that's johnny carson, 1982. >> what was going through your mind just before? >> that my pants were too tight. >> were your nervous at all? >> of course, we're all nervous, because we know that's like the -- if you don't pass that test, you don't go on. if you do well, you might have a career in show business, and you are legitimized. if you don't do well, there's really nothing for you, because every other show you would do would be to build up to that show, to the "tonight" show. so there was a lot riding on it. you've been working in clubs, you know, where the audience can be very difficult and drunk and whatever, heckling. now you're on with johnny carson, who set you up. we found a fabulous young comedian. you're going to love him. all that bull he would stay every time. hard commodity to find. there was a new one every week. if you did well, you got to keep going. the mistake people made in that era was it made you a star. those days are over. i did 30 "tonight" shows and still was not very well known. but it could get you your own show. >> more of bill m

records as a singer and fine yodeler, he sold his own wares and a constant source of comedy for johnny carson. he was in on the joke. he wanted to be known as a guy with a good voice and a clean suit. slim whitman was 90 years old. >>> and more today about the approaching birth of the infant who will be third in line to the british throne. buckingham palace says kate will give birth where prince william and harry were born it will be announced via paper document and simultaneously on twitter. we may not know his name for a while. prince william wasn't named for a full week after his birth. no advanced official warning of the delivery. expect it in mid july. >>> up next, a genuine american hero. a guy who gave a stranger his shirt off his back. saved a life in the process. ger shirt off his back. 0 jobs here. through all of our energy operations,obs here. we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. [ lighter flicking ] [ m

whoopi and ellen, there was joan, the first to fill in on a late-night comedy show in 1970 for johnny carsonthday. >> i'll give kim a six. >> reporter: the show that celebrates the good and bad and ugly in fashion. george, kelly, giuliana and the grande dame, joan rivers. this week she celebrated a milestone birthday. what does 80 mean to you? >> nothing except that guy to a lot of funerals now and the minister's always saying she's in a better place and i'm saying that's not so, she had a house in the hamptons. >> reporter: we caught up with her on the set, cracking jokes at the crack of down. she barely stops in a moment. >> reporter: you're taking over e for a week for your birthday? >> the executives drink, so they said, let her take over. >> reporter: you have an acerbic tongue. >> my mission in life is to tell the truth and to say what others are thinking. >> reporter: never been a time you think maybe i went too far there? >> no, because if someone looks like garbage they should be told it. >> reporter: joan wasn't shy when it comes to talking about herself. do you regret any of the w

. >> stephanie: bob hope johnny carson, et cetera all made jokes, but they made jokes about everyone.t exland -- >> how about that charro. >> stephanie: we have said the troops would love me because i'm like a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> stephanie: so thank you, pete, appreciate that whole -- your thoughts. >> in german the name is pater, and i bet there are some german jews named pater. i think pete may be a ja-hoo! >> stephanie: i'm dizzy. i need to take a little break. we'll talk about syria and the whole -- we have got a whole liberal conservative divide then. little bit. >> little bit. >> stephanie: everybody has a voice here. even jews like me. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: okay. 17 -- >> well-known jew associater stephanie miller. >> stephanie: right. seventeen minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> it even vibrates like real. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. this show

. >> what is he, johnny carson. >> ba bum-bum. >> and i'm thinking -- >> is i am thinking of the sportshe name is trotsky, and that is my favorite. russian prudence. >> and today, the global estimates of shale oil are raised and we seem to keep coming back to this area. >> oil is so manipulated it is scary. not by the traders, but the middle east chshaikhs, because is out of sync with copper and nickel and aluminum, and oil is even though iraq is pumping twice what it is, and we are pumping and back to the '94 levels, doesn't matter, because the oil does not come in and that is the most important commodity there is. >> why not? >> because they turn the spigot on and off whenever they want to over there, and we are not independent, because we don't have an energy policy. >> oh, you hit the key there, and we haven't had an energy bill in years and unified energy policy even though we are produce morgue than ever, i believe. >> no. >> not ever. >> not ever, but i think that it is a relative thing, because i am thinking of how much is importanted, but yes, we are finding pru doe bay after p