. >> why is it named after barbara streisand and where does that come from? >> barbara streisand objected very much to having -- there were some aerial pictures of her place in malibu and she was trying to stop it and everybody said what is this place? are forbidden fruit aspect of censorship never really stopped. for example and wind was very consumed in the 19th century with keeping criticism of the king down, criticizing the king in the church in particular so here's one example. an antiquarian bookseller wrote some parody and wrote some jokes sort of the book of humor. what does the british government to? they put them on trial for seditious libel. he was just a guy. the trial itself brought him fame and before the -- text that there were three trials and before the trials were done he was selling thousands and thousands of copies. that was repeated in 100 different ways. >> so what happened to him? >> i finally gave up. he didn't set out to be a warrior for free speech but that's what he became. >> he didn't when but what he was trying to do -- it was a

why is it named after barbara streisand, though? where does that come from? >> yes, barbara streisand objected very much to having -- there were some aerial pictures of her place in malibu. she made a big stink trying to stop it. everybody said what is this place in malibu? all of a sudden -- you know, yes, the forbidden fruit aspect of censorship never really stops, and so when -- for example, england was very consumed in the 19th century with keeping criticism of the king down, keeping the masses from criticizing the king and the church in particular, so there's one example. this this guy who was a book seller, who wrote some parodies, wrote some jokes, sort of a book humor, but taking some hard bites at the ruling class and the church. what did the british government do? they put him on trial for blasphemy, liable, and everything else -- libel and everything else. nobody had heard of him before. he was just a guy. the trial brought him fame. there were three trials. before the trials were done, he was selling thousands and thousands of copies of his critic

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>> barbara streisand expected, there were somee aerial pictures of her place infallible and she madek trying to stop it, everybody says what is this place? the forbidden fruit aspect of censorship never really stopped so for example, england was consumed in the 19th century keeping criticism of the king down, keeping the masses from criticizing the king and the church in particular so here's just one example, a bookseller who wrote some parities and jokes, as book of humor but taking hard bites so what did the british government do? they put him on trial. no one had heard of this, he was just a guy. the trial itself brought him and before the trial, there were actually three trial. he was selling thousands of copies his criticisms of the church. that's repeated in 100 different want. >> what happened to him? >> they finally gave up, he won the trial that he didn't set out to be a warrior for free speech about a support he became. >> thinking about this story also, talk about him because he didn't win in the sense, but what he was trying to do became fact so it was a case of a boomera

>> barbara streisand objected very much to having -- there were some aerial pictures of her place in malibu and she made a big trying to stop it and everybody said wait a minute what is this place in malibu so yes the forgotten fruit aspect of censorship never really stops and so for example when england was very consumed the 19th century with keeping criticism of the king down, keeping the masses from criticizing the king and the church in particular so there is one example. this guy was an antiquarian bookseller who wrote parodies and wrote some jokes, sort of the book of humor but really taking some hard bites at the ruling class and that the church. so what did the british government to? they put him on trial for seditioust libel. no one had heard of this guy. he was just a guy. well the trial itself brought him fame and before the trial -- actually there were three trials. before the trials were done he was selling thousands and ff of his of copies criticisms of the church. >> and what happened to him? >> they finally gave up. he actually won the trial and you know he didn't set

why is it it named after barbara streisand? where did that come from? >> as far as her objective, there were aerial pictures of her place in malibu and she needed to try to solve it, everybody said wait a minute, what is this the forbidden fruit aspect of censorship never really stopped so for example, england was consumed in the 19thns century with the keeping criticism of theng king, keeping the masses criticizing 13 the church in particular so here's one example, there is this guy is a bookseller who wrote some parities, some jokes, a book of humor but taking hard bites at them so what did the british government do? they put him on trial. no one had heard of his this guy before him, he is just a guy. well, the trial itself brought him in before the trial, there were actually three trials. the trials were done, selling thousands and thousands of copies of his criticisms of the church. >> what happened to him? >> they finally gave f up he actually won the trial. he didn't set out to be a warrior for free speech but that's what he became. >> thinking ab

i was there with simon and garfunkel, witnessing barbara streisand and others.hallenge. this is not one artist. we've come up with about 18 iconic or new artists to represent, anderson, every genre of music. we're talking rap, pop, broadway, even classical music. we have the new york philharmonic. all 75 members of them. we're going to make use of this incredible stage and venue. >> how long does it take to prepare something like this? >> well, we have been working on it, i would say a total of 8 weeks. >> that's it? wow. i would have thought this was like a six month process. >> oh, no. no, no, no. i got called about two months ago and obviously i went to those artists, i was personally not only involved with, but our lifelong relationship maintains to this very day. i called bruce springsteen, and i knew it might involve a cancellation of one night of this incredible broadway run, but did he respond, yes. he is going to do a song, incredible duet with the great patty smith. and of course i called patty and paul simon, barry manilow, jennifer hudson, artists th

yetnikoff, the former head of cvs records who guides careers of superstars likes billy joel, and barbara stra streisandmetimes over the top personality and for strongly backing his clients. a roster of breakthrough stars, including bruce springsteen. check it out. ♪ born in the usa ♪ ♪ i was born in the usa ♪ >> the boss paid tribute saying he was always there for me. walter yetnikoff was 87 years old. i know, we were talking about it. we're fascinated. >> let's unpack the phrase over the top. >> could you go in depth for that. >> a line here in the billboard obituary, he was brash, colorful and self aggrandizing with very colorful addictions to alcohol, cocaine and extra marital affairs. they don't make them like walter yetnikoff. >> clearly not. >> he's more rock and roll than rock and roll. >> he lived his life. >> a quote from the stars he helped grew. prie ss my roll is rabbi, counselor, friend, sex counselor. you name it. punching bag. whatever it takes. >> and that list is insane. >> he was instrumenting in getting michael jackson on mtv. instrumental in getting julio iglesias to sing in english

streisand did you ever think of a stage name ever? did anyone ever try to convince you? >> oh, yeah. yeah people wanted me to be called "barbarahought for my first record they wanted me to call it "sweet and saucy streisand. [ laughter ] i'm neither too sweet or too saucy. [ laughter ] they saw the girl on tv. my first show, i remember people were asking where's my album. so i said, "let's name it what it is. "the barbra streisand album. that's what it is. you know >> jimmy: yeah and there you go i want to talk about what you have -- projects you have coming in the works. more with barbra streisand when we come back with more "tonight show." stick around [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ [upbeat music] ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ sweet pillows of softness! this is soft! ♪♪ holy charmin! excuse me! roll it back everybody! charmin ultra soft is so cushiony soft, you'll want more! but it's so absorbent, you can use less. enjoy the go with charmin. we did it again. verizon has been named america's most reliable network by rootmetrics. and our customers rated us #1 for network quality in america according to j.d. power. number one in reliability, 16 tim