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Mike: Look at that, there we go!
Robbie: Wow!

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Dean: '46.
Mike: [wolf whistles]

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Dean: Make an offer.

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Mike: Whoa!

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Jim: His
name's josh.

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Mike: [laughing]
what...

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Josh, what's up?

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Jim: Hey josh.

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Robbie: Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa! Stop!

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Mike: The good
stuff is always buried.

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So if you want it,
you got to dig it out.

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Mike & robbie:
Urgh! Agh!

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Robbie: Woo!

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Mike: There
you go.

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Jim: Got
it? Okay.

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Mike: [high-pitched] ...Ahh!

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Mike: I'm trying to
just be so delicate...

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Mike: Sorry! Ahh!

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Jim: You're okay. It's
only a piece of paper.

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Mike: No, it's history!

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♪♪

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Mike: Dang, I love
it up here. It's beautiful.

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Robbie: Mount
hope's 3 miles away.

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[phone ringing]

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Mike: Dani
d, what's up?

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Danielle: Hey, are you guys
getting close to mount hope yet?

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Mike: We're like 3
miles away from it.

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What you got?

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Danielle: Okay, now you're
going to go see doug and dean.

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Now check this out, they are
third generation owners of a

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100-year-old hardware
store and confectionary.

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Now their family has deep
roots in that community,

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I mean, their father even
ran 2 movie theaters in town.

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Mike: Wow!
Robbie: Yeah.

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Danielle: Now unfortunately,
after<i> a century</i> in business,

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This family's had to
close their doors.

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And their mom just passed
away just a couple of years ago,

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So now they're really
trying to figure out what to do.

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But step one; they
got to clean it out.

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Mike & robbie: Okay.

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Danielle: But the thing you're
going to love about this place

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Is that mount hope
is an old coal town,

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So it's got a lot of
history, and boy it's

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Got incredible
architecture.

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Mike: Sounds
incredible.

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Alright, we're
about 1 mile away.

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Danielle: Alright, awesome,
you're good to go then.

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Hey, have fun, behave, and
make sure to check your phone,

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'cause I'm going to
be messaging you.

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Robbie:
Thanks, dani d.

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Mike: Thank
you, dani.

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Danielle: Talk to
you later. Bye.

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Robbie: Mount hope.

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Mike: Oooh-ooo-wee!

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It's a cool town,
look at this.

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The way they built these
storefronts into these hills.

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Robbie: It's amazing.

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Mike: It is, it's
really incredible.

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Robbie: Wow.

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Mike: It's like this town has
grown out of the mountains.

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Robbie: I could just imagine
this place rocking back in the

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Day when all the coal
mines were going on.

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Mike: Anything and everything
you can imagine a small

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West virginia town would
be, is right here.

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It's more than
beautiful.

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Mike: Bon-bon confectionary
and hardware.

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That's awesome.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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Mike: Get a flyer.

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Robbie: I am.

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Robbie: Man, this
downtown's amazing.

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Mike: It's pretty incredible.

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Robbie: Ah.

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Mike: This is awesome.

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Robbie: How're
you doing?

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Mike: Hey!

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Dean: Hey, hey. How
are you guys doing?

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Mike: How are you?

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Hey I'm mike, this is
my brother, robbie.

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Robbie: Hey.
Good to see you.

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Dean: Hi mike.
I'm dean.

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Mike: Nice
to meet you.

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Robbie: Man, this
place is incredible.

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Dean: Hi robbe.

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Mike: Hand
him a flyer.

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Dean: Welcome
to bon-bon's.

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Mike: This
is amazing...

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Dean: Hey doug! We
got some customers.

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Mike: For me, when I walk
into a place like this,

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It's ike I've
been here before.

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Because it's so familiar
and it's so nostalgic.

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I mean, this is the
kind of place in my mind,

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That I imagine and I dream
about over and over again.

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Mike: So what's
going on?

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Dani said you guys are
100 years in business?

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Doug: Yep.

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Dean: Yeah, yeah.

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Doug: 100 years
on the spot.

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Mike: Unbelievable!

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Dean: Yeah, yeah.
Bon-bon's started in 1920.

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Mike: And this is
the original location?

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Dean: Yeah. Here's
one of our original pictures.

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Mike: Oh wow...

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Dean: That's
my dad, floyd.

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He was born upstairs
and he worked in the

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Store all his life.

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Robbie: Wow.

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Dean: The only time he ever left
was to serve in world war ii.

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But all his other
time working here...

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Mike: He's the
one who started it?

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Doug: No.

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Dean: No, no, actually my
grandfather, sam bonifacio.

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Doug: Our grandfather came over
from Italy in 1912 as a cobbler.

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In 1920, he bought a piece of
property here on main street,

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And opened a shoe
store-slash-confectionary.

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Dean: But dad did
the shoe shining.

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Mike: Really?
Dean: Yeah.

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Doug: That was
his first job.

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Robbie: First job.

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Dean: Yeah.
Mike: Wow...

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Robbie: When
he was a kid.

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Dean & doug: Yeah.

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Doug: My grandfather
died in 1941,

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And my grandmother
ran the store.

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My dad came back
after the war,

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He started expanding
into hardware.

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Mike: Dani said
that your...

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Was it your father had 2
movie theaters in town?

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Dean: He
did, he did.

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He was quite an
entrepreneur.

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Mike: I was going
to say, absolutely.

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Dean: Yeah, yeah.

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Mike: So they, was the
community basically

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Carved out of the
coal industry here?

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Dean: Exactly, yeah.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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Mike: Okay.

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Doug: The coal company had its
own store, to buy with scrip-

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Mike: So they were your
biggest competition

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Then, it sounds like.

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Doug: In a way.

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Dean: A lot of it.

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Doug: The miners
were paid in scrip.

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And that's a type of
money that was issued

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From each of the
different companies.

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Mike: And that's the
money that had to

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Be spent in the
company store.

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Doug: And that was the
money that could be spent

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For that value at
the company store.

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Mike: Okay.

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Doug: Or you could
trade it in at other... Places.

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Robbie: Locations.

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So was your dad taking
the scrip worth a dollar,

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And he would say, I'll
give you 75-cents for it.

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Dean: Exactly.

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Doug: Coal mines had what
was called company stores.

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There was company
rental of the properties.

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So a lot of the
money that they made,

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The coal mine
got it back.

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Dean: The reason bon-bon's
survived for over

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100 years is
customer service.

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We knew everybody
who came in here.

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Mike: Absolutely.

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Dean: We would ask
them about their family.

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So it was personal.

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Mike: This is the
type of family,

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And is the type of business
that was the backbone

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Of small-town america.

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Doug: The '60s
brought in change.

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The mines were
closing down.

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People moved to other
places to look for work.

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Mike: When the
community took a hit,

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When the coal mines took
a hit, they took a hit.

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Doug: But of course, then we
went through a change again,

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When the high schools that's
across the way was merged into

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Oak hill, and we lost our
high school altogether.

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Mike: Oh wow.

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Doug: And that
was the '90s.

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Dean: Yeah.

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Doug: Then we had
booths and tables.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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Mike: So this was
more like a soda shop.

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Doug: It was, yeah.

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Dean: And when it
was the lunch break,

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All the kids would
come in here.

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Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Wow.

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Dean: I mean, all this area
was just full of school kids.

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Doug: Before, after school.

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Dean: You got to capture...

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Mike: I can't even imagine how
busy this place would have been.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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Dean: Exactly.

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Mike: That would
have been incredible.

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Doug: Yeah.

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Dean: And all the
kids, you know,

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You ask any kid that
grew up in mount hope...

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Doug: Yeah.

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Dean: ...And they will say,
oh my best days was coming

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In bon-bon's and
getting a sno-cone,

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Or a lemon sour...

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Doug: Yeah.
Robbie: Yeah.

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Dean: And my aunt gisie
waiting on them, or my dad.

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Mike: There's probably a
lot of married couples in

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Town that were, that
started dating here.

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Dean: Oh, a
lot of history.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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Doug: Oh, dating here,
and went to the movies.

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Dean: Yeah.

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Mike: Their business evolved
as the community evolved.

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And that's when they had to get
creative in order to stay open.

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Dean: We finally closed
the front doors to

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This store about
3 years ago.

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My mom was the last
to run the store.

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She's now passed away, but
we continue to sell pop out

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Here on the corner out
of a pop machine.

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Mike: Did ya? Wow.

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Robbie: Yeah. Hey.

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Dean: I wanted to be able to say
we were selling something

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Here on this corner
for 100 years.

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Robbie: Yeah.
Amazing.

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Dean: It's important.

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Mike: The great
thing about this space,

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Is that doug and
dean are still in here.

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Dean: Now that
we've closed the door,

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You know, doug and I've been
coming in here trying to clean

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Up some things, trying to see
what we may want to sell...

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And what the future
is for bon-bon's.

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Mike: Well I
appreciate that.

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It's a big deal that
you guys are at the

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Point where
you're at.

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Dean: It is.

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Mike: It is.

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Dean: It's a cool
place to be. Yeah.

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Mike: 100 years.

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Dean: Yeah. We
made it, man.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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Mike: That's awesome.

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Mike: So have you guys talked
about it with your family as

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Far as like, what things
you're going to sell in

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Here and what
you're not?

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Doug: Yeah.

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There's a lot of items
that we would sell.

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Mike: I notice a lot
of this stuff is like

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From the '80s,
the '70s.

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This is a nice piece.

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Mike: When I'm pulling a
coca-cola clock off the wall

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Of a business that's been
around for 100 years...

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Mike: Chicago,
made in chicago.

249
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Mike: ...And I'm still buying
it from a family member...

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To me that's epic.

251
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Mike: Probably
250 retail.

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I'd do... Like 150.

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Dean: 175?

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Mike: Appreciate it.

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Dean: You good?

256
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Mike: Alright. I'll do it.

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Dean: I can still look at photos
that were taken over the years,

258
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And that clock
may be there.

259
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So you know, we still
have those pictures,

260
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We still have
those memories.

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Robbie: I saw a couple of
seeburg speakers down here.

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There's 2 of them,
one's been painted...

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Doug: Yep.

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Robbie: It's got like a
faux paint job on it.

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Doug: Yep.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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And then there's
another one up here.

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Doug: That is
an original.

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Robbie: Yeah. This
one's an original one.

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And the case
isn't broken on them.

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Robbie: These seeburg speakers
were accessory speakers,

272
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They hung on the wall, they
blended into the décor and

273
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The ambiance of these
ice cream shops.

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Robbie: I can tell ya,
looking at condition-wise,

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There's no
cracks in them.

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Doug: Um-hm.

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Robbie: A lot of these
got cracked over the years.

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This one, it looks
like somebody...

279
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Like they...

280
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Tried to make
this look like wood,

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Like grain painted it...

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Doug: That would
have been my mom.

283
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Robbie: She did this.

284
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Doug: She did that.

285
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Robbie: Um... The faux grain
paint hurts it a little bit,

286
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But not too much.

287
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It probably could be
stripped back off of there.

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They retail around
3-and-a-quarter apiece.

289
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I'd want to
be... 425.

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Doug: For the pair.

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Robbie: Yeah.
Doug: Okay.

292
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Robbie: Appreciate
it. Thank you. Thank you.

293
00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:06,884
Robbie: Any time you find
these seeburg speakers

294
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That are actually not
broken, not cracked,

295
00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:11,890
Everything's intact,
you always buy them.

296
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Dean: That's my dad
standing right here.

297
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Mike: That's
a great shot.

298
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Dean: It is.

299
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Mike: I like this
piece, this is kinda cute.

300
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That little muskie on
there, look at that, robbie.

301
00:08:19,566 --> 00:08:21,499
A little
fisherman piece.

302
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Dean: Muskie, yeah.

303
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Robbie: It's a
muskie, yeah.

304
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Mike: Would
you sell that?

305
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Dean: Yes sir.

306
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Mike: Alright.
Uh... 30 bucks.

307
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Dean: Deal.

308
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Mike: Alright.
I'll do it.

309
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That's awesome.

310
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That's not
original, is it?

311
00:08:35,916 --> 00:08:36,982
Dean: No, that's
the one that was...

312
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Mike: I was going say,
man, that'd be crazy!

313
00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:39,584
Dean: ...I was
confident...

314
00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:40,318
Doug: I know.
Dean: I know.

315
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Mike: [laughs]

316
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Dean: It really wasn't a
collection that my dad just

317
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Started to say, hey I wanted to
collect these things.

318
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It was just
the business.

319
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Mike: This is where
all the beans were

320
00:08:48,661 --> 00:08:49,127
Counted over
here, huh.

321
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Dean: Falls city, yeah.

322
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That's- that's my
dad's office right there.

323
00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,331
Mike: Oh wow.
Can I go in here?

324
00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,466
Dean: Sure.

325
00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:56,735
This was his last office, and
this is where we ran

326
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The office right
before we closed.

327
00:08:58,805 --> 00:08:59,337
Mike: Oh your dad
was the mayor?

328
00:08:59,406 --> 00:09:01,005
Dean: Yeah.

329
00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:02,274
Dean: He first started as
a recorder for the city...

330
00:09:02,476 --> 00:09:03,608
Mike: Okay.

331
00:09:03,810 --> 00:09:04,609
Dean: Then the
city council.

332
00:09:04,678 --> 00:09:06,344
And then he served 12
years as the mayor.

333
00:09:06,412 --> 00:09:07,078
Mike: Wow!

334
00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,013
Mike: We walk
into floyd's office,

335
00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:11,750
And you really start to
get a sense of who he was.

336
00:09:11,952 --> 00:09:13,685
You know, because
it's all over the walls.

337
00:09:13,753 --> 00:09:14,553
Mike: Oh here we
go, babe ruth.

338
00:09:14,755 --> 00:09:16,354
This is a piece
of a sign.

339
00:09:16,422 --> 00:09:17,755
Dean: It is.

340
00:09:17,824 --> 00:09:18,689
Mike: And his
toes are broken off.

341
00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:19,290
Do you have the
rest of that?

342
00:09:19,359 --> 00:09:20,225
Dean: No.

343
00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,426
Mike: Red top did a
hall of fame series.

344
00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:24,495
And this babe ruth figurine
is from one of those signs.

345
00:09:24,565 --> 00:09:26,764
It's half of sign though,

346
00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:28,366
But the important
part is still there.

347
00:09:28,435 --> 00:09:29,900
Dean: I mean...

348
00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:30,701
Mike: I don't know, I
don't even know what

349
00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:31,970
To pay for something
like that.

350
00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:32,370
Dean: Hold it, there's a
signature on the back.

351
00:09:32,438 --> 00:09:33,505
Mike: What?

352
00:09:33,707 --> 00:09:34,439
Dean: Babe,
babe ruth.

353
00:09:34,641 --> 00:09:35,774
Mike: Get outta here!

354
00:09:35,976 --> 00:09:36,775
Dean: So the price
just went up, mike.

355
00:09:36,843 --> 00:09:38,643
Mike: What are you
talking- what...

356
00:09:38,711 --> 00:09:39,377
[laughs] no
there's not.

357
00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:40,311
Dean: [laughs]

358
00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:40,912
Mike: You're good. What
are you thinking?

359
00:09:40,981 --> 00:09:45,517
Dean: I'm
thinking... $40.

360
00:09:45,719 --> 00:09:46,450
Mike: I was
thinking 50.

361
00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:47,518
Dean: Well 50 it is.

362
00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:48,319
Mike: [laughs]
alright.

363
00:09:48,388 --> 00:09:49,587
Dean: Sold.

364
00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:51,055
Mike: He's broken, and there's
some other issues with him.

365
00:09:51,124 --> 00:09:53,324
But it's still babe ruth,
it's still an advertising piece.

366
00:09:53,393 --> 00:09:54,926
I love it.

367
00:09:54,995 --> 00:09:55,660
Robbie: So, where else do
you guys got to show us?

368
00:09:55,862 --> 00:09:56,995
Doug: We got 2
more buildings.

369
00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:08,807
♪♪

370
00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:10,475
Dean: Well let's
go next door, guys.

371
00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:11,542
Mike & robbie:
Alright.

372
00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:12,811
Dean: So mike, over here
is some of the hardware.

373
00:10:12,879 --> 00:10:14,879
So we got some
other items in here.

374
00:10:15,082 --> 00:10:16,881
Mike: So your dad picked
up the hardware business

375
00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,482
When you guys were
getting a little slow.

376
00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:20,151
Dean:
Right. Yeah.

377
00:10:20,219 --> 00:10:21,086
Mike: Did you guys already
own this part of the building,

378
00:10:21,154 --> 00:10:22,954
Or was he acquiring
property as he went?

379
00:10:23,022 --> 00:10:24,022
Dean: Right. They had
both of the buildings.

380
00:10:24,091 --> 00:10:26,558
Mike: So what were you
utilizing this for before the...

381
00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:27,358
Dean: This is hardware.

382
00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:27,958
Mike: ...Before
the hardware though?

383
00:10:28,028 --> 00:10:28,826
Doug: Mostly storage.

384
00:10:28,895 --> 00:10:30,494
All the things for
like the drinks and

385
00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:32,030
The syrups and things.

386
00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:35,000
Mike: Oh okay. I love it. This
is cool back here.

387
00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:42,007
Mike: I got to have something
solid to stand on here.

388
00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:45,310
Dean: What's
that, mike?

389
00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:47,312
Mike: A coca-cola
rack... Whoa!

390
00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:48,846
Doug: Good lord!

391
00:10:48,915 --> 00:10:49,847
Dean: The coca-cola?
That's a cool piece.

392
00:10:49,916 --> 00:10:52,650
Mike: Yeah. What are
you guys thinking?

393
00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:53,851
Dean: I'm thinking
250, mike.

394
00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,721
Mike: Okay so if you
want 250 for that...

395
00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:58,189
What are you
thinking on these?

396
00:10:58,725 --> 00:11:00,324
Dean: Give me
a price on it.

397
00:11:00,394 --> 00:11:01,459
Mike: 30 apiece.

398
00:11:01,528 --> 00:11:02,994
Mike: It's a big deal that
they called us and it's

399
00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:04,929
A big deal that they've
gotten to this moment.

400
00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:07,665
You know, we got to
start thinking about plan b.

401
00:11:07,734 --> 00:11:08,733
Mike: Alright,
good catch.

402
00:11:08,802 --> 00:11:09,667
Mike: You know,
where it's like...

403
00:11:09,736 --> 00:11:13,738
We got to turn
this loose.

404
00:11:13,807 --> 00:11:15,339
Dean: So the 3
items, 310, right?

405
00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:16,274
Mike: Yeah.

406
00:11:16,476 --> 00:11:17,341
Dean: Deal.

407
00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:19,744
Mike: Like what else can
these spaces be that can

408
00:11:19,946 --> 00:11:22,813
Serve the community
well beyond us.

409
00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:23,614
Mike: Let's look
through here, I mean,

410
00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:25,149
I saw some
stuff back...

411
00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:26,284
Dean: You want to look over this
way before we head that way?

412
00:11:26,486 --> 00:11:27,285
Mike: Which way?

413
00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:28,753
Dean: Just right over here.
Got a few items.

414
00:11:28,821 --> 00:11:30,354
Mike: Look at
that! There we go.

415
00:11:30,424 --> 00:11:32,289
Robbie: Wow! '46?

416
00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,158
Dean: '46.

417
00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:35,092
Dean: I remember
when my dad got it.

418
00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:39,430
And the work that he had to
put into it to restore it,

419
00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:40,565
To make it run-able.

420
00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:41,299
Mike: Did he
buy this new?

421
00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:41,699
Doug: No.

422
00:11:41,768 --> 00:11:43,168
Robbie: Huh.

423
00:11:43,236 --> 00:11:45,970
Doug: It sat for about 10
years underneath an apple tree.

424
00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:48,907
Dean: I remember him
putting me in that truck,

425
00:11:48,975 --> 00:11:51,042
And learning how to
drive a stick shift.

426
00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:53,645
Doug: Dad would ride around
town using this when

427
00:11:53,847 --> 00:11:55,179
He was still on
mayor duties.

428
00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:59,050
Doug: If the guys for the city
were working in a ditch up at

429
00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:01,719
The end of town, he would
drive up there in that truck.

430
00:12:01,788 --> 00:12:04,522
And people would
know, here it comes,

431
00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:05,590
Here's floyd arriving.

432
00:12:05,659 --> 00:12:07,725
Mike: So at one point in
time, it looks like it was blue.

433
00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:08,660
See, you could see
the blue paint on

434
00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:09,927
The inside of
the window.

435
00:12:09,996 --> 00:12:11,662
Mike: You know, it's
an old man restoration,

436
00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:12,931
It's an earl
scheib paint job.

437
00:12:12,999 --> 00:12:14,199
Mike: Did you guys own
it when it was blue?

438
00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:15,733
Doug: No.

439
00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:16,668
Mike: When's the
last time it ran?

440
00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:18,002
Dean: About
10 years ago.

441
00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:20,404
Mike: But when you
crawl underneath the truck,

442
00:12:20,474 --> 00:12:21,472
It's pretty solid.

443
00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:22,540
Mike: There's a tin
patch on the inside of this.

444
00:12:22,608 --> 00:12:24,742
That's patched here too.

445
00:12:24,811 --> 00:12:26,144
Mike: There's a
few patch panels.

446
00:12:26,212 --> 00:12:28,813
But this thing's 1946, of
course there's going to be that.

447
00:12:28,882 --> 00:12:30,548
Mike: Yeah, the
windshield cranks out.

448
00:12:30,616 --> 00:12:31,415
Is it working, or no?

449
00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:33,017
Dean: There it is.

450
00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:33,818
Mike: There you go,
that's your air conditioning.

451
00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:34,418
Dean: That's your
air conditioning.

452
00:12:34,488 --> 00:12:35,553
Mike: That and this.

453
00:12:35,622 --> 00:12:36,621
Robbie: Yep.
Dean: Yep.

454
00:12:36,823 --> 00:12:39,690
Mike: It's,
overall, bone dry.

455
00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:41,359
The interior is
presentable...

456
00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:42,693
Mike: Yeah, baby.

457
00:12:42,763 --> 00:12:43,828
Doug: This
looks like you. [laughs]

458
00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:45,296
Mike: It's pretty
cool, man. [wolf whistles]

459
00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:46,764
Robbie: Yeah.

460
00:12:46,833 --> 00:12:47,632
Just think if this
was chrome, mike.

461
00:12:47,701 --> 00:12:48,767
He painted this,
this was chrome.

462
00:12:48,969 --> 00:12:49,967
Mike: That, I like
it like this though.

463
00:12:50,036 --> 00:12:51,769
Mike: I love the fact
that the waterfall grille

464
00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,638
Is painted silver, and
it's not chrome.

465
00:12:53,707 --> 00:12:55,106
It just has more
of an aged look.

466
00:12:55,174 --> 00:12:57,842
It's got a great story, it was
the mayor's truck out of

467
00:12:57,911 --> 00:12:59,978
A small west virginia
coal mining town.

468
00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:04,315
If the truck runs and runs
well, it's a great piece.

469
00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:05,183
Robbie: 216.

470
00:13:05,385 --> 00:13:07,518
It's, the motor's
original in this car.

471
00:13:07,587 --> 00:13:08,787
Robbie: That's a 216.

472
00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:11,856
It's the worst motor
chevy ever produced.

473
00:13:12,058 --> 00:13:14,725
It has babbitt bearings
in it that heat up,

474
00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:15,660
And then the car
doesn't want to run.

475
00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:17,795
But we can
work with this.

476
00:13:17,864 --> 00:13:18,596
Mike: Can I make
you an offer on it?

477
00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:19,998
Dean: Yeah,
make an offer.

478
00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:23,134
Mike: 7 grand.

479
00:13:24,337 --> 00:13:28,072
Because, the thing is, if you
throw another 2,000 bucks at it,

480
00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:31,409
I think the number on
it's probably more like 12.

481
00:13:31,745 --> 00:13:32,877
Dean: Let me tell
you my number.

482
00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:34,745
Mike: Okay, okay, you
tell me your number.

483
00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:36,347
Dean: I was
thinking more like 9.

484
00:13:36,416 --> 00:13:37,748
Robbie: Okay.

485
00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,150
Mike: In order to
get this truck,

486
00:13:39,218 --> 00:13:43,888
And- and maximize what you
could possibly get out of it,

487
00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:45,290
There's going to have
to be a lot done to it,

488
00:13:45,358 --> 00:13:46,824
You know.

489
00:13:46,893 --> 00:13:48,893
Dean: There has to
be some done to it,

490
00:13:48,961 --> 00:13:51,562
But I really believe
with less work than

491
00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:53,030
Most people
would think.

492
00:13:53,099 --> 00:13:55,900
Robbie: I think the most
you could pay for this truck,

493
00:13:56,102 --> 00:13:58,770
And be in a safe scenario
is going to be 8,000.

494
00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:01,505
Mike: I would love to
have it, I'd do the 8 on it.

495
00:14:01,574 --> 00:14:02,574
And I don't even know...

496
00:14:02,776 --> 00:14:05,309
I don't know how it shifts...

497
00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:06,377
Dean: Okay.

498
00:14:06,445 --> 00:14:07,779
Mike: I don't know if
it smokes like crazy,

499
00:14:07,981 --> 00:14:08,446
I mean, I don't know
anything about it.

500
00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:09,380
You know
what I mean?

501
00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:10,714
Dean: I'll do 8.

502
00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:11,582
Mike: Alright,
we'll do 8. Okay.

503
00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:12,984
Dean: Thank
you, mike.

504
00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,853
Doug: Soon, that truck is now
going to be rolling down

505
00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:17,989
The highway, being
enjoyed by somebody.

506
00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:22,126
It just is what dad would
want, not having it sit.

507
00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,996
Dean: Yeah, I think dad was
happy with the decision today.

508
00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:28,065
Dean: You know, since my
dad passed away 10 years ago,

509
00:14:28,134 --> 00:14:30,334
I do see a light that's starting
to shine over this town.

510
00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:31,936
Mike: Yeah.

511
00:14:32,005 --> 00:14:33,471
Dean: So I- I see new
businesses coming in,

512
00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:34,806
New manufacturing.

513
00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,206
Biggest thing is
going on right now,

514
00:14:36,276 --> 00:14:40,411
We've got the designation of a
new river gorge national park,

515
00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:41,879
Which is huge.

516
00:14:41,948 --> 00:14:43,081
Mike: So you guys
have a national park.

517
00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:44,549
Dean: And one of the
highest bridges in the world.

518
00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:45,883
Mike: Get outta here!

519
00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:46,817
Dean: Yeah. They shut
it down one day out of a

520
00:14:46,887 --> 00:14:50,288
Year and they have
base jumpers come in.

521
00:14:50,357 --> 00:14:50,754
And so you-

522
00:14:50,823 --> 00:14:51,489
Mike: No way!

523
00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:51,823
Dean: -Parachute...

524
00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:53,224
Mike: Oh wow!

525
00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:54,959
Mike: A lot of small towns that
have lost manufacturing and

526
00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:58,362
Lost population are
reinventing themselves.

527
00:14:58,431 --> 00:14:58,830
Robbie: Yeah.

528
00:14:58,898 --> 00:14:59,430
Dean: Exactly.

529
00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:00,097
Mike: Dang, that's...

530
00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:01,299
Dean: There's a future.

531
00:15:01,501 --> 00:15:02,766
Mike: They have the best of
both worlds - heritage tourism,

532
00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:04,902
Telling their
story which is epic;

533
00:15:04,971 --> 00:15:07,305
And adventure tourism,
right down the road.

534
00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:08,640
It's awesome.

535
00:15:08,842 --> 00:15:09,774
Mike: Your dad
would be proud.

536
00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:10,842
Dean: Oh very
proud, very proud.

537
00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:11,909
Robbie: Yeah.
Your dad's smiling down.

538
00:15:11,978 --> 00:15:12,376
Mike: Hey man, once a
mayor, always a mayor.

539
00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:13,778
Robbie: Awesome.

540
00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:15,013
Mike: I'm going to put
this thi.

541
00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:23,588
♪♪

542
00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:24,923
Dean: Come on
guys, follow me.

543
00:15:25,125 --> 00:15:26,991
Mike: It's great to see that
even though doug and

544
00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:29,060
Dean's journey with their
family business is ending,

545
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:33,931
They're excited about this
new chapter for the community.

546
00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,333
Dean: That's the house
that we grew up in,

547
00:15:35,535 --> 00:15:37,068
My mom and dad's.

548
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,604
And here's where we've got a
few things underneath here,

549
00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:40,404
If y'all like
to look at them.

550
00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:41,539
Robbie: Uh-huh.

551
00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:42,606
Mike: Yeah,
heck yeah.

552
00:15:42,676 --> 00:15:43,474
Dean: And we always
called that "the big hole."

553
00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:44,675
My dad didn't
throw anything away.

554
00:15:44,744 --> 00:15:47,211
So it also was
a storage place.

555
00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,281
It's been kind of out-of-sight,
out-of-mind for a long time.

556
00:15:50,483 --> 00:15:50,748
Doug: Yeah.

557
00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:51,282
Mike: Oh wow.

558
00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:52,283
Robbie: Woo!

559
00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:53,284
Mike: Holy crap!

560
00:15:53,353 --> 00:15:55,820
Mike: Underneath this
porch is incredible,

561
00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:56,954
It's like a cave,
it's like a cavern.

562
00:15:57,023 --> 00:16:00,691
The good stuff is always
good, and a lot of times,

563
00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,894
The good stuff
is always buried.

564
00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:04,963
So if you want it,
you got to dig it out.

565
00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:07,631
Mike: This big piece right
here, this massive one...

566
00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:08,900
Robbie: Yeah,
right there?

567
00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:09,700
Mike: It's a huge,
like, back bar mirror.

568
00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:11,903
Robbie: It
probably was inside...

569
00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:16,774
Mike: I can't really...
I can't see... There.

570
00:16:16,843 --> 00:16:20,044
Oh wow, look at
that coke sign, man!

571
00:16:20,113 --> 00:16:21,579
Robbie: I think we could
lift this up and over, mike.

572
00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:22,580
Don't- don't step on that...

573
00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:25,583
Mike: Ready?
1, 2, 3! Ugh!

574
00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:27,185
Robbie: You
want to come up?

575
00:16:27,253 --> 00:16:32,991
Mike: Hold on... Hold on...
There we go, I got the bottom.

576
00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:34,658
Mike & robbie:
Urgh! Agh!

577
00:16:34,728 --> 00:16:35,726
Mike: What are
we doing with it?

578
00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:36,593
Robbie: We're
going to come up.

579
00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,462
Mike & robbie:
Urgh! Agh!

580
00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:39,129
Robbie: Right there.

581
00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:39,797
Mike: Okay.
[heavy sigh]

582
00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,465
What are we doing
with it now?

583
00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:42,400
Robbie: I don't know.

584
00:16:42,468 --> 00:16:43,334
Mike: Seriously.

585
00:16:43,403 --> 00:16:44,402
Doug: Heheheh...

586
00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:44,869
Robbie: Okay.

587
00:16:45,071 --> 00:16:46,003
We're doing this way.

588
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:46,804
Mike: You're going to
break that sign underneath!

589
00:16:46,872 --> 00:16:47,338
Robbie: No,
no, no I'm not.

590
00:16:47,407 --> 00:16:48,139
Mike: Alright.

591
00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:48,672
Robbie: We got
it right here.

592
00:16:48,742 --> 00:16:49,540
Right here, we're good.

593
00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,342
Mike: 1, 2, 3!
1 -2 -3!

594
00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:51,942
Robbie: Right?

595
00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:52,810
Mike: Right that way.

596
00:16:52,878 --> 00:16:53,944
Robbie: Right
there, put it there.

597
00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,346
Mike: Oh my gosh, do
you guys remember this?

598
00:16:56,416 --> 00:16:56,814
Doug: Yeah.

599
00:16:56,882 --> 00:16:57,748
Dean: Oh yeah.

600
00:16:57,817 --> 00:16:58,615
Mike: You guys
remember this sign?

601
00:16:58,684 --> 00:16:59,950
Doug: Yeah.
Hung outside.

602
00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:00,418
Mike: Oh my gosh, this is
crazy. Okay. So let's-

603
00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:01,419
Robbie: Hold on.

604
00:17:01,621 --> 00:17:03,287
Mike: -Here, let's figure
out what we're doing here.

605
00:17:03,490 --> 00:17:04,221
Doug: Heheheh...

606
00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:05,222
Dean: What we do...
Is come this way.

607
00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:06,690
Robbie: Yeah, we're just
going to come right here.

608
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:07,558
Mike: Alright,
you got that side?

609
00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:08,826
Robbie: Yeah. Just come...

610
00:17:08,894 --> 00:17:10,161
Mike: We got to
get past that pole.

611
00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:13,097
Doug: Back... Shoot, when I
was 8 years old, I remember

612
00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:15,900
That sign hanging out in the
front of the first building.

613
00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:17,635
That was what you saw
when you came down

614
00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:18,436
The hill and you
saw bon-bon's.

615
00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:20,171
Mike: Whoa, whoa!

616
00:17:20,239 --> 00:17:22,372
Robbie: You go that way, and
you grab that, right there.

617
00:17:22,442 --> 00:17:23,241
Doug: We had it.

618
00:17:23,309 --> 00:17:23,974
Robbie: Yeah. We
have a hold of this.

619
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:24,775
Mike: Pick this
up, 'cause it's-

620
00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:25,643
Robbie: I got it,
here we got it.

621
00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,311
Mike: Oh this
is a dr. Pepper.

622
00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:27,845
Robbie: Yeah.

623
00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:28,646
Robbie: This way.

624
00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:29,713
Mike: This is
all intact too.

625
00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:30,380
Robbie: Yeah,
hold on, hold on.

626
00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:31,181
Mike: Alright.

627
00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:32,783
Robbie: Want to go
back, and go up.

628
00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:33,784
There, there we
go. Okay. This way.

629
00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:38,388
Up, you guys go up,
up-up-up-up-up-up!

630
00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:39,790
Mike: Agh! God!

631
00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:42,460
Robbie: There we
go! Up! There it is.

632
00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:43,527
Mike: There we go.

633
00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:44,661
Robbie: Woo!
Mike: Woo!

634
00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,730
Robbie: Damn!
Mike: [laughs]

635
00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,133
Mike: The original bon
-bon's sign,

636
00:17:49,201 --> 00:17:51,936
The coca-cola sign, porcelain,
double-sided, incredible.

637
00:17:52,005 --> 00:17:53,737
Robbie: Let me get this
metal stuff out of here.

638
00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:54,872
Mike: That's what
I'm saying to ya.

639
00:17:54,940 --> 00:17:57,408
They blocked it
with all this plastic.

640
00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:58,609
Robbie: Yeah.

641
00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:00,744
Mike: Next to that, is a later
version of the bon-bon's sign.

642
00:18:00,814 --> 00:18:02,346
The lucite sign
that's dr. Pepper.

643
00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,549
Mike: 1, 2, 3!

644
00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:07,351
Ugh, oh my
god! 1... Agh!

645
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,553
Doug: Hold on.

646
00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:10,821
Robbie: I got
my end up.

647
00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:11,822
Doug: There's the
rest of it hiding there.

648
00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:13,624
Robbie: Oh there's a
piece on the bottom,

649
00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:15,826
It says "ice
package beer."

650
00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:17,761
Mike: Woo! Yeah, can
you fold it over?

651
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,163
Robbie: There.
There, right there.

652
00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:22,433
Mike: Their father could have
easily tossed all of this stuff.

653
00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:23,968
Mike: Alright here...

654
00:18:24,037 --> 00:18:25,169
Robbie: Let me get this
stuff all the way here.

655
00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:28,839
Mike: He's basically got
the history of all the family

656
00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:31,241
Businesses stored
underneath this porch.

657
00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,377
Mike: Whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!

658
00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:34,579
Robbie: This ouch!

659
00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:35,713
Mike: Look at this mirror. Look
at that "p" at the top.

660
00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,648
Robbie: "p"?
Dean: Princess!

661
00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:38,649
Robbie: What?
Dean: Princess!

662
00:18:38,717 --> 00:18:39,717
Robbie: Prin-
oh princess!

663
00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:40,518
Mike: Wait, this
isn't a mirror.

664
00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:41,586
Yeah it
isn't... Wait...

665
00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:42,653
Robbie: It
is a mirror.

666
00:18:42,722 --> 00:18:43,521
Mike: No it's
not, no it's not.

667
00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:44,588
Look, that's
killer, man.

668
00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:45,923
Dang, these
are amazing.

669
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,725
Mike: The big thing is, the
time he took to save

670
00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,927
All of the theater
lobby marquees.

671
00:18:49,996 --> 00:18:51,996
Mike: That would have
been inside the theater,

672
00:18:52,065 --> 00:18:53,330
That would have been for
what they call lobby cards.

673
00:18:53,399 --> 00:18:54,398
Doug: Exactly.

674
00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:55,065
Robbie: Yeah.

675
00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:55,532
Mike: You got
4 small ones.

676
00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:56,667
Robbie: Okay.

677
00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:57,334
Mike: And then we
have one, two...

678
00:18:57,403 --> 00:18:58,336
Robbie: Three.

679
00:18:58,538 --> 00:18:58,936
Mike: ...Three...

680
00:18:59,005 --> 00:19:00,271
Robbie: And this one.

681
00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:02,339
Mike: Four. Does that have any,
a "p" on it anywhere though?

682
00:19:02,408 --> 00:19:03,941
Robbie: No.

683
00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:05,276
Actually, this must have
hung from something...

684
00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:06,744
Doug: Yeah.

685
00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:07,812
Robbie: Because
both sides are seen.

686
00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:08,880
Doug: They used to
hang from the marquee.

687
00:19:09,082 --> 00:19:10,881
Mike: Because this is
wood, and this would-

688
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:11,882
Doug: The marquee stuck
out over the...

689
00:19:11,951 --> 00:19:13,751
Robbie: And this would
have hung on the...

690
00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,152
And you can see
both sides of it.

691
00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:17,288
Mike: The care that he took to
put all of this under there,

692
00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:19,890
Is huge to me.

693
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:20,490
Mike: I'm just going
to shoot you a price

694
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,227
On all of it - 3,500.

695
00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:25,963
Dean: For 4 of these...

696
00:19:26,032 --> 00:19:26,897
Robbie: And then 2 of the
big stand-ups, and this.

697
00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:30,568
Dean: A total number
of how many pieces?

698
00:19:30,636 --> 00:19:31,502
Robbie: 7 pieces total.

699
00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:32,436
Mike: For 7 pieces.

700
00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:34,238
Since they all have
the "p" on the top,

701
00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:36,640
I think to be honest with you,
they all need to stay together.

702
00:19:36,709 --> 00:19:37,641
Robbie: Yeah.
Dean: Yeah.

703
00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:38,843
Mike: I got one
guy in mind.

704
00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:40,978
Dean: I really
realized, at that point,

705
00:19:41,046 --> 00:19:42,713
That I'm just not selling
an item that's just

706
00:19:42,782 --> 00:19:45,048
Going to never be
seen by anyone.

707
00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:48,653
He had a buyer in mind that
a lot of other people

708
00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:50,254
Would enjoy it
for years to come.

709
00:19:50,456 --> 00:19:51,054
Doug: Yeah.

710
00:19:51,123 --> 00:19:52,723
Dean: What do
you think, doug?

711
00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:56,660
Doug: It- it's better than,
than staying in the hole.

712
00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:57,728
Mike: What about
these 2 signs?

713
00:19:57,797 --> 00:19:59,397
Would you consider
selling those?

714
00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:01,398
Dean: Well mike, let me
think about this at 35,

715
00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:02,733
For this set here.

716
00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:04,001
And let's look at
the signs, then.

717
00:20:04,404 --> 00:20:06,137
Mike: Okay.

718
00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:08,005
Doug: That first sign that they
pulled out in that big hole,

719
00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:10,274
Just to see it again, and I
mean it's in great shape.

720
00:20:10,343 --> 00:20:11,341
I mean...

721
00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:12,542
Dean: Yeah.

722
00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:13,411
Doug: Dirty, but heh...

723
00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:13,878
Dean: Yeah. It was
in great shape.

724
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:14,812
Doug: It was really...

725
00:20:15,014 --> 00:20:15,612
Dean: Yeah, it was
stored good back here.

726
00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:17,014
Doug: ...Brought back, yeah.

727
00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,349
Mike: Do you guys remember
when this sign came down?

728
00:20:18,418 --> 00:20:19,683
Dean: Mid-'60s.

729
00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:21,285
Robbie: This
flipped up on there.

730
00:20:21,354 --> 00:20:22,420
Dean: Um-hm.

731
00:20:22,622 --> 00:20:23,221
Robbie: Yeah, like that.

732
00:20:23,423 --> 00:20:24,021
Dean: Yep.

733
00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:24,488
Mike: And then the
lights came out.

734
00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:25,556
Robbie: Yeah.

735
00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:26,357
Mike: And you
know what?

736
00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:27,090
Dean: Yeah,
there's a wire...

737
00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:27,891
Mike: Those
lights I bought...

738
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:28,826
Doug: That you
bought, that's it.

739
00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:29,627
Mike: Those are the
lights that sat in this.

740
00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:30,694
Doug: That's what
went on this.

741
00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:31,762
Dean: And that's
why you have 2.

742
00:20:31,831 --> 00:20:32,830
Mike: That's
right, that's amazing!

743
00:20:33,032 --> 00:20:34,432
Mike: These artifacts
are the archives of

744
00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:37,835
Their family's business.

745
00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:38,369
Robbie: I mean,
it's not rotted out.

746
00:20:38,438 --> 00:20:39,369
Dean: Looks good.

747
00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:40,504
Robbie: Yeah.

748
00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:41,906
Mike: You know, when we
actually pulled it out of there,

749
00:20:42,108 --> 00:20:43,373
It was sitting on top
of plastic milk crates.

750
00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:44,108
Robbie: Yeah.

751
00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:44,976
Dean: That's
what saved it.

752
00:20:45,178 --> 00:20:46,110
Robbie: That's the
only thing that saved it.

753
00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:47,311
Mike: So he, so when your
pops put it back here...

754
00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:47,978
Dean: Yeah.

755
00:20:48,047 --> 00:20:48,846
Doug: Thinking of that...

756
00:20:49,048 --> 00:20:49,380
Mike: ...He- he
thought enough of it to...

757
00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:50,914
Dean: Thanks, dad.

758
00:20:50,984 --> 00:20:51,381
Mike: ...To keep it off
the dirt, you know.

759
00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:52,650
Robbie: Yeah.

760
00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:54,184
Mike: It took so much time to
put this stuff under there.

761
00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:57,054
It's incredible that we even
have the opportunity to buy it.

762
00:20:57,123 --> 00:20:59,724
Mike: And that was a little
bit more of a modern sign.

763
00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:00,324
Robbie: Yeah.
...Sign lit up.

764
00:21:00,526 --> 00:21:01,458
Mike: That whole
sign lit up.

765
00:21:01,527 --> 00:21:02,393
That was
very bright.

766
00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:02,994
Dean: They made a
lot brighter when it

767
00:21:03,196 --> 00:21:03,460
Came up in the
evenings...

768
00:21:03,529 --> 00:21:05,195
Robbie: Yeah.

769
00:21:05,265 --> 00:21:06,530
Mike: Yeah, and it allowed them
to also put "iced package beer."

770
00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:07,465
Robbie: Picnic supplies.

771
00:21:07,533 --> 00:21:08,866
Dean: Um-hm, yeah.

772
00:21:09,068 --> 00:21:09,867
Mike: And it also says
"confectionary" on it.

773
00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:11,936
What are you thinking on
that one, robbie?

774
00:21:12,138 --> 00:21:16,940
Robbie: No, it's actually
in not too bad a shape,

775
00:21:17,010 --> 00:21:19,877
But plastic has not come
into its own right now.

776
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,812
I mean, you know, the
fact that it says

777
00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:22,946
"bon- bon confectionary",
that's cool.

778
00:21:23,016 --> 00:21:26,483
Dr. Pepper, you don't see
a lot of advertising on.

779
00:21:26,552 --> 00:21:27,684
Mike: But that's '60s.

780
00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:28,753
Robbie: Yeah.
It's 100% '60s.

781
00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,954
Robbie: The fact
that these still exist,

782
00:21:31,024 --> 00:21:32,823
They're not broken, they're
not damaged, but...

783
00:21:32,891 --> 00:21:35,693
The history -
that's the cool thing.

784
00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:36,493
Mike: I'm freaking
out on this sign.

785
00:21:36,562 --> 00:21:37,961
Doug: Paper box, yeah.

786
00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:39,997
Dean: Yeah, this is uh,
this is the baby here.

787
00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:44,901
Mike: We need to be
real tight on this.

788
00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,904
How much can we give
these guys the most we

789
00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:48,005
Can give them and still
make something on it?

790
00:21:52,178 --> 00:21:57,048
Robbie: [sighs] I'm
thinking 10,000 on all of it.

791
00:21:57,250 --> 00:22:01,919
I'm thinking 6 here on
this, I'm thinking 500 on that,

792
00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:04,989
And 35 on those, on
the marquees. 10,000.

793
00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:09,393
Dean: That's the number
I was thinking of too. Yeah.

794
00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:11,395
[group laughing]

795
00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:12,329
Dean: Yes sir.

796
00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:13,397
Robbie: Awesome.

797
00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:15,933
Mike: Thank you, my
friend. Thank you. Wow.

798
00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:16,867
Robbie: I can't believe
you found the lights.

799
00:22:16,935 --> 00:22:19,202
Dean: Yeah. You
have the whole set.

800
00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:21,738
Mike: I can't believe these guys
didn't let us know these signs

801
00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:23,407
Were here as soon
as we got here!

802
00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:24,141
Doug: [chuckles]

803
00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:24,809
Dean: It takes a
little digging.

804
00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:25,676
Mike & robbie:
Yeah. [laughs]

805
00:22:25,745 --> 00:22:26,343
Robbie: It takes
a little digging.

806
00:22:26,412 --> 00:22:27,277
That's right.

807
00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:28,212
Mike: Woo!

808
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,613
Dean: I was glad we
made some deals

809
00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:30,881
Today with mike
and robbie.

810
00:22:30,949 --> 00:22:33,016
They found the
connection to the town.

811
00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:36,487
They had a connection to
what hard work is in america,

812
00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:38,355
And how it pays off.

813
00:22:38,424 --> 00:22:39,757
Mike: You got it?

814
00:22:39,959 --> 00:22:40,957
Dean: They could
relate to our story here,

815
00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,994
To the little town of mount
hope. It was cool.

816
00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:46,163
Doug: Yeah.
Mike: Alright.

817
00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:47,898
Mike: The great thing about
harvesting all of this stuff out

818
00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:49,633
Of here, is that it's going
to be repurposed

819
00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:52,035
Into someone
else's business.

820
00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:55,373
This coca-cola sign can
hang in a soda shop again.

821
00:22:55,575 --> 00:22:56,507
Mike: You got her?

822
00:22:56,576 --> 00:22:58,576
Mike: These theater marquees,
these lobby pieces,

823
00:22:58,778 --> 00:22:59,910
Can be in a
theater again.

824
00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,780
That's exactly, I'm sure,
the way their father and

825
00:23:02,849 --> 00:23:05,315
Their grandfather
would want it to be.

826
00:23:05,385 --> 00:23:05,850
Mike: Thank you.

827
00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:06,784
Dean: Good day.

828
00:23:06,853 --> 00:23:07,451
Robbie: Appreciate
ya. Thank you guys.

829
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:08,652
Mike: Appreciate you.

830
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:09,119
Doug: Appreciate
everything.

831
00:23:09,188 --> 00:23:09,520
Robbie: Seriously.

832
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:10,454
Doug: Good day.

833
00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:11,389
Mike: Hey... Awesome.
Bless yu guys.

834
00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:11,855
Robbie: You guys are
part of this community.

835
00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:12,923
Dean: Oh yeah.

836
00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:13,390
Thank you for letting
us share this with you.

837
00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:14,191
Robbie: Huge.

838
00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:14,991
Mike: Yeah. American
dream, my friend.

839
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:15,392
This is the
american dream.

840
00:23:15,461 --> 00:23:16,593
Doug: Yeah.

841
00:23:16,662 --> 00:23:17,061
Dean: This
is americana.

842
00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:17,528
Robbie: Yeah.

843
00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:18,662
Mike: Thank you guys.

844
00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:18,996
Dean: Take
care. Bye -bye.

845
00:23:19,198 --> 00:23:19,596
Doug: Alright.

846
00:23:19,665 --> 00:23:20,464
Mike: Appreciate you.

847
00:23:20,666 --> 00:23:20,998
See you on the flip
side. [honks horn]

848
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,132
Robbie: Thanks guys!

849
00:23:22,201 --> 00:23:24,001
Dean & doug: See you guys!
Take care! Bye-bye!

850
00:23:29,275 --> 00:23:31,275
♪♪

851
00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:33,010
Mike: Wooo!

852
00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:37,014
♪♪

853
00:23:37,216 --> 00:23:38,983
Robbie: I think it's going
to be a good day, I think.

854
00:23:40,553 --> 00:23:41,685
Robbie: [laughing]

855
00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:42,553
Mike: Robbie, look
at the road!

856
00:23:42,621 --> 00:23:42,987
Robbie: I'm
watching!

857
00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:48,692
Danielle: Mike,
I'm so jealous.

858
00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:50,361
I mean, he's got
really cool stuff,

859
00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:51,562
But he is
so cool.

860
00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:52,762
His life story, I
mean like,

861
00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:55,900
He's been doing this
his entire life.

862
00:23:55,968 --> 00:23:57,835
Mike: I know, I'm
excited to meet this guy.

863
00:23:58,037 --> 00:23:59,437
Danielle: I'm so
excited for you to do this.

864
00:23:59,639 --> 00:24:01,105
Mike: Girl, I'm on it!

865
00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:02,506
Danielle: Alright, have
fun, I'll talk to you later.

866
00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:03,307
Mike: See you, honey.

867
00:24:03,509 --> 00:24:03,707
Danielle: Bye.

868
00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:05,009
[honks horn]

869
00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:10,314
Mike: Hey-hey!

870
00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:11,849
Jim: Hey.

871
00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:14,318
Mike: I'm going to
take a guess, you're jim.

872
00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:14,852
Jim: I am.

873
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:15,318
Mike: Hey I'm mike.

874
00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:16,987
Jim: Hello.

875
00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:17,721
Mike: You're off the beaten
path here, my friend.

876
00:24:17,924 --> 00:24:19,856
Jim: We are. Back
side of nowhere.

877
00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:21,124
Mike: Well, I mean,
dani was telling me,

878
00:24:21,194 --> 00:24:22,860
You're all into circus stuff,
and then I saw this vehicle,

879
00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:25,462
And I was like, this
has got to be the place.

880
00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:26,263
Jim: Oh yeah, yeah.

881
00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:27,198
Mike: Yeah.

882
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,265
Jim: Pastor, circus,
all kinds of stuff.

883
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:29,266
Mike: Yeah.

884
00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:31,735
Jim: I am primarily a
methodist minister.

885
00:24:31,938 --> 00:24:33,938
Some people would
never believe that.

886
00:24:34,006 --> 00:24:36,607
Because I have been
talking to animals as

887
00:24:36,675 --> 00:24:37,874
Long as I
can remember.

888
00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:39,743
Jim: Well to make it
easy to understand,

889
00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:42,279
I have serious
learning disabilities.

890
00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:42,812
Mike: Okay.

891
00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:44,148
Jim: Always have.

892
00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:47,951
Didn't talk to anybody outside
the family till I was like 17.

893
00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:50,821
Had a very hard time
getting through high school.

894
00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:52,690
And my first grade
teacher got me through,

895
00:24:52,892 --> 00:24:53,624
And she says, you're
going to have

896
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:54,625
Something to do
with animals.

897
00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:57,694
Jim: I did venture into the live
entertainment industry -

898
00:24:57,763 --> 00:25:01,431
Circus, carnivals,
stage, music.

899
00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:02,699
It was loads of fun.

900
00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:06,103
Jim: I have been passionate
about circus and carnival people

901
00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:10,307
And their industry and
their work for my entire life.

902
00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:12,242
Jim: A circus is
constantly moving.

903
00:25:12,311 --> 00:25:16,914
You do not see anything for more
than just a very few minutes.

904
00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:19,717
And that just comes
right down my alley.

905
00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:21,918
Jim: But it's
time to downsize.

906
00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:23,520
Mike: Hey, especially
when you have trailers

907
00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:24,388
This big full of stuff.

908
00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:25,856
Jim: Yeah, yeah.

909
00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:26,991
Mike: So what do you
got going on here?

910
00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:29,593
Jim: This was the ticket
office and the concession wagon.

911
00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:30,460
Mike: For your own circus?

912
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:31,862
Jim: My own circus.

913
00:25:31,930 --> 00:25:32,462
Mike: What was the
name of your circus?

914
00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:33,864
Jim: It had 2 names.

915
00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,665
If I was working for a
church organization,

916
00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:37,734
It was called
the circus hope.

917
00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:39,669
If it was a secular
organization,

918
00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:41,605
It was dr.
Lavender's circus.

919
00:25:41,674 --> 00:25:44,475
Mike: [laughs]
I love that.

920
00:25:44,677 --> 00:25:46,010
What's this stuff here?

921
00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:47,210
Jim: Oh, see I haven't
seen it in a long time.

922
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,213
Oh okay.

923
00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:53,149
These are little circus wagons
that my father made for me.

924
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:56,887
My parents built and gave me
a little miniature circus for

925
00:25:57,089 --> 00:25:59,289
Christmas when I was
in the third grade. And...

926
00:25:59,358 --> 00:26:00,357
Mike: Wow.

927
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,492
Jim: I mean, I was king of
the block when I had that.

928
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:03,427
Mike: I bet, absolutely.

929
00:26:03,629 --> 00:26:04,428
Jim: Everybody wanted
to come to our house.

930
00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:07,631
But the purpose was
to get me to talk.

931
00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:08,632
Jim: I did not like people.

932
00:26:08,834 --> 00:26:10,233
I didn't want to
be around people.

933
00:26:10,302 --> 00:26:13,037
The only time I would talk was
when I'd go in the backyard and

934
00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:16,774
Turn mom's trash can upside
down and get on top of it,

935
00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:19,042
And announce the
greatest show on earth.

936
00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:22,046
And neighbors would very
quietly lift their windows,

937
00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:25,448
And listen, and then go
call one another and say,

938
00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:26,316
"the kid's talking."

939
00:26:26,385 --> 00:26:27,585
Mike: So there's a
lot of stuff in here

940
00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:29,786
From this time
period, or no?

941
00:26:29,855 --> 00:26:33,323
Jim: Um... I don't know.
I can't remember.

942
00:26:33,392 --> 00:26:34,258
Mike: Okay.

943
00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:35,659
Jim: My parents had a
great deal to do with my

944
00:26:35,727 --> 00:26:37,261
Fascination
with the circus.

945
00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:39,930
And later they didn't want me
to have anything to do with it,

946
00:26:39,999 --> 00:26:42,132
They said, that's no
life, you don't want that.

947
00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:45,803
Parents are notorious for saying
you don't want to do that,

948
00:26:45,871 --> 00:26:47,337
And the child
says on the inside,

949
00:26:47,406 --> 00:26:48,005
"yes I do."

950
00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:48,872
Mike: Like,
here's a goose.

951
00:26:48,941 --> 00:26:50,808
Jim: We have box
after box after box,

952
00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:54,211
Of all kinds of stuff
like anybody else,

953
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,681
Only instead of having a garage,
we have a 53-foot semi trailer.

954
00:26:57,749 --> 00:26:58,882
Mike: Alright,
here we go.

955
00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:04,221
This looks like an older
piece. There it is!

956
00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:04,755
Jim: Gee.

957
00:27:04,823 --> 00:27:06,156
Mike: Li'l abner.

958
00:27:06,225 --> 00:27:07,824
Mike: Li'l abner was a comic
strip that got started in the

959
00:27:07,893 --> 00:27:10,828
Early 1930s, about a
simple country boy,

960
00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:13,430
And li'l abner's main
squeeze, daisy mae,

961
00:27:13,499 --> 00:27:15,032
The town smoke show.

962
00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,701
Jim: It was about a
fictitious town in the hills

963
00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:20,838
Of the ozarks
called dogpatch.

964
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,706
Mike: It was hugely
popular and influenced

965
00:27:22,775 --> 00:27:25,042
Pop culture for
years to come.

966
00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:27,110
Shows like beverly
hillbillies, dukes of hazzard,

967
00:27:27,179 --> 00:27:30,781
Anything with a lovable buff
southern gentleman and the

968
00:27:30,849 --> 00:27:34,118
Gorgeous southern
belle in cutoffs.

969
00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:36,853
Mike: This is back when
they made toys so incredible.

970
00:27:36,922 --> 00:27:38,321
I mean, look at the
lithograph on that,

971
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:38,722
The artwork.

972
00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:39,789
Jim: It is.

973
00:27:39,858 --> 00:27:40,990
Mike: All this
stuff was hand drawn.

974
00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:42,992
Mike: This drum is a
perfect example of the kind

975
00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:45,863
Of merchandise that
surrounded this comic strip.

976
00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,998
Anything from figurines,
tin wind-up toys,

977
00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:51,000
Clothing, board games -
the comic strip had a

978
00:27:51,070 --> 00:27:54,938
Huge run from the early
1930s to the late '70s.

979
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:57,675
And in all that time in
between, think about all

980
00:27:57,877 --> 00:28:00,010
The merch that was
connected to it.

981
00:28:00,078 --> 00:28:01,411
Mike: So is this something
you've had a while?

982
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:02,612
Jim: A long time.

983
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:05,949
The subject of li'l abner is
how my life transformed from

984
00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:09,753
Speaking to no one, to
speaking to huge crowds.

985
00:28:09,821 --> 00:28:12,889
My uncle dave was
involved in the

986
00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:16,627
Li'l abner dogpatch
facility in arkansas.

987
00:28:16,829 --> 00:28:19,096
Jim: I wanted to
go to the circus.

988
00:28:19,165 --> 00:28:21,898
And so I kept telling him, I
want to spend my life there.

989
00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:24,635
Mike: [chuckles] jim:
And so, a letter came in

990
00:28:24,837 --> 00:28:27,438
The mail from al
capp enterprises.

991
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:28,705
Jim: I said, "for what?"

992
00:28:28,774 --> 00:28:31,108
And he says, "you're going
to be the next li'l abner."

993
00:28:31,177 --> 00:28:33,844
Jim: The very first day, the
wardrobe lady put these one

994
00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:36,379
Strap overalls on me
that were skin tight.

995
00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:37,714
Mike: [laughs]

996
00:28:37,783 --> 00:28:39,315
Jim: And daisy mae
shows up...

997
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:40,050
Mike: Yeah.

998
00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:41,851
Jim: Drop,
dead, gorgeous.

999
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:42,452
Mike: I was going to
say, how'd she look?

1000
00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:43,520
[laughs] jim: Yes.

1001
00:28:43,588 --> 00:28:44,988
And she says, "have you
ever picked up a girl?"

1002
00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:47,391
And I said, "I'm not sure
I know what you mean."

1003
00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:49,059
Mike: [laughs]

1004
00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:52,196
Jim: She said, "pick her up, and
put her on your shoulder."

1005
00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:56,733
Your job is to sing the song
with daisy mae on your shoulder.

1006
00:28:56,802 --> 00:28:58,936
And go down on
one knee and smile.

1007
00:28:59,138 --> 00:29:01,871
So the very first time,
out there on the stage,

1008
00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:04,007
The music's going,
we're doing the dance,

1009
00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:06,476
And I went down and the
overalls split in half,

1010
00:29:06,545 --> 00:29:08,345
Fell off on the stage...

1011
00:29:08,414 --> 00:29:10,080
Mike: [laughs]

1012
00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:11,615
Jim: ...And there I am, in an
athletic supporter.

1013
00:29:11,817 --> 00:29:15,285
At 18 years old,
scared to death!

1014
00:29:15,354 --> 00:29:16,553
Mike: What!?

1015
00:29:16,622 --> 00:29:17,353
What does
the crowd do?

1016
00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:19,089
Jim: Lost it.

1017
00:29:19,291 --> 00:29:21,625
Jim: There were about 2,500
people on the place that day,

1018
00:29:21,827 --> 00:29:22,292
And they had a
tremendous laugh.

1019
00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:23,694
Mike: [laughs]

1020
00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:24,962
Jim: [laughs]
they lost it.

1021
00:29:25,164 --> 00:29:30,100
So that was the day that I
decided I was not afraid.

1022
00:29:30,169 --> 00:29:32,903
Jim: And since then, I have
spoken to tens of thousands

1023
00:29:32,972 --> 00:29:36,573
At one time, and it doesn't
bother me at all.

1024
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:39,643
It just went
away that day.

1025
00:29:39,845 --> 00:29:40,644
Mike: [laughs]
that's amazing!

1026
00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:42,979
So this is a
keeper then.

1027
00:29:43,048 --> 00:29:46,116
Jim: Well, sort of, I mean...
I got too much!

1028
00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:49,319
Mike: Yeah. Okay so,
condition's obvious everything.

1029
00:29:49,387 --> 00:29:51,188
Jim: Yeah.

1030
00:29:51,257 --> 00:29:52,856
Mike: But the graphic is still
got some decent color and then,

1031
00:29:52,925 --> 00:29:54,925
You know, there's
some holes in the side,

1032
00:29:54,994 --> 00:29:58,061
But overall, you know,
it still displays well.

1033
00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:59,996
Mike: It's still a cool
piece that can connect with

1034
00:30:00,065 --> 00:30:03,066
Generations of people
that read this comic strip.

1035
00:30:03,134 --> 00:30:07,204
Mike: In this shape, like...
I mean, like 60 bucks.

1036
00:30:07,273 --> 00:30:08,205
Jim: 50.

1037
00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:09,405
Mike: 50?

1038
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:10,741
Jim: 50.
[laughs]

1039
00:30:10,943 --> 00:30:13,343
Mike: [laughs]
you feel sorry for me?

1040
00:30:13,412 --> 00:30:15,345
I appreciate ya.

1041
00:30:15,413 --> 00:30:15,679
Jim: Yeah.

1042
00:30:15,881 --> 00:30:16,947
Mike: Alright.

1043
00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:18,949
Mike: The fact that I'm buying
it from the guy that played

1044
00:30:19,018 --> 00:30:22,219
Li'l abner himself at
dogpatch, is priceless.

1045
00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:22,986
Mike: Can I look
up there too?

1046
00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:30,760
♪♪

1047
00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:32,562
Mike: How many
acres you got here?

1048
00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:33,964
Jim: We have
18 acres.

1049
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,166
Jim: When I began to expand
my ministry to children,

1050
00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:39,903
We had 200 animals that were
part of thank god for kids.

1051
00:30:39,972 --> 00:30:41,771
Jim: We had zebras,
camels, llamas, horses.

1052
00:30:41,841 --> 00:30:44,374
There were 27 big
cats and bears here.

1053
00:30:44,443 --> 00:30:46,109
Mike: Really?

1054
00:30:46,178 --> 00:30:48,845
Jim: Yeah. Lions, tigers, black
bears, mountain lion.

1055
00:30:48,914 --> 00:30:51,582
Every one of them bottle
raised by my wife.

1056
00:30:51,784 --> 00:30:53,584
Jim: This is
our animal barn.

1057
00:30:53,786 --> 00:30:54,518
Mike: Oh you
still got some.

1058
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,186
Jim: Yeah.
We have some.

1059
00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:57,987
Mike: I can't even imagine what
this place was like at one time.

1060
00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:00,724
It'd be like living in the
jungle out here. Whoa!

1061
00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:03,794
Jim: Yeah, there,
his name's josh.

1062
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:04,728
Mike: [laughs] what!
Josh, what's up?

1063
00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:06,063
Jim: Hey josh. We had our
circus, which was

1064
00:31:06,131 --> 00:31:09,399
The fundraising arm of thank
god for kids outreach.

1065
00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:10,934
Mike: [laughs]

1066
00:31:11,003 --> 00:31:13,871
Jim: And we went to 28
states over 30 years.

1067
00:31:14,073 --> 00:31:16,940
And we had an audience
of 2 million children.

1068
00:31:17,009 --> 00:31:19,877
There was no real big
agenda, just simple -

1069
00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:22,879
Bring kids and their
families to the church.

1070
00:31:22,948 --> 00:31:23,947
Mike: You know, it's
funny, you get around

1071
00:31:24,016 --> 00:31:25,349
Something like this, you
feel like a little kid.

1072
00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:26,683
Jim: Well sure.

1073
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,220
Mike: Jim combined his love for
the circus with his passion for

1074
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:33,624
The ministry to create something
that had never been done before.

1075
00:31:33,826 --> 00:31:35,025
Mike: What's up
with the egg?

1076
00:31:35,094 --> 00:31:38,762
Jim: We used it on easter,
and this thing rolled out,

1077
00:31:38,830 --> 00:31:39,762
And it opened up,
and there's the

1078
00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:42,299
Easter bunny dancing
to celebrate.

1079
00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:43,967
Mike: [laughs]

1080
00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:45,501
Jim: And then 2 grown
white tigers appeared

1081
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:46,436
On either side of it.

1082
00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:47,571
Mike: Sounds like vegas.

1083
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,372
Jim: It- well... Sort of.

1084
00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:50,373
Mike: [laughs]

1085
00:31:50,442 --> 00:31:51,308
Jim: Methodists don't
get that glitzy, but...

1086
00:31:51,377 --> 00:31:52,509
Mike: Yeah.

1087
00:31:52,577 --> 00:31:53,377
Jim: But we do try.

1088
00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,178
Mike: He understood
what motivated people,

1089
00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:57,848
Inspired, and entertained them,
and he used that to connect

1090
00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,584
Them to something bigger
than themselves.

1091
00:32:00,786 --> 00:32:02,919
Mike: Ooh...
Check this out.

1092
00:32:02,988 --> 00:32:03,653
Jim: Now mike, that's
got your name on it.

1093
00:32:03,722 --> 00:32:06,723
Mike: [laughs]
I know, right?

1094
00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:09,326
I used to love the
tilt-a-whirl, boy.

1095
00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:10,861
Oh yeah...

1096
00:32:11,063 --> 00:32:12,662
Mike: This is exactly
the kind of thing that

1097
00:32:12,731 --> 00:32:13,797
I was hoping
would be here.

1098
00:32:13,999 --> 00:32:15,065
Something that was
unique and different,

1099
00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:18,935
That can be repurposed
from a carnival or a circus.

1100
00:32:19,004 --> 00:32:21,537
Mike: Some of my
earliest memories were in like,

1101
00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:22,272
The mall parking lot...

1102
00:32:22,341 --> 00:32:23,006
Jim: Yeah.

1103
00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:24,274
Mike: ...Where
they were set up.

1104
00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:25,875
Mike: As soon as you say,
something is from a carnival,

1105
00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:28,078
It sparks all of this
interest in people.

1106
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,214
Could be a poster, it could
be a paper-maché clown head,

1107
00:32:31,282 --> 00:32:34,951
Whatever it is, it invokes
all of these memories that they

1108
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:38,421
Connect to as a child, but
also all the folklore

1109
00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:39,889
Comes alive as well.

1110
00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:41,024
Mike: Where'd you pick
this up along the way?

1111
00:32:41,093 --> 00:32:44,227
Jim: A carnival that had
wintered in south carolina.

1112
00:32:44,296 --> 00:32:47,898
Jim: I had always had this love
affair with the tilt-a-whirl.

1113
00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:49,699
Mike: Everybody has
those coming-of-age

1114
00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:52,035
Memories of the
tilt-a-whirl.

1115
00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:53,770
And that's what's driving my
passion and my thoughts

1116
00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:56,039
On what this could be
repurposed into.

1117
00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:57,840
Mike: The way to get the
money out of the back end on it,

1118
00:32:57,909 --> 00:32:59,308
Is to do something
with a seating area.

1119
00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:00,911
Jim: Yeah.

1120
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:01,645
Mike: Seating in bars,
seating in restaurants,

1121
00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:02,846
All of that kind of stuff.

1122
00:33:02,915 --> 00:33:04,714
Mike: This must be
like a later version,

1123
00:33:04,783 --> 00:33:06,583
'cause it's got a
fiberglass top,

1124
00:33:06,652 --> 00:33:07,851
The earlier
ones were metal.

1125
00:33:08,053 --> 00:33:10,253
Jim: Lighter weight...
Right, lighter weight.

1126
00:33:10,456 --> 00:33:11,388
Mike: Yeah.

1127
00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:12,322
And you could see the
clown image right here.

1128
00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:13,056
Jim: Yeah.

1129
00:33:13,258 --> 00:33:14,458
Mike: What are
you thinking on it?

1130
00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:17,995
Jim: Oh well... 3?

1131
00:33:19,732 --> 00:33:22,465
Mike: If you'd
do 3, I'd do 3.

1132
00:33:22,534 --> 00:33:23,600
Alright, let's do it.

1133
00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:24,734
Jim: I'm happy
it has a home.

1134
00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:26,603
Mike: Alright,
very cool. [laughs]

1135
00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:27,737
Jim: Someone
will enjoy it.

1136
00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:28,738
Mike: I'm crazy
enough to buy it.

1137
00:33:28,807 --> 00:33:30,007
Mike: Joe dirt ran
the tilt-a-whirl.

1138
00:33:33,211 --> 00:33:35,612
Jim: This is where we keep
the archives of the circus.

1139
00:33:35,814 --> 00:33:37,414
Mike: Okay. Your-
your circus?

1140
00:33:37,483 --> 00:33:38,214
Jim: All
circuses.

1141
00:33:38,283 --> 00:33:40,617
We have all kinds
of stuff in here.

1142
00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:42,819
Mike: Haha!
Oh my gosh.

1143
00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:44,687
Jim: We have posters,
we have programs,

1144
00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:47,090
We have tickets.
60 years of it.

1145
00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:49,960
Mike: Jimi was very meticulous
and he was very driven to

1146
00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,894
Collect all of these
posters over the years.

1147
00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:53,763
Jim: The ones that
are rolled are smaller,

1148
00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:55,898
The ones that are
folded are larger.

1149
00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:57,500
Mike: None of this
stuff was made to last.

1150
00:33:57,569 --> 00:33:58,368
It was all disposable.

1151
00:33:58,436 --> 00:33:59,770
Jim: Got it?

1152
00:33:59,972 --> 00:34:02,372
Mike: [high-pitched]
oooh -oohh... Ahh!

1153
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,573
Jim: Okay...

1154
00:34:03,642 --> 00:34:04,841
Mike: I'm trying to just be so
delicate with so much of this

1155
00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:07,110
Stuff, but he's
like, just open it up,

1156
00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:08,978
Just take a look at it,
it's going to be really cool.

1157
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:11,114
And I'm like, oh my gosh,
I don't want to ruin it!

1158
00:34:11,316 --> 00:34:14,384
Mike: Ahh... Oh man, [laughing]
I know, I'm just... Sorry.

1159
00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:15,251
Jim: You are.

1160
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,319
Mike: And that's why
it's so important,

1161
00:34:16,522 --> 00:34:18,588
In my mind, of like, what
is the next step with this,

1162
00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:20,724
How are we going
to display it?

1163
00:34:20,926 --> 00:34:21,792
Mike: I mean, I
love the big stuff,

1164
00:34:21,994 --> 00:34:24,794
But obviously, like
in a retail setting,

1165
00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:27,264
The way to sell
that, to present it...

1166
00:34:27,466 --> 00:34:28,465
Jim: Um-hm.

1167
00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:29,399
Mike: ...You have to have it
shrink-wrapped or framed or

1168
00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:31,000
Something, because you
cannot have people

1169
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,270
Grabbing this every day, in
and out, in and out.

1170
00:34:33,472 --> 00:34:34,537
Jim: No, no.

1171
00:34:34,606 --> 00:34:35,539
Mike: You- they'd ruin it.

1172
00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:38,075
I would not be a good
steward of these items if

1173
00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:41,478
I wasn't thinking about how I
was going to display them,

1174
00:34:41,547 --> 00:34:42,679
So I could sell them.

1175
00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:43,613
Mike: Oh this
one's cool.

1176
00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:45,348
Jim: This is
cole brothers.

1177
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:46,416
Mike: Uh-huh.

1178
00:34:46,485 --> 00:34:49,085
Jim: Predecessor to clyde
beatty and cole brothers.

1179
00:34:49,154 --> 00:34:51,755
Mike: I've found a lot of
cole brother stuff in the past.

1180
00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:52,689
Jim: Yes. They
were very popular.

1181
00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:54,958
They were out of
peru, indiana.

1182
00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,426
Mike: So what do you
value this one at here?

1183
00:34:56,495 --> 00:34:58,094
Jim: Oh let's see...

1184
00:34:58,163 --> 00:35:00,897
Mike: There's a few things going
on here as far as value -

1185
00:35:00,966 --> 00:35:02,899
The circus name, how
long they were around,

1186
00:35:02,968 --> 00:35:04,901
How large they were,
how many shows they did,

1187
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,036
How many limited number
of posters they made;

1188
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,438
Then it's condition, and
it's also the biggest thing

1189
00:35:09,508 --> 00:35:10,307
Is subject matter.

1190
00:35:10,375 --> 00:35:11,974
Jim: 100.

1191
00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:13,976
Mike: Yeah, I think
you're right on the money.

1192
00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:16,646
I mean, this is obviously
missing a piece here,

1193
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:17,313
And there's some
damage down here.

1194
00:35:17,382 --> 00:35:18,982
Jim: Yeah.

1195
00:35:19,050 --> 00:35:22,252
Mike: But I think
retail on this is like 120.

1196
00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:23,320
Jim: Um-hm.

1197
00:35:23,522 --> 00:35:24,187
Mike: You know.

1198
00:35:24,256 --> 00:35:25,255
Jim: Tell me what
you think is fair.

1199
00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:26,589
Mike: I have to get this
shrink-wrapped at least,

1200
00:35:26,658 --> 00:35:29,526
So... For me
like 60 bucks.

1201
00:35:29,595 --> 00:35:31,261
You want to do that? Okay.

1202
00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:31,861
Jim: Sold.

1203
00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:32,662
Mike: I appreciate ya.

1204
00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:32,996
Jim: I want it to
have a good home.

1205
00:35:37,335 --> 00:35:43,940
♪♪

1206
00:35:44,008 --> 00:35:45,741
Mike: What's this big
bad boy right here?

1207
00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:46,876
Jim: Okay, that's
called a shell,

1208
00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:50,680
Which means it is a
poster that anyone

1209
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:54,350
Can use to put
their title on it.

1210
00:35:54,419 --> 00:35:55,552
Mike: Oh, okay.

1211
00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:58,355
Jim: They added their title
to the top or the bottom.

1212
00:35:58,423 --> 00:35:59,222
Mike: Yeah.

1213
00:35:59,424 --> 00:36:00,356
So what do you think
the value of this is?

1214
00:36:00,425 --> 00:36:01,757
I mean, even though it
doesn't have a circus on it,

1215
00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:02,358
I mean, it's
still big, it's bold,

1216
00:36:02,427 --> 00:36:04,094
It's in charge.

1217
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:06,295
Jim: It is. It's fun, it'd be
cool in a kid's room.

1218
00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:07,297
Mike: Yes.

1219
00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:09,365
Jim: I would guess no
more than 50 bucks.

1220
00:36:09,434 --> 00:36:10,500
Mike: Really.

1221
00:36:10,568 --> 00:36:11,635
Jim: No more, yeah.

1222
00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:13,970
They just aren't that valuable
if there's no title on them.

1223
00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:16,773
Mike: I'm taking it to
the next level in my mind,

1224
00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:18,975
Of who's going to
buy this in my shop,

1225
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,110
Because think about it,
you can walk into a store,

1226
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:24,046
You can see an original
piece of art that has age to it,

1227
00:36:24,115 --> 00:36:27,050
That's got great subject
matter, it's very colorful,

1228
00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:29,518
It's very large, and you
can buy that for your home,

1229
00:36:29,588 --> 00:36:30,320
For not a lot of money.

1230
00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:31,321
Mike: 30 bucks.

1231
00:36:31,389 --> 00:36:32,588
Jim: Sure.

1232
00:36:32,657 --> 00:36:33,389
Mike: Alright, I'm doing it.

1233
00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:34,056
Jim: I'm happy.

1234
00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:34,991
Mike: Alright, I'll do that.

1235
00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:37,661
Mike: When you take it
into appealing as art,

1236
00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:39,662
Something that's a
statement piece,

1237
00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:40,597
I'm nailing it
with this stuff.

1238
00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:42,799
Mike: Oh wow,
look at that.

1239
00:36:42,868 --> 00:36:45,335
Jim: This is 1 of 2
that I'm aware of,

1240
00:36:45,404 --> 00:36:46,602
In this country.

1241
00:36:46,671 --> 00:36:47,938
Mike: Oh wow, this is tall.

1242
00:36:48,140 --> 00:36:50,873
Jim: And you will not
see another one like this.

1243
00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:51,741
Mike: What are you
thinking on this one?

1244
00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:53,476
Jim: 175 to 2
-and-a-quarter.

1245
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:54,344
Mike: I'd do the 175.

1246
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:55,278
Jim: Would you?

1247
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:56,279
Mike: Yeah.

1248
00:36:56,348 --> 00:36:57,546
Jim: Okay.

1249
00:36:57,616 --> 00:36:58,881
Mike: It's in great condition,
it's really fragile and it's

1250
00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:01,284
Really beautiful, it
needs to be framed.

1251
00:37:01,353 --> 00:37:02,952
Jim: Yeah.

1252
00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:04,821
Mike: And he really stressed
to me that this was

1253
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,756
Only the second one
he had ever seen.

1254
00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:08,425
Mike: What are you
thinking on that?

1255
00:37:08,493 --> 00:37:09,092
Jim: 100 bucks.

1256
00:37:09,161 --> 00:37:10,092
Mike: Alright,
100 on that one.

1257
00:37:10,161 --> 00:37:11,494
This looks like the
subject matter of this

1258
00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:12,762
Would be expensive.

1259
00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:14,430
Jim: Yeah, this
in mint condition,

1260
00:37:14,499 --> 00:37:15,765
It could run 3,000.

1261
00:37:15,834 --> 00:37:17,233
Mike: What do you
want in this shape?

1262
00:37:17,302 --> 00:37:17,901
Jim: $75.

1263
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:18,901
Mike: Oh I got to buy it.

1264
00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:20,637
Alright, cool, cool, cool,
cool, cool, cool.

1265
00:37:20,839 --> 00:37:21,705
Jim: Send it to
a happy home.

1266
00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:22,972
Mike: Jim went from
being a fan in the audience,

1267
00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:25,775
To somebody on stage,
to somebody backstage,

1268
00:37:25,843 --> 00:37:28,912
And then owning
his own circus.

1269
00:37:29,114 --> 00:37:31,314
Mike: You've seen all
facets of the industry.

1270
00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:32,449
Jim: Yeah.

1271
00:37:32,517 --> 00:37:34,784
You have to be totally
independent of any other...

1272
00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:38,188
Sourcing around
you, where you are.

1273
00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:41,725
Jim: The first thing that you
have to have on the piece of

1274
00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:43,393
Ground where the
circus is going to be,

1275
00:37:43,462 --> 00:37:45,128
Is the cook house.

1276
00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:47,864
And somebody is in there
preparing food before daylight,

1277
00:37:48,066 --> 00:37:50,800
For all the crew that
is still on the road.

1278
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:52,802
Jim: And they serve
many, many meals.

1279
00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:54,671
At one time, the
greatest show on earth

1280
00:37:54,873 --> 00:37:58,141
Would serve 7-8,000
meals a day.

1281
00:37:58,343 --> 00:38:01,945
Jim: The water truck will fill
the tanks for the elephants that

1282
00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:03,880
Are just about the
arrive and be unloaded.

1283
00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:05,682
Jim: You connect with
the water department.

1284
00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:06,215
Mike: You're like
a little city.

1285
00:38:06,285 --> 00:38:07,417
Jim: Yes.

1286
00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:09,953
Jim: It's a synchronized family,
of people who look out

1287
00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:12,822
For one another, and
they really are family.

1288
00:38:12,891 --> 00:38:14,291
Mike: You have to
have heard of ward hall.

1289
00:38:14,493 --> 00:38:15,625
Jim: Oh yeah.

1290
00:38:15,827 --> 00:38:17,560
Mike: Okay well,
you know, I- I...

1291
00:38:17,628 --> 00:38:18,561
Jim: The sideshow king.

1292
00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:20,162
Mike: I, yeah, I bought
some stuff off of him.

1293
00:38:20,231 --> 00:38:22,965
Mike: The last time I was able
to talk to anybody that had

1294
00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:24,834
This kind of depth, and
this kind of background,

1295
00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:27,771
That was in the
industry, was ward hall.

1296
00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:30,440
Ward: My show cost
10 cents to get in,

1297
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:33,376
And $6.20 to get out.

1298
00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:34,978
Mike: [laughs]

1299
00:38:35,180 --> 00:38:37,313
Jim: He had the gift of
saying,<i> "it's alllllive."</i>

1300
00:38:37,382 --> 00:38:38,381
Mike: Yeah.

1301
00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:39,115
Mike: "spooks."

1302
00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:41,784
Ward: That show
is so spooky,

1303
00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:44,387
It'll scare the yell
right out of you.

1304
00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:45,588
Mike: [laughs]

1305
00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:47,923
Mike: It never gets old. Hearing
their personal experiences

1306
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,727
And all the wild and
crazy stories of a time

1307
00:38:50,929 --> 00:38:53,863
In america that will
never come again.

1308
00:38:53,931 --> 00:38:55,598
Mike: Oh this is a
big one, I can tell.

1309
00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:57,267
Jim: It is,
it's an 8-sheet.

1310
00:38:57,469 --> 00:38:58,267
Mike: Okay.

1311
00:38:58,337 --> 00:39:00,736
Jim: A, a leopard, on
a green background,

1312
00:39:00,805 --> 00:39:02,472
Ringling brothers
-barnum & bailey.

1313
00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,407
And it is uncirculated.

1314
00:39:04,475 --> 00:39:04,874
Mike: Oh wow.

1315
00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:05,542
Jim: It's new, it's new.

1316
00:39:05,744 --> 00:39:06,275
Mike: I can see the colors.

1317
00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:06,609
Jim: Yeah.

1318
00:39:06,812 --> 00:39:07,343
Mike: Ooh.

1319
00:39:07,412 --> 00:39:08,812
Jim: Yeah.

1320
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:09,678
Mike: So I don't
even know how we...

1321
00:39:09,748 --> 00:39:11,347
Jim: You'd- you'd
have to take it outside.

1322
00:39:11,416 --> 00:39:13,082
Mike: Oh really.

1323
00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:16,352
Jim: That poster had never
been completely unfolded.

1324
00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:16,953
Mike: Alright.

1325
00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:17,353
Jim: I'll be alright.

1326
00:39:17,422 --> 00:39:18,421
Mike: Okay.

1327
00:39:18,489 --> 00:39:18,755
Jim: I promise.

1328
00:39:18,957 --> 00:39:20,156
Mike: Alright.

1329
00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:23,493
Jim: It has been folded up
like that since the late '40s,

1330
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:24,760
Possibly early '50s.

1331
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:25,762
Jim: You got to
be able to see it.

1332
00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:28,364
Jim: And so it is
somewhat fragile.

1333
00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:30,166
Mike: Alright.

1334
00:39:30,234 --> 00:39:34,170
Jim: But no one should purchase
a piece of paper ephemera

1335
00:39:34,238 --> 00:39:38,241
Without unfolding it to see
exactly what you're getting.

1336
00:39:38,443 --> 00:39:39,509
Mike: Ahh!

1337
00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:40,710
Jim: You're okay...

1338
00:39:40,778 --> 00:39:41,377
Mike: [chuckles]
I'm freaking.

1339
00:39:41,446 --> 00:39:42,312
Jim: You're okay.

1340
00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:43,913
It's only a piece of
paper. [chuckles]

1341
00:39:43,982 --> 00:39:45,448
Mike: Alright... Oh it's
history, it's history!

1342
00:39:45,650 --> 00:39:47,316
Jim: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1343
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:48,985
Mike: Argh!

1344
00:39:49,454 --> 00:39:50,786
Wait, wait, wait!

1345
00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:54,056
Okay, oh my gosh,
look at this thing.

1346
00:39:54,126 --> 00:39:56,592
Mike: All of these posters
are designed to draw you in,

1347
00:39:56,661 --> 00:39:59,061
To capture
your attention.

1348
00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:01,531
The colors, the subject matter,
the barnum & bailey

1349
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,999
One is by far my favorite.

1350
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,868
Mike: Now I can see why
you wanted me to open it.

1351
00:40:05,937 --> 00:40:08,871
I mean, you- you've
sold me now, I mean,

1352
00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:09,873
It's gorgeous, I'm
just trying to think...

1353
00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:12,274
Again, back end, like
how do I display this,

1354
00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:13,543
You know?

1355
00:40:13,611 --> 00:40:14,744
You have to get some like,
serious foam core or something.

1356
00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:15,744
Jim: Sure, that'll work.
Mike: Yeah.

1357
00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:16,679
Jim: It will work.
I've done it.

1358
00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:17,547
Mike: And still
even to mount it,

1359
00:40:17,615 --> 00:40:19,349
How do you
mount it?

1360
00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:21,017
Jim: Carefully.

1361
00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:23,953
Mike: If you can't display
it, how can you sell it?

1362
00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:27,090
Jim: Don't fear any of
these compromises you see.

1363
00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:29,492
None of those are going to be
an issue when it's mounted.

1364
00:40:29,694 --> 00:40:30,226
Mike: So you've done this.

1365
00:40:30,295 --> 00:40:31,561
Jim: Yes.

1366
00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:31,895
Mike: You've been here.

1367
00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:32,361
Jim: Many times.

1368
00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:33,830
Mike: Alright.

1369
00:40:33,899 --> 00:40:36,632
Jim: They sell for
anywhere from 4 to 7.

1370
00:40:36,701 --> 00:40:42,005
I would say... 4
and a quarter.

1371
00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:47,376
Mike: I just, I don't know what
I'm going to have on the back

1372
00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:48,445
End of doing it.

1373
00:40:48,647 --> 00:40:50,913
I love it, I absolutely love it,
don't get me wrong, man.

1374
00:40:50,982 --> 00:40:53,115
I mean, it's just- it's-
it's un- unbelievable.

1375
00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:57,186
Mike: The simple powerful
graphics of this barnum & bailey

1376
00:40:57,255 --> 00:40:59,922
Poster, you know, the leopard,
you're staring death in the

1377
00:40:59,991 --> 00:41:02,792
Eyes, fangs, you know,
it's like very hypnotic.

1378
00:41:02,861 --> 00:41:05,194
It just pulls you in
and lets you know,

1379
00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:08,597
The circus is dangerous, it's
exciting, it's intoxicating.

1380
00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:09,999
Mike: 350 bucks. [chuckles]

1381
00:41:11,603 --> 00:41:12,868
That was
fast. Alright.

1382
00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:15,738
Mike: All of this is
happening for $350.

1383
00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:18,341
I'm hoping someone
loves it for 6.

1384
00:41:18,543 --> 00:41:19,342
Mike: Alrighty.

1385
00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:20,410
Jim: Okay.

1386
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:22,411
Mike: Alright, man, I got
some good posters here.

1387
00:41:22,481 --> 00:41:24,213
Jim: I got a drum.

1388
00:41:24,282 --> 00:41:26,215
Mike: The story of the circus
is an incredible american story,

1389
00:41:26,284 --> 00:41:30,753
But to learn the back end of the
parts and pieces that make it

1390
00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:32,555
All work, is a
new journey for me.

1391
00:41:32,623 --> 00:41:34,424
Mike: Alright, my friend.

1392
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,225
Jim: Okay. Great.

1393
00:41:36,294 --> 00:41:39,629
Mike: Thank you for sharing your
faith and your passion with me.

1394
00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:40,363
Jim: Absolutely,
what a pleasure.

1395
00:41:40,565 --> 00:41:41,964
Mike: I mean that.

1396
00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:43,700
Mike: Not many people get
to live out their dream.

1397
00:41:43,902 --> 00:41:46,569
Jim was fortunate
enough to live out

1398
00:41:46,637 --> 00:41:47,837
Not just
one, but two.

1399
00:41:48,039 --> 00:41:49,505
Mike: Alright, I'll
see you down the road.

1400
00:41:49,574 --> 00:41:50,506
Jim: Okay,
bye-bye.

1401
00:41:50,575 --> 00:41:51,307
Mike: Come to nashville.

1402
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:52,976
Jim: It's sort of
like having a child,

1403
00:41:53,044 --> 00:41:55,912
And you want them to
have a great place to be.

1404
00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:57,981
I want these things
to go to good homes,

1405
00:41:58,183 --> 00:42:01,317
Where somebody will enjoy
them, long after I'm gone.

1406
00:42:01,386 --> 00:42:02,719
[honks horn]

1407
00:42:02,787 --> 00:42:03,987
Mike: See you, buddy!
Jim: Bye!