and that would be everything from harry belafonte live at carnegie hall to machito and his afro cubans to tito puente, jibaro music from the folk traditions in puerto rico to, you know, jazz, brazilian music. i remember when he played something by sergio mendes and brazil '66, mas que nada. i go, "hey, pop, that sounds like spanish, but it isn't." and he said, "no, because it's portuguese." you know, that's what they speak in brazil. so he's giving me a little social studies lesson at the same time. >> hinojosa: so you said another word that i bet some people stopped for a second. you said jibaro music. so what is jibaro music? >> jibaro music is the music of the countryside, the mountain people from the island of puerto rico, the obreros, the workers, the farmers, et cetera. >> hinojosa: and what would, like, jibaro music sound like? >> well, it's very guitar oriented, very string oriented. we have a mandolin type of instrument in puerto rico known as the cuatro that has ten strings. and, of course, anybody that knows spanish, it's ten double strings. so people would go, "well, how co

shelly's thrown in you know this all had of celebrities right along with all the civil rights harry belafonte signed all these people side. i really honestly believe in my heart that we talk about celebrity justin bieber tweeted out in turn in general called. twenty six million people he had in the hope that the fact you won something those pop when it goes commercial well you guys talk about something that's obviously unjust and wrong then politicians have to move to call many of the greats as les greats interviewed him once said the greatest failure systematically in america is prison honest prison is a failure why do we think in new ways new ways to treat things the it goes back larry a big part of it too corporate control of our government i don't want to sound like spirity if there is i want to make it crystal clear i slept in the park i occupied i think that if you can legally bribe a politician then that points to a very flawed democracy and our democracy is deeply flawed because of the fact that we can by politicians. that's our reality you did a gave the book to the you kids yeah and

and i had always adored harry belafonte. we decided to do one duet called "the path of glory."y about it. i just touched his arm. the sponsor went crazy. my star doesn't touch a black man's arm. >> petula clark said, i'm not doing it over, and it is my show and it's going in that way. >> we weren't having any of that nonsense, no way. so it went out the way we wanted it to go out. i didn't really have any other problems with sponsors but that sort of gave me a taste of what could happen. ♪ ♪ a car that's moving fast and clean and strong ♪ ♪ get the leather seats you can't go wrong ♪ >> in the tv business, the '60s was probably about the last decade during which the sponsors had a really iron grip on content. >> brought to you by dash. >> even if they tried to keep tv this white homogenous whole milk product, the world found its way in. it just had to. >> what's the trouble, driver? >> can't you ever remember to bring a silencer? >> ruins the line of my suit. >> with "i spy," robert culp and bill cosby were equals. cosby is this pioneer in terms of a black male lead in a drama.

. >> i've dealt to diana ross, harry belafonte, sinatra. >> really? >> he was class. he was a gentleman. but those were the good days. but it's nice now, too. >> would you describe yourself as a degenerate gambler? >> i definitely have been. i'm trying to move past that. i have a 2-year-old at home. so i'm working on that phase. but i'll always have that gambling gear. there's no doubt about it. >> eric and erica lindgren are professional gamblers, poker players, to be precise. it's routine for them to sit down to a game with a bankroll of half a million dollars. tonight, slightly smaller stakes. >> hey, benny, how do you like my chances? >> good. good. >> that's a trained answer. >> instead of actual poker, we are set up with a dumbed down for the camera version of texas hold 'em. you play against the house. the odds, to say the least, are stacked against you. >> oh, here's a winner. here's a winner. two pair. he's cutting up over there. see how easy it is? you got this game down. >> uh-oh. those are famous last words. >> all right. let's

some would say infamous moment at the time on a television special, you were singing a duet with harry belafonted you touched him on the arm, and that caused a huge controversy. what was that like? >> oh, i tell you, the whole thing was a mystery to me. i couldn't understand what all the fuss was about, you know. i mean, i had been rehearsing with harry on this show for about three weeks, and we were having a great time together. we really liked each other. we loved this song. which meant something to us. and we were emotional about this song. and nothing was more natural for me than to just touch his arm, you know. oh, because it was at that moment in american history, the civil rights movement, the sponsor, the guy who was up there in the control room saw this, and he went oh, no! no, no, no. my star can't touch a black man's arm or something silly like that, you know. i didn't get it. and anyway, we did some other takes of it without me touching his arm, but we insisted on that tape going out because that was the one we wanted. >> i'm glad you did. and i'm glad that i can touch your arm witho

my name is harry belafonte. i'm an artist and i'm not a politician.with senator jack kennedy. i'm voting for the senator. how about you? >> folks, when you get to be as young as i am, you call it like you see it. that's why i'm supporting david jolly for congress. >> i've learned through football is that that strong leadership can be the difference between winning and losing. i encourage you to stand with a proven and respected leader thad cochran. >> mike is a principle authentic senator. >> chuck doesn't endorse. he tells america how it's going to be. >> chuck norris. here with us from washington is chief national correspondent for "the new york times" magazine and national treasurer mark leibovich. he writes this about celebrity endorsement in politics. the particular value of an individual endorsement has never been clear. many so-called keepers of the narrative have concluded that ted kennedy's support of barack obama signaled that it was okay for traditional liberals to vote against the clintons but did mike huckabee win the iowa caucuses in 200

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