His new play, "Mrs. Farnsworth," makes an argument for old-school values that favor polite reticence over contentiousness - values instilled in him by his parents.

It's also an opera with old-school values: stand by your man, no matter what (even if he knifes you), and marry within your social class.

But devotion to old-school values is precisely what has helped brands like Manhattan Special endure in an age of creeping cynicism and mass-marketing.

When a kid from Gates Tech who grew up in a home without a laptop wins most valuable player, we'll know that the old-school values held.

He's got a lot of old-school values.

Rev Run is a reverend and a married dad, and with MTV cameras in his home, he shows how old-school values can fit in a hip-hop household.

It cannot be ignored that the majority of so-called hot dogs are black and Latin American, while those professing old-school values tend to be white.

He took a lot of his old-school values with him, such as banning moves from the top rope and the babyfaces and heels separation.

Here they can return to old-school values.

So how does he square being a multiple Grammy-winning singer and an increasingly respected actor with his old-school values?