1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:02,711 >> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 2 00:00:02,794 --> 00:00:05,755 IT'S ESSENTIALLY, ALISON, AN ONLINE FLASH MOB BEATING THE 3 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:09,134 PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS AT THEIR OWN GAME. 4 00:00:09,217 --> 00:00:11,261 IF YOU LOOK AT SHARES OF GameStop AT AMC, THEY HAVE 5 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:12,887 SKYROCKETED. 6 00:00:12,971 --> 00:00:16,057 THEY HAVE BEEN PROPELLED BY AMATEUR INVESTORS ON TWITTER AND 7 00:00:16,141 --> 00:00:25,775 ON THIS REDDIT CHATROOM CALLED WallStreetBets. 8 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:28,069 >> MY NAME IS NARWHALWIZARD8. 9 00:00:28,153 --> 00:00:29,779 I SPEND MOST OF MY NAME ON REDDIT WATCHING DASHCAM FOOTAGE. 10 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:34,784 AWESOME. 11 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:37,746 BUT THEN I STUMBLED ON THIS SUB-REDDIT WallStreetBets, AND 12 00:00:37,829 --> 00:00:41,082 NOW ME AND MY ONLINE FRIENDS HAVE WALL STREET IN A PANIC. 13 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:44,794 FROM ACADEMY AWARD WINNER MARTIN SCORSESE, "THE WOLF OF COUCH 14 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:45,962 STREET." 15 00:00:46,045 --> 00:00:49,799 MY LIFE IS LESS OF THIS, AND MORE OF THIS. 16 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:53,344 COOL. 17 00:00:53,428 --> 00:00:54,804 JUST MADE 50 BUCKS. 18 00:00:54,888 --> 00:01:01,311 AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, LESS OF THIS, MORE OF THIS. 19 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:01,936 STARRING ME, NARWHALWIZARD8. 20 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:05,815 NO, NO, NO, NOT THAT GUY. 21 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:07,108 THIS GUY. 22 00:01:07,192 --> 00:01:11,821 "THE WOLF OF COUCH STREET," COMING SOON. 23 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:12,155 >> $10,000 TO SHAVE A ( BLEEP HEAD! 24 00:01:12,238 --> 00:01:14,324 YEAH! 25 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:16,242 ( CLIPPING SOUND ) >> ANNOUNCER: IT'S "A LATE SHOW 26 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:29,464 WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. 27 00:01:29,547 --> 00:01:32,509 TONIGHT: STUCK IT TO THE MAN! 28 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:37,847 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: VIGGO MORTENSEN 29 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:40,850 AND CHARLES BLOW, FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 30 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:45,355 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE 31 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:47,524 BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 32 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:51,361 >> Stephen: OH, HEY! 33 00:01:51,444 --> 00:01:55,365 WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, TO "A LATE SHOW." 34 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:56,699 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 35 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,576 GOOD EVENING, NEWLY MINTED REDDIT MILLIONAIRES! 36 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:02,497 I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL WATCHING THIS FROM THE MARBLE BATHTUB ON 37 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:06,584 YOUR HOVERCRAFT, THANKS TO YOUR SAVVY STOCK MARKET MANIPULATION 38 00:02:06,668 --> 00:02:09,170 OF GAMESTOP, TOOTSIE ROLLS, BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO, AND, BY THE 39 00:02:09,254 --> 00:02:10,338 TIME THIS AIRS, I'M GOING TO SAY, CRYSTAL PEPSI? 40 00:02:10,421 --> 00:02:13,341 MORE ON THAT LATER. 41 00:02:13,424 --> 00:02:18,388 FIRST, THERE'S AN ALARMING SURGE IN ANOTHER AMERICAN INDUSTRY: 42 00:02:18,471 --> 00:02:21,182 WHITE SUPREMACY. 43 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:25,061 YESTERDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 44 00:02:25,144 --> 00:02:28,606 SECURITY ISSUED A BULLETIN, WARNING OF A HEIGHTENED THREAT 45 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:30,024 ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DUE TO HOMEGROWN VIOLENT 46 00:02:30,108 --> 00:02:33,903 EXTREMISTS. 47 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:37,031 ALL RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PANDEMIC, WE'RE BAKING OUR OWN 48 00:02:37,115 --> 00:02:41,244 SOURDOUGH, BUT CAN WE PLEASE NOT GROW OUR OWN TERRORISTS? 49 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:45,665 ACCORDING TO D.H.S., THESE ARTISANAL EXTREMISTS ARE DRIVEN 50 00:02:45,748 --> 00:02:48,501 BY OBJECTIONS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION, AS WELL 51 00:02:48,585 --> 00:02:51,045 AS OTHER PERCEIVED GRIEVANCES FUELED BY FALSE NARRATIVES. 52 00:02:51,129 --> 00:02:55,884 AS OPPOSED TO THE PERSON WHO PUSHED THOSE NARRATIVES, WHO'S 53 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:57,260 FUELED BY THE 20-PIECE BUCKET. 54 00:02:57,343 --> 00:02:59,929 SO THE LOOMING THREAT OF CONTINUED INTRAMURAL VIOLENCE 55 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:03,975 RAISES THE IMPORTANT QUESTION: WILL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 56 00:03:04,058 --> 00:03:07,979 FINALLY TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE MAN WHO LEGITIMIZED AMERICAN 57 00:03:08,062 --> 00:03:10,440 FASCISM? 58 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:11,399 FOR THE ANSWER, WE TURN TO HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND MAN WHO... 59 00:03:11,482 --> 00:03:16,070 AW, DAMMIT, HE WENT DOWN TO MAR-A-LAGO TODAY. 60 00:03:16,154 --> 00:03:19,657 YOU'RE GOING TO GO SUCK UP TO THE MAN WHO SENT GOONS TO KILL 61 00:03:19,741 --> 00:03:21,075 YOU? 62 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:23,912 THAT'S NOT A LACK OF SELF-RESPECT, THAT'S A LACK OF 63 00:03:23,995 --> 00:03:25,955 SELF-PRESERVATION. 64 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:27,290 THAT'S LIKE TURNING TO THE CANNIBAL WHO'S SLOWLY EATING YOU 65 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:30,251 AND SAYING, "I'M SORRY FOR INITIALLY RUNNING AWAY FROM 66 00:03:30,335 --> 00:03:32,253 YOU. 67 00:03:32,337 --> 00:03:35,924 ALL THAT CARDIO REALLY TOUGHENED MY THIGH MEAT. 68 00:03:36,007 --> 00:03:42,305 HERE, LET ME TENDERIZE THEM WITH SOME VINEGAR AND MISO. 69 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:43,973 SO WHY THE HELL IS MCCARTHY DOING THIS? 70 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,475 SOURCES SAY THAT HE IS CAUGHT BETWEEN G.O.P. MEMBERS WHO THINK 71 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:47,852 THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL WAS SEDITION AND THE FORMER 72 00:03:47,936 --> 00:03:50,313 PRESIDENT'S FERVENT SUPPORTERS. 73 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:51,314 POOR GUY. 74 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:55,151 HE'S CAUGHT BEEN A ROCK AND A DUMB-AS-A-ROCK. 75 00:03:55,234 --> 00:03:58,279 EVIDENTLY, THE ONLY THING SCARIER TO REPUBLICANS IN 76 00:03:58,363 --> 00:04:00,448 CONGRESS THAN A VIOLENT MOB, IS THE FEAR THAT THE VIOLENT MOB 77 00:04:00,531 --> 00:04:02,283 MIGHT NOT LIKE THEM ANYMORE. 78 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:05,495 ACCORDING TO ONE PARTY STRATEGIST, THE EX-PRESIDENT'S 79 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:06,329 MOST LOYAL FANS ARE A VOTING COALITION THAT MATTERS IN THIS 80 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:13,336 COUNTRY. 81 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:16,005 THEY HAVE A VOICE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT VOICE HEARD. 82 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:17,507 WE'VE HEARD THAT VOICE. 83 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:18,299 THEY HAVE A CLEAR PLATFORM, AND THEY WANT TO HANG MIKE PENCE 84 00:04:18,383 --> 00:04:20,677 FROM IT. 85 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,554 ONE CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN WHO'S GOT THE HOMICIDAL-VOTE ON 86 00:04:23,638 --> 00:04:27,976 LOCKDOWN IS GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE AND CHURCH CAMP 87 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:29,852 DIRECTOR DESCRIBING PUBERTY IN BIBLICAL TERMS, MARJORIE TAYLOR 88 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:31,229 GREENE. 89 00:04:31,312 --> 00:04:36,025 GREENE IS ALREADY INFAMOUS FOR HER SUPPORT OF Q-ANON, BUT 90 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:39,153 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT GETS WORSE, BECAUSE THIS WEEK, 91 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:42,532 REPORTERS UNEARTHED ONLINE POSTS WHERE GREENE REPEATEDLY 92 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:44,033 INDICATED SUPPORT FOR EXECUTING PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC 93 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:45,326 POLITICIANS. 94 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:48,204 OKAY, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COMPLICATE THIS YEAR'S 95 00:04:48,287 --> 00:04:52,375 CONGRESSIONAL SECRET SANTA. 96 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:56,379 HUH, SEE WHAT I GET HERE. 97 00:04:56,462 --> 00:05:00,091 MY PERSON GOT ME A SEVERED HORSE'S HEAD. 98 00:05:00,174 --> 00:05:05,054 I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY UNDER $25. 99 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:06,347 THE SPECIFICS ARE GRIM. 100 00:05:06,431 --> 00:05:07,432 IN ONE FACEBOOK POST, A GREENE SUPPORTER ASKED OF HILLARY 101 00:05:07,515 --> 00:05:10,351 CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA: "NOW DO WE GET TO HANG THEM?" 102 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:12,395 AND GREENE REPLIED, "STAGE IS BEING SET, PLAYERS ARE BEING PUT 103 00:05:12,478 --> 00:05:16,107 IN PLACE. 104 00:05:16,190 --> 00:05:16,899 WE MUST BE PATIENT." 105 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,860 HOLY HAUL THEM TO THE HAGUE, BATMAN! 106 00:05:18,943 --> 00:05:20,403 SHE'S NOT EVEN TRYING TO BE DISCREET. 107 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:23,406 AT LEAST MOBSTERS USE CODED LANGUAGE. 108 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:28,119 THERE'S A REASON THE GODFATHER DOESN'T SAY THIS: 109 00:05:28,202 --> 00:05:32,081 >> I'M GOING TO MAKE AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE, BECAUSE IF HE DOES 110 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,541 I'M GOING TO KILL HIM. 111 00:05:33,624 --> 00:05:36,627 >> STEPHEN: AND THIS WEEK, A VIDEO SURFACED OF GREEN BERATING 112 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:38,588 ONE OF THE PARKLAND SURVIVORS. 113 00:05:38,671 --> 00:05:40,590 >> DAVID, WHY ARE YOU SUPPORTING THE RED FLAG LAWS? 114 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:44,093 DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO DEFEND YOUR STANCE? 115 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:47,388 LOOK, I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, I'M A GUN OWNER. 116 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:48,056 I HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT. 117 00:05:48,139 --> 00:05:51,601 I CARRY A GUN FOR PROTECTION. 118 00:05:51,684 --> 00:05:53,269 THE BEST WAY TO STOP A BAD GUY WITH A GUN IS WITH A GOOD GUY 119 00:05:53,352 --> 00:05:55,396 WITH A GUN. 120 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,775 >> STEPHEN: OKAY, THAT LOOKS STUPID AND CRUEL, BUT THAT 121 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,777 COULD JUST BE A FALSE FLAG OPERATION BY ANTIFA TO GET US TO 122 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:07,617 THINK MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE IS A CHILD-HARASSING PSYCHOPATH. 123 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,786 LUCKILY, SHE WON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO YELL AT THE KIDS ABOUT 124 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:12,163 HER GUNS, BECAUSE HOUSE REPUBLICANS JUST APPOINTED 125 00:06:12,246 --> 00:06:15,625 GREENE TO THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 126 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:17,001 OH, COME ON! 127 00:06:17,085 --> 00:06:20,129 THE LADY WHO DENIES SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IS IN CHARGE OF 128 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,172 EDUCATION? 129 00:06:21,255 --> 00:06:24,175 WHY NOT JUST APPOINT SURGEON GENERAL JOE CAMEL? 130 00:06:24,258 --> 00:06:28,137 "WARNING: SMOKING CAN MAKE YOU DANGEROUSLY COOL." 131 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:32,141 NOW, I HEAR YOU ASKING, SURE, MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE HAS SAID 132 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:34,602 AND DONE SOME HORRIBLE THINGS ON EARTH, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE SHE HAS 133 00:06:34,685 --> 00:06:38,106 ANY CRAZY IDEAS ABOUT OUTER SPACE? 134 00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:40,149 FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S A CRAZY QUESTION, AND SECOND OF ALL, 135 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:42,360 YES, SHE DOES. 136 00:06:42,443 --> 00:06:46,405 IN THE MIDST OF THE DEVASTATING CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES OF 2018, 137 00:06:46,489 --> 00:06:50,493 MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WENT ON FACEBOOK AND CLAIMED THAT THE 138 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:54,288 REAL AND HIDDEN CULPRIT BEHIND THE FIRE WAS A LASER FROM SPACE 139 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:56,165 TRIGGERED BY SOME NEFARIOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE. 140 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:58,501 WHO STARTED THE FIRE? 141 00:06:58,584 --> 00:07:00,336 SO FAR, THE ONLY PERSON WE CAN RULE OUT IS BILLY JOEL-- HE'S 142 00:07:00,419 --> 00:07:03,464 GOT AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI! 143 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:05,550 BUT CLAIMS LIKE THESE REQUIRE PROOF, RIGHT? 144 00:07:05,633 --> 00:07:11,722 WELL, HERE'S MARJY'S EVIDENCE: "ODDLY, THERE ARE ALL THESE 145 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:13,850 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID THEY SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE LASERS OR BLUE 146 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:19,647 BEAMS OF LIGHT CAUSING THE FIRES." 147 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:25,528 THAT'S AN EMBARRASSING WAY TO ADMIT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF 148 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:27,530 LIGHTNING "AND THEN THE SOCIALIST 149 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:29,031 LIZARDMEN SHOT JAGGED LASERS OUT OF A CLOUD. 150 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,325 THAT ANGERED THE SKY SO IT WENT "ROAR!" AND THE SKY WEPT. 151 00:07:31,409 --> 00:07:32,493 AND THEN, THANKS TO Q-ANON, THE SKY STOPPED CRYING AND A RAINBOW 152 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:33,870 APPEARED. 153 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:36,247 AND WE SHOT OUR GUNS AT IT BECAUSE RAINBOWS ARE GAY. 154 00:07:36,330 --> 00:07:40,251 THE DEFENSE RESTS." 155 00:07:40,334 --> 00:07:42,712 SO WHERE DO THESE FICTIONAL SPACE LASERS COME FROM? 156 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:50,344 WELL, ACCORDING TO CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, IT COULD 157 00:07:50,428 --> 00:07:52,221 HAVE BEEN A BEAM FROM "SPACE SOLAR GENERATORS." 158 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:56,184 A "SPACE SOLAR GENERATOR." 159 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:58,728 SO, THE SUN? 160 00:07:58,811 --> 00:08:00,313 SO WHO IS TO BLAME? 161 00:08:00,396 --> 00:08:03,441 ACCORDING TO THE HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVE CRAZY-PANTS 162 00:08:03,524 --> 00:08:07,945 MCGEE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF FOLKS TO POINT AT AND SHRIEK, 163 00:08:08,029 --> 00:08:12,366 INCLUDING A VICE CHAIRMAN AT "ROTHSCHILD INC, INTERNATIONAL 164 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:14,368 INVESTMENT BANKING FIRM." 165 00:08:14,452 --> 00:08:16,329 WAIT, THE ROTHCHILDS AND INTERNATIONAL BANKERS 166 00:08:16,412 --> 00:08:18,748 CONTROLLING HIGH ENERGY WEAPONS IN LOW ORBIT? 167 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:22,752 WHAT COULD SHE POSSIBLY BE IMPLYING? 168 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:24,295 >> JEWS IN SPACE! 169 00:08:24,378 --> 00:08:29,592 (ECHOES) >> STEPHEN: THANK YOU, MEL. 170 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:32,261 AND OF COURSE, EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S EASY TO IDENTIFY SPACE 171 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:36,933 JEWS-- THEY'RE THE ONES WHOSE ROCKETS HAVE A BRIS. 172 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:39,769 >> LET'S GET BACK TO THE THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT AT THE TOP OF 173 00:08:39,852 --> 00:08:40,770 THE SHOW. 174 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:43,064 YOU SEE, THE CHAOS CONTINUES ON WALL 175 00:08:43,147 --> 00:08:44,607 STREET AS HEDGE-FUND TITANS LOSE BILLIONS TO REDDIT TRADERS 176 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:46,150 RUNNING AMOK. 177 00:08:46,234 --> 00:08:47,026 AHH, THAT'S TERRIBLE. 178 00:08:47,109 --> 00:08:49,612 THOSE POOR HEDGE FUND MANAGERS. 179 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:53,824 NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO INVEST INTO WHOEVER 180 00:08:53,908 --> 00:08:55,451 MANUFACTURERS THE WORLD'S TINIEST VIOLINS. 181 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:57,245 HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON. 182 00:08:57,328 --> 00:09:01,123 LATE LAST YEAR, TWO HEDGE FUNDS STARTED SHORTING STOCK IN THE 183 00:09:01,207 --> 00:09:03,876 RETAIL STORE GAMESTOP. 184 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:08,256 MEANING, THEY HAD BET AGAINST IT AND NEEDED IT TO DROP IN PRICE 185 00:09:08,339 --> 00:09:09,632 FOR THEIR INVESTMENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 186 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:10,800 YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN A SIMILAR CONCEPT IN THE MOVIE "THE BIG 187 00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:12,468 SHORT," OR ITS POPULAR VIDEO GAME SPIN-OFF, "GRAND THEFT 188 00:09:12,551 --> 00:09:16,430 PENSION FUND." 189 00:09:16,514 --> 00:09:20,434 UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE HEDGE FUNDS, AGAIN, WHOSE BUSINESS 190 00:09:20,518 --> 00:09:24,355 MODEL IS "I THINK YOUR COMPANY SUCKS AND I HOPE YOU (BLEEP) 191 00:09:24,438 --> 00:09:28,359 DIE," SMALL INVESTORS STARTING BUYING THE STOCK, LED BY 192 00:09:28,442 --> 00:09:29,652 SOMETHING CALLED "WALL STREET BETS," A POPULAR, JUVENILE, 193 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:31,696 FOUL-MOUTHED REDDIT PAGE. 194 00:09:31,779 --> 00:09:34,031 SO A REDDIT PAGE. 195 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:37,660 HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED -- REDDIT HAS A LOT OF GAMERS WHO 196 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:42,498 HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR GAMESTOP WHICH ISN'T IN GREAT SHAPE AS A 197 00:09:42,581 --> 00:09:43,708 COMPANY. 198 00:09:43,791 --> 00:09:45,501 AND WHEN "WALL STREET BETS NOTICED THAT HEDGE FUNDS HAD 199 00:09:45,584 --> 00:09:46,669 TAKEN A LARGE SHORT POSITION IN GAMESTOP STOCK, THEY DECIDED TO 200 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:49,672 PUNISH THE WALL STREET BIG BOYS AND LAUNCHED A COORDINATED 201 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:52,550 BUYING SPREE." 202 00:09:52,633 --> 00:09:54,552 NORMALLY, WHEN IT'S TIME FOR WALL STREET BIG BOYS TO BE 203 00:09:54,635 --> 00:10:00,182 PUNISHED, THEY HAVE TO PAY MISTRESS ELECTRA. 204 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:03,644 THE REVOLUTIONARIES ON REDDIT ARE ALSO SPANKING WALL STREET'S 205 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:08,024 ASS, BECAUSE SHARES OF GAMESTOP HAVE RISEN OVER 1,700% SINCE 206 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:12,028 DECEMBER, AND BY YESTERDAY, IT HAD GONE FROM A MARKET VALUE OF 207 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:16,032 $2 BILLION TO $24 BILLION. 208 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:23,664 I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOOTAGE OF GAMESTOP'S MANAGEMENT COLLECTING 209 00:10:23,748 --> 00:10:28,002 THEIR EARNINGS: ♪ 210 00:10:28,085 --> 00:10:29,503 ♪ NOW, THAT METEORIC RISE IS A 211 00:10:29,587 --> 00:10:32,006 DISASTER FOR THESE BIG WALL STREET HEDGE FUNDS, BECAUSE 212 00:10:32,089 --> 00:10:33,257 HERE'S HOW SHORTING WORKS. 213 00:10:33,341 --> 00:10:35,843 LET'S SAY YOU THINK THE PRICE OF BEANIE BABIES IS GOING TO CRASH. 214 00:10:35,926 --> 00:10:37,845 BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THEY WERE HOT. 215 00:10:37,928 --> 00:10:40,222 SO YOU BORROW YOUR FRIEND'S "PINCHERS THE LOBSTER" BEANIE 216 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:42,600 BABY, AND SELL IT ON EBAY. 217 00:10:42,683 --> 00:10:45,936 YOUR FRIEND ISN'T UPSET, BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING THEM A DOLLAR, 218 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:48,064 PLUS YOU'VE PROMISED TO RETURN A LOBSTER BEANIE ABY TO THEM AT 219 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:49,565 SOME POINT. 220 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:52,234 AND IF IT GOES UP INSTEAD OF DOWN, YOU'LL GIVE THEM A LOT 221 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:55,905 MORE MONEY AS COLLATERAL ON THAT BEANIE BABY. 222 00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:58,699 YOU FIGURE, NO ONE COLLECTS THESE ANYMORE, YOU'LL ACTUALLY 223 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:02,536 BUY ONE AT A LOWER PRICE AND POCKET THE DIFFERENCE. 224 00:11:02,620 --> 00:11:04,080 BUT WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS, A GROUP ON REDDIT COLLECTIVELY 225 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:08,084 DECIDES THAT BEANIE BABIES ARE VALUABLE, AND THEY REALLY DON'T 226 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:09,293 LIKE YOU. 227 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:12,088 SO THEY DECIDE TO BUY UP ALL THE BEANIE BABIES. 228 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:15,257 THE PRICE EXPLODES. 229 00:11:15,341 --> 00:11:18,719 NOW YOU OWE YOUR FRIEND A TON OF MONEY, WHICH YOU HAVE TO PAY IN 230 00:11:18,803 --> 00:11:20,888 BEANIE BABIES, WHICH YOU CAN'T GET BECAUSE REDDIT BOUGHT THEM 231 00:11:20,971 --> 00:11:24,100 ALL, AND SO THE PRICE GOES SKY-HIGH, WHICH MEANS YOU OWE 232 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:28,104 EVEN MORE MONEY IN EVEN MORE BEANIE BABIES, WHICH DRIVES UP 233 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,272 THE PRICE EVEN MORE. 234 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:32,108 THAT GOES UP IN A RECURSIVE LOOP, WHICH MEANS YOU COULD 235 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:35,111 THEORETICALLY LOSE INFINITE MONEY. 236 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:40,908 AGAIN, IN BEANIE BABIES, WHICH YOU KNOW ARE WORTHLESS, WHICH IS 237 00:11:40,991 --> 00:11:43,285 WHY YOU BET AGAINST THEM! 238 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:46,288 THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THESE HEDGE FUNDS. 239 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:51,669 SO FAR, GAMESTOP SHORT-SELLERS HAVE LOST $5 BILLION. 240 00:11:51,752 --> 00:11:53,838 ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, IF ANY HEDGE FUND BROS ARE OUT OF WORK, I 241 00:11:53,921 --> 00:11:57,675 KNOW OF A PLACE THAT MIGHT BE HIRING. 242 00:11:57,758 --> 00:11:58,759 SO, WALL STREET'S NOT HAPPY. 243 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:01,595 SEE, THEY LOOK DOWN ON THE REST OF US. 244 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,599 IN FACT, ON WALL STREET, INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS ARE OFTEN 245 00:12:05,683 --> 00:12:06,934 DERIDED AS "DUMB MONEY." 246 00:12:07,017 --> 00:12:09,812 NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE SHORT-LIVED $4 BILL FEATURING 247 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:13,816 STEVE URKEL. 248 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:17,778 AND THEY THINK IT'S UNFAIR THAT SOMEONE ELSE GETS TO BULLY 249 00:12:17,862 --> 00:12:19,363 PEOPLE WITH PILES OF MONEY. 250 00:12:19,447 --> 00:12:21,782 AS ONE SHORT-SELLER BITTERLY PUT IT, "I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS 251 00:12:21,866 --> 00:12:24,034 THIS CULT-LIKE." 252 00:12:24,118 --> 00:12:25,786 (AS TRADER) "THOSE REDDIT PEOPLE ARE A TOTAL 253 00:12:25,870 --> 00:12:27,496 CULT. 254 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:31,375 NOW, FELLOW TRADERS, LET US READ THE GOSPEL OF ADAM SMITH, AND 255 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:33,794 THEN SING TODAY'S OPENING HYMN: 256 00:12:33,878 --> 00:12:44,346 KLANG-KLANG-KLANG-KLANG-KLANG!" AMEN. 257 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:46,640 SO NOW, THESE HEDGE-BROS ARE SCREAMING FOR SOMEBODY, ANYBODY 258 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:48,809 TO STOP THEIR BLEEDING. 259 00:12:48,893 --> 00:12:53,189 AND TODAY, GAMESTOP CLOSED DOWN 44%, IN PART, BECAUSE A LOT OF 260 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:56,192 COMPANIES RESTRICTED STOCK SALES, AND THE TRADING APP 261 00:12:56,275 --> 00:12:57,401 ROBINHOOD STOPPED USERS FROM TRADING GAMESTOP STOCKS 262 00:12:57,485 --> 00:12:59,403 ENTIRELY. 263 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:01,989 YES, EXACTLY WHAT ROBIN HOOD IS KNOWN FOR, LOOKING OUT FOR THE 264 00:13:02,072 --> 00:13:03,866 RICH GUYS. 265 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:07,453 HEDGE FUNDS HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKING WHETHER REDDITORS 266 00:13:07,536 --> 00:13:08,704 ORGANIZING ONLINE LIKE THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED MARKET 267 00:13:08,787 --> 00:13:09,663 MANIPULATION. 268 00:13:09,747 --> 00:13:10,873 OH! 269 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:14,585 YOU'RE ALL FOR UNFETTERED CAPITALISM, UNLESS YOU LOSE? 270 00:13:14,668 --> 00:13:16,545 COME ON GUYS, THERE'S NO MANIPULATION! 271 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:20,549 THIS IS JUST THE INVISIBLE HAND OF THE MARKET, EXTENDING YOU AN 272 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:24,512 INVISIBLE MIDDLE FINGER. 273 00:13:24,595 --> 00:13:25,763 WHAT? 274 00:13:25,846 --> 00:13:28,474 ON THE OTHER HAND, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW THIS IS GOING TO END. 275 00:13:28,557 --> 00:13:30,226 ESPECIALLY SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. 276 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:34,980 >> WELL, I UNDERSTAND-- IT'S INTERESTING, ISN'T IT? 277 00:13:35,064 --> 00:13:40,402 I UNDERSTAND THE ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING A LOOK, THE S.E.C. IS 278 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:41,070 TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT THAT IS. 279 00:13:41,153 --> 00:13:41,695 WE'LL ALL BE REVIEWING IT. 280 00:13:41,779 --> 00:13:44,240 IT IS INTERESTING. 281 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:46,951 >> STEPHEN: THAT IS ONE WAY TO PUT IT. 282 00:13:47,034 --> 00:13:49,078 IT CERTAINLY GRABS THE ATTENTION THAT A HORDE OF FINANCIAL 283 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:53,040 INTERNET GAMERS HAS MADE THE BLOATED PLUTOCRATS SOIL THEIR 284 00:13:53,123 --> 00:13:56,252 HUGO BOSSES BECAUSE THEY'VE UNLOCKED THE DIGITAL PITCHFORK. 285 00:13:56,335 --> 00:14:00,422 BUT DON'T WORRY, HEDGE FUND MANAGERS. 286 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:02,466 I'M SURE, OVER TIME, ALL THE MONEY THESE REDDITORS ACCUMULATE 287 00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:07,263 WILL TRICKLE DOWN. 288 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:07,930 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BE PATIENT AND UNTIL THEN, PULL YOURSELF UP 289 00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:11,308 BY YOUR COCAINE STRAPS. 290 00:14:11,392 --> 00:14:15,604 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 291 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:17,773 MY GUESTS ARE VIGGO MORTENSEN, AND "NEW YORK TIMES" COLUMNIST 292 00:14:17,856 --> 00:14:19,275 CHARLES BLOW. 293 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:24,238 BUT WHEN WE RETURN, "MEANWHILE!" STICK AROUND. 294 00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:28,284 ♪♪♪ 295 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:53,767 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, 296 00:14:53,851 --> 00:14:54,935 EVERYBODY! 297 00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:57,146 LET'S SAY HELLO TO OUR BAND LEADER AND YOURS MR. JON 298 00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:57,688 BATISTE. 299 00:14:57,771 --> 00:14:58,981 HELLO, JON, HOW ARE YA? 300 00:14:59,064 --> 00:15:00,357 >> Jon: I'M GOOD. 301 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:01,025 THAT'S A HAPPY SOUND. 302 00:15:01,108 --> 00:15:03,110 I LOVE HAPPY SOUNDS. 303 00:15:03,193 --> 00:15:04,612 >> Stephen: THAT IS. 304 00:15:04,695 --> 00:15:09,783 YOU KNOW, THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH KAZOO IN POPULAR MUSIC. 305 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:12,077 MAYBE THAT'S WHY I STILL HAVE THE WILL TO LIVE. 306 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:17,124 IT'S -- IT'S A CHALLENGING SOUND, THE KAZOO, YOU HAVE TO 307 00:15:17,207 --> 00:15:17,791 ADMIT. 308 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:18,667 >> Jon: OH, YES. 309 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:21,670 IT'S AN ACQUIRED TASTE, I'LL SAY. 310 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:25,341 BUT IT'S VERY JOVIAL, TO SAY THE LEAST. 311 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:26,508 >> Stephen: IT IS. 312 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:27,635 IT'S LIGHT-HEARTED. 313 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:30,012 IT DON'T TAKE ITSELF SERIOUSLY, AND NEITHER SHOULD WE. 314 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:32,348 >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT. 315 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:36,810 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY NON-KAZOO-BASED MUSIC YOU MIGHT 316 00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:40,397 BE ABLE TO FAVOR THIS FAIR AUDIENCE WITH? 317 00:15:40,481 --> 00:15:45,152 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Jon: YES, INDEED! 318 00:15:45,235 --> 00:15:51,867 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: THAT'S THE SIDE 319 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:52,951 YOU ALWAYS WALK ON! 320 00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:54,870 JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY. 321 00:15:54,953 --> 00:15:55,371 THANKS, JON. 322 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:59,833 >> Jon: YES, INDEED. 323 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:05,047 >> Stephen: FOLKS, I SPEND MOST OF MY 324 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:09,051 TIME SPECIAL ORDERING THE DAY'S NEWSIEST, MOST TOPICAL 325 00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:11,679 COMPONENTS, LIKE A TENTH-GEN INTEL CORE I9 C.P.U., A GIGABYTE 326 00:16:11,762 --> 00:16:17,059 X-570 AORUS XTREME MOTHERBOARD AND N-VIDIA G-FORCE RTX 3090 327 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:20,062 GRAPHICS CARD, THEN CAREFULLY MOUNTING IT ALL IN A TEMPERED 328 00:16:20,145 --> 00:16:24,400 GLASS CASE WITH LIQUID COOLING, R.G.B. LIGHTING, AND 750-WATT 329 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:27,986 P.S.U. TO BUILD FOR YOU THE SLEEK, OVER-CLOCKED, CUSTOM 330 00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:31,240 GAMING P.C. THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. 331 00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:33,784 BUT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I LIKE TO HUFF A COUPLE 332 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:36,870 WHIPPETS, HOP THE RAZOR WIRE AT THE GARBAGE DUMP, STRIP THE 333 00:16:36,954 --> 00:16:41,083 CABLES OUT OF AN OLD LITE BRITE, STEAL THE BATTERY PACK FROM A 334 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,711 DISCARDED R.C. COPTER, AND RUN THEM TO THE CRACKED SCREEN OF A 335 00:16:43,794 --> 00:16:46,755 BUSTED-OUT FLIP-PHONE TO CREATE THE RIVERSIDE VAGRANT TETRIS 336 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:53,095 CONSOLE OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 337 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:57,266 "QUARANTINEWHILE!" QUARANTINE-WHILE, NEW RESEARCH 338 00:16:57,349 --> 00:17:01,103 SHOWS THAT SMOOSHY-FACED CATS CAN'T SHOW EMOTION. 339 00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:02,813 OH NO! 340 00:17:02,896 --> 00:17:05,107 THEY CAN'T EXPRESS THEIR FULL RANGE OF NORMAL CAT EMOTIONS, 341 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:09,111 FROM SCORNFUL, TO CONDESCENDING, TO "REALLY, YOU'RE GOING OUT 342 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:14,116 DRESSED LIKE THAT?" QUARANTINE-WHILE, A MAN IN 343 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:17,578 BRAZIL RECENTLY DISCOVERED A ROCK FORMATION THAT LOOKS LIKE 344 00:17:17,661 --> 00:17:20,122 COOKIE MONSTER THAT COULD FETCH $10,000. 345 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:25,002 WHICH EXPLAINS THIS RECENT EPISODE: 346 00:17:25,085 --> 00:17:29,131 >> "C IS FOR CASH NOW GIVE ME MY MONEY 347 00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:34,970 OHH, GIMME, GIMME GIMME MY MONEY! 348 00:17:35,053 --> 00:17:36,722 C IS FOR CASH. 349 00:17:36,805 --> 00:17:43,312 NOW GIVE ME MY MONEY, OH, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME MY MONEY! 350 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:44,188 >> STEPHEN: THE MAN FOUND THE CRYSTAL MUPPET IN THE BRAZIL 351 00:17:44,271 --> 00:17:48,776 REGION OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL. 352 00:17:48,859 --> 00:17:50,068 WHICH IS SESAME CANON. 353 00:17:50,152 --> 00:17:50,861 WE ALL REMEMBER THE INFAMOUS EPISODE WHERE COOKIE MONSTER 354 00:17:50,944 --> 00:17:56,158 WENT TO RIO AND GOT A FULL BRAZILIAN. 355 00:17:56,241 --> 00:18:01,830 QUARANTINE-WHILE, EXCITING TECH NEWS: "MICROSOFT HAS FILED A 356 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:05,000 PATENT TO CREATE CHATBOTS THAT IMITATE DEAD PEOPLE" BY 357 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:06,835 COLLECTING "IMAGES, VOICE DATA, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND 358 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:09,505 ELECTRONIC MESSAGES," THEN "SIMULATE HUMAN CONVERSATION 359 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:13,175 THROUGH VOICE COMMANDS AND/OR TEXT CHATS." 360 00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:16,762 SO THEY'RE BUILDING THESE BASED ON PEOPLE'S INTERNET PRESENCE? 361 00:18:16,845 --> 00:18:20,307 GET READY FOR A MILLION CHATBOTS THAT ARE VACATIONING IN GREECE, 362 00:18:20,390 --> 00:18:22,684 GREAT AT NETWORKING, AND AN UNCLE WITH A HOT TAKE ON BLACK 363 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,187 LIVES MATTER THAT YOU SHOULD BE OKAY WITH BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT 364 00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:28,315 TOLERANCE, RIGHT? 365 00:18:28,398 --> 00:18:30,692 THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. 366 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:33,195 IF YOU BUILT A CHATBOT BASED ON MY INTERNET ACTIVITY, YOU'D 367 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:37,366 THINK ALL I CARED ABOUT WAS J.R.R. TOLKIEN AND BOATS. 368 00:18:37,449 --> 00:18:41,203 WHEN IN REALITY, I ALSO ENJOY ALCOHOL. 369 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:43,205 QUARANTINE-WHILE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, IT 370 00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:49,545 WAS ASSUMED THAT IN NINE MONTHS THERE'D BE A HISTORIC BABY BOOM. 371 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:52,714 WELL, IN FACT, AMERICA HAS ENTERED A PANDEMIC-INSPIRED BABY 372 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:53,799 BUST. 373 00:18:53,882 --> 00:18:55,717 TURNS OUT, NO ONE IS SAYING, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT BEING 374 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:57,845 TRAPPED IN THIS TINY APARTMENT WITH YOU PUTS ME IN THE MOOD 375 00:18:57,928 --> 00:18:58,387 FOR? 376 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:01,348 A SCREAMING INFANT." 377 00:19:01,431 --> 00:19:05,561 QUARANTINE-WHILE, IN OREGON, HEALTH WORKERS STUCK IN THE SNOW 378 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:08,230 ADMINISTERED CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TO STRANDED DRIVERS." 379 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:10,774 THEY EVEN "WALKED FROM CAR TO CAR WITH VACCINE DOSES THAT 380 00:19:10,858 --> 00:19:13,235 WOULD EXPIRE IN SIX HOURS." 381 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:16,613 OH, AND EVERYONE SAYS "DON'T STAND BY THE HIGHWAY LETTING 382 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:17,865 STRANGERS INJECT YOU WITH DRUGS." 383 00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:21,243 WELL, WHO'S CRAZY NOW? 384 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:23,412 STILL ME? 385 00:19:23,495 --> 00:19:26,790 BECAUSE OF THOSE DRUGS? 386 00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:28,125 FINE. 387 00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:28,750 ALSO, GOOD LUCK TALKING THE HOSPITAL INTO GIVING YOU YOUR 388 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:29,585 SECOND DOSE IN FOUR WEEKS. 389 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:30,544 "NO, NO, IT'S COOL. 390 00:19:30,627 --> 00:19:31,753 I'M ALL CLEAR FOR MY SECOND SHOT. 391 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,255 I GOT MY FIRST ONE FROM SOME DUDE ON I-95. 392 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:35,424 SEEMED LEGIT. 393 00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:39,219 I THINK HE WAS RAISING MONEY FOR HIS BASKETBALL TEAM." 394 00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:41,263 THE SURPRISE VACCINE APPOINTMENT HAD SOME MOTORISTS ESPECIALLY 395 00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:43,891 PUMPED. 396 00:19:43,974 --> 00:19:46,643 ACCORDING TO ONE HEALTH WORKER, "WE HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS 397 00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:49,229 SO HAPPY, HE TOOK HIS SHIRT OFF AND JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR." 398 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:52,566 THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BRO WHO FINDS ANY EXCUSE TO GO SHIRTLESS. 399 00:19:52,649 --> 00:19:53,650 WE CAN ALL SEE YOU WORK OUT, BUDDY. 400 00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:56,778 THERE IS NO NEED TO TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF FOR A VACCINE. 401 00:19:56,862 --> 00:20:00,949 THEY DON'T PUMP IT IN YOUR NIPPLES. 402 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:05,287 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH VIGGO MORTENSEN. 403 00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:06,538 ♪♪♪ 404 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:19,134 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 405 00:20:19,217 --> 00:20:22,262 WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW." 406 00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:23,805 MY FIRST GUEST IS A THREE-TIME ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE YOU KNOW 407 00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:26,808 FROM "EASTERN PROMISES," "CAPTAIN FANTASTIC," AND OF 408 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:29,978 COURSE, "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" TRILOGY. 409 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,647 HE NOW MAKES HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH THE NEW FILM, 410 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:35,776 "FALLING." 411 00:20:39,863 --> 00:20:42,824 >> OH, GOD... 412 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:43,158 PULL, PULL. 413 00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:44,201 YOU PULL. 414 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:48,330 PULL, DAD. 415 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:49,039 OH! 416 00:20:49,122 --> 00:20:51,667 >> DAD, YOU CAN'T SMOKE IN HERE. 417 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:53,794 LET'S LET YOUR MOTHER SLEEP FOR A WHILE. 418 00:20:53,877 --> 00:20:59,174 IT'S VERY EARLY. 419 00:20:59,257 --> 00:21:01,927 >> GOOD IDEA. 420 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:07,808 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," VIGGO 421 00:21:07,891 --> 00:21:08,558 MORTENSEN. 422 00:21:08,642 --> 00:21:09,518 VIGGO, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 423 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:11,687 >> HI, HOW ARE YA? 424 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:16,358 >> Stephen: FOR ANYONE CONFUSED AT HOME, I'M THE ONE IN 425 00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:19,069 THE GREEN SHIRT, VIGGO IS IN THE BLUE SHIRT. 426 00:21:19,152 --> 00:21:22,030 PEOPLE WILL GO, WHICH ONE IS VIGGO? 427 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:22,531 >> IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 428 00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:23,490 >> Stephen: I GET IT. 429 00:21:23,573 --> 00:21:26,368 NOW, WE DON'T SEE YOU ENOUGH. 430 00:21:26,451 --> 00:21:29,329 IT'S BEEN TOO LONG SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE, AND IT'S ALWAYS 431 00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,665 A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. 432 00:21:31,748 --> 00:21:32,374 NOT ONLY BECAUSE I'M A FAN OF YOUR WORK, BUT IT'S GREAT TO 433 00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:34,876 HAVE A RENAISSANCE MAN HERE. 434 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,170 YOU DO IT ALL. 435 00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:38,839 YOU'RE AN ACTOR. 436 00:21:38,922 --> 00:21:42,718 YOU'RE A POET, I HAVE SEVERAL COLLECTIONS OF YOUR POETRY. 437 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:46,054 YOU'RE A PHOTOGRAPHER, YOU'RE A PAINTER AND NOW A DIRECTOR. 438 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:48,890 WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE DIRECTING YOUR FIRST FILM, TO BE 439 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,517 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LENS? 440 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,856 WHAT ARE YOU, DIRECT, THINK OF VIGGO MORTENSEN ACTOR. 441 00:21:55,939 --> 00:21:58,859 IS THAT GUY A PRIMA DONNA? 442 00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:00,110 >> HE WAS VERY OBEDIENT. 443 00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:03,405 HE NEVER GOT TO THE SET LATER THAN I DID. 444 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:04,239 NEVER. 445 00:22:04,322 --> 00:22:05,073 HE WAS ALWAYS ON TIME. 446 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:05,824 >> Stephen: THAT'S IMPORTANT. 447 00:22:05,907 --> 00:22:08,952 IF I WAS ON TIME, HE WAS ON TIME. 448 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:11,747 >> Stephen: BUT, SERIOUSLY, HOW DOES IT CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF 449 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,373 YOUR SORT OF MOST FAMOUS PROFESSION, WHICH IS ACTING, TO 450 00:22:13,457 --> 00:22:15,542 BE THE DIRECTOR? 451 00:22:15,625 --> 00:22:19,755 DO YOU VIEW YOUR ART ANY DIFFERENTLY NOW THAT YOU SEE THE 452 00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:20,922 NEEDS OF DIRECTING? 453 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:24,342 >> WELL, WHEN I GO TO THE MOVIES, AND I HAVE BEEN GOING A 454 00:22:24,426 --> 00:22:27,596 LOT, WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN GO TO THE MOVIES -- 455 00:22:27,679 --> 00:22:29,097 >> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND. 456 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:29,931 I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU'RE IN EUROPE. 457 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:32,559 NO ONE'S TOLD ME WHAT COUNTRY YOU'RE IN. 458 00:22:32,642 --> 00:22:35,145 YOU'RE IN A COUNTRY THAT CAN SHOW MOVIES. 459 00:22:35,228 --> 00:22:38,565 THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF IS IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THAT'S NOT IN 460 00:22:38,648 --> 00:22:40,609 EUROPE. 461 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:45,280 >> WE HAVE BEEN SEEING MOVIES SINCE LAST AUGUST. 462 00:22:45,363 --> 00:22:48,200 >> Stephen: DO YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY YOU'RE 463 00:22:48,283 --> 00:22:48,492 IN? 464 00:22:48,575 --> 00:22:49,785 >> I DO. 465 00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:53,622 >> Stephen: THATDOESN'T HELP BECAUSE YOU SPEAK SEVEN 466 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:54,498 LANGUAGES. 467 00:22:54,581 --> 00:22:58,251 >> I'M IN SPAIN, AT THIS MOMENT. 468 00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:03,381 >> Stephen: OH, OH. 469 00:23:03,465 --> 00:23:03,799 WELL... 470 00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:05,509 HOLA. 471 00:23:05,592 --> 00:23:07,260 >> HOLA. 472 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:14,017 ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) YEAH. 473 00:23:14,101 --> 00:23:15,477 IN FACT, "FALLING" WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE SEEN IN MOVIE 474 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:16,645 THEATERS. 475 00:23:16,728 --> 00:23:19,481 IT WAS THE COUNTRY WHERE "FALLING" CAME OUT. 476 00:23:19,564 --> 00:23:22,984 IT CAME OUT THE SECOND OF OCTOBER. 477 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:26,196 IT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR MONTHS. 478 00:23:26,279 --> 00:23:26,988 IT'S LIKE AN I AN INDY HIT. 479 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:32,869 >> Stephen: TELL ME WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 480 00:23:32,953 --> 00:23:42,838 >> I'VE WRITTEN SCREEN PLAYS AND "FALLING" TOOK ME THREE TRIES 481 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:49,636 AND ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO SHOOT IT. 482 00:23:49,719 --> 00:23:53,390 AND THE REASON I STARTED WRITING IT, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER MY MOM 483 00:23:53,473 --> 00:24:03,024 DAD, AND SHE HAD HAD DEMENTIA, LIKE THE MAIN CHARACTER 484 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:07,696 HENDRICKSON IN MY STORY DOES, HE PLAYS MY FATHER. 485 00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:09,239 THERE'S A LOT OF THAT. 486 00:24:09,322 --> 00:24:10,407 MY MOM, DAD, BOTH SIDES, WE'RE RIDDLED WITH DEMENTIA, OUR 487 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:11,658 FAMILY. 488 00:24:11,741 --> 00:24:16,204 AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO EXPLORE. 489 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:20,250 BUT IT WAS -- WHEN MY MOM DIED, I JUST WANTED TO REMEMBER 490 00:24:20,333 --> 00:24:21,751 EVERYTHING ABOUT HER. 491 00:24:21,835 --> 00:24:23,670 I LOVED HER AND I STILL LOVE HER AND I GUESS IN A WAY I WANTED TO 492 00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:26,423 KEEP THAT FLAME ALIVE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS VERY PRESENT, VERY 493 00:24:26,506 --> 00:24:28,550 ALIVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY DIE. 494 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:31,636 SOUNDS TERRIBLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST VERY IMMEDIATE, ALL 495 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:36,266 THESE IMAGES OF HER AT DIFFERENT AGES AND THE STORIES ABOUT HER 496 00:24:36,349 --> 00:24:41,730 THAT YOU HEAR THAT MORE OR LESS COINCIDE WITH YOURS. 497 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:44,566 SO I WANTED TO WRITE THEM DOWN, THESE IDEAS, THESE MEMORIES, AND 498 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:49,613 I STARTED WRITING, BUT IT BECAME A FICTIONAL STORY, WHICH I GUESS 499 00:24:49,696 --> 00:24:52,449 I FELT FREER TO WRITE THAN THE DOCUMENTARY THING WHERE I WOULD 500 00:24:52,532 --> 00:24:54,701 HAVE TO CALL MY BROTHERS AND SAY DID THIS HAPPEN? 501 00:24:54,784 --> 00:24:57,120 WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? 502 00:24:57,204 --> 00:24:58,538 WHO SAID THAT? 503 00:24:58,622 --> 00:25:02,417 I SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE IT UP AND USE THE FEELINGS, A 504 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:09,341 FEW MEMORIES, A FEW INCIDENTS, BUT IT'S A MADE-UP STORY. 505 00:25:09,424 --> 00:25:10,550 THAT'S HOW THAT CAME ABOUT. 506 00:25:10,634 --> 00:25:15,555 I HAVE KEPT THAT FLAME ALIVE, THAT WOUND OPEN, I GUESS, THE 507 00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:21,061 MEMORY OF MY MOM AND MY DAD BY MAKING THE MOVIE AND EDITING IT, 508 00:25:21,144 --> 00:25:24,564 EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, I CAN SEE HER, AND THAT'S WHAT I 509 00:25:24,648 --> 00:25:26,942 WANT. 510 00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:29,694 >> Stephen: THAT'S A TRUE AND PROFOUND THING, THE FLAME ALIVE 511 00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:32,614 AND WOUND OPEN IS THE SAME THING. 512 00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:34,324 YOU WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU BECAUSE THE 513 00:25:34,407 --> 00:25:34,783 PAIN IS ALSO PART OF THEM. 514 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:36,910 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 515 00:25:36,993 --> 00:25:38,870 >> Stephen: THIS IS ALSO THE 20th ANNIVERSARY RELEASE OF 516 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:47,337 THE FELLOW SHIP, THE FIRST "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" FILM. 517 00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:52,342 WHAT STRUCK YOU ON SEEING EVERYBODY? 518 00:25:52,425 --> 00:25:54,511 HAD YOU ALL BEEN TOGETHER IN A WHILE? 519 00:25:54,594 --> 00:25:56,513 >> I'VE SEEN NOT ALL OF THEM. 520 00:25:56,596 --> 00:25:59,557 I'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM. 521 00:25:59,641 --> 00:26:02,978 THE HOBBITS. 522 00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:06,147 I'VE SEEN ORLANDO BLOOM NOW AND THEN. 523 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:09,651 I'VE SEEN SEAN BEAN A FEW TIMES, YOU KNOW, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. 524 00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:11,820 IT WAS WONDERFUL. 525 00:26:11,903 --> 00:26:14,656 I THINK THE THING LASTED AN HOUR, A COUPLE OF HOURS. 526 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:17,659 IT COULD HAVE GONE ON 20, 30 HOURS FOR ME. 527 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:21,663 I MEAN, THERE WERE SO MANY MORE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT. 528 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,833 I DON'T KNOW, I HOPE WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. 529 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:30,547 IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET TOGETHER, LIKE IN NEW ZEALAND, 530 00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:30,964 IDEALLY, WITH EVERYONE. 531 00:26:31,047 --> 00:26:33,174 IT WAS GREAT. 532 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:39,014 IT WAS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FRIENDSHIPS 533 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:48,231 OR THAT IT WAS BASED ON THE AMAZING TOLKIENS BOOK, BUT 534 00:26:48,315 --> 00:26:53,069 SEEING JACKSON AND IT DID NEW ZEALANDERS WHO HADN'T HAD 535 00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:56,531 EXPERIENCE, CERTAINLY NOT ON A BIG MOVIE, LEARNING AS THEY WENT 536 00:26:56,614 --> 00:26:59,701 ALONG AND PETER JACKSON FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET PAST OBSTACLES, 537 00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:04,039 SOLVE PROBLEMS EVERY DAY, BIG ONES, LITTLE ONES. 538 00:27:04,122 --> 00:27:06,708 WELL, LET'S MAKE UP A SHOT, DO SOMETHING NOBODY'S EVER DONE. 539 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:09,210 IT WAS ALMOST EVERY DAY. 540 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:11,629 IT WAS, LIKE, A WIDE OPEN, CRAZY, FILM SCHOOL, REALLY. 541 00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:13,882 >> Stephen: I LOVE THE DESCRIPTION. 542 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:20,096 I'VE HEARD IT DESCRIBED AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE LOW-BUDGET FILM 543 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:24,392 BECAUSE THE SCOPE WAS SO GREAT EVEN THOUGH THE BUDGET WAS SO 544 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:25,685 ENORMOUS. 545 00:27:25,769 --> 00:27:27,687 THEY SPENT EVERYTHING MAKING IT THE BEST FILM YOU COULD. 546 00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:33,777 I'M JUST BOND RICK, HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED ALL THE FILMS IN 547 00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:35,070 THE EXTENDED EDITION? 548 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:37,739 HAVE YOU SEEN EVERYTHING? 549 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:40,075 >> ALL THE ONES. 550 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:44,371 >> Stephen: NO, JUST HAVE YOU SEEN THE EXTENDED EDITIONS? 551 00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:46,748 SOME AN TORSE DON'T WATCH THEMSELVES. 552 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:48,083 >> I TAKE THE BAD WITH THE OKAY. 553 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:54,589 YOU LEARN WATCHING, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE CAN'T, BUT YOU KNOW 554 00:27:54,672 --> 00:27:55,882 ONE. 555 00:27:55,965 --> 00:27:58,885 YOU ARE THE FOREMOST EXPERT -- >> Stephen: FAN, MAYBE NOT 556 00:27:58,968 --> 00:27:59,386 EXPERT. 557 00:27:59,469 --> 00:28:00,470 MAYBE FAN. 558 00:28:00,553 --> 00:28:01,930 >> I WOULD SAY YOU ARE THE PERSON THAT I KNOW OF IN THE 559 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:07,268 WORLD WHO IS THE MOST CONSUMED WITH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING 560 00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:12,649 THAT HAS TO DO WITH PETER JACKSON'S "THE LORD OF THE 561 00:28:12,732 --> 00:28:14,275 RINGS" TRILOGY. 562 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,737 >> Stephen: I WOULD CHANGE ONE THING IN THE SENTENCE -- I AM 563 00:28:17,821 --> 00:28:19,948 MOST NOURISHED, NOT CONSUMED. 564 00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:21,491 >> OKAY. 565 00:28:21,574 --> 00:28:23,118 >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU AND I HAVE SOMETHING COMMON, 566 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:26,788 OBVIOUSLY IT'S LIKE FRATERNAL TWINS, IS THAT WE BOTH HAVE 567 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:27,789 VERTIGO. 568 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:29,916 >> I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. 569 00:28:29,999 --> 00:28:31,418 YOU HAVE THAT? 570 00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:33,795 >> Stephen: I ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE ATTACK WHILE WE WERE 571 00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:35,338 TALKING JUST NOW. 572 00:28:35,422 --> 00:28:37,841 I WASN'T SURE -- LITERALLY DOWN WAS THAT WAY FOR A MINUTE. 573 00:28:37,924 --> 00:28:40,927 IT COMES AT TIMES I CAN'T EXPLAIN. 574 00:28:41,010 --> 00:28:43,179 HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD IT? 575 00:28:43,263 --> 00:28:46,433 >> MY MOTHER HAD IT REALLY BADLY. 576 00:28:46,516 --> 00:28:51,729 SHE COULDN'T GET UP ON A -- YOU KNOW, STAND ON A CHAIR WOULD BE 577 00:28:51,813 --> 00:28:52,439 TORTUROUS. 578 00:28:52,522 --> 00:28:53,815 I NEVER HAD IT WHEN I WAS A KID. 579 00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:56,943 MAYBE I REMEMBER ONE TIME I CLIMBED UP THIS STEEP HILL AND 580 00:28:57,026 --> 00:29:02,824 THEN I DIDN'T -- I WAS YELLING AND SCREAMING, I WAS VERY 581 00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:07,328 LITTLE, I DIDN'T DARE CLIMB DOWN AND MY DAD HAD TO COME GET ME. 582 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:09,831 OTHER THAN THAT, I ALWAYS CLIMBED TREES, MOUNTAINS, 583 00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:12,167 EVERYTHING, DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. 584 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,794 AND AS AN ADULT, IT HIT ME ONCE IN A WHILE. 585 00:29:14,878 --> 00:29:20,967 THE FIRST TIME IT HIT ME BADLY WAS DURING "THE LORD OF THE 586 00:29:21,050 --> 00:29:22,469 RINGS." 587 00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:30,685 I WAS DOING THE SECOND MOVIE, THE BATTLE FOR HELMS DEET. 588 00:29:30,768 --> 00:29:33,480 THE SCENE WITH US AT NIGHT, IT WAS WET AND RAINY. 589 00:29:33,563 --> 00:29:36,816 THERE WAS A STAIRWAY A LITTLE OVER A FOOT WIDE, NO RAILING, 590 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:39,903 GOING UP THE SIDE OF A WALL. 591 00:29:39,986 --> 00:29:44,365 THERE'S A SCENE WHERE I'M FIGHTING MY WAY UP TRYING TO GET 592 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:48,870 TO THE TOP, AND THERE ARE ALL THESE ORKS COMING DOWN, AND I'M 593 00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:51,206 FIGHTING THEM ALL THE WAY UP. 594 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:51,998 ONE THROWS A SPEAR SIDEWAYS AND I THROW MY LEGS OVER AND LEAPT 595 00:29:52,081 --> 00:29:55,877 OVER THE PRECIPICE AND KEPT GOING. 596 00:29:55,960 --> 00:30:03,551 THEY SAID, TAKE A BREAK, AND REST A LITTLE. 597 00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:04,928 EVERYBODY WAS RUSHING DOWN. 598 00:30:05,011 --> 00:30:09,557 I TURNED AND WAS GOING DOWN THE STAIRS AND I SUDDENLY GOT IT 599 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:12,393 REALLY BADLY AND I FROZE. 600 00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:16,397 PEOPLE WAITING, ALL THESE ORK AC FORCE TRYING TO GET PAST ME. 601 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:20,026 AND I JUST GOT AGAINST THE WALL LIKE THAT, AND I SAID, GO AHEAD, 602 00:30:20,109 --> 00:30:22,237 GO BY, GO BY. 603 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,741 I WAS LOOKING OUT AT THE NIGHT SKY, I COULDN'T GO DOWN. 604 00:30:26,824 --> 00:30:29,118 THEY GO, WILL YOU ALL RIGHT? 605 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:33,373 YEAH, I'M FINE, RESTING, RELAXING. 606 00:30:33,456 --> 00:30:33,957 I WAS SO TENSE. 607 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:34,666 I FINALLY CURLED AROUND. 608 00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:35,917 I JUST HAD TO LOOK AT THE STONE. 609 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:41,673 I WAS LIKE A SPIDER AGAINST THE WALL. 610 00:30:41,756 --> 00:30:43,716 AND THEN EVERYBODY HAD LEFT. 611 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,428 SO IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT I WAS UP THERE DOING THIS AND PEOPLE ARE 612 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:49,556 GOING VIGGO, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? 613 00:30:49,639 --> 00:30:54,561 YEAH, I'M FINE, I'M JUST -- >> Stephen: JUST REALLY IN 614 00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:55,270 CHARACTER. 615 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:57,730 JUST STAYING IN CHARACTER. 616 00:30:57,814 --> 00:30:59,232 >> HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE. 617 00:30:59,315 --> 00:31:01,568 DO YOU WANT ME TO THROW YOU SOMETHING UP THERE? 618 00:31:01,651 --> 00:31:04,821 I SAID, NO, JUST THE IMAGE OF CATCHING SOMETHING OVER THIS 619 00:31:04,904 --> 00:31:06,281 ABYSS, YOU KNOW. 620 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,908 IT WAS HORRIBLE, AND I WAS REALLY THINKING I DON'T EVEN 621 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:13,121 WANT TO GO DOWN, MUCH LESS DO I WANT TO FIGHT ON THESE STAIRS. 622 00:31:13,204 --> 00:31:16,624 AND I'M DREADING WHEN THEY ALL HAVE TO COME UP AND TROOP PAST 623 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,294 ME AGAIN TO GET INTO POSITION. 624 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:21,921 SOMEHOW I GOT THROUGH IT BUT IT WAS REALLY HORRIBLE. 625 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:24,632 >> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, "FALLING" IS IN 626 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:26,634 SELECT THEATERS AND ON DEMAND NEXT FRIDAY. 627 00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:27,927 VIGGO MORTENSEN, EVERYBODY! 628 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:28,303 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "NEW YORK TIMES" JOURNALIST 629 00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:31,889 CHARLES BLOW. 630 00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:32,682 ♪♪♪ ♪ 631 00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:32,807 ♪ 632 00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:43,151 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, 633 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:49,532 EVERYBODY. 634 00:31:49,616 --> 00:31:50,825 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, AND OPINION 635 00:31:50,908 --> 00:31:53,661 COLUMNIST AT THE "NEW YORK TIMES." 636 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:54,829 PLEASE WELCOME CHARLES BLOW! 637 00:31:54,912 --> 00:31:55,663 CHARLES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 638 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,457 >> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. 639 00:31:57,540 --> 00:32:03,630 >> Stephen: NOW, AN OPINION COLUMNIST SOUNDS -- HEY, IT'S A 640 00:32:03,713 --> 00:32:06,424 GREAT OUTLET BUT IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE. 641 00:32:06,507 --> 00:32:10,470 THERE MUST BE TIMES WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPINION, WHERE 642 00:32:10,553 --> 00:32:12,639 YOU'RE, LIKE, AH, I GOT NOTHING. 643 00:32:12,722 --> 00:32:14,515 WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? 644 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:15,683 >> I COULD WRITE THAT. 645 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:19,646 I COULD ACTUALLY SAY, I HAVE NOTHING, AND MAKE A COLUMN OUT 646 00:32:19,729 --> 00:32:20,647 OF IT. 647 00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:22,231 I THINK I'VE DONE THAT ONCE OR TWICE. 648 00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:24,359 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE A LOT RIGHT NOW. 649 00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:29,364 YOU HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF OPINIONS RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE 650 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,074 IN THE NEW BOOK, "THE DEVIL YOU KNOW." 651 00:32:31,157 --> 00:32:34,494 I'LL PUT IT RIGHT THERE SO WE GET THE BIG SHOT OF IT RIGHT 652 00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:35,578 OVER THERE. 653 00:32:35,662 --> 00:32:38,414 AND IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC CALL TO ACTION. 654 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:42,251 EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE. 655 00:32:42,335 --> 00:32:45,880 >> I'M SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE REVERSE THE GREAT MIGRATION. 656 00:32:45,963 --> 00:32:52,637 THE GREAT MIGRATION WAS THE OUTFLOW OF BLACK PEOPLE FROM THE 657 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:57,350 RURAL SOUTH TO THE BIG CITIES OF THE NORTH AND WEST. 658 00:32:57,433 --> 00:33:03,147 NEARLY HALF OF ALL BLACK PEOPLE LEFT THE SOUTH DURING THE GREAT 659 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:04,691 MIGRATION. 660 00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:06,401 >> Stephen: THEY LEFT FOR OPPORTUNITY AND TO ESCAPE JIM 661 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:07,068 CROW OF THE SOUTH. 662 00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:09,237 >> A PUSH AND PULL. 663 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,031 P PULL ALWAYS MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 664 00:33:12,115 --> 00:33:17,745 A LOT OF YOUNG WHITE MEN HAD GONE TO FIGHT IN WORLD WAR I AND 665 00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:20,081 WORLD WAR II IN THE SECOND WAVE, AND FOR THE ABILITY TO BE PART 666 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:22,250 OF THEIR CIVIC ENVIRONMENT. 667 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:28,089 THE PUSH WAS THAT, IN THE BEGINNING, THE COTTON CROP 668 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:34,095 FAILED BECAUSE OF THE BOWL WEEVIL INFESTATION, BUT, MORE 669 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:37,265 IMPORTANTLY, THERE WAS WHITE TERROR. 670 00:33:37,348 --> 00:33:40,643 THEY WERE BEING TERRORIZED OUT OF THE PLACE THEY HAD BEEN. 671 00:33:40,727 --> 00:33:42,103 >> Stephen: WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSED FLIP OF THE PUSH AND 672 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:44,939 THE PULL? 673 00:33:45,022 --> 00:33:47,942 IS IT A NEW SOUTH IN OBVIOUSLY, MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE SOUTH 674 00:33:48,025 --> 00:33:51,612 SINCE THE START OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA. 675 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:57,410 GEORGIA JUST HAD ITS FIRST BLACK SENATOR, BASICALLY THE REPUBLIC 676 00:33:57,493 --> 00:34:04,083 WAS JUST SAVED BY BLACK VOTERS, ESPECIALLY JIM CLYBURN IN 677 00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:05,960 SOUTH CAROLINA JOE BIDEN IS THE GUY. 678 00:34:06,043 --> 00:34:09,922 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEW SOUTH WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL 679 00:34:10,006 --> 00:34:15,970 TO BL BLACK AMERICANS? 680 00:34:16,053 --> 00:34:17,180 >> IT'S ABOUT THE SAME. 681 00:34:17,263 --> 00:34:22,977 HALF OF THE LIST IS IN THE SOUTH, WHERE BLACK AMERICA IS 682 00:34:23,060 --> 00:34:24,145 THRIVING. 683 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:27,648 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE LOOKS AT WHERE MIDDLE INCOME IS 684 00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:28,733 INCREASING, MUCH IS IN THE SOUTH. 685 00:34:28,816 --> 00:34:31,694 YOU LOOK WHERE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES ARE THRIVING, THE 686 00:34:31,778 --> 00:34:34,947 NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY IS IN THE SOUTHEAST. 687 00:34:35,031 --> 00:34:36,657 THAT'S PART OF THE PULL. 688 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:40,912 THE PUSH, JUST LIKE THE CRASH TO HAVE THE COTTON INDUSTRY, THE 689 00:34:40,995 --> 00:34:44,499 PANDEMIC MAY WELL BE PART OF THE PUSH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE 690 00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:47,168 SECOND QUARTER OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE BASICALLY SHUT DOWN THE 691 00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:51,506 ECONOMY OF AMERICA, THE PLACES HIT HARDEST, MANY OF THEM WERE 692 00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:55,176 THOSE PLACES IN THE NORTH AND WEST WHERE BLACK PEOPLE HAVE 693 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:56,886 MIGRATED TO. 694 00:34:56,969 --> 00:34:59,180 THE BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN CHICAGO IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 695 00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:02,975 LAST YEAR WAS THREE TIMES THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF BLACK 696 00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:06,687 PEOPLE IN ATLANTA. 697 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:07,271 >> Stephen: YOU LIVE IN ATLANTA NOW. 698 00:35:07,355 --> 00:35:09,649 >> YES, I DO. 699 00:35:09,732 --> 00:35:16,697 >> Stephen: IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE SOUTH IS CHANGING, HOW 700 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,241 THERE'S DYNAMIC NEW ECONOMIES IN THE SOUTH. 701 00:35:18,324 --> 00:35:21,744 WHERE ELSE IN THE SOUTH IS IT CHANGING? 702 00:35:21,828 --> 00:35:23,871 WHERE ARE THE BEING DRAWS RIGHT NOW? 703 00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:27,083 >> WELL ONE THING IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THE FIRST TIME 704 00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:30,336 ATLANTA GOT A BLACK MAYOR WAS 1973, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST 705 00:35:30,419 --> 00:35:36,008 CITY IN ALL OF THE SOUTH TO HAVE A BLACK MAYOR, AND THEY DID IT 706 00:35:36,092 --> 00:35:39,720 BECAUSE, IN 1970 WAS THE FIRST YEAR ATLANTA BECAME A MAJORITY 707 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:42,098 BLACK CITY. 708 00:35:42,181 --> 00:35:45,560 NOW THERE ARE 1200 MAJORITY BLACK CITIES IN AMERICA, 90% OF 709 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:47,770 THEM ARE IN THE SOUTH. 710 00:35:47,854 --> 00:35:54,735 ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CITY IN THE SOUTH NOW HAS A BLACK MAYOR, AND 711 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:56,112 THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE, DYNAMIC PEOPLE. 712 00:35:56,195 --> 00:35:59,574 THE WHOLE CULTURE OF POLITICS IN THE SOUTH IS CHANGING. 713 00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:03,286 THE NEXT STEP IS TO TAKE THAT FROM A MUNICIPAL LEVEL TO A 714 00:36:03,369 --> 00:36:11,210 STATE LEVEL, AND THAT IS WHAT GEORGIA PROMISES US BECAUSE THIS 715 00:36:11,294 --> 00:36:14,046 IS A STATEWIDE ELECTION ON THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL AND THE 716 00:36:14,130 --> 00:36:17,800 SENATE LEVEL AND, IN BOTH THOSE CASES, BLACK PEOPLE WERE THE 717 00:36:17,884 --> 00:36:20,553 MAJORITY OF THE COALITION THAT WOULD FLIP THE STATE FOR JOE 718 00:36:20,636 --> 00:36:23,347 BIDEN, AND BLACK PEOPLE WERE THE MAJORITY OF THE COALITION THAT 719 00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:27,560 SENT THOSE TWO SENATORS TO CONGRESS, AND IT WAS THE FIRST 720 00:36:27,643 --> 00:36:29,395 TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A 721 00:36:29,478 --> 00:36:32,982 MAJORITY OF A COALITION TO SEND SENATORS TO CONGRESS. 722 00:36:33,065 --> 00:36:35,318 >> Stephen: WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH SUGGEST THE POLITICS IN 723 00:36:35,401 --> 00:36:40,239 AMERICA TO BE LIKE IN THE GREAT MIGRATION HADN'T HAPPENED, IF WE 724 00:36:40,323 --> 00:36:43,784 STILL -- IF ALL THOSE BLACK PEOPLE HAD STAYED THERE 725 00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:45,036 THROUGHOUT THE 20th CENTURY? 726 00:36:45,119 --> 00:36:49,790 >> SO IF THEY HAD STAYED, AND IF YOU HAD STILL GOTTEN THE CIVIL 727 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:56,005 RIGHTS ACT AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THEY COULD CONTROL UP TO 14 728 00:36:56,088 --> 00:36:57,173 AMERICAN SENATORS. 729 00:36:57,256 --> 00:37:01,636 THEY COULD CONTROL MORE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES THAN 730 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,846 CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK STATE COMBINED. 731 00:37:03,930 --> 00:37:09,310 YOU WOULD NOT HAVE HAD -- IF THEY VOTE ALL OF THAT THE SAME 732 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:12,772 WAY THEY VOTE TODAY, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A REPUBLICAN 733 00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:14,649 PRESIDENT IN THE LAST 50 YEARS. 734 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:16,442 THE ENTIRE SUPREME COURT WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT. 735 00:37:16,525 --> 00:37:21,822 HILLARY CLINTON WOULD HAVE WON IN 2016, EVEN IF SHE HAD LOST 736 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,824 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MIDWESTERN STATES. 737 00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:26,202 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE RETURN 738 00:37:26,285 --> 00:37:29,372 I WILL ASK CHARLES WHAT IT WAS THE LIKE TO TAKE HIS OWN ADVICE 739 00:37:29,455 --> 00:37:31,457 AND MOVE BACK SOUTH. 740 00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:31,999 ♪ ♪ 741 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:34,377 MA♪♪♪ 742 00:37:37,797 --> 00:37:41,634 ♪♪♪ 743 00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:59,777 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 744 00:38:02,279 --> 00:38:08,369 WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR OF "THE DEVIL YOU KNOW," CHARLES 745 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:10,037 BLOW. 746 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:12,373 I KNOW THAT YOU GREW UP IN THE SOUTH AND WORKED IN NEW YORK FOR 747 00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:16,210 26 YEARS AND NOW YOU'RE BACK IN THE SOUTH. 748 00:38:16,293 --> 00:38:18,379 WHAT HAS THAT MEANT TO YOU, YOUR LIFE AND, WELL, JUST TO THE 749 00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:21,549 EXPERIENCE OF LIVING FOR YOU TO BE BACK IN THE SOUTH? 750 00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:25,511 >> I GREW UP IN ONE OF THOSE MAJORITY BLACK CITIES, RIGHT, 751 00:38:25,594 --> 00:38:31,183 AND, SO, COMING BACK TO A PLACE LIKE ATLANTA, I UNDERSTAND IT. 752 00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:35,229 IT FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE HOME, AND IT FEELS -- BLACK PROSPERITY 753 00:38:35,312 --> 00:38:40,359 IS NOT AN ANOMALY. 754 00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:43,779 WHERE IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE POLICE ARE HUNTING YOU. 755 00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:49,243 WHERE IT FEELS LAKE THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE 756 00:38:49,326 --> 00:38:49,952 RESPONSIVE TO YOU. 757 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:51,370 THAT'S AN AMAZING FEELING. 758 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:54,582 WHEN I TELL PEOPLE -- TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT MOVING BACK, THEY 759 00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:57,460 GIVE ME A WHOLE LITANY OF REASONS WHY THEY MIGHT NOT WANT 760 00:38:57,543 --> 00:38:59,879 TO DO IT. 761 00:38:59,962 --> 00:39:02,590 I SAY I UNDERSTAND THOSE, AND I HAVE ANOTHER LIST OF WHY YOU 762 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:04,258 SHOULD DO IT. 763 00:39:04,341 --> 00:39:07,011 WHAT I'M TELLING THEM IS I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO 764 00:39:07,094 --> 00:39:08,763 MOVE BACK INTO A UTOPIA. 765 00:39:08,846 --> 00:39:10,431 IF BLACK MAJORITIES PRODUCE UTOPIAS, EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA 766 00:39:10,514 --> 00:39:15,436 WOULD BE PROSPERING NOW BECAUSE EVERY STATE HAS BEEN MAJORITY 767 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:26,572 WHITE. 768 00:39:26,655 --> 00:39:30,993 NO MATTER WHAT -- IF YOU GET A BLACK MAJORITY, YOU'RE STILL 769 00:39:31,077 --> 00:39:34,789 GOING TO HAVE POVERTY, FOOD INSECURITY AND INCOME 770 00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:37,124 INEQUALITY, BUT IN THE AGGREGATE, THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T 771 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:41,295 HAVE TO LIVE UNDER WHITE SUPREMACY ARE GOING TO DO BETTER 772 00:39:41,378 --> 00:39:42,379 THAN THOSE WHO DO. 773 00:39:42,463 --> 00:39:45,424 I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING REGULAR 774 00:39:45,508 --> 00:39:46,842 WHITE PEOPLE PROBLEMS. 775 00:39:46,926 --> 00:39:48,094 >> Stephen: WELL, CHARLES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 776 00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:48,469 HERE. 777 00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:49,303 >> THANK YOU. 778 00:39:49,386 --> 00:39:50,262 I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. 779 00:39:50,346 --> 00:39:53,432 >> Stephen: THE BOOK IS "THE DEVIL YOU KNOW." 780 00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:55,101 IS AVAILABLE NOW. 781 00:39:55,184 --> 00:39:57,103 CHARLES BLOW, EVERYBODY! 782 00:39:57,186 --> 00:39:57,478 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 783 00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:00,606 ♪♪♪ 784 00:40:04,693 --> 00:40:08,030 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 785 00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:09,281 TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR A SPECIAL, RARE FRIDAY LATE SHOW 786 00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:13,953 CELEBRATING PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. 787 00:40:14,036 --> 00:40:14,537 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 788 00:40:14,620 --> 00:40:18,624 GOOD NIGHT. 789 00:40:18,707 --> 00:40:21,418 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: I'VE GOT 790 00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:22,378 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by 791 00:40:22,461 --> 00:40:23,295 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 792 00:40:23,379 --> 00:40:24,338 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK YOU, 793 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:25,714 WE'RE WAY OVER TIME BUT -- >> WHY CAN'T THIS SHOW BE 794 00:40:25,798 --> 00:40:26,966 LONGER? 795 00:40:27,049 --> 00:40:29,635 >> Stephen: TELL JAMES CORDEN THAT HE CAN HAVE THE SECOND HALF 796 00:40:29,718 --> 00:40:32,346 OF THIS INTERVIEW BUT I GET TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. 797 00:40:32,429 --> 00:40:33,139 >> OKAY.