tonight, jay welcomes -- from the new movie, "the muppets," actor jason segel. music of lyle lovett. and "ridiculous 911 lls." and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: welcome! welcome to "the tonight show"! nice to have you all here! gentlemen -- [ cheers and applause ] hey, here's a story. [ cheers and applause ] interesting story i just -- i just saw in the paper. a new statistic shows that strength training injuries among women have jumped 53%. it said a great number of women are hitting the weight rooms now, and building up their muscles. so -- more bad news for herman cain. yeah, that's not good. [ laughter ] >> rickey: that's not good. >> jay: as you know by now, a a fourth woman has come forward, and accused herman cain of sexual harassment. this woman gave the details. pretty graphic. said herman cain tried to put his hand up her skirt, so now when cain says he's reaching out to the american people, you know what he's reaching for. [ laughte

the muppets are communists? >> let me say off the bat i love the muppets as much as anybodiment you may not know, my father was a muppet. [laughter] >> jon: you're half muppet? i didn't know you were half muppet. >>able to good half, jon. from the waist down i'm all felt. ladies. that said, you cannot deny the muppets are radical marxists. >> jon: i can absolutely deny that. >> jon, the villain of the movie is a c.e.o. called tex richman. he gives the muppets until midnight the raise $10 million or he'll stair down their interspecies no-pants commune to dig for oil. and the crazy part is the muppets don't want that to happen. they're just like the rest of hollywood, always demonizing wealthy americans. moviegoers have seen job creators depicted as everything from greedy white collar criminals to murderous psychopaths to giant lecherous slugs. >> jabba did freeze han solo for dumping the carbonite he was smuggling. >> fine, nerd, but the point is if the rich and powerful are depicted as greedy, bloated space turdz

the muppets movies been about artistic integrity not cheap tricks to get out aren't sure. this is going to be a really short. but fox business aka g.o.p. t.v. dedicated an entire segment to bashing the children's film for spewing eight about corporate america and promoting a communist ideology why because the villain in the movie is an oil baron out to destroy the muppets theatre and kerman and his friends are determined to save their beloved artistic home but even though the storyline of the muppets movie really has very little to do with the oil industry g.o.p. t.v. spun it as a liberal environmentalist propaganda piece. is liberal hollywood using class warfare two to kind of break brainwash our kids. yeah absolutely and they've been doing it for decades but teaching our kids class warfare where are we going is china a second yes that is our old friend dan gainor on fox business accusing the muppets of trying to brainwash our kids with an anti-capitalist anti oil industry message joining me now to offer more insight on this issue is none other than dan gainor himself dan

in "the muppets"? ter. >> yes, she does. >> thank you, thank you. >> she does. [ scattered cheers ] >> yes, i have changed one or two things over the years. >> jimmy: what are you talking about. >> my legs, my hips, i got a new head. >> jimmy: you got a brand new -- yeah. [ light laughter ] you got a brand new head. that happens, that happens. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i want to show everyone a clip of this great movie, "the muppets." >> oh, yes. >> jimmy: it's coming out right before thanksgiving, november 23rd in all your theatres around the country, here. here's miss piggy and kermit in "the muppets." >> okay. >> mm. >> miss piggy? we're all out front practicing our acts and -- everybody expects you and i to do a duet. >> oh, that's so lovely but i'm afraid i can't. no, no, you see, i'm already doing a duet with my music partner. >> hola. [ light laughter ] okay, come on, rehearsal, let's go, we've got to break it up. >> excuse us. let's try those steps again, shall we? >> aye -- again. okay, on my count th

because on the inside, jason is a bit of a muppet and on the inside, walter is a bit of a man. ulations. you are kind of -- you are a man and a muppet. you're like a human -- you're a humpet. [ applause ] huppet. yeah. [ applause ] very good to have you here. thank you so much for coming by. the movie is called "the muppets," it's in theaters now. jim parsons, everybody. we'll be right back with taylor kitsch. [ female announcer ] removing facial hair can be irritating. challenge that. new olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle balm. then the removal cream. effective together with less irritation and as gentle as a feather. new olay hair removal duo. [ female announcer ] go-to... [ male announcer ] making spirits bright! [ female announcer ] cheers to you, mr. kangaroo. go-to... [ male announcer ] unsilent night. [ female announcer ] never the wrong time for the right wine. [ male announcer ] yellow tail. the go-to. yeah, our low prices are even lower. we need to teach her how to walk. she is taking up valuable cart space. aren't you, honey? [ male announcer

hollywood wants spontaneity. >> jimmy: that's the muppets. 're the walter ego is what you are. >> jason and this puppet are really close friends and this is kind of a -- i guess it's kind of a realization part for each of them. in the way, why do they connect so well? because on the inside, jason is a bit of a muppet and on the inside, walter is a bit of a man. and i was that man. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: congratulations. you are kind of -- you are a man and a mup met. you are like a -- you're a humpet. [ applause ] very good to have you here. thank you so much for coming by. the movie is called "the muppets," it's in theaters now. jim parsons, everybody. we'll be right back with taylor kitsch. two medium cappuccinos! let's show 'em what a breakfast with wholegrain fiber can do. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte. medium macchiato, light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos, make one a double. she's full and focused! [ barista ] i have two cappuccinos, one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, a medium macchiato, a light ho

the muppets are back on the silver screen.t appears they have another hit on their hands. >> i cannot believe we're all back together. >> best new movie honors stay "the muppets." >> i have to go around and tell what is happening. >> the oscar race look for george colony to get a best nomination. it never goes for you expected. both best bets. have a nice weekend, everybody. bethesda, it is a winter wonderland. free winter concert was held off the holiday season. the fund continues through the weekend. more choral group performances. only boy that was leave glee club. >> don't put that on your business card. outside, wonderful sunshine. the is looking out toward west. of moisture coming see every once in want to- why would you leave washington at this time of year? are temperatures now have into the 30's once again. early this morning, it was mighty cold. here is where the real industrial strength cold is. at churchill up in territory, manitoba, like that. none of that really will be coming our way. of the overall pattern. eve

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. >> she is sharing the screen with the muppets. this is "piers morgan tonight." >> she sold 100 million books and scared the living day lights out of people. patricia joins me now. this is going to terrify me. i know it is. >> i think it will. i won't tell you why. you'll start looking around your kitchen in various places and thinking, i don't feel so good about certain things. you wait, you'll see. >> where do you get this desire to scare people? >> you know, i don't know. but when i was a little kid, i was always writing stories and illustrating little books that i would create. and the kids loved me to tell stories to them. i was the favorite babysitter starting at age 12. i remember one day on a vacancy lot with two little boys my neighbors and i started telling a story. i scared them so badly that they started crying and ran home. i realized i had this ability to terrify people. i felt terrible about it. i'm carol as i write the books today, i want to hold people in suspense but i don't want to give them terrible nightmares. i

. >> they had the hungry muppet, the starving muppet. you look out there. we have medicaid, a record number of people on food stamp. we have s-chip. we have w.i.c.c. there's all these programs out there to take care of hungry kids. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you! welcome to the "report," in here out there, around the world. (crowd chanting "stephen") folks... thank you so much for joining us! (cheers and applause) folks, i've got to tell you, you did not have to chant my name! (laughter) but if you didn't, i would have had to start the show over. (laughter) something i'm sure none of us want to go through. (laughter) nation... (laughter) despite my best efforts to ignore them, things are happening in other parts of the world. for instance, there's america's ever-escalating tensions with iran that could lead to yet another war in the middle east. and there's bad news, too. jim? >> iran cla

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. >> a duel between the muppet into the vampires, who won?ible babble babble babble that either that this event of moviegoers had a crush on the latest twilight domes. as a bridge and on it topped the box office for the first week in a row. it pulled in nearly 17 million over the weekend. >> bids came in second place for the second week in a row with 11.2 million. cs there were no new releases last week making this one novelist grossing weekends of the year. >> i am giving away copies of a hot new video games. over 20 story based admissions and bonus levels set. this in the game and will allow people to explore endlessly. it is the most action packed lego game yet. >>brian: the wins are coming back. the winds will affect us again tonight especially in the east bay and to north bay hills. the blue on the screen shows a wind advisory in effect tonight and into tomorrow morning. perhaps 30-40 mi. an hour in the lower elevations. temperatures are already into the mid 30's. by tomorrow morning, low-mid- 30s. there could be a couple of places they

disney " the muppets " took 11 million bringing the domestic total to over $20 million., the twilight saw gaga topped the blo-- the saga topped the box office police $70 million for this weekend. $500 million is their grand total! >> holiday items if we have a couple items some of north carolina residents saw something moving and it was not an ornament it was a snake! the doctor wanted to keep this corn snake this -- daughter however, not the case according to parents. >> this woman in st. louis, driving this same terrain ---duo his second, third year in a row where she is consistently stealing christmas trees from the boy scouts. >> the cooler night tonight. >>rob: will see you tomorrow, have a beautiful evening. ♪

. >> they had the hungry muppet, the starving muppet. you look out there. we have medicaid, a record number of people on food stamp. we have s-chip. we have w.i.c.c. there's all these programs out there to take care of hungry kids captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org airport (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> stephen: welcome to the report, thank you so much. stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: welcome to the report. good to have you with us. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. boy, folks, thank you so much. i've got to tell you, i absolutely needed that, ladies and gentlemen, because i'm exhausted. i am going to need a little help to get through tonight's show. got here, you know it was a little five hour energy do it for me. although you know what, i only need this for a half an hour. so-- there you are. whooo! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: whooo! i can feel my heartbeat in my hair! i will fistfight a sha

. >> they had the hungry muppet, the starving muppet. you look out there.ecord number of people on food stamp. we have s-chip. we have w.i.c.c. there's all these programs out there to take care of hungry kids captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org airport (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> stephen: welcome to the report, thank you so much. stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: welcome to the report. good to have you with us. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. boy, folks, thank you so much. i've got to tell you, i absolutely needed that, ladies and gentlemen, because i'm exhausted. i am going to need a little help to get through tonight's show. got here, you know it was a little five hour energy do it for me. although you know what, i only need this for a half an hour. so-- there you are. whooo! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: whooo! i can feel my heartbeat in my hair! i will fistfight a shark. now folks, you see

. >> "the muppets." the "muppet" shows. >> jay: "the muppets," yeah?t really allow us to watch tv. >> jay: okay. >> 'cause -- i don't know why. and they -- they purchased a a vhs all the time. that's why i grew up with movies. >> jay: so they'd stick you in front of the tv. there's a vhs. press the button. >> yeah, a little bit. >> jay: so how did you get this film? >> i slept with the director. >> jay: you slept with the director? [ cheers and applause ] you can't get -- >> you can't get better. >> jay: you can't get more french than that. >> yeah, exactly! [ laughter ] >> jay: and you and the director also have two children. >> yeah, you know, i have to sleep with him after the movie, too, to say -- to say thank you. [ laughter ] >> jay: and if you want to do the sequel, you gotta sleep with him again. >> yeah, of course, i mean, come on. you know, i've got a golden globe nomination, a sag nomination. he needs to be -- you know. >> jay: now, has he worked -- [ light laughter ] has he worked in america before? was this -- >> no. >> jay: oh, okay. >> f

. >> they had the hungry muppet, the starving muppet. you look out there. medicaid, a record number of people on food stamp. we have s-chip. we have w.i.c.c. there's all these programs out there to take care of hungry kids. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you! welcome to the "report," in here out there, around the world. (crowd chanting "stephen") folks... thank you so much for joining us! (cheers and applause) folks, i've got to tell you, you did not have to chant my name! (laughter) but if you didn't, i would have had to start the show over. (laughter) something i'm sure none of us want to go through. (laughter) nation... (laughter) despite my best efforts to ignore them, things are happening in other parts of the world. for instance, there's america's ever-escalating tensions with iran that could lead to yet another war in the middle east. and there's bad news, too. jim? >> iran claims it h

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the muppets remained at number 2. hooko, arthur christmas and happy feet 2 rounded out the top 5.e will be right back. a. omelet? sure. scrambled eggs. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. citi financial tools. [ beep ] hi. dave here. [ male announcer ] for dave, using citibank's online bill pay is as easy as setting up voicemail. hi, it's dave. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. hi, it's dave. i'm out of the office. [ male announcer ] online bill pay. easier banking. standard at citibank. a pooch named petunia woulde a lot to say... the terrier-pit bull mix was eek in a rural area >>> finally tonight, if dogs could talk. a dog would have a lot to say. the dog was found in yuba county eight years after she disappeared from her home in virginia. a microchip help reunite them. >> it is hard to believe. it's been eight years. >> she was thirsty and hungry. >> she was three years old when she left. now she

coming in second again was the muppets, followed by the family adventure, hugo.hur's christmas came in fourth, and happy feet 2 round out the top five. the business at the box office was dismal and domestic revenue $82 million that puts it in the running for the worst weekend haul of the year. not a good way to end the year for hollywood. that does it for this edition of abc-7 news. thank you so much for joining us. captioned by closed captioning services inc. >> leaving you live a live look outside.

the muppets. >> am i a man or am i a muppet? that is the big question.is a huge song in the movie. it's passion project from. >> he is on segal who has wanted to make this movie for so long. i was interview is him and he was picked on in high school and he found this love in watching the muppets when he was younger. now, it is almost like he is thanking them on for this. >> already a big box office smash? >> it is doing well at the box office. it will make you smile from ear to ear the entire film. everybody, no matter how opened you are, grandparent, kids, teenagers, adults, you will love this film. it is very emotional. amy adams, i love her, she is so hot. >> all right. we only got another minute. >> martha, marcy may, marlene. this is a wonderful film. it is not your typical hollywood movie. it leaves things open ended. it macyou work as the viewer. not everything is tied up for you. the a wonderful perform's. right now some the best actress race, you will have elizabeth olsen for this movie. the next movie, my week with marilyn. i'm predicting it is

the comedy the sitter opened at number two, breaking dawn part one, the muppets and author christmas round out the top five. >>> zynga is expected to go public december 15th. also expected to go public jive software. >>> online sales are way up this season. research firm says sales have gone up by 15% this season compared to this time last year. total sales so far, almost $25 billion and could be another busy week. in large part because most free shipping offers expire by friday. >>> we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,, keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. because it is. dog trey to blueberry facials. the cost? 40 bucks eac . >>> this you byte got to see. tray is treated to blueberry facials. the cost, $40 each. she is not the only one who spoils her pet. according to the pet products association even in these hard times people in the united states will spend more than $50 billion on their animals this year. >> re

but it's the muppets. in a new commercial promoting the google plus hangout section.hey're hoping that kermit and miss piggy will attract young people and the parents who grew up on "sesame street." google is attracting 625,000 users each day and could finish with 400 million by the end of 2012. >>> the fda is reviewing its warning about pet snacks made in china. so far this year there have been more than 350 reports of illnesses tied to reported chicken jerky products. they can be sold as chicken tender, strips or streets. affected animals exhibit a range of systems within day of eating the jerky including kidney failure and a serious condition marked by low blood sugar. they have yet to issue any recall. >>> the mystery that inspired hitchcock ap "the birds" may be solved by science. they believe that poisoned plankton caused hundreds of birds to ram themes into home in monterey bay in the summer of 1961. toxic algae in plankton is believeded to have cause the birds to become disoriented. >> that's the one i'll be telling people. >> the video clip from the movie. >>

. >> the new muppets movie recaptures the fun of the originals. they travel with a new theywalter or the fire the old gang that washed up. the gang pulls together and reunites and put on a show. four stars to seek kermit and miss piggy together again. george clooney works to bring his family together during a crisis in "the descendants." it is one of george clooney it puts the best. a woman plays marilyn monroe and an oscar or the performance on "my week with marilyn." about a movie she made in 1956. all best bets along with hugo. you can look for a lot more oscar contenders to arrive in the weeks ahead. speaking of "the muppets,"i understand kermit is at the christmas tree lighting. >> thank you. >> coming up next on abc news at 5:00, charging for a happy meal to wait? is the city making a change in how much they are charging for them. >>> it passenger on board a flight was pressed into service when a drunk passenger became on release. >> less than 30 minutes into the flight, the uniformed air force reserve was asked to stepped-up and help a firs