(laughter) (applause) but i got to tell you-- that, that was menacingly homespun, sir. i just hope obama was watching. >> oh, i'm sure he is, stephen. "the colbert report" is tremendously influential. it's like a meet the press that people actually watch. >> stephen: oh, well, sir, do you watch my show. >> no, i haven't had the pleasure. i'm waiting for the whole series to be over and then i'm going to binge watch from episode one. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: i mean you're going it to have the opportunity pretty soon because the show ends in mid-december. >> ah. well, i offer you my congratulations and my condolences. what are your future plans? >> stephen: well, i haven't really made any specific plans, but-- i mean you have proven that a charming south carlinian can rise quickly in washington d.c. i mean maybe i will head down there. >> really? >> stephen: yeah. >> i like that idea very much. i would like to take you under my wing. >> stephen: really, i thought you would be threatened by my ambition. >> no, no, nothing like that. in fact, i would love to give yo

be used it seems like it is a more honest type of measurement even tom and jerry's seems hope -- homespun they use pine toward a scream it sounds like something that comes off of the form. almost all of the dairy is solely in customary measures the when you realize it is still ingrained in people's minds that they buy in all whole unit not just 14 ounces but a plane or a court or a half gallon if it is just something like 14 ounces or 4.6 milliliters we don't pay attention to it >> what happened to the growler? [laughter] >> i'll like this is approximately only. >> this just says centimeters on it now we know why there is a ruler on top of a ruler? any questions? >> one thing that i think about the metric system is it has a name and customary measures is the first time i ever heard a name. [laughter] >> it is awful we don't have any good name to our system. people often say i know people when reviewing my book have not read it when they call it art material measures because at link we don't. material measures i think it is 200 ounces brought 16 it is a different kind of an ounce if you ha

homespun philosopher.he had all these great sayings, many of whom we hear today as part of the american vernacilum. don't look back, something might be gaining on you. one of my favorites as i get more and more gray hair. satchel paige said age is a matter of mind over matter. if you don't mind, it don't matter. another one that he used, which i've used for certain academics and used a satchel paige-ism. satchel would say, it's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you know that just ain't so. he had that kind of mind despite a fourth grade education. what he also gave to the public and to the press, he named his pitches. bad dodger, hesitation pitch, boo ball. he was a notorious trash talk out of that african tradition. why are you bringing that bat up to the plate? it ain't nothing but wood. he loved to make those kinds of statements about my greatness, his greatness on the mound. and the fans loved that. he more than once at the understand of the inning. absolutely incredible. more than once