How right he was! The only trouble was that the popularity kept him busy, and if there's one thing we've learned, he responds to accumulated responsibilities by delegating them to others. (Or leaving the country.)

According to legend, then, the Three Chefs were hired. Lest you think this tale is running out of boffo revelations: by the end of the year he'd also hired a manger to run the motel and the restaurant, leaving him free to supervise local youth sports.

Which is one way of saying he was pretty well set up by this point.