as a white negro with very little negro-ness. >> don't worry about it. there will be another monday next week. >> be at the beginning there were certain stations that wouldn't even carry it, especially in the south. >> back in the '60s whenever a black person was on television, it was particularly pressure. >> it was a huge responsibility for diane carroll to have broken that ground. >> it was a bit too much. by that i mean the responsibility of it was maybe one that i shouldn't have taken so seriously. >> it really drove ms. carroll to the verge of a nervous breakdown. >> a lot of people feel i didn't take it seriously enough but i do think we were a beginning and that beginning i think has resulted in a lot of things we're seeing on the air today. go crazy, remember it's a business dinner not a costume party. on a spotty network this is what she heard... just wear something crazy, remember it's a costume party. a costume party!? yes!