Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 305: Celebrating Diversity and Cigar Community News
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Welcome to Cigar Hustlers
Podcast Episode 305 where we
bring you the latest news and
insights into the world of
premium cigars.
In this episode we dive into the
big stories of the week.
The King Mike, Stefan Kevich and
Director of Social Media Cigar
Hustler, Mike BDP, Mike BDP
Palmer are two dynamic
individuals with who Co host the
captivated Cigar Hustlers
Podcast and me, I'm Phil, So
grab your Ferris smoke, sit back
and join us for another exciting
episode of Cigar Hustlers
Podcast.
You can skip the KISS Rs thing,
we'll just roll through it.
Oh, we're not going to do.
Maybe you like to put your
products in?
Front of go.
Ahead.
No, no, that's fine.
I don't care.
I have a prepared statement for
later though.
You have a prepared statement
for later, yes.
All right.
What are we doing with the
Patreon?
We're doing these gigantic
cigars, Michael.
Gigantic Kiss.
Phil already lit his Yeah.
So, and you cut yours and it's
busted.
Mind busted, Mind busted too.
This one's cracked.
Can we talk about this?
Terrence?
Terrence, can we talk about
this?
Can we?
Let me fuck.
Let's see yours.
Let's see yours there,
Granddaddy.
This is cracked all down the
side.
Cracked right down the middle.
Mine's cracked on the end, so
when you cut it, it cracked.
Yeah, I haven't, yeah.
But I haven't touched mine.
No, mine was like yours when I
opened, it was like, I'm not
gonna.
Busted, yeah.
Busted.
But I have AI have a huge crack.
Going.
Down, going down through here.
You're gonna have to figure it
out.
Any tape?
Maybe just lick it?
It's not going to seal it, no.
No I need.
Mine did not crack on the cap.
Yeah, but yours just cracked
all.
Day I didn't.
I didn't weigh it either.
Yours just cracked.
Well, we don't have this on the
chart and by 100 they don't go
up that high.
Is there such a thing as like a
cigar glue that you could buy?
Yes, Chapstick.
No, it's called vegetable glue.
Chapstick works though.
Why don't stores sell that like
cigar shops?
They do.
Some places do.
Oh, do they?
Can I have that other lighter,
the Blow toy?
Look, here's the Here's not
going to work.
Oh, you have one too.
If you got a fucking apply glue
to your cigar and I'm not doing
it, I'm not.
OK, let's say you had bought
this.
I know you bail on things that
are plugged or or cracked or
whatever because of your
situation, but let's say you're
a regular consumer and you paid
$45.00 for this monster.
And you get it all.
Remember, this isn't a Patreon.
I understand.
I'm just asking a question.
Would you have bailed on it if
you bought it?
He would have never bought it.
Would you bring it back?
That's great.
I'm supposed to tell you.
Romatron says hello.
Oh, I love Romatron.
During the show, he said to tell
you.
Well, this is actually
Romatron's idea.
Oh, was it?
Yeah.
Oh oh.
Get it, get it, get it.
I'm.
I'm struggling.
I'm.
Struggling off the rib I'm just.
Like my.
Hand on my arms, I don't think
long enough.
I don't like now.
On to the PDP.
He lights it slowly get bigger
so.
Oh my goodness.
What were we thinking?
Tron, I hate you.
We're sending him the bill
$300.00 for these.
Gigantic sources.
You too can purchase the
Slightly Busted.
Please, I'm trying to breathe
over here.
You know what's crazy though, is
like, even though it's busted,
like there's nothing like it
doesn't like, affect it.
It does, it's.
It's.
Oh, it's affecting yours.
Yeah, it has a draw issue from.
His sources?
Really.
I'm trying to clamp down in the
where that's busted.
Oh, I got a ratchet strap in the
truck.
You want me to go?
Like, I'm not nearly getting a
lot of, I'm not getting a lot of
smoke out of this.
So what's going on there,
Michael?
Oh, how you doing?
My whole thing is peeling.
Like minimal smoke is coming out
of this thing for me.
Let's not call it a thing.
Let's just call it a cigar.
He's upset because it's the
shape of a penis over there.
If that's a penis, I'm highly
irate right now.
You didn't consider yourself a
male?
I heard Terence modeled for
these.
Oh.
He's a very large man.
Wow, that's weird.
So how was your day, man?
How was your week?
What's going on?
Talk to.
Me.
I went to Edgar's birthday party
Saturday night up here at the
shop.
Yes, with the Howard.
G with the Howard.
G Yes, with the house.
Yes, I got a stick and treat
shirt, but I didn't think you
got one too, so I didn't wear it
today.
I did not get one.
No, he did not get.
One sticker tree.
That's only because you were
there.
Well, I didn't feel right
wearing it on the show when you
didn't have one, so I'll just
wear it tomorrow night when we
pass out candy.
It's a new thing.
Well, I mean.
He saw it he asked for.
Him.
I scheduled to get them for us,
for the show, for the sticker
treats.
Yes, what I'm saying, like that
night he had just picked up a
couple.
He said, oh, did he?
Yeah 'cause there's only like
two or three on the table he
didn't have.
No order.
I saw him and he goes.
You want one?
I go yes.
Why is it on camera one?
Guys, I'm very well.
He was talking.
I was.
I was talking.
Yeah, so I asked him so I we
could use him for a promotion
for him because I'm a nice guy.
I can't.
I can't get a draw on this thing
at all.
I'm struggling to.
It's because I have this extra
long and.
That's because I have this
extra.
Long.
Maybe we wrap him in tape.
Is this how Castro feels?
Poor guy.
He.
Seems to be doing really well
over there.
No, it's just burning itself.
The gun.
Is fan.
You just hold up to the van
Sunday, and then we had the kids
come, Alex and his fiancee,
we'll have.
To do a different cigar for the
Patreon, I think.
Oh, oh, he's he's fucking over.
He's He's fucking over.
Oh, what do you think about that
kid, huh?
I tried.
Terence, I love you.
You're bothering me.
We tried, Roman trying.
We tried.
These are ridiculous.
Oh my God, I feel like I'm
smoking a fucking pencil.
I'll see once you go bigger.
Once you go.
Black.
You get to go black.
Well, I didn't say that.
I.
Said the bigger There we go,
racist anyway.
All.
Your peoples else.
'S comments So much fun on the
other.
Show we're all racist.
What other?
Show what's wrong with you.
We're all.
Racist.
Oh, it's hot though.
It's gonna it's.
Gonna burn to the entire show.
Back it up now.
Let's go.
So what did you do now?
Somebody came over, Alex.
Alex's fiance came.
They had a wedding in Sanford on
Sunday, so they came Saturday,
spent the night with us and then
we all had breakfast and then
they went to the wedding.
Oh, that's nice.
Yeah, it was nice to see the
kids.
We hadn't seen them since
Tanner's wedding.
Oh, so they used you for bed and
breakfast?
Yes, yes, exactly.
That's pretty much how that.
Plays, but we made sure they
didn't bring the dog.
Normally they bring the dog, but
we have decided no dog.
Well, if they want to take the
dog to the wedding, they can
bring the dog.
But they're not leaving the dog
at a house.
Why they He said.
He decided.
Him and Addie decided.
We decided that we were not
doing that, so she clarified
that the dog was not coming.
Gotcha.
And that was all that occurred,
Yes.
OK, just making sure.
We just watched movies all day
Sunday.
OK, that sounds lovely.
It was.
That's coming out our Sunday
thing now.
Yeah, Movie day.
Movie day, laundry.
You know, just stuff inside
since I don't have to cut my
grass anymore.
See.
Look at that.
Yeah, isn't it?
Well, I still get the side in
the back, but I can knock that
out in less than an hour on a
Saturday.
Right, done. $25 Bye Bye.
Well, we had football on Friday
that went that went great for
Jax, yeah.
I don't know what the.
Fuck is going on with my with my
122 are.
You still not getting flags.
No, they're still not getting
flags.
They're we're going backwards
and we're going backwards.
But hey, we're gonna keep going.
They're.
Putting flags on people.
We're gonna keep going.
Here, you drop this.
I put that's on.
Yes, Sir.
Hey, we're gonna keep going.
You know, I got a couple kids
that have really turned the
corner here.
Yeah.
Yeah, Which is fantastic.
You said you're going backwards,
so you have some stand.
Up I got 12 kids, right?
Jesus, I got 12 kids and like
two of them have are have
advanced better than what they
were.
Doing Move em up.
Now they're not that level, but
but I think that there's some
things that we can do here.
There's there's dumping going
on.
I don't know.
And then Saturday I had a little
Halloween party that I went to.
Oh, I saw the thing.
You know, again, nobody knew
what you were like.
Well, you shouldn't.
You wouldn't know who I was at
that point because.
Britney explained it on
Facebook.
Yes, I was the crazy neighbor,
right?
It was a crazy neighbor in our
neighborhood.
Oh, it was a neighborhood party?
Yeah.
Oh, so everybody knew who you
were who was at the party?
Well, the people who were
hosting the party knew, Right.
Right.
So that was.
Fine, I thought.
Jax looked great.
John Wick.
John Wick.
Yeah, he was very excited about
that.
Yeah, he looked.
I won't let him wear that during
normal Halloween because he
wants to carry a gun that's
painted all black.
Yeah, I don't want to deal with
some fucking idiot.
Somebody make a phone call.
Just some jerk off.
Oh God and whatever.
You know, Jack's in jail.
No, not that I just normally.
Normally it's some other
bullshit with some fucking
hillbilly.
Well, you know, he had a gun, so
I shot him.
You know, I'm like.
Oh yeah, yeah.
Oh, they opened the door and
kids standing with a guy.
Yeah, I didn't think.
About that, idiots.
Idiots.
Idiots.
Idiots.
So you know I got to protect my
protect my kid.
So, so.
But he'll be Jack Skellington
again for well, you know what's
cool about my Jack Skellington
13 foot thing that I bought?
Yeah.
Is that gonna wear the outfit?
No, I think I can.
I can keep him up for Christmas.
Oh yeah, put a Santa hat on him.
That's what I'm thinking.
You throw a Santa hat on him and
he's got you can do a little
Santa beard or whatever.
Take him down.
He's 13 feet tall.
He's all the way.
Up there, that's up on my roof,
that is pretty far.
Maybe Josephs can scurry up the
skeleton.
I could probably bring him down.
I don't think he's heavy.
Just leave him up all the time.
Just keep him up all year round.
Yeah, put Easter bunnet on him.
Oh yeah, a little Easter Bunny
nightmare before nightmare.
Before Easter, yeah, he did up
all.
Nightmare before New Year's?
Right.
Nightmare before Valentine's
Day.
Right.
A gift that keeps on giving,
Michael.
I think it's fantastic.
It is.
I gotta, I gotta move his motion
sensor.
Yeah, I think he's coming.
He moves, he does.
I.
Didn't know he moves.
I gotta bring him down.
What trips the motions up there?
Airplanes.
Birds.
Yeah.
Squirrel crosses just right.
Right, Squirrel goes right
across.
And then Sunday, we did a little
basketball practice.
And I got to chop down part of a
tree.
Is this the same tree you were
going to have?
Removed.
No, no.
That's a totally different tree.
It's a totally different house
he's on.
He's on to other trees.
Oh, you went so well.
You just.
Just chop it down.
Trees, no business.
Yeah, I'm in.
Oh, you're the tree guy.
I haven't sent the invoice yet.
So, oh, I'll send the invoice.
Yours is still smoking.
By itself, and so is.
Yours.
Mine is.
Yeah, mine is too, apparently.
Right.
Yeah, it practically smokes
itself.
It's like a Yule law.
It's so good it smokes itself.
I'll go home and put it in a
fireplace or something.
We tried, Terence.
I'm sorry.
We tried Terence and
manufacturers problems.
Yeah, it's yeah, it's severely
cracked.
I can't.
Yeah, that mine's got this
giant, like Grand Canyon.
Go up to the side up here.
So I can't wait till you hear
this review, Terence.
Are we?
Really.
Gonna we gonna review it on the
Patriots.
No, this is the.
I mean, that was pretty much as
far as we're getting on that
review.
I think that's where it's that's
where it's ended.
That's where it's done.
But Jax's team, man, they are
fucking, they are banging right
now.
We're going into the playoffs.
We're in the yeah, we are #3 on
the, on the list, on the as far
as the seeds are concerned,
right.
So we could play 3 games on
Friday and figure out what's
going on.
Oh, that's a lot.
Yeah.
A lot of orange slices between
games.
We don't do orange slices.
Everybody does orange slices.
Oh man, isn't that that thing
you don't like Orange slices?
No, I'm not saying they don't
really snack that much.
I mean, but usually it's.
Three games.
They're gonna need something.
They'll help.
They'll we'll.
Snag maybe some pre workout or
something?
Yeah, it's gonna be something a
little more intense.
Prime Prime Cocaine, Maybe 00.
So it was cute.
Since it was an 80s party at
Edgar's birthday party on the
bar, they had these little glass
squares every so often.
And they had piles of, it looks
like eighty 80s drugs on it.
They had one pile that looked
like Quaaludes.
Then they had marijuana, not
marijuana.
They had cocaine.
So I drowned the lines and
everything.
Well, it was cocaine.
No, I I was.
I was told it was bacon zone.
You were told not to sniff it,
Yes, That's what Brandon.
Said Brandon said whatever he'd
wipe.
Stuff over his face all night.
I don't know what it was.
Yeah, it was really weird.
The pile's gonna be getting
smaller.
Yeah, so. 3 ludes were mints.
The party went, I guess the
party went well, I mean.
Yeah, she had a good She had a
nice turn out, she did.
You know, I mean, Howie didn't
give me the Sticker Tree shirt,
but.
It's OK.
I got one, but I didn't.
They didn't give me one.
I didn't want to wear it, you
know.
You don't ever get one.
No, we make sure we only get two
shirts, Yeah.
You know how that works?
So this Thursday, though, we're
going to be down at
Lozonapalooza.
Oh yeah, we are.
It's Thursday.
Oh shit.
I got to mark that.
What time is that?
We have to leave really early,
Yeah, start to like 9.
Yeah, you look, that's 3 1/2
hours or 4 hours.
It's 3 1/2 I think you.
Look tired Phil.
Am I tired?
You look.
You tell he's got the green
mask.
Yeah, I've been up since 6
working have.
Bags under his eyes.
He's very tired.
Welcome.
I feel like he's turned that,
that corner in life.
Yeah, Where the bags, they just
show up.
They just stay there.
Yeah, yeah.
They don't go away.
Congratulations, no.
Last night was a long night.
I had a great football Sunday.
Yeah, of course you did.
Yeah, fuck you.
The Dolphins won.
Yeah, that's a Bats, Yeah.
And then I watched all the
football after that.
Yeah, I think I'm done with your
fantasy league, though, You say
this all.
Like, no, I'm serious.
I think, I feel like you're
doing it as like a you know, if
I'm going to quit or you could
trade me.
No, you sucked me in before.
I was trying to get something.
14 minutes you sucked me.
Yeah, go ahead.
Sorry, Go ahead.
Yeah, keep going.
Go ahead.
Oh, thank God it wasn't me this
time.
It's.
OK, I I mean, he's in arms.
He's in, does have a Woody that
was see he's trying to, he's
trying to walk it back, trying
to regain his territory.
Listen, but at the end and he
sucked me.
He's in.
He's in arm's reach for me.
I'll hit you with my giant
cigar.
That's fine, Funk.
That's about what it's good for
right now.
Better bring a little more than
that, pal.
No, man, there's no fucking
trade.
It's so aggravating.
Indiana Jones I don't.
Understand why people hold on to
their pretend people like
they're so fucking Oh my
precious.
Like, no, it doesn't work that
way.
Here's a legitimate trade,
here's a fair offer, and that's
the other thing.
Everything's got to be so
fucking slighted.
The only offers they got are
such bullshit.
Like what the fuck?
Well, I'm glad you didn't take
the Kirk Cousins deal because
you've been fucking pissed off
at me.
Right.
Well, you can't.
You can't predict an Achilles
stare.
Yeah, but who am I going to give
you?
Kirk Cousins or Jared Goff?
Jared Goff?
Well, now, yeah.
I don't know who he's, no, but I
don't need a quarterback.
Well, you need it at the time
because everybody was injured.
No, I like my quarterback.
Larry Zonke.
I like Jordan, love.
I'm sticking with him.
Jordan Love.
What are you saying though I'm.
Just yelling at names.
I don't know.
But you know.
Just wouldn't be part of the
conversation.
The the Kelsey trade was fair.
Kelsey Grammar, but I didn't
need a run.
Back new show Ricky Bell.
Shut the fuck up.
This would be part of the show.
No, but now do you need a
running back?
I feel like your running back
sucked.
That's why I offered the running
backs.
No, I don't think I need one.
Now.
Oh well, you know what?
To be honest, fucking I'm just
going to keep my team the way it
is that we're doing fine.
I got to play JJ this week, so
he's not even fucking playing,
yeah.
Oh, JJ still around?
No, he's not.
He's not.
I used to follow.
Him on Facebook and I don't even
see him anymore.
You're.
Never going to get your 50
bucks, by the way.
That's gone.
Is he the guy that never puts
his team together that you
talked about on down to Herf?
No, yeah.
He talked about the league on
down to Herf.
Oh dude.
Yeah, 'cause they're in the
league, yeah, And.
Apparently, Jax is beating all
of them.
Well, Jax beat him last week and
he was pissed.
About that beat JJ, Yeah, but he
didn't put his guys up.
Yeah, he was pissed that he'd,
you know, he didn't go up
against his best.
And I get that.
Why?
You really right.
Why?
Because the Cowboys won.
Is that what he's talking about?
What?
Who are you talking about?
Jax was mad.
Oh, I thought.
You're talking about JJ?
No, Jax was mad because the guy
he is playing against has
checked out and not put people
in to play against.
Yeah, but he won.
But Jax won, right?
But.
That's not the Champions
mentality.
You want to play a person that's
going that has their best
selection set up.
And he was pissed.
I tend to remember a certain
movie where it doesn't matter if
you win by a mile or an inch,
winning is winning.
Yes, winning is winning, but you
want to play.
You want to compete against
somebody?
Yeah, but that's a goodbye week.
Not somebody who just fucking
checks out.
So anyways.
What do we got going on, man?
What's going well?
What's?
Talk to me.
We we we're well.
Give me Phil's fun facts or
something.
I don't know.
Are.
You guys done with the football?
Wait, don't hit it.
Don't hit it.
He's.
Got to put his mask back on.
This thing is very hot.
It's.
Just because of the bags under
your eyes, they create heat.
The mouth is OK.
You're not even close.
I can't wait till next month.
'S next month's A Goodie?
Next month's A Fantastic Mask.
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Was terrible.
What do you want me to do?
You want him to say like I was
gay or something?
Like was that the?
Super.
Why are you gay?
Why are you gay?
If I knew where you're sucking
these big things, I would kind
of, you know, you know the word.
Voila.
Yeah, is not something you see
all the time.
Oh, voila.
Voila.
Would have been TADA or
teaching.
Yeah 'cause when I looked at it,
I thought it.
You thought.
I thought you meant to spell
vitola.
Oh, then when you said vitola.
So I'm thinking I didn't
remember vitola in that at all.
Voila.
Voila.
Sometimes I just hit the
microphone and say the word.
Because I don't, I could spell.
Voila.
Voila.
Yeah, so you hit the button, he
goes.
Voila.
You got like, I think you have
ash just right under your nose.
Do I?
Yeah, that's cocaine.
So it's cocaine.
He acted like he did you.
Know what I I've been watching
is Loki.
Have you been watching Loki at
all?
The new one.
Yeah.
No, I didn't watch the first
one.
Oh.
It's pretty good.
I'm We watched The Santa
Chronicles or?
I think it's what Santa
chronicles.
I have no idea what's going on.
Sorry.
Oh, I have no idea what's going
on with Loki.
Sometimes.
Like, wait a second, this.
It's very fucking complicated,
but I'm still enjoying it.
That's a Disney one, right?
Yeah, yeah.
On the Disney Channel.
Yeah, they got the guy who was
who got accused of beating
somebody and then they pulled
his show or whatever he was in.
He was in the Rocky movie.
Oh, it's not the real Loki.
Yeah, it was real low.
You know, this guy plays a
different character in the show.
He's on the show is what I'm
saying.
So I'm glad that whatever you
know, he he I'm glad that they
kept it going.
Have they figured anything out
with this writers thing?
I think it's.
I think we're good.
No, it's still on.
It's still on.
It's still on.
Oh.
God, I heard it was over.
I don't know.
We're getting close.
Matthew Perry died.
He did die.
That was.
That was horrible.
Yeah.
Drowned.
Apparently, you know, had a
heart attack and drowned in his
chick.
Apparently hot hot tubs are
really deep.
Well, Jim Hart took you slide
in.
I guess that could be there for
you, though.
Nobody meant that when they sang
it to him.
Yeah, I'll be there.
That's the thing for His
assistant found him.
He looked rough, man.
He's had a little rough life.
Yeah, you seen him in his last
interview.
They showed him on Facebook.
Yeah, he's only been clean for
two years.
Drugs.
Man.
Drugs.
All right, we're moving.
Yep, let's go to some news.
After that, from the four
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All right first Michael, before
we get to the news, I have a
prepared statement I'm going to
read.
In the world of cigars,
diversity is not only found in
the rich blends and aromas, but
also in the voices that
represent the industry.
Recently, Cigar Hustler made a
significant announcement
promoting Mike BDP Palmer to the
esteemed position of Director of
Social Media for all things
Cigar Hustler.
This move was met with little
response from different media
outlets within the cigar
community.
Well, some media outlets
acknowledge this news, some
chose are not to report this
achievement.
However, Cigar Inspector
Platform, known for its
commitment to celebrating
diverse voices and recognizing
significant developments in the
cigar world, stood out.
By embracing and endorsing this
announcement, Cigar Inspector
understands the importance of
acknowledging talent and
contributions.
Regardless of the platform
Recognizing Mike Palmer's Mike
Palmer's promotion, Cigar
Inspector continues to uphold
the commitment to inclusivity
and supporting the entire
spectrum of voices within the
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The cigar community thrives when
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Cigar Inspector decision to
embrace this announcement
reinforces the values of unity,
recognition and respect within
the industry.
You know, it is kind of fucked,
I'm not going to lie.
Yeah, nobody did.
Nobody picked it up.
But then because.
If, if it had happened with the
bigger retailers, you know,
someone who's I don't know, you
know, whatever, like one of the
top five big dogs, so and so
becomes chief Marketing officer,
whatever the case may be, it'd
be fucking covered.
Sure.
Nobody would know.
Nobody would care right, who
that guy was?
Right, but they would do it
anyways.
Like Tiago Splitter of the Dream
Team, he was in the news like 5
weeks in a row.
That was the Luciano Dream Team
Dream, Luciano's Dream team.
All those promotions have been
reported.
Well, but that's but that's a
brand owner or manufacturer.
I'm I'm referencing as far as on
a retail level, bigger retail
like Jr.
Tobacco.
Yeah, Jr.
Santa Clara, Casa de Monte,
Cristo, they're all the same
people.
But you would hear that name,
right?
CI or whatever.
You know, if they announced it
and did a press release, it
would be covered, OK?
It'd be covered, right.
Thank you.
Cigar Inspector.
So at least we know who the true
media coverage is.
And that's Cigar Inspector,
right?
Apparently.
Yeah.
Yes.
Excellent.
You're doing excellent work over
there.
Great job.
Doing a great job.
Very proud of you.
Did you Did you reach out to any
of those guys?
Why would I reach out?
He sent it to everybody.
No, no, I know.
I know what I do.
Hey, please, please cover my
story.
No.
Fuck them.
No, but normally, yeah.
Exactly a.
Fuck the fuck does?
Yeah, No.
Normally you would got the free
media stuff at PCA.
Now everybody's all happy and
not talking about anything else.
Yeah, They don't have to fucking
do anything right now.
I have to do anything.
It's free.
It's free.
All you can do is show up.
It's ridiculous.
But normally what you do is like
if there was like another post
of something else.
Like you would go into that
comment and go, oh, what about
this?
I thought about that and I
decided to be above that.
I mean, we could, we could start
calling people.
You want to call them out like
side So Jay and Silent Bob at
the end of the show, they're
like you wrote at this point,
fuck those guys, you know, so we
can start calling these media
guys.
I have all their numbers say,
hey, listen, we sent you a
thing, sent you a thing.
But you didn't cover it.
Why didn't you?
You're on the podcast.
Hey, you're on the podcast right
now.
Why didn't you cover it?
Because don't want to do it,
We'll pick one a week.
Normally you get like a Yeah, I
didn't see.
It.
Oh my God.
Or that's when United created
special boxes for Veteran's Day.
Oh my God.
Horribleness or Pat Potter
restructured the Tobacc Trading
Company ownership.
Oh my God, please, please go
through the list.
I want to hear more.
That's that e-mail.
Oh my goodness.
Or or just Tyler.
Or what?
Tyler Riley put out a giant
cigar that breaks when you're
smoking.
Oh, sorry.
We're gonna get a cease and
assist we need. 1.
You know what that will pop in
the news.
Fucking listen, you guys are bad
guys.
Bad mouth Darren Dryly And his
news again.
They're scared of us, bud.
That's OK.
Who are we gonna call?
We make people nervous.
I know we make people nervous.
What about you have to do all
their shows now and give me the
the tie in and I'll go.
Director of social Media is
here.
What do you guys like to say
about the show?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Let me get the director of
social media on for you.
Yeah, he has to answer that
question.
I.
Don't, I don't.
Can't handle that.
All right.
United cigars, great special
boxes for veteran's day, blah
blah, blah.
Pat Potter owns a mercantile
business.
Is now in charge of the back
trading company, supposedly.
Keep going blah blah blah blah
blah blah La patissier #2
shipping to stores tomorrow.
I just pulled down and got like
saying La patissier.
La Patissier, can I say it
right?
It's not many, not many of these
names anymore.
I can say correctly, De la
Patissier #2 will begin shipping
to stars tomorrow, the newest
size in the Crown Head La
Patissier line.
Like so many other cigars that
are called #2, the release is a
Bellicoso.
Why does that happen?
And the case measuring is 6 and
8 by 52 blend wise and the same
as the rest of the LA Patissier
line at Connecticut Broadleaf
rapper over Nicaraguan binder
fillers.
From this place and that place.
The MSRP is at a $13 per cigar,
not 45.
The cigar won't be available to
ever retailer that Gary's
accounted.
Oh, well then we'll just move
on.
Yep, moving right along.
Oh my goodness.
Gotham Cigars adds 5 Burroughs
lines.
Gotham Cigars, a Florida based
Internet cigar retailer.
You familiar with them at all?
They're called Gotham.
Gotham like Batman.
I heard them back in the day.
Man, I heard that name 100 years
ago.
They've announced a second
series of cigars would say
they'll sell to other retailers.
Oh.
That's so nice of them, yes.
The new release is called 5
Boroughs, another tribute to New
York City's Gotham's First Line
cigars.
It's called Flatbush.
There are three different lines
of all, which are made of
Debegalera pages.
Never heard of them before.
Debegalera pages in Nicaragua.
Have you ever?
Heard of them.
Pages.
BAGES.
Pages, pages.
They make.
The 212.
The Bowery.
The Chelsea.
The Five.
Boroughs.
Does it taste like dumpster?
The Bowery.
I don't know what's right on and
C the individual line's name
won't reference New York City.
I have other dumpsters but.
Yes.
Oh yeah.
Go ahead.
Oh, really?
I had a dumpster.
Bowery and Chelsea are
neighborhoods in Manhattan 212.
Which which one do you want?
Bam, you got to go to work.
Moridi, let's talk.
I'm supposed to read but not
talk.
You know what I mean?
Oh, OK.
Burroughs is a reflection of
what we have learned and honors
the amazing art that is premium
cigar making.
We are so proud of these cigars
and are anxious for consumers to
try them.
He's going like, man, fuck that
guy.
Yeah.
EP Coriglio's Escapade project
is launching November 1st.
EP Coriglio, who made the quad
gun Janeiro and he made the quad
gun Janeiro.
Yeah, OK, I got that right.
Dubbed Escapade and which was
created with the help of
consumers, is set to launch
November 1st.
What?
The consumers made it, and the
company is once again asking
zoomers to help, if not only to
say we really have too many
people working here and we need
the people we don't pay to help
us make cigars now.
Come all of you.
The Escapade project began over
the summer, with Ernesto Perez
Carrillo Junior hosting a series
of three zoom sessions with
small groups of consumers who
had the opportunity to share
their preference and ideas for
the new blend directly with the
cigar maker.
Each session was limited to just
10 participants.
Can you imagine?
If you did, then yeah, a zoom
thing and 10 people tell you
what to put in your sugar.
It'll be 10 different answers.
Yeah, you know, here's the thing
I I'm a big believer in building
the cigar around what you like,
right?
And then build the plane that
you like on the way down.
Yeah, yeah.
Because the reality is people
will say, yeah, I get that
right, and they'll smoke it and
they'll continue to smoke it.
Interesting.
Or they just, you know, somebody
told Skip something he should do
to one of the cigars the other
day.
I think he just said yeah, no,
I'm pretty sure it's what he
said that's.
Probably a standard response,
right?
You need to put this wrapper on
blah blah blah and.
I, you know, I understand that
I've because a lot of people
have, you know, listen, it's
great to have those opinions and
stuff.
Don't give it to me unless I
fucking ask, unless we're just
having a conversation about
something specifically to get
input.
Ernie did.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But.
But Skip did not.
No.
No.
Right.
That's what I'm saying.
No, no, no, no.
No.
Hey you should do this like no.
Yeah, see, the cigars are
produced at the company Debacle
Era la Alesia SA in Santiago,
Dominican Republic.
It's important to me that I
listen to what our consumers are
seeking, said Ernesto Borrelio
Perez, Gorrelio Junior saving
with Escapade project was
announced.
It gives me such a satisfaction
to create a blend for others to
enjoy around the world.
When our consumers expressed
that they wanted something
lighter, we had one thing to do
lighter.
So everybody got lighters?
No, no, they want.
A lighter.
A lighter A lighter cigar that
has less tobacco in it like the
other people.
I love the fact that you guys
both fucking explained it to me
like I'm an idiot and I have no
idea what's going on.
It was more for them, Michael.
I thought you were just, you
know, helping so we could
explain.
It's good.
To know, it's good to know where
I stand.
The Process for Escapades
project sounds familiar because
it is fairly similar to that of
the Platinum bash that came out
in May of 2023.
So apparently he's asking
everybody for all his cigars
now.
Everybody, everybody.
You get a cigar, You'll get a
cigar.
You'll get a cigar.
HVC Black Friday 2023 released
update oh for the 10th edition
of its Black Friday series of
limited edition cigars.
HVC Cigars is releasing its
thickest Black Friday cigar to
date, a 10 by 100.
No, Get out of here.
The HVC Black Friday 2023 is $8.
Four and a half.
Yeah, a 10 by 100 for $8, a 4
1/2 by 56 petite Gordo that uses
a Mexican San Andreas wrapper
over Nicaraguan binder and
fillers from Nicaragua.
The company says that those
Nicaraguan tobaccos are Vizos
and Secos, meaning the tobacco
come from the lower 2/3 of the
plant.
They explained it just like we
did for you.
Oh, that's why is it?
Why was it bad what we did for
you?
What'd you do for me?
Well, we explained the lighter
for you.
No, it's lighter, right?
Or the less.
Weight for gas?
How you like this?
Well, only the 9th year of Black
Friday releases.
This is the 10th release in this
series.
Oh, the 10th.
That's a weird math problem.
Nine years, 10 releases Carry
the one subtract.
So one year they had two.
Who are we talking to over there
during the parking?
I'm busy working Harris.
Well, we're we're working here.
I'll just call him on the phone.
We'll just.
Work.
Wait a SEC, Wait a SEC.
You had nine releases in 10
years.
No 10-9 releases, 10th release
Nine years, 10 releases, Yes.
OK.
So one year they had two.
Nothing gets fast.
Tim does it.
He's pretty sharp over there.
He's fucking sharpest attack.
Amazing.
How can he have two fucking
Black Friday cigars?
What are you talking about?
There's a new one every year.
He just said it was one year,
right?
But one year they did two.
No, they didn't.
Nine years, 10 releases.
I.
Don't know about that.
It's in the story.
I.
Haven't seen 2?
While only the 9th year of Black
Friday releases, this is the
10th release HVC Black Friday
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018-2019,
2020-2021, and 2022 and 2023.
So it's 123456789.
Yeah, there's only 9.
Well, there is a dot here.
There's something.
Oh.
Shit.
Oh God.
So 9 releases in 10 years is
probably what they meant.
Huh?
They probably meant 9 releases
in 10 years.
Says 9 Which?
Still doesn't make any sense
nine years in 10th release.
That's the 10th release in the
10th year.
Maybe one year they didn't come
out with two They didn't. 6640,
2018, only 150 boxes.
So they didn't.
And maybe they get a guy extra
that year.
They didn't count that one 2017
only 100 boxes.
All right, Foundation is
shipping.
We're going to run the boat so I
can read those other two
stories.
Foundation Foundation, Shipping,
Charter Oak, Pesquale, and Peg
and Natero, Peg.
Peg.
Natero.
Peg Natero the pegy Peg Natero
to retailers.
PEG No, it's piga piga Natero
P/E GNATARO.
Pig pig na na Tay Tay row.
Row Piga Pagan Ontario, 2 lines
for Foundation Cigar, Charter
Oak Series are on the way to the
retailers.
The Charter Oak.
The One and the Charter Oak, No,
we're going to call.
No, same again, Same again.
Charter One.
Here I need to hear which ones
are they guale.
Pasquale and the Charter Oak Pig
not pay.
Oh bro.
That's it.
That's correct.
That's it.
That's exactly how you say it in
that, like in that space for the
grandfather, the company founder
Nicholas Malila.
Both are, that's his
grandfathers name, Pasquale.
OK, I've heard that name.
Pasquale.
Pasquale.
Pasquale and Pig Pig, you guys
say like a pig.
Pig.
Yeah, it's more like it's a it's
like a New England.
No, it's no.
It's Boston.
Like North Dakota.
Oh, oh, there's.
People There Pig uses a
Connecticut shade wrapper, while
the Chard, Rogue Pasquale, uses
a broadleaf wrapper.
Both cigars use Nicaraguan
tobacco for the binders and
fillers, but the blends are
described as being different
from one another.
They're totally different.
Just from one another.
They're similar of other people,
but they're different from each
other.
Yeah, they're similar.
And not not like the the Knights
of Columbus, which is the.
Knights of what Knights?
Of Columbus Well, the the Knight
Commander Winter is coming.
Winter is coming.
That's the name of the cigar.
North of the Wall North of the
Wall, Each cigar is priced at
$13 per cigar and $156 for a box
of 12.
Production is limited to 500
boxes of each blend on a
quarterly basis.
That's not bad for $156 for a
box of 12.
Yeah, that's pretty good.
Works out to $13 per cigar.
Is that OK?
Yeah, that's not bad, OK?
Listen, that's.
Look, here's the thing.
Yes.
This is their value.
Cigar, right?
The Trotter Oak.
Yeah, yeah, that was surprised.
It was so expensive.
So I didn't know that.
Kind of falls out, and I were
discussing that upstairs.
Kind of falls out of that value
thing because it's an especial
now, right?
Well, isn't the isn't there a
cigar with a band that's like
green and it has like a duck on
it or something like that?
It's got a duck.
A duck.
A bird on it.
A bird.
I must be confused.
No.
What?
What are you talking about?
I'm curious.
What's the one with the green
band?
One with the green band.
I don't why.
Foundation doesn't have that.
Foundation has a green band.
Yeah, I thought they had a green
band.
Well, you're sitting over there
smoking your cigar.
Why don't you Google Foundation
Green?
Banded cigar with a duck, with a
duck or a pigeon.
I don't think that exists.
Is that the cuckoo bird?
The cuckoo bird.
Cuckoo bird that seems like
something more like Nick would
have would be a cuckoo bird.
I went cuckoo than a duck.
He doesn't leave his office
anymore.
He's just.
He just hangs out.
Oh, there's Fortress, he told
us.
Just underground or?
Something.
It's a solitude, right?
Sits there and meditates all day
each cigar.
We read that recently released
Meta Tapa.
Both new Charter Oak blends are
rolled at Tablet Calera AJ
Fernandez Cigars in Nicaragua.
Yeah, the Meta Tapa is a Sumatra
or a Sumatra.
What?
It's Sumatra or a Sumatra.
I thought it was a Claro and a
Maduro.
But they're both Sumatra.
Are they really?
Yeah.
Boy, that's weird.
And an announcement published on
Cigar Aficionado, who also
didn't pick up My Story
Foundation, confirmed boxes of
both cigars began shipping on
Monday.
We have them here.
They are available upstairs for
purchase.
They are available upstairs.
I was confused.
No, it was the Mantlec, but
that's not the one I was talking
about.
Oh, that's a cross.
Yeah, it's that there's no duck
on the mantle.
No duck, no pigeon, no cuckoo
bird.
No cuckoo bird.
That used to be his event only
cigar.
The cuckoo bird?
No.
The mendelik.
The Mendelik.
Yeah, yeah.
Now it's now it's.
Now it's into production because
White makes cigars that I'm
giving away for free.
You can charge people for them.
Everybody wants them.
Everybody wants them.
All right, we got a Florida
story.
Then we're going to call
somebody and ask them why they
didn't take the story.
Perfect.
Let's call coop.
Let's start at the top.
I'm working our way now.
Oh.
Yes, He won't answer.
Oh, OK, Call Moby tobacco now.
They don't really cover that
stuff.
They're more just a reviewer.
I gave him a pass.
Aaron Newman and John Mctavish,
Yeah.
They're a review site.
They're a review site.
We.
Like them too?
Yeah.
Yeah, we like them.
They gave us shirts.
Of course you gave us shirts
too.
That.
Oh, we should burn those next
week.
On the show?
Sure, like in here?
Well, we'll do it out there.
OK, all right.
Florida man finds iguana in His
Toilet, Claims he doesn't know
how it got there.
Interesting Hollywood, FL.
Imagine waking up to find a
large iguana in your toilet.
That was the reality for Florida
resident Gary Greenspan, who
found an iguana in his toilet
Saturday morning.
I don't know if it's was just
looking for a spa day or what,
but it's huge and I don't know
how it got there.
You think that's how he talks,
Element?
Where's this Hollywood?
I saw a picture of it, Greenspan
said in a video he recorded of
the animal.
Greenspan said he called a
friend and animal control for
help removing the iguana and
releasing it back into the Wow,
not the toilet.
I guess you can't just flush
that.
It's in the iguana.
Violent as fuck.
They can whip the shit out.
There was a James Bond movie
where the bad guy had an iguana
tail as the whip that he beat
people with.
Really.
Yep.
James Bond to James Bond movie.
Oh my iguana whip.
So I saw the photo.
I don't know how it got in there
either because it wasn't going
to fit down the hole, you know,
It didn't come out the hole.
Well, so here's probably what
the What usually happens when
something like that occurs?
Are you going to talk to us like
we're stupid?
I.
Actually learned this this week.
It's pretty fascinating.
They're probably thirsty.
Uh oh oh.
Is it he?
Left his door open.
Hey, we're podcasting.
Oh, all right.
Brady, Can you believe nobody
picked up the story about me on
the social media?
On Ziggard Media, right?
Yeah.
Don't listen to him.
How can I help?
He's he don't want.
He's rambling.
He's old.
Oh yeah.
Red light's not working.
Red light's not working.
Yeah, damn, I did a long one on
Sunday.
I had.
A lot of free time.
Teddy's free tomorrow.
Morning at 9:30 we're all going.
Oh, perfect.
OK.
And I don't think it's a.
Big deal, you know?
All right there.
So, all right, all righty.
All right.
Love you.
Love you too.
Just so you know, Phil, we're
not doing the Patreon tomorrow
morning.
I wouldn't think it was gonna be
in the morning anyway.
Where's the parade at?
At the school?
Oh, not like down a certain St.
No.
Oh, they they just marched
through the office.
Oh, really?
The little kids marched through
the office.
Oh, then we can't go.
Oh, a doll.
I got You got a shop of the
week.
No.
So here's what happens with the
with with the iguanas in the
toilet.
Yeah, so apparently if you have
like, trees that go over your
roof, yeah, they can fall into
the vent.
OK and fall all the way down.
Oh, you mean like the poop vent?
Yeah.
And then fall into the oh he
didn't see.
He looked up to see if the vent
was open.
Yeah, yeah, that's a thing.
It's more common with frogs,
apparently.
You should always leave it on
then.
If you found a frog in your
toilet, right, you would think
he could swim up and the frogs
just bother.
Yeah, you know, tarantulas keep
frogs as pets.
Tarantulas keep There's a
certain tarantula that keeps a
frog as a pet, and it gets all
the other bugs from getting on
their eggs.
You need to stop watching
Netflix.
That wasn't on Netflix.
Where'd you find it?
I don't get Netflix again.
I'm not.
I'm not.
I'm not a fire station anymore.
Apparently they found out.
They.
They.
Figured it out.
They figured out what the fire
station.
So again, now they're wanting
money.
Well, I have a shot of the week
for you.
Oh, shot of the week.
Rabusto's in Dearborn, MI like,
oh, no, sorry, somebody changed
my thing.
That's where the gong was.
Oh.
There it is.
Oh, you passed it?
And where?
Where is it?
Robusto's in Dearborn.
Dearborn.
That's Harry Berry's place,
Harry.
Harry Berry.
How you guys did he pick up the
cigars?
He did.
Oh, we love Harry Berry.
Such a nice shop.
Yeah, looks just like dab a dab,
a cabana or whatever.
Tobacco.
Home, Tobacco.
Home.
As as Jack trying, I found a new
shop on Instagram that looks
nice down there called Vine and
Ash.
Really.
Yeah, very fancy looking.
And we did open up a local
place, blend and barrel.
Oh, not blend and barrel with
the wine.
Cafe City Wine cigar.
Oh, city wine.
Don't.
Have it.
We do open up cafe too.
What's the other?
Place City Wine and Cigars.
City wine and cigars, yeah.
Pedro, you can go there now too,
you know.
I heard of that.
So right by your house.
Yes.
So did they place their order?
Yeah, they came and picked it up
and everything.
Oh, so they did show up
Thursday.
Yeah.
Oh, it's nice.
Yeah.
When's is there a thing?
We got to work out a date, but
yeah, there will be a thing.
Nice.
It's in like December or
something.
Yeah, whenever they want, right?
That's that's cool because it's
local.
Yeah, I like.
I like working with local shops.
That's fantastic.
Let's see, do I have a listener
of the week?
Hold on, I have a listener of
the week.
I have a listener.
Of the week you do.
I have one.
I have one.
It's definitely not going to be
coop.
I have Coop.
Jason Hawkins.
Jason Hawkins.
You're a Lizard of the week,
Sir.
Congratulations.
You would like.
I will make you this crack.
JFR second.
Previously smoked Previously
smoked by the B DPBDP.
Or you might get the one from
the king.
You don't know.
We'll we'll fucking play.
By Greatness BDP, it probably
doesn't spit on it.
You can make your own BDP if you
want my DNA on it.
You can make your own BDP, all
right, and we have solidified
Jason Jackson from Roman Craft
for next week's.
Show that's exciting.
He's out with Skip and Mike
today or what have done today.
It'll be the first interview,
yes, yes, I told him.
The Roman fans need to be
introduced.
We need to know who he is.
Yes, Because he's just out here.
Yes, I was.
Friends with him on Facebook
didn't even know who he was.
Oh, I sent the friend request
after.
Oh, I wish him happy birthday
after ours.
Still didn't know.
After our special detective.
Oh, after our group found him?
Yes.
After our After the after
Interpol Yes inter Interpol
discovered Cigar Hustler
podcast.
Interpol Division.
Yes, tracked him down for us.
This is the guy.
This is the gentleman you're
looking for.
I turned the timer off.
Well, it's like we're only like
40 minutes.
Yeah.
Who we going call somebody?
Michael, pick somebody at
random.
You don't want to call somebody,
OK?
You don't have to.
Nobody know?
You got to connect to it all
right, don't bother then.
No, no.
You know what?
Who?
I'll tell you who we'll just
wrap.
This up to it, We're not fucking
leaving.
We're gonna fucking.
Let's I'm going to call Nick
Melillo real quick because he'll
probably be in a meeting and
say, oh, he, he doesn't care
about my.
Promotion call me blah blah blah
blah blah.
Is that what you care about?
No, no, I wouldn't call anybody
you want.
No, that's what it cares about.
No, no, it's fine.
No, that's I made my statement.
I've slighted everyone as the
group, so I don't care.
I mean, we can call Monado, but
he'll be a Dick.
Yeah.
No, I he'll be a Dick.
I don't care.
I'm going to wear.
I'm going to get a shirt for the
PC.
We can call Matt Tye.
Yes.
Oh yeah.
We call Matt Tye.
Is that Matt Tye or is that
Nick?
He's Nick Melillo.
He's not going to answer,
though.
Matt Tye has a show tonight he
might still cover.
We can get it mentioned now.
We're not fucking leaving.
We're not fucking leaving.
Can you release his Start
releasing his phone number
again?
You agree this is Nick Melillo?
Nicholas Melillo at Foundation
Cigar Company.
I can't get to the phone right
now, but please leave your name,
a brief message and a call back
number.
And I.
Will get back to you as.
Soon as possible.
Have a great day.
You think in your Fortress of
Solitude you'd have the ability
to answer the phone.
Whenever I call, he might have
the big door shut and then the
cells.
Yeah, it doesn't get reception.
Or he's going down the slide.
He's going down the slide slide.
Yeah, that could be it.
I wonder if he's doing a
meeting, prep for the meeting,
Yeah.
Is he in the optimization
meeting?
He's in.
Are you in the lead optimization
of time?
Have you been bought by STG?
Yeah.
Is that is that happening?
Pre acquisition, is this going
on?
So thanks so much for getting
back to us again, Nick.
Yeah, from last week it was
it's.
Great talking with you.
Thanks so much man, did you get
the text message that says I'm
on a zoom?
I'm on a I'm zooming.
I'm zooming right now I.
Can't answer zoom, zoom, zoom.
Well, let's put Matt Tai on the
chair.
I always put Matt.
Zoom, Zoom.
Zoom Did they release stories
during the week, though?
Well, we'll ask him if it's
going to be covered.
We'll ask him.
Good idea.
When did we release that?
But we released it over a week
ago.
It was last week.
It was middle of last week.
Middle of last week.
Plenty of time, but their show's
on Monday, so they would have
missed it last week.
All right.
Plenty of time.
Hello, Hello.
Oh, is this Matt Ty from?
How about that cigar?
I I hope so.
Hey, welcome to the Cigar Houses
Podcast.
How are you?
Oh, I'm.
I'm good.
Doing just fine.
How are you?
I just cherish the fact that we
call random people at random
moments on this show.
It's.
I love it.
I.
Absolutely love it.
I absolutely love it too.
Are you at work?
Do you have to go, like hide in
the toilet or something?
You know, Do we need to give you
a second?
You need to say important things
on the phone, like buy this Sir,
right away.
I'm, I'm, I'm in my Home Office
and.
I have all the time in the world
for you guys.
Oh, that's so lovely.
So listen, we have a we we did a
press release last week.
We just want to make sure that
you received it.
Did you receive it?
I I did receive it, absolutely.
Is that, is that something that
you're going to cover on how
about that cigar or are you
would that be mentioned this
evening on the show I was?
Just kind of curious.
Well so so on our website.
You guys may or may not know
this on our website about.
I don't remember when it was
maybe a year and a half ago we
made the decision to stop
publishing press releases
because we, since we all, you
know, work regular jobs.
And we came to the decision, OK,
we were missing some press
releases, like we weren't
publishing all of them.
So to be fair, until we have the
time to publish every press
release, we're going to publish
no press releases.
So one person ships their pants.
We all wear diapers.
Is that what I'm hearing?
That's what I'm hearing.
Right, nailed it.
Nailed it.
OK, so, so look, so you got to
let him off the hook.
You got to let him off the well,
I said.
He's not really a print guy, so
I did.
We did say before we called, but
we knew you would answer so.
We knew you would answer.
Oh yeah, I I mean if if if I get
a call from Palmer or or the
King, I'm I'm answering the
phone.
Seriously, you're an amazing IF
you could just mention it to
Steve Sokka tonight when he's on
your show.
Cause how about that cigar?
Has Steve Sokka on tonight?
Oh, well, it's actually last
night, 'cause it's released
tomorrow.
Oh, that's right.
So now you gotta go back.
She listened to it last year.
Go back and listen to the
yesterday's show.
Yeah.
I talked to him today, by the
way.
Steve Sokka.
Yeah.
Oh, I thought.
I got an e-mail from him on
Friday.
Oh, lovely.
Oh, nice.
And Matt's gonna speak till
tonight, right?
Yeah, it's it's going to be a
good time.
Always when he's on the show, we
we learn a lot.
And we're going to, we're going
to take some deep dives into
some of the more untalked about
aspects of making premium cigars
that some of the subjects that
people don't like talking about.
You know he invented cigars.
Yeah.
How long is the show?
Five hours.
Well, I I told Steve I commented
on one of Steve's posts today
because Steve was kind enough to
repost it on Facebook, and I
commented.
I commented and I said I promise
to keep it under 4 hours.
Under 4 hours.
No, it it won't be it, it won't
be that that long of a show.
But I mean when you get, when
you get people like, I mean
there's a small list of people,
you guys know that if you get
them talking.
They just keep talking and and
it's great because they have a
lot of good knowledge to share.
But if we have Steve Sock on the
show, it's going to be a longer
show.
If we have Skip Martin on the
show, it's going to be a longer
show.
So and we just we prepare for
that and we we love it because
they have a lot of good info to
share.
Yeah, I mean that was going to
be my question.
Out of the two hour show or
three hour show, however long
you go, how many sentences do
you think you're going to get
them?
I'm just going to, you know, 6.
Oh, it's basically just the
intro and the outro, and welcome
to and thank you for.
Listening.
Don't forget your sponsors.
You got to do your sponsored
ads.
Well, yeah, the sponsors that we
definitely got to pay the bills,
but otherwise otherwise we just
let the we just let the guests
go where they're going to go.
Excellent.
Do you have a new sidekick now?
Raul Ramos is the official.
Officially announced I didn't.
I didn't send a press release,
but it.
Was.
It was officially announced.
I mean, he's been he's been the
Co host for about the last eight
episodes or so and it was
officially announced on last
weeks.
Show that he is the the full
time Co host of How About That
Cigar line along with our
fantastic producer Justin Who
yeah, he's the best favorite.
Best.
His beard seems like it's gotten
fuller lately.
His beard is taking over the
studio.
Bro, I like that.
It's gotten quite fluffy.
Nice.
Yeah, he's not.
He has literally not trimmed it
at all since January 1st.
Oh wow all.
Right.
Yeah, yeah, he looks like.
He looks like a homeless guy,
but but a nice homeless guy a.
Lovely homeless man.
Is he cutting the hair on his
head or is he letting that go
too?
No, that's that that.
He typically just shaves that.
Oh, like the caddy from Happy
Gilmore.
All right.
Yeah.
Well, Mr. Ty, thank you very
much for your time.
We appreciate you answering the
phone for us as always.
Absolutely.
I love you guys.
We love you too.
All right.
Well, good luck on the show
tonight.
Hope it goes well.
Congrats on 300 plus episodes
and just keep them coming.
We love what you guys do.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
We.
Love you too, buddy.
Take it easy.
All right.
Take care, fellas.
All right.
Bye.
Goodbye, you.
Want me to call smoke and
tobacco?
Do they?
Should they cover that?
Yes, they have a new website.
Yes.
How much time are we at?
What time are we at?
52 All right, we're good.
We got one more on us.
We're not fucking leaving.
He's got to be working.
This guy's got to be working.
Yeah, these guys all have day
jobs.
Let's see.
We're working.
I think he works in a cigar shop
then.
Smoking tobacco.
We're all working.
Palmer's definitely working.
I stopped at.
One.
Now we're rolling and then pick
up and they.
Lose their minds on us.
And once all we're like, you
know, fuck you guys, but it's
never gonna happen.
It's not gonna happen, not gonna
happen.
Nobody gonna go to war with us.
Your call has been.
Forwarded to voicemail the
person you're.
Trying to reach is not
available.
At the narrow.
Please record your message when
you have finished recording.
You may hang up.
No problem.
Hey, this message is for Matt
Tobacco.
This is Mike and Mike and.
Boots Phil.
To Hell God.
From a Cigar Hustlers podcast.
Yeah.
You always say that you want to
be on the show.
Here was your opportunity and
you decided not to answer.
So I don't know what the Hell's
going on and what you're doing.
That's more important than us,
Yeah.
But this answers a lot of
questions.
For us, we know exactly where we
stand with you.
So.
So wait, Coop's calling my
phone?
OK, let's wait.
We got to hang up on him and
talk to.
Coop.
All right, Matt.
Take care.
Wow man.
You guys put me on the spot.
El Reboot doesn't even know it.
Doesn't even know I'm cutting
that out.
I don't know what the time, but
I'm going to cut.
That out.
Don't cut it out.
I'm going to put in the Word
boots.
Or.
Phil.
Phil.
Phil.
Come on, call what you want to
call coop.
He won't answer.
We're good.
I.
Think we're good Xerox copiers
or something?
Call 3.
People.
Yeah.
All right, let's wrap it up.
This episode 305.
I didn't know we're going over
300 was such a big.
Deal, you know.
When you're of champion caliber,
I don't know it.
Means nothing.
It means nothing.
We're just rolling, rolling,
rolling, rolling.
You know, we're looking for Guy
Fieri numbers at this point.
You can listen to Guy Fear when
we hit, when we hit 365.
You can cover an episode every
single day for an entire year.
That's wow.
Yeah, exactly.
That'll be OK.
We'll do something at 360, but
if you think about that's a 60
more weeks, that's another year.
Yeah.
So we remember we got more time,
plenty of time.
Yeah, time, right.
I don't have that much more
time, Mike.
Do you think it's limited?
I well, it's more limited than
two of you.
You think so?
He's got a lot of bags.
He's not that healthy.
He's not looking like he's, he's
not healthy, stressed out of his
mind.
Yeah, yeah, comes in he.
It's like he finally joined us
on the stress level.
Comes in eating candy and
everything.
He's rubbing his eyes.
Oh my goodness.
Rocking in the chair like
grandpa.
I'm rolling my eyes because that
fucking cigar. 2 puffs, all that
shit.
It's like 5 cigars.
Wow.
OK.
All right.
Whatever.
All right, guys.
Thank you very much.
We got to go.
Mikey's got to get out of here.
Yes, Sir.
Got to work.
All right.
Bye.
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Show Notes
In this episode of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, we dive into the world of cigars, where diversity is not only about rich blends and aromas but also about the voices that represent the industry. Mike "BDP" Palmer's recent promotion to Director of Social Media at Cigar Hustler has made waves, with some media outlets remaining silent and others acknowledging the achievement.
We discuss how Cigar Inspector, a platform committed to celebrating diverse voices and recognizing significant developments in the cigar world, stood out by embracing and endorsing Mike "BDP" Palmer's promotion. This move highlights the importance of inclusivity and supporting various voices within the cigar industry.
In addition to this insightful discussion on diversity in the cigar community, we also cover some exciting industry news, including United Cigars creating special boxes for Veterans Day, Pat Potter's restructuring of Tabac Trading Co.'s ownership, and the arrival of Le Pâtissier No. 2 in stores. Gotham Cigars has also added a new 5 Boroughs line to their collection.
We take a look at E.P. Carrillo's Escapade Project launching on November 1st, the release of HVC Black Friday 2023, and Foundation shipping Charter Oak Pasquale & Pegnataro to retailers.
To add a bit of humor to the episode, we share a quirky news story about a Florida man finding an unexpected guest in his toilet – an iguana! Join us in celebrating the diversity that makes the world of cigars vibrant and exciting and explore the latest developments in the cigar community. Cheers to inclusivity, recognition, and unity in the world of cigars!