his was put on display at the smithsonian, next to judy garland's rudy red slippers. >> hey, fab, yoursmithsonian. i was looking for my boom box. >> was there a certain swagger you had to have to look cool? >> it was determined by musculature -- >> so i couldn't carry one off? >> well, you wouldn't want one too big or too heavy, but -- if you wanted one, you can lug it around. >> madonna dusted one off in a recent video. and come to think of it, lady ga gaga. ♪ in fact, 20 years after boom boxes began disappearing, suddenly they're everywhere again. there's one in this evian commercial complete with break dancing babies. boom boxes are making a comeback. could it be because they bring back some good memories? lyle thinks so. he's writing a book about them. >> i think with the turmoil in the world, people are looking back to a touch stone in their memory, hey, a boom box put a smile on my face back in the mid or late '80's i'll get one to make my summer worthwhile. >> he's building up his collection. boom boxes that cost a hundred dollars a few decades ago run up to a thousand dollars.

. >> wizard of oz was such an exciting thing not just the 1939 movie with judy garland but a series ofs and created the series in 1900 writing it on scraps of paper for his kids. before that he was manufacturer of axle grease true story now he created this wizard of oz that captured imagination then a had hit broadway play in 190 # 2 and from there we have a series of books, that have maintained the america's imagination and this room is just a small dedication to one man's vision. >> reporter: we said it was like the harry potter of its day. >> it was exactly that. harry potter wizard of oz both feature orphans and take people into a new land where they are transformed by a imaginary journey beautiful stories. both very much of their country britain and american. >> reporter: why do you think the story captivates us because we have had the wiz with michael jackson and diana ross and wicked a few years ago broadway play and the book as well. what is it about the story. >> well, it's hard to opinion point the things. i think a lot of it has to do with the youthful character that goes an

judy garland's real name? thing in the act was when it changed from tom and jerry to simon & garfunkel. it's just -- no, we're just -- we're ourselves. and it was a big statement in the '60s it was sort of non-showbiz. >> yeah. i mean, it was not actually our decision, but a record company's decision, a man named goddard lieberson said, "keep your real names," because -- we were just thrilled to be signed with columbia records. it didn't matter what they were gonna call us. >> jimmy: call us whatever. >> the funny thing is that your names are actually tom and jerry. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's interesting. and then i was gonna -- this is interesting. it is good trivia. steve, i was going to ask you, like, when you do all of the different things, like you do a play or you do a book or an album, do you ever think, like, "this is like a departure" or does -- >> no, i never think that. no, i just think, this is what i am interested in right now, and i have been playing the banjo for all of my life. and i thought

his was actually put on display at the smithsonian after judy garland's ruby red slippers. >> hey fabur box is on display at the smithsonian. i was looking for my box. >> reporter: so there was a certain swagger you had to have while carrying your boombox in order to look cool? >> the swagger was determined by your muscular ability. >> i guy like me wouldn't be able to pull it off? >> it depends. you probably wouldn't want to get one too heavy. just switch it arm to arm, 20 minutes over here, 20 minutes over there. >> reporter: maybe lugging her radio around is how madonna got all her muscles. she dusted off the box in a recent video. come to think of it, so did lady gaga. in fact, 20 years after boomboxes began disappearing, suddenly they're everywhere again. there's even one in this new evian commercial complete with break dancing babies. boombaches are making a come back. could it be because they bring back such good memories? lyle thinks so. he's so caught up in the nostalgia, he's writing a book about them. >> i think with all the turmoil in the world, people are looking back to

it takes place like the shows from he the 1930s with mickey and judy garland. >> lots of singing anddancing and a lot of comedy too. >> romantic music. >> it's a combination because it's all of the music combined into one show. >> who is the targeted audience. is this a show that everybody would like. >> it's family target, but the people that appreciate it the most are the people that remember the songs from the 30s and 40s. >> songs that last forever, though. >> yes. >> and the sounds of tap dancing are fun to listen to as well? n yes. >> w. >> we have performers who are going to give us a taste of what we will be seeing and hearing. we will let them take it a way. >> great. we will back up for you. snot thsnot♪ ♪ the way you wear hur hat ♪ the way you zip your cheeks ♪ the memory of that ♪, no ♪ they can isn't take that away from me ♪ ♪ the way your smile ♪ the way you sing off beat ♪ the way you haunt my dreams ♪ no, no ♪ they can't take that away from me ♪ ♪ we may never, never meet again ♪ still i always, always keep the memory of ♪ ♪ the way you hold your knife ♪ the way we da

look at marilyn monroe, judy garland and now the biggest star ever. what are they doing about this? what can they do? >> carlos, i'll go to you as our -- i mean, how big is the problem? and our caller is zoning in on hollywood. let's start there. it is a nationwide problem, but what about hollywood? >> it's huge in hollywood, because stars -- i mean, because doctors are human beings and they get star-struck. when a star comes to a doctor and says, i need this script, i need this prescription, the doctor is until recently going to say yes because there hasn't been any repercussions. we saw with anna nicole smith, with heath ledger, now with michael jackson, and that's why i'm hoping this investigation is far-reaching. because we need doctors in hollywood, and around the country, who are prescribing these drugs to these celebrities, to take a second and say, wait a minute, i don't want to get in trouble if something bad happens. >> when we come back, we'll talk to cooper lawrence about this, the author of "cult of celebrities." not only the celebrities themselves, but the star-struck

we've got the dow boysed to put in its best july since judy garland came in singing over the rainbowack in 1939. nasdaq futures are flat, s&p futures are absolutely flat. we've got gdp data out at 8:30 new york time. that is expected to show that the second quarter economy shrank at around 2%, compared to a slide of 5.5% in the first quarter. it would be a big improvement. some are expecting if we take a look at the ten-year here, some are expecting we might see a one-year decline. we've got the ten year at 3.62%. becky, one of the things that helped was that we had a good seven-year auction yesterday with lots of foreign participation. this morning, of course, we're getting data out of europe there on inflation and unemployment. has that affected the markets at all? >> let's take a check. so these cries for protectionism and defense thereof seem to be gathering speed.. let's take a check on those european bourses, though. we are seeing some declines. let's call it unchanged, really, for the ftse, the cac and the smi. the dax at this stage is the market that seems to be moving lower