1 00:00:06,527 --> 00:00:07,695 [soft blues guitar playing] 2 00:00:07,778 --> 00:00:08,904 [birds chirping] 3 00:01:02,083 --> 00:01:04,710 -[audience clapping] -Hey, get on with it. 4 00:01:05,294 --> 00:01:06,712 That's it. That'll do it. 5 00:01:10,591 --> 00:01:12,510 [theme music playing] 6 00:01:14,345 --> 00:01:17,139 ♪ A happy, hungry man ♪ 7 00:01:17,223 --> 00:01:20,392 ♪ Is traveling all across The sea and the land ♪ 8 00:01:21,393 --> 00:01:23,854 ♪ Is trying to understand ♪ 9 00:01:23,938 --> 00:01:27,858 ♪ The art of pasta, pork, chicken and lamb ♪ 10 00:01:27,942 --> 00:01:29,693 ♪ He will drive to you ♪ 11 00:01:29,777 --> 00:01:31,570 ♪ He will fly to you ♪ 12 00:01:31,654 --> 00:01:33,197 ♪ He will sing for you ♪ 13 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,990 ♪ And dance for you ♪ 14 00:01:35,074 --> 00:01:36,784 ♪ He will laugh with you ♪ 15 00:01:36,867 --> 00:01:38,577 ♪ And he’ll cry for you ♪ 16 00:01:38,661 --> 00:01:41,038 ♪ There’s just one thing he asks in return ♪ 17 00:01:41,122 --> 00:01:44,208 ♪ Somebody feed, somebody feed ♪ 18 00:01:44,291 --> 00:01:50,005 ♪ Won’t somebody, somebody feed Phil ♪ 19 00:01:50,089 --> 00:01:52,883 ♪ Somebody feed him now ♪ 20 00:01:56,804 --> 00:01:58,097 [blues music playing] 21 00:01:59,682 --> 00:02:02,518 [Phil] We were looking at where we're gonna go this season, 22 00:02:02,601 --> 00:02:04,728 and we started doing a little research, 23 00:02:05,312 --> 00:02:08,607 and I kept hearing that I should check out the Mississippi Delta. 24 00:02:09,608 --> 00:02:12,361 I have to say the food looked amazing, 25 00:02:12,862 --> 00:02:16,782 and the history is amazing, and the music is amazing, 26 00:02:17,283 --> 00:02:18,701 and the people seem amazing. 27 00:02:19,577 --> 00:02:21,662 The Mississippi Delta technically starts 28 00:02:21,745 --> 00:02:24,832 in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, 29 00:02:24,915 --> 00:02:26,876 and goes all the way to Vicksburg, Mississippi. 30 00:02:27,459 --> 00:02:28,919 So here we are. 31 00:02:30,629 --> 00:02:32,423 [man] Ladies and gentlemen, 32 00:02:32,506 --> 00:02:36,510 welcome to the South's grand hotel, the Peabody Memphis. 33 00:02:37,469 --> 00:02:40,764 I want you to greet Mr. Phil Rosenthal. 34 00:02:41,265 --> 00:02:43,726 [Phil] I've had some wonderful honors in my life… 35 00:02:44,727 --> 00:02:46,979 but today might be the greatest honor of all. 36 00:02:47,062 --> 00:02:48,647 [announcer over PA] Ladies and gentlemen, 37 00:02:48,731 --> 00:02:52,526 the march of the world famous Peabody ducks. 38 00:02:52,610 --> 00:02:54,195 [blues music playing] 39 00:02:56,488 --> 00:02:57,531 [Phil] That's right. 40 00:02:58,032 --> 00:02:59,825 When this hotel opened in the '20s, 41 00:02:59,909 --> 00:03:03,245 some guys went out, uh, duck hunting, and they got drunk. 42 00:03:04,121 --> 00:03:06,582 They brought the ducks used to attract other ducks 43 00:03:06,665 --> 00:03:08,459 so you can shoot and kill them. 44 00:03:09,043 --> 00:03:12,171 Then they thought, "We should keep the ducks in the hotel." 45 00:03:12,671 --> 00:03:13,797 [elevator beeps] 46 00:03:15,341 --> 00:03:17,384 They live in a little apartment on the roof. 47 00:03:17,968 --> 00:03:19,428 [man] Very nice, duckies. 48 00:03:21,889 --> 00:03:22,890 [whistling] 49 00:03:27,478 --> 00:03:28,812 Goodbye, ducks. 50 00:03:28,896 --> 00:03:30,022 [quacking] 51 00:03:34,068 --> 00:03:36,153 What we know as Southern food came about 52 00:03:36,237 --> 00:03:38,656 by taking what was cheap and grown or raised here, 53 00:03:38,739 --> 00:03:41,951 and making it tasty, using techniques from the homeland. 54 00:03:42,034 --> 00:03:44,370 Perfect example is barbecue, 55 00:03:44,870 --> 00:03:48,666 a slow-cooking style from the Caribbean that turns tough meat tender 56 00:03:48,749 --> 00:03:51,835 so it can be spiced and sauced into deliciousness. 57 00:03:52,419 --> 00:03:54,296 Southern classics are everywhere. 58 00:03:54,380 --> 00:03:58,384 Yet you'd be surprised to learn there are people who've never tried them. 59 00:03:58,926 --> 00:04:00,052 [blues music playing] 60 00:04:06,225 --> 00:04:07,309 Hi. You're Desiree? 61 00:04:07,393 --> 00:04:09,645 -[Desiree] Yes. -This is a nice cozy corner you got here. 62 00:04:09,728 --> 00:04:11,772 Well, thank you. [chuckles] 63 00:04:11,855 --> 00:04:13,649 [Phil] This is Desiree Robinson. 64 00:04:13,732 --> 00:04:15,943 She's run this place for many, many years. 65 00:04:17,278 --> 00:04:18,696 -Can I ask you a question? -Yes. 66 00:04:18,779 --> 00:04:21,865 How much sugar does it take to make tea "sweet tea"? 67 00:04:21,949 --> 00:04:25,035 If I were making this for me and wanted to be happy… 68 00:04:25,119 --> 00:04:29,915 -If you wanted to be happy, yeah. -I would put at least three tablespoons. 69 00:04:30,916 --> 00:04:31,792 That's sweet. 70 00:04:31,875 --> 00:04:35,337 I like sweet, sweet, bitter, bitter, hot, hot… 71 00:04:35,421 --> 00:04:37,131 -Sour, sour, spicy, spicy. -Yes. 72 00:04:38,090 --> 00:04:39,174 So… What? 73 00:04:39,258 --> 00:04:40,968 [Desiree laughing] Oh. 74 00:04:41,051 --> 00:04:43,137 Oh, my goodness. Hello. 75 00:04:43,220 --> 00:04:45,556 -[Desiree] Do you like sauce on barbecue? -I like everything. 76 00:04:45,639 --> 00:04:47,766 [Desiree] Those would be prettier with sauce. 77 00:04:47,850 --> 00:04:49,518 [Phil] Oh, oh. Oh. 78 00:04:52,688 --> 00:04:54,398 I shouldn't have eaten this week. 79 00:04:54,481 --> 00:04:55,482 [chuckling] 80 00:04:59,194 --> 00:05:02,072 Mm. Smoky, good. 81 00:05:02,156 --> 00:05:04,325 -[chuckles] Glad you enjoy it. -I love it. 82 00:05:05,117 --> 00:05:07,244 So your whole family's here. They help you? 83 00:05:07,328 --> 00:05:09,913 My oldest grandson is in charge right now. 84 00:05:09,997 --> 00:05:11,957 But I heard you had a great-grandson. 85 00:05:12,041 --> 00:05:14,626 My great-grandson is right there. 86 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:17,421 -What's his name? -Alexander. He-- 87 00:05:17,504 --> 00:05:18,672 Come here, Alexander. 88 00:05:18,756 --> 00:05:20,466 There's a picture of my husband somewhere, 89 00:05:20,549 --> 00:05:23,761 but he looks more like my husband than my husband looks like himself. 90 00:05:23,844 --> 00:05:26,013 Hello, young man. Are you hungry? 91 00:05:26,513 --> 00:05:27,348 Yep. 92 00:05:27,431 --> 00:05:29,641 [Phil] Do you see anything on this table you like? 93 00:05:29,725 --> 00:05:30,851 What's that? 94 00:05:30,934 --> 00:05:33,645 [Phil] This right here? That's a whole Cornish hen. 95 00:05:33,729 --> 00:05:36,065 -Would you like some of that? -Is that chicken? 96 00:05:36,148 --> 00:05:39,318 It's like a little chicken, but it's almost better than chicken. 97 00:05:39,401 --> 00:05:40,944 It's like super chicken. 98 00:05:41,028 --> 00:05:42,154 I want chicken. 99 00:05:42,237 --> 00:05:43,489 -You wanna try it? -Yeah. 100 00:05:43,572 --> 00:05:44,573 Break off a leg there. 101 00:05:44,656 --> 00:05:46,575 You want me to help you? There you go. 102 00:05:46,658 --> 00:05:47,534 Oh. 103 00:05:47,618 --> 00:05:49,620 -Oh, yeah. Look at that. -Oh. 104 00:05:49,703 --> 00:05:50,746 Comes with a handle. 105 00:05:50,829 --> 00:05:53,165 -[Desiree chuckles] -[Phil] Pretty good, right? Do it. 106 00:05:55,876 --> 00:05:56,752 I like it. 107 00:05:56,835 --> 00:05:58,879 [all laughing] 108 00:05:59,963 --> 00:06:03,092 It didn't even get to your nose. I like it. 109 00:06:03,175 --> 00:06:04,760 [laughing] 110 00:06:04,843 --> 00:06:07,096 I love it. Have you had the ribs here? 111 00:06:07,679 --> 00:06:09,640 -I never ate one. -What? 112 00:06:09,723 --> 00:06:10,557 I wanna try one. 113 00:06:10,641 --> 00:06:12,393 Do it. You mean to tell me, 114 00:06:12,476 --> 00:06:14,395 you're in the family and you never had that? 115 00:06:14,478 --> 00:06:15,354 Uh-uh. 116 00:06:15,437 --> 00:06:17,648 He's never wanted to try some of this before? 117 00:06:17,731 --> 00:06:19,691 -No. -Come on, right? 118 00:06:19,775 --> 00:06:21,026 I like it. 119 00:06:21,110 --> 00:06:24,196 -I like it too. -I'm glad you do. [chuckles] 120 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,323 [Phil] What's your favorite food of all the foods? 121 00:06:26,907 --> 00:06:27,825 Bologna. 122 00:06:28,617 --> 00:06:31,620 [stammers] What are we waiting for, Alexander? 123 00:06:31,703 --> 00:06:34,581 Now, when I got bologna sandwiches as a child, 124 00:06:34,665 --> 00:06:37,793 it was a way of my parents showing me 125 00:06:37,876 --> 00:06:40,003 they didn't really care that much about me. 126 00:06:40,087 --> 00:06:43,966 But here, it's a big thick piece of meat 127 00:06:44,049 --> 00:06:49,763 that's skilleted, sauced, coleslawed, put on a delicious roll… 128 00:06:52,224 --> 00:06:54,309 You want to go home and slap your parents. 129 00:06:54,393 --> 00:06:57,020 Look at this. I'm gonna give you the whole half a sandwich. 130 00:06:57,104 --> 00:06:58,439 -How's that? -What? 131 00:06:58,522 --> 00:07:00,774 [Phil] Yep. Here you go. That's all you. Okay? 132 00:07:00,858 --> 00:07:01,692 [Desiree] Thank you. 133 00:07:01,775 --> 00:07:03,902 -Let's bite it together. You ready? -Yeah. 134 00:07:03,986 --> 00:07:06,530 [Phil] The whole sandwich. The whole sandwich. 135 00:07:06,613 --> 00:07:08,240 I like bologna. 136 00:07:08,323 --> 00:07:11,076 You don't want the sandwich part, just the bologna part? 137 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:12,369 -Yeah. -You do what you want. 138 00:07:12,453 --> 00:07:13,954 Gotta get all the cheese. 139 00:07:14,037 --> 00:07:16,540 No, you're going to like that. That's the coleslaw. 140 00:07:17,291 --> 00:07:18,542 Are you ready? 141 00:07:19,042 --> 00:07:19,960 One… 142 00:07:20,752 --> 00:07:22,379 [laughing] 143 00:07:22,463 --> 00:07:23,505 Two, three. 144 00:07:24,006 --> 00:07:25,382 [chuckles] 145 00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:27,468 -Yummy. -[Phil] Yummy. 146 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,846 You wanna try it with the bun and the coleslaw? 147 00:07:30,929 --> 00:07:33,891 -Uh-uh. -You're just like my kids. 148 00:07:33,974 --> 00:07:36,935 -What's that there? -That's potato salad. You like that? 149 00:07:37,019 --> 00:07:38,645 Huh? -[Phil] Potato salad? 150 00:07:38,729 --> 00:07:40,814 -Potato salad? -Did you ever have that? 151 00:07:40,898 --> 00:07:42,399 -No. -[Phil] You wanna try it? 152 00:07:42,483 --> 00:07:43,400 Yeah. 153 00:07:43,484 --> 00:07:45,152 -[Desiree] Eat some beans. -He said, yes. 154 00:07:45,235 --> 00:07:47,279 -He said yes? -[Phil] He said he's ready to taste. 155 00:07:47,362 --> 00:07:50,449 It's cold and creamy and sweet and delicious. 156 00:07:50,532 --> 00:07:51,658 Wait, it's cold? 157 00:07:52,159 --> 00:07:54,870 -Potato salad's always cold. -I hate cold. 158 00:07:54,953 --> 00:07:56,205 No, you don't. 159 00:07:56,288 --> 00:07:57,456 -I do. -I know you don't. 160 00:07:57,539 --> 00:07:59,333 -You know how I know? -How? 161 00:07:59,416 --> 00:08:00,626 'Cause you like ice cream. 162 00:08:00,709 --> 00:08:03,670 -Like, you get to lick it. -[Desiree laughs] 163 00:08:03,754 --> 00:08:06,924 And I have to chew this with my teeth and, like-- 164 00:08:07,007 --> 00:08:09,593 So, do me a favor. Take a little piece on your fork. 165 00:08:09,676 --> 00:08:10,636 You ready? 166 00:08:13,597 --> 00:08:16,016 You're the most careful person I've ever seen. 167 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,393 It's good. You know it's good. 168 00:08:18,477 --> 00:08:20,062 -[Richard chuckles] -I don't like it. 169 00:08:20,145 --> 00:08:22,856 -What don't you like about it? -I taste the coldness. 170 00:08:22,940 --> 00:08:24,691 -[Phil] You taste the coldness. -[chuckles] 171 00:08:25,275 --> 00:08:26,902 -Oh! -[Desiree chuckles] 172 00:08:26,985 --> 00:08:30,948 -I do that all the time. -I bet my mama will know what I did today 173 00:08:31,031 --> 00:08:32,866 because of the mess on my face. 174 00:08:32,950 --> 00:08:34,368 [laughing] 175 00:08:34,952 --> 00:08:38,205 -This is a five-napkin place. Right? -[chuckles] 176 00:08:40,499 --> 00:08:42,125 [rock and roll music playing] 177 00:08:47,464 --> 00:08:48,590 [Phil] Many places claim it, 178 00:08:48,674 --> 00:08:50,717 but the birthplace of rock and roll is right here 179 00:08:50,801 --> 00:08:54,388 at Sun Studios, an R&B label that recorded legends 180 00:08:54,471 --> 00:08:57,099 like BB King, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, 181 00:08:57,182 --> 00:09:00,602 and of course, the first recordings of a guy named Elvis. 182 00:09:06,066 --> 00:09:09,861 Today, I'm invited to the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church 183 00:09:10,445 --> 00:09:13,198 to judge the men's cook-off. 184 00:09:14,199 --> 00:09:15,576 Hi, everybody. Hi. 185 00:09:16,159 --> 00:09:19,371 I guess the different judges are judging different things, right? 186 00:09:19,454 --> 00:09:21,164 Yes, you see. This is appetizers. 187 00:09:21,248 --> 00:09:24,835 Yes. I'm good with appetizers. Who doesn't like appetizers? 188 00:09:25,419 --> 00:09:31,049 I haven't judged many food competitions, but I'm going to take this very seriously. 189 00:09:31,550 --> 00:09:33,176 -Tell me your name. -I'm Marian. 190 00:09:33,260 --> 00:09:35,345 -Hi, I'm Phil. -Phil, nice to meet you. 191 00:09:35,429 --> 00:09:38,390 Nice to meet you, Marian. Are you from here your whole life? 192 00:09:38,473 --> 00:09:41,810 You know what, I was born in Alabama, that's where I grew up. 193 00:09:41,893 --> 00:09:45,314 But Memphis is my home because I've been here since '89. 194 00:09:45,397 --> 00:09:46,690 -Yeah. -And I love it. 195 00:09:46,773 --> 00:09:47,774 I'll tell you something. 196 00:09:47,858 --> 00:09:50,444 I've been here not even two days, and I love it already. 197 00:09:50,527 --> 00:09:51,486 You love it. 198 00:09:51,570 --> 00:09:52,487 -I do. -See, there? 199 00:09:53,071 --> 00:09:56,950 All right. Should we compare notes? You're going with the tortilla soup first. 200 00:09:57,034 --> 00:09:58,368 -Tortilla soup. -Here I go. 201 00:09:58,452 --> 00:09:59,536 [indistinct chatter] 202 00:10:01,163 --> 00:10:02,581 -That's good. -That is good. 203 00:10:02,664 --> 00:10:05,250 What do you think? Maybe a little too much salt? 204 00:10:07,836 --> 00:10:09,921 -It is a little salty. -A little salty, right? 205 00:10:10,005 --> 00:10:11,757 But I don't want to influence you. 206 00:10:12,257 --> 00:10:15,135 [Marian] Okay, let's try the broccoli cheese corn bread. 207 00:10:15,636 --> 00:10:17,054 Broccoli cheese corn bread. 208 00:10:18,930 --> 00:10:19,806 I like this. 209 00:10:19,890 --> 00:10:22,017 Yeah, I like that too. That's pretty good. 210 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:24,603 Hee-hee. What's next? It looks like an egg roll. 211 00:10:24,686 --> 00:10:26,313 This is the soul roll. 212 00:10:26,396 --> 00:10:27,564 [Phil] The soul roll. 213 00:10:30,567 --> 00:10:33,612 -Marian, a little sweet. -I didn't expect it to be sweet. 214 00:10:33,695 --> 00:10:35,447 I didn't either. I'm moving on. 215 00:10:35,530 --> 00:10:38,950 -That's sausage and cheese. -Sausage and cheese. We gotta like that. 216 00:10:41,495 --> 00:10:42,913 What do you think? 217 00:10:42,996 --> 00:10:45,082 I think the cornbread's winning. 218 00:10:45,165 --> 00:10:48,543 -[Phil] So far. -[Marian] Let's try this chicken salad. 219 00:10:50,212 --> 00:10:52,589 It's got apples in it. Yuck. 220 00:10:52,673 --> 00:10:54,591 Has anyone tried to bribe you yet? 221 00:10:54,675 --> 00:10:56,051 No. [chuckles] 222 00:10:56,134 --> 00:10:57,010 Not yet. 223 00:10:57,094 --> 00:10:58,345 [chuckling] 224 00:10:58,428 --> 00:11:01,139 -[Phil] I'm hoping for a bribe. -Yeah, that'd be nice. 225 00:11:01,223 --> 00:11:02,265 [laughs] 226 00:11:02,849 --> 00:11:05,268 Excuse me, how is that chicken? 227 00:11:05,769 --> 00:11:06,603 Delicious. 228 00:11:06,687 --> 00:11:07,562 [Phil] He's not giving it up. 229 00:11:07,646 --> 00:11:08,522 It was delicious. 230 00:11:09,940 --> 00:11:11,775 [Phil] I see it. You don't have to say anything. 231 00:11:11,858 --> 00:11:12,776 It was delicious. 232 00:11:12,859 --> 00:11:14,069 -[Phil] You two. -What she said. 233 00:11:14,152 --> 00:11:15,570 [laughing] 234 00:11:15,654 --> 00:11:18,865 -I think you got to know somebody to be-- -To be in the entrées. 235 00:11:18,949 --> 00:11:20,534 To be entrées. Yeah. 236 00:11:21,368 --> 00:11:24,371 Mm. This is good. Now what's this one? Taco soup. 237 00:11:24,454 --> 00:11:25,664 I like it. 238 00:11:25,747 --> 00:11:29,251 That one would be good with the corn bread dipped in it. 239 00:11:29,751 --> 00:11:32,003 -Marian! They go together. -They go together. 240 00:11:32,087 --> 00:11:33,755 What if we award two of them… 241 00:11:33,839 --> 00:11:34,881 [chuckles] 242 00:11:34,965 --> 00:11:38,427 as a team, but we have to-- From now on, you have to work together. 243 00:11:38,510 --> 00:11:40,595 -That's the rule. -Exactly. There you go. 244 00:11:41,388 --> 00:11:44,224 -Yes! Dipping in the soup. -See that? 245 00:11:44,307 --> 00:11:45,851 -Isn't that good? -Marian. Yes! 246 00:11:46,852 --> 00:11:48,854 Marian and I voted for the cornbread. 247 00:11:48,937 --> 00:11:52,566 Now we're free to mingle in the big room and gorge on everything else. 248 00:11:55,110 --> 00:11:57,571 [woman] ♪ Give me some mains ♪ 249 00:11:57,696 --> 00:11:58,780 Sing that again. 250 00:11:58,864 --> 00:12:01,575 ♪ Give me some mains ♪ 251 00:12:01,658 --> 00:12:03,869 I'm gonna sign you to a record contract. 252 00:12:06,163 --> 00:12:07,247 Turkey! Yes! 253 00:12:08,206 --> 00:12:11,918 I like that big leg. What if I just take that big leg off your hands? 254 00:12:13,795 --> 00:12:17,090 -[waitress] All right. That's oxtail. -[Phil] Wow. Wow. Oxtail! 255 00:12:19,718 --> 00:12:21,928 [Marian] We did a good job, didn't we? 256 00:12:22,012 --> 00:12:24,514 I think we picked a winner. I hope it's ours. 257 00:12:24,598 --> 00:12:26,850 -I do, too. -[Phil] The one we liked, right? 258 00:12:26,933 --> 00:12:29,186 'Cause if the one that we didn't like wins, 259 00:12:29,269 --> 00:12:30,896 I'm gonna start flipping some tables over. 260 00:12:30,979 --> 00:12:32,189 [chuckling] 261 00:12:32,272 --> 00:12:34,608 By the way, the broccoli cornbread won. 262 00:12:37,194 --> 00:12:38,570 [drums playing] 263 00:12:39,946 --> 00:12:41,823 [blues music playing] 264 00:12:43,492 --> 00:12:46,203 Beale Street's been the heart of this city's live music scene 265 00:12:46,286 --> 00:12:47,287 since the 19th century. 266 00:12:48,789 --> 00:12:50,457 And crowds still gather here 267 00:12:50,540 --> 00:12:52,667 every night of the week to listen to the blues. 268 00:12:52,751 --> 00:12:54,211 [laughing] 269 00:12:54,294 --> 00:12:58,715 I'm having such a good time down here. Only one thing could ruin it. 270 00:12:59,216 --> 00:13:04,054 [all] ♪Happy birthday, dear Richard ♪ 271 00:13:04,554 --> 00:13:08,767 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 272 00:13:08,850 --> 00:13:10,435 [all clapping, cheering] 273 00:13:12,395 --> 00:13:14,231 [Phil] What are you doing? You have to blow it. 274 00:13:14,314 --> 00:13:17,025 Have you ever done this before? Here. All right. 275 00:13:17,108 --> 00:13:19,110 [cheering, clapping] 276 00:13:19,194 --> 00:13:21,822 Can you believe it? Sixty-eight years old. 277 00:13:21,905 --> 00:13:23,615 [man] Just give it to the crew, come on! 278 00:13:23,698 --> 00:13:24,866 -Come on, crew. -There you go. 279 00:13:24,950 --> 00:13:26,827 -You want to share with your friend? -Thank you. 280 00:13:26,910 --> 00:13:29,246 All right. Here we are. 281 00:13:29,996 --> 00:13:31,957 Brian! Appreciate it… 282 00:13:34,459 --> 00:13:37,879 [Phil] Now that that's over with, here's a little something off the beaten path. 283 00:13:39,005 --> 00:13:40,465 It's a house. Hello, everybody. 284 00:13:40,549 --> 00:13:42,801 -Hello! -Hi! I'm Phil. How are you? 285 00:13:42,884 --> 00:13:43,718 Well, wonderful. 286 00:13:43,802 --> 00:13:46,513 [chuckles] Hi. Nice to meet you. Hi. Hi. 287 00:13:47,097 --> 00:13:47,931 Oh, I love it. 288 00:13:49,057 --> 00:13:50,058 Hi, Talbert. 289 00:13:50,141 --> 00:13:51,434 Hey, man. How you doing? 290 00:13:51,518 --> 00:13:53,520 [Phil] Talbert Fleming is the owner and chef 291 00:13:53,603 --> 00:13:55,397 at Jim and Samella's here in Memphis, 292 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,649 which is named after his grandparents. 293 00:13:58,149 --> 00:13:59,901 -Oh, my God. -[sizzling] 294 00:13:59,985 --> 00:14:01,319 This is the real thing. 295 00:14:01,403 --> 00:14:04,239 Talbert grew up eating his grandma's cooking 296 00:14:04,322 --> 00:14:06,241 and helping his grandma cook. 297 00:14:06,324 --> 00:14:09,035 Then he took over a house across the street from where she lived 298 00:14:09,911 --> 00:14:12,789 and turned it into a full-blown restaurant. 299 00:14:13,832 --> 00:14:17,419 Oh, my goodness. This is breakfast! 300 00:14:17,502 --> 00:14:20,130 -This is how we roll. -[all laugh] 301 00:14:20,213 --> 00:14:23,425 [stammers] I gotta start rolling this way. 302 00:14:23,508 --> 00:14:24,467 [all laugh] 303 00:14:26,303 --> 00:14:27,804 You sit at a communal table. 304 00:14:27,888 --> 00:14:30,015 -Hi, how are you? -We get our fix in the morning. 305 00:14:30,098 --> 00:14:31,975 [Phil] I think you're already famous 306 00:14:32,058 --> 00:14:34,978 because I think I saw a magazine article about this place, 307 00:14:35,061 --> 00:14:37,647 -and I saw your picture. Is that right? -That's probably right. 308 00:14:37,731 --> 00:14:39,816 -[Phil] You're the queen of the place? -Yes! 309 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:42,277 -[Phil] Do you have a king? -I do. There he is. 310 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:43,737 [all laugh] 311 00:14:44,905 --> 00:14:47,866 -I wasn't horning in on you. [chuckles] -Don't worry. 312 00:14:47,949 --> 00:14:51,870 And this is maybe the best part of traveling. 313 00:14:52,370 --> 00:14:55,749 Sitting with people you just met and sharing a meal with them. 314 00:14:55,832 --> 00:14:58,627 -Look how busy it is loud and fun and-- -[woman] It is. Yes. 315 00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:00,170 -All the time. -[Phil] All the time? 316 00:15:00,253 --> 00:15:01,671 -Yes. -[Phil] During the week too? 317 00:15:01,755 --> 00:15:04,591 If I came 8:30 on a weekday-- 318 00:15:04,674 --> 00:15:05,926 [Doris] He would be here. 319 00:15:06,009 --> 00:15:07,218 [all laugh] 320 00:15:07,302 --> 00:15:08,929 Especially these characters. 321 00:15:09,012 --> 00:15:11,723 They're the neighbors from across the street. 322 00:15:11,806 --> 00:15:14,643 Now, I heard Jim and Samella, the originals, 323 00:15:14,726 --> 00:15:16,311 they lived across the street. 324 00:15:16,394 --> 00:15:18,146 -Two doors down. -Next door to you. 325 00:15:18,229 --> 00:15:19,814 -And you were friends? -[woman] Yeah. 326 00:15:19,898 --> 00:15:20,732 [Phil] Hello. 327 00:15:20,815 --> 00:15:24,486 -[woman] Oh, my God. Mm. That looks good. -Smells so good. 328 00:15:24,569 --> 00:15:25,946 Okay, we need to say grace. 329 00:15:26,029 --> 00:15:28,823 [James] Father, we thank you for the food we about to receive, 330 00:15:28,907 --> 00:15:31,743 for the nourishment of our bodies through Christ, amen. 331 00:15:31,826 --> 00:15:33,453 -[woman] Now, y'all can eat. -[Phil] Amen. 332 00:15:33,536 --> 00:15:34,829 [chuckles] 333 00:15:34,913 --> 00:15:35,914 Oh, hello. 334 00:15:37,207 --> 00:15:40,001 [Morgan] It's like a caramelized apple on top of there. 335 00:15:40,502 --> 00:15:42,921 And then he makes a Crown Royal syrup. 336 00:15:44,130 --> 00:15:47,801 [Phil] Crown Royal buttered apple waffles? 337 00:15:48,927 --> 00:15:50,136 Yes, please. 338 00:15:51,262 --> 00:15:53,723 -[woman 1] All right. -[woman 2] There we go. 339 00:15:53,807 --> 00:15:55,225 -[Phil] Come on. -[Morgan] Right? 340 00:15:55,308 --> 00:15:56,643 [Phil] I'm gonna tell some people. 341 00:15:56,726 --> 00:15:57,602 [all laugh] 342 00:15:57,686 --> 00:16:00,480 -Crown Royal sauce. -Crown Royal sauce. 343 00:16:00,981 --> 00:16:02,524 [Kasha] Okay, taste that. 344 00:16:02,607 --> 00:16:04,526 -[Phil] Oh, yeah. -[Morgan] Get that piece, yup. 345 00:16:04,609 --> 00:16:07,570 [Phil] In my house, that'd be kugel. You ever hear of kugel? 346 00:16:07,654 --> 00:16:09,531 -[Kasha] Uh-uh. -[Phil] It's a Jewishy thing. 347 00:16:09,614 --> 00:16:10,532 [Kasha] So good. 348 00:16:11,658 --> 00:16:12,951 [Phil] Wow. This is good. 349 00:16:13,034 --> 00:16:15,704 Forget what I said. It's nothing like kugel. 350 00:16:16,204 --> 00:16:18,039 Phil, this is some shrimp and grits. 351 00:16:18,123 --> 00:16:19,290 Wow! 352 00:16:19,374 --> 00:16:20,291 Thank you! 353 00:16:20,875 --> 00:16:22,877 -[Talbert] Shrimp and grits! -Yay! 354 00:16:22,961 --> 00:16:24,045 [all laugh] 355 00:16:25,505 --> 00:16:27,882 I didn't know if it was call-or-response or not. 356 00:16:27,966 --> 00:16:29,217 [laughing continues] 357 00:16:29,718 --> 00:16:32,387 -Is it wrong to drink the gravy? -[Doris] No. 358 00:16:32,470 --> 00:16:35,306 [laughs] I think that's why they put it in a cup. 359 00:16:35,390 --> 00:16:36,433 [all laugh] 360 00:16:38,143 --> 00:16:39,769 -I love it. Hello. -Lobster. 361 00:16:40,937 --> 00:16:43,815 -[Phil gasps] So that's… -Fried lobster tails. 362 00:16:43,898 --> 00:16:47,569 [Phil] Now at first, I thought, "Why would you do that to a lobster tail?" 363 00:16:47,652 --> 00:16:49,362 [mellow music playing] 364 00:16:52,741 --> 00:16:54,367 [sizzling] 365 00:16:54,451 --> 00:16:57,120 It's battered like it was fried chicken, so it's… 366 00:16:57,203 --> 00:16:58,788 I guess, a chicken fried lobster tail. 367 00:17:00,123 --> 00:17:04,502 I don't know, I-- Does a lobster tail need to be chicken fried? 368 00:17:04,586 --> 00:17:07,255 Must we chicken fry everything, people? But… 369 00:17:08,465 --> 00:17:11,843 I'm telling you, this is one of the great dishes. 370 00:17:11,926 --> 00:17:15,055 As soon as this came out, I forgot about everything in my life. 371 00:17:16,181 --> 00:17:18,641 I mean, have you ever seen this anywhere else? 372 00:17:19,142 --> 00:17:21,728 -Hey, guys, how's everything tasting? -Oh, it's delicious. 373 00:17:21,811 --> 00:17:24,689 Talbert! Now I'm a fried lobster fan. I never had this. 374 00:17:24,773 --> 00:17:25,690 [all laugh] 375 00:17:25,774 --> 00:17:26,733 [woman] Hey! 376 00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:29,778 The lobster is, like, so tender and juicy 377 00:17:29,861 --> 00:17:31,738 underneath your batter, which is… 378 00:17:32,238 --> 00:17:33,490 sensational. 379 00:17:33,573 --> 00:17:35,033 You liking it, Phil? 380 00:17:35,116 --> 00:17:37,160 It's my new favorite way to eat lobster. 381 00:17:37,243 --> 00:17:39,120 Favorite way to eat lobster. 382 00:17:39,621 --> 00:17:42,916 So now, but tell me the truth. The rest of your day now, today, 383 00:17:42,999 --> 00:17:45,251 -you're not going to be moving much. -[all laugh] 384 00:17:45,335 --> 00:17:47,837 -No, I-- I'm not moving again. -[all laugh] 385 00:17:47,921 --> 00:17:50,715 [woman] She doesn't move much at all, but I'll be on the move. 386 00:17:50,799 --> 00:17:51,674 [chuckling] 387 00:17:51,758 --> 00:17:54,969 I'm 77 now. I've enjoyed every day. 388 00:17:55,053 --> 00:17:56,554 -That's it. -[woman] Yes. 389 00:17:56,638 --> 00:18:00,350 Tell me the secret of 58 years, happy marriage. What's the secret? 390 00:18:00,433 --> 00:18:02,644 Stay on your knees. Pray. 391 00:18:03,144 --> 00:18:04,938 [all laugh] 392 00:18:05,438 --> 00:18:07,232 I'm kinda-- I'm kinda there, too. 393 00:18:08,483 --> 00:18:12,237 I'll never forget this experience. It was absolutely beautiful. 394 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,738 Thanks for having me. 395 00:18:13,822 --> 00:18:15,156 It's been a pleasure. 396 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,158 Let's hear it for Talbert, everybody! 397 00:18:17,242 --> 00:18:19,410 [all cheering, clapping] 398 00:18:21,538 --> 00:18:24,207 It's like your ideal vision… 399 00:18:24,290 --> 00:18:26,000 I love you. 400 00:18:26,084 --> 00:18:28,545 …of what Southern hospitality is. 401 00:18:28,628 --> 00:18:30,380 -Love you. Take care. -I love you. 402 00:18:30,463 --> 00:18:31,673 Hopefully you come back. 403 00:18:31,756 --> 00:18:34,759 I can't wait. Are you kidding? I can't wait to come back. 404 00:18:35,260 --> 00:18:36,427 [birds chirping] 405 00:18:39,848 --> 00:18:41,683 Memphis, very nice. 406 00:18:42,684 --> 00:18:45,562 I got to experience beautiful Southern hospitality so far, 407 00:18:45,645 --> 00:18:47,230 and now we're hitting the road. 408 00:18:47,313 --> 00:18:48,523 Now it's a road picture. 409 00:18:49,899 --> 00:18:52,026 I'm doing something I've never done before. 410 00:18:52,485 --> 00:18:53,778 Go to Mississippi. 411 00:18:56,239 --> 00:18:58,616 I never wanted to drive across the country. You know why? 412 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:00,285 Because I thought my back would hurt. 413 00:19:00,368 --> 00:19:03,538 So luckily, there's lots of small towns along the way here. 414 00:19:04,873 --> 00:19:06,666 We are on Highway 61. 415 00:19:08,001 --> 00:19:11,713 Our first stop on the road trip from Memphis is Clarksdale, Mississippi. 416 00:19:11,796 --> 00:19:15,925 And the must in Clarksdale is Abe's. 417 00:19:20,138 --> 00:19:24,434 Abe's was started by a Lebanese immigrant in 1924, 418 00:19:24,517 --> 00:19:27,896 and this is his take on Southern barbecue. 419 00:19:28,730 --> 00:19:30,273 This is my kind of place. 420 00:19:30,356 --> 00:19:31,858 It's a no-nonsense place 421 00:19:31,941 --> 00:19:34,527 where the food is gonna be good. I know it's gonna be good. 422 00:19:34,611 --> 00:19:37,030 -It's been here as long as I can remember. -Yeah. 423 00:19:37,113 --> 00:19:38,740 And you never come through Clarksdale, 424 00:19:38,823 --> 00:19:41,034 you don't stop by Abe's and get you a barbecue. 425 00:19:41,117 --> 00:19:42,493 I love it. I love it. 426 00:19:42,577 --> 00:19:46,080 This fella with the world's best accent is Hank Burdine. 427 00:19:46,164 --> 00:19:49,667 He's an author, a gentleman farmer, and a Delta historian. 428 00:19:49,751 --> 00:19:51,377 Look, it's a double-decker. 429 00:19:51,461 --> 00:19:53,421 Looks like a Big Mac of barbecue. 430 00:19:55,465 --> 00:19:56,424 Mm! 431 00:19:56,507 --> 00:19:57,467 How about it? 432 00:19:58,301 --> 00:20:00,511 [Phil] Come on. No, that's kind of perfect. 433 00:20:00,595 --> 00:20:02,222 Such a tang, right? 434 00:20:02,722 --> 00:20:05,058 Now see, you don't have whiskers like I do, 435 00:20:05,141 --> 00:20:07,018 I need lots of napkins when I eat this stuff. 436 00:20:07,101 --> 00:20:08,728 -I need napkins. -[chuckles] 437 00:20:09,312 --> 00:20:11,481 -[Phil] Wow. That's good. -[Hank] So good. 438 00:20:12,357 --> 00:20:13,942 What else are they famous for? 439 00:20:14,025 --> 00:20:16,945 Well, you in the heart of hot tamale country. 440 00:20:17,528 --> 00:20:20,823 Greenville, as a matter of fact, is the hot tamale capital of the world. 441 00:20:20,907 --> 00:20:22,116 See, now, I didn't know. 442 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:27,455 It's such a multicultural mix of different nationalities here. 443 00:20:28,665 --> 00:20:32,001 [Phil] Migrant Mexican farmworkers brought tamales to the Mississippi Delta 444 00:20:32,085 --> 00:20:33,920 in the early 20th century, 445 00:20:34,003 --> 00:20:35,797 and they quickly became a staple. 446 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,800 We call this some kind of fine eating, right here. 447 00:20:39,384 --> 00:20:41,219 -[Phil] You're Pat? -How y'all doing? I am. 448 00:20:41,302 --> 00:20:45,390 My grandfather was from Lebanon, and he came down in 1914. 449 00:20:46,391 --> 00:20:47,225 Why here? 450 00:20:47,725 --> 00:20:50,979 His parents put him on a boat with his two younger siblings. 451 00:20:51,062 --> 00:20:52,939 -[Phil] Yeah? -And told him, "Go." 452 00:20:53,022 --> 00:20:54,899 How he got to Clarksdale, I don't know. 453 00:20:55,483 --> 00:20:59,487 I-- I think it's incredible, the story of how influences and cultures settle 454 00:20:59,570 --> 00:21:01,030 -and where they settle. - Yep. 455 00:21:01,614 --> 00:21:02,991 Do a lot of stuff together, 456 00:21:03,074 --> 00:21:05,451 work hard together, and we eat together. 457 00:21:07,787 --> 00:21:10,665 [Phil] So much music comes from right where we're sitting, right? 458 00:21:10,748 --> 00:21:13,501 [Hank] Mississippi is the birthplace of American music. 459 00:21:13,584 --> 00:21:15,169 -Right. -You got Elvis Presley. 460 00:21:15,253 --> 00:21:17,672 He cut his teeth on the blues and all like that, 461 00:21:17,755 --> 00:21:20,091 and, like-- like Muddy Waters said, 462 00:21:20,174 --> 00:21:23,636 "The blues had a baby, and they called it rock and roll." 463 00:21:24,721 --> 00:21:26,723 So whatever kind of music you listen to, 464 00:21:26,806 --> 00:21:29,017 it has its roots right here in the Delta. 465 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:29,976 Yep. 466 00:21:30,059 --> 00:21:33,146 And Clarksdale is the home of the blues right now. 467 00:21:33,229 --> 00:21:37,108 Highway 61 is known as the "Blues Highway." 468 00:21:37,191 --> 00:21:38,109 [Phil] Yes. 469 00:21:38,192 --> 00:21:40,278 With a very special place here, right behind us 470 00:21:40,361 --> 00:21:43,906 is the intersection of 49 and 61. 471 00:21:43,990 --> 00:21:45,199 [both] The Crossroads. 472 00:21:45,283 --> 00:21:49,579 [Hank] And that's supposedly where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil 473 00:21:50,163 --> 00:21:51,748 to learn how to play the blues. 474 00:21:52,415 --> 00:21:55,793 Now a lot of people meet crossroads in their life. 475 00:21:56,294 --> 00:21:57,962 Right. Everyone has a crossroads. 476 00:21:58,046 --> 00:22:00,173 And it doesn't necessarily have to be at midnight 477 00:22:00,256 --> 00:22:02,550 on a lonely road in the Mississippi Delta. 478 00:22:02,633 --> 00:22:05,303 That's why the legend persists, because it's so relatable. 479 00:22:06,054 --> 00:22:07,096 [Pat] Is everything good? 480 00:22:07,180 --> 00:22:10,641 I really truly want to finish everything, but I'll die. 481 00:22:10,725 --> 00:22:12,852 [chuckles] You'll die pleasant, though. 482 00:22:12,935 --> 00:22:14,145 [laughing] 483 00:22:14,645 --> 00:22:17,190 That could be your logo too. "You'll die pleasant." 484 00:22:22,403 --> 00:22:23,571 [blues music playing] 485 00:22:30,787 --> 00:22:33,581 Our next stop is almost 40 miles south of Clarksdale. 486 00:22:33,664 --> 00:22:37,710 This is Cleveland, Mississippi, named after President Grover Cleveland. 487 00:22:38,211 --> 00:22:41,339 It's a stop on the Blues Trail and a thriving little cultural center 488 00:22:41,422 --> 00:22:44,008 with its own branch of the Grammy Museum. 489 00:22:44,509 --> 00:22:46,010 [upbeat music playing] 490 00:22:46,094 --> 00:22:48,554 [Phil] Today, we're meeting some future award winners. 491 00:22:50,056 --> 00:22:52,433 These are kids from the Delta Arts Alliance. 492 00:22:52,934 --> 00:22:56,938 It's a community center, and the kids dance and make art and sing. 493 00:22:58,106 --> 00:22:58,940 Wow! 494 00:22:59,524 --> 00:23:00,358 Excellent. 495 00:23:02,151 --> 00:23:04,070 [Phil clapping] Bravo! Yay! 496 00:23:04,153 --> 00:23:06,531 Every kid should have this opportunity, I think. 497 00:23:06,614 --> 00:23:08,366 [kid] Have you ever been a leap before, Phil? 498 00:23:08,449 --> 00:23:09,283 A what? 499 00:23:09,367 --> 00:23:10,284 [kid] Have you ever been a leap? 500 00:23:10,368 --> 00:23:12,370 Not in about 40 years. 501 00:23:12,453 --> 00:23:13,287 [kid] Okay. 502 00:23:13,371 --> 00:23:16,791 Actually, we got a pretty cool hip-hop move that we could show you. 503 00:23:16,874 --> 00:23:17,792 -Really? -Yeah. 504 00:23:18,376 --> 00:23:20,378 So, boys, you know how we start here? 505 00:23:20,461 --> 00:23:22,296 We have our legs out. 506 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:27,051 Good. We're gonna actually turn and down. 507 00:23:27,135 --> 00:23:31,431 Now, our leg comes up and as we hop up, we-- 508 00:23:31,514 --> 00:23:32,932 From here… 509 00:23:33,433 --> 00:23:37,186 Now, Phil, try to walk all the way around, 510 00:23:37,770 --> 00:23:39,147 just like that. 511 00:23:39,230 --> 00:23:43,609 Now, when you get back, drop back in and move. 512 00:23:43,693 --> 00:23:45,111 -Whoo! -[Richard chuckles] 513 00:23:45,194 --> 00:23:46,112 [kids laughing] 514 00:23:46,904 --> 00:23:48,531 [kid 1] We killed Phil. 515 00:23:48,614 --> 00:23:50,074 [kid 2] I don't know CPR. 516 00:23:50,575 --> 00:23:53,411 [Phil] There's only one way to resuscitate a guy like me. 517 00:23:53,494 --> 00:23:54,370 More food. 518 00:23:55,121 --> 00:23:58,458 Lucky for me, just down the street is the Delta Meat Market, 519 00:23:58,541 --> 00:24:03,463 where Cole Ellis has brought kind of newfangled cooking 520 00:24:03,546 --> 00:24:05,006 to this part of the world. 521 00:24:05,089 --> 00:24:06,841 The restaurant opened in 2013, 522 00:24:06,924 --> 00:24:10,595 and that same year, his friend Matty Bengloff opened the Delta Dairy 523 00:24:10,678 --> 00:24:11,804 right across the street. 524 00:24:12,930 --> 00:24:15,224 [Cole] So here we have the wedge salad. 525 00:24:15,308 --> 00:24:17,935 It's been a Delta Meat Market staple just about since the beginning. 526 00:24:18,019 --> 00:24:20,563 We cover it with our house-made buttermilk dressing 527 00:24:20,646 --> 00:24:23,274 and garlic sweet chili sauce, tomatoes, bacon, and blue cheese. 528 00:24:23,357 --> 00:24:26,611 Just like most steakhouse wedges, but with our little touch on it. 529 00:24:27,111 --> 00:24:30,740 [Phil] So here's a guy using new recipes, all locally sourced. 530 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,286 This is the butternut squash soup with chickpeas, mint, and honey. 531 00:24:35,369 --> 00:24:39,123 The butternut squash come from a friend of ours down in Flora, Mississippi. 532 00:24:39,207 --> 00:24:40,458 It is delicious. 533 00:24:40,958 --> 00:24:42,710 Around here, it's mostly commodity farming. 534 00:24:42,793 --> 00:24:46,672 When you drive by the fields, that's all corn that's going on barges 535 00:24:46,756 --> 00:24:48,674 to feed animals and be processed, 536 00:24:48,758 --> 00:24:53,095 so the few local farms that do grow what I like to call "people food," 537 00:24:53,179 --> 00:24:55,515 we try our best to support them as best we can. 538 00:24:55,598 --> 00:24:56,891 -[Phil] Great. -[Cole] Thank you. 539 00:24:56,974 --> 00:24:59,602 So tell me about your culinary education. 540 00:24:59,685 --> 00:25:03,773 Years spent around my grandmother's stove, learning, picking up different things. 541 00:25:03,856 --> 00:25:07,902 I decided, "Hey, I might be good at this. Maybe I'll try to do it for a living." 542 00:25:07,985 --> 00:25:11,155 I got my chops up working through Magnolia's 543 00:25:11,239 --> 00:25:14,075 and Hominy Grill and a few other Charlestonian staples. 544 00:25:14,158 --> 00:25:19,455 And, uh, in 2013, my wife and I decided this is where we wanted to raise our girls 545 00:25:19,539 --> 00:25:21,958 and moved down here and opened Delta Meat Market. 546 00:25:22,041 --> 00:25:23,251 [Phil] I'm a fan already. 547 00:25:23,334 --> 00:25:26,462 I've had three bites of soup, and I'm finishing this salad. 548 00:25:26,546 --> 00:25:27,713 [Cole] Oh, yeah. 549 00:25:27,797 --> 00:25:29,048 -[Cole chuckles] -Maybe I'm not. 550 00:25:29,131 --> 00:25:31,008 -Yeah. -[server] I hope you saved room. 551 00:25:31,092 --> 00:25:32,969 Oh, yeah. I saved a little room. 552 00:25:33,052 --> 00:25:36,597 Here comes, like, an artisanal turkey sandwich 553 00:25:36,681 --> 00:25:39,267 and sweet potato… Wow! 554 00:25:39,350 --> 00:25:40,935 -All right, so-- -I'm exci-- Oh. 555 00:25:41,018 --> 00:25:45,273 And beautiful hanger steak over fries with gravy… 556 00:25:45,356 --> 00:25:47,984 [Cole] What you have here is our infamous hanger steak frites. 557 00:25:48,067 --> 00:25:49,777 -Very fancy. -True that. 558 00:25:49,860 --> 00:25:52,655 [Cole] Any time you put a French word with something that makes it fancy. 559 00:25:52,738 --> 00:25:54,073 [laughing] 560 00:25:54,907 --> 00:25:57,201 Instead of truffle and all the other nonsense, 561 00:25:57,285 --> 00:26:00,830 we use Hoover Sauce. Hoover Lee, out of Anguilla, Mississippi. 562 00:26:00,913 --> 00:26:02,665 [Phil] I've tasted that before. 563 00:26:03,583 --> 00:26:04,792 Mm, that's good. 564 00:26:05,293 --> 00:26:07,878 Oh, my God, I wanna keep going. Okay, I will. 565 00:26:07,962 --> 00:26:09,297 [all chuckling] 566 00:26:09,380 --> 00:26:12,717 I was wondering how people here must have reacted 567 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,051 to this kind of food. 568 00:26:14,135 --> 00:26:16,053 [Matty] People like what they're used to. 569 00:26:16,137 --> 00:26:17,972 What I've always liked about what Cole's done 570 00:26:18,055 --> 00:26:20,558 is that they take different things but make it approachable. 571 00:26:20,641 --> 00:26:22,852 It doesn't matter how you open a mind, right? 572 00:26:22,935 --> 00:26:25,104 -[Cole] Right. -Sometimes you gotta open a mouth first. 573 00:26:25,187 --> 00:26:27,440 -[Cole] There you go. -The mind will follow. 574 00:26:30,901 --> 00:26:32,153 [seagulls coo] 575 00:26:32,236 --> 00:26:33,487 [blues music playing] 576 00:26:35,656 --> 00:26:38,951 Down the road a little ways, you'll find the town of Greenville. 577 00:26:39,035 --> 00:26:42,747 Once one of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in the state 578 00:26:42,830 --> 00:26:46,334 with a thriving downtown and a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, 579 00:26:46,417 --> 00:26:49,837 the bottom started to drop out of Greenville when the port moved out 580 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,048 and the malls killed Main Street. 581 00:26:53,966 --> 00:26:57,345 Thankfully, a few institutions are still here. 582 00:26:57,845 --> 00:26:59,347 [rock and roll music playing] 583 00:27:00,348 --> 00:27:03,225 ♪ Don't ring my bell Baby, I ain't home… ♪ 584 00:27:03,809 --> 00:27:05,936 [waitress] Here you go. Thank you. 585 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,272 ♪ Sorry, baby I ain't got the time… ♪ 586 00:27:08,356 --> 00:27:09,315 How do you do? 587 00:27:10,149 --> 00:27:12,985 [Phil] Jim's Cafe. It's been open since 1909, 588 00:27:13,069 --> 00:27:16,405 and Evelyn runs the place just like her dad did for decades, 589 00:27:16,489 --> 00:27:19,492 and her grandparents did for decades before that. 590 00:27:19,992 --> 00:27:21,661 -Hey, Phil! -[man] How are ya? 591 00:27:21,744 --> 00:27:25,373 Hi. I was told that if I came into Jim's, 592 00:27:25,456 --> 00:27:28,459 I would find something called the Table of Knowledge. 593 00:27:28,542 --> 00:27:29,794 -That's correct. -Yeah. 594 00:27:29,877 --> 00:27:31,128 [Phil] It's nice to meet y'all. 595 00:27:31,712 --> 00:27:33,047 [Tom] We come here to enjoy. 596 00:27:33,130 --> 00:27:35,716 -Right. That's what we're here for. -And to learn. 597 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,679 But most of us already know everything, so it's hard for us to learn anything. 598 00:27:39,762 --> 00:27:40,680 [chuckling] 599 00:27:41,972 --> 00:27:45,267 You've had political differences at the Table of Knowledge. 600 00:27:45,351 --> 00:27:46,268 [Tom] Every day. 601 00:27:46,352 --> 00:27:48,646 [Tom] They call me the only liberal here. 602 00:27:49,146 --> 00:27:52,358 But yet you're all friends, and you're all eating lunch together every day. 603 00:27:52,441 --> 00:27:55,528 We agree to disagree and be agreeable about it. 604 00:27:55,611 --> 00:27:57,738 That's nice. That's how it should be. 605 00:27:58,322 --> 00:28:00,366 -[Phil] Look at that. -[man 1] Look at that thing. 606 00:28:00,449 --> 00:28:03,327 -That's the dirty burger, isn't it, Frank? -[Phil] What makes it dirty? 607 00:28:03,411 --> 00:28:06,330 -[man 2] You'll have to ask Evelyn. -Why do they call it a dirty burger? 608 00:28:06,414 --> 00:28:10,543 [Evelyn] Because my son's nickname is Dirty Brown and he made that sandwich up. 609 00:28:11,043 --> 00:28:15,631 So now that leads to the question, why do they call him Dirty? 610 00:28:15,715 --> 00:28:17,049 [Evelyn] I didn't ask. 611 00:28:17,133 --> 00:28:19,093 -Dirty Brown! -[Evelyn] I didn't want to know. 612 00:28:19,176 --> 00:28:21,137 Okay, we'll find out. 613 00:28:21,220 --> 00:28:23,264 The Table of Knowledge will find out. 614 00:28:23,347 --> 00:28:24,557 [chuckling] 615 00:28:25,725 --> 00:28:27,435 Are you all born and raised in Greenville? 616 00:28:28,018 --> 00:28:29,562 -I was. -[man 1] Some of us. 617 00:28:29,645 --> 00:28:31,272 I wasn't, but I been here a long time. 618 00:28:31,355 --> 00:28:33,399 [man 2] But most of us have been here 50, 60 years. 619 00:28:33,482 --> 00:28:37,361 That's all? You have family here. You have grandchildren here. 620 00:28:37,445 --> 00:28:38,863 -[man 1] Not here. -Not here? 621 00:28:39,238 --> 00:28:41,991 [Benjy] Most all of our kids have gone off to somewhere else. 622 00:28:42,074 --> 00:28:44,326 -They move away. -'Cause there's not much opportunity. 623 00:28:44,410 --> 00:28:47,371 I understand, but what's the hope? Where do you see it coming from? 624 00:28:47,455 --> 00:28:49,749 I see the new lofts. I see the butcher shop. 625 00:28:49,832 --> 00:28:54,128 We've got a $41 million federal courthouse gonna be built a block away here. 626 00:28:54,628 --> 00:28:56,213 There's always hope. 627 00:28:56,797 --> 00:28:58,299 [man 2] Benjy, you want an onion ring? 628 00:28:58,382 --> 00:29:01,051 Look at that! That's what you want in an onion ring. 629 00:29:02,052 --> 00:29:04,680 -I'd come here just for these. -[man 2] They are delicious. 630 00:29:05,264 --> 00:29:08,142 [Phil] This table here, do you call them the "Table of Stupid?" 631 00:29:08,225 --> 00:29:09,894 -[man 1] Yeah, we do. -[all laugh] 632 00:29:09,977 --> 00:29:11,020 [man 2] We do. 633 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,231 -[Evelyn] Excuse me. Dirty just came in. -[Phil] Hi. 634 00:29:14,315 --> 00:29:16,525 -He did? Let's talk to him. -Come here for a minute. 635 00:29:16,609 --> 00:29:17,526 Hey. I'm Phil. 636 00:29:17,610 --> 00:29:18,986 -Jerred Brown. -Hi, Jerred. 637 00:29:19,069 --> 00:29:21,322 So here's the question for the Table of Knowledge. 638 00:29:21,405 --> 00:29:24,283 I've been sitting at this table. They don't know everything. 639 00:29:24,366 --> 00:29:27,286 They don't know why they call you "Dirty." 640 00:29:29,038 --> 00:29:31,624 Got the nickname in high school from football. 641 00:29:31,707 --> 00:29:33,125 It was football. 642 00:29:33,209 --> 00:29:34,627 Is that the official story? 643 00:29:34,710 --> 00:29:36,295 It's the story I'm sticking to. 644 00:29:36,378 --> 00:29:37,379 [all laughing] 645 00:29:39,215 --> 00:29:40,049 [phone ringing] 646 00:29:41,926 --> 00:29:43,469 -Here. -Thank you. 647 00:29:43,552 --> 00:29:46,639 I'm in a big meeting. Call me later if you can. Thank you. 648 00:29:46,722 --> 00:29:47,640 [laughing] 649 00:29:50,684 --> 00:29:52,895 -That was very well handled. -[all laughing] 650 00:29:52,978 --> 00:29:55,272 I gotta remember that when my wife calls. 651 00:29:56,398 --> 00:29:59,527 This was fun, you guys. I'm feeling smarter already. 652 00:29:59,610 --> 00:30:00,778 [all chuckling] 653 00:30:00,861 --> 00:30:02,029 [rain tapping] 654 00:30:02,112 --> 00:30:03,364 [birds chirping] 655 00:30:03,447 --> 00:30:04,824 [soft music playing] 656 00:30:20,130 --> 00:30:21,966 Now we're going to a special place. 657 00:30:23,092 --> 00:30:25,594 This is just down a residential side street. 658 00:30:25,678 --> 00:30:28,430 Just another house on the block. 659 00:30:28,514 --> 00:30:29,557 Hi, everybody. 660 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,100 I didn't know what to expect. 661 00:30:31,183 --> 00:30:34,812 I thought I was coming in, and I was going to get the usual around here, 662 00:30:34,895 --> 00:30:36,689 which is pretty damn good. 663 00:30:36,772 --> 00:30:38,649 Fried chicken, ribs, barbecue. 664 00:30:39,650 --> 00:30:41,360 I didn't know that I was walking 665 00:30:41,443 --> 00:30:44,613 into one of the best steakhouses in the country. 666 00:30:47,032 --> 00:30:50,995 Dominic "Big Doe" Signa started the place in 1941, 667 00:30:51,078 --> 00:30:54,206 and his grandson Baby Doe is still there making steaks. 668 00:30:54,290 --> 00:30:59,753 And the first thing you see is these massive hunks of meat going, 669 00:30:59,837 --> 00:31:01,505 and beyond the threshold, 670 00:31:01,589 --> 00:31:06,176 you are greeted by maybe one of God's greatest creations. 671 00:31:06,677 --> 00:31:08,012 -Hello. -[woman] Hello. 672 00:31:08,095 --> 00:31:09,096 You must be Flo. 673 00:31:09,179 --> 00:31:10,806 -Yeah. -I'm Phil. 674 00:31:10,890 --> 00:31:13,976 Well, Phil. I'm so glad to meet-- No, we're hugging folk. 675 00:31:14,059 --> 00:31:15,394 -Oh! I love it. -Oh, yeah. 676 00:31:15,477 --> 00:31:17,229 -We're hugging. -[Phil] I like you. 677 00:31:17,313 --> 00:31:20,024 I don't shake hands with anybody. I hug everybody. 678 00:31:20,107 --> 00:31:21,358 This is Aunt Flo. 679 00:31:21,859 --> 00:31:23,944 -[Phil] Glad to meet you. -I'm so glad I came. 680 00:31:24,028 --> 00:31:26,113 I don't get a reception like this in my house. 681 00:31:26,196 --> 00:31:28,365 -You don't? -No. Can you live with me? 682 00:31:28,449 --> 00:31:30,034 -Yeah, I will. -All right. 683 00:31:30,117 --> 00:31:32,453 -Goodbye, Doe, I'm gone. -[all laughing] 684 00:31:32,536 --> 00:31:33,871 I'm going home. 685 00:31:34,371 --> 00:31:36,165 I just got a good offer. 686 00:31:36,665 --> 00:31:38,208 Look at your beautiful salad bowl. 687 00:31:38,292 --> 00:31:40,294 -I heard about this famous salad bowl. -That's right. 688 00:31:40,878 --> 00:31:43,339 [Phil] Beautiful. This is the famous "Wet Salad." 689 00:31:43,422 --> 00:31:45,341 You know what the secret ingredient is? 690 00:31:45,424 --> 00:31:47,927 -Love? -He knows everything! 691 00:31:48,010 --> 00:31:50,554 I just knew looking at you that was going to be the ingredient. 692 00:31:50,638 --> 00:31:52,640 Yeah, I'm going home with him. Come on. 693 00:31:52,723 --> 00:31:54,850 -Let's go. That's right. -Goodbye, Monica! 694 00:31:55,351 --> 00:31:58,646 -[Phil] Show's over, people! -[Flo] I'm-- I'm going home with him. 695 00:31:58,729 --> 00:32:00,522 [Phil] Goodbye, everybody! 696 00:32:00,606 --> 00:32:03,567 But before we run off together, I should maybe try her food. 697 00:32:04,151 --> 00:32:07,905 And here's Julia, the reason I'm down here in the Delta in the first place. 698 00:32:08,489 --> 00:32:09,657 -Hey. -Hello! 699 00:32:09,740 --> 00:32:12,159 For those who watched the New Orleans episode, 700 00:32:12,242 --> 00:32:14,161 you met Julia Evans Reed, 701 00:32:14,244 --> 00:32:19,500 who's a wonderful raconteur, society lady and great author. 702 00:32:19,583 --> 00:32:22,086 She's also the ambassador for the South, 703 00:32:22,169 --> 00:32:25,839 especially the Mississippi Delta 'cause she's from here. 704 00:32:25,923 --> 00:32:27,007 That's a pot. 705 00:32:27,091 --> 00:32:29,176 -[Julia chuckles] -That's a work of art. 706 00:32:29,259 --> 00:32:31,136 It's taken about, you know, 60 years. 707 00:32:32,096 --> 00:32:33,722 Here's Hank joining us again. 708 00:32:34,348 --> 00:32:38,352 Come on, booze is literally-- Come on! What? 709 00:32:38,435 --> 00:32:40,604 -[Hank] Good booze. -They just leave this on the table-- 710 00:32:40,688 --> 00:32:43,357 -No, drunks like me bring it. -[Phil] You brought this? 711 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:44,274 You have to. 712 00:32:44,358 --> 00:32:47,653 Honey, we were a dry state until 1966, 713 00:32:47,736 --> 00:32:49,697 so they never bothered to get a liquor license 714 00:32:49,780 --> 00:32:51,740 'cause why would you? You bring your own wine, 715 00:32:51,824 --> 00:32:53,450 which means you get some really good stuff. 716 00:32:53,534 --> 00:32:55,202 Can I give you some of the good stuff? 717 00:32:55,285 --> 00:32:57,246 No, I have some cheap stuff, and it's delicious. 718 00:32:57,329 --> 00:32:58,330 What do you got in there? 719 00:32:58,414 --> 00:33:00,541 I just need a little extra. I need a patch. 720 00:33:00,624 --> 00:33:02,418 -[Julia] My God. -It's called a patch. 721 00:33:02,501 --> 00:33:04,211 [laughing] 722 00:33:04,294 --> 00:33:06,797 I highly recommend a tamale with your salad. 723 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,340 [Phil] Aren't these little beauties? 724 00:33:08,424 --> 00:33:11,385 [Julia] This was the first solid food I ever ate as a child. 725 00:33:11,468 --> 00:33:13,595 They just gave me a hot tamale and told me to shut up. 726 00:33:13,679 --> 00:33:14,888 [Richard laughing] 727 00:33:14,972 --> 00:33:15,973 It didn't work. 728 00:33:16,765 --> 00:33:18,600 I was eating here in utero, man. 729 00:33:18,684 --> 00:33:21,186 There's a picture of my mother eight months pregnant with me 730 00:33:21,270 --> 00:33:22,604 sitting on the front steps. 731 00:33:22,688 --> 00:33:25,399 -You came out a hot tamale. -Mm-hmm. It was meant to be. 732 00:33:25,482 --> 00:33:28,444 Hank was bragging that you guys grew up together. 733 00:33:28,944 --> 00:33:32,364 Well, Hank's a little older than I am. 734 00:33:32,448 --> 00:33:33,824 -But you know… -[Hank] Well… 735 00:33:34,742 --> 00:33:35,576 Mm. 736 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,620 -Flo, I love your salad! -You love it? 737 00:33:38,704 --> 00:33:40,289 -Yeah, it's delicious. -Good. 738 00:33:40,372 --> 00:33:42,374 Tell my boss, I might get a raise. 739 00:33:42,458 --> 00:33:43,751 -Yes! -[chuckling] 740 00:33:44,251 --> 00:33:46,170 Florence, when did you come to work here? 741 00:33:46,253 --> 00:33:48,881 I came to work here before I married my husband. 742 00:33:48,964 --> 00:33:51,383 -Jughead. -Jughead, that's right. 743 00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:53,886 He was a brother to the original owner. 744 00:33:53,969 --> 00:33:55,596 -To Doe? -To Doe. 745 00:33:55,679 --> 00:33:58,348 I stood up there, see where she's standing there, 746 00:33:58,432 --> 00:33:59,933 -frying those french fries? -[Phil] Yes. 747 00:34:00,017 --> 00:34:04,229 That's what I did, and my husband was opening oysters through that window. 748 00:34:04,313 --> 00:34:07,066 I let the french fries burn too much because I would… 749 00:34:07,566 --> 00:34:09,568 -Looking at him. -[laughing] 750 00:34:14,531 --> 00:34:17,034 That might be why my wife is not a great cook. 751 00:34:17,117 --> 00:34:18,243 [laughing] 752 00:34:18,327 --> 00:34:20,120 Florence, you gotta come sit by me. 753 00:34:20,204 --> 00:34:21,497 -Me? -Yes! 754 00:34:21,580 --> 00:34:22,498 Oh. 755 00:34:22,998 --> 00:34:25,626 You made the salad, your work is done, my friend. 756 00:34:25,709 --> 00:34:27,044 [Flo] Okay. Okay. 757 00:34:27,127 --> 00:34:29,254 -It's mighty good too. -[Julia] Oh, my God. 758 00:34:29,338 --> 00:34:31,465 This should not work on paper, 759 00:34:31,548 --> 00:34:33,133 -this salad. Right? -[Julia] No, I know. 760 00:34:33,217 --> 00:34:38,138 This is a very sopping wet, soggy-looking salad… 761 00:34:38,222 --> 00:34:39,723 until you eat it. 762 00:34:40,307 --> 00:34:43,727 There is nothing fancy in this salad. It just tastes fantastic. 763 00:34:45,020 --> 00:34:47,731 Then look at this, the broiled shrimp in that gorgeous sauce. 764 00:34:47,815 --> 00:34:49,108 Oh! 765 00:34:49,191 --> 00:34:52,319 Suddenly, giant hunks of garlic bread to zobble it up, 766 00:34:52,402 --> 00:34:54,279 and then the fried shrimp. 767 00:34:54,863 --> 00:34:58,075 [Julia] I've done a survey, that's fairly official actually, 768 00:34:58,659 --> 00:35:00,285 of fried shrimp around the country. 769 00:35:00,369 --> 00:35:01,578 -[Phil]] This is the best? -Yep. 770 00:35:02,496 --> 00:35:04,873 -Do you do anything wrong? -Mm. 771 00:35:04,957 --> 00:35:06,875 [Julia] Tell Phil about Jughead, your husband. 772 00:35:06,959 --> 00:35:08,168 The distracter. 773 00:35:08,252 --> 00:35:09,419 [chuckling] 774 00:35:09,503 --> 00:35:11,130 What was your first date? 775 00:35:11,213 --> 00:35:14,800 Now, my first date with my husband was on Halloween night, 776 00:35:14,883 --> 00:35:16,176 to a football game. 777 00:35:16,260 --> 00:35:18,220 How many years ago was that? 778 00:35:18,303 --> 00:35:20,597 Well, I married when I was 23, 779 00:35:20,681 --> 00:35:22,558 -and I'm 39 now. -[all laughing] 780 00:35:23,142 --> 00:35:25,769 Okay? So I'm gonna let you do the math. 781 00:35:25,853 --> 00:35:27,146 Do you remember the game? 782 00:35:27,229 --> 00:35:31,483 Nah. I was just eating popcorn, looking at him. He's so good-looking. 783 00:35:31,567 --> 00:35:32,985 [all laughing] 784 00:35:33,861 --> 00:35:37,447 [Phil] Doe's Eat Place is legendary and not just with the locals. 785 00:35:37,531 --> 00:35:39,324 -Liza Minnelli was in here. -What? 786 00:35:39,408 --> 00:35:41,326 -Her mama was in here. -Judy Garland was-- 787 00:35:41,410 --> 00:35:43,036 We had Willie Nelson sitting over here. 788 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,914 Johnny Cash been in here. Willie Nelson been in here. 789 00:35:45,998 --> 00:35:47,749 They just happened through. 790 00:35:48,584 --> 00:35:50,002 [Phil] It's easy to see why. 791 00:35:50,085 --> 00:35:51,920 Oh, look at that. 792 00:35:52,004 --> 00:35:53,463 That is not for one person. 793 00:35:53,547 --> 00:35:55,424 Look at the size of these steaks! 794 00:35:55,507 --> 00:35:59,428 I thought, naturally, a steak that size is for the table. 795 00:36:00,012 --> 00:36:01,013 Oh, my God. 796 00:36:01,930 --> 00:36:05,142 It was for me. A giant steak, for me. 797 00:36:05,225 --> 00:36:06,059 Hee-hee. 798 00:36:07,644 --> 00:36:11,523 Look how soft that is. Wow, and look how it's done. Perfect. 799 00:36:11,607 --> 00:36:12,566 Come on! 800 00:36:12,649 --> 00:36:14,318 [Hank] You're in the right part of it now. 801 00:36:14,401 --> 00:36:16,069 I'm in the right part of it now. 802 00:36:16,153 --> 00:36:17,946 [all laughing] 803 00:36:18,030 --> 00:36:21,158 -As opposed to the really bad part of it. -[Hank] That's meat. 804 00:36:21,658 --> 00:36:23,827 -What do you think? -It's a thing of beauty. 805 00:36:24,536 --> 00:36:27,956 [Julia] Those french fries? Fry 'em over there in those ancient iron skillets. 806 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,375 -[Phil] This is fancy, steak frites. -[Julia] I know. 807 00:36:30,459 --> 00:36:32,836 When they lose the skillets, it's all over. 808 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,296 [Phil] This is incredible. 809 00:36:34,379 --> 00:36:35,756 Did we run out of wine? 810 00:36:35,839 --> 00:36:37,424 -No, we got plenty of wine. -We do? 811 00:36:37,507 --> 00:36:39,468 -God damn. -[all laughing] 812 00:36:40,552 --> 00:36:41,678 [Skype call ringing] 813 00:36:43,889 --> 00:36:45,307 [Phil] Yes. Hello. 814 00:36:45,807 --> 00:36:49,686 -[Max] Did you get a haircut? -I did right before I left. 815 00:36:49,770 --> 00:36:52,689 -There's not much hair left. -[Phil] Look who's talking. 816 00:36:52,773 --> 00:36:53,690 [all laughing] 817 00:36:54,274 --> 00:36:55,359 [chuckling] 818 00:36:55,442 --> 00:36:56,985 This is Memphis? 819 00:36:57,069 --> 00:37:01,490 Memphis, Tennessee is where the Mississippi Delta begins, 820 00:37:01,573 --> 00:37:06,286 and then Highway 61 takes you along the mighty Mississippi. 821 00:37:06,787 --> 00:37:08,997 People are very-- Look like they're friendly. 822 00:37:09,081 --> 00:37:12,042 You know what? Absolutely right. That's the best part. 823 00:37:12,125 --> 00:37:13,502 There's such diversity, 824 00:37:13,585 --> 00:37:15,754 and everybody gets along with everybody. 825 00:37:15,837 --> 00:37:18,173 You know, I was at this Jim's Cafe 826 00:37:18,257 --> 00:37:20,050 right down the street from where I'm staying. 827 00:37:20,133 --> 00:37:22,302 I was at the-- You would like this, Dad. 828 00:37:22,386 --> 00:37:25,889 Six old men sitting around, and they meet for lunch every day. 829 00:37:25,973 --> 00:37:28,308 And they have a sign literally on the table, 830 00:37:28,392 --> 00:37:29,810 "Table of Knowledge." 831 00:37:30,394 --> 00:37:31,228 Every day? 832 00:37:31,311 --> 00:37:33,397 [Phil] Yeah, pretty much, right? Every day. 833 00:37:33,981 --> 00:37:37,651 You know, the guys at the table even, they have differences, 834 00:37:38,235 --> 00:37:41,363 but they never let them get in the way of their friendships. 835 00:37:41,446 --> 00:37:44,032 And it was a real lesson in how it could be. 836 00:37:44,116 --> 00:37:47,619 What we see on TV is the worst of the worst. 837 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,956 But in reality, we saw the opposite. 838 00:37:51,456 --> 00:37:54,459 Because most of the time, things are-- People are nice. 839 00:37:54,543 --> 00:37:57,296 It's just not exciting to talk about. 840 00:37:57,379 --> 00:38:01,174 You know what happened today when these two factions met, 841 00:38:01,258 --> 00:38:06,013 and they're on opposite sides of a thing? They had lunch and they all got along. 842 00:38:06,096 --> 00:38:09,224 [all laughing] 843 00:38:09,308 --> 00:38:11,768 Right? What's happening there? What's going on? 844 00:38:12,352 --> 00:38:16,106 We did have an interesting morning in that we had our eggs 845 00:38:16,189 --> 00:38:18,483 and all the eggs… 846 00:38:18,567 --> 00:38:20,110 This is four eggs now. 847 00:38:20,193 --> 00:38:22,237 All of them, double yolks. 848 00:38:22,321 --> 00:38:24,781 What? You hit the jackpot. 849 00:38:24,865 --> 00:38:28,076 Dad, that's like Christmas and New Year's and Hanukkah 850 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:29,703 all rolled into one. 851 00:38:29,786 --> 00:38:31,288 We hit the jackpot. 852 00:38:31,371 --> 00:38:33,832 -Okay, can I tell you one more thing? -What? 853 00:38:33,915 --> 00:38:37,711 Yesterday, we saw a ladybug 854 00:38:37,794 --> 00:38:40,589 outside the window, 855 00:38:40,672 --> 00:38:43,133 and we opened the window, 856 00:38:43,216 --> 00:38:45,969 and another one flew in, and then we got that one. 857 00:38:46,053 --> 00:38:48,847 -So not just double yolks… -Two ladybugs. 858 00:38:49,431 --> 00:38:51,099 Double ladybugs. People… 859 00:38:51,183 --> 00:38:53,769 -[Phil] This must mean something. -What's this mean? 860 00:38:53,852 --> 00:38:55,604 -It's very spiritual. -Okay. 861 00:38:55,687 --> 00:38:56,646 [laughing] 862 00:38:58,774 --> 00:39:00,233 -What else is new? -Yeah. 863 00:39:00,317 --> 00:39:02,402 Dad, welcome to my world. 864 00:39:02,903 --> 00:39:04,946 -Very interesting. -[chuckling] 865 00:39:05,739 --> 00:39:08,700 "You're a fascinating woman." Is that what you're thinking? 866 00:39:09,493 --> 00:39:10,494 [laughing] 867 00:39:12,496 --> 00:39:13,580 What? 868 00:39:13,663 --> 00:39:15,957 I get to hear stories like that all the time. 869 00:39:16,458 --> 00:39:19,419 What else is happening? Did you play Password? 870 00:39:19,503 --> 00:39:20,879 Max made up the word. 871 00:39:20,962 --> 00:39:24,132 He didn't want to play, but he wanted to give you the words. 872 00:39:24,216 --> 00:39:25,675 -One… -Cultivate. 873 00:39:25,759 --> 00:39:26,760 …was "cultivate." 874 00:39:26,843 --> 00:39:28,595 That's a very hard password. 875 00:39:28,678 --> 00:39:30,514 I think it was too hard, and we couldn't get it, 876 00:39:30,597 --> 00:39:33,225 and then you said, "I'll use it in a sentence." 877 00:39:33,308 --> 00:39:34,851 And go ahead, Max. 878 00:39:34,935 --> 00:39:37,020 Yesterday, I was waiting for a bus, 879 00:39:37,104 --> 00:39:39,356 but it was too cultivate so I took the subway. 880 00:39:39,439 --> 00:39:40,690 [laughing] 881 00:39:43,110 --> 00:39:46,321 [Phil] So you guys have to suffer through Password. 882 00:39:46,405 --> 00:39:47,948 No one can get the word, 883 00:39:48,031 --> 00:39:51,660 and it turns out he only wrote the word so he could do that joke. 884 00:39:52,494 --> 00:39:53,703 What else? 885 00:39:53,787 --> 00:39:54,746 Escort. 886 00:39:54,830 --> 00:39:57,249 Escort? And you used it in a sentence. 887 00:39:57,332 --> 00:40:01,253 I had to jump over the fence, but I didn't make it, and I got my escort. 888 00:40:01,336 --> 00:40:02,546 [laughing] 889 00:40:07,092 --> 00:40:08,885 -[Max] All right. -This is-- "All right." 890 00:40:08,969 --> 00:40:11,388 It's a very good show I've got here. I must say. 891 00:40:11,471 --> 00:40:13,849 When you're on, it's a very good show. 892 00:40:13,932 --> 00:40:15,058 Have a good time. 893 00:40:15,142 --> 00:40:16,059 Goodbye. 894 00:40:16,143 --> 00:40:17,853 Bye, Richard! 895 00:40:17,936 --> 00:40:20,605 [Phil] I think I got a nominee for the Table of Knowledge. 896 00:40:21,356 --> 00:40:22,524 [country music playing] 897 00:40:23,733 --> 00:40:24,860 [sizzling] 898 00:40:30,449 --> 00:40:33,076 This is the Highland Club, a little south of Greenville, 899 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,370 and it's where we'll have a little reunion 900 00:40:35,454 --> 00:40:37,581 of some of the nice folks we've met along the way. 901 00:40:37,664 --> 00:40:40,167 We're going to get some catfish fried up 902 00:40:40,250 --> 00:40:42,294 by a man named Dan, 903 00:40:42,377 --> 00:40:44,504 and many consider it the best in the Delta. 904 00:40:45,005 --> 00:40:48,884 ♪ If my baby rides the levee I believe I'll ride the levee too ♪ 905 00:40:50,469 --> 00:40:53,305 [Phil] Music today provided by Ferd, Raymond, and Valley. 906 00:40:54,681 --> 00:40:56,725 Hank is here. Of course, Julia. 907 00:40:56,808 --> 00:40:59,686 Cole Ellis from Delta Meat Market met us. 908 00:40:59,769 --> 00:41:02,439 My old friend Talbert from Jim and Samella's. 909 00:41:03,273 --> 00:41:07,319 ♪ If my baby rides the levee I believe I'll ride the levee too ♪ 910 00:41:10,822 --> 00:41:12,073 [clapping] 911 00:41:13,325 --> 00:41:14,659 [woman] Whoo-hoo! 912 00:41:14,743 --> 00:41:18,997 [Phil] Henry? You're gonna eat something? Can I give him a hush puppy? Sit. 913 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:20,499 -Yeah! -[man] Neat. 914 00:41:21,041 --> 00:41:22,375 [Julia] Oh, puppy! 915 00:41:22,459 --> 00:41:24,711 You're an ad for hush puppies. 916 00:41:24,794 --> 00:41:25,837 All right, get in there. 917 00:41:25,921 --> 00:41:27,047 -Don't be shy. -Come on. 918 00:41:27,130 --> 00:41:31,843 -[Talbert] They ain't gotta tell me twice. -[man 1] Oh, my God. 919 00:41:32,344 --> 00:41:33,553 [Phil] What do you got there? 920 00:41:33,637 --> 00:41:35,805 [Cole] This is that rotisserie chicken and cabbage salad. 921 00:41:35,889 --> 00:41:38,725 -[Phil] And what do you got? -[man 2] I got crowder peas and chow chow. 922 00:41:38,808 --> 00:41:41,811 [Phil] Yes, yes, yes. Here we go. Potato salad. 923 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,190 -This is alligator? -[woman] Yeah. 924 00:41:45,273 --> 00:41:46,274 [man 3] How big was it? 925 00:41:46,358 --> 00:41:48,527 That one was nine-and-a-half, I believe. 926 00:41:48,610 --> 00:41:49,861 [Phil] Here I go. 927 00:41:50,946 --> 00:41:52,072 Alligator, people. 928 00:41:52,155 --> 00:41:53,949 With a little alligator sauce. 929 00:41:55,951 --> 00:41:57,786 But look at this catfish. 930 00:41:58,537 --> 00:42:00,247 Is that a good plate, you think? 931 00:42:00,330 --> 00:42:02,040 Gotta taste everything, right? 932 00:42:02,123 --> 00:42:03,625 [chuckling] 933 00:42:04,125 --> 00:42:08,505 This is amazing. The peas, the alligator, the chow chow. 934 00:42:08,588 --> 00:42:11,341 -Mm. -Did you do the alligator yet? 935 00:42:11,424 --> 00:42:12,801 -Yes. My God. -I love it. 936 00:42:12,884 --> 00:42:14,386 -[Phil] Here I go. -The alligator. 937 00:42:15,011 --> 00:42:15,887 [Talbert] Mm. 938 00:42:16,930 --> 00:42:17,931 [Hank] That's good. 939 00:42:19,558 --> 00:42:21,226 That's good. 940 00:42:21,309 --> 00:42:24,145 That seasoning and that sauce. That would make my shoe fit. 941 00:42:24,229 --> 00:42:26,147 -[chuckles] -All right. 942 00:42:26,231 --> 00:42:29,067 It's not like a tender meat, alligator. It's chewy. 943 00:42:29,150 --> 00:42:31,152 -Yeah, it's true. -But it's good. 944 00:42:31,236 --> 00:42:33,613 You know what? You actually want it to be. 945 00:42:33,697 --> 00:42:35,407 'Cause alligators are tough in nature. 946 00:42:35,490 --> 00:42:36,324 Right. Yeah. 947 00:42:36,908 --> 00:42:39,828 So you can really just bite into it and savor it. 948 00:42:39,911 --> 00:42:42,747 Exactly. You could wrestle it, like gator wrestling. 949 00:42:42,831 --> 00:42:45,542 The trick to alligator is you eat it before it eats you. 950 00:42:45,625 --> 00:42:47,127 That's right. 951 00:42:48,003 --> 00:42:49,296 Yay! Yay! Yay! 952 00:42:51,089 --> 00:42:53,174 -You did great with this alligator. -Yeah? 953 00:42:53,258 --> 00:42:55,427 The sauce you had with the alligator is a Mississippi thing. 954 00:42:55,510 --> 00:42:56,803 It's called comeback sauce. 955 00:42:56,886 --> 00:42:57,929 Yes, I understand that. 956 00:42:58,013 --> 00:43:00,932 Yeah, and he's saying they make a boom boom sauce, 957 00:43:01,016 --> 00:43:02,809 which is pretty similar to the comeback. 958 00:43:02,892 --> 00:43:06,021 Yeah, I was real spicy. The boom boom sauce-- 959 00:43:06,104 --> 00:43:10,233 I'm talking about when you dip it… It's boom, boom. 960 00:43:10,317 --> 00:43:11,735 [all laughing] 961 00:43:11,818 --> 00:43:13,445 And you know what happens later. 962 00:43:13,528 --> 00:43:14,613 [all laughing] 963 00:43:15,864 --> 00:43:18,658 -[Talbert] There's also two booms as well. -[all laugh] 964 00:43:20,660 --> 00:43:21,953 [Phil] It's just not me, right? 965 00:43:22,037 --> 00:43:23,872 -This is fantastic. -No, it's not just you. 966 00:43:23,955 --> 00:43:25,999 It's so light and not greasy. 967 00:43:27,042 --> 00:43:29,294 -[Talbert] It doesn't taste muddy. -Yeah, man. 968 00:43:30,295 --> 00:43:31,755 -[Phil] Can I meet Dan? -[woman] Yeah. 969 00:43:31,838 --> 00:43:34,341 I ate your catfish. I've had four or five pieces already. 970 00:43:34,424 --> 00:43:35,925 -Good. -I wanted to shake your hand. 971 00:43:36,009 --> 00:43:37,218 [Dan] Thank you so much. 972 00:43:37,302 --> 00:43:41,514 Phil, it's never a disaster when you eating with a master. 973 00:43:41,598 --> 00:43:42,849 [Hank laughs] 974 00:43:42,932 --> 00:43:44,976 -The master of disaster. -[all chuckling] 975 00:43:45,060 --> 00:43:46,227 That's him. 976 00:43:50,065 --> 00:43:52,233 A lot of the food around here is indigenous. 977 00:43:52,317 --> 00:43:54,277 People got to eat what's around them. 978 00:43:54,778 --> 00:43:57,864 But the art is in making it worth living for. 979 00:43:58,907 --> 00:44:01,159 -Goodbye, everybody. -[Cole] Anytime. Yeah, absolutely. 980 00:44:01,242 --> 00:44:03,286 [Phil] Thanks for the hospitality, my friends. 981 00:44:03,870 --> 00:44:06,623 I don't know what I was expecting. 982 00:44:06,706 --> 00:44:08,249 I love being here. 983 00:44:08,333 --> 00:44:10,001 But look at these people. 984 00:44:11,044 --> 00:44:14,089 They don't know me. They don't have to like me automatically, 985 00:44:14,172 --> 00:44:19,135 but it's not just me. They seemed to truly love each other. 986 00:44:19,219 --> 00:44:21,554 They love and welcome strangers. 987 00:44:22,847 --> 00:44:24,307 Isn't that how the world should be? 988 00:44:24,891 --> 00:44:28,103 -Bye, Phil! [chuckles] -[Phil] Look, there's a dog. 989 00:44:28,186 --> 00:44:29,896 -Hank! -Come on, Phil. 990 00:44:29,979 --> 00:44:31,940 -Who's that? -That's Boudreaux. 991 00:44:32,023 --> 00:44:33,274 Boudreaux! 992 00:44:33,358 --> 00:44:37,195 Hank volunteered to give me a ride home via the river. 993 00:44:37,278 --> 00:44:38,405 [jazz music playing] 994 00:44:40,740 --> 00:44:43,034 Here it is, the mighty Mississippi. 995 00:44:43,118 --> 00:44:46,246 See how she winds and winds. 996 00:44:48,206 --> 00:44:49,874 Boudreaux, you're the captain! 997 00:44:51,626 --> 00:44:53,461 Edith Wharton had a quote. 998 00:44:53,545 --> 00:44:55,422 "One of the great things about travel 999 00:44:55,505 --> 00:44:58,591 is that you find out how many good, kind people there are." 1000 00:44:58,675 --> 00:45:02,387 That was never truer than about the Mississippi Delta. 1001 00:45:02,470 --> 00:45:06,141 What kind of wildlife is here? Are there alligators in the river? 1002 00:45:06,224 --> 00:45:09,728 Alligators. Probably one swam by while we were here. 1003 00:45:09,811 --> 00:45:13,064 [Phil] No! Hey, I got an idea. Let's go back. 1004 00:45:13,148 --> 00:45:14,524 [Hank chuckling] 1005 00:45:18,403 --> 00:45:19,654 [theme music playing] 1006 00:45:34,335 --> 00:45:37,338 ♪ Come sit at his table ♪ 1007 00:45:37,422 --> 00:45:40,967 ♪ If you're happy, hungry, willing and able ♪ 1008 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,554 ♪ See how breaking bread ♪ 1009 00:45:44,637 --> 00:45:48,266 ♪ Can turn a stranger right into a friend ♪ 1010 00:45:48,349 --> 00:45:50,185 ♪ He will drive to you ♪ 1011 00:45:50,268 --> 00:45:52,020 ♪ He will fly to you ♪ 1012 00:45:52,103 --> 00:45:53,772 ♪ He will sing for you ♪ 1013 00:45:53,855 --> 00:45:55,607 ♪ And he'll dance for you ♪ 1014 00:45:55,690 --> 00:45:57,358 ♪ He will laugh with you ♪ 1015 00:45:57,442 --> 00:45:59,194 ♪ And he'll cry for you ♪ 1016 00:45:59,277 --> 00:46:01,529 ♪ There's just one thing he asks in return ♪ 1017 00:46:01,613 --> 00:46:04,741 ♪ Somebody feed, somebody feed ♪ 1018 00:46:04,824 --> 00:46:10,663 ♪ Can somebody, somebody feed Phil ♪ 1019 00:46:11,456 --> 00:46:17,337 ♪ Oh please somebody, somebody feed Phil ♪ 1020 00:46:17,420 --> 00:46:22,091 ♪ Somebody feed him now ♪