and the minute you see that, and remember, we get to leave, john and i. she's going to be there for a year. and it's dangerous and it's hard. and it gives you nothing but hope in the youth of america. >> larry: well said. thank you both very much. john prendergast, george clooney, we really appreciate it. we hope every little bit helps. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> larry: if you'd like more information, go to sudanactionnow.org. i'm don lemon. coast to coast from the president to the toughest critics, the battle for control of congress is turning red hot right now. sarah palin rallied the republican faithful in california, blistering president obama and speaker nancy pelosi and encouraging her supporters to get out and vote. president obama campaigned for

the massachusetts governor urging voters not to let republicans take control of congress. we have a developing story to tell you about out of mexico. four americans dead in a small plane crash. mexican officials found the wreckage in baja, california. the passengers were part of a group called flying samaritans which runs free medical clinics in that part of the country. no word yet on the cause of that crash. she played one of tv's most famous moms. barbara billingsly has died at the age of 94 after her family says is a long illness. "leave it to beaver" depicted tranquil suburb family life. billingsly played the role with class and a gentle sense of humor. for all those years she was america's mom. those are your headlines this hour. keeping you informed, cnn, the most trusted name in news. right now on this special edition of "showbiz tonight," entertainment weekly's great

reunions. pretty in pink. >> i think we all call it the same. >> back to the future. >> so uncontroversial, and just fun. >> roots. >> it was a satisfying moment. >> the behind the scenes look at these brand-new, incredible, unforgettable reunions. the star-studded casts of some of the biggest movies and tv shows of all-time, together again. >> and your fake breasts look lovely. >> i ended up getting bronchitis from doing that. >> a special edition of "showbiz tonight," entertainment weekly's great reunions starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm a.j. hammer. coming to you from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson in hollywood. and this is a special edition of "showbiz tonight," entertainment weekly's great reunions.

they are among the most memorable movies and tv shows of our time. and they all had something in common. fantastic firsts. "showbiz tonight" is teaming up with entertainment weekly to bring you the magazine's extraordinary reunions of the casts of these films and tv shows. all now being featured in the latest issue of "entertainment weekly" that has just been released. we begin with those phenomenal firsts. the shows that dared to be different. and changed tv forever. shows that were real break-through because they dared to go where no shows had gone before. in 1998 it was a break-through sitcom featuring guy characters. and now the cast of "will and grace" is finally remembering all the laughs. >> what do you guys miss the most about working together? >> laughing every day. >> yeah. >> reporter: in 1999, this drama was the first primetime series to realistically portray the

inner workings of the white house. and now the cast of "the west wing" is still beaming with pride. >> part of me would have been happy doing it the rest of my life. >> reporter: and in 1977, this mini series became the first program to reveal the horrors faced by african-american slaves. and now, the cast of the mini series "roots" is celebrating the life-long friendships they've enjoyed. >> these are my uncles. >> yeah. >> reporter: entertainment weekly is reuniting the casts of these three groundbreaking programs. >> will, i told you, i live with a heterro long enough, you're going to catch it. >> reporter: the comedy "will and grace" which followed the friendship between a guy man and straight woman proved america would watch a show week after week with openly proud guy characters. when "will & grace" started, they reunited for the reunion, and it was the side-splitting moments they remembered most. >> your fake breasts. >> will, what are you doing?

>> i think you just sprung a leak. >> what are you talking about? >> i ended up getting bronchitis from doing that. but it was worth it. it was funny. anything for a joke. >> reporter: the "west wing" succeeded with an unprecedented tv setting. the president played by martin sheen. >> you're killing yourself and innocent people to make a point. >> reporter: when entertainment weekly brought the west wing cast back together, they were still honored to be associated with such a groundbreaking show. >> these people, i adore them. >> what's your name? >> reporter: and the word phenomenal can definitely describe the smash hit 1977 mini series "roots" a heartbreaking look at the horror of slavery. and at entertainment weekly's

great reunion cast, they remember their program as not only a major moment in african-american history, but in american history. >> alex's book was "roots, i've "the saga of an american family. >> reporter: and as all of these entertainment weekly great reunions prove, these stars were as affected by these groundbreaking firsts as those of us who watched them. >> what a fantastic collection of tv firsts. so many had influence on pop culture. but which one had the most impact? which of the firsts had the greatest impact on pop culture? west wing, roots or will & grace? the assistant managing editor, also with us staff writer tim stack. which of these shows had the biggest impact on pop culture in your mind? >> it's got to be "roots."

look at the numbers, 37 emmy nominations. it was watched by over 100 million people. 30 years later, we're still talking about "roots." >> tim, do you agree? >> yeah. it was appointment television. if you were around in the '70s, you went home and watched "roots" every single night. no other show -- we hadn't really seen slavery portrayed that way through african-american eyes before. >> i would say "will & grace." there was no more of that, oh, my god, he's gay, who's he going to kiss. that drama out. >> it broke down walls in a way that hadn't been done before, to be sure. debra messing's character had so many lucille ball moments, including, how can we forget, the exploding breasts episode on the show. the great reunion revealed what really happened behind the scenes when they were shooting that scene. look at this.

>> and your fake breasts exploding. >> i ended up getting bronchitis doing that. it's true. >> i got water in the eye. >> yeah. because they had to put like -- >> the tube up your leg. >> the tube up my leg. it had to connect to the bra. and it was breaking and backfiring and the whole thing was just soaking me. but it was worth it. it was funny. anything for a joke. >> so many great revelations at the reunions. including the west wing reunion. this was one of my favorite shows ever. it revealed so much about how the white house works. dalton, other shows have tried to do the same thing, but they didn't have that success. what was the secret for the west wing? >> basically aaron sorkin. 95% of that show was just people walking and talking, going from one office to the next. but the scripts were so sharp. you had the aaron sorkin magic to it that you felt like you were with those characters in the trenches. >> tim stack, what do you think? that snappy dialog did so much

to bring you into what felt like a real situation there? >> it's one of those shows, it's basically an office show. but it's an office that none of us have really ever been inside before. so to have dialog like that that really brings you in, just made you feel like you knew what it was like to work in the white house. >> we were talking just before we started rolling here. it's one of my favorite shows of all-time. and i really miss it. there is not a show around these days, while there's certainly terrific shows that capture that all-enveloping energy of the west wing. >> absolutely. i don't know we'll see another show about the white house. it almost seems like entertainment shies away from that a little bit now. it's a little more taboo. i love the show was on for so long. and it was so influential and it was great. it really brought humanity to the government that we're not really seeing in pop culture right now. >> don't go anywhere. entertainment weekly's great reunions also included the most memorable movie characters

behind the scene of the "lord of the rings." why it became so hobbit forming. molly is andi, ducky, and john. where did they all end up? tell us, john. >> andi and blaine probably did not end up together. but ducky and andy ended up friends for life. >> mcfly, who can forget michael j. fox as marty mcfly and the time-traveling delorean in back to the future. the not-to-be missed reunion. you're watching a special edition of "showbiz tonight" entertainment weekly's great reunions. and now, a very special edition of the showbiz news ticker, reuniting the co-stars of northern exposure and alias starring jennifer garner. check out the smoking reunion picture of jen and victor

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doc. >> marty, you made it. >> yeah. >> welcome to my latest experiment. this is the big one. the one i've been waiting for all my life. >> going back in time, who can forget that car, man, i wanted one of those, delorean in "back to the future." the car was a star in its own right. the delorean still looks fantastic today. take a look at this. "showbiz tonight" with behind-the-scenes video of michael and his "back to the future" co-star leah thompson on the set of "entertainment weekly's" great reunion. welcome back to this special edition of "showbiz tonight," "entertainment weekly's" great reunions. i'm a.j. hammer in new york. >> and i'm brooke anderson in hollywood. and now the most memorable movie characters. "pretty in pink's" molly ringwald and michael j. fox as marty mcfly. it's been 25 years since michael

played his iconic role, and he is one of "entertainment weekly's" most memorable movie characters now reunited. still looking pretty in pink, molly ringwald reunited with the cast of her classic movie for "entertainment weekly's" great reunions. the pretty party included annie pot pot potts who played leona in the movie, and john cryer was ducky. his enemy was blaine, who was pursued by molly ringwald's andy walsh, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. >> you're ashamed to be seen with me. >> she spoke her mind and she was sort of an iconoclast and a rebel. >> a rebel relentlessly pursued by her pal ducky. >> blaine, that's a major appliance, not a name.

>> at "entertainment weekly's" great reunion of the "pretty in pink" cast, john speculated about how all the teen angst ended. >> andy and blaine probably did not end up together. but ducky and andy ended up friends for life. >> from teen dreams to "lord of the rings," "entertainment weekly" also reunited a trio of hobbits. >> it is hard to be. it will be 11 years, what, august. it's crazy. in a lot of ways, it feels like that much time has past. >> including elijah wood. >> he was an underdog hero. people could relate to him. >> for elijah, the fictional world of middle earth seemed very far away at "entertainment weekly's" great "lord of the rings" reunion. shan sean aus inwas there. along with dominic monaghan.

he says the two years filming the rings' trilogy led to lasting friendships offscreen. >> everyone on the inside trying to get in could see it. >> i wish the ring had never come to me. >> the epic efforts to rid himself of "the ring." took moviegoers on three timeless adventures. as timeless as the three unforgettable "back to the future" adventures. >> it's such a sincere movie. it was everything it was meant to be and it just is so uncontroversial and just fun. >> michael j. fox first began portraying marty mcfly in the first "back to the future" movie in 1985. >> it's 25 years old, if you can believe it. and it still holds up. it's fantastic. >> traveling through time, marty saves the clock tower and his own future. >> marty. you made it. >> and, yeah, michael j. fox

made it to the great "entertainment weekly" reunion as well, taking him back to the future. >> to this day, i still hope that if i drive 88 miles an hour i'm going to end up back in 1955. i've actually tried it. it's been 25 years since "back to the future" came out. wow, time does fly. with me back right now in new york, "entertainment weekly" assistant managing editor dalton ross and senior writer jessica shaw. i have a hard time thinking of any actor who could have played marty mcfly the way that michael j. fox did. jessica, what made him so perfect for this role? >> no one else could have done that role. he had that rare combination of being so charming and funny and crush-worthy, he could ride a skateboard and he could flirt with his mother without it seeming too creepy. >> in this day and age, that would have been super creepy. for some reason michael was able to pull it off. when michael j. fox and leah thompson reunited, they captured why it still resonates. take a look at this. >> it's remarkable that it still endures.

there's a lot of heart in the movie and that's why it sustained itself. >> it's ironic -- not ironic, but it fits, given what the theme of the movie is. it's across generational. little kids love it. and it's become kind of like -- not to be sacrilegious or anything -- but become like the wizard of oz in some way. >> i thought they put it well, what made "back to the future i've "so memorable. i have to ask the same question about "pretty in pink." what really made molly and jon so memorable? >> they're playing these high school misfit outcasts who don't fit in. they're searching for something that seems outside their grasp. anyone that's been to high school can relate to that. but more important than that, they had awesome hair.

check out the do. >> so many movies are being remade, jessica. what about "pretty in pink" and "back to the future," personally, i say, leave well enough alone. you shouldn't mess with masterpieces. >> i completely agree with you. that is absolutely sacrilegious to think of remaking those movies. "pretty in pink" to me is -- no one can touch that. no one else can be those characters. >> "back to the future" became a franchise, but nobody should touch it. >> doesn't mean that they won't, a.j. >> i understand that. i know how it works. >> if there's money to be made, somebody's going to say, we can update this. >> dalton, jessica, thank you again. so mirror, mirror on the wall, who were the most memorable co-stars of them all? how about eric and debra from tv's "will & grace." debra reveals the secrets of their onscreen chemistry. >> you never met before? >> no. >> and he had flown in from

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this is a special edition of "showbiz tonight," "entertainment weekly's" great reunions. and now the most memorable co-stars. the co-stars reunited including eric and debra, michael j. fox and leah thompson and molly ringwald and jon cryer. back with me right now, tim stack and jessica shaw. we wanted to see what our fans think. i can tell you, there was a

big-time tie between eric and debra and molly and jon. look what mary wrote on our wall. i love "will & grace." the cast was awesome to watch. they were always there for each other. i miss that show. jess, do you miss the show? >> i do. but the wonders of syndication, it's always on at some point at night and it is one of those shows that holds up, still great after all these years. >> no question about it. let me get to what laura wrote on our facebook page -- >> look at molly said at "entertainment weekly's" great reunion about jon's infamous dance in the movie. >> i remember shooting the -- i was telling jon my 6-year-old daughter has not seen any of my movies. but i did show her that scene on youtube. and i think it's phenomenal.

and i remember when we were actually shooting it, i think the first time that we saw him do the dance was, i think the first time they filmed it. and i was just so stunned. you were like mick jagger all of a sudden. ducky turned into mick jagger. and i thought that was such a fantastic scene and it really holds up. >> it really does hold up, doesn't it? >> it does, aside from the man broach that ducky's wearing. >> we'll leave it there. thank you both. there is certainly so much more to see about these fantastic reunions, so you should definitely check it out in the new issue of "entertainment weekly" on newsstands everywhere right now. i'm a.j. hammer in new york. >> and i'm brooke anderson in hollywood. you can catch an encore performs of this special edition of "showbiz tonight," "entertainment weekly's" greet reunions on sunday at 5:30 p.m. eastern on hln. thanks for watching. take care. [ k. tyrone ] i'm an engineer.

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there's a difference between news and noise. i'm pete dominick. i'm not just another pretty face, folks, on this show, we're not interested in celebrity gossip or virtual reality reality shows. forget brett favre or whatever his name is and forget "dancing with the stars." are they really stars? i'm interested in the stories and issues that hit home. i'm taking the cameras to the streets to hear what americans really think of the news that shaped the week. time now to catch up on the week that was. hit it. >> we don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid option. >> carl paladino lashed out against gays. >> andrew cuomo took his children to a gay pride parade. i certainly wouldn't let my young children see that. >> a power parade, the succession process under way in north korea.

>> kim jong-il, visibly ailing. >> the obama administration lifted the ban on drilling imposed after the bp blowout almost six months ago. >> it is a story that has totally gripped the entire world. >> never have any men been underground for so long. we've got these critical midterm elections coming up. >> you're just jealous that you weren't on "saturday night live." >> these ideas of my opponent are really extreme. >> man up, harry reid. >> what are you talking about? >> they killed us on 9/11. >> bill o'reilly said no one he knows wants to insult muslims but that people are tired of political correctness. >> joel burns is an openly gay city councilman in ft. worth, texas. he actually revealed for the first time his own experience with bullies, that he didn't plan to share until the recent rash of teen suicides. >> i know that life can seem unbearable. but i want you to know that it gets better.

>> that's what's streaming up mainstream. there are a lot of undercover stories as well, mainly because of the incredible coverage of the chilean mine rescue. the big ones that come to mind, a federal judge this week issuing a stay on "don't ask, don't tell." the accused ft. hood shooter facing victims' families and a federal district court judge in florida ruling the state's constitutional of president obama's health care plan, they can proceed with their lawsuits. but the most undercover story, that has ripple effects in so many areas, the beginning of the first human embryonic stem cell trial. i took a camera crew and went lunch crashing to see what you think. do you support embryonic stem cell research? >> no, no. life begins at conception, so anything that stops that would be stopping life from forming. so it's pretty cut and dry. >> as soon as the egg is fertilized, that's conception and you can't use that for

anything but to create a life? >> right. >> it's just an egg. >> it's a fertilized egg. >> it's not actually alive yet. >> it don't have a heartbeat, does it? >> it's just a zygote. just a tiny cell. if it was put into a womb, it would grow into a life. and that's the debate. >> i say go for it. >> if it's going to help cure diseases, we've got to do it. just only help, to me. >> on a religious standpoint, life begins at creation and taking something like that is considered a life. >> so to you, the fertilized egg, whether it's in a womb or in a petri dish, a fertilized egg is a life and you cannot destroy that? >> yes. life in general for me -- i have three kids -- is so important. to look at stem cell research on how that's going to help prolong life and help people in certain situation, i'm all for that.

>> i honestly would have to have a little more research and news to go both ways and understand it more. i think one of the things is having ignorance to a lot of things that people just come up with their own opinions without knowing the full story. you've got to know everything before you make a decision. >> you do have to know everything before making a decision on something as complicated and controversial as stem cell research. give me 60 seconds to catch you up on why this debate is so heated. stem cells are your body's master cells. every other cell in your body stems from them. hence the name. why is that important? because there are cells in your body that don't normally get replaced. if they get sick or die, you could be out of luck. but scientists believe that stem cells could be used to lead to cures for diseases. such as parkinson's disease, heart disease, diabetes and so on. sounds great, right? well, here's where it gets complicated. there are two types of stem cells -- embryonic and adult.

adult stem cells are less flexible than embryonic stem cells but embryonic stem cells, however, can become anything and hold more potential. unfortunately, they can only be found in a fertilized human egg or embryo. and that embryo is destroyed in the process. many see that as the destruction of a potential human life and they want embryonic stem cell research stopped. it's a tough debate. to learn more about it, visit the national institute of health's website at stnih.gov. next, a sickness is spreading through our nation's politicians and no flu shot will clear it up or stem cell. that won't help either. our political plague of the week is coming up.

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the economy is tanked, unemployment is nearly 10% and you're running for office in a tough district. what do you do? blame china. >> is bar ron hill running for congress in indiana or china? hill supported the $800 billion failed stimulus package that created renewable energy jobs in china. his big spending programs will force us to keep borrowing money from, you guessed it, china. hill's creating massive new debt here while he created renewable

energy jobs over there. baron hill, for indiana or china? >> it's hard out of the ordinary this political season. this week, "the new york times" reported no less than 25 candidates on both sides of the aisle are trying to accuse their opponents of being in bed in china. why would voters be so scared of china in the first place? i hit the street again to talk it out. when i say the word "china," what do you think of? >> anti-american. >> the job problem. >> don't buy in china. >> i think of kung fu movies. >> their politics is still horrible. >> crowded. >> fantastic people. i like chinese people and chinese food. >> millions of jobs have gone from america to china. >> i think it's the first step towards a one-world government. >> all of these people running for office complaining about, we have to get jobs, got to get jobs, the president not doing job -- it's not the president. it's outsourcing. >> i'm very concerned about that. i think the technology is here.

we just don't use it. everybody's looking to save a little bit of money. >> i don't blame anyone but progress, i think, it's just the ebb and flow of the way business is. >> we created our own monster. we buy cheap, don't care who it's from. >> i buy what pleases me. i don't really look what -- where it comes from. >> do you made a conscious effort to consume made in america stuff? >> how can you? when 99% of all things are made in foreign countries. >> clothing made in america? your car? >> my car is not. >> i have a crv. >> look at that. a union guy with a honda crv. why not a ford? >> what happens is our workmanship is deteriorating. >> outsourcing, all the rest of it, i couldn't give you any information about -- i just like to pay my bills. >> joining me now to talk about it, jesse ventura, former minnesota governor, and peter sagle.

host of "waite don't tell me." you have to admit, guys, china's pretty scary. they've surpassed us as the world's worst polluter. and we lost 2.4 million jobs to china between 2001 and 2008. still, is something more sinister going on in these advertisements? former governor jesse ventura, you went to china when you were governor. are you afraid of communist china? >> no, not at all. i found china to be very interesting. i found the people over there remarkable. and i think the problem here, pete, is this, when you talk about a superpower, the worst thing, in my opinion, a super power can do is get involved in a bunch of wars around the world. china is not involved in all this stuff. they're taking care of their people, their economy and doing everything they should be doing while we here in the united

states are being the world's policemen. we're involved in a war in iraq. we're involved in a war in afghanistan. i'm sure iran may be on the barometer soon enough. but to me, the worst thing you can do as a super power is get yourself involved in wars throughout the world. it will bring you down. and it's bringing us down right now. >> peter, are you afraid of communist china? are they a threat? are these ads just trying to scare people? >> well, i don't think -- i think you heard governor ventura admit actually what's going on here, which is not so much fear and hatred, but a sense of inferiority. it's like america is the small scrappy high school in "hoosiers." and china is the big powerhouse. except in the end of our movie they're beating us. it's like they're so much nicer and they built that really nice bird's nest stadium. we don't have anything like that. their back scratchers are really great, which is better than our back scratchers, which i think is why we keep buying them. i think basically if you were to

scratch those politicians and poke them a little bit, they would start weeping and wishing they were chinese. >> let's switch gears and talk about our political plague of the week. this week it's asinine debate disorder. one example, how about the debate you saw between christine o'donnell, you know, the one who's not a witch, and chris kunz. i thought this was like watching an hour-long attack ad. let's take a quick listen. >> they jokingly called me a bearded marxist. it was a joke. my opponent and lots of folks in the right wing media have endlessly spun this. i am not now nor have i ever been anything but a clean-shaven capitalist. >> well, i would stand to disagree because, first of all, if you're saying what i said on a comedy show is relevant to this election, then absolutely you writing on article -- forget

the bearded marxist comment. you wrote an article saying you learned your beliefs from a marx ex-professor and that's what made you become a democrat. that should send chills up the spine of every delaware voter because then if you compare that statement to your policies -- >> if it were true, i'd agree. >> jesse, you did a lot of things before you were a governor. you're an independent. does it matter what people did in high school or early college years? because if it did, how hard of a time would you have had? >> i don't think so because we all change. if we're running for office and we're 22 years old, 25 years old, then, yes, it does matter. but i ran for office when i was nearly 50 years old and i think all of us do things when we're young that maybe we regret at times or we look back and say, gee, that was sure stupid of me. but that's all part of the growing process, of maturing and all that. i don't really believe you can hold somebody responsible for what they did way back when they went to college and things of that order.

>> peter, do these debates add anything? are there real important issues and answers and solutions being discussed, sir? >> well, they were both in that one and in the debate in nevada. but nobody paid any attention to them. they paid attention to how well each candidate performed. did they give out their talking points with a credible degree of enthusiasm? that's weird to me. we're judging these fairly important political debates or contests with the same standards we applied to "american idol." how well did they do? how well did they hold the stage? if we're going to do that, i say, let's go to delaware and make crystal bowersox senator. >> these two parties dominate the political system. should there be a third voice at these debates? >> i don't support a third party anymore. i believe the republicans and democrats have so corrupted our system, that if a third party does rise up, in order to

compe compete, it likewise will have to be corrupt. i stand now in a new position. i'm for the abolishment of political parties. george washington, thomas jefferson and especially john adams would agree with me. john adams stated the fall of america wouldn't come from an outside source, it would come from within, and he said precisely what it would be, when political parties take over our government. i think we're already there. >> jesse, peter, why don't you moderate one of these debates? come on. >> i'm waiting for the phone call. i'd be happy to. i'll say this about governor ventur ventura, though, when you were governor of minnesota, it was actually the debates that propelled you. because you came across as so much more of an interesting partnership than your two opponents at that time. i think you tapped into the deep-seeded hidden minnesotan urge to finally be interesting. and that's how you got into

office. that's how you scored in debates. >> oh, absolutely. debates won my election because i was polling 10% when the debates start. and i finished in a three-way race with 37%. >> that's because you're so honest. guys, thanks for coming on. great to have both of you guys. men in a hole for more than two months and one may have thought twice about coming back up. that's next. re on car insurance? does a former drill sergeant make a terrible therapist? patient: and that's why yellow makes me sad. i tnk. sarge: that's interesting. you know what makes me sad? you do! maybe we should chug on over to mambie pambie land sawhere maybe can find some yoself-confidence for you.? ya jackwagon! tissue? crybaby. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

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this isn't a person but it's a dog and he's still way better than me. a 4-year-old labrador receiver, female black lab, helped bring 12 people to safety with the lapd in haiti. pearl, you are way better than me. i'm going to give you a bite of my doughnut. this is chance. he's a one-handed high school football player. this week he finished off last season of high school football. the third year he's been a starter for the fighting tigers. i didn't even start my senior year of lacrosse. chance anthony, you're way better than me. this is pat tillman, one of the greatest americans ever. he's had a completely built bridge over the hoover dam named for him this week. this morning, i actually scratched my initials in wolf blitzer's locker. fallen hero, football star, fantastically good-looking. pat tillman, you are way better than all of us. you've heard the expression

any publicity is good publicity? well, not if you're running for office. each week we highlight the harshest political commentary from the world of comedic television. we call it "roasted." and nobody seems to have been roasted harder this week than carl paladino. comments he made on the campaign trail regarding his views on homosexuality were front-page news all over the country this month. paladino apologized but my fellow comedians aren't letting him off the hook. >> i don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking homosexual is a successful action. it isn't. >> that's carl paladino making the case to orthodox religious folk that gay people will brainwash their children into dressing and acting in an unconventional manner. gay people. >> i did not see eric cantor condemning new york gubernatorial carl paladino. when he mass e-mailed a bestiality