how did you meet mel gibson? >> we were introduced by a mutual friend and there were cards on a table. and the friend took my card and put his cell phone number on my card and so mel called me a couple of weeks later. >> larry: were you playing piano when you met him? >> i was just at the dining table in the restaurant. >> larry: so, he called you? >> yeah, he did. >> larry: and you knew he was married, right? >> yes, i did know he was married, but for nine months, we were just riding together. we hardly saw each other. it was like a friendship thing. >> larry: so no adultery. >> then he explained to me that he was unhappy for many years and that he was in love, actually. >> larry: and a romance budded? do you ever feel you caused the break-up? >> he explained to me that it was not the reason they separated. since 2006 for sure and they were very unhappy prior to that. >> larry: so, you felt no guilt? >> i did not because he reassured me over and over again that his union has been finished a long time ago before i

mel gibson's exgirlfriend will speak publicly for the first time about one of the most vicious custody battles ever. >> i was standing in the middle of the room holding the baby as mel proceeded to enter the room and struck me twice. >> larry: she'll tell us why she loved him, covered up for him. >> i wanted my mother to prove that if i'm dead, this is who did it. >> larry: a riveting, revealing, shocking hour, you won't hear anywhere else. >> he begged, he cried. >> larry: it's next on "larry king live." good evening. oksana grigorieva is mel gibson's exgirlfriend. they have a 1-year-old child together and are locked in a bitter dispute. mr. gibson has sought a gag order to prevent any public parties from speaking about the case. the judge rejected that. mel has never commented about the conversations. with us, martin garbus, who's father lives in moscow, her father was a russian war hero in the world war ii against the nazis. how did you meet? >> we were introduced by a mutual friend and there were cards on a table. and the friend took my card and put his cell phone number on my card

because oksana may be claiming that mel gibson is unstable. rust him with the child. >> reporter: gibson may still face charges of domestic violence, while grigorieva is under investigation for extortion in connection with the release of those explosive tapes. >> so that's why i'm so [ bleep ] angry. because i don't have any friends. the career is over. >> reporter: gibson's career continued its downward spiral last month when a planned cameo in "the hangover 2" was abruptly canceled. in a statement the director said gibson, quote, did not ultimately have the full support of my entire cast and crew. losing a role cannot compare to losing custody of his child. grigorieva is said to be pleased with the day's events. in a statement to cbs news her attorney said, this is a parent issue. she wants to make sure her child is safe. it was quite a long day, apparently, maggie. the deposition lasting some 9 1/2 hours. >> thank you, erica. joining us now is cbs news legal analyst jack ford. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> don't know how it went

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>> mel gibson didn't want oxsana to do press. was on "larry king" last night and mel gibson's saying don't do it and now we're told he's going go to court monday morning and try to strip her of all custody of their daughter. that is a huge deal. the baby's been with oxsana for awhile now with her and mel gibson gets visitation. he wants to strip her of custody because of the media and really, really interesting development in that case and we'll see how it goes. monday morning court for them, mel, because of larry king, doesn't want her to be with him. so, we'll see how it goes. >> more to come. mike walters, thank you very much. we'll look for you at 6:30 here on fox 5. >>> rocker chris doughtry has his hands really full. his wife just gave birth to twins. >> oh. >>> they were born yesterday morning. he's a former idol contestant and fronts his own band. on his website, he said the family's overwhelmed with joy and calls his twins precious gifts. >> cool for him. >>> and check in with a look at what what is coming up on the news

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it will be easier to get beatles music. >> larry king got a big interview with mel gibson's ex, but thattrouble with the law. what's going on there? >> the judge doesn't want anybody talking here, kyra. it seems that somebody other than mel's ex-, oksana grigorieva, involved in the case may be talking too much. the judge is ordering a probe into sealed court documents that were leaked in published on tmz. she did discuss these leaks with larry king that will air on wednesday. oksana did the interview despite the judge saying, if you do media, you might pay when it comes to awarding custody. tmz is citing sources connected with oksana but she did the interview because she feels she's been silent too long and feels bad for other battered women if she stays silent. we can see it on wednesday night on "larry king live." if the judge says, you shouldn't be talking, it may not be the best thing. obviously it was her decision but it could end up hurting her in the end here. >>> if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j. has it every eng "showbiz tonight" 5:0

. >>> tmz thinks they know the back story of mel gibson and oksana.in mind, we saw those pictures of her with the broken teeth. according to tmz, they got the court documents. what they're saying is mel gibson admits slapping oksana because she was so hysterical, she was endangering the baby. but he denies hitting her. he basically says they had an argument, she was swinging around their baby, he was afraid of shaken baby syndrome and he was swinging ap her. around their baby, he was afraid of shaken baby syndrome and he went on to slap her. you don't need a rematch, but a rethink. with lunesta. lunesta is thought to interact with gaba receptors associated with sleep. lunesta helps you get the restful sleep you need. lunesta has some risk of dependency. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving or engaging in other activities while asleep without remembering it the next day have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in depr

but some are a lot pricier. >>> mel gibson's ex has talk about why she left the disaster and what precipitatedhose phone calls. she peered larry king with her lawy this week. she said gibson was a great man until she became pregnant. then she said his darkside emerged. i was standing in the middle of the room holding the baby as mel proceeded into the room. >> struck you? >> struck me twice. >> in front of my boy. i just flew backwards on to the bed, holding him. >> she said she took him back but left againn february for good. that's when the infamous phone calls took place. she id she dn't leak the tapes or try extort money from gibson. nbc news reached out to gibson' representative for reaction to the interview but did not get any comment. >>> a day after eva longoria filed for divorce om nb husband tony parker, we're learning more about possible infidelity. several reports claim parker had an affair with the wife of one of his former teammates, brett barry. "people" magazine reports a close source said parker send text messages to erin barry but that it was only flirting and the two didn't

. >>> to the talk of the town on tmz, the battle continues between mel gibson and his ex- girlfriend. for joining us. we're they were back in court today what, happened? >> reporter: it's a huge day in the custody war. they were face-to-face and going over a bunch of stuff and going over whether mel gibson is neap -- is entitled to keep his overnight visits with lucia. she doesn't want that and wants him to go to therapy. he is saying this is absurd, he's a great parent. my guess is the judge will side with mel on that. they want to invalidate the agreement where she gave him 50/50 custody when she is three and want him to pay up fully on the $20,000 a month for child sent and looks like oksana did get that and there is a lot they're going over andha is very contentious. >> and that is the 10 of thing, we'll get to so everything else, tmz on tv airs at 6:30. thank you so much. >>> coming up at 6, a news edge exclusive. >> 8 pages say they were handcuffed, detained and held for ransom and did the club security overstep the bounds? >> and new information revealed after a terror plot is

an emotional mel gibson in court. ng more about what happened in yesterday's custody hearing and harvey levin joins us live from l.a. harvey, what caused mel to get emotional in court? >> he almost broke down on the stand talking about his daughter lucille and talking about how much he loved his daughter. oxsana is trying to strip mel of his overnight visits with the kid saying that every time the child came back home, she acted weird and she couldn't be more specific about that. mel got on the stand and said i love this kid, i love all of my kids and it was left off with oxsana being grilled on cross- examination about why she talks to the press and the whole thing continues on november 22nd. >> i don't know if you know about this, but is it like a circus? a normal trial is happening in los angeles, you know, we see the circus outside of the courthouse, same thing here? >> no, the -- the patrons are being left out of the circus because it's a closed courtroom. it's being sealed because it involves child custody. so, e

i asked my son to get in the car, and we left on the 6th of january. >> mel gibson has not responded to cnn's request for a response. however, a legal filing in connection with the custody dispute, gibson states he slapped oksana once, not hard, with an open hand, not a closed fist as she has claimed. you can see that interview tonight on "larry king live." >>> hollywood is shaken after veteran movie plubl cyst is shot to death in her mercedes in beverly hills. police say they have no suspect. ronni chasen has worked with many actors in her career. >>> thousands in the washington metro area are waiting for their electricity to come back on. severe storms socked the mid-atlantic over night. trees are down, and billings have their roofs ripped off. >>> the day after the president awarded him the medal of honor, the pentagon inducts salvatore giunta into its hall of heroes. he is the first medal of honor recipient since the vietnam war. >>> if you are clicking on it, posting about it, digital expert derek dodge is tracking it for us. derek, here is something trending this hour. it's natu

mel gibson has a hearing.ost of "showbiz tonight" on hln, joining us from los angeles with details. hi, brooke. >> hi there, tony. yeah, america voted, and bristol palin, sarah palin's daughter, once again squeaked by on "dancing with the stars," despite being dead last in the judges' scores. instead, nfl star kurt warner said bye-bye on last night's week 8 live elimination show. "showbiz tonight" of course was right there backstage, again, with bristol palin and her partner, marc balas. and tony, they are really trying to beat back all those critics who say that they should have been banished. watch what they told us. >> you know, we're working really hard, working as hard as anybody else. so i feel like we deserve to be here. just because we're at the bottom of the leaderboard doesn't mean we're not working our asses. so we're happy to be here. >> definitely grateful and blessed and thankful for our fans out there that continue to vote for us and just excited to keep moving forward. >> congratulations to the

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former president bill clinton makes a cameo in a film that mel gibson was taken out of. get the scoop from courtney hazlett is back after a lit time off. >> let's start with jessica simpson. she was indeed engaged to former nfler eric johnson. why is this breaking news? her ex-husband nick lachey just got engaged. a lot of people are saying this is very reactionary. she's only been dating him for six months. it must be a knee jerk reaction to nick and vanessa getting engaged. people say this was a special day of some sort. you can collect special days in six months. no wedding date set as of yet. >> no getting date. >> it's the end. >> moving right along. bill clinton. okay. over the weekend he was spotted on the set of "hangover 2" filmifilm ing bangkok. let me remind you mel gibson, the cameo he was supposed to do, he was supposed to be a bangkok tattoo artist. so was bill clinton there because of a coincidence and swung by the set to say hi? was he really filming a cameo? people will not confirm or deny it. >> which means he is. >> which often is a code for yes. howev

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niesen was filmed later to replace mel while gibson went on to write and direct this great film. >> that is essentially "brave heart" on a budget. >> tucker, you know, people are making jokes about this, but isn't this what bill clinton should be doing? shouldn't he be in a booze and beer -- like a series of films for the rest of his life? it is a perfect fit. >> i don't know if we have any choice. this is a sad, desperate man in search of actresses. he would do a dog food commercial if they paid him. >> obviously it is pathetic. on the other hand, i president do know a single person who wouldn't give a month's salary to have bill clinton in the place of barack obama right now. it is true. do you anybody who would rather have bill clinton than the rear president? no, nobody. >> i think they would almost have carter at this point. >> how dare you? >> i think i went to far on that one. i overstepped my bounds. nick, i would do exactly what clinton is doing. i have nothing but time. i was already president, be an actor. >> what is dick cheney in "van wilder" too. >> we can't put mel gibson

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. >>> it's a child custody battle for a academy award winner mel gibson and his ex-girlfriend the russian >> this is the first time gibson appeared in court on the case. the pair have been sparring for months over custody, visitation and financial issues. and also authorities continue to investigate gibson's claims that his former attempted to extort him. she maintains gibson abused her. and now they are considering pursuing criminal charges. >>> well, hollywood icon francis ford coppola who directed class, like the godfather trilly will be honored and is going to be giving the award on saturday at the academy's governor awards. to date, the academy handed out five oscars to him reveered as a director and writer. he will be honored as producer this weekend. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> good morning at 5:25. we are looking at the extended forecast starting with the veteran's day and it looks just fine. we can't get much better weather than this on the 11th of november. we start off in the upper 30s and mid-40s

. >> in 19 the 5 a "people" magazine cover photo of mel gibson and headline sexiest man alive startedanniversary issue and here to reveal 2010's sexiest man alive is "people's" senior editor kate coyne. good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you. you have two to choose from. two covers. >> two covers. same guy. >> it's ryan reynolds. >> there he is, ryan reynolds. >> 2010, sexiest man. >> when you go to the newsstand you get a choice of what colored t-shirt. >> yes. how much you want him smoldering at you, like the full smolder and the semi-smo der, perhaps. >> let's take a look again. the full smo der and -- >> depending on your taste . >> this is is the smoldering one. >> i think he's very more towards a little playful smirkiness on the second one. >> 25 years in and the criteria is? >> the criteria is actually fairly broad because everyone's definition of sexy, is different. but, you what look for is somebody who will hopefully satisfy many different aspects. there were women who think a sense of humor is incredibly sexy. certainly ryan has thamplsts he has that in spades. >

bill, you may remember, the cameo appearance with mel gibson was canceled when the cast and crew -- >> it's going to be hard to top those, mike tyson's cameo in the first one was just off the charts. >> i don't know if he wants to compete with that. i think he probably played it a little bit more straight. >> come on, necessary ka simpson. one week after nick lachey was engaged, really? >> a girl's got to get a ring back on her finger. you know. that's the way it works. and this comes to us from koaa news first 5 in colorado springs, colorado. where, for the father of one bride, even though the night didn't go as planned, he couldn't have been prouder. his daughter was supposed to be married by now, enjoying a reception surrounded by family. but when the wedding fell through, the bride had an idea. instead of all the reception food going to waste, she donated the hot meal to homeless families in the area through the salvation army. a selfless act of giving that dad says makes him the luckiest man. great idea. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day, t

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. >> mel gibson, tape one.'t understand you, you're sucks because [ bleep ] you're a mentally depressed idiot. >> snooki, take one. >> i had an epiphany today. i took the poof down, the most amazing thing i've ever done. >> christian bale, take one. >> i am on your [ bleep ] set and [ bleep ] you walking right through. >> i'm like this -- what the [ bleep ] is it with you. >> oh, good for you. and how was it? i hope it was [ bleep ] good. because it's useless now, isnn it? >> it's strange the dialogue would be the name as the sticks they made. >> jimmy: this is odd. a town in sprain named the game after video games. they named it after avenue super mario brothers. don't bring your girlfriend there. a lot of ape-related kidnappings. seems worn to me. but they're foreigner, they are born weird. here's a story. >> a unique street game. super mario brother misavenue. they are the first to name their street after the video game. other of streets are set to be name for sonic the hedgehog, space invader, frogger was f

she liked mel gibson. >> loved him, i assume, yeah. >> great director. great filmmaker.ally embarrassing. >> i think you're right about that. wendy, larry gives you so much credit, as he just did. what have you learned from him these 17 years? >> i think i've learned that when you have talent like that, you just have to let him go. i cannot ever second-guess larry. i think that's -- if you have a marriage, a good producer and good talent, he has to -- i have to let him do his job. i have to stand back. >> and, larry, you've prepared her. you say your relationship with wendy is the longest relationship you've had with a woman without having sex. >> yeah, it is. 17 years. >> 17 years. >> boy, i'll tell you. that's true. well, i'm going to be 77 on friday. i still can't believe that. >> happy birthday. >> yeah. i can't believe it. what she said is right. when you work live, as i do, and you sort of like to work off the top, the producers do their job. and then -- right now, we're live, right? >> it is. >> they did all they could to set the beautiful book up. >> now, it's ou

. >>> new details of the most bitter custody between mel gibson and his girlfriend and she sits down for an interview and describes in detail the night mel gibson allegedly hit her and why she started her private phone conversations. >> we will hear from ann curry standing by with the day's headlines. >> good morning, everybody. in the news this morning, in the first ever civilian trial of a former guantanamo detainee, he has been found not guilty on all but one count against him and the decision could undermine president obama's plans to put other detainees on trial in civilian courts. >>> highly sensitive e-mail exchanges between the senior u.s. deposit and military officials according to a report to congress and chinese officials say it was all accidental. >>> haitis cholera epidemic has now reached the united states. a woman in florida has it and there is no panic stateside as cholera is generally a water borne disease and not spread person to person. >>> two americans were freed kidnapped by insurgents from an exxonmobil oil rig 10 days ago. it is one of the most significant sou

he is a massage nistic loon gnaw particular, and there are not 12 mel gibsons. >> bill, explain why this is not a big deal and how your messiah, obama, is still okay to hold these trials. >> when you refuse a military pry by national, when you read it not once, but four times, it is not only unsafe, but it is unamerican. enough about bush and the shoe bomber. let's talk about this case, andy. i will say that i am not a legal expert. but i have watched "a few good men" a few good times. and a military tribunal is awesome. lots of amazing dialogue. lots of references to walls and people that are on top of them watching. they are doing jobs you can't do. i would rather watch that. >> it is a great point, but i will pretend i'm an only buds man. -- ambudsman. >> andrea has on fish nets. >> good . >> i will be like tourettes the whole show long. >> well said. >>> from courts to airports, is opting out optimal? as the scrap over tsa pat downs continues, one airport thinks that a company that is private is better for everybody's privates. in orlando, the birthplace of the question mark, airport

previous honorees include george clooney, done -- johnny depp and mel gibson. >>> and there is a meetingboth sides of the aisle for a lame duck meeting. at the top of the agenda, a discussion about the tax cuts. and after that the president will head to the nato talks. >>> and millions will flock to see harry potter. it's the final book in the beloved harry potter seares. >>> well we've come to know the famous students of hog worts but what about the icons who went through the famous military school. >> still ahead of what you can learn online about the biggest names ever to attend west point. >> and his fall from grace unfolded her in d.c. and so how did it fall apart for eliott spitzer, the once feared member? we'll hear about it.  it sfalling in love with the most personalized most customized piece of furniture you will ever own get that one piece right and the rest of the room will just fall in to place it starts with you introducing yourself to the world of ethan allen see your ethan allen design center today for two beautiful ways to save ♪ [ female announcer ] why choos

mel gibson works with anything. [ applause ] kim kardashian is reportedly in the studio, the recordingo, working on an all bum with a producer named the-dream. he's produced for rihanna and beyonce. this should be his biggest challenge yet. you don't just stroll in and make an album because you're famous. oh, you do? either way, it looks like this one is going to be a big hit. >> kim kardashian. socialite, tv personality and now pop star. kim kardashian's debut album, "jamming with a kardashian" includes hits like, "i brought some clothes today." "oh my god, how cute are these shoes?" "check out my new watch." the classic, "i look so good naked, even my sisters are famous." "jamming with a kardashian." available wherever great music is sold. available at walgreens. >> jimmy: i'll stop by and pick it up one more thing, as the week comes to a close, it's time for our weekly tribute to the fcc, where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> thanks for watching us tonight. so, what [ bleep ] happened in the election. >> his oppone

. >> mel gibson, take one. >> you're a [ bleep ]. i don't understand you.a laugh be stock because you're a [ bleep ] mentally depressed idiot. >> snooki, take one. >> i had an epiphany today. i took the poof down, the most amazing thing i've ever done. other than eating fried pickles. >> i want you off the [ bleep ] set, you [ bleep ]. you walking right through. what the [ bleep ] is it with you? oh, good for you and how was it? i hope it was [ bleep ] good because it's useless now, isn't it? you amateur. >> very strange. the dialogue would be almost the same as the tapes they made. what a coincidence. is this is very odd. there's a neighborhood in spain that for some reason is naming their streets after video games. they named one avenito d uchu super mario brothers. don't bring your girlfriend there. a lot of ape-related kidnappings. seems worn to me. but they're foreigners, they are born weird. let's be honest and here's the whole story from something called the news. >> a unique street name. super mario brother avenue. they are the first to name their s

much steamier. >> people loved mel gibson at the moment. man alive. he was hot at the moment. and women love the guy. so, we did it. and it sold really, really well. >> reporter: the issue sold almost 2 million copies. and would morph into a pop culture phenomenon. >> whose movie did you see? whose television show did you watch? we try to reflect that. >> reporter: some men take pride in their nominations. but for harry hamlin, it was all a little embarrassing. >> i went, oh, no. >> reporter: but what about this year's sexiest man alive? we went out to the streets to find out who fans thought deserved this honor. who is your choice for this year's sexiest man alive? >> ryan reynolds and johnny depp. >> leonardo dicaprio. >> ryan reynolds. >> reporter: lots of votes for johnny depp and ryan reynolds. today, "people" magazine's sexiest nod goes to ryan reynolds. >> to describe george clooney, i would use dreamy. it's humbling. >> i like the reaction in the studio. to join us to talk about the special and the issue of the sexiest man alive. al

and it seems like the drama never ends with mel gibson and oksana.derson in los angeles with us. it's about time we started getting our fab four hits off of itunes. what took them so long, brooke? >> well, you know, anything regarding the beatles being released in a new form, tony, is going to take a while. because a whole lot of people have to sign off and agree before it can happen. and to that end, the beatles' surviving members, paul mccarteny and ringo star along with the widows of john lennon and george harrison had been among the music industry's last major holdouts against making their songs available online. so really the fact that the beatles are on board here is making this huge for the entire music industry. it's also worth noting that this is the same band which also resisted putting its music on compact disk, on cd for several years until 1987. they're real paul mccarteny began acknowledging he'd like to see a deal happen with itunes. and said in a statement today "it's fantastic to see the songs we originally released on vinyl receive

the big scandal is mel gibson was supposed to be in the sequel but some people really didn't like thatous reasons. liam neeson steps in to play the tattoo artist instead of mel. wondering why -- that's zach galifianakis on the right. why he shaved his head for some scenes in the sequel, too. raising speculation about what's going on. i'm sure it will be great. >> it should be funny, though. >> somebody whose life maybe is sort of blurred between fiction and fact, kanye west. he's all over the place. he's had a terrible time with the media in the past couple of years. >> not getting any better. >> he sat down with matt lauer over at another network. >> we don't know which. >> he was doing an interview about just his past life and the accusations that he made towards president bush, that president bush did not like black people, after hurricane katrina. so he sits down with matt lauer, and he also covered the whole taylor swift issue at the vmas where he jumped onstage and ripped the mike out of taylor swift's hand and said, beyonce should have won, all that. well, here's what happened a

when he heard that, mel gibson was, like, "uh, me, too?" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] what?gotcha. gotcha, guys. ha, ha, ha, ha. it was all a joke. ha, ha, ha. nailed you guys. ha-ha. whew." hey, everyone's talking about this. sarah palin made a high-profile appearance at a republican fund-raising dinner tonight in iowa. [ scattered applause ] actually -- yeah. she didn't come out and actually say she was running for president. no, she just kind of winked it in morse code. she was like -- [ laughter ] some more political news. carl paladino, new york's republican candidate for governor, said that manhattan is home to smug, self-important, tampered liberal elitists. [ scattered cheers and boos ] god, he sounds just like my butler. [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] "i just want to play my playstation." [ laughter ] >> steve: his butler is the worst. >> jimmy: this is kind of nice, actually. paris hilton rescued 20 rabbits from a pet shop after she found out that they were going to be fed to snakes. and right after that, a snake rescued the 20 rabbits after it found out they

he isn the replacement for mel gibson. he also isn't the only cameo. it look like liam neeson has also signed on. >>> it is being referred to as the g-mail killer in some circle. facebook's founder says it is thnew platform and it will be much more than that. >> our reporter has the late on the major messaging announcement from facebook today. >> reporter: they've already got half a billion users in the fold and now facebook is trying to give those users more reason to stay the. today the company introduced a new messaging platform called project titan that introduces facebook-mail as one part of a larger messaging mix. >> what we expect is that more people will i.m. and more people will message and more people will engage in it because it is simpler and easier. >> reporter: there has been speck playing the new platform with you was a potential g-mail killer. zuckerberg down played that overall. >> we this simpler ki of messaging will be how a lot more people will shift their communication. we'll see how that happens overtime. if we build a good produc

a mel gibson film, my kids would be gone at in time at all. but i love them, the little fellas, all wry, full of innocence, beauty. >> larry: do you think you would be a good father? >> i think so, mate, because i really like fun and i engage with other people's children well. i don't know about that discipline and telling them to do that. when i see children doing stuff, i say that looks like a laugh. >> larry: you would not be a disciplinarian. >> might harm them or be potentially illegal. >> larry: potentially illegal? oh i would carry with me a copy of the constitution of the united states. i would say, the right to bear arms, yeah, that's there. carry on. >> larry: so, now, what are you now, russell? writer? standup comedian? actor? all of the above. >> comedian primarily. whatever i do, i try to infuse it with comedy. >> larry: do you do a standup act? >> that's my favorite thing. you're there with the audience. you look into their eyes, hear them laughing, you get away with saying crazy stuff. you can slowly build consensus. >> larry: a