or were intercepted.

We have been.

Our show has been heard in both

those countries.

Really.

Yes, when we used to track him,

yes.

Iran said it had attacked US

bases and helicopters in a

regional country using missiles

and drones in retaliation.

One person was killed in Kuwait

and a more than 60 injured when

drones hit buildings, including

its International Airport,

officials, said.

Kuwait Defense Minister

spokesman Brigadier General Saud

Abouzizi Alatohabi.

Saud, Abouzizi, Abou and Saudi.

Yes, I'm not going to be able to

say that again.

I hope they don't mention his

name further now.

Is it hyphenated?

No General Saud, Abu Dhazi and

then another word al obitabi.

I thought the guy in charge

didn't want to be in charge

anymore and.

That's Iran.

This is.

This is a guy in charge.

Of Kuwait, this is another

place.

Kuwait's a different country.

It's next door.

Kuwait's one of the good guys.

Let's just glass the place.

I don't understand what the

problem.

Is we should just glass Iran I

mean.

You know, you don't want, like,

what are we doing?

Oh man, someone's going to be so

angry at that statement.

They called the attack criminal

Iranian aggression.

It's criminal Iranian

aggression.

While the Kuwaiti foreign

minister said later

infrastructure, including

diplomatic missions, had been

damaged.

Imagine being in charge of quite

quite a very small country run

by a Prince and now big bad

America is right there again.

So now he's talking shit to Iran

going get him.

You get him, you kick his ass.

Kick his ass for us.

Hold me back.

Yeah, no, really.

Hold me.

Don't make me get my elephant,

Sir.

Don't make me get my elephant.

Then comes the strike on Qasim

Island had targeted an Iranian

military ground control station,

it said. the US also shut down

three attack drones that have

been launched by Iran towards

civilian Mariners that were

tightly transitioning regional

waters.

Oh, rightfully.

Sorry, not tightly, right?

Zen Comet earlier said it had

struck A and disabled and

Unilaten oil tanker that was

sailing towards Iran as part of

the US naval blockade on the

Strait of Hormuz.

There it is.

Hold on, this is cool. the US

aircraft fired a Hellfire

missile into the engine room of

the ship after they ignored

repeated warnings.

So we didn't want to blow up the

ship, but they all cannot move

now.

Now they're just floating.

Now they're just.

Now they're.

Yeah, now they're a barge.

Can you imagine?

We have a just just put it in

over that window over there.

Well, you can control those

ones.

I understand that, but still,

it's amazing, you know, they

just just blow up the engine.

Room with like an Xbox remote?

No, I don't think it's an Xbox.

I've heard, I heard there, there

are like Xbox remote, yeah.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard

said disrupting the security of

the Strait of Hormuz will carry

a heavy price for the aggressive

US militant.

There will be a heavy price.

There will be a price. 199, come

on down.

Two goats.

Did you see they just put a

missile in the window?

Hide the goats.

Hide the goats.

A foreign minister statement

said the leaders of Kuwait and

Bahrain said directed

unmistakably responses for last

night's acts of aggression.

That's the two guys.

Our countries are very little.

You do good job.

They're very bad.

Iranian people very stand next

to me, stand right here.

Stand.

Stand next.

Here where they can see you.

The AFP news agency is it

condemned the US for the strikes

Iran has repeatedly attacked.

Targets who condemned it.

AFP news agency as it condemned.

Yeah, Oh, wait, so who did?

Oh, these the two guys, The guy

in charge of the little Bahrain

and the guy over here in charge

of little.

Kuwait, this is not OK.

This is not OK now.

Before we had to take it.

Now we don't have to. the US

military, man, the attacks

happened, the ceasefire

negotiations falling apart.

You have a video.

I do.

Is it another one?

Is it Justin Andrews again?

No, someone else.

Someone else who says they

worked harder than Justin

Andrews.

Can't wait.

It's probably going to be well,

I wish it was like Matt Booth

dressed up as Justin Andrews.

That would be.

Great, he'll have to cut his

hair.

No, I just put it awake.

Here comes this is a good one.

Here comes us.

It's got music, so don't play

it.

Don't play the music.

Turn down for what?

Are you putting you put up my

video?

I thought I took that down.

What were you thinking on this

one?

I don't know.

You were like.

It wasn't the the first.

I couldn't get the first part

cut off and I couldn't get the

end off I think.

You see me with the camera too.

So it was going to be a joke

against laws videos that he puts

out with the slow motion

smoking.

Yeah, and instead it turned into

you like.

Instead it turned into some type

of thirst trap, so I thought I

took it down.

Did you get it before I took it?

I must.

Have saved it in time as soon as

I saw it as I.

Even had two two very friendly

men tell me where they lived.

Did they?

Wow nice that's exact dude as

soon as I saw this video I go

what is going on here?

Apparently you can't edit once

you put it into a reel.

That's nice.

Oh man, I can't stop watching.

I'm sure you're very involved.

It's so, it's so erotic.

It's a yeah, it's a little

awkward.

Yeah.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

We're probably counting peepees

over there.

So was was this legit AI?

Is that it was.

No, no, I did that after I cut

the grass.

Oh, so you did the wiping?

I made, yeah, I made the video,

but I was getting ready for the

video and I was always cleaning

the grass off my neck.

That makes it even better.

Yeah, that makes it even better.

You were.

Cleaning the grass off your

neck.

Yeah, I just finished cutting

the.

Grass.

I thought AI did this.

Now that I know that you

actually did it, my goodness.

And then?

And then I took it down.

And then you said, you know what

you want to know why you took it

down is because some some dudes

slid into the DM.

Well, yeah, that was when you

realized you were in trouble.

Yeah, I was like, oh, OK.

And somebody did call it a

thirst trap.

So I was like, this just didn't

work out.

Well, this is what it is we do.

Everything works.

Hey man, you know you miss 100%

of the shots you don't take,

right?

Not a boy, You get them.

If you're interested in dating

Mr. Palmer, you.

Want me to cut your grass?

Yeah, amongst other things with

his manscaping that he has his

manscape, what's it called?

The trimmer.

I can't remember now.

He's on.

Manscape.

Manscape.

It's called Manscape.

Yeah, or you could catch up on Q

tetmingles.com.

He's.

Rattled, Tet Mingle.

He's rattled.

Rattled.

Best video of the year I'm 2026.

There we go right there That's

so hot on her.

Oh my goodness.

At first I thought it was like

tobacco that he was wiping

tobacco on, isn't?

That handkerchief that I used to

wipe sweat off of me when?

I'm putting the ground get the

sweat off of me.

I had grass over my neck.

Let me get this grass off of me.

All right, on the cigar news.

Let's stay on this video a

little longer.

Do you?

Do you mow the grass in your mic

and Mic Productions T-shirt all

time?

No each other one rotates up.

I have two of those and one's

extremely faded.

A faded mic and mic production.

From overuse.

And then he had one.

He never wore it, so I took it

back.

Yeah.

And you wear his.

I don't know.

Well, I imagine mine's faded,

not his.

That's why he started to

stimulate his neck and stuff I

got.

A little excited from wearing

Mikey's.

T-shirt dude.

I love it that people were like,

what's up, what's up, what's up,

what's up big?

Guys, Hey.

Hey, just checking.

In told my wife she goes you

have options.

You have options I can leave

right now.

Right now there's two guys over

in South Florida.

I'm in high demand.

They're looking at somebody.

South Florida, Are they Jewish?

I think what happened was in

Tampa.

Maybe they got a lot of money,

Palmer.

Are a lot of money?

Are they Jewish If they're.

Jewish in the South Florida they

probably got a lot of.

Money I didn't inquire on his

religious.

If you could send bank account

information, I mean what?

Just ask him if he's a lawyer.

Wow, he.

Was smoking a cigar in the

photos.

Oh, you.

Know what's your last name?

It's Rubenstein.

I like Opus X tribunal booze.

Oh oh great, that's expensive.

I hear they're expensive.

If you could send me three of

those, I can replenish the ones

we had to pay.

For I'll send you another video.

Next week I cut the grass again.

You know what?

I'm there.

I'm super sweaty over here.

Dirty.

I'm a dirty, dirty boy.

Oh wow, I.

Have some overalls coming?

Oh, I'm.

You know what?

It makes me so much happier than

when I saw it.

I instantly recorded it and that

you took it down.

That was awesome.

Oh my God.

OK, go ahead.

All right, cigar news.

I can't pronounce this word

either.

CA It's your son's playing

basketball, CASDAGLI cast

diggily.

Delete CAS?

What?

CASDAGLI.

California Castiga.

Castiga.

Galai.

Galai Castigalai.

It's releasing A Domenito

Carrojo original next month.

Domenita.

I don't want to hear shit about

Postagna, just for the record.

I don't want to hear a single

word from any of you about

Postagna.

That's it.

Next month we'll release a new

regular production line that was

created to honor the Dominican

Republic.

The Dominican Criojo Original

Petite Exquisito is a 4 by 35

parejo made with 100% carrojo

tobacco grown in the navarette

region of the.

This is a completely hard to

say.

It's not in.

Is it in Mandarin?

It sounds like it's in Mandarin.

I mean something.

Is be made at the de Los Reyes

factory, the Dominican Republic.

It's a bunch of symbols and this

is only the second time.

Well, it's because somebody can

pronounce her name.

The Kaz Goodly has had a cigar

made there.

Smile emoji.

And an e-mail, Jeremy Casaga

Gali, founder of Casaga Gali,

told Halfway the pricing is

still being finalized as we

can't get anybody to say our

name and call us back, but the

MSP, the MSRP for each cigar

will land between, oh, we have

two prices.

Because he doesn't know.

Yeah, I didn't know there's a

window.

Phil.

Well, this is the feminine

version, right?

A.

Yeah, the A on the name.

Yeah, so let's go $12.00.

OK, we're looking for a window

here. 12 to 12 to 15.

I'm going 18 to 24.

It's a it's a small cigar,

gentleman.

I'm going 6 to 8.

Let's go 7 to 10. 4:50 to 5:00.

Dollars.

I win, I win.

Very narrow window, very small.

Very small.

We're actually not charging

anything, we're just going to

make them give them away.

The regular production cigars we

packed in a 10 count Casa de

Gallini cartoons they're in.

Cartoons.

Oh, they're in.

Oh, they're cigarettes.

The band features El Diablo

Cujulo, the legendary character

of Dominican Carnival, reads a

post on this guy's Instagram

page.

Introduced by Spanish colonizers

centuries ago, the figure was

transformed by local community

into a symbol of satire,

resilience and cultural

identity.

In stereo.

In stereo.

He's got another cigar.

We're not talking about that,

all right?

Brigham Enterprises Who Brigham

Brigham Brigham Brigham Brigham

enterprises Brigham celebrating

120th the 120 years with the

artista made CXX gratis.

OK.

Brigham Enterprises, the

Canadian pipe maker and tobacco

distributor, celebrating it's

120th anniversary this year with

it.

Wait, Canadian pipe maker and

tobacco distributor is making an

anniversary cigar?

OK, the production cigar may be

Artista Cigars and Limited

Edition Pipe Tobacco Blend from

Cornell and Deal Deal.

The two products share the name

CXX Gratis, which combines the

Roman numeral for 1:20 with the

Latin word for gratitude.

OK. 100 Thankful for the 100.

120 greatest cigar is a 6 by 52

Toro extra with a blend that

features a Kentucky fire cured

wrapper oh an Indonesian Sumatra

binder and fillers from Columbia

the Dominican Republic and.

The mask is bothering his

forehead.

Nicaragua and Pennsylvania.

So basically tobacco from

everywhere they could find.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Wherever they could vote.

Wherever they could get tobacco.

The blend was developed in

conjunction with Rodhams, Ram

Rodriguez and the team at Table

Calera El Artista.

Rodriguez.

What makes the blend

particularly meaningful to us

that it was designed to evolve

throughout the smoking

experience, the company said in

the press release.

It begins bright and fruity

before transitioning to darker,

richer profile of espresso,

earth, chocolate and spice.

The progression was intentional

and meant to symbolize Brigham's

own evolution from a pipe

company that sold cigars into a

cigar company that sells pipes.

OK.

Oh, because of the difference in

provincial tax rates and cigars

will be priced between 22 and

$25 in whatever money CAD is

Canadian.

The Canadian dollar.

They got to be Canadian

something 1588 to 18 O 5 each.

As for the packaging, the cigars

come double banded with the

banding show near covered by

bands.

It was a bad, bad, bad, bad,

bad.

To compliment the cigar of the

company worked with Jeremy

Reeves and Cornell and Ellie to

create a pipe tobacco into the

same same name.

It's also got Kentucky stuff in

it.

All right, let's move on.

I'm trying to help us.

Well, what do you do?

There's only so many cigar

stories around.

Yeah.

That one's rough.

Now it's time for industry's

favorite game.

What's?

The Score Players hear clues

from 1/2 Wheel Cigar review and

try to predict the score before

it's revealed.

As more details are shared, the

challenge gets easier.

Or does it?

The closest guess to the actual

score wins the round.

Can you read between the lines

and predict the score?

Let's find out.

Here's the last cigar.

Let's find out it was.

A little creepy it.

Was a little creepy.

That.

Was a little creepy.

That too.

June 2nd, 2026 Patrick Lagreed

It's a Honduras cigar.

My Father's Cigars, Inc.

It is the My Father, La Little

Todd Toro. 85. 84.

My father La Little Ted Toro

Country of origin Honduras

factory My father's cigars

Honduras.

It's an Ecuadoran Habano Escuro

Rosado Wrapper binders Honduran

and Nicaraguan filler.

Honduras and Nicaraguan Length 6

by 54.

They smoked 3. 8585. 86.

Clue #1 How?

He looked it up.

But my father lot of little Ted

thorough delivers a well

balanced and evolving flavour

profile combining creamy almond

like notes, clean earthy

flavours, mixed nuts, black

pepper.

The contrast between the lighter

palate flavours are more robust.

Retro Hells keeps the experience

engaging from start to finish.

87. 86.

Clue #2 construction is

consistently impressive

throughout.

The cigar smoke production is

plentiful and the burn line

remains even, and the draw stays

comfortably firm without

becoming restrictive, allowing

the blends flavors to shine

without major performance

issues.

Excuse me?

88. 86.

He looked it up.

Third clue.

This cigar Terrible.

The cigar becomes somewhat

finicky in the second-half, with

combustion issues causing it to

go out more easily when left

resting.

Additionally, the final third

develops A sharper, hotter

profile they can distract from

the otherwise enjoyable flavor

experience. 870 yeah like 6-7.

Just sent the new one.

The 87 everybody.

Down 878787.

Yep, that makes my next video.

Yeah, with the tobacco you

rubbed on your neck, the the.

Handkerchief. 86 It's a.

Sweaty.

It's a sweaty.

It was grass on my neck.

It was itchy.

All right, final thought.

I'm sure that's why you rubbed

your neck.

Yeah, why would I?

What a reason.

Let me set this camera up in

slow motion.

Let me just rub my neck because

I need to get the grass out

there was.

A lot of stuff before, but when

you do a reel it cannot.

It has to be so big.

Any lonely dudes out there?

Then we click the timer when I

post, see how long it takes.

I think what happened is maybe

you made that video for your

wife and you accidentally posted

on Instagram.

No no on Instagram purpose

because my my Chad GBT said I

need more reels.

I was evaluating my.

Page.

Maybe you should make one with

you.

I'll.

Do it in the shower for you,

Phil.

How's that?

Instead, it'll be soap.

As the people who often write

the articles about the cigars we

end up reviewing, it's tough to

avoid going into a review

without having at least some

sort of idea about what might

offer.

For me, it was a comment made to

me at the P.

For me, it was a comment made to

me at the PCA convention, a

trade show about LA Little Todd

offering a bit more flavor than

my father Blue.

Of course, what that actually

means is subject to both

experience and interpretation.

In my experience, the first half

of the cigar is where it shines

brightest, making several minor

tweaks and adjustments to the

profile, seemingly in search of

its ideal expression, which then

arrives right around the midway

point, at least for my palate

and my preference.

For me, if you're looking for a

more textured, earthy and

peppery profile, it waits just

after the midpoint.

From there, the profile carries

itself out with the possibility

of adding in nicotine strength,

which for me isn't A+, but I

know some people enjoy it.

As for which I take between La

Little Tad and My Father Blue,

I'm not sure which one I'd lean

to as both have really solid

points.

I do think La Little Tad does

offer a bit more flavor

intensity, so when the moment

calls for that, you know which

one to.

You're putting us to bed over

here with this final thought.

I didn't write, I just read it

like see my video again.

Was that waking?

Up gets me going 87.

I.

Don't even think I listened to

that whole final thought.

Your eyes have been shutting.

No, while I was reading.

I'm going to go very

disrespectful 85.

It's 87.

I nailed.

It Oh yeah, you nailed.

It jacks look at this.

Wow.

Who looked it up now?

I reign supreme.

I don't have to look it up.

It's not that hard for me to

just fucking dunk on you all God

damn day.

Language and not going to check

the box.

That's jaw over wembe, that's

what that was.

I think gave off heat today.

I feel the heat over here, yeah.

Maybe you should wipe your neck.

Now I now I can.

Now I can rest.

I'm bringing that handkerchief

tomorrow.

I'm going to wipe my neck all

through the show.

Sorry man, it's so.

Hot sign it.

Make that the next giveaway.

Autograph Autograph Sweat rag

BEP Palmer.

Hey, we need to wrap up the show

over there.

What are?

We doing.

Is that the oh is that the fine

Oh I thought?

We do it too.

No, we only have the one.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

I was waiting for the next next

game.

Oh, so you weren't going to pay

attention?

Was there 2?

Yeah, I didn't have wasn't.

I only do 2 on Tuesdays.

Yeah, you're right.

Like is subscribed.

We're reviewing and listening to

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We just need a couple more BDP

shirts to be sold and overalls

for I'll.

Even do a black and white video.

I'll up the ante.

Oh, when then you do this dude

in the in the, in the overalls,

Yeah, in the over, Yeah.

Now we're talking.

Now we're talking.

Check out our

patreonpatreon.com, a cigar

house podcast where we're going

to be reviewing today the Opus X

El Tributo.

Because we, because we got it

like that, because we got it

like that.

We just, you know, we're smoking

high end stuff over there.

Burning through those patreons.

Listen, if you want to know if

it's worth it or not, check out

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of dropping 75 for a cigar and

you're going to know.

How are they going to know

they're going to?

Know three guys, different

opinions.

Yeah, I never thought about

that.

And that's it.

So thank you everybody for your

time and we hope we provided

great edutainment for you today

even with that really long final

thought.

All right.

Guys, we're going to go.

Thanks.

Bye.

Bye.

Show Notes

On Today’s Show... Florida may soon be overrun by millions of mosquitoes—A driver gives deputies one of the most creative excuses we’ve heard after getting caught at triple-digit speeds, and a beloved SeaWorld celebrity takes her final bow. Overseas, tensions are heating up in a way that could impact the entire world. Plus, in cigar news, we’ve got a couple of new releases worth talking about, and then it’s time to test your palate and your instincts with another round of What’s The Score? Can you figure out the rating before we reveal it? Stay tuned.