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Georgia’s long-standing fight with Tennessee over water and borders is gaining another ingredient from TV’s “The Daily Show” – which state has better barbecue. A crew from Comedy Central’s late-night fake-news show was at Sugar’s Ribs on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga on July 17 to film a dozen diners squaring off.
“Basically, they had a bunch of people from Tennessee and Georgia talking about the water dispute and also talking about barbecue,” Sugar’s chief operating officer, Jesse Rogers, said.
“It was absolutely hilarious,” said Cal Haygood, general manager of Sugar’s Downtown and son of the restaurant owners Lawton and Karen Haygood.
Correspondent Al Madrigal fired off comical questions to Cal and Lawton Haygood, their friends and some of the restaurant’s best customers on the barbecue joint’s giant balcony overlooking the city.