bee: what about fred mason? works nights, can't make practice-- and with that concert coming up we need plenty of practice. we sure do that. how about rick jackson? maybe he's a tenor now that he's had his tonsils and... no. no? he's got that foghorn voice even with his passages cleared out. ordinarily, it wouldn't be so bad. we could get by but the judges of the state contest will be there. andy: that's right. 't even be considered for the finals at roanoke. bee: after us working so hard all year. yeah, it's tough, all right. as my old voice teacher used to say a choir without its tenor is like a star without its glimmer. you know who used to say that? my old voice teacher. that's the teacher i had when i studied voice. barney, you have a trained voice? i didn't know you studied singing. oh, well, just a little. uh, john... this could solve everything. what part did you sing? oh, first tenor. oh, tenor. john... well, barney, how about you joining the choir? me? with all your training you're just what we've been

mason says, "hello." well, that didn't put me very much at ease. now, fred de cordova, he was there. do you remember fred? >> yes, i do. >> and pamela mason was then very young, and very sexy, and she was rubbing herself with nivea cream. [ laughter ] i don't know why i remember these details but-- [ laughter ] but she's rubbing herself with nivea cream, and freddie's watching her, and i'm watching her, and mason's watching his evangelists. now, i don't know what to say-- i'm uncomfortable in this home. so i look at the ceiling... and finally in the corner a little old lady in a rocking chair like "whistler's mother" and i-- it scared me and i said, "who's that?!" and mason says, "that's my mother." and i said, "do you like her?" [ laughter ] and he said, "no, not really." [ laughter ] >> which is something to say. >> that's my de cordova story. >> let me ask you, all the people you had controversy with-- >> contro-- yeah, i did have-- >> yeah, i did a lot of trouble, didn't i? >> yeah, you always seemed to be in a-- you know, watching you, you know what was fascinating about watchin