from l.a., keep the faith. ♪ i'm a hobo man ♪ ♪ well, i'm a hobo man, i just rode inour town ♪ ♪ >> fors: am tavis smiley. joine next time with the first black mayor of mississippi. we will see u then. >> tre is so much that walmart is looking forward to doi. 're looki forward to help you build stronger communities and relationships because the best is yet to come. >> nationwide iurance proudly suorts tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insuran. working to impve financial litecy and the economic empowerment that comes witit. >> nationwidis on your side. and by contributions to you pbs station by vwers like you. thk you. pbs station by vwers like you. thk you. >> we are p. >> we are p.

from l.a., keep the faith. ♪ i'm a hobo man ♪ ♪ well, i'm a hobo man, i just rode in your town ♪ ♪ >>bs.org. tavis: i am tavis smiley. join me next time with the first black mayor of mississippi. we will see you then. >> there is so much that walmart is looking forward to doing. we're looking forward to help you build stronger communities and relationships because the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance. working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. >> we are pbs. tavis: i am tavis smiley. join me next time with james young. and lisa

i'm from hobo junction, new york. >> jimmy: hobo junction, very good. i know where that is.to be whipping your dogs at haley/kate monster. look at that. how do you feel about that one? >> pretty good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: sounds like you got your head in the game. all right, let's move on to our last contestant. what's your name? where you from? >> gary. i'm from mobile, alabama. >> jimmy: all right, very good. [ applause ] now, you got kate gosselin. any special wiener delivery strategy for this one? end over end? grab and toss? do you dagger it? >> i think we will play it by ear, but i think i'm up for it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that sounds like a double entendre. okay. [ laughter ] tere's how the game works.f .e clr vats of hot dogs. you're going to get 15 seconds to throw as many as you can through these guys' holes as possible. winner takes the big prize. are you ready? audience, make some noise here. [ cheers and applause ] when i say go, turn around and start tossing your wieners. throw them fast, throw them hard, throw them through that hole and go! ♪ there they go

so every day so called bums or hobos would line up at the back door of the kitchen and my father had his own welfare for -- for -- -- work for welfare program that as long as each of these people it work, he would feed them something. he did this same thing with his village back home he paid -- he paved the streets and paid for a water system and he really made it important to my life to give money back and -- he loved this country. the only song he knew was god bless america. and whenever he sang it, tears would run down his cheeks. so he taught me a lot about hard work and saving for the future and about giving back. and i -- i will always be grateful for him. in my book i mention lessons i learned and one is, always focus in your work on two areas if you can. number one, on those areas where you have some kind of comparative advantage. in your own words, your strength. the second criterion is having passion for your work. because if you're good at it and your passionate about it, you're much more likely to succeed. and the corollary of that is -- avoid jobs that play pay a little

so everyay so cled bum or hobos wouldine up at the back door of theitchen and my fatherad his own welfare for -- or -- -- wor for welre prograthat as long as each of these people it work, he would feed them something he did ts same thingith his village back homee paid -- he paved e streets and paid for a water syste and he really made itmportant to my life t ge money ba and -- he loved ts country. the only sg he knew was god bls america. an whenevere sang it, trs ould run down his cheeks. so he taught me a l about har work and saving for the future and about giving bac and i -- i wil aays be gratefulor him. iny book i menon lessons i learned and one i always focus in your work on two areas if you can. number one, those areas where you have se kindf comparative advantage. in your own words, yr rength. the sond criterion is having paion for yourork. becau if you're good at it and yourassionate about it, you're much mor likely to succeed. and the corollary of that is -- avoi jobs that playay a little more that don't play to ur strengths, that play to your weaknses like railing in t case of p

>> i'm going to dress as a hobo. >> i like it. >>>> i have a a sticickk witith bag withth allll m mmimicrhonesk taececloththt d.d. thatatilbe gatat. get some steterno and d you're set.t. central. a spen n come >>>> y yea y 17. in, ma17, comedyentral? a a show. >>>> the show is -itit's not a hugege audiee show like yoyou he done i in ththe past like with o deal. >> iialled it down. timate ---- >> is that right? old lady. >>ho doesn'tnderststand .. factory t hehere in lolos gele anand the coolhing is thisis is firsrsme they'y're airing comedy central special without any commercial interruption. it is really cool. i hope you guys laugh along. >> was that intentional or people did not want to be associated -- >> no, it was a mistake and we put it in the can and we sent it. >> that's pretty good. wow. i didn't know they were doing this. how are they planning to make money off this? >> i think the whole idea was this, let's just try -- there's a sponsor who's going to come in there and take care of all that. i wanted to show an uninterrupted comedy show. there's a couple tricks i won't give away yet

it is like saved by the bell if by saved you mean buried and by bell you mean hobo. go to tv's andy levy for the pregame report. what is going on on tonight's show. >> everyone is happy the weekend is over to get back to work on another great show. the cia had secret plans to kill enemies and try to determine if there is nothing those dirty criminals won't stop at, was the opening session of the sotomayor confirmation hearing a break through in the treatment of insome nia. the startling scientific evidence coming up. >> anything else. >> a mother and four daughters all with breast jobs. some say it it is disturb, but others say it is like the most awesome thing ever, bro. >> greg: andy, don't call me bro. >> that was others, greg. fight the power, greg. >> greg: i'm here with actress and comedian baron swa barrett. comedian jim norman. he packs houses like i pack fudge. what can i say, i love making my own chocolate. bill schulz, in africa he is a fan any pack. and sitting right next to me, mike baker, former cia operative. he knows covert ops like i know halter tops

for example, where the editor in nebraska who had torn -- had been a hobo but had been an english major before he had to leave college. he wound up back in lincoln, and his former professor said, go over here and get a job at the artist project and don't catch another freight out off town. so the last place the expected to be. he had had enough newspaper training to set set up -- a copy edit desk and fact-checking desk, and the talked in a memoir about how they did fact-checking and found a lot of landmarks that were wrong, and museum black -- black cards that were wrong. so a number of the offices got into fact checking. in new orleans, and accounts of riots in florida, they did put a lot of research effort into it because they felt like this was a national spotlight. they weren't just writing it for the state. it was part of a national snapshot. yes. >> do you know if fiction writers or filmmakers other than folks who do chick flicks have focused on this original material or films recently other than the one you mentioned, jeremiah johnson? >> that's a really good question. a great sc

fyi, running over that hobo was totally buy accident. one in the who won in the epic softball game against strippers? america did, that's who. [ female announcer ] the swiffer duster extender cleans so completely you'll never go back to your old duster again. [ pop ] ♪ don't, don't you want me? ♪ you know i don't believe you ♪ when you say that you don't need me! ♪ [ female announcer ] why go part of the way clean? swiffer duster extender reaches up to three feet, to go where others can't. and traps and locks dust and allergens. swiffer cleans better or your money back guaranteed. [ phone vibrates ] ♪ don't you want me baby? you'd think it would be something out of your control. not necessarily. after menopause, when a woman has a fracture, the underlying cause could be osteoporosis. and that's a fracture that might have been prevented. if you have post-menopausal osteoporosis, you could be at high risk for fracture. which is why i hope you'll call now 1-800-316-4955 for this free information kit. in it, you'll see the difference between

martha: outside asheville, n.c., duane pace is hog wild over his pig, hobo.takes him everywhere. he joins me on the phone. how come you drive around a paid on the back of your motorcycle? >> because i like to see him having fun. i like to play music and witnessed the people at the same time. martha: what people say? >> he is cute, that kind of thing. they wanted to make a barbecue for him and have a famous pig, but i will not do that. i will keep a pig. he is just like a son. he stays in the house, sleeps in a sleeping bag, and is like one of the family. martha: is it hard to have a pig in your house? >> no. it is like having a 3-year-old for 18 years and sometimes, though. martha: i think he is cute. thank you very much for showing him to us, and you have fun at this summer. trace: trying to barbecue -- that is just -- breaking news at the university of south florida. word of a gun on campus was called in by somebody who was with the gunman, who said if police showed up, she would begin shooting. so now police and authorities are there, sending out a text me