i knew jack benny and george burns and ronald reagan. >> what was his relationship to them?> i don't know what this was. i don't know what this was. >> but root over height over he was a political -- >> this is a favorite picture of mine. grover cleveland and alexander. that was -- i love that picture. >> political question i want to ask you about is over here with president truman with your husband endorsing president truman right there? >> oh, yes. he was a big fan of truman's. >> are people surprised when they find out? >> yes, yes. >> what did he like about him? >> he liked him because he thought he was strong and direct and principled. he just liked him. >> were you interested in politics? >> no, i wasn't. i wasn't. >> can you remember -- >> i knew nothing about politics when we got married. nothing. >> were your mother and father political? >> no, not really. >> can you remember the first time you got interested? >> well, after i married ronnie. he had always been involved in politics. he would always go out and campaign for whoever he was interested in. and in those d

you could see why it may have been snubbed when -- appreciate the acting of this dog, not since jack benny and then the muzzle that came out in 3-d, it's genius. but i'm not kidding you. [ applause ] >> i swear. >> jimmy: you actually wrote a letter. >> we wrote a letter. >> jimmy: to the "l.a. times" op-ed. >> they call it the golan collar. the first annual golden collar awards and that's one of the reasons i'm annoyed quite honestly. >> jimmy: maybe it'll be the last. >> maybe. >> jimmy: the first time you've directed a dog in a film. >> yes, yes. >> jimmy: and did you like it? compared to directing don rickles in "casino." >> the doberman had more, i don't know, more flir to him. also i think he looks better in 3-d. he's going to kill me. >> jimmy: no one has more flair than don. >> don in "casino" was great. the only problem is once you got him on -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: fantastic. >> he is a genius, once you got him on set whoever was in his eye line would get a routine and it didn't matter whether it was the poor electrician or whether it was bob de niro, it was a killer and it was

jack's the other day, there was this lovely, lovely couple from canada. we don't say enough about our wonderful canadian neighbors. henry and benny. the sweetest people.ow, the band, whom i loved, starts singed "i'm proud to be an american," and i stand up, you know, we all do. everybody and it's that kind of place. i look around at my new friends, henny and benny, and they're standing up, standing up, and you know what he said to me? we weren't be a free country if it weren't for yours because of what we did during world war ii. >> very nice. >> i want to say hello to them, too. we're wearing veils over our wine, not to keep us from drinking it, though i guess you could do it through it, but to keep the bugs out of it, in a classy way. >> okay. >> you can get those yourself. one last thing, very quickly. hoda, have you seen this? i have good news and bad news for you. you're in "in touch" magazine. the bad news is, who wore it better? >> that's just mean. i don't care. >> they think katherine heigl wore it better, it's the dress. and i loved this dress on you and i think the dress looks lovely on you because it's nice and smooth and it's a little wri