is going to have a massive inspirational effect across the region. now, how it happens may not be exactly the same. but we've already seen terry, if it be in jordan yemen, iraq leaders changing the government as they did in jordan in yemen, promising not to stand for another election promising not to have their son run for another election. in iraq where the u.s. came in by gun. i know, because i talk to so many people, they wanted to see how it went down in egypt. i'm not sure that they're going to be encouraged that eventually the president was forced out of power. but people have been watching, and egypt being the long-time leader of the arab world, could set the tone. >> our thanks to christiane amanpour for joining us tonight. we want to turn now to the

egyptian abam door to the united states, who joined us earlier this evening from washington, d.c. ambassador, thank you very much for being with us tonight. let me ask you, first, as a member of the government that has now been overthrown here are you happy about what happened in egypt today? >> i think all egyptians are proud with the events that have transpired. the egyptian people have demonstrated their ability to take their future into their own hands and to demonstrate and express their opinions peacefully and to be able to by virtue of the legitimacy of their demands and the consist consistency consistency, forge the future. >> so now, as your country's ambassador to the united states, who do you work for now? who is the boss here? >> i serve egypt and its people and i serve at the pleasure of

its government. currently the authority has been transferred to the supreme military council and that is now the authority in egypt that undertakes the responsibility of government. >> as a patriot, as a man who served your country in the government, what do these events mean to you personally? >> i think this is a moment a defining moment in egypt's history. it's a small point in terms of our long history, our contribution to civilization, to our region but it's a very important and major moment in terms of forging our future. this is a moment of pride for all egyptians that they have spoken and they have shown their ability to take their future into their own hands and to make a definitive impact in terms of egypt's future. >> all right. ambassador, thank you for being

with us. >> thank you. >> thanks to the ambassador for joining us. when we come back the exdictator's club. where to go what to do when state's strongman's days in power are behind them. >> dicky: tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" -- ryan seacrest. >> jimmy: you're blossoming into a real man. i have to say. >> thank you. >> made it possible wiped away tears when a student said [ bleep ] you, miss waters. >> jimmy: come on in, ladies. >> dicky: oscar nominee melissa leo. and music from cage the elephant. >> this is the american dream. >> jimmy: i think it's the mexican dream, too. i got news for you. n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n

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five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor and that's amazing to a mom like me. as a parent you dot want to have to tell your kids "no" all the time. it's nice for me to be able to say "yes" to something th they want to eat. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. gluten free. we're going to be back with more from cairo, but first, let's go to new york and my co-anchor bill weir. bill? >> amazing work my brother. we're all watching rapt here all day. i have to ask you, you spoke to so many egyptians on the street the last few days. what did they, what was the consensus, what do they want to see happen to hosni mubarak now that he's gone? >> well it ran the gamut.

some people say she should have an honorable retirement other people said you should execute him. but people said they want their money back. they have read reports in recent days that the mubarak family is worth tens of billions of dollars. and that just infuriate as country where 40% of the people live on less than $2 a day. so, they want their money back. some people want to see him in the dock standing trial. but many people recognize that he has served the country in many capacities over the years and they're willing to let by gones be by gones as long as he's out of power. >> that might motivate his future going forward. with the threat of prosecution, destitution, even execution, what is a proposed dictator to do? as you saw there the man many considered the last pharoah joined a group of loathed men. we consulted history, experts, and one humorist to mull

mubarak's options. okay, he finally took the hint but exit to where, exactly? by all accounts, he has walked away from cairo's opulent palace, and since his family has grown accustomed to the finer thing, they are reportedly holed up in sharm el sheikh. >> it's like being exiled to the four seasons in maui. and i think he'll have a great time there. they know him there. the local salon has his color. he's going to be fine. >> reporter: mubarak vowed he would die on native soil. but before he falls in love with that idea, two words of caution. just four days after the romanian revolution, the dictator and his wife died on native soil after they were given a brief trial and sent to the firing squad. and then of course there is saddam hussein. found hiding in his native soil before meeting the noose and being put right back. that seems unlikely in egypt as

long as his friends are still in power, but no telling how long that will be. so, maybe mubarak should start shopping around for a foreign haven. though the swiss froze all of his assets in that country, u.s. intelligence estimates he has between $1 billion and $5 billion squirreled away around the world. but getting it and getting out is more complicated than it sounds. because according to international law expert scott horton, exile ain't what it used to be. >> since 1990 we've had more than 60 heads of state prosecuted around the world. so, this is a phenomenon that was rare before world war ii. since world war ii has gotten more and more common. and now it's just escalating to the point where it's a commonplace. it's a commonplace, particularly with people who wield absolute power and wield it ruthlessly. >> reporter: there was a time when the south of france was a no brainer for any deposed despot. good food, nice views.

but when ben ali tried to land there recently, the french turned him away. and baby doc duvalier is hardly an advertisement for that. >> he went back to haiti and was arrested and his life in the south of france was miserable. he had a beautiful villa in the hills above cannes. lost it. constantly subjected to lawsuits. and in subsequent years, dictators have decided the risk of going to a place like spain or italy or france is simply too great. >> reporter: there's this townhouse in london reportedly owned in mubarak's son's name. but as scott mentioned, there's a good chance the brits could be one of the countries that send him to stand trial at the hague. that is where serbian strongman milosevic ended up spending the last few weeks of his life playing darts and ping-pong before dying of a heart attack in his cell. but what about america? after being run out of the

philippines, they landed in honolulu. they also wrestled with numerous lawsuits before he died and she went back to her homeland. but even with our closest allies revolutions tend to complicate the relationship. could he actually end up here? >> look at what happened with the shah of iran. he was our best friend. we wanted to help him. we couldn't harbor him. we helped arrange for him to go to mexico and then to other places to hang out. but you know the u.s. obviously, is going to be concerned about its relationship with the new government in egypt. >> reporter: ironically after the iranian revolution, the shah sought refuge in egypt before bouncing to morocco, the bahamas and mexico. then he got sick and president carter reluctantly let him seek treatment in america but before long he was forced to hide out in panama before dying in egypt. so, where does that leave him? well, it appears the last best

refuge of tie ranlts of saudi arabia. that is where amin lived out his days after fleeing ewe dan ga. the royal family reportedly paid him to stay out of politics. and, saudi arabia is where tunisia's ben ali landed after france turned him away. >> i think there may be a website somewhere where former dictators see where the best places are to go and saudi arabia must rank very very high. >> personal security obviously, is a big issue. by the way the saudis step up to the plate and offer that sort of protection. it's not easy to get into saudi arabia and travel around saudi arabia. that's one of the reasons that i think this is a tempting destination. saudi arabia does not cooperate with the international criminal court. >> reporter: and they have some of the creature comforts that mubarak might enjoy. >> great luxury. no doubt about it. plenty of money. a reasonable level of security. yeah.

and the tunisian president is in saudi arabia right now and there may be some others. so, i mean i would say in the arab-speaking world, generally, saudi arabia has become the refuge of choice now. which didn't used to be the case. it used to be france. used to be france. >> i think if i were mubarak, my biggest home for the future would be that my address remained unlisted. >> very few options for a man who enjoyed so much power for so long. well, after seeing all the giddy reaction in the streets of cairo and all around egypt, we turn now to the american reaction especially at the white house. president obama spoke today after the dramatic events abroad. here's just part of what he had to say. >> the united states will continue to be a friend and partner to egypt. we stand ready to provide whatever assistance is necessary and asked for to pursue a

credible transition to a democracy. i'm also confident that the same ingenuity and entrepreneur y'all spirit that the young people of egypt have shown in recent days can be harnessed to create new opportunity, jobs and businesses that allow the extraordinary potential of this generation to take flight. and i know that a democratic egypt can advance its role responsible leadership, not only in the region, but around the world. egypt has played a pivotal role in human history for over 6,000 years. but over the last few weeks, the wheel of history turned at a blinding pace, as the egyptian people demanded their universal rights. >> and our chief white house correspondent jake tapper joins us now. jake, the administration has seemed to play catchup for the past couple of weeks. how would they characterize their reactions.

and what happened yesterday when it looked like they thought mubarak would step down then? >> reporter: well, they had been told officials told me they were told by mubarak's aides and rad visors and cabinet officials that mubarak was planning on stepping down, but it seems like mubarak could not bring himself to do it. you recall president obama gave a statement about the news which was spreading worldwide, that mubarak was about to step down. in which he seemed very optimistic, talking about how we are witnessing history. he used some of the same wording today after mubarak stepped down. president obama issued perhaps the sternest statement that we've seen from this white house yesterday, in which he didn't even mention mubarak. he didn't use the word orderly, which was something the administration has been pushing, an orderly transition, because they didn't want mubarak to seat out as a fig leaf.

he said this is simply not good enough for the egypt chan people. the administration called their counter erer parts and said you need to satisfy the people in egypt. this is no longer just students and the muslim brotherhood. this is a much bigger thing and you need to satisfy them or else this problem is going to get much, much worse. >> now looking forward, the implications are obvious and many. there's oil, there's counter-terrorism, there's israel. what is the mood at the white house in relation to what comes next? >> reporter: i mean, i think they are optimistic about what comes next. but they're not fools. there is some trepidation. obviously one of the things that cannot be under -- cannot be overemphasized here, bill is the fact that our pentagon has an incredibly close relationship with the egyptian military and the egyptian military is revered in egypt, it is still in control of the country right now.

the supreme military council is the one that ultimately gave mubarak the final push out the door. so, those ties are very close. but there is concern about what comes next in egypt, about those close counter-terrorism ties, all that intelligence that egypt gets from its african allies arab and muslim allies. the access to the suez canal. though nobody's concerned about it right now. but if there were a government that was hostile to the united states, that could pose a problem. i don't think that with mubarak stepping down that ends u.s. involvement in this transition process, even if the likes of you and i start paying attention to other stories. i think the obama administration is going to stay on top of making sure that key arab ally stays on the side of democracy, pushing towards democracy. >> but who do they talk to in the near term? who do they reach out to if is it elbaradei, the muslim

brotherhood or is it everyone? >> reporter: well, they are clearly on the ground in egypt reaching out to all the opposition groups, especially the secular ones. and trying to get them to organize. but the same people that the administration has been talking to throughout are still in power. vice president suleiman is still playing a role even if he had power stripped away from him officially. the generals that are chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of state robert gates have been in close consultation with throughout these 18 days, they are still in power. so, it's not as if there's no one there that we know. a lot of the key players, and remember, we give so much money, the u.s. gives so much money to egypt, most of that money is military aide. and those are the friends that we still have that our government still has. >> jake tapper with some valuable insight from the white

house this evening, thanks, jake. >> reporter: thank you. and coming up next how does 30 years add up? we break down the long and guilded reign of president mubarak by the numbers. bill -- ouch. [ man whistles ] sounds like somebody paid too much. excuse me? i use progressive's "name your price" tool. they showed me a range of coverages, and i picked the one that worked for me. i saved hundreds when switching. hundreds? who are you? just a man that loves savings... and pie. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive.

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many of the protesters who came to tahrir square to call for the ouster of president mubarak had known no other egyptian president. he had been ruling this country since before they were born. well, the deposed head of state racked up quite a few other impressive tallies during his three-decade reign. here's john donvan with mubarak by the numbers.

>> reporter: 30. the number that sums up hosni mubarak's mubarak problem. three decades, one president, five presidential elections, zero opposing conditions. the first four times, anyway. when mubarak's winning margin, get these numbers, 98.5% of the vote, first time out. 88% the last time out. meanwhile, five. the number of u.s. presidents who sat in the white house during some of those 30 years. $2 billion. the number of dollars the u.s. has provided egypt on average every year since 1979. mostly military aide. $10 billion. what egypt takes in all by itself every year by getting tourists to come see the pyramids and beyond. $70 billion. high end estimate of the dollars the mubarak estimate is said to have put away, though today, the swiss government froze any family as sets in its banks. $70 billion divided by egypt's population, $843 per person compared to their mostly salary $4000. number of people living in cairo's famous city of the dead

cemetery? 5 million. number of homes the mubarak family owns around the world? seven. 34. number of years mubarak devoted to his military career before becoming president. four. the number of times egypt went to war with israel during mubarak's military career. zero number of times egypt went to war with israel during his presidential career. once. the number of times america answered the call to join a war against saddam hussein. 1991. once. the number of times mubarak refused that call, 2003. six. number of assassination attempts mubarak is known to have survived. 683. number of times in the past three decades that the determines mubarak and moderate have appeared on a search on nexus. 562. number of times the word mubarak and dictator have stood side by side in just the past month. and finally, degree of satisfaction on the streets of cairo that the people made the unthinkable happen.

well, the unthinkable? that's uncountable. i'm john donvan for "nightline." >> john donvan with mubarak by the numbers. when we come back the path ahead for the middle east. that's the subject of tonight's closing argument. stay with us for more from cairo.

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future of the middle east. in 2003 the united states invaded iraq with its allies and tried to plant the seeds of democracy in that country.

didn't go very well. last month a popular uprising in tunisia ousted a dictator there, and now people power in egypt has deposed the mighty hosni mubarak. so, we wanted to ask you, do you think that there's a real cascade of democracy happening in the middle east? is it possible that people power works better than arms and occupation here for democracy? we've heard from many of you on facebook and twitter tonight. but please join the conversation at the "nightline" facebook page or the "nightline" page at abcnews.com. but that's our report for tonight. as we close this week, we wanted to leave you with some images from cairo and some music, too, a song that's become something of an unofficial anthem of the revolution. it's been the egyptian singer amin ied. it's called "i'm not turning around." for all of us at abc news, good night, america.

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thank you for inviting me into your life and it's an important day today. it's an important night. tonight is our parking lot security guard, our friend, our little angel, guillermo's 40th birthday. [ cheers and applause ] that's -- guillermo turned 40 years old today. his mustache turned 32. it seems like only yesterday we were celebrating, guillermo. i guess it's true. guacamole really keeps you looking young. guillermo is an american success story in the finest sense. he proved, if you come to this country and work kind of hard sometimes, but mostly not really, and you drink a lot, anything is possible. so -- [ cheers and applause ] i want to say this. sometimes people think guillermo is an actor that we hired. that honestly is not true. he really was our parking lot security guard. he worked in our parking lot and then he worked at a restaurant part time also. we thought he was funny so we started putting him on the air and then like a human pinata,

wonderful things started to come out of him and because it is his 40th birthday, i wanted to do something special. so, we asked guillermo's mom to come in to tell us a story of her special little boy. this is the guillermo story. >> hi, i'm guillermo. i'm here with my mom and my 40th birthday. mom, tell me how i was born. >> no, mom, don't say that! >> sorry, but it was so little. [ laughter ] >> go home. aye, mom. >> jimmy: well -- moms, right guillermo? they do that.

[ cheers and applause ] guillermo, what is your favorite football team? >> dallas cowboys. >> jimmy: that's right. and what's the best thing about the cowboys? >> ah -- i think tony romo. >> jimmy: or, how about this? come on in, ladies. let the birthday kissing commence. go ahead and give him a birthday kiss, girls. you know how it works. >> wow. >> jimmy: look at that. isn't that beautiful? isn't america great? >> this is the american dream. >> jimmy: yeah. i think it's the mexican dream, too, i got news for you. >> one more for safety? >> jimmy: so, happy birthday to guillermo.

you know -- it's very snowy, very cold along the east coast of the united states. new york got 19 inches of snow overnight last night, which is a pain to deal with but it's so cute watching the rats make little rat angels. [ laughter ] here's a tip for those of you who are dealing with the freezing temperatures. try to use phrases like, i love you, to create warm feelings in your home. [ laughter ] you're welcome. not only is new york been the recipient of the most snow this january than any january on record, they're now getting a mix of lightning, thunder and snow that they're calling thunder snow or as i prefer to call it, thunder snow! you know, you can't just say thunder snow like a nerd, it's thunder snow! to give you an idea of just how bad the weather has been, we put together a collection of weather reports from some of the most heavily impacted cities. >> this is what it looks like in parts of the garden state. less than a quarter visibility. completely buried. >> in the d.c. area, hundreds of

thousands of residents were left without power in frigid temperatures. >> here, 14 1/2 inches of this. >> they've canceled about 100 arrivals and over 200 departures. >> cross country skis aided many commuters through central park, which got hit with 19 inches of snow. >> and this is on top of all of this snow that they've had from the five previous snowstorms. >> we're looking at more 80s for tomorrow and then temperatures will start to cool down a bit. we have been dealing with winds. >> jimmy: yes, we, you know -- [ laughter ] the winds, you know, the winds, they can mess up your hair. so, we're suffering, too. how is it going over there? >> great, jimmy. >> jimmy: almost 300,000 people in washington, d.c. were stuck without power. the weather even affected president obama's trip home from wisconsin. he couldn't get his helicopter from the pad to the white house, which you see, maybe we do need

a president palin, you know? she would break out the sled dogs, maybe kill a few squirrels along the way for nourishment. there should be a bad ass snow mobile version of air force one, shouldn't there? call it thunder snow-mobile. [ applause ] batman would have that, if he was the president. ohio congressman dennis kucinich has filed a lawsuit against the congress cafeteria for damage done to his teeth after he ordered a sandwich wrap and bit into an olive pit. he's suing for $150,000 in damages for dental and medical expresses and compensation for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment. which -- how much enjoyment could he possibly have? he's dennis kucinich. well, there's dennis. it's -- i guess he is having some enjoyment, but -- it's a serious thing. him biting into an olive pit is

like a regular-sized person biting into a bocce ball. ironically, did you know kucinich means kitchen in lawn gnome? that's true. the department of homeland security announced today they're doing away with the color-coded terror alert system we've come to know and love. we're going back, i guess to the old system, which was tagging people with beards, so -- the chief of homeland security janet napolitano confirmed this morning what i've been saying for years. the color system meant absolutely nothing and the safest way to go is to remain constantly terrified at all times. then you're covered. instead of announcing the color codes now, the tsa will announce, once you get to the airport, they will announce specifically what kind of security search you can expect to get. >> your attention please. the tsa will be focusing on testicles. repeat. today is a testicle search day. your cooperation is appreciated. >> jimmy: i like that. you know, you get through faster if you put them in a zip lock bag.

hey, speaking of security, facebook has announced that they will add new security features to their site after their own founder mark zuckerberg's facebook page was hacked. if they can hack his page how safe do you think those pictures of you sucking on a six-foot bong that looks like a barbershop pole are? not very. someone hacked the account of french president nicolas sarkozy. not really hacked, he just surrendered his password. [ applause ] they're cracking down. facebook says they're very concerned about this and they are committed to making sure the only people who would be able to take and sell your personal information without your consent is them. so -- [ laughter ] and by the way, while we're on the topic of facebook. i would like to congratulate myself. on november, i created an event called national unfriend day. i encouraged people to cut anyone they're not actually friends with, to unfriend them. well, guess what? there used to be a button that

used to say, remove from friends. that's how you unfriend someone. today, we noticed they've quietly changed it to a button that says "unfriend." that's right. so -- [ cheers and applause ] i did it. i -- i changed a button. it's very exciting. this must be how the guy that invented caps lock felt. >> thunder snow! >> jimmy: oh. a new episode of "american idol" tonight. you know they've been making a big deal this season out of the fact that they're now allowing 15-year-olds to audition. i guess it gives kids the opportunity to realize their dreams of becoming professional singers at a young age. but it's giving steven tyler an opportunity to achieve his dream of being arrested before hollywood week comes. if you don't know what i'm referring to, watch the steven tyler creepy leer of the night. >> uh-oh. >> uh-oh. >> wow.

>> jimmy: that's the -- [ applause ] the horniest scarecrow i've ever seen. they need to raise the minimum age up to 80, i think. there's also a new episode of "jersey shore" tonight. and you're never going to guess what happened. there was a fight. there is always a fight. this time, a domestic dispute between on again off again ronnie and sammi. sammi was upset that ronnie was talking to j-woww. and i can't believe i'm a grown man and i'm saying these things but anyway, here's what happened. >> are you friends with her? >> i don't want to talk. >> are you friends with her or not? >> i don't want to talk to you. >> this is my last time trying. are you friends with her? >> happy birthday! >> jimmy: well, why ruin a perfectly good birthday? i had no idea 'roid rage was contagious until now. you know, it's fun to watch

drunken imbyeciles fight, but week after week, it can get a little old, so tonight, we decided to change it up a little. we took the audio from tonight's episode and we mixed it up with the video from the cartoon "dora the explorer." this is television magic. >> i heard a story about you today. i couldn't control myself. this type of juicy information needs to be, you know, brought out immediately. >> i have not hooked up with anyone around here. >> who did you hook up with? >> that kid dean. >> okay so maybe it has something about that. it's just something that you like. >> that i like? >> yeah. everybody has preferences. you happen to like this particular preference. >> i don't know what we're talking about. >> you don't like to [ bleep ], but you like [ bleep ]. >> well, that's not true, because it's not true. >> i would never in my life [ bleep ] a [ bleep ]. let's be real. >> what the hell? >> jimmy: well, you know -- [ cheers and applause ]

she -- she does like to explore, it's right in her name. eventually some or perhaps all of the cast of "jersey shore" will come west to california to move into a rehab center with dr. drew. that will happen. last night dr. drew hosted a live reunion special for season four of "celebrity rehab." this is where they all get together and they check back in to see how they're doing. turns out they're not doing so good. i guess they were supposed to tape the special last week, but dr. drew got sick. so they had to do it live last night and dr. drew did a very very good job of letting us know the show was live. >> thank you for coming. it is indeed a privilege and honor to be here with a very special live live live edition of "celebrity rehab." this special live episode. live here tonight. did i mention we're hosting a live web cast? hosting a live web chat. special live reunion. welcome back to our special live edition of "celebrity rehab." >> is this live?

>> i want to point out to you again that we are coming to you live. >> in other words, this is live. >> this is literally live, live television. >> this is live? >> live, live, live. >> this is live. >> this is happening right now. >> real life. >> i want to tell my kids to watch. >> live. >> jimmy: i had no idea you were in rehab, uncle frank. >> i was. >> jimmy: what's going on with your friend over there? he's still getting -- it's only -- well, all right. you look like an indian or something right now. >> it's great. >> jimmy: you're blushing. or you're covered with lipstick. i'm not sure. >> both. >> jimmy: both. all right, it's thursday night, it's time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> right now, how i'm feeling is, i want to grab her hand and run away. this is [ bleep ] crazy. >> after the first year of the school's transformation, the

principal who made it possible wiped away tears when a student said, [ bleep ] you, miss waters. >> smell taco though it smells a lot like [ bleep ]. >> smells like [ bleep ], huh? >> tastes like [ bleep ], too. >> then at 9:00 watch nancy grace [ bleep ] 50 people in 50 days. >> what's your name? >> steve. >> is that right? >> yeah. the name is kind of funny, because you probably heard it and you assume what my [ bleep ] was going to look like. >> yeah. >> gigantic. >> what do we have there? >> [ bleep ] my [ bleep ]. >> there you go. you were doing something to your [ bleep ], we couldn't figure out what it is. >> why are you being so level headed about this? >> don't be a siss. come on, [ bleep ] my butt. >> host casino night with this triple threat gaming table. it easy converting from dining table to poker table to pool table. >> i'm from colorado, so, i know that prison and pretty good [ bleep ], i got to tell you. that's the latest from orange county. back to you guys in hollywood. >> jimmy: we have a good show for you tonight.

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then, with music from one of these. it's their new album called "thank you happy birthday." cage the elephant from the bud light outdoor stage. next week on the show, jamie foxx, josh brolin kim kardashian music from tinie tempah and jamie foxx. please join us. if you would be so kind. if everyone in america worked as much as our first guest, we could crush the chinese like grapes. he has two radio shows, works new year's eve, he has rug burns from so many red carpets and from the kardashians, too. earlier tonight, he hosted the world's greatest karaoke contest, "american idol," on fox. please welcome ryan seacrest. [ cheers and applause ]

>> i'm exhausted. skwk skwk. >> jimmy: i bet you are. >> it's been a day. >> jimmy: it's always a day for you. thank you for stopping by. i did the math. by coming here, even staying for nine minutes, you are losing $28,000 in revenue, so, we appreciate it. i owe you. >> my pleasure. >> jimmy: how is everything? >> good, man. good to be here. i didn't realize steven tyler was so provocative until i saw that clip earlier. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, he is. >> it goes right over our heads on the show. >> jimmy: you say that, but i wonder if they're reacting to this, the producers of the show and go, you know what, he looks a little bit too much like a pervert. maybe we should reel this in a little bit. >> i think they're saying he looks like that, let's make it a two-hour episode. >> jimmy: or are they going to go with it? because -- i hope they go with it, because i think it's going to get -- it's going to be great when it's live. >> by the way, i'm like licking my chops. >> jimmy: he's going to be licking yours, too. i mean, he's --

>> wouldn't be the first. so, the judges, though, i mean, with this new group everybody has talked about what are their characters are going to be -- what personalities are they going to be? they are who they are. steven is that guy, i mean, he's from aerosmith, he's a rock star. he loves chicks. >> jimmy: seems like it. every time one walks through, it's like you see the bingo numbers come up in his eyes. >> and you see jennifer roll her eyes at him. but you watch the clips of his wardrobe and i didn't realize that anybody could make stripes, polka dots and paisleys co-exist together like he does. his fashion is definitely -- it's much more feminine than mine, finally. >> jimmy: well you've taken a real has ewe lynn turn and i'm going to be honest with you, i don't care for it. i liked when i was able to make fun of your frosted tips. you seem to be bronzing less. i don't know what's going on with you. >> again, not much time. >> jimmy: you're blossoming into a real man. i have to say. >> thank you. >> jimmy: and -- what is this you brought here? >> speaking of real man food.

this is -- you were talking about that schedule and so in order to -- >> jimmy: i heard you talk about this. >> i talk about it on the radio all the time. this is my green juice. this is what i drink in between getting from -- >> jimmy: when you get angry, you turn into the hulk? >> not quite. miniature version. but this is called brazilian thunder, and i just got -- >> jimmy: did you name it? >> i did. it's kale, coconut water, greens, cinnamon, ginger. a little bit of lemon. and i drink this first thing in the morning -- >> jimmy: why is it called brazilian thunder? can you wax with it? >> wait a minute. you and i have known each other for too long. >> jimmy: are any of the ingredients from brazil? >> stop talking about it and taste it. >> jimmy: is it any good? >> it's great and really good for you. it keeps your energy up. >> jimmy: you make this? >> i do. >> jimmy: this is not a product. >> and my trainer turned me onto this. he's a brazilian dude. don't ask. guillermo? >> jimmy: a birthday celebration. guillermo, you get a little bit

of that -- >> what do you make of that? >> jimmy: it's not terrible. i mean, it tastes healthy. it tastes like you put a salad in a blender. >> it's like drinking a yard. >> jimmy: yeah that's exactly what it is. i feel like i'm a kid and i'm mowing a neighbor's lawn right now. >> do you have to bag it or dump it in the back? >> jimmy: can you make popsicles out of this? if you freeze it? >> i've never tried that. >> jimmy: how often do you make this? every single day? >> i do. i make it the night before. >> jimmy: you can't freeze it and have a whole batch? >> it's not as good, jimmy. >> jimmy: is this really good for you? because it doesn't -- it doesn't seem like there's much in there. >> this is a thicker batch than normal, honestly. >> jimmy: it is a thick batch. can you put vodka in this? >> you know what, on fridays you can. >> jimmy: you know what, this is delicious, thank you. >> yeah. courtesy delicious. >> jimmy: randy was here last week and he said that people were calling him, asking him to kind of help get a job as a judge on "american idol" when the slots were open. did you get that? >> we, yeah, i guess we both did then.

because there were a couple of weeks when it was unknown who was going to be on the panel and i would look at my little call sheet of people who called during the day and i thought, wow, i'm moving up. >> jimmy: can you give us any names? he did give us one name. he said wayne newton called and asked. >> i don't know if he was being honest about that. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> maybe he was winding you up. real names like pop star names and i thought this is pretty cool. then i realized when i returned the call that it always ended with, so, i'm free to do the show, you know, if they're still looking. >> jimmy: and what did you say? >> i have all the power, i'll take that back to the producers. >> jimmy: you said, listen, they're talking about replacing me with pat sajak. i don't, you know i don't have anything to do with it. >> i said, look barry manilow, i'll call you back on monday. >> jimmy: have you heard from simon regarding the new judges? >> actually, i did hear from him. i spoke to him when he was overseas on a little bit of a break and he -- he didn't comment about the new show. >> jimmy: really? >> he didn't bring up the new

show but -- >> jimmy: he likes to keep his opinions to himself. [ laughter ] >> he -- i will tell you this is true, and he's a dear friend and he's going to continue to have a successful show in his new show but he'll be the first to congratulate himself on his new ratings by sending me a fax of the ratings to my house the day after his new series premieres. >> jimmy: are you concerned about that? can these shows co-exist? >> yes. >> jimmy: they can? are they different enough, do you think? >> yeah. i think so. >> jimmy: do you hope his does well? >> i do. >> jimmy: do you hope his does better than yours? >> jimmy, it's been a long segment. i feel like we should take a break, come back. no break? >> jimmy: you love taking breaks and coming back. >> it's all i do. >> jimmy: it's one of your favorite things. >> after the break. shower in two parts. >> jimmy: i happen to know, which we've talked about this before, that you actually -- you eat food besides drinking this. >> i swallow solid food. >> jimmy: you collect menus from restaurants. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what do you do with them? >> i hang them on the wall in

the kitchen. >> jimmy: how many do you have? >> probably 20. the idea -- >> jimmy: really? >> it's a grown-up version of collecting comic books. >> jimmy: okay. >> but the stories aren't as good. the idea is, you have a great meal with family or friends and you're in a special place in the world, you have the chef sign it, you frame it and hang it. >> jimmy: i like that. >> it's like a photograph but without pictures and it's a great memory. >> jimmy: that's nice. when you have a really good one you -- >> you say, can i have a chef sign it, get a picture and you frame it up in the kitchen. makes for a really cool wall display. >> jimmy: that is nice. i have a little surprise for you. it's not your 40th birthday but i do have something for you, because i heard about this and i thought this would be absolutely wonderful. this is -- >> i've not been. >> jimmy: this is flavor flav's new fried chicken restaurant. it's in clinton, iowa. and i have to say -- i've not been to your home but i think this will look -- any decor it would match. look at the beautiful frame we've done here. >> you know, i would like to extend an invitation to my home

for you to help me figure out the right place for that. >> jimmy: can i bring flavor flav? >> yes. thank you so much, buddy. >> jimmy: that's something you can enjoy for years and years and years. >> that's awesome. >> jimmy: i know you have to go because you have to be at 2:00 in the morning to do your paper route and then go to the radio show. et cetera. et cetera. but it's great to have you here. ryan seacrest, everybody. "american idol," wednesday and thursday night at 8:00 on fox. we'll be right back with melissa leo.

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