>> HE WAS INTELLIGENT,
COMPASSIONATE, AND YOU COULD SEE
THAT HE REALLY CARED FOR THE
SMALL GUY.
SHAUN: DESPITE TIES TO HOLLYWOOD
HITS, IT TOOK A VISIT BY ANTHONY
BOURDAIN TO PUT MURPHY’S LAW ON
THE MAP.
>> HE BROUGHT A LOT OF
NOTORIETY.
SHAUN: THE SOUTHIE PUB AMONG
SEVERAL LOCAL FAVORITES FEATURED
ON HIS SHOW IN 2011.
BOURDAIN MIXED IN LIKE A
REGULAR DOWNING A PINT OF
, GUINESS AND A SHOT OF JAMESON.
AND THEN HEADING TO BELLE ISLE
SEAFOOD WHEN HE CAME IN HE WAS
, --
>> WHEN HE CAME IN HE WAS
HUNGOVER FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE
HE HAD BEEN PARTYING ALL WEEK IN
SOUTHIE.
SHAUN: THE FAMOUS CHEF AND HIS
CREW FILMED IN BOSTON FOR ABOUT
A WEEK.
AND RIGHT AFTER IT AIRED FOLKS
CAME IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
JUST TO EAT AND DRINK WHERE HE
DID.
GERMANY, TURKEY, ISRAEL.
>> CANADA, IT WAS AMAZING.
SHAUN: ORIGINALLY A
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL SHACK IN
EASTIE, IT MOVED THANKS IN PART
TO BOURDAIN’S VISIT.
>> WHAT HE DID FOR ME WAS HUGE.
SHAUN: KNOWN AS THE ELVIS OF
BADBOY CHEFS.
BOURDAIN GOT HIS START WASHING
DISHES IN P-TOWN.
>> HE ALWAYS REMEMBERED WHERE HE
CAME FROM.
I THINK THAT MADE HIM SO
DIFFERENT.
I THINK THAT IS WHY PEOPLE LIKED
HIM SO MUCH, BECAUSE HE WAS A
REGULAR GUY.
WITH FAULTS AND THE REST OF IT.
SHAUN: AND OPEN, ABOUT HIS
TROUBLES.
>> THERE WAS SOMETHING SAD ABOUT
HIM.
WHEN I HEARD, I WASN’T SHOCKED.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EVERYTHING HAVE NOTHING.
YOU KNOW?
SHAUN: AND HE REMEMBERED
