samuel l. jackson yelling at them. book, got bleep to sleep, you've probably heard about it by now. it's for parents. it's narrated by samuel l. jackson. it's atop "the new york times" best-seller list. david wright has more on our favorite bleeping story of the day. >> reporter: bleep. when your kids refuse to count sheep and at bedtime decide not to sleep, try as you might to turn out the light, it's enough to make any mom bleep. >> the story starts with a lot of sleepless nights. and one day after putting my daughter, vivian, to bed, i sat down and actually wrote the book in probably two sittings. >> reporter: hence this lullaby meant to shock by author named adam mansbach. >> i posted it on facebook as a joke. look out for my forthcoming children's book. the cats nestle close to their kittens. >> reporter: little wonder his book has gained traction, even though we can play just a fraction. >> all the kids from day care -- >> reporter: the cadence and drawing, so sweet and so cloying. and that voice, yes, it's samuel

. >> that's samuel l. jackson. >> samuel l. n wasn't shocking enough. which would really scare my children. i am fairly sure. >> not for children. on the book it specifically says don't read this to your kids. >> you think this is very harsh. tired, frustrated parents. anything for a laugh in those moments when you really are desperate to get zs and your kids won't go to sleep. all parents out there can understand this. >> commiserating together. >>> yesterday we talked hugh hefner, ended up breaking up with his fiancÉe. >> shocking. i was heartbroken, i was up half the night. i'm still up. >> crystal harris was going to be on the cover of july issue. he added something that says runaway bride. he also tweeted this that he is going to be watching a movie, runaway bride. maybe they're not so broken up about it after all. >> somebody that will not be a runaway bride. the gifts that come with the wedding are worth hanging in there. kim kardashian, kris humphries, the engagement ring, a zillion carats. they just registered. they nee

it sounds like samuel l. jackson reading dr. seuss. [ as samuel l. ckson ] "the mother f-er with the hat! [ laughter ] thing mother f-ing one and thing mother f-ing two!" this isn't good, you guys. i read that starbucks is quickly becoming a popular place for thieves to steal ipads, laptops and purses. that's pretty crazy. i mean, can you imagine getting robbed while you're just trying to pay $6 for a cup of coffee? [ laughter ] can you imagine what that would feel like? [ applause ] that would make me so mad. some more business news. southwest airlines closed a $1 billion deal yesterday to buy airtran. yeah. that's a smart business move. eliminate the only airline that was keeping you from being the world's worst airline. [ laughter ] "why did we do that? bought airtran." and finally, in the wake of bin laden's death, the nba has announced that it will use metal detectors at all playoff games to screen for weapons. or, as the players put it, "uh-oh." ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers and applause

that voice, yes, it's samuel l. jackson. >> hell, no, you can't go to the bathroom. sleep! >> i wanted the book to be reminiscence of all of these very classic, loving, gentle, sleepy bedtime books but to have a dual narrative. >> reporter: the idea caught fire. the video viral, before it was even a book. the artist who drew this nighttime nirvana also did a kids book about marn. >> some people say marn makes them feel happy. >> reporter: bill o'reilly wasn't so smiley. >> there are over 6 million parents out there who are smoking -- >> and that's child abuse if they smoke it in front of their kids. >> reporter: mansbach says this book is not for kids. >> it says on the back, don't read this book to children. >> reporter: but for parents -- >> everyone who picks up the book seems to know where it is coming from. i get a lot of e-mails from parents who say, they feel less alone. now when they go in and it takes them two hours to put their kid to bed, they know across the globe there are millions of other parents doing the same thing. >> reporter: who with ever cute li

>> yeah, i worked on a movie with samuel l. jackson and luke wilson." and that's -- that movie i only had two scenes but i mean, to get to do it with those -- >> jimmy: is it horror? >> definitely not a kids movie. in my scenes i'm walking up to samuel jackson -- i held a gun that's as big as me. i'm not too tall of a kid. but it was as big as me. i hold a shotgun to his forehead and i tell him to back the -- up. the -- up. >> jimmy: you hold a shotgun to samuel l. jackson's head and tell him to back the f up? >> i got to defend my house. >> jimmy: something i never did when i was 14, i'll tell you that. >> if you want to see what happens to me, go see it. don't hold a gun to his head. not a good idea. >> jimmy: you did a great job in "super 8." best of luck to you. ryan lee, everybody. "super 8" is in theaters now. we'll be right back with ice cube. >> jimmy: this is his latest album, it's called "i am the west." here with the song, "i rep the west," ice cube. ♪ ♪ doin' my own thang and if you got a problem with that then the nina go bang bang bang ♪

. >> samuel l. jacksonchildren's book that's not really a children's book. it's called "go the f to sleep," for every parent who's dealt with the frustration of a kid who won't go to bed. it has only been out for a few days, and it is a huge hit. it is also a great last minute father's day gift as well depending on your dad's tolerance for a four-letter words. i talked to the author adam mansbach whether he is concerned the book might end up in younger hands than he intended. >> i don't not if parents are doing their job well. in any household there are a number of things that shouldn't end up in the hands of children, steak knifes. this is another one. we trust parents will be able to exercise some judgment, keep this on a high shelf just as they would any other object that is for them and not for their children. >> you have a good sense of humor about it, and that is probably the appeal to the book. i want to ask you how did you get samuel l. jackson who is something of a poet when it comes to the f-word

care -- >> reporter: the cadence and drawing so sweet and so cloying and that voice, yes, it's samuel l. jacksonhell, no, you can't go to the bathroom. you know where you can go, go the bleep to sleep. >> reporter: the video viral. it was even a book. mansbach says it is not meant for kid. >> it even says on the back, "don't read this book to children." >> reporter: but for parents -- >> everybody who picks up the book knows exactly where it's coming from getting e-mails from parents saying they're much less alone. >> reporter: with every cute little verse. >> go the [ bleep ] to

and that voice, yes, it's samuel l. jackson. >> hell, no, you can't go to the bathroom.u can go? to sleep. >> reporter: mansbach says this book is not meant for kids. >> everybody who picks up the book knows exactly where it's coming from. i'm getting a lot of e-mails from parents saying they're feeling much less alone. even now, when they go in and it takes them two hours to put their kid to bed, they know across the globe, there are millions of other parents stuck in dark rooms with toddlers who can't get them to go to sleep. >> reporter: who, with every cute, little verse, quietly mutter a forgivable curse. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> the father with the father's day gift for other parents. >>> that is "world news" for this saturday night. we're always online at abcnews.com. dan and bianna, with "gma," first thing tomorrow. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. good night. >> alan: nearly 60 billboard around oakland are raising a controversy. they show a baby and read, black and beautiful, with an antibiotic abortion web site on the bottom. som

and snakes on a plane, samuel l. jacksonhe [ bleep ] snakes on this [ bleep ] plane. >> reporter: imagine lying in your own bed and worrying about snakes crawling under the covers and what you get isn't a horror movie but ben and amber sessions' life. >> it was a nightmare. >> reporter: when they bought this five bedroom house in rural idaho it seemed like an incredible deal. until they started finding snakes slithering everywhere in the walls on the floor in their garbage. >> you can hear if you can imagine, scales against the back of sheet rock. it was pretty eerie. >> reporter: previous owners had the same problem and sued. but the sessions said they had no idea though they signed these documents disclosing a possible snake problem. >> we were told the previous owners were just trying to make up a story so that they didn't have to pay their mortgage. >> reporter: animal planet show infested recorded homeowners suffering similar nightmares with raccoons, spiders and bed bugs. in this case the sessions and their three kids

and "snakes on a plane," well, samuel l. jackson >> there are [ bleep ]snakes on this [ bleep ] plane. >> reporter: now, imagine lying in your own bed, worrying about snakes crawling under the covers. and what you get isn't a horror movie but ben and amber sessions' life. >> it was a nightmare. >> reporter: when they bought this five-bedroom house in rural idaho it seemed like an incredible deal, until they started finding snakes slithering everywhere. in the walls, on the floor, in their garbage. >> you could hear, if you can imagine, scales against the back of sheetrock. it was pretty eerie. >> reporter: wildlife biologists say the real intruder is the house built square on top of a snake den where the serpents sleep, breed and multiply by the hundreds with no way out but up through the house. the previous owners had the same problem and sued. but the sessions say they had no idea even though they signed these documents disclosing a possible snake problem. >> we were told that a previous owner was just trying to make up a story so