>> HI, I'M ERIC FORD FOR "MADE HERE."

THE DIRECTOR PROFILES DANVILLE VERMONT RESIDENT GALEN PAUL DIVELY III IN THE FILM "BURNT TOAST."

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN FACE ON TOAST?

GALEN LIVES ON A REMOTE MOUNTAIN TOP IN THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM AND HE MAKES HIS LIVING SELLING NOVELTY TOAST ART.

THIS QUIRKY, SHORT DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES THE EVOLUTIONARY OF GALEN'S COMPANY FROM THE JESUS TOASTER TO THE SELFIE TOASTER.

YOU CAN WATCH "BURNT TOAST" AND OTHER GREAT "MADE HERE" FILMS STREAMING ON VERMONTPUBLIC.ORG AND THROUGH THE PBS APP.

ENJOY THE FILM AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

>> GOT SOME PICTURES OF ME PLAYING THE GUITAR THIS MORNING.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOME TOAST.

>> NICOLAS CAGE IS THE MOST POPULAR CELEBRITY I'VE PROBABLY DONE THREE DOZEN NICOLAS CAGES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS JUST FOR PEOPLE ASKING ME TO DO NICOLAS CAGE.

>> GOT HIS EYES.

BUT THE COOL THING IS YOU DON'T NEED TO BE JESUS OR FAMOUS.

ANYBODY CAN BE ON TOAST.

>> MAKE ME A STENCIL THAT I'M GOING TO USE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE STILL SCREENING A DESIGN ON TO YOUR TOAST AND THE STENCIL I GOT TO MAKE.

AND IT'S LIKE STENCILS, IF THERE'S ISLANDS IN THERE, THEY FALL OUT.

I HAVE TO MAKE IT WHERE THOSE PIECES DON'T FALL OUT.

I CAN'T KILL THIS.

I TRIED.

I WAS DEPRESSED FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS AND I TRIED TO KILL IT AND IT WOULDN'T DIE.

SO HERE I AM MAKING SELFIE TOAST.

IT'S TRUE.

THIS IS JUST OVER THE YEARS EXPERIENCE OF PUTTING PEOPLE'S FACES ON TOAST.

IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.

BUT THERE IS SOME TRICKS THERE.

NOW, GO THERE.

THERE'S LINES.

THAT'S THE HAPPY COUPLE ON TOAST.

>> SOMETIMES IT'S TEMPERMENTAL.

>> YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AT THE CAMERA OR LOOK -- >> YOU CAN LOOK AT ME.

>> OK. MY NAME IS GALEN PAUL DIVELY.

I AM A HUMAN BEING ON PLANET EARTH THAT MAKES TOAST ART.

>> BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF GALEN PAUL DIVELY.

BOY, THAT'S NOT BRIEF.

I WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA, 16TH GENERATION PENNSYLVANIAN.

PROUD OF IT.

MY MOM AND DAD ARE FIFTH COUSINS.

I'M A HILLBILLY.

I WAS A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR -- I GREW UP IN THE 1970s.

LOT OF TROUBLE FOR MY FAMILY.

THEN WHEN I WAS 18 OR SO, WHILE I WAS ON PAROLE, I FOUND THE GRATEFUL DEAD.

FOUND THE HIPIES.

AND THEN I JUST TRAVELED WITH THE -- I LEARNED HOW TO TIE-DYE BECAUSE I DIDN'T -- SELLING DRUGS SEEMED WAY TOO STRESSFUL.

SO I LEARNED HOW TO TIE-DYE AND BECAME A TIE-DYER AND DID REALLY WELL AT THAT AND I BASICALLY JUST TIE-DYED AND THEN FOLLOWED THE GRATEFUL DEAD AROUND.

ALL RIGHT.

GOT IT.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR SINCE I WAS A KID SELLING CHESTNUTS AND CUTTING LAWNS.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR.

ALL.

AND I'M NOT AN ENTREPRENEUR.

I HAVEN'T SOLD MY STUFF.

I'VE ALWAYS JUST NEVER LIKED JOBS, I GUESS, SO I FIND WORK AND MAKE WORK FOR MYSELF.

WHAT AM I DOING WITH THIS?

WHAT AM I DOING WITH THIS?

>> SO THIS WAS ALL FOREST WHEN WE GOT IT 20 YEARS AGO, AND WE COMPLETELY JUST CUT DOWN SOME TREES AND BUILT A HOUSE.

WE'VE BEEN BUILDING HERE FOR 20 YEARS.

>> I DID A YAHOO SEARCH IN 1997 FOR VERMONT LAND.

NO ZONING.

MAPLE TREES, SPRING WATER NEXT TO STATE.

BASICALLY PUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED.

PRESS ENTER AND THIS IS THE FIRST THING.

FIRST THING THAT SHOWED UP.

WE CAME UP HERE ON THE HONEYMOON AND BOUGHT IT.

>> JUST A PLACE THAT I BUILT.

HI.

BROKEN TV'S, OVERSIZED BEAN BAGS.

IT'S STILL NOT FINISHED.

I'M WORKING ON IT.

>> DOOR HERE BUT YEAH.

>> 20 YEARS.

THIS IS 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE.

THIS IS IT.

I'VE BEEN JUST BUILDING AND BUILDING AND BUILDING AND THEN EVERYBODY LEFT.

SO I'M LEFT WITH THIS HUGE HOME I GOT TO FILL UP WITH A BUNCH OF HIPPIES.

SO I HAVE 46 ACRES HERE.

I PLAN ON TURNING IT INTO A CANNABIS HEMP MUSEUM AND STONER RETREAT.

CAMPING, AIRBNB, WE'RE GOING TO PUT AN 18-HOLE DISK GOLF COURSE IN.

EVERY HOLE IS GOING TO BE A NINE.

YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND CAMP, CHECK OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW.

I'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO TIE-DYE.

MAYBE MAKE YOU A TOASTER.

THIS IS ALL GOING BY, IF YOU SEE IT AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF WHEN YOU GET YOUR TOASTER, BECAUSE IT WAS HAND DONE.

EACH ANGLE IS UNIQUE.

I MIGHT HAVE TO REMAKE THIS.

YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO REMAKE THAT.

THIS IS WHERE I CUT IT.

I GET A SHEET OF METAL.

MY SHEET MELTS, I DON'T HAVE ANY SHEETS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAD A HUGE ORDER THE OTHER DAY AND I USED UP ALL MY METAL.

I TRY TO BUY AS MUCH STUFF LOCALLY THAT I CAN.

I HAVE PLASTIC CHINESE TOASTERS, SO I TRIED TO BALANCE THAT WITH -- THIS IS MY LITTLE WORKSHOP.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

IT'S KIND OF SMALL BUT IT DOES WHAT I NEED TO DO.

DID SOMETHING RIGHT.

THIS WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR IT ALL.

THIS.

I GOT A HELLO KITTY TOASTER, TWO OF THEM, TARGET YEARS AGO.

DUDE, I WANT TO MAKE A TOASTER THAT PUTS POT LEAVES ON IT.

STILL HADN'T RECEIVED THEM YET.

WE HAD A LITTLE DINNER PARTY UP HERE, AND THE DISCUSSION OF THE JESUS TOASTER CAME UP.

>> CAN YOU TELL WHAT IT IS?

>> USAMA BIN LADEN?

>> NOT EXACTLY.

YOU CAN NOW GET YOUR DAILY BREAD WITH THE IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST TOASTED INTO IT THANKS TO A DANVILLE, VERMONT ENTREPRENEUR.

>> SO I COME BEARING BREAD.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S WHEN IT POPPED INTO HIS HEAD.

>> WOW, WE CAN GET A PHOTOGRAPH ON TOAST.

>> CUSTOM SELFIE TOASTERS.

>> LET ME TAKE A SELFIE.

>> TODAY, I'M TEST TESTING THE BURNT IMPRESSIONS SELFIE TOASTER.

IT CLAIMS TO PUT YOUR FACE ON A PIECE OF TOAST.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO TO THE WEBSITE.

HERE'S THE PHOTO THAT THEY SENT.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S HUGE.

WE WERE HAVING AT ONE POINT, YEAH, I HAD SIX EMPLOYEES.

WE WERE BRINGING IN HALF A MILLION IN SALES.

HUNDREDS OF -- IT WAS PRETTY BUSY.

COMPLETELY TOOK OFF.

AND THEN DURING THAT TIME, BASICALLY, I MEAN, FROM THE PROCESS OF THAT TO BEING UP HERE IN THE HILL WAS FOUR YEARS, THREE YEARS I WAS GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE AND I GOT PRETTY DAMN DEPRESSED AND I KIND OF LIKE LET IT ALL GO.

AND I LAID OFF A LOT OF FOLKS.

I LET ONE OF MY FRIENDS KIND OF RUN IT FOR A YEAR OR TWO.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH IT.

SO AT THAT POINT, THEN THE GRAPHS STARTED GOING DOWN BECAUSE I KIND OF DROPPED THE BALL ON IT AND WENT OFF AND DEALT WITH WHAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY A BLESSING BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT, SCALE IT TO ONE PERSON WORKING IT.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVE IT UP HERE TO MY HOME AGAIN WHERE IT STARTED.

AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE BY MYSELF PRETTY MUCH OTHER THAN CHRISTMAS RUSHES, MAKING YOU SELFIE TOASTERS.

>> I WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT FACTORY WORKER.

HEY, RON!

HOW ARE YOU?

>> GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?

>> GOOD.

>> YOU'RE ON SPEAKER PHONE.

I'M GETTING SOME STUFF TOGETHER HERE.

>> WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR CHRISTMAS?

>> I GOT TO STAY HERE, THOUGH, YOUR MOM IS HAVING DINNER CHRISTMAS NIGHT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

I THINK SO.

I WAS GOING TO GO TO THAT.

>> I CREATED IT TO IMPRESS MY NOW EX-WIFE.

THINKING THAT I COULD DO SOMETHING ON IT.

I DON'T KNOW.

BE WHO I AM.

IT WAS A GOOD RIDE.

WE MADE GOOD KIDS.

IT'S NOT LIKE I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UP UNTIL THAT TIME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT COSTS MONEY TO SEND KIDS TO COLLEGE AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AND I HAD THIS BIG EXPECTATION ON ME.

I CAN SAY THAT MY KIDS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE AND IT'S PAID FOR WHICH IS A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT TO MY KIDS.

BUT AT THE TIME, I WASN'T DOING ENOUGH TO DO THAT, SO I HAD TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

AND THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT I CAME UP WITH AND IT WORKED.

AIN'T TOO BAD.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

ALL RIGHT.

RIGHT UP HERE, THAT'S WHERE WE MEET THE TRACTOR-TRAILER TO GET THE TOASTERS AND WE GOT TO BRING THEM ALL THE WAY BACK UP FROM UP HERE.

HE DOESN'T LIKE DRIVING UP THERE.

>> IF HE WAS CANADIAN, HE PROBABLY WOULD.

THEY WOULD MAKE IT.

IT CHANGES VERY LITTLE.

EVERY YEAR, I SEE LIKE ONE MORE LIGHT OUT IN MY -- OUT IN THE DISTANT.

MY LOOKOUT FROM MY HOUSE, I SEE MAYBE ONE MORE HOME.

IT HASN'T CHANGED.

IT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH AT ALL.

IT'S JUST STUCK IN TIME SORT OF PLACE.

COMING INTO DANVILLE, I PREFER COMING INTO DANVILLE BECAUSE WELL, THERE'S NO COPS IN DANVILLE.

THEY'RE FRIENDLY.

THEY'RE REALLY NICE.

THEY KNOW ME.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE JESUS TOASTER WAS BIG, SOMEBODY WROTE ME A LETTER AND ALL IT SAID, THE ADDRESS WAS JESUS TOASTER CREATOR.

NOTHING ELSE.

AND IT MADE IT HERE.

MADE IT TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW.

THE POST OFFICE FOUND ME.

HERE YOU GO.

OUR LITTLE POST OFFICE.

HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE IN.

COOL.

THANK YOU.

HE CAME OUT.

THAT'S MY DAY.

ONE OF MY LIFE DREAMS IS TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY ON A TROPICAL ISLAND TO GO BUY MYSELF A CHEESEBURGER.

THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING TOWARDS!

I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY SELLING IT, TOO, I THINK IT'S -- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS, MY FRIENDS ARE LIKE, WELL YOU'RE THE TOASTER MAN.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?

WELL, HOPEFULLY, MY FACE WILL STILL BE ON THE BOX.

I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH SELLING THE COMPANY AND BEING THE FACE ON THE BOX.

I'VE NEVER BEEN SHY IN FIGURING OUT THE NEXT MOMENT.

BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S COMING.

NEVER BEEN SHY OF DOING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

I WANT TO ENJOY THE NEXT 40 YEARS, I GUESS.

NOT SAYING I DIDN'T ENJOY THE FIRST 55 YEARS.

♪ SHE CAME AND STOLE MY TOASTER SHE TOOK IT THE OTHER DAY SHE CAME AND STOLE MY TOASTER ♪ ♪ SHE TOOK IT AWAY ♪ THAT'S OK I GOT ONE COMING FROM BURNTIMPRESSIONS.COM TODAY ♪ >> VERMONT PUBLIC PARTNERING WITH LOCAL FILMMAKERS TO BRING YOU STORIES MADE HERE.

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