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What an episode for you guys today.
First of all, like I said, we got new merch.
For subscribers half price.
And not only this cap also.
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Watch it.
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Look at that.
It's nice and warm too.
I'm not going to go see you like that.
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Yeah, man.
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Today's guests.
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If there's anything left when we finish our video.
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Ladies and gentlemen, today in our pie case,
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Holy moly.
What's up, buddy?
How you doing?
Oh my God.
Happy new year.
No, happy new year to you guys, man.
I haven't seen a lot of stuff on your guys'
Facebook page.
You guys are traveling like everywhere, bro.
You guys have been busy.
You guys have been real busy.
You've been rocking a rolly through the whole valley.
Yeah, we've been busy.
The holidays were really nice to us.
The show was El Fresco.
El Fresco was awesome here in Westacol.
That was the last one we did.
And then we took a little bit of time off.
But before that, we'd just been all over the place.
Trying to stay up with the markets.
And the good events out there.
And if you see the QR code right there.
This is the new emblem.
I don't have enough data.
I'm sorry. I haven't run up the new emblem.
I apologize. Which I like this one.
More cartoony.
I like it.
We came up.
We're like the one that I had.
It kind of had more realistic look.
And then we tuned it out.
And my wife was like, hey, let's see if we could cartoon it.
And came up.
It came out real good.
And right where it is, you look very closely.
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But anyways, man, let's talk a little about
business wise, man.
You've been busy.
A lot of
actually a lot of markets that I've seen you online.
That you've been doing.
I like the fact that you go live when you're making the
the pop corner.
That's what you grow.
Talk about
having a lot of salami come out of the mouth.
Bro, what do you
stop bro?
Yeah, so I just set it up
and do it a little live. See how, you know,
it comes out and stuff like that.
I pop a lot of my popcorn because I cannot
do all these flavors on site.
So then that's why.
And not just like, I like to go on live so they can
see, you know, how it's done.
And it's a special popcorn.
It's just not your regular movie popcorn that you get.
Right. It's a special
kernel and it just pops it at certain temperature.
It's a little science behind it.
But I mean, it's just, I like people to see what I do.
Right.
And it's a passion and love that I have.
Hey, Rick, happy New Year to you too, brother.
Thanks for coming back being a fan again.
Yeah. I mean, I've seen the process,
the way you're doing it. Not only that,
the flavors, the way you're mixing them new flavors.
I know you had, I wanted to get my hands on that
Grinch one. You had it.
So the Grinch one is only for December.
Yay!
So that's only season.
I have different flavors that I do once a month.
Before that one, I was so busy in November.
I also had the like cinnamon toast crunch.
I didn't even get to do it.
I made some.
I think you got a better idea.
I went to the market when you were in,
I think it was a mission.
I went out there and I bought a Batman.
That Batman, I had to fight my in-laws
off of that.
Cinnamon is pretty good.
It's like cinnamon toast crunch.
And then we did it for November.
And then I can, it finished,
and then we did the one for December,
which is the Grinch mix, which is green apples,
strawberries, and sweet and salty.
It's got a little hint to something in there.
And it tastes really good.
We saw quite a bit of that too.
People liked it.
It's still asking me for it.
And I'm like, really, you don't have it just like you said.
Right, right.
Well, give me something similar.
Or give me something like that.
I can mix it to come close.
So it's going to cost you four Batman.
Give it up to me!
Soobol's coming, Bappa.
That's right. Super Bowl.
Super Bowl's around the corner, man.
Popcorn Day, National Popcorn Day.
That's on the January 19th.
We're not going to be doing anything,
but I just wanted to throw it out there.
It's just National Popcorn Day.
So just day off.
That's what it is. It's my National Day off.
That's what I'm taking as like the post office.
That's my government holiday.
That's right.
Day off.
I don't want anybody touching me.
What is it? Popcorn Day?
It's it. But now you know what worked for me.
Popcorn makes it yourself.
Come on.
I was coming back to what you're doing in the markets.
Since the last time we had you on the podcast on here,
we had a big outcome.
A lot of people were asking where, when,
did any of these people that watched the show,
or did you have to say they could do...
I had several followers come out,
that they saw us here in your show,
and they got to, hey, we saw you at the Choo and Eat show
and the podcast and stuff.
And good feedback from people.
Just seeing it. Thank you so much for the exposure.
We really, really appreciate it.
The pleasure was all ours, man, to have you on the pod
and show us all these flavors you had, bro.
It was, it was...
It was...
How can I put it? It was a,
not only an honor to have you here,
but got my stomach thanks you too.
He needed a lot of that popcorn.
It's keeping me warm for that winter we're in right now.
But yeah, man, because when you stepped out,
you remember I came back.
All right, guys, who's taking what?
And they're, mind, mind, we're like,
literally a popcorn fight.
They're all different flavors, man.
They're all really good flavors.
I know, I know the white likes the,
the, what's called the...
Oh, shoot, the...
The...
I can't think of it, there's so many flavors.
The cantaloupe, the original cantaloupe,
the sweet and salty.
Sweet and salty. She's really like the sweet and salty one.
And she would tell me whenever you're in here at Fresco,
or whenever you're out there,
or if I'm hanging out there and you're on the way,
you're gonna go get popcorn?
And I go, yeah.
Well, you know what I like.
They go, yeah, I know.
Sweet and salty, that's the basic of what starts all my,
my fun stuff, you know, that's the sugar and salt.
That's what it is. It's your traditional,
but I go the extra mile and make sure that I get you
the best round popcorn that I get.
The crispiest you can do it.
So I go the extra mile just to make sure I give you the best.
Every batch.
The cheesy popcorn, the one you said you did with,
I think it was macaroni cheese flavor.
No, this isn't the one that I, the...
The cheesy one?
I've got the Maronada, that's my newest one.
Oh, God.
Which is a roasted corn,
Rithakis and cheddar.
That's the Maronada.
Bro, I'm gonna be honest with you.
I'm gonna be honest with you,
about a couple of months ago,
after we had you on the podcast,
you know, you mentioned about the Maronada.
We bought it.
I went and bought one here from you.
And I had it.
We had it on the podcast and we shared it with,
I think one of the guests in the show.
We were much done and all of a sudden,
I was like, dude, I'm gonna be honest with you.
I've never had a Maronada.
I don't even know what the hell that is.
It was really, yeah, I've never had it in my life.
You know, I'm gonna have to taste it one day.
Well, sure enough, two days later,
there's a lady who walks into the store where I work.
And, well, you know, you have to do the coming and sell.
You know, the day I would think,
I have fruit, I have a lot of corn,
and so on and so forth.
And I go, okay.
I always support those people.
Always. They're out there hustling.
I'm trying to do, I see them in the stores and stuff.
I always guard them away at least, you know,
to help them out because, again,
they're trying to make an honest buck.
And I've been talking about it.
I totally hear you.
And she goes, I also have a Maronada.
Like, whoa, what?
I got to see.
They go Maronada, they go, get a Maronada.
Yeah, I'll take one.
I never had one.
I'll take one.
So, all right, okay.
So I'm thinking, you know, something small, you know,
some corn, maybe a little bit of corn chips, you know,
the way my niece expanded to me.
I gave her,
I see my papa.
This big.
And about that deep.
You open it up like it's an HB bag.
It's a big bag.
Big, big bag.
It's a big sum.
It looks like a Maronada, bro.
Something like, Jesus, you are a big Maronada.
We know each other.
I know you.
We belong together.
So I didn't mean, bro.
Bro, literally two people could have eaten out of this damn thing.
They were so afraid.
And they didn't even give me a little bit of cheese.
I'm not going to say that this is all mine.
Bro, name, make your life.
I'm not going to say that this is all mine.
I finished it all, bro.
I get home.
My wife says, are you hungry?
I go, no.
No.
I'm not hungry.
What did you eat?
I eat a Maronada.
Well, how about me?
It was about, it was about,
it was about an HB bag.
Okay.
I'm going to.
It was a good size, bro.
She made, I think that day she had made,
I think it was tuna fish sandwiches.
We were going to eat something light.
But I go, babe, I can't even eat tuna fish sandwiches.
I am, I am stuck.
I cannot, I can't eat.
But I have never, now when you mention,
when anybody makes a lot of noise,
I'm like, oh, that's a lot.
Oh God, no.
It's so good, but all I know is this word.
It's, it's, and in the, the comparison of the taste,
I could literally taste the popcorn.
I would have done it with like,
and that was just by chance,
one of our customers suggested it,
because he said, hey, put the red duckies
in the, in the cheddar together, right?
Right.
I was like, okay, so let's take everybody.
I said, I already got the roasted corn.
What is a Maronada?
I said, you know, they put roasted corn,
they got the cheese, they got,
they either make it with tostitos,
or they make it with any other flavor.
And I can do it with hot tostitos or red duckies, right?
Right.
So I'm like, I've got them all.
So I put them all three together.
And then the next day I go to my girl's house,
they help me pack it, and I tell my wife,
hey, look, baby, this is what I did.
Tasted it, man.
It was super good.
Especially that, that roasted corn.
Yes.
That flavor, the roasted corn,
just wraps the cheese and the red duckies together, man.
It's just like, bam.
That street corn, man.
Jesus Christ.
I mean, you can, whoo.
I went to San Antonio, some guy,
he said, here, my, I'm not gonna take it by.
He said, guy, he bought a bag,
he said, he'll make it, guy.
I said, okay,
he said, you don't have lemon pepper,
I'll put you in my cup.
I'm gonna put you in my cup.
You know what I'm saying?
You want to put lemon pepper on the roasted corn in a cup.
Right?
So I put lemon pepper on it,
and he said, you know,
maybe that's something to think about.
Yeah, lemon pepper pop corn will be something different.
That's a different aspect of stuff.
You know, the different flavors.
And that's what I like about your pop corn,
and it's not just, oh,
Positego Hesto, this flavor,
you jump the, the extent of saying, hey, you know,
let me, let me try this out.
And it goes on for, hey, let me try this flavor.
And you're not afraid to experiment on different flavors, man.
Yeah, I mean, what's worse thing is they don't buy it,
they don't like it.
Right.
We either tweak it or we just don't make it again.
We continue.
A lot of these flavors that I have, they're all made,
well, let's see if it works,
and they've been sticking.
And so now I'm at the point that, hey,
I got to limit myself how much pop corn I have
because it's quite a bit of flavors.
Yeah, Michael, they'll say, hey, hey, hey, what's going on?
But my wife said, hello.
We go, hi, babe, yes.
Yes, I asked for your salt.
Sweet and salty.
We brought that up a few minutes ago.
If you missed it, Neymar already ate it.
We're talking about the hot and hot, man.
Oh, but yeah, man, and these flavors are coming out.
That's one thing I want to,
when you were up in San Antonio selling your product,
what was the aspects of that, of the customers walking in
and looking at all this?
San Antonio, different people, very nice people and stuff like that.
I got a real good response because the norm is just having
your sweet and salty and caramel.
Mind you this, I think I did very well.
There was seven kettle corn vendors at that venue.
Oh, man.
Seven different kettle corn vendors.
So, and I think I came up on top because I had the indifferent,
I had the arithakis, the roasted corn.
The selection, more of a little selection.
Out of that one being in there,
I also got invited to the Potea Strawberry Festival,
so you're talking about Potea, man.
Yeah, dude, that's awesome.
We're going to Potea, I mean, they say that,
that's my first year, but they say it's the crazy big.
Right, right, right.
And then the lineup that they're going to have,
and it's just like all big artists and basically over a hundred,
thousand people show up in that place in two days or three days.
So I was going to be busy.
Yeah, mom, get ready.
Mom, get ready.
The president of the Potea Strawberry Festival tasted our popcorn,
and the guy stopped there and he goes,
man, I've never tasted this and I've never had it.
And he would like to extend an invitation to you here
and I said, can you work with flavors?
I'm like, yeah, that's what I do.
Right.
So you wanted a strawberry flavored popcorn
that's going to be hopefully featured there.
And some of them work on that one to do something with.
That's awesome.
I throw in maybe dehydrated strawberries, real strawberries,
dehydrated, increased ride or something in it.
Something we're going to play with it.
But I'm definitely going to, I'm excited for that one.
That's going to be an interesting one.
We hope you post all the excitement up there while you're doing that, man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Definitely going to go live and see what it is.
Being in San Antonio, San Antonio market,
I know there's a lot of local celebrities that go out there
and walk through there and just some of them are having
an entourage reason on some or just like the Sconeados and sunglasses.
I mean, has it come to a point, maybe down here,
is it because of where they had anybody, you know,
coming and say, hey man, you know, anybody that you know
that's been on, and it's been big.
What are the guys, the Rattles, those guys, they came by
and put pickups with popcorn when they were in San Antonio.
How many bags?
Literally, how many bags?
It took like seven.
Because one of them came by and tasted it and then
one of them, like I didn't know who they were.
Right.
And so, well, I knew who they were, but you know,
they weren't like interested until they showed up.
And then the other one, they were walking around
by just before they did their show.
And then one of them, the other one came by and they
like, hey, taste this.
And then one of them had a Thaqis and the other one
got to taste the caramel.
So everybody's sharing bags around there and they're all walked up.
Everybody walked up with a bag at least, you know,
like, hey man, yeah.
So it was really cool, those guys.
And I was like, I want to go see them on the stage.
I was like, okay.
What are they?
There you go.
And we got a Louis bag one, one of our number one fasts
from the beginning of the whole podcast.
Mr. Louis here.
Happy New Year.
But I'm mad.
There you go, Louis.
I got you.
I got you, man.
Start off the year right.
But so, as far, I know you were up in San Antonio.
There was something about Corpus Cree.
We're at Corpus Christi also.
So we were up there and we were doing some fruit,
some sort of fruit.
Oh, yeah, yeah, two vets and the fruit.
They're actually here based on a Westlake when they're two veterans,
their vets and they have a fruit, a fruit company business.
They sell fruits, right?
And they travel, they go to Corpus and they were there last weekend.
And she loves the red dockies and that pie song.
I'm trying to help them out.
Right, right.
Promote it.
Small businesses as we can.
Yeah, exactly.
We help each other out as much as we can.
Yeah, really neat people.
We're actually going to see them next weekend.
And we're going to hopefully see them next weekend.
Right, right, right.
I know next Thursday you got El Fresco coming up.
We got El Fresco.
Friday we have the Willissey County cookoff.
Friday and Saturday, which is that one.
Yeah.
Friday and Saturday it will be in Willissey County.
I'm on, bro.
Hopefully, here the weather permits,
everything's going to be good and stuff like that.
Hopefully the teams don't go out and be out there in that rain.
Don't get it, no kidding.
I mean, because here the fact of the way it is,
right now in the RGB, for us,
if you're watching the podcast on YouTube
or you're listening to it on Spotify
and all these great other areas that we have our podcasts
streaming through, we're located deep south Texas.
Our winters here are literally anywhere between 50 degrees
to 32 degrees.
Those are our winters.
And for an hour or two.
Yeah, and that's, you know what,
those people that drive up to New York
to go see the season changes.
Now, come to the RGB.
You'll happen in one day.
It's going to be hot, cold, rainy, sunny.
Exactly.
You get all four seasons in one day.
My nose, where can you get that?
All in the RGB.
And in 9.56.
In the 9.56 area.
And while you're watching it,
get some kettle puff for where it is.
Get your my nose.
Get some my nose kettle puff for it.
But with the weather being so cold as it is right now
or in the RGE, I mean, you would think at the moment,
you know what this, at this time period,
just like you say, popcorn day, you know,
day off, that's my day off.
But the cold season, how, you know,
it's hard to get markets to go up and running.
Do you take the time to experiment there?
Or do you, you try to, uh,
bundle up as much as you can to get,
to get your product ready for the next, uh,
bundle up and try to, you know,
get ready for the, for the shows.
And that's how we, we know pre-plan correctly
accordingly to what it is.
So like Monday, we're going to get ready for,
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Right, right, right.
So Monday we start getting after it and then we get ready.
There you go.
Big shout out to Sean Logan,
the Morgan Freeman of the RGE.
The Morgan Freeman.
He hates it when I say that.
You stop calling me that.
But, uh, but yeah, man, I mean,
the popcorn music is going very well for you.
I've seen all the, all the tip-tops he put out there.
I've seen all the new flavors you've been bringing out,
a couple of new flavors, especially the Grinch one.
Uh, I know that one looked like it might have been a very big hit.
You know, I, like I said,
there was a time where I wanted to go and I got to go and get this before they run.
Cause I know you have to put a post-it on there.
It was only a seasonal, uh,
flavor for that.
So like, I got to get out there.
And then I threw, I threw, I threw, I threw a McCurr ball.
I go, yeah, man, what about our,
what about our chewing popcorn bro?
Whatever to the, the Sweden sour.
Come on, man.
We'll get you some.
The, the, the sweet and sour, the chewing sweet and sour popcorn, huh?
Eat it while you watch the two dummies on film.
Yes, Sean.
Really.
Morgan Freeman, nine by six.
Uh, but yeah, man, that's awesome that this is going great for you guys.
Business is booming.
Uh, as far as young entrepreneurs that are trying to,
I guess try to follow you because you always have,
you always have the ones that, uh,
try to follow in your fuzz up or try to do the same thing you're doing.
Uh, I mean, it's not, it's not to the point where you're like,
Oh, you know what?
Oh, they're trying to copy us.
No.
I mean, you welcome that.
Cause I mean, you, you like to have them.
It's like, cause sometimes they have questions.
Sometimes they don't answer.
Sometimes they have questions.
You have answers.
Actually, like, would you say that?
Yeah.
I, uh, I work with a lot of kettle corn people that,
you know, from upstate and stuff like that.
And then, uh, if anybody has any questions, man,
I'll share my ideas and help them out,
trying to give them the best advice because a lot of it I'm self-taught.
I mean, it's just like when I, I started it,
all I said to myself, I said,
I'm going to go buy popcorn and make it and, you know,
we're seeing can happen is burning.
Thank God we have not burned a batch.
So we've been doing good.
So I'll just share my experience with people.
Any new, any new entrepreneurs who wants to try it out,
maybe by all means, if I can help you out.
I mean, it's just, it's a fun thing.
A lot of people like popcorn.
I just go out of the norm, you know,
it's just to have different flavors because I mean,
we haven't had it in popcorn down here in the valley.
It's just different.
So yeah, it is, it is different.
It is different.
I mean, to get that phone call,
to get that particular phone call, you know,
the phone rings.
Hello.
It goes, yes.
Man, I speak to the owner of my old, uh,
this is he, uh, my name is Mr. Smith.
I am calling from Earl Redfinbacher.
Uh, we are interested in your current going
and we'd like to work with you.
What a bad, what a bad, what a big bad,
what a good phone deal you have this,
hey, it's short, it's good,
you're making me a prank, man.
He didn't take our offer, Jim.
No.
Damn those 956 people,
they got a good shit down there.
I had a little story that happened to me.
I don't know if I said it, uh, last time I did a fundraiser
and then this guy, uh, is the, in charge of the PTO.
And we did the fundraiser and everything.
And then he meets me like a week later after I delivered
and he meets me there, you know,
the popcorn really likes it.
And when the guy comes to my house and picks up popcorn,
he may say, hey, uh, do you ever think of going to retail?
And I'm like, no, not really, you know,
kind of doing my own thing and just doing the markets and stuff like that.
And then, okay, so it's like that.
So the following week, he comes around and buy some more popcorn.
And then he asked me again, I was in McAllen and he asked me again,
hey, do you think about doing retail and stuff like that?
And then I turn around and I look at the guy and I'm like,
what are you asking me for?
I said, what are you, why, why do you keep on asking?
And he goes, you know why?
I said, I'm a whole buyer for the corporate office of HB and I'm like,
oh, yeah, whoa, hey, all right, all right.
So that's when I closed for a little bit.
Now, calm down, hold on, let me go get my text.
I know, right?
Yeah, let me go get more popcorn, right?
And then he goes, I work for the corporate office of HB because you have something good in your hands, son.
Because you need to look for, you know, you need to, you know,
apply for when they do that for HB and stuff like that.
Right, right.
And ever since I've been great that in my head that I'm one day,
I'm gonna have a good shot at, you know, that's where I'm at.
I mean, if the stars line up correctly, you know, why not?
Why not just go for it?
I mean, the worst that can happen is, well, you know what, we're not, we're not interested.
You know what, it's fine.
You came to me, remember that.
Yeah, you came to me first, bro.
You let me know when you want to back.
Yeah, let me know.
Yeah, so that was pretty cool to me because Mikhail, you know, like, you know, for him to, you know,
he could have started the conversation different, you know,
he's like, hey, you know, I work for so-and-so and this is who I am.
But the guy let me to see what it is until I asked him, then he turned around and I get his,
to me, it's a pretty cool thing because for someone that buys stuff that, you know,
daily basis and he deals with these big guys for me to tell, for him to tell me that,
I really value it a lot because obviously I'm doing, we're doing something right.
Yeah, Sean Logan saying that's dope.
That's the universe.
I also got a big hello here from IC Chris Freeze Dry Treats, another guest that was in the tune
of Parkets and Milo's Kedricorn has been a local inspiration to all little local businesses.
The Chilean Anas.
Yes, the Chilean Anas.
I found out where the Kemi store is.
Yeah, I've been spying.
I know what you're doing.
You're tempting me to join you.
I'm not going to do it.
Not going to, like, just like George Bush, not going to do it.
Not going to do it.
But that's awesome.
Probably have that.
I mean, I mean that, that part of your business, that, that moment, you know, you know, that
people are, are watching, they're listening and they're taste testing.
You know, when that happens, the doors of opportunity open up real quick.
You know, and you, and yes, you get excited.
You want to go for it, but you know, you hold yourself in for sure.
You're significant.
Other holds you back a little bit.
Hey, let's take this one step.
There's not, there's not, there's not, there's not lead yet.
Let's walk to it slowly.
Eventually we will get there.
And it's true.
It's true that there's a lot of people that do get that, that prize opportunity to become
something bigger than what their business to be, to help them grow even more.
You know, it can lead to more stuff when HB might be carried down the line.
They're going to say HB is care.
And one morning, what are they selling?
Walmart will be hitting you up.
CVS will be hitting you up.
Walgreen, by the time you know, you're going to be well known, not just here, but all over
the United States.
It's like when I got it also, again, it's how people are tasting stuff.
And, and it's just our focus, you know, is our quality and service.
That's, that's, I'm not reinventing the wheel.
Exactly.
I'm just, you know, I'm putting all my effort into quality and service.
That's, that's, that's what I want to be with.
I'm not rewriting the wheel.
I'm just making it look good.
It tastes good.
Boreau, Boreau, chrome, papa.
Load to the ground, candy up for red, baby.
With a little bit of popcorn.
But that's awesome, man.
I mean, to think like that, like I said, I mean, there's, I know people that have the
great opportunity to push themselves so far and, you know, and it never comes.
It never comes.
It never, it never gets there.
But those that you've inspired along the way do the same thing you did and they
reached that point.
But at the same time they give you gratitude to say, Hey, man, it wasn't for you.
I wouldn't be here and go watching you do your thing.
Got me here.
I just wanted you to know that I want to acknowledge you for that.
Thank you very much.
You say, even, even, even it would have nice and dollars.
But even, even it was just the, the gratitude of someone else getting there, you know, further
or before you and giving you that.
Thank you back.
And that's, that means a lot.
And that's why because you're like, shit, man.
Well, at least we're doing something.
I mean, I'm really thankful for all the, you know, customers, everybody, our followers.
And, and again, it's because of you all, that's how we get all this exposure and again,
gratitude that we're just grateful for having the opportunity to be part of here in the
community.
So now, since I've gotten into this, you know, this business, I get to be more involved
with the communities of the events that are coming out and making new friends, new vendors
that they show up to the market.
They're like, it's my first one.
I'm like, don't worry about it.
I've been through so many that people are like, I go out of my way to help them out.
And I'll just, you know, make new friends.
It's basically bottom line, right?
You know, make them feel comfortable.
We're all just trying to hustle at the end of the day.
Exactly.
I've got Nancy Katninas.
Yeah.
She's saying, so proud of my little brother and my sister-in-law, super humble individual.
Little brother, little brother!
Where are you, Mama!
Here, here, here!
You're here, Mama!
Here, here, here!
When I saw the pop up, you wanted some popcorn.
Yeah, I'll take anything you want to give me, sir, pop!
I'll take anything you want to give me, sir.
Pop!
I'll take anything you want to give me.
Okay, chicken treat!
But it's November!
Yeah, man.
I mean, that's great, dude.
That's great.
Now, the, the, the, the, the, actually the small business guys, which yourself and a lot of,
a lot of vendors out here that are looking for that dream to have their product tossed
into a big venue like, say, like H&B, Walmart, all these, these huge supermarkets to have
your item on the shelf when that day comes.
And you, and it happens, and you walk in there and you see your product.
What are the expressions?
What, what, what's that?
What do you imagine that feeling's gonna be?
I, I, I don't know, but before I get there, I have to get there.
So, I mean, all I can tell you is just, you know, put all my, my, my energy and heart into it,
and it'll, it'll happen.
I mean, it's just, not in a couple of years.
I don't know, but God's been good to us.
I mean, every turn that we take, we, you know, he opens two or three doors for us.
I mean, we're just, I'm also going to the McKellen Convention Center also, hopefully at the end of the month.
That's awesome.
I've been trying to get in there and I got the opportunity, hopefully be there.
We're gonna have a three day car show, some big car show in the McKellen Convention Center.
Right.
And they're gonna be there the 31st, 1st and 2nd.
Oh, okay.
And I think we're lining up that one to be there.
I know it was special.
Someone was watching right now, you know, someone very special to the Valley right now that holds very big conventions.
Ramsey, you're watching.
I know you hold your Comic-Con.
And what more to get your, your, your, your visitors or even your celebrities when they come down to get this guy as one of your vendors.
Cause it's a, not only that popcorn goes good with, with, with anything to do with comic books or anything to do with Comic-Con.
So it might be, you're going to have your messy eaters.
I won't lie.
But they will thank you in the end for putting a vendor in there that sells it.
And they're not small bags, guys.
These bags, there's seven cup portions.
They're big.
It's a shareable bag.
It's a shareable bag, man. And, and not only that different flavors that you can't, can't even imagine that.
If you get a chance and I would, I would suggest you dip your foot into that.
Any, any cons that come down, get your foot to the door.
Just get your foot in there.
Even, even if it's a small, you don't really need a big spot.
You just need a smaller area, display in the front.
Boom, they're going to fly out.
They'll fly out real quick.
If you can get that, you can get yourself in a, in a con like that.
Bro.
There's one in your mission and I've seen another one in McAllen.
That would be, that would be pretty good to be getting that.
It's a little stepping, it's a little stomping ground, you know.
Somebody, if you, if you give a couple of bags to somebody that wants to sell them for you in there and to Benji, you, you'll be in there.
Have them in costume or something.
I don't know.
And you'll be surprised the outcome.
You'll be surprised the outcome.
I've seen, I've seen a lot of vendors there that they're in, they're in, in costume themselves, you know, selling their product.
There's their, their artwork, their, their video games that they're out there, you know, and the collectible like the Pops and have their on the side, you know, and, and it's, it's amazing what just a little bit more extra effort to get into, dipping your toes into something you don't know what the hell it is, but dammit it's working and it's paying the bills, you know.
You know, and that's, that's what about it's, I read somewhere, the only way we can accomplish something or, or the passion of reaching your goal is over concrete.
Your fear that's, that's like the number one thing in a business profession.
I've learned that the right way in the wrong way, you know, fear is a very, very big.
It's a big monster.
It can hold you back and you're scared to do it.
But I'm saying you stand on your own two feet and say, you know what, I'm going to face the sphere and I'm going to break through it.
And who knows if I get a little monster on the other end.
Okay.
If I did, got rid of this one, I can go on to the next one, but that's number one fear is the biggest monster that is to make a company excel to get even some, even way larger than what you expected.
You know, and I understand that you just like mom said, you know, there's weight on this HB transition, you know, we're going to get there.
We're not going to be there.
But you know, we're going to get there, you know, and then, you know, there's a little bit of that, that little bit of that fear, you know, what, what are we doing?
What have we done?
But you know what, it's better to be safe, getting there one step of the way.
And eventually, you know, you're going to excel to your goal.
That's what it's all about.
You know what I mean?
So, but as far as the business itself, it has been flourishing.
It has been working out for you very well.
I see when I walk on a fresh goal here, even when I saw you mentioned, there's not one, not two, like seven people in there looking like, you know, we don't want to go up on me.
You know, but you do you have your repeat customers on the spot?
A lot of it.
So I have repeat customers.
I had, I even posted up last week, had someone all the way come to all the way from South Park down.
Just all the way from support that come pick up popcorn.
I'm like, you weren't in the calendar, just up the corner.
My mom found out that you were going to be at the market as we're making the drive.
We're going to support them.
I'm going to express my, I know.
Nice.
Thank you so much.
That's two and a half hours.
Just to pick up our pop.
Which is really cool.
That's really neat.
That's awesome.
I mean, all these customers come out and just, you know, people go out of the way.
They really like it.
Right.
Well, that's awesome to have those customers that really go out of the way to come down here.
I've had, I had cousins reach out to me from Corvus Christi that have asked me, Hey man, I saw your episode about that popcorn guy.
How can I get myself a bag?
You can probably head on online.
Yeah, go online, go to his Facebook page.
You can probably go through here.
I don't know if he'll deliver to you, but he'll send it to you.
Yeah, he'll send it up at the house.
They got a big slingshot in the backyard.
They pull out the suit.
What direction?
Give me the right coordinates, longitude, that if you can.
We'll shoot it over there.
Chinggao, what about your guy from Sorry?
It was just better off Chinggao.
What are you doing?
Where's she in by?
Phillip, look outside there's a bass line by again.
Is that the Paloma?
Is that what they call the Paloma down here?
But, yeah, man, I mean, do you FedEx, the UPS?
I ship everything for post office, which I can get online and then it'll take about that.
If I get it that same day, I'll ship it out, pack it, and then, you know, or not the Paloma.
And it still comes in fresh because it's air-conditioned.
No, yeah.
Everything's fresh.
It'll stay over a month in the bag fresh.
Nice.
Like, we got an order on Sunday morning.
We had to make paloma and we had rent sold out of the roasted corn.
Yeah.
So we had to make more Monday to ship it out.
And then I shipped it out in the afternoon.
What's the furthest ship that you've tossed?
It's been New York.
You're welcome.
New York, California, Florida.
I got one for Florida.
I got two.
I'd say you're welcome.
And thank you.
And that'll cost you two bucks.
We got two more.
No, but that's good, man.
I mean, to be tossing out to New York and all that good stuff and then slowly your name's
growing, branching out.
Hawaii.
Oh, yeah.
Hawaii.
Thank you again.
Just like him along.
You're welcome.
No, but that's awesome, man.
I mean, for you to be sitting on your merchandise, your product out to branches out of Texas.
That's something, and I'm pretty sure later on you probably get international shipment
if it allows, if so it allows, because I know there's a lot of different process for that
to happen when you're going out of international waters for it to get shipped out.
But I'm pretty sure it's only a matter of time that you get called out from somewhere
from Italy, the UK.
Mexico, you know, you're international.
You're cross on the border.
You know what, you are international.
My friend, I bought five-voltage.
And they crossed.
They crossed the border.
No, I'm not, but I'm not.
Yeah, you know, it's crazy, man, because, you know, I've met musicians that, a young kid,
young gentleman here from account in Texas, when we first interviewed him, he wanted to be,
he's a hip hop artist, and he wrote a lot of music and stuff.
He goes, hey, man, how was your work cutting out here in the R&D?
Well, it plays.
It plays.
It gets heard and what's how you go, okay.
But what I'm really impressed is that it's a very big interview.
And, well, really, it was, yeah.
And he showed me the numbers in Italy and non-stop above about at least 3,000, 4,000 down the
levels over there.
I'm like, shoot, bro, this was back when.
This is like, actually, I don't know, honestly, six years ago when we had our first studio.
And Quartz I.J., Quartz I.T.
Quartz I.J.
And recently, when I did talk to him about a couple of last year, when we spoke to him,
we want to bring him back in the pod and he goes, hey, man, how the numbers look now,
bro, Italy's growing from 1,000 to 5,000, month to 50,000 down the levels already.
Wow.
In Italy.
And this is all stuff from my old stuff and my new stuff.
And go, what about here, the R&D?
Well, you know, let's just say it's big and heavy.
Big and heavy.
Hey, man, it is what it is.
But, I mean, that's the purpose of R&D.
Me, Rasa out there, because you're watching local business, local talent, anything that's
going to be available.
And I think it's a good thing that people are trying to excel to make our little 9.5,
6.0 year grow and be a big gold stamp on the map down here.
Let them know, hey, we're alive, we've got some good stuff down here too, man.
They'll try it.
We've got, we've got a California down here.
We have artists that come down here.
We have the, I see, I see Krispy Freese, Freese dried treats down here.
And among other, other great stuff that we offer, you know, go to local markets.
Go to the R&D, go to the local markets, check out what's available on your community, what
they're making.
Help support these, these homegrown businesses, man.
They're, they're trying to be the future entrepreneurs of America.
And, you know, that's, that's a big extension of help from then.
Yeah, all right, you got your supermarkets, you got your stuff, you got clean, bramble,
blah, yeah, so and so forth.
But remember those name brands start up just like these guys.
They start off in a market.
They have people to support them.
They grew slowly, but surely they became an icon out there.
So these young entrepreneurs are trying to do the same thing.
You might want to extend your arms.
Later on, they will remember you.
They will remember you.
And they'll, and they'll, you know, sell them out.
Yeah.
Shop small, shop local, just help us out here in the valley.
And that's what it is that basically, you know, shopping small, you know, helping the
local people.
And that's how we become to be popular because, you know, they're supporting our local people.
I'm probably from the nine, five, six, love the valley.
I've been up, up and down the valley from bronze all the way to Grande, you know, so back
then in state.
So yeah, just, you know, getting supported from our locals and stuff.
So thank you so much.
That's all of that.
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Yeah.
So going back, I know you brought some goodies today.
I see that beautiful big box at the bottom there.
Yeah.
There's a big mouth.
You can taste them.
Oh my gosh.
Here we go.
Ladies.
I did bring that.
You did taste the marana.
We can.
You're right.
You did tell you.
That was another one that I had.
We can.
We can say that.
We can.
Yeah.
So this is the newest one that we have.
It's I'm trying again.
You saying I'll put it.
I'll zoom into you right now on one second.
There you go.
Go ahead.
So like this already in here again, it's just trying out new things and stuff like that.
It's blue takis and white cheddar.
It mixes well.
It's just the spiciness, the vegan, the vinegar in it is the it's pretty good.
I'm going to open it for you to taste it.
See what you think.
See what you.
What do you think?
Why are you doing this?
So what you're doing in here, we're going to, I'm going to grab one in here.
So we're going to do one blue, two whites.
So that's the way you're doing it like this.
So we do, you know, two whites, one blue.
There you go.
Take the bag.
The only one we're not going to open is sweet and salty because that belongs to some.
We're not tasting sweet and salty.
I got that.
Yeah, you did.
Yeah.
It's more like a cheesy flavor that sits in the back and it's kind of like, like the blue
takis like it mixes well.
Like I just, oh wow.
It's really good.
I've never, I've always seen the blue takis on the show, the HB or Walmart and the shopping
centers.
I'm afraid to take it.
No one even like it.
Sometimes my asses get really bad on my stomach.
But you know, now that I'm tasting here.
Yeah, it tastes good.
You know, the more you have it, the more it settles that cheese, that white cheddar with
the blue takis.
So the blue takis gives you the salty, the vinegar and a little bit of hot.
And then with that cheese, it mixes in there.
And people like it.
They like it so far, it's a good, good, yeah, there you go.
I'll put it right there.
Hey, Chew, look.
Damn, it's really good.
It really is really good.
That's pretty good.
This one is called blue cheese.
No, that one's, well, the blue takis, anything in there, I gotta make sure that I modify that
thing.
Yeah.
So that's the blue, that's the blue takis and white cheddar.
I'll give it a good flavor.
And see what you think of the salt and vinegar.
Oh, dude.
My wife and I were talking about that when you showed it.
And I was like, oh my God.
And he has salt and vinegar.
You better get it out.
I'll try it.
It's gonna make it home, baby.
I'll tell you right now.
Yeah.
I'll put this right here.
Let us know a little bit about that.
You like that saltiness, that salt and vinegar, that vinegar flavor.
Oh my God.
Now once we make sure we want to get a Coke.
Oh yeah.
You wouldn't spell that.
Oh.
When I open this thing, you could smell that vinegar is so strong when I'm tolling it.
Right.
And I'm making it mad.
It gets pretty strong, but it's good.
Yeah.
It's got a good flavor that's your salt and vinegar.
It kind of reminds you that, you know, the salt and vinegar chips.
Yeah.
Remember the Tom's bag?
That's remember the last time I seen it.
I don't know where I've seen salt and vinegar.
But.
Oh, when was it?
Oh my God.
Put a movie on.
Movie nights.
See you next week.
Movie night.
Wow.
This is a movie night.
Movie night.
Fuck.
Jesus is really good.
Yeah.
That one's good.
Oh my God.
Salt and vinegar.
Yeah.
We saw you put this on Facebook and I'll tell my wife, I'll take this out.
He goes, what?
He made a new flavor.
I go, what is it?
I go, salt and vinegar.
My wife's, I'm gonna like, what did you say?
I go, should I have salt and vinegar?
Yeah.
Salt and vinegar.
Oh my gosh.
They go, how do you think it tastes?
I don't know.
We're gonna find out soon.
I was like, I'm impressed that I like it.
I had it for a minute, but I hadn't done it.
Right.
It's really good.
And that's the first thing I said when I reached out to you, where you off this weekend?
And you told me where you were at.
You said you have the salt and vinegar on you.
I had a couple of bags.
I'm like, okay, I'm gonna see if I can make it out there.
No, I wasn't gonna be able to make it out there, man.
It is, you can literally taste like if you actually eat a chip.
Oh man, I wish I had a Coke.
Yeah, I don't want to drink a Coke with it.
It's just, it's good.
A pickle, a Coke.
And I'm in that.
I'm watching, I'm watching the figure.
And you're not gonna get it?
I'm already ashamed of myself.
No GMO?
Nothing, people are watching.
They're asking me for sugars and stuff like that, but if people, that works.
Really?
You can have that.
Me too.
Next week, people maybe he didn't.
Neither!
He ain't gonna be here, baby.
But yeah, and I know you want to show the bags.
That's the maranana, right?
No, this is your Rittuachis.
This is the most popular one that you have ever made.
Everybody likes the Rittuachis.
If you tasted this one right here.
Let's see what you got.
I think we tasted that last time.
That's when you tasted this one.
This is your Rittuachis.
Another one that, that that, that I'm really proud of it's this one's a Milos Marana,
I love Maranau which is a roasted corn, the cheese and this one.
Right, I, bro.
Good stuff.
Don't say, guys, if you know me and you see me on the street or you see me at work or
don't make your Maranau, because all I picture is those chips and those chips and that corn,
bro.
That was just unbelievable.
I can't even take them.
I know.
I can eat my own stuff so good.
I believe it.
Dude, it's so good.
It's so good, bro.
It's so good.
Look, you got the cheese, you got the corn, the red dot, the stoia just combines good.
It's super good.
Yeah.
Yeah, and I told you when I ate them, I ate them out of the first thing, you know, I could
not believe that it was that good.
I'm like, Jesus Christ, it tastes just like the popcorn.
Oh my God.
Here's the corn.
I'm eating the camera there by itself.
I got Mike here.
I need a chew a new pillow.
God, those are not for sale.
Those are not for sale.
As you can see.
Check it out, guys.
Check out that one.
Look.
How cute.
I'm getting cute Los Oshos.
I know, huh?
Oh my gosh, man.
Yeah.
Look, maybe this.
How did you get these?
Those?
Yeah.
I got these.
I don't know.
I ordered those online.
They were at a good price.
When I got them in, my mom goes, are you serious?
They go, hey, they're from the studio.
Really?
You put your faces on the pillow.
Do you realize where that pillow is going to be?
I don't know.
But when you realize where that pillow's going to be,
you go, yeah.
I do.
People are going to be laying back on it.
People are going to sit on them.
But, hey, these are actually really cool pillows, too.
I think that's the one Mike's talking about.
That's the one Mike's talking about.
That one has our old limbloom.
I really like our old limbloom.
The only thing left is the color.
It really comes out.
camera it really pops the sign the way it looks and they have happy to ask me you know
hey are you selling them? I'm not selling them though. We do buy each
time do get them we will sell them not with the pillow inside you buy you got to buy your own pillow.
I'm not going to spend that much money on my pillow. I know you're heartbroken.
I'm sorry buddy but those are not for sale you know I know you want to put those in your
drum kit but you're gonna work. But yeah man I mean the flavors that you've
brought out today I mean the salt and vinegar takes the cake. I don't know that's really good.
I'm not gonna doubt and the blue taki one is actually really good too but the one I was
really looking forward to was actually the salt and vinegar because I saw it like I said my wife
and I saw it and we're like we got to taste that. Let's see if any game consumer too actually the chip itself.
I go yeah and we do get it we're buying three hundred cokes for you and me.
Coke zeroes. Put a Coke zero baby. Put a Coke zero.
But I told you the first thing I told you. But yeah I know I took her I took her the caramel one
and green apple one. Yeah she loved that one she said it was really good and this one next to it
was the caramel right. That's just a regular caramel. Yeah and like I said I took the cheesy one the one
that was all cheese the extra cheese. It was called the extra cheese when you had the spicy one or is it
just regular regular just the regular cheese. Jesus Christ I down that sucker. I downed it in one night
all I was you ate it all I go yeah. I'm sorry. I saw quite a bit of that like in the fundraising
that we do the fundraiser side. Tell us about that. I know your fundraising things going really
yeah we've been really good a lot of the schools have been supporting us is that we do fundraising
with the schools again it's just giving back to the community they make a good amount of profit
off of it. Everybody's familiar with the Miles Kettle Corn Soap. Right. I mean it's in two weeks
you can get quite a bit of money raised because it's it has good profit margins into it. It's like
it's like I said if you look at these bags man look at look at these bags I mean really look at it.
It's I mean it's it's a big bag. It's a good amount of profit. This I mean during wrongs in a market
or wrongs in a market. Like I'm gonna try to hide this in a wise purse. I could take it into a
what are you doing sir. Why are you putting your buddy in your wise purse. It's something that we do
it's a tradition when a new movie comes out. They know attention to the other four guys we got.
Actually the butter when I also had them I also started carrying the butter because of the fundraising
right that's that's that's the one that I used to ask base to do some other my flavors right.
I wasn't carrying it but now it started selling actually sold everything I make this past weekend
really it's just plain popcorn but then the cool thing about it that you're just eating little round
crisp balls you know what I mean it's just the popcorn it's just super good right right.
So that's why I don't know man but it's really good man now now that we've gone over it's over
how many years are you been doing this already. I'm going to be in April in April we'll be hit two
years and the two years let's go back the first year you started this. I know everybody has a
the first stepping stone to step on in order for them to excel in their in their business.
Mom and I'm gonna I know what you're gonna say I want to hear what mom wants to say when he decided
to do this popcorn business what were the first thoughts in your mind. I mean and be honest be
blood about it it's okay it's the first year it's like it's like me saying hey babe I want to raise
chickens. I want to raise chickens. Quietly because it's so expensive. No no no but this is my new
my new this is two years ago I want to raise chickens. That's the law of courage. I want to raise
chickens. Now don't you wish I raise chickens. That's good you know. But the first time he came
up to you he asked you hey I want to start doing popcorn what was your what was the first thing that
popped in your head I mean be honest about it because things are going great now. I mean
I'm fortunate I know you said yes because it's happening but I mean what was what was the first
thought in your head. I do. I mean it was but you know we were in a situation where when he was
doing wasn't working okay and I knew that wasn't something he wanted to do. Okay. And then you
because we've talked about kettle-corn in the past and then you know something that it was an
strange to do. Right. And I was saying this about those. I was like no like I was I think I was in
Corpus at that time in training I was working and he just called me like hey this other thing that
I was doing is not going to work out. I think this I'm going to go and you know give my two weeks
and that I don't know what I'm going to do. He was. And I was like okay we got this I got this
right we got we got both of us so I was like I got both of us. Okay. I don't know we started
talking about popcorn and kettle-corn then I'm like hey remember we ordered that trial CD where
they show you how to make popcorn and how to start your business from the beginning. I'm like
why don't you apply for it. I'm like we're not asking anybody for money we're not like we're
doing it our own. Right. And just apply for it what's the worst thing you're going to tell you.
You're declining you know. Exactly. Not even like 10 minutes later he's like I got accepted.
You're accepted. Yes. Really. That was quick. I thought we were going to take a week or something.
Right right right right right. But no he I'm like order it do it like let's go like we got this.
Did you want to do this. I got you let's go for it. Right right right. Matt I mean I can tell you
that we we struggled in the beginning not we would do markets and we're like oh no you know slow
like you know we really do this every weekend you know. Right right. We're working the whole
week I get out of work help him do popcorn back popcorn so off the house. Right. And then in the
weekend continue working and working and working and I'm like can we do this like every weekend.
Is this going to be something that we're looking at doing like and we really thought about it. I mean
remember when we it was probably like three months in we were in the market somewhere in mission and
we had to like through bad and as I go. Okay. And he he was like no it's okay like we got this
like we got this he was always super positive about everything. That's good. Oh my god. You got
you got to have the balance of yin and yang when it comes to business. Yeah and he's like you know
what let me stop here and he stopped in a park and he was he did not hesitate he got his bin
he went and he's like hey we walked apart we had told him look hey you want to sell some you want to
buy some popcorn look I have this flavors and he I was like I was behind him like with another
babe. He didn't drive with my manager. Just a question I'm going out there. We didn't sell
anything we went to a market we didn't sell anything you know it's like she was like really
this is not all we thought and so we were we were passing by you know that duck duck pond on
sherry road. Yes. Okay there that little park you know there's always people there's always people
who are sizing yeah. So I had to sell popcorn you know I just didn't do anything that day when
I started so I went in there and uh and I started asking people hey popcorn selling this and that
you know some people bought popcorn I didn't sell a whole lot so I kept on driving and said we got
it and so I got all pumped up and stuff man I stopped at the at the at the Charlie Clark
Nissan right there often in fact okay that big old dealership that Nissan dealership man I sold
about a hundred bags right there and I'm now an half like that I showed up talked to one of the
managers and then before before I know it man I'm just bringing boxes down and people are just buying
there and then I stopped at that same day I you know I just I was so motivated because people
are just helping me out I didn't finish selling all my popcorn here at at the at the motors right
like stopped there and they bought me a whole bunch of popcorn and she goes like what and I sold all
like I have and that was when we started there's just like motivating himself he's like I know
this is not gonna stop me like you know he doesn't stop like I am I'm more like I'm scared like I don't
know right you know after the after those bitches bottles in the sherry land
you know
popcorn and I was like yeah we're selling this like you know we got this we got this like you
know and it's just a way that he he just motivates himself and like now I'm more like okay we can do
this yeah we got it we got it we just gotta do it if not we live and learn yeah animal animal
yeah I got you man they're not make adjustments as you're going you know just try to stay positive
and something negative happens I mean it's just we can't control a lot of the things around us we
just can try to control ourselves and try to adapt I mean be positive sometimes it gets frustrating
don't believe me we've all had our ups and downs and stuff like that but just gotta you know just
look at it the bright side and try to see the best outcome out of it you know it's just you know
but it's it's had his difficulties and stuff like that of course you're gonna have your stumbles along
the way yeah so but so far everybody's I mean received it with open arms anywhere that I've been
and I said I try to you know win you over anybody that I can't because you know it's just doesn't
serve any good for you know for being that bad guy you know it's just trying to do the right thing
at the end of the day and even when no one no one's watching you know you always try to do the right
thing and that's what I live on you know do the right thing even when no one's watching there you
go and that's what it's all about man I mean it's not as far as like saying staying up here so it's
pushing yourself the limits man you if you really want to reach a goal you have to have
you know come on this is come on you know the ganas the ganas acelo you gotta get there you have
the motivation to get it more motivation not that kind of motivation but the motivation to get there
you know you have to push yourself you've hurt my motivation right yeah exactly exactly my motivation
I've heard so many scenarios man that I mean that I've seen through the past where people get a
great start the first four months and then all of a sudden it just dies out and goes what happened
bro you gotta go out there and get it you gotta network you gotta throw your name out there you
gotta gotta push yourself you gotta constantly be moving move move move you can't sit still I mean
it's it's it's always been a saying where you where you say why can't I win the lottery bro are you
playing are you are you buying a ticket because no one's in the body to take you gotta go get
yourself you gotta play you gotta play you should go over a billion dollars or something like that
a guy from uh who where's your Cali Cali my nothing 800 cash cash someone just hit the
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i'll get on the podcast yeah and i got Jose Antonio Peres say hey guys hi my little hi Alex
from Bertha's uh toy store the best california hell yeah what's up and really really humble people
right there man they have a toy store who they sell all sorts mobile toy store actually and uh
they sell all sorts of little those little toys that everybody's all the kids are buying and stuff
and he bought a trailer wrapped it up and it's just like a little mobile where is it
store there he's at the markets him and brought that uh yeah that's his name yeah
Bertha's toys we're gonna have to get you on the pod man i want to see you got a ninja toy
he's got all sorts and i think he goes to the uh those comic con things oh bro he's got all those
sorts of yeah i would love to you know talk to you too he's got some nice toys and stuff
right there yeah i love i love watching these these uh these young collectors man that they have
i met a buddy of mine there's a buddy of mine who uh he collects so much stuff dude he freaks me
like his wall is his his shelves in his wall are filled with memorabilia of toys and i'm talking
about anime i'm talking about mag i'm talking about anything you can even think of from from demon
uh demons uh slayer to to one punch man to just send him a few chainsaw chainsaw man
he has these large toys of i would say figurines or or models or everyone called on the wall and
i freak out every time he's getting one like almost one every week and i ask him how much are those
i go do i tell you i have to kill you but beautiful man beautiful and and just recently
this christmas i got my son actually a large figurine for his room uh it was from my hero
academia got it for a real good price and he loved it he's like dad i want more of those
bro man those those bad boys actually like i got it a real good price you know shout out to ramsey
over here at uh kibum comics um he had a big sale going on but uh yeah man i mean to have
somebody from a toaster coming to our podcast that would be cool to have especially comic book
readers and and so on so forth these collectibles now you know i'm all about the small business man
you know helping these young people young entrepreneurs trying to make their business big
that's what's all about helping each other out just support each other out you know encourage
each other because there's some days that it'll be rough it's not like that but that's you know
your fellow vendors man that's so you you know encourage each other you know and help them out
maybe can drive them business their way why not right i try to do that every time you know they
go see so-and-so or for this or that right so we know we know a whole bunch of little vendors you
know they're not literally all you know good vendors and stuff like that so yeah i hear you
i hear you man that's good that's good to know that uh there's not only you're doing your shop
thing here you're your your market but you also have time to help your fellow entrepreneurs to
push themselves also to get because those are the ones that help me you know and it's just
gotta return the favor exactly i hear you totally hear you uh we are an hour and seven minutes into
the podcast wow oh my goodness i'm having fun and you need popcorn bro and i have because i'm not
eating are you saving a bag for my friend i ain't saying shit
you don't find empty bags you're like that's all he's gonna find uh you're gonna get something
i'll say that but uh first things first i want to say thank you first of all but come on thank
you appreciate it once again with your great product man i you know i can't i can't wait i'm
waiting i'm waiting for that sweet and sour man i'm waiting for that it's coming soon it's coming
i know it's gonna come it's sweet and sour it's sweet and sour chewy chewy new podcast popcorn
you want some too any uh sweet and salty yeah we'll get it i can't wait for that one but anyways guys
thank you once again for coming i haven't thank you and on top of the house guys you know uh since
we like you said you you gotta you gotta help promote each other i got two caps right here that
i've been saving for our first time guests so further first episode of season six these are
yours i'll give them to you right now hold on a second thank you so much here you go yeah put that
on awesome awesome check it out guys have those beautiful caps there they're old if you touch
them bro it reminds you when you were a kid when you used to play baseball is that nice little thick
foam in front no i'm better yeah no i'm a guy that'd be quite chat up no i'm a rock
you know
now once again guys thank you so much for coming out having fun with me today man unfortunately
chew wasn't able to come on here and enjoy the festivities with us uh chew uh hope you're feeling
better brother i know the cold really gets to your joints and stuff like that and i know it's
kind of tough for your head out here it's all good now we're all praying for you hope you
feel better for next week have you come back unfortunately it's not popcorn but uh thank you
once again guys i appreciate you guys and don't hurt thank you so much next week thursday alfresco
they will be out in the market selling all this good stuff man do not miss out i think fresco
started at six it starts at six and it's the last one of the season but we got one more in
February that's it really yep oh they're done they're done for the year holy moly yes sir guys
you don't want to miss this one guys you don't want to miss it the last we're all for this here
head out here south texas boulevard in wiskill texas right next to this beautiful building
that we have here and inside you'll find a little studio over at the vie cortez right along south
texas boulevard enjoy all the festivities food vendors live music performances hopefully the
weather is better than it is today hopefully it's it's now the cold here is going to go away so
hopefully it kind of stays kind of cool if it is you're going to have a great time and even if it's
hot come out and support your local businesses your local everything has to do with the 956
come out here and enjoy yourself all the great facilities thank you so much thank you thank you
myles kind of boy thank you so much for all this extra crunchy and extra fun like it says in your
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like i said thank you so much for coming out uh god bless you man and hopefully nothing but gold
trails until we're going and who knows next time we see if they'll be in hb's eyes man every night
you'll probably be there every day buy my stuff buy my you gotta buy my stuff
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thank you so much guys ladies and gentlemen that is the podcast episode one season six episode
number two twenty seven jesus oh god by the way before we sign off the air our hearts and our
prayers go out to cali everybody is going through that fire right now jesus i may god guide you out
of that man uh it's horrible out there the rescue uh first responders please be careful man uh the
brave soul is going out there trying to get everybody out of their houses and trying to lean
way out of that horrible predicament they're in uh hopefully the uh the it dies down soon man uh there's
a lot of uh a lot of destruction out there and uh my hearts and prayers go out to you guys also to
the car of a jimmy carter uh hundred years i was uh reading up on this hundred years man you have to
be a hundred uh thinking about that i'm 49 i'm turning 50 this year wow to live 19 24s a year he
was born and to live 100 years that's just that's an accomplishment in life you know if i get to live
to 100 years that'd be great i'll probably do this podcast you'll probably see me die right here on
camera do it a hundred uh yeah that i'll be famous uh but no our hearts uh go to the carter family
and my heart goes to the united states of america with a new prison that's come into uh to the new
uh office now uh all we can do is make god watch over us make god bless america and uh
hopefully everything comes out in the end there general we will see you next week tuesday we got
water coming in with a couple of extra guests that are coming with this producer and with some other
gentlemen uh tune in next week at 7 30 p.m on tuesday night uh we won't be on thursday because
fresh kills can be going on and boy does he get packed so and it's being the last what uh my
was kind of corn to say it's gonna be jeff now don't miss out next week i'll first show thursday
afternoon and six of this night i'll keep the party going i think the 10th and you can make that uh
i'll make sure that your strength is so much and don't ask me what's going on thank you latest gays
this piece out guys here we go