he creates this original comic story about an ax-wielding snowman.is work's good enough to land him a job at a bustling comic-strip production house in manhattan. frank gets his "snowman" comic published his first year in the biz. >> he was very versatile. he could do realistic war stories, crime stories. he could do westerns. >> in 1952, a neighborhood cutie with a comic-book name -- ellie kelly -- takes an interest in the 24-year-old artist. and who can blame her? with this physique, the kid could have been his own model. they get married in 1956... >> they had movie-star good looks, both of them. they were a really, really handsome couple. >> ...with, in due course, four gorgeous kids, including holly and bill. >> the great thing about being an artist, you can work from home. he loved playing with us all the time and drew at night a lot of times when we'd go to bed. >> frank contributes to big-name titles like "buck rogers" and "flash gordon"... then as a ghost illustrator on the weekly strip "li'l abner." >> it was a really good paycheck for the

i feel like you guys just went to comic-con. that was san diego comic-con. this is bakersfield comic-con. is that better? well, it's a lot smaller. it's more about the comic books.

that's what the comic line does.xperience. >> i'm going to tell y'all the truth tonight. okay? all right, now, all my friends know this to be true, because everybody knows me. i usually before i go to bed, i have milk and cookies. and one night i had some low-fat milk and some pasturized, and i mixed them together, and i dipped my cookie in and the -- blue up. >> my dad wasn't afraid to bare his pain. he made jokes about that because he knew you were going to do it, so let me do it. dad had some steel balls, man. >> i tell you one thing, man, when that fire hits your ass, that will sober your ass up quickly. and you know something i found out? when you're on fire and running down the street, people will get out of your way. except for one old drunk, right. hey, buddy, can we get a light? how about just a little off the sleeve, okay? >> when pryor did talk about his personal life, it's harrowing, and it's funny because of the courage of it. but does everyone relate to setting yourself on fire with a pipe or shooting y

once again, the comic has become the truth-teller.s been the person who pulls back the curtain. >> all right, johnson clan, everybody fitting into their ski gear from last year. >> zach's going to teach me to snowboard. >> thanks again for inviting me on your trip. my family usually teaches literacy at the prison for mlk day. >> how come we don't do anything like that for martin luther king day? >> because we're black. they're white. they have to do extra credit. >> i wanted to do a family that was just a family, but it was specifically a black family and their relationship to being in a world that wasn't specifically black. >> this is serious stuff, son. kids are dying in the street. >> hold up. kids are dying? >> we're kids. >> my son, beau, at the time was 6. we were much watching the ferguson indictment. he turned around and said, why are those people so mad? we don't try to rip shows from the headlines, but we do try to do what the family would be talking about. some of those stories sometimes are a little scary to do because som

that's what the comic line does.e. >> i'm going to tell y'all the truth tonight. okay? all right, now, all my friends know this to be true, because everybody knows me. i usually before i go to bed, i have milk and cookies. and one night i had some low-fat milk and some pasturized, and i mixed them together, and i dipped my cookie in and the -- blew up. >> my dad wasn't afraid to bare his pain. he made jokes about that because he knew you were going to do it, so let me do it. dad had some steel balls, man. >> i tell you one thing, man, when that fire hits your ass, that will sober your ass up quickly. and you know something i found out? when you're on fire and running down the street, people will get out of your way. except for one old drunk, right. hey, buddy, can we get a light? how about just a little off the sleeve, okay? >> when pryor did talk about his personal life, it's harrowing, and it's funny because of the courage of it. but does everyone relate to setting yourself on fire with a pipe or shooting your car

comic legend jerry lewis is date.stick genius but also, i quote here, a tentative and demanding businessman that knew the nuts and bolts of his business. that was the guy that fascinated me. the comic that cut to the chase and over the many years we chatted on this very show cut through the day's headlines as well. like back in 2003, defending then president bush from critics lewis said went to far in a hapless united nations that never went far enough. so i if you can find any modern day parallels here. >> if we could get rid of the u.n., you would have a lot less trouble in the world. okay? >> neil: you might be right on that. >> i'll tell you about the u.n. as long as we give them diplomatic whatever you call it so they can park anywhere and a guy can knock off somebody and because he's got diplomatic immunity, come on. give me a break. don't tell me that 179 countries are coming here because they don't love going to shows on friday night. don't tell me 179 members of that body give a god damn of what is happening

the streaming video company announced it snapped up the comic book publisher behind characters and comicd man logan. becomeedia companies wary of providing content to streaming services as netflix looms as a threat. lucas shaw, of all the acquisitions, why miller world as their first? >> a big heart of it coming off the disney segment is because disney and time warner already have pipelines of comic book material they can use. right now, all the tv shows and movies netflix offers were most of them are from disney. licensesmovies netflix after they appear in theaters. own pipeline its of original comic book material it can develop, own, exploit down the road if it wants to make t-shirts or a theme park ride. emily: bob, is this a smart deal? bob: i think it is. you mentioned netflix as a media company. that is different than netflix as a streaming company. to become a media company, they have to buy and create original content. if you want to create stickiness in your service, that is the kind of move you have to make. we see amazon and netflix doing this. i expect we will see more of thi

but she's written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a superhero comic book, too.he has a worldwide legion of fans. so what keeps her creative juices flowing? margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. but you've just done something you've never done before. you've taken on adapting shakespeare. and you've always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. so how daunting was that? very, very daunting. first of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying that you shouldn't do it, and you can't improve on shakespeare, etc. and second because i took on the tempest. and that has a whole slew of problems of its own. the brief was very broad. so it was, choose a play and do whatever, as long as it's a novel. and i mean, you've created this wonderfully sort of imaginative new take, where it's sort of set in a prison. prospero becomes a guy who is sort of a theatre manager who was thwarted in his career and then goes back to the prison to produce a drama. there's a play

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. >> i'm known as a i'm one of 100 comics. if you can't say i'm one, then don't say nothing. >> derrick ward joining us live at the memorial and talking with some of his fans. he had people cracking up still. >> reporter: until the end. that's what people are telling me about him, people that knew him personally. one comic here said he gave her a break during a roast several years ago, and it was a roast of muhammad ali. again, it's just the kind of comedian he was. he passed away yesterday at 84, su family. he had been there a week and had gone in because he was suffering from symptoms of heart disease or failure and had signs of progress but took a turn for the worst here, and he broke down barriers for caomics. he started in the army doing comedy, and he played the chicago playboy club, and it really started to open doors for himself and other activist comedians and self-proclaimed apb agitator. a lot of people remember him playing over at the howard theater. listen to these folks and what they remember about him. >> i reme

comedian rob schneider, jerry lewis just died another comic legend has left us. martin and lewis were the beatles of comedy. nobody was ever bigger. he was 91 years old. eric? eric: he was a great dramatic actor. remember the king of comedy, the martin scorsese film, he will be missed. >> absolutely. >>> tv personality and former talk show host is joining us on phone. i'm happy to talk to you, it is a sad day but i would like you to start though by sharing your fond memories of jerry lewis. >> i got to know jerry and was lucky that way because when i was a kid, the biggest explosion it seemed was not necessarily the first atomic bomb, but when jerry lewis exploded spectacularly on to the -- into the world of comedy. there had never been anything quite like it. it appeared on the harvard seismograph, i think. i liked him from the first i met him which in fact was in my little office on the tonight show when he hosted for two weeks and he came in, didn't know me, and started talking about himself and dean martin, and he sounded more like an associate professor than

and now some local comic are stepping in and stepping up to help their friend.fit comedy show and in an toast raise money for jason's medical bills. it's called a night of fun. fun standing for understanding needs and this morning jason joins us along with theresa couldn't september cione and alex scott to dish about the event and your brush with death. >> yes. >> what a scary yet inspirational story all at the same time. >> inspirational. scary. live changing. >> um-hmm. >> but i'm here. i'm happy. >> so what happened? did you realize what was going on? how did it all go down? >> i got on stage. >> um-hmm. >> it was just like any other night. i'm talking. big laughth moment i felt the ak coming. i've had asthma my entire life always always known when and attack is coming i can typically tell how severe it was going to be. i can tell it was going to be a bad one. i took two puffs might have inhaler the crowd thought i was joking and started laughing me more. which made me angry personally. >> it's hard for the crowd. is it part of the act? not part of the act? w

clubs.honky-tonk no comics.y told me i did not have to work that weekend because nipsey russell. they got at enough courage to stand up and said to the people that ran the club for herman, you get nispy to stay here for the rest of the year. i have been the house, and now when you bring in the best show in town and everybody is going to be here, then i don't get showcased. they said, don't quit. you emcee the show, but comicer, nipsy is the . a comic tommy, you have two hours to be funny or two seconds, use it. and if you have never and victor lounge -- hugh have there and victor lounge. playboy lounge. they were geniuses. they saw me. i did not know. one day come at the playboy club, he refused to work seven days. because they saw me, they brought me in for the one day, for $50 -- i did not know there was that much money in the world. $50 for one night. i added that of times seven. i was not too firmly with downtown chicago was that i had no reason to go downtown. i know reason to go to downtown clubs. now i am

then this morning we learned legendary comic jerry lewis passed away at his home. cornell bernard is here with the latest. >> reporter: everybody knows the name jerry lewis. he was an actor, comedian, and humanitarian. the passing already generating thousands of reactions on our abc 7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my brand mother used to call me jerry lewis. >> reporter: really? >> i was like the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him. he was very funny, especially in his younger days. >> reporter: a true come did he legend jerry lewis defined comedy as a man in trouble. gags and pratt falls were the foundation of his career. >> his facial expressions and his over the top humor, as we thought the guy was hilarious. >> reporter: he remembers watching those famous buddy movies pairing with dean martin. >> give me the driver. >> reporter: and later when lewis made and directed his own films like the nutty professor. it was his role for more than half a century as spokesman for the muscular dystrophy association which made him most proud. the labor day te

so we've heard of conventions like comic-con.ow there's a different sort of one that's popular. people who are politicos and those who love politics. >> for those people, there's pliticon. it gives the west coast an opportunity to experience a bit of the beltway first hand. we're up all nightline with nick watt. already pliticon, the unconventional convention. costumes, photo booths. >> comic-con for politics. >> reporter: dragging political junkies of every hue out of their basements. >> he wanted to start a war with iran and russia! that's insane! >> reporter: the daily drama in d.c. means there are more junkies than ever. passions are hot. more than 10,000 people showed up over the weekend, an attendance record three times the gate for the inaugural pliticon. it's getting bigger. >> it's getting beggar aigger a conservative this year. thought politically monochrome. >> there are a lot of mexicans bringing in drugs and bad things. >> reporter: the public is engaged. a recent pugh survey say six in ten women pay more attention t

raised in new jersey, he perfected a comic routine at only 15, and then found the perfect comic foil, dean martin. making 17 movies. their breakup acrimonious one, not performing together again until 1976. by then, lewis had carved out his own unique role, comedies in the '50s and '60s, a huge influence. through it all, he remained a formidable icon. >> i have a gun. >> reporter: hollywood grew to appreciate him. his tastes shifted, willing to speak his mind. >> i don't care what they write. i'm not going to know about it. >> reporter: on twitter, tributes coming in. jim carrey saying, that fool was no dummy. i am because he was. jerry lewis was >>> next tonight, new trouble for president trump as he heads back to washington after 17 days away. a new low for the president in three key states that put him over the top. in michigan, only 36% of registered voters say they approve. in pennsylvania, just 35%. in wisconsin, 34%. can this white house turn those numbers around? here's david wright. >> reporter: tonight, president trump returns to washington, damaged in the eyes of thousands o

pretrial motions are set for comedian bill cosby's second the comic's legal team will be different for his november retrial on sexual assault charges. he has hired michael jackson's former lawyer - tom mesereau - to lead his defense. meseareau won an acquittal in jackson's 2004 child molestation trial. cosby's first trial ended in a hung jury. no matter where you were in the u-s monday -- it seemed everyone was looking up. from sidewalks, parks and rooftops -- the first coast-to-coast solar eclipse in 99-years was an event to behold. and while not a total eclipse in our area... the 81-percent coverage amazed people of all ages. along the "path of totality".... millions of people packed into cities and towns from oregon to south carolina to experience two minutes of darkness.

was honored at a special event in southern california last night. >> reporter: the man behind sump comicook characters as cider man, avengers and several others is being celebrated. >> the extraordinary stan lee. >> reporter: it all happened on the stage of the theater in beverly hills. it was broadcast in close to 200 theaters across the country. >> i'm so lucky. most people work a lifetime and nobody celebrates their career. i don't know how this happened to me. i'm incredibly grateful. >> reporter: stan's daughter even teamed up with coronation apparel with special i love stan items with stan loves me on the back. >> i've loved him since i was collecting marvel comic books as a kid. >> reporter: is it fair to say that stan lee is your personal super hero? >> definitely. he's like a friend, a mentor. he kept me out of trouble. >> i literally stitched one out on a shirt. >> reporter: at 94, he remain a kid at heart and his heart remains with kids. his message to them. >> follow your dreams. try to dream of something really big and really good. >> reporter: good advice. >> what's cool is

this as dc comics superhero isis will join the new season to have tv series "legends of tomorrow."ow's executive producer revealing the character will be muslim because of the new administration saying, quote: you might have heard there was this election. not to get political, but something that we all gravitated towards in the writers' room was making this character muslim. basically, reviving a character in the past named isis, making her muslim. dc comics owned by warner brothers, 50% owned by cbs and time warner media stocks and ended the day mixed in trading action. the president of the american islamic forum for democracy, dr.sidety jasser. good to see you. >> it's good to be with you, liz. elizabeth: what do you make of this show saying they made the character muslim because of president trump? >> well, you know, liz, this goes in the category of you just can't make this stuff up. listen, there was a character9 in the '70s, a super woman type character called isis, her husband was o sigh race. but if you ask american about a woman named isis and her husband would be al-baghd

there's silverman is a comic known for jokes and high. now this is what you get famous for this is what i liked her for this is what she got a lot of money for making a joke but she is also now the comic who is also now famous for calling bernie sanders the porter's ridiculous yet the poopy joke comic is the thing one who all of a sudden decided that she knows anything about politics at all to the point where she got all dolled up with makeup in a fancy hairdo in a fancy dress and diamond earrings and she took the stage at the democratic national convention last year where she decided to tell bernie sanders supporters that they were being ridiculous by standing by their candidate and not just getting blindly behind hillary clinton this woman who got rich and famous for telling jokes told everyone who wasn't supporting hillary that they were being ridiculous as if somehow telling jokes for a living qualifies her to know anything about politics that are so that was last year of this year when gosh wouldn't you know it but the an m is now he

we talk about why the streaming service sought out a comic book publisher.rg. ♪ ♪ emily: facebook is doubling down on efforts to combat hate speech. they're adding 500 content control staff in germany. this comes amid pressure in the country to crack down on offensive posts. with the parliament recently passing legislation threatening fines of up to $59 million. that fine would be levied on large social networks that fail to report hate speech. or to remove illegal postings. i catch up with caroline hyde from london, and asked what was behind the uptick in staff. caroline: we heard as recently as may and june that we would see a beefing up across the world of content control that would be working on behalf of facebook. they said they would be expanding it by about 3000 new content control staff. to beef it up. to be 7500 worldwide. notably, most of these people tend to work in outsourcing companies. this is what will be happening in germany. 500 being added in the west of germany. they have already got 700 in the capital, berlin, working for a different outs

he could sing, he could dance, fabulous pianist, a comic — everything.d entertainer, i think you think, first of all, bruce forsyth. this could save the whole show. just do as i do. it'll be like the generation game, all right? you're never quite prepared for the end, are you? he was such a remarkable, iconic figure. there's no more remarkable in all of television history in this country. that's the kind of man we're talking about. # now you're here, and now i know just where i'm going. # no more doubts or fears...# sir bruce forsyth — he first appeared on the bbc in august 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # in other words, i love you. # fly me to the moon!# sir bruce forsyth, who has died today at the age of 89. police in spain say they believe the suspects in two terror attacks carried out in barcelona and cambrils had been planning a much bigger attack, with bombs. officers say an explosion at a house in a nearby town destroyed their bomb—making materials. 1a people died and dozens more were injured in the a

lewis and his comic genius. again, it goes bar none his contribution. just expansive. it's such a loss. >> yeah, yeah. >> certainly is. we'll never see that kind of thing again. >> certainly sounds like he made an impact you on, he's from newark, new jersey, you're from queens. that was a big part of it. >> when i was a kid we had the jerry lewis special, i used to slick my hair back like he did with brill cream. he was a big influence, comic timing, ability to mine, to orchestrate -- >> robert, thank you so much for coming on. we do appreciate it. and we'll keep in touch. thank you so much. >>> all right, right now as we move on, the search for a suspect in the spain terror attacks ramping up as we learn the terrorists may have had a much bigger plan in mind. an update on that investigation is coming up, and something you don't see every day, a total solar eclipse in the united states, and business for this is booming in states in the direct path of what's going to be a stunning sight tomorrow. stay tuned. >> t

you're not going to burlesque to see the comic.ing to see the boobs. ♪ >> "the dean martin celebrity roast" coming to you from the mgm grand hotel. >> dean, i'd like you to know that i canceled a proctologist appointment to be here tonight. and i think i made a mistake. >> so in the late '60s and 1970s they would te televise friars club roasts, but they were sanitized versions of what you would actually see at the friars club. >> there's a lot of reasons why we should honor this man tonight. first of all he's italian, i love italian people. never forget -- who said to me in brooklyn on a saturday night -- huh! >> the televised roasts that dean martin did were always so funny and fun to see. but something about the private friars club, behind closed doors stag roasts, the fact they were these huge stars like jack benny and milton berle, the public had only heard on tv or on the radio be squeaky clean, suddenly you got to see another side of it. >> i've known don for eight years. and like most performers, don has thousands of acquain

so mark miller is -- he's a towering figure in comics.ost prolific creator really of the last 10, 15 years. and so i think again if you look at where does this creative content come from, it comes from those kinds of studios i think locking that down and having access to this -- and it's edgy stuff. there is a nice fit with netflix's strategy i think it was -- >> a narrow audience and can you still actually leverage that >> the same way when disney took o out pixar. this is the same strategy. >> does this mean we'll see more acquisitions from netflix? >> this is the first one in 20 years. >> which is hard to believe. >> it is hard to believe, yeah i suspect we're going to see more they're cutting more deals with cable companies is a concession that netflix is now a force to be reckoned with they have 100 million subs we know half of those are international. this is the first global tv network and as julia said, they're spending $6 billion this year that's more than double what amazon is and far more than anyone else. so i think is just an

. >> comic-con but for politics. >> reporter: like a comic book convention but dragging political juchkies of every hue out of their basements. >> you wanted to star with iran and russia. that's insane! >> reporter: the daily drama in d.c. means there are more of those junkies than ever. interest is high. passions are hot. >> i'll take the question. >> reporter: anthony scaramucci, the president's brand new communications director here in spirit, was supposed to be here in person. pulled out friday morning. today the mooch, as he's known, resigned after taking office just 11 days ago, july 21st. >> i love the president. i obviously love the country. >> reporter: beleaguered spokesman sean spicer then resigned in protest and scaramucci, a swaggering multimillionaire wall street veteran, made the sunday show rounds. >> we're as strong as our weakest leak. >> what's going on right now is a high level of unprofessionalism. >> reporter: next day, monday july 24th, his wife gives birth to their second son. scaramucci is not present. then wednesday july 26th scaramucci calls a "new yorker" report

we say good-bye to the comic legend. >> do you feel the pressure?h other in the hot seat. >> do you feel the pressure. >> i feel the heat. >> "the insider" tracking

these comics, that's all they had to do, play golf, gambling and that sort of thing. money left. if you were asked, and sadly i'm sure you will be in the coming days and weeks, what would be your fondest coming days and weeks, what would be yourfondest memories of coming days and weeks, what would be your fondest memories of working with him. fondest memory of dancing with him. fondest memory of dancing with him, never imagined i would end up with him, never imagined i would end up dancing with a comic, really? we did a show together where we did this fred astaire routine, it was absolutely hilarious. he thought i might bea absolutely hilarious. he thought i might be a better, i'm sure, but he didn't let on too much, he was a gentleman. that was the only time in my career where halfway through i had to mentally stop, freeze frame, and thought, what are you doing, dancing with bruce forsyth? what is going on? i still don't know the answer. it is lovely you have mentioned that because we have been running some footage from that very moment over the course of the last ho

her video claims to show everyday situations here in a comic life -- light.this one, she plays a bride who is literally being measured up by her future mother-in-law, like a cow at market. her hair and eyes are checked for quality. the role of the mother-in-law has to be played by a male colleague. she is the only woman in gaza involved in making the skits, which always end with a small feminist rebellion. here, while the firmness of her butt is being measured, the bride-to-be fights back. >> listen up. i don't want to get married. get lost, mother-in-law, and take your son with you. go! get lost! reporter: she shows us that a woman can have a strong personality, and needs to defend herself. the other family is more skeptical. -- other fan is more skeptical. >> i do not think we can change society and suddenly leave the house without a scarf. reporter: the actress had an experience similar to the one shown in the skit. during a break in filming, the woman, who studied law, tells us the details. the man in question was a distant relative of her mother. he prop

he could sing, he could dance, fabulous pianist, a comic — everything.uce forsyth. this could save the whole show. just do as i do. be like the generation game, all right? you're never quite prepared for the end, are you? of course, he was such a remarkable, iconic figure. none more remarkable and iconic in all of television history in this country. that's the kind of man we're talking about. # now you're here, and now i know just where i'm going. # no more doubts or fears... sir bruce forsyth — he first appeared on the bbc in august 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # in other words, i love you. # fly me to the moon!# sir bruce forsyth, who has died today at the age of 89. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we have a special report from the iraqi city of mosul, where the university has just reopened after three years of occupation by so—called islamic state. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relations

the comic genius, movie star, and bumbling sidekick. >> class dismissed. >> he was also a titan of telethons, raising billions for charity. >>> trouble in trump country. after the president's mixed messages on charlottesville, and one of his worst weeks yet, a new poll shows him losing support in three key states that gave him the white house. >>> and, jackpot hacker. with lottery fever in the air, tonight, meet the computer programmer about to be sentenced for manipulating lotteries in five states, earning millions. tonight, how he rigged the numbers. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin tonight with the clock ticking down on the eve of this historic cosmic event. the moon completely blocking the sun, turning day tonight. a sight no one has seen in america in nearly 40 years. anticipation growing as millions get ready. what you need to know to stay safe. the path cutting across america from the northwest to the southeast. abc news correspondents are standing by along the way, including matt gutman, starting us off tonight in oregon. >> reporte

he could sing, he could dance, fabulous pianist, a comic — everything. you think, first of all, bruce forsyth. this could save the whole show. just do as i do. be like the generation game, all right? you're never quite prepared for the end, are you? of course, he was such a remarkable, iconic figure. none more remarkable and iconic in all of television history in this country. that's the kind of man we're talking about. # now you're here, and now i know just where i'm going. # no more doubts or fears... sir bruce forsyth — he first appeared on the bbc in august 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # in other words, i love you. # fly me to the moon!# —— sir bruce forsyth who has died at the age of 89. the bbc director general tony hall said that sir bruce had invented and then re—invented saturday night entertainment. our media editor amol rajan looks at how he managed to keep pace with the changing times, adapting to the evolving television landscape, to become one of the giants of light entertainment. the nation t

robin williams, was, you know, he was a mentor to lots of comics.enetic excitement and energy. he was the tazmanian devil of stand-up comedy. and people went out in clubs because they thought they might see robin, and they saw the rest of us and liked that too when he was the draw. >> i tried to interview him one time and i just gave up. >> yeah. yeah. >> there is no interview, there was no interviewing robin williams. >> he had a little of the raccoon in him. you know, in earlier years, you may have found him floating in your pool in your jacuzzi, if you didn't have the right finsin fencing. >> on that note, the book is called "the totally unscientific search for human happiness" by paula poundstone. >> i got carl reiner. >> you got -- >> dick van dyke. >> and you got lily tomlin. >> lily tomlin. good to have you on, paula. ♪ >>> cheech marin is known, best known as one half of the comedy duo, cheech & chong. he is out finally with a new memoir, entitled "cheech is not my real name, but don't call me chong." good to see you, my friend. >> always go

he could sing, he could dance, fabulous pianist, a comic — everything.bruce forsyth. this could save the whole show. just do as i do. be like the generation game, all right? you're never quite prepared for the end, are you? of course, he was such a remarkable, iconic figure. none more remarkable and iconic in all of television history in this country. that's the kind of man we're talking about. # now you're here, and now i know just where i'm going. # no more doubts or fears... sir bruce forsyth — he first appeared on the bbc in august 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # in other words, i love you. # fly me to the moon!# more than 460 people are now confirmed to have died in the landslide and flooding that hit sierra leone's capital, freetown, according to the red cross. around 600 are still missing. the bbc‘s martin patience reports from freetown. the lush green hills of freetown dominate the city. but they can be deadly when it rains. volunteer rescue teams are sifting through debris. we took away two dead bod

he could sing, he could dance, fabulous pianist, a comic — everything.his could save the whole show. just do as i do. be like the generation game, all right? you're never quite prepared for the end, are you? of course, he was such a remarkable, iconic figure. none more remarkable and iconic in all of television history in this country. that's the kind of man we're talking about. # now you're here, and now i know just where i'm going. # no more doubts or fears... sir bruce forsyth — he first appeared on the bbc in august 1939. 70 years later, he was still there — still the king of saturday night. # in other words, i love you. # fly me to the moon!# sir bruce forsyth who has died at the age of 89. they're some of britain's most successful black musicians, actors, sports stars, politicians. and now their pictures will be put on display at the national portrait gallery in london to celebrate black britain. chi chi izundu reports. 37 faces of the most influential names in the black british community. for the first time, a collection will feature in a major ne