Finding Your Roots

Our family life, we were upper middle class. My father started his own business. I lived in a functional family. What did you wanna be when you grew up? The filthiest person alive. No, I wanted to always be what I became. I knew I was going to be in show business after my parents took me. My uncle, who lived in New York, got me on the Howdy Doody Show when it was at the height of when it was the biggest television show in all of America. And I was in the peanut gallery. No kidding. And I remember seeing it all and thinking, "It's all fake, it's a lie." But I wasn't disillusioned. I thought this is what I'm going to do. I know what I'm going to do. I want to be inside the magic trick. (mellow music)