oh. oh. tony bourdain rocks. what s up, man? everything good? life is good. yes, yes, yes. come here, girl. get in here. how are you doing? this is tony. tony, welcome. we re having a good time. the next one, no i m doing something called the cook s tour. basically i travel around the world eating exotic food having adventures in the far east, and africa and south america with a crew chasing me. hey, john, come here. you know, my 15 minutes of quote, unquote, fame, you know when that s over, i will be perfectly comfortable with that, if not relieved. i think even relieved at this point. when i met him for the first time, he had made a splash with kitchen confidential. i had read that he had a contract to write a second book
called the cook s tour. and i called him. yes. and i said, hey i m a producer. would you ever even consider making cook s tour into a series. and he was like, whatever, yeah, sure. he was very nonplussed about the idea of doing anything television. it was not what was on his mind. a week and a half later, chris collins and i went up to les halles. we found tony, shot a demo with him, and had a conversation with him. and it became immediately clear he had never traveled. his travels were in his head. growing up as a kid, you know, i watched the crimson pirate. they were all pirates and bad guys having great adventures.
quote-unquote fame, when that s over, i will be perfectly comfortable with that, if not relieved. i think even relieved at this point. when i met him for the first time, he had made a splash with kitchen confidential i had read that he had a contract to write a second book, called the cook s tour and i called him. yes? and i said hey, i m a producer. would you ever even consider making cooks tour into a series? and he, you know, he was like yeah, whatever, yeah, sure. he was very nonfussed about the whole idea of doing anything television. it was not what was on his mind. a week and a half later, chris collins and i went up. we found tony, shot a demo with him and had a conversation with him.
after a while maybe that wasn t enough anymore. you devoted your book to family. yeah. the joys of being normal. and now you ve split. so i would just like are you rethinking about being normal? what is normal? i think what is the american family look like? i travel 250 days a year. you know, how normal could i ever hope to be? tony and i being pretty much living separate under the same roof for quite some time. you know, even if we didn t work out as a married couple, you know, we were still really good friends and our focus was ariane. oh!
you like? apple juice? apple juice? or cranberry, i don t care, whatever we have more of. happiness is a fresh pack. first thing in the morning. i mean, before i brush my teeth, i mean i roll out of bed, light a cigarette, stumble into this room and i start writing immediately. i always use language to get out of trouble. you know, i found at an early age, if i made everybody in the class laugh, that was power. i came from a household with a lot of books. and in fact, first book i remember reading was a book called why johnny can t read which i stole from my mother. she was anticipating i would have difficulty reading and as i was exhibiting antisocial tendencies i pinched the book and basically taught myself to read by kindergarten. and then, you know, my early