sounding as an insider, but people at the house, i'm telling you, mitt romney was dealt deprecating bob newhartw away without self-deprecating and funny he was. hysterical. i said to my wife after that event, why don't we see this -- it has to be out there. but what would you tell them? i said, you better be funny. people like a guy who has a sense of humor. he had a lot of things he could pick him. neil: you never heard that mitt romney. >> he didn't do it when he was on the stump. you know, when these guys, they get disillusioned. they always think they're going to win. they are preaching to the crowd. they get o they are, 25,000 people screaming. and he walks out of there before he is. he thinks he's going to win. meanwhile, obama -- you know, the undecided pple, they were screaming and calling his name. they get disillusioned. you get this euphoria state. but if you make fun of yourself, and you make fun of the other guy and good taste, you have a good chance to win. neil: i think you're right. i think you have to recognize the inherent joke we all are. neil: >> he could've made fun about t

gold diggers and bob newhart and tom.astic entertainer and we are looking at. that's what christmas was like on television in 1968 . it is so refreshing. it was a simpler time. >> it was a nice time . it was fun and warm and everybody was happy and things were different thin. we are trying to bring that back. >> gretchen: no kidding. i like to try to keep the old fashioned traditions in the hearts and minds of young people today. this is a way of doing it it is it here on dvd . talk about your father. a lot of people say he was partied all of the time. he was drinking manage else. >> steve: apple cider. i am not saying he didn't have cocktail or wine with dinner. he was not having with the incredible amount much work . if he drank a little bit of the what people said. >> steve: everybody had a gimmick . it is so amazing he could remember the words. >> it is amazing because he never knew them to begin with. he walk would in and he never wanted to rehearse and he would come in on sunday afternoon and watch a run through and