halperin: she used to perform at the sweetwater club, and that's when clive davis first really got his a brilliant record man. he was mr. music. if he signed you -- and he signed whitney -- you were going to be big. you look for a great interpreter of song, and it's not easy to come by. there's only one of a generation. you hear all of these stories about how he really, really groomed her and prepared her for the industry and worked really closely because he saw -- he saw the potential. clive davis signs her and then molds her into this, you know, person, and she did the rest with her talent. [ applause ] velez-mitchell: whitney made her television debut on "the merv griffin show." halperin: merv griffin was the most influential person in television back in the day, with his talk show. he was like the oprah winfrey, and when young whitney went on his show and sang the song "home," it just made waves. ♪ my world has gone and changed its face ♪ ♪ but i know ♪ ♪ i know where i'm going ♪ what i remember very vividly is the album cover where she has the white one-shoulder gown on and her ha

so be a estimate, a slower sweetwater to families some sort of movie. yeah. that's the whole system. beautiful festival is not good for me and i'm still not there isn't was oh oh, but the video it's obviously go to a settlement. those are. 2 new in this, it that just needs to be part of it is about to troubleshoot the from the board at the group. i didn't get into the bush almost a week. i just knew why not, but i do a visual more of them so that i thought i should like a story with you but they won't blend. you and you really, you know, going pretty and so people are pretty, which is the story digital voice. so she has some assumable loan, i'm little confused, my frame and looked at enough to be i thought somebody else was what you've done the custody of what you want us to do for me. what do i do as an option to get you the best way to just talk something. you have a specific date, just can you up as a whole, just quarter to quarter to and that's what i can send you as a motion from system function is only get tools. so let's, let's ability you to get us to

then you will eventually find everyone that ups at this pressure they'll be a stomach, a slower sweetwater. 2 families found. so let them be. yeah, the 1st is, don't you don't fedex? no, i was just not going to send you my notes failed, not the reason was oh thank you. oh, but the video it's almost like a trailer instead of what those are. 2 2 you doing this? it that just needs to be part of it is about some kind of issue that a little from the board at the group. i didn't get into the bush almost a week. i just knew why not, but i do a visual model. so that's a storage story. it was easy to do with the old plan. yeah. and we recently experienced that people are pretty, which is the store fidgeted. opinion doesn't affect the pm. the lights are suggesting assumable loan, long, confused my frame and looked at the i thought somebody else was what you've done. the custody of like you went through for me. what do i do as an option to get you the best it would you need to just deal with anymore? the specific stages? can you up as a whole? yes, quarter to quarter to and that's what if in you as a

pretty down in sweetwater. yeah. pretty good. seen your ad, so the email don't have to have a need to the audi to say no, that's not a typo. that needs to be, but that's no, excuse me, i need to apply it and it's still wrong. but again, it's got shortly before this denunciation by italian prime minister georgie maloney, the french president of kias to russia, of exactly the same colonialism. russia was one of the last imperial colonial powers. emanuel mack krohn french presidents for them pop frankie and was a with the city. and so for us to just shut that, what's the most of what is the bill of systems within the the thought she didn't use the photo might of the for us it was a pretty canyon. but still does the vehicle in, you know, you still need on? yes, david, someone can let me switch this to him 160 a month. yes. but the deal is doing it through the system when you split it into the water is getting a good bit of it. it goes up with them. yeah, physically. and now the support of the system works from this conti

us for that it lafferty gas sometimes the fluff thought between us too and yeah, pretty down in sweetwater. yeah. pretty good. so you know that your the email don't have to have a need to say nobody got inside. so that needs to be the easy box. no, excuse me, i need help on and it's still on the market. oh god. shortly before this denunciation of by italian prime minister georgie maloney, the french president accused russia of exactly the same colonialism. russia is one of the law as the imperial colonial powers, emanuel my crone french presidents for them, property, and was away for the city. and so for us to do something with them, we'll still put it as the bullets describe the quote you didn't use the for them. why the, for us, it was a glitch on your end to guys to put a vehicle in, you know, at least a little sneed on. yes, david, someone could let me just lose his table. steel. my yes, but the deal is doing it through the system. we just put it in the water is doing a good bit of it. it goes up with them. yeah, i know this it, but if it's just what the problem is, continues to be sta

states has, historically, you know, we had declining oil production ever since the 1970s because of sweetwater hydraulic fracturing it really created a kind of energy revolution in this country. and so we have been exporting vast quantities of an l. n. g liquefied natural gas to europe, to replace russian natural gas. so united states has played a new more um, you know, muscular role in europe and in global energy affairs. and i, and there is the perception with this project that the united states needs to maintain a certain flow of energy to be able to support our allies. and that, um, you know, you would see the last, the delegation and other site that energy is best coming from domestic resources and from uh, from the state of alaska. so i'm a broker, i'm giving this next question to you. i want to share my laptop with the viewers. i'm looking at a report from the i e a. this is the international energy association you, they are very pro energy. they came out with a report about how the, the world can get to net 0 by 2050. and in this report, i'm gonna share this here. it says there is no n

maybe you'd be happier if you're a songwriter to get a day job and go to open mic night at sweetwatery three original songs. getting paid is a process of climbing from one musical rung to another. and if you want to be a ballplayer, take a thousand ground balls a day. if you want to be a writer, write a thousand words a day. and if you want to be a violin player, you better practice a thousand notes a day. the real money is in playing private parties until you're a rock star, you're going to be playing the clubs for the s 30 years ags still a lot of money out there to be made playing weddings, corporate parties. you can make a good living if you know what you're doing. the pandemic killed a lot of that, but they're starting to come back. it can be done provided you climb that ladder too. however high the audiences will let you get. no one's ever asked to see my diploma to get a gig. but what i will tell you is i actually got a great education in music and theater. it was actually a valuable experience. bright's book, working for a living is available on amazon. tom vacar ktvu. fox two

and then he, of course, was in a little village in texas called sweetwater, where he owned a saloon where he ended up helping masterson's life after bat very severely shot. so he had wider bat masterson and wild bill hickok, who he roamed around with in a very short space of time i that he was reading those names in those books. that's what started to really provide the through line for the one that i write i wanted to write that these same guys kept popping up in the hot spots around the west now in a in a it's going to be like asking you to pick your favorite child. whichever child every child wants to do. which one of us is your is your favorite you asked good question. never to answer. but there are so many characters in stories now, the one that perhaps gets the most physical is custer and little bighorn. but is there one that just fascinated you the most out of this, let's say, six major stories and characters. yeah, i think i think of these characters think i will probably always be partial to wild bill hickok for people who who don't know his story. and i certainly won't drone on

maybe you'd be happier if you're a songwriter to get a day job and go to open mic night at sweetwatering paid is a process of climbing from one musical rung to another. you want to be a ballplayer to take a thousand ground balls a day. if you want to be a writer, write a thousand words a day. and if you want to be a violin player, you better practice a thousand notes a day. the kid is the real money isn't playing private parties until you're a rock star or you're going to be playing the clubs for the same money i was making 30 years ago. there's still a lot of money out there to be made playing weddings, corporate parties. you can make a good living if you know what you're doing. the pandemic killed a lot of that, but they're starting to come back. it can be done provided you climb that ladder too. however high the audiences will let you get. no one's ever asked to see my diploma to get a gig. but what i will tell you is i actually got a great education in music and theater. it was actually a valuable experience. bright lights book workin for a livin is available on amazon. tom vacar.