-I was always jealous of you,
because you come on the show and we talk about that.
But then, there's many things that I'm jealous of you...
[ Laughter ]
That being barely on the list. I mean, please. Uh, yeah, uh...
But the other thing I'm jealous of --
are you like a creative director for Wild Turkey?
-Yeah. -What?
-Wild Turkey, how about that? -How do I get that job?
-That's a great day job, man. -That is unbelievable.
-Yeah. Great day job.
-How did you -- you just ended up...
-They came looking to me a few years ago
about just sort of just being the face for the brand.
Well, I was already a fan of Wild Turkey.
And so as I started talking to them about ideas
about where the company wanted to go,
where the brand wanted to go, it became obvious
that, hey, you know what? I should be more than the face.
Let me come on and help direct where we're going to go
creatively with the brand. -Yeah.
-Along the way --
-I mean, Wild Turkey's a classic.
-It's a classic. And I met the Russells,
found a story out there in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky,
from those guys who've been doing it one way
and only one way since day one.
They're a great family.
So I started telling their story.
Told the Wild Turkey story.
Along the way I'm talking to Eddie Russell,
the master distiller out there.
I said -- in his ear, I said, "Listen.
I've always wanted to make my own bourbon.
Do you think maybe you and I can brew up some juice
that is my favorite juice?" [ Laughter ]
-Brew up some juice. -So behind --
Brew up some juice. [ Laughter ]
Sounds like moonshine terms, doesn't it?
-Yeah, I love it. This is great.
I want to be there in this meeting, yeah.
-So listen to this hard work I've got to do.
Eddie Russell, we decided,
I'm from Texas, he's from Kentucky.
Let's put a little mesquite wood
in the backbone of that Wild Turkey blend.
-Yeah! -And he's sending me samples,
little pint samples, about 80 something
over two years, and my job,
my sweat equity here is to taste those.
[ Laughter ]
And then write down a note or call him and leave a note
at 3:00 A.M., or draw some picture
of how it felt, the journey it took through the palate.
[ Laughter ] Da, da, da.
Anyway, on my birthday a couple years ago,
I was with my wife,
and we were down to like the 88th bottle.
And I had it, and it was -- it was it.
I said, "That's it."
I didn't tell my wife which one I liked.
She had a sip of the four. She goes, "Ooh, that's it."
I called him. I remember it was 2:30.
Eddie likes to remind me, no, it was 4:30 in the morning
that I called him.
But I said, "This is it. I don't even need a rock on it.
"I don't need to mix it with anything.
This is my favorite tasting bourbon on the planet,"
and that's Wild Turkey Longbranch, which we have now.
-Longbranch. -Yeah.
-And that's it. And you've got a little mesquite,
a little smokey flavor to it. -Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
-Gosh. We're all doing it wrong.
I mean, dude, that is fantastic. -It's a hell of a hobby.
-I love that. And is that out?
-It is out. Yep.
And more is coming out this September.
Going to be wide. It's been a great introduction.
-Man. -And wait till you taste it.
It speaks for itself. -Yeah. All right.
I'll do it. Next time you come on, we'll have a little some.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I have to bring up -- I have to bring up your mom.
-Yes. K-Mac. -'Cause I do love her.
K-Mac. K-Mac is eighty...
-86. -86 years young,
and I just love the stories about her.
But you said that you were going to take her
on this family vacation with you.
-We did. It was time for a proper vacation,
my kids told me. -Yeah.
-And I'm like, "What do you mean?
"We've been in Mauritius. We've been in Australia.
"We've been all these places all over the world.
We've been -- it's all a vacation."
They're like, "No. You're always working, Papai."
Which is what they call me, Papai.
Portuguese for Dad.
So, they said, "No. We haven't been on a proper vacation
when you haven't been working."
So I said, okay. Let's gather all the kids.
Let's get my mom. Let's get my wife's dad.
Let's go to Amalfi Coast outside of Italy.
Let go to the Greek islands.
We meet up with the Harrelson family in Greece.
-As in... -As in Woody.
-Woody Harrelson? -Yeah.
Now Woody is the kind of guy --
Woody's the kind of guy that if you rent the place,
but he shows up before you get there,
he will take the master bedroom.
[ Laughter ]
But more about that later.
-Yeah. -I mean...
Let me just say this about Woody.
Even if the plan on the night is you're going to the Oscars,
it's probably a good idea to take your swimsuit.
[ Laughter ] All right?
But more on that later. Let me get back to Mom.
You know what I'm talking about, Woodrow.
So we're there three weeks, paradise.
Ah, man, we had freedom.
Nobody was even taking pictures, the water --
Greece is beautiful. It's inherently generous.
The sea doesn't bite. The air doesn't bite.
The land doesn't bite. People love family.
If you take the eldest female, which was my mother,
is always the queen in any situation.
We've had a great three weeks.
We've had such a good three weeks that we decide
when it's time to go, man, let's push this
and do this another week.
Everybody unanimously says, "Yes."
So we're not -- we want to cancel those cabs
to the airport that afternoon.
Except my mother, who's all packed up, ready to go.
Her suitcases -- We go, "Mom, we got an idea.
Everyone says we'd like to stay another week in paradise."
She's like, "Well, no.
"No, I don't think that's a good idea.
"My mind was prepared that we leave today,
and I'm ready to go." [ Laughter ]
We're like, "Mom, hang on a minute.
"Hang on a minute, Mom.
"Everyone -- we got another week.
We all thought you'd say 'Thank you.'"
-It's paradise. -All of a sudden she's like,
"I have to get back to my pilates class on Tuesday."
[ Laughter ]
"And I need to go to my salon to get my nails done."
And just as I'm saying this, my wife, very smartly, goes,
"Hey, K-Mac," which is what they call her,
"You know what?
"I know a great nail salon in town here.
"Let's go get our nails done
and we'll do pilates on the beach later on."
And all of a sudden my mom's like, "I'll unpack right now.
I'd love to stay another week." [ Laughter ]
See? -Smart.
-She just needed a little TLC. -She took care of you.
-She just needed a little TLC.