i haven't seen it but i want to see you and steve martin are going around, doing this thing.very good friends. we are very -- you know, it's -- he's -- well, you know. he was there when all three of my children were conceived. i mean, this is a very -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wait a second. wait, wait. conceived? >> no, it's -- you know, listen. he's a huge talent. and it's -- it's intimidating knowing steve. especially because of the guns. you know, when you -- i remember the first time -- >> jimmy: he has a big collection. yes. >> yeah, you wouldn't think that. >> jimmy: yeah, no, no, no. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> no, i think he's -- i think it's safe to say he's a genius. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. not -- [ cheers and applause ] >> i think it's -- not particularly true but safe. >> jimmy: it is a safe thing to say. yeah. >> i remember the first time i met him. i went to his house in beverly hills. he has a different house now. and i can say beverly hills. and you can't believe the art collection. there were two things i was struck by, the priceless works of american art and how

her is if this story is true that you fell for her after watching "the father of the bride" with steve martin. is that true? >> it is totally true. it's the strangest story. i'll do a synopsis. >> where were you watching the movie? >> i was 20 years old. it was 1991. and i was, the strangest thing. i'd asked a girl on a date. she wanted to go see that. we went to see it. that became my first long-term relationship which ended badly when i moved to nashville. shortly after moving to nashville, i got broke up with by her. and so i wrote most of my songs about it. and years later the sequel came out. i was in nashville a year or two and started -- i say in the book i had gone from i hope she calls to i hope she dies and back to i hope she calls. >> quite a parameter. >> you've been there. >> yes. >> but it's like anything. when the sequel came out i thought, this is poetic. i should go and see if she knows that on our anniversary of the ten year or whatever the anniversary was of our first date, i should go see this. i had buddies talk me into this. it's the most romantic thing. i did. i went to

." >> john candy and steve martin. two comic jean united statgeniu.so opposite and they wind up together and a movie that makes you like have tears the entire time you're watching it not only because you're laughing so hard but the touchy ending steve martin hates john candy's character throughout the entire movie almost, at the end he realizes he doesn't have family to go home so and despite the struggles he invites him over to his house for thanksgiving. >> they say to hate somebody you have to love them. "cheers" one of my all-time favorites and here is a scene from a "cheers" thanksgiving. >> this better be good news, norm. >> i'm sorry, guys. the little thing won't pop out. >> something wrong with you. >> would somebody please explain to me where the little pop thing is on the turkey? maybe it's different in the city, but in the country where i come from, turkey aren't born with little pop things! >> the little pop thing has a name! it's called a therm mom tometer. can we all say thermometer? >> thermometer! >> you've probably had at least one th

he's credited with revitalizing the awards show by bringing in billy crystal, steve martin, whoopi goldberg was 87 years old. >>> dr. conrad murray told a judge tuesday he would not take the stand in his own defense. prosecutors contend that murray gave jackson a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol. defense attorneys claim jackson gave himself the failed dose. dr. murray could face up to four years in prison if convicted. he could also lose his medical license. >>> the australian paparazzi got the first chance to swarm kim kardashian. she arrived less than two days after announcing she filed for divorce. she married chris humphries 72 days ago in august. photos showed kim without her engagement ring as police escorted her to her car. kim and her sister, chloe are out there to promote their handbag. >> we hear you and who cares. >> a holiday, not one of the really important ones but today's holiday honors an iconic figure that many of us grew up with and who i had the honor of interviewing -- >> you did! >> earlier this fall with my other favorite friend. >> cookie starts with c. let's thi

her is if this story is true that you fell for her after watching "the father of the bride" with steve martinhat true? >> it is totally true. it's the strangest story. i'll do a synopsis. >> where were you watching the movie? >> i was 20 years old. it was 1991. and i was, the strangest thing. i'd asked a girl on a date. she wanted to go see that. we went to see it. that became my first long-term relationship which ended badly when i moved to nashville. shortly after moving to nashville, i got broke up with by her. and so i wrote most of my songs about it. and years later the sequel came out. i was in nashville a year or two and started -- i say in the book i had gone from i hope she calls to i hope she dies and back to i hope she calls. >> quite a parameter. >> you've been there. >> yes. >> but it's like anything. when the sequel came out i thought, this is poetic. i should go and see if she knows that on our anniversary of the ten year or whatever the anniversary was of our first date, i should go see this. i had buddies talk me into this. it's the most romantic thing. if that girl is there

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which is why kim kardashian may be seen as a manipulator of fame for money, whereas, you know, steve martinight be seen as a really funny guy who makes movies. there are bankers or investors who are seen as really good investors and there are other people like the big banks that are seen as riggers and extractors. and i think that the distinction, as i see it, is, are you making it or are you taking it? anyway, nomi, a pleasure, talk to you soon. at least even the fake weather in l.a. looks good. >> thank you. >> jimmy, karen and susan will see us next week. >>> next here, as the dollar weakens against the euro today, spiraling into a full-on currency war. the author of a new book on the next impending global crisis. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first, it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. test how fast

you can always go to billy crystal, steve martin. >> some people are saying the muppets.ing forward to seeing eddie murphy. >> he would be great. >> still ahead, some republicans say rick perry is finished after last night's debate but the gop field has h other problems as well. >> we'll ask a key senator why he's not endorsing anyone at this moment. this is "the early show" on cbs. we'll be right back. more colorful. ♪ and putting all our helpers to work? so we can build on our favorite traditions by adding a few new ones. we've all got garlands and budgets to stretch. and this year, we can keep them both evergreen. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. here's a bright idea. trade in any light string and get up to 5 bucks off the latest christmas led's. what? pay you? hang on. kitchen counselor here. mom, i think what she means is "greasy dishes." cascade complete pacs fight tough greasy messes better than the other tablet. there's only one cascade. love it, or your money back. looks beautiful, honey. [ rattling ] jason... really buddy, wow. samant

[laughter] charlie sheen, steve martin again. [laughter] well, fear not.s a matter of fact i am pleased to say that in the last few years i am actually aired a few minor baird badges in your lawfully meritocracy i have tiptoed into your bookish ranks. a while ago of the strengths of a string of a siren and schuster picture books i began to be referred to occasionally as actor and author john lithgow. at first being called an author in public and in print was a source of more embarrassment than pride. after all, not one of my kids' books was overturned and nine pages long, and my target reader should was three 1/6 years old. but recently the actor-author level has taken on a little more have to. in response to the appalling dearth of celebrity memoirs in the publishing business harpercollins in its wisdom decided to publish my. yes, my first book from grown-ups came out in september, a handy two months prior to my hosting duties at tonight's ceremony. it is right there under tables, much to my delight. it is called trauma, and actors educations. it is all t

john candy and steve martin. >> classic scenes. classic movie. >> the modern day laurel and hardy.d up together. this is a movie that makes you like have tears the entire time you are watching it. not only because you are watching so hard but because of the touching ending where steve marten realizes even though he hates john candy's character almost through the whole movie, he doesn't have family to go home to. and despite he has all these struggles, he invites him to his house at thanksgiving. >> well, to actually hate be in somebody, you have to love them. >> true. >> cheers. i keep going back to it. here is a great scene from a "cheers" thanksgiving. >> this better be good news, norm. >> i'm sorry, guys. the little pop thing won't pop out. something wrong with it. >> something wrong with you. >> no, the little pop thing. >> can you somebody please explain to me where the pop thing is on the turkey? maybe it is different in the city but in the country where i come from, turkeys aren't born with little pop thing. >> the little pop thing has a name tp it is called a thermometer. n

if you want to hear a really good excuse me, go to youtube for steve martin on saturday night live whent. but we have to look no farther than cnn's own james covell having them do a ring tone that says, it's the economy, stupid. >> patricia. >> i will not go intellectual on this question. i will pick from the vast catalogs of rick perry one liners. it can go anything from live free or die to -- he has a great line where he says audios blank blank. if you can't say it on tv, that would definitely be on my cell phone. >> if you've seen "office space" you know the song, it feels good do be a gangster. i guess we should have expected perry will make it at some point. >>. ♪ all i've got to say is you've got to get [ bleep ] ♪ >> so what do you think? is this the right song? have you guys got anything better? robert? >> this is right in my wheel house, kyra. thank you for choosing it for me. i went back to my ipod and did a lifeline to my office for help. and i came up with bit mo money mo problem by notorious. also bad romance. but i think -- but i think jay-z's -- darn it, i -- i forgot tha

bunch of names being tossed around, billy crystal, tom hanks, whoopi goldberg, steve martin, neil patrickthat list have hosted the oscars in the past. it would be a first for oscar winner tom hanks. he did a terrific job hosting the big oprah finale. neil patrick harris always does a good job hosting the tonys. emmy awards. so i think any name on that list would be a good choice for the oscars this year. >> indeed. moving to mariah carey. she got catty about kim kardashi kardashian. >> she was having a good time here. a lot of people are saying that -- felt like a bit of a dig. anyway this was comments that mariah made after she was just introduced as the news spokesperson for jenny craig and looks fantastic, by the way. she was talking about her marriage. while she didn't name kim kardashian by name it is clear who she was talking about. i will let you judge for yourself. listen to what she said. >> i'm a real person. i'm not going to put on a fake hollywood yes, accept anything. i faint and fall on the floor. no. sometimes we make each other mad. sometimes i make him mad. >> that's call

that was alec baldwin and steve martin. good morning, guys. video out of alaska. no joke.st storm these folks have seen since 1974. told you about it all day. boy, it was a monster. over a thousand miles in size. some of the waves crashing on the shore. over 20 feet. 40 on, 50 footers offshore. big-time coastal, blizzard conditions. it was a rough one. even for our hearty friends on the frontier of alaska. 80-mile-an-hour winds in wales, alaska. tent city. 85-mile-an-hour winds. a storm that rolled through oklahoma, rolled through wisconsin and iowa with snowfall totals in parts of wisconsin up and over a foot yesterday. it is now weakening and heading across the allegheny and appalachians in central new york and central pennsylvania. it will team up with a little bit of moisture from this. tropical storm sean, winds of 65 miles an hour. this is almost a hurricane. it will run the gut here between bermuda and the states. obviously some rough seas. we will also bring in some moisture. some of that training into this front. heavy rain expected, eastern new england tonight an

ferris along with john thomas, financial ceo tom belisis, scott martin from accent asset management and democratic media consultant steve murphy. welcome to everybody. tom, no deal, a b. s. deal for jobs? >> i agree. i mean, these cuts that take place in 18 months are a budget b. s. it's a budget crap. you have to make these cuts now and they have to stop messing around and put an end to the uncertainty on america's economic future and the job creators right now. they have to make the cuts. no one is going to be happy but it's their job and responsibility for the future of this country to make the tough decisions even if it's not the right ones. >> i don't know, jonas, you're smiling. that may be because you're in miami or maybe because you're disagreeing with tom. >> some cuts are better than no cuts. i actually like severe, serious cuts which is the penalty for no action and they kick in later as would the tax increases if there's no action and that's actually kind of good because the economy is not so great right now. and it can't handle either tax increases or major spending cuts which is what they're supposed to be

martin is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] first late night talk show. >> steve: what? first late night talk show. he's doing us. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: love that guy. and check this out, guys. we've got music from a new girl. i don't know if you've heard of her. beyonce is on the show tonight! [ cheers and applause ] doesn't get any better than that. what a great show. hey, guys, it's friday. we're here in new york city, the greatest city in the world. it's such a big show. if you're watching the show for the first time, my name is jimmy fallon. our house band is the roots over there. they're the greatest band ever, i think. [ cheers and applause ] we love the roots. our announcer and sidekick steve higgins over here. [ cheers and applause ] higbones. we have a lot of fun on our show, and we're so happy to have you here if you're watching for the first time. so thank you so much for watching. now, as we do every friday, i'd like to write out some thank you notes. you know, my -- [ cheers and applause ] hey roots, can i get some thank you note writing music? ♪ [ light

leon panetta and general martin dempsey are both facing some very tough questions. national correspondent stevetanni live at the pentagon with more on what's going on there and some fireworks. steve. >> reporter: that's right. yeah, a lot of opposition expressed by republicans at this senate hearing against president obama's moon to pull all the u.s. troops out of iraq by the end of next month. right now there are 24,000 u.s. troops in iraq compared to 34,000 just three weeks ago. so the pullout rapidly underway. the u.s. and iraq were negotiating to keep troops there after the end of december, but those talks broke down over immunity for u.s. troops from iraqi prosecution. and today a tense exchange when senator john mccain said he thinks the administration never meant to leave any troops there. >> the truth is that this administration was committed to the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq, and they made it happen. >> senator mccain, that's just simply not true. i guess you can believe that, and i respect your beliefs. >> that's your opinion. >> but that's not true. >> and the outco

steve. >> thank you friend. >> holiday -- >> you don't have to get angry about it. >> i am serious. >> i know you are. >>> this weekend at the box office one of the big movies out. >> hugo directed by martinevin mccarthy got a rare opportunity to sit down with this movie making legend. >> reporter: if you could hypothetically go back in your career and shoot one of your films in 3d what would it be and why? >> only one? oh, you know, i like 3d so much, i was just all these years back in the 50s to early 50s. i loved 3d stills, so i mean for me -- what would it be, would it be, taxi driver would be very intense. >> why? what element. >> the element there is the actor of course the script but i found that the 3d here in this film, bringing the actor a little forward and some how it almost becomes a moving sculpture or a dancing sculpture you get more view like being with the person or next to the person for a limited audience, it is not for everybody, taxi driver certainly but the performances in that picture would have been fascinating, particularly confrontational aspect of his characters, in the mirror for example or obviously aviator, leo di caprio that would land itself immediately she

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