1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Now it's time for Cannabis Talk one on one with Blue, 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: Joe Grande and Mark and Craig wasser with the Pot 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Brothers at Law with special guest Keith Allen, author of 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: a hundred and one of the world's most effective pickup 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: lines and CEO of bud Tender Awards dot com and 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: G four Live dot com. Hello and welcome to Cannabis 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: Talk one on one. Money is Blue alongside of me 8 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: of the world famous Pot Brothers at Law, Mr Mark 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: and Craig Wasserman. Hello, and then to my right is 10 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: Mr Joe Grande. How are you, senor? And you were 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: now tuned into the greatest cannabis show on the planets 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: in the universe. I say, at least it is in 13 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: my block. Where what are you thinking? You know, it's 14 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: the galaxy, the galaxy. Well, we have an amazing show 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: for you guys today and less Mr Joe Grande can 16 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: bring us in here. Well, you guys on the show today, 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna be awesome. I want to thank everybody for 18 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: listening to the podcast Cannabis Talk one on one on 19 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast and wherever you 20 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: get to our podcasts around the world. Were heard right 21 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: now in eighty six different countries. Six what it just said, 22 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: it was an eighty six when it was Yeah, it's 23 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: constantly going up. So thank you guys from all over 24 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: the world that are listening to us because of Mark 25 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: and Craig, Washerman, the pop brothers at law Thank you. 26 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: I mean, that's just everyone's calling in from like Russia 27 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: and all your buddies out there. They're going Donald, Mark 28 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: and Craig, thank you, Thank you. I got the voicemails 29 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: at one eight nine eight Mark. What's that number? One 30 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: hundred four twenty nineteen eight Spanish? Please Craig zeta zetto 31 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: zetto zetto Blue nineteen eight. We can't wait to hear 32 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: all your messages and everything you have to say to us. 33 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Follow us online of course, on Instagram 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: at Cannabis Talk one oh one, at Pot Underscore, Brothers 35 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: Underscore at Underscore law. Mark is that wast law, Craig 36 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: is that wast law dog, and Blue is that one. 37 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: Christopher writes, I am at Joe Grande fifty two, and 38 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: this next gentleman you can find him and his company 39 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: at bud Tender Awards. Because we have no other of 40 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: than Keith Allen, the CEO bud Tender Awards dot com 41 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: and G four Live dot com. This, dude, I love 42 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: it because KEITHA talk to you on the phone and 43 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: before we talk about the bud Tender Awards, and we're 44 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: so excited about that, and that's what we got to 45 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: you about. But your story and your history. I was 46 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 1: in awe and wow talking with you of the mutual 47 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: friends that we have and you're living out there in 48 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: Calabasas and all my radio buddies, and you work out 49 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: with Big Boy or former guy used to work with 50 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: and all this good stuff. But walk us down the lane, 51 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: because you have quite an extensive entertainment history. Please take 52 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: us down your your walk that that we were talking 53 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: about and educate these clowns that are next to me. Please. Well, 54 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: first of all, thanks you guys for having me on 55 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: the show. I'm really genuinely excited to be here. Um. 56 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: You know, Jo, when we first started talking, I was 57 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: kind of giving you some of my background and I'm 58 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: I'm just like a lot of entrepreneurs in the world 59 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: where I just kind of bounced around like a pachinko 60 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: ball and kind of found myself sitting here with you guys. Um. 61 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: But you know, it all kind of started when I 62 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: was a premed student going to school at U C. 63 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: L A. And uh, yeah, Bruns go Trojan's yes, Uh 64 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: you know I both got the clap there, right. Yeah. Well, 65 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: you know we share a few things a couple of 66 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 1: years apart, but we shared it still just come goes around, right. 67 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: But I was a premid student. I was bartending at 68 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: a bar called Stratton's in Westwood, and I heard a 69 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: ton of pickup lines and I'm like, I got to 70 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: write a book about this. So I wrote a book 71 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: called A hundred one of the World's most Effective Pickup Lines, 72 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: and then I sold a hundred thousand copies of it 73 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: out of my apartment. When when was that? That was boy, 74 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: that was six. My buddy, my buddy Dave bought it. 75 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: I go twenty years earlier. My good buddy and I 76 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: were going to do the same type of book, but 77 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: it was called listen, bitch, are you serious? I swear? 78 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: But it never got off the ground. So good for you. 79 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: Are you sure you are shaded? Just pick that up 80 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: right now and be like, but we're gonna do it now. 81 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: Who cares about me too. We're bringing it back. That 82 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: got me to be a guest on love Line, and 83 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: I was on love Line a few times. It became 84 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: friends with Ricky Rackman and he was leaving love Line 85 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: to go to Real Radio Point one when they started 86 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: the talk radio. He said, hey, h don't you come 87 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: with me and work with me on the show? And 88 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: it says that sounds great, So I went and produced 89 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: that radio show. I ended up dropping out of school altogether. 90 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: Um put. I worked on that show for about a 91 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: year and a half and we became the number one 92 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: drivetime show in l A. Because people were listening to 93 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: Stern in the morning, they get back in the car 94 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: and there we were. That got me a job at MTV. 95 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: Stayed with Vicom. I ended up producing the Action Sports 96 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: World Tour on CBS, and I was recruited by John 97 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 1: Boyle Artist Management, and I ended up working with Exhibit 98 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: and ant Farm. And that just set me off on 99 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 1: this crazy rollercroaster. Writer of an entertainment career for twenty 100 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: plus years. Isn't that awesome? But he told me that 101 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: I was just like, great, and I know that you're 102 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: at MTV When it was just spiking up. I mean, 103 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: I think maybe we're older, so we're out of the 104 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: demo for it to be spiked. But I'm sure it's 105 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: big for a lot of younger kids, but for us obviously, 106 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: I'll sitting at this table, we're like, oh, MTV, but 107 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: watching that rise when you were working there, because I'm 108 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: sure we're around the same age. It was just gotta 109 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: be a roller coaster ride. But it was crazy. And 110 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: that was the time when like the TV shows really 111 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: took over the videos. And it had been doing that 112 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: for a while, but that's when like uh singled Out 113 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: came out and I worked on that show. Jenny McCarthy. Um, 114 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: I worked on the Beach House in Malibu. I even 115 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: went out to the Hamptons for a minute and did 116 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: some stuff out there with those guys. Got to work 117 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: in Time Square for a few months. Um. Great experience 118 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: all around, amazing, amazing time working with MTV. You know, 119 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: it's one of those jobs where it's it's really crappy pay, 120 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: but you get a good title and you're like, I 121 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: work oh, and it's the experience that's on the resume 122 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: that lets everybody else know, you know what I worked for. 123 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: Crap and a guy like yourself, Keith Allen, who's the 124 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: CEO of bud Tenders Awards, You could now go, I've 125 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: done this, I could do that, I could do any 126 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: of the real credentials. Yeah, exactly, I've done real shows. Granted, 127 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: who cares how much I made? I know how to 128 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: put together productions for sure. Yeah, and that's the key 129 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: part about grinding work. A lot of cats don't understand 130 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: and that grind though, you know. I mean, they just think, oh, 131 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: I want to come out of college and I deserved 132 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: paid job, or I should be the engineer and I 133 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: not gonna Yeah, I experience, just show up. I'm too tired, 134 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: whatever the reason is. But even like lawyers, right, like 135 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: they get out lost. What do you mean, Mark and Craig, 136 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: I gotta intern with you guys and roll your joints 137 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: and poor coffee and you're like, get to pay your 138 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: dues and that, Keith? Do I think you paid your dues? 139 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: And now you started this? How did how did bud 140 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: Tender Awards even come to your mind? From MTV to Yeah, 141 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: well that's an interesting story. So um, I'll tell you 142 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: the quick version of it. When I was working in entertainment, 143 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: I was asked to go speak at some convention for 144 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: business guys for entrepreneurs, and I was just a ten 145 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: minute speaker on brand identity and I met this guy 146 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 1: who had an idea for healthy fast food restaurant. I 147 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: sat with him and talk with him, and at the 148 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: end of the meal, he started flossing with these two sticks. 149 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 1: I'm like, what the hell's that and he goes, well, 150 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: I don't like to put my hands in my mouth. 151 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: I like, that's your idea. I ended up creating Total 152 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: Left hard Hard Right Turn. Took this idea and looked 153 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: like numb chucks, so we called them gum Chucks, and 154 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: I created this company All gum Chucks. Got got into 155 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: five thousand retail stores around the world and ended up 156 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: selling the company. And I started this little boutique marketing 157 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: agency and we started working in cannabis and I helped 158 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: take one company public on RTO in Canada. And when 159 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: we did that, I realized very quickly there were so 160 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: many voids in this industry. Because I come from the 161 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: dental industry in that time when I where we had 162 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: real conservative approach to s ops and best practices and 163 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: raising the bar professionalism in cannabis was something I was 164 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: really interested in helping me to be a pioneer for 165 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: because I saw it there wasn't a lot of that. 166 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: I mean really a lot of guys that were pure 167 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: drug dealers now calling themselves business. Well, they didn't know, 168 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: they didn't know. They're still having a Well it's the crossover. 169 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: It's the crossover, right, they having the intelligence to actually 170 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: turn it into a business and then be an operator 171 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: versus just you know, moving, but to run it at 172 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: such keep your word and be on times and show 173 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: up with everything and just as you can be different, 174 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: right just being on time for example. But you know 175 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: in in in moving a dental product that's that's called 176 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: the CpG industry consumer package goods. So when you're working 177 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: in CpG, you have different state regulations. It was so 178 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: many crossovers that were so relative to what I was 179 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: doing in that space that it became very obvious that 180 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: we could actually work in cannabis. I learned early on 181 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: with all the regulations on advertising and marketing and you know, 182 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: you look at social media and how you're able to 183 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: actually promote your products. There was so many opportunities for 184 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: us to work with influencers and frontline bud tenders, and 185 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: I saw the bud tenders were getting a really bad 186 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: rap is being like just salesman that we're working in 187 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: these shops selling weed, and I saw a whole another 188 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: approach and we we We met this girl whose brother, 189 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: younger brother, had autism, and she had been inspired by 190 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: that show Weed by Santa Good on CNN, and she 191 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: decided to go to medical school. And I related to 192 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: that because I was a premed student. I was on 193 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: my way to medical school before I wrote that book. 194 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: So I really connected with her, and I'm like, you 195 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: guys need to have some there's some unique personalities in 196 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: either stories told that these are not just people selling weed. 197 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: These are people that actually care about making great recommendation 198 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: and to people who are actually going into legal dispensaries 199 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: and buying cannabis. So we decided, let's create this category 200 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: of awards where it's like a CNN Heroes where people 201 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: are just doing good in their community, like this girl, 202 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: or people who happen to know about the best extracts. 203 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: Like let's figure out like what these categories mean. Our 204 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: first year was last year and it was amazing, and 205 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: if you've been to our event or watching the recap 206 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: videos on our website by Tender Awards dot com or 207 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: G four live dot COM's leturgy the number four live 208 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: dot com, you'll see that it was like the Academy Awards. 209 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: I mean, people dressed up, we had teleprompter, Cyper Shill 210 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: showed up, they performed, We had a Lifetime Achievement Award 211 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: for Cyprus. Like it was a really cool event that 212 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 1: got a lot of attraction and more importantly, we were 213 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: the first ever cannabis event that was allowed in MGM 214 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: property or and Clark County on the Strip. Now, Mark, 215 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: we both know Chloe and Chloe had the Business Awards 216 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: and I met you actually that night, Acusan, and you 217 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,599 Speaker 1: know that was I love Chloe and she's doing a 218 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: lot of great stuff, um you know, with with her organization, 219 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: and but you know it's like to have that have 220 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: that experience. To be the first ever cannabis event to 221 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: be allowed and MGM property was a really big deal. 222 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: And we are now worked very closely with MGM. That's awesome. 223 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: And how hard was that? I mean, well there wasn't 224 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: supposed to be. Yah. We make our own. We make 225 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: our own situations. Where I was you know, you know, 226 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: being a part of that that movement. And first, you know, 227 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: I want to commend you for for the the structure 228 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: of how you laid that out. I mean, a lot 229 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 1: of these people do have real um feelings and they 230 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 1: care about patients and they really do. And a lot 231 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: of people miss that moving into this space that the 232 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: education level of of what the outside people see is oh, 233 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: you're just doing it for the money or or you know, yeah, 234 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: you're a bud doer and they think it's a joke. 235 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: They don't they don't really take it serious. And we 236 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: we had a previous show about how you know, it's 237 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 1: kind of it's kind of sucks when you walk into 238 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: a dispensary or to a facility and you know more 239 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: than the people in there. I mean, granted, we're in 240 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: front of a lot to people, so we get to hear, 241 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, from doctors and politicians and you know, growers 242 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: everything about plants and whatnot. But when you walk into 243 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: a store and you've got these uneducated people that are 244 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 1: just like, well, this is good to give a bad 245 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: rap to bud tenders, and it sucks that one bad apple. 246 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: So there's there's a need for what you're doing, you know, 247 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: and and understanding that highlight them too, right, because now 248 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: it gives other people a target. When we talked about remember, 249 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: Craig never was like I don't really care about a 250 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: bud tender, Craig, like before you actually went, I didn't care, 251 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: but you didn't have a I really have no need 252 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: to go into storefronts at this point until and then 253 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: slipped on and then he literally this dog, my dog, 254 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: my dogs like this big, I mean as as big 255 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: as your hand, as big as my nose, and he 256 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: took me down. The other day was Friday. He had 257 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: just pete in the hallway and I have tile and 258 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: I just my right leg went out and I happened 259 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: to have a whole left handful of glass tips I 260 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: was bringing from my bedroom to the kitchen to clean. 261 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: And as my leg went out, I I cradled these 262 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: glass tips like if you have a drink and you fall, 263 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: you crack everything, but you saved the drink. I went 264 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: down on my left side of my arm was like 265 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: dead arm. I couldn't move it, and I decided, you 266 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: know what, my mom was out of uh painkillers and 267 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: muscle relaxers, so I figured I want to wait for 268 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: that sounds like she's your dealer. She can be from 269 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: time to time. And I went to a random legal 270 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: store in Long Beach and the bud tender was great. 271 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I asked, I told her what I needed. 272 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: What I wanted. I needed a strong cream. She got 273 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 1: me a three to one three three tight c to 274 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: one CBD. She gave me some of the choices. I 275 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 1: got some edibles which I don't normally eat. Um dost 276 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 1: those out pretty good. But she was great. I mean 277 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: I even told her and we just talked about bud 278 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: tenders a matter of fact. That being said, can Craig 279 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: nominate somebody like that for the bud ten Rewards? Are? 280 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: How did these bud tenders get nominated? But let's take 281 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: a break and come back with that answer. That sounds great. 282 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Cannabis Talk one on one. Alongside of 283 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: me is who Joe Yes, and we're talking to Keith Allen, 284 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: who's the CEO of bud Tender Awards dot com and 285 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: G four Live. That's the letter G the number four 286 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: live dot com. Check out all the videos of all 287 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: the amazing events that happened at the show. But as 288 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: we were talking, right now. Recently, is this the call 289 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: that we're supposed to take it with my buddy who 290 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: I was talking about, who I think bought it, call 291 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: him back to see if it isn't get him on. 292 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: But I thought that was the name of your book, 293 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: A hundred and one of the world's most effective pickup on. 294 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,719 Speaker 1: Find out if he did. Text him and find that out. 295 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: But as we were running before we went to was 296 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: that random call? Yeah, he just randomly randomly called. There's 297 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: no random thing. There's no I hope it's It's gonna 298 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: be great because has the chosen a little bit. I 299 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: want to hear some of the best pickup lines too, 300 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: so I gotta hear a good ten of them that 301 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,559 Speaker 1: we could all use again. I don't know where any 302 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: of us are gonna use him, but I'm sure Mark 303 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: will find a place. But before we went to break, 304 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: big Brother was saying how he finally met a bud tender. 305 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 1: Because the funny part about that is before we did 306 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: the segment, he just showed no interest because, like you said, 307 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: You're like, what do you mean? And then I go, oh, 308 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: we're having this guy come on the show named Keith 309 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: down who's having the bud Tender Awards, and he was like, oh, whatever, 310 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: I don't really have to go to these so bud tenders. 311 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: I don't really know what you always say everything kind 312 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: of pissy, right, So he was being kind of pissy 313 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: about it, and then he finally went and he liked somebody, 314 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: which is even added itself that he likes. He actually 315 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: actually last year, I took the oldest guy in her 316 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,239 Speaker 1: motorcycle club, who's got to be in his early early seventies, 317 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: to get tinsture for his mom, who was in a 318 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: huge amount of pain. And I actually for the first 319 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: time he had ever been into a um a pot 320 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: shop so to speak. And uh, and they were great. 321 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: They were able to give him stuff that his mom 322 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: could use. It wasn't super strong. They gave a lot 323 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: of advice. I mean, so, yeah, they're there. You're just 324 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: changing your tew in front of Keith Allen. Oh, I'm 325 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: just it was a little different. Two right, Blue, Am 326 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: I wrong? Those are the last two times in five 327 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: years I've had Am I wrong? Was he talking a 328 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: little like, oh, whatever, you know, I get my I 329 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: get my weed from Blue To be honest with not 330 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: only yeah, how I's already interrupted in the background, Dave. 331 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: Dave say hello, all right, so this is my best 332 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: friend Dave and back. He purchased this book called the 333 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: Best one and one Pickup Lines, right, Dave? I think 334 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: it was something like that. I don't know, a hundred 335 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: and one of the world's most effective pickup lines. Does 336 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: that sound familiar, Dave? Dave? Does that sound yes, Well, 337 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: we're interviewing the gentleman who wrote it and we're on 338 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: the air. Dave. Yeah, I remember you had that book. 339 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: You know why? He remembers he tried them all? How 340 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: many times you get laid hey, and you're now on 341 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: cannabis talk one on one. That is so funny. But 342 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: my point that we're alluding to right before we broke, 343 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: how does Craig nominate this person who finally really helped 344 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: him out? And he was so impressed he came back 345 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: to the office. I think he was just like so overwhelmed. 346 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: Which is great that we feel happy that somebody could help. 347 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: You know, every patient should have that experience and look 348 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: to qualify. I will tell you that last year when 349 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: we had our awards, uh, we ended up within one 350 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: month of our having a hundred thousand visits to our website. 351 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: In four weeks we had twelve thousand nominations. Just to 352 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: put some scope on that makes it to how much 353 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: people were really gravitating towards this idea of hey, look, 354 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: you know, we may think this one thing about bud tenders, 355 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: but as soon as you have that one experience where 356 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: you go and you meet somebody whatever their title is, 357 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: and they helped you find something that really fit your needs, 358 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: become grateful for that. And that's just the human connection 359 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: we have with people when we do anything in this world. 360 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: So UM to do that, you would go to bud 361 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: Tender Awards dot com and you can nominate a bud tender. UM. 362 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: Once the bud tenders have been nominated, we then reach 363 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: out to the shop and we let them know that 364 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: one of the bud tenders has been nominated, and then 365 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: we put them into the pile and people start voting 366 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: a couple of months prior. Now are there are there 367 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: different things that they're voting onto that bud tender. So 368 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: let's break down the categories of how that works out 369 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,439 Speaker 1: for them. So we have like the CBD Award, we 370 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: have the UH the like an Achievement Award for people 371 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: that are doing different things. In the extract ward the 372 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,640 Speaker 1: seven ten Award, uh, we basically have ten different categories 373 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: for different things that the bud Tender can be nominated 374 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: for UM and there's no shortage of people that are 375 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: looking for more categories. So even now on our on 376 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: our social media UM, which is simply bud Tender Awards, UH, 377 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: we have a bud Tender of the Week. So we're 378 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: taking people right now and giving them that that acknowledgment. 379 00:17:55,880 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 1: Now from the young cat to the old cat, it 380 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's awesome. I love what you guys are doing, 381 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: so you know, it's really cool. Really. I was just 382 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: gonna say, is that if you go to like Apothecary 383 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: or Planet thirteen for example in Vegas, like Rocky and 384 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: Planet thirteen one an award and it's like they bring 385 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: their awards to work and they hang them up and 386 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: it's already so proud of that acknowledge they should be. 387 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: I mean, damn, it's not an easy award to get. No, 388 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: it's not. And it's a new field. So when you 389 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 1: first started getting into this bud Tender award and you 390 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: had the idea to do this, what were some of 391 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: the legal obstacles that you had to go through or 392 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: things that you are in a question and then fascinated 393 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: with the law. In fact, one of the things we 394 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: also own, as we own the phone number one y 395 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: high which is dead. There's nothing going on with a bit. 396 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: I tend on doing something within there is well, I 397 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: mean because I'm fascinated with the laws as it pertains 398 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 1: to cannabis. I mean personally I am. So for us, 399 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: it was like one of those things where we went 400 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: to MGM. This is a great example. We went to 401 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: MGM um their general counsel for the entire property for 402 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 1: the entire company is his names Ed Maholland. And we 403 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: worked with Ed because of the farm but lack we 404 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: we we pushed hard and they allowed us to actually 405 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: sell sample and distribute HEMP a CBD on property. That 406 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: was another first, which is its groundbreaking. Yeah yeah, congentulations. 407 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 1: So the thing it was just such uncharted territory and 408 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: MGM was scratching their head and because we did it 409 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 1: at Mandalai Bay which is an MGM property and those 410 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: don't know they own twenty five properties on the strip. 411 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: Um they they were trying to figure it out with us. 412 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: It was It was a cool collaboration because one of 413 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: my partners is an attorney um and we just went 414 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: back and forth and we figured out, hey, look we're 415 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: carving the rules here working together with their team, and 416 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: they were very pro cannabis in the sense of like, hey, look, 417 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: we're not gonna mess with our gaming license and we're 418 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: not advocating cannabas, but we are leaning into what is 419 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: happening in the world, and we're not We're not dumb, 420 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: we know what's happening. We're moving forward. Yea, and their 421 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 1: whole team over there is phenomenal. I have to say, 422 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 1: we've been able to work with the top top grass 423 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: over there. But there the pool, you know, you know 424 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: being there, I mean when you were there, right, you 425 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: have to have that thought people are smoking, this is 426 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: going on and you start to feel that did you 427 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: feel pressure, like, oh, ship, we're gonna get show down 428 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: because I know those those feelings come you know at 429 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: the convention's gonna go outside and they're gonna smoke on 430 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: that patio. What it is? You know, You're just like, no, 431 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: they're gonna be good boys. I'll tell you the short 432 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: version of this story. I did an interview for I 433 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,159 Speaker 1: didn't even know. I did so many interviews prior to 434 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,959 Speaker 1: the event, and I did. Now I know it's Las 435 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: Vegas Review Journal and they casino dot org had picked 436 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: up that article and misquoted me and said that we 437 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: were gonna be handing out cannabis and an MGM property. 438 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: And I said, we're gonna be doing CBD ba CD, 439 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:28,719 Speaker 1: like I just said, you guys, I got a call 440 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: from Jim Murin's office, who was the president CEO of MGM, 441 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: or he just left recently, but he got a call 442 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: from his Officely, we gotta we got an issue here. 443 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 1: You guys are saying you're giving up weed at our property. 444 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: We're not so needless to say, I'll fast fast track 445 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: the story. We knew that we couldn't have consumption on property. 446 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: We had off property parties. We had a party at 447 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 1: Mike Tyson's house. Um, we did some really cool things 448 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: where we had like you know, Quali Puff, who was 449 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: a big influencer with almost a million followers. She was 450 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: She's Angela. Yeah, she was broadcasting live streaming live from 451 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: Mike Tyson's house. And it was a really cool event. 452 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: But we didn't advocate cannabis on property and MGM, that's 453 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: how we did it, and so we diversified the event. Um. 454 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: But when we did that, we uh, we were very 455 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: careful to go back and make sure that we knew 456 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: that everybody MGM knew that we were not doing that. 457 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: In fact, day one of our event, we got greeted 458 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: by eighteen suits who came up the escalator, me and 459 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: my partner and it was Chuck Bowling, president and CEO 460 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: of Mandalay Bay, all their general counsel I mean, chief 461 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: compliance officer. It was like the whole group and we 462 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: were just faced about how these suits and it was 463 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: one of the most uncomfortable and yet kind of cool 464 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 1: moments of my life. I'm like, we're making noise? Did 465 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: we did? We did? We? Did? We mess this up? 466 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: But but the moral of the story was they walked 467 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: to our event. Half hour later, I'm standing next to 468 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: Chuck Bowling and I see him standing there kind of 469 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: in the corner of looking at the event. He's kind 470 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: of checking it all out. And I walk up next time, 471 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: I go, what do you think? And he goes, well, 472 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: because I gotta take Keith because we didn't know what 473 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: to expect, and this is the first, and people from 474 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: Win We're showing up to see us and like talk 475 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: everybody would everybody wants to but because nobody in this 476 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: I never done anything like this. We had people from 477 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: all the properties coming over and you know, it was, yeah, 478 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: it was interested. But I asked Chuck and I go, 479 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: what do you think? And he goes, well, we didn't 480 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: know what to expect. But because I gotta take Keith, 481 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: I'm really proud of what you guys have done here 482 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: and we're proud to be your partners. So when's the 483 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,959 Speaker 1: next one? That's what I was just going ahead. So 484 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: we're gonna have him an event February sixteenth, th ninete 485 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: at Mandalaid Bay. Again it is it's the G four 486 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: Live event. We did G four Live because G four 487 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: Live g S Dance for Global four is the four 488 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: corners of the cannabis universe were inclusive. We want to 489 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: make sure everybody from cultivation, seed to sail, everybody in 490 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: the whole space is invited to this thing. It's not 491 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: like we're trying to, you know, pick one section of 492 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: the industry, because we know this industry is growing and 493 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: new sectors are being created every day. So and then 494 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: live because the event is from morning until night. We 495 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 1: have all these parties and off property on property. Uh. 496 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: Like I said, last year, we had uh we had 497 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: taken over a late night club at Mandalaid Bay and uh, 498 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: you know we had Cyperusul performing. It was really cool. 499 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 1: That's more of a business style event, but it's going 500 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: to be really cool' gonna have a big party, the 501 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: big one in September of twenty one. Because the coronavirus, 502 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: it's obviously tough to throw a big event, but we're 503 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: doing the September event. Uh, September th October two. It's 504 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: a Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Um. We have taken over the 505 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: event center at Mandalay Bay, which holds fifteen thousand people. 506 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 1: I can't say who the artist is is performing, but 507 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: is an a list. Everybody knows Joe's got a dance. 508 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: It's a dance. Joe's doing a dance. So we've got 509 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: the event center, and then we've also taken over the 510 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: whole entire Mandalai Bay Pool, which holds five thousand people. 511 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: Were trying a concert at the pool to open up 512 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: the entire event, so we're book ending it with content. 513 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, don't let me spoil it, bro borderline psychic. 514 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 1: I don't know if they've told you. We were reacentally 515 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: created this sort of south By Southwest for cannabis. We 516 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: have film screenings, documentary screenings. Some of my friends at 517 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: some of the biggest online streaming companies in the world 518 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: will be there. Uh, some of the biggest film companies 519 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: in the world will be there. Uh. Tons of a 520 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 1: list people that are involved in cannabis will be there. 521 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: All confirmed. This is going to be a massive event. 522 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: We're expecting over twenty people in September, and I would 523 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: sure say that this is going to take out or 524 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: at least compete with m J Bizcomubate Major. Well. I 525 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: can't wait for us to be okay. Yes, we were 526 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: all wanting to listening to this call. Hello, this is Mark. Hello, counsel, 527 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: this is alright, your on speaker found in the judges 528 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: on the bench. Thank you very much. Thank you this 529 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: meat or the council, your parents for the reference. Yes, 530 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: Mark Wasserman appearing for named nine the best Evan. Thank you, 531 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: Mr Wasserman. Looks like that people thought the person w 532 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: into complaints, so we have that available as well as 533 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: discovery at this time. You used to wait for reading 534 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: of that person into complaint or setting up for time waiver. Um. Yeah, 535 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: well we can enter the plea and do a time 536 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: waiver and set it over for pre trial. Um. I 537 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: can arrange to uh have someone pick up the discovery 538 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: and the amended complaint and probably sometime next week. Perfect, 539 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: So wait for waking at a mid a complaint, say 540 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: mc concert vice in putting Vitter's novel services rights denying 541 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: any fires. They have a special allegations at this time 542 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: not guilty, Yes, your honor? Perfect? What pree child do? 543 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: Because you have in mind? How far are you going out? 544 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 1: Going up some kind of new to late October? Did 545 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: you like? Okay? I would like October. If that works, 546 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: that works, that's the perfect case. Alright October at okay? 547 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: Um the expected disposition on that day? Um, I don't know. 548 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to have to look at the discovery and see. 549 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: Oh I thought that I thought you had telepath tea. 550 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm not that good, your honor. I'm getting there though. Okay. 551 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: People have at this time yes, or are event to 552 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: complaint out of the prior d us is currently on 553 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: du probation. How to slendo for the same d U, 554 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: I grows, um, so the people who are going to 555 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: be asking for this defendit to either do any we're 556 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: going to roll in the program as a complete kind 557 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: of a war and our offer is a physic count 558 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: I didn't catch that offer. Three on the invented complaints, 559 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: admitting the prior duy for four year crobations from around 560 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: and the high I D and reverend license for the 561 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: un Okay, alright, I got all that down, and I 562 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: will talk to my client about that and UH review 563 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: the discovery and I can reach out to the people 564 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: maybe in a week or two after that to see 565 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 1: if we can dispo before we come to court. I'm 566 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: sorry the mandatory regarding discovery and it's just the complaints 567 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: of the first files of the office. So if you 568 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: wanted to stop by there when you come, I think 569 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: discovery okay, So I can get all discovery at the 570 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: d a's office and then I'm sorry, you said ninety 571 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: six hours of jail, right, So just the clorification. There 572 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: is discovery in the court file, which would be the 573 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 1: first amented complaints and the wating a complaint with police 574 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: reports pluck some additional discovery in the DA office got you. Okay, 575 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: So I'll need to come to the courtroom to pick 576 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: up the discovery and then the d a's office to 577 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,919 Speaker 1: pick up the rest of it. Is that correct? Correct? Okay, 578 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: I'm sorry what department? All right, very good, I have 579 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: all that, your honor, and uh probably be in some 580 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: time next week to get that great. Thank you, Council Taxa. Likewise, 581 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: thank you, big shot. Hung up. Normally hours we have 582 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: to drive the court wait two hours and then but 583 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: because of Corona, Thank you Keith for understanding. I'm glad 584 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: we've prept your saying Marks rating for a very important call. 585 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 1: And we actually had this conversation before we got on 586 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: the show. Say, Mark, let's take this call on the 587 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: air so that people could see what you guys have 588 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: to go through and here to defend something. Yeah, to 589 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: here and want to elaborate on what this. So, this 590 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 1: is a client who has picked up for a d 591 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: u I alcohol d u I and he had a 592 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: prior du I, right, and so when they first filed 593 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: it both alcohol. Yeah, they didn't catch the prior and 594 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,719 Speaker 1: we already planned out he's on probation and that's when 595 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: until right now, I'd tell right now and when they 596 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: said they met you heard him. They amended the complaint 597 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: to add the fact that he had a prior because 598 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: that's an additional charge and and that's why he gonna 599 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: have to do six hours in jail. That's not bad. 600 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: Probably out the back door. Yeah, they'll look in and 601 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: at that point you say, you take that and take 602 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: it with a grit assault like thank you. Certain I 603 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: have another So but like the judge was asking, will 604 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: it dispo when I get there, which means will it settle? 605 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: Where're gonna settle this? And I'm like, I haven't even 606 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: looked at the discovery yet. I haven't looked at the 607 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: police report. And that's where she liked that. The judges 608 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: normally not nice. She said a nice she's she was 609 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: very nice. Give and take it to hit her. Miss. 610 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: We'll well, we're live on air with Keith Allan, CEO 611 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: of bud Tenders Award dot com and G four Live 612 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: dot com. You can find them online at bud Tenders 613 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: Awards dot com. And I want to kind of fly 614 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: back over to two when we were discussing about your 615 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: event and throwing these events and and you know we 616 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: we if you look over here, we host them events 617 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: ourselves and you know, the kid right here is pretty 618 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: good if you need a good host. You know, thank 619 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: you for saying that about me. Wait talking about me. Yeah, 620 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: you're the You're the You're the we bring you up 621 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: on stage and make you look you know, and I go, 622 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: we definitely want you guys that these events is sixt year. Yeah, 623 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: you would be great because when we come there, we 624 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: do all the interviews that we've been at a lot 625 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: of expos and we have a great like you're here 626 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: on the stage right now, it just makes it for 627 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: a great you know, everything that you're doing sounds and 628 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: part of what we could be a part of it. 629 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: And only that I think what you're doing though, is 630 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: it's it's you're feeling avoid man. There's just people that 631 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: really need to have the the the they need to 632 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: have the ability to understand what's going on in the industry, 633 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: and so without like the exposure to it, they just 634 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: don't know what's going on. I mean, there's so many 635 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: people that are just so blind to it and to 636 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: acknowledge the good ones. Yeah, and all of the stuff 637 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: that we're adding all the little it's a whole new 638 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: job classification. I mean, I've never existed before. I mean 639 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: when you know, on the old days, you you had 640 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: a shop and people worked there and they were basically 641 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: the drugs Show never happened before. I mean, it's just 642 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: face right. So now that we can go can say 643 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio is also presented with Cannabis Talk one 644 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: on one. But but Tender Awards we're here and you know, 645 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: to that point, I just want you guys to know 646 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: we've taken it a step further where we now have 647 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: brand certification programs. So there's gonna be an opportunity at 648 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: the award show and at the expo this uh, both 649 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: of these coming up, one in February, one in September, 650 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: where we're gonna have like CE credits where people can 651 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: go sit down and they can be trained on different 652 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: brands and what it means to actually represent that brand. 653 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: I was supposed to just saying well that has a 654 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: good name, I'm going to sell that. It's like you're 655 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: gonna be um, you know, I'm gonna pick a brand 656 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: that I like. Rove your rove certified. So now all 657 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you know what does that mean? Well, 658 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: if you're going and getting out and filled an application, 659 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: at the shop you can say, well, you sell rob 660 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: Robe certified or whatever brand is. So there's gonna be 661 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,160 Speaker 1: a whole certification programs where people going to understand everything 662 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: about the profiles of these different products and why they're 663 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,239 Speaker 1: recommending it to a customer. Something you guys are doing, 664 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: because that sounds so awesome to educate. That's something you guys. 665 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: We've organized that, and there's been a couple of other 666 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: bigger name companies that are out there that I won't 667 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: mention that have picked up on that because we know 668 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: some of the same people and they're they've kind of 669 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: taken a spin at it. But what we're coming out 670 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: with is so comprehensive. And you know, I have to 671 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: say not to pat myself in the back, but after 672 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: being the CEO of a company for seven years that was, 673 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: you know, a global company, I definitely understand how to 674 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: do things better than most people do. And that's not 675 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: something I'm bragging about. I just understand operations, yeah, and 676 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: it's good to do that. And when you do something 677 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: like that too, it lets all the other companies should 678 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: want to jump aboard this and say you know what, yes, 679 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: let you handle this so that we don't have to 680 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: take on a certain dynamic where you can certify them. 681 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: If we give you everything that we want these people 682 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: to learn, it's a win win for everyone. But I'm 683 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 1: looking at it. If I have you know, Joe grands 684 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: CBD or Joe Grandees, whatever it is, I say, here 685 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: you go keep let me show you all the things 686 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: that I want. These people don't know about my product. 687 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: Teach them this and you go perfect and now you're certified. 688 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,959 Speaker 1: It's like a win win for everyone. It's great for everybody. 689 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: And then on top of that, you know, one of 690 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: the things that we've and you guys know this, is 691 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,719 Speaker 1: that this industry has been a bare knuckle fist fight 692 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: and people are just brawling at each other and it's 693 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: very exclusive and everybody wants to talk crap about the 694 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: next guy. We're very inclusive and saying, look, you know, 695 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: we're not trying to take something away from someone else 696 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: to do also do CE credits or brand certification programs. 697 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: We're just collaborating with people. In fact, we have one 698 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 1: of our one of our we have a bunch of 699 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: great speakers that are gonna be doing keynotes. But one 700 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 1: of the guys is a guy named Dave Tireman has 701 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: nothing to do with cannabis. He helped create the Polo 702 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: brand with Ralph Lauren. But it's like talking about brand 703 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 1: brand Is that again? Yeah? I was like what, But 704 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: I mean to have these different kinds of influences come 705 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:34,719 Speaker 1: in where it's not it's not exclusive just weed or cannabis. 706 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: It's like we're talking about bringing educating people into creating 707 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: a new industry that needs to grow up in some ways. 708 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: If it's really going to go where we all wanted 709 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 1: to go. It's just weird to think the whole grow 710 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: up line, because part of that makes me go damn. 711 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: It still has that image sometimes, but you know, it's 712 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 1: growing so much and so many acquisitions of different companies 713 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: buying bigger companies, and then you find these companies that 714 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 1: are so big and quote unquote grown up, but then 715 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: they look like jerk offs by spending too much money 716 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: and utilizing the money in the wrong way. So sometimes 717 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: it's a catch twenty two. Well, if I can add this, 718 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 1: you know, one of my good friends is a guy 719 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: named Mark Russ. Mark Russ is a guy who you 720 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: know works securely and he came from ed Bowl. This 721 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: is a guy that has you know, fifteen plus years 722 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: of experience and working in other industry. But he's not 723 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: one of those guys that's so buttoned up that he's 724 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 1: making it bad. He he understands what it means to 725 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,359 Speaker 1: go into a company and vertically integrate and do these 726 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: things the right way. And if you look at the 727 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: C suite guys that are coming into the space, those 728 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: are the guys that are making the difference. Sure, they're 729 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,320 Speaker 1: they're they're they're more sophisticated operators. Again, you know, I 730 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: think what's happened out there is you you got these 731 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: guys to come in with with weed money, and then 732 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: if you don't have the combination of both, there's a big, 733 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: you know disconnect there. You know, you talk about a 734 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,720 Speaker 1: national rollout in the campaign, you know, into into the states, 735 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: and we we have an education platform prior to this, 736 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 1: you know, not prior to the show, but alongside of 737 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,759 Speaker 1: this that we were that were running in uh, we're 738 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,440 Speaker 1: operating in twenty nine states and you know, I was 739 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: closing thousands of people a week in every city, you know, 740 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: just for cannabis. But I was running radio in twenty 741 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 1: nine different states, and I was you know, creating this 742 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: huge operation and then all of a sudden coronavirus hits 743 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: and we're, you know, at our knees. You know, there's 744 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: no more seminars, there's no more education, there's no more 745 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 1: so so again, going back to this, it's a scary proposition, 746 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 1: even for you. I think, you know, coming in into February, 747 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: you know, we're praying that November at all ends, right, 748 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 1: you know, you know, But but even if it doesn't, 749 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,279 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people still moving forward. I believe 750 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: there's the white label expos coming, and there's conventions are 751 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: still going. People like, we're going to continue doing this. 752 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: And I was literally talking to the guys, I can't 753 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,479 Speaker 1: wait to get back to the convention scene and start 754 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 1: getting out to to interact with people again, even if 755 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: we have to weather mask. You just damn said, yeah. 756 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, pretty soon we're just going to 757 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,879 Speaker 1: all live in our own little bubbles and walk around 758 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 1: in a bubble. But are you getting any heat for 759 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 1: throwing the advance? There's anybody trying to come down. But 760 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: I mean even the pre have dates. I mean, you 761 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: got your first date coming up February, granted just in 762 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,839 Speaker 1: case are a little little little fact is we were 763 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,000 Speaker 1: supposed to have our big event September seventeenth and the 764 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,799 Speaker 1: nineteenth next month. I had to push it, um. So yeah, 765 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,280 Speaker 1: we took some heat. But when we canceled or postponed, 766 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,839 Speaker 1: I should say the event, we had so many people 767 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: reach out to us and go just they're so bum 768 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,719 Speaker 1: They already got their tickets, like every news, so dying 769 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: to be there because last year we had such an 770 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,800 Speaker 1: amazing event um that it created a great buzz about it. 771 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: I mean not only I mean not only from We 772 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,400 Speaker 1: don't do our expo the way other people do it. 773 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,759 Speaker 1: We didn't have rows of booths. We had like if 774 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 1: you looked at it from above, there was triangles. It 775 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,840 Speaker 1: was a lounge. We had like nitrogen popcorn. We had 776 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,760 Speaker 1: a donut wall, three D step and repeat, street tacos 777 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,359 Speaker 1: like we had this. Bars were all open, I mean 778 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 1: for we serve breakfast, lunch and snack comped and we 779 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: had like chocolate cover bacon and like for tadas. Like 780 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,640 Speaker 1: we spent a lot of money on our food because 781 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: we want people to go what is this? Where am I? 782 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: This is not love that? Yeah, I want to eat 783 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 1: something good. So people were excited to come right and 784 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,359 Speaker 1: want to come back. Yeah, I want to come back. 785 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,320 Speaker 1: I feel like February is enough time for us to 786 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,320 Speaker 1: get treatments in place. And I don't know the vaccine 787 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 1: is going to be as important as a treatment not 788 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:19,759 Speaker 1: to dive into coronavirus or COVID, but being is like, yeah, 789 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: I think that we're going to be in a good 790 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: place for February, and for sure September one is going 791 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,320 Speaker 1: to be a really big, big event. I wish I 792 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: could say who the band is. It's performing and there's 793 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,399 Speaker 1: a couple of them, but there it's just gonna be incredible. 794 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 1: So are you taking it anywhere else? What's the bigger plan? 795 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 1: Because taking over Vegas is it's pretty big? Can I 796 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:45,000 Speaker 1: get me? I can't say no, matter what, I'll put 797 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 1: it this way. One of the biggest current and has 798 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,919 Speaker 1: been around for a while rock bands in the entire world. 799 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:55,719 Speaker 1: Wink at me if I get it right A Lincoln Park, 800 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: I can't. I love Jester A strong visit of rock band. 801 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 1: He said it's a great rock band. Well, I will 802 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 1: say this. I will say I will say this, not 803 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: Guns and Roses, but I will say this. Um prior 804 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: to us post punting September, we had Travis Barker who 805 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: was going to be there doing some stuff with us. 806 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: Um we were gonna have Sublime performed. There was some 807 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 1: really cool things and this is not one of This 808 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,239 Speaker 1: is not the band, but we are still intending on 809 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 1: having those guys back, especially for the beach party and 810 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,800 Speaker 1: for Light night club and the parties in general. And 811 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:28,880 Speaker 1: we know, you know, when Travis goes somewhere, he always 812 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 1: shows up and does his thing. He brings some cool 813 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,240 Speaker 1: people with him too. Well, Keith Allen, you're the CEO 814 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,840 Speaker 1: of bud Tender Awards dot com. Who else are some 815 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,439 Speaker 1: of these big keynote speakers you mentioned somebody that's gonna 816 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 1: be speaking of that brings up the brand polo that's 817 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,600 Speaker 1: just gonna educate people on how to open their mind 818 00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,800 Speaker 1: and get some brandy. Who else you got on the 819 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,719 Speaker 1: line before, Well, we got Alan sheckel Ford, who uh 820 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,760 Speaker 1: you know, is very famous for working with Sanjay Gupta 821 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,839 Speaker 1: to you know, he helped basically create the buzz around 822 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: Charlotte's Web. He was the doctor that went to bat 823 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,440 Speaker 1: and said, hey, look this is how the kids with 824 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 1: seizures and he risked losing his medical license for it. UM. 825 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: So Alan's gonna be there, He's gonna be talking about CBD. UM. 826 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:08,800 Speaker 1: So we really kind of broke things up between the 827 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 1: different categories th HC, CBD, the business aspects of this thing, laws, 828 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,880 Speaker 1: legal sides of this whole deal. Um. We've got Brandt Povitic, 829 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 1: who's a big TV producer. UH created you know, worked, 830 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,560 Speaker 1: he ran Three Ball Entertainment, Biggest Loser, he created the 831 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,399 Speaker 1: show Bar Rescue. Um. But the whole point of having 832 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,959 Speaker 1: these types of speakers there is that we're talking about 833 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,480 Speaker 1: the narrative. And when brand spoke last year, he had 834 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: this really great comparison between like alcohol and cannabis. He's 835 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,520 Speaker 1: like alcohol, He's like, you know, we've got like wine 836 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,160 Speaker 1: commercials and they've got the Clydesdale's and you've got the 837 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: doctors and the wine and the grapes and what does 838 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,200 Speaker 1: what does we have? We have like reefer madness. He's like, 839 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: the narrative is off. He's like, it's like Ferris Bueller's 840 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,200 Speaker 1: day off. It's like Ferris is alcohol and cannabis is Genie, 841 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: his sister sitting next to Charlie Sheen at police departments 842 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: were changing the narrative. By doing events like this where 843 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,040 Speaker 1: it's not it's it's it's literally balanced in the middle 844 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,279 Speaker 1: of this whole grow industry that we see an opportunity 845 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: to change the narrative of what this means. Bueler and 846 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,360 Speaker 1: we're here with Keith's at Keith Allen, CEO bud Tender's Awards. 847 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: We'll be back after this break. Welcome back to Cannabis 848 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,319 Speaker 1: Talk one oh one, Mark and Craig Pop Brothers at Law, Joe, 849 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 1: Grande and Blue and we are here with our special guest, 850 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 1: Keith Allen, CEO of bud Tender Awards dot Com. And 851 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,080 Speaker 1: of course we're gonna take a moment to thank Peanut, Pitt, 852 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: Jennifer and Elvis. Elvis has left the building, but he 853 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,480 Speaker 1: makes sure we get our prep work done. And right 854 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,160 Speaker 1: now it's the time of the show. My favorite part 855 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,280 Speaker 1: of the show, we get to do the high five 856 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: with Keith Allen Joe. Before we get to the high five, Keith, 857 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: we mentioned it earlier as one of Mark's friend bought 858 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,719 Speaker 1: your book. I want to hear at least ten of 859 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,880 Speaker 1: the top hundred and one pickup lines that you got 860 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:03,240 Speaker 1: back to you going these were the ones that really 861 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,440 Speaker 1: came back strong. Well, keep in mind, this was me 862 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,120 Speaker 1: making an observation of how ridiculous to pick up lines were, 863 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:10,839 Speaker 1: so I wrote them down. But we had like tips 864 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: on the ultimate date rejection comebacks. So, what's the opposite 865 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,400 Speaker 1: of low high, nice to meet you? You're beautiful? What 866 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,840 Speaker 1: you're you know? What's crazy that I've never heard that 867 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: before in my life? Do it again? What's the opposite 868 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,839 Speaker 1: of low hi, nice to meet you? What's the first 869 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 1: letter in the word yellow? Because I thought it'd be 870 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: a great way to start a conversation with someone as 871 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:39,240 Speaker 1: beautiful as yourself. Sorry, So here's one that really actually works, 872 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,839 Speaker 1: And I've tested this one back in my single days 873 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: and it worked really well. I make a paper rose 874 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,600 Speaker 1: out of a bar napkin, go up to a girl 875 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,799 Speaker 1: and go, excuse me. I feel a little weird walking 876 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,439 Speaker 1: up to you, but I just you know, I found 877 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 1: myself in a near death experience a few years ago. 878 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,359 Speaker 1: I did really and I promised myself that if I lived, 879 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,399 Speaker 1: I would overcome my shyness and I would just walk 880 00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,359 Speaker 1: up to you know, beautiful girl and say, I think 881 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:03,280 Speaker 1: you're beautiful, hinder the paper rose and walk away. Disappear, 882 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,320 Speaker 1: kind of sneak back around, become in view with like 883 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,200 Speaker 1: ten fifteen minutes later, and the girls like what the 884 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,759 Speaker 1: hell was that? Like was this guy? Like right there right? 885 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 1: There are three great ones? And then like, you know 886 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,719 Speaker 1: that makes my contact. If there's eye contact, you kind 887 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: of make your way back around again and just go hey, 888 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,800 Speaker 1: you know how you're doing, and and it's work works, 889 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,200 Speaker 1: Like okay, so what was your near death experience? Right? 890 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,839 Speaker 1: Just the dialogue starts and it just you make whatever 891 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,560 Speaker 1: a story of bungee jump, aby, whatever it is. You know, 892 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,200 Speaker 1: ten years later you're like, babe, you know I made 893 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:40,560 Speaker 1: that whole story up ye right right right right? So 894 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:42,320 Speaker 1: you know, those are some good ones, but there's a 895 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:47,359 Speaker 1: ton of them. Those are three greats. Some I can't 896 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,279 Speaker 1: think of anything. My best one was you know you 897 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:55,120 Speaker 1: do you have any Mexican in you know? Perfect leave 898 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,600 Speaker 1: me alone, smack me in the face. Yeah, that's almost 899 00:42:58,640 --> 00:42:59,920 Speaker 1: like the one what do you say we have a 900 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 1: pready invite your pants down? Yeah, everybody is Craig, what 901 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,400 Speaker 1: about yourge? What was your go to? You had to 902 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,240 Speaker 1: have some good ones back in the day. I don't recall. 903 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,719 Speaker 1: Come on, Mr U C l A. Hey, you want 904 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,520 Speaker 1: to go to did he Reese? With me? I had 905 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:14,880 Speaker 1: did he Reese? Did he rees? Was it there when 906 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,640 Speaker 1: you recording? U c l A. Did he Reese? You 907 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,160 Speaker 1: don't know what did he Reese? Is? Isn't did he Reese? 908 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:20,960 Speaker 1: The ice cream spot? That's there by U c l A. 909 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,800 Speaker 1: The ice cream sandwich spot? Remember he went in the fifties. 910 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,719 Speaker 1: Oh sorry, it must be a new it's been around 911 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 1: for the last thirty years. My bad. Well now it 912 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,120 Speaker 1: is time. Well hold on blue, what is your go 913 00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,399 Speaker 1: to a mark pick up? My go to pick up line? 914 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,440 Speaker 1: It's been so long. I know me too, That's what 915 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,680 Speaker 1: I'm saying. I had to put for me, honestly, like 916 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,800 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't really think I had like a 917 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,719 Speaker 1: huge problem just walking the Hey what's up? Yeah, like 918 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,200 Speaker 1: you know what's going on? What are you doing? Like? 919 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:51,040 Speaker 1: Come with me? Yeah? Bang, and somebody's gonna say yes 920 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:55,360 Speaker 1: right when a bank no mine that I used to 921 00:43:55,480 --> 00:44:00,040 Speaker 1: use five punchers in a yes yeah my my But 922 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,920 Speaker 1: here was my go to was, hey, do you like jazz? 923 00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,960 Speaker 1: And then and then if they said yes, I have 924 00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:09,880 Speaker 1: this great thing and my blah blah blah or I 925 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:11,959 Speaker 1: know this place right around the corner where they played jazz, 926 00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,000 Speaker 1: and we would go there if they said, no, I 927 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 1: know this place based around the corner, You're gonna love it. 928 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:21,359 Speaker 1: They hate jazz, that's it. Well, you know, I think 929 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to buy a copy. I'm gonna ask 930 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,840 Speaker 1: your buddy for that coffee marker with Keith Allen, the 931 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,040 Speaker 1: CEO of bud Tender Awards dot com and it's now 932 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,840 Speaker 1: time for the High five. Keith, how old are you 933 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,759 Speaker 1: the first time you smoked? And where'd you get it? From? 934 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:36,200 Speaker 1: Thirteen years old? And I was at my house with 935 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,000 Speaker 1: my brother and my sister and they were I was 936 00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:39,799 Speaker 1: kind of like their hamster experiment. They were just staring 937 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,960 Speaker 1: at me to go, what's gonna happen? And that's You're 938 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 1: born and raised in l A, right, so it's out here. 939 00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:47,560 Speaker 1: Oh that's awesome. Question number two, what is your favorite 940 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:54,279 Speaker 1: way to use cannabis vape? Nice and easy? Question number 941 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,800 Speaker 1: three of the High five with Keith Allen, CEO of 942 00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,479 Speaker 1: bud Tenders Award dot com and G four Live dot com. 943 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:05,440 Speaker 1: Craziest place you've ever used or smoked cannabis? Emergency room? 944 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:10,320 Speaker 1: What you know? I was in Santa Monica with my 945 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,120 Speaker 1: brother and a bunch of friends, and he had this 946 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,440 Speaker 1: new jeep and we drove down their tops off of 947 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,160 Speaker 1: the summertime right, and we met some girls and we 948 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,160 Speaker 1: were all going to go back to my apartment in 949 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,800 Speaker 1: Santa Monica and just all hang out in smoke, and 950 00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:22,800 Speaker 1: that was kind of like the whole goal. And so 951 00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:24,880 Speaker 1: we all crammed in the back of this jeep. And 952 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:25,920 Speaker 1: you know, if you've ever been in the back of 953 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,840 Speaker 1: a jeep Wrangler, it's not a big seat. And you know, 954 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,000 Speaker 1: because I was sitting kind of like up on the 955 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,960 Speaker 1: back of the seat. We're driving through those parking structures 956 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,400 Speaker 1: and near the third Street promenade and I sit up 957 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:39,080 Speaker 1: to adjust my belt, hit my head on the sme like, 958 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,520 Speaker 1: I put my hand, I'm like and I'm like, I'm okay, 959 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,319 Speaker 1: I'm okay, I'm okay. And I took my hand away 960 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:46,280 Speaker 1: and all sud They're like, no, you're not, starts gushing 961 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:48,480 Speaker 1: blood out. So they take this towel from the back 962 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:49,920 Speaker 1: of the on the floor of the jeep and they 963 00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:51,040 Speaker 1: put it on my head and we're got to get 964 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,200 Speaker 1: you the r So we jam up the street on 965 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,680 Speaker 1: well Shure there's a r up there and we get 966 00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,360 Speaker 1: into the emergency room. I still have the towel on. 967 00:45:57,719 --> 00:45:59,719 Speaker 1: They bring me into the room and you know, they 968 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:01,840 Speaker 1: were moved the towel and as they removed the towel, 969 00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,959 Speaker 1: this pipe and a lighter falls off onto the floor. 970 00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:06,759 Speaker 1: And my brother is sitting with me and we both 971 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:12,520 Speaker 1: look at the doctor and we're like, so then he goes, 972 00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:14,160 Speaker 1: I'll be right back, and then and I'm like, dude, 973 00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:16,360 Speaker 1: let's lint that ship right now, part of my laguage. 974 00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,160 Speaker 1: So so so, so we ended up just kind of 975 00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:21,160 Speaker 1: hitting it right there. And then you know, we didn't 976 00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:22,759 Speaker 1: pay attention when anybody smelted it or not, but it 977 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:31,080 Speaker 1: was it was alright. Keith Allan question number four of 978 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,279 Speaker 1: the Cannabis Talk one on one High five. What is 979 00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,520 Speaker 1: your go to munchies when you get high? Hands down? 980 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,200 Speaker 1: Peanut butter, soft bake cookies and cookies and cream by 981 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:44,839 Speaker 1: hogging dude, you say that again? And the ice cream. Yeah, 982 00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:46,640 Speaker 1: it's got to go both because cookies and cream already 983 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:48,880 Speaker 1: has the oreo, right, but I like to spice it 984 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:50,359 Speaker 1: up a little bit and add some of those soft 985 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:52,840 Speaker 1: baked peanut butter cookies. You mash it all up and 986 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,520 Speaker 1: put it together like the cookie, put it on top 987 00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,239 Speaker 1: and kind of stabbed my spoon through it like a 988 00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:00,120 Speaker 1: fat guy at heart. But but I have to take 989 00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:01,000 Speaker 1: the hogg and I was and put it in the 990 00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:03,160 Speaker 1: microa for like twelve seconds to get soft and kind 991 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:08,000 Speaker 1: of nice. I think I'm to try that tonight. Wake up, 992 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:13,239 Speaker 1: he's over there. He fell asleep. Question number five, If 993 00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:17,520 Speaker 1: you could smoke cannabis with anyone dead are alive, who 994 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:20,040 Speaker 1: would it be and why? Well, I'm fortunate to answer 995 00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:21,920 Speaker 1: this question and saying I've already done this. But I 996 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,680 Speaker 1: got to smoke with Mike Tyson and that was pretty 997 00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,319 Speaker 1: epic that happened. We're a new will out and uh 998 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:29,799 Speaker 1: in Nevada out there at the Indian Reservation and they 999 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:31,800 Speaker 1: were having an event for Tyson Ranch and I was 1000 00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,359 Speaker 1: there with them, and we're actually promoting the first bud 1001 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,600 Speaker 1: Tender Awards because we had Tyson Ranch as a sponsor, 1002 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:38,680 Speaker 1: and I just got to hang with Mike. It was 1003 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,520 Speaker 1: really cool. And now is there anybody else so that 1004 00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:43,600 Speaker 1: you got? I mean, because Mike is that's epic. I mean, 1005 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,080 Speaker 1: iron Mike, all of us growing up we spent that 1006 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,839 Speaker 1: he's such a good guy too. He's such a good guy. 1007 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,000 Speaker 1: Is there anyone else that's possibly dead that you're sitting 1008 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,600 Speaker 1: there going to if I could bring back to life 1009 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:58,600 Speaker 1: one character? You know, I thought about this question, and 1010 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,440 Speaker 1: I have to tell you I don't know why. I 1011 00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,560 Speaker 1: don't have a good, like clever reason why. But Kurt Cobain. 1012 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,120 Speaker 1: There was just something cool about Kurt. I actually was 1013 00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:09,520 Speaker 1: of the Grunge movie, read his book and just all 1014 00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,960 Speaker 1: the deep crazy thoughts and just you know the stuff 1015 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,719 Speaker 1: I just really related to a little bit. I guess 1016 00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:15,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. Well, no, he was. I mean he 1017 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,040 Speaker 1: started that whole grunge you can't out of there at Seattle? Right, 1018 00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:21,239 Speaker 1: wasn't he from Seattle? Yeah? And just that whole I 1019 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:26,399 Speaker 1: love his music. Every time you spe Tyson's fighting? Who 1020 00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:31,040 Speaker 1: Roy Jones Jr. Who's gonna win? Tyson? Who's gonna win? Tyson? 1021 00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:35,359 Speaker 1: Who's gonna win? I think Roy Jones Jr? Do you Tyson? Why? 1022 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:39,200 Speaker 1: I think Roy Joins Junior because he's a little Roy 1023 00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:46,680 Speaker 1: Jones Junior, way junior. Hey, Tyson. I didn't say that. 1024 00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,799 Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't have a little Tyson list right there, right, 1025 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:52,640 Speaker 1: I did I don't know where I just came from 1026 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,080 Speaker 1: the Philippines. I don't know what my problem is right now, 1027 00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:59,200 Speaker 1: But I think Roy Jones Junior because Roy Jones Junior 1028 00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:01,200 Speaker 1: has a few more fights under his belt in the 1029 00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:04,239 Speaker 1: most recent years, he's been punched more recent Granted, I 1030 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,759 Speaker 1: think they're both older. So those are the reasons why 1031 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,560 Speaker 1: I feel like Roy Jones is faster than Mike Tyson. 1032 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,960 Speaker 1: I do believe Mike Tyson has the power. Now you're 1033 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,279 Speaker 1: asking me who I think is gonna win? Who I 1034 00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,320 Speaker 1: hope when this is Mike Tyson and is the fights 1035 00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:19,279 Speaker 1: that I grew up watching and knock his ass out, 1036 00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:21,680 Speaker 1: and that's what I hope to see. But my gut, 1037 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:25,120 Speaker 1: because of those reasons, says Roy Jones is gonna win. 1038 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,239 Speaker 1: So you know Tyson is the favorite, right, No, Roy Jones, 1039 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:31,720 Speaker 1: I think is he? I don't know. I see it varying. Honestly, 1040 00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,720 Speaker 1: the more of these training videos come out of Tyson training, 1041 00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:39,040 Speaker 1: they yeah, he looks good, looks he looks. But have 1042 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:40,920 Speaker 1: you seen the Roy Jones. I mean, Roy Jones was 1043 00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:42,799 Speaker 1: a savage who you can't you know, I haven't been 1044 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,440 Speaker 1: seeing it. You can't like this credit Roy Jones Jr. 1045 00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,920 Speaker 1: Because of the amazing knockouts we've seen from Mike Tyson 1046 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,160 Speaker 1: back in the head. He got something to say. What 1047 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:56,279 Speaker 1: do you What are you gonna say, Joe, Well, you 1048 00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:58,759 Speaker 1: know what they watch Okay, we'll see I mean, bottom mind, 1049 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:00,600 Speaker 1: they're putting on this fight for a great reason because 1050 00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,960 Speaker 1: he's are both legendary fighters, right, so there's no denying that. Mike, 1051 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:06,280 Speaker 1: what I read is giving up all the money to charity. 1052 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:10,239 Speaker 1: I didn't know this. I heard that this well, I 1053 00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:14,640 Speaker 1: heard that. I didn't read it more. Jones might need 1054 00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:16,600 Speaker 1: his money too, So I have I have a photo 1055 00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:18,759 Speaker 1: of me and Mike Sandy together and he's got us 1056 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,359 Speaker 1: fist up. He does a lot with people right now. 1057 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:21,680 Speaker 1: It's kind of what a boxer does when they take 1058 00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:23,480 Speaker 1: photos of fans and stuff. You know, it's kind of cool. 1059 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:24,919 Speaker 1: But I have this fun off to show you guys 1060 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,800 Speaker 1: off air. There's a I circled a picture of his knuckle. 1061 00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:32,920 Speaker 1: That knuckle is the size of my notes. It's massive. 1062 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I was like, can stop staring at it, 1063 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:39,439 Speaker 1: like that scene from like like Austin Powers, like mole knuckle, 1064 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:42,600 Speaker 1: knuckle knuckle. He's just a solid I got a picture 1065 00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:44,320 Speaker 1: in my office with Mike and I as well. And 1066 00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:46,480 Speaker 1: he's just a solid be He mights me of a dolphin, 1067 00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:49,640 Speaker 1: just just solid as can be, and when I just 1068 00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:51,960 Speaker 1: calm as can be. Fun. We went out to as 1069 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,040 Speaker 1: a part. He was in Santa Monica, wh me, big 1070 00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:55,920 Speaker 1: Boy and this guy named Tattoo. We hang out with 1071 00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,000 Speaker 1: him for so many hours, having lunch with him, this 1072 00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:00,840 Speaker 1: and that. At the end of the hang out, this 1073 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:03,759 Speaker 1: guy goes this guy Tattoo with goes, hey, Mike is 1074 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,239 Speaker 1: a cool I take a picture with you, and he goes, no, man, 1075 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,200 Speaker 1: we've been hanging out off fucking day. I don't want 1076 00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:11,080 Speaker 1: to take a picture with you now. He never take 1077 00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:15,440 Speaker 1: the picture with its great dude. We just had leg 1078 00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:17,000 Speaker 1: hung out all morning. What do you want to take 1079 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,440 Speaker 1: a picture with me for? I was like, you know what, Mike, 1080 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:23,680 Speaker 1: that's awesome. But he's a great dude. I mean, it 1081 00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:25,680 Speaker 1: doesn't mean it wasn't Rudey was like, dude, we're better 1082 00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:27,720 Speaker 1: than that. Almost. I felt like it was just funny 1083 00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,960 Speaker 1: to see Mike Tyson in different dynamics. Well, Keith Keith 1084 00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:33,360 Speaker 1: um you know, make sure you check out Keith Allen 1085 00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,640 Speaker 1: at the Bud Tenders Awards February sixteenth and nineteenth and 1086 00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:43,120 Speaker 1: September twenty nine. I'm sorry U ninth February sixteen through 1087 00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,160 Speaker 1: the nineteen. We have a moving day on the fifteenth 1088 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,560 Speaker 1: and then uh and then on in September, it's going 1089 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:52,200 Speaker 1: to be the thirtie through October two. It's Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 1090 00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:53,880 Speaker 1: And where are we gonna be at these events? Exactly 1091 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:55,719 Speaker 1: what they're gonna be at? Mandalais bay okay? And where 1092 00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:57,919 Speaker 1: are we cannabis talk one on one of you guys 1093 00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:00,680 Speaker 1: trying to map us up. You guys, you're sitting right 1094 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,239 Speaker 1: there with me during like you've let me sit here 1095 00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:06,160 Speaker 1: with that. Make sure you check them out. It bud 1096 00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:09,759 Speaker 1: Tenders Awards dot com and G four live dot com 1097 00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:13,880 Speaker 1: and you can find him at bud Tenders Awards, um Blue. 1098 00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:16,200 Speaker 1: Can I make one corrections. It's not bud Tender's plural. 1099 00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:18,640 Speaker 1: It's bud Tender Awards dot com. I've been saying, but 1100 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:25,040 Speaker 1: it's it's it's bud Tender Awards, bud Tender Awards. That's 1101 00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:27,560 Speaker 1: that's Craigs. We're here like they do it all the time. 1102 00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,000 Speaker 1: So Alan, before we get out of here, anything else 1103 00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:33,879 Speaker 1: you want to plug or just mentioned no. Man, listen, 1104 00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:35,680 Speaker 1: I'm really grateful to be a part of this show, 1105 00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:37,800 Speaker 1: and I mean that sincerely because I think what you 1106 00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:39,799 Speaker 1: guys are doing is in line with what we're trying 1107 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,440 Speaker 1: to do, which is to just really be good communicators 1108 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:45,040 Speaker 1: for the space and bring up you know, just just 1109 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,640 Speaker 1: have fun doing it. Yeah, that's what we're doing. Raise well, 1110 00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:49,520 Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. We appreciate you being on the show 1111 00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:52,719 Speaker 1: as well. Guys, remember this. If no one else loves you, 1112 00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,520 Speaker 1: we do. Thanks for listening to another podcast of Cannabis 1113 00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,759 Speaker 1: Talk one oh one, the world's number one source for 1114 00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:02,800 Speaker 1: everything cannabis, featuring Keith Allen, CEO of the Tender Awards 1115 00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:10,799 Speaker 1: dot com and G four Live dot com. Hm