yeah. this was a fundraiser for tom hanks and glen fry s kids school 2004. this was a while ago. very richie school. a lot of celebrities live as you know. the theme of the evening was castaways, perfect for tom hanks. during the auction, a parent, a white guy, shows up as you see in black face with a wig and dressed as a native african. is he holding a giant gorilla. i guess the auction item was a dowry of stock. anyway, the parent in black face was james montgomery. he is the ceo. he is a financial guy. hanks says that he had no idea that this guy was going to show up in black face. he said he was blind sided. he thought it was hideous. bill: how did the guy get in there. i guess because he thinks he saw the gorilla he didn t know what else to say compare to you a gorilla. did that hurt your feelings. yes, of course. i thought i was bosom buddies with him. thank you very much. all right.
yeah. this was a fundraiser for tom hanks and glen fry s kids school 2004. this was a while ago. very richie school. a lot of celebrities live as you know. the theme of the evening was castaways, perfect for tom hanks. during the auction, a parent, a white guy, shows up as you see in black face with a wig and dressed as a native african. is he holding a giant gorilla. i guess the auction item was a dowry of stock. anyway, the parent in black face was james montgomery. he is the ceo. he is a financial guy. hanks says that he had no idea that this guy was going to show up in black face. he said he was blind sided. he thought it was hideous. bill: how did the guy get in there. i guess because he thinks he saw the gorilla he didn t know what else to say compare to you a gorilla. did that hurt your feelings. yes, of course. i thought i was bosom buddies with him. thank you very much. all right.
lasted one season. it was a real disaster. reporter: her brother says it was a friendly departure among the other ladies. cindy paints quite a different picture, telling abc news, following the reunion it was clear that the women genuinely didn t like each other anymore. i think the producers over at bravo are stirring untheir own bravo are stirring up their own drama with new york. reporter: i spoke with jill in 2009 about the pressures of reality tv fame. i ve given this advice to other housewives. if it stops working for you, don t do it anymore. what has been the most challenging thing for your family in dealing with the reality show? there are some haters out there. does it bother me? sure, it bothers me. reporter: the new york castaways have plenty of company. new jersey s danielle staub and the o.c. s lynn carton were both axed at the end of their respective seasons. while the housewives of d.c. were canceled altogether. but their most infamous cast
their families thought they were dead. they held funerals. the entire village of 500 came to mourn. that village is now celebrating, the father of one of the boys declaring the rescue a miracle. it was a group of fishermen who found them by chance. one of the rescuers in his own words. one of my crew members was standing watch at the time, and he noticed that he could see something floating on the horizon off our bows. and as we drew closer, we realized it was a small craft, and then when we drew even more close, we realized there were people inside this craft. they were in need of some assistance. i did ask them if they needed any help, and their reply was a very ecstatic yes. reporter: but just how did they survive, and what did they eat? they had a small supply of coconuts, but these only lasted two days. they did go for a period where they only were drinking fresh water, which they were capturing during the night. they did tell me also that they were able to catch a sea bird,
books from american land fills. this is like christmas out here. reporter: research shows most teachers spend about $450 of their own money on supplies, possibly more this year because school budgets are down 10% to 25%. erin hit the mother lode, saving their school more than $9,000. without places like this, we would be teaching off of copy machines and notes, because so many of the schools are underfunded. if i can get a book rescued, that s our favorite. if it s a book that can help another teacher help another child, then the value of that tree has gone way up. reporter: or a disposable society, a warehouse filled with castaways, where the only dirty word is waste. kevin tibbles, nbc news, glenn ellen, illinois. that s our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i m brian williams. my colleague, lester holt, will be here this weekend. and we want to show you what s going on outside this building because we want to remind you