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He comes up with characters that are profoundly silly. >> when we were on "snl" together, chris did a movie with marty and harry called synchronized swimming. >> ive been directing theater, shakespeare in the park. >> thats where the character was sort of born. me, you know, right out of the navy fresh off a destroyer with a dance belt and a tube of chapstick basically. not much to call my own and being slammed down for 10 or so years, off, off, off broadway and then enough is enough. okay? i ge...

Marty and harry called "synchronized swimming." >> ive been directing theater, shakespeare in the park. if i ever do that again im just going to, you know, kill my with a regomatic. >> thats where the character was sort of born. me, you know, right out of the navy fresh off a destroyer with a dance belt and a tube of chapstick basically. you know, not really much to call my own, and then basically being slammed down for ten or so years, you know, off, off, off, off broadway and then enough is en...

Con edison. they are watching the numbers. joining us by phone, msnbc producer casey dolan. we didnt have a lot of information when this first came down. the only information that we had, for instance here at 30 rockefeller plaza, here at nbc news and msnbc studios, the lights went out. >> yeah. the lights went out. it was about two or three blocks. the lights went out. the air conditioning, the fire marshal got on the phone. we came out here in the theater district. supposed to go to a show at ...

Poor, the forgotten middle class, feminists, soccer moms, bernie bro, muffin tops, unib w unibrow, paleo, were more tribal than 18th century afghanistan. joining me now is collin quinn. >> this started as an off-broadway play in january. now you have the cnn special. yes, its important to laugh at things. but a lot of this is really serious for a lot of folks and depressing to a lot of people. what made you think that the state of politics today in the u.s. was ripe for some funny. >> funny is b...

One. >> the comedy special baseded on his off broadway show. critics were impressed. he takes aim at both sides of the political divide. >> russia played history perfectly. from day one, they go where the [ bleep ]. >> with his signature mix of history, social commentary and pop culture. >> if you can name 20 great speeches since our country began, theres been like five. martin luther king speech, john f. kennedy then monologues on the bachelor. >> premiers tomorrow at 9:00. we take the wheel. r...

Quinns red state/blue state going from off broadway to a cnn comedy special. it premieres on memorial day and colin quinn will be with us and making us laugh next. >> and you dont want to see a. ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ goin down the only road ive ever known ♪ ♪ like a drifter i was-- ♪ born to walk alone! keep goin man! you got it! if you ride, you get it. ♪ here i go again geico motorcycle. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. the 2019 subaru outback is how safe is the car y...

America, two parties still all these years later, two parties. theres 350 million people and theres two parties. theres 15 genders and theres two parties. theres four bathrooms and theres two parties. >> and we still only have access to one of them. joining us now, colin quinn. great to have you here. >> thanks, kate. >> so happy to be here. >> im smiling now. >> we debated during the break why do you never smile. >> i never smile because i didnt want to be schmoozing the crowd. im a real purist...

Good evening. were a block off broadway, and its opening night for the first republican convention ever held in new york city. the choice of the city was no accident. its much about image, the image of president bush at ground zero as commander in chief in a war on terror. that is the picture he wants voters to remember. but that image is competing with this one, the massive weekend protest here against president bushs policies and the war in iraq. >> many observers are thinking that 2004 might ...

♪ la cucaracha ♪ la cucaracha ♪ la, la, la, la, la >> its like every saturday night ive done an opening night of an underrehearsed off-broadway show. >> youre not too bright, are you, fern? i mean, whatever your name was. >> lisa. >> as a matter of fact, youre extremely stupid. >> well, youre right, fern, you know, and im proud of it. you know, we all cant be brainy like fern here. >> tragedy struck the world of show business this week when tv personality howdy doody committed suicide on t...

Raining? janice: very good point. we are going to cover that on fox square. fox nation. all of our fox fans coming throughout the day today. i cannot wait to meet you. this tent is going to be full, i promise you. stay tuned through fox news channel through your election day. lets take a look at your forecast real quick. as ainsley mentioned, we could have the potential for strong storms across portions of the south. we had tornadoes reports in parts of louisiana, alabama, towards portions of ge...