>> appreciate it. that will be in my promos. >> and that's a fun world to make fun of. >> appreciate it. >> hope that happens. when we come back, the female indian diplomat sparking international outrage and the super star whose plea for women's rights took the internet world by storm.

tonight reuniting live on my show and i'm nervous. but we'll get to that later. we'll begin with breaking news, the star of "duck dynasty" fill robertson is suspended from "gq magazine," he said disturbing things about the civil rights movement. joining me now is wilson cruise and don lemon, host of "11th hour." welcome to both of you. wilson cruise, what do you make of what happened here? if you read the interview, it's one long homophobic rant. >> yeah, you know, what is upsetting really is that he would go on to try to represent the views of all christian people, when in fact, we know for a fact that more and more

christians support the lgbt family members and he does not reflect the true christians out there. no one would go about who calls themselves a christian and compare lgbt people to slanderers or homosexuality to anything. that's not who we are. >> don lemon, let me recap -- don, let me read more disturbing comments. it seems to me a vagina, he says, as a man would be more desirable than a man's anus. start with homosexuality there and sleeping around with this woman and that woman and this man and talking about the civil rights movement, i never heard one of them, one black person i tell you what, those dog gone white people preentitlement, prewelfare, they were happy, no one was singing the blues. pretty outrageous on any level.

you as a high-profile gay black man, what is your reaction? >> piers, we just covered this last night. what is free speech? do we really have free speech. he has a right, phil robertson, to say when he wants to say. this is america, but this is what happens when you have true freedom of speech. you can say these things and suffer the consequences. look at paula deen when she made comments and used the "n" word and admitted to it. it's offensive to me. i believe in the right to free speech, but i think the marketplace should decide what should happen to this franchise, and it has been put on hold now. it's deeply offensive to many people, and it shows that a lack of awareness on the part of certain individuals in this country, when it comes to how other people live and the rights that other people should have. and i think here is what is important when we talk a lot about this, and i know people will be -- there's going to be

uproar when i say this, when people talk the country we used to have and taking our country back. he believes the popularity of the show and said in such paraphrasing from the "gq" article, things lost like christians like taking the ten commandments away from buildings and removing religious emblems or symbols. it's the way other people live and yes, it's deeply offensive. >> what is extraordinary, last night i interviewed barbara walters who does the ten most interesting and she included duck dynasty, listen to what she said. >> i thought they were people who were, if not the president, a little more interesting, what does this remind you of? quack?

>> the duck dynasty. >> the head of the duck dynasty, uncle sy, they are original and fascinating and one of the top reality shows on the air. so, you know, the president of the united states, quack. >> i mean, that shows you, don, how far duck dynasty entered public consciousness, 14 million viewers a week, a 400 million dollar merchandise empire, which of half is in walmart alone. final question to you, don, should he be allowed back? fired from the show for this? is the corporate responsible reaction from walmart who sells so much duck dynasty products? >> i am on the side of free speech. because i'm offended, people can say whatever they want to say. i don't think people should be fired. i think the marketplace should decide. if people don't like duck dynasty, they shouldn't watch.

someone that comes from louisiana, grew up there, born there, in the place where they shoot the story, i'm not saying anything, people don't know about louisiana about the south and america, it is a place where many people still feel and think the way he thinks. so, i personally, if you're asking me my personal opinion, i don't think he should be fired. i think people should be allowed to say what they want and if they hang themselves, they hang themselves. >> i won't be quite as kind as you. i think he should be fired. let's see what a and e says. we're extremely disappointed to have read phil robertson's comments in gq which are based on his own personal believes and are not reflected in the series of duck dynasty. his views in no way reflect those of a and e networks who have always be strong supporters and champions of the lgbt community.

suspended from school for a year for hugging a teacher. he says it was elusive, the teacher said sam went too far. sam and his mother join me in the first public television interview. we're watching the hug. you're 17 years old. a good looking guy, a big sports star at the school. why did you hug your teacher? >> i hug all my teachers. it's to show appreciation in what they do for me, that's my sense of realization. >> so you walked in there, i think the store inside the school. >> right. >> and have you hugged this teacher before? >> yes, plenty on times, four or five times. >> and other teachers? >> other teachers, too, even if they haven't taught me. >> this particular teacher she said warned you not to hug her, is that true? >> no, sir. >> so you never had a kick back to hugs? >> never. >> did other students hug teachers. >> teachers hug teachers.

>> right, but that's different. do students hug teachers. >> students hug teachers as well. >> you don't think there is anything inappropriate about what you did? >> no, sir. >> i watched the video. you've been banned from a year, suspended for a year, which seems extraordinary. it looks inappropriate. i got three sons, if one of them did that to a teacher, i would be concerned, wow, hang on you can't do that to a teacher but i wouldn't expect you to be suspended for a year. let me turn to your mom here, april, what do you think? do you think it's right sam should be suspended? >> i mean, sam is a lovable kid, and from the time he's been in duluth middle school, high school, you know, he hugs all his teachers, they greet him with a hug. the team moms on the football field, that's how he is with all the individuals in the school. if she had an issue prior i should have been notified or someone in the school. this is his senior year. you stripped that of him. so there's no opportunity for him to even finish out his senior year.

>> let's read a statement from duluth high school said hearing officers considered witnesses testimony a review of the known facts a students past disciplinary history including a long term suspensions that result in an alternative placement, when determining consequences. tell me what you did. >> the first suspension was because of a bb gun, a student placed a bb gun in my bag and it fell out and raised attention towards me in the classroom and i was suspended for a year, this was 7th grade and the next situation ninth grade. i had an injury from football and a fellow player gave me medicine and i had a bad reaction. because of that ems had to come and caused a big school disruption, which is part of the handbook so i was placed out of school for a year.

>> are you generally troublesome? how would you describe yourself? >> i describe myself as a well-mannered man. i'm about to be 18. i'm well on my way. i treat myself with a lot of care. i make sure i promote myself as a gentleman. >> see, when she pushes you away or sort of, can you remember what he said to you. >> i don't recall her saying anything until after i spoke to the student you see at the end of the video. she told me to get out and when she told me to get out, i went to my coach and see what was going on with her. >> she said in the discipline report that your lips touched the back of her neck and cheek. did they? >> no, sir. >> you can't really tell from that video but it's quick and it does look to me like a fairly innocent embrace, if that is what you've been doing repeatedly with that teacher and other teachers and what other students do. >> in that situation, she wasn't

ahead at me, her shoulder was in my chest, so i can see where the inclination would come from but i definitely did not touch her with my lips. >> when you were told you were going to be suspended for a year, what did you think? >> my heart dropped. i didn't know what to do. >> has this stopped you hugging people? >> in a sense i feel more cautious how i go about greeting people. if i do go, i hesitate, oh, wait, no. >> april, is there any leave of appeal here? any last request to try and get this changed? >> the appeal has been sent in today. so we have to wait for the board to make a decision on if they are going to reinstate him back in school. >> i would rein back the hugs, sam, because clearly not everyone shares your delight but seems like an over reaction to me and you're a pretty good sportsman, right? >> yes, sir. >> so they need you back on the team. >> absolutely. >> hope that happens. when we come back, the

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well, turn to the story of the female indian diplomat arrested and strip searched in new york. she is india's deputy console general for economic commercial and economic affairs. she stated on her housekeeper's visa application she would pay $9.75 an hour and they said she paid 1/3rd of that. welcome to you. what is the nub of this complaint? it seems your client may have committed an offense in terms of under paying the housekeeper, but the way she's been treated herself has always caused huge offense and perhaps quite rightly.

>> the nub of this case is allegations were made against her that were wrong. they are unsubstantiated. when the facts are looked at, it's perfectly clear the doctor did nothing wrong. she paid the worker what she was supposed to and the government simply made a whole series of spectacular blunders which has embroiled them into quite a remarkable diplomatic problem. >> are you saying your client did pay this housekeeper the minimum wage or above? >> she paid this housekeeper exactly what she promised to pay her, well above the minimum wage. she was obligated under the contract to pay $9.75 an hour and that's what she did. before the housekeeper came with her to the united states, the housekeeper asked her to promise to pay a portion of her income

to her family in india, and so every month, a wire was sent to the housekeeper's husband in india. the documents support that. the balance on her pay was paid to her in the united states, all of it. there is no issue about the amount that was paid. the issue here -- >> let's move -- >> go ahead. >> okay. i let's move on. i think that is obviously an arguable legal point. when i heard she was arrested and handcuffed outside one of her daughter's schools in the middle of new york city it did seem absolutely crazy. is that true? did that happen? >> that did happen. there wasn't a phone call to the doctor first from the government saying we have these concerns. come talk to us, if you owe her money, maybe you should pay her and if you don't, maybe this will go away. instead, officers showed up at her daughter's school, arrested her at her daughter's school

after she dropped off her daughter, brought her to the united states marshall service where she was handcuffed, strip searched, put in a cell with other people and treated like an ordinary u.s. citizen charged with a crime. the fact is, she isn't an ordinary u.s. citizen. she's a diplomat with immunity and she should never have been treated this way. >> okay. well, the justice department is reigning back on some of this, disputing the fact she was handcuffed outside the school and other parts of this. i mean, have you talked to your client directly about that particular part of it. >> i spent an enormous amount of time with my client, and just to set the record straight, the state department and the united states attorney's office is not disputing that she was arrested outside her daughter's school. there has been some misreporting that she was handcuff in front of her daughter. she wasn't. she was handcuffed when she was delivered into the custody of

the united states marshal service. she was strip searched there. and she was kept in a cell until she was produced in front of a united states magistrate who released her without the posting of any money. >> okay. daniel, thank you very much indeed. another story out of india going viral. when you're one of the biggest stars in a nation of over a billion people, others tend to listen when you speak. hollywood actress is speaking out and taking a lot of heat for it. she joins me now. i'm nervous meeting you. i watched this video. i want to play a clip of this video because you went for it with this journalist in this press conference. wow, let's see this. >> i think you need to do your homework well because i said indian society is regressive for women. with gang rapes making the headlines of every newspaper.

40% of indian women, 40% are married below the age of 18. i think it's a very, very regressive state for women. [ applause ] >> and i stand by it. do your homework. >> i don't care what people believe. >> like i said, wow. i did my homework today to headache as you were you weren't going to snap at my heels. what was it that really rattled your cage? was it the journalist asked me. >> the journalist asked me to keep quiet about what i am passionate about the and gang rape and when i'm vocal i give india a bad name on an international platform. i think not doing anything about it, not taking a stand on it is as much a problem. i have to take a stand on it. i love my country. i feel very passionate about it. and piers, right now, this minute we talk, if we do not take a stand on it, there is a

woman suffering in india. according to unf, 47% of indian women are married off under the legal age of 18. >> there is amazing statistics. >> 39,000 child bribes in india on an average every day and these women, they do not have the luxury for waiting for a change. 65% of women are illiterate and 47% of girls are married by the age of 18 and 18% by 15 and 25% of senate congress are female in america, 10 to 11% in india, even though you had obviously female prime ministers and indeed president. let's discuss the issue, you have come to america and worked in bollywood, has that given you a different lens on your country? has it reinforced your view that things must change in india?

>> absolutely. things have to change, because i think, piers, india is on the brink of a rise, and i want everyone to rise together. india cannot realize it's full potential until its women are safe, until its women get equal opportunities as men. >> your father, almost disowned you. >> not almost, he has disowned me. he hasn't talked to me for over a decade. >> to go to mumbai to chase your dream and passion. >> yes. >> so many indian women would be cowed by their family not to do what you did. where did you get the courage to do that and how do you feel about the fact you have no relationship with your father? >> i think father's blessings are very important. his support is important, and i miss him a lot, but having said that, i grew up in a very feudal system, where whatever the father said was the law, and i

had dreams and i saw a lot of my family members give in. they didn't have a chance at life, and i didn't want that to happen to me and decided i must do something with my life, make a difference. i mean, my cause is noble. >> have you heard from him? >> we're social with each other on occasions like christmas and family weddings, we meet each other but no relationship otherwise. >> sad isn't it. >> very sad. i get so much fan mail from india, from young girls saying you did it, show us the way. >> your comments have been contentious and lots of people attacking you but also millions of people, literally, i've seen it, swarming the internet and twitter, facebook and so on racing to say thank god somebody, malleka is standing up for the young women of india. you must be proud. >> i do feel proud but i've done things the opposite way. i was one of the first actresses

to kiss on screen. >> very naughty of you. >> very naughty, yeah, very naughty and to wear a bikini and push the boundary, but that gave me a platform. that gave me a platform to talk about this cause. of course, i paid a heavy price. there was an assassination attempt on me in 2005 when i begun my career but that will not deter me. >> it's a dangerous position you take. it's controversial and gives you a lot of people want to stop you and silence you. do you worry about that? >> not anymore. i don't worry about it at all, because someone has to do it. this has to be done. >> what is the issue with young men in india wanting to take part in these gang rapes? they are so horrific, awful stories and we hear about it time and again. what is it about the makeup of the young male mind making them do this? >> i think it's very, some deep social changes are required.

>> does it come down to just a lack of basic respect for women. >> lack of basic respect, lack of education and how the atmosphere is at home, how mothers bring up their children, that's also very, very important, i think. men have to in india stop looking at women as just sex objects. >> a real pleasure to meet you. i watched the video and wanted to say i think you're a bit of a heroine, actually. >> thank you. >> i think you're taking a big personal risk to do this, and i admire it hugely and you're doing a very important job. so nice to meet you. >> thank you. when we come back, the man with the golden voice, casey kasem, why his own children are fighting to see their father.

thank you and hello again, everybody. welcome to america's top ten. let's turn to the billboard top singles chart. last week the number one song in the u.s. was "jump" by van halen. is it number one this week? let's find out. >> that's casey kasem, today the pioneer radio personality is suffering from parkinson's disease and his children are battling to see him. joining me his son and daughter. this is an awful story. i've got four kids, i'm one of four, my mom is one of four, big family. the idea that somehow i wouldn't be able to see my father if he was as ill as your father is, would be heart breaking and yet, that is the position you find yourselves in.

kerry, what is going on here? why does your stepmother jean have such a resistance? >> you know, there's been a resistance for so long, every since my father married her. it's been a long time. we saw this coming. we weren't blind sided by this. this is a man we saw every single week, talked to him every single day on the phone until he lost his voice. we are an extremely close knit family and his family means more than anything. so why she is blocking us is the only -- >> it's dumb founding really. >> it seems utterly cruel. your father, i think he's suffering from parkinson's, is that right? he's been deter rating and having treatment and so on. you were allowed to see him briefly last week. your stepmother jean arranged for a -- at a location, we're not allowed to say where. >> no. >> part of the absurd legal barriers we face but how was your father?

>> we're not allowed to say that or visitations get pulled. >> not even say how he is. >> it's amazing, but, you know, it's so important for us to see him and especially, i just came in from singapore where i work, so i didn't know if i would ever see him again. i was so happy to just even get that 20 minutes i got, and so to see him was just the most special thing to me, because i was able to quickly -- actually, i only got five minutes at that point, and i was able to tell him all the things that i needed to say, just in case that was the last time i would ever see him. that was very special. and -- just to only get that much time -- >> its horrendous. kerry, in terms of the law, am i right the law protects your stepmother in her home, which is where your father predominantly spends him time, therefore you can't actually go inside her house without her permission, is that right? >> that's right. we'll be arrested. we tried everything to get her

to let us see him when she stopped bringing him over to the house. she had an assistant bring him to the house every weekend. she stopped. my sister went there, knocked on the door and she was escorted off the property. >> do you have grandchildren, as well, children between you? >> our sister has children. >> and they can't see their grandfather. >> they probably will never see -- >> if she's watching tonight, she probably is, right, your stepmother jean, talk to her. what would you say to her? >> wow -- >> it's so tough because when you know somebody or you've met somebody before and you me them a little bit, you know how to approach them. with jean -- >> we don't know her. >> nothing has worked so far. now is your chance. you're live on cnn. what do you want to say to this person to make her see sense and let two obviously -- >> piers, we said everything we needed to say whether to a camera, whether to you, whether it's to a judge or to our lawyers. >> what it's about more than us

is our dad, and, you know, him having just some stimulation and love and care around him provided by, you know, everybody, including us, his children. >> it's not just us. we need to say this loud and clear. it's not just the kids. it's his brother, cousins, best friends, everybody has been blocked from seeing my father. >> we're talking people he's known since the '40s. >> let's try and play devil's advocate. is part of the reason she's doing this she doesn't want people to see your father in the condition he's in? >> my father's biggest joy was family and friends. he loved gatherings. we would have our lebanese food, play cards and have family time. that was so important to him. when we did see him, we had so very little time with him. it's like take the person that you love most on earth, know that they are sick, know they

want to see you, you get 20 minutes before being ripped away by an armed guard and having them say please stay and you can't. >> you might be restricted from what you can say. i'm not. it's utterly inhuman and despicable and if you're watching, jean, the stepmother who wants to ban all these kids from seeing their father then just wake up and let them see their father. we got a statement from mrs. kasem, she has no comment to make but would like to appear later to address inaccurate statements made. you have an open invitation ms. kasem, let's do it before it's too late because what seems to be an utterly selfish and ridiculous ban. i want to play a little clip from your father in his hey day, how many americans remember him doing the top 40. listen to this. >> i'm casey kasem, now we're up to the number one song in the

land and our look back at four amazing decades counting them down. i'm casey kasem. now one more time, the words i've ended my show with since 1970, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. >> i mean, i didn't hear him do that because i was in britain, but i do remember, he was the voice of shaggy and scoobie do. he's an absolute institution. a big part of his show was dedications. if you could choose any song to dedicate to your father right now, which one could you go for? did you ever know you're my hero, you're everything you need to be, wind beneath my wings. i am who i am today because of my father, my integrity, morals, work ethic. everything i am and who i am is because of my father, and of course, my mother. i mean, both of those people are

why we are who we are, and we love them so very much. >> and that -- casey was a man, my dad was a man who cared so much about humans in general, just people. i would see him go up to homeless people and give five, ten dollars and all the humanitarian issues he supported and he just brought that home, too, and he brought us up to care for people and respect people, and we can't thank him enough for that. >> that's also, too, why we named it the kasem cares foundation. my dad cared so much about people, so much. i just wanted to ask people that are watching right now that if they could give to the kasem cares foundation, which we're supporting legislation, a bill that allows children, adult children with an ailing parent visitation rights, not every kid -- we're not assuming every kid is a great kid but kids that are good and had a strong relationship. >> that's notable but i have to say my priority is getting you to see your dad.

mrs. kasem, come on the show and explain yourself and maybe you have an entirely different set of circumstances we're not aware of. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i'm so sorry you're going through this. it must be utterly heart breaking. >> thank you. a six-time emmy award icon and a special other guest who will be joining him. i think you'll probably guess who that might be. any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust.

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i'm really, really just love you. what was it you wanted to tell me, darling? >> i wish you would have said that sooner. this isn't going to be easy. >> i love you, i love you. >> i married melody this afternoon. >> i hate you, i hate you, i hate you. how could you do that to me? how could you? >> well, it wasn't -- >> i never want to see you again. get out of my sight forever. >> boy, for a minute there, i thought you were going to be mad. >> legendary funny man tim conway --

>> slow down. >> tim conway and the carol burnett show, what is so funny my hilarious life. how do you feel about being in the chair? you've been making my entire crew roar with laughter. >> there is only two guys here, so tough audience, yeah. >> how are you, tim? when you finished this book, what do you conclude about your extraordinary life? >> i haven't read the book, but i understand that it's very good. i never really wanted to be -- i was starting out to be a jockey, but falling off as much as i did from horses and weighing 190 pounds, even the horses said can you get off? so i gave up that career, and show biz was the next best thing. >> i wonder if this brings back memories.

listen to this. >> haven't you already done enough you filthy blyther? >> filthy blyther? i don't understand. >> silence you blithering pumping j. where is this despicable bagger you -- >> absolutely ridiculous accent you're sporting there. >> you have one, too. [ laughter ] >> quite so. >> obviously, everyone associates you with carol burnett. what was it like when you worked with her and realized you had this extraordinary chemistry? >> marvelous. i admired her from a far, from the other side of the television set for a long time, and when i finally got to meet her and work with her was absolutely the end of my career, as i thought, because that's as much as you can do.

>> what made carol so special? >> well, she's very giving and very -- she's just wonderful. it's -- you cannot anger her by any means. oh, you can, but that's a whole other story. >> when you meet people, do they expect you to be funny, are you naturally like that, or is it hard for you to perform? >> well, i have a natural humor about me, and when i talk to people, that comes out, you know. >> you have one of those faces -- >> yes. >> i said this with bob new heart, a face you can't help but laugh at, i mean that in the nicest way. >> thank you so much, yes. bob and i are good friends. >> bob paid you a great tribute. it couldn't put the book down. it was very clever of tim to put glue on each page.

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[ laughter ] >> is it -- >> no, i'm a -- >> yes, mr. villintino is here. >> at least you come to beg my forgiveness. it's too late for that. [ laughter ] >> carol burnett playing one of her most famous characters, laura desmond, the success of the show was the amazing chemistry between carol and tim and i'm reuniting them. so exciting. i've never seen

>> they've been bouncing off the walls about it. bringing together these two great comedic legends. carol welcome back. >> thank you, piers. >> you said about tim, his improv was pure gold, wildly inventive. was that part of it? >> totally. what we would do on fridays we would tape two shows, the one at 5:00. we'd tape it with an audience. and then we would have our notes and make some changes and so forth. then another audience would come in and we would do the second show. well, tim, i'm going to -- no, i'm going to talk as if he's not here. >> that would be me. >> he would do the first show as we had rehearsed it. to the ink. and then he would go to our director and say, did you get all the shots, dave? and so forth. okay. for example he would say, all right, in the hotel sketch when we do this again on the second show, instead of being on away shot of me, be on a head to toe. that's all he'd tell him. and the crew didn't know. so it was like he was going to wing it. and he'd thought up something to do with that window or whatever. >> even you didn't know what was going on. >> no. >> is that why you kept cracking up so much? >> we never cracked up on

purpose ever ever. >> tim conway, if you start at your background -- >> let me tell you something weird about you, too, by golly. >> lots of weird things about me. you grew up in ohio during the depression. >> that alone. >> only child. irish father, was an orphan who barely spoke, your mother spoke romanian. how did you get to be funny? >> well, this dyslexia helped me out a lot. because i would get up to read in class, and i couldn't. i don't know what -- well, perhaps my mother in that picture, my mother and father

were very funny. my dad was training race horses. and so he would let me gallop them in the morning. >> he was irish. >> i never understood him. >> of course not. >> or each other. >> did you tell piers about the doorbell? >> yeah. he hooked a doorbell up in our house one time backwards so that it rang all the time except when you pressed the doorbell. and i said you know, dad, you must have crossed the wires. leave it alone. so we'd sit there listen to this mmm all night. and then when it would stop he'd say, i'll get it [ laughter ] >> so that's funny. >> yeah. >> so tell me this, both of you. the style of comedy has changed so dramatically since the days when you had such a hit show together. do you find it offensive, the modern kind of way of telling pretty crude jokes? >> yes. >> do you dislike it? >> i do. and i'm not a prude. i just think it's an easy laugh.

it's an easy laugh to get that scatologic, all of that stuff, to be -- sometimes i think when i watch some of these shows that they've been written by teenage boys in a locker room. that just and not clever. when i think back with mary tyler moore show, with bob newhart show, with all in the family, that was clever. beautiful writing. it wasn't where you want to go it's too sweet. >> you never had to curse to get a laugh. >> no. >> and you never had to worry about the kids watching it, either. >> yeah. >> you could communicate with the whole family. >> what is the joke, tim? if i said right, you've got five minutes to live and you can tell one joke again before you peg it, what would it be? >> i would go hold up a bank. [ laughter ] >> i've always wanted to do that. and take as much cash as i

could. and run out. and once my five minutes is up, bang, the cops kill me. >> you still do stand up on occasion? >> i do sit down now, yeah. [ laughter ] >> i don't do too much of it. >> do you have a banker joke that's not going great? one you pull out of the ether? >> i don't tell jokes. >> so like a conventional joke isn't really the way you do it. >> we tell stories. >> like about the doorbell. >> do you find everything pretty funny? >> yes. i do. >> you basically find humor in everything? >> well, you can try. >> yeah. i do. i did in school, too. i was always laughing at somebody who was reading or somebody who was writing. >> who is the funniest -- present company excepted -- who

is the funniest person you have ever seen? who's a professional comedian? >> newhart is pretty funny. bob and i are very close friends, because i take a lot of his material and do it in a club [ laughter ] >> and rickles. you know, he was the best. >> carol, who would you say? if you could pay to see one comedian on stage again who would you choose? >> i love billy crystal. i saw his show on broadway twice. >> genius. >> just fantastic. steve martin, i think. >> steve martin. he'd be there wouldn't he? >> and the usual ladies i love. tina and amy. >> tina fey. yeah. i feel like they continue the kind of humor. >> they do sketch work. they're not stand up comics, neither are we.

>> look i would love to talk to you all night even if you were sit down comics. it's been such a delight to bring you both together. so many of our viewers will be thrilled with this. >> well, i'm not doing anything so i can stay here. >> i'll tell anderson cooper we're just going to rip through his hour. i don't think anderson would like it. carol and tim, thank you both very much. >> thank you, piers. >> we'll be right back.

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