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- Hey y'all, I'm down here today at The Lady and Sons.
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Right now, I'm in the Paula Dean Store
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and I could spend a day in this store.
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I think it's so charming.
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But the reason I'm here today, y'all,
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is Jamie started The Chicken Box,
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which is our takeout, one year ago today.
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So I am here to sing "Happy Birthday"
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to Jamie and The Chicken Box
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and I hope he doesn't know I'm here.
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♪ Happy birthday dear Chicken Box ♪
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We're gonna try this again, y'all.
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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
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- I wish it was my birthday.
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♪ Happy birthday dear Chicken Box ♪
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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
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- [Jamie] Oh, thanks mom.
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I hope I live another year.
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(applause and laughter)
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- So, how do you feel after a year?
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- It's much like raising kids.
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It's very long days and very short advice.
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I'm very proud of it.
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Look, our guys love coming in here,
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being part of the neighborhood
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and it's a good little business.
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- Yeah. I was telling one of your customers outside, a lady,
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she said she hoping you swapping down here when we moved.
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She would come all the time.
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And I told her, I said, "I just want to tell you something."
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Y'all are who Jamie started this Chicken Box store for,
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for all of our local friends.
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- To make it as easy for y'all as he could.
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And I said I'm real proud of that.
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You did it for all the right reasons.
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- You bet, I'm proud of you.
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The only downside is I'm so busy
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I don't have time to do this anymore.
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Lass gets a jelly glass
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and I guess I get the jelly glass
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And turn it around, y'all.
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Let 'em see the back.
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- They're really nice.
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- Number seven of 30.
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- And what does it say?
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A Matthew Dean exclusive.
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- Maddie, my grandson, Jack's brother
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and Davis's brother made 'em
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A medium, I'll take that one.
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- You know what, I love this color right here.
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- I just love those colors.
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- See, this looks like a
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- It looks good on you, honey.
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All right, which one does Kat have on?
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- There's no, there's no two alike either.
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- Aren't they cute though?
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- Matthew's been busy.
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- I know, good for Maddie.
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- Max, and where do you work?
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- I work at United Community across the street.
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- Is this your first time here?
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- No, definitely not.
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It is, it is one of the branch's favorite lunch spots.
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We promote it all the time.
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- Well, thank you so much. - Yeah, of course.
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- You know, I'm so proud of Jamie
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because the locals are the ones that brought us here.
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And, it's hard for the locals to go in there,
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you know, for the experiences.
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Great for people that are leisurely out.
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But Jamie opened this,
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he said, mama, "I want to do this for our locals."
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And I said, "I love the reason you're doing it, so."
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- A Lot of businesses I think miss that mark during lunch.
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It's really difficult to find a spot
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where you can get in and out and enjoy your lunch.
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- And it's not top of the house.
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- Exactly. - I knew it.
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- And this, this place definitely does that for us.
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- Well, thank you so much.
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- Thank y'all for doing that. - Thank you so much.
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Thank you. - That's great.
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- We appreciate you coming in.
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- It truly is one of our favorite spots.
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- We're here every day. - Thank you, thank you.
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And don't forget your Tootsie Roll.
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- Jamie, I'd love for you to stick your head in and
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just tell us who your team is.
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Introduce your team to us.
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- Okay, well that's Naya and Will there.
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So it's a busy time here around lunch, thankfully.
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- And Paul and Eddie and - Paul and Eddie.
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(overlapping conversation)
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You don't think you can do it twice?
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- It looks like we have your restaurant on the weekend.
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- Okay, that's a deal.
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- Busy day here at The Chicken Box
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- A busy day for your birthday.
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- Come before 11 o'clock and I'm, my availability is ...
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- I tried, but you know,
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it takes a while for me to get my makeup.
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- The older I get, the harder it gets.
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- And the longer it gets.
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- Alright, thanks, I'll see you at The Chicken Box.
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- I wanted one more kiss.
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- We want your girlfriend. - Oh, we got one.
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- Could y'all wait one second?
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No, y'all stay right there.
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- I'll be next. - Okay.
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- That's a handsome young man right there.
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That's a little too close right there.
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- I said they're so young and cute.
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Alright, before, before we go y'all,
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I'm really interested in talking to Jamie
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about these T-shirts that he has.
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- Well, you know, Matthew and Jack are both business-minded.
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They never miss opportunity to try to make a dollar.
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If I'm gonna make a dollar, they're gonna figure out a way
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to make 25 cents off of that dollar.
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that we got the one year anniversary coming up
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and I was thinking about tie dying some shirts,
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'cause, you know, I've been tie dying since I was a kid.
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"Eddie, I'm gonna start me a tie dye business.
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How much will you pay me to tie dye your shirts for you?"
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So we worked out a deal.
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I wound up working about 40 hours on 'em.
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So he came up with all these designs.
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Katerina ordered them for me, plain white.
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And we had a fun weekend this weekend.
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So, they're all unique and different,
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just like every customer that we've had come in here.
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I'm proud of Matthew.
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- And what's the, what's the price of 'em?
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Yeah, they're normally 20 I think.
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And I've spent. between my time and the dye and everything,
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- Oh, gee, I would say.
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- I knew inflation was bad.
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- No, it's, we work all day to make a dollar
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and we spent 98 cents to make it.
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I finally got him to stand still long enough
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to hear about those T-shirts.
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And Matthew Dean, I'm real proud of you, my baby.
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- Y'all come get 'em while they're, while they last.
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I love you mama. - Bye, I love you too.
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- I've said bye to you 10 times now.
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- Look up here guys, you too.
