All of a sudden the FBI's gonna walk
in the studio and take me away.
One of the things in the book
reminded me of a Seinfeld episode when-
Yoh, and both we were talking about
one of our favorite things about the clamming.
Right, when Kramer illegally
was, grabbed the lobster case,-
Takes the lobster
So you were, remember that Seinfield?
Yes. unknowingly,
illegally clam digging or something?
Yes. Okay so-
She was an unlicensed clam digger.
(audience laughing)
I was, I know.
All of a sudden the FBI's gonna walk
in the studio and take me away.
So, one of the things I discovered during COVID,
because there was, you know, statistically,
men got in shape and women gained weight.
I've read a lot.
I really have read a lot of research on that.
I thought that was interesting that the men were like,
"I'm gonna use this time to (indistinct)."
And women we're like,
"Oh my God, we're gonna die."
(audience laughing)
And I decided to do something outside the home
because there was just like two teenage girls.
So, you know, that was crazy.
So I discovered clamming.
And I didn't do it right for a long time,
but I got my clamming rake, and-
You look proper.
I was-
Like you walking the walk there.
Guys.
(audience clapping) Yes.
I'm Deadliest Catch Ali.
So, I started and I became good at it
and I would come home with a bushel clams,
and I would make linguine and clams and everybody, you know,
"Oh my God, mom."
Oh, he loves the linguine.
Oh God, and-
She makes the best linguine clams.
I haven't had yours.
No, second best. You haven't had mine john.
Chi, chi, chi!
(audience laughing)
You think he like me now.
Oh I gotta eat this, linguine and clams.
Especially when I've taken them out
of the earth. Earth.
With my own hands.
Yeah, I never clammed for you.
No, you've never clammed-
I've never clammed for you.
But I found it unbelievably therapeutic
because, I was outside,
I could take my mind off how the world was on fire
and just have this one thing, this physical activity,
and then you find it. A focus.
And it's like treasure.
Look what I did. Look what I did.
Yes, it was amazing.
(audience clapping) And then,
I actually-
But you are official.
I want everyone to know-
Am official guys,
I got my license. She is an official
licensed clam digger.
(audience cheering)
Yes.
By the way-
What do you have to do to get a clam license?
You're no longer on the clam.
Oh!
What snap. Wow.
Ali doesn't like me anymore.
Even more so my friend.
So I didn't know you needed
a license to do that.
I didn't know you could...
I thought you could just go out in the wild and forage.
(Rachael laughs)
And then I found out, because I saw this cop come
to this little bay area and there was this other woman
clamming, you know, usually I go out there
and I'm alone and I'm like, "What is she doing?"
(Rachael and John laughing)
And I see the cop talking to her, and I see she,
I can tell there's a problem
and I go, "Oh my God, you need a license."
So, I'm like in the weeds at this point.
I'm thinking about like, "Do you get a straw
and you go under water and breathe with the straw?"
(audience laughing)
Like, I don't know what's gonna happen to me.
And so finally, it's very easy to get a license.
You go to the city hall and you pay $10 to get a license.
Yes, it wasn't a big deal,
but it was the scariest.
It's the first time I came face to face with the law.
And- (laughing)
Oh, I don't believe that at all by the way.
(audience clapping laughing)
I know.
It's true.
Total lie.
Not counting my teenage years.
He's gonna say.
Yeah.
Listen, we have beat this to heck,
I'm glad there's a nice-
You got a fresh copy.
We got a nice freshie.
This is covered with food.
You guys Ali's book, "Ali's Well that Ends Well,"
is available now.
And if you want to put life back in perspective,
have a laugh, and stop taking it all so seriously,
it's a great way to spend a weekend.
(audience cheering)
Thank you. Thank you my love.
Thank you.
(upbeat music)