"freedom in the arts, honoring norman lear, gary trudeau, oliver stone, matt stone, and trey parker." was that pretty much your intent, become a living legend in free expression here? yeah, i think-- this is pretty heavy company here. do you like that picture of us? yeah, when matt and i were, like, 20, i said, "matt, how can we be honored someday for anything?" and we figured, "let's do a cartoon and go that route." so it's-- "how can i be in the same room with oliver stone-- and not at the playboy mansion?" [laughter] where would i be? norman lear was here earlier and talked about how much he enjoyed your show. and he sits down with a nephew, i guess, and he says the bonding experience-- and it was the highest praise. he said what he felt most positively by your show is that it's evocative and people talk about it afterwards. and he said that's all he ever hoped for with his programs. and that's the highest praise possible. yeah-- no, and it was really-- and coming from him, because we were definitely influenced by him as well. and when we saw-- you know, we grew up sort of more wit

in the oliver stone movie? >> josh brolin. >> he is josh brolin. look at him. josh brolin playing george w. bush. is america ready for another texan, joe? >> i think america is always ready for another texan president. i just don't think they're ready for this one. >> jim vandehei, thank you so much. we'll see you soon. >> i'm sorry, come on, now, man. i love texas. and i mean that. i love texas. but this -- >> this is the silly season. it's the silly season. >> rick perry is imitating josh brolin imitating george w. bush. i just don't think that's going to happen. look at that. it's -- >> yes. >> by the way, i will say it again, we met him on the air. i liked him very much. he's a cocky guy, he's very confident. we had a lot of fun with him, willie, right? >> nice guy, good swagger to him. >> he's got a big old swagger and got the g.w. imitation down. not in 2012, i don't think. >> it's like you need a whole bunch of fake candidates and then some real candidates. we can follow the fake ones right up to the end. ÷x >> announcer: this past year alone there's bee