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>> the wrap has always been that conservatives dont do comedy very well. the most successful comedians, jon stewart, stephen colbert, david letterman, are liberals. do you buy that? >> to an extent i do. most of the right-wingers arent funny. most left-wingers arent funny, because, surprise most people in general arent funny. but what you have is that most liberals go -- more liberals than conservatives go into comedy so you end up with more funny liberal comedians. thats the math. i stole that ...

Not do comely and jon stewart and david letterman are liberals. do you buy that? >> to an extent i do. most right wingers arent funny. most left wingers arent funny because, surprise, most people in general arent funny. what you have is most liberals go into -- more liberals than conservatives go into comedy so you have more liberal comics. >> why do you think most right wingers are not funny, it is not in their d.n.a.? >> they go into other professions. like saying how come, why are there no le...

It depends what youth youre talking to, right? on the one hand, exit poll data have shown that youth have become more liberal in ways that previous generations have not seen. on the other hand to, from my experience here at harvard working with students every day, i see a lot of undergraduates who are prime for pecking for republicans because theyre very concerned about privacy issues. and most of all theyre looking for a republican leader whos willing to abandon the partys stances, conservative...

Places in his world. it is not saying black people arent funny or asians arent funny. but i think what he is saying is you are going to water down the product if you dont go for funny is funny first. it is legitimate on some levels. >> all right, whatever. boy, that was tough. i think first 11 guests he had 10 were white and one was black. is that a problem? >> no. i have run into issues before. there is always quo toes that uh -- quotas before and i havent got a job before because i was too whi...

Say well, football got a 25 household rating. nothing is ever going to beat football. but in the grand scheme of things, very, very good numbers for these ladies. . and to think so many years ago snl said women just arent funny. boy, did that change. hey, walk me through the awesomeness on the red carpet. what happened? >> yeah, you know, there was a lot of great fashion last night on the red carpet. i think variety dubbed it red is the new black. because you know were supposed to see these past...

To spite your issues with that question. >> so the dan quayle watch goes backwards. >> you get it? its not a good watch. >> that sounds -- it sounds -- >> the way he wasnt -- >> so what was the question about this terrible watch. sorry? >> the question from the person? >> yes. >> the person was just saying -- >> i have a terrible watch. >> can you still make dan quayle jokes. >> oh, if its true, you can pass on the information. but i wouldnt say thats a joke. >> you know -- >> like when a comedi...

Door the man goes first and pushes the door so the woman wont have to touch the door. >> if the door is already moving , then the woman goes tiers. >> thats true! >> what was on the list? the elevator intruder. that bothers me. joanne, do you agree with this list and which are you guilty of? im assuming all of them. >> i dont think i have a backbone at all. the one that was on here is bad tipping. i bar -- bar tend and serve to pay my rent. >> i bet are you tipped lousily. >> i put on red lipsti...

Door the man goes first and pushes the door so the woman wont have to touch the door. >> if the door is already moving , then the woman goes tiers. >> thats true! >> what was on the list? the elevator intruder. that bothers me. joanne, do you agree with this list and which are you guilty of? im assuming all of them. >> i dont think i have a backbone at all. the one that was on here is bad tipping. i bar -- bar tend and serve to pay my rent. >> i bet are you tipped lousily. >> i put on red lipsti...

Hedge fund guys to come in and say we will faund primary challenge against if you dont raise the debt ceiling. almost need another source of leverage. literally the chamber of commerce dpax in the republican party no longer has leverage. neither does boehner. >> i want to throw up the panda cam. the beloved panda cam. the giant panda cam from the washington, d.c. zoo. that is out right now because of the government shutdown thats about to happen in about 50 seconds. thats a slight example of wha...

So men want to be funny and for good reasons because women want funmy men. when we asked whether you would leave a person who wasnt funny, 28% said men did. >> wow. >> theres reasons to be -- >> so having someone leaving you because youre not funny, thats no joke. >> well, i mean, but actually, to that point, what if you just arent funny? are you, like, doomed to a life of solitude? >> no, find somebody -- i think youll find somebody else who is not funny and enjoy a lot of other parts of life t...