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but carson lasted much longer than any of them including merv griffin and dick cavett who worked otherwise successful in television but not when they went up against johnny carson. johnny carson was always one to say that you analyze a show and you kill it. he always thought that it was a wasted exercise to analyze a show. it gets a laugh it's a winner. that's the vision that carson had. now when we talk about political humor in american culture we have to appreciate to things. first of all america is a very iconic place. our political system was built by revolutionaries and even down to the present day we do not like people who have too much putting on air, mocking authorities is a part of the american national pastime and nobody did it better than johnny carson. but it wasn't just an american thing even though we can look to will rodgers and mark twain. it's also a global reality. you can look back at the ancient egyptians and the romans and the two mocks the authorities of the day. it is a key way of perhaps let think the burden of daily life. like jesters or fools of european court lat

what is better for my kid to be at home sitting on the couch watching merv griffin, he used to be oninsley: breathing in what she just breathed out and so many different factors and that's what dr. marty makary was talking about earlier with brian listen to this. >> masks that kids are wearing probably have some minimal impact in reducing transmission in areas of active outbreaks but we've been assuming there's zero harm associated with it and the truth is, some kids do well with masks, and other kids struggle, severely, 5% of kids have a cognitive or physical disability, yet this requirement is blanket on them. do we really expect kids who are at the absolute lowest risk of covid fatality to be wearing these things for a long time and i hear parents say look, it's okay for the kids to wear a mask in my opinion, in order to get them in-person, i understand that but that's not a medical argument. that's basically a political concession. brian: parents have the control , is a great idea. it usually has worked in past generations for americans. parents having a say in how their kids go