>> Stephen: AS I SAID, IT'S AN
EMMY AND PEABODY AWARD-WINNING
SHOW AND IT HAPPENS TO BE THE
HIGHEST RATED SHOW ON CNN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> WOW, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU THINK THEY
SHOULD ADD FOOD TO MORE OF THE
CNN SHOWS?
>> LIKE A BUFFET TO THE
SITUATION ROOM.
>> Stephen: OR A BUFFET IN THE
SITUATION BREAKFAST NOOK.
HOW DID YOU GET A GIG LIKE THIS?
IT SOUNDS LIKE A COLLEGE
STUDENT'S DREAM.
YOU TRAVEL THE WORLD.
YOU EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU
GET DRUNK, AND THEN YOU HAVE FUN
AND YOU GO TO THE NEXT PLACE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU LAND A
GIG LIKE THAT?
>> I MESSED UP IN EVERY POSSIBLE
WAY.
I DID EVERYTHING WRONG.
MY LIFE WAS A BOTCH.
I WAS STILL DUNKING FRENCH FRIES
AT AGE 44.
I JUST-- I-- I SCREWED UP
MAGNIFICENTLY --
>> WERE YOU ACTUALLY FLEEING
FROM THE AUTHORITIES?
>> IT WAS A CLOSE THING.
I WROTE AN OBNOXIOUS BOOK, AND
THAT SOMEHOW TURNED INTO A TV
SHOW AND I STARTED TRAVELING AND
I NEVER LOOKED BACK.
>> Stephen: THIS YEAR, IN THE
SERIES, YOU'RE GOING TO CUBA,
BORNEO, U.S. OPEN, AND OTHER
MYSTERIOUS EXOTIC PLACES LIKE
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THE
LOCALS THERE ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL
AND INTELLIGENT.
>> IT'S AWESOME.
>> Stephen: I'M FROM
CHARLESTON.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT
CHARLESTON ON THE TRIP?
WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S REALLY A
FOOD CAPITAL.
THE FOOD THERE IS AMAZING.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE
SHRIMP?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE
HOPPENJON?
>> I HAD ALL OF THOSE THINGS BUT
I DISCOVERED THE JOY OF THE
WATCWAFFEL HOUSE.
TALK ABOUT COMPOSITEICA.
I HAD NEVER BEEN.
IT'S APPARENTLY A PLACE YOU CAN
GO AND NO MATTER HOW WRECKED OR
OBNOXIOUS YOU ARE OR LATE AT
NIGHT THEY'RE NICE TO YOU.
>> Stephen: IT REALLY IMPROVES
THE FOOD IF IT'S 2:00 A.M. AND
YOU ARE HAMMERED DRUNK.
>> I HAD THE BEST TIME THERE.
>> Stephen: THE NICE THING
ABOUT THE WAFFLE HOUSE IS THE
MENU IS ALL PICTURES.
( LAUGHTER )
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ABLE TO--
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ.
YOU JUST GO, "I'LL TAKE THE
PRETTY ONE."
