1 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Michael darry Show is on the air. 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: And next time Dan Crenshaw stands up and says, but 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: you don't understand the shock. 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: That Frenshaw just about had it with you. Please don't 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: be mean to do me. 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 3: You You're just so stupid to say it. 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: You don't know what I can do. You don't know 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: why you can do what I'm gonna do, what I'm 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: gonna be. You don't know I'm good. I have good 11 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: things that you don't know about. It be something I am. 12 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 4: Everybody cries, everybody hurt. 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 5: Some time. 14 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 6: So he's been slangary for years. Philid asked, why is 15 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 6: it he like you? I'm like, well, why does it 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 6: he say why he doesn't like me? How can he 17 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 6: never says, you know? How can he never says what 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 6: he disagrees with me on? He just I'm a stupid idiot, 19 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 6: or I patch muccaine like, or I'm evil. He's literally said, 20 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 6: like like I'm listening words like he's sinister. 21 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: He's called me sinister, a liberal, he's a liberal. It's 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: kind of he just kind of throws it out there 23 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: and then leaves it there. That says why, and people 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: are like, why does he not? 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 3: I'm like, maybe the fact that you have to ask 26 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 3: why is an indication that there is no why. 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: Dan Cuinchaw obviously is not emotionally prepared to lead anything. 28 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: He's out of control, and I think that he's a 29 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: really volable person. 30 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 1: I hope he gets help. 31 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: I mean that, but you know, he's also a pretty 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: sinister person, I would say, whose priorities are not aligned 33 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 2: with his cardis voters. 34 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 4: It's everybody. 35 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 5: To come in. 36 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 3: A If you're in my district and you listen to 37 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 3: AM radio, you probably know Michael Berry. And I've always 38 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 3: gotten this question, Dan, what happened to you and Michael? 39 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 3: You know, because we used to be good friends. He 40 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 3: helped me get elected in that first election in twenty eighteen, 41 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: and I really did think we were close. 42 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: I thought we were good friends. You know. 43 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 3: He never really says why on his show. He just 44 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: bad mouths me. That's why people ask me, because there, Dan, 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 3: why doesn't he like you? And I'm like, well, why 46 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 3: doesn't he tell you? That's why he doesn't tell you. 47 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 3: He doesn't know why I don't like it. 48 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: He doesn't know why Tucker doesn't like and that odd 49 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: he is not suited to this, the explosions, the threatening 50 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: to kill Tucker Carlson on a hot Mike, fighting with 51 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: John Rich, calling John Rich a one hit wonder when 52 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: John Rich did nothing so John Rich's response was, Hey, elon, 53 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: you need a breatha lazer to keep people like Crenshaw 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: from drunk tweeting. And his response was, Okay, well that's funny. 55 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: I'll give you credit. That's funny. Sean Ryan, David Goggins, 56 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: Eddie Gallagher, the little girl at the town hall. Do 57 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: you notice the trend here? Do you notice the trend? Okay, 58 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: hopefully I'm done talking about this. If he hadn't questioned 59 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: my integrity, I wouldn't have had two. So I hope 60 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:14,679 Speaker 1: Steve Toth went SNI. 61 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 4: Everybody cries, everybody hurts, Sun Times. 62 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 1: We are one week from the completion of the midterm elections. 63 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: Speaking to someone this morning by email who made reference 64 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: to the lower Republican turnout don't and the election fatigue 65 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: that tends to set in, and I completely agree. I 66 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: understand the concept of election fatigue. I don't push for 67 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: voter turnout in primaries the way I do for a 68 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: general election because The way I look at primaries is 69 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: that is where you choose the candidate who we're going 70 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: to work very hard for in November. And I get 71 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: the constant comment that you know that there will be 72 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: a lot of people who wake up in October. Happens 73 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: every time and they'll say the Democrats are terrible, but 74 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: who these guys we got? Who are they? And you go, well, 75 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: self governance. You know it's some people are not as 76 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: engaged as you are. That's just the nature of self governance. 77 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: I don't worry myself as much with begging people to 78 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: go out and vote the way I do for the general. 79 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: And the reason is if you don't understand the importance 80 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: of the primary, you don't understand the importance of getting 81 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: not just Republicans in November, but the right Republicans in February. 82 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: I'm just soon you don't vote, I'm not going to 83 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: push you to vote. And those types of voters tend 84 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: to be the types of voters who don't take the 85 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: time to understand the difference between the John Cornyn and 86 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: Paxton or Hunt. Those are the types of voters that 87 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: show up and vote for Mitt Romney twelve or McCain 88 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: in eight. Those guys don't really understand the subtlety of 89 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: the governing process and how it works that you actually 90 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: win policy. They're sort of passive about it all, and 91 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: that doesn't make them bad people, but doesn't mean that 92 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to spend an ounce of energy pushing them 93 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: to vote. I mean, look, if three people vote in 94 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: the primary, we're still going to have candidates for November 95 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: that we're going to work hard to beat the Democrats 96 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: with will just likely end up with the types of 97 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: people who were not excited about and we have to 98 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: hold our nose to vote, and that makes it very 99 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 1: hard to get people out to vote, the very people 100 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: that you're told you won't vote for them because they 101 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: can't win in November. You want to vote for me. 102 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: You don't like me. I'm not aveny Good, I'm half Democrat, 103 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: but I can win in November. That's the Corning message. 104 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: That is the John corn message. Don't vote for the 105 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: guy you like. He says this about Paxton. Don't vote 106 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: for the guy you like Paxton because he can't win 107 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: in November. You don't want me, you want Paxton, but 108 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: you need to vote for me because you want what 109 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: vote for Paxton in November. That was the argument used 110 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: against Trump in twenty sixteen. Don't vote for Trump the 111 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,679 Speaker 1: guy you really want, because you won't want him in November. 112 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: And what we learned from that was this idea of 113 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: the milk toast, middle of the road deal cutting stands 114 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: for nothing, accomplishes, accomplishes nothing. Candidate doesn't win in November. 115 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: Consultants will tell you they do. They don't, but the 116 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: reason they're supposed to win is that voters don't want 117 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: you to actually do anything. They don't want people who 118 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: stand for anything. But Trump disproved that theory, didn't it 119 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: because if you pick a guy with sharp edges, it'll 120 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: actually get something done. The base will show up in November, 121 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: and that's how you win. 122 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 5: Michael Berry, if you eat, if. 123 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: You've eaten at a Papas restaurant, it is Papas, not Papa's. 124 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: If you've eaten at a Papas restaurant, whether Papa Steakhouse 125 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: one of the finest steakhouses in the country, or Papa 126 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: Doot There Louisiana seafood version or Papasitos their tex mex version, 127 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 1: or Allberry Patch, which I think was the first of 128 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: their multi location spaces, very very successful restaurant family in Houston, 129 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: and Chris Pappas is the operating partner to this day. 130 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: I guess day to day is probably Mike Rizzo. He 131 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: brought in a professional to or brought him up through 132 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: the ranks. Who runs the company now, But Russell Leborrow 133 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: is one of the best operators I've ever seen. Will 134 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: tell you that there is something for every restaurant owner 135 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: to learn from watching the Papist family and their family 136 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: of businesses. Chris Pappas will be our guest at eight 137 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: forty five today to talk about their business challenges the 138 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: changes in the industry over the years. Yeah, you know, 139 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: it's no coincidence he has the same last name. There's 140 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: somewhat related, you know, the restaurants in him. So ramon 141 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: an email in our group chat yesterday that said, some 142 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: losses hit harder than they probably should. And this one's 143 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: got me grieving over a cardboard box and a grease 144 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: stained napkin. We're talking about Dan's pizza company in Webster. 145 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: He says this was literally all caps, because Lord knows, 146 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: you can't just use literally, you have to all cap it. 147 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: This was literally my favorite pizza on Earth, not the universe, 148 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: Mars has this one place, but I digress. That thin 149 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: crust snapped like a saltine. The pepperoni curled up into 150 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: little crispy chalices of joy. Oh, somebody went to the 151 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: Internet to look for words, and a brief glorious moment, 152 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: all was right, And for a brief glorious moment, all 153 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: was right in the world. If this is goodbye, Dan, 154 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: just know you ruined every other slice for me. You 155 00:10:52,480 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: may read it again. Okay, really all right? This apparently 156 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: Dan's pizza company in Webster has been seized by the 157 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 1: state over unpaid taxes. 158 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 2: Here we go. 159 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: This was Ramone's email to the rest of us yesterday. 160 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: I'll try to do better. You want to interpretive or 161 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: you want to straightforward. Okay. Some losses hit harder than 162 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: they probably should, And this one's got me grieving over 163 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: a cardboard box and a grease stained napkin. This was 164 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: literally my favorite pizza on Earth. Not the universe, Mars 165 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: has this one place, But I digress. That thin crust 166 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: snapped like a saltine. The pepperoni curled up into little 167 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 1: crispy chalices of joy, and for a brief glorious moment. 168 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: All was right in the world. If this is goodbye, Dan, 169 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 1: just know ruined every other slice for me. We should 170 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: have had job for coun to do that. Oh well. 171 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: So apparently Dan's Pizza Company in Webster was seized by 172 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: the state over an unpaid tax bill. Signs plastered on 173 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: the doors of the location in Webster show the local 174 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 1: pizza shop was seized. A second location off Scarsdale has 175 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: also been seized. The Texas Comptroller's Office says Dan's Pizza 176 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: companies the chain. Their current tax penalty and interest liability 177 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: is two hundred forty one thousand dollars, spanning from October 178 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: twenty fourth to December just two months ago, so about 179 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: a fourteen month period. A fourteen month period, and they're 180 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: paying about fifteen a month. They owed about fifteen a month. 181 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: There's probably taxes interest added up into that. The restaurant, 182 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: known for its New York style slices and homemade Italian dishes, 183 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: was seized on February twelfth. Under Texas law, the Comptroller's 184 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: Office is allowed to begin selling items in the business 185 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: to cure the liability twenty days after being seized, but 186 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: the agency is in communication with the taxpayer in an 187 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: attempt to resolve the liability. Dance Pizza Company originally opened 188 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: its doors at one five to one four eighth Highway 189 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: three in Webster back in two thousand and nine, before 190 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 1: expanding to Dance Pizza in the Moont a little more 191 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 1: than five miles away at one two three seven to 192 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: three Scarsdale Boulevard in Houston. That second location has also 193 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: been seized. What does that mean in the Mont? I'd 194 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: like to know what that means. In two thousand and nine, 195 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 1: before expanding to open Dance Pizza in the mont a 196 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: little more than five miles away at on Scarsdale. That's 197 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: pretty close to do another location. I wonder how that 198 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 1: worked out. Now, tell me about the pizza again. That 199 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: then crust now like a saltine, the pepperoni curled up 200 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: into little crispy chalices of joy and for a brief, 201 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: glorious moment, all was right in the world. And that's 202 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: not light praise coming from you. You worked at Pizza 203 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: Hut in high school. Ramon still takes his boys to 204 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: Pizza Hut for a nostalgia night. The red glasses, that 205 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: kind of cloudy red glasses. It looked like they're all 206 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: one hundred years old. You never know how old that. 207 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: You know, the first day they bring those glasses out, 208 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: they look one hundred years old. But the beauty is 209 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: it's like when people do spect flooring that way, you 210 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: don't notice there's stuff that's spilled and nicked and discolored 211 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: and all of that. That glass, Ah, that glass and 212 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: the carpet are they still carpeted? They still carpet to 213 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: floors in a pizza hut. I've never seen you praise 214 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: another pizza like this. This is a big deal. I 215 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: thought maybe they'd been around for longer than that Dan 216 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: Spezza company in Webster. It will be interesting to see 217 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: how that plays out. President Trump's State of the Union 218 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: address will be tonight. This will be the first State 219 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: of the Union without our famed ale hog Sheila Jackson Lee. 220 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: Last year, President Trump delivered a speech to a joint 221 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: session of Congress, so technically it was not an official 222 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: State of the Union. And I will remind you that 223 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: during that joint address last year, the House ended up 224 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: censuring Al Green for heckling President Trump. Isn't it interesting 225 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: that once Sheila Jackson Lee was gone, Al Green was 226 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: in the position of finally needing to stand up and 227 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: be counted, and so he did it by making an 228 00:15:52,760 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: absolute ass of himself at the Joint Address the the 229 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: speech to the Joint Sessions of Congress, and then all 230 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: I saw were Caveman memes because of and the Caine. 231 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: I don't think that worked out the way he hoped 232 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: it would. But the dudes one hundred years old, and 233 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: he had to sit there and carry Sheila's shirt, a 234 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: tourist for all those years, and he's like, hey, I'm 235 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: here too. President Trump will be coming to South Texas. 236 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: I think Corpus is where it's currently planned. I would 237 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: not be surprised to see him add a site or 238 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: two based on what I'm hearing that will be happening 239 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: later this week. His State of the Union will be tonight. 240 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: President Trump understands messaging. He understands the constant need to 241 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: communicate with the public and tell his story better than 242 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: any National Republican I've seen. Is why he continues to 243 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: do the rallies, which I think is one of his 244 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: his real super hero skills. His ability to generate passion 245 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: among fans and generate crowds we never had anybody could 246 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: generate crowds like this. They told you that Barack Obama 247 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,360 Speaker 1: could generate crowds like this, but it's not true. Obama 248 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: was going to the Brandenburg Gate. Obama was going to 249 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: places where crowds already were and put him up on stage, 250 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 1: show the picture and make it look like Now there 251 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: were people that were excited over the first black president, 252 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: over Democrats taking over after eight years of Republicans. Over 253 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: all the things you were told about Barack Obama, I'm 254 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: not saying nobody showed up to hear him speak, but 255 00:17:52,800 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: Trump's capacity for generating interest in being in his presence 256 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: extends now for ten years, really eleven if you go 257 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: back to fifteen, I've never seen anything like it, the 258 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: crowd size and the longevity. Even Reagan, for all the 259 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: talk about Reagan, was not generating much excitement in his 260 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: second term, and by the last two years there wasn't 261 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: a you don't want the ringing Reagan endorsement. When we 262 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: go to break here in a minute, I don't know 263 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: what spots are in there, so it may be somebody 264 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: I've supported. I'm not trying to to insult someone, but 265 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: you're probably going to hear spots for people who are 266 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 1: going to say that they're Donald Trump fans or Donald 267 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: Trump endorsed them, or they support Trump and they support 268 00:18:55,160 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: MAGA and they support America. First, we've not seen anything 269 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: on this scale a one man political movement. In fact, 270 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: if you were to talk about a one man political movement, 271 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: you could talk about the populism that sprang from Wisconsin 272 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: at the turn of the twentieth century, those first years. 273 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: You could talk about Huey Long, but that wasn't I 274 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: mean of political movements by an individual, a real juggernaut. 275 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: We've not seen anything like this. I'm trying to think 276 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: of when you go back to anything like this, And 277 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: this is in a modern era when political engagement in 278 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: person tends to be lower than it once was. You 279 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: think about the presidents who do the whistle stop tours 280 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: on the back of the train and that come through 281 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: town and had come out and wave at the people, 282 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: and the people would be waiting there to see the president. Well, 283 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,719 Speaker 1: television and then the Internet replaced all that, and yet somehow, 284 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: some way, Trump generates crowds of thousands of people in 285 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: towns of hundreds. That's always been one of the things 286 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: that's most fascinating to me is how many people will 287 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: come out to see him in a town where the 288 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: number of people who come out exceed by multiples the 289 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: number of people who live in that town. It's amazing. 290 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: The President needs to retain the House in the Senate, 291 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: and he's going to do everything in his power to 292 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: make sure that happens. That is not as important in 293 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: the Texas primary as November will be for his purposes, 294 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: save and except for the fact that Republicans who help 295 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: the Democrats might as well be Democrats for the purposes 296 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: of the President. And that's why he doesn't like chip Roy. 297 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: Because chip Roy, who does a fantastic job of self promotion, 298 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: fantastic job of getting himself in the news, fantastic job 299 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: of taking an issue that makes you very popular and 300 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: pounding it and getting out there and being on Fox 301 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: News a lot, so people go chip Roy. He's a fighter. 302 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: But Trump doesn't like the fact that when Trump was 303 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: considered to be down January sixth, twenty twenty one, chip 304 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: Roy was very public, very public in a Liz Cheney 305 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: sort of way, calling for Trump's head, and when he 306 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: got some serious blowback from the MAGA folks, it got 307 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: to him. He had one of those those Dan Crenshaw 308 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: meltdowns where he made the mistake of you know, fu 309 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: you and if you don't like what I'm doing, fu 310 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: And you could tell he had lost it. And when 311 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: you've lost it like that, you should probably not turn 312 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: the camera on. You should certainly not broadcast that because 313 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: you got to go back to those people. And I 314 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: thought to myself at the time, that's a mistake. But 315 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: he's had a few of those. As ship Roy, ninety 316 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: five percent of what the guy does makes him he 317 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: built out of being a lowly member of Congress one 318 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: out of four hundred and thirty five. 319 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 5: He had the. 320 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: Unique skill of getting his name out there in an 321 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: ilhan Omar AOC, Marjorie Taylor Green, Matt Gates. There's not 322 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: a lot of congressmen who can who can build a 323 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: national name id as a lowly member of Congress. There's 324 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: just it's not it's not a position that you can 325 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: issue an executive order and make the news. It's a 326 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: real skill set, and he has it, very good at it, 327 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: and he's tenacious at working. But it's going to be 328 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: interesting to see how he does in the Attorney General's race. 329 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: You've got a crowded field there. But Trump coming to 330 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: Texas I think is an attempt to generate some excitement 331 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: and some energy that he hopes will last into November. 332 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: And I also think that he's trying to bolster the 333 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: turnout numbers which have been less than the Democrat numbers. 334 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: Now there's a fascinating thing going on. Greg Abbott's missteps 335 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: cost us daily. The state Republican Party wanted to close 336 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: the Republican primary. Only Republicans in the Republican primary. Imagine that, like, 337 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: you know, only Americans in America kind of thing. Greg 338 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 1: Abbott not only didn't support that, he used taxpayer dollars 339 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: to fight that in court. We know that Democrats run 340 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: what Rush Limbaugh called Operation Chaos in Pennsylvania. If you 341 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: remember in two thousand and eight, Rush wanted to gum 342 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: up the Democrat primary. He was tweaking them. He was 343 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: causing confusion and chaos. That's what the Democrats are doing. 344 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: It has estimated that seventeen thousand Democrat voters have voted 345 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: in the Republican primary. I guess you could say, well, 346 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 1: maybe they're just really tired of being Democrats. No, we 347 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: can track some of these folks and see that these 348 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: are people who pick the Republican that is least bothersome 349 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: to them and then go over and vote for Kamala 350 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: in the general. Abbot had the opportunity to stop that, 351 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: but he hasn't done it, and that is because Abbot 352 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,240 Speaker 1: fears the base and does not want the bass to 353 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: choose our nomination. All right, we have Chris Pappas of 354 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: the Papas Food Empire coming up. Well, it's been a 355 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: long time in coming. If you live in Houston or 356 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: many other places in this country, you have eaten at 357 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: a Papas family restaurant and if your meal service food 358 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: experience was not amazing, then you had a very rare 359 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: occasion because they are known for all of those And 360 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: for years, Ramon, we've tried to get Chris Pappus on 361 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: the show, but today it happened. Chris pappis welcome to 362 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:46,360 Speaker 1: the program. 363 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 5: Sir, Thank you, Michael, looking forward to visiting with you. 364 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: Ramone says you haven't been on the show because you 365 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: don't like him. Would you tell him that's not true, 366 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: That is not true. Let's talk about the restaurant business. 367 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: You know, there's a handful of guys who you could 368 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: say over the last I don't know, forty five fifty 369 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: years have been at the forefront of the Houston restaurant 370 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: scene that is nationally known. And you and your brother 371 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: Harris are names that are going to come out in 372 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: the first that are going to roll out. Let's talk 373 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: about how you got into the restaurant business, the Papist family, 374 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: the Dot Diner, Strawberry Patch. I'll just turn off my 375 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 1: mic and let you tell a little of that story. 376 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 1: I heard you tell this at the Texas Business Hall 377 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: of Fame and I thought it was wonderful. 378 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 5: Thank you, Michael for having me on. And it's been 379 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 5: a long journey of My granddad was really in the 380 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 5: restaurant business as a young immigrant from Greece back in 381 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 5: eighteen ninety six. He came over it sixteen years old 382 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 5: and he worked in a coffee shop in Dallas for 383 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 5: another Greek immigrant that had already been over here a 384 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 5: number of years, and he learned the language, and when 385 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 5: he was able to know enough about the business, he 386 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 5: went and opened up a restaurant. And then he went 387 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 5: back to Greece and married his bride and had had 388 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 5: four sons. And my dad is one of those guys. 389 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 5: And so my granddad raised my dad and his brother's 390 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 5: up in the restaurant business at one restaurant at a time. 391 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 5: So it was kind of in their blood. And so 392 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 5: they all went into the army and came back after 393 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 5: World War two, and the friend of my granddad had 394 00:27:52,119 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 5: a friend in Dallas that had a restaurant quality refrigerator 395 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 5: walk in cooler that uh that he offered to my 396 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 5: dad and his brothers to come and market down after 397 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 5: World War two, and as as they walk in cooler restaurants, 398 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 5: and so they came to Houston and uh to all 399 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 5: four of them kind of worked together and they built 400 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 5: a restaurant supply company. That business uh was what provided 401 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 5: uh dinner for me and my my, my brothers and sister. 402 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 5: And and by nineteen sixty five that business got bad, 403 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 5: and uh, my dad and his brothers were in their 404 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 5: sixties and they decided, you know, we've we got all 405 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 5: this restaurant equipment in our warehouse that we have, We're 406 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 5: gonna we're going to open our own restaurants. So they 407 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 5: opened up a coffee shop and and then they a 408 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 5: couple of years later they opened a barbecue place, and 409 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 5: uh they had they had a name called the Dot, 410 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 5: and they were trying to get a they're trying to 411 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 5: get a license or a Texas business license for their 412 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 5: name of the coffee shop. And they had supplied a 413 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 5: couple of other names for it, and finally they turned 414 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 5: down all the ones we wanted, and finally my uncle 415 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 5: told said, just name it the Dot, name it anything, 416 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 5: and so the guy that represented us went and named 417 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 5: it the Dot, and the city, the state of Texas 418 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 5: accepted that as the name for the for the restaurant. 419 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 5: So that's how the Dot got named. At the end 420 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 5: of the day, and we still operated out on the 421 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 5: Gulf Freeway, does wonderful job. It's a great diner here 422 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 5: in Houston, and it's since nineteen sixty six, nineteen sixty seven, 423 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 5: so it's that it's the oldest of all our brands. 424 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 5: And then you know my brothers and I, the three 425 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 5: of us, we all went to college to at A 426 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 5: and m one at Texas. I will say that we 427 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 5: had a little bit dispute there, and but one thing 428 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 5: we had in common is we all came together after 429 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 5: we got out of school and we Harris left the 430 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 5: army and we got out and then and then at 431 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 5: twenty six, I left IBM and decided I was going 432 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 5: to come back and do something with our family. And 433 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 5: I started working in the coffee shop. Took and eggs 434 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 5: to learn the business, and my brother did likewise to 435 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 5: learn the business, and so so and then my younger brother, 436 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 5: you know, he was more construction and helpful in that 437 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 5: area there. 438 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: And so. 439 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 5: We got we were starting the coffee shops. We thought 440 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 5: we were going to be big coffee shop business because 441 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 5: that was a good business to be in. We thought, 442 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 5: and gosh, if we thought we could ever have twenty 443 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 5: coffee shops, that'd be great. And so the nineteen seventy 444 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 5: six we opened something that we never thought of, is 445 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 5: we opened a casual dining restaurant called the Strawberry Patch 446 00:30:55,920 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 5: and it was opened up in nineteen seventy six, and 447 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 5: so so we got fifty years ago we opened up 448 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 5: the restaurant that became the model of what we what 449 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 5: we do today and has all this had the first standards. First, 450 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 5: the brand promises with us for our guests. We're all 451 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 5: developed in that one restaurant called the Strawberry Patent, and 452 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 5: we generated people for us, It generated our procedures and 453 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 5: processes and that we carried on into all the brands 454 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 5: that we operate today. And so so after that, we 455 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 5: we decided that that, you know, we we needed to 456 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 5: we could do a seafood restaurant. And so in nineteen 457 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 5: eighty one we did a seafood restaurant and it was successful, 458 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 5: Papa Seafood, And then we did in nineteen eighty three. 459 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 5: I got hungry and Arison and Greg got hungry, and 460 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 5: we said. 461 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:55,400 Speaker 1: You know, I think we could. 462 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 5: I think we could do Mexican food as good as anybody. 463 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 5: And so so we tried our hand ed it and 464 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 5: when the newspaper, when the newspaper wrote about our popular restaurant, 465 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 5: they made the comment, what did griefs know about taco bending? 466 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 5: And that stuck in my head even till this day, 467 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 5: that you know, that's how they viewed somebody that was 468 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 5: not of Hispanic origins then in the Hispanic food restaurant business. 469 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 5: So we did that and then came back in nineteen 470 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 5: eighty seven and we needed to do a remodel on 471 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 5: a location on West Timer, and we came up with 472 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 5: this crazy concept that was going to be seafood and 473 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 5: Cajun and we needed a name for it, and my 474 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 5: son in law, my brother in law was working on 475 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 5: the oil rigs and offshore, and we didn't have a 476 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 5: name for this place that we were doing that was 477 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 5: going to be Cajun and and he came up with 478 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 5: this crazy name, Papa Doe, like Tippadau and all those 479 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 5: Cajun sounding names that have de e a u excellent. 480 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 5: And so when I when I when we heard that name, 481 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 5: we said, that's it, Papa Doe. And we did that 482 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 5: in eighty seven, and then came back in nineteen ninety 483 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 5: six and did Papa's Brother Steakhouse. And again, you know, 484 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 5: we we recognized my dad and his brothers as the 485 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 5: brothers v R. O s and and and man, my 486 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:41,239 Speaker 5: Mexican friends from Mexico they called Papa's Brother Steakhouse. They 487 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 5: call it Papa Bross. Papa Bross, you know, and uh 488 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 5: and and so I kind of enjoy kind of some 489 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 5: of the things that are you know, said about the 490 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 5: names of the restaurant that we've named. 491 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: Sold Christ to start hold on me for just a moment, 492 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:02,640 Speaker 1: Chris Pam