captioning made possible by johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations >> charles: good morning. i'm charles osgood. this is "sunday morning". july is behind us now. but most of all, it's still ahead. that means there's still plenty of summer left ahead, including vacation past times strictly for adults only. it's not what you might think. as luke burr bang will report

in our cover story. >> an estimated million adults sent themselves away to summer camp to play, to learn or to make their childhood fantasies a reality. >> i thought, give it a shot now, you're only 42 once. >> summer camp, it's not just for kids anymore. >> charles: playing out in real life. a wooded pair of comic actors in leading roles. paying them a visit. >> she was a star on will and grace. and he made us laugh on parks and recreation. >> okay, take him out and shoot him. >> but now hollywood couples have a new project. a stage show based on their unlikely romance.

>> we think you'll find this little show we put together is the greatest aphrodisiac known to man. >> awkward to talk about your sex life on stage? >> apparently not. >> love in the spotlight, later on "sunday morning". >> charles: the nations between the united states and cuba are turning over a new leaf and some like the new attitude towards the signature product, the cigar. going to the source. >> what gives cuban cigars their mystique? >> it's the forbidden fruit for 50 years. >> that's on the verge of changing. >> it's a 45 minute flight. so it's very easy for this country to send cigars to the united states. >> legal cuban cigars. it's not smoke.

ahead on "sunday morning". >> charles: carl reiner was one of tv comedy's founding fathers in the 50s. and all these years later, he has lost none of the talent for making people lavas we'll hear a little later. >> hi there, everybody. >> for carl reiner, being a cam dee legend is great, a living legend, even better. >> every once in a while, i go, there's a 115-year-old woman the other day who was driving -- >> that feels good. >> that's great. >> how do you stay mentally sharp? >> i don't know. it's a gift. >> a walk with carl reiner ahead this sunday morning. >> and looking at still life photography on a grand scale. barry peterson shows us a stary stary night.

>> takes us out on a topless ride in a vintage convertible. first the headlines this 2015. bone dry california is under a state of emergency. two dozen wildfires are raging throughout the state, threatening some 6,000 homes. the largest known as the rocky fire is 100 miles north of san francisco. >> a tinder box is now california governor jerry brown describes the state. wildfires have become deadly. 38-year-old fire captain die whened shifting winds blew a fire from the oregon border right over. he was from south dakota a married father of two. he was among 9,000 firefighters from across the u.s. now in california protecting what they can.

>> what were you thinking? >> the worst. >> john dowel barely made it out of his home. >> it looked like a volcano fire was just swirling, and ripped across that far ridge. >> while his own survived, at least 14 destroyed amid record heat. the weather is changing now. thunderstorms are on the way, and even though the rain would respect, the concern is lightning that could spark even more fires, all made worse by four years of drought, and the wildfire season doesn't even peak until october. for "sunday morning", carter evan, clearly california. >> charles: an airplane wind flap found last week after it was washed ashore on reunion island in the indian ocean has been brought to france. they will begin analyzing the part on wednesday to determine if it is connected to the malaysia airlines flight mh-370 which disappeared 17 months ago.

239 people were on board. president obama tomorrow will unveil tough new regulations to combat climate change, including unprecedented emissions cuts targeting coal fired power plants. opponents say they will immediately go to court to try and block the measure. talk about an urban jungle. new york's empire state building was illuminated with endangered species as part of an event to meant to highlight the plight of certain animals. provided portraits of the rare creatures. as for today's weather, watch for severe storms in the upper midwest and chilling rains from florida to southern california. the heat continues in the pacific northwest. in the week ahead, sunny and warm, followed by thunderstorms for much of the country. a welcome cooldown in the

northwest. >> i find you really funny, and then one day i was like, what's happening. >> and then. >> a very funny love story. but first zoo- >> how many times have you checked your phone since you've

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>> charles: adults only may strike you as a bit odd as a policy for a summer camp, until you realize adults are just kids at heart. our cover story reported by luke burbank. >> camp wandawega in elkhorn, wisconsin looks like a place that time forgot. a place where childhood memories are made. except for one not so minor detail. there aren't any kids here. and reveille plays at 9:30 which seems early for many campers. welcome to adult summer camp where your inner child meets your outer grown-up. >> we were friends who didn't

have kids, and it was a way to joke, and be back at summer camp, except we have the keys to the liquor cabinet. >> david hernandez and theresa suratt bought camp wandawega for a song. david grew up coming here when it was run by latvian priests. >> it was a place where kids could be kids, and you could warnld in the woods and take a boat and do things you couldn't go do in the city. >> reporter: it was in need of serious tlc. >> my idyllic childhood memories were different than the reality. >> i freaked out. >> reporter: these days, wandawega campers can kick back, canoe, shoot arrows, or learn to use a tomahawk. >> basically, i just started marking where i stood and where i could actually hit the target. >> reporter: for camper kristen olsen, it's not so much claiming fond childhood

memories as it is about replacing them. >> i did go to a girl scout camp once, and it didn't go well for me, so i swore off camping in general. >> reporter: is this going better? >> much better, yeah. >> this is a place where people can just connect to reconnect to the simpler pleasures of simple time. >> disconnect, kind of. >> how many times have you checked your phone since you've been here. >> it's sad. >> you have no idea how many mobile phones are at the bottom of the lake. >> in a way that actually seems to be a good thing, right. >> it's mother nature's payback to leave cell phones in the lake. >> reporter: an estimated milliolen adults sent themselves away to summer camp last year, answering this new demand, a variety of offersing. camps where grown-ups can learn to breathe, to sift through the sands of time, or

even run away from zombies? >> i first picked up the bass a year ago july. >> for jeremy schwartz, camp is living his childhood fantasy of playing in a rock band. >> and i thought, what the heck. why not give it a shot now. you know, you're only 42 once. >> reporter: by day, jeremy is a librarian, but every wednesday night this summer, he's part of a kinks cover band in deacon, new york. >> to have that catharsis of just letting it out, and yelling and top of your lungs and jumping around and dancing. you know, it's better than therapy. >> reporter: when musician steven claire founded the beacon music factory, he thought it would mostly be for kids. when did the idea of having

adults learning rock music and music in general come to you? >> when parents of our teen rock campers begged me to do it for them. >> reporter: does anybody at the library know about this? >> i'm not sure it's really their scene. >> reporter: it turns out, though, that slipping into another world to expand one's horizons in the summertime sent a new idea. the chautauqua institute in new york state was founded in 1874 as just such a state, where people could take time out to pray toshings play, -- to play, and to learn. >> there was concern how leisure time was being used and there was a desire to find a way to use your time in a constructive way. >> chautauqua historian, john schmitz. >> people would learn a hobby

and take up formal education. it was extremely popular. the first assembly, over 20,000 people came for the two week assembly here to chautauqua lake. >> reporter: so popular, in fact, that chautauqua sprang up around the country. 250 at one point. and chautauqua became a word in the dictionary. things haven't changed all years. chautauqua attend poetry philosophy. >> time sprinkles, water leafy with the weight. >> listen to symphony in the amphitheater. plus, of course, listen to plenty of outdoor activities. my life. my parents met her. >> reporter: for jack and yvonne, chautauqua has been a way of life for a half century. >> this is where i learned to

swim and sail and play little league baseball and learn to play the piano. >> you can take classes and go to lectures, you can sit on the beach or this porch. and children have all kinds of activities. so there is something for everybody. this is one of the few places, i think, that you get that. >> reporter: is this a good way to keep your brain young? >> yes. >> reporter: meanwhile, back in wisconsin, another day of adult summer camp has come and gone at wandawega. on monday, these campers will go back to their real lives. back to office jobs and bills and the pressure of being a grown-up. for now, though, that all seems pretty far away. as more and more americans seem to be figuring out, there's just something about smores and camp fires and new best friends that make for an unforgettable summer, no

matter what your age. >> charles: next, a capital

design. >> charles: now a page from the "sunday morning" almanac. august 2nd, the day pierre charles l'enfant was born in paris. 1754.

highly educated he traveled to america in 1777 as an emergency in the revolutionary army. >> in 1791, president washington commissioned him to plan the capital city on the banks of the potomac. l'enfant's designed called for a grid intersected by diagonal avenues. he gave congress a home on what came to be known as capital hill. while on the other side of hill, he placed the official home for the president, just north of this park like mall. l'enfant died in 1825 at the age of 70, but a design for washington, d.c. lived on with a few encroachments. among them a railroad station in the middle of the mall. the very station where

president james garfield would be assassinated in 1891. to improve matters. congress created the mcmillan commission, a professional body that largely restored the mall to l'enfant's original design, and which developed the riverbank land which became the jefferson ask lincoln memorials. today washington, d.c.'s layout is basically as l'enfant envisioned it. the national mall serving as a center stage for 4th of july celebrations, and other grand occasions. just as we call george washington, the father of our country, the revolution calls pierre charles l'enfant, the

father of washington, d.c.

this is an art or breakfast? >> charles: a wonderful still life painting inspired by a fruit bowl like this one. not to be confused with a still life photograph. >> moscow, idaho was named not for the city in russia, but the one in pennsylvania. particularly, right?

so it should come as no surprise that moscow, idaho is home to artist roger rowley whose medium is fruit plates? weird. what you see this, it's like an explosion. >> reporter: and then you say, wow. >> that's sort of what i was imagining, for this to be overwhelming as a >> reporter: like a giant kaleidoscope or intricate stain glass windows. >> they're arranged from the earlier one in january, and down to the columns all the way to the end of december. >> reporter: a calendar of color. >> it goes from relatively warm yellows and oranges into the deep rich blues and dark berries, so there is this rainbow, and the sense of the seasons is apparent. >> reporter: up close, each

one has an odd detail to reveal or a story to tell. what's this one with this black lob at the top. >> my cat loves melon. i had the camera ready, and it was fine, here you go. >> reporter: and so why fruit plates? 10 years ago when it began the answer was simple. to convince his kids to eat fruit. the rule he set for himself, nothing too fancy. >> i wasn't trying to pick the perfect fruit. i was trying to be true to what it is you buy in the store, at the farmers market. >> reporter: but the saturday market in moscow, idaho is loaded with some of the most luscious fruit imaginable. do you everer look at the shapes and the colors of the things able in terms of this

is my paint? >> i certainly do. the orange of an apricot would look amazing against the blue of a blueberry. >> it just happens to be next to the gallery where the fruit plates were going shown. >> look at that line there. >> reporter: people do make the connection between what's outside and what's inside. no accident since roger rowley is the director. >> i think this is a true artist who can figure out how to make art out of their kids breakfast. >> reporter: that is the question, afterall. when does a plate of fruit stop being breakfast, and start being art? >> i put it on the breakfast table and it would get eaten or not eaten, and i began to just be more conscious about arranging it, and saying let's make this look nice.

maybe the kids will eat if it looks aesthetically interesting. >> it was a year of doing that observe i took a photograph. >> reporter: by then, roger his mind. hundreds of fruit plates photographed in exactly the same way at his back door. he takes his pictures, snap reflections. the seasons, the weather, leave their signature on his work. you didn't go through any kind of agony of making art? >> no. it's intuitive. you start with the natural forms whether it's an apple or a pair or an apricot, and you have natural building blocks. >> reporter: leaving one more question. when does a plate of fruit stop being art and start being

breakfast? >> charles: ahead, maybe cuba. but first, look to your left, and then to your right. one of these people will be going home.

>> charles: made for laughs. >> it's the same old one. i want to see you rise in the night. >> announcer: it's "sunday morning" on cbs, and here's charles ozes good. >> charles: megan mullally and nick offerman with the television comedy parks and recreation. not at all like the romantic comedy which is a long standing real life marriage. this morning they tell all. >> at first, people were like, i've discovered something. you guys arer married. >> yeah, we've been married many years. >> reporter: if you didn't know actors nick offerman and megan mullally were husband

and wife, you'd be forgiven. you're not likely to read about them in the gossip problems. >> we've been together 15 years, that's 200 years in hollywood marriages. >> reporter: offseen it lacks drama, but off screen they get attention in their comedy. >> hi. >> reporter: three seasons, mullally fortrayed walker on will and grace. >> offerman played anti-government ron swanson on parks and recreation which ended its runnelerer this year. earlyer this year. >> he's a grown man, fishing is not that hard. >> the story of their romance and how they became hollywood's most unlikely power couple.

it's at basis for their stage show, summer of 69. >> it's seven level dante's inferno. he could achieve climax with me. but now -- >> it has been a great six months. >> reporter: is it awkward to talk about your sex life on stage? >> apparently not. >> reporter: the show appeared, and it was a homecoming for mullally. >> coming here. >> reporter: where was your room? >> i used to climb out thaf side window right over here, and sit on that roof and smoke cigarettes. >> reporter: were you -- >> i smoked cigarettes, but i never did a lot of drugs, and i was virginal, and pretty good.

that's all changed. >> reporter: in 1998, mullally's life was changed when she was cast in will and grace. two years later, and already a star, her romantic life took a turn when she took a role in a spall play in los angeles. >> on the first day of a new play, if you're a single actor, they do a scan around to see which person in the cast you're going to have sex with. >> i've been doing plays all wrong. >> you see, nobody ever told you that. that's the problem. >> reporter: one person she didn't initially notice was offerman also cast in the play, but he noticed her. >> there was a beauty and the beast element going oand also an elisa dolittle situation. there was a class despairity, and i realized i'm really

attracted to her, but i think she's officially socially out of her league. i live in a basement, and she's about to win her first emmy. i was really scared. >> reporter: but a shared sense of humor eventually brought them together. >> we started doing a lot of bits together during rehearsal. >> i find you really funny. one day i was like, wait a minute, is he sexy? what's happening? >> my plan was working. >> reporter: at the time, offerman had been taking wood working jobs to make ends meet. despite acting with stepenwolf, hollywood had been less than welcoming. >> when you arrive here, the town tells you, you are cheap. this is very superficial. you can play a plumber or a rapist. so you know, you might as well get a resume that says nick

offerman, rapist plumber. >> reporter: offerman manageed to get a small role as a plumber. >> someone needed their pipes cleaned out. >> reporter: in an episode of will and grace. look closely at red carpet photos from those years, and while all eyes are on mullally, you can see offerman lurking in the background. >> people said, isn't it upsetting to you that megan is by far the bread winner in your household? i was like no. what's the matter with you. i've always been a very hard worker. but if your wife happens to be incredibly successful and you don't like that, i believe that means you're dumb. >> reporter: it wasn't long before offerman was cast on parks and recreation in 2009. >> this hotel always serves bacon wrapped shrimp. that's my number one food wrapped around my number three food.

>> reporter: and he shot to fame the way his wife had a decade earlier. >> it was uncanny. >> reporter: was it helpful to see megan go through this? >> yes. we have an 11 year age difference. i was slower developing chuckle smith. but in every way, watching megan go through all the roller coaster of will and grace and the thing that is came with it were fantastic education. education. >> reporter: today the couple works together as much as possible. mullally even guest starred as his crazy ex-wife tamo parks and rec. >> she's near. >> hey. >> reporter: do you feel bad when someone says, would you feel bad to work with your spouse. >> like it's all i can do to stand by spouse every night.

that's so sad. i like my spouse. >> i think love is in the air, at least for us. >> reporter: on tour, the couple found a way to keep their relationship healthy. by talking and singing about it in front of thousands of people. >> let me tell you a little secret. when megan and i are in our 90s, i'm guessing we won't be crushing each others bones on the regular anymore. >> because that would crush -- >> but we'll still be together, because i love the ever living crap out of this woman, and she loves the crap out of me. [ applause ] >> charles: ahead, dentist

versus lion. >> charles: a worldwide uproar over cecil the lion. cecil was 13 years old, a huge lion and attraction in zimbabwe. a star until early july when a minnesota deptist, walter palmer with the help of two local hunting guides used food to lure cecil outside the protection of the park where he was hunted down, and killed. palmer has gone into hiding. he's issued a statement saying

that he believed that the hunt was legal. >> extradite palmer. extradite palmer. khx+sh>> charles: protesters left stuffed animals outside of his closed office. officials in zimbabwe are calling for his extradition to face criminal charges as the two local hunting guides already do. >> we take this seriously. >> charles: wildlife service says it's investigating as well. it was contacted by a representative of walter palmer. as of late friday, the british conservation group tracking cecil with a gps collar for years had received nearly a half million dollars in contributions since cecil's death. it was too late for cecil. in a late hour for all african lions whose numbers have dropped from an estimated

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>> charles: there's nothing like a telescope to bring out the wonders of a starry, starry night. provided, of course, that you find a spot without lights. a spotlight like the one that barry peterson found. >> reporter: in west texas, there's not much to see in a vast stretch of emptiness, that is, until the sun calls it a day. and then up there is a night sky bursting with stars. a jam packed canopy of

constellations. fly me to the moon with the stars, and jupiter and mars. >> reporter: juan sings about the fight sky at a dallas night club, and doesn't just croon about the moon. he makes a living looking up at the moon and stars, teaching astronomy and spreading the word about every star gazers's worst enemy, bright lights. >> you call it light mrueg. >> just like sound pollution. >> reporter: he brings students from the university to this particular part of the state where the lights are so few that the stars are so many, captured by time lapse photography. >> i've yet to see a person look up at the sky in the dark, or look through a telescope and not go wow. it never happened. >> reporter: they always do that? >> they always do that. >> reporter: in a world where people spend most of their

time looking down. there isn't much incentive to look up. city lights block out the night sky. but there's also an earth bound version of a black hole right down there in west texas. thanks to men like a veteran astronomer at the observatory, one of the largest telescopes in north america, it sits atop a west texas mountain. i know you have a number of nicknames. the angel of darkness. what does that mean? >> i'm the under light police. >> reporter: saving the darkness is his mission. using grant money, he offers free light fixtures that aim light down and away from the night sky. he and others helped make down

light mandatory in seven counties, covering 28,000 square miles. to convince the dubious, bill offers this example. then goes starry night, painted in 1889. imagine the painting today with light polluted skies. it might look like this. >> we'd be without starry night because van gogh wouldn't have seen it. >> how many van goghs are alive today that don't have that inspiration. >> reporter: there may not be many van goghs videos america, but there are star gazers. >> it's beautiful. >> the darker, the more you see. >> reporter: and as it turns

out, darkness is coog you can sell. these are for people who want to live under the dark sky. the development and street lights and outdoor lights -- >> we come here as astronomers, amateur astronomers to enjoy the skies without interference with light pollutions. >> reporter: bob newman came here for a night sky that still entrances. how many of us are lucky enough to say this? >> you can read by the light of venus. you certainly can read by the light of the full moon. the milky way looks like the light of the sky. look how beautiful the moon looks. look how large thes. >> and the moon is just the beginning of exploration. he believes there are still plenty to have learn about the universe from gazing at a truly dark night sky. >> there's a lot of things out there that we don't know

about, and that's exciting. maybe we can still discover. we can still be the explorers. it's not over. our children and all of our descendants will have that opportunity to discover. that's what we need to have. >> reporter: and if you keep the light pollution away, they can stand here and do that? >> that's right. that's what we hope to do. >> reporter: here is one of the last places where modern man can look ask see what our ancient ancestors saw. the lighting or just basking in nature's night light. >> charles: next, the pride of

cuba. [tennis rackets swinging & hitting tennis ball] [crowd cheering] c'mon! [crowd cheering] [tennis rackets swinging & hitting tennis ball] [crowd cheering] [sound of tennis ball hitting the court] [crowd cheering and clapping] your us open champion!

new york state is reinventing how we do business by leading the way on tax cuts. we cut the rates on personal income taxes. we enacted the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968. we eliminated the income tax on manufacturers altogether. with startup-ny, qualified businesses that start, expand or relocate to new york state pay no taxes for 10 years. all to grow our economy and create jobs. see how new york can give your business the opportunity to grow at ny.gov/business >> charles: now that u.s. relations with cuba are durning over a new leaf cigar smokers are hoping to enjoy a

new leaf too. we're off to ha vaun a.vana. >> reporter: along havana's waterfront, no one asks politely before lighting up. no one complains about the smell or the smoke. the annual festival is the most cigar friendly spot on the planet. an international celebration of cuban pride. its cigar. >> cuban cigars go together. when you think about cube ayou think about these. >> reporter: for two decades. david sawona has written about cuban cigars. >> we're in havana with cigars.

>> reporter: we took a drive along the famed esplanade. >> the humidity, the open air, and it's just great dpr a cigar in my opinion. >> cuban cigars come wraped in mystique. fidel castro made them his trademark before quitting for health reasons. winston churchhill loved the cigars, as did president kennedy before he enathed the trade embargo in 1962, j.f.k. stocked with his personal favorite. >> today i can announce the united states has agreed to formally reestablish diplomatic relations with republic of cube a. >> on july 1st, president obama announced an end to the diplomatic isolation of cube a. on august 14th, the american flag will once again fly above the u.s. embassy in havana. the president has also called

on congress to lift the embargo. these steps could once again allow the sale of cuban cigars in >> not surprisingly, savona's magazine supported an end to the embargo. >> will it make a significant difference to cuba in any way? >> i think so. we're talking about the world's largest market for premium cigars. it's important to the cuban cigar industry in the united states. >> reporter: at la corona, one of cuba's largest cigar facts workers hand roll 30,000 cigars a day. they blend different tobacco leaves for the most famous brands. monty cristo. oio monterey. >> each one is a sculpture. it's a work of art. very hard to do. imagine if someone gave you a pile of leaves and said turn

that into a cigar? >>reporter: the leaves come from the province in western cube aoften considered the world's premier tobacco growing region. >> you can see the oil. look at that. >> reporter: if a cuban cigar soul is in the soil, it's also in 38-year-old's hirochi robaina's blood. >> the cuban cigar is is the best. >> reporter: is there a cigar better than yours. >> what? >> anywhere in the world? >> no. this is the best in the world. the best in cuba. it's really the best in cuba, it's the best in the world. >> reporter: very proud of that cigar? >> i'm very happy, because all inside this cigar is because my grandfather teach me. all the experience of my family is inside this cigar. >> reporter: so your grandfather built this? >> yes. >> reporter: the family has been growing tobacco since

1885, and hirochi hopes it ends up in the united states, where cigar sales have quadrupled in the last 20 years. >> united states is a 45 minute flight. so it's very easy for this country to send cigars to the united states. >> reporter: on this day, the united states came to him. a cigar club from florida. it was more than a pilgrimage. daniel, an american who owns a cigar shop in naples has traveled here a dozen times. he and hirochi see business opportunities emerging in the united states. the open secret in cigar making is that you have to have good relationships with the growers. you need the growers. you've got to have the best tobacco. >> reporter: do you feel it's an advantage to have made these relationships already? >> l the early bird gets the worm.

so we'll see. i feel it's like two levers -- lovers are ready to meeted. there's a romance, and both side want is it to take place, and now it would be nice to see it happen. >> reporter: if it happens, the cuban tobacco industry believes it would dominate the $6.7 billion u.s. cigar market predicting a 25% share in the first year, and in time, a 70% share. is that realistic or are the cubans in for a surprise? >> i think they're not taking full consideration of how good the cigars made outside of cuba are today. >> cigar of the year this year is nicaraguas. there's no matter time than when they're cold side by side. >> reporter: legal cubans have been a long time coming. but nothing about cigars is

supposed to feel rushed. and it's good news if you believe the only thing better than a great cigar is another one. pictures. lost and found. >> yes, if i'm not in it, i'll

legendary carl reiner. >> charles: a love story in living color is the story steve hartman has to tell this morning. >> reporter: in fairport new york, historian bill made it his mission to connect people with history. >> it's safe to say he never found a more direct and powerful connection than he did the day the films arrived. someone found these in an attic. old 16 millimetre home movies from the 1930s labeled coda chrome experiment. >> i was intrigued.

i took the projector and the films and i started to watch. and i loved what i saw. >> i saw scenes of our community that they were in color. >> they were the first color home movies. what intrigued bill even more was this woman. he said whoever she was, the cameraman was smitten. >> i started doing research. he found out the frafsh, a guy named bob cramer went to work for kodak labs right out of high school, and that girl was his high school sweetheart, leona sharp. >> she would be 96 years old if she was alive, and i wondered. >> reporter: he found an address, and >> a woman came to the door. she opened the door three inches. and i told her we had these films, and the door opened a little wider. >> literally? >> yes. and she said wait and disappeared. she came back about a minute later holding her wedding picture.

and she said come in. >> reporter: here's what bill learned. bob and leona got married after bob joined the air force. a few days after the wedding he learned to fly and was sent to europe to fight world war ii. on the way he actually flew his plane over leona's house. this is a picture of it. >> and then he waved and then he was off. >> you never saw him again? >> no. >> reporter: leona says losing him was hard, but finding him again has been wonderful. >> i wouldn't believe it. >> after more than 70 years, leona's love story came rushing back in living color. even though she did get married again for a while, we got the sense this was her true love. not from a picture on the screen, just the flicker in

her eye. >> charles: next. >> you want a scalp to hang on your belt. >> charles: comic legend, carl

reiner. >> hey, everybody, it's my old friend, >> announcer: "sunday morning" on cbs, and here again is charles osgood. >> charles: carl reiner played an egotistical tv star in the dick van dyke show and that's just one of the roles reiner has been playing on screen and off during a lifetime that now spans 93 years. tracy smith talks to an entertainment legend. >> the first thing in the morning before i have coffee, i read the obits. breakfast. >> reporter: at 93, carl

reiner is in the kind of smaip people half his age might envy. >> all the vital signs are perfect. i could live another hour. >> reporter: he only soundeds like he's on borrowed time. the truth is you're still productive. you're still writing? >> yes. >> reporter: it's not like you're waiting around? >> no. i wake up every morning anxious to get to my computer. busy. reiner just finished a new book about one of his best known creations. and the 12 time emmy winner has a lot more to look back on. >> hieverybody. once again, we present, this is your story. >> reporter: carl reiner didn't create tv, but let's just say he was in the delivery room. >> i like you.

you have spunk. spunky. >> reporter: as a writer and performer, he was a giant among giants. his co-writers on sid caesar's shows alone including the creator of mash. comic genius, mel brooks, and playwright, neil simon. back in the early days of television, you were on tv before you owned a tv? >> yes. we didn't have a tv when i did the show of shows. and we finally got a little seven inch set, and the kids used to watch it. and robbie was four, five, six, and he said, say hello to me. i said i can't say hello on television, but when i do this, when i put my tie up in the finale, i'm saying good-bye. that's for you. >> every night that meant goodnight, robbie? >> yes. >> reporter: before years of writing comedies, reiner had

an idea februarier a for a show. >> a person who lived in the this. >> your son dislikes you? >> how could he. i'm his father. >> he's only six years old. he doesn'ted know me long enough to hate me. ism>> it's okay. it didn't work. >> the pilot flopped. but reiner wrote 13 episodes and the producer thought of a way to make it work. you might remember sheldon leonard from it's a wonderful life as the bartender who tells it straight. >> look, i'm the boss. do you want a drinks or don't you? episodes. i said, i want to try it a second time. >> didn't want to do it? >> no. sheldon, you want to fail. get a better actor to play you

and he suggested dike dike. dick van dyke. >> the show which ran for five >> >> it was an accident. >> no, the left hand. your belt. >> reiner played the pompous boss, alan brady. but the rest of the showed mirrored his life. >> mary tyler moore's laura petri was inspired by the real life woman that reiner went home to every night. >> what is this? >> reporter: as a young g.i. in world war ii, he met estell his senior. >> a black haired waivey -- >> we sat down with them in 2007. >> he was really good looking. >> reporter: when you looked at her, what did you say? >> nice figure. of course, i was 20.

they married in 1943 and had three children. robbie, annie and lucas. it don't mean a thing if you ain't got the swing. >> reporter: for a showbiz family the reiners were robbie, the future director had a pretty good arm. so did mom. the beach. sometimes with long time family friend, mel brooks. >> how often do you see >> at least six, seven times a week. television. wife. did you practice polygamy in those days? >> i didn't practice it, i was -- >> there's nothing on tv like this anymore. the 2,000-year-old man was a sketch gone wild with reiner interviewing brooks as the oldest man in the world. >> what's it like to have seven wives? >> terrible.

it was the worst thing that ever happened to me. come home from work, and i open the door, and i hear, you're late -- [ >> i just can't do it. at my age, i think i have the right to be selfish. >> reporter: reiner himself was the oldest man in the star packed oceans 11 gang. but his biggest box office hits were behind the cam ra. >> and action. director of the jerk, and oh god, starring george burns. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> so help me, me. >> so help you me >> if it pleases the court, and even if it doesn't please honor. >> clearly you're a guy who likes to make people happy. is that a tough trait to have when you're a director. >> it's a wonderful trait to have. you can get the best out of people if they're happy and

not worried and not frightened they're going to make a mistake. robbie does exactly the same. anybody. you hire actors who you think will be right for the part, and then you let them go. >> yes, yes, yes! >> maybe that's why rob reiner cast his wife for a small, but climactic moment? >> i'll have what she's having. it had to be -- >> reporter: what really got estell reiner excited but singing. and as carl wrote, it was something his wife loved until the day she died in 2008. why did you write about the last moments of her life? >> because it was so beautiful. estell died when she was 94, and the last year of her life

was lying in bed. she wanted to go back and sing, and she couldn't get out of bed. she had major problems. her mind was always there, and at the last moment, she wasn't even breathing, but every minute a little something. i said, she should go out hearing something lovely, like her last albums. so i put on songs, and i was playing. i said play it up loud. you're so beautiful beautiful and full she's going. he played her out. face. and lucas, my son, did you hear what she said.

said you have a lovely sweet voice. and estell said -- and passed away. her lips -- then gone. i write about it, because it was a good way to go. hello to her son >> reporter: and music still keeps him going. reiner sings on his daily walks. at one point, even considered a career as a crooner. >> i was six years old. i said i want to believe a tenor. he said, a jewish tenor. >> reporter: we're thankful carl reiner chose to make us laugh instead. the road that leads back to that tumbled down shack.

that was part of it. >> charles: ahead. >> here's looking at the chevrolet.

going topless. >> riding topless is one of

the great joys. showing us firsthand. >> reporter: you know, nothing better on a summer day than driving in the top down, wind in my hair, and a mustang convertible. while the lure of a convertible might be the sex appeal. just think of carrie grant cruising the riff areaviera in catch a thief. it was >> the earliest cars were all convertibles. this model t has the top on, but mostly driven without. plus, there's no windshield or side windows. hence the protective gear. >> curator of transportation at the henry ford museum in michigan says the convertible has had more starts and stops. >> it's affordability. but you see things change as enclosed cars get more

affordable. and convertibles are for the rich. it turns around. >> reporter: by 1936, the open top car binged for less than one percent of the automobile sales. so the convertible is essentially dead by the 30s? >> it's dead or on the way out. >> there's still wealthy drivers who can afford? >> what kind? >> big cars. luxury automobiles. expensive vehicles. >> not cheap. >> reporter: they may not have been cheap, but they were useful for politicians like president franklin del roosevelt who toured in a lincoln convertible, the sunshine special. >> the next is in world war ii when a lot of americans in france and other countrys saw the roadsters with convertibles >> in 1950, every american car maker had a convertible in the

lineup. 33 model >> announcer: here's looking at the new chevrolet. more than a new car, a new concept of low cost motoring. >> reporter: from 1962 through 1966, convertibles accounted for 6% of car sales. but by the 1970s they hit the skids because of security, life. >> and people aren't cruising down the road at 35 miles per hour. they're doing, 60, 70 miles per hour, and the gentle breeds is a hurricane. >> reporter: nowadays only a tiny number of convertedibles are sold. >> there will always be drivers who want to drive for fun and the thrill of it. >> as long as one man is going through a mid-life cietz,

there's a convertible to be sold. itsy bitsy teeny weenie polka dot bikini.

itsy bitsy. here's a look ahead. monday is the hobo convention in brit, iowa. on tuesday, president obama celebrates his 54th birthday. wednesday is national rooster day. a day for fans to savor the taste and the health benefits. and presidential candidates meet in cleveland for the first televised debate, while

jon stewart hosts his final edition of the daily show on comedy central. frtds kicks off the 40th annual twins days festival in twinsburg, higho featuring everything from a twins talent show to the double take parade. and saturday, canton, ohio, the pro football hall of fame, class of 2015. >> it is commerce department said the economy is growing at anaenual rate of 2.3%. anyone have an idea why the economy is growing so slowly for so long? anyone? ben stein thinks he knows. >> one of the mysteries is why there's a stall in the worker productivity. worker productivity is how

much each worker produces at a year. it rose rapidly for decades after 1941, and recently the rate of rise has been tepid. there's explanations for the slowdown. change in competitionosition of the labor force, excessive regulations. none of these has been proved. i'd like to suggest another one. the cell phone, or the smart phone, if you like. virtually unknown a couple of decades ago, the cell phonoer as a matter of facter phone is now a virtual body part. i did a bit of research on my phone, of course, and apparently estimates vary wildly. but the average american spends a large amount of the day on his or her cell phone. reports say americans checking them roughly 150 times per day. there are literally billions of texts sent per day in the usa. the ordinary american sends 40 texts per day. and others are much higher. the phone is a life blood for

americans now. to be sure, some of these calls are about business and are productive. but if half the calls are personal, that's immense parted of the day gone. don't get me wrong, these calls sometimes produce happiness. they're not just waste motions, but they don't produce energy to count. it's water cooler gosil. but huge expense. if this many people -- nearly 300 million cells in the usa are online, some of it has to come out of production. if you're gos-- gossiping or not working, the phone is a gossip machine. you can't count it. >> commentary from ben stein. and john dickerson in washington for a look at what's ahead on "face the nation". >> good morning. we're going to talk with tru. trump and mike huckabee about

the debate, and the latest developments from reunion island where they found downed pieces from the malaysian airliner >> charles: and next week on "sunday morning". the multitalented and funny jon stewart. >> the logo of the sun. >> i knew that because i watch. i'm up all the time.

it's right on the screen. "sunday morning" moment in nature sponsored by viking river cruises. >> charles: we leave you this sunday with the desert beauty of joshua tree national park

in california. osgood. morning. until then, i'll see you on the radio.

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