he had been talking to lorne about the possibility of being on this new show. i said, do you have any hints you can give me so i can have a leg up in this meeting? he said, well, he used to write for woody allen. he used to produce monty python specials. oh, and he hates mimes. lorne hates mimes. the bulls up a chair and give him this poem with 1100 jokes in it. he opens it. he reads the first joke. egos, u -- he goes, uh-huh, good. then he closes the book. i wrote 1100 jobs over two days, and he reads one joke. i wrote a jokes and the post office was about to issue a stamp commemorating prostitution in the united states. 10 cents, but if you want to lick it, it is a quarter. [laughter] he said, good. good. he said, tell me, how much money do you need to live on? i said, well, i am making $2.75 an hour at the deli. match it. [laughter] he said, well, tell me a little bit more about yourself. acted it to mean before he committed this kind of cash, he wanted to see what he was buying. i said, with the allen is my idol. i love monty python. but if there is one mim

lorne hates mimes.

-- i think lorne really knew that it was going to be different. >> smith: do you feel good about himlooking back. >> shannon: oh my good. he is fantastic. >> smith: because again you know that he's this figure of great mystery. people think about him and say god he's tough to work for, was he a jerk? was he great? >> shannon: oh no, he was great. >> smith: you love him. >> shannon: yeah, i really love him. he's very loyal. he's really intelligent and deep thinking and, i mean, he's the most amazing producer in television. he's the best, he's so smart and just a really good person. and we're very close. >> smith: and responsible for a lot of careers. >> shannon: oh my god, he's the best. >> smith: yeah. >> shannon: he's the greatest. and he -- i think it's hard though because so many people need stuff from him and everybody wants approval from him and it's a hard position to be in, but he handles it all so well. >> smith: yeah. we have about five minutes. i want to ask you about these last 10 years because you know; it is always interesting to see how the people who hit it big on that

[laughter] >> so i went to a phone and called lorne. i said, listen, i have got some bad news for you. [laughter] mr. ed died. he said, alan, it is 2:00 a.m., there better be more to this call. i said, well, tonight on the show, can we interview mrs. ed, the grieving widow? he said, you find a horse, we will do it on television. i called the guy in charge of props. now it is 2:15 in the morning and i am a jew in new york looking for a horse. >> on the sabbath, no less. >> so i said, i need a horse for the show tonight. he said, what kind? [laughter]

lorne says to the cameramen, follow that horse. gilda says, i am is so upset, i am going to throw myself out a window. it was all good. you make adjustments and move forward. whew. [laughter] [applause] >> who knew 37 years later you would be in this situation. >> it was all building to this moment. >> a nice segue. >> i had to bring it back. >> given that, well -- will there be a "lunatics 2"? >> absolutely not. yes, i do not even care if we have a book. it is like going on tour with alan zweibel. very entertaining. like watching him try to find the gate at the airport. >> you make it seem like i am the rain man. >> he would be able to find the gates at the airport. [laughter] you see the parents with the thing that connects their wrists to the children. that is what i need with him. >> alan on book tour, you have to go to many different cities and make connections. you pack a small carry-on suitcase. when we met for the book tour in new york, alan had a suitcase that had wheels. it would not go in the overhead. the question was,

two days later, i have to go back to the city for my meeting with lorne. i was so nervous. what should i wear? well, hip new show. i will dress hip. i put on my father's marroon polyester leisure suit. i looked like a big blood clot. i w

[laughter] >> so i went to a phone and called lorne. i said, listen, i have got some bad news for you. [laughter] mr. ed died. he said, alan, it is 2:00 a.m., there better be more to this call. i said, well, tonight on the show, can we interview mrs. ed, the grieving widow? he said, you find a horse, we will do it on television. i called the guy in charge of props. now it is 2:15 in the morning and i am a jew in new york looking for a horse. >> on the sabbath, no less. >> so i said, i need a horse for the show tonight. he said, what kind? [laughter] i said, a horse, you know, a knowhorse. he says, there are palomino, a clydesdales, more. what do you want? i am going, all right, a picture mr. ed. who would he choose for a bride? get me that horse. i go home, sleep, shower, go back to the studio. there is a horse there. for the 7:30 p.m. audience, i wrote a piece. bill murray is the weekend that big guy. gilda is going to play the voice. in dress rehearsal, the horse

shermantine's partner in crime, lorn herzog, committed suicide. this flyer sent to a local reporter hinting herzog had something to do with the disappearance of michaela garecht 20 years ago have many wondering. her mother refuses to believe that it does. >> i don't consider this to be hopeful. this would be a lead that would not lead us to michaela, it would lead us to michaela's remains. that is not what i'm hoping for. >> reporter: padilla wants families to find closure. >> we can't go out and solicit investigations but if they contact me we can put effort into. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> a south bay city about to make things a lot tougher for smokers. mountain view city council taking a final vote tonight to expand the city's smoking ordinance. the rules would ban smoking in outdoor dining areas and create a 25-foot buffer zone around doorways and windows. it's expected to be approved and take effect in 90 days. >> another step forward for the new 49ers stadium. the council will set a time line for the completion of the pr

christina lorne will tell us exactly what it will be like. >>> fans worldwide may not get to say good-bye to whitney houston in person, but they'll get to watch the private funeral. a camera will be set up at saturday's ceremony in newark, new jersey, so the funeral can be streamed live on the internet. the funeral is invitation only at the request of houston's family. it will be held at the new hope baptist church where houston sang as a child. if you'd like to see the funeral online go to livestream.com. >>> you know the annoying robo-calls. good news, they may be going away. the fcc has approved tougher rules. it gives consumers more protection to auto dial calls to the home phone lines. the new rules require telemarketers to get written consent, even if the consumer has not included their phone number on the do not call registry. there are exceptions including the political pitches and calls from the nonprofits. >>> a blast from jeremy lin's past will be at the new york knicks game. famed knicks fan spike lee will be in the stands wearing lin's old palo alto high school jersey. it sta

our own christina lorn was on hand to get the party started. she also emceed the event. nearly 200 films will be shown this year in and around downtown san jose. it runs february 28 through march 11. they had a pretty good turnout last night. holy smokes! >> you look stunning in that red dress. >> oh, thank you! >> i'd have just worn that today. >> i love talking to other media partners about how they watch us in the morning. so it is really cool to get together with the media and get some feedback about our show. they like the ladies in the morning so we're doing okay. we've got some great weather for the second half of the day and we're going to see a spectacular -- i mean spectacular super bowl sunday weekend for outdoor activities. the end of my seven-day i'm actually bringing showers back in as well. we're pretty much bypassing our chance for any significant rainfall at this point. what we are expecting maybe little post-frontal precipitation late in the day but we'll lose that opportunity very quickly. the windows for showers will close at about 9:00 a.m. this morn

dogs will be used to search for a second well where a serial killer wesley shermantine says he and lornerzog left bodies. >> we're also going to bring those human remain dog as to that location just to confirm that there is no additional remains that may be in the piles of dirt that's on the side of the wells. >> some of the bone fragments will be analyzed at the crime lab. shermantine and herzog were arrested in 1999 ending a 15-year crime spree. herzog committed suicide last month. >> a san jose police officer has his job back after he helped catch suspected bank robbers. he was reinstated yesterday. three days ago the veteran was a civilian when he saw a robbery going down at a wells fargo bank in south san jose. that's when his instinct kicked in and he followed the robbers getting their license plate number so he could forward it to police. two hours later police arrested the three suspects. >> my initial thought was i wanted to do something, i wish i had this, i wish i had that. given the situation i was in i had nothing better to do but than to be a good witness. >> he left the p

of american life dr levy it's nice to see you thanks for being on the show today thank you so much lorne yeah let's get straight let's get straight to this ok obviously there are concerns over iran possibly halting oil exports to europe we saw that with the reports that came out today but this is something that you have approved to begin july first already my question to you why wouldn't iran want to do this this is seems like a pretty little logical way that they would want to retaliate. well i think that for personal i don't think it's really a grave threat i think that fungible they will be able to europeans will be able to find oil in other places i think the message here is that iran is telling the world they're going to play hardball they're not going to be backed into a corner and they are not going to give in to worldwide demands that they stop their nuclear development and what really worries me is i really don't see a middle game never mind the end game as far as the west goes in dealing with this situation and iran i don't know exactly what we can do i think iran has made it a

lorne green has the story. >> it could be said that the catholic church in america is entering a newain character, and his name is timothy cardinal dolan. like a conquering hero, cardinal dolan worked the crowd on 5th avenue and then as he walked down saint pat's center isle during the official welcome home celebration. he told a faithful that filled every pew that his cardinal red hat was to new york. >> this community i claim to be holy and religion. now to be sure, we've got more than enough sin and in injustice and immorality, and there is some animosity toward religion. there's enough selfishness and agreed. we all admit that. >> always attending. mayor of new york and minutes of congress that he's been add odds with over the health insurance mandate that requires the church to provide contraceptives that vital their teaches. now with the talk of papal prospects and as well as being credits of the u.s. catholic bishops. he's occupying the most prominent pulpit in america. he said he will not back down against the mandates. >> nothing has been done to temper what seems to be to u

lorne michaels is like, "[ bleep ]. here we go." >> jimmy: i couldn't help it.u've hosted three times since then. >> three times "snl" host. >> jimmy: that's a good fit, you and that show, man. >> i love that show. >> jimmy: you work great together. >> love that show. >> jimmy: well, you're just great at that stuff. you can sing, i mean, as you do in this movie as well. you can act. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you're good at comedy. i mean, and you're a good looking dude. the ladies love you. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. >> jimmy: see, a lot of people may not know this, but you're a third generation professional wrestler. >> third generation. >> jimmy: i mean, your -- >> my grandfather wrestled for vince mcmahon's dad, vince mcmahon, sr. in the wwe back in the '70s. my dad, rocky johnson, wrestled for vince mcmahon in the '80s. i came along -- yeah, thank you. i came along in the late '90s. so, i've got an amazing lineage that i'm so proud of. and especially here in new york city. when i was 5 years old, you'll appreciate this, i was at

tmz reports lohan wanted to do the show so badly, she reached out to lorne michaels herself. >>> tacoazy dish, doritos loco tacos, paired with door eat oh corn shell. they have a count down for the event, 16 days away. >>> it was supposed to be a pre-match press conference. in germany, two boxers started the fight a little early. check out all of the cameras going down during the press conference. one of the men mocked the other over a poor performance. >>> that wraps up this hour of "jansing & company." i'm kris jansing. happy president's day to all of you, if you have the day off, enjoy it. thomas roberts up next. see you back here tomorrow. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. [ male announcer ] ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now, that's a pill worth

shermantine and his now dead partner lorn her zok have been linked to a 15-year murder spree beginning in 1985. >> we've been talking about gas prices approaching $5 a gallon coming this spring. this morning that ugly reality hit us hard. it arrived in hayward, the 76 station on west eighth street and arbor avenue. on the other side, the cheapest we found still low $4, $3.99 at the 7-11 in martinez and at the beacon in pittsburg. you got to pay cash. >> crazy. 6:08. colder throughout morning. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> some cities in the mid-20s. good morning. the good news is the shower activity that we had earlier is really pushing south and subsiding at this point. you don't have to worry about fighting through showers on the way to work on a monday morning. temperatures are cold, though. you'll need to warm up your vehicle. look how cold it is in the north bay. 26 degrees in napa, at 30 in santa rosa. holding on to the 30s even on the peninsula. so it's one of those days you'll probably be wearing that jacket every time you walk outside if you want to sta

he says he and his partner lorne herzog used the site as a dumping ground for victims in the '80s and90s. many are hoping the discovery will bring closure for their loved ones. >> there's nothing to go on. there are no leads, so there's no case to move forward with, and so families are left just simply not knowing. >> besides the bones, authorities have found shoes, purses, and jewelry. the human remains will be sent to the richmond crime lab for identification. >>> well, it looks like it's back to the negotiating table. pg&e and san bruno city leaders expected to continue talks this week about compensation in the wake of that deadly san bruno explosion. pg&e has set up a $70 million trust fund for the survivors of that tragedy. but san bruno's mayor wants additional compensation for the trauma suffered by his community. eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed during the 2010 blast. >>> 6:34 right now. the ball is in the city council's court after questions raised by an nbc bay area investigation into the pension. the city council will not address an ethics complaint filed by

march pg&e missed a dead landing for gas line property taxes but the cominnic am reports earn own lornee economic report says otherwise. >>> a san jose mother is under arrest accused of being the get- away driver after the stabbing of a 13-year-old boy. police say 42-year-old margaret swazzo is a -- is suspected in mur. they say her son shot another boy, 13 years oemed, around she drove him away daff record. bile the sudden is in cuss for another if -- the suspect is in custody. >> reporter: we're learning more about the history of the transformer that left hundred without power. there is a hangar hanging down the cross beam. pg&e says power should be restored to just about everyone right now. the exaption to that. b and d atlantic --b and d equipment is here. he tells me that he called if -- pg&e and say that he caused -- testimony? i report that. they replace already. >> so this is the second fire? >> yes. >> frustrated? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> reporter: now, you can see pg&e crews at work. yeefary -- we've heard from two visitors that the cause of the transformer is illegal marijuan

tmz reporting that lindsay wanted to be on "snl" so badly she actually reached out to lorne michaels,s executive producer, personally. she also expressed her excitement over the news over the weekend after nbc revealed an on-air promo and nbc tweeted about the fact she'd be hosting the march 3 episode. sl! snl ! i love nbc! her publicist confirmed she would be hosting the show, saying she is looking forward to putting on a memorable show. and the last time we saw lindsay, we really saw lindsay. it was that december issue of "playboy" magazine. she was on the cover, inside, reportedly paid $1 million to do that. and that has also been reported to have been a record breaker. so, kyra, clearly "snl" banking on lindsay to bring lots of eyeballs to the show when she makes her big return on march 3. >> aj, thanks. >>> and stick around. beyonce and jay-z show up on "saturday night live," sort of. aj will be back next hour to explain. >>> and it's mardi gras. beads, booze, and the big house. no surprise. at least 170 kids arrested. we'll explain. >>> it looked like the curfew worked in new or

death row inmate has written a letter to a stockton newspaper telling them that his partner in crime, lorne lead? my answer has to be that a lead that will lead to michaela's remains is not hopeful. >> in the letter sherman also said he will lead authorities to several bodies of people he and herzog killed and buried. the two men are suspected of killing more than 20 people in the 1980'90s.'90s. >> a look at your forecast and the roads after the break. >>> good thursday morning to you. the cloud cover we had situated over san jose is clearing and nice and clear at the coastal sxred hey, we'll get warmer as we head into this super bowl weekend. so for today, temperatures making their way into the mid to upper 60s. 63 degrees today in san francisco and 66 degrees in los gatos. we keep warming up through saturday and we peak on sunday at 70 degree. if you've been missing the rain as your lawn probably has. we've got some on the way tuesday into wednesday. let's check your drive with mike. >> we'll look at the roadways where we have not been missing traffic. 580 was jammed out of livermore to t