This week, I'm checking out the new expansion here at Jungle Jim's and interrupting International Super Star Jim B. from finishing setting up the international holiday section. It's coming along awesome, Jim! Then, I'm joined by Brad, Kevin, and Jami from the Purple Monkey Project. If you're unfamiliar with the Purple Monkey Project and what they do, let me share dirrectly from them: "Reagan, or “Rey”, as she was known, was a ray of sunshine who lit up every room – she was fun-loving, energetic, sassy, sweet, and spunky. She loved dancing, the musical ‘Hamilton’, her family, and her purple monkey. Reagan tragically lost her life in an accident in May of 2021, and the world stopped spinning for those who loved her – it was unfathomable that someone so wonderful was no longer here. But even in the midst of their grief, Reagan’s loved ones were overwhelmed by love as their community came together to celebrate her life and to support them in the days, weeks, and months that followed. That love and support helped form the idea for Purple Monkey Project, so named for Reagan’s favorite stuffed animal. Purple Monkey Project’s goal is to honor Reagan’s beautiful spirit by being a “Rey” of light in the world – supporting local youth and youth-centered charities and “paying it forward” by promoting random acts of kindness, all in the name of our Reagan." It's an excellent organization and they're doing cool things for Fairfield and beyond - including their upcoming lip synching event THIS Saturday, November 2nd! Details at https://www.purplemonkeyproject.org 

We kick the episode off with a visit from our pal Karl Spaeth. Karl is a comedian who once thought I called him Ted. He was wrong, but now I'm going to call him Ted. We talk about Karl's upcoming comedy special being taped RIGHT HERE in Cincinnati on November 2nd and 3rd at MOTR Pub. He's even bringing along great local comedians like Ossia Dwyer and Blake Hammond. Karl and I dive into what we dislike about social media, while trying some of his favorite road snacks. I am glad to finally find another fan of Utz brand snacks - Karl got us hooked on the special dark pretzels today. Don't forget to come in and try Live More Smoothies which we're running a special on right now too! Someone bring me a blender!

This week, we're joined by Koji from Asianati as we kick off Cincinnati's one-of-a-kind art event, Blink! It's a cool visual arts festival that takes over downtown and Asianati is opening an Asian Night Market with food, toys, and so much more for people to explore! Then, we're joined by Mike from Native Audio as well as our returning friend, Tyler of St. Mary St. Michael. We're talking all about the Indigenous history that inspired Mike to create his incredible guitar pedals, and the story behind it. But the best part? His mom made us fry bread to eat in support of his brand new addition to the lineup, the Fry Bread Fuzz pedal. We live for the unique here at Jungle Jim's! All that and more on the show!

Jayna from the deli comes back on the show to help show off a bunch of new awesome products she brought in from Greenridge Naturals. From beef sticks, to our favorite chicken sausages, there are SO many. We tried the classic Bavarian brand frankfurter, the spinach and feta cheese chicken sausage, the smoked bratwurst, the black forest with pepper jack cheese, along with their excellent, organic spicy brown mustard, and their champagne honey mustard. There are so many options to choose from. In the meantime, we do traditional podcast things like say snarky things to one another. It's a fun time! Come in and check out the line from Greenridge Naturals and learn more at https://greenridgenaturals.com/

We kick the show off with returning guest, Johnny Catalano of The Plaza Theatre and the Catalano Film Festival to talk about an upcoming event we're putting on, where I will be hosting a screening of the fun 1996 movie, "The Frighteners!" Don't worry, we'll be back after we chat with St. Elmo's at the end of the episode to dive into more nerdy film stuff. Speaking of, we finally get Tyler from St. Elmo's on the show. St. Elmo Steak House has been a landmark in downtown Indianapolis since 1902. It is the oldest Indianapolis steakhouse in its original location, and has earned a national reputation for its excellent steaks, seafood, chops and professional service. They now have a huge line of products that we carry here at Jungle Jim's, from their incredible cocktail sauce, all the way to their new line of ready-to-drink cocktails and spirits! Their espresso martini was a huge hit in the office, and I can't say enough great things about their sauces. Shout out to their Root Beer Glaze, which we did not feature on this episode, even though I love it too much. As promised, Johnny and I return to chat about Peter Jackson and how he went from being a weird indie director, rising through the failure of The Frighteners, only to turn around and make the Lord of the Rings trilogy. All over a delicious glass of St. Elmo's Elmo Cola. All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast!

Jungle Jim's and Third Eye Brewing have come together to make a delicious double New England IPA beer and it's pretty amazing. Using unique hops from New Zealand to create a tropical and juicy mouthfeel, curbing the bitterness oft associated with IPAs, this one is a real treat for the beer fanatics out there. We're joined by Third Eye's brew team - one of which recently joined from New Zealand so he drops some international knowledge on all of us. Sounds like a follow up episode is in the works. The beer lands THIS Friday at Jungle Jim's (both locations) and come try it at the Fairfield store's pint night on Friday from 5-9pm!

This week kicks off with me hopping on my soap box to talk about high prices at the competition that I experienced during my leave this summer. Don't worry, I'm still mad about having to pay almost $10 for a bottle of body wash that is 3.99 here. Jump past the ranting about 15 minutes into the show to get to the main focus. Speaking of, the main focus this week is a new product to Jungle Jim's, from one of the coolest groups of people in town - Mom 'N' Em coffee! They've got two locations in the Cincinnati area and we're one of the best places to come pick up their beans to make it at home. We sit down with the Ferrari Bros, Austen and Tony, as well as their brilliant roaster Colin to talk about all aspects of the coffee business. From Tony and Austen building the space for their first location and all the changes that went in there, from the incredibly detailed discussion from Colin about how your beans get to be as good as they are. We talk about some of their seasonal flavors and some upcoming offerings as well. I got so cranked up on coffee, I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but obviously not enough to not-type it into this episode description. GET SOME BEANS ALREADY!

This week, we're ready to launch into fall vibes and flavors and we're trying a ton of fall-themed treats in the store:  Little Debbie Brownie Pumpkins Coastalo THC Soda - Pumpkin Spice Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Coffee Drink Pop Daddy Dutch Apple Pie Pretzels Jungle Jim's Pumpkin Gummies Wafer Master Rolls - Pumpkin Spice (from Turkey) Jelly Belly Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Juice Better Butter - Pumpkin Spice Butter Tootsie Caramel Apple lollipop Doh Joy Vanilla Wheat Bread Liquid Death Psycho Cider We're joined by former employee of Jungle and current employee of Dr. Pepper, Pat, as it's his last week with all of us before he takes a new career path in Washington - lets wish him well!

We are SO back! This week, Lucky joins me on the show to help parse through some of our most interesting Japanese snacks and products. Do you think we are going to love the little hamburger shaped cookies? What about Pocari Sweat? Jungle Jim's has so many wild products we will experience the heat death of the universe before we try them all. What are some of your favorite international items that you'd like us to try?

We're bringing Italian food in in a BIG WAY! I'm easing back into the studio, talking about the Weekend of Fire hot sauce festival that just passed, and helping launch some new products in the store. Eddie from OGI joins me to talk about the excellent internationally produced foods that they're bringing to our Italian section. I'm pretty excited about the spumoni, as you can tell here, but the Italian ices are going to get the midwest excited with me! So many new products in here, croissants, cookies, pastas, you name it!

This week is the Weekend of Fire at Jungle Jim's International Market! That's right, an entire festival dedicated to everything hot and spicy - you'll find some of your new favorite hot sauces there. Speaking of finding your new favorite hot sauces there, I found one of my favorites in Stanky Sauce - they've got flavors from mild to wild and they're bringing TWO NEW EXCLUSIVE hot sauces to the festival this weekend. Find out more with Stanky Sauce owners Eddie and Eric! See you at the festival this weekend - you can get your tickets now at www.Junglefests.com

This week we're talking all about two fun new products coming to Jungle Jim's soon! First, is Coca Cola's collaboration with Oreo! Per our friends at CandyHunting on Instagram: Coca-Cola and Oreo have collaborated to launch two new, limited edition products internationally! New Oreo Fizzy Cookie flavored Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola flavored Oreos will be out in countries including the US, Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil, and "more," according to the press release. The official date for the US launch is Monday, September 9. The Oreo Fizzy Cookie flavored Coca-Cola will be out only as zero sugar. In the US, it will be available in 12 oz sleek cans, 20 fl oz bottles, and 12 and 6 packs of mini cans. The Coca-Cola flavored Oreos have one chocolate cookie made with Coca-Cola syrup, one red-colored golden cookie embossed with Coca-Cola designs, white creme, and popping candy. Sounds delicious! Next, our pals at Liquid Death are cooking up a killer limited fall edition that should be landing at Jungle Jim's this Friday (August 16th 2024) called Psycho Cider - here's more: Murder your thirst with this fall 2024 limited edition flavor from Liquid Death. It’s a delicious combination of apple pear and cinnamon flavors - get some Psycho Cider while you can!

Finally got linked up with the fine folks of ShineWater, a new tasty drink - 100% of your daily vitamin D, zero sugar, and more! I've found myself enjoying quite a bit of the samples I got to try during my "wheelchair era" while recovering at home. So far, the Strawberry lemonade is my favorite. We talk about the inception of the brand, some of the struggles of standing out in the marketplace, how they create new flavors, and a few teases of what's on the horizon! All that and more on the Jungle Jim's podcast!

We're launching a ONE PIECE CARD GAME Official Pop-Up Shop & Gashapon Bandai Official Shop at the Jungle Jim's Eastgate location and our director of development, Phill Adams is here to tell us all about it along with the mastermind behind this (and one of our store's buyers), Martha. We get to learn about the exclusive stuff they're bringing to the store as well as seeing the 300 Gashapon machines they're bringing into Jungle Jim's! The card game shop is open from August 1st to August 11th, and the Gashapon machines will be in store from August 1st to September 30th! Get in and get some when you have the chance!

Great-ish news everyone, only about 4 more weeks of recovery for me. I assure you, i'm losing my mind. This week on the show, we're talking about some new samples that just arrived from Levity Cannabis spirits. Levity has a whole line of pre-made cannabis (Delta 9) cocktails, as well as actual cannabis spirits like a play on whiskey, tequila, and more. I also received the new high dose, 25mg can of Orange Soda from Coastalo, which also uses Delta 9. Coastalo is from the brains of Urban Artifact, known for their Midwest Fruit Tart beers. Pretty excited to try all of these. Then we dive into Pickle Day at Urban Artifact, a collab between them and us here at Jungle Jim's. I sat in a motorized wheelchair and it was one of my first times out in public. Huge thanks to Devin and Scott at Urban Artifact for literally carrying me out of my house. Congrats to the winner of the pickle eating competition that you're about to enjoy now! 

Day 298 of being trapped in my house! I went full YouTuber on this episode. In my time out of the office, I've been setting up for remote interviews - but I was bummed that I missed out on so many fans coming through the store this summer. One listener reached out and we'd planned to do this episode together in the studio, but unfortunately it wasn't meant to be. I gave Kevin some Cincinnati favorites, and he brought me a bunch of St. Louis favorites! Even cooler is now you can get some of these items, like Fitz's Root Beer and other sodas; hopefully i'll get these chips in at least! I tried a classic ooey gooey butter cake, Imo's Pizza, Louisa's Toasted Ravioli, Old Vienna's Red Hot Riplets. Kevin reviewed Glier's Goetta for us on the show, and we sent him some Cincinnati chili brands, buckeyes, and Grippos - what do you think we should've made him try?

This week, we're testing out Cheddies, a killer new cheese cracker sent in for me to try and available for all of you on the shelves at Jungle Jim's right now. They come in three flavors and so far, I'm loving them! We're chatting up our upcoming wine events, and of course the Weekend of Fire hot sauce festival coming up in August! There's even going to be a car show. Make sure you follow Jungle Jim's on Eventbrite for upcoming event information, and download the Jungle Jim's app to keep up with all our deals, and get exclusive prices on select products! Lastly, we're joined by Bruce from Slumber Sleep Aid to help launch their product line inside Jungle Jim's. 

We're back after a week of acclimation. I'm entering my wheelchair era. This was one of my favorite recent interviews, and since I can't make it to the farm anytime soon, I thought i'd share this engaging interview. Regina was really smart and knowledgeable and I learned a ton about goats and their milk, raw milk, and other interesting things about farming. Their process to create their goat milk soaps, lotions, and more was really intriguing to me and I think you'll feel the same.

This week, we bring in some great grab-and-go pizzas from La Pizza Italiana! Then, Mark heads off to Trophy Pizza to learn to make pizzas and have a conversation with their owners, Jim and James. Convenient names, gents. We talk about the controversy behind pineapple on pizza, what it takes to truly make a great pizza pie, and the difficulty in bringing true New York style pizza to the midwest. Mark probably discusses his distaste for LaRosas at some point. Even cooler, you can go to Trophy Pizza's Norwood location's grand opening and try the pizza Mark made on the show - get yourself a slice of the "Local Favorite" starting this weekend and help him beat James Beard award winner, Jose Salazar, for the best slice! A man can dream, can't he? Huge thanks to Trophy Pizza's Zachary George for his help producing this episode, it's a great one - make sure to check out the video version on YouTube!

This week, we sit down with Lisa from Henrietta Said, a cool female-owned company bringing peanuts back into the snack game. They've got cool, scandalous branding, with all kinds of fun flavors inspired by chicken wings like buffalo, ancho kim chi, and so much more! We talk about the obstacles you overcome in the industry, as well as how they're ensuring peanuts make a huge comeback. I also talk about the upcoming Jungle Jim's International Beerfest occurring on June 14th and 15th, and you can still get tickets by visiting this link: Jungle Festival Tickets!

Jackson's sent me some samples of their tasty Sweet Potato Chips, conveniently fried in avocado oil and while I was originally just supposed to do a review, they inspired me to do something else with their spicy jalapeno option. In the world's largest grocery store and international market, we've got so many options of similarly spicy chips, Lucky and I had to find the best ones - so here we are today, selling ourselves out to find the ultimate spicy chips in Jungle Jim's!

This week i'm joined by Blesson Wilkerson, best known as ViralTokens. The man has been blanketing the nation with his incredible feats of strength through his now-viral handstands. Maybe you were working at the Hi-Mark one night when he came in to walk down a flight of stairs, maybe you were at Jungle Jim's while we were feeding him sandwiches while he walked on his hands, or maybe you're just one of the cool people who knew about him before we did. We love a guy trying to bring a little positivity to all communities especially through something fun and exciting like this, and the least I could do was have him test out some new crisps from FLOCK that I'd received as a sample. We're also talking deals in the store this week, and we've got plenty for ya! All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast.

This week, we're joined by Mark Perkins of the Necessary Entrepreneur Podcast. You can check his show out at TheNecessaryEntrepreneur.com - I obviously would recommend episode 59 since I was the guest there. Mark is one of the best interviewers I've ever met, so we sat down to talk about some of what goes on behind the scenes of podcasts, and what goes through our heads when we're trying to create something interesting. We get to try the new Black Cherry from Hoist, as well as some flavors from Wilde Chips! All this and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast!

This week, we're diving in with Oliver's Desserts carried at both Jungle Jim's locations while we're off to the Sweets and Snacks Expo in Indianapolis! Ashley from Oliver's Desserts has a world record idea to pitch too which sounds awesome - tune in and tell us what you think!

This week is stacked - feel free to treat it as multiple courses. Up first, we welcome Claire from Vienna Beef. You will laugh way more than you thought during a beef segment. Do we think I can be outlawed from Illinois for suggesting people put ketchup on their hot dogs? Find out soon. Then, I'm joined by the Cincinnati Rollergirls who come to help kick up a little chaos with me in the store just in time for their next big match on May 11th! Visit them at  . Lastly, we're joined by filmmaker Cam Marshall who is premiering his new feature film "Blackwoods" at the Cincinnati World Cinema on May 11th as well! It's a stacked weekend for Cincinnati residents so go take in some of the excitement this city has to offer - looking forward to seeing you all out there! 

This week, we kick it off with our new friends from Rooted Grounds coffee - we've got some deals on their product in stores, come clean me out of those K-Cups before I drown! Their coffee is awesome and I had a great time with the brains behind Rooted Grounds, Patsy and David. Should we make a blend together in the future? I think so! Then, we meet Annie of Bite This by Annie, who is bringing in a whole new line of products into Jungle Jim's, including her incredible bagel bombs in the natural foods freezers, as well as her delicious brownies and snack mix called Pub Grub! I feel a little pride for this one as I discovered her at a cute Halloween market last fall!  Give her a follow on instagram at @BiteThisByAnnie - all this and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast!

This week, we're talking butter. Both Jungle Jim's locations has a butter bar where we feature butters from all over the world. This week, we're talking to local butter purveyors, Parisian Pantry, and then traveling down under to meet the folks behind Pepe Saya butter from Australia! In the meantime, make sure you download the Jungle Jim's app for exclusive deals, discounts, and more and of course, follow us on social media to see reviews of things like these butters and some of the fun new stuff I picked up at the Lipari Food Show last week!

This week, we sit down with Aleah from Shroomacon! Shroomacon is a cool new product we carry at Jungle Jim's - simply put, bacon made out of mushrooms. It's crazy and delicious! If you haven't yet, jump on Hulu and check out their episode on Shark Tank! We're happy and proud to have them in the Jungle; you'll love our discussion around the inception of the product as well as their time on Shark Tank!

This week, we're joined by the LEGEND Billy Southerland - Billy is launching a new custom golf cart company right down the road from us at Jungle in Fairfield. Billy is hugely responsible for me getting to make the Jungle Jim's Podcast, and I absolutely love when he comes by the studio. Also make sure to look into his other business, Iron Road! Billy is the best. Then, returning favorites Michael and Amanda join us from our wine department to host a sampling and talk about some sweet upcoming events in our wine department. Don't forget to come try some wines with us every Wednesday for Back that Glass Up. More events are located on JungleJims.com - come hang out!

This week, we kick off with some app-exclusive deals in the Jungle Jim's app. It's now available on iOS and Android! Don't forget about our Eclipse Event on April 8th. Then we meet store manager Frank's daughter Yolanda and her husband Lamar to talk about their band Live Your Dream, as well as talk about her upcoming performances for the Cincinnati Reds! Maybe she'll even sing for us! Then, Zachariah from Urban Artifact comes over to talk about Urban's new beer, Capy Snacks, a delicious fruit punch sour, as well as their upcoming Faerie Ball/Fruit Prom, hosted by me! What a great week!

We're bringing in a ton of new Hispanic treats to our international department and our new friend Enrique is here to tell you all about the stuff he's bringing in! Then, Dr. Tara from the Well Off Podcast joins us - she came in from NJ and I had to grill her about the store and what she's doing over at iHeartMedia - check her show out at https://www.WellOffPodcast.com . Don't forget to download the Jungle Jim's app, available on iOS and Android!

Bright Light City indeed - Mark joins the Toy Department gang at ToyFest US 2024 in Las Vegas! We get to see new toys from Mindscape, Fat Brain Toys, Hitster, and so much more! We even take a little detour over to our fellow market, Omega Mart by Meow Wolf! What an awesome show - can't wait to go to a food show!!!

We're helping Matt from Liquid Death launch all their new flavors, Grave Fruit, Cherry Obituary, and Squeezed to Death. Cherry and Squeezed are my personal flavorites, but you gotta try them all! Let me know your favorites! We're also talking about the Bodybakery Co, who are making protein-forward healthy treats - they're in our natural foods freezers near so many other great foods. All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast!

Meet Sam Rose, the creator of Rosebud Ice Cream, an incredible new ice cream we're carrying here from Jungle Jim's. In the meantime, I'm cooking up new content at ToyFest US in Las Vegas this week, so enjoy a teaser from Area 15 and Omega Mart by Meow Wolf!

This week, we kick off by touring the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile that just happened to stop at Jungle Jim's in Fairfield. Then we're joined by Tammy from Vanguard International to tell us literally everything we could ever want to know about grapes. Did you know how many strains of them there were? I didn't, I came to this interview thinking there were only two. What kinds of things did you learn about grapes this week? All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast

This week, we kick off with a wine tasting thanks to Friend-Of-The-Show Johnny Catalano. Johnny's back talking about the Catalano Film Festival, his love of wine, and we bust into some CLOSEOUT DEALS on charcuterie, it's delicious. Then, we are joined by new friend John from Hint Water. I've done a lot of beverage content because I love a tasty sipper, but Hint Water is some of my favorite stuff i've gotten to try since starting the show. John's a great guest and I'm so sorry about my microphone cable falling ill on this one. Looking forward to a follow up episode! All that and more on the Jungle Jim's Podcast! Intro - 00:00 Catalano Film Festival - 03:47 Hint Water - 37:02

We're here celebrating one year of Oishii Sushi Bakes courtesy of owner Nikki Tran! Nikki joined us on the show about a year ago to spread the gospel of delicious sushi bakes and we've gotten to watch her grow and flourish in the last year. To add to the usual Jungle Jim's chaos, Nikki brought along the excellent Fat Ben of Fat Ben's Bakery to make a photorealistic sushi bake CAKE! I know, I too love the "Is It Cake!?" insanity and I'm so glad you're here to enjoy with us. We talk about our favorite restaurants, we talk Asian cuisine, we learn about what to expect from Oishii over the next year and also how Fat Ben got his nickname! Thanks for tuning in!

This week we're going crazy with deals for the Super Bowl! Then Brad and Josh of TCHO Chocolate drop in to have me try their new Choco Nachos - a savory, weird limited run treat they created. Spoiler: They taste like a plate of nachos and I loved 'em. Then, Jayna from the Deli joins me and we try all kinds of soup from Panera as they're BOGO this week! I even got her to try some of my new samples of Olipop - we loved the ginger ale! All that and more this week on the show!

Kicking this week off with a review of the incredible Food Fight 513 produced by friends of the show, Chefs Christian Gill and Kayla Robison. Glad we got to be a part of it! Then we're talking lowering sugar and carbs with Dr. Paul Kolodzik of https://www.metabolicmds.com/ - we're talking about his book, we're talking health, and how we can help create a better version of ourselves through our diet. Dr. Kolodzik has provided metabolic health and weight loss medical services to patients for nearly 15 years. This episode will definitely come in handy for me - but hey, so will some great foods we carry in the store, like former guests DohJoy and their low carb breads!

We're launching NEW FLAVORS of Liquid Death! Cherry Obituary, Grave Fruit, and Squeezed to Death. They're some of the best Liquid Death has done so far and I've already crushed an entire case of Cherry Obituary this week. Huge thanks to Matt for coming out with the samples and to do the show! Then we're joined by another Mark from Free Throws for Kids! This event is out here to show hope and love to patients and their families at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House in a very practical way. You can learn more about them at https://www.FreeThrowsForKids.org

This week, we're joined by Brad Baker. Brad is the City of Hamilton's person of the year, he's the owner of one of our favorite local spots known as Pinball Garage, and he's even been on The Shark Tank before! But first, we talk about one of my favorite new-to-me products called blk. Blk is a cool brand of waters featuring fulvic minerals, with some flavors in the sparkling game like Dirty Lemonade. Come by and have a sample when they're in the stores on 1/20/2024 and 1/21/2024!

New Year, new we, amirite? This week, I'm going through some deals and the new Seedless NA Beer from Urban Artifact, which is excellent. Then, i'm joined by one of the brains behind the awesome Super Coffee line, Jimmy DeCicco, and we talk about the inception of the brand while he gives some incredible pointers to anyone thinking about startingt heir own business. Inspiring, as always!

Welcome to the Jungle Jim's House of Villains, where we are all secretly friends. This one's a SPICY episode so consider yourself warned for a little bit of explicit content, I never like to censor my guests. We talk about meeting Jonny Fairplay here at Jungle Jim's for the first time as well as his time on E TV's House of Villains, Jessica Fairplay gives her Jungle Jim's bathroom reviews, we talk about Matt Bischoff's love of music, and I pitch my version of Love is Blind. Later we get into some hot sauce tasting with Bunsters and Stanky Sauce. All that and more on the Jungle Jim's show!

We start with a politely hostile takeover of the Jungle Jim's studio by the legendary Shroom from WEBN, one of the nation's biggest rock radio stations! We talk about his career in radio and how a chance meeting between he and I helped start me off on my career! Then I'm joined by Hannah Wells, an award winning local resident who runs her own construction and remodeling company and is only in her mid-20s! She's super inspiring and if that isn't enough, she also races electric unicycles! Yeah, crazy!!

This week, i'm joined by Local Legend Jacob Trevino of Gorilla Cinema Presents (The Overlook Lodge, Lonely Pine Steakhouse, Tokyo Kitty, and many more) to make some incredible fruitcake cocktails - Jacob made his own fruitcake syrup using cool ingredients from here at Jungle Jim's and we tried them all out! A Fruitcake Old-Fashioned, Fruitcake Cuvee, and even a little fruity egg nog! The perfect set of sippers for your holiday season!

We kick the show off with a cold open, announce a giveaway from our friends at Entertainment Junction, and then launch a few new products - namely Urban Artifact's new Non-Alcoholic beer in Strawberry and Mango, Super Coffee's XXTRA coffee energy drinks, and a call to have you come sample Bubi's Sauces this weekend in the store. Pet Department Manager Mike A. comes back to the studio to show off a cool new product line from Woof for your pets, followed by our main guest, Melinda of PetCakes - "Bake wholesome, healthy, and delicious ORGANIC treats with your heart and hands for every milestone and celebration -- birthdays, adoption anniversaries, and human holidays. No paws or whiskers left out ever again!" - Melinda was an amazing guest and we love knighting a new member of the Banana Bunch! Thanks for watching!

This week, we're joined by Cory, the owner of Libby's Country Candles. Cory comes into the WJJI studio here at Jungle Jim's to show us how to make his 'Rainbow Rings' cereal-themed candle. I burnt mine almost immediately after making it and it smelled insane. Had no idea this was at once such a simple, yet focused process. If you're shopping, don't miss our deals this week on Amish chicken, Chunky Campbell's soup, Hint Water, and so much more!

Packed week to lead off Thanksgiving. We sit down with King's Hawaiian Rolls to show off the world's largest display and talk about their insane pricing for us this season. Then I'm joined by Ralph from Ben B. Schwartz produce to talk about their operation - bet you always wanted to learn about how we get our excellent produce. Lastly, I'm joined by Ragan McKinney of The American Dream TV show who met Jungle on an airplane - make sure to follow her so you can see the episode all about Jungle Jim's. All this and more on the Jungle Jim's show!