>> sunday in new york, the phone rang. he says this is jack paar's office. hi, dick. would you come on the show tonight? and i said, no, thank you and hung up because a black person couldn't sit on the couch, okay? the phone rang again. it's parr. dick, how come you don't want to work my show? i said because a black person never sit on the couch. he said, come on. i said, no, no. he said, well come on in. i'll let you sit on the couch. that's how it happened. >> what kind of car have you got? >> a lincoln naturally. >> to have dick gregory on jack paar in the early '60s was an indication of things to come. television and comedy will be a space where one will see a strong african-american person going forward. >> the movement came, and something came over me. civil rights, oh, man.