the other eight said it was corny, that it was heavy, that judy garland was no good, and so forth.k, who put the rainbow on the wizard of oz?, by harold meyerson and ernie harburg. but it persisted, you know? and then, in 1956, when television first started saturating the nation-- >> more than 20 years later. >> more than 20 years later. i don't think they even had their money back from the show, see? mgm sold the film rights to cbs, who then put it on. and it hit the top of the--it broke out every single record there was, and it's been playing every year since then. and, of course, it went around the world, and it's become a major artwork, which is, i must say, an american artwork, because the story, the plot with the three characters, the brain, the heart, the courage, and finding a home is a universal story for everybody. and that's an american kind of a story, alright? and yip and harold put these things into song. >> who did the munchkins represent? >> ♪ we represent the lollipop guild the lollipop guild, the lollipop guild. and in the name of the lollipop lollipop guild. ♪ >>

him live and i was blown away i couldn't believe how great he was alan king started opening for judy garland at the palace and right he was a master he was angry and he did great bits about airplanes and insurance i know and he sucked it to the socket that he was and he was a man of the people but i saw him in in chicago maybe fifteen years ago or so you know so not early on he was fall it was amazing you have obama on stage than i have ever bob on stage i think a more appropriate question would be how many times have you bombed on stage and i would guess the thousand what are the what's it like to bomb on stays there's true feelings if you care if you don't care meaning i don't care i'll bomb i'll throw it to the wind when i go up there i'm happy to but i'm not happy to bomb but i'm fine with it if it always chooses now there are nights where i'm not funny that hurts so if you ask me if i'm never not ever not funny that kills that's a deep pain after it's over but there are nights where i am so funny and so on and the audience just nothing as of yet and i say it's their fault you are one of

. >> actually a 50th anniversary rep mix cal of judy garland's shoes.e a very limited edition from her mold and it has the exact label, an exact replica of what dorothy wears. >> has her name in there. >> exactly. i made by the people who made the originals. so these are rare. the onlies are worth millions of dollars. these are 12,000 to 15,000. >> let's move on. >> this is charlton heston's helmet and other material that he wears in the chariot scene in ben-hur. the gauntlet and the sandals. >> i'm somewhere in between dorothy and charlton heston with my shoe size. >> who can participate? people are watching at home. >> anybody can participate. all you need to do is contact my company, go to our web site as bonam's.com/tcm, and all of the information about registering will be there. you just need to contact our company and register for the auction, and then you -- if you want to come in person, you can. if you want to bid on theber net, you can. >> we have a few more items. >> this is a yearbook -- the only'll yearbook in which norma jean baker appears

everything from broadway, judy garland and blues-y stuff, chuck berry. yeah.istmas songs. >> it was and it wasn't. i've been making this cd in my head for years. we wanted to have an eclectic. i hate when you buy an album and they all sound the same. >> you have a christmas special coming up. >> i just finished taping. it was fun being pregnant and sick. is and matt lauer is a guest. >> yeah. >> how did he do? >> he's so great. he's the turning point of my christmas special. >> we have a lot more to hear from you. you're going to sing in a few minutes. >> yeah. >> if you need to take a break. >> i'll be fine. >> all right. we'll head over to the orange room. >> this portion of td is brought to you by american express founding partner. this saturday is small business saturday. get out and shop small. >> thanks a lot, savannah. small business saturday is this weekend in support of local small businesses. good morning. >> good morning. you've been doing this a while. i love this. i think it's a fantastic way to support small business. >> we're shopping anyhow, wh