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STRAP IN FOR A WILD RIDE IN ERIC HANSON’S THIS IS IOWA ERIC: APPROACH 90, AND LIFE SLOWS DOWN. AT A TIME VISITORS RARELY DROP IN WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY JASON DENT CAN’T WAIT. ANYTIME A 13-YEAR-OLD SHOWS UP AT OSCEOLA’S SOUTHERN HILLS, WORD SPREADS. BUT THIS HUNK? IS 2,000 POUNDS OF BEEF. A REGISTERED BUCKING BULL NAMED OLE. WHO CAN’T GET TO THE CROWD WAITING FOR HIM WITHOUT A JAUNT DOWN THE HALLWAYS. THERAPY DOGS ARE COMMO >> WE WANTED TO BRING OLE IN HERE TO LET YOU GUYS PET HIM. ERIC BUT A LIVE BULL? : THAT’S RIDICULOUS ENOUGH TO DRAW A SMILE FROM EVERY WHEELCHAIR AND MAKE GRANDMA’S POKER UP. FOR THIS BEAST THAT RIPPED POLES RIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND WHEN JASON DENT FIRST TRIED TO BREAK HIM 10 YEARS AGO. >> IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE. I WAS PURPLE FOR MY EYEBROWS TO MY TOES. ERIC: AFTER THREE YEARS OF BRUISES, THIS PROFESSIONAL RODEO CLOWN WHO GOES BY WHISTLE NUT CONVINCED OLE LOVING WAS BETTER THAN BUCKING. >> IT’S AN ACTUAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A 2000 POUND BUCKING FULL AND A 200 POUND COWBOY. ERIC AND THEY’LL GO ANYWHERE : TOGETHER, SPREADING JOY NEAR HIS HORNS, AND TERROR BY HIS TAIL BECAUSE OF THE FILTH MIGHT PLOP. THAT SMILE, RIGHT THERE IS THE HIGHLIGHT, UNTIL THAT CLOWN STARTS ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS. >> THERE WE GO. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? ERIC: STARTING A SENIOR CITIZEN STAMPEDE WITH DEAN. >> 1-2-3. UGH. GOOD LORD. NICE WORK. YOU’RE GOOD AND HEALTHY. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE OK TO LET >> YEAH, I’M OK. >> HOW’S THAT? I’M OK. GOOD JOB. ERIC THERE ISN’T A NURSING HOME : MANUAL IN THE STATE THAT’LL TELL YOU THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. BUT MAGGIE DIDN’T CARE. >> ARE YOU READY? I WILL JUST HAVE YOU LEAN BACK. ERIC SHE WANTED UP TOO. : BUT RIGHT THERE, IN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTHERN HILLS, MAGGIE AND DEAN AFTER HER? PROVED TWO THINGS. 88’S ONLY A NUMBER. AND THAT THAT CLOWN’S GREATEST FEAR IN LIFE BEING DROPPED OFF AND FORGOTTEN AT A NURSING HOME ISN’T A GIVEN. >> I JUST HOPE BY PUTTING IT OUT THERE, SOMEBODY WILL DO THAT FOR ME WHEN I GET THERE. ERIC: BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE WE ALL NEED A BOOST, AND OTHERS WHEN WE CAN SPREAD JOY BY OFFERING ONE. >> THIS WILL LAST ME THE REST OF MY LIFE. ERIC: EXACTLY WHY A NURSING HOME. JASON HAS LIABILITY INSURANCE BUT HE HAS NO WAY TO PREVENT OLE FROM LEAVING BEHIND A COWPIE. SOMEHOW, THOUGH, HE