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Emjaysmash 02-07-2012 06:06 AM

An Interview with Pete Johnson
 
I watched this interview and thought it was quite interesting.

There are 4 parts, about a half hour each.

An Interview with Pete Johnson (Part 1)

An Interview with Pete Johnson (Part 2)

An Interview with Pete Johnson (Part 3)

An Interview with Pete Johnson (Part 4)

Blak Smyth 02-07-2012 06:17 AM

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I am subscribing to this so I can watch this with a cigar tonight.

elderboy02 02-07-2012 07:17 AM

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Tag

ChicagoWhiteSox 02-07-2012 08:00 AM

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Sounds like Pete is taking an idea from Cuba with the new "book" style box coming out:rolleyes:

irratebass 02-07-2012 08:41 AM

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I caught the blogs interview, and interview 3...thanks for posting these all, will try and watch the rest tonight.

Sounds like little monsters will be more accessible. :wo

timlisten 02-07-2012 10:56 AM

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hey, thanks for sharing this. I will watch it when I get home tonight.

Lanks85 02-07-2012 11:18 AM

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I really enjoyed the videos especially as a newb with very limited knowledge about the cigar industry.

neoflex 02-07-2012 02:03 PM

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Thanks for the links!

Doctorossi 02-07-2012 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox (Post 1551871)
Sounds like Pete is taking an idea from Cuba

Wait... Pete Johnson? Never!

Blak Smyth 02-07-2012 05:49 PM

Re: An Interview with Pete Johnson
 
Really enjoyed this interview. I like to see Pete's passion about cigars. It gives me a ton to think about in the industry. Us newer cigar smokers should really take the time to watch these clips.

neoflex 02-07-2012 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Doctorossi (Post 1552285)
Wait... Pete Johnson? Never!

http://icanhasinternets.com/wp-conte...5/haters21.jpg

This interview if watched should give even the haters a lot of respect for Pete and where he stands as far as the industry is concerned. I guarantee most guys if given the opportunity to speak to Pete for a bit will have a new found respect for him.

ChicagoWhiteSox 02-07-2012 07:46 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Doctorossi (Post 1552285)
Wait... Pete Johnson? Never!

:=:

ChicagoWhiteSox 02-07-2012 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by neoflex (Post 1552542)
This interview if watched should give even the haters a lot of respect for Pete and where he stands as far as the industry is concerned. I guarantee most guys if given the opportunity to speak to Pete for a bit will have a new found respect for him.

Pete seems like a great person. I don't smoke a lot of his stuff, if at all, but many people do. It bugs me a bit the way the brand markets though.

Emjaysmash 02-07-2012 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox (Post 1552604)
Pete seems like a great person. I don't smoke a lot of his stuff, if at all, but many people do. It bugs me a bit the way the brand markets though.

I think he does speak to this point a little bit in the interview.

Blak Smyth 02-08-2012 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox (Post 1552604)
It bugs me a bit the way the brand markets though.

In which way?
Because he makes a lot of limited items?
Because of his adds?
Just curious about what you meant as I find Tatuaje much less annoying than many other marketing strategies in the industry.

ChicagoWhiteSox 02-08-2012 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth (Post 1552935)
In which way?
Because he makes a lot of limited items?
Because of his adds?
Just curious about what you meant as I find Tatuaje much less annoying than many other marketing strategies in the industry.

I don't really want to go deep into it, but for example to show you where my opinion is coming from, in this very same interview that MJ posted, Pete talks about how he calls people out on BS marketing in the cigar industry. He claims there is such BS involved and some cigar makers lie to the consumer. That's all fine and dandy. But he then proceeds to make a comment about how his new cigars coming out will be packaged in "book" style boxes... Pete and George have a good laugh about it and even joke about "where that idea came from". I guess I'm in the minority here, but it just rubs me the wrong way. And this is just one example. People shouldn't try to mimic havanas in DR or Nic or Hond., whether it's blends or packaging. Again, this is just my little old opinion and I have nothing agaisnt Pete. I think it would be cool to hang out with him and smoke a cigar or two.

Blak Smyth 02-08-2012 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox (Post 1552951)
I don't really want to go deep into it, but for example to show you where my opinion is coming from, in this very same interview that MJ posted, Pete talks about how he calls people out on BS marketing in the cigar industry. He claims there is such BS involved and some cigar makers lie to the consumer. That's all fine and dandy. But he then proceeds to make a comment about how his new cigars coming out will be packaged in "book" style boxes... Pete and George have a good laugh about it and even joke about "where that idea came from". I guess I'm in the minority here, but it just rubs me the wrong way. And this is just one example. People shouldn't try to mimic havanas in DR or Nic or Hond., whether it's blends or packaging. Again, this is just my little old opinion and I have nothing agaisnt Pete. I think it would be cool to hang out with him and smoke a cigar or two.

I see your point, I understood his perspective as paying respect to his inspiration. I don't think he is keeping any secrets about his passion for old CC style cigars or their packaging. He is not claiming to be the originator of these concepts and he even gave credit to somebody else in this video for making a cigar similar in concept to the Vertite before him. I don't know, I have enjoyed many of his cigars and to me that is the most important thing. I would be interested in spending a day with Pete to hear him speak his mind without censoring himself. I didn't wanna argue about this, I respect your opinion as I am sure it is more developed than mine. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me.

Doctorossi 02-08-2012 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by neoflex (Post 1552542)

Where'd you get that idea? :confused:

I ain't hatin'. I wish more companies would follow Pete's lead and emulate more of the Cuban traditions.

ChicagoWhiteSox 02-08-2012 09:28 PM

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Just watched part 4. Interesting that Pete thinks that there's now way you can tell an Epi 2 to a PSD4 these days. Wow. Another interesting thing he said was that if you buy fresh CC's that have that "green" aspect to them, they will never age well. A green cigar will be a green cigar 5 years from now??:r:r:r:r Oh well, interesting videos to watch:tu


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