that's what i learned from sammy davis, jr., frank sinatra.n you saw the shows you got to know them. what are you laughing at? >> that's true. i like it. >> we did qvc the other day. >> don't go into that. >> no, no. not even that. >> he left his fly down. >> he did. >> trying to sell records. >> i'll do anything to sell a record. >> just to continue what you were saysaying? >> what? >> learning from old school. we walk out, he grabs something somebody's selling and he models it. a producer cuts to a still shot of the product and i thought, boy, that is so not what i learned in television. we did to catch the live moments and see him modeling a dress. that's television. >> who would you liked to have -- today it's like, oh, it's not on the script. >> thank you for telling the world that i emodeled a dress. >> it's not on the script so they panic. >> who of all the greats in vegas would you have liked to see? >> we did. >> we did. >> you saw them all? >> we worked with them. >> i remember going to the hilton. >> amazing. >> you name a name and

that's what i learned from sammy davis jr. from frank sinatra. when you went to see the shows, you got to know them. when people came to seat show -- what are you laughing at? >> we did qvc the other day -- >> don't go into that. >> i heard about it. >> not only that, he did leave his fly down. >> to sell a record -- >> not only that, just to continue what you were saying, we walk out, immediately he grabs something that somebody is selling and he starts modeling it. the producer cuts to the still shot of the product. i thought, boy, that is so not what i learned in television. to catch those live moments and to see him modeling a dress, that's television. you know -- but today, it's like, it's not on the script. >> thank you for telling the world that i modeled a dress. >> no, but it wasn't on the script so they panic, you know. >> who of all the greats that played in vegas wow mould you mn like to have seen. >> we did. we saw them all. >> i remember going to the hilton -- >> that's amazing to me. >> you name a name. >> sinatra? >> yes. >> sammy

>> yes. >> sammy davis? >> yes. >> elvis. >> yes. >> john wayne. you name it, it's crazy.thel merman. >> i went to see elvis presley, his closing night show at the hilton. we were opening up the next show. i remember watching the king on stage. he could do no wrong. the next night i'm in his dressing room with my brothers getting ready and the door opens up, hi, everybody, i'm elvis presley and he really talked like this, too. i want to say hi and good luck. >> that's good. >> i thought how cool is that, the king of rock and roll just walked through the door and he's a real person. it taught me a lot about leaving the star on stage. when you go off stage, you're just another person. and it really put it -- the whole show -- >> it was their job. >> what else made those guys the best? >> they worked. >> i think they didn't look at it as being a celebrity. they looked at it as being an entertainer. it was their job and it was every day how do i be better? they loved that audience. we love our audiences. we want them to leave feeling that, you know what? it's an expensive tick

>> yes. >> and sammy davis? >> yes. >> dean martin? >> yes. elvis. >> yes. >> elvis in vegas?i'll tell you about elvis. >> john wayne. i mean, you name it. it's crazy. it really is nuts. ethel merman. >> i went to go see elvis presley, his last show -- or his closing night show i should say at the hilton. and we were opening up the next night. and i remember watching the king on stage. he could do no wrong. i mean, the audience was in the palm of his hand. the next night i'm in his dressing room with my brothers getting ready and the door opens up. "hi, everybody, i'm elvis presley." and he talked like this, too. >> that's good. >> "i want to say hi and good luck." >> that's my brother. >> i thought, how cool is that? the king of rock and roll just walks through the door and he's a real person. it taught me a lot about leaving the star on stage. when you go off stage, you're just another person. and it really put the whole show business thing into perspective for me. >> it was their job. >> what else made those guys the best? >> they worked. >> i think they didn't look at it a

it wasn't at accident because sammy davis, jr. the world's greatest entertainer. just a superb entertainer. he said to joyce enemy, the next night i'm off on going to take you to see the best entertainer in las vegas. and he didn't tell us who it was. so the next night we went. we went to another casino, and we went in and he got a dinner table. needless to say it was right up front, if you're sammy davis and las vegas you get a good table. the four of us sat down and it was elvis presley. fannie believed elvis was the best performer in town. and he was in, in his later years, and he was large and he was wearing a sequined jumpsuit. >> not quite uniform of an ex-white house employed. >> and, of course, i've never seen a man and i never heard the man. and he had these -- what colors, isn't chartreuse? red, pink? scarlet? he had scarlet scarves and he would wipe his face. he would stand up there and sing and it was fantastic that he was in the most ridiculous thing in the world and people would cheer and yell and love it. and i sit there and go like this, oh, my goo

into this, this hotel and he was either in the celebrity room, which had the dean martins and the sammy davisy: that is good. >> my greatest joy were the rare nights that he worked in the jubilee room because all the boys that were living on tips, they would say, your dad is seating somebody right now. why don't you wait right here and they would scoot me to the side and give me a nice little eye line. >> jimmy: that's las vegas for you. >> it left a mark. >> jimmy: i bet it did. most people don't get that when they go to their dad's work. >> that's for sure. >> jimmy: surprised you didn't become a captain there in vegas, with an impression like that. >> i still have some time left. don't count it out. >> jimmy: happy birthday, by the way. i know it was your birthday on friday. [ applause ] >> i made it. 41. >> jimmy: your lovely wife, did she give you anything great? did she give you, like, a mercedes or something, or a royals royce or something? >> she gave me an awesome gift. >> jimmy: what did she give you? >> i don't know. >> jimmy: why not? >> because she took the gift and had to hide i

that's when sinatra, dean martin, the rat pact, sammy -- path, sammy davis junior.ow you will see more fannie packs and short sleeved 30s -- shirts. at the nascar cafe, there are six-pound bly toe -- burritos and the company decided this place what no longer stray able. tori and dave, i i want to he let you know it's just an hour fly around 0 -- flight around to get to las vegas. so you could still come here and go -- those tips are  probably worth a lot more in 20 years ago today. the casino closes at 10:00 in the morning and at:00 this afternoon -- at 2:00 this afternoon that's when the is a rare -- when the sahara closes for good. >>> it's a fashion craze geting off on the right foot. you have -- have you to see these wild boots. >>> also, the golden arches going high tech, which restaurants will be affect. >>> good morning. if you're driving in milpitas you will be waiting for a little bit as you make that transition with 880. spay go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra

into this this hotel and he wassiter in the celebrity room, which had the dean martins and the sammy davisssing with his, liar, star pupil, right? and he's messing with the one shot that paid off the bills, right? so my dad comes over there and rips the racket out of my hand and tells peter, okay if steffi had not this but if she had this shot, with two hands, she would have won 32 grand slams. so, they start getting in this argument about which shot is better, right? and i'm standing there, mind you, i take the racket of of his hand. they start arguing, and the ball is flying 120 miles an hour i'm missing most of them they are going between them and my dad makes a boxing analogy, because tennis is a lot like boxing. he make as boxing analogy and peter says boxing oh you're a boxer. and he takes off his shirt and he shows him what great shape he is for his age. i was a boxer, i would have knocked you out. so my -- that's the third thing you don't do to my dad is tell him you're going to knock him out. so they both break down into boxing positions, i mean they're pushing 70 75 years old. an