please welcome bill cosby. (cheers and applause) mr. cosby, thank you so much. pleasure to be here.hank you so much. really, i-- thank you so much for being here tonight, sir. >> yes. >> stephen: not all of our guests look this nice. not everyone has an insignia on their pocket. i really appreciate you putting some effort in. >> betsy ross asked me if she wanted to-- if she could, do a flag. i aid no. -- i said no. >> stephen: you turned down betsy ross. >> yes. >> stephen: so who did the flag? >> betsy ross did the flag. >> stephen: right. >> because george washington heard that i turned her down. (laughter) >> stephen: okay, okay. >> so-- . >> stephen: he pulled strings. >> she sewed strings. (laughter) >> stephen: potato, potato sir. >> no, not the same. tomato. tomato, tomato, parade. (laughter) >> stephen: are you going to be-- are you going to be in town for the tomato parade? >> yes, sir, pomona. give me these. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: now, sir -- >> i want to tell you something. >> stephen: i want to hear it. >> it's frightening. >> stephen: yes, what's f

mike whitaker, author of "cosby his life and times." >> great book. >> interesting to talk about bill cosbyt. the icon of american parenthood because of "the cosby show." interesting, dug up a clip from 1983 about him talking in his stand-up about how he really disciplines his kids. let's watch this. >> now, my job is i am the goalie. the children come at me. i kick them back into play. now, the beatings are over, not because i see my wife, but because i hear all of upstairs going -- now here's the funny part. my wife comes downstairs with a broken stick. throws it on the table, sits down, and begins to talk out loud to nobody. going to tell me that you are not going to do something when i tell you to do something. i mean, you move when i say move. think i carried you eunmy body for 9 months so you can roll your eyes at me. i will roll that little head of yours down on the floor. you don't know who you are fooling with. i will beat you until you can't grow anymore. >> a lot of parents are at hope, going amen, brother. >> well you, know, that was from a concert in 1983, bill cosby himself th

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.> bill cosby was a fixturr nbc news for years. nbc telev now a part of the comedi life at homecoming to washin> and school gets getting seco chance today as the list of schools giving parents longer to get their kids up to date on their shots is growing >>> welcome back to news4 at 5:00. i'm dianna russini. today the big story, starting quark rob gri iii is in a cast. but jay gruden expects him to retu thi. now in this week's "cooley report" chris cooley talks about how valuable yesterday's win was for this team. >> you would have never guessed that witho robert griffin, dese jackson, the offense wo done what it did. but clearly we have some depth. >> no jordan reed, too. >> clearly, there's some talent acro the board, and what i like from the game, regardless of who was in, they get this idea they can play. they get this idea they can do what they want to do as an offens just talk. you're not going ty jack -- you're not going to see their world beaters. it's a win. >> i know you're a new dad. i'm going to go light on you. you to

. >> well, that is bill cosby as cliff huxtable.e with daughter denise on "the cosby show." this weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the sitcom. debuted in september 1984. and put a new face on the all american dad. over five decades in the business, bill cosby has become something of a cultural icon. funny, insightful, sometimes polarizing in his views. only a matter of time before someone sat down to capture his life and legacy. and the man to do it, mark whitaker, author of cosby, his life and time, former nbc news colleague, as well. really proud of you and congratulate you on the book. thanks for joining me. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm well and clearly you are, too. marked the 30th anniversary on nbc. and the past three decades, that show's been hailed as redefining race relations in this country. how about bill cosby? how does he regard the show himself? >> well, you know, i think he's very proud of it. but, you know, one of the thing about bill cosby is that show was so successful that a lot of people have either forgotten o

it's now 72%, and he was -- bill cosby is pilloried. barack obama needs to be more courageous a talk about this and talk about also what is happening in the hispanic -- i talk about in my book, "a race for the future" it is important. >> host: which group of the various subgroups among hispanics has, let's say, assimilated in the wrong way the least if you well and maintained that traditional family? >> guest: i would say that all groups need improvement across the board. if you look at mexicans americans in new mexico, their family structure i think has held pretty well hosting and these mexicans americans are the oldest of the mexican-americans. >> guest: i call it our mexican founding fathers to they have been there since the 1600s. they have land deeds, possibly talk about their land these from the 1700s. >> host: so cliven bundy is not the only one who is land issues in the west. [laughter] >> guest: exactly. so you know all of us have faced the problem that assimilation is no longer the sized by the schools, by our institutions, b

bill cosby is pilloried. juan williams is pilloried. you receive a tax of barack obama needs to be more courageous and talk about this and talk about also what's happening in the hispanic community. i talk about in my book "a race for the future" and it's extremely important. >> host: which group of these various subgroups among hispanics have what they assimilated in the wrong way the least if you will and maintain that traditional family? >> guest: i would say that all groups need improvement across-the-board. if you look at mexican-americans in new mexico they are family structure has held up pretty well. >> host: these mexican-americans are the olde oldest. >> guest: i call them our mexican founding fathers. they have been there since the 1600's. they have land deeds in the conflict talk about their land deeds from the 1700's. >> host: clive and bundy is not the only one that has land issues. >> guest: exactly, exactly. you know all of us have faced the problem that assimilation is no longer emphasized by the schools, fire instituti

bill cosby is. barack obama needs to be more courageous and to talk about this and talk about also what's happening in the hispanic community. i talk about in my book it is supremely important. >> host: what groups among the hispanics have assimilated in the wrong way and maintained that traditional family? >> guest: i would say that they need improvement across the board. if you look at mexican-americans in new mexico, the family structure i think has held pretty well. >> and they are the oldest. >> i call it our mexican founding fathers that have been there since the 16 hundreds. they talk about it from the 17 hundreds. all of us have faced the problem that assimilation is no longer emphasized by the schools and institutions into the army. hollywood does anything it can to tear down the idea. by the way, assimilation does not mean abandoning. i'm very proud of my cube and ancestors and i'm proud of what they did in the cuban culture. >> host: often times it is a reaffirmation. >> guest: you have t

finally, i heard that bill cosby, my man bill cosby, going to loan some pieces of his private art collectionsmithsonian. so you know what that means, it's time for "art cosby!" >> you got the paintings with the colors and the shapes and the lines and the canvas and the people and then you've got the photography with the cameras and the clouds and the black and white and the people. then, you've got the sculpture with the clay and the gray and the penises and the limbs torn off from the people. theo. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: there you go. we have a great show, give it up for the roots, everybody! right there. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is rapper lecrae sitting in with the roots tonight. fantastic, man. we'd love to have you back, you gotta come back and do a full song with us. >> indeed. indeed. >> jimmy: congratulations. he has got the number one album in the country right now! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] with "anomaly." "anomaly" is the name of the album and also he's gonna kick off a big tour starting october 2nd in tulsa, oklahoma. dude,

he was voted "best impression of a happy bill cosby." [ laughter ] [ impersinating bill cosby ] the grass. today is great. [ laughter ] and finally from the panthers we have deangelo williams. he was voted "most likely to be thinking, 'be cool, be cool, be cool' as he goes through customs." [ cheers and applause ] there you go, guys. those are your nfl superlatives. we have a great show! give it up for the roots! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: fun day. a fun show. thank you, higgins, for the very nice gift. it's very, very nice. >> steve: you're quite welcome. >> jimmy: one of our favorites, the star of nbc's "the blacklist," james spader is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: he's a busy, busy guy. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: super duper busy. "the avengers" and then "blacklist," which is just a a big deal. i want to talk about both of those things. and today as i said is my 40th birthday. [ cheers and applause ] i want to thank everyone out there for all the kind birthday wishes i got today on facebook and twitter. it was really nice. now from what i've be

. >> also when we come back turns out that bill cosby was quite the art collector.how you'll be able to few of his painterrings. >> picture >> ♪ >> 6:43. taking a live look in atlantic city right now. sun coming and over the horizon with some cloud cover and some folks are dealing with rain this morning. >> let's head over to karen rogers. it's been a rough morning on the rails all morning long. where do things stands now? >> it has all morning but this is breaking news with amtrak. they're saying they have some limited service. all morning long it has been canceled and that's between philadelphia and d.c. in fact the action cam was on the scene at 30th street station and you can see the cancellations that were with amtrak across-the-board heading between washington and d.c. they had some downed wires. we've been told no idea of when they would be able to restore it. people had been able to use septa's wilmington-newark line which is running for travel between center city and wilmington. but now amtrak is telling us, this just came in a minute ago they're resume som

bill cosby was husband, father, and doctor.ned in to watch the show's common sense and hilarious take on parenting. >> what you need to do now is go to the next level, if you want justine back. >> what's that? >> begging. [ laughter ] >> i did it. i'm sorry, and i should be punished. >> we know it, we accept, and you will be. >> so i got everything i need, plus $200 left for the month. >> you plan to have a girlfriend? >> for sure. [ laughter ] >> shut up! don't you dare open your mouth when i'm asking you a question. rudy, go to bed! >> and you're going to do it because i said so. i am your father. i brought you in this world, and i'll take you out. >> the show also became legendary for bill cosby's incredible sweaters, and of course his unique brand of comedic genius. >> and now, it's vibrating. i mean, this motor -- [ sound effects ] now, i look in the rearview mirror, and whatever i'm going to run over, there's 12 of them. ♪ ♪ >> oh, look at maria go. >> mr. clyde says -- [ shouting indiscernible ] >> the cosby shows also f

. >> and i'm talking to the author of the bill cosby biography. s on and says i'm your daughter. explosive stuff. bill's alleged love child, his n sour's mder and how whitney houston almost bake a huxtable. >> plus bieber and selena in vegas. clooney wedding news and beyonce preg any rumors. >> got a lot going on. >> cue the theme. ♪♪ >> now, "e.t.," and, hey, thanks for the shout-out rosie. you've got to love rosie singing our theme song, right? >> even if she was teasing us a little bit. don't worry. rosie, don't worry. got my eyes on you. >> hey, everybody. it's a new "view" with barbara walt, anointing rosie and the team, but is this "the view" without barbara's day-to-day involvement. is it a new freedom or a new voice? >> can the new crew share the talk show that's been struggling? >> our top story is day one of the brand new "view." >>i don't worry about the ratings. i think i have one year to try to see if the four of us can get something going and hopefully we will. >> hello, and welcome to "the newer view."

. >>> and, philadelphia's own bill cosby and wife camille will display their acclaimed art collectiont the smithsonian's african art museum. entire cosby collection will go on view, in november, in a very unique exhibit showcasing african-american art with african art. now, the cosby collection of more than 300 african-american paintings, prints, sculptures, and drawings, will be loaned to the museum for the exhibit. >>> and cents it is time for that check on traffic and weather together. 5:53 now, good morning, kate. >> i hey, natasha, good morning, everybody, we take you back in time for laps of what happened in the last few hours, out at the boardwalk plaza in rehoboth. i have to be honest, not heck of a lot. putting things in motion here at this point, see little bit of movement at the sort of halo effect on the street lamps or the board walk lamps i should sayment looks like vehicle moving down the beach here to sort of checks thing out in the early morning. but it is a quiet start to the morning, for us, in the neighborhoods. at least down toward some of the shore points, but re

. >> the fatherly wisdom and humor first appearing in 1984, bill cosby as dr. cliff huxtable.nd trivia for you. the part of the oldest daughter, sandra, was offered to whitney houston who turned it down to pursue her music career. >>> and dan harris with catty misconceptions. that feeling of numbness. first you have, then you get the hot pins. it got to the point where i felt like, almost like lightning bolts, hot strikes into my feet. the pain was, it was... i just couldn't handle it, so my doctor prescribed lyrica. the pain has been reduced and i feel better than i did before. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda-approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, changes in eyesight, including blurry vision, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or skin sores from diabetes. common s

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. >> bill cosby's set the standard to watch him on stage i was just with him if he is so great like thaten i remember eddie murphy neil: they use it to make a statement. >> richard pryor used it from industry than from all parts. talking to young eddie murphy on "saturday night live" after the show he killed it. just to of us i said you were one of those brilliant cats you don't need to be dirty he said because they'll laugh. he has of 30 room mansion and i have a farmhouse. [laughter] neil: but to say it is not recommending that you curse but as human beings we feel better and remember more when we do. whatever happens to get us some excited that we are cursing we not only remember what we said that why be said it. it is like it is soul cleansing. >> it is like a punctuation mark sometimes. that unfortunately it comes out. >> i do think kids are growing up swearing and i was not allowed. the bar of soap came write-up. >> via understand the catharsis' part it is like dead poets society don't use the word very. you are not lazy or exhausted. and kids could see that defect. >> but if they

bill cosby and "the cosby show" were crucial to that.s "d," 1 in 5 children live in poverty in paeshg. that percentage did fall slightly from 21.8% in 2012 to 19.9% in 2013. according to a 2013 unicef report, the united states fares worse than almost every other economically advanced country when it comes to relative child poverty. that includes countries like slovakia, greece, and bulgaria. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> good morning. i'm erin mcpike. ferguson, missouri, is still on edge since an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed last month by a white officer, and now the shootings of two officers overnight stirred up emotions once again. one officer was shot in the arm while on patrol. authorities say there's no reason to believe that shooting was connected with protests over michael brown's killing. the suspect is still at large and in a separate incident three hours later, police say someone opened fire on an off-duty officer who was in his personal car on an inters

bill cosby. but they did it. and they are the greatest.ne said today that carolyn's voice -- a dear friend of mine said, she is so commercial. and she does. she sounds good. she is sweet. but it is there. i do not mind singing. i did not mind saying with her. but the last time until she pays me. >> what would you like to do next with sam? >> whatever he has in store. whatever he would like to do. i am still so thrilled and so excited that we have got this song out. it is so easy for everybody to get. i can grab it on amazon.com right now, official download. -- digital download. you can order it from walmart and have it delivered for free straight to your store and go pick it up, and have the product in hand, and enjoy this man's vocals as much as i have. >> i think maybe there is a check coming in the future, and maybe more work. that is not so bad. >> that is not so bad. >> thanks for being with me. sam moore, grammy award-winning artist and member of the rock 'n roll hall of fame. and of course carolyn ruth. coming up, the story of a one

bill cosby, who was a good friend of mine, was on the "tonight show." e comic on with bill bombed. bill, god bless him, went to the director and said, "listen, why don't you use joan rivers? she can't be any worse than he was tonight." they put me on the next night. it was one of those nights -- do you know like when everything goes right? the stars are in alignment and the audience -- we just connected. and carson, at the end of the act, after nine years of work ing bungalow colonies and strip giants and greenwich village where you pass the hat and the hat wouldn't come back, carson said on the air, "you're going to be a star." >> you finished the routine, you were devastating. the audience was falling apart. you sad down, and i said, "you're going to be a big star." that's something you don't say because -- >> i looked behind me. i couldn't believe you were talking to me. >> yeah. >> i'll show you fear. that's fear. if my book ever looked like this, it would mean that nobody wants me and everything i tried to do in life didn't work. nobody cared. i've

. >>> comedian bill cosby and his wife plan to show off their extensive african-american art collectione smithsonian later this year. the national museum of african art says the entire cosby collection will go on view in november. it compares african art with african-american art. the cosby collection includes more than 300 paintings, prints, sculptures and drawings, none of which have ever been seen before. >>> a well-known men's magazine honors a local university. >> unfortunately it's a dubious distinction. "playboy" magazine calls the university of pennsylvania the top party school in the u.s. the magazine says the rankings are based on night life, concerts and so-called, quote, creative party planning. editors say they also considered sports and grades. in response, the ivy league institution tells nbc 10 they never comment on rankingsç of y kind. well, here's the rest of the list. the top five as you see it there, the university of wisconsin came in number two. followed by west virginia university, the university of arizona and the university of iowa. >>> now, your nbc 10 first a

because if you ask the right person, if you ask the right person, or like bill cosby, because i rock bill. >> i love bill. >> bill is really smart. and people have opinions on bill. but bill got a lot of money. he got more money than everybody. >> so as you said, this is the era of the sound bite, where people take one sound bite out of context and -- >> they do. >> i'm trying to explain. you said to oprah that the new black didn't -- correct me if i'm wrong. that you didn't rely on pigmentation or blame pigmentation, it was about the expansion of your mind. >> yes. and we also don't rely on other people we're going to do it ourselves. >> you got a lot of criticism for that. >> i did. >> do you care? >> i'm black, man. my dad is -- my dad is pretty dark skinned. my grandma was pretty brown skinned. you know? i'm not confused about what i am and what i stand for. >> pharrell had some provocative things, as you heard, to say about race. we're going to get reaction to that in our next hour. we're also going to have a lot more from our exclusive interview including what he is doing to sa

finally i was on because bill cosby got on. we had the same manager. phil pushed, give her a break. how bad could she be? >> how bad could you be in four minutes? >> they put me at the end of the show. and they brought me on as a writer. carson said to me, you are going to be a star right on the air. >> how did you feel? >> you did not realize what was happening. it was too exciting. the next day went to the bank to kite a check. the girl -- the check. there will be a check from nbc. and the teller said to me, i saw you last night. you were funny. we will do it. i knew my life was changed forever. >> what was it about the marriage to edgar that was so affirming, even though it had its ups and downs? >> i can look at it now five years later after dating everything, good, bad, garbage, nice, euro trash -- >> did you find anything you like? >> every now and again for a moment. the loyalty, the honor, the friendship. someone that you return your back on and you turn back again. still there. my husband. i never, ever thought for a second about my husband no

consume that it used to be a unifier whereas everybody watched "the mary tyler moore show" and bill cosbyl these things. you have a zombie eating somebody over here and vampire over there. and somebody dancing and. >> you are absolutely right. no unification in the country. the country is fracturing right. >> you are absolutely right. >> chaos. go. >> you can either throw in the towel and say we can't do anything about it or, you can take the steps as this woman suggests as at least a start. each the examples you gave about not reading books and all that. if you are a parent, you say read a book. i don't want to know what your friends do. i don't want to know ha that this is peer pressure. i'm telling you read a book. it would help if the parents also read a book so they could see their parents reading a book. >> just getting urchins outside, just getting them outside, you almost have to lasso them and pull them out and say hey, look at the trees, beautiful changing, i have heard you bill on this for a while now. and i think. >> paul revere. >> i think you are on to something very importa

it was actually bill cosby who wreck men recommended to johnny carson, put her on because the comedian. >> connecting legends. >> stay with abc. continue to remember joan rivers in the next half-hour and her medical care. >> check out tributes on abc news.com. next we are changing gears. the cast of "dancing with the stars" have been revealed. which celebrities can dance and who might be out of step. >> one woman's kayaking adventure turns to danger. her close encounter with the great white shark and the 911 call that might give you a scare. you are watching "world news now." >> we learned which celebrities will be dancing on "dancing with the stars" who has the best shot of taking home the trophy. >> the new "dancing with the stars" cast already shaking it. >> yeah, baby, that's how you do it. >> all day, all day. all night. tommy chong. and sadie robertson, and lolo jones and talk show host tavis smilie. cast members revealed on "good morning america," nascar driver, michael waltrip admit they're a little rusty. >> stepped on both her feet and punched her once. the first week has bee

other comic who broke in in the '60s and continues to be funny and pops up on television and that's bill cosby everybody else has faded away or they are not doing stand-up anymore. she was still driving hard to the end doing stand-up, appearing on television shows, doing her own shows. the industry of joan rivers continued almost to her last day. >> absolutely. very much to her last day. she was at an event hosted by the parent company for "people" magazine the night before she had this procedure, i mean, less than 12 hours prior she had a room in stitches. she owned that room. she was in command that of that room and she had plans for the coming week. she had more episodes of "the fashion police" coming up and looking forward to award season. this was not a woman who was ever, ever going to retire. >> jonathan, one of the things that is so interesting is that she was so mean and people loved her for being so mean. how did she pull off that balance and convince people that it was okay to be mean. >> in her documentary, you see the reason why she was able to be mean and to bounce back from what

i mean, you know, it was -- i mean, i think she was -- yeah, she was definitely even before bill cosby, all of that, and she was tough. you know? she was just a real role model for me and i think every female comic and comics in general, and also she was very supportive. >> was she? you just said tough. one of the things about her personality was, even in the reality show she did and the documentary, she's tough to the point of cruel, sometimes abrasive, sometime s really rouh on people. >> right. she had no filter. that's what i loved about her. she did not edit herself. oh, you, you're going to prison. you know? she -- yeah. >> but was she -- was she sort of a mentor or advocate or did you feel kind of -- did other comics feel kind of taken care of by her, or was she so sort of, like, competitive and driven that you were just going to get an elbow the way everybody else was? >> no. i have to tell you, when i was coming up in 1986, she started her fox show, and i was one of the first comics that she had on. and she was real -- and i just had a great time and she was very supportive. a

finally, bill cosby got on. we had the same manager. he pushed and said, give her a break! how bad could she be? >> charlie: how bad could you be in four or five minutes. >> they put me on at the end of the show and if i bombed it didn't be long. carson said that night you're going to be a star. >> charlie: how did you feel? you didn't realize what was happening, it was too exciting. the next day i went to the bank to kite a check -- >> charlie: to kite a check? it was the day where is you could say, please hold the check, there will be a check from nbc coming. and the girl behind the counter said, i saw you last night, you were funny, we'll do it for you, and i knew my life was changed forever. >> charlie: what was it about the marriage to edgar that was so affirmative to you even though it had its ups and downs and you separated and -- >> i can look at it now, good, bad -- >> charlie: find anything you like? >> every now and again, for a moment. >> charlie: yeah. the loyalty. the honor. the friendship. someone you turn your back on and when you turn back again, they're st

>> yes. >> you got to give me some of the jell-o pudding pops. >> bill cosby. >> a woman needs to acta diaper cake. >> well, now -- >> you guys going to deliver this? >> no, you got to carry it down -- >> thank you. >> we love you. congratulations on the baby. >> the 40th season of "saturday night live" -- >> 40. >> this saturday night, and it is live at 11:30, 10:30 central here on nbc. you have chris pratt, right? >> chris pratt and arianna mmmmmmm. look out. now there's even more of the amazing cinnamon taste you love on cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares even more. it compares prices toatcher top stores in your area. if there's a lower advertised price, walmart will give you the difference on an e-gift card. oh! money! every penny counts! yep! go to walmart.com/savingscatcher and enter your receipt. when he first joined the army, i was very nervous. ♪ we didn't know what they would have him doing. ♪ but, bobby always had a plan. ♪ [ male announcer ] with unmatched training in over 150 careers beyond the battlefield, there are over 150 surprising ways to become army s

but it was actually bill cosby, she said, who recommended to johnny carson, you should put joan on becausesn't it incredible? >> awesome. >>> stay with abc. we're going to continue to remember joan rivers in the next half hour, big questions about rivers' medical care. >> check out tributes on abc news.com. >>> next, we are changing gears, the cast of "dancing with the stars" have been revealed. which celebrities do you think can actually dance and who might be out of step? >>> ahead in our next half hour, one woman's kayaking adventure turns to danger. her close encounter with the great white shark and the 911 call that might give you a scare. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ♪ >>> nothing like dancing in september. we learned which celebs will be dancing on "dancing with the stars." >> the premiere in less than two weeks. who has the best shot of taking the mirror ball trophy away. >> the new "dancing with the stars" cast already shaking it. >> yeah, baby, that's how you do it. >> all day, all day. all night. tommy chong of t

. >> i used to sit with woody allen and bill cosby and me and david brenner and dick cav vote.i was funny, they loved me. and when i wasn't funny that. >> didn't love me. >> you look at betty white -- >> don't talk about betty white. from the dead she has come back and taken all my joekts. >> your jokes or your parts? >> both. >> anderson, that's a trigger for joan. >> when i was 21, only a doctor for you. when i was 22, she said all right, a lawyer, a cpa. 24 she said grab a dentist. 26, she said anything. if he can make to it the door, he was mine, you know? what do you mean you don't like him? he is intelligent. he found the bell himself. what do you want? anybody that came to my house was it. oh, joan, there is the most attractive young man down here with a mask and a gun. >> 40 years later, same face. it's not genes. i would do plastic surgery, but i keloid. they tell you that. >> you're african american. >> these women look at you, they're talking to the part in their hair and they say i would do something, but i scar easily. >> liars. >> how important do you think is bei

you know, my answer -- i'm very much like bill in that sense -- cosby.hat's true, they do. so what? what are you going to do about it? are you going to sit here and whine? because you'll end up washing dishes. i mean, if you want to be a star, what is a star? fancy cars, great sneakers and stuff like that? and my -- i tell you, my middle name really is perseverance. it's, i just -- i've always believed that i had talent. even when i felt like a very unserious sort of person, which i spent a lot of time living my life feeling that i wasn't worthy. but even then, i knew that i had something special, and maybe that's what it takes. maybe it needs -- people need to have that kind of a particular core driving them. but i felt i had talent. >> yeah. >> you were very -- were and are -- very active. very politically and socially and culturally engaged. you were at the march on washington. >> i was there. >> how did you get so active? >> tavis, how? >> yeah, what got you into this? >> i had a roommate, a roommate who vwas political. i met her in therapy. >> yay f