this thursday, december 15th, 2011. i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us into your place tonight. must watch on fox tonight, the debate is just an hour away. suffer through o'reilly. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. [shouting] >> what's wrong. >> mr. gingrich, we are here to protest your speech today. >> bill: occupy protesters are protesting the political process. they don't want free speech. they want. >> >> bill: wait a minute, did glenn beck just call newt gingrich a big government progressive? i believe he did. beck will be here. and the big republic debate begins in about an hour. we will take you out to iowa and one of the panelist, megyn kelly, will be give us a

preview. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. interrupting freedom. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as we reported, the occupy wall street radicals are not interested in the free exchange of ideas. they are totalitarians. it's their way or the highway and that, of course, is dangerous. newt gingrich appeared at the university of iowa and so did occupiers. >> i want to start by drawing two distinctions. [chanting] >> what's wrong? >> mr. gingrich, we are here to protest your speech today. >> we object to your arrogant attitude poor people. we cannot forget your

continued vilification of poor people >> bill: don't you love that one loon yells a line and all the other lem mings repeat it. isn't that good? unbelievable. now, mr. gingrich isn't alone. president obama, governor christie of new jersey, karl rove have all recently been shouted down by these idiots. you have heard one condemnation of that from the far left? just one? i haven't the point here is that radicals are dangerous. we said it before, these occupiers are going to hurt somebody. they are also being used as poy people by some in the democratic party. recently nancy pelosi praised some of the occupiers despite the problems. don't be surprised to seat loons in the presidential campaign disrupting the

process. professional anarchists, they are not going to stop. they have no respect for freedom or due process. no respect for property or opposing points of view. the next time somebody praises the occupy movement, think about that. and that's the memo, now for the top story tonight, the polling among republic contenders is getting down right bizarre. just yesterday newt gingrich had a big lead in iowa according to an insider advantage poll. but today, a rasmussen poll taken in iowa says mitt romney is leading newt gingrich 23% to 20%. ron paul 18%. rick perry 10%. so what is going on? joining us now from washington radio talk show star and fox news analyst laura ingraham. do you know? i mean what this is crazy stuff is? whiplash i have to get this out of the way. entrade, remember we were talking about entrade. >> bill: it's the betting people. >> entrade shows romney up at

62%, 63% and gingrich has fall an little bit. i have -- as we say in connecticut i have wicked whiplash over this stuff. you can't figure it out except, bill, you and i talked about this a couple of weeks ago. as soon as newt gingrich started to rise in the polls, you and i both predicted that the attacks would start, right? because all these figures from establishment media, some conservative web sites, and magazines like national review would begin to try to take him down. i think that's what's happened. this has hurt him in a number of polls and taken its toll. tonight is going to be very important. >> bill: most important point is in all of the polls iowa caucus goers, 60 percent said they could change their mind. they weren't locked into anybody. that's what makes the iowa caucus interesting. now, ron paul, he could do very well in iowa. everyone knows republic party is not going to nominate ron paul for president. it's not going to happen. he could do a lot of damage along the way and he could hurt either gingrich or

romney. is he not really a factor in new hampshire. new hampshire is not embracing ron paul. >> third in new hampshire in the new suffolk university poll. romney lost some ground. >> bill: huntsman is third. i don't expect ron paul to do that well in new hampshire. do i expect him to do well in iowa. >> the interesting thing for tonight, i think, is to see if newt gingrich substantively starts to take on ron paul because, when you look at where the numbers are, today and, again, you are right, it's very difficult to figure it out. romney has not really gained a lot as far as support. but gingrich has lost some. so, a lot of ron paul -- a lot of gingrich's supporters in this most recent poll seemed to have flocked to ron paul. he has been running. >> bill: if you were advising mitt romney, you would say listen, governor, not mitt romney. >> gingrich. >> bill: if you were advising newt gingrich, you would say listen, mr. speaker, have you got to convince the paul people to come back to you or to leave him and vote for you

because he is much more of a threat to you than romney in those precincts, right? >> i would because that's where the momentum seems to be going right now. that can change. ron paul has run some really effective ads. he is speaking to a segment of the republic party that, you know, sees the war in iraq ending. we don't even have iraqi officials showing up at the closing ceremony at the base there they're like we have got to be very careful about these foreign military adventures. he has attract add lot of interest recently. a lot of it is college kids and a lot of them are going to be home for breaks. we will see how many show up at the iowa caucuses. that's where newt gingrich has to look to regain some of that momentum that he might have lost. >> bill: okay, now, paul's commercials in iowa, you said they were effective. what's he zeroing in on, foreign affairs? is that what he is really playing the card on? >> basically that newt gingrich isn't the person he is portraying himself to be. that he has ideas that are far more progressive. i think people like -- are

going to say that negative ads. >> bill: glenn beck is coming up behind you. beck is buying into the paul profile of gingrich that is he a progressive guy. do you think is he a progressive guy. >> no. i think gingrich has had some really goofy ideas. do i think that he should have been called zany by mitt romney yesterday? i mean, is that's as tough as he is going to get. move to the middle, move to the right on welfare reform. birth blueprint contract with america. didn't get much of it through. nevertheless, is he responsible for much of what has happened in positive ways for the conservative movement. >> bill: i don't think is he a progressive, is he a free thinker. coming down on the liberal side once in a while. i appreciate you mentioning the name bill clinton because i'm going to make an announcement right now. the president is going to be

on the factor on tuesday. first time ever and we're going to have an extensive conversation about what he would do if he were president today. differently than what's being done. that should be interesting. because he has got a new book out. he has got to put americans back to work and all of that cool. all right. i don't know if it's going to be cool. i just hope it isn't zany, laura. >> no mad cap from you, o'reilly. >> bill: merry christmas to you, laura. >> merry christmas. >> bill: the beck meister will be here. megyn kelly out in iowa prepping for the big debate tonight. we will check in with her and we are coming right back.

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>> bill: our pal glenn beck has harsh words for newt gingrich the other day saying the former speaker is a big government progressive. wow. beck joins us now from his lavish new york city studios. he is, of course, the author of the big new best seller "being george washington." so, gingrich a progressive? really? >> yes. he says the best president, the most effective president of the 20th century, every conservative would say that's ronald reagan. he says it's fdr. 14 different times we have him on tape saying it and explaining because is he a progressive in the good times and he knows how to get things done in the bad times. he was on my program,

questioned him extensively about teddy roosevelt. he started the progressive party. he says when it comes to -- when it comes to foreign policy, is he positively will sownian, woodrow wilson. >> to you woodrow wilson that's not good. this is a bad move. >> bill: you know teddy roosevelt progressive party is a lot different than the progressive party of today,. >> no it's not, bill. it's the other side of barack obama. >> bill: no, no, no. >> yes, it is. >> bill: if you look at the other side of teddy roosevelt. >> i'm not going to argue with you about -- >> bill: we have a gentleman disagreement. i believe teddy roosevelt progressive vision far different than it was today. they can read and research about beck. i'm right about lincoln and you are right about washington. to you, the image that newt gingrich, has, among many as an ardent conservative, small

government guy, wants to get everybody out of our way, that's a phony image, that's not the real newt. >> that's not just me that's the national review coming out and saying that today too. he was thrown out of congress by conservatives. he is -- he has all of the baggage but he doesn't actually do any of it. he doesn't believe in it he believes, he said to me on my show that he believes, you know, he doesn't believe in picking winners and losers, but you know what? you have got to do what you have got to do. the government should get into ecostuff with the green movement. that's crazy, bill. it's crazy. >> bill: he never says this stuff to me. basically he puts himself out on the factor as someone who wants much smaller government, who would cut taxes, who would cut a lot of the regulations the obama administration has put in. >> he is a regulation guy. he voted for the department of education. he is not a small government guy.

>> bill: beck. back then the department of education wasn't what it is now. >> okay. bill. if you don't have the foresight to see what happens. >> bill: the foresight? >> exactly right. it's the same beef i had with mitt romney. romney said to me look, glen, what i brought in was romney care. who do you think you are? king? of course it's going to mutate. that's what happens to government. that's what they do. they expand it. >> bill: if you were an iowa caucus goer and you had to cast a ballot, how would you vote for? >> it would be between rick santorum and michele bachmann in the end it would be michele bachmann because tough choice. >> bill: you are with the congresswoman. you are not with ron paul. >> no. >> bill: looks like paul has taken some of gingrich's support. because of the attacks -- i don't consider your critique on gingrich an attack. you are not attacking him personally. >> i know spheric gingrich. has always been very nice to

me. >> bill: you just disagree with him. >> we had a conversation on radio. we have disagreements. i think he would be an awful president. >> bill: but that opinion, your opinion and the opinion of other conservatives who don't like him for a variety of reasons has taken its toll as you saw the rasmussen poll today has romney now leading with no gain. romney support stays the same it's just that gingrich has come down and paul round up. michele bachmann ran into trouble because of some misstatements of fact, her view on gays was pretty harsh. that they could be changed and all of that. she run into a lot of social problems because, as you remember, she had a lot of momentum after the first debate and when perry got in t all went away. do you think that the congresswoman has made any mistakes that should be corrected before the vote? >> who hasn't made mistakes? i think she -- you know, i can't judge her. i think she probably has. look, i know that michelle is not a -- is not somebody who is going to regulate how we

live our lives. you want to live your life anyway you want to live your life. get the government out of -- get the government out of our business. >> bill: they are all saying that. there is every single -- with the exception possibly of huntsman. >> and gingrich. >> bill: no. >> did you listen to my radio program? i know you listen. >> bill: he is saying now he is going to shrink government, cut taxes, go for a balanced -- >> -- he was on my radio show like two weeks ago. he believes in -- >> bill: ban government on radio show. >> he believes in big government. >> bill: that's your interpretation. he didn't say it. you are intrintding interpreting that, beck, come on, you know that. >> did you see the show? >> bill: did i not. >> he was on the radio show. >> bill: how could i see it if it was on the radio show. >> i said are you telling me that you are a teddy vose velt progressive and he said the

things that teddy vose velt did when he first got into office, those things have to be done. he specifically talked about. >> bill: i agree with that i think those monopolies were crazy back then. is that getting through? >> i will tell you, yeah. because right here is the candidate that knows -- is the embodiment of george washington, goodness, honesty and let me tell you something else. right here, this is the guy that could beat barack obama in the next election. right here. he is great at debates. is he clean, he has never taken any money. is he not doing anything with solyndra. >> bill: small government. >> pro-life. >> bill: if i can read expression are you paying that baby. >> no. is he wearing the blue tie and everything. i'm going to start calling him mr. president right here. this is the next george washington. baby george for president.

2012. >> bill: glenn beck, everybody. mary christmas to you and baby george. >> merry christmas. >> bill: michael bloomberg wants to talk about solutions to the immigration problem and boy do we have -- high school kids smoking pot in america. tell you why upcoming.

>> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, immigration both legal and illegal. new haven connecticut the mayor wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote if you can believe it here in new york city there are an estimated half million illegal residents causing all kinds of drama. here now new york city mayor michael bloomberg and rick schultz from the american enterprise institute. they are working on solutions to the immigration problem. new york city has a reputation and it may not be founded,

being a sanctuary city for illegal aliens. >> it's an entry city. people from around the world want to come here. we have record population 8.4 million highest the -- biggest the city has ever been. this year we will have 50 million tourists come to new york city. a place people want to come. >> bill: with a half million illegal aliens you are not doing what arizona does or alabama does or other states where they are cracking down and saying look, we don't really want these people here, you are not doing that in new york city. >> part of the economy, everybody that's here undocumented should find a way to get documented. this country should be in control of its borders. this country should not be undocumented but it should be open to people around the world. without that we are not going to stay a super power, bill. >> bill: what do you say to people who say mr. mayor these people cheated. there is an immigration process they went around it. they broke our laws. you are rewarding them by allowing them to stay and take

part in new york city's infrastructure which costs money. >> think how we got here 1986 we had big immigration reform and congress did what congress always does. they talk tough. >> bill: and did nothing. >> and did nothing. they pass laws but then they don't fund it so that you can enforce the laws so yes the 11 million is down to 10 now. they have gone home. almost nobody coming across the mexican border. it indicate people here illegally most of them oversay visas. they don't run through the desert. >> bill: doesn't matter how they get here. >> in fact, what's happened here is these people are part of our economy. you can't pick the crops without migrant workers who work -- take jobs others won't. >> bill: we are look for solutions too. i don't think bad behavior should be rewarded like giving them the vote in new haven. you wouldn't want to give them the vote. >> i feel strongly only citizens should vote.

>> bill: now the solution, mr. schultz, seems to be to expand legal immigration. is that what you and the mayor are working on? do you want to expand legal immigration? >> yeah. that's right, bill. look, we have got christmas is right around the corner. the biggest christmas gift we could give the american economy is to open our doors to skilled immigrants from around the world they want to come here and learn and start businesses and hire americans. >> bill: how do you know they are skilled? is there a litmus test that you would impose. >> not a litmus test you would impose. going to good schools in home country or a lot of them coming here. going to best universities and colleges. the way our system is now, we are educating these folks here at great schools and then sending them back home and not letting them stay in the country. >> bill: need more skilled labor with unemployment rate at 9%. why do we need to import people to make it tougher to get a job. >> because we have looked at this. ai has a new study out that's looked at this.

skilled immigrants net job creators in a big way. >> bill: you say they are entrepreneurial, they are going to start up businesses and hire americans, right? >> absolutely. that's part of it. >> bill: your study backs that up. >> absolutely. >> we have done similar studies. nic couldn't be right. every person that has a graduate degree in science and engineering that is here they generate 2.5 jobs for americans. if you want to have more jobs, we need more immigrants. it's plain and simple. >> bill: all right. i got into trouble a couple of years ago when there was a big fire in the bronx that killed a bunch of illegal aliens because they were living in a flop house like 30 of them. and the city knew that there was all kinds of violations in the flop house. but the city didn't do anything about it and didn't report the situation to ice and i said these people would be alive today if the city of new york had done its job and regulated this. that was a harsh assessment on my part but i believe it we are not doing the illegal

immigrants a favor by looking the other way and letting them live in undergrowng ground situation but you disagree with me. >> number one, i don't know the situation that you are talking about. >> bill: you remember that big big fire. >> yeah there was a big fire. >> bill: a lot of people. >> a lot of people undergo tragedies all the time and how you link that. >> bill: people jammed into apartments. >> there are plenty of american citizens jammed into small apartments as well. >> bill: bill pick one. >> only because you want to make a difference. human life is human life. code violations going in. if the person renting the apartment is illegal you can report that person to ice if you so choose. >> if they are violating the zoning laws, can you report them to the city government and we will do something about it as well. >> bill: you didn't in that case. >> maybe we didn't in that case. but the bottom line is that has little to do with the fact that we need jobs in this country desperately. the ways to get jobs is to have people with great skills who are entrepreneurs come to this country and create the jobs.

and if you look at the statistics, if you look at the percentage of new businesses that are started by entrepreneurs, much higher than those started by non--by americans who have been here for many generations. >> bill: that's true. certain industries like electronics and things like that dominated. >> i will give you a good idea. i was asked on television what do you do for the big cities in this country that have been hollowed out. industry has left or just disappeared. i said here is what you do because we don't have a lot of money to fix the problem. if you go and say to people around the world if you have skills, you can come, we will give you a visa to live in that city. you agree not to take any federal, state or city moneys live in that city for seven years. you figure out how to make a living. we will give you full citizenship at the end of seven years. >> bill: if you are good citizen. >> don't break the laws and take any federal money. >> bill: i'm not opposed to it. >> those people would create jobs. >> bill: as long as it's legal, i think you guys have something that the brains around the world could absolutely help this country.

look at me. i'm irish and my people came here and look at this brain right here, mr. mayor. you can see it? >> i can see it, bill. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right, gentlemen. thanks, happy holidays. plenty more as the factor moves along this evening. why are so many american teenagers smoke pot? culture warriors on the case. out to santa -- iowa. megyn kelly will be joining us. pleasure they generate electricih lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row. such a simple word... row. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance.

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in >> bill: new study says one in 15 are smoking pot. gresham carlson, more are smoking pot than drinking alcohol according to this study. >> yeah. >> why? >> because as a society we do not take marijuana use seriously like we have with this generation alcohol and

smoking cigarettes. what do i mean by that? we have many states pushing for the legalization of marijuana. we have many states that allow medical marijuana and most importantly, we do not teach our kids that smoking marijuana is dangerous or addictive. >> bill: all right so socially acceptable substance, marijuana, the kids got the message, but, you know, alcohol is legal, and you get buzzed drinking alcohol. you get buzzed smoking pot. but pot is now cool. >> pot is also legal, medical marijuana is now legal in 16 states. >> right. >> bill: what we see in this study a s. a correlation between the states where it's prevalent. >> bill: and the medical marijuana states. >> and the perceived risk of consuming it has also dropped. >> bill: who was first one to say that? >> could it have been bill o'reilly? >> bill: i just want to explain to everybody. here is the deal. here is what they do. the drug addicts taking oxycontin hard cores go to the marijuana clinics i got headaches, apprehensive.

write a script. they take the marijuana and sell it to the kids take the money and buy it to -- buy the. hoover is right. correlation in the states that are most permissive about it appeared the use among the kids. but here is the tragedy. any american kid or any adult smoking pot every day is addicted. >> completely. >> completely. i agree with you. that is where we are wrong in this society for people to go out there and promulgate the message it is not addictive and leads to harder use. >> bill: not physically addictive in the sense that heroin or opiates are but psychologically addictive. >> thc does create a physiological addiction. >> bill: 17, 18, or 19 and thinking about getting high every single day, just do the math. in this competitive society, what is your option? what is going to happen? you know a lot of those kids go into other substances to get the bigger high. >> here is what we need to do.

>> bill: all right, carlson, i like that. >> what we have done with alcohol. now they do mock sessions at high schools where they bring in real live emt and ambulances. >> they laugh at them. >> this is why alcohol use is down. this takes time. remember those old drugs spots when you and i were growing up. >> bill: really worked in the woodstock jerks, didn't it. >> it did work for a while. i think we need to be messaging that to our kids again. this generation hasn't seen that. >> bill: i would take a different tact. take the economic tack and say you are loser if you do this not be able to compete and your life is going to be a living hell. be a wise guy and stoner and where is it going to lead you? >> exactly. if you make the argument personal. they f. they were participating in marijuana especially not through dispensaries substantialed by the government participating in a black market trade that is affect ago lot of people in a lot of places very negatively. >> bill: you don't want to keep people a rap sheet.

>> i wouldn't got legal route. >> not the legal route. >> bill: destroying yourself taking intoxicant every day. 10 cans a beer a day what kind of shape are they in? >> dulls your senses over and over again. >> has the message worked with smoking cigarettes. >> it has. >> my kids now see somebody smoking and it's your choice if you want to. but they would never dream of doing that now. it's a difference in perception. >> bill: they don't want marijuana to be demonized. >> why? >> bill: it goes back to the woodstock, this is the glory years as bruce springsteen once said. it goes all the way back. emotional thing for them. i smoke pot, look at me now. >> not to be confused bill o'reilly. >> bill: we are looking out for kids here not the dopey ones reliving them. we will go to iowa. big republic debate coming up. megyn kelly one of the panelists. she will be here. then the great american news quiz, the christmas movie

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>> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly. in the kelly file segment tonight, let's go right out to sioux city, iowa where miss megyn is standing by. one of the panelists in the debate along with chris wallace and neil cavuto. chris wallace will be the moderator. jon corzine in front of a house committee again. do you think is he going to be indicted. >> painful to watch. so far i don't see it. but i don't know what is he doing going before house panels to talk about nothing. i don't know anything. i can't answer any questions. i wasn't there. i can't get the papers. just, i mean, it's just terrible. if i were his lawyer i would say just be quiet. say nothing. when you have lost $1.2 billion, it's really not helpful to go testify.

>> bill: do you remember the show called hogan's heros? do you remember that? >> i know nothing. >> bill: who was the sergeant who said that. >> wasn't it schultz? was he the guy. >> bill: played by. >> i was only like 2 but i remember. >> john banner. the late john banner. i know nothing. i'm not believing that for a second. all right? you don't lose 1.2 billion of people's money. people's money. now, this is what the government has to protect american citizens from. this exact. >> oh, come on. you can't -- there is only so much the government can do. >> bill: i am global, whatever it. >> mf global. >> bill: lynch, morgan stanley, anyone, you can't be investing money on goodwill. i'm giving you my money because i trust that you are an honest corporation and there is some regulation watching you. and then have the ceo show up and say, i don't know where 1.2 billion of my client's money is.

>> he has to be prosecuted. he has to go. >> no. >> bill: yeah? >> yeah. i'm not defending jon corzine. i don't know what the facts are with respect to him. if they can prove that he knew that messing with funds and none the less signed the statements. you can't be prosecuted for negligence. that's what gets you sued. >> bill: you can find a way to prosecute this pinhead and the government should be all over him. >> you know, listen, it's been interesting to watch, because both sides are coming out with political arguments on this. republicans saying this is an example of why we shouldn't be overburdening wall street with regulations because no amount of regulations in the world can stop fraud. >> bill: they should be very, very pacific and pithy regulations. this is fraud. >> the democrats are saying like you are saying this is an example we need more regulation. >> bill: no, not more. better. >> i just entered the sun. you can see the glare -- sun came out in sioux city for the first time in four day and now it's gone. >> bill: stunning now you are in the dark. >> i think it was god was

trying to make a point that i'm right and you are wrong. >> bill: that's crazy. i'm right and you know it? >> the debate coming up. most important debate of all these 732 debates it? >> is. >> bill: this is the most important. last one before the iowa caucus on january 3rd. now, how are you, miss megyn kelly, going to ask another question that hasn't been asked? every question in the world has been asked. every one. there isn't -- i can't even think of any. >> i think you will be surprised. we at fox news have in this debate a team of four questionnaires, bret baier, chris wallace, neil cavuto and myself. not just the four of you was but the entire debate prep team has been watching every single debate. all of us watch and keep track of the questions that have been asked. so we do a really good job, i think, of trying not to repeat every time our mission is to advance the ball. >> bill: you have new questions. >> brand new questions, yes. brand new questions. >> bill: that cavuto has new questions too?

>> cavuto. >> bill: yeah? >> i will tell you what. i wouldn't be on the receiving end of some of these cavuto questions. is he so smart. he is tough. >> bill: are you talking about the same neil cavuto that works for fox news or is there another one. >> i love ho hoes neil cavuto. that's the man. you just wait. is he smart dude. is he going to come at this from an angle people haven't heard before. >> bill: i'm coming at it from how maniable way. i can't think of any new questions. i can't think of any new questions to ask these people. here is what i would ask ron paul. >> i will make you a bet that tomorrow or let's talk about it next week. i will boat you 100 bucks, not 10,000. 100 bucks that you hear lots of new questions. >> bill: you are smarter and cavuto smarter than me. the only question ask ron paul how come he can't get a shirt that collar face that's all. >> if i have time i will throw that in. plus i would like to know more about what was happening at the eyebrow that one debate.

>> bill: eyebrow is important. >> i tool that for you. >> bill: i will be there. every new question i will write it down. tomorrow i will be humble pie. if you guys pull it off and have new questions, i will come on talking points memo. i will say i was wrong. all of these four, they had all of these fresh new questions. >> i'm sorry, you will say what? what are you going to say? >> bill: that's exactly what i'm going to do in the talking points. >> you were, what? i thought you were the fonz when it came to that word. >> bill: the fonz? i'm impressed you knew sergeant schultz. i'm impressed you knew that. >> i'm a lot older than i look. >> bill: coming up with the debate 9:00. next. the great american news quiz the movie edition. and then dana carvey starring in the pinhead and patriot segment tonight. so we hope you stick around.

>> bill: back ever the book segment tonight. the great american news quiz, the christmas movie edition. here they are in person. fox news anchor martha maccallum playing for john, hazeville, kansas. "fox & friends" guy steve doocy representing sandra smith from oregon. nice town. and if you would like to win some very nifty prizes go to bill o'reilly.com and sign up. this is the last quiz of the year 2011. >> i forgot about that. >> bill: you won the last two maccallum is that correct? >> i won the 50 before it. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> bill: who sunday cog. here is question number one. it's a wonderful life is now considered a christmas classic. >> look, daddy, says every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings. >> that's right. that's right. >> that's a boy. >> how did they get in the living room those people? when that movie first came

out, many regarded it as a failure. why? bill buy cards up, please. the answer is c. doocy lucks out it didn't do well at the box office. >> it wasn't until they lost the copyright and it ended up on tv. >> bill: very good. i'm very impressed. here is question number two. natalie wood back in the news recently after a witness came forward claiming to have new information about her death. ms. wood first gained recognition as a child actor for her role in what christmas classic? the answer is roll the tape. >> calm right down. you know you should run around in other people's houses.

forget about that. >> this moo s. my house. the one i asked mr. kringle for. it is, it is, i know it is. my room upstairs is just like i knew it would be. you were right, mommy. mommy told me if things don't turn out just the way you want them to the first time you have still got to believe. i kept believing and you were right, mommy. mr. kringle is santa claus. >> bill: over caffeinated ladies and gentlemen is the description of that child. >> she is a talker. >> bill: it is. you both got it right it is c. miracle on 34th street. for those you listening on sirius. question number 3, doocy is ahead by one with three questions to go. what is the highest grossing christmas movie of all time. the movie made more than $285 million at the u.s. box office alone. >> bill: gremlins is a christmas movie? >> bill: roll the tape,

please. >> heads up! >> don't worry, marv, i will get him for you. >> bill: yes, home alone. >> i knew it. >> bill: you knew it and raised the wrong card. doocy is up by two with two together. -- to go. he has to get two wrong and you two right. almost impossible. bad santa billy bob thorton alcoholic kris kringle. >> what do you want? well, come on, what do you want? a ♪ rag? >> bill: charming. last december, a real live bad santa was fired from a san francisco macy's for doing, what?

>> bill: what did the real live fat santa get -- at least he had clothes on there. they are naked out there. the answer is telling a dirty joke. maccallum this is not a good performance tonight. >> i didn't see bad santa either. >> bill: you are focused on positive things. >> it's a wonderful life. >> bill: not a drunken billy bob thornton. >> i like christmas vacation. do you have one of those in here? no maccallum has lost. you playing at home i'm sure have gotten all of them right and i hope you continue your winning streak. the movie "white christmas" was a huge hit in 1954. ♪ i'm dreaming of a while christmas ♪ just like the ones i used to know. >> bill: by the way,s that what a toupee that bing crosby had. okay. >> how do you know that? >> bill: i know everything.

the film "a white christmas" featured songs lie irvin berlin the author of many classic christmas songs. that is somewhat ironic because berlin was known for being, what? >> bill: is he jewish. >> i knew he was jewish. i don't know. i'm very confused. i have a lot on my mind. >> bill: weighing you down. show the folks the ring. look at this. >> it's like a baked potato. >> bill: mick jagger gave it to you. >> bill wants it for christmas. i'm going to give it to you for christmas. >> bill: dana carvey in the zone this evening. p and p moments away.

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pinheads and patriots starring dana carvey in a moment. but first, monday evening, i'll be at the barnes & nobles around where i grew up. 7:00 p.m.. that is the last signing of the year. please call the store for details. it's free. you get bracelets but we got to keep it to a few hundred people. as you may know "killing lincoln" is a huge best seller. thank you. if you become a bill o'reilly premium member we will send you the deal free. it would make a great gift. also usa gear flying out of

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it's a citizen obligation. from the philippines, "this is a poor country and we have to show photo i.d. to vote." and greg from colorado, "you're right. the governor is a coward when it comes to jessica's law." another one, "i watch news daily and there is crime against children reported." he has explaining to do to all coloradans. "bill, do you really understand what den in addition miller i -- dennismill" most of the time, which doesn't say much about me. i'm so jazzed you are coming here september 25. i suggested it in an e-mail to you. i remember the e-mail. two tickets on your way to you for the program. by the way, that show is almost sold out, in santa barbara. go to billo'reilly.com now and we have a link to the box office. ellen from aruba, "annoyingly,

both my husband and i bought killing lincoln. we had a great time discussing it." tonight, pinheads and pattedry yots. dana carvey may be the best impersonator in the country. >> how is obama doing? >> doing pretty good. doing pretty good. the republicans don't think the rich should pay their fair share. they want everybody to fend for themselves. they do. they do. they do. now hold on, hold on. let me finish. they want grandma to op rate on herself. [ laughter ] >> no, no, no. >> hold on, jay. let me finish my point. let me finish. they want grandma who can't remember when to take her blood pressure bill to remove her own gallbladder. >> they're both patriots. that is it for us tonight. check out our fox news factor