0:00:02 > 0:00:04'The show went out three nights a week, live.'
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Mr Wogan? You're on!
0:00:05 > 0:00:06- 'With a live audience, - APPLAUSE
0:00:06 > 0:00:09'and everyone who was anyone dropping in.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10'The great and the good,
0:00:10 > 0:00:12'the bad and the ugly.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14'They called it Wogan. Ha.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15'I never knew why.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18'So, if you're sitting comfortably,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20'I'll show you something I made earlier.'
0:00:20 > 0:00:23God knows what they'll make of us in 25 years' time.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Today, we've got a show
0:00:37 > 0:00:41stuffed to the gunwales with great showmen and women,
0:00:41 > 0:00:42including Liza Minnelli,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Robin Williams,
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Tina Turner
0:00:45 > 0:00:46and Sammy Davis Jr.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51All my guests today became huge international stars,
0:00:51 > 0:00:55thanks to a combination of talent, charisma and staying power,
0:00:55 > 0:00:56and very little to do with me.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59My job was to cling to their coat-tails.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02And no better example of this than the very first Wogan,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05where I ended up clinging to Elton John.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08APPLAUSE
0:01:10 > 0:01:11DULL THUMP
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Oh! Oh! Oh...
0:01:21 > 0:01:24THEY CHAT INAUDIBLY
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- I'm glad we rehearsed that. - Yes, I'm glad we rehearsed that.- Yes.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28There was just one thing during that.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean live!
0:01:30 > 0:01:32LAUGHTER
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- I'll try and find Jayne.- Yes. - All right.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm going to do that every week, everybody.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37LAUGHTER
0:01:37 > 0:01:38If I live.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40LAUGHTER
0:01:40 > 0:01:41These days of course,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Sir Elton is happily married to his long-time partner David Furnish,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47so it's fascinating looking back on this interview
0:01:47 > 0:01:50which came just after his first marriage, in 1984.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- LAUGHTER - So, how's married life suiting you?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55It's...it's nearly a year, you know?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57We've seen each other three times. LAUGHTER
0:01:57 > 0:01:59But no, we're very happy. Everything's going very well.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Me and the audience are annoyed, cos we're about the only people
0:02:02 > 0:02:03you didn't ask to the wedding.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06We would have flown to Australia if you'd asked, you know.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, that was the great thing about getting married in Australia
0:02:09 > 0:02:11is that everyone you wanted to avoid couldn't get there.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12WOGAN LAUGHS
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- Thanks(!) That's very nice. For Christmas.- Yes.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Was it a whirlwind romance, because you haven't really talked about it?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- We saw the wedding...- Yes.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22..and then you've done this world tour and all the rest.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Was it a whirlwind romance, or had you been...
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- ..cogitating it for a long time? - Well, I'd often done that. Erm...
0:02:29 > 0:02:31But it was, yes, it was kind of whirlwind.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34But I, no, I'd met her before.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Renate's an engineer, and I met her on the previous album,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and she was engineering on the Breaking Hearts album,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43and there was a chemistry between the two of us, and I had no doubts,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and I thought at my time in life, it's about time I took the plunge,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48and we had no serious thoughts about... Well,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- we DID have serious thoughts, because marriage is serious, you can't do it flippantly.- Yeah.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- She's a German lady.- Yeah.- Is there anything of the Teuton in her?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Does she have strict ideas, does she keep you in line?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Yes. I think most people around me keep me in line,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04otherwise I'd go completely off the rails.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07That applies to people at Watford Football Club, my family,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09my mother and father, the people that work for me,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11because sometimes, in this business,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14you know, you think you're the riot and you can get everything you want,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16and you're hot-headed, and those around me just ignore me,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19which is the best thing to do. I slam doors, and after ten minutes,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21no-one's come, I'm going, "Where are they all?"
0:03:21 > 0:03:22And...she's...
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I think everybody around me's been pretty level-headed with me,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28because I am a monster sometimes. I may be the nice little boy next door,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30but you should see me sometimes. LAUGHTER
0:03:30 > 0:03:34You used to have a very, very lurid sense of dress,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- but I see that she's quietened down your...- No, I've toned down, yes.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39LAUGHTER
0:03:39 > 0:03:41The Vauxhall's outside, Terry. LAUGHTER
0:03:41 > 0:03:43It's a tame black and white number you have there,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- apart from the luminous socks. - Yes, it is, really.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I was going to wear pink glasses, but I think the, er,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51the camera people thought it might go crazy. So...
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Yes, I'll never tame down as far as that goes.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- I mean, you dress like that at home? You don't!- Yes, I do.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57No, you don't!
0:03:57 > 0:04:01LAUGHTER
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I'm not saying what I dress around the house in.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04LAUGHTER
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- This could be dangerous, enough said. - You don't come down to breakfast dressed like that?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Oh, no, but I've got a fanfare. I play a fanfare every morning.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Da da-da-da, da da, da da-da!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15So the staff know I'm up, I can come downstairs, and there's me breakfast on the table,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and it takes the length of the corridor before I get to the solemn bit.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21HE SINGS A SOMBRE AIR
0:04:21 > 0:04:25By the time I'm downstairs, my bacon sandwich is ready. Brilliant.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Do you have appropriate music for all of your functions?- Not really.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30LAUGHTER
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I've got Otis Redding music for when I go to the toilet.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34LAUGHTER
0:04:34 > 0:04:38No, not really. I listen to music all the time. There's music all around the house.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41When you see groups like Wham!...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- They're fabulous.- ..or Duran Duran... - They're great.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And I like Boy George, and I think, erm,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I think it's very unfair to pick on them because, erm...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Go and see them first,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53and then make up your mind. I've met these bands, and I've...
0:04:53 > 0:04:56They've got so much energy, they make you feel exhausted,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59because that's how Bernie and I used to be at 21 years of age,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03seeing Wham!, seeing George, seeing those bands, Nik Kershaw and people like that.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Fabulous. Good luck to them.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07They're making great music, they're not doing anybody any harm.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I think give them a chance. You know, they're great.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I really enjoy their music,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14and I think it's very silly just to dismiss things.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17But you, looking at them, do they make you feel your age?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I do feel like a grandfather when I walk into the dressing room,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22you know, it's... It's kind of like meeting the Queen...
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Don't say anything. LAUGHTER
0:05:25 > 0:05:26It's kind of like, what do you say?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29There is an age gap, one feels an age gap.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31But they've always made me feel very welcome,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and I am basically a shy person anyway, and I do, yeah,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35I do feel a difference, but, er,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37some of the music they make is tremendous.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39And they've always been very, very nice to me.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Do you feel that your flamboyance has diminished?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Do you feel that you've changed at all?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Marriage, settling down, obviously is bound to...
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I'm getting a bit more Hinge and Bracket, really, I suppose.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51LAUGHTER In that direction.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53WOGAN CHUCKLES
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I'll always be sort of flamboyant in a certain way.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I don't want to lose that part of...
0:05:58 > 0:05:59But, yes, I've toned down,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I've had to tone down for my football club, for example,
0:06:02 > 0:06:04there's no way I could turn up to Watford in this suit,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06the manager would fire me.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Absolutely true. Erm...
0:06:08 > 0:06:09And I wouldn't dream of it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11But, you know, it's good enough for your programme!
0:06:11 > 0:06:13LAUGHTER
0:06:13 > 0:06:15It might lead to a certain amount of racy talk.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I was going to ask, because I'm sure there are lots of people
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- who are trying to get their children to learn to play the piano...- Yes.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25..and, erm, children might say, "There's no need for me to learn.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27"Look at Elton John. He just bangs it out there."
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Did you actually have a formal training?- Thank you!
0:06:29 > 0:06:31LAUGHTER
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- In your own spontaneous way, of course.- I started to play by ear.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37My grandmother and my mother brought me up,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39because my father was away in the air force,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43and my grandmother played slightly, and my mother's sister played,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45and so I started playing by ear, when I was about three or four.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47And I picked things up very quickly,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and I think if you have a gift for things, then you do pick it up.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54And then my parents insisted that I went to musical education,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56which I didn't really want to do, and I...
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I qualified for the Royal Academy of Music as a day student, erm,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02on Saturdays when I was between the age of 11 to 15,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04and I got through all my exams.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I didn't appreciate it much because I'd rather have been home
0:07:06 > 0:07:08playing football or something.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12But on recollection, I know it's useful. Thinking about it again,
0:07:12 > 0:07:13it taught me an awful lot.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I'm very grateful that they did send me there,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18because it did teach me a lot, and if you have a gift for something,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20you can only improve your technique
0:07:20 > 0:07:22by going to someone who can tell you about it.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- So you'd say to youngsters, keep up the piano lessons?- Yeah.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28If they're forced into it and they've no talent, it's a waste of time.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30But, if someone has got a talent for something,
0:07:30 > 0:07:31and they play by it,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33then it is a good idea to go and have instruction,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36and listen to someone else, and learn. Yes, it is.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38You can always learn about something.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41As ever, wise words from Sir Elton John.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Now, Liza Minnelli,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46an entertainer who was born into the occasionally painful business
0:07:46 > 0:07:48they call "show".
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Actress, singer, dancer,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54and, of course, daughter of the legendary Judy Garland.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Can I ask how your mother felt about you as a performer? Was she ever...
0:07:58 > 0:08:01When it became apparent that you were beginning to come through,
0:08:01 > 0:08:05you were succeeding, what was her reaction to that?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06- Oh, she was thrilled.- Was she?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Because we were great, great friends.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10And it was the same thing with my father.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14And they never stopped me, and they always encouraged me,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16and gave me just...
0:08:16 > 0:08:18smart advice, you know, for whatever advice counts.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22They knew that I wasn't going to suddenly turn around and say,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- "Forget it, I'll paint!" You know, it wasn't going to happen.- Yeah.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I wanted to sing, and dance, and entertain.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29And it was marvellous.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Unfortunately, you know, my mom passed away before Cabaret came out.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37So, even before The Sterile Cuckoo came out.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39So she saw me on Broadway, but she never saw me...in a film.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- She never saw the major successes? - No, no.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44You must, you must regret that, looking back on that?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45No, I don't. I really...
0:08:46 > 0:08:48..I think that it's all OK.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51It turned out, for everybody, the way it should, you know?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Yeah, because your mum's... was, of course, a tragic,
0:08:54 > 0:08:55tragic end.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Not really.- No?- No. I think that...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Well, see, people have a misconception about her whole life,
0:09:01 > 0:09:02let alone her end.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06She was a very strong, very kind of happy woman,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and she didn't like that to be part of her public persona,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11because she felt it was nobody's business.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14But she had a huge humour about everything.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15And, even though she died young,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19she did everything she ever wanted to do in her whole life.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21She took every moment, and she ate it.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It was just marvellous.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Yes, you didn't...
0:09:24 > 0:09:25But it was sad she went so young.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Oh, yes. That, well, yeah, sure.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I was sad when my father went at 84! LAUGHTER
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- I mean, I'm sad when anybody goes. - Well, of course, yes!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Let's have a look at that...
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Because, really, the thing that really made it for you
0:09:40 > 0:09:43was that enormous success in Cabaret.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Yeah.- And then the Oscar, as well. Possibly more...
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Tremendously decadent atmosphere.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Yes, well, it was Berlin in the '30s!
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Berlin, I don't remember it myself...
0:09:51 > 0:09:52SHE LAUGHS
0:09:52 > 0:09:53LAUGHTER
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Let's have a look, a little...
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- ..vignette. - SHE LAUGHS
0:09:58 > 0:10:00# When you haven't any coal in your stove
0:10:00 > 0:10:01# And you freeze in the winter
0:10:01 > 0:10:03# And you curse to the wind at your fate
0:10:03 > 0:10:05# When you haven't any shoes on your feet
0:10:05 > 0:10:07# And your coat's thin as paper and you look 30 pounds underweight
0:10:07 > 0:10:10# When you go to get a word of advice from the fat little pastor
0:10:10 > 0:10:12# He will tell you to love evermore
0:10:12 > 0:10:15# But when hunger comes to rap and a-tap and a-tap at the window...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17DRUMBEAT RAPS
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- At the window!- Who's there? - Hunger.- Ooh, hunger!
0:10:20 > 0:10:23# See our love flies out the door
0:10:23 > 0:10:27# Money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world... #
0:10:27 > 0:10:28COINS JANGLE
0:10:28 > 0:10:32# Money makes the world go round The clinking clanking sound
0:10:32 > 0:10:35# Of money, money, money, money Money, money, money, money
0:10:35 > 0:10:37# Get a little, get a little, money, money, money, money...
0:10:37 > 0:10:39# Mark, a yen, a buck or a pound
0:10:39 > 0:10:42# That clinking, clanking, clunking sound
0:10:42 > 0:10:43# Is all that makes the world go round
0:10:43 > 0:10:46# It makes the world go round! # PFFRRRT!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Surely, now that I look at that, that's got a very rude ending.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Well, the whole thing is rude! - A tad, yes.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06If I'd heard that in time,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08I wouldn't have included that, you know.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- You wouldn't?!- Before the watershed, we don't break wind.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Well, I tell you, Joel Grey and I couldn't believe it when Fosse -
0:11:14 > 0:11:16who directed it, Bob Fosse directed it -
0:11:16 > 0:11:18wanted us to do all of these moves.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22It was like this ritual dance and a lot of shaking your body parts
0:11:22 > 0:11:24and at first we were kind of shy about it
0:11:24 > 0:11:26and suddenly he give us this big lecture
0:11:26 > 0:11:30and the next day, Joel and I were just shaking everything we had.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- And that's what he wanted! - Hello! Bob Fosse.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36You've got such a good voice and everything.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Are you sorry you weren't around in the heyday of the musical,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42you know, when they were doing South Pacific
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and all those wonderful musicals?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Sure. I think it would have been wonderful to be around then,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52but I've been awfully lucky. I mean, when you think of...
0:11:52 > 0:11:57To have one film like Cabaret is incredible in one's career,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00but then to have New York, New York on top of that,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03which is a whole different...
0:12:03 > 0:12:07you know, can of beans, but to have the songs from that
0:12:07 > 0:12:09and written for you, I mean, that's...
0:12:09 > 0:12:12that's terrific, so I feel like I've at least been in there a little bit.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14What's the best bit of what you do?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17You do so much - acting, singing, dancing,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19cabaret, movies, television...
0:12:19 > 0:12:21What gives you the biggest kick? What do you like best?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Well, I think it all comes from acting.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26You know, like, in the singing...
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Singing, I think, at its best, is acting with music.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Acting is just making the words absolutely real,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38and even dancing is movement that is acted well
0:12:38 > 0:12:40and that's why I always, in my songs,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I always look for the lyrical content,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45if there's a woman I can understand,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48if there is something that I can relate to.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51It's why I actually... It's why I looked up the Pet Shop Boys.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- Good, well...- Because of their words. Their words are fantastic.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59While you were here in April, you actually recorded a new album,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- didn't you, with them?- Yes.- So, will you give us a song from it?- Really?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04All right.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07'Here she is with those Pet Shop Boys and Losing My Mind.'
0:13:40 > 0:13:44# The sun comes up I think about you
0:13:44 > 0:13:48# The coffee cup I think about you
0:13:48 > 0:13:53# I want you so it's like I'm losing my mind
0:13:56 > 0:14:00# The morning ends I think about you
0:14:00 > 0:14:04# I talk to friends Think about you
0:14:04 > 0:14:09# And do they know it's like I'm losing my mind?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15# All afternoon doing every little chore
0:14:15 > 0:14:19# The thought of you stays bright
0:14:19 > 0:14:23# Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
0:14:23 > 0:14:27# Not going left, not going right
0:14:28 > 0:14:32# I dim the lights and think about you
0:14:32 > 0:14:36# Spend sleepless nights Think about you
0:14:36 > 0:14:41# You said you loved me or were you just being kind?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44# Or am I losing...
0:14:46 > 0:14:48# Losing my mind?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07# All afternoon doing every little chore
0:15:07 > 0:15:11# The thought of you stays bright
0:15:11 > 0:15:15# Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
0:15:15 > 0:15:20# Not going left, not going right
0:15:20 > 0:15:24# I dim the lights and think about you
0:15:24 > 0:15:28# Spend sleepless nights Think about you
0:15:28 > 0:15:31# You said you loved me
0:15:33 > 0:15:36# Or were you just being kind?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40# Or am I losing my mind?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00# Or am I losing my mind?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11# You said you loved me
0:16:11 > 0:16:14# Or were you just being kind?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17# Or am I losing my mind?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28# Or were you just being kind?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32# Or am I losing my mind?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36# Losing my mind
0:16:38 > 0:16:42# Losing my mind... #
0:16:42 > 0:16:44WHISPERS: Losing my mind...
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Losing my mind....
0:17:00 > 0:17:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:17:12 > 0:17:14The guest now whose passing
0:17:14 > 0:17:17left a huge gap in the world of entertainment,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19making it a much less exciting place.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Robin Williams was always so full of energy and ideas,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26all you had to do was light the blue touchpaper,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29retire and he was off like a rocket.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31When he came on the Wogan show to talk about
0:17:31 > 0:17:34his wonderful performance in the film Good Morning, Vietnam,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37he seemed to think the flowers we had on set
0:17:37 > 0:17:40made the place look like a funeral parlour.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43APPLAUSE
0:17:43 > 0:17:47MUSIC: Theme from Mork And Mindy
0:17:52 > 0:17:56SOUTHERN AMERICAN ACCENT: We are gathered here to mourn his loss.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Dearly beloved, he has passed on, not...
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Praise him! Know who he is! Amen!
0:18:02 > 0:18:04NORMAL VOICE: Jimmy Swaggart bath products
0:18:04 > 0:18:06and his new magazine, Repent-house.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07LAUGHTER
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- This is amazing. Thank you. - It's a pleasure.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11I love this, this is kind of a...
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I don't know, a Jackie Stewart kind of room.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16SCOTTISH ACCENT: Just go around the walls, aye.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- A little on the dull side.- No, but that's great, though, you know -
0:18:20 > 0:18:22the type of thing where the cat would go, "Where am I?"
0:18:22 > 0:18:26This is actually about your second visit here, really, as a performer.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Last time was for The Prince's Trust,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31with...with Prince Charles and Lady Diana. You enjoyed that?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33It was fun, it was fun. It was very scary, though.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35How did you get on with Prince Charles and Lady Diana?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38I was amazed at... I'm so glad he left!
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I was just like, "Oh, thank you, Lord!"
0:18:40 > 0:18:43AS PRINCE CHARLES: "Off with his head."
0:18:43 > 0:18:44LAUGHTER
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Every so often, I would look up at the box like, "Is it going well?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49"Thank you.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51"Obviously, you can hear it, but..."
0:18:53 > 0:18:55AUDIENCE JEERS, SCATTERED APPLAUSE
0:18:55 > 0:18:56I know, I couldn't say it that night
0:18:56 > 0:18:59and now they're going, "You don't even say it now."
0:18:59 > 0:19:02But it was nice that he liked it. I think he had a great time.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Do American comedians,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06people that you perhaps work with
0:19:06 > 0:19:08in the various comic workshops that you do,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11do they do a lot of stuff on our royals? Do they imitate them?
0:19:11 > 0:19:15No, not too... I mean, they make remarks.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I think, just physical remarks, they talk about it.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I mean, obviously, what I did just then and people went,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22"That's maybe our future king.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26"We don't talk about your President looking like a turkey neck."
0:19:27 > 0:19:31No, all right, they talk about... I don't think anyone does impressions.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I mean, a few people talk about Margaret Thatcher.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I once said that she seemed like Julia Child on steroids.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40HE SQUAWKS
0:19:40 > 0:19:42I had Ronald Reagan calling her at night,
0:19:42 > 0:19:46going, "I've got something for you. It's a missile."
0:19:46 > 0:19:50"Sh! I can't talk right now, Misha is here."
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Tried different... Obviously, there is another one that went...
0:19:53 > 0:19:54IMITATES A ROCKET
0:19:54 > 0:19:57But I don't think too many people know about English politics.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I mean, I went to visit the House of Lords, which was amazing.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03I've never seen so many old people in one place, it was wonderful.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06It was nice to see them voting, going, "Time to vote, Lord Simmons."
0:20:06 > 0:20:08"What...?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10"Here!"
0:20:11 > 0:20:14But then the House of Commons was... It was like a brawl! I mean...
0:20:14 > 0:20:17HE BARKS IN ENGLISH-SEEMING SOUNDS
0:20:17 > 0:20:19"That is roll-call..."
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It's like Congress meets West Side Story, it's like...
0:20:22 > 0:20:24HE HUMS: Cool from West Side Story
0:20:24 > 0:20:27# Labour Party... #
0:20:28 > 0:20:30It's wild! I loved watching it, though.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I mean, just coming over and seeing a different perspective was great.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38We're always glad to see you. The first time I think we really...
0:20:38 > 0:20:41you impinged on the consciousness was in Mork And Mindy,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44and it was all that "nanu nanu" stuff, and "shazbot".
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- You make all that up as you went along?- That one, I did.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Yeah, that was basically the same as Good Morning, Vietnam,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52just my act and things that I was playing with.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I mean, I would do stuff in clubs
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- and then they would put it into the scripts the next day.- Do you get...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00When you do impersonations, do you upset people?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Has anybody written you a stinging letter?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Stallone, I don't think, was too happy.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06I used to do a thing about him in Hamlet, going...
0:21:06 > 0:21:08AS STALLONE: "Uh, to be...
0:21:09 > 0:21:11"..or what?"
0:21:11 > 0:21:13LAUGHTER
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I don't think he was real happy about that.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20He didn't come after me. He's come after friends of mine
0:21:20 > 0:21:24and got very angry because they've talked about a lot deeper stuff.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I don't think Reagan is exactly joyous about what I do.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Implying that he is the world's largest Muppet is not a happy thing.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33AUDIENCE GASPS AND APPLAUDS
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- A lot of Reagan fans in the audience tonight!- Yeah!
0:21:36 > 0:21:38AS REAGAN: "I... Well... Oh-oh!"
0:21:38 > 0:21:40LAUGHTER
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Your stand-up routine, though, isn't just based on impersonations.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45You create characters yourself.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Characters, yeah, talk about different things.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Some of them personal, some of them... I talk about my son,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55sometimes I talk about sexual relations, sometimes I talk about...
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I mean, it's the whole gamut, which is nice.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01That's why I do it, because it's... it's totally free for me.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03So, the cartoon characters that you grew up with,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05they were your comic heroes, were they?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Yeah, that and Jonathan and Peter Sellers. I mean, watching...
0:22:09 > 0:22:12How did you come across The Goons, the British sense of humour?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I don't know. Someone... I think my father had one of the records.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17And you had a picture backstage of Morecambe and Wise
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- and my father had... He had records of theirs, too.- Really?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Yeah.- That's extraordinary.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24He collected from all over the world,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26but that's why I got to listen to those.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Just remembering voices
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and seeing Peter Sellers before Dr Strangelove, in...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32There's a movie he did called The Party...
0:22:32 > 0:22:34AS SELLERS IN THE PARTY: ..where he talked kind of like that.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36That's right, the big party in Hollywood.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40AS SELLERS' CHARACTER: "Running around, going..."
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Characters like that.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- You were Oscar-nominated for the role in...- It was real close.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Do you like those showbiz...? Are you steeped in the lore of showbiz?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49- Do you love all that stuff?- No.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Going to that ceremony, it's very strange, because you're sitting there
0:22:52 > 0:22:54and then when they announce someone else's name,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57you're like, "Really?" LAUGHTER
0:22:57 > 0:23:00And you want to be able to go, "Hey, Mike!"
0:23:00 > 0:23:01IMITATES BLOWING A SPITBALL
0:23:01 > 0:23:03HE CRIES
0:23:03 > 0:23:04HE MOOS
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You know, and you can't.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09You have to just sit there and smile, like, "I'm so happy for you."
0:23:10 > 0:23:13It was... It's a strange night.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Under every chair, there is a little pool of Dom Perignon.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19And you look out and see all these happy faces, like,
0:23:19 > 0:23:20"Just die, right now."
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- You live in San Francisco, don't you?- Yeah. It's the type of town...
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I left Hollywood because I kept worrying about my career too much
0:23:27 > 0:23:32but San Francisco is the type of town that even Fellini would go, "No."
0:23:32 > 0:23:34When you walk... You're going down the street
0:23:34 > 0:23:35and you see a transvestite nun.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37You go, "OK."
0:23:37 > 0:23:40That's like, OK, that begins the day.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42And then it's from there. It's crazy.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I have friends who've taken so much medication,
0:23:44 > 0:23:48they'll sit at a stop light and go, "There's got to be another colour."
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Music, Maestro, please. A living legend.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Tina Turner, along with Elton, are guests on the first ever Wogan,
0:23:57 > 0:24:02with one of her most aptly titled hit songs, The Best.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:13 > 0:24:17# I call you, I need you My heart's on fire
0:24:22 > 0:24:26# You come to me, come to me Wild and wire
0:24:30 > 0:24:32# You come to me
0:24:34 > 0:24:37# Give me everything I need
0:24:40 > 0:24:45# Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams
0:24:49 > 0:24:54# You speak the language of love like you know what it means
0:24:57 > 0:25:00# And it can't be wrong
0:25:02 > 0:25:06# Take my heart and make it stronger
0:25:06 > 0:25:08# You're simply the best
0:25:11 > 0:25:14# Better than all the rest
0:25:16 > 0:25:19# Better than anyone
0:25:21 > 0:25:24# Anyone I ever met
0:25:25 > 0:25:28# I'm stuck on your heart
0:25:30 > 0:25:33# I hang on every word you say
0:25:35 > 0:25:37# Tear us apart
0:25:39 > 0:25:43# Baby, I would rather be dead
0:25:45 > 0:25:49# In your heart I see the start of every night and every day
0:25:54 > 0:25:59# In your eyes, I get lost I get washed away
0:26:03 > 0:26:07# Just as long as I'm here in your arms
0:26:07 > 0:26:10# I could be in no better place
0:26:11 > 0:26:14# You're simply the best
0:26:17 > 0:26:19# Better than all the rest
0:26:21 > 0:26:24# Better than anyone
0:26:26 > 0:26:29# Anyone I ever met
0:26:30 > 0:26:32# I'm stuck on your heart
0:26:35 > 0:26:38# I hang on every word you say
0:26:39 > 0:26:42# Oh, tear us apart No, no, no
0:26:44 > 0:26:48# Baby, I would rather be dead
0:26:50 > 0:26:54# Each time you leave me I start losing control
0:26:54 > 0:26:58# You're walking away with my heart and my soul
0:27:00 > 0:27:04# I can feel you even when I'm alone
0:27:04 > 0:27:08# Oh, baby, don't let go!
0:27:25 > 0:27:29# Oh, you're the best Whoo!
0:27:31 > 0:27:34# Better than all the rest
0:27:35 > 0:27:38# Better than anyone
0:27:40 > 0:27:43# Anyone I ever met
0:27:44 > 0:27:47# Ooh, I'm stuck on your heart
0:27:49 > 0:27:52# I hang on every word you say
0:27:54 > 0:27:57# Tear us apart No, no, no
0:27:59 > 0:28:02# Baby, I would rather be dead
0:28:03 > 0:28:05# Oh, you're the best! #
0:28:06 > 0:28:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Well, that was...
0:28:33 > 0:28:36That was a typically understated performance, there. Wonderful!
0:28:36 > 0:28:38That's riding high in the charts at the moment.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- So, how is the old career going? - Oh, fantastic!
0:28:42 > 0:28:47- Yeah?- It is, it's...- And what about your life? You seem happy.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Yeah, I... I'm pleased. I'm happy a lot of the time.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53It's not every day, but it's most of the time.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- We can't all be happy all the time anyway.- That's right.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59You're a great survivor. You don't mind being called a survivor?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02No, because it's reality. I've survived...
0:29:02 > 0:29:04a feat, I would say.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07My parents... The section of when my parents left
0:29:07 > 0:29:09and then the drifting into the marriage and...
0:29:09 > 0:29:11So it's been quite a lot.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15What was it about you, do you think, that helped you survive? What is it?
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- Do you have time to hear it? - Yes. Of course we have.- No, gosh...
0:29:20 > 0:29:26It was a lot. I have always been a loner, really.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I've always depended on myself.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30And when a decision was to be made,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I simply need someone to basically help me to do it
0:29:33 > 0:29:36and that was my relationship
0:29:36 > 0:29:39and partnership, basically, with Roger Davies
0:29:39 > 0:29:43and I would say my practice in my spiritual beliefs,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and I'm just kind of a strong person.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Do you ever feel like giving up?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50There must have been times when you thought...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Well, I think I did give up in the book once, but I was saved.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- Right?- You were saved? How were you saved?
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Do we have to talk about that?
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Well, I-I-I took some sleeping pills and I tried to go away very easily.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Better than jumping off of a building or something.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I went to sleep.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12And so I was awakened by a knight in shining armour, Ike Turner,
0:30:12 > 0:30:15just his voice sort of brought me out of the really deep sleep
0:30:15 > 0:30:19and after that I decided, well, this is apparently my destiny
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- and I won't try that again. - And what did he shout?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Something like, "Don't die or I'll kill you"?
0:30:25 > 0:30:30- You didn't read that, did you?- One of the great lines in pop, that is.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31That's right.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Now, you came across to England in the '60s, didn't you?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39That's when you came over here first. You know...
0:30:40 > 0:30:43The British and I think the Europeans have taken you
0:30:43 > 0:30:47- kind of to their heart.- Yes. - Are you happy when you're here?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Do you feel different when you're here?
0:30:49 > 0:30:53I came here, 1966 was the first time. River Deep Mountain High was...
0:30:54 > 0:30:58..a huge success in London and I was thrilled. England was...
0:30:58 > 0:31:01London actually was leading in fashion. The mini dresses...
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Oh, it was it. I had... I had an energy.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07There was an energy here that brought something out in me,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11that excited me and I looked forward to coming back each time.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16And then after that my career started here many years later with
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Martyn Ware producing a song called Let's Stay Together.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Yeah. Yeah!
0:31:21 > 0:31:23APPLAUSE
0:31:23 > 0:31:27And I've been basically living here at the St James's Hotel
0:31:27 > 0:31:30straight through, basically, working in Europe,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34working here and working with most of the musicians here.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39- It just became home. And so I finally got a place here.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42You've got a place? Are you going to settle here?
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Or will America always be home for you?- No, this is it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48I've lived long enough to know
0:31:48 > 0:31:51when I've found my place and travelling here since 1966
0:31:51 > 0:31:55and now finally getting a place here, I basically have decided to
0:31:55 > 0:31:57live on this side for the next half of my life.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Well, obviously, they don't want you here.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- But I'm glad you're here anyway. - Thank you.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Elton, Liza, Robin and Tina.
0:32:15 > 0:32:20God, I'm spoiling you and myself today. And there's more.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Sammy Davis Jr, no less.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26I describe him as the unforgettable Sammy Davis Jr, except,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28as someone reminded me the other day,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31I had completely forgotten he had come on to the show.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34But, you know, it's an age thing.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38This is all coming as much of a surprise to me as it is to you.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Anyway, here we are.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Talking about the early days of Sammy's incredible career.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46You had a lot of prejudice, which I hadn't been aware of
0:32:46 > 0:32:48until I read your book.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Particularly when you and your uncle and your dad went to play Las Vegas.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53- Oh, yes.- You'd play Vegas.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55You'd play a hall in Vegas
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- when it was beginning to expand as a great entertainment centre...- Yes.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02..and you'd find that you couldn't stay in the hotel you were playing at?
0:33:02 > 0:33:06No, there was no staying. You couldn't eat in the hotel.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11And I'm not speaking about 1930 or even the '40s, I'm talking '50s.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Every big black star that worked Las Vegas, that helped build it up.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24I'm speaking of Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27the Mills Brothers, the people who helped not only that town
0:33:27 > 0:33:30but our business and contributed in such a way
0:33:30 > 0:33:36and would pack the joint, we could not walk through the front.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40This is in Las Vegas, Nevada.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43And you could not eat in the restaurant.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Forget gambling, there was no...
0:33:46 > 0:33:50You couldn't get up to a table. They wouldn't allow you in the casino.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51That's the truth.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54So you performed and then had to go out the side way...
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Out the side way. If you had... - ..to the ghetto...
0:33:57 > 0:34:01That was the only place but...there is mixed emotions about that.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06And I guess I had to live to be 63 years old to realise it.
0:34:06 > 0:34:14That, by integration, we lost a great deal.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17We gained a great deal when everything started to
0:34:17 > 0:34:21integrate in terms of acceptance and this, that and the other.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25But in that what we call "the ghetto" was all our culture.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28You understand what I'm saying?
0:34:28 > 0:34:31There was the coloured barbershop and I say "coloured"
0:34:31 > 0:34:34because that was the terminology used in those days.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39There was the coloured rooming house where we all stayed.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43There was community and because we all suffered these indignities,
0:34:43 > 0:34:47it brought us as black performers closer together
0:34:47 > 0:34:49and we shared experiences and we hung out.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52As soon as it started to open up like this
0:34:52 > 0:34:56and everybody could stay at the hotel they were working in,
0:34:56 > 0:35:01we very rarely saw each other any more and it's a shame we lost that.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05It is too bad we couldn't have maintained a little bit of balance.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Now, you met Sinatra early in your career, didn't you?
0:35:07 > 0:35:11- Yes, when I got out of the army. - When did you meet him?
0:35:11 > 0:35:16I still had my army suit with the gold bird on it.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18And I could get free tickets. LAUGHTER
0:35:18 > 0:35:24No, that's true and you'd go up to NBC or CBS and you'd say...
0:35:24 > 0:35:27point at your thing and you had your hat on and the guy said,
0:35:27 > 0:35:31"Oh, well, the soldiers come first," then give you tickets.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33And one day I had been at the show.
0:35:33 > 0:35:38He was doing the Old Goal Show at the time and I had been at the show,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42seen it like three weeks in a row, and he recognised me.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46First of all, there weren't a lot of black people going to see
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Frank Sinatra at the Old Goal Show, you know,
0:35:49 > 0:35:53so he kept looking at the audience like this, you know.
0:35:53 > 0:35:59So he comes out one day and I'm standing by the stage door
0:35:59 > 0:36:03and he looks at me and he says, "Didn't we work together once?"
0:36:04 > 0:36:08And I said, "Yes, but it was only three days."
0:36:08 > 0:36:13We replaced an act when he was with Tommy Dorsey. He remembered.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17He said, "Yeah, you work with your family." I said, "Yeah."
0:36:17 > 0:36:21He said, "Hey, you are out." I said, "Yes, I am."
0:36:21 > 0:36:25He said, "You want to come next week?" And I said, "Oh, could I?"
0:36:25 > 0:36:28He said, "Yeah, come and watch rehearsal."
0:36:28 > 0:36:30And he turned to one of the guys.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32His man at the time was named Hank Sanicola.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36He turned to Hank Sanicola and said, "See Charlie over here...?"
0:36:36 > 0:36:39I said, "My name is Sammy." He said, "It's Charlie."
0:36:39 > 0:36:41LAUGHTER
0:36:41 > 0:36:43He said, "You see Charlie over here?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45"When he comes here, make sure he gets in for the rehearsal."
0:36:45 > 0:36:47He said, "See you next week, kid."
0:36:47 > 0:36:51He got in his car and drove off and it was heaven.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54I walked back to the hotel we were living in,
0:36:54 > 0:36:58from Hollywood down to 5th Street, man. It must be 20 miles.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01I just walked in heaven, floating lightly, you know,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05cos I had met this man and he remembered me.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08And that was the second beginning of our relationship.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10How much influence did he have on your career?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13It's immeasurable. Immeasurable.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15First of all, I wanted to be like him, I wanted to dress like him,
0:37:15 > 0:37:17I wanted to look like him.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20You know, I took my hair and had it all done up, with the curls...
0:37:20 > 0:37:22LAUGHTER
0:37:22 > 0:37:24TERRY LAUGHS
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Yeah. But you can impersonate him.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Oh, I used to. I used to do it.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Can you still do his voice?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30No, I don't do it no more.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34If I cocked my eyebrow at you, what song do you think it means?
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Look at this.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39What does this eyebrow mean?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Well, it's either... APPLAUSE
0:37:41 > 0:37:45I'm going to follow you with the microphone.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Hello.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56First of all, I would like to say that there was no rehearsal...
0:37:56 > 0:37:58TERRY LAUGHS ..for this...
0:37:58 > 0:38:02and I'm putting the gentlemen in the back in somewhat of a bad bind.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03But...
0:38:04 > 0:38:07..I think we'll be able to manage. They're all good friends.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I wasn't prepared for you to come up here.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13THEY LAUGH
0:38:13 > 0:38:15All right, I knew they weren't expecting it.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Give me something about here. HE MIMICS CYMBAL TAPPING
0:38:19 > 0:38:22DRUMMER STARTS PLAYING
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Give me a keynote.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29ORGAN PLAYER BEGINS
0:38:31 > 0:38:35# She gets too hungry for dinner at eight... #
0:38:35 > 0:38:38APPLAUSE
0:38:38 > 0:38:44# She loves the theatre but won't arrive late
0:38:44 > 0:38:48# She just won't argue with someone she hates
0:38:49 > 0:38:52# That's why the lady is a tramp
0:38:54 > 0:38:59# Won't go to Harlem with sharpies or frauds
0:39:00 > 0:39:06# Won't be caught dead in a Lincoln or a Ford
0:39:06 > 0:39:11# She won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
0:39:12 > 0:39:15# That's why the lady is a tramp
0:39:15 > 0:39:23# She likes that free, fresh wind in her hair
0:39:23 > 0:39:26# Her life's without care
0:39:26 > 0:39:29# She is broke but it's oke
0:39:29 > 0:39:31# Hates California
0:39:31 > 0:39:35# It's so cold and it's damp
0:39:35 > 0:39:37# That's why the lady
0:39:37 > 0:39:40# That's why the lady
0:39:40 > 0:39:47# That's why the lady is a tramp. #
0:39:51 > 0:39:56APPLAUSE
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Thank you, fellas.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02That was really nice.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06- You're a good man.- Thank you. - You're a good man. Sammy Davis.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08The unforgettable Sammy Davis Jnr.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12There, I've said it.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14You don't get to meet stars of the calibre you've seen today
0:40:14 > 0:40:18without some of the showbiz magic rubbing off on you.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Now, over the years, I've picked up more than a few tips.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23It's become pretty clear that if the BBC hadn't kept me
0:40:23 > 0:40:26prisoner in Shepherd's Bush for all those years,
0:40:26 > 0:40:30I could have had a very different career, you know. Anyway...
0:40:30 > 0:40:31I'm leaving you with the proof.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34The great Welsh opera singer Sir Geraint Evans
0:40:34 > 0:40:38and the wonderful vocal skills of...
0:40:38 > 0:40:39myself, really.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I don't know whether you'll enjoy it, but...
0:40:43 > 0:40:44take it easy.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55What are you doing? LAUGHTER
0:40:55 > 0:40:56Pirates of Penzance.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59CHEERING
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Let's... Let's have a little bit of dignity, please.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- But it's my show.- I don't care whether it's your show or not.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11This is good music. LAUGHTER
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Carry on.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:41:15 > 0:41:19# We're public guardians bold, yet wary
0:41:19 > 0:41:22# And of ourselves we take good care
0:41:22 > 0:41:26# To risk our precious lives we're chary
0:41:26 > 0:41:28# When danger looms, we're never there... #
0:41:28 > 0:41:30No, no, no, no.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Take good care and there.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- I only... - Well, the note is a minimum.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41You must hold it longer than that.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45# To risk our precious lives we chary
0:41:45 > 0:41:48# When danger looms, we're never there
0:41:48 > 0:41:52# But when we meet a helpless woman
0:41:52 > 0:41:55# Or little boys who do no harm
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- # We run them in- We run them in
0:41:57 > 0:41:58- # We run them in- We run them in
0:41:58 > 0:42:02# We show them we're the bold gendarmes
0:42:02 > 0:42:03- # We run them in- We run them in
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- # We run them in- We run them in
0:42:05 > 0:42:08# We show them we're the bold gendarmes. #
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Very good. Very good.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12LAUGHTER
0:42:15 > 0:42:19# Sometimes our duty's extramural
0:42:19 > 0:42:22# Then little butterflies we chase... #
0:42:22 > 0:42:25LAUGHTER
0:42:27 > 0:42:30That's all very well. All very well.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32If I had known this was going to be a serious song...
0:42:34 > 0:42:37You're singing well now - stick to it.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41- None of these hanky panky... - Oh!
0:42:41 > 0:42:44# Sometimes our duty's extramural
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- # The little butterflies we chase... #- Good.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51# We like to gamble in things rural
0:42:51 > 0:42:54# Commune with nature face to face
0:42:54 > 0:42:58# Unto our beat then back returning
0:42:58 > 0:43:01# Refreshed by nature's holy charm
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- # We run them in- We run them in
0:43:03 > 0:43:04- # We run them in- We run them in
0:43:04 > 0:43:07# We show them we're the bold gendarmes
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- # We run them in- We run them in
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- # We run them in- We run them in
0:43:11 > 0:43:16# We show them we're the bold gendarmes. #
0:43:16 > 0:43:21APPLAUSE
0:43:21 > 0:43:27With that, and The Floral Dance, I could have been a contender.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Ah, well... See you next time.