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Here we are in
amherstburg, ontario!

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[cheering & applauding]

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Just about as southwest as
southwestern ontario gets,

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On the shores of
the detroit river,

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Where the us border is-
pay attention now-

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Either a half-hour
drive north,

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Or a 15-minute
swim west.

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[laughing]

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A geographical setting
that made it ideal as

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A garrison during
the war of 1812.

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-Fire!
-[bang]

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And later, this place became
a destination for

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Enslaved people
seeking freedom.

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Thousands made a perilous
and secretive journey

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From the southern states,
up through the ohio valley.

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And finally, across the
detroit river, to amherstburg.

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This became a famous terminus
for the underground railroad.

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Terminus being the keyword.

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You've got to stop
when you get here.

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You're coming this far north,
it's the only place where if

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You keep going, you're gonna
end up back in the states.

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[laughing]

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Out of 9,000
kilometres of border,

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This is the only place
that's gonna happen.

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[laughing]

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When you grow up in a
small town in newfoundland,

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You see that people have
a sense of humour

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About hard times.

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Check, check.

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I turned that into a career
and hit the road.

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[mc] mr. Jonny harris!

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Now I'm on a mission
to find the funny

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In the places you'd
least expect it,

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Canada's struggling
small towns...

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Towns that are against the
ropes, but hanging in there,

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Still laughing in the
face of adversity.

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This is amherstburg,
ontario.

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♪

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[cheering & applauding]

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Amherstburg is one of the few
places that was taken by the

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Americans during
the war of 1812.

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Of course, we pretty much
immediately took it back.

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British and indigenous
forces teamed up together,

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Brock and tecumseh.

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And they not only
took back amherstburg,

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They then took detroit!

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And then, in a
brilliant strategy...

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Gave detroit back.

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[laughing]

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We weren't gonna use it.
We weren't gonna use it.

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[laughing]

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♪

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[inaudible conversation]

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Eventually, this town's
claim to fame was

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Something else altogether.

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It was the boblo island
amusement park.

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[cheering & applauding]

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A theme park that
employed hundreds and

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Entertained hundreds of
thousands every year from

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Both sides of the borders.

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Ferries from amherstburg.
The boblo boats from detroit.

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For nearly 100 years,
revellers rode rides,

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Like the roller, the screamer,
the sky streak.

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You could fill your
stomach with cotton candy,

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Get on a ride and streak it
across the sky.

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[laughing]

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To give me the blow-by-blow
account of amherstburg's

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Famous amusement park,
I talked to a woman

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Who was born
and raised here.

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She had her first job
on boblo island.

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I spoke with
schoolteacher, sarah gibb.

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[cheering & applauding]

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At its peak, up to 20,000
people made their way to

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Boblo island on a busy day.

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Sarah said that most of
her family had jobs there.

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My mother worked up boblo,
my sister, my brother,

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My grandmothers worked
at boblo, my aunts.

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I think my great grandmother
even worked there

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In the cafeteria.

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And of course, her and all
her friends had jobs there.

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Everybody worked at boblo.

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It was almost a
rite of passage.

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If you grew up
in amherstburg,

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You worked up boblo
at some point.

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Amazing.

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Her first job was as ride
operator at the age of 15.

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Yeah, same age, I did my
first high school play.

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In fact, I think we both
struggled with long lines.

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[laughing]

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But before she knew it,
she'd been promoted to

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Ride manager, signing
off on ride reports.

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So, I ended up in a position
where I was managing people

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That were actually
older than myself.

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Sometimes their work
schedule had to be adjusted

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Because it overlapped with
their school schedule,

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Which made for a little
bit of confusion.

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You know, "sarah, you
are the ride manager.

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You haven't handed in the
ferris wheel ride report."

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"I know, 'cause
it's in my book bag,

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Which is in my locker,
and then,

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Rodney me put his
lock on my locker,

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Thinking it was funny,
but he's an idiot."

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[laughing]

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It was a fun place to work,

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Especially when you're
on rides, you know,

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With a few friends or
that kind of thing, yeah,

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The days went by quickly.

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While she has great memories
of working on boblo island,

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One thing nobody ever
wanted to deal with,

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The worst thing you could
hear coming over your

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Walkie talkie
was a code green.

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Code green
means somebody-

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[retching]

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[laughing]

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Somebody "vom'd".

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So, as a manager,
I would get paged,

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And it would just say,
"code green."

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Then, basically,
you'd have to-

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They would have to,
once I was the manager,

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I was like,
"you have to do that."

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Yeah, delegate
the code green.

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Right?

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So, they would swish the
vomit off into the grass.

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You had to go get a
bucket filled with water,

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Maybe from the
log flume, and then

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You got to go and find
where the person was sick,

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And you sort of, like,
slosh it away, right?

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Nobody liked
having to do that.

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It's like, "oh, man,

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This, I can't believe
I got to do this.

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This is garbage."

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And it was worse if you
had the wrong bucket.

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If you took the bucket
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[laughing]

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"ah, can't believe
I gotta do this.

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This... This is
horse shit."

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[laughing]

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Eventually it became
hard for the island to

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Compete with big name
amusement parks.

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And, in '93, it closed.

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Suddenly,
boblo was no more.

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It was almost open
for 100 years.

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And it was heartbreaking.

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People were really upset.
Some people, you know,

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They missed the
rides so much,

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They would go over and try
to ride the wrecking ball

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Like miley cyrus.

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[laughing]

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There's some signs that it
was once an amusement park.

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Obviously, the dancehall
is still there.

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The dock is still there.

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You know, I'm sure
the paint is peeling,

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But it's still there.

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I think people
miss the energy.

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She was talking about,
you know, the lights,

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The music, the sounds,
the bumper cars.

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Although, they say
amherstburg is

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The only town in canada
where drivers will

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Rear end each other for
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[laughing]

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[cheering & applauding]

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♪

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I met a man who told me how
this community's role in

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The underground
railroad puts it on

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The right side of history-
and the border-

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President of amherstburg
freedom museum, monty logan.

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[cheering & applauding]

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I met monty over at
the nazarene church,

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Which is now part
of the museum,

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A church that was built by
freedom seekers

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Who escaped
here to canada.

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From about 1800 to 1865,
there were about

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50,000 men, women,
and children...

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Who left the
united states and

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Made their way
into canada.

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And at the height of it,

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It was about
30 people a day.

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There are people in this
community who are

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Direct descendants of
those who came on the

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Underground railroad,
including monty, himself.

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He is a descendant of a man
named john freeman walls.

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John freeman walls,
he was actually enslaved.

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And, he befriended his
owner, befriends daniel.

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Daniel dies, and on his
deathbed, he freed john.

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And then, asked john to
take care of daniel's wife.

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Daniel got very sick,

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And on his deathbed
granted john his freedom,

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And said, "I want you
to be with and

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Take care of my wife."

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So, like, relationship
status is complicated.

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[laughing]

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And then over time,
they actually, you know...

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Fell in love, decided to
leave the united states and

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Settle in canada.

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John and this woman
fled for amherstburg-

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He posed as her slave until
they got across the border.

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And eventually,
they were married.

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It's an amazing story.
Like, so long as like, like...

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They're in love, do you
know what I mean?

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To grant somebody their
freedom, and then right away,

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Tell him to take
care of your wife.

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[laughing]

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This would be excellent
movie script, or a play,

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But for now,
I'll act out both parts.

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[laughing]

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Daniel's like, "john,
I'm sick, I'm gonna die."

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"ah, oh... Well, daniel,
what can I do?"

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"you have to get your deed,
it's in my father's office,

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We have to destroy it.
You're a free man."

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"yes, of course, I will."

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"and then I want
you to go, flee,

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Go to amherstburg
and be free."

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"daniel, I will."

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"take helen?"

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[laughing]

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[applauding]

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Buddy was free for
about five minutes.

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[laughing]

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Monty told me that, you know,
the main function

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Of the museum is
for education...

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About teaching, you know,
what he says is

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Not black history,
is canadian history.

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As a descendant of the
underground railroad,

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When we got to school,
we never seen

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Any of our
stories portrayed.

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Right, so there is
none of our history.

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There's no one in the history
books that looked like me.

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And he said, you know,
"growing up,

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When I opened the
history books,

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I didn't see anybody who
looked like me." and, I mean,

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I could say the same
because of my mullet,

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But I know there's
a difference.

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[laughing]

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He said he wants
to tell the story,

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Not only of how
people got here,

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But also some of the
contributions that

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They've made
after they did.

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You know, once they
left bondage,

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It didn't mean that
their journey was over.

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They just started
a new phase, right?

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Because it's the
rest of the story.

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And if you visit
this museum,

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You'll find out about
"the real mccoy".

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What do we mean when we
say that, "the real mccoy"?

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That means you're looking
for the real deal,

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The genuine article.

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Well, many have
laid claim to it.

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But the real mccoy
is elijah mccoy.

250
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Well, elijah mccoy,
whose parents came

251
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To amherstburg on the
underground railroad,

252
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He eventually- he trained
as an engineer.

253
00:09:49,890 --> 00:09:51,889
And he came up with all kinds
of different inventions.

254
00:09:51,925 --> 00:09:53,158
But one thing he
invented was an

255
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Automatic lubricator for
steam engines.

256
00:09:56,863 --> 00:09:58,630
If you go back to the
industrial age, right,

257
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One of the things that
was really important

258
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Was to make sure that
you avoided friction,

259
00:10:02,802 --> 00:10:05,236
So you had to
continually lubricate,

260
00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:06,904
Right, the machinery.

261
00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:08,673
Like, if you've ever
manually lubricated

262
00:10:08,709 --> 00:10:10,175
A steam engine, right?

263
00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:12,043
-[laughing]
-yeah, takes forever.

264
00:10:12,079 --> 00:10:14,178
-Right?
-[laughing]

265
00:10:14,247 --> 00:10:16,047
This thing revolutionized
steam engines

266
00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:17,381
To the point that a lot
of other companies

267
00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:19,917
Started making copy products,
but none of them

268
00:10:19,987 --> 00:10:23,555
Ever really worked as
well as elijah's.

269
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So, the engineers,
right, really would

270
00:10:25,993 --> 00:10:28,393
Always ask for
"the real mccoy".

271
00:10:28,395 --> 00:10:31,729
150 years later,
the real mccoy,

272
00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:33,264
We still use that idiom.

273
00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:36,868
And that comes from
elijah mccoy's invention.

274
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And in my book, that makes
him the genuine article...

275
00:10:40,741 --> 00:10:42,340
Ah, the real mccoy!

276
00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:45,209
[laughing & applauding]

277
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♪

278
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If you ask anyone, not
just from amherstburg,

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But from windsor,
from detroit,

280
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To list their
favourite foods,

281
00:11:02,496 --> 00:11:05,163
Pizza "toppings" that list
every time.

282
00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:07,498
[laughing]

283
00:11:07,534 --> 00:11:11,435
I had a deep dish with your
international award-winning

284
00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:14,172
"professor zaaa",
dean litster.

285
00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:18,309
[cheering & applauding]

286
00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:19,711
Well, I've been making
pizzas for over 20 years.

287
00:11:19,713 --> 00:11:21,045
It was the first job
I ever had.

288
00:11:21,114 --> 00:11:22,247
I decided this is
what I'm gonna do.

289
00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:23,481
I was like, well,
if I'm gonna do this,

290
00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:24,916
I'm just gonna go all in.

291
00:11:24,985 --> 00:11:26,151
You wear it on your sleeve.

292
00:11:26,153 --> 00:11:28,386
I wear it on my sleeve.
Got it in my sideburn now.

293
00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:30,588
He's got the pizza
tattoos on his arm and,

294
00:11:30,724 --> 00:11:32,423
He's got one on his face.

295
00:11:32,459 --> 00:11:33,691
His mom wasn't
happy about that.

296
00:11:33,694 --> 00:11:34,526
[laughing]

297
00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:36,928
Oh, yeah, mom was upset.
Oh, of course.

298
00:11:36,997 --> 00:11:37,929
Why wouldn't your
mom be upset

299
00:11:38,064 --> 00:11:39,230
When you get
a face tattoo?

300
00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:40,398
My mom got mad at me
one time because

301
00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:42,467
I had pizza on my face
for three days.

302
00:11:42,536 --> 00:11:44,535
[laughing]

303
00:11:44,571 --> 00:11:47,671
In 2019, dean took
first place at the

304
00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:49,474
Canadian pizza summit,

305
00:11:49,543 --> 00:11:52,677
And he has had several
top-five finishes at the

306
00:11:52,746 --> 00:11:57,482
International pizza
expo in las vegas.

307
00:11:57,484 --> 00:12:00,085
[cheering & applauding]

308
00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,554
The international
pizza expo, ironically,

309
00:12:02,556 --> 00:12:04,989
Is not the greasiest thing
you could do in vegas.

310
00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:06,458
[laughing]

311
00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:10,094
I've placed third,
fourth, fifth.

312
00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:11,428
Just never won.

313
00:12:11,430 --> 00:12:12,964
That's the only goal left,
we got to win.

314
00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:14,632
-But several top fives?
-Yes.

315
00:12:14,768 --> 00:12:16,234
-In the world?
-In the world.

316
00:12:16,236 --> 00:12:20,105
He is a master of both
local styles of pizza,

317
00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:24,576
Both the detroit style
and windsor style pizza.

318
00:12:24,711 --> 00:12:26,478
And the difference is-
I know you guys know,

319
00:12:26,613 --> 00:12:28,112
But for people at home-

320
00:12:28,181 --> 00:12:30,681
Detroit is a deep,
rectangular dish,

321
00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:34,185
High stacked cheese
to the edge pizza.

322
00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,522
Windsor-style pizza probably
the most important thing,

323
00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:39,723
The pepperoni is...

324
00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,526
[audience] shredded!
[jonny] shredded.

325
00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:43,394
The mushrooms are...

326
00:12:43,396 --> 00:12:44,429
[audience] canned.
[jonny] canned.

327
00:12:44,431 --> 00:12:45,997
And the cheese is...

328
00:12:46,066 --> 00:12:47,031
[audience] galati!
[jonny] galati.

329
00:12:47,167 --> 00:12:48,399
You guys got it.

330
00:12:48,468 --> 00:12:50,535
[cheering & applauding]

331
00:12:50,670 --> 00:12:53,171
People grow up on this stuff,
and they are addicted to it.

332
00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,038
They love it.

333
00:12:54,174 --> 00:12:56,340
People from this
area who move away,

334
00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:59,177
Will go to great lengths to
have the pizza that

335
00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:00,344
They grew up with.

336
00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:02,346
If you're from this area,
you really have this like

337
00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:04,215
Love for this
style of pizza,

338
00:13:04,251 --> 00:13:06,517
Which is not really replicated
outside of this region.

339
00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:10,488
Dean told me that he has
shipped cooked pizzas...

340
00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:14,659
As far away as los
angeles and the yukon.

341
00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:15,760
Are you serious?

342
00:13:15,762 --> 00:13:17,294
I'll be like, "if you're
comfortable paying $200

343
00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:19,564
For shipping, then I will
ship you pizzas."

344
00:13:19,633 --> 00:13:21,199
And people will pay
200 bucks?

345
00:13:21,268 --> 00:13:22,567
They will pay
$200 for shipping.

346
00:13:22,636 --> 00:13:25,636
People are happy to pay
not just for dipping sauce,

347
00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:27,104
But shipping costs.

348
00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:29,574
[laughing]

349
00:13:29,709 --> 00:13:32,109
His pizzas fly
so frequently,

350
00:13:32,179 --> 00:13:34,245
They get better
treatment than me.

351
00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:35,613
Like, last time I tried
to cross the border

352
00:13:35,649 --> 00:13:37,315
With mushrooms
on me...?

353
00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:38,650
[laughing]

354
00:13:38,652 --> 00:13:40,384
[cheering & applauding]

355
00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:42,186
[ship horn]

356
00:13:42,189 --> 00:13:48,559
♪

357
00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:52,263
I spoke to the daughter
of two entomologists.

358
00:13:52,398 --> 00:13:54,332
You might say her
career is one that

359
00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:56,400
Her parents
"bugged" her into...

360
00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:57,602
[laughing]

361
00:13:57,604 --> 00:13:59,236
Meshal mustafa.

362
00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:02,273
[cheering & applauding]

363
00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:04,409
Her parents
founded growliv.

364
00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:06,377
They provide greenhouse
growers and farmers

365
00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:09,647
With a chemical-free
solution to pests.

366
00:14:09,683 --> 00:14:12,884
Essentially, we breed
beneficial insects,

367
00:14:13,019 --> 00:14:15,920
Which are good bugs that eat

368
00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:18,422
The bad bugs for farmers.

369
00:14:18,491 --> 00:14:19,657
The goal is simple:

370
00:14:19,693 --> 00:14:23,895
You introduce a predator
species to get them...

371
00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:26,698
To eat the insects that
eat our food

372
00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:28,499
Before we have
a chance to.

373
00:14:28,568 --> 00:14:30,368
Fight bugs with bugs.

374
00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,237
I'm telling you this idea,
it's got legs.

375
00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:34,572
[laughing]

376
00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:37,041
Farmers, they didn't
really understand

377
00:14:37,077 --> 00:14:38,643
What is a good bug,
what is a bad bug.

378
00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:41,278
They just saw bugs,
spray it. Everything's dead.

379
00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,447
They're getting beautiful
crops, there's no issue.

380
00:14:43,483 --> 00:14:46,250
But now, these pests,
they're developing

381
00:14:46,253 --> 00:14:49,053
Resistance towards
these formulations.

382
00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:50,688
So, they're coming up
with new formulations,

383
00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:52,723
But these formulations
might be harmful

384
00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:55,526
For the water,
the birds, us.

385
00:14:55,528 --> 00:14:57,729
So, pesticides and
chemicals is in the soil,

386
00:14:57,731 --> 00:14:59,129
And it's getting
into the food and...

387
00:14:59,165 --> 00:15:01,265
No, no,
send in the bugs.

388
00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:02,433
Send in the bug!

389
00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,469
These are bugs that are
engineered for warfare.

390
00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:09,006
Okay? In fact, if we ever
get into another skirmish

391
00:15:09,042 --> 00:15:11,408
With the americans like
the war of 1812,

392
00:15:11,444 --> 00:15:13,344
I say we send
over the bugs.

393
00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:15,246
[laughing]

394
00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:17,949
Detroit took a lot of damage
from bugs back in the 60s.

395
00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:19,951
Now, you could blame
volkswagen for that.

396
00:15:19,953 --> 00:15:23,487
[laughing]

397
00:15:23,556 --> 00:15:25,623
It's very cute.
Look at it.

398
00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:28,159
Look at his eyes.
[laughing]

399
00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:30,328
Michelle is especially
fond of a beetle that

400
00:15:30,463 --> 00:15:32,163
She says is cute.

401
00:15:32,298 --> 00:15:34,098
[laughing]

402
00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:35,532
You want to see it
close up?

403
00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:37,368
Yeah.

404
00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:39,037
I meant to bring
mine from home,

405
00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:40,571
But I'll just use
these ones for now.

406
00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:42,039
It's a crypto lamis.

407
00:15:42,108 --> 00:15:43,641
-Crypto lamis?
-Yes.

408
00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:46,177
It is called
crypto lamis.

409
00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:48,045
I had a buddy who-
we'd go to parties,

410
00:15:48,081 --> 00:15:50,247
And he'd corner people and
tell them about bitcoin.

411
00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:51,983
We called him crypto lamis.

412
00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:54,018
[laughing]

413
00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:55,653
Crypto lamis is a
little beetle that

414
00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:58,156
Feasts on mealy bugs.

415
00:15:58,158 --> 00:16:01,325
The wine industry
hates mealy bugs.

416
00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:05,295
Mealy bugs will get into a
vineyard and ingest

417
00:16:05,332 --> 00:16:06,631
As much as they can,

418
00:16:06,766 --> 00:16:08,866
And destroy the place,
a bit like my aunt pam.

419
00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,534
[laughing]

420
00:16:10,570 --> 00:16:12,303
Who was the
mastermind here?

421
00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:14,205
Who decided to
start this company?

422
00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:17,475
My mom was the one
that is more in the...

423
00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:19,210
The breeding side.

424
00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:23,147
Her dad sort of oversees the
applications of these insects,

425
00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:26,351
And her mom sort of
oversees the procreation.

426
00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:28,352
She has to make sure they
have enough stock

427
00:16:28,421 --> 00:16:29,988
To send off to people.

428
00:16:30,123 --> 00:16:32,156
So, you got to create a
conducive environment

429
00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:34,225
For these insects
to procreate.

430
00:16:34,294 --> 00:16:35,960
We just dim the lights,
play some

431
00:16:36,029 --> 00:16:38,429
Romantic music and,
you know, they get to it.

432
00:16:38,431 --> 00:16:39,663
They do their thing.

433
00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:41,366
And I said, "meshal, you know
what that's called, right,

434
00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:43,234
When bugs get busy?"

435
00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:44,568
"insex."

436
00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:47,305
[audience] aw!
[laughing]

437
00:16:47,307 --> 00:16:50,941
It started off with just
our home, and in the garage.

438
00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:53,611
And now, we're actually
the youngest...

439
00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,314
And the biggest supplier of
biocontrol in north america.

440
00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,116
The company is not
even 10 years old.

441
00:16:59,152 --> 00:17:01,919
They're already the largest
biocontrol company

442
00:17:01,988 --> 00:17:03,053
On the continent,

443
00:17:03,089 --> 00:17:06,190
And they ship these bugs
all over north america.

444
00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:07,658
When she first told me
that I was like, my god,

445
00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:09,460
Between the bugs
and the pizza, like...

446
00:17:09,496 --> 00:17:11,128
[laughing]

447
00:17:11,164 --> 00:17:14,065
Is this where ups sends
people who behave badly?

448
00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:15,566
[laughing]

449
00:17:15,635 --> 00:17:17,135
You know,
"you better shape up, kid.

450
00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:19,270
You're gonna find yourself
shipping ants and anchovies

451
00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:20,971
Out of amherstburg."

452
00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:23,640
[laughing]
[cheering & applauding]

453
00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:34,018
♪ [bagpipes & drums]

454
00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:36,854
I met a couple of guys
who shared a pipe dream,

455
00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:39,557
And are now marching to the
bleat of their own drummers

456
00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:42,126
And bagpipers,
parade innovators,

457
00:17:42,261 --> 00:17:45,229
Stu smith and
kyle mcdonald.

458
00:17:45,265 --> 00:17:47,231
[cheering & applauding]

459
00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,634
I met up with these guys on
the grounds of the historic

460
00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:52,703
Fort malden, where their
parade kicks off

461
00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:55,372
Before it makes its way
into the downtown.

462
00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:57,174
We started off, we wanted to
do something that

463
00:17:57,243 --> 00:18:00,144
Celebrated our town and the
uniqueness of amherstburg,

464
00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:01,512
Really with the idea of
getting everybody

465
00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:03,114
Literally together.

466
00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:05,316
They wanted to do
something to bring some

467
00:18:05,451 --> 00:18:07,184
Attention to amherstburg.

468
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:08,519
And they were inspired
when they had seen

469
00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:11,322
Other parades
with bagpipers.

470
00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:13,190
But as a mcdonald
and a smith,

471
00:18:13,326 --> 00:18:16,260
We took the full opportunity
of including bagpipes

472
00:18:16,262 --> 00:18:17,595
Because when you hear 'em,
they just bellow,

473
00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:18,930
They're so cool.

474
00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:19,831
As we got talking,
we said,

475
00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:21,833
"can we get the soldiers
involved somehow?"

476
00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:22,900
Then they thought,
"what about,

477
00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:25,870
There's soldier reenactors
from fort malden."

478
00:18:25,939 --> 00:18:27,404
It checked all the boxes
for us because

479
00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,407
We wanted to have an event
people will be proud of.

480
00:18:29,409 --> 00:18:31,408
Hopefully, it goes viral,
like, they can talk about...

481
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:32,743
You know,
every Saturday night

482
00:18:32,745 --> 00:18:33,877
There's a bagpipe parade.

483
00:18:33,913 --> 00:18:36,280
The whole
community shows up.

484
00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:39,217
You know, this was a tourism
town when boblo was there.

485
00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:41,385
And now, the tourism
is more towards

486
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:42,720
The history of the town.

487
00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:44,354
And one thing people from
amherstburg are proud of

488
00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:46,357
Is the history
of amherstburg.

489
00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:48,826
It was awesome, I got
to be a part of it.

490
00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:50,328
I got dressed up as
one of the soldiers.

491
00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:52,630
I put on this sharp
red coat uniform,

492
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,699
And I had the musket
and everything and..

493
00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:56,567
We marched on
amherstburg.

494
00:18:56,569 --> 00:18:58,802
[laughing]

495
00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:01,072
And the pipers,
they were amazing.

496
00:19:01,207 --> 00:19:03,141
They played like
clearly windsor style.

497
00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:04,441
They shredded.

498
00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:06,410
Ah!
[laughing]

499
00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:09,547
♪

500
00:19:09,616 --> 00:19:10,915
I couldn't believe
the numbers,

501
00:19:10,917 --> 00:19:13,217
Hundreds of people
had come out to watch.

502
00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:15,486
It's not just a parade
that goes by you.

503
00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:18,055
When they go by,
you fall in behind,

504
00:19:18,191 --> 00:19:19,590
You become a part
of the parade.

505
00:19:19,725 --> 00:19:21,826
Everybody sort of
joins in at the back.

506
00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:24,829
And they've got everybody
in town involved,

507
00:19:24,964 --> 00:19:27,497
From schools,
seniors' groups,

508
00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:30,701
Everybody from the chamber of
commerce to the karate club,

509
00:19:30,703 --> 00:19:34,238
Miracle league baseball
teams, the fire brigade.

510
00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:36,274
As kyle said, you know,
they managed to

511
00:19:36,276 --> 00:19:37,608
Bring together groups
in the community

512
00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:39,777
That normally wouldn't
necessarily interact

513
00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:41,179
Or talk together.

514
00:19:41,314 --> 00:19:42,580
And finally, they're
coming together.

515
00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:44,482
Can they hear themselves
over the bagpipes?

516
00:19:44,484 --> 00:19:45,750
-It's not the point!
-[laughing]

517
00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:47,618
It's not the point.

518
00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:50,421
[laughing]

519
00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:52,623
The point is you don't
just watch the parade-

520
00:19:52,659 --> 00:19:55,492
Join in at the back and
follow the pipers' route.

521
00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:57,428
Amherstburg's
the real mccoy,

522
00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,764
Accept no substitute.

523
00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:02,567
When people's plants are
picked at by pests

524
00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:04,969
You send in crypto lamis,

525
00:20:04,971 --> 00:20:07,605
While windsor-style pizza
travels by air and

526
00:20:07,674 --> 00:20:10,173
Picks up awards
in las vegas.

527
00:20:10,210 --> 00:20:13,210
This town is the place that
thousands embraced as the

528
00:20:13,246 --> 00:20:15,579
Place where they first
found their freedom.

529
00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:18,316
Bloodlines tell stories from
the struggle to the glory,

530
00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:20,551
But I can also
recommend a museum.

531
00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:23,654
No ticket sales in decades,
boblo is closed.

532
00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:26,490
But now there's a rally,
there's a mission.

533
00:20:26,492 --> 00:20:28,993
The people of amherstburg
will tell the whole world,

534
00:20:28,995 --> 00:20:31,428
This town's still worth
the price of admission.

535
00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:32,663
Thanks for coming out,
everybody.

536
00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:34,799
You've been great!
Thank you!

537
00:20:34,934 --> 00:20:37,601
[cheering & applauding]

538
00:20:37,670 --> 00:20:39,670
Thanks so much.
We love ya!

539
00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,738
I loved when he talked about
the windsor style pizza

540
00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:44,408
'cause it's a thing.
It's definitely a thing here.

541
00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:47,011
The shredded pepperoni
is like, yeah, that's it.

542
00:20:47,013 --> 00:20:49,413
My dad even knows.
[laughing]

543
00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:52,616
I'll try one one. I got a
weirdly large head, but...

544
00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:54,618
[laughing]

545
00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:58,355
Wove the comedy in, with the
history, with the people.

546
00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:00,590
I knew about the pizza.
Did not know about the bugs.

547
00:21:00,627 --> 00:21:03,360
♪

548
00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:05,228
[mimicking blowing
bag pips, sputtering]

549
00:21:05,265 --> 00:21:06,563
[laughing]
what?!

550
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:07,832
Yeah, that's not bad!

551
00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:10,233
Not quite a
constable cap, but...

552
00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:11,569
Yeah, yeah, exactly.

553
00:21:11,571 --> 00:21:12,503
Gotta ask you
about the 'stache.

554
00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:13,771
Tell me about the 'stache.

555
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,372
I've won a few
moustache competitions.

556
00:21:15,441 --> 00:21:16,640
-Really?
-Yeah.

557
00:21:16,643 --> 00:21:18,709
It's a whole thing, like,
it's a whole, big community.

558
00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:20,410
I love it.

559
00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:22,279
"first place
natural moustache."

560
00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:24,281
Jonny shredded it.
[laughing]