go to sleepnumber.com for a store near you. >>> the father-son comedy powerhouse carl and rob reiner philosophy. our brooke baldwin salt down with them for tonight's "history of comedy." brooke is here with a preview. >> last week it was betty white, this week carl and rob reiner. imagine, you have spinal tap, princess bride, all in the family, dick van dyke, whej harry met sally, a few good men. when you're growing up in this household and you're rob reiner, the son and dad carl didn't say, son, i want you to follow my footsteps, this is a home where mel brooks comes over every night for dinner, still. so through osmosis, they're hysterical, and also they do not hold back when it comes to president trump. >> let's watch. >> did you grow up laughing in this house? >> the funniest people in the world came into this house. people asked a million times what it was like growing up in a household where there's mel brooks and norman lear, the funniest people in the world. as a kid you're growing up, you don't know -- that's your reality. >> i was trying to think of when he was very, very y

i was sitting down with the legendary carl and rob reiner last week in l.a. had this idea. >> i love the fact that trump was upset that sean was being played by a woman. so now i'm hearing they're trying to get rosie o'donnell to play steve bannon. i'd love to see a woman play trump, meryl streep or whatever. >> meryl streep. they were like let's give alec saturday night off and bring meryl in. >> she did it this past summer. i think that's hilarious. i think leslie jones wanting to play him, that is -- >> leslie jones on "snl" wants to play intertrump. >> i want to play jared kushner because i would have no lines. >> they hear him get upset that sean spicer was played by a woman so it's sort of like a game of i'm not touching you with trump. the more he says stop it, the more they're going to do it. they were like, okay, what woman can play who? oh, i can play jeff sessions. it's so beautiful. >> the highest rated "snl" in 22 years. >> higher than when he -- it's got to drive him crazy that alec baldwin beat him. >> i wish i had more time. "the lead" with ja