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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.

♪ ♪ SO WHERE ARE WE?

(Don) DEAR TV MAILBAG, WOULD YOU CALL THAT A CONFIDENCE-BUILDER?

HI; DON THE CAMERA GUY HERE, SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, TRAPPED, AS USUAL, IN THE BACK OF A CRAMPED MINIVAN WITH A PAIR OF PRODUCERS WHOSE MISSION IS TWOFOLD: TO FIND STRANGE, COOL STUFF ALONG THE ROAD-- HEY, WHAT'S THAT?

(Don) THEN MAKE ME WORK LIKE A DOG.

THAT MUST BE THE CHAIR THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.

SOLID OAK.

(Don) IT'S GOTTA BE MORE COMFORTABLE THAN THIS CHRYSLER BENCH SEAT.

(Mike) I WOULD LIKE TO CLIMB UP THERE, BUT SECURITY'S TIGHT HERE.

(Randy) WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD ACTUALLY ROCK WITH ENOUGH FORCE ON IT.

(Mike) THAT CHAIR'S DESIGNED FOR A REAL LARGE BUTT.

WELL.

WELL.

WE CAME; WE SAW; WE DID IT.

WE LEFT.

WE LEFT.

(all) ♪ CHAIR-ISH IS THE WORD I USE TO DESCRIBE... ♪ ♪ (Don) WELL, WE HAVE SEEN BIG CHAIRS BEFORE, BUT WE'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE OCEAN, WHICH I SUSPECT IS HOW OCEAN SPRINGS GETS ITS NAME.

THIS PLACE HAS PARTICULAR IMPORT TO MIKE BECAUSE IT'S HOME TO THE WALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM.

WALTER, YOU SEE, WAS AN ARTIST WHO, WHILE NOT SELF-TAUGHT, WENT TO INCREDIBLE LENGTHS TO DO WHAT HE DID.

(Mike) CHANGED MY LIFE.

(Don) AND APPARENTLY DOING IT MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON QUITE A FEW OTHERS.

(Clayton) I THINK IT'S VERY HARD SOMETIMES FOR PEOPLE FROM THE OLDER GENERATION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONTEMPORARIES OF WALTER ANDERSON.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THAT I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THAT GUY.

WE'RE STANDING, OF COURSE, IN THE LITTLE ROOM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A ROOM FROM HIS COTTAGE.

THE EAST WALL HERE, AND IT DOES CORRESPOND TO THE EAST, STARTS WITH THE ROOSTER CROWING AND THE SUN RISING.

ON THE SOUTH WALL, IT'S NOONDAY, AND YOU CAN SEE RAINBOWS OUT OVER THE GULF.

AND THEN ON THE WEST WALL BEHIND US, THE SUN IS SETTING.

UP ON THE TOP IS ACTUALLY A ZINNIA FORM.

HE LOVED THE ZINNIA BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRIC SHAPES AND DREW IT OVER AND OVER.

WALTER ANDERSON'S LIFE WAS NOT AN EASY ONE.

HE WAS SOMEONE THAT SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, PARTICULARLY DURING A VERY CONCENTRATED FOUR-YEAR PERIOD.

AND HIS DOCTORS ESSENTIALLY SUGGESTED OR TOLD THE FAMILY THAT IF YOU WANT HIM TO SURVIVE, RELEASE HIM OF ALL RESPONSIBILITY, SO THEY DID THAT.

AND WHAT HE ULTIMATELY WOUND UP DOING, OF COURSE, WE KNOW NOW, IS TO SPEND MOST OF THE LAST 18 YEARS OF HIS LIFE LIVING ON HORN ISLAND, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE BUT VERY REMOTE, ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT.

HE HAD HIS OWN LITTLE ROWBOATS AND SAILBOATS, AND HE WOULD GO OUT, AND DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, IT MIGHT TAKE HIM 24 HOURS TO GET THERE.

AND SO HE WOULD PACK UP TRASH CANS--LIKE, METAL TRASH CANS-- WITH ART SUPPLIES AND CANS OF FOOD.

AND HE HAD, LIKE, HIS LITTLE PORTABLE STUDIO FOR A HAT WITH, LIKE, BRUSHES AND WATERCOLORS.

AND WE WOULD WADE OUT, LIKE, TO HERE, YOU KNOW, AND JUST BE INCREDIBLY STILL AND LET EVERYONE GET KIND OF USED TO HIM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST STAND THERE VERY QUIETLY AND PAINT.

AND SO ALL THE WILDLIFE WOULD JUST BASICALLY DO WHAT THEY DO.

THIS, THIS IS THE BOAT.

THIS IS THE BOAT.

THIS IS THE LAST BOAT, AND THIS IS NOT A VERY BIG BOAT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT?

10 FEET HERE MAYBE?

AND I OFTEN THINK ABOUT, TOO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TAKING THIS OUT THERE AND YOU'RE FLIPPING THIS UPSIDE DOWN AND YOU'RE SLEEPING UNDER IT, HOW DO YOU SLEEP UNDER THIS?

SO SHOULD WE GO TRY AND RE-CREATE IT?

I THINK YOU SHOULD.

I REALLY DO.

I MEAN, IF YOU WERE REAL MEN, YOU WOULD DO THIS.

DON COULD DO IT.

LET'S HAVE DON DO IT.

THIS IS A CARVING TH AT HE DID.

(Clayton) YEAH, THIS IS A REALLY FINE EXAMPLE OF HIS SCULPTURE, AND HIS SCULPTURE IS JUST, I THINK, AMAZING.

IT HAS INCREDIBLE SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND FLUIDITY.

HE'S JUST AN AMAZING GUY, AND HE WAS WILLING TO THROW HIMSELF INTO NATURE AND JUST DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO BE THERE WITH IT AND BE A PARTICIPANT.

FOR HIM, THAT PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING, OR AS HE CALLED IT, REALIZATION, THAT WAS THE THING.

AND ONCE IT WAS REALIZED, OR BETTER UNDERSTOOD BY DRAWING OR PAINTING IT OR CARVING IT, WHAT WAS CREATED WAS SUPERFLUOUS.

WALTER ANDERSEN IS BOTH VISIONARY, EXPRESSIONIST, IMPRESSIONIST-- HE'S ALL OVER THE MAP.

I THINK YOU WERE VERY WISE TO FOLD HIM INTO YOUR SHOW.

(Mike) HOLD ON; YOU HEARD THAT PART.

YOU GOT THAT PART WHERE HE SAID I WAS VERY WISE, RIGHT?

(Randy) YEAH, RIGHT.

(Don) I WASN'T ROLLING.

OH, GOD!

(Don) NO PROBLEM.

I GOT IT ALL, WHICH IS WHY ABOUT NOW, I THINK IT'S TIME TO BE LEAVING WALTER WORLD AND HEADING JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY TO SOME VERY SCENIC BEAUTY.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL GULF, AND WE, ALONG WITH THE WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF VIDEOTAPE, ARE ACTUALLY STANDING AT IT-- ON SIX OF THE WHITEST LEGS YOU'D NEVER WANT TO SEE.

NOW LET'S DO THE EUROPEAN VERSION.

[all chuckle] [talking in slow motion] WE'VE NOW HIT THAT PART OF THE JOURNEY WHERE WE'VE GONE AS FAR AS WE CAN GO.

SO WE HAVE TO HEAD NORTH.

YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME COFFEE?

(Randy) I AM.

(Don) WHILE PAUSING TO RESTOCK THE COOLER, MIKE'S MAKING SURE THAT OUR NEXT STOP, IN McCOMB, WILL BE A SMOOTH ONE.

OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO TRY BETTE MOTT HERE AND SEE IF SHE'S OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TODAY, BECAUSE IF SHE'S NOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, WE'VE GOT A BIG HOLE IN THIS SHOW.

(Don) YOU'VE GOT YOUR MIKE ON?

I DO.

ISN'T THAT HANDY THAT IT'S ON?

IT'S RIGHT THERE.

IT'S TURNED ON AND EVERYTHING.

YOU GOT IT ON IN THE BACK?

HOW ARE YOU FEELING THIS MORNING?

(Don) SEEMS THAT BETTE MOTT, KNOWN AROUND McCOMB FOR HER DECORATING TOUCH, IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL BUT, THANKS TO THE MIRACLE OF MODERN TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY, WILL GUIDE US THROUGH HER GINGERBREAD HOUSE WITH VOCAL ACCOMPANIMENT FROM HER GRANDSON SPENCER.

♪ SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.

♪ [Betty over phone] Welcome to Gingerbread Land, where dreams really do come true.

♪ WAY UP HIGH.

♪ NOW I'M STEPPING IN THE FRONT DOOR HERE.

WHAT IS IT I'M GOING TO SEE?

Baby dolls of every description at tea parties, and they are partying with Royal Doulton china.

OH, OH, I THINK I JUST BROKE-- Oh, no.

Oh, no, you did not, darling.

I'll have the vapors.

♪ THERE'S A LAND THAT I'VE HEARD OF.

♪ YOU MIND IF I HELP MYSELF TO A LITTLE-- ♪ ONCE IN A LULLABY.

♪ [Randy over phone] Bette, I can talk to you on this phone too.

(Bette) The only thing I know better than one man is two, And it usually takes two to equal one.

♪ SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.

♪ (Randy) We're pretty well penned in here now, Bette.

You got us at your mercy.

(Bette) Do you like my house?

Well, I've never seen anything quite like it.

You never will again, either.

(Spencer) ♪ SKIES ARE BLUE.

♪ Are you in the dining room?

WE'RE IN THE DINING ROOM, LOOKING AROUND, AND I SEE LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL CHINA ON THE TABLE.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, I'M SEEING STUFF, STUFF, STUFF.

(Spencer) ♪ AND THE DREAMS THAT YOU DARE TO DREAM.

♪ THESE ARE SOME LOVELY CHOCOLATES ON THE TABLE.

MIND IF I HAVE ONE OF THOSE?

(Bette) They're homemade.

♪ REALLY DO COME TRUE.

♪ WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE BABY HALL OF FAME.

(Bette) Okay.

(Mike) THIS IS JUST AMAZING.

WHAT AM I SEEING?

(Spencer) ♪ SOMEDAY I'LL WISH UPON A STAR ♪ ♪ AND WAKE UP WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND ME.

♪ OH, LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF.

AND RANDY'S EXPLORING-- OH, THERE ARE SOME CHIPS.

HE WANTS TO KNOW IF HE CAN EAT THE DORITOS.

(Spencer) ♪ A-WAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS, THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND ME.

♪ (Mike) NOW WE'RE IN THE BATHROOM.

WE'RE STEPPING INTO THE-- WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS IS A BATHROOM?

YOU WANT ME TO DO A LITTLE LAUNDRY WHILE I'M HERE?

I don't have any, darling.

NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE DECORATING TOUCH LIKE THIS.

No, it's a gift, and God either gi ves it to you, or he doesn't.

(Mike) ARE YOU SINGLE?

I certainly am, and I will marry you.

I've already had my blood work done.

AND I--THIS BED LOOKS VERY COMFORTABLE.

Oh, it is, darling.

I do every bit of my interior decorating, like, in my bed at night, and then when I get up, I'm ready to place things.

(Mike) SO WHEN YOU'RE LAYING IN BED, YOU'RE IMAGINING THIS.

Everything I do, I do in my bed.

(Mike) I CAN'T TOUCH THAT ONE.

I'M SORRY, BETTE.

I GOTTA LET THAT ONE GO.

(Spencer) ♪ IF HAPPY LITTLE BLUEBIRDS FLY BEYOND THE RAINBOW, ♪ ♪ WHY, OH, WHY CAN'T I?

♪ ♪ WHAT'S YOUR NAME, YOUNG MAN?

SPENCER.

SPENCER, NICE TO MEET YOU.

(Don) WELL, JUST REMEMBER, YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST, WHATEVER IT WAS, AND THAT IT WAS IN McCOMB, ALSO KNOWN TO FANS OF GRASSROOTS ART AS THE HOME OF THE LATE, GREAT RHINESTONE COWBOY JIMMY BOWLIN.

(Alicia) HE WORE A COWBOY HAT, AND IT WAS COVERED IN RHINESTONES AROUND THE BAND.

HIS CAR HAD RHINESTONES ALL OVER IT, AND HIS BICYCLE HAD RHINESTONES ALL OVER IT.

HE HAD RHINESTONES IN HIS TEETH, FRONT TEETH.

YOU COULDN'T GO TO THE LOCAL, YOU KNOW, WAL-MART WITHOUT SEEING HIM HANGING AROUND OUT FRONT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PEOPLE.

HE WAS A REAL CHARACTER.

HE LOVED TALKING TO EVERYBODY.

(Don) THERE'S NO SIGN OF HIM AROUND HERE NOW, BUT PROMOTIONALLY SPEAKING, I CAN REVEAL THAT WE WILL CHASE THOSE RHINESTONES DOWN IN AN UPCOMING SHOW, SHOULD YOU EVER BE FORCED TO WATCH US AGAIN.

AT ANY RATE, AFTER SOME MORE OF THAT BAD BACKING THAT RANDY'S SO GOOD AT, WE RESUMED THE DRIVING PORTION OF OUR SHOW, STEERING IN AND OUT OF SOME SUDDEN SOUTHERN STORMS AND MOST BUT NOT ALL RELICS OF THE ANTEBELLUM PAST.

(Randy) KIND OF LOOKS LIKE DANNY THOMAS TO ME.

DANNY THOMAS WITH A PILLBOX HAT.

(Don) THIS ROADSIDE REVELATION SITS JUST OUTSIDE NATCHEZ ON HIGHWAY 61, WHERE OUR EVER-OBSERVANT EYES ALSO SPOTTED PLENTY OF THAT GREEN, LEAFY SUBSTANCE THAT, TO US, SAYS THE SOUTH.

THAT'S KUDZU RIGHT THERE.

SPREADING ALL OVER EV ERYTHING.

(Randy) FI RST KUDZU SHOT OF THE TRIP.

(Don) SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT POP UP ALONGSIDE THE ROAD, LOOKS LIKE THE BOYS COULD NOT RESIST THE CHANCE TO GET ANOTHER LESSON IN EATING LIKE THE LOCALS DO.

(Randy) OH , YEAH.

(woman) ALL RIGHT, OKAY, EVERYBODY SEE?

TAKE IT, AND PULL THE TAIL OUT.

AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PEEL THE VERY TOP SHELL OFF, BUT THEN THE MEAT SHOULD JUST PULL RIGHT OUT LIKE THAT.

(Mike) I GOT IT.

AND WHAT'S TH IS YELLOW STUFF?

[chortles] THAT'S THE SEASONING.

MY.

(Don) OF COURSE, THERE'S THAT WHOLE SUCKING-THE-HEAD THING.

(woman) I DON'T DO THAT, BU T MOST PEOPLE AROUND HERE DO.

(Don) BUT THIS VEGETARIAN WOULD PREFER LEAVING THAT TO YOUR IMAGINATION.

BESIDES, WE'VE GOT WEATHER ISSUES AS WELL, RACING SOME VERY DARK CLOUDS UP HIGHWAY 61 TO BOVINA AND, I HOPE, INTO EARL SIMMONS' GALLERY OF ART BEFORE BEING DRENCHED BY A DIXIE DELUGE.

WELL, ONE TIME I WAS WORKING INSIDE MY MAMA'S HOUSE, AND SHE TOLD ME TO-- "WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT AND BUILD YOU A SHOP OUT THERE?"

STARTED FRAMING FROM THE GROUND UP.

(Randy) NOW, IS IT CALLED EARL'S JUKE JOINT OR-- (Earl) NO, IT'S EARL'S ART GALLERY AND SOUVENIR ART STORE.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

SOME CALL IT A TREE HOUSE.

SOME OTHERS CALL IT THE WITCH'S CASTLE.

EVERYBODY GOT THEIR OWN NAME, WHAT THEY WANT TO CALL IT.

(Randy) THIS MUST BE QUITE A HOME.

(Earl) YEAH, IT'S GOT 30 ROOMS IN IT.

(Randy) SO WHAT IS BACK THERE?

THIS IS THE ART GALLERY.

(Randy) CAN WE SEE IT?

COULD DON SEE IT WITH THE CAMERA, DO YOU THINK?

RIGHT THIS WAY.

LET'S PLAY FOLLOW THE LEADER.

WATCH YOUR STEP BACK UP THERE.

(Randy) EARL, HOW MANY STEPS DO WE HAVE TO TAKE HERE?

UH, 11, 13.

(Don) LUCKY 13.

LUCKY 13. thump!

OH, MY.

WATCH THE HEAD, THOUGH.

YOU DIDN'T HIT YOUR HEAD AGAIN, DID YOU?

(Randy) NOPE.

HERE'S THE GALLERY.

(Earl) EVERY ONE.

THE LOOKING BURGER-- THE LOOKING BURGER WITH THE SNOW FLAKING OFF.

EVERYBODY LOVES A TACO AND TWO KINDS OF SAUCE TO PUT ON EACH ONE OF THEM.

(Mike) I LIKE THAT FLAG ON TOP.

(Earl) YEAH, THAT'S 'CAUSE IT'S CALLED AMERICAN BURGER.

(Mike) SAY THAT AGAIN.

(Earl) AMERICAN BURGER.

(Mike) A MIRACLE BURGER?

(Randy) AMERICAN BURGER, MIKE.

(Mike) AMERICAN BURGER.

(Earl) YEAH.

(Don) THAT A VEGGIE BURGER?

(Earl) THAT ONE A BIG BURGER.

(Don) BIG BURGER.

AND A COKE-- NO FRIES.

THAT MADE FROM THE HEADBOARD FROM A BED.

(Don) I'VE HAD SO LITTLE SLEEP, I HARDLY RECOGNIZED IT AT FIRST.

[Earl laughs] (Randy) DOES FOOD INTEREST YOU A LOT?

(Earl) THAT'S MY BIGGEST SALE, IS FOOD.

(Randy) DO YOU LIKE TO PAINT IT?

(Earl) I LOVE TO PAINT IT.

MORE COLORS-- I USE MORE COLORS THERE.

(Mike) WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO MAKE PAINTINGS?

(Earl) AIN'T GOT ENOUGH TO DO TO KEEP MY MIND OCCUPIED, SO I HAD TO GO TO DRAWING AND PAINTING.

THAT'S SOME ROOFING TIN.

JUST TAKE A BALL PEEN HAMMER AND WHOOP IT OUT AND MAKE IT LOOK WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK.

WE MADE COCA-COLA BOTTLES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

(Mike) WHAT KIND OF FISH IS THAT?

(Earl) I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

A GOLDFISH, IT LOOKS LIKE.

(Randy) DO YOU LOSE YOURSELF WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE?

DO THEY JUST-- DO YOU JUST FIND YOURSELF (Earl) FIND MYSELF LOST, AND WHEN I TRY TO FIND MYSELF, I COME BACK.

(Randy) YOU USED TO WORK IN A SAWMILL, HUH?

THAT'S WHERE SOME OF ALL THIS STUFF COMES FROM.

Y'ALL ARE ABOUT THE FIRST CAMERA GUY TO COME UP THROUGH THIS WAY.

(Mike) YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, EARL: NO PAIN, NO GAIN.

(Randy) I TAKE IT YOU LIKE LIVING HERE.

I LOVE LIVING HERE.

I WAS BORN NEXT DOOR.

23 YEARS TO BUILD IT, SO THAT'S A LOT OF BIG PIECES OF ART, ISN'T IT?

(Don) IT IS A BIG PIECE OF ART, AND AFTER TWISTING, TURNING, AND CLIMBING THROUGH IT, EVEN THE RISKS OF A CHEAP MOTEL SOUND PRETTY APPEALING.

VICKSBURG, HERE WE COME.

[train whistle blowing] (Mike) THIS MUST BE THE PLACE.

(Don) LIKE THE SONG SAYS, WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES-- UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU'RE STILL LUGGING AROUND THIS HEAVY GEAR IN TROPICAL HEAT.

AT LEAST THE ART THAT KENNETH HUMPHREYS MAKES IS EASY TO GET TO, THOUGH HE WOULD ADMIT THE PATH OF GETTING TO IT WAS, FOR HIM, A ROCKY ONE.

(Kenneth) YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR UPS AND YOUR DOWNS.

I HAD MORE DOWNS THAN UPS: LIVING IN ABANDONED HOUSES, COULDN'T HOLD A JOB, YOU KNOW, BROKEN MARRIAGE.

THAT'S PART OF LIFE.

YOU CAN'T CRY ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO, YOU KNOW?

WHEN I PAINT, I JUST FEEL GOOD.

I FEEL RELAXED.

IT'S LIKE A HIGH.

AND EVEN WHEN I WAS LIVING IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE, JUST FINDING SOMETHING TO DRAW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT JUST--YOU FORGET THE-- YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY FORGET WHERE YOU ARE, AND YOU RELAX.

I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD MAKE MONEY AT IT, BUT I GUESS I AM.

[laughs] I MEAN, I DO HAVE A DAY JOB, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S OUT IN THE HEAT.

(Mike) AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE AS A DAY JOB?

A LANDSCAPING JOB, AND ENOUGH SAID ON THAT ONE, HUH?

I'M WORKING ON A PAINTING.

I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH IT, BECAUSE I'M--I'M-- YOU KNOW, I'M OVERANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT LOOK LIKE.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

THEN ONCE YOU SEE THAT, YOU WANT TO GO TO SOMETHING ELSE, 'CAUSE YOUR MIND IS CONSTANTLY CLICKING, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK.

YOU'RE CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT A MILLION THINGS ALL AT ONE TIME.

IT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IN A DAY, THE PEOPLE YOU MEET-- THAT'S WHAT YOU PAINT FROM.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST YOUR EXPERIENCE.

I THINK IT'S A PRETTY NICE PAINTING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE NUDE PAINTINGS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, THOUGH, BECAUSE, I MEAN, HEY, YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF YOUR CLOTHES EVERY DAY.

I MEAN, HOW COULD YOU BE ASHAMED ABOUT YOUR BODY?

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A BAD RELATIONSHIP GONE BAD.

WELL, THE WHOLE PAINTING IS REALLY CALLED CONFUSION.

IT'S NOT UNDERSTANDING A WOMAN.

SEE, THE MAN IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE LOWER PART OF A WOMAN, NOT HER BREASTS, SO THAT'S WHY HER BREASTS ARE BEHIND HER.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT YOU'RE PAINTING YOUR EMOTIONS, AND WHEN YOUR EMOTIONS IS THROUGH, IT GOES TO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I WOULD GUESS THAT'S WHY I PAINT SO MANY PAINTINGS, BECAUSE EVERY DAY, I'M ALWAYS-- YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MOOD I'M IN, THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.

ONCE THEY FINISH, IT KIND OF SURPRISES ME.

I'M AMAZED THAT PEOPLE-- YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE GIVING ME A CHANCE TO DO THIS.

BUT THE MORE I DO IT, THE BETTER I GET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE LEARNING.

YOU'RE CONSTANTLY LEARNING.

I CAN SAY THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

I GUARANTEE YOU.

[laughs] (Mike) WO W, I BROUGHT IT RI GHT DOWN.

THAT'S WEIRD, MAN.

WHOA.

(Don) YEP, DAY 11, AND IT LOOKS LIKE TELEKINESIS IS STARTING TO SET IN.

I MIGHT ADD THAT KENNETH'S PAINTINGS ARE SELLING FOR A PRETTY PENNY THESE DAYS THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE ATTIC GALLERY, WHICH HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THIS KIND OF ART FOR 30 YEARS.

THEY, OF COURSE, ARE CLOSED ON SUNDAY, MUCH LIKE THE REST OF DOWNTOWN VICKSBURG, PROMPTING THIS IMPROMPTU HISTORY REPORT FROM A SOURCE YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T TRUST.

(Randy) THIS IS NOT A MINI BALL, BUT MINI BALLS ARE WHAT MUSKETS USED.

MUSKETS WERE BEING FIRED LIKE, I GUESS, CRAZY IN HERE.

ONE SHOT FROM A MINI BALL WENT THROUGH A SOLDIER'S...REGION AND CROSSED RIGHT THROUGH INTO A FLOWER OF THE SOUTH'S MAIDENHOOD REGION.

AND NINE MONTHS LATER, MIRACULOUSLY, BOTH HAD SURVIVED, AND SHE BORE A CHILD.

THAT IS THE LEGEND OF THE CONFEDERATE MINI BALL RIGHT HERE IN VICKSBURG.

TRUE.

(Don) SPEAKING OF BALLS, IT'S TIME FOR THE SHOW TO COME CRASHING TO A HALT, AS IT INEVITABLY DOES WHILE WE PLAY SOME QUICK CATCH, IN THE SHADOW OF AN HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.

WELL, THIS IS WHERE VAPORUB WAS INVENTED, RIGHT?

VIC DAMONE.

VIC DAMONE'S FROM HERE.

(Randy) VICTOR/VICTORIA.

(Mike) VICTOR/VICTORIA WAS WRITTEN RIGHT HERE.

IN FACT, I THINK IN THAT VACANT LOT RIGHT UP THERE.

(Don) MUST BE SPRING-- SPRING TRAINING!

THAT'S THE TEAM THEY'RE BRINGING IN TO PLAY US.

[train whistle blows] WE'RE PLAYING THE LONG CATCH NOW.

(Don) AND I SUSPECT IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT.

OH, IT'S LOW.

OH.

(Don) SURE ENOUGH, IN SHORT ORDER, WE WERE PACKING UP AND HEADING ON TO OUR FINAL STOP, A PLACE JUST OUTSIDE TOWN WE'VE HEARD ABOUT FOR YEARS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT MARGARET'S GROCERIES, STILL KNOWN BY THAT NAME THOUGH NO GROCERIES ARE SOLD HERE ANY LONGER, JUST SALVATION, COURTESY OF MARGARET'S SECOND HUSBAND AND ONE FINE BRICKLAYER, THE REVEREND H.D.

DENNIS.

I'M A SPIRITUAL ADVISOR FOR EVERY RACE, AND YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THE SIGNS.

JEWS AND GENTILES, WE MUST LOVE EACH OTHER.

THIS IS THE NEW PROMISED LAND.

HE DID ALL THAT FIXING WORK, AND HE WORKED VERY HARD, AND HE DID A GOOD JOB AT IT.

AND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, I DID ALL THE PAINTING.

(H.D.)

HEY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH!

[laughs] I'VE BEEN BORN AGAIN.

AND GOD GAVE ME VISIONS LIKE HE DID JOHN.

(Margaret) YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT MAN WITH TOO MUCH WORK ON HIM TO DO, BUT HE SAID, "NO, MARGARET, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.

I CAN DO IT."

I SAID, "OKAY," AND HE GOT OUT THERE, AND I MEAN, HE DID IT.

HE WORKED--I THINK HE WORKED ON IT NOW--IT'S BEEN ABOUT-- HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT ABOUT 13 YEARS.

AND HE STILL WORKS.

THIS BLACK MAN IS A HOLY GHOST MAN.

BLACK AND RED, JAPANESE, GERMAN-- WE ALL ARE GOD'S CHILDREN.

I'M CALLING IT TO THE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS HERE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS UNLESS YOU GOT DIFFERENT COLORS, AIN'T YOU?

LOOK AT THE CLOUDS-- DIFFERENT COLORS.

TREES EVERYWHERE YOU NEED THEM.

(Mike) EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT COLORS.

A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.

(Margaret) HE TOLD ME-- HE SAID, "MARGARET, SEE, I WANT THE WORD OF GOD TO GET OUT."

AND HE SAID, "THIS IS GOING TO BE MY WAY," SAID, "I'M GOING TO MAKE IT PRETTY AND BEAUTIFUL, "WHAT'LL DRAW PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, SO THEY CAN COME, AND I CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS CHRIST."

(H.D.)

GOD TOLD ME TO DO IT HIS WAY.

ANYTHING GOD BUILDS IT CAN'T FALL.

AND GOD HAD TO BUILD IT THROUGH MAN, BECAUSE HE AIN'T COMING DOWN HERE AND DO NOTHING.

GOD AIN'T BEEN DOWN HERE SINCE HE CREATED MAN.

BEEN BUILDING THAT ABOUT 14 YEARS NOW.

IT CAN'T FALL.

(Margaret) WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL-- OVERSEA AND EVERYWHERE-- COME HERE AND SEE IT.

SURE DO.

AND THEY SAID THEY LOVE TO COME HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY SPIRITUAL PLACE THAT THEY HAD BEEN TO AROUND HERE.

THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN DRIVE A CAR RIGHT, YOU MUST PRACTICE.

IS THAT TRUE OR NOT?

(Randy) YE AH.

YOU COULDN'T DRIVE THAT AUTOMOBILE IF YOU DIDN'T PRACTICE, DID YOU?

MM-MM.

PRACTICE MAKES YOU WHAT?

PERFECT.

NOW YOU'RE TALKING!

(Margaret) ONE MAN WROTE, "THIS IS REVEREND DENNIS' PULPIT."

THE PARKING LOT WAS HIS PULPIT.

EVERYBODY SAYS THAT PARKING LOT WAS HIS PULPIT.

(H.D.)

GLORY, HALLELUJAH!

"LET NO MAN PUT IT ASUNDER.

LOVE YE ONE ANOTHER EVEN AS YOU LOVE ME."

SOME DAYS, I PREACH THREE OR FOUR SERMONS A DAY SOMETIMES.

I BELIEVE THAT.

85 YEARS OLD.

BEEN PREACHING THE GOSPEL 60-SOME YEARS.

MY HUSBAND DID A GOOD JOB HERE.

HE REALLY DID.

REVEREND DENNIS IS ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A BUS, RIGHT?

TALK BACK TO ME.

TALK BACK TO ME!

I WANT PEOPLE TO TALK BACK TO ME.

YOU KNOW THIS HERE'S A BUS FROM THE OUTSIDE APPEARANCE.

NOW, LET'S LOOK ON THE INSIDE AND SEE IF IT LOOKS THE SAME AS A BUS.

(Don) NOW, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR, YOU MIGHT GUESS, AND YOU'D BE RIGHT, THAT THE INSIDE OF THIS BUS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER, A PERFECT PLACE FOR A SPIRITUAL ADVISOR TO DO SOME SPIRITUAL ADVISING.

AMEN!

GLORY, HALLELUJAH.

(Don) PROBLEM IS, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE IT'S HOT AS YOU-KNOW-WHAT IN HERE, WHICH IS WHY, I SUPPOSE, WE'RE ALREADY ONE WEASEL DOWN.

SEEMS MIKE HAS SLIPPED AWAY TO A MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE, SOMETHING WE PLAN NEVER TO LET HIM FORGET, NOR ARE WE LIKELY TO FORGET MARGARET'S GROCERY.

EVERYTHING TURNS, DON.

(Don) AND THE DYNAMIC DUO THAT'S TAKEN SUCH PAINS TO CREATE IT.

(Randy) EVERYTHING TURNS.

(Mike) EVERYTHING TURNS.

(Margaret) YOU KNOW, HE'S 85, BUT I'M 86, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA IF ALL OLD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WOULD GET TOGETHER AND DO-- AND FIND SOMETHING TO DO INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING DOWN.

AND SITTING DOWN DON'T MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING BUT GET STIFF AND FAT.

BUT IF YOU KEEP A-WORKING, KEEP A-MOVING 'BOUT, YOU WILL FEEL BETTER, AND YOU FEEL LIKE DOING SOMETHING.

SOME DAYS, I DON'T FEEL-- I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW I'M OLD, BUT SOME DAYS, I DON'T FEEL OLD.

I REALLY DON'T.

(Don) THAT JUST ABOUT SAYS IT ALL, SO I'LL JUST SAY DEEP DOWN IN THE DELTA, THIS IS DON THE CAMERA GUY SIGNING OFF.

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Captioning by Emily atCaptionMax www.captionmax.com IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT IT'S RAINING.

I SAID, "WELL, 'CAUSE THIS IS NATCHEZ.

YOU COULD HARDLY GET AWAY WITHOUT A TRACE."

ALL RIGHT, NOW, DON'T BE PINCHING THE DOCTOR, OKAY?

DON'T BE-- DON'T DO THAT, BETTE.

HE'S NEVER GOING TO LET YOU OUT OF THERE.

OOH.

HE'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

(Randy) GET BACK.

WHOA.

WELL, LOOK.

(Don) KIPPER?

(Randy) REGULAR VIEWERS OF OUR SHOW WOULD KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE WHO?

(Don) UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS NIPPER.

HMM, KIPPER.

I EAT CHICKEN.

YOU DON'T EAT NO CHICKEN, THEN?

YEAH, YOU LIVE ON VEGETABLES?

GOOD FOR YOU.

(Don) IT'S VERY HARD, THOUGH.

I KNOW, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE A LONG TIME.

(Don) OH.

OH, NO.

(Mike) OH, NO.

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