>> VISITING...WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM... [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY KCET PUBLIC TELEVISION] Huell: WELL, HELLO, EVERYBODY.

I'M HUELL HOWSER.

AND HERE I AM, EATING MY SALAD.

I'VE GOT LOTS OF LETTUCE HERE.

THERE'S SOME CHICKEN ON THE TOP.

IT'S MIXED IN WITH A LIGHT VINAIGRETTE DRESSING.

THIS IS ALL PART OF A PROMISE I'VE MADE TO MYSELF TO EAT IN A MORE HEALTHY WAY, A BETTER DIET.

AND WHAT I'VE DONE, I'VE CUT WAY BACK ON MY RED MEAT.

I'VE CUT WAY DOWN ON MY CARBOHYDRATES.

I DON'T EAT MUCH PASTA, MUCH BREAD.

I DON'T EAT ANY SWEETS.

I DON'T EVEN PUT SUGAR IN MY TEA.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S WORKING, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I'VE ONLY BEEN DOING IT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'VE ALREADY LOST SOME WEIGHT AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I FEEL BETTER--NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY, BUT MENTALLY.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WHAT I'M DOING IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

BUT AS WELL AS ALL OF THIS IS WORKING, I STILL FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT, FROM TIME TO TIME, IT'S OK TO FALL OFF THE WAGON, TO EAT SOME SWEETS FROM TIME TO TIME--NOT A LOT OF SWEETS--BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, TO HAVE SOMETHING SWEET TO EAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ADVENTURE IS ALL ABOUT.

WE'VE COME TO WESTWOOD, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF TOWN.

WE'RE HERE TO SEE SOME HISTORY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO FALL OFF THE WAGON.

AND BELIEVE ME, WHEN WE FALL, WE'RE GOING TO FALL IN A BIG WAY.

OK.

HERE WE GO.

I FINISHED MY LETTUCE SALAD, AND IT'S TIME TO BEGIN OUR FALLING OFF THE DIET WAGON ADVENTURE.

OK. WE'RE IN WESTWOOD VILLAGE, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF WESTWOOD.

WE'RE ON THE 1000 BLOCK OF GAYLEY.

BEFORE WE FALL OFF THE WAGON, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WESTWOOD HISTORY.

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO TALK ABOUT WESTWOOD HISTORY, AND THAT'S RIGHT HERE, INSIDE OAKLEY'S BARBER SHOP, WHICH HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE OLDEST BUSINESS CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING HERE IN WESTWOOD.

IT'S BEEN HERE SINCE THE LATE TWENTIES.

NOW, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PLACE BECAUSE I USED TO COME TO OAKLEY'S TO GET MY HAIR CUT.

LET'S GO INSIDE.

OK. WE'RE INSIDE OAKLEY'S BARBER SHOP, AND HERE TO GREET US IS THE OWNER OF OAKLEY'S.

YOUR NAME IS NOT OAKLEY.

>> [CHUCKLES] Huell: BUT THE OAKLEY FAMILY STARTED THIS BARBER SHOP HERE IN WESTWOOD BACK IN... >> 1929.

Huell: AND IT'S HAD HOW MANY LOCATIONS IN WESTWOOD?

>> IT'S BEEN IN 3 LOCATIONS IN WESTWOOD--2 ON BROXTON AND THIS LOCATION SINCE 1957.

Huell: OK. AND YOU BOUGHT IT FROM THE OAKLEY FAMILY BACK IN... >> SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

Huell: OK.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BUSINESSES, CONTINUALLY OPERATING BUSINESSES, IN WESTWOOD, ISN'T IT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

Huell: AND I'M SURE A LOT OF YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE OLD TIME AND PROBABLY HARDCORE UCLA PEOPLE, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

Huell: THAT'S THE CRITERIA.

>> THAT'S THE CRITERIA, ABSOLUTELY.

Huell: NOW, HAVE YOU KEPT THE PLACE--THIS PLACE--YOU KNOW, I USED TO COME HERE YEARS AGO, BACK BEFORE YOU OWNED IT.

YOU'VE KIND OF CHANGED IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S STILL GOT A BARBER SHOP FEEL TO IT.

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'VE DONE SOME REMODELING, BUT WE KEPT A LOT OF THE ORIGINAL-- THE BARBER POLES, THE ORIGINAL FIFTIES CHAIRS, MEMORABILIA IN THE CABINET.

Huell: WELL, YEAH.

YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE MUSEUM, A LITTLE SHRINE, OVER HERE-- >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

Huell: TO THE HISTORY OF OAKLEY'S, BECAUSE BEING HERE SINCE 1929 IS A PRETTY SPECIAL THING.

>> YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

Huell: NOW WE'RE GOING BACK IN TIME, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BECAUSE I USED TO COME TO OAKLEY'S BACK IN THE NINETIES, I--LATE EIGHTIES.

>> LATE EIGHTIES.

Huell: LATE EIGHTIES.

>> LATE EIGHTIES.

Huell: AND YOU CUT MY HAIR, JAQUES, HOW MANY TIMES?

>> ONCE, BECAUSE-- >> [LAUGHS] >> YOU HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH FRANK, WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP THAT DAY, AND YOU SAID, "COME ON, SOMEBODY."

YOU KNOW.

I SAID, "WELL, COME ON."

Huell: YOU CUT MY HAIR ONCE.

>> WELL, I THINK ONCE OR TWICE, PROBABLY TWICE.

>> [LAUGHTER] Huell: YOUR NAME, SIR, IS?

>> ALBERT.

Huell: AND ALBERT, YOU CUT MY HAIR MORE THAN ONCE.

>> MANY, MANY TIMES, EVEN BEFORE WE CAME HERE--MANNY'S BARBER SHOP, THE ORIGINAL ONE.

Huell: HERE IN WESTWOOD!

>> IN WESTWOOD, TOO.

Huell: SO YOU'VE BEEN A--YOU'RE A SURVIVOR AS WELL.

>> BACK SINCE '78.

Huell: AND YOU NEVER CUT MY HAIR-- >> NO.

Huell: BUT YOU WERE HERE WHEN I USED TO COME IN HERE.

>> I WAS HERE.

I WAS HERE.

I WAS A YOUNG-- >> SHE WANTS FRED TO CUT YOUR HAIR.

YOU WERE VERY, VERY PICKY.

>> [LAUGHTER] >> I WAS AFRAID.

>> YOU WERE AFRAID!

>> I WAS AFRAID TO CUT YOUR HAIR!

Huell: ALL RIGHT.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE!

YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING OUT, LAURA, THAT IS JUST BLOWING ME AWAY.

LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.

NOW, THAT IS A YOUNG HUELL HOWSER SITTING THERE.

I THINK THAT GOES BACK FURTHER THAN THE 1980s.

>> WE WERE ALL YOUNG 20 YEARS AGO.

Huell: WHO'S THAT FELLA CUTTING MY HAIR?

I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME.

>> FRANK!

>> FRANK.

Huell: FRANK!

OK.

HE DOESN'T WORK HERE ANYMORE.

NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHERE HE IS.

[LAUGHS] THESE ARE GREAT.

>> GREAT PICTURES OF YOU.

Huell: PICTURES!

BOY, TIME MARCHES ON, DOESN'T IT?

>> IT SURE DOES.

>> [INDISTINCT] TIME FLIES, MAN.

Huell: WHERE DOES IT GO?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

YOU TELL ME!

[LAUGHS] Huell: YOU'VE STILL GOT A LOT-- I WOULD IMAGINE, THOUGH, 90% OF THE CUSTOMERS YOU GET IN HERE ARE REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR YEARS.

>> WE HAVE, LIKE, 3 OR 4 GENERATIONS COMING NOW, YOU KNOW, FOR--NOW, WE'RE DOING THE CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> WE ARE THE BUSIEST SHOP HERE IN WESTWOOD HERE.

Huell: THIS ONE?

>> THE BUSIEST-- Huell: STILL BUSY?

>> THE BUSIEST IN ALL OF WESTWOOD.

NUMBER ONE.

WE ARE NUMBER ONE!

Huell: DO YOU THINK IT'S JUST THE TRADITION OF COMING TO OAKLEY'S, THE TRADITION THAT IT'S BEEN HERE SINCE 1929?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ESTABLISHED.

ALL THE CUSTOMERS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS-- EVEN WHEN PEOPLE MOVE AWAY, THEY STILL COME FROM ANAHEIM, LONG BEACH, FULLERTON--THEY COME BACK AND GET THEIR HAIRCUT.

>> YEAH.

I HAVE A CLIENT THAT COMES FROM SEATTLE.

Huell: WE GOT GIFTS!

WE GOT GIFTS.

>> MR. HOWSER, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU FROM OAKLEY'S.

THIS IS A VINTAGE PHOTO OF LARRY CUTTING HAIR RIGHT HERE IN THE STORE-- Huell: LARRY OAKLEY.

>> BACK IN 1957.

Huell: WOW.

>> THIS IS A VINTAGE FORTIES RAZOR.

Huell: LOOK AT THIS.

WOW.

>> THIS IS THE BAY RUM SOAP AND THE BRUSH.

Huell: WOW.

AND WHAT ARE THE MATCHES?

>> AND THE MATCHES, THESE ARE-- Huell: UH-OH!

>> [LAUGHS] Huell: DON'T GET A TIGHT SHOT OF THESE.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

>> THESE ARE SOME--THESE WERE MATCHES THAT WERE GIVEN OUT TO CLIENTS BACK IN THE FIFTIES FROM MR. OAKLEY.

>> THAT'S LAURA.

>> [LAUGHTER] Huell: THEY'RE A LITTLE RISQUE.

>> YEAH, A LITTLE RISQUE OLD PICTURES.

Huell: BUT THAT'S OK.

IN THE PERIOD, THAT WAS OK. >> THAT WAS OK. THAT WAS OK.

BUT NOT--YEAH, EXACTLY, NOT NOW.

[LAUGHS] Huell: AND NOW, IT'S ALL PART OF HISTORY.

>> AND THAT'S ALL A PART OF THE HISTORY.

Huell: AND I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S A REAL SENSE OF HISTORY IN THIS SHOP, TOO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

Huell: EVEN THOUGH LARRY OAKLEY JUST PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.

>> RECENTLY.

Huell: HIS--YOU KNOW, THE SPIRIT OF THE OAKLEY FAMILY AND OF OAKLEY'S BARBER SHOP IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY LOVES ABOUT THIS PLACE.

Huell: WELL, THANK YOU FOR DIGGING THESE PICTURES OUT.

I HOPE YOU'VE GOT A SAFE PLACE TO PUT THESE THINGS--LIKE, WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A BOX.

>> I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

Huell: [LAUGHS] WELL, THAT'S GREAT!

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Huell: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> DO YOU MIND IF WE PUT THAT PICTURE, WE THROW DARTS AT IT?

>> [LAUGHTER] Huell: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

Huell: WOW.

THIS IS LIKE OLD HOME WEEK, COMING BACK TO OAKLEY'S RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF WESTWOOD.

NOW, THIS STOP TAKES CARE OF THE HISTORY PART OF OUR ADVENTURE.

NOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO FALL OFF THE WAGON.

>> [LAUGHS] Huell: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

>> YOU STOP DRINKING?

Huell: [LAUGHS] >> [LAUGHTER] >> WE TALK ABOUT JACK DANIELS?

>> [LAUGHTER] Huell: OK. WE HAVE FINISHED THE HISTORY PART OF OUR WESTWOOD VILLAGE ADVENTURE.

NOW, IT'S TIME TO FALL OFF THE WAGON.

AND TO DO THAT, WE HAVE COME TO THE VERY HEART OF WESTWOOD.

WE'RE RIGHT HERE ON THE CORNER OF WEYBURN AND BROXTON.

AND ACTUALLY, THE PLACE WE'RE GOING TO GO HAS A LOT OF HISTORY CONNECTED WITH IT AS WELL.

IT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW.

THERE IT IS, RIGHT OVER THERE, RIGHT ON THE CORNER.

NOW, IT'S JUST A LITTLE PLACE, RIGHT ON THE CORNER THERE.

BUT BELIEVE ME, WHAT THEY MAKE INSIDE THAT LITTLE BUILDING, WHAT THEY SELL INSIDE THAT LITTLE BUILDING, WHAT YOU CAN EAT INSIDE THAT LITTLE BUILDING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO FALL OFF THE WAGON, BELIEVE ME, THAT'S THE PLACE TO DO IT RIGHT THERE.

OK.

HERE WE ARE INSIDE STAN'S DONUTS.

AND LOOK RIGHT DOWN HERE.

HERE IS STAN HIMSELF, WHO'S AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE.

BUT STAN, OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO EVERYBODY.

>> OH, I'M STAN BERMAN, PROPRIETOR OF STAN'S DONUTS OF WESTWOOD.

AND I GUESS I'M THE PATRON.

I DO EVERYTHING AROUND HERE, FROM WASH THE DISHES TO MAKE THE DONUTS.

Huell: AND THE MONEY, TOO.

>> OH, I--YEAH, THAT'S TRUE, TOO.

A LITTLE BIT OF THAT STUFF.

Huell: NOW, YOUR DONUT SHOP HAS BEEN HERE SINCE... >> 1963 IS WHEN WE TOOK OVER.

Huell: SO YOU'RE ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, HARDCORE HISTORIC LONG-TERM TENANTS OF WESTWOOD VILLAGE.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE--THIS PLACE IS ACTUALLY ICONIC.

>> WE HAVE BEEN HERE NOT Q-- I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE THE LONGEST, BUT AS THE SOLE OWNER OF SOMETHING--BUT I THINK WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

AND WE HAVE JUST HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE RUN.

BEAUTIFUL.

Huell: YOU SURE HAVE.

NOW, I'VE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME.

WE FIRST MET IN THE EARLY 1980s.

>> YES, WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE FROM WHEREVER YOU CAME WITH THAT SMILE OF YOURS.

Huell: [LAUGHS] >> DEFINITELY.

Huell: YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH SINCE THEN.

>> YOU HAVE JUST PUT ON A LITTLE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

Huell: HA!

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, ONE OF THE REASONS I'VE PUT ON A LITTLE--AND YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO LOSE SOME OF THAT--IS THAT FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS NOW, WHENEVER I'M IN THIS PART OF TOWN, I SWING BY THIS PLACE.

IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BE IN THIS PART OF TOWN... >> WE SMELL UP THE WHOLE AREA.

Huell: YEAH.

>> BUT WE HAVE A NICE SMELL.

I MEAN, IT'S CINNAMON AND PEANUT BUTTER, AND THE AREA REALLY SMELLS GOOD AROUND HERE.

Huell: YOU HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS WHO SAY THAT, DON'T THEY?

I MEAN, THEY MAKE A PILGRIMAGE JUST TO COME BY HERE.

>> I HAVE THEM COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND BASICALLY, ALL OVER THE WORLD-- THE PHILIPPINES, ISRAEL.

WE HAVE MADE FRIENDS HERE.

I MEAN, IT'S PHENOMENAL.

FROM NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING DOCTORS TO THE CHANCELLORS OF THE UNIVERSITIES TO THE HIGH-PROFILE BUSINESSPEOPLE, THIS AREA HAS JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL.

Huell: EVERYBODY COMES BY STAN'S DONUTS.

NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE GOT AND WHY PEOPLE COME BY STAN'S DONUTS, BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING SPECIAL BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TODAY.

>> NO.

THIS IS OUR ASSORTMENT.

Huell: THIS IS THE LAYOUT THAT YOU HAVE EVERY MORNING WHEN THEY'RE MADE FRESH RIGHT IN YOUR LITTLE KITCHEN BACK THERE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

Huell: NOW, YOU'VE GOT HOW MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF DONUTS HERE?

>> WELL, SOMEBODY COUNTED THEM AND CAME UP WITH, LIKE, 72.

BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO REALLY PINPOINT IT.

MOST SHOPS CONSIDER A GLAZED DONUT AS ONE AND A CHOCOLATE GLAZED DONUT AS ANOTHER ONE, BUT HERE, IT'S ALL THE SAME DONUT, JUST WITH DIFFERENT TOPPINGS.

Huell: YEAH.

>> SO-- Huell: EXCEPT FOR MY FAVORITE.

NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I ALWAYS GET.

>> YEAH.

YOU GET THE SPECIALTY OF THE HOUSE.

Huell: [LAUGHS] >> NOW, THAT IS WRITTEN UP IN MORE MAGAZINES, THAT DONUT-- THE PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE DONUT.

Huell: THE PEANUT BUTTER AND-- THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.

AND BOY, THAT IS A WORK OF ART RIGHT THERE, THE PEANUT BUTTER POCKET.

>> WE CALL IT A REESE'S.

WE ACTUALLY CALL IT A REESE'S.

AND YOU KNOW, I CALL IT A REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER POCKET, HOPING THAT SOMEDAY REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER WILL COME THROUGH THE DOOR AND TELL ME I'M INFRINGING ON THEIR NAME.

Huell: CAN YOU BRING ONE OF THOSE OUT?

CAN WE TAKE A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT ONE OF THE PEANUT BUTTER POCKETS?

BECAUSE BOY, YOU CAN SMELL 'EM, AND BOY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 'EM-- NOW, LOOK.

OH!

IT'S STILL WARM!

>> OH, YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT OFF THE PRESS.

Huell: LOOK AT THAT.

NOW, YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE.

>> TO EAT ONE OF THOSE!

Huell: I'M FALLING OFF THE WAGON.

THAT'S WHAT I'M CALLING THIS EPISODE, FALLING OFF THE WAGON, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO GOOD ABOUT EATING SALADS AND TOFU AND BEAN SPROUTS AND ALL-- SKIM MILK.

>> SO THIS WILL BE A DAY'S FOOD FOR YOU.

Huell: BOY.

WELL, LET'S PUT THIS DOWN FOR JUST A MINUTE.

I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF TEMPTATION FOR ONE MINUTE BECAUSE IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU MAKE A DONUT, AND YOU'RE READY TO SHOW US HOW YOU MAKE--ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE A PEANUT BUTTER POCKET BEING MADE?

>> YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

I'VE GOT THE DOUGH WAITING FOR US, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THERE, I'M GOING TO ROLL IT OUT.

I'VE GOT TO TAKE IT OUT.

YOU'LL SEE WHAT I DO.

I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE.

Huell: WE'RE GOING INTO STAN'S MASSIVE KITCHEN FACILITY.

>> MASSIVE KITCHEN FACILITY!

Huell: OK. WE'RE IN THE KITCHEN, AND YOU'RE WORKING THE DOUGH.

NOW, YOU DO THIS EVERY MORNING.

>> 7 DAYS A WEEK.

Huell: YOU'RE HERE AT WHAT TIME IN THE MORNING?

>> OH, I'M SEMI-RETIRED NOW.

I DON'T GET HERE UNTIL BETWEEN 7:00 AND 7:30, ALTHOUGH FRIDAYS--'CAUSE I HAVE SOME ORDERS, I GET HERE QUARTER TO 7:00.

Huell: BUT BEFORE THAT, YOU WERE GETTING HERE AT WHAT?

>> I WAS GETTING--MY AVERAGE WAS 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

Huell: TO MAKE THE DONUTS.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

AT 4:00--I HAD ONE MAN WHO CAME IN AT MIDNIGHT, AND I CAME IN BETWEEN 3:00 AND 4:00, 'CAUSE WE NEED 2 MEN ON THE PROJECT, AND I WAS HERE, I'D SAY, FOR MAYBE 20 YEARS, MAYBE MORE, COMING IN BETWEEN 3:00 AND 5:00 EVERY DAY.

Huell: AND EVERY ONE OF THESE DONUTS IS MADE--'CAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING RIGHT HERE.

>> THIS IS PHENOMENAL.

EVERY ONE IS MADE HERE.

THE SMALLEST LITTLE SHOP YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE, COMPLETELY ILLEGAL TODAY-- Huell: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ILLEGAL TODAY?

THIS IS GOING TO BE SEEN BY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT-- >> NO, THE SHOP IS WHAT THEY CALL GRANDFATHERED.

Huell: OH, OK. >> THIS IS A GRANDFATHERED SHOP.

Huell: WHY IS IT ILLEGAL?

>> BECAUSE THEY HAVE--OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE CHANGED THE EQUIPMENT, AND THEY'VE CHANGED THE SET-UP.

THEY'VE CHANGED ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT THEY--THIS IS THE ORIGINAL.

THIS-- Huell: THIS IS AS BASIC AS IT GETS.

>> THIS IS EQUIPMENT FROM THE FIFTIES.

Huell: WOW.

>> THE SAME EQUIPMENT, THE SAME BENCH FROM THE 1950s.

THE ONLY THING THAT I REPLACED IS THE MIXER.

THAT'S ALL.

Huell: [LAUGHS] >> EVERYTHING ELSE IS ORIGINAL.

Huell: ALL RIGHT.

HERE IT COMES.

HERE COMES...

THE PEANUT BUTTER.

NOW, YOU DON'T REALLY MEASURE THAT OUT EXCEPT JUST BY THE WAY IT FEELS.

>> THAT'S IT.

MOST LIKELY IS BETWEEN A HALF OUNCE AND 3/4 OF AN OUNCE.

Huell: WOW.

>> WE DON'T MEASURE ANYTHING.

Huell: JUST THE WAY IT FEELS.

>> WE DON'T HAVE--WE DON'T HAVE A SCALE HERE.

EVERYBODY HERE IS A PROFESSIONAL.

WE DON'T USE SCALES.

THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH.

IF YOU--I KNOW WHERE THE SCALE IS.

IT'S HIDDEN AWAY.

BUT WE DON'T USE SCALES.

ALL OUR DOUGHS, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS DONE BY HAND.

Huell: WELL, THIS IS THE OLD-FASHIONED--THEY TALK ABOUT OLD-FASHIONED DONUTS.

THIS IS OLD-FASHIONED DONUTS DONE THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND IT'S-- IT'S NOT EASY.

IT LOOKS EASY.

EVERYTHING, OF COURSE--WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING, IT LOOKS EASY, BUT TRY TO DO IT YOURSELF--THE SAME WITH YOUR JOB.

IT LOOKS SO EASY.

YOU'RE JUST TALKING TO ME.

BUT IT'S A ONE--YOU KNOW.

CERTAIN PERSONALITY, CERTAIN PROPERTIES.

Huell: WELL, YOU PUT PERSONALITY IN YOUR DONUTS.

>> BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT MY JOB IS.

Huell: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> THAT I JUST TALK TO PEOPLE.

Huell: HA!

>> I COME FROM A BAKERY, AND MY FATHER HAD A BAKERY IN 1929.

HE HAD PEOPLE MAKING IT THIS SYSTEM.

OF COURSE, IT WASN'T PEANUT BUTTER.

IT WAS WHAT THEY CALL DANISH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IT'S ALL HAND--IT ALL COMES FROM EUROPE.

ALL THESE GUYS FROM GERMANY, FROM SWITZERLAND, FROM AUSTRIA, THEY BROUGHT ALL THIS STUFF HERE.

Huell: AND IT'S KIND OF IN YOUR BLOOD, ISN'T IT?

YOU'RE FROM A BAKER FAMILY.

>> ALL THE WAY BACK.

MY FAMILY IS RUSSIAN, BUT THE RUSSIANS WERE ALL OVER THE WORLD, TOO, AND SO, WE PICKED UP ALL OF THIS.

Huell: AHH, NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE POCKET PART OF THE PEANUT BUTTER POCKET.

>> THIS IS THE POCKET PART OF THE PEANUT BUTTER POCKET.

Huell: NOW, THAT'S ALMOST LIKE TYING--YOU'RE DOING--WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU'RE STRETCHING THE DOUGH OUT.

>> RIGHT, SO WE CAN GET THE PEANUT BUTTER INSIDE.

Huell: LOCKING IT IN.

>> LOCKING IT IN.

SEE, WE TRY-- AND THIS IS A LITTLE...

SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE WRONG SIZE, BUT THAT'S OK. Huell: WELL, THERE'S NO ONE PARTICULAR--THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET A CERTAIN-- >> NO.

EVERY ONE OF THEM MAY BE A DIFFERENT SHAPE, A DIFFERENT WEIGHT AND EVERYTHING.

THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

I CAN ADJUST SOME OF THEM THAT I FEEL ARE A LITTLE LIGHT.

Huell: UH-HUH.

>> BUT SOME OF THEM, THEY GET A LITTLE BIGGER, THAT'S OK. YOU DON'T--WE'RE NOT PRODUCING CADILLACS.

WE'RE PRODUCING PEANUT BUTTER POCKETS.

Huell: FROM THE WORK BENCH TO THE... WHERE IS IT GOING NOW?

>> INTO THE PROOF BOX.

Huell: INTO THE WHAT?

>> PROOF BOX, A HEATED--A HEATED PROOF BOX.

Huell: WOW.

HOW OLD IS THIS THING?

>> I'M TELLING YOU, THIS EQUIPMENT IS IN THE FIFTIES, THE EARLY FIFTIES.

Huell: WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE STUFF TO LAST BACK THEN, DIDN'T THEY?

>> STAINLESS STEEL AND THAT, YOU CAN'T GRILL THROUGH.

Huell: YEAH!

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE IN THE--WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

THE STEAM BOX?

>> STEAM BOX, YES.

Huell: STEAM BOX.

NOW, HOW LONG DO THEY STAY IN THERE?

>> OH, 15 TO 20 MINUTES.

Huell: OK.

SO, WHILE THEY'RE STEAMING IN THE STEAM BOX, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OUT FRONT TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PART OF STAN'S BUSINESS THAT I HADN'T EVEN REALLY REALIZED WAS A BIG MONEY MAKER UNTIL TODAY.

BUT THERE'S A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.

LET'S GO OUT FRONT.

>> WE'VE BEEN BLESSED.

WHAT CAN I TELL YOU?

Huell: COME ON!

>> I TOLD YOU THAT A LONG TIME AGO.

Huell: [LAUGHS] YOU'RE IN THE SPECIALTY.

YOU'VE BRANCHED OUT.

YOU'RE IN THE SPECIALTY DONUT BUSINESS.

THE SIMPSONS, 20 YEARS--A BIG BOX HERE THAT WAS FILLED WITH DONUTS.

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

>> ONE DOZEN SIMPSON DONUTS WAS PUT IN THAT BOX, AND THEN, THEY WERE SHIPPED OUT UPS TO ALL THE FOX SUBSIDIARIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

Huell: ALL THE AFFILIATES THAT CARRY THE SIMPSONS.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

Huell: SO, WAIT A MINUTE.

THE PEOPLE AT THE SIMPSONS CHOSE, AS A GIFT TO THEIR AFFILIATES, AS A THANK-YOU-- >> FOR THE 20th ANNI-- Huell: A DOZEN OF YOUR DONUTS.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

Huell: AND THEY WERE SHIPPED OUT, WHAT, UPS?

THEY GOT THERE FRESH.

>> THEY WERE SHIPPED--WE PACKAGED THEM.

THEY PICKED THEM UP BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00, AND THEY GOT THEM-- Huell: ATE 'EM!

HA!

>> AND THEY GOT 'EM THE NEXT MORNING, DELIVERED.

Huell: NOW, DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS, OR DID THE SIMPSONS COME TO YOU?

>> THE SIMPSONS CAME TO US.

Huell: NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

DID YOU SAY THERE'S A SIMPSONS DONUT?

>> YES, THERE IS.

NOW, FROM-- Huell: IS THIS IT?

WE PULLED A COUPLE OF DONUTS OUT.

IS THIS IT?

>> NO, THAT'S NOT THE SIMPSONS.

THIS IS THE SIMPSONS.

Huell: HERE'S THE SIMPSONS DONUT.

LET'S SHOW THAT TO EVERYBODY.

NOW, WHAT MAKES THIS THE SIMPSONS DONUT?

>> WELL, THAT'S THE DONUT THAT HE EATS ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S HIS FAVORITE DONUT.

Both: ON THE AIR!

>> ON THE SIMPSONS SHOW, EXACTLY.

Huell: SO, THAT DONUT IS ONE OF YOURS!

>> WELL, HE--I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ORIGINALLY OURS, BUT-- Huell: BUT I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOURS.

>> THE SAME THING.

AND THEN, WHEN THEY HAD THE PREMIERE, WE GAVE OUT 150 DOZEN OF THESE SIMPSON DONUTS TO ALL THE PEOPLE FOR-- Huell: THE SIMPSONS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD TO YOU.

>> THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO FOX, ALSO.

Huell: HA!

BUT YOU'VE GOT-- THERE'S MORE THAN THE SIMPSONS.

COME ON IN AND GET YOUR DONUTS.

WE'RE JUST SHOOTING A TV SHOW.

COME ON.

WE DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU BACK FROM GETTING DONUTS.

HERE'S WHERE YOU BRANCHED OUT.

NOW, THIS ONE'S KIND OF RISQUE, BUT YOU'RE ALSO PROVIDING DONUTS FOR MOVIE SETS AND-- >> WELL, THIS IS A--I--THIS IS-- I GUESS, FOR THE DVD THAT THEY'RE SENDING OUT, THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCED THE MOVIE-- SEX DRIVE IS A MOVIE--AND THEY'RE SENDING OUT DONUTS WITH THEIR--VCR, WHATEVER IT IS-- Huell: DVD.

>> DVD TO ALL THEIR AFFILIATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

Huell: AND SO, THIS DONUT IS CALLED THE SEX DRIVE?

>> THAT'S WHAT--THEY-- >> [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

Huell: TERESA HAS BEEN HERE FOR HOW MANY YEARS?

>> 28 YEARS.

Huell: SO SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING WHEN IT COMES TO DONUTS.

>> OH, SHE TAKES OVER FOR ME WHEN I GO ON VACATION.

SHE TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

Huell: NOW, WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN, DO YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET?

>> YES.

WE HAVE SO MANY REGULAR CUSTOMERS FOR MANY YEARS.

WE HAVE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, HOLDING THE LINE, WE JUST GO AHEAD AND PREPARE THE BAGS, AND WHEN THEY'RE COMING UP FRONT, WE JUST HAND THEM THE BAG, AND THEY HAND US THE MONEY, AND THAT'S IT.

Huell: SO, WAIT A MINUTE.

SOME PEOPLE COME IN FOR PEANUT BUTTER POCKETS.

SOME PEOPLE COME IN FOR--WHAT ARE THE FAVORITES?

>> WELL, WE HAVE SO MANY FAVORITES.

LIKE, EVEN THE REGULAR GLAZED DONUT, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN--FIRST ONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE OLD-FASHIONED, BLUEBERRY OLD FASHIONED.

THAT'S ONE OF THE FAVORITES, TOO.

AND THEY GO, LIKE, JELLY DONUTS, PEANUT BUTTER, PEANUT BUTTER JELLY, PEANUT BUTTER BANANA.

WE HAVE ALL THESE KINDS >> HUELL, WE'VE BEEN HERE GOING ON 46 YEARS.

THE DONUTS THAT DON'T SELL, WE DON'T MAKE THOSE ANYMORE.

Huell: AHH.

>> THE ONLY DONUTS WE SELL-- Huell: YOU GO WITH THE ONES THAT MOVE.

>> YES.

>> EXACTLY.

Huell: SEE?

Y'ALL ARE SMART BUSINESSPEOPLE, AREN'T YOU?

>> WE'VE LEARNED SOMETHING IN 46 YEARS.

Huell: HA!

AND YOU'RE HAVING-- YOU'RE STILL HAVING A GOOD TIME?

>> ABSOLUTELY THAT'S WHY I'M STILL HERE.

Huell: YOU'RE MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY.

>> OH, YES, A LOT OF HAPPY.

EVEN WHEN THEY COME IN WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, IN A BAD MOOD, AND WE TALK TO THEM, YOU KNOW, "HOW YOU BEEN?"

WE TRY TO GO SMOOTH.

AND THEY'RE SO NICE, AND THEY WALK WITH A SMILE.

"THANK YOU.

YOU MAKE MY DAY."

Huell: OUT OF THE STEAMER INTO THE--OH, BOY.

THEY'RE GOING INTO THE GREASE.

>> NO, IT ISN'T GREASE.

IT'S SHORTENING.

Huell: SHORTENING.

>> GREASE YOU PUT IN CARS.

Huell: YOU'RE FRYING THEM UP!

>> AND SHORTENING.

Huell: OH, WOW.

LOOK AT YOU.

LOOK AT THE WAY YOU WORK WITH THOSE STICKS THERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER 46-YEAR-OLD PROGRESS.

Huell: NOW, HOW LONG--OH, LOOK!

THEY'RE ALREADY BROWNING UP!

LOOK AT THIS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN THERE VERY LONG.

>> NO.

YOU'LL SEE.

Huell: YOU DON'T WANT TO COOK THE PEANUT BUTTER, BUT YOU WANT TO WARM IT UP, DON'T YOU?

>> OH, IT MELTS.

IT'S AMAZING.

THIS IS AMAZING.

THE PEANUT BUTTER ACTUALLY MELTS, BUT IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE DONUT.

YOU NOTICE VERY--THERE'S A LITTLE BIT HERE.

Huell: BOY, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

GET A TIGHT SHOT OF THIS, CAMERON.

THIS IS A WORK OF ART RIGHT HERE, TO SEE THESE THINGS, AND BOY, THE SMELL IS COMING OUT NOW, TOO.

AND THERE GO THE POCKETS INTO...

THE CHOCOLATE.

OH, MY GOSH.

OH!

GOSH!

THAT'S HEAVY-DUTY CHOCOLATE ON THERE.

NOW, DO YOU SPRINKLE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS ON THEM RIGHT AWAY?

>> YES.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO--I JUST WANT TO GET A TOWEL.

YEP.

Huell: HERE GO THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS.

OH, WOW.

AND AGAIN, IT'S--YOU'RE NOT MEASURING ANYTHING.

>> NO.

Huell: SO, THAT'S IT.

THIS ADVENTURE WAS ALL ABOUT FALLING OFF THE WAGON, MY DIETARY WAGON, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE SEEING YOU A LOT MORE.

BUT I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE A BITE OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS FALLING OFF THE WAGON IN A GOOD WAY, IN A--IN A-- >> WITH A SMILE.

Huell: WITH A SMILE!

HERE, HOLD THE MIC BECAUSE I WANT TO USE-- I WANT TO ATTACK THIS THING FULL-FORCE.

BOY, THERE'S NOTHING... MMM.

MMM!

>> [LAUGHS] Huell: THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD.

>> OHH.

Huell: NOTHING.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

Huell: HERE, HOLD IT AGAIN.

>> WE CERTAINLY--WE CERTAINLY TRY TO DO THAT.

Huell: MMM.

MMM!

>> ARE YOU GETTING THE PEANUT BUTTER?

Huell: OH, IT IS SO GOOD.

>> [LAUGHS] Huell: IT IS SO GOOD.

AND THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL STORY, BECAUSE OTHER DONUT SHOPS HAVE COME AND GONE.

STAN'S, THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY, YOU'RE STILL GOING STRONG.

>> AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT FOR 20 MORE YEARS.

Huell: YEAH?

>> YOU KNOW WHY?

I'M GOING TO BE 80 MY NEXT BIRTHDAY, AND 20 MAKES 100.

SO I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SELL DONUTS WHEN I'M 100 YEARS OLD.

Huell: WOW.

>> AND MY WIFE UNDERSTANDS THAT.

THERE'S NO RETIREMENT PLAN, IN FACT.

NOTHING.

Huell: THANK GOODNESS THERE'S NO RETIREMENT PLAN.

>> NO, NO RETIREMENT PLAN.

Huell: HAVE I GOT DONUT ON MY MOUTH?

>> YES, YOU DO.

Huell: I FIGURED!

>> YOU HAVE A LITTLE.

Huell: I DON'T HAVE--I DON'T HAVE ROOM TO WIPE IT ALL OFF.

HOLD ON.

>> [LAUGHS] NOT MUCH.

YOU-- Huell: OH, BOY.

WELL, THAT'S THE SIGN OF A GOOD DONUT.

>> YOU WANT SOME MILK?

Huell: YEAH.

I GOT THE FAT-FREE MILK GOING HERE TO KIND OF CUT THE CALORIES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

>> VERY LITTLE!

Huell: WE HAVE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL DAY.

THERE'S NOTHING BETTER--NOT ONLY THE DONUTS THEMSELVES, BUT THE GUY AND THE WOMEN WHO WORK HERE.

STAN, YOUR HISTORY, THE WAY--THE LOVE YOU PUT INTO YOUR DONUTS-- >> THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

Huell: IT'S ALL HERE, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL TESTAMENT THAT QUALITY SURVIVES, EVEN IN TODAY'S WORLD.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Huell: THAT'S BEEN OUR DAY-- FALLING OFF THE WAGON HERE AT STAN'S DONUTS IN WESTWOOD.

COME ON DOWN AND FALL OFF THE WAGON FOR YOURSELF.

IT'S NOT SO BAD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DRINK FAT-FREE MILK ALONG WITH THE DONUTS.

[BOTH LAUGH] >> RIGHT!

Huell: HOW MANY OF THESE DO YOU MAKE UP EVERY DAY?

>> OH, ABOUT 10 DOZEN PEANUT BUTTER EVERY DAY, 8 TO 10 DOZEN.

Huell: AND SEE, THE TIME TO GET THEM IS IN THE MORNING... >> YOU'RE RIGHT.

Huell: WHEN THEY'RE STILL WARM, FRESHLY MADE.

>> WHEN YOU CAME IN THIS MORNING, WE HAD A LOT OF WARM ONES.

Huell: THAT'S MY DONUT RIGHT THERE, A FRESH, HOT-- >> OH, YOU'RE GOING TO BURN YOUR FINGERS!

Huell: PEANUT BUTTER POCKET FROM STAN'S DONUTS.