i write mostly comic novels. we have written seven or eight of those. this book is a memoir probably the only memoir i will never write. i don t have that much to say. may be going out on thin i.c.e. i don t think i will write another book than this one in part because it is so singular in nature. about two extraordinary people who provided me with some amazing material for a book. host: what was it like to write the book? i sat down shortly after i buried my father last year i woke up in the morning with no intention of writing a book and started writing a book and i wrote a in 40 days. was accidental there was no biblical collusion but when i looked at the calendar i saw 40 days had lapsed. i work hard to on my writing. it wrote a lot of it itself but we pretty much poured out. host: were you surprised at what poured out? yes. i think the first sentence read something like i m not sure how this book is going to turn out. i was indeed surprised at how it turned out. h
legacy beginning with jim axelrod in our sunday morning axelrod. yes, he was. not just a sports icon, but a cultural one. and while his poor health has kept him out of the spotlight for years making sense of muhammad ali s death is something quite different. he ll never die. i don t think he ll ever die as long as his pictures and memory exists. just ahead this sunday morning remembering muhammad ali. osgood: many field human endeavor peak performance requires determination and peak performance is what mountain climbing is all about. lee cowan will introduce us to a man literally sitting on top of the world. i m actually a little for anyone who thinks the days of the rugged explorer are gone. think again. i m on the summit of mt. mt. everest! no word can describe. the man who has been to the ends of the earth. and the tops of them. ahead on sunday morning. osgood: coming attraction on the summer screen is starring matthew mcconaughey tells a little k
axelrod in our sunday morning axelrod. yes, he was. not just a sports icon, but a cultural one. and while his poor health has kept him out of the spotlight for years making sense of muhammad ali s death is something quite different. he ll never die. i don t think he ll ever die as long as his pictures and memory exists. just ahead this sunday morning remembering muhammad ali. osgood: many field human endeavor peak performance requires determination and peak performance is what mountain climbing is all about. lee cowan will introduce us to a man literally sitting on top of the world. i m actually a little for anyone who thinks the days of the rugged explorer are gone. think again. i m on the summit of mt. mt. everest! no word can describe. the man who has been to the ends of the earth. and the tops of them. ahead on sunday morning. osgood: coming attraction on the summer screen is starring matthew mcconaughey tells a little known story of the civil wa
legacy beginning with jim axelrod in our sunday morning axelrod. yes, he was. not just a sports icon, but a cultural one. and while his poor health has kept him out of the spotlight for years making sense of muhammad ali s death is something quite different. he ll never die. i don t think he ll ever die as long as his pictures and memory exists. just ahead this sunday morning remembering muhammad ali. osgood: many field human endeavor peak performance requires determination and peak performance is what mountain climbing is all about. lee cowan will introduce us to a man literally sitting on top of the world. i m actually a little for anyone who thinks the days of the rugged explorer are gone. i m on the summit of mt. mt. everest! no word can describe. the man who has been to the ends of the earth. and the tops of them. ahead on sunday morning. osgood: coming attraction on the summer screen is starring matthew mcconaughey tells a little known story of
[ laughter ] you are good. last night, we had a group that was what s the word that i m looking for? they were not hip. dumb dumb. that s right. [laughter] last night was the kind of group they thought thompson park was a place where divorced fathers took their kids on sunday. [ laughter ] what are you going to do, when you have a crowd like that? i should remind you, i m former united states naval ensign. john w. carson, 450375. during tonight s monologue, the laughing lamp is lit. [ laughter ] they are like, hmm, yes. well, let s go to the news and see if leon spinks has located any six inch wide dental floss. [ laughter ] [ applause ] we can t do those jokes anymore. i saw a recent picture of leon two teeth. there goes half the monologue, right there. [ laughter ] we have a late report from the news room. you know bubbles the hippo? well, zoo parade s marlin perkins just tranquilized bubbles, the hippo. marlin put her to sleep by screening one of his re runs on h