it's tough for us to see tammy faye baker seeing so weak. >> what is the best way to deal with cancer? >> with acceptance that you have it and do whatever you can to help get rid of it. >> you never want to hear those words, it's not really something that i ever thought i would hear. but, yeah, i mean i was shocked, but it's somewhere in me, i just had this idea. >> i cared, i cared about my life, i cared about what drugs i was going to take, i cared about the interaction with the doctors and nurses, okay i have cancer, i don't know anything about it. >> i have kept my tattoos, i don't know if you can see that little black, because it is a reminder for me, it's a reminder of that time and it's a reminder of how i want to look at my life. >> i have never told anyone, in the last year, i have been battling and surviving breast cancer. >> i'm a prostate cancer winner. >> i would like to be killing the cancer a little bit at a time and be on this constant downward slide, or maybe that's upward. but it's not like that, it's up and down. >> for us, every day, every week was a supreme victor

that was -- that was -- all of us saw ourselves in tammy faye, because that's a bullet nobody knows if it's coming at you. >> larry: the key to being a producer. >> finger on the pulse. that's your talent. >> larry: why do people come on and talk about -- >> you talk about things on television so others can relate. so that -- but usually, i talk about something, i like to be on the other side of it. i like to fig ter out so that i have a solution. so that's not just, i have a problem. i always like to have a solution and then i usually have a book. >> larry: by the way a book, this is a terrific book. >> it's a terrific book. >> larry: a great book. was it not -- you took him -- >> heartbreaking little boy. he was prophet. this little child who's -- >> such an old soul. >> we up for an emmy, took him to new york. he was my date, and i wanted him to win so badly, but he was just -- we holding hands and we didn't win, but he was so happy to be there, but what a -- boy you think you have a bad day and then you look at christopher reeve or matty. >> exactly. maybe that's why. maybe that's

it's tough for us to see tammy faye looking so weak. what in your opinion is the best way to deal with cancer? >> accept it. do whatever you can to help get rid of it. >> you never want to hear those words. it's not something i ever thought i would hear. but, yeah, i was shocked. but it's somewhere in me, i just had this idea. >> and i cared by my life, what drugs i was going to take, the interaction with the doctors and nurses. i wanted to know everything. >> when you do radiation, they do these little tattoos. i kept my tattoos, because you can see the little -- it is a reminder for me. it's a reminder of that time, and a reminder of how i want to look at my life. >> i never told anyone in the last year i've been battling and surviving breast cancer. >> i'm a prostate cancer winner. >> i would like to kill the cancer a little bit of a time and on this constant downward slide. but it's not like that. it's up and down. >> for us, every day, every week was a supreme victory. so it wasn't like, oh, my gosh, could we make it to six months.

some startling shows i'll never forget, tammy faye's eyes, ted haggart's regret. cry, made us think. wynona judd told you about a god wink. i hadn't heard that before so i looked the phrase up. it's a miracle, blessing, an overfilled cup. that's what you are, and as old blue eyes might say, the best is yet to come, larry, you did it your way. congratulations, larry. [ applause ] that's from wendy, too. >> larry: thank you all. diane, until i get them, you may wear those suspenders on the abc world news. >> i will so wear them with pride and a little bit of eccentricity. >> and a blazer covering them up, larry. >> i'm sure something like that. >> yeah. exactly. >> larry: thank you, guys. thanks very much. a guest here 28 times over the years will join us for the 29th time. we're going to go live to little rock, arkansas, next. >> larry: i have spent many, many moments with him, all of them delightful. all of them informative. never dull. bill clinton is the 42nd president of the united states. he's just back from haiti. he's been a guest on this show 28 times. prov