. >> thank you, mr. rogen. that was great. i'm sorry you had to unmask me spacey in y kevin disguise. not to me people knew that. [laughter] thank you. i am pleased to see a research may be aware, you not aware -- some of my colleagues in the house of representatives hold a different view of the role of the nih. the house draft of the last year's appropriation bill -- not h they release, but did pass -- included language that in age ave prevented from supporting any health research. hurt is in and accomplished researcher -- how important is an age to your research? is extremely important. several holder of investigative initiatives, as center grant -- the of nih funding comes from its long-term reach, and also its multidisciplinary aspect. cognitive involve scientists, economists, that kind of assembling of the team outside of the nih umbrella. i mention the hrs was the foundation for the study -- it not have been possible without the hrs. funded in 1992. of sustained funding outside of nih does not happen. do not think the ki

thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. rogen. that was good. unmask me.ou had to i'm really kevin spacey in disguise. [laughter] not too many people knew that. thank you all very much. d.t's start with dr. hur i am pleased to see your research was funded by the national institute on aging. you may be aware, maybe you are not aware, that some of my colleagues in the house of representatives hold a different rule -- view of the role of nih. appropriationsed including language that would have precluded nih from supporting any health economics urd did. such as dr. h how important is the support of nih to your work? are there other federal grants you could have applied for? >> it is extremely important. i would say all-important to my work. i am the holder of several program projects, as well as a center grant. the importance of nih funding comes from its long, primarily from its long-term reach, and also from its multidisciplinary aspect. our study involves cognitive scientists and economists, gerontologists. that kind of assembling of a team is no

mr. rogen, thank you so much for coming on. good to see you!hank you for being here. >> thank you for having me, sir. >> stephen: what a pleasure to have you here. thank you for wearing a suit. you look like you're ready to go to court. >> i feel like i am. >> stephen: are you on trial? at least they legalized carrying weed. >> stephen: the weed is not the issue. >> no. >> stephen: it's going toe to toe with the north koreans in thermonuclear conflict. (laughter) >> okay. >> stephen: laugh it up. you've made some of the funniest movies i've ever seen. knocked up, super bad, pine upapple express, this is the end. the new film is called the interview, opens on christmas day. >> yes. >> stephen: okay. it upset the north koreans. >> it did. >> stephen: okay. did you think it would upset the north koreans? >> uh... >> stephen: did you picture them as a jolly regime? >> people are getting a kick out of that lube every time they see that picture. >> stephen: oh, they love it. that's his friend luby. >> exactly. we dihe did not simply love the concept

mr. rogen mentioned that a lot of people aren't very funny.eople, even many of you have pointed out that you attract jokes because you think they've gone too far. my question is, how do you know when a joke's gone too far? >> when we're on set, we always say that we have to go too far on set in order to make sure that we went far enough and we can always tone it back. everyone on the set has to be mature about that. we've had jokes that we set on said on set and we turn around and look at the crew and they're like nooo. >> but we also test the movies a lot with test audiences and we really listen. like the truth is, people won't laugh a lot if a joke is mean spirited or they feel morally wrong. it just -- you can just feel it in the room. you say something -- up, people will like, argh. >> we videotape the audience so we can play it back and see that. >> we sit in the theater and you can feel the energy sucked out of the room the seconds it happens. it's almost a physical sensation. >> there's been times we love the joke and we think it's hila

an all-out assault on a movie studio because of a satirical movie starring seth rogen and james flacco. [ laughter ] >> mrobama obviousliment to say james franco. that's the actor's real name. he mixed up franco with joe flacco. that's the quarterback for the baltimore ravens. [ laughter ] >> and so flacco franco -- no movie. >> but in a lighthearted gesture, joe flacco decided to welcome james franco to the family on twitter. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, ♪ at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ female announcer: sleep train's ends sunday.e for 3 event! it's your last chance to get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event ends sunday. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ area's biggest cities -- one verge of new lea

will start with actors seth rogen, who testified before a senate health committee on alzheimer's research. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you very much for having me, mr. chairman, ranking member moran, members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify and the opportunity to be called an expert at something. because that is cool. i do not know if he know who i am at all. you probably never saw "knocked up," mr. chairman -- >> i want the record to note, i wager this is the first time at any congressional hearing in history the words "knocked up" have been uttered. >> you are not going to like the rest of this been -- then. [laughter] and i met met my wife my mother-in-law and she admitted to herself and then to me something off was -- something was off with her mother. her mother had alzheimer's disease. at 55y after the strip years old, lauren's mother was diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's. at this point, my impression of alzheimer's was what i assume impression is. i thought it was something that only really, really old people got. and it meant them wearing mismatched shoes and being us to the same question over and over. thi

rogen and liz winstead on politics and humor. this event took place before mr.ogan ended his public appearances and before sony pictures canceled his release of the film, the interview. mr. rogan briefly discusses why he made the movie. it is part of a broader discussion on how comedians and filmmakers use comedy to address political issues. the harvard institute of politics posted this event. a note to our viewers, this program contains language that some may find offensive. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i am maggie williams. welcome to the john f. kennedy junior forum in the institute of politics. our mission is to inspire students towards careers in politics and public service, but we have some laughs along the way. over the years, this form has hosted chevy chase, john stewart, stephen colbert, al franken, and i hope you will as much asdiscussion you have enjoyed the others. leading our conversation tonight is a young woman who knows a , namedr two about humor this past january as the first african-american woman presi

rogen movie of all things. >> who 9 to be the world's policemen when you can be the world's arms dealer? stick with cramer. >> mrow. >> we really appreciate you out there, man. >> boo-yah to my kids. they're in elementary school learning so much from you. >> boo-yah, mr. cramer. >> i know you hear this all the time, jim, but thank you, thank you, thank you. so much. >> this has been my best year by far and away in the market. >> i just want to thank you for, you know, looking out for the regular guys out there. >> great to hear your voice, and know that you are there for us. >> from our family to yours. happy holidays, cramerica. >>> a 5% increase in the gross domestic product is causing a rotation. it's natural to expect. you got to get a little more cyclical if you care about the short-term. there's always a bull market somewhere. i promise to try to find it just for you right here on "mad money". i'm jim cramer. happy holidays. see you next time. lemonis: how are you doing? tonight, on "the profit"... -richard: what do you think? -lemonis: oh, my gosh. ...a progress report. this place looks great. over the pa

mr. turner" and "to write love on her arm." other internal systems were knocked off line. hacked. the fbi may be investigating all this. the seth rogenjames franco comedy "the interview." they are recruited by the cia to assassinate him. north korea denounced that movie calling it an act of war. this hack could be just the beginning for sony. >> if somebody wants to get their foot in the door by attacking an end point that is less secured, then they try to break tennessee systems closer to the core it infrastructure of a organization like sony. >> reporter: they released 17 of the company executives who make $1 million putting that information online which you know can cause internal problems. the fbi is warn being a bigger attack? >> reporter: any time you have a copy like this suffer an attack internal or external. there is a flash warning that goes out. this happened to a number of companies. basicalli' warning them about malware. you get a virus on yr computer at home. the same idea but a much larger scale. it's not the first major cyber attack against sony. and it's not the first cyber attack against an american organize based i