>> you know, i went out to -- to paul rudd and he said no. >> he said no. >> i'm like the poor man's. >> i heard hugh jackman turned you down. >> he's turned me down for a lot of things. >> was this concept a hard sell, or when you wrote it did they just eat it up and say, let's go with it? >> you know, it -- a comedy western is not the most economically -- >> blazing saddles did okay. >> yes, yes. 40 years ago. yes. but since then it's been -- no one has been able to recapture that. and so you know i like to set myself up for failure, see what happens. >> but "ted" was such a huge, huge -- >> yes. >> i would think they would give you a shot at anything. >> i think that helped. i think because of "ted" i was able to -- >> this one makes "blazing saddles" look like "little women." it really does. >> what's funny they've promoted the raunch factor, which is there. it is, believe it or not you go to see the movie from start to finish, it is a romantic comedy of sorts. >> is it? >> as shocking as that seems. it is an old-fashioned western in that regard. >> you said the hardest part of w

"variety" says they're trying to get the entire cast to return including janeane garofalo and paul rudds they would play high school age characters despite the fact that they're all mostly in their 40s but they look young, though, the way they're dressed up. are you all right, thomas? anyway -- we mentioned earlier in the show that we couldn't resist showing you more of this video called kids react to computers. >> today you are reacting to this. >> what is this? >> this is very -- >> type in to the keyboard to get it to do anything. >> so if i type in games, hit return. error. >> error. >> this computer isn't an error. >> there was no internet back then. >> what? >> how do you like look up homework. >> but to the library. >> who wants to do that. >> they call that a floppy disk. >> it is floppy. >> yes. >> oh, i don't like it. >> it works at least. >> this is not better than floppy bird. >> i don't get it and don't get the 1970s. >> hard to believe there was no internet. iry sitting -- >> these kids are so cute as they try to learn what most of us had to be exposed to. >> had to deal w

with paul rudd has demonstrated in ukraine's comical. the fight to the peacock victim of more than two thousand people perished and slides militants in afghanistan. a staffer to attack didn't understand don't wiggle autonomous region the students write an article condemning the terrorists the blues with china. ice is expected to be leakage of beginning his four nation tour of africa today all welcome to use update on cctv resign including beijing it is three pm here in the chinese capital. we start this hour with the latest on the situation in ukraine government forces they have made their way toward the city of qom reports as part of an operation to quell protests in the east of the country. news reports on saturday said fighting broke out income a torch which lies about fifteen km south of phobia not the center of the un rest. ukraine's acting interior minister our sin. us gold said the fighting had resulted in the deaths of scores of people and government forces had occupied the tv station name he added such military operations would

tomorrow in new york with a reading of "dear albert" a play about albert einstein's robust career stars paul ruddve the cofounder of the world science festival, brian green and emmy award winning actor and science enthusiast, a personal hero of mine, alan alda. great to have you on the show. you're such great 234s your respective fields i'm just an ameba intellectually here. in terms of science and the conversation around fact-based evidence and scientific learning, it feels like the national dialogue has atrophied to some degree. you're an accomplished scientist. why did you start the festival? >> i think that shows that so many people don't really understand what science is about. it's not a subject in the classroom. it's a way of life. it's a way of being able to determine what's true out there in the world. out there in the universe. and the whole point of the world science festival is to allow people to immerse themselves in the wonders of science and understand what the process is. the excitement of discovery and how empowering it is when you can understand how the universe works. >> yeah.

and then years later, i found out people like you and amy and paul rudd were watching my videos, and who's watching. and i am so angry now, because i was like depressed and starving for ten years. and friggin' amy poehler took five years to pick up a phone. [ laughter and applause ] i had no health insurance! >> seth: so you had -- we're right down the hall from snl. you had a brush with snl when you were very -- when you were a young man. >> yes. i emphasize a brush! >> seth: tell us about this brush. >> this is an amazing story, actually. i've never told on it tv. i'm so excited. i was a child actor in new york and i was a really fat, obese, gay jewish kid. [ cheers and applause ] really fat, okay? and i got a call from my manager. i didn't work much. you know, too fat. >> seth: right. [ laughter ] >> so, it wasn't pretty. i didn't work much. so, my manager calls me. an amazing opportunity. you don't even have to audition. they want you to play a john goodman's son in a sketch on "saturday night live." and, by the way, as excited as i was, what every insecure 12-year-old wants to h

>> you know, i went out to -- to paul rudd and he said no. >> he said no. >> i'm like the poor man'swas such a huge, huge -- >> yes. >> i would think they would give you a shot at anything. >> i think that helped. i think because of "ted" i was able to -- >> this one makes "blazing saddles" look like "littlewomen kwrt. it really does. >> what's funny they've promoted the -- the raunch factor, which is there. it is, believe it or not you go to see the movie from start to finish, it is a romantic comedy of sorts. >> is it? >> as shocking as that seems. it is an old-fashioned western in that regard. >> you said the hardest part of wearing all those cowboy hats for you was being the leading man opposite charlize. tell us about that. >> i got to say, it was the most intimidating thing when i started and she's so -- you had her on. she's so cool. she's so fantastic. >> the best actor in the world. >> the world's greatest laugher. she makes things that aren't that funny seem funnier. >> i was thinking that when i watched the movie and then i read the next morning that you actually said that

>> paul rudd in this is 40. >> yeah. so, yes. this is not water is my point. no. listen, guys.sorry to get frustrated. i don't understand where the republican party is going. i don't understand what they're gaining to your point donny from all of this. listen, i'm not down playing the importance of benghazi to some people. i have no idea what people in texas think or arizona think. i do know this. on vacation in wisconsin, people there feel differently than the people in this area and sometimes us about this region. >> when it comes to what geithner is saying about the republican party about default will cleanse the sins of the economy which is insane, what's your reaction to him putting this down on paper. and is this a logical reflection? >> secretary geithner is much more connected than i was. i'm sure there were some that felt that way. but there were other republicans that did not. i went down to d.c. when lehman brothers collapsed. i had no clothes, spent five days unexpectedly down there, spoke with a number of people on capitol hill. and that's sort of where we saw the