Announcer: TONIGHT ON "LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS,"
ETHAN HAWKE, COMEDIAN LEWIS BLACK AN ALL NEW "CLOSER LOOK,
FEATURING THE 8G BAND WITH CARTER McLEAN. AND NOW SETH MEYERS.
Seth: GOOD EVENING, I'M SETH MEYERS AND THIS IS "LATE NIGHT.
HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT THAT'S FANTASTIC LET'S GET TO THE NEWS.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REFUSAL TO CONCEDE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN YESTERDAY SAID, QUOTE, "I THINK IT WILL NOT HELP THE PRESIDENT'S
LEGACY." OH, YEAH IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO TARNISH
THAT WHAT WAS IT GOING TO BE? THE MAN WHO FINALLY STOOD UP TO
THE SUN? PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED TODAY THAT HE WAS, QUOTE, "NOW
PREPARING TO WIN WISCONSIN." AND NEXT WEEK THEY WILL BEAT HILLARY!
ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN OFFERED BOOK AND TELEVISION DEALS THAT
COULD BE WORTH $100 MILLION DOLLARS BUT HE STILL WON'T COME OUT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITED ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY TODAY IN OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS
DAY AND WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE HELPED PUT OUT A FIRE. "YOU'RE WELCOME.
THAT'S RIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITED ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY IN OBSERVATION OF
VETERANS DAY TRUMP AND PENCE WERE RESPECTFUL OF THE DEAD WHILE MELANIA AND
KAREN WERE JEALOUS SENATE REPUBLICANS YESTERDAY UNANIMOUSLY RE-ELECTED SENATOR
MITCH McCONNELL AS MAJORITY LEADER THOUGH THEY HAD TO DO IT TWICE BECAUSE OUT OF HABIT HE
BLOCKED THE FIRST VOTE FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP HAS REPORTEDLY NOT REACHED OUT TO
INCOMING FIRST LADY DR. JILL BIDEN ABOUT A TRANSITION
OH, NO NOW HOW IS SHE GOING TO LEARN THE BEST HIDING SPOTS?
IN A NEW EPISODE OF HIS PODCAST, BOXER MIKE TYSON SAID THAT HE USED THE URINE OF HIS INFANT SON
TO PASS DRUG TESTS WHEN HE WAS COMPETING WHICH EXPLAINS WHY HE ONCE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
SIMILAC. OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ARE PREPARING FOR THE FAR RIGHT HATE
GROUP PROUD BOYS TO PROTEST THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS THIS WEEKEND.
PREPARING? HOW? ARE THEY OPENING ANOTHER
REGISTER AT WENDY'S? MACY'S HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL NOT HAVE A SANTA CLAUS AT ITS
FLAGSHIP STORE IN NEW YORK THIS YEAR DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
SAID ONE PARENT, "WAIT, THEN WHOSE LAP IS - JUSTIN
GET AWAY FROM HIM! ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, 1 IN 4 AMERICANS SAY THEY
PURCHASED A VINTAGE ITEM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
FOR EXAMPLE, A BELT. AND FINALLY, TODAY WAS ACTOR LEONARDO DiCAPRIO'S
46th BIRTHDAY. THAT'S RIGHT, HE IS NOW TWO GIRLFRIENDS OLD.
THAT WAS A MONOLOGUE YOU GUYS, WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS, GOOD FRIEND ETHAN HAWKE IS GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THIS STUDIO
ETHAN IS THE CO-CREATOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND STAR OF THE FANTASTIC SHOW "THE GOOD
LORD BIRD" WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON SHOWTIME I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM
PLUS, THE GREAT LEWIS BLACK WILL BE JOINING ME. HE'S GOT A NEW COMEDY SPECIAL,
"THANK YOU FOR RISKING YOUR LIFE." IT'S AVAILABLE NOW
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL REFUSING TO ACCEPT HIS LOSS IN
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND NOW VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS IN LOCK-STEP BEHIND HIM
AS HE TRIES TO INVALIDATE THE RESULTS AND OVERTHROW THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED
GOVERNMENT FOR MORE ON THIS, IT'S TIME FOR "A CLOSER LOOK."
* Seth: WELL, IT WAS FUN FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS WASN'T IT? IT'S LIKE WE ALL SAT THROUGH A
LONG, BORING WEDDING AND WE FINALLY GOT TO DRINK AND DANCE OUR HEARTS OUT
AND THEN THEY STOPPED THE MUSIC FOR ONE MORE SPEECH FROM THE RACIST GRANDPA
"I REMEMBER SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT KOREA! DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY ARE NOT ONLY REFUSING TO CONCEDE A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THEY CLEARLY AND DECISIVELY
LOST, THEY'RE ACTING AS IF TRUMP WILL REMAIN IN OFFICE DESPITE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH ITS BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR NEXT YEAR.
VETTING NEW HIRES FOR A SECOND TERM FIRING OFFICIALS AT THE PENTAGON
AND REPLACING THEM WITH UNQUALIFIED YES-MEN. AUTHORIZING JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATIONS OF NON-EXISTENT VOTER FRAUD AND SAYING STUFF LIKE THIS.
IS THE STATE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY PREPARING TO ENGAGE
WITH THE BIDEN TRANSITION TEAM AND IF NOT AT WHAT POINT DOES IT DELAY, HAMPER A SMOOTH
TRANSITION OR POSE A RISK TO NATIONAL SECURITY? THERE WILL BE A SMOOTH
TRANSITION TO A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION Seth: HA-HA
A HILARIOUS JOKE ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ACTIVELY TRYING TO OVERTHROW HIS
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED SUCCESSOR. I'M SORRY, BUT ARE WE ALL SURE
HE WAS JOKING? MIKE POMPEO HAS ALL THE CHARM AND COMEDIC TIMING OF A DIVORCED
GYM TEACHER MEETING HIS GIRLFRIEND'S SON FOR THE FIRST TIME
"HEY TYLER, COME ON, PULL MY FINGER COME ON, PULL IT."
"HEY, I'M 26, BRO. "JUST PULL IT. "ALL RIGHT, FINE."
"AWW, I [ BLEEP ] MY PANTS I'M GOING TO GO CHANGE MY PANTS.
HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A JOKE OR NOT BUT EITHER WAY, I'M GOING TO OUT ON A LIMB AND
SAY IF YOU'RE THE SECRETARY OF STATE, MAYBE DON'T JOKE ABOUT A POSSIBLE COUP.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE NO JOKING JOBS YOU KNOW, LIKE, ARMY DRILL
SERGEANT OR ONCOLOGIST "WELL, DAVE, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR X-RAY AND IT'S BAD NEWS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 40 MORE YEARS WITH YOUR WIFE." OR YOU CAN TAKE THEM WITH YOU.
THE TRUTH IS, IT'S CLEAR AND UNAVOIDABLE, JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED
STATES BASED ON A DECISIVE WIN IN LAST WEEK'S ELECTION. AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE
NO MATTER HOW MANY BALLOTS REPUBLICANS CHALLENGE. INCIDENTALLY, TRUMP IS CURRENTLY
WINNING NORTH CAROLINA WHICH ACCEPTS MAIL-IN BALLOTS NINE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION AS LONG
AS THEY WERE POSTMARKED BY ELECTION DAY AND ODDLY I DON'T HEAR ANY REPUBLICANS WHINING
ABOUT FRAUD. THE MARGINS IN STATES BIDEN WON ARE TOO LARGE FOR TRUMP TO
OVERCOME EVEN IF THEY DID FIND AN ISOLATED CASE OF ACTUAL FRAUD,
WHICH THEY HAVEN'T BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST. JUST TAKE MARICOPA COUNTY IN
ARIZONA. AFTER A WEEK OF BASELESSLY CLAIMING FRAUD AND SUGGESTING
TRUMP COULD END UP WINNING THE STATE, TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM HAS CHALLENGED A GRAND TOTAL OF
180 REJECTED BALLOTS BIDEN LEADS IN ARIZONA BY 14,746 VOTES
IT'S LIKE THE JETS KICKING A FIELD GOAL DOWN 42 POINTS AFTER THE GAME IS ALREADY OVER
"COACH, SEND ME OUT THERE FOR THE FIFTH QUARTER. "THERE ARE ONLY FOUR QUARTERS.
"UM, THEN WHY ISN'T A QUARTER WORTH FOUR CENTS, COACH? THEY CAN'T PROVIDE ANY PROOF AT
ALL THAT THERE WAS ANY FRAUD, LET ALONE WIDESPREAD SYSTEMIC FRAUD ON THE SCALE REQUIRED TO
OVERTURN THE ELECTION RESULTS. BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY INVESTIGATIONS BY BOTH "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" AND "A.P." HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE TRUMP TEAM'S LIES ARE SO
TRANSPARENT EVEN FOX NEWS CUT AWAY FROM ONE OF THEIR PRESS CONFERENCES.
YOU ARE WELCOMING ILLEGAL VOTING
WE WANT EVERY LEGAL VOTE TO BE COUNTED AND WE WANT EVERY ILLEGAL VOTE TO BE -
WHOA, WHOA. I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT SHE IS CHARGING THE
OTHER SIDE AS WELCOMING FRAUD AND WELCOMING ILLEGAL VOTING UNLESS SHE HAS MORE DETAILS TO
BACK THAT UP, I CAN'T IN GOOD COUNTENANCE CONTINUE SHOWING YOU THIS
Seth: MAN, IT'S ROUGH WHEN YOUR MOST SYCOPHANTIC SUPPORTERS BAIL
THAT WAS LIKE WATCHING SMITHERS SAY, "SHUT THE [ BLEEP ] UP, OLD MAN!
IT'S LIKE THE NATIONAL ZOO CUTTING AWAY FROM THE PANDA CAM BECAUSE THE SEX IS GETTING TOO
GRAPHIC. "OKAY, THEY ARE HUMPING. THAT'S FINE.
NOW THEY ARE -- OH, MY GOD KEVIN, WHAT POSITION IS THAT?" "I THINK THAT IS CALLED STANDING
WHEELBARROW. "OKAY, CUT THE FEED! CUT THE FEED
KIDS ARE WATCHING. CUT THE FEED!" AND BY THE WAY, IN THAT SAME
PRESS CONFERENCE A REPORTER ASKED WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAYLEIGH McENANY, WHO
INCIDENTALLY GETS PAID WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO SHOW UP AND LIE AT TRUMP CAMPAIGN EVENTS, A VERY
SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION. "DO YOU KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE WERE FRAUDULENT VOTES
CAST?" THIS WILL NOT SHOCK YOU. SHE DID NOT ANSWER
VOTES WERE ACTUALLY CAST OR ARE YOU SIMPLY SAYING WE DON'T KNOW
BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SEE IT LOOK, WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR HERE IS PATIENCE
Seth: SO, ALL YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU NEED A LITTLE PATIENCE? THANKS, GUNS N'ROSE.
YOU SWORE THAT WOULD WORK, SHOEMAKER. I DID
Seth: I'M SORRY, DONALD TRUMP WANTS PATIENCE THE LEAST PATIENT MAN ON THE
FACE OF THE EARTH? THE GUY WHO LITERALLY SHOVED HIS WAY TO THE FRONT OF A GROUP OF
NATO LEADERS LIKE A BRIDESMAID TRYING TO CATCH A BOUQUET AT A WEDDING?
"YOU ALREADY HAVE A BOYFRIEND, JANET. LET ME HAVE THIS."
A MAN SO PATIENT HE TRIED TO CLOSE HIS UMBRELLA ONCE AND THEN JUST LEFT IT ON THE STAIRS TO
THE PLANE? "DONALD, WHERE IS YOUR UMBRELLA?"
"ANTIFA TOOK IT. "AGAIN?" "THEY'RE OUT TO GET ME, MEL.
THESE GHOULS HAVE HAD A WEEK SINCE THE ELECTION TO PROVE THEIR VOTER FRAUD BULL [ BLEEP ]
AND ALL THEY CAN DO IS ASK FOR PATIENCE THIS IS LIKE IF YOU CAME HOME
LATE FROM WORK WITH LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR AND YOUR WIFE ASKED "ARE YOU HAVING AN AFFAIR?
AND YOU SAID, "LOOK, I CAN GET YOU A COVER STORY TOMORROW BUT RIGHT NOW I AM DEAD TIRED DUE TO
SOME VERY STRENUOUS EXTRAMARITAL SEX. AND EVERY TIME THEY DO MENTION
SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS VAGUELY NEFARIOUS, LIKE, DEAD PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE OR BACKDATING
BALLOTS OR WHATEVER, IT ALWAYS TURNS OUT TO HAVE A VERY SIMPLE AND INNOCENT EXPLANATION
IN PENNSYLVANIA, A POSTAL WORKER ADMITTED HE FABRICATED CLAIMS OF BALLOT TAMPERING AND RECANTED
THEM OR HOW ABOUT NEVADA WHERE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS CHALLENGING
3,000 BALLOTS CAST BY PEOPLE THEY CLAIMED MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE MAKING THEM INELIGIBLE TO
VOTE WELL IT SOUNDS BAD, RIGHT? WELL IT TURNS OUT THERE'S A
DIFFERENT EXPLANATION ACCORDING TO THE "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEGALLY VOTED IN NEVADA AFTER BEING TRANSFERRED ELSEWHERE.
THAT'S RIGHT, TRUMP AND THE GOP ARE TRYING TO GET THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS CAST BY SERVICE MEMBERS
THROWN OUT BECAUSE THEY LEGALLY VOTED IN NEVADA AND THEN WERE TRANSFERRED ELSEWHERE.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MILITARY. IN JUST FOUR YEARS, THE GOP HAS
GONE FROM "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" TO "DISENFRANCHISE THE TROOPS," ON VETERANS DAY NO LESS.
BRAVO. WHAT IS ON TAP FOR GROUNDHOG DAY?
ARE YOU GOING TO POUR GASOLINE INTO PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL'S BURROW? "I SAY HOW MUCH WINTER IS LEFT
WHO'S GOT A MATCH? TRUMP PROMISED FOR MONTHS THAT THIS IS EXACTLY HOW HE WOULD
REACT IF HE LOST AND NOW HE'S DOING IT AND SHREDDING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN THE PROCESS
IF ANYTHING, THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME HE IS DELIVERING ON WHAT HE PROMISED
LET'S NOT FORGET IN 2016 HE ALSO SAID HE WOULDN'T ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULTS EITHER.
SO UNLIKE HIS PLEDGE TO BUILD A WALL THAT MEXICO PAYS FOR, THAT WE'D WIN SO MUCH WE'D GET SICK
OF WINNING, THAT CORONAVIRUS WOULD GO AWAY WHEN THE WEATHER GOT WARMER, IN THIS CASE TRUMP
HAS KEPT HIS WORD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT NOT ACCEPTING THE WORD OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. IF A GUY WALKS INTO A PARTY AND SAYS "I CANNOT PROMISE THAT I
WON'T GO THROUGH YOUR WIFE'S UNDERWEAR," AND YOU LATER CATCH HIM ELBOWS DEEP IN HER STRETCH
SILK -- EYES CLOSED, MOUTH HANGING OPEN, SAYING "LOVE THAT DRYER SHEET SMELL," THE FAULT
KIND OF LIES ON YOU FOR NOT IMMEDIATELY KICKING HIM OUT WHEN HE SAID THE FIRST THING.
SORE WINNERS RARELY MAKE GOOD LOSERS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT IN 2016,
TRUMP MADE THE ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS, UNHINGED CLAIM THAT THREE TO FIVE MILLION VOTED
ILLEGALLY IN THAT ELECTION, WHICH HE WON AND WHICH HILLARY CONCEDED THE NEXT DAY.
TRUMP EVEN PROMISED AN INVESTIGATION TO PROVE THAT HE WAS RIGHT.
IF YOU LOOK AT VOTER DEAD PEOPLE THAT ARE REGISTERED
TO VOTE, WHO VOTE, YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT ARE REGISTERED IN TWO STATES, YOU LOOK AT ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH REGISTRATION. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE
REGISTRATION FOR -- YOU'RE GOING TO FIND -- AND WE'RE GOING TO DO AN INVESTIGATION ON IT
BUT THREE TO FIVE MILLION ILLEGAL VOTES? WELL, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT.
BUT IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT MUCH WHEN YOU SAY "IN YOUR
OPINION, MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL VOTES," THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR
FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY, A FAIR AND FREE ELECTION. SURE, SURE.
YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS
SURE, DONE. SO YOU'VE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION?
WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT. Seth: SURPRISE.
HE DID NOT FIND OUT. TRUMP WOULD BE THE WORST PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
"SURE, DOLL, I'LL HELP YOU FIND YOUR HUSBAND AH
IS THAT HIM? DOWN THERE UNDER THAT STREET LAMP
NO WELL, I'M OUT OF IDEAS." WHEN THIS IS OVER HE SHOULD STAR
IN A BRITISH DETECTIVE SERIES CALLED, I DON'T KNOW, "THE TRUMPLEDOWN MYSTERIES.
AND EVERY EPISODE WOULD BE HIM SLOWLY REVEALING HE HAS DONE NO INVESTIGATING.
"HAVE YOU DEDUCED WHO THE KILLER IS, INSPECTOR TRUMPLEDOWN? "UH, GETTING CLOSE
CLOSER EVERY DAY HEARING SOME VERY, VERY BAD THINGS ABOUT THE BUTLER.
OH, WE DON'T LIKE THE BUTLER, DO WE, FOLKS? BUT WE ARE PROBABLY, POSSIBLY
GOING TO HAVE AN ANSWER SOON BECAUSE ONE THING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON -- THE COUNTESS IS
DEAD, OR NOT." THIS IS THE SAME STUNT TRUMP HAS BEEN PULLING FOR YEARS
REMEMBER WHEN HE BUILT HIS ENTIRE POLITICAL CAREER ON THE RACIST CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT
THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT WASN'T BORN IN THE U.S. YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT ROCKETED
HIM TO STARDOM WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS BECAUSE HE IS NOT A UNIQUE FIGURE IN HISTORY BUT A
PERFECT EMBLEM OF THE RACISM AND DEPRAVITY OF THE MODERN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT?
WELL, ANYWAY, HE PRETENDED HE WAS DOING THE SAME DUMB INVESTIGATIVE WORK BACK THEN
TOO.
HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BORN IN
THIS COUNTRY AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THREE WEEKS AGO I THOUGHT HE WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY.
RIGHT NOW I HAVE SOME REAL DOUBTS I HAVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE
BEEN STUDYING IT AND THEY CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE FINDING. YOU HAVE PEOPLE NOW DOWN
THERE SEARCHING IN HAWAII? ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT
THEY ARE FINDING Seth: OBVIOUSLY HE DID NOT SEND INVESTIGATORS DOWN TO
HAWAII BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY INVESTIGATORS. BUT IF HE DID, I BET THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN A PLUM GIG A WORLD-RENOWNED IDIOT SENDS YOU ON AN ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP TO
HAWAII TO INVESTIGATE A RACIST CONSPIRACY THEORY YOU KNOW IS BULL [ BLEEP ] AND ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS CALL HIM UP AND SAY, "YEAH, NO, WE ARE FINDING A LOT OF STUFF DOWN HERE
NO, NO, NO, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT." "HEY, CAN I GET ANOTHER MAI TAI
AND THIS TIME CAN I GET IT INSIDE A PINEAPPLE WITH A LITTLE UMBRELLA
THANK YOU. "ANYWAY, YEAH DONALD, WE ARE FINDING LOTS OF PROOF DOWN HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME MORE MONEY AND MAYBE A MASSEUSE?" THIS IS THE SAME SCAM TRUMP'S
BEEN RUNNING FOR YEARS AND EVERY TIME, REPUBLICANS AND THEIR VOTERS EAT IT UP
FOR EXAMPLE, TRUMP ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH WITH THAT DUMB THREAT TO INVESTIGATE VOTER FRAUD
IN 2016 AND PUT TOGETHER A COMMISSION THAT WAS SO UNSUCCESSFUL THEY HAD TO DISBAND
IT AFTER FINDING NOTHING THE COMMISSION WAS LED BY KRIS KOBACH, THE FORMER KANSAS
SECRETARY OF STATE, WHO FOUND SO LITTLE PROOF OF VOTER FRAUD HE GOT HUMILIATED IN A DISASTROUS
INTERVIEW ON CNN
WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MILLION
PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED IN MORE THAN ONE STATE AND THAT IS NOT A CRIME.
RIGHT, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S
TREASURE SECRETARY EXACTLY YEAH, AND MANY OF YOUR VIEWERS
ARE PROBABLY REGISTERED IN MORE THAN ONE STATE BUT WHAT IS A CRIME IS IF YOU
ACTUALLY VOTE IN BOTH OF THOSE STATES OR IN MORE THAN TWO STATES
OF COURSE IT'S A CRIME. BUT WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF THIS WIDESPREAD RAMPANT MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE VOTING IF IT HAD HAPPENED, WHY HAVEN'T WE SEEN IT
WE HAVE ALREADY FILED - FROM THE NOTES THAT I SAW YOU HAD NINE CASES
GUILTY PLEAS. SIX GUILTY PLEAS, ONE DISMISSED, TWO PENDING THAT SAYS
JANUARY 25th NINE CASES DOES NOT RAMPANT WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD MAKE.
AND THE NINE CASES ARE JUST THE ONES AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WE
FOUND IN PROSECUTING THIS CRIME IN KANSAS IS THAT BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DO IT.
Seth: THESE GUYS ARE SUCH BUMBLING MORONS. THEY WENT FROM CLAIMING THERE
WERE THREE TO FIVE MILLION ILLEGAL VOTES, ALL OF THEM FOR DEMOCRATS, TO THERE WERE SIX
GUILTY PLEAS AND SOME OF THEM WERE REPUBLICANS IT'S LIKE AN EPISODE OF
"LAW & ORDER" THAT STARTS WITH A JOGGER FINDING A BODY IN THE PARK AND ENDS WITH A CORONER'S
REPORT THAT SAYS "HE WAS JUST SLEEPING AND NOW HE'S PISSED AND HE'S A LAWYER.
AND HE'S SUING US. THERE'S A COMMON THROUGH-LINE FROM BIRTHERISM TO LIES ABOUT
VOTER FRAUD -- REPUBLICANS DON'T SEE THEIR OPPONENTS AS LEGITIMATE AND THEY DON'T ACCEPT
THE OUTCOMES OF DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS. THAT'S WHY THEY CLAIM THE FIRST
BLACK PRESIDENT WASN'T BORN HERE OR THAT MAIL BALLOTS ARE SOMEHOW FRAUDULENT OR THAT A SECRET ARMY
OF DEAD PEOPLE ROSE UP FROM THEIR GRAVES, VOTED IN THIS ELECTION AND THEN HELD A PRESS
CONFERENCE IN FRONT OF A LANDSCAPING COMPANY. "THANKS FOR COMING, EVERYONE
IT'S GETTING LATE SO I BETTER SCOOT ON OVER TO THE CREMATION CENTER."
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AN AUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT THAT IS OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY, DOES NOT
SEE VICTORIES BY THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS AS LEGITIMATE, THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES
ENTITLED TO WIELD POWER REGARDLESS OF WHAT VOTERS ACTUALLY WANT.
MAYBE IT'S JUST ME BUT I'M NOT SURE WE CAN HAVE A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY IF ONE SIDE REFUSES TO
ACCEPT THE RESULTS WHENEVER THEY LOSE AND EVEN IF THIS SPECIFIC COUP
ATTEMPT DOESN'T WORK, THAT'S NOT, LIKE, GOOD NEWS IF SOMEONE TRIES TO ROB A BANK
BUT GIVES UP BECAUSE HE CAN'T CRACK THE SAFE, YOU INSTALL NEW SECURITY MEASURES TO STOP THEM
FROM DOING IT AGAIN. YOU DON'T JUST WAVE GOOD-BYE AND SAY, "NO HARM, NO FOUL
TAKE CARE, BUDDY COME BACK IF YOU WANT TO OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT."
SUFFICE IT TO SAY IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION WHEN YOU HAVE ONE POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTED TO
DEMOCRACY NO MATTER THE OUTCOME AND THE OTHER OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY AT ALL COSTS
EVEN IF THIS RIDICULOUS COUP ATTEMPT FAILS, IT DOESN'T BODE WELL FOR THE FUTURE WHICH IS WHY
WE NEED BOLD, SYSTEMIC REFORMS TO EMPOWER EVERYONE TO VOTE AND HONOR WHAT THE MAJORITY OF
VOTERS ACTUALLY WANT LIKE ABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND FIXING THE VOTING
RIGHTS ACT, AMONG OTHER THINGS THESE SHOULD BE NO-BRAINERS. IF WE HAD A HEALTHY, FUNCTIONING
POLITICAL SYSTEM, BOTH PARTIES WOULD REACT TO THESE IDEAS BY SAYING -
SURE, DONE. Seth: THIS HAS BEEN "A CLOSER LOOK."
* WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ETHAN HAWKE.
*
Seth: BACK AGAIN TONIGHT
SITTING IN WITH THE 8G BAND, HE IS THE LONG RUNNING DRUMMER WITH "THE LION KING" ON BROADWAY.
CHECK OUT HIS NEW EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE CARTERMCLEAN.COM AS WELL AS HIS INSTAGRAM
CARTER McLEAN IS HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US, CARTER
OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACADEMY AND TONY AWARD-NOMINATED ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM FILMS SUCH
AS "BOYHOOD" AND "TRAINING DAY." HE IS THE CO-CREATOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND STAR OF SHOWTIME'S
LIMITED SERIES "THE GOOD LORD BIRD" WHICH AIRS SUNDAYS AT 10:00 P.M.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT IN
THIS DIRECT MOMENT THE FREEDOM OF EVERY NEGRO IN THIS BUILDING.
SAFE PASSAGE FOR ALL OF MY MEN ACROSS THE B&O BRIDGE AND THAT I WILL SURRENDER MYSELF DIRECTLY
TO YOU MR. BROWN, YOU ARE IN NO POSITION TO NEGOTIATE.
GIVE ME A HUNDRED-YARDS HEAD-START Seth: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO
THE SHOW AND THE STUDIO, ETHAN HAWKE, EVERYBODY
* I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! Seth: RIGHT ALONG THIS WAY,
SIR. LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE. LOOK
WOW. Seth: LOOK AT IT. AMAZING
NO, NO, NO, IT'S TOO MUCH! IT'S TOO MUCH. STOP APPLAUDING.
Seth: WE GOT LIKE NINE FOR YOU.
YEAH. Seth: HOW ARE YOU NINE IS A BIG NUMBER
IS THIS A SAFE DISTANCE Seth: WE HAVE TO SAFE DISTANCE
THIS IS OUR IMAGINARY FRIEND. Seth: HEY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SHOW
ONE THING I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE CLIP, I WAS WATCHING THE SEASON
FINALE WHICH IS FANTASTIC, THE SERIES FINALE. THE MAKEUP IS SO GOOD.
YOU ARE SO CONVINCINGLY DIRTY IN THIS WHOLE LAST EPISODE. SOMETIMES THAT IS A VERY HARD
THING TO ACHIEVE AND YOUR MAKEUP PEOPLE DID A FANTASTIC JOB WELL, HIS NAME IS
DAVID ATHERTON AND HE IS A MAKEUP ARTIST I'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE
A LOT OF -- YOU KNOW, DIRECTORS ARE LIKE QUARTERBACKS. I MEAN, ACTORS ARE LIKE
QUARTERBACKS WE GET SO MUCH CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT OUR DOING
Seth: YES AND THIS GUY HAPPENS TO STUDY.
HE DID A COLLEGE THESIS ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN GETTING
TO WORK IN A CAMPUS THIS BIG, A SEVEN HOUR MOVIE AND TO PLAY AN ICONIC FIGURE LIKE JOHN BROWN.
WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE WHY DOES HE GROW HIS BEARD HOW DOES THE BEARD LOOK?
WHAT DOES THE BEARD TELL YOU WHAT DOES IT COMMUNICATE YOU KNOW
HE WAS IN A GUN FIGHT FOR A SLEW OF DAYS AND HE NEEDED TO BE DIRTY.
Seth: YES AND IT'S JUST A REALLY -- I THINK SOMETIMES YOU CAN TELL
WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE JUST THROWS THE DIRT ON. NOW THIS GUY DIDN'T DO THAT
HE REALLY OBSESSES OVER IT I OBSESS OVER IT TOO, SO WE HAD A LOT OF FUN
I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I NEVER GET TO GIVE HIM THE PROPS THAT HE DESERVES
I TEXTED HIM JUST TODAY. IT'S OUR PERFORMANCE Seth: YEAH.
IT'S NOT JUST MINE. Seth: IT IS AND IT'S A TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE.
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- I FEEL LIKE THESE LAST NINE MONTHS PEOPLE
LOOK FOR SILVER LININGS. ONE OF MY SILVER LININGS IS YOU AND I FIGURED OUT, WE KNEW EACH
OTHER FROM SHOWS LIKE THIS, THAT WE WERE PANDEMIC NEIGHBORS AND I GOT TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
AND IT WAS ONE OF THE SILVER LININGS. I EVEN SNUCK INTO YOUR
CLOSET Seth: YOU SNUCK INTO MY CLOSET
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIP. YOU WERE THE ONLY GUEST WHO APPEARED IN THE ATTIC SHOW AND
NOT REALLY APPEAR. BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ETHAN'S WORK HERE.
Seth: IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S MAGIC DOOR BEHIND ME THAT WILL
SEND ME A GUEST IF I SAY THEIR NAME THREE TIMES ETHAN HAWKE, ETHAN HAWKE,
ETHAN HAWKE. RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE STUPID
BUT ALSO, HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE DID YOU REMEMBER THE THING THAT
WAS NOTABLE ABOUT THAT DAY THAT WE GOT IN TROUBLE? Seth: WE GOT IN TROUBLE
WE IMMEDIATELY -- THE NETWORK WAS LIKE, "YOU GOTTA LET US KNOW IF ETHAN HAWKE IS GONNA BE
THERE. YEAH. Seth: BUT IT WAS ALSO LIKE A
THOUSAND DEGREES IN THE ATTIC. IT WAS SO HOT AND YOU HAD TO KEEP REDOING THE
TAKE AND I HAD TO BE TRAPPED IN THAT CLOSET LIKE, SETH, GET YOUR LINES RIGHT!
I CANNOT STAY HERE ANY LONGER. Seth: I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN YOU'RE -- YOU KNOW.
WHEN I WAS TRAPPED IN THE DARKNESS YOU GOT NERVOUS Seth: I DIDN'T GET NERVOUS
ABOUT YOU. I GOT NERVOUS ABOUT -- I FEEL LIKE WHEN I HAVE TO ACT
WITH SOMEONE OF YOUR CALIBER I GET A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK I WAS --
I FEEL THAT WAY ON THE SHOW YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT MY WORLD AND I THINK
ALL OF US WHEN WE ARE OUT OF OUR ELEMENT IT, YOU HAVE TO -- YOU KNOW, IT KNOCKS YOU OFF BALANCE.
Seth: ARE YOU LESS NERVOUS OR MORE NERVOUS WITH NO AUDIENCE? YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING MYSELF
WHY AM I FEELING SO NERVOUS RIGHT THIS SECOND? AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S
NOBODY HERE. Seth: YEAH, THERE IS NO CUSHION TO ANYTHING.
YEAH, YOU DON'T GET A LAUGH IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG OR LIKE WE'RE
REHEARSING Seth: OH YEAH, WE ARE GONNA DO THIS FOR AN AUDIENCE IN A
MONTH. I THINK THIS IS GOING GREAT Seth: THIS WAS -- WE TALKED A
LOT THIS SUMMER ABOUT HOW YOU PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO THIS YOU AND YOUR WIFE RYAN WERE
PRODUCERS OF THIS AS WELL. AND THIS IS A BOOK BY JAMES McBRIDE.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU ADAPT A WORK OF THIS MAGNITUDE
IS GET THE TRUST OF THE AUTHOR HOW DID THAT GO DOWN AND WAS HE HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME
WELL, HE WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO THAT HIMSELF. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF I HAD TO
PINPOINT THE GREATEST PROFESSIONAL MOMENT OF MY LIFE, IT WAS WHEN JAMES SAW THE SEASON
FINALE AND CALLED ME YOU KNOW, WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT
HE IS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON IT TOO I MET HIM AT A CAFE IN BROOKLYN.
HE IS A MAN OF IMMENSE PERSONAL INTEGRITY. HE IS HYSTERICALLY FUNNY AND
HE'S KIND AND HE'S THE KIND OF ARTIST YOU WALK AWAY FROM AND YOU THINK, "OH THAT IS WHAT AN
ARTIST IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE. I MEAN, HE JUST HAS REAL GRACE MY WIFE AND I LEFT THAT MEETING
GOING, I WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT PUTS ME MORE IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? BUT HE TRUSTED US WITH THIS MATERIAL
AND THAT WAS A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY SO TO GET -- YOU KNOW, WE SENT
HIM THE FINAL CUT OF THE THING AND HE CALLED ME UP. AND HE JUST -- HE COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT WE WERE GOING TO MAKE JOHN BROWN FAMOUS
AND HE WAS SO HAPPY. WHEN HE WAS HAPPY, YOU KNOW WHEN I KIND OF HONORED THAT HANDSHAKE
TO SOMEBODY I ADMIRE AS MUCH AS HIM, IT MEANT A LOT TO ME. Seth: WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT
BACK TO TALK TO YOU MORE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW LITTLE WE
KNOW ALL ABOUT JOHN BROWN AND HOW JAMES McBRIDE'S APPROACH TO THAT SENT THE SERIES IN THE
DIRECTION IT WENT. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE. CAN WE PRETEND TO APPLAUD
Seth: YEAH, YEAH. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE ETHAN HAWKE.
[ APPLAUSE ] GOOD JOB, SETH! *
Seth: WELCOME BACK TO "LATE NIGHT. WE'RE HERE WITH ETHAN HAWKE.
YOU HAVE SCOOCHED OVER A LITTLE. I HAVE. I'M SORRY I ENCROACHED
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE HAVING A CHAPERONE AT A DATE. YOU KNOW, LIKE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO - Seth: AND WE'RE -- YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE ARE WORKING OUT
YOU DID GET A COVID TEST, WHICH WE APPRECIATE. I DID, YEAH
Seth: -- IN ORDER FOR YOU TO COME INTO THE STUDIO AND WE DID HAVE OUR -- YOU KNOW
WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS FOR US
AND THEY DID COME OUT DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK AND SAID, LIKE, I THINK MAYBE --
I APPRECIATE THAT Seth: YEAH, EXACTLY SAFETY FIRST
SO, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE ALL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MAYBE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN AMERICAN
HISTORY BOOKS ABOUT JOHN BROWN HARPER'S FAMILY -- HARPER'S FERRY, EXCUSE ME -- WE CAN TICK
THOSE BOXES. JAMES McBRIDE MADE THIS REALLY INTERESTING CHOICE IN HIS BOOK
THERE'S A LOT OF LEVITY. THERE'S A LOT OF HUMOR THAT COMES THROUGH IN THE SERIES AS
WELL WHAT -- DID YOU THOUGH THINK "OH THIS IS SO COOL THAT I GET TO
NOT JUST TELL THE STORY OF JAMES BROWN --UH, SORRY, JOHN BROWN
JAMES BROWN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD MOVIE TOO Seth: WHY WASN'T JAMES BROWN
IN THIS? I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY. I DON'T KNOW.
Seth: BUT YOU GET TO TELL THE JOHN BROWN -- NOT THE HISTORY BOOKS VERSION BUT THE
JAMES McBRIDE VERSION WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE FUN
THAT'S THE REASON TO DO IT. NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO BE TAUGHT
AS MUCH AS WE ALL LIKE OUR LOCAL LIBRARIAN, YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT WHERE YOU TUNE IN FOR MOVIES
Seth: RIGHT YOU WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED. AND WHAT McBRIDE DID IS PULL OFF
A MAGIC TRICK WHICH IS TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS NATION'S GREATEST PAINS AND SOME OF ITS
GREATEST HURTS AND TO DO IT WITH SO MUCH WIT AND LOVE THAT IT DISARMS YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE USED TO FEELING LIKE IF YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, DARK PART OF
U.S. HISTORY, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO -- THAT IT'S JUST GOING TO HURT
AND IT DOES HURT, BUT HE DOES IT WITH SO MUCH LOVE THAT IT HURTS IN A WAY THAT IS HEALING, I
FOUND. WHEN I WAS FIRST READING THE BOOK, I WAS SITTING THERE IN MY
BED AND I'M JUST LAUGHING, YOU KNOW I KEEP CACKLING.
AND MY WIFE IS LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU READING? I SAID, YOU KNOW, "THE GOOD LORD
BIRD." AND SHE'S LIKE, ISN'T THAT ABOUT JOHN BROWN
I'M LIKE, "I KNOW! IT'S KIND OF AS IF, I DON'T KNOW, CHRIS ROCK, REDD FOXX OR
RICHARD PRYOR TOLD YOU THE STORY OF JOHN BROWN. Seth: YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT -- IT HAS AN INCENDIARY QUALITY TO IT. I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, HUMOR IS A
GREAT TEACHER. HUMOR DOESN'T LIE. YOU KNOW
WHEN YOUR BODY JUST LAUGHS YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T LAUGH SO YOU DON'T HAVE A POLITICAL
ATTACK ON IT, YOU JUST HAVE AN EMOTIONAL HUMAN HIT ON THE STORY.
SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHY I WANTED TO DO IT. Seth: AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY,
YOU PUT TOGETHER AN INCREDIBLE CAST, WHICH THIS HAS UP AND DOWN THE BOARD.
AND ONE CAST MEMBER, OBVIOUSLY, CLOSE TO YOU, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HER BEFORE
YOUR DAUGHTER MAYA WAS IN IT AS WELL I MEAN, IT MUST BE SO FUN TO GET
TO WORK WITH HER, NOT JUST BECAUSE SHE IS YOUR DAUGHTER, BUT BECAUSE OF HER IMMENSE
TALENT WELL, IT'S A LITTLE MIND BLOWING, YOU KNOW?
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND NEWS AND TV SHOWS AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO
STAY YOUNG AND TRYING TO TALK ABOUT HOW AWFUL IT IS GETTING OLD.
THEN YOU FIND YOURSELF ON A SET TELLING A STORY THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO TELL, THAT YOU HAVE A
PASSION TO TELL AND YOUR 22-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WANTS TO TELL IT WITH YOU
AND SHE HAS GOT IDEAS AND SHE HAS -- SHE HAS A GRACE THAT SHE GAVE THE SHOW THAT I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT WE NEEDED SO BADLY. THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT WAS THAT I REALLY WANTED MAYA TO
PLAY THIS PART AND I WAS KIND OF SCARED TO BRING IT UP WITH HER AND KIND OF SCARED TO BRING IT
UP WITH SHOWTIME BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED THEY WOULD THINK I WAS JUST A CRAZY, NEPOTISTIC DAD AND
SO I WAS LIKE, HOW AM I GOING TO BRING THIS UP. AND THEN "STRANGER THINGS" CAME
OUT. AND THEN SOMEBODY FROM SHOWTIME CALLED ME, "HEY, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE LOOKING AT THE PART OF YOUR DAUGHTER I MEAN, WOULD YOUR ACTUAL
DAUGHTER BE INTERESTED?" "WHAT A FASCINATING IDEA!" LIKE, HA, HA, HA
YOU KNOW SO IT ALL JUST KIND OF FELL INTO PLACE AND THEY WERE GLAD TO HAVE
HER AND I WAS GLAD TO HAVE HER AND SHE WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE. Seth: YOU SEEM TO HAVE A
CLOSENESS WITH ALL OF YOUR KIDS. IT MUST HELP WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON SET BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THAT YOU'RE AN INTIMIDATING FATHER FIGURE THAT -
I TRY TO BE INTIMIDATING. Seth: IT JUST DOESN'T TAKE. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN ALL OF YOUR
KIDS WITH YOU. THEY DON'T SEEM EVEN A LITTLE -- NOT A LITTLE INTIMIDATED?
I'LL TELL YOU THIS, WITH ALL OF MY KIDS THIS IS TRUE, BUT MAYA IS THE OLDEST SO I KNOW IT MORE
DEEPLY I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MAYA SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
SHE'S AN INCREDIBLY -- SHE HAS AN ALBUM OUT RIGHT NOW CALLED "BLUSH" IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GET
IT SHE'S A REALLY GIFTED YOUNG WOMAN AND SHE ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
SO WE USED TO WORK ON WATERCOLORS AND SHE WOULD SAY, "I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH RED? DO YOU THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE A
DOG OR A BIRD? HMM, LET'S SWITCH IT OUT." BUT SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GIFTED
AND WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN EASY DIALOGUE ABOUT ART I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WAS MOST DIFFICULT ABOUT HER BEING ON SET WAS ASKING MYSELF, "AM I THE ACTOR I TOLD HER I
WAS? YOU KNOW Seth: OH, RIGHT
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN HERE I'VE BEEN FOR YEARS -- I'VE BEEN TELLING HER TO RESPECT
ACTING I'M GIVING HER UTA HAGEN'S BOOK, I'M TALKING TO HER ABOUT WHAT IS
AN ACTOR WHAT DOES IT MEAN? BECAUSE THE WORLD TELLS YOU ONE
THING THAT IT IS, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO IT, WHO ARE COMMITTED TO STORYTELLING AND
COMMITTED TO BEING INSIDE THE METAPHOR OF A PLAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MYSTERIOUS
AND I HAD TO BE THE PERSON -- YOU KNOW EVERY TIME I GO TO THE CRAFT
SERVICE TABLE I'D BE LIKE, "A REAL ACTOR DOESN'T NEED THIS MANY GUMMI BEARS!"
ANYWAY, IT WAS GREAT Seth: IT TURNED OUT GREAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE
TRIP I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUTSIDE OF HERE SOON
ALWAYS A PLEASURE, ETHAN THANKS. I'M SORRY I HAD TO SIT SO FAR.
MAYBE ON OUR SECOND DATE I GET TO GO HERE AND IF THINGS GO REALLY WELL, A THIRD DATE, GO
HERE Seth: WE ARE GETTING A THUMB'S UP FROM THE STAFF OVER
THERE. THE FINALE OF "THE GOOD LORD BIRD" AIRS THIS SUNDAY AT
10:00 P.M. ON SHOWTIME WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE "LATE NIGHT.
WOW, IT WAS SO WEIRD! * Seth: WELCOME BACK TO
"LATE NIGHT" EVERYBODY SO THIS IS REALLY FUN. A FEW WEEKS BACK WE SHIPPED A
GREEN SCREEN FOR A SKETCH WE WERE DOING TO THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR WRITERS, JOHN LUTZ, TO MAKE
IT LOOK LIKE HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT. WELL, JOHN DECIDED TO KEEP THAT
GREEN SCREEN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FUN WAY TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS AND EVEN THOUGH JOHN IS AT HOME WITH THE GREEN SCREEN, HE CAN BE VIRTUALLY
ANYWHERE HE WANTS. WHICH BRINGS US TO A NEW SEGMENT CALLED "LUTZ HAS A GREEN SCREEN
AT HOME.
Seth: SO THIS IS VERY
EXCITING LUTZ HAS PICKED OUT A BACKGROUND FOR HIMSELF.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE IS GOING TO BE. LET'S CHECK IN
HELLO, SETH Seth: HI, LUTZ. I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS.
YEAH, IT'S PRETTY AWESOME, RIGHT? Seth: I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU
MEAN, BUDDY. THE GREEN SCREEN. IT LOOKS PRETTY GREAT, RIGHT
Seth: OH, SO YOU'RE USING THE GREEN SCREEN RIGHT NOW YEAH, YEAH.
Seth: LOOKS LIKE YOUR LIVING ROOM IT IS
Seth: LUTZ, YOU KNOW YOU COULD HAVE PICKED ANYTHING TO BE YOUR BACKGROUND, RIGHT
YEP Seth: AND YOU PICKED YOUR OWN LIVING ROOM?
YEP Seth: I JUST THOUGHT BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION, YOU WERE GOING
TO MAYBE PICK A BACKGROUND THAT WAS MORE INTERESTING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
PRETENDING TO BE REPORTING LIVE FROM IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE OR STANDING ON TOP OF
MT. EVEREST. UH-HUH. SURE
Seth: OR STANDING IN A HOT AIR BALLOON. UH-HUH.
Seth: ON A RAFT FLOATING DOWN A RIVER. YEP, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
GOOD YEAH Seth: ON A BALCONY IN FRONT
OF HOGWARTS. HOGWARTS? SETH, I'M NOT A LITTLE KID
Seth: STANDING INSIDE THE TARDIS FROM "DOCTOR WHO. YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
COOL Seth: OR SITTING AT A CAFE IN PARIS.
YEAH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I GET IT THOSE ARE ALL WAY BETTER THAN
WHAT I THOUGHT OF, OKAY? YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SORRY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT SUE, YOU CAN WHEEL IT OFF NOW. I TOLD YOU IT WAS A STUPID
IDEA HI, SETH Seth: HI, SUE
LUTZ, WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO COME UP WITH A MORE FUN BACKGROUND TO HAVE WITH THE GREEN SCREEN,
BUDDY? YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY THIS AGAIN ANOTHER TIME
YEAH. I'M THINKING OF SOMETHING BETTER
JUST DON'T MAKE ME SEND IT BACK. MY SON FINALLY THINKS I'M COOL Seth: JOHN LUTZ, EVERYBODY!
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH LEWIS BLACK. *
Seth: OUR NEXT GUEST IS A GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR
HIS LATEST COMEDY SPECIAL "THANKS FOR RISKING YOUR LIFE" IS AVAILABLE NOW ON
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, APPLE TV, AND OTHER PLATFORMS. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW
LEWIS BLACK. LEWIS, HOW ARE YOU JUST, JUST GREAT, YOU KNOW?
EVERY DAY, IT JUST GETS -- IT'S THE MOST AMAZING -- IT'S THE QUESTION EVERYONE ASKS AND WE
ALL KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME [ LAUGHTER ]
IT'S THE SAME DAY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THEN IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE, "OH!
OH!" LIKE, YOU KNOW HE -- "OH, OKAY." AND THEN -
[ LAUGHTER ] Seth: SO I GUESS THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
HOW DID YOU REACT TO THE JOE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS VICTORY?
IT WAS JUST A BRIEF MOMENT OF MAYBE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT?
YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, "OH, OH, OH REALLY
THIS HAPPENED? IT WAS LIKE ONE MOMENT, I WALKED OUT -- I ACTUALLY HEARD IT
WHICH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WAS AMAZING. YOU KNOW
I WAS SITTING IN HERE WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW AND I WENT OUT I HAVE A TERRACE I WENT OUT ON
I COULD HEAR NEW YORK, LIKE, HAPPY. I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN FOR WHAT
SEEMS LIKE FOREVER AND THAT REALLY WARMED MY HEART. THAT WAS GREAT
AND FOR MY HEART TO BE WARM, IT'S EXHAUSTING. EXHAUSTING
[ LAUGHTER ] Seth: JUST THE COST OF HEATING IT
DOES THAT -- [ LAUGHTER ] SAFE TO SAY THAT YOU DID NOT
MAKE YOUR WAY OUT TO THE REVELRY IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF -- I
WENT NEAR TIMES SQUARE, SO I KIND OF WANDERED OUT A LITTLE AND THEN REALIZED AS I WAS
WANDERING UP THERE THAT, YES, EVERYBODY HAD A MASK ON. BUT I JUST DID THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING THING WAS, DIDN'T SEEM TO BE -- A LITTLE SKETCHY I JUST DON'T -- YOU KNOW
IT'S HARD ENOUGH JUST WANDERING THE STREETS HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING AT YOU, SO TO BE IN A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF JUST LOST IT REALLY MAKES IT TOUGH.
Seth: I HAVE A GREAT SYMPATHY FOR STAND-UPS WHO WERE MAYBE ABOUT TO SHOOT A SPECIAL AND
THEN EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. YOU GOT IN RIGHT UNDER THE WIRE WITH YOUR SPECIAL.
YOU SHOT THIS IN MARCH RIGHT BEFORE THEY SHUT DOWN THEATERS, CORRECT?
WE SHUT DOWN THE NIGHT BEFORE MOST THEATERS WERE SHUT DOWN ON MARCH 13th, AND THE NEXT DAY,
THERE WAS A SHOW THAT WAS CANCELLED FOR ME AND OTHERS THAT I KNEW, THEIR SHOWS WERE
CANCELLED. BUT I WASN'T PLANNING ON -- I WAS PLANNING ON SHOOTING THE
SPECIAL IN AUGUST, SO IT WAS KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME THAT IT ENDED UP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
KIND OF -- IT WAS KIND OF JUST LUCK WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE
CAMERAS. IT'S KIND OF SHOT -- WE ONLY HAD -- WE HAD TWO CAMERAS THAT I
HAVE AND ANOTHER TWO THAT WERE THERE AND WE GOT VERY LUCKY AND IT WAS KIND OF MORE OF A
REALLY - I SAID WHAT I WANTED TO SAY BUT I REALLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO
HAVE DONE IT IN AUGUST WHEN WE HAD ALL OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES
BUT IT BECAME KIND OF A MUCH MORE INTIMATE PERFORMANCE IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE YOU NEVER SAW
THE AUDIENCE AND THE AUDIENCE WASN'T MIC-ED AND IT WAS -- IT WAS DIFFERENT AND I'M -- I'M
HAPPY WITH IT. Seth: ARE YOU ONE OF THE -- ARE YOU THE KIND OF COMEDIAN
THAT WOULD WANT TO FINE-TUNE AND FINE-TUNE AND FINE-TUNE AND WAS IT SOMEWHAT LIBERATING TO KNOW,
LIKE, IT'S EITHER THIS VERSION OR NO VERSION? DID THAT GIVE YOU THE FREEDOM TO
LET GO TO SOME DEGREE? WELL, NO, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE POINT WHEN I
FINISHED, I WENT, "WOW, I SAID WHAT I WANTED -- I DID -- I SAID IT THE WAY I WANTED TO SAY IT.
I SAID WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. I FINALLY HAD WRITTEN IT BECAUSE TO ME, I'M REWRITING AND
REWRITING EVERY NIGHT AND I WAS AT THAT POINT I WAS GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS
ALMOST DONE AND TO ME IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR THE LAST 2% AND I'M NOT THAT
PSYCHOTIC. Seth: IT'S A VERY FITTING TITLE.
"THANKS FOR RISKING YOUR LIFE. I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A TITLE THAT CAME UP DURING THE
PANDEMIC IT CAME UP THAT NIGHT [ LAUGHTER ]
I WALKED ON THE STAGE AND I THINK IT'S THE FIRST THING I SAID TO THE AUDIENCE
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE DOING THERE! WE'RE AT A CASINO.
THERE WERE PEOPLE -- THEY WERE ALREADY -- THEY WERE -- PLEASE DON'T MOVE
JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE! STAY IN YOUR HOMES DON'T GO OUT
AND WE'RE IN MICHIGAN WHERE THEY ARE A LITTLE NUTTY ANYWAY AND GOD LOVE THEM BUT THEY ALL
POURED IN. [ LAUGHTER ] Seth: SO THAT'S -- THIS IS A
MICHIGAN SHOW? THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOT IT? YEAH, I SHOT IT IN A CASINO
IN MICHIGAN. Seth: THAT IS FANTASTIC MM-HMM.
Seth: I'VE HAD GOOD SHOWS AND BAD SHOWS IN CASINOS IS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH IT
AS WELL? NO. I GENERALLY HAVE DONE KIND OF
WELL AT CASINOS. THEY'RE SOMETIMES -- IT DEPENDS. FRIDAY NIGHTS YOU CAN GET IFFY
BECAUSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW THIS ONE. THEY COME ROLLING IN, THEY HAVE
WORKED ALL WEEK. THEY COME ROLLING INTO THIS CASINO AND, BY GOD, WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE SOME FUN AND SON -- AND LOOK! WE GET THESE FREE DRINKS WHILE
WE'RE GAMBLING AND GLUG, GLUG, GLUG THE SHOW STARTS AT 9:00 AND
BRING HIM OUT. I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS AND THEN THEY ARE VOMITING.
AND SO IT'S AWFUL. IT COULD BE AWFUL, I KNOW THAT ONE.
[ LAUGHTER ] AND I'M SURE YOU DO. Seth: SUNDAY NIGHT, YOU NEVER
WANT TO DO A SUNDAY NIGHT IN A CASINO AFTER THE REALITY HAS SET IN FOR HOW THEIR FINANCES HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED. OH, NO, NO, NO. BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO TELL
YOU BEFORE I FORGET. I TALKED TO MY MOTHER JUST BEFORE
MY MOTHER IS 102 AND I TALKED TO HER JUST BEFORE I WAS -- THIS SHOW STARTED
BECAUSE I WANTED TO TELL HER TO -- YOU KNOW THAT I WAS DOING THIS AND SHE SAID, BE SURE TO
MENTION HER NAME WHILE I WAS TALKING TO YOU BECAUSE SHE SAID, SHE KNEW THAT THE AUDIENCE AT
THE MENTION OF HER NAME WOULD BREAK INTO AN APPLAUSE [ LAUGHTER ]
THAT'S WHERE MY MOTHER IS AT, AT 102 I JUST THOUGHT THAT IS REALLY
GREAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE AND SAY THERE ARE ONLY NINE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE
Seth: I'VE NOTICED YOU STILL HAVEN'T MENTIONED HER NAME DO YOU WANT TO GIVE HER THE --
IT'S JEANNETTE BLACK. [ APPLAUSE ] YEAH
THE CROWD WENT WILD, MOM [ LAUGHTER ] Seth: YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING IT MORE THAN EVER, ABOUT
HOW -- YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE LIVING NOT JUST IN TWO PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND NOT
JUST IN RED AND BLUE, EXCUSE ME, BUT TWO DIFFERENT REALITIES. YEAH.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR SINCE -- SINCE THIS WHOLE THING STARTED.
SINCE THE -- SINCE THE ELECTION BEGAN, I WAS GOING, "WAIT A MINUTE
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?" NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS EVER ACHIEVED THIS.
THIS IS ALMOST A TRIUMPH OF PSYCHOLOGY REALLY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TWO -- TWO SIDES --
EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, EVEN HERE WE WOULD DISAGREE ABOUT KIND OF THE -- WHAT THE
LAW SHOULD BE OR I'M ON THIS SIDE OF THE SUBJECT AND YOU'RE ON THAT SIDE
SHOULD WE DO -- SHOULD WE DO IT THIS WAY SHOULD WE DO IT THAT WAY
NOT, I HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SET OF FACTS THERE'S NO REASON TO WEAR A
MASK YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO WEAR A MASK
NO, THERE'S NO REASON TO WEAR A MASK DONALD DUCK DIDN'T WEAR A MASK
YOU KNOW THEY COME UP WITH THESE THINGS YOU GO, "WHAT?
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?" Seth: IT IS -- IT IS A VERY STRANGE TIME WE'RE LIVING IN
WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU TO TALK ABOUT IT. CONGRATS ON THE SPECIAL.
IT'S ALWAYS A DELIGHT TO SEE YOU, LEWIS IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AND KEEP
UP THE GOOD WORK BECAUSE IT'S -- YOU'RE DOING TELEVISION ON THE -- IT'S LIKE TELEVISED
RADIO. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT Seth: BARELY.
I WOULD SAY BARELY LEWIS BLACK. "THANKS FOR RISKING YOUR LIFE"
IS AVAILABLE NOW WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. *
Seth: I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS, ETHAN HAWKE AND LEWIS BLACK.
I WANT TO THANK CARTER McLEAN AND THE 8G BAND. STAY TUNED FOR "LILLY SINGH.
STAY SAFE. WASH YOUR HANDS. WEAR A MASK.