. >> well, what is interesting is nederland, wha i found a the end is very significant about the netherlands for american histor. as tliyiffent tcto w s i twn the famous new in bus story of the puritans and the southern story of virginia, maryland, the chesapeake colonies. thmp a t teof those places ry morxcti of ryland, you had a belief in a single church, and you had enforcement of a single religion. haho ruling class over a largely protestant group. the majority was a virginia, new england, belonging to one single sech. peophoou n oou intte would have to flee. some would go to maryland. a few went to ryland, but a number of people fromew england came to new netherland with a found a much more to.sceben and mucore >> professor even haefeli, to you teach? >> i teach courses on colonial american history, the american revotion, native american history also verympnto ey ic expie whend also american religious history. >> out the research 300 year-old religious history? where did youtart th ts bo whe did y elourtit arha teoof done. very reliance on scholarships that have come before us which pro

professor, what is new in nederland? >> new netherland is what is often in the common known as new amsterdam but more than just the beginnings of new york, it was a big chunk of territory which technically ran from the hudson river down to the state of delaware and putting what is now pennsylvania and new jersey and most but all of new york. a cynic when was it found? when did the europeans found it? >> neverland began in the 16 20's as a colony founded by the dutch and lasted until the 16671664 it was conquered by the english. there was a series of war and the dutch recaptured the place. it became dutch for about a year in 1673, 74. then was returned by the treaty to the english. >> what are the goals when the dutch first came to north america? what were the reans

then it was jimmy nederlander, sr. who listened to the songs and said, i love it. let's do it.n he looks at me and goes, where's the book? the book is the script. i went, i'll get some schmuck to write the book. >> and you did. >> how tough can it be? i ended up doing it. it's taken 12 years. we are still working on it and it's called "scandalous, the life and trials of aimee semple mcpherson." >> let's have a little celebration! >> thank you, jerry. >> jer, i was teasing you. >> here, sara. >> let's do a toast here. to our girl. >> i feel like miss america. >> where is your crown? to "scandalous." >>> scandalous. something i know about. >> where is it going to be? >> i can't believe i'm saying this. it's going to be at the neil simon theater 250 west 52nd street. starring the most amazing woman. her talent is absolutely -- i'm in awe of her. her name is carolee carmelo. all the broadway audiences love her. she's a two-time tony award nominee. she absolutely channels aimee semple mcpherson. >> if you've ever heard this song you're about to hear right now, you know her name. you