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[cheering & applause]

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Across the country, nay,
across the world,

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Small towns that have been
devastated by loss of industry

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Have been inspired
by chemainus,

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And are turning things around
with mural projects,

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Featured on this very show—
churchill, manitoba, botwood,

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Bell island, all with beautiful
mural projects.

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But it was chemainus.
This is where it all started.

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"the little town that did",

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Was the little town
that did it first.

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[cheering & applause]

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Before chemainus, who'd 'a
thunk that you could

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Turn around the economy
of a mill town that

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Lost its mill, with art?

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Bringing in tourists' dollars.
Show me the monet!

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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 the people have a sense
of humor 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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Mr. Jonny harris!

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Now I'm on a mission to find
the funny in the places

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You'd least expect, 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 chemainus,
british columbia.

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♪

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[cheering & applause]

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I love the slogan: "chemainus,
the little town that did."

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I like that slogan.

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You know, it makes you sound
positive, hardworking,

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But it's also sort of
vague enough that

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No one can really
pin it down.

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- Do you know what I mean?
- [laughing]

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We're the little
town that did.

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- Did what?
- Did we ever.

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- No, what did you do?
- What didn't we do?

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[laughing]

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♪

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So, you work in
tourism here?

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I do, yeah, I'm very lucky.

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♪

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I talked to one young woman
who moved away but was

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Able to return,
community booster and

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Boomerang kid,
brittany pickard.

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[cheering & applause]

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Your roots go pretty deep
in chemainus.

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Yeah, born
and raised here.

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My mom was born even at
the chemainus hospital.

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My grandfather
worked at the mill.

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My family worked at the mill.
My uncles worked at the mill.

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Chemainus prospered for
decades as a logging town,

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But then logging here went
into steep decline and

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The mill closed in
the early 80s.

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And the transition
was tough.

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Everybody lost their jobs,

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So people had to move
away to find work.

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This town just had
nothing anymore.

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Whose idea was it for
murals and public art?

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Karl schutz came here
with this brilliant idea.

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And he was like, "I'm gonna
put murals on the wall

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And revitalize chemainus".

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It only started out
with a few murals,

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And then it just spiraled.

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And now, there's like
over 50 murals.

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Brittany told me she was a
little girl when suddenly,

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There was tour buses full of
people dropping visitors off

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By the thousands to come
and look at the murals.

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Her class were tasked with
going out and painting some of

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These yellow footprints that
you see around the town.

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We would all have to come
and paint the footprints,

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And they would lead you to the
murals, which is kind of cool.

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So, tourists were able
to find them easily.

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I think that's
kind of funny.

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Like, when I was a kid,
we were very much

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Discouraged from painting
on public property.

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[laughing]

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The murals did an incredible
job of revitalizing the town,

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But after the mill closed,
there still wasn't a lot of

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Employment opportunities
for young people here.

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The young individuals in our
community have to move away

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For jobs because there's not
that huge industry here, right?

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You know, brittany was
able to move back and

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Make a living here.
She's one of the lucky ones.

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They call them the,
"boomerang kids".

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Once you leave chemainus,
it like has this

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Way of like pulling
you back in. It's like,

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Come back, you always
want to be here.

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And this will always be home.

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You know, she said there's
something about chemainus

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That just draws you back in.

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And of course, I see a lot of
that in newfoundland as well.

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Maybe hypocritical to say
because, you know,

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My home base is in
toronto right now.

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So, I guess...

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I guess I'm not a
boomerang kid, but...

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In fact, I think the crowd back
home call me a lawn dart.

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[laughing]

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♪

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To learn a bit more
about your town,

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I got the hood scoop
from michael marks.

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[cheering & applause]

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Michael explained how
when he was young,

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The mill was exactly what kept
young people around.

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When we were kids, we all
worked the Friday night

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Graveyard in the
sawmill cleanup.

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We'd get done with our
workday and, I'd have this,

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And my buddies would
have other hot cars,

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And we'd go tear
around town.

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You and your buddies have
a few drag races

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Or anything like that?

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- Well, yeah.
- [laughing]

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We'd like to wake the
neighbours up.

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It sounds like a lot
of work to me.

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School in the daytime and then
work at the mill in the night.

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And all of this so that
you can burn out.

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[laughing]

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After high school, he worked
at the mill full time.

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We used to live by
the mill whistle.

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It went off at 7:30,
noon, and 4.

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And when the mill shut down,
the town went through some

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Pretty drastic changes,
going from a mill town to...

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They didn't know what.

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And then, it quickly became
clear that this mural project

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Might work, that it was
bringing in visitors.

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Although for him and his
buddies, you know,

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He said art and tourism
didn't really jive with,

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You know, young guys hauling
around in muscle cars.

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We were creating a little too
much havoc downtown, I think.

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But anyway, basically,
what we did,

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There's a point of land out
across from chemainus

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Called bear point.

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If the cops got sick
of you around town,

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They'd boot you out there.

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So, the car scene he said
sort of got pushed out.

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And I've heard about wild
times out on bear point.

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I think there's a pretty good
measure of people that live in

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Chemainus that were conceived
out there through the years.

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[laughing]

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- Just saying.
- Yeah, yeah.

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He figures a lot of
chemainiacs may have

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Been conceived
out on bear point.

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[laughing]

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Perhaps conceived, I guess,
because of a bare point.

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[laughing]

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Mike asked me if I wanted
to go for a ride and,

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I took him up on it.
And man, that's the loudest,

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"rumbliest" car I've
ever been in.

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[engine roaring continues]

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Here we are,
bright yellow '55 chevy.

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The sun is beating down.

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Beautiful day on
vancouver island.

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We're whipping
past a cornfield.

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I said to him, I said,
"thanks, mike,

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This is just what the
doctor ordered".

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He couldn't hear me, but...

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[laughing]

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I think it's what the
doctor should order.

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I think it broke up
my kidney stones.

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[cheering & applause]

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Have you been able to take
in any of the murals?

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Well, that's why
we dropped by.

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I got a chance, then, to talk
to the man with the plan.

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I had chat with karl schutz.

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[cheering & applause]

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My wife and I, we went
on a trip to europe.

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And everywhere we went,

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They said, "oh,
you go to romania.

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You can see the mural.
They're awesome".

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This was the inception
of the idea.

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He was in romania.
And he's looking at these

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Beautiful 300-year-old
frescoes painted on

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The walls of churches
and cathedrals.

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And I said to
my wife: "wow,

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This is an attraction we
need in chemainus.

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If the sawmill is
going down,

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Then we need
another attraction".

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And he came back.
He was so excited even—

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They stopped him at
customs, and they said,

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"do you have anything
to declare?"

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And he said, "yes, a brush
stroke of genius".

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[laughing]

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But karl said when
he got back here,

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Council was reluctant
to take him up on it.

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They thought it was outlandish.

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They looked at me, like...

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"what? Painting murals on
walls of businesses?

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You got to be out of your mind".

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He had trouble convincing them
to see the big picture,

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Which was...

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Big pictures, I suppose.

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[laughing]

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But then, karl said he
got a call one day.

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He said there was
a new mayor,

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A young guy
maybe around 30.

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"I think that's a great
idea," he says.

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"when can you start?"
I said, "tomorrow".

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[laughing]

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And the mural project was born.

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I said to karl, "at what
point did you think,

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Okay, this
is gonna work?"

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Within the first hour,

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Because people came and
looked at that artist.

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They started watching him
painting this mural.

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About an hour in there's a
dozen people there

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Watching this guy. I mean,

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I've done outdoor shows to
less people than that.

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[laughing]

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And these people are literally
watching paint dry.

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[laughing]

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I'm saying, right now,
he deserves a tv special.

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I could play a young karl.

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[laughing]

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Well, youngish, younger.

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[laughing]

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It's gonna be: The story of
karl schutz of chemainus:

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He schutz, he scores.

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[laughing]

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♪

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You know, here in chemainus
there's a coast-salish artist,

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Whose next piece will be an
archway over the entrance

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At waterwheel park.
That's the plan.

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They're still raising
some money for it.

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They need a little
more arch support.

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I met maynard johnny jr.

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[cheering & applause]

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Several murals, even a
lovely marble statue,

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Depicting indigenous
people or scenes.

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But there's not really
any traditional art.

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I suppose it's an
understatement to say that,

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For chemainus, that, you know,
the time has come

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To have some of that
representation.

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Yeah, definitely.

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And what better way to
start than at a major

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Focal point of chemainus?
When people come here,

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They like to take
pictures with the waterwheel.

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What he has planned for this
project that waterwheel park—

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I should say, I love
waterwheel park,

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I love watching the wheel.

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There's something about it
that I find so like,

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Calming and peaceful,
and at the same time,

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Makes me desperate for
a round of mini putt.

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[laughing]

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I did a really simple
concept sketch.

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And the idea is that it has to
be at least 12 feet tall.

246
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And then I wanted to use salmon
going up the river and salmon

247
00:10:39,605 --> 00:10:42,207
Coming down the river and
that's signifying resilience.

248
00:10:42,275 --> 00:10:43,975
You know, and then,
the heron right on top

249
00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:45,343
With its wings spread out.

250
00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:49,047
So, this archway,
this'll be a metal work?

251
00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:52,083
It will be mostly metal.
And then some concrete.

252
00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:56,087
I had this idea of using as
a cylinder-type plastic,

253
00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:57,522
And then you can
light it up at night.

254
00:10:57,524 --> 00:10:59,490
Sounds really cool,
you know, with the art,

255
00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,159
The plastic and the metal.

256
00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:02,827
And then it's encased
in concrete,

257
00:11:02,829 --> 00:11:04,629
Which is good because
I think lady gaga

258
00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:06,097
Might come try
to wear it home.

259
00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,999
[laughing]

260
00:11:08,068 --> 00:11:09,333
But traditionally,

261
00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,703
You mostly work with
painting, is that right?

262
00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:13,805
Yeah, yeah, and it's
solid painting,

263
00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:16,140
But it's actually the most
difficult way to paint

264
00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:18,543
Because lines gotta be clean
and crisp and even.

265
00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:21,613
Maynard, by his own admittance,
can get frustrated,

266
00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:24,816
Can be impatient when
creating art. And of course,

267
00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:29,153
With indigenous art,
it's all very bold, clean lines.

268
00:11:29,222 --> 00:11:31,255
There's not a lot of
room for error.

269
00:11:31,258 --> 00:11:33,925
Landscapes or portraits,
you can make mistakes and

270
00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:37,162
Just work it in with the
paint and create shadows.

271
00:11:37,230 --> 00:11:40,631
Whereas, you can't make
mistakes with native art.

272
00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,735
Like a bob ross moment, do you
know what I mean, like...

273
00:11:43,803 --> 00:11:45,670
Happy accidents, you know
what I mean?

274
00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:47,806
"oh, I smudged this,
but as you can see,

275
00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:50,141
I'll blend it into the tree
behind it, and ah...

276
00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:51,409
There, there you go."

277
00:11:51,477 --> 00:11:52,744
You can't do that with
indigenous art.

278
00:11:52,812 --> 00:11:55,013
You know, he can't be like,
"as you can see,

279
00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:58,149
I made a little mistake on the
eye of the raven here,

280
00:11:58,151 --> 00:12:01,119
So I'm just gonna throw this
out the friggin' window. Ah!"

281
00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:07,425
[cheering &
applause]

282
00:12:12,698 --> 00:12:14,499
On the south side of
chemainus there's a

283
00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:17,635
Special place that's hogging
all the cute animals.

284
00:12:17,703 --> 00:12:21,339
I went and I had a chat with
the founder of r.A.S.T.A,

285
00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:23,641
Which stands for rescue
and sanctuary

286
00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:26,511
For threatened animals.
Lucie cerny.

287
00:12:26,513 --> 00:12:31,649
[cheering & applause]

288
00:12:31,717 --> 00:12:34,252
We've got goats and sheep
and pigs and donkeys

289
00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,454
And cattle all
living together.

290
00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:38,823
And a lot of our residents,
you'll notice,

291
00:12:38,825 --> 00:12:40,124
Are potbellied pigs.

292
00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:43,494
Why so many pigs?
Why do pigs need rescuing?

293
00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,263
There's more pigs than
anything else.

294
00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:47,665
A lot of potbellied pigs, and
she explained to me,

295
00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:49,267
This was all part
of the like

296
00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:51,970
Miniature pet in
your purse thing.

297
00:12:52,038 --> 00:12:54,438
People started buying
what were advertised

298
00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:56,707
As teacup potbellied pigs,

299
00:12:56,710 --> 00:12:59,777
But apparently,
there is no such thing.

300
00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:01,746
One of our residents,
maggie mae —

301
00:13:01,748 --> 00:13:03,081
The one back
there actually —

302
00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,251
People paid $3,000 for her
because they were told

303
00:13:06,319 --> 00:13:10,354
That she was a special imported
line of teacup micro pig.

304
00:13:10,357 --> 00:13:13,558
And she wouldn't be any bigger
than a chubby chihuahua.

305
00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:16,094
And as you can see,
she is a lot bigger.

306
00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:18,196
No such thing as
a teacup size.

307
00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:20,264
#the-pig-will-get-big

308
00:13:20,267 --> 00:13:22,967
[laughing]

309
00:13:23,035 --> 00:13:25,904
When we moved here, there was
an old barn on the property.

310
00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:28,907
And it was our plan to
try to fix that up.

311
00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:30,708
When lucie bought the place,

312
00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:32,643
She knew the barn was
in rough shape.

313
00:13:32,712 --> 00:13:34,745
She knew she was gonna
have to rebuild it.

314
00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,415
She figured it'd cost
about $100,000.

315
00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:41,553
We asked for an itemized
quote for the building.

316
00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:44,889
And that came
back as $450,000.

317
00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:47,391
So, it was a huge
shot to the gut.

318
00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:51,429
The barn was not just rotting,
it was sinking into the ground.

319
00:13:51,431 --> 00:13:53,865
The ground had to be
completely refilled.

320
00:13:53,867 --> 00:13:55,700
And she thought that
was gonna be it.

321
00:13:55,768 --> 00:13:57,202
She thought the
dream was over.

322
00:13:57,270 --> 00:13:59,537
She said, "it's gonna cost
more money than I have

323
00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:01,472
To make this place
a real pigsty".

324
00:14:01,540 --> 00:14:03,741
[laughing]

325
00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:05,210
And then,
out of the blue,

326
00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:08,145
Enter pamela anderson.

327
00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:09,614
[cheering & applause]

328
00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:12,083
Celebrity actress,
animal activist.

329
00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:14,986
Pamela anderson, you
might've heard of her, ha,

330
00:14:15,054 --> 00:14:17,722
Expressed an interest of
wanting to come down for a tour.

331
00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:20,424
She's a vegan and she's very
passionate about animals.

332
00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:22,793
She came for a
special visit and,

333
00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,562
She fell in love with
the sanctuary.

334
00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:26,831
She showed pam around.
She showed her the animals,

335
00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:28,766
The goats and the pigs,
and the—

336
00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:31,769
Everything except the chickens,
I hope, right?

337
00:14:31,837 --> 00:14:33,437
Never let a fox
in the henhouse.

338
00:14:33,506 --> 00:14:35,573
[laughing]

339
00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:37,642
And, as part of the tour,
we walked by the old,

340
00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,277
Decrepit barn and I
just had mentioned,

341
00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:40,811
"this is something
we're not proud of".

342
00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,480
But it was a really great visit.

343
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,850
But shortly thereafter,
pam gave her a call and

344
00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:47,919
Said she wanted to help out.

345
00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:51,255
She came back with her partner,
mr. Dan hayhurst,

346
00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:53,291
Who happens to be a builder.

347
00:14:53,293 --> 00:14:55,927
And when pamela anderson
offers to build you a barn,

348
00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:58,329
You go ahead and
take that offer.

349
00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:01,432
And just like that,
the project was saved.

350
00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:04,168
It's an unbelievable story.

351
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:06,237
We are still milling wood.

352
00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:08,973
Actually, the trees that were
standing here have been milled

353
00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:11,008
To go into the barn,
which is pretty cool.

354
00:15:11,011 --> 00:15:12,644
No kidding.

355
00:15:12,712 --> 00:15:14,712
So, it's still a work
in progress.

356
00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:16,614
If you want to see the
rest of the barn build,

357
00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:18,149
I'm gonna try to
produce a new show.

358
00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:20,851
- I call it barn watch.
- [laughing]

359
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,621
Starring pam anderson and
david hasselhog.

360
00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:25,856
[laughing]

361
00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,625
And until the barn is done,
the pigs are safe,

362
00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:29,727
And they got food and
space to roam around.

363
00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,729
And if they get hot,
there's a big mud puddle.

364
00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:34,098
- They're rolling in it.
- [laughing]

365
00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:35,533
I mean, that should be
the new thing:

366
00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:37,468
Happier than a
pig in chemainus.

367
00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:39,804
[laughing]

368
00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:43,941
[cheering &
applause]

369
00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:53,017
I got to meet the couple who
opened riot brewery.

370
00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:55,987
And they've got beers that
are right up your alley,

371
00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:57,522
But they won't
make you ralph.

372
00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,323
I'm talking about
ali and ralf.

373
00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:01,392
[cheering & applause]

374
00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:03,428
Aly and ralf are from
east vancouver.

375
00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:05,096
They moved to the
island in hopes of

376
00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:06,631
Opening their own brewery.

377
00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:08,866
It was funny because he
was never actually

378
00:16:08,868 --> 00:16:10,201
In the brewing industry.
It was me.

379
00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:12,003
Everyone thought I was
'cause I'm a guy.

380
00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:13,971
Yeah, 'cause he's a guy.
And I called him one day

381
00:16:13,974 --> 00:16:15,039
And I was like,
"you wanna open a brewery?"

382
00:16:15,108 --> 00:16:17,641
He's like, "okay". It's like,
"done. Let's do it".

383
00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:20,745
And for chemainus, it was the
perfect kind of business.

384
00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,814
I mean, here were these
young entrepreneurs—

385
00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:25,616
Youngish, youngish—

386
00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:26,985
[laughing]

387
00:16:27,053 --> 00:16:29,153
Who could build something
from the ground up.

388
00:16:29,221 --> 00:16:30,821
And it would be a place
for tourists and

389
00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,423
Locals alike, you know.

390
00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,360
And it's especially great that
it can be enjoyed by locals.

391
00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:37,028
I mean, let the people who
painted their town,

392
00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:39,463
Paint their town red.

393
00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:41,565
They've got a pretty punk
approach to how

394
00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:42,833
They name their beers.

395
00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:46,004
They're all named after
something based in their lives.

396
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:49,574
For example, they have
a beer called...

397
00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:50,975
Junk punch.

398
00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:52,777
[laughing]

399
00:16:52,779 --> 00:16:55,246
Actually, everyone on the label
has been junk punched by me.

400
00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:56,580
Are you serious?

401
00:16:56,649 --> 00:16:58,916
So, I was one of the first
female brewers in bc,

402
00:16:58,984 --> 00:17:01,852
If not canada, like
over 20 years ago.

403
00:17:01,855 --> 00:17:04,922
You know, being the only girl,
I was really very much in a,

404
00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:06,457
In a gentlemen's club.

405
00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:08,926
You know, when aly was
training in chicago,

406
00:17:08,995 --> 00:17:11,762
She would get a lot of like
saucy sexist remarks.

407
00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:13,731
And then she
decided one day...

408
00:17:13,733 --> 00:17:15,599
Whoever makes these
kinds of remarks to me,

409
00:17:15,602 --> 00:17:17,068
I'm gonna punch him
in the junk.

410
00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:18,569
[laughing]

411
00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:22,039
So, people learned real quick,
just leave me alone.

412
00:17:22,108 --> 00:17:23,541
Oh, I've got some of the
best junk punch.

413
00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:24,809
Like, knee slide
to junk punch.

414
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,277
Like you name it,
I've done it all.

415
00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:27,745
That's a finishing move.

416
00:17:27,814 --> 00:17:30,114
- Yeah, slide... Ugh.
- Right?

417
00:17:30,182 --> 00:17:32,416
- They'd get a junk punch.
- [laughing]

418
00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:33,851
And, no warning.

419
00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:36,887
That's aggressive,
that is aggressive.

420
00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:38,422
Even back in junior high,

421
00:17:38,425 --> 00:17:40,558
We do the common courtesy
of asking somebody,

422
00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:42,193
"what's the capital
of thailand?"

423
00:17:42,261 --> 00:17:45,496
- "bangkok".
- [laughing]

424
00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:47,632
Riot was an
immediate success.

425
00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,533
And then, of all things,

426
00:17:49,536 --> 00:17:51,502
What tripped them up
was the weather.

427
00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,771
A week before
christmas 2019.

428
00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,475
An unexpected windstorm
just ravaged the island.

429
00:17:57,477 --> 00:18:00,711
Just everywhere from
the gulf islands, here,

430
00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:02,613
The valley, victoria,
everywhere.

431
00:18:02,681 --> 00:18:04,382
Then, not even
two months later,

432
00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:08,052
They get a second junk punch
when there's a freak snowstorm.

433
00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:10,754
Snowpocalypse, so again,
we couldn't deliver beer.

434
00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:12,123
We couldn't get out there.

435
00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:13,190
We couldn't get
the ingredients.

436
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:14,358
We couldn't do anything.

437
00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,861
They lost product,
they lost sales.

438
00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:18,095
Couldn't make deliveries.

439
00:18:18,164 --> 00:18:19,931
And they lost contracts
and eventually

440
00:18:19,999 --> 00:18:22,066
Were declared insolvent.

441
00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:24,168
It was fear and panic.

442
00:18:24,170 --> 00:18:26,170
You know, I mean,
what do you do, like...?

443
00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:28,472
And then,
the community rallied.

444
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:31,408
Suddenly, they're having
these closed-door meetings,

445
00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:34,411
50,60 people, all kinds of
community leaders.

446
00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:36,380
They spearheaded
to save riot.

447
00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:38,616
And they were like, "we're
not gonna let riot go,"

448
00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:41,519
Which was very humbling,
because we didn't...

449
00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:47,291
You know, I've heard of a
bar refusing the customers

450
00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,428
At closing time.
But did you hear about the time

451
00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:52,796
Customers refused
the bar from closing?

452
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:55,132
[laughing]

453
00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:57,401
And I'm proud of
what we created and,

454
00:18:57,470 --> 00:19:02,072
How much all of these
people are a part of it.

455
00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,808
Oh!

456
00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:05,943
I had a great time there.
I got behind the bar.

457
00:19:06,011 --> 00:19:07,712
Even poured up a few beers.

458
00:19:07,780 --> 00:19:09,914
- There you go, sir.
- Cheers, jonny.

459
00:19:09,916 --> 00:19:11,782
I haven't slung that
many junk punches

460
00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,451
Since junior high.

461
00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:15,352
[laughing]

462
00:19:15,421 --> 00:19:20,992
♪

463
00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:23,394
If the young people who moved
could see the town now,

464
00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:25,162
They'd probably
flip their lids.

465
00:19:25,231 --> 00:19:27,365
Maybe they'd move back.
I'm sure chemainus

466
00:19:27,433 --> 00:19:29,567
Would welcome their
boomerang kids.

467
00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:32,203
Follow the yellow footprints,
the murals are a must.

468
00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:34,838
But don't follow a yellow chevy,
you'll only be eating dust.

469
00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:36,307
[laughing]

470
00:19:36,309 --> 00:19:38,843
Find some serenity at
waterwheel park where

471
00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:42,146
Very soon there just might
be coast-salish artwork that

472
00:19:42,215 --> 00:19:43,747
Brightens up your day
and perhaps

473
00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:46,684
Even lights up the night.
Get out on the town

474
00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:50,221
For dinner or a show or
beers and bands at riot.

475
00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:52,356
I know a junk punch
sounds disconcerting,

476
00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:54,959
But don't knock it
'til you tried it.

477
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,028
Out at r.A.S.T.A they're
building the barn,

478
00:19:57,096 --> 00:19:58,763
The animals get new digs.

479
00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:01,132
Ladies, lucie's like a
relationship coach.

480
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,833
She doesn't want you
bringing home pigs.

481
00:20:02,901 --> 00:20:04,368
[laughing]

482
00:20:04,437 --> 00:20:06,637
And don't forget
the tv special,

483
00:20:06,639 --> 00:20:08,806
Where I played karl as a kid.

484
00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:11,375
It's about murals and art
and a whole lot of heart

485
00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:13,344
In the little town that did.

486
00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:14,845
Thanks for coming out,
chemainus.

487
00:20:14,913 --> 00:20:16,013
- You've been great!
- [cheering & applause]

488
00:20:16,081 --> 00:20:17,681
Thanks so much!

489
00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:19,250
[cheering & applause]

490
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:20,618
Thank you!

491
00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:22,753
[cheering & applause]

492
00:20:22,821 --> 00:20:25,522
Jonny is just great, as usual.
We knew he was going to be.

493
00:20:25,525 --> 00:20:27,057
I mean, how can you miss?

494
00:20:27,126 --> 00:20:29,793
Thanks for coming and...

495
00:20:29,862 --> 00:20:32,263
Recognizing the little
town that did.

496
00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:35,733
♪

497
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:38,035
I really love how he tied
everything together and,

498
00:20:38,104 --> 00:20:40,804
On how the town became
what it did, so...

499
00:20:40,807 --> 00:20:42,806
And now we're gonna move it
forward in another way.

500
00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:46,010
He's a very sharp
dressed fella.

501
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,078
Got to work on the beer
pouring skills though.

502
00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:50,081
[laughing]
too much foam!

503
00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:51,949
You're fired.

504
00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:54,718
♪

505
00:20:54,787 --> 00:20:56,820
You realize you don't have a
full exhaust system on here?

506
00:20:56,889 --> 00:20:58,656
[laughing] yeah.

507
00:20:58,724 --> 00:21:02,660
♪