1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:03,878 >> THE "TIMES" IS ALSO REPORTING THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTLY 2 00:00:03,878 --> 00:00:06,464 PRESSED PENCE, PRESSED HIM TO TRY TO FIND ALTERNATIVES TO 3 00:00:06,464 --> 00:00:10,176 CERTIFYING BIDEN'S WIN, BASICALLY, FINDING A WAY THAT 4 00:00:10,176 --> 00:00:15,181 BIDEN WOULDN'T GET TO THE 270 ELECTORAL VOTES THAT HE WON THAT 5 00:00:15,181 --> 00:00:18,017 WOULD ULTIMATELY THROW THIS TO THE HOUSE. 6 00:00:18,017 --> 00:00:20,270 AGAIN, TO BE CLEAR, PENCE CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS, AND IT PUTS HIM 7 00:00:20,270 --> 00:00:24,149 IN THIS AWFUL, ALMOST UNTENABLE POSITION WHERE HE HAS TO DECIDE 8 00:00:24,149 --> 00:00:27,986 BETWEEN HIS BOSS AND THE CONSTITUTION. 9 00:00:27,986 --> 00:00:32,323 >> "THE ADVENTURES OF MIKE PENCE." 10 00:00:32,323 --> 00:00:36,870 TONIGHT'S EPISODE, "THE UNCERTAIN CERTIFICATION." 11 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:37,162 >> I HOPE MIKE PENCE COMES THROUGH FOR US, I HAVE TO TELL 12 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:38,872 YOU. 13 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:42,876 >> HUH? 14 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:45,920 >> I HOPE THAT OUR GREAT VICE PRESIDENT, OUR GREAT VICE 15 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:46,504 PRESIDENT COMES THROUGH FOR US. 16 00:00:46,504 --> 00:00:49,174 HE'S A GREAT GUY. 17 00:00:49,174 --> 00:00:51,301 OF COURSE, IF HE DOESN'T COME THROUGH, I WON'T LIKE HIM QUITE 18 00:00:51,301 --> 00:00:53,094 AS MUCH. 19 00:00:53,094 --> 00:00:57,348 >> WHAT TO DO, FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION OR OBEY THE 20 00:00:57,348 --> 00:01:00,226 PRESIDENT? 21 00:01:00,226 --> 00:01:00,935 THE ANSWER IS CLEAR-- RUN AWAY! 22 00:01:00,935 --> 00:01:02,896 >> MIKE PENCE, FLEEING HIS DUTY. 23 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:06,900 ♪ ♪ ♪ FIGHTING OFF HIS FELLOW 24 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,904 REPUBLICANS. 25 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,448 >> DESIST, JOSH HAWLEY. 26 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:15,784 LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS, RON JOHNSON. 27 00:01:15,784 --> 00:01:18,912 TED CRUZ, YOUR BEARD LOOKS RIDICULOUS. 28 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:22,040 >> EVEN BATTLING HIMSELF. 29 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,876 >> SCREW YOU, ME! 30 00:01:24,876 --> 00:01:26,252 >> COULD THIS REALLY BE THE STATE OF OUR DEMOCRACY? 31 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:30,256 OR IS IT ALL JUST A HORRIBLE DREAM? 32 00:01:30,256 --> 00:01:33,760 >> MIKE PENCE-- >> HUH? 33 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:34,761 >> STOP THE STEAL. 34 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:38,932 ( SCREAMING ) >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW 35 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:40,058 WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 36 00:01:40,058 --> 00:01:46,105 TONIGHT: GEORGIA ON THE LINE. 37 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:51,027 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES DR. SANJAY GUPTA 38 00:01:51,027 --> 00:01:55,114 AND ANYA TAYLOR-JOY FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY 39 00:01:55,114 --> 00:01:58,117 HOMIN'. 40 00:01:58,117 --> 00:02:00,161 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE 41 00:02:00,161 --> 00:02:04,332 BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 42 00:02:04,332 --> 00:02:07,252 >> Stephen: OH, HELLO. 43 00:02:07,252 --> 00:02:12,423 AND WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW." 44 00:02:12,423 --> 00:02:14,133 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 45 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:14,968 HUGE DAY IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. 46 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:15,802 FIRST OF ALL, IT STILL EXISTS. 47 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:18,972 I WOULD NOT HAVE PUT MY MONEY ON THAT! 48 00:02:18,972 --> 00:02:22,976 SECOND, CONTROL OF THE SENATE IS BEING DECIDED TONIGHT IN A 49 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:30,984 SPECIAL ELECTION DOWN IN GEORGIA. VOTERS ARE FILLING TWO 50 00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:34,112 COUNT THEM, TWO-- SENATE SEATS. 51 00:02:34,112 --> 00:02:35,822 THE RACES FEATURE CURRENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND RAPUNZEL 52 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,657 STUNT DOUBLE, KELLY LOEFFLER, VERSUS SENIOR PASTOR OF THE 53 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:40,118 EBENEEZER BAPTIST CHURCH AND MAN WHO GOT UP EARLY TO GET THE 54 00:02:40,118 --> 00:02:43,037 GOOD SEAT AT CHURCH, RAPHAEL WARNOCK, ALONG WITH INCUMBENT 55 00:02:43,037 --> 00:02:47,834 SENATOR AND STAND-UP BOMBING AT THE SKI LODGE, DAVID PERDUE, 56 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:51,045 VERSUS ACTIVIST FILMMAKER AND NEW HOT DOCTOR ON "GREY'S 57 00:02:51,045 --> 00:02:52,171 ANATOMY," JON OSSOFF. 58 00:02:52,171 --> 00:02:53,840 AND-- DO WE HAVE THIS? 59 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,177 IS THIS IN? 60 00:02:58,177 --> 00:03:00,346 AND I'M BEING TOLD "THE LATE SHOW" IS NOW READY TO PROJECT 61 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:02,974 THAT... 62 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:07,061 WE TAPED THIS SHOW AT 6:00 AND I HAVE NO ( BLEEP ) IDEA WHO 63 00:03:07,061 --> 00:03:08,187 WON. 64 00:03:08,187 --> 00:03:10,189 TO SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, LAST NIGHT, THE 65 00:03:10,189 --> 00:03:11,357 PRESIDENT WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA-- AS DEVILS OFTEN DO-- AND HE KEPT 66 00:03:11,357 --> 00:03:12,358 HIS EYE ON THE PRIZE. 67 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:15,028 >> I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 68 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:17,030 HELLO, GEORGIA. 69 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,032 BY THE WAY, THERE IS NO WAY WE LOST GEORGIA. 70 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:21,367 THERE'S NO WAY. 71 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:24,662 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT WAS A RIGGED ELECTION, BUT 72 00:03:24,662 --> 00:03:26,164 WE ARE STILL FIGHTING IT, AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT IS GOING TO 73 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:27,040 HAPPEN. 74 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,209 >> Stephen: OH, HONEY, MOVE ON. 75 00:03:30,209 --> 00:03:32,003 IT'S OVER! 76 00:03:32,003 --> 00:03:39,052 IT'S LIKE STARTING A BEST MAN SPEACH WITH, "I'M JUST SO HAPPY 77 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:40,053 FOR KEVIN AND NICOLE. 78 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:44,265 BY THE WAY, THERE IS NO WAY NICOLE DUMPED MY. 79 00:03:44,265 --> 00:03:44,933 THAT WAS A RIGGED BREAKUP. 80 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:46,225 NICOLE, HERE'S MY ROOM KEY. 81 00:03:46,225 --> 00:03:53,399 KEVIN, WILL YOU BE MY BEST MAN?" WHILE I HAVE SEX WITH YOUR WIFE. 82 00:03:53,399 --> 00:03:56,736 AS IF THE HAVING SEX WAS A DUEL OF SOME KIND. 83 00:03:56,736 --> 00:03:58,738 ( LAUGHTER ) WHY? 84 00:03:58,738 --> 00:04:02,075 HE'S LIKE, WHY-- JUST DO THE SCRIPT. 85 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:03,117 NO! 86 00:04:03,117 --> 00:04:05,411 NO! 87 00:04:05,411 --> 00:04:09,207 IT'S 2021, BABY, NO RULES! 88 00:04:09,207 --> 00:04:09,582 AND IT WOULDN'T BE A MAGA RALLY WITHOUT HUFFING A PAPER BAG FULL 89 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:14,087 OF NOSTALGIA. 90 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:15,129 >> THE WALL, THE WALL, THE WALL. 91 00:04:15,129 --> 00:04:16,255 REMEMBER, WE WILL BUILD A WALL. 92 00:04:16,255 --> 00:04:17,257 WE'RE GONNA BUILD A WALL. 93 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:18,299 AND THAT'S RIGHT, MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL. 94 00:04:18,299 --> 00:04:21,427 SO THEY'RE COMING UP NOW, THE CARAVANS. 95 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:21,970 REMEMBER THE CARAVANS? 96 00:04:21,970 --> 00:04:22,929 >> Stephen: OH, MY GOD! 97 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:25,765 THIS IS SO SAD! 98 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:27,058 HE SOUNDS LIKE THE WASHED-UP GUY AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL REUNION 99 00:04:27,058 --> 00:04:27,433 GOING, "HEY PROM! 100 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:31,104 REMEMBER PROM? 101 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,397 I'M GOING TO BE PROM KING AGAIN! 102 00:04:32,397 --> 00:04:35,608 AND MEXICO IS PAYING FOR MY TUXEDO RENTAL!" 103 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:37,944 NICOLE, YOU WANT TO GO TO PROM WITH ME? 104 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:40,279 ( LAUGHTER ) KEVIN CAN WATCH. 105 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,116 EVENTUALLY, THE PRESIDENT REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS THERE TO 106 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:46,286 TALK ABOUT SOMEONE OTHER THAN HIMSELF, AND HIS BRAIN DONE 107 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:49,288 BROKE. 108 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:51,124 >> KELLY LOEFFLER AND DAVID PERDUE SHARE YOUR VAL-HOO. 109 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:52,291 AND YOU KNOW THAT. 110 00:04:52,291 --> 00:04:56,087 >> Stephen: NOT A GREAT INDICATION OF YOUR VALUES WHEN 111 00:04:56,087 --> 00:05:02,343 WHEN YOU CAN'T PRONOUNCE THE WORD "VALUES." 112 00:05:02,343 --> 00:05:05,471 "YOUR HONOR, I AM A MAN OF INTETEGREE AND STRONG MERRALS. 113 00:05:05,471 --> 00:05:09,976 I WOULD NEVER BREAK THE LAWWAAH." 114 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:10,727 BUT THE MAIN THING ON HIS MIND WAS TOMORROW'S CONGRESSIONAL 115 00:05:10,727 --> 00:05:15,148 CERTIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN'S WIN. 116 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:19,152 THE PRESIDENT STILL THINKS HE HAS A CHANCE TO SOMEHOW OVERTURN 117 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:22,280 THAT, PARTLY BECAUSE THE GUY OVERSEEING THE CERTIFICATION 118 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:26,200 CEREMONY IS VICE PRESIDENT AND FEDERALLY PROTECTED FLY HABITAT, 119 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,160 MIKE PENCE. 120 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,537 AND HE REALLY EXPECTS PENCE TO HAVE HIS BACK. 121 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:31,122 >> I HOPE MIKE PENCE COMES THROUGH FOR US. 122 00:05:31,122 --> 00:05:32,498 I HAVE TO TELL YOU. 123 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:37,879 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I HOPE THAT OUR GREAT VICE 124 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:40,214 PRESIDENT, OUR GREAT VICE PRESIDENT COMES THROUGH FOR US. 125 00:05:40,214 --> 00:05:43,134 HE'S A GREAT GUY. 126 00:05:43,134 --> 00:05:45,344 OF COURSE, IF HE DOESN'T COME THROUGH, I WON'T LIKE HIM QUITE 127 00:05:45,344 --> 00:05:46,512 AS MUCH. 128 00:05:46,512 --> 00:05:49,390 >> Stephen: IF THIS WERE AN AFTER-SCHOOL SPECIAL, THIS IS 129 00:05:49,390 --> 00:05:51,642 THE PART WHERE WE WOULD TELL MIKE PENCE THAT IF THE PRESIDENT 130 00:05:51,642 --> 00:05:57,356 SAYS HE WON'T LIKE YOU UNLESS YOU GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTS, THEN 131 00:05:57,356 --> 00:05:58,566 HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT YOU. 132 00:05:58,566 --> 00:06:03,988 HE SHOULD LIKE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE-- ALTHOUGH, WE UNDERSTAND 133 00:06:03,988 --> 00:06:05,823 WHY HE WOULDN'T, BECAUSE WHO YOU ARE IS MIKE PENCE. 134 00:06:05,823 --> 00:06:10,328 BUT THE PRESIDENT WAS CONFIDENT THAT PENCE WOULD DO THE RIGHT 135 00:06:10,328 --> 00:06:13,998 THING, BY WHICH OF COURSE HE MEANS THE WRONG THING. 136 00:06:13,998 --> 00:06:15,208 >> MIKE IS A GREAT GUY. 137 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:18,544 HE'S A-- HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN AND A SMART MAN, AND A MAN THAT 138 00:06:18,544 --> 00:06:19,796 I LIKE A LOT. 139 00:06:19,796 --> 00:06:22,381 BUT HE'S GONNA HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT IT AND HE-- YOU KNOW, ONE 140 00:06:22,381 --> 00:06:23,382 THING WITH HIM, YOU'RE GONNA GET STRAIGHT SHOTS. 141 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:26,928 HE'S GONNA CALL IT STRAIGHT. 142 00:06:26,928 --> 00:06:30,556 >> Stephen: YEAH, MIKE PENCE IS GOING TO CALL IT STRAIGHT, AND 143 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:33,017 IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, HE'S GOING TO FORCE IT TO PRAY UNTIL IT 144 00:06:33,017 --> 00:06:34,185 SAYS IT'S STRAIGHT. 145 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:36,479 THE THING IS, PENCE'S ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE IS A 146 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:39,565 PURELY CEREMONIAL JOB, AKIN TO THE PRESENTER OPENING THE 147 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:43,027 ACADEMY AWARD ENVELOPE AND READING THE NAME OF THE MOVIE 148 00:06:43,027 --> 00:06:44,237 THAT WON BEST PICTURE. 149 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,322 YES, IT'S JUST LIKE THE OSCARS, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE GOING TO 150 00:06:46,322 --> 00:06:51,244 SEND PENCE OUT WITH A MORE CHARISMATIC CO-PRESENTER. 151 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:59,252 ( AS PENCE ) "YOU KNOW, TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, 152 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:00,586 MY FULL NAME IS MIKE-O-THEE PENCE-A-MET. 153 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:01,712 PAUSE FOR LAUGHTER. 154 00:07:01,712 --> 00:07:05,758 AND, NOW, THE WINNER OF THE 2020 ELECTION: 'LA LA LAND'!" 155 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:10,429 OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE CEREMONIAL FOR 156 00:07:10,429 --> 00:07:12,640 AN ANSWER, TWEETING TODAY: "THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS THE 157 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:19,272 POWER TO REJECT FRAUDULENTLY CHOSEN ELECTORS." 158 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:20,314 NO, HE DOESN'T! 159 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:22,400 THE VICE PRESIDENT CAN'T ARBITRARILY DECIDE WHO'S THE 160 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,819 NEXT PRESIDENT. 161 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:26,445 OTHERWISE, IN 2001, AL GORE WOULD HAVE PICKED AL GORE. 162 00:07:26,445 --> 00:07:28,614 THE CONSTITUTION CLEARLY STATES THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S 163 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:31,742 PRIMARY POWER IS HAVING NO POWER! 164 00:07:31,742 --> 00:07:33,619 THIS HAS GOT TO BE A PAINFUL MOMENT FOR PENCE, HAVING TO 165 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:37,582 CHOOSE BETWEEN THE COUNTRY HE LOVES AND THE MAN HE'S PLEDGED 166 00:07:37,582 --> 00:07:39,250 TO HELP DESTROY IT. 167 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:43,171 AS ONE PERSON CLOSE TO HIM SAID, "FOR PENCE, TOMORROW WILL BE 168 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:44,297 GUT-WRENCHING." 169 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:46,340 ALMOST AS GUT-WRENCHING AS THE TIME HE ACCIDENTALLY ATE A 170 00:07:46,340 --> 00:07:49,802 "SALTED" CRACKER. 171 00:07:49,802 --> 00:07:52,263 DONT TELL MOTHER. 172 00:07:52,263 --> 00:07:53,139 BUT PENCE ISN'T ENTIRELY ALONE. 173 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:58,477 ON SATURDAY ON SATURDAY AT LEAST 12 G.O.P. 174 00:07:58,477 --> 00:08:01,939 SENATORS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE BIDEN'S WIN. 175 00:08:01,939 --> 00:08:03,316 IT IS INSANE THAT U.S. SENATORS WOULD TRY TO SUBVERT DEMOCRACY 176 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:04,192 LIKE THIS. 177 00:08:04,192 --> 00:08:04,692 I MEAN, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 178 00:08:04,692 --> 00:08:07,320 OH, THOSE PEOPLE. 179 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,696 YEAH, THAT CHECKS OUT. 180 00:08:08,696 --> 00:08:10,156 IT LOOKS LIKE A CARTON OF EGGS. 181 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:13,034 THE RINGLEADER OF THIS THREE-BRAIN-CELL CIRCUS IS 182 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:16,495 TEXAS SENATOR AND BUS STATION PREACHER, TED CRUZ. 183 00:08:16,495 --> 00:08:19,332 CRUZ WANTS AN ELECTION COMMISSION TO CONDUCT AN 184 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:22,460 "EMERGENCY 10-DAY AUDIT" OF THE ELECTION RETURNS IN THE 185 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:23,502 "DISPUTED STATES." 186 00:08:23,502 --> 00:08:27,340 CRUZ ISN'T JUST DOING THIS BECAUSE HE'S RUNNING FOR 187 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:29,842 PRESIDENT IN 2024. 188 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:31,010 HE TRULY BELIEVES IN THE PRESIDENT'S CONSPIRACY THEORIES. 189 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:34,222 THAT'S WHY HE'S ALSO CALLING FOR A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO 190 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:35,514 INVESTIGATE WHETHER HIS WIFE IS UGLY AND WHY HIS DAD KILLED 191 00:08:35,514 --> 00:08:39,352 J.F.K. 192 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:40,895 NOW, WHEN IT WAS HER TURN TO SPEAK AT THE RALLY, LOEFFLER 193 00:08:40,895 --> 00:08:43,314 HANDCUFFED HERSELF TO THE CRAZY TRAIN: 194 00:08:43,314 --> 00:08:47,318 >> I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, GEORGIA. 195 00:08:47,318 --> 00:08:51,697 ON JANUARy 6th, I WILL OBJECT TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE. 196 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:55,952 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHAT THE HUH?? 197 00:08:55,952 --> 00:08:59,372 SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT-- YOU'RE CALLING FOR 198 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:01,874 DISENFRANCHISING THE VOTERS IN ALL THE SWING STATES, INCLUDING 199 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:04,543 GEORGIA, THE STATE YOU'RE RUNNING IN, TODAY! 200 00:09:04,543 --> 00:09:06,087 WELL, THAT EXPLAINS HER NEW AD: "YOUR VOTE IS WORTHLESS. 201 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:09,715 A PERFECT MATCH WITH KELLY LOEFFLER!" 202 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:12,551 SPEAKING OF OVERSTAYING YOUR WELCOME: COVID. 203 00:09:12,551 --> 00:09:15,388 THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO SURGE OUT OF CONTROL IN THE... 204 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:18,724 EVERYWHERE. 205 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:19,934 AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE LATEST IN THIS NEVER-CHANGING STORY IN 206 00:09:19,934 --> 00:09:24,647 TONIGHT'S EDITION OF: "CATCH A THIRD WAVE: ENDLESS 207 00:09:24,647 --> 00:09:27,400 BUMMER." 208 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,028 ( SUNG TO "AULD LANG SIGNE" ) ♪ MAY ALL INFECTIONS 209 00:09:31,028 --> 00:09:32,196 BE FORGOT AND NEVER SANITIZED. 210 00:09:32,196 --> 00:09:45,418 ♪ MAY ALL INFECTIONS BE FORGOT AND ALL PHLEGM'S FINE! ♪ 211 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:47,753 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 212 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:49,755 I'M FAMOUS! 213 00:09:49,755 --> 00:10:04,687 ( COUGHING ) ( LAUGHTER ) 214 00:10:04,687 --> 00:10:05,771 ( COUGHING ) ( LAUGHTER ) 215 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:10,609 >> Stephen: THE VACCINE IS FINALLY HERE! 216 00:10:10,609 --> 00:10:13,821 BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT, UNFORTUNATELY, WHICH 217 00:10:13,821 --> 00:10:15,114 WAS NOT THE PLAN. 218 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:17,450 BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE PRESIDENT SAID 20 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD BE 219 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:18,784 VACCINATED BY THE END OF 2020, BUT THE FIGURE WAS CLOSER 220 00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:19,785 TO FOUR MILLION. 221 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:22,955 SO THEY WILL BE OFFICIALLY CHANGING THE NAME FROM 222 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:28,753 "OPERATION WARP SPEED" TO "OPERATION... 223 00:10:28,753 --> 00:10:31,464 >> WE CAN'T DO IT. 224 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:34,175 >> Stephen: THANKS, SCOTTY. 225 00:10:34,175 --> 00:10:35,384 YESTERDAY, AT A PRE-ELECTION RALLY IN GEORGIA, 226 00:10:35,384 --> 00:10:36,969 PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN WENT AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION'S VACCINE 227 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:37,803 ROLLOUT. 228 00:10:37,803 --> 00:10:39,472 >> IT IS A SHAME WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 229 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:42,308 IT'S A LITERAL SHAME. 230 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:46,145 THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS GOTTEN OFF TO A GODAWFUL START. 231 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:47,480 PRESIDENT SPENDS MORE TIME WHINING AND COMPLAINING THAN 232 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,440 DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. 233 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,525 I DON'T KNOW WHY HE STILL WANTS THE JOB. 234 00:10:51,525 --> 00:10:53,444 HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THE WORK. 235 00:10:53,444 --> 00:10:55,654 ( AS BIDEN ) >> "C'MON, YA LAZY SACK OF 236 00:10:55,654 --> 00:10:58,657 DOORKNOBS! 237 00:10:58,657 --> 00:11:00,743 IT'S LIKE MY OLD BOSS USED TO TELL ME WHEN I WAS A BUSBOY AT 238 00:11:00,743 --> 00:11:03,496 O'SHEENA-HANA-HALLA-HOOLIGAN'S, 'IF YOU GOT TIME TO LEAN, YOU 239 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,164 GOT TIME TO VACCINE.' BUT ON JANUARY 20th, IT'S OFF TO 240 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:06,999 WORK I GO! 241 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:07,541 HEIGH-HO, HEIGH-HO, JACK! 242 00:11:07,541 --> 00:11:10,669 WANT FRIES WITH THAT? 243 00:11:10,669 --> 00:11:12,129 NO FREE REFILLS! 244 00:11:12,129 --> 00:11:13,631 GET OUT OF HERE! 245 00:11:13,631 --> 00:11:22,681 GET OUT OF HERE, KID!" ONE PROBLEM IS THAT THE 246 00:11:22,681 --> 00:11:26,018 ADMINISTRATION HAS SETTLED ON THE COVID PLAN OF, "NOT IT!" 247 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:28,687 BECAUSE FEDERAL OFFICIALS LEFT MANY OF THE DETAILS OF VACCINE 248 00:11:28,687 --> 00:11:31,524 DISTRIBUTION TO OVERSTRETCHED LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS AND 249 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:34,902 HOSPITALS, WHICH IS WHY IN NEW YORK CITY, NO ONE HAS ANY 250 00:11:34,902 --> 00:11:38,197 IDEA HOW TO GET VACCINATED, BUT YOU CAN STILL GET CONTACTLESS 251 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:43,536 DELIVERY OF MARIJUANA AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING. 252 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:44,870 FORGET HOSPITALS-- SHIP ALL THOSE VIALS TO DR. COLLEGE 253 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:45,913 FRIEND'S ROOMMATE. 254 00:11:45,913 --> 00:11:50,668 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED. 255 00:11:50,668 --> 00:11:52,711 IN HOUSTON, ON THE FIRST FREE DAY OF A VACCINATION CLINIC, 256 00:11:52,711 --> 00:11:56,882 AFTER RECEIVING MORE THAN 250,000 CALLS, THE CITY HEALTH 257 00:11:56,882 --> 00:11:59,593 DEPARTMENT'S PHONE SYSTEM CRASHED. 258 00:11:59,593 --> 00:12:02,012 THAT'S RIGHT, OUR VACCINE ROLLOUT LACKS THE ROBUST 259 00:12:02,012 --> 00:12:07,560 TECHNOLOGY OF THE BUTTERBALL HOTLINE. 260 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:11,564 VACCINE SIGN-UP WEBSITES HAVE ALSO BEEN CRASHING LEFT AND 261 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:15,025 RIGHT, SO INSTEAD, ONE COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA 262 00:12:15,025 --> 00:12:16,735 ANNOUNCED APPOINTMENTS ONLY THROUGH FACEBOOK. 263 00:12:16,735 --> 00:12:19,363 SO DON'T WORRY, YOUR LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL TREATMENT IS RIGHT 264 00:12:19,363 --> 00:12:20,573 THERE, BETWEEN YOUR COUSIN'S WEIRDLY EROTIC 265 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:23,576 PREGNANCY PHOTOSHOOT, AND YOUR COWORKER'S ECZEMA FUNDRAISER. 266 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,870 ONE STATE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH VACCINE DISTRIBUTION IS 267 00:12:25,870 --> 00:12:28,622 CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS A NEW PLAN. 268 00:12:28,622 --> 00:12:32,084 YESTERDAY, HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WANTS DENTISTS TO HELP WITH 269 00:12:32,084 --> 00:12:34,753 COVID-19 VACCINATIONS. 270 00:12:34,753 --> 00:12:37,506 IN RESPONSE, DENTISTS ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING, "WELL, WELL, 271 00:12:37,506 --> 00:12:38,466 WELL. 272 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:40,759 LOOK WHO'S SUDDENLY A REAL DOCTOR! 273 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:45,306 YOU DON'T SEE THEM GIVING NEEDLES TO CHIROPRACTORS!" 274 00:12:45,306 --> 00:12:47,600 THE HEAD OF THE CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION RESPONDED TO 275 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,395 THE GOVERNOR'S CALL, SAYING THAT "DENTISTS ARE READY, WILLING, 276 00:12:51,395 --> 00:12:52,771 AND ABLE TO HELP ADMINISTER VACCINATIONS." 277 00:12:52,771 --> 00:12:55,774 UNFORTUNATELY, SHE SAID THAT AFTER SHE ALREADY HAD HER HANDS 278 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:58,736 IN THE GOVERNOR'S MOUTH, SO ALL HE COULD DO WAS NOD AND MUMBLE. 279 00:12:58,736 --> 00:13:03,657 OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR 280 00:13:03,657 --> 00:13:08,579 THE BOTCHED ROLLOUT, AND THEN HURLING THAT RESPONSIBILITY 281 00:13:08,579 --> 00:13:11,624 AT THE STATES, TWEETING, "SOME STATES ARE VERY 282 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,709 SLOW TO INOCULATE RECIPIENTS DESPITE SUCCESSFUL AND VERY 283 00:13:13,709 --> 00:13:15,002 LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINES BY THE FEDERAL 284 00:13:15,002 --> 00:13:16,253 GOVERNMENT." 285 00:13:16,253 --> 00:13:19,632 YOU KNOW, SOME MASSIVE NATIONAL PROJECTS MAYBE SHOULD JUST NOT 286 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:20,758 BE LEFT UP TO THE STATES. 287 00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:22,009 THERE'S A REASON THE MOON LANDING DIDN'T GO LIKE THIS: 288 00:13:22,009 --> 00:13:27,473 >> THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR OHIO, 289 00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:27,932 BABY! 290 00:13:27,932 --> 00:13:31,644 THIS WAS ALL US! 291 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:33,062 SUCK IT, MICHIGAN! 292 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:35,648 >> WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 293 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:39,652 MY GUESTS ARE DR. SANJAY GUPTA, AND FROM "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT," 294 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:40,819 ANYA TAYLOR-JOY. 295 00:13:40,819 --> 00:13:43,656 BUT WHEN WE RETURN, "MEANWHILE." 296 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,199 JOIN US, WON'T YOU? 297 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:49,662 ( LEAF BLOWER ) 298 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:09,807 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 299 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:12,309 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 300 00:14:12,309 --> 00:14:14,645 LET'S SAY HELLO TO MR. JON BATISTE. 301 00:14:14,645 --> 00:14:15,354 HELLO, JON. 302 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:17,523 WELCOME TO DAY TWO OF 2021. 303 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:20,150 >> Jon: I KNOW, WE IN IT, MAN. 304 00:14:20,150 --> 00:14:20,943 WE CAN'T GO BACK. 305 00:14:20,943 --> 00:14:22,987 >> Stephen: YOU HOLDING IT TOGETHER? 306 00:14:22,987 --> 00:14:24,029 >> Jon: I'M HOLDING IT TOGETHER. 307 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:26,532 >> Stephen: YOU CAN'T GO BACK. 308 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,659 THE ARROW OF TIME POINTS IN ONE DIRECTION. 309 00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:30,578 >> Jon: WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING, MAN. 310 00:14:30,578 --> 00:14:31,203 I'M MOVING FORWARD. 311 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:31,704 I'M MOVING WELL. 312 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,539 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 313 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:34,873 >> Stephen: I'M DOON FINE. 314 00:14:34,873 --> 00:14:38,377 ONE OF THE REASONS I AM DOING SO FINE SIHAD A VERY, VERY MOVING 315 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:39,545 EXPERIENCE OVER THE BREAK. 316 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:44,717 I SAW "SOUL" THE NEW PIXAR CLASSIC STARRING JAMIE FOXX AND 317 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:47,052 WITH A SOUNDTRACK BY TRENT REZNOR. 318 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:51,724 BUT JAZZ COMPOSITIONS PERFORMED AND COMPOSED BY MR. JON BATISTE. 319 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,184 ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, JON. 320 00:14:54,184 --> 00:14:55,519 ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. 321 00:14:55,519 --> 00:14:56,645 >> Jon: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 322 00:14:56,645 --> 00:15:00,566 >> Stephen: IT'S FUNNY, I LAUGHED, I CRIED, I WAS MOVED. 323 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:02,026 IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO LOOKALITY. 324 00:15:02,026 --> 00:15:07,072 ONLY ONE COMPLAINT-- NEED MORE JON BATISTE. 325 00:15:07,072 --> 00:15:07,906 NOT ENOUGH JON BATISTE. 326 00:15:07,906 --> 00:15:10,451 >> Jon: I ALWAYS LOVE MORE JON BATISTE. 327 00:15:10,451 --> 00:15:12,578 WE HAVE TO GET THE PEOPLE MORE JON BATISTE. 328 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:13,704 I'M WITH IT. 329 00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:16,415 >> Stephen: PEOPLE CAN GO GET THIS ALBUM, TOO, RIGHT? 330 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:18,250 >> Jon: IT'S OUT RIGHT NOW. 331 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:20,753 YOU CAN STREAM IT, AND VINYL, TOO, FOR THE VINYL LISTENERS. 332 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:22,087 >> Stephen: OF COURSE, OF COURSE. 333 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:24,089 IT MAKES THE ANIMATION MUCH WARMER. 334 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:25,299 >> Jon: RIGHT, RIGHT. 335 00:15:25,299 --> 00:15:29,845 >> Stephen: WELL, JON, DO YOU HAVE-- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING-- I 336 00:15:29,845 --> 00:15:32,806 KNOW YOU WROTE THESE JAZZ COMPOSITIONS. 337 00:15:32,806 --> 00:15:37,311 ANYTHING YOU CAN PLAY FOR US THAT IS INSPIRED BY WHAT YOU 338 00:15:37,311 --> 00:15:40,731 WERE INSPIRED TO WRITE IN "SOUL." 339 00:15:40,731 --> 00:15:43,942 >> Jon: YEAH. 340 00:15:43,942 --> 00:15:56,830 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: YOU GOT THE GIG, 341 00:15:56,830 --> 00:15:57,790 TEACH. 342 00:15:57,790 --> 00:16:06,256 JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY. 343 00:16:06,256 --> 00:16:08,509 YOU KNOW, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME SLOWLY BRAISING THE DAY'S MOST 344 00:16:08,509 --> 00:16:12,846 TOPICAL VEAL SHANKS IN WHITE WINE, TOPPING IT WITH THE 345 00:16:12,846 --> 00:16:15,891 TIMELIEST GREMOLATA AND NEWSIEST BEEF STOCK, TO PREPARE FOR YOU 346 00:16:15,891 --> 00:16:19,853 THE THREE MICHELIN-STAR OSSO BUCCO THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. BUT 347 00:16:19,853 --> 00:16:21,438 SOMETIMES, I RUN TO BOSTON MARKET, SLAP THE CONTENTS OF 348 00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:25,150 THEIR FAMILY MEAL DEAL ONTO A TV DINNER TRAY AND DROWN IT IN 349 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:29,363 AN UNHEATED JAR OF GRAVY TO CREATE THE RECENTLY-DIVORCED-DAD 350 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:37,996 SUNDAY PLATTER OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 351 00:16:37,996 --> 00:16:42,376 >> QUARANTINE-WHILE. 352 00:16:42,376 --> 00:16:43,043 >> Stephen: THE LATEST MAJOR ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDING IN POMPEII 353 00:16:43,043 --> 00:16:44,294 IS A STREET FOOD STALL. 354 00:16:44,294 --> 00:16:48,632 THIS DISCOVERY HELPS US ANSWER SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANCIENT 355 00:16:48,632 --> 00:16:53,011 ROME, LIKE, "WHAT DID THEY EAT?" AND "HAS GUAC ALWAYS BEEN 356 00:16:53,011 --> 00:16:54,847 EXTRA?" ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING 357 00:16:54,847 --> 00:17:01,061 THINGS ABOUT THE FIND IS ITS DECOR. 358 00:17:01,061 --> 00:17:02,229 RESEARCHERS FOUND "PAINTED PANELS ON THE FRONT OF A COUNTER 359 00:17:02,229 --> 00:17:07,401 INCLUDED A CENTRAL IMAGE OF A NEREID, THE MYTHOLOGICAL SEA 360 00:17:07,401 --> 00:17:07,943 NYMPH." 361 00:17:07,943 --> 00:17:09,111 THE LOGO'S A MERMAID? 362 00:17:09,111 --> 00:17:10,654 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE UNEARTHED THE WORLD'S FIRST 363 00:17:10,654 --> 00:17:11,822 STARBUCKS. 364 00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:13,073 THE THEORY WAS CONFIRMED WHEN THEY FOUND A PETRIFIED DUDE 365 00:17:13,073 --> 00:17:16,034 WORKING ON HIS SCREENPLAY. 366 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:19,246 OTHER DECORATIONS INCLUDED FRESCOES OF DUCKS, A ROOSTER, 367 00:17:19,246 --> 00:17:24,918 AND A DOG, AS WELL AS A SIGN THAT READ, "NO TOGA, NO SANDALS, 368 00:17:24,918 --> 00:17:31,717 NO SERVITIUM." 369 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:35,345 WE SOMETIMES ACQUIRE ENOUGH VAGINA-RELATED STORIES THAT WE 370 00:17:35,345 --> 00:17:50,277 COLLECT THEM ALL IN OUR VAGUINA SUB-SUBSEGMENT, VAGEEN-WHILE. 371 00:17:50,277 --> 00:17:55,282 COLLECT THEM ALL IN OUR VAGUINA SUB-SUBSEGMENT, VAGEEN-WHILE. 372 00:17:55,282 --> 00:17:57,034 AN ART INSTALLATION IS CAUSING WHATEVER IS PORTUGUESE FOR 373 00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:59,411 "KERFUFFLE," BECAUSE "A 108-FOOT LONG CONCRETE VAGINA SCULPTURE 374 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:01,038 EMBEDDED ON A HILLSIDE HAS SPARKED FURY IN BRAZIL." 375 00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:02,206 HOLY GEORGIA O'KEEFE! 376 00:18:02,206 --> 00:18:06,543 I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ART, BUT THAT IS CLEARLY BRAZILIAN. 377 00:18:06,543 --> 00:18:08,587 VAGEEN-WHILE, "BRITAIN ON FRIDAY BECAME THE LATEST COUNTRY TO 378 00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:11,256 ELIMINATE SALES TAXES ON WOMEN'S SANITARY PRODUCTS," 379 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:13,050 KNOWN AS THE SO-CALLED 'TAMPON TAX.'" 380 00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:16,970 THIS IS SOMETHING ENGLAND COULD DO ONLY AFTER BREXIT BECAUSE 381 00:18:16,970 --> 00:18:21,016 "UNDER E.U. LAW, NATIONS CANNOT REDUCE THE RATE OF VALUE-ADDED 382 00:18:21,016 --> 00:18:25,062 TAX ON MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS BELOW 5% AS THEY ARE DEEMED TO BE 383 00:18:25,062 --> 00:18:29,024 LUXURY ITEMS." 384 00:18:29,024 --> 00:18:31,151 YEP, THOSE EUROPEANS AND THEIR LUXURY VAGINAS. 385 00:18:31,151 --> 00:18:38,116 IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT IN FRANCE, BY LAW, ALL THE FEMININE PADS 386 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:40,953 ARE MADE BY LOUIS VUITTON, 800 BUCKS ON 387 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:43,956 GOOP. 388 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:48,126 >> "THE GREAT GATSBY" IS AND ALL YOUR FAVORITE WORKS FROM 1925 389 00:18:48,126 --> 00:18:52,297 HAVE NOTICE ENTERED THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. 390 00:18:52,297 --> 00:18:53,423 FINALLY! 391 00:18:53,423 --> 00:18:54,383 I NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY ROYALTIES TO THE VIRGINIA WOOLF 392 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:59,429 ESTATE FOR "STEPHEN COLBERT IS MRS. DALLOWAY!" 393 00:18:59,429 --> 00:19:00,389 THEY DON'T DESERVE A CUT. 394 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:03,308 ADDING THE JET SKI CHASE SCENE WAS ALL MY IDEA. 395 00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:07,145 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH DR. SANJAY GUPTA. 396 00:19:07,145 --> 00:19:09,189 ♪ ♪ ♪ 397 00:19:20,784 --> 00:19:23,787 LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 398 00:19:23,787 --> 00:19:27,624 HE IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR CNN AND THE 399 00:19:27,624 --> 00:19:29,459 HOST OF THE PODCAST "CORONAVIRUS: FACT VS. FICTION." 400 00:19:29,459 --> 00:19:33,297 AND HE HAS JUST WRITTEN A NEW BOOK: "KEEP SHARP: BUILD A 401 00:19:33,297 --> 00:19:36,133 BETTER BRAIN AT ANY AGE." 402 00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:39,887 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," DR. SANJAY GUPTA! 403 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:41,013 SANJAY, GOOD TO SEE YOU GAIN. 404 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:45,392 >> STEPHEN THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. 405 00:19:45,392 --> 00:19:46,810 >> Stephen: HAPPY NEW YEAR. 406 00:19:46,810 --> 00:19:48,228 WE HAVE NOT SEEN YOU SINCE THE FALL, THE FALL. 407 00:19:48,228 --> 00:19:51,315 YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES UNDER COVID. 408 00:19:51,315 --> 00:19:53,358 YOU'RE, OBVIOUSLY, A BRAIN EXPERT. 409 00:19:53,358 --> 00:20:01,992 WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOOTAGE HERE OF YOUR FRIEND ANDERSON 410 00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:03,201 COOPER. 411 00:20:03,201 --> 00:20:06,413 THIS IS FROM THE ANDERSON AND ANDY NEW YEAR'S EVE BROADCAST 412 00:20:06,413 --> 00:20:08,206 THEY DID LAST WEEK. 413 00:20:08,206 --> 00:20:11,043 JIM, CAN WE SHOW THE CLIP OF THIS, PLEASE. 414 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:16,590 >> HAVE YOU GOTTEN HIGH ON CNN? 415 00:20:16,590 --> 00:20:20,719 >> NO, BUT IN FRONT OF THE CNN BUILDING ON SUNSET BOULEVARD, I 416 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:21,678 HAVE. 417 00:20:21,678 --> 00:20:33,023 ( LAUGHTER ) >> SNOOP, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, 418 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:40,238 AND THEN I'M GOING TO RAP OUT OF THIS GAME: HAVE YOU GOTTEN HIGH 419 00:20:40,238 --> 00:20:45,202 AT A BRIS? 420 00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:47,913 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NOW, THAT BEHAVIOR 421 00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:49,414 SEEMED SLIGHTLY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR ANDERSON COOPER. 422 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:52,751 AND ON BEHALF OF A WORRIED NATION, AS A BRAIN EXPERT, 423 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:55,128 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HIS BRAIN THERE? 424 00:20:55,128 --> 00:20:59,299 >> UH, WELL-- WELL, CLEARLY, HIS ORBITAL FRONTAL CORTEX HAS BEEN 425 00:20:59,299 --> 00:21:00,550 AFFECTED BY THIS. 426 00:21:00,550 --> 00:21:01,802 YOU LOSE YOUR JUDGMENT. 427 00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:02,970 YOU LOSE YOUR INHIBITION. 428 00:21:02,970 --> 00:21:05,222 I THINK CLEARLY HE'S LOST BOTH THERE. 429 00:21:05,222 --> 00:21:11,937 THE GIGGLING, OR THE LAUGHTER THERE, PROBABLY THE SUPERIOR 430 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,146 FRONTAL WAS AFFECTED. 431 00:21:13,146 --> 00:21:17,109 BASICALLY, THE ALCOHOL, STEPHEN, IS AFFECTING ALL THE NEURAL 432 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:17,776 PATHWAYS IN THE BRAIN. 433 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:21,154 THE BRITS CALL IT BEING PISSED. 434 00:21:21,154 --> 00:21:28,245 THE SCOTTS CALL IT PISHED, INTOXICATED, 19RIATEED, DRUNK 435 00:21:28,245 --> 00:21:28,704 WASTED. 436 00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:29,413 BUT NEVER SLOPPY. 437 00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,248 ANDERSON COOPER IS NEVER SLOPPY. 438 00:21:31,248 --> 00:21:35,419 >> Stephen: NEAT, THE SILVER SURFER OF CABLE NEWS. 439 00:21:35,419 --> 00:21:39,172 FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, DOCTOR, WHICH WILL 440 00:21:39,172 --> 00:21:40,507 BE A HAPPIER NEW YEAR? 441 00:21:40,507 --> 00:21:44,136 >> YEAH, I THINK-- I THINK, STEPHEN, IT WILL BE A HAPPIER 442 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,303 NEW YEAR. 443 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:46,471 BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET THERE. 444 00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:49,808 I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. 445 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:52,144 PEOPLE THOUGHT AS SOON AS THE CALENDAR YEAR TURNS, EVERYTHING 446 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,061 IS GOING TO CHANGE. 447 00:21:53,061 --> 00:21:54,604 THE VIRUS DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE CALENDAR. 448 00:21:54,604 --> 00:21:59,192 PEOPLE ARE SORT OF IN THE STATE OF WHIPLASH, I THINK. 449 00:21:59,192 --> 00:22:00,485 BECAUSE THEY'RE, UNDERSTANDABLY-- AND I THINK FOR 450 00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:03,613 GOOD REASON-- CELEBRATING THE VACCINES. 451 00:22:03,613 --> 00:22:04,823 WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THAT. 452 00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:07,993 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 453 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:10,829 IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW WITH COVID, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO 454 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:14,833 ARE DYING EVERY DAY AND BECOMING NEWLY INFECTED, I MEAN, YOU 455 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:18,420 KNOW, WE KEPT TALKING ABOUT WORST-CASE SCENARIOS. 456 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:21,048 AND WE WOULD ALWAYS PUT THOSE IN THE BACK OF THE NOTES BECAUSE WE 457 00:22:21,048 --> 00:22:24,509 WANTED TO JUST SORT OF GIVE THE MORE MIDRANGE SORT OF 458 00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:27,554 LIKELIHOODS, WHY UNNECESSARILY BRING UP WORST-CASE SCENARIOS? 459 00:22:27,554 --> 00:22:28,764 WE'RE SORT OF THERE. 460 00:22:28,764 --> 00:22:32,976 I MEAN, A PERSON IS DYING NEARLY EVERY 33 SECONDS RIGHTNOW IN 461 00:22:32,976 --> 00:22:34,186 THIS COUNTRY. 462 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,772 AND I HATE TO SAY IT-- IN SOME WAYS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE FAILED 463 00:22:36,772 --> 00:22:39,399 MY JOB BECAUSE I'M A MEDICAL REPORTER IN THE MIDDLEAVE 464 00:22:39,399 --> 00:22:41,359 PANDEMIC, AND HERE WE ARE. 465 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:41,777 BUT WE WILL GET BETTER. 466 00:22:41,777 --> 00:22:43,528 I'M CONFIDENT. 467 00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:44,654 I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. 468 00:22:44,654 --> 00:22:47,532 BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME WORK TO GET THERE. 469 00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:51,203 >> Stephen: NOW, THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 470 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:53,038 THAT FOR A SECOND. 471 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:55,332 YOU ACTUALLY WERE VACCINATED ON CAMERA. 472 00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:56,541 DID YOU HAVE ANY REACTION TO THE SHOT YOURSELF? 473 00:22:56,541 --> 00:22:58,043 >> NO, I FELT PRETTY GOOD. 474 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:01,880 I MEAN, THAT NIGHT, A FEW HOURS AFTER I GOT THE SHOT, I GOT IT 475 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,592 IN MY LEFT ARM-- YOU ALWAYS GET THE SHOT IN YOUR NONDOMINANT 476 00:23:05,592 --> 00:23:06,134 ARM. 477 00:23:06,134 --> 00:23:08,220 IT WAS A LITTLE SORE. 478 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:11,515 I COULD STILL THROW A IF I HAD TO. 479 00:23:11,515 --> 00:23:13,100 I GET ANOTHER SHOT THIS FRIDAY. 480 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,226 BUT I FELT GOOD. 481 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,936 >> Stephen: WE WERE TALKING IN THE FIRST ACT OF THE SHOW 482 00:23:15,936 --> 00:23:20,524 TONIGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE ROLLOUT 483 00:23:20,524 --> 00:23:21,608 AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE IS GOING. 484 00:23:21,608 --> 00:23:24,903 ARE THOSE CONCERNS OVERBLOWN? 485 00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:32,494 OR ARE THERE REALLY SOME REASONS TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE 486 00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:36,248 ABILITY SO FAR TO COORDINATE THE DISTRIBUTION? 487 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,542 >> I THINK THERE IS REASON TO BE-- TO BE DISAPPOINTED. 488 00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:42,546 I MEAN, AGAIN, THE IDEA OF HAVING TWO AUTHORIZED VACCINES 489 00:23:42,546 --> 00:23:48,760 BY THE END OF LAST YEAR, WAS A REMARKABLE SCIENTIFIC 490 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,096 ACHIEVEMENT, AND I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO THROW COLD WATER 491 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:51,930 ON THAT. 492 00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:53,598 BUT VACCINES DON'T WORK. 493 00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:54,224 VACCINATIONS DO. 494 00:23:54,224 --> 00:23:56,143 AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 28%. 495 00:23:56,143 --> 00:23:57,727 WE JUST LOOKED THIS UP BEFORE COMING ON THE SHOW TONIGHT. 496 00:23:57,727 --> 00:24:01,606 28% OF THE VACCINES THAT ARE OUT THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN 497 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:05,610 UTILIZED, HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME SHOTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO ARMS. 498 00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:07,571 THAT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE WE SHOULD BE. 499 00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:11,616 AND THE IDEA OF HOW YOU GET A VACCINE-- MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO 500 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:12,701 IDEA. 501 00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:13,702 IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS I GET. 502 00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:17,289 "THE VACCINES ARE OUT THERE, HOW DO I GET MINE?" 503 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:19,958 MY PARENTS, THEY LIVE IN FLORIDA, STEPHEN, THEY LIVE IN 504 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:24,129 LEE COUNTY, AND THEY BASICALLY WENT ON GOOGLE AND THEY LOOKED 505 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,673 UP AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES IN THEIR AREA, AND I'M JUST TELLING 506 00:24:26,673 --> 00:24:28,675 YOU-- I'LL TELL YOU THE STORY OF HOW IT PLAYED OUT. 507 00:24:28,675 --> 00:24:32,345 THEY FOUND THAT THE LOCAL LIBRARY, THE LEE COUNTY LIBRARY 508 00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:35,932 WAS GOING TO HAVE 300 DOSES AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE GIVEN OUT 509 00:24:35,932 --> 00:24:37,100 AT 9:00 A.M. ON A WEDNESDAY. 510 00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:41,605 SO MY PARENTS, WHO ARE BOTH IN THEIR LATE 70s, WENT TO THE 511 00:24:41,605 --> 00:24:46,193 LIBRARY, CAMPED OUT AT 1:30 IN THE MORNING TO GET THEIR 512 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:50,614 VACCINES, WERE CAMPING OUT, LIKE GETTING TICKETS TO A GRATEFUL 513 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:54,951 DEAD CONCERT OR SOMETHING-- AND MY PARENTS DON'T GO TO THE 514 00:24:54,951 --> 00:24:56,077 GRATEFUL DEAD. 515 00:24:56,077 --> 00:24:59,039 THEY WERE IN THE LAST 70s -- >> Stephen: I THINK THAT IS 516 00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:01,291 ACTUALLY YOUNGER THAN THE GRATEFUL DEAD, BUT GO AHEAD. 517 00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:02,375 >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 518 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:03,793 THAT'S TRUE. 519 00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:05,837 THEY ENDED UP GETTING THESE TICKETS. 520 00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:09,758 300 DOSES WERE GIVEN OUT, AND MY PARENTS WERE GIVEN THESE TICKETS 521 00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:11,676 BASICALLY NUMBERS 288 AND 289. 522 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:14,679 >> Stephen: I THINK I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. 523 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:15,680 THERE THEY ARE. 524 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,892 >> 1:30 IN THE MORNING THEY GOT THERE. 525 00:25:18,892 --> 00:25:20,644 >> Stephen: JUST BARELY GOT IN UNDER THE WIRE. 526 00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:21,853 WIRE. 527 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:26,900 >> YEAH, AND THEY HAD TO WAIT 10 HOURS UNTIL THEY GOSS THEIR 528 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:28,068 VACCINE. 529 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:31,529 >> Stephen: MY QUESTION IS, I PAY ATTENTION TO THIS STUFF. 530 00:25:31,529 --> 00:25:37,410 I KNOW THAT I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, FIRST-LINE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVER 531 00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:38,161 OF A VACCINE. 532 00:25:38,161 --> 00:25:39,871 I KNOW-- I WAIT MY TIME. 533 00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:41,164 I'M A YOUNGER FELLA. 534 00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:43,750 I DON'T HAVE ANY COMORBIDITIES, SO I'M HAPPY TO WAIT. 535 00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:48,004 BUT I'VE GOT FAMILY MEMBERS-- I HAVE A 91-YEAR-OLD 536 00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:48,713 FATHER-IN-LAW. 537 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:50,715 I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO ADVISE HIM. 538 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:52,175 I DON'T WHERE HE GOES. 539 00:25:52,175 --> 00:25:54,386 I DON'T KNOW IF THESE THINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA OR 540 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:56,346 WHERE YOU WOULD CALL TO FIND OUT. 541 00:25:56,346 --> 00:25:59,933 IT'S THE COMMUNICATION THEY FIND SO-- SO-- WELL, UPSETTING, IS 542 00:25:59,933 --> 00:26:04,396 THAT WE JUST AREN'T BEING TOLD "A," WHAT THE TIMETABLE IS, OR 543 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:07,232 "B," WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. 544 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:09,734 >> YEAH, NO, I MEAN, THAT'S THE-- THAT'S BEEN THE PROBLEM 545 00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:10,944 EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 546 00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:13,863 SINCE YOU AND I SPOKE BACK IN MARCH, I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE 547 00:26:13,863 --> 00:26:15,073 PROBLEM. 548 00:26:15,073 --> 00:26:18,034 WE DON'T-- THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL 549 00:26:18,034 --> 00:26:18,952 STRATEGY. 550 00:26:18,952 --> 00:26:20,203 IT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL MESSAGE. 551 00:26:20,203 --> 00:26:23,248 IN FLORIDA, YOU COULD BE IN ONE COUNTY AND TOTALLY QUALIFY AND 552 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:25,750 HAVE A SMOOTH EXPERIENCE-- GET THE VACCINE, BE IN AND OUT IN A 553 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:26,918 FEW MINUTES. 554 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,587 IN ANOTHER PLACE YOU HAVE TO CAMP OUT, LITERALLY, OVERNIGHT 555 00:26:29,587 --> 00:26:31,881 IN ORDER TO GET A TICKET AND POSSIBLY GET A VACCINE. 556 00:26:31,881 --> 00:26:35,927 I MEAN, THAT IS NOT THE WAY -- >> Stephen: IS THERE NO 557 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:38,096 CENTRAL SILO FOR THIS INFORMATION? 558 00:26:38,096 --> 00:26:41,099 >> NOT ONLY IS THERE NOT A CENTRAL FEDERAL SILO, THERE'S 559 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:43,601 NOT EVEN A FEDERAL STATE SILO. 560 00:26:43,601 --> 00:26:45,895 SO EACH COMMUNITY IS SORT OF HANDLING THIS ON THEIR OWN. 561 00:26:45,895 --> 00:26:48,606 IN FLORIDA, THEY SAID, "OKAY, HERE'S HOW MANY VACCINES ARE 562 00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:49,983 GOING TO THIS COUNTY. 563 00:26:49,983 --> 00:26:50,859 HERE'S HOW MANY ARE GOING TO THIS COUNTY." 564 00:26:50,859 --> 00:26:54,237 AND THE COUNTIES SORT OF:FIGURED IT OUT. 565 00:26:54,237 --> 00:26:57,782 IN SOME PLACES, AGAIN, IT WENT WELL. 566 00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:00,952 MOUNT SINAI IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THEY CREATE AID VACCINE 567 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:05,957 DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS IT WENT WELL. 568 00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:08,585 AND MY PARENTS IN LEE COUNTY HAD TO CAMP OUT. 569 00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:09,836 THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 570 00:27:09,836 --> 00:27:12,172 WE'RE NOT TREATING THIS LIKE THE BIGGEST PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY 571 00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:12,797 OF OUR LIFETIME THAT IT IS. 572 00:27:12,797 --> 00:27:13,965 WE SHOULD BE. 573 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:15,467 WE'RE NOT DOING THAT THAT. 574 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:18,511 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE RECEIVED ONE OR TWO SHOTS? 575 00:27:18,511 --> 00:27:19,763 HAVE YOU RECEIVED BOTH SHOTS? 576 00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:21,848 >> NO, I'VE JUST GOTTEN THE FIRST. 577 00:27:21,848 --> 00:27:23,099 I'M GETTING THE SECOND ONE THIS FRIDAY. 578 00:27:23,099 --> 00:27:26,853 >> Stephen: AND ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED WHAT IS-- 579 00:27:26,853 --> 00:27:30,065 WELL WHAT, IS YOUR ABILITY TO MOVE AT LIBERTY? 580 00:27:30,065 --> 00:27:32,817 ARE YOU STILL GOING TO HAVE TO STAY MASKED OR ARE YOU BACK TO 581 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:33,777 NORMAL? 582 00:27:33,777 --> 00:27:36,654 >> WELL, NO, I WILL STILL HAVE TO STAY MASKED. 583 00:27:36,654 --> 00:27:41,159 AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL POINT ABOUT THE 584 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:42,327 VACCINE, STEPHEN. 585 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:45,914 WHEN WE SAY THE VACCINE IS 95% EFFECTIVE, I THINK A FAIR 586 00:27:45,914 --> 00:27:49,000 QUESTION IS 95% EFFECTIVE AT WHAT? 587 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,380 WELL, IT'S 95% EFFECTIVE AT KEEPING ME FROM GETTING SICK 588 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:57,675 WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND DOES GIVE ME A SENSE OF COMFORT 589 00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:59,177 THAT I WON'T GET SICK. 590 00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:03,348 BUT I COULD BECOME INFECTED AND CARRY THE VIRUS IN MY MOUTH, MY 591 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:05,850 NOSE, AND I COULD POTENTIALLY TRANSMIT IT. 592 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,477 THEREIN LIES THE ISSUE. 593 00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:11,189 IT'S GREAT THAT IT WILL KEEP ME FROM GETTING SICK, DO A VERY 594 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,858 GOOD JOB AT THAT, BUT I WILL STILL WEAR MASKS UNTIL ENOUGH 595 00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:18,530 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED THAT THEY ALSO WONT GET SICK. 596 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:19,781 AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN DAYS AND WEEKS. 597 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:20,990 THAT'S WHAT TAKES MONTHS. 598 00:28:20,990 --> 00:28:26,246 >> Stephen: NOW, WE HEAR NEWS STORIES-- ACTUALLY, JUST FOUND 599 00:28:26,246 --> 00:28:31,501 OUT A FEW HOURS AGO THAT IN GEORGIA, IT'S DISCOVERED THERE 600 00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:33,878 IS THIS NEW STRAIN FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE U.K., AND THEN 601 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:37,424 IN COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA AND NOW IN GEORGIA, AND PROBABLY 602 00:28:37,424 --> 00:28:38,591 EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 603 00:28:38,591 --> 00:28:44,180 THERE IS THIS NEW STRAIN OF A CONSIDERABLY MORE CONTAGIOUS 604 00:28:44,180 --> 00:28:45,348 VERSION OF THIS VIRUS. 605 00:28:45,348 --> 00:28:48,726 SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT? 606 00:28:48,726 --> 00:28:50,895 BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EVEN, TALKING TO YOU LAST SPRING, THAT 607 00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:54,732 I HEARD THAT THERE WOULD BE-- THERE WOULD BE EXPECTED 608 00:28:54,732 --> 00:28:57,777 MUTATIONS OF THE VIRUS, BUT THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE MORE 609 00:28:57,777 --> 00:29:00,905 LETHAL JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE CONTAGIOUS. 610 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:02,073 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 611 00:29:02,073 --> 00:29:05,034 I MEAN, WE EXPECT THESE VIRUSES AS THEY SPREAD MORE AND MORE 612 00:29:05,034 --> 00:29:09,080 THROUGH PEOPLE TO JUST ACCUMULATE SOME MUTATIONS. 613 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,457 THAT DOES HAPPEN. 614 00:29:10,457 --> 00:29:13,751 AND WHAT'S INTERESTING-- AND, YOU KNOW, I-- I DON'T WANT TO 615 00:29:13,751 --> 00:29:16,254 SIGN A PERSONALITY TO VIRUSES. 616 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,255 VIRUSES AREN'T A LIVING THING. 617 00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:20,592 YOU CAN'T KILL THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALIVE. 618 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:22,010 BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAJECTORY OF THESE MUTATIONS 619 00:29:22,010 --> 00:29:28,766 WHAT A VIRUS WANTS TO DO IS BE ABLE TO SPREAD MORE EASILY, FIND 620 00:29:28,766 --> 00:29:33,396 LOTS OF HOSTS, HOMES-- WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE, HUMANS ARE-- BUT 621 00:29:33,396 --> 00:29:36,441 NOT NECESSARILY KILLER HOSTS BECAUSE YOU LOSE YOUR HOME. 622 00:29:36,441 --> 00:29:40,612 THE IDEA THAT THE VIRUSASPREADS MORE EASILY AS A RESULT OF THE 623 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:45,909 MUTATIONS BUT DOES NOT BECOME MORE LETHAL, MAYBE BECOMES LESS 624 00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:47,035 LETHAL IS A POSSIBILITY. 625 00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:51,581 WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT, HOW MANY MUTATIONS AND HOW 626 00:29:51,581 --> 00:29:52,790 SIGNIFICANT THEY ARE. 627 00:29:52,790 --> 00:29:54,959 BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S WORRISOME IN TERMS OF THIS IS A DEADLIER 628 00:29:54,959 --> 00:29:58,296 VIRUS, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE OF THAT. 629 00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:01,007 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE THE NEW BOOK, "KEEP SHARP: BUILD A 630 00:30:01,007 --> 00:30:04,636 BETTER BRAIN AT ANY AGE," SANJAY GUPTA. 631 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,346 AT ANY AGE? 632 00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:06,804 REALLY? 633 00:30:06,804 --> 00:30:07,972 I'M IN MY MID-50s. 634 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:11,309 I STILL HAVE MY MOMENTS OF SHARPNESS, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T 635 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:15,021 FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE MEMORY I HAD WHEN I WAS 25. 636 00:30:15,021 --> 00:30:18,274 IS THAT-- IS THAT BECAUSE I'M IN MY MID-50s? 637 00:30:18,274 --> 00:30:23,988 OR IS IT BECAUSE I TAKE LETHAL DOSES OF TWITTER THAT IS ROTTING 638 00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:25,156 MY SKULL? 639 00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:28,034 >> WELL I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR TWITTER, YOU KNOW, 640 00:30:28,034 --> 00:30:29,285 SORT OF TOXICITY, STEPHEN. 641 00:30:29,285 --> 00:30:34,123 BUT I CAN GIVE YOU GOOD NEWS IN THAT I DON'T THINK THE MEMORY 642 00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:37,669 PROBLEMS YOU'RE DESCRIBING ARE BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE, BY ANY 643 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:38,795 MEANS. 644 00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:41,673 FIRST OF ALL, MOST MEMORY PROBLEMS AT ANY AGE ARE REALLY 645 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:43,675 BECAUSE OF INATTENTION. 646 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:46,386 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE FORGETTING THINGS. 647 00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:48,846 IT'S THAT WE NEVER REALLY REMEMBERED THEM IN THE FIRST 648 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:51,724 PLACE, JUST NOT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION. 649 00:30:51,724 --> 00:30:55,019 BUT THAT ASIDE, I THINK WHAT'S SO FASCINATING ABOUT THE BRAIN 650 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:58,147 IS THAT IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY ORGAN IN THE BODY THAT CAN 651 00:30:58,147 --> 00:30:59,357 ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. 652 00:30:59,357 --> 00:31:03,486 NOW, THAT MAY SOUND LIKE JUST A THROE AWAY STATEMENT, BUT WHAT 653 00:31:03,486 --> 00:31:07,031 I'VE JUST SAID IS SOMETHING A DECADE AGO I DON'T THINK WE 654 00:31:07,031 --> 00:31:08,157 COULD HAVE SAID. 655 00:31:08,157 --> 00:31:11,244 THE BRAIN WAS THOUGHT TO BE FIXED, IMMUTABLE, ENCASED IN 656 00:31:11,244 --> 00:31:15,832 THIS HARD SKULL OF BONE AND SORT OF A BLACK BOX, ONLY MEASURED BY 657 00:31:15,832 --> 00:31:18,209 ITS INPUTS AND OUTPUTS. 658 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:21,462 NOW WE CAN VISUALIZE THE BRAIN AND THE BRAIN CAN DEVELOP NTW 659 00:31:21,462 --> 00:31:22,130 BRAIN CELLS -- >> Stephen: REALLY? 660 00:31:22,130 --> 00:31:25,383 THERE WILL BE NEURAL REGROWTH. 661 00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:28,886 THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, THAT'S THE THING THAT DOESN'T GROW 662 00:31:28,886 --> 00:31:29,637 BACK. 663 00:31:29,637 --> 00:31:31,723 >> NEUROGENESIS, NEUROPLASTICITY. 664 00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:33,683 BY THE WAY, STEPHEN, EVERYONE THOUGHT THIS. 665 00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:36,102 EVEN IN THE NEURAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY, THEY THOUGHT BABIES 666 00:31:36,102 --> 00:31:39,606 AND THEY THOUGHT PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD A BRAIN INJURY, THOSE 667 00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:42,984 WERE THE ONLY POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAD 668 00:31:42,984 --> 00:31:44,235 NEUROGENESIS. 669 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:46,029 BUT NOW WE FIND OUT WE CAN ALL DO IT, AND IT CAN HAPPEN PRETTY 670 00:31:46,029 --> 00:31:47,155 QUICKLY. 671 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:51,618 WE CAN STIMULATE NEW BRAIN GROWTH PRETTY QUICKLY, WHICH I 672 00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:52,410 FIND DEEPLY INSPIRING. 673 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:55,038 >> Stephen: THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. 674 00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:57,290 "KEEP SHARP," BY SANJAY GUPTA, EVERYBODY. 675 00:31:57,290 --> 00:31:58,791 IT'S AVAILABLE NOW. 676 00:31:58,791 --> 00:32:01,544 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH STAR OF "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT," 677 00:32:01,544 --> 00:32:02,295 ANYA TAYLOR-JOY. 678 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:02,337 STICK AROUND 679 00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:16,309 EVERYBODY. 680 00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:19,604 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "EMMA," "THE WITCH," 681 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:22,440 AND "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT." 682 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,107 >> YOU'RE AN ORPHAN, BETH. 683 00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:25,234 >> YES, I KNOW THAT. 684 00:32:25,234 --> 00:32:31,115 >> I WONDERED HOW YOU LEARNED TO PLAY CHESS. 685 00:32:31,115 --> 00:32:33,993 >> MR. SHIEBLE TAUGHT ME. 686 00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:37,121 HE WAS THE JANITOR >> A JANITOR TAUGHT YOU HOW TO 687 00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:37,622 PLAY, REALLY? 688 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:38,873 >> WHEN I WAS EIGHT. 689 00:32:38,873 --> 00:32:44,128 >> I IMAGINE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN SUCH A DISTRACTION FROM LIFE IN 690 00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:46,172 SUCH A DEPRESSING PLACE. 691 00:32:46,172 --> 00:32:48,800 YOU MUST HAVE BEEN VERY LONELY. 692 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,344 >> I'M FINE BEING ALONE. 693 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:55,431 >> DO YOU IMAGINE THAT YOU SAW THE KING AS A FATHER AND THE 694 00:32:55,431 --> 00:32:56,265 QUEEN AS A MOTHER? 695 00:32:56,265 --> 00:33:00,103 I MEAN, ONE TO ATTACK, ONE TO PROTECT? 696 00:33:00,103 --> 00:33:05,650 >> THEY'RE JUST PIECES. 697 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,110 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME ANYA TAYLOR-JOY! 698 00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:09,362 ANYA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 699 00:33:09,362 --> 00:33:10,113 >> HELLO! 700 00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:12,156 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME! 701 00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:16,619 I FIRST SAW YOU, AS A LOT OF PEOPLE DID, I THINK, IN "EMMA," 702 00:33:16,619 --> 00:33:21,499 AND IN THE SPRING, THIS PAST YEAR, WAS ONE OF THE LAST BIG 703 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:22,375 MOVIES THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. 704 00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:25,962 AND I SAW IT, AND I THOUGHT, "WHO IS THAT? 705 00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:28,047 I HOPE I SEE A LOT OF HER IN THE FUTURE?" 706 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:30,216 AND I SEWER DID, AND SO DID A LOT OF PEOPLE. 707 00:33:30,216 --> 00:33:36,013 61 MILLION PEOPLE VIEWED "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT" THE FIRST MONTH 708 00:33:36,013 --> 00:33:39,142 ALONE, AND NETFLIX DOESN'T USUALLY TELL US THESE NUMBERS. 709 00:33:39,142 --> 00:33:40,143 THAT'S A RECORD FOR THEM. 710 00:33:40,143 --> 00:33:42,019 AND I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL. 711 00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:43,646 IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT. 712 00:33:43,646 --> 00:33:46,733 DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE SO 713 00:33:46,733 --> 00:33:49,861 GRIPPED BY THE STORY OF A CHESS MAST SNER IT SEEMS LIKE AN 714 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:51,487 UNLIKELY HIT, DOESN'T IT? 715 00:33:51,487 --> 00:33:56,033 >> I MEAN, I THINK, IF I'M BEING COMPLETE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST 716 00:33:56,033 --> 00:34:01,205 READ THE BOOK, I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH BETH INSTANTLY, AND I THINK 717 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:02,373 PEOPLE FOLLOW PASSION. 718 00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:05,293 SO I FELT IMPASSIONED BY CHESS WHEN I FINISHED READING THE 719 00:34:05,293 --> 00:34:06,502 BOOK. 720 00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:09,922 HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE'S THINKING SOMETHING 721 00:34:09,922 --> 00:34:12,216 WILL GO DOWN WELL, AND THEN THERE'S THE MIND-BOGGLING 722 00:34:12,216 --> 00:34:14,886 NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED WITH ME. 723 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:19,557 SO I DON'T THINK ANY SANE PERSON PREPARES FOR SOMETHING LIKE 724 00:34:19,557 --> 00:34:20,558 THAT. 725 00:34:20,558 --> 00:34:21,684 >> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A SENSATION? 726 00:34:21,684 --> 00:34:26,063 HOW DID YOU LEARN THAT SUDDENLY THIS HAD CAUGHT FIRE? 727 00:34:26,063 --> 00:34:30,234 >> I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK I'M STILL LEARNING IT, BECAUSE WHEN 728 00:34:30,234 --> 00:34:33,237 I FIRST-- YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SHOW FIRST CAME OUT, I WAS 729 00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:38,201 FILMING SOMETHING ELSE IN IRELAND, AND I WAS BAREFOOT ON 730 00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:41,245 THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN THE FREEZING COLD AND I WOULD COME 731 00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:44,373 BACK TO MY APARTMENT AND A PHONE WOULD BLOW UP AND IT WOULD SAY, 732 00:34:44,373 --> 00:34:46,959 "OH, PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THE SHOW." 733 00:34:46,959 --> 00:34:48,252 BUT IT WASN'T REAL FOR ME. 734 00:34:48,252 --> 00:34:49,587 I WAS TOO ISOLATED. 735 00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:53,800 WHEN I CAME BACK HOME TO LONDON, I WENT FOR A WALK WITH MY MASK 736 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:58,888 AND MY BEANIE, AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT STOPPED ME FROM JUST 737 00:34:58,888 --> 00:35:01,265 THIS, I-- I HONESTLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 738 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:06,270 AND I THINK IT-- IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO. 739 00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:09,065 BUT LUCKILY, EVERYONE IS SO KIND. 740 00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:10,775 THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW AND THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BETH 741 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:13,444 AND I AM UP FOR THAT, SO, YEAH. 742 00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:18,241 >> Stephen: SO YOU'LL HAVE TO ADD JOG GOGGLES. 743 00:35:18,241 --> 00:35:22,078 >> ORIGINALLY I WAS LIKE HOW ARE THEY RECOGNIZING ME FROM THIS? 744 00:35:22,078 --> 00:35:24,956 AND I WAS LIKE, ANYA, YOU HAVE HAD A CAMERA STUCK THIS CLOSE TO 745 00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:26,249 YOUR FACE FOR SEVEN HOURS. 746 00:35:26,249 --> 00:35:27,333 THAT'S WHY. 747 00:35:27,333 --> 00:35:32,964 >> Stephen: NOW, EVERYBODY-- EVERYBODY LOVES THE PERIOD 748 00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:33,923 FASHION OF THE SHOW. 749 00:35:33,923 --> 00:35:37,760 AND I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS NEW. 750 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,889 BUT THOSE COSTUMES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL THAT YOU GET TO WEAR. 751 00:35:41,889 --> 00:35:44,642 "A," WHERE DID YOU GET THEM INSPECTOR THOSE DESIGNED FOR 752 00:35:44,642 --> 00:35:48,104 YOU, OR ARE THOSE ORIGINAL VINTAGE COSTUMES? 753 00:35:48,104 --> 00:35:49,355 >> IT'S A COMBINATION. 754 00:35:49,355 --> 00:35:54,819 I WAS SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH THE WONDERFUL GABRIELLE BINDER, AND 755 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:57,822 SHE AND I GOT ALONG LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY. 756 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:01,450 AND WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR WAY OF WORKING WHERE SHE RESPECTED THAT 757 00:36:01,450 --> 00:36:06,330 I WAS SO CLOSE TO BETH THAT I WOULD PUT ON THE CLOTHES, AND 758 00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:09,417 IMMEDIATELY IF MY BODY WOULD REJECT IT, THEY WOULD BE GONE. 759 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:13,379 A LOT OF THEM ARE VINTAGE PIECES AND A LOT OF THEM SHE CREATED 760 00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:14,380 PARTICULARLY WITH THE SHOW IN MIND. 761 00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:15,339 >> Stephen: THESE ARE JUST LOVELY. 762 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:18,593 DO YOU GET TO KEEP THESE? 763 00:36:18,593 --> 00:36:22,680 >> WELL, THIS IS WHAT'S SO CRAZY. 764 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,473 BECAUSE GABRIELLE AND I WORKED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, AT THE END 765 00:36:24,473 --> 00:36:29,562 OF THE SHOW, SHE JUST CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, "HONESTLY, THEY'RE 766 00:36:29,562 --> 00:36:30,813 YOURS. 767 00:36:30,813 --> 00:36:35,693 WE FOUND THEM TOGETHER, AND YOU, BETH, THE LINE IS VERY BLURRY, 768 00:36:35,693 --> 00:36:37,862 YOU SHOULD JUST TAKE THEM HOME." 769 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:39,989 AND I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THAT KINDNESS, BECAUSE I REALLY, YOU 770 00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:42,366 KNOW, WANTED TO KEEP A BIT OF BETH WITH ME. 771 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:46,662 HOWEVER, THE SHOW IS SO SUCCESSFUL, THOSE CLO CLOTHES AE 772 00:36:46,662 --> 00:36:47,663 CURRENTLY IN A MUSEUM. 773 00:36:47,663 --> 00:36:50,416 SO I DO NOT KNOW WHEN I WILL GET MY CLOTHES BACK. 774 00:36:50,416 --> 00:36:52,251 >> Stephen: PLUS, IF YOU WORE THOSE ON THE STREET, I THINK YOU 775 00:36:52,251 --> 00:36:53,419 MIGHT BE RECOGNIZED. 776 00:36:53,419 --> 00:36:57,173 >> HONESTLY, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT, BECAUSE, 777 00:36:57,173 --> 00:37:00,092 OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT I ACTUALLY CANNOT WEAR THEM 778 00:37:00,092 --> 00:37:02,929 OUTSIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL THINK I HAVE LOST MY MIND, AND I 779 00:37:02,929 --> 00:37:06,432 MAY NEVER GET HIRED FOR ANOTHER JOB AGAIN. 780 00:37:06,432 --> 00:37:10,436 SO THESE BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES WILL PARADE AROUND IN MY ROOM FOR MY 781 00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:11,687 OWN ENJOYMENT. 782 00:37:11,687 --> 00:37:13,606 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT 783 00:37:13,606 --> 00:37:14,649 BACK WITH MORE ANYA TAYLOR-JOY. 784 00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:17,360 I'M GOING TO ASK HER ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF 785 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,402 IMPORTANT TO ME. 786 00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:21,822 I'L GIVE YOU A HINT-- IT'S "THE LORD OF THE RINGS." 787 00:37:21,822 --> 00:37:24,492 STICK AROUND. 788 00:37:32,041 --> 00:37:33,250 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 789 00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:40,299 ♪ ♪ ♪ 790 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:58,067 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, W'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF "THE 791 00:37:58,067 --> 00:38:00,611 QUEEN'S GAMBIT," ANYA TAYLOR-JOY. 792 00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:04,323 NOW, THERE WAS 125% INCREASE IN THE SALE OF CHESS SETS THIS 793 00:38:04,323 --> 00:38:05,157 DRFT. 794 00:38:05,157 --> 00:38:08,119 WHICH I THINK WE CAN LAY AT YOUR FEET. 795 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,788 WHICH IS-- WHICH IS AN INTERESTING ACHIEVEMENT. 796 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:14,417 BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS I UNDERSTAND ON 797 00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:20,631 CHRISTMAS DAY YOU WATCHED ALL OF "LORD OF THE RINGS" MOVIES IN A 798 00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:21,799 MARATHON. 799 00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:24,427 AND IS THAT WHY-- IS THAT WHY YOU NOW LOOK LIKE GALADRIEL? 800 00:38:24,427 --> 00:38:30,182 >> I MEAN, HONESTLY, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK LIKE AN ELF MY 801 00:38:30,182 --> 00:38:30,975 ENTIRE LIFE. 802 00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,686 THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE GOAL IN LIFE. 803 00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:35,604 >> Stephen: GOAL UNLOCKED. 804 00:38:35,604 --> 00:38:39,358 ACHIEVEMENT-- MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, I WOULD SAY. 805 00:38:39,358 --> 00:38:43,487 >> I THINK FOR A LOT OF US, OBVIOUSLY, CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR 806 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:44,739 LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT. 807 00:38:44,739 --> 00:38:48,075 I USUALLY WOULD SPEND CHRISTMAS IN ARGENTINA WITH MY FAMILY AND 808 00:38:48,075 --> 00:38:49,618 THIS YEAR I WAS IN LONDON PRETTY MUCH BY MYSELF. 809 00:38:49,618 --> 00:38:53,831 AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BRING SOMETHING 810 00:38:53,831 --> 00:38:54,832 POSITIVE TO THIS. 811 00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,500 WHAT'S A WONDERFUL TRADITION THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY? 812 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,670 AND THE ANSWER IS, OBVIOUSLY, "LORD OF THE RINGS." 813 00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:00,629 LIKE, OBVIOUSLY. 814 00:39:00,629 --> 00:39:06,302 >> Stephen: THE THEATRICAL CUT OR EXTENDED CUT? 815 00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:12,266 >> SO, THEATRICAL CUT FOR THE FIRST ONE, EXTENDED CUT FOR "TWO 816 00:39:12,266 --> 00:39:16,312 TOWERS" JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I LOVE "TWO TOWERS." 817 00:39:16,312 --> 00:39:18,272 THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN A DAY. 818 00:39:18,272 --> 00:39:21,525 >> Stephen: BUT "RETURN OF THE KING." 819 00:39:21,525 --> 00:39:25,988 >> "RETURN OF THE KING," THEATRICAL CUT, BECAUSE THE 820 00:39:25,988 --> 00:39:30,701 PERSONNIST WITH I WAS WITH FELL ASLEEP, WHICH IS SACRELIGIOUS, I 821 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:31,368 KNOW. 822 00:39:31,368 --> 00:39:32,536 HE WAS LIKE, "CAN I TAKE A NAP? 823 00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:36,415 I WAS LIKE, "NO, DUDE, YOU HAVE TO STICK THROUGH." 824 00:39:36,415 --> 00:39:37,500 >> Stephen: THAT IS NOT A GOOD SIGN. 825 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:40,377 KICK HIM TO THE CURB, GIRL. 826 00:39:40,377 --> 00:39:41,545 JUST STAMINA ALONE. 827 00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:42,421 LISTEN, WE HAVE TO GO. 828 00:39:42,421 --> 00:39:47,051 I HOPE I GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. 829 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:50,554 YOU'RE JUST A PHENOMENAL ACTRESS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 830 00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:52,223 SUCCESS OF "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT." 831 00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:52,723 >> THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. 832 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:54,350 THIS HAS BEEN FUN. 833 00:39:54,350 --> 00:39:57,686 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 834 00:39:57,686 --> 00:39:58,854 >> Stephen: "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT" IS STREAMING ON NETFLIX. 835 00:39:58,854 --> 00:39:59,355 ANYA TAYLOR-JOY EVERYBODY! 836 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:02,983 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 837 00:40:12,451 --> 00:40:15,079 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW." 838 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:16,580 TUNE IN TOMORROW. 839 00:40:16,580 --> 00:40:17,748 WHY? 840 00:40:17,748 --> 00:40:19,458 MY GUESTS WILL BE SAMANTHA BEE AND BREAKOUT STAR OF "NORMAL 841 00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:21,877 PEOPLE," PAUL MESCUL. 842 00:40:21,877 --> 00:40:22,545 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 843 00:40:22,545 --> 00:40:24,755 GOOD NIGHT.