channel 8 in portland, oregon, head to salem and enjoy a musical take on mark twain's classic "huckleberry finn." >> love that, love that. >> classic. >>> here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this weekend at the box office audiences are ready to go ape. "rise of the planet of the apes" starring james franco is the latest in a franchise that kicked off in 1968. the films have always drawn well. this one has received very good reviews, and experts see it taking first place with around $40 million. last weekend's bridesmaids, the smurfs are expected to make a more triumphant second place showing this week. only a moderate audience drop from its opening weekend. the experts think it should take in around $20 million. the weekend's big question mark is the debut "the change-up." jason bateman and ryan reynolds star in the body switch plot, but then again, this is the year of the r-rated comedy. it could finish near 20 million and challenge "the smurfs" or it could disappoint and fall behind "cowboys and aliens" or "captain america." we talked about "bridesmaids" and i took my

i did a piece on the daily show about people wanting to removed it from huckleberry finn. that is literature as far as i am concerned. it is very important. the satirical point that it is important to understand that that is what black people were called back then and what they were considered and to not know that is ignoring history. a very important satirical point by using that word. removing it is ignoring something that is very significant that we should not forget. >> i don't think you should remove it but it should not be used as a punch line to every joke you tell. that is a different story. historically you are right. you can't remove it from mark twain's book because it wouldn't -- it would destroy the history. you would not have an idea what was going on. it was used at a certain time. if you are doing a story about the south and eliminated you would be distorting the picture. >> is true we spend so much time talking about that word that we miss other issues like the one you mentioned about who is producing shows in the first place. are we missing our bigger iss

commissioned his protege to do a bust of him and that was eventually photographed and put in huckleberry finn. and then the sculptor will tell you that if he wanted to get the next right you have to see the shoulders so he goes to charles oh my ear and art photographer which means he photographed news and has the specter to consider the sculptor can make that bust. mark twain thought it was funny, too said he kept it and it was the only unique photograph of him anywhere. this is an example of what we have. [laughter] it requires no explanation. here's another one. talking about somebody who went out with him and describing this photograph share is the real old plymouth church self compliances the of 40 years ago. it's the way god looks when he has had a successful season. [laughter] >> now this is an exception of a notebook, the very early notebooks this comes from a note he kept when he was learning to be a pilot. the blue heading means from the new orleans delta to the head of the island 6263 and these are his notes about what the passage of the river and what problems he encountered. he ha