December 9, 2025 • 19 mins
This podcast episode delves into the nuances of holiday traditions and the often humorous mishaps that accompany festive gatherings. We engage in a candid dialogue that reveals our personal reflections on peculiar gifts exchanged during the Christmas season, highlighting the unconventional nature of such offerings. Additionally, we recount memorable culinary disasters that have transpired while preparing holiday feasts, underscoring the unpredictability inherent in these cherished occasions. The episode further explores our individual tastes in music, specifically our favorite Christmas songs, which serve as a nostalgic backdrop to our discussions. As we navigate through these topics, we invite our listeners to reflect on their own holiday experiences, fostering a sense of camaraderie and shared celebration.
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- Costco
- Hunt Wesson
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(00:00):
Welcome to Barbecue Nationwith JT and Leanne After Hours, the
conversation that continuedafter the show was done.
Okay.
As promised, it's after hourshere on the Nation with Leanne and
Graham this week and Grahamhasn't been on well, it's been a
year.
So.
I got a couple new questionsfor him and we will see what, what
(00:25):
his answers are.
We'll start with something easy.
What's your favorite Christmas song?
Christmas song?
Yes.
Are you going to answer thisas well?
(00:48):
Yeah.
That's kind of hard.
Yeah.
Now come on.
I like Rudolph the Red NosedReindeer because I know the words.
What's the one?
Holy night, whatever that one is.
Silent Night.
I like that one.
Yeah.
(01:08):
If I sing, I sing above andbelow notes so it's not infringe
copyright and.
Nobody allows me to singnormally, so.
Okay.
Good king cooking.
Good king Wednesday yeah,yeah, yeah.
(01:28):
Mine's grandma got run over bya reindeer.
Oh my.
Good king Wednesdays Good kingWednesday in his Austin 7 he ran
into a trolley bus and nowhe's up in heaven.
Oh, there you go.
There you go.
I had to do that.
What's the, what's theweirdest gift you ever received or
(01:54):
gave?
The weirdest Christmas gift.
Weirdest.
Yeah.
And I have gone somewhere.
I think my weirdest onebecause of the result was I sent
every one of my children amixture of seeds of some of the great
(02:15):
lettuces of the world.
I had 14 different varieties.
Oh, my.
I mixed the seeds together.
I gave them instructions onhow to cut up a part of their lawn
and be able to have a row oflettuce there.
I gave them marvelously hand decorated.
(02:36):
Things to stick in the groundwhich had the names of these great
lettuces.
And I gave them a salad recipeand sent them my own vinaigrette.
Wasn'T it?
Now, now that sounds odd, butnow here, here's the kicker.
Not one of them did it.
(02:59):
Oh.
After all that love my family.
So all of that effort.
Yeah.
I've had situations like thatwhere you, you go to their home or.
(03:21):
See them in some setting andthere's the gift you gave them for
Christmas over in the corner.
It's barely been opened, youknow, so.
Yes, I understand that, Leanne.
You know, I was thinking whileGraham was speaking and I just can't
think of anything that wasstrange that I gave.
(03:42):
No, I can't think of anything.
What about something you received?
Coal in my stocking.
That's not a good sign.
I give my sister in law thatevery Christmas.
So it's Become a tradition.
Yeah.
How about you?
(04:02):
Me?
Yeah.
I think that it was a greatgift, but a friend of mine again
at Costco bought one of those.
I think it was like £15, £20of prosciutto on the bone, and it
came with this littlestanchion, and it came with this
(04:25):
exceedingly long knife thatthe Spanish were supposed to be trimming
this because this one camefrom Spain.
Trimming this prosciutto off with.
And I ate prosciutto for,like, weeks until I couldn't eat
it anymore, but it was huge.
That's a really nice gift.
Yeah.
And because I use it a lot inmy cooking.
(04:47):
Right.
And.
And I. I really enjoy it, andI tend to doctor things up, you know,
green beans, salads, what haveyou with it.
But that thing, I think afterabout a month and a half, it wasn't
going to go bad.
It was in the fridge, too.
But I finally, I just went outand hacked off a bunch of huge pieces
(05:10):
and froze them, vacuum packedthem and froze them, and then got
rid of it.
But I still have the stand andthat knife.
I can, you know, I use it nowfor planting lettuce in the garden.
Graham.
So anyway, Graham, what's.
Something strange that you received?
(05:32):
Yeah, we have good gift givers.
Yes.
Isn't it strange?
That is.
It's such a good question,because I know that there are things
I've opened and looked at andthinking, huh?
Yeah.
(05:53):
I know.
You can't think of it, right?
Yes.
All right, well, we can comeback to it.
We can come back to it.
I'm sitting here thinking, oh,now you're showing your age.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, you're fine.
Okay, here's.
Here's another question.
We'll start with Leanne.
And I know the standard answeris it didn't happen, but it happens
(06:14):
to all of us.
What is the biggest trainwreck you ever.
Had when creating Christmas dinner?
Biggest train wreck?
Yeah.
Something that didn't turn out right.
Like you burnt the.
The rolls, for example.
You put them in the oven andyou forgot they were there.
(06:35):
Well, yeah, that invariablyhappens, I'm sure.
Nothing really interesting.
I've overcooked a prime ribbefore, which is disaster, but I
can't think of anything offhand.
You got me Again.
No disasters.
Two for two, Graham.
Well.
(06:58):
The thing that was very publicfor me was that my Hunt Wesson was
a major sponsor of the Gallupand Gourmet series way back and 70s,
and they were a bit concernedabout me having all of this rich,
(07:19):
expensive Dishes from aroundthe world.
And they said, we really wouldlike you to do an economy dish, something
really cheap.
For many millions of viewers.
And they really need that, you see.
(07:39):
So I did a stuffed pepperdish, and it happened that the studio
had a problem with lightingduring that time.
And it set, and I'd done oneahead of time, and it had set in
a lukewarm oven for quite along period of time.
(08:00):
And the one when I brought itout, it sagged a little bit.
And I had.
I had this young student whowas gorgeous.
You know, I used to try andget gorgeous things like Leanne out
of the audience and have come across.
And so she came and she satdown and she was going to make.
(08:21):
She was going to enjoy this.
She poke her fork in it andshe pulled this awful face.
And I went into mine and itwas sour and just awful.
And she said, this is really awful.
I said, I agree with you completely.
We spent the whole half houron international television showing
(08:42):
something, and Hunt Wessonsaid, okay, just keep on doing the
dishes you do.
So that was a very.
And I can still remember herface and how bad it was.
Yeah, this isn't a Christmasdish, but 10, 12 years ago, they
asked me to do a Halloween show.
(09:04):
And so I came up with amonster meatloaf.
Right.
Very.
Nothing out of the ordinaryout of the meatloaf recipe, but the
way the meatloaf was decoratedto look like a ghoul or something,
you know, same type of thing.
I made one ahead of time.
It was in the oven there.
(09:26):
We come to the same.
And I've made it all in this segment.
And, you know, and now throughthe magic of television, I pull it
out.
And not to be crass about it,but it looked like somebody had already
eaten it.
Okay.
It just looked horrible.
And we kind of cut and wentoff to roasting marshmallows or something,
whatever.
(09:46):
But I just remember looking atthat and they had already had the
web.
The recipe posted on the website.
And I noticed in the teas,they didn't.
Because usually they'll take ahero shot of the food and use it.
Not this time.
Nope.
It didn't.
It didn't work out.
Right.
(10:08):
What's your favorite color?
Lifesaver?
Graham Red.
I. I can go with that.
That is over that.
Everybody loves the red.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay, we're going to go backto a little music for a second.
What is one song you want tohear on the radio when you go out
(10:29):
and get in your car and.
And to go somewhere?
What's the first song you would.
Not that you will hear it, butyou would like to hear it.
It always kind of brings asmile to your face.
Me.
Can it go?
Yeah.
(10:51):
I love it.
I love it.
I love it.
Every time I come in throughthe front door of our new life here,
I shout when I come through the.
C' est moi.
And she calls me c' est moi.
You know, Chip back.
So I love that.
I love that.
I love it.
(11:13):
This is for both of you,because I know Leanne's done a lot
of tv, too.
What's the funniest thing youever saw when doing a TV show, but
that the folks at home neversaw it.
It got cut or.
And if it was live, theychanged the camera shot and went
to some else.
(11:34):
But whether, you know, if youdo local television or even national
television, there's alwayssomebody, the host of the show is
there to talk with you whileyou're cooking and sample the food,
what have you.
Yeah.
And, you know, if somethingever went amiss with that start.
(11:55):
Start with Graham.
Okay, so doing cherries.
Cherries.
For cherries jubilee, I pouredon a large quantity of brandy in
order to get the flames goingproperly, and a flame shot up into
the air at least 10ft.
(12:17):
And it triggered the automaticfire system in the studios.
That didn't mean that itsuddenly started raining on everybody,
but it sent a private signal,a low signal to the local fire station
and letting them know thatthere was a fire in Studio A.
(12:40):
And they, without ringingtheir bells on everything else, sent
a fire engine and sent thesemen in yellow slickers running into
Studio A.
The doors burst open, and Iwas still cooking on top, and.
And they run in with theirhoses to put the fire out.
(13:03):
I love it.
Wow.
And the director at that time.
Stop the.
Damn it.
Why did he stop the camera?
It would be the most wonderful thing.
Oh, yes, yes, yes, absolutely.
(13:23):
Well, I had an incident happenwith me, and I'm usually pretty good
with lists and everything thatI need to bring, but one of.
Of the things I was supposedto make was fried green tomatoes,
and I couldn't find greentomatoes anywhere, so I just thought,
oh, I'll leave it out.
Well, then I'm on set, andthey're like, okay, now tell us about
your fried green tomatoes.
And I. I didn't have any.
(13:45):
So that.
That's about it.
Yeah, I had it.
I had a deal.
Maybe I've brought this up onthe show before, but I've worked
with my friend Helen Raptis atthe show here in Portland because
I few other ones.
And Helen is what we wouldcall Lily lipped.
All right.
She.
(14:05):
Anything really spicy or anything.
She's gotten better over theyears, but anything that's really
spicy.
So my assignment that day wasto cook jalapeno poppers.
And I went to the store and Iselected a dozen or whatever I got,
and I brought them home and Isliced them and I cleaned them out,
(14:27):
and there was no seeds.
And.
And we went through thatlittle routine on the air.
And then I. I don't evenremember what I put in them.
It was probably pork orsomething and some bacon and so on
and so forth.
And.
And Helen said, before we wenton the air, she said, are.
Is this hot?
And I said, no, because I justate one.
(14:49):
Well, you both know that youcan eat one.
And it's like eaten cold cereal.
Not really, but, you know, asfar as temperature wise.
And then the next one could beMount Vesuvius.
Right, right.
So they look beautiful on the platter.
And Helen.
And we've got like a minuteand a half left of the segment, and
Helen reaches in and she bitesone, and it's still got some crunch
(15:13):
to it, and she's chewing.
And Helen is a redhead, brightred hair, and in about eight seconds,
her face was as bright as herhair, and she can't breathe.
Oh, boy.
She's gasping for air.
And.
You guys know this behind.
(15:34):
Behind the set that you'reworking on behind the table or whatever.
I have my water down there, right.
It's off camera like that, andI'm trying to give her my water,
and she's slamming the table,and she ends up on the floor gasping
for air, reaving in misery.
(15:55):
And of course, I'm very sympathetic.
I'm bed over in hysterics.
And the cameras are going upand down because they're laughing
at her.
And she goes, take us out,take us out.
Because we had to go to break.
Right?
And so take us out like that.
And that has become kind of aniconic little bit of history around
(16:15):
Channel two and bloopers.
Yeah, I bet.
Yeah.
The blooper reel.
I think it was on YouTube fora while.
I think they pulled it.
But anyway.
All right, last question.
This one's for Graham because you've.
You've already done this land.
If I gave you a box witheverything you have lost in your
(16:36):
life and for Christmas, youcould pull one thing out of that
box, what would you reach for?
Let's see.
(16:57):
He's going back in time.
He is.
Yes, I am indeed.
I Am indeed.
Yeah.
Yes.
I would want the notes that I.
That I read that I had writtenout before Thanksgiving two years
(17:20):
ago.
And that had fallen to the floor.
And I went down on both kneesunder the dining table and scrabbled
around until I got my notes.
I needed my notes.
When I was down on both knees,I saw two feet, and it was clear.
(17:42):
I recognized the feet belongedto Nancy.
And because of the shoes, Irecognized the shoes.
So I look up, and there isNancy towering over me.
So I look up and I say to her,would you consider spending the rest
of your days of your life with me?
(18:04):
And she said to me, are youasking me to marry you?
You know, because I could havejust been.
And I said, yeah, of course.
You know, Will you marry me?
And she said, yes.
So I. I would dearly love tohave that.
Those notes, I've lost them.
But it would be wonderful toknow what got me down on both knees.
(18:27):
That's great.
That's a great story.
That was not a plan thing.
That was.
Oh, I bet not.
Yeah, I did.
That's awesome.
Well, Graham, my.
My friend, I hope you have awonderful Christmas.
I know you will.
And keep that tie.
I want to see that tie againat some point.
(18:49):
Okay.
It's where we are.
But.
But it's.
It's okay.
I'll have it here for you.
Yeah.
All right.
All right.
And Leanne, again, so good tosee both of you.
So.
Well, you too.
And have a great holiday, bothof you, and all of our listeners,
too.
Yeah, well, you and I will seeeach other again, but.
But.
We won't probably see Grahambefore Christmas.
(19:10):
So.
Anyway, and for everybodylistening Huckleberry jam.
In any way, I'm.
I'm working on it.
I'm working on it.
It's got to be out there somewhere.
I've got all my little foodmafia elves looking for it for you.
Okay.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you for joining us thisweek on After Hours.
(19:30):
And don't forget, if youdidn't catch the regular show, go
back and find that it'.
All the different platforms.
So on and so on and so forth,there's a lot of them were easy to
find.
So for Leanne and Graham,thank you for listening.
Remember our motto here.
Turn it, don't burn it, Goout, have some fun and be kind.
Take care, everybody.
Welcome to Barbecue Nationwith JT and Leanne After Hours, the
conversation that continuedafter the show was done.
Okay.
As promised, it's after hourshere on the Nation with Leanne and
Graham this week and Grahamhasn't been on well, it's been a
year.
So.
I got a couple new questionsfor him and we will see what, what
(00:25):
his answers are.
We'll start with something easy.
What's your favorite Christmas song?
Christmas song?
Yes.
Are you going to answer thisas well?
(00:48):
Yeah.
That's kind of hard.
Yeah.
Now come on.
I like Rudolph the Red NosedReindeer because I know the words.
What's the one?
Holy night, whatever that one is.
Silent Night.
I like that one.
Yeah.
(01:08):
If I sing, I sing above andbelow notes so it's not infringe
copyright and.
Nobody allows me to singnormally, so.
Okay.
Good king cooking.
Good king Wednesday yeah,yeah, yeah.
(01:28):
Mine's grandma got run over bya reindeer.
Oh my.
Good king Wednesdays Good kingWednesday in his Austin 7 he ran
into a trolley bus and nowhe's up in heaven.
Oh, there you go.
There you go.
I had to do that.
What's the, what's theweirdest gift you ever received or
(01:54):
gave?
The weirdest Christmas gift.
Weirdest.
Yeah.
And I have gone somewhere.
I think my weirdest onebecause of the result was I sent
every one of my children amixture of seeds of some of the great
(02:15):
lettuces of the world.
I had 14 different varieties.
Oh, my.
I mixed the seeds together.
I gave them instructions onhow to cut up a part of their lawn
and be able to have a row oflettuce there.
I gave them marvelously hand decorated.
(02:36):
Things to stick in the groundwhich had the names of these great
lettuces.
And I gave them a salad recipeand sent them my own vinaigrette.
Wasn'T it?
Now, now that sounds odd, butnow here, here's the kicker.
Not one of them did it.
(02:59):
Oh.
After all that love my family.
So all of that effort.
Yeah.
I've had situations like thatwhere you, you go to their home or.
(03:21):
See them in some setting andthere's the gift you gave them for
Christmas over in the corner.
It's barely been opened, youknow, so.
Yes, I understand that, Leanne.
You know, I was thinking whileGraham was speaking and I just can't
think of anything that wasstrange that I gave.
(03:42):
No, I can't think of anything.
What about something you received?
Coal in my stocking.
That's not a good sign.
I give my sister in law thatevery Christmas.
So it's Become a tradition.
Yeah.
How about you?
(04:02):
Me?
Yeah.
I think that it was a greatgift, but a friend of mine again
at Costco bought one of those.
I think it was like £15, £20of prosciutto on the bone, and it
came with this littlestanchion, and it came with this
(04:25):
exceedingly long knife thatthe Spanish were supposed to be trimming
this because this one camefrom Spain.
Trimming this prosciutto off with.
And I ate prosciutto for,like, weeks until I couldn't eat
it anymore, but it was huge.
That's a really nice gift.
Yeah.
And because I use it a lot inmy cooking.
(04:47):
Right.
And.
And I. I really enjoy it, andI tend to doctor things up, you know,
green beans, salads, what haveyou with it.
But that thing, I think afterabout a month and a half, it wasn't
going to go bad.
It was in the fridge, too.
But I finally, I just went outand hacked off a bunch of huge pieces
(05:10):
and froze them, vacuum packedthem and froze them, and then got
rid of it.
But I still have the stand andthat knife.
I can, you know, I use it nowfor planting lettuce in the garden.
Graham.
So anyway, Graham, what's.
Something strange that you received?
(05:32):
Yeah, we have good gift givers.
Yes.
Isn't it strange?
That is.
It's such a good question,because I know that there are things
I've opened and looked at andthinking, huh?
Yeah.
(05:53):
I know.
You can't think of it, right?
Yes.
All right, well, we can comeback to it.
We can come back to it.
I'm sitting here thinking, oh,now you're showing your age.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, you're fine.
Okay, here's.
Here's another question.
We'll start with Leanne.
And I know the standard answeris it didn't happen, but it happens
(06:14):
to all of us.
What is the biggest trainwreck you ever.
Had when creating Christmas dinner?
Biggest train wreck?
Yeah.
Something that didn't turn out right.
Like you burnt the.
The rolls, for example.
You put them in the oven andyou forgot they were there.
(06:35):
Well, yeah, that invariablyhappens, I'm sure.
Nothing really interesting.
I've overcooked a prime ribbefore, which is disaster, but I
can't think of anything offhand.
You got me Again.
No disasters.
Two for two, Graham.
Well.
(06:58):
The thing that was very publicfor me was that my Hunt Wesson was
a major sponsor of the Gallupand Gourmet series way back and 70s,
and they were a bit concernedabout me having all of this rich,
(07:19):
expensive Dishes from aroundthe world.
And they said, we really wouldlike you to do an economy dish, something
really cheap.
For many millions of viewers.
And they really need that, you see.
(07:39):
So I did a stuffed pepperdish, and it happened that the studio
had a problem with lightingduring that time.
And it set, and I'd done oneahead of time, and it had set in
a lukewarm oven for quite along period of time.
(08:00):
And the one when I brought itout, it sagged a little bit.
And I had.
I had this young student whowas gorgeous.
You know, I used to try andget gorgeous things like Leanne out
of the audience and have come across.
And so she came and she satdown and she was going to make.
(08:21):
She was going to enjoy this.
She poke her fork in it andshe pulled this awful face.
And I went into mine and itwas sour and just awful.
And she said, this is really awful.
I said, I agree with you completely.
We spent the whole half houron international television showing
(08:42):
something, and Hunt Wessonsaid, okay, just keep on doing the
dishes you do.
So that was a very.
And I can still remember herface and how bad it was.
Yeah, this isn't a Christmasdish, but 10, 12 years ago, they
asked me to do a Halloween show.
(09:04):
And so I came up with amonster meatloaf.
Right.
Very.
Nothing out of the ordinaryout of the meatloaf recipe, but the
way the meatloaf was decoratedto look like a ghoul or something,
you know, same type of thing.
I made one ahead of time.
It was in the oven there.
(09:26):
We come to the same.
And I've made it all in this segment.
And, you know, and now throughthe magic of television, I pull it
out.
And not to be crass about it,but it looked like somebody had already
eaten it.
Okay.
It just looked horrible.
And we kind of cut and wentoff to roasting marshmallows or something,
whatever.
(09:46):
But I just remember looking atthat and they had already had the
web.
The recipe posted on the website.
And I noticed in the teas,they didn't.
Because usually they'll take ahero shot of the food and use it.
Not this time.
Nope.
It didn't.
It didn't work out.
Right.
(10:08):
What's your favorite color?
Lifesaver?
Graham Red.
I. I can go with that.
That is over that.
Everybody loves the red.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay, we're going to go backto a little music for a second.
What is one song you want tohear on the radio when you go out
(10:29):
and get in your car and.
And to go somewhere?
What's the first song you would.
Not that you will hear it, butyou would like to hear it.
It always kind of brings asmile to your face.
Me.
Can it go?
Yeah.
(10:51):
I love it.
I love it.
I love it.
Every time I come in throughthe front door of our new life here,
I shout when I come through the.
C' est moi.
And she calls me c' est moi.
You know, Chip back.
So I love that.
I love that.
I love it.
(11:13):
This is for both of you,because I know Leanne's done a lot
of tv, too.
What's the funniest thing youever saw when doing a TV show, but
that the folks at home neversaw it.
It got cut or.
And if it was live, theychanged the camera shot and went
to some else.
(11:34):
But whether, you know, if youdo local television or even national
television, there's alwayssomebody, the host of the show is
there to talk with you whileyou're cooking and sample the food,
what have you.
Yeah.
And, you know, if somethingever went amiss with that start.
(11:55):
Start with Graham.
Okay, so doing cherries.
Cherries.
For cherries jubilee, I pouredon a large quantity of brandy in
order to get the flames goingproperly, and a flame shot up into
the air at least 10ft.
(12:17):
And it triggered the automaticfire system in the studios.
That didn't mean that itsuddenly started raining on everybody,
but it sent a private signal,a low signal to the local fire station
and letting them know thatthere was a fire in Studio A.
(12:40):
And they, without ringingtheir bells on everything else, sent
a fire engine and sent thesemen in yellow slickers running into
Studio A.
The doors burst open, and Iwas still cooking on top, and.
And they run in with theirhoses to put the fire out.
(13:03):
I love it.
Wow.
And the director at that time.
Stop the.
Damn it.
Why did he stop the camera?
It would be the most wonderful thing.
Oh, yes, yes, yes, absolutely.
(13:23):
Well, I had an incident happenwith me, and I'm usually pretty good
with lists and everything thatI need to bring, but one of.
Of the things I was supposedto make was fried green tomatoes,
and I couldn't find greentomatoes anywhere, so I just thought,
oh, I'll leave it out.
Well, then I'm on set, andthey're like, okay, now tell us about
your fried green tomatoes.
And I. I didn't have any.
(13:45):
So that.
That's about it.
Yeah, I had it.
I had a deal.
Maybe I've brought this up onthe show before, but I've worked
with my friend Helen Raptis atthe show here in Portland because
I few other ones.
And Helen is what we wouldcall Lily lipped.
All right.
She.
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Anything really spicy or anything.
She's gotten better over theyears, but anything that's really
spicy.
So my assignment that day wasto cook jalapeno poppers.
And I went to the store and Iselected a dozen or whatever I got,
and I brought them home and Isliced them and I cleaned them out,
(14:27):
and there was no seeds.
And.
And we went through thatlittle routine on the air.
And then I. I don't evenremember what I put in them.
It was probably pork orsomething and some bacon and so on
and so forth.
And.
And Helen said, before we wenton the air, she said, are.
Is this hot?
And I said, no, because I justate one.
(14:49):
Well, you both know that youcan eat one.
And it's like eaten cold cereal.
Not really, but, you know, asfar as temperature wise.
And then the next one could beMount Vesuvius.
Right, right.
So they look beautiful on the platter.
And Helen.
And we've got like a minuteand a half left of the segment, and
Helen reaches in and she bitesone, and it's still got some crunch
(15:13):
to it, and she's chewing.
And Helen is a redhead, brightred hair, and in about eight seconds,
her face was as bright as herhair, and she can't breathe.
Oh, boy.
She's gasping for air.
And.
You guys know this behind.
(15:34):
Behind the set that you'reworking on behind the table or whatever.
I have my water down there, right.
It's off camera like that, andI'm trying to give her my water,
and she's slamming the table,and she ends up on the floor gasping
for air, reaving in misery.
(15:55):
And of course, I'm very sympathetic.
I'm bed over in hysterics.
And the cameras are going upand down because they're laughing
at her.
And she goes, take us out,take us out.
Because we had to go to break.
Right?
And so take us out like that.
And that has become kind of aniconic little bit of history around
(16:15):
Channel two and bloopers.
Yeah, I bet.
Yeah.
The blooper reel.
I think it was on YouTube fora while.
I think they pulled it.
But anyway.
All right, last question.
This one's for Graham because you've.
You've already done this land.
If I gave you a box witheverything you have lost in your
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life and for Christmas, youcould pull one thing out of that
box, what would you reach for?
Let's see.
(16:57):
He's going back in time.
He is.
Yes, I am indeed.
I Am indeed.
Yeah.
Yes.
I would want the notes that I.
That I read that I had writtenout before Thanksgiving two years
(17:20):
ago.
And that had fallen to the floor.
And I went down on both kneesunder the dining table and scrabbled
around until I got my notes.
I needed my notes.
When I was down on both knees,I saw two feet, and it was clear.
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I recognized the feet belongedto Nancy.
And because of the shoes, Irecognized the shoes.
So I look up, and there isNancy towering over me.
So I look up and I say to her,would you consider spending the rest
of your days of your life with me?
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And she said to me, are youasking me to marry you?
You know, because I could havejust been.
And I said, yeah, of course.
You know, Will you marry me?
And she said, yes.
So I. I would dearly love tohave that.
Those notes, I've lost them.
But it would be wonderful toknow what got me down on both knees.
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That's great.
That's a great story.
That was not a plan thing.
That was.
Oh, I bet not.
Yeah, I did.
That's awesome.
Well, Graham, my.
My friend, I hope you have awonderful Christmas.
I know you will.
And keep that tie.
I want to see that tie againat some point.
(18:49):
Okay.
It's where we are.
But.
But it's.
It's okay.
I'll have it here for you.
Yeah.
All right.
All right.
And Leanne, again, so good tosee both of you.
So.
Well, you too.
And have a great holiday, bothof you, and all of our listeners,
too.
Yeah, well, you and I will seeeach other again, but.
But.
We won't probably see Grahambefore Christmas.
(19:10):
So.
Anyway, and for everybodylistening Huckleberry jam.
In any way, I'm.
I'm working on it.
I'm working on it.
It's got to be out there somewhere.
I've got all my little foodmafia elves looking for it for you.
Okay.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you for joining us thisweek on After Hours.
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And don't forget, if youdidn't catch the regular show, go
back and find that it'.
All the different platforms.
So on and so on and so forth,there's a lot of them were easy to
find.
So for Leanne and Graham,thank you for listening.
Remember our motto here.
Turn it, don't burn it, Goout, have some fun and be kind.
Take care, everybody.
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