Special Memorial Day Episode
Transcript
We want and go.
Welcome to Memorial Day edition
of the Cigars or podcast.
We are not here, so we are
putting up a best of this week.
Yes, we're.
Not supposed to be here, Maggie.
We're not.
No, no, he can be here.
You can.
He can talk to you.
Otherwise, why would I ask you 3
to stay if we're not all doing
the intro?
Yeah, dummy.
We can't take him anywhere, but
if you want to see him in a
pool, go to DJ Boots, not ENT
the regular one.
Please enjoy episode 176 the
Cigar Coop special interview.
It's an oldie but a goodie.
Check it out.
All right, guys.
Thanks, Phil.
You want to tell the people
hello or Happy Memorial Day or
anything?
Happy Memorial Day and thank you
for listening and goodbye and
Palmer do your TV then he.
Already put his mask off.
All right, got to boop.
And we're back, Welcome to
episode back from episode 176 of
a Cigar Hustler podcast.
Joining us today is the legend
himself.
I was when you say his name.
Am I gonna say?
I was trying to bring you in.
That was that was your, that was
your cue.
We worked this out, Michael.
Cool.
Wow.
What's going on, brother?
Sorry, sorry about that intro.
I know I'm tired.
Mike and Mike, what a pleasure
finally be back here.
Yeah.
Three more you get a jacket like
Terrania.
Exactly, exactly.
I know, but it's been 2 years.
I mean, that's the.
Thing I would say every two
years it comes on so another 18
years you'll.
Be fine exactly.
I mean, I thought I'd be down
here a lot more regularly and
obviously pandemic had a lot of.
Oh yeah, that's right.
The whole pandemic.
Pretty pandemic.
Yeah, so I got I got a funny
story to tell you before we kind
of get into things.
Palmer almost killed you on I
Was.
I was going to tell this story
because.
Of because of.
I was going to apologize and
tell this story.
Because of me, you almost died.
Matt.
Matt more metaphorically than.
You know this our video looks
kind of like looks like evil
Batman esque like it's got a
kind of an angle on this one.
Yeah, that's what I.
Told you that's OK.
Alright, Michael told me you
were coming on last.
Yes.
I thought you were coming in.
You said, hey, I'll be there
Tuesday, right?
And I didn't pay attention to
the edge of that e-mail that
actually had the date and
numbers like, right.
Oh, first June. 1st so I'm like,
so I'm rallying the troops.
I'm like, hey, listen, coops
coming in, we gotta get
everything together Tuesday.
We're getting all set up, we're
all ready, right?
We're gonna have him come in and
then all the.
Jet, Texas, he goes.
He's at Abes.
He's supposed to be here in 10
minutes.
No, no, he's at Abes, Eric said
9 comfy.
He's sitting there talking.
Yeah, so he was like, oh, he
blew us off.
He.
Blew us off and then one of them
asked you where you were going.
You said I don't know, some shop
I don't know the name of.
And then maybe go by and see
Jeff.
You're like that son of a bitch.
Like he won't even say her name.
This is fucking war, so.
Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm Switzerland
here.
But it was no, I mean, I did say
I thought I said you.
Did you did OK?
Totally.
Not on you it was.
Not your fault at all.
It was 100% off I.
Mean I wouldn't risk the
ridicule I would get from you
guys on this.
Oh the the not ready for prime
time Hustler players had a whole
skit we were doing for this
week.
Oh, there was it was a beautiful
it was.
Beautiful.
I was just talking to Hector, he
said.
You're not over hustle yet, I
said.
I'm just wrapping up a call.
Hector, I'm gonna call you
better.
Go.
You better go.
You better hurry.
Exactly.
You don't.
You don't.
Want so the Tuesday after he
texted me and circled the date I
think is he meant next Tuesday?
Yeah.
So once I looked at it, I was
like, whoops.
Yeah.
I was still in the South Florida
port of that trip, right?
Yeah.
So yeah.
But you're going around, you're
making your, you're making your,
your way around the state.
At this point, you're almost
like a sales Rep, which is
incredible.
No, actually this is this.
I extended the trip so I can
come in to see you guys because
I.
Know you guys are very nice.
You guys were Weasel Fest and I
said.
The safe play, yeah, so.
So I will leave in the mark,
tomorrow is the last day and I
head back tomorrow.
Yep.
No kidding.
Yep.
I mean, at this point I've seen
you more than I've seen Alfredo.
And he said he's still our Rep.
The new guy doesn't come before.
I mean, I felt bad 'cause I
mentioned, hey, it can come in
Friday, he says.
I'm a weasel fest.
I'm like, and why I'm not weasel
fest?
Boy, was it was because of this
trip, right?
That's understandable.
You know, that was I think that
was the hard part about weasel
fest is it was kind of like all
right, you know, because you
don't know when you're a go and
then you sit they Greenland and
you're finally OK, let's do
this.
I mean legit the the fire
department I believe showed up
that morning to clear the permit
so that the event could.
Go.
On Oh wow.
Yeah.
So it was really to the wire, so
you know, and when you have to
operate that way because of
COVID, you didn't get enough
time to prepare.
Exactly.
I think a lot of people that
really wanted to go didn't get
an opportunity to go, but it was
fantastic.
Everything I've heard, I was
just talking to Chet about it
and beforehand, yeah.
It was absolutely fun.
Now I know that you did some
light coverage on TPE.
Right.
And you said that it looked like
things were OK.
I mean, you know, I don't know.
I don't know what.
You didn't go though, did you?
I did not go.
OK, I did not go.
I just, you know what?
I feel like I fucked up by not
going because I don't, you know?
I asked you 12 times.
I don't have a.
Real answer to go how it really
went, you know.
You know, there's some people
that will tell you it went
great, Yeah.
But there's other people have
told me quietly, it really
wasn't the sales levels we
thought we were going to get
right, right.
But there were some companies,
hey, we did really, really well.
I mean, and I believe the
companies that told me that.
So, OK, I think it was a mixed
bag on an overall.
Right.
Was it more like CBD marijuana
stuff?
Was that still the the vast
majority or, you know, did you
see more cigar?
Do you think that more cigar
companies popped up this time
around it?
That's hard to tell obviously,
because I wasn't there, but it
seemed like it was slightly
bigger on the premium cigar end,
right?
Because Drew State had a big
booth before, right?
And then they didn't go this
year at all.
Right.
Yeah, but then there was some
companies in the pavilion that
upgraded to full size booze,
right?
So you know that that was
another thing.
Probably some some type of
incentive I would imagine,
because they don't want those
big spaces sitting empty, right?
Right and it, you know, alter
this had a bigger boost this
year as well.
Soccer increased the size of his
booze from what I heard right.
So I mean, there were some booze
sizes that got.
Are they going to put a cap on
booth sizes?
Because I heard that that was
possibly a thing.
That I haven't heard.
I just don't see like, I don't
know, it just doesn't seem, I
don't know, as advantageous,
right?
Like you get some of these big
guys, it'd be nice to kind of
level the playing field and
maybe.
I was thinking maybe it's what
they're thinking.
Only get to a specific size and
then that's it, you know?
I mean, fuck the the Drew Estate
lounge.
You could have put a bowling
alley on TPE, you know.
So, you know, it'd be cool if
they were I, I just, they just,
it just seemed overkill.
You know what?
So, all right, so we didn't, you
didn't go to TB, obviously.
You know, you have been, you've
been hunkered down, you have
been in the bunker for a year
and a half and like, real talk
really, you know.
Expect to have with a long beard
and long, long hair.
Now, did you get, did you get
vaccinated?
Or no, I'm vaccinated.
OK, what'd you get?
Johnson.
Johnson, Pfizer.
Pfizer.
Pfizer Did it kill?
Did it knock you down?
That second shot, same thing.
Yeah.
The second shot was rough, but
then it it kind of, you know, it
kind of cleared itself up.
But The funny thing is I was, I
thought I was getting like the
blood infection like I had.
I was feeling all those same
symptoms.
Oh God.
And then?
When I called the doctor, the
doctor says you can't get a
blood infection from this,
you're just feeling sick.
Just chill out and and then 24
hours later that's fine.
I'm pretty sure I've got a doc.
I'm pretty sick.
Call the attorney.
Yeah, exactly.
Get it all wrapped up.
OK.
So that's good.
Are you going to go to the,
Yeah, excuse me, PCA, that's.
What I was leading into.
Yes, we're.
Definitely covering that.
Definitely at PCA, we're going
to be expanding the team.
Aaron Nielsen's going to be on
this on the ground that's cool
this year as well.
Yeah, he's a good dude.
So yeah, we have I've.
Still been in communication with
him.
Oh yeah, you know he's the guy
his dad was Cheap trick or
something like that, right?
Yeah.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
But.
Like, that's not obviously not
that important.
I mean, the fact the matter is
the guy knows a ton about the
cigar, right?
That's why I'm bringing him if
he wasn't like that, you know, I
met him because of the
connection obviously to his dad,
but but I saw something that
hey, he could really cover the
show like we need to cover at a
coupe, so.
Right, it'd be a different
perspective.
Yeah, so it's going to allow
Bear who's going to be covering
it for Coupe.
He's going to focus more on
video this year.
And Aaron can kind of help me
out with the with the fat
gathering and the stuff we need
to do with the booze so.
It's like you're building a team
bro.
We're building it slowly.
We've got Dave Burke, you know,
Australia, but he couldn't come.
Yeah, Dave's a that's right.
Yeah.
You know, we got to get him to
APCA.
I offered.
I said if you want to come to
PCA, I'll get you at the PCA.
I'll, I'll finance the ticket.
I told it's a little bit.
He couldn't get out this year
anyway.
Well, but I know he's also got
some stuff going on.
He's going for his PhD and stuff
like that.
So he's he's.
That's kind of a big deal.
Yeah, yeah.
Doctor Burke.
Doctor Burke.
Doctor Burke?
Yeah.
All right.
So kind of coverage on TBE.
I mean, we can talk weaselfest.
I just don't want to spill the
whole beans just yet.
Right, because we, we haven't,
we had a chance to discuss it
yet.
And then you're going to
definitely do PCA with with like
a full, full team, you know, are
you going to, so you're going to
cover the all four.
Days or all four days?
I'm thinking I'm going to go
just kind of in and out two days
and be done.
Well, I'm hearing that from a
lot of retailers.
We're going to go there because
what I hear, and you could
probably tell me better is after
day 2, there's not your budget's
kind of.
Shot, I mean not, not
necessarily.
It depends, you know, it depends
upon how you what you kind of
structure out.
To be honest, I haven't gone as
a retailer in five years.
You know, I've gone as a as a
wholesaler and then I've made a
couple of orders while I'm
there.
You need a light, you're right.
I I I got one.
I am.
OK.
So this is the first time that
we're not really showcasing, not
really displaying.
And I'm like, OK, well, if we're
doing that then I can get in and
out.
I know that I got to play some
order with Fuente.
I know there's there's specific
companies that you want to cover
by purchasing at PCA to get
specific stuff, right.
So I think we're gonna do it.
Well, you, you could use you
don't forget, you could you have
media, your media as well.
We are media.
Now that.
Is true now you have an invite
to the cigar media compound yes
yes, we have official it's
official we have the house
booked and everything so.
What day is that?
Every.
Every.
Every.
We'll let you know this.
I'll let you know specifically
what nights we're not gonna be
there, but I think the.
Last night, we wanna go, yeah.
But we upgraded.
We upgraded the compound this.
Year so really.
Yeah, we upgraded the compound.
So, OK, Loomis really kind of
came through with a with a
really good house.
So really.
Yeah.
OK.
Yeah.
All right.
So you want to go, Mike?
Yes, I'm in.
You guys should definitely go
even.
If I passed up Weasel, so I
figured I'll go to that.
One I did pass on Weasel.
Yeah, Chad.
Does not get to go to PCA.
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry, Chad.
I hope you enjoy Weasel.
I missed I missed Weaselfest 2.
I was really bummed it was this
this vacation weekend but.
It was pretty epic, yeah.
I have never seen anything like
it, never seen anything like
that.
Just stop probably.
It was incredible.
I probably in it.
I mean, it was the most amazing
thing I've ever seen.
Thanks.
I don't mean to, I don't want to
play it down.
Yeah, but it was don't.
Want to under underplay the
whole thing?
No, no, it was but.
Don't save it for the for the
other show.
We haven't any chance to begin
the show.
Yeah, yeah, we're, we're
shooting this out of.
We're doing this backwards.
So we had to get Coop when he's
available.
Very busy man.
Yes, no, I.
Appreciate it.
Very busy man.
So is there anything at PCA that
you're excited about anymore?
Sagas or something?
You know, I think the story of
PCA is obviously going to be the
show itself this year because
it's everyone's looking at PCA.
Word is it's going to be a
smaller show footprint this
year.
It's coming back after a year.
Lost BIG4, not there the mess.
It's cigar con 2 years ago.
So I think everyone's really
looking, everyone's looking at
PCA.
Can this show perform?
They're going to get a little
bit of a pass, I think, because
of COVID.
Right.
Expectations will be a little
bit lower.
So as long as they're 80% of
what they probably should be
doing everybody.
Yeah, well, you know, I.
Mean release wise, the big
question is, is Fuente and
Padrone going to show anything
off what they're doing with that
collaboration?
And it's sounding like no,
that's that's it's sound.
But they, but in fairness, they
never committed to do anything
at the trade show either.
They announced it and I think
everyone, all of us just assumed
it was going to be the trade
show and they didn't.
So that's I didn't, but that's
going to be the highlight, I
think if if they show something
or if they're together at the
trade show.
Yeah.
But I mean, I guess so.
I can't.
I don't really think of anything
that's really kind of popped for
me that I'm like.
Yeah, it's down to what, 30 days
now?
So the announcements should be.
They start rolling.
Yeah.
You know, I think that you're,
you missed a whole year of
production from the most part
for getting something new and,
and innovative or whatever the
case may be.
Or everybody worked on something
that nobody ever heard about
because, you know, see what the
back have We got left.
Throw that together.
See how it turns out?
What what happened at TP was the
companies were going to both,
they held back their releases
for PCA.
They didn't want to, they didn't
want to sacrifice what they were
doing at PCA.
So they kind of want to support
the PCA.
So they're doing that and then
there's a lot of companies that
having back orders too.
So it didn't do any good to show
it early.
So, you know, I know there's
companies who are at TPA that
own APCA that have stuff coming
out.
Right.
Yeah, Any of them excite you.
Nothing yet.
Nothing.
I mean the PCA exclusives have
not excited me yet.
I'll be completely they've been.
I mean, there's nothing wrong
with a line extension, but as
APCA exclusive, I'm kind of
expecting something more, right?
And that's what it seems like it
is so far.
Like the TAA stuff?
Right, right.
So that part I do notice some
companies that do have some
special lines coming out right,
but they probably made deals
with Scar aficionado to give it
to them first.
Which is bullshit.
That's not you.
That's kill.
That stuff kills us right now.
I mean, it's it kills us because
like if they give it to us the
same day, it's OK.
But after that, if they just
don't, even we can't get the
information, That's when it's a
problem, right?
Yeah, yeah, that sounds.
So I'm using the card.
Hey, what about supporting the
industry and stuff like, come
on.
Right.
So yeah.
I'm I'm curious what companies
those are but I don't want to
put coop completely on blast.
No, no.
No, go ahead, you could.
Nobody listens.
You could figure it out.
I'm sure I could.
If if you seen a Cigar
Aficionado it's not 1/2 wheel
coupe, then you know what it is.
I mean, it's it's I.
Didn't even realize that existed
because I never look at Cigar
Aficionado.
Right.
Exactly.
Now look, there's some companies
like Fuente and Padron, they
were so used to dealing with
cigarfish now and sending faxes.
You're not going to change.
They're still sending faxes.
Right.
That's how it's going to be.
That's how it's going.
No, but if I call Carlito and
ask him a question, he'll, he
will respond on it, right?
So, so he'll elaborate.
He'll elaborate on that to as
much as he will elaborate.
You know, he likes keeping a
lore of mystery.
OK?
Yeah.
So that's OK.
I'm OK with that too, right?
I don't know if I'm going to say
anything about about blends
moving forward.
Like what's in it, I don't
fucking know.
Just leave me alone.
Oh yeah, that seems to the
thing.
Nobody.
Nobody's saying what dude, I'm
disclosed.
Yeah, it's undisclosed.
Undisclosed.
Rapper Filler Binder.
Magic Blend.
Yes, it blows up in the middle.
Yep.
Exactly.
You know, I mean, it's but like
like I smoked a cigar this
weekend or the actually
yesterday I was holding out for
it and the rapper is supposedly
something that I've never had
and an and an external rapper.
So I was curious to how it would
taste and if it actually was
possible, right.
So I don't know if it is or not.
Still curious.
So one of Rose Alice's special
blends that he.
No, it was a friend.
It was from, it was from.
I don't want to give out too
much, too much information.
Undisclosed information.
Oh, undisclosed.
It was.
It was from a good dude at
Weaselfest.
It's from a good dude at
Weaselfest.
So I mean, I heard there was
some company owners out there
too.
Other company owners were out
there.
I know Ace Prime was out there
because.
Were they?
I don't know.
Luciano was out there because I
talked to him.
Too.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, Luciano was
definitely I.
Actually talked to him from
there, that's why.
He was, he hung out inside HQA
lot where it was cool.
Yeah.
Air conditioning, yeah, he was
definitely there a ton.
But I don't think there was
anybody else really, you know, I
mean, as far as there were other
retailers, there were consumers,
you know, and trying to talk to
everybody is definitely
difficult.
Oh, sure, I tried.
I.
Tried that number of people.
Yeah, maybe the best round I
could possible.
You know, I ran into Mitch.
He was, he was, I didn't know
who he was at first.
I'm like, man, I know his face.
But he was had a cigar hustler
decal on his travel humidor, so
I just gave him a warbear.
So here you go.
Like he had a table full of
people.
I was like nice sticker boom and
I walked away.
Chad said if he saw one, he
would go on Facebook and go, OK,
OK.
And then he walked back over and
go, hey, aren't you?
Yeah.
It's hard to figure that out.
Like, hey, you know, I'm used to
seeing you in this round circle.
Right.
And you look a lot taller than
than I thought.
Or you're shorter than I don't
you?
How old is that?
I feel like that happens a lot
with me.
I feel like people see me and
they're like, yeah, I thought it
was bigger you.
Know no, no, I doubt anybody
says bigger when they see you
in.
Person, I thought you were
taller.
That could be me, yeah.
Maybe I thought you were.
Taller because somebody said
that this weekend.
I forget who it was.
Yeah, somebody just saw you in
person.
They're like, I can't believe it
was that big.
Can't.
Believe I was.
I was that big.
Yeah, yes, yes.
I mean, they'd heard you'd been
working out and everything, but
they couldn't believe you were
that.
Big I wasn't that massive.
Yeah, it's a cereal.
It's all the cereal.
I heard about the cereal thing.
I was listening to the Bear
show.
Yeah, yeah, Cereal's fantastic.
I almost died on the bear show.
I I heard that's why it was only
two hours.
Yeah, normally bear shows is
three 3 1/2 hours.
I'm like, oh.
You've never met it.
I want to tell you right now at
the two hour.
Break Bear I.
Was like I would have had to
tell him like hey listen I'll be
right.
You give me a solid 5 minutes,
I'll be right.
I will purge and I will.
Be or you stick the phone on
their way they go.
What happened?
This is only two hours.
I was when I was, I listened to
him coming up from Miami and I'm
like, it's over.
I went over like I'm not there
yet.
We we like to leave you wanting
more.
So I planned the stomach bug,
you know, it was very.
You know, my son's got it.
It does he dude.
It's making its rounds, man.
He called me yesterday.
He was sent home from work
today.
Really.
I mean, it slowed me down for a
whole week.
Oh, I told him.
He's only got the day.
You're going to get back to
work.
You need the money.
Yeah, exactly.
All right, it's not, It's no,
It's no.
No, because with the garage
doors, he's up on high ladders
and stuff, he said.
He got a little woozy a couple
times and they're like, look,
you got to come down to leave.
Imagine you got a shit up there,
right?
Oh my God, that's what I said
last night, 'cause there are
other people's houses.
He's like, what if I got a shit
in them at somebody's house?
I'm going to tell you.
Right.
What are there people under you
on the?
Ladder.
It's an Imodium.
Take Imodium before you leave.
Imodium helps.
I'm not saying I'll take like 7,
I don't.
Think it's a cure all?
And eat cheese.
Just back yourself up lots.
Of cheese.
Kayo Peck take.
But I gotta get bear credit
because I really thought that
was a really good interview.
What?
Did he did a good?
Job he does like to.
See, even, I think the last time
I was on was what, maybe two
years ago.
And and he, that was a good
interview.
I felt that we had, you know, it
was a good the way that he
handles himself, but I feel like
he's made a lot of progress
within that.
Period of time.
I mean, yeah, he's definitely.
And you know, he's, he's very
well prepared.
That's the one thing you'll know
the shit.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's, I mean, I work with
him on the Tuesday show,
obviously.
And, you know, like his
preparation is second to none.
Right.
I mean, he's telling me about
why I went to college.
Like, did I?
Yeah, I guess I yeah, I did go
there.
Yeah, he he'll pull up these
facts, you know, and you don't
even remember what the facts,
right?
Yeah.
It's crazy.
Yeah.
That's the other thing about the
podcast and stuff, too, is, you
know, when you go out and you
meet a bunch of people, they
start fucking quoting you on
some shit that you said.
I'm like, yeah, did I?
I did something.
Yeah.
Your show we.
We were doing FTG down at
Caribbean actually when you guys
were on.
Oh yeah.
So yeah, who was who was the
crew?
It was the Druid state guys.
OK, going on, Hector.
Of course.
Yeah.
Terrence came out.
Terrence came out.
There.
Terrence was out that night,
too.
Yeah, rare FTG sighting.
Yeah, he was giving me he.
Was he said he's as heck that
guy.
He was going up to Charlotte.
He was going up to my neck of
the woods like when I was down
here.
So he's giving me crap.
I'm like, come meet me at
Caribbean.
I'm going to be there.
And he and he did so very nice.
I said.
So before you go, yeah.
But no Jack Terano.
Jack came out Monday night.
I think Jack had some.
He was up in Washington when he
did the video for me.
He was up in Washington state.
Right, yeah.
So yeah, but Jack came out
Monday night, so.
I ran ran into Allen at Weasel
Fest too.
He sent me a nice little
message.
Allen.
Yeah.
Allen of Caribbean, yeah.
Oh no, what now?
It's always Vince.
Vince Hilden.
Vince Hilden.
Yeah, no Suns cigars.
Suns.
Suns cigars, Yes, it's good
stuff.
What do we have for time?
I don't.
Oh, we're 19 minutes.
We have plenty of time, yeah.
Was there anything else you want
to cover?
What else you got?
Me.
Nothing, you said.
No, You said you had the show
wrapped.
Up this week you wanted to kill,
you know, you wanted to kill
Coop.
Well, that.
Was that didn't happen, we could
do that.
We could do the play if you
want, I still have that.
On my phone.
So you want you wanted to show
the play.
I think this the the play's
pretty funny.
Oh, you want that?
You can talk about it or we
could just give you the the clip
notes.
Right.
Yeah, I do so.
It was going to be this whole
skit where that like where,
where he.
You called in to apologize for
missing the show, but then we
had strip club music behind you
and then the young lady that
works here was going to go up
and go goopy.
You want another dance?
And then we had the boots.
Our construction guy who built
the deck guy for he was going to
be the bouncer and throw you out
for touching the dancers.
No, I didn't.
I didn't.
I told you, Mr. Cooper, this is
the first time knowing that
there was this almost.
Mixing in the day well, I made a
couple of comments on Abe's
thing.
Luckily you didn't see him and
it's.
Going to go back and check.
Out.
And then he called me off.
He's like, you got to stop.
I'm like no, no, he fucked this.
We're never in.
Yeah.
So I'm trying to pull him back.
I'm like, yo, it's OK, it's OK.
Like asking me questions other
we it's.
Like what?
What is?
What's wrong with my?
What's?
Wrong with Palmer today.
He's a little angry.
He's very agitated with you for
some reason.
But Abe, Abe kind of.
I've been on Abe's case lately
because of his bets, right?
Yeah.
These bets, I told myself,
you're not going to disclose
what the bet is.
It's like getting a
participation trophy.
It is 0.
That's right, you never say you.
Never say he won't say it.
And I said just say what the bet
is.
Even if you say, hey, it's some
business reason, I can't dispose
it.
You don't have to.
But but these, they go kind of
like, I don't know, I say
they're kind of shallow.
Right.
Yeah, because it's just sandbag.
It's just.
I was right.
I said it on the edit.
So of course, I, I, my, my goal
is I'm going to beat a bit of
bet.
But the, the, the challenge is
we're both pretty smart how we
bet.
So he's probably, yeah.
So he's not gonna make a bet.
He can't win the same thing with
me.
Right, I can say we'll help you
cheat if you want to me.
We can we can help load.
This we can sway this.
Without any problem, we can
infiltrate the Abe community
with bad information.
I know a couple of his guys.
Yeah, It's like we can, you
know?
Yeah, we could do this.
We.
Could do this all right.
Well, I've set this up and then.
We gotta set this up and.
Then we'll give Coop the cause.
Abe doesn't listen to the.
Show no.
No he won't.
He never.
Came in a million years.
No, Yeah, he barely knows.
We do one.
Yeah.
I don't think he knows what the
fuck.
I am actually OK.
He does.
He tells you the the.
Actually, you've missed some
jukebox episodes 'cause I talked
about the date, the weekend I
was gonna be down here.
Yeah, yeah, on jukebox.
Yes, I have.
Obviously put it on the text
message, but he didn't show.
It was on the e-mail.
It was on the e-mail, yeah. 1
otherwise.
It's totally on me, 100.
And 20%, it's all good.
Yeah, no, I mean, I would have
done the same thing.
It's.
When we get no exclusives here
because they sent him emails and
he just no.
If I don't want to, I don't want
that.
You get 75,000 emails and you're
and you're going 100 miles an
hour.
You blast 2 and I I said, hey, I
was like all that shit we can't
do Friday and you're like all
right, Tuesday I'm like all
right, cool Tuesday I'll see you
Tuesday.
You know, like I didn't even.
Didn't even see which Tuesday.
Yeah.
Right.
I was like, all right, cool.
Yeah, well, I should have
realized it was a double, double
Tuesday because like I said, I
extended the trip.
We were going to leave today and
I said, well, I got to come see
these guys so we're able to get
a house another day.
I'm like, let's just stay
another day.
So you got the whole fam.
They're, well, they're all
departing right now.
My wife's and one of my sons is
still here.
OK.
Yeah.
But we had my we had my
brother-in-law and we had my
father-in-law.
He goes, he goes down here and,
you know, and we wanted to spend
a lot of time with him.
You know, we hadn't seen him in
two years.
He's 87.
He's 8787 for 87.
The guys still very knock on
wood.
Yeah.
Very active for you.
Yeah, very active.
Yeah, looking good.
Yeah, we had a we had a bad
storm on Sunday though.
Really.
Yeah, I was.
I was out of Port Orange at a
wedding and it didn't rain it
out there at all.
Not at all, but when we got home
the signs had blown off my patio
the all the.
We had, yeah, we had a flagpole
with the house we're renting.
Cracked.
I mean, the thing really
cracked.
Rusty's flags outside the poles
are there, but the fabric went
like down the street or
something.
Yeah, I mean.
The first thing is we're trying
to save the flag because we
don't want the flag, obviously.
And my wife took it and we
cleaned it and, but we had we
the flagpole was busted and then
the the umbrellas came down in
the backyard.
It was hail.
It was a lot.
Of hail, yeah.
We had shit weather in Texas on
Saturday.
Did you?
Yeah, before the event.
It didn't look like during the
event.
No, no, I'm sorry.
Friday, Friday.
It's all one big day to me at
this point.
And that was the day at the at
that shop down there.
Yeah, about a house.
Yeah, about a house.
I'll tell you what, man, they
got some gems in that humidor.
They got some stuff that, you
know, it's like, how do you
still have this right?
You know, I would say, you know,
I probably saw 20-30 things.
I'm like, this is incredible.
Turn me loose on this.
I'll sell all this shit in two
seconds.
Right, let me have this.
I can sell all this for premium.
You know, Southern Gunners sell
a bunch of stuff, Do you see
that?
Is he?
Yeah.
No, I have no idea.
Well, you know, I'm not
surprised to not see Hugh there.
Oh, I can.
I had a little chat with him
today because I was concerned
there was something wrong.
Yeah.
So, but all is well.
Yeah, yeah, for the most part.
OK, yeah.
I mean like, I think that, you
know, the numbers for Weaselfest
were good.
Right.
I think that next year with the
proper time and and preparation
for an actual event without
COVID being a fucking wrench and
things, it's going to sell out
and you're going to have a lot
of.
Pissed off?
Oh, I'm sure you're going to
have.
A lot of pissed off.
Well, they had pretty good
attendance for the first time,
yeah.
Well, they sold.
Out.
Yeah, it sold out and it was
cancelled.
Yeah, yeah.
And then this time was close,
but I'm going to tell you right
now after witnessing the whole
thing and.
Oh, I'm sure everybody seeing
the videos that Rosales did and
all the photos everybody posts.
And then kind of perfecting what
they work, you know, like
improving on it and, you know,
polishing.
I don't know what you're
actually going to improve on, to
be honest.
I mean, it's got to be minimal.
Rosales takes dance lessons.
I saw a lot of him dancing.
I think that he's a really good
dancer already.
Maybe he'd had a couple drinks
when I saw him dancing.
Maybe just walking, just walking
like Gumby or something.
No, no, he was dancing.
Like the guy from Roger Rabbit
after he got mulled over.
He was dancing.
No, no dancing.
Was that dancing?
OK, well, I mean, as far as I'm
concerned, you're just you're
just get to run the the shop
now.
So no.
Yeah, it's done.
I.
Did too well.
I shot myself.
It's it's, it's a done deal.
No.
I don't want too well is an
understatement.
So we go out of town and this
guy fucking blows numbers out of
the water.
Like we're he's hosting events
back-to-back Friday, Saturday
night.
There's I'm like, OK, well.
Saturday rained too.
Saturday.
Night you made you made Chet
look like Keanu.
And Friday I had no parking
because I was fighting with the
Realtors next.
Door and yet you still sold
everything.
By the way, I I'm surprised
there's stuff in the shop.
I evicted the Realtors Friday.
Just seen you let them go.
I let them out.
There you go.
That's fine.
You know what?
You do whatever you want.
You keep doing those numbers,
you do whatever the fuck, Hey,
whatever he says, I'm not going
to argue with him.
You know all.
Right.
Good.
We appreciate you taking some
time here.
Thanks for having me guys.
Glad, glad we got to get this
in.
So it's good.
For a few minutes, Yep.
Yeah.
All right, That's it.
Yep.
All right.
Is this going to be the end of
the show or no?
I don't know what to say.
Who the fuck knows?
All right, this may or may not
be the.
End or may or may not be the
end, or maybe a whole several
show by itself so.
We could stick this in the
middle, who knows, I should.
Throw it in the middle of the
good.
All right, again, thanks Coop,
We'll talk to.
You later, bye.
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It's the Hojo.
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Let him fuck it up all.
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Even have to try.
It he's not even going to try.
We're going to cover a lot of
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