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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 ♪ (Randy) IT'S PRETTY.

(Mike) LOOKS LIKE THE GRAND CANYON OVER THERE.

(Don) DEAR TV MAILBAG, DID WE FORGET WINONA?

HI, DON THE CAMERA GUY HERE, VEERING OFF OLD 66 FOR JUST A BIT TO SOAK UP THE RED ROCK SPLENDOR OUTSIDE SEDONA, "WE," AS ALWAYS, BEING TWO TV WEASELS UP FRONT WITH ME AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF VIDEOTAPE FILLING UP THE SPACE THAT IS LEFT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ROLLING RIGHT THROUGH SEDONA AND, WITH J.D.

FROM BLUE FEATHER TOURS LEADING THE WAY, HEADING ON TO CORNVILLE.

NOW, "MCMANSIONS" MAY BE POPPING UP ON THE HILLS OUT HERE, BUT THE SIGHT WE SEEK IS DOWN IN THE VALLEY AND FAR MORE UNIQUE.

THAT WOULD BE ELIPHANTE, A COMPLEX ART COMPOUND THAT MICHAEL AND LEDA KAHN BEGAN TO BUILD IN THE 1970s.

MICHAEL PASSED AWAY MERE MONTHS BEFORE, BUT HIS WIDOW HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO SHARE WITH US THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABORS.

(Leda) YEAH, WE LIVED IN PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS; CAPE COD, A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PLACE.

AND I THOUGHT THIS COULD NEVER POSSIBLY BE AS WONDERFUL A PLACE, BUT THIS IS PRETTY WONDERFUL BUT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.

WE HAD A LEAKY TENT AT FIRST.

AND WE HAD AN OLD TRUCK THAT ALSO LEAKED.

SO BECAUSE WE JUST HAD TWO LEAKY STRUCTURES TO LIVE IN AND WINTER WAS COMING AND WE KNEW THAT WOULDN'T WORK, WE STARTED TO BUILD ELIPHANTE WHICH WASN'T ELIPHANTE WHEN WE STARTED.

(Mike) OH, LOOK THERE.

(Leda) IT WAS JUST MIKE AND I.

WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY IN THE AREA.

WE WERE BRAND-NEW TO ARIZONA.

WELL, WE'D LIVED TWO YEARS IN SEDONA, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT LIFE IN SEDONA THAN OUT HERE IN CORNVILLE.

AND WE JUST STARTED DIGGING IN THE HILLSIDE, THINKING WE'D MAKE OURSELVES A SHELTER FOR THE WINTER, AND, PRETTY SOON, WE REALIZED IT WAS TURNING INTO AN ART FORM, AND IT WOULDN'T BE A SHELTER FOR THE WINTER, SO WE BUILT THAT LITTLE SHACK OVER THERE THAT'S CALLED THE WINTER PALACE.

AND IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO COMPLETE ELIPHANTE.

AND IT DON'T KNOW IF IT LOOKS LIKE AN ELEPHANT TO YOU OR NOT, BUT THE COUPLE WHO OWNED THE LAND, THEY CAME DOWN ONE DAY, AND WE WERE JUST CONSTRUCTING THIS ENTRANCEWAY, AND HE SAYS, "AHA, ELIPHANTE," AND SO THE NAME STUCK.

YOU WANT TO COME IN ELIPHANTE?

(Mike) SURE, WE'D LOVE TO.

WHO FIRST?

(Randy) YOU.

(Mike) WE'LL FOLLOW YOU.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE, MICHAEL MADE, EXCEPT THE PIANO, OF COURSE.

MIKE WOULD SIT UP TILL MIDNIGHT OR 2:00 IN THE MORNING HAND-CARVING THOSE PIECES THAT LOOK LIKE--LIKE BONES.

HE WAS JUST PLAYING WITH WHAT MATERIALS CAME HIS WAY AND FINDING OUT HOW THEY COULD MOVE AND WORK.

THE SAME HE DID WITH PAINTS AND WHAT COLORS WORKED TOGETHER.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL COLORS WORK TOGETHER.

THERE ARE NO COLORS THAT DON'T WORK TOGETHER.

(Mike) THEY TEACH THAT IN ART SCHOOL.

I'M SURE THEY DO.

I'M SURE THEY DO.

(Mike) THE ROCK, I ASSUME, ALL CAME FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE CREEK AND JUST CARRYING IT UP.

(Lena) THE ROCKS CAME FROM THE CREEK, FROM THE HILLSIDE, AND FROM THE DRY WASH, WHICH IS A GOOD HALF MILE AWAY.

TWO OR THREE ROCKS ON YOUR BACK IN A BURLAP SACK-- I MEAN, YOU KNOW-- [chuckles] (Randy) HOW 'BOUT THE SCULPTURES, AS WE PASS BY SOME OF THESE-- ARE THEY JUST, YOU KNOW-- (Lena) CONSTRUCTIONS BY MICHAEL.

YEAH, ISN'T THAT A BEAUTY?

(Randy) I GOT TO ASK: "HIPPODOME"?

(Lena) WELL, JUST LIKE ELIPHANTE SORT OF LOOKED LIKE AN ELEPHANT TO SOMEBODY, AS YOU APPROACH THIS STRUCTURE, IT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE A HIPPOPOTAMUS, SORT OF.

AFTER WE MOVED OUT OF THE WINTER PALACE, WE BUILT THIS.

I USED TO WEAVE, AND IT WAS GONNA BE A WEAVING STUDIO, AND IT WAS GONNA HAVE A LITTLE LOW, INTIMATE ROOF COMING OFF THE HILLSIDE THERE, AND EVERY TIME, THE SCAFFOLD KEPT GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER 'CAUSE IT LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL.

SO IT IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT PRACTICAL IT ISN'T.

(Randy) WHERE THERE EVER THINGS YOU DIDN'T WANT HIM TO PAINT, OR IT WAS JUST THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS?

(Leda) NO, THERE'S NOTHING I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO PAINT.

THE FLOOR IS PAINTED; THE ROCKS ARE PAINTED.

THAT LOOK IN HIS EYE-- WHEN HE WAS PAINTING, THAT'S THE WAY HE LOOKED.

AND ACTUALLY, IN THIS PHOTO, HE IS PAINTING THAT BACK WALL, AND HE'S JUST SO HAPPY TO BE PAINTING.

OKAY, ON TO PIPEDREAMS.

IT'S CALLED PIPEDREAMS BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED WITH THIS HOLE IN THE GROUND, WE THOUGHT, "WELL, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE A CEILING, A ROOF, ON THIS?"

AND PEOPLE STARTED BRINGING US PIPES, INCLUDING THE MAIN ONE THAT'S STICKING THROUGH THERE.

IT WAS, LIKE, AN OLD WELL CASING.

THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A SPACE BIG ENOUGH SO THAT WE DO, LIKE, A MAZE.

SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY MICHAEL KAHN'S WORKS FROM THE 1960s ALMOST TO THE PRESENT, NOT QUITE TO THE PRESENT.

THE WHOLE STRUCTURE HERE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, BUT THE ARTWORK, THE PAINTINGS, ARE MICHAEL'S.

THIS SECTION YOU'RE COMING TO NEXT IS A TOTAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN MICHAEL AND MICHAEL GLASTONBURY, WHO CAME AND SPENT TIME WITH US, AND A LOT OF THIS TILE WORK AND THE FLOOR WORK IS DONE BY MICHAEL GLASTONBURY.

(Mike) THERE ARE SO MANY NICE PLACES TO JUST SIT AND ENJOY.

(Leda) EXACTLY.

MY HOPE IS THAT THESE 15 OR SO MAJOR OIL PAINTINGS WILL FIND ONE HOME SO THEY CAN LIVE TOGETHER FOREVER, EITHER AT A WONDERFUL MUSEUM OR A WONDERFUL LIBRARY OR EVEN A BUS STATION OR, YOU KNOW-- (Randy) HE DIDN'T SEE IT AS WORK, I GATHER.

(Leda) HE DIDN'T SEE IT AS WORK.

THAT'S TRUE.

THAT'S--THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IT WAS WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.

I WISH MORE PEOPLE COULD HAVE A LIFE LIKE THAT: DO WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO.

WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT?

(Randy) I SUPPOSE YOU GET THIS A LOT, BUT LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE WHOLE SENSE OF THE HOBBIT VILLAGE DOES SORT OF POP INTO MIND WHEN YOU FIRST-- YEAH, THEY GOT IT FROM US.

[chuckles] NO, WE NEVER SAW THE MOVIE.

WE DIDN'T READ THE BOOKS, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE JUST IN YOU, YOU KNOW?

AND IN SOME PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A PASSAGEWAY TO COME OUT AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

(Don) NOW, ART ISN'T ALL THAT ELIPHANTE HAS TO OFFER.

THERE'S RECREATION TOO.

"NNIS," ANYONE?

THAT WOULD BE NO-NET TENNIS WITH A MINIMAL SET OF RULES TO GOVERN IT.

(Leda) YOU MAY NOT KEEP SCORE.

DON'T YOU DARE.

OH!

SWEATING PROFUSELY NOW, WE SAID OUR FOND FAREWELLS TO LEDA AND EXITED ELIPHANTE... [horse chuffs] [bird caws] PASSING BY CORNVILLE ONCE AGAIN, THROUGH CLARKDALE, AND, IF OUR VAN WILL MAKE IT, ON UP TO JEROME.

THAT'S "UP" IN A VERY REAL WAY.

(Randy) IT WAS A LOST TOWN, AND THE ARTISTS AND OLD HIPPIES KIND OF RECLAIMED IT.

(Mike) WELL, YOU KNOW, JEROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.

(Don) REBORN FOR THE TOURIST TRADE, THE TOWN'S CLAIM TO FAME THESE DAYS IS PARANORMALITY.

NOW, GHOST CHASERS WE ARE NOT, BUT WE'RE BOOKED FOR THE NIGHT IN THE OLD JEROME GRAND, ONCE THE TOWN'S HOSPITAL AND NOW A HAUNTED HOTEL OF SOME REPUTE.

SO FAR, NOTHING SPOOKY TO REPORT, BUT AS USUAL, OUR WORLD RECORD HOLDER'S GETTING SOME LOOKS IN THE LOBBY.

(woman) NO W, AHOY, WHAT'S TH E PURPOSE OF THIS?

[chuckles] (Don) NO W, THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.

YEAH, YOU'VE ASKED THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION.

SHE GETS A SHIRT.

IT DOESN'T HAVE A PURPOSE WHATSOEVER?

WELL, NO.

WELL, TAKE IT UPSTAIRS.

[laughs] I HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT THE BALL.

OKAY.

(Don) LOOKS LIKE THE BOYS HAVE BEEN BANISHED, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE ELEVATOR.

GOING UP, FIFTH FLOOR, GHOSTLY APPARITIONS, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT.

[elevator bell dings] [motorbike engine revs] HEY, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR NO TROUBLE.

(Don) ACTUALLY, NEITHER ARE WE.

AFTER SURVIVING THE NIGHT WITH NO SIGNS OF CASPER, WE'RE READY TO STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS... DO YOU MIND?

NO.

[laughs] WOW.

(Don) AND THEN WIND OUR WAY BACK THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TILL CONNECTING UP WITH THE MOTHER ROAD ITSELF.

AND APPARENTLY, OTHERS ARE THINKING THE SAME.

THE STREETS OF SLEEPY LITTLE SELIGMAN ARE TEEMING WITH 66-LOVERS.

THE SNOW CAP, ESPECIALLY, IS PACKING 'EM IN, SO MUCH SO THAT OUR RESIDENT ICE-CREAM-OLOGIST CAN'T HACK THE WAIT, SO WE'LL RESUME THE DRIVING PORTION OF THIS SHOW, DRIVING ON TO A TOWN WHOSE NAME DID MAKE THE SONG.

RIGHT THERE WITH BARSTOW AND SAN BERNARDINO, I'M TALKING ABOUT KINGMAN, THE HOME OF ANDY DEVINE, A FUNNY-VOICED FIXTURE IN OLD WESTERN MOVIES.

BUT WAIT; THERE'S MORE, A WHOLE MORE MORE, AS WE SOON DISCOVERED WHEN WE STOPPED TO PLAY CATCH WITH A CAVALCADE OF CLASSIC CARS CRUISING BY.

OVER THE BEALE MONUMENT.

(Randy) AREN'T THOSE CAMELS?

(Mike) THEY ARE.

JUST SO WE GET OUR FACTS STRAIGHT, IT'S LIEUTENANT EDWARD FITZGERALD BEALE.

"COMMANDED EXPLORATION OF WAGON ROUTE TO THE COLORADO RIVER WITH THE ONLY CAMEL TRAIN IN AMERICAN HISTORY."

(Randy) OKAY, FLY BALL OVER THE CAMELS.

OH, YEAH.

(Mike) TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE EXCELLENT MOVIES THAT THIS GUY DEVINE WAS IN.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HE WAS IN ANY EXCELLENT MOVIES.

[Mike chuckles] (Mike) COME TELL US ABOUT ANDY DEVINE.

(Don) WE KNOW HE WAS A MOVIE STAR.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

(Mike) YES, HE WAS.

(Don) WE 'RE TELLIN' YA, SO FAR AS-- YOU GUYS KNOW MORE THAN US, AND WE'VE LIVED HERE OUR WHOLE LIVES.

(Don) NOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SELDOM HEAR, AND HAVING HEARD IT, YOU'D THINK WE MIGHT RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, OLD SOL IS STILL BEATING DOWN BRIGHTLY AS WE DEPART KINGMAN.

NEXT UP, CHLORIDE, A TOWN WHOSE NAME IS RIPPED STRAIGHT FROM THE PERIODIC TABLE: SMALL IN POPULATION BUT BIG IN REPUTATION FOR ITS APPRECIATION OF RECYCLED ART, THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATION OF WHICH APPEARS TO BE HERE ALONG PAY ROLL AVENUE AT THE HOME OF SHADY LADIES, AKA SHARRON GITTINGS, A CALI TRANSPLANT WHO HAS BECOME-- AND I'M USING HER WORDS HERE-- A TRUE CHLORIDIAN.

I KNOW; SOME PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN PROBABLY THINK I'M A LITTLE CRAZY 'CAUSE I GOT SO MUCH STUFF HERE.

PEOPLE USUALLY GET RID OF ROCKS, BUT I BRING 'EM HERE, YOU KNOW?

(Mike) I REALLY LIKE THE BOTTLE TREE.

(Sharron) THIS WAS MY ORIGINAL ONE OVER HERE.

AND I FIGURE THIS IS BETTER THAN ANY SIGN, 'CAUSE PEOPLE-- IF I HAD A PENNY FOR EACH PICTURE, I WOULD BE RICH.

BUT THAT'S JUST A JOKE, YOU KNOW?

(Mike) OKAY.

(Sharron) I LOVE CRYSTALS.

I DO--I'M JUST STARTING THIS.

THIS IS CRYSTALS.

I DO A LOT OF KAYAKING DOWN THE RIVER, AND SO THESE ARE ROCKS THAT I GET DOWN AT THE RIVER.

AND THEN THESE ARE THE ALL-PURPLE GLASS.

I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN CHLORIDE THAT HAS A RUNNING SPRING YEAR-ROUND.

HERE'S MY RUNNING SPRINGS.

(Randy) WHY, UH... [Sharron laughs] (Sharron) AND THAT'S MY WISHING WELL.

(Mike) I SEE THE WISHING WELL RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN I HAVE HERE-- IT'S CALLED MUSIC ROCKS OR A GIRL ROCK CONCERT.

[tapping out different tones] AND THEN THERE IS MY BIG WIND CHIME.

THE BIG GEAR IS OFF A REAL OLD CEMENT TRUCK.

(Mike) NOW, IS THIS HOW YOU GET ALL YOUR ROCKS BACK?

YOU HAUL 'EM BACK WITH THIS OR... (Sharron) I ONLY DROVE IT A COUPLE TIMES, AND I WON'T DO IT AGAIN.

(Mike) WHY NOT?

BECAUSE I'M NOT A TRACTOR GIRL.

I HAVE TWO KAYAKS, SO I PULL ONE, AND I FILL IT UP WITH ROCKS AND STICKS.

ALL THIS STUFF I BROUGHT BACK 'CAUSE I LOVE IT.

(Randy) DO YOU CALL THIS STUFF SOMETHING?

IS THERE A TERM?

(Sharron) IT'S YARD ART.

IT'S YARD ART.

AND THIS ROCK IS NAME-- THIS ROCK IS A VERY SPECIAL ROCK 'CAUSE IT'S A "LEAVITRITE," "LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE."

[Mike chuckles] THIS I CALL MY BELL ROCK.

[taps out chime-like tones] THIS IS CALLED TWISTER ALLEY.

(Don) IS THAT, LIKE, KIRSTIE ALLEY OR... TWISTER.

OH.

(Sharron) I MAKE BARBWIRE WREATHS, MOBILES, WIND CHIMES.

I DO PAINTINGS, AND I DO MOSTLY THE BARB-- AND I DO STAINED GLASS.

(Randy) YOU'RE A RENAISSANCE BEACH GIRL.

(Sharron) YEAH, I HAVE TO CHANGE HATS A LOT, BUT THAT'S WHY I DON'T NEVER REALLY WEAR A HAT.

[Randy chuckles] I GOT MAD, SO I TOOK MY STOVE OUT OF THE HOUSE, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT AN YMORE.

SO I GOT NO STOVE IN THERE.

I DON'T NEED A STOVE.

NOT EATING ANYMORE OR...

I DO.

I EAT HEALTHY FOOD.

BUT ANYWAY, DO YOU WANT TO JUST COME IN HERE REAL QUICK?

LET'S GO SEE-- JUST A MINUTE.

I HAVE TO MOVE--'CAUSE, SEE, I HAD EVERYTHING INSIDE OUTSIDE.

LET ME JUST--WAIT.

YOU GOT TO WALK-- (Randy) SHARRON?

IS IT SAFE TO COME IN?

(Sharron) YES.

OKAY, HERE WE COME.

(Sharron) THIS USED TO BE MY HOUSE.

THIS USED TO BE MY LIVING ROOM.

SINCE I MOVED MY THREE SHOPS INTO THREE ROOMS, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: A RAT MAZE.

YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND AND TRY TO FIND A WAY OUT.

[Randy chuckles] TO ME, I ALWAYS SAY IT'S NOT REALLY A HOUSE.

THIS IS MORE OF A HOBBY.

[chuckles] [Mike chuckles] (Randy) YOU GOT EVERYTHING.

WHAT DON'T YOU HAVE?

(Sharron) UM, TIME.

I NEED MORE TIME.

(Don) HAVE YOU TRIED THE SPICE CABINET?

OHH.

[laughs] YOU'RE FULL OF--YOU'RE FULL OF HAM, TOO, AREN'T YOU?

(Don) WELL, TOFU MAYBE, AND COME TO THINK OF IT, HUNGER IS STARTING TO SET IN.

BUT BEFORE WE GO, I JUST GOT TO ASK WHAT'S SHE KNOW ABOUT ANDY DEVINE.

I GUESS HE WAS A FAMOUS PERSON THAT MAYBE--I DON'T KNOW-- I SHOULD KNOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW; I'M SORRY.

I DON'T STUDY KINGMAN, ONLY CHLORIDE.

I CAN ONLY DO ONE TOWN AT A TIME.

PUT ME TO SHAME.

GIVE THAT THING A HOIST.

(Don) WE LEFT SHARRON WITH A BIG-BALL EXPERIENCE WHICH SHE WARMED TO WELL... (Sharron) I CAN DO IT.

(Don) AND SET OFF WITH ONE LAST SCENIC TWILIGHT VIEW IN MIND.

HOOVER: IT'S NOT JUST A VACUUM ANYMORE.

SIN CITY, HERE WE COME.

[dog barks] [playing upbeat dance music] (Don) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT: FELLINI WOULD APPROVE.

WE'RE ROCKING OUT WITH THE DUMMKOPF'S IN A VEGAS CASINO, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, SO FAR, NO ONE'S GOTTEN HITCHED OR LOST THEIR SHIRT, BUT THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS THE MAN UP THERE WITH THE ACCORDION, DR. LONNIE HAMMARGREN, THE FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF NEVADA.

HE'S ALSO A NOTED NEUROSURGEON WHOSE PALS AND PATIENTS INCLUDE ASTRONAUTS AND ENTERTAINERS, BOXERS, AND GUYS NAMED KNIEVEL.

LONNIE LOVES HISTORY: LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERSTELLAR.

MOST OF ALL, HE LOVES PICKING UP PIECES OF THE PAST AND HAULING 'EM HOME, THOUGH IT'S MEANT EXPANDING THAT HOME EXPONENTIALLY TO ACCOMMODATE IT ALL.

(Lonnie) THIS IS NOT MY CREATION.

THIS IS A REPLICA OF THE PALACE OF THE GOVERNOR.

SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE WHAT I PUT TOGETHER AS A MODERN MAYAN MUSEUM.

(Don) IT'S LIKE A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE CITY BLOCK.

BETTER BUCKLE UP.

DR. LONNIE'S READY TO ROLL.

♪ HAVE YOU SEEN THE BRIGHT ASSORTMENT ♪ ♪ UP AND DOWN THE LAS VEGAS STRIP ♪ WHEN I GOT THE STAIRCASE, IT WAS A LITTLE TOO BIG FOR MY HOUSE, SO I CUT A HOLE IN THE GARAGE AND EXTENDED IT OUT THERE.

♪ I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS ON BROADWAY ♪ ♪ SAN FRANCISCO BY THE BAY ♪ AND I'VE GOT OTHER LIBERACE PIANOS.

♪ FASCINATING BABIES HANGING ROUND ♪ ♪ NEED A PRIMA SINGING ♪ ♪ THE LOUIS PRIMA SOUND, OH, LORD ♪ BUT THE PRIME THING I HAD WAS LIBERACE'S DESK.

IT'S 14 FEET LONG, AND I USE IT IN MY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN CARSON CITY.

♪ NOTHING CAN COMPARE ♪ ♪ WITH MY HOME, LAS VEGAS, USA ♪ THE PAST, THAT WAY?

(Lonnie) THE PAST.

THE PAST, UH-HUH.

AND THIS IS A MODEL OF MY GRANDPA'S BAR IN SUNRISE, MINNESOTA, POPULATION 15.

AND THESE ARE LIBERACE'S STOOLS.

THIS IS A CATHEDRAL THAT I BUILT.

NOW, WHY DID I START?

WELL, WHEN YOU GET A CATHEDRAL ROOF LIKE THIS UP HERE, YOU CAN'T JUST TOSS THAT ON TOP OF AN ORDINARY ROOM.

AND THIS IS AN EARLY 1800s VENETIAN GONDOLA.

I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW RARE IT WAS AT THE TIME.

COME ON OUT HERE.

THIS IS A PHONY RAILCAR, EXCEPT THE WHEELS ARE ALREADY USED AS A RAILCAR.

THE MGM GRAND HAD A RAILROAD, AND THEY HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS WITH THE LION.

THESE ARE OFF THE BOARDWALK CASINO.

BUT THIS IS A FABULOUS THING.

I BOUGHT, IN A CANISTER-- IT WAS AN ENGINE INSIDE FOR THE SPRUCE GOOSE.

WE'RE TALKING 28-CYLINDER.

(Don) WHAT KIND OF MILEAGE DID HE GET?

PRETTY LOW, PRETTY LOW.

NOW, I HAVE SHOWS HERE.

THE SHOWBOAT IS TORN DOWN NOW, BUT THAT WAS THE VALET BOOTH THERE.

AND HERE IS THE UNBELIEVABLE PART, GUYS.

I HAVE ACQUIRED THE PADDLEWHEEL FROM THE ORIGINAL SHOWBOAT BUILT IN THE '50s.

AND THIS OVER HERE IS LIBERACE'S EASTER EGG.

(Mike) LIBERACE-- (Lonnie) LIBERACE'S EASTER EGG.

YEAH, LIFT UP THE SIGN THERE.

"EGG FOR EASTER"-- THAT'S GOOD.

THIS IS A 1/144 SCALE MODEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

AND THEN THE BIG ONE UP HERE IS 3/8 OF THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

(Randy) NOW WE'RE IN THE FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE?

(Lonnie) THIS IS THE FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S THE COWBOY DOWNTOWN.

(Randy) THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF UP HERE.

(Lonnie) OH, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF, BUT YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.

SEE THIS LITTLE CRANE I MADE?

IT'S A MODEL OF THE STRATOSPHERE TOWER WHICH IS DOWNTOWN.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE STRATOSPHERE TOWER, THERE'S A LITTLE ROLLERCOASTER THERE.

WELL, THAT'S THE LITTLE ROLLERCOASTER THAT USED TO BE UP THERE.

SO WHEN I HEARD THEY WERE TAKING IT DOWN, I HAD TO HAVE IT.

THESE HERE ARE FROM A MOVIE I WAS IN.

(Randy) THE PYRAMID?

OH, THE PYRAMID.

(Randy) IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME; I GOT TO ASK.

IF YOU GO AROUND IT 1 MILLION TIMES, YOU'VE GONE FROM THE NORTH POLE TO THE SOUTH POLE.

IT ALSO HAS A TELESCOPE, A BIG ONE, IN THERE.

AND I BUILT THIS PYRAMID HERE BEFORE THEY BUILT THE LUXOR.

MANY OF THE THINGS-- I'VE ANTICIPATED THE CULTURES OF THE WORLD THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED ON THE STRIP.

WATCH THAT, DONNIE.

(Lonnie) ALL THESE ARE PIECES AND PARTS FROM MOTORCYCLES, SOME OF THEM MINE.

BUT THIS ROBBIE KNIEVEL'S.

THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CRASHES THAT HE WAS IN.

ANYWAY, ALL THIS IS STUFF OF THINGS THAT I'VE HAD OF CIRCUS STUFF AND TOYS-- TOYS, TOYS, AND TOYS.

I ACQUIRED A LOT OF JOHNNY WEISSMULLER'S COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING HIS JOCKSTRAPS AND OTHERS, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN A MINUTE, BUT-- [Mike, dryly] OH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

[laughs] (Randy) ARE YOU JUST A GUY WHO'S ALWAYS LOOKING?

(Lonnie) ALWAYS LOOKING, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA.

AND PEOPLE KEEP CALLING ME TO BUY ALL KINDS OF WEIRD STUFF.

THEY WANT BIG MONEY FOR IT.

I DON'T PAY MUCH FOR ANYTHING.

THAT WAS JOHN LENNON'S BENTLEY.

AND IT WAS-- I HAD TWO OF THEM.

I HAD THE ORIGINAL AND A REPLICA.

BUT I HAVE TO WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF TIJUANA SPACE ART.

(Randy) I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT CALLED TIJUANA SPACE ART.

WELL, I MADE IT UP.

[Randy and Mike chuckle] (Lonnie) THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BASKET FROM THE MOVIE AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS.

AND THERE'S MY CLEOPATRA THERE.

INSIDE THAT IS THIS THREE-WHEELER, AND IT WAS LICENSED TO EVEL KNIEVEL.

I GOT IT, ACQUIRED IT, AND REPAINTED IT.

SO IT'S THE WORLD'S ONLY BICENTENNIAL MESSERSCHMITT.

(Randy) WELL, WHERE'S THE TOMB?

OH, A TOMB.

OH, [bleep].

(Randy) A TOMB.

HUH.

(Lonnie) IRON LUNG FROM POLIO IN THE '50s, AND I BOUGHT THIS OUT AT THE SWAP MEET.

AND I'VE BEEN AN EGYPTOLOGIST FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I MADE THE CASKET TO FIT THE MESSERSCHMITT.

AND THEN I MOVED THE MESSERSCHMITT OUT FOR THIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA BE PICKLED.

AND I'M GONNA BE PICKLED IN VODKA, SWEDISH VODKA.

I'M MAKING HISTORY.

BY COLLECTING IT, I'M MAKING HISTORY.

THAT WASN'T MY INITIAL GOAL, BUT I JUST LOVED ALL THE TOYS AND THE STUFF.

I'VE HAD UP TO 10,000 PEOPLE HERE IN A WEEKEND.

THEY LINE UP AROUND THE BLOCKS AND WAIT STANDING FOR HOURS TO GO THROUGH, JUST TO SEE THE STUFF.

(Randy) DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD?

(Lonnie) YEAH.

COME ON, I'M EGOCENTRIC, AND IT'S MY TOYS AND COLLECTIONS.

I WANT TO SHOW 'EM OFF.

(Don) AND WHAT A SHOW IT'S BEEN, THOUGH I'M PRETTY CERTAIN WE MISSED WHOLE SECTIONS OF THE HOUSE AND NEVER DID SEE TARZAN'S JOCK.

OH, WELL, REASON TO RETURN-- THAT AND THE DUMMKOPF'S, OF COURSE.

FROM THE DANCE FLOOR, THIS IS DON THE CAMERA GUY SIGNING OFF.

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Captioning byCaptionMax www.captionmax.com (Randy) OH , THE STROKES.

(Mike) HERE'S OUR CHANCE TO GET RID OF THAT EXTRA BAGGAGE WE-- (Randy) YEAH.

LOOK AT THAT.

I WON'T EVEN SHOW THE VIEWERS THE PRICE YOU PAID.

(Mike) NOBODY COULD EVER SAY THIS SHOW DOESN'T HELP PEOPLE.

I SERIOUSLY-- WE HELP 'EM.

(Don) LOOK, THERE THEY GO.

THEIR LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED.

(Mike) THEY'RE BETTER OFF.

(Don) THEY'RE BETTER OFF.

THEY'RE GOING... (Mike) TH EY'RE GOING TO BULLHEAD CITY.

(male announcer) PRODUCTION FUNDING FOR RARE VISIONS AND ROADSIDE REVELATIONS HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY... (male announcer) THE DE BRUCE COMPANIES, PROUD TO SERVE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST WITH HIGH-SPEED GRAIN HANDLING FACILITIES, FERTILIZER, AND FEED INGREDIENT DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS.

(male announcer) AND BY FRED & LOU HARTWIG, GENEROUS SUPPORTERS OF KCPT AND PUBLIC TELEVISION, URGING YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER TODAY.