WELL
WELL THIS
WELL THIS MORNING CHUCK'S BIG ADVENTURE TAKES US TO HANNIBAL, MISSOURI. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
RECOGNIZABLE SMALL TOWNS IN THE
WORLD. >> THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S
THE BOYHOOD HOME OF AUTHOR MARK
TWAIN AND CHUCK THEY TAKE
HONORING HIM VERY SERIOUSLY
THERE THEY DO AND THEY STILL DO
IT WITH BANG. IN FACT, TWAIN
MAY HAVE DIED MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED YEARS AGO, BUT
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK IT'S CLEAR
THE LEGACY OF HANNIBAL'S MOST
FAMOUS SON LIVES ON. IT'S THE
BEST KNOWN SMALL TOWN IN THE
WORLD
. IT'S AN ESSENTIALLY
AMERICAN THING TO COME TO
HANNIBAL IN MARK TWAIN'S
HANNIBAL HIS LEGACY IS STILL
ALIVE. I'LL BE WALKING DOWN THE
STREET AND PEOPLE WILL GO HEY
SAM, THAT'S WHAT I GET ALL THE
TIME. HANNIBAL IS THE
BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL CLEMENS.
BETTER KNOWN AS MARK TWAIN,
AUTHOR OF THE ADVENTURES OF TOM
SAWYER. I DON'T THINK IF HE HAD
GROWN UP SOME OTHER PART OF THE
COUNTRY THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
THE WRITER HE WAS. >> AND
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO COOL THAT
WE'RE SITTING HERE IN HANNIBAL
WHERE HE HE SPENT HIS LIFE A
WINDOW RIGHT UP THERE IS HIS
THAT WAS HIS ROOM. >> HI, MY
NAME IS COLLIN BROWN AND I PLAY
THE ROLE OF TOM SAWYER. >> HI
I'M RAY WIGFALL AND I PLAY THE
PART OF BECKY THATCHER.
HANNIBAL TAKES LEGACY JUST
ANOTHER STEP EVERY YEAR SEVENTH
GRADERS COMPETE TO BECOME THAT
YEAR'S TOM SAWYER AND BECKY
THATCHER. THIS YEAR'S COUPLE
COLIN AND RIAH TAKE THEIR ROLE
VERY SERIOUSLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE
VISIT AND MORE TO COME SEE MARK
TWAIN AND LIKE ALL OF THE TOM
SAWYER STUFF BUT LITTLE DO THEY
KNOW WHEN THEY COME HERE THEY
ACTUALLY GET TO SEE TOM SAWYER
AND BECKY THATCHER. WE'RE HERE
TO TELL THEM I'M GOING TO BE
CAN GO TO THE MOVIES. YOU
MUSEUM. SO I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO HAVE LIKE JUST
SOMEBODY TO ASK YOU. >> I KNOW
THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS RACKET
WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE PAY YOU
TO BE ABLE TO WHITEWASH THE
FENCE. >> RIGHT. AND I HEAR
YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD. YEAH. I
CHALLENGE YOU WELL I DO LIKE
YOUR OUTFIT BUT IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A LOT MORE THAN BEGINNER'S
LUCK TO BEAT ME ONE TO THREE
I
THINK IT WAS TOM BUT IT WAS
REALLY CLOSE. I GAVE IT MY BEST
SHOT DESPITE THE SMACK TALK
FROM SAWYER
, HANNIBAL, MISSOURI
WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER SMALL
SPOT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
BUT ONE MAN PUTTING PEN TO
PAPER CHANGE THIS SMALL TOWN
FOREVER
AND THEY TAKE A CERTAIN
PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT THIS GUY
PUT THEM ON THE MAP. >>
HANNIBAL IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE AMERICA THAT THIS
COUNTRY BECAME. SO YOU NEED TO
COME FIND THAT. >> OH, AND WE
DID. YOU KNOW, HANNIBAL IS ALSO
KNOWN FOR ITS FESTIVALS
INCLUDING TWAIN ON MAIN AT THE
END OF THE MONTH AND THERE'S
ALSO THE TRADITIONAL TOM SAWYER
DAYS OVER THE FOURTH OF JULY.
WE HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ONLINE
AND OUR DOTCOM SLASH CHOUX BIG
ADVENTURE. HERE'S HOW YOU SPEND
A DAY IN HANNIBAL. YOU GET TO
HAVE BREAKFAST AT ONE OF THESE
INCREDIBLE RESTAURANTS AND THEY
HAVE A LOT OF THEM. YOU WALK UP
THE BLUFF AFTER YOU'VE HAD YOUR
FIRST HEART ATTACK BECAUSE IT'S
YOU TAKE SOME BEAUTIFUL
PICTURES OF THE MISSISSIPPI. >>
YOU COME DOWN TO SHOP AT THE
BOUTIQUES. YOU SEE RICHARD
GARY'S ONE-MAN SHOW ABOUT MARK
TWAIN THAT YOU KNOW, HE HE
STARS IN THE OWNS THE THEATER
AND THEN YOU HAVE A RIVERBOAT
DINNER CRUISE. >> OH, GREAT WAY
TO SPEND THE IDOE NOW. >> YEAH,
WELL IN OUR NEXT HOUR WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW A
SIMPLE REQUEST FROM A SMALL
COLLEGE IN MISSOURI LED TO ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES
IN HISTORY. SEE HOW WINSTON
CHURCHILL PUT FULTON, MISSOURI
ON THE MAP AND HIS LASTING
LEGACY IN THE COMMUNITY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S
SOMETHING I'M REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO IF YOU'RE A FAN
OF THE CROWN OF COURSE YOU KNOW
YOU'RE FOLLOWING WINSTON
CHURCHILL AND YOU TALK WITH
SOME OF THE BACKSTORY BEHIND
THAT HOW THAT KIND
OF REVITALIZED HIM AS A PERSON
AS HE WAS DEPRESSED. HE YOU
KNOW, HE WON THE WAR AND THEN
THE BRITS VOTED HIM OUT
OF OFFICE AND THEY CAME TO THE
RESCUE WESTMINSTER COLLEGE IN
BOLTED. >> SO WE'VE