. after an intense day of legal drama for the history books, it's time to wait and see here in washington tonight. >> for 32 years you have seen his reports on ktvu, but now randy shandobil is moving on. tonight we take a trip back in time to ask why are you yelling? >> three times as obnoxious as any story i have done! what is that cologne you are wearing? >> do you notice any

attributingive about me. >> how did you get the politicians to tell you that? >> i think you have to be a little nuts in this business. all straight ahead on a "a second look." >> good evening. i'm julie haener and this is "a second look." for more than 32 years randy shandobil has been a familiarity face on ktvu, but now he plans on to explore other interests. you know him as ktvu's political editor, but he has covered just about every time of story there is. for example, in 1988, randy introduced us to a man who decided the best way to sell cars was to shout about it, so he did, and so did randy. >>. >> hello san franciscans! okay, we're excited! we're ready to do it, george. >> reporter: dennis dorsey is psyching himself, getting ready to start another one of his commercials. >> we have 4,000 trade-ins!

>> denniss dorsey's gamic is dennis dorsey. >> we have 4,000 guaranteed trade-ins! >>tom, i can't get that. >> reporter: for the past to months, dorsey, who owns two car dealerships has been scream and wildly gesturing at the cameras to sell his cars and so loud that some television stations, like ours have refused to carry his ads. he doesn't care. he is shooting his latest ad. >> 4,000 guaranteed trade-ins! >> reporter: take after take, they did it until they got it perfect, until the actor almost collapsed from exhaustion. >> reporter: what do you think

of this commercial? >> it's a job. no comments. >> reporter: between takes, dorsey and his crew viewedhir viewed their efforts. >> it's fine, but will my head be cut off? >> reporter: dorsey seems to be satirizing car hucksters of television days, but he says he is not trying to be anyone, but myself. >> gosh, i just got excited when the cameras started to roll. that is babesly what it is boils down to. >> reporter: do you normally talk that way? >> no, i don't. >> reporter: how do you normally talk? >> in a normal voice, when cameras start roll, shucks, i get excited. >> reporter: while dorsey may not talk like that at home, but we wondered what if the world was like if everyone talks like an all-american dodge commercial? >> can i take your order,

please? >> yes, hashed browns with rye toast. >> you want three more? >> no! >> are you sure? clearly if everyone talks like this, dorsey, you would be smart to buy stock in an earplug manufacturer. this story has been three time as loud as any story i have ever done and three times abnoxious than any i have done. i will never this down. this is randy shandobil. still to come on "a second look," randy sets out to discover if the right cologne could drive women wild. >> maybe it's just takes longer. >> and a bit later, it's only rock'n'roll, but he likes it. ♪ celebrate

. we continue our "a second look" at some of the offbeat

stories rany shandobil covered during the 32 years at ktvu. in 1986 a new product came outer a cologne that was supposed to make women swoon over the mepwho wear it. was randy's assignment to find out if it worked. >> reporter: scientists are all calling it the mystery chemical that drives women wild, that is what local ads claim. appearance doesn't matter, you could be rich, poor, fat or thin, hairy or bald, wear the chemical and mystery women will be drawn to you. it is called attractant 10 and contains pheromones that the ads say is the most powerful female sex attractant noun to men. it works on their subconscious. >> breeders have been using

them for a long time -- not human pheromones, but dog pheromones. dog's spay is in essence a way to attract sexually other animals. had he always suspected if animals have it, humannans should is it. >> reporter: manufacturers of attractant 10 say they get testimonial letters. you have to hear this stuff. this courtrooms from phil, no last name, "in social gatherings a smile a lot and try to get upwind of my target lady. inside i look for arab conditioning breezes. i simply situate myself so that the breeze blows past me to her. the results are astound." the manufacturers of attractant 10 ran a test using a row of phone boons one was sprayed with pheromones and the other was not, and they say the one sprayed increases dramatically.

we tried to duplicate the experiment. the sprayed phone is on the right. you will notice most women use the one on the left. well since the phone booth test proved somewhat inconclusive, that only leaves us one choice. i got to admit, i feel really ridiculous doing thi in attractant 10 the odorless pheromones are mixed with cologne. the instructions warn not to wear too much. so two quick sprays and i was off, situating myself upwind from target women. ♪ the summer wind came blowing in from across the sea ♪ it lingered there, to touch your hair, and walk with me ♪

all summer long we sang a song and we strolled that golden sand ♪ two sweethearts and the summer wind ♪ >> reporter: excuse me ma'am, i have to ask you a question? >> what? >>. >> reporter: this is hard to ask, but do you notice anything mysteriously attractive about me? >> i don't know. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it's difficult for me to ask, but do you notice anything mysteriously attractive about me? [ laughter ] >> about you? no? >> if you were walking by me -- . >> reporter: we were testing the product that the advertisers say will mysteriously drive women wild and we're testing that product right now? >> right now? >> reporter: right now. and it's obviously not workingment. [ laughter ] >> it's something on your

face? no? >> reporter: no. >> it's probably very obvious, but i can't really notice it. >> reporter: it's a cologne i'm wearing called attractant 10 with weird pheromones in it. we're testing this hormone-like product that is supposed to drive women wild. it's supposed to be real subject and you are not to know you notice it. >> is it a smell? >> reporter: slight. >> maybe it takes a little longer. what are you doing for lunch? [ laughter ] >> reporter: do you notice anything mysteriously attractive about me? nothing at all? well, you have just made my day. >> he is cute, though. >> reporter: is anything working on your subconscious now? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: i'm supposedly wearing a male hormone that drives women wild.

>> well, i think they better do some more research. i'm not wild. >> reporter: a two-month supply of attractant 10, the most powerful female sex attractant known to men sells for $2495 and comes bab with a money-back guarantee. randy shandobil for segment no. 2. >> when we come back on "a second look," randy romps with the rockstars.

. >> for more than three decades randy shandobil has a reporter at ktvu, but now he has decided to leave us and explore other interests. tonight on "a second look," we're recalling some of his more memorable reports, not the ones you have seen in recent years in his role as political editor, but some of those that took him on the side roads of

news. in 1900he tracked the changes of popular culture, and brought us reports on two well known artists, madonna and prince. >> reporter: madonna, the 26- year-old from detroit is the hottest thing in singing with a million dollar hits, "like a virgin." why don't we go to the tape, please? about 10,000 people crowded into the long sold civic auditorium and most them young and dressed like what industry analysts call "madonna-wanna bees. are they concerned that it might set back the image of women? >> we don't care.

she is bad. every song is awesome. >> it's so awesome. >> reporter: a lot of people believe she projects a bad women, what do you think so? >> definitely not. >> reporter: we didn't ask buys because we know what teenagers boys who think about a woman who singsongs that glorify sex. madonna calls her own look "trashy," and trashy look was being sold at the souvenir stand. >> c'mon, put your hands together. ♪ celebrate ♪ holiday is in the. ♪. >> reporter: four years ago, presence was the opening act for the rolling stones and he was getting booed off the stage. tonight as you can see from this tape shot just about 30 minutes ago, is he perhaps the hottest performer in the whole

world. is he performing six nights in the bay area, at the cow palace and that means about 80,000 ticks that went on sale and sold out in only four hours. why do you dress like prince? >> i'm a prince look alike and i'm a prince fan and prince is hot ricket now. >> reporter: long time rock promoter bill graham is promoting the show and how do you describe prince? >> you have to start with the raw talent and the song-writing there s ere and the stage presence is here and all the ladies in the office are gaga over prince. >> reporter: and prouded showed off pictures. >> the house is purple. >> san francisco, clap your hands, come on. >> reporter: bay area people might be interested to know that the opening act on the prince tour is sheila e., the young laid why are for years who played east bay clubs and

now little sheila have very big star. but the main attracti is undoubtedly this man. ♪[ music >> it's like a dream come true for rock fans in the cow palace in san francisco. members of rolling stone, the who, eric clap tob and many more all together on stage for one concert at same time. we're backstage, but a little earlier tonight this is what the concert looked like: ♪ lay did you know sally. ♪. >> reporter: it's a special

night not just because of the music, but because of the cause, to raise money for action research for multiple sclerosis. rockstars aren't generally known for clean living burb these british superstars decided to donate their time because a friend of theirs came down with ms. ronnie lane, once a rockstar himself who played with rod stewart and the faces has had multiple sclerosis for seven years and now confined to a wheelchair. backstage, before the show tonight, some of the producers and stars talked about the concert and ms. >> we're here to raise money for multiple sclerosis sufferers everywhere. >> it will go to establish a branch of the charity established in england in the united states, and the all the money raised in america will come back to america, and will funds research programs in the united states. >> in the '60s we were all

kind of, you know, opposites. we were all rivals of each other. all the bands, but now, we have gotten over that and we have matured and what should we say? >> mellowed. >> mellowed is the word. >> special good times, good music and good intentions and worthy results. >> reporter: rock fans paid $20 a peace for today's concert at the cow palace. a four-city tour is expected to raise $1 million for charity. >> was one of the biggest rock music benefits of all-time, a 1983 concert to raise money for the multiple closeris research, but the 10:00 news confirms that those who gave may have been the victims of the ripoff. randy shandobil with that and more on the world of benefits

for charities. >> members of rolling stones, the who, led zeppelin, joe cocker, eric clapton and other british rock superstars performed in an unprecedented series of concerts a little over two years ago. a friend of theirs was crippleled by multiple scheloresis and wanted to help them, but what most of them don't know and what we learned tonight is that almost none of that money found its way to charitable organizations. the office is investigating claims that most of the ended up in a texas attorney's pocket. >> they can't find a million dollars. >> bill graham was the promoter of the multiple sclerosis benefit concerts and says the suspected texas attorney was to be kind of an executor for the money. >> greed and opportunism is

there and sometimes i can actually feel that somebody is snapping their hands together when there is an earthquake or flood somewhere, because someone will make money from it. >> when we come back on "a second look", politicians reveal if you ask them the right questions. >> it's momentary stimulus, but it does get old.

. and finally tonight as ktvus a political editor, randy has uncovered a lot of news about those who hold office or want to hold office, but one of his more memorable reports in 2000 when he got the politicians they haves to reveal what they don't like about the job. >> reporter: george w. bush has been doing a lot of smiling lately. so have all the presidential candidates. are they really that happy? really excited to meet you or

the corner barber? none of them would ever say so publicly, political suicide to do that, but former candidates, people with nothing to lose, acknowledge it freelly, the smiles, the handshakes, the cameras in your face, it's a drag. >> well, it's a momentary stimulant, but it does get old. >> you have to make lots of calls. you have to attend lots of fundraisers. >> reporter: calls, you mean dialing for dollars? >> yeah, oh, absolutely, sure. >> reporter: that can't be very much fun? >> it's not. >> reporter: we talked about several former high-profile candidates, former governor pete wilson ran for president in 1995. former lt. governor leo mccarthy ran for the u.s. senate and oakland mayor jerry brown is a former governor and also a former candidate for the white house. >> there are moments when, yeah, people can irritate you

and in this game you can't get irritated. you have to smile like this is the most wonderful moment in your life and everybody in front of you is right there. that is a great -- this is viewed as a great attribute of a politician, if they can make the person in front of them feel like you are only there for them. if you sit back and reflect, what kind of a person could make thousands of absolute strangers feel that they are the most important person this them at moment. feel about the psychology. is that intimacy? manipulation or psychopathy. >> a lot of people will donate as long as you don't make me come to the fun raising event. i have heard that thousands of times. >> reporter: why don't they want to come? >> because it's boring and because they have heard the same things many times. there is nothing novel. >> reporter: former candidates

told us that they sometimes found their hot-button issues by conducting polls. but how do they choose their slogans? their exact words? >> the words you get are derived from focus groups and they will use words like "working hard and playing by the rules." "governing from moderation." whatever the words are and they have focus groups and sit around with 12 people with two- way mirrors and the consultants sit behind the mirror and they see how people react. in some of them they use a device that takes advantage of basal metabolism. so you are looking for the most intense word, either positive and negative and then you inject that into your conversation. >> reporter: leo mccarthy says he felt like a programmed robot and wanted to rebel about his campaign consultant masters,

but worried about losing. >> it's like a movie. faze already scripted and i don't think it's usually very useful to the public. >> reporter: and you have participated in it? >> oh, i have participated in dozens of those things and that is because we're whirl pool. >> reporter: a dangerous whirl pool, say the men we talked to, a whirl pool that not only left them hat times doubting their own good intentions, but also a whirl pool that is alienating voters and draining the life out of politics. >> a now it's time to say goodbye to our friend and my neighbor in the newsroom, randy shandobil, a true professional, one of the best political reporters and journalists that the bay area has ever known. from all of us here at channel 2, good luck randy. you will be greatly missed. good night.