1 00:00:01,801 --> 00:00:04,571 ACCORDING TO ERIC, RUPERT MURDOCH MAY HAVE 2 00:00:04,571 --> 00:00:09,309 SEPARATED FROM HIS FIANCEE LESLIE SMITH AFTER SHE SAID 3 00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:11,411 TUCKER CARLSON AS A MESSENGER FROM GOD. 4 00:00:11,411 --> 00:00:17,450 ♪ ♪ I AM HERE. 5 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:20,286 GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT." 6 00:00:20,286 --> 00:00:23,923 WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE? SPEAK OF THE GREEN M&M IS NO 7 00:00:23,923 --> 00:00:28,728 LONGER WEARING SEXY BOOTS, NOW SHE'S WEARING SENSIBLE SNEAKERS. 8 00:00:28,728 --> 00:00:32,866 NICKI MINAJ WAS NOT SWOLLEN, AS FAR AS WE KNOW HE IS FINE. 9 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:38,505 IT'S NICKI MINAJ'S FRIENDS TESTICLES WHO ARE SWOLLEN. 10 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:41,508 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE I CAN SPEAK TO? 11 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:46,746 UNDER TIERNEY, THE METRIC SYSTEM. 12 00:00:46,746 --> 00:00:49,282 WOULD YOU MIND COMING WITH ME FOR A MOMENT? 13 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:52,352 EVEN MORE BECAUSE JOE BIDEN TALKS LIKE THAT. 14 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:56,022 I THOUGHT THIS MAN WAS A MESSENGER FROM GOD, TURNS OUT HE 15 00:00:56,022 --> 00:01:04,330 IS JUST SOME DOUCHEBAG! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 16 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:06,666 ♪ ♪ Announcer: FROM "THE LATE 17 00:01:06,666 --> 00:01:17,644 SHOW" STEPHEN COLBERT! TONIGHT WELCOMING NICOLAS CAGE, 18 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:23,016 AND MUSICAL GUEST CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS! 19 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:27,987 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND "THE LATE SHOW" BAND. 20 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:32,125 AND LIVE ON TAPE FROM. SULLIVAN THEATER IN 21 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:35,595 NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 22 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:38,665 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ 23 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:45,438 Stephen: YEAH, BABY, YEAH! IT'S TRUE! 24 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:50,410 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 25 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:56,082 WATCH OUT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 26 00:01:56,082 --> 00:02:00,587 HAPPY THURSDAY. HAPPY, HAPPY. 27 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:10,697 HEY, EVERYBODY! THANKS, HEY! 28 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:14,334 [CROWD CHANTING "STEPHEN"] ♪ ♪ 29 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:17,437 Stephen: THANK YOU, FOLKS. WELCOME ONE AND ALL, AND HERE 30 00:02:17,437 --> 00:02:29,983 COME OUT THERE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 31 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:31,851 TO WHAT THE MINSTRELS CALL "THE LATE SHOW." 32 00:02:31,851 --> 00:02:39,759 I AM YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 33 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:44,097 FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE IT IS SPRING BREAK, FOR INSTANCE, 34 00:02:44,097 --> 00:02:47,901 PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ON A TOUR OF IRELAND RIGHT NOW BEING SHOWN 35 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:51,838 AROUND BY HIS COUNTERPARTS IRISH PRESIDENT AND MAGICAL BUSINESS 36 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:57,277 GNOME MICHAEL D HIGGINS. HIGGINS INVITED JOE BIDEN TO 37 00:02:57,277 --> 00:02:59,712 SPEND THE MORNING AT HIS HOME AND CEMENTED THEIR FRIENDSHIP 38 00:02:59,712 --> 00:03:14,661 WITH A TREEPLANTING CEREMONY. ♪ ♪ 39 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:17,564 WITH A TREEPLANTING CEREMONY. 40 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:23,436 ♪ ♪ 41 00:03:23,436 --> 00:03:26,339 Stephen: THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF FANFARE FOR SOMETHING SO 42 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:28,041 SMALL. [LAUGHTER] 43 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:30,076 OH, LOOK AT THAT, MY TIE IS CROOKED. 44 00:03:30,076 --> 00:03:47,226 ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 45 00:03:47,226 --> 00:03:52,899 [LAUGHTER] OKAY, I THINK WE GOT ALL OF THE 46 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:57,537 JUICE OUT OF THAT ONE. BIDEN ALSO BECAME THE FIRST U.S. 47 00:03:57,537 --> 00:04:00,607 PRESIDENT WHO WERE RINGING THE PEACE BELL WHICH COMMEMORATES 48 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:04,110 THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT. LOOK AT HIM GO. 49 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:13,853 [BELLRINGING] ♪ ♪ 50 00:04:13,853 --> 00:04:19,692 THIS ONE PER PIECE. Stephen: FOR THE TIMES THE 51 00:04:19,692 --> 00:04:24,230 CHARM! [BELLRINGING. 52 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:27,400 ONE MORE TO GROW ON. [BELLRINGING] 53 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:33,373 TO LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN. [BELLRINGING] 54 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:36,476 JUST COME GET ME WHEN IT'S DINNER TIME, JACK. 55 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:45,118 POP JOE'S GETTING HIS CLANG ON. BACK STATESIDE, YOU KNOW THAT 56 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,954 GIANT LEAK OF CLASSIFIED PENTAGON INFORMATION ABOUT THE 57 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,956 WAR IN UKRAINE AND A LOT OF OTHER STUFF THAT'S BEEN ALL OVER 58 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:52,992 THE INTERNET THIS WEEK? WELL, THIS AFTERNOON THEY CAUGHT 59 00:04:52,992 --> 00:04:56,329 THE LEAKER. IT'S 21-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL 60 00:04:56,329 --> 00:05:00,066 GUARDSMEN JACK TEIXEIRA, SEEN HERE ARE NOT READY WHAT COMES 61 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:03,036 NEXT. TEIXEIRA WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY 62 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:05,438 IN MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE JUST MOMENTS BEFORE HE WAS SEEN 63 00:05:05,438 --> 00:05:12,278 READING A BOOK ON HIS PORCH. THAT BOOK "SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 64 00:05:12,278 --> 00:05:15,648 FOR DUMMIES." FOR TAKING THESE CLASSIFIED 65 00:05:15,648 --> 00:05:20,553 DOCUMENTS HOME TO SHARE A TEIXEIRA COULD FACE CHARGES 66 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:23,489 UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT AND COULD GET UP TO TEN YEARS IN 67 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:31,597 PRISON PER DOCUMENT, UNLESS HE'S DECLASSIFIED THEM WITH HIS MIND. 68 00:05:31,597 --> 00:05:39,906 YOU CAN TAKE ANYTHING HOME. THE FEDS MAY HAVE BEEN TIPPED 69 00:05:39,906 --> 00:05:42,275 OFF BY A STORY IN TODAY'S "WASHINGTON POST," REPORTERS 70 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:46,345 TRACKED DOWN A VIDEO GAME CHAT PLATFORM USED BY TEIXEIRA AND 71 00:05:46,345 --> 00:05:49,315 INTERVIEWED AN ANONYMOUS MEMBER OF THE GROUP WHO SAID HE KNEW 72 00:05:49,315 --> 00:05:52,085 THE LEAKER'S REAL NAME, THE STATE WHERE HE LIVES, AND THAT 73 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:58,791 HE WENT BY THE NICKNAME OG, WHICH STANDS FOR O-GEE SUS, I 74 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:02,161 SHOULD NOT HAVE TOLD THAT GUY MY REAL NAME AND THE STATE WHERE I 75 00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:04,864 LIVE." THE INFORMANT DESCRIBED AS 76 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:08,634 TEIXEIRA A CHARACTERISTIC GUN ENTHUSIAST WHO WHILE SEARCHING 77 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:11,904 FOR COMPANIONSHIP AMID THE ISOLATION OF THE PANDEMIC SHARED 78 00:06:11,904 --> 00:06:14,841 HIGHLY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. PROVING THAT MEN WILL TALK ABOUT 79 00:06:14,841 --> 00:06:18,377 LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE SHARING A SINGLE EMOTION. 80 00:06:18,377 --> 00:06:21,380 NO SURPRISE HE ALSO MADE A VIDEO IN WHICH HE STANDS AT A SHOOTING 81 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:33,459 RANGE WHERE HE YELLS A SERIES OF RACIAL SLURS. 82 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:36,929 ALSO BLURRED HIS FACE AND BACK LEAD HIM TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY. 83 00:06:36,929 --> 00:06:38,965 BUT WE HAVE OBTAINED AN EXCLUSIVE CLIP WHICH MAY CONTAIN 84 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:43,936 A FEW CLUES. HE DID SEE THE LEADER OF THIS 85 00:06:43,936 --> 00:06:45,371 GROUP. AND ULTIMATELY HE WAS. 86 00:06:45,371 --> 00:06:48,741 BRANDON, DINNER, IT'S TIME FOR DINNER, BRANDON. 87 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:53,479 MOM, DON'T SAY MY NAME, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ANONYMOUS. 88 00:06:53,479 --> 00:07:00,052 BRANDON, NOAH, JOHNSON, YOU GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW! 89 00:07:00,052 --> 00:07:03,189 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] Stephen: BRANDON NOAH 90 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:05,391 JOHNSON, OKAY, WE CHECK THAT OUT. 91 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:10,229 OF COURSE THE FACT THAT THIS STUFF WAS SITTING AROUND ON A 92 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:12,298 VIDEO GAME CHAT IS STILL EMBARRASSING FOR OUR 93 00:07:12,298 --> 00:07:15,034 INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY MAY 94 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:18,104 CHANGE HOW THEY MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHAT ROOMS. 95 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:22,909 SO GAMERS, KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR A POST LIKE THIS "HEY OTHER 96 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:25,645 GAME-TEENS. WHERE'D YOU EAT THOSE DOPE 97 00:07:25,645 --> 00:07:28,014 CLASSIFIED DOCS? YOU CAN TELL ME, A FELLOW YOUTH. 98 00:07:28,014 --> 00:07:31,417 I HATE PARENTS, NO FAMILY CLOSED." 99 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:37,356 OVER AND FOX NEWS TODAY THEY BEGAN JURY SELECTION AND DEMANDS 100 00:07:37,356 --> 00:07:38,791 $1.6 BILLION DEFINITION SUIT AGAINST FOX. 101 00:07:38,791 --> 00:07:43,830 IN THE TRIAL IS GOING TO BE INTRUSIVE. 102 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:45,464 FOR INSTANCE THE JUDGE HAS RULED THAT DOMINION CAN COMPEL 103 00:07:45,464 --> 00:07:50,102 TESTIMONY FROM THE NEWS PRSONALITIES TUCKER CARLSON, 104 00:07:50,102 --> 00:07:52,972 SEAN HANNITY, AND JANINE PIRRO, AND TO MAKE SURE JANINE PIRRO 105 00:07:52,972 --> 00:07:55,474 TELLS THE TRUTH, THEY ARE SWEARING HER IN ON A BOX OF WI 106 00:07:55,474 --> 00:08:01,047 WINE. OH, I LOVE A NICE BOX! 107 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:09,088 THE EXCITEMENT IS ALREADY BEGUN, YESTERDAY THE JUDGE SANCTIONED 108 00:08:09,088 --> 00:08:12,258 FOX FOR WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE AND APPOINTED A SO-CALLED "SPECIAL 109 00:08:12,258 --> 00:08:15,595 MASTER" TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER FOX PREVIOUSLY MADE ASSERTIONS 110 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:19,899 TO THE COURT THERE WERE UNTRUE OR NEGLIGENT, SO THE JOB IS TO 111 00:08:19,899 --> 00:08:23,069 FIGURE OUT WHETHER FOX NEWS LI LIES? 112 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:26,272 [LAUGHTER] HOLD ON, HOLD ON. 113 00:08:26,272 --> 00:08:28,207 AM I A SPECIAL MASTER? [LAUGHTER] 114 00:08:28,207 --> 00:08:36,148 DO I GET A SASH? WHERE'S THE FANFARE? 115 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:48,694 ♪ ♪ [LAUGHTER] 116 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:51,664 LET'S GET TO THE WITHHOLDING AND/OR LIES. 117 00:08:51,664 --> 00:08:55,234 TURNS OUT FOX'S ALSO BEING SUED BY ONE OF THEIR FORMER PRODUCERS 118 00:08:55,234 --> 00:08:58,871 AND THAT PRODUCER'S LAWYER RELEASED THIS BOMBSHELL. 119 00:08:58,871 --> 00:09:01,941 THERE ARE SECRET FOX AUDIO RECORDINGS OF RUDY GIULIANI AND 120 00:09:01,941 --> 00:09:04,176 OTHER ALLIES OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT. 121 00:09:04,176 --> 00:09:07,880 AND THIS JUDGE IS PISSED, BECAUSE FOX HAD THESE TAPES AND 122 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:12,685 NEVER TURN THEM OVER, JUST ASK FOX NEWS HOST AND REAL HOUSEWIFE 123 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:19,625 OF NUREMBERG MARIA BARTIROMO. BEFORE GOING ON AIR WITH HIM, 124 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:22,828 SHE GRILLED RUDY WHETHER HE HAD ANY PROOF TO BACK UP HIS CLAIMS 125 00:09:22,828 --> 00:09:24,964 ABOUT DOMINION. AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS YOU CAN 126 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:31,070 TELL US ABOUT THE LAWSUIT, WHATEVER YOU CAN TELL US IN 127 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:33,506 TERMS OF THAT INTERVIEW WOULD BE HELPFUL. 128 00:09:33,506 --> 00:09:37,143 OKAY, GREAT. I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT 129 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:39,478 WE HAVE. JUST GIVE ME AT, DOES 130 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:42,315 NANCY PELOSI HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT? 131 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:45,952 YES, I HAVE READ THAT. I CAN'T PROVE THAT. 132 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:48,921 Stephen: I HAVE READ IT, BUT I CAN'T PROVE IT. 133 00:09:48,921 --> 00:09:51,891 BUT THIS BOTTLE CAN PROVE IT. IT SAYS ON THE LABEL... 134 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:54,226 80 PROOF! SO NOW FOX NEWS EMPLOYEE MARIA 135 00:09:54,226 --> 00:10:00,967 BARTIROMO KNOWS THERE IS NO PROOF THAT NANCY PELOSI WAS ON 136 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:04,704 DOMINION'S PAYROLL. SO IF SHE IMPLIED OTHERWISE IT 137 00:10:04,704 --> 00:10:07,506 MIGHT PUT HER OR FOX IN LEGAL JEOPARDY. 138 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:10,643 LET'S GO TO THE TAPE. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THESE 139 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:13,045 ALGORITHMS AND DOMINION SOFTWARE. 140 00:10:13,045 --> 00:10:17,016 I UNDERSTAND NANCY PELOSI HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS COMPANY? 141 00:10:17,016 --> 00:10:18,617 [BELLRINGING] Stephen: MARIA BARTIROMO 142 00:10:18,617 --> 00:10:21,587 SAID THE PHRASE THAT PAYS. JOHNNY, TELL THEM WHAT TO 143 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:27,727 DOMINION HAS ONE. $1.6 BILLION AND A DINETTE 144 00:10:27,727 --> 00:10:34,700 SET FROM GLORY HILL, ROY HELLO, SUCK IT, GROUPIE, YOU REAP WHAT 145 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:38,104 YOU SOW YOU WRINKLY DEMON SCROTUM. 146 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:42,108 BACK TO YOU. Stephen: THANK YOU, JOHNNY. 147 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:46,178 THE JUDGE WAS ALSO UPSET THAT AFTER FOX'S LAWYERS CLAIM THAT 148 00:10:46,178 --> 00:10:50,116 RUPERT MURDOCH HAD NO OFFICIAL POSITION AT FOX NEWS, IT TURNS 149 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:52,051 OUT HE ACTUALLY DOES. AND IT DOESN'T LOOK HE IS GIVING 150 00:10:52,051 --> 00:10:55,755 UP CONTROL SOON, BECAUSE REPORTEDLY ASSIDUOUSLY AVOIDS 151 00:10:55,755 --> 00:10:59,058 ANY DISCUSSION OF A FUTURE IN WHICH HE ISN'T IN COMMAND OF THE 152 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:02,928 MEDIA EMPIRE, AND REMINDS PEOPLE THAT HIS MOTHER LIVED TILL 103. 153 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:07,933 AND HE CANNOT MAKE IT TILL 103. BECAUSE JUST LIKE A FINE WINE, 154 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:11,737 THE OLDER HE GETS, THE MORE THE WEIRD SENTIMENT BEGINS TO 155 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:17,109 COLLECT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 156 00:11:17,109 --> 00:11:25,518 IT'S NOT JUST HIS WORK LIFE THAT IS GOING DOWN THE RUPE-TUBE. 157 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:29,455 RUPERT MURDOCH CALLED OFF HIS ENGAGEMENT TO A FORMER DENTAL 158 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,091 HYGIENIST AND LESLIE SMITH JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER ANNOUNCING IT. 159 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:36,695 I KNOW, THAT'S SO SAD. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE... 160 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:42,501 LADIES, HE'S BACK ON THE MARKET! HELLO. 161 00:11:42,501 --> 00:11:45,071 PUT ON YOUR FLIRTING SHOES, AND GET GOOD AT TELLING WHETHER 162 00:11:45,071 --> 00:11:49,542 SOMETHING IS A LIVER SPOT OR A LESION. 163 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:57,783 [LAUGHTER] YES, IS THAT-- 164 00:11:57,783 --> 00:11:59,718 IS THAT? IS THAT A SKIN TAG IT, OR YOU 165 00:11:59,718 --> 00:12:05,057 JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME? WOW. 166 00:12:05,057 --> 00:12:09,161 IT'S A FUN IMAGE. SHE MAY NOT BE MISSING OUT ON 167 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:11,964 MUCH, BECAUSE APPARENTLY RUPERT IS NOT THE GREATEST HUSBAND, 168 00:12:11,964 --> 00:12:18,838 CASE IN POINT, A YEAR AGO HE WOKE BROKE UP WITH HIS WIFE 169 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:22,641 SAYING "ENDING ALL MARRIAGE, WE HAVE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES, BUT I 170 00:12:22,641 --> 00:12:24,844 HAVE MUCH TO DO. MY NEW YORK LAWYER WILL BE 171 00:12:24,844 --> 00:12:28,547 CONTACTING YOURS IMMEDIATELY" ADDING, "USE DISCOUNT CODE 172 00:12:28,547 --> 00:12:31,383 SPLITS PILFERED 10% OFF OF DIVORCE ATTORNEY." 173 00:12:31,383 --> 00:12:40,459 THERE IS NEWS FROM BASEBALL, AMERICA'S PASTIME. 174 00:12:40,459 --> 00:12:43,429 THE MLB INTRODUCED A PITCH CLOCK AND IT IS WORKING, BECAUSE 175 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:48,601 AVERAGE GAME TIME IS DOWN 31 MINUTES ON TRACK TO BE THE 176 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:54,206 LOWEST SINCE 1984. YEAH, MAN. 177 00:12:54,206 --> 00:12:59,378 YES. OF COURSE IN 1984 PLAYERS SPED 178 00:12:59,378 --> 00:13:02,414 UP THE GAME WITH AN INNOVATION KNOWN AS PILES OF COKE IN THE 179 00:13:02,414 --> 00:13:06,952 DUGOUT. BUT THE PITCH CLOCK HAS HURT ONE 180 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:09,522 OF BASEBALL'S MOST IMPORTANT TRADITIONS, AND THAT'S DRINKING. 181 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:13,626 BECAUSE SHORTER INNINGS MEANS THAT TEAMS HAVE LESS TIME TO 182 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:14,827 SELL BEER GAMES. WHAT? 183 00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:18,797 IF I CAN'T HAVE THREE $12 BEERS, HOW AM I GOING TO BE DRUNK 184 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:24,036 ENOUGH TO BUY T TWO $15 HOT DOG? WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 185 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:28,240 TONIGHT. MY GUEST IS NICOLAS CAGE! 186 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,577 YES, THAT ONE. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, I TALK 187 00:13:31,577 --> 00:13:32,278 SCIENCE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 188 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:34,346 ♪ ♪ 189 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:17,056 ♪ ♪ 190 00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:19,558 Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR "THE LATE SHOW" BAND WITH 191 00:14:19,558 --> 00:14:26,298 MR. LEWIS KATO UP FRONT THEY'RE MY GOODNESS! 192 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:29,168 RIGHT HERE AND HOLD THAT MAGIC TICKET. 193 00:14:29,168 --> 00:14:32,004 THIS IS THE MAGIC TICKET RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE THING. 194 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:34,340 THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I WILL ASK HIM JUST A LITTLE WHILE OF 195 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:40,512 THE ONE AND ONLY NICOLAS CAGE THAT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE! 196 00:14:40,512 --> 00:14:43,082 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FOLKS, I LOVE SCIENCE. 197 00:14:43,082 --> 00:14:46,151 IT HAS GIVEN US SO MANY EXPERIMENTAL DISCOVERIES. 198 00:14:46,151 --> 00:14:50,889 PENICILLIN, ELECTRICITY, FROOT WITH TWO Os. 199 00:14:50,889 --> 00:14:54,393 THEY SYNTHESIZED IT IN THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER. 200 00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:58,564 AND I LIKE TO BRING YOU ALL OF THE LATEST SCIENCE NEWS AND MY 201 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:03,702 LONG-RUNNING SEGMENT, THE SOUND OF SCIENCE. 202 00:15:03,702 --> 00:15:10,843 ♪ HELLO SCIENCE MILD FRIEND ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 203 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:15,147 PEOPLE LOVE IT! PEOPLE LOVE IT! 204 00:15:15,147 --> 00:15:18,417 FIRST UP, NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE EARTH'S CORE SEEMS TO 205 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:22,454 BE SURROUNDED BY AN ENIGMATIC LAYER BETWEEN THE EARTH'S SOLID 206 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:26,725 MANTLE AND ITS SCORCHING HOT LIQUID OUTER CORE. 207 00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:30,796 A REASON SEISMOLOGISTS REFERRED TO AS THE FIRST BITE OF FRENCH 208 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:32,431 ONION SOUP. [LAUGHTER] 209 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:35,034 THE NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE THOUGHT OF 210 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:38,804 THE AREA AROUND THE EARTH'S CORE AS SIMPLE NESTED LAYERS, BUT THE 211 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:43,609 ZONE IS MORE OF THE GEOLOGICAL ASPECT BEING DESCRIBED AS "HOT 212 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:47,813 ROCKY JELL-O." OR IS IT IS KNOWN IN THE 213 00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:51,216 MIDWEST, "SALAD." [LAUGHTER] 214 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:55,821 NEXT UP-- SURE, WHY NOT. NEXT UP, ACCORDING TO NEW 215 00:15:55,821 --> 00:16:00,192 RESEARCH, STRESSED PLANTS MAKE ULTRASONIC CLICKING NOISES WHICH 216 00:16:00,192 --> 00:16:03,662 RESEARCHERS RECORDED BY PUTTING MICROPHONES NEXT TO LIVING 217 00:16:03,662 --> 00:16:06,465 PLANTS. WORST PODCAST EVER. 218 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:09,368 [LAUGHTER] THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT 219 00:16:09,368 --> 00:16:12,438 PLANTS AND MEANT A SOUND WHEN THEY BECOME DEHYDRATED OR 220 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:15,541 INFECTED OR WHEN THEY ARE CUT. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU MOW THE 221 00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:20,012 LAWN IF YOU HEAR A MILLION TINY SCREAMS, THAT'S JUST THE GRASS 222 00:16:20,012 --> 00:16:21,447 BEGGING FOR MERCY AS YOU DISMEMBER IT. 223 00:16:21,447 --> 00:16:24,717 AND IF YOU HEAR ONE BIG SCREAM, THAT'S JUST YOU COPING WITH THE 224 00:16:24,717 --> 00:16:29,621 REALITY THAT YOU KNOW THIS NOW. [LAUGHTER] 225 00:16:29,621 --> 00:16:34,193 NEXT UP, ACCORDING TO NEW DATA, AFTER A LITTLE BECAUSE OF COVID 226 00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:37,196 IN RECENT MONTHS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS 227 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:39,832 HAVE SPIKED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE BIG APPLE. 228 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:42,034 WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE SINATRA'S FAMOUS SONG-- 229 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:47,806 ♪ START SPREADING THE GONORRHEA ♪ 230 00:16:47,806 --> 00:16:52,411 IN ORDER TO STOP THE SPREAD, THE CITY'S INCREASING TESTING BY 231 00:16:52,411 --> 00:16:54,747 REPURCHASING LAB EQUIPMENT USED FOR COVID TESTS. 232 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:58,050 THAT'S FINE AS LONG AS THEY DON'T ALSO REPURPOSE THE TESTING 233 00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:02,254 SITES. [LAUGHTER] 234 00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:13,132 WOW. [APPLAUSE] 235 00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:16,835 FOUND THE LINE. NEXT UP, ACCORDING TO NEW 236 00:17:16,835 --> 00:17:20,472 RESEARCH "DRUNK MY SOBER UP TWICE AS FAST WHEN GIVEN A 237 00:17:20,472 --> 00:17:23,709 HORMONE INJECTION." OH, THANK GOD. 238 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:26,678 STUART LITTLE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER DUI. 239 00:17:26,678 --> 00:17:29,782 NEXT UP, SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A LEAK IN THE BOTTOM 240 00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:32,918 OF THE OCEAN OF LOW SALINITY MINERAL RICH SPRING WATER THAT 241 00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:37,556 ACTS AS SORT OF A TECTONIC LUKE LUBRICANT. 242 00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:41,193 TECTONIC LUBRICANT IS ALSO SO MUCH BETTER THAN KY JELLY FISH. 243 00:17:41,193 --> 00:17:44,997 ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCHERS THE FLUID IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM 244 00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:48,934 SOMETHING CALLED THE CASCADIA MEGA THRUST. 245 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:53,071 TECTONIC LUBE, MEGA THRUST, DOESN'T MATTER IF WE POLLUTE THE 246 00:17:53,071 --> 00:17:56,742 OCEAN? IT'S ALREADY SO DIRTY. 247 00:17:56,742 --> 00:18:02,147 NEXT UP THERE IS SOME BIG PALEONTOLOGY NEWS, BECAUSE 248 00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:05,584 TYRANNOSAURUS REX HAD LIPS, A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS. 249 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:08,520 FINALLY HE EXPLAINS ALL OF THOSE T-REX SKELETONS FOUND BURIED 250 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,790 WITH THE TRUMPET. [LAUGHTER] 251 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:17,629 THAT'S FOR YOU, BABY. THAT'S FOR YOU. 252 00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:25,237 NEXT UP, SCIENTISTS TRIED MAGIC TRICKS ON MONKEYS AND DISCOVERED 253 00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:27,473 THAT THE SLEIGHT-OF-HAND TO MOVE BEING DEMONSTRATED HERE WAS MORE 254 00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:31,710 LIKELY TO FOOL THEM IF THE MONKEY HAD OPPOSABLE THUMBS. 255 00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:34,913 THIS IS SURE TO BE A BIG HIT AT THE UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL 256 00:18:34,913 --> 00:18:38,317 SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM OF STUFF WE DID INSTEAD OF CURING CANCER. 257 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:43,222 OH, AT 2:00 P.M., HOW TO IMPRESS WORMS WITH JUGGLING. 258 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:46,492 [LAUGHTER] NEXT UP, A LUMP OF BROWN FUR ARE 259 00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:49,461 FOUND DEEP IN THE YUKON TERRITORY HAS BEEN 260 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:53,632 IDENTIFIED AS A 30,000 YEAR OLD SQUIRREL. 261 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:58,203 WOW, THAT'S QUITE A TURN FOR SCRAT. 262 00:18:58,203 --> 00:19:02,608 BUT I AM EXCITED FOR THE NEW "ICE AGE 8, I THOUGHT THERE 263 00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:07,279 WOULD BE MORE DIGNITY IN DEATH." UNTIL NEXT TIME THIS HAS BEEN... 264 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:13,752 ♪ THE SOUND OF SCIENCE ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 265 00:19:13,752 --> 00:19:16,722 WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH NICOLAS CAGE! 266 00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:19,791 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 267 00:19:31,069 --> 00:19:39,711 ♪ ♪ 268 00:19:39,711 --> 00:19:44,616 Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW" 269 00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:47,553 ALREADY IN PROGRESS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUEST 270 00:19:47,553 --> 00:19:49,988 TONIGHT IS AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR WHO HAS BEEN 271 00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:54,793 IN SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES. NOW STARRING IN THE NEW FILM 272 00:19:54,793 --> 00:19:58,897 "RENFIELD," PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW" NICOLAS CAGE! 273 00:19:58,897 --> 00:20:05,470 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 274 00:20:05,470 --> 00:20:17,082 ♪ ♪ 275 00:20:17,082 --> 00:20:24,089 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] Nicolas: THANK YOU! 276 00:20:24,089 --> 00:20:31,630 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] Stephen: YES! 277 00:20:31,630 --> 00:20:35,867 Nicolas: WELL, FIRST OF ALL IT'S REMARKABLE TO ME THAT THIS 278 00:20:35,867 --> 00:20:37,302 IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE MEETING. 279 00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:39,938 Stephen: I'VE LOOKED FORWARD FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 280 00:20:39,938 --> 00:20:42,140 VERY EXCITED YOU ARE COMING ON. Nicolas: AND IT'S BEEN OVER 281 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:45,677 TEN YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN. SULLIVAN THEATER WITH DAVID 282 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:48,614 LETTERMAN COMING I'VE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS! 283 00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:52,451 SPILLING A COUPLE OF COATS OF PAINT. 284 00:20:52,451 --> 00:20:53,785 Nicolas: IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 285 00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:56,054 Stephen: IT IS VERY EXCITING TO HAVE YOU, 286 00:20:56,054 --> 00:20:59,558 NICOLAS CAGE, I AM A NICOLAS CAGE FAN, AND THERE YOU 287 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:03,562 ARE, NICOLAS CAGE RIGHT THERE. Nicolas: IT'S JUST ME. 288 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:06,999 IT'S BEEN ON BUT IF YOU WANT THAT NICOLAS CAGE FEELING, YOU 289 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:12,104 CAN DO BETTER THAN NICOLAS CAGE. YOU HAVE BEEN IN SO MANY MOVIES, 290 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:17,242 EVERYONE HAS THEIR FAVORITES, OBVIOUSLY I AM A "NATIONAL 291 00:21:17,242 --> 00:21:21,513 TREASURE" MAN. "RAISING ARIZONA" "LEAVING 292 00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:25,283 LAS VEGAS" "VALLEY GIRL." Nicolas: I WAS 17 YEARS 293 00:21:25,283 --> 00:21:27,085 OLD. IT'S BEEN ON MY HIGH SCHOOL 294 00:21:27,085 --> 00:21:29,855 GIRLFRIEND HAD A CRUSH ON YOU AND I'M STILL A LITTLE MAD ABOUT 295 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:37,796 THAT. WHAT ARE NICK CAGE TOP FIVE NICK 296 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:38,697 CAGE FILMS? Nicolas: I WILL START WITH 297 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:42,968 "PIG." I LOVE "MANDY." 298 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:53,078 I LOVE "BRINGING OUT THE DEAD" MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTED. 299 00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:57,983 SO I LOVED "BAD LIEUTENANT" I LOVED A MOVIE CALLED "JOE" THAT 300 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:00,786 DAVE AND GREANEY DIRECTED. Stephen: ALL RIGHT, THERE 301 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:05,791 YOU GO. I GO FACE-OFF. 302 00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:08,160 Nicolas: I LIKE THAT ONE A LOT. 303 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,928 I LOVE "FACE-OFF." Stephen: IT LOOKED LIKE IT 304 00:22:09,928 --> 00:22:13,231 WAS A LOT OF FUN TO MAKE WHILE YOU WERE MAKING IT. 305 00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:15,701 Nicolas: WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT "FACE-OFF" AND 306 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:19,504 IT COULD HAVE MENTIONED "VAMPIRE'S KISS" WHICH IS WHAT I 307 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:24,676 MADE WHEN I WAS ABLE TO EXPLORE MY ABSTRACT DREAMS WITH FILM 308 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:26,511 PERFORMANCE. I WAS PLAYING A CHARACTER LOSING 309 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:31,650 HIS MIND BUT BEGINNING TO THINK THAT HE WAS THE VAMPIRE FROM THE 310 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:39,825 ORIGINAL "NOTES NOSFORATU" MOVIE. 311 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:44,763 SO I GOT TO ACT LIKE A FRENCH FILM STAR, WHICH WAS COOL. 312 00:22:44,763 --> 00:22:55,040 BUT "FACE-OFF" WAS A BIG MOVIE I MADE AT PARAMOUNT AND I WAS ABLE 313 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:59,811 TO USE WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS LITTLE "VAMPIRES KISS" MOVIE AND 314 00:22:59,811 --> 00:23:01,580 IT WORKED. AND PEOPLE DIG IT. 315 00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:04,750 SO I WAS HAPPY WITH THOSE RESULTS. 316 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,652 Stephen: YOU MADE HEADLINES, SOMETIMES, I THINK IT 317 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:13,925 MIGHT'VE BEEN DURING COVID, YOU SAID YOU PREFERRED THE WORD 318 00:23:13,925 --> 00:23:17,763 "THESPIAN" TO THE WORD "ACTOR." AND I'M CURIOUS WHY YOU BEING IS 319 00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:21,633 APPEALING TO YOU? [LAUGHTER] 320 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:24,770 THAT'S WHY I SAY COLBERT. Nicolas: THAT IS A GREAT 321 00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:29,007 THING THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS OF COURSE 322 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:32,344 YOU CAN CALL ME AN ACTOR. AND BY THE WAY, I NEVER SAID 323 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:35,447 DON'T CALL ME AN ACTOR, CALL ME A THESPIAN. 324 00:23:35,447 --> 00:23:39,918 THAT'S WHAT CLICKBAIT DID, AND SOMEHOW IT GOT PICKED UP BY CNN. 325 00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:44,322 I'M NOT SURE HOW IT GOT PICKED UP BY CNN, SURE THAT THEY HAVE 326 00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:46,191 MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO REPORT ON. 327 00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:47,425 BUT I SEE ACTING AS STORYTELLING. 328 00:23:47,425 --> 00:23:51,363 AND WHAT IT IS IS TRYING TO GET TO THE TRUTH OF A CHARACTER. 329 00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:58,170 IN THE FIRST ACTOR IN EUROPE WAS SOMEONE CALLED THESPIS. 330 00:23:58,170 --> 00:24:01,072 AND HE BROKE FREE FROM THE COURSE AND STARTED NARRATING AND 331 00:24:01,072 --> 00:24:07,646 TELLING A STORY TRUTHFULLY. SO I THINK ACTING IS FINDING THE 332 00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:10,882 TRUTH OF A STORY. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS ACTOR IN 333 00:24:10,882 --> 00:24:13,251 GREEK MEANS HYPOCRITE. I DON'T WANT TO BE THOUGHT OF AS 334 00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:15,854 A HYPOCRITE. I'M SORRY IF THAT SOUNDS 335 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:19,057 PRETENTIOUS. [LAUGHTER] 336 00:24:19,057 --> 00:24:24,429 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT 337 00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:27,265 YOUR NEXT MOVIE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE, THE NEW 338 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:34,072 MOVIE IS CALLED "RENFIELD," STARRING YOU, NICHOLAS HOULT, 339 00:24:34,072 --> 00:24:36,308 AWKWAFINA, AND BEN SCHWARTZ. IT'S FUNNY, IT'S HORRIFYING. 340 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:42,347 YOU ARE DRACULA. WHAT IS THE PREMISE? 341 00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:44,716 Nicolas: WELL THE PREMISE IS A UNIQUE ONE AND IT'S A VERY 342 00:24:44,716 --> 00:24:52,757 GOOD WHEN I THINK, VERY RELEVANT AND CURRENT, AND NICHOLAS HOULT 343 00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:55,160 PLAYS RENFIELD, AND IT'S HIS MOVIE. 344 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:59,564 Stephen: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T REMEMBER, RENFIELD-- 345 00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:04,302 Nicolas: HE WAS PLAYED BY DWIGHT FRY BEAUTIFULLY FROM THE 346 00:25:04,302 --> 00:25:06,171 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS "DRACULA." Stephen: HE IS LIKE A MAN 347 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:09,374 SERVANT TO DRACULA. Nicolas: IN THIS MOVIE 348 00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:13,712 RENFIELD IS THE STAR AND HE IS TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM A TOXIC 349 00:25:13,712 --> 00:25:18,683 RELATIONSHIP, A CODEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP. 350 00:25:18,683 --> 00:25:20,252 HE IS TRYING TO FREE HIMSELF FROM THAT. 351 00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:22,354 AND DRACULA WANT TO LET HIM. Stephen: WHO IS A 352 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:25,857 NARCISSIST. Nicolas: A SOCIOPATHIC KING 353 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:29,127 OF BAIT AND SWITCH TACTIC, I'M SURE THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN 354 00:25:29,127 --> 00:25:33,531 TOGETHER MAYBE 200 YEARS AGO ON THE ROAD AS ROGUES. 355 00:25:33,531 --> 00:25:36,268 Stephen: BUT THE SPARK IS GONE. 356 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:39,537 Nicolas: NOW THE RELATIONSHIP HAS TURNED SOUR. 357 00:25:39,537 --> 00:25:42,574 AND RENFIELD ONCE OUT TO. AND HE REALIZES THE ERROR OF HIS 358 00:25:42,574 --> 00:25:47,479 WAYS. AND I DON'T WANT TO LET HIM OUT. 359 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:51,483 BECAUSE TO ME DRACULA FROM MY VIEW, THE REASON WHY DRACULA IS 360 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:58,990 SO COMPELLING AS A CHARACTER IS STILL ABOUT THE HUMAN 361 00:25:58,990 --> 00:26:01,760 EXPERIENCE. THIS ADDICTION TO BLOOD. 362 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:06,798 WELL, YOU CAN SUPPLY THAT WITH ALCOHOL, HEROIN, SEX, AND THAT'S 363 00:26:06,798 --> 00:26:09,801 A HUMAN ISSUE. OR THIS CURSE HE HAS. 364 00:26:09,801 --> 00:26:11,569 ETERNAL LIFE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 365 00:26:11,569 --> 00:26:15,707 IT MEANS HE IS GOING TO GET HIS HEART BROKEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN 366 00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:18,810 FOREVER. SO HE IS VERY PAINED BY THAT. 367 00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:23,748 SO IN THIS CLIP YOU WILL SEE LATER WHEN RENFIELD ONCE TO 368 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:26,151 LEAVE, IT'S A BETRAYAL TO DRACULA AND IS VERY HURT BY IT. 369 00:26:26,151 --> 00:26:30,121 Nicolas: BECAUSE RENFIELD GOES INTO GROUP THERAPY. 370 00:26:30,121 --> 00:26:33,591 Nicolas: HE GOES INTO A CODEPENDENT GROUP THERAPY. 371 00:26:33,591 --> 00:26:35,427 Stephen: HE DOES. Nicolas: BUT THAT WAS THE 372 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:40,799 TRICKY BALANCE, BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY NOT A FUNNY SUBJECT 373 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:42,534 MATTER, IT'S A SERIOUS SUBJECT MATTER. 374 00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:46,671 SO WE HAD TO FIND A WAY TO PLAY IT AND GIVE GENUINE REGARD FOR 375 00:26:46,671 --> 00:26:50,008 THE SERIOUS SITUATION AND TAP DANCE AROUND IT TO FIND WHERE WE 376 00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:54,312 COULD MIND THE HUMOR. Stephen: THE HUMOR AND THE 377 00:26:54,312 --> 00:26:56,648 MULTIPLE DECAPITATIONS. IT'S A HORROR MOVIE TOO, LET'S 378 00:26:56,648 --> 00:27:01,219 NOT FORGET. Nicolas: ONE OF MY FAVORITE 379 00:27:01,219 --> 00:27:03,989 TONES AND FILMMAKING IS THIS BLEND, YOU WOULD NOT THINK THAT 380 00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:09,027 HORROR AND COMEDY GO SO BEAUTIFULLY TOGETHER. 381 00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:10,662 BUT "AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON" HER DELICIOUS. 382 00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:14,099 I WAS WATCHING IT AND I WAS LIKE I'M LAUGHING AND I'M REALLY 383 00:27:14,099 --> 00:27:16,167 SCARED. IT SLAPS YOU AROUND. 384 00:27:16,167 --> 00:27:18,036 I'M LIKE THIS IS GREAT FILMMAKING. 385 00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:21,740 AND THAT'S THE BULL'S-EYE WE WERE TRYING TO HIT WITH 386 00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:23,408 "RENFIELD." Stephen: HERE IS ONE OF THE 387 00:27:23,408 --> 00:27:28,646 BULL'S-EYES RIGHT HERE. JIM. 388 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:29,781 ♪ ♪ WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE 389 00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:39,791 YOURSELF TO THE GROUP? I AM THE PRINCE OF MALAYSIA. 390 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:53,571 SOME CALL ME THE DARK ONE. OTHERS THE LORD OF DEATH. 391 00:27:53,571 --> 00:28:01,212 HOWEVER, TO MOST I AM KNOWN SIMPLY AS-- 392 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:15,693 RENFIELD'S BOSS. ♪ ♪ 393 00:28:15,693 --> 00:28:20,231 I AM DRACULA. OKAY, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE 394 00:28:20,231 --> 00:28:25,437 DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN NARCISSISM HERE. 395 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:29,340 [LAUGHTER] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 396 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:31,509 Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT DON'T GO 397 00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:34,345 ANYWHERE. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE 398 00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:36,414 NICOLAS CAGE, EVERYBODY! STICK AROUND! 399 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:44,355 Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE 400 00:28:44,355 --> 00:28:49,527 ARE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF THE NEW FILM "RENFIELD," IT'S 401 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:53,698 NICOLAS CAGE, EVERYBODY, HOW DO YOU APPROACH PORTRAYING DRACULA? 402 00:28:53,698 --> 00:28:57,368 YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF PARTS OVER 100 MOVIES, BUT THIS IS SO 403 00:28:57,368 --> 00:29:01,906 ICONIC AND I'M SURE SO MANY PEOPLE PLAY THE PART BEFORE, HOW 404 00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:07,078 DID YOU AVOID THOSE ROLES OR HOW DID YOU DRAW INSPIRATION? 405 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:10,181 >>> Nicolas: WELL, WHAT I DID AS A STARTING POINT WAS TO LOOK 406 00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:13,751 AT MY FAVORITE INTERPRETATION AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WAS 407 00:29:13,751 --> 00:29:18,556 CHRISTOPHER LEE IN THE HAMMER HORROR FILMS, I THOUGHT HE 408 00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:27,866 LOOKED GREAT WITH THE '60s HAIRDO, HE BROUGHT THE 409 00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:31,736 FEROCIOUSNESS TO THE CHARACTER, I LOVE WHAT OLD MEN DID, AND SO 410 00:29:31,736 --> 00:29:37,375 THERE WAS A LOT TO LOOK AT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO FIND 411 00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:40,979 INFLUENCES THAT WERE MORE CLOSE TO ME. 412 00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:46,351 AND I THINK THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE BECAUSE MY FATHER 413 00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:48,853 AUGUST, HE LIKED TO SPEAK WITH THIS MID-ATLANTIC ACCENT. 414 00:29:48,853 --> 00:29:53,892 I WAS CHANNELING HIM AND "VAMPIRES KISS." 415 00:29:53,892 --> 00:29:56,594 YOU KNOW, NICOLAS LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU. 416 00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:59,164 IT IS TO BE HOW YOUR FATHER WOULD TALK? 417 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:01,065 Nicolas: HE SAID I WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE DISTINCTION 418 00:30:01,065 --> 00:30:03,935 BECAUSE HE IS A LITERATURE PROFESSOR. 419 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:07,338 BUT I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND-- Stephen: HE WAS AN ACTOR 420 00:30:07,338 --> 00:30:10,975 HIMSELF? Nicolas: I GUESS HE WAS 421 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:14,379 SPEAKING WITH DISTINCTION BECAUSE HE WAS TEACHING ABOUT 422 00:30:14,379 --> 00:30:18,316 GREAT LITERATURE, SO WHAT WAS HE SUPPOSED TO DO? 423 00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:23,688 SO HE WAS A BIG INFLUENCE, AND THEN THE OTHER INFLUENCE WAS AN 424 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:29,727 BANKROLL FROM "TO THE GRADUATES. HER PERFORMANCE AS 425 00:30:29,727 --> 00:30:32,730 MRS. ROBINSON, I THOUGHT WAS A VERY TOXIC RELATIONSHIP WITH 426 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:34,666 DUSTIN HOFFMAN, AND THE WAY THAT SHE SPOKE. 427 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:38,603 IT DOESN'T HE LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF GUY WHO HAS TO FIGHT THEM 428 00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:41,439 OFF. YES, HE DOES. 429 00:30:41,439 --> 00:30:44,943 THAT'S DRACULA. Stephen: YOU ARE TRYING TO 430 00:30:44,943 --> 00:30:50,114 SEDUCE ME. Nicolas: THAT'S RIGHT. 431 00:30:50,114 --> 00:30:54,185 I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF IT. DO YOU WANT ME TO SEDUCE YOU? 432 00:30:54,185 --> 00:30:59,857 [LAUGHTER] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 433 00:30:59,857 --> 00:31:02,260 Stephen: HE HAS SOME GREAT CLOTHES. 434 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:04,395 DID YOU EVER KEEP THE STUFF THAT YOU WEAR? 435 00:31:04,395 --> 00:31:07,865 DO YOU EVER KEEP THE STUFF FROM SET? 436 00:31:07,865 --> 00:31:12,203 Nicolas: I CAME INTO "WILD AT HEART" WITH THIS SNAKESKIN 437 00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:15,506 JACKET I FOUND AT A SECONDHAND STORE. 438 00:31:15,506 --> 00:31:17,008 Stephen: YOU SOURCE TO THAT? 439 00:31:17,008 --> 00:31:19,377 Nicolas: I SOURCED IT. I SAID I DON'T KNOW WHERE, BUT I 440 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:21,346 WILL WEAR IT IN A MOVIE AT SOME POINT. 441 00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:29,120 AND I SAID TO DAVID LYNCH I WANT TO HAVE KIND OF A MARLON BRANDO 442 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,290 IN "THE FUGITIVE" LOOK, SO I WENT TO WHERE THE SNAKESKIN 443 00:31:32,290 --> 00:31:35,893 JACKET, SO IS THAT I LOVED IT, NEXT HER. 444 00:31:35,893 --> 00:31:41,266 THAT SOLID GOLD, BUDDY. AND HE WOULD WRITE THIS IS A 445 00:31:41,266 --> 00:31:44,235 SYMBOL OF MY INDIVIDUALITY AND BELIEF IN PERSONAL FREEDOM, SO I 446 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:45,570 WANT TO BRIN ELVIS PRESLEY INTO THIS. 447 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:52,176 I THINK THAT SEALER WOULD LOOK UP TO IT AS A CHANNEL, SO IT'S 448 00:31:52,176 --> 00:31:57,181 WHAT I CALL A WARHOL PERFORMANCE, AND I WAS TAKING 449 00:31:57,181 --> 00:32:01,219 THESE ICONS AND MESHING THEM TOGETHER AND DOING WHAT I WANTED 450 00:32:01,219 --> 00:32:05,123 IN THE WAY THAT THEY SPOKE AND DRESSED. 451 00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:07,959 Stephen: DID YOU EVER MEET BRANDO? 452 00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:13,898 Nicolas: I DID MEET MARLON. AND I SAID TO HIM, HE WAS GIVING 453 00:32:13,898 --> 00:32:20,338 A TALK, HE SHOWED HIS MOVIE "BURN" AT CAA, AND I WENT TO THE 454 00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:25,443 SCREENING WITH GIOVANNI, AND I SAID, MARLON, I JUST WANT TO 455 00:32:25,443 --> 00:32:29,814 KNOW THAT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE HAS INSPIRED ME. 456 00:32:29,814 --> 00:32:39,023 AND HE SAID "OH, JESUS, NICK, GIVE ME A [BLEEP] BREAK." 457 00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:41,359 AND AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT RESPONSE I HAD WAS JERRY LEWIS 458 00:32:41,359 --> 00:32:44,929 WHO I ALSO GREW UP WATCHING AND HE WAS MY FAVORITE COMEDIAN. 459 00:32:44,929 --> 00:32:49,167 AND I WOULD WATCH HIM AND WAIT FOR THEM BY THE TV IN THE '60s 460 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:52,737 WISHING, WILLING THAT HE WOULD COME ON TV AND THE 90 PROFESSOR 461 00:32:52,737 --> 00:33:00,645 WOULD COME ON. AND MORE OFTEN THEN NOT IT DID 462 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:04,315 BECAUSE IT WAS THE '60s. AND I SAID, NICK, IT'S JERRY, I 463 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:08,886 JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S AE THAT JUST LOVES WHAT YOU'RE 464 00:33:08,886 --> 00:33:10,655 SAYING. WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT TO 465 00:33:10,655 --> 00:33:13,591 LAS VEGAS. I HAVE A GREAT SHOW WAS SAMMY 466 00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:16,327 DAVIS JR. I WANT YOU TO BE MY GUEST." 467 00:33:16,327 --> 00:33:19,063 SO I FLEW OUT WITH MY BROTHER AND WE SAT DOWN AND SAW THE 468 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:25,403 SHOW, IT WAS A GREAT SHOW. AND HE THE TYPEWRITER GAG AND IT 469 00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:27,939 WAS WONDERFUL. AND I WENT TO HIS SUITE TO SAY 470 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:31,309 HELLO, ANNIE CAME OUT IN A JAPANESE KIMONO AND BASEBALL 471 00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:33,044 SOCS WITH A SHRIMP PLATTER ON THE PIANO. 472 00:33:33,044 --> 00:33:40,451 AND I WAS LIKE "JERRY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, IT'S JUST YOU 473 00:33:40,451 --> 00:33:44,389 AND BRANDO." AND HE TOOK ABOUT A 32ND PAUSE 474 00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:51,729 AND HE SAID, WELL, "BRANDO IS GOOD ALSO." 475 00:33:51,729 --> 00:34:00,271 [LAUGHTER] Stephen: SO JEALOUS! 476 00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:04,308 TO WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT AS YOU SEE TWO UNIQUELY 477 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:07,945 DIFFERENT RESPONSES, ONE IS VERY BRANDO AND ONE IS VERY JERRY. 478 00:34:07,945 --> 00:34:10,248 Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER BREAK, BUT DON'T GO AW 479 00:34:10,248 --> 00:34:11,983 AWAY. NICOLAS CAGE WHEN WE COME BACK. 480 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:14,051 STICK AROUND. ♪ ♪ 481 00:34:20,091 --> 00:34:21,259 Stephen: BACK IN THE 482 00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:23,561 BASEMENT WHERE JERRY LEWIS WILL JUDGE ME. 483 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:28,032 HEY, EVERYONE, WE ARE BACK WITH THE STAR FROM "RENFIELD," 484 00:34:28,032 --> 00:34:31,836 RENFIELD, IS IT TRUE OR THINKING ABOUT DOING A MUSICAL? 485 00:34:31,836 --> 00:34:34,839 Nicolas: IF I WAS IN ROUTE TO GO ON BROADWAY AND DO A 486 00:34:34,839 --> 00:34:38,509 MUSICAL, THE ONLY PART THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR ME, BECAUSE 487 00:34:38,509 --> 00:34:45,817 I HAVE OVER THE YEARS BLOWN OUT MY VOICE SINGING "PURPLE RAIN" 488 00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:51,022 INCORRECTLY AND KARAOKE BARS, SO NO I HAVE A PUNK ROCK GRAVEL. 489 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:55,593 BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT LEND ITSELF TO PONTIUS PILATE IN 490 00:34:55,593 --> 00:35:00,198 "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR." Stephen: IT'S MY FAVORITE 491 00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:02,934 MUSICAL EVER. I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE A 492 00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:05,837 PART. MAYBE PETER OR SOMETHING. 493 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:11,142 Nicolas: DO YOU HAVE TIME? EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK, YOU ARE 494 00:35:11,142 --> 00:35:13,177 HERE. Stephen: I WOULD QUIT THE 495 00:35:13,177 --> 00:35:18,182 SHOW. LET PONTIUS PILATE, ALL OF THE 496 00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:21,486 POWER OF ROME. SO THE KING IS ONCE AGAIN MY 497 00:35:21,486 --> 00:35:22,887 GUEST. Nicolas: I WON'T BREAK OUT 498 00:35:22,887 --> 00:35:28,626 INTO SONG TONIGHT. Stephen: ♪ AND WAS HEROD 499 00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:32,864 UNIMPRESSED ♪ ♪ WE TURN TO ROME ♪ 500 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:37,301 Nicolas: ♪ THE GRACE OF DESTRUCTION ♪ 501 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:44,308 ♪ IF YOU WANT TO ♪ ♪ YOU AND THIS PUPPET ♪ 502 00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:55,953 Stephen: IT HAS TO HAPPEN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 503 00:35:55,953 --> 00:35:57,922 WELL, LOOK. LOOK, NICK CAGE. 504 00:35:57,922 --> 00:36:02,126 LET'S NOT MAKE IT ANOTHER 58 YEARS BEFORE WE TALK AGAIN. 505 00:36:02,126 --> 00:36:04,762 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 506 00:36:04,762 --> 00:36:06,297 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] "RENFIELD" OPENS IN THEATERS 507 00:36:06,297 --> 00:36:09,667 TOMORROW. IT'S NICOLAS CAGE, EVERYBODY! 508 00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:11,736 WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 509 00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:32,456 Stephen: PERFORMING "TO BE HONEST" FROM HIS UPCOMING 510 00:36:32,456 --> 00:36:41,766 ALBUM PARANOIA, ANGELS, AND TRUE LOVE, CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS! 511 00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:44,001 ♪ ♪ ♪ I GET LOST IN MY THOUGHTS ♪ 512 00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:48,372 ♪ AND FOR HOURS OF TIME ♪ ♪ AND IT'S MAKING ME FEEL ♪ 513 00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:54,078 ♪ LIKE I AM NOT ALONE ANYMORE ♪ ♪ TO BE HONEST ♪ 514 00:36:54,078 --> 00:37:03,588 ♪ I AM TRYING TO LOVE ♪ ♪ BUT I'M AFRAID TO KILL ♪ 515 00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:07,858 ♪ AND I NEVER KNOW WHEN ♪ ♪ WHEN TO SEARCH OR STAY STILL ♪ 516 00:37:07,858 --> 00:37:15,900 ♪ SO I FLY ♪ ♪ TO BE HONEST WITH YOU ♪ 517 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:24,508 ♪ BROKEN AND YET TENDER ♪ ♪ ALWAYS IN, ALWAYS OUT ♪ 518 00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:33,451 ♪ HEADING TO THE WATER ♪ ♪ DROWNING IN WHAT IT CAN HIDE, 519 00:37:33,451 --> 00:37:37,321 HIDE ♪ ♪ KIND OF ALWAYS CAUTIOUS ♪ 520 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:42,093 ♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU BREAK MY HEART ♪ 521 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:51,435 ♪ FEELING KIND OF LOVELESS ♪ ♪ YET ALWAYS READY TO TRY ♪ 522 00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:54,238 ♪ AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH ♪ 523 00:37:54,238 --> 00:37:57,141 ♪ THAT SOMETIMES IT FEELS FAR ♪ ♪ IT IS LIKE A MOVIE ♪ 524 00:37:57,141 --> 00:38:02,680 ♪ PLAYED BY ANOTHER STAR ♪ ♪ SHE'S A STRANGER ♪ 525 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:11,355 ♪ TO BE HONEST ♪ ♪ NOW I'M SITTING ALONE ♪ 526 00:38:11,355 --> 00:38:15,660 ♪ AND I'M TRYING TO LISTEN ♪ ♪ TO THE STORIES THAT COULD ♪ 527 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:16,994 ♪ MAKE MINE A LITTLE SOFTER AND FINE ♪ 528 00:38:16,994 --> 00:38:21,799 ♪ TO BE HONEST ♪ ♪ BROKEN AND YET TENDER ♪ 529 00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:33,411 ♪ ALWAYS IN AND ALWAYS OUT ♪ ♪ HEADING TO THE WATER ♪ 530 00:38:33,411 --> 00:38:47,191 ♪ DROWNING IN WHAT IT CAN HIDE ♪ ♪ KIND OF ALWAYS CAUTIOUS ♪ 531 00:38:47,191 --> 00:38:48,993 ♪ DON'T YOU, DON'T YOU BREAK MY HEART ♪ 532 00:38:48,993 --> 00:39:07,078 ♪ FEELING KIND OF LOVELESS ♪ ♪ YET ALWAYS READY TO TRY ♪ 533 00:39:07,078 --> 00:40:17,181 ♪ AWAY, AWAY, AWAY ♪ 534 00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:23,287 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] Stephen: 535 00:40:23,287 --> 00:40:24,889 CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS, THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW"! 536 00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:26,957 GOOD NIGHT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]