she was going through a very successful time in her life, co- hosting johnny carson's show.n johnny carson would go on a month-long vacation, it was joan rivers who would step in. well, she had the opportunity to do her own show on another network, and this offended johnny carson and he wouldn't talk to her. >> wouldn't talk to her. >> never again. >> real quick, what was it like to be creature feature host on ktvu, you know, part of the ktvu legend, if you will, before we were affiliated with fox. a lot of people tuned in. do you miss being on tv? >> i little bit, yeah. i do. however, sal, we were able to keep the creature feature franchise alive. in 2000, bob will with bob wilkins and i came out of retirement. we drew the fandom that was created when "creature features" was on for 18 years. i did it for six years. so we were able to go out and meet the public again. everybody would come up and talk about what a nostalgic, wonderful moment it was when they were growing up. saturday night there is no vcr yet, so you had to be home to watch it. >> got it. >> it was a memory o

, are no johnny carson. >> good day, welcome to great white north. we have a show. >> there was a second city chicago company and a second city toronto company. that was the one that fuelled the tv series which was originally the one that was syndicated and got to the states that way. >> thank you very much for that marvelous reception, i particularly want to thank my supporters over there. >> it's wonderful to be an outsider as a comedian, but the canadians are right out there looking at the neighbor next door. >> i want to bury your children! >> it was the type of comedian that had only been accessible if you could have gotten into the improv clubs in chicago or toronto. i had never seen anything like second city tv. >> james bridgeman. sorry, no, never mind. >>conceptual in its humor because it didn't have to be performed in front of an audience. and also just this idea it was sort of a low rent thing, sort of a by the seat of their pants operation. it gave it an authenticity. >> you were rooting for the show and the characters that they created.

i didn't seen to insult johnny carson.panese company that used to make them, used to make about 15 million vcrs a year, no >> i'm going to miss the days of be kind rewind and adjusting the tracking. remember the lines and you'd have to fiddle around with the tracki tracking? it was tough. >>> now from an old invention, to a new invention coming our way. when you're at the airport and you're juggling your passport and phone and computer and your luggage? well, there you go. >> you just kind of attach it? >> it's my hitch. attach it to your butt and walk around. off you go. wear a secure pair of pants. >> politics and foreign wars, all the weather, all the scores. that's the world news polka. ♪ if you're an insomniac and a good night sleep you lack do world news polka ♪ ♪ everybody dance. ♪ have some fun. be a pal. every anchor, guy and gal, do the world news polka ♪ ♪ ♪ >> who cares with the bosses think? they're a goofy crew ♪ ♪ if your neighbors call the cops, here's all you have to do ♪ ♪ they make us work the graveyard

>> like a johnny carson joke. how hot is it going to be?s the country this is as hot of a map i've seen. as far as duration and size and scope i mean this is just impressive this heat dome goes from the desert southwest and it is now starting to creep towards the east coast. we have heat advisories, warnings, in a watches that go from the phoenix area all the way back here towards philadelphia. the worst of it though is kansas city des moines minneapolis from chicago down to st. louis today. that's where we're going to see the highest heat indices. when we factor in the humidity and the temperature. we also have to deal with severe weather today, too. northern plains around bismarck to rapid city. from new york city up through new england, scattered strong storms, wind damage definitely, maybe some small hail. isolated tornado is possible. so that's new york city, northward, hartford included. providence, the boston area, albany, all through areas of new hampshire and vermont. the forecast for the upcoming weekend. for today, not often you

he wrote jokes for the tonight show, before johnny carson. he worked on television shows. he did "happy think of the stars that he worked with and created? really a great guy. more on that after 7:00 as well. "laverne and shirley," "happy days took place in my hometown, milwaukee. his sister, they didn't like that she had a new york accent. they try to make up this storyline of how she got to milwaukee, so that her accent would make sense. they made up the storyline to make it work. they wanted it in milwaukee, he loved milwaukee so much. i've got friends who will call in and we will get the story on that. lady gaga, she says she's just like you and me when it comes to love. she addressed rumors that she boyfriend, --er that she had broken up with her boyfriend, actor taylor kinney. she said that they were both ambitiou long-distance schedules to continue their simple love. please route us on, we are just like everyone else and we love each other." we talk about these celebrities all the time, all the money in the world, you think i can solve your problems? autria: more ti

were big stars like beverly sills and pavarotti and placido domingo that appeared regularly on johnny carsono the motion pictures now,. >> reporter: gowkley was told he'd never be a star. he turned his attention to arts administration and spent 33 years as the general director of the houston grand opera before coming to san francisco in 2006. back then, unless you were a patron, "pretty woman" was your best chance to see the san francisco opera. >> you said this is in italian. how am i going to know what they're saying? these are broken. mine are broken. >> reporter: and whether you're in the fancy box seats, or in the free ones in the outfield, he says he wants his lasting legacy to be the notion that everyone is welcome at the san francisco opera. >> have fun. have garlic fries. pay nothing. and what do you have to lose? ♪ >> in san francisco, gasia mikaelian, ktvu fox 2news. >> what a legacy for sure. >>> today is the first saturday of the 75th annual marin county fair. the fair kicked off on thursday with plenty of food and fun. the fair features more than 800 categories and 13,000 exhib

lawrence leamer is the author of 12 "new york times" best shelling books from the kennedys to johnny carson to cocaine trafficking in peru. he was a magazine writer for many years wrote a play about rose kennedy. we're here tonight to talk about his most recent book "the lynching" the epic courtroom bat that brought down the klan and the ininvestigates the lives of three men, george wallace -- you can boo -- kkk leader robert shelton and legendary civil rights lawyer and the cofounder of the southern law poverty center, morris dees. it starts with the 1981 trial that starts a hate time in mobile, alabama and ends in one of the most important courtroom victories against the klan. a gripping book and an important one. bryan stevenson, the author of "just mercy and the founder of the equal justice initiative" has said, we ignore the account at our peril. so we'll not ignore it. please join me in can being lawrence leamer. >> thank you very much. last year after charleston president obama said that slavery is america's original sin. it's a pity it took so long for a president to say that and it

author of 12 "new york times" best-selling books that range in subject matter from kennedy to johnnie carson to trafficking in peru. he was a magazine writer for many years and has one ploy by rose kennedy which is going up in chicago this era are having an off broadway last year. we are here to talk about his most recent work, "the lynching: the epic courtroom battle that brought down the klan", in which he investigates the lives of three southern men, alabama governor george wallace, you can do if you want, kk later robert shelton and the cofounder of the law poverty center. the lynching starts at the 1981 trial that sparked a hate crime in mobile alabama and one of the most important big areas against the plan. it's a gripping book and it's an important one. bryan stevenson, author of chest mercy and founder of equal justice initiative has had we ignore the detailed account at our peril. we will not ignore it. please join me to welcome someone. [applause] >> thank you very much. slavery is america's original sin. it is a pity it took so long for a president to say that it was her first af

that will go to things like funerals and act as a yes man to donald trump, an ed mcmahon to his johnny carson. ultimately this is donald trump's decision. i don't think anybody has any idea of who it's going to be as donald trump could change his mind at any moment. >> thank you so much, katy tur in washington, d.c. appreciate that. >>> joining us now is the executive director of the new york state democratic party and tomorrow former senate aide to hillary clinton. also adam goodman and eleanor clift. eleanor, i want to talk to you. with your wide group of sources here, we have clinton surrogate senator sharon brown from ohio saying today on abc an indictment is unlikely, this going back to the fbi interview that had happened yesterday. what are your sources tell you? >> people who know far more about the law than i do have basically said that the statute under which this investigation is being conducted having to do with classified e-mail on this personal server, that it requires for an indictment for there to be kuculpability. there has to be malice aforethought, a willingness to cha share

>> johnny carson inherited "the tonight show," but he made it his own. >> it is going to be wild tonightys tell. >> he hosted a nightly party. >> are you married? >> oh. >> and if his buddies came, and they started playing together, you felt like what it must have felt like to go to las vegas at 3:00 in the morning and have the rat pack come out. >> no, but where is the guy you talk to? >> it was a beautiful thing to watch a guy working at his best. >> okay. bingo. get your ax and let's go. ♪ >> if you watch it closely, he is gauging how much longer he can wait to let the laugh die before what he says will be irrelevant to what happened. and he gets it just on the nose. it's beautiful to watch. >> i didn't even know you were jewish. >> johnny was the best audience in the world. and he loved comedy. >> the woman is watching him she's watching him from the corner of her eye. she says to him, "what are you looking at? ". the guy says i'm looking at that ugly baby. that's a bad-looking baby, lady. >> johnny was there listening for you. he wanted you to score. and when you scored, he scored.

that was johnny carson in his early years, actually. >> it was actually arsenio hall. late to the game. any day that you can spend time with joe biden is a good day. >> is a great day. >> it really is. it was really something. by the way, mika -- >> no. >> you're safe. you can get down off that box. you're safe. >> no, i'm not. give me my purse. the beer is great here. the mice are nice. willie geist, what did you learn? >> i learned that the vice president understands the american electorate and he's got some good lessons for the democratic party about why donald trump is getting the voters they need to be getting. >> what we learned once again today is really you people -- >> are crazy. >> are crazy! >> that does it for us. >> you're absolutely crazy and we love you. thanks so much for coming out. we will be back here tomorrow, continuing our coverage of an extraordinary lead. see you tomorrow. >>> good morning. i'm stephanie rule live at the independence mall right here in philadelphia, pennsylvania. this morning, history is made. >> i can't believe we just put the b

standing up and giving a fire and brimstone speech, he understands in the age of television, the johnny carsonngelism being more intimate, showing your lifestyle and your beautiful family is essential because it brings people in. he understands it because he's a brilliant entrepreneur himself. >> and here are jim and tammy! >> their appeal is powerful. last year, a million people responded to the bakker's constant request for money. >> how many do you have right now? >> just about 30. >> 30 what? >> silver 7,000 clubs. >> that's $90,000. >> praise god. >> the bakkers have been criticized for their own lavish lifestyle. >> just because i'm a christian doesn't mean i don't like nice things either. i love nice things. jim and i work very, very hard for nice things. >> they say the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. >> toys like a fleet of luxury cars and a string of fancy homes from palm springs, california to south carolina. >> they think by them living well and having rolls-royces, everyone will think god is shining his countenance upon them and us. and ptl becomes

that was the show before johnny carson took over.y marshall was 81 years old. >> the shoot here killed a kansas city police officer yesterday, now in custody. officers say 46 year old captain robert melt on was looking for suspect in a reported shooting when he pulled to up a man who matched the suspect asides strip sean, that's when the man shot at melt on before he could even get out every his patrol car. melt on was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. authorities at this time not connecting this death with the recent national trend of police shootings. >>> and man charged with killing a pennsylvania state trooper then running from authority for about a month is going to trial. >> pike county judge has set a march court date for eric frein. he will face out every county jury. prosecutors charged him with ambush ago state trooper back at rural barracks. the 33 year old kill corporate brian dixon and wounded another. frein led police on 48 day manhunt hiding in the wilderness before us marshals caught him. frein has

by selling jokes to comedians before writing sketches for the tonight show with jack car before johnny carson. carry marshall whose daughter penny marshall of course from laverne and shirley, his sister, sorry, 81 years old. what a lost. >> electric in the air. chris christie made his pitch last night for garden state republicans, going to donald trump. bittersweet, right? >> true. bruce gordon explains it all from cleveland. >> reporter: scattered among the delegates who crowded the quicken loans arena at this night of corronation for donald trump, for men and women who look around and wondered what might have been. the governor of new jersey. >> i think can i chris christie will be a major help to donald trump. he will be his right arm. >> ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you the next president of the united states donald trump. >> governor christie buns considered one of the frontrunners for presidential nomination, but trump with his brash style quickly stole his thunder almost as quitely christy suspended his run and endorsed his long time friend. >> chris, thank you very much, i

[ laughter and applause ] >> sorry, sorry. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i found thisto johnny carsonue. >> jimmy: risque. [ laughter ] yeah, yeah. since it's the 50th anniversary of that moment, i thought it would be fun to try a new version of twister we invented. would you like to play? >> yes. >> jimmy: it's called jell-o shot twister. now it's the -- [ cheers and applause ] same rules as twister, but there is a jell-o shot on every color. so when you put your hand or foot down on a circle, you have to take a shot. you can't use a circle more than once. first one to fall down loses. you ready to do this? >> yeah, i need to stop. i'm already being like, all right, got it. let's go. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, what's up higg-bones? >> steve: how's it goin', homie? >> jimmy: good to see you, man. alright, higgins, give us a a spin, here. >> steve: are you guys ready? >> wait. i'm gonna wrap my jacket around my waist. >> jimmy: yeah. >> because -- >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. [ light laughter ] thank you, thank you. >> steve: ready? >> jimmy: yeah. oh, left hand yellow. >> jimmy: alrigh

are close to the candidate, they say that maybe he would want somebody like ed mcmahon to his johnny carson, somebody who will say yeah, you're doing a good job, somebody who will go to the funerals, do the ceremonial stuff he may not be interested in doing rather than somebody like chris christie or newt gingrich who he might have fun with, might have a good time talking with, but who will know how to legislate more than he does. who will know washington more than he does. who will maybe potentially outshine him when it comes to being a legislator. is donald trump going to want that? i'm not so sure. but i don't know. i'm not in his head. i can't predict this. >> you're great. thank you. by the way, if he picks pence he's getting the davinci code. this guy is serious. back at the roundtable, susan page, michael steele and bloomberg's megan kelly and susan page, who is actually the dean of all journalism these days. okay. now, here's the question. was ruth bader ginsburg out of line, in line, out of her lane when she took those shots at trump? she's an associate justice of thsupreme court d

trump is going to ultimately pick and that he may want somebody more akin to an ed mcmahon to his johnny carson. alex? >> interesting, okay. thank you very much, katy, for that. i'm so glad howard and susan didn't take off. they're still here. i want you to react to something we were just discussing. susan, gingrich does not sound excited about the prospects of being trump's running mate. he's considered by many to be the top contender. what will any of these candidates -- chris christie, mike pence and the like -- get out of being chosen. is being trump's veep basically a career-killer? >> well, that's the question a lot of people are asking. but katy also said something i completely agree with. this is not potentially all a head fake and what i'm thinking is that donald trump will look at this not what he may need to make the ticket stronger but he'll look at it more as a casting call and right now i don't think that any of these folks will meet that need. i think we may look at someone like a scott brown who will certainly help in the rust belt strategy but also knows the media and will be a

i feel like i'm on johnny carson. i want to read this line from the david sanger piece.ne of the most amazing political stories, chilling, i have read in quite some time. proving the source of a cyberattack is difficult, but all the forensic evidence points towards russian intelligence agencies as perpetrators of the threat, given the close similarities, talking about it's clear russian intelligence agencies leaked these, believing it was either directed by vladimir putin or that they were doing it to please putin to help donald trump. >> fairly high up in the body of the story is a key paragraph that the russians have been linked to hacking at the white house, the democratic national committee, there state department, and the joint chiefs of staff. >> they're good at that. >> joining us now, former chairman of the democratic national committee and former governor of pennsylvania, ed rendell. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm sorry your tenure as governor ended as badly as it did. these people loathe you obviously. you were head of the dnc, very effective head of the dnc. y

that appeared regularly on johnny carson. >> reporter: uconn from opera to motion pictures. was on the way to becoming a professional opera singer when he was told he would never be a start. he turned his attention to arts administration and spent 33 years as the general director of the houston grand opera before coming to san francisco in 2006. back then unless you're a patron pretty woman was your best chance to see the san francisco opera. and whether you are in the fancy box seats or in the free ones in the outfield gockley says he wants his lasting legacy to be the notion that everyone is welcome at the san francisco opera. >> have fun. have garlic fries. pay nothing. and what do you have to lose? >> reporter: -- >> that's a good idea. it's exposing opera to so many people that might have never have gone >> i love the garlic fries. and opera. >>> i've never seen opera before. >> it's an experience. >>> thousands of evacuate from their homes in michigan after a huge gas plant explosion. the latest development coming up. >>> a water main break and the cleanup coming up. h

as you remember, he nominated me, went on johnny carson a few months before he ran for the presidency why are you running? he said, because i want to finish my speech for dukakis. but both terrific people. hillary is warm, she's funny. one of the things that happens to you in these presidential campaigns is, you know, a narrative begins. i was the bloodless technocrat. i've got my strengths and weaknesses, but greeks are not bloodless technocrats. that's not where we're coming from. it's interesting. you know, she's a very good person. one of the things i think we've got to do is to help people understand that. >> so how does she do that tonight? how does she break away from that stereotype, fitting or unfitting, of who people have sort of categorized her as? >> well, i think she's got to be personal. i think she will be. even as her husband was in talking about how they get together. i remember once somebody in one of my gubernatorial campaigns, someone said, we've got to give people a sense of where you came from. think they you're this guy that dropped out of the sky some place, yo

he promptly went on johnny carson and mocked himself.so that i could finish the speech i started four years ago. clintonrs ago, bill for a better argument barack obama's reelection than barack obama. what he is doing tonight is tricky. he's going to talk about not only the nominee, but his spouse. given the doubts about hillary clinton, not just on trustworthiness, can he make a convincing case on that issue, that she is being unfairly judged? second, because he was a centrist who challenged some liberal orthodoxies, i think the sanders people in particular may not be inclined to give bill clinton a warm reception. that, he is the most effective public speaker of his generation and if anyone can figure out a way to walk that tightrope, it's ill clinton. jeff are talking with revealed, a veteran journalist who covered politics for more than 30 years. hiscan read them online and column is available at politico. he's the author of 13 books and a special correspondent for the pbs news hour. let's go back to the floor. >> we are at the florid