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Snarkology, The Sweet Science

By Anthony Bourdain on January 24, 2009 11:27 PM | Permalink | 178 Comments

As far back as the early days of A COOK'S TOUR, that earlier, less good show on that other, crummier network, when it was just me, Chris Collins, Lydia Tenaglia and Diane Schutz travelling around the world together, shooting and scouting, they started calling me "Vic" - short for "Vic Chanko," whenever I'd get testy. The name emanated from a prolonged, alcohol and fatigue, fueled fit of the giggles after an enormous meal of "chanko-nabe," a less-than-light hotpot dish favored by sumo wrestlers. We found ourselves in late night Tokyo, riffing on the word "chanko," conjuring the national film career of the imaginary star of spaghetti westerns, Yugoslavian-Italian co-productions, bad Filipino-Rambo knock-offs, "Vic Chanko". It seemed funny at the time.

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