WEBVTT - Tequila Mockingbird: Sammy Hagar's Booze Empire

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<v Speaker 1>Ridiculous Crime is a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Zaren.

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<v Speaker 3>What, Oh, I'm sorry it's meditating.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, Elizabeth, you know it's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I do you coming in and imitating me when

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<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to sit here and meditate and you're like, hey, Saren,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll need to ask you questions. It's ridiculous. It is, no,

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<v Speaker 3>but noone else is ridiculous, Saren. Thank you for asking. Saren.

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<v Speaker 3>So I found something I think that you need.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the world's most expensive pillow.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh tell me more.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know about the world's most expensive pill Are

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<v Speaker 3>you like down the road on me on this?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 3>No, okay, because there's something called the tailor Made Pillow

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<v Speaker 3>Gold Edition.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Now this thing, this this sting, this bad boy,

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<v Speaker 3>this got gold edition. Here, Elizabeth. It's got a twenty

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<v Speaker 3>fourth K, twenty four K gold cover, the world's first.

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<v Speaker 2>Real gold fabric, golde y fabric.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know why it's gold, Great question, Elizabeth, because

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<v Speaker 3>it blocks out the electromagnetic radiation during the night wrote

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<v Speaker 3>a safer and healthier.

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<v Speaker 2>Sleep get out.

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<v Speaker 3>But more than that, the zipper has a huge twenty

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<v Speaker 3>two point five carrot sapphire with four diamonds.

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<v Speaker 2>I am, I would be guaranteed to sleep with that

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<v Speaker 2>against my face and wake up with a huge divot.

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<v Speaker 3>But the core of the pillow is made out of

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<v Speaker 3>premium Dutch memory foam.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, get on it, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Fully tailored to the customer. That's you using a three

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<v Speaker 3>D scanner. How much, Elizabeth? How much do you think

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<v Speaker 3>this abomination costs?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll give you a hint. It was revealed to the

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<v Speaker 3>world in twenty seventeen in Dubai.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say thirty five thousand dollars pillow.

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<v Speaker 3>The normal tailor made pillows costs three nine ninety five dollars. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>how much is this bad Boy the gold edition? It

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<v Speaker 3>will I can get you in this pillow out the

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<v Speaker 3>door for fifty seven thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, one pillow. Wow, memory foam inside of the gold

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<v Speaker 2>rink wrap. That's ridiculous. It's damn is ridiculous. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>want to know what else is ridiculous? Thinking you can

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<v Speaker 2>get away with crime in Flavortown? This is Ridiculous Crime

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<v Speaker 2>A podcast about absurd and outrageous capers, hets and cons.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always ninety nine percent murder free. And one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent ridiculous. You damn right tequila? Do you like Tequila's Aaronara?

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<v Speaker 3>I love tequila, Elizabeth. You know it's only a card

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<v Speaker 3>like ry drink.

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<v Speaker 2>I think some of the dumbest, most regrettable things I've

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<v Speaker 2>done while drunk happened because of tequila, not my own

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<v Speaker 2>poor judgment. It was tequila's.

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<v Speaker 3>Wait a minute, you blame tequila the king of spirits?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, oh, oh, what do you know about tequila? Stop there,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd rather lecture you about something that you already know about.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know anything about tequila delicious. It's made from

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<v Speaker 2>blue agave. What's that like champagne? You're only supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>call it tequila if it comes from the Mexican state

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<v Speaker 2>of Jalisco.

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<v Speaker 3>Ah, so there's like a terror for this.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Jalisco home to Guadalajara, which is home to both tequila

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<v Speaker 2>and Mariacci music. I love Guadalajara, right. There are two

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<v Speaker 2>main types of tequila. What types? There's one hundred percent

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<v Speaker 2>agave and then there's meekstos that's like at least half

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<v Speaker 2>a gave, and then the rest is like various sugars.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, sugars, not like mescal. Oh interesting, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>If if the bottle doesn't say one hundred percent agave,

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<v Speaker 2>then it's a meeksto.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, good.

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<v Speaker 2>There are four categories of tequila.

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<v Speaker 3>Hit me with them.

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<v Speaker 2>Blanco, which is not aged and it's generally like stored

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<v Speaker 2>in stainless steel barrels. Tell them Pablo sent you blanco.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there's reposado, which is aged between two months and

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<v Speaker 2>a year in an oak barrel.

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<v Speaker 3>That means rested.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. Then we have on yeho and that's aged one

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<v Speaker 2>to three years in smaller oak barrel.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, thus on yeho meaning one yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And then lastly we have crystallino. It means crystalline, so

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<v Speaker 2>that's age stuff like on yeho, but they filter out

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<v Speaker 2>all of the color before they bottle it through charcoal.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. It's like a kind of new thing

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<v Speaker 2>within the last fifteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Ye I don't know that one.

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<v Speaker 2>It's bonus, okay. I only know repo and jehoo exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>So in Mexico, people either drink it neat or in

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<v Speaker 2>the case of my family there mix it with squirt soda.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. The way I drink tequila is with your brother.

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<v Speaker 2>Drink so tequila and squirt is a paloma. People try

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<v Speaker 2>and be fancy time. I had wor and so. In

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<v Speaker 2>the States, people drink it as shots with salt and

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<v Speaker 2>the lime. I think you've probably done that, ye or

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<v Speaker 2>in Margarita's, whether blended or on the rocks. Germany, in

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<v Speaker 2>some places they do something called tequila oro, which is

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<v Speaker 2>a tequila shot with cinnamon on a slice of orange. After.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a party side dish that I used to make.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm serious. You slice up a bunch of good oranges

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<v Speaker 2>like cara cars, and you soak them in tequila and

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<v Speaker 2>you sprinkle it all with cinnamon. I like to call

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<v Speaker 2>it the bad Choice express.

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<v Speaker 3>It sounds like like another form of jello shot. It's

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<v Speaker 3>not going to be like chaos tequila.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when you're having like a big party and

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<v Speaker 2>you're making all this food. It's a great for a

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<v Speaker 2>kid's birthday party.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course.

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<v Speaker 2>Good tequila is orange slices. Kids take them to a

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<v Speaker 2>soccer exactly, let the fun start before the game. Good

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<v Speaker 2>tequila it's like good scotch.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, so.

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<v Speaker 2>You savor it and it's super smooth. There are celebrity

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<v Speaker 2>tequila brands, you know, Yes, I've ever heard about this

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<v Speaker 2>George Clooney. He has Casamigos that's pretty well known.

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<v Speaker 3>That's him and some other celebrity.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think some other dude guy brown hair. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe that was so Casamigos well known. There's also Casa

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<v Speaker 2>del Soul. That's Eva Longoria's brand of tequila. I like her,

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent Mexican owned and like really high end. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>the label has an image of the Aztec goddess of

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<v Speaker 2>agave and fertility.

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<v Speaker 3>My instincts are sounds. She was like, give it up

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<v Speaker 3>to the rail.

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<v Speaker 2>I do like her too. Then there are even more.

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<v Speaker 2>The Rock has a brand called Teramana.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh god, the rocks like squeezing in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah. Marky Mark has one called Fletcher Azul Fletcher

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<v Speaker 2>Fletcher Okay, she is called it Fletch. The brand Cali

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<v Speaker 2>Rosa was found by Adam Levine of Maroon five out

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<v Speaker 2>of town.

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<v Speaker 3>For real, He's got tequila too.

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<v Speaker 2>It was actually a tequila made for three generations by

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<v Speaker 2>a family in Jalisco. But then I guess Levine and

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<v Speaker 2>a business partner bought it up. Took Yeah, you got

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<v Speaker 2>eight one eight tequila.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so glad. I don't keep up on the tequila business.

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<v Speaker 2>You're missing out tequila them.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, with a family trade of never being one to

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<v Speaker 2>pass up a marketing opportunity. That one's owned by Kendall Jenner.

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<v Speaker 3>Eight the valley the area.

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<v Speaker 2>Code for Calabases, the whole valley. Yeah, the whole book.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, Yeah, that's right for Calabas.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the center of it. This is turning into like

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<v Speaker 2>a real murderer's row of an opportunities. Lebron James has one,

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<v Speaker 2>oh Man King James called Lobos seventeen oh seven. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know why he first tasted this tequila while he

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<v Speaker 2>was on a yacht in the Mediterranean. He thought, I've

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<v Speaker 2>got to own this, Okay. Don't you hate when that happens.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and you're like, oh, I must own this company,

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<v Speaker 3>Jonah Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>And fashion designer John Varvados, Oh Wowvados. Those two they

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<v Speaker 2>got a brand of tequila called Via one and they

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<v Speaker 2>brought its like Vo five, but it's like Via like

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<v Speaker 2>a city, Oh Via one or Villa one whatever they

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<v Speaker 2>brought in. Godfather, do you know that name? There it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Then there's the big dog of celebrity tequila's originators, just

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<v Speaker 2>like you. He can't drive fifty five. That's right, Sammy Hagar.

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<v Speaker 2>His Cabo Wabo was pretty much the first huge celebrity tequila.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course it was let me.

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<v Speaker 2>Read to you from the Cabo website. Sammy Hagar, our

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<v Speaker 2>founder and an American legend in his own right, was

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<v Speaker 2>devoted to creating a tequila that would embody his beliefs

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<v Speaker 2>of living free, working hard, and playing harder. A tequila

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<v Speaker 2>that would celebrate his spiritual stomping ground Cabo See and

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<v Speaker 2>Lucas please without limitations, inhibitions, boundaries. The result is an

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<v Speaker 2>unquestionably Mexican tequila made with an undeniably American spirit.

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<v Speaker 3>I've never heard of pr like a memo that is

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<v Speaker 3>sent out and it sounds like a wolf whistle.

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<v Speaker 2>Wobbles. The whole thing is totally I know. It started

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<v Speaker 2>as a nightclub and then was a tequila.

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<v Speaker 3>Brand and they just grew into.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually it started as a Van Halen song. Yeah. It

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<v Speaker 2>was on the OU eight one two album, the band's

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<v Speaker 2>second record with Sammy Hagar on vocals after the departure

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<v Speaker 2>of mister David Lee Ross David le Ross. The album

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<v Speaker 2>had the hits when It's Love and Finish what You started, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>yeahd treat the big old farted. It also had the

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<v Speaker 2>tune Cabo Wabbo on there right? Can I read you

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<v Speaker 2>some of the lyrics?

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<v Speaker 3>I was afraid i'd have to have.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. There's a sleepy town as south of the border.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go there once, you'll be there twice. Lots

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<v Speaker 2>of pretty girls coming by the dozens. The white sand

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<v Speaker 2>sure makes a tan look nice. We can crash on

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<v Speaker 2>the beach, you know, I want to make love in

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<v Speaker 2>the sea. We gotta try a little dance. So Cabo Wabo,

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<v Speaker 2>It's all right by me. Come on, let me take

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<v Speaker 2>you down. I will show you around. Let me take

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<v Speaker 2>you down, face down in Cabo kissing the ground. Whoa, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it just goes downhill, goes downhill from there. So Sammy

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<v Speaker 2>and the boys they love going to Cabo San Lucas

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<v Speaker 2>in Mexico, right on the Gulf of California, once known

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<v Speaker 2>as the Sea of Quartez. Great place to make love

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<v Speaker 2>in the sand and go face down.

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<v Speaker 3>I've heard recommendation.

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<v Speaker 2>It's right at the bottom of Baja California. A big

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<v Speaker 2>party place, big tour respond. Sammy fell in love with

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<v Speaker 2>Tequila while visiting Cabo San Lucas, in the mid eighties,

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<v Speaker 2>like most of the tequila that made it up to

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<v Speaker 2>the States was Meexto and he tried the one gave

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<v Speaker 2>stuff blown away. Yeah, whoa, he's like ours yourselves. Two

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<v Speaker 2>years after OU eight one two came out, Sammy and

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the band they bought a cantina in

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<v Speaker 2>Cabo and they called it Cabo Wabbo and the motto

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<v Speaker 2>was quote where the land ends and the party begins.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was fourteen thousand square feet in or outdoor

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<v Speaker 2>seating for one thousand. They had concerts, they had jam sessions.

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<v Speaker 2>Place was a flop, just fell apart. Yeah, So Sammy

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<v Speaker 2>he bought out the rest of the band, revamped it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then it became this major success because like he

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<v Speaker 2>he picked it back up. As Cabo San Lucas really

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<v Speaker 2>starts to develop.

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<v Speaker 3>The vision, I said, the man's a visionary, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they had like a dirt road to the to

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<v Speaker 2>the airport when he got.

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<v Speaker 3>Into and they had to like, yeah, get the infrastructure,

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<v Speaker 3>we'll get those expensive.

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<v Speaker 2>Tourists, right. And so as the business grows, Sammy decides

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<v Speaker 2>that he wants to sell his own to tequila. So

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<v Speaker 2>he hooked up with Juan Eduardo Nunez, a third generation

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<v Speaker 2>distiller in the highlands of Jalisco. Cool. So at first,

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<v Speaker 2>Nunyas He's like sending Sammy tequila in five gallon cans

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<v Speaker 2>that the Cabo Wabbo staff would then like decant into

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<v Speaker 2>oak barrels and then serve straight to restaurant customers out

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<v Speaker 2>of a spigot. That's do, and that couldn't last. So

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<v Speaker 2>then Sammy started bottling his house tequila in hand blown

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<v Speaker 2>blue bottles. Beautiful, and it was the only tequila they'd

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<v Speaker 2>serve at Cabo Wabbo. At the club. You could only

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<v Speaker 2>get that. So then tourists they'd pick up a bottle

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<v Speaker 2>from the gift shop there before they headed home. Word spreads.

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<v Speaker 2>At this point, they're like producing maybe like two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>cases a year.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Nineteen ninety nine, this legendary talent manager named Shep Gordon

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<v Speaker 2>also happens to be a good pal of Sammy's. He

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<v Speaker 2>helps him make a wine deal to import Cabo Wabbo

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<v Speaker 2>into America. Oh wow, so one hundred percent of Gave

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<v Speaker 2>tequila is just taking off at this time. Brands an

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<v Speaker 2>instant success. They started selling thirty seven thousand cases first

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<v Speaker 2>year full distribution.

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<v Speaker 3>And Homie can keep up with the demand.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just cranking him out. So Sammy he quit Van

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<v Speaker 2>Halen and then he started his own band, the Wabarritas.

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<v Speaker 2>Excuse me the what the wabo Ritas is that?

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<v Speaker 3>Named after a drink he serves atta.

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<v Speaker 2>Their tour was pretty much just like one giant promo

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<v Speaker 2>for Cabo Wabbo tequila. I'm serious, I like that. And

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<v Speaker 2>he kind of gets ragged by reviewers for this. But

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<v Speaker 2>so in two thousand and four he's going to like

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<v Speaker 2>open a location in Vegas.

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<v Speaker 3>He's doing a career backwards like that.

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<v Speaker 2>To take this game, you gotta go back so Vegas.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants the location there two thousand and four, that

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<v Speaker 2>is like the prime era. Oh yes, please. It didn't

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<v Speaker 2>work out, so he opened a new location in the

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<v Speaker 2>basement of Harvey's Casino, South Lake Tahoe, close up for

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<v Speaker 2>government work. That place isn't there anymore. Two thousand and six,

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<v Speaker 2>Cabo Wabbo's the second best selling tequila in America behind

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<v Speaker 2>Jose Cuervo. They're moving one hundred and fifty thousand cases

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<v Speaker 2>a year. Damn right. He opened a third location of

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<v Speaker 2>Cabo Wabbo Cantina in inexplicably Fresno, California, in two thousand

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<v Speaker 2>and eight.

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<v Speaker 3>So you say that because you haven't been to Fresnew.

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<v Speaker 2>The place he opens in two thousand and eight, it

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<v Speaker 2>shutters in two thousand and nine.

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<v Speaker 4>But it was.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a controversy and lawsuits. So the development where

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<v Speaker 2>the Cabo Wabbo location opened was like struggling, sure, and

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<v Speaker 2>right when it got going, two months after the restaurant

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<v Speaker 2>club more of a nightclub open, Sammy broke ties with

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<v Speaker 2>the developer. Place shuts down. The developer, Milt Barbois. He

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<v Speaker 2>sued Sammy Hagar in federal court in twenty ten, saying

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<v Speaker 2>that Sammy quote doomed the project before Cabo Wabbo even

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<v Speaker 2>opened in Fresnow.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't give us a chance.

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<v Speaker 2>No, he said that Sammy was this crazy micromanager who

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<v Speaker 2>had no idea about costs or like, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>just delaying the project.

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<v Speaker 3>He's in there picking paints for the bathroom.

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<v Speaker 2>No, like they budgeted a sound system for around like

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred thousand dollars. Sammy's like, you have to use

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<v Speaker 2>my personal sound system manager. He has a personal sound source.

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<v Speaker 2>When all said and done, sound system winds up costing

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred and eighty four thousand dollars more than double.

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<v Speaker 2>He demanded that a lighthouse be built on the outside

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<v Speaker 2>of the building.

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<v Speaker 3>A real lighthouse, right operating.

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<v Speaker 2>Lighthouse, because that's there's one in Cabo. No, you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>have a lighthouse, and he gets a lighthouse, but that

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't in the original plans.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that expensive?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a big lighthouse is big expensive. You know how

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<v Speaker 2>the well drinks are at most places are like the

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<v Speaker 2>basic cheapest booze, and then there's the upsell to like

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<v Speaker 2>better more expensive.

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<v Speaker 3>Totally.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Sammy wanted Cabo Wabbo tequila to be the well tequila.

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<v Speaker 3>Does he not understand how business works?

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<v Speaker 2>Like a slash into profits and barbius. He tries to

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<v Speaker 2>push back on this, but Sammy allegedly said, quote because

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<v Speaker 2>I said, so, I'm a Hall of Fame rock star,

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<v Speaker 2>I can do what I want.

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<v Speaker 3>Fame rockstar. Yeah, I would love to hear other rock

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<v Speaker 3>stars brag ab by being in the Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 3>of Rock Like does that matter?

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<v Speaker 2>Really?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Another blow to profits was that Sammy didn't want there

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<v Speaker 2>to be a cover charge, so the original budget called

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<v Speaker 2>for like a twenty dollars cover charge in Fresno with

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<v Speaker 2>an estimated they were estimating like eighteen hundred to twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred people a night. What Yeah, at the club

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<v Speaker 2>that's where Fresno.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but from where they would have to draw from

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<v Speaker 3>other states.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone in Fresno has to go at least once a week.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's like that's serious cash. Sammy was like, I

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<v Speaker 2>will back out if you do a cover charge, So like,

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<v Speaker 2>so long, millions of dollars is what Barbus is saying.

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<v Speaker 2>He accused Sammy and his partners of emotional distress. He

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<v Speaker 2>said he got a voicemail where Sammy said, like a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of times quote, I'm going to kill you.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh. I was about to make a joke him saying

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to kill you, Like yes, he's calling.

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<v Speaker 2>He had filed his own lawsuit in December of two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand and eight, like right after the place opened for

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<v Speaker 2>Prea Chacon to start off that way, and then he

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<v Speaker 2>and Barbis they got like a confidential agreement March of

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand and nine to make that suit go away.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the twenty ten suit, Barbas said he was

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<v Speaker 2>under quote extreme duress when he agreed to that settlement,

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<v Speaker 2>and in his lawsuit, it says, quote Hagar told Barbas

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<v Speaker 2>that he Hagar was going to kill him. Barbas was

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<v Speaker 2>told by a third party that there was a hitman

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<v Speaker 2>hired to kill Barbus unless he Barbas settled the case.

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<v Speaker 3>He imagine telling somebody in total straight face, Sammy Hagar

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<v Speaker 3>hired a hitman to kill.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly exactly, lay up the Kabobo. I'm not sure how

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<v Speaker 2>that all shook out. Likely a settlement, like.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe just take you right to like rehab.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, you gotta go. This has all been a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's take a break and hopefully you'll see where I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going with all of this.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, Saren, hey e, Saren.

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<v Speaker 2>After the Fresno Cabo Wabbo canteena tobacle. Yes, Sammy Hagar

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<v Speaker 2>was undeterred.

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<v Speaker 3>I bet he was, man heart.

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<v Speaker 2>Cabo Wabbo Las Vegas finally opened in Planet Hollywood in

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<v Speaker 2>November two thousand and nine, and it caters mainly the Boomers. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, the Cabo Wabbo Cantina still exists in Cabo

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<v Speaker 2>San Lucas.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, you got to have the main flagship.

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<v Speaker 2>This is from their website. Quote since opening in nineteen ninety.

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<v Speaker 2>The Cantina has long been one of the.

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<v Speaker 6>Top most places to eat and party in Mexico in

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<v Speaker 6>the world. Featured on MTV, VH one, each channel, Travel Channel,

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<v Speaker 6>and then many dreams of partiers and would be partiers,

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<v Speaker 6>the Cantina distinguished status among the world's greatest feist goers.

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<v Speaker 6>Come experience the Cantina and you will quickly see why

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<v Speaker 6>this spot gave birth to the Cabo wabbo way in life.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a partiers and would be parties. That is

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<v Speaker 2>a great phrase. Yeah, so let me hit you with

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<v Speaker 2>a quote from the old red rocker himself.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh please.

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<v Speaker 2>Cabo Wabbo is a lifestyle, something that requires only a

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<v Speaker 2>willingness to enjoy your life and embrace all that makes

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<v Speaker 2>you happy. That's the reason that Cantina was created.

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<v Speaker 3>Wait a minute, I've been living the cobo wabbo lifestyle

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<v Speaker 3>all this time.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know it. You have a willingness to enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>your life. The trip Advisor reviews of the place are amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, did you go pers Of course.

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<v Speaker 2>I did so. February twenty twelve, site user green Chili

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<v Speaker 2>Smuggler Green Chili wrote a five star review titled quote

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<v Speaker 2>you have no soul if you ignore Cabo Wabbo okay.

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<v Speaker 2>In it, he writes, quote, Wabo Rita shizam, great vibe,

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<v Speaker 2>great breeze, great tunes, very much a vacation maximizer. Helpful tip,

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<v Speaker 2>Park rental car at the mall two dollars and walk

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<v Speaker 2>to Cabo Wabbo. Walk everywhere as parking as impossible? Did

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<v Speaker 2>I mention the Wabbo ritos were delicious? Back to Drew

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<v Speaker 2>walking everywhere? I mean please. There's also a one star

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<v Speaker 2>review from user ice Que called quote also got robbed

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<v Speaker 2>by security slash doorman at Cabo Wabbo somebody else care.

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<v Speaker 2>Wall of text in the review describes her husband gets

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<v Speaker 2>a shakedown at the urinals with security demanded he empty

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<v Speaker 2>his pockets and hand over all his cash, otherwise they

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<v Speaker 2>were going to call the cops and say he was

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<v Speaker 2>doing drugs in the bathroom, and they took his two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred dollars and they kicked him out of the club.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the part I love quote. I am very disgusted

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<v Speaker 2>that this happened at Cabo Wabbo. I would not be

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<v Speaker 2>too upset if this happened at a local hole in

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<v Speaker 2>the wall, our tourists are not invited to come, but

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<v Speaker 2>happened at Cabo Wabbo. What is more disgusting is that

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<v Speaker 2>we found a review on this bar of the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing happening to another family at Cabo Wabbo. I think, Sammy,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to clean house and get some respectful staff

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<v Speaker 2>at Cabo. I mean, this happens all the time at

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<v Speaker 2>my local dive bar, and I'm cool with it. But

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<v Speaker 2>if it does happen with the golden sand on my

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<v Speaker 2>toes and the sun shining down on me through gentle

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<v Speaker 2>ocean breeze, but the tequila playground taking it too far?

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<v Speaker 2>Good sir. So we're talking about tequila, we're talking about crime.

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<v Speaker 2>They go hand in hand. Here's a weird angle, though,

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<v Speaker 2>you know how tequila goes best with lime.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought you said somebody like me from behind. Here's

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<v Speaker 3>a weird angle.

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<v Speaker 2>WHOA, No, most so you're getting too much tequila. Most

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<v Speaker 2>Mexican food goes best with lime. Yes, one of my

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<v Speaker 2>hobbies and or interests is finding the best carnitas tacos

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bay Area.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, that is true. Are you talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Mexican pulled pork? Let's top a tia on Grand Avenue

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<v Speaker 2>in South San Francisco Primo Jalisco Restaurant on East fourteenth

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<v Speaker 2>and Oakland Amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure, any others, No, not.

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<v Speaker 2>That I'm willing to divulge in particular. So the meat

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<v Speaker 2>has to be super slow cooked, flavorful like a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of times it's not it doesn't really taste like anything,

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<v Speaker 2>or it's all bland. Oh pork, yeah, yeah. I find

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<v Speaker 2>that some of the best add Mexican coke or even

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<v Speaker 2>milk to the mix. Oh interesting, to the marinade. But

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<v Speaker 2>what's really important is that they also have to be crispy,

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<v Speaker 2>no soggy carneathas well.

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<v Speaker 3>The problem is is that pork is the tofu of meats.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get out of here. See you got to crisp

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<v Speaker 2>it up on la plancha, miho, That's what I do,

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<v Speaker 2>so add in dyced onion cilantro andsmeo. It's perfect, of course, meo.

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<v Speaker 2>But you also have to give me a lime wedge

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<v Speaker 2>to squeeze over the top. Yes, like those tacos need limes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes totally. I've actually had to give you my lines

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<v Speaker 2>when we've eat lunch again, bacon of limes.

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<v Speaker 5>Huh.

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<v Speaker 2>So have you noticed that sometimes you go to a

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<v Speaker 2>Mexican restaurant or even like a bar, and something you'd

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<v Speaker 2>normally get with the lime has a lemon instead. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know who you can blame for that. No, the cartels.

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<v Speaker 3>I hate them.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate the cartels. So Mexico is the largest producer

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<v Speaker 2>of limes in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I've heard this.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes there are bad seasons, sometimes there's bumper crops.

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<v Speaker 2>Cartels put in these crazy controls over producers during bumper

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<v Speaker 2>crop season, and this is so that they can fund

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<v Speaker 2>the war in Maturacot between Jalisco New Generation Cartels and

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<v Speaker 2>then these other local groups known as United Cartels. So Roman, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>Romaine LeCour who's with a think tank Mexico Evalua. He said, quote,

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<v Speaker 2>the lime trade is a billion dollar industry and for

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<v Speaker 2>any criminal group, it's very easy and extremely profitable for

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<v Speaker 2>them to go to the farmers and tell them what

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<v Speaker 2>they need to pay for protection. It's classic mafia.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's like he also do this with the avocados.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yes, yes, So what cartels will do is limit

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<v Speaker 2>picking to a few days a week. They create this scarcity,

0:24:07.840 --> 0:24:10.560
<v Speaker 2>they drive up the prices. Some farmers have walked away

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<v Speaker 2>completely because it's just too much trouble, too dangerous that

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<v Speaker 2>it was difficult. Yeah, I'm going to get into that.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're bandits, hijack shipments from the farms to the warehouse.

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<v Speaker 2>More than twenty eight hundred Mexican Army and National Guard

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<v Speaker 2>troops were sent to Matulkan in twenty twenty two trying

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<v Speaker 2>to like squelch the limes. Yeah, and it was in

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<v Speaker 2>response to Jalisco the cartel cutting huge ditches into a

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<v Speaker 2>main road to cut off access.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh okay, yeah, so they couldn't get trucks then, And.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you said, they're starting to do the same thing

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<v Speaker 2>with avocados. So I asked Lime Expert, bar owner and

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<v Speaker 2>Ridiculous Crime musical director and composer Travis Dutton about this.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, So he told me that in general he

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<v Speaker 2>gets limes for about twenty five to thirty dollars a case,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's maybe like one hundred and fifty or you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so limes depending on the side of them. So he'll

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<v Speaker 2>start to see the prices creep up, and he knows

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<v Speaker 2>that the cartels are tinkering with it again, and so

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<v Speaker 2>it'll go to like sixty a case, then eighty a case,

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<v Speaker 2>that's more than creeping up. Yeah, then it hits one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred for like a week or so. It fluctuates some

0:25:15.320 --> 0:25:17.320
<v Speaker 2>and then it creeps back down, but it tops out

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<v Speaker 2>at about one hundred dollars, and then it goes back up,

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<v Speaker 2>goes back down.

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<v Speaker 3>It's over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. He said he doesn't let the cost of the

0:25:23.920 --> 0:25:27.040
<v Speaker 2>limes change how they make drinks at his bar. But

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<v Speaker 2>he told me that if you go to a Tacorea

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<v Speaker 2>and they give you a lemon with your food instead

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<v Speaker 2>of a lime, then the limes are back up to

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<v Speaker 2>like ninety a case. Okay, and his wholesalers just tell

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<v Speaker 2>him Mexican mafia and shrug when the prices go up.

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<v Speaker 3>I say that too, Like I go to the dentists,

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<v Speaker 3>They're like, why did you fly us? I'm like, Mexican mafia.

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<v Speaker 2>And see, here's the thing, Like we moan about the

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<v Speaker 2>prices of our food and drink, but there are real

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<v Speaker 2>world consequences to this, like the people on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of the revision absolutely so. Like recently, lime producers

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<v Speaker 2>in Machoacon they suspended their work due to the extortion

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<v Speaker 2>by the cartels. According to Texas Public Radio quote, the

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<v Speaker 2>strike was expected to have immediate effects including reduced line production,

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<v Speaker 2>higher prices, and unemployment, affecting more than ten thousand families

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<v Speaker 2>who depend on the industry. Yeah, so the line producers

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<v Speaker 2>they wanted their security guaranteed by the government before they

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<v Speaker 2>go back. And so that's like seventy to eighty percent

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<v Speaker 2>of the packing companies in the two main producing regions

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<v Speaker 2>suspended operations and then line prices went up about fifty

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<v Speaker 2>percent across Mexico. So the people are terrified they lose money.

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<v Speaker 2>The consumers hit two. But Choacon is the second largest

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<v Speaker 2>line producer in Mexico and they supply mostly their domestic

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<v Speaker 2>market and only a little bit is sent out from

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<v Speaker 2>the States from Michocon. So there's this incredible writer and journalist,

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<v Speaker 2>Gustavo Ariano.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, totally.

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<v Speaker 2>He has a book called Taco Usa, How Mexican Food

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<v Speaker 2>Conquered America. Guys amazing. He talks a lot about the

0:26:55.840 --> 0:26:59.840
<v Speaker 2>cartel influence on Mexican food. Quote, it's a perfect storm

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<v Speaker 2>of problems with limes, and sadly, the American consumer only

0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:06.000
<v Speaker 2>cares about their margarita and squeezing wedges of lime on

0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:09.600
<v Speaker 2>their tacos. Limes and avocados have essentially become the edible

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<v Speaker 2>version of drugs due to the misery. Their growing consumption

0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:16.440
<v Speaker 2>is causing wow yeah, blood free and the consumption is

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<v Speaker 2>expanding like crazy. So going back to tequila, please, we

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<v Speaker 2>see all these celebrity brands total bell weather that the

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<v Speaker 2>industry is booming. You know, if you know that they

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<v Speaker 2>want to get their beaks wet, then it's got to

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<v Speaker 2>be that you.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't see celebrity limes.

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<v Speaker 2>Right exactly. So, speaking of getting your beak wet, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever happened to Cabo Wabo tequila?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>What had Zarah Bird? I'm going to tell you close eye, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to picture it. It's two thousand and seven.

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<v Speaker 2>You are a bikini clad cocktail waitress at Cabo Wabo

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<v Speaker 2>Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. You moved down here

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<v Speaker 2>from Scottsdale, Arizona, about five years ago. You love it,

0:28:01.560 --> 0:28:04.879
<v Speaker 2>the sea, the sand, the party dibes. You like working

0:28:04.960 --> 0:28:08.520
<v Speaker 2>at Cabo Wabbos. Tips are great, the bouncers shake people

0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:11.919
<v Speaker 2>down for cash and the toilets and the owner's really nice,

0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:14.960
<v Speaker 2>laid back guy for a celebrity. The other night you

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<v Speaker 2>were standing by the bar. In the afternoon, while Sammy

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<v Speaker 2>Hagar lounged in a hammock and chatted with a friend.

0:28:20.320 --> 0:28:22.600
<v Speaker 2>He told the guy that he'd been getting tons of

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<v Speaker 2>offers to sell his tequila brand, Cabba Wabbo. He said

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<v Speaker 2>he'd been given offers of twenty million, thirty million, fifty million,

0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:31.880
<v Speaker 2>and he'd turn them all down, but that, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>may all change. Tonight is Sammy's annual birthday bash, a

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<v Speaker 2>huge celebration at the cantena. The place will be packed.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a stage setup where the Red Rocker and his

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<v Speaker 2>pals are going to perform. Later. You're passing through the

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<v Speaker 2>cantenas outdoor table area, warm party lights and colorful flag

0:28:50.400 --> 0:28:53.920
<v Speaker 2>banners waving in the gentle breeze. Above you, servers are

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<v Speaker 2>setting up the tables and wiping down the bar. Your

0:28:56.880 --> 0:28:59.239
<v Speaker 2>manager pulls you aside and asks you to take care

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<v Speaker 2>of the guests in Sammy's office in the back. You

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<v Speaker 2>head back to the office where Sammy sits at his

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<v Speaker 2>desk wearing bright red board shorts, a loud Hawaiian shirt

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<v Speaker 2>unbuttoned halfway down in flip flops. Across from him sit

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<v Speaker 2>two very European, very fancy looking dudes in very expensive suits.

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<v Speaker 2>You can hear the muffled sound of the Rodies sound

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<v Speaker 2>checking the stage equipment outside. Sammy introduces you to the men.

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<v Speaker 2>Guy on the left is Luca Garavoglia. He smiles pleasantly

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<v Speaker 2>at you and nods. Sammy introduces the other guy, Bob

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<v Speaker 2>Kunsick consuvants. He gives you a big grim. Sammy tells

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<v Speaker 2>you the men have just flown in from the lawn.

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<v Speaker 2>You ask the gentleman what they want, and Sammy pipes

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<v Speaker 2>up to say that all three of them will have

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<v Speaker 2>glasses of Cabo wabo reposado. You tell them you'll be

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<v Speaker 2>back with their orders immediately. You head out to the

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<v Speaker 2>bar and place the order, telling the bartender you need

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<v Speaker 2>them immediately and who it's for. He pours three neat

0:29:52.560 --> 0:29:55.000
<v Speaker 2>glasses at tequila. You place them on your serving train.

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<v Speaker 2>You head back to Sammy's office. As you head down

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<v Speaker 2>the hallway, you hear Luca ask Sammy, if that's not enough,

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<v Speaker 2>how much money would be enough to change your life.

0:30:03.880 --> 0:30:07.000
<v Speaker 2>You hear Sammy say one hundred million dollars. Just as

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<v Speaker 2>you push open the office door, Lucas says, you got it.

0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:13.880
<v Speaker 2>Sammy looks stunned. If you got a deal, he yells.

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<v Speaker 2>He tells you you're just in time for the drinks,

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<v Speaker 2>and that you should have brought one for yourself. After all,

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<v Speaker 2>this calls for a toast. Sammy just sold eighty percent

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<v Speaker 2>of Cabo Wabbo to the Campari Group.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, and for one hundred million.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, very exciting, Zarin. The Compari Group is an Italian

0:30:31.240 --> 0:30:35.960
<v Speaker 2>company that since eighteen sixty has been peddling fine spirits.

0:30:36.280 --> 0:30:38.760
<v Speaker 2>So they own they own like more than fifty brand.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they like the Bromfmen. They own like most of liquor.

0:30:41.360 --> 0:30:44.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Apparol, which is again that's a huge one that

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<v Speaker 2>took off huge, Yeah, big Sinzano Sky Vodka, Wild Turkey,

0:30:49.360 --> 0:30:54.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, Gramollier and now Cabo Wabbo. Interesting so choice.

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<v Speaker 2>Eventually he sold the rest of Cabo Wabbo to Campari,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he he signed a tequila non compete clause

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<v Speaker 2>that would hold until twenty seventeen. So when the non

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<v Speaker 2>compete was up, Sammy he got back in the tequila game. Oh,

0:31:12.040 --> 0:31:14.960
<v Speaker 2>let's take a break. No, when we come back, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to tell you all about the next chapter in

0:31:17.480 --> 0:31:42.280
<v Speaker 2>Sammy's tequila journey. Zarin. Yeah, I was drinking tequila, getting

0:31:42.240 --> 0:31:46.200
<v Speaker 2>a little cabo over there. When you wrote for Mel magazine.

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<v Speaker 2>They made you cook your way through the guy Fiery.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you remember that? Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>How could I forget?

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things you you made that I got

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<v Speaker 2>to witness was like this blue cocktail. Oh god, yes,

0:31:58.280 --> 0:32:01.400
<v Speaker 2>and I don't remember what it was called. Yes, who knows,

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<v Speaker 2>but it had tequila in it. And every item in

0:32:04.640 --> 0:32:08.120
<v Speaker 2>that cookbook had tequila, as far as I chicken, the

0:32:08.240 --> 0:32:13.640
<v Speaker 2>vegetables you you asked for. My assessment of the drink is.

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<v Speaker 3>Very tequila forward.

0:32:15.480 --> 0:32:19.480
<v Speaker 2>As a chef, tequila and salt. Yes, so you made

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<v Speaker 2>the drink. You had to write this article.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't remember it.

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<v Speaker 2>Something you asked me for an assessment of it, a

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<v Speaker 2>quote for the article.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I did, actually, Yeah, I asked you to try.

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<v Speaker 2>It, and I did, and I wrote a long take

0:32:31.080 --> 0:32:33.480
<v Speaker 2>on it, and your editor cut the whole thing that

0:32:33.560 --> 0:32:36.000
<v Speaker 2>I wrote. Yes, I went back and I found what

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote, and I'm going to read it into the

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<v Speaker 2>record here because I think it's an important take on

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<v Speaker 2>all blue colored tequila cocktails.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why I asked you.

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<v Speaker 2>This cocktail tastes like impending sunburn. This is what happens

0:32:50.880 --> 0:32:54.320
<v Speaker 2>when a Bath and Bodyworks customer loyalty card shape shifts

0:32:54.360 --> 0:32:57.640
<v Speaker 2>into a cocktail. This cocktail really wants you to listen

0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:00.840
<v Speaker 2>to it. Try to play steel drum. This cocktail thinks

0:33:00.840 --> 0:33:03.920
<v Speaker 2>Brittany Madison and Chastity are being total bitches about what

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<v Speaker 2>happened at the hotel's continental breakfast this morning. When you

0:33:07.320 --> 0:33:10.360
<v Speaker 2>sip this cocktail, you instantly grow a toe ring. This

0:33:10.520 --> 0:33:13.240
<v Speaker 2>cocktail has a Salt Life sticker on its lifted truck

0:33:13.280 --> 0:33:16.600
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and fifty miles inland. This cocktail is super

0:33:16.640 --> 0:33:19.880
<v Speaker 2>excited to swim with the dolphins tomorrow. Many people believe

0:33:19.920 --> 0:33:23.720
<v Speaker 2>this cocktail owns a houseboat rental company. This cocktail is

0:33:23.720 --> 0:33:27.760
<v Speaker 2>the official cocktail of sun damaged and wrinkled Declatage. This

0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:32.240
<v Speaker 2>cocktail wears cargo shorts and Kirkland elevens. Drinking this cocktail

0:33:32.360 --> 0:33:36.040
<v Speaker 2>immediately breads and fries all the food around you. This

0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:40.680
<v Speaker 2>cocktail grows its own coozy. So there you have it.

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<v Speaker 3>This cocktail review rose pregnant.

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<v Speaker 2>My review meets the light to day. Wait, didn't you

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<v Speaker 2>have an You wrote something about how another cocktail in

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<v Speaker 2>the book called you a racial slurt from wy Park.

0:33:52.160 --> 0:33:58.760
<v Speaker 2>I think, oh it's good, good, good, good times speaking

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<v Speaker 2>a guy here, all right, PMIL Magazine. Yeah right. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you remember that the non compete clause that Sammy Hagar

0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:10.400
<v Speaker 2>signed when he sold Cabo Wabbo remember seventeen?

0:34:10.480 --> 0:34:11.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I thought that notes a.

0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:16.040
<v Speaker 2>Long time ago back too. Speaking of Guy Fieri, did

0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:19.799
<v Speaker 2>you know who Sammy Hagar started a new tequila company with?

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<v Speaker 3>Wait, he really did go back and you said he did,

0:34:22.440 --> 0:34:25.040
<v Speaker 3>but I thought it was more like he's planning to who.

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<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth the mayor of Flavor toown the bleached out bozo,

0:34:29.600 --> 0:34:33.879
<v Speaker 2>the right winged chicken wing, the bowling shirt barbecuer. None

0:34:33.880 --> 0:34:39.120
<v Speaker 2>other than Guy Fieri, Go Guy twenty nineteen. Twenty nineteen,

0:34:39.280 --> 0:34:40.320
<v Speaker 2>Sammy and Guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Friend of the Show, Guy Pierre, they they got.

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<v Speaker 2>Together and they started Santo Tequila.

0:34:44.960 --> 0:34:47.400
<v Speaker 3>I think our first episode was a Guy Fieri story.

0:34:48.040 --> 0:34:49.799
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think it was. It was it was his

0:34:49.920 --> 0:34:53.760
<v Speaker 2>cargeting stolen just saying Friend of the show circle. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>the mission statement of Santo Tequila.

0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:59.560
<v Speaker 3>Please Tonto, the Saint of Tequila's.

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<v Speaker 2>Friends and founders, Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri built their

0:35:05.480 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 2>own success on artistry, hard work, and going all the

0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:12.280
<v Speaker 2>way every day, putting their heart and soul into everything

0:35:12.320 --> 0:35:15.759
<v Speaker 2>they do, and then some Sammy grew up the son

0:35:15.840 --> 0:35:18.840
<v Speaker 2>of farmers. As a boy, he picked fruit under the

0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:22.000
<v Speaker 2>hot California son, saving up forty dollars to buy his

0:35:22.120 --> 0:35:26.520
<v Speaker 2>first guitar. This union of hard work, gumption, and an

0:35:26.560 --> 0:35:29.600
<v Speaker 2>innate craving for music laid out the foundation of a

0:35:29.680 --> 0:35:33.800
<v Speaker 2>life spent rock and concert stadiums and building a tequil lampire.

0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:37.440
<v Speaker 2>In Sammy, Guy Fieri found a kindred spirit.

0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:38.080
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:35:38.280 --> 0:35:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Guy also spent his youth in California selling pretzels and

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<v Speaker 2>washing dishes to fund a trip to France, what where

0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:52.080
<v Speaker 2>he forged a passion for the culinary arts. His drive

0:35:52.200 --> 0:35:55.600
<v Speaker 2>to discover and create has culminated in his brand of

0:35:55.719 --> 0:36:00.480
<v Speaker 2>audacity and in your face flavor that's become ever present.

0:36:01.239 --> 0:36:06.800
<v Speaker 2>This uncompromising spirit lives on in Santola at the historic

0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:11.759
<v Speaker 2>Elvieto Distillery. Sammy and Guy have put tradition to work,

0:36:12.239 --> 0:36:16.040
<v Speaker 2>tapping into the soul of old Mexico. The result is

0:36:16.080 --> 0:36:19.520
<v Speaker 2>an ultra premium tequila that stays true to its trus

0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:25.759
<v Speaker 2>born from the sacred blue weber agave, nurtured with craftmanship

0:36:25.880 --> 0:36:30.239
<v Speaker 2>and care, no shortcuts, no added anything, nothing had just

0:36:30.320 --> 0:36:34.919
<v Speaker 2>the fullest, finest expression of a gave flavor turned all

0:36:34.960 --> 0:36:37.520
<v Speaker 2>the way up of course. Yeah right.

0:36:37.760 --> 0:36:41.080
<v Speaker 3>I love that the gumptionen brothers here decide that they're

0:36:41.080 --> 0:36:43.800
<v Speaker 3>gonna Oh yeah, we hired tradition or whatever you use tradition.

0:36:43.880 --> 0:36:45.840
<v Speaker 3>I'm like, you mean you you hired the locals and

0:36:45.880 --> 0:36:49.120
<v Speaker 3>you're paying them under market value in America to make your.

0:36:49.000 --> 0:36:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Together in the hot sun I sold Prenz exactly. Oh,

0:36:56.960 --> 0:37:00.640
<v Speaker 2>to go to France, To go to France. So the

0:37:00.760 --> 0:37:03.839
<v Speaker 2>big selling point with Santo other than living moss and

0:37:03.920 --> 0:37:06.920
<v Speaker 2>like turning life all the way up with two bodacious party.

0:37:06.640 --> 0:37:11.400
<v Speaker 3>Boys, that this stuff is all natural of course and

0:37:11.560 --> 0:37:13.640
<v Speaker 3>additive free, nothing to get in the way of the flat.

0:37:13.680 --> 0:37:15.920
<v Speaker 2>But like the AEO is like kind of pale. It's

0:37:15.960 --> 0:37:20.399
<v Speaker 2>weird anyway. So Bourbon Banter my new favorite publication. Oh

0:37:20.440 --> 0:37:24.000
<v Speaker 2>Bourbon Banter, you you get it at your house. They

0:37:24.040 --> 0:37:27.640
<v Speaker 2>reviewed it and they said, quote Santo Fino on Yejo

0:37:27.800 --> 0:37:32.000
<v Speaker 2>isn't bad, but it's bland for the self appointed mayor

0:37:32.080 --> 0:37:35.359
<v Speaker 2>of Flavortown to scream loudly and seasoned with a big

0:37:35.400 --> 0:37:38.360
<v Speaker 2>scoop in the food world, yet choose the tequila so

0:37:38.640 --> 0:37:42.040
<v Speaker 2>bland that it barely whispers to one's taste buds makes

0:37:42.120 --> 0:37:45.800
<v Speaker 2>little sense. I've had Hagar's Cabo Wabo Blanco and it

0:37:45.920 --> 0:37:49.680
<v Speaker 2>was decent, holy suitable for cocktails. So I'm confused as

0:37:49.719 --> 0:37:52.840
<v Speaker 2>to why he'd sign on to something so bereft of flavor.

0:37:53.120 --> 0:37:54.680
<v Speaker 3>Wow, holy suitable?

0:37:54.840 --> 0:37:55.120
<v Speaker 5>Was his?

0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:58.000
<v Speaker 2>Like cocktails? Like if you mix it with something, I

0:37:58.040 --> 0:38:02.120
<v Speaker 2>can see where Yeah, yeah, you can put it on

0:38:02.160 --> 0:38:03.400
<v Speaker 2>the table. A big ouch.

0:38:03.800 --> 0:38:06.759
<v Speaker 3>Damn yeah that was that was like it cells everywhere.

0:38:06.840 --> 0:38:10.040
<v Speaker 2>The show goes on, Zaren you got words for whiskey words.

0:38:10.080 --> 0:38:13.080
<v Speaker 2>Now the tequila just sells well, it sells pretty well.

0:38:13.320 --> 0:38:13.800
<v Speaker 3>Of course.

0:38:14.239 --> 0:38:19.239
<v Speaker 2>The flavor bottle of Santo is very Von Dutch Christian Audigier.

0:38:19.520 --> 0:38:22.560
<v Speaker 2>Is it really? Oh god, there's like a big cross

0:38:22.600 --> 0:38:26.560
<v Speaker 2>on the label and old English lettering. I went to

0:38:26.640 --> 0:38:28.880
<v Speaker 2>the Total Wine and More website, which I seem to

0:38:28.880 --> 0:38:30.759
<v Speaker 2>be doing a lot these days. Hit more and more

0:38:31.200 --> 0:38:34.240
<v Speaker 2>why and I can report back on the prices please,

0:38:34.719 --> 0:38:37.759
<v Speaker 2>So a bottle of blanco sets you back thirty nine

0:38:37.760 --> 0:38:42.360
<v Speaker 2>dollars bottle, I would have I mean, I don't drink anymore.

0:38:42.360 --> 0:38:44.440
<v Speaker 2>I would have taken a hit for the team and

0:38:44.480 --> 0:38:46.839
<v Speaker 2>tried this, but you know, we'll just pretend I can

0:38:46.840 --> 0:38:48.719
<v Speaker 2>be the team. Yeah, I should have brought some. I

0:38:48.760 --> 0:38:51.839
<v Speaker 2>don't want to pay them. You can get a Repisodo

0:38:51.880 --> 0:38:56.080
<v Speaker 2>for forty two dollars, the Blanco one ten proof, yeah,

0:38:56.400 --> 0:39:00.160
<v Speaker 2>is sixty a bottle okay, sixty one gets you some

0:39:00.400 --> 0:39:04.160
<v Speaker 2>nice on yehoe and then a post a bottle of

0:39:04.200 --> 0:39:07.120
<v Speaker 2>Repisodo barrel select sixty four dollars.

0:39:07.200 --> 0:39:08.439
<v Speaker 3>Now we're talking.

0:39:08.600 --> 0:39:11.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So I asked my brother if he carries it

0:39:11.440 --> 0:39:11.839
<v Speaker 2>at the bar?

0:39:12.000 --> 0:39:12.280
<v Speaker 3>Yes?

0:39:12.680 --> 0:39:17.239
<v Speaker 2>What did they have a huge selection, like really nice

0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:19.399
<v Speaker 2>and good stuff? Yeah? So the text I got back

0:39:19.400 --> 0:39:24.760
<v Speaker 2>from him read, no, I'm sure it's garbage. Entertain the idea.

0:39:25.520 --> 0:39:29.000
<v Speaker 2>Did you talk to your rep no? Stop. It reminded

0:39:29.040 --> 0:39:31.520
<v Speaker 2>me very much of when you had to cook the

0:39:31.560 --> 0:39:34.600
<v Speaker 2>guy fiery And you texted me, do you know where

0:39:34.640 --> 0:39:38.000
<v Speaker 2>I can get medories because you needed like the drink

0:39:39.200 --> 0:39:41.440
<v Speaker 2>for the mix. Yeah, And I said, hold on, and

0:39:41.480 --> 0:39:44.399
<v Speaker 2>I texted my brother do you have Madori at the bar?

0:39:45.400 --> 0:39:48.959
<v Speaker 2>He texted me back, No, it's not nineteen ninety four.

0:39:51.120 --> 0:39:51.560
<v Speaker 3>Good with it.

0:39:51.600 --> 0:39:55.799
<v Speaker 2>He's good, he's sharp one. So November eighteenth, twenty twenty four,

0:39:55.920 --> 0:40:00.960
<v Speaker 2>just recently, very recently, Sammy announced a loss of Vegas residency.

0:40:01.520 --> 0:40:04.880
<v Speaker 3>Wait, sam the Hagar, Sammy as a musician.

0:40:04.640 --> 0:40:08.399
<v Speaker 2>Sammy, son of Hagar. Yes, he yeah, all leaving town.

0:40:08.480 --> 0:40:09.480
<v Speaker 2>He's like, I don't know.

0:40:09.440 --> 0:40:10.880
<v Speaker 3>He was still like that. I didn't know he was.

0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:12.200
<v Speaker 2>He swings that way.

0:40:12.600 --> 0:40:12.719
<v Speaker 5>Uh.

0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:16.600
<v Speaker 2>It's gonna feature his best of Both Worlds band. I

0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:17.839
<v Speaker 2>don't know what the both worlds are.

0:40:17.920 --> 0:40:18.759
<v Speaker 3>I didn't know he had a band.

0:40:18.760 --> 0:40:22.480
<v Speaker 2>They gave behind him, the guitarist Joe Satriani, what Joey

0:40:22.520 --> 0:40:30.840
<v Speaker 2>said Satriani, bassist Michael Anthony, and drummer Kenny Aronoff. Dude,

0:40:30.960 --> 0:40:32.560
<v Speaker 2>you if I saw if you saw a picture of

0:40:32.640 --> 0:40:34.800
<v Speaker 2>Kenny Aroonoff, you'd be like, oh, yeah, that guy. He's

0:40:34.840 --> 0:40:37.880
<v Speaker 2>like this crazy session drummer. He's toured with just about everyone,

0:40:37.960 --> 0:40:41.879
<v Speaker 2>bald dude, everyone like but extreme. He played with It's

0:40:41.920 --> 0:40:46.160
<v Speaker 2>more Than Words Darren. He played with Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Seeger,

0:40:46.640 --> 0:40:59.200
<v Speaker 2>Willie Nelson, Joe Cooking, Tony Iomi, Melissa Ethridge, Lewis, Leonard

0:40:59.280 --> 0:41:03.239
<v Speaker 2>skinnerd John bon Jovi. He played drums for John Fogerty,

0:41:03.640 --> 0:41:07.680
<v Speaker 2>both live and then on recordings since nineteen ninety six.

0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:13.600
<v Speaker 2>This guy yeah, deep respect So Sammy right, he's like

0:41:13.760 --> 0:41:17.600
<v Speaker 2>I got Joey, I got Mickey, I got Kenny. Let's

0:41:17.640 --> 0:41:23.279
<v Speaker 2>go boys, or like a British you know, heist crew.

0:41:24.480 --> 0:41:27.680
<v Speaker 2>So the residency, he needs a terry. He does need

0:41:27.680 --> 0:41:30.760
<v Speaker 2>to Everyone needs a terry. Residency is only nine nights.

0:41:31.280 --> 0:41:36.520
<v Speaker 2>That's a residence to see it is it? Said Dolby

0:41:36.600 --> 0:41:40.040
<v Speaker 2>Live at the Park MGM in April of May. The

0:41:40.080 --> 0:41:43.640
<v Speaker 2>next year April of May, April and May I am

0:41:43.680 --> 0:41:47.320
<v Speaker 2>April son of May. So Sammy told the press quote,

0:41:47.520 --> 0:41:50.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm so looking forward to this residency and being able

0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:53.880
<v Speaker 2>to stay in one place for nine days so we

0:41:53.960 --> 0:41:57.839
<v Speaker 2>can get the sound and production completely dialed in. It

0:41:57.880 --> 0:42:00.960
<v Speaker 2>also allows the band to experiment with the setlist every night.

0:42:01.040 --> 0:42:03.760
<v Speaker 2>That's why it's going to be exclusive to Las Vegas.

0:42:03.800 --> 0:42:05.440
<v Speaker 3>Probably want to come to see multiple shows.

0:42:05.920 --> 0:42:08.799
<v Speaker 2>It's different every night, instead of traveling all day on

0:42:08.840 --> 0:42:11.360
<v Speaker 2>tour when there's no time to rehearse and make changes.

0:42:11.760 --> 0:42:15.359
<v Speaker 2>I plan on digging deeper into the Van Halen catalog, sir,

0:42:16.320 --> 0:42:19.839
<v Speaker 2>it's not your last name, and my solo career Montros

0:42:19.960 --> 0:42:24.360
<v Speaker 2>and chicken Foot as well. Montro Are you kidding me?

0:42:25.120 --> 0:42:28.600
<v Speaker 2>Somebody still can't drive fans are in for a lot

0:42:28.600 --> 0:42:33.720
<v Speaker 2>of surprises. So as a celebration of the residency, Hagar

0:42:33.960 --> 0:42:35.360
<v Speaker 2>and then Anthony.

0:42:35.680 --> 0:42:37.960
<v Speaker 3>I tease this guy, but God, would I love to

0:42:38.000 --> 0:42:39.279
<v Speaker 3>be able to go through the world like that?

0:42:39.440 --> 0:42:45.319
<v Speaker 2>My God? Yeah, he's so last and ever on the

0:42:45.480 --> 0:42:46.680
<v Speaker 2>planet exactly.

0:42:46.960 --> 0:42:48.759
<v Speaker 3>Sammy Hagen is incredible.

0:42:49.480 --> 0:42:53.080
<v Speaker 2>So he and Michael Anthony they performed during the halftime

0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:56.400
<v Speaker 2>show the Raiders game against the Broncos on November twenty

0:42:56.440 --> 0:43:00.839
<v Speaker 2>fourth at Allegiance Stadium. So why the big splash about

0:43:00.880 --> 0:43:01.920
<v Speaker 2>this nine day residence?

0:43:01.960 --> 0:43:03.200
<v Speaker 3>Please? Why the big splash?

0:43:03.239 --> 0:43:05.160
<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth? That's what I was waiting for you to ask. Well,

0:43:05.800 --> 0:43:08.640
<v Speaker 2>Sammy had bad news to push out of the news cycle.

0:43:08.800 --> 0:43:11.920
<v Speaker 2>Oh really, something happened just a couple of weeks prior

0:43:11.960 --> 0:43:13.919
<v Speaker 2>that rocked his world, and not in a good way.

0:43:14.000 --> 0:43:15.480
<v Speaker 3>I don't read the news, so what was it now,

0:43:15.520 --> 0:43:16.040
<v Speaker 3>I've never.

0:43:15.920 --> 0:43:18.640
<v Speaker 2>Heard of the news. So over the weekend of November

0:43:18.719 --> 0:43:22.720
<v Speaker 2>ninth and tenth, that was recently. Yeah, Santos's trucking partner,

0:43:23.080 --> 0:43:29.120
<v Speaker 2>Johansson or maybe Johansson Johansson or Joe Hanson, they saw

0:43:29.239 --> 0:43:33.600
<v Speaker 2>irregularities in their logistics tracking regularities. They're like, these are

0:43:33.640 --> 0:43:36.120
<v Speaker 2>not regularities. These are irregularities.

0:43:37.000 --> 0:43:38.560
<v Speaker 3>Those are the bad kind of regularity.

0:43:38.680 --> 0:43:40.799
<v Speaker 2>I look for regularities everywhere I go, and then the

0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:43.040
<v Speaker 2>irregularities are like I'm about to ruin your day.

0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:45.319
<v Speaker 3>You know, some people when they are incontinent, like when

0:43:45.360 --> 0:43:47.120
<v Speaker 3>you're like all backed up, no one says like, oh,

0:43:47.160 --> 0:43:49.640
<v Speaker 3>they're like they're feeling regular. No one's like, I'm irregular

0:43:49.760 --> 0:43:50.400
<v Speaker 3>right now.

0:43:50.239 --> 0:43:53.640
<v Speaker 2>Or I'm continent right now. Yeah, that's true, right, I

0:43:53.640 --> 0:43:58.840
<v Speaker 2>am currently continent for once. Okay, So two trucks carrying

0:43:58.880 --> 0:44:04.279
<v Speaker 2>tequila made by some anto spirits crossed from Mexico into Laredo, Texas.

0:44:04.400 --> 0:44:04.680
<v Speaker 4>Ah.

0:44:04.760 --> 0:44:06.759
<v Speaker 2>Yes, and that's how it was supposed to go. So

0:44:06.880 --> 0:44:11.800
<v Speaker 2>we're okay, great borders crossing, check and check regularities. In Laredo,

0:44:11.960 --> 0:44:14.840
<v Speaker 2>the loads get picked up by legitimate truck drivers, the

0:44:14.880 --> 0:44:16.279
<v Speaker 2>guys who are supposed to pick them up.

0:44:16.320 --> 0:44:16.879
<v Speaker 3>Another check.

0:44:16.920 --> 0:44:19.600
<v Speaker 2>You know what, if you bought it, a trucker brought it, Yes,

0:44:19.880 --> 0:44:22.359
<v Speaker 2>thank you for saying. So they were supposed to take

0:44:22.400 --> 0:44:24.920
<v Speaker 2>back to the truckers, big respect. So they're supposed to

0:44:24.960 --> 0:44:28.960
<v Speaker 2>take the loads to a warehouse in Pennsylvania. And on

0:44:29.080 --> 0:44:31.640
<v Speaker 2>the way though the drivers they get new orders. They're

0:44:31.680 --> 0:44:34.840
<v Speaker 2>told that there are huge problems at the warehouse in

0:44:34.840 --> 0:44:37.279
<v Speaker 2>Pennsylvania and that they have to go to one in

0:44:37.320 --> 0:44:41.399
<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles instead. Wow, so yeah, not like oh one

0:44:41.480 --> 0:44:43.399
<v Speaker 2>another one that's on the way, there are another one

0:44:43.400 --> 0:44:46.960
<v Speaker 2>of them. No, please turn around and drive in the

0:44:46.960 --> 0:44:51.239
<v Speaker 2>opposite direction. And they're like, what this looks like a regularity?

0:44:51.320 --> 0:44:52.680
<v Speaker 2>This is this looks legit.

0:44:52.760 --> 0:44:53.960
<v Speaker 3>I get to LA.

0:44:54.120 --> 0:44:56.919
<v Speaker 2>So they turn around, they go to the LA warehouses.

0:44:57.160 --> 0:44:59.520
<v Speaker 2>The warehouses themselves look legit. They're like great, so they

0:44:59.600 --> 0:45:03.520
<v Speaker 2>left the and took off. Yeah, in those trucks more

0:45:03.560 --> 0:45:07.439
<v Speaker 2>than four thousand cases of tequila. So basically like over

0:45:07.520 --> 0:45:11.600
<v Speaker 2>twenty four thousand bottles of Santo tequila. And this is

0:45:11.800 --> 0:45:14.920
<v Speaker 2>like all of the kinds that they make. Yeah, all

0:45:15.000 --> 0:45:17.759
<v Speaker 2>the early aughts looking bottles are up in there and

0:45:17.960 --> 0:45:23.640
<v Speaker 2>crosses everywhere cross. It's it's especially made extra on Yeho.

0:45:23.719 --> 0:45:26.440
<v Speaker 2>Though that one takes thirty nine months to make, so

0:45:26.440 --> 0:45:27.960
<v Speaker 2>it's not like they can just go and fill up

0:45:28.000 --> 0:45:31.440
<v Speaker 2>extra bottles. It was the first batch available of that

0:45:31.600 --> 0:45:32.680
<v Speaker 2>extra on Yeho.

0:45:32.800 --> 0:45:35.279
<v Speaker 3>It's interesting time three years in one season.

0:45:34.960 --> 0:45:37.279
<v Speaker 2>I suppose, so that's weird. And that was the very

0:45:37.320 --> 0:45:41.760
<v Speaker 2>first batch available of this extra on Yeho, Like sitting

0:45:41.800 --> 0:45:45.359
<v Speaker 2>in it. Wow, stewing in its own juices, percolating. Yeah.

0:45:45.400 --> 0:45:48.080
<v Speaker 2>Santo Spirits was like the load was worth more than

0:45:48.160 --> 0:45:52.799
<v Speaker 2>a million dollars. Oh yes, sure, Yeah. So Johanson, the

0:45:52.880 --> 0:45:55.399
<v Speaker 2>shipping company, they looked into the missing trucks and they

0:45:55.440 --> 0:45:59.160
<v Speaker 2>found that they had been quote illegally double broker to

0:45:59.480 --> 0:46:04.040
<v Speaker 2>other ship carriers. So they said this report, quote, we

0:46:04.120 --> 0:46:07.760
<v Speaker 2>believe the GPS tracking signal we were monitoring was spoofed

0:46:07.840 --> 0:46:11.279
<v Speaker 2>by a GPS emulator application used by the criminals.

0:46:11.680 --> 0:46:15.239
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, all that to steal Guy Fieri sequila.

0:46:16.400 --> 0:46:23.000
<v Speaker 2>So Santo president Dan butkis Yes, he told People magazine, quote,

0:46:23.239 --> 0:46:27.600
<v Speaker 2>this is the strangest thing I've ever seen in the

0:46:27.640 --> 0:46:33.880
<v Speaker 2>spirits industry over twenty five years. I've never seen anything

0:46:34.120 --> 0:46:39.040
<v Speaker 2>like this too. Of our trucks four days apart to

0:46:39.080 --> 0:46:42.560
<v Speaker 2>be stolen. It's so out of the ordinary, out of

0:46:42.640 --> 0:46:46.360
<v Speaker 2>the norm, that we're wondering why our trucks may have

0:46:46.480 --> 0:46:49.760
<v Speaker 2>been targeted. I agree. He talks like a cartoon carriacter.

0:46:50.040 --> 0:46:54.440
<v Speaker 2>He is animated, so like, yeah, why did they target Shata.

0:46:54.320 --> 0:46:58.360
<v Speaker 3>Other than obviously the Red Rockers involvement? Listen, who doesn't

0:46:58.360 --> 0:46:59.120
<v Speaker 3>want what he has?

0:46:59.280 --> 0:47:01.120
<v Speaker 2>Detective Guy Fiery has a theory.

0:47:01.239 --> 0:47:03.000
<v Speaker 3>Oh yes, I love Detective Guy Fier.

0:47:03.360 --> 0:47:06.160
<v Speaker 2>He thinks quote someone could be trying to break the

0:47:06.239 --> 0:47:11.560
<v Speaker 2>momentum that Santa had been gaining. Quote, I mean one

0:47:11.640 --> 0:47:14.040
<v Speaker 2>is one, but now we gotta have double the amount

0:47:14.040 --> 0:47:16.960
<v Speaker 2>of people to pull off the double heist. He said,

0:47:17.520 --> 0:47:22.960
<v Speaker 2>it just seems so much riskier to take two trucks.

0:47:21.600 --> 0:47:25.600
<v Speaker 3>He watched like fast and the Fury is too, and

0:47:25.600 --> 0:47:26.919
<v Speaker 3>then came up with his work.

0:47:26.920 --> 0:47:30.719
<v Speaker 2>He's like, how these guys operated. It takes one guy

0:47:30.719 --> 0:47:32.480
<v Speaker 2>to run one thing. It's going to take two to

0:47:32.560 --> 0:47:37.080
<v Speaker 2>rob two puts on the trench. II.

0:47:37.160 --> 0:47:39.880
<v Speaker 3>You didn't mention getting his own car stolen.

0:47:40.000 --> 0:47:42.600
<v Speaker 2>You know, don't don't bring up past traumas.

0:47:42.840 --> 0:47:43.759
<v Speaker 3>That's true, that's true.

0:47:44.040 --> 0:47:47.719
<v Speaker 2>Sammy Hagar. Ever, the businessman, he stayed away from conjecture.

0:47:47.760 --> 0:47:49.640
<v Speaker 2>He's like, look, I can't do the one plus one

0:47:49.640 --> 0:47:53.680
<v Speaker 2>equals to He said. The theft was quote a gigantic

0:47:53.719 --> 0:47:57.720
<v Speaker 2>setback for any independently owned company and a hugely competitive market.

0:47:57.920 --> 0:48:00.000
<v Speaker 2>But Guy and I are not the type to sit back.

0:48:00.080 --> 0:48:03.279
<v Speaker 2>Can wine over spilled tequila. Our distillery is working day

0:48:03.320 --> 0:48:05.319
<v Speaker 2>and night right now to replace as much stock as

0:48:05.320 --> 0:48:11.000
<v Speaker 2>we can. He's answered, law enforcement and all of the

0:48:11.080 --> 0:48:14.919
<v Speaker 2>jurisdictions got on this. Of course, that's Laredo PD where

0:48:14.920 --> 0:48:19.280
<v Speaker 2>the shipman entered the country. LA's Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team.

0:48:19.719 --> 0:48:23.040
<v Speaker 2>This like federal organization called cargo Net, which is just

0:48:23.080 --> 0:48:27.879
<v Speaker 2>basically like a data analytics and risk assessments and then.

0:48:30.719 --> 0:48:32.120
<v Speaker 3>Red Rocker, what do we need to be?

0:48:34.160 --> 0:48:36.239
<v Speaker 2>So you got the cops and then you got this

0:48:36.400 --> 0:48:38.879
<v Speaker 2>robo data thing. They're all trying to track down more

0:48:38.920 --> 0:48:42.719
<v Speaker 2>than a million dollars worth of missing party dude tequila.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh and this is going down at the worst possible

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<v Speaker 2>time because like right before the holiday season, how am

0:48:48.920 --> 0:48:51.440
<v Speaker 2>I supposed to make my guy Fieri tequila keyla and

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<v Speaker 2>pie for wabbo giving Totally horrible. So, a cargo Net

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<v Speaker 2>spokesperson said, quote, data analytics from various cargo Net project

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<v Speaker 2>that cargo theft has reached an all time high in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four and will be over twenty five percent

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<v Speaker 2>higher than in twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 3>So then why do we get cargo Net?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I want to guys.

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<v Speaker 3>We're doing on clipboard.

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<v Speaker 2>They told People magazine that a lot of the cargo

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<v Speaker 2>theft last year was for hard Seltzer, which for some

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<v Speaker 2>reason is absolutely hysterical to me. Yeah, yeah, the.

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<v Speaker 3>Real in bubbled water.

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<v Speaker 2>That'll get you a little jazzy. This year, the market's

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<v Speaker 2>changed twenty twenty four. It's all about the hard stuff

0:49:30.160 --> 0:49:35.239
<v Speaker 2>stuff like Santo Santo. It's hard. Yeah. But Gus, the

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<v Speaker 2>president of Santo, said, quote, it's unlikely is it bucket?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it TuS? Okay, yeah, buttcuse but coouse, it's unlikely

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<v Speaker 2>that they'll find these truckers. They probably rent the truck,

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<v Speaker 2>get the bid, get the cargo, sell it and then disappear.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, there are some phone lines we have from

0:49:52.920 --> 0:49:56.320
<v Speaker 2>them that are already disconnected, and they said they're probably

0:49:56.400 --> 0:49:58.040
<v Speaker 2>parked on the side of the road near Lake have

0:49:58.280 --> 0:50:00.680
<v Speaker 2>su sitting in a puddle of their own set. No,

0:50:02.239 --> 0:50:10.400
<v Speaker 2>he added that last purpose. Oh I make myself laugh some,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know, he didn't say they were fiery though.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not going to give up so easily.

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<v Speaker 3>So no, there's no.

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<v Speaker 2>He was like, yeah, they threw up on each other.

0:50:29.400 --> 0:50:32.320
<v Speaker 2>Do you hear this kind of terrible news? Like okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so guy, he wanted to offer a ten thousand dollars reward,

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<v Speaker 2>and that was just for the extra a yeho. Quote,

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<v Speaker 2>He's like the rest whatever, leave it, he said, quote,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's like the crown jewel of the company, something

0:50:47.440 --> 0:50:49.960
<v Speaker 2>that we've been working on. You can't reproduce something that

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<v Speaker 2>takes four years to make, Okay, well, you know, thirty

0:50:54.040 --> 0:50:57.759
<v Speaker 2>nine months. So he went on to compare it to

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<v Speaker 2>the nineteen seventy eight luft Hans, which we had. Well,

0:51:03.520 --> 0:51:06.680
<v Speaker 2>we haven't covered it because there's too much murder. It

0:51:06.760 --> 0:51:10.000
<v Speaker 2>was the largest cash robbery committed on America Oil when

0:51:10.040 --> 0:51:13.480
<v Speaker 2>it happened. And that's what this is what it makes guys,

0:51:13.520 --> 0:51:17.360
<v Speaker 2>comparisons seem a little hyperbolic, a little so there's no

0:51:17.520 --> 0:51:20.880
<v Speaker 2>mention like if he had any actual ridiculous crime episodes

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<v Speaker 2>that he wanted to draw similarities with, like, for example,

0:51:23.760 --> 0:51:27.680
<v Speaker 2>the cheese theft. That's where I went with that, he said, quote.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is the Actually I'm not making this one out.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a movie. I never in a million years

0:51:32.520 --> 0:51:34.560
<v Speaker 2>thought this was coming down the pike like this, but

0:51:34.640 --> 0:51:38.480
<v Speaker 2>it's real. Yeah. So Laredo PD, they wanted to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure people understood A it wasn't a hijacking and B

0:51:42.160 --> 0:51:44.680
<v Speaker 2>it didn't take place in Laredo, So they put out

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<v Speaker 2>this statement. They're like, this was next level cargo switcheroo,

0:51:48.680 --> 0:51:52.120
<v Speaker 2>not a strong arm attack in Laredo. Then they also

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<v Speaker 2>slipped into their press release that the freight value was

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<v Speaker 2>listed at approximately three hundred and eighty five five and

0:51:58.400 --> 0:52:01.120
<v Speaker 2>ninety eight dollars and not the million. Wow, like a

0:52:01.200 --> 0:52:04.239
<v Speaker 2>third of what they said. Hey, ps, they're not as

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<v Speaker 2>big as they think. So people this holiday season, if

0:52:07.600 --> 0:52:09.880
<v Speaker 2>you're tempted to buy a bottle of black market Santo

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<v Speaker 2>tequila at a cut rate, I urge you to control yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>If you see something, say something, Say I don't want

0:52:17.000 --> 0:52:20.000
<v Speaker 2>that illegal bottle of Santo. I want a bottle of

0:52:20.600 --> 0:52:24.560
<v Speaker 2>legists instead. I want the good stuff. So, Saron, what's

0:52:24.600 --> 0:52:25.680
<v Speaker 2>your ridiculous takeaway?

0:52:26.120 --> 0:52:30.040
<v Speaker 3>I'm so thirsty for tequila. Now, that's a good one.

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<v Speaker 3>But also, like Guy Fieri and the Red Rocket, the

0:52:34.920 --> 0:52:38.319
<v Speaker 3>Roo Rocket, I really, honestly, I said it earlier. They're

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<v Speaker 3>so lucky in terms of like life ex right, and

0:52:41.560 --> 0:52:43.600
<v Speaker 3>like everyone can tease them all they want, but they're

0:52:43.680 --> 0:52:48.399
<v Speaker 3>laughing at the rest of us till their days. I'm saying,

0:52:48.400 --> 0:52:50.239
<v Speaker 3>but you want to make fun of like, oh, you

0:52:50.320 --> 0:52:52.359
<v Speaker 3>got frosted tips. He's like, yeah, I do.

0:52:52.760 --> 0:52:56.520
<v Speaker 2>Exactly frost these tips. That's it for today. You can

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<v Speaker 2>what's the other one? Blue Sky?

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<v Speaker 3>Sure? Hey Smoky, you want to you want to talk bout?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Please?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, did you just see the ill ge?

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<v Speaker 7>Hey guys, this is Gravy the truck driver and biscuits. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>and uh, anyway, so listening to the John Dolorean podcast,

0:53:34.200 --> 0:53:37.680
<v Speaker 7>I'm caught up to there from your beginnings and uh

0:53:38.560 --> 0:53:41.600
<v Speaker 7>you said that Pontiac produced the Superbird with a crazy wing.

0:53:41.719 --> 0:53:45.279
<v Speaker 7>That was actually Plymouth and Dodge that did this price

0:53:45.360 --> 0:53:47.400
<v Speaker 7>word that did the Superbirds.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh anyway, just thought right, all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, thank you for the correction. I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>And I always like to be on the right road.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we know, and knowing is half the bat.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey it, as Elizabeth said earlier, if you bought a truck,

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<v Speaker 3>brought it, so shout out to the truck.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, big up for the truckers. You want to do

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