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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i will say -- i'm not sure who you people are and how you got here. i'm glad you did. if you weren't here this would be embarrassing. thank you for coming. i will reward you with malcolm gladwell, kings of leon, and lisa kudrow is here as well. whoo! oh, hey. >> i'm so sorry, i am late. i was in my room eating a danish, i heard you call my name, then i missed my cue, your idiot producer deidn't come get me. >> jimmy: you are not late. it's not time for our interview. i was letting the audience know you will be on the show tonight. >> you are so sweet. you don't have to cover for me. i missed my cue. usually not this unprofessional. >> jimmy: i am not covering for you. you are really not late. you are actually early. you are here early. like, a little too early. >> really? >> jimmy: yeah.

>> oh, all right. so, make myself look a little better. >> jimmy: you look great. >> thanks, you do too. >> jimmy: whatever, take the curlers out or whatever. >> i can go, you are not going to say mean thing as but me? >> jimmy: no. i wouldn't do that. just go ahead, relax. >> okay, i will go. okay. >> jimmy: okay, that's lisa kudrow. not her fault. our fault. we should have, yeah. anyway, last night was game one of the world series between the saint louis cardinals and boston red sox. it was not a good game for the cardinals, the red sox beat them 8-1. it was an especially painful loss. a lot of it was their own fault. is something wrong? this was probably the low point, routine pop-up in the second inning, it should have been an easy out. >> jammed it. on the mound. adam wainwright says, everybody

stay away, and it drops. look at this. i believe the technical term for this is belly itching. it drops right between them. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what is? oh, lisa, you know, we don't normally, the guests normally, aren't out for the monologue. they're normally in the back. >> normally. oh, they're normally not. so are you calling me abnormal? >> jimmy: no, i'm just saying that if you, you don't need to. >> okay, i will go leave. >> jimmy: i am not -- >> that is okay. i will leave. now i know you will say mean things. >> jimmy: i am not going to say mean things. >> i'm abnormal. >> jimmy: i'm not going to say mean things. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my sitting stool. her timing isn't great. but i like her enthusiasm.

this was an interesting story. there was a fan at the game. die hard red sox fan, gino marcello. wanted to go to game one. his boss at the furniture store he works at wouldn't give him the night off. didn't give enough notice. he went to the game anyway. with this sign "i quit my job for this." he did. quit his job to go to the game. then they asked him if he was worried about it. he said i will find something new. if you are a business owner, and looking for an employee that writes like a 9-year-old girl and ditches work. this could be your guy. i have a feeling gino is going to weanind up like this -- livi in -- some of the fans at the game last night, and tonight. i don't mean any disrespect to the city of boston. some of the fans are just awful. i mean -- animals.

no cooth, no class. this one in particular. now, i don't -- why do we need to -- why do we need to see that? there are children watching these games. and i'll tell you another thing, these players need to shave. if i want to see a bunch of beered men battling for a ring, i will watch "the hobbit" thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] lisa, still back there? >> no, she split. >> jimmy: youtube has an interesting new way of making money. they are alug ulowing users whoe 10,000 subscribers to set up their paid youtube channels. my one complaint about youtube has been it is free. you will now be able to charge subscribers, 99 cents a month and up to see your videos. which that would be a tough thing to ex-palestiniplain to y financial planner, $500 car

payment, $160 a month on the leave britney alone guy channel, $30 for cats following laser pointer. i want to go back to the world series. we did this with football earlier this year. it was fun. did all it again. i sent sal on hollywood boulevard today to play a game we came up with "will they catch it." the way this works, sal will throw a baseball to a random person on the street. when the ball is in mid flight, we are going to stop the video and together we will ftry to guess whether or not the person will catch it. we will use we, have a high tech, multimillion dollar, audience voting system now. you have your voting. if you think the person is going to catch it. press the yes button. if you think they're going to miss it. you press the no button. all right, let's begin all. what avenue h what's happening? look at the shirt. everything on you. will you catch the ball if i throw it. all right, you ready? >> yeah.

>> it's up. >> jimmy: will he catch it? go ahead. lock in your votes. as people have been known to do. we'll tally them up. what do we have? all right, 68% say yes. let's find out. >> oh! >> jimmy: the dodgers had bones and stuff. let's go to the next. can i throw you two a baseball? >> you can throw me a softball. >> this is as soft as it gets. pretty hard. grab a glove. fight for it. a free baseball. >> jimmy: it is up in the air. will they catch it? they both, two people, gloves. people are taking this very seriously. really who, cares. here we go. 33%. 67% say no. let's find out what happened. >> oh. >> jimmy: sal caught it. that was a yes. who else do we have out there?

>> are you from brooklyn. >> i am! >> had a feeling. >> how do you snow. >> can i throw you a ball? here we go, brooklyn. >> jimmy: she its from brooklyn. i've don't know what that means. she is from brooklyn. the audience is voting. audience says, most lly no. he will not catch it. let's find out. so far you guys are not that good at this. all right. who else do we have? >> will you catch it? will you please catch it? i think you could do it. all right, you ready? all right, be focused. i am going to whip it hard at your head. ready, set, go. all right. he didn't throw it that high. that is a big glove in comparison to the size of that woman. the audience says yes, she will catch it.

let's find out if she does. >> oh, you got it. [ indiscernible ] you did it. go ahead. get out of here. >> jimmy: she is in a big rush. that's yoda's wife. all right. we have another, yeah. >> chewbacca, chewbacca, come here. can i throw you a ball? you get no glove. all right. here we go. >> jimmy: ooh, will chewbacca, carrying captain america's shield around. i don't know if there is a mugging on the bloofoulevard. going for two characters at once there. will chewbacca catch it? the audience says no. and -- and chewbacca says -- really didn't even have a chance at it. all right, two more.

>> can i throw you a baseball? >> sure, why? >> just look that. here we go, big papi. wow, that's up there. all right. well. it was -- ha-ha-ha. that its a hanes commercial waiting to happen. all right. will he catch it though? we are not here to critique people's physical appearance. no. most audience says no. he will not. will he catch it? that was my favorite one. and fires it right back. i believe we have one more. all right. you ready? the ball is up in the air. it's up. and will they -- i think we note answer to this one. yeah. no, well there you go. >> you suck. >> jimmy: all right. we will take a break. nicely done.

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>> jimmy: welcome back. malcolm gladwell, and kings of leon on the way. halloween is a week from tonight. halloween is on thursday this year. a lot of halloween parties are happening this weekend. you better get a costume if you are planning to dress up. had to say, i kind of hate people who have great costumes. because i always feel look they should be putting that energy

into something i deem worthwhile. but i like it. do like it when parents do it for kids. this one is adorable. a man in southern california, royce hutain, made a creative costume for his 22-month-old daughter. got a bunch of l.e.d. lights, velcro and did this. >> hi. like a baby tron. little light-up stick figure. by the way the kid is getting all the candy in the neighborhood. none left for anybody else. that was very cute. believe it or not, we came up with a way to make it even cuter. come on in, guillermo. [ cheers and applause ]

>> jimmy: ha-ha. you look -- you look ridiculous. do you think you, i think your arms went out, huh? your arms died out. oh, look at that. see, you don't pay the bill, that's what happens. >> i'll fix it. >> jimmy: what do you do, have a wrist control over there? >> yeah. >> now they're working. >> jimmy: maybe it wasn't cuter. i don't know. the problem is his extension cord goes so far. usually lit up on tequila. here he is tonight. >> guillermo: oh. >> jimmy: see if you can get that working. >> guillermo: right there. >> jimmy: you sound look a robot or something. hey, this is unbelievable. science news. scientists from harvard and yale changed genetic code, of e.coli bacteria made an organism

resistant to infections. the same process they used to come up with dip-n-dots. a photograph of the new organization. it feed exclusively on cheese flavored products. they're saying, this could be, an important step toward making sure that everyone lives forever and looks like an abercrombie & fitch model. we focus on world series, miley cyprus, whatnot. this is probably the most important story of the year. scientists have created life. tonight we have the lead researcher of the project with us live via satellite from yale university. thought it would be interesting to have him explain this to us. dr. faren isaacs. hello, doctor. >> hello, jimmy. >> jimmy: doctor, wow, are you all right? looks like something went wrong? >> nothing is wrong. this is an amazing day for science. everything is going great. we have definitely not sinned against god here.

>> jimmy: tell us more about the experiment itself. what have you created, a modified bacteria cell? doctor? >> it was, yes. but it has grown at an alarming rate and is acting out an amazing uncontrollable new ways. >> jimmy: what was that? >> we are just celebrating. we are all, very, very excited about what we have done. >> jimmy: looked look there are other researchers there with you. i would look to talk to them. are they free? >> stay back! stay back! stay back! >> jimmy: are they able to speak to us? >> no. they're gone now. all gone. it's just me in here now. by the way, do you know the military phone numbers or anybody who owns a flame thrower? >> jimmy: doc, i am not a scientist. seems look you have create aid monster that turned on its human

masters. is that safe to assume? >> jimmy, how many times do i have to tell you, everything is fine. >> jimmy: why does your sign seem to say -- >> no, jimmy, i have to go. scientists call. >> jimmy: oh, my goodness, doctor, he is probably fine. [ cheers and applause ] guillermo, it is working now. isn't that the way it always goes? all right. you know what it is thursday night. we have a tradition around here, time for the weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. this week in "unnecessary censorship." enjoy. >> they can get a good deal, at low costs have the security of health care, and this is not just for old [ bleep ] like me. >> i weak up at 3:00. >> do you? >> then i take a [ bleep ] and go straight to work.

>> i think the president should man up and let us know who is responsible and in charge and [ bleep ] them. >> beltran was tied. >> i feel like i have been waiting my whole life to [ bleep ] you. >> i could say the same thing. >> welcome back at 5:57, [ bleep ], [ bleep ] is the reason one mom can't serve jury duty. >> ooh have known several women miners in my career, [ bleep ] make these women look like chick end. >> i get trying to [ bleep ] the right [ bleep ], i get that. a tough one to swallow. >> the fda sending out a warning to pet owners not to [ bleep ] your pets, any pet, dog, cat. >> crimestoppers, 1-800-222-[ bleep ]. >> if you look at economies in texas or the dakotas, [ bleep ] to your point has the the economy booming. >> [ bleep ] this. >> ah, what are you doing here? >> what am i doing here? where have you been? i have been waiting to [ bleep ] you, [ bleep ] for the last

hour. >> ooh. >> oh. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: the show, malcolm gladwell, music from kings of leon and we'll be right back with lisa kudrow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] eeny, meeny, miny, go. ♪ ♪ more adventures await in the new seven-passenger lexus gx. lease the 2014 gx 460 for $499 a month for 27 months.

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♪ >> jimmy: tonight on the program, "david and goliath" number three on the best-sellers list, malcolm gladwell with us. and music from this brand new cd, mechanical bull, the great kings of leon from the sony outdoor stage. and you can see, the kings of leon on tour starting february 5th in atlanta, georgia. next week, jennifer garner will be here, ben kingsley, and dax shepard, david arquette, rob delany, small pools, no-no-no and rob zombie on halloween night. and our next guest, ten seasons as one sixth of the cast of "friend" see her on a beloved tv

show on scandal. >> you don't need branding. i don't trust you with the nuclear code. you are fresh, inexperienced. you feel look a high schooler visiting college for the weekend. i can change that each of can push the undecideds into your camp. >> that's all the time we have. >> she is hired. >> we have more candidates to consider. >> leo is waiting. >> can you clear the room. i need a moment alone with ms. pope. >> scandal airs thursday night on abc. please say hello to lisa kudrow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: good to see you. i was, you know, sorry about the timing thing. i think it is okay now, right?

everything is all right? >> yeah, i almost ran out again. welcome to the abc family. are you officially a member of the abc family you, had a fleeting debut on scandal tonight. >> yeah, fleeting. >> in the background at the white house. >> jimmy: next week though. you really, really. >> a scene, the scene from next week. >> next week, yeah. >> jimmy: how long will you be on the show? are you a permanent cast member? >> i'm not allowed to say anything. >> jimmy: the reason i asked, kerry washington was here. i asked her the same question about you. and she said she, she seemed nervous. be came flustered. >> i am terrified now. covering it with laughter. >> jimmy: why is everyone so scared? is it shonda rhymes. >> sheep's perfectly nice. it seems. no, no, she is. >> jimmy: what happens, for instance, will you get cold off if you, will your character be murdered on the show? >> i don't know. i don't know.

i don't know. >> jimmy: so you don't get killed off on the show. you have no idea. >> these people you have to remember they invented that, b-613 thing. i don't know if it is real or not. but for them it is. so -- fi just do what i'm told. keep the trap shut. >> jimmy: the first time you were here, talking about your son. really, really into halloween. is it still like that? how old is your son now? >> now he is 15. it is different. different. >> jimmy: when did it stop? when did the enthusiasm wane? >> i noticed last year, year before. he wouldn't even wear a costume. but, still wanted to go trick-or-treating with a friend. and so, luckily, his friend's mom. >> jimmy: that is not trick-or-treating. that to me is no different than what the somali pirates do. it is a warning to your neighbors that if you don't hand hand the candy over something may happen. >> he is 6'1."

this man. >> jimmy: even worse. >> anyway, i am friend with his friend's mom. we thought, yeah, we will take the kids around their neighborhood like we used to when they were preschool. and i mean that lasted two seconds. because, a, it was tough for them to get candy. b, they went it's all little kids. yes, because it's halloween. kids are dressed up. so we just went to the store and bought them halloween candy. and took them back and they played games. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah. we went to the store and bought halloween candy. >> jimmy: seemed like cheating to me. you are not supposed to do that. >> yes, it felt weird. in fact, i kept saying are we allowed to duo this. >> jimmy: you grew up in l.a.? >> yeah, i grew up in the valley. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's just down the street. don't get too excited. >> it's different the valley. >> jimmy: a little different. >> we used to say going to beverly hills was going into the

city. >> jimmy: really. >> yeah, going into the city for dinner. >> jimmy: the four mile journey. >> the canyon. >> jimmy: were you intimidated by the idea of hollywood and show business? or because most people are pretty jaded by the time they're -- they're an adult who grow up here. >> well, but it wasn't. i wasn't exposed to that much hollywood in the valley. i wasn't in the city. >> jimmy: i see. >> you know with the hollywood folk. so, it, it was, no, that was, that was, made me nervous. i was going to be living in the city for the first time, yeah. >> jimmy: and then you, i know you did, like, improv comedy. you were with the groundlings? >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: your first entry into television that sort of sning. >> groundlings. the first thing i did. >> jimmy: did any, any of your classmates go on to be successful and famous, people like that you were in it with? >> yeah, yeah, lots of them. julia sweny was there when i was there, kathy griffin was there

when i was there. she was really funny. >> jimmy: she is funny. what was she like before she -- she seems look a person that has always kidded hconsidered herse famous probably from the day. would you agree with that assessment. >> yeah, in a way. if you mean by kiddiconsidering herself famous full of confidence, comedic confidence. yeah. yeah. she was look this terrorist backstage to the guys. it was hilarious. she is not afraid of anything. she would come out to like the little couch area, and she would, she would come out half dressed, or half naked and go up to a guy, say touch them. i know you've want to. and sort of like bully them. and guys would go, stop it, kathy. just. don't do that. >> jimmy: the thing about guys. if we can secretly have a look at that or whatever, we are delighted. but if you thrust it upon us, suddenly, we become demure. >> yes, it's true. it was so fun to watch her do

that. >> jimmy: at that point were you on your own? or did you live with your parents when you were doing that? >> i didn't live with my parents. i lived in the city. >> jimmy: in the city. okay. >> with a stranger who, you know, supposed to live with a girl. then she found some one else to live with. said, a friend of the family's friend need a roommate. you can live with her. she is french. okay. i moved in with this french stranger. >> jimmy: your husband is french. >> yes. >> jimmy: is that where you got interested in the french? >> ha-ha. kind of.funny, where i learned, maybe you don't want to date the french. >> jimmy: marry the french. but don't date the french. >> as it turns out. guess what? he started, he came over not long after i moved in. and he started dating her. he moved out to l.a. from paris, started dating her. that's where i first laid eyes

on him. and thought he was like this dream boat. >> jimmy: i see. >> even though he is french. he did have a career. most of the french people didn't. i did not swoop in. i would never do that. that's not nice. >> jimmy: who swooped? >> six years later. >> jimmy: that's not a swoop. that's more of a sashay. yeah. i guess it worked out. >> of it worked out. yeah. >> jimmy: glad. i am curious to see what is going to happen, if you're holding something back from me, i think you may be, seems like you know more than you are telling right now. you seem -- >> i know a lot more. >> jimmy: if you feel like you are in danger, blink twice, we will get you -- we will sashay you right out of there. lisa kudrow, scandal, thursday nights, 10:00. we will be right back with malcolm gladwell.

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things that i have learned from each of your books is that what i think is right isn't necessarily right. and often times is wrong. >> yes, my favorite thing is the whole counterintuitive thing. i don't like to say that everything you think is wrong, just little specific -- >> jimmy: story of david and goliath. we have a version that is not the actual story, right? >> yeah, i open my book with -- i go back to the biblical story of david and goliath. point out there are all kind of ways in which, that are conventional interpretation. david is not guy suffering who pulls off this extraordinary upset. he is armed with the sling, the weapon heap h has is a devastat weapon. one of the most devastating in ancient warfare. a rock thrown from a sling has a stopping power e ququivalent t a

a.45 caliber pistol. remember in "indiana jones" he pulls out his, that's exactly what david is doing. he is pulling out the sling in a sword fight. goliath is helpless. the big lumbering giant. he doesn't have a prayer. >> jimmy: his vision is not very good. >> the other thing. all this fascinating discussion among medical experts about the fact that goliath had a tumor on your pituitary gland which causes overproduction of human growth hormone which is why he is so tall. it constricts your optic nerves meaning your eyesight is restructed. goliath couldn't see much more than this in front of his face. he doesn't see david. in the biblical thing, he says, constantly saying come to me. what he means is i can't see you. right? and so, david is winding up with the sling. and goliath is, where are you?

>> jimmy: david was a jerk. >> a little unorthodox. >> jimmy: thought he would fight him man-to-man. got a rock in the mid of the head. >> right. >> jimmy: another thing you put forth in the book, having dyslexia is good for some people. >> for some, yes. there is this really fascinating thing about dyslexia, if you look at -- successful entrepreneurs, studies of this, where they take large samples of successful entrepreneurs they ask the question, what percentage of them had were diagnosed growing up with a learning disability like dislex yeah. enormous studies, a third of successful entrepreneurs, we are talks charles schwaab, the guy who starts kinko's, richard branson, the guy who starts ikea, and these guys are all, they all have dyslexia. >> jimmy: is that why everything

is spelled so crazy at ikea. >> why is this spelled? why do the instructions make no sense? it's this really weird thing. because, when you, when you talk, and i sat down with lots of these guys, and i would say, what is going on? how did you overcome this disability. he said we didn't overcome it. we didn't succeed in spite of our disability. we succeeded because of our disability. the things that you learn in working your way around your dyslexia, turn out to be, as important if not more important than being able to read well. the first thing they do in first grade is -- make friend with the smartest person in the class. of course. right? how else are you going to make it through? they learn to delegate. they make other people do their work for them. of course they do. i had a great interview with brian grazer,

yea -- dyslexia. how would you get through school? i would negotiate. i would fail the test. you and i both know, i know more than this. so you spent your entire childhood negotiating. then what did you sfwbecome? hollywood producer. by the time he becomes a producer. he spend 20 years, negotiating up, the perfect training of course. >> jimmy: this i really have to say knocked me out. it makes sense when you explain it. but you say that, we are so obsessed with smaller class sizes in school. and you say that that, not only is that not important, not necessarily good. >> no, i was really interested in class size. every one in america thinks that -- the smaller a class is, the better off their child its. that tea tr that's true up to a point i you go from new york city. classes are enormous. well into the 30s. if you make a class that is 35 kids. make it 25 kids. the kids are absolutely better off. no one is arguing about that. where it gets interesting

though, right around 25. what happens when you reduce a class from 25 to 20. the answer is not much. what happens if you go from 20 down to, 15. the evidence seems to be that things can get worse. that a kid is worse off in a really small class than a large one. for a bunch of fascinating reasons. but most important thing is if you are a struggling student, the most important thing is having another kid in the class, learning at the same rate as you. you don't feel alone and stigmatized. if the class gets too small, your chances of finding some one else, learning at your level, get really, it gets really, really hard to find that. so you, you are -- you are all alone out there. everyone is looking at you, saying you are the dumb kid. it gets really hard to be that struggling student. when the -- when the class gets too small. >> i love this stuff. you weren't the dumb kid, right. weren't the one with dyslexia or any of these things? >> well i went to a little tiny school in the middle of nowhere. it wouldn't have mattered really what i was.

>> jimmy: did everyone have that hair there? >> no, this -- this was -- when i was, by the way, this is historically when we look at the span of my life, this is small. when i was a teenager, it was -- see that guy over there. >> jimmy: i didn't notice him. >> i was on that level. on that level. yeah. >> jimmy: you have a very bright future ahead of you. ha-ha-ha. well, this, i love this, i have to say, so great to have newt book from you. david and goliath, underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants. malcolm gladwell. thank you very much, malcolm. appreciate it. we'll be right back!

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