all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morning to you, lad. he says, you're a leprechaun. he says, yes, i am, and you have 3 wishes. three wishes? he says, yes. you have 3 wishes. i want to be a par golfer.. he says, no problem. from now on, par and under. he says, i want a porsche. he says, when you go home tonight, there will be a porsche in your garage. and he says, i want a million dollars. he says, done. when you go to the bank on monday, there will be a million dollars in your account. thank you very much, i have to find my ball. so he goes looking -- hold on a minute, lad. please hold on. i see you are golfing with your wife. do you mind if i go into the shrubbery with her for an hour or so? he says, let me ask her. it's a million dollars. so he goes up and asks the wife and she says, what? you don't mind if i go in the bushes with the leprechaun? he says, no, no, go ahead. it's a million dollars. she says, i don't care about the car but a million dollars that could help us a lot. so she goes int

one of a very large number of characters, is a jazz pianist and before he begins playing a black leprechaun appears to him, mr. mcginniss so you can assume it's the ghost of mr. mcginniss. as margaret said, in 1949 we came to the south bronx, which was an irish neighborhood, mostly. i was sort of a spaced-out kid, destined obviously to be a poet. i was this big at 13 and i was a good rollerskater and the kids were amazed and they befriended me. after a while, they recognized

a sensual leprechaun. >> just getting a better angle from this camera here. i don't have to prepare, you know. my mind set is simply final. you know? right? that's what we are thinking. what he is writing. finally >> about time. absolutely. the show took, tonight will air on october 31st on pbs. awe used to love his characters. george w. bush one of my favorites. on snl. doing the presidential debates. asked him, how would you describe your presidency in one word? he looks dead in the eye. strategery. killed me when he said that. >> i got my ron burgundy bobblehead on my dex. >> classic character. no doubt. did you like the weather today? >> i did. >> sunshine all day long. >> nice day. no doubt about it. temperatures just about average this tomb of the year. no major complaints. extra sunshine compared to yesterday, much nicer day to spend outside today. walking around the monuments. looking at fall color. anything you wanted to do on sunday. weather cooperative this afternoon. sunday night turning into a monday morning, shortly. clouds on the increase. a li

that's crazy." [ laughter ] "alcoholism, that's a leprechaun syndrome." [ laughter ] people don't --nning. my doctor said to do some sports that are less taxing on my body. and one he suggested was fishing. [ laughter ] i'd never been fishing before. i go up my friend's -- turns out they don't go regular fishing, you know, where you go out and catch the fish and cook the fish and eat the fish, which is fishing as i understand it. they do the thing called catch and release fishing. these people who get up at 5:00 in the morning, hit the water, work for three hours to reel in one fish. be like, "all right, i got you." so suck on that fish." and throw it back in the water. [ laughter ]

a sort of sensual leprechaun. >> i need a better angle from the camera here. prepare. you know, my mindset is finally, you know. right? that's what we're all thinking. finally. >> well, you can watch the show on october 31st on cbs. >> he was being self-depositi self-deposition -- self-deprecating. >>> up next, joe biden looking to the future. what he says about running for president in 2016. >>> good morning. welcome back. traffic alert.

. >> he would come on my show as a leprechaun wearing a skin-tight green speedo, sensual leprechaun.hat was my all-time favorite. i could never stop laughing. >> that's what it is like with will ferrell. you can never stop laughing. some funny men coming out to pay their respecting for the great award. is that what makes the show special? the people that come out to celebrate? >> absolutely. the kennedy center, we started this 14 years ago. it is really important, i think to stop once a year and to recognize the people who make us laugh and not only at ourselves but also make us laugh. and will ferrell certainly deserves that in so many ways. it is going to be televised next monday. halloween night on pbs, 9:00 eastern. but please tune in and check your local listings. it is a very funny show and all -- there's some -- lot of surprises and i'm not going to give it away. in the paper, i guess it is already given away. will gets the prize, the bust, and accidentally drops it which is made of ceramic and shatters on the kennedy center age that was not a joke. >> it was a joke. >> it was

and their mascot is a leprechaun. ah, excuse me, who doesn't like leprechauns? everyone likes gold.what you get for first place. in the '85-'86 team, gold. >> with the beard on the game console, i'm laurence scott. >>> and now the xfinity sports desk on nbc bay area news. >> okay, no more nba basketball stuff. >> was that a wig he was wearing? >> a larry bird wig, yes. let's talk to jamie sires. kyle boller taking the first two apsnand alternating with carson palmer. henry wolford is alive in alameda with the latest. henry? >> reporter: jaymee, i'm shot sure what hugh jackson can do on the dance floor, but when it comes to dancing around tough questions, he is very good at it. since tuesday, he has been faced with the same question. who is going to start against the chiefs on sunday at quarterback. will it be carson palmer? will it be kyle bowler? well, coach promised he would give an answer today. but earlier today he said he needs more time to think about it. he'll come up with a division after he finds time to relax. >> that normally happens around 7:00. >> okay. >> that's after

. >> the tricks is rabbit, tony the tiger and lucky the leprechaun are here to stay at least for now. after pushback from the food industry, government regulators tell congress they don't think cartoon characters should be removed from boxes of sugary cereal and other foods with high fat, sodium and sugar content. regulators say food marketing aimed at kids needs to be studied more before any rules are made. >> okay, this is either good fuss or it's bad news. i guess depending on whether you like hearing from your boss. scott mcgrew says blackberry e-mail back up and running. >> i just got off a conference call with one of research in motion's two ceos. he says service is back to normal across north america. we asked whether will would be some sort of make good for customers whose e-mail failed yesterday. he said there would be but he hasn't figured out what yet. he's too busy fixing the network and baby apologizing. trenchman dominique strauss-kahn has once again been exonerated of rape. the paid in manhattan accused him of rape. now a french court says a french woman's accusations a

. >> i need my lucky charms, the cute little leprechaun, count chocula. >> i mean, seriously. >> tonyw this. but you -- >> this is the exact debate on capitol hill that they have been having for the last day or so. you know, nutrition experts, they warn us about the villains, the fast food, sugary cereals, the drinks, the fake food, the snacks, too much salt, everything that's in joe's diet. >> wait. did you say fake food, because let me tell you something, tom costello, you look at the chemical breakdown of crunch berries, and i will tell you, those are packed with seven essential vitamins. but go ahead. >> you just ruined my roll cue. so let me -- >> hey, tom -- >> are the cute characters. pushing us to eat stuff we shouldn't buy. >> yes. >> going cuckoo for the great chocolatey taste of cocoa puffs. >> for anyone who feels a bit of nostalgia for the cocoa puffs birds -- >> cuckoo for cocoa puffs -- >> the lucky charms leprechaun. >> i think i know why my kids love my lucky charms so much. >> and tony the tiger. >> they're great! >> you can rest easy, they're not going anywhere. >>

the leprechaun got him. finally, he he komgs. at last he is going to do it. once and for all.. in arena football the kickoff return. >> oh! >> hey, is that legal? >> and in taiwan to catch a foul ball he drops his daughter in front of him. >> oh, no. >> what? >> his wife is real pleased. >> oh, yeah. >> you're a moron. >> very strong. >> thanks. >> probably the best yet. thank you. >>> still ahead would your child benefit from a single sex school? today's professionals star, don donny, and nancy weigh in on that. first this is "today" on nbc. here they are. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am sarah caldwell. the montgomery county states attorney says he may consider pushing the death penalty against curtis lopez, who was arrested last week for allegedly murdering jane mcquain. he is also the prime suspect in the death of her son, william mcquain. investigators discovered >> it is going to be a windy day to day. the weather should be quiet. at slight chance you might run into besprinkled -- into a sprinkle. it is going

. >> brian: wouldn't have had a problem because they could use a real leprechaun. >> gretchen: rick perryhis about giving in state tuition and financial aid to illegal immigrants. >> if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there by no fault of their own, i don't think you have a heart. >> gretchen: now students at perry's alma matter, texas a & m, some are upset with him. >> brian: for example, the aggie conservative student group called on the governor to end the state's dream act. joining us right now are the group's chairmen, steven and officer justin julian. welcome to both you guys. first off, steven, what bothers you about this? >> what bothers me about this is that texan taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the college education of adults who cannot legally work in the united states. >> gretchen: yet, men, many, many, millions of them do. when you listen to governor perry saying look, you got to have a heart because these kids came here not knowing they were brought here, does that do anything

the leprechaun got him. finally, here he comes. at last he is going to do it. once and for all.ootball the kickoff return. >> oh! >> hey, is that legal? >> and in taiwan to catch a foul ball he drops his daughter in front of him. >> oh, no. >> what? >> his wife is real pleased. >> oh, yeah. >> you're a moron. >> very strong. >> thanks. >> probably the best yet. thank you. >>> still ahead would your child benefit from a single sex school? today's professionals star, donny, and nancy weigh in on that. first this is "today" on nbc. here they are. ♪ >> happy as -- i think it's a perfect time, and everybody else just kind of ourselves. realistic. >> yeah. >> very realistic. but we're going to have them on the show tomorrow, and i think they're going to do at least a half an hour of music. maybe more. >> so are today's professionals. >> i don't know what that was about. >> something so hopeful about them, those three over there. >> yeah. >> we could have cold play here in those outfits xshgs it wouldn't even have to be cold play. it could be anybody. >> i know. yeah. >> you know what'

the leprechaun got him. finally, here he komgs. at last he is going to do it. once and for all.. in arena football the kickoff return. >> oh! >> hey, is that legal? >> and in taiwan to catch a foul ball he drops his daughter in front of him. >> oh, no. >> what? >> his wife is real pleased. >> oh, yeah. >> you're a moron. >> very strong. >> thanks. >> probably the best yet. thank you. >>> still ahead would your child benefit from a single sex school? today's professionals star, don donny, and nancy weigh in on that. first this is "today" on nbc. here they are. [ female announcer ] this is trish. trish uses aetna's personal health record to track her kids' immunizations, get lab results, see her family medical history, and when she's at the doctor's office, she uses it to remember what to ask before she leaves. it helps trish keep everyone in her clan healthy. even on the go. see for yourself, aetna.com. ♪ aetna. know more. get better. who knows what's going to happen. >> it's going to be great >>> 8:56 is your time now on this thursday, october 20th, 2011. good morning. i am eun