he's thomas haden church, this is overheard. (pleasant music) let's be honest, is this about your ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa-- hate to say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? just got an f from you actually. (applause) thomas haden church, nice to see you. - thank you evan. - may i say it is nice to see your mug back on television. - oh, in a, in a-- - [evan] in a series. - weekly fashion. - in a weekly fashion. - thank you. - 'cause you were there and then you left us and went into the big fancy hollywood thing and then you came back to tv. - yeah, a number of people have commented to me about that, that they're enjoying seeing me on a weekly basis. - right. - and hbo you know, it's sort of the premiere place-- - it's not tv, it's hbo right? isn't that the schtic