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Stance on getting vaccines and that will be an interesting move as we see more protests for example in austria. where thousands have hit the streets and happening in many countries across the continent. >> all right. thanks. joining us live from athens. appreciate it. martin won peoples hearts last year during an ber view on being among the first to get a covid vaccine. he became a viral sensation. with his special british humor. we caught up with him to see how he's doing one year later. >> i said what's this thing you're doing the vaccination? yes. >> remember this from a year ago? >> i'm no...

A zest of dry wit. and good old fashion british common sense. >> no point in dying now. when i have lived this long. >> from newly vaccinated 91 year-old martin kennen. on the day the uk rolled out the first covid vaccine. >> i was sitting here. i'm sure beaming from ear to ear. the entire interview. >> for a brief viral moment. 6 million views on twitter. martin was everyone's cup of tea. gushing headlines. and a star turn on good morning britain. >> who are you? >> when we catch up with him at his london home, he hasn't changed one bit. >> haow have you been? >> i'm still alive. that's the m...

America, his service to america, his dedication to america, had a great family surrounding him. the thing -- one of the things i appreciated really most about bob dole is he had a great sense of humor and no matter how tough things got, he was always able to add some dry wit to it that helped get through. so god bless bob dole. we'll miss him and he was a great american. eric: god bless bob dole. you talk about his how more. that kind of was counter to his critics' image of him as this tough, bluff type of guy. tell us about the personal bob dole that you knew and his humor. >> you know, i tel...

And with that he went passed me and went brinkskly up to the sts and up the mound. found out later, obviously, he went to the top of the mound and pitched from the pitcher's rubber. he had warmed up with derek jeter in the batting cage underneath the stands. and of course, only jeter's dry wit, said to the president, he says, where are you going to throw the first pitch from? if you don't throw from the top of the mound, they're going to boo you, this is yankee stadium. and another thing, don't bounce it. so the president had a little bit of pressure put on him by our captain. but he went out ...

>> i love to travel by train. >> oh, yeah? what do you think this is, a class trip? >> are you always this angry? >> this is just temporary until we find the owner. >> the next generation would get to know him as the father in "beethoven." ♪ roll over beethoven ♪ >> no, no, no! no! >> a frequent guest on "late night." getting his own late night show. his dry wit. >> as i see it, my major problem is, you know, a lot of people hate me. >> tonight, charles grodin's son nick revealing his father has died of bone marrow cancer. remembering him as a loving father, for his talent, his advocacy, f...