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Back -- -- segment tonight -- great American news quiz of funniest people America addition inadequate gives a person Martha MacCallum playing for mark Pfeiffer.

From -- -- Pennsylvania Steve -- represented Melanie Bartlett from Lyons Illinois just before we appeared in a break.

Become much to me I don't even know what the -- -- it's just.

That's how seriously he takes is everything you know what the topic is.

Study out that comes some physical turtle still -- -- -- yeah.

Oh yeah.

All right it's questionable one Carol Burnett won the hearts of Americans with a wild characters on the Carol Burnett show during a question -- part of that program Burnett said.

That not a show went by where someone didn't ask her to do walked.

Bay sing happy birthday be given the kids -- the Tarzan yell The Who wanted to what did the crowd ask.

Herded you -- please answer is ruled today.

Yeah eleven years of questions and answers I don't think there's ever been a time when some member of our audience.

Hasn't asked this probing and significant questions.

Hey do your Tarzan yell.

All right they were right that was easy Greg is easy.

Here's number -- -- -- comic Don Rickles has been entertaining audiences since 1950s.

No one is off limits to -- it's not even world leaders Rickles once -- -- US president at his own inaugural ball.

Which president was.

Hey George W.

Bush -- Bill Clinton to Jimmy Carter he -- race.

What -- -- roast cards please.

And the answer is would take.

Good evening Mr.

President nice to see is there.

And your lovely wife Nancy it's it's a victory for me to fly all like California to be -- for this kind of money.

All right -- you guys around again to Brazil.

I don't know what to say -- -- know the topic and he's got the first to -- they might be too easy here to tell her well here's a tough one.

After all these years I Love Lucy still remembered as one of the greatest American sitcoms of all time.

-- -- -- -- -- -- Oh okay.

Okay.

I Love Lucy -- also to barriers in TV in 1952.

Lucille Ball butted heads with studio censors who told her specific word could not be used on her program.

Well but word was that.

A bathroom.

The pregnancy drunk -- -- 1952.

What word offended the sensors.

Cards and please.

And the answer.

Is pregnant that is -- rats.

Pregnant with little Ricky.

They don't ask me the Ricky was -- a little Ricky should not know what the what the topic is more often the job you're doing pretty well -- elements at -- so it's a cliff tank effort.

-- -- you know she does a new show so this is kind of news to hurt us.

Funny people continue this yeah.

I -- you -- pretty -- destroying all kinds of my WC fields every want.

Date using a hard drinking wise guy persona.

-- get up here.

-- I know many don't know that WC fields is offered a role in a major Hollywood blockbuster but he turned it down.

Supposedly it was because the studio didn't offer him enough money boy what movie was.

Days gone with the wind -- it's a wonderful life.

C Citizen Kane did was it applause with a BC fields turned it down there what role -- he turned out everyone.

And the answer is.

-- -- -- This well that's right he enters the game we don't have cable and I can't do that anyway what's the topic again the county.

No I don't I don't even know what no one knows where we are here this is the -- their -- look at -- right -- All cry he kept -- full bed and is enjoying it immensely you should -- that DC does he was on yeah.

-- feels.

And I -- him to play -- there and all right they aren't sure yeah somebody eyes yeah.

That's the growing artist at -- question Johnson what is -- -- Has had the country that -- -- -- fifties is off the wall Carrick has resonated with audiences everywhere.

In the 1980s.

Winters popularity surge when he took on the role.

In a popular sit com.

What show was that.

They married -- children be growing pains in my court the more can it.

Witnesses in what sitcom cards -- means.

And the answer is ruled the -- -- -- okay.

His busy where and so he -- Would you still -- lives in Santa Barbara right near Miller.

Yeah I -- uses the funniest guy ever I think he is in the funniest are absolutely all of us and what's so funny all right.

Well we don't realize what you did alright enough for not knowing anything about right yeah all right.

I was.