. >> i wanted to be on tv because of jackie gleason, red skelton, jonathan winters. guys were on tv. they were comedians. sitcoms, "the jackie gleason show." me and my dad, we never missed a. i wanted that. how was i going to do it? clueless. i was absolutely clueless. >> the journey has made him a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment world, and now in the world of daytime talk. >> what is your opinion? >> that is nice. you cannot just go up to a guy and say, look, we need to talk. because the walls go up. then his mind starts raising. approach it differently and say, honey, can i say just one thing? >> that relatable comedic approach has gotten him far, but will it transcends to broader audiences? >> do you feel pressure to make the show funny? >> no. not to make it funny. there is pressure to make it good. making it funny is not even a question. went to be funny is a bit challenging. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> all right. that is all for us a 5:00. here is what is new at 6:00. >> remembering art modell. >> the gambling industry is spending a fortune on tv ads.

like jackie gleason said, you need to pay your bill. >> revenues did increase after job kennedy. >> i'malking about the last administration. >> the last administration before obama lowered taxes and revenue increased. >> are you supporting what they did in those eight years? >> excuse me, i am not -- >> are you supporting what they did in four years? >> i think democrats should stop talking about what they inherited. every single indicator is worse than urn you should bush. >> that's not a true. manufacturing has gotten better under obama. you have to look at all the numbers. >> manufacturing is not better. >> have a great convention, we appreciate it. as always. coming up on "kudlow" obama democrats in charlotte are not your father's democratic party. that's right. they have moved so far to the left. for me, tax, spend, regulate. they are the party of public unions, public dependency. they're the party of central planning. our ace political round table is going to face off next. that's another wee bit of my editorial. way too far szott lefto the lef democrats. we'll be right back. my v

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it's jackie gleason, it's milton burl, it's dean martin.nes." you can just picture it. i said i don't want to be agnes. i wan to have a variety show with music and sketches and guest stars and a rep company, and they had to put us on the air. if i hadn't had pushed that button, it wouldn't have happened. >> and was it a success immediately? >> pretty much. and they put us up against "i spy" and "the big valley" which were always in the top ten. but we started to climb and we hit our stride when they put us on saturday nights. that was a great lineup. >> part of the fun, though, watching the show was how you all would crack each other up. did you have some device -- were you deliberately trying to do that or were you trying to fought against it? >> we fought against it. people thought maybe we wanted to do that on purpose, but we never did. sometimes when tim and i would be doing mrs. wiggins and mr. tuddball, he would throw in lines that i had never heard before. mrs. wiggins was stupid, so i couldn't laugh because stupid people don't have

it's jackie gleason, it's milton burl, it's dean martin.s agnes." you can just picture it. i said i don't want to be agnes. i wan to have a variety show with music and sketches and guest stars and a rep company, and they had to put us on the air. if i hadn't had pushed that button, it wouldn't have happened. >> and was it a success immediately? >> pretty much. and they put us up against "i spy" and "the big valley" which were always in the top ten. but we started to climb and we hit our stride when they put us on saturday nights. that was a great lineup. >> part of the fun, though, watching the show was how you all would crack each other up. did you have some device -- were you deliberately trying to do that or were you trying to fought against it? >> we fought against it. people thought maybe we wanted to do that on purpose, but we never did. sometimes when tim and i would be doing mrs. wiggins and mr. tuddball, he would throw in lines that i had never heard before. mrs. wiggins was stupid, so i couldn't laugh because stupid people don't h