In the early 1970s, when we were the first black-and-white comedy team in the history of show business -- and the last -- we had a routine in which Tom would interview Tim, who had just been elected the first black president of the United States.
The heads of Detroit's car companies -- Ford, Chrysler, GM -- bumper to bumper, are begging Congress for a bailout. Let's start by cutting through the bull and look at how the automobile companies got into this mess.