Little America (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Camel on a Stick - full transcript
Hello, Twin Cities.
It's that time of year again,
and we're here live
from the fairgrounds
with less than 24 hours
until the 151st annual
Minnesota State Fair.
And if this year's culinary
offerings are any indication,
we're in for a big treat.
Chocolate chip cookie beer,
peaches and cream nachos
and a deep-fried dilly dog,
which, if I'm getting
this right, is a sausage
inside a hollowed out pickle
and then deep-fried.
We'll meet one of the
faces of the 2010 State Fair, Jibril Hadi.
You might've seen his face
on billboards all over town.
This young man has a restaurant
right here in Little Mogadishu,
but he's always dreamed of
having a booth at the fair.
He's tried five times
before to get in,
but this year he won
the selection committee over
- with a very unusual offering.
- Stay tuned,
because you'll never believe
the dish he's serving.
- We're clear.
- You should probably lose the gum.
- Welcome to the show, Jibril.
- Thank you. I appreciate it.
So, Jibril, tell us
what you got cooking up.
Camel-on-a-stick.
Ooh.
Don't... Don't tell me
you've never eaten camel.
- I haven't.
- Uh, no.
No? Well,
you're missing out, okay?
Let me tell you,
it's delicious. All right?
You know what, I'll hook
you guys up at the fair.
- You know, speaking of the fair...
- Yeah.
...two million people
come through every year.
So how much camel meat do you
need to buy to feed those numbers?
Not much. Just, um... Just 8,000 pounds.
- Eight thousand pounds of camel meat?
- Yeah.
You're not getting that at
the deli counter at Kowalski's.
Well, what are you doing
sitting here with us?
- Shouldn't you be cooking?
- You're right, you're right.
- You get out of here now.
- I'm outta here.
Mama, I love you.
This is Randy
Zimmer from KNOW 91 FM.
Welcome back. This is KAXD.
Here we are
at KQYP with Jibril Hadi,
the camel-on-a-stick guy.
Hey.
Thank you. Glad to be here.
Billboards, TV.
You've become the face of
the State Fair this year.
Here's a dumb question.
Where do you even get camel meat?
- Ah, believe it or not, Australia.
- Australia?
That's where
the best camel comes from.
I wasn't expecting that.
You have less
than 24 hours to pull this off?
- Yeah, that's right.
- That's a lot to do by tomorrow.
This sounds
like a pretty big swing.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
- This is Jibril.
- Hi, it's Pam from Star Tribune.
We only have a
few minutes, - so I'm just gonna jump in.
How did you even come up
with camel-on-a-stick?
I mean, camels are the most important
animals in our culture, you know?
They're tough and a pain in
the ass. Just like me.
I like that.
I'm sorry. Could you hold for one sec?
- So?
- So?
That's rich.
A-And who stole whose
Chicken Fantastic recipe, huh?
Who? Somali food police.
Man, get out of here!
Okay, I won't forget
about you when I'm rich and famous.
Everything okay?
Oh, camels. Yeah. Did
you know that a beautiful woman
could command 100 camels
from a potential suitor?
Did you know that?
I did not know that.
The Somali community
must be so excited about this.
Guess who it is?
It's Denzel Washington!
I'm on a call.
Is it true that you
tried for many years
to get into the fair
before this?
So, I applied to the fair
for the first time about,
But the judges were like, "Isn't
that just stewed beef and bread?"
How did you come up with this?
Hey, Jibril.
We gotta talk.
Anything on a stick
is always a big hit,
so I was like,
"Boom, mango on a stick."
- I love mango.
- Too spicy for Americans.
I can't make it any less spicy
and still call it Somali.
It's bisbaas,
not salad dressing.
And then went to make what?
Then I said,
"Chicken is too boring.
Everyone pitches chicken."
So I thought, "What's delicious?
What's not boring?
What could be on a stick?"
Boom. Camel.
Most of us have never had camel.
- Yeah, I smell it right now.
- Does that taste good?
What? The flavor? Insane.
Mmm, I, honestly...
I can't wait to try it.
Better than
I could've hoped for.
Are you nervous about
having to feed two million people?
Am I nervous? Who has
time to be nervous? Huh?
Well, not you. You've
got lots of cooking to do.
- Thank you for your time.
- Oh, and uh, make me look good.
- I don't think that'll be a problem.
- Okay. Bye.
What do you mean you haven't
heard from him in ten hours?
- Relax, bro. No stress.
- Relax? No stress?
I've got 24 hours
to cook 8,000 pounds
of camel meat,
and you're telling me
not to stress?
Find out where the truck is
and call me back.
The meat's still not here.
It'll be here.
Ingredients for my ranch dip.
First camel-on-a-stick
and now ranch dressing?
Ranch dressing.
Do Chinese restaurants in
China have fortune cookies?
No, but they should.
Famous, famous chef.
Who's Mo Farah?
Somali runner
who runs for the UK.
Oh. So they're
calling you a sellout.
I don't think you're a sellout,
Chef. You're making money.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we got ourselves the good stuff
for the dipping sauce.
We can't serve camel with ranch.
It's like putting
ketchup on a steak.
Americans like ranch.
Somalis like ranch.
This Indian likes ranch.
- Viraj, get this off my counter.
- You bet.
I will conference him in.
I swear it wasn't my fault.
What wasn't your fault?
Jibril, not a big deal,
but the truck broke down.
What? W-Where's my meat?
What happened to my meat?
I got the truck towed
to a cold storage warehouse.
- Yo, where are we?
- Moorhead.
Moorhead.
Uh, where's Moorhead?
Moorhead?
I got you a sweet deal, okay?
...your truck broke
down. You pay for the sweet deal.
I get the ayuuto in, like,
three months. I will pay you back then.
Hi. Geesi, what's up, man?
To what?
To what? The semi-finals.
Am I the only one who cares
about this football team?
I have to prep, okay?
For what?
The fair. That you work at?
I have no meat. I have no
sauce, man. I have nothing.
Farah.
Farah? Farah. Brilliant.
But then who will play defense?
Hold on, I gotta take this call.
Hello?
Hi. So, I talked to
the truck driver.
Idiot forgot his phone charger
at his girlfriend's.
Sammy, what is your
point? Do you have an update?
He just passed Bismarck, so
he'll be there in like six hours.
- Bye.
- I told you...
- I got you.
- Bye.
Hello?
Geesi, I gotta go.
Hey, big shot.
You still owe me 500
for ayuuto this month.
Already?
Okay, just give me
a few days, all right?
I know.
That was social suicide.
Every last cent
went into the fair.
Twenty-seven thousand
for the camel meat,
2000 for the refrigerator,
all this extra stuff.
What am I supposed to give you?
I'm okay.
It's not a gamble
if I know it's gonna work.
That's what
I'm trying to tell you.
I'm gonna put it into
my franchise, Boqor Express.
Imagine that.
Idris,
you don't think I know this?
You smell like camel.
Idris, I'm gonna
make you proud one day.
Yeah.
Ah.
Yeah?
Sammy? Hey, Sam,
what's up? What's happening?
Hey!
I'm getting it
from Geesi right now.
Come on, man!
I'll be there.
Whoa, you're rich.
All right.
Let's do this.
You're gonna make
all this meat by tomorrow?
- Sure will.
- Mm-hmm.
- Uh, you need help?
- Thank you, Noah. Yeah.
All right.
You're crazy.
Yeah, so, um, I'm gonna need
$36 for gas and snacks.
If we don't respect the
music wheel, we have anarchy.
Spin the wheel.
Who's up?
Noah!
Come on, Noah.
Let's see what you got!
I got this.
Go.
Let's get this
thing done. All right, guys?
All right.
Oh, yeah. Come on.
Whoo! I need a break.
- I'm about to fall over.
- No, no, we can't stop.
If we don't cook all night,
we won't make it, okay?
Jibril,
I can't even see straight.
We've literally been working
since yesterday.
We have to push through. This
is just... the first batch.
Oh! Oh!
No, no, no.
My camel meat.
- Open the door!
- Get it out!
- Fan it!
- Hani, grab the...
Shit! Shit!
Jibril, the sprinklers!
Ah! Go, go, go.
Shit, shit, shit.
You got that?
Shit! Cover my meat!
Cover my meat!
I'll get to the sprinklers.
We can shut them off.
- Cover the meat!
- Grab some.
- All of it!
- Here's a blanket.
I got this side!
Noah, get that one open!
Turn the sprinklers off!
How do I turn these off?
- God, come on!
- I'm gonna lose the meat.
Oh! Ah!
Jibril. Jibril.
Are you all right?
Oh, my God.
Just cover the damn meat.
Okay. Okay.
Come on,
let's get these covered!
Help me get the meat out.
Get towels, towels, cover it!
You guys cover that side.
We saved most of the meat.
By the time we clean
the kitchen...
It doesn't even matter.
It's over.
Just... Just get some rest.
You never stop.
I... I haven't even
slept in, uh...
I don't even remember when.
Mmm. Or eaten.
The one everyone talks about.
Mmm.
Yo, in your dreams.
Today is the day, folks.
This is a first at
the Minnesota State Fair.
Camel-on-a-stick.
Now, we are here with this
young man behind me, Jibril Hadi.
The Imagineer behind the Boqor
booth, and we are so excited for him.
It took this one great idea,
and that is to serve camel
to the folks of Minnesota.
The question is,
are people gonna love this?
This is camel-on-a-stick,
and I'm gonna try it for you
right here, first time ever.
And, folks, I promise I'm gonna
tell you exactly what I think.
Okay, here I go. Wish me luck.
Mmm, tastes almost like chicken.
This is good.
Get in here, folks.
Ooh.
This is going to be a hit.
All right. Come on
in. Come on in. Let's do this.
Coming right up.
Thank you. Hi. There you are.
Here. One more.
Thank you.
Shout out.
I appreciate it.
Yeah.
Ah! There you go.
These are great, man.
- Yeah.
- You okay?
- Camel-on-a-stick coming up.
- Who wants some camel?
So what do you think?
Yeah. It's great.
Ah!
Okay, ow, ow.
Ow. Okay, okay.
Ah.
Mmm.
Hey, welcome
to the family, Camel Guy.
What do you think?
Jibril, you okay?
Oh. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
- Call 911.
- Jibril?
- He fell right there.
- Jibril! Wake up, man.
Jibril.
Jibril! Wake up, man.
We need a medic by the
Ferris wheel. Do you copy that?
- What happened?
- Anybody know how to do CPR?
Jibril.
Jibril.
Wake up, man.
Jibril.
Can you hear me?
Do you know where you are?
- Oh. Easy.
- Whoa.
- Whoa.
- You're gonna need an X-ray.
I just gotta get to my booth.
I got it.
Bro.
- Mmm.
- Thank you.
That's nice, that's nice.
That's six burgers.
Six burgers.
- Six burgers heard?
- Six burgers, chef.
- Come on.
- Table three is ready!
- Behind you.
- We need to get it going.
- No, I haven't dished it.
- Coming up. We got your plates.
- All right. Take it out.
- Okay.
Where are my waiters?
- Spice is ready.
- Waiter!
Let's get this plating.
You're doing great.
- Anybody got the herb?
- Plates!
Hello.
Thank you for coming.
Excuse me.
- Wow.
- Ooh. Wow. Thank you.
Enjoy the meal.
Uh, do you think we could
take a quick picture with you?
- Of course.
- I can take it.
Thank you.
Come on.
That's my baby brother.
Hey.
Thank you.
No, I'm okay.
It's too loud in here.
Stupid.
Oh!
Check it.
I try not to
forget about the little people.
Ooh!
Amateur hours.
It's that time of year again,
and we're here live
from the fairgrounds
with less than 24 hours
until the 151st annual
Minnesota State Fair.
And if this year's culinary
offerings are any indication,
we're in for a big treat.
Chocolate chip cookie beer,
peaches and cream nachos
and a deep-fried dilly dog,
which, if I'm getting
this right, is a sausage
inside a hollowed out pickle
and then deep-fried.
We'll meet one of the
faces of the 2010 State Fair, Jibril Hadi.
You might've seen his face
on billboards all over town.
This young man has a restaurant
right here in Little Mogadishu,
but he's always dreamed of
having a booth at the fair.
He's tried five times
before to get in,
but this year he won
the selection committee over
- with a very unusual offering.
- Stay tuned,
because you'll never believe
the dish he's serving.
- We're clear.
- You should probably lose the gum.
- Welcome to the show, Jibril.
- Thank you. I appreciate it.
So, Jibril, tell us
what you got cooking up.
Camel-on-a-stick.
Ooh.
Don't... Don't tell me
you've never eaten camel.
- I haven't.
- Uh, no.
No? Well,
you're missing out, okay?
Let me tell you,
it's delicious. All right?
You know what, I'll hook
you guys up at the fair.
- You know, speaking of the fair...
- Yeah.
...two million people
come through every year.
So how much camel meat do you
need to buy to feed those numbers?
Not much. Just, um... Just 8,000 pounds.
- Eight thousand pounds of camel meat?
- Yeah.
You're not getting that at
the deli counter at Kowalski's.
Well, what are you doing
sitting here with us?
- Shouldn't you be cooking?
- You're right, you're right.
- You get out of here now.
- I'm outta here.
Mama, I love you.
This is Randy
Zimmer from KNOW 91 FM.
Welcome back. This is KAXD.
Here we are
at KQYP with Jibril Hadi,
the camel-on-a-stick guy.
Hey.
Thank you. Glad to be here.
Billboards, TV.
You've become the face of
the State Fair this year.
Here's a dumb question.
Where do you even get camel meat?
- Ah, believe it or not, Australia.
- Australia?
That's where
the best camel comes from.
I wasn't expecting that.
You have less
than 24 hours to pull this off?
- Yeah, that's right.
- That's a lot to do by tomorrow.
This sounds
like a pretty big swing.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
- This is Jibril.
- Hi, it's Pam from Star Tribune.
We only have a
few minutes, - so I'm just gonna jump in.
How did you even come up
with camel-on-a-stick?
I mean, camels are the most important
animals in our culture, you know?
They're tough and a pain in
the ass. Just like me.
I like that.
I'm sorry. Could you hold for one sec?
- So?
- So?
That's rich.
A-And who stole whose
Chicken Fantastic recipe, huh?
Who? Somali food police.
Man, get out of here!
Okay, I won't forget
about you when I'm rich and famous.
Everything okay?
Oh, camels. Yeah. Did
you know that a beautiful woman
could command 100 camels
from a potential suitor?
Did you know that?
I did not know that.
The Somali community
must be so excited about this.
Guess who it is?
It's Denzel Washington!
I'm on a call.
Is it true that you
tried for many years
to get into the fair
before this?
So, I applied to the fair
for the first time about,
But the judges were like, "Isn't
that just stewed beef and bread?"
How did you come up with this?
Hey, Jibril.
We gotta talk.
Anything on a stick
is always a big hit,
so I was like,
"Boom, mango on a stick."
- I love mango.
- Too spicy for Americans.
I can't make it any less spicy
and still call it Somali.
It's bisbaas,
not salad dressing.
And then went to make what?
Then I said,
"Chicken is too boring.
Everyone pitches chicken."
So I thought, "What's delicious?
What's not boring?
What could be on a stick?"
Boom. Camel.
Most of us have never had camel.
- Yeah, I smell it right now.
- Does that taste good?
What? The flavor? Insane.
Mmm, I, honestly...
I can't wait to try it.
Better than
I could've hoped for.
Are you nervous about
having to feed two million people?
Am I nervous? Who has
time to be nervous? Huh?
Well, not you. You've
got lots of cooking to do.
- Thank you for your time.
- Oh, and uh, make me look good.
- I don't think that'll be a problem.
- Okay. Bye.
What do you mean you haven't
heard from him in ten hours?
- Relax, bro. No stress.
- Relax? No stress?
I've got 24 hours
to cook 8,000 pounds
of camel meat,
and you're telling me
not to stress?
Find out where the truck is
and call me back.
The meat's still not here.
It'll be here.
Ingredients for my ranch dip.
First camel-on-a-stick
and now ranch dressing?
Ranch dressing.
Do Chinese restaurants in
China have fortune cookies?
No, but they should.
Famous, famous chef.
Who's Mo Farah?
Somali runner
who runs for the UK.
Oh. So they're
calling you a sellout.
I don't think you're a sellout,
Chef. You're making money.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we got ourselves the good stuff
for the dipping sauce.
We can't serve camel with ranch.
It's like putting
ketchup on a steak.
Americans like ranch.
Somalis like ranch.
This Indian likes ranch.
- Viraj, get this off my counter.
- You bet.
I will conference him in.
I swear it wasn't my fault.
What wasn't your fault?
Jibril, not a big deal,
but the truck broke down.
What? W-Where's my meat?
What happened to my meat?
I got the truck towed
to a cold storage warehouse.
- Yo, where are we?
- Moorhead.
Moorhead.
Uh, where's Moorhead?
Moorhead?
I got you a sweet deal, okay?
...your truck broke
down. You pay for the sweet deal.
I get the ayuuto in, like,
three months. I will pay you back then.
Hi. Geesi, what's up, man?
To what?
To what? The semi-finals.
Am I the only one who cares
about this football team?
I have to prep, okay?
For what?
The fair. That you work at?
I have no meat. I have no
sauce, man. I have nothing.
Farah.
Farah? Farah. Brilliant.
But then who will play defense?
Hold on, I gotta take this call.
Hello?
Hi. So, I talked to
the truck driver.
Idiot forgot his phone charger
at his girlfriend's.
Sammy, what is your
point? Do you have an update?
He just passed Bismarck, so
he'll be there in like six hours.
- Bye.
- I told you...
- I got you.
- Bye.
Hello?
Geesi, I gotta go.
Hey, big shot.
You still owe me 500
for ayuuto this month.
Already?
Okay, just give me
a few days, all right?
I know.
That was social suicide.
Every last cent
went into the fair.
Twenty-seven thousand
for the camel meat,
2000 for the refrigerator,
all this extra stuff.
What am I supposed to give you?
I'm okay.
It's not a gamble
if I know it's gonna work.
That's what
I'm trying to tell you.
I'm gonna put it into
my franchise, Boqor Express.
Imagine that.
Idris,
you don't think I know this?
You smell like camel.
Idris, I'm gonna
make you proud one day.
Yeah.
Ah.
Yeah?
Sammy? Hey, Sam,
what's up? What's happening?
Hey!
I'm getting it
from Geesi right now.
Come on, man!
I'll be there.
Whoa, you're rich.
All right.
Let's do this.
You're gonna make
all this meat by tomorrow?
- Sure will.
- Mm-hmm.
- Uh, you need help?
- Thank you, Noah. Yeah.
All right.
You're crazy.
Yeah, so, um, I'm gonna need
$36 for gas and snacks.
If we don't respect the
music wheel, we have anarchy.
Spin the wheel.
Who's up?
Noah!
Come on, Noah.
Let's see what you got!
I got this.
Go.
Let's get this
thing done. All right, guys?
All right.
Oh, yeah. Come on.
Whoo! I need a break.
- I'm about to fall over.
- No, no, we can't stop.
If we don't cook all night,
we won't make it, okay?
Jibril,
I can't even see straight.
We've literally been working
since yesterday.
We have to push through. This
is just... the first batch.
Oh! Oh!
No, no, no.
My camel meat.
- Open the door!
- Get it out!
- Fan it!
- Hani, grab the...
Shit! Shit!
Jibril, the sprinklers!
Ah! Go, go, go.
Shit, shit, shit.
You got that?
Shit! Cover my meat!
Cover my meat!
I'll get to the sprinklers.
We can shut them off.
- Cover the meat!
- Grab some.
- All of it!
- Here's a blanket.
I got this side!
Noah, get that one open!
Turn the sprinklers off!
How do I turn these off?
- God, come on!
- I'm gonna lose the meat.
Oh! Ah!
Jibril. Jibril.
Are you all right?
Oh, my God.
Just cover the damn meat.
Okay. Okay.
Come on,
let's get these covered!
Help me get the meat out.
Get towels, towels, cover it!
You guys cover that side.
We saved most of the meat.
By the time we clean
the kitchen...
It doesn't even matter.
It's over.
Just... Just get some rest.
You never stop.
I... I haven't even
slept in, uh...
I don't even remember when.
Mmm. Or eaten.
The one everyone talks about.
Mmm.
Yo, in your dreams.
Today is the day, folks.
This is a first at
the Minnesota State Fair.
Camel-on-a-stick.
Now, we are here with this
young man behind me, Jibril Hadi.
The Imagineer behind the Boqor
booth, and we are so excited for him.
It took this one great idea,
and that is to serve camel
to the folks of Minnesota.
The question is,
are people gonna love this?
This is camel-on-a-stick,
and I'm gonna try it for you
right here, first time ever.
And, folks, I promise I'm gonna
tell you exactly what I think.
Okay, here I go. Wish me luck.
Mmm, tastes almost like chicken.
This is good.
Get in here, folks.
Ooh.
This is going to be a hit.
All right. Come on
in. Come on in. Let's do this.
Coming right up.
Thank you. Hi. There you are.
Here. One more.
Thank you.
Shout out.
I appreciate it.
Yeah.
Ah! There you go.
These are great, man.
- Yeah.
- You okay?
- Camel-on-a-stick coming up.
- Who wants some camel?
So what do you think?
Yeah. It's great.
Ah!
Okay, ow, ow.
Ow. Okay, okay.
Ah.
Mmm.
Hey, welcome
to the family, Camel Guy.
What do you think?
Jibril, you okay?
Oh. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
- Call 911.
- Jibril?
- He fell right there.
- Jibril! Wake up, man.
Jibril.
Jibril! Wake up, man.
We need a medic by the
Ferris wheel. Do you copy that?
- What happened?
- Anybody know how to do CPR?
Jibril.
Jibril.
Wake up, man.
Jibril.
Can you hear me?
Do you know where you are?
- Oh. Easy.
- Whoa.
- Whoa.
- You're gonna need an X-ray.
I just gotta get to my booth.
I got it.
Bro.
- Mmm.
- Thank you.
That's nice, that's nice.
That's six burgers.
Six burgers.
- Six burgers heard?
- Six burgers, chef.
- Come on.
- Table three is ready!
- Behind you.
- We need to get it going.
- No, I haven't dished it.
- Coming up. We got your plates.
- All right. Take it out.
- Okay.
Where are my waiters?
- Spice is ready.
- Waiter!
Let's get this plating.
You're doing great.
- Anybody got the herb?
- Plates!
Hello.
Thank you for coming.
Excuse me.
- Wow.
- Ooh. Wow. Thank you.
Enjoy the meal.
Uh, do you think we could
take a quick picture with you?
- Of course.
- I can take it.
Thank you.
Come on.
That's my baby brother.
Hey.
Thank you.
No, I'm okay.
It's too loud in here.
Stupid.
Oh!
Check it.
I try not to
forget about the little people.
Ooh!
Amateur hours.