WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.710 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.710 --> 00:00:04.960 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 1: "Visiting" with Huell Howser 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:06.940 align:middle line:84% is made possible through a generous grant 00:00:06.940 --> 00:00:09.340 align:middle line:84% from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. 00:00:09.340 --> 00:00:12.192 align:middle line:90% 00:00:12.192 --> 00:00:13.650 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Nice to meet you all. 00:00:13.650 --> 00:00:14.640 align:middle line:90% Nice to meet you. 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:15.840 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 2: Pleasure to meet you too. 00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:17.381 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, hello, everybody. 00:00:17.381 --> 00:00:18.210 align:middle line:90% I'm Huell Howser. 00:00:18.210 --> 00:00:22.410 align:middle line:84% And here it is, another one of those hot, hot days. 00:00:22.410 --> 00:00:25.490 align:middle line:84% So Louis and I have decided to cool off a little bit. 00:00:25.490 --> 00:00:29.220 align:middle line:84% We've come out here to the Santa Monica Pier. 00:00:29.220 --> 00:00:32.500 align:middle line:84% And while we're out here, not only are we going to cool off, 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:37.296 align:middle line:84% but we're going to visit a very historic place. 00:00:37.296 --> 00:00:38.670 align:middle line:84% Now, here's one of them out here. 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:40.110 align:middle line:90% This is the Looff Building. 00:00:40.110 --> 00:00:46.110 align:middle line:84% This was built right here on the end of the pier back in 1916. 00:00:46.110 --> 00:00:50.310 align:middle line:84% And it is now registered as an official national historic 00:00:50.310 --> 00:00:51.420 align:middle line:90% landmark. 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:56.430 align:middle line:84% Let's go inside for just a minute and see what's in there. 00:00:56.430 --> 00:00:58.030 align:middle line:90% Maybe it's cooler in there too. 00:00:58.030 --> 00:01:01.270 align:middle line:90% 00:01:01.270 --> 00:01:03.250 align:middle line:90% OK, we're here. 00:01:03.250 --> 00:01:04.120 align:middle line:90% This is Onnie. 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:07.330 align:middle line:84% He is the assistant general manager for the carousel. 00:01:07.330 --> 00:01:11.020 align:middle line:84% You've agreed to come in because it's Monday. 00:01:11.020 --> 00:01:14.632 align:middle line:84% And the carousel is technically closed today, isn't it? 00:01:14.632 --> 00:01:16.090 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: This is our maintenance day. 00:01:16.090 --> 00:01:19.649 align:middle line:84% So we have to close it down one day a week to grease it up-- 00:01:19.649 --> 00:01:21.940 align:middle line:84% you know, get it looking good for the rest of the week. 00:01:21.940 --> 00:01:23.731 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, bad timing on our part. 00:01:23.731 --> 00:01:26.110 align:middle line:84% But we're glad you were here to let us in. 00:01:26.110 --> 00:01:29.050 align:middle line:84% And I've already kind of mentioned 00:01:29.050 --> 00:01:31.884 align:middle line:84% that this building was built in 1916. 00:01:31.884 --> 00:01:32.800 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: That's correct. 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:34.540 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Look up here, Louis, at the top. 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:35.855 align:middle line:90% It's just a beautiful ceiling. 00:01:35.855 --> 00:01:38.936 align:middle line:90% 00:01:38.936 --> 00:01:41.170 align:middle line:84% And it's a national historic landmark. 00:01:41.170 --> 00:01:44.590 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: Yeah, it was dedicated back in 1987. 00:01:44.590 --> 00:01:48.159 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And there's always been a carousel 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:49.450 align:middle line:90% in this building, hasn't there? 00:01:49.450 --> 00:01:50.410 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: That's correct. 00:01:50.410 --> 00:01:54.490 align:middle line:84% This is actually the third carousel in this building. 00:01:54.490 --> 00:01:58.940 align:middle line:84% This was installed in this building back in 1947. 00:01:58.940 --> 00:02:01.464 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So there's always been a carousel. 00:02:01.464 --> 00:02:02.380 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: That's correct. 00:02:02.380 --> 00:02:06.070 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And people have always enjoyed coming in here 00:02:06.070 --> 00:02:07.824 align:middle line:90% and seeing the old place. 00:02:07.824 --> 00:02:09.490 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: And the prices don't hurt either. 00:02:09.490 --> 00:02:10.840 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: How much is it? 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.220 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: Now, the children's tickets are $0.25. 00:02:13.220 --> 00:02:14.470 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, that's good. 00:02:14.470 --> 00:02:16.150 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: And the adult tickets are $0.50. 00:02:16.150 --> 00:02:18.066 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: How many adults ride this thing? 00:02:18.066 --> 00:02:20.820 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: Oh, gee, on average, maybe 2,000 every weekend, 00:02:20.820 --> 00:02:21.430 align:middle line:90% give or take. 00:02:21.430 --> 00:02:22.070 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: You're kidding. 00:02:22.070 --> 00:02:22.840 align:middle line:90% Adults? 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:23.795 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: Adults. 00:02:23.795 --> 00:02:25.920 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, Louis and I would like to ride. 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:27.640 align:middle line:90% I always liked the old carousel. 00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:29.350 align:middle line:84% But we've got somewhere else to go. 00:02:29.350 --> 00:02:33.040 align:middle line:84% Because we mentioned that we came out here to the pier, 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:38.740 align:middle line:84% not only to cool off, but to visit a historic place. 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:41.290 align:middle line:84% And this is definitely a historic place. 00:02:41.290 --> 00:02:43.930 align:middle line:84% But Onnie, I got to tell you in all honesty, 00:02:43.930 --> 00:02:47.590 align:middle line:84% this is not where we're going to end up today. 00:02:47.590 --> 00:02:51.730 align:middle line:84% This is not the historic place we came out here to visit. 00:02:51.730 --> 00:02:53.930 align:middle line:84% That doesn't hurt your feelings, does it? 00:02:53.930 --> 00:02:56.424 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: Well, just a bit. 00:02:56.424 --> 00:02:58.090 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, thank you very much. 00:02:58.090 --> 00:02:59.100 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: Well, any time, any time. 00:02:59.100 --> 00:03:00.100 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This has been great. 00:03:00.100 --> 00:03:01.030 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: Sure you don't want to ride? 00:03:01.030 --> 00:03:02.420 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, we'll come back. 00:03:02.420 --> 00:03:02.710 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: OK. 00:03:02.710 --> 00:03:03.860 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: We'll come back. 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:04.390 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: OK. 00:03:04.390 --> 00:03:06.473 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Because we've really got some people 00:03:06.473 --> 00:03:08.144 align:middle line:90% waiting on us out here. 00:03:08.144 --> 00:03:09.060 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: Well, any time. 00:03:09.060 --> 00:03:10.550 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: We'll come back. 00:03:10.550 --> 00:03:13.612 align:middle line:84% ONNIE: OK, any time you want to come by, we're here. 00:03:13.612 --> 00:03:14.320 align:middle line:90% We'll let you on. 00:03:14.320 --> 00:03:16.080 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: That goes for me and for Louis, right? 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:17.204 align:middle line:90% ONNIE: And all the viewers. 00:03:17.204 --> 00:03:18.490 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: OK, great. 00:03:18.490 --> 00:03:20.800 align:middle line:90% All right, thanks a lot. 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:25.740 align:middle line:84% Now, we mentioned we were out here to visit a historic place. 00:03:25.740 --> 00:03:30.160 align:middle line:84% And actually, we don't have to walk very far. 00:03:30.160 --> 00:03:33.670 align:middle line:84% Because once you leave the carousel building-- 00:03:33.670 --> 00:03:35.830 align:middle line:84% there's where we're going, right over there. 00:03:35.830 --> 00:03:38.965 align:middle line:90% And that place is very historic. 00:03:38.965 --> 00:03:42.780 align:middle line:90% 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:46.650 align:middle line:84% And here we are at our historic place-- 00:03:46.650 --> 00:03:48.030 align:middle line:90% Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:03:48.030 --> 00:03:49.830 align:middle line:84% And Dianne, you're out here to greet us. 00:03:49.830 --> 00:03:50.700 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: I certainly am. 00:03:50.700 --> 00:03:51.210 align:middle line:90% Welcome. 00:03:51.210 --> 00:03:54.160 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I noticed that you are visiting with these people. 00:03:54.160 --> 00:03:55.370 align:middle line:90% Where are you all from? 00:03:55.370 --> 00:03:57.464 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 3: We're from Chappaqua, New York. 00:03:57.464 --> 00:03:59.130 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You're a tourist out here? 00:03:59.130 --> 00:04:00.120 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 3: Absolutely. 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:01.830 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now, are you planning 00:04:01.830 --> 00:04:03.840 align:middle line:90% on getting a Hot Dog on a Stick? 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:05.839 align:middle line:84% Do you know what Hot Dog on a Stick is? 00:04:05.839 --> 00:04:07.380 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 3: Well, we visit our cousin. 00:04:07.380 --> 00:04:08.160 align:middle line:90% He just told us. 00:04:08.160 --> 00:04:10.110 align:middle line:84% And now that you're here, I think we're going to do that. 00:04:10.110 --> 00:04:10.440 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Good. 00:04:10.440 --> 00:04:11.364 align:middle line:90% So you live out here? 00:04:11.364 --> 00:04:12.030 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 4: Yeah. 00:04:12.030 --> 00:04:13.710 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You know about hot dog on a stick. 00:04:13.710 --> 00:04:15.168 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: I live in the Palisades. 00:04:15.168 --> 00:04:17.940 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Tell me about hot dog on a stick. 00:04:17.940 --> 00:04:20.190 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: They're probably the only good hot dogs 00:04:20.190 --> 00:04:22.140 align:middle line:90% I've ever had. 00:04:22.140 --> 00:04:23.310 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, my gosh. 00:04:23.310 --> 00:04:23.819 align:middle line:90% Dianne. 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:25.360 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: I didn't pay this kid. 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:25.960 align:middle line:90% I don't know. 00:04:25.960 --> 00:04:26.795 align:middle line:90% I've never seen him before. 00:04:26.795 --> 00:04:27.060 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, my gosh. 00:04:27.060 --> 00:04:29.280 align:middle line:84% This is your little nephew here, isn't he? 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:30.720 align:middle line:84% Well, we're going to stick around. 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:31.450 align:middle line:90% You all go on. 00:04:31.450 --> 00:04:33.390 align:middle line:90% And you're in for a treat. 00:04:33.390 --> 00:04:34.720 align:middle line:90% Get the lemonade too. 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:35.880 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 5: I will. 00:04:35.880 --> 00:04:38.190 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now we should introduce Dianne formally, 00:04:38.190 --> 00:04:42.270 align:middle line:84% because Dianne is not just any run-of-the-mill Hot Dog 00:04:42.270 --> 00:04:43.980 align:middle line:90% on a Stick lady. 00:04:43.980 --> 00:04:47.490 align:middle line:84% Tell us your connection with Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:04:47.490 --> 00:04:50.580 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: My father started the company 50 years ago, 00:04:50.580 --> 00:04:52.290 align:middle line:90% right here on Muscle Beach. 00:04:52.290 --> 00:04:54.480 align:middle line:84% And now we have 95 stores across the country. 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:56.899 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So your father was the founder-- 00:04:56.899 --> 00:04:57.690 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Yes. 00:04:57.690 --> 00:04:59.340 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: --of Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:00.339 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Yes, sir. 00:05:00.339 --> 00:05:04.395 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And this was the first Hot Dog on a Stick stand. 00:05:04.395 --> 00:05:05.520 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Yes, it was. 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:08.160 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And it grew into a Hot Dog 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.584 align:middle line:84% on a Stick empire of sorts, didn't it? 00:05:10.584 --> 00:05:11.500 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: It has. 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:13.208 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Where are they located now? 00:05:13.208 --> 00:05:15.859 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: We have them from Alaska to New Jersey, Hawaii, 00:05:15.859 --> 00:05:17.650 align:middle line:84% but they're concentrated on the West Coast. 00:05:17.650 --> 00:05:19.900 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You have a Hot Dog on a Stick in Alaska? 00:05:19.900 --> 00:05:22.830 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Yes, we do, just for fun. 00:05:22.830 --> 00:05:23.670 align:middle line:90% My dad was a nut. 00:05:23.670 --> 00:05:25.128 align:middle line:84% He said, I'm going to be in Alaska. 00:05:25.128 --> 00:05:26.460 align:middle line:90% I want to be coast to coast. 00:05:26.460 --> 00:05:27.899 align:middle line:90% He's in New Jersey. 00:05:27.899 --> 00:05:29.815 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But most are here in California. 00:05:29.815 --> 00:05:30.610 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Most in California. 00:05:30.610 --> 00:05:31.110 align:middle line:90% Yeah. 00:05:31.110 --> 00:05:32.880 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And let's walk over. 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:34.830 align:middle line:84% I don't even know really where to begin. 00:05:34.830 --> 00:05:37.380 align:middle line:90% There's so much to learn. 00:05:37.380 --> 00:05:40.980 align:middle line:84% Oh, here's a Hot Dog on a Stick right here. 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:42.040 align:middle line:90% Have you ever had one? 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:42.390 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 6: Oh, yes. 00:05:42.390 --> 00:05:43.110 align:middle line:90% And they're great. 00:05:43.110 --> 00:05:43.470 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Uh-huh. 00:05:43.470 --> 00:05:44.610 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 6: Absolutely wonderful. 00:05:44.610 --> 00:05:45.130 align:middle line:90% I love them. 00:05:45.130 --> 00:05:45.810 align:middle line:90% They're my favorite. 00:05:45.810 --> 00:05:47.520 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And you've got the lemonade, which is 00:05:47.520 --> 00:05:48.840 align:middle line:90% another favorite around here. 00:05:48.840 --> 00:05:50.370 align:middle line:84% You ever had a Hot Dog on a Stick? 00:05:50.370 --> 00:05:51.120 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 7: Um-hmm. 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:51.911 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Good. 00:05:51.911 --> 00:05:53.166 align:middle line:90% Everybody likes them. 00:05:53.166 --> 00:05:54.040 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 8: The lemonade's great. 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:55.200 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: The lemonade's great. 00:05:55.200 --> 00:05:56.430 align:middle line:90% And here are fellas getting-- 00:05:56.430 --> 00:05:59.240 align:middle line:84% y'all are getting a Hot Dog on a Stick or the lemonade? 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:00.490 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 9: Lemonade, actually. 00:06:00.490 --> 00:06:03.709 align:middle line:84% It's 100 degrees, and I think some cool refreshing lemonade 00:06:03.709 --> 00:06:04.500 align:middle line:90% would be delicious. 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:05.190 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Absolutely. 00:06:05.190 --> 00:06:05.895 align:middle line:90% What about it? 00:06:05.895 --> 00:06:06.770 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 10: Lemonade. 00:06:06.770 --> 00:06:07.805 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Lemonade. 00:06:07.805 --> 00:06:10.140 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 11: I love the lemonade and the hot dogs. 00:06:10.140 --> 00:06:12.257 align:middle line:84% Stay away from the cheese on the sticks, though. 00:06:12.257 --> 00:06:14.340 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 12: This guy came from Italy for lemonade. 00:06:14.340 --> 00:06:15.131 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: What? 00:06:15.131 --> 00:06:17.310 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 12: This guy came from Italy for lemonade. 00:06:17.310 --> 00:06:20.249 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I have trouble believing that. 00:06:20.249 --> 00:06:21.665 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: [INAUDIBLE] Excuse me. 00:06:21.665 --> 00:06:22.165 align:middle line:90% Look at-- 00:06:22.165 --> 00:06:24.300 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Since you have been here from Italy, 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:26.470 align:middle line:84% you have probably gotten into this whole Hot Dog 00:06:26.470 --> 00:06:27.720 align:middle line:90% on a Stick thing, haven't you? 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:28.620 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 13: Yeah, yeah. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:30.100 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You don't have anything like this 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:30.683 align:middle line:90% there, do you? 00:06:30.683 --> 00:06:34.070 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: No, never, never have before in Italy. 00:06:34.070 --> 00:06:35.561 align:middle line:90% [INAUDIBLE] 00:06:35.561 --> 00:06:36.810 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: This is amazing. 00:06:36.810 --> 00:06:37.685 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: It is. 00:06:37.685 --> 00:06:39.167 align:middle line:90% It really is. 00:06:39.167 --> 00:06:40.500 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: See, here's a guy. 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:42.630 align:middle line:90% Look at this. 00:06:42.630 --> 00:06:46.470 align:middle line:84% This is the classic Hot Dog on a Stick customer right here. 00:06:46.470 --> 00:06:48.465 align:middle line:90% Lemonade and Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:06:48.465 --> 00:06:49.590 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: It's wonderful. 00:06:49.590 --> 00:06:50.310 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: How many years have you 00:06:50.310 --> 00:06:51.517 align:middle line:90% been eating these things? 00:06:51.517 --> 00:06:53.100 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 14: Oh, four or five at least. 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:54.350 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, you're a newcomer. 00:06:54.350 --> 00:06:55.683 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: Right, right, right. 00:06:55.683 --> 00:06:58.080 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Because this has been here for 50 years. 00:06:58.080 --> 00:06:58.860 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: 50? 00:06:58.860 --> 00:06:59.857 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yes, 50. 00:06:59.857 --> 00:07:00.940 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: I had no idea. 00:07:00.940 --> 00:07:03.300 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This woman's father started it. 00:07:03.300 --> 00:07:03.840 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: Is that right? 00:07:03.840 --> 00:07:04.530 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Yes, sir. 00:07:04.530 --> 00:07:05.446 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: Wonderful. 00:07:05.446 --> 00:07:06.360 align:middle line:90% That's great. 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:08.140 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: He wanted to quit his night job at Lockheed 00:07:08.140 --> 00:07:09.555 align:middle line:84% and go into business for himself. 00:07:09.555 --> 00:07:11.055 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 14: So he opened this stand? 00:07:11.055 --> 00:07:11.340 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Um-hmm. 00:07:11.340 --> 00:07:12.250 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 14: I think that's great. 00:07:12.250 --> 00:07:13.760 align:middle line:84% I had no clue that it was 50 years ago. 00:07:13.760 --> 00:07:13.980 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:15.840 align:middle line:84% Well, see, that's what we're here to do 00:07:15.840 --> 00:07:17.430 align:middle line:84% is to tell you everything you've ever 00:07:17.430 --> 00:07:19.890 align:middle line:84% wanted to know about Hot Dog on a Stick and more. 00:07:19.890 --> 00:07:20.639 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: Yeah. 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:21.180 align:middle line:90% It's amazing. 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:23.430 align:middle line:84% Because we've come down here with our little grandson, 00:07:23.430 --> 00:07:26.160 align:middle line:84% and he played over in the playground 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:28.209 align:middle line:90% there with the dragon and all. 00:07:28.209 --> 00:07:29.750 align:middle line:84% How old were you, Derrick, about two? 00:07:29.750 --> 00:07:31.520 align:middle line:90% It's six years ago already. 00:07:31.520 --> 00:07:32.740 align:middle line:90% And I had no clue. 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:34.911 align:middle line:84% I don't think-- did we know it was here then? 00:07:34.911 --> 00:07:36.160 align:middle line:90% Probably didn't pay attention. 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:37.560 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So that's how you got hooked on it. 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:38.700 align:middle line:90% It was through your grandson. 00:07:38.700 --> 00:07:39.408 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: Yeah. 00:07:39.408 --> 00:07:40.050 align:middle line:90% Right, right. 00:07:40.050 --> 00:07:42.216 align:middle line:84% Today-- that's why we're here today, because of him. 00:07:42.216 --> 00:07:44.590 align:middle line:84% He says, got to have a Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:07:44.590 --> 00:07:46.840 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, you're doing a good business here. 00:07:46.840 --> 00:07:47.650 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: We sure are. 00:07:47.650 --> 00:07:48.960 align:middle line:90% 100 degrees-- we better. 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:51.850 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Have you always done a good business? 00:07:51.850 --> 00:07:55.740 align:middle line:84% What was the first reaction when Hot Dog on a Stick 00:07:55.740 --> 00:07:57.150 align:middle line:90% opened up 50 years ago? 00:07:57.150 --> 00:07:59.310 align:middle line:84% Because it was kind of revolutionary, wasn't it? 00:07:59.310 --> 00:08:01.460 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: I think it was a hard sell in the beginning. 00:08:01.460 --> 00:08:02.460 align:middle line:90% It's like, what is that? 00:08:02.460 --> 00:08:03.960 align:middle line:90% It's Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:08:03.960 --> 00:08:05.380 align:middle line:90% It just grew. 00:08:05.380 --> 00:08:08.500 align:middle line:84% I mean, as long as I've known it, in the '50s, 00:08:08.500 --> 00:08:10.356 align:middle line:84% it's been popular, especially in California. 00:08:10.356 --> 00:08:11.730 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now, did he come up 00:08:11.730 --> 00:08:16.530 align:middle line:84% with the idea of dipping the dogs in the batter? 00:08:16.530 --> 00:08:17.550 align:middle line:90% Who came up with it? 00:08:17.550 --> 00:08:19.160 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: He wasn't the first. 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.100 align:middle line:84% But he took it, and I think he perfected it and popularized 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:23.130 align:middle line:90% it. 00:08:23.130 --> 00:08:25.920 align:middle line:84% But there was another outfit that 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:28.900 align:middle line:84% was doing a hot dog in a corn meal batter prior to him. 00:08:28.900 --> 00:08:31.110 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now, I've seen your scrapbook. 00:08:31.110 --> 00:08:33.299 align:middle line:84% And it was the first time I noticed 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:37.320 align:middle line:84% that this place hasn't always been called Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:38.860 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: It was Party Puffs. 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:40.429 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Party Puffs? 00:08:40.429 --> 00:08:40.919 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Party Puffs. 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:42.600 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, how did he come up with that name? 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:43.409 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: I don't know. 00:08:43.409 --> 00:08:45.200 align:middle line:84% And nobody else could understand it either. 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:47.430 align:middle line:84% So he went with a generic Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:08:47.430 --> 00:08:48.390 align:middle line:90% Self-explanatory. 00:08:48.390 --> 00:08:50.340 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So how long was it Party Puffs? 00:08:50.340 --> 00:08:52.620 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Maybe a year or two, not very long. 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:55.170 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And I noticed in some of the early pictures 00:08:55.170 --> 00:08:58.890 align:middle line:84% also, it's obvious that some of the guys and the women standing 00:08:58.890 --> 00:09:02.900 align:middle line:84% out front have come right across the street from Muscle Beach. 00:09:02.900 --> 00:09:05.070 align:middle line:84% Because Muscle Beach was just right in this area. 00:09:05.070 --> 00:09:05.940 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: That's correct. 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:06.690 align:middle line:90% That's correct. 00:09:06.690 --> 00:09:08.500 align:middle line:84% Volleyball players and bodybuilders. 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:10.470 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So he had a ready-made clientele 00:09:10.470 --> 00:09:11.610 align:middle line:90% from the very beginning. 00:09:11.610 --> 00:09:12.540 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: That's right. 00:09:12.540 --> 00:09:13.420 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: All right. 00:09:13.420 --> 00:09:14.730 align:middle line:90% They're eating up their Hot-- 00:09:14.730 --> 00:09:17.792 align:middle line:84% is that still-- no, that's not a Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:09:17.792 --> 00:09:18.750 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 15: Peppermint. 00:09:18.750 --> 00:09:20.296 align:middle line:90% It's pepper jack with cheese. 00:09:20.296 --> 00:09:22.170 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: That's one of the cheese balls. 00:09:22.170 --> 00:09:23.315 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 15: It's amazing. 00:09:23.315 --> 00:09:23.680 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, boy. 00:09:23.680 --> 00:09:26.442 align:middle line:84% This little guy is going into advertising when he grows up. 00:09:26.442 --> 00:09:27.900 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: I want to adopt him. 00:09:27.900 --> 00:09:29.250 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: What did you say? 00:09:29.250 --> 00:09:30.444 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 16: It's amazing. 00:09:30.444 --> 00:09:32.110 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: She said it's amazing too. 00:09:32.110 --> 00:09:34.040 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 17: Nice if you're Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:09:34.040 --> 00:09:35.280 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:09:35.280 --> 00:09:37.375 align:middle line:84% Boy, your kids are not shy, are they? 00:09:37.375 --> 00:09:39.000 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 18: No, they're not shy at all, 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:40.569 align:middle line:84% especially when it comes to food. 00:09:40.569 --> 00:09:41.360 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:42.355 align:middle line:90% Or being on television. 00:09:42.355 --> 00:09:43.370 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 18: They say what they want. 00:09:43.370 --> 00:09:43.795 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Absolutely. 00:09:43.795 --> 00:09:45.510 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 18: Or being on television. 00:09:45.510 --> 00:09:46.080 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: All right. 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:46.740 align:middle line:90% Well, howdy. 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:47.670 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: Hey, how are you? 00:09:47.670 --> 00:09:49.961 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Are you here to get a Hot Dog on a Stick? 00:09:49.961 --> 00:09:53.160 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 19: You know, my kids worked here when I was-- 00:09:53.160 --> 00:09:56.550 align:middle line:84% you know, had them playing volleyball out here. 00:09:56.550 --> 00:10:00.090 align:middle line:84% And our life was kind of around here. 00:10:00.090 --> 00:10:02.040 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So your kids worked over here? 00:10:02.040 --> 00:10:04.590 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 19: Yeah, and we played volleyball out here. 00:10:04.590 --> 00:10:06.861 align:middle line:84% And we watch your show every week. 00:10:06.861 --> 00:10:08.610 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: How many Hot Dog on a Sticks 00:10:08.610 --> 00:10:11.011 align:middle line:84% do you figure you've eaten in your lifetime? 00:10:11.011 --> 00:10:12.010 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 20: About three. 00:10:12.010 --> 00:10:12.718 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh. 00:10:12.718 --> 00:10:14.477 align:middle line:90% Well, now wait a minute, Dianne. 00:10:14.477 --> 00:10:16.310 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 20: We used to know Dave, the owner. 00:10:16.310 --> 00:10:17.850 align:middle line:84% He was a real good friend of ours. 00:10:17.850 --> 00:10:20.204 align:middle line:84% And we used to eat them back in those days. 00:10:20.204 --> 00:10:21.620 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 19: That goes back a ways. 00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:22.890 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This is Dave's daughter. 00:10:22.890 --> 00:10:23.644 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: I'm Dianne Barham. 00:10:23.644 --> 00:10:24.580 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 19: Are you Dave's daughter? 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:25.040 align:middle line:90% Yeah? 00:10:25.040 --> 00:10:25.840 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 20: Well, hi. 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:26.240 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Hi. 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:26.970 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 20: Hi. 00:10:26.970 --> 00:10:28.230 align:middle line:90% Glad to know you. 00:10:28.230 --> 00:10:29.474 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: Golly. 00:10:29.474 --> 00:10:30.390 align:middle line:90% And your brother Gary? 00:10:30.390 --> 00:10:31.160 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Gary? 00:10:31.160 --> 00:10:31.445 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: Sure. 00:10:31.445 --> 00:10:32.450 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: He was a volleyball player. 00:10:32.450 --> 00:10:33.660 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 19: I played tournaments with Gary. 00:10:33.660 --> 00:10:33.890 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Oh, really? 00:10:33.890 --> 00:10:34.765 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: Oh, yeah. 00:10:34.765 --> 00:10:35.730 align:middle line:90% Bobby Barber-- 00:10:35.730 --> 00:10:36.430 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: He's up in Sacramento 00:10:36.430 --> 00:10:37.570 align:middle line:90% right now running the fair. 00:10:37.570 --> 00:10:38.270 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: My gosh. 00:10:38.270 --> 00:10:40.228 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: We've got a lot of activity going 00:10:40.228 --> 00:10:41.420 align:middle line:90% on all over the place here. 00:10:41.420 --> 00:10:42.740 align:middle line:90% They're busy eating. 00:10:42.740 --> 00:10:44.520 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: It's a good product. 00:10:44.520 --> 00:10:45.700 align:middle line:90% Very good product. 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:46.610 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, how come you've only 00:10:46.610 --> 00:10:47.670 align:middle line:90% eaten three of them? 00:10:47.670 --> 00:10:49.500 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 20: Well, I had a lot more in the old days. 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:50.666 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, I got you. 00:10:50.666 --> 00:10:52.460 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 19: Watching your diet now. 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:53.040 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Today, he's had three. 00:10:53.040 --> 00:10:55.090 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, today, he's had three. 00:10:55.090 --> 00:10:56.100 align:middle line:90% I got you. 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:59.220 align:middle line:84% Well, we're going to-- since we're hooked up with Dianne, 00:10:59.220 --> 00:11:03.150 align:middle line:84% we're going to get the special behind-the-scenes inside 00:11:03.150 --> 00:11:07.217 align:middle line:84% behind the glass tour of Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:11:07.217 --> 00:11:08.550 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 20: That'll be terrific. 00:11:08.550 --> 00:11:10.230 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Have you ever been inside the inner sanctum? 00:11:10.230 --> 00:11:11.460 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 20: Never have. 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:12.750 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Just look through the glass. 00:11:12.750 --> 00:11:13.910 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 20: We'll check you out. 00:11:13.910 --> 00:11:15.826 align:middle line:84% You've got a lot of girls in there to look at. 00:11:15.826 --> 00:11:18.554 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 19: With the lemons and the whole thing. 00:11:18.554 --> 00:11:20.970 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, it's become its own little subculture, 00:11:20.970 --> 00:11:22.590 align:middle line:84% hasn't it-- this Hot Dog on a Stick? 00:11:22.590 --> 00:11:23.482 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Particularly this one. 00:11:23.482 --> 00:11:23.880 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Thanks, fellas. 00:11:23.880 --> 00:11:24.880 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: Thank you. 00:11:24.880 --> 00:11:25.380 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Nice meeting you. 00:11:25.380 --> 00:11:27.421 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So really, the volleyball players-- 00:11:27.421 --> 00:11:31.260 align:middle line:84% there are none playing today, but the beach has always been-- 00:11:31.260 --> 00:11:35.297 align:middle line:84% right in here, volleyball, Muscle Beach-- that whole idea. 00:11:35.297 --> 00:11:37.380 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: My dad wanted to work a little bit, 00:11:37.380 --> 00:11:38.610 align:middle line:90% play a little volleyball. 00:11:38.610 --> 00:11:39.015 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:11:39.015 --> 00:11:40.848 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Swim a little, work a little. 00:11:40.848 --> 00:11:42.100 align:middle line:90% That was his idea. 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:44.350 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So he participated in all this sport? 00:11:44.350 --> 00:11:45.600 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Oh, absolutely. 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:51.600 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And was he always in this kind of a business? 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:54.800 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: He was a farmer in Missouri growing up, moved 00:11:54.800 --> 00:11:57.174 align:middle line:90% to Detroit to wash windows. 00:11:57.174 --> 00:11:58.590 align:middle line:84% Said I got to get out of the snow. 00:11:58.590 --> 00:11:59.640 align:middle line:90% Moved to California. 00:11:59.640 --> 00:12:01.890 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And what did he do when he got out here? 00:12:01.890 --> 00:12:03.431 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: He worked at Lockheed. 00:12:03.431 --> 00:12:05.670 align:middle line:84% He was testing radio equipment during the war. 00:12:05.670 --> 00:12:08.640 align:middle line:84% And soon as the war was over, he said, enough of this. 00:12:08.640 --> 00:12:09.760 align:middle line:90% I'm going to the beach. 00:12:09.760 --> 00:12:11.911 align:middle line:84% I want to play volleyball and work a little 00:12:11.911 --> 00:12:12.660 align:middle line:90% and play a little. 00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:14.430 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Some excuse for being out here. 00:12:14.430 --> 00:12:14.910 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Exactly. 00:12:14.910 --> 00:12:17.076 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And that was Hot Dog on a Stick, which 00:12:17.076 --> 00:12:18.645 align:middle line:90% started off as another name-- 00:12:18.645 --> 00:12:19.770 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Party Puffs. 00:12:19.770 --> 00:12:21.120 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Party Puffs. 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.850 align:middle line:84% The Party Puffs chapter of this story 00:12:23.850 --> 00:12:26.159 align:middle line:84% is a rather short one and not very eventful. 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:27.950 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: We don't talk about it much. 00:12:27.950 --> 00:12:29.450 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, let's go inside. 00:12:29.450 --> 00:12:31.650 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Come on in. 00:12:31.650 --> 00:12:33.840 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Nice to meet you all. 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.570 align:middle line:84% Say good things about Hot Dog on a Stick 00:12:36.570 --> 00:12:38.010 align:middle line:90% when you head back to New York. 00:12:38.010 --> 00:12:39.150 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 3: We'll going to see if we can open one, maybe. 00:12:39.150 --> 00:12:39.650 align:middle line:90% How's that? 00:12:39.650 --> 00:12:42.900 align:middle line:90% 00:12:42.900 --> 00:12:45.210 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: OK. 00:12:45.210 --> 00:12:46.270 align:middle line:90% We're heading in. 00:12:46.270 --> 00:12:47.380 align:middle line:90% Oh, my gosh. 00:12:47.380 --> 00:12:50.160 align:middle line:90% 00:12:50.160 --> 00:12:53.700 align:middle line:90% She's churning the lemonade. 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:55.440 align:middle line:90% Look at this, Louis. 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:57.540 align:middle line:84% When you get in here and look at this-- now, 00:12:57.540 --> 00:13:02.010 align:middle line:84% this is another one of the legends of Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:13:02.010 --> 00:13:04.980 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: The lemonade is hand squeezed, hand made, 00:13:04.980 --> 00:13:06.420 align:middle line:90% every two hours. 00:13:06.420 --> 00:13:07.920 align:middle line:84% We throw it away if it doesn't sell. 00:13:07.920 --> 00:13:09.840 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This takes a lot of-- 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:11.700 align:middle line:84% turn around and give us a look at the camera 00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:12.700 align:middle line:90% while you're doing that. 00:13:12.700 --> 00:13:14.625 align:middle line:84% This takes a lot of muscle power, doesn't it? 00:13:14.625 --> 00:13:15.500 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: Oh, yeah. 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.340 align:middle line:90% Of course it does. 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.772 align:middle line:90% But you get used to it easily. 00:13:17.772 --> 00:13:19.230 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Is there a technique? 00:13:19.230 --> 00:13:20.813 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: Yes, there is a technique. 00:13:20.813 --> 00:13:23.510 align:middle line:84% You want to use your whole body and not just your arms. 00:13:23.510 --> 00:13:26.130 align:middle line:84% And your upper body, you want to use, as well as your lower 00:13:26.130 --> 00:13:26.802 align:middle line:90% body. 00:13:26.802 --> 00:13:28.260 align:middle line:84% So that's why I kind of bounce when 00:13:28.260 --> 00:13:30.072 align:middle line:84% I'm beating, so I'm using my lower body as well 00:13:30.072 --> 00:13:30.780 align:middle line:90% as my upper body. 00:13:30.780 --> 00:13:33.450 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And let's pull this out so we can see it. 00:13:33.450 --> 00:13:35.970 align:middle line:84% You've just got a bunch of sliced up lemons in there. 00:13:35.970 --> 00:13:37.710 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: There's lemons, ice water, and sugar in here. 00:13:37.710 --> 00:13:40.001 align:middle line:84% And we beat it all together to make our fresh lemonade. 00:13:40.001 --> 00:13:40.840 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.650 align:middle line:90% And how he come up with that-- 00:13:43.650 --> 00:13:44.755 align:middle line:90% this whole-- 00:13:44.755 --> 00:13:45.410 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Originally, it was 00:13:45.410 --> 00:13:46.660 align:middle line:90% supposed to be a health drink. 00:13:46.660 --> 00:13:47.650 align:middle line:90% He made it with honey. 00:13:47.650 --> 00:13:49.200 align:middle line:90% But that didn't sell. 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.570 align:middle line:90% It was to be fresh vitamin C-- 00:13:51.570 --> 00:13:53.069 align:middle line:84% refreshing and something different. 00:13:53.069 --> 00:13:53.860 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.840 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: And he specialized. 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:56.336 align:middle line:84% Never sold another drink with it. 00:13:56.336 --> 00:13:57.210 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:13:57.210 --> 00:13:58.834 align:middle line:90% What's this over here? 00:13:58.834 --> 00:14:01.500 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: It's our original lemonade with cherry flavoring. 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:03.832 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: OK, so you only sell lemonade. 00:14:03.832 --> 00:14:05.040 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Only lemonade. 00:14:05.040 --> 00:14:09.030 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And you only sell, basically, Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:14:09.030 --> 00:14:10.780 align:middle line:84% Except now you've got these cheese things. 00:14:10.780 --> 00:14:11.904 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Yes, cheese. 00:14:11.904 --> 00:14:14.059 align:middle line:84% We have American cheese or pepper jack cheese, 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:15.600 align:middle line:84% dipped in the same corn meal batter-- 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:17.385 align:middle line:84% my grandmother's recipe from Missouri. 00:14:17.385 --> 00:14:19.343 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But that's a new thing, isn't it? 00:14:19.343 --> 00:14:21.170 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Oh, it's been 30 years. 00:14:21.170 --> 00:14:21.550 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:14:21.550 --> 00:14:21.780 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Yeah. 00:14:21.780 --> 00:14:22.410 align:middle line:90% Long time. 00:14:22.410 --> 00:14:26.200 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, let's go back, though, to the original. 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.440 align:middle line:84% Let's get one of the ladies in here. 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:32.434 align:middle line:84% Who wants to take us through the process of Hot Dog on a Stick? 00:14:32.434 --> 00:14:33.600 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: How to make one? 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.391 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:14:34.391 --> 00:14:36.930 align:middle line:84% Yeah, give us the walk through here. 00:14:36.930 --> 00:14:38.100 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Well, we-- 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:40.260 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: There are the Hot Dogs on a Stick. 00:14:40.260 --> 00:14:40.926 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Yes. 00:14:40.926 --> 00:14:44.100 align:middle line:84% And then we freshly dip them in our corn meal batter. 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:46.050 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Twist them how many times? 00:14:46.050 --> 00:14:47.430 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: Well, we have to wrap the whole hot dog 00:14:47.430 --> 00:14:48.195 align:middle line:90% in the batter. 00:14:48.195 --> 00:14:50.280 align:middle line:84% So we lay it in the batter, and we just cover them in batter. 00:14:50.280 --> 00:14:51.020 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: OK, hold them up again. 00:14:51.020 --> 00:14:51.820 align:middle line:90% Let's see that. 00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:53.580 align:middle line:90% That's a sight to see there. 00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:54.480 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: You spin them as you come up, 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.140 align:middle line:84% and you hold them up really high for all the customers to see. 00:14:57.140 --> 00:14:58.598 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And how much dripping 00:14:58.598 --> 00:15:02.430 align:middle line:84% goes on before you know you drip too much off, or not enough, 00:15:02.430 --> 00:15:03.305 align:middle line:90% or-- 00:15:03.305 --> 00:15:04.846 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: You kind of do it by eye. 00:15:04.846 --> 00:15:05.640 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: I got you. 00:15:05.640 --> 00:15:07.422 align:middle line:84% And then you just brought them right up. 00:15:07.422 --> 00:15:08.130 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Yeah. 00:15:08.130 --> 00:15:10.200 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And put them right in. 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.420 align:middle line:84% And they clip right on there to the end. 00:15:12.420 --> 00:15:13.830 align:middle line:90% Do one more for us. 00:15:13.830 --> 00:15:14.799 align:middle line:90% Two more for us. 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.340 align:middle line:84% You do them two at a time, don't you? 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:16.610 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Yeah. 00:15:16.610 --> 00:15:17.679 align:middle line:90% It's quicker that way. 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:19.470 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And show us that wrist action 00:15:19.470 --> 00:15:20.430 align:middle line:90% when you bring them up. 00:15:20.430 --> 00:15:21.570 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: All you do is you cross, 00:15:21.570 --> 00:15:23.361 align:middle line:84% and then you bring your elbows to your side 00:15:23.361 --> 00:15:24.826 align:middle line:90% and turn the hot dogs right up. 00:15:24.826 --> 00:15:25.260 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:15:25.260 --> 00:15:26.343 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Pretty simple. 00:15:26.343 --> 00:15:28.347 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And how long does it take to cook? 00:15:28.347 --> 00:15:29.430 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Three minutes. 00:15:29.430 --> 00:15:30.110 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Exactly? 00:15:30.110 --> 00:15:30.943 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Exactly. 00:15:30.943 --> 00:15:31.920 align:middle line:90% To a dark golden brown. 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:34.690 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: To a dark golden brown. 00:15:34.690 --> 00:15:36.720 align:middle line:90% Now, is this something that's-- 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:38.460 align:middle line:90% you know, all of these words. 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:41.849 align:middle line:84% Is there a Hot Dog on a Stick manual that you all have to-- 00:15:41.849 --> 00:15:43.890 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: Word for word, everything I just said 00:15:43.890 --> 00:15:45.240 align:middle line:90% is word for word in the manual. 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.256 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:15:46.256 --> 00:15:47.506 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: That's correct. 00:15:47.506 --> 00:15:48.162 align:middle line:90% That's true. 00:15:48.162 --> 00:15:49.620 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So if I had come down 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:53.700 align:middle line:84% to interview a Hot Dog on a Stick lady 30 years ago, 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:56.347 align:middle line:84% she would have said the same thing that you just said? 00:15:56.347 --> 00:15:57.180 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Exactly. 00:15:57.180 --> 00:16:00.967 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So you're carrying on this tradition, aren't you? 00:16:00.967 --> 00:16:01.800 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Exactly. 00:16:01.800 --> 00:16:03.780 align:middle line:90% We perfected it back in 1946. 00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:05.460 align:middle line:84% And it's been perfect ever since. 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:07.500 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: See, I like the way she says "we." 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:11.243 align:middle line:84% See, she's thinking of the family, the company. 00:16:11.243 --> 00:16:13.742 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: I think everybody feels like they were there. 00:16:13.742 --> 00:16:14.390 align:middle line:90% A little bit. 00:16:14.390 --> 00:16:15.600 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: Definitely. 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.520 align:middle line:84% I never met Dave, but I feel like I totally 00:16:17.520 --> 00:16:18.812 align:middle line:90% know him from everyone who has. 00:16:18.812 --> 00:16:19.686 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:16:19.686 --> 00:16:20.660 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: Yeah. 00:16:20.660 --> 00:16:23.460 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now, what made you decide to come to work here? 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:25.846 align:middle line:84% Did you always want to be a Hot Dog on a Stick girl? 00:16:25.846 --> 00:16:27.720 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: Yeah, when I was little, people-- 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:29.610 align:middle line:84% like, my mom used to take me to Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:16:29.610 --> 00:16:31.651 align:middle line:84% And I'm like, oh, my gosh, they look like they're 00:16:31.651 --> 00:16:32.680 align:middle line:90% having so much fun. 00:16:32.680 --> 00:16:34.800 align:middle line:84% So when I was 16, I filled out an application, 00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:36.399 align:middle line:90% and here I am four years later. 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:38.190 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah, but let me ask you all. 00:16:38.190 --> 00:16:38.940 align:middle line:90% Now, come over here. 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:41.314 align:middle line:84% Because I want to get all of y'all at one time when I ask 00:16:41.314 --> 00:16:42.970 align:middle line:90% this question. 00:16:42.970 --> 00:16:47.070 align:middle line:84% What is the most asked question you all get? 00:16:47.070 --> 00:16:48.779 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: Do you have to wear that hat? 00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:50.903 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I knew it was going to have something 00:16:50.903 --> 00:16:51.750 align:middle line:90% to do with the hats. 00:16:51.750 --> 00:16:54.450 align:middle line:84% Because everybody I told that I was coming out 00:16:54.450 --> 00:16:58.140 align:middle line:84% to do Hot Dog on a Stick said, you've got to ask them 00:16:58.140 --> 00:17:02.079 align:middle line:84% where in the world did they get those hats? 00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:04.579 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: We wouldn't work here if we didn't have the hat. 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.670 align:middle line:90% We fight for the hat. 00:17:05.670 --> 00:17:06.150 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:17:06.150 --> 00:17:07.185 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: We love the hat. 00:17:07.185 --> 00:17:07.995 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: If we have to wear a baseball hat, no way. 00:17:07.995 --> 00:17:08.400 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: What? 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.619 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Absolutely not. 00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.825 align:middle line:90% It's all about the hat. 00:17:10.825 --> 00:17:11.700 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.720 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Definitely. 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:17.010 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And now, let's get the inside story on the hat. 00:17:17.010 --> 00:17:18.780 align:middle line:84% You know where they came from, don't you? 00:17:18.780 --> 00:17:21.339 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: I think it has something to do with the Derby. 00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:24.170 align:middle line:84% Like, Dave liked the way that Derby hats look, 00:17:24.170 --> 00:17:25.150 align:middle line:90% or something like that. 00:17:25.150 --> 00:17:25.680 align:middle line:90% That's what I've heard. 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.057 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Jockey hat? 00:17:26.057 --> 00:17:27.190 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Jockey hat. 00:17:27.190 --> 00:17:32.700 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: In about 1966, jockey hats and go-go boots 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.780 align:middle line:90% were in fashion-- 00:17:33.780 --> 00:17:34.650 align:middle line:90% hot pants. 00:17:34.650 --> 00:17:35.950 align:middle line:90% And Dad said, that's it. 00:17:35.950 --> 00:17:37.020 align:middle line:90% That's the way I'm going. 00:17:37.020 --> 00:17:39.100 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So they used to wear hot pants? 00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:41.100 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Well, they were a little shorter, 00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:41.986 align:middle line:90% a little tighter. 00:17:41.986 --> 00:17:43.610 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: They were a little shorter. 00:17:43.610 --> 00:17:44.716 align:middle line:90% When I started, they were. 00:17:44.716 --> 00:17:46.090 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You wore hot pants? 00:17:46.090 --> 00:17:46.270 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Oh, no. 00:17:46.270 --> 00:17:46.530 align:middle line:90% They were shorts. 00:17:46.530 --> 00:17:47.310 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: And go-go boots? 00:17:47.310 --> 00:17:47.540 align:middle line:90% No. 00:17:47.540 --> 00:17:48.706 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Not go-go boots. 00:17:48.706 --> 00:17:50.259 align:middle line:90% But definitely a shorter short. 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:51.800 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: I had the athletic shoe-- 00:17:51.800 --> 00:17:52.430 align:middle line:90% tennis shoes. 00:17:52.430 --> 00:17:54.960 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And what do you think about this outfit? 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.960 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: I love them. 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:57.900 align:middle line:84% I wouldn't work here if we didn't wear these. 00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:58.640 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.560 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: I love it. 00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:00.810 align:middle line:90% It totally makes me stand out. 00:18:00.810 --> 00:18:01.520 align:middle line:90% Totally. 00:18:01.520 --> 00:18:02.600 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: When we walk down the street-- 00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:04.702 align:middle line:84% we were walking on the promenade last night-- 00:18:04.702 --> 00:18:06.410 align:middle line:84% and people are like, yelling to us, like. 00:18:06.410 --> 00:18:08.200 align:middle line:84% Hot Dog on a Stick, I want a hot dog. 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:09.200 align:middle line:90% I want a lemonade. 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:10.430 align:middle line:90% People know who we are. 00:18:10.430 --> 00:18:11.785 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: They're so friendly. 00:18:11.785 --> 00:18:13.970 align:middle line:84% Because we walk up and down the promenade around 3rd Street. 00:18:13.970 --> 00:18:16.250 align:middle line:84% And everybody's coming up, and they're like, Hot Dog people-- 00:18:16.250 --> 00:18:16.790 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: They love us. 00:18:16.790 --> 00:18:17.256 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:18:17.256 --> 00:18:18.420 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: They love us. 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:20.720 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: See, that's part of it, 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:23.450 align:middle line:84% isn't it, that you're not only-- do you 00:18:23.450 --> 00:18:24.950 align:middle line:90% need to be squashing some more? 00:18:24.950 --> 00:18:27.635 align:middle line:90% 00:18:27.635 --> 00:18:31.370 align:middle line:84% I never had really thought of that aspect of it-- 00:18:31.370 --> 00:18:34.100 align:middle line:84% the friendliness and the outgoingness 00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:36.080 align:middle line:90% of the people who work here. 00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:38.030 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: In order to wear the outfit, 00:18:38.030 --> 00:18:39.190 align:middle line:90% you've got to have guts. 00:18:39.190 --> 00:18:40.330 align:middle line:90% And you do. 00:18:40.330 --> 00:18:41.470 align:middle line:90% You have to be different. 00:18:41.470 --> 00:18:42.470 align:middle line:90% You have to be outgoing. 00:18:42.470 --> 00:18:43.650 align:middle line:90% You want to have fun. 00:18:43.650 --> 00:18:45.150 align:middle line:84% And you want to be part of something 00:18:45.150 --> 00:18:46.069 align:middle line:90% special and different. 00:18:46.069 --> 00:18:48.110 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Boy, there's a lot of work to being 00:18:48.110 --> 00:18:49.880 align:middle line:90% a Hot Dog on a Stick employee. 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:54.307 align:middle line:84% Look, she still hadn't stomped all that. 00:18:54.307 --> 00:18:55.598 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: You get used to it. 00:18:55.598 --> 00:18:56.940 align:middle line:90% You get muscles. 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.940 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: All of that. 00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:59.240 align:middle line:90% So you've got these arm muscles. 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.220 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: I didn't have these before I started working here. 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:02.250 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:19:02.250 --> 00:19:05.012 align:middle line:90% This is a lot of fun. 00:19:05.012 --> 00:19:08.840 align:middle line:84% I really didn't realize that your dad 00:19:08.840 --> 00:19:13.396 align:middle line:84% had so ingrained this whole Hot Dog on a Stick culture. 00:19:13.396 --> 00:19:16.606 align:middle line:90% 00:19:16.606 --> 00:19:17.730 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: He loved it. 00:19:17.730 --> 00:19:18.563 align:middle line:90% He was a part of it. 00:19:18.563 --> 00:19:22.100 align:middle line:84% He worked in it, up till when he was ill. 00:19:22.100 --> 00:19:24.770 align:middle line:84% Before he died seven years ago, he was on the phone saying, 00:19:24.770 --> 00:19:26.790 align:middle line:84% get out there and check on the stores. 00:19:26.790 --> 00:19:30.320 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now, don't I see a lot of Hot Dog on a Sticks 00:19:30.320 --> 00:19:33.320 align:middle line:90% at fairs and carnivals? 00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:35.582 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Right after he opened the store here, 00:19:35.582 --> 00:19:37.040 align:middle line:84% he started getting into the fairs-- 00:19:37.040 --> 00:19:40.430 align:middle line:84% LA County Fair in 1948, the Del Mar Fair, 00:19:40.430 --> 00:19:42.110 align:middle line:90% Sacramento State Fair. 00:19:42.110 --> 00:19:45.120 align:middle line:84% And that's where it really was developed over the years, 00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.800 align:middle line:90% at the fairs. 00:19:45.800 --> 00:19:47.799 align:middle line:84% Then he got in the shopping centers in the '70s. 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:50.300 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And are most of your-- 00:19:50.300 --> 00:19:51.172 align:middle line:90% are they franchised? 00:19:51.172 --> 00:19:52.880 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: They're all company owned. 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:54.410 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So you own the whole thing? 00:19:54.410 --> 00:19:56.034 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: Well, not me personally. 00:19:56.034 --> 00:19:58.370 align:middle line:84% When my dad passed away seven years ago, 00:19:58.370 --> 00:20:01.790 align:middle line:84% he created an ESOP, which is an Employee Ownership Plan. 00:20:01.790 --> 00:20:03.810 align:middle line:84% So the company is owned by the employees. 00:20:03.810 --> 00:20:04.685 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:20:04.685 --> 00:20:06.090 align:middle line:90% So like these-- 00:20:06.090 --> 00:20:07.640 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: They all earn stock. 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:10.004 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You own stock in Hot Dog on a Stick? 00:20:10.004 --> 00:20:10.670 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Yep. 00:20:10.670 --> 00:20:11.730 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: I don't yet. 00:20:11.730 --> 00:20:12.822 align:middle line:90% Not yet. 00:20:12.822 --> 00:20:14.780 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So you've got to be here a while? 00:20:14.780 --> 00:20:15.825 align:middle line:90% You have to prove yourself? 00:20:15.825 --> 00:20:16.640 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: You have to be 21, 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.900 align:middle line:90% and you have to work a year. 00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:19.070 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: I got you. 00:20:19.070 --> 00:20:20.630 align:middle line:84% Well, now, do most of your employees 00:20:20.630 --> 00:20:24.920 align:middle line:84% just do this as a summer job, or this is full time? 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:26.000 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Full time. 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:27.650 align:middle line:90% Yep, since I was 17. 00:20:27.650 --> 00:20:28.859 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: What about you? 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:31.108 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: I started working here when I was actually 00:20:31.108 --> 00:20:32.360 align:middle line:90% a sophomore in high school. 00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:34.280 align:middle line:84% And I'm my second year in college now. 00:20:34.280 --> 00:20:35.090 align:middle line:90% And I love it. 00:20:35.090 --> 00:20:36.980 align:middle line:90% And actually, I've been doing-- 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.760 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: Seven years since 19-- 00:20:37.760 --> 00:20:38.968 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, here it is. 00:20:38.968 --> 00:20:42.822 align:middle line:84% Serving you since 1994, serving you since 1996. 00:20:42.822 --> 00:20:44.030 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Look at Dianne's. 00:20:44.030 --> 00:20:46.760 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Serving you since 1968. 00:20:46.760 --> 00:20:47.400 align:middle line:90% Oh, my gosh. 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.400 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: That's when I officially started. 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.764 align:middle line:90% I was 13. 00:20:50.764 --> 00:20:53.180 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Some day, you'll have that on yours as well. 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:54.055 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Some day. 00:20:54.055 --> 00:20:55.704 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And this lady out here-- 00:20:55.704 --> 00:20:57.620 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 24: Serving you since three weeks ago. 00:20:57.620 --> 00:20:58.930 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, you're the new one? 00:20:58.930 --> 00:20:59.870 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: She's the baby. 00:20:59.870 --> 00:21:00.290 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 24: Yeah. 00:21:00.290 --> 00:21:00.860 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Baby girl. 00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:02.540 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, now, how is it? 00:21:02.540 --> 00:21:06.069 align:middle line:84% How hard is it to break in as a Hot Dog on a Stick girl? 00:21:06.069 --> 00:21:07.610 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 24: Oh, it's not hard at all, 00:21:07.610 --> 00:21:09.560 align:middle line:84% because everyone was so friendly. 00:21:09.560 --> 00:21:13.380 align:middle line:84% Like, everyone was so-- like it was a part of the family. 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:15.956 align:middle line:84% Like, as soon as I got my hat, I was like-- 00:21:15.956 --> 00:21:17.455 align:middle line:90% like the new baby in the family. 00:21:17.455 --> 00:21:19.320 align:middle line:90% So it was so easy to adapt. 00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:20.943 align:middle line:84% Like, my first day was like, yes. 00:21:20.943 --> 00:21:21.870 align:middle line:90% I love it so much! 00:21:21.870 --> 00:21:23.350 align:middle line:90% I was so excited. 00:21:23.350 --> 00:21:26.930 align:middle line:84% And my mom actually came to see me working, and like, 00:21:26.930 --> 00:21:28.340 align:middle line:90% I had someone else's name tag. 00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.640 align:middle line:90% But now I kind of have mine. 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.540 align:middle line:90% Mine is getting made. 00:21:30.540 --> 00:21:32.998 align:middle line:84% So I'm going to be so happy when I finally get my name tag. 00:21:32.998 --> 00:21:37.040 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Is there like a coronation ceremony, 00:21:37.040 --> 00:21:40.853 align:middle line:84% where the hat is placed on the head? 00:21:40.853 --> 00:21:41.894 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 24: I don't know. 00:21:41.894 --> 00:21:42.276 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You didn't get that. 00:21:42.276 --> 00:21:44.810 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 24: I remember when I first put my hat on, 00:21:44.810 --> 00:21:45.860 align:middle line:90% Taz helped me. 00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:47.180 align:middle line:90% And it was just so funny. 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:48.560 align:middle line:90% It was such a funny experience. 00:21:48.560 --> 00:21:49.601 align:middle line:90% I couldn't stop laughing. 00:21:49.601 --> 00:21:52.370 align:middle line:90% 00:21:52.370 --> 00:21:53.870 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, this is great. 00:21:53.870 --> 00:21:56.480 align:middle line:84% I'm trying to think of more Hot Dog on a Stick questions. 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:58.850 align:middle line:90% I may be questioned out. 00:21:58.850 --> 00:22:01.309 align:middle line:84% What do people say to you when they find out you work here? 00:22:01.309 --> 00:22:02.933 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: They don't say a whole lot. 00:22:02.933 --> 00:22:03.475 align:middle line:90% They do this. 00:22:03.475 --> 00:22:04.308 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Exactly. 00:22:04.308 --> 00:22:05.100 align:middle line:90% It's the motion. 00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:06.924 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Of the lemonade. 00:22:06.924 --> 00:22:07.800 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Yep. 00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:08.965 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: Do you stomp on the lemonade? 00:22:08.965 --> 00:22:09.935 align:middle line:90% You stomp on the lemonade. 00:22:09.935 --> 00:22:10.420 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: Is that a pogo stick? 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.690 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: We're like, no. 00:22:11.690 --> 00:22:13.640 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So actually, the lemonade 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:17.780 align:middle line:84% is as much of the subculture as the Hot Dog on a Stick itself? 00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:20.450 align:middle line:84% I mean, just as many people know this place 00:22:20.450 --> 00:22:24.650 align:middle line:84% because of the lemonade as the Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:22:24.650 --> 00:22:27.004 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: This is our tribute right here. 00:22:27.004 --> 00:22:28.170 align:middle line:90% It's our statue of lemonade. 00:22:28.170 --> 00:22:29.503 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: It's your tribute? 00:22:29.503 --> 00:22:30.640 align:middle line:90% It's about 95 outside. 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:34.434 align:middle line:90% Could I have a big tall glass? 00:22:34.434 --> 00:22:36.350 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: Would you like cherry or original? 00:22:36.350 --> 00:22:37.820 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I want the original. 00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:39.350 align:middle line:90% I want the original. 00:22:39.350 --> 00:22:41.300 align:middle line:84% Now, how long do you have to keep doing that? 00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:42.640 align:middle line:90% Aren't you-- 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:45.690 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: No, it usually takes about 20 minutes off and on-- 00:22:45.690 --> 00:22:47.147 align:middle line:90% 20 minutes to make a lemonade. 00:22:47.147 --> 00:22:48.480 align:middle line:90% Not 20 minutes straight through. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.604 align:middle line:90% But off and on, 20 minutes. 00:22:49.604 --> 00:22:51.300 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:22:51.300 --> 00:22:53.080 align:middle line:90% Well, this is very exciting. 00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:54.810 align:middle line:90% Let me have that-- oh, boy. 00:22:54.810 --> 00:22:55.991 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Taste that. 00:22:55.991 --> 00:22:58.656 align:middle line:90% That's what it's all about. 00:22:58.656 --> 00:23:00.030 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I've had it before. 00:23:00.030 --> 00:23:01.800 align:middle line:84% So you all don't realize it, but I've 00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:04.620 align:middle line:84% been doing a lot of research for this story. 00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:06.039 align:middle line:84% I've been coming by here, quietly. 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.830 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: So that's you I've been seeing? 00:23:07.830 --> 00:23:10.740 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Just kind of seeing 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:13.140 align:middle line:84% what was going on, seeing if you all were really 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:16.800 align:middle line:84% that friendly all the time, or just when the cameras were 00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.700 align:middle line:90% here. 00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:21.231 align:middle line:84% And I got to tell you, they all passed with flying colors. 00:23:21.231 --> 00:23:22.230 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: No doubt. 00:23:22.230 --> 00:23:22.630 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:23:22.630 --> 00:23:24.570 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: See, we already knew, though. 00:23:24.570 --> 00:23:25.339 align:middle line:90% We weren't afraid. 00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.130 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:23:26.130 --> 00:23:27.630 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: We're always this way. 00:23:27.630 --> 00:23:30.359 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What a nice bunch of employees. 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.650 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Well, thank you. 00:23:31.650 --> 00:23:35.550 align:middle line:84% We take pride in hiring the most outgoing, special, energetic 00:23:35.550 --> 00:23:36.179 align:middle line:90% kids we can. 00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.470 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Now, who's this-- 00:23:37.470 --> 00:23:39.300 align:middle line:84% who's this character standing out here? 00:23:39.300 --> 00:23:42.370 align:middle line:84% JOHN BARROW: I'm John Barrow of Santa Monica. 00:23:42.370 --> 00:23:46.260 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So do you remember Hot Dog on a Stick from years 00:23:46.260 --> 00:23:46.770 align:middle line:90% back? 00:23:46.770 --> 00:23:47.670 align:middle line:90% JOHN BARROW: Oh, yes. 00:23:47.670 --> 00:23:48.600 align:middle line:90% Yes. 00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:51.420 align:middle line:84% In fact, we had many stands in here at one time. 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:54.930 align:middle line:84% We had a huge bath house that's all been removed because 00:23:54.930 --> 00:23:57.030 align:middle line:90% of the lifeguard station. 00:23:57.030 --> 00:23:59.340 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But Hot Dog on a Stick has survived? 00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.270 align:middle line:90% JOHN BARROW: Oh, yes. 00:24:00.270 --> 00:24:02.460 align:middle line:90% And doing a thriving business. 00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.126 align:middle line:90% And very beautiful young ladies. 00:24:04.126 --> 00:24:06.750 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What, do you have all your stockholders down here 00:24:06.750 --> 00:24:07.436 align:middle line:90% saying nice-- 00:24:07.436 --> 00:24:07.890 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: It seems like it. 00:24:07.890 --> 00:24:08.580 align:middle line:90% It seems like it. 00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:10.455 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: All we've heard are nice things 00:24:10.455 --> 00:24:11.700 align:middle line:90% about Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.570 align:middle line:90% JOHN BARROW: Right. 00:24:12.570 --> 00:24:14.130 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But it's been great. 00:24:14.130 --> 00:24:16.860 align:middle line:84% And as I'm holding my lemonade, which 00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:19.770 align:middle line:84% I know has just been freshly squeezed, 00:24:19.770 --> 00:24:24.600 align:middle line:84% your dad would be very, very proud 00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:27.120 align:middle line:90% of how this is carrying on. 00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:31.560 align:middle line:84% Because it really was his vision that was really not 00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:34.410 align:middle line:84% shared by many people, probably, in those early days. 00:24:34.410 --> 00:24:37.620 align:middle line:84% They probably thought he was a little off. 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:39.727 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: He was a little nutty. 00:24:39.727 --> 00:24:41.060 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Well, but I mean-- 00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:43.020 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Well, look. 00:24:43.020 --> 00:24:46.260 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But I mean, he had a vision, and he kept to it. 00:24:46.260 --> 00:24:47.430 align:middle line:90% And he had fun with it. 00:24:47.430 --> 00:24:50.806 align:middle line:84% And he stayed true to himself the whole time. 00:24:50.806 --> 00:24:51.930 align:middle line:90% DIANNE BARHAM: Yes, he did. 00:24:51.930 --> 00:24:52.429 align:middle line:90% Absolutely. 00:24:52.429 --> 00:24:53.760 align:middle line:90% And we try to carry on. 00:24:53.760 --> 00:24:54.900 align:middle line:84% I think we're doing a pretty good job. 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.040 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You're doing a great job. 00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:57.215 align:middle line:90% Where's my Hot Dog? 00:24:57.215 --> 00:24:57.840 align:middle line:90% There they are. 00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:59.040 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: Here are your hot dogs that you made. 00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.530 align:middle line:90% Here they are. 00:24:59.530 --> 00:25:00.720 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, these are the ones I made? 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.387 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: Yes. 00:25:01.387 --> 00:25:02.970 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, they're a little-- 00:25:02.970 --> 00:25:04.625 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: They're a little anemic. 00:25:04.625 --> 00:25:06.000 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: A little interesting. 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.780 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah. 00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:07.560 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: But they're special. 00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.040 align:middle line:90% You made them. 00:25:08.040 --> 00:25:08.760 align:middle line:90% Look at this one. 00:25:08.760 --> 00:25:09.810 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah, look at this. 00:25:09.810 --> 00:25:12.420 align:middle line:84% This has got a little crust on it, but the crust is good. 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.200 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: The crust is good. 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.575 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now, wait a minute. 00:25:14.575 --> 00:25:16.015 align:middle line:90% I always put mustard on mine. 00:25:16.015 --> 00:25:17.795 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: OK. 00:25:17.795 --> 00:25:20.790 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, now look at that, Louis. 00:25:20.790 --> 00:25:24.270 align:middle line:84% And you can have the other one, Louis. 00:25:24.270 --> 00:25:26.036 align:middle line:90% This is great. 00:25:26.036 --> 00:25:26.952 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: How is it? 00:25:26.952 --> 00:25:29.670 align:middle line:90% 00:25:29.670 --> 00:25:33.180 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: It is definitely a Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.980 align:middle line:90% Absolutely. 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.760 align:middle line:90% Nadia, come over here. 00:25:35.760 --> 00:25:38.250 align:middle line:84% Because what we're going to do is close up our program. 00:25:38.250 --> 00:25:40.830 align:middle line:84% You know, there are a lot of very interesting people 00:25:40.830 --> 00:25:42.480 align:middle line:90% down here on the-- 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:44.574 align:middle line:84% what do you call this, the strand, the boardwalk? 00:25:44.574 --> 00:25:45.990 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: It's the boardwalk. 00:25:45.990 --> 00:25:47.220 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: The boardwalk. 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.480 align:middle line:90% And we met this lady. 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.208 align:middle line:90% Come on over, Nadia. 00:25:50.208 --> 00:25:52.698 align:middle line:90% [PLAYS DIDGERIDOO] 00:25:52.698 --> 00:25:56.710 align:middle line:90% 00:25:56.710 --> 00:25:58.360 align:middle line:90% Introduce yourself. 00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.920 align:middle line:90% NADIA SAX: I'm Nadia Sax. 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:03.464 align:middle line:84% And I'm an artist here in Venice and Santa Monica. 00:26:03.464 --> 00:26:05.380 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And we snagged you a minute ago. 00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:10.540 align:middle line:84% You were walking down the boardwalk here, playing a what? 00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:12.040 align:middle line:84% NADIA SAX: I'm playing a didgeridoo. 00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:13.956 align:middle line:84% This is an old instrument that I come out here 00:26:13.956 --> 00:26:15.130 align:middle line:90% and I love to play. 00:26:15.130 --> 00:26:16.350 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: A didgeridoo? 00:26:16.350 --> 00:26:17.080 align:middle line:90% NADIA SAX: A didgeridoo. 00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:18.640 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Sounds like it's from Australia. 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.348 align:middle line:90% NADIA SAX: It is. 00:26:19.348 --> 00:26:21.910 align:middle line:84% It's an ancient instrument that has survived civilization. 00:26:21.910 --> 00:26:23.590 align:middle line:90% And today, we still play it. 00:26:23.590 --> 00:26:27.280 align:middle line:84% And I do alternative music as well. 00:26:27.280 --> 00:26:28.780 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What a perfect ending. 00:26:28.780 --> 00:26:33.700 align:middle line:84% Alternative music in front of an alternative hot dog stand. 00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:35.510 align:middle line:90% You ever seen this before? 00:26:35.510 --> 00:26:36.615 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: I have not. 00:26:36.615 --> 00:26:38.240 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, see, this is great. 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.720 align:middle line:84% While we're showing our credits, we're 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:45.130 align:middle line:84% going to listen to this music as we watch the Hot Dog 00:26:45.130 --> 00:26:47.950 align:middle line:90% on a Stick being dipped. 00:26:47.950 --> 00:26:51.940 align:middle line:84% I told you we were going to be visiting a historic place. 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:54.760 align:middle line:84% And this is as historic, and as much fun, 00:26:54.760 --> 00:26:58.780 align:middle line:84% and as wonderful, and as part of life here in California-- 00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.957 align:middle line:90% this is very California. 00:26:59.957 --> 00:27:01.540 align:middle line:84% DIANNE BARHAM: It's a part of my life. 00:27:01.540 --> 00:27:02.710 align:middle line:90% That's for sure. 00:27:02.710 --> 00:27:04.585 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: It's part of all of our lives. 00:27:04.585 --> 00:27:06.978 align:middle line:90% Hot Dog on a Stick. 00:27:06.978 --> 00:27:09.972 align:middle line:90% [DIDGERIDOO PLAYS] 00:27:09.972 --> 00:27:41.350 align:middle line:90% 00:27:41.350 --> 00:27:42.670 align:middle line:90% There they are. 00:27:42.670 --> 00:27:44.950 align:middle line:90% Give us a wave, ladies. 00:27:44.950 --> 00:27:47.696 align:middle line:90% The Hot Dog on a Stick ladies. 00:27:47.696 --> 00:27:51.050 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Come down! 00:27:51.050 --> 00:27:53.300 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 1: "Visiting" with Huell Howser 00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:55.280 align:middle line:84% is made possible through a generous grant 00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:59.140 align:middle line:84% from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. 00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.667 align:middle line:90%