(audience reacts) the butterball is good, butterballs are better. (laughter) next up, folks, i am hypercompetitive and if you don't know that by now-- well, then i give up. (laughter) so i am giving a wag of the finger to the "new york times" science writer ashley merryman for an op-ed she wrote last week entitled "losing is good for you." well, if you really feel that way, ms. merryman, great news, i think you're a loser. (laughter) merryman here claims america has gone trophy crazy, especially when it comes to our kids and that after years of researching the effects of praise on kids "the science is clear: awards can be powerful motivators but non-step recognition does not inspire children to succeed, instead it can cause them to underachieve." wrong! (laughter) wrong! this country was built on awards. what do you think gave washington the confidence to defeat the british? it was his fourth grade most improved karate participation profy! (laughter) listen up! listen up, the "new york times." i know what's going on here. you published some liberal

jon: prince butterball. >>> first came kimye's baby daughter. now comes a rock.west taking kim kardashian off the market. julie ban has the four one. i'm so excited. >> not up for grab anymore, jon. i guess size matters, jon. kim kardashian's bling on her finger is making news for being smaller than from one husband kris humphries. it is nothing to thumb your nose at. when you put it side by side with the previous ring, kim is actually downsizing. humphries's ring was 20.5 carats. both made by the same designer though. see the difference? whatever, they're both big. the rapper popped the question at the home baseball field of the san francisco giants mopped night, complete with a 50-piece orchestra and fireworks. as for her greatest foe, kris humphries sold kim's ring he gaver at christie's auction for whopping $749,000 to on known anonymous bidder. a sharp drop from the reported worth of $2 million. speaking of kardashian ex-'s bling, lamar odom gave khloe a ring that cost odom only cost $850,000 she was wearing in september despite the recent split due to his d