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And The Man Goes BAM!

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Emeril might have had the ultimate one-word punchline. “Bam!” Whenever you were watching his show and heard that word, you knew he was cooking up some seriously good food. However, that wasn’t the case in reality. He used the word for a different reason.

Due to the high volume of filming Emeril did (eight shows a day), his crew began to nod off after lunch. To wake the sleepy heads up, he instilled the loud and smart Bam!