Sammy Davis Jr. at Wogan 1989 (part 4 of 4)

you know and but they were always taken care of that was the only saving grace I had my family was taken care and I realized that too late but I gotta say that when you do a 360 and your life changes you've come around boy I would never make that mistake but those mistakes again but that was a particular time in all my life in our society that I just felt this need in here in a gut feeling to get out there and be the best because that was my only weapon to fight ignorant them fight intolerance to fight see if I walked on the stage I can fight the prejudice and everyone's mind that was my thinking boy I'll stay out here until I get you and I do a two and a half hour show and think nothing of it people in Las Vegas are going like this you know the guy would go you don't come in to see you they come to gamble get off the stage and I didn't realize that could I had my audience and then the need to keep the audience after you finish to have the big party and because you wanted all of that that that around you can I tell you at this point in time in my life one of the great joys for me is to go home my wife fixes a little something for me in the kitchen warms up some soup or something nice I lay like this and I have clicker and talk back to the television oh yeah you're crazy clear that it to me now is and enjoy it enjoy have it be that you've settled down but goodness sake oh my goodness how did you ever get that impression you can't live that lifestyle you know you can't live that and like as I said before you pay for it one way or another but all I'm glad I'm handsome looking back on that backpack that we used to read so much about was that was that ever a reality did you did you guys party all the time not all the time but enough and there was no Rat Pack it was like a group of guys that had loved each other and still love each other who respected each other and who had the privilege of combining both things meaning your work is the fun and if one motivates the other the pictures leave Ocean's eleven sergeants three Robert in the seven words came out of the relationship yeah and they became sort of cult favorites now 20 30 years later and I look at it every once in a while look at the old movies they'll be on a late-night show or something and you go yeah that was fun and by today's standards it's nothing I never thought I'd get to see that's the old joke if I knew I was gonna live this long I'd have taken better care of myself if your life is exciting now I mean apart from going home even put the feet up and join it's except you ever do anything apart from appearing mmm three nights this week in the Alberto always usual I don't want nobody to get the impression that I'm a monk I am NOT going to go to a winery you know and sit there in silence no but I tell you what I do love I love coming here this country seeing my own friends hanging out going to the restaurants we went to La Familia at the other night and there's a man that there owns the joint Alvaro who I've known all my life it seems because from the old days on Kings Road and the embrace was strong and it's like I never left when I walked down the street one of the joys in London for me is the cab driver will take you back again Sam you know in a way but I'll go yes I'm back again the guy says yeah well but it's warm you know and that's what I get and I that's a good time for me being with my wife and I don't see her in the daytime except on Sunday cuz all the shops are closed but I love taking her around and again hanging out with the buddies but to come back yeah I love the city so much we spent two weeks here last year without working I didn't I didn't come to work I just came to hang out and this time to come back to come back with Liza to come back with Frank two people who I adore who I appreciate as artists and respect as human beings and to walk onstage when we look at each other and we smile there's 40 years there cuz Frank and I knew Liza when she was this big so and she's 43 and it is just and he'll look at me and go like this you know with his eyebrow up and I'll go okay alright I know what song you want that's how close we are so it is no there's no pony we've trimmed the fat you know and it's out there I think it's the best of pranked the best of me the best of lies that the people can see and we go out there and work and it's joyous it really is if I caught my eyebrow with you what song do you think it means look at this what is this eyebrow mean well hello I first of all I would like to say that there was no rehearsal for this and I'm putting the gentleman in the back in somewhat of a bad bind but I think we'll be able to manage the there were all good friends all right I knew they weren't expecting it give me something about here give me a keynote she gets too hungry dinner she just won't argue with someone she hates that's why the lady is a won't go to Harlem with sharpies of frauds won't be caught dead in the Lincoln or aboard she won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls that's why the lady is a she likes at free fresh wind in her hair her lips without care she is wrong but it's open hates California it's so cold that's why the lady is well I thanks for chiming in of course we wish him well for what remains of the tour and give our regards to tranquilizers I certainly did especially to have you are now on Friday you you might look in our guests will include Diana Ross oh wow and Tom Jones whoever he is yeah yeah Johnny at 7:00 Friday you

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