Nick Stewart

On his early years and influences; on being born in New York and living in Barbados during his childhood; on returning to America at age eight; on attending reform school and starting to put together acts

On how he got the nickname "Nicodemus"; on his career as a dancer and overcoming his stage fright; on his "Sawdust and Sand" act and playing the Vaudeville circuit; on working with Cab Calloway

On meeting Mae West and then being in one of her movies, "Go West, Young Man"

On dancing at the Cotton Club; on criminals who frequented the club; on the "Chitlin Circuit"; on appearing at the Apollo Theater with Ella Fitzgerald

On performing for both black and white audiences on the Vaudeville circuit; on black performers and the type of comedy they practiced; on black comedians being on the NAACP "hit list"

On working with bandleaders Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong; on his cameo in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"

On films he made in the 1940s and '50s; on his role in the Disney film "Song of the South"

On his start in radio and auditioning for The Jack Benny Show (radio version)

On meeting Eddie Cantor and appearing on his radio show; on overcoming his stage fright and enjoying his work in radio

On meeting and working with Alan Young and Rudy Vallee; on participating in an experimental broadcast of television

On playing "Lightnin'" on Amos 'N' Andy; on the cast of Amos 'N' Andy; on the NAACP protests of Amos 'N' Andy

On Amos 'N' And y creators Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and the creative team; on his favorite episodes of Amos 'N' Andy; on the production of Amos 'N' Andy; on the end of Amos 'N' Andy due to protests from the NAACP

On founding the Ebony Showcase Theatre; on the early productions staged at the Ebony Showcase Theatre

On various productions by the Ebony Showcase Theatre; on a television show that emanated from the Ebony Showcase Theatre; on the role of Ebony Showcase Theatre in the community

On the closure of the Ebony Showcase Theatre

On playing "Willy-Willy" on Ramar of the Jungle;  on appearing in Otto Preminger's feature "Carmen Jones"; on appearing in Stanley Kramer's feature "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"

On how race relations affected the television industry; on the then-current state of African-Americans on television; on his then-current activities and his impact on show business

On advice to those starting in the entertainment industry; on how he'd like to be remembered; on various performers he's worked with in his career

On various performers he worked with in his career; on Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science

On B-roll pictures from his career- the house he grew up in; with authors Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick; in the play "Three Men on a Horse"; publicity shot circa 1936; performing in a USO show; with daughter Valerie; as "Lightnin'" from Amos 'N' Andy; with Milton Berle; still from "Song of the South"; Exterior of The Ebony Showcase Theatre; with Gregory Hines; with Susan Hayward; production still from Amos 'N' Andy; with wife Edna Stewart