tony danza!n's suppers", which airs thursdays at 9:30 p.m. on the cooking channel. please welcome my friend, chef michael symon, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: all right, what do we got? >> well, i'm going to start you out with a cocktail to kind of -- >> jimmy: oh, you're a good man. >> -- loosen you up a little bit. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. please. so what do we do? >> so, this is --i call it a gingersnap -- >> jimmy: all right. >> you know, it's a good, manly drink when you're about to have a little bit of pork. >> jimmy: so, is that what we're doing? [ laughter ] >> a little bit of ice. a little bit of ice. it doesn't sound manly. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> but it is manly. >> jimmy: i always need a few drinks before i get a little pork. >> bourbon. [ laughter ] i tried to give it to you. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i know that, yeah. thank god security was there, yeah. >> all right. ginger beer. >> jimmy: ginger beer. okay, good. >> ginger syrup. this is a ginger simple syrup. >>

tony danza! el symon joins us after the break. stick around, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ use freedom and get cash back. ♪ack. ♪ five percent at best buy. ♪ wow my definition is high. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom. ♪ everybody get, everybody get! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest is a talented, talented chef whose new book, "carnivore," comes out october 16th. you can also see him on "symon's suppers", which airs thursdays at 9:30 p.m. on the cooking channel. please welcome my friend, chef michael symon, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: all right, what do we got? >> well, i'm going to start you out with a cocktail to kind of -- >> jimmy: oh, you're a good man. >> -- loosen you up a little bit. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. please. so what do we do? >> so, this is --i call it a gingersnap -- >> jimmy: all right. >> you know, it's a good, manly drink when you're about to have a little bit of pork. >> jimmy: so, is that what we're doing? [ laughter

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we were playing tony danza. and i kept crushing him. i was worried, he's a boxer.t he was going to beat me up. >> i'm a little worried. we'll be playing a trivia game the next half hour. i hear you've been studying for that, as well. >> bring it, man. >> okay, i am. you have been doing so much great stuff. and it's fun to have you here this morning. i didn't realize how well prepared you were for morning television. drew peterson, a big story we did here. and this one coming up, "prosecuting casey anthony." tell us about that. >> well, i -- if you're a news junkie like i am, you couldn't avoid that story. and i figured i knew what the verdict was going to be. and when the verdict came down, i was really surprised. so, when it came to me with this amazing script, based on the book, written by the prosecutor, jeff ashton. and it's a look at how something can turn out so differently than the entire country expected. >> everybody was surprised. >> what happened with the prosecution. >> here's a scene from it. >> so, be calm. tell the truth. and when i object, and i wil