stephen: i'm so jealous. when did you meet jonny? >> i wrote jokes for president clinton, and there's, like, a hrm season in washington, not year-round like now. >> stephen: the al smithokes, my friend, mark katz, was their comedy person, and they would bring him in, and they brought me in, because i was from "everybody loves raymond," and i guess they liked that. i would write jokes. and i wanted to do a video, but at the time, the president didn't do videos, and they thought i was nuts. and, you know, like, obama was so great at it. between two ferns. he was like a master at it. but the last year, his last correspondents' dinner, i got to direct the president of the united states in this comedy video. you can see it on youtube. it's called "the final days." and i did it with my brother. and mark katz, and the people at the white house. and this thing hit the white house correspondents' dinner, and my life changed. and the next day my friend tony called me. he said, "i showed it to a friend of mine, he wants to have lurch with you." i said, "who's your friend?" he said, "jonny carson." >> stephen: wow, wow, you were out in l.a.? >> yes. >> when i got back to l.a., i