1:20:12
It was the worst act I'd ever seen.
1:20:15
Just looking at Pinky
made me want to cry.
1:20:18
But he was so happy and untroubled.
1:20:20
And I feel at home here,
as you can see.
1:20:23
And in all the 14 years,
you've never wanted to play anywhere else?
1:20:26
- Oh, you mean, uh, the big time?
- Mm-hmm.
1:20:29
Boy, why does everybody seem to think
you have to wanna play the big time?
1:20:33
Why?
You get to the top of the ladder...
1:20:36
you're a slave to your fans,
you got no life of your own.
1:20:39
Then you gotta start worryin' about
staying up there. Oh, no. Not for me.
1:20:42
I'm happy doing what I'm doing.
1:20:45
And you know what?
I teach dancing to kids in the daytime.
1:20:48
- That's nice.
- Yeah. My, uh... My wife
wanted me to get ahead.
1:20:51
She wanted me to get an agent, press agent,
publicity, audition, push, push, push.
1:20:55
- Your wife?
- Yeah. I was married once.
We were... We were a team.
1:20:59
She always wanted to be way up there,
so I let her go.
1:21:01
- And today
that woman is Greta Garbo.
1:21:05
Nah. She married a guy with a lotta dough
and she left the business.
1:21:10
I don't blame her.
1:21:13
I don't blame her at all.
1:21:16
I was just a guy who wanted
the simple kinda life.
1:21:22
#And that's the story of my life #
1:21:24
#As told to Louisa May Hop-Hop-Hop #
1:21:28
# Hop-Fli-Anderson
Boom Boom, Be-Doom Be-Doom ##
1:21:32
Oh.
1:21:51
Louisa May Hop-Fli-Anderson Benson.
1:21:55
Yes. We were married...
happily married.
1:21:57
And we lived on our lovely houseboat
on the Hudson.