Daily Inspiration Quote by Jamie Farr

Montreal gets praised for its beauty all the time; Jamie Farr’s joke is that he can’t help adding a slightly disreputable perk. The line works because it punctures the expected travel-brochure reverence with a wink at appetites: yes, the architecture is lovely, but what really seals the deal is something you can slip into a pocket, light up, and feel smug about.

Farr, a career sitcom actor best known for playing lovable schemers, leans on a persona that values pleasure over pretension. “Not only... but” sets up a polite compliment, then pivots to the punchline: Cuban cigars, a symbol of worldly indulgence and, depending on the era, a little illicit glamour. For American audiences especially, Cuban cigars carry the aura of forbidden fruit because of longstanding US embargo restrictions. Even if the listener isn’t tracking trade policy, the phrase signals exclusivity: Montreal is the place where you can get what you can’t back home.

The subtext is that cities are remembered less for skyline shots than for the sensory souvenirs - taste, smell, the small thrill of getting away with something. It’s also a quiet bit of cultural triangulation: Canada as a gateway to cosmopolitan pleasures; Cuba as shorthand for romance and vice; the speaker as the guy honest enough to admit he’s motivated by delight. The humor isn’t cruelty; it’s confession, delivered with a shrug.