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the black harvard school will both meet with the president obama. and a way to ease the tension stemming from the incident. today, a new controversy, who's drinking what. red stripes for the professor, blue moon for the cop and all the brews brewed by foreign-owned countries. should the beer summit be american brewed or has the whole thing left us all a little punch drunk? tell us what you think by clicking on the "nightline" page at abcnews.com or on the "nightline" twitter page for the beer summit. but that's our report for tonight. "jimmy kimmel live" is up next. i'm terry moran. from all of us at abc news, good night, america. hi, i'm jimmy kimmel. on the show tonight, from "funny people", jonah hill. from "in plain sight", mary mccormack. professional skater of boards ryan sheckler. and a movie review from the great joe jackson.

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>> i'm jimmy, welcome to the show. tonight let's do everything but. [ laughter ] huh? this -- i don't have to tell you this is a fat country. america's maybe the fattest place in the world. especially when they take pictures on us on the beach next to africa. if there's one thing that this fat nation needs it's a fat dating reality show. last night, the fox reality gave us the gift with "more to love". this is about inner beauty. watch this and see if you notice anything. >> i'm fun, i'm awesome. i'm freakin' awesome. i'm so looking forward to the chance to let go of everything. i never experienced that before.

he actually held my hand and gave me his jacket. i have waited for a guy to just want to get to know me. >> every time that woman appeared on screen they gave her weight. 220 pounds. every time. as if it might change over the curse -- course of the episode, like watching a score or something. that's something. the premise of the show, a heavy guy named luke gets to choose among a group of heavy ladies and hopefully they give birth to hip hip hippo pot mouse or something. >> i'm making my rounds, i'm getting to know each of -- of them. i'm an average guy. i'm looking for, you know, a normal life. i'm ready to meet the girl of my dreams. bring it on. [ laughter ] >> wow.

i'm ashamed to admit that happened to me one time. the show did okay in the ratings. i'm not surprised because fat is really where it's at nowadays. there's so many weight loss shows on the air. they have a whole channel that caters to overweight programming, 24 hours a day. >> tonight on the large channel. at 8:00 p.m., they're fat. they're virgins and ththey live their parents. only one will be named the fattest loser. then at 9:00, america's favorite game show, super size. >> a. >> yes, two a's. >> wheel of pork skin. at 9:30, anorexic supermodels doing what they do best. plus, tripping and fainting on the runway. america's clumsiest skinny

bitches. and at 10:00, ron likes his with whipped dream and chocolate sauce. stu likes his with bacon and gravy. tonight, their lives are about to change forever. [ laughter ] waffle swap. and for fat late night laughs, don't miss "jimmy kimmel live." >> hold on a minute now. [ cheers and applause ] speaking of being away, exciting news for kevin federline. looks like somebody is sporting a baby bump. time for k-fed to drop the k from his name. he's apparently so fertile he was somehow able to impregnate himself. this is incredible, "the new york times" is reporting that the city of new york has been dealing with the homeless problem by buying them the

homeless plane tickets to send them back where they came from. it cost the city of new york $35,000 a year to shelter a homeless family, but less than a thousand dollars to dump them on cincinnati. they have run into logistical problems. first time one of the homeless guys took off their shoes in the terminal, they had to call homeland security. if they do put them on planes, i will be sitting right next to them. how the hell are they going to get the shopping carts in the overhead compartment? makes no sense. in health news, the international agency for research on cancer today announced that they're elevating tanning beds to the highest category of cancer risk. from now on, indoor tanning will rank along arsenic and mustard gas. i'll believe that if george hamilton ever dies. you wouldn't think being trapped in a coffin blasting ultraviolet

rays into your flesh would have a negative effect, but apparently it does. tens of thousands visits tanning beds every year. ryan seacrest drives one. here to put it in context for us, our staff medical expert, dr. uncle frank. >> dr. uncle frank here, keeping you healthy. the first question of the day is from carcinoma of harrisburg, pennsylvania. are tanning beds dangerous? if you're doing the wrong thing, if you're doing the right thing they're fun. a bed is a bed. doesn't matter if it's tan or light or light or dark. be careful who you're with in the bed, that's what makes it dangerous. if you're a guy with a beautiful girl, it's good. if you're a guy with another guy it could be good too. it has to do with the people

themselves, so don't worry about it. you can use a couch. [ cheers and applause ] >> on monday, the texas rangers hosted the detroit tigers. in the bottom of fourth inning, michael young fouled one off of the stands, allowing one lucky dad to make the play of the week. >> to right field. and foul. no heartbreak that time. got to be careful with the little one, huh? >> won't be little for long. you know, babies don't get anywhere, a foul ball that can be once in a lifetime. sarah palin not the governor of alaska any more. there's another young upstart who could take her place. this is from the santa cruz council meeting and listen closely to what the young woman has to say. >> while the crops are growing

very well and they're organic and some have pesticides and i think we should make a perfect pesticide for the crop. it's good for people and healthy and keeps the crops preserved too because they need the food because it's food and stuff. and organic food is good also. on the east coast they have plagues and made in china, but on the new west coast, we don't believe in that we believe in the union. this is our home this is where we live. growing food is so good. for the people because it's free. all you have to do is pay the farmers and pay for the land. but why do you have to pay for the land? the land is free. new land, you know? i mean, do we have to pay for the land, do we have to pay rent? the food is free so we should just sell it at the farmer's market. >> okay, now, at first listen -- that might seem like a lot of

nonsense, but i think there were some good things in there. in fact, let's go to the chalk board and break it down. [ cheers and applause ] now, you can see, well, the crops are growing very well and they're organic. some have pesticides. i think we should make a perfect pesticide for the crops. can't disagree with that. but it's good for people and healthy and keeps the crops preserved too because we need the food because it's food and stuff and organic. food is good also. on the east coast they have slaves and they believe in slavery and made in china. but on the west coast, the new west coast, we don't believe in that. we believe in the union and that's what we are. people, we live in california, this is our home. this is where we live. that is true we do live at home.

um, growing food is so good for the people because it's free. all you have to do is pay the farmers and pay for the land, but why do we have to pay for the land? the land's free. it's new land, you know? i mean, do you have to pay for the land? do you have to pay rent? do you have to pay the food's free? so we should just sell it at the farmer's market. [ cheers and applause ] that's -- is that clear, uncle frank? and let me tell you something, i'm totally with her on the slavery thing and that's why my family was forced to move from brooklyn. thank you, lady from the santa cruz city council meeting. you have my vote. one thing, michael jackson is in the news and i'm still holding chalk. yesterday, police in los angeles

raided the home of dr. conrad murray. michael's father, joe jackson, has been keeping busy though. he made a surprise visit on a stage in newark. he stopped his limo and went on stage to tell them he plans to keep the legacy going. uh-oh. might be time to send blanket off to camp. and in between appearing at music festivals joe has been spending time at the movies and to review the new movie "g force", here he is joe jackson. >> joe jackson movie review. >> yeah, look, i've got this to say about it. i brought some taco sauce with me. so i sat it down and slapped it down on the head with the fish. if i said it once i'll say it a million times twice. that's damn shame when the glass of soda ain't got no bubbles up in it. all in all i give it a 1500 star and make sure to check out the

new jam called chocolate milk man. the end. >> and on the show tonight, from "in plain sight", mary mccormack is here. skateboarding superstar ryan sheckler is with us. and we'll be right back with jonah hill. big day. big opportunity.

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♪ hi, there. welcome back. joining us tonight, from "in plain sight" on usa, the delightful mary mccormack is here. also with us, a skateboarding prodigy who's going for his second consecutive gold medal at x games xv this weekend, ryan sheckler. tomorrow, from "funny people", seth rogen. melissa sagemiller and music from jack's mannequin. and friday, anne heche, aubrey plaza, and music from diane birch. you know our first guest from the movies "knocked up" and "super bad".

but do you really know him? i don't think you do. his new movie from judd apatow is called "funny people". it opens friday. please say hello to jonah hill. jonah hill. [ cheers and applause ] how are you? >> hi jimmy, how's it going? i saw your movie last night. it was very, very funny. you were funny in it also as well. >> thank you. i'm into the compliment. >> you did great job in it. really funny. >> thank you so much. >> i guess you captured the world of stand-up comedy very nicely. >> that was the idea. i'm really proud of it. >> you did a great job of it. you did -- you got to work with the same group of people on a large amount of the movies, it's like you have a large repertory

theater. >> yeah. like steppenwolf. its -- it's [ bleep ]. i'm fortunate, i get to work with people i'm with in real life and it's an incredible experience. one of the people i have a funny story about, she's produced a lot of the movies. she's a beautiful, wonderful person. she happens to be like 4'11" or so, which is totally cool. we have a really sick sense of humor and we play terrible jokes. one time i was at a party and shauna was there. so -- saw her from behind. i ran up to her and i went [ bleep ] you like that, scared her really hard. and then -- >> as most people would to their co-workers. >> and then it turned out it was like an 11-year-old little girl. [ laughter ] and i can't express like the

terror that i felt when she turned around. she was like what, what? i was like no, i'm not like a weirdo. i'm sorry. i thought -- no, like this -- it shouldn't be. you know? >> you would make a terrible department store santa claus [ laughter ] >> that's a fine how do you do. >> i stopped doing that. after a brief stint, i got my act together. >> before screaming the f word in someone's face, please identify yourself. i found this photograph of you. i want to ask you about it. because first of all, it appears your head is floating amongst -- >> yeah. i'm a ghost. i look like the cloud from the short film of "up". >> that's right. >> a weird reference. if you saw "up". i don't know.

but i'm doing a movie, i'm shotting it with myself and russell brand, it is funny and puff daddy is in the movie. he's shockingly hilarious in the movie. >> really? >> so funny. and he has this annual -- so i've gotten to know him, which you'd never think our worlds would intersect. he's a great guy and he invited me and his friends to go to his annual fourth of july white party, and you have to wear all white and that's why i'm dressed like an idiot. >> like a famous party, his white party. >> i guess it's a cool thing. it was really fun, but kind of like watching the party on television. i didn't feel involved in the party at all, because it was all rappers and stuff and then me and my five nerdy friends. >> he let you bring five friends. >> yeah, he was pretty cool. i'm a cool guy. >> you look very, very clean in the white.

a good look for you. >> thanks, man. maybe i'll start wearing it. >> you have to be careful though when you're eating. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah. you do. the one guy with the ketchup stain at diddy's white party. >> i definitely ate completely naked an then got dressed before the show. >> very wise. good tip for young partiers. >> it is. eat completely naked. >> i have another picture. this is one that you provided us that i want to ask you about because in this photograph, you are with kobe bryant. >> yeah. my friends took that off the television. >> yeah. he appears to be -- >> he seems to be hanging out with me. >> he appears to be in the middle of the game right at this juncture. >> i would say that. >> now, you weren't on the

lakers, right? >> well, my agent has the awesome seats right next to the bench. until my career goes down the toilet which it is headed, hopefully not, but i have been there four or five times a year. it's the most amazing thing forever. i have had a life long lakers fan. >> it's weird being right there because you realize that you're almost playing. >> oh, i literally like -- i got carried away. i'm kind of on the lakers. [ laughter ] like in my head i was like, i'm pretty much a liker from where i'm standing. i think i got carried away a little bit because kobe bryant said i love your movies, he started to quote "superbad" and stuff. i think i got carried away because after a good play, lamar odom was coming back to the bench and he held out his hand for a high five and i thought, well, this is obviously for me all right, baby, bring it in!

and he's like kind of like hold ought -- like holding out the hand. he brushed my hand away and high fived the players. oh, right, i'm an idiot who knows a rich person. i'm not on the lakers. >> wow. maybe that's the reason for the contract troubles. they did not like how you were treated. >> i don't want to say it's because of me, but it's because of me. >> it is because of you. yeah. >> can you hear the coaches and all that stuff like that? >> it's crazy. phil jackson is my hero. he is like the zen master they call him. he's the man. one of the best coaches in nba history and i worship this guy and a couple of times he never looked in my direction or anything. until one game, they were shooting an episode of "curb your enthusiasm". i don't know why i pronounced that so crazily. curb your enthusiasm. i'm so happy that i made a joke about it. i tried to play it off

afterwards. >> it will become a viral sensation. >> enthusiasm, yeah. >> so they're shooting -- "curb your enthusiasm". they're like, can we use your seats while we shoot? of course, they're not even my seats. i'm a huge fan. i went to the seats next door. they shot their scenes, they were done. oh, you can have your seats back. but i didn't realize, my friend was like let's switch back to the other seats and we didn't realize that was not good etiquette during the middle of the basketball game, but all of a sudden, phil jackson turns to us and says, hey, this isn't musical chairs! next time you move around during a play i'll kick you the [ bleep ] out of here! >> really? >> yeah. >> wow. it was the most terrible feeling. i look up to this guy so much. and i was like awkwardly -- i'm usually very respectful.

i didn't mean any disrespect. it's like your dad telling you i don't know how you came from me. it was like he wasn't mad, but you're not in my family. >> has it put a damper on the enthusiasm for your team? >> no. >> have you done stand-up comedy before the -- this movie? >> no, never had. >> i didn't think you had. but you had to do stand-up for the movie. >> yes. >> playing a stand-up. >> yes. >> did you get jokes or did you have to go really do it? >> for six months, seth rogen and i and adam sandler would go to comedy clubs. they were good, i sucked. you slowly get better and better. i had some jokes that i wrote. in my head they were really funny but i didn't realize that if a joke doesn't work after a couple of types you should probably retire it. i was like these people are stupid, i'm going to keep doing the jokes and hopefully somebody

smart would be in the audience. >> what was the joke? >> it tanked every time. i think it's an interesting idea. the basic idea was that -- well, the basic idea was that -- >> try it out. >> yeah. >> they're all here in the audience. >> so basically, it was like you know how there's a scarier type amongst ignorant white people that asian people are terrible drivers. >> right. >> do you think there's a stereotype amongst asian drivers that white people are awesome drivers? that's never happened. [ laughter ] first time ever. it's ignorant. the umbrella by ignorance. >> well, i think it works now. i think we have a clip of the

movie and you need to socieet i a little bit. >> so adam sandler played a famous comedian who seth and i worshipped. we're up and coming stand-up comedians and he wanted to hire both of us and then seth kind of screws me over. and cuts me out of the deal. but seth picks up the phone and then cuts me out. because that's the seth rogen way. [ laughter ] >> here's a clip from "funny people". >> that was george simmons on the phone. he saw our stand-up, he wants me to write jokes for him. >> what? >> yep. >> why? >> why? because i'm funny. >> it doesn't make any sense at all. >> no? gee, the irony. [ laughter ] >> i'm funnier than seth. >> well, in the comedy world every triumph of one of your friends is a small tragedy for

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♪ hi, there, we're back. still to come on the show, ryan sheckler will be here. our next guest is a tony nominated actress whom you know previously from the west wing and as movie wife to howard stern. she has her own big hit series called "in plain sight". watch it sundays at 10:00 on usa. please say hello to mary mccormack. [ cheers and applause ] you look great. good to see you. >> thank you. good to be here. >> we met at howard and beth stern's wedding. we sat next to each other. that was a lot of fun. >> it was a lot of fun. >> i sented that you were having some trouble watching howard marry another woman. >> it was sad. it was really sad. bless her heart though. >> yeah. >> she's a good woman.

>> yes. >> she looked gorgeous. >> it was a lot of fun. we did have a lot of fun. but it's weird. because you did the movie how long ago? >> golly, i don't know. a thousand years ago. >> a long time ago. and yet, still, that's like a big thing. >> the best fun i ever had. what's more fun? i'm a huge stern fan. i love him and i love his act. but yeah, it was great. >> and you're still in touch with him? >> yeah. no, we're great friends. he came to see boeing boeing the play i did last year. it was the opening night. he have so sweet to come because he gets up at 5:00. he left at intermission. he texted me. i have to go to bed. so funny, you're great. but what are you talking about? i read it at intermission. you can't walk out. >> maybe one of his other movie wives he had a play to go to. at least he came. by the way, he gets up earlier than 5:00. >> it was sweet to come. he gets up at 3:00 or whatever. >> that's what happens men

you're in morning radio. >> yeah. >> you have your own show which is a cool thing. and you have a real husband also in real life. >> i have a real husband a director of an abc show called "brothers and sisters". whatever. >> yeah. you don't like it? >> it's up against my show. the same time slot. >> how about that? that must cause trouble at home. >> no, because mine is excellent and his is like whateverme. he come to direct the finale of my show. we've never worked together. he's english, he's perfect manners and i'm like -- he was the greatest one in our partnership. all the actors on his show, you're so lucky and he was asking the actors how they felt about stuff and i was a complete bitch. i said -- well, most directors give me direction, even if i disagree, oh, that's

interesting, oh, yeah, let me try it. try to dress it up. but with him i was like what, what are you talking about? what are you talking ab? >> in front of everybody? >> yeah. every night i'd go on, sorry. >> really? >> so you humiliated him in front of his cast members. >> he would be like knock it off. >> that's the thing -- the english, they seem very polite, but secretly they're really weird, aren't they? >> they are weird. we went to london this summer. there's a big production of peter pan in st. james park. we'll take the 2 and 4-year-old daughter. so we went, and randomly like some english director decided to go with the dark version of peter pan which i didn't know existed. >> there's a dark -- >> exactly. he came out, it's a huge event, my kids are so excited. first of all, he's not in green. he's in dirty rags and then his

vest is open to here and he has a full chest of hair. peter span a man child. not this guy. like austin powers shag. >> oh, no. >> and it got worse. like tinkerbell was all punky and mean and like literally put an arrow through wendy's heart. >> really? >> and tiger lilly, such a slut version and did a lap dance. i couldn't believe we were there. what is wrong with this? >> was this directed by quentin tarantino? >> i don't know. and then a mermaid came up -- first of all, i don't remember any mermaid in peter pan. >> well, england is infested with mermaids. >> okay, she slithers up on a rock and then peter pan says watch out, wendy. the mermaid is dragging little girls into the ocean to drown them. i'm like, okay, terrific. what's wrong -- what's wrong with a little disney?

>> take that who ahorror away? >> i kept running into the bathroom. >> are they into the mermaids? >> i think by then they were not living. i was shocked. >> never ever take your children out of this country again. >> yes. yes. >> stay within our protective walls. >> i don't know if you have seen it, i texted howard about it last night, i'm a bit of a reality -- i love reality television. i've said it before, my summer pick is "locked up abroad". >> what is "locked up abroad"? they lock up a broad? >> it's brilliant. people go abroad on a trip and then sometimes they go knowing they'll be on -- like for [ bleep ] money. i need money. whatever. it the turns out they make some really bad decisions. someone says, hey, would you mind taking this suitcase to cuba and then they get locked up

abroad. they spend years there. >> and they get cameras on these people? >> they get re-enactments. i know it sounds bad, but it's good. >> how can it be good? >> whatever. i'm promoting "in plain sight", finale on august 9. >> you're promoting another show entirely. >> sally field. >> yeah. she stinks. >> whatever. >> you built up quite a fan base here. you're -- >> yeah. i brought it. >> this is from "tv guide." >> it's odd. so i got this -- they did a feature of me. someone wrote this letter. i'm 47. and mary mccormack has replaced sarah palin as my dream date. any chance that mary can run for president in 2012? she has my vote. his name is wallace. >> wallace, wow, well, congratulations. >> wow. >> i might run. >> you have to do --

>> i haven't considered it. >> or you can become mrs. wallace exborg if things don't work out with your england husband. well, great to see you. congratulations on your show. "in plain sight" airs sundays at 10:00 p.m. on usa network. we'll be right back with ryan sheckler. big day. big opportunity. hi. ( whimpers, inhales ) ( sobs ) - hello! ( shakes and exhales )

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♪ our next guest is the proud holder of three d-games medals, three dew cup championships, one mtv reality series and ten broken elbows.

here he is in action for axe body spray. >> ready? this weekend you can see him put his title and physical well-being on the line at x-games xv here in l.a. please welcome skateboard champ and emergency room regular, ryan sheckler. [ cheers and applause ] what's happening? did you skateboard here tonight? >> you know what, we got off the freeway today and there was so much traffic that i had to skate all the way to the roosevelt. >> it can be used for transportation. is that true? >> yeah, it was crazy. i had to get out fast. >> wow. how old were you when you

started? how old are you now? >> 19. >> you started at what -- really 18 months but i don't remember that. >> your parents put a baby on the state board? >> it was either that or i was climbing on the roof. i liked anything dangerous. i still do today. >> maybe it didn't save your life. maybe it postponed the inevitable. >> made it better. >> then you started to skate in competition at what age? >> 7. i won the first contest i ever entered and from that day on i wanted to skate. >> as is there any -- is there any 7-year-olds that will compete? >> yeah, the amateur skateboarding league, it brings out the best amateurs in california. in the world, actually. >> is it true when you were 6 years old tony hawk came to your birthday party? >> yeah. i wanted him to come to my party and i said, tell him we have

cake and he came and i never really wanted to stop. >> did you have cake? >> we had cake. a ton of cake. >> that's pretty cool. it sets the level of expectation when you're a level of kid. dad, i want tony hawk to come -- >> you have to think about it now. to get tony to get to a birthday for cake now, you'd -- >> no. you'd have to have the whole thing. >> maybe a brownie or two. yeah. >> you became a professional at what age? >> 13. >> 13. then what happens, did you drop out of school then? >> no, no. education for me was very important. me and my family, straight a's through school. i had to focus on school to travel and take it to the next level. it got difficult. i went the first year of the high school, freshman year, i did the whole thing. it was really hard because i was travelling so much, i missed half of the days of school. they tried to flunk me out, so i had to do home school and i graduated that way. >> you did?

is that bummer to sit in your house to be taught things? >> no i was sitting on planes in australia. all over the planet. i just bring the work along with me. the school worked well with me. >> the best thing about home schooling, you can fire your teacher if you wanted to. >> that's why my mom didn't let me do the home school, so she put me in -- like a program away from the regular school, but i had to go into the office to do the school work, take a test. >> let me ask you what your mom thought of this. this is a case you lose your i.d. or something? >> you know what's funny about this, my dad had a huge tattoo put on his back. i told him i was going to get the same way, which we have the same one. i was 17. right there. and we were in vegas. with cary hart who owns a tattoo -- and he was giving me crap the whole time. you need a tattoo. i was like, mom, i'm probably going to get a tattoo this weekend.

she said, you can't do it. go to dinner, i'll pay for you go to go to dinner. she couldn't find me and there i was, three hours later in the tattoo shop. >> what letter were they in? >> they were shading it in. and it was the worst pain. >> what did your mom say? >> she was crying. and i felt bad. then she said the next day, let me seette. and she likes it. >> what choice does she have. do you still live with your mom? >> no. i live on my own. i've travelled the whole world since i was 13. >> what's your house been like? i conimagine what i would have been up to at your house. >> it's a nice size. it's on the cliff. i overlook the ocean. >> what's in it? >> i've got -- >> anything?

video games? >> yeah. there's like -- there's screens all over the place. i have the full rink downstairs. >> really? can't you you -- >> sometimes the parties get cr crazy and they're like, put the gloves on. >> you have people fighting in the house? >> yeah. >> do they ever get on the skateboards and fight each other? >> no. >> you'd probably kick -- what are you going for? >> i'm going for third gold medal. i won gold last year. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you. and i'm going back, trying to get the gold this year. >> are you the favorite? is there favorite right now? >> i'm not sure if i'm the favorite. i'm definitely one everybody is gunning for. >> you've got the medal. >> i get to go straight to the finals because i won last year. i only get to skate one day so it's awesome. >> congratulations. ryan sheckler, everybody.

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