aretha franklin!s. >> thank you. >> jimmy: thank you so much for coming back to the show. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> jimmy: dr. franklin. congratulations. >> all right, dr. fallon. >> jimmy: that's right. i did. you just got your honorary degree. >> i did, from yale. >> jimmy: yale university. >> yes. >> jimmy: oh, my god. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, so, can you write prescriptions now? can you -- what can you do? >> oh, sure. and latin too. >> jimmy: oh, perfect. i actually got mine too. i retired to the rafters up there. there's my honorary degree from college of st. rose. [ cheers and applause ] doctorate of humane letters. >> no, you didn't. >> jimmy: yes, i did. >> no, you didn't. >> jimmy: thank you so much for coming back. i know you come to new york city during the holidays. you just love it here? >> love it here. i used to live here, and i've been pounding the pavement a little bit over on 5th avenue and madison. and went to see "the mountain top" the other night with sam

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aretha franklin performs next!back to the show aretha franklin! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ oh ♪ angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er the plains ♪ ♪ and the mountains in reply echoing their sweet refrain ♪ ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ in excelsius deo ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ in excelsus deo ♪ yeah ♪ come to bethlehem and see come and see christ who's birth the angels sang ♪ ♪ come adore on bended knees christ the lord the newborn king ♪ ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ in excelsus deo ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ in excelsus deo ♪ in excelsus deo ♪ in excelsus deo ♪ glory to god in excelsus deo ♪

♪ [applause] >> god bless aretha franklin. had a earthquake, and then a lady named irene paid us a visit. and it was indeed a dark day for me. but joy cometh in the morning. and what a glorious morning this is today. as i stand here and look across a transformed landscape, i see a wonderful example of what we can accomplish with this faith and with a stone of hope. we come together today to honor and celebrate the ideals of a humble man who understood that all humanity is linked together. and we come together to dedicate the martin luther king, jr., a memorial, our memorial, the world's memorial. many of you seated here throughout this day and throughout this country have contributed years of your time, talents, and money, to help us build the memorial we dedicate today. it has been both humbling and uplifting for me to be part of this magnificent undertaking. our hope is that, through this memorial, dr. king's legacy will continue to touch those who walked with him, those inspired by him, and future generations who will get t

you know the aretha franklin where nobody knows the words?bell, jingle bell rock. ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, hey. ♪ oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. >> oh well. at least they can hoop. the key for the raider was the offensive line's protection of carson palmer. what did he do then? he got the big guys a special christmas gift. >> we heard christmas came early from the offensive linemen. >> he got nice watches. very thankful for them. so we try to do our best today as we always do, keeping them up. >> reporter: have you had a quarterback do that? >> i'm in my second year, so i'm not. it's pretty awesome. everyone was pumped when it was happening. >> andrew luck is the overall number one pick in the nfl draft, but before he gets there, stanford has business to take care of in the fiesta bowl. kim coil sat down with luck this week. >> reporter: i talked to john gordon the other day and he got his chucky eyes and just lit up. he went further to say t

and aretha franklin.ith jimmy fallen week nights at 12:35, 11:35 central time on your local nbc station. >>> i'm for your first look at entertainment news. talk about biting the hand that feeds you. piers morgan sounded like anything but a fan of celebrities. he told england's inquiry into media ethics he never authorized phone-hacking and blasted celebrities who used the media for publicity and exposure and then whine about privacy. >>> gerard butler is recovering after a weekend surfing accident in which he was dragged over rocks and held under water. >>> after internet death rumors, jon bon jovi posted a shot of himself on facebook and twitter, with a sign reading heaven looks a lot like new jersey. >>> snooki hit her branding partner with a lawsuit. she's been smacked back with a $7 million countersuit. >>> and finally, did james franco really get an easy "a" in grad school? a former nyu professor filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired for giving franco a "d" after franco showed up for only two of 14 s

and back on the show performing a song from her album "this christmas," the legendary aretha franklinor sponsoring our music this week. [ cheers and applause ] we got carole king. we had rufus wainwright, aretha franklin, tomorrow we have the rockettes and on friday, i'm going to sing a song with kermit the frog. >> steve: aww. >> jimmy: and you know robin, thlittle dude? he's a little frog? the tadpole dude? yeah, i'm going to sing with him and kermit. >> steve: aww. >> jimmy: yeah, he's cute. but it's been a great week so i want to thank old navy for that because we can't afford this stuff. [ cheers and applause ] the muppets are expensive. guys, there are only three shows before we go on christmas break. it's time for that beloved late night tradition, "12 days of christmas sweaters." ♪ 12 days of christmas sweaters three days left ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. every show between now and christmas we are giving one lucky, lucky audience member a rad christmas sweater. [ cheers and applause ] from the countdown to christmas cabinet and since there are three shows left, let's open door numb

think that he was -- he was a child and he sang with the same talent and soul and intensity of an aretha franklinor any great vocalist. >> extraordi.

what does aretha franklin spell out in respect other than r-e-s-p-e-c-t. tnt or pcp. >> pcp. >> i believe that's right! >> let's hear it. let's hear aretha. ♪ forgive me my problems >> pcb. >> short for take care of business. sort of common slang at the time. she sings it right before the sock it to me, sock it to me part. >> good piece of trivia. back across to kath. >> lovely lady from pennsylvania, madonna lost an advertising deal with which company after her controversial "like a prayer" video was released. dr. pepper, lipton, coca-cola or pepsi? >> pepsi. >> everyone's on a roll today. you go! >> wow. she got that one right. that was a very controversial video. >> yeah. this is the video that had the burning crosses and the part where madonna sort of gets, like, very cozy with a saint in a church. >> i remember. >> not so shockingly religious groups were sort of outraged by that one. at least one of them called for a big boycott of pepsi. in the long run the controversy was good for madonna. >> usually controversy ends up being okay. back across to kat

we had carole king, rufus wainwright, aretha franklin. last night, we had the rockettes.ld afford all that. so thank you to old navy for making it all possible. [ cheers and applause ] appreciate that, guys. today is friday, and that's usually when i catch up with some personal stuff. i check my inbox, return some e-mails and, of course, i send out some thank-you notes. i was running a bit behind today. so i thought, if you guys wouldn't mind, i'd just like to write out my weekly thank-you notes right now. is that cool? do you mind? [ cheers and applause ] i'll be quick about it. james, can i get some thank-you note writing music, please? ♪ [ laughter ] >> steve: you got him. you know what? you disarmed him. >> jimmy: i don't know. >> steve: he was in a bad mood. >> jimmy: yeah, he was in a bad mood and then, he just charms his way into everyone's hearts. [ laughter ] >> steve: now he's mad again. he's mad again. [ laughter ] he's a charming son of a gun. >> jimmy: he really is. ♪ thank you, ugly sweater parties, or, as bill cosby calls them, parties. [ laughter ] [ as bi

talent and soul and intensity of an aretha franklin or a james brown or any great vocalist. >> extraordinary. lenny, you're also an extraordinary talent. it's been a great pleasure meeting you. really has. i really enjoys it. i look forward. >> all right, man. >> thank you very much. that's all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now. >> thanks, piers. it's 10:00 p.m. here on east coast. we begin with keeping them honest with a part of ron paul's part you might not know. it's a part of his past we don't know fully. that's because the congressman who is now leading the polls in iowa is prickly whenever he's asked about this. as we learned tonight, his story appears to have changes over the years as well. that's him taking off his microphone, cutting short the questioning from gloria borger. they have to do with racially inflammatory writings to paid subscribers during the '80s and '90s. though the articles rarely carried a byline they were written in the first person and in random publications such as the ron paul political report and the ron paul survival report. now this all flared up about thr

we had carole king, rufus wainwright, aretha franklin. last night, we had the rockettes.te that, guys. today is friday, and that's usually when i catch up with some personal stuff. i check my inbox, return some e-mails and, of course, i send out some thank-you notes. i was running a bit behind today. so i thought, if you guys wouldn't mind, i'd just like to write out my weekly thank-you notes right now. is that cool? do you mind? [ cheers and applause ] i'll be quick about it. james, can i get some thank-you note writing music, please? ♪ [ laughter ] >> steve: you got him. you know what? you disarmed him. >> jimmy: i don't know. >> steve: he was in a bad mood. >> jimmy: yeah, he was in a bad mood and then, he just charms his way into everyone's hearts. [ laughter ] >> steve: now he's mad again. he's mad again. [ laughter ] he's a charming son of a gun. >> jimmy: he really is. ♪ thank you, ugly sweater parties, or, as bill cosby calls them, parties. [ laughter ] [ as bill cosby ] with the thing and you put the lip -- [ laughter ] -- the lip was on the ground. [ laughter ]