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>> the wrap has always been that conservatives don't 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 aren't funny. most left-wingers aren't funny, because, surprise most people in general aren't 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. that's the math. i stole that from andy leiby. >> good to give credit. >> why do you think most right-wingers are not funny? ...

Not do comely and jon stewart and david letterman are liberals. do you buy that? >> to an extent i do. most right wingers aren't funny. most left wingers aren't funny because, surprise, most people in general aren't 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 left wing military commanders? >> because you need to have objective, conservative values to fight ...

It depends what youth you're 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 they're very concerned about privacy issues. and most of all they're looking for a republican leader who's willing to abandon the party's stances, conservative stances on socialer shoes and go -- issues and go straight for libertarian and privacy issues,...

Places in his world. it is not saying black people aren't funny or asians aren't funny. but i think what he is saying is you are going to water down the product if you don't 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 haven't got a job before because i was too white. >> yeah, you tried for the lead at forest gump. >> and it is not because i am not talented. ...

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 aren't 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 we're supposed to see these pastels and really pretty colors last night. we saw a lot of striking, stunning red. look at lupita ri...