i just did sinatra, my friend. don't mean skill set. >> stephen: i am out of here! >> no, no, no. no, i'm saying quite the opposite. i'm saying that you have the talent to do a musical, but you have this gig here -- >> it's nice to be on broadway every night. >> if you could do a musical, what would do you? >> stephen: "jesus christ superstar, ." do you know "jesus christ superstar." >> i've heard of it. >> stephen: what would you want? >> fake lady hitler. it's a great show. >> stephen: i'm telling you, there's an entire score "fake lady hitler." would you like to play hitler or fake lady hitler. >> i won a tony fer hedgewick. >> stephen: when you get a tontony can you walk up to any w and say, "i think you have tickets for me. 'hamilton'" is not sold out. how about for my friend, anthony. does he have tickets? you're doing well, and even though, like, you're a big star and everything like that, and i know you're probably rolling in it, you might get a hurt on your budget this christmas because your son, gideon--

why didn‘t you listen to frank sinatra?had run off with elizabeth taylor. but, you see, i make all these mistakes. i started out wrong the first time, i did wrong the second time and then i did wrong the third time. then i called myself out. your daughter carrie fisher said that she thought the courtship between you and eddie fisher was a sort of press release, that‘s what carrie said. "they were riding the wave of being a media couple more than having any real compatibility." she said you probably didn‘t have much in common with eddie fisher. well, probably, but i did not know that. you know, i was in love, young love. what did i know about love? i really didn‘t know anything. i thought it was terrific. he was darling, he was handsome, he was a wonderful looking fellow and a star, and here i was a young star and... quite a scandal, though, when he ran off with one of the world‘s best—known actresses, elizabeth taylor. yes, elizabeth. we went to school together at the mgm lot. we were good friends. she was the most beautifu

." >> stephen: that is actually my favorite sinatra song. ( laughter ) hit it, jonny!we're not gonna win tonight ♪ the crooks on the news were right ♪ it would'a been a thrill to lock up hill ♪ but, baby we're not going to win tonight ♪ ( cheers and applause ) a little high. a little high. a little high. trump then went on to describe the moment he realized victory was within his tiny grasp. >> you know, with the map-- bing, bing, bing! boy, that map was gettin' red as hell! that map, that map was bleeding red! >> stephen: wow. the fact that he was shocked makes me feel closer to donald trump. because i didn't know this: it turns out he also would have been unprepared to host my election night show. that would have been two of us. a bit of a shocker. point is, we're all still dissecting what happened in this election. jill stein is demanding recounts; hillary clinton is in the woods re-staging the debates with a dead squirrel. "we'll get them. we're going to win this one." ( laughter ) one thing that may have tipped the balance was wikileaks releasing thousands of clin

and i heard sinatra music playing and the ball just i got it. >> just throwing the ball. i didn't have that many opportunities all year. and once that happened i capitalized on it. >> i'm pumped for this deference right now. not giving up anything and going plus five. that is big motivation for the next week to continue to try to build offer that momentum. >> i think guys run around, run into the ball and playing with their vision and making the plays. you can't give credit to just the defensive backs. pass rush too. lot of times math was under duress. >> we got to play like this every week. >> and -- tells me he'll not be watching any football this weekend. but we do know redskins fans will be watching to see how the rest of the playoffs shake out. >> so the redskins did their part but they help from other teams. redskins need too keep an yea on the n.f.c. north for the packers and liovikings. and washington needs detroit to either win their final two games or lose both. kind of complicated. >>> cleveland got their fist win of the season today. 2017 over the chargers. an

like, do-- would you-- >> stephen: i have the ability to-- i just did sinatra, my friend.>> do you miss-- i don't mean skill set! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: i am out of here! >> no, no, no! no, i'm saying quite the opposite. i'm saying that you have the talent to do a musical, but you have this gig that you're doing, that keeps you here-- >> stephen: it is nice to be on broadway every night. >> if you were to do a musical, what would do you? what would-- >> stephen: "jesus christ, superstar," obviously. ( laughter ) what other musical is there, my friend? "jesus christ"-- do you know "jesus christ, superstar?" >> i've heard of it. ( laughter ) >> stephen: what would you want to do? >> "fake lady hitler." ( laughter ) >> stephen: i am telling you-- >> it's such a great show. ( laughter and applause ) >> stephen: there's an entire score of "fake lady hitler." now, would you want to play hitler, or fake lady hitler? >> oh, fake lady hitler. >> stephen: obviously, that's where it's at. >> i won a tony for "hedwig." >> stephen: exactl

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once even dated frank sinatra.his wasn't her first fling with the law. >> i was there for a violation of probation. >> society so that's where virginia was when she met a young woman who was not like the other inmates. >> she was very pretty, very friendly, always happy, singing, doing cartwheels in fact, up and down the aisle. >> the woman's name was susan atkins. virginia was intrigued. >> i casually asked her one day what she was there for. this is when she said, murder. >> susan told virginia she had been accused of killing a guy out of the suburbs months earlier. but then she went on bragging that the cops didn't know a fraction of what she had really done. >> she said, you know those murders in benedict canyon. >> of course, everyone knew about that. >> she said, you know who did it, don't you? i looked at her and said, no, i don't. her words to me, well, you're looking at her. >> and just that casually susan atkins confessed to the crime the whole nation was talking about. enthusiastically, described the kil

we know he was looking forward to the frank sinatra golf tournament for the barbara sinatra wing of thet too. that's why it's such a surprise. you know? >> an extra layer of sadness and tragedy. at the end, i wish we had more time. people in my generation we watched alan thick and you on the wonder years. you were television dads to a whole generation. a lot of the reaction to alan thicke's passing to people my age, he has a place in our hearts and minds from the special time in our lives. thanks for taking a few minutes. >> i just talked to joanna kern who is devastated. we all are. >> thank you for taking the time. >> thanks. bye-bye. >> dan laueria. that doll it for this hour from new york. up next, m trtp daily with chuc todd. >>> good evening. if it's wednesday we are here in west virginia. at the black sheep burrito and brews, welcome to "mtp daily" this used to be the most reliable of democratic

. >> do you have a favorite story about, like, dean, or frank sinatra or somebody that you worked withyou know, over the years, that you can, like, share? >> nope. >> none at all? >> none. >> do you have an unfavorite story you'd like -- >> nope. not for this. >> not to you, buddy. >> not at all. lewis said his favorite was didn't add anything to it after that. >> when asked for advice to younger people in their business like those in their 80s, he said, get a day job. there you go. >> the first three questions asked him gave one word answers of, why, why, no. great interview, jerry. after he was done, clean the place out, get out. >>> countdown is on to a new season of the bachelor. less than two weeks now. >> if you're part of the nation and can't wait to see who bachelor nick gets to meet and date. we have just the thing. it's called the bachelor fantasy league. >> basically, the league allows you to predict how far each lady goes during the season. you score points that leads to prizes. sign up now at abc.com/bfl. >> of course, we need analysis. jack? >> for the rose. can't go any

a lot of world to see ♪ >> because sinatra was in love with me, and i could leave so to spe speak.ook my kids, and i walked out. and i was a able to do it. even though i did not for one minute believe that we would go swaying down the lane for the rest of our lives, i used it. ♪ my huckleberry friend ♪ moon river ♪ >> there was a custody trial. >> yes, and of course, stokowski never thought that i had the guts to fight it, ever. but i have got guts. and i won it. >> it was a bit of a strange atmospheres, because two different households and my mom and dad weren't real areally getting ale long very well at that time. >> was the divorce difficult for stan and chris? >> i think it was. i think it was because i didn't talk to them enough about it. >> sometimes when my mom described her relationship with her mother about how shep appeared sort of as a beautiful figure sometimes, i remember feeling that with my mom, too. >> right. >> because she was busy doing lots of thing, and involved in, you know, theatrical pursuits and paintings, always there. i do remember that feeling of her bein

do you remember meeting frank sinatra? >> i met him at the paramount theater.ers and applause ] thank you. thank you. and i was just troubled about -- i felt nervous about an audience, and he taught me that the audience are your friends. they come to see you. and he changed my whole psychology about, there's no such thing as a bad audience. there's a bad performance, but there's not a bad audience. >> jimmy: do -- do -- [ cheers and applause ] we have the best here. yeah. we love them, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] they prove that every single night. but i -- i wanted to ask you a a question about the -- there's a story that you were performing at the hollywood bowl and you were doing "lost in the stars." >> right. >> jimmy: and as you were doing the song, a shooting star went over the hollywood bowl. is that true? is that a true story? >> it's a true story. and the late ray charles called me up in the morning and said, "how'd you do that?" [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: well, we're very lucky to have you here tonight. i want to show a -- this is a a clip

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in frank sinatra. dana, of course, exactly, dana, exactly. what should we expect, dana, from the inaugural speech? we know his longtime speechwriter steven miller is crafting it. what does that mean? >> it means that steven miller, i hope he's sitting somewhere sweating because i would be. i mean, this is as big as it gets. he certainly has written the few very big prepared speeches that donald trump gave during the campaign. but this is a whole new ball game. and we really don't know what to expect. which is i think true for pretty much everything when it comes to donald trump. >> par for the course. guys, great to see you, thank you. >> thank you. >> so tis the season to break out in a fight apparently. massive brawls happening at more than a dozen malls the day after christmas. why? and it was all caught on tape. that's ahead. plus, a daring shawshank-style jail escape. this time, it was not a poster covering it all up. it was a toilet. an update on the manhunt ahead. you do all this research on a p

she and frank sinatra produced a famous two-night carnegie hall benefit, one night of which benefitedudent nonviolent coordinating committee, the youth branch of the southern christian leadership conference. lena went to jackson, mississippi, on behalf of the naacp, the organization which she had been enrolled at the age of 2, to join medgar evers at a voting rights rally two days before he was assassinated. she went to the march on washington wearing her naacp cap, and she recorded a civil rights song called "now" that was banned from the radio in several states. the enemies of civil rights had very powerful weapons at their disposal, but the civil rights movement won the high moral ground early, and the long arc of justice ultimately turned towards the american blacks. the larger and more systemic aspects of official racism were defeated in what could be called a second civil war. it was a strange war waged on one side by churches, children and young people and waged on the other by murderers, there arists, snarling dogs and fire hoses. despite assassinations and too many martyrs, v

amazon's virtual assistant alexa, home alone and elf were the most requested have movies , and frank sinatra's jingle bells and mariah carry 's all i want for christmas is you, those are the top songs. i never get sick of that. >> i second that, i also saw home alone on christmas with my family. >> a lot of people got gift card that they don't necessarily want so we hear there is some help for those folks. >> reporter: if you got a gift card this holiday season and you will never use it, you can try swapping it. there are actually gift card marketplaces like card pool, card cash, and raise, and they guarantee the ballot card and help prevent scams insert say they prefer those to sites like ebay, jim and rahel. >> what kind of gift card could you not the use like home depot living in the apartment. >> some people get goofy gift card. >> okay. >> if you get a dunkin' donuts and you do not drink coffee, not that i don't know anybody like that. >> not on this shift. >> no. you can send them to me actually. >>> we will check with you in the next hour. coming up after the break we will get another c

. >> she likes sinatra.tributed longevity in good health to not drinking or smoking and laughing a lot and hanging out with her husband. >> patience and romance. we are coming up on our 6 am hour. >>> up next, the meeting between the rideshare company, the officials and the dmv. >>> a new study about police force. the findings. >>> we have a nice-looking commute for the most part. there are some spots we need to slow down. >>> a little bit of cloud cover . the first day of winter. it will be warmer today. changes on friday. (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> we are live in san jose where a manhunt has come to an end. we will tell you the latest of what happened at an intersection at stevens creek. >>> a fiery crash overnight . two people manage to escape from the car and self-pay. will talk about the quick work by firefighter

. >> reporter: billy gillman kicked off the show with a sinatra. >> adam text me a little bit of a snipit. he said i think this is the one. i immediately knew that it was. adam's other artist josh galliger was thrilled to showcase his original music. a modern country tune about growing up in a small town. >> this song means so much to me. it describes everything that i am and everything that i came from. >> a very special moment with his coach. sun dance sang a classic hit by his father. afterward his father was brought to tears and during our interview it was like father like son. >> i mean i get real emotional too. i am crying now. i'm going to try not to. >> and the only remaining female closed the show with a barbara streisand classic. earlier they sang an original song when alicia called in a favor. >> to sing the song was exhilarating. >> two dynamic hours of singing. now they fate is until ha hands america. check out these final four singing duets with kelly cla clarkson, john legend and kiss. >>> all right. 101.1 more fm philly celebrating the sounds not just on the radio but thro

. >> reporter: she got some sage advice from frank sinatra. >> she ignored the warning, marrying a croonerddie fisher. ♪ may i thank you >> reporter: the newlyweds shared the bill in "bundle of joy" in 1956. >> she was already pregnant during filming with their first child, daughter carrie. a son, todd, followed two years later. reynolds' screen credits included "the catered affair" in 1956. >> i'll never forget the look on her face, when i told her we're not having a big wedding. like i'd hit her in the face. >> reporter: the high notes came in the films where she played a good girl. such as "tammy and the ♪ tammy is love >> reporter: the title song became a hit record. but even with those successes, her talent was underappreciated. >> i don't think it's been until kind of after the fact that people looked at her, and said, oh, my god, she was great. rep dispute kept shirley mclane out of the film, she became molly brown. >> my mother is molly brown, she got the part, knocked it out of the park. >> reporter: and it also brought her an academy award nomination, but julie andrews took home

. >> man, i love frank sinatra. the way you say that, i love that. i just love this music. i love the classic vibe of it and i made a whole record of it. >> did you always want to do a christmas album. >> i always wanted to do a christmas album with this classic crooner swinging vibe and i think we got it with this album. >> i'ven you pulled it off. time for everybody else at home. here's brett with "have yourself a merry little christmas." brett eldredge. ? have yourself a merry little christmas ? from now on our troubles will be out of sight ? ? have yourself a merry little christmas ? from now on our troubles will be miles away ? ? oh here we are as in olden days happy golden days of yore ? who are dear to us gather near to us once more ? ? through the years we all will be together if the fates allow ? ? hang a shining star upon the highest bough ? ? oh and have yourself a merry little ? a merry little christmas now ? >> sing it with me, everybody. come on. ? whoa merry little christmas little christmas ? ? merry

you can say it is a frank sinatra candidate and he's doing it his way. he's not president, we have to remember that. president-elect. he's working deal and coping a thousand worker and carrier keeping a campaign promise even before taking the oath of office. and veng, the celebrity apprentice style choice of people, where he has a them auditioning and four people and no, it is it five people and they are going to the fancy restaurant and eating frog's legs. we ought to buckle our seat belts. trump is going to do it his way and it will be different than any other president we have seen. >> just the double meetings with mitt romney about the secretary of state post. talk about bad blood between the two during the election. trump called him a failed candidate who ran a miserable campaign and mitt romney called him a fraud and now dinner at a fancy restaurant and talking about the top diplomatic post in the nation? it is kind of a win/win for trump. he showed he doesn't hold grudge and reaching out to the establishment section of the republican party and a g

. >> jimmy: adam is like sinatra in this situation? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. and i'm sammy davis jr. [ laughter ] maybe not. >> jimmy: the small shoes. >> i don't know. we go out, we go to the restaurants. we did do the mannequin challenge last night. >> jimmy: you did? >> yeah, when the bill came. [ laughter ] when we go in there, there was a guy, you know, some people talk to us, you know. people hanging out. this guy goes, hey, you know. he goes, come here. he goes, my buddy here wants to meet you, he's a doctor. oh, cool, cool. he goes, how old do you think i am? i go, i don't know, 70? he goes, 58. [ laughter ] people think i'm 40. i go, hm, i thought you were higher. then he goes, plastic surgeon. i go, cool. naturally, always. so i go, what would you do to me? >> jimmy: oh, really. >> oh, it's a mistake. as i said it, i want to back out of this one. i see him going -- really studying me, tick tick tick. then i go, i don't want to know, i don't want to know. he goes, document to know? you want the list? i go -- no, no. he goes, all right, here's just the

. >> he grew up in the golden age of radio, his favorite music is not from sinatra, it's from taylor swift. >> reporter: consumer reports indicate that the luxury electric automaker is 91% happy in owner satisfaction. >>> google confirms it will introduce two smart watches in the first three months of next year, the devices will be the first with that significant update to google's wearable software. it will carry the brand of google manufacturing partner. >>> pokemon go will be on the apple watch. users can perform ingame activities without their phones. users can collect from pokespot and spot monsters with a tap. those are tech bytes, have a great day. this. is. everything. honey bunches of oats. it's all of this, this, this, and this. it's the mother of all cereals. it's that, and that, and all of that. it's the most cerealriffic cereal. in all of history. yeah, it's that good. honey bunches of oats. this. is. everything. proves you're never too old to shake it off. cyrus porter is a 96-year-old taylor swift super fan. he has tons ever swag and been to mull concerts and traveled

music from join i mitchell and frank sinatra mix things up. good for the whole family until christmas eve at center for the art. still need to get your shop on check out this holiday gift fair ultimate in shopping loca local. everything created right here in the city. 60 vendor all set up tables at the campus here. free. happens sunday from 10 to 5. if all that shopping gets you hungry always have this food park next to the costco all you can eat crab 50 dollars. find these hood line in our link right here. hope your weekend is on point. >> all right thanks richard. a lot going on. >> certainly. >>> a lot going on in sports. warriors doing. >> playing across the bridge. >> warriors on point tonight. a lot of points. a lot of assist. back home. just kind of in the knicks or deplead. dunk thon early and late >>> good evening. back home after 4 month road trip the warriors host the knicks tonight. anthony and rose so basically showing up for scheduled loss at oracle. nice moment. petty officer returned home from over seas to surprise his family.

. >> there is a letter circulating, frank sinatra writing this open letter after george michael, talkbout being conflicted about his he says, man, basically swing it, own the fame, but frankly he dolls always embrace his fame in a way you might expect. talk about that conscious decision, for example, not to appear in his solo hit "freedom." he kind of struggled a bit with. >> 100%. that video was a groundbreaking video. you saw supermodels lip syncing his lyrics, but there were so many who were misunderstood and i was talking to a friend that it's interesting that the artists from the '80s mike pring, whitney houston, george michael, were battling so much. there's still so many questions, and maybe will come out in days to follow, but it was apparent he did battle with not wanting to be in the spotlight so much and wanting that privacy. there's a lot of videos of him talking to the paparazzi, look, i want my privacy, i want to be able to live my life and just be at peace. >> chris, i've taken to calling this a total downer of the show, because we're talking about other stars, but prin

they like frank sinatra. it is all good. go happy birthday. >>> volunteers in san francisco have hit the road with food for holiday meals. they are delivering them to homebound people around the city. alex savidge is live this morning with a volunteer and they are actually letting you help? >> yeah, they are. good morning to you. we are sort of tagging along here with the deliveries. we are inside of the marina senior department in san francisco. we have got a bag of groceries and we are going to deliver the back in just a minute. before we do that i want to show you what the scene was this morning at the headquarters and there were volunteers down there from a couple of different companies taking part in the process of getting 500 of these grocery bags all ready to go so they could deliver them today just in time for the holidays. we are walking down the hallway here and we will make our delivery. kathryn is knocking. who are we visiting here? >> good morning. can i come in? hello. >> reporter: we will make our way inside.

down to her hotel or something, and she hears a voice behind her, a familiar voice, and it's frank sinatra. and he said how you doing kid? she said fine, thanks very much. and he said where you heading? can i give you a lift? and she said i kind of thought well, i'm not sure if i -- >> she should have gotten a ride in the car. >> if i -- she didn't know what her mom would say about catching night. so she rode with him down to the hotel. he dropped her off at her hotel. and she was -- she was a month way from her 80th birthday and you would never know it. >> she was great. >> we're running out of time. jeez -- >> real quick. the lucky dragon hotel. >> i got a tour and they're going to have their grand opening saturday, and there was really they have street food, buffet, and sandwiches, and -- >> yum. >> we got to run. but hey, make sure and check out lucky dragon and keep up with normal norm.vegas. his address is up on your screen. >> and jeff, what's coming up on the show tomorrow? >> i should tell you, country artist olivia lane performs her latest christmas single. >> she is going to do

sounds like frank sinatra. >> i used to have posters of lan lancelot link. i had posters under it. that was the key. we had posters that hid other posters so your parents never knew what you were looking at. >> what posters do you have? >> don't ask that. >> you don't want to know. from cindy e., what did you want to be when you grew up? >> speed racer. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's true. that's all i got for you. >> that or zombie apocalypapoca. >> well, i wanted to be a prosecutor. i did that. i wanted to work in television. i did that. now i decided i wanted do something else. i will do that. >> what? >> what was the other thing? wait, wait. >> it's mayor of new york. >> something else. >> what is it? >> greg wants to write all of my mayoral speeches. i'm going there monday night. >> that's going to be amazing. >> he is running as a democrat. >> no. >> that's the only -- >> that or independent. >> you had a job. >> i was an actress. i wanted to be everything. i was going to be president and actress and a doctor. i would slip out to do an episode and then go see

. >> marvin gaye wanted to be frank sinatra. he was clean, svelte. all that changed in the '70s. you can see ♪ what's going on ♪ what's going on ♪ yeah what's going on ♪ tell me what's going on ♪ ooh >> marvin gaye was affected by the vietnam war. his brother was in vietnam. he is hearing all these stories about what is going on over there. seeing the protests. it changes him. >> he holds up a mirror to america, look at yourself, america. >> he is talking about the war, poverty. marvin is an artist that berry gordy is not super happy about. mother, mother ♪ ♪ everybody thinks we're wrong ♪ ♪ they do ♪ ♪ >> initially he did not want marvin to do what's going on. >> motown was supposed to be nonthreatening and you have marvin gaye making a protest record about the war. that could potentially ruin good money. you don't lightly talk about the government. ♪ yeah, i want to know what's going on right now ♪ people >> ultimately when he agrees to put out what's going on, berry tells marvin, okay if you are right, i'll learn something. if i'm right, you will learn something. and of course

i was raised in a very -- he liked sinatra and pop.o it by my parents. >> let me ask you a question. i was not exposed to the symphony. i didn't go until about ten years ago. i don't go often even now. i will tell you this story. it has a point, randall. the first song that i danced to at my wedding was tiny dancer by elton john. there's a version that he does with the melbourne symphony from about 20, 30 years ago. it hooked me. that was my first time going. >> oh. >> that is cool. what is your thought about injecting more rock and roll with the symphony. if you do that -- >> you are my man. you are my man. i have a project right now called rocktopia that was broadcast on pbs and hits the road on tour april and may. the san francisco symphony is an organization that has done a lot of rock fusion. i'm total nut about rock fusion. >> i feel like i would go more. >> absolutely. >> i would bring my children. >> it is a magnet for new audiences. that is what rocktopia is all about. the charlie brown score is a mellow jazz score and a brill

he's made more money from harassing phone calls than the guys who kidnapped frank sinatra jr.omedian jim florentine, whose new comedy special, a simple man, is out december 9th. and like a sardine, he's salty and often canned. sitting next to me, host of the gavin mcinnes show, gavin mcinnes. okay. let's start the show. ♪ >>> i have some great news for fans of bucky balls. the popular desktop toys are legal again after winning a court case against federal regulators. in 2012, the obama administration's consumer product safety commission or cpsc, waged war on the company after toddlers started swallowing the magnets and going to the emergency room, e.r. despite clear warnings about risks to children and pets. the company, which was making millions, fought back. running ads in various applicatio publications including an open letter to president obama in "the washington post." ceo craig zucker felt the cpsc wanted to ban anything that poses risk, telling esquire the argument is that warnings don't work. if that's the case, then we need to think of all the current products on the

in fact, at one point frank sinatra wrote a letter about george michael, you know, fame is a gift andt, but he really couldn't. i think it was hard for him. he was a musician, and i don't think he was ever covertable being the sex symbol he was made into in the late '8 ons, and would really prefer to be remembered for his musicianship. beyond that i think it's important to say that he never really embraced a public life. fame was note something he was comfortable with. his sexuality, big gay, he came out obviously that was helpful to a lot of people see sex symbol do that long before others did, but it wasn't a comfortable journey. he was a private person, and it was very heart for he to bra is that. >> what's your favorite song, j.d.? >> oh, my goodness, "freedom" i think. both versions. i lime the wham freedom and george michael's freedom. that classic album, "freedom" has to be the anthem. you can hear it today and it sounds as contemporary as it did in 1989. >> i was listening to "father figure" i think that song is on epic and the lyrics are brilliant. >> and takes you right back

actually, frank sinatra, who she worked with, warned her years before not to marry him.re all bad news, are cheaters. she herself said she didn't necessarily choose the right men. of course, he ended up marrying elizabeth taylor who was her friend at the time. the amazing thing about debbie reynolds, though was her spirit. years and years later, she and elizabeth taylor became great friends. in fact, they did a tv movie together that sort of poked fun at the whole situation and poked fun at that whole time in their lives. i think that's sort of what people will remember her for. is her just rising to the occasion, and you know, it was sort of that old hollywood where people sort of put on that brave face and the show must go on, and she worked throughout that tumultuous time in her life, and always smiling, always perky, always america's sweetheart. >> she and her daughter shared that. they took some of the toughest of times and they just dealt with them head on. they dealt with them very publicly. often dealt with them with humor and even though we saw in postcards from