Chris Kimball, the star food researcher for America's Test Kitchen, was in Little Rock in his role as an expert on running shoe store management. He appeared at a picnic in his honor set in a Little Rock city park.
There were now three running stores in the Little Rock whereas a couple of years earlier there had been only one.
"I hate to even ask how they're doing," Kimball told Rock. "There's typically a great deal of animosity created between the different stores."
Rock would later admit he lied in his response. "No, these guys are working together well. There's a great deal of cooperation between the stores."
He cited as an example of the store's cooperation a story about his attempting to buy a specific brand of shoe at one store. "The guy said, 'Man, we don't carry those, but I'm pretty sure they'll have them over at Gary's store."
Rock had originally been at Bill Torrey's store in his story, and Torrey overheard his comments to Kimball.
"Rock, you got this all wrong," he said. "That kid was out to screw us. He was always sending people to Gary's store."
At least fifty witnesses watched as an employee of Gary's story tackled Torrey. The two fell to the grass and began flailing at one another.
Rock turned to Kimball. "See, like I said, these guys are really getting along splendidly."
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