AND CHANCE THE RAPPER PULLS AS A
HOST AND MUSICAL GUEST.
JOANNA GAINES AND HER HUSBAND
RUNNING HOUSES.
THAT CALL LED TO THE HGTV SHOW
"FIXER UPPER."
THE COUPLE SPENT FIVE SEASONS AT
OR NEAR THE TOP OF CABLE
TELEVISION RATING.
CHIP AND JOANNA BUILT SOMETHING
OF AN EMPIRE AND SPARKED A
RENAISSANCE IN THE STUDIO THEY
LIVE.
WACO WELCOMES JUST OVER 500,000
VISITORS.
LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER WAS NEARLY
3 MILLION.
MANY OF WHOM CAME ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO VISIT THE MAGNOLIA
CHIP AND JOANNA IS TAKING ON
THEIR OWN PROJECT.
CHIP AND JOANNA AND I GOT
TOGETHER IN THE SPACE THAT'LL BE
THE HOTEL BALLROOM FOR A SUNDAY
SIT-DOWN AND YET, DEMO DAY.
>> WHAT'S TODAY?
>> DEMO DAY.
>> THIS WHOLE THING GOT TO BE
DEMOED.
YOU HAVE TO POP THESE THINGS A
FEW TIMES FROM THE BOTTOM.
AND YOU WILL KIND OF START TO
SEE IT.
THIS THING STARTS COMING
THROUGH.
GET UNDERNEATH THIS THING.
USE YOUR LEGS AND NOT YOUR BAG.
LOW BAIT.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> YES.
CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES LOVE A
FIXER UPPER.
THE NEARLY CENTURY OLD AND
LARGELY ABANDONED IN WACO GIVES
THE TERM NEW MEANING.
>> TELL ME ABOUT JOANNA, WHAT
YOU SAW IN THIS PLACE?
THIS IS A BIG LAEAP.
>> I START WITH WHAT CHIP SAW IN
THIS PLACE.
CHIP LOVED THIS BUILDING FOR
YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW, LET'S STICK WITH
HOUSES.
IT SCARES ME.
IT FEELS KIND OF HAUNTED A
LITTLE BIT.
>> IT TURNS OUT THE MORE HAUNTED
THE PROPERTY IS, THE BETTER DEAL
IT IS.
>> HE'S LIKE JO, IT IS A GREAT
DEAL, FINALLY I WALKED IN ONE
DAY AND HE TAKES ME UP TO THE
SPA
BALLROOM AND I CAN SEE THE
HISTORY.
>> I WOULD ARGUMENT JO AND I
KIND OF SHY AWAY FROM THE EASY
STUFF.
SURELY WE ARE NOT STUPID, RIGHT?
>> A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIMBER.
>> NOW WE GOT SOMETHING.
>> YOU DROP OUT THESE CEILINGS.
>> YOU ARE GOING ALL THE WAY UP?
>> COOL WOOD?
CHIP GREW UP IN COLLEVILLE,
TEXAS.
HIS FIRST BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
WAS SELLING JUICE BOXES TO KIDS
AT SUMMER CAMP.
>> JOANNA WAS BORN IN KANSAS AND
RAISED THERE WITH HER TWO
THE FAMILY MOVES EVERY TWO YEARS
AND EVENTUALLY LANDING IN WACO.
BOTH CHIP AND JOANNA ATTENDED
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY IN WACO BUT
THEY NEVER MET DURING COLLEGE.
ONE DAY CHIP WALKED INTO THE
TIRE SHOP OWNED BY JOANNA'S DAD.
>> THEY HAD A FAMILY PHOTO LIKE
SOME FAMILY BUSINESS DO BEHIND
THE CASH REGISTER AND THEY WERE
THESE BEAUTIFUL THREE STEVEN'S
DAUGHTERS.
I WOULD LOOK AT THIS FAMILY
PHOTO.
MAN, IF I COULD FIND ANY OF
THESE THREE YOUNG PLALADIES, ILE
HAPPIEST ON THE PLANET.
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK JOANNA?
>> HE'S A CREEPER.
>> AT ONE POINT I HAD THE LINE,
WE'LL CHANGE -- WE'LL PLAY IT, I
THINK SHE JUST SAID LOVE FEST.
>> WHEN SHE SAID THAT I GOT THE
CHILLS.
>> ONE DAY I WAS WALKING OUT AND
HE WAS WALKING IN AND WE JUST
BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER.
HEY, YOU ARE THAT GIRL IN THAT
COMMERCIAL AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT
I THOUGHT, OH, WEIRDO.
>> THEY WERE MARRIED IN 2003.
THE SAME YEAR JOANNA OPENED HER
FIRST DESIGN SHOP.
ALMOST A DECADE LATER, JOANNA'S
SMALL DESIGN BLOG CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION FOR PRODUCER.
THE COUPLE WOULD MAKE GOOD TV.
>> I CALLED CHIP AND THIS IS A
TRUE STORY.
HE SAYS DO NOT CALL THAT PERSON
BACK.
IT IS A SCAM.
HOW MUCH DID THEY SAY YOU HAVE
TO PAY FOR THEM TO FILM YOU?
I SAID I DON'T THINK SO.
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MY
INSTINCT.
I AM LIKE LIVE OR DIE BY MY
INSTINCT.
>> I GOT THESE GUTS AND
INSTINCTS.
FOR THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY OF
OUR LIFETIME.
>> IT WAS AD DUMB AND DUMBER
MOMENT.
>> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GO
THAT WAY.
>> BABE, SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT SENDING HER $5,000 IN
ADVANCE.
ALL HONESTY IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS
REACHED OUT BY THIS FACE SHOT.
>> LIKE A HEAD SHOT?
>> MODELLING AGENCY.
>> I WENT TO THE MALL AND I
DIDN'T KNOW.
THEY TAKE PICTURES OF YOU IN
YOUR UNDERWEAR AND AT THE END OF
THIS PRODUCTION THAT YOU THINK
LIKE YOU ARE SO HOT THAT IS YOU
ARE GOING TO GET THIS
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
I WAS HOT.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF IT
YEAH, $500 TODAY AND EQUAL
PAYMENTS OF THREE MONTHS AND I
WAS POSITIVE THAT THESE TWO
THINGS WERE RELATED.
>> THE PRODUCTION CAME TO WACO.
THE TV ROOKIES WERE CONVINCED
THEY HAD BLOWN THEIR TRY-OUT.
>> IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
>> I AM SORRY.
>> SHE DESIGNS THEM.
>> IT IS A CRAZY THING I HAVE TO
IMAGINE FOR THEM TO PUT A CAMERA
IN FRONT OF YOU, OKAY, BE TV
STARS AND BE FUNNY.
>> HE WAS THE WORST.
>> I HAD AN ACTUAL PHOBIA OF
CAMERAS.
THIS DUDE ROLLED UP WITH THESE
BIG CAMERAS LIKE THIS AND RED
LIGHT POPS ON.
I MEAN IT IS LIKE A VOLKSWAGON
ON THIS GUY'S SHOULDER.
HEY, TELL ME YOUR NAME.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING.
>> IT IS CHIP.
>> IT GOT BETTER FROM THERE.
EXECUTIVE AT HGTV SAW SOMETHING
TH
THEY LIKE.
THAT PILOT EPISODE RANKED THE
HIGHEST RATED SHOW ON CABLE
TELEVISION.
>>> ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT YOUR
FINGER ON WHY IT TOOK OFF THE
WAY IT DID?
>> NO.
>> I CAN'T.
>> YOU ARE GORGEOUS, THAT MAY BE
SOMETHING.
>> NO, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING.
>> IF I AM AT HOME WATCHING
TELEVISION, I WOULD WATCH THE
SHOW THAT YOU ARE ON.
>> BECAUSE YOU ARE THE WERE THER
THAT LOVED THE THREE SISTERS.
>> IT IS NOT JUST A HOUSE.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU CHIP, YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT IT AT ALL?
>> I WOULD ARGUE IF IT IS NOT
HER BEING HOT THEN IT MUST BE
ME.
>> YOU BEING HOT OR YOU IN
>> ME IN GENERAL.
>> BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I
DID THAT HEAD SHOT THING.
>> OH, BACK TO THE MALL
>> YOU ARE SO WEIRD.
>> I TOLD HIM I WOULD NOT SEE
HIM IN HIGH SCHO