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- Hey y'all, I'm not gonna do any cooking during this video
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because I wanna talk about somebody
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that was very, very special.
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It's this man right here, George Jones.
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I guess I first met he and his wife Nancy,
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in probably 2012, I can't remember,
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but we were both guests on
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- [Producer] Huckabee's - Huckabee's show.
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I think it was like 2012, 2013.
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But that's a picture of George and me at that time.
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And Kirk Webster and Nancy Jones
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invited me to help participate in
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"Still Playin' Possum."
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And it was a tribute to George Jones.
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And we had such a wonderful time
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and apparently there was a lot of people that agreed with us
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because look what I have,
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I was presented with an Emmy
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in "Still Playin' Possum."
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How proud I am of this.
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It was such a wonderful night, y'all.
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Oh gosh, everybody knows her, right?
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And I asked her if she'd come cook with me,
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and she said yes, but,
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I guess she's been busy and I've been busy too.
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But I'm not too busy for this girl right here.
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And y'all know Randy Travis.
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He is a very sweet man
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and he's had some heath issues.
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Oh, I'm signing the guitars
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that were given to everybody.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, right.
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- [Paula] That night.
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- [Eddie] I think Bobby has.
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- Yes, did I give it to Bobby?
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- [Eddie] I think so.
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- I think so too, since he collects guitars
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- [Eddie] All the participants that night.
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All the participants.
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'cause I couldn't play one string on that guitar.
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But I was pretty good at talking.
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And oh my gosh, this is me with Nancy,
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my sweet friend, George's wife.
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And she is a precious, sweet woman
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and she adored her possum.
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to be with her and help celebrate
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the music that her husband had given us through the years.
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Do you recognize these people?
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Eddie, do you recognize any of those people?
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someone that was in like an MC
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- [Eddie] For that evening. - Yes.
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All of those folks were participants.
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But I've got where I'm so bad with names.
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I know that's Nancy Jones
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and I know that's Paula Dean.
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That's the only thing I'm sure about y'all.
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My sister-in-law, Sandy.
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I had asked her if she would join us
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because Sandy lives where
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the party, the tribute took place.
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And there's Nancy and there's me.
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And that's my banana pudding.
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But I'll run through these one more time,
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We had a wonderful night, didn't we?
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- [Eddie] Yeah, yeah, yeah. - [Paula] Eddie.
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- [Eddie] It was spectacular
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to see all those. - [Paula] Yes.
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- [Eddie] Country stars singing.
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- [Eddie] George's. - Yes.
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Singing all his songs.
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Was this auctioned off?
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I believe it was what we were sitting in.
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- [Eddie] I'm not sure. That was the night before.
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- Yeah. I can't remember.
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And that's me signing all the guitars.
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And that's me and Randy Travis.
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And you can see a lot of folks in the background
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and me with that beautiful Wynonna Judd
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who can sing the socks off of you.
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And this was announcing
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"Still Playin' Possum."
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And Nancy even wrote a book,
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entitled "Still Playin Possum."
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And I think y'all would find the book
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very, very interesting.
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"Nancy, you're one hell of a woman girl."
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- [Eddie] Well, we'll see if we can post the link
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that aired the special for the evening.
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- [Paula] That would be great.
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- [Eddie] We'll see if Kenzie can-
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- [Eddie] Include that.
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had those of us that had participated
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in this tribute for George,
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together to give us our Emmys.
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And I have been so upset with myself.
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I put the invitation in a very special place
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that I wouldn't lose it
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because I wanted to make sure that I didn't miss
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this celebration of this Emmy that we were all awarded.
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And I kept it so safe, I couldn't find it.
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So I missed the date.
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And Nancy mailed my Emmy to me.
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I can't forgive myself for misplacing.
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I'm so glad that my head is actually attached to my body,
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'cause I'd probably lose that too.
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Keeping things safe, you know what I mean?
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But I hope y'all just enjoyed
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and it was a great honor, Nancy and Kurt,
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that I was included in this wonderful, wonderful
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tribute to George Jones.
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Thank y'all for having me.
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And letting me be a part of this great tribute
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that brought us years of great music.
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Love and best dishes, y'all.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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