grateful for this opportunity and trying to find my own way in this production because, you know, sammy davismake brothers like that. he did everything. >> right. >> nowadays -- it's like tiger woods, michael jordan all rolled into one. plus, he could sing, act like denzel. i mean, all that stuff. brothers, now you got one area of expertise, you know? >> right. right. what about the next generation? you talk about people who influenced you. how do you feel about the next generation of young actors? is hollywood better, is broadway better? >> it is better. you know, when i was a young actor -- when i was a young actor -- there was one famous brother. it was, like, okay, richard pryor, and then he gave it to eddie murphy, and then it broke wide open. now there's room. there's room for more than one token person of color. >> speaking of color, "in living color" has been revived? >> that's a good segue right there. speaking of color. >> i'm working on segues, man. >> i tweeted, you know, hey "in living color" is getting back. they're getting the band back together. are you going to be back there?

seem like they're clearly out of bounds although billy crystal has done black face before in doing sammy davisll agreed that this is out of bounds. >> where are you going now? >> we're going out with hemmingway and fitzgerald. >> then we're going to go kill hitler. >> more than you know. >> the young sinatra or am i nuts. >> oh, sammy stop it. this guy. >> cenk: now billy crystal has been doing that for a long time, and not on halloween. >> 's an impressionist. >> cenk: he got heat for that. but black face. >> i'm going to ano. >> cenk: ben is dressed as j.r. >> cenk: are you allowed to joke about that? >> no, i don't think it's allowed. >> cenk: prince harry once dressed up as a nazi. let's take a look at that. >> as ill considered costume parties go this sets new standards. prince harry showed up last saturday night dressed up in world war ii africa uniform complete are remember band. >> not allowed. >> cenk: a not allowed? >> really, it's the same--it's poor taste. >> cenk: it's pretty clear. thou let's get into the gray zone. miley cyrus dressed up as nicki minaj. there is no black face th

i can't let you do it because sammy davis jr. has it on hold.o it. it was an incredible thing. it came at the psychedelic time of the '60s, you know? my life has been -- that's why it's called "luck or something like it," because i've been so lucky to be here and get there. and the fact i'm going to sing a duet with stephen colbert just really wraps up my life. >> that will be the topper. i want to ask about somebody else. it was a bee gees song. barry gibb wrote it. and dolly parton became a co-star of your life. >> i was singing "islands in the stream," and i said i don't like it anymore. he said, what we need is dolly parton. my manager had just run into her. i know where to get her. 30 minutes later, she comes marching in the studio. dolly doesn't walk anywhere. she marches. when she came in, the song was totally different after that. >> it's "luck or something like it." a memoir out. i know you've been nervous about this all morning long. let's get you over with stephen colbert. stephen, a huge deal for you, yeah? >> a huge, huge fan. >> he

. ♪ if it sounds familiar, it's because this british ham commercial is a take off of that old sammy davisre britain, the advertising authorities said it received 371 complaints. turkey of the week. had lots of fans, including a blogger who couldn't get enough of the skruf fi hottie. the advertisers reducing shots like this. not upheld. ♪ britain's only ham made with 100% natural ingredients. >> nudity didn't get the ban, brita brita britain's only ham did. saying the advertisement has run its course, leading fans. beware, new ham with much -- jeanne moos, cnn. >> did a fact check on that advertisement. reality check, fact check. we checked it. the advertising agency. >> it's still ham though. >> all right, we've got baseball coming up tonight, too. >> i know, go tigers. ha