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>> you know, it's a great story. carl reiner and i are very dear friends. carl reiner directed "o god" for me in 1974. >> larry: one of the great lines in the history of movies. george burns says to the guy who is playing i guess the number one minister. >> yeah. >> larry: why don't you sell shoes? >> in fact he suggested that you sell shoes. >> larry: i love that. >> you know, there was no -- when carl did "o god" for me, he was 50. >> larry: and john denver. >> yeah, with john. it was a great movie and it was a big surprise to everybody just like this new "karate kid" is a big surprise to ev...

I got to vegas and there was a message waiting for me that there was a guy in seattle, washington who i should call who loved elvis presley and owned radio stations. i said, fine. i'll give him a call. called the guy up. guy named lester smith. got on the phone. i told him what i wanted to do and he said to me, okay. he said that sounds like a -- what are you going to do with the million dollars? i said i'm going to take elvis on tour. and he said to me, well a million dollars is a lot of money. what do i get for the million dollars? i said, you get 50% of my concert company. he said, 50%? i s...

>> larry: true or false? elvis was a gem of a guy. >> true. and so was the colonel. a gem of a guy. and the colonel didn't steal from him. the colonel was a good guy. i know. i was there. he made some bad deals but he didn't steal from him. >> larry: yeah. >> and i walked into the box office. i had sold out the night show of 10,000 seats. and they convinced me to do a matinee. i went to elvis. i said -- elvis said sure i'll do a matinee. i'll do anything. do a morning show. i don't care. fill the seats. i said okay. so i put the matinee on sale. now you've been to miami july 4th. >> larry: i l...

Sold out. i said i'm sold out? you're sold out. i said, great. when i got to florida, i went directly to the convention center. i walked in the box office and i saw all of these tickets, racks and racks of tickets. and i said to this guy, what are those? what is -- what are those? he said to me, it's tickets for the matinee. i said, how many tickets? he said 5,000. i said, you told me we were sold out. this show is tomorrow. what the hell are you talking about? no. i grabbed this guy by the collar. i could have killed him. it was like i was back in the old neighborhood on the corner. could hav...

Sold out. i said i'm sold out? you're sold out. i said, great. when i got to florida, i went directly to the convention center. i walked in the box office and i saw all of these tickets, racks and racks of tickets. and i said to this guy, what are those? what is -- what are those? he said to me, it's tickets for the matinee. i said, how many tickets? he said 5,000. i said, you told me we were sold out. this show is tomorrow. what the hell are you talking about? no. i grabbed this guy by the collar. i could have killed him. it was like i was back in the old neighborhood on the corner. could hav...