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Vol. 1 No. 26 / February 22, 2020

Programs IPSD Salute/ 2 Week of Feb 22 - 28 ...... 3 Articles Padre, Mark & Matches by BRTV Editors...... 2 The Briar Pack The Briar Pack/ 10 by BRTV Editors...... 10

IPSD Video Roundup by BRTV Editors ...... 11 Reviews, Columns

As We See It ...... 2 Review ...... 14

Cover: Tobacco Pipes International

Managing Editor: Phil’s Secretary: Diane Phil Goodman Hollywood Bureau: Moose Editors: Bill Needleman, Jensen, Michael A. Website Director: Nick IPSD with Padre, Mark & Matches

International Pipe Smoking Day It’s one of those videos that is means diﬀerent things to diﬀerent perfect to light your pipe and sit people. Padre Piper sat down back. I encourage everyone to with Mark V.V. and talked about watch it and do just that. IPSD and Matches860. It was how we spent our IPSD but Wanting to let a little time pass to even a little bit after the fact, it’s make this video, they used the still time well spent. occasion of IPSD to catch up and tell some stories about John. Link to the video. An IPSD Salute to Matches860 When you think about doing a Tribute to everyone’s friend, this is the perfect day to do it.

As usual the conversation goes oﬀ on tangents that bring the memories ﬂooding back. A rare photo of Padre and Mark smoking at the same time.

As We See It

A bunch of great live shows on Highly suggest you read the Briar IPSD. Derek Tant, London Pack article and get ready for Calling with Simon, Classical some changes beginning with Pipes, SeaSmoke Pipes,Briar Challenge No. 2. Check our Blues and George Bruno. What magazine, Twitter feed or Briar a day! Blues videos for updates as they develop.

WharfeValleyBoy just held his Don’t know about you but I 1K sub giveaway and Old couldn’t get past IPSD without Hollywood Briar hit the same buying a new pipe. I know I said it milestone this past week. wasn’t going to happen this year According to our own Bill but all those sales! How can one Needleman, he was the resist? 1,000th subscriber himself.

BRTV Guide - 2 Saturday

2:00 NORTH EAST PIPER UK 8 AM BRIAR PACK LADY’S -Live EDITION ROUND 1 His live shows have been REVEAL getting more and more -Briar Blues popular. The show can run from an hour up to three. Join Revealing the blend the in as you have time. The ladies got in round 1 and a show begins at 7:00 PM GMT look at what’s going out for round 2. 5:00 LONDON CALLING with SIMON - LIVE NOON SATURDAY WITH Live from London THE CAINS England, Simon talks -Steph & Skip Cain about Premium Tobacco LIVE- Dodging the long arm and the latest news from of the copyright cops, Steph around the world. 11:30 & Skip host their live show GMT till sign off. from Houston TX. Watch for them to come on around 8:00 WEEKEND CHAT noon their time. -Happy go lucky piper With his brand new 1:00 ONE THOUSAND SUB Savinelli 673, Izzy sits GIVEAWAY DRAW down for a quiet chat with -WharfeValleyBoy his pipe smoking friends. Celebrating his thousandth subscriber goes high tech. on his drawing. 9:00 SAMUEL GAWITH ST JAMES FLAKE -Beans316 1:30 C & D BAYOU Sitting in the shop talking MORNING FLAKE about rumors facing REVIEW Samuel Gawith blends in -John Loﬂand the U.S. and his thoughts In his amazing Buckeye on the St James Flake. Pipe Blowﬁsh, Big John smokes some Bayou Morning and gives us his thoughts on the blend.

BRTV Guide - 3 Sunday

9:00 SHARING IPSD LOVE 9 AM THE DAILY FIVE -Artie’s Place - The Bayou Guru Inspirational quotes and Talking about J. Mouton motivation for the Custom Pipes and a Morta beginning of your day. New update. At the time of the shows daily. video he oﬀered a discount (1 minute) for IPSD, which has since passed. 10:00 QUESTIONS OVER COFFEE -Classical Pipes Live show hosted by Dion of Classical Pipes. Many topics are covered, and Want the same welcome, but the main subject is always pipes, stylish 16 oz. pipe tobacco and the current state of the pipe Bistro Mug your smoking hobby. (aprox. 2 hrs) favorite BRTV Host has? 5 PM IPSD/CHAT -Ohio Piper A quick chat from Ohio Piper smoking Dunhill Durbar.

8:00 DAISY’S SONG -The Dukes of Hazzard Daisy learns that Jessi Colter Send $20 to P.O. has recorded a song she wrote. One problem: Where's Box 140 Wilson, the royalties she's due? That's what Bo and Luke try to ﬁnd NY or click this out as they inﬁltrate Hazzard County Commissioner "Boss" link for easy J.D. Hogg's record piracy operation. online payment.

BRTV Guide - 4 Monday

9 AM SAVINELLI SERIES 3 UNFINISHED -Texas Dom Getting together with 25 good friends from the Fraternity of Excellence for a weekend of smoking, physical challenges and great conversation.

10:00 HARRIET’S ENTRY

-Public Access Channel Harriet Herfer submits her entry into the Briar Blues Briar Pack Lady’s Edition Challenge No 1.

BRTV Guide - 5 Tuesday

9 AM TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR CIGAR SMOKING FOR UNDER $40 -Cigar Obsession Tips on getting the most out of cigar smoking that are or almost free.

11:00 SOMETIMES I HAVE A GREAT NOTION -Pickin’ Piper The big city over the years and a song: City Painted Gold by The Brothers Comatose.

2 PM Dunhill Standard Mixture -Goatman Stevie Giving his ﬁrst impression of this out of production 9:30 SURPRISE blend from Dunhill. -Emergency! -The ﬁremen assist a woman 8:00 UNCHAINED WOMAN thrown from her motorcycle onto a cactus patch. John & -Buck Rogers in the 25th Roy (along with the Rampart Century doctors) plan a surprise birthday Buck poses as a convict to party for Dixie; when she breaks free the only person (Jamie her ankle while shopping, the Lee Curtis) who can stop a party plans and the ER begin to pirate raiding Earth’s fall apart. shipping lanes Cast: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray Julie London; Dixie McCall, R.N. Bobby Troup; Dr. Joe Early 9:00 I THINK, THEREFORE I Randolph Mantooth; Paramedic PIPE John Gage Kevin Tighe; Paramedic Roy -Pipes & Chores DeSoto. Why does one smoke a pipe? Pipes & Chores has the answer, after he clears the driveway. BRTV Guide - 6 Wednesday

Noon EPISODE 272 7:30 WHO IS OLD HOLLYWOOD BRIAR? -Markwood Men’s -Old Hollywood Briar Breakfast Club Answering the most asked Getting back into the swing question in the YTPC. An of things the guys sit back, amazing look into the hottest smoke their pipes and talk channel in the YTPC. about life and current events. 8:00 MOVIN’ WITH NANCY -Nancy Sinatara Music 2 PM Public Access TV Spectacular -This Could Be You Sponsored by Royal Crown Cola featuring Dean Martin, If you want a spot on brtv’s Sammy Davis, Jr. public access channel all you 1 Hour have to do is get a slot. Make HAPPY INTERNATIONAL any kind of video you want. 10:00 Promote anything you want. PIPE SMOKING DAY 2020 The spot is all yours. Email -Jean Panzer [email protected] Talking about his recent trip, IPSD and an update on the HU tobacco orders.

BRTV Guide - 7 Thursday

6 AM IPSD WHAT I HAVE 8:00 THE SECOND GINGER LEARNED! GRANT -Newton Piper -Gilligan’s Island In his first IPSD, Newton Mary Ann falls backwards Piper talks about what he while watching Ginger has learned since be began perform on stage, and, when smoking a pipe. she awakens, she thinks that she is Ginger. 9:00 QUICK UPDATE, Dawn Wells; Mary Ann GAW UPCOMING Summers. Tina Louise; -NJPiper Ginger Grant. Talking about an upcoming GAW after 9:00 STELLA RAE getting over 100 subscribers -Harper Valley P.T.A. With the help of a charismatic union organizer named 1 PM NEW TOBACCO Kowalski (Sal Viscuso), Stella POUCH FOR joins the picket lines to protest UNDER $20 the unfair working conditions in Harper Valley which is run by -LoneDisciple805 the ruthless Flora Simpson Showing off his new find, a Reilly. nice, inexpensive, leather Barbara Eden; Stella Johnson, pouch that is perfect for the Cassandra Peterson; Red pipe smoker Head close up A New Pipe Pouch LoneDisciple805

While looking for an inexpensive pipe tobacco pouch that wasn’t one of the typical cheap ones you see. He has discovered a very nice leather pouch that cost him $13. Not only that but he has also stumbled upon a nice pipe rack.

BRTV Guide - 8 Friday

5 AM FIND FIVE FRIDAY 5:00 Yardism Live -Ghost Cob Ghost Cob (Shawn) Topics include pipes, pipe highlights ﬁve YouTube tobacco, current events and Pipe Channels. Mostly the paranormal. Fortunes new and usually an revealed upon request. established veteran. 7:00 MY WEIRD STORY 3 PM BACK STAGE Matches860 -Garbage Man Piper Pipes and Ponderance A behind the scene Join John for a true and look at the back stage unusual story from the studio renovations and summer of 1967, and a few redesign of the garage. puﬀs. Also included in this (Repeat; 12 mins) episode is a box opening from TPI 8:00 CONVERSATIONS WITH PIPE SMOKERS 4:00 CELEBRITY BOWLING LIVE Hosted by Jed Allan. -CaneRod Piper Celebrities this week A live show that incorporates include Leslie Nielsen live interviews of interesting and Susan Saint James people with stories to tell. vs. Angie Dickinson and This week’s Special guest Lloyd Bridges are Steve & Cathy Ennis. Tune in at 8:00 EST. (1 hr)

9:00 SONY & CHER COMEDY HOUR -Special Guest; Burt Reynolds Tonight's edition spotlights the people and events that make the headlines. Cher solos "Am I Blue" and teams with Sonny for "Bad Moon Rising" and "The Letter". The highlight skit features Burt as Wild Bill Hickok and Cher as Calamity Jane.

BRTV Guide - 9 The Briar Pack

The Briar Pack is a blind tasting The four members are; group put together by Mike from Briar Blues. Members receive Eric from SeaSmoke Pipes. A tobacco which has been vacuum pipe maker who has the YouTube sealed. They are asked to smoke channel SeaSmokePipes. it and give their impressions. John the Bearded Welshman. It’s up to the individual members Very active on YouTube. You can to decide what they are going to catch him this week on CaneRod talk about and how in-depth they Piper’s Friday night live show. You want to get. Mike suggests that can usually see him After Dinner they try to identify the with a Pipe and Coffee. components of the blend. Describe the tastes and the Mark who runs Tobacco Pipes flavors. The aroma of the International. His YouTube unsmoked tobacco is important, channel features a wide variety of as well as the room note. content. Including making tampers, modifying pipes and It’s not a requirement, but if the hosting many give aways. taster thinks they may know the Tobacco Pipes International can blend, they are invited to take a be found on the web via this Link. guess. Steve, also known as Goatman Additional comments as far as Stevie. Not only does he produce reviewing the blend are always content for his own YouTube nice. Being a blind tasting, you channel but is one of the most get an unbiased review without prolific contributors to the brtv any factors that might influence a Public Access Channel. verdict. It actually is a great way to review tobacco, it’s an honest So far they only have one assessment of what someone challenge under their belts. The thinks. second one has already gone out, so watch out for that. Last month Mike put a call out to anyone who would be interested There is also a new group that in becoming a member of The has joined the ranks of the Briar Briar Pack. Four guys stepped up Pack and are all, in fact, ladies. right away and agreed to take That’s right, a group of gals who part. They each will make a video are going to give their best shot at for each round that will be taking part of these challenges. published on the brtv Public Access Channel.

BRTV Guide - 10 We are not going to get into the get that information and a whole newest members since that will lot more at TPI. be an article all their own. Although if you are curious you There are some other tobacco can check out Alex, Harriet, Lori tasting challenges on the web, and Steph on the Public Access including one on the YTPC also channel. hosted by Briar Blues. There is one at Smokingpipes and one For the time being, we are going that used to be held on the Pipe to be putting up a web post on Professor’s blog. the magazine with all the entries and the reveal that Briar Blues I think there have been lessons publishes. It will be an all in one learned from the previous groups spot where you can get the that have been incorporated into information from each challenge. the Briar Pack. You will see the challenges evolve over time and You can also get any information we hope to make the entire thing you might need at the Tobacco more interactive for everyone, Pipes International website. Mark including the viewers. is doing a great job pulling all that information for you. You can Watch out for fun events available to anyone.

BRTV Guide - 11 IPSD 2020 Roundup

This past week we celebrated Happy International Pipe International Pipe Smoking Day Smoking Day + Special Shout 2020. Hope everyone had a Out wonderful day. We sure did. -Dale Piper Since these issues will be IPSD yeah buddy! archived, we thought it would be -Lunting Larry Higgins nice to have a record of some of the videos that were produced just Beautiful Weather, IPSD and for IPSD 2020. As what happens so often, there is no way we are Two Swiss Witschi Pipes going to be able to catch -Redcoat’s Return everyone. International Pipe Smoking Day If we missed your video we ISPD apologize up front and we are not -Be Analog claiming this to be a comprehensive list. Happy IPSD!! (Pipe Sale!) -Jordan - The Prairie Pipe Shop IPSD 2020 VIDEOS IPSD and a VR to Paladin Piper IPSD: Do It Every Day! -Curmudgeon Piper -Pickin’ Piper ANNIVERSARY EDITION, IPSD Happy IPS Day & YABO -Pipe Tree -Tillerman7 OH

ISPD 2020: Jambo African Happy I P S D Meerschaum and 3 Oaks -MrMitchhitomi -Lutrasaurus IPSD 2020 Happy IPSD!!! -Maple City Pipe Channel -Luke Risner CincinnatiPiper International Pipe Smoking Day HAPPY INTERNATIONAL PIPE 2020 SMOKING DAY!!! {2020} -cookout northwest -Phill O. Stein IPSD, Lunting and Musing Happy IPSD 2020 -MercifulAndvary -The Vintage Piper

BRTV Guide - 12 BRTV Guide - 11 Phil’s REVIEW by Phil This week we are During the week we highlighting The Briar had a little blip on one of Pack. You can read all our websites. Nothing to about it in the article. worry about. If you are a There are also other content creator I will give members of the Pack you one bit of advice. which we will feature in Back up! Dave from an upcoming BRTV Maple City Pipe Channel Guide. I give them all a wrote an article for the big hand, getting blends Briar Report Magazine on blind like they are and that subject. If you making a video takes a haven’t read it you lot of guts. Especially should. Worth its weight when the guy running it in gold. Here is a link. has been known to be sneaky from time to time. Speaking of that, if you want to be part of Briar Hope everyone had a Report there are other splendid International options than making a Pipe Smoking Day. We video for brtv. We also sure did. All those sales publish articles, reviews it’s hard to choose how and rants from anyone you are going to spend that wants a little your pipe budget. There exposure or just to get is something for everyone your content in front of on IPSD. more people. Everyone is welcome. The best part of the day was all the live shows. I The best pipe of the was very busy wrapping week is the one I smoke up this issue so I didn’t when the issue is done chime in, but I was there and I can relax. At least and having a great time. for a couple of minutes.

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