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Banana George Blair

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The world's most famous barefoot waterskiier celebrates his 96th birthday. Find out what makes him one of the most fascinating, determined people we've ever been honored to meet.

This week's guests include Carol Channing, actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., filmmaker Aron Gaudet and 93-year-old barefoot waterskiier Banana George.

Judy Myers doesn't look her age, and she doesn't act it either. Find out how standing up on her two bare feet changed her body, opened her mind and put the spark back in her life.

This is a tense tale of determination; a celebration of passion and the human spirit. 93-year-old Banana George Blair, weak from a long battle with pneumonia and in constant pain from six back surgeries, wants to get his bare feet back on the water.

It's the unofficial playbook for life.