I think the conceit of Anthony Bourdain's TV work is him ending up in weird places. Among the real people to show up, I think him and Tom Scott are up the list.

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"The last dab, you say? Well, some thought that The Lady From Shanghai was my last dab, that the studio had seen the back of me and emasculated my work such that it could not be recuperated - but they, as Mr Bush says, misunderestimated me. Is that too much, or just enough?"