cousteau was inspirational. he taught us that the oceans are alive. that was the biggest gift of all that he could ever give to humanity as a single human being. alling: i grew up by the sea, and i sailed as a very young girl, would go out on a small, 12-foot boat and just loved being in the middle of the ocean. narrator: after spending over a decade at sea studying whales, dolphins, and marine life of all kinds, at age 26, gaie alling was invited to take part in a unique experiment. together with her partner, 25-year-old engineer mark van thillo, and a small team of experts, gaie lived for two years inside biosphere 2, a scientific working model of the earth's biosphere. alling: biosphere 2 was a manmade, contained, closed system that was trying to re-create the global ecology of earth's systems. so this manmade world had all the living components necessary to be another biosphere. it was extremely complex, very biodiverse. nothing could go in and out of this system from our earth's biosphere except information, so it was materially sealed off as a l

welcome thank you commander cousteau you really are.can absolutely populate the ocean. i am sure that in the near future there will be a new species of hobacticus capable of living underwater in water, a special device will constantly saturate the blood with oxygen. and these artificial gills will allow man to rediscover the watery cradle. i believe that thanks to science , there will be no barriers for people. cape town south africa march 1968 what the hell are they doing there to catch seals to study? forgive me, commander, but i don’t quite understand, everything is very simple, we were delayed, so we’ll go to the shores of south america across the atlantic along with the seals. yes, and what to do with them to make a film about cats, yes, a beautiful story about friendship between wild animals and the whole team at sea. let's open the cells. let's try to tame them, come up with all sorts of interesting stories. i'll give you a couple of ideas right away and i'm counting on your help. you do not mind, you need to give them names. yes

looked it up, you've claimed that charlton heston was your biological father. [ laughter ] and john cousteau eli and his brother. they father, archie, was the one. he got two sons that won super bowl rings. i call him not even archie manning, i call him super sperm. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm sure he'd appreciate the nickname. >> super sperm. >> jimmy: i saw a picture of you with the mayor, eric adams. he was giving you -- what was he presenting you with there. >> that right there -- i got it may 24th, the rest of my life, in new york city is tracy morgan day. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: tracy morgan day proclaimed by new york. >> eric is my man. everybody else call him the mayor. i call him the head [ bleep ] in charge. [ laughter ] he call me every now and then to help him, he wanted me to help him out with the city. i help him out with little things in the city. like placement of hot dog vendors. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, where do you like them placed? >> wherever i can get to them. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: convenient for you? >> near gyro carts. i like them by the garden. helping