Episode Transcript: #138 - Anthony Bourdain
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If I can...
The Erogan Experience.
The music's totally unnecessary, but necessary at the same time.
Anthony Bourdain is with us, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you very much for coming by, man. This is cool as fuck.
I don't know. I'm happy to be here. I was looking forward to this.
Me too, man. If somebody had told me that my favorite show...
If you came up to me like 10 years ago,
it said in 10 years your favorite show is going to be about a dude who eats in different places.
I would have told you to go fuck yourself.
I would have said that's the most retarded show I've ever heard in my life.
If you told me 10 years ago that I'd be on television, I would have said the same thing.
Yeah, that's one of the cool things about you, man.
I wouldn't say you're reluctant, but you're almost like an accidental celebrity.
You just got your book, Kitchen Confidential, just fucking took off.
And then all of a sudden, you're this famous guy.
Pretty much, yeah, it was like an overnight thing, for sure.
One minute I'm standing next to the deep fryer, and the next I'm selling books and on TV.
I mean, literally, I think I was 44 years old.
Wow, that's fucking wild.