seinfeld, be the next jerry seinfeld.laughter] i mean, they're really believe that they can do anything. a lot of the kids do, and it's amazing. they do. they go on to do great things. that your five kids get the seinfeld scholarship. they all got free rides. i think people response to that kind of optimism and hope that they see in the students, and people like the students. i really like the students. i don't know if i like all high-school students, but i definitely like a lot of the once lamented the international school. >> zillow. >> i have two questions. first, i wondered if you face -- it seems like the students and teachers were very forthcoming more less. did you face some bureaucracy within the school administration? and then just getting back to the riding question that was first, when you were during the process of wondered if he took refuge in or inspiration from other offers in the book? >> so school was very open with me. i think writing a particle help because it was a very positive article. the founding p

he got a full free ride to college and he met jerry seinfeld at tavern on the trade until jerry seinfeld and going to the next jerry seinfeld. i mean, they really believe they can do anything. a lot of kids do. it's amazing. and they do. they go on to do great things. that year five kids got the "seinfeld" scholarship. they'll got free rides. i mean, i think people respond to that kind of optimism and hope they see them as students and people like her students. i don't know if i like all high school students, but i'd definitely like to a lot of the ones who i met at the international school. i have two questions. first i wondered if you faced -- it seems like the students and teachers were very forthcoming more or less. did she pay some bureaucracy within the school administration and so on and so forth? in getting back to the writing question that was first, when you wear during the process by wondered if he took refuge or inspiration from other authors and books along the way. >> the school was very open with me. i think writing the prom article helps because it is a very positive arti

seinfeld, i'm going to be the next jerry seinfeld. i mean, they really believe they can do anything. a lot of the kids do. and it's amazing. and they do. they do. they go on to do great things. that year five kids got in the seinfeld scholarship and all got a free rides. people get the gates scholarship. people respond to that kind of optimism and hope they see in students, and people like the students. i really liked the students. i don't know if i like all high school students but i definitely liked a lot of the ones i met at the international school. >> hi, brooke. i have two questions. first i wondered if you face -- seems like the students and teachers are very forthcoming more or less. did you face some bureaucracy within the school administration and son and so forth? and then just getting back to the writing question first, when you were -- during the process i wondered if you took refuge in or inspiration from other authors and books. >> the school was very open with me. i think writing the prom article helped because it was

i'm seinfeld. you're murphy! let's jump out of the car. we're doing 60 miles an hour. and roll. you won't get hurt. who are you, mannix? why are we slowing down? are those the people? pretend you're sleeping. mr. o'brien. uh, no, i'm dylan murphy. mr. o'brien had a long trip. he's sleeping. oh. [whispering] i don't want to disturb him. we're just really excited to meet him face-to-face finally. we're faithful readers of his newsletter. newsletter? and, of course, his great book-- the big game. yes, he's very proud of his work in the, uh... big game. [snoring] you've never met him before? no. never seen a picture of him? never. not even on the book jacket? there was no picture on the book jacket. hey, o'brien, wake up. we got company. wake up! george: well, hello! i'm o'brien. hey! you took a cab? yeah. so? how much do you make? i'm not telling you. come on. i'll tell you what i make. i know what you make. i don't know why i'm doing this. i don't even like basketball. you ever see michael jordan? just in those commercials. maybe he'll do one of those 360 dunks. what's t

i bet you think somewhere jerry seinfeld is hanging out having cocktails with taylor lautner and magic johnson. kate winslet is whale hunting with tom hanks. i'm here to tell you, folks, it's all true. as a famous person, i know all other famous people, except for one, george clooney. folks, i have often fantasized about getting invited to clooney's palazzo in italy, getting drunk and going skinny dipping in lake lake como. well, last night on conan, i found out another famous tv host has ripped off my journal. listen to marisa tomei describe a typical evening at lake clooney. >> evan rachel wood and cindy crawford and charlie rose, we wound up all skinny dipping. >> stephen: what? seriously. clooney, you invited charlie i'm too boring to compete with a background rose to go skinny dipping at your villa and not me? how could you? it could have been my body glistening in the italian moonlight. why am i even doing crunches. and the story gets worse, folks. friend of the show and cnn senior political analyst david gergen also was invited to clooney's palazzo. he writes in "parade" magazin

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cording to a new study that seems straight out of a "seinfeld" episode. >> i don't get this. >> me neitheron the fringe of the humor business. >> reporter: men were asked to write captions. women, too. >> we found that men are funnier, just by a hair. and mostly funnier to other men. >> reporter: the not so funny captions were attributed to a womaning even if they were man made. do you think it's a stereo type that men are funnier? >> i think so. yes. >> reporter: we went to chicago's second city. >> move to belize. >> reporter: jim and sagel work the same stage that launched bill murray, tina fey. >> women are taught not to be as funny on purpose. it's seen as unattractive. >> we may be more crass, does that make it funnier? >> reporter: one more point. >> we found that men's confidence outstrips their

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according to a new study that seems straight out of a seinfeld episode. >> the cartoon in the new yorkere neither. >> you're on the fringe of the humor business. >> i grewa group of men and women were asked to write captions for new yorker cartoons and rate which were funny or not. >> we found that men are funnier just by a hair, and they're mostly funnier to other men. >> the study also found the not so funny captions were most often attributed to a woman even if they were man made. >> do you think it is a stereo type that men are funnier. >> yes, 100%. >> definitely. >> we took our unscientific poll to one of the funniest places on earth, chicago's second city. >> they work the same stage that launched john belushy, bill murray and gildna radner. >> they're taught tonight be funny on purpose. >> we may be more crass. does that make it funnier? >> before the guys start getting one more point -- >> we found the confidence out strips the compensation. they thought it would be a lot funnier. >> that's funny. [ laughter ] >> maybe crass is more appropriate. >> yeah, right. [ laughter ] >> w

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seinfeld i get that the son and key right hand man reportedly ready to surrender to the war crimes court so you're going to have low information on that i think was so huge that tony blair intervened formed to help him get his dodgy ph d. degree from the london school of economics when. he was plagiarized so there's a lot of things that have gone on there so you thought gadhafi. saif gadhafi is wanted for his own actions in libya is drawn out battle for control but it's what he could reveal about the diplomatic deals with his father that's keeping the western power players sweating didn't it r.t. london. now and his first interview with the western media since serious uprising began. but actions against his regime could transform syria into quote another afghanistan his comments came after the u.s. secretary general once again condemned the country's violence calling for the repression to end the arab league also urged assad to end the civilian death toll with more than three thousand killed says the unrest since march our ministers are due to meet syrian officials later today to press f

seinfeld is a good happy son and key right hand man reportedly ready to surrender to the war crimes court so you who's going to have low information are now i think we're so eve tony blair intervene for him to help him get his dodgy ph d. degree from the london school of economics one. degree or probably was plagiarized there's a lot of things that have gone on so you fogarty knows about saif gadhafi is wanted to answer for his own actions in libya is drawn out battle for control but it's what he could reveal about the diplomatic deals with his father that's keeping the western power players sweating after bennett r.t. london. well in his first interview with the western media since syria's uprising began but. actions against his regime could transform syria into another afghanistan his comments came of the u.n. secretary general once again condemned the country's violence calling for the repression to end the arab league. and the civilian death toll three thousand killed since march. syrian officials later today to press for dialogue between the got. some protesters have been calling for

seinfeld is a good happy son and key right hand man reportedly ready to surrender to the war crimes court so huge is going to have low information on that i think was so you've heard tony blair intervene formed to help him get his dodgy ph d. degree from the london school of economics when. perry was plagiarized there's a lot of things that have gone on so you know there's a god so i get m.p.'s wanted to answer for his own actions in libya is drawn out battle for control but it's what he could reveal about the diplomatic deals with his father is keeping the western power plays sweating after bennett r.t. london. libya's interim authorities will take on a full responsibility for security in the country starting from next month that's after the un security council voted to lift the no fly zone there and nato announcing that the aerial campaign would on the thirty first of october or the plan proposed by russia comes after colonel gadhafi was killed last week near his hometown of syria's nato which has been operating in the country since march has been accused of breaching the u.n. mandate i

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i blame first of all seinfeld for the moods episode but the bottom line is the funny part of this article was that you guys are saying it's keeping them up at night trying to decide how long a man can be on t.v. before it's something italy they were so adamant about explaining how this is a major source of to bait for them and they wanted to make sure the public knew that this was something they took very seriously i thought that was interesting i think they should get back to thirteen year old girls complaining and singing about obama and leave the man boobs alone just let it go people well. you know the you tube and google people that night man boobs and now it's been you wish that's actually as. i said speaking of which but we earlier told you about the story about the blogger who was traveling who had a vibrator in her bag when she opened up her bag turns out that somebody from the t.s.a. had written out a little note get your freak on girl and now that's actually been animated because the story went so viral i think we have a clip take a look julie public was flying to dublin and che

happy anniversary occupy wall street today marks one month since protesters moved into new york's seinfeld district but as the movement continues to grow in numbers with some of it the biggest turnout one person has yet to show his face so where in the world is president obama. oh right he's heading the wrong way away from new york and instead going to north carolina to sell his jobs plan while the president ignores this reading movement to protesters love or hate the commander in chief and is occupy wall street really fighting for socialism. and the u.s. is a raining down on africa this as president obama runs eight hundred u.s. advisors and troops into uganda to assist to assist and a rival take down the line down and is the u.s. doing more harm than good when it comes to quote helping other countries. it's monday october seventeenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team well today marks the one month anniversary of the occupy wall street protests the movement has gone global now with hundreds of thousands of people occupying times square and cities around

. >>> tim, you may remember him from seinfeld, but he is getting ready for the return of his hit comedy "rules of engangments. >>> stay with us for more after this -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> good morning. >>> we have news and weather and traffic this morning. we had showers coming through this morning. the last of them came through and over towards delaware and now, just some light showers in the area, most of no real consequence. the low that is responsible for this, it is responsible for the gusting winds and they are sustained from 12 to 25 miles per hour through the day. it will be responsible for some small craft advisory and gale warnings on the bay. we will be up to 69 for this day, with sunshine, the updated first morning forecast in a few moments. >>> thank you, over to the traffic control and sharron. >> good morning. if you are heading out on the beltway, we are looking for delays and that accident, just south of 152, the vehicle off the road, the second accident on the city, that is at green spring avenue. that is blocking the sacred heart lane, that is closed from glenn da

according to a new study that seals straight out of a "seinfeld" episode. >> cartoon in the new yorkerthis. >> me either. >> you are on the fringe of the humor business. >> reporter: a group of men and women were asked to write captions for new yorker cartoons and then rate which were funny or not. >> we found that men are funnier just by a hair. and they're mostly funnier to other men. >> reporter: the study found the not so funny captions were most often attributed to a woman even if they were man made. do you thing it's a stereotype that men are funnier? >> yes. 100%. >> definitely. >> reporter: we took our unscientific poll to one of the funniest places on earth, chicago's second city. >> teach english to belize. >> reporter: they work the same stage that launched john belushi, bill murray, tina fey and gilda radner. >> women are taught not to be funny. >> reporter: before the guys start, one more point. >> we found here that men's confidence outstripped their competence. they thought they would be funnier than we found. >> reporter: now that's funny. barbara pinto, abc news, chica

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. >> reporter: according to a new study it seems straight out of a "seinfeld" episode. >> cartoon in "new yorker." >> i don't get this. >> me, neither. >> and you're on the fringe of the humor business. >> reporter: men and women were asked to write captions for a "new yorker" cartoon and asked to rate which ones were funnier. >> we found that men are funnier just by a hair. mostly funnier to other men. >> reporter: the study also found that the not so funny captions were most often attributed to a woman even if they were man made. we took our unscientific poll to one of the funniest places on earth, chicago's second city. >> move to belize, teach english. >> reporter: they worked the same stage that launched john belushi, bill murray, tina fey and gilda radner. >> we may be more crass, does that make it funnier? >> reporter: before the guys start gloating, one more point. >> we found here that men's confidence outstrips their humor. >> reporter: now, that's funny. >> so it's confidence. >> i refuse to believe that. >> here's another question for a future story -- >> who who's funnie

or "roseanne" or "seinfeld." show. they're like, "what's that laugh track?" like, they don't get it. you know what i mean? >> jimmy: "whitney." do you play you, whitney? >> i play me with better lighting and better clothes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but you play yourself. >> and a much more handsome boyfriend than i have in real life. [ audience ohs ] how dare you! >> hill: i work with her boyfriend in real life. >> first, my boyfriend is his boss. [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: yeah, bitch! yeah! [ laughter ] do what he says! yeah, bitch! what's wrong with that? do what he says. [ laughter ] >> hill: co-creator. >> co-creator. right, right, right. got it. >> hill: by me, your boyfriend and andy. >> uh-huh. >> co-creator. >> okay, okay. >> hill: no one's each other's boss here. >> jimmy: hey, no problem, man. we're cool. >> no, we're cool. aah! [ cheers and applause ] >> hill: i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. oh, my god. oh, my god. oh, my god. i'm so sorry. [ talking over each other ] the bit went too far. >>

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. >> reporter: the guys may be on to something, straight out of a "seinfeld" episode it seems. >> i don't get this. >> me neither. >> and you're on the fringe of the humor business. >> reporter: a group of men and women were asked to write captions for "new yorker" cartoons then rate which were funny or not. >> we found that men are funnier just by a hair, and they're mostly funnier to other men. >> reporter: the study also found the not so funny captions were most often attributed to a woman even if they were man-made. do you think it's a stereotype that men are funnier? >> i think there's part of that. >> yes, 100%. >> yeah, definitely. >> reporter: we took our unscientific poll to one of the funniest places on earth, chicago's "second city." >> move to belize. >> reporter: where these two work the same stage that launched john belushi, bill murray, teen that faye and gilda radner. >> women are taught to be not as funny. >> we may be more crass. does that make it funnier? >> reporter: before the guys start gloating, one more point. >> we found here men's confidence outstripped their com

yes, she did squeeze in episodes of "seinfeld" in the middle of the "larry sanders" run. janine gerafalo when we cast her in "the west wing" in 2005. there was no sympathy involved. she was our first choice for the new role we were writing in the series. the only question was, would janine gerafalo accept our offer? we were lucky. she did. she made every line we wrote for her better on the screen than it was on the page. after her run on "the west wing" it was certainly not out of sympathy that rush limbaugh's favorite tv creator and executive producer, joel sirnow, cast janine gerafalo on "24" as an american protecting fbi agent. janine gerafalo will always have a special place reserved for her in andrew breitbart's profanity laced standup act because janine gerafalo was right, right about the most important question that has faced this country in the 21st century. the question that gripped this country like no other could in 2003. does saddam hussein have weapons of mass destruction? she did her homework, studies everything she could. she worked very hard studying all t

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