rather than having the playwright do it tell us what the play is all about. so people understand what we're talking about. >> what is the play about? the play is about the period of time that mary lincoln spent in the white house right after he was shot. because she holed herself up in a room that she had not spent barely any time in for close to six weeks, 40 days, and did not leave. even though johnson was waiting to move in with his family and start running the country from the white house. and that's how she dealt with it. how she dealt with her grief. and that's what it's about. and everything that's happening in the country while she's there, and it's -- i guess it's about a woman's insistence on mourning in her own way. >> did the ford's people immediately like the idea when you said there will be no lincoln in our anniversary play? >> you know, to the producer's credit i would say he took about one second and said yeah, we'll do that. and so i think you know, they know my work very well and they know how seriously i approach the subject. i think that

playwright do it, tell us what the play is all about. so people understand what we're talking about. >> what is the play about? the play is about the period of time that mary lincoln spent in the white house right after he was shot. because she holed herself up in a room that she had not spent barely any time in for close to six weeks, 40 days, and did not leave. even though johnson was waiting to move in with his family and start running the country from the white house. and that's how she dealt with it. how she dealt with her grief. and that's what it's about. and everything that's happening in the country while she's there, and it's -- i guess it's about a woman's insistence on mourning in her own way. >> did the ford's people immediately like the idea when you said there will be no lincoln in our anniversary play? >> you know, to the producer's credit i would say he took about one second and said, yeah, we'll do that. and so i think, you know, they know my work very well and they know how seriously i approach the subject. i think tha

. >> thanks to both of you, the playwright and the actress of mary lincoln. thank you for your time. >> they discuss the film so most portrayal of events and the role lyndon johnson played. sunday, just after 9:00 eastern. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring corpus christi texas. corpus christi started out as a small trading post and has transformed into a small city with the fifth largest seaport in america. the tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the history of the city. learn more all weekend on american history tv. >> i christen thee lexington. [applause] [crowd cheering] rocco: lexington is what is known as an essex class air carrier. the way the navy sets its class of ships, the name of the first ship in the group sets the class. so the essex was the first aircraft carrier built of this type in world war ii. every ship of the same type afterward becomes an essex class. even though they have a different name, for instance, modern nuclear carriers are known as the nimitz class, because the first ship in the class was the uss nim

susan: thanks to both of you the playwright and the actress of mary lincoln. portraying mary lincoln in "the widow lincoln." thank you for your time. >> in the 19th century, the federal government was very limited. they do not have many deployable resources. so the army does a whole variety of things. they are discoverers. they are explorers. army contracts were an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent ken burns's earrings on the development of national parks, it points out the perks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them or preserve them, keep trespassers away, keep hunters off of them. and so the army, really because of the efforts of the commanding general at the time, the army steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. the american people have historically had an antipathy a year of the regular army, from our english traditions and revolutio

we sat down with playwright james still and actor mary bacon to talk about the production of the widow lincoln. this is about 30 minutes. >> we're at ford theater with james still and actor mary bacon about the play the widow lincoln. before we get started about the particulars of the play i wanted to ask both of you, what it is like and i want to start with you, mary because i think this is a new experience for you. james still has been here before, but what it's like to produce a lincoln centered play in ford theater with that flag draped box right in the room with you? what's that experience like? >> well it's definitely -- what's the word? very aware of it. i'm very aware of it. the first time i stepped into theater i was like whoa. and i thought why this a picture of the president there? because i don't know a lot of the specific history of the theater. i don't -- i just -- since my research into the role. but also i have to say for me i thought a lot about how we turn a place into a shrine because we know what happened there. but that there's a lot of places where we just don't k

i have been around playwrights and directors. i spent a lot of time writing prose fiction and screenplays. when i came to writing plays, i had so much experience of the process of working with actors. learning how i would approach character. when i started writing plays, it was unselfconscious. i just started listening to the characters. with "disgraced," i started following my character. in my case, as a playwright, yes. that is the first part. you get a draft. that draft, you start sharing with the actors and you have a director. you work around a table. the play reveals things to you in terms of its form. there was a lot of wisdom in form. you understand the nature of the story you are trying to tell paris the story that wishes to be told. there will be a kind of group knowing of when a moment is not working or does not feel organic. feels like it was necessary for another version of the idea. it is a process. another part of it is sharing it with the audience. i have found in my own experience, i don't actually know what it i

i have been around playwrights and directors. i spent a lot of time writing prose fiction and screenplays. when i came to writing plays, i had so much experience of the process of working with actors learning how i would approach character when i started writing plays, it was unselfconscious. i just started listening to the characters. with "disgraced," i started following my character. as faulkner once said, all i do is follow my characters around and write down what they say. in my case, as a playwright yes. that is the first part. you get a draft. that draft, you start sharing with the actors and you have a director. you work around a table. the play reveals things to you in terms of its form. there is a lot of wisdom in form. you understand the nature of the story you are trying to tell paris the story that wishes to be told. there will be a kind of group knowing of when a moment is not working or does not feel organic or feels like it was necessary for another version of the idea. it is a process. another part of it is shari

. >> for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. so it was, you know, like the greatest day of his life. >> but white's elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. >> and then an hour later he got into a fight in the yard and got busted and sent back to the shu. so it shows how fast things can fall apart, even when things are going good, prison can take it all away from you. >> it's the law, for every action there's a reaction. so i can relate to macbeth, you know, by the choices he made, you know, he predicted his punishment. some of us made mistakes, our choices was mistakes. and now we paying for it. >>> the company is called corky, that also describes some of the products its members create. find out how this business gets their ideas into market. >>> and clothing queen ilene fisher on the importance of your brand translating on giant. that's all coming up next on "your business." >> small businesses are revitalizing the economy. and american express open is here to help. that's why we are prou

our conversation with playwright james still an actor mary bacon about the fords theatre production of the widow lincoln to mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us. e-mail us. or send us a tweet. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> each week, american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ the first group of americans wounded in guerrilla raids on the vietnam front arrived back in the united states. it was these raids that brought about american retaliation in north vietnam the level the several staging areas north of the 17th parallel. all those wounded you can be moved are being flown back to the united states for treatment. meanwhile, the first of 1800 american dependents are returned to the united states. president johnson ordered their evacuation after the war mounted in intensity. even as the civilian groups were leaving, the viet cong staged a bombing raid on a ho

. >> [speaking in french] >> a very famous french playwright once said -- >> [speaking in french] >> "to be a parisian is not to have been born in paris, it is to have been reborn in paris." >> [speaking in french] >> many people have come to paris to be born a second time. paris is a city of opportunities. >> [speaking in french] >> it is a progressive and humanistic city. >> [speaking in french] >> i am fully aware of our very specific responsibility in facing this scourge that affects all of our democracies. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. mayor, it is reported that more people from belgium have traveled to syria to fight than any other country in europe. a quite alarming statistic. what do you think about the root of that phenomenon? what kind of programs have you instituted at the local level to address this problem? >> good morning. let me begin by thanking you for the invitation. i tried to formulate an answer to the difficult questions. i will do it in three parts. i will tell you about my town and its problems. then i will be happy to share with you o

they also hired noel coward, a playwright and entertainer. he travelled country to country, met many heads of state. he met leslie howard, one of the stars of the wind. get different documents and he thought the death would be bad for british morale. he was an air attache, as i said. all of his early story, the stories of the escapades as a pilot, they were all straight out propaganda. he wrote them, he submitted them to his bosses. they passed through the british information services signed off to the british officials and sent to the saturday evening post ladies' home journal and things like that as propaganda. their purpose was to rouse sympathies inflame people against the nazis and make americans want to fight on england's behalf. dahl came in in '42 six months after pearl harbor. america was fighting on two fronts. they had them worried the american anger towards the japanese would mean more ships, manpower, and money would be sent on the pacific war than the european war. the blitz had taken a huge toll in england. the cities were bein

. >> thanks to both of you, the playwright and the actress of mary lincoln. thank you for your time. >> they discuss the film so most portrayal of events and the role lyndon johnson played.

they also hired a playwright and entertainer because he traveled from country to country and that many heads of state, acted as a courier. leslie howard, one of the stars of gone with the wind also worked for the regular. -- irregulars. in fact, he was shot down by germans when he was carrying a document for the irregulars. the germans knew that he was a spy and thought that his death would be bad for british morale. so the regular swear a rather romantic bunch and i thought of themselves that way. -- irregulars were a rather romantic bunch and i thought of themselves that way. they took their cover or they could find it, they had jobs in the embassy, roald dahl cover was he was supposed to be raising morale in america. all his stories were outright propaganda. the waytheir purpose was to arouse american sympathies. the blitz had taken a huge toll in england. cities were being bombed nightly. they needed america's help. they were fighting for every airplane, every ship, every submarine. they did everything they could to turn american sympathies towards the british and keep americans fo

susan: thanks to both of you the playwright and the actress of mary lincoln. portraying mary lincoln in "the widow lincoln." thank you for your time. >> in the 19th century, the federal government was very limited. they do not have many deployable resources. so t

we sat down with playwright james still and actor mary bacon to talk about ford's production of "the widow lincoln." commissioned to mark the anniversary this april of president lincoln's assassination, 150 years ago. this is about 30 minutes. >> we're at ford's theater with playwright james still and actor mary bacon about the play "the widow lincoln kwrt. before we get started about the particulars of the play i wanted to ask both of you what it is like, and i want to start with you mary bacon because i think this is a new experience for you, james still's been here before, but what it's like to produce a lincoln centered play in ford's theater with that flag-draped box right in the room with you. what's that experience like? >> it is definitely, what is the word, very

he had been an enormously successful novelist and playwright in the early 1900s, writing, he was a virulent racist and "the clansman," was a third in a trilogy of books that explore those things in the context of the civil war. >> who took it on besides the black folks? >> they have the support of a number of liberals and supporters of civil rights in the white community. what is tricky there, one of the strategies of the protesters in -- and trotter's goal in boston was to get the film censored which from our perspective in the 21st century, it gave me a lot of discomfort as a first amendment guy. why is a newspaperman using those means? they lost support among white liberals because of the goal of censorship. >> is this the legislature? i'm going to show this clip. which is dominated by ex-slaves. can you give us the set up on this? >> part two of the movie after the war, reconstruction is really the heart of the protests in the sense of this where the blacks are appalled at the portrayal of freed slaves. it is a moment showing what happens when you give former slaves the right to vote, t

he had been an enormously successful novelist and playwright in the early 1900s, writing, he was a virulent racist and "the clansman," was a third in a trilogy of books that explore those things in the context of the civil war. >> who took it on besides the black folks? >> they have the support of a number of liberals and supporters of civil rights in the white community. what is tricky there, one of the strategies of the protesters in -- and trotter's goal in boston was to get the film censored which from our perspective in the 21st century, it gave me a lot of discomfort as a first amendment guy. why is a newspaperman using those means? they lost support among white liberals because of the goal of censorship. >> is this the legislature? which is dominated by ex-slaves. >> part two of the movie after the war, reconstruction is really the heart of the protests in the sense of this where the blacks are appalled at the portrayal of freed slaves. it is a moment showing what happens when you give former slaves the right to vote, the right to be elected, the right to govern. a scene in south car

then our conversation with playwright james still and actor married they can about the production of the widow lincoln. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. e-mail us at comments@c -span.org, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 50 new democrats in the house, 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate that there are also 108 women in congress, including the first african-american republican in the house and the first veteran woman in the senate. keep track of the numbers using congressional chronicle on www.c-span.org. the page has lots of information, including voting results and statistics about each session of congress. c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org. >> next, a discussion on the taste -- case against ted kaczynski. a colorado panel looks at the law that >> relation and marijuana. -- that legalized recreationa

the campaign was launched by playwright eve ensler, creator of "the vagina monologues," and it highlights the startling statistic that one in every three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. >> she joins us here in new york. her also joined by kimberle crenshaw law professor. their new report is "black girls , matter: pushed out overpoliced and underprotected." eve, talk about the organizer that has been going on, even leading up to valentine's day. >> it is gone from one billion rising to one billion rising for justice to one billion rising revolution. i'm thrilled to say we're definitely 200 countries. and i think what is really exciting this year is how the theme of revolution has been adopted from place to place. yesterday i was at a luncheon with dr. bernice king, part of one billion rising atlanta -- >> dr. martin luther king's daughter. >> she was quoting her father and set a social movement that changes people's a revolt. a social movement the changes people and institutions is a revolution. this year we're seeing the deepening of one billion rising. we're

but the point is, there is this image the traveled east, that goes into plays and books, and a playwright who drinks makes a fortune on buffalo bill and the drinks and away, and they create this image of the western hero who is out there doing his own thing. buffalo bill, as you know, by 1883, turns this into big money. he turned into u2 by the 1880's. he creates buffalo bill's wild west show. this takes the idea of the cowboy, who is fighting the indians as well, not only because of red cloud's war, but because of the 1876 battle of little bighorn and the campaign that follows it. but that is a little bit out of my kin right now. he takes this story national, and even international. what you have is this individual without the federal government without stacking the government by catering to a special interest of minorities who are taking tax dollars because they don't want to work hard. we have westerners working hard because that is what americans do. with his buffalo bill's wild west show, by the 1890's, buffalo bill had buffalo bill's wild west show and the congress of rough riders o

but the point is, there is this image that traveled east, that goes into plays and books, and a playwright who drinks makes a fortune on buffalo bill and the n drinks it away, and they create this image of the western hero who is out there doing his own thing. buffalo bill, as you know, by 1883, turns this into big money. he turned into the u2 of 19th century, into theater. he creates buffalo bill's wild west show, and by the 1880's he is fighting the indians as well , not only because of the red cloud fights, but because of the 1886 battle of little bighorn and then the campaign that follows it. later, they will do horrible things with wounded knee, but that is a little bit out of my cken right now. what you have is idea is that this individual without the federal government, without stacking the government by catering to a special interest of minorities, who are taking tax dollars, we have westerners working hard because that is what americans do. with his buffalo bill's wild west show, by the 1890's, buffalo bill had buffalo bill's wild west show and the rough riders of the world. that

at 9:30, a conversation with a playwright and actress about the ford theater presentation of "the widow lincoln," to mark the anniversary of lincoln's assassination. follow our complete schedule on c-span.org. e-mail us at comments @c-span.org. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. join the conversation. >> this week in primetime, three nights of tack, featuring innovators driving internet companies. >> it should be a bentley for $40,000 per year. but it is a taxi. for that, for that privilege of leasing that car for $40,000 per year, he gets to be in poverty. >> insiders at facebook, paypal, and more. that is part of a special presentation. >> possibly the top country in the world for gdp growth, job creation, health care, education, movement. quick three nights of tech on c-span. >> tonight q&a with alan harris. and, the british house of commons. later, london's mayor interviewed by mike allen. thomas allen harris -- announcer: this week on "q&a," our guest is thomas allen harris:, author of "through a lens darkly: black photographers and the emergence of a people," examining ima

but in both instances, playwrights taking important creative license to give celia words we know she never spoke. from all the records we have, we have no unmediated words of celia. celia's story reaching large audiences of becoming fictionalized. remember we talked about harriet tubman and the hillary clinton moment when she quotes tubman, the dangers of the fictionalization. the celia project with scholars coming back to the case is doing the work of trying to understand these new archives, these additional archival materials that go beyond the court record like the newsom estate inventories. we went to the site of the newsom farm. as much as i think i wanted to end by telling you the historians are the bastion of evidence and social science, that we won't get caught up in romance or memory or myth or fiction when it comes to celia i will leave you to contemplate this scene which is our team on what is now federal land in fulton, the site where the newsom farm stood, the site of this dramatic moment in the life of celia. all that is left are some foundation stones, old trees and op

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we should be for this term of the year we do have some big changes on the horizon high-pressure and playwright number that is was replaced by a moist so does going to free land to the north by beginning tomorrow rain carries a camera into san francisco bay as into the weekend if your umbrella handy feature cash shows a midnight friday heavy rain developing for eureka ukiah's touching down to santa rosa will you will notice a lot of the rain 6 north of the golden gate for most of the day on friday the drive to new for most was the tech look at the 9:00 hour the us will start the system ran into closer to san francisco really letter of today will see ran activity for the sow for those in the livermore valley will see perry the heavy rain at times to clear the 6:00 friday just as you're heading home from work where top law heavy rain the relevant for them to san francisco. >> erica: will have another storm headed in our direction i wanted to the storm one storm a lot to sundance to monday but was starting to back off and thomas ran in a second system is expected to bring about when the storm also

. >> i told my parents i was going to be a playwright and they said, good luck to you. >> can pandora avoid a major core battle? they need to fight off a royalty suit. this is "bloomberg surveillance." streaming on your tablet your phone, and bloomberg.com. good morning. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." this is an important interview. this is with mckinsey global institute and they have done fabulous research on their wonderful pathbreaking study on obesity. we need to get to some top headlines from around the world this morning. here is brendan greeley. >> a few light rays of economic light this morning in greece. bonds moved higher for the first time in five days after speculation that greece's creditors are close to a deal with the country to make sure the company is not left without funds. there is a meeting tomorrow with 18 euro area counterparts. auto sales and china climbed 10% last month driven by the demand for suvs and minivans. consumers favor more spacious riots. retail sales in passenger vehicles surged. suv sales surged. minivans surged by 20 2%.

. >> [speaking in french] >> a very famous french playwright once said -- >> [speaking in french] >> "to be a parisian is not to have been born in paris, it is to have been reborn in paris." >> [speaking in french] >> many people have come to paris to be born a second time. paris is a city of opportunities. >> [speaking in french] >> it is a progressive and humanistic city. >> [speaking in french] >> i am fully aware of our very specific responsibility in facing this scourge that affects all of our democracies. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. mayor, it is reported that more people from belgium have traveled to syria to fight than any other country in europe. what do you think about the root of that phenomenon? >> what have you established at the local level to address this problem?? >> good morning. let me begin by thanking you for the invitation. i tried to formulate an answer to the difficult questions. i will do it in three parts. i will tell you about my town and its problems. then i will be happy to share with you how the condition of radicalization and o

and 730, conversation with playwright james still about the ford's theatre production about the widow lincoln. find our complete television schedule a c-span.org, and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. e-mail us at comments at c-span.org or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. oregon democratic governor has announced his resignation. amid allegations that his enc used his relationship -- her relationship to help her cell. in a statement he said he broke no law, and he apologized to the people who helped him get reelected in november and serve -- supported him for three decades. he has maintained that he had his fiancee worked hard to avoid conflicts 20 her public and private roles. here's a portion of the audio statement that was released. >> i am announcing today that i will resign as governor and the state of oregon. it is not easy to walk away from a job that i have undertaken. i apologize to all those people who gave their faith, time and -- and who have supported me over the last three decades. i

we saturday down with playwright james still commissioned to mark the anniversary this april of president lincoln's assassination. this is about 30 minutes. >> we're at ford's theater about the play the widow lincoln. before we get started about the particulars of the play, i wanted to ask both of you what it is like. >>> republican herbert hoover >> the first time i stepped into that theater, i was like wow. i don't know a lot of specific history out of the theater. you know since my research to do the role. also x i have to say i thought a lot about how we turned the place into a shrine because we know what happened there. but there's a lot of places where we just don't know what happened there. so it's a mixed thing. a lot of lines from his play come to me. so that's a very unique experience. if i can speak for them, they have to almost deny the box, in a way. it's there. it's always present. i would say in the widow lincoln, what's wonderful and i think sitting in the audience realizing there was a night on april 14th 1865, that a president and his wife sat in that box and were watchi

at 9:30, our conversation with a playwright about before the theater presentation of "the widow lincoln." find the complete television schedule on c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation .like us on facebook/, follow us on twitter. >> kentucky senator rand paul attended the "american spectator" gala on wednesday. he defended the 2013 government shutdown and criticized hillary clinton for the benghazi attack. this is almost half an hour. >> i go to a lot of barbecues. i think i might need to alter my jackets, they are getting a little tight. i was at a barbecue in kentucky and the guy in front of me had a plate of barbecue. he was loading up another plate of barbecue. i said, you are not going to live long eating like that. he said my grandfather lived to be 105 years old. i said, i bet your granddad lived to be a hundred and 5 -- did not get to live to be 105 by eating like that. he said, note, -- nope, he lived to be 105 years old by minding his own business. [laughter] when we t

at 9:30, our conversation with playwright and actor on the fourth peter production of "the widowed lincoln." to mark the anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. finer -- find a complete schedule at c-span.org and call us at 202, 60 -- 202-626-3400 or comment at c-span.org or send us a tweet or join the conversation on facebook and follow us on twitter. the former texas governor rick perry discusses the range of issues with republican women in new hampshire. after that, kentucky senator rand paul with remarks at the gala. then former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorino discusses politics in new hampshire. former republican rick perry spoke to a meeting of the seacoast republican women in portsmouth, new hampshire on wednesday. he discussed a range of issues including energy, immigration, border security, and the economy. former governor perry ran for president and the 2012 primaries and has said he is considering another campaign in 2016. this is just under one hour. [indiscernible] >> i go down there pretty often, actually. the burn center is there and we have a lot of kids -- >> p

and at 9:30, our conversation with playwright james still and actor mary bacon about the ford's theater production of "the widow lincoln" to mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. find our complete television schedule at cspan.org. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments at cspan.org or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> now to a house oversight committee hearing looking into the secret service's protection of the white house compound. witnesses include members of an independent panel appointed by the homeland security department to examine recent white house security breaches, including an incident involving a fence jumper who made it inside the white house. the panel of former obama administration and bush administration officials testify on their recommendations for improving security. this runs two hours and 35 minutes. >>> good morning. the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order and without tox chair has a

and that to me is the state of playwright now. if our friends want to pass these education measures, they need to take care of business first. it's time to quit messing around. mr. speaker there are a list of extraordinary organizations in this country that are against h.r. 5. a list that i ask unanimous consent to have inserted into the record -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: the names of the congressional tricaucus, the american association of people with disabilities, the american association of university women the american federation of teachers, the american foundation for the blind, the association of the university centers on disabilities, the autism national committee. the center for american progress. the children's of defense fund. the disability rights and education and defense fund. easter seals that most of us contribute to. the gay, lesbian, and straight education network. the naacp. the naacp legal defense and educational fund. the national association of school psychologists. the nation

at 9:30, our conversation with playwright james still and maerp bacon about the widow lincoln to mark the 150th anniversary of the lincoln's assassination. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org or send us a tweet@c-span hashtag comments. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. . >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back the former speaker of the house. newt gingrich guest: great to be here. host: the headline yesterday, mitch mcconnell may have locked himself in when he said he did not want to see another government shutdown and yet, your successor, john boehner is saying the house has done its job. the senate needs to do its job. what's going to happen? guest: i think the only effective strategy is too divide the bill into two parts. take everything which relates to security border control, tsa that sort of thing send it to the president, bring it up by itself, no limits, and challenge the d

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he is himself an act playwright choreographer and producer, and he sat down with lipton to find out about his iconic show and proudest moments. ♪ >>> because i use the people questionnaire, i have become ipso facto willy-nilly without intending it america's eulogist. >> if heaven xichlts what would you like to hear god say when you arrive at the pearly gates? >> to know there's laughter. that would be a great thing. just to hear god go two jews walk into a bar -- [ applause ] >> take over for a while. i'll be right back. >> i was called upon eventually every talk show in america when these people died. because they had been on "inside the actor's studio "and because they'd all answered that question. i'd rather not be the eulogist. >> tell me about the blue cards. >> it's just raw material. chronologically arranged from beginning to end. maybe the equivalent of 300 or 400 cards i. just want to take them away because i think you're putting some of them on the bottom. >> let's just be two guys talking okay? let's go. >> as i see patterns i begin to fill in the blue cards. the blue cards a

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