i am pleased to have harry shearer back at this table. welcome. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> rose: you are working in londono and still, london and still have the little place in venue miss. >> the place by the beach. >> a. >> a next of a place by the beach. >> rose: how are you spending your life these days? >> well, i made this nixon series in britain for sky tv over there so i did, i spent most of two years ago doing that and -- >> rose: and rupert tried to buy it. >> yes, he owns 39 percent of it and you don't need to own all of it to control it, rupert has proven that and this last year and a half i have been doing a play in london on the west endmost recently, wonderful original play, very serious play, first serious thing i have ever done. >> what is it about? >> it is about amareed couple from -- who went through the camps in eastern europe, built a new life in brooklyn, my brother came with us, we were in business together. he disappears 30 years ago and these up one night with what he thinks is great news and almost destroys th

. ♪ >> harry shearer is here. he is an actor and voiceover artist.won an award for his work on "the simpsons." he has put together "nixon's the one." welcome. >> thank you. >> you are living in new orleans. >> a place by the beach. >> how are you spending your time? >> i made this nixon's series for sky tv. i spent most of the time doing that. you know. you don't need to own all of it to control it. this last year and a half i've been doing a play in the west end. a very serious play. >> what is it about? >> a married couple from the camps in eastern europe, built a new life in brooklyn. my brother came with us. we were in business together. he disappears and shows up one night with what he thinks is great news, and it destroys the family. >> the inspiration? >> i got sent the script by a friend and thought it was an amazing piece of work. it resonated with me. my parents were the only people in their family to not go through that. they just got out early. they were supposed to bring the rest over and it didn't happen. their emotional adjustment was

so, about a month later, billy crystal, and christopher guest, and harry shearer, and i were writingd i'm going to play the defensive lawyer that always defends the bad guy. and i go, "i don't know who play." and billy crystal says, "why don't you play marian seibert? you do it behind her back all the time anyway." [ laughter ] and i said, "oh, i'll get caught." "ah, they never find out," he says. you know. >> jimmy: you're a man, she's a a woman. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. it's not going to happen. so, i'm now sitting on the set. and of course, and i'm -- as nathan thurm, this lawyer, being cross-examined by harry shearer, playing mike wallace. but i forget that marian seibert, of course, is a a makeup artist. so, she'll be there. [ laughter ] and so i'm mike wallace, as harry is saying, "so, mr. thurm, do you think it's appropriate for a lawyer to behave?" i say, "i know that. you don't think i know that? i'm a lawyer. i would know that." and the director says, "cut, he's sweating." and she goes, "i know that. you don't think i know that? i'm a makeup artist." [ laughter and applause ] a

the big day for longtime spinal tap member harry shearer. 70. >> the queen of the soaps, susan lucci, 68. >> and eddie vedder of pearl job, 58. happy birthday. . ♪ >>> with christmas eve tomorrow, it's getting down to the ♪ >>> with christmas eve tomorrow, it's getting down to the wire with shopping. >> rather than just giving up, splurging on anything in sight, how about an inexpensive one-stop shopping experience. abc's becky worley takes us to the dollar store. >> reporter: it seems like money just flies away during the holidays. to keep the cash in your wallet, how about some hacks from the dollar store. hack number one. holiday basics. way cheaper here. 20 christmas cards for $1? yes. and then the decorations. wow. there's a lot of holiday stuff in these stores. lisa quinn design genius offers hack number two. >> what you are looking for is a color scheme. >> combine metallics and then add accents. >> for a buck. >> this is a parmesan shaker. with metallic balls and the l.e.d. bulb cut out of this candle? i found that idea on pinterest.