and very well known to have a torrid affair with emily dickinson's brother. stuff b but that seemed a little too gossipy. he had an interesting life but they had to have something at stake for the eclipse in the end he really didn't but i would have loved to include that whole story bin back about mark twain, you have a couple of mentions but city get interested? i know that i came in with haley's comment so can you tell us about that?. >> mark twain obviously was very prominent in 1878 unfortunately he was not in america at the time. he was in europe are really hoped he had been but he was back below that after that he cannot with a can netiquette yankee that has a key point and i don't know that eclipse the moreth important the story that he tells where his characters trying to escape by predicting it goes away 50 had an almanac that told him it would have been bin he was really inspired happened to christopher columbus end having trouble with the native inhabitants. columbus had an almanac that said if you don't help me with what i need to do i will turn t

called total eclipses of the sun later on. , she's very well known for having an affair with emily dickinson's older brother who was himself married. so there's this great gossipy stuff. but it seemed a little too gossipy. in the in, david todd was interesting to read an interesting life. but was see most important to me was my main characters had to have something at stake during the clips of 1878. in the end, he really didn't. i would've loved to have included that whole story in the book. >> about mark train, you have a couple mentions in there, but i wondered, did he more than these various quotes, did he get interested? in others a quote about i came in with haley's come can you tell us about that? >> mark twain and obviously he was very prominent back in 1878. unfortunately he was not in america at the time of the clips. he was in europe. i'd hope it seen it or commented on it. i think it was after the clips of 1870 that he came out with a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court. that is a key point total solar eclipse. i don't know if it inspired him at all. more importantly the story

loomis todd and she is best known today as he person that edited and published the poetry of emily dickinson and later wrote total eclipses of the sun and is well known for touring with the older brother and so there's all this great gossip but in the end david todd is an interesting guy but the most important to me is my main characters had the eclipse of 1878 and in the end really didn't. yes, one more question. you have a couple of mentioning this but i wonder did he get interested i know there is a quote about i came in with haley's comet. can you tell us about that? he was prominent second 1878 and unfortunately he wasn't in america at the time of the eclipse. i had hoped he had seen or commented on it but he came out with a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court. and i don't know whether it inspired him at all i think the story that he tells is where the character is trying to escape by predicting the sun is going to go away but he knew that because he had an almanac that told him that it was going to happen. columbus had an almanac that told him a solar eclipse was going to happen.

earnest massachusetts and she is known as the person who first edited and published the poetry of emily dickinsonand she wrote a book called total eclipses of the sun and is very well known. there's all this great stuff but it seemed a little too gossipy. what was most important to me is that my main characters have to have something during the eclipse of 1878 and in the end he really didn't but i would have loved to include that story in the book. >> you had a couple of mentions in there but i wondered did he get interested? i know the quote about i came in with healey's comments and expected. can you tell us about that? >> mark twain, yes obviously he was very prominent back in 1878. he unfortunately wasn't in america at the time of the eclipse committee was in europe today i hoped that he had seen it or commented on it. i think it was a little bit after that he came out with king arthur's court which had the key plot point between the solar eclipse and i don't know whether the eclipse of 1878 inspired him at all. i think more importantly the story he tells where his sister is trying to escape

you have like the spirit of emily dickinson following you around.u like her work but she's very dark and you should like release or something. but instead he was like, you know what? and i was like, what? and he was like, do you know gloria estefan? and i was like, not personally, i don't know her. and he was like, girl, you need to listen to "coming out of the dark" by gloria estefan. i was like, sold. i can't believe i paid $200 for this, but -- [ laughter ] every day, like every morning i'm literally like ♪ coming out of the dark ♪ >> jimmy: is it working for you? >> what do you think! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: is it like "conga" would that help me do you think? >> i think conga would help everybody. >> jimmy: oh, sure. wow. that's a weird thing to suggest. >> and can i just tell you the tie-in real quick? because if it had been anyone else, if he was like carly simon, i would have been like sure, i will because i love her as well. but this seemed magical because i had seen a psychic in 2008 by the way. who had been like you need to do a