then there are people like louie godshock who was the first american ever to perform on stage solo in paris ever and he did it at age 15. >>harlie: paris was the city of life and city of romance but it was a place that appreciated art more than most. >> and appreciated the theatre and opera more than most. sevel ofhese young americans right away saw that. that the performances that were happening on the stage wer so much better than what they saw ck home. not just because the actors were more talented but because the audience expected more in the way of performance and the actors felt they had to come up to what the audience's expectation. and to be sure, i must say as cooper remarked in something he said, through all the work they were doing, he said there was always the expectation of a little pleasure at the bottom of the cup. and when they found, for example, that wine as cheaper than milk, that the food was out of this world, that life after dark got mighty lively and engaging. they had a time like they never had before. >> charlie: so did they mostly stay for five years or ten y