[laughs] fred astaire. i asked fred astaire to dance. it's incredible courage. and what happened then? i don't think it takes a lot of courage. it just takes chutzpah. i--he turned me down. but the good thing was that shortly thereafter, the president, who was lyndon baines johnson at the time, did ask me to dance. and what kind of a dancer was l.b.j.? he was a terrific dancer. you mentioned that you had to fight down the temptation to share your views on the vietnam war. you bet. i was marching against the war and playing in a wonderful play called, oh, what a lovely war-- very anti-war sentiment-- at arena stage at the time. l.b.j. was pariah to those of us who were against the war, and there i was dancing with him. and i thought, "now's my chance to tell him." and then i thought, "it's not the time." this poor man needs a little relaxation. besides, he fox-trots very well. [laughing] if he'd been a poor dancer, you would have let him know your view? [laughs] you bet. i-i was-- on the other topic of courage, another early example in your career came in a scene

energy and there is a tribute to fred astair skpe. gene kelly. and this is in 3 d. good 3 d. want to give this a shot. meet i give it three quarters of a bucket. we'll see you on the aisle. >> looks like fun it does. >> makes you want to dance. >> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> stay connected 24-7 at abc 7 news.com. >> from all of us here, have a good night. see you back here at 9:00 and 11:00. for constipation relief... nothing works better than miralax. it's the one. the one recommended by more doctors. only miralax is clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. miralax is the only one. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. this is the "jeopardy!" teen tournament. please welcome today's contestants-- a senior from pittsbur, pennsylvania... a sophomore from mclean, virginia... and a freshman from st. petersburg, florida... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ex trebek! thanks, johnny. hey, everyone.

there is some fred astaire type dancing, as well. it's just mesmerizing and also to see it in 3-d makes it extra special. it's directed by bay area and ative john chu. it opens friday. lastly. to quick telling but tank of gas road trip. tonight is the first one. every week i venture on a road trip with a different bay area radio personality. look at this. we head to pesca dura. our cameraman chris bellini got nibbled on by the goats but each and every road trip is a lot of fun. we go to pescadero and we see how far we can go on a tank of gas. >> when i was a kid a tank of gas was like 6 bucks. now it's like $100 or something? no. how much of a tank of gas -- >> you're putting me on the spot. i didn't drive the vehicle which is why i had the radio guys. i was the co-pilot. >> which is the best place to be. >> absolutely. >> you get to enjoy the sights and you don't have to know where you're going. >> they are great road trips and we do this every thursday night for the next three weeks on "eye on the bay." the full list of everything