and if he likes, me great, if he doesn't, i got to meet billy crystal! ie. don't waste the energy. what's the start date? let's go." >> stephen: i understand you have long wanted to do a movie with billie and whoopee. what is that movie you wanted to do with them? >> because whoopi loves shoes, i love shoes. so in this movie, billie is a shoe cobbler. he works with this big corporation, and makes sures. and i'm his intern. i steal the shoes. whoopi is my mom. they're magical shoes. and i was thinking maybe you could be in the movie. >> stephen: oh, yeah. >> you could be the owner of the company looking for the magical shoes. and you get on billy's back, and billy tells you to kiss his ass. and i feel bad about it and i try to bring the shoes back, but my mom won't let me bring the shoes back, and billy marries my mom. >> this is writing itself. i hope those of you at home get it down, and let us know-- it could also be "city slickers 3." >> stephen: it's a very fine line. all i know is tiffany just cast me as the ( bleep ). i'm honored. billy, apart from

i was like, billy crystal wants to talk to me? are you serious? and returned to the director's chair for the first time in 20 years. haddish stars as emma, a young singer who forms an unlikely friendship with charlie after an unforgettable lunch. >> why is your face suddenly bigger than it was before? oh, my god, are you allergic to seafood? >> oh, [ bleep ], maybe i am. >> hospital! >> reporter: when i learned about the beginning of this, i was like, that sounds like tiffany to a tee but this movie, tiffany, takes you down other beautiful roads how did you feel about the rest? this is a beautiful story, a heavy story. >> i felt really good about everything the only thing i had an issue with is when billy was asking me to cry i was like, uh, 39 years of my life suppressing tears, not crying in front of people. do you know how hard it was to train myself to turn off tears into jokes he was like, i want you to cry he got it out of me. >> reporter: what did you have to think about for that to happen >> i actually just stayed in the moment, just listen

in 1990 to 1999. >> reporter: the performance that night earned her a prime time emmy and made billy crystalat's herr. we gotot her thee sccript, w we met, andd here we are. >> reporteter: of course, billy crcrystal has s a few comedy gems of her own, from meg ryan's lunch partner, to the voice of one-eyed mike wazowski, but in the now movie, two of the funniest people on the plananet have t to deal with a completetely unfunny sin. >> w who are t theyey? >> t that't's my family.y. >> i if they're y you're familyly, why do y you havve their r names written d down? >> repororter: crystal's chararacter, charlie bernznz, isis in the early stage of dementia, and she becomes his rockck as he world starts to slip away. >> charlie, you can't be alone anymore. >> i'm writing something, and i have to finish before my words run out. >> reporter: i know you joked, where did i put my car keys. but there are moments when i think, am i headed down that road, when i forget something. do you have those moments? >> oh, yeah. i think you reach a certain age and you look for any pebble in your show. and you go,

starring billy crystal and tiffany haddish in it. he's a veteran comedy writer becomes unlikely friends with the rough around the edges street singer. he's the elder on a staff of comedy writers on a saturday night live type of show only he showing signs of memory loss. that's only getting worse. she helps him breathe life into every minute with everyone who mean something to him co-written and also directed by crystal. i'm reminded why he's always been one of the best working comedy actors around tiffany haddish. you're really spreads. her wings showing much more than the over the top, tiffany that we know from her standup. this is a sweet funny perry with the subject matter delicately handled that makes the difficult subject of dementia and alzheimer's, a little easier to take. it's a dean's list. b plus, only in theaters for sci-fi fans. there's the new superhero series on netflix jupiter's legacy. it's the latest comic book adaptation to move to a streaming service within 8 episode. first season following the offspring of a group

and by the way, can we get this from billy crystal? keeping the trains running on time. we had a boring humorless oscars. in one of the things that excites me is there's a woman that i always say talks the talk but never walks the walk. take a listen to that. >> now, tim scott. he doesn't seem to understand that many don't seem to understand specifically trained -- a racist country and a systemic racism, they don't seem to get the difference. and the fact that they cannot acknowledge this is appalling to me. >> okay, there was joy criticizing tim scott and senator tim scott gets up and talks about his experiences as an african-american and a black man in his country, not only allowing it to trend, but what is the woman talking about reign >> well, she is a tv host that once dressed up in blackface, remember, that lives in the hamptons, which is last check is quite wide, lecturing a black sitting senator from the south about what race means, which that is funny. i think that they call it "white-splaining" and it's pathetic. >> the left wing, left wing media, in their medi

[laughter] classic billy crystal.hat tells you a lot. have you got more on this one? we've been running this video all morning. an ohio legislator tried to fool people that he was on a zoom call but, in fact, it was a dead giveaway -- [laughter] he's got a intelligent on. take me through the story. alabama -- ashley: my first line was he's wearing a seat belt. this is hilarious. andrew brenner signed on to a meeting via his phone from the front seat of his car with a virtual background of his office. it's pretty obvious he's driving even without the seat belt, but at one point he unmutes his phone to register a vote. brenner defended his actions, by the way, saying, no, i wasn't distracted. i was paying attention to the meeting like listening to a radio station, he said. but even better, this is the delicious irony of this. on the same day two of brenner's colleagues were introducing a bill at the ohio state legislature to crack down on cell phone usage and distracted driving. it doesn't get better than this. classic.

for finding an interesting story for thousands of interviews include conversations with bush, billy crystal, rosa parks. two books every night at 5:00 and co- edited the wedding cake in the middle of the road which grew out of a series of stories for weekend edition sunday. her recognitions include the armstrong awards incorporation public broadcasting, universities golden anniversary directors award and distinguished broadcaster award from the american women in radio and television. nina is npr's legal affairs correspondent reports you regularly on all things considered, morning edition and weekend edition. the supreme court and legal affairs, or large spread recognition and mainstage of npr, morning edition and all things considered but the crÈme de la crÈme is 1991 npr's coverage anchored by judge clarence thomas is senate confirmation hearings receiving the procedures george foster award. named broadcaster of the year end honored in the 1998 award for excellence in broadcasting from the national print foundation. first rated journalist to receive the award and received the american soci

her thousands of interviews include conversations with billy crystal and luciano pavarotti. susan stamberg is the author of every night at five and talk and co-edited the wedding cake which grew out of a series of stories stamberg commission for weekend edition. professional recognitions include armstrong and dupont awards, and the incorporation of public broadcasting. the iowa state university's golden anniversary records award and the distinguished broadcaster award for the american women in radio and television. nina totenberg is npr's legal affairs correspondent who reports regularly on all things considered, morning edition and weekend edition . totenberg coverage has won her widespread recognition . as newsweek when it, the mainstays of npr are morning edition and all things considered but the crcme de la crcme is nina totenberg. and the arts coverage nheard by totenberg on job clarence thomas's confirmation hearings the allegations by anita hill received the prestigious george foster award. totenberg was named broadcaster of the year and honored with a 1998 sharp awar

. >> please welcome billy crystal. >> we started out together as stand-ups and now here we are.e host of "the tonight show." >> the buildup for this has been tremendous, and i just want to say i'm going to miss you. >> in jay leno's first few months, people didn't like him. they thought he was out of his element. >> you know from the beginning of the vietnam war until today, our military used more explosive than were used in "lethal weapon 1, 2 and 3" combined. >> sometimes there was nothing to laugh at. he would look at me and say, thank you for that one. >> i sometimes wondered if i made a mistake, fighting for and believing in jay. >> one in every three men is afraid of commitment. if you ask me, i think one out of every three tv networks is afraid of commitment. >> jay started with huge pressure, a lot of nerves. behind the scenes it was dramatic. >> jay's manager, helen cushnik, was the executive producer. to say helen was not collaborative was an understatement. that was war. >> now that his trial is over, suicide performer jack kevorkian says he's going to get a new car.

and i just have to say those pictures of conan o'brien and billy crystal when they were young, absolutelyt. he was just a genius at this. >> he was. he managed to walk the middle. he concentrated on the middle of the country. he was smart about that. he's from the middle of the country, obviously nebraska, but he never betrayed his point of view, even though he was in the middle of really controversial issue from the civil rights era to vietnam to watergate. it was all kinds of things going on. he commented on the news every night. but he did not betray a point of view. that is not what he was in the business of doing. he was very skillful at it. and he completely dominated the air waves for that period of time. >> and. about the early '70s carson had a huge influence on late night and comedy around the country. he even played a role in the creation of "saturday night live." that's something i didn't realize. tell me about the ways others tried to emulate him and the impact he had. because there were so many he tried. >> well, obviously they were so successful other networks are going to

he thinks billy crystal, chris rock doesn't know anything about comedy. i think he is dead wrong.re is a cancer and they will eat anyone including seth rogen at some point in time. >> shannon: it eventually comes from people all end of the spectrum's if it is so adhered to. and it depends but people have to be willing to have the conversation. >> we can be woken up. >> shannon: this is a perfect example, they are going after chip and joanna gaines. when i saw this today, what? so this is the headline from "the hill." chip and joanna gains, it doesn't sound positive risk but listen they come after them before because of the church they go to end the beliefs and the serviceman stomach sermons that the pastor has preached. actual story without hysterical headlines. chip keynes donates a thousand dollars to the sister school board campaign. i feel like this is the quickest reverse of cancel culture and history. >> sisters school a thousand dollars. the critical cancel theory i'm with them on that, but the story is $1,000 he gave to his sister running for a school board appear that is

. >> please welcome billy crystal. [ cheers and applause ] >> this started out together as stand-ups. show. >> the build-up for this. it's been tremendous. i just want to say i'm going to miss you. >> and jay leno's first few months, people didn't like him. they thought he was out of his element. >> from the beginning of the vietnam war until today our military used more explosive than were used in lethal weapon one, two, and three combined. unbelievable. combined. >> sometimes there was nothing to laugh at. you would look and, thanks for that one. >> i did wonder at times if i had made a mistake, fighting for and believing in jay. >> one out of every three men is afraid of long-term commitment. you ask me, i think one out of every three tv networks is afraid of -- >> a lot of nerves, behind the scenes, it was dramatic. >> jay's manager helen was the executive producer to say helen was not collaborative is an understatement. that was war. >> now jack kevorkian says he's going to get a new car. he's sick and tired of driving his old van. it is nothing but a death trap. >> in the early

. >> i think i made up some pretty good time on billy crystal. >> networks would loan out their tv starse events. >> she is leaning so far over she seems to be wobbling a great deal. >> erin gray. with that lithe, supple body. >> she's got a great set of legs, what the heck? >> i think we have a lot to apologize for with the worst of television. >> my only defense is it was the '70s. >> did i jiggle much? live and learn. for your sensitive skin? cetaphil gentle skin cleanser defends against 5 signs of skin sensitivity, and actively hydrates as it cleanses. cetaphil. dermatologist recommended. complete care for your sensitive skin. ( ♪ ) here's to the very first influencer in your life... mom! this is how mom shines. with 30% off everything. at zales. the diamond store. today let's paint with behr ultra scuff defense... with 30% off everything. so that you can live that scuff-free life. honey, i'm home! honey! scuff defense. i love our scuff-free life. behr ultra scuff defense. exclusively at the home depot. ok, at at&t everyone gets our best deals on all smartphones. let me break it down

thousands of interviews include conversations with laura bush, billy crystal, rosa parks, and others. susan stamberg is the author of two books. every night at five, and talk. susan stamberg also co- edited the wedding cake and in the middle-of-the-road beech grove the series of stories that susan stamberg commission for weekend edition sunday. her professional recognitions including the armstrong awards and the miro awards in from the corporation of public broadcasting. the ohio state university's golden anniversary directors award and the distinguished broadcaster award for the market women in radio and television. nina totenberg is npr's legal affairs correspondent, her reports rent air regularly on all things considered, morning edition and weekend edition. nina totenberg coverage of the supreme court legal affairs has won her widespread recognition. is news we put it, the mainstays of npr morning edition and all things considered. the crime that the crime is nina totenberg from the 191, npr's coverage anchored by nina totenberg with judge clarence, thomas senate confirmation hear

billy crystal was 18 he was playing ball on the beach. and this girl in a pink bikini walked by.when -- well, we found in -- in the interviews we did with couples for our book, many of those couples fell in love -- >> right >> -- on the first date. >> right, yeah >> the first look. the first anything >> and i was doing his show so it was kind of bare because we had never met before and all of a sudden, we were flirting like mad. and his show was one person for an hour. and we're, you know -- i'm going, "oh, phil, you're so funny, phil. it was just really embarrassing but it happens and i'm sure you felt that when you met alexi. >> seth: i -- i did. i want to ask, because i will say the next day -- you know, we met friday of a wedding. the wedding on saturday. true story as people were coming up and asking my wife and i who had just met how long we'd been a couple so it -- it was chemistry right away but i'm wondering if -- you guys knew you were in flirting, but friends of yours who watched that tv appearance, did they recognize it as well >> everybody >> yeah. >> everybody calle

you had billy crystal on "soap." you didn't see it.ough campaign something i'm very proud of. >> seth: well, it's really nice as always to have you here thank you for coming back. >> thank you, man. appreciate it. so great to be back, man >> seth: it's nice, right? it's nice to be around human beings thank you so much. new episodes of "on brand with donny deutsch" are available thursdays across all podcast platforms. we'll be right back with music from dodie ♪ [ crowd cheering ] [ engine revving ] [ race light countdown ] ♪♪ ♪♪ when you save money with allstate you feel like you're winning. safe drivers save 40% saving is easy when you're in good hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. spray, lift, skip, step. swipe, lift, spin, dry. slam, pan, still...fresh move, move, move, move aaaaand still fresh. degree. ultimate freshness activated when you move. cheez-it snap'd! they're on a mission to save every sandwich from a boring bag of chips. noooo! sandwiches meet your cheesy, thin, crispy cheez-it snap'd savior. so cheesy! so