is white. i just know my best friend is natalie. >> when you look at tootie and natalie, you are looking at friendship and love. that supercedes race. >> the norman lear shows in the '70s may have been teaching us les lessons, but it wasn't so overt. >> i'm looking for marijuana? >> you must be her cousin jerry. >> yeah. >> the only time i ever saw a child with a disability on tele television, the kid was on a telethon. norman lear cast me as blare's cousin on facts of life. >> i don't have cerebral palsy. i'm drunk. >> it was risky. >> how was the bus ride? >> i don't know. i drove. >> a car? >> no, a lemon.