Michael arrived at my Woodland Hills syndication studios on a warm July afternoon in 1973 with no entourage or publicists, just a 14 year old typical teenager, giggling and full of joy, and very focused on his career and the future of music! I’ll be playing excerpts of that interview with Michael this weekend on K-Earth 101.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Thursday that the autopsy performed on Michael Jackson was, as yet, inconclusive, and that an official cause of death will not be determined until the toxicology tests come back in six to eight weeks.

Spokesman Craig Harvey did say there were no signs of foul play or trauma to the body and that Jackson was taking unspecified prescription medications at the time of his death.

The announcement comes following a private meeting between county officials and Jackson’s family. But though the answers people are seeking are still beyond their grasp, Jackson’s body is due to be released to his family later today.

The much-mourned King of Pop was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. Thursday, about two hours after suffering cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home.

Friends and family are going to pay their final respects to Farrah Fawcett at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. A private funeral has been scheduled at the downtown landmark for 4 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The service will be closed to the public and media.

Fawcett died at an L.A.-area hospital Thursday morning after a two-year battle with cancer. On-again longtime love Ryan O’Neal and her close friend Alana Stewart were by her side.

A source says that a similarly exclusive memorial will also be held Tuesday at the oceanside Jonathan Club in Santa Monica. NBC rebroadcast its two-hour documentary special, Farrah’s Story, Friday night.

Sean “Diddy” Combs. the hip-hop mogul, who last night tweeted that Michael Jackson showed him how to “see the beat,” has already put together a tribute track in honor of the fallen multigenre-affecting icon.

“Better on the Other Side” features Diddy, along with fellow Jackson mourners Chris Brown, Boyz II Men, the Game, Polo and Mario Winans.

Basically a tribute to the way Jackson influenced countless artists who came after him, a few lines of the track go like this:

“I guess what I’m askin’ is, everybody bow your head for a legend, don’t breathe for a second… My confession, somebody tell Usher, I seen him moonwalk, I guess the young ‘Thriller’ touched him, like he touched me, like he touched you…”

LAPD has made contact with the Houston-based cardiologist who was on the scene Thursday when the King of Pop went into cardiac arrest at his home and died suddenly. Detectives do want to question the doctor about exactly what happened.

The doctor has been identified as Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, who had been living in the 50-year-old “Thriller” star’s rented Holmby Hills mansion.

Houston station KHOU interviewed a medical assistant at the Acres Home Heart and Vascular Institute, who confirmed that Murray was present at the time Jackson was stricken and administering CPR before paramedics arrived. But she hadn’t been able to reach him despite numerous attempts. Murray also has offices in Nevada.

Investigators want to talk to the doctor as part of a standard probe into the music legend’s death, though no foul play is suspected at this time.

Questions were raised Thursday after authorities towed a BMW with Texas plates from Jackson’s home. The car was registered to Murray’s sister. LAPD Officer Tenesha Dobine said “there may have been some medication inside the vehicle that the coroner needs for its investigation.”

Meanwhile, it has since been confirmed that AEG Live, the promoter behind Jackson’s proposed 50-night concert series, hired Murray to accompany the singer to London.

Jackson family friend Majestik Magnificence explained that Jackson met Murray when he was living in Las Vegas. As far as the particulars of Jackson’s health are concerned, Magnificence said the family is waiting to find out the results of the coroner’s toxicology tests before commenting further.

Jackson rep Dr. Tohme Tohme told the Los Angeles Times Friday that Murray had only been in town for about two weeks. The doctor had sent a letter to his patients, dated June 15, informing them that he would be leaving his practice indefinitely—presumably to go work for Jackson.

Michael’s brother Jermaine earlier stated that Jackson’s physician had attempted to revive him before medics arrived, though he did not identify Murray by name

As of right now, Jackson family matriarch Katherine is caring for Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, also known as “Blanket,” age 7. To be clear, Debbie Rowe is the mother of the two older children, but the name of Blanket’s mom has never been released.

Family attorney Brian Oxman has indicated the arrangement with Katherine may be made permanent: “Probably Mrs. Jackson will take care of them, she loves them dearly,” Oxman told Radar. But if Rowe decides to make a bid for at least the two children she carried, she has quite a case, too…

Although many reports indicate Rowe legally waived her parental rights over the two kids after her divorce from Jackson, that decision actually was reversed by a judge. Eventually Jackson and Rowe reached a specific agreement of their own: Rowe retained parental rights and got a fat check while Jackson retained custody.

Does that mean she can come back and make a bid for the two children? Apparently, yes. (One of her former attorneys just told the AP that Rowe will probably do just that.) But that doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll win.

“The question is what parental rights did she have and did she exercise them?” New York-based family attorney Daniel Clement tells me. “Did she visit them, did she send them gifts on their birthdays?”

Rowe’s past decisions also wouldn’t be doing her any favors; the mere fact that she once tried to give up parental rights could certainly hurt her chances, attorneys tell me.

And what of Blanket? What would happen to him if the other two kids went to Rowe?

“The court may not want to separate the child from his siblings,” family law attorney Ash Nangia of Nangia & Kazansky tells me. “But at the same time, Rowe is not the mother of that child…My guess is that the grandmother gets all three kids, which is the simplest, and probably most conducive to the best interests of the children.”

One final factor: The children would also get a say in where they live; here’s hoping they get all the love and support they need.

Walter Cronkite, once considered the most trusted man in America, is suffering from cerebrovascular disease “and is not expected to recuperate,” his family said in a statement.

The family said it was forced to speak out “to dispel false rumors.” Last week news reports stated the 92-year-old former CBS News stalwart was in gave condition.

Cerebrovascular disease affects the blood vessels in the brain, according to WebMD, and is often caused by high blood pressure.

“He is resting comfortably at home with family, friends and a wonderful medical team. We thank you for your prayers and good wishes.”

I’m a long time listener since your early AFRTS days here in Munich, Germany and listen to you on the web every weekend.

Do you know that there is a record out by act named ‘Chali 2na & DJ Numark’ named ‘Comin’ thru’ that features your voice? ! heard it on an Austrian (!) alternative station today. You can check it out on ‘youtube’.

Cheers from Bavaria,

Wolfgang Kreh

NOTE TO LISTENERS: IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN OR HEARD “MY SONG”, HERE’S A LOOK & LISTEN WITH MY VOICE SAMPLED IN THE SONG! AND HERE’S A LINK TO MY “CLIPS” PAGE WHEN CHALI 2NA AND DJ NUMARK WERE IN STUDIO WITH ME!

http://charlietuna.com/clips/archives/2007/09_1.html

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE USA SOCCER VICTORY OVER SPAIN 2-0, TO PUT THE USA IN THE FINALS OF THE FIFA CONFEDERATION CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY! THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE USA HOCKEY TEAM’S “MIRACLE ON ICE” WIN OVER RUSSIA IN 1980!

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A LISTENER SENT ME THIS STORY THAT DOES HAVE A RING OF TRUTH TO IT!

It is the month of August, a resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.

Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town. He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.

The hotel proprietor takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.

The Butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the pig raiser.

The pig raiser takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.

The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town’s prostitute that in these hard times, gave her “services” on credit.

The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 dollar bill to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.

The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.

At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 dollar bill, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.

No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.

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FLYING THIS SUMMER? GET YOUR BONUS ENTERTAINMENT ON SW AIRLINES!

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THIS CAT DOES WHAT WE ALL FEEL LIKE DOING SOMEDAYS TO MACHINES!

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ARE DOGS SMARTER THAN CATS? JUDGE FOR YOURSELF WHEN YOU CHECK THIS OUT!

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P.S. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IN THE WORLD HE SEES IN HER!

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON TLC, JON AND KATE, PLUS 8…..SEPARATE!

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NOT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A FISHING SHOW: EXAMPLE – THIS GUY BELOW!

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THE COMMON WEIGHT LOSS MYTHS:
Reducing calories is the way to achieve long-term weight loss – false!
Exercise burns body fat – false!
Losing weight requires considerable willpower – false!
If you want to lose weight, drink more water – false!
Those with ’stubborn metabolisms’ will always be heavy – false!
The less you eat the more body fat you’ll burn – false!
The right diet will get you losing weight immediately – false!

SURPRISING WEIGHT LOSS FACTS:
You burn more fat while sleeping than while exercising – true!
Permanent weight loss is only possible when the body’s hormone producing glands are healthy – true!
If you eat according to your body type, you can’t stay fat – true!
The wrong kind of exercise can make you gain weight – true!

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.

16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

35. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

36. Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

41. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

42. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

45. The best is yet to come.

46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

48. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.

49. Yield.

50. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

Bob Bogle, cofounder and lead guitarist of the Ventures, whose riffs on hits like “Walk Don’t Run” and “Perfidia” defined surf rock, died Sunday at 75.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was hospitalized after falling ill over the weekend, per Washington’s News Tribune of Tacoma. He had reportedly been suffering from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which forced him to quit the band he founded five decades ago with Bob Wilson. “Even though you know it’s gonna happen, when it does it’s like a bomb dropping on you,” Wilson told the paper.

Bogle did manage to see his band enshrined in the Rock Hall in 2008 after recording indelible instrumentals that include versions of “Hawaii Five-O,” “Pipeline” and the Pulp Fiction staple “Surf Rider,” and selling more than 100 million records. “If you listen to ‘Walk, Don’t Run’ and ‘Perfidia,’ the lead guitar is just totally unique,” said Wilson of his longtime mate. “He used that vibrator bar—they call it a whammy bar—and he used it like nobody else.”

She was diagnosed with autism when she was two, and didn’t even speak until she was three, but her mom said singing helped turn things around for Gina Marie.

There are still a lot of questions about David Carradine’s death in Thailand. Did he follow in the fatal footsteps of Michael Hutchence? Like the INXS singer, whose mysterious 1997 death in a Sydney hotel was believed to have been related to a sex act gone wrong, police in Thailand are focusing on the possibility that the star of Kung Fu and Kill Bill may have accidentally killed himself while engaging in autoerotic asphyxiation.

A representative for the Bangkok Swissotel’s Nai Lert Park hotel said that a maid found the 72-year-old actor’s naked body hanging in a closet in his luxury suite. Now, investigators quoted in the Thai news site the Nation are revealing that there was also a rope tied around his genitals. “The two ropes were tied together,” Police Lt. Gen. Worapong Chewprecha told reporters. “It is unclear whether he committed suicide or not, or he died of suffocation or heart failure.”

A coroner completed an autopsy earlier Friday, but authorities say the results will not be released for at least three weeks, per standard procedure given the “unusual circumstances” surrounding Carradine’s death and pending toxicology results.

MORE ON THIS STORY IN THE “BUZZ SECTION” OF CHARLIETUNA.COM!

The American Idol season may be over, but Paula Abdul’s jabs at Simon Cowell certainly are not. Thursday night on “The Late Show with David Letterman”, Paula was chatting about her future at the judges table. And that prompted the host to bring up Cowell’s threats to depart the hit series.

“Of course he’s lying,” Letterman said. “You’ve got it right,” she said. “He’s just trumping me! He has another year left [on his contract]. I don’t know why he’s doing that.”

Now, as for the rumors that she won’t be back for season eight. “I never said that. I just said I’m not sure,” she claims. “I love my job. I do, I love what I do. I feel that I’ve had a really wonderful journey with the show.”

Thankfully, she clarifies her situation shortly thereafter. “It’s called, um, negotiating,” she admits. In a much more humbling moment on the show, the star gives a play-by-play of how she wound up in Sacha Baron Cohen’s Brüno, and her horror when she realized she had been pranked.

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Owner of a New York store thwarted a robbery only to take pity on the perpetrator, who claimed he could not feed his family, and gave the man $40 and a loaf of bread. A masked man wielding a bat as he entered a convenience store in Shirley, Long Island, just after midnight on May 21 and demanded money.

But when the store’s owner, Mohammad Sohail, pulled out a rifle, the masked man dropped to his knees and appeared to beg for forgiveness. “He said ‘I am sorry, I have no money, no job, my family is hungry,’” Sohail told the TV station. “Then I feel bad for him … I take $40 for him.” Sohail said he was not planning to press charges.

THE STORE OWNER SPOKE WITH SHEPARD SMITH ON FOX NEWS AFTERWARDS!

Paul, Ringo, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison came to the E3 conference in Los Angeles for the world premiere of The Beatles: Rock Band. The game was revealed at Microsoft’s E3 press conference on June 1, 2009.

What sets the game apart is that it allows fans to experience The Beatles’ musical career for themselves. From the early touring days in 1963 Liverpool to the immortal, final performance on the Apple Corps rooftop, fans can follow in the band’s footsteps as they traverse the globe during the height of Beatlemania. Adding to the experience is the introduction of three-part vocal harmonies to game play that allows gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of the Fab Four.

Beatles fans will also be able to hear previously unreleased authentic voice recordings from John, Paul, George and Ringo chatting between takes during studio sessions recorded at Abbey Road more than four decades ago. The Beatles’ epic catalogue, 45 songs will be available on-disc.

Giles Martin (co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE album project and Music Supervisor / Creative Producer for The Beatles: Rock Band) unveiled that the first ten songs will be available on the game-disc featuring songs like I Saw Her Standing There, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Taxman, Day Tripper, Back In The USSR, I Am The Walrus, Octopus’s Garden, Here Comes The Sun, and Get Back. Additional songs will be announced at a later date. Along with these 45 songs, the entire Abbey Road album will be available for future download purchase, as will additional music from The Beatles’ catalogue.

It was also announced that ‘All You Need Is Love’ will be released exclusively on Xbox 360video game and entertainment system from Microsoft as a downloadable song for The Beatles: Rock Band through Xbox LIVE on September 9, 2009 with all Apple Corps Ltd, MTV Games and Microsoft proceeds benefitting Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison had personally selected the international emergency medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971 as the beneficiary of the proceeds from the sales of ‘All You Need Is Love’ for The Beatles: Rock Band.

In Forbes’ annual Celebrity 100 Power List, after two years at the top, Oprah Winfrey has seen her pop culture clout drop a notch (according to the magazine editors, not America’s housewives) on the glossy’s power list. Overtaking Winfrey as the most powerful celebrity in the world: longtime list rival Angelina Jolie.

While Winfrey is indisputably the highest celeb earner of the past year, raking in an astounding $275 million, Jolie’s ever-pervasive face apparently made up the difference in salary, as Brad Pitt’s better half made a comparatively paltry $27 million. (Forbes bases its ranking on earnings and media exposure.)

Speaking of Pitt, he held up his end of the power coupling, coming in at No. 9 on the list. While he was the highest-ranking actor on this year’s rundown, his ego shouldn’t get too high: Jennifer Aniston just edged out her ex, landing at No. 8.

As for the rest of Hollywood’s reigning power players, it’s mostly business as usual, but with a few surprises…

Chief among them the ranking of our commander in chief. While President Barack Obama has another first to add to his resume—this time, being the first sitting president to land a spot in the Celebrity 100—the honor is not without its indignities…like coming in five spots lower than E!’s own Ryan Seacrest (a respectable No. 44), who banked $38 million thanks to his nightly news gig, American Idol hosting duties and radio shows.

As for the premiere power players, Madonna and Beyoncé (who doubles as the issue’s cover girl) came in at Nos. 3 and 4, with 2008 earnings of $110 million and $87 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, Tiger Woods was the highest-ranking athlete (and male) on the list at No. 5, ahead of Kobe Bryant, who fell in line at No. 10. Also representing the men, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Spielberg at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively.

Elsewhere on the list, Miley Cyrus came in at an impressive 29; Drew Barrymore ranked 87th; David Letterman was the highest ranked late-nighter at 14 (Jay Leno came in at 43, Jon Stewart at 93 and Conan O’Brien didn’t rank); 50 Cent fittingly landed at No. 50; teen dream Taylor Swift strummed her way to No. 69; Twilight mastermind Stephenie Meyer came in at No. 26; Hugh Laurie landed him at No. 94, and list newcomers Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin checked in at 64 and 91, respectively.

Danica Patrick brought up the rear in the 100th spot, but perhaps the most surprising entry, particularly for any celeb left off the list, is No. 99: Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Eminem may have bailed out of the MTV Movie Awards after getting a face full of thong from Sacha Baron Cohen in which the rapper was the literal butt of the joke. Butt it is paying off.

Relapse recorded it second straght week at No. 1, selling another 211,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, per Nielsen SoundScan numbers released today. The rapper joins Taylor Swift and Kelly Clarkson as the only solo artists to notch multiweek chart-toppers this year.

Now here’s the truly impressive part: Eminem sold nearly as many copies in his first two weeks as the girls sold in their nine chart-topping weeks combined 819,000 copies to 830,000!

Marilyn Manson, led all debuts, selling 49,000 copies of The High End of Low at No. 4. Unfortunately, that’s his lowest first-week figure this decade. Meanwhile, Mandy Moore sold 16,000 copies of Amanda Leigh to open at No. 25 bow. Though the new Mrs. Ryan Adams never had particularly big first weeks, her albums haven’t achieved gold sales status since the early aughts.

Here’s a Top 10 recap:

1. Relapse, Eminem
2. 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day
3. Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, various
4. The High End of Low, Marilyn Manson
5. The Fame, Lady Gaga
6. Greatest Hits II, Kenny Chesney
7. La Revolución, Wisin & Yandel
8. Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear
9. Fearless, Taylor Swift
10. Unstoppable, Rascal Flatts

Trying to avoid stealing too much of Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show thunder, NBC waited a respectful 10 whole hours after his inaugural effort before turning the spotlight back to Jay Leno, announcing he will make his prime-time debut on September 14.

The Jay Leno Show, aka the Earlier Night Show, will play to its host’s strengths with a nightly monologue, star guests and several of Leno’s 17-year-and-running signature bits, including Jaywalking. Leno will again be joined by bandleader Kevin Eubanks.

That said, Leno will be taking slightly longer to return to the small screen than O’Brien estimated last night. “He’s going to be coming back on the air in…I think two days, three days tops,” the new host said while paying tribute to his predecessor.

And while Leno acknowledged last month that he faces stiffer competition in prime time, if his ratings are anything like O’Brien’s were last night, he’ll have nothing to worry about.

The Jay Leno Show will air weeknights at 10 p.m.

The audience for Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show hello was 173 percent—yes, 173 percent—bigger than the audience for his Late Night goodbye, NBC said Tuesday. And now you know why David Letterman was dead set on moving to 11:35 p.m. all those years ago.

There was no word yet on exactly how many people tuned in O’Brien. But NBC said the Los Angeles transplant helped the storied Tonight franchise to its best overnight Monday ratings since Jay Leno paid tribute to Johnny Carson after the late-night icon’s passing in January 2005.

Leno’s 17-year Tonight Show run ended Friday, with a top-rated final show that outdrew O’Brien’s first show by about 23 percent. It’ll take a while to see if O’Brien can keep up the everyday, Nielsen-winning pace set by Leno—and, more interesting, to see if people prefer a Letterman-influenced host to the real, live Letterman. In the nation’s top TV markets, the new-era Tonight Show, featuring inaugural guests Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam, beat an all-new Late Show by 154 percent.

Letterman, however, remained unbowed. “I’m still here. I knocked off another competitor,” he joked in Monday’s monologue.