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>> NEW YORK CITY, THIS COULD BE HISTORIC NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT'S GOING
TO BE OUR BIGGEST STORM IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
♪♪♪
>> THE HISTORIC BLIZZARD
CONTINUES TO BLANKET NEW YORK
CITY.
FOR MORE, WE TURN TO OUR ACTION
WEATHER TEAM CURRENTLY OUT AND
ABOUT IN THE CITY.
GARY, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LOWER
MANHATTAN?
>> IT IS A WINTER WONDERLAND OUT
HERE!
AS YOU CAN SEE, I HIRED A SHERPA
FROM YONKERS TO DRAG ME DOWN
BROAD STREET.
ONLY IN NEW YORK!
>> LOOKS FUN, GARY.
STAY ALIVE!
FOR MORE ON THIS BLIZZARD, WE GO
TO KEITH IN CENTRAL PARK.
>> THANKS, BILL!
CENTRAL PARK HAS NEVER SEEMED
MORE PEACEFUL, EXCEPT FOR ALL
THE WOLVES.
THIS REALLY IS THE CITY THAT
NEVER SLEEPS BECAUSE, IF YOU DO,
THE WOLVES WILL MAKE A MOVE ON
YOU!
>> SO TRUE.
OH, THIS JUST IN, MAYOR
DE BLASIO ORDERED STREETS AND
SANITATION TO CLEAR THE STREETS
OF SNOW.
THAT'S SOME EXPRESSIVE PLOWING.
NOW LET'S GO TO TOM IN
WASHINGTON SQUARE.
>> I CUT OPEN THIS CARRIAGE
HORSE, AND I AM CLIMBING INSIDE
TO STAY WARM.
>> SOUNDS TOASTY.
NOW LET'S GO TO MARY WITH A
REPORT ON OUR CITY'S MASS
TRANSIT.
>> WELL, BILL, EXPECT SOME
DELAYS.
>> GET HOME SAFE, EVERYONE.
NOW LET'S CHECK IN ON JACK WITH
SPORTS.
♪♪♪
>> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! TONIGHT, THE SNOW MUST GO ON!
PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES ETHAN
HAWKE, AND MUSICAL GUEST MICKEY
GUYTON, FEATURING JON BATISTE
AND "STAY HUMAN."
AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED
SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE BUILDING
IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN
COLBERT!
>> Stephen: HELLO, EVERYBODY!
HELLO!
AND WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW."
I'M STEPHEN COLBRRRRR!
I'M A FREED COMEDIAN.
WE ARE BROADCASTING FROM ICE
STATION ZEBRA, HIGH ATOP THE ED
SULLIVAN THEATER, WHERE I HAVE
BEEN HUNKERED DOWN FOR THE LAST
24 HOURS.
THIS IS TRUE: I ACTUALLY SPENT
THE NIGHT IN MY OFFICE BECAUSE
ALL NON-ESSENTIAL VEHICLES WERE
FORBIDDEN TO TAKE TO THE STREETS
OF NEW YORK.
I HAVE NOT LEFT THE BUILDING
THIS ENTIRE TIME, I DON'T KNOW
IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT ALIVE
BESIDES ME.
FOR ALL I KNOW THE ARCTIC TUNDRA
OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING IS BEING
RULED BY MARAUDING ICE TRIBES
WHOSE ECONOMY IS BASED ON
BARTERING HOT CHOCOLATE AND
MARSHMALLOWS, RULED BY THEIR
FEARSOME SWISS MISTRESS.
THE EAST COAST, FROM BOSTON TO
WASHINGTON, D.C., IS PARALYZED.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED
IN THEIR HOUSES, BUT FOR A
DIFFERENT REASON, NOW.
MERE IN NEW YORK CITY, IT HAS
BEEN COMING DOWN FOR 24 HOURS,
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY THE TIME
IT'S OVER WE'RE LOOKING AT
NEARLY TWO FEET OF SNOW.
NEW YORKERS: IF YOU'RE CAUGHT
OUTSIDE, UNTIL YOU CAN GET TO
SHELTER, REMEMBER: AS A LAST
RESORT, YOU CAN ALWAYS STAY WARM
BY SLICING OPEN MAYOR DE BLASIO
AND CRAWLING INSIDE.
SOME FOLKS FOUND THE FUN IN THE
BLIZZARD.
THE STORM HIT CHICAGO FIRST,
WHERE ONE FELLA SNOWBOARDED
WHILE GETTING PULLED BY A CAR.
HERE IN NEW YORK, SOME PEOPLE
TOOK TO THE STREETS IN THEIR
CROSS COUNTRY SKIS.
AND IN D.C., THERE WAS A
SNOWBALL FIGHT ON THE NATIONAL
MALL, AND NOBODY BROUGHT ZIP
TIES.
IT'S THE SECOND TIME IN FOUR
WEEKS THAT THE CAPITOL'S BEEN
OVERWHELMED BY A STORM OF
WHITENESS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST HUMANS, AS YOU
CAN SEE IN THIS DELIGHTFUL
FOOTAGE OF GIANT PANDAS AT THE
NATIONAL ZOO.
LOOK AT THAT!
THEY'RE JUST LIKE US: HAVING FUN
IN THE SNOW, STUCK IN CAPTIVITY
NOT BREEDING.
OF COURSE, NO COVERAGE OF A
BLIZZARD IS COMPLETE WITHOUT
SOMEONE REPORTING FROM THE
MIDDLE OF THE SNOWSTORM, SO
LET'S CHECK IN WITH "THE LATE
SHOW'S" CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
LIVE ON THE ROOF OF THE ED
SULLIVAN THEATER, STEPHEN
COLBERT.
STEPHEN, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING
UP THERE, MY FRIEND?
WELL, STEVE, IT'S COLD AND
SNOWY.
HONESTLY, YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE
UP HERE TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU
COULD JUST LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW.
I WOULD, BUT THE WINDOWS ON SET
ARE JUST TV SCREENS.
WELL, CHANGE THEM TO STATIC, AND
YOU'LL GET THE IDEA.
OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF SNOW!
YEP.
CAN I COME DOWN FROM THE ROOF
NOW?
NO, YOU CAN'T.
WELL, WHAT IF I MADE IT WORTH
YOUR WHILE, INTRODUCED YOU TO MY
FRIEND BENJAMIN HERE?
CHECK INSIDE YOUR POCKETS,
STEVE.
OH, I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JIB.
C'MON DOWN, I'LL POUR YOU A
DRINK.
MAKE IT A DOUBLE!
THANK YOU, STEPHEN!
NOW, DURING THE CAMPAIGN, JOE
BIDEN TALKED A LOT ABOUT
REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE.
AND AS WE'RE TAPING THIS, HE IS
DISCUSSING A COMPROMISE PROPOSAL
WITH TEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS HE
INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, LED
BY MAINE SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS,
SEEN HERE HAVING THE TIME OF HER
LIFE.
THE G.O.P.'S COMPROMISE OFFER TO
THE BIDEN PLAN IS THE SAME WAY A
PACK OF WOLVES
COMPROMISES WITH AN ABSENTMINDED
CARIBOU.
YOU SEE, BIDEN'S COVID RESCUE
PLAN, WHICH COVERS BIGGER
STIMULUS CHECKS, MORE AID FOR
THE UNEMPLOYED, THE HUNGRY AND
THOSE FACING EVICTION,
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES, STATES AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, INCREASED FUNDING
FOR VACCINATIONS AND TESTING, AT
A PRICE TAG OF $1.9 TRILLION,
WHILE THE REPUBLICANS ONLY WANT
TO COVER SOME OF THAT FOR $600
BILLION.
THAT'S NOT MEETIN' YA HALFWAY.
THAT'S NOT EVEN MEETIN' YA
THIRDWAY.
AMERICA IS DROWNING 100 FEET
BELOW THE SURFACE, AND
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING, "OKAY.
HERE'S OUR COMPROMISE.
INSTEAD, WE DROWN 60 FEET
BELOW THE SURFACE.
AT LEAST THEY CAN SEE US
WAVING!"
IT'S A NICE GESTURE FOR JOE TO
MEET WITH THEM, BUT JOE'S
CLEARLY NOT PLAYING AROUND.
LOOK WHAT HE JUST DID TO WEST
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR AND
FNNIEST GUY AT THE CAR
DEALERSHIP, JOE MANCHIN.
MANCHIN HAS BEEN DRAGGING HIS
FEET ON BIDEN'S COVID RELIEF
DEAL.
SO, WITHOUT TELLING MANCHIN,
BIDEN SENT KAMALA HARRIS TO
APPEAR ON LOCAL WEST VIRGINIA
NEWS TO SAY "YOU'RE HARD
WORKING, YOU DESERVE THIS RELIEF
PACKAGE, JOE MANCHIN DOESN'T
WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU."
MANCHIN WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH NUT-PUNCH.
>> I SAW IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
NO ONE CALLED ME.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIND A
BIPARTISAN PATH FOR IT, I THINK
WE NEED TO, BUT WE NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER.
THAT'S NOT A WAY OF WORKING
TOGETHER, WHAT WAS DONE.
>> STEPHEN: YES, HE WANTS
EVERYONE TO WORK TOGETHER TO
MAKE SURE AMERICANS GET LESS
COVID RELIEF.
HE'S STANDING OUTSIDE CONGRESS
WITH THAT SIGN: "WILL WORK FOR
GETTING YOU LESS FOOD."
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR
JAMMING SOME UNUM UP OUR E
PLURIBUS IS NEXT WEEK'S
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
I'LL CATCH YOU UP ON THE
LATEST IN TONIGHT'S EDITION OF
"DON AND THE GIANT IMPEACH 2: GO
FAST, WE'RE FURIOUS."
>> YOO HOOOO!
YOO HOOOO!
(ROARING)
>> STEPHEN: THE SENATE TRIAL
BEGINS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW, AND
THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS A
LITTLE BEHIND ON PREPARATION.
BECAUSE ON SATURDAY WE LEARNED
ALL FIVE ATTORNEYS WORKING ON
HIS DEFENSE LEFT THE TEAM.
ALL FIVE LAWYERS.
LAWYERS.
THERE WAS SOMETHING LAWYERS
WOULDN'T DO FOR MONEY.
THAT IS RATS FLEEING A SINKING
RAT.
A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE
E-PRESIDENT DESCRIBED IT AS A
"MUTUAL DECISION."
YEAH, TOTALLY MUTUAL!
"NO, CAROL DIDN'T DIVORCE ME.
WE DIVORCED ME!
WE ALSO AGREED THAT THE LAWN WAS
THE BEST PLACE FOR ALL MY
SHIRTS."
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BREAK-UP
HAPPENED AFTER THE EX-PRES. TOLD
THE LAWYERS NOT TO ARGUE THAT IT
WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO IMPEACH
HIM FOR INSURRECTION AFTER HE
LEFT OFFICE, BUT INSTEAD
ARGUE THAT "THE ELECTION WAS
STOLEN FROM HIM."
AH, THE BRILLIANT LEGAL STRATEGY
OF POINTING OUT TO THE JURY HOW
MOTIVATED YOU WERE TO COMMIT THE
CRIME.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
JURY, I INTEND TO PROVE THAT MY
CLIENT CAN'T BE GUILTY OF
MURDER BY ESTABLISHING JUST HOW
STABBABLE HER HUSBAND WAS.
LOOK AT THAT JUICY TORSO!"
I'M SORRY.
WHAT?
OH, HE'S DEAD.
I FORGOT.
SO, ON SUNDAY THE FORMER
PRESIDENT CRUISED SOME DARK
ALLEYS OF THE LEGAL WORLD AND
SCRAPED UP TWO NEW LAWYERS:
CRIMINAL LITIGATOR AND MAN
ADDICTED TO S.P.F. 1,000, DAVID
SCHOEN, AND FORMER DISTRICT
ATTORNEY AND SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
WAITING FOR KIDS TO STOP BOOING
BRUCE CASTOR.
THESE GUYS HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
WHEN HE WAS A PENNSYLVANIA D.A.
IN 2005, CASTOR DECLINED TO
PROSECUTE BILL COSBY AS PART OF
A "SECRET AGREEMENT."
ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE CASTOR
DIDN'T KNOW, AND COSBY JUST
DROPPED THE AGREEMENT INTO
HIS DRINK.
MEANWHILE, DAYS BEFORE JEFFREY
EPSTEIN DIED, SCHOEN ACTUALLY
MET WITH THE ACCUSED CHILD SEX
TRAFFICKER ABOUT "JOINING HIS
DEFENSE."
MY GOD, WHO WOULD HIRE JEFFREY
EPSTEIN'S DEFENSE LAWYER?
OH, JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S WINGMAN?
THAT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S NO SURPRISE THE OLD POTUS
WANTS TO KEEP PUSHING HIS
ELECTION FRAUD FRAUD.
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," THE FORMER
ADMINISTRATION KNEW BIDEN WAS
THE WINNER BY THURSDAY THE 12TH
OF NOVEMBER.
SO, FIVE DAYS LATER THAN
EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD, BUT
STILL, HE KNEW IT WAS A LIE.
HE KNEW WE KNEW IT WAS LIE.
HE KNEW WE KNEW HE KNEW IT WAS A
LIE.
BUT HE KEPT IT UP ANYWAY.
IT'S THE ELECTORAL EQUIVALENT OF
HIS BRONZER.
WE CAN SEE YOUR EARS!
WE KNOW YOU'RE ACTUALLY THE
COLOR OF DYING E.T.
THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN A
TOUGH TIME FOR THE MAGA CROWD,
ESPECIALLY BELIEVERS OF QANON,
THE DERANGED INTERNET MOB
PREACHING THAT ELITE DEMOCRATS,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND
CELEBRITIES ARE PART OF A
CANNIBALISTIC, CHILD
SEX-TRAFFICKING CULT, AND THE
EX-PRESIDENT WAS THE HERO
DESTINED TO STOP THEM.
OH, WELL.
Q PEOPLE, IF YOU'RE STILL
LOOKING FOR A SAVIOR, CAN I
INTEREST YOU IN A MUCH NICER
MESSIAH WHO ALSO HUNG OUT WITH
PROSTITUTES BUT MIGHT ACTUALLY
COME BACK ONE DAY?
EVER SINCE THE DICTATOR SLUNK
OFF TO MAR-A-GULAG-O, Q FOLK
HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO
UNDERSTAND BIDEN'S INAUGURATION,
WHICH MANY BELIEVE WAS A
DEEPFAKE.
YES, IT WAS ALL STAGED ON A
GREEN SCREEN.
AND, IN REALITY, BERNIE WAS JUST
A TENNIS BALL ON A STICK.
OVER THE WEEKEND, ANDERSON
COOPER INTERVIEWED ONE FORMER
Q-SADER WHO MADE A TROUBLING
CONFESSION:
>> DID YOU AT THE TIME BELIEVE
THAT DEMOCRATS, HIGH LEVEL
DEMOCRATS AND CELEBRITIES WERE
WORSHIPPING SATAN, DRINKING THE
BLOOD OF CHILDREN?
>> ANDERSON, I THOUGHT YOU DID
THAT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE
FOR THAT RIGHT NOW, SO I
APOLOGIZE FOR THINKING THAT YOU
ATE BABIES.
BUT, YEAH, 100%.
>> BUT YOU ACTUALLY-- YOU
ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT I WAS
DRINKING THE BLOOD OF CHILDREN?
>> YES, I DID.
>> STEPHEN: NOW, WHAT ON EARTH
MAKES ANYONE BELIEVE THAT
ANDERSON COOPER WAS DRINKING THE
BLOOD OF CHILDREN
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT
ANDERSON COOPER HAS NEVER AGED?
BUT THAT WASN'T ALL Q FOLKS
BELIEVED ABOUT THE SILVER SURFER
OF CABLE NEWS.
>> WAS IT SOMETHING ABOUT ME
THAT MADE YOU THINK THAT?
>> IT'S BECAUSE "Q" SPECIFICALLY
MENTIONED YOU AND HE MENTIONED
YOU VERY EARLY ON.
HE MENTIONED YOU BY NAME, AND
FROM THERE HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT,
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW,
FAMILY.
I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, LIKE,
PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT THAT TO
THIS DAY.
THERE WERE POSTS ABOUT THAT JUST
FOUR DAYS AGO, SOME PEOPLE
THOUGHT YOU WERE A ROBOT.
>> STEPHEN: OKAY, THAT ONE'S
JUST INSANE.
ANDERSON COOPER'S NOT A ROBOT.
THAT'S CLEARLY THE BLITZ-BORG.
(AS WOLF BLITZER)
"OTHERWISE.
WHY ELSE.
WOULD HE BE SO.
BAD.
AT.
MIMICKING.
HUMAN.
SPEECH?
ANDERSON."
BUT NOT EVERY INTERNET CRAZY IS
GOING THROUGH AGONIZING
REAPPRAISAL.
CASE IN POINT, ON SATURDAY,
ANTI-VAX PROTESTERS TEMPORARILY
SHUT DOWN THE COVID-19
VACCINATION SITE AT L.A.'S
DODGER STADIUM, DELAYING
APPOINTMENTS BY NEARLY AN
HOUR.
NICE TRY, ANTI-VAXERS, BUT THESE
ARE ANGELENOS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO QUIT
BECAUSE YOU MADE 'EM WAIT 60
MINUTES!
IT TAKES TWO HOURS JUST TO
CHANGE LANES ON THE 405.
THE PROTEST ORGANIZERS WANTED
PEOPLE TO BE OPEN TO THEIR
MESSAGE, SO THEY URGED
ATTENDEES TO "REFRAIN FROM
WEARING MAGA ATTIRE AS WE WANT
OUR STATEMENT TO RESONATE WITH
THE SHEEPLE."
"YEAH, THE ONES GETTING THE
VACCINE ARE SHEEPLE.
NOW EVERYONE HIDE THE MATCHING
HATS WE BOUGHT FROM OUR BANKRUPT
CASINO GOD-KING."
BUT DESPITE THE CALLS TO
"RESONATE WITH THE SHEEPLE," THE
ACTUAL TONE OF THE PROTEST WAS
A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE, WITH
ANTI-VAXXERS BLOCKING THE
STADIUM ENTRANCE AND HOLDING
SIGNS, LIKE "TELL BILL GATES TO
GO VACCINATE HIMSELF" AND "SWAB
MY BUTT HOLE, I DARE YOU."
OKAY, THAT'S NOT A PROTEST.
THAT'S A CRY FOR HELP.
OR NBC IS RE-LAUNCHING "FEAR
FACTOR."
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT.
MY GUEST IS ETHAN HAWK.
ETHAN HAWKE!
THAT'S A GREAT GUEST!
YEAH, HE IS.
MASK!
OH, SORRY.
WHEN WE RETURN, STAYING SAFE FOR
YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY!
STICK AROUND.
♪♪♪
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
LET'S SAY HELLO TO JON BATISTE.
JON, ARE YOU STAYING WARM?
>> Jon: OH, I'M TRYING MY
BEST.
I CAN'T GO OUTSIDE.
BUT THE SNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE
THAT GROWING UP IN NEW ORLEANS.
I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THIS
LEVEL OF SNOW.
>> Stephen: DID IT EVER FOR
ANY REASON SNOW BACK IN
NEW ORLEANS, EVEN ON THE
STRANGEST DAY?
>> Jon: NO.
THE ENTIRE TIME I LIVED THERE,
ALL 17 YEARS BEFORE I MOVED TO
NEW YORK, NOT ONE DAY OF SNOW.
WE NEVER HAD A SNOW DAY AT
SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE SNOW UNTIL I
MOVED AWAY.
IT'S CRAZY.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR
FIRST SNOW LIKE?
>> Jon: I DIDN'T HAVE A WINTER
COAT, I REMEMBER THAT.
AND I REMEMBER HOW THAT FELT.
AND I WALKED AROUND, AND I
REMEMBER MY HANDS STARTED TO
TURN BLUE.
THIS PART STARTED TURNING BLUE
AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS, LIKE,
OKAY, I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
BETTER ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, JON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MUSIC TO WARM UP
THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR?
>> Jon: MMM, MMM --
♪♪♪
YOU KNOW THAT?
♪♪♪
>> Stephen: NOT YET.
I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT LATER.
JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, JON.
>> Jon: LATER ON.
>> Stephen: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WE ARE LESS THAN A
WEEK AWAY
FROM THE BIGGEST GAME IN MEN'S
FOOTBALL: THE SUPER BOWL, RIGHT
HERE ON CBS!
SUPER BOWL, WHAT IS THAT?
50 WHAT?
LV RIGHT HERE ON CBS.
IT'S A BLOCKBUSTER MATCH UP
BETWEEN PATRICK MAHOMES OF THE
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AND TOM BRADY
OF NOT THE PATRIOTS, BUT I'M
SURE TAMPA BAY LOVES OUR COUNTRY
JUST THE SAME.
BUT THE SUNDAY SPORTS FUN WON'T
STOP AT THE FOOTBALL BUZZER.
STAY TUNED AFTER THE GAME FOR A
VERY SPECIAL "A LATE SHOW: SUPER
BOWL EDITION!"
I'LL ROCKET OUT OF THE GATE LIKE
TYREEK HILL ON A GO ROUTE
THROUGH A TAMPA BAY COVER TWO
DEFENSE, AND BY THE TIME WE AIR,
I'LL HAVE HAD SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO
ME WHAT I JUST SAID.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE BEST PART OF
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IS THE PARTY:
GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS
FOR CHIPS, DIPS, EATING COLD
CUTS WITH YOUR HANDS, CHUGGING A
BEER, AND OTHER THINGS THAT
CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE.
AND STAYING IN THE KITCHEN MOST
OF THE TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE
P.T.S.D. FROM THE SEARING ABUSE
YOU SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL'S JOCKS.
OF COURSE, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
HUMANS ENJOY, THE PANDEMIC HAS
CANCELLED ALL THAT.
AND THE C.D.C. HAS RELEASED NEW
GUIDANCE ON HOW TO SAFELY ENJOY
THE BIG GAME.
INCLUDING, "THE SAFEST WAY TO
WATCH THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR
IS AT HOME WITH PEOPLE YOU LIVE
WITH."
ALSO KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE YOU NOW
WORK WITH, THE PEOPLE YOU NOW
EDUCATE, THE PEOPLE WHO HIDE THE
LAST PIECE OF THE JIGSAW PUZZLE
IN THEIR POCKET SO THEY CAN BE
THE HERO WHO FINISHES IT.
WHERE IS THE LAST WATER LILY,
EVIE?!
IF YOU DO ENJOY THE GAME WITH
FRIENDS OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEHOLD,
THE C.D.C. SUGGESTS
HOSTING A VIRTUAL SUPER BOWL
PARTY.
WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE FOR SOME
AWKWARDNESS ON ZOOM.
"I'M SORRY, I WAS ABOUT TO
CHEER.
WERE YOU ABOUT TO CHEER?
YOU GO FIRST."
TO LIVEN THINGS UP, THE C.D.C.
SUGGESTS WEARING CLOTHING OR
DECORATING YOUR HOME WITH YOUR
FAVORITE TEAM'S LOGO OR COLORS.
OH, MY GOD.
CLEARLY THE C.D.C. HAS NEVER
BEEN TO A PARTY.
"I'D LIKE TO ISSUE SOME
GUIDELINES FOR MY BIRTHDAY
FESTIVITIES.
WE COULD ADORN THE LIVING ROOM
WITH COLORED RIBBONS OR PERHAPS
POUCHES OF LATEX INFLATED WITH
SOME LIGHTER-THAN-AIR ELEMENTAL
GAS, TETHERED, OF COURSE, SO
THEY DO NOT ASCEND TO AN
ATMOSPHERIC LEVEL WHERE THEY
ATTAIN A NEUTRAL BUOYANCY.
TOWARD THE END OF THE
EVENING, I WOULD ENJOY A SWEET
CONFECTION FEATURING MY NAME AND
SOME SORT OF WAX-BASED
INCENDIARY DEVICES THAT I COULD
EXTINGUISH AFTER IMAGINING SOME
GOOD FORTUNE THAT I HOPE TO
BEFALL ME, IF I SUCCESSFULLY
EXTINGUISH ALL OF THEM WITH ONE
LUNGFUL OF CARBON DIOXIDE."
BUT IF YOU'RE THE KIND OF PARTY
ANIMAL WHO LIKES FOOTBALL MORE
THAN KEEPING YOUR LOVED ONES OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL, THE C.D.C. SAYS
INDOOR GATHERINGS ARE SAFEST IF
YOU DO NOT CHANT OR CHEER, AND
INSTEAD STOMP.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T SAY
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR NEIGHBORS
TAKE THAT ADVICE.
BECAUSE I AM UNAWARE OF A
SOCIALLY DISTANT WAY TO MURDER
THE GUYS IN THE APARTMENT ABOVE
YOU.
ANOTHER WAY TO KEEP A SUPER BOWL
GATHERING SAFE IS BY LIMITING
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
THIS IS A GOOD SUGGESTION,
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD
IDEA TO ATTEND A PARTY DURING
COVID, YOU'RE ALREADY PRETTY
HIGH.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ETHAN
HAWKE.
♪♪♪
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTOR,
WRITER, AND DIRECTOR YOU KNOW
FROM MOVIES LIKE "DEAD
POETS SOCIETY," "BOYHOOD,"
"FIRST REFORMED," AND SO MANY
MORE.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A
LATE SHOW," ETHAN HAWKE!
HI, ETHAN.
>> HEY!
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: HEY!
THERE YOU GO.
MATCHY MATCHY!
GOOD TO SEE YA.
LAST TIME YOU WERE HEAR, WE WERE
TOSHING ABOUT YOUR SERIES GOOD
LORD BIRD.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHICH, YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.
UNFORTUNATELY SO, SOMETIMES,
EVEN WITH THINGS I DESPERATELY
WANT TO SEE, I DON'T HAVE A
CLANS TO WATCH IT UNTIL THE
GUEST IS HERE.
I WATCHED IT AFTER YOU WERE
HERE.
GOOD LORD, IS GOOD LORD BIRD
GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S REALLY
WONDERFUL.
IT'S FUNNY AND TRAGIC, AND WHAT
A GREAT JOHN BROWN, BECAUSE A
CRAZY CHARACTER, I KNOW WE'RE
NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT
I WANTED TO LOB THAT AT YA.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT
EXPERIENCES IN MY LIFE PLAYING
CRAZY JOHN BROWN.
>> Stephen: YOU LIVE IN
NEW YORK.
ARE YOU IN NEW YORK NOW.
>> I AM, FREEZING MY BUTT OFF.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT YOUNG
KIDS, ARE THEY ENJOYING THE
SNOW?
ARE YOU PLAYING WITH THEM?
ARE THEY SLEDDING SOMEPLACE OR
BURYING EACH OTHER?
>> TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY I
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MY STATUS AS
DAD.
FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR YEARS, I
HAVE BEEN SHOVELING THAT WALK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I DID THIS
MORNING?
I SAID, GET OUT THERE AND SHOVEL
THAT WALK!
I'M SITTING HERE AND HAVING A
COFFEE, AND I WATCHED FROM THE
WINDOW.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, THROW THE ROCK
SALT DOWN.
THE GIRLS WORKED REALLY HARD AND
THEY DID A GOOD JOB, I WAS PROUD
OF THEM.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE THEY?
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE 22-YEAR-OLD
AND A 19-YEAR-OLD, BUT THEY'RE
NOT AT HOME.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND THEN MY YOUNGER TWO ARE
12 AND 9.
>> Stephen: OKAY, THAT'S OLD
ENOUGH TO SHOVEL.
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
>> Stephen: PUT SOME DAMN HAIR
ON THEIR CHEST!
>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
THE 12-YEAR-OLD IS WORKING HARD
AND THE 9-YEAR-OLD JUST HAWKS
SNOWBALLS AT HER SISTER THE
WHOLE TIME.
>> Stephen: THAT IS THE JOB OF
THE YOUNGER SIBLING IS TO HUCK
SNOWBALLS.
>> DIDN'T HELP AT ALL.
>> Stephen: YOU GREW UP IN
NEW JERSEY.
YOU HAD ALL KINDS OF SNOW.
>> ALL KINDS OF SNOW.
I SHOVELED MORE THAN MY SHARE OF
WALKS.
IVE DONE MY TIME.
>> Stephen: I ACTUALLY GREW UP
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
NOT THAT YOU ASKED, BUT THANK
YOU.
I GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
WE WERE SO EXCITED FOR SNOW
BECAUSE IF THERE WAS ONE FLAKE,
THE CITY, EVERYTHING WOULD SHUT
DOWN.
YOU WOULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR A
WEEK.
>> YEAH, I DIDN'T MOVE TO
NEW JERSEY TILL I WAS 12, SO,
YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF MY
CHILDHOOD IN TEXAS AND IN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
IT SNOWED IN ATLANTA, I JUST
THOUGHT IT WAS, LIKE -- IT WAS
GOD SAVING ME FROM A TEST.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SNOW DAY AND
I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THIS
HISTORY TEST.
IT WAS HEAVEN.
>> Stephen: THE THING IS THE
KIDS NOW, BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ZOOM TEACHING THAT'S BEEN GOING
ON, MY FEAR IS THERE WON'T BE
SNOW DAYS AFTER THIS.
AND WHAT GREATER THING IS THERE
FOR A PARENT TO TELL A CHILD, GO
BACK TO BED, IT'S A SNOW DAY?
>> I HAD THAT SAME THOUGHT.
I'M EVEN CURIOUS ABOUT US -- YOU
KNOW, LAST TIME I WAS ON THE
SHOW FOR GOOD LORD BIRD, I NEVER
THOUGHT THE NEXT TIME I WOULD BE
ON THE SHOW, WE WOULD STILL BE
ZOOMING.
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'M AN OPTIMIST,
I'M CONSTANTLY THINKING, YOU
KNOW, THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, THIS
IS GOING TO BE OVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ASPECTS OF
THIS TIME OF OUR LIVES ARE GOING
TO CATCH ON.
WILL WE BE DOING ZOOM INTERVIEWS
FOR THE REST OF THE TIME?
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: I THINK HAIRSTYLES
ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
BECAUSE I'VE GOT -- I'VE GOT THE
LONGER HAIR THAN I'VE HAD IN A
LONG TIME, AND YOU'VE STILL GOT
YOUR JOHN BROWN BEARD.
>> I SHAVED IT OFF.
I JUST LET IT GROW BACK.
THAT'S HOW LONG THIS DAMN
PANDEMIC'S BEEN IS THAT YOU
TRIED TO GET YOURSELF BACK TO
NORMAL, AND IT DIDN'T WORK.
>> BUT WHO CARES?
WHAT'S NORMAL ANYMORE?
>> Stephen: YOU ARE MANY
THINGS.
YOU ARE IN MOVIES, ACTOR,
DOCUMENTARIAN, AUTHOR, NOVEL,
MUSICIAN.
HOW DOES ETHAN HAWKE DESCRIBE
ETHAN HAWKE?
PIGEON HOLE YOURSELF, ETHAN
HAWKE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT ASKED
TO DESCRIBE MYSELF VERY OFTEN.
MAKES IT SOUND LIKE I HAVE A
TINDER ACCOUNT OR SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A
TINDER ACCOUNT?
>> I DON'T, MAN.
I'M A HAPPY MARRIED MAN.
HOW DO I DESCRIBE MYSELF?
I GUESS IF I HAD TO -- PEOPLE
OFTEN SAY THAT THING TO ME,
WELL, YOU DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS, BUT, TO ME, IT REALLY
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THAT BECAUSE
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING OUTSIDE
THE ARTS.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN MY DAD
TOOK ME TO VISIT THE UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT
COLLEGES AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
LIKE THE BUSINESS BUILDING AND
THERE'S THE ATHLETIC CENTER AND
THERE'S THE ARCHITECTURE
BUILDING AND THEN THERE'S THE
ARTS.
AND THAT'S THE BUILDING I'VE
SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE IN, AND
THAT'S JUST HOW I DESCRIBE
MYSELF.
I'M IN THAT BUILDING.
I'M HANGING OUT WITH THOSE KIDS.
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANYTHING
IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, LIKE,
OOOH, I WANT TO TAKE A SHOT AT
THAT BUT I HAVEN'T, I'VE NEVER
REALLY DONE IT.
LIKE, HAVE YOU WANTED TO DANCE,
OR HAVE YOU DANCED?
>> ARE YOU ASKING ME?
>> Stephen: WELL, I MEAN, IF
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO GO
WITH.
>> THIS INTERVIEW BECAME
EXTREMELY INTERESTING.
>> SURE.
NO, I'M A REALLY BAD DANCER.
I WISH THAT --
>> Stephen: OR POTTERY OR
SCULPTURE.
IS THERE SOME FENCE THAT YOU
HAVEN'T SWUNG FOR BECAUSE YOU
SEEM PRETTY FEARLESS.
>> I STARTED PROFESSIONALLY
ACTING WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD,
AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH, BUT IF I
DON'T DO OTHER THINGS, I FEEL
LIKE -- MOST PEOPLE AT 13 ARE
DOING THEIR PAPER ROUTE.
IF I WAS STILL DOING MY PAPER
ROUTE YOU WOULD MAKE FUN OF ME.
I NEED TO DO OTHER THINGS TO
SHAKE UP MY PERSPECTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT FEELS
GOOD.
THAT MAKES YOU LAUGH BECAUSE I
SUND LIKE AN IDIOT?
>> Stephen: NO, THE LOGIC
MAKES PERFECT SENSE, EXCEPT THE
PART I WOULD BE MAKING FUN OF
YOU.
I WOULD JUST BE WORRIED ABOUT
YOU.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD LAUGH.
>> NO, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, I
FIND THERE'S A BUZZ YOU GET WHEN
YOU TAKE A DARE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT IT THAT YOU FEEL LIKE A
HUMAN BEING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS THING --
I'M AN ACTOR AND I GO ON THE
COLBERT SHOW AND I TALK ABOUT MY
PERFORMANCES AND YOU GET THIS
ATTITUDE OF A PROFESSIONAL, I'M
A PROFESSIONAL, AND IT MAKES
YOU, I DON'T KNOW, FEEL LIKE A
GROWNUP IN A BAD WAY, LIKE
YOU'RE STUCK IN A RUT OR THAT
YOU'RE ATROPHYING IN SOME WAY.
I'VE DONE A DOCUMENTARY, WORKED
ON A GRAPHIC NOVEL, DONE PLAYS
AND MOVIES, AND EVERY TIME I PUT
MYSELF SLIGHTLY OUT OF MY
COMFORT ZONE, I FEEL ALIVE
AGAIN, IN A WAY THAT I LIKE.
>> Stephen: I LIKE ALLILLS
TEAR COOK'S DEFINITION OF A
PROFESSIONAL, I'M AN ADULT IN A
STILTED WAY IS, BUT ALLISTER
COOK SAID A PROFESSIONAL IS ONE
WHO DOES ONE'S BEST WHEN THEY
DON'T PARTICULARLY FEEL LIKE IT.
>> YES.
I AM A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR.
TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, WHEN I WAS
A KID MY MOTHER HAD A SHAKER
SAYING ABOVE THE TOIL IT AND
SAID MASTER ONE TALENT AND GOD
WILL GIVE YOU MORE.
MASTER CRAFT AND GET THREE.
I HAVE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO IT,
I HAVE FELT DIRECTING AND
WRITING ARE ANCILLARY TO ACTING
AND TO KIND OF APPRENTICE THOSE
OTHER PROFESSIONS, I LEARN ABOUT
MY CHOSEN FIELD AND HELPS ME.
TAKE GOOD LORD BIRD FOR EXAMPLE,
YOU KNOW, TO PLAY A PART LIKE
JOHN BROWN, IT REQUIRED
EVERYTHING -- IT USED EVERY
ASPECT OF ME, AND PART OF BEING
A GOOD ACTOR MEANS BEING A FULL
HUMAN BEING, AND DOING THESE
EXPERIENCES, I DON'T MEAN
PROFESSIONAL -- I LIKE YOUR
DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL.
MINE -- I WAS MEANING IT -- I
LIKE THE DEFINITION OF AMATEUR
AS A DEFINITION OF SOMEBODY WHO
DOES SOMETHING FOR LOVE.
>> Stephen: GOT IT.
AND I TRY TO STAY IN TOUCH
WITH THAT AMATEUR LOVE ASPECT
WHILE MAINTAINING THE DISCIPLINE
AND INTEGRITY AND RELIABLENESS
OF A TRUE PROFESSIONAL.
>> Stephen: LIKE THAT
ADDITIONAL APPRECIATION WE HAVE
FOR THE AMATEUR ATHLETE OR
OLYMPIAN DOING IT AS AN
EXPRESSION OF THE FULLNESS OF
THE TALENTS THEY WERE GIVEN.
>> OR WHEN YOU LISTEN TO YOUNG
OR OLD PEOPLE PLAY MUSIC.
IF YOU SIT AND LISTEN TO A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE HANGING AROUND THE
HOUSE THAT AREN'T PROFESSIONAL
SINGERS, SOMETIMES THE MOST
HONEST STUFF COMES OUT OF THEIR
VOICE, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE EXPRESSED
YOUR VOICE IN A NEW WAY THIS
TIME, A NEW ART.
YOU'VE WRITTEN A NOVEL "A BRIGHT
RAY OF DARKNESS."
I'LL PUT IT OVER THERE SO YOU
CAN GET THE BIG PICTURE.
IT'S ABOUT AN ACTOR PLAYING HOT
SPUR IN HENRY FORD ON BROADWAY,
A ROLE YOU PLAYED, I UNDERSTAND.
WHY WAS THAT -- WHY DID YOU WANT
TO MAKE THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER
OF YOUR BOOK?
BECAUSE HE'S NOT THE MAIN
CHARACTER OF THE PLAY.
>> NO, AND I WANTED TO -- THE
LAST TIME I WROTE A NOVEL IT WAS
CALLED "ASH WEDNESDAY," IT WAS
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.
WHEN I WAS ON THE BOOK TOUR, I
HAD A VISION OF WRITING A NOVEL
ABOUT THE THEATER, AND I HAD
THIS -- I WANTED TO DO FOR THE
ACTOR WHAT MELVILLE DID FOR THE
WHALER.
I THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT
IF YOU COULD TAKE PEOPLE'S
SALACIOUS INTERESTS IN ACTING
AND SHARE WITH THEM WHAT'S
ACTUALLY TRUE AND BEAUTIFUL
ABOUT THE PROFESSION?
NOW, YES, I PLAYED HOTSPUR.
THIS IS A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT.
I TOOK 30 YEARS OF THEATER
EXPERIENCE AND TRIED TO WEAVE IT
INTO ONE, YOU KNOW -- WELL, A
NOVEL ABOUT A WHOLE THEATER
PRODUCTION, YOU KNOW, THE NOVEL
STARTS IN THE FIRST DAY OF
REHEARSAL AND ENDS WHEN THEY
STRIKE THE SET.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE
ARCHITECTURE FOR THE NOVEL THAT
I HAD 20 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE
JUST BEEN WORKING AT IT EVER
SINCE.
I THINK I REALIZED IF I WAS EVER
GOING TO CONTRIBUTE AT WRITING,
I SHOULD PROBABLY DO THE FIRST
THING WRITING TEACHERS TELL YOU
TO DO WHICH IS WRITE WHAT YOU
KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT I KNOW
SOMETHING ABOUT, IF I KNOW
ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: ETHAN, WE HAVE TO
TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK
AROUND, FOLKS, BECAUSE, WHEN WE
COME BACK, ETHAN'S GOING TO TELL
US ABOUT ONE OF THE COOLEST AND
FITTING THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS I
COULD IMAGINE RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪♪♪
>> STEPHEN: WE'RE BACK WITH ETHAN HAWKE. THE AUTHOR OF "A BRIGHT RAY OF
DARKNESS."
BESIDES WRITING, DO YOU HAVE ANY
OTHER CREATIVE OUTLETS DURING
THE PANDEMIC?
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- SOME
PEOPLE FEEL SORT OF INNERVATED,
LIKE GROUNDHOG'S DAY.
LIKE THEY CAN MAKE NO PERSONAL
PROGRESS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STAY
SHARP?
>> HAVE I IN ANY WAY GIVEN YOU
IF IMPRESSION THAT I WAS STAYING
SHARP?
I DON'T THINK SO.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.
EXACTLY.
>> I PLAY THE GUITAR WITH MY
KIDS.
I LIKE TO DO WATER COLORS.
I TRIED TO EXERCISE.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A GREAT BLESSING
DURING THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC OF
HAVING THIS -- THE GOOD LORD
BIRD TOOK A TON OF MY TIME
PROMOTING IT.
I FELT KIND OF LIKE AN HONOR.
IT WAS SOMETHING I REALLY
ENJOYED DOING.
THAT STORY, I THINK, SPEAKS TO A
LOT OF THE CENTRAL ISSUES THAT
AMERICA IS THINKING ABOUT RIGHT
NOW.
AND, SO, IN A LOT OF WAYS, THIS
WHOLE ZOOMING ALLOWED ME TO DO
MORE INTERVIEWS THAN I WOULD BE
ABLE TO DO BECAUSE I COULD ZOOM
WITH SOME JOURNALIST IN ATLANTA
AND SOMEBODY IN PARIS.
SO I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
JOHN BROWN FOR, LIKE, SIX
MONTHS.
AND WHILE THAT MIGHT NOT SOUND
THAT INTERESTING TO SOME, IT'S
PROVED ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE
TO PERFORM?
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY OTHER
OUTLETS?
YOU CAN'T DO THEATER.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE
THING I AM DOING.
I'M DOING A ZOOM PRODUCTION OF
WAITING FOR GOODEAU.
WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR
THE THEATER.
TAREQ FROM THE ROOTS AND WALLY
AND I MEET A COUPLE OF TIMES ON
ZOOM AND WE WORK ON SAMUEL BECK
E.L.T.'S WAITING FOR GOODELL.
>> Stephen: VLADIMIR OR
ESTRAGON.
>> VLADIMIR.
>> Stephen: AND TAREQ AND
KALLIE SCHON, WHO'S LUCKY, WHO'S
POZO.
>> TAREQ IS POZO AND WALLY IS
LUCKY.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,
I'M NOT SELLING OUT HERE, BUT
IT'S PROVED TO BE ONE OF THE
MOST INTERESTING THINGS I EVER
DID IN MY LIFE BECAUSE THERE'S
SOMETHING SO ALIENATING ABOUT
THIS EXPERIENCE AND, YOU KNOW,
THE CHARACTERS CAN'T REMEMBER
WHETHER IT'S SATURDAY OR TUESDAY
OR WEDNESDAY AND THEY DON'T
REMEMBER WHAT THEY'RE WAITING
FOR AND --
>> Stephen: YEAH.
HEARING THE PLAY IS ENTIRELY
NEW, AND MY HOPE IS YOU CAN --
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW,
ON THE WEB OR SOMETHING FOR A
FEW WEEKS, YOU CAN WATCH IT.
WE'RE GOING TO RECORD IT LIVE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A READING.
WE'RE TRYING TO PERFORM IT AND
EXPLORE THE MATERIAL.
>> Stephen: WHERE ARE WE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
>> IT'S FOR A THEATER COMPANY
CALLED THE NEW GROUP, AND IT
WILL BE AVAILABLE -- I THINK
IT'S MARCH AND APRIL.
BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEW GROUP
WEB SITE, YOU CAN SEE WHENNETH
GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.
>> Stephen: THEY DO NOT MOVE.
HIS NOVEL "A BRIGHT RAY OF
DARKNESS," RIGHT HERE, IS
AVAILABLE TOMORROW.
ETHAN HAWKE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A
PERFORMANCE BY MICKEY GUYTON.
♪♪♪
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE
SOLO ARTIST TO EARN A GRAMMY
NOMINATION IN A COUNTRY
MUSIC CATEGORY.
PERFORMING "BLACK LIKE ME" FROM
HER E.P., "BRIDGES," MICKEY
GUYTON.
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ LITTLE KID IN A SMALL TOWN
I DID MY BEST JUST TO FI IN
♪ BROKE MY HEART
ON THE PLAYGROUND, MM
♪ WHEN THEY SAID I WAS DIFFERENT
OH, NOW, NOW
♪ I'M ALL GROWN UP
AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED
♪ YEAH, IT'S STILL THE SAME
IT'S A HARD LIFE ON EASY STREET
♪ JUST WHITE PAINTED PICKET
FENCES FAR AS YOU CAN SEE
♪ IF YOU THINK WE LIVE IN
THE LAND OF THE FREE
♪ YOU SHOULD TRY TO BE
BLACK LIKE ME
♪ MY DADDY WORKED DAY AND NIGHT
FOR AN OLD HOUSE
♪ AND A USED CAR, HM
JUST TO LIVE THAT GOOD LIFE, MM
♪ IT SHOULDN'T BE TWICE AS HARD
OH, NOW, NOW
♪ I'M ALL GROWN UP
AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED
♪ YEAH, IT'S STILL THE SAME
IT'S A HARD LIFE ON EASY STREET
♪ JUST WHITE PAINTED PICKET
FENCES FAR AS YOU CAN SEE
♪ IF YOU THINK WE LIVE IN
THE LAND OF THE FREE
♪ YOU SHOULD TRY TO BE
OH, BLACK LIKE ME
♪ OH, OH
OH, OH
♪ OH, OH, OH
OH, OH, OH, OH
♪ OH, OH, OH
OH, I KNOW I'M NOT THE
♪ ONLY ONE, OH, YEAH
WHO FEELS LIKE I
♪ I DON'T BELONG
IT'S A HARD LIFE ON EASY STREET
♪ JUST WHITE PAINTED PICKET
FENCES FAR AS YOU CAN SEE
♪ AND IF YOU THINK WE LIVE IN
THE LAND OF THE FREE
♪ THEN YOU SHOULD TRY TO BE
OH, BLACK LIKE ME
♪ OH, AND SOMEDAY
WE'LL ALL BE FREE
♪ AND I'M PROUD TO BE
OH, BLACK LIKE ME
♪ AND I'M PROUD TO BE
BLACK LIKE ME
♪ PROUD TO BE
BLACK LIKE ME
♪ BLACK LIKE ME ♪
>> Stephen: MICKEY GUYTON,
EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS
WILL BE ZENDAYA AND FATHER JAMES
MARTIN.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Stephen: I KEEP MISSING. THAT'S IT. SORRY, DONTE.
( LAUGHTER )
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