### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/1 "2001-09-07T13:25:41Z")
[Ah gay-rohn-tee.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54907-2001Sep6.html)
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### Author:  [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/2 "2001-09-07T13:33:36Z")
Nooo!!!
Damn it. I loved that man.
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### Author:  [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/3 "2001-09-07T13:42:03Z")
Oh no! A friend of mine found an old comedy album of his in a thrift store once. It was great, not only did he cook but the man was funny.
\ “Yeah, de sign sign fiiine fo’ litterin’. Now where do get my hunnerd dollahs?”
I wish I remembered more quotes from it. You’ll be missed, Justin.
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### Author:  [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/4 "2001-09-07T13:46:06Z")
Man. That sucks.
My grandfather and I used to watch his cooking show on Saturday afternoons and howl like loons. Oh well, maybe Grampsie has front-row tickets for his next show now.
I’ll miss ya, Justin.
Zappo
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### Author:  [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/5 "2001-09-07T13:47:39Z")
The obligatory link:
[Justin’s Home Page](http://www.justinwilson.com/)
“How Y’All Are?”
RIP Cajun man…
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### Author:  [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/6 "2001-09-07T13:47:54Z")
He managed to convince a not so adventuresome eater from Saskatchewan to try new sensations in food. Now I eat lots of Cajun influenced food. Unlike most tv shows his were always unpretentious…Hoooo boy…I will miss him…
Keith
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### Author:  [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/7 "2001-09-07T13:48:15Z")
I always enjoyed his little stories.
One of my favorites, as best I can recall:
"I send my boy to college, and he come home de other day. I ask him what he learn.
He say…Daddy, we learn pi=r[sup]2[/sup]
So I say, all dat schoolin’, and dat’s what dey teachin’ you?
Fools. Everybody know Pie Are Round.
_Cornbread_ are square!"
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### Author:  [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/8 "2001-09-07T14:04:05Z")
Damn. I loved watching his show. He put _un-yons_ in almost everything he cooked and I started doing that too… everything tastes better with a little onion! And he always drank wine with his meal! He’ll be missed.
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### Author:  [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/9 "2001-09-07T14:10:27Z")
I was born in N’Orllins and was raised on his recipes…
I wonder what his last meal was? Bugs? Did he suck de’ heads?
RIP
-Tcat
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/10 "2001-09-07T14:57:12Z")
One time he mentioned he preferred stinking his finger inside, and licking it off, instead of sucking the head.
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### Author:  [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/11 "2001-09-07T15:32:17Z")
Day-am! A lot of what little I know about cookin’ I learned from dat man.
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/12 "2001-09-07T15:55:10Z")
Heavens cuisine just got a lot better.
He will be missed.
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### Author:  [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/13 "2001-09-07T16:51:52Z")
Damn this sucks.
I have to call my mom now. We used to watch him all the time.
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### Author:  [@demanton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/demanton)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/14 "2001-09-07T18:09:36Z")
My favorite Wilsonism: “Woooo, it’s wondermous, I gay-ron-told you dat”
He was the Bob Ross of cooking, he had that everyman appeal, always kept it simple, and had a real love for his craft.
_ **pours 40 oz of Abita Turbo Dog on the ground** _ This is for my dead homey.
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/15 "2001-09-07T18:15:07Z")
My favorite memory from his show
> [@](#):
>
> Some people say “mine eyes”, some people say “Mayan eyes”. I say “mine eyes”.
It took me a few seconds to realize he was talking about _mayonnaise_.
[Edited by bibliophage on 09-07-2001 at 01:17 PM]
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### Author:  [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/16 "2001-09-07T18:24:05Z")
I loves watching that guy too but for a slightly different reason. He was my Dad’s Doeppleganger. Right down to the white hair, same glasses, red suspenders and the fondness for giving a little something for the cook every time the pot. Not the same accent though.
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### Author:  [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/17 "2001-09-07T21:23:22Z")
I’ll never be able to pour salt into my palm again without getting misty eyed. RIP Justin.
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### Author:  [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/18 "2001-09-07T22:38:44Z")
I loved that old coot. He’s actually from my home town, and though he and I are both died-in-the-wool South Louisianians, neither of us are (were) Cajuns.
So long old friend…
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### Author:  [@Frumious\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frumious_Bandersnatch)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/19 "2001-09-07T23:15:05Z")
I had the opportunity to sit next to Justin Wilson on a plane a few year ago. The man I met was the exact same man you saw on television. Kind, funny, and full of stories. Also drank a lot of wine.
The world is richer for having known him, and poorer now that he is gone.
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### Author:  [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2001, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-justin-wilson/80221/20 "2001-09-08T02:54:02Z")
Well, for goodness sake.
I thought Justin Wilson had died along time ago.
That happened with Robert Shaw, too: I thought he was dead for years, then when I heard he had actually died, I was really surprised.
I hate when that happens.
(I always liked how Justin Wilson would talk to the shrimp in the pot: “Hellooo, shrimps! How you doin’?”)
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