Spade High School is closing its doors for good. Walking with the last graduating class is a man who left Spade High School over 50 years ago - Sherman Jones. From Texas Country Reporter with Bob Phillips.
The Amazing Skidboot is the smartest dog you'll ever see. He gained worldwide fame with his tricks, but had to give up performing once he started going blind.
Meet a man on a mission determined to make cheap, affordable housing for the common man in an Earth-friendly way. Dan Phillips, Huntsville, TX. www.phoenixcommotion .com. (#1017, 2/24/07)
Go on a tour of the DeLorean Motor Company's new production facility in Humble, TX. You, too, can get a brand new DeLorean just like Marty & Doc in Back to The Future, minus the time travel. (#1069, 2/23/08)
The smallest bank in America runs the old fashioned way. Balances are kept on index cards, transactions calculated by hand, and tellers know every customer's name. (#1055, 11/17/07)
University of North Texas (UNT) student John Bramblitt paints beautiful works of art in vivid colors, despite the fact that he's been blind for years. www.bramblitt.net (#976, 3/13/06)
Go on a backroads junk-gathering extravagana with the Junk Gypsies, who can turn any pile of clutter into five-star fashion. They've even designed clothing & a tour bus for country singer Miranda Lambert. (#1068, 2/16/08)
See what happens when a potter throws new light into an ancient art form. Bill and Maggie Finley of Finley Pottery make luminaries - pots full of holes to display light patterns.
Round Top, TX is the last place you'd expect to find a gourmet cafe, so that's exactly where Bud Royer opened his roadside stop. Now folks from all over come to see "The Pie Man."
You'll find some of the best BBQ in Texas at a little stand run by Annie Ward and members of the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Huntsville, TX (#650, 2/12/00)
Healthy it ain't! Chicken Fried Bacon is the newest fad in fatty foods, courtesy of Frank Sodolak at Sodolak's Original Country Inn in Snook, TX. Texas Country Reporter Bob Phillips stops by for a taste.
Find parts for your old car at a gigantic, Texas warehouse. No computers here, just the photographic memory of one classic car lover. Antique Auto Supply, Arlington, TX. (817) 275-2381 (#986, 7/22/06)
Why would anyone want to collect toasters? Visit Chuck Eissler, a man who says he has the largest toaster collection in Texas, and find out why. (#1045, 9/8/2007)
