watch it tuesdays at 9 on abc, please welcome fred willard. [ cheers and applause ]. >> thanks for modifying great to see you. how have you been? >> it's always fun to be here. i've been fine. you know, i hear you're a baseball fan. >> i am a baseball fan. >> do you still have them. >> they got disbursed to the younger members of my family and then they disappeared. >> my mom threw mine out. i don't know if you saw in the paper where they found an atick some man's grandfather put away cards from 1910, put them in a box and they got -- the things are in mint condition. they look like they were brand new. that's a fantasy i always had -- >> jimmy: they found like a wagner? >> i don't think they had him. that's worth like 4 million. but these were -- the thing is what they do -- they take cards today and they put them in plastic folders that you can't -- you have to hold the cards and look at them. i got this. >> jimmy: yeah. >> any way, i always had a fantasy some old lady living on my block, i found this card board box my husband had these cards. you don't know whether you tell her they're ex

fred willard will do that times 10.will not only go on the talk show, but say i am a dirty old man. he will participate in a sketch and show clips on the movie. >> he should host "saturday night live." >> i agree. >> he should do it up. >> he has to embrace this. >> why is it bs? this is a little off putting, don't you agree? >> what do you think is happening in this triple-x peep show? >> it doesn't make it legal. it is still illegal. >> who cares? >> you can do it in the privacy of your own home. >> he is 72 years old. >> can i bring -- here is my, i don't know, understanding of this. he is 72. there could be an issue where he does president know how to get -- doesn't know how to get porn on a computer. it could be as simple as that. i don't know what to do. >> it is age discrimination. >> he probably drove to the theater with the laptop in his hand and he probably was like -- can you just put this on here? he probably got on google. he probably typed in alta vista or netscape and then he typed in porn and says where

here's fred willard, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. to listen to my wife when she says why don't you go out and see a movie. [ laughter ] you know, you wouldn't talk about this. the adult -- the whole adult theater thing. i thought they were gone. and i see this one. it had such a polynesian exotic look to it. i said, maybe there's hula dancers in here. >> jimmy: yeah. >> maybe there's mai-tais. i went in and i realized i was the only one awake and sober and conscious. >> jimmy: and conscious in the theater. do you mind me asking about this? can i ask you about this? >> absolutely, yes. >> jimmy: all right, yes. >> but, anyway, it was like a trip down -- "alice in wonderland" down the rabbit hole. fire away, i think there's -- all right. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: well, the movie you went to see -- >> yes. >> jimmy: -- was it "the firm?" [ laughter ] >> no. >> jimmy: was it "free willy?" [ laughter ] >> no. >> jimmy: was it "anaconda?" [ laughter ] >> no, sadly it was "get shorty." [ laughter and applause ] wait a minute. >> jimmy: a

i'm your host fred willard.

. >>> pbs has fired actor and comedian fred willard following his shocking arrest at an adult theertd in hollywood. the 72-year-old was picked up by police during a routine inspection and accused of engaging in a lewd act. you can imagine what that was. willard was the narrator of "the antiques road show" spinoff "market warriors," but his voice will now be replaced on the episodes that he has already taped. willard told tmz it all is a big misunderstanding, saying it flat-out did not happen. on top of that, he's hosting a new abc show called "trust us with your life."

. >> stephanie: hello fred willard. >> oh!ter to do? >> only people of fred willard's age go to -- >> cha-cha. >> stephanie: a picture of that. >> 46 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> swede lady gaga, that is good! >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." "the gavin newsom show." this week: where will ken burns turn his lens next? find out on "the gavin newsom show." only on current tv. in your jeep grand cherokee. and when you do, you'll be grateful for the adaptive cruise control that automatically adjusts your speed when approaching slower traffic. and for the blind spot monitoring that helps remind you that the highway might not be as desolate... ...as you thought. ♪ ♪ of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our ♪ take just one more ♪ it's been dumbed down ♪ long before romney ♪ ever did ♪ >> thank you . >> stephanie: 45 minutes after the hour. we'll be back as we close "the step

>> fred willard is arrested for lewd conduct in an adult movie theater.ere. and the romney campaign ad hammers president obama for his you didn't build this remark. some say yes -- wait, that doesn't work herl. and finally, are short people awful? short answer, yes. greg? >> who pitched that article in the meeting today? >> it is funny. i think everybody person on the staff had it. >> i don't believe it was a study. it was an opinion piece. >> short people are horrible. >> if that makes you feel better, andy. >> i feel great. >> all right then. i guess we are settled. >> go away. >> tall people are miserable. >> let's welcome our guest. she is so hot that bunson burners use her for a science experiment. well, he is so sharp that when light bull bulbs get an idea they 1r* pictures of him over their heads. it is chris baron, go proud co-founder. and in croatia he is considered a slim jim, bill schulz. and if hilarity was a shark attack i would beat him off underwater. sherrod small, pretending to be on the phone. nobody has done that before on "red eye." ho

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. >>> fred willard is denying any wrong doing following his shocking arrest at an adult theater in hollywoodd the 72-year-old after he was accused of engaging in some lewd contact in that theater. willard denied the allegation to tmz. >>> sylvia wood has passed away. born in south carolina, she came to new york and opened her first restaurant, 50 years ago, since then, she's been a harlem fixture which drew tourists, politicians. her products were also sold in grocery store. she died yesterday after a battle with alzheimer's disease. she was 86 years old. >>> some incredible video to show you now, first a little colombian boy has been found alive. the 3-year-old had been playing at a construction site when he just vanished, turns out that she fell into a suer shaft. rescue crews finally found him and then pulled him out. >>> some video in from china amoped rider was able to walk away after being hit by a truck at a busy intersection. she was probably saved by the quick evasive action on the part of the truck driver. look at that. >> talking about a matter of inches there. >>> in sports this

reporting on tinseltown but today there's shock news out of hollywood about one of my heroes, fred willard. (laughter) you know him from films like this is spinal tap, waiting for guffman and best in show, funny, funny guy. well, fred just got arrested at the tiki theatre, an x-rated movie house in los angeles with his pants down and i'm hoping like a tea towel on the seat. now i got two things to say here. first to the l.a. cops, you know i always stand by our boys in blue, but what are you doing? (laughter) what are you doing? what dow expect to find in the tiki theatre, roger are-- roger ebert reviewing toll booth shut 4? no. it's gentleman who still appreciate seeing movies on the big silver giving each one their own private thumbs up. so either close the place down or leave them alone. secondly, mr. willard, right off the bat, still a huge fan. but there's something you need to know. it's called the internet. okay? (cheers and applause) it's complicated. ask your grandchildren. but don't tell them why. okay? say i had to pee wee. okay. now with the top story out of the way-- (laughter

. >>> public television has severed its ties with actor fred willard. willard was recently arrested on suspicion of a lewd act inside an adult movie theater in hollywood. the 72-year-old actor is best known as the dog show announcer in the movie "best in show." till now he'd also been the narrator for the pbs show "market warriors" which is produced by wbgh, the boston public television station. >>> ann hathaway explains how her new role as cat woman began with a single meow. we have more from hollywood. >> reporter: seven years after taking on the role of batman, christian bale is wrapping up the trilogy. >> i'm retired. >> reporter: what was it like taking off the batman suit for the last time. >> knowing that i was never going to be putting it back on again? i didn't want to take it off. i wanted to sit with it for a while. >> reporter: while he's a familiar face in the series, there are some newcomers in "the dark knight rises." >> you have my permission to die. >> reporter: tom hardy plays the masked villain and ann hathaway is the conniving and ni

tomorrow night, billy crudup, fred willard and music from grace potter and the nocturnals.oches. >>> from the air and on the ground firecrews work through the night to stop the advance of a mammoth forest fire in the sierra. >> the area is remote, but the evacuations have been ordered. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. they have spent the last several hours battling this wildfire. the fire broke out in placer county between colfax and foresthill about 3:30 this afternoon. so far it forced residents to evacuate the shirt tale canyon area. someone reported seeing men shooting off fireworks about the time it began. they are still trying to pinpoint the exact cause of the fire. >>> it is hot there and triple digit temperatures in parts of the bay area made life uncomfortable for a lot of people. in walnut creek temperatures peaked at 100 degrees. itment trying to cool off at the clark center. swim center. they did the best they could trying to stay cool. it hit 104 degrees in livermore and 102 in cloverdale. a surging demand for power forced pg&e to declare an emergen

. >>> pbs has fired actor and comedian fred willard following his shocking arrest at an adult theertdood. the 72-year-old was picked up by police during a routine inspection and accused of engaging in a lewd act. you can imagine what that was. willard was the narrator of "the antiques road show" spinoff "market warriors," but his voice will now be replaced on the episodes that he has already taped. willard told tmz it all is a big misunderstanding, saying it flat-out did not happen. on top of that, he's hosting a new abc show called "trust us with your life." it is still scheduled to air next week. yet another member of peewee's playhouse hanging out in the theaters. who still goes to theaters in 2012? don't you have a laptop and a dark room like a gentleman? i don't understand that, very strange. >> i'm just popping popcorn. eating in the theater. that's all i'm doing. >> keep it clean. >>> most 5-year-olds are learning to ride their bikes without training wheels. but little lane nestnik is way ahead of that curve. >> this 5-year-old texan has qualified for next month's national amer

actor fred willard is speaking out about an alleged lewd act. he wrote wait until you hear my version, more pg. my review, lousy film but it would make a terrific racket ball court and there is a new neighborhood watch flick. >> i'm a fan and richard is so funny. it's fun to let these guys carry the ball out. >> it's in theaters friday and get other needs right now at otrc.com. >> and next on abc 7 news... >> shopping online could get more expensive. a congress woman is at the center of a battle between silicon valley and washington, d.c.. >> senator feinstein says the romney campaign is twisting words and using them against president obama. >> era of tax free online shopping may be coming to an end. >> congress is working on tax legislation and looks like it could pass. david louie is in downtown where this issue continues to divide silicon valley. >> you know it's more than california that would like to collect more in sales tax as revenues have stayed in. but you know it's by miscalculations depending whom you ask, between $4 billion and $11

also trending fred willard, the veteran comedian arrested by police for lewd conduct in a hollywood adulteater. just follow us for the latest news. >>> right now we check with josh for what is coming up. >> reporter: good thursday morning to all of you coming up robin's interview with ann romney opening up about the lay taebgss on her husband to her battle with multiple sclerosis. plus is her husband closer to picking a running mate right here on go m . >>> -- on "good morning america." >>> george zimmerman talked about the night trayvon martin was shot in an interview with fox news. zimmerman said when he got out of his car martin approached him and as zimmerman tried to grab his phone he said martin punched him he said martin said you're going to die tonight and tried to grab the gun zimmerman was carrying. zimmerman said he would like to talk to martin's parents. >> and i'm sorry they buried their child. i can't imagine what it must feel like and i pray for them daily. >> zimmerman charged with second degree murder in the teen's death. >>> contingency planning for what is believed to b

the only person that got a job out of this was fred willard. >> bob: how many does romney create?greg: staples, maybe. >> bob: staples? staples took off after 1999. so he wasn't supposed to be at the company then. right? >> andrea: how about solyndra. how many jobs -- we don't want to talk about that. coming up, a huge exclusive for our own hannity last night. for first time, george zimmerman made his case to the public. could he have hurt himself legally? moments from now you hear from george directly. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: well, you heard the big argument mitt romney hiding his tax returns. the fact is he released one. he said he may release two. on average, most presidential candidates release more than that. he is going against the grain. you would think it would just be democrats who think it's a good idea. guess what? gallup came out with a poll showing across the nation, 54 54-34 think romney should release tax returns. 34 represents the right wingers and that makes sense that they don't think he should. to use greg's phrase. right wingers. right wingers and you --

and later this week wanda sykes, fred willard, music from serj tankian, grace potter and the nocturnals. our first guest tonight is the artist formerly and currently known as peewee, you can hear him now giving voice to the evil base commander in the animated series "tron: uprising" watch it thursdays at 8:00 on disney. please welcome paul reubens! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> thank you, thanks for having me. >> jimmy: how's your summer going? >> my summer's going great. it's halfway over. >> jimmy: i hate that it's halfway over. what are you doing this summer? >> i spend a lot of time on "tron." i've been in my storage unit pulling items from peewee's playhouse to show at the museum of modern art. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow, that's a big deal. >> yeah, there's a show called century of the child, 1900s to 2000, 100 years of influence on children. >> jimmy: wow, that's a big deal. what items? >> many hundreds of thousands of items that have nothing to do with me. >> jimmy: did you select them? >> no, i selected them. the wall unit that has the d

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tomorrow night, from the movie "the watch," billy crudup will be here, as will the great fred willard music from grace potter & the nocturnals. so, join us for that tomorrow. our first guest is a very funny and easily-annoyed emmy-winning writer and performer. you know from her work on "curb your enthusiasm" and many other things. you can hear her now as the voice of a sloth in "ice age: continue innocental drift." it opens in 3d this friday. please say hello to wanda sykes. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how you doing? >> i'm good, how are you? >> jimmy: i'm doing all right, thank you for asking. has summer been going well for you? do you like the summer? >> it's too damn hot, jimmy. >> jimmy: it was hot. it was hot today and yesterday, really hot. >> yeah, yeah. it was hot yesterday and -- i went on a hike yesterday up at runy runyan, which means i have white friends, because -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: why do you say that? >> black people don't do stuff like that. >> jimmy: they don't? >> you know what? i mean, it was -- what? it was like, what, like, africa hot. it was like -- [

>> "modern family's" fred willard busted for lewd conduct in a triple x movie theater. >> oh, it's been with the puns today. >> wait until you hear the unfortunate name of his next movie. >> breaking new details as "modern family" get 14s emmy nods today. >> i'm here with emmy host and nominee jimmy kimmel. nice p.j.s, dude. >> coast to coast with all of today's nominees. >> you're adding to my muffin top with these muffins. >> "extra's" mel

. >>> public television has serverred its ties with actor fred willard. was recently arrested on suspicion of a lewd act inside an adult movie theater in hollywood. the 72-year-old is best known for his role on "as -- as the dog show announcer in "best in show." till now he had also been the narrator for the pbs show "market warriors" produced by wgbh, a public television station. >>> this fall wusa will launch a new talk show with bloomberg government. the show will air on sunday mornings as part of wusa's acclaimed power block. bloomberg's chief washington correspondent peter cook will be the host and that is sundays this fall on wusa9. >>> before we go to break, let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. if it's your birthday, happy birthday on this friday. >>> we're glad you're with us this morning. 5:47 if you're just waking up. the storms that rolled through last night, olga, were something. i felt like they were right over our house. >> they were loud, they were bright. and they lingered. it wasn't like it passed through. these are like 20, 30,

doing be poor fred willard. >> what is barack obama asking him to do?ddle of a recession which is not what is recommended that you do. otherwise he's saying the he whole thing is going over the cliff. this is more like rebel without a cause and the two of them heading to the cliff, and the first one out is the a chicken. >> it's bush's tax increase. >> stephanie: i was going to say, the recession was caused by the bush tax-- >> it was supposed to happen two years ago. obama has cut your taxes, right wringers. this is bush's plan because bush gave all the surplus money to the rich folks. where is the money lobowsi. it's all over seas and it's not in america any more. >> i love when you quote the big lowboski. >> stephanie: and i will a different pollock entirely. i really am. >> i think grievances, slavery bad treatment of native americans, third world countries, to shape his economic thinking. >> you mean he has a conference. >> it's not necessarily noble. he gives the bad things about america far too much weight, leaning to his desire to redistribute w

>>> also this morning, actor, comedian, commentator fred willard and his shocking arrest in hollywood can imagine, and what willard has to say about it. life provides some xhul comedic moments at times. he has a new movie in the works called "the yank." >> it's not about the yankees. >> isn't that iron ic? >>> try to wrap your mind around this story. a gay mormon goes public with his secret. he's happily married to a woman and that's only the beginning of this very complex relationship. when i first heard about this, he's gay, he's married, happily. is he attracted to his wife? we're going to get into all of this. >> many, many questions. and we may have a surprise or two this half hour. we may have a little something, a little blast from the past. you don't want to miss it, lots of good stuff in this half hour. >>> former presidential candidate michele bachmann is known for her often controversial comments. >> this time it's about a state department employee who was born here in the u.s. but who is of pakistani descent. abc's karen travers has all of the details. >> reporter: michele

we know why people go there, but i -- i just like the fact that fred willard is going to just fess up a genuinely funny guy, an old school hilarious comedian, so he is doing the right thing here i think. >> i love the wife comment. paul covers the white house for the west ring report. he is going to be joining us in studio a little bit later, as will bill mckibbon. we'll talk about global warming and whether there is any connection with the drought that's going on. and then we're going to round out the day today by telling you all about anchor beer and sampling some of their new products. looking forward to that. did we get the chips and pretzels? >> no, we have not. >> all right. i don't drink beer without pretzels. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> where can you find a nice chicken wing this time of day? overhead lines on this friday harvey winesteen spoke about the aurora, colorado shooting. he reiterated that he is a strong supporter of president obama but it's time to quote, put up or shut up about gun control. he is behind many violent films including

." >>> fred willard, police caught him in a theater watching x-rated movies with his pants down. >> mr. willard, there's something you need to know. >> mr. willard, there's something you need to know. it's called the internet. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with breaking news out of colorado where at least 14 people were killed in at a midnight showing of the batman movie. it happened inside a theater at a mall in aurora ten miles southeast of denver. >> at least 50 people were injured, police say one suspect has been arrested barry peterson is at the scene in aurora. good morning, barry. >> reporter: good morning. you have the numbers. 14 dead, ten inside the theater. four who died at local area hospitals. six hospitals flooded with victims. that number could obviously change. the number of those injured, 50. they don't know for sure. there may be some duplications. they only have one suspect in custody. the indication is that's all they're dealing with is one suspect. he did have explosives. they went to his apartment building which is near this