in terms of becoming the public molly ivins for her father, bob bullock, john henry faulk, and ann richardsy a longshot. >> she also got to go and return daylighting campouts. her husband dave richards and that's kind of where they bonded and got to know each other. there was a group in austin that used to campouts all over texas and go on canoe rides. and that's really kind of where they formed a lot of their relationship. >> there is some amazing moments. became richards s court and jury good friend to a lot of functions, great writer, one of the true lions of literature frankly the united states one of the best ever in texas and so we he looks over here and decided to tetris as dr. julius erving, the great famous basketball player wearing the kind of basketball short shorts and decided to put on an afro wig and this is a rosenthal, decided to the county put on an afro wig himself. i wish there were a photograph. molly wouldn't have had to work again. she would have had leverage of "the new york times" and picture of the editor. she had a funny friendship but that story itself tells. she

>> molly got back to texas in 1970 about the same time ann richards was with her husband, a civil attorneyichards described to us as a homemaker. political interest but not a true political career. austin was an oasis if you were liberally politically inclined and progressive and people were coming from the outlying regions. it still happens to this day. willie nelson came to austin to get unbuttoned. molly was coming here the same time and individuals were coming and far smaller towns. it was going to happen. they were going to bump into each other. a annrichards was reading the texas observer and her husband was going to end up in it. conscientious objectors and civil liberties work became a nexus. a anncame to hang out. they would go downtown and drink a beer and watch the sunset together. a metal trough and fill it with ice and they would watch the sunset and be surrounded by with syria. there was still a view back then. they got to know each other and developed political ambitions. you will see a great pattern that you might wrestle with of molly truly supporting ann in ways that jour