Did you know Carroll was responsible for the very first World’s Championship Chili Cookoff and it was held in at his ranch in Terlingua, Texas? Legally he owns the rights to all Chili cookoffs and it originated simply for fun but when you look at many of the people who competed in it for many years you light be surprised. There was Woodruff DeSilva who was the former manager of Los Angeles International Airport, Scott Carpenter the astronaut served as head judge, Dave Witts the mayor of Terlingua, C.V. Wood, Jr., the man who built Disneyland for Walt Disney and brought the London Bridge to Lake Havasu, Actress Ruta Lee, Bill Ray, owner of the BBC and Jon Clark, BBC VP, and celebrities such as Robert Mitchum, William Conrad, Peter Marshall, Dale Robertson, John Derek, Vicky Lawrence, Joey Bishop, Michael Dante, Jane Withers, John Casavettes, Harvey Korman, Peter Brown, Ross Martin, Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru, Peter Marshall, Artie Johnson, Dennis James, Jack Kelly, Tom Poston, Rory Calhoun, Mike Connors, Slim Pickens, Earl Holliman, George Gobel, Billy Barty, and Chuck Conners just to name a few. These are but a few and the list grows every year and all as a result of a man who just wanted to have some fun and in the process made it possible to help others using his and others celebrity status as a tool.
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