Melons, Melons, and Melons

09/09/2016 16 min
Melons, Melons, and Melons

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...in which Rex and Paul talk about how Paul wimped out on going to the Hope Watermelon Festival because of a little rain, the growing watermelon rivalry between Hope and Cave City, Hope watermelon promoter Pod Rogers, getting the attention of Today Show weatherman Willard Scott with a 200-pound watermelon, the Smothers Brothers, Glen Campbell, the Bright family, "black diamond" melons at Cave City, the old Fourth of July picnic at Portia, melon-protection measures, Rex's Delta barbecue tour and seven stops in one day (Mack's IGA in Biscoe, Jones's in Marianna, Cyprus Corner near Lexa, Larry's and Abe's in Clarksdale, Lena's and Craig's at De Valls Bluff), Tums, pecan pies, sweet-potato pies, tamales, soul food, duck-camp adventures, Beulah, sauces, and Paul's ideas about vinegar.