1 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:18,652 I have a block of cheese in my colon the size of a grapefruit. 2 00:00:18,686 --> 00:00:20,054 Tony, come on. Don't be grumpy. 3 00:00:20,088 --> 00:00:23,023 Son of a bitch. 4 00:00:23,057 --> 00:00:24,658 Jesus. 5 00:00:24,692 --> 00:00:26,760 Sometimes I don't understand you. 6 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:28,562 I'm so hung over; I just want to crawl under 7 00:00:28,596 --> 00:00:29,897 the bushes and die. 8 00:00:29,930 --> 00:00:31,599 - Seriously? - No, I hate this. 9 00:00:31,632 --> 00:00:33,501 Are we there yet? 10 00:00:33,534 --> 00:00:36,870 No, the chalet's, maybe like, I don't know, half hour? 11 00:00:39,207 --> 00:00:40,908 - Okay. - Ugh. 12 00:00:40,941 --> 00:00:44,678 - It's amazing. - Worst episode ever. 13 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:48,282 ♪ I took a walk through this ♪ 14 00:00:48,316 --> 00:00:51,619 ♪ Beautiful world 15 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:56,724 ♪ Felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ 16 00:00:56,757 --> 00:01:00,027 ♪ Found something good in this ♪ 17 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,963 ♪ Beautiful world 18 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:08,902 ♪ I felt the rain getting colder ♪ 19 00:01:08,936 --> 00:01:11,972 - ♪ La, la - ♪ Sha la, la, la, la 20 00:01:12,005 --> 00:01:14,108 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la 21 00:01:14,142 --> 00:01:18,212 - ♪ Sha la, la, la - Sha la, la, la, la ♪ 22 00:01:18,246 --> 00:01:23,083 ♪ Sha la, la, la, la, la 23 00:01:28,322 --> 00:01:28,822 ♪ 24 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:38,065 The French Alps, 25 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:39,900 lovely Italians on one side, 26 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:43,237 but the terrifying Swiss on the other. 27 00:01:43,271 --> 00:01:44,738 They're close. 28 00:01:44,772 --> 00:01:46,674 Too close for me. 29 00:01:46,707 --> 00:01:49,777 A man with a neurotic childhood fear of alpine vistas, 30 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:52,746 yodeling, even cheese with holes in it. 31 00:01:52,780 --> 00:01:56,750 ♪ 32 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:59,820 But my friend Eric requires payback. 33 00:01:59,853 --> 00:02:03,157 I have, in recent adventures with him, been unkind. 34 00:02:03,191 --> 00:02:05,259 He grew up in mountains like this. 35 00:02:05,293 --> 00:02:06,927 He's an expert skier. 36 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,096 This is like home to him, 37 00:02:09,129 --> 00:02:12,366 so I thought it was only fair he get a chance at payback. 38 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,304 ♪ 39 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:18,105 I am not a graceful skier, 40 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:20,808 but I am an enthusiastic one, 41 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:23,277 and that's what you come here for in winter and early spring. 42 00:02:23,311 --> 00:02:26,113 Some of the best slopes on Earth. 43 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:29,149 Also cheese, apparently. Lots of cheese. 44 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:32,820 ♪ 45 00:02:32,853 --> 00:02:34,021 I just take your size. 46 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:35,122 Yes. 47 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:37,291 Okay. 48 00:02:37,325 --> 00:02:39,660 Bend your knees, push on the foot. 49 00:02:39,693 --> 00:02:41,128 They decent? 50 00:02:41,161 --> 00:02:42,256 Yeah, they feel good. That feels good. 51 00:02:42,263 --> 00:02:44,064 - Good? - Yeah. 52 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:48,369 You learned to ski in what, the Pyrenees, right? 53 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:49,403 - Yeah. - I learned to ski 54 00:02:49,437 --> 00:02:51,205 in New Jersey. 55 00:02:51,239 --> 00:02:52,806 Eh, it's the same. 56 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,042 Yes. Well, that's what I always said. 57 00:02:58,846 --> 00:03:01,382 You thought you were going to the Moon, or what? 58 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:04,218 Hey warm feet are important. 59 00:03:04,252 --> 00:03:06,854 Nothing's more demoralizing than cold, wet feet. 60 00:03:06,887 --> 00:03:08,349 You'll be bitching in those things; yeah, you'll... 61 00:03:08,356 --> 00:03:10,891 - No, man. - You'll look... you'll look cool. 62 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:13,327 That's gonna be... These are gonna be like sponges. 63 00:03:13,361 --> 00:03:15,696 - You wish me bad luck. - No, I don't. 64 00:03:15,729 --> 00:03:17,358 I just think you should have proper footwear, man. 65 00:03:17,365 --> 00:03:21,001 Prior preparation prevents piss-poor performance. 66 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:26,073 ♪ 67 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:29,843 Ski log, day one. Conditions are not ideal. 68 00:03:29,877 --> 00:03:32,012 It's thick powder and zero visibility. 69 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:35,716 ♪ 70 00:03:35,749 --> 00:03:38,786 Plus, I haven't skied in years, 71 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:41,689 so it hurts... bad. 72 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:42,222 ♪ 73 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,697 But God bless the French, they can't go too long, 74 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:53,334 not even down a mountain, without eating well. 75 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:56,136 I gotta tell you, I'm not impressed 76 00:03:56,169 --> 00:03:57,798 with my performance on that hill; I was dying. 77 00:03:57,805 --> 00:03:59,307 Today's challenging. I mean, look. 78 00:03:59,340 --> 00:04:03,110 It... it's about 3 feet of fresh snow. 79 00:04:03,143 --> 00:04:06,480 The visibility was okay, barely okay. 80 00:04:06,514 --> 00:04:08,949 A year ago, at this time, I was a killing machine. 81 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:10,451 Now, I was like... 82 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:12,252 I was seeing stars, I mean, I, I... 83 00:04:12,286 --> 00:04:13,454 No, it was the altitude. 84 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:16,990 ♪ 85 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:29,503 And some extravagant, fantastic, uh, red wine. 86 00:04:29,537 --> 00:04:31,138 We blow up the budget? 87 00:04:31,171 --> 00:04:33,106 Kill 'em. 88 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:34,775 - Kill it? - Kill 'em. 89 00:04:34,808 --> 00:04:36,276 Okay, okay, all done. 90 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:38,479 Definitely the '66 Latour. How much is it? 91 00:04:38,512 --> 00:04:39,847 Is it... is it expensive enough? 92 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,516 - Yeah. - Oh, yeah. 93 00:04:42,550 --> 00:04:44,251 - They're gonna love you. - We deserve it. 94 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:50,791 ♪ 95 00:04:50,824 --> 00:04:53,327 - Oh, it's good. - Right, this is good, huh? 96 00:04:53,361 --> 00:04:56,864 Well worth the expense to someone else. 97 00:04:56,897 --> 00:04:58,332 This is the bigger name. 98 00:04:58,366 --> 00:04:59,867 We're gonna have a week of good food, 99 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:01,835 good wine, some ski, right? 100 00:05:01,869 --> 00:05:05,305 So, what, what are the specialite ...of the region? 101 00:05:05,339 --> 00:05:07,441 So, they do the raclettes. 102 00:05:07,475 --> 00:05:09,109 - Cheese. - You know like, yeah, cheese, 103 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:10,444 - Right. - The fondue. 104 00:05:10,478 --> 00:05:12,880 - That's cheese. - Da dufflets. 105 00:05:12,913 --> 00:05:15,015 - That's cheese. - Yep. 106 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:16,884 I don't know. 107 00:05:16,917 --> 00:05:18,812 - That's not bad; I like cheese. - Yeah, I like stews. 108 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:21,489 They make a lot of stews too. Yeah, of what animals? 109 00:05:21,522 --> 00:05:22,956 Mostly beef. 110 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:24,291 - Yeah? - Yeah. 111 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,526 - A lot of cows up here? - Yeah. 112 00:05:25,559 --> 00:05:28,328 I like cows... to eat. 113 00:05:28,362 --> 00:05:30,130 Yeah, to eat, of course. 114 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:31,799 Don't much like 'em personally. 115 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:33,834 ♪ 116 00:05:33,867 --> 00:05:35,903 Where I learned to ski, we were lucky 117 00:05:35,936 --> 00:05:38,164 to get lukewarm chicken fingers and a Bud Light at the lodge. 118 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:42,309 Here, we start with pan-seared foie gras. 119 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:44,077 Wow. 120 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:46,013 - That's fancy, huh? - All right. 121 00:05:46,046 --> 00:05:48,482 I mean, why don't you eat that on the ski slope? Seriously. 122 00:05:48,516 --> 00:05:50,518 ♪ 123 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:54,354 For the main, a loin of veal, gently seared and pan-roasted. 124 00:05:54,388 --> 00:05:57,024 Joined by a wild mushroom sauce, 125 00:05:57,057 --> 00:05:59,527 and a pretty little medley of vegetables. 126 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,062 - Whoa. - Looking good. 127 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:03,897 Hoo-hoo. 128 00:06:03,931 --> 00:06:06,900 How is it? It's really good. 129 00:06:06,934 --> 00:06:10,404 It's also... I wanted you to know this... humanely raised veal, 130 00:06:10,438 --> 00:06:14,442 free-range, died in its sleep. 131 00:06:14,475 --> 00:06:17,411 I disagree with that, but I will eat it. 132 00:06:17,445 --> 00:06:20,013 Just trying to make you feel better about the world. 133 00:06:20,047 --> 00:06:22,450 I'm all over the cheese course like a one-man army. 134 00:06:22,483 --> 00:06:25,519 Tomme de chevre, tomme de savoie et piment, 135 00:06:25,553 --> 00:06:28,288 fromage de chevre et creme de ren. 136 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:30,357 That's from, like, a cow. 137 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,960 Everybody has blood on their hands, Eric, everybody. 138 00:06:32,993 --> 00:06:35,395 - I do too. - Right, we all do. 139 00:06:35,429 --> 00:06:36,930 - I do too. - The clothes we wear, 140 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:38,866 the air we breathe. 141 00:06:38,899 --> 00:06:40,434 Everything we do is built on the backs 142 00:06:40,468 --> 00:06:43,571 of suffering people and dying animals. 143 00:06:43,604 --> 00:06:45,072 I agree. 144 00:06:45,105 --> 00:06:46,874 We wallow in blood. 145 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:50,410 ♪ 146 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:58,986 Ski log, day two. 147 00:06:59,019 --> 00:07:03,390 Yesterday, Chef Ripert showed no mercy on the mountain. 148 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:06,159 Today, conditions are more to my liking. 149 00:07:06,193 --> 00:07:08,261 A small wager might have been made. 150 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:11,431 Loser might have to eat at Johnny Rockets. 151 00:07:11,465 --> 00:07:13,901 Today it is on. 152 00:07:13,934 --> 00:07:15,068 Ready? 153 00:07:15,102 --> 00:07:18,405 Yeah. 154 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:20,641 One, two, three. 155 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:24,177 ♪ 156 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:23,170 ♪ 157 00:08:27,775 --> 00:08:31,144 The title for your biography, for your bio pic: 158 00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:33,647 "32 Yolks: The Revenge," or whatever we're calling it. 159 00:08:33,681 --> 00:08:37,350 "64 Yolks," or "For a Few Yolks More." 160 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:39,653 Well, that'll be the sequel. "A Fistfull of Yolks." 161 00:08:39,687 --> 00:08:41,354 Okay, that's what we'll call it. 162 00:08:41,388 --> 00:08:42,683 We have to change it to a more manly title. 163 00:08:42,690 --> 00:08:44,057 - It's... it's... - "32 Yolks" is... 164 00:08:44,091 --> 00:08:45,492 Now it's becoming your book. 165 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:47,227 You're changing it; you're... 166 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:48,996 Welcome to Hollywood, my friend. 167 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,501 The Cremery. 168 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:56,737 A special place at the bottom of the mountain. 169 00:08:56,770 --> 00:09:00,774 Croute with morilles, and cream, lots of cream. 170 00:09:00,808 --> 00:09:04,678 I didn't expect that; that's really good. 171 00:09:04,712 --> 00:09:06,213 Yeah. 172 00:09:06,246 --> 00:09:07,540 We're eating bread and mushrooms... 173 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:08,515 - Right. - Cheese. 174 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:09,683 There's no meat in this. 175 00:09:09,717 --> 00:09:11,451 No, there's no meat. 176 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:13,520 I'm, like, practically like Gandhi at this point. 177 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:14,053 ♪ 178 00:09:19,492 --> 00:09:21,194 I'm not drastic. 179 00:09:21,228 --> 00:09:23,056 I'm not saying, "Don't eat meat, become a vegan." 180 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:24,765 I'm saying, "Let's eat less meat." 181 00:09:24,798 --> 00:09:26,566 You just think it's better for the planet? 182 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,737 It's good for the planet; it's good for our bodies. 183 00:09:29,770 --> 00:09:31,639 I'll... I'll stand outside the Bourdeau Dan. 184 00:09:31,672 --> 00:09:33,440 I'll tell all your customers that. 185 00:09:33,473 --> 00:09:36,109 "You know, this fish thing, you should really, 186 00:09:36,143 --> 00:09:38,278 you should eat some vegetables." 187 00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:38,811 ♪ 188 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:47,487 Bovine flatulence is a major source of carbon dioxide. 189 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,090 Yes. It's the biggest one in the world. 190 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:51,417 No, not the biggest one in the world. 191 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:53,226 - Yes. - Bovine flatulence? 192 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:57,430 Yes, bigger than cars, bigger than anything else. 193 00:09:57,464 --> 00:09:59,733 See, this is why we should eat meat. 194 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:02,069 We're saving the planet; we're gonna kill these things. 195 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:04,471 ♪ 196 00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:06,674 We're ripping a hole in the ozone layer. 197 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,408 Plus, it stinks. 198 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:09,677 You are a lost... lost case. 199 00:10:15,783 --> 00:10:17,517 What does she want? 200 00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:20,153 She said she hopes you're very hungry, because... 201 00:10:20,187 --> 00:10:21,588 Uh-oh. 202 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:24,124 What's coming is serious. 203 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,295 ♪ 204 00:10:28,328 --> 00:10:30,330 Farcante. 205 00:10:30,363 --> 00:10:31,792 I think that means "cannonball of goodness" in French, 206 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:33,701 because it's a big, heavy, 207 00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:36,136 albeit yet thoroughly delicious loaf of potato, 208 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:38,438 bacon, dried fruit, and cream 209 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:42,342 slowly steamed in a bain-marie. 210 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:44,477 ♪ 211 00:10:44,511 --> 00:10:46,572 This meal is a foreshadowing of the kind of light spa food 212 00:10:46,579 --> 00:10:50,684 that will become a regular feature of our time in the Alps. 213 00:10:50,718 --> 00:10:53,821 - Whoa. - Whoa. 214 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:58,491 We have to finish that. 215 00:10:58,525 --> 00:11:02,129 It's like a... It's like a volcano. 216 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:03,663 Look at this. 217 00:11:03,697 --> 00:11:07,367 You can put the dried apricots or plums as well. 218 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,236 So, it's a bit sweet and salty. 219 00:11:09,269 --> 00:11:10,403 It's... It's very good. 220 00:11:10,437 --> 00:11:11,404 It's really good. 221 00:11:11,438 --> 00:11:14,674 ♪ 222 00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:17,811 You put that on a "Man versus Food," food wins. 223 00:11:17,845 --> 00:11:22,482 Can Eric Ripert eat the entire farcante in one hour? 224 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:25,352 If you can save the world, could you eat that? 225 00:11:25,385 --> 00:11:27,520 No, if you could save a puppy, could you eat that? 226 00:11:27,554 --> 00:11:29,489 - To save a puppy? Yeah. - The whole thing. 227 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:30,751 You'd eat the whole thing to save a puppy? 228 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:33,426 Yeah. 229 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:34,862 Get me a puppy. 230 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:50,943 ♪ 231 00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:04,624 Ah, nature, the rustic charms of the farm, 232 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:06,794 proximity to one's ingredients, 233 00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:10,697 the smell of fresh grass, manure, livestock. 234 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:14,968 I love it. No, actually, that's Eric. 235 00:12:15,002 --> 00:12:16,904 I didn't mean to be presumptuous, 236 00:12:16,937 --> 00:12:18,564 but last night after dinner, I went back to my room, 237 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,707 and I whipped up a little pâté for us. 238 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,709 Yes, of course. 239 00:12:22,742 --> 00:12:24,237 I thought the croûte came out pretty well, don't you think? 240 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:25,879 - Yep. - I mean, not bad for 241 00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:27,774 a little microwave in my room. With some Génépi. 242 00:12:27,781 --> 00:12:30,250 Because I know you're a man of expensive tastes, 243 00:12:30,283 --> 00:12:31,985 I foraged for truffles this morning. 244 00:12:32,019 --> 00:12:36,323 I rented a truffle-seeking pig and managed to dig this guy up. 245 00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:37,757 That's pretty nice. 246 00:12:37,791 --> 00:12:39,459 Perhaps you want to do the honors? The... 247 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:40,787 - Yeah. - Wow, look at that knife work. 248 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:42,262 You should be a chef. 249 00:12:43,831 --> 00:12:45,833 A nice cheese selection from this very farm. 250 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:47,427 - Yes, I guess. - The process that we will be 251 00:12:47,434 --> 00:12:48,501 helping along today. 252 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,740 I'm excited about that as an experience. 253 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,642 I mean, everything is an experience today. 254 00:12:55,675 --> 00:12:58,445 So is a colonoscopy, but... 255 00:12:58,478 --> 00:13:00,480 So you ever milked a cow before? 256 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:03,316 I loved going to the farm when I was a kid. 257 00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:05,318 - Yeah? - They, like, they had 20 cows. 258 00:13:05,352 --> 00:13:07,787 In the farming community in which you grew up, 259 00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:11,424 did kids at school ever brag about sort of... 260 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:13,319 I don't know how you describe this for a family audience... 261 00:13:13,326 --> 00:13:15,762 But inappropriate contact with... 262 00:13:15,795 --> 00:13:17,430 - No. - With farm animals? 263 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:18,765 - No. - Really? Never? 264 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,433 - No. - So if I made, like, 265 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:21,962 a grass smoothie and poured it on your crotch, 266 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:23,603 I think it would be pretty funny. 267 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,605 - It wouldn't. - If no one was watching. 268 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:27,540 Yeah, no one is watching. 269 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:32,279 This scene is gone. This scene doesn't exist. 270 00:13:37,084 --> 00:13:38,678 Don't do that while I'm milking you, man. 271 00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:41,021 She's like... 272 00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:44,324 Now, the milking thing, I... I have some concerns. 273 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:46,459 I'm afraid. 274 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:47,724 - Are you? - I'm a little afraid. 275 00:13:50,763 --> 00:13:54,968 I... I think they sense that I, you know, my Jersey roots 276 00:13:55,002 --> 00:13:58,738 as opposed to, you know, your country ass, you know? 277 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:01,108 They know you; they recognize you as one of theirs. 278 00:14:02,409 --> 00:14:05,913 Hello, Nadine. Huh? 279 00:14:05,946 --> 00:14:08,381 You don't like Tony, huh? 280 00:14:08,415 --> 00:14:11,351 Don't let him do it. 281 00:14:11,384 --> 00:14:13,420 Kick him in the balls. 282 00:14:16,456 --> 00:14:17,657 ♪ 283 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:20,593 I give you $1,000 cash 284 00:14:20,627 --> 00:14:22,662 if you can get some milk out of this cow. 285 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:24,664 You'll give me a 1,000 bucks? 286 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:26,499 Okay, now we're talking, my friend. 287 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:27,767 Yeah. 288 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,102 Show me how it's done, farm boy. 289 00:14:29,136 --> 00:14:32,605 - Oh, he's gonna show us. - Okay. 290 00:14:32,639 --> 00:14:34,007 Okay, I can do that. 291 00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:35,008 You see how he does? 292 00:14:35,042 --> 00:14:36,576 I think so. Okay. 293 00:14:36,609 --> 00:14:38,645 - Okay? - You first. 294 00:14:40,047 --> 00:14:42,849 Okay. 295 00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:45,518 Oh, there you go. 296 00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:47,547 We should be playing, like, some '70s music, you know. 297 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:48,888 ♪ Un-chicka-un-chicka-un 298 00:14:48,922 --> 00:14:50,623 Okay, save some for me. 299 00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:54,561 Come on, man, that's my $1,000 going in that pail. 300 00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:56,396 - Okay, your turn. - All right. 301 00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:57,890 Watch how it's done. Yeah. Jeez, I'm telling you. 302 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:02,469 - Go ahead. - Okay. Oh, it's soft. 303 00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:03,770 Hey, what's that called? 304 00:15:03,803 --> 00:15:06,940 That's called $1,000, my friend. 305 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:10,978 Oh, that's strangely satisfying. 306 00:15:14,982 --> 00:15:16,049 That's my grand. 307 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:19,619 I feel like a... a champion. 308 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:21,788 You don't want to do a goat, huh? 309 00:15:21,821 --> 00:15:23,056 So to speak. 310 00:15:23,090 --> 00:15:24,624 I mean, yes. 311 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:25,918 I think we learned something here today. 312 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,660 Yeah. Do it quickly. 313 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:36,736 ♪ 314 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:39,906 Cheese. Don't get me wrong. I love cheese. I adore it. 315 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,575 But it's day three of nonstop cheese, 316 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:44,511 and we haven't even scratched the surface 317 00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:47,114 of the many wondrous specialties of the region. 318 00:15:47,147 --> 00:15:50,783 Hotel Du Buet has been around for many years. 319 00:15:50,817 --> 00:15:53,186 One comes here for the cheese. 320 00:15:53,220 --> 00:15:55,955 In this case, the iconic raclette, 321 00:15:55,989 --> 00:15:58,658 and the equally iconic fondue. 322 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:00,460 Hello, can I have a drink with you? 323 00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:01,661 Please. 324 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:03,130 Cheers. 325 00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:05,032 Marianne Chanel and her siblings 326 00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:07,834 are the third generation of her family to run this place. 327 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,769 So this is a fa... A family business? 328 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,804 - Yes. - For how many years? 329 00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:15,108 - Soon 130 years. - 130 years? 330 00:16:15,142 --> 00:16:17,644 So, in the family, the whole time? 331 00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:19,012 Yes, it's my great granddad. 332 00:16:19,046 --> 00:16:20,113 Great grandfather? 333 00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:24,910 So, you're gonna have to help us. 334 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,719 I explain. 335 00:16:26,753 --> 00:16:28,014 Finally, raclette. I've been waiting for this. 336 00:16:28,021 --> 00:16:30,623 I know. 337 00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:32,959 Would you like it direct on your potatoes? 338 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,961 Please. Oh, it bubbles. 339 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,130 - Yeah. - I cut with this part. 340 00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:40,133 ♪ 341 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:43,136 Oh, man, yeah. That's... whoa. 342 00:16:45,605 --> 00:16:47,140 - Yeah, man, go for it. - You wanna try? 343 00:16:47,174 --> 00:16:48,508 No, no, go... go for it, big boy. 344 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:50,677 All right. Here we go. 345 00:16:53,046 --> 00:16:54,614 Okay. 346 00:16:57,250 --> 00:17:00,520 Uh... is there a future for him in the restaurant business? 347 00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:02,055 I'm not so sure. 348 00:17:02,089 --> 00:17:03,890 Normal humans do not usually follow 349 00:17:03,923 --> 00:17:05,992 multiple wads of oozing cheese 350 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:09,229 melted over potatoes with a molten pot of more cheese. 351 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:10,763 So, you excited? 352 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:13,066 Finally, your fondue? Yeah. 353 00:17:13,100 --> 00:17:15,768 But we are no ordinary men. 354 00:17:15,802 --> 00:17:19,005 We are Titans. We are Centurions of dairy products. 355 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,574 - See the fondue? - Okay, let's do the fondue. 356 00:17:21,608 --> 00:17:24,077 - Do some eights slowly. - Figure eight. 357 00:17:24,111 --> 00:17:27,013 Eight on the bottom. You touch the bottom. 358 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,915 But not too... tong, tong, tong, like this. 359 00:17:28,948 --> 00:17:31,118 Yes, yes, yes. 360 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:33,686 - Oh, man, that's good. - That's what I said. 361 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,055 When you do that to the end of the fondue... 362 00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:38,525 - Right. - The fondue's perfect. 363 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:41,060 You know, you should know he bet me... 364 00:17:41,094 --> 00:17:44,897 He bet me $1,000 today that I could not milk a cow. 365 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:47,066 - And you do? - I did. 366 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:48,601 - Yeah. - Victory. 367 00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,737 Look, I know what to do with a cow. 368 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:51,964 I know what you do is, you gonna... 369 00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:53,640 You put it in your fridge. 370 00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:54,774 Exactly, right, right. 371 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:56,008 You are so sweet. 372 00:18:00,347 --> 00:18:02,048 How can you do it? 373 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,950 Can I do what? 374 00:18:03,983 --> 00:18:05,745 I mean, to be surrounded by so much of this great cheese. 375 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:08,888 Well, we ate about a pound of cheese each. 376 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:11,224 You're gonna have a big cannonball of crap 377 00:18:11,258 --> 00:18:14,227 lodged up your butt like a baby head. 378 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:17,964 The size of a freaking baby head. 379 00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:20,267 You will understand the agony of delivery. 380 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:22,302 We are not leaving this table... 381 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:24,604 Well, we are, because there's a bunch of drunk, 382 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:26,906 horny mountaineers coming in later. 383 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,908 Oh, we're gonna party with them, happily. 384 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:31,178 No, because I believe there might be yodeling involved. 385 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:49,179 - My God. - I'm not worried about it. 386 00:18:49,196 --> 00:18:50,197 I'll be fine. 387 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:56,102 Oh, whoa, whoa, watch this. 388 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,037 Okay, here goes the egg. 389 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:02,309 Oh, now we're getting serious. 390 00:19:07,347 --> 00:19:10,317 - Can I try? - Yup. 391 00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:12,151 - Oh, man, that's good. - It's different, huh? 392 00:19:12,185 --> 00:19:14,187 - Totally. - Oh, appreciate it. 393 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:44,250 ♪ 394 00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:04,203 - Holy Christ. - What? 395 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:07,106 It's flat; we haven't started yet. 396 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:09,342 Why do people do this? 397 00:20:09,376 --> 00:20:14,281 You do that to stay in shape, to enjoy nature. 398 00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:16,949 - This is not a sport. - Not a sport, man. 399 00:20:16,983 --> 00:20:20,887 - This is a death sentence. - We came from New York. 400 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,857 Look at the difference. It's so peaceful. 401 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:26,426 You can go do this is Central Park. 402 00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:28,861 Yeah, you can do that in Central Park. 403 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:33,199 - But, why would you? - Ah, for fun. 404 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:35,735 This is for fun. We're doing that for fun, Tony. 405 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:40,773 This is fun like chlamydia is fun. 406 00:20:40,807 --> 00:20:43,209 We haven't even started to go up. 407 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:49,782 Okay, now, that's... That's doing it exercise. 408 00:20:49,816 --> 00:20:51,884 ♪ 409 00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:54,153 Oh, hell. 410 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:00,960 ♪ 411 00:21:06,299 --> 00:21:08,735 Every chef needs a mentor. 412 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:11,504 In the life and career of Eric Ripert, 413 00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:14,507 it was Maurice Guillot who filled that role, 414 00:21:14,541 --> 00:21:16,443 who took a young, fresh-faced cook 415 00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:19,078 from the mean streets of Antibes 416 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:20,272 and turned him into the hardened 417 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:22,148 professional he is today. 418 00:22:15,602 --> 00:22:17,537 Breakfast. 419 00:22:17,570 --> 00:22:20,306 Bonjour. 420 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:21,841 - Bonjour. - Bonjour. 421 00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:51,203 They said they'd cook lunch, 422 00:22:51,237 --> 00:22:53,005 which sounded like a sweet deal 423 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:54,607 considering what's on the menu. 424 00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:58,411 Ahh. 425 00:22:59,479 --> 00:23:01,514 Cheers. 426 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:04,551 Start with heaping spoons full of the finest osetra caviar. 427 00:23:04,584 --> 00:23:06,519 So, when you were from the east, 428 00:23:06,553 --> 00:23:08,921 on a scale of 1 to 10, how good are... 429 00:23:08,955 --> 00:23:10,557 - Minus 2. - Minus 2, 430 00:23:10,590 --> 00:23:12,224 and you only ended up in the kitchen 431 00:23:12,258 --> 00:23:13,960 because you were such a shit waiter, right? 432 00:23:13,993 --> 00:23:16,095 Yeah, no, but I wanted to be in the kitchen. 433 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:19,432 After graduation, I was in Paris with my suitcase. 434 00:23:19,466 --> 00:23:23,536 I was 17 years old, and then I see that guy. 435 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:26,238 Maybe some asparagus, upon which one nestles 436 00:23:26,272 --> 00:23:28,641 a poached egg, 437 00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:31,110 a freshly frothed zabaione, 438 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:34,914 and an obscenely generous pile of black truffle shavings. 439 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:38,918 I actually... I like a little zabaione. 440 00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:40,920 Egg on egg, man. Nothing beats it. 441 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:44,991 Ridiculous. 442 00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:46,318 I don't know why people mistake me for you. 443 00:23:46,325 --> 00:23:47,994 Because they see us on TV together. 444 00:23:48,027 --> 00:23:49,962 We both have the white hair, and people can say, 445 00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:52,231 "Oh, I love your restaurant; it's so good, Le Bernardin. 446 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:54,166 "Le Bernardin, I love your restaurant. 447 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,937 It's great, the fish, it's wonderful." 448 00:23:57,970 --> 00:23:59,438 You know what I always say? 449 00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:01,007 No, I always say, you know, 450 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,142 "Can you believe all our fish is frozen." 451 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:04,677 No, he does. 452 00:24:04,711 --> 00:24:06,312 He's not joking. 453 00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:16,355 Steak au poivre with some fresh morel and new potatoes. 454 00:24:16,388 --> 00:24:18,591 So what was 32 yolks again? 455 00:24:18,625 --> 00:24:20,426 What was the... that's the recipe? 456 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:21,487 Yeah, for the hollandaise. For his hollandaise. 457 00:24:21,494 --> 00:24:23,195 32... 32 yolks. 458 00:24:23,229 --> 00:24:25,097 Yeah, to make the hollandaise for him. 459 00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:28,334 - No, it's an excellent book. - Thank you, Tony. 460 00:24:28,367 --> 00:24:32,271 My favorite part is when you're in prison 461 00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:34,106 in the south of France. 462 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:36,108 They force him to bite the heads off live chickens 463 00:24:36,142 --> 00:24:37,677 for the amusement of the other convicts. 464 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:39,345 - We did... - That was a good scene, 465 00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:40,573 or was that "Midnight Express?" I forget. 466 00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:42,014 It was "Midnight Express." 467 00:24:45,051 --> 00:24:47,319 ♪ 468 00:24:47,353 --> 00:24:50,222 How many years did you guys work together? 469 00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:52,158 Actually, a long time. 470 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:55,327 From day one of my career, to when I left to America. 471 00:24:55,361 --> 00:24:57,496 Very long time. 472 00:24:59,666 --> 00:25:02,468 Why did you go to America and leave your ancestral home land? 473 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:07,139 Robichon sent me to America. I wanted to go to Brazil, 474 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:09,308 and then he looked at me and smiled and he said, 475 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:11,010 "Uh, I can't send you to Brazil. 476 00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:12,679 You're not gonna cook anything there." 477 00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:14,747 - Right. - Actually, Robichon helped me 478 00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:16,549 to come to America. He found me the job. 479 00:25:16,583 --> 00:25:17,083 ♪ 480 00:25:22,388 --> 00:25:25,324 Yeah, what would you have been if you'd failed as a... 481 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:26,492 As an aspiring chef? 482 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,194 What was your fallback position? 483 00:25:28,227 --> 00:25:29,996 I wanted to be a forest ranger. 484 00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,598 - Forest ranger? - Yeah. 485 00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:33,332 Why? You like nature or something? 486 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:35,201 - Yeah. - What was it, the uniform? 487 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:37,236 You like the uniform? The shorts... they get shorts, 488 00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:39,505 and a little hat like Smokey the Bear. 489 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,343 ♪ 490 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,345 But you're not an outdoorsman at all. 491 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,414 - What do you mean? - You don't fish. 492 00:25:48,447 --> 00:25:51,684 No, because I don't wanna catch fish. 493 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,688 We'll leave that where it is. 494 00:25:55,722 --> 00:25:58,691 You've probably killed more fish over the telephone than... 495 00:25:58,725 --> 00:26:00,559 A good fisherman. 496 00:26:00,593 --> 00:26:02,128 They are dead already. 497 00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:04,463 No, they kill them for you. 498 00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:06,699 Don't say that. 499 00:26:06,733 --> 00:26:09,201 You're like Scarface. 500 00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:10,663 Don't say that or I give you a lot of salad. 501 00:26:10,670 --> 00:26:12,271 Oh. 502 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:12,804 ♪ 503 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:29,421 ♪ 504 00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:33,225 These mountains are majestic and beautiful. 505 00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:35,728 You can walk them, take pictures of them. 506 00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:37,764 You can ski down them. 507 00:26:37,797 --> 00:26:39,465 They can also kill you. 508 00:26:39,498 --> 00:26:39,998 ♪ 509 00:26:44,303 --> 00:26:46,138 So when shit gets bad, 510 00:26:46,172 --> 00:26:48,340 and you find yourself a tangle of busted bones 511 00:26:48,374 --> 00:26:50,242 and torn flesh, 512 00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:52,645 having slid off a lonely, high-altitude piece, 513 00:26:52,679 --> 00:26:55,682 it's people like Laurent Langoisseur 514 00:26:55,715 --> 00:26:59,518 of La Compagnie du Mont-Blanc who come and save you. 515 00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:02,789 Sonia Popoff works for Peloton de Gendarmerie 516 00:27:02,822 --> 00:27:04,757 de Haute Montagne. 517 00:27:04,791 --> 00:27:09,128 She's who you call when things are really bad. 518 00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:11,630 This was Eric's life dream as a young man, to be a... 519 00:27:11,664 --> 00:27:14,333 - Yeah. - A park ranger up in the Alps, 520 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,195 or in the mountains; this is what he wanted to do as a... 521 00:27:16,202 --> 00:27:17,603 - I wanted to be... - As a young man. 522 00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,438 - I wanted to be you. - Let's face it. 523 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:21,841 Your career as a chef is coming to a... coming to an end. 524 00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,776 You just turned 52. 525 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:26,445 Is it too late for him to start? 526 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:28,280 Oh, that's not a good sign. 527 00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:29,816 I don't know how to say it. 528 00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:31,517 It's, "Sorry, Pops." 529 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:34,286 I am in better shape than you to do it. 530 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,155 That's for sure. Yeah. 531 00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:38,691 - And I don't want to be mean. - I'm not doing it. 532 00:27:41,728 --> 00:27:44,196 ♪ 533 00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:46,365 So what's the most common injury? 534 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:49,736 So, a lot of knee and shoulders, 535 00:27:49,769 --> 00:27:51,537 dislocated shoulders. 536 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,339 - Head injuries. - Concussion? 537 00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:55,207 - Concussion. - Yes. 538 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:57,376 I mean, I noticed, you know, there's a bar here. 539 00:27:57,409 --> 00:28:01,213 I mean, do... how stupid do people get on the mountain? 540 00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:02,648 You would be very surprised. 541 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:07,586 We see people not trained, not well-equipped, 542 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,221 following, like, ski tracks 543 00:28:09,255 --> 00:28:12,524 to get them to crevasses, glaciers, cracks. 544 00:28:12,558 --> 00:28:15,594 Right. So, if he drinks two bottles of Génépi, 545 00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:19,365 and he goes off piece... 546 00:28:20,733 --> 00:28:22,835 And falls into a crevasse... 547 00:28:22,869 --> 00:28:25,271 Ahh! 548 00:28:25,304 --> 00:28:27,173 Dislocates his shoulder... 549 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:28,274 Augh! 550 00:28:28,307 --> 00:28:29,341 Breaks his knee... 551 00:28:29,375 --> 00:28:30,409 Ahh! 552 00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:31,677 And... 553 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,412 - Why me? - Has a concussion... 554 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:35,414 This is a hypothetical question. Okay, okay. 555 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:38,684 So, okay, hypothermia is setting in. 556 00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:43,255 Your ACL and your meniscus are both completely shredded, 557 00:28:44,924 --> 00:28:46,625 And your all messed up from a concussion... 558 00:28:48,928 --> 00:28:50,562 What is the thing I... I should do? 559 00:28:50,596 --> 00:28:52,631 Should I ski to the bottom and talk to someone? 560 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:54,266 - Yeah. - Like, call my cell phone? 561 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:56,302 First I'd call the production company 562 00:28:56,335 --> 00:28:57,930 and tell them we need somebody else for the rest of the show. 563 00:28:57,937 --> 00:28:59,738 He's such a nice guy. 564 00:28:59,772 --> 00:29:01,466 To answer your question there, there is something today 565 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:03,810 we use more and more on the people's cell phones. 566 00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:05,644 Oh, find my phone. 567 00:29:05,677 --> 00:29:07,479 - Find my corpse. - Find my phone. 568 00:29:07,513 --> 00:29:09,816 And just ask the people, "Okay go back to your phone, 569 00:29:09,849 --> 00:29:11,818 "and there's a GPS inside it, 570 00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:13,719 and it tells us exactly where to find you." 571 00:29:15,487 --> 00:29:17,924 Avalanches happen here frequently. 572 00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:20,927 Laurent and his rescue squads are here to prevent them 573 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,995 before they occur if possible, 574 00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:26,465 and if not, to find you, and dig you out. 575 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:28,667 Allow us to demonstrate. 576 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:31,737 We bury our local contact, Bullet, under the snow. 577 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,639 Search dogs, hopefully, 578 00:29:33,672 --> 00:29:35,975 will find him before he becomes a corpsicle 579 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:39,411 and our production insurance becomes unsustainably expensive. 580 00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:42,948 ♪ 581 00:29:49,455 --> 00:29:51,023 So, how common are avalanche? 582 00:29:51,057 --> 00:29:53,692 Where are they most likely to... to happen? 583 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:55,694 Anywhere but the ski resorts. 584 00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:59,465 Mostly the avalanches that kills people is not into a ski resort. 585 00:29:59,498 --> 00:30:00,699 It's... Outside. 586 00:30:00,732 --> 00:30:01,868 Outside the boundaries. 587 00:30:01,901 --> 00:30:03,635 Now, here's a question. 588 00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:05,604 Ugh, great. 589 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,306 So, Eric's come back after 590 00:30:07,339 --> 00:30:09,375 he's recovered from his injuries, 591 00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:14,280 and he decides to go mountain climbing. 592 00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:16,282 And he gets drunk again. 593 00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:18,317 Something happened to me, you're gonna remember, 594 00:30:18,350 --> 00:30:20,012 I'll tell you that. And he climbs the mountain. 595 00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:21,787 Ahh! 596 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,455 And he gets buried in this avalanche. 597 00:30:25,024 --> 00:30:26,825 And he's buried in the snow. 598 00:30:27,994 --> 00:30:29,628 What happens then? 599 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:34,400 Or, do you just say, "Eh, see you in the summer." 600 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,087 Well, first you have to find the location, 601 00:30:36,102 --> 00:30:38,905 the whole location, and then we have a Tran signal locator 602 00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:40,565 like this one, as an example. Something like this. 603 00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:42,041 - Yes. - And when you are caught 604 00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:43,910 in the avalanche... They look for it. 605 00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:46,712 The rest of teams keep a tool working with the same one, 606 00:30:46,745 --> 00:30:49,381 and then they can find a signal, and then they start digging. 607 00:30:49,415 --> 00:30:51,110 How long can you live under the snow? If it's not... 608 00:30:51,117 --> 00:30:52,985 You have three minutes. 609 00:30:53,019 --> 00:30:54,386 Three minutes for... 610 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:56,022 Three minutes if you can press. 611 00:30:56,055 --> 00:30:58,590 - Right. - But sometimes, you have 612 00:30:58,624 --> 00:31:00,893 a little place for breathing. 613 00:31:00,927 --> 00:31:02,694 - A little room? - Yes, 614 00:31:02,728 --> 00:31:06,098 and you can survive a half an hour, one hour. 615 00:31:06,132 --> 00:31:07,666 So I shouldn't give up too soon. 616 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:08,834 Yes. 617 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:12,370 ♪ 618 00:33:01,747 --> 00:33:03,782 So, why did you choose such a dangerous 619 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:05,784 and difficult area of medicine? 620 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:07,819 I mean, you could have a nice practice in Paris, 621 00:33:07,853 --> 00:33:09,148 got, you know, people have headaches. 622 00:33:09,155 --> 00:33:10,622 It's difficult to explain. 623 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:14,159 ♪ 624 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:21,133 Yes, I know it's very dangerous, 625 00:33:21,167 --> 00:33:23,702 but, I think, 626 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:25,704 "I have to continue; I have to stop." 627 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:28,474 I... I continue. 628 00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:31,210 ♪ 629 00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:35,047 I'm not sure why I do it, but I know it makes me alive, so... 630 00:33:35,081 --> 00:33:37,483 it's good. But you like it. 631 00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:38,717 - I do like it. - Yeah, right? 632 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:40,219 ♪ 633 00:33:40,252 --> 00:33:42,888 You don't think about that. 634 00:33:42,921 --> 00:33:44,756 You don't know why, but you do it. 635 00:33:44,790 --> 00:33:45,891 Mm-hmm. 636 00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:48,594 That's called compassion. 637 00:33:51,630 --> 00:33:52,130 ♪ 638 00:34:08,247 --> 00:34:12,017 Le France, I love it, and God knows I love the cheese here, 639 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,785 but a brief respite is needed 640 00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:15,854 from the torrent of dairy products. 641 00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:18,890 Perhaps, I thought, the short hop across the border to Italy, 642 00:34:18,924 --> 00:34:20,792 would be a good idea. 643 00:34:20,826 --> 00:34:22,728 I want pasta. 644 00:34:22,761 --> 00:34:26,232 Maison Recettes has a long and storied history here 645 00:34:26,265 --> 00:34:28,234 in the Aosta Valley. 646 00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:31,870 Our host Jean-Honore Cristie grew up in the region. 647 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,240 I love it here. I'm so happy to be in Italy. 648 00:34:34,273 --> 00:34:36,208 I... I feel a little treacherous, 649 00:34:36,242 --> 00:34:38,144 just denying my own roots, 650 00:34:38,177 --> 00:34:41,046 because I have zero Italian heritage as far as I know, 651 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:44,283 zero, but I... I just love this lifestyle, 652 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:47,052 this food; it's just great. 653 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:48,320 - Well, cheers. - All right. 654 00:34:48,354 --> 00:34:50,055 - Cheers. - To... to Italy. 655 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,123 Slainte. 656 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,896 ♪ 657 00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,298 After you. 658 00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:00,999 I will definitely have some of that. 659 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:02,734 This is even some homemade, I like it. 660 00:35:02,768 --> 00:35:04,570 Oh, interesting. 661 00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:06,071 And this is a gift from me. 662 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,098 This is chamois that have... this year. 663 00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:09,007 Uh-huh. 664 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,943 And I have done dried meat with the leg of the chomois. 665 00:35:11,977 --> 00:35:13,279 ♪ 666 00:35:13,312 --> 00:35:15,814 Okay, more cheese, 667 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:17,583 but it's a delicious order of gnocchi 668 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:19,251 with beet moot fondue. 669 00:35:19,285 --> 00:35:21,353 This is great. We're doing prognil again? 670 00:35:21,387 --> 00:35:23,021 We should have a camera in your colon. 671 00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:28,194 ♪ 672 00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:30,596 Ravioli with tomato sauce. 673 00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:32,264 Oh, man. 674 00:35:32,298 --> 00:35:35,267 I know you were excited about it, right? 675 00:35:35,301 --> 00:35:37,269 So you like pasta? Oh, I love it. 676 00:35:37,303 --> 00:35:40,839 He has been whining for a week. 677 00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:44,009 A creamy polenta with braised beef. 678 00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:45,344 - Okay. - Oh, now, that's... 679 00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:47,379 That's exciting. 680 00:35:47,413 --> 00:35:49,808 Carbonada, one of the best you can find here in most of Italy. 681 00:35:49,815 --> 00:35:51,717 - Which meat is this one? - Beef. 682 00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:53,151 - Beef? - Yeah. 683 00:35:53,185 --> 00:35:54,786 You remember our friend, the cow? 684 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:57,389 Yes, yesterday. She was cute. 685 00:35:57,423 --> 00:36:00,626 Did you see the connection between her and I yesterday? 686 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:02,228 She was... 687 00:36:02,261 --> 00:36:04,996 Yeah, she had her nose right in your crotch. 688 00:36:07,366 --> 00:36:09,801 So, what is this game we're gonna play today? 689 00:36:09,835 --> 00:36:11,670 Oh, it's called the feur lane. 690 00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:12,971 - Feur lane? - Feur lane. 691 00:36:14,773 --> 00:36:17,142 This game is difficult to describe. 692 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,877 I gather the idea is, 693 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:21,079 you try to hit that tiny polished stone 694 00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:24,316 with that stick as far as you can. 695 00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:28,754 I do not think I can do that. 696 00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:31,323 Oh, man. Ohhhh... 697 00:36:31,357 --> 00:36:33,925 I can't do that. 698 00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:35,894 He wants us to hit it as far as he can. 699 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:37,996 Exactly. It's really simple. 700 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,698 This looks hard. 701 00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:42,234 ♪ 702 00:36:42,268 --> 00:36:44,102 You have to lick the stone. Did you see? 703 00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:48,039 They lick the stone so it sticks to the big stone. 704 00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:49,841 Ooh, this one is good. 705 00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:51,277 Yeah. 706 00:36:51,310 --> 00:36:52,444 Whew. 707 00:36:52,478 --> 00:36:55,381 ♪ 708 00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:57,283 I'll tell you this, it's better than golf. 709 00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:01,453 So, you don't love golf? 710 00:37:01,487 --> 00:37:03,054 I hate golf. 711 00:37:03,088 --> 00:37:05,023 - I wanna try. - Okay. 712 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:07,726 I wanna try one, yeah, I wanna do it one time. 713 00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:09,761 So, I, I'll bet you $1,000... 714 00:37:09,795 --> 00:37:11,263 - $1,000? - $1,000 you can't get it 715 00:37:11,297 --> 00:37:12,798 across the one. 716 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,135 I'm fine; I have nothing to lose. 717 00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:18,737 - Well, yeah, $1,000. - No. 718 00:37:22,774 --> 00:37:25,944 ♪ 719 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:27,212 Well, you're out, man. 720 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:28,880 No, three times. 721 00:37:28,914 --> 00:37:32,050 ♪ 722 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:35,454 Whoa. 723 00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:37,222 Oh. 724 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:38,790 Oh, jeez. 725 00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:41,793 ♪ 726 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:47,466 No, it's like watching a monkey try to, like, work a typewriter. 727 00:37:47,499 --> 00:37:49,093 Look, I don't even know why you would even... 728 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,270 Shh. Silent, please. 729 00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,309 Oh, jeez. 730 00:37:57,343 --> 00:37:57,843 ♪ 731 00:38:03,449 --> 00:38:05,116 Whoa! 732 00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:07,118 Viva Italia! 733 00:38:07,152 --> 00:38:09,020 Congratulations. No, no, man. 734 00:38:09,054 --> 00:38:10,382 No, it was a miracle, and I'm proud of you. 735 00:38:10,389 --> 00:38:12,157 Congratulations. 736 00:38:12,190 --> 00:38:12,690 ♪ 737 00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:21,299 I think that's called a foul ball. 738 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,349 You have to think positive. 739 00:38:37,383 --> 00:38:39,351 How lucky you are to be in the Alps... 740 00:38:39,385 --> 00:38:41,353 On a beautiful day. 741 00:38:41,387 --> 00:38:44,356 I'm lucky to not actively be throwing up on myself right now. 742 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:53,865 You know, you have to enjoy the little things in life, right? 743 00:38:53,899 --> 00:38:55,166 I do. 744 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,235 I mean, this is a special moment. 745 00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:59,070 I do. 746 00:38:59,104 --> 00:39:00,999 I will enjoy the minute I don't have to do this anymore. 747 00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:02,908 Oh, come on, man. 748 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:06,444 ♪ 749 00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:25,431 - So here's the plot. - Yeah. 750 00:39:25,464 --> 00:39:27,499 Okay, it's "64 Yolks: The Revenge." 751 00:39:27,533 --> 00:39:29,568 - "64"... - It's about a chef... 752 00:39:29,601 --> 00:39:31,336 - Yeah. - Named Eric Ripert, 753 00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:33,104 who runs a three-star Mishnah in New York, 754 00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:34,906 played by Bruce Willis, but what... 755 00:39:34,940 --> 00:39:36,901 Oh, I'm played by, okay, I like that. Bruce Willis. 756 00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:39,103 Okay, so Willis, playing you, goes out of the dining room, 757 00:39:39,110 --> 00:39:42,013 visiting the table, overhears a conversation. 758 00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:46,251 - And then? - Car chases, violence, 759 00:39:46,284 --> 00:39:48,186 big fight in the kitchen at Le Bernardin. 760 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:50,148 We could shoot it there; I'm sure it won't interrupt service. 761 00:39:50,155 --> 00:39:50,655 ♪ 762 00:39:58,564 --> 00:40:01,933 Holy cow. 763 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:05,270 Oh. It's unbelievable. 764 00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:10,041 I mean, nothing is more beautiful than that. 765 00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:11,109 ♪ 766 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:13,078 Come in my selfie. 767 00:40:13,111 --> 00:40:15,947 ♪ 768 00:40:15,981 --> 00:40:18,249 Oh, it's a video; hold on. 769 00:40:18,283 --> 00:40:20,218 Look at him. 770 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:22,320 Yeah, yeah, you should do something like that. 771 00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:24,556 - Oh, no, I don't like this. - Wow, I love it. 772 00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:26,224 Oh, no, no. Oh, jeez. 773 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:27,392 No one's ever gone through? 774 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:29,094 Whoa! 775 00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:30,489 I'm telling you, I'd feel a lot more comfortable 776 00:40:30,496 --> 00:40:33,131 if you hadn't had two portions of eggs. 777 00:40:33,164 --> 00:40:36,001 This is amazing. 778 00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:36,534 ♪ 779 00:40:44,342 --> 00:40:46,945 And when you kill people in the film, you always have, like, 780 00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:48,647 some little catch phrase to do with food. 781 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:50,616 Like, bang, "Check please." 782 00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:53,485 Or, "How'd you like your dessert?" 783 00:40:53,519 --> 00:40:55,712 You gotta start practicing. You gotta take your sunglasses 784 00:40:55,721 --> 00:40:58,323 off like David Caruso and guttle gight. 785 00:40:58,356 --> 00:41:00,592 "Dinner is served." 786 00:41:00,626 --> 00:41:02,220 - I go like that? - Yeah, you gotta put it over... 787 00:41:02,227 --> 00:41:03,221 Take 'em off; take 'em off. 788 00:41:03,228 --> 00:41:04,696 Okay. 789 00:41:04,730 --> 00:41:06,264 - Dinner... - I look at them now? 790 00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:07,966 - Is served. - Yeah. 791 00:41:07,999 --> 00:41:09,628 No, you gotta look... say... Pretend I'm bleeding... 792 00:41:09,635 --> 00:41:11,369 I'm bleeding out on the ground. 793 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:13,031 Yeah, okay, okay, okay, fine. Ahh, okay, okay. 794 00:41:13,038 --> 00:41:14,132 So, you have to put 'em off, and then on. 795 00:41:14,139 --> 00:41:15,106 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 796 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:17,976 Dinner is served. 797 00:41:18,009 --> 00:41:19,477 Dinner is served. 798 00:41:19,511 --> 00:41:21,112 But you've gotta put the sunglasses on. 799 00:41:21,146 --> 00:41:22,480 - Oh, okay. - It's called acting. 800 00:41:22,514 --> 00:41:23,642 That's David Caruso. Oh, shit, okay. 801 00:41:23,649 --> 00:41:24,716 Jesus. 802 00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:25,250 ♪ 803 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:39,631 In a world where the price of dinner, 804 00:41:39,665 --> 00:41:43,635 could be your life, 805 00:41:43,669 --> 00:41:47,072 one man, one chef 806 00:41:47,105 --> 00:41:48,574 stands alone. 807 00:41:48,607 --> 00:41:50,308 Ben, pickup. 808 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,644 ♪ 809 00:41:52,678 --> 00:41:54,479 He just wanted to cook... 810 00:41:57,215 --> 00:41:59,017 Ugh! 811 00:41:59,050 --> 00:42:02,688 But they wouldn't let him. 812 00:42:02,721 --> 00:42:06,592 Augh! 813 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:10,261 Eric Ripert is back in his own hell-raising... 814 00:42:10,295 --> 00:42:11,362 Ahh! 815 00:42:11,396 --> 00:42:13,699 Bone-crushing... 816 00:42:13,732 --> 00:42:17,669 ass-kicking true story. 817 00:42:19,070 --> 00:42:21,506 Dinner is served. 818 00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:24,776 "32 Yolks to Slaughter." 819 00:42:24,810 --> 00:42:27,378 Not coming soon to a theater near you.