i know what you are thinking, but john, but john what if tv land is running a gilligan island marathon. you can dip into your flex point os. we're not [bleep]. get yourself three ounces of weed, a couple of big macs, fribbles and have a blast. just know are you in for a month of cottage cheese and sobriety. (laughter) we'll be right back by guest tonight, my guest tonight he was a partner at bain capital from 1993 to 2007. nis new book called unintended consequences, why everything you have been told about the economy is wrongment please welcome to the show edward conard, sir it (applause) too prepared and then a mispronounced your name, it's conard. unintended consequences. >> yes. >> jon: you, the book argues that income inequality which in my summation our country we are approaching, you know, countries that have like kidnapping-based economies in that sort of income inequalitiment but you argue it is not necessarily a bad thing, that risk is not what brought down our economy from the banks. and i guess my question to you about the premise of the book is huh? what-- explain to me, b

i know what you are thinking, but john, but john what if tv land is running a gilligan island marathonoint os. we're not [bleep]. get yourself three ounces of weed, a couple of big macs, fribbles and have a blast. just know are you in for a month of cottage cheese and sobriety. (laughter) we'll be right back by guest tonight, my guest tonight he was a partner at bain capital from 1993 to 2007. nis new book called unintended consequences, why everything you have been told about the economy is wrongment please welcome to the show edward conard, sir it (applause) too prepared and then a mispronounced your name, it's conard. unintended consequences. >> yes. >> jon: you, the book argues that income inequality which in my summation our country we are approaching, you know, countries that have like kidnapping-based economies in that sort of income inequalitiment but you argue it is not necessarily a bad thing, that risk is not what brought down our economy from the banks. and i guess my question to you about the premise of the book is huh? what-- explain to me, because listen, you have the ex

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i grew up in the 1970s and, you know, dallas and gilligan's island.ic level that is frightening. especially some of the messages that sends young women and the way it reverts back to the celebrities is that they are supposed to carry some sort of mantle and jessica can't gain or lose five pounds without creating a headline you can say whatever you want whether you're a fan or not but to put a woman in that position that's not her creating that position and i don't want to hear this argument it's implicated than that. i give credit to paris and kim kardashian creating evils. that is america. great. god bless them. the people that pretend they are not that makes me crazy. >> here is why i have an issue with it and i like paris and -- and i like them and see no problem with them doing the best they can. they both work very hard at it. is there a problem fundamentally with a society and the culture which puts people like that on pedestal in the sense it inevidentably chips away at the in stich of people who perhaps are more deserving of stars? you go back

. >> and which one from gilligan's island? >> marianne. >> i want to open it up to the panel. by the way, this is always a tragic story, sherrod. it goes back almost to the football story. people who peak early always end up somewhere bad later. >> you have to keep living. you have another 40 years. what will happen then? but wal-mart? her husband works at wal-mart? >> that is not bad. a lot of people work at wal-mart. should her friends help her? >> where is the fonz? >> yes, where are these people. >> there is a happy -- a silver lining in that she has been married for 20 years. that dude is holding down joni. >> why are you talking about me like i am not here? >> listen up, listen up, sit on it. that's mine. >> you do 236 episodes of arguably one of the most popular shows you have nothing to show but happiness, a happy mairnl. >> there is something that -- they didn't have the royalty structure before that. >> it didn't happen to everybody else on the show? >> we don't know about potsey 1k3* ralph mouth. he is somewhere hurting. >> he could be a fat homeless guy in boston.

dallas and gilligan's island. i love american culture in that way. ens young women and the way it revers back. like jessica who can't gain or lose five pounds without creating a headline. can you say whether you are a fan or not, but to put a woman in that position is not her. i don't want to create that argument, but it's more complicated. i give credit to people like paris and the kardashians for creating an industry out of people's obsessions. goad bless them. it's the people that pretend that they are not that that make me crazy. >> here's the issue. i like paris and i like her and i see no problem with them doing the best they can. they work hard. is there a problem fundamentally with a society and the culture that puts people like that on a pedestal in the sense that they have a mystique with the people that are perhaps more deserving. you go back 50 years and you have the great actors and the singers. the only way to be famous was to be genuinely world class talented. >> even if you look at hollywood the way beauty standards have shifted, we h

and, you know, "dallas" and "gilligan's island." i love american culture in that way.ic level that is kind of frightening, especially some of the messages that send young women and if they were supposed to carry some kind of mantle. jessica who can't gain five pounds or lose five pounds without creating a headline. you can say whatever you want. to put a woman in that position, that's not her creating that position, and i don't want to hear this argument, it's a little more complicated than that. i give credit to people like paris and kim kardashian who is creating an industry out of america's obsession with them. it's the people who pretend they're not that that drive me crazy. >> i like them, i see no problem them doing the best that they can, they both work very hard at it. is there a problem fundamentally with the society and culture that puts people like that on a pedestal, in sense, it inevitably chips away of more people who are -- we go back 50 years and you have the great singers and great artists and the only way to be famous is to be talented world-class. >>

. >> jimmy: jim backus from "gilligan's island." mr, howell. jimmy: it is not. it is not true. >> i want some crayfish. but wait. the bacchus -- i'm about to hurt someone. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what are you throwing? >> i'm throwing a tiny cowbell. [ laughter ] yeah. this was a blast. mardi gras was amazing. to be a part of this event. and they wanted me to extend an invite to you, mr. jimmy fallon. they want you to be the next king of bacchus for next holiday. [ cheers and applause ] and they were thinking, why not do a week of shows in new orleans -- have all the former kings of bacchus come on as guests? and then end it with the mardi gras parade. boom. [ cheers and applause ] right? >> jimmy: i will talk to them. >> and i will come and be a guest. >> jimmy: you will? >> assuming i'm available. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: more with will ferrell when we get back, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ liquid plumr double impact... double impact. [ doorbell ] i'm here to snake your drain. i'm here to flush the pipe. [ male announcer ] new liquid plum

mitt romney is some sorted of, you know, a harmless sort of thurston how will will, iii, from gilligan's island. he is running to the right of george w. bush on everything. george w. bush came out for civil unions before that was popular. this guy in 2012 is against civil unions. he is running to the right of george w. bush on everything and the good thing about republicans, you can rely on them for one thing. they run to the right and then they governor farther right. remember w. the passionate conservative. look how far right he we want. the tea party governs that took over the state houses, they didn't run saying they were going to destroy unions. they ran to the right and then they went farther right. you have a major threat aimed at all of these constituencies and people are arguing and yelling and all have a common enemy. i think it's time for us to unite to stop the tea party in november and then in the budget battle in december, stop the sell-out on the part of mainstream dc on the key economic issues of our time. >> i think you are very right. i think a lot of people on the left though

petticoat junction, gilligan's island, news were supposed to be a loss leader and ratings weren't supposedngress for, they wanted free use of the air waves. congress said sure, but in exchange, you have to give us back then it was one hour, not a half hour, one hour of what they called informational programming, we call it the nightly news now. if they had gone one step further and said under no circumstances can there be paid advertising during that hour, imagine how different the news landscape would be. >> a wildly different place. this show is a cross between brigadoon and petticoat junction in a lot of ways. >> yeah. i'm a big fan -- >> i like the long sorkin-esque pause there. certainly the point is well taken that ratings would change the way, jackie, i would love to get your thoughts on this, in terms of covering the news. you're working at "usa today" , a legendary newspaper, a mass newspaper, and in terms of what we cover and how we cover it, the times are changing and the thing that we haven't talked about is the internet also has changed the news business game. i will use that

. >> and it was green acres and petticoat junction, gilligan's island, those were the shows you madepposed to be loss leaders, that was a public service and you weren't expected to make money. >> this is from new york and a piece you weren't thrilled by. >> yes? >> the sorkin-found lightning-wick repetitive and culturally elousive banter that tornadoes into a spiral of stagey, one-upmanship. do you hear it in your head. is that aaron sorkin? >> it's -- it certainly is aaron sorkin to that critic. it's not really my place to review the reviewer. >> i'm asking about you and how you write. >> yeah, i do hear it that way in my head. i act out all of the parts as i'm doing it. i even -- you said in your tease, i broke my nose writing a scene from the show. >> aaron, how do you break your nose? i'm just curious. what are you flailing around the room? i'm trying to figure out how that would happen. >> are you mocking me? >> no, i would never mock you, mr. sorkin. i'm trying to figure out how you broke your nose. >> are you calling me uncoordinated, unathletic? >> she's not on cue. >> not to

princeton, west virginia, these nonprofits were founded by bob denver, also known as gilligans from gilligan's island and his wife. their love of west virginia and their dedication to service have truly been a gift to our great state. the honor flight network is an idea that started with earl morris, a physician assistant and retired air force captain who wanted to honor the veterans he had cared for over 27 years. earl found that many of his patients couldn't afford to see the monuments built to honor their service, so he took it upon himself to make that happen. earl was also a pilot and he offered a free flight to a world war ii veteran who was also his patient. one free trip led to another, and with the help of more volunteers, it grew into the honor flight network. the first flight took place in may of 2005, and by the end of that year, honor flight had taken 137 world war ii veterans to visit their memorial. the honor flight network has expanded to cities and states around the country, and in 2011 the network transported 18,055 veterans to see their memorials at no cost to the veterans. in west