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[ laughter ] nesteroff: so, in the late '60s and 1970s, they would televise friars club roasts, but they were sanitized versions of what you would actually see at the friars club. [ laughter ] rickles: don't get we wrong. there's a lot of reasons why we should honor this man tonight. first of all, he's italian, and i love the italian people. i'll never forget the word of carmine gangananza who said to me in brooklyn on a saturday night... [ gasps ] [ laughter ] ross: the televised roasts that dean martin did were always so funny, and it was fun to see, but there's something about those private...

Professional people that he knows. but he's also one of the people who has close friends, and i like to feel that i am one. i don't want to speak for don, but i am one of his very close friends, and i think that's important to don because queers need friends. [ laughter ] man: wonderful. nesteroff: the vaudeville style of comedy and the burlesque tradition of comedy came together at the friars club. ross: it's good when an artist can express themselves in a way that may not be acceptable outside that temple of free speech. people say there's a time and a place for that kind of comedy. that's t...

And it never stopped. [ cheers and applause ] murphy: richard is the rawest mother[bleep] in show business. richard is the one that made me want to do comedy. i wanted to be richard so bad, i used to go out onstage when i was 15 and talk and act and walk and do everything like richard pryor. my mother would sit there and watch her little 15-year-old son onstage saying some outlandish [bleep] my whole act back then was about taking a [bleep] 'cause that's all i had done at 15. zoglin: i think every african-american comedian, to some degree, was inspired by richard pryor. eddie murphy did get in...

Griffin: what are party records? you play 'em in a party. you ever been to a party? you put the records on when it's kind of dull, and then wait. -yeah? are they -- party starts. naughty? yes. foxx: there's a new bikini bathing suit coming out this summer. new bikini girls. it's two band-aids and a cork. [ laughter ] all right, two corks. [ laughter ] my parents had the redd foxx dirty jokes record in the house. and they would put it on after i'd go to bed. i'm like -- like it was porn or something, you know. hygiene. the toughest thing in the world, have to turn to your mate one night and say...

To achieve the greatest things. - and the doors of higher education will be open to all. - no matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. - it's one thing all our presidents agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] - have a good life. we will see you soon. - and to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the instruction manual on how to do the right thing... study hard, be nice to your brother... - get him! - go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the american dream. but at some point... [clattering] - ...