i've seen jimi hendrix. >> have you? >> i've seen janis joplin.i've seen jason robars on "moon for the misbegotten" on broadway considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life! it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of like robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, quite a lot of businesses aren't spoken but governed by the yakuza. >> yakuza, that's the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally, your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafes, for instance, where a lonely, overwor

the girl said she was janis joplin and she introduced me to jimi hendrix. he said are you jewish?e said you should be a manager. i said who should i manage? >> alice cooper. >> she is a protector. he keeps the wolf from the door. >> if someone asked me who invented the celebrity chef? shep gordon. >> he wrote the book. >> get the money, always remember to get the money, never forget to always remember to get the money. >> that is something new and let's stick with it. >> we tried to do as many outrageous things as possible. everybody went wild. >> he navigated us through this rough passage. >> i was so over my head. there is nothing about fame that sells it. the ones who rose to the top got hurt the worst. i felt the stress of l.a. i had spent my life living other people's lives and it wanted to see what my life was. i never really developed a family. i am making up work. shep gordon is the nicest person i've ever met hands down. >> what is important is doing compassionate business. there are no winners and losers. it is only winners. >> they all end up in shep's kitchen. >> he te

she introduced me to the guys she was sitting with which was jimi hendrix."are you jewish?" and i said, "yeah." he says, "you should be a a manager." i said, "great, who should i manage? alice cooper. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. "supermensch." more with mike myers when we get back. >> woo. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ going to college is a big... commitment. so when you earn your bachelor's or master's degree... ...at devry university or its keller graduate school of management, we promise you... ...care and attention, an education that helps prepare you for a real career... ...and now, the devry university fixed tuition promise. lock-in your tuition rate through graduation. even if tuition increases year-to-year... ...your rate stays the same. that's our promise. and the kind of commitment, ...your commitment deserves, classes start july 7. learn more at devry.edu. it's out there, convincing you (vo) thatage. one donut hole couldn't possibly lead to another. (vo) average sets the treadmill on mosey.... or stroll... or loiter. (vo) ave

the girl said she was janis joplin and she introduced me to jimi hendrix. he said are you jewish? ,he said, you should be a manager. i said, who should i manage? >> alice cooper. [laughter] sch" and "shep"n are synonymous. >> if someone asked me who invented the celebrity chef? shep gordon. >> i spent my life making people famous. >> he is the quintessential manager. he wrote the book, and everybody else is reading from it. >> the two most important things a manager does, get the money, always member to get the money, never forget to always remember to get the money. >> that is something new and let's stick with it. >> we tried to do as many outrageous things as possible. everybody went wild. no matter what this was, you navigate through this rough passage. >> i was so over my head. there is nothing about fame that sells it. the ones who rose to the top got hurt the worst. i felt the stress of l.a. the culture of what you are, not who you are. i had spent my life living other people's lives and it wanted to see what my life was. i never really developed a family. growing up -- i a

she introduced me to the guy she was sitting with which was jimi hendrix.hould be a manager. i said great, no prob. who should i manage? alice cooper. >> seth: welcome back to "late night." we're joined now by mike meyers and shep gordon. welcome, shep, how are you? so mike was telling us he wanted to make this documentary for 15 years. you kept saying no. what changed your mind? what made you think you wanted to be the subject of a documentary? >> you know, i had one of those moments in life where you start -- as you get older you start to think maybe you're losing things. and i wasn't getting invited to celebrity golf tournaments. [ laughter ] so i called up mike and i said, "you know, i'm not getting invited to celebrity tournaments. do you think if i did the film i'd get invited?" he called his agent. his agent said absolutely covered. and i said, "well, maybe we'll do it." and mike started racing, i guess. and i ended up in the hospital two weeks later. and he called me up in the hospital. he said, "it's great we're doing it tonight." i was really medi

when i was 9, i discovered jimi hendrix with his afro and i heard the world slave descendant and i couldn't put it together because when my grandmother started telling me about slave, i thought she is losing it. it's impossible. and then i turned 15 and we smuggled the t.v., nigerian news and heard talk about nelson mandela and i was sitting in the living room with my parents watching the news and it's like a bomb was dropped on me because suddenly, those words that my father used to say to us make no sense to me anymore. if you are the same human family, how can we do this to one another? i was so anning re. >> you wrote -- i was so angry. >> the first track was, if they don't like us, we kill them. >> you said it was violent and that's violence. my father said, no. not under my roof. i always told you that violence will never have any place in this house. i understand how you feel, but you as an artist, you are the one that builds a bridge among people. you are the one who holds the key when every doors are closed for dialogue to become an option for everyone to sit at the same table and

jimi hendrix turned it on the head. marvin gaye injected a little soul.old medalist carl lewis... ♪ and the rocket's red glare >> reporter, well, he proved it's not for amateurs. >> sometimes you hear somebody start it and i'm like, "they started that a little high. let's see what happens when they get down to bar 42." >> reporter: 200 years after this battle led to these lyrics, it still all comes back to a flag. >> so those words and the question, "is it still there?" the answer is it's still here 200 years later. >> reporter: flag and song together forming the fabric of a nation's identity. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. illegal hosta-taking. ♪ homeowner draws the line, ortho deer b gon. safely keeps thieving deer and rabbits away from your plants. guaranteed. ortho deer b gon. get order. get ortho®. >>> j. lo and max? rumors are flying that these two are hooking up. but is it true? and if so, who is gonna lead that dance? >> i'm not on

jimi hendrix turned it on the head. marvin gaye injected a little soul.gold medalist carl lewis... ♪ and the rocket's red glare >> reporter, well, he proved it's not for amateurs. >> sometimes you hear somebody start it and i'm like, "they started that a little high. let's see what happens when they get down to bar 42." >> reporter: 200 years after this battle led to these lyrics, it still all comes back to a flag. >> so those words and the question, "is it still there?" the answer is it's still here 200 years later. >> reporter: flag and song together forming the fabric of a nation's identity. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york new york. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all everyone.. go- ahead -- use patents. and he's >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> a bold move by the ceo of tesla telling everyone go ahead, use our patents. he is promising he won't see. good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. the electric carmaker has hundreds of patents on batteries and other key feat

i painted my good good friend jimi hendrix, do you see him with the guitar? >> i do.ix, the beatles, the stones, they created the sound track for the '60s and max illustrated it. >> i've had up here everybody you can imagine, from mick jagger to the rolling stones. everybody you could imagine has been up here. >> how sit you connected with so many musicians? >> because woodstock became the magnet for art and culture. i hung out in the cafes in the late afternoon and evangelicals with all these amazing people. >> how do you see your place in history? >> i don't look at from that point of view very much. it's hard to sometimes think about things that sort of like pleas the ego, you know? but i know that i became popular i know that i always want to bring beautiful things to the planet. i hope it continues. >> we lope it continues for a long time. peter max, it's been a pleasure to meet you and spend time with you, thank you very much. >> nice to have you in my studio. >> 11:00 p.m. eastern, the little movie that could, beat a tom cruise blockbuster to become number 1 at

jimi hendrix, eating his guitar. the duke of windsor and his american wife. >> grossman: one of my favorite pictures. this is cassius clay, winner, after a knockout fight. >> safer: before he was muhammad ali. >> grossman: that was the celebration. there was a strawberry shortcake in front of him, and he was too tired and beat up to really appreciate it. >> safer: beautiful women became a specialty: jacqueline bisset. julie christie. mia farrow. meryl streep. you really hung out with the babes a lot, didn't you? >> grossman: oh, do you blame me? >> safer: many of the performers he photographed have gone on to that great red carpet in the sky: leonard bernstein, the conductor and composer, who gave us "west side story"; maria callas, in her farewell carnegie hall recital; another operatic superstar, luciano pavarotti, in a photo that could be a renaissance painting. and marilyn monroe, the night she sang "happy birthday" to jfk. >> grossman: wow. >> safer: george harrison and his aston martin. but he's best known for

she introduced me to the guy she was with, jimi hendrix. jimmy hendrix said are you jewish?? he said alice cooper. >> that is a scene from the documentary. where should we begin with mike myers. >> so happy to see a fellow red. my parents are from liverpool, england. my dad literally talked like the beatles. people would knock on the door just to hear him talk. and say it "it's been a hard day's night." i've been a life long liverpool fan. >> we had no idea. >> both my parents fought in world war ii. my mom was in the royal air force, my dad was in the royal engineers. when you see those movies with the covered map of england, my mom was one of those ladies. my dad was in the second wave of market garden. >> and they were in -- so they were living in liverpool when the war broke out? >> yes, and they enlisted, both lied about their age and fought for britain against fascism. these were things that we talked about at my dinner table, which was keeping fascism at bay. >> wow. >> john meacham and i were talking about 1940 -- >> world war ii people are the best generation hands

>> so, she showed up and we were at the electric lady studio, the jimi hendrix studio, and we were going. and so, she began to sing, and all of us were looking at each other with so much glee, because it -- i think she was even surprised by how well she actually could sing and how well it worked. >> speaking of hidden talent, i hear you're something of a bass aficionado. you're a former rock star? sort of kind of? >> i was in an '80s punk band called voice of reason in virginia beach. >> what was your instrument? >> a bass. >> you play a little bass in this. >> i play bass in this, yeah. >> okay, segue to another hidden talent. tell me about your unicycling skills, because i heard they were on display on a talk show in england recently. >> yes, that's me. >> that's not a stunt double? >> no, that's me. when i was a young person, i wanted to be a clown, and i came across a unicycle at a garage sale. >> i guess you really don't ever forget how to do it. you got right back on it. >> yeah, yeah. >> what if i told you i had a unicycle right here? just kidding, i don't. >> i'd say bring it on.