1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, Luck and Load. 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: Michael Verie show is on the air. 3 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,159 Speaker 1: I received an email that read as follows, Zara, I 4 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: was listening to you talk about Roundtop a few days ago, 5 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: and how boogie it has become a sort of aspen Light, 6 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: and it reminded me of something you might find interesting. 7 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: My wife and her friends from the Woodlands go to 8 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: the antique festivals a couple of times a year. This 9 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: is in Roundtop, faithfully, so, I've known about Roundtop and 10 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: the stores and restaurants there for some time. One of 11 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: her friends has a second home in the nearby town 12 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: of Fayetteville. I have a second home in Galveston Pirates Cove. 13 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: And when I was on a guided fishing ripped down 14 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: in West Bay last summer. My guide a young man 15 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: by the name of Sammy Orlando. I sounded like a 16 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: stage named of me, doesn't it, Samuel Orlando. Nobody's really 17 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: named Samue Orlando. That's too perfect. Told me about a 18 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: business he has when he's not guiding. There's a historic 19 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: hotel in Roundtop called the Ellis Motel. The founder, Lee Ellis, 20 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: passed away a few years You knew Lee passed right 21 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: you know he did. Lee Ellis was one you liked 22 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,279 Speaker 1: that had the restaurants over in the heights. He opened 23 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: like five of them in ten minutes. Yeah, passed away 24 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: a few years ago and his widow continues to run 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: the operations. Before Lee's passing, my guide Sammy was helping 26 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: him run the motel and bar during peak antigue weeks. 27 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: Over the last few years, Samy's expanded the Ellis Motel 28 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: brand to now set up over forty pop up bars 29 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: that are relatively elaborate outdoor bar areas throughout Roundtop during 30 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: the antique festivals. It's become an almost full time job 31 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: for Sammy and his wife, with the setup week prior 32 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: to the festivals, the festival weeks, and the teardown after 33 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: for storage until the next festival season. You know who 34 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: does a booth every year at the at the festivals, 35 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: Marcus the Treill's wife Melanie. 36 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of people that do. 37 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: Boots and things, and my wife and one of her 38 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: best friends, Karen Stallings, that is their one. My wife 39 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: doesn't do girly things, girly girl things, but this is 40 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: the one. This is their annual trip. They go twice 41 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: a year This is their annual trip that they do together, 42 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: that they enjoy the day, and invariably she leaves and says, 43 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: I'm not going to buy anything. I just want you 44 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: to know. This is just for Karen and I because 45 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: Karen is like the general counsel of a big old company, 46 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: so she works all the time. This is just meet 47 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: time for me and Karen to spend together and girl 48 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: time and enjoy ourselves. 49 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: And I'm not going to spend anything. 50 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: And then I see a text, Hey, can you call 51 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: me about ten o'clock in the morning, and I know, oh, no, 52 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: some French Pierre dude has got some you know, item 53 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: from the from Louis the fourteenth collection and we just 54 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: have to have it. 55 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: And it's he's. 56 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: Willing to do this and they're willing to deliver, and 57 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: it's so there you go. But it's always, I mean, 58 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: she doesn't buy very much. I can't complain. But they 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: have a good time. And Pat Green's wife has a 60 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: booth and so Pat always he doesn't announce he's going 61 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: to be there. He just every year shows up and 62 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: stands out front and plays and he's he's so good 63 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: about it. He saw my wife sitting over to the 64 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: side and she wasn't going to bother him, like you know, 65 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: you remember me we on the RCC. But he did 66 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: went over and gave her a big hug, made a 67 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: big deal over that matters. You know, what's the point 68 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: of having celebrity if you're not going to use it 69 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: in ways like that. It made her day anyway. So 70 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: he's setting up all these pop up bars that are 71 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: relatively elaborate outdoor bar areas throughout Roundtop during the end festivals. 72 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: It's become an almost full time job for Sammy and 73 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: his wife, with the setup weeks prior to the festivals, 74 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: the festival weeks, and the teardown afterwards. To story, he 75 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: hires on contract a bunch of his high school buddies 76 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 1: who have flexible jobs for the antique weeks to barked in. 77 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: It's extra cash for them. I'm probably happy to have it. 78 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: There are three big festivals each year, oh it's three 79 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: now used to be two, And as Sammy tells me, 80 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: he makes more money from the pop up bars than 81 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: he could ever make as a full time fishing guide. 82 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: Sammy tells his story much better than I am in 83 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: this brief email, but he's a great guy and a 84 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: very good fishing guid and might be worthy of a 85 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: call if you'd think your listeners might find this interesting 86 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: from a human interest story perspective. Best regards from an 87 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: avid listener, David, you think Samuel Orlando's really his name? 88 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: Or you think that's a fake. It's real, it's so 89 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: fake it's got to be real yet, because you'd come 90 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 1: up with something better than that, Right, Okay, that's a 91 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 1: good call. 92 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: You know what. That's true. 93 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: It's like when a story is so so elaborate and 94 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: so crazy, there's no way they made that up because 95 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: they had the good sense to know it wasn't believable. 96 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: Sammy Orlando, what's your real name? 97 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 3: That would be my real name. I was fortunate enough 98 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 3: for my mama to name me that really. 99 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 2: Well, the Orlando's what got me. 100 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of people think that I've been in 101 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 3: movies or with that name, you'll get it a lot. 102 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, it has kind of a it has kind of 103 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: a Cabana boy b list actor who didn't quite make 104 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: it but lives behind Joan Crawford or something. 105 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 2: You know who was the woman? Mary? 106 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: Was it? 107 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: Mary Pickford? Sunset Boulevard? 108 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: Like the guy that would live out in the cabanda there, 109 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: or the dude that was doing Jerry Folwell's wife. Remember 110 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: they paid the Remember how much they paid the commanda 111 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 1: boy in that case? That was crazy anyway, So that's 112 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: the story we've written for you. What's your wife's name? 113 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: My wife is Alicia Orlando and she is right here 114 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 3: with me. 115 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 2: And where is she from? 116 00:05:58,640 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 4: I'm sure I'm Houthton. 117 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: She popped you look at that. She got a good 118 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: radio voice too. 119 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: All right, So Sammy, how did you get into uh 120 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: the whole did Lee Elis bring you into this? Or 121 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: how did you get into this? The groundtop stuff? 122 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 3: We should ran. Lusha ran many of Lee's businesses, helped 123 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 3: him out a lot throughout his restaurants and nightclubs. 124 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 2: In Houston before he went to Roundtop. 125 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. 126 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 4: I worked for Lee for like twenty years. I started 127 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 4: like when he had the nightclub downtown Tonic on Main 128 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 4: Street and Main Street whenever that was like the place 129 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 4: to go out downtown Houston. 130 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,799 Speaker 2: Lee had touched for a while. He really did, Yeah 131 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 2: he did. 132 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 4: He opened, you know, several bars and then restaurants and. 133 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: My favorite, did those donuts on on on? 134 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 2: Oh man, those donuts were special. 135 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, so yeah. I worked for him for like twenty years, 136 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 4: and then him and his wife Melissa moved around Top. 137 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 4: He opened up to Eli's Motel, which is actually not 138 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 4: a motel. It's just a lounge of bar. But anybody 139 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 4: that's been around Top knows what it is. 140 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: Let me ask you, this is it the area when 141 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,679 Speaker 1: you're going around the square. It's on the very back 142 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: side of that. 143 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 2: Yes, okay, another that is okay. 144 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, Like there's like a back parking lot behind it. 145 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 4: And they actually built a chemo sabby building there now, 146 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 4: like a permanent building, of course there is. 147 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 3: That's kind of cool. 148 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, well. 149 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: That probably helps you all because it gets all the 150 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: the ladies that warm a boozy afternoon, that's right. 151 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, they eat their hat and they. 152 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Come git a drink, and of course they do, yes, 153 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: and they sit around and tell each other, girl, your 154 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: your hat looks so good, No, yours looks better, and 155 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: secretly they hate each other because the other one looks. 156 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 2: Better than there. 157 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 4: You were dead on on that. 158 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: I've seen this dynamic play out so many times. 159 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: You wouldn't even believe it. 160 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about Samuel Orlando and his wife 161 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: Alicia and their pop up bars in round Top and 162 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: how he makes a living as a fishing gud when 163 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: he's not doing that, and how it's taken over his life. 164 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 2: Coming up. 165 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: Live laugh learn Doing It Big on The Michael Berry Show. 166 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 2: Tony Orlando's son Sammy Orlando as our guest. 167 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:36,359 Speaker 1: Sammy, you do forty pop up bars during these festivals, 168 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: So I'm not sure. 169 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 3: I think David got the wrong number on that. We 170 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 3: have seven pop up bars, oh, the same thing, which 171 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 3: I know it's a big number of difference, but the 172 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 3: work is probably about the same, Okay. 173 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: So tell me about the Ellis Motel. So how did 174 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 1: you get so I guess your wife Alicia knew Lee. 175 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 2: So you start helping. 176 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 5: What were you bar? 177 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: Attending it at the Elles Motel? 178 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 3: So we ran at the time we were running Belvedere 179 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 3: here in Houston, brought off six ten in post. 180 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: Oh ye who owned that? 181 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,359 Speaker 3: That was Lee Ellis's. 182 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 2: Oh I didn't know that, okay. 183 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 4: Yeah. 184 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 3: So that club was there and opened in two thousand 185 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 3: and three, and we had to finally shut the doors 186 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty three just due to the property management 187 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 3: wanting a new concept in there. So we were currently 188 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 3: working at Belvedere, and Lee moved out to Round Talk 189 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 3: to start up the Ellis Motel, and about a year 190 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 3: later he came up with the idea of us setting 191 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 3: out some tents for this festival that we knew nothing 192 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 3: about at the time. So the first year, you know, 193 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 3: we had a little eight by eight tent, ten by 194 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 3: ten tent, two or three coolers, one little metal cart 195 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 3: that had water bottles in it. It was super super small, 196 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 3: very small. I wasn't sure what we were doing out 197 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 3: there at the time because we would still have to 198 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 3: run the night club. So we would and of course 199 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 3: it's just me and a leash at the beginning, you know, 200 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 3: we would have to stalk everything, cut our own lines, 201 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 3: Leomon s fruit, head back to Houston, work the club, 202 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 3: turn right back around to go to Roundtop to open 203 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 3: up at nine am the next morning. 204 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 5: Oh oh, so that was year one, and so I 205 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 5: believe the next year we kept one, still had one bar, 206 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 5: and we added Ryan Oak lead our squad. 207 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 3: He was a friend of mine since early high school. 208 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 2: Where'd you go to high school? 209 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 3: I went to Robert E. Lee for two years. 210 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 2: You knew you in high school? What was your name 211 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 2: back then? 212 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 3: They're gonna love this. So they called me Bump, and 213 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 3: to this day they still called me Bump. Not sure why, 214 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 3: but it stuck with it. 215 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: So then, how does that progress to seven different pop 216 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: up bars? 217 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, so that second year we kind of we saw 218 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 3: something that was there. You know, it grew from that 219 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 3: first show to the second show. I believe it was 220 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 3: the third show we added another bar, so we had 221 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 3: two going at that time. And you know, at this point, 222 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 3: we're staying in a little bitty RV trailer supply stacked 223 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 3: from the floor to the ceiling. There was three of 224 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 3: us at the time. There wasn't even a heater at 225 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 3: that thing. We're thirty degrees. So finally we added in 226 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 3: another bar, added some more staff, and you know, at 227 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 3: this time, the show is just getting People are starting 228 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 3: to find out about this show more, and it's just 229 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 3: getting busier and busier. And you know, finally, a couple 230 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 3: of years after that, Corey Lane, Corey, Caroline and Stephanie 231 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 3: they owned the Blue Hills property and it's probably about 232 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 3: twenty five twenty six acres, if I had to guess, 233 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 3: I might be underestimating it, and that was a beautiful property. 234 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 3: They have eight or nine permanent buildings that are fifty 235 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 3: by one hundred foot minimum permanent buildings. And just recently 236 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 3: last spring they acquired the acreage next to them and 237 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,599 Speaker 3: completely expanded. You could go out there and spend a 238 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 3: whole day out there if you wanted to, just on 239 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 3: that one property. So as things started expanding and getting 240 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 3: busy out there, we just, you know, our bars were 241 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 3: so busy that we would open another one on that property, 242 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 3: and the lines were still long, so we decided to 243 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 3: open another one. But Blue Hills alone, we have four 244 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 3: bars up and running. And then we started at the Arbors, 245 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 3: which is one of the original spots, and Miss curtissn 246 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 3: started many years ago. And I don't know how this 247 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: lady does it. She in her mid eighties and she 248 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 3: turns this complete empty field into like a shopping mall. 249 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's amazing. It's amazing what they do out there. 250 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: Amazing what that has done for Roundtop, or as the 251 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: people there would say, done two Roundtop because the people 252 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: who were there already, they came in and pissed off 253 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: the people who had been there before by coming in. 254 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: But now that they're there, they don't want anybody else 255 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: to come in, so they're mad at all the new 256 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: people coming in and it's just everything they fell in 257 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: love with, the next group fell in love with. But 258 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: they love to, you know, pull up the moat after them. 259 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: But it's fascinating. What is one of those bars making today? 260 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: What is the gross revenue sales? What do you ring there? 261 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 2: Would you guess? 262 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 3: You know, a good day for one of those bars, 263 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 3: A really really good day is what do. 264 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 4: You think twelve between ten and fifteen? 265 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, somewhere between ten and fifteen. 266 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 2: Wow, for something that's not even a permanent structure. 267 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 3: Correct, these are all tents. 268 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 2: What would you say you sell them? Is it Chardonnay's, 269 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 2: Is it meant? 270 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: Julib's? Is it Mohito's? Is it Margarita's? What's the number 271 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: one seller? 272 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 3: You know? Lee came out with this margarita recipe that's 273 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 3: like no other. It's got Chipoltle pepper, It's got so 274 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 3: much good stuff in there, and that's been a really 275 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 3: big hit out there. Lee made a lot of these 276 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 3: mixers and he ended up bottling them and uh, you 277 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 3: can only get the Mountain the roundside. You can't order 278 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 3: them online. That's been one of our biggest and then 279 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: our Bloody Mary's. We have one of the best Bloody 280 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 3: Mary's out there. Thank goodness, we're able to partner up 281 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 3: with the good people over at Bloody Revolution. I can't 282 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 3: thank Casey and Chance enough, but they've really been a 283 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 3: great support. Our Bloody Mary's people stop, you know it's 284 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: we have a line. We get there for Bloody Mary's blood. 285 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: I've never been a Bloody mary. A lot of people 286 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: I know do and are they to me Bloody Mary's. 287 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: I don't do them. But bloody marriage is kind of 288 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: a morning after thing, so I'm assuming that's people that 289 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: are showing up a little hungover from the night before. 290 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 3: Exactly. You're correct. 291 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 2: Now, are you still staying in that RV. 292 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 3: No, so we've kind of grown out the RV. Now 293 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 3: we've got thirteen bartenders that work out there on an 294 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 3: average day. I've got four bar backs that work out 295 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 3: there on an average day. We were in a house 296 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 3: for the bar backs to stay at, and then there's 297 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: twelve to thirteen of us that pile in a little 298 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 3: farmhouse at the end of every shift. 299 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: Good for you, that's cool, And I love the gig economy. 300 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: I love people that you got the fishing guid thing going. 301 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: You got the bartending thing. I love it when people, 302 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: you know, it's harder to do once you're older and 303 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: you have kids and you're more established and your body's 304 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: breaking down. But I love these stories of people, you know, 305 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: just humping and getting it. You know, if you have 306 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: a spare moment, you got your fishing people over there, 307 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: and you got your bartending people over there, and although 308 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: just a moment. Samuel Orlando's the Michael Vanry real name. 309 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: It's fascinating what's happening in round Top. Because Galveson is Galveston. 310 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: It goes up and down. It gets really chic and cool, 311 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: and Galveson will have some momentum and then that'll dip 312 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: and it'll come back. Now, Galveston has the history. You've 313 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: got a lot of people from Galveston, prominent people who 314 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: love it. You've got Tilman pouring a lot of money 315 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: into that and continues to do so. You've got all 316 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: the lodging you can possibly handle, so it has the 317 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: capacity to handle big events. And when you go several 318 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: years without a storm, Galveston starts picking up steam again. 319 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: It becomes more and more popular, and during the COVID era, 320 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: it went crazy, but then you'll have a big storm 321 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: and it kind of you know, like the waves, it 322 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: heads the low tide, it goes back out. Round Top 323 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: has had a steady build and then a spark. We 324 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: bought out in Carmene, which is the sister city, in 325 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: about three and we were there from three till about 326 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: ten or twelve, and you could see it was picking 327 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: up and picking up. And I don't go out there now, 328 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: but my wife tells me, I mean, it is just exploded. 329 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: Since then, Samuel Orlando operates seven bars there in addition 330 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: to being a fishing guide. When did you all close 331 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: Tonic the bar downtown Houston? 332 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 4: Oh gosh, I think it was like two thousand and 333 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 4: three because it was the same year that the Belvidere opened. 334 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 2: Okay, that makes sense, Yeah, and it was. 335 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, the landlord sold our lease from us, pretty much 336 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 4: same thing that happened at Belvidere. Yeah, So that was 337 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 4: like three. And then he had the Social that opened 338 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 4: at the same time over there on Washington Avenue. It's 339 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 4: like one of the first bars over there. 340 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 2: I didn't know Lee had that. 341 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was his concept he was I thought it 342 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: was a gay couple because they pissed off a friend 343 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: of mine who was a liquor distributor, and he told 344 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: me it was a gay couple and they had matching 345 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: range rovers and when you would drop by, you'd see 346 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: matching range rovers. 347 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 4: That was not that is hilarious. That was his business partners. 348 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 2: He always said, matching cars. Oh I didn't know that. Okay, 349 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 2: well this guy who was the business car? 350 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, but no least yeah, no, who was the business 351 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 4: that's hilarious. All they always did have matching cars for 352 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 4: some reason. 353 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 2: Who was the business partner, Carl Eve I don't know him. 354 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 3: Yeah he is. 355 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: Well, since we're on the subject, and I mentioned that 356 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: whoever those guys were, were asses because they infuriated a 357 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: buddy mind. They wouldn't pay their bill and they were 358 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: kind of kind of snarky about it. 359 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 2: Lee did. Lee did ruffle some feathers along along his journey. 360 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, he could be a little snarky. 361 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 2: He did have a knack for that. 362 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: So how many days a year do you think y'all 363 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: are open at the bars? 364 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 4: So, yeah, there's two Like you mentioned there, you said 365 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 4: there were three shows. There's two big shows which are 366 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 4: fifteen days each the spring and the fall. And then 367 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 4: there's the Winter Show that's a long weekend. It's actually 368 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 4: starts next week on Thursday through Sunday, so that's only 369 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 4: like four days, so thirty four days the bars are 370 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 4: actually open, but you know, our guys and everybody else 371 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 4: starts setting up at the beginning of the next week. 372 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 4: This the Winter Show isn't as big, like not all 373 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 4: the properties are open, but it is still like pretty good, 374 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 4: Like it's getting busier and busier every year that we're 375 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 4: actually having more bars open. Uh each Winter Show. We 376 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 4: keep adding on because it is getting busier. 377 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: The party the part that seems like a struggle to 378 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 1: me when I go into tourist towns and especially towns 379 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: that are known for a festival or an event. You know, 380 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: this is very much an event orient and otherwise you 381 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: couldn't sustain this bar like this or these these pop 382 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: ups anyway, and I see, I see, you know, people 383 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,959 Speaker 1: coming in and then they leave, and like for ski season, 384 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: you know, you have the high season. And it's amazing 385 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: to me because you know, like a four day deal. 386 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: So if you were open year round and you had 387 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: a four day pop that's one thing. But you're talking 388 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: about setting up for just four days. That it's it's 389 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: it's hard to understand how you can make that makes sense. 390 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 4: It makes sense, use. 391 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 3: A lot of work. It definitely does make you know, 392 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 3: on our end, it makes sense. It is a lot 393 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 3: of work. You know, people just see the bar operating 394 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 3: and think it's smooth and easy. Uh, the side they 395 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 3: don't see. You know, we are in the middle of nowhere. 396 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 3: If we run out of just our sparkling waters, if 397 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 3: we have. 398 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 6: To go to h GB in gettings they have, you 399 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 6: know that that might be enough to sustain one or 400 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 6: two bars work to supplies. So the problem we run 401 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 6: into and that we ran into a lot at the beginning, 402 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 6: is you know, we get wiped out of supplies just 403 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 6: because every year got busier and we would have to 404 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 6: make daily trips back to Houston back and forth. And 405 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 6: you know, if our if our ice delivery doesn't come 406 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 6: that day, we have five huge ice machines, well we 407 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 6: have to go fill up ice chests from all these 408 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 6: little gas stations. 409 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 3: To bring back to the property. So there's a there's 410 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 3: a lot that goes into it that people don't see. 411 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 3: I'm sure the customer looking in it looks smooth through sailing, 412 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 3: which that's what we want, of course, but it's hard, 413 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 3: you know, it's way more difficult than any nightclub that 414 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 3: I've ever run or been a part of. 415 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, because it's a temporary Is that bar open 416 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: year round. 417 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 4: Yes? 418 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 3: Yeah? 419 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 4: So round Top is pretty much you know, it's a 420 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 4: weekend town. Things are open like maybe Wednesday, Thursday through Sunday. 421 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 4: Like I don't think anything's really open Monday Tuesdays. But yeah, 422 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 4: I mean there's a lot of people that own properties there, 423 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 4: you know, that go on the weekends, and it is 424 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 4: open every week. I believe it's a Wednesday through. 425 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 2: Sunday for the actually crazy. 426 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 1: I look at real estate values all the time, and 427 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: I'll look at Columbus, and I'll look at Belleville, and 428 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: I'll look at Baytown, Beaumont, Galveston, you name it. And 429 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 1: the one that just blows my mind is is what 430 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: has happened in Roundtop to the values there and the 431 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: kind of homes that they're building there. It is incredible 432 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: they there are there are probably more homes for sale 433 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: in Roundtop right now that are three million or more 434 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: than there are under a million dollars. 435 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: And that was not the case twenty years ago. 436 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 3: I think the acres used to go for five hundred 437 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 3: and acre back. It wasn't too too too long ago, 438 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:16,919 Speaker 3: but ye that they were. 439 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: Going for Yeah, it's you know, COVID, I think was 440 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: a was a blip and we don't know how that's 441 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: going to settle in. And I tell people that you're 442 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: seeing that in Colorado, you're seeing it in Roundtop. That 443 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: COVID had an effect. I know a lot of people 444 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: that bought houses in Galveston during COVID because they could 445 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: work from home and the kids would rather be down 446 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: there than in their house and wherever. And then at 447 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: the end of all that, then they realized that they 448 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: weren't you know, now they could travel anywhere, and they 449 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: weren't just going to Galveston, and so everybody put those 450 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 1: houses on the market at the same time. And that 451 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 1: was an ugly situation that turned out to be so Sammy, 452 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: I got one minute left. How much guiding are you 453 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: doing now that you're running back and forth Roundtop so much? 454 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 3: You know, the Spring show and the Fall show. In 455 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 3: between those two shows, I died pretty hard try to 456 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 3: get out there three to five times a week prior 457 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 3: to this taking off. You know, I would guide while 458 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 3: working at the nightclub. I can't tell you how many trips, 459 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 3: you know. I'd run a trip Thursday morning, come home, 460 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 3: go to work till three am, turn around, go right 461 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 3: back to Galveston and pick up my clients. Do you dream? 462 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 3: I do not. I did for a while when I 463 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 3: was in the nightclubs, you know, when I was younger, 464 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 3: but kind of outgrew that a little bit. 465 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. 466 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: I was going to say, if you're running that hard, 467 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,719 Speaker 1: I'm assuming you're not drinking, because there's no way you 468 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: could make this happen. 469 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 2: You would. 470 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: It's amazing how many people in the bar business don't drink. 471 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: You really can't. If you're actually the operations guy, you 472 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 1: really can't. Bad decisions and you can't keep up. Thank you, buddy, 473 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. There you go, there's people out there 474 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: humping and getting it a lot of work, though, Vermone, 475 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: I don't think that's I don't think you really cut 476 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:03,199 Speaker 1: out for that. 477 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 7: Lucky you. 478 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 3: Michael Ferry Show continues day. 479 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: Lindsay writes, Rush had a parody to that same Billy 480 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 1: Joel song that you made a parody about, came out 481 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety two. I remember because I was ten 482 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: years old in fifth grade. I still remember some of 483 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: the lyrics to this day. It was the first time 484 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: I ever started paying attention to politics. I can't seem 485 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: to find a copy of that. I'd love to hear 486 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,479 Speaker 1: it again. Here are the lyrics I remember. Focus like 487 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: a laser beam in your pre election dream port Phil jobs, 488 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: Bill GOP block speeches, sermonized taking both sides, white house 489 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 1: jogging track, burn off Big Mac. Those might be totally wrong, 490 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: but that's what my head remembers well thirty three years later. 491 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 2: That you remember any. 492 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: Of that parody, which you likely only heard one time. 493 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: There was no odd demand listening back then, is pretty 494 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: darned impressive, I must say. And we have managed to 495 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: track down that parody. This is from the Rush Limbaugh 496 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: Show talking about Bill Clinton. The year is nineteen ninety two. 497 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: The hits from. 498 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 8: Costacs long long time ago. I can still remember other 499 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 8: protests used to make me smile because I knew we 500 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 8: could rive it through before they ever helicoon. Then maybe 501 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 8: they shut. 502 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 3: Up for a while. 503 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 2: It's the Russian ball program. 504 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 8: But the protest grew and maybe sugar I listen to 505 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 8: read could not deliver a rbush for healthcare would have 506 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 8: to wait till September, October or next year. I can't 507 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 8: remember if I cried when I heard the right organized 508 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 8: with something told me deep inside that day. 509 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 7: National health Card time. While light light at. 510 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 8: Every town hall inside, throwing a shaming across the country, 511 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 8: trying to put up the fight they're going. Old boys 512 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 8: are standing right there outside saying this will be the 513 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 8: day that it dies. This will be the day you, 514 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 8: o Pollicard dies. 515 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 7: Where you were gonna run out all lot, all wrong. 516 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 8: With Conressmith and the senators. We're getting Stone back home 517 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 8: to That's about how I was supposed to be. We 518 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 8: used to be treating like a king and queen and 519 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 8: a switter. She borrowed from l Open And my voice 520 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 8: didn't put the storm age stormy scene with my Time 521 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 8: I get in the state, bigger crowds appear in this 522 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 8: srange somewhere time. 523 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 7: It's waiting in us Fell. I was born Weave by. 524 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 8: Farm and fun and the red Nick neighbors with their 525 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 8: pickup trucks. 526 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 7: But I knew I was on. 527 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 8: That car dies, even though lie light at every title 528 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 8: inside Coole Machevy crossing Country Tin of hood on the 529 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 8: fire and the boys were standing by their outside said 530 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 8: the su day that it dies, this ope the day 531 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 8: Obama car dies. 532 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 7: Even though line light in every. 533 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 8: Townel inside, cold machetey crossing count titles. 534 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: So that is not the nineteen ninety two rushing in law. 535 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: That is the probably two thousand and ten. That is 536 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: probably the spring of two thousand and ten, which was 537 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: when they rushed out Obamacare because as if you recall, 538 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: they had the midterms in twenty ten, and the polling 539 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: was showing that Obamacare was incredibly unpopular and they needed 540 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: to get Obamacare passed and in the books and move 541 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: on from it by November so they could campaign on 542 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: other stuff. 543 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 2: But it did not work. The Democrats were routed in 544 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 2: twenty ten. It was an absolute slacking. 545 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: I remember, and it was about twenty twelve or twenty 546 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: fourteen that there was not a state house majority from 547 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: Arkansas to Georgia that was Democrat. 548 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 2: Republicans had every bit of it. 549 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: I went digging deep last night into Minnesota politics figure 550 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: out how we ended up where we are and from 551 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety one to nineteen ninety sorry, from nineteen ninety 552 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: one to twenty twenty three, thirty two years. 553 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 2: There were only two times for two years that. 554 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: The Democrats had a supermajority the governor, the Senate, the House, 555 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: so Republicans had one or the other of the three 556 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: House Senate Democrats in the state of Minnesota. You'll remember 557 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: we had Tim paul Inti on the show in twenty twelve. 558 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: He was running for president. He was a Republican who 559 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: had been elected. Then I granted, a Republican in Minnesota 560 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: who's the governor is kind of like Mitt Romney in Massachusetts. 561 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: That's not a Texas Republican, but it's also not a 562 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: Democrat worth noting, and I was studying. What ended up 563 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: happening was that Minnesota, as you probably know, was home 564 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: to a massive Scandinavian wave of people and they brought 565 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: their culture with them, as people do. The Somalis have 566 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: done that in Mogadishu. And that's the whole point is 567 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: it's a repugnant culture, and nobody wants to say that 568 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: it's not a good culture. Women are not allowed out 569 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: in public, that they must be covered up in a 570 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: beekeeper's outfit. It's not a culture of it's not a 571 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: high culture of any of the arts or science. 572 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 2: Let's be honest, everyone knows this. 573 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: I'm sorry that hurts people's feelings from that community, but 574 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: of course it should. It should actually because it happens 575 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: to be true. If it wasn't true, it wouldnt hurt 576 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: your feelings. But before the Somalis you had other problems. 577 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: The state of Minnesota had a farm labor movement background. 578 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: In Minnesota and Wisconsin both had this. Remember you, a 579 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,719 Speaker 1: lot of the reform populism in the country comes from 580 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: Lafaette and the group out of Wisconsin, and that was 581 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: that was a branch or. Minnesota was a branch of that. 582 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: And then the Democrats took over the sort of farm 583 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: labor party. That was a very populist party, very patriotic party, 584 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: by the way, a very anti communist party, but it 585 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: was mildly socialist. And the reason is people bring their 586 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: cultures with them. They bring their religion, they bring their cuisine, 587 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: they bring their language, they bring their culture. So there 588 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: was a strain of socialism, anti communism, fiercely anti communists, 589 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: but they were a socialist culture. And so that culture 590 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: if you look at what's happened in Scandinavia today, where 591 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: they've been overtaken by Muslims, and they just would you 592 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: please come in and you can rape everybody as many 593 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: times as you want, as long as you promise to 594 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: finish your meals as a it's this sort of sad, 595 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: pathetic genuflection to these other cultures which they've held up 596 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: as you know, the brutish master that goes from oppressed 597 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: to their oppressor. It's there might be some cooking along 598 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: the way. It's weird. It's very weird, and you've seen it, 599 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: and that's what's happened in Minnesota. It's a little more 600 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: complicated than that, but it's Minnesota wasn't always a broken state. 601 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 2: That's the point.