. >> well, after a long, tough fight, funny man russ parr has become part of a d.c. lan landmark. >> she'll join us live next. it has something to do with this lands mark in d.c.. we'll be right back. >> everything welcome back. so you have seep this before. donny simpson and russ parr two radio legend. one was featured on ben's chili bowl wall. he pitched hard to be included on that wall. take a look. >> are they ever going to put me up on this wall. is that going to happen? is it? >> celebrating 30 years of magic. >> all right. well the good news is it finally happened. comedian joins us live in studio, congratulation. >> thank you, shawn. >> how does it feel. >> it feels really great. the funny thing about it, that whole thing with me and donny was a joke. >> oh, >> so you were not torn up about it. >> no but you know what everybody is coming up to me like we're going to get you on the wall man. >> it worked. >> i was not really trying to get. there i think it's a prestigious things and there's so many d.c. icons on that wall. >> let's talk about that. public vote

radio icons russ parr and donnie simpson. muhammad ali, dave chappelle, dick gregory, taraji p.ubman and jim vance are also all up there. coming up tonight at 6:00, we get reaction to the choices. a good line-up there. i don't know how you could pick fault with any of those. what do you think? funny it's going with that many. it's a stainle in the city you become used -- staple in the city you become used to. donnie simpson, barack obama up there. nancy: i need to check it out. michelle: it pleases everyone. larry: chuck brown. a lot there. i can't wait until it's finished. michelle: we can go get chili. larry: get some chili. yeah, too. thanks. michelle: sure. larry: good to see them there. when you think of workout gurus, jillian michels or richard simmons come to mind. how about ruth bader ginsberg? how she stays strong and how you can too is going to hit shelves but she didn't write it. her trainer wrote it. nancy: 84 years old? larry: 84 years young. nancy: ilike that. she is going strong. i would check it out. arm exercises she is doing with the gavel and everything. larry

donnie simpson and russ parr. but this is all part of this new mural.been to change the mural every five years. bill cosby is not back now, but there will be plenty of people to take his place. the artist is going to be back out here later on this evening to add more pictures to it, and eventually some color. we talked to him about what it is that makes these people iconic. what makes this wall iconic and why these folks were chosen. take a listen. this is what the artist had to say. >> the idea of the torch being passed. so it starts with harriet tubman holding a lantern at the very top, and it creates a triangle or a pyramid of some sort that celebrates black excellence, and celebrates our history. it celebrates ben's chili bowl, d.c. >> and as we were saying, down now, but there's going to be color added later tonight when the light is right. jim vance. down at the end, dave chappell and dick gregory. this mural and bigger than previous incarnations and there's a lot more to say about the folks who are on this fall. coming up later, we'll talk to the

tubman's torch to the obamas, down the alley, prince, muhammad ali, chuck brown, donnie simpson and russ parrd.c. based rapper, wal lay. and you'll also find jim vance, marion barry, dave chappell and dick gregory. >> the artist came up with the vision and we had from the list, there were quite a few others we would have loved to make the wall. >> then i thought to change you guys will be very excited to see the story unfold. >> reporter: and like art, even the process is open to interpretation. the process itself can and does inspire. >> what i see in the african american man that is doing the portrait, really brings it home. to even our young people, to know that nothing is impossible. >> and while it's impossible to get all the notable figures onto one wall, there's room for expansion, right? >> maybe there is. we'll see. >> reporter: now this wall is still a work in progress. it will be another couple of weeks before it's done. the color will be added, as well as other figures, eleanor holmes norton and taraji p. henson. they'll be added. and in a couple of weeks when the wall is unveiled