My first recollection of Frank's voice was coming out of a jukebox in a dark bar on a
Sunday afternoon when my mother and I went in searching for my father.
And she said, I always remember she said, she said, listen to that.
That's Frank Sinatra.
He's from New Jersey.
It was a voice filled with bad attitude, life, beauty, excitement, a nasty sense of freedom,
sex, and a sad knowledge of the ways of the world.
Every song seemed to have its postscript, and if you don't like it, here's a punch
in the kisser.
But it was the deep blueness of Frank's voice that affected me the most.
And while his music became synonymous with black tie, good life, best booze, women's
sophistication, his blues voice was always the sound of hard luck.
And men, late at night, with the last $10 in their pockets trying to figure a way out.
So tonight I want to sing something from my favorite Sinatra album, Only the Lonely.
And on behalf, yeah, that's one of the greatest things.
On behalf of all New Jersey, Frank, I want to say, hail brother, you sang out our soul.
Happy birthday.
So.
So from one Italian singer to another, from her old blue eyes, this is Angel.
I try to think that love's not around.
But still, it's uncomfortable bringing.
Tonight my heart, you're losing ground.
Cause my angel eyes ain't here.
Angel eyes are devil's hands.
They glow unbearably bright.
And I say that my love is spent, will stand with angel eyes tonight.
Drink up all you people.
Order anything you see.
Drink up all you happy people.
I want to drink and go on me.
Now pardon me man, but I gotta run.
You see the flags are uncommonly clear.
I want to know who turned moon number one.
And why my angel eyes ain't here.
Excuse me while I desert you.
Please welcome, Armo Schwarzenegger.
Four score and no years ago, Dali and Mari Sinatra brought forth on this continent a new Sinatra, dedicated to the proposition that he was going to do things his way.
And he did. He did over 2000 recordings, 63 motion pictures, and 283 albums and CDs.
He has been a friend of every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
He has performed in every continent and he has raised over a billion dollars in charities.
And that doesn't even include the proceeds from tonight's event, which are going to the AIDS Project Los Angeles, to the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Palm Springs.
Happy birthday, Frank. I love you. I admire you. I adore you.
And I hope that you're going to be around for another 80 years.
And talking about 80 years, now we're going to take a look at your past 80 years in just 80 seconds.
So don't blink or you may miss a very good year.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen, Natalie Ford.
How you doing? Frank, it's no secret that you are my second favorite male singer.
You're also my dad's second favorite male singer.
I can't tell you what a thrill it was for me last year when you invited me to sing on your duet album.
The experience was just one of those wonderful memories of you that I will cherish along with memories like these.
The way you wear your hat.
The way you smile.
No, no, they can't take that away from me.
But I'll always, always keep the memory of.
The way you hold your knife.
The way you change my life.
The way you hold your knife.
The way you change my life.
We may never, ever meet again on that bumpy, long road to love.
But I'll always, always keep the memory of.
The way you hold your knife.
The way you change my life.
No, no, they can't take that away from me.
We pray that they can never, never take it away. No, no, no, they can't take that away from me.
The way you hold your knife.
The way you hold your knife.
The way you change my life.
The way you hold your knife.
The way you change my life.
The way you hold your knife.
The way you change my life.
The way you change my life.
The way you change my life.
The way you change my life.
The way you change my life.
The way you change my life.
Hi Frank. Hi Barbara.
You know, there are a lot of people here tonight talking about how they pattern their career after you.
I didn't.
I patterned my life after you.
You beat somebody up, I beat somebody up.
You tell somebody they're fired, I tell somebody they're fired.
You paid a lot to alimony, I paid a lot to alimony.
You have sung the Star Spangled Banner.
And I've been asked not to.
When I was younger, I was determined to go to Las Vegas to see Frank Sinatra at the Dune.
It cost $50 a ticket.
So I saved and I saved and I saved.
And at the end of the year I counted my money and I only had $6.
So I saw Rickles at the stands and then I blew the other five at the table.
And here's my true story with Frank Sinatra.
I was invited to his house one time with one of my ex-husbands.
And Frank asked my ex-husband to have a drink with him at the bar.
And my ex-husband pointed at me and said, he made me stop drinking.
And Frank said, there's not a broad on this earth that can make me quit drinking.
So I said, well, I guess you've never been with a really big broad.
Happy birthday, Frank.
You're off to a great start.
You'll end me with sweat and strain.
Bodies all aching and cracked with pain.
Go to that bar, lift that veil, you'll get a little fun and you'll learn in day.
Ladies and gentlemen, Ray Charles.
That Sinatra performance was in Till the Clouds Roll By.
And I'm familiar with the tune.
Of course, I didn't see the film.
But you know, Frank, I understood that you were out there in your white suit with your white orchestra in your white set singing a black man's song.
I just want to know what kind of snow job is that?
You know, I must say, though, fifty years later, today, tonight, I'm going to sing Old Man River.
And please, Frank, if you don't mind, I'm going to do it my way.
Old Man River.
Old Man River.
Old Man River.
He just keep rolling along.
He don't plant taters.
And he don't plant cotton.
The folk that plant them.
The sugar forgotten down the Old Man River.
He just keep rolling along.
Old Man River.
Get a little drunk.
I know you're going to land in jail.
No, I'm sick of trying.
I'm tired of living.
I'm tired of living.
Old Man River.
I said, Frank.
Old Man River.
Old Man River.
Please welcome Dennis Frank.
We've all experienced Frank Sinatra through his movies, his music, and the front pages and gossip columns of the daily newspapers.
But you haven't experienced the man unless you've seen him in concert live.
Recently at the Greek Theater here in California, he performed to a sold out house.
And during that concert, we got to see the artist, always the master of his audience.
There was a woman who looked to be in her 60s sitting in the fifth row who had been reacting throughout the concert with great excitement.
And towards the end, gathering every ounce of courage, she got up from her seat and she walked down the aisle towards the stage, holding a red rose which she had brought with her.
At first, he didn't see her.
But when he did, she reached up and handed him the rose.
He smiled and he took it graciously.
She started to go back to her seat when he said, hey, wait a minute.
She turned to see him reach into his breast pocket and take out his orange handkerchief.
He reached down and he handed it to her.
In that moment, the look on her face was pure bliss.
Once again, she had become that 17-year-old Bobby Soxer who waited all day at the Paramount Theater in New York to watch her idol during that very good year when they were both much younger.
When I was 17, it was a very good year.
It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights.
We'd hide from the light on the village green when I was 17.
When I was 21, it was a very good year.
It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair with all that perfumed hair.
And it came undone when I was 21.
When I was 35, it was a very good year.
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls of independent means.
We'd ride in limousines.
Their chauffeurs would drive when I was 35.
But now the days are short.
I'm in the autumn of the year.
And now I think of my life as intertwined from fine and old a cake, from the brim to the tray.
It poured sweet and clear. It was a very good year.
We will return with Salt and Pepper, Patti LaBelle and Hootie and the Blowfish.
This is the best time of our lives.
I do some opera singing and my husband Jim is a violinist.
And we both love to eat.
For me, Stouffer's tastes like home cooking.
Stouffer's macaroni and cheese are as good as my grandmother's.
The Monacati has three different kinds of cheese.
We eat Stouffer's because it's real good food, the kind I cook myself.
There are definite reasons we created Ford Windstar to be the only minivan with available all-speed traction control
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Today, season's greetings, the good times keep rolling along as we slide into the holidays on America's Funniest Home Videos.
Then, Superman receives a deadly gift, and now only a Christmas miracle can keep him from dying.
My parents take care of them for me.
On an all-new Lois and Clark, right after America's Funniest Home Videos Sunday.
Sinatra 80 Years My Way will continue in a moment here on ABC.
In this town, they speak Spanish.
And this one, Vietnamese.
What's the problem? Why can't everyone speak English?
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Holiday at Bob's, a Channel 5 special presentation Sunday night at 8.
We work in the same way, only in different areas.
Love me tender, love me weak, never let me go.
You have made my life so sweet and I love you so.
Those fingers and my hair, why, come hither stare.
Let me get my conscience buried in the wish ground.
Ladies and gentlemen, Tommy Lasorda.
I've known Frank for 40 years.
He travels his way, we travel our way.
But there are great similarities between the travels of a baseball team and a Sinatra concert.
The only difference between the Dodgers arriving in a hotel and Frank Sinatra arriving in a hotel
is we walk in the front door and go right through the lobby.
Frank's been in some of the top hotels in the world and you know, he has never seen a lobby.
Something else you've missed in your life, Frank, is attending a lot of rock and roll concerts.
You probably have not even heard of some of the hot rap artists that I enjoy so much.
Here's an act that is right up your alley, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
Happy birthday, Frank.
Happy birthday, Salt and Pepper.
That's why the lady is a tramp.
Doesn't like dice games with barons and earls.
Won't go to Harlem dressed in ermine and pearls.
She won't dish the dirt with the rest of those girls.
That's why this chick is a tramp.
Oh, Sabrina, cool as hell.
Life's without care.
She's broke, but her joke doesn't like California.
It's cold and it's damp.
That's why the lady is a tramp.
She gets far too hungry, baby, waiting there for dinner at eight.
She goes to the theater, but she never gets there late.
She ain't never bothered anyone she meets.
That is why the lady is a tramp.
Doesn't like dice games with barons and earls.
Won't make the trip up to Harlem dried air.
BMWs and Ford's.
She won't dish the dirt with the rest of those brizards.
That's why this chick is a tramp.
She loves to free fly while knocked out cuckoo.
Groovy whenever he ends.
Life's without care.
She's broke, but her joke.
She loves California.
It's cold and it's damp.
That's why the lady, that is why the lady.
That's why the lady is a tramp.
Applause
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Robert Wagner.
Applause
In 1945, Frank made a short film that contained a song very close to his heart
about the country of his birth and the beauty of living together in peace and harmony.
The name of the film and the song was The House I Live In.
And for his efforts, Frank was awarded a special Oscar.
He said that Oscar meant even more to him than the one he got for From Here to Eternity.
The house I live in.
It is now 50 years later, but the message and the hope is still valid today.
In your honor, sir, and in the hope that the dream will someday become real,
we are pleased to present a heartfelt version of The House I Live In
sung by a friend and a fan, Miss Patti LaBelle.
Applause
What is America to me?
A name, a map, or a plan?
I see a certain democracy.
What is America to me?
I live in a plot of earth, a stream,
a grove, surrender for chance, and all people that I meet.
The children in the playground,
the places that I see, all races and religions. That's America to me.
The place I work in, all the work is by my side.
The little town or city where my people live and die.
The hotties and the handshakes.
I am free to be all I want.
To bring my heart out.
That's America to me.
The things I see about me.
Oh, the big things and the small.
The little corn and new sand, or the house of my call.
The little town or city where my people live and die.
The place I work in, all the work is by my side.
The place I work in, all the work is by my side.
The town I live in.
The street, the house, the road, the pavement of the city,
or a garden all in blue.
The church, the school, the clubhouse, the million hearts I do.
That's America to me.
To leave my sweet home to all the people I've got.
And that's America.
That's America to me.
That's America to me.
Thank you.
That was the show of Tony Danza and Vano.
Happy Holidays from Energizer.
To me, the best rules are the ones you make yourself.
For example, if there's a better way, I'll take it.
That's how I found this healthy choice cereal from Kellogg's.
They really made new rules when they invented these toasted brown sugar squares.
Like, give it three different grains for a good crunch.
Then put enough brown sugar and honey in there so you don't miss a frosting.
Fun without frosting.
Now there's a rule I can live with.
Healthy choice cereal.
Sure, it's good for you.
But taste rules.
Today's Internet topic.
What would you do to change the world?
End hunger.
Everyone gets a house.
Teach people to read.
Share your lunch.
I would teach people a new language.
Plant the trees.
Make music.
Today, more students are using Apple Macintosh to share ideas on the Internet than any other computer.
What would you do?
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Out of all the California champagnes under $9.00, ranked by the quarterly review of wines,
Tots was named number one.
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She had the perfect life.
He was the man of her dreams.
But she had a dark secret side that ripped their lives apart.
Now can their love survive?
Please don't leave me.
Melrose places Josie Bissett and Murder Ones Jason Gettrick based on a shocking true story,
Dare to Love, Sunday on ABC.
From London, Mano.
Hello.
Hello Los Angeles.
Everybody at the shrine.
Hello Frank, Barbara.
Sorry the band wouldn't let me off work.
But we're going to send you this song anyway.
It's a song I've pitched to you about 80 times.
Maybe now you've got your own divided adventure.
We'll give it another listen.
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad.
You think I'm no good, well I know I've been bad.
Took you to a place, now you can't get back.
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad.
Walk together down a dead end street.
We'll mix in the bitter with the sweet.
Some try to figure out what we might have had.
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad.
I'm just a singer, some say a sinner.
Rolling the dice, not always a winner.
You say I've been lucky, well hell I've made my own.
Not part of the crowd, but not feeling alone.
Under pressure, but not bent out of shape.
Surrounded, we always found an escape.
Drove me to drink, but hey, that's not all bad.
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad.
Guess I've been greedy all of my life.
Greedy with my children, my lover, my wife.
Greedy for the good things, well as the bad.
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad in the eye.
Maybe it's just talk, some of them singing.
The chairs are on the side, the swingin' starts swingin'.
You say I hurt you, you put the finger on yourself.
Then after you did it, you came crying from the hell.
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad.
I'm not complaining, baby I'm glad.
You call it compromise, well what's that?
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad.
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad.
Ladies and gentlemen, Tony Danzai.
Thank you very much.
I can't believe I'm in the same room as Frank Sinatra.
There's a good possibility that Mr. Sinatra can't believe it either.
But you have been an inspiration to me for as long as I can remember.
I wanted to learn to sing and to dance because of listening to your records and watching your movies.
And my mom, my mom was the biggest Sinatra fan.
In fact, I remember after I'd been on TV for a couple of years and I started to think who I was,
my mom said, hey, when you introduced me to Sinatra, then you were a star.
Well, I'm happy to say that I got to do that and I introduced my mother to Frank Sinatra.
And I have a picture to prove it.
There she is. There's my mom and there's Frank Sinatra.
Frank, you treated my mom like she was your mom.
I mean, you treated her great and I'll never forget you for that.
And I love you for it.
And even though at times it's hard for one man to express love for another man,
especially when they're both as tough as us.
Well, anyway, I would like to use the words that Ira Gershwin said down to the last melody his brother George wrote
to try to tell him how he felt about his brother.
Every Italian's dream, a microphone, a tuxedo and a stool.
It's very clear our love is here to stay.
Not for a year, but ever and a day.
The radio and the telephone and those movies that we know may just be passing fancy and in time may go.
But oh my dear, our love is here to stay.
Together we're going a long, long way.
In time the Rockies may crumble, the brawler may tumble.
They're only made of clay.
But our love is here to stay.
I got this from Anchor's Away.
Well, in time the Rockies may crumble, the brawler may tumble.
They're only made of clay, but our love is here to.
Not for one year, two.
Our love is here.
Mr. Sinatra, sir, if my mother was here, I know what she'd say.
She'd say to me, Anthony, now you're a star.
Thank you, Mr. Sinatra, and happy birthday.
Our love is here to stay.
Please welcome Angela Lansbury.
Frank, you and I had the pleasure of working together on The Manchurian Candidate,
a film that has become something of a cult classic.
Of the 63 motion pictures that you made, only one nearly stirred up an international incident.
That was Can Can.
It was during the Cold War, and Premier Khrushchev and his wife came for a visit to the U.S.
So you offered to bring them to the soundstage at 20th Century Fox
to watch the shooting of a real Hollywood musical.
The day of their visit, the cast was rehearsing the racy and raucous Can Can number,
and the Premier seemed happy enough watching the girls leaping and kicking.
But in a speech a short while later, he said, it wasn't really done,
but an example of American decadence and immorality.
Tonight, for the first time in the century-old history of the fabulous Moulin Rouge en Paris,
the birthplace of the Can Can, the cast has flown here to America
to perform their very decadent specialty in your honor on television.
It's a birthday gift fixed for a Premier or even a King.
It's their way of saying they get a kick out of you.
Happy birthday, mon chéri.
Happy birthday, Moulin Rouge.
Happy birthday, Moulin Rouge.
Still to come, Tom Sallick, Louise McGill and Little Richard.
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Monday on a Marshall.
There'll be no stopping us.
Jim McBride turned this vigilante's hot air.
This game show's over.
Into dead air.
Robert Mitchum guests on the Marshall.
Are you ready for some football?
Then Jerry Rice and the 49ers host Minnesota.
They tackle Warren Moon and the Vikings on Monday Night Football.
After the Marshall on Action Monday.
So now for 80 Years My Way will continue in a moment here on ABC.
Beginning January 8th, Murder One moves to Mondays.
And because great shows are rare,
we'd like you to take just a few minutes on January 8th
and let us catch you up on what TV Guide calls the best new show of the year.
Stephen Bochco's Murder One, Mondays at 10, 9 Central.
Starting January 8th, get caught up.
New England celebrates the holiday season.
In Worcester, children make the magic.
We're standing in front of Worcester City Hall with a very special tree.
The tree is donated by some Worcester residents
and decorated by the city's finest, the children.
A reminder that it's the little things that make a big difference.
Happy Holidays.
From all of us.
Ha ha ha ha.
Whee!
All the season best to you, the Channel 5.
Knock, knock, knock.
Ya!
Who is it?
We're from Washington.
We're here to fix your phone.
But it's not broken.
Yes, but we just bought...
But the phone's not broken.
Ma'am, we're from Washington.
Say no thanks to Congress's telecommunications bill.
Higher rates are better.
Ma'am, higher rates are better.
The bill that the Consumer Federation of America says
will make you pay billions of dollars too much in local phone and cable rates.
No thanks.
And don't step on my geranium.
Robin Beach's first-class trip to Grand Bahama.
The island of the Bahamas.
It just keeps getting better.
Come on, people, we only got two days to get this right.
And action!
And cue, Scrooge.
Humbug.
Cue Tiny Tim.
Cut, cut, cut, cut.
What are you expecting two days?
In two days, you could do all your holiday shopping at Ames.
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Look, it's the Gulf of Christmas presents.
More New Englanders get their needles from Channel 5,
than from any other source.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Tom Griesen.
And for the past thirteen years, in forty-five to fifty cities a year,
I've been traveling all over this nation as the opening act for Frank Sinatra.
And tonight is by far the most exciting night of them all,
because tonight I'm finally going to get a chance to meet him.
The truth is, the very first time I ever worked with Frank Sinatra was over thirteen years ago.
My first night, it was in an arena of over twenty thousand people.
Five minutes before I'm ready to go on, Frank Sinatra and his road manager,
Hank Catano, came into my dressing room and Frank said to me,
I want you to stand in the middle of twenty thousand people.
And I want you to hold their attention for forty minutes.
One more thing, Tom, I want you to make them laugh.
No props, no tricks, no charts, no special arrangement, no special lighting, no orchestra, nothing.
Just you and twenty thousand people.
And his road manager looked at me and said, one more thing, Tom, not one of them came to see you.
The last thirteen years has been the joy of joys for a little boy from Harvey, Illinois,
to dream that one day he would go fly with Frank for thirteen years,
to be able to grace the same stage with you as the highest tribute any comedian could ever ask for.
Here's to the birthday boss.
Ladies and gentlemen, singing one of Frank Sinatra's biggest hits, Little Richard.
That old black magic got me in faith.
That old black magic that I wished so well.
That ice and fingers slipping down my spine.
That same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.
You're the lover that I waited for.
The maid, the maid has me created for.
And every time you lift me to mine.
Darling, down, down, down I go.
Round, round, round I go.
In a spin, a love in that spin I'm in.
Under that old black magic called love.
That old black magic got me in a spell.
That old black magic that I need so well.
That ice and fingers slipping down my spine.
That same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.
You're the lover that I waited for.
The maid, the maid has me created for.
And every time you lift me to mine.
Darling, down, down, down I go.
Round, round, round I go.
In a spin, a love in that spin I'm in.
Under that old black magic called love.
Under that old black magic called love.
Happy birthday, Mr. Fionni. Thank you.
Can you take a little constructive criticism, Mr. Magnum?
Drop the gun on the floor.
So far you're on a lousy investigation.
Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Selleck.
That was a film clip from an episode of Magnum
where Frank Sinatra played a retired New York City police detective.
It was shot in Hawaii, of course, and Frank had to play a feisty tough guy
with a passion for justice and a very short fuse.
Talk about casting against type.
But that is one of the many qualities of Frank Sinatra
that makes him really so special, so unique.
The charming singer, the sentimental song, the skinny kid that women wanted to mother,
and the elegant gentleman who feels comfortable dining with heads of state
also carries with him an element of danger.
Why don't you all see for yourself in this medley of highlights from Frank's famous fights.
This is to tell you your days are numbered.
I do not ask you to die.
I killed 27 men all by myself.
Yeah, and I'm about to do it again.
I'd rather keep you as an enemy,
because as long as I hate your guts I know I got good taste.
And we used to eat punks like you.
Maybe.
That's when you had your teeth.
Just need to see a good guy get it in your gut.
Hey!
What's that bruise on my knuckles, man?
You talk to me, I'll break your jaw.
You slimy bastard.
Ah!
Ah!
Academy of What's Not.
Oh!
That's a pretty tough cookie, huh?
And those are just the film clips from his home movies.
Frank, I just want you to know that it's just a pure pleasure for me to be here with you and Barbara
to celebrate your birthday, and I want you to know that being in your company has been one of the joys of my life.
So thank you, and happy birthday.
That's no good, baby.
That's it.
You know, Frank Sinatra truly is one of a kind,
but the same excitement that greeted Frank Sinatra sixty years ago
is being duplicated these days in concert halls all over the world.
And here's the young man causing this excitement, Luis Miguel.
Thank you very much. Good evening.
I am very happy to be here tonight because I had the opportunity when I was a little kid
to listen to all the Frank Sinatra songs, so I believe I learned English through his songs.
And I want to say that years later I had the opportunity of singing in one of his albums,
which is The Duets II, so that was like a dream come true.
So happy birthday, Frank. Thank you very much.
And I hope you all come fly with me tonight.
Applause
Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away
If you can use exotic blues, there's a bar, a bar from bed
Come on, fly with me, let's float down in the blues
Fly with me, float down to the blues
In llama land there's a one man band and if truth hits truth for you
Fly with me, we'll take off in the blues
Once I get you up there where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide, starry eye
Once I get you up there I'll be holding you so very near
You might even hear a can of angel tears as she calls us together
Weather wise it's such a gloomy day
You just say those words, we'll whip those birds down to our buko bay
It is perfect for flying
Honeymoon, if you say come on fly with me
Let's fly, let's fly
Pack up your bags and let's get out here
Come on, let's fly away
Stay tuned for Gregory Peck, Paul Reiser and Tony Bennett
I'm glad you made it to the reunion
Oh, I can't believe it's been 20 years
You okay?
I could use some Tylenol
Here
Oh, I'd be profaned if I had an ulcer
Really?
My husband had an ulcer
Oh, he should be careful
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Tylenol just works great
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Talk to your doctor
20 years later you're still giving me the answer
Are you ever gonna listen?
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Thank you. Thank you very much. Tonight we celebrate Frank Sinatra, the singer, the actor and the legend.
We all know about his golden voice, his impeccable phrasing, his effortless dramatic skills
But sadly what has never been duly recognized and what I think is most important is his ability to sing
His dramatic skills but sadly what has never been duly recognized and what I think is the real key to Frank Sinatra's success
And that is his hat
This is a man who knows how to wear a hat
Notice the angle of the hat, the just perfect width of the hat band, the mastery of all the hat nuances
This is the very core of the Sinatra magic, I believe
Now for example you see here, certainly a great singer but here it's just that much better
And just as the Sinatra sound didn't simply happen, also the Sinatra hat, it didn't just appear one day
Oh no, it took years to develop, he started very young
And even then all of New Jersey admired the size of Frank's brim
Throughout the streets of Hoboken you would hear two things, hey Frank, nice hat
And the other was, Frank, get off the car
Of course there were some experiments, there were some along the way some step backs, some hats that didn't work out quite so well
It was the Gomer Pyle look did not work, the Hopalong Cassidy look unsuccessful
The do you think these jomikas are too busy look
The matching tie and dead marsupial look did not work
The dig me I'm an airplane look
But these were mistakes to be learned from as he perfected this and this and this
Frank Sinatra let every regular guy be a little more like him by just wearing one of these
So Mr. Chairman, I thank you for having me here and our hats off to you, happy birthday sir
You make me feel so young
Sing it again, I didn't hear it
Well how many more you think he's going to do Sam?
I don't know but he sure sings good for a white fella
Sam, I got an idea
I'd like to thank the NAACP for this wonderful trophy
It was just one of those things
Just one of those crazy things
One of those bears that now and then ring
Just one of those things
It was just one of those nights
Just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on grass and the wind
Yes it was one of those things
If we thought a bit about the end of it
When we started painting that town
We'd have been aware that our love affair was too hot not to cool down
So goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye baby and I'm in
Just hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun
But it was just one of those things
Ladies and gentlemen, Danny Aiello and Chas Parman-Terry
New Jersey, the Garden State has produced much homegrown talent
Including our guest of honor and our opening act, Mr. Springsteen
There is another denizen of the Garden State who has also made quite a name for himself in the performing arts
What higher accolade can one singing Jerseyite pay another
Than to express to the world his feeling that this other Jerseyite had the best set of pipes in the business
Mr. Sinatra was not referring to his plumber but to a young singer, Anthony DiBenedetto
Now Mr. DiBenedetto has since gone on to prove the allegations correct in an ongoing career spanning half a century
He is with us tonight with pipes gleaming to delight us all with a song from the aptly named album he made honoring Mr. Sinatra called Perfectly Frank
I knew I'd go from rags to riches
The former, Anthony DiBenedetto, Mr. Tony Bennett
Thank you very much
Oh boy, it was beautiful tonight
I'd like to say one quick thing about Mr. Sinatra
What Toscanini was to classical music, Frank Sinatra is to American popular songs
He's got the world on a string
He's sitting on a rainbow
He's got the string around his finger
What a world, what a life
He's in love
He's got a song that he sings
He can make the ring go
Anytime he moves his finger
What a lucky guy
Can't you see that he's in love
Life is a beautiful thing
As long as he holds that string
You know he'd be a silly so and so
If he should ever let go
He's got the world on a string
Sitting on a rainbow
He's got that string around his little finger
What a world, what a life
He's in love
He's got the world on a string
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Gregory Fatt
At the time, 1974, the place Madison Square Garden in New York
The man, the man himself, live
Old Blue Eyes was back after a period of self-imposed retirement
He's back to reclaim his title heavyweight champ of the singing world
We will now do the national anthem, What You Need and Right
And now the end is near
And so I pay the final curtain
My friend, I'll make it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
Traveled each and every highway
More, more than this
I did it my way
Reckless road, sentimental softy
There he stood in the ring back in the arena at 60
A lion facing the fans and the skeptics
Spinning tales of love gone wrong, fame gone south
Smiles and sunsets and world on a string
Lyrics flowing lyrically from that wellspring of feeling
That purveyor of passion passing the praise to the unsung heroes
Let's have a hand for the boys in the band
Remembering days and nights on the bus
One of the guys before being touched by the gods of fortune
Yet still one of the guys
Sentimental softy, reckless rogue
Weaving a musical garment from the threads of his life
Golden threads from the golden years
The gold record years, the gold statuette years
Darker threads from the knocking on doors
Nobody wants you years
Threads of green and wet behind the ears years
And the green from the green backs of rolling in years
Blue threads woven into the cloth
From the where she gone to years
And the one for the road years
And the pure white threads from the decent deeds done
In the name of the nameless needy years
And the threads worked their way into the pattern of his life
Forming a garment for protection and a banner of defiance
Reckless softy, sentimental rogue
Re-entering the ring at sixty, fit and feisty
Frail and fabulous
He's back, wily and warm, winking and winning
Hey, champ, no more early retirement for you
Twenty more years of cheers and stomping, standing ovations
Twenty more years at least of knockouts, main events
Accolades, hey reckless rogue, sentimental softy
Winner and still heavyweight champ, you are the man
What is a man? What has he done?
If not himself, then he has not
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blow
And did it my way
My way
We'll be right back with Don Rickles and Bob Dylan.
Why would you want to live in this dark world?
Step into the light with silk and mist pantyhose from legs
Sexy, sheer, luminous
Illuminate your legs and be beautiful
Irresistibly sheer, irresistibly you
Silk and mist
Nothing beats a great pair of legs
Warden, Warden, this prison is inhumane
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I'm a busy guy
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Joel Siegel of Good Morning America says Nixon's the one and so is Anthony Hopkins
One of the film's great performances
A man doesn't cry, I don't cry, I fight
Oliver Stone has made a great, shattering movie
When do the rest of us stop paying off your debts?
This is Nixon's finish
Nixon, rated R, starts December 20th
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Two of golf's rising stars go head to head
American Phil Nicholson battles former US Open champ Ernie Ells
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Today's storm brings us almost up to the amount of snow we had all last winter
And winter hasn't officially begun yet
Tonight, travelers at Logan found the going slow, numerous delays
Dan Lothian reports live
In the weather center, Dick Albert says more white stuff is heading our way
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Bunch of kids in the neighborhood, they had an idea, they took control, they changed the rules
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Ladies and gentlemen, Carla Duhl
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck is here, I can see my lady to begin with
Luck be a lady tonight
Say let's keep the party for life
Let Ness out of my sight
Stick with me baby, I'm the gal that you can use with
Luck be a lady tonight
Thank you, it's a smacker
Ladies and gentlemen, Don Rickards
Please, please be seated
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I tell you, it's such an exciting night, I swear to God
I was backstage and everybody kept saying, do you know Frank?
Uh, I mean we're not talking to the average guy on the street
This man's sitting here now, humble and nice, you should see him when you're over his house
He said, pass the butter
Anyway, but, no God bless you Frank, I make fun of you, what could you do to me?
We used to hang out in the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, in the steam room, in the afternoons
And we all had bathrobes, remember Frank and I was the Rhino
And had bathrobes with our names on it and I was called the Rhino
He laughed at that, he always laughed at anything that hurt me
He said, that bullet headed Jew, that's terrific, he's a Rhino
And all the guys with him went, yeah
No, no, these were guys that just had colds
Actually they were choking on gunpowder
But I'll tell you this
So we were, little humor Frank
I'll make you feel at home
So listen
So we were in the steam room and one night he got teed off of me
It didn't have to be a reason, he said, okay Rickles, that's it, you're through, outside
And there I was, I swear to God, in front of the Sands Hotel by the pool
Completely naked with a beach umbrella in my hand
And a couple of people, I must say, a couple of waitresses went by and went, my God
I'll tell you this though
My God, who is this?
My God, who is he?
But I must say, look at the whole family laughing, no, you're going to come into a lot of money
I'll tell you this though
Frank Jr. is sitting there going, in a couple of years it's going to be my band and my
I'm going to own it all and the two sisters are going to run after me
Frank
But I must say, I must say, in all sincerity
I say this and I don't say this too often because I know how you are with sentimentality
Your mom and my mom, they were great friends and you were a great friend to me
And I say God bless you, I love you dearly Frank, I really do
Happy birthday and may God be good to you
And now here to perform some of the thousands of hits in the Sinatra repertoire
are three of the best voices in the business
Steve Lawrence, Edie Gourmet and Vic DeMone
Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week
Cause that's the night when my sweetie and I used to dance cheek to cheek
When you're smiling, when you're smiling, when you're smiling, when you're smiling
The whole world smiles at you
When you're laughing, when you're laughing, when you're laughing, when you're laughing
The sun comes shining through
But when you're crying, you bring all the rain
So stop your crying, just be happy again
And when you're smiling, when you're smiling, when you're smiling
The whole world smiles at you
And if you should survive to a hundred and five
Think of all you'll derive out of being alive
And here's the best part, you are the head start
If you are a mother very young
You are the mother and father
And when you're smiling at me, I heard a melody
It haunted me from the start
Here with your lips to mine, I'll rap to see if I'm
Sing with the strings
Sing with the strings
Sing with the strings
Alive
Alive
Please welcome Norm Crosby
Frank, this is incredible. I mean, what a tribute. God bless you. I mean it.
Barbara and Frank invited Joni and I to stay with them at their house.
And it was just, they are the sweetest, most wonderful hosts, generous, kind.
Frank cooked pasta for us. And honest to God, it was delicious and it was very reasonable.
And it became a ritual. And we stayed with the guys.
And I just have to tell you, he's smart. He would tell me things, intimately, in private conversation.
Things that most people don't even know. I remember one time he said to me,
Norm, never, never buy a TV or a VCR from a guy who comes to your house wearing sneakers who's out of breath.
One time he said to me, if your eyes hurt after you drink coffee, you have to take the spoon out of the cup.
God bless you, Frank. I'll never forget one day he said to me, live every day as if it were your last day on earth.
And sooner or later, you'll be right.
Francis, you're an insulation to all of us. I mean it.
And I can't tell you how thrilled I am to be here to honor you. God bless you.
Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Dylan.
All the money in my life I could steal. Be it mine or mine, I long to leave. I let it slip gladly, with a hand to my friend.
To tie up the times the most possibly.
But the bottles I've done have killed everyone. And the table is full and old again.
And the corner sign says it's closing time. So it'll be farewell from down the road.
Every foe that ever I've failed. The cause was there before we came. And every cause that ever I've fought.
I fought it both without regret or shame.
But the doctor's dad had the cat in his drawer. And somebody's eyes must keep the door.
And if I see the day, I'd only have to keep the day. So I'll bid farewell in the night and make go.
Oh, a false clock tries to tick out my time. To disgrace, distract, and bother me.
And the dirt of gossip glows in my face. And the dust of rumour covers me.
But if there is a slave, I'll have to sleep. And it gets to the dust no matter how I pay.
So I'll make my stand and remain as land. I'll bid farewell and not give a damn.
I'll make my stand and remain as land.
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promises by the Republicans. What is inside the horse? We want to know what you got to offer.
Meanwhile the Senate Finance Committee is tackling a number of amendments to both the Medicare and
Medicaid reform measures. The goal is to slash billions to meet deficit targets over the next
seven years. On a more pressing matter the Senate is expected to vote later today on a six-week plan
to keep the government afloat financially. Failure to pass the so-called continuing resolution
could result in widespread furloughs for government workers. Smokers trying to quit soon may find it
easier to buy nicotine gum. An advisory panel has recommended FDA approval of over-the-counter sales
of nicorette. It's been available by prescription only for more than a decade. Advisors say the gum
is effective, has few side effects, and since nicorette makes nicorette it tastes like metal,
it's unlikely to be abused. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the panel's
recommendation. President Clinton today awarded 12 Americans with the nation's highest civilian honor,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mr. Clinton said they represent the true faces of American
heroism for their contributions in the fields of civil rights, medicine, business, the environment,
and even children's television. The 12 Americans we honor today embody the best qualities
in our national character. All have committed themselves both publicly and privately to expanding
the circle of freedom and the opportunities the responsible exercise of freedom brings
at home and around the world. This year's recipients range from the creator of Sesame Street,
Joan Ganz Cooney, to former Surgeon General C. Everett Coop, also honored urban designer
James Rouse, and the man often called the father of the environmental movement, Gaylord Nelson.
We are waiting for the resumption of the O.J. Simpson trial. In the meantime,
let's go to New York and Myron Kandel for this business news update. Myron?
Thanks Joe. The Dow industrials are higher again after losing just about all of an earlier 28
point gain. Helped by a strong bond market, the Dow is now up more than 13 points at 4801.
But our broader and secondary market indexes are mostly lower. The Nasdaq composite off 4 points.
The latest economic reports indicate a sluggish U.S. economy. Sales of new homes dropped more than
9.5 percent last month, the biggest decline in six months. But July's figure was revised sharply
upward to a 1.5 year high. Third quarter gross domestic product, the measure of all goods and
services was also revised higher. But the GDP still grew at the slowest pace in more than two years,
up 1.3 percent at an annual rate. And a report from the Chicago area showing a decline in
manufacturing is helping boost bond prices. The treasury's 30-year bond up 21.32 seconds of a
point in price, the yield down to 6.54 percent. That's business news for this hour. I'm Myron Candell
in New York. Thank you Myron. President Clinton has repeated his commitment to send U.S. troops
to Bosnia Herzegovina to help implement a peace treaty if there is one. At a White House photo
opportunity, Mr. Clinton said the U.S. will live up to its promise. I believe the United States
should be a part of implementing the peace process. I've said that for almost three years. I don't see
how as the leader of NATO and basically the leader of the West we can walk away from that. And I
think the American people, once I explain it to them, will be supportive. And I believe the
Congress will. Mr. Clinton has invited congressional leaders to the White House for an afternoon
briefing on Bosnia. He promises more to say about potential U.S. involvement there after that meeting.
Earlier, Mr. Clinton said he still did not know how much the U.S. troop commitment would cost
or how much the U.S. would contribute to Bosnia's reconstruction. The first head on the congressional
budget chopping block is about to roll. The Office of Technology Assessment closes its doors
at the end of business today. Louise Schiavone has the story in today's spending down report.
The Office of Technology Assessment has been zeroed into bureaucratic oblivion 23 years
after its birth. It does give you sort of an empty feeling in the pit of your stomach to know that
something you thought was important is now not there anymore. OTA is a bipartisan congressional
research agency specializing in science and technology. Roughly half of the 200 employees
have found other jobs. The rest are getting severance. Key Senate Appropriations Committee
Republican Connie Mack argues that Congress is drowning in information and won't miss the
OTA. And when we started looking at it, we realized that we had the congressional research
service of the Library of Congress that could provide us with information. At OTA, predictably,
there's not a lot of respect for Mack's point of view. I think at this point most of the people
in the building think it's an embarrassment more than anything else. I mean, the rest of the world
seems to respect this institution and the Congress apparently doesn't. One lawmaker, New York
Republican Amo Houghton, fought valiantly for the agency but said that OTA was a budget line
without a constituency. It's small, it is sort of cloistered, it does far out research rather than
immediate, in-term, personal, human research. And those are the things which you just say,
get rid of. And it's a scalp. As the final hour drew near, OTA workers were clearing desks,
organizing mailing lists, packing boxes in offices where so many of them had spent so much of their
lives. Besides, we're giving a last meal. Others were putting the finishing touches on final
reports but all seemed unfailingly good-humored. Maybe it's just that we're all somewhat manic
about the end here but I think, you know, it's been a good run. Shutting down OTA will save
about 22 million dollars a year. To put it in perspective, the government spends about one and
a half trillion dollars a year, about three million dollars a minute. On that clock, the OTA budget
amounted to just seven minutes. Louise Schiavone for CNN, Capitol Hill. We have a programming note
for you. CNN plans some changes starting next Monday. Part of the new programming includes
Burden of Proof with lawyers Roger Kosak and Greta Van Susteren. That's at 12 30 p.m. Eastern weekdays.
Then CNN Today with Bobby Patista and Lou Waters will be seen at 1 p.m. Eastern during the week.
And Worldview with anchors Bernard Shaw, Judy Woodruff and Hillary Bowker debuts at 6 p.m. Eastern.
That's weekdays right here on CNN. The OJ Simpson trial is in recess. We'll return to the prosecution's
final arguments when court resumes. In the meantime, we're going to take this break. Stay with us.
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Tom Jim Moray in Los Angeles. Court is once again in session. Barry Sheck is delivering to the court
various objections outside the presence of the jury. He is calling it improper vouching on the
part of the district attorney's office to say that everyone knows he is guilty. Let's listen in.
So that directly misstates the evidence. Finally, I would make this request because this is the
prosecution's rebuttal summation and we do not have a chance to get back up. And if there were
misstatements of evidence in their opening closing arguments, we were able to get back up and
retranscript and correct it. If we make an argument with respect to misstating the evidence, I would
respectfully request that if the court is going to overrule it, overrule it with the caveat, which I
know is the thrust and substance of the court's ruling, the jury's recollection controls. Because
I think that's the fair and neutral way to do it. And so I make that request to the court and I would
also request the court caution counsel and that we have no more of this improper vouching because
I think it's an improper form of argument and I'm talking about those specific matters.
All right. This matter is submitted. Submitted. All right. Objection and noted they're overruled.
Let's have the jury please. There are a couple of codes. Sir, here's a photograph of officers
that the prosecution expects to show that I was just shown during this break during Ms. Clark's
presentation. I have an objection I want to lodge. What's your objection? Well, object. I think it's
very similar to what we wanted to show the photographs of Mr. Simpson with the gloves on.
The gloves are still. These are photographs of Risky and the various officers Lang
and the others. And we object. And with regard to the last two photographs that I was shown,
it still has the KTLA Channel 5 logo on those. So I want to lodge my objection having just seen
these things at this point. I think it's analogous. I think it's what the court has said. I haven't
seen these before and I presume they would be pictures put up there as she would be testifying
about. Is this the four photographs? No, no. I think they're one at a time as I understand.
You can see them if you care to. They're still photographs of the police officers.
The only most important police officer I think there's I think Miss Zola's in there also.
Yes. I just told Mr. Copperin when he said he was going to object to this at the court of
the rule of my objection. I objected to the stills that they were going to use. They elected not to
use them ultimately but the court of the rule is saying the stills were proper so I made this
exhibit on that rule. Well again and you of course see the last two with the KTLA seal and
Well the KTLA seal is irrelevant. I thought it was irrelevant but you had us clear it up before I
thought. That you had us cover that up. That was the eight. That was at a time that the where the
source of it was not relevant to the issue. All right. One more objection I want to note for the
record and that is I also think it was an improper argument that Mr. Simpson gave his bags to his
lawyer on the way in. First of all there's no facts in the record establishing that Mr. Kardashian
was in the act of representing Mr. Simpson at that point in time or that there was any attorney
client relationship at that point in time. I think it's a highly inflammatory and improper argument
and also does not accord with the known facts in the case and another one I think they came
perilously close to with respect to the discussion of darkness at Bundy and that is we all were at the
scene. Now Mr. Darden was it. I appreciate that on the night that we did the jury view
and I have no objection to him signing from certain specific points in the record but I would just
like it noted we all know what the lighting was like there because we recreated the best we could
and then the prosecution chose not to take the jury on a nighttime jury view. It was their
decision and it seems to me that in terms of good faith arguments based on what is not what is
knowledge of all the parties here that I think they have to be very very careful in terms of
raising inferences to the jury about what could be seen and couldn't be seen in light of what we know.
Well what we know is from a recreation council the testimony of the witnesses as to approaching
that walkway under conditions of darkness on June the 12th and June the 13th are in the record and
it's a fair inference. The arguments concluded counsel. I understand that I'm not sure
I'm just saying that sit down that was probably close. That's a fair inference that can be drawn
from the record. Also I'm going to admonish counsel on both sides not to make any gestures,
head shaking, grimaces or any other responses to a counsel's argument. I've seen it on both sides
and if I see it again I'm going to stop in front of the jury and I'm going to up read you in front
of the jury. Let's have the jurors. We will take a break while the jurors enter the courtroom and
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Court is back in session. Christopher Darden is now resuming with his final argument.
So that you can resolve it so that we can have some closure as it relates to this case. One of
the things that was mentioned the other day was something about Robert Heitstra. You remember Mr.
Heitstra. He was the witness who had the laminated letter from Ethel E. Bailey saying that he was
going to be an important witness for the defense. And much ado was made about Mr. Heitstra and why
we didn't call him. We the prosecution didn't call him. And I think it was suggested that we
didn't call him because he didn't fit our timeline. Well, they don't know what we're thinking. They
can't read our minds. They called Robert Heitstra in the defense case. They don't know whether or
not we were going to call him in the rebuttal case. They don't know that. Robert Heitstra is
a very important witness. They called him. Fine. As long as you heard the testimony, that's all
that mattered. He testified that he left his house around 10 15. Right? Isn't that what he testified
to? He said he saw the clock in his in his apartment, as I recall. He left with his dogs.
He left on a walk. He walked around the block halfway around the block. And as he approached
Bundy, he heard these dogs barking. And he told you that it was around 10 30. And I asked him some
questions. I asked him, did you look at your watch when you first heard those dogs barking? No.
All he could do was give you an approximation as to what time he heard those dogs barking.
And in his best estimate, his best guess was about 10 30. And so he says he heard Cato, the dog bark
around 10 30, and that he changed directions and walked down that alleyway. He walked down the alley
on the opposite side of Bundy. That is the site opposite from Nicole's condo. He walked down the
alley. And as he walked down the alley, he heard someone yell, Hey, hey, hey. And he stopped and
he paused. And he told you that that hey, hey, hey voice sounded to him to be the voice of a young
man. And he also told you that he heard the voice of another man, an older man, perhaps with a
heavier voice. Remember that? Remember that? And he continued to walk down that alleyway. And when
he got down to Dorothy, he looked west toward Bundy. And what did he see? What did he tell you he saw?
He saw a vehicle coming east from the direction, from the direction of the alleyway, the alleyway
that ran up behind the Cole Browns condo. It was his vehicle. It was the defendant.
I asked Mr. Heintzsche, what color was that vehicle? He said it was white.
Just like the defendant's vehicle. I asked him if the vehicle had tinted windows. He said it did.
If you look at the pictures of the defendant's Bronco, tinted windows.
Yesterday, someone stood up here and said to you, Heintzsche never said anything about Bronco.
He said a Jeep or a van. I asked Mr. Heintzsche about the vehicle he saw. And he told you right
here on the witness stand that the vehicle he saw was a Blazer or a Bronco. I asked him specifically.
I asked him that specifically at pages 36,339 and 36,471.
And at 36,339 he told you, he testified. He was a defense witness. He testified that the
vehicle he saw could have been a Bronco. He didn't look at his watch. He didn't look to
see what time it was when he first saw that Bronco. And what did that Bronco do?
Counsel, ladies and gentlemen, you've heard all the evidence. As I indicated to you,
when we started these arguments, counsel may argue to the evidence and draw reasonable
inferences from that evidence. However, you are the exclusive judges as to what facts exist from
the evidence in this case. Proceed, counsel. Thank you, your honor. And that's true.
But this is their witness. This is Robert Heintzsche. That's what he testified to here
in the transcript. It could have been a Bronco. It could have been a Bronco. That's what he said.
Chevy Blazer or a Bronco. Remember that? And I asked him a question. Okay, well, you say
Chevy Blazer or a Bronco. I asked him a question at page 36,471. I asked him, Mr. Heintzsche,
Chevy Blazer and a Ford Bronco looks very much alike to you, doesn't it? And his answer was,
yeah, they look alike, certainly from a distance. I would suggest to you that the vehicle Heintzsche
saw leaving Bundy that night was a white Bronco. It's a white Bronco that has all that blood in it.
It's the white Bronco that's parked a skew at the defendant's house. This is their witness.
And I said it the other day and I'll say it again today, I don't care what the time is.
It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all.
He didn't look at his watch the time that he saw that Bronco or that Blazer.
And I asked him about that and I asked him if he looked at his watch and he told us he didn't look
at his watch. And then I asked him how long it would take to get from Bundy to the defendant's
house. Because as you recall, Mr. Heintzsche watched cars, detailed cars for the Salingers,
the people that lived directly next door to the defendant's property. And I asked him at page 36,
413, counsel, at line three, I asked him, Mr. Heintzsche, would they have enough time to drive
Mr. Heintzsche to North Rockingham and arrive by 1052? His answer, yes. You could do it.
Yes, sure. And I went on to ask him, you could arrive there by 1045, correct?
Line 14, page 36, 413. And at line 15 on that same page, his answer was right. Yes.
They want you to believe that Cato Kaelin heard the thumbs at 1045 and Ms. Clark will explain to
you how it is that we extrapolate some of the facts, some of the hard facts in this case,
facts that can't be disputed when we consider all the testimony and facts that help establish
what time Cato Kaelin actually heard those thumbs. But it doesn't matter. If Kaelin says 1045 and
that's his best estimate, Mr. Heintzsche says, hey, there's enough time to drive that Bronco
from this death scene, this scene of murder to the defendant's house. And finally, we get to gloves.
Finally, we come around full circle once again to the issue of gloves. And I watched
one of the defense lawyers stand up here and pull a watch cap over their head and ask you
what they looked like if it changed their appearance. Well, you know, in a lighted court
room at the intersection of Temple and Bundy, it probably doesn't change his appearance at all.
Especially after somebody's been standing up in front of you for two, three hours.
But the issue is, would it change his appearance? Would it affect one's ability to recognize him
if it was 10 o'clock at night? How about 1003? Would it affect your ability to recognize him
in the dark? And what if he had on dark cotton sweats? And what if it was dark outside? What if
he had a big knife? And what if it was dark out there in front of that condo, the way Officer
Risky described? Or what if he had a big knife? These little demonstrations that we saw. And then
we saw one of the lawyers struggle with a pair of gloves. These are your gloves.
These gloves are size small.
Then these gloves were extra large.
We heard so much about the scriptures.
I'm not even going to read it. Just read Proverbs 6, one day when this is all over.
Now, if I'm the messenger, you know, I've delivered the message
as best as I could.
And the message is that he killed these two people.
And that's what the evidence dictates. You know, they mess around with our science evidence and
stuff and try to cause you to lose confidence in that evidence. But Marcia Clark will go back and
go over some of the points we think you might be interested in hearing about to sort of straighten
that out. But I know that you're going to do a good job when you go into the jury room. All I
could ever ask from you and all that I ask from you today is that you try and be as objective as
you possibly can be. That you not allow any passion or emotion or any bias, any of that human
feelings, those human feelings we all have to interfere with the decision you have to make.
When I stood before you back in January, I said there were many victims in this case,
and there are many interests involved in this case. It's an important case to O.J. Simpson,
and it's an important case to the victims and their families. We just want you to be fair.
I just want you to do the right thing. That means the right thing under the law.
We believe we've proven this case beyond a reasonable doubt, and it's unfortunate.
It's unfortunate what jealousy does to you. It's unfortunate that obsession
can do these things to you. It is unfortunate that two innocent people were dead because
they got in this man's way.
That's the message we wanted to deliver, and I'm the messenger, and I'm proud to have delivered
it. I thank you for your verdict in advance, in the event I don't get a chance to talk to you then.
All of us owe you a debt of gratitude. God bless you.
Ms. Clark.
Good morning. How are you? I'm not allowed to ask you that. I just realized. Excuse me.
I'm sorry. I'm not allowed to ask you that. I just realized. Excuse me.
I know you're tired of hearing us talk. I'm going to get right into the evidence, because I want to go through what they said.
I want to show you how the evidence corrects that. I want to talk to you about logic. I want to talk to you about what makes sense.
Last year, I met a girl. You let me through great it is so. Do I have to do the best?
Otherwise, I wouldn't have to.
evidence to it. Not only does it have no evidence, but it has no logic. And in that specifically,
I'm talking about this story about Mark Furman swiping a bloody glove inside the Bronco.
That's a story. It's an interesting story, but it has no substance. Not only does it
have no proof to it, but it also has no logic to it, and I'll show you why. And that's what
I want to talk to you about now. Logic. What makes sense? In this case, we have seen what
the defense has done, and it's been a very contorted, very inconsistent thing. I'm going
to point out the inconsistencies to you. But basically, they have jumped from, we are stupid
bumblers or we are brilliant conspirators. And he includes us in this. And I find that
particularly painful, ladies and gentlemen, particularly painful, because I've been doing
this a lot of years. I didn't start here. I started on that side of counsel table. I
was a defense attorney. I know what the ethical obligations are of a prosecutor. I took a
cut in pay to join this office, because I believe in this job. I believe in doing it
fairly and doing it right. And I like the luxury of being a prosecutor, because I have
the luxury on any case of going to the judge and saying, guess what, your honor, dismiss
it. It's not here. Ladies and gentlemen, I can come to you and I can say, don't convict.
It's not here. I have that right. I have that luxury. This job gives me that luxury. It
doesn't give me a lot of money, but it gives me that luxury. I can get up in the morning
and look at myself in the mirror and say, I tell you the truth. I will never ask for
a conviction unless I should, unless the law says I must, unless he has proven guilty beyond
a reasonable doubt on credible evidence that you can trust, that you can rely on. I can
never do it otherwise. That's my obligation. And that's why I'm standing here before you
today, because we have proven it to you, ladies and gentlemen. If I thought for one minute
there was a conspiracy. Be seated, ladies and gentlemen. Would you have a seat in the jury
room, please? The judge is sending the jurors back into the jury room. Both John A. Cochran
and Barry Sheck stood up and made an objection. Roger Cossack. Oh, let's go back into the
courtroom. The seal, the camera's tilting down from the seal. Let's listen in to the
proceedings. All right. Record should reflect the jury's withdrawn from the courtroom.
Ms. Clark, the last comment that you made. If I thought for a minute there was a conspiracy.
I would get to finish it. It would be my obligation. We've dismissed this case. We're close here,
counsel. Your in view of the... This has been highly imp... I'm sorry. Sit down. You're
close, Ms. Clark. I realize it's not a complete thought, but what you can argue is what the
evidence shows. You can argue ethical obligations that prosecutors have. I'm just cautioning
you that you're close here. You're close to the line. You're not over it yet. Thank you,
Your Honor. I was... Mr. Sheck. Excuse me. May I just ask for one point of clarification?
The thought as I completed it is acceptable, is it not? It is. All right. But the eyes,
every time the eyes get in there... Yes. The only... Let me just mention this. I have never
had a defense attorney make an argument like Mr. Cochran made. Nor have I ever seen a defense
attorney get up and ask for jury nullification in this way. But when they do... It was very
artfully phrased. I'll reserve a comment. But what I'm saying, Your Honor, is that when
a defense attorney does take the gloves off that way, hit below the belt the way Mr. Cochran
does, the law permits us to argue our ethical obligations. The court's aware of that. Under
People versus VA, under US versus Wade, we have the right then to argue what our obligations
are. I get to tell the jury the truth, that I have a luxury they don't have, a luxury
I didn't have until I joined this office. They have to represent guilty people and stand
up before the jury and say it hasn't been proven, no matter how well it has been proven.
I don't have to do that. I'm sorry, Counselor, you're objecting to her argument to the court?
Yes, I object to it. Your Honor, please, I object to it. I don't think I have a right
to do that. Anyway, these are not remarks that I make to the jury. But when counsel
takes off the gloves, makes personal attacks the way he has, saying basically that we're
guilty of false, then we have the right under the law to correct that misimpression and
to tell the jury we have ethical obligations that prevent us from pursuing a prosecution
unless we believe 100%... There's the problem. Okay. Unless you believe the evidence shows
it. Right. You have to be clear. You cannot infer that you have personal knowledge beyond
the state of the evidence. Right. Agreed. No question. I wouldn't do that. Mr. Sheck.
Your Honor, they already have. They've gone over the line. Now, as the court noted, the
argument yesterday, and it's one that these prosecutors have to live with, is that they
put Mark Ferman on the witness stand. He testified in a way about, you know, Mr. Cochran accurately
cited the record. He read from it, talking about how he went through all this terrible
personal anguish and all these outside issues were raised and...