i understand that david letterman was an early inspiration for you. yes, when the letterman show came on when i was in high school, i was motivated to set my sights on a career in comedy. i thought i wanted to be a comedy writer. i wanted to write for the letterman show. i was so impressed with the show and his sense of humor and sensibilities, i-- as sctv was also at that time. i would have watched sctv and david letterman and be very impressed with their sense of humor. that's how i got interested in the medium of stand-up comedy, was being inspired by david letterman. well, in the intro, as being topical-- i mean, that's very much a part of what letterman does, is humor from that day. and, of course, we had a chance to see you recently on stage, and you're really doing material from today or from last week, from headlines. uh-huh. is that an orientation that you've always had? yeah, i do-- you know, obviously, you know, when i do venues around the country, i do anywhere between an hour and an hour and a half, so i can't have everything be new, and

that's how i got interested in the medium of stand-up comedy, was being inspired by david letterman. well, in the intro, as being topical-- i mean, that's very much a part of what letterman does, is humor from that day. and, of course, we had a chance to see you recently on stage, and you're really doing material from today or from last week, from headlines. uh-huh. is that an orientation that you've always had? yeah, i do-- you know, obviously, you know, when i do venues around the country, i do anywhere between an hour and an hour and a half, so i can't have everything be new, and i have to have some sense of discipline and order to my stand-up. by i try to incorporate as many new things as i can all the time. it's always an evolving stand-up set, you know what i mean? that's why i bring notes out on stage, which i've--you know, some people find unprofessional or seemingly ill-prepared. but, you know, i'm not doing the same exact set the same exact way every single time i go onstage, so nothing is committed to memory in that sense. you know, you do political humor, and there aren't

. >> i can already see david letterman having him on the show.arles barkley, looks good on the range, but even hank haney couldn't get club to transfer it win it counts. he goes one-handed. the round mound of rebound is dead last. toliver tops the leaderboard, and the record-sitting day in infineon. larry dixon, 317.9 miles an hour. a new track record. that is fast. >> alan: barkley is still a big attraction. >> always entertaining. >> alan: thanks for watching everybody.y. ♪ hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain nd to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 calories per serving. multigrain cheerios. try new chocolate cheerios with a touch of delicious chocolate taste in every bite.

we both took over for david letterman when he was sick, remember? >> as host.hat were your feelings about that? >> incredibly nerve racking. it was one of those things where they asked, and i was like, "this is unbelievable," and told all my friends. as the days got closer, i was like, "luke, what are you doing? why would you ever agree to that?" just 'cause it's like -- i think i have a tough enough time for being out there for 4 1/2 minutes, and i'm going to host the show for an hour. i go to new york, and i hadn't talked in like a day, sitting on the plane right. five hours from l.a., like, "why am i doing this? this is the worst mistake ever." i said, "can i talk to somebody from the show? a producer or something? can i go by the show?" i went by the day before and bill cosby is hosting. they have a legend of comedy, a stand-up guy. how do they then go to me? [ laughter ] this is going to be a disaster. i had my dad come up from dallas just as a little back up. he seemed more nervous than i was. [ light laughter ] i was like backstage with him before i went

got another emmy nod, though he's the blackmailer of david letterman.>> this next one is really amazing. keep an eye out for this. because everybody knows if you climb to the top there are going to be people going to try to bring you down. >> everywhere, every profession. >> there's a social network trailer that has just come out, it's about the founder of facebook mark zuckerberg. it basically says he's a creep. they try to -- they basically, it's a two-minute trailer, proceeds to show the breakdown of his relationship with his friend and co-inventor of fate book, eduardo sevrin. let's take a listen to a little bit of this. >> stole our website. >> they're saying we stole the facebook -- >> i know what they said. so did we? >> you know what's cool? a billion dollars. >> you're going to get left behind. >> don't ever imagine -- >> sue him in federal court. >> i can't wait. >> the way facebook's taken over the world it should be a fascinating movie to see how this evolution took place, how mark created this empire. he's a 20-something billionaire now. >>

i understand that david letterman was an early inspiration for you. yes, when the letterman show came on when i was in high school, i was motivated to set my sights on a career in comedy. i thought i wanted to be a comedy writer. i wanted to write for the letterman show. i was so impressed with the show and his sense of humor and sensibilities, i--