don rickles was there. mike connors was there, steve lawrence, carol burnett. [ cheers and applause ] bob newhart and tim conway. were all sitting -- [ cheers ] this is a real story. all sitting at the table. it's unbelievable. we walk in. we finish a show. them. we walked in and don rickles goes, "oh, great, it's jimmy kimmel." [ laughter ] jimmy fallon. he goes, "yeah, yeah, no one cares." [ laughter ] everybody was on fire. steve lawrence -- you know he's an amazing singer but man is he a funny human being. he had a thousand jokes. carol burnett started telling a a story about eydie gorme. and as she's telling this story, tim conway just raises his hand at dinner. and we go, "yes, tim?" he goes, "can someone cut my meat for me?" [ laughter ] and then bob newhart goes, "that's green beans, that's not meat." [ laughter ] it was like that all night long, like machine gun comedy. anyway, one of the best nights ever. thank you to all those guys for letting me sit at the table. [ cheers and applause ] this is

we walked in and don rickles goes, "oh, great, it's jimmy kimmel." [ laughter ] jimmy fallon. he goes, "yeah, yeah, no one cares." [ laughter ] everybody was on fire. steve lawrence -- you know he's an amazing singer but man is he a funny human being. he had a thousand jokes. carol burnett started telling a a story about eydie gorme. and as she's telling this story, tim conway just raises his hand at dinner. and we go, "yes, tim?" he goes, "can someone cut my meat for me?" [ laughter ] and then bob newhart goes, "that's green beans, that's not meat." [ laughter ] it was like that all night long, like machine gun comedy. anyway, one of the best nights ever. so thank you to the rowans. thank you to all those guys for letting me sit at the table. this is why it's great to come out to los angeles, stuff like it was the best night ever. it was so fun. guys, we're gonna back in new york next week and kevin spacey is going to be on the show. and we wanted do this fun thing with him, but i'm gonna need your help. so if you have a kid between the ages of 5 and 9, i want you to have the

the rat. [ laughter ] the winner is, don rickles. he can't be here, and we're all thrilled. [ laughter ] [ applause ] yeah, we're not doing carnac tonight. [ laughter ] >> does it help if i... >> no no no. the award for best art direction and scenic design, there is only one nominee, and the winner is... best art direction and scenic design, the award goes to adrian barbeau, for the best set. [ laughter ] >> for the best, for the best non performance by an actor in a continuing, single, never ending, limited series, comedy, drama or movie of the week to go... [ laughter ] >> the nominees for best non performance are david mccallum in the invisible man, howard hughes in the vesco affair. and the winner... >> the winner is... >> the winner is lee majors, in anything. [ laughter ] strange category. [ laughter ] >> the special classification for outstanding malpractice on an audience participation medical series, day time or early morning, the nominees are: robert young for transplanting the first boil. [ laughter ] chad everett for trea

john: what about don rickles? >> have you had don rickles on yet? john: not yet. he is a hard one.t do you think is going on here? >> it is anecdotal. when i used to knock on doors, i would get to the third or fourth, everyone says the same thing. the ninth or 10th, it is scientific. everyone that has been out, they are all saying one name -- john kasich. i do not know why. disaffected hillary voters that cannot vote for the socialist but want to find someone they can believe in? what it is, i'm hearing kasich. more than bush. i have not heard about anyone talking about bush today. i'm actually looking for a bush and kasich search -- surge. >> we went to the trump rally last night. tonight is make or break for trump and sanders. you mentioned elizabeth warren. if hillary loses, there will be a rush for that endorsement. steinem was on television talking about her and it is not going as it should. she is going to need to fill that one gap. i think it is about letting her be her. areaas a problem in the where bernie sanders might rule tonight. republican campaigns have all said we ha

it was like a game of punitive ping pong played by done rickels and a robot played by don rickles. >> the guy with the worst spray tan in america is attacking me. >> i watched krchris go after rubio. he has large ears the biggest ears i have ever seen. i have never seen any human being sweat like this guy. >> donald trump likes to sue people, he should sue whoever did that to his face. >> kennedy. what the hell is happening to this country? >> we were missing this entire presidential contest was cuban street fighting. marco rubio has discovered his inner warrior and we are not getting anything done. no problems solved. it annihilates the issues we should be talking about foreign and domestic. it reached a whole new level of entertainment. cruz tried to get in the dislane but he was in neutral. >> what the hell is happening? >> it is nice to see r peters return quiet dignity to the process. george washington, abraham lincoln and these two idiots. i am waiting it out with a whole 15 minutes of yo ma ma jokes. >> yo ma ma is so trump. >> what the hell is happening? >> i am a terrible per

kind of like watching joan rivers, combination of don rickles and joan rivers with rodney dangerfield. it's entertaining and of course, the democratic debates are more like "60 minutes "reque" focusi issues. >> all right. i'll let you have the last word on that. thank you both so much. with me now is republican communications expert lee carter. what's your take on that last discussion? >> well, i think actually people are getting energized by rubio. i have done a lot of testing over the week and i thought maybe his performance would test better than it did. i'm not sure it will change minds but people said he finally seems relaxed and comfortable in his own skin. he's trying out -- we are seeing a different side of rubio. people are responding to it. what i have also been hearing is they see him as acting more like a leader and cruz is like, i don't even know where he is anymore. >> cruz seems to be kind of missing in action right now. all the cameras are on the two of them. let me ask you, rubio is still projected not to win his on state of florida, where he is a united states senato

uh... [ applause ] don rickles sent me a valentine. i did get one. an 8" x 10" glossy of willard the rat. it was, uh... i have a little poem for the occasion. roses are red, violets are blue, if you don't laugh at the home with you. [ laughter ] that's tommy back up there. >> better than nothin'! [ laughter ] [ cheers ] [ laughter ] >> that-that's not what mrs. newsom says. [ laughter ] no. [ laughter ] no, it's a very-- what? >> i didn't know you know mother. >> oh. an old joke. your mother, yes. uh, no, valentine's day is a very special day for tommy and his wife because she leaned over today and whispered those three little words, "rest in peace." [ laughter ] thought that was a valentine you had on your... >> tennis racket. >> that's certainly apropo for valentine's day. >> of course. it's where you're keeping [ laughter ] >> y-you're all makin' up your own jokes, aren't ya? [ laughter ] uh, burbank, uh, is kinda strange on valentine's day. uh, a lot of older people live out here. i went to a drugstore today and they were selling valentine cards

kind of like watching joan rivers, combination of don rickles and joan rivers with rodney dangerfieldntertaining and of course, the democratic debates are more like "60 minutes "reque" focusi issues. >> all right. i'll let you have the last word on that. thank you both so much. with me now is republican communications expert lee carter. what's your take on that last discussion? >> well, i think actually people are getting energized by rubio. i have done a lot of testing over the week and i thought maybe his performance would test better than it did. i'm not sure it will change minds but people said he finally seems relaxed and comfortable in his own skin. he's trying out -- we are seeing a different side of rubio. people are responding to it. what i have also been hearing is they see him as acting more like a leader and cruz is like, i don't even know where he is anymore. >> cruz seems to be kind of missing in action right now. all the cameras are on the two of them. let me ask you, rubio is still projected not to win his on state of florida, where he is a united states senator. i mea

. >> mark halperin, i watched as i always do, what about don rickles smoking a big cigar and -- >> iove watching your show. with all due respect. and you guys tried to talk about the way forward, how rubio wins, how cruz wins, how kasich wins and at the end of that entire exercise i decided that the only thing that they all needed to beat donald trump was magic pixie dust. there's just no way they'll beat him unless something cataclysmic happens out there. >> well, the debate tonight is a possible moment where they could change things. you know, they need to try. you saw in those clip there is rubio and cruz now starting to talk about certain things about trump that they think are vulnerabilities but, you know, first of all, it's not a multipronged attack and i think everybody believes that that's what it's going to require. second of all, i think these attacks are one offs. they still need an overall frame why they think donald trump is not the right person rather than a scatter shot approach. look, there's almost no way you can conceive of a scenario of any of these guys actually s