This week on “Sunday Morning” (April 27)

Hosted by Jane Pauley

COVER STORY: Pope Francis
Seth Doane reports.

      
ALMANAC: April 27
“Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.

The “Baby Shark Dance” video has more than 15 billion (billion!) views, the most of any on YouTube. 

MEDIA: YouTube turns 20: From cat videos to AI
In the 20 years since the first video was uploaded to its platform, YouTube has become the second-most visited website in the world, with people collectively watching more than a billion hours of videos every day. Correspondent David Pogue looks at how creators are building online communities, and how artificial intelligence may fundamentally change YouTube’s offerings. 

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BOOKS: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” at 100
One hundred years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” a tragic tale of striving featuring an enigmatic millionaire, was published – and it bombed. Since then, its reputation has only grown, to where many consider it the Great American Novel. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with a Fitzgerald descendant about the author’s legacy; and visits Fitzgerald’s old haunts, where his characters would have rubbed shoulders with “the very rich” during the Jazz Age.

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• “The Great Gatsby: The Author’s Edition” by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Scribner), in Hardcover, Trade and Mass Market Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• “The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel,” adapted by Fred Fordham; illustrated by Aya Morton (Scribner), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• F. Scott Fitzgerald Society
• Great Neck Historical Society
• “The Great Gatsby: A New Musical” at the Broadway Theatre, New York | Ticket info
• How to watch “The Great Gatsby” (2013)
• Kevin Fitzpatrick’s “Great Gatsby Boat Tour”
• Princeton University Library: Special Collections at the Firestone Library
• “When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II” by Molly Guptill Manning (‎Mariner Books), in Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

      
PASSAGE: In memoriam
“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week.

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MUSIC: The life of teen idol Bobby Darin
Singer, songwriter and actor Bobby Darin (1936-1973) was a Grammy Award-winner renowned for such pop hits as “Splish Splash,” “Mack the Knife,” “Dream Lover” and “Beyond the Sea.” But his life was unsettled when he learned, at age 32, the startling truth about the identity of his mother. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Darin’s son, Dodd, about the singer’s childhood infirmities; his ambitions; and his marriage to actress Sandra Dee. He also talks with Jonathan Groff, who plays Darin in a new Broadway musical, “Just in Time.”

Watch Jonathan Groff perform “Dream Lover” for the cast album recording of “Just in Time”:

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ARTS: 100 years of Art Deco
When it burst onto the international scene 100 years ago this week, Art Deco epitomized all that was modern and sophisticated. “Sunday Morning” anchor Jane Pauley reports on a museum exhibition that celebrates the sleek, symmetrical and streamlined designs that captured the Roaring Twenties – and examines some of the landmarks today that still bear the distinctive Art Deco stamp.

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COMMENTARY: Gerald Ford and America’s “moral obligation” to refugees
In 1975, despite anti-immigrant sentiment among many, President Gerald Ford welcomed tens of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees to the U.S. after Saigon fell to communist forces. Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley looks at how Ford’s “profound moral obligation” reflected America’s history, diversity and compassion.

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NATURE: TBD

WEB EXCLUSIVES:

GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2025
A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who’d touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.  

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