so then, my first guest was howard cosell. d had a variety show called "saturday night live" before "saturday night live." with howard cosell. right in this theater. they tried to turn him into ed sullivan. they have these variety acts and so on. he was sitting right where you're sitting when i walked in for my first network appearance. howard is sitting there. i remember, eating a bagel and he had napkins coming out of his shirt. and roone arledge, who was a legend, is trying to tell him about the feed they're going to do from san diego with shamu the killer whale. howard is screaming "how the hell am i going to interview a whale?" [laughter] roone, the only thing we have in common is we both like herring. what the hell is going on here? oh, hello. we get to know each other. >> stephen: he was on carson. >> billy: i get a frantic call from "the tonight show." howard doesn't want to do a preinterview. he won't do a preinterview. so would you call him? so i call him. howard. "hello, kid. how are you doing? i'm good. i'm going to

back in the '70s, he was on with al michaels and howard -- yeah, al michaels and howard cosell. cosell says, you are awfully truculant tonight. you probably don't know what that means. >> i mean, brilliance. absolute brilliance. bob costas, to fun to have you here and share your memories. >> thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> i mean, that's brilliant right there. >> we showed that one statue in milwaukee. bob uecker actually has two statues in that stadium. that's how much he meant to the brewers and the game of baseball as well. let's not forget "mr. belvidere" either. >> strong winds down through texas. right now winds calm as you make your way into the southern part of california. it is mild in the midwest. a big, big temperature drop is coming. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> get the weend started ek right. best time of the morning. >> i was in college when "major league" came out. that's how i knew bob uecker, from the funny lines in that. just a bit outside. this guy threw to his own son in the father-son gam

were the lite beer from miller commercials and the national games he did with al michaels on and howard cosell in the 70s on abc, and with me and joe morgan in the 90s on nbc. but a lot of fans outside milwaukee might have kind of lost track of him in recent years, because it had just been the games that he did on the radio, but that was really where his heart was, even though he was a national figure, his heart was with baseball and with his hometown of milwaukee. and that authenticity really endeared him to the local fans. >> that's so beautiful. i remember going to baseball games with my dad and people still listen with the radio headsets. they like to hear the announcers. they're watching the live game like people like you were talking about it. what was your favorite moment? if you can remember, of all the ones you've had, your favorite moment or one of them? >> well, well, one that i was involved in game six of the 1995 world series on nbc. cleveland at atlanta. and to my right is joe morgan, a first ballot hall of famer, two time mvp, member of one of the great teams in baseball history