(male announcer) PRODUCTION FUNDING FOR RARE VISIONS AND ROADSIDE REVELATIONS HAS BEEN PROVIDED, IN PART, BY SPRINT: COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY, CONNECTING YOU TO THE WORLD.

(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.

♪ ♪ WE'RE GOING TO STOP.

WE GOT A GREAT STOP PLANNED HERE, THE FIRST THING OUT OF THE GATE THIS MORNING.

WELL, PLANNED WOULD BE TOO BIG OF A WORD, BUT WE'VE-- WE'RE GOING TO STOP.

GIVE US A GOLLY, DON.

(Don) GOL...LY.

(Don) DEAR TV MAILBAG, HOW'S MY GOMER?

HI, DON THE CAMERA GUY HERE, TRAPPED WITH TWO GOOBERS WHO CLAIM TO BE PRODUCERS NOW IN A STATE WHERE WE'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.

THIS IS MT.

AIRY, BOYHOOD HOME OF ANDY GRIFFITH AND BIRTHPLACE, IN A SENSE, OF MAYBERRY ITSELF.

[both whistling The Andy Griffith Show theme song] YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LOVE HAVING THEIR PICTURE TAKEN... (Randy) OH, I'M GONNA HAVE MINE TAKEN.

WITH THIS LIFE-- LIFELESS FORM OF ANDY.

BUT WHAT A REMARKABLE MAN.

YOU HAVE TO ADMIT IT.

HE DID EVERYTHING FROM DRAMA TO COMEDY.

HE COULD SING EVERYTHING FROM GOSPEL TO OPERA.

95% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WALK THROUGH MY FRONT DOOR ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE ANDY GRIFFITH CONNECTION.

(Mike) WE THOUGHT IT WAS FOR THE FOOD.

LIKE, WE HEARD YOUR BREAKFASTS WERE REALLY GOOD.

WELL, WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FOOD, THE SNAPPY LUNCH, THAT WONDERFUL PORK CHOP SANDWICH-- WHERE ARE YOU AIMING THAT CAMERA?

(Don) YOUR HANDS 'CAUSE YOU WERE DOING THIS.

(Mike) YOU WERE DOING THE HANDS.

WE HAVE THREE IMPRESSIVE ROOMS OF MEMORABILIA.

WE EVEN HAVE A SLINGSHOT BACK THERE ON THE WALL THAT ANDY'S FATHER MADE FOR HIM.

GOL...LY.

THESE ARE SHOTS FROM BEHIND THE SCENES, NEVER-BEFORE-SHOWN PICTURES.

SHAZAM.

EMMETT WILL TELL YOU HIS MOST PRIZED POSSESSION IS THE MATLOCK SUIT IN THE CORNER.

THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE ITEM IN THE COLLECTION ANDY HIMSELF SENT.

ANDY SHILLING STEAKS, AND ANDY SHILLING KRAFT CHEESE.

LOOKS LIKE HE DIDN'T MEET A PRODUCT-- RITZ CRACKERS.

IT'S GO-O-OD.

THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SPECULATION AS TO WHETHER MAYBERRY CAME FROM THE NAME MT.

AIRY.

WELL, THEY DO SOUND SIMILAR.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

BUT THEN WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT ANDY'S MOTHER WAS FROM MAYBERRY, WE THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE GOT THE IDEA FROM THAT."

(Randy) WO W. DO YOU THINK?

(Randy) HO W LONG DI D THAT TAKE?

(Mike) YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

WHERE'S--WHEN WAS ANDY LAST HERE?

THE LAST TIME THAT WE KNOW HE WAS HERE WAS WHEN THEY DID A PARADE IN HIS HONOR IN '57.

(Mike) WOULDN'T THAT BE, LIKE, 45 YEARS AGO?

THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT-- ANDY LIKES HIS PRIVACY.

(Mike) ANDY, ANDY.

ANDY, COME HOME, PLEASE.

COME ON.

COME ON HOME.

(Randy) AS TV WEASELS, WE WILL DO OUR BEST...

YES-- TO BRING ANDY GRIFFITH BACK TO MT.

AIRY.

(Don) COULD BE TRICKY, THOUGH WE'RE ALREADY IN THE RESEARCH PHASE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE LEARNED THAT ANDY LOVES HOT DOGS, BUT BATTER-DIPPED WEENIES-- (Mike) DID ANDY EAT CORN DOGS?

THAT'S OUR QUESTION.

NO.

(Randy) NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

(Don) AND APPARENTLY, PORK CHOP SANDWICHES AREN'T SUFFICIENT BAIT EITHER SINCE EMMETT'S BEEN SERVING 'EM AT THE SNAPPY LUNCH ALL ALONG.

THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE BOYS, HOWEVER, WHO ARE INGESTING CHOLESTEROL WITH A VENGEANCE.

[muffled] GOOD.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

(Mike) IT'S GREAT.

(Don) THIS VEGETARIAN POLITELY DECLINED, WIPED SOME GOO OFF THE LENS, AND PROCEEDED TO SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE ELSEWHERE.

SO FAR ON THIS CULINARY TOUR OF THE SOUTH, I'VE COME TO RELY ON CERTAIN SNACK FOODS, AND IF WORSE COMES TO WORST, I AM TOTIN' THIS GOVERNMENT-ISSUED DOOMSDAY MEAL-IN-A-BAG.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE, SOMEWHERE NEAR MAYODAN, I DID SNAG A PRIME PIECE OF TARHEEL PRODUCE SUITABLE FOR PREVENTIN' SCURVY.

(Don) YOU WANT TO PUT THIS MELON ON THE DASHBOARD?

IT'LL GET GOOD AND WARM AND JUICY.

(Don) BUT FOOD WILL HAVE TO WAIT SINCE, FROM ALL INDICATIONS, THIS IS THE PLACE WE'VE COME LOOKING FOR: BENNY CARTER'S.

(Mike) BENNY'S BEEN BUSY.

(Don) BENNY'S BEEN BUILDING FOR BIRDS SINCE THE LATE '80s, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL HE GOT PINK-SLIPPED FROM HIS FACTORY JOB THAT BENNY TOOK UP FOLK ART FULL-TIME.

(Benny) ONE DAY, I JUST--I SAID, I BELIEVE I'LL SEE IF I CAN PAINT SOMETHING.

AND I PAINTED A PAINTING.

AND I STARTED PAINTING A LITTLE BIT, AND I STILL BUILD A LOT OF BIRDHOUSES.

I'M A BIG FLEA MARKET MAN AND YARD SALE.

THAT'S WHERE I GET A LOT OF MY STUFF.

WELL, LIKE THESE HEADS HERE, THEY'RE GOURDS.

AND I USE A LOT OF BUTTONS.

THAT ONE UP THERE SAYS, "VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS."

I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT I GUESS IT IS.

AND THEN SOME CHESS PIECES ON THIS ONE'S HEAD OVER HERE.

AND I BUY A LOT OF OLD EARRINGS AND JUST ALL KIND OF STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW.

I PAINT ON SOME CONVENTIONAL-TYPE STUFF SOMETIMES.

I LIKE TO PAINT ON CANVASES.

IT'S--IT'S REAL EASY PAINTING ON A GOOD NEW CANVAS, BUT I VERY SELDOM USE 'EM.

MOST OF THE TIME, I'LL PAINT OVER OTHER PEOPLE'S PAINTINGS.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE ARTISTS DO STUFF IN, LIKE, 15 MINUTES.

AND I'VE HAD 'EM TELL ME, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY PAINT SOMETHING IN 15 MINUTES, AND I SAY, "WELL, I CAN'T EVEN GET SET DOWN IN 15 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, MUCH LESS PAINT SOMETHING."

PEOPLE ASK ME--SAY, "OH, WELL, HOW COME YOU PAINTED, YOU KNOW, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY BLACK AND JESUS BLACK?"

AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND IT'S--I GOT MORE BLACK PAINT THAN I HAVE ANY OTHER COLOR, YOU KNOW.

I DRESS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY UP.

SOMETIMES SHE'S GOT A CROWN ON.

SHE'S GOT BLONDE HAIR.

SHE'S GOT RED HAIR.

THAT'S THE THING ABOUT SELF-TAUGHT ART.

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

THAT'S WHAT I-- I DO WHATEVER I WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW.

(Randy) THAT'S NOT A BIRDHOUSE IS-- IT'S A BIRDHOUSE.

(Mike) IT IS A BIRDHOUSE.

SEE?

PROBABLY GOT BU CKET TWEETS.

[bird chirping] (Don) THAT'S A GOMER BIRD.

(Benny) I GOT SOME BIG WOODPECKERS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CAROLINA BLUEBIRDS UP HERE AND CAROLINA WRENS AND CHICKADEES.

AND ALL KIND OF BIRDS USE ALL THESE BIRDHOUSES.

[knocking] NOW, YOU THINK THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT, YOU WAIT TILL YOU ENTER THAT HOUSE RIGHT THERE.

YOU WANT TO SEE AN ENVIRONMENT.

GO AHEAD AND OPEN THAT DOOR AND GET YOU A LITTLE PEEK SO YOU WON'T BE TOO SHOCKED WHEN YOU GO IN.

(Mike) OH, MY.

(Benny) I DON'T CONCENTRATE AS MUCH ON PAINTING AS I USED TO, ALTHOUGH I PAINT QUITE A BIT.

BUT THEN I TAKE SPELLS NOW TO WHERE I STOP PAINTING.

SOMETIMES MAYBE FOR A MONTH OR TWO, I WON'T PAINT HARDLY AT ALL.

AND THEN I'LL GET TO GOING WIDE-OPEN, AND I'LL PAINT FOR A MONTH 15, 16 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

I JUST DO IT, YOU KNOW.

IF PEOPLE COMES AND BUYS IT, THEY COME AND BUY IT.

IF THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT IS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO-- I LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE ME, YOU KNOW.

(Don) EVEN WITH ALL THIS IN THE YARD, BENNY SAYS HE'S BEST KNOWN AROUND TOWN FOR HIS COOL CARS, ONE OF WHICH HE ROLLED OUT FOR A QUICK JOYRIDE WITH US, GREAT TO GAWK AT BUT EVEN HARDER TO MANEUVER IN THAN OUR CRAMPED CHRYSLER MINIVAN TO WHICH I SOON RETURNED.

(Randy) WANT TO COME IN AND SMOKE?

(Don) WE'RE HEADED NOW FOR HIGH POINT, THE HEART OF FURNITURE-MAKING COUNTRY AND HOME TO ANOTHER OF THOSE WORLD'S LARGEST THAT RANDY GETS SO EXCITED ABOUT.

NOW, IS THAT A BUREAU OR A CHEST OF DRAWERS?

(Mike) THAT'S A-- THAT'S A CHEST OF DRAWERS.

(Don) THAT'S ONE SNAPPY DRESSER.

DON, HAVE YOU-- DID YOU SHOW THAT IT'S BIG?

(Don) THAT'S HOW BIG THE DRESSER IS.

(Mike) WOW.

I AM SO EXCITED WE CAME ALL THE WAY TO SEE THIS.

I THINK THIS SHOULD HELP.

IF YOU KNOW HOW LARGE THE WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF VIDEOTAPE IS, THEN YOU KNOW HOW BIG THE BUREAU IS IN COMPARISON.

(Mike) YEAH.

DOES THAT HELP?

(Don) IF YOU KNOW HOW BIG YOUR HEAD IS... (Mike) WHERE'S THE BIG COFFEEPOT?

(man) RIGHT--RIGHT--WELL, IT'S RIGHT THERE, BUT-- (Don) WE ARE ON A ROLL, AREN'T WE?

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS, HOT ON THE TRAIL OF ANOTHER PIECE OF AMERICA'S OVERSIZED PAST.

(Randy) LOOK.

IT'S A COLONIAL BIG COFFEEPOT.

(Mike) THAT'S ALMOST AS EXCITING AS THE BIG DRESSER LAST NIGHT.

(Don) THERE IT IS, BIG COFFEEPOT.

(Randy) OKAY, WOO.

(Don) BUT I THINK PEOPLE NEED SCALE.

(Don) AND I THINK RANDY NEEDS TO SCREEN HIS TIPS MORE CAREFULLY.

AT ANY RATE, WE SOON LEFT THESE QUAINT SURROUNDINGS IN SEARCH OF ACTUAL ART.

WE'VE COME HERE TO MEET BENNY CARTER'S GOOD BUDDY SAM McMILLAN, BETTER KNOWN AS THE DOT MAN FOR REASONS THAT WILL SOON BECOME APPARENT.

(Randy) STAND BY.

SAM'S PLACE.

(Sam) I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 40, 45 YEARS.

I WAS IN THE ANTIQUE BUSINESS FOR 30-SOME YEARS.

BEFORE I GOT MY BUSINESS FROM-- I CHAUFFEURED 20 YEARS.

SEE, I CHAUFFEURED ONE JOB FOR 20 YEARS.

I'D RIDE IN THE FRONT SEAT, AND I'D GET ALL THIS OUT OF THE BACK SEAT.

AND SO I GOT A PhD DEGREE ON BUSINESS.

(Randy) SO WHEN DID THE PAINTING URGE HIT YOU?

(Sam) IT WAS BACK IN THE '80s SOME WHEN I STARTED PAINTING, 'CAUSE I'D BEEN CREATIVE ABOUT ALL MY LIFE.

SEE, WHAT I DID, I--I USED TO BUILD HOUSES TOO.

GOT A SIXTH-GRADE EDUCATION TO BUILD HOUSES.

I GO TO THE FLEA MARKET, I LOOK AT SOMETHING, I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO WITH IT WHEN I LOOK AT IT.

ONE--I LOOK AT THE THING ONE TIME.

I COME HOME AND DRAW IT.

(Mike) PRETTY MUCH LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU'LL PAINT ON ANYTHING.

(Sam) ANYTHING YOU PUT DOWN, I'LL PAINT IT.

I PAINT ON PLASTER, GLASS, AND EVERYTHING.

THEY CALL ME DOT MAN, THOUGH.

DID BENNY TELL YOU?

SEE, THAT'S MY TRADEMARK.

BUT SEE, YOU GOT A LOT OF ARTISTS NOW DOING THIS.

I'M THE FIRST ONE STARTED DOING IT.

BUT IT DOESN'T--SEE, I LEARNED-- I TEACH 'EM HOW TO DO IT.

THIS--THIS IS THE OVERCOAT.

I GOT COATS OVER AT THE HOUSE TO MATCH THIS.

(Randy) NOW, THAT'S AWESOME.

(Sam) THAT'S WHAT I DO CLASSES IN.

(Randy) WHAT DON'T YOU PAINT?

EVERYTHING.

(Mike) THAT'S THE THING THAT'S KILLING ME HERE.

(Sam) I PAINT EVERYTHING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

(Mike) I THINK IT'S YOU.

DOES IT GO WITH MY--MY SHIRT?

HEY.

(Randy) KIND OF RUNWAY MODEL HERE FOR ME, DONNY.

(Sam) I LOVE PEOPLE, AND I ENJOY WHAT I DO.

WHAT I DO, I TRY TO HELP OTHER ARTISTS AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

DUKE.

I'M BRINGING SOME COMPANY BACK HERE.

YOU DON'T JUMP UP ON 'EM NEITHER NOW.

YOU HEAR ME?

OKAY, ROLL OVER.

ROLL OVER, GENE.

ROLL OVER.

ROLL OVER.

NOW, GIVE ME SOME FIVE.

NOW, HAVE YOU PAINTED ON--ON THAT DOG?

NOT YET.

(Randy) HOW MANY MILES ON THIS BABY?

(Sam) IT HAD 300,000 WHEN I GOT IT.

AND IT'S GOT YOUR TOWN RIGHT HERE ON IT.

(Sam) YEP.

OTHER SIDE'S ALABAMA.

THIS IS MY CHURCH.

I MEAN, IT HAS PEWS IN IT.

(Randy) TH E CHURCH OF SAM?

(Sam) YEAH, MM-HMM.

I LIKE THE BATHTUB.

(Don) OUR SHOW HAS MANY FAUCETS.

(Sam) THIS LIGHTS UP AT NIGHT.

(Randy) REALLY?

(Sam) SEE, THE BACK PORCH LIGHT'S ON NOW, BUT IT COMES ON AT NIGHT.

(Randy) SO YOU'VE REALLY JUST MADE A WHOLE WORLD HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DID.

(Randy) DO YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH ALL THESE PIECES GETTING MESSED AROUND?

(Sam) NOBODY WON'T TOUCH THEM.

YOU PUT OUT--THEY'LL STAY OUT THERE ALL NIGHT, AND THEY WON'T TOUCH IT.

I HAVE SOME STUFF NOT PAINTED OUT THERE, AND THEY TAKE IT, BUT AS SOON AS I PUT MY NAME ON IT, THEY CAN'T SELL IT.

THEY BROKE IN MY HOUSE AND TOOK MY VCR, TV, MICROWAVE OVEN.

I WENT BACK AND PAINTED THE TV, THE MICROWAVE OVEN, EVERYTHING--VCR.

THEY BROKE IN AGAIN, DIDN'T TOUCH NOTHING.

(Don) KNOWING THAT SAM IS EVER READY WITH HIS BRUSH, IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT NEGOTIATIONS WOULD OCCUR.

WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF VIDEOTAPE.

YEAH, I CAN PAINT THAT.

COULD YOU PAINT ON THAT?

YES, I CAN PAINT THAT.

HOW WOULD IT LOOK?

I DON'T KNOW.

LOOK LIKE SAM DONE IT.

WHERE'D YOU GET THAT FROM?

(Randy) WE MADE THIS.

YOU WANT--YOU WANT TO CARRY IT IN, THEN?

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK I'LL JUST PUT IT BACK HERE AND MAKE DON'S LIFE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL PAINT IT FOR YOU AND SHIP IT TO YOU.

(Don) IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY SAM IS BELOVED BY YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE AND EASY ENOUGH TO GET FROM SAM'S PLACE BACK DOWNTOWN, WHERE SOMETHING CIVIC NEXT TO THE BUS STATION SOUNDS WORTH SEEING.

(Mike) WOW.

(Randy) IT'S THE MR.

IMAGINATION WALL.

(Mike) ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT IS THAT IT WAS MR.

IMAGINATION'S, AND I--WE'VE NEVER MET HIM.

I'M--WE'RE HOPING TO GET TO MEET HIM ON ONE OF THESE FUTURE SHOWS HERE COMING UP.

HE'S-- (Randy) IMAGINE THAT.

(Mike) YEAH, IMAGINE THAT, EXACTLY.

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY APPARENTLY BROUGHT ITEMS AND MEMORIES TO-- DOWN TO PUT INTO THE WALL, AND THEN I GUESS HE DID IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD ANY HELP OR NOT, BUT HE DID IT.

IT'S HIS BABY.

ARE YOU READING THIS AGAIN?

(Mike) NO, I WENT INSIDE, AND I CHECKED IT OUT.

I LOOKED ON THE--AND I ASKED-- I ASKED SOME--FOR SOME HELP FROM THE WOMAN AT THE COUNTER.

THEY TAUGHT ME THIS IN JOURNALISM SCHOOL.

LOOK AT ALL THE COOL STUFF: "A TOKEN OF MY ESTEEM."

THERE'S A BIC LIGHTER.

MAN, YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THAT FOREVER.

(Don) I THINK I SEE WHERE-- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 18 1/2 MINUTE GAP.

THERE IT IS.

(Mike) THE FAMOUS 18 1/2 MINUTE NIXON TAPE GAP.

(Don) I SAY WE STONEWALL HIM.

[Mike chuckling] (Don) AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THERE'S NOT MUCH PARKING AROUND HERE, SO WE WALKED SOME MORE, THEN DID SOME DRIVING ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH TO THE TOWN OF TROUTMAN.

CALL IT COINCIDENCE, BUT WE'RE HERE TO FIND A FISHERMAN, OR AT LEAST HUBERT WALTERS USED TO BE BACK IN JAMAICA.

NOW HE MAKES ART, DRIVES AN ICE CREAM TRUCK, AND SELDOM FISHES AT ALL.

(Hubert) I WORK ALL OVER THE PLACE, INSIDE, OUTSIDE, BUT I MOSTLY KEEP THEM-- KEEP MOST OF THE ARTWORK INSIDE.

(Mike) MY GOODNESS.

YOU DO BUILD SOME BOATS.

(Hubert) YEAH, I MAKE THEM WITH BONDO, WOOD, METAL, SHEET METAL, DIFFERENT THINGS.

I LIKE TO WORK STUFF WITH MY HANDS.

I LIKE TO MESS WITH WOOD, WOOD AND CONCRETE.

THESE DON'T LOOK LIKE NONE OF THE BOAT THAT WE BUILD IN JAMAICA.

THE BOAT WE BUILD IN JAMAICA, THEY--THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK-- GOT A LOT OF INSIDE WORK TO DO.

NOBODY MADE THESE.

THESE ARE JUST SOMETHING I MADE UP.

[chuckling] (Randy) HOW BIG IS THIS?

(Hubert) WELL, THIS MUST BE ABOUT FIVE FEET LONG.

(Don) WHAT ABOUT TONNAGE, THOUGH?

ISN'T THAT-- (Hubert) NO, IT'S NOT THAT-- NOT THAT HEAVY.

IT'S NOT THAT-- WELL, IT'S HOLLOW INSIDE.

IT'S NOT THAT HEAVY.

WHAT ARE THE CREW PEOPLE DOING HERE?

(Hubert) TH OSE ARE BAND-- TH IS IS A BAND.

THEY'RE ON THE CRUISE BOAT.

THEY'RE PLAYING THE MUSIC.

THOSE ARE MUSIC MEN.

I LIKE TO PUT MY OWN-- MY OWN, YOU KNOW, FEELINGS INTO THE PAINT.

I DON'T COPY NOTHING MUCH FOR NOBODY.

I JUST PAINT THE WAY I FEEL SOMEHOW.

THIS IS MY KIND OF BIG BEN.

IT'S NOT ENGLAND KIND.

IT'S JUST MY KIND OF BIG BEN.

YOU GOT TO OPEN THE HATCH, YOU PUT ON THAT THING, AND THAT LETS IT LOOSE.

THE HATCH GO DOWN.

IT STAYS CLOSED.

I MEAN, THE HATCH--HATCH IS CLOSED.

I'M BATTENED DOWN FOR THE WEATHER.

(Mike) THAT'S THAT OLD SAYING, "BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES."

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES.

(Don) YOU GOT A PRETTY GOOD BATTEN AVERAGE?

[chuckling] I GUESS SO.

(Don) TRUTH IS, THERE'S NOTHING AVERAGE ABOUT THE ART HUBERT HAS OUT HERE AT ALL, FIGURAL FORMS, KOOKY CLOCKS, AND A FABULOUS FLEET.

BUT SINCE THIS IS JUST A HALF-HOUR SHOW, WE MUST NOW GET OUR BASSES OUT OF TROUTMAN AND BACK ON THE ROAD.

[cow moos] [distant voices] (Randy) HEY, LOOK WHO'S HERE.

I BROUGHT YOU COFFEE AND A MUFFIN.

(Don) HONEY, I SHRUNK THE MUFFIN.

(Mike) WHOA, IT'S A LITTLE THUMBELINA MUFFIN.

IT IS.

(Don) LOOKS LIKE FOOD IS A PRIME TOPIC ONCE AGAIN, SPEAKING OF WHICH, I SEEM TO BE MISSING ONE MUSKY MELON.

OKAY, IT WAS SMELLING UP THE ENTIRE MOTEL, BUT ISN'T THIS A BIT EXTREME?

AND SPEAKING OF EXTREME, LOOKS LIKE RANDY'S FOUND YET ANOTHER BIG DUMB THING.

I WAS WONDERIN' WHY WE WERE CARTON THESE GLOVES AROUND.

WE SHOULD'VE WORN OUR HALF-GALLON HATS.

(Randy) DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TO SEE US PLAYING CATCH WILL LIKE US BETTER BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG MILK THING IN THE SHOT?

(Don) THIS IS SORT OF OUR PET PROJECT.

(Mike) BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN MILK TURNS, IT CAN BE AN UGLY SIGHT.

(Randy) OH, THERE'S NOTHING SOURER.

(Don) SO BURLINGTON MAY HAVE THE BIG MILK, BUT BYNUM, SOUTH OF CHAPEL HILL, HAS CLYDE JONES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.

POPULATION-WISE, IT'S TINY, BUT IN TERMS OF ART PER SQUARE INCH, IT JUST MIGHT LEAD THE NATION... (Mike) WOW.

(Don) THANKS TO MR. JONES, A FORMER MILL WORKER TURNED INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART ICON.

(Randy) YOU GOT STARTED KIND OF DUE TO AN INJURY, DIDN'T YOU?

WASN'T IT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

I GOT HURT FROM A BROKEN LEG.

IT PULLED THIS LEG OFF IN PIECES, AND I GOT THE CHANCE TO DO IT, AND NOW I'M DOING IT.

(Mike) SO SOME OF THAT LOGGING EXPERIENCE PROBABLY CAME IN HANDY HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE.

(Clyde) WELL, NATURE IN THE WOOD COME IN HANDY, YOU SEE, AND ANIMALS IN WOOD.

WELL, MAYBE NATURE HANDED IT DOWN TO ME.

(Randy) YO U CALL THIS THE HALL RIVER AN IMAL CROSSING, DON'T YOU?

(Clyde) CRITTER CROSSING.

(Randy) CRITTER CROSSING.

(Clyde) IT GOT FLAMINGOES, WILD COWS, GOATS, PIGS, DOGS, YOU NAME IT.

I WANT YOU ON A HORSE.

NOW, WHY DO YOU WANT ME ON A HORSE, CLYDE?

(Clyde) 'CAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE A HORSE RIDER.

[both chuckling] WOO-HOO.

(Mike) IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE YOU START ON SOMETHING, THERE MAY BE NO STOPPING YOU.

(Clyde) THERE AIN'T NO STOPPING TILL ME AND THE SAW, WE WALK.

(Randy) WHAT KIND OF SAW ARE YOU USING?

(Clyde) STEEL.

(Mike) HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH A FEW BLADES ON THAT?

(Clyde) I HAVEN'T WORN OUT BUT ONE OR TWO SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS.

I'M USED TO RUNNING A SAW, TAKING CARE OF 'EM, STUFF LIKE THAT.

(Don) TH EY'RE CALLED CHAINS WHEN WE-- YEAH, THAT'D BE CHAINS, NOT BLADES.

YEAH.

HE DOESN'T DO A LOT OF SAWING.

NO, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME ON HORSES.

YEE-HAW.

(Mike) LOOKS LIKE SOME GLITTER AND STUFF IN HERE.

YEAH, I'VE USED A LOT OF GLITTER.

AND--AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, DON'T YOU?

THAT BIRD'S ALL FROM CHERRY TREES.

TENNIS BALLS, AND PEL--A LOT OF FRESH FRUIT.

(Randy) ARE THESE FILM CANISTERS?

(Clyde) YEAH, THAT COMES FROM CALIFORNIA.

PEOPLE SAVES IT FOR ME.

THEY SAVE ALL KINDS OF ODDS AND ENDS, SEE WHAT I CAN DO WITH IT.

(Randy) YOU JUST CAN'T WALK THOUGH HERE WITHOUT SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT.

(Clyde) WELL, YOU GO THROUGH HERE 50 TIMES, YOU GONNA SEE A DIFFERENT SOMETHING EVERY TIME YOU GO THROUGH HERE.

SEE, WHAT I'M DOING, I'M STAYING CLOSE TO NATURE.

IF I CAN, IT'S WORKING OUT TO BE CLOSE TO AN ANIMAL.

(Mike) I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN YOU STARTED PAINTING TOO, IT LOOKS LIKE.

(Clyde) WE LL, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION ON THAT HOUSE.

I STARTED TEN-- TEN YEAR AGO PAINTING.

AND THE PAINTING'S UP WITH THE CRITTERS NEARBY.

THEY BOTH GROW WITH IT.

Y'ALL GO ANYWHERE, DO AS YOU PLEASE, HAVE A GOOD TIME.

IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU LIKE IT.

IF YOU DON'T, WE'LL STILL BE BUSY.

(Don) THE ANIMAL KINGDOM CANNOT BE CONTAINED IN CLYDE'S YARD ALONE.

MOST YARDS IN TOWN HARBOR A CRITTER OR TWO, AND MOST, IF NOT ALL, NEIGHBORS ENJOY THE NOTORIETY THAT COMES THEIR WAY.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE THING.

PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN TO BYNUM WILL COME, AND THEIR EYES GET BIG.

OH, OUR GRANDCHILDREN JUST LOVE TO COME AND GO THROUGH HIS YARD AND CLIMB ALL OVER HIS ANIMALS, AND HE ENCOURAGES THAT.

(Mike) SO THEY'RE BUILT TO LAST.

(Clyde) THAT'S RIGHT, YEP.

YOU CAN JUST KICK 'EM AND DO 'EM ANY WAY YOU WANT TO.

IF YOU GET ABOUT 50, 60 YOUNG UNS IN HERE, AND IT DON'T COME APART, YOU KNOW YOU AIN'T DONE NO WRONG.

(Don) HOW FAMOUS IS THIS CRITTER CROSSING?

IT'S BEEN IN BOOKS AND ON CDs, AND ONCE, THIS WELL-KNOWN DANCER EVEN STOPPED BY.

CLYDE'S GOT A GREAT STORY ABOUT THAT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, TIME IS A FACTOR, SINCE WE'VE GOT TO GO NORTH TO PROSPECT HILL AND A STONE DELIGHT CALLED SHANGRI-LA, 27 LEPRECHAUN-SIZED STRUCTURES BUILT BY A TOBACCO FARMER NAMED HENRY WARREN.

HENRY PASSED AWAY NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, BUT HIS WHITE ROCK EXTRAVAGANZA IS STILL STANDING STRONG.

(Mike) SO DID YOU JUST LOOK OUT HERE ONE DAY AND GO, "UH-OH"?

HE STARTED RIGHT THERE ONE EASTER MONDAY MORNING.

HE DIDN'T WANT--HE DIDN'T WANT TO CELEBRATE EASTER.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING, SO HE STARTED ON THAT.

HE SAW THAT MILL, THE WHEEL, IN HILLSBORO, AND HE BUILT THE MILL A HOUSE.

SO THAT'S THE MILLHOUSE.

THAT'S THE FIRST ONE HE DID.

YOU SEE ALL THOSE PRETTY WHITE STONE-- BIG STONES IN THERE?

NEXT THING HE BUILT WAS THE DWELLING HOUSE.

AND SOMEBODY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA CAME BY ONE DAY AND WANTED TO BUY IT.

AND HE SAID, "WELL, YOU CAN'T MOVE IT.

IT HAS 27 BAGS OF CEMENT AND SAND IN IT."

THAT WAS THE THEATER OVER THERE AND THE FIRE STATION OVER THERE.

AND THIS WAS THE SCHOOL.

BUILT THAT FOR WATERGATE.

THAT WAS THE WATERGATE.

AND THIS IS THE CHURCH OVER HERE, LITTLE BROWN CHURCH IN THE VALE.

(Randy) BACK UP HERE A SECOND.

THAT'S THE WATERGATE?

YES.

HE JUST NAMED THAT WATERGATE AFTER NIXON WHEN HE WAS IN THERE.

(Mike) SO MILLHOUSE AND WATERGATE.

YEAH, MM-HMM.

(Randy) I SEE A PATTERN.

AND SEE, HE MADE THE STOVE WITH A LITTLE GRILL AND THE CHAIRS.

HE SAID THAT WAS MOM AND POP'S SEAT RIGHT THERE.

(Randy) AND THAT'S SOME SORT OF FARM IMPLEMENT PART?

(Mike) THAT'S A DRILL.

(Satira) A SAW.

(Mike) AND HE WASN'T MAKING DRAWINGS OR PLANS?

(Satira) NO.

HE'D COME DOWN HERE AND START.

HE'D MEASURE THIS OFF GROUND, THE LENGTH AND THE WIDTH THAT HE WANTED IT.

HE'D START FROM RIGHT THERE AND GO UP.

HE JUST LOVED ROCK.

THAT WAS THE IDEA.

(Randy) WAS SHANGRI-LA HIS FAVORITE MOVIE?

(Satira) NO, I THINK HE GOT THAT FROM ROOSEVELT, YOU KNOW, HAD HIS SHANGRI-LA IN THE WAR.

(Mike) HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE STARTED DOING THIS?

75.

(Randy) OH , MY GOODNESS.

AND HE DIED WHEN HE WAS 84.

(Mike) SA Y THAT AGAIN.

TE LL ME THAT AGAIN.

HE WAS-- 75.

(Randy) WHEN MOST GUYS ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE TV.

(Satira) WELL, HE DIDN'T SIT IN FRONT OF THE TV.

HE WAS A AVID CIGARETTE SMOKER AND A COCA-COLA DRINKER.

SO CIGARETTES DON'T KILL YOU.

(Don) COCA-COLA DOES?

NO, I DON'T THINK COCA-COLA DOES EITHER.

(Randy) SO DO YOU LOOK OUT HERE AND REMEMBER HENRY?

(Satira) I DO.

I DO COME IN HERE AND MOW THE LAWN OR PLANT THE FLOWERS AND REMEMBER HIM DOWN HERE, SURE DO.

(Don) HENRY DID HAVE SOME HELP FROM A NEIGHBOR, BUT NONE FROM THE MISSUS, EXCEPT--AND I HOPE THOSE WEASELS ARE LISTENING-- SHE MADE HIM STOP AND EAT LUNCH.

DID I MENTION I WAS HUNGRY?

THIS IS DON THE CAMERA GUY SIGNING OFF.

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Captioning and audio description byCaptionMax www.captionmax.com (Don) THIS IS A BURNED-OUT MILL.

THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE.

[sighs] COME HERE.

COME HERE.

GIVE ME SOME.

OH, I MISS MY BOY.

[dog barks] (Randy) OH, ROTATIONAL.

OVER THE MILK.

WE'RE IN BISCUITVILLE.

(Don) IT'S COME TO THIS, HAS IT?

IT'S COME TO THIS.

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