KNOW YOU’RE NOT COMING AT THAT
WITH ALL THE ANSWERS OR A
CERTAINLY PARTY LABEL.
>> NO.
>> YOU ARE SAYING LOOK AT WHAT
WE’RE LEARNING.
YOU SAID BEFORE, AND WE
APPRECIATE IT, YOU KNOW "THE
BEAT" LOVE FOR MUSIC.
FIRST TIME TO BE HERE, WANT TO
TALK ABOUT A POPULAR RAPPER.
HE DOESN’T TALK ABOUT MANY
METEOROLOGISTS.
DANCE CONTEST FOR THE SMOKERS, I
PREDICT SNOW AL ROKER, IF YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW.
HOW DID THAT FEEL?
>> MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME, DAD,
PUSHA T?
SHE PLAYED IT FOR ME.
I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA.
MY NAME RHYMES WITH SMOKER.
HE COULD HAVE PUT POKER IN
THERE.
I WAS GRATEFUL TO PUSHA.
ME AND THE T, VERY CLOSE.
>> YOU DON’T ALWAYS PREDICT
SNOW, YOU TELL US WHAT’S LIKELY.
AGAIN, ARTISTIC LICENSE.
AL, STAY WITH ME.
WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS,
WE’LL TELL YOU HOW IT WORKS.
WE FIND OUT WE CAN GET AL ROKER
WE’RE GOING TO DO MORE THAN ONE
THING.
I’M BRINGING IN COMEDY LEGENDS,
SOMEONE KNOWN FOR WORK ON CURB
YOUR ENTHUSIASM, WHICH WAS
NOMINATED NINE TIME FOR BEST
COMEDY SERIES AND REFEUD FOR
11th SEASON, RICHARD LEWIS, A
50-YEAR CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS,
STAND UP COMEDIAN, FRIEND OF
"THE BEAT."
THE FIRST VERY TO COME ON THE
SHOW IN CULTURE, DECLARED
HIMSELF THE ORIGINAL BEATNIK AND
HE’S BACK WITH AL ROKER.
>> I’M HONORED.
HEY, AL.
>> HEY, RICHARD, HOW ARE YOU?
>> I’M SO PROUD OF YOU.
I TOLD HIS CAREER AND I KNOW A
LOT ABOUT HIS CAREER BECAUSE I’M
OLDER THAN YOU.
HE STARTED WITH SMALL GIGS, PAID
HIS DUES.
FAST FORWARD, HAD TO JUMP INTO
THE SHOES OF ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS WEATHERMEN IN HISTORY,
WILLARD SCOTT ONNED "TODAY"
SHOW.
I THINK AROUND THE LATE ’90s, AM
I WRONG, AL, YOU TOOK OVER THE
"TODAY" SHOW AND FOLLOWED IN HIS
FOOTSTEPS.
DIDN’T HE MENTOR YOU?
YOU’RE THE MOST TRUSTWORTHY CAT
I KNOW.
I TRUST YOU MORE THAN MY FAMILY
OR MY WIFE.
LOOK WHAT YOU KNOW.
I JUST SAW A PICTURE OF YOU ON
THE ARCTIC TAKING THE
TEMPERATURE OF A DOLPHIN.
PEOPLE LOVE THAT.
YOU WALK THE WALK, PLUS YOU’RE
IN A RAP LYRIC WHICH PISSES ME
OFF.
I THOUGHT I COULD BE IN THAT
SONG, TOO.
YOU DESERVE IT.
IT’S HIS 300th BOOK, HE HAS FOUR
OUR SHOWS, HE’S THE WEATHERMAN.
HE’S BUSY.
LOOK AT ME.
YOU WOKE ME UP TO COME ON THE
SHOW.
ALL I’M DOING IS PRAISING A
GUY -- WE DON’T HANG OUT.
I WISH WE DID.
WHENEVER I SEE A HURRICANE, I
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
CLOTHES YOU’RE WEARING WHEN THERE’S 125 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND
THERE’S 125 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND
AND YOU’RE HANGING ONTO A POLL.E
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
THEY CALL YOU UP ON AND SAY
FORGET THE "TODAY" SHOW, THERE
IS A TYPHOON IN INDIA.
DO YOU EVER GET SCARED?
LIE.
FAKE NEWS, WHO CARES?
WE JUST HEARD -- WE SAW THE
PRESIDENT AND I PUT THIS ON
WHENEVER HE HAS A PRESS
CONFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER HE TRIES TO
MAKE UP FOR HIS 1,000 MISTAKES, YOU GUYS SAW IT, HE LOOKS
YOU GUYS SAW IT, HE LOOKS
DOWN -- NO, HE CAN’T
PRONOUNCE -- I HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
THE PRESIDENT SAID EVEN ASPIRIN,
HE’LL GO ASPIRIN.
>> I’M USING MY MODERATOR’S
VOICE, AL, WHAT DO YOU SAY IN
RESPONSE?
>> I JUST SAY, LISTEN, I AM A
HUGE FAN OF RICHARD’S.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GUYS -- NO,
SERIOUSLY.
YOU TALK -- GUYS LIKE RICHARD
PRIOR, LENNY BRUCE, RICHARD
LEWIS.
TO SEE HIM STILL -- WATCHING HIM
ON CURB, THIS IS WHY I LOVE MY
LIFE, YOU KNOW.
>> SO THIS IS MY LIFE QUESTION.
>> I’M ON "THE BEAT."
>> THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION THEN
WE GO TO JOY REID.
RICHARD LEWIS, YOU’RE KNOWN TO
BE CURMUDGEONLY, HOW ARE YOU
LIKING STAYING HOME FOR
QUARANTINE?
>> I DON’T LEAVE MY HOUSE
ANYWAY.
NOTHING REALLY CHANGED.
YOU DON’T ASK ME ABOUT MY
HIP-HOP LYRICS.
I’VE BEEN IN SOME HIP-HOP
LYRICS.
I WAS IN MAMAS AND PAPAS SONG.
MAMAS AND PAPAS, I THINK, ONCE
AND LIBERACE.
>> I’VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO JOY
REID.
MY SPECIAL THANKS.
RICHARD LEWIS, AL ROKER.
>> READ OUT.
>> THE BOOK IS "YOU LOOK SO MUCH