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​$3,000 Pappy Van Winkle & Carl Ruiz Cries - Best Last Year f Radio

Opie Radio

Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

​Carl Ruiz brings in a $3,000 bottle of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, but the high-end tasting takes an emotional turn. Carl breaks down while explaining his "Life to the Tilt" philosophy in a raw, hilarious, and legendary moment. Chris Distefano and Sherrod Small join the crew to talk shop on the greatest comedies of all time. 5/8

Best and Last Year of Radio is a look back at Opie's last year of radio.

Transcript

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0:00.0

OB Radio is back.

0:04.5

One for Krista Stefano.

0:06.3

Yeah.

0:08.3

Who is it?

0:09.9

Oh, shit.

0:11.2

It's either good Charlotte or some 41.

0:13.8

All right.

0:14.8

All right.

0:15.5

Some 41?

0:16.6

Is that the answer?

0:17.5

Yes.

0:18.1

You know the name of the song.

0:18.9

I know bands that I could call in and request on TRL.

0:22.4

That's what I used to do. I know. You stood outside in Times Square. I tried to get in there a couple of times, but they wouldn't let me in. Ah, and I was walking in the building back then. Yeah. Yeah. I saw you out there standing around. Yeah. You're a stupid sign. Yeah, I was out there with my mushroom haircut.

0:39.5

Pick me.

0:40.7

Yeah. I was out there with my mushroom haircut. Pick me. I don't know. I don't even remember. I used to do dumb shit. What did you bring in today, Carl? I had a big weekend. Yeah. What do you mean you had a big weekend? Well, this weekend is once a year we get together to the Char Society. It's like a private bourbon club.

0:55.0

Right.

0:56.3

Sounds like my people.

0:57.6

All the people bring the biggest,

0:59.0

baddest bourbons.

1:00.2

So I decided to bring one to celebrate Chris Ostefanova's pilot on CBS.

1:05.0

Yes.

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