mr. smiley. i love it. somebody said it backstage. they said, "well, we're almost ready for mr. smiley." tavis: there's only one person on this whole set that does that. that's karen. karen's the only one. >> karen? yeah, i just spoke to you. tavis: i get called many other things around here, but only karen calls me mr. smiley. >> you know, i don't know. i want to be with my people. that's what i want to be with. i mean, obviously, i've done a lot of things. i never thought i'd do them. i barely got out of high school and i look back at my life often and go, "wow, this was awesome!" but i don't know. you have to carry it forward, so i don't know what i'm gonna do with that. tavis: how often do you get a chance to interact with the kids who actually read your books? >> you know, that's the reason... tavis: you got a nice app, by the way, too. >> they did an amazing app of one of my books, my balloon book which is called "where do balloons go? an uplifting mystery" about loss and letting go and creativity. a company came to me and said, "we'd like to make an app of your book" and i

smiley. this looks like what they put on a guy what's givin a necktie party. now tell me the rap on these bentley's. attempted murder, mrs bentley and her husband tried to kill her father and collect his insurance. one of them things eh? um hum they pushed him in front of a subway train. but they bungled it the fools the old man is alive but somewhat mangled. the entire country is shocked by the ugliness of it. some how they fail to see any beauty in it. what chance they got? judge parker-- none or they wouldn't have spent all that money. trying to square things before coming up for trial. did they try to get to judge parker? oh no no they wouldn't do that. they know its impossible to fix judge parker, but eddie kagle now. hey who spreading the dough. a man known as big harry. well what's his last name, i can't look up no big harry. i wanna call him up and have him come here quick before the trail. no he's too smart for that. well what'll i do. well you just dial spring 7 42 42. i'll guide you a little telepathic transmission. always showing off with those big words. i used to dish out plenty of dough myself when i put i

mrs. lincoln in the movie shows she lost two of her four kids and won't let robert go to war. about the time if yorktown shield smiley allow us to allow her oldest son to be in a to camp so he can help george with correspondence. he goes and contracts fever and dies. he leaves behind for young children. georgia tops the youngest two so george is then adoptive father and they never children. >> there's an interesting article in "the new york times" last week about the mistresses daughter who is a writer and at his funeral to mr. send the wife were next to each other, one arm around the other and it was an interesting comment on how the french treat these relations. >> on the book i talk about is this unique to america, that the public is fascinated with the scandal? i think there are reasons to be angry at bill clinton reasons to not be angry at bill clinton over the monica lewinsky thing but at one level you could say the economy was moving and we were at peace and things were happening and we are angry because the president received essential favors from a young woman. here's a newsflash. well, read the book. wherea