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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: our next guest is our country's greatest roaster since kenny rogers. his new show pits comedian against comedian, "jeff ross presents roast battle" premieres on comedy central next thursday night at 10:00 p.m. please say hello to jeff ross. [ cheers and applause ] ♪
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>> jimmy: how you doing? >> this is so fun. >> jimmy: i'm happy to have you here. just want you to explain to the audience, they may not know what a roast battle is. >> two comedians going mike to mike in verbal combat. >> jimmy: i saw this a couple weeks ago. it's unbelievably funny, it's vicious, and the comedians usually kind of know each other. sometimes they don't. how did this start? >> who comedians were in a parking lot, almost having a fist fight. brian moses said, go home, write some jokes about each
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come back tomorrow. and in the end, i think it brought them closer together. >> jimmy: they couldn't have been much farther apart. >> one of them was a stoner, and one of them was a stutterer. >> jimmy: really? >> i don't remember their names, but i remember it took a long time to do the battle. 16 comedians from 4 different countries, roasting each other, one-on-one, it's like a home run derby of roasting. they research each other, do their 4 or 5 best jokes, sometimes it goes to sudden death. and you're judging it. >> jimmy: what do i have to do as a judge? >> the rules are original
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material only. no yo mama jokes. it's a joke writer's showcase. nothing is off limits. no chill, but no physical contact. you can't touch the other person until the end. every battle ends with a hug. >> jimmy: for me, i just sit and make sure the material seems to be original. >> your job is to get wasted and decide who is funnier. >> jimmy: how many times have you roasted donald trump? >> i guess twice officially. >> jimmy: twice officially. >> and one time he flew we down to his resort to make fun of him in front of his members. >> jimmy: i see. and did he react well to that? because he's notoriously thin-skinned, right? >> i'm still alive. >> jimmy: was
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off-limits? >> you can make fun of his hair, his appearanappearance, the fac you can say he might be our first orange-american president. but the one thing he's super sensitive about, you can't make fun of how much money he's lost. >> jimmy: did he say anything to you about it? >> the writers were sending him his jokes. what's the difference between a wet squirrel and donald trump? $16 billion. he wanted higher. he didn't care that they were making fun of his hair. >> jimmy: have
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hillary clinton? >> that would be fun. i would like to see donald trump and hillary clinton not debate but have a roast battle. he could be like, i need four insults about north korea by 3:00 p.m., if i was a member of his roast cabinet. it was a very surreal plane ride, i will admit. >> jimmy: the plane ride with donald trump. why? >> i called it hair force one. we chit-chatted, and watched a movie. >> jimmy: what movie did you watch? >> "american history x". >> jimmy: i don't know if that's a joke or not. >> he laughed the entire way through it. >> jimmy: this was something you tweeted on july 15th.
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breaking news, the country of turkey will now be called pastrami. take me through the process of this one. >> inspiration can come from anywhere. >> jimmy: where did this come from? >> katz's deli in new york. i see there's a revolution happening, and i'm like, hey, i've got some political humor. >> jimmy: did anybody think it was insensitive? >> one guy wrote back, said, at least they won't go hungary. >> jimmy: "jeff ross presents roast battle" premieres next thursday at 10:00 p.m. on comedy central. and we shall return with outdoor music from culture club.
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>> jimmy: i'd like to thank cara delevingne, jeff ross, and i want to apologize to matt damon. we ran out of time. "nightline" is next. but first, you can see them this summer on their first u.s. tour in over 15 years, here with the song "miss me blind," culture club! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ miss me i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me blind ♪ i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me blind ♪ i know you'll ♪ i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me blind ♪ i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me blind ♪ bet you got a good gun bet you know how
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to have some fun and then you turn it around ♪ ♪ on me because i'm better than the rest of the men i say you'll miss me ♪ ♪ and you always do i say you'll miss me now would i lie to you now there's no ♪ ♪ need to demand grab my golden hand i'll teach you and you'll never be sure ♪ ♪ if the way that you need is too much like greed decide if you are ♪ ♪ rich or you're poor i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me i know you'll ♪ ♪ miss me blind i know you'll miss me i know you'll miss me i know you'll ♪ ♪ miss me blind bet you make the fool run
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bet you know how to make it last forever ♪ ♪ but you know i'm never really sure are you're just kissing to be clever ♪ ♪ i say you'll miss me and you always do i say you'll miss me now would i lie to you ♪ ♪ now there's no need to demand grab my golden hand i'll teach you ♪ ♪ and you'll never be sure if the way that you need is too much like greed decide if you are rich ♪ ♪ or you're poor because the love that i have to give must be better ♪ ♪ than that kind it can make you rich it can make you poor but i know that ♪ ♪ you'll miss me blind
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this is "nightline." tonight, high drama at the republican convention. ted cruz refusing to nominate donald trump. and the big admission about melan melania's speech. plus, music, the prophets of rage. providing the convention's protest sound track. and after this dangerous wreck, bystanders banding together to do the seemingly impossible. but first, here are the "n
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the target of the anger, texas senator ted cruz, who ran against trump in the primaries, but refused to endorse him tonight,even as the crowd loudly called for him to do so. enough was enough, apparently, for trump. time to upstage him, drawing the cameras away as cruz was still at the podium. >> by standing for liberty. god bless each and every one of you. >> reporter: it really got ugly, as the delegates turned their anger at cruz's wife heidi, who had to be escorted out. >> it was not a pretty situation. >> reporter: this was the
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culmination of a longer bitter season of anger between the two men. >> this man is a pathological liar. >> lying ted does not have the temperament to do this. >> reporter: did cruz hurt himself or help himself tonight? >> in a year of political firsts, another first. a major candidate comes in, doesn't endorse the nominee of the party. i think he hurt himself in the short-term, and in the long term, because his ambition is to run for president if trump loses, it hurts him. >> reporter: how about trump? >> i think he looks like the unifying figure of
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of the republican party. >> i accept your nomination to run and serve at vice president of the united states of america. >> reporter: the primetime speech of trump's vice presidential pick, indiana governor mike pence. >> i'm a christian, a conservative, and a republican in that order. >> reporter: a hero of cultural conservatives, his job tonight, to help his new boss unite a clearly divided party. >> it's change versus status quo. and my fellow republicans, when donald trump becomes president of the united states of america, the change will be huge. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: at the end of pence's speech tonight, trump strode out on stage to congratulate his guy, and give him a sort of awkward air kiss. >> he
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the choir and the pew. and i think he did a good job. >> reporter: here's trump touching down in his chopper. walking alongside of his adult children, but interestingly, not his wife melania. the last time we saw her here, it was right after giving the now infamous speech, with striking similarities to michelle obama's speech from 2008. >> we want our children and all children in the nation to know -- >> because we want our children in this nation to know -- >> the only limit of your achievements are the reach of your dreams and willingness to work hard. >> the only limit of your achievements is the strength of your dreams and willingness to work for them. >> reporter: today, an
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of trump named meredith mciver said, melania told me some things she liked, and i wrote them down. this was my mistake. but why did melania not notice the similarities? mciver said she offered her resignation, but trump didn't accept it. here's what george stephanopoulos heard from trump. >> she's been with me a long time. she's a good person, and came forward, said, look, it was a mistake i made. >> how is she handling all this? >> she's a good woman, a strong woman, i thought she made a beautiful speech. >> she had that hall. >> totally had that hall. and now the
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of her, which is terrific, because it was very unfair. >> reporter: on night three, the trump family continued its dominance of the convention. eric trump took the stage. >> vote for the one candidate that does not need this job. >> reporter: he oversees the family's golf enterprises, and works as a judge on the apprentice. >> to the unemployed voter watching me right now, wondering how you will make your next mortgage or rent payment, my father is running for you. >> this is a trump convention, not a republican convention. so, this is all about him and all about his family. >> reporter: is he at risk of overdoing it? >> he could be. people here really are eager to know more,
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know of the trumps, the more they like it. >> reporter: tomorrow night, it's ivanka's turn. and she will introduce her dad for the most important speech of his life. what's his job thursday night? >> to reassure people that he can be the president of the united states. >> you've had some amazing entrances this week, with the smoke and the helicopter. how do you top it tomorrow night? >> you will definitely be there. i'm not looking for entrance. i'm looking for a good grouping of words, it's not about the entrance, it's about the words and getting the words done. the only way we're going to get that taken care
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do well in november. >> reporter: late tonight, trump tweeted about the ted cruz incident, saying cruz failed to keep his pledge to support the nominee, but i saw his speech two hours earlier, whatever. next, one of the angriest bands ever. is and laand later, strangeg together to save a young driver. ♪ take on any road with intuitive all-wheel drive. the nissan rogue, murano and pathfinder. now get 0% apr for 72 months,
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