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What do you think? is he really going to help with the dash democrats are in campaign mode. isnt he the right person to do this? or still no? >> i think his greatest asset is him as a messenger, not the actual message. he is quite frankly very charming and very easy going on the campaign trail. he is a great speaker, great comic timing and that has always worked for him. he can craft the best message on planet earth but if you have someone delivering it who squawks at you like a pterodactyl, nob...

Is this? what his stupid name? bazooka al assad. >> he couldnt get get assads name right the last few days. how did this match up? it felt a little something. flat, hollow? >> there was something different about it and that was she was not live in new york. she was in l.a. so the audience was watching on monitor rather than seeing her live. i think there was a little difference in time. she couldnt hear them when they were laughing so i think a little difference in the comic timing of the bit. t...

Grant tinker, just dominated the television landscape with mary tyler moore production. >> in the 70s you were an icon as she was an icon. i dont know how much you got to know her at all, but what do you think her impact was on the tv landscape at the time? >> well, one thing for sure is that she had the most incredible comic timing. before the mary tyler moore show there was the dick van dyke show on which she was a major force. and she opened the door, along with lucille ball for unbelievable ...

You cant say that about many presidents and if being cool is a emblem of being a president of your time, he sure was. >> obamacare is great. >> he is the first true social media president. using it often to share the political, the personal, and his play list. im here with the president >> how good is that? >> his sense of humor helps to humanize him over two terms in office. >> lets get this out of the way. what did you come here to plug? >> have you heard of the affordable care act? >> i heard...

Any we have had? >> barrack obama as president was cool. you cant say that about many presidents and if being cool is a emblem of being a president of your time, he sure was. >> obamacare is great. >> he is the first true social media president. using it often to share the political, the personal, and his play list. ♪ im here with the president >> how good is that? >> his sense of humor helps to humanize him over two terms in office. >> lets get this out of the way. what did you come here to p...

Three-body problem," chinese author translated into english. fantastic novel. i had read it. he read it. he ended up really liking it. we talked about this a bunch in a meeting. we both read the sequel at about the same time. and when the third one came out, i got an advanced copy of it for him, prepublication, gave it to him for his birthday and he ended up talking to his science adviser about some of the issues that it raised. i try not to be offended when im cut out of meetings. but the fact ...

♪ gloria, gloria >> mom! mom! hi, mom. >> mom, what im trying to say to you is that you always need to be the center of attention. in a restaurant, in your marriage, you always have to be the star. >> god cast me in the role. >> great comic timing. debbie reynolds worked well beyond her early years as a star at mgm, including that clip you just saw on the hit sitcom "will & grace." before we toss it to morning joe, lets get a check on the stories youll be hearing about in the day ahead. offici...

All right. stay on point, donald. stay on point. no side tracks, donald. nice and easy. ni nice. ive been watching hillary the last few days. shes totally unhinged. we dont want any of that. she has become unhinged. >> for anyone who ever wondered what is going on in his head, theres a window. >> sounds like puppet, no puppet. theyre telling him, youre a puppet now. dont say anything else. >> hes got great comic timing. his humor. i find that to be so effective. >> very funny. >> something else ...

After last night. >> peter? >> you know, i think trump missed an opportunity. i dont think hillary was that great either. i think barack obama has much better comic timing than both of them do. >> and mitt romney, surprisingly. >> yes. i think both are fairly bad. trump would have done better information himself had he told more jokes about himself, been more self-deprecating. given the political problems hes been having that would have been useful, part of the kellyanne. some of the jokes were ...

>> i did not say that. >> to be assaulted. donald thinks belittling women makes him bigger. he goes after their dignity, their self-worth, and i dont think there is a woman anywhere who doesnt know what that feels like. >> reporter: tonight a totally different test for hillary clinton, a test of her comic timing at the alfred e. smith dinner in new york. while she is widely known for a sense of humor in small settings, the challenge tonight to make fun of it all while nearing the behind of a bit...