i knew strom thurman so well, literally, i was asked to do his eulogy. i did his eulogy.ppropriate to tell jokes in that situation? and i say, first of all, that's joe biden being joe biden. and second of all, that's what i want. i want a little bit of, yes, some serious discussion, but some kind of a celebration of the life. and some humor. and i think the levity really helped that room. >> 89 years old -- >> you're right, the circumstances are very important. >> they are. and they were good, old friends. lautenberg had a good sense of humor, appreciated a good joke. >> i eulogized my mom and dad and i used jokes in it. and i think people appreciate a chance. >> and it didn't seem to be an uncomfortable situation in the room at all. >> it wasn't nervous laughter. >> and even his own daughters were making jokes. >>> also now trending on google, what do you put on your panca s pancakes? all right? do you put syrup or seerup? >> syrup. >> those are part of a new project by a ph.d. student, he's looking at regional accents across the country. for example, take a look at this

eulogy.is this is a lot easier. [ laughter ] i want to tell you something, i knew strom thurman well. he would be proud of your recollection. he would be proud the way you described it. so -- oh, gosh, i'm about to get myself in trouble. like -- i'm sure like senator me innocent dez and ecretary clinton, i'm truly honored to be included to ask to speak about a guy who -- who was my friend. from experience that there's nothing anyone can say of the family. they can do anything to fill feel rightt void you now. you feel like there's sort of an in your chest. got sucked into it. know from personal experience that profound loss just takes time. i realize it's beyond my words to dofind the justice to frank lautenberg. obviously i can't do justice to what he meant to all of you or to me and to eant his country. they used excuse us, to say it in the senate, they still do. colleagues, my excuse the point of personal privilege -- frank was one of my in the senate. we served together. that's how it started off. together. i met frank. in 1975, i was -- a young united in office tor, been for thre