>> AND WELCOME BACK BETWEEN
THAT EVERYONE I'M BAKER MACHADO
IN NEW YORK AND IT'S BEEN 3
YEARS SINCE CHEF STORYTELLER
AND WRITER
ANTHONY BOURDAIN DIED BY
SUICIDE AT 61 AND SINCE THEN
THOSE WHO WERE CLOSE TO HIM
REMEMBER HIS LIFE AND
HIS LEGACY. MANY STILL DON'T
KNOW WHO WAS BEHIND THE SCENES
SO THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED TOM
VITALE TO WRITE HIS NEW BOOK IN
THE WEEDS AROUND THE WORLD IN
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH ANTHONY
BOURDAIN TOM WAS A LONGTIME
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER FOR
ANTHONY AND HE REFLECTS ON THEM
RAW EMOTIONS THAT HE STILL
GRAPPLES WITH REGARDING
ANTHONY'S DEATH SO JOINING US
NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW BOOK
IS TOM VITALE AUTHOR OF IN THE
WEEDS TOM SUCH A PLEASURE TO
HAVE YOU HERE, I MEAN EVEN JUST
ASSESS OF YOURS WE HAVE LOST AS
YOU KNOW IS SO MUCH BECAUSE
TELEVISION HAS CHANGED BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE ANTHONY ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE MORE THAN 2 DECADE
FRIENDSHIP AND COLLABORATION
WITH HIM. WHAT WAS THE PROCESS
LIKE WRITING A BOOK LIKE THIS
AND AND GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND
OF ALL THESE OLD MEMORIES.
>> WAS THERE A QUITE A JOURNEY.
I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS I
DIDN'T WANT THE SHOW TO
BE OVER AND READING THE BOOK TO
KIND OF KEPT KEPT ALIVE FOR ME.
SO YOU KNOW IT WAS.
IT WAS A LOT HARDER THAN I
THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE
HARDER THAN MAKING THE SHOWS
AND A BIG WAY.
>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE TOM AND
EVEN JUST DOING THE SHOW I
DIDN'T WANT IT TO
END EITHER I MEAN ANTHONY
INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO TRY NEW
DISHES WANT TO GO TO DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES AND I WASN'T EVEN
WORKING ON THE SHOW SO THE
THE STORIES YOU PROBABLY HAVE
THAT YOUR AND YOU RE COLLECTING
IN THIS
PROBABLY INCREDIBLE. WHAT IS
MAYBE SOMETHING THAT THE REST
OF US DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANTHONY
THAT MAYBE WE BE SURPRISED TO
KNOW ABOUT.
>> WELL HE WAS A LOT SHIRE THAN
MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS YOU
HAD SUCH AN AFFABLE.
>> DEMEANOR FELT LIKE YOU KNEW
HIM, BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY
A BIT. PARENTS ARE QUIET.
THERE COULD BE A QUIET SHY GUY.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT MAYBE THE RECIPE I'M
USING THAT BECAUSE IT'S YOU
KNOW IN MANY WAYS A FLU SHOT
BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WAS
THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS ABOUT
THE SHOW WHY SO
MANY AUDIENCES DIDN'T JUST
CONNECT WITH THE STORIES THAT
HE WAS TELLING BUT WITH HIM
ALSO WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE
SECRET SAUCE HERE.
>> WELL IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN TONY WAS REALLY THE
SECRET SAUCE IN A BIG WAY.
HE WAS JUST VERY
UNIQUE HONEST YOUR NORMAL
COMBATIVE WITH THE CAMERA TO
THE PROCESS. SO THERE WAS SOME
PART
OF THAT RESISTANCE TO WANTED TO
BE ON CAMERA THAT MADE HIM THE
PERFECT PERSON TO BE OUR
CAMERA.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN HE HAD MOVED
FROM THE TRAVEL CHANNEL
PATIENTS TO CNN WHERE YOU GUYS
WERE DOING PARTS A NOUN AND A
REMEMBER HIM DOING A PRESS
JUNKET FOR IT AND I REMEMBER
HIM SAY THE REASON WHY THIS WAS
PART SO NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED
TO GO TO PLACES THAT WE
NORMALLY WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO
GO TO WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE
REALLY LIKE GOING TO PLACES
THAT MAYBE COULD
BE DANGEROUS. OR PLACES THAT
WERE NOT HIGH ON TOURIST PLACES
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GO TO
WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WAS
INTIMIDATING THAN GOING TO ANY
PLACE HE WENT WAS NOT MAKING A
GREAT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A
DOMESTIC LOCATION IN
THE STATES OR
THE CONGO ARE HONORED TO BE THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS MAKING
SURE WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE THE
SHOW.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S ALSO
DONE FROM TELEVISIONS
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE EVERYBODY
HAS TRIED. I DON'T I THIS IS MY
PERSONAL OPINION TO EMULATE
WHAT THIS SHOW IS LIKE, BUT IT
HASN'T BEEN A SUCCESS,
I'M SAYING PHIL ROSENTHAL SHOW
ON NETFLIX EVEN THAT STALEY TO
SHOW A ON CNN IS REALLY GREAT,
BUT THEY'RE STILL AGAIN THAT
THING THAT'S MISSING THAT'S
ANTHONY BOURDAIN DO YOU THINK
THAT THE SHOW COULD EVER BE
REPLICATED OR THIS IS BASICALLY
A SHOW THAT'S GOING TO STAND
THE TEST OF TIME BECAUSE OF WHO
WAS IN IT.
>> I MEAN THERE WILL NEVER BE
ANOTHER TONY THAT'S THAT'S FOR
SURE. AS FAR AS WHY OTHER
PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT. I MEAN
I CAN I CAN SEE WHY WAS HE WAS
A GREAT JOB. YOU GOT
TO TRAVEL THE WORLD DOING
WHATEVER WE WANTED SOMEONE ELSE
PAY THE BILL I THINK THERE'LL
BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO TO WHAT TONY DID WELL
TOM I CAN'T WAIT TO READ
THE BOOK.
>> AGAIN I I'M SO SORRY FOR
YOUR LOSS AND AND HIS AND HIS
LOSSES ARE HAS DEPARTURES
REALLY LOSS FOR ALL OF US HERE