and i said, "ok," and hung up, called my mother and said, "i think mike nichols just invited me "to comee said, "i told you." and so i went back, and... ..there is no greater experience than having someone like mike... ..sit and listen, because he would say... in the theatre for rehearsal, he would say, i'd be onstage and i'd be doing it, and you'd hear... deep sigh and i'd say, "are you 0k?" he said, "yes, i'm fine. "is there an end to this story or are you just talking?" and i said, "well, no, there is an end." he said, "good, because i heard it about seven minutes ago... "..and you're not listening to yourself." and i thought, "oh, this is an adult, 0k. "no more fooling around, this is what it is. "this is how you do it." so he helped refine the show... and me! ..and to hone it. and also, just to be clear, what you were doing with the show, cos it's a series of characters... yes. you have thejunkie burglar, you have a sort of valley girl surfer. there's a jamaican guy and there's a woman with a disability. there's all these different people. and they were monologues, and you were goin

"i mean, my god, it's mike nichols.ather than come and see my show." what would have happened then if he hadn't come? would it have still happened? who knows? but luck had it that he came. i mean, your comedy has been controversial over the years, hasn't it? do you look back at any of it... apparently! do you regret any of the sketches, the routines? not one thing, no. any of the gags? well, because i'm not a gag person. right. but the things that i've done, there've been a reason. you know, there was a reason. i wanted to show thatjust because someone visually looks different or physically looks different doesn't mean they're not entitled to the same loves, the same heartbreak, the same everything as the rest of us. and all of my work, all of my work has been aboutjust think about this. it may not be your experience, butjust think about it cos you may find somebody whose experience it becomes. your stage show in new york, which ran in 1984 and 1985, won a grammy award for best comedy album — the recording of the show.

she said, "i think mike nichols is going to be in the audience."k me out at all, but she was very excited and i was happy. and i did my show and... ..i went to change my clothes and there was a knock, and i opened the door and my mother went... she gasps and i went, "hi." and he said, "hello, miss goldberg, "i'm mike nichols." and i was like, "hi! "hello." and he said, "i have to tell you that i've been weeping "because the story you did about fontaine," who was the first character that you meet, he's a junkie. she laughs. rosanna cu—tay! looking good, my name is fontaine. and love is my game. and when i kiss the girls, hey, they all aflame. come on, let me kiss your hand. no, the one with the diamonds on it. laughter and he ends up going across to europe and ends up in amsterdam, at the anne frank house. and i ran to the door, but i got stopped by a big sign...that said, "in spite of everything, i still believe "people are good at heart." i say, "what? !" i mean, who put this up? why would they put it in this room, huh? i just couldn't understand

amy: former vice president mike pence wednesday at the republican debate in milwaukee, wisconsin. we go now to madison, wisconsin, where we are joined by john nicholstion's national affairs correspondent. his latest piece is "the party of the big lie, and the even bigger lie." you were in milwaukee last night, john. talk about the significance of this first republican primary debate without the absolute front-runner, so far ahead, leaves everyone behind him, but then what took place as people clearly did not take trump on when asked the key question, if convicted, would you support him? six of the eight candidates did. lay out the scene for us. >> it defined by donald trump. i think what happened last night was further evidence that the republican party has become the party of trump. you have eight people on stage who all would like to be the republican nominee, but in many senses, this was a gathering of the people who are almost certain not to be the republican nominee. the polls in favor of trump are overwhelming. he leads the next closest candidate ron desantis by the better part of 40 points and the others are generally in single digits. what