Cigars, Cocktails & Conversations turns a premium lounge reality series into a sponsor-funded media engine: one cinematic proof episode, natural brand integration, custom short-form assets, and campaign reporting for three category-protected founding partners.
We are raising $150,000 through three $50,000 category sponsorships: cigar, liquor, and men's product. Together, those partners fund the proof episode, native brand integrations, and campaign-ready short-form assets.
This pilot is fully budgeted and ready to shoot once funded.
See the exact premium tone, rituals, laughter, and shifts your investment will deliver.
The funding model is simple: one cigar partner, one liquor partner, and one men’s product partner.
Owns the cigar lane: lighting, cutting, pairing, lounge etiquette, and premium cigar culture.
Owns the liquor lane: pours, tastings, pairings, bottle moments, and cocktail conversation.
Owns the men’s product lane: grooming, watches, wardrobe, fragrance, cars, and status cues.
Ready to shoot once the three founding lanes are funded.
This partnership combines a proven entertainment-marketing engine with nearly two decades of unscripted and documentary production experience. Bad Burrito Studios helps turn premium content into audience growth, sponsor assets, and measurable campaigns. Torch Entertainment brings the original format, cigar-lounge authenticity, production relationships, and long-form storytelling experience behind the series.
Emmy-nominated producer Dave Wilson founded Bad Burrito Studios after helping turn The Voice's NBC advertising engine into an 18M+ subscriber base and contributing to three international Clio advertising wins for integrated branded marketing.
Led by Frank Torchia, Torch Entertainment brings 19 years producing unscripted television and documentaries, with credits including Session Man #1 Documentary on Apple TV, The Man You Don't Know, Relentless Patriot, God's Garage, ICE the Untold Stories, Recipe for Redemption, Rock N Roll Rarities, and Wishman.
Cigars, Cocktails & Conversations sits where premium spirits, cigar culture, and long-form personality content overlap. That is where sponsors can move from interruption to belonging.
Bourbon, whiskey, tequila, cognac, and cocktail audiences who already respond to ritual, taste, and discovery.
A passionate, high-loyalty community built around lounges, brands, accessories, events, and personal recommendations.
Viewers who want unfiltered stories, humor, status, and the kind of room they would rather join than scroll past.
Three founding lanes fund the pilot package: cigar, liquor, and men’s product.
Your product becomes part of the authentic lounge environment: pours, cigar rituals, style moves, grooming moments, and conversations. Natural, not dropped-in ads.
Usage rights to approved pilot footage, the full sizzle, and 20-40 custom short-form reels for social channels, websites, email campaigns, and ads.
One protected lane for cigars, liquor, or men’s product plus first right of refusal for Season One.
Executive Producer credit, behind-the-scenes access, shoot invite, private premiere screening, and detailed performance reporting.
Equity-focused investors can participate in pro-rata revenue share from sponsors, distribution, future seasons, and IP participation.
The pilot package is funded by three category-protected founding sponsors at $50,000 each: one cigar partner, one liquor partner, and one men's product partner.
Limited to three sponsor positions across cigars, liquor, and men's products.
The sponsorship package now carries real talent profiles alongside the format. James, Wallo267, Dean, Michael, and Paola give the room authority, comedy, contrast, accountability, and control.
A heavyweight presence for the room: composed, experienced, and built for the kind of quiet authority that can turn one line into the moment everyone remembers.
A premium bilingual host presence who can read the room, guide the ritual, and puncture the performance without breaking the world of the show.
A Philadelphia storyteller and motivational force whose redemption arc, podcast reach, and reform work bring lived authority to the room.
A touring comedian, host, and comedy writer who can turn status, politics, marriage, and male ritual into sharp room energy without breaking the premium tone.
Additional recurring talent can be added post-funding, but this package now focuses on the named profiles already in the room.
The sponsor package is built to create a content ecosystem. Partners are not buying one logo placement. They are funding a repeatable engine for shareable moments, creative assets, and audience growth.
One full proof episode built around the lounge, the pour, the cigar, and the shift in the room.
Comedic, emotional, observational, and sponsor-ready cuts from the pilot shoot.
Cigar, liquor, and men’s product positions, each protected from direct category competitors.
Three $50K founding positions fund the pilot package and campaign asset engine.
Brands live inside the ritual and conversation instead of interrupting it.
Founding Category Partner
Premium men's brands belong in the room: the pour, cigar, watch, jacket, fragrance, grooming ritual, car, story, and status move. Each $50K partner owns one protected lane across Cigars, Liquor, or Men's Products, with reporting on reach, views, engagement, and campaign results.
The $150K package comes from three $50K sponsorship lanes. Each lane has a clear role in the room and receives native integration, assets, category protection, and campaign reporting.
Owns the cigar lane: lighting, cutting, pairing, lounge etiquette, and premium cigar culture.
Owns the liquor lane: pours, tastings, pairings, bottle moments, and cocktail conversation.
Owns the men’s product lane: grooming, watches, wardrobe, fragrance, cars, and status cues.
Each partner owns one lane: cigar, liquor, or men’s product. Each lane includes native integration, custom assets, usage rights, category protection, performance reporting, and priority for Season One.
Bad Burrito Studios builds premium film and television content, then packages it for the channels where attention is won: YouTube, paid social, vertical video, email, retargeting, and partner-owned platforms.
The $150K pilot package is ready to shoot. With three $50K founding sponsors, we lock the lounge, talent, and category integrations and generate immediate marketing assets each partner can use right away.
Limited slots. First committed partners shape the room.