character. and even though carroll o connor was a liberal eol politically and personally, he ctd such respect for this character and who he wast representing, this part of america that maybe wasof caricatured in one way that would often fight with lear over the direction ofcrip the scripts and the character. others should follow that leadbe . but you remember what you madewn me think of raymond as you went through all these great shows. there were unbelievable sitcoms that families cobbled together and discuss and watch. right. and they were part of the fabric i think was so s diffused now with streaming and all the cable channels, i don t see that ever happening again. do you ever see up the they would get they brought a generation. they gather gto and you know, l, i m old. if people want to have a political viewpoint, fine. have a fund raiser, donate, raise your voice. but to up take beloved creationt like this and turn it against part of the populace, i just think it s off limits. i
stifle yourself. rob reiner is a great director . but come on , archie is a fictional character. brian , i m kind of disturbed that we haveea reached the point where these creatives are now turning these beloved sitcom charactersur the into political avatars. i mean, this is like somebody suggesting that the golden s girls would be supporting the santurce because he keptup their bingo game rolling for the pandemic or that george and wheezy jefferson changedti their party affiliation because of the violence inen new york city. or maybe they would have split in the munster family. herman and lily are attending a trump rally, but grandpa volunteeringly b in cheyenne poe cheney s reelection campaign. al is nonsense. these are fictional characters. they re belovedra and they shouldn t be toyed with in this way. brian , you know, i interviewed carroll o connor. viewi did my last interview almt my last. but his last interview and he often talked about the tensionsi with norman lear over thisd
once they got gary cooper in touch with his feelings, they wouldn t be able to shut him up. and then it s dysfunction this, dysfunction that. you have strong feelings about this. every decade, you get somebody like peter faulk as columbo or carroll o connor as archie bunker. somebody you just can t imagine anyone else afterwards. james gandolfini is that as tony soprano. i think it s supposed to be a mafia story, but it s also about everyday life. did you know that an italian invented the telephone? alexander graham bell was italian? see? you see what i m talking antonio finucci invented the telephone and he got robbed. everybody knows that. who invented the mafia? what? the sopranos took the mystery out of being a mobster. i m a fool to do your dirty work it was somehow more mundane than we guessed it would be and yet every bit as riveting as the godfather.
an hour before her death by someone in the very hotel room where she died, according to ed winter, the assistant coroner here. the person left the room and then came back about an hour later and found whitney houston s body inside the bathtub. and then ed winter said her body was removed from the bathtub. they tried to revive her. they coop revive her. of course, at 3:55 a.m. pacific time she was pronounced dead. as you know, you had been covering these beats when stars die, when people die. they want to do toxicology reports. and usually they have some sort of idea just from doing the autopsy which, by the way, has been completely. they might have an idea or a suspicion about how that person died. but using the toxicology reports, that s the final word. and i pose that question to ed winter a short time ago during a briefing. and i spoke to him afterwards, as well. here s part of our conversation at the briefing. and i ll tell but our conversation afterwards toxicology repor
if you look at my face, i look a little indian. i m a little sanjay gupta but then i m a little bit mexican as well. so i m not native american enough to get a casino but i did blackout when i drink occasionally. difficult childhood, the end of his marriage, and the woman he says gave him his life and career. his good friend, sandra bullock. plus, an exclusive sneak peek at latest project. george lopez on this hour of piers morgan tonight. george, welcome. piers, i m very excited to be here. how do you like being interviewed? as a man you interview so many other people. i don t have a problem with it as much as some of the people i work with. i m going to try to be honest. i always try to be honest. i do. you know, it s been interesting for me. i ve exceeded my own expectations seriously of what i had planned out when i first started in the business. so, you know, it s all fun. every day is do you find as you get more famous and successful being very honest and