they came back in 10 minutes and she did it with tim conway, and billy wound up writing for them. a lot of it was an accident, of the moment. tavis: i assume that you see it as one of the crown jewels in your long and distinguished career in this town? >> i have done a lot of specials with frank and sami, but because it was such a breakthrough show, lorne michaels was one of the writers. they could try anything. we went on stage with a script and if anything went wrong, keep it. the whole thing of 30 minutes of outtakes, the stuff that the censors wouldn't do. jack benny screwed up something in he said he would do it again, and i said, no you won't. tavis: well things went right tonight. thank you for your work. not when we do it again, you can come over and say sock it to me. tavis: if nixon can do it, i can. [laughter] thanks for watching, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with a best-selling author and a grammy nominated singer kim. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his