and barbara eden joins us.morning. >> thank you, i'm glad to be here. >> this book is a great read. you opened the door and tell a lot of very, very funny but outrageous stories about larry hagman. >> he kept things interesting. kept me awake. >> at one point, the producers insisted he bring a therapist on the set to keep him in line. you write that one of the things he saw as the second string status of his character relieved himself all over the "i dream of jeannie" set. >> i didn't see him do it. i heard. >> how did that go over? >> the wardrobe woman came out and said, go back to your dressing room. shen i heard what was going on. he wasn't happy with the scripts. and, let everyone know. >> let everybody know. you say that he would probably be preferred to be known as j.r. ewing rather than the character on "i dream of jeannie." >> dallas is thiz thing. >> george said his girls are watching dvds of the show. they love them. whey do you think the show is so endearing? >> it's fantasy. it's the space movement

and the always beautiful barbara eden joins us now to talk a little more about the book. good morning, thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning, laura. say hello to my family and friends up there. >> yes, exactly, because that's the neat thing about it. a lot of people may not know you grew up in the bay area, you grew up on ocean street in san francisco. you in fact were miss san francisco in, what, 1951? >> yes, i was. yes, i was. >> so a lot of ties here. >> yes. and i did the last two visions of murder movies, i filmed in san jose. >> oh, wow, perfect. in the south bay as well. well, the book is a fascinating read. it really reads as a who's who talking about when you met marilyn monroe, surprisingly kissed by warren beatty, you had stories about desi arnaz in there. even getting slipped a phone number from the then senator john f. kennedy. >> yes, that was a surprise. that was when i was under contract to fox. i was very young. and i had been put in a television series called "how to marry a millionaire" which was based on the movie that marilyn monroe had done

barbara eden joins us live to talk about her new book and how most of her childhood training actually took place here in the bay area. >>> meanwhile mike joins us. another traffic break. >> that's when traffic is picking up on the nimitz. this is past 880 and the coliseum. we had flashing lights coming from the bottom of the screen. a few minutes later i saw a traffic break and a slow drive heading north all the way up into downtown. between fruit veil and 23rd is where the construction continues and that should be cleared in the next few minutes. at the limit approaching the maze from all directions. no problems. i saw earlier slowing heading north out of the east bay but that has cleared up heading across the carquinez bridge. >>> next time you go to the movie theater, instead of buttery popcorn and sugary soda, you could order a healthy snack. there are now smart movie snacks. a package deal with fruit chips, bottled water, air popped corn chips and a trail mix bar. amc says it developed the snack because customers have been asking for smarter and healthier snack choices. there are