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>> by the time we get to the '70s, comedy started to get away from punch lines. steve martin was poking fun at the whole nature of comedy, taking the standard conventions and turning it on its ear. [ applause ] >> all right. just lost my mind. >> steve martin had fun with making fun of taking yourself seriously and the schmoozy we're going to have some fun tonight. it seemed to mock what everyone else was doing. >> steve martin was so goofy and beautiful writing. i don't know if i appreciate that as a kid, but now i appreciate it, just the succinctness. he had very good ta-ta-ta timing. that's...

Colors there's nothing wrong with your t.v. set, you're just watching the steve martin special, a wild and crazy guy. >> by the time we get to the '70s, comedy starts to get away from punch lines. ste steve martin was poking fun. >> sorry i just lost my mind. >> steve martin had fun with making fun of taking yourself seriously and we're going to have some fun tonight. like it seemed to mock what everyone else was doing. >> steve martin was so goofy and beautiful writing. i don't know if i appreciate that as a kid but now i appreciate it. it's very good timing. >> oh no, i'm getting happy feet....

And katty and i both had the experience of interviewing john kerry immediately afterwards and he was on fire of the fact when the president talks about opening it up for renegotiating, he would be negotiating with himself. these are voluntary limits that we were actually meeting and we could pull it back, he could stretch it out. >> andrea, what are you going to negotiate with when it's voluntary to begin with? >> it made no sense. so, it was sort of a strung together series of punch lines or political hot button lines. >> like the inaugural speech. >> that didn't fit together. >> it was so mu...

A lot of the symbols in pop culture are in sports teams, like the cleveland sports team or washington sports team. they say those aren't yours, those are ours. there is a hashtag not your mascot. we still live here and we still love this country. >> there is a lot of embracing and trying to hold on to culture. kamau, thank you so much. "united shades of america," airs tonight, 10:00 eastern, right here on cnn. this week she rolled past the cnn building in new york taping an "snl" skit. you know who i'm talking about. then last night we got to see what melissa mccarthy had in store for her sp...

Kellyanne conway. ♪. >> we don't want to find her. >> okay. i guess that's our show. stev seven weeks in a row and no one wants to find that woman. >> roping young skbhiern saying your punch lines also funny. >> anybody who asked to serve in the white house, you know, this has been a cautionary tale for them. >> thick skin you have to have. she was on fox and friends. >> she has been doing a good amount of fox. she hasn't been all over television like she has in the past. we know she is very important to the president. >> it is hard to pin down what that role is. >> that's how it is very oft...