mark: do an imitation of steve martin. judd apatow: i can only do steve martin in annie hall.n: for 10 years of my -- are there others? judd apatow: we all talked like that for the 1970's and 1980's. mark: how about the rambling guy? judd apatow: i used to do -- we would drive to south carolina and listen to him for 14 straight hours. mark: what is the essence of why he is so funny? judd apatow: when i was a kid i did not know. i didn't know he was making fun of showbusiness or the absurdity. he brings me -- mark: there is something about him that is funny. john: i can remember saying, do [inaudible] you have -- john: you have amy shumer's movie coming out in a couple of weeks. judd apatow: amy schumer, she is an important voice right now. she is very political. she is like a george carlin type boys. we need more strong female voices and comedians. she has written a funny, personal, raucously hilarious movie and it team out great. we are excited and lebron james is in it and we all want to see more lebron james comedy. he is really funny in the movie. mark: the new book called

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having choice words and gestures. >>> switching gears, one of hollywood's most celebrated comedians steve martin friends and colleagues attended the event to pay tribute and roast the comedianen one particular friend tina fey, left the audience martin and his wife keeled over with words of encouragement. take a look. >> you have helped me so many times and in so many ways, showing up for "snl" monologues being a guest star on our dumb tv show marrying a woman who is a younger, thinner, smarter version of me to keep me hustling. >> wow. double take like they do look alike. great to see. finally, you can breathe a sigh of releaf after news broke this week it was breaking news that homer and marge simpson will be operating in the series 27th season caused an uproar. the producers finally responding. america's favorite animated couple will stay together after all. the show's executive producer reassured fans over the weekend the couple will reunite, after the third episode. that's your popstart. all rest easy. >> separation. >> they realized they just have to be together. >> right. >> thanks. >>> ju

. >> seth: which is the -- [ cheers and applause ] steve martin from the movie. >> steve martin frometh: best part. best part. >> so fun. two songs and, spoiler alert, you know, eaten by intermission. so that's nice. [ light laughter ] >> seth: yeah, there you go. so you're out. you're out the door. >> i'm just, you know, thinking of other fun ideas. backstage theater food guy! [ light laughter ] >> seth: great -- the rest of the cast is really exciting. >> jake gyllenhaal is playing seymour. [ cheers ] >> seth: so exciting. >> freaking dream boat. [ light laughter ] go see "southpaw." >> seth: i always said he's a young rick moranis. [ laughter ] >> exactly. you can draw direct comparison. an easier direct comparison is ellen green played audrey in the movie. she's playing ellen -- or she's playing audrey in our production as well. >> seth: that's so fun. >> ellen green, who did the original audrey. yeah. [ applause ] >> seth: that's really exciting. >> it is. yeah. >> seth: you were into musicals. >> i was all about 'em. >> seth: still into musicals. >> love them. >> seth: you did

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comedy" featuring interviews with legendary comedians such as jerry seinfeld and jay leno and steve martinjudd apatow thanks so much for being here. it's good to see you again. i think i profiled you for "nightline" like a decade ago, when you were just coming up. and the book i have to say, it is a great read not just for wanna be comedians, and amazingly, for people who don't know you started doing these interviews as a kid in high school. you basically snookered these comedians into talking to you, pretending the interviews would air on your high school radio station. >> yes. >> where did you get the chutzpah to do that? >> you know i had a friend josh rosenthal, who worked at our high school radio station, and he would go to the city and interview bands like r.e.m. and susie and the ban cheeseshows. and i thought, could i trick comedians into talking to me? because i wanted to be a comedian. so i would call up their publicist and say i'm with the radio and i'd like to talk to jerry seinfeld. >> seinfeld and gary shandling. one of the amazing things in the book in all these interviews i

. >> jon: but and there is a great story about steve martin. how many people accepted the challenge or just most people tell you to [bleep] off. >> most people-- . >> jon: the interview. >> almost everybody said yes. >> jon: was there somebody that you met back then who didn't remember remember this and so when you went back up they were stunned at oh you are that kid? >> most people don't remember it thank god there are very few people that remembered. alan-- the great writer from "saturday night live" and tons of great movies he was nice enough after its interview he took out his phone become and said here is rodsny dangerfield here's al fracken's home number. he was the greatest guy ever. thank you. >> jon: meanwhile those guys are like what the [bleep] did you do! >> why you bothering me kid. >> jon: all right. this is judd and i on the set of larry sanders right or was that at your -- >> that's my birthday during larry sanders. that was 17 years ago. we both look great. neither of us have gotten gray it's fantastic. >> jon: you're right ne

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steve martin, maybe, from "father of the bride.” >> "father of the bride," right?bably my number one. >> no. >> he's a great dad! let's take somebody out for you. yes, of course that's don corleone from "the godfather." and gregory peck in "to kill a mockingbird.” atticus finch. george bailey, "it's a wonderful life." >> of course. >> and james stewart. and number two, mufasa. >> how can we forget mufasa? of course! >> mufasa's only number two, though. number one -- >> drum roll. >> oh. >> chevy chase, clark griswold. it's hard to say why. but we've got nostalgia there. people like him. >> that's a good list. >>> you often complain -- >> about a lot of stuff. >> yeah, but one of your top complaints is when you wear your cowboy boots in the summer, you hate that your feet sweat. right? >> keep you hot, yeah. >> here's a good alternative for you. there's a cobbler in missouri who took away the material surrounding the toe and arch of the food so you can keep your ankles warm and your feet dry. you can get these boots. red neck cowboy boots. >> give me the name? >> re

greatest hits, there were bits where he worked in the drive-through or worked in taco bell or he and steve martin's day out those things would have been huge on youtube. i feel youtube should send david letterman some money just because he almost invented it and i think that's what's happening now. and i think we're doing an interesting interview which jay leno showed me which was seven years after johnny carson had taken over the tonight show and someone wrote in the newspaper when is mr. par coming back to save the tonight show, all johnny carson does is skits and bits, and mr. par as he's referred to, used to do proper interviews. and then jimmy fallon's show was influenced by letterman. >> rose: johnny carson was influenced by steve allen. >> yeah, all of those things start to, you know influence you, i think. >> rose: but it feels comfortable, at least. >> i feel a lot more comfortable now, just in the manner that people -- in the manner that -- i'm just overwhelmed by the way people have responded. >> rose: that's the reason you feel comfortable. is it the idea you didn't step on the banana,

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steve martin maybe from "father of the bride." >> that is a good one. >> that's a good one.-- he's a great dad. will take somebody out for you. that's don corleone from "the godfather." and gregory peck in "to kill a mockingbird." and number two mufasa. >> of course. >> only number two. number one -- >> drumroll. >> oh. >> chevy chase, clark griswold. it's hard to say why. >> that's a good one. >>> you complain -- >> a lot of stuff. >> one of your top complaints is when you wear your cowboy boots in the summer you hate that your feet sweat, right? >> yeah. >> here's a good alternative for you. there's a cowboy in missouri that took away the material surrounding the toe. you can keep your ankles warm. you can get these boots. red neck cowboy boots. >> give me the name? >> red neck cowboy boots. all for $50. >> men and women live those? >> scottie franklin. you want a pair jack? >> men and women? >> i think you can do them for men and women. >> is that a man's shoe? >> it could be a man's shoe. we'll get you a pair. you can try them out. >> i have cowboy boots. >> do you reall

>> steve martin gave an interview last week. he used to be active on twitter.back. i wonder if that day is coming for you. >> today -- a guy just tweeted. >> you've had it with people today. >> here's a guy. cramer does not tweet. someone tweets for him. i tweeted at 3:43 this morning. it takes a maniac to do that. this guy is wrong. i am tiring. honestly, at 3:34 does someone think that's someone else tweeting for me. you think anybody who's 27 is going to get up at 3:43? that person comes in at 8:00 when i come in at 6:00. that's the new way. >> that's the problem the america, you can't find 27-year-olds to wake up at 3:43 anymore. >> that's right. >> not far from the flat line let's go to the floor. >> you don't sleep at all, jim. we know that. you're amazing under all circumstances. let's talk about the markets. that has been a frustrating month. it's trendless. energy is up because oil is up. that's up and down every day. transports down 10%. most of the major indices are well within their zone of however they were off from history highs. the s&p 500, it's

as carl quintanilla said the other day, steve martin left it because it became a drag. why?robably about 40% of the time, i wish i could go to my whack-a-mole machine to see what i have to play with from people who torture me. i don't mind it. i say bring it on. most people do not feel like i do. it's tiresome to be attacked. it's a total fire hose. i was on with a venture capitalist saying come up with something to curate it so all i need to do is see everything i want pro and con about the philadelphia eagles. i shouldn't have to pay someone to create that. i think there is a lot being left on the table. in the interim, i think numbers will be bad for monthly average users, but the calvary has come. it is loved. where else do you have something where you turn to every channel and underneath it has their twitter handle? there was a front page of a new york paper that had hashtags. these are twitter. it's the greatest free publicity machine i've seen. dick costolo could not make it work. >> jim, you've been so out front calling this out as a management issue. what do you do

it's an amazing show. >> for people who loved the movie you have the steve martin character. >> yes. movie. there are big discrepancies. that makes it easier to make it my own. >> you have only a week and a half of reer erhearsalrehearsals. >> we can do it. that's plenty. let's put on a full production. it's rushed. but it's also -- yeah. "little shop of horrors" everybody knows everybody's part. >> singing it? >> gosh yes. exactly right. from the movie is how i found it. i have gone back to see productions of the show. alan mankin and howard ashman wrote it. they are just two of the greatest writer-composers of all teem. they did "the little mermaid," "aylalladin "alladin," "beauty & the beast." hugely influential in my musical and story telling development. >> you do a little singing and dancing on "snl" from time to time. >> sure. >> how much different and how mucher more stressful is et on stage? >> feeling more is vulnerable. a little bit. i went to college for musical theater but only for a year before i dropped out for comedy. to sing inner er nest if front of a room of people

. >> he had selected steve schneider, his number one lieutenant and wayne martin, their harvard-educatedey to come out and talk to our representative. the tension was extremely high. you could quite literally feel the crosshairs on you from the branch davidian compound as i'm sure steve schneider and wayne martin could feel from our tactical teams that had everybody covered. >> the meeting is positive. the fbi negotiators arranged to meet again in two days and deliver written assurances requested by koresh, but schneider abruptly cancels the second meeting. >> he indicated that david didn't think it was necessary, so i said, wait a minute, you don't want to come out or david doesn't want you to come out? he says, well, david doesn't think it's necessary. >> for agent sage, a heated phone conversation that follows provokes a crucial realization about koresh. >> at one point he is talking about my salvation and i said, david, i am absolutely confident in my salvation as a christian. and you, partner, are not in a position to judge me. now, that was a very calculated move because stop and t

steve: are you saying they button it? >> jimmy: yeah, they button it up. it's like, all the dudes from menudo, age backwards. that's correct. ricky martinhe show. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i love ricky martin. what a performer. what an entertainer. what a show. love me some ricky martin. guys, it's time for "tonight show hashtags"! here we go. ♪ hey guys, i don't know if you're on twitter or not, but we use twitter. we have fun with it. we use it every single week on our show. so if you watch our show and you want to play along, we do this thing. every wednesday i will send out a hashtag on twitter and we ask you guys to tweet out things based on that topic. so, since it's wedding season, i went on twitter and started a a hashtag called "wedding fail." and i asked you guys to tweet out something funny -- oh get ready. >> steve: oh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: -- weird or embarressing that happened to you at a wedding. we got thousands of tweets. within 20 minutes it was a a trending topic in the u.s. [ cheers and applause ] so thank you for those tweets. they're good. now, i thought i'd share some of my favorite "w

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. >> do you ever accidentally get a midnight blue like steve martin did in that movie "father of theuxedo but it was blue. >> the better one is ben stiller in "something about mary" where he's totally caught in. remember that one? that look. you remember? >> no. i have to admit i don't. >> it was painful. gets caught totally. >> when you went to the prom did you have ruffles on your shirt? >> i think maybe. it's a long time ago. that's what i said. these things happened 40 years ago. over 40. if this shot in the seersucker when you see my hair, i may not show it. if i show you and you think it would embarrass me too much you would tell me wouldn't you? >> sure. trust us. >>> let's give an update to a story we told you about earlier this week. burger king reportedly paid $200,000 for the king to appear with the american pharoah trainer bob baffert. jill baffert said the money will go to causes for jockeys and racehorses. >>> coming up it's a big day for economic data that could move the markets. we're less than 30 minutes away from that number and jobless claims and import prices. we'

steve martin's character in "father of the bride" had the same name as the father in a, mary poppins,the answer there was mary poppins. >> that's right the character's name was george banks, the guy who sang "let's go fly a kite." and the author of "mary poppins" based that character on his own father. >> a big thanks to joel and kath for whatever happened out there. that was awesome. >>> coming up what you need to know about ticks and protecting your family and how to keep the critters are ruining your garden hey mom, is there a dressing room around here? no. mom! check it out! energy drinks! no. hey mom! dare me to do a back flip? no. one two three fou... no. it's made for class five white water! no. woooo! no! no! no, huh? yes! in a world filled with no, it's nice to finally say yes. oscar mayer angus selects made with 100% angus beef and no artificial ingredients. it's yes food. it's oscar mayer. yoplait greek 100. the protein-packed need something filling, taste bud loving, deliciously fruity, grab-and-go, take on the world with 100 calories, snack. yoplait greek 100. there are h

steve: yeah! >> jimmy: ricky martin, oh, and jason derulo! you don't want to miss it.eek. [ applause ] but first, we've got a a fantastic show tonight! her new movie "spy" is getting great reviews. [ cheers and applause ] the lovely, the talented, the very funny melissa mccarthy is here! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh! >> jimmy: she is cool. she is cool. >> steve: she's the best! >> jimmy: she's cool. melissa and i are going to do a a fun game later in the show. plus, he's currently on his massively successful "multiply" world tour and we're so happy he's stopping by. ed sheeran is joining us. >> steve: yeah! >> jimmy: am i holding it up right? "multiply" is the name of the album. >> steve: "multiply." >> jimmy: yeah, you thought it was "x." >> steve: i thought it was ten. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: roman numerals? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: like a roman. >> jimmy: we have some fun stuff planned with ed, he's a a good man. we are going to do something weird and fun later in the show. and then he's going to do a new song for us off the "mulitply" album,

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." >> steve: yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: finally they're making "jurassic world 5: big mammoth's house 2." martine is gonna hop on board. [ applause ] that will be good. some business news. gap announced it will close 175 stores in north america over the next few years, due to lagging sales. yeah. they say it will take awhile, because every time a store folds, someone comes along, and unfolds it, they have to keep refolding. it's a nightmare. [ light laughter ] cvs announced that it will buy target's pharmacy business for almost $2 billion. of course they're just buying it so no one will notice they're also buying condoms. [ laughter ] yeah, i'll take the pharmacy business, some gum, and maybe some condoms. [ laughter ] and book of slow cooker recipes is good. that's right cvs will buy target's pharmacy business for almost $2 billion. the deal will be done soon, while the receipt will finish printing in three years. [ applause ] what is this thing, i only bought gum. and finally big news yesterday, former florida governor jeb bush officially announced that he is running for president in 2016. you

steve keeley. >>> here's the candidates for democrats so far hillary clinton is the front runner, but bernie zahners, martin o'malley and former rhode island governor lyndon chaffe, all vying for the democratic nomination as well. >>> residents in gibbstown are breathing a sigh of relief after power was finally restored last night. after a week it came back on just after 6:00 o'clock yesterday evening. but signs of damage are still highly visible in the area we have damaged homes down trees and power lines. >>> still, neighbors are relieved to get back to normal restocking food, having working ac and moving back into their homes. >> very relieved that everything is back, very relieved, but tensions were getting higher around here because everybody was getting just tired of this stuff. >> last night power was still out to a few hundred homes in east greenwich pse&g the state's largest utility saying 100 of its work tours south jersey to help atlantic electric with those remains homes. >>> more details emerging about the plans two killers had after their prison escape. david sweat richard matt escaped from th

steve kornacki slate now. >>> on the other side of the aisle, there are currently three democrats fighting for their nomination, hillary clinton, martin o'malley and bernie sanders. but taunting the contest for months has been progressive hero elizabeth warren who the group run warren run has been trying to get into the race for six months. today, the organizers finally threw in the towel, suspending the run warren run campaign while still declaring victory. i know what you're asking. why give up? did anyone actually ask warren if she wanted to run? anyone? >> are you going to run for president? >> i'm not running for president. >> there's nothing that could change your mind? >> david, like i said, i'm not running for president. i'm not running for president. >> so there's no way you're going to run in 2016? >> i'm not running for president. you can ask it lots of different ways. >> why don't you want to run for president? >> i'm not running for president. i am not running for president. no means no. >> just a minor tiny question here. are you going to run for president? >> i am not running for president. >> that's an affirmative out

steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: also a first, chita rivera will be here as well. [ cheers and applause ] and music from ricky martin that's tomorrow night. [ cheers and applause ] then on friday, amanda seyfried, marlon wayans, and jason derulo will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] and we're going to play a big game of "catchphrase," you don't want to miss that. it should be fun playing together. but first, he's a good friend of the show. he is hilarious in this new movie "spy." >> steve: he's fantastic. >> jimmy: i mean, of course melissa mccarthy is hard to -- but he steals the movie. he's so good in this movie. he's been on the show and we realize how funny he is. when you see him in this you'll be like, "oh my gosh, he's a a comedy star." and of course he's the toughest dude in the whole wild world. [ laughter ] [ cockney accent ] i don't like that you thought i was funny in that comedy. but he really is funny. jason statham is here! >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's the best. i love him. he's so good. they're all good in that movie. i'm going to challenge jason to a game of "slapj

martin luther king. he spoke there in 1962. it became a center for organizing during the civil rights movement. so many in church it could be violated this way and abc's steve osunsami is on the scene in charleston, good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. this church is directly behind me. the steeple right there, the streets are blocked off here as they search through garage bins and back alleys apparently looking for something this gunman might have dropped. a painful day for families only made worse by the fact this happened at a place of worship. this morning, families here are grieving and praying for the dead. >> it is unfathomable that somebody in today's society would walk into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their lives. >> reporter: and what one city official is describing as a targeted attack a white gunman stormed into a bible study at emanuel ame, a historically black church that has remained in the heart of charleston's restaurant and entertainment district. nine church members died right before god, another wounded. >> i do believe this was a hate crime. >> reporter: moments ago police released