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 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

lorn was the one who asked me to do the television series with tina. lorn is an old friend. but the decision was also a part of -- or a silver lining was to work with nbc, which i think is the greatest of the three networks in the long-term when you look at the stocks of the company. some of the other networks have had great legacies in news and sports and one-hour drama and half hour, but none that compares with nbc. nbc to me really is the greatest network. their olympics coverage, heritage in news was to me equal with their legacy rather because equal to cbs and their comedy lineup was king for a long, long time with "friends" and "seinfeld." they've hit this place now, and we'd like to see them get out of it. i'd like to see nbc get out of the predicament they're in ratings wise. unfortunately, they're probably going to have to cancel most of the shows they have on the air now. >> do you still fly american airlines? >> next question. >> i'll look for the tweet on that one. you were a student at george washington university and ran for student association president. what

. >> hi, i'm lorn becker. i'm sort of curious for the sort of second set of recommendations the u.s. government that were very c.l.e.a.r. actors and for some of the first set there were as well but i'm curious because the challenges in developing country regulators they're not waiting for an iom report to tell them they should communicate more with each other. i'm wondering who you see as a driving force particularly for that recommendation but for the other international recommendations, as well. >> essentially, what we're looking at is again, the agenda is bringing on the g-20 agendas to get to u.s. and other areas on the development organizations and the world bank and various other groups to essentially put strengthening regulatory infrastructure as a priority in anything going forward to start getting that message out. so our tie-in with the domestic regulations at fda bring this forward and the question on congress, bring this forward as new approaches to improve public health go forward, there is a real

thank you so much lorne pleasure being here yeah so first let's get to kind of the premise of obama's speech today which is that oil speculators are presumably behind or possibly behind the rise in oil prices we have been seeing my question to you wouldn't we all speculation both of pressure up you know push the price up and down. yeah i mean maybe the speculators are behind the fact that the dow is gone from eight hundred fourteen thousand i mean you know there's so many things wrong with this kind of statement i just want to add to what you had said before about pricing oil as if the dollar hadn't changed or an error of pricing and in swiss francs if you priced oil in terms of gold it would probably be around i'm guessing fifteen dollars i was just doing it in the head calculation would have gone up as a at all because gold has gone up more than oil since the beginning of the century so yes has gone up but other currencies have gone down and the reason oriel has gone up as much as it has is that it's scarce and if it's scarce the last thing lauren you want to do is prohibit price in

. >> reporter: she says she received valuable advice from many hollywood insiders, including lorne michaels. >> he says nobody wants to see you come off the oprah winfrey show and step right into the network business. you have to pay your dues. >> welcome back. >> reporter: oprah is in new york this week promoting her life class tour, the wjz alum says even with the recent difficulties, she doesn't plan to quit. >> because i am a female who is african american who's been so blessed in the world, there's never going to be a time to quit. i will die in the midst of doing what i love to do, and that is using my voice and using my life to try to inspire other people to live the best of theirs. >> reporter: starting her network was similar to starting her school in south africa for girls. students there celebrated their first graduating class earlier this year. >> oprah says she believes her network will fulfill its mission of transforming viewers lives. the if it doesn't work out, she will move on to the next thing. >> she could always go back to what made her a success on oprah. you get a car,

. >> reporter: she received valuable advice from many hollywood insiders including lorne michaels. >>wants to see you come off the oprah show and step right into the network business. you have to pay your dues. welcome back. >> reporter: she's in new york this week promoting her life class tour. the wjz alum says even with the recent difficulties her network has seen, she doesn't plan to quit. >> because i am a female who is african american who's been so blessed in the world, there's never going to be a time to quit. i will die in the midst of doing what i love to do and that is using my voice and using my life to try to inspire other people to live the best of theirs. >> reporter: starting her network was similar to starting her school in south africa for girls. students there celebrated their first graduating class earlier this year. >> oprah says she believes her network will fulfill its mission, but if it doesn't work out, she'll move on to the next thing. >> did you notice some of the paint in the news room? >> it's the same. >> it's the same as it is today. >>> still to come, s

then we sort of modeled this season after what lorne michaels does on "snl," every week there's a newnd so, that way, it's like, all right, somebody's in there for a week and then they do the thing and then they're out and it's a new host. >> jimmy: can you see who the hosts are? >> all will be revealed. as the show goes on.immy: was t underpants one of the hosts? >> not so much. >> jimmy: all right. it will be a surprise. >> we have an incredible lineup, justin did, bam margera, miley cyrus. they all pull stuff on their friends. what is great about it, with social media, you can't stay undercover very long anymore because people know immediately, right? so, we had to relaunch the show in a way to keep it alive. >> jimmy: speaking of social media, i saw on twitter that you're going into space. is that true? >> i'm going to outer space. i'm taking a rocket. >> jimmy: on that richard branson version thing? >> the galactic thing. >> jimmy: is that something you've always wanted to do? >> not so much. >> jimmy: no? [ laughter ] >> i was with a buddy. we had a couple beers. some guy was se

when i started, everybody said -- everybody -- including lorne michaels, it's going to take three toright. and i said, even then, well, i think i can do it in a couple. no, it's going to take three to five years. and now i've been there literally eight months, and everybody's, like, what's going on? >> i said the same thing. we'll build this thing viewer by viewer by viewer by viewer. >> yeah. >> that's typically what they tell you, too, when you start a business. it takes at least an average of five years for any business to be profitable. >> but i also understand this. i also understand that because i had a 25-year reputation that i built, that there was a big expectation. and the one thing i didn't want to do, because i've learned this -- do i have time to tell this? 30 seconds? >> are you kidding? >> because i know how y'all say at the end, you've got five seconds, which is the one thing that makes me crazy. >> me, too. tell us your theory of life. you've got five seconds. no, no. where were you? you've got time. >> the one thing i knew, what i always knew, and i learned this les

executive producer lorne michaels seems unimpressed. >> blast him with lasers. >> did you see my cameohe election season heating up, "the new york times" columnist reports that "snl" has offered mitt romney a guest spot on the show. we'd all like to see that. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to matt and savannah. >> ready? >> i'm sorry about that. i didn't know we were on. >> that's right. shall we get to the weather from al? >> a little do-si-do there. want to see it again? >> ♪ . very nice. hey, we've got three generations of ladies here. so who do we have here? >> right here. >> wow, grandma? >> grandma mother and two daughters. >> that's fantastic. you look -- 81, terrific. god bless. all right let's find out what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. and the boston marathon. man it is going to be rough. we're talking temperatures climbing from the 70s into the upper 80s. please be very, very careful. especially if this is your first time running. look at these temperatures. 70s and 80s up and down the east coast. some pockets of 90s, as well. 30s in the northern gre

host: lorn is a republican in los angeles, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a few comments permit listing to the callers, i find -- i don't understand how people can make assumptions of guilt or innocence without knowing the facts. there's no doubt in my mind, by the media coverage of this, that is what prompted an arrest in the case. i think that the officers that were on the scene the night of the crime chose not to charge mr. zimmerman. he was arrested that evening. he was taken in based on the evidence. so much hype that has built up in this case has led to this arrest. i honestly think this is a move for public opinion and to save face. regarding one comment that a young lady made regarding this is about whites and blacks and whites alike to throw the race ke to throw the race card. every time there's a white guy shot, we don't have an al sharpton speaking on it. this is a tragedy not, but the media should be focusing on the serious issues that are facing our country, the fiscal, the financial crisis and many more pertinent issues facing this coun

mike myers, howie mandel, norm mcdonald, lorne michaels, by the way. >> yes, yes. >> what is it about tell you what's interesting about it, is when you are sort of on the -- when you get a culture coming from another country, and you're on the outside of it, but yet you're in touch with it, so you become sort of like an outsider and then you get to become an insider, that's a great source for comedy. you've got a little bit of distance, and yet you're a part of it. i don't know if that theory is accurate. but these guys are -- you just named just very, very funny people. >> amazing. >> the other thing is you can fail in canada easier than you can in the states, and you have to fail to be good at comedy. >> so the other question, one more question, there's this idea that you sort of have to be miserable and self loathing to be a great comic. we have a quote from you where you say if you've had a great childhood, happy marriage, financially successful, you're a lousy comedian. not always true. how do you explain a guy like jerry seinfeld who is sort of a happy comedian? >> no, on the no