give me a special. >> greg: i think it's from being an woody allen movie spirit that's what it is.o you make of this? >> very against cancel culture. i don't think that people should be judged, thrown out of society for making a joke that an online moms diff dominic decides is offensive. it is a little offensive to spend decades of relay pretending to be a spanish person when you're from boston. i don't hate her because that is the best thing all of happen to be in 2020. >> greg: a story that didn't make me cry. >> a christmas miracle. who does that? and does it so publicly? i just hated the way she made herself a victim. if she would have just been like yeah, what's. i did do that. i am crazy. i would have been the biggest fan in the world. she played the victim card like no, i will make you pretend to like that -- i am not ballroom dancing whites. you pretend to do that? that is insane, and we're going to have to call you out on it. if she would've owned it, i would not have been mad because it was a great -- >> greg: it was. we more to come. i'm excited about this next block. ar

. >> we should represents woody allen, and he's not commenting.rymore show." and what's extraordinary is there is confirmation from dylan that her family had nothing to do with the production, producing, or any aspect of the documentary. >> which a lot of people had thought -- >> i think they went into it thinking that there had been some bias or one-sidedness, and that is not accurate. >> yeah. and drew, her story has -- not drew, dylan, you're drew, dylan's story has been consistent from the beginning. she was 6, a little girl at the time, 7 years old. her story's been consistent. woody allen supporters would say his story's been consistent, as well. was there anything that surprised you when you were talking to her? number one, it was great to see her in the studio. she doesn't do interviews very often. it was great to see her. >> she had claimed that she felt disarmed by me because i'm someone that she hasrown up with. >> yeah. >> and i had worked with her -- i had worked with woody back in the day and established an interview -- >> did you? >

. >> here is woody allen. >> i am too cowardly to be a protest come eck. we come to know and hate. >> merv griffin despite a milk-toast reputation was almost willing to have people on that represented aspects of the counter culture. >> in 1969 when "the merv griffin show" debuted. >> there is been much discussions if the papers and magazines about the three-way competition. i want to set the record straight. i think carson does a great job, bishop does a great job. we are going to try to entertain you and there is room for everybody and may the best man win. >> "the merv griffin show" really cuts into the audience of joey bishop's show. >> ladies and gentlemen, di dick cavett. >> dick cavett was our first intellectual. >> i realized then that johnny does not have a ram up his -- >> what does carson does not have that a competing talk show can use to draw viewers away. the answer was combination of entertainment and thinking. >> i can't help noticing that you have an anteater with you. >> dick cavett was one of the last great unscripted shows where anything

. >> here's woody allen! >> i'm too cowardly to be a protest comic. all those things that we've come to know and hate about -- >> merv griffin, despite almost a milquetoast reputation, was always more willing to have people on that represented aspects of the counterculture. >> dr. timothy leary has been described as being either a prophet or a fiend. >> how many times have you taken lsd, doctor? >> i've taken lsd 311 times. >> in 1969 when "the merv griffin show" debuted on cbs, for the first time ever you have what you would now call the late-night wars. merv versus joey versus johnny. >> there's been much discussion in the papers and in magazines about the three-way competition. and i want to set the record straight. i think carson does a great job. bishop does a great job. we're going to try to entertain you. and there's room for everybody. and may the best man win. >> "the merv griffin show" really cut into joey bishop's audience in a big way. >> and then when joey bishop didn't work, they thought let's go a little younger and a little more new yo

she defended woody allen. i guess they go to streaming. going to the gym exercising, talking to kids and doing something healthy. that sounds about right. >> harris: wow. actress bette midler is threatening parents who haven't vaccinated their children for the coronavirus and here is how she is doing it. she would bring peanut butter into classrooms where young students have peanut allergies. you know it can kill them. one user responded i'm super liberal and pro vox, this isn't funny. my son is allergic to nuts. if he eats the tiniest amount his throat closes. do better. joe concha, do better bette midler or do nothing? you make the call. >> bette midler. when was she last relevant. during the clinton administration and now she seems to have too much time on her hands on twitter. she referred to it as jiffy peanut butter. your floor director had this on, skippy is a peanut butter, jiff is a peanut butter. jiffy is a popcorn. two tweets she sent out recently. look, there are african-american men in this shot, how many did donald trump pay