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(man) ♪ WELCOME TO A SHOW ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN SEE ♪ ♪ WITHOUT GOING FAR, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE FREE.

♪ ♪ IF YOU THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHING ♪ ♪ IN THE OLD HEARTLAND, ♪ ♪ YOU OUGHT TO HIT THE BLACKTOP ♪ ♪ WITH THESE FOOLS IN A VAN.

♪ ♪ LOOK OUT, THEY'RE DRIVING HARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT ART IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

♪ ♪ RANDY DOES THE STEERING SO HE WON'T HURL.

♪ ♪ MIKE'S GOT THE MAP, SUCH A MAN OF THE WORLD.

♪ ♪ THAT'S DON WITH THE CAMERA, ♪ ♪ KIND OF HEAVY ON HIS SHOULDER.

♪ ♪ AND THAT GIANT BALL OF TAPE, IT'S A WORLD RECORD HOLDER.

♪ ♪ LOOK OUT, THEY'RE DRIVING HARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT ART IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

♪ ♪ LOOK OUT, THEY'RE DRIVING HARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT THE WORLD IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD, ♪ ♪ CHECKING OUT THE WORLD IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

♪ ♪ (Don) DEAR TV MAILBAG, HOW'S THIS FOR A DESK JOB?

HI.

DON THE CAMERA GUY HERE, TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS WHILE I CHECK OUT MY EXECUTIVE POTENTIAL.

[whistling] WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

UH-- OH, BUSTED BY THE BIG GUY.

GET OUTTA HERE!

HURTLING DOWN HIGHWAY 71 IN A CRAMPED CHRYSLER MINIVAN, PULLING OFF IN A SMALL TOWN WITH NOT ONE BUT TWO REASONABLY VALID REASONS FOR MAKING A BRIEF STOP.

THERE'S YOUR DAMN WATER TOWER.

NOW, RICH HILL, WHICH DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RICH OR HILLY, DOES CLAIM TO HARBOR THE BIG MOUTH, OR, MORE TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, A REALLY LARGE BUCKET FROM A REALLY LARGE DIGGING DEVICE.

(Mike) SHALL I GIVE THE FOLKS A SENSE OF THE SCALE?

(Randy) YEP.

LOOK, THERE'S STILL SOME COAL... LEFT OVER.

THAT'S SLOPPY MINING, IF YOU ASK ME.

NO WONDER IT GOT LEFT HERE IN A FIELD.

(Don) NOW THAT THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY, IT'S TIME TO STUFF OUR BIG MOUTHS AT RICH HILL'S OTHER CLAIM TO FAME: SWOPE'S DRIVE-IN, PURPORTEDLY HOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST CURLICUE FRIES.

(Mike) HOW DO YOU MAKE THOSE?

UM, WE HAVE A DRILL, AND WE-- (Don) AFTER A CONFUSING DESCRIPTION AS TO JUST HOW THEY'RE MADE, MIKE EMERGED WITH THE CATCH OF THE DAY.

CARDIOLOGISTS, COVER YOUR EYES.

WHERE'S THE KETCHUP?

YOU DON'T NEED KETCHUP.

NO KETCHUP?

WELL, I MEAN-- KETCHUP WOULD RUIN 'EM.

GREAT-TASTING.

BLECH.

OKAY, SO THERE'S A LITTLE-- THEY'RE A LITTLE VISCOUS.

THEY USED TO MINE THESE WITH THAT BIG SHOVEL.

[rim shot] [goofy chuckle] (Don) WELL, SO MUCH FOR WATCHING OUR WAISTLINES.

NOW OUR ATTENTION IS TURNING TO STATE LINES.

WE ARE, IT SEEMS, MAKING A BEELINE FOR ARKANSAS' BEAVER LAKE.

boing!

ASTUTE VIEWERS MAY RECALL THE OZARK SHOE TREE, WHICH, SAD TO SAY, WAS TOPPLED BY A STORM LAST YEAR, BUT ALREADY A NEW CROP SEEMS TO BE SPRINGING UP JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE OLD ONE.

(Mike) THEY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHICH TREE THEY'RE GONNA DO, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL THE WAY DOWN, LOOK.

(Randy) OH, YEAH, ACTUALLY TWO.

(Mike) SO THEY'VE--IT'S KINDA LIKE A SHOE HIGHWAY NOW, AND THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM A SHOE TREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

ALL RIGHT!

FIRST TRY!

[groans] OHHH.

I GOT STYLE POINTS AND A LITTLE BIT DIZZY.

[groans] (Mike) YOU GOT IT!

DON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY YOUR LUCK AT IT?

(Randy) CLEATS.

thump OHHH.

WE COULD TAKE A HARD ONE HERE.

OW!

[Mike and Randy chuckling] [groans] (Don) YEAH!

(Randy) OOH, THAT WAS PRETTY NICE.

THAT WAS A-- (Mike) THAT'S PROMINENT.

(Randy) I'VE NOTICED THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEW DERIVATION, AND I'M SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS.

(Don) OH, NO, MIKEY.

BECAUSE, APPARENTLY, ARKANSAIANS HAVE NOW DECIDED UPON THE UNDERWEAR TREE.

[Mike chuckling] (Don) WHAT'S THE CHANCE OF THIS BECOMING AN OLYMPIC SPORT?

(Randy) 2012?

(Don) OF COURSE, THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT OLYMPIC IN SEOUL.

[rim shot] JUST WHY YOU'D HURL FOOTWEAR IN THE FIRST PLACE IS SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY, ONE WE'RE CONTENT TO LET REMAIN UNSOLVED, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF OUR NEED TO GET BACK ACROSS THE LAKE TO A PLACE CALLED HOGSCALD HOLLER, A LOVELY PIECE OF OZARKS LAND WHERE A PREACHIN' FARMER NAMED ED STILLEY HAS, SINCE 1979, BEEN MAKING GUITARS UNLIKE ANY OTHERS... [guitar strumming] INCORPORATING, AS THEY DO, SUCH USUALLY NONMUSICAL PARTS AS SPRINGS, GEARS, AND KETTLE LIDS.

♪ ♪ (Randy) WHOO!

HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT A PRESSURE COOKER LID WOULD SOUND GOOD-- (Ed) I DIDN'T KNOW IT.

I WAS TRYING.

I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO BE TRIED.

IS THAT A POT IN THE MIDDLE?

WHAT IS THAT?

YEAH.

AN OLD COOKING POT, ISN'T IT?

YES.

(Randy) HA D YOU SEEN SOMEONE USE CO OKING POTS IN GUITARS?

NO, EVERYBODY TOLD ME I COULDN'T DO THIS.

NOW, I BUY THE SCREEN DOOR SPRINGS AND THE IRON METAL THAT GO DOWN THROUGH THE NECK.

SEE THEM NECKS, IF THEY BEND, YOU LOST YOUR MUSIC.

♪ ♪ I GOTTA ASK: WHY IS THERE A SAW BLADE IN THE GUITAR, ED?

[chuckles] FOR THE-- FOR THE-- IT'S LIKE A AMPLIFIER.

♪ ♪ RESONANCE.

MUSIC WORKS ON VIBRATION.

♪ YES, I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR.

♪ ♪ THROUGH THIS PILGRIM'S LAND PROTECT ME ♪ ♪ BY THY SAVING POWER.

♪ ♪ CERTAIN WOODS WORK BETTER FOR YOU, HAVE YOU FOUND?

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WORK BETTER, BUT WHENEVER THEY'RE IN MY HAND REACH, I JUST GRAB 'EM AND USE 'EM.

I HAVE TO JUST START 'EM, UH, A LITTLE AT A TIME AND JUST WORK ON ONE A LITTLE BIT AND ON THE OTHER A LITTLE WHILE.

YOU BUILD 'EM FOR THE KIDS AROUND HERE, RIGHT?

YOU GIVE 'EM AWAY TO KIDS?

DID I HEAR THAT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

MONEY WON'T BUY 'EM.

♪ FOR I NEED THY LIGHT TO GUIDE ME DAY AND NIGHT.

♪ ♪ BLESSED JESUS, HOLD MY HAND.

♪ ♪ (Mike) YOU PUT A VERSE ON EVERY GUITAR NOW?

(Ed) I ALWAYS HAVE.

(Mike) ALWAYS HAVE.

(Ed) YES.

I'VE GOT SOME RELATIVES THAT SAID, "ED, WE WANT A GUITAR, BUT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO PUT THAT WRITING ON THERE."

AND I SAID, "THEY GOT 'EM DOWN AT THE STORE."

♪ LONG AGO AND BY THE BY, AT OLD CAMP MEETING TIME.

♪ ♪ (Don) THE WAY ED TELLS IT, MAKING THESE INSTRUMENTS AND THE MUSIC THAT COMES FROM THEM IS HIS WAY OF DOING GOD'S WILL, AND THAT ALONE HAS MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE.

(Ed) ♪ LET'S SING AND PRAY AND SHOUT FOR THE LORD.

♪ ♪ I LOOK TO MY MASTER.

HE'S THE ONE THAT HELPED ME THROUGH IT.

BOY, I'VE CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP MANY A NIGHT, 'CAUSE I COULDN'T MAKE ONE LIKE I WANTED TO, BUT NOW, I DON'T MIND TO PASS 'EM ON TO ANYBODY.

THERE, AT THE MUSIC SHOP, WHERE THAT THEY HAVE THEM BOUGHTEN GUITARS, THEY SAY, "ED, THIS IS SUPERIOR."

♪ WORSHIP OF THE LORD.

♪ ♪ [crickets chirping] [tires rolling on gravel] (Don) THE JOYS OF A NEW DAY BRING WITH IT CERTAIN CHORES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

SAFETY FIRST.

(Don) GOOD THING MIKE HAS SO MUCH PRACTICE WORKING WITH HIS HANDS.

AND RANDY, DESPITE THAT PATHETIC INABILITY TO BACK A VEHICLE, CAN ALWAYS BE COUNTED ON TO BRING MORE CAFFEINE.

HAD WE NOT ALREADY FUELED AND RECOOLED, WE'D LIKELY STOP TO SEE WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE SO INFAMOUS.

AT LEAST IT VERIFIES THAT WE'RE ON COURSE TO FIND HAROLD BRADLEY'S PLACE, WHICH IS, AS PROMISED, EASY TO SPOT FROM THE ROAD.

(Harold) I WANTED SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD FIND ME, AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TELL 'EM, "GO SO FAR, AND TURN IN AT THE BICYCLE."

(Don) HAROLD'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO JUST CAN'T STOP TINKERING, IN WOOD, METAL, AND WHATEVER ELSE HAPPENS TO BE LYING AROUND THE YARD.

DID YOU CARVE THESE?

(Harold) WE LL, I JUST-- I MADE 'EM WITH A CHAIN SAW.

(Mike) THERE A STORY THERE?

IT'S JUST A BOOT ON A TREE.

USUALLY, I HAVE A HOLE IN 'EM SOMEWHERE.

SOMETHING--MAYBE A WASP-- CAN GET IN IT.

(Mike) MOST PEOPLE PUT UP BIRD NESTS.

YOU PUT UP WASP NESTS.

(Don) DO YOU HAVE TO RENEW THESE PLATES EVERY YEAR?

WE BETTER GO BACK THAT WAY.

A LONG TIME AGO, I MADE A PISTOL.

(Randy) WHOA!

[chuckles] IS THAT JOHN DENVER FLYING THAT PLANE?

(Harold) I LIKE TO GO TO A LOT OF FLEA MARKETS AND STUFF TO SEE DIFFERENT THINGS AND... (Randy) WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

WHEN YOU GO TO THE FLEA MARKETS, DO YOU THINK, "HEY, I'M GONNA FIND JUST THE LITTLE PIECE THAT'LL MAKE A..." WHAT IS THAT, MIKE?

UH, THAT'S A DOG, I THINK.

"THAT'LL MAKE A DOG."

YEAH, WHATEVER, I AIM FOR A DONKEY.

DONKEY, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.

WELL, THIS IS LIKE NUTS AND BOLTS AND THINGS?

(Harold) YEAH, ALL THAT IS IS JUST MOSTLY WASHERS AND BOLTS.

YEAH, LOOK AT THAT.

IT'S GOT A BACK TO IT.

AND IT'S IN THE PERFECT JOHN DEERE COLORS.

THIS, HOWEVER, IS NOT A JOHN DEERE-- (Harold) YEAH, NO, THAT'S ALLIS CHALMERS THERE.

THAT'S A MASSEY FERGUSON COLOR.

FORD-- I KNOW MY TRACTOR COLORS.

(Harold) YEAH.

GIVE IT BACK.

GOD, YOU GOTTA JUST SETTLE DOWN.

THAT COFFEE'S GOING RIGHT THROUGH HIM.

I'M KINDA DRAWN TO THE RAIN GAUGE.

OH, YEAH?

[chuckling] BIDET RAIN GAUGE.

(Harold) USUALLY IN THE EVENING, WHEN I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO, YOU KNOW, I FOOL WITH IT.

WHEN I THINK UP SOMETHING, WELL, I, USUALLY, I JUST TRY TO MAKE IT.

SOMETIMES IT TURNS OUT, AND SOMETIMES IT DON'T.

[chuckles] IT'S SOMETHING TO DO.

(Don) NOW, THE ROAD THAT RUNS PAST HAROLD'S YARD LEADS ON TO BUG SCUFFLE, BUT WE'RE HEADING BACK THROUGH HOGEYE INSTEAD, ON OUR WAY TO POPEYE.

woof!

THAT'S RIGHT, ALMA, HOME OF THE AIREDALES, IS YET ANOTHER OF THOSE SPINACH CAPITAL CITIES WHICH PAYS ONGOING HOMAGE TO A CARTOON CHARACTER.

(Mike) WHOA.

THOSE ARE SOME KNOBBY KNEES HE'S GOT TOO.

(Don) HOW COULD OLIVE FALL FOR A GUY LIKE THAT?

THIS PARTICULAR SAILORMAN GETS POINTS FOR EASY ACCESS, BUT THE VIEWING HERE ON MAIN STREET DOES HAVE ITS IRRITANTS.

[truck engine revving] (Mike) YOU KIDS, SLOW DOWN!

(Don) BOY, THEY OUGHTA HIRE POPEYE TO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC HERE IN ALMA.

NO KIDDING.

OOF--A LITTLE DUSTY.

(Don) WHILE CHECKING OUT THE MAP, THE BOYS HAVE NOTICED THAT ALMA IS NOT ALL THAT FAR FROM ATKINS, WHICH ASTUTE VIEWERS MIGHT ALSO RECALL AS THE SCENE OF A PREVIOUS RESEARCH ERROR THAT PREVENTED US FROM TASTING A FRIED PICKLE AT THE LEGENDARY LONER DRIVE-IN.

LET'S GO TO THE REPLAY.

TIN CAN CITY?

YEP.

GODDANG, YOU BOYS TRAVELED A LONG WAY, DIDN'T YA?

YEAH, AND IT'S CLOSED.

(Mike) WH AT?

(Don) SO HERE WE GO, TRYING TO RIGHT AN OLD WRONG, AND FROM ALL INDICATIONS, THE DILL IS GOING BAD AGAIN.

(Randy) ON--OH, MY GOD.

(Mike) THIS WAS IT.

I KNOW THIS WAS IT.

NOW IT'S SCRATCH AND DENT GROCERIES.

(Mike) NOW WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET A FRIED PICKLE SANDWICH.

WE'RE GOING OVER TO THE PICKLE PATCH.

I SAW THE PICKLE PATCH SIGN.

WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THERE AND CLEAR THIS UP ONCE AND FOR ALL.

YEAH, MAYBE THEY'LL KNOW HERE.

NO, YOU WON'T FIND IT HERE ANYMORE, I DON'T THINK.

(Randy) BUT WE HAVE BEEN PROMISING HIM A FRIED DILL PICKLE FOR...YEARS.

(Don) HUNDREDS OF MILES AND YEARS.

I'M SORRY.

(Don) IF WE STICK AROUND A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE MIGHT GET LUCKY AT THE ANNUAL PICKLE FEST, BUT WE'RE DUE IN CONWAY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, AND WE WOULDN'T WANNA KEEP FINTON SHAW WAITING.

[train whistle blows] AFTER SUFFERING SOME SERIOUS CORONARY EVENTS A FEW YEARS BACK, FINTON DECIDED THAT MAKING ART MIGHT BE MORE REWARDING THAN THE ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK WHICH PAYS HIS BILLS.

(Finton) SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A SCULPTOR HERE GOT ME INTERESTED IN THIS METAL ART.

HE SAW MY SCRAP IRON AROUND.

HE SAID, "THIS IS REALLY-- IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK-- BEAUTIFUL PIECES."

I SAID--HE SAID, "YOU NEED TO BE DOING SOME OF THIS METAL ART."

AND I SAID, "WELL."

I SAID, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT."

AND HE SAYS, "THERE'S NOTHING TO UNDERSTAND."

HE SAYS, "JUST DO IT."

[welder zapping] THIS IS, UH, THE TRINITY.

UH, IT'S THE-- YOU KNOW, THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST CONCEPT, YOU KNOW.

THIS INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTS THE FATHER, AND THIS ONE REPRESENTS THE MOTHER.

THESE ARE CHILDREN.

IT'S JUST A CONCEPT OF FAMILY.

THIS IS ABOUT THE MAN THAT CREATED THE FIRST WHEEL.

JUST DOORS, PASSAGES.

[metallic knocking] (Mike) HELLO, IS THERE ANYBODY HOME?

[Finton laughs] (Finton) WELL, I THINK THAT ALL ART MOVES PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

IT'S EITHER A NEGATIVE OR A POSITIVE WAY, AND MAYBE THAT WILL GIVE THEM FOOD FOR THOUGHT LATER ON.

[zapping] (Mike) PEOPLE DO STOP HERE, I'LL BET, AND JUST GET OUT OF THEIR CARS.

(Finton) YES, WELL, ONE GENTLEMAN STOPPED, AND HE SAYS, "ARE YOU PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK, OR ARE YOU ON DRUGS?"

AND I SAID, "NEITHER ONE."

THIS ONE'S ABOUT DISSENSION.

I WAS GONNA SAY, HE'S-- SOMEONE'S PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK THERE.

[Shaw laughs] RIGHT.

THIS ONE OVER HERE, WHICH IS-- THE GIRL FROM MADAGASCAR IS WHAT I CALL IT.

(Randy) IT'S GOT A REALLY NICE...

SHAPE TO IT.

(Finton) I LIKE IT.

SEVERAL PEOPLE, THEY COME AND-- THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE IT.

THEY DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT.

[zapping] THAT'S COSMIC LOVE.

(Mike) DOWN THERE AT THE END?

YES.

'CAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR COSMIC LOVE FOR A LONG TIME.

(Finton) RIGHT, WELL, I WANTED COSMIC LOVE TO LOOK SOMEWHAT ALIEN OR EGYPTIANLIKE, AND I USED A POLE LAMP AS THE BASE THERE.

(Randy) BUT A POLE LAMP PROBABLY DIDN'T LOOK QUITE LIKE THAT TO BEGIN WITH.

NO.

JUST GUESSING.

BUT I NEEDED STABILITY IN THE SCULPTURE, SO I ALWAYS LOOK TO TRY TO FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE THE SCULPTURE LOOK INTERESTING AND AT THE SAME TIME BEING STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

THAT'S THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR THAT I'VE EVER HEARD.

I'D SAY IT LOOKS STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

(Finton) I THINK THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE GET HUNG UP ON THE SEXUALITY CONCEPT.

AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT TO SOME EXTENT, YOU SEE, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE-- THAT THE HUMAN FORM IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATION OF ALL CREATIONS, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH REPRESENTATION OF THE HUMAN FORM.

[zapping] I'M NOT AN INTECTUAL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STUFF, SO I CAN'T REALLY GIVE A GOOD REASON WHY THINGS COME TOGETHER THE WAY THEY DO.

IT JUST TRIPS MY TRIGGER, AND I DO IT.

(Don) NOW, TRIPPIN' TRIGGERS IS WHAT THIS SHOW IS ALL ABOUT, SO EVEN THOUGH AN EXTRA LARGE MIGHT NOT QUITE DO IT, WE FINISHED UP PRESENTING FINTON THE GENUINE TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM.

THANK YOU TOO.

YOU'RE A GOOD CAMERAMAN.

(Don) YO U HAVEN'T SEEN MY PICTURES, HAVE YOU?

[laughing] NO, I HAVEN'T, NOT YET.

[diner sounds] (Randy) IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME.

(Mike) YEAH, I DO WANT TO JOIN YOU.

(Don) IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING, OUR ACCOMMODATIONS WERE FINE, THOUGH WE COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT THE BREAKFAST PROMISED WAS CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT THAN THE ACTUAL THING.

WHERE ARE THE EGGS?

WEREN'T THERE EGGS IN THE, UH--?

(Mike) YEAH, YEAH.

THESE ARE THE WAFFLES THEY PROMISED.

(Randy) 'CAUSE WHEN YOU-- YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT YE STERDAY-- YEAH, IT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD.

sniff, sniff (Don) THAT'S A PANCAKE.

[tongs clicking] OW!

WE WERE GETTING NOWHERE FAST, BUT LUCKILY, ALL THAT CHANGED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE AUDREY, OUR GUIDE TO ALL THAT'S ODD IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK.

(Audrey) THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST HORIZONTAL SUNDIAL.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUNDIALS: VERTICAL SUNDIALS, HORIZONTAL SUNDIALS, ANALEMMATIC SUNDIALS SHAPED LIKE A FIGURE 8 ON THE SIDE OF A REPLOGLE GLOBE.

IF YOU GET OVER BY THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, YOU CAN SEE 'EM PRINTED ON THE SIDE-- YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?

YOU'RE NOT JUST MAKING THIS UP, ARE YOU?

NO.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE JUST MAKING THIS UP.

(Audrey) THE FLOOR OF THE SUNDIAL IS 40 FOOT SQUARE.

THE GNOMON IS 17 FEET TALL, 21 1/2 FEET LONG, WEIGHS 2,823 POUNDS.

AROUND THE PARAMETER, I WAS ABLE TO SECURE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES WITH WHOM THE UNITED STATES HAVE FORMAL RELATIONS.

WANT ME TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS?

(Randy) MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY AND GUESS WHAT COUNTRY IT IS JUST FROM LOOKING AT THE THING.

(Mike) SU RE.

OKAY.

MIKE, WHAT--?

CU BA.

SLAP ME NOW, PL EASE.

THIS IS FROM THE OLUMO MOUNTAINS, SACRED TO THE IGBO TRIBE IN NIGERIA.

AND THIS IS FROM BOLIVIA.

THIS IS BLACK MARBLE FROM BELGIUM.

THIS IS FROM FINLAND.

THIS IS FROM THE FIRST BRICKWORKS IN NORWAY.

(Don) GOT A LITTLE NORWEGIAN WOOD GROWING ON IT.

VERY GOOD.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK'S ORIGINAL NAME WAS ARGENTA.

WE HAD AN ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD MINE HERE IN TOWN.

AND-- WAIT, YOU MEAN, THIS IS NORTH LITTLE ROCK?

YES, WE REFER TO THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER OVER THERE AS SOUTH NORTH LITTLE ROCK.

THIS IS FROM OUR NEIGHBOR IN CANADA.

AND THESE FOUR BRICKS CAME FROM THE FIREPLACE AT THE PINK PALACE IN MONTE CARLO.

THAT IS WHERE VANDALS HAVE COME.

WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VANDALS.

(Mike) THEY COME FROM SOUTH NORTH LITTLE ROCK.

(Audrey) I THINK THEY DO.

THEY WOULDN'T BE-- (Randy) WHAT TIME IS IT?

(Mike) THAT'S THE IMPORTANT QUESTION.

OH!

(Don) TIME TO HOP IN THE VAN AND SEE MORE OF WHAT AUDREY HAS IN STORE, LIKE THE TREE THAT OWNS ITSELF.

QUERCUS VIRGINIANA, WHICH IS THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR A LIVE OAK TREE.

(Don) THANKS TO SOME NIFTY LEGAL MANEUVERS, THIS LANDHOLDING LANDMARK CANNOT BE LEVELED SIMPLY TO MAKE WAY FOR A ROAD OR SHOPPING CENTER.

(Randy) IS IT GONNA BE UPSET THAT I'M SITTING HERE UNDER IT, OR IS IT OKAY?

YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE TO LEAF PRETTY SOON.

[rim shot] (Don) AFTER PULLING MIKE BACK IN, OUR WHIRLWIND AUDREYFEST CONTINUED.

NEXT STOP, AN AREA KNOWN AS LAKEWOOD FOR A PEEK AT THESE UNUSUAL CONCRETE STRUCTURES.

NOW, THE TRULY ASTUTE AMONG YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE IN THEM THE HANDIWORK OF DIONICIO RODRIGUEZ, WHOSE SCULPTURES DAZZLED US AT MEMORIAL CEMETERY IN MEMPHIS.

HERE AT OLD MILL PARK, THE MEXICAN-BORN SCULPTOR WENT HOG-WILD BACK IN THE '30s.

NOTHING IS REAL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS WAS BUILT IN 1932 NOT 1832.

MR. RODRIGUEZ WAS SCHOOLED IN A PARTICULAR KIND OF ARTWORK KNOWN IN MEXICO AS EL RUSTICO NATURAL, AND WHEN YOU SEE HERE, IN THIS PARK, ANY OF THESE FELLED PIECES OF WOOD THAT LOOK LIKE TIMBERS THAT HAVE JUST FALLEN OVER AND BEEN BLEACHED WITH THE AGE, THESE IN FACT ARE NOT PIECES OF WOOD AT ALL BUT ARE INSTEAD CONCRETE.

AT THE TIME THAT THESE WERE ALL BUILT, THEY WERE STAINED, AND HE HAD A LITTLE CAR UP HERE THAT WAS PARKED UP ON THE KNOLL, AND HE WOULD FLIP OPEN THE TRUNK, AND HE HAD LITTLE FOLGERS COFFEE CANS AND LITTLE WIRES AND FORKS AND TWIGS AND THINGS, AND HE WOULD MIX ALL THESE THINGS, AND IF ANYONE CAME UP TO SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING, HE WOULD SLAM THE TRUNK DOWN, BECAUSE THIS WAS HIS STOCK-IN-TRADE.

SO IT WAS ALL KEPT VERY SECRETIVE.

THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT HIS WORK-- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BARK, ANY GOOD OUTDOORSMAN WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPECIES OF WOOD BY THE BARK, NOT JUST BY THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD.

DOWN HERE, THIS IS BENT PERSIMMON.

THE MAN WAS SUCH A MARVELOUS, TALENTED-- HOW HE WORKED THE CONCRETE.

COME ON UP, DON.

WATCH YOUR STEP.

[Don screams] I'LL LET THE VIEWERS WATCH MY STEP.

[water rushing] (Audrey) HE BROUGHT BACK PART OF THE FLORA AND THE THINGS THAT HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE SAGUARO CACTUS, AND TUCKED DOWN INSIDE THESE LITTLE PODS AND PLANTER AREAS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ENTWINED WITH THESE MAGNIFICENT, MONSTROUS VINES.

AGAIN, THE CONFIGURATION WAS TO LOOK LIKE A SERIES OF MONSTROUS BOULDERS THAT WERE MASHED TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL BIG ARCH.

YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER CONSTANTLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS WORK THAT NOTHING WAS DONE WITH A MOLD.

HE DID IT IMMEDIATELY ON SITE, AND THEREFOR HE HAD TO HAVE A VIVID IMAGINATION.

(Don) DIONICIO'S MILL IS ALSO A MECCA FOR MOVIE BUFFS, THE KIND OF FOLKS WHO KNOW THAT IT WAS SEEN FOR 8 1/2 FULL SECONDS AT THE FRONT OF GONE WITH THE WIND.

NOW HAVING SEEN IT, WE'RE HEADING BACK ACROSS THE RIVER TO PLAY SOME QUICK CATCH IN MacARTHUR PARK, NAMED FOR HOMETOWN HERO DOUGLAS T., WHO ALWAYS TOLD FOLKS HE WAS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

OUR GUEST GLOVER IS RUSSELL T. JOHNSON, CREATOR OF THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER'S ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS HOMEPAGE, WHERE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE LEARNED HOW THIS WAS ALSO THE SITE OF THE STATE'S FIRST HUMAN DISSECTION.

(Russell) WHEN I LOST MY JOB, I WENT-- I DECIDED I WAS GONNA FISH EVERY PLACE IN ARKANSAS, AND SO ON MY WAY TO AND FROM PLACES, I'D SEE THINGS, AND I'D, YOU KNOW, PULL OVER, TAKE A LOOK, ASK SOME QUESTIONS, LOOK STUFF UP, AND ENDED UP PUTTING IT ON MY WEBPAGE.

(Don) THE HOG HEAD THAT RUSSELL LAID UPON US WAS SOON PUT TO MISUSE, A SURE SIGN THAT IT'S TIME TO BE LEAVING LITTLE ROCK AND STEPPING OFF TOWARD STUTTGART, LAND OF RICE FIELDS AND DUCK HUNTERS, HOME, IN FACT, TO THE LEGENDARY, ONE-OF-A-KIND, YOU-AIN'T-SEEN-NOTHING-LIKE-THIS COAT OF MANY DUCK HEADS.

(Mike) THIS IS-- THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING.

IT'S THE MALLARD DUCK HEAD.

RUBY SKINNED THE HEADS AND TANNED 'EM, AND THEN SHE PUT IT ON THIS FORM FOR COAT, AND SHE WOULD WEAR IT UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET.

(Charlene) SHE'S A CHARACTER.

SHE WAS A WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION DUCK CALLER TOO.

(Randy) WHAT SIZE IS THE COAT OF MANY-- IN CASE WE WANTED-- (Frances) I HAVE NO IDEA.

SHE PROBABLY WORE A-- (Charlene) TEN.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

(Randy) WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE TO SEE THIS, THEY COME HERE TO SEE... (Frances) THEY COME TO SEE THE WATERFOWL WING-- THE DUCK HUNT, AND WE HAVE OVER 350 DUCK CALLS.

(Charlene) THAT'S RIGHT.

(Randy) AND YOU GUYS USE THEM ALL?

(Frances) YES.

(Don) THAT WOULDN'T MAKE YOU A DUCK CALL GIRL, WOULD IT?

WELL, I CAN'T CALL-- I DON'T--I DON'T CALL DUCKS.

(Charlene) THOSE ARE CALLED DUCK CALLS, AND THEN SOMEONE WHO USES THEM IS CALLED A DUCK CALLER.

(Mike) OHH.

(Frances) THAT'S WHY IT'S-- (Charlene) IT'S KINDA HARD TO GET THAT IN YOUR MIND, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

REALLY, DUCK SEASON IS OUR TOURIST TIME, AND THERE IS PROBABLY 10,000 DUCK HUNTERS COME IN HERE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

(Mike) IN THIS ROOM?

NO, NOT IN THIS VERY ROOM.

(Mike) IT'D BE CROWDED.

IT'D BE SMALL.

(Frances) IS THAT--WHAT IS THAT?

(Randy) A LITTLE BIT OF DUCK HEAD.

OH, WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA-- WE DON'T-- WE'RE NOT GONNA FUSS ABOUT THAT.

SPIN IT AROUND ONE MORE TIME, WHY DON'T YOU, SO DONNY CAN-- LET ME GET THE HAT.

(Mike) YEAH.

IS THAT NOT CUTE?

(Mike) PUT THAT ON SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

[complaining whine] (Mike) YOU'LL LOOK BEAUTIFUL IN THAT.

(Randy) LET ME HELP YOU.

BE CAREFUL.

(Don) I'M THINKING IT'S TIME TO DUCK AND COVER BEFORE SOME FOWL PLAY TAKES PLACE, SO WHILE I STILL CAN, THIS IS DON THE CAMERA GUY SIGNING OFF.

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LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND ONE.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF.

(Mike) HOW ABOUT THE FIRST SPORTS SECTION?

THE FIRST SPORTS SECTION?

[laughing] I'M JUST LETTIN' IT GO, MAN.

IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, IT JUST-- I'LL LOOK OFF IN THE DISTANCE AND APPEAR THOUGHTFUL.

(Randy) WHOA.

GOOD CATCH THERE, HEY.

OUT OF THE DIRT.

HOW ABOUT ONE OF THOSE HEATERS YOU PROMISED ME?

OH, I DON'T HAVE ONE IN ME.

[together] ♪ SOMEONE LEFT THE CAKE OUT IN THE RAIN.

♪ ♪ I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN TAKE IT, ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE IT TOOK SO LONG TO BAKE IT, ♪ ♪ AND I'LL NEVER HAVE TH AT RECIPE AGAIN, AGAIN.

♪ ♪ (Don) AT LEAST I AIN'T WEARIN' A HOG HAT.

OH, YEAH.

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