sinbad, this was a highly expensive tweet. >> yeah. >> she's finished now. her comeback is gob. all the people working on that show are gone. abc is going to lose a lot of money they could have made and would have walked into their pockets. it was a money machine that show. there's no logic to this. there was a logic to hitler. he wanted to rule the world. what do you get out of this? >> there's no logic to what donald trump -- donald trump is not a logical man. >> got elected. >> he it worked for him. he said what a lot of people had to hide. used to be they put the hood on your head. he told the klan, take the hood off and run around with a sheet on. roseanne will still it be rich and have her money. people in the show will lose their money. people are allowed to speak now. they think they're like donald trump and like teflon. abc took a big shot when they put her on the air. she said some things before that's out there. when they put her on the air, that was a chance you were always taking. that's why they put the clause in the contract, you get fired if you said something th

it smells kind of sour. >> anthony: sinbad's. lost in time, yet its time running out.n san francisco's pier 2. just south of the hordes of neck beards and man bun vapors buying artisanal drip coffee a few hundred yards away. >> john: i mean, my mom used to come here. she used to be like a secretary. so it was a place that catered to unglamorous office workers. and those are rare and rarer here. >> anthony: is the relentless wheel of history going to roll over this place or what? >> john: yeah, i mean, it will eventually roll over this place. i mean the location is too good. it's one of the best views in san francisco. >> anthony: a last drink or two before the grinding wheels of the apocalypse churn through, leaving what in their wake? they want to put a ferry terminal here is that right? >> john: yeah, they want to build a fancy ferry terminal. young people coming here now in the tech industry are sort of like insulated from the culture of san francisco. i mean, since you know, the beat generation or even you know since the end of the second world war, people came to

cheerio. [ laughter ] i was like -- yeah, you know back then it was like sinbad. know? [ laughter ] and then general mills called, they sent -- [ laughter and applause ] they did. they sent a cease-and-desist letter. >> jimmy: oh, really? [ laughter ] >> it was like -- lose it. >> jimmy: lose it. yeah. you're not cheerio. there's no way. >> i'm like, dang it, guys, you're taking your cereal too serious. i mean, come on. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, come on, man. yeah. what was your act like? >> i mean, you know, back then it was '80s. and you know, you come out, it was all energetic. i would get the crowd all pumped up. i was like, "yo, go cedric, go cedric, go!" [ laughter ] and then i was just like, i would do stuff like, you know, luther vandross was big so i would do, like -- like, i had a joke about, like, luther and he'd swoon the girls when he was elementary school. and he would sing the alphabets and stuff, you know, so -- [ laughter ] it was like that stuff. >> jimmy: you could do a a luther vandross doing the alphabet. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. that was like

that when i read your book i become one with your book and i need to have nitro by my bedside when i sinbadat. >> host: that's a good. [laughter] >> caller: that's how i get so involved that i have feeling in my chest. when you write your books do you yourself become part of it. >> guest: that is a great question. the answer is unequivocally yes, i do. when you read the book excitement and you need to grab nitro for your testing i go through all of that i go through the emotional gamut when i write it and i get nervous and excited and even though i know i'm writing and reading it and know how it will end its the emotional connection as you write the novel. >> host: how about jan in kansas, what is on your might. >> caller: yes, can you hear me. >> guest: yes. >> caller: question about putting. do you outline or do you note interns or do you know the exact ending and negative thing. >> guest: i let it grow organically and let it evolve. i use outlines but i was thought if i outline the book from start to finish than it would be to neatly together and i would tie it to conclusion. as a reader