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>> may i ask who you are, sir? >> you better swear me in. you'll never believe it. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> so help me, me. >> soap you, you? >> if it pleases the court, and even if it doesn't please the court, i'm god, your honor. >> larry: who came up with the genius? >> you know, it's a great story. carl rhyner and i are very dear friends. carl rhyner 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...

>> i'll take it from here. >> may i ask who you are, sir? >> you better swear me in. you'll never believe it. >> do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> so help me, me. >> soap you, you? >> if it pleases the court, and even if it doesn't please the court, i'm god, your honor. >> larry: who came up with the genius? >> you know, it's a great story. carl rhyner and i are very dear friends. carl rhyner 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 ...

>> he has a cowboy hat on and a cigar and takes me up to his room and we sit down and make a deal. i didn't know how to make a concert deal. i didn't know anything about concerts. >> larry: how were you making a living? >> i did some shows at the brooklyn paramount and i did some shows here, little shows here and there. i did some stuff at that time with the four seasons who were just starting and jane and joey bishop and johnny carson. >> larry: small town guy though. >> yeah. i was small -- yeah. i had great acts. anyway, i had this -- i knew this was all going to happen. and i, when i sat d...

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 said, yeah. 50%. he said, for how long? i said forever. you ...

>> he has a cowboy hat on and a cigar and takes me up to his room and we sit down and make a deal. i didn't know how to make a concert deal. i didn't know anything about concerts. >> larry: how were you making a living? >> i did some shows at the brooklyn paramount and i did some shows here, little shows here and there. i did some stuff at that time with the four seasons who were just starting and jane and joey bishop and johnny carson. >> larry: small town guy though. >> yeah. i was small -- yeah. i had great acts. anyway, i had this -- i knew this was all going to happen. and i, when i sat d...