JIM: IT TURNS OUT ANTHONY
BOURDAIN HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR
PORTLAND.
ONE OF HIS CREW MEMBERS IS FROM
MAINE.
AFTER BEING PESTERD ABOUT
PORTLAND BEING AMERICA’S
FOODIEST LITTLE CITY, THEY CAME
TO SHOOT.
JOY’S OYSTER BAR WAS ONE OF HIS
FAVORITE.
>> IT IS COMPLETELY AUWESOM --
AWESOME.
JIM: HIS CRASS PERSONALITY
ENDEARED HIM TO SO MANY FANS.
HE WAS A BIG HIT IN MAINE.
>> THE WORLD WILL BE QUITE A
PINK HAPPY --
JIM: HE SHOT AN EPISODE HERE
YEARS AGO AND KEPT COMING BACK
WHENEVER HE VISITED MAINE.
JAY’S FAMILY REALLY LIKED HIM
AND HOSTED A PRIVATE IN MEAL --
A PRIVATE MEAL FOR ANTHONY
BOURDAIN.
>> LONG  BEFORE I MET HIM I
HAD READ HIS BOOKS.
I’M A FOODIE.
I FOLLOWED HIM AVIDLY.
I WAS DEVASTATED, IT IS
SHOCKING.
JIM: HER SON REALLY TOOK TO
THE CELEBRITY CHEF AND ANTHONY
BOURDAIN TOOK TO HIM.
>> WHATEVER MIGHT SON ASKED,
CAMBODIA WAS GREAT.
I ATE FISH EYES.
HE WAS EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH
ESPECIALLY A SMALLER PERSON.
>> I WAS DEVASTATED.
JIM: A CHEF OWNER AUSTIN WENT
TO HIS SHOW LAST SUMMER AND SAID
ANTHONY BOURDAIN HAD A BIG
INFLUENCE ON MANY CHEFS.
>> WE ALL IDOLIZED AND SAID,
THIS GUYS LIKE US BUT HE IS ON
ON A MEGA SCALE.
HE HAS DONE THE THINGS WE HAVE
ALL DONE.
>> I WOULD BE QUANTIFIABLY
HAPPIER --
JIM: HOST OF FOOD COMA TV, JOE
RICCIO SAYS HE CHERISH THE TIME
HE SPENT WITH ANTHONY BOURDAIN.
AND CAN’T BELIEVE HE IS GONE.
>> I’M ANTHONY BOURDAIN, WELCOME
TO FOOD COMA TV.
JIM: I SPOKE WITH JOE ON THE
PHONE.
HE DID TELL ME WHEN HE HEARD
ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S DEATH,
HE WAS SHOCKED, GIVEN THE KIND
OF PERSONALITY THAT HE HAD.
A SURPRISED AS WELL.
RICCIO SAYING YOU I GUESS YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
WITHIN SOMEONE.
THAT SUMS THIS UP.
