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00:00Eternity.
00:11The feeling when the pavement stretches on without an end in sight.
00:16The idea that what was will always continue to be.
00:20The perpetuity that could only exist in the place where all roads lead.
00:27The Eternal City.
00:30I'm here for some perspective on what it really means to last forever.
00:35This is Ride, and we're in Rome.
00:49Rome is considered the birthplace of Western civilization.
00:53An empire without end, destined to go on forever.
00:58That's it.
01:00And for over 2,700 years, it's done exactly that.
01:04From the Roman ruins to Renaissance masterpieces, Baroque sculptures to neoclassic architecture.
01:11Walking these streets is like traveling through time.
01:13Yeah, you heard that right.
01:19Walking.
01:23This trip, we're leaving the motorcycles behind.
01:26Because getting the feel of a city sometimes requires a more ancient mode of transportation.
01:32Rome is the art of the world.
01:37Rome is my heart, my base, my history.
01:40You can find everything in Rome.
01:41It's like a museum on planet without a roof.
01:44Rome is a feeling for me.
01:47Oh, I'm at home.
01:48And I couldn't be here at a better time.
01:56My old friend Johnny is vacationing in Italy, and we're going to meet up tomorrow.
02:00Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville.
02:01Welcome to Jackass.
02:03I've known Johnny Knoxville since back when he was still going by PJ as a young actor in L.A.
02:08Not quite an eternity, but sometimes it feels pretty close.
02:13Wow.
02:14I mean, come on.
02:16Right?
02:21Starting in the historic city center, I'll fill up on authentic cuisine and pass-down tradition.
02:27Meeting up with Johnny, we'll spend the day riding out to a medieval sculpture garden in Bommazo
02:32in a dying hilltop village in Civita de Bagnoregio.
02:38Before returning to the city, where a female biker group will be our tour guides,
02:43a three-day, 240-kilometer journey around the ancient sites of Rome.
02:52Hey, how are you?
02:53How's it going?
02:54It's good.
02:55Welcome.
02:55Yeah.
02:56Wow, this place is cool.
02:58But when in Rome and you don't speak the language, find an American to help you out.
03:02So is this where you do your grocery shopping?
03:04I do.
03:05Oh, nice.
03:05Yeah, yeah.
03:06And then I'll, like, have a slice of pizza over here.
03:09Katie Parla is a food journalist, cookbook author, and podcast host who's called this
03:14city home for 20 years.
03:16But my favorite place in the market is Mordier Bay.
03:20It's a little sandwich stall owned by a family.
03:23Is this us?
03:24This is us.
03:24This is Juliano.
03:25Hey, how are you?
03:26Norman.
03:26Nice to meet you.
03:27So Juliano's father, Sergio, grew up in his dad's butcher stall in this neighborhood.
03:34As a slaughterhouse worker, he wouldn't have been paid very well.
03:38And so it was, like, the pork cuts and organ meats that would have filled his table.
03:43And those are some of the very recipes that you find here.
03:46Here.
03:50I would recommend the numero uno.
03:52So it's braised brisket.
03:54It's super tender.
03:55Really beautiful fat marbling.
03:57Sure.
03:58And this is, I mean, the tripe Roman style.
04:01I think I'm going to go for that.
04:02And you can try it if you'd like.
04:03Explain to me what tripe is exactly.
04:05So it's the stomach lining of a grazing animal.
04:08Really?
04:08Do you like it?
04:09I don't like it.
04:10I love it.
04:11Really?
04:11Yeah.
04:12When did people start eating tripe?
04:14Like.
04:14I mean, in Rome, 27 centuries ago when they founded the city.
04:18Like, people have been eating guts for a long time.
04:21Yeah.
04:21Oof.
04:22Yeah, it's not for the faint of heart, for sure.
04:24Grazie, caro.
04:25Oh, grazie.
04:26Thank you so much.
04:27Nice to meet you.
04:29All right, ready?
04:29Cheers.
04:30Bon appetito.
04:30Bon appetit.
04:34Oh, this is awesome.
04:36Mm-hmm.
04:36Wow.
04:37This is great.
04:38Complimenti, Juliano.
04:39Wow.
04:41So you've got, like, super savory, very soft meat, bitter greens, that kind of, like,
04:47the juices of those are absorbed into the bread.
04:49It's awesome.
04:49Do they ever put cheese on it, or is that, like, a no-no?
04:52They don't.
04:53And not, it's not that it's just that they don't, they won't.
04:55They won't?
04:56No.
04:57Oh.
04:57They'll be like, no.
04:58Kick you out?
04:59They won't kick you out.
05:00They'll just shame you so that you never make that mistake again.
05:03Can I try, uh, tripe?
05:04Of course.
05:05You got your slice right there.
05:06Okay.
05:07Wish me luck.
05:08Good luck.
05:09All right.
05:10Here we go.
05:11Oh, wow.
05:17My face, it says it all.
05:20It's, uh, like, jello meat.
05:22Mmm.
05:24Wow.
05:25It's like, yeah, it's tender.
05:26I mean, this is, like, one of the most delicious sandwiches.
05:31Shady, try this.
05:32Even I'm having a hard time acting my way out of this one.
05:35Keep it.
05:35You can have that one.
05:37Mmm.
05:37Mmm.
05:39Pretty good, huh?
05:39Yeah, it's awesome.
05:41But you've got to respect a 3,000-year tradition, even when it's not your cup of, uh, tripe.
05:47Nice to meet you.
05:48Bye-bye.
05:48Yeah, yeah.
05:48It's a pleasure.
05:49Ciao, caro.
05:49La prossima.
05:50Ciao, ciao.
05:50You know everybody.
05:51You're, like, the mayor of this joint.
05:55I've got the whole day to wander.
05:57So Katie suggested I meet up with her musician friend over in Piazza del Popolo, back during
06:02the empire, the site of Rome's main entrance, where visitors from foreign lands first laid
06:07their eyes upon the city.
06:09When you're out alone, feeling down, pull my number and I've come around to get you through
06:16even the darkest night.
06:20Yeah.
06:22How are you, man?
06:23I'm Norman.
06:23How you doing?
06:24Nice to meet you.
06:24Nice to see you.
06:25You're good on that thing.
06:27It's my ukulele.
06:28I got this for 30 euro four years ago, and it's taken me all the way to Piazza del Popolo
06:33in Rome.
06:34Wow.
06:35Wow.
06:35Where'd you come from?
06:36I'm from Ireland.
06:37Oh, very cool.
06:38But I've lived in Italy for 30 years now.
06:40Wow.
06:40What brought you to Italy?
06:42Traveling, and, uh, Italy was a good place to stop.
06:45Very cool.
06:46Do you play the ukulele?
06:47I don't.
06:48Do you want to learn something?
06:48I do.
06:49Very good.
06:49I just happen to have another ukulele here.
06:52Yeah, let's play ukulele.
06:53Very cool.
06:54There you go.
06:55So.
06:55All right.
06:56The G chord.
06:59And then back to A.
07:03Nice.
07:08I like it.
07:09I have seven of them, eh?
07:11We could be here for a long time.
07:12How did you get into this?
07:13Uh, I was walking past, uh, a store, and I saw it in the window, and my girlfriend said
07:18to me, you should buy that.
07:19And she's very sorry that she invested that to me, yeah.
07:23The next few years were hell for her.
07:25Yeah.
07:25Did she play too?
07:26No.
07:27Oh, she didn't pick it up?
07:28No, no, no.
07:28No, no, no.
07:28She picks it up to throw it out the window occasionally.
07:30So you're enjoying the trip?
07:34Yeah, I love it here.
07:35This here is Piazza del Popolo.
07:37Popolo means the population, so it is the square of the people.
07:41And this obelisk here, it was, uh, presented to the Emperor Augustus ten years before Christ.
07:46So, I mean, this is one of the most historic places in Rome.
07:50I have a friend nearby.
07:51He's got a shop.
07:52I was going to go over and see him, and he makes marble.
07:54He makes, uh, etchings on marble, and he's really a fascinating guy.
07:58Can I tag him on?
07:59Yeah, you're not busy?
08:00You can come along.
08:00Let's go, yeah.
08:01Cool, let's do that.
08:02I'd love to.
08:11What are your favorite areas to hang out down here since you've been here a while?
08:14I love going down the Tiber on the river around twilight.
08:20It really is fantastic.
08:22This is definitely the shopping area.
08:24You discover the true essence of a place by getting off the beaten path.
08:28So we're on our way to see a more traditional Roman way of life.
08:32Look how pretty the street is.
08:34Did you see the cat?
08:35No.
08:37Oh, my God, how cute.
08:40A pussycat, pussycat.
08:44Wow, this is gorgeous through here.
08:47This is his shop.
08:48Sandro, it's his name.
08:48Sandro.
08:49Hey, ciao.
08:50Ciao, come stai?
08:51Ciao.
08:52T'ai portato un amico.
08:53Nice to meet you.
08:55It's a pleasure.
08:56What a cool store.
08:58It's a store, but also a shop.
09:00Yeah.
09:00This is where you do everything.
09:01This is your, your workshop.
09:04Amazing.
09:05How long have you been here?
09:07Da quanto tempo sei qua?
09:08Da stamattina.
09:11Since this morning.
09:12Yeah, right.
09:14My father c'era da 50 anni.
09:16His father, father opened here 50 years ago.
09:19Wow.
09:19Your father started the business?
09:21Quindi tuo padre ĆØ qui in centro.
09:22Mi padre ha iniziato a fare questa cosa e continuo a farla io.
09:24Very cool.
09:25Can you show us how you do it?
09:27SƬ.
09:28Vieni.
09:33E questo ĆØ quello che ha toro.
09:34Martello e scalpelli.
09:35Old school.
09:36Yeah.
09:36Yeah.
09:36Yeah.
09:36Yeah.
09:36Yeah.
09:38Yeah.
09:40Yeah.
09:42Yeah.
09:43Yeah.
09:44He says that it's his father's marriage.
09:50He says that it's his father's marriage and he wants to keep it the way that his father originally
10:16had it had it.
10:17That's awesome.
10:17That's awesome.
10:17Yeah, that's great.
10:19PerĆ² adesso ĆØ ora di mangiare, perciĆ² andiamo a preparare pizza, prosciutta e fighi.
10:24Let's do it.
10:29Quando mangi pizza, prosciutta e fighi, non devi bere acqua.
10:33Ah, davvero.
10:34PerchƩ ti gonfia.
10:36Solo vino.
10:36All the pictures here, they're of his father because this being a street full of galleries
10:49Big pizza, prosciutto, and figli.
10:52Mmm.
10:53Who is this right here, the painting?
10:55My father.
10:56Ah, OK.
10:57All of these pictures here, they're of his father,
10:59because this being a street full of galleries and artists,
11:02they used to drop by here and have lunch, basically,
11:05like we're doing now.
11:05Yeah.
11:06And so to thank his father, they would do a portrait or a drawing.
11:11Are they based on humor, religion?
11:14His words.
11:16Ha, ha, bad words, swear words, curse words.
11:19Oh, good.
11:19For example, what have we got here?
11:21I am me and you're not worth a .
11:27Here, here, who speaks politics is .
11:32What does that mean?
11:33Here, anyone who talks about politics is a .
11:37So true.
11:39Roma is this.
11:41Mm-hmm.
11:42It's all over Italy.
11:43Yes.
11:44Roman is the core.
11:46If you enjoy the work you do, you won't even work an hour of your life.
11:52If you enjoy the work you do, you won't even work an hour of your life.
11:56That's, yeah.
11:57That's true.
11:58That is, ah, cheers.
11:59Cheers.
12:00Cheers.
12:01Cheers.
12:02What a pleasure.
12:03What do you say in Romano?
12:04In Rome, the preservation of the past is its own art form.
12:12A way to honor what was, by keeping it alive for future generations.
12:16Thanks.
12:17Ciao.
12:18Ciao.
12:19Ciao.
12:20Ciao.
12:21Before I meet Knoxville tomorrow, I'm exploring Rome with my new Irish buddy Fergal.
12:33I'd like to have a place like this where the old guys hang out.
12:37He may be a transplant, but the guy knows the local spots.
12:40Have you played bocce before?
12:43I've seen it, but I've never played it.
12:45Bocce is an old traditional game.
12:47It's quite relaxing.
12:48Uh, bocce is a play with, um, wooden balls.
12:52The object is to place your ball nearest the small cube ball, and to knock your opponent's
12:58ball out of position.
12:59I've always seen old people.
13:02Old people play bocce in Italy.
13:05He did a running throw there.
13:08Whoa!
13:09Whoa!
13:10Bocce might just be the oldest sport in the world.
13:13Originating in Egypt, the game's current form can be traced back to Rome, 264 BC.
13:18A game that old can't be too hard, right?
13:21Can we try?
13:22Yeah, sure.
13:23Yeah.
13:24Okay.
13:25So first you gotta throw the, uh, the dummy.
13:32Okay, so that's our aim there now.
13:34Way too hard.
13:35Ooh.
13:36Oh, I think this game might be yours.
13:37Jeez, man, you've played this before.
13:38You've played this before.
13:39Wow.
13:40Okay.
13:41I got beaten.
13:42Uno.
13:43Uno.
13:44Uno, Luis.
13:45One for him.
13:46One zero for me.
13:47Can you get like a slow motion, like victory lap?
14:00The bocce ball champion of New York.
14:01True.
14:02That's me.
14:03Oh, look at this.
14:04I mean like, I'm like a champion.
14:07No.
14:08You've already beaten me.
14:09Should I just retire?
14:10I'm not sure if I should be proud of my bocce skills or worried that this ancient city
14:14is aging me.
14:15I mean, number one.
14:16Number one.
14:17Number one.
14:18Number one.
14:19But tomorrow I'll meet up with someone who I'm sure will bring my youthful side right back
14:22out.
14:23Thanks, Norman.
14:24See you around.
14:25It was a pleasure to meet you, man.
14:26Thank you so much.
14:27Enjoy.
14:28Day two.
14:29Yesterday I was left alone with my thoughts.
14:31Today I'll just be looking to stay out of trouble.
14:32Oh.
14:33Oh, oh, oh.
14:34What?
14:35Oh, oh, my good luck.
14:36Oh, my great job.
14:37My heart is the last year.
14:38I've never been looking for a person to stop my bocce skills or worried that this ancient
14:41city is aging me.
14:43I mean, number one.
14:44But tomorrow I'll meet up with someone who I'm sure will bring my youthful side right
14:46back out.
14:47Thanks, Norman.
14:48See you around.
14:49It was a pleasure to meet you, man.
14:50Thank you so much.
14:51Enjoy.
14:52Day two.
14:53Yesterday I was left alone with my thoughts.
14:56Today I'll just be looking to stay out of trouble.
14:57Oh, ho, ho.
15:01Well, hello, sir.
15:02Hey, buddy.
15:03You found me.
15:04Fancy meeting you here.
15:06Silly.
15:08Dude, what is this car?
15:12I need a hug first.
15:14Come here.
15:15Come here.
15:16It's good to see you, buddy.
15:18Yeah.
15:18Wow, look at this.
15:20Yeah, it's beautiful, right?
15:21Two hillbillies made it to Rome.
15:23This car is what happens when you realize
15:26one of the craziest daredevils in Hollywood.
15:28It's better at crashing motorcycles
15:29than actually riding them.
15:31Emergency brake.
15:31Emergency brake.
15:32Emergency brake.
15:33So we're taking this Fiat 1100
15:35to explore some historical relics
15:37outside the city.
15:39Hey, buddy.
15:40This sounds good.
15:42This is the best way to see the city.
15:44You got driving around?
15:45Yeah.
15:48Yeah, you got to...
15:49I'm not very...
15:50I'm a terrible driver.
15:52After my last concussion,
15:54I started having a lot of accidents.
15:55That's great.
15:57How many concussions have you had?
15:59Like over...
16:00I think around 16.
16:02Wow.
16:03What's the most
16:04stuff you ever did?
16:07Well, I've been a few times
16:08where I almost bought the farm.
16:10The bull, right?
16:12Oh, no.
16:13Oh, shit.
16:15Oh, the hell?
16:16Oh, the bull.
16:17Oh, the bull.
16:17Oh, the bull.
16:18Oh, yeah, we go.
16:19It took me a few months
16:21to recover from that.
16:22I had, like, a gnarly concussion,
16:24brain hemorrhage.
16:26My brain went offline for a few months.
16:28It's weird.
16:28I miss it.
16:29You do?
16:30You miss, what, the adrenaline rush?
16:31I think I was addicted to it.
16:33Yeah.
16:33As I get older,
16:36like, all I do is watch
16:37history documentaries now.
16:40I was watching some documentaries
16:41on Rome before I came,
16:43and Nero built this huge
16:45man-made lake
16:46and all these extravagant buildings
16:47in honor of him.
16:49And the next guy,
16:51he obliterated all the things
16:53that Nero built
16:54and built the Colosseum on it.
16:56I love that you did research.
16:58I didn't do anything.
16:59I just researched where to eat.
17:01I've officially turned
17:02into an old fart, Norman.
17:04You and me both, bro.
17:06I've known you for how long now?
17:08I was 24.
17:10Yeah.
17:11So, early 20.
17:12So, 27 years.
17:15How did we get so old?
17:16How did this happens overnight?
17:18For most of us,
17:19time, it's a jet plane.
17:21Except in this immortal city,
17:23where it somehow stands still.
17:24Feels like we're driving around
17:26on a movie set.
17:27Yeah, and I'm holding on
17:28like I'm in a roller coaster.
17:29Well, because I'm a terrible driver.
17:30I'm literally, like,
17:31I can't hold on any tighter than that.
17:34Good times.
17:35Here we go.
17:48Coming, dudes.
17:49Excuse us.
17:49Excuse us.
17:52Excusey.
17:52Excusey.
17:55Today, we've got big plans
17:57that are going to take us out of Rome.
18:00Assuming Johnny can get us there
18:02in one piece.
18:04We're on a 90-kilometer drive
18:05to Bommarzo,
18:07site of Sacro Bosco,
18:09Park of the Monsters.
18:11Then it's another 35 kilometers
18:12before the day's final stop,
18:14the dying city of Bagnoregio.
18:16Oh, your mercy break's on.
18:36There you go.
18:43Monster garden.
18:44Looks really cool.
18:45You know, there's all these sculptures
18:46and whatnot there.
18:48Knowing Johnny like I do,
18:49I thought this place sounded
18:50right up his alley.
18:51This actually is fascinating.
18:54It's hot in that car.
18:55All right, let's see some monsters.
18:59Yeah, let's do it.
19:00You can put on my cool hat.
19:04Built in the 16th century
19:05by an Italian military general,
19:08legend has it,
19:09these unusual gardens
19:10were meant as a sign of grief
19:11after the passing of his wife.
19:13Over time,
19:15they were forgotten
19:16and left abandoned
19:17for hundreds of years.
19:18Salvador Dali's
19:19the reason this place
19:20got rediscovered.
19:21Until Salvador Dali's 1948 film
19:24renewed interest
19:25in these bizarre dark creations
19:27filling the countryside.
19:28In Bommarzo, Viterbo,
19:30the fantasy of Vignola
19:31has been taken
19:32from these architectural licenses.
19:34It's Salvador Dali.
19:37In the mouth of the dragon,
19:38with the candle on theé,
19:40he has voluntarily found
19:41one of the most magical scenes
19:42of our Pinocchio.
19:45Today, the gardens
19:46have been restored,
19:47but the questions remain.
19:49Oh, wow.
19:50Here we go.
19:53Wow, that's cool.
19:54Ooh.
20:00Oh, man,
20:00that looks like
20:01they're doing a Flying 69.
20:03They're doing a Flying 69.
20:06I mean,
20:07this would take forever
20:08to make this.
20:09The struggles between giants,
20:11it's Hercules standing
20:13while he quarters Cacus.
20:16Hercules,
20:17the protector of the weakest,
20:18and Cacus,
20:19who stole food from the poorest.
20:21So that's punishment.
20:22And just think of
20:23the poor bastards
20:24who had to model for this
20:25for, like, hours on end.
20:28It would have taken
20:28so many people
20:29to carry these pieces here,
20:31because he surely
20:32doesn't carve them
20:33right on the spot, right?
20:33I do not know.
20:38Oh, this is pretty cool.
20:41Wow.
20:44L'antro,
20:45la fonte,
20:46elie et.
20:47Latin for
20:48these sculptures
20:49have no nipples.
20:54Ooh, the elephant's cool.
20:58Here's Neptune.
21:00This is Jason Momoa.
21:02Yeah.
21:04This is kind of trippy,
21:06actually.
21:06Yeah.
21:06Right?
21:07Why do a crooked house?
21:11The house being
21:12next to the old entrance,
21:13we can deduce
21:14that
21:15Vincino
21:16or Sini
21:17wanted to offer
21:17a strong emotion
21:18to his friends
21:19who entered the house
21:20for a nap.
21:20So this is when
21:21you get visitors
21:22and you want them
21:23to get dizzy
21:23and leave your home.
21:25Right.
21:25This is like a welcome mat
21:26that goes,
21:27now turn around and leave.
21:28Come with me
21:29into the dizzy mansion.
21:31Wow, yeah,
21:34I get it.
21:34Whoa, welcome to our
21:35f*** with your
21:36equilibrium a little.
21:37Yeah.
21:39Imagine trying to
21:40pour a drink in here.
21:41Yeah, right?
21:42It makes me dizzy.
21:42I got to get out of here.
21:43I kind of want one.
21:47Wow.
21:48You guys look great together.
21:50I mean,
21:50she was the Kim Kardashian
21:52of her day.
21:52She might have been, yeah.
21:54This one looks pissed
21:55that you just did that.
21:56She's the wingman.
21:57Literally,
21:58she has wings
21:59sprouting out her back.
22:01I want to see the ogre.
22:05Whoa,
22:05this is amazing.
22:09Orcus symbolizes
22:10the entrance
22:11of the underworld
22:11as Dante's paraphrase,
22:13every thought flies away,
22:15engraved on its lips.
22:17Every thought flies away.
22:19That's cool.
22:20Every thought flies away.
22:23Dante said it,
22:24so I'm sure
22:24it has some merit.
22:25But standing here,
22:27nearly 500 years
22:28after these statues
22:29were first conceived,
22:30we're still racking
22:31our brains
22:31trying to unlock
22:32the mystery
22:33of the story
22:34they intended to tell.
22:38Come on, baby.
22:40Come on, baby.
22:41You got it.
22:43How's the brakes feel?
22:44Still loose?
22:45The brakes are a little shady,
22:46but I think we can make it
22:47into the next town.
22:48Come on, baby.
22:48Come on, baby.
22:50Come on, baby.
22:51Come on, baby.
22:52Come on, baby.
22:53Come on, baby.
22:53Come on, baby.
22:53Come on, baby.
22:53Come on, baby.
22:54That did so good.
22:58Yeah.
23:00Oops.
23:03Sorry about your clutch,
23:04whoever owns this car.
23:10I really want to see
23:11this next place we're going to.
23:13I do, too.
23:14I've been reading about it
23:15because I looked at pictures
23:16and it was beautiful.
23:18In case we haven't gotten
23:19existential enough
23:20on this trip,
23:21before we head back to Rome,
23:22we're stopping at
23:23the dying city.
23:25Apparently, the stone entranceway
23:28was built by the Etruscans
23:29and they were little bitty people.
23:31Really?
23:32They were like,
23:32the women were five foot
23:34and the men were like five two.
23:36Wow, look how beautiful.
23:40Civita de Bagnoraggio,
23:41a village built on a plateau.
23:43A village built on a plateau
23:44of volcanic rock
23:45as if it were suspended in midair.
23:50But for the last 300 years,
23:52earthquakes, landslides,
23:53and floods
23:54have threatened
23:55its very existence.
23:58Wow.
23:59Let's do it.
24:00Wow, that's insane.
24:01This is amazing.
24:03This doesn't look real to me.
24:05You know what I mean?
24:06Yeah.
24:06The right side looks like
24:08it's about to fall right now.
24:09Yeah, it may fall
24:10while we're up there.
24:11When was this built?
24:132,500 years ago.
24:15Wow.
24:15I would hate to be the house
24:16on the far right.
24:18Yeah.
24:19I mean,
24:20it's literally crumbling
24:21down the mountainside,
24:22this place.
24:23Yeah.
24:24It's a third
24:24of its original side,
24:25they said.
24:26Oh, wow.
24:28Like, I'm really excited
24:30over this.
24:31Yeah, this is another level
24:32right here.
24:33Yeah, I'm feeling him
24:35right here.
24:37Oh, yes.
24:37I'm going to look
24:40at my steps after this.
24:41Civita di Bagnoreggio
24:43is very famous
24:44in this land.
24:45It's very old.
24:47It's first named
24:48in Etruscan time,
24:50before Christ.
24:52To start from the base
24:53and go to the top
24:54is like to walk
24:55through the centuries.
24:56It's called Dying City.
24:58This was a big earthquake
25:00reduced the town
25:02like it and now.
25:04Wow, we're walking
25:05down a 2,500-year-old
25:08Etruscan-built entrance.
25:10Can you imagine
25:11being the postman?
25:12Oh, I know, right?
25:13He's got a firm ass, I bet.
25:15You been walking
25:16up here every day?
25:17Sure, yeah.
25:18That son of a bitch.
25:22Standing right here, guys.
25:24Yeah, nice to meet you.
25:26Again.
25:27What, am I just chopped liver?
25:29Obviously, I didn't see
25:30Jackass forever.
25:31It was a big hit in America.
25:33Cool.
25:34Of course.
25:36I'm so patient.
25:37Well, it's no fun
25:37when you're...
25:38Yeah, I'm very patient.
25:40First, I take the picture
25:41of that.
25:41Oh, yeah, yeah.
25:42No, you're good.
25:42You're good.
25:43Big fan of my earlier...
25:46Oh, you're...
25:47No problem.
25:48Okay, let's get back to work.
25:49Let's go.
25:49Go on.
25:54Yes, you see that?
25:55Ten people live here
25:56and they're only summer homes.
25:58Nobody lives here
25:59full-time at all.
26:00Oh, we have people drawing.
26:03You guys want to sketch my buddy?
26:05He's about as old
26:06as a building these days.
26:09Maybe older.
26:10You guys want me to take
26:11your photo in front of the church?
26:13No?
26:14Okay.
26:15Okay.
26:15She does not like us.
26:19She's still a story
26:20of the movie last time.
26:21Oh, thank you.
26:22Lovely.
26:24Jackass.
26:25Just sideways,
26:25you get all of us in.
26:28You done?
26:29Let's go.
26:29We've got things to do.
26:31He gets so catty
26:32when that happens.
26:34Rare.
26:37Your true skins
26:38were small people.
26:39I mean,
26:39just standing in the doorway,
26:41you can see.
26:42There's a lot of headroom.
26:50I thought this was going
26:51to be a depressing
26:52sort of
26:54end-of-the-world vibe.
26:55This is like
26:56heaven on earth.
26:58It's like a Shangri-La.
26:59Maybe the most beautiful place
27:01I've ever been to.
27:02Thank you for inviting me
27:03on this trip, Norman.
27:05Honestly,
27:05this is ridiculous.
27:07It's said
27:10nothing is forever.
27:13But in Italy,
27:14that's debatable.
27:15Yeah.
27:17A once dying city,
27:18run down and deserted,
27:19is again full of visitors
27:21and life.
27:22Yeah,
27:22that does not look real.
27:27Day three,
27:28and we're back in Rome.
27:30Today,
27:30we're going to check out
27:31a popular city site
27:32on an e-scooter,
27:33a vehicle so easy to ride
27:35they even let kids use them.
27:36Do you want the black one
27:38or the black one?
27:38I'll take the black one.
27:39Okay.
27:40So this is your break.
27:41That's your go.
27:43And sort of a belt.
27:44All right.
27:45Kickstand up.
27:47Oh.
27:49Okay.
27:50Here we go.
27:52Kick it,
27:53and then
27:53give it throttle.
27:55No, no,
27:56your thumb.
27:56See the red thing?
27:58Oh.
27:58Yeah.
27:59Oh, that's the throttle.
28:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:01What's up?
28:02Hey.
28:06Cheez it, man.
28:11That's the fuzz.
28:12You'll never take me alive,
28:13coppers.
28:14Policia.
28:15Policia.
28:16Policia.
28:17Oh, look at those
28:18young lovers over there.
28:19Should we just go sit next to them?
28:22Hi.
28:24No, no, no.
28:24What?
28:26Hey, what's going on?
28:27Hey, how's it?
28:28What's up?
28:28What?
28:29What happened?
28:31No?
28:32Did we clock?
28:38Then we start making out
28:39right in their spot.
28:43We totally clocked.
28:49Come on, giant.
28:52It's as fast as it'll go.
28:55Are we at the gates
28:55to the city of Rome?
28:56Yeah.
28:57This is amazing,
29:00the gates.
29:00Are we going out
29:01to the world?
29:02Woo!
29:08It's just like Las Vegas.
29:09They have the Forum,
29:10Caesar's Palace,
29:12everything.
29:12Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
29:17Oh, oh, oh.
29:19This is giving me a headache.
29:20Yeah, these.
29:21I'm done with the cobblestones.
29:22These are Roman roads, Norman.
29:24The cobblestones
29:25are rattling my brain.
29:26We're riding on history.
29:27Yeah.
29:28We usually have motorcycles
29:29on this show,
29:30But you get Knoxville, and we're riding around on scooters.
29:35They have no faith in me.
29:41Definitely the way.
29:43All the tourists are headed this way.
29:45I have such a headache from that thing.
29:46Oh, from the, oh, this is the great calendar.
29:49This is the calendar of hot priests.
29:52And there's some hot priests.
29:54Well, you missed this one.
29:56Yeah.
29:56What?
29:57I missed it.
29:57Oh, the gladiators.
29:59This is even better.
30:00Yeah, yeah.
30:01That dude's definitely not a gladiator.
30:03What would your gladiator pose be?
30:06What would yours be?
30:07Mine would be this.
30:12All right.
30:12Oh, here we go.
30:13So this is the Trevi Fountain, Norman.
30:16One of the most famous fountains in the world.
30:19You can throw in, like, a couple euros for a wish for a good wedding,
30:24but it costs more for a good divorce,
30:25so people put in more money for a divorce.
30:27This looks like, uh, like, uh, Disney World or something.
30:32Yeah.
30:35Wow.
30:39Trevi Fountain, a 16th century Baroque relic.
30:43In a city full of iconic landmarks, this one stands tall.
30:47Immortalized in film, situated in the heart of Rome,
30:50it attracts over 1,000 visitors every hour.
30:53Yeah, get in there.
30:55Go jump in the water.
30:56It would feel really good.
30:57It would feel great.
30:58The cool thing is, like, there's a ancient aqueduct under here
31:01that used to supply water to Rome,
31:04and that's what supplies the water to this fountain.
31:06Do you want to throw coins in?
31:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:12All right, nice to meet you.
31:13Pleasure.
31:14Let's throw some, come on, let's throw some coins.
31:17Legend has it that taking a drink will guarantee you return to Rome.
31:22Make a wish.
31:23You got it?
31:24All right.
31:25But these days, throwing in a coin apparently works just as well.
31:29Hey, man, how are you?
31:30Pleasure.
31:30Is it okay if I make a big shoot?
31:31Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:32Sorry, Norman.
31:34You know.
31:35You're a monkey dick.
31:37Yeah, let's just do it.
31:39He was into survival.
31:40There's a mob scene.
31:41Okay, let's make a right hand over left shoulder?
31:44Yeah.
31:45Okay.
31:45Okay, let's make a noise.
31:47One, two.
31:48All the money in here goes to, I think, feed the homeless or some type of charity.
31:58So you just did a good thing.
31:59I feel good about it.
32:00This is the scene right here.
32:03Yeah, yeah.
32:04Crazy.
32:04All right.
32:08Wow.
32:09Hello.
32:12Hello.
32:13Hello.
32:13Are you sure you guys are here?
32:14Yeah, yeah, it's going to be crazy.
32:17Really quick.
32:19Yeah, man.
32:20Cool.
32:20You got it.
32:21You're me.
32:22Yeah, yeah, man.
32:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:29Yeah, this is going to be a mob scene.
32:31Well, it looks like I've locked in my return trip.
32:33And a good thing.
32:34I'm going to need it.
32:35The next time, maybe I should leave our camera crew at home.
32:38Can we have a picture?
32:39Sure, yeah, yeah.
32:39Don't worry.
32:39They really want to swim out.
32:46You know how to do this?
32:47No, I don't know how to ride at all.
32:49Rome may keep the past alive, but that doesn't mean it stops pushing forward.
32:54Okay, here's the gas.
32:55You got to go like this, right?
32:57So on our last day, we're meeting up with the Lidas, the first all-female motorcycle club
33:02in Rome.
33:03They want to take us on a ride through the city, so we had to compensate.
33:07My first time riding a Vespa.
33:09That's right.
33:10Italian scooters.
33:11Let's hope it's not my last.
33:18Woo!
33:23Dude, this is kind of fun.
33:28I feel so badass right now.
33:30I'm in Roman concrete.
33:32I'll tell you that right now.
33:33Woo-hoo!
33:35This is pretty Italian.
33:38Dude, between the Lime scooters and the Vespas, I may never ride a motorcycle again.
33:43Vespa ride's pretty good.
33:45It's my first time riding.
33:46And if I can do it, anyone can do it.
33:48I don't think that we can possibly look more like tourists right now.
33:53I know.
33:54You know what I mean?
33:55A couple of hillbillies on Vespas.
33:57Let's go meet the Lidas.
33:59Yeah.
34:02Hello.
34:04Hi.
34:05Hi.
34:05Hello.
34:06Hi, my name's Johnny.
34:07Nice to meet you.
34:07Nice to meet you.
34:08Nice to meet you, Francesca.
34:09Hi, Norman.
34:09Hi.
34:10Johnny, nice to meet you.
34:10How are you?
34:11Welcome to Rome.
34:12Oh, it's beautiful here.
34:14What was that place we went to yesterday that's really old on the mountain that's falling down?
34:18Oh, Savita di Bagnasario or something like that?
34:22Bagnoregio.
34:22Oh, yeah, that's how I meant to pronounce it.
34:24With the big, long bridge.
34:26Yeah.
34:27It's beautiful.
34:28So cool.
34:28I know.
34:29It's on a volcanic plateau that's eroding.
34:31Hopefully it doesn't collapse.
34:32Who started the Lidas?
34:34What's the history?
34:35We are a branch of, you know, the collective, the Lidas.
34:37It's a group of we mix.
34:40We say we mix riding bikes.
34:42So anyone who identifies as a female, there are no special characteristics,
34:46or you don't have to have, you know, a certain bike to be in,
34:50or you don't have to be, you know, a certain age to be in.
34:53We, you know, we are open.
34:55We are very inclusive.
34:56In America, I know there's a bunch of Lidas.
34:58So many.
34:59So many.
34:59Pretty much every big city as well.
35:01You guys are spread out everywhere.
35:02Or Lisbon, so Portugal.
35:04There is France.
35:05It's very nice for us because, you know, whenever I travel,
35:07Yeah, yeah, you have someplace to stay with.
35:09Can we meet for a coffee or a beer?
35:12Can you take me out?
35:14Where are you taking us right now?
35:15Are we following you?
35:16We'll go to the Appiantica Way,
35:20which is one of the oldest streets in Rome.
35:23It's really beautiful.
35:24It's what we'll say.
35:25All roads lead to Rome, right?
35:27Right.
35:27I'm excited.
35:28Let's go.
35:28Yeah.
35:29We'll follow you.
35:29All right.
35:30All right.
35:34All right.
35:36So how do you like your Vespas?
35:37I'm loving this Vespa.
35:39You couldn't go more Italian than this.
35:43So what about the food?
35:44Are you enjoying the food?
35:45Food is amazing.
35:47Gain like 10 pounds already.
35:50All right.
35:51That means that we have done a good job.
35:55What's the differences between Northern Italy and Rome?
35:58Rome is much more of a Mediterranean kind of place.
36:03So people are much more relaxed, much more easygoing.
36:08In the North, people are, you know, give more importance to their jobs, to their career.
36:14I actually lived in Milan for some years.
36:16So I got to experience both places.
36:19Italy is a very long country.
36:21So it makes sense that we have different lifestyles, different cuisine.
36:25What's Sicily like?
36:27It's beautiful.
36:28My grandmother's from Sicily.
36:30Ah.
36:31Yeah, you should definitely take the time to have a trip to Sicily.
36:34It's beautiful.
36:35I would love that.
36:36Is that the form?
36:37Yeah.
36:38And this is just for shopping?
36:39Or is it shopping and games?
36:41Games, gladiators, having fun on the Sunday.
36:45And then you also got shopping area.
36:47It's just awesome.
36:49What kind of trees are these to our left?
36:54These are sea pine.
36:56They were planted for the first Olympic Games that Italy had all around the city.
37:02And now they are huge.
37:03Wow, they're gorgeous.
37:04I know, they're beautiful.
37:09Do you see the city walls?
37:10These are the Aurelian walls.
37:12They separate the whole center of the city from the outskirts of the city.
37:16Now, of course, everything that is outside of the city wall, it's still very central because the city has expanded that much.
37:23At the height of their empire, Rome was so powerful, they actually removed the city's surrounding walls.
37:30But after German tribes invaded in 271 A.D., work began on fortifying the capital, closing 3,500 acres in all seven hills of Rome.
37:40For 1,600 years, these walls were the front line of defense for the city's center.
37:48Goodbye, little Vespa.
37:49That was fun.
37:51But this trip isn't over.
37:53We're off to visit the quintessential symbol of Rome.
37:56Thank you for the tour.
37:58Yeah, that was great.
37:59Thank you so much.
37:59Really fun.
38:00Are you guys tramming with us?
38:01Of course.
38:02Yeah, of course.
38:04All right, let's tram.
38:11A vestige of what was once the largest tram system in Italy, these symphonies of transit run like buses through the city.
38:20When they aren't serving the public, you can rent them out for private festivities.
38:24One, two, three, four.
38:33Oh, wow, look at this.
38:35Oh, my God.
38:36This us?
38:36Let's go.
38:39Go.
38:40All right.
38:41Hey, guys.
38:46Is this Roman music me?
38:48I feel bad if anybody wants to get on the train and we're like, psych.
38:54Where's your hometown?
38:55Bari.
38:56It's in the south of Italy.
38:58So Sardinia.
38:59Tell me about Sardinia.
39:00Sardinia.
39:01What they speak there, I can't understand anything they say.
39:04Their dialect is foreigner to me.
39:06But they're good at cussing, I heard.
39:08Very creative cuss words.
39:11Cuss words.
39:11Oh, they are.
39:12What is your favorite Italian insult?
39:14There's one that means, I cursed your favorite relative.
39:19Do you know that one?
39:20Limortaci tua?
39:21Yeah, that's it.
39:22Limortaci tua.
39:23Come on.
39:25Limortaci tua.
39:25Limortaci tua.
39:34The Coliseum is coming up.
39:36Oh, the Coliseum.
39:38Oh, yes.
39:39Nice.
39:40Rome's best known, I suppose, for the Coliseum.
39:47It's the symbol of Rome.
39:48The Coliseum now is a monument, but in the past was the first stadium.
39:56It was the ancient theatre in which gladiators fight each other, like a studio of football for us.
40:05People come there to see the blood.
40:07It has, like, a violent history.
40:09People went to see people fighting and dying at the end.
40:13Up or down, you could decide about the life of people.
40:16There's so much bloodshed there.
40:18It's like a giant cemetery.
40:20Like, this used to be all marble, like all over the walls, and the Catholics ripped it down and built the Vatican with it.
40:26Yes.
40:27That's right.
40:27I did my research.
40:29And after listening to Johnny all trip, it's my turn to drop some knowledge.
40:32So, entertainment was free, and they would charge people to go to the toilet, and that's where taxes came from, right?
40:38That's where taxes started.
40:39The emperor that got the most blood on the ground got the most votes.
40:43That was the entertainment, right?
40:45Oh, wow.
40:45And he would go like this, which means cut the jugular.
40:48This place is full of murder.
40:50Murder and poop.
40:51Yeah, but the people were entertained.
40:53Yeah, that's true.
40:54As a Roman, like, what do you think of that?
40:58Well, I think we are just so lucky to have one of the oldest buildings in, you know, you have an urge.
41:04There's no, like, Roman guilt or anything.
41:06There is not much of that.
41:08Because there's a lot of murder.
41:09Italians don't do well with guilt in general.
41:11I mean, every country has their guilt, you know what I'm saying?
41:13Yeah, but, you know, there are also, each society has different ways to deal with it.
41:17I don't think we are a country that really thinks about the past much.
41:22We give it for granted a bit, you know what I mean?
41:23It's hard not to think about the past when everything's so old around you.
41:27Exactly, or the opposite.
41:28You get kind of alienated by it, right?
41:30You get kind of used to it.
41:33It must be nice to be reminded of it, though.
41:35You know what I mean?
41:35I agree.
41:36You didn't ask me my favorite gladiator.
41:38Who's your favorite gladiator?
41:39Oh, I'm so happy you asked me.
41:40Is it Ben Hur?
41:40Flama.
41:41He fought 31 times.
41:44He won 24.
41:45And he was offered freedom four times.
41:48He had an endorsement deal.
41:49And he turned it down all four times and died in the ring.
41:52So, but I do love history, and I love Roman history.
41:55We're literally standing in front of the Forum and the Colosseum.
41:59That's not so bad from a guy from South Knoxville.
42:01It's pretty great.
42:02The past, it surrounds us.
42:16Whoever, wherever we are, we all carry a peace.
42:20They say you can't escape it, and maybe that's the point.
42:22But it might just be the key in letting things live forever, so carry the memories and traditions
42:31that serve you, and hold tight the friendships that stand the test of time.
42:35Yeah, thank you.
42:36That was fun.
42:37All right.
42:37Nice.
42:38And for the rest, don't overthink it.
42:41It's like the great Dante said, let it all fly away.
42:44Thank you, Johnny.
42:45Thank you, all of you.
42:46Salute.
42:47Salute.
42:49Jaguilak.
42:50Cicin.
42:52Salute, cin cin.
42:53CosƬ serai sempre mio.
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