[ male announcer ] how do you make americas Favorite Recipes . Just begin with americas favorite soups. Bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. Or bestever meatloaf. Go to campbellskitchen. Com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. Campbells. Its amazing what soup can do. Osgood when news of the surrender first reached our lines, our men commenced firing a salute of 100 guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The confederates were now our prisoners and we did not want to exalt over their downfall. That account of the confederate surrender at appomatox is from the best selling memoirs of grant, the triumphant Union General who went on to win two terms as president. Mo rocca now with the story of grants final battle. Reporter if youre looking for the place where ulysses s. Grant breathed his last, well, just follow the signs for upstate new yorks Mount Macgregor correctional facility. Do you have any i. D. Reporter yeah. Once youre past security and up the hill you will indeed find yourself surrounded by the grounds of a mediumsecurity prison. Im guessing that when general grant sat out here, he did not see that. No, he didnt see the razor wire. Reporter tim welch runs the grant cottage historic site. Unusual as its setting may be, its what happened inside the cottage that is truly remarkable. Grant came here because it was so incredibly hot in new york city during the summer of 1885, and his advanced tongue and throat cancer was so painful and he was suffering. Reporter yes, when the general and former president came here, he was dying of throat cancer and he was broke. He had only 189 in his Checking Account as a result of his son getting him into a ponzi scheme. Reporter for years the man who had led union troops to victory in the civil war had declined offers to tell his story in print. He didnt consider himself a literacy man. But now he was being offered 50,000 and 75 of sales by an admirer of his author mark twain. Mark twain was a great fan of Ulysses Grant. He made no secret of his admiration for grant. Reporter grant biography h. W. Brands. So when he heard that grant was thinking about writing a booklike memoir he thought that it would be a great idea if he, twain, could be the one to publish it. Reporter it was an offer grant couldnt afford to refuse. But time was running short. Everybody in the United States knew that grant was dying. And the nation in a very basic way held its breath to see who would win this race. He had a mission because this was the only way he was going to bail out his family from the poverty that he had inflicted on them. Reporter the cottage looks eerily like it did during the five weeks grant spent here. This is where he wrote. So he would sit on one and he would have a pad in front of him, his legs would be propped up over here. He couldnt lay down because he would choke because of his tongue and throat cancer. Reporter many of grants personal effects are still here. His bed clothes. His hair brush. And of course his cocaine water. Its called cocaine water. It was used to bathe his throat and his tongue to give him some relief from the pain. Reporter thats sediment down there. Is that cocaine . Thats cocaine. Every year the new York State Department of parks and recreation measures this and makes sure that none of it is gone. Reporter are you. Youre not kidding . Im quite serious. Reporter grant was in too much pain to talk to his family or visitors. So he wrote notes. I have such difficulty in speaking that i am no company. Reporter but the memoir writing came easier than he may have expected. The words seemed to flow. He discovered that he really did have a facility for it. When grant says he could write 10,000 words in a day and the words hardly needed any revising at all you know, i and other writers just sort of put to shame by this. He was dying of cancer at the time. Its a remarkable feat of writing. Reporter and one he finished. Only days before dying on the morning of july 23. So this the clock that was stopped at the moment that the doctors said that grant had breathed his last. Which is 8 minutes after 8 00 july 23, 1885. Reporter these flower arrangements encased in bees wax have been here for 127 years. This one in the shape of a pillow with a four star general sabre was sent by general meade the hero of gettysburg. Reporter theyre mementos of the outpouring of grief that came from every part of the country. Oneandahalf Million People lined the streets of new york city for his funeral procession. Just how admired was grant . Two of his pall bearers were former confederate generals. As for the memoir . At more than 600 pages it was a runaway best seller. The family was saved from financial ruin. The memoirs brought in ultimately Something Like 400,000 in cash which is millions and millions of dollars today. Reporter Ulysses Grant beats is the generals great great grandson. It was a point of pride that the family clung to for the next generation. Still do i suppose. Grants memoir was the first really successful celebrity memoir in american history. It was the First Published memoir by a president that made an impact. Reporter its success would have surprised no one more than grant. He was a very modest man despite the great accomplishments he made. Despite the fact that he was the hero of his age in the United States. By the time he died he was one of the most famous men in the world. But he still thought you know, its just an amazing that i became the commanding general of the u. S. Army. Then i was twice elected president of the United States. I think it would have astonished him that he would in addition to that have been considered to be one of the great writers in american history. Osgood two months have passed since the School Shooting in newtown connecticut. But for those who lost loved ones the nightmare is still very much present and heart breaking. Steve hartman has one mans story. Reporter after 31 years of marriage bill sherlock says he and his wife had fallen into a routine. Every morning pretty much the same. However, for whatever reason on the morning of december 14, bill did something different. Shes coming across the Kitchen Floor and i grab her and i give her a big hug and we had a big kiss. Most mornings its grab the coffee, out the door, whats on the schedule . Not that morning. Not that morning. Reporter its the only consolation in what has been an otherwise inconsolable new year. This is the huge part thats gone. Reporter later that day 56yearold School PsychologistMary Sherlock became one of the six adult victims of the sandy hook shooting. They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care. Reporter friday in washington d. C. All six were posthumously awarded the president ial citizens medal. One of our countrys highest civilian commendations. Thats what we honor today. The heart the selfless spirit, the Inspiring Actions of extra extraordinary americans. Reporter although we may never know exactly what happened inside the school that day we do know this about mary. She was in a meeting. Heard gun fire and ran toward it. Thats what makes her a hero to most of us. But to her husband, she had already earned that title long before. Thats you . Me. Reporter by the time they met in college mary had already decided she wanted to work helping people. She took some time off to raise their two girls but eventually got her masters in psychology and then her dream job. At sandy hook. When she started working with these kids it was her mission. They were having a tough day they could go see mary. Reporter chris worked with mary and was with her when the shooting started. She went out to check it out and protect and see what was happening. Knowing that something was something wasnt right. Reporter last week bill went to warehouse where they had been storing all the cards and gifts pouring in from around the world for the victims families. I thought my vehicle was big enough but its not going to be. Reporter hes at a place now where he can start to go through some of this. Although he says hes still a long way from completely accepting any of it. You catch yourself. Something. I wonder what mary will think about this. Its like those big pink erasers in elementary school, its like someone just erased her. Reporter is there any good that will ever come from this . There had better be. Its a tremendous waste. If its not. Osgood coming up. But, dad, this is awful. The jacket is huge. Just do this. Reporter standup comedy that stands the test of time. Im still in love with the same woman. If my wife ever finds out shell kill me. Now you take my wife, please. Osgood classic humor from the legendary henny youngman. Typical of the sort of comedy that used to reign in the new york state vacation spots known as the borscht belt. No everyone remembers that time and place but Richard Schlesinger of 48 hours certainly does. Reporter before things happened in las vegas this was the happening place. The resorts of the catskill mountains. 100 miles from new york city in the 40s, 50s and 60s, they attracted predominantly jewish visitors, many of them immigrants. They came for the fresh air and the shows. There was lots of both. And the performers spoke their language which was frequently yiddish. The place became known as the borscht belt, and before long big name stars. I feel great. I really feel wonderful. I just got back from a pleasure trip. I took my motherinlaw to the airport. Reporter . Like milton berle and george burns added to stages of big Catskills Hotels to their list of must stops. There was grossingers the concorde. 3,000 people. Kut was 1500 people. Reporter they were packed . They were packed. Reporter if you are of a certain age and from a certain area, chances are these scenes certainly look familiar. And you might even be familiar with stewy stone. My applause. How many people still remember the Concorde Hotel . Was that a great part of our life . The catskills. Reporter one of so many comedians who made names for themselves in the borscht belt. You know, when we started everybody did the same jokes. You would do a joke. I heard this yesterday you know. Reporter it hurts. Every time we did the same joke. A woman goes to the hospital. I want to see my husband. Hes dead. She said give him anen ma. It wouldnt help. It wouldnt hurt. Every comic did that joke. Reporter the comics needed quick witts and thick skins. The audiences were not just tough. My youngest is named after my grandfather. We have a son gamed grandpa. Reporter they delivered their reviews with their feet. The concorde was famous for having four doors in the back. When you were on stage if they didnt like you they would walk out in the middle of your act. Youd see the door open and the light would come in like a light from above. Then if they hated you two doors would open. So thats how we judged an act. How is the fact . Four doors. It was the worst act. Reporter how many doors did you average . Some nights it was a one door. Some nights. It never was a four door. Reporter the borscht belt style of humor was a kind of selfdeprecating celebration of suffering. I mean, the typical joke is a guy is hit by a car. Hes laying in the street. And the guy walks over and puts a coat under his head. He said are you comfortable . And the man looks up and said i make a living, a cultural feel, a rhythm. The catskills was a rhythm, a joke was a rhythm. Take my wife, please. I make a living. So much. The food here stings and the porsches are so small. Its the rhythm. Reporter laugh if you want. But jokes like that built a lot of careers until it all changed. This is what much of the borscht belt looks like now. This ruin used to be the concorde. You remember. The place where stewy stone played before 3,000 people. Look at it now. All it is is a memory. Almost all the great hotels are gone. The 50s, the 60s, into the 70s were the busiest time for us. Reporter the owner of the only surviving big hotel in the catskills. I was seeing the same people as guests and their children year after year. They would be here for six weeks, eight weeks. Announcer your sports commentator drove up to the catskills mountains. Reporter in the golden years of the borscht belt, this place found a star or two without really trying. The hotel had a Basketball Team coached by red auerbach, the legendary coach of the boston celtics. In 1954, a young basketball player out of philadelphia still in high school, Wilt Chamberlain came to work for us as a bell hop. They call him built the stilt. Playing against top College Stars in competition hes been averaging better than 30 points per game. Reporter of course red auerbach made the new bell hop the new star of the kutshers Basketball Team. Remember the name, Wilt Chamberlain. Reporter they love to talk about history in the catskills but when the children and the grandchildren of the borscht belts best customers discovered jet travel and florida and europe the catskills didnt seem so attractive. Peoples habits as to how they vacation changed. Forget about the future, be here now reporter nowadays, the place survives with the occasional big event like this. Its a weekend long festival to promote legalized marijuana and another sign of changing times here. We already are you and me reporter of course, the huger that thrives here still fills theaters in other places. I want to make you laugh reporter this one off broadway. Same old jokes. Same old audience. The group is lining up to see old jews telling jokes. But seriously folks they love this stuff. Driving down the long island express. A cop pulls him over and says, sir, do you realize your wife fell out of the car a mile back . The man says, thank god. I thought i was going deaf. The jokes are unbelievably funny. It doesnt matter when they came where they came from. Theyre just funny. Reporter the producers of old jews telling jokes Peter Gethers and daniel oakrent believe you dont have to be in the borscht belt to love the humor. Of course the last time i came home i found my Business Partner in bed with my wife. I said jake, i have to. But you . And this is the create tive invention of the borscht belt in the 40s and 50s. It doesnt exist but the artistic output exists. Thats borscht belt humor. Doctor, doctor, did you get the results . Im afraid i have some bad news and very, very bad news. The bad news is that you only have 24 hours to live. Oh, my god thats only the bad news. What could be worse than that . I couldnt get ahold of you yesterday. Reporter the jokes travel pretty well from the catskills to of off broadway and the show is doing so well its going on the road. I once dated a woman from new jersey. Worst sex of my life. What . What did he say . He said he knows you. Basically its like catskills smat skills. You can tell the jokes without the buildings being there. You dont need to be in vienna to listen to mozart. Reporter mozart and the borscht belt. Its an unlikely comparison. Mozarts work endures because he never wrote a bad piece. But the borscht belt endures despite the bad jokes maybe because of the bad jokes. Theyre going to sell a talking doll of my mother. You pull the string and it says again with the string . 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Reporter you might get a little james brown. He would do that thing. Reporter perhaps sammy davis jr. , too. I want to thank the audience. All of a sudden when he would start singing his voice would change and he would get bigger. Reporter if you have kids, you might recognize. Weve got to eat and youve got the food. Reporter clover, the rabbit from disneys sophia the first. Get your hands off me, sophia. All right. You can touch me. Reporter with all those voices in his head you might think wayne brady is a bit schizophrenic, but few entertainers who are more single minded about success than he is. How do you see yourself . I see myself as the guy that can do whatever you want him to do. Reporter this 40yearold father of one has shown he can do just about anything hes asked to do. My name is. Reporter hes won an emmy for his improv skits. Go on. I just want to tell you who i was. I have no questions. Oh, thank you. Reporter he won two mo