>> if i had asked charlie to quit flying, he would have said see you later. a certain standup dad is in his element this sunday and with anthony mason, we sit down and take a listen. >> reporter: father hood has provided a wealth of material for comic give gaffigan. >> you know when you're a kid and you go on vacation you go "why why is dad always in a bad mood?" >> reporter: because he and his wife have five in a two-bedroom apartment. why are you doing this to yourself? >> i'm not trying to prove something. >> reporter: we talk about father hood with jim gaffigan ahead on "sunday morning.". >> debbie reynolds is classic hollywood but her on life story seems to be forever entwined with the stories of two other big stars. this morning she talks about them and more with mo rocca. ♪ tammy, tammy ♪ tammy's in love. >> reporter: on screen, debbie reynolds was the good girl you root for. off screen she was the good girl who got wronged. you must get tired of talking about eddie fisher and elizabeth taylor. >> no, i don't get tired of it because i'd like to clear it up for everybody. >> reporter: she does just that ahead on is up "sunday morning" there >> there's the music our greatest pop stars make, then there's the music behind the music. backup singers are often overlooked, but now by the ears of our own ben tracy. >> reporter: their voices have made songs iconic. but these singers are largely unknown. when you're singing background for somebody, what is your job? >> my job is to make them look incredible. and sound incredible. because i'm going to be on my thing. >> reporter: background singers take center stage later on sunday sunday. >> cowan: serena altschul takes a close look at the close shave. bill geist takes a big bite out of a big steak. nancy jiles looks for just the right fit and more. but first, here are the headlines for this father's day, the 16th of june, 2013. north korea has proposed high-level talks with the united states to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. it's a rare move that follows months of acrimony. earlier this year, north korea threatened nuclear missile strikes against both south korea and the u.s. in colorado, firefighters outside colorado springs say they've finally gotten the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in the state's history. the black forest fire started burning five days ago and has destroyed nearly 500 homes and claimed two lives. its cause is still unknown. in iran, modern candidate hussein rowhani was declared the president. he received more than 50% of the vote, defeating two ultraconservative candidates. he succeed iran's controversial president mahmoud ahmadinejad. egypt's islamic government announced yesterday that it is cutting off diplomatic relations with syria. a growing number of hard-line sunni clerics in egypt calling for a holy war against syria's embattled regime. it's going to be a bit tougher to keep up with the kardashians because now there's one more. celebrity outlets are reporting that reality t.v. star kim kardashian and grammy rapper kanye west are the parents of a baby girl born yesterday. both mother and child are said to be doing fine. so's dad. in sports, golfer phil mickelson is hoping for a pretty nice father's day present. at the moment, he holds a one-stroke lead going into the final round of the u.s. open. today also happens to be his 43rd birthday. happy birthday to him. last night in game two of hockey's stanley cup finals, boston's daniel paille hit a big one in overtime to give the bruins a 2-1 victory over the chicago black hawks. the best of seven series is now at a game apiece. now for the father's day forecast. warm weather is expected across the country but there are some strong storms that could pop up in the plains and elsewhere. the last day of spring looks to be even warmer and possibly just as rainy. >> you had to have your makeup on and you couldn't get drunk at a party. >> cowan: next, a down-to-earth chat with the the wives of the astronauts. and later -- ♪ good morning, good morning -- ♪ >> anncr: competition makes us rivals. but kids bring us together. america's beverage companies voluntarily removed... full-calorie soft drinks from schools. and we replaced them... with lower-calorie options, and smaller portion sizes. now, there are ninety-percent fewer beverage calories in... schools nationwide. it's just one of the ways we're helping everyone make more... balanced choices everyday. to learn more, visit deliveringchoices.org. it gets more and more entertaining every day. and once you've got verizon fios, that's when you get it -- america's fastest, most reliable internet takes your entertainment to ridiculous levels. i was streaming videos, movies, music. once i realized how fast it was, that's when i got it. 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"don't say anything!" >> cowan: if it all sounds like the astronaut version of "mad men" well, it was says this author. >> they weren't being flung into space but they were dealing with the stress of having their husband ride this giant rocket where no man had ever gone before and also sort of projecting the perfect american family image. >> cowan: she's compile misdemeanor of their very real wives tales into a new book. >> each woman i think dealt with the mission of having a husband in space on her own terms. >> genie and charlie basset bought the house one house down from us. >> cowan: wives like sue bee, once married to "apollo" astronaut alan bee used to live close to one another. >> buzz and joan lives behind us. there was a gate that i could walk through and come back in -- and go and have tea in the as noon with her. cow now the late 1960s this neighborhood outside houston was kind of a space suburbia. >> my children loved it and their friends were here. >> cowan: the husbands were rarely home and when they were many of the wives knew they were competing with the moon for attention. >> i became pretty independent living by myself with the children because the fellas didn't have time to do the checkbook. they didn't have time to do the yard very often. >> cowan: none of them did, right? >> there was too much training. >> cowan: so in that sense you were all in the same -- >> yeah, we were fall the same boat. >> cowan: we gathered sue and three other astro wives together. >> you couldn't go outside in your bathrobe, you had to be dress and you had to have your makeup on. >> you couldn't get drunk at a party. (laughter) >> cowan: genie basset robinson had proudly been astronaut charlie basset's wife. jane dreifuss was once married to pete conrad, the third man on the moon. and barbara butler is the former wife of gene cernan, the last man on the moon. how much of a pressure was there to be perfect american family? >> well, i think we knew we had to be because we didn't want to have anything upset our husband's flights. we all wanted our husbands to be the first-- or at least we wanted them to be sure and be up there at the top of the list. >> cowan: and a good happy marriage sort of ensured where you were? >> it would certainly help. >> cowan: wasn't that hard? you're watching your ps and qs? >> well, we're perfect! (laughter) >> cowan: they can laugh about it now but the stress of knowing-- and sometimes not knowing-- the danger their husbands were in took a toll each and every day. one of the wives said they tried not to have arguments because -- >> yes! true! because you wouldn't want to have them go off and be killed and you left on that note of being in an arguements. you never would argue. >> cowan: that was consciously -- >> always in the back of my mind. >> cowan: how would you deal with that? >> you just put it way back in the file cabinet and then when it happens it's -- you face it. you have to cope with it. >> cowan: genie learned to cope early. her husband charlie basset was training for "gemini 9" when he died in a plane crash along with a fellow astronaut elliot see. the first people at her house that day weren't from nasa, they were other wives. >> america's first three "apollo" astronauts were trapped and killed --. >> cowan: in 1967 they raised to each other's side after the "apollo" 1 tragedy when three astronauts lost their lives in a fire. what comfort did you have? what did you say? >> you don't say anything. >> you don't know what to say. >> your presence means so much to them. we were really close. if. >> cowan: while the wifes have remained close to this day, most of their marriages fell apart. >> we were just young and inexperienced and not ready for all of it. >> cowan: in fact, only a handful of astronaut marriages lasted. jim and marilyn lovell are one of the lucky ones. the they just celebrated their 61st anniversary this month. the moon may have gone to his head, but into his heart, too. >> i was right there on the coast of the sea of tranquility right there. >> cowan: he actually named part of the moon after marilyn. >> i thought that would be a good mountain to name after my wife. >> cowan: then there was a christmas present he sent to her doorstep while he was still in space. >> of course, i opened it and it was a mink jacket. with a little card for there saying "merry christmas from man on the moon." >> cowan: no guy is ever going to be able to top that, you realize that. >> i thought that was pretty classy. it took me some time to think about it. >> and we have liftoff at 2:13. >> cowan: among all those mid-century images of dutiful wives watching their husbands rocket to glory, the wives of "apollo" 12 perhaps sum it up best. despite all the trials and all the hardships that the wives endured, being a part of the space race still leaves them feeling proud, thrilled, and happy. >> i want you to tell me which cola you prefer. >> cowan: coming up, the cola that took on coke. i told him, sure. can't hurt, right? and now today, i see this in the news. once again, centrum silver was chosen by researchers for another landmark study. this time looking at eye health. my doctor! he knows his stuff. 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[ female announcer ] love. it's the most powerful thing on the planet. love holds us in the beginning. comforts us as we grow old. love is the reason you care. for all the things in your life... that make life worth living. ♪ ♪ sweet love of mine >> cowan: once upon a time, long before disposable razors, a man in need of a close shave would look for a shop with a barber pole out front. now, as serena altschul tells us more and more men are looking to lose their 5:00 shadow these days online. >> i'm mike founder of dollar shave club. the. >> reporter: if you surf the web you may know this man's face. do people recognize you? >> it's happened. >> reporter: you're that guy! >> i've just started denying it, though. >> reporter: no, it's not me. >> people tell me "do you know you look like the guy from dollar shave club?" and i say yeah, (bleep) that guy he's ruined my life. >> reporter: michael dubin got his brush with final with a viral video when he launched dollar shave club from his apartment in santa monica, california. >> what is dollar shave sdplub for a dollar a month we send high quality razors right to your door. if you think your razor needs a vibrating handle, flashlight, ten blades? your grandfather had one blade and polio. on march, 2006, we launched the video and we didn't have expectations for it. we were just excited to get it out there. we launched it at 7:00 a.m. and by 7:15 our site had crashed from so much traffic. >> reporter: just 12 hours later. >> no, no, 15 minutes later. yeah. >> reporter: in 48 hours dubin had 12,000 orders. is that a big number? >> that's a big number for a company that has one employee, yes. >> reporter: now, a year later, where are you? >> we have 25 employees and we have over 200,000 members. >> reporter: so what is that kind of growth trajectory? >> well, i'm not the math guy but it's a 200,000% increase. >> reporter: dubin attributes dollar shave club's success toe the fact that perhaps the only thing that guys like less than shaving is shopping for razor blades. >> one is the price, two is the awful experience of going to the store to buy them. you have to find the razor fortress in the store, find guy with the key, he's always busy textinging his girlfriend. i remember when i was living in new york city i would walk right by the drugstore on the way home even when i needed stuff, razors shaving cream, whatever, i didn't want to go into the store to buy them. >> reporter: then again, if you had to go to the new york city shaving company you might not mind staying for a while from the company's two new york on the or y'all parlors, owner john scala offers luxurious badger hair brushes and straight razors that cost over a hundred dollars. as well as a deluxe shave experience. your average man doesn't have an experience like this on a regular basis. >> but they should. >> reporter: an experience that this schral customer savors. >> here's's a throwback to a bygone era. >> reporter: scala believes using a straight razor can actually offer a better shave. >> we think a straight razor is better for your skin, it gives you more control. it can gradually reduce the beard allowing you to do multiple passes if you want to compared to cartridge with where the ray the position is blades-- two, three, or five-- for most guys that's too close of a shave. >> reporter: author and grooming expert nick burns agrees. >> when you have five blades it kind of pulls the hair out of the skin and cuts it and then the hair comes back underneath the skin. that's why people get ingrown hairs. with a straight razor shave you don't get that same kind of wrefkt the hair is lifted out of the skin. so it might not be as cleese of a shave but it's more comfortable. >> the first triple blade shaving system, mavp 3. three blades specially positioned to shave closer in one effortless stroke. >> reporter: still, companies have kept piling on the blades as parodied on the sketch comedy show "mad t.v." >> the mavp 20. be 20 blades we guarantee you the closest shave of your life. the seventh blade cuts away six more layers of skin ensuring that hair will never, ever grow there. >> reporter: according to to burn it is ritual of shaving likely dates back through ancient egypt. through the ages, the act was often associated with the upper class who could afford to keep clean shaven. that all changed in 1904 with the invention of the safety razor. >> it wasn't until gillette came out with the double edged safety blade and made it affordble that it became more widespread. before that point it was very expensive to buy your blades because they were so forged. ♪ look sharp, feel sharp be because they were so forged. ♪ look sharp, feel sharp be sharp and listen mr. ♪ how are you fixed for blades >> reporter: today the art of shaving-- not the mention to luxury of shaving-- is alive and well. just ask michael dubin. >> as a kid you look up to your dad performing that ritual and he's got all kinds of interesting lotions and potions and you keep looking at your face in the mirror wondering when you're going to get the chance to do that and it takes 11, 12, 13 years before you finally grow facial hair and do this thing you've been watching your dad do. so it's an incredible moment when you get to participate in it. that's why there's so much celebration around the culture of shaving. >> i was so cute. >> cowan: debbie reynolds on eddie and elizabeth. and later -- >> my wife had four babies at home-- just to make you feel uncomfortable. >> cowan: comedian jim gaffigan on father hood times five. >> it's not luck! it's who you are. oh! >> it's "sunday morning" on cbs and here again is lee cowan. >> cowan: yes, that's the legendary debbie reynolds playing liberace's nor the recent hbo film "behind the candelabra" proving that at age 81 she's still ready for an acting challenge as she was when she danced into our hearts in "singing in the rain." she recently sat down with mo rocca for some questions and answers. >> i have a delicious surprise! it's a very spatial cake. i want you kiddies to have the first piece. >> reporter: in the pantheon of hollywood's great triple threat performance you can count debbie reynolds. acting -- >> stop it! we decided to have a big wedding and if two days my best friend takes me! >> reporter: singing -- ♪ tammy, tammy, you love him so ♪ >> reporter: and dancing. is it fair to say you're the ultimate trooper. >> i'm stubborn. and i would never give up ever about anything. >> reporter: that can-do spirit came in handy when, at the age of 19, she was cast opposite gene kelly in "singing in the rain." you're 20 years younger than gene kelly and you had no dance train something from. >> no, no, i had no training of any kind. >> reporter: it took three months of intensive dance lesson but when the cameras rolled reynolds kept in step with co-stars kelly and donald o'connor o'connor. ♪ good morning good morning it's great to stay up late ♪ good morning, good morning to you ♪ >> we danced 10 and 12 hours everyday. there's no days off. >> reporter: just to give viewers a sense of how much work this was. you say your feet were bleeding. what else hurt? >> your heart hurt when you couldn't keep up. and gene kelly, they was boss and he was really a -- he was a wonderful teacher. he had to teach me! and to be given a little kitty cat and expect it to be a lion, it didn't happen overnight and i had to work, work, work without question. >> reporter: reynolds emerged a bona fide movie star. funny, since all mary francis reynolds wanted to be was a gym teacher. but when she won the miss burbank beauty pageant in 1948-- she got a free blouse just for entering-- reynolds was discovered by a warner brother's talent scout. >> they had a screen test and there was a camera there and they said "look in the camera." and i said "so, okay." and they said now just talk, just ad-lib. i said "why would i do that? i don't know what i'm doing here? this is all so silly!" and they said "well, you want to be a movie star, don't you?". >> i said "no, i don't know anything about it." >> reporter: i don't want to be a movie star? >> i don't want to be a movie star! i can't be a movie star! jack warner saw the test and he said "she's funny, let's put her under contract, $65 a week." ♪ i wannabe loved by you alone >> reporter: mary frances became debbie and was paling around on the m.g.m. lot with elizabeth taylor. >> elizabeth was really a gal, you know? she was a dame. and i didn't know what dames were. she called me a little girl scout. she was right about that. i didn't know about the worldly world and she knew everything about the worldly world and shared it with me. she was funny. she was really a baudy broad and i loved being with her. we had a lot of fun together. >> reporter: soon reynolds met the crooner eddie fisher. ♪ let's fall in love, why shouldn't we fall in love ♪ what did you see in eddie fisher when you met him? >> well, he was so cute! just adorable. he had big brown eyes and he was very talented. >> debbie reynolds and eddie fisher take their marriage vows at a friend's home in grossinger new york. >> reporter: america's sweethearts married in 1955. the newlyweds even hamed it up for edward. are myrrh row on "person to person." >> your eyes are the eyes of a woman in love and how they give you away ♪ >> he's so sweet, isn't he? >> reporter: they had two children-- actress and writer carrie and younger brother todd. >> all those early movies, that's just her. that's just her. >> reporter: that was as -- i don't want to say naive but as -- >> but she is an innocent, you know? she's a true innocent and she always has been, that's why she gets so horribly screwed over sometimes. >> reporter: well, that's one way of describing what happened with her first marriage. she and fisher were close to elizabeth taylor and husband mike todd. and when todd died in a plane crash, fisher rushed to comfort taylor-- and never came back. you must get tired of talking about eddie fisher and elizabeth taylor. >> no, i don't get tired of it. i just like to clear up for everybody. everybody still seems to be so upset over it. when it happened it just seemed to be such an explosion of people upset for me and i appreciated it. >> say good-bye, everybody. >> reporter: once taylor met richard burton on the set of "cleopatra" she promptly dismissed eddie fisher. after elizabeth taylor left him, if he had wanted to, would you have taken him back? >> no! no, but i did laugh. the. >> reporter: you laughed when that relationship broke up. >> i laughed when elizabeth threw him out because i told him you know, it's just ridiculous, you can't break up a marriage for this affair you're having with elizabeth because she's never going to keep you because you're not enough for her. you're just not enough. he laughed and, of course, he thought it was not true but he found out when she threw him out that it was true. >> reporter: reynolds didn't have as many marriages as taylor but hers were no less dramatic as the 81-year-old writes in her latest book, her second and third husbands left her broke. >> marriage and movie stars don't seem to work out. but the only ones that made it married a doctor and they seemed to stay with them. claudette colbert, irene dunn, they married doctors. >> reporter: there could be a doctor in your future? >> (laughs) there can be any man in my future-- or woman-- there will be none of that. i want to be allowed to have my own life and my own problems. >> reporter: ultimately, she dug herself out of a hole by auctioning off her vast hollywood collection of costumes and memorabilia aamassed over decades for tens of millions of dollars. but three husbands and two bankruptcies haven't hardened the heart of former girl scout debbie reynolds. >> you know, i'm not a person that cries a lot. the only reason that i get emotional is it's so wonderful that i can't believe i 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(laughter) now i understand! >> reporter: maybe you've heard about them in their father's standup comedy act. >> i stood in line for an hour and fifteen minutes for the dumbo ride. (laughter) after a minute i was like "i'm the dumbo." (laughter) "i'm waiting to see myself!" >> reporter: gaffigan's observational humor about everyday life has made him one of the most popular touring comics in the country. >> my wife had the baby at home. we had all our babies at home-- just to make you feel uncomfortable. (laughter) people don't want to hear about home births. they're like "oh, you had your baby at home? yeah, we were going do that but we wanted our baby to live." (laughter) >> reporter: home for the gaffigans-- jim and his wife genie-- who's also his writing partner-- is a two bedroom fifth floor walkup on manhattan's lower east side. how do you divide the space up here? this is the dining room, that's your office over there? >> that's my office, that's genie's office. that's the kids office. this is the gymnasium. >> reporter: you're a successful comedian now. >> yeah. >> reporter: why are you doing this to yourself? >> well it's not -- i'm not trying to prove something. i'll do book events and people will be like "why are you in that apartment?" this is not the 1800s, you know? oh, my gosh, how are you, jackson? >> reporter: gaffigan muses on father hood and its challenges in his new book "dad is fat." the title comes from the first complete sentence written by his son jack. you describe yourself in the book as kind of a loner. >> yes, i was very much -- look, most people that are comedians -- first of all, we're not normal. >> how are you doing? it's a solitary, interspeckive the pursuit. the characteristics of a comedian are the exact opposite of the characteristics you would want in someone to be a father or a parent >> reporter: i so how did you end up in the middle of five kids? >> i married a woman who gets pregnant looking at babies. >> this way. this way. >> reporter: a walk to the park with the gaffigan clan -- >> okay, we've got a walk sign, guys. >> reporter: is like trying to play the wrangler in a roundup in a herd of runaway scooters. >> i have no idea what i'm doing. >> reporter: gaffigan grew up an hour outside of chicago in chesterton, indiana. his own father was a small town banker. you mention in the book that you did an impression of your dad for your brothers. >> oh, yeah, i think i'm a comedian because of my dad. i was the youngest of six kids and my dad was this intimidating figure that all the kids were terrified of. so i would do an impression of my dad. "anthony, great to see you." so i would do that as an eight-year-old for my siblings and so i was suddenly not just competition for food or -- (laughs) annoying little brother. i was funny maybe. >> reporter: gaffigan would graduate from georgetown university in 1988. when you went to college, you majored in finance. >> yeah. well, my father was the first one to go to college in his family and i was raised to seek security. and security was wearing a coat and tie. so i studied finance, hated it, and then went to work as a litigation consultant, was horrible at it. so i was very much lost. >> reporter: how did you find comedy? >> i was doing an improv class because i had a fear of public speaking and someone dared me to do a seminar on standup and i did it. it's wildly addictive. very empowering. >> reporter: the only thing the 46-year-old comic makes fun of more than his family is food. >> i move a little slow tonight, i had a hot pocket for dinner. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: his sketch about hot pockets has become his signature routine. >> i've never eaten a hot pocket and then afterwards been "i'm glad i ate that." i'm always like "i'm going die! i paid far? did i eat it or rub it on my face?" the hot pocket thing, i think i just got lucky. it was this food item. ♪ hot pocket single people ate, college students ate, teenagers ate. the audience that mostly consumes standup. >> i struggle with my weight. i'm on this fancy diet. that dominos pasta red bull diet. have you seen the domino's pasta bread bowl? it's a bread bowl filled with pos past a covered in cheese. the only thing missing? a soodz note. the only i have to at admit when i was eating it i thought "this could use a side of mashed potatoes." >> reporter: you rarely hear a swear word in his act you're considered a clean comedian. >> right. >> reporter: how do you feel about that? >> it makes me feel like d eh. >> reporter: has it hurt you? >> probably. family friendly or clean, i think it's associated with something kind of ik icky. bob new heart, bill cosby it was always comedians that were considered to be clean. >> reporter: but it means this father of five is not afraid to take his own kids to his shoes. they've given jim gaffigan plenty of earl. and they may give him even more. are you done having kids? >> i don't -- you know, if i -- i can't believe i'm saying this but -- i mean, well i'm catholic my wife's very catholic. she's a shiite catholic so there is no -- but i'm not opposed to it. i know the positives i get from each of my children and i want to create my own nationality so there will be a country calledgaffganistan. >> just ahead -- >> it's a big 72 ounce steak. >> cowan: bill geist has a beef. >> you can do it, bill! >> cowan: father's someday always a big day for a big steak. but our own bill geist has found a restaurant staking a claim to the biggest dinner of all. >> reporter: we've been seeing these alluring billboards hundreds of miles before you reach amarillo, texas. by then, you're hungry enough to eat a cow. and that's about what you get at the big texan steak ranch. >> this is a big 27 ounce steak. >> reporter: when you order the shocking 72 ounce slab of sirloin. it's free-- if you eat it all in an hour on a stage in front of fellow patrons and the world via web cam. >> we got a 72 ounce challenger here today! >> reporter: the big eaters come from near and far. >> it's going well. >> reporter: bill if nebraska. do you think you're going to make it? >> yes. >> reporter: and ill low from the tiny country of san marino near italy. >> we get anywhere from three to six guests a guy that will try the steak and we have about seven people before we get a winner. >> reporter: eddie lee who runs the big texan with his brother bobby say few can eat the meat. >> they don't understand that they're going to hit that wall. we call it the steak stair because they get that bulging look in their eyes like "what in the world am i doing to snoois" >> i'm just going to take a break. >> reporter: bill and illo fell short. big victor on his way home to albuquerque decided to take a shot. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: so did i. >> two, one. the contest is on. >> reporter: turns out it's a complete steak dinner with potato, salad, shrimp, and a roll. when you think about consuming six 12 ounce steaks -- >> come on, bill, you can do it! >> reporter: victor got off to a tas start. i think i've hit the wall. the wall of meat. >> reporter: i stopped before i was too late. >> this is there for a reason. >> reporter: after two and a half pounds, not too shabby. and victor came close! but the clock ran out. in the 50 years since bobby and danny's father opened the big texan, about 55,000 have taken the challenge and about 8,500 have won. the human record is an astounding eight minutes and 52 seconds. the overall record, however, is held by this interian tiger that was brought in to the restaurant on a dog leash. its time: 90 seconds. this mecca of meat has become an international draw. it's practically a must-see on a tour of america. >> when they come through the texas panhandle this is the only time they're going to see texas. if you go to hawaii, you want to see a girl in the grass skirt. you come to the texas panhandle you want to see a cowboy and big steaks. >> reporter: a bus load of young australians came in. four of them joining a fellow from germany this sirloin shootout. >> last 15 minutes. let's cheer them on! >> all gave in to the mammoth meat. all but one. he ate on. >> cheer on the aussie! >> reporter: excitement built. >> eat that meat! >> reporter: easier said than done. and when jeff grabbed that baked potato with little time left, the crowd went wild. jeff, the rolls! don't forget the rolls! the roll is in! jeff is swallowing! he's done it! a taste of victory that jeff will probably be tasting for a long, long time! the >> cowan: next -- ♪ carry on >> reporter: background singers front and center. >> reporter: background singers front and center. and later, counting on dad. avel. whatever you put it on... reaches a whole new level of deliciousness. choosy moms choose jif. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? 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>> my job is to make them look incredible and sound incredible. because i'm going to be on my thing. >> reporter: she started her thing back in 1966 when ray charles hired clayton as one of his raylettes. she went on to sing background for the biggest names in music-- joe cocker, neil diamond, barbra streisand, the doors. >> anybody that you can basically name, name somebody. >> reporter: the bee gees. >> yes. "staying alive." >> reporter: you did that? >> yup. ♪ staying alive, stying alive that's me. ♪ take a walk on the wild side >> reporter: lou reed paid tribute to this unheralded role in the music industry. ♪ and the colored girls go do do do ♪ >> reporter: why do most background singers tend to be black women >> because of the soul and the feel and the church feel that we give them. we came out of the church. when you come out of the church, there's a certain vibe that you have it's a spiritual vibe that we have that we lay on you and it's undeniable. >> reporter: you are the choir. >> we are the choir, honey. >> reporter: yet clayton's most memorable lines would not be sung in church. in 1969, she got a late-night call from some band named the rolling stones. i said qhot are these guys? who is this? somebody get up out of their warm bed, pregnant, and come sing with them?" >> reporter: you had no idea who the rolling stones sfwhr >> no! i had no idea! >> reporter: the stones wanted a female voice on their new song "gimme shelter." ♪ gimme shelter, it's just a shout away ♪ >> reporter: clayton found the lyrics a bit odd. >> i could not believe. i said what is this? what? rape, murder, it's just a shot away. ♪ rape, murder, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away ♪ >> reporter: clayton's searing vocal made the song iconic. ♪ it's just a shot away >> so i'm just singing and singing and singing and before i knew it i had mick on my right and keith on my left. they're behind me just carrying off, the lips and everything. and i did it maybe three or four times and i told them thank you and good night and i was gone. ♪ carry on -- >> reporter: now a new documentary film is shining a spotlight on these women who stand in the shadows. it's called "twenty feet from stardom." morgan nevil is the film's director. do these background singers get enough credit for what they do? >> i don't think they get enough credit because they don't get any credit. people think being a backup singer is just about saying "ooh" but it's so much more. the way they sing, the way they do harmony. ♪ i love you baby like a schoolboy ♪ >> reporter: they're incredible musicians. they're the most incredible artists you've never heard of. >> reporter: i one of the film's background singers is now trying to take center stage. ♪ you're the one who'll always love ♪ >> reporter: on this season of the reality singing competition "the voice," four of the biggest names in music fought over judith hill. >> it's like a star just hatched out of a shell up there. >> for them to say "yes, we love what you're doing right now" was really encouraging. >> reporter: and they were seeing you as a solo artist. did that give you the confidence to know yes, doing this? >> it did. it's a long journey. 20 steps to the front stage and it requires so much more than having a great voice. >> reporter: she has sung background for stevie wonder and before he died michael jackson hired her as his duet partner for his "this is it" comeback tour. >> there's this video of you singing with michael jackson and you're like right up in his face singing with him. where do you find the dofs go face to face with michael jackson. >> you don't find confidence. it's like -- confidence was not in the moment. it was -- i think there was hysteria like in nerves and craziness and my heart's racing. i'm, like, oh, my gosh, michael jackson is right here. ♪ i just can't stop loving you -- ♪ >> reporter: hill says singing background is a good life but it's not entirely charmed. until recently, she had to live are w her parents in order to pay her bills. she know miss before her have tried and failed to launch solo career. >> i wanted to be a solo artist. >> reporter: including mary clayton. off all these people telling you how wonderful you are. was it disappointing that you didn't get bigger by yourself as a solo artist? >> of course it was! it broke my heart! i wanted them to hear merry clayton. ♪ and my soul belongs, yeah >> reporter: the new film is giving clayton and her fellow singers the credit they've so rarely received and a family legacy that won't fade into the background. ♪ now i'm so much better -- >> we're grateful for getting our due and it's about time, too ♪ singing my song, say it again ♪ >> cowan: still to come, her cup ♪ >> cowan: still to come, her cup runeth over. mom, what's the capital of west virginia? charleston. nutella is a delicious hazelnut spread my whole family loves. mom, have you seen my -- backpack? nutella goes great on whole-wheat toast or whole-grain waffles. and its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. yeah, bye. have you seen my -- yes. and...thank you. 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and what made mare bra a live thing? could it breathe? by the time i actually needed one, i had devised a way of walking with my back curved and my chest collapsed for a flat look. see, my hope was to preempt those "nice rack" or "shake it baby" cat calls from weirdos. we're talking new york city in the' '70s. i wanted a simple bra so comfortable i could forget i had it on. sadly, no bra ever truly achieved that goal but at least i knew my size and it didn't change-- until it did, time passed, gravity happened. you mean that's not my size? you know, bra burning was such an iconic image of the feminist movement, a powerful gesture of freedom, no restraints, independence, we can support ourselves. well, as it turns out, a bra is the kind of support women really need-- like all the time. we're talking posture, balance, and your clothes look better. so ladies, be proactive. get a fitting for some-- if you'll pardon me-- handson help. find the older woman with reading glasses and a tape measure. she'll do right by you. good bras cost money and at a hefty $60 jockey stands to make a whole lot of it from their new bras. by the way, can one of you bra people add a few more of the basic colors because this shade isn't really nude for a whole lot of us. i'm just saying. and don't forget, that was my idea. >> cowan: ahead, driving cross country. >> cowan: here's look at the week ahead on our "sunday morning" calendar. on monday, the 50th international paris air show opens with rivals boeing and airbus both expected to announce orders for their latest aircraft. on tuesday president obama heads to berlin following the conclusion of the g-8 summit of world leaders in northern ireland. wednesday is juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery. the statue of abolitionist frederick douglass is due to be unveiled at the capital. if on thursday jennifer lopez receives the 2,500th star on the hollywood walk of fame. friday it's the first day of summer. and saturday marks the 75th anniversary of heavyweight joe lewis' famous knockout of german boxer max this meling in 1938. as for today, of course, well, it's still father's day. for most dads it's the perfect day to be out on the back nine teeing off. our steve hartmann met one man who really and truly is driven to play. >> reporter: out in the middle of the west texas desert it almost looks like a mirage-- like a man in a white polo shirt with maybe a seven-iron? talk about off course! down center. >> reporter: we found 24-year-old law student luke miles from nearest fairway hitting shot after shot toward eastern horizon. how many strokes so far? >> i think we're about 16,000 and change. >> reporter: what is par? what have you calculated par? >> i estimated 48,000 and that was based off of a feasibility study i did in indiana. >> reporter: obviously this is no ordinary golf hole. in fact, this may be the world's longest golf hole. stretching from tee to shining tee. luke began in may at the pacific ocean. he'll end on the 18th green of a course on the atlantic. >> that's a good bounce. >> reporter: in between, 3,000 miles of busy roads and orange groves, bad lies on railroad ties and every obstacle under the tank. he's golfing across the country partly to raise money for charity. and partly just to see if it can be done. so far, things look promising. he hasn't even hit anybody. he estimates it will take him another three months and 30,000 strokes to hit the green he's shooting for. ouch! until then he hit me. (laughs) so much for not hitting anyone. >> i'm sorry! >> reporter: fortunately, there aren't many other people in the weiwei out here. he travels with a small support name a trailer and a beefed up golf cart which he drives most of the time. other than that he plays like any other golfer, hitting them as they lie, wishing he could lie about how many he hit. at this point it's liking like he may end up a few thousand over par. where's a beer cart when you need one. >> three. >> reporter: this looks overwhelming just making it to the end of this road. >> it's big country. you realize why nobody's done this. >> pelley: (laughs) >> cowan: steve hartman "on the road." now we turn bob shooefr for a look at what's ahead on "face the nation." >> schieffer: what's ahead is the white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough and he is only on "face the nation" this morning. we're expecting a very good conversation. >> cowan: all right, we'll be watching. next week here on "sunday morning" -- the money issue. to play, stay active, and enjoy the outdoors. and for the last four summers, coca-cola has asked america to choose its favorite park through our coca-cola parks contest. winning parks can receive a grant of up to $100,000. part of our goal to inspire more than three million people to rediscover the joy of being active this summer. see the difference all of us can make... together. with thermacare heatwraps. the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. and now, introducing reusable thermacare cold wraps. pain relief without the shock of ice. >> cowan: we leave you this morning in the company of garrulous birds getting ready for father's day on new zealand's north island. >> cowan: once again, we wish all you dads out there a very happy father's day and hone you'll join us next "sunday morning.". for now, i'm lee cowan. thanks for joining us. have a good rest of your weekend. o breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd. spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? don't wait to ask your doctor about spiriva. captioning made possible by johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> schieffer: today only "face the nation," white house chief of staff, denis mcdonough. as the president's top aide sits down with us this morning, there's no shortage of things to talk it about-- the decision to give military aid to the syrian rebels. the national security leaks, possible scandals brewing in the state department, and a lot more. et