er(cheers and applause) "the nightly show" contributor holly walker. applause) and he's the host of "sway in the morning" on sirius xm radio and an mtv legend, sway calloway. (cheers and applause) and for everyone at home, join our conversation right now on twitter at "the nightly show" using the hashtag "tonightly." thanksgiving is coming up next week, so we thought we'd talk about it. first of all, i want you to know this is true what we talked about the patti labelle sweet potato pie. it's all true. so i thought we would have a little pie. >> wow! thank you! (applause) >> larry: okay. i guess we should say grace patti labelle first, everybody. >> okay. >> larry: voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir. ce soir! (applause) >> do you want to really eat this? >> i don'>> larry: i don't knowe was thinking about. i know we're an overweight country bop does anybody feel guilty eating so much on thanksgiving? >> hell, no. you got it. you're almost obligated to eat for those who can't eat. >> larry: are you going to have the news with girn refugees on your --

we were talking about women's issues and holly walker started speaking about how women have a period.he said i have one right now. and these three women started speaking about women on their periods. we were all like, so tell us. i had no idea this was going to happen. it just happened in the moment and the audience was so interested and it was much better than anything i had prepared. charlie: you have any time to do stand up, produce? larry: not as much time but i'm still involved. before i did this, i was involved in the launching "blackish." the hbo thing we just did the pilot for and i'm still involved with that. i am always interested in mentoring writers. at some point, i will have a bigger production company. charlie: did john mentor you? he brought you in. he came to you and said i wanted you to do a show. larry: john is a mentor in this area, a master in this area. he is the yoda in this particular brand of comedy, an editorial style of comedy and you have passion and conviction and there is content and clarity about all of those things. and he is amazing about that. he is a

. >> we were talking about women's issues, and holly walker started talking about how women have a period and she said, i'm having one right now. >> rose: she said that? and these three women in front of me started talking about women and their periods and i'm a guy here having this conversation and it was so interesting. we were all, like, now, what is -- so, tell us, ladies -- >> rose: tell us something we didn't know. >> yes, and i had no idea this was going to happen. it happened in a moment. the audience was interested and much better than anything i could have prepared. >> rose: do you have any time to do standup, to produce other specials, to -- >> not as much time as i had, but i'm still involved with other things. before i did this, i was involved in launching blackish. the hbo we still did the pilot for and i'm still involved as a creative consultant on the show which i can do in my spare time. but i'm always interested in mentoring writers and doing projects. i'm sure at some point i'll have a bigger production company and that sort of thing. >> rose: did john mentor you? i'm g