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I'm here for Route 66, the most
famous road in the world.

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How many other roads do you know,
that people sing about?

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And it's just one of those magical
places that you always long to see.

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Ever since I was a wee boy in
Glasgow, I've fantasised

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about getting my kicks on Route 66.

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Oh, my God!

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Into to the land of broken dreams
and Hollywood endings.

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The highway that built a continent,

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defined a nation,
running from Chicago to LA.

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Route 66 is the story of America,
written by the people,
for the people.

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Over eight states and 2,500 miles.

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I love that!

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It's a tale in tarmac of presidents
and paupers, cowboys and indians,

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diners and drive-throughs.

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Framed in a landscape, from a hundred
movies

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with a soundtrack of the greatest
music in the world.

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Rock and roll.

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Sounds good, doesn't it?

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Oh, my God! Woah!

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We're gonna have lots of fun.

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Meet lots of people, see lots of
nice things.

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Come with me.

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Let's take a walk on the wrong side.

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# Well, it goes from St Louis,
Joplin, Missouri

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# Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty

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# You'll see Amarillo,
Gallup, New Mexico

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# Flagstaff, Arizona
Don't forget Winona
Kingsman, Barstow, San Bernardino

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# Get your kicks
On Route 66 #

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This leg of Route 66 is going to take
me to the beating heart

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of middle America.

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# It's a lovely day in Kansas today #

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There's gonna be wild dogs.

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There's nothing like a nice bit of
rat in the morning, I've always felt.

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Sassy, brassy hunters.

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What do you want me to shoot?

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Obsessive compulsives.

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Oh, God!

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A soul-singing legend.

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And the biggest rocking chair you
have ever seen.

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Starting in St Louis, I'm gonna
motor west 600 miles

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to Oklahoma City, through the Bible
Belt and away into cowboy country.

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First on my to-do list, the most
impressive collection of rivets,

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girders and steel you've ever seen.

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If you're ever in St Louis, you'll
see this thing behind me.

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It's the Gateway Arch.

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It's a bit like being in Paris
with the Eiffel Tower,

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you keep seeing it from
unexpected angles.

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It keeps coming into your view
when you least expect it.

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It was designed by a man called
Eero Saarinen,

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who usually did airport terminals
and stuff.

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I know it sounds very anoraky

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but there's 900 tonnes of
stainless steel in there.

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He says he designed it like an upside
down necklace and it's a tribute

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to the great explorers and hunters,
and trappers of the West.

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And, as you know, they always wore
a wee, single-strand necklace

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and a twin-set underneath all that
rawhide gear,

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in case an unexpected social event
should show up, you know?

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You'd be expected to if you were
invited to a dance in Neapolis.

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You'd be invited to a dance
in the outback!

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You know what I mean.

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And inside this, it's hollow and
there's a-a-a tramway...thing.

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I don't know what they were talking
about when I read the information

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but there's a mode of transport
to the top of it

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and you shall come with me and you
will be the better for it.

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Well, I've never been inside
a monument before.

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We're in the dark.

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And this is called a
cantilever tramway.

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It's kind of weird, really.
There's nothing much to see.

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Except rivets and girders.

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Oh, I can see a stairway!

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Ooh! I saw a stairway...

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..and a fire extinguisher!

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You can now count me in as one of
the four million people

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that visit this viewing platform
every year.

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There's two river boats down there.
See them?

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They're paddle steamers.

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That's the mighty Mississippi -
Old Muddy.

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You spend your whole life as a child
learning about these things

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and then it's, M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.

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You never dream that one day
you're gonna be up the top

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of a huge monument,
looking down on it.

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Isn't life the strangest thing?

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I've been here for ages and not
one person has asked me

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to spell Mississippi. I'm so
disappointed.

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But the whole point of this is
to look west

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because St Louis was the gateway
to the West.

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Straight ahead there must be where
the St Louis Cardinals play.

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I've been trying to find it,
I think I've spotted it.

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It's on the other side.
Is it?

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I've just been informed that it's
not, it's not it at all.

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Come here! I was completely wrong
about the Cardinals' stadium.

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It's there.

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When I was telling you we were
looking west, we were looking east.

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I would make a lousy explorer.

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Don't follow me.
Forward, men! We're going that way!

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Now, if I asked you to have a look at
some public art,

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you might be tempted to turn your TV
off but stick around...

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St Louis does it differently.

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You'll have often heard people
saying, "America's got everything."

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In actual fact, they're quite right.

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And I've got the absolute proof for
you and it's right over here.

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It's a bidet for joggers.

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Do you notice over here, that man is
striding manfully

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through a line of bidets,

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which will get rid of his sweaty
crotch problem, instantly.

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Oh, America!

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You see that face?

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You see that sculpture that's
a head lying on its side?

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Look in the eyes of that sculpture,
you'll see little faces looking out.

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Are you OK?
ALL: YES

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It seems to become very tactile and
accessible because it's abstract.

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Isn't that lovely, how people feel
entitled to go and touch that art?

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I love that. I absolutely love it.

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Good on you, St Louis.

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How many times have you been in town
and you've seen a statue

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of some dreary, old curmudgeon,
standing there in his frock-coat

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with children clambering over it?
They actually scare children!

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The only things they don't seem
to scare are seagulls and pigeons.

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But look at that. That's alive and
well.

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Don't you miss those days when you
didn't mind being soaking wet?

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And didn't care about a change of
clothes.

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Hamburgers, fries, hotdogs...

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it's an unfortunate truth
that road food

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is not exactly good for your
taste buds or your colon.

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So when you get the chance to eat
real soul food,

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prepared by a real soul queen,

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you shake your tail-feather and get
to Sweetie Pie's restaurant, pronto.

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Hi! Hello, Billy Connolly.
How lovely to meet you, Robbie.

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This is Miss Robbie Montgomery,

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the equally formidable and
beautiful owner of Sweetie Pie's.

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Make sure you guys
cut those greens up

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cos we were eating greens, like a
whole leaf, like jungle weed.

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Cut them up!

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But if there's something in her sass
that makes you think

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you might have seen her before,
take a look at this...

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Because Robbie used to be one of Ike
and Tina Turner's legendary Ikettes.

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Those amazing backing singers that
used to tear up the stage
in the '60s.

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Welcome, welcome.
I saw you before, going like that.

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Shaking my tail-feather.

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That was my favourite, shaking the
tail-feather. Really?

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The tail-feather is broke!
I can't shake it any more.

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I've gotten too old for that now.
Oh, river deep, mountain high!

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These days, she is much more famous
for her soul food

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which is supposed to be the best
in Missouri.

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Billy, pick up your tray, I'm gonna
give you a lesson in soul food.

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Oh, good, I've never had soul food
before. This is your first?

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My first. I'm glad it's my restaurant
you're checking for the first time.

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This is Billy, ladies. You take care
of him. We take care of everybody.

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I'm looking forward to this.

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Oh, collard greens,
can I have some of that?

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And he's got to try the macaroni
and cheese. Of course he does!

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Here we call this Mississippi-style
cooking

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because all of these
are my mom's recipes.

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Well, you grew up lucky.
That good?

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So, is that approval?

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I love this, it's delicious.

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Good, that makes me feel proud and
I'm sure my mom is happy.

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She's turning over.

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I can hear her!
Saying, "I told you!"

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I always order mac and cheese when I
can, to see if it's as good as mine.

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Is it?

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Mmm... Just a little bit off, huh?
All right, I don't wanna beat you,

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just put me in the race.

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But this is a highlight for me...
collard greens.

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See, that's a big green right there.
It's a big lump of green.

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That should have been cut up.
Yeah.

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See, those little things like that,
I have to go in the back

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and say, "Why didn't you cut
those greens up?"

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I don't think I'd like you to be my
boss. You'd be a mighty boss.

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Oh, you should hear me some days.

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Really? I got a vocabulary that...I
can't use all the time. Me too.

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Bitchin' in the kitchen!
Bitchin' in the kitchen, exactly.

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Thanks for the music, too.
Oh, good.

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So you would actually sing and
rehearse and cook as well?

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Oh, yeah. Because everything was
segregated back there. Yeah.

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Wasn't a lot of places for
the black people to eat.

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We had electric skillets so we would
get in the hotel rooms and cook.

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It's very difficult to believe,
isn't it, segregation?

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That's right but it's still
going on.

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It's not prevalent but it's
still happening.

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I remember the day my son came home
and said,

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"Mom, what's a nigger?" And I'm
like, "Who told you that?"

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I knew somebody had told him because
I had never said anything about it.

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He's like two or three years old.

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But, as you grow, and you learn to
ignore their ignorance...

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because I'm in a place in my life,
at 70, I'm happy just to be here.

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As long as we love each other,
that's where I'm at.

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That's the beginning, the middle and
the end, isn't it? Right, it is.

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Before you go...
Come here, love. Thank you.

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Oh, thank you so much.
I love ya! I love you more.

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God bless you.
And just once...

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All right...

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# Doop-doop-doop-doop
doop-doop-doop!

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With my belly full of mac
and cheese,

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it's time to leave the city limits
and head into Missouri.

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This is real Bible Belt country,

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a lush state, peppered with churches
and gun-toting hunters.

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Which is ironic because my first
port-of-call is a wolf sanctuary.

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wolves are now nearly extinct
in these parts.

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But thanks to people like my guide,
Regina,

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real efforts are being made to turn
that trend around.

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Where's my wolves?
Oh, we've got them for you!

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We have 40 wolves at the
Endangered Wolf Centre.

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We're very unique because
we don't pet the animals,

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we don't talk to them,
we don't play with them.

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We want them to keep that fear
of humans

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so when they go into the wild,
they stay away from people.

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Well, you want to help us feed a
deer to one of our packs? Yeah.

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All right. This is for you.
For me? What do I do with it?

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It's your protection stick.
The wolves won't come up to you

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but it's just for safety. If you
feel threatened, you can wave it.

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But, like I said, wolves
stay far away from us

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so you'll see they're gonna be
at the back of the enclosure.

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Right.
OK.

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(LAUGHS) A protection stick!

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I'm sure wolves are terrified of
white sticks (!)

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This guy was frozen so it'll be
a deer Popsicle for them.

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So this guy was hit by a car.
I can see that.

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Yeah, he broke a leg. It's nice that
he's not gonna go to waste.

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You know, the wolves get to practice
eating their natural prey.

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We'll go out this way and let them
get their dinner.

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Even though we're on the outside of
the enclosure,

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they're still nervous
that we're here.

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That's how much they're afraid
of people.

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That really takes me by surprise.

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Oh! And now it's his!
He's peed on it? Yeah.

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Maybe that was his way of
defrosting it.

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They're really wishing we weren't
here, aren't they? They are.

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They're ready to go for dinner and
we're making them nervous.

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I like the way they stop and
look straight at us.

231
00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,640
I never expected them to be so tender
and scared, you know?

232
00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,720
When you think about the kind of
reputation a wolf has

233
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for being terrifying and attacking
human beings, it's just nonsense.

234
00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,880
While we leave the wolves to enjoy
their lunch -

235
00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,800
Look at this!
They're checking you out.

236
00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,640
Regina introduces me to African
wild dogs that they also breed here.

237
00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,760
Oh, a pig's ear!

238
00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,120
Pig's ear and a rat.
Pig's ear and a rat. Yummo (!)

239
00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,680
Making you hungry for lunch?
Mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm (!)

240
00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,960
Those are like Easter eggs, you get
to place it wherever you want to.

241
00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,920
Anywhere here? Yeah, you can put it
wherever you want.

242
00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,920
Perfect. You hear them howling?

243
00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:32,960
(HOWLING)

244
00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,680
That cool?
Oh, that's the coolest noise.

245
00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,960
I don't know if I would like it if I
was in my tent.

246
00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,360
That was a great noise. That's made
my day.

247
00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:56,600
Isn't that cool? Not many people
have heard the sounds of howls.

248
00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:05,400
What's amazing about these guys is,
these guys share.

249
00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,000
When they have puppies, they'll have
a babysitter stay back

250
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000
and watch the puppies. No!
Yeah.

251
00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,240
And when they make the kill,
they'll eat and they'll come back

252
00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,080
and regurgitate. Not only for the
puppies, but for the babysitter.

253
00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,520
So, it's really a one for all,
all for one system.

254
00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:25,360
There's nothing like a bit of rat in
the morning, I've always felt (!)

255
00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,720
They save the tail for last, that's
the best part. I always do (!)

256
00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,040
Nothing like a bit of rat and a pig's
ear for a wee snack in the morning.

257
00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,200
There's a lot to do on a
Sunday afternoon

258
00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,360
in the fabulous, green state
of Missouri.

259
00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,280
You could fix your tractor,

260
00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,440
you could stuff an animal,

261
00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,360
maybe even have a barbecue, or...

262
00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:02,800
..you could get on the blower,
call some mates...

263
00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:04,920
find an empty field...

264
00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,000
..dress up like an extra from
Pirates of the Caribbean

265
00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,960
..and play with some very big guns.

266
00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,360
All to mark the 150th anniversary of
the American Civil War.

267
00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:22,640
It was 11 Southern states versus
25 Northern states.

268
00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,880
And do you know, the
funniest thing is,

269
00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,600
everyone thinks it's about slavery
but the argument goes on today,

270
00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,680
as to whether it was or not.

271
00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,240
Abraham Lincoln thought it was about
slavery.

272
00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,160
ALL: FIRE IN THE HOLE!

273
00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,640
It's a very complex issue and it
sells millions of books every year.

274
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,320
People dedicate their lives to the
study of the Civil War.

275
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,400
FIRE!

276
00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,840
625,000 men died.

277
00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:00,720
It was the saddest war of all
because some of the people involved

278
00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,560
didn't actually know what they were
fighting for.

279
00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,600
Some people today don't even know
what it was really about.

280
00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,440
FIRE!

281
00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,080
But as you can see, very few people
fall down.

282
00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,400
I think it's the one failing
of re-enactment.

283
00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,880
Everybody wants to be in it for
the whole day.

284
00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,240
Nobody wants to die in the first
five minutes

285
00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,320
and lie there for the whole day.

286
00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:30,080
Unless there's sunshine and you can
die face-up and get a good tan.

287
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,160
There's a dead guy lying just there.

288
00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,160
I think he might be asleep.

289
00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:56,000
Well, he's surrendering and he's a
Blue Coat.

290
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,720
Again! He did that the first time.
He's got a bigger rag out there now.

291
00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,640
Get out of here, you big jessy!

292
00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,440
Fight like a man!

293
00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,400
Did you win?
Yes.

294
00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,280
But I thought the Union side was
supposed to win today?

295
00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,240
No, this is The Battle of Blackwell.
The Battle of Blackwell? Yeah.

296
00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,600
And that was won by the
Confederates? Yeah.

297
00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,760
And is it quite accurate?

298
00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,240
For insurance reasons,
we can't pull rammers

299
00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,520
so when you've gotta reload one
you've gotta tap-load it.

300
00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,560
When properly done, you know,
they're loading it. Yes.

301
00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,400
But, anything can happen in the heat
of battle and people get scared.

302
00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,120
Next thing you know, someone's left
a ramrod in there and they fire

303
00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:46,160
and the ramrod fires. It happened
a lot in the real wars.

304
00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,120
Really?
Oh, yeah, quite often.

305
00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,240
Hello, man. How are you doing?

306
00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,720
Are you part of a society?
Basically, yeah.

307
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,160
Do you practice these things?
Yes. Oh, yes.

308
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,480
Sometimes we work for six months
to get everything right...

309
00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,640
the gear, the clothes, the
attitude. And that's your hobby?

310
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,720
Yeah, one of them.
Or as the wife says, obsession.

311
00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,760
Oh yeah?
Yeah!

312
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,080
Oh, it's been a real pleasure.
Stay safe.

313
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,600
Don't go firing those ramrods at each
other. No, no definitely not.

314
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,920
There are an awful lot of tourist
attractions along Route 66.

315
00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,840
From the lofty heights of the Grand
Canyon...

316
00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,560
all the way to this big blue
whale, made of concrete.

317
00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,600
But it would appear the place that's
most advertised is Meramec Caverns.

318
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,080
Every few miles, there's a billboard,
urging me to take a look.

319
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,160
Is it worth it? Let's find out.

320
00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,000
Welcome to the Meramec Caverns.

321
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,960
This is one of the most famous
stop-offs on Route 66.

322
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,280
And it's a wee bit showbiz,
as you can see...

323
00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,400
..from the neon.

324
00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:59,560
Lester Dill bought it and decided to
make it into a tourist attraction.

325
00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:05,520
When, gasp! He found some artefacts,
belonging to Jesse James

326
00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:11,040
and came to the conclusion that this
was the James Gang hide-out.

327
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,000
Very convenient.

328
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,080
Jesse James, the outlaw, has a bit of
a Robin Hood-like reputation

329
00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,160
in Missouri.

330
00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,400
And according to this recently
uncovered bit of archive,

331
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,080
he was also a fastidious
house cleaner.

332
00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:31,320
Great race-horse that, Skyrocket.
Kinda dusty though.

333
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:37,520
Which ultimately may have
contributed to his untimely death.

334
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:42,200
Jesse turned his back. It was his
last mistake.

335
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,800
If there's a power cut in here, we
might have to eat one another.

336
00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,960
What I find baffling is that,
for all the neon signs

337
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,800
and James Gang artefacts, the real
highlight of the cave is nature.

338
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,160
Built up over millions of years,
these beautiful formations

339
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,440
are barely mentioned in the
advertising.

340
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:08,480
Extraordinary!

341
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,400
Look at this one.

342
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,640
I've never touched a stalactite
before.

343
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,840
I've got you a wee special treat.
It's a bit touristy.

344
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,720
But I think you'll like it.

345
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,080
# God bless America

346
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,800
# Land that I love...

347
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,360
Oh, yes!

348
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,480
It's kind of charming but it's a bit
like The Wizard of Oz.

349
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,800
When you see behind all the magic,

350
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,800
there's a wee man working all
the levers and buttons.

351
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,760
He's very good at it though.

352
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,280
There's a tackiness about Route 66

353
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,760
that out-tacks any tackiness
I ever saw, anywhere.

354
00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:01,920
I don't understand why people think
a thing as staggeringly beautiful

355
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,880
needs a light show to make it any
better than it is.

356
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,760
It's amazing how that naturally
occurred.

357
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,640
That Stars and Stripes.

358
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,720
This is an excellent view of the
death of Route 66.

359
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,920
interstate highway.

360
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,920
And that's the thing that took all
the business away from here.

361
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,920
They keep trying different things
but it's slowly dying.

362
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,600
It's been decommissioned as a
highway, anyway.

363
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,400
It's got all different numbers and
names and it's kind of broken up.

364
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,960
So you can whoosh along there and see
very little...

365
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,920
or you can creep along here and see
lots.

366
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,920
People have built all manner of daft
things along Route 66.

367
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,400
They're designed to lure you out of
your car and into their shop.

368
00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,080
But this beats them all.

369
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:06,360
Welcome to Fanning, Missouri and the
biggest rocking chair in the world.

370
00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:13,400
The rockers are down - (LAUGHS) - The
rockers are 32 - (LAUGHS) Excuse me.

371
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:19,520
It's so ridiculous! The rockers are
32 feet long.

372
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,240
And it's got one great failing...

373
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,360
it doesn't rock! (LAUGHS)

374
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,800
That was wonderful.

375
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,600
What a lovely thing. Whose idea
was it?

376
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,240
It was mine. Oh, well done.
Yeah, thank you.

377
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,040
The giant rocker is the brainchild of
the Sanazaro family

378
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,960
who own the 66 Outpost.

379
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,760
A treasure trove of all manner
of stuff.

380
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,720
This doesn't seem right when we've
just been to see

381
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,640
the protection of the wolves.

382
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,440
And if those wolves don't behave...!

383
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,080
Not least, Missouri hospitality.

384
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,360
Will I be able to draw that back?

385
00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:13,520
Yeah, I got it set it on five pounds
for you.

386
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,720
They've invited me to go hunting for
wild turkey tomorrow.

387
00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,280
But not before they put my archery
skills to the test.

388
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,920
Put that top pin right there.
The top pin. Yeah.

389
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,200
Whoops! Jesus!

390
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,000
That's why you've got to put your
finger behind it.

391
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,600
Pull it back there. There you go.
Oh, I see.

392
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,640
Perfect!
There you go. Nice shot!

393
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,480
You're a natural.
Yeah.

394
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,880
Isn't it, that's quite good?
Yeah, good shot. That's a four ring.

395
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,840
Let's go to the back and shoot an
animal. Target animals!

396
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,840
Put it right behind the front leg.

397
00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,600
Well, it's been my experience, when
you fire at targets...

398
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,400
Did I get it?
Yeah, perfect shot.

399
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,800
..you want the real thing eventually.

400
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,320
Oh, right in the arse.

401
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000
That makes it jump.
That would hurt!

402
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,880
That makes it jump and you get it.

403
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,520
You know, if you're in the army and
you're shooting targets

404
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,120
and the target is a guy, like this...

405
00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:28,120
Here's your bullseye. You see that
ring right there? Yeah -

406
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:31,880
..you have a go and after about,
maybe a hundred shots...

407
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:36,280
you think, I wonder how it would be
with a real guy...

408
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,840
who shoots back.

409
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,600
That was real kind of you, man.
Thanks very much.

410
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,720
You're welcome.

411
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,600
My hawk-eye skills honed, I'm off
to the meet the rest of the family,

412
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,640
including my hunting guides,
twin-sisters, Caroline and Sherry.

413
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,840
Welcome.
Thank you very - (LAUGHS)

414
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,920
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Something's
happened to my eyes.

415
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,440
Billy, this is my twin-sister,
Sherry. Hello, Sherry.

416
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,880
Nice to meet you.
You kept that secret.

417
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:09,040
And we are your turkey guides for
tomorrow.

418
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,200
What, are you both coming? Yeah.
Yeah. Oh, yippee!

419
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,320
Oh, look at this.

420
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,920
It's beautiful, isn't it?

421
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,560
Is there turkey in Europe?
No, not wild ones.

422
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,240
None? No.
You're in for a treat tomorrow.

423
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,640
I hope we can call a couple up close
and... Yeah, that sounds great!

424
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,400
We're gonna be hunting right over
there. There's the ridge over there.

425
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,320
That's where I've been hearing them.

426
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,800
How are you gonna be doing it? Are
you doing it with a gun or a bow?

427
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,040
What do you want me to shoot? I've
got both. Whatever you like.

428
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,840
It is I.

429
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:52,880
It's 5:00am, I'm in a garage in Cuba,
Missouri and I'm dressed to kill.

430
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,840
I hope turkeys are pretty stupid

431
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,720
because we don't look like woodland
creatures at all.

432
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,440
It's like a five minute walk.

433
00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:15,200
(MIMICS TURKEY)

434
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,120
She's good.

435
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,800
She's a good hooter.

436
00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,840
I've never hunted wild turkey before

437
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,040
and there does seem to be quite a lot
to get my head around.

438
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,960
The twins have set up two tents
opposite each other.

439
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,880
Are we going in there?

440
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:49,720
The idea is that Sherry hides in one
to lure the turkey by making noises.

441
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:51,640
(MIMICS TURKEY SOUND)

442
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,800
Then, once it's in range, Caroline
will shoot it with her bow.

443
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,480
Well... (LAUGHS) ..that's the theory.

444
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,760
(MIMICS TURKEY)

445
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,360
(TURKEYS CROW)

446
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,680
That's a turkey, isn't it?
Yeah.

447
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,880
It's very far away.
Yeah, he wants us to go to him.

448
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,320
(TURKEYS CROW)

449
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,440
Yeah, he's across the river.

450
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,720
Sometimes, if they get excited,
they'll fly across the river.

451
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:31,200
Yeah? Yeah, but sometimes it's late
in the afternoon before they do.

452
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,160
(TURKEYS CROW)

453
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,880
I don't think you can charge through
here with all these big lights.

454
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,760
My bed was so warm.

455
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:51,800
And as dawn breaks on another
beautiful Missouri morning,

456
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,240
so does our patience.

457
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,680
I'm beginning to suspect turkey
sandwiches are no longer on the menu.

458
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,520
Try that again.
(MIMICS TURKEY)

459
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,800
If it ever was out there, they're
gone now.

460
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,560
What are we doing here?

461
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,360
Well, what do you think of wild
turkey hunting in Missouri?

462
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,520
I'm sure it will be wonderful when I
see it.

463
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,000
That's why they call it hunting and
not killing. Absolutely.

464
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,920
It was an experience.
Yeah, it's a great experience.

465
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,800
My hat's a great experience, too.

466
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,640
I was absolutely delighted that the
turkeys got away.

467
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:57,720
I don't know quite how I would have
reacted if we'd have killed one.

468
00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,680
I had no intention of killing a
turkey.

469
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,360
I'm not in the killing business.

470
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,840
But I like being out in the woods and
I like being with those women.

471
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,320
They were lovely. They were
lovely company.

472
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,360
I'll never forget that, those lovely
people of Missouri.

473
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,440
I'm on my way from Fanning
to Springfield, Missouri.

474
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,920
Now, you need to keep your wits about
you on old 66.

475
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,080
There are some states where it's
really well signposted.

476
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,160
Missouri isn't one of them.

477
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,120
There are, however, a few other signs
to read as you ride.

478
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,920
There's a big billboard there and all
it says is "Jesus."

479
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:50,480
There's a church there called
The Change of Heart Church.

480
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,720
The First Church of God,
Refiner's Fire Apostolic Church

481
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,600
and here's another one. I've never
seen so many churches in my life.

482
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,000
This is the Bible Belt.

483
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,640
God, I've figured they've got
a church each.

484
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,880
God's gonna get you!

485
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,680
God's gonna get you and them demons
is gonna get you!

486
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,360
Demons!

487
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,600
I saw a woman on TV yesterday,
saying she had ascended into heaven

488
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,680
and had fought demons. They were
dragons, red and black.

489
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,800
And God gave her a sword
and she slew them.

490
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:42,080
And she can teach you how to do it if
just you buy her CD for $25.

491
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,880
Apparently, this is a real treat. I'm
going to see a man's collection,

492
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:59,360
a man called Rob Larvey, who's been
collecting all his life.

493
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,560
The next time you'll see me, I'll be
in there, inside.

494
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,040
He doesn't want any evidence of where
the collection is

495
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,920
because it's not for anybody else,
it's just for him.

496
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,960
And woo-hoo, I can't wait!

497
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,360
Let's go.

498
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,240
Welcome.
Oh, you must be Rob.

499
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,720
You must be Billy.
How lovely to meet you, Rob.

500
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,640
You look just like yourself.

501
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,280
I just saw the zithers.

502
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:32,200
That I know of, I'm one of the few
zithers collectors in the world.

503
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:37,560
These two here are interesting.
They were made in July of 1890.

504
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,960
Consecutive serial numbered, one's
3674 and one's 3675.

505
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,720
Zithers and serial numbers?

506
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:50,080
Welcome to the weird and wonderful
world of the male obsessive.

507
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,680
That is a fancy, fancy, schmancy one!

508
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:57,520
According to Rob, collecting stuff
was a uniquely American, male trait.

509
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,960
It starts young with baseball cards
and before you know it,

510
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,600
you've a room after room after room
full of...stuff.

511
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,760
Oh, my God!

512
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,640
I've got one the largest, if not the
largest collection of lap steels

513
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,480
in the world.
Goodness sake.

514
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,400
Then more stuff.

515
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,320
Oh, God!

516
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,720
I thought I'd seen the collection.
Oh, no.

517
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:29,040
the further you go. My God!

518
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,480
Good God, you've got even more!

519
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,160
I'm sorry for laughing. It's just -
Crazy, isn't it?

520
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,520
It's just...beyond.

521
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,080
And for those of you that are
thinking of cloning John Lennon...

522
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,840
Yes, Beatles fans, yesterday your
trouble seemed so far away

523
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,000
so come together now and discover
what millions have before

524
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,320
that love is all you need.

525
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,360
Experience what magic their mop-tops
brought to others.

526
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,440
The heart of the '60s still beats.

527
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,840
Actually contains a lock of hair
from one of the Fab Four.

528
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,680
My God.

529
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,280
Considering he's a man with
a mystery address,

530
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,360
it would be rude to ask how Rob
supports his need to collect.

531
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,680
But collect he does.

532
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:24,360
Like gravity, his need for stuff
is a force of nature.

533
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,320
In here, there's medicine bottles.
I also collect tobacco tins.

534
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,520
It just doesn't stop.

535
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,640
I collect tweed suitcases.

536
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,400
I got a couple of hundred
tweed suitcases. You do?

537
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,240
Yeah, I never sell anything. So, all
of a sudden, you have 200 of them.

538
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:44,960
Why do you never sell anything? Don't
you try to make room and change and -

539
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,360
No, I just expand. Just keep -

540
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,200
Oh, look at your ukuleles.

541
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:54,440
These are Fender Coronados. I've got
50 of them now. (LAUGHS)

542
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,840
And I'm still buying them,
if the price is right.

543
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,000
(LAUGHS) "I got 50 of them."

544
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,720
Oh, my God! I've never met anyone
like you before.

545
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,520
I tell people, when they ask who I
am, I say, well...

546
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:14,040
"I'm an obsessive, compulsive,
manic depressive, eccentric...

547
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,960
..eclectic." Or eclectic eccentric,
it depends on what day it is.

548
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,800
They just sit around, waiting for
you to phone, don't they, the guys?

549
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,560
It's madness!
(LAUGHS) It certainly is.

550
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,680
Well, that is what you call a
collection.

551
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:34,400
And I thought I had too much stuff at
home but...I've got hardly anything!

552
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,040
I'm crossing the state line into
Kansas.

553
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,400
Route 66 only passes through a wee
section of Kansas, just 13 miles.

554
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,520
That'll be three states down and five
to go.

555
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,920
This is Galena, Kansas.

556
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,200
I don't think I would be too far out
in saying that

557
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,120
its best days are behind it.

558
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:21,720
Forget the banks going under
on Wall Street,

559
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,680
Abandoned stores, homes under
foreclosure...

560
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,640
and no work.

561
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,680
Swap meet, might be worth a look.

562
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,360
It would appear the only thing
flourishing in this part of Kansas

563
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,560
is car boot sales.

564
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,040
(COCKERELS CROW)

565
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,120
Hello, do you mind if we look at your
stuff? Go right ahead. Thanks.

566
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,000
Are you selling those chickens and
all? Yeah.

567
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,560
(COCKEREL CROWS)

568
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,040
How much does a chicken cost?

569
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:02,080
A lot of people sell them
for $15 apiece,

570
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,680
when they're grown and laying eggs.
Yeah.

571
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:10,760
Anywhere from $8-$15.
8 to 15 bucks? Yeah.

572
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:15,120
How much is a duck?
Ducks are five.

573
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,680
Five. (LAUGHS)

574
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,960
Because they grow quicker than
chickens do.

575
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:25,760
Oh, look at the wee chickadees.

576
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:30,320
# It's a lovely day in Kansas today

577
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,280
Hello. Hello.
Are you a Grateful Dead fan?

578
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,760
No. I used to make these.
Oh, yeah?

579
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,080
Used to sell them but they're kind
of dead right now so...

580
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,160
Yeah, I've got long-johns like that.
(LAUGHS)

581
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:48,880
And I'm very proud of them. I'm a
Deadhead and proud of it.

582
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:53,640
Come in and look. It's all cheap,
we don't sell nothing expensive.

583
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,440
I'm trying to...liquidate stuff.

584
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,880
Everything's like ten cents, we're
just giving it away. Really?

585
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:10,600
Well, welcome to the United States.

586
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,280
Yeah. Quite a bit of history here.
Yeah.

587
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,240
What's that?
That is an old German piece.

588
00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:22,480
I acquired a small collection of
German military memorabilia

589
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:27,200
from an elderly gentleman in Joplin
who brought them back from Germany

590
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:29,280
during the war.

591
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,080
Well, this is a German dagger.

592
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,960
And this old banner was also the
same gentleman - Oh, my God!

593
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:41,320
..liberated this banner from a
building in Germany

594
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,320
during World War Two.
Yeah.

595
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,040
And it remained in Joplin ever
since but erm...

596
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,920
I don't really keep this kind of
stuff.

597
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,360
I do buy it and sell it and trade it
when I find it

598
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,400
but I'm not really a big fan of it.

599
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,440
No, I'm not a fan of it, myself.

600
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,360
Due to the history behind it...

601
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:03,120
I've always picked up anything
unusual or unique.

602
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,280
Of course, you may not want to see
that.

603
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:08,480
You may not want to film that
particular bumper sticker. It -

604
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,600
"Obama sucks." Oh, I like him. I
think he's great.

605
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:18,480
I know a lot of people from other
countries think he's absolutely
wonderful but -

606
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,600
What about the killing of Osama?

607
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,680
Well, you know, he's taking full
credit for that but erm...

608
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,320
he's not greatly liked
at this point.

609
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:31,520
Well, thanks for your time.
Yes, yes, enjoy your stay.

610
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,640
Yeah, thanks for allowing me to
rumble through your stuff.

611
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:42,040
There's something about a swastika
that just stops me in my tracks.

612
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:46,360
That's the second one I've seen in a
few weeks. I saw one in Scotland...

613
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,040
..and it just...it does something
deep inside me.

614
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,960
Scares the bejesus out of me.

615
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,200
I get unsettled.

616
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,920
I've crossed the state line into my
fourth state, Oklahoma.

617
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:14,880
It's 300 miles to Oklahoma City and
I'm keen to get there before dark.

618
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,600
Because I'm heading for the site of
the Oklahoma bombing,

619
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,680
now a national memorial.

620
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,760
It's something I really want to see
but in all honesty,

621
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,800
I'm not really sure how it's going to
make me feel.

622
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,560
This is the site of the
Alfred P Murrah building.

623
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:40,200
Where, in 1995, on April 19,
Timothy McVeigh drove up

624
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:44,760
with a truck-load of explosive and
blew the building up.

625
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,400
He was a kind of reactionary. He was
an ex-American soldier

626
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:53,680
who was all right-wing and
screwed up about government...

627
00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:56,560
..and how evil government was.

628
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,800
And there's a few guys like that
here...

629
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,800
with that kind of militia
mindedness, you know.

630
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:07,800
And this is the memorial to the
tragedy that he created.

631
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,280
168 people died, including 16
children.

632
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:17,240
And we're very, very close here to
where he parked his truck.

633
00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:19,120
It's just about halfway down here.

634
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:24,680
He loaded it up with explosives and
had built a cage inside the truck

635
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:28,000
so that it would blow towards the
front of the building.

636
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,040
He really put that much thought into
it.

637
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:36,320
These chairs - there's a 168 chairs,
representing each one of the dead.

638
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,600
That's Cathleen Louise Cregan.

639
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,760
And this is a child one.

640
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,240
Ashley Megan Eckles.

641
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,160
I wonder who these people were.

642
00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:52,440
There's another child one here, you
see.

643
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,840
Another one - Oh, there it is.

644
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,080
They're lit.

645
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:04,320
Although it was a Federal building,
there was also a creche in here.

646
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,160
Children all playing, having a nice
time.

647
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,480
It's every bit as powerful as I
thought it might be.

648
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,080
This says it all.

649
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,520
It's a funny thing. It gives it a
kind of strange life, doesn't it?

650
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:27,240
It gives the people a life that will
never go away...

651
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:30,240
..that light.

652
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,000
Just one of those great American
tragedies.

653
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,560
I'm glad we came here.

654
00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:40,960
It was funny, it was all stormy a few
minutes ago.

655
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,040
We thought we wouldn't be able to
come. It was building up

656
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:47,000
to be a big storm and now we're here,
it's very, very calm.

657
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,040
It is so deeply moving.

658
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,160
They should be immensely proud of it,
in Oklahoma.

659
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:04,320
A fitting tribute to those innocent
people who died.

660
00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:23,040
Next week, I head into the great,
wide, open spaces

661
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,200
and the big, big skies of the cowboy
states.

662
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,200
Now, THAT is a shirt!

663
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,360
It's 700 miles of steers...

664
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:34,480
..and queers. (LAUGHS)

665
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,320
And just plain crazy.

666
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,920
See that?

667
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,680
It's going to see me dabble with some
ancient magic.

668
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,360
Talking in tongues...

669
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:48,080
and meeting the real-life queens
of the rodeo.

670
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:50,840
Ride it like you stole it.
(LAUGHS)

671
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,760
This place...I wish you were here,
I wish you could see it.

672
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,400
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