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That do that was really exciting for us, as the show. >> yeah. it was a brilliant episode. listen i have to ask you, youre in award winning actor. your brilliant writer. you are standup comic. if you are now also an executive producer. your friend and costar premieres new series this year. how has it been to see his journey since your theory started? what does it mean for you that you are now using your platform to raise others up and create spaces for other actors to tell their stories? >> it i...

Legendary standup comedian Gilbert Gottfried passes away at 67

Fights that you hope will lead to a good outcome on election day. so, i think i see joe is a lot better than silence joe. so, if i was a democrat, id be quite happy about the shift in tactic. >> eugene, i havent heard any changes out of sinema or manchins camps, yeah, chuck schumer wants to bring this to a vote. is he bluffing? or, could he maybe have the votes for some sort of carve out? if republicans, if they can restrict voting rights all over the country with a simple majority, why shouldnt...

And what he did on stage in standup was so different than what he did, you know, in sitcoms. what a great actor he was and it shows such great versatility but youre right, the tributes have come pouring in from friends and colleagues praising bob saget. not just for his talent but for his incredible kindness, his incredible generosity. tell me about your friendship with him. when did you two first meet? >> oh, i met bob in the 80s. go way back. the great thing about him, i did feel like he start...

Nbc news has confirmed that actor and comedian louis anderson has died. he died this morning at a las vegas hospital of complications from cancer. during his 40-year career he toured as a standup comic, maybe best known for his role on "baskets" and for hosting "family feud" from 1999 to 2002. that wraps up the hour for me. im jose diaz-balart. ill see you tomorrow night on "nbc nightly news saturday". be sure to follow the show online. thank you so much for the privilege of your time. craig mel...

What he did, you know, in sitcoms. what a great actor he was and it shows such great versatility but youre right, the tributes have come pouring in from friends and colleagues praising bob saget. not just for his talent but for his incredible kindness, his incredible generosity. tell me about your friendship with him. when did you two first meet? >> oh, i met bob in the 80s. go way back. the great thing about him, i did feel like he started as a standup comic. i ran into him at the comedy store ...

Laughed. he should be a standup comic. this is the die who and then rushing through the barrett not nak. but leaving that aside for a second, i havent particularly it makes me think theyve changed their minds. however, there is this new idea that democrats have. they have a way of getting the bills debated in the senate and it evolves a short of switch back, pass around through the house again and then it comes in and then they have to debate it. it still faces a filibuster at the end of that re...

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Of russell who raised money. you needed help from the v.a. it gave him an understanding about -- a sense of a role of government that not every conservative republican has. and part of that is the empathy he gained from his own experiences with that. >> thats why people like pat and others appreciated bob dole so much. >> another reason people in washington appreciated bob dole is that he was so funny. he could be so funny. he was so quick. he coined so many memorable lines. i believe it was dol...

I swear bob could have made it as a standup comic, but in that maiden speech, bob was earnest. he was already championing a signature cause, helping americans with disabilities. the t "the task ahead is monumental but im confident there are forces in america ready and willing to meet the challenge." bob dole himself was certainly proof of that.willing to meet t" bob dole himself was certainly proof of that. that maiden speech came 24 years to the day after he sustained his combat wounds in italy...