1 00:00:06,506 --> 00:00:07,666 [soft blues guitar playing] 2 00:00:07,757 --> 00:00:08,877 [birds chirping] 3 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:04,692 -[audience clapping] -Hey, get on with it. 4 00:01:05,273 --> 00:01:06,693 That's it. That'll do it. 5 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:12,490 [theme music playing] 6 00:01:14,324 --> 00:01:17,124 ♪ A happy, hungry man ♪ 7 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:20,372 ♪ Is traveling all across The sea and the land ♪ 8 00:01:21,372 --> 00:01:23,832 ♪ Is trying to understand ♪ 9 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:27,837 ♪ The art of pasta, pork, chicken and lamb ♪ 10 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:29,671 ♪ He will drive to you ♪ 11 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:31,546 ♪ He will fly to you ♪ 12 00:01:31,633 --> 00:01:33,183 ♪ He will sing for you ♪ 13 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:34,969 ♪ And dance for you ♪ 14 00:01:35,053 --> 00:01:36,763 ♪ He will laugh with you ♪ 15 00:01:36,846 --> 00:01:38,556 ♪ And he’ll cry for you ♪ 16 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,020 ♪ There’s just one thing he asks in return ♪ 17 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:44,191 ♪ Somebody feed, somebody feed ♪ 18 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:49,980 ♪ Won’t somebody, somebody feed Phil ♪ 19 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:52,858 ♪ Somebody feed him now ♪ 20 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,083 [blues music playing] 21 00:01:59,661 --> 00:02:02,501 [Phil] We were looking at where we're gonna go this season, 22 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:04,710 and we started doing a little research, 23 00:02:05,291 --> 00:02:08,591 and I kept hearing that I should check out the Mississippi Delta. 24 00:02:09,587 --> 00:02:12,337 I have to say the food looked amazing, 25 00:02:12,841 --> 00:02:16,761 and the history is amazing, and the music is amazing, 26 00:02:17,262 --> 00:02:18,682 and the people seem amazing. 27 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:21,636 The Mississippi Delta technically starts 28 00:02:21,724 --> 00:02:24,814 in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, 29 00:02:24,894 --> 00:02:26,864 and goes all the way to Vicksburg, Mississippi. 30 00:02:27,438 --> 00:02:28,898 So here we are. 31 00:02:30,608 --> 00:02:32,398 [man] Ladies and gentlemen, 32 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:36,485 welcome to the South's grand hotel, the Peabody Memphis. 33 00:02:37,448 --> 00:02:40,738 I want you to greet Mr. Phil Rosenthal. 34 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:43,714 [Phil] I've had some wonderful honors in my life… 35 00:02:44,706 --> 00:02:46,956 but today might be the greatest honor of all. 36 00:02:47,041 --> 00:02:48,631 [announcer over PA] Ladies and gentlemen, 37 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:52,510 the march of the world famous Peabody ducks. 38 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:54,169 [blues music playing] 39 00:02:56,467 --> 00:02:57,507 [Phil] That's right. 40 00:02:58,011 --> 00:02:59,801 When this hotel opened in the '20s, 41 00:02:59,888 --> 00:03:03,218 some guys went out, uh, duck hunting, and they got drunk. 42 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:06,560 They brought the ducks used to attract other ducks 43 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:08,444 so you can shoot and kill them. 44 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:12,152 Then they thought, "We should keep the ducks in the hotel." 45 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:13,780 [elevator beeps] 46 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,360 They live in a little apartment on the roof. 47 00:03:17,947 --> 00:03:19,407 [man] Very nice, duckies. 48 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:22,868 [whistling] 49 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:28,787 Goodbye, ducks. 50 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:29,995 [quacking] 51 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:36,127 What we know as Southern food came about 52 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,636 by taking what was cheap and grown or raised here, 53 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:41,928 and making it tasty, using techniques from the homeland. 54 00:03:42,013 --> 00:03:44,353 Perfect example is barbecue, 55 00:03:44,849 --> 00:03:48,649 a slow-cooking style from the Caribbean that turns tough meat tender 56 00:03:48,728 --> 00:03:51,808 so it can be spiced and sauced into deliciousness. 57 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:54,278 Southern classics are everywhere. 58 00:03:54,359 --> 00:03:58,359 Yet you'd be surprised to learn there are people who've never tried them. 59 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:00,025 [blues music playing] 60 00:04:06,204 --> 00:04:07,294 Hi. You're Desiree? 61 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:09,622 -[Desiree] Yes. -This is a nice cozy corner you got here. 62 00:04:09,707 --> 00:04:11,747 Well, thank you. [chuckles] 63 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:13,634 [Phil] This is Desiree Robinson. 64 00:04:13,711 --> 00:04:15,921 She's run this place for many, many years. 65 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:18,677 -Can I ask you a question? -Yes. 66 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:21,838 How much sugar does it take to make tea "sweet tea"? 67 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:25,008 If I were making this for me and wanted to be happy… 68 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:29,888 -If you wanted to be happy, yeah. -I would put at least three tablespoons. 69 00:04:30,895 --> 00:04:31,765 That's sweet. 70 00:04:31,854 --> 00:04:35,324 I like sweet, sweet, bitter, bitter, hot, hot… 71 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,110 -Sour, sour, spicy, spicy. -Yes. 72 00:04:38,069 --> 00:04:39,149 So… What? 73 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:40,947 [Desiree laughing] Oh. 74 00:04:41,030 --> 00:04:43,120 Oh, my goodness. Hello. 75 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:45,539 -[Desiree] Do you like sauce on barbecue? -I like everything. 76 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:47,748 [Desiree] Those would be prettier with sauce. 77 00:04:47,829 --> 00:04:49,499 [Phil] Oh, oh. Oh. 78 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:54,377 I shouldn't have eaten this week. 79 00:04:54,460 --> 00:04:55,460 [chuckling] 80 00:04:59,173 --> 00:05:02,053 Mm. Smoky, good. 81 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:04,295 -[chuckles] Glad you enjoy it. -I love it. 82 00:05:05,096 --> 00:05:07,216 So your whole family's here. They help you? 83 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:09,887 My oldest grandson is in charge right now. 84 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:11,936 But I heard you had a great-grandson. 85 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:14,610 My great-grandson is right there. 86 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:17,399 -What's his name? -Alexander. He-- 87 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:18,653 Come here, Alexander. 88 00:05:18,735 --> 00:05:20,445 There's a picture of my husband somewhere, 89 00:05:20,528 --> 00:05:23,738 but he looks more like my husband than my husband looks like himself. 90 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:25,993 Hello, young man. Are you hungry? 91 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:27,332 Yep. 92 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:29,620 [Phil] Do you see anything on this table you like? 93 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:30,834 What's that? 94 00:05:30,913 --> 00:05:33,623 [Phil] This right here? That's a whole Cornish hen. 95 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:36,038 -Would you like some of that? -Is that chicken? 96 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:39,297 It's like a little chicken, but it's almost better than chicken. 97 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:40,920 It's like super chicken. 98 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:42,127 I want chicken. 99 00:05:42,216 --> 00:05:43,466 -You wanna try it? -Yeah. 100 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:44,551 Break off a leg there. 101 00:05:44,635 --> 00:05:46,545 You want me to help you? There you go. 102 00:05:46,637 --> 00:05:47,507 Oh. 103 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:49,597 -Oh, yeah. Look at that. -Oh. 104 00:05:49,682 --> 00:05:50,732 Comes with a handle. 105 00:05:50,808 --> 00:05:53,138 -[Desiree chuckles] -[Phil] Pretty good, right? Do it. 106 00:05:55,855 --> 00:05:56,725 I like it. 107 00:05:56,814 --> 00:05:58,864 [all laughing] 108 00:05:59,942 --> 00:06:03,072 It didn't even get to your nose. I like it. 109 00:06:03,154 --> 00:06:04,744 [laughing] 110 00:06:04,822 --> 00:06:07,082 I love it. Have you had the ribs here? 111 00:06:07,658 --> 00:06:09,618 -I never ate one. -What? 112 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:10,542 I wanna try one. 113 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:12,370 Do it. You mean to tell me, 114 00:06:12,455 --> 00:06:14,365 you're in the family and you never had that? 115 00:06:14,457 --> 00:06:15,327 Uh-uh. 116 00:06:15,416 --> 00:06:17,626 He's never wanted to try some of this before? 117 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:19,670 -No. -Come on, right? 118 00:06:19,754 --> 00:06:21,014 I like it. 119 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:24,179 -I like it too. -I'm glad you do. [chuckles] 120 00:06:24,258 --> 00:06:26,298 [Phil] What's your favorite food of all the foods? 121 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:27,796 Bologna. 122 00:06:28,596 --> 00:06:31,596 [stammers] What are we waiting for, Alexander? 123 00:06:31,682 --> 00:06:34,562 Now, when I got bologna sandwiches as a child, 124 00:06:34,644 --> 00:06:37,774 it was a way of my parents showing me 125 00:06:37,855 --> 00:06:39,975 they didn't really care that much about me. 126 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:43,946 But here, it's a big thick piece of meat 127 00:06:44,028 --> 00:06:49,738 that's skilleted, sauced, coleslawed, put on a delicious roll… 128 00:06:52,203 --> 00:06:54,293 You want to go home and slap your parents. 129 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:57,002 Look at this. I'm gonna give you the whole half a sandwich. 130 00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:58,423 -How's that? -What? 131 00:06:58,501 --> 00:07:00,751 [Phil] Yep. Here you go. That's all you. Okay? 132 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:01,667 [Desiree] Thank you. 133 00:07:01,754 --> 00:07:03,884 -Let's bite it together. You ready? -Yeah. 134 00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:06,505 [Phil] The whole sandwich. The whole sandwich. 135 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:08,222 I like bologna. 136 00:07:08,302 --> 00:07:11,062 You don't want the sandwich part, just the bologna part? 137 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:12,349 -Yeah. -You do what you want. 138 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:13,932 Gotta get all the cheese. 139 00:07:14,016 --> 00:07:16,516 No, you're going to like that. That's the coleslaw. 140 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:18,520 Are you ready? 141 00:07:19,021 --> 00:07:19,941 One… 142 00:07:20,731 --> 00:07:22,361 [laughing] 143 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,482 Two, three. 144 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:25,355 [chuckles] 145 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:27,445 -Yummy. -[Phil] Yummy. 146 00:07:28,739 --> 00:07:30,829 You wanna try it with the bun and the coleslaw? 147 00:07:30,908 --> 00:07:33,868 -Uh-uh. -You're just like my kids. 148 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:36,913 -What's that there? -That's potato salad. You like that? 149 00:07:36,998 --> 00:07:38,618 Huh? -[Phil] Potato salad? 150 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:40,788 -Potato salad? -Did you ever have that? 151 00:07:40,877 --> 00:07:42,377 -No. -[Phil] You wanna try it? 152 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:43,382 Yeah. 153 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:45,133 -[Desiree] Eat some beans. -He said, yes. 154 00:07:45,214 --> 00:07:47,264 -He said yes? -[Phil] He said he's ready to taste. 155 00:07:47,341 --> 00:07:50,431 It's cold and creamy and sweet and delicious. 156 00:07:50,511 --> 00:07:51,641 Wait, it's cold? 157 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:54,848 -Potato salad's always cold. -I hate cold. 158 00:07:54,932 --> 00:07:56,182 No, you don't. 159 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:57,437 -I do. -I know you don't. 160 00:07:57,518 --> 00:07:59,308 -You know how I know? -How? 161 00:07:59,395 --> 00:08:00,605 'Cause you like ice cream. 162 00:08:00,688 --> 00:08:03,648 -Like, you get to lick it. -[Desiree laughs] 163 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:06,903 And I have to chew this with my teeth and, like-- 164 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:09,566 So, do me a favor. Take a little piece on your fork. 165 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:10,615 You ready? 166 00:08:13,576 --> 00:08:15,996 You're the most careful person I've ever seen. 167 00:08:16,579 --> 00:08:18,369 It's good. You know it's good. 168 00:08:18,456 --> 00:08:20,036 -[Richard chuckles] -I don't like it. 169 00:08:20,124 --> 00:08:22,844 -What don't you like about it? -I taste the coldness. 170 00:08:22,919 --> 00:08:24,669 -[Phil] You taste the coldness. -[chuckles] 171 00:08:25,254 --> 00:08:26,884 -Oh! -[Desiree chuckles] 172 00:08:26,964 --> 00:08:30,934 -I do that all the time. -I bet my mama will know what I did today 173 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:32,850 because of the mess on my face. 174 00:08:32,929 --> 00:08:34,349 [laughing] 175 00:08:34,931 --> 00:08:38,181 -This is a five-napkin place. Right? -[chuckles] 176 00:08:40,478 --> 00:08:42,098 [rock and roll music playing] 177 00:08:47,443 --> 00:08:48,573 [Phil] Many places claim it, 178 00:08:48,653 --> 00:08:50,703 but the birthplace of rock and roll is right here 179 00:08:50,780 --> 00:08:54,370 at Sun Studios, an R&B label that recorded legends 180 00:08:54,450 --> 00:08:57,080 like BB King, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, 181 00:08:57,161 --> 00:09:00,581 and of course, the first recordings of a guy named Elvis. 182 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:09,835 Today, I'm invited to the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church 183 00:09:10,424 --> 00:09:13,184 to judge the men's cook-off. 184 00:09:14,178 --> 00:09:15,558 Hi, everybody. Hi. 185 00:09:16,138 --> 00:09:19,348 I guess the different judges are judging different things, right? 186 00:09:19,433 --> 00:09:21,143 Yes, you see. This is appetizers. 187 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:24,807 Yes. I'm good with appetizers. Who doesn't like appetizers? 188 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:31,028 I haven't judged many food competitions, but I'm going to take this very seriously. 189 00:09:31,529 --> 00:09:33,159 -Tell me your name. -I'm Marian. 190 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:35,319 -Hi, I'm Phil. -Phil, nice to meet you. 191 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:38,368 Nice to meet you, Marian. Are you from here your whole life? 192 00:09:38,452 --> 00:09:41,792 You know what, I was born in Alabama, that's where I grew up. 193 00:09:41,872 --> 00:09:45,292 But Memphis is my home because I've been here since '89. 194 00:09:45,376 --> 00:09:46,666 -Yeah. -And I love it. 195 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:47,752 I'll tell you something. 196 00:09:47,837 --> 00:09:50,417 I've been here not even two days, and I love it already. 197 00:09:50,506 --> 00:09:51,466 You love it. 198 00:09:51,549 --> 00:09:52,469 -I do. -See, there? 199 00:09:53,050 --> 00:09:56,930 All right. Should we compare notes? You're going with the tortilla soup first. 200 00:09:57,013 --> 00:09:58,353 -Tortilla soup. -Here I go. 201 00:09:58,431 --> 00:09:59,521 [indistinct chatter] 202 00:10:01,142 --> 00:10:02,562 -That's good. -That is good. 203 00:10:02,643 --> 00:10:05,233 What do you think? Maybe a little too much salt? 204 00:10:07,815 --> 00:10:09,895 -It is a little salty. -A little salty, right? 205 00:10:09,984 --> 00:10:11,744 But I don't want to influence you. 206 00:10:12,236 --> 00:10:15,106 [Marian] Okay, let's try the broccoli cheese corn bread. 207 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,025 Broccoli cheese corn bread. 208 00:10:18,909 --> 00:10:19,789 I like this. 209 00:10:19,869 --> 00:10:21,999 Yeah, I like that too. That's pretty good. 210 00:10:22,079 --> 00:10:24,579 Hee-hee. What's next? It looks like an egg roll. 211 00:10:24,665 --> 00:10:26,285 This is the soul roll. 212 00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:27,535 [Phil] The soul roll. 213 00:10:30,546 --> 00:10:33,586 -Marian, a little sweet. -I didn't expect it to be sweet. 214 00:10:33,674 --> 00:10:35,434 I didn't either. I'm moving on. 215 00:10:35,509 --> 00:10:38,929 -That's sausage and cheese. -Sausage and cheese. We gotta like that. 216 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:42,894 What do you think? 217 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:45,055 I think the cornbread's winning. 218 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:48,524 -[Phil] So far. -[Marian] Let's try this chicken salad. 219 00:10:50,191 --> 00:10:52,571 It's got apples in it. Yuck. 220 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:54,572 Has anyone tried to bribe you yet? 221 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,034 No. [chuckles] 222 00:10:56,113 --> 00:10:56,993 Not yet. 223 00:10:57,073 --> 00:10:58,323 [chuckling] 224 00:10:58,407 --> 00:11:01,117 -[Phil] I'm hoping for a bribe. -Yeah, that'd be nice. 225 00:11:01,202 --> 00:11:02,242 [laughs] 226 00:11:02,828 --> 00:11:05,248 Excuse me, how is that chicken? 227 00:11:05,748 --> 00:11:06,578 Delicious. 228 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:07,536 [Phil] He's not giving it up. 229 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:08,495 It was delicious. 230 00:11:09,919 --> 00:11:11,749 [Phil] I see it. You don't have to say anything. 231 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:12,757 It was delicious. 232 00:11:12,838 --> 00:11:14,048 -[Phil] You two. -What she said. 233 00:11:14,131 --> 00:11:15,551 [laughing] 234 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:18,843 -I think you got to know somebody to be-- -To be in the entrées. 235 00:11:18,928 --> 00:11:20,508 To be entrées. Yeah. 236 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:24,347 Mm. This is good. Now what's this one? Taco soup. 237 00:11:24,433 --> 00:11:25,643 I like it. 238 00:11:25,726 --> 00:11:29,226 That one would be good with the corn bread dipped in it. 239 00:11:29,730 --> 00:11:31,980 -Marian! They go together. -They go together. 240 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:33,726 What if we award two of them… 241 00:11:33,818 --> 00:11:34,858 [chuckles] 242 00:11:34,944 --> 00:11:38,414 as a team, but we have to-- From now on, you have to work together. 243 00:11:38,489 --> 00:11:40,569 -That's the rule. -Exactly. There you go. 244 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:44,197 -Yes! Dipping in the soup. -See that? 245 00:11:44,286 --> 00:11:45,826 -Isn't that good? -Marian. Yes! 246 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:48,831 Marian and I voted for the cornbread. 247 00:11:48,916 --> 00:11:52,546 Now we're free to mingle in the big room and gorge on everything else. 248 00:11:55,089 --> 00:11:57,549 [woman] ♪ Give me some mains ♪ 249 00:11:57,675 --> 00:11:58,755 Sing that again. 250 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:01,553 ♪ Give me some mains ♪ 251 00:12:01,637 --> 00:12:03,847 I'm gonna sign you to a record contract. 252 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:07,232 Turkey! Yes! 253 00:12:08,185 --> 00:12:11,895 I like that big leg. What if I just take that big leg off your hands? 254 00:12:13,774 --> 00:12:17,074 -[waitress] All right. That's oxtail. -[Phil] Wow. Wow. Oxtail! 255 00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:21,907 [Marian] We did a good job, didn't we? 256 00:12:21,991 --> 00:12:24,491 I think we picked a winner. I hope it's ours. 257 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,827 -I do, too. -[Phil] The one we liked, right? 258 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:29,172 'Cause if the one that we didn't like wins, 259 00:12:29,248 --> 00:12:30,878 I'm gonna start flipping some tables over. 260 00:12:30,958 --> 00:12:32,168 [chuckling] 261 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:34,591 By the way, the broccoli cornbread won. 262 00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:38,553 [drums playing] 263 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:41,795 [blues music playing] 264 00:12:43,471 --> 00:12:46,181 Beale Street's been the heart of this city's live music scene 265 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:47,265 since the 19th century. 266 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,438 And crowds still gather here 267 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:52,649 every night of the week to listen to the blues. 268 00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:54,190 [laughing] 269 00:12:54,273 --> 00:12:58,693 I'm having such a good time down here. Only one thing could ruin it. 270 00:12:59,195 --> 00:13:04,025 [all] ♪Happy birthday, dear Richard ♪ 271 00:13:04,533 --> 00:13:08,753 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 272 00:13:08,829 --> 00:13:10,409 [all clapping, cheering] 273 00:13:12,374 --> 00:13:14,214 [Phil] What are you doing? You have to blow it. 274 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:17,003 Have you ever done this before? Here. All right. 275 00:13:17,087 --> 00:13:19,087 [cheering, clapping] 276 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:21,803 Can you believe it? Sixty-eight years old. 277 00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:23,594 [man] Just give it to the crew, come on! 278 00:13:23,677 --> 00:13:24,847 -Come on, crew. -There you go. 279 00:13:24,929 --> 00:13:26,809 -You want to share with your friend? -Thank you. 280 00:13:26,889 --> 00:13:29,229 All right. Here we are. 281 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:31,935 Brian! Appreciate it… 282 00:13:34,438 --> 00:13:37,858 [Phil] Now that that's over with, here's a little something off the beaten path. 283 00:13:38,984 --> 00:13:40,444 It's a house. Hello, everybody. 284 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:42,778 -Hello! -Hi! I'm Phil. How are you? 285 00:13:42,863 --> 00:13:43,703 Well, wonderful. 286 00:13:43,781 --> 00:13:46,491 [chuckles] Hi. Nice to meet you. Hi. Hi. 287 00:13:47,076 --> 00:13:47,906 Oh, I love it. 288 00:13:49,036 --> 00:13:50,036 Hi, Talbert. 289 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,410 Hey, man. How you doing? 290 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:53,497 [Phil] Talbert Fleming is the owner and chef 291 00:13:53,582 --> 00:13:55,382 at Jim and Samella's here in Memphis, 292 00:13:55,459 --> 00:13:57,629 which is named after his grandparents. 293 00:13:58,128 --> 00:13:59,878 -Oh, my God. -[sizzling] 294 00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:01,304 This is the real thing. 295 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:04,222 Talbert grew up eating his grandma's cooking 296 00:14:04,301 --> 00:14:06,221 and helping his grandma cook. 297 00:14:06,303 --> 00:14:09,013 Then he took over a house across the street from where she lived 298 00:14:09,890 --> 00:14:12,770 and turned it into a full-blown restaurant. 299 00:14:13,811 --> 00:14:17,401 Oh, my goodness. This is breakfast! 300 00:14:17,481 --> 00:14:20,111 -This is how we roll. -[all laugh] 301 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:23,402 [stammers] I gotta start rolling this way. 302 00:14:23,487 --> 00:14:24,447 [all laugh] 303 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:27,782 You sit at a communal table. 304 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,987 -Hi, how are you? -We get our fix in the morning. 305 00:14:30,077 --> 00:14:31,947 [Phil] I think you're already famous 306 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:34,957 because I think I saw a magazine article about this place, 307 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,630 -and I saw your picture. Is that right? -That's probably right. 308 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,800 -[Phil] You're the queen of the place? -Yes! 309 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,259 -[Phil] Do you have a king? -I do. There he is. 310 00:14:42,339 --> 00:14:43,719 [all laugh] 311 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:47,854 -I wasn't horning in on you. [chuckles] -Don't worry. 312 00:14:47,928 --> 00:14:51,848 And this is maybe the best part of traveling. 313 00:14:52,349 --> 00:14:55,729 Sitting with people you just met and sharing a meal with them. 314 00:14:55,811 --> 00:14:58,611 -Look how busy it is loud and fun and-- -[woman] It is. Yes. 315 00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:00,149 -All the time. -[Phil] All the time? 316 00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:01,652 -Yes. -[Phil] During the week too? 317 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:04,574 If I came 8:30 on a weekday-- 318 00:15:04,653 --> 00:15:05,913 [Doris] He would be here. 319 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:07,198 [all laugh] 320 00:15:07,281 --> 00:15:08,911 Especially these characters. 321 00:15:08,991 --> 00:15:11,701 They're the neighbors from across the street. 322 00:15:11,785 --> 00:15:14,615 Now, I heard Jim and Samella, the originals, 323 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:16,285 they lived across the street. 324 00:15:16,373 --> 00:15:18,133 -Two doors down. -Next door to you. 325 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:19,788 -And you were friends? -[woman] Yeah. 326 00:15:19,877 --> 00:15:20,707 [Phil] Hello. 327 00:15:20,794 --> 00:15:24,474 -[woman] Oh, my God. Mm. That looks good. -Smells so good. 328 00:15:24,548 --> 00:15:25,928 Okay, we need to say grace. 329 00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:28,798 [James] Father, we thank you for the food we about to receive, 330 00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:31,716 for the nourishment of our bodies through Christ, amen. 331 00:15:31,805 --> 00:15:33,425 -[woman] Now, y'all can eat. -[Phil] Amen. 332 00:15:33,515 --> 00:15:34,805 [chuckles] 333 00:15:34,892 --> 00:15:35,892 Oh, hello. 334 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:39,976 [Morgan] It's like a caramelized apple on top of there. 335 00:15:40,481 --> 00:15:42,901 And then he makes a Crown Royal syrup. 336 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:47,779 [Phil] Crown Royal buttered apple waffles? 337 00:15:48,906 --> 00:15:50,116 Yes, please. 338 00:15:51,241 --> 00:15:53,701 -[woman 1] All right. -[woman 2] There we go. 339 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,196 -[Phil] Come on. -[Morgan] Right? 340 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:56,617 [Phil] I'm gonna tell some people. 341 00:15:56,705 --> 00:15:57,575 [all laugh] 342 00:15:57,665 --> 00:16:00,455 -Crown Royal sauce. -Crown Royal sauce. 343 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,500 [Kasha] Okay, taste that. 344 00:16:02,586 --> 00:16:04,506 -[Phil] Oh, yeah. -[Morgan] Get that piece, yup. 345 00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:07,548 [Phil] In my house, that'd be kugel. You ever hear of kugel? 346 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,513 -[Kasha] Uh-uh. -[Phil] It's a Jewishy thing. 347 00:16:09,593 --> 00:16:10,513 [Kasha] So good. 348 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:12,927 [Phil] Wow. This is good. 349 00:16:13,013 --> 00:16:15,683 Forget what I said. It's nothing like kugel. 350 00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:18,023 Phil, this is some shrimp and grits. 351 00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:19,272 Wow! 352 00:16:19,353 --> 00:16:20,273 Thank you! 353 00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:22,864 -[Talbert] Shrimp and grits! -Yay! 354 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:24,020 [all laugh] 355 00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:27,864 I didn't know if it was call-or-response or not. 356 00:16:27,945 --> 00:16:29,195 [laughing continues] 357 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:32,367 -Is it wrong to drink the gravy? -[Doris] No. 358 00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:35,289 [laughs] I think that's why they put it in a cup. 359 00:16:35,369 --> 00:16:36,409 [all laugh] 360 00:16:38,122 --> 00:16:39,752 -I love it. Hello. -Lobster. 361 00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:43,786 -[Phil gasps] So that's… -Fried lobster tails. 362 00:16:43,877 --> 00:16:47,547 [Phil] Now at first, I thought, "Why would you do that to a lobster tail?" 363 00:16:47,631 --> 00:16:49,341 [mellow music playing] 364 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,350 [sizzling] 365 00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:57,100 It's battered like it was fried chicken, so it's… 366 00:16:57,182 --> 00:16:58,772 I guess, a chicken fried lobster tail. 367 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:04,482 I don't know, I-- Does a lobster tail need to be chicken fried? 368 00:17:04,565 --> 00:17:07,225 Must we chicken fry everything, people? But… 369 00:17:08,444 --> 00:17:11,824 I'm telling you, this is one of the great dishes. 370 00:17:11,905 --> 00:17:15,025 As soon as this came out, I forgot about everything in my life. 371 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,620 I mean, have you ever seen this anywhere else? 372 00:17:19,121 --> 00:17:21,711 -Hey, guys, how's everything tasting? -Oh, it's delicious. 373 00:17:21,790 --> 00:17:24,670 Talbert! Now I'm a fried lobster fan. I never had this. 374 00:17:24,752 --> 00:17:25,672 [all laugh] 375 00:17:25,753 --> 00:17:26,713 [woman] Hey! 376 00:17:27,212 --> 00:17:29,762 The lobster is, like, so tender and juicy 377 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,720 underneath your batter, which is… 378 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:33,467 sensational. 379 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:35,012 You liking it, Phil? 380 00:17:35,095 --> 00:17:37,135 It's my new favorite way to eat lobster. 381 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,102 Favorite way to eat lobster. 382 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,900 So now, but tell me the truth. The rest of your day now, today, 383 00:17:42,978 --> 00:17:45,228 -you're not going to be moving much. -[all laugh] 384 00:17:45,314 --> 00:17:47,824 -No, I-- I'm not moving again. -[all laugh] 385 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:50,690 [woman] She doesn't move much at all, but I'll be on the move. 386 00:17:50,778 --> 00:17:51,648 [chuckling] 387 00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:54,947 I'm 77 now. I've enjoyed every day. 388 00:17:55,032 --> 00:17:56,532 -That's it. -[woman] Yes. 389 00:17:56,617 --> 00:18:00,327 Tell me the secret of 58 years, happy marriage. What's the secret? 390 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:02,622 Stay on your knees. Pray. 391 00:18:03,123 --> 00:18:04,923 [all laugh] 392 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,207 I'm kinda-- I'm kinda there, too. 393 00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:12,222 I'll never forget this experience. It was absolutely beautiful. 394 00:18:12,299 --> 00:18:13,719 Thanks for having me. 395 00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:15,141 It's been a pleasure. 396 00:18:15,219 --> 00:18:17,139 Let's hear it for Talbert, everybody! 397 00:18:17,221 --> 00:18:19,391 [all cheering, clapping] 398 00:18:21,517 --> 00:18:24,187 It's like your ideal vision… 399 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:25,979 I love you. 400 00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:28,523 …of what Southern hospitality is. 401 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:30,357 -Love you. Take care. -I love you. 402 00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:31,652 Hopefully you come back. 403 00:18:31,735 --> 00:18:34,735 I can't wait. Are you kidding? I can't wait to come back. 404 00:18:35,239 --> 00:18:36,409 [birds chirping] 405 00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,657 Memphis, very nice. 406 00:18:42,663 --> 00:18:45,543 I got to experience beautiful Southern hospitality so far, 407 00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:47,214 and now we're hitting the road. 408 00:18:47,292 --> 00:18:48,502 Now it's a road picture. 409 00:18:49,878 --> 00:18:52,008 I'm doing something I've never done before. 410 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:53,764 Go to Mississippi. 411 00:18:56,218 --> 00:18:58,598 I never wanted to drive across the country. You know why? 412 00:18:58,679 --> 00:19:00,259 Because I thought my back would hurt. 413 00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:03,517 So luckily, there's lots of small towns along the way here. 414 00:19:04,852 --> 00:19:06,652 We are on Highway 61. 415 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:11,690 Our first stop on the road trip from Memphis is Clarksdale, Mississippi. 416 00:19:11,775 --> 00:19:15,895 And the must in Clarksdale is Abe's. 417 00:19:20,117 --> 00:19:24,407 Abe's was started by a Lebanese immigrant in 1924, 418 00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:27,876 and this is his take on Southern barbecue. 419 00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:30,249 This is my kind of place. 420 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:31,835 It's a no-nonsense place 421 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,510 where the food is gonna be good. I know it's gonna be good. 422 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:37,010 -It's been here as long as I can remember. -Yeah. 423 00:19:37,092 --> 00:19:38,722 And you never come through Clarksdale, 424 00:19:38,802 --> 00:19:41,012 you don't stop by Abe's and get you a barbecue. 425 00:19:41,096 --> 00:19:42,466 I love it. I love it. 426 00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:46,056 This fella with the world's best accent is Hank Burdine. 427 00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:49,653 He's an author, a gentleman farmer, and a Delta historian. 428 00:19:49,730 --> 00:19:51,360 Look, it's a double-decker. 429 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,400 Looks like a Big Mac of barbecue. 430 00:19:55,444 --> 00:19:56,404 Mm! 431 00:19:56,486 --> 00:19:57,446 How about it? 432 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,490 [Phil] Come on. No, that's kind of perfect. 433 00:20:00,574 --> 00:20:02,204 Such a tang, right? 434 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:05,041 Now see, you don't have whiskers like I do, 435 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:07,000 I need lots of napkins when I eat this stuff. 436 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,710 -I need napkins. -[chuckles] 437 00:20:09,291 --> 00:20:11,461 -[Phil] Wow. That's good. -[Hank] So good. 438 00:20:12,336 --> 00:20:13,916 What else are they famous for? 439 00:20:14,004 --> 00:20:16,924 Well, you in the heart of hot tamale country. 440 00:20:17,507 --> 00:20:20,797 Greenville, as a matter of fact, is the hot tamale capital of the world. 441 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,096 See, now, I didn't know. 442 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:27,429 It's such a multicultural mix of different nationalities here. 443 00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:31,984 [Phil] Migrant Mexican farmworkers brought tamales to the Mississippi Delta 444 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:33,904 in the early 20th century, 445 00:20:33,982 --> 00:20:35,782 and they quickly became a staple. 446 00:20:35,859 --> 00:20:38,779 We call this some kind of fine eating, right here. 447 00:20:39,363 --> 00:20:41,203 -[Phil] You're Pat? -How y'all doing? I am. 448 00:20:41,281 --> 00:20:45,371 My grandfather was from Lebanon, and he came down in 1914. 449 00:20:46,370 --> 00:20:47,200 Why here? 450 00:20:47,704 --> 00:20:50,964 His parents put him on a boat with his two younger siblings. 451 00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:52,921 -[Phil] Yeah? -And told him, "Go." 452 00:20:53,001 --> 00:20:54,881 How he got to Clarksdale, I don't know. 453 00:20:55,462 --> 00:20:59,472 I-- I think it's incredible, the story of how influences and cultures settle 454 00:20:59,549 --> 00:21:01,009 -and where they settle. - Yep. 455 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:02,973 Do a lot of stuff together, 456 00:21:03,053 --> 00:21:05,433 work hard together, and we eat together. 457 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:10,636 [Phil] So much music comes from right where we're sitting, right? 458 00:21:10,727 --> 00:21:13,477 [Hank] Mississippi is the birthplace of American music. 459 00:21:13,563 --> 00:21:15,153 -Right. -You got Elvis Presley. 460 00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:17,652 He cut his teeth on the blues and all like that, 461 00:21:17,734 --> 00:21:20,074 and, like-- like Muddy Waters said, 462 00:21:20,153 --> 00:21:23,623 "The blues had a baby, and they called it rock and roll." 463 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,700 So whatever kind of music you listen to, 464 00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:28,995 it has its roots right here in the Delta. 465 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:29,959 Yep. 466 00:21:30,038 --> 00:21:33,128 And Clarksdale is the home of the blues right now. 467 00:21:33,208 --> 00:21:37,088 Highway 61 is known as the "Blues Highway." 468 00:21:37,170 --> 00:21:38,090 [Phil] Yes. 469 00:21:38,171 --> 00:21:40,261 With a very special place here, right behind us 470 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:43,890 is the intersection of 49 and 61. 471 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,179 [both] The Crossroads. 472 00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:49,562 [Hank] And that's supposedly where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil 473 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:51,732 to learn how to play the blues. 474 00:21:52,394 --> 00:21:55,774 Now a lot of people meet crossroads in their life. 475 00:21:56,273 --> 00:21:57,943 Right. Everyone has a crossroads. 476 00:21:58,025 --> 00:22:00,145 And it doesn't necessarily have to be at midnight 477 00:22:00,235 --> 00:22:02,525 on a lonely road in the Mississippi Delta. 478 00:22:02,612 --> 00:22:05,282 That's why the legend persists, because it's so relatable. 479 00:22:06,033 --> 00:22:07,083 [Pat] Is everything good? 480 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:10,619 I really truly want to finish everything, but I'll die. 481 00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:12,834 [chuckles] You'll die pleasant, though. 482 00:22:12,914 --> 00:22:14,124 [laughing] 483 00:22:14,624 --> 00:22:17,174 That could be your logo too. "You'll die pleasant." 484 00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:23,552 [blues music playing] 485 00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:33,556 Our next stop is almost 40 miles south of Clarksdale. 486 00:22:33,643 --> 00:22:37,693 This is Cleveland, Mississippi, named after President Grover Cleveland. 487 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:41,320 It's a stop on the Blues Trail and a thriving little cultural center 488 00:22:41,401 --> 00:22:43,991 with its own branch of the Grammy Museum. 489 00:22:44,488 --> 00:22:45,988 [upbeat music playing] 490 00:22:46,073 --> 00:22:48,533 [Phil] Today, we're meeting some future award winners. 491 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:52,405 These are kids from the Delta Arts Alliance. 492 00:22:52,913 --> 00:22:56,923 It's a community center, and the kids dance and make art and sing. 493 00:22:58,085 --> 00:22:58,915 Wow! 494 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:00,343 Excellent. 495 00:23:02,130 --> 00:23:04,050 [Phil clapping] Bravo! Yay! 496 00:23:04,132 --> 00:23:06,512 Every kid should have this opportunity, I think. 497 00:23:06,593 --> 00:23:08,353 [kid] Have you ever been a leap before, Phil? 498 00:23:08,428 --> 00:23:09,258 A what? 499 00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:10,256 [kid] Have you ever been a leap? 500 00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:12,347 Not in about 40 years. 501 00:23:12,432 --> 00:23:13,272 [kid] Okay. 502 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:16,770 Actually, we got a pretty cool hip-hop move that we could show you. 503 00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:17,773 -Really? -Yeah. 504 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:20,355 So, boys, you know how we start here? 505 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,280 We have our legs out. 506 00:23:22,859 --> 00:23:27,029 Good. We're gonna actually turn and down. 507 00:23:27,114 --> 00:23:31,414 Now, our leg comes up and as we hop up, we-- 508 00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:32,913 From here… 509 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:37,172 Now, Phil, try to walk all the way around, 510 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:39,129 just like that. 511 00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:43,589 Now, when you get back, drop back in and move. 512 00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:45,092 -Whoo! -[Richard chuckles] 513 00:23:45,173 --> 00:23:46,093 [kids laughing] 514 00:23:46,883 --> 00:23:48,513 [kid 1] We killed Phil. 515 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:50,053 [kid 2] I don't know CPR. 516 00:23:50,554 --> 00:23:53,394 [Phil] There's only one way to resuscitate a guy like me. 517 00:23:53,473 --> 00:23:54,353 More food. 518 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:58,440 Lucky for me, just down the street is the Delta Meat Market, 519 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,440 where Cole Ellis has brought kind of newfangled cooking 520 00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:04,985 to this part of the world. 521 00:24:05,068 --> 00:24:06,818 The restaurant opened in 2013, 522 00:24:06,903 --> 00:24:10,573 and that same year, his friend Matty Bengloff opened the Delta Dairy 523 00:24:10,657 --> 00:24:11,777 right across the street. 524 00:24:12,909 --> 00:24:15,199 [Cole] So here we have the wedge salad. 525 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:17,907 It's been a Delta Meat Market staple just about since the beginning. 526 00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:20,538 We cover it with our house-made buttermilk dressing 527 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:23,245 and garlic sweet chili sauce, tomatoes, bacon, and blue cheese. 528 00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:26,586 Just like most steakhouse wedges, but with our little touch on it. 529 00:24:27,090 --> 00:24:30,720 [Phil] So here's a guy using new recipes, all locally sourced. 530 00:24:31,219 --> 00:24:35,269 This is the butternut squash soup with chickpeas, mint, and honey. 531 00:24:35,348 --> 00:24:39,098 The butternut squash come from a friend of ours down in Flora, Mississippi. 532 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:40,436 It is delicious. 533 00:24:40,937 --> 00:24:42,687 Around here, it's mostly commodity farming. 534 00:24:42,772 --> 00:24:46,652 When you drive by the fields, that's all corn that's going on barges 535 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:48,645 to feed animals and be processed, 536 00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:53,067 so the few local farms that do grow what I like to call "people food," 537 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:55,488 we try our best to support them as best we can. 538 00:24:55,577 --> 00:24:56,867 -[Phil] Great. -[Cole] Thank you. 539 00:24:56,953 --> 00:24:59,583 So tell me about your culinary education. 540 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:03,754 Years spent around my grandmother's stove, learning, picking up different things. 541 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:07,875 I decided, "Hey, I might be good at this. Maybe I'll try to do it for a living." 542 00:25:07,964 --> 00:25:11,134 I got my chops up working through Magnolia's 543 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:14,048 and Hominy Grill and a few other Charlestonian staples. 544 00:25:14,137 --> 00:25:19,427 And, uh, in 2013, my wife and I decided this is where we wanted to raise our girls 545 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:21,938 and moved down here and opened Delta Meat Market. 546 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:23,230 [Phil] I'm a fan already. 547 00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:26,443 I've had three bites of soup, and I'm finishing this salad. 548 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:27,685 [Cole] Oh, yeah. 549 00:25:27,776 --> 00:25:29,026 -[Cole chuckles] -Maybe I'm not. 550 00:25:29,110 --> 00:25:30,990 -Yeah. -[server] I hope you saved room. 551 00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:32,951 Oh, yeah. I saved a little room. 552 00:25:33,031 --> 00:25:36,581 Here comes, like, an artisanal turkey sandwich 553 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:39,250 and sweet potato… Wow! 554 00:25:39,329 --> 00:25:40,909 -All right, so-- -I'm exci-- Oh. 555 00:25:40,997 --> 00:25:45,247 And beautiful hanger steak over fries with gravy… 556 00:25:45,335 --> 00:25:47,955 [Cole] What you have here is our infamous hanger steak frites. 557 00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:49,756 -Very fancy. -True that. 558 00:25:49,839 --> 00:25:52,629 [Cole] Any time you put a French word with something that makes it fancy. 559 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:54,047 [laughing] 560 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:57,176 Instead of truffle and all the other nonsense, 561 00:25:57,264 --> 00:26:00,814 we use Hoover Sauce. Hoover Lee, out of Anguilla, Mississippi. 562 00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:02,642 [Phil] I've tasted that before. 563 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:04,772 Mm, that's good. 564 00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:07,862 Oh, my God, I wanna keep going. Okay, I will. 565 00:26:07,941 --> 00:26:09,281 [all chuckling] 566 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,699 I was wondering how people here must have reacted 567 00:26:12,779 --> 00:26:14,029 to this kind of food. 568 00:26:14,114 --> 00:26:16,034 [Matty] People like what they're used to. 569 00:26:16,116 --> 00:26:17,946 What I've always liked about what Cole's done 570 00:26:18,034 --> 00:26:20,544 is that they take different things but make it approachable. 571 00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:22,830 It doesn't matter how you open a mind, right? 572 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:25,084 -[Cole] Right. -Sometimes you gotta open a mouth first. 573 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:27,416 -[Cole] There you go. -The mind will follow. 574 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,130 [seagulls coo] 575 00:26:32,215 --> 00:26:33,465 [blues music playing] 576 00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:38,925 Down the road a little ways, you'll find the town of Greenville. 577 00:26:39,014 --> 00:26:42,734 Once one of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in the state 578 00:26:42,809 --> 00:26:46,309 with a thriving downtown and a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, 579 00:26:46,396 --> 00:26:49,816 the bottom started to drop out of Greenville when the port moved out 580 00:26:49,899 --> 00:26:52,029 and the malls killed Main Street. 581 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:57,315 Thankfully, a few institutions are still here. 582 00:26:57,824 --> 00:26:59,334 [rock and roll music playing] 583 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:03,197 ♪ Don't ring my bell Baby, I ain't home… ♪ 584 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:05,918 [waitress] Here you go. Thank you. 585 00:27:06,499 --> 00:27:08,249 ♪ Sorry, baby I ain't got the time… ♪ 586 00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:09,285 How do you do? 587 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:12,958 [Phil] Jim's Cafe. It's been open since 1909, 588 00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:16,378 and Evelyn runs the place just like her dad did for decades, 589 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:19,468 and her grandparents did for decades before that. 590 00:27:19,971 --> 00:27:21,641 -Hey, Phil! -[man] How are ya? 591 00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:25,353 Hi. I was told that if I came into Jim's, 592 00:27:25,435 --> 00:27:28,435 I would find something called the Table of Knowledge. 593 00:27:28,521 --> 00:27:29,771 -That's correct. -Yeah. 594 00:27:29,856 --> 00:27:31,106 [Phil] It's nice to meet y'all. 595 00:27:31,691 --> 00:27:33,031 [Tom] We come here to enjoy. 596 00:27:33,109 --> 00:27:35,699 -Right. That's what we're here for. -And to learn. 597 00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:39,659 But most of us already know everything, so it's hard for us to learn anything. 598 00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:40,661 [chuckling] 599 00:27:41,951 --> 00:27:45,251 You've had political differences at the Table of Knowledge. 600 00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:46,250 [Tom] Every day. 601 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,631 [Tom] They call me the only liberal here. 602 00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:52,335 But yet you're all friends, and you're all eating lunch together every day. 603 00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:55,510 We agree to disagree and be agreeable about it. 604 00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:57,720 That's nice. That's how it should be. 605 00:27:58,301 --> 00:28:00,351 -[Phil] Look at that. -[man 1] Look at that thing. 606 00:28:00,428 --> 00:28:03,308 -That's the dirty burger, isn't it, Frank? -[Phil] What makes it dirty? 607 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:06,310 -[man 2] You'll have to ask Evelyn. -Why do they call it a dirty burger? 608 00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:10,523 [Evelyn] Because my son's nickname is Dirty Brown and he made that sandwich up. 609 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:15,612 So now that leads to the question, why do they call him Dirty? 610 00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,034 [Evelyn] I didn't ask. 611 00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:19,072 -Dirty Brown! -[Evelyn] I didn't want to know. 612 00:28:19,155 --> 00:28:21,115 Okay, we'll find out. 613 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:23,239 The Table of Knowledge will find out. 614 00:28:23,326 --> 00:28:24,536 [chuckling] 615 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:27,414 Are you all born and raised in Greenville? 616 00:28:27,997 --> 00:28:29,537 -I was. -[man 1] Some of us. 617 00:28:29,624 --> 00:28:31,254 I wasn't, but I been here a long time. 618 00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:33,384 [man 2] But most of us have been here 50, 60 years. 619 00:28:33,461 --> 00:28:37,341 That's all? You have family here. You have grandchildren here. 620 00:28:37,424 --> 00:28:38,844 -[man 1] Not here. -Not here? 621 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:41,967 [Benjy] Most all of our kids have gone off to somewhere else. 622 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:44,313 -They move away. -'Cause there's not much opportunity. 623 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:47,349 I understand, but what's the hope? Where do you see it coming from? 624 00:28:47,434 --> 00:28:49,734 I see the new lofts. I see the butcher shop. 625 00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:54,111 We've got a $41 million federal courthouse gonna be built a block away here. 626 00:28:54,607 --> 00:28:56,187 There's always hope. 627 00:28:56,776 --> 00:28:58,276 [man 2] Benjy, you want an onion ring? 628 00:28:58,361 --> 00:29:01,031 Look at that! That's what you want in an onion ring. 629 00:29:02,031 --> 00:29:04,661 -I'd come here just for these. -[man 2] They are delicious. 630 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,123 [Phil] This table here, do you call them the "Table of Stupid?" 631 00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:09,874 -[man 1] Yeah, we do. -[all laugh] 632 00:29:09,956 --> 00:29:10,996 [man 2] We do. 633 00:29:11,499 --> 00:29:14,209 -[Evelyn] Excuse me. Dirty just came in. -[Phil] Hi. 634 00:29:14,294 --> 00:29:16,504 -He did? Let's talk to him. -Come here for a minute. 635 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:17,508 Hey. I'm Phil. 636 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:18,969 -Jerred Brown. -Hi, Jerred. 637 00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:21,298 So here's the question for the Table of Knowledge. 638 00:29:21,384 --> 00:29:24,264 I've been sitting at this table. They don't know everything. 639 00:29:24,345 --> 00:29:27,265 They don't know why they call you "Dirty." 640 00:29:29,017 --> 00:29:31,597 Got the nickname in high school from football. 641 00:29:31,686 --> 00:29:33,096 It was football. 642 00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:34,608 Is that the official story? 643 00:29:34,689 --> 00:29:36,269 It's the story I'm sticking to. 644 00:29:36,357 --> 00:29:37,357 [all laughing] 645 00:29:39,194 --> 00:29:40,034 [phone ringing] 646 00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:43,445 -Here. -Thank you. 647 00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:46,621 I'm in a big meeting. Call me later if you can. Thank you. 648 00:29:46,701 --> 00:29:47,621 [laughing] 649 00:29:50,663 --> 00:29:52,873 -That was very well handled. -[all laughing] 650 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:55,247 I gotta remember that when my wife calls. 651 00:29:56,377 --> 00:29:59,507 This was fun, you guys. I'm feeling smarter already. 652 00:29:59,589 --> 00:30:00,759 [all chuckling] 653 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,010 [rain tapping] 654 00:30:02,091 --> 00:30:03,341 [birds chirping] 655 00:30:03,426 --> 00:30:04,796 [soft music playing] 656 00:30:20,109 --> 00:30:21,949 Now we're going to a special place. 657 00:30:23,071 --> 00:30:25,571 This is just down a residential side street. 658 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,407 Just another house on the block. 659 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:29,543 Hi, everybody. 660 00:30:29,619 --> 00:30:31,079 I didn't know what to expect. 661 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:34,792 I thought I was coming in, and I was going to get the usual around here, 662 00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:36,674 which is pretty damn good. 663 00:30:36,751 --> 00:30:38,631 Fried chicken, ribs, barbecue. 664 00:30:39,629 --> 00:30:41,339 I didn't know that I was walking 665 00:30:41,422 --> 00:30:44,592 into one of the best steakhouses in the country. 666 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:50,971 Dominic "Big Doe" Signa started the place in 1941, 667 00:30:51,057 --> 00:30:54,187 and his grandson Baby Doe is still there making steaks. 668 00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:59,729 And the first thing you see is these massive hunks of meat going, 669 00:30:59,816 --> 00:31:01,476 and beyond the threshold, 670 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:06,158 you are greeted by maybe one of God's greatest creations. 671 00:31:06,656 --> 00:31:07,986 -Hello. -[woman] Hello. 672 00:31:08,074 --> 00:31:09,084 You must be Flo. 673 00:31:09,158 --> 00:31:10,788 -Yeah. -I'm Phil. 674 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:13,959 Well, Phil. I'm so glad to meet-- No, we're hugging folk. 675 00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:15,368 -Oh! I love it. -Oh, yeah. 676 00:31:15,456 --> 00:31:17,206 -We're hugging. -[Phil] I like you. 677 00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:20,002 I don't shake hands with anybody. I hug everybody. 678 00:31:20,086 --> 00:31:21,336 This is Aunt Flo. 679 00:31:21,838 --> 00:31:23,918 -[Phil] Glad to meet you. -I'm so glad I came. 680 00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:26,087 I don't get a reception like this in my house. 681 00:31:26,175 --> 00:31:28,335 -You don't? -No. Can you live with me? 682 00:31:28,428 --> 00:31:30,008 -Yeah, I will. -All right. 683 00:31:30,096 --> 00:31:32,426 -Goodbye, Doe, I'm gone. -[all laughing] 684 00:31:32,515 --> 00:31:33,845 I'm going home. 685 00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:36,140 I just got a good offer. 686 00:31:36,644 --> 00:31:38,194 Look at your beautiful salad bowl. 687 00:31:38,271 --> 00:31:40,271 -I heard about this famous salad bowl. -That's right. 688 00:31:40,857 --> 00:31:43,317 [Phil] Beautiful. This is the famous "Wet Salad." 689 00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:45,321 You know what the secret ingredient is? 690 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,913 -Love? -He knows everything! 691 00:31:47,989 --> 00:31:50,529 I just knew looking at you that was going to be the ingredient. 692 00:31:50,617 --> 00:31:52,617 Yeah, I'm going home with him. Come on. 693 00:31:52,702 --> 00:31:54,832 -Let's go. That's right. -Goodbye, Monica! 694 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:58,630 -[Phil] Show's over, people! -[Flo] I'm-- I'm going home with him. 695 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:00,498 [Phil] Goodbye, everybody! 696 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,545 But before we run off together, I should maybe try her food. 697 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:07,880 And here's Julia, the reason I'm down here in the Delta in the first place. 698 00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:09,638 -Hey. -Hello! 699 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:12,139 For those who watched the New Orleans episode, 700 00:32:12,221 --> 00:32:14,141 you met Julia Evans Reed, 701 00:32:14,223 --> 00:32:19,483 who's a wonderful raconteur, society lady and great author. 702 00:32:19,562 --> 00:32:22,072 She's also the ambassador for the South, 703 00:32:22,148 --> 00:32:25,818 especially the Mississippi Delta 'cause she's from here. 704 00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:26,992 That's a pot. 705 00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:29,160 -[Julia chuckles] -That's a work of art. 706 00:32:29,238 --> 00:32:31,118 It's taken about, you know, 60 years. 707 00:32:32,075 --> 00:32:33,695 Here's Hank joining us again. 708 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:38,327 Come on, booze is literally-- Come on! What? 709 00:32:38,414 --> 00:32:40,584 -[Hank] Good booze. -They just leave this on the table-- 710 00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:43,337 -No, drunks like me bring it. -[Phil] You brought this? 711 00:32:43,419 --> 00:32:44,249 You have to. 712 00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:47,627 Honey, we were a dry state until 1966, 713 00:32:47,715 --> 00:32:49,675 so they never bothered to get a liquor license 714 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:51,719 'cause why would you? You bring your own wine, 715 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:53,433 which means you get some really good stuff. 716 00:32:53,513 --> 00:32:55,183 Can I give you some of the good stuff? 717 00:32:55,264 --> 00:32:57,234 No, I have some cheap stuff, and it's delicious. 718 00:32:57,308 --> 00:32:58,308 What do you got in there? 719 00:32:58,393 --> 00:33:00,523 I just need a little extra. I need a patch. 720 00:33:00,603 --> 00:33:02,403 -[Julia] My God. -It's called a patch. 721 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,190 [laughing] 722 00:33:04,273 --> 00:33:06,783 I highly recommend a tamale with your salad. 723 00:33:06,859 --> 00:33:08,319 [Phil] Aren't these little beauties? 724 00:33:08,403 --> 00:33:11,363 [Julia] This was the first solid food I ever ate as a child. 725 00:33:11,447 --> 00:33:13,567 They just gave me a hot tamale and told me to shut up. 726 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:14,868 [Richard laughing] 727 00:33:14,951 --> 00:33:15,951 It didn't work. 728 00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:18,584 I was eating here in utero, man. 729 00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:21,173 There's a picture of my mother eight months pregnant with me 730 00:33:21,249 --> 00:33:22,579 sitting on the front steps. 731 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,377 -You came out a hot tamale. -Mm-hmm. It was meant to be. 732 00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:28,421 Hank was bragging that you guys grew up together. 733 00:33:28,923 --> 00:33:32,343 Well, Hank's a little older than I am. 734 00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:33,797 -But you know… -[Hank] Well… 735 00:33:34,721 --> 00:33:35,561 Mm. 736 00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:38,599 -Flo, I love your salad! -You love it? 737 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,273 -Yeah, it's delicious. -Good. 738 00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:42,351 Tell my boss, I might get a raise. 739 00:33:42,437 --> 00:33:43,727 -Yes! -[chuckling] 740 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:46,150 Florence, when did you come to work here? 741 00:33:46,232 --> 00:33:48,862 I came to work here before I married my husband. 742 00:33:48,943 --> 00:33:51,363 -Jughead. -Jughead, that's right. 743 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:53,866 He was a brother to the original owner. 744 00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:55,578 -To Doe? -To Doe. 745 00:33:55,658 --> 00:33:58,328 I stood up there, see where she's standing there, 746 00:33:58,411 --> 00:33:59,911 -frying those french fries? -[Phil] Yes. 747 00:33:59,996 --> 00:34:04,206 That's what I did, and my husband was opening oysters through that window. 748 00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:07,052 I let the french fries burn too much because I would… 749 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,545 -Looking at him. -[laughing] 750 00:34:14,510 --> 00:34:17,010 That might be why my wife is not a great cook. 751 00:34:17,096 --> 00:34:18,216 [laughing] 752 00:34:18,306 --> 00:34:20,096 Florence, you gotta come sit by me. 753 00:34:20,183 --> 00:34:21,483 -Me? -Yes! 754 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:22,479 Oh. 755 00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:25,607 You made the salad, your work is done, my friend. 756 00:34:25,688 --> 00:34:27,018 [Flo] Okay. Okay. 757 00:34:27,106 --> 00:34:29,226 -It's mighty good too. -[Julia] Oh, my God. 758 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:31,437 This should not work on paper, 759 00:34:31,527 --> 00:34:33,107 -this salad. Right? -[Julia] No, I know. 760 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:38,116 This is a very sopping wet, soggy-looking salad… 761 00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:39,701 until you eat it. 762 00:34:40,286 --> 00:34:43,706 There is nothing fancy in this salad. It just tastes fantastic. 763 00:34:44,999 --> 00:34:47,709 Then look at this, the broiled shrimp in that gorgeous sauce. 764 00:34:47,794 --> 00:34:49,094 Oh! 765 00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:52,300 Suddenly, giant hunks of garlic bread to zobble it up, 766 00:34:52,381 --> 00:34:54,261 and then the fried shrimp. 767 00:34:54,842 --> 00:34:58,052 [Julia] I've done a survey, that's fairly official actually, 768 00:34:58,638 --> 00:35:00,258 of fried shrimp around the country. 769 00:35:00,348 --> 00:35:01,558 -[Phil]] This is the best? -Yep. 770 00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:04,845 -Do you do anything wrong? -Mm. 771 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:06,846 [Julia] Tell Phil about Jughead, your husband. 772 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,148 The distracter. 773 00:35:08,231 --> 00:35:09,401 [chuckling] 774 00:35:09,482 --> 00:35:11,112 What was your first date? 775 00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:14,782 Now, my first date with my husband was on Halloween night, 776 00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:16,162 to a football game. 777 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,199 How many years ago was that? 778 00:35:18,282 --> 00:35:20,582 Well, I married when I was 23, 779 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:22,540 -and I'm 39 now. -[all laughing] 780 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:25,751 Okay? So I'm gonna let you do the math. 781 00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:27,132 Do you remember the game? 782 00:35:27,208 --> 00:35:31,458 Nah. I was just eating popcorn, looking at him. He's so good-looking. 783 00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:32,956 [all laughing] 784 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,430 [Phil] Doe's Eat Place is legendary and not just with the locals. 785 00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:39,300 -Liza Minnelli was in here. -What? 786 00:35:39,387 --> 00:35:41,307 -Her mama was in here. -Judy Garland was-- 787 00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:43,019 We had Willie Nelson sitting over here. 788 00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:45,889 Johnny Cash been in here. Willie Nelson been in here. 789 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:47,727 They just happened through. 790 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:49,983 [Phil] It's easy to see why. 791 00:35:50,064 --> 00:35:51,904 Oh, look at that. 792 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,443 That is not for one person. 793 00:35:53,526 --> 00:35:55,396 Look at the size of these steaks! 794 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:59,406 I thought, naturally, a steak that size is for the table. 795 00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:00,991 Oh, my God. 796 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:05,119 It was for me. A giant steak, for me. 797 00:36:05,204 --> 00:36:06,044 Hee-hee. 798 00:36:07,623 --> 00:36:11,503 Look how soft that is. Wow, and look how it's done. Perfect. 799 00:36:11,586 --> 00:36:12,546 Come on! 800 00:36:12,628 --> 00:36:14,298 [Hank] You're in the right part of it now. 801 00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:16,050 I'm in the right part of it now. 802 00:36:16,132 --> 00:36:17,932 [all laughing] 803 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:21,139 -As opposed to the really bad part of it. -[Hank] That's meat. 804 00:36:21,637 --> 00:36:23,807 -What do you think? -It's a thing of beauty. 805 00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:27,935 [Julia] Those french fries? Fry 'em over there in those ancient iron skillets. 806 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,349 -[Phil] This is fancy, steak frites. -[Julia] I know. 807 00:36:30,438 --> 00:36:32,818 When they lose the skillets, it's all over. 808 00:36:32,899 --> 00:36:34,279 [Phil] This is incredible. 809 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:35,738 Did we run out of wine? 810 00:36:35,818 --> 00:36:37,398 -No, we got plenty of wine. -We do? 811 00:36:37,486 --> 00:36:39,446 -God damn. -[all laughing] 812 00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:41,661 [Skype call ringing] 813 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,288 [Phil] Yes. Hello. 814 00:36:45,786 --> 00:36:49,666 -[Max] Did you get a haircut? -I did right before I left. 815 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:52,669 -There's not much hair left. -[Phil] Look who's talking. 816 00:36:52,752 --> 00:36:53,672 [all laughing] 817 00:36:54,253 --> 00:36:55,343 [chuckling] 818 00:36:55,421 --> 00:36:56,961 This is Memphis? 819 00:36:57,048 --> 00:37:01,468 Memphis, Tennessee is where the Mississippi Delta begins, 820 00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:06,272 and then Highway 61 takes you along the mighty Mississippi. 821 00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:08,976 People are very-- Look like they're friendly. 822 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:12,020 You know what? Absolutely right. That's the best part. 823 00:37:12,104 --> 00:37:13,484 There's such diversity, 824 00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:15,734 and everybody gets along with everybody. 825 00:37:15,816 --> 00:37:18,146 You know, I was at this Jim's Cafe 826 00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:20,026 right down the street from where I'm staying. 827 00:37:20,112 --> 00:37:22,282 I was at the-- You would like this, Dad. 828 00:37:22,365 --> 00:37:25,865 Six old men sitting around, and they meet for lunch every day. 829 00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:28,292 And they have a sign literally on the table, 830 00:37:28,371 --> 00:37:29,791 "Table of Knowledge." 831 00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:31,213 Every day? 832 00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:33,380 [Phil] Yeah, pretty much, right? Every day. 833 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,630 You know, the guys at the table even, they have differences, 834 00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:41,344 but they never let them get in the way of their friendships. 835 00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:44,005 And it was a real lesson in how it could be. 836 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:47,595 What we see on TV is the worst of the worst. 837 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,939 But in reality, we saw the opposite. 838 00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:54,435 Because most of the time, things are-- People are nice. 839 00:37:54,522 --> 00:37:57,282 It's just not exciting to talk about. 840 00:37:57,358 --> 00:38:01,148 You know what happened today when these two factions met, 841 00:38:01,237 --> 00:38:05,987 and they're on opposite sides of a thing? They had lunch and they all got along. 842 00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:09,195 [all laughing] 843 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,747 Right? What's happening there? What's going on? 844 00:38:12,331 --> 00:38:16,091 We did have an interesting morning in that we had our eggs 845 00:38:16,168 --> 00:38:18,458 and all the eggs… 846 00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:20,086 This is four eggs now. 847 00:38:20,172 --> 00:38:22,222 All of them, double yolks. 848 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:24,760 What? You hit the jackpot. 849 00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:28,064 Dad, that's like Christmas and New Year's and Hanukkah 850 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,679 all rolled into one. 851 00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:31,265 We hit the jackpot. 852 00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:33,810 -Okay, can I tell you one more thing? -What? 853 00:38:33,894 --> 00:38:37,694 Yesterday, we saw a ladybug 854 00:38:37,773 --> 00:38:40,573 outside the window, 855 00:38:40,651 --> 00:38:43,111 and we opened the window, 856 00:38:43,195 --> 00:38:45,945 and another one flew in, and then we got that one. 857 00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:48,832 -So not just double yolks… -Two ladybugs. 858 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:51,080 Double ladybugs. People… 859 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:53,752 -[Phil] This must mean something. -What's this mean? 860 00:38:53,831 --> 00:38:55,581 -It's very spiritual. -Okay. 861 00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:56,626 [laughing] 862 00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:00,213 -What else is new? -Yeah. 863 00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:02,376 Dad, welcome to my world. 864 00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:04,932 -Very interesting. -[chuckling] 865 00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:08,678 "You're a fascinating woman." Is that what you're thinking? 866 00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:10,472 [laughing] 867 00:39:12,475 --> 00:39:13,555 What? 868 00:39:13,642 --> 00:39:15,942 I get to hear stories like that all the time. 869 00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:19,397 What else is happening? Did you play Password? 870 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:20,862 Max made up the word. 871 00:39:20,941 --> 00:39:24,111 He didn't want to play, but he wanted to give you the words. 872 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:25,645 -One… -Cultivate. 873 00:39:25,738 --> 00:39:26,738 …was "cultivate." 874 00:39:26,822 --> 00:39:28,572 That's a very hard password. 875 00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:30,487 I think it was too hard, and we couldn't get it, 876 00:39:30,576 --> 00:39:33,196 and then you said, "I'll use it in a sentence." 877 00:39:33,287 --> 00:39:34,827 And go ahead, Max. 878 00:39:34,914 --> 00:39:37,004 Yesterday, I was waiting for a bus, 879 00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:39,343 but it was too cultivate so I took the subway. 880 00:39:39,418 --> 00:39:40,668 [laughing] 881 00:39:43,089 --> 00:39:46,299 [Phil] So you guys have to suffer through Password. 882 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:47,934 No one can get the word, 883 00:39:48,010 --> 00:39:51,640 and it turns out he only wrote the word so he could do that joke. 884 00:39:52,473 --> 00:39:53,683 What else? 885 00:39:53,766 --> 00:39:54,726 Escort. 886 00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:57,229 Escort? And you used it in a sentence. 887 00:39:57,311 --> 00:40:01,231 I had to jump over the fence, but I didn't make it, and I got my escort. 888 00:40:01,315 --> 00:40:02,525 [laughing] 889 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:08,861 -[Max] All right. -This is-- "All right." 890 00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:11,368 It's a very good show I've got here. I must say. 891 00:40:11,450 --> 00:40:13,830 When you're on, it's a very good show. 892 00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:15,041 Have a good time. 893 00:40:15,121 --> 00:40:16,041 Goodbye. 894 00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:17,832 Bye, Richard! 895 00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:20,575 [Phil] I think I got a nominee for the Table of Knowledge. 896 00:40:21,335 --> 00:40:22,495 [country music playing] 897 00:40:23,712 --> 00:40:24,842 [sizzling] 898 00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:33,058 This is the Highland Club, a little south of Greenville, 899 00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:35,349 and it's where we'll have a little reunion 900 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:37,563 of some of the nice folks we've met along the way. 901 00:40:37,643 --> 00:40:40,153 We're going to get some catfish fried up 902 00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:42,269 by a man named Dan, 903 00:40:42,356 --> 00:40:44,476 and many consider it the best in the Delta. 904 00:40:44,984 --> 00:40:48,864 ♪ If my baby rides the levee I believe I'll ride the levee too ♪ 905 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:53,278 [Phil] Music today provided by Ferd, Raymond, and Valley. 906 00:40:54,660 --> 00:40:56,700 Hank is here. Of course, Julia. 907 00:40:56,787 --> 00:40:59,667 Cole Ellis from Delta Meat Market met us. 908 00:40:59,748 --> 00:41:02,418 My old friend Talbert from Jim and Samella's. 909 00:41:03,252 --> 00:41:07,302 ♪ If my baby rides the levee I believe I'll ride the levee too ♪ 910 00:41:10,801 --> 00:41:12,051 [clapping] 911 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:14,644 [woman] Whoo-hoo! 912 00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:18,982 [Phil] Henry? You're gonna eat something? Can I give him a hush puppy? Sit. 913 00:41:19,059 --> 00:41:20,479 -Yeah! -[man] Neat. 914 00:41:21,020 --> 00:41:22,350 [Julia] Oh, puppy! 915 00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:24,688 You're an ad for hush puppies. 916 00:41:24,773 --> 00:41:25,823 All right, get in there. 917 00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:27,030 -Don't be shy. -Come on. 918 00:41:27,109 --> 00:41:31,819 -[Talbert] They ain't gotta tell me twice. -[man 1] Oh, my God. 919 00:41:32,323 --> 00:41:33,533 [Phil] What do you got there? 920 00:41:33,616 --> 00:41:35,776 [Cole] This is that rotisserie chicken and cabbage salad. 921 00:41:35,868 --> 00:41:38,698 -[Phil] And what do you got? -[man 2] I got crowder peas and chow chow. 922 00:41:38,787 --> 00:41:41,787 [Phil] Yes, yes, yes. Here we go. Potato salad. 923 00:41:43,459 --> 00:41:45,169 -This is alligator? -[woman] Yeah. 924 00:41:45,252 --> 00:41:46,252 [man 3] How big was it? 925 00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:48,507 That one was nine-and-a-half, I believe. 926 00:41:48,589 --> 00:41:49,839 [Phil] Here I go. 927 00:41:50,925 --> 00:41:52,045 Alligator, people. 928 00:41:52,134 --> 00:41:53,934 With a little alligator sauce. 929 00:41:55,930 --> 00:41:57,770 But look at this catfish. 930 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,226 Is that a good plate, you think? 931 00:42:00,309 --> 00:42:02,019 Gotta taste everything, right? 932 00:42:02,102 --> 00:42:03,602 [chuckling] 933 00:42:04,104 --> 00:42:08,484 This is amazing. The peas, the alligator, the chow chow. 934 00:42:08,567 --> 00:42:11,317 -Mm. -Did you do the alligator yet? 935 00:42:11,403 --> 00:42:12,783 -Yes. My God. -I love it. 936 00:42:12,863 --> 00:42:14,373 -[Phil] Here I go. -The alligator. 937 00:42:14,990 --> 00:42:15,870 [Talbert] Mm. 938 00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:17,909 [Hank] That's good. 939 00:42:19,537 --> 00:42:21,207 That's good. 940 00:42:21,288 --> 00:42:24,118 That seasoning and that sauce. That would make my shoe fit. 941 00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:26,128 -[chuckles] -All right. 942 00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:29,050 It's not like a tender meat, alligator. It's chewy. 943 00:42:29,129 --> 00:42:31,129 -Yeah, it's true. -But it's good. 944 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,585 You know what? You actually want it to be. 945 00:42:33,676 --> 00:42:35,386 'Cause alligators are tough in nature. 946 00:42:35,469 --> 00:42:36,299 Right. Yeah. 947 00:42:36,887 --> 00:42:39,807 So you can really just bite into it and savor it. 948 00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:42,730 Exactly. You could wrestle it, like gator wrestling. 949 00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:45,520 The trick to alligator is you eat it before it eats you. 950 00:42:45,604 --> 00:42:47,114 That's right. 951 00:42:47,982 --> 00:42:49,282 Yay! Yay! Yay! 952 00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:53,148 -You did great with this alligator. -Yeah? 953 00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:55,407 The sauce you had with the alligator is a Mississippi thing. 954 00:42:55,489 --> 00:42:56,779 It's called comeback sauce. 955 00:42:56,865 --> 00:42:57,905 Yes, I understand that. 956 00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:00,912 Yeah, and he's saying they make a boom boom sauce, 957 00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:02,785 which is pretty similar to the comeback. 958 00:43:02,871 --> 00:43:06,001 Yeah, I was real spicy. The boom boom sauce-- 959 00:43:06,083 --> 00:43:10,213 I'm talking about when you dip it… It's boom, boom. 960 00:43:10,296 --> 00:43:11,706 [all laughing] 961 00:43:11,797 --> 00:43:13,417 And you know what happens later. 962 00:43:13,507 --> 00:43:14,587 [all laughing] 963 00:43:15,843 --> 00:43:18,643 -[Talbert] There's also two booms as well. -[all laugh] 964 00:43:20,639 --> 00:43:21,929 [Phil] It's just not me, right? 965 00:43:22,016 --> 00:43:23,846 -This is fantastic. -No, it's not just you. 966 00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:25,984 It's so light and not greasy. 967 00:43:27,021 --> 00:43:29,271 -[Talbert] It doesn't taste muddy. -Yeah, man. 968 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:31,734 -[Phil] Can I meet Dan? -[woman] Yeah. 969 00:43:31,817 --> 00:43:34,317 I ate your catfish. I've had four or five pieces already. 970 00:43:34,403 --> 00:43:35,903 -Good. -I wanted to shake your hand. 971 00:43:35,988 --> 00:43:37,198 [Dan] Thank you so much. 972 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:41,491 Phil, it's never a disaster when you eating with a master. 973 00:43:41,577 --> 00:43:42,827 [Hank laughs] 974 00:43:42,911 --> 00:43:44,961 -The master of disaster. -[all chuckling] 975 00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:46,209 That's him. 976 00:43:50,044 --> 00:43:52,214 A lot of the food around here is indigenous. 977 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:54,256 People got to eat what's around them. 978 00:43:54,757 --> 00:43:57,837 But the art is in making it worth living for. 979 00:43:58,886 --> 00:44:01,136 -Goodbye, everybody. -[Cole] Anytime. Yeah, absolutely. 980 00:44:01,221 --> 00:44:03,271 [Phil] Thanks for the hospitality, my friends. 981 00:44:03,849 --> 00:44:06,599 I don't know what I was expecting. 982 00:44:06,685 --> 00:44:08,225 I love being here. 983 00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:09,982 But look at these people. 984 00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:14,073 They don't know me. They don't have to like me automatically, 985 00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:19,111 but it's not just me. They seemed to truly love each other. 986 00:44:19,198 --> 00:44:21,528 They love and welcome strangers. 987 00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:24,286 Isn't that how the world should be? 988 00:44:24,870 --> 00:44:28,080 -Bye, Phil! [chuckles] -[Phil] Look, there's a dog. 989 00:44:28,165 --> 00:44:29,875 -Hank! -Come on, Phil. 990 00:44:29,958 --> 00:44:31,918 -Who's that? -That's Boudreaux. 991 00:44:32,002 --> 00:44:33,252 Boudreaux! 992 00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:37,167 Hank volunteered to give me a ride home via the river. 993 00:44:37,257 --> 00:44:38,377 [jazz music playing] 994 00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,009 Here it is, the mighty Mississippi. 995 00:44:43,097 --> 00:44:46,227 See how she winds and winds. 996 00:44:48,185 --> 00:44:49,845 Boudreaux, you're the captain! 997 00:44:51,605 --> 00:44:53,435 Edith Wharton had a quote. 998 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:55,404 "One of the great things about travel 999 00:44:55,484 --> 00:44:58,574 is that you find out how many good, kind people there are." 1000 00:44:58,654 --> 00:45:02,374 That was never truer than about the Mississippi Delta. 1001 00:45:02,449 --> 00:45:06,119 What kind of wildlife is here? Are there alligators in the river? 1002 00:45:06,203 --> 00:45:09,713 Alligators. Probably one swam by while we were here. 1003 00:45:09,790 --> 00:45:13,040 [Phil] No! Hey, I got an idea. Let's go back. 1004 00:45:13,127 --> 00:45:14,497 [Hank chuckling] 1005 00:45:18,382 --> 00:45:19,632 [theme music playing] 1006 00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:37,324 ♪ Come sit at his table ♪ 1007 00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,951 ♪ If you're happy, hungry, willing and able ♪ 1008 00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:44,529 ♪ See how breaking bread ♪ 1009 00:45:44,616 --> 00:45:48,246 ♪ Can turn a stranger right into a friend ♪ 1010 00:45:48,328 --> 00:45:50,158 ♪ He will drive to you ♪ 1011 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:51,997 ♪ He will fly to you ♪ 1012 00:45:52,082 --> 00:45:53,752 ♪ He will sing for you ♪ 1013 00:45:53,834 --> 00:45:55,594 ♪ And he'll dance for you ♪ 1014 00:45:55,669 --> 00:45:57,339 ♪ He will laugh with you ♪ 1015 00:45:57,421 --> 00:45:59,171 ♪ And he'll cry for you ♪ 1016 00:45:59,256 --> 00:46:01,506 ♪ There's just one thing he asks in return ♪ 1017 00:46:01,592 --> 00:46:04,722 ♪ Somebody feed, somebody feed ♪ 1018 00:46:04,803 --> 00:46:10,643 ♪ Can somebody, somebody feed Phil ♪ 1019 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:17,315 ♪ Oh please somebody, somebody feed Phil ♪ 1020 00:46:17,399 --> 00:46:22,069 ♪ Somebody feed him now ♪