WEBVTT 00:00.166 --> 00:05.637 PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED 00:05.639 --> 00:10.509 "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY... 00:10.511 --> 01:03.028 >> WE ARE ON THE ROAD TODAY WITH THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 01:03.030 --> 01:05.263 THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." OUR TRIP TAKES US TO EVANSVILLE, 01:05.265 --> 01:06.832 OUR TRIP TAKES US TO EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, WHERE WE'RE HANGING OUT 01:06.834 --> 01:08.666 INDIANA, WHERE WE'RE HANGING OUT RIGHT NOW AT RIVERFRONT PARK. 01:08.668 --> 01:10.802 RIGHT NOW AT RIVERFRONT PARK. LOTS OF STORIES TO GET TO 01:10.804 --> 01:11.970 LOTS OF STORIES TO GET TO TONIGHT, WONDERFUL HISTORY. 01:11.972 --> 01:13.605 TONIGHT, WONDERFUL HISTORY. SO STAY TUNED FOR THE "WEEKLY 01:13.607 --> 01:15.907 SO STAY TUNED FOR THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 01:15.909 --> 01:31.489 ¶ 01:31.491 --> 01:47.172 >> HI, I'M PAM THRASH. >> AND I'M JOE HREN. 01:47.174 --> 01:50.074 >> AND I'M JOE HREN. WHAT GORGEOUS DAY IN EVANSVILLE, 01:50.076 --> 01:50.408 WHAT GORGEOUS DAY IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. 01:50.410 --> 01:53.378 INDIANA. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE GETTING OUT 01:53.380 --> 01:54.246 DON'T YOU JUST LOVE GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES. 01:54.248 --> 01:57.615 IN THE COMMUNITIES. >> I AM PUMPEDND UP TO BE HERE 01:57.617 --> 01:58.884 >> I AM PUMPEDND UP TO BE HERE IN EVANSVILLE. 01:58.886 --> 02:00.886 IN EVANSVILLE. >> FROM WHAT I HERE THERE'S SOME 02:00.888 --> 02:01.720 >> FROM WHAT I HERE THERE'S SOME GREAT LIVING HISTORY. 02:01.722 --> 02:02.754 GREAT LIVING HISTORY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. 02:02.756 --> 02:05.891 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> LET'S CHECK IT OUT. 02:05.893 --> 02:15.133 >> THE U.S.S.LST325 WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED 70 YEARS 02:15.135 --> 02:17.435 ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED 70 YEARS AGO FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II. 02:17.437 --> 02:19.771 AGO FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II. SHE AND HER CREW MADE MORE THAN 02:19.773 --> 02:22.474 SHE AND HER CREW MADE MORE THAN 40 TRIPS FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE 02:22.476 --> 02:24.276 40 TRIPS FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE DELIVERING PRISONERS, SUPPLIES 02:24.278 --> 02:26.078 DELIVERING PRISONERS, SUPPLIES AND WOUNDED. 02:26.080 --> 02:28.780 AND WOUNDED. SHE WAS PRESENT ON D-DAY WHEN 02:28.782 --> 02:31.349 SHE WAS PRESENT ON D-DAY WHEN MORE THAN 160,000 ALLIED TROOPS 02:31.351 --> 02:34.352 MORE THAN 160,000 ALLIED TROOPS STORMED THE BEACHES AT NORMANDY. 02:34.354 --> 02:38.690 STORMED THE BEACHES AT NORMANDY. IN 1964, LST-325 WAS SOLD TO THE 02:38.692 --> 02:39.791 IN 1964, LST-325 WAS SOLD TO THE GREEK NAVY. 02:39.793 --> 02:42.060 GREEK NAVY. AND IN 1999, AFTER NEARLY 60 02:42.062 --> 02:44.196 AND IN 1999, AFTER NEARLY 60 YEARS OF SERVICE AROUND THE 02:44.198 --> 02:45.630 YEARS OF SERVICE AROUND THE WORLD, SHE WAS NEARING THE END 02:45.632 --> 02:47.299 WORLD, SHE WAS NEARING THE END OF HER LIFE. 02:47.301 --> 02:49.033 OF HER LIFE. >> IT WAS READY FOR THE 02:49.035 --> 02:49.367 >> IT WAS READY FOR THE SCRAPYARD. 02:49.369 --> 02:50.602 SCRAPYARD. THAT'S WHAT THE GREEK NAVY WAS 02:50.604 --> 02:51.469 THAT'S WHAT THE GREEK NAVY WAS GOING TO DO WITH IT. 02:51.471 --> 02:53.071 GOING TO DO WITH IT. THEY WERE GOING TO SCRAP THIS. 02:53.073 --> 02:56.041 THEY WERE GOING TO SCRAP THIS. >> AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, IT'S 02:56.043 --> 02:56.575 >> AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, IT'S UNDERSTANDING WHY. 02:56.577 --> 02:59.344 UNDERSTANDING WHY. >> NOTHING WORKED ON THIS SHIP. 02:59.346 --> 03:00.879 >> NOTHING WORKED ON THIS SHIP. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 03:00.881 --> 03:03.081 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS CAME TO GREASE TO 03:03.083 --> 03:04.783 INDIVIDUALS CAME TO GREASE TO WORK ON THIS BUT IT WAS QUITE A 03:04.785 --> 03:05.283 WORK ON THIS BUT IT WAS QUITE A FEW. 03:05.285 --> 03:06.484 FEW. >> THEY CAME TO WORK AND THEY 03:06.486 --> 03:09.621 >> THEY CAME TO WORK AND THEY CAME TO BRING LST-325, PURCHASED 03:09.623 --> 03:12.257 CAME TO BRING LST-325, PURCHASED FROM THE GREEK NAVY FOR $1, HOME 03:12.259 --> 03:13.392 FROM THE GREEK NAVY FOR $1, HOME TO THE UNITED STATES. 03:13.394 --> 03:17.462 TO THE UNITED STATES. >> THEY'D COME AND THEY'D GO AND 03:17.464 --> 03:19.231 >> THEY'D COME AND THEY'D GO AND THEN IN THE END THERE WERE 28 03:19.233 --> 03:21.600 THEN IN THE END THERE WERE 28 MEN THAT MADE THE JOURNEY TO THE 03:21.602 --> 03:24.035 MEN THAT MADE THE JOURNEY TO THE UNITED STATES. 03:24.037 --> 03:26.505 UNITED STATES. NORMALLY THE SHIP HAD A CREW 03:26.507 --> 03:28.507 NORMALLY THE SHIP HAD A CREW OF -- BACK IN WORLD WAR II 03:28.509 --> 03:31.309 OF -- BACK IN WORLD WAR II BETWEEN 110 AND 115 CREW MEMBERS 03:31.311 --> 03:32.177 BETWEEN 110 AND 115 CREW MEMBERS PLUS SEVEN OFFICERS. 03:32.179 --> 03:35.280 PLUS SEVEN OFFICERS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT 28 MEN DID 03:35.282 --> 03:37.316 SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT 28 MEN DID BY THEMSELVES, AND THEY WERE ALL 03:37.318 --> 03:38.884 BY THEMSELVES, AND THEY WERE ALL SENIOR CITIZENS. 03:38.886 --> 03:41.086 SENIOR CITIZENS. IT WAS QUITE A FEAT. 03:41.088 --> 03:43.655 IT WAS QUITE A FEAT. >> SHE MADE A PROLONGED STOP FOR 03:43.657 --> 03:46.124 >> SHE MADE A PROLONGED STOP FOR REPAIRS IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, THEN 03:46.126 --> 03:50.629 REPAIRS IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, THEN IN 2005LST-325 WAS SAILED TO 03:50.631 --> 03:52.163 IN 2005LST-325 WAS SAILED TO EVANSVILLE, HER NEW HOME PORT. 03:52.165 --> 03:53.432 EVANSVILLE, HER NEW HOME PORT. AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS MOST 03:53.434 --> 03:55.366 AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS MOST CERTAINLY A DAY FOR CELEBRATION, 03:55.368 --> 03:57.068 CERTAINLY A DAY FOR CELEBRATION, IT WAS ALSO THE BEGINNING OF A 03:57.070 --> 04:00.672 IT WAS ALSO THE BEGINNING OF A LOT OF WORK FOR A LOT OF 04:00.674 --> 04:03.108 LOT OF WORK FOR A LOT OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. 04:03.110 --> 04:03.675 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. [HORN] 04:03.677 --> 04:06.511 [HORN] >> TO RESTORE IT TO ITS FORMER 04:06.513 --> 04:08.714 >> TO RESTORE IT TO ITS FORMER GLORY IS STILL A WORK IN 04:08.716 --> 04:10.982 GLORY IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE. 04:10.984 --> 04:13.752 PROGRESS AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE. EVERYTHING YOU SEE HAS BEEN 04:13.754 --> 04:15.586 EVERYTHING YOU SEE HAS BEEN RESTORED HE IN SOME WAY OR 04:15.588 --> 04:15.854 RESTORED HE IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. 04:15.856 --> 04:18.123 ANOTHER. BE IT A PIECE OF PLATING CUT OUT 04:18.125 --> 04:22.160 BE IT A PIECE OF PLATING CUT OUT THAT'S BEEN RUSTED AWAY, IT BE 04:22.162 --> 04:22.427 THAT'S BEEN RUSTED AWAY, IT BE PAINTED. 04:22.429 --> 04:23.761 PAINTED. THE LIST GOES ON. 04:23.763 --> 04:25.130 THE LIST GOES ON. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK ON THIS 04:25.132 --> 04:27.165 EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK ON THIS SHIP, SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE TO 04:27.167 --> 04:29.000 SHIP, SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RESTORE IT. 04:29.002 --> 04:31.903 RESTORE IT. OR TO MAKE IT LOOK AS IT DID 04:31.905 --> 04:35.440 OR TO MAKE IT LOOK AS IT DID BACK IN THE DAYS IT WAS BUILT. 04:35.442 --> 04:37.409 BACK IN THE DAYS IT WAS BUILT. EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE DOWN IN 04:37.411 --> 04:40.412 EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE DOWN IN THIS ROOM IS FULLY OPERATIONAL. 04:40.414 --> 04:44.115 THIS ROOM IS FULLY OPERATIONAL. THIS IS THE MACHINERY WE USE, 04:44.117 --> 04:45.784 THIS IS THE MACHINERY WE USE, THE ENGINES WE USED WHEN WE 04:45.786 --> 04:47.953 THE ENGINES WE USED WHEN WE SAILED THE SHIP. 04:47.955 --> 04:49.487 SAILED THE SHIP. THROUGH THIS HATCH WE'LL BE 04:49.489 --> 04:53.591 THROUGH THIS HATCH WE'LL BE GOING INTO THE AUXILIARY ENGINE 04:53.593 --> 04:53.891 GOING INTO THE AUXILIARY ENGINE ROOM. 04:53.893 --> 04:55.327 ROOM. THIS IS WHERE THE SHIP'S 04:55.329 --> 04:55.761 THIS IS WHERE THE SHIP'S GENERATORS ARE. 04:55.763 --> 04:59.731 GENERATORS ARE. THIS IS THE SHIP'S ELECTRICAL 04:59.733 --> 05:00.832 THIS IS THE SHIP'S ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION PANEL. 05:00.834 --> 05:02.434 DISTRIBUTION PANEL. SOME SAILORS ALSO REFERRED TO IT 05:02.436 --> 05:05.170 SOME SAILORS ALSO REFERRED TO IT AS THE FRANKENSTEIN BOARD. 05:05.172 --> 05:07.305 AS THE FRANKENSTEIN BOARD. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NO HAND 05:07.307 --> 05:07.673 AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NO HAND PROTECTION. 05:07.675 --> 05:11.142 PROTECTION. IF A SALOR IN A ROUGH SEA 05:11.144 --> 05:12.344 IF A SALOR IN A ROUGH SEA SLIPPED, FELL, REACHED IN HERE 05:12.346 --> 05:14.112 SLIPPED, FELL, REACHED IN HERE TO GRAB SOMETHING TO STEADY 05:14.114 --> 05:16.448 TO GRAB SOMETHING TO STEADY HIMSELF, WEE GET ELECTROCUTED. 05:16.450 --> 05:20.185 HIMSELF, WEE GET ELECTROCUTED. THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR 05:20.187 --> 05:22.854 THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING GOES, IS JUST TO KEEP 05:22.856 --> 05:25.457 FUNDING GOES, IS JUST TO KEEP THIS SHIP SEAWORTHY AND BE ABLE 05:25.459 --> 05:27.693 THIS SHIP SEAWORTHY AND BE ABLE TO SAIL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. 05:27.695 --> 05:32.764 TO SAIL UNDER ITS OWN POWER. IT'S A NEVER-ENDING PROGRAM, AND 05:32.766 --> 05:34.165 IT'S A NEVER-ENDING PROGRAM, AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND 05:34.167 --> 05:37.602 THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS HAVE GONE 05:37.604 --> 05:38.270 THOUSANDS OF HOURS HAVE GONE INTO THIS. 05:38.272 --> 05:39.971 INTO THIS. >> BUT THE WORK DOESN'T END IN 05:39.973 --> 05:40.905 >> BUT THE WORK DOESN'T END IN THE ENGINE ROOM. 05:40.907 --> 05:43.307 THE ENGINE ROOM. ONE OF THE LST'S MOST UNIQUE 05:43.309 --> 05:44.876 ONE OF THE LST'S MOST UNIQUE FEATURES IS ALSO ONE OF ITS MOST 05:44.878 --> 05:46.978 FEATURES IS ALSO ONE OF ITS MOST DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN. 05:46.980 --> 05:48.480 DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN. >> WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT 05:48.482 --> 05:51.616 >> WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW, THIS IS CALLED THE BOW 05:51.618 --> 05:51.916 NOW, THIS IS CALLED THE BOW RAMP. 05:51.918 --> 05:55.053 RAMP. THIS IS WHERE VEHICLES WOULD 05:55.055 --> 05:58.690 THIS IS WHERE VEHICLES WOULD ENTER AND EXIT DURING AN 05:58.692 --> 05:59.457 ENTER AND EXIT DURING AN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING. 05:59.459 --> 06:01.025 AMPHIBIOUS LANDING. WHEN THE RAMP IS CLOSED, THAT 06:01.027 --> 06:03.461 WHEN THE RAMP IS CLOSED, THAT MAKES THE WATER-TIGHT SEAL. 06:03.463 --> 06:05.563 MAKES THE WATER-TIGHT SEAL. YOU CAN SEE THE GASKET THERE. 06:05.565 --> 06:07.198 YOU CAN SEE THE GASKET THERE. THEY BRING THE RAMP UP, THEY DOG 06:07.200 --> 06:09.901 THEY BRING THE RAMP UP, THEY DOG IT DOWN, AND THEN THEY CLOSE THE 06:09.903 --> 06:10.201 IT DOWN, AND THEN THEY CLOSE THE DOORS. 06:10.203 --> 06:11.970 DOORS. >> AND JUST BEHIND THE BOW RAMP 06:11.972 --> 06:13.771 >> AND JUST BEHIND THE BOW RAMP IS THE TANK DECK. 06:13.773 --> 06:16.241 IS THE TANK DECK. >> THIS IS THE MAIN REASON FOR 06:16.243 --> 06:18.976 >> THIS IS THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS SHIP BEING BUILT RIGHT 06:18.978 --> 06:19.277 THIS SHIP BEING BUILT RIGHT HERE. 06:19.279 --> 06:23.148 HERE. THIS DECK IS 30 FEET WIDE BY 288 06:23.150 --> 06:23.815 THIS DECK IS 30 FEET WIDE BY 288 FEET LONG. 06:23.817 --> 06:28.352 FEET LONG. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE 20 SHERMAN 06:28.354 --> 06:31.723 IT WILL ACCOMMODATE 20 SHERMAN TANKS IN TWO ROWS OF 10. 06:31.725 --> 06:33.425 TANKS IN TWO ROWS OF 10. THEY ALSO HAD VEHICLES UP ON THE 06:33.427 --> 06:35.260 THEY ALSO HAD VEHICLES UP ON THE MAIN DECK, AND THE WAY THEY GOT 06:35.262 --> 06:37.095 MAIN DECK, AND THE WAY THEY GOT THOSE UP THERE IS ABOVE US IS 06:37.097 --> 06:39.531 THOSE UP THERE IS ABOVE US IS THE SHIP'S ELEVATOR. 06:39.533 --> 06:41.132 THE SHIP'S ELEVATOR. VEHICLES WOULD COME IN, THEY 06:41.134 --> 06:42.267 VEHICLES WOULD COME IN, THEY WOULD DRIVE IT -- THEY WOULD 06:42.269 --> 06:45.937 WOULD DRIVE IT -- THEY WOULD DRIVE IT UP ON THE ELEVATOR AND 06:45.939 --> 06:47.372 DRIVE IT UP ON THE ELEVATOR AND TO -- UNTIL EVENTUALLY THE MAIN 06:47.374 --> 06:48.239 TO -- UNTIL EVENTUALLY THE MAIN DECK WAS FULL. 06:48.241 --> 06:49.808 DECK WAS FULL. THEN THEY WOULD START LOADING 06:49.810 --> 06:50.709 THEN THEY WOULD START LOADING THIS DECK. 06:50.711 --> 06:54.012 THIS DECK. >> TODAY LST-325'S DECKS ARE 06:54.014 --> 06:55.780 >> TODAY LST-325'S DECKS ARE FILLED WITH TOURISTS RS NOT 06:55.782 --> 06:56.148 FILLED WITH TOURISTS RS NOT TANKS. 06:56.150 --> 06:57.148 TANKS. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS INSTEAD 06:57.150 --> 06:58.750 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS INSTEAD OF MILITARY CARGO. 06:58.752 --> 07:00.952 OF MILITARY CARGO. BUT SHE STILL HAS A MISSION. 07:00.954 --> 07:04.656 BUT SHE STILL HAS A MISSION. >> OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE 07:04.658 --> 07:06.458 >> OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC BY TAKING THE SHIP TO 07:06.460 --> 07:07.458 PUBLIC BY TAKING THE SHIP TO DIFFERENT PORTS. 07:07.460 --> 07:09.394 DIFFERENT PORTS. THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE FUNDING 07:09.396 --> 07:12.930 THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE FUNDING TO KEEP THE SHIP OPERATIONAL. 07:12.932 --> 07:15.032 TO KEEP THE SHIP OPERATIONAL. >> WE MIGHT BE GONE FOR A MONTH, 07:15.034 --> 07:16.601 >> WE MIGHT BE GONE FOR A MONTH, STOP AT FOUR DIFFERENT CITIES 07:16.603 --> 07:18.336 STOP AT FOUR DIFFERENT CITIES AND PUT 40,000 PEOPLE THROUGH 07:18.338 --> 07:22.274 AND PUT 40,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THIS SHIP IN A MONTH'S TIME. 07:22.276 --> 07:26.811 THIS SHIP IN A MONTH'S TIME. THERE WERE 1051 OF THESE BUILT 07:26.813 --> 07:28.079 THERE WERE 1051 OF THESE BUILT BACK DURING WORLD WAR II. 07:28.081 --> 07:30.748 BACK DURING WORLD WAR II. THIS IS THE LAST SURVIVING FULLY 07:30.750 --> 07:33.285 THIS IS THE LAST SURVIVING FULLY OPERATIONAL LST IN THE UNITED 07:33.287 --> 07:36.654 OPERATIONAL LST IN THE UNITED STATES AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD. 07:36.656 --> 07:38.656 STATES AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD. THIS SHIP IS MILITARY CORRECT, 07:38.658 --> 07:41.893 THIS SHIP IS MILITARY CORRECT, AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S FULLY 07:41.895 --> 07:42.293 AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL. 07:42.295 --> 07:44.295 OPERATIONAL. WE SAIL THE SHIP EVERY YEAR. 07:44.297 --> 07:48.433 WE SAIL THE SHIP EVERY YEAR. >> THE HISTORY OF THAT IS -- 07:48.435 --> 07:50.067 >> THE HISTORY OF THAT IS -- WHEN YOU DWELL ON IT, YOU CAN 07:50.069 --> 07:52.070 WHEN YOU DWELL ON IT, YOU CAN GET TEARY-EYED. 07:52.072 --> 07:55.073 GET TEARY-EYED. YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT 07:55.075 --> 07:56.608 YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LANDED ON NORMANDY FROM THIS 07:56.610 --> 07:59.110 LANDED ON NORMANDY FROM THIS SHIP AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR 07:59.112 --> 08:02.179 SHIP AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 08:02.181 --> 08:03.881 THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE STANDING ON THE 08:03.883 --> 08:05.350 RIGHT NOW WE'RE STANDING ON THE DECK OF HISTORY. 08:05.352 --> 08:11.623 DECK OF HISTORY. THIS IS HISTORY. 08:11.625 --> 08:15.060 THIS IS HISTORY. >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO VISIT THE 08:15.062 --> 08:16.461 >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO VISIT THE LST-325 YOURSELF OR JUST GET 08:16.463 --> 08:20.031 LST-325 YOURSELF OR JUST GET MORE INFORMATION VISIT 08:20.033 --> 08:20.598 MORE INFORMATION VISIT LSTMEMORIAL.ORG. 08:20.600 --> 08:22.600 LSTMEMORIAL.ORG. >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THESE TRIPS 08:22.602 --> 08:24.669 >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THESE TRIPS ARE THESE NATIONAL REALLY BIG 08:24.671 --> 08:26.003 ARE THESE NATIONAL REALLY BIG IMPORTANT HISTORY LESSONS THAT 08:26.005 --> 08:27.104 IMPORTANT HISTORY LESSONS THAT COME ALIVE IN INDIANA. 08:27.106 --> 08:28.039 COME ALIVE IN INDIANA. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW 08:28.041 --> 08:31.543 >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT EVANSVILLE WAS A BIG 08:31.545 --> 08:33.078 THIS, BUT EVANSVILLE WAS A BIG TRANSPORTATION HUB BEFORE AND 08:33.080 --> 08:33.645 TRANSPORTATION HUB BEFORE AND DURING WORLD WAR II. 08:33.647 --> 08:35.146 DURING WORLD WAR II. >> WELL, THAT TAKES US TO OUR 08:35.148 --> 08:37.615 >> WELL, THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT STEP, A VISIT TO THE 08:37.617 --> 08:38.516 NEXT STEP, A VISIT TO THE EVANSVILLE TRANSPORTATION 08:38.518 --> 08:38.783 EVANSVILLE TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM. 08:38.785 --> 08:41.786 MUSEUM. >> WALKING ALONG THE EVANSVILLE 08:41.788 --> 08:43.655 >> WALKING ALONG THE EVANSVILLE RIVERFRONT YOU MIGHT HEAR THE 08:43.657 --> 08:45.690 RIVERFRONT YOU MIGHT HEAR THE CLANGING OF AN OLD RAILROAD CAR. 08:45.692 --> 08:48.326 CLANGING OF AN OLD RAILROAD CAR. NO, IT'S NOT THE SOUND OF AN ON 08:48.328 --> 08:49.694 NO, IT'S NOT THE SOUND OF AN ON COMING TRAIN BUT THE FUN TAKING 08:49.696 --> 08:50.829 COMING TRAIN BUT THE FUN TAKING PLACE AT THE TRANSPORTATION 08:50.831 --> 08:51.228 PLACE AT THE TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM. 08:51.230 --> 08:53.899 MUSEUM. >> THE OHIO RIVER IS A MAJOR 08:53.901 --> 08:55.634 >> THE OHIO RIVER IS A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR RIVER 08:55.636 --> 08:57.702 TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR RIVER TRAFFIC AND EVANSVILLE WAS A BIG 08:57.704 --> 09:00.105 TRAFFIC AND EVANSVILLE WAS A BIG STOP FOR BARGES ALONG THE OHIO 09:00.107 --> 09:03.675 STOP FOR BARGES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER, AND SO THAT MEANS TRAIN 09:03.677 --> 09:04.675 RIVER, AND SO THAT MEANS TRAIN TRAFFIC -- MADE TRAIN TRAFFIC 09:04.677 --> 09:06.210 TRAFFIC -- MADE TRAIN TRAFFIC VERY IMPORTANT IN THE EVANSVILLE 09:06.212 --> 09:06.511 VERY IMPORTANT IN THE EVANSVILLE AREA. 09:06.513 --> 09:08.012 AREA. ALL THE TRANSPORTATION HERE IS 09:08.014 --> 09:10.849 ALL THE TRANSPORTATION HERE IS ROOTED IN EVANSVILLE HISTORY, SO 09:10.851 --> 09:12.651 ROOTED IN EVANSVILLE HISTORY, SO THEY WERE EITHER MANUFACTURED IN 09:12.653 --> 09:14.118 THEY WERE EITHER MANUFACTURED IN EVANSVILLE OR USED BY SOMEONE OR 09:14.120 --> 09:17.288 EVANSVILLE OR USED BY SOMEONE OR SOME DEPARTMENT HERE IN 09:17.290 --> 09:17.722 SOME DEPARTMENT HERE IN EVANSVILLE. 09:17.724 --> 09:18.623 EVANSVILLE. WE HAVE SOME EARLY 09:18.625 --> 09:19.457 WE HAVE SOME EARLY TRANSPORTATION HISTORY HERE WITH 09:19.459 --> 09:21.760 TRANSPORTATION HISTORY HERE WITH THE 1880s FUNERAL CAR WHICH 09:21.762 --> 09:24.062 THE 1880s FUNERAL CAR WHICH WAS USED BY A LOCAL FUNERAL 09:24.064 --> 09:26.798 WAS USED BY A LOCAL FUNERAL HOME, ALONG WITH A STEAM FIRE 09:26.800 --> 09:28.733 HOME, ALONG WITH A STEAM FIRE PUMP THAT WAS USED BY OUR LOCAL 09:28.735 --> 09:29.634 PUMP THAT WAS USED BY OUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. 09:29.636 --> 09:37.275 FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A GREAT 1908 O60 STEAM 09:37.277 --> 09:37.576 WE HAVE A GREAT 1908 O60 STEAM SWITCH. 09:37.578 --> 09:39.110 SWITCH. IT STABDZ FOR THE WHEELS IT HAS. 09:39.112 --> 09:40.845 IT STABDZ FOR THE WHEELS IT HAS. SO THERE ARE SIX WHEELS IN THE 09:40.847 --> 09:42.146 SO THERE ARE SIX WHEELS IN THE CENTER, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL 09:42.148 --> 09:43.782 CENTER, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR THIS TYPE OF TRAIN AT THAT 09:43.784 --> 09:44.082 FOR THIS TYPE OF TRAIN AT THAT TIME. 09:44.084 --> 09:46.050 TIME. AND IT WAS A STEAM ENGINE. 09:46.052 --> 09:47.752 AND IT WAS A STEAM ENGINE. SO IT WAS COAL-FIRED. 09:47.754 --> 09:49.454 SO IT WAS COAL-FIRED. THEY WOULD SCOOP COAL IN AND THE 09:49.456 --> 09:51.122 THEY WOULD SCOOP COAL IN AND THE FIRE WOULD PRODUCE STEAM, AND 09:51.124 --> 09:52.623 FIRE WOULD PRODUCE STEAM, AND THAT WOULD GET THE ENGINE GOING. 09:52.625 --> 09:54.626 THAT WOULD GET THE ENGINE GOING. WE HAVE A 1926 CLUB CAR. 09:54.628 --> 09:57.596 WE HAVE A 1926 CLUB CAR. AND THIS CLUB CAR IS SPECIAL TO 09:57.598 --> 09:58.262 AND THIS CLUB CAR IS SPECIAL TO US. 09:58.264 --> 10:00.031 US. EISENHOWER USED IT TO CAMPAIGN 10:00.033 --> 10:02.533 EISENHOWER USED IT TO CAMPAIGN FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 10:02.535 --> 10:04.302 FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND THEN LADYBIRD JOHNSON USED 10:04.304 --> 10:05.936 AND THEN LADYBIRD JOHNSON USED IT WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS RUNNING 10:05.938 --> 10:06.637 IT WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. 10:06.639 --> 10:08.506 FOR PRESIDENT. SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL CAR ALSO. 10:08.508 --> 10:10.808 SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL CAR ALSO. AND IT'S BEEN RESTORED TO LOOK 10:10.810 --> 10:12.243 AND IT'S BEEN RESTORED TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE IT DID WHEN EYES 10:12.245 --> 10:13.577 EXACTLY LIKE IT DID WHEN EYES UNHOUR WAS USING IT. 10:13.579 --> 10:16.614 UNHOUR WAS USING IT. AND THEN WE HAVE A 1900-ERA 10:16.616 --> 10:16.881 AND THEN WE HAVE A 1900-ERA CABOOSE. 10:16.883 --> 10:18.583 CABOOSE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET ON THE 10:18.585 --> 10:19.884 YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET ON THE STEAM ENGINE, THE CLUB CAR AND 10:19.886 --> 10:21.719 STEAM ENGINE, THE CLUB CAR AND THE CABOOSE AND EXPLORE THEM. 10:21.721 --> 10:23.554 THE CABOOSE AND EXPLORE THEM. >> SO WHETHER IT'S TO VISIT A 10:23.556 --> 10:25.323 >> SO WHETHER IT'S TO VISIT A PIECE OF HISTORY OR STOP NEXT 10:25.325 --> 10:28.025 PIECE OF HISTORY OR STOP NEXT DOOR TO EXPLORE CLASSIC ART AND 10:28.027 --> 10:29.360 DOOR TO EXPLORE CLASSIC ART AND INTERACTIVE SCIENCE THE 10:29.362 --> 10:30.161 INTERACTIVE SCIENCE THE EVANSVILLE MUSEUM HAS SOMETHING 10:30.163 --> 10:34.632 EVANSVILLE MUSEUM HAS SOMETHING FOR EACH FAMILY MEMBER TO ENJOY. 10:34.634 --> 10:38.169 FOR EACH FAMILY MEMBER TO ENJOY. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT 10:38.171 --> 10:40.338 FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT EMUSEUM.ORG. 10:40.340 --> 10:47.011 >> SO FROM ONE SECTION OF EVANSVILLE HISTORY TO ANOTHER 10:47.013 --> 10:49.714 EVANSVILLE HISTORY TO ANOTHER WE'RE HERE WITH MATT WHO IS WITH 10:49.716 --> 10:51.016 WE'RE HERE WITH MATT WHO IS WITH THE WRIGHT HOME MUSEUM. 10:51.018 --> 10:53.184 THE WRIGHT HOME MUSEUM. TELL US ABOUT THE WRIGHTS FAMILY 10:53.186 --> 10:54.519 TELL US ABOUT THE WRIGHTS FAMILY HISTORY HISTORY. 10:54.521 --> 10:56.221 HISTORY HISTORY. >> THE WRIGHTS FAMILY NAME IS 10:56.223 --> 10:58.255 >> THE WRIGHTS FAMILY NAME IS WELL-KNOWN TO PEOPLE IN 10:58.257 --> 11:00.225 WELL-KNOWN TO PEOPLE IN EVANSVILLE WAS OF THE FAMILY'S 11:00.227 --> 11:01.993 EVANSVILLE WAS OF THE FAMILY'S PHILANTHROPY DURING THE 1930s. 11:01.995 --> 11:04.996 PHILANTHROPY DURING THE 1930s. JOHN AUGUSTUS AND GERTRUDE 11:04.998 --> 11:06.731 JOHN AUGUSTUS AND GERTRUDE WRIGHTS IMMIGRATED HERE FROM 11:06.733 --> 11:07.098 WRIGHTS IMMIGRATED HERE FROM PRUSSIA. 11:07.100 --> 11:08.800 PRUSSIA. THEY ENDED UP HAVING A LUMBER 11:08.802 --> 11:10.468 THEY ENDED UP HAVING A LUMBER BUSINESS WHICH AT ONE TIME 11:10.470 --> 11:11.969 BUSINESS WHICH AT ONE TIME PRODUCED MORE FEET OF LUMBER 11:11.971 --> 11:14.105 PRODUCED MORE FEET OF LUMBER THAN ANY LUMBER MILL IN THE 11:14.107 --> 11:14.673 THAN ANY LUMBER MILL IN THE UNITED STATES. 11:14.675 --> 11:15.773 UNITED STATES. >> WHAT YEAR DID THEY PURCHASE 11:15.775 --> 11:16.508 >> WHAT YEAR DID THEY PURCHASE THIS HOME? 11:16.510 --> 11:18.876 THIS HOME? >> THIS HOUSE, THEY BUILT IT IN 11:18.878 --> 11:19.844 >> THIS HOUSE, THEY BUILT IT IN 1870 RIGHT AT THE END OF THE 11:19.846 --> 11:20.611 1870 RIGHT AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR. 11:20.613 --> 11:22.413 CIVIL WAR. THEY BUILT THIS HOUSE AND MOVED 11:22.415 --> 11:23.815 THEY BUILT THIS HOUSE AND MOVED HERE WITH 8 OF THEIR 10 CHILDREN 11:23.817 --> 11:25.750 HERE WITH 8 OF THEIR 10 CHILDREN IN 1871. 11:25.752 --> 11:27.585 IN 1871. THIS HOUSE IS AN EXCELLENT 11:27.587 --> 11:29.120 THIS HOUSE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE FRENCH SECOND 11:29.122 --> 11:30.521 EXAMPLE OF THE FRENCH SECOND EMPIRE STYLE HERE IN THE UNITED 11:30.523 --> 11:31.923 EMPIRE STYLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT'S A STYLE THAT 11:31.925 --> 11:34.359 STATES, AND THAT'S A STYLE THAT WAS VERY POPULAR AT THE END OF 11:34.361 --> 11:36.027 WAS VERY POPULAR AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, DISTINGUISHED 11:36.029 --> 11:37.695 THE CIVIL WAR, DISTINGUISHED ESPECIALLY BY THE MAN SAWRD ROOF 11:37.697 --> 11:39.764 ESPECIALLY BY THE MAN SAWRD ROOF WHICH IS THE STEEP PART OF THE 11:39.766 --> 11:42.434 WHICH IS THE STEEP PART OF THE ROOF ON THE HE CA EXTERIOR OF TE 11:42.436 --> 11:44.002 ROOF ON THE HE CA EXTERIOR OF TE BUILDING THAT HAS THE SLATE 11:44.004 --> 11:44.669 BUILDING THAT HAS THE SLATE ROOFING ON IT. 11:44.671 --> 11:46.771 ROOFING ON IT. I AM POSITIVE THAT THE RIVERSIDE 11:46.773 --> 11:48.272 I AM POSITIVE THAT THE RIVERSIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS THE FINEST 11:48.274 --> 11:49.841 HISTORIC DISTRICT IS THE FINEST HISTORIC DISTRICT IN THE STATE 11:49.843 --> 11:51.142 HISTORIC DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. 11:51.144 --> 11:53.745 OF INDIANA. THE WRIGHTS HOME IS PERFECTLY 11:53.747 --> 11:54.112 THE WRIGHTS HOME IS PERFECTLY INTACT. 11:54.114 --> 11:55.613 INTACT. IT WAS NEVER DIVIDED UP INTO 11:55.615 --> 11:56.614 IT WAS NEVER DIVIDED UP INTO APARTMENTS OR SOMETHING AND 11:56.616 --> 11:57.649 APARTMENTS OR SOMETHING AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT 11:57.651 --> 11:59.451 THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT EVERYTHING HERE IS IN SUCH 11:59.453 --> 12:00.151 EVERYTHING HERE IS IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION. 12:00.153 --> 12:02.520 PRISTINE CONDITION. THE LAST OF THE WRIGHTS FAMILY 12:02.522 --> 12:04.789 THE LAST OF THE WRIGHTS FAMILY LIVED IN THIS HOME. 12:04.791 --> 12:06.157 LIVED IN THIS HOME. CHRISTINA WRIGHTS, SHE DIED HERE 12:06.159 --> 12:07.859 CHRISTINA WRIGHTS, SHE DIED HERE IN 1931 AND AT THAT TIME THE 12:07.861 --> 12:11.495 IN 1931 AND AT THAT TIME THE HOUSE WAS INHERITED BY NIECES 12:11.497 --> 12:13.864 HOUSE WAS INHERITED BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND THEY GIFTED THE 12:13.866 --> 12:16.200 AND NEPHEWS AND THEY GIFTED THE PROPERTY TO THE DIOCESE OF 12:16.202 --> 12:18.202 PROPERTY TO THE DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE. 12:18.204 --> 12:21.072 EVANSVILLE. BISHOP GRIMELS MAN LIVED HERE 12:21.074 --> 12:22.706 BISHOP GRIMELS MAN LIVED HERE UNTIL HIS DEATH. 12:22.708 --> 12:24.242 UNTIL HIS DEATH. AT THAT TIME THE CATHOLIC 12:24.244 --> 12:25.443 AT THAT TIME THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE DECIDED TO MAKE A GIFTED 12:25.445 --> 12:27.345 DIOCESE DECIDED TO MAKE A GIFTED TO THE WRIGHTS HOME PRESERVATION 12:27.347 --> 12:28.780 TO THE WRIGHTS HOME PRESERVATION SOCIETY, WHICH WAS FORMED TO 12:28.782 --> 12:31.349 SOCIETY, WHICH WAS FORMED TO PRESERVE THE HOUSE AND ITS 12:31.351 --> 12:34.052 PRESERVE THE HOUSE AND ITS CONTENTS FOR A MUSEUM, FOR 12:34.054 --> 12:34.486 CONTENTS FOR A MUSEUM, FOR HISTORY EDUCATION. 12:34.488 --> 12:36.620 HISTORY EDUCATION. >> ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS FROM THE 12:36.622 --> 12:36.888 >> ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS FROM THE GET-GO. 12:36.890 --> 12:37.822 GET-GO. TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE 12:37.824 --> 12:38.756 TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HOUSE. 12:38.758 --> 12:41.493 HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HOUSE. >> GREAT CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO 12:41.495 --> 12:43.094 >> GREAT CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO RESTORE MANY OF THESE 12:43.096 --> 12:44.061 RESTORE MANY OF THESE HAND-PAINTED CEILINGS THAT ARE 12:44.063 --> 12:44.996 HAND-PAINTED CEILINGS THAT ARE HERE IN THIS HOUSE. 12:44.998 --> 12:48.833 HERE IN THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE A GREAT COLLECTION OF 12:48.835 --> 12:50.668 WE HAVE A GREAT COLLECTION OF FURNISHINGS FROM THE VICTORIAN 12:50.670 --> 12:51.435 FURNISHINGS FROM THE VICTORIAN PERIOD. 12:51.437 --> 12:52.637 PERIOD. MANY OF THE FURNISHINGS WE HAVE 12:52.639 --> 12:55.006 MANY OF THE FURNISHINGS WE HAVE HERE IN THE HOUSE ARE ORIGINAL 12:55.008 --> 12:56.341 HERE IN THE HOUSE ARE ORIGINAL PIECES THAT BELONGED TO THE 12:56.343 --> 12:58.143 PIECES THAT BELONGED TO THE WRIGHTS FAMILY, COLLECTIONS OF 12:58.145 --> 12:59.544 WRIGHTS FAMILY, COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS AND DECORATIVE ARTS 12:59.546 --> 13:01.146 PAINTINGS AND DECORATIVE ARTS FROM THE 19th CENTURY, 13:01.148 --> 13:05.449 FROM THE 19th CENTURY, INCLUDING PORCELAIN AND GLASS 13:05.451 --> 13:07.118 INCLUDING PORCELAIN AND GLASS PEP RARE WOODS FROM ALL OVER THE 13:07.120 --> 13:08.820 PEP RARE WOODS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT THE WRIGHTS FAMILY 13:08.822 --> 13:09.787 WORLD THAT THE WRIGHTS FAMILY HAD ACCESS TO BECAUSE THEY WERE 13:09.789 --> 13:11.122 HAD ACCESS TO BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE LUMBER BUSINESS. 13:11.124 --> 13:12.523 IN THE LUMBER BUSINESS. >> AND IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO 13:12.525 --> 13:13.825 >> AND IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION, TRAVEL 13:13.827 --> 13:16.161 GET MORE INFORMATION, TRAVEL DOWN HERE FOR A MUSEUM TOUR, HOW 13:16.163 --> 13:18.263 DOWN HERE FOR A MUSEUM TOUR, HOW CAN THEY GET THAT INFORMATION? 13:18.265 --> 13:20.265 CAN THEY GET THAT INFORMATION? >> PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE. 13:20.267 --> 13:21.699 >> PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE. I THINK YOU'LL FIND EVERYTHING 13:21.701 --> 13:23.134 I THINK YOU'LL FIND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO PLAN A 13:23.136 --> 13:23.500 THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO PLAN A VISIT. 13:23.502 --> 13:24.735 VISIT. >> MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 13:24.737 --> 13:26.537 >> MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION AND FOR THE 13:26.539 --> 13:26.838 ALL THE INFORMATION AND FOR THE TOUR. 13:26.840 --> 13:28.072 TOUR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CHECKING IT 13:28.074 --> 13:29.740 WE LOOK FORWARD TO CHECKING IT OUT SOME MORE THROUGHOUT THE 13:29.742 --> 13:30.475 OUT SOME MORE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 13:30.477 --> 13:32.810 DAY. AND THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, AS YOU'VE 13:32.812 --> 13:34.779 AND THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, AS YOU'VE SHOWN US IS ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL 13:34.781 --> 13:36.147 SHOWN US IS ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL IN THIS HOUSE. 13:36.149 --> 13:37.448 IN THIS HOUSE. WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER STORY 13:37.450 --> 13:39.417 WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER STORY WITH A LITTLE MORE MODERN DAY 13:39.419 --> 13:41.052 WITH A LITTLE MORE MODERN DAY TWIST TO CRAFTSMANSHIP. 13:41.054 --> 13:44.221 TWIST TO CRAFTSMANSHIP. LET'S CHECK OUT A GUITAR MAKER. 13:44.223 --> 13:47.191 LET'S CHECK OUT A GUITAR MAKER. >> WHAT STARTED ME OFF WITH 13:47.193 --> 13:49.126 >> WHAT STARTED ME OFF WITH WANTING TO BUILD GUITARS WAS 13:49.128 --> 13:50.427 WANTING TO BUILD GUITARS WAS BASICALLY BY DISSATISFACTION 13:50.429 --> 13:52.397 BASICALLY BY DISSATISFACTION WITH FACTORY-MADE GUITARS. 13:52.399 --> 13:53.998 WITH FACTORY-MADE GUITARS. I FOUND THAT THEY WERE LIMITING 13:54.000 --> 13:55.566 I FOUND THAT THEY WERE LIMITING IN THE SOUNDS THAT YOU COULD GET 13:55.568 --> 13:56.668 IN THE SOUNDS THAT YOU COULD GET OUT OF THAT. 13:56.670 --> 14:01.272 OUT OF THAT. SOMEONE TOLD ME ABOUT ROBERTO 14:01.274 --> 14:03.708 SOMEONE TOLD ME ABOUT ROBERTO VENN SCHOOL OF LUTHERY AND WHEN 14:03.710 --> 14:05.342 VENN SCHOOL OF LUTHERY AND WHEN I WALKED IN I SAW PEOPLE OF MY 14:05.344 --> 14:07.144 I WALKED IN I SAW PEOPLE OF MY AGE MAKING THESE GUITARS AND I 14:07.146 --> 14:09.214 AGE MAKING THESE GUITARS AND I WAS JUST FLOORED, AND I SAID TO 14:09.216 --> 14:10.181 WAS JUST FLOORED, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, I HAVE TO DO THIS. 14:10.183 --> 14:13.384 MYSELF, I HAVE TO DO THIS. IF THEY CAN DO IT, CAN I DO IT. 14:13.386 --> 14:14.919 IF THEY CAN DO IT, CAN I DO IT. LIKE WITH ARCHITECTURE, A 14:14.921 --> 14:16.454 LIKE WITH ARCHITECTURE, A BUILDING IS A BUILDING, A 14:16.456 --> 14:18.856 BUILDING IS A BUILDING, A STRUCTURE IS A STRUCTURE, AND 14:18.858 --> 14:21.025 STRUCTURE IS A STRUCTURE, AND WITH GUITARS, A GUITAR IS A 14:21.027 --> 14:21.359 WITH GUITARS, A GUITAR IS A GUITAR. 14:21.361 --> 14:22.826 GUITAR. I BASICALLY MAKE GUITARS THAT I 14:22.828 --> 14:24.395 I BASICALLY MAKE GUITARS THAT I WANT TO PLAY AND THEN HOPEFULLY 14:24.397 --> 14:25.829 WANT TO PLAY AND THEN HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO PLAY 14:25.831 --> 14:28.832 SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO PLAY THEM, TOO. 14:28.834 --> 14:32.303 THEM, TOO. ONE LUTHIER'S INSTINCTS ARE 14:32.305 --> 14:33.537 ONE LUTHIER'S INSTINCTS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT 14:33.539 --> 14:34.372 GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER. 14:34.374 --> 14:36.140 THAN ANOTHER. THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT GUITAR 14:36.142 --> 14:37.074 THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT GUITAR MAKING, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE 14:37.076 --> 14:39.377 MAKING, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO BUILD AN INSTRUMENT, AND 14:39.379 --> 14:41.879 WAY TO BUILD AN INSTRUMENT, AND THAT ALL HAS TO DO WITH FEEL AND 14:41.881 --> 14:44.816 THAT ALL HAS TO DO WITH FEEL AND YOUR HEARING AND A LOT OF IT 14:44.818 --> 14:46.284 YOUR HEARING AND A LOT OF IT SOMETIMES -- I'LL PICK UP A 14:46.286 --> 14:49.320 SOMETIMES -- I'LL PICK UP A PIECE OF WOOD AND JUST TAP ON 14:49.322 --> 14:49.787 PIECE OF WOOD AND JUST TAP ON IT. 14:49.789 --> 14:51.055 IT. BASICALLY YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT 14:51.057 --> 14:52.557 BASICALLY YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE WOODS ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE 14:52.559 --> 14:55.927 HE WOODS ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE TONE THAN OTHER WOODS AND, FOR 14:55.929 --> 14:57.495 TONE THAN OTHER WOODS AND, FOR INSTANCE, MAPLE IS GOING TO HAVE 14:57.497 --> 14:59.997 INSTANCE, MAPLE IS GOING TO HAVE A NICE LONG SUSTAIN BUT A LOT OF 14:59.999 --> 15:02.600 A NICE LONG SUSTAIN BUT A LOT OF TREBLE IN THERE, WHEREAS 15:02.602 --> 15:04.402 TREBLE IN THERE, WHEREAS MAHOGANY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AS 15:04.404 --> 15:06.104 MAHOGANY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH SUSTAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE 15:06.106 --> 15:06.370 MUCH SUSTAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE WARM. 15:06.372 --> 15:07.839 WARM. THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO GIVE YOU 15:07.841 --> 15:08.406 THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO GIVE YOU DIFFERENT SOUNDS. 15:08.408 --> 15:10.041 DIFFERENT SOUNDS. THE THING TO DO IS JUST TO BUILD 15:10.043 --> 15:12.510 THE THING TO DO IS JUST TO BUILD AND TRY OUT ALL THOSE 15:12.512 --> 15:14.646 AND TRY OUT ALL THOSE COMBINATIONS AND FIND TOUT WHICH 15:14.648 --> 15:16.914 COMBINATIONS AND FIND TOUT WHICH ONE -- WHICH COMBINATION HAS THE 15:16.916 --> 15:21.719 ONE -- WHICH COMBINATION HAS THE BEST RESPONSE OVERALL. 15:21.721 --> 15:24.656 BEST RESPONSE OVERALL. I DO TRY TO GIVE EACH GUITAR ITS 15:24.658 --> 15:25.657 I DO TRY TO GIVE EACH GUITAR ITS OWN PERSONALITY. 15:25.659 --> 15:27.224 OWN PERSONALITY. NO TWO GUITARS ARE THE SAME. 15:27.226 --> 15:28.993 NO TWO GUITARS ARE THE SAME. I MIGHT SEE AN IMAGE. 15:28.995 --> 15:31.629 I MIGHT SEE AN IMAGE. I MIGHT JUST BE DOODLING YOU 15:31.631 --> 15:31.929 I MIGHT JUST BE DOODLING YOU KNOW. 15:31.931 --> 15:33.398 KNOW. WHILE THAT'S A GREAT SHAPE, I 15:33.400 --> 15:34.999 WHILE THAT'S A GREAT SHAPE, I NEEDED TO USE THAT AS AN INLAY 15:35.001 --> 15:36.233 NEEDED TO USE THAT AS AN INLAY ON THE GUITAR. 15:36.235 --> 15:39.036 ON THE GUITAR. I MIGHT SEE A GUITAR SHAPE THAT 15:39.038 --> 15:40.972 I MIGHT SEE A GUITAR SHAPE THAT WAS MANUFACTURED AT A FACTORY 15:40.974 --> 15:43.307 WAS MANUFACTURED AT A FACTORY AND I CAN IMPROVE UPON THAT. 15:43.309 --> 15:45.109 AND I CAN IMPROVE UPON THAT. IT'S JUST BY EXPERIMENTING AND 15:45.111 --> 15:49.180 IT'S JUST BY EXPERIMENTING AND TRYING NEW THINGS WITH EVERY 15:49.182 --> 15:50.247 TRYING NEW THINGS WITH EVERY GUITAR. 15:50.249 --> 15:53.284 GUITAR. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF 15:53.286 --> 15:56.454 ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF MAKING A GUITAR IS WHEN I HAVE A 15:56.456 --> 15:58.255 MAKING A GUITAR IS WHEN I HAVE A PERFECT -- AS FAR AS HUMANLY 15:58.257 --> 16:01.059 PERFECT -- AS FAR AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE 16:01.061 --> 16:03.127 POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE 64th, WHEN A SET LINES UP AND 16:03.129 --> 16:06.097 64th, WHEN A SET LINES UP AND YOU HAVE NO GAPS ON THAT JOINT, 16:06.099 --> 16:07.565 YOU HAVE NO GAPS ON THAT JOINT, THEN YOU KNOW THAT THAT GUITAR 16:07.567 --> 16:10.168 THEN YOU KNOW THAT THAT GUITAR IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS. 16:10.170 --> 16:12.102 IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS. WITHOUT THIS CONCEPT IN YOUR 16:12.104 --> 16:13.838 WITHOUT THIS CONCEPT IN YOUR BRAIN, AND EXECUTED ONTO PAPER, 16:13.840 --> 16:15.339 BRAIN, AND EXECUTED ONTO PAPER, AND NOW BECOMES THE PHYSICAL 16:15.341 --> 16:17.975 AND NOW BECOMES THE PHYSICAL ACTUAL LIKE A LIVING THING, AND 16:17.977 --> 16:20.478 ACTUAL LIKE A LIVING THING, AND WHEN YOU PULL IT OFF, IT'S LIKE 16:20.480 --> 16:22.480 WHEN YOU PULL IT OFF, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE THAT MUCH FURTHER ALONG, 16:22.482 --> 16:24.215 YOU'RE THAT MUCH FURTHER ALONG, I GUESS, IN YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY 16:24.217 --> 16:25.482 I GUESS, IN YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY IF YOU WILL. 16:25.484 --> 16:28.252 IF YOU WILL. YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT FEELING 16:28.254 --> 16:30.421 YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT FEELING OF SATISFACTION AND 16:30.423 --> 16:30.855 OF SATISFACTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENT. 16:30.857 --> 16:32.489 ACCOMPLISHMENT. WITH EACH -- NOT ONLY WITH EACH 16:32.491 --> 16:34.691 WITH EACH -- NOT ONLY WITH EACH GUITAR, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL 16:34.693 --> 16:34.959 GUITAR, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL TASK. 16:34.961 --> 16:36.327 TASK. I PUT BONDING ON PERFECT. 16:36.329 --> 16:38.229 I PUT BONDING ON PERFECT. I CUT THAT FRET SLOT PERFECT. 16:38.231 --> 16:39.897 I CUT THAT FRET SLOT PERFECT. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU 16:39.899 --> 16:41.598 YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PULL SOMETHING OFF FOR THE FIRST 16:41.600 --> 16:43.400 PULL SOMETHING OFF FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU WEREN'T SURE 16:43.402 --> 16:44.936 TIME THAT YOU WEREN'T SURE WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO WORK OR 16:44.938 --> 16:46.237 WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO WORK OR HOW IT WAS GOING TO SOUND, AND 16:46.239 --> 16:47.672 HOW IT WAS GOING TO SOUND, AND THEN IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL AND 16:47.674 --> 16:51.008 THEN IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL AND YOU'RE LIKE, AH, YOU KNOW, AND 16:51.010 --> 16:53.110 YOU'RE LIKE, AH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT'S EVEN BETTER WHEN 16:53.112 --> 16:54.611 THEN IT'S EVEN BETTER WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE GOES AH, YES. 16:54.613 --> 16:57.248 EVERYBODY ELSE GOES AH, YES. YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOURNEY OF 16:57.250 --> 16:57.715 YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOURNEY OF SELF-AWARENESS. 16:57.717 --> 16:59.917 SELF-AWARENESS. IT'S -- IT'S A COSMIC JOURNEY. 16:59.919 --> 17:03.687 IT'S -- IT'S A COSMIC JOURNEY. IT'S LIKE ZEN. 17:03.689 --> 17:04.856 IT'S LIKE ZEN. WHILE CAN I DESCRIBE IT IN A 17:04.858 --> 17:06.023 WHILE CAN I DESCRIBE IT IN A THOUSAND WORDS, YOU HAVE TO GO 17:06.025 --> 17:07.257 THOUSAND WORDS, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT YOURSELF IN ORDER TO 17:07.259 --> 17:17.068 THROUGH IT YOURSELF IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. 17:17.070 --> 17:19.337 KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING US AT THE 17:19.339 --> 17:20.238 >> THANKS FOR HAVING US AT THE HILLTOP RESTAURANT IN 17:20.240 --> 17:20.904 HILLTOP RESTAURANT IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. 17:20.906 --> 17:22.139 EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. I HEAR ONE OF THE OLDEST 17:22.141 --> 17:24.308 I HEAR ONE OF THE OLDEST RESTAURANTS, IF NOT THE OLDEST 17:24.310 --> 17:25.443 RESTAURANTS, IF NOT THE OLDEST RESTAURANT IN EVANSVILLE. 17:25.445 --> 17:27.578 RESTAURANT IN EVANSVILLE. >> I GUESS WE ARE THE OLDEST 17:27.580 --> 17:29.547 >> I GUESS WE ARE THE OLDEST RESTAURANT IN EVANSVILLE, SINCE 17:29.549 --> 17:31.549 RESTAURANT IN EVANSVILLE, SINCE 1839, AND A GREAT HISTORY. 17:31.551 --> 17:32.583 1839, AND A GREAT HISTORY. TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS 17:32.585 --> 17:34.718 TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THIS POINT AT 17:34.720 --> 17:35.253 THAT HAPPENED AT THIS POINT AT THIS PLACE. 17:35.255 --> 17:37.789 THIS PLACE. >> IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A 17:37.791 --> 17:38.422 >> IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A STAGECOACH STOP. 17:38.424 --> 17:39.757 STAGECOACH STOP. THE SITE WE'RE STANDING ON WAS 17:39.759 --> 17:41.058 THE SITE WE'RE STANDING ON WAS THE GENERAL STORE FEED STORE. 17:41.060 --> 17:43.026 THE GENERAL STORE FEED STORE. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OVER WAS 17:43.028 --> 17:45.096 ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OVER WAS THE SALOON, THE DINING ROOM FOR 17:45.098 --> 17:46.397 THE SALOON, THE DINING ROOM FOR THE TRAVELERS, THE SECOND AND 17:46.399 --> 17:47.665 THE TRAVELERS, THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS WERE THE ROOMS FOR 17:47.667 --> 17:49.100 THIRD FLOORS WERE THE ROOMS FOR THE TRAVELERS. 17:49.102 --> 17:50.834 THE TRAVELERS. >> AND I ALSO HEAR THERE'S 17:50.836 --> 17:52.904 >> AND I ALSO HEAR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT 17:52.906 --> 17:53.971 SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, SPECIAL, THAT YOU 17:53.973 --> 17:55.072 DIFFERENT, SPECIAL, THAT YOU SERVE THAT I NEVER HEARD 17:55.074 --> 17:55.473 SERVE THAT I NEVER HEARD ANYWHERE ELSE. 17:55.475 --> 17:57.341 ANYWHERE ELSE. YOU HAVE A SPECIAL SANDWICH. 17:57.343 --> 17:58.375 YOU HAVE A SPECIAL SANDWICH. >> YES, WE DO. 17:58.377 --> 18:00.878 >> YES, WE DO. WITH THE JUMBO BRAIN SANDWICH. 18:00.880 --> 18:03.181 WITH THE JUMBO BRAIN SANDWICH. >> BRAIN SANDWICH. 18:03.183 --> 18:04.682 >> BRAIN SANDWICH. AND WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? 18:04.684 --> 18:06.950 AND WHERE DID THIS COME FROM? >> JUST OLD GERMAN RECIPE. 18:06.952 --> 18:09.653 >> JUST OLD GERMAN RECIPE. AT ONE POINT WE WERE USING THE 18:09.655 --> 18:11.589 AT ONE POINT WE WERE USING THE BEEF BRAIN, AND THEN AFTER THE 18:11.591 --> 18:13.223 BEEF BRAIN, AND THEN AFTER THE MAD COW INCIDENT THEY PULLED 18:13.225 --> 18:14.058 MAD COW INCIDENT THEY PULLED THOSE FROM THE MARKET. 18:14.060 --> 18:15.726 THOSE FROM THE MARKET. SO THEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE 18:15.728 --> 18:16.260 SO THEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE PORK BRAINS. 18:16.262 --> 18:18.462 PORK BRAINS. >> AND PEOPLE ORDER THIS AND 18:18.464 --> 18:19.830 >> AND PEOPLE ORDER THIS AND ENJOY THE BRAIN SANDWICH? 18:19.832 --> 18:20.664 ENJOY THE BRAIN SANDWICH? >> ABSOLUTELY. 18:20.666 --> 18:22.867 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND THEY COME FROM ALL 18:22.869 --> 18:23.233 >> AND THEY COME FROM ALL POAFER? 18:23.235 --> 18:26.470 POAFER? >> ALL OVER, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN. 18:26.472 --> 18:27.271 >> ALL OVER, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN. >> AMAZING. 18:27.273 --> 18:29.339 >> AMAZING. BUT YOU'VE BEEN EATING BRAIN 18:29.341 --> 18:30.340 BUT YOU'VE BEEN EATING BRAIN SANDWICHES ALL YOUR LIFE? 18:30.342 --> 18:32.576 SANDWICHES ALL YOUR LIFE? >> I HAVE BEEN EATING BRAINS ALL 18:32.578 --> 18:33.111 >> I HAVE BEEN EATING BRAINS ALL MY LIFE. 18:33.113 --> 18:36.280 MY LIFE. I NEVER HAD A BRAIN SAND WIMP 18:36.282 --> 18:37.147 I NEVER HAD A BRAIN SAND WIMP UNTIL I WAS TEENAGER. 18:37.149 --> 18:39.283 UNTIL I WAS TEENAGER. I GREW UP WITH SCRAMBLED EGGS 18:39.285 --> 18:41.385 I GREW UP WITH SCRAMBLED EGGS AND BRAINS, WHICH WAS MY 18:41.387 --> 18:43.020 AND BRAINS, WHICH WAS MY FAVORITE BREAKFAST BECAUSE I 18:43.022 --> 18:44.588 FAVORITE BREAKFAST BECAUSE I SISTERS WOULDN'T TOUCH THEM SO I 18:44.590 --> 18:45.189 SISTERS WOULDN'T TOUCH THEM SO I GOT EXTRA. 18:45.191 --> 18:46.824 GOT EXTRA. >> PAM IS SITTING OVER THERE AND 18:46.826 --> 18:48.392 >> PAM IS SITTING OVER THERE AND SHE'S DYING TO HAVE A BRAIN 18:48.394 --> 18:48.726 SHE'S DYING TO HAVE A BRAIN SANDWICH. 18:48.728 --> 18:50.527 SANDWICH. I WOULD LOVE TO TRY ONE. 18:50.529 --> 18:51.195 I WOULD LOVE TO TRY ONE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 18:51.197 --> 18:52.829 WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK YOU SHOULD GO FOR IT. 18:52.831 --> 18:53.931 >> I THINK YOU SHOULD GO FOR IT. >> LET'S DO IT. 18:53.933 --> 18:54.698 >> LET'S DO IT. >> ALL RIGHT. 18:54.700 --> 18:56.400 >> ALL RIGHT. >> HERE IT COMES. 18:56.402 --> 18:57.168 >> HERE IT COMES. >> ALL RIGHT. 18:57.170 --> 18:58.001 >> ALL RIGHT. >> WE ARE GO. 18:58.003 --> 19:01.305 >> WE ARE GO. >> HERE WE WE GO, JOE, PAM. 19:01.307 --> 19:02.606 >> HERE WE WE GO, JOE, PAM. >> LOOK AT THAT, PAM. 19:02.608 --> 19:03.474 >> LOOK AT THAT, PAM. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 19:03.476 --> 19:06.343 WHAT DO YOU THINK? HERE, YOU TAKE THIS HALF. 19:06.345 --> 19:07.945 HERE, YOU TAKE THIS HALF. I'LL TRY THIS ONE. 19:07.947 --> 19:11.382 I'LL TRY THIS ONE. OH, IT'S STILL WARM. 19:11.384 --> 19:20.123 OH, IT'S STILL WARM. HUH, YOU SEE THAT? 19:20.125 --> 19:23.261 HUH, YOU SEE THAT? OH, IT'S NOT BAD AT ALL. 19:23.263 --> 19:24.127 OH, IT'S NOT BAD AT ALL. NO, IT'S -- 19:24.129 --> 19:25.829 NO, IT'S -- >> VERY EGGY. 19:25.831 --> 19:27.198 >> VERY EGGY. >> AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S 19:27.200 --> 19:27.598 >> AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S PRESIDENTED. 19:27.600 --> 19:29.266 PRESIDENTED. >> YES. 19:29.268 --> 19:30.635 >> YES. >> NOT BAD. 19:30.637 --> 19:31.902 >> NOT BAD. I LIKE IT. 19:31.904 --> 19:32.903 I LIKE IT. WELL, THIS IS REALLY GOOD. 19:32.905 --> 19:34.071 WELL, THIS IS REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME 19:34.073 --> 19:34.805 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 19:34.807 --> 19:36.307 TODAY. >> APPRECIATE Y'ALL STOPPING IN. 19:36.309 --> 19:36.807 >> APPRECIATE Y'ALL STOPPING IN. THANK YOU. 19:36.809 --> 19:38.876 THANK YOU. >> WOW, WE FINISHED -- WHILE WE 19:38.878 --> 19:40.411 >> WOW, WE FINISHED -- WHILE WE FINISH OUR BRAIN SANDWICHES 19:40.413 --> 19:41.445 FINISH OUR BRAIN SANDWICHES WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER 19:41.447 --> 19:42.446 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER PLACE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY 19:42.448 --> 19:44.048 PLACE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO SERVE THESE BUT THINGS 19:44.050 --> 19:46.116 GOING TO SERVE THESE BUT THINGS MORE LIKE HAMBURGERS AND 19:46.118 --> 19:46.850 MORE LIKE HAMBURGERS AND HOTDOGS. 19:46.852 --> 19:48.385 HOTDOGS. >> THANK YOU. 19:48.387 --> 19:52.956 >> THANK YOU. ¶ 19:52.958 --> 20:00.865 >> IT'S OPENING DAY FOR BASEBALL, AND EXCITEMENT DRIFTS 20:00.867 --> 20:01.766 BASEBALL, AND EXCITEMENT DRIFTS THROUGH THE AIR LIKE THE SMELL 20:01.768 --> 20:04.101 THROUGH THE AIR LIKE THE SMELL OF HOTDOGS AND HAMBURGERS 20:04.103 --> 20:05.802 OF HOTDOGS AND HAMBURGERS SIZZLING ON A GRILL. 20:05.804 --> 20:07.004 SIZZLING ON A GRILL. DROVES OF PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH 20:07.006 --> 20:09.140 DROVES OF PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THE TURNSTYLES ARE ANXIOUS TO 20:09.142 --> 20:12.142 THE TURNSTYLES ARE ANXIOUS TO GET INSIDE THE HALLOWED GROUND 20:12.144 --> 20:13.877 GET INSIDE THE HALLOWED GROUND OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME. 20:13.879 --> 20:15.946 OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE PASTIME. THE CRACK OF THE BAT PROCLAIMS 20:15.948 --> 20:18.549 THE CRACK OF THE BAT PROCLAIMS SUMMER HAS ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN 20:18.551 --> 20:21.118 SUMMER HAS ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WHERE BALL TEAMS BOAST 20:21.120 --> 20:23.187 INDIANA WHERE BALL TEAMS BOAST NOSTALGIC PARKS, OLD-TIME 20:23.189 --> 20:24.622 NOSTALGIC PARKS, OLD-TIME BASEBALL PARKS ARE A RARITY AS 20:24.624 --> 20:27.558 BASEBALL PARKS ARE A RARITY AS THEY MAKE WAY TO CORPORATE 20:27.560 --> 20:29.426 THEY MAKE WAY TO CORPORATE SUITES, JUMBOTRON SCOREBOARDS 20:29.428 --> 20:31.862 SUITES, JUMBOTRON SCOREBOARDS AND LARGE CONCOURSES, BUT NOT IN 20:31.864 --> 20:32.230 AND LARGE CONCOURSES, BUT NOT IN EVANSVILLE. 20:32.232 --> 20:34.265 EVANSVILLE. ONLY TWO PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL 20:34.267 --> 20:36.367 ONLY TWO PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PARKS ARE OLDER, WRIGLEY FIELD 20:36.369 --> 20:39.070 PARKS ARE OLDER, WRIGLEY FIELD IN CHICAGO AND FENWAY PARK IN 20:39.072 --> 20:39.436 IN CHICAGO AND FENWAY PARK IN BOSTON. 20:39.438 --> 20:40.738 BOSTON. IT'S PART OF THE CHARM THAT 20:40.740 --> 20:44.174 IT'S PART OF THE CHARM THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TO THE GAMES. 20:44.176 --> 20:46.743 DRAWS PEOPLE TO THE GAMES. >> EVERY NIGHT YOU TREAT LIKE 20:46.745 --> 20:47.944 >> EVERY NIGHT YOU TREAT LIKE OPENING NIGHT. 20:47.946 --> 20:50.381 OPENING NIGHT. IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE'S FIRST TIME 20:50.383 --> 20:50.748 IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE'S FIRST TIME COMING. 20:50.750 --> 20:51.816 COMING. YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE THE BEST 20:51.818 --> 20:52.449 YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE THE BEST TIME POSSIBLE. 20:52.451 --> 20:56.020 TIME POSSIBLE. I LIKE TO SAY WE'RE CREATING 20:56.022 --> 20:56.687 I LIKE TO SAY WE'RE CREATING MEMORIES. 20:56.689 --> 20:58.289 MEMORIES. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, IS 20:58.291 --> 21:00.190 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, IS MAKING SURE SOMEONE NOT ONLY HAS 21:00.192 --> 21:01.558 MAKING SURE SOMEONE NOT ONLY HAS AN ENJOYABLE TIME BUT WILL WANT 21:01.560 --> 21:02.526 AN ENJOYABLE TIME BUT WILL WANT TO COME BACK AGAIN OPINION. 21:02.528 --> 21:04.996 TO COME BACK AGAIN OPINION. >> THE EVESTVILLE OUGHTERS PLAY 21:04.998 --> 21:07.231 >> THE EVESTVILLE OUGHTERS PLAY IN THE FRONTIER LEAGUE, A LEAGUE 21:07.233 --> 21:09.433 IN THE FRONTIER LEAGUE, A LEAGUE THAT STARTED IN 1993 WL EIGHT 21:09.435 --> 21:11.669 THAT STARTED IN 1993 WL EIGHT TEAMS NOW HAS GROWN TO 12 21:11.671 --> 21:13.837 TEAMS NOW HAS GROWN TO 12 DRAWING ALMOST 1.5 MILLION FANS 21:13.839 --> 21:15.038 DRAWING ALMOST 1.5 MILLION FANS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. 21:15.040 --> 21:17.208 ACROSS THE MIDWEST. >> I JUST LIKE BASEBALL, AND 21:17.210 --> 21:20.778 >> I JUST LIKE BASEBALL, AND THEY DO GOOD HERE, AND THEY HAVE 21:20.780 --> 21:22.112 THEY DO GOOD HERE, AND THEY HAVE A NICE BALLPARK. 21:22.114 --> 21:23.981 A NICE BALLPARK. >> I TELL EVERYONE IT'S LIKE 21:23.983 --> 21:24.782 >> I TELL EVERYONE IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE MOVIES. 21:24.784 --> 21:26.183 GOING TO THE MOVIES. YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME FROM THE 21:26.185 --> 21:27.584 YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME FROM THE TIME YOU GET HERE TO THE TIME 21:27.586 --> 21:28.085 TIME YOU GET HERE TO THE TIME YOU LEAVE. 21:28.087 --> 21:29.453 YOU LEAVE. >> AFTER THE GAME THE KIDS CAN 21:29.455 --> 21:32.790 >> AFTER THE GAME THE KIDS CAN RUN THE BASES, MEET THE PLAYERS. 21:32.792 --> 21:35.026 RUN THE BASES, MEET THE PLAYERS. IT'S JUST A REALLY 21:35.028 --> 21:35.926 IT'S JUST A REALLY FAMILY-FREDGEDLY ATMOSPHERE AS 21:35.928 --> 21:36.193 FAMILY-FREDGEDLY ATMOSPHERE AS WELL. 21:36.195 --> 21:37.661 WELL. YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WORRY 21:37.663 --> 21:39.063 YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LANGUAGE OR WHAT YOUR 21:39.065 --> 21:41.998 ABOUT LANGUAGE OR WHAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE SEEING, AND YOU 21:42.000 --> 21:43.668 CHILDREN WILL BE SEEING, AND YOU WON'T SPEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY ON 21:43.670 --> 21:45.302 WON'T SPEND ALL OF YOUR MONEY ON FOOD AND TICKETS. 21:45.304 --> 21:48.005 FOOD AND TICKETS. >> THE SAME CAN BE SAID IN 21:48.007 --> 21:49.639 >> THE SAME CAN BE SAID IN HUNTINGBERG ABOUT SEVEN MILES 21:49.641 --> 21:52.710 HUNTINGBERG ABOUT SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF JASPER WHERE THE DO BOY 21:52.712 --> 21:53.744 SOUTH OF JASPER WHERE THE DO BOY COUNTY BOMBERS PLAY. 21:53.746 --> 21:55.946 COUNTY BOMBERS PLAY. THEY ARE PART OF THE NEW 21:55.948 --> 21:58.449 THEY ARE PART OF THE NEW LEIVE-TEAM PRAW -- 11-TEAM 21:58.451 --> 21:59.183 LEIVE-TEAM PRAW -- 11-TEAM PROSPECT LEAGUE. 21:59.185 --> 22:01.385 PROSPECT LEAGUE. THEY HOPE TO BE THE ELITE WOODEN 22:01.387 --> 22:02.719 THEY HOPE TO BE THE ELITE WOODEN BAT SUMMER BASEBALL LEAGUE IN 22:02.721 --> 22:03.720 BAT SUMMER BASEBALL LEAGUE IN THE NATION. 22:03.722 --> 22:05.356 THE NATION. >> BASICALLY COME OUT HERE TO 22:05.358 --> 22:07.524 >> BASICALLY COME OUT HERE TO PROVE TO PRO SCOUTS, PEOPLE AT 22:07.526 --> 22:08.793 PROVE TO PRO SCOUTS, PEOPLE AT THE NEXT LEVEL THAT THEY CAN HIT 22:08.795 --> 22:10.761 THE NEXT LEVEL THAT THEY CAN HIT OR PITCHER WITH A WOOD BAT. 22:10.763 --> 22:12.329 OR PITCHER WITH A WOOD BAT. WHEN THEY GET HERE IN THE SUMMER 22:12.331 --> 22:13.831 WHEN THEY GET HERE IN THE SUMMER THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THEIR GOAL. 22:13.833 --> 22:16.266 THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THEIR GOAL. >> JAY SAYS MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS 22:16.268 --> 22:18.969 >> JAY SAYS MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS SUCH AS THE THE BOMBERS FEEL THE 22:18.971 --> 22:19.937 SUCH AS THE THE BOMBERS FEEL THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF THE AILING 22:19.939 --> 22:20.337 RIPPLE EFFECT OF THE AILING ECONOMY. 22:20.339 --> 22:22.006 ECONOMY. >> WE FEEL LIKE THE ECONOMY HAS 22:22.008 --> 22:23.674 >> WE FEEL LIKE THE ECONOMY HAS ACTUALLY HELPED US TO AN EXTENT 22:23.676 --> 22:25.242 ACTUALLY HELPED US TO AN EXTENT BECAUSE THERE'S LESS PEOPLE 22:25.244 --> 22:26.744 BECAUSE THERE'S LESS PEOPLE TRAVELING TO THE MARKETS AROUND 22:26.746 --> 22:28.812 TRAVELING TO THE MARKETS AROUND HERE, THE CINCINNATI REDS, THE 22:28.814 --> 22:30.481 HERE, THE CINCINNATI REDS, THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ON TRIPS 22:30.483 --> 22:31.849 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ON TRIPS LIKE THAT TO SEE BASEBALL. 22:31.851 --> 22:33.350 LIKE THAT TO SEE BASEBALL. MORE PEOPLE REALLY STAYING AT 22:33.352 --> 22:36.153 MORE PEOPLE REALLY STAYING AT HOME IN THE AREA TO SEE LOCAL 22:36.155 --> 22:38.022 HOME IN THE AREA TO SEE LOCAL BASEBALL AND ALSO ENJOY THE KIND 22:38.024 --> 22:41.192 BASEBALL AND ALSO ENJOY THE KIND MUCH UNIQUE SETUP AND KIND OF 22:41.194 --> 22:42.760 MUCH UNIQUE SETUP AND KIND OF THE NOSTALGIC ATMOSPHERE THAT WE 22:42.762 --> 22:43.294 THE NOSTALGIC ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAVE HERE. 22:43.296 --> 22:45.262 HAVE HERE. >> THE BOMBERS PLAY AT LEAGUE 22:45.264 --> 22:47.064 >> THE BOMBERS PLAY AT LEAGUE STADIUM, ANOTHER HISTORIC 22:47.066 --> 22:47.731 STADIUM, ANOTHER HISTORIC BALLPARK. 22:47.733 --> 22:49.066 BALLPARK. STEPPING INSIDE HERE FEELS LIKE 22:49.068 --> 22:52.136 STEPPING INSIDE HERE FEELS LIKE TAKING A LEAP BACK IN TIME, A 22:52.138 --> 22:54.739 TAKING A LEAP BACK IN TIME, A PERFECT SETTING FOR A MOVE EVE. 22:54.741 --> 22:58.242 PERFECT SETTING FOR A MOVE EVE. >> PENNY MARSHALL AND MEL GROOM 22:58.244 --> 22:59.777 >> PENNY MARSHALL AND MEL GROOM SHOWED UP ONE DAY. 22:59.779 --> 23:01.312 SHOWED UP ONE DAY. I KNEW THEY WERE COMING. 23:01.314 --> 23:03.581 I KNEW THEY WERE COMING. I COULDN'T TELL ANYONE. 23:03.583 --> 23:05.683 I COULDN'T TELL ANYONE. PENNY MARSHALL HAD A BALL CAP 23:05.685 --> 23:06.383 PENNY MARSHALL HAD A BALL CAP ON. 23:06.385 --> 23:07.151 ON. CASUALLY DRESSED. 23:07.153 --> 23:08.352 CASUALLY DRESSED. THEN THEY LET US KNOW ABOUT A 23:08.354 --> 23:09.587 THEN THEY LET US KNOW ABOUT A WEEK LATER THEY WANTED TO LOOK 23:09.589 --> 23:11.055 WEEK LATER THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS AREA AS A SITE. 23:11.057 --> 23:13.023 AT THIS AREA AS A SITE. >> THE ORIGINAL BALL FIELD AND 23:13.025 --> 23:14.324 >> THE ORIGINAL BALL FIELD AND GRANDSTAND WERE RENOVATED AND 23:14.326 --> 23:16.560 GRANDSTAND WERE RENOVATED AND EXPANDED IN 1991 BY COLUMBIA 23:16.562 --> 23:18.328 EXPANDED IN 1991 BY COLUMBIA PICTURES FOR THE FILMING OF THE 23:18.330 --> 23:27.971 PICTURES FOR THE FILMING OF THE MOVIE "A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN." 23:27.973 --> 23:38.548 >> MOVIE STARS ARE JUST LIKE US. TOM HANKS WAS -- WE PLAYED CATCH 23:38.550 --> 23:39.082 TOM HANKS WAS -- WE PLAYED CATCH AT NIGHT. 23:39.084 --> 23:42.319 AT NIGHT. HE JUST -- WEE COME AND TALK TO 23:42.321 --> 23:42.586 HE JUST -- WEE COME AND TALK TO HIM. 23:42.588 --> 23:43.721 HIM. DIDN'T PUT ON ANY AIRS. 23:43.723 --> 23:45.222 DIDN'T PUT ON ANY AIRS. JUST A NORMAL GUY THAT HAPPENS 23:45.224 --> 23:46.456 JUST A NORMAL GUY THAT HAPPENS TO BE A BIG MOVIE STAR. 23:46.458 --> 23:48.359 TO BE A BIG MOVIE STAR. WE HAVE TOURISTS EVERY DAY 23:48.361 --> 23:50.094 WE HAVE TOURISTS EVERY DAY DURING THE SUMMERTIME COME IN 23:50.096 --> 23:52.729 DURING THE SUMMERTIME COME IN JUST WANT TO SEE THE SIGNS, GET 23:52.731 --> 23:53.964 JUST WANT TO SEE THE SIGNS, GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN. 23:53.966 --> 23:56.700 THEIR PICTURE TAKEN. >> HE THEY ALSO SHOT ON LOCATION 23:56.702 --> 23:58.668 >> HE THEY ALSO SHOT ON LOCATION IN EVANSVILLE WHERE PART OF THE 23:58.670 --> 24:00.036 IN EVANSVILLE WHERE PART OF THE MOVIE SET PAINTINGS ARE STILL 24:00.038 --> 24:00.271 MOVIE SET PAINTINGS ARE STILL THERE. 24:00.273 --> 24:01.572 THERE. BUT IT'S THE INTIMACY OF THE 24:01.574 --> 24:03.440 BUT IT'S THE INTIMACY OF THE GAME THAT KEEPS FANS IN THE 24:03.442 --> 24:03.740 GAME THAT KEEPS FANS IN THE SEATS. 24:03.742 --> 24:05.876 SEATS. THE PLAYERS DON'T TAKE THAT FOR 24:05.878 --> 24:06.743 THE PLAYERS DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, EITHER. 24:06.745 --> 24:08.579 GRANTED, EITHER. >> WE'RE RUNNING AROUND WORKING 24:08.581 --> 24:08.879 >> WE'RE RUNNING AROUND WORKING HARD. 24:08.881 --> 24:11.715 HARD. THAT'S WHY -- YEAH, IT'S -- AS 24:11.717 --> 24:13.416 THAT'S WHY -- YEAH, IT'S -- AS REDUNDANT AS IT GETS OVER AND 24:13.418 --> 24:15.619 REDUNDANT AS IT GETS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, MY DAD'S IN 24:15.621 --> 24:17.120 OVER AND OVER AGAIN, MY DAD'S IN AN OFFICE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. 24:17.122 --> 24:18.656 AN OFFICE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN WHAT 24:18.658 --> 24:19.857 THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN WHAT I GET TO DO EVERY DAY. 24:19.859 --> 24:22.826 I GET TO DO EVERY DAY. >> SEAN THOMPSON IS IN HIS FIRST 24:22.828 --> 24:24.761 >> SEAN THOMPSON IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR PITCHING FOR THE OTTERS. 24:24.763 --> 24:27.698 YEAR PITCHING FOR THE OTTERS. HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE SAN DIEGO 24:27.700 --> 24:29.667 HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE SAN DIEGO PADRES IN 2002 AND SPENT TIME 24:29.669 --> 24:31.702 PADRES IN 2002 AND SPENT TIME WITH THE ROYALS AND ROCKIES 24:31.704 --> 24:33.437 WITH THE ROYALS AND ROCKIES BEFORE SIGNING TO PLAY IN 24:33.439 --> 24:34.104 BEFORE SIGNING TO PLAY IN EVANSVILLE. 24:34.106 --> 24:35.706 EVANSVILLE. >> I LIKE TO WIN. 24:35.708 --> 24:37.875 >> I LIKE TO WIN. THERE'S TOO MANY GUYS, I HAVE' 24:37.877 --> 24:39.610 THERE'S TOO MANY GUYS, I HAVE' MADE SO MANY LIFELONG FRIENDS 24:39.612 --> 24:41.378 MADE SO MANY LIFELONG FRIENDS BEING HERE, AND I MET THESE GUYS 24:41.380 --> 24:42.513 BEING HERE, AND I MET THESE GUYS TWO WEEKS AGO. 24:42.515 --> 24:44.582 TWO WEEKS AGO. THAT'S HOW EASY IT CAN BE ON A 24:44.584 --> 24:45.316 THAT'S HOW EASY IT CAN BE ON A BASEBALL FIELD. 24:45.318 --> 24:47.017 BASEBALL FIELD. TO SEE KIDS THAT EXCITED ABOUT A 24:47.019 --> 24:48.518 TO SEE KIDS THAT EXCITED ABOUT A BASEBALL GAME, IT HELPS ME WAKE 24:48.520 --> 24:49.219 BASEBALL GAME, IT HELPS ME WAKE UP EVERY MORNING. 24:49.221 --> 24:50.855 UP EVERY MORNING. THAT'S WHY I LIKE SUNDAYS, 24:50.857 --> 24:52.389 THAT'S WHY I LIKE SUNDAYS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE DAY GAMES, 24:52.391 --> 24:53.057 BECAUSE THOSE ARE DAY GAMES, KIDS DAY. 24:53.059 --> 24:55.759 KIDS DAY. THEY COME OUT SCREAMING, HAVING 24:55.761 --> 24:56.192 THEY COME OUT SCREAMING, HAVING FUN. 24:56.194 --> 24:57.761 FUN. >> WHAT A GREAT TRIP TO 24:57.763 --> 24:58.162 >> WHAT A GREAT TRIP TO EVANSVILLE. 24:58.164 --> 24:59.396 EVANSVILLE. DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME TODAY? 24:59.398 --> 25:01.298 DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME TODAY? >> I HAD A GREAT TIME AS ALWAYS, 25:01.300 --> 25:01.532 >> I HAD A GREAT TIME AS ALWAYS, JOE. 25:01.534 --> 25:03.067 JOE. AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO VERY 25:03.069 --> 25:03.900 AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO VERY FRIENDLY TODAY, TOO. 25:03.902 --> 25:06.370 FRIENDLY TODAY, TOO. >> THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO DO 25:06.372 --> 25:08.438 >> THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO DO HERE NOT ONLY IN EVANSVILLE, BUT 25:08.440 --> 25:09.139 HERE NOT ONLY IN EVANSVILLE, BUT ALL OVER THE STATE. 25:09.141 --> 25:10.574 ALL OVER THE STATE. JUST GO TO OUR WEB SITE OR JOIN 25:10.576 --> 25:12.943 JUST GO TO OUR WEB SITE OR JOIN US ON FACEBOOK WHERE YOU CAN 25:12.945 --> 25:15.145 US ON FACEBOOK WHERE YOU CAN LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE GREAT 25:15.147 --> 25:16.947 LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE GREAT HOOSIER STATE AND THINGS TO DO. 25:16.949 --> 25:17.714 HOOSIER STATE AND THINGS TO DO. WE'LL EXPLORE MORE. 25:17.716 --> 25:19.416 WE'LL EXPLORE MORE. IN THE MEANTIME, THANKS FOR 25:19.418 --> 25:21.518 IN THE MEANTIME, THANKS FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT 25:21.520 --> 25:22.118 JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. 25:22.120 --> 25:22.452 NIGHT. NIGHT. 25:22.454 --> 25:24.521 NIGHT. >> SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 25:24.523 --> 25:40.504 ¶ 25:40.506 --> 25:58.122 PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED 25:58.124 --> 26:02.124 "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY...