jimmy kimmel, steve martin. rosie o'donnel, albert brooks, both using the word "genius." steve carell calling him "wildly funny." so many of them consider winters one of the finest improv comics ever. this one one of the most famous appearances on the jack paar show in 1964 -- >> do something with a stick. >> reporter: even paar knew he was about to get something good. >> you can give him anything. >> reporter: winters -- becoming a fisherman. we're onto something this time. >> sorry, maragret. >> send in those big cats. >> reporter: the lion tamer. >> send in the smaller ones. >> reporter: and the violini. >> imagine what i could do if i had the other part. >> reporter: he was revered by his fellow performers back then. a frequent guest on so many of their programs. here with dean martin. >> hey deansy, what do you want to do? well, i don't know. what's your pleasure? >> well, if i told you that, we'd be off the air. [ laughter ] >> reporter: this weekend robin williams. who tweeted he was my comedy buddha. williams would honor him in later years. once i called him my me

., when a steve martin -- in 2005 or to adults and six, he won the mark twain award -- it thousand five or 2006. there was a big show. i was one of the presenters. alan was a waiter. no. [laughter] no, alan was a writer. >> i helped larry david wright his speech. >> when we were far away from larry david, he says he wrote his speech. anyway, we like each other. we became friends and saw each other off and on over the next few years at conferences and stuff like that. alan kept saying -- >> we should do something together. >> i did not know what he meant. [laughter] he was very vague. he is kind of in the film-tv world, and people always say they want to do something. i said, ok, let's do something together. but i do not think we would. then he had this idea. >> his daughter played soccer. she was 11 years old. i had three children, all of whom spate -- played sports, little league, whatever. but he was 1,600 miles away from me. i was in new jersey. he was in florida. i can give you his home number later if you wish. [laughter] i said, listen, why don't we make it work for us? we came up

martin, alec baldwin, martin short, chevy chase, to be part of that group of the people who have lived through the history of that show has to be amazing, for a fan of comedy and this entertainment. >> non-stop, always amazing, even to her dan akroid's voice in the studio, so resonant. it's just -- -- amazing. >> we talked before where he started taping about contact terse that you did back that you did in your career as a musician. seems like you have always done characters all of your life because your time on this show it's just one character after another character. some of them impressions, some original characters. when do you remember earliest starting to do contact terse. >> i used to do impressions for people like for my dad and mom. >> just to make them laugh. >> we had people in the neighborhood who were kind of -- one gentleman was mentally challenged that i used to do for -- for my dad and he would really laugh and -- and then in school i think a lot of co comedians because my name started with a i was in the front of the classroom. so i was in the front of the class, i th

to yoby toyota. >> steve martin i an actor, comedian and producer, but also a song writer. >> he and edie bricll, how did this pair up happen, this collaboration? >> want me to go? we've known each other for over 20 or more years, but we reay just met i mean met at a party a cole of years ago and we thought maybe we could write some songs together and then we did this horrible thing you never don hollywood, we followed up on it. >> you actually did it. has it been at all different for you edie? >> completely different. steve's tunes inspired me to right in a way i never have befo. >> she said it, not me. >> i always wanted to say this, ladies and gentlem, steve and edie. >> take it away. ♪ ♪ shead a job buthean from the bank, he was married with a son ♪ ♪ all of her familyaid give that child away, try to erase what you done ♪ ♪ but whenhe held that sweet boy in her arms none of their words meant a thing ♪ and when she held that sweet boy in h arms she heard the quiet angels sing ♪ ♪ love, love, love has come for you ♪ ♪ love, love, love has come for you ♪ ♪

i was thinking steve martin -- >> yes! >> jimmy: paul shafer. >> yes! >> jimmy: and chevy chase. >> chevy is a great friend but number three i think is eugene levy. and katherine o'hara and the chas of "cheers". >> all ahead. >> shelly long when she gets on a roll. >> jimmy: i enjoy watching you and paul shafer together. you have a lot of history together. >> he was an usher at my wedding. he looks to me like -- paul looks like a prom chaperone from the future. >> jimmy: in what way? >> i don't know. he looks like the world's hippest thumb. his head is a perfect light bulb. from a distance he looks like a hip suit has an idea. i met paul in "godspell" in 1972 and we became close friends. in 1974 i was doing a play in ontario, 40 miles west. fortune in men's eyes. and it was a drama and we were prisoners and i played rocky and i was really bad in it. i couldn't remember lines and i was just -- i knew i was bad. it was just horrible. and paul came in. for the opening night with gilda radner, who i was dating at the time and eugene. paul mainly wanted to g

martin, chevy chase, martin short, candace bergen, dan aykroyd, tom hanks, alec baldwin. it was like -- >> and me. >> jimmy: and you. if that couldn't get cooler right there, you did a sketch and brought back -- >> right! yeah. >> jimmy: d-in-the-box guy. >> wild and crazy guys. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and wild and crazy guys. look at this -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: the festrunk brothers. wild and crazy guys. and then 2:30 a.m. -- [ laughter ] who we know as d-in-the-box. >> yeah that's 2:30 a.m.'s first live television appearance -- you know, in person. >> jimmy: yeah, cause andy -- >> no one's seen them since their trilogy of debauchery. >> jimmy: i mean, they really are. i mean, because you had d-in-the-box, you had mother lover. >> right. >> jimmy: and you had -- >> and then we put -- then lady gaga 2:30 a.m. sandwich. >> jimmy: not gay if it's in a three way. yeah. >> there's nowhere else for us to go, by the way. >> jimmy: no -- >> i don't know how much more wrong we can get. so putting these guys in the -- >> jimmy: did they have names these guys? >> i forget

steve martin, 57. having a baby a few months back. tom arnold, first time at 54. >> he's been candid over the years about his fertility problem. he made joerks he was a student in iowa. he went to a clinic. they said the chances of hoing a baby are low. he struggled for years. didn't have any children with roseanne barr. >> with technology, you can do so much. >> he looks forward to being a 70-year-old little league coach. are we doing "mad men "? >> my husband is a huge fan. he said it was incredibly dark. don draper is back to being a bad boy. >> the '60s have moved on. >> i know that we're going to -- i want to be careful for the viewers. a lot of people didn't stay up and watch the whole thing. i don't want to give it away. >> so many people do it on netflix, itunes. and don't watch it live. so, yeah. >> what did you think of the overall feeling? >> it was consistent. the sideburns are longer. and there's some mustaches. the characters you have met remain the characters that you know. >> a good tease, larry. >> well done, my frien

steve martin's playing bands, today -- >> savannah, we were sitting on the couch together, and i swear, we had a private serenade by michael buble. he was looking at both savannah and i -- >> he was singing to you too. >> just for us. >> a lot of jealous women out there right now. michael buble, always great to have him around. i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. let's begin with today's take three. where else can we begin with mr. a.j. clemente. a guest with us later on the "today" show. we're hearing from him for the first time after that little, what are we calling it, a flub on the air? a leak of some expletives, perhaps. he was a young anchor, on his first day on the job in bismarck, north dakota. here's his account this morning with matt and savannah of what happened. >> what caused those words to come out of your mouth? >> it's inexcusable, first, to even say those words. but i was looking down. i'm going over my script. van, my co-anchor, happens to be looking at the camera, and she noticed the red light comes on. we actually came on 30 seconds early. i'm

martin. you love him. >> steve: love him. >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: love his great fisherman hat, everything. >> jimmy: yeah. yeah, he's got that hat and everything. i love the show. he said, "winter is coming." [ laughter ] that makes me kind of watch "game of thrones," yeah. here's another quote from mr. martin. he said, "followed by spring, and then fall -- no, wait. summer, then fall. someone hasn't had his morning coffee yet." [ laughter ] a little grumpy in the morning, yeah. >> steve: he is grumpy in the morning. >> jimmy: this next quote is from gandhi. >> steve: oh. >> jimmy: famous indian peacekeeper. he said, "small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history." here's another quote from gandhi. he said, "i hope someone wrote that down 'cause i totally forgot what i just said." [ laughter ] "i mean, i was just random spit-balling. i was just spit-balling. i don't know --" [ applause ] >> steve: i don't know. >> jimmy: "a

>>steve: eight-year-old martin richard, the youngest victim, was at the race cheering on his father. he was at the finish line to give him a hug when the bombs went off. his mother and younger sister suffered major injuries from the blast. i believe the mother has a brain injury. >>brian: and the sister's holding on two. 29-year-old krystal campbell killed in the commotion. she was at the marathon cheering on her friend's boyfriend. >> we are heart broken. she was a wonderful -- she had -- everybody that her loved her. she was always smiling [inaudible] you could not ask for a better daughter. >>gretchen: we now know the third victim was a chinese national. she was attending grad school at boston university. her family has asked that no other information be released at this time. there is one piece of information that is amazing that's coming out this morning, and that was yesterday governor deval patrick had a press conference in massachusetts and was talking about one of the victims he had seen in the hospital. she was a young woman who had severe shrapnel wound in her leg. she wan

and injured more than 150. 8-year-old martin richard is among those who were killed. he was watching the race with his mother, father and sister. >> we are reporting two explosions here. we have police, people with serious injuries. >> there was just families all around us, with kids, yelling and screaming. and we just wanted to try to get away as quick as possible. >> took off down the street. and the police were all running towards the incident and we were running away. >> it was pandemonium. everybody started running and screaming and we saw people bleeding and you know, it was unlike anything i had ever seen before. >> the guy next to me and his wife, she lost her limb and we help him and help her get in an ambulance. it was unspeakable images. that nobody should ever see. and it's contradictory to the spirit of america. >> while law enforcement says no one is in custody. investigators spoke last night to a 20-year-old man on a student visa seen running from the blast. this morning officials would not comment on specific persons of interest. but said the investiga

steve byrnes in victory lane for the celebration. >> steve: and what a celebration it is, chris myers. the broom the texas motor speedway. what a creek, kyle. talk about the win tonight. >> dead dee made me my own right there. feels good. oh, man. for interstate batteries and norm miller to be in victory lane in texas none better than putting in right here. and great race car. dave rogers and these guys gave me a great piece today. ran up front all day long. if it wasn't for the pit crew who is the most awesome group ever and for since 2008 we have been together and haven't had any changeover. those guys are just awesome. they pulled out one heck of a stop at the end to put us up front and give us the lead and be able to bring it home. i thank m & ms and toyota and monster energy and sprint. without sprint this wouldn't be a sport. we appreciate them. and, of course, the fans. without them also. >> steve: how important to win the race tonight? >> i'm sorry. >> steve: how important to win the race tonight to you and your team? >> it is good. it is really, really good. we had a great st

. >> bill martin is updating the complete bay area forecast. he's live with when will rain will return. >>> and back in the spotlight. steve job's wife is throwing her support behind a product. >>> the widow of apple cofounder steve jobs broke her silence tonight on national television. laureen jobs broke her silence. >> what he wanted to do in his life was create tools that allowed people to work at the highest levels. and i think he did that. and so that legacy is beautiful for me to live with. >> powell jobs wouldn't publicly comment on her husband's death. she was speaking out for the immigration system. >>> according to the irs, 50 million americans wait until april to start their tax filing process. if you can't make the april 15th deadline you can request a six month extension to file. >>> president obama has released his 2012 tax returns. the president and first lady paid a little more than $112,000 in taxes on more than $608,000 in adjusted gross income. that's at a federal income tax rate of 18%. the president earned more than $349,00

look, martin, there's a rush. republicans are rushing to do this because they're afraid of the politics. democrats are rushing for immigration reform because they want 11 million voters. we're at war, and this country got a stark reminder last week, again, we're at war, and not only should we take applause, martia pause when it comes to immigration, profile who the enemy is in this war, young muslim men. >> mr. welsh, what's the relationship between 11 million undocumented immigrants who have been living here for a long time working in various low-paid jobs, who'd like to pursue a pathway to citizenship? what is the relationship between that group and terrorists? >> the fact is, martin, neither you or i or jonathan knows of the 11 million, and it's more than 11 million, how many are bad characters. and what we're going to do is replicate what we did in '86, provide amnesty to all of them. which in essence is providing legal status to a lot of bad characters. you know, martin, there's also a piece of this legislati

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