please say hello to adam mckay, everybody!2 and she took care of me. what can i say? >> jimmy: that's fantastic. >> a lovely lady. >> jimmy: you went in different directions in your career. you went off to head write for "saturday night live." >> that's right. >> jimmy: that's how i met you. and that's how you met will farrell. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and that's just what kind of kicked it off. you wrote a couple bits for me, they were awesome. they were my favorites. i mean, you were the head writer. one was, you did harry connick jr. do you remember? >> it was harry connick jr. being hit with a laser pointer during a concert and completely losing his cool, yeah. >> jimmy: two punks, tracy morgan and james van der beek were, like, punking harry connick jr. and they were like putting lazer pointers on his nipples. >> a james van der beek reference is really nice. >> jimmy: really was. >> give it up for james van der beek, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: absolutely, but then my favorite line of that came out of harry con

continue with will farrell of "saturday night live" and his collaborator and writer and director adam mckay. >> adam is a unique director. truly a writer/director in a sense there isn't anyone i've worked with who can on his feet as the camera is rolling yell out three lines that are equally as funny and he'll give that to all the actors, all the cast and that kind of getses everyone going. before you know it everyone is in the same flow. >> we had a dinner with will and mark and i just was intrigued by their chemistry. the two of them was like immediately interesting and then, you know, i knew they had this kind of different perspective each of them. it was like some way to use that and playoff of mark's toughness and we just talked about the idea of the guys who sit in the desk next to the all-star cops and it just clicked right away for us. >> rose: boot, barnes, farrell, and mckay coming up. >> rose: we begin this evening with a look at general david petraeus and the war in afghanistan. he took over the command of the u.s. and nato mission in july. for the second time in his career, he

. >> no, they want to -- you know, they had an idea, adam mckay and will. >> jimmy: brilliant. >> had that we would do it as a broadway musical, with the original cast and -- [ laughter ] seriously, and then, after -- and sort of as the marx brothers did their stage show, we would develop bits and things within the show and then, at the end of the broadway run, we would go shoot a movie. that was the idea. >> jimmy: i think it would be -- we would be onboard for that. >> i would love to do it but -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is fun. >> yeah. >> jimmy: has that ever been done since the marx brothers? >> i don't know. i don't know if it ever has, and we all wanted to do it. but they just can't seem to connect with whatever they need to do so -- maybe. maybe someday. but we're all down for it. >> jimmy: that's right, the marx brothers used to do that. what other comic -- comedic influences do you have? >> wow. well -- >> jimmy: mark brothers being one. >> well, marx brothers, peter sellers, steve martin, you know. i'm a big steve martin fan. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy:

. >> jimmy: yeah, mckay, adam mckay, we had on last night, he was the director and the writer. >> ah,awesome. let me call my agent. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you got nick fury and all the danson and highsmith movies. >> i only need one. one danson and highsmith movie, i get these other seven movies knocked out. >> jimmy: it's fun working with will isn't it? >> will is awesome. i remember doing "saturday night live" and doing several skit with him. so it's been great. plus, i see him around l.a. at different places. i host the espys a lot, so he's always on it. >> jimmy: yeah, he's a big sports fan. >> huge sports fan. >> jimmy: i watched it last night and it just makes me miss working with that guy. he's gonna come on later this week. >> why weren't you in the movie? everybody else was there, why weren't you there? >> jimmy: i have a job now. i host a show. [ light laughter ] >> tracy's got a job. he was in the movie. >> jimmy: oh, that's right, yeah. maybe i will be in the danson and highsmith sequel, prequel. >> we will work that out. >> jimmy: good man, i appreciate that. >> looking f