1 00:00:01,267 --> 00:00:03,603 >> THIS BATTLE BREWING OVER VOTING IN GEORGIA, AFTER TRUMP 2 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:04,838 LOST THE STATE. 3 00:00:04,904 --> 00:00:06,406 FOR WEEKS NOW, CNN HAS REPORTED ON HOW THE G.O.P. BILLS THERE 4 00:00:06,473 --> 00:00:09,542 WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK VOTERS. 5 00:00:09,609 --> 00:00:13,146 >> I ABSOLUTELY DO AGREE IT'S RACIST. 6 00:00:13,213 --> 00:00:18,451 IT IS A REDUX OF JIM CROW IN A SUIT AND TIE. 7 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:22,989 >> WELCOME BACK TO THE VOTE IS LAVA, WHERE BLACK VOTERS FROM 8 00:00:23,056 --> 00:00:24,457 GEORGIA HAVE TO CROSS A ROOM FILLED WITH MOLTEN HOT ROCK IN 9 00:00:24,524 --> 00:00:26,693 ORDER TO CAST THEIR VOTE. 10 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,128 >> IT'S ALL PART OF GEORGIA'S DRIVE TO MAKE VOTING MORE 11 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:30,230 SECURE. 12 00:00:30,296 --> 00:00:32,532 LET'S GO DOWN TO THE POLLING PLACE. 13 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:36,336 >> AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYTHING HERE IS SET UP TO DIMINISH VOTER 14 00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:39,839 FRAUD BECAUSE NOTHING REDUCES ELECTION IRREGULARITIES QUITE 15 00:00:39,906 --> 00:00:41,875 LIKE THE THREAT OF BEING INCINERATED IN MOLTEN MAGMA. 16 00:00:41,941 --> 00:00:48,515 >> AND OUR FIRST MINORITY VOTERS ARE OFF, MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE 17 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:49,282 VOTING BOOTH. 18 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:50,784 >> OH, NO! 19 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:51,651 BOILED ALIVE! 20 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:54,187 I'M GUESSING HIS SIGNATURE DIDN'T MATCH. 21 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:56,589 ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ALL JUST TO SECURE THE VOTE. 22 00:00:56,656 --> 00:00:57,891 OH, BUT WHAT'S THIS? 23 00:00:57,957 --> 00:00:59,125 IT LOOKS LIKE ONE BLACK VOTER HAS MADE IT PAST THE LAVA, THUS 24 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:02,095 WINNING THE RIGHT TO CAST A BALLOT. 25 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:03,563 LET'S HEAR FROM HIM NOW. 26 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:07,734 >> NOW YOU'VE SEEN HOW BLACK VOTES ARE CAST AND HOW LAVA GETS 27 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:09,702 IN THE WAY. 28 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:12,472 WELL, IT CAN GET A WHOLE LOT WORSE. 29 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:16,476 SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO 30 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:18,044 EXPRESS OUR VOICE! 31 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:22,315 FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO SEE ME CAST THIS VOTE! 32 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:23,116 >> OH, TOO BAD! 33 00:01:23,183 --> 00:01:26,686 SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT TWO FORMS OF I.D. 34 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:32,892 >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. 35 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,094 TONIGHT, SPRING VACCINING. 36 00:01:35,161 --> 00:01:38,364 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES RINGO STARR, WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE 37 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:42,702 BY LAURA. 38 00:01:42,769 --> 00:01:44,971 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 39 00:01:45,038 --> 00:01:52,812 NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE BUILDING 40 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:57,484 IN, NO, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 41 00:01:57,550 --> 00:01:59,853 >> Stephen: THERE ARE TIMES I LOVE TO DO THIS SHOW. 42 00:01:59,919 --> 00:02:04,424 I GET TO TALK TO RINGO STARR TONIGHT. 43 00:02:04,491 --> 00:02:04,958 THAT ONE. 44 00:02:05,024 --> 00:02:08,328 PEACE AND LOVE, RINGO! 45 00:02:08,394 --> 00:02:11,831 SOMETIMES CALLED THE FIFTH BEETLE. 46 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:14,000 WELCOME TO A "LATE SHOW." 47 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:19,339 I'M YOUR SHOWS STEPHEN COLBERT AND I AM FEELING PRETTY DARN 48 00:02:19,405 --> 00:02:20,540 GOOD. 49 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:23,376 NOT JUST THE RINGO THING BUT IT'S BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME 50 00:02:23,443 --> 00:02:26,579 IN THE LAST YEAR I FEEL LIKE THE GLASS IS HALF FULL. 51 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:35,588 IT'S PRETTY SURE THAT'S WATER, DOESN'T SMELL LIKE BLEACH. 52 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:36,756 BECAUSE AFTER A YEAR OF RELENTLESS DARK NEWS ABOUT THE 53 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:38,758 PANDEMIC, THERE MAY FINALLY BE SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE 54 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:39,993 TUNNEL. 55 00:02:40,059 --> 00:02:44,898 I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN MY NEWLY-UPDATED SEGMENT: "CATCH 56 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:59,812 -- I'LL INFECT YOU, MY PRETTY AND YOUR LITTLE DOGS! 57 00:02:59,879 --> 00:03:00,647 T-- AHHH! I'M MELTING. 58 00:03:00,713 --> 00:03:02,682 >> Stephen: HEY, DON'T COMPLAIN TO ME! 59 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:03,883 COMPLAIN TO THE PROP DEPARTMENT. 60 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:07,353 THEY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH THIS WHEN THEY GIVE IT TO 61 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:07,820 ME. 62 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:08,621 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 63 00:03:08,688 --> 00:03:10,823 I'M NOT THE ONE YOU NEED TO TALK TO. 64 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:13,860 QUICK MESSAGE TO PROPS. 65 00:03:13,927 --> 00:03:15,762 >> STEPHEN: THIS WEEKEND, WE REACHED A VERY EXCITING 66 00:03:15,828 --> 00:03:21,534 MILESTONE: THE UNITED STATES HAS NOW ADMINISTERED OVER 67 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:22,936 100 MILLION DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE, MEANING, ALMOST 20% OF 68 00:03:23,002 --> 00:03:26,239 THE TOTAL POPULATION HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE. 69 00:03:26,306 --> 00:03:28,474 OKAY, 20%, THAT'S ONE FIFTH. 70 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:29,976 SO, NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN A GROUP OF FIVE PEOPLE, LOOK AROUND AND 71 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:31,644 SAY TO YOURSELF, "WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING IN A GROUP OF FIVE 72 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:34,213 PEOPLE? 73 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,217 I HAVEN'T GOTTEN MY SHOT YET!" ONE PERSON WHO GOT THE VACCINE 74 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:45,291 THIS WEEKEND WAS 18-TIME GRAMMY-WINNING CELLIST YO-YO-MA, 75 00:03:45,358 --> 00:03:48,027 WHO DIDN'T JUST GET HIS SHOT, HE BROUGHT HIS CELLO WITH HIM, AND 76 00:03:48,094 --> 00:03:50,229 THEN, DURING THE 15-MINUTE OBSERVATION PERIOD, PLAYED A 77 00:03:50,296 --> 00:03:51,531 SURPRISE CONCERT. 78 00:03:51,598 --> 00:03:58,338 THAT'S LOVELY, BUT HOW MUCH OF A SURPRISE IS IT WHEN YO-YO MA 79 00:03:58,404 --> 00:03:59,505 PLAYS THE CELLO? 80 00:03:59,572 --> 00:04:02,308 "OH, MY GOSH, YO-YO, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THAT GIANT 81 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:05,044 CELLO-SHAPED CASE? 82 00:04:05,111 --> 00:04:08,214 I'M GOING TO SAY A VERY VOLUPTUOUS CLARINET? 83 00:04:08,281 --> 00:04:11,884 OH, IT'S A CELLO? 84 00:04:11,951 --> 00:04:15,888 YES, WE WERE SURPRISED!" HERE'S A TASTE OF THE CONCERT: 85 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:27,900 ("AVE MARIA") ♪ ♪ ♪ 86 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:30,436 >> Stephen: UNBELIEVABLE. 87 00:04:30,503 --> 00:04:30,837 PERFECTION. 88 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:31,304 TRANSPORTING. 89 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:33,106 THANK YOU, YO-YO. 90 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:36,976 WHAT A LOVELY GIFT FOR EVERYONE WAITING FOR THEIR SHOT TO TAKE 91 00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:37,744 EFFECT. 92 00:04:37,810 --> 00:04:42,615 I WANT TO POINT OUT, "AVE MARIA" IS 93 00:04:42,682 --> 00:04:43,416 PLAYED AT A LOT OF FUNERALS. 94 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:44,317 IT'S A PANDEMIC, LET'S KEEP IT LIGHT. 95 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:45,918 IS THERE A CELLO VERSION OF "UPTOWN FUNK?" 96 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:47,820 BUT DESPITE ALL THE GOOD NEWS, THERE MAY BE TROUBLE ON THE 97 00:04:47,887 --> 00:04:49,922 HORIZON, BECAUSE NEARLY 30% OF AMERICANS-- AND HALF 98 00:04:49,989 --> 00:04:52,425 OF ALL REPUBLICAN MEN-- SAY THEY DO NOT INTEND TO GET ONE OF THE 99 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:53,226 VACCINES. 100 00:04:53,292 --> 00:04:54,093 FIRST OF ALL, I CALL DIBS ON THEIRS. 101 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,997 SECOND OF ALL, WHY? 102 00:04:58,064 --> 00:04:59,332 WHY, REPUBLICAN MEN? 103 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:00,199 WHY? 104 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:03,036 YOUR GUY'S TAKING CREDIT FOR THE VACCINE. 105 00:05:03,102 --> 00:05:05,938 YOU'RE INSULTING HIM BY NOT GETTING JABBED. 106 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:10,009 YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK HIS "WHATEVER'S-WHERE-HIS-HEART-SHOU 107 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:11,177 LD-BE." 108 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:15,581 YESTERDAY, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WAS ON THE FOX NEWS AND, IN AN 109 00:05:15,648 --> 00:05:19,585 ATTEMPT TO GET THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO ENCOURAGE HIS 110 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:24,357 FOLLOWERS TO GET VACCINATED, HE TRIED FLAT-OUT FLATTERY: 111 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:28,194 >> HE'S A VERY WIDELY POPULAR PERSON AMONG REPUBLICANS. 112 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:31,597 IF HE CAME OUT AND SAID, "GO AND GET VACCINATED, IT'S REALLY 113 00:05:31,664 --> 00:05:35,601 IMPORTANT FOR YOUR HEALTH, THE HEALTH OF YOUR FAMILY, AND THE 114 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:39,605 HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY," IT SEEMS ABSOLUTELY INEVITABLE THAT THE 115 00:05:39,672 --> 00:05:42,375 VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HIS CLOSE FOLLOWERS WOULD LISTEN 116 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:43,476 TO HIM. 117 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:47,213 HE'S SUCH A STRONGLY POPULAR PERSON. 118 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:48,314 >> STEPHEN: (AS FAUCI) "HE'S SO STRONGLY POPULAR, AND 119 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:51,584 MIGHT I ADD, VERY ATTRACTIVE. 120 00:05:51,651 --> 00:05:53,920 AS AN IMMUNOLOGIST, I'D SAY HE'S CONTAGIOUSLY SEXY, AND I 121 00:05:53,986 --> 00:05:59,492 DIAGNOSE HIM WITH ONE FINE ANTI-BODY. 122 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:00,526 JUST LOOKING AT HIM, I RUN A FEVER OF 100-AND-DAMN! 123 00:06:00,593 --> 00:06:02,228 IS IT WORKING? 124 00:06:02,295 --> 00:06:03,663 IS HE ACTING RESPONSIBLE YET? 125 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:05,331 HUBBA HUBBA." 126 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:11,571 "TEAR ME OFF A PIECE OF THAT BUT NOT HIS HAIR BECAUSE THAT HAIR 127 00:06:11,637 --> 00:06:12,839 IS REAL." 128 00:06:12,905 --> 00:06:14,373 BUT TO GET EVERYONE THEIR SHOTS, WE NEED LEADERSHIP IN EVERY PART 129 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:15,641 OF THE COMMUNITY. 130 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:17,510 WHICH IS WHY THOUSANDS OF CLERGY MEMBERS FROM A CROSS SECTION OF 131 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:21,547 FAITHS-- IMAMS, RABBIS, PRIESTS, AND SWAMIS-- ARE TRYING TO COAX 132 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:23,516 THE HESITANT TO GET VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19. 133 00:06:23,583 --> 00:06:27,320 REMINDS ME OF THAT JOKE: A PRIEST, A RABBI, AN IMAM AND A 134 00:06:27,386 --> 00:06:29,522 SWAMI WALK INTO A BAR-- AND IT'S OKAY 'CAUSE THEY ALL GOT 135 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:33,493 VACCINATED! 136 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:35,528 AT ONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN FLORIDA, THE REVEREND ENCOURAGES 137 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:40,867 HIS CONGREGATION BY REMINDING THEM THAT OUR TRADITION IS RICH 138 00:06:40,933 --> 00:06:42,001 WITH CHRIST THE HEALER. 139 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,170 YES, AND REMEMBER, CHRIST IS SCHEDULED TO COME BACK FOR A 140 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:47,073 SECOND DOSE ON A CLOUD OF GLORY. 141 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:50,710 FOR CATHOLICS, POPE FRANCIS DECLARED THAT CORONAVIRUS SHOTS 142 00:06:50,777 --> 00:06:52,678 ARE "MORALLY ACCEPTABLE." 143 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:55,114 AND WHEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DESCRIBES SOMETHING AS MORALLY 144 00:06:55,181 --> 00:06:59,118 ACCEPTABLE, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT IT IS. 145 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:02,789 THE POINT IS, IF EVERYONE GETS VACCINATED, WE CAN MAKE IT 146 00:07:02,855 --> 00:07:05,591 THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, AS LONG AS AMERICANS 147 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:09,962 DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID-- AND WE'RE DOOMED, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT 148 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:11,597 TO PASS WHAT'S KNOWN AS "THE MARSHMALLOW TEST." 149 00:07:11,664 --> 00:07:15,668 BACK IN THE EARLY '70S, A STANFORD RESEARCHER RAN A TEST 150 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:17,804 WITH A GROUP OF 600 PRESCHOOLERS. 151 00:07:17,870 --> 00:07:21,240 HE WOULD GIVE EACH CHILD A MARSHMALLOW AND GIVE THEM THE 152 00:07:21,307 --> 00:07:23,242 OPTION OF EATING IT IMMEDIATELY IF THEY CHOSE. 153 00:07:23,309 --> 00:07:26,779 BUT IF THEY COULD WAIT 15 MINUTES, THEY WOULD GET A SECOND 154 00:07:26,846 --> 00:07:29,582 MARSHMALLOW AS A REWARD. 155 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:38,291 THAT STORY MAKES ME SO HUNGRY. 156 00:07:38,357 --> 00:07:40,726 ANYWAY -- ANYWAY -- ABOUT A THIRD -- STOP WHAT? 157 00:07:40,793 --> 00:07:43,729 IT'S A MARSHMALLOW, YOU BABY. 158 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:44,597 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. 159 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:46,732 >> Stephen: OH, DON'T DO ANYTHING SILLY. 160 00:07:46,799 --> 00:07:50,703 IT'S A COMEDY SHOW! 161 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:54,774 ( LAUGHTER ) ANYWAY -- 162 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:56,008 ANYWAY, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE KIDS WAITED TO GET THE SECOND 163 00:07:56,075 --> 00:07:58,911 MARSHMALLOW, AND THE RESEARCHER FOUND THAT, YEARS LATER, THEY 164 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:02,849 HAD BETTER OUTCOMES IN LIFE, THANKS TO THEIR ABILITY TO DELAY 165 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,050 GRATIFICATION. 166 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:06,853 SIMILARLY, IF WE CAN DELAY THE GRATIFICATION OF GOING OUT FOR 167 00:08:06,919 --> 00:08:10,456 JUST A FEW MORE WEEKS WHILE EVERYONE GETS VACCINATED, WE 168 00:08:10,523 --> 00:08:11,657 CAN-- >> SPRING BREAKERS TOUCHING DOWN 169 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:14,160 IN THE SUNSHINE STATE. 170 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:16,062 FROM FORT LAUDERDALE TO MIAMI BEACH, SOUTH FLORIDA BARS 171 00:08:16,128 --> 00:08:22,201 AND RESTAURANTS PACKED WITH PEOPLE. 172 00:08:22,268 --> 00:08:23,336 >> STEPHEN: FLORIDA! 173 00:08:23,402 --> 00:08:24,170 I KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO SAY ON OUR NATION'S TOMBSTONE: 174 00:08:24,237 --> 00:08:26,873 "AMERICA 1776-2021. 175 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:29,642 DESTROYED BY OUR BIGGEST DICK." 176 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:30,877 ONE SPRING BREAKER EXPLAINED "GRANNY SHOULDN'T BE OUT HERE 177 00:08:30,943 --> 00:08:32,845 ANYWAYS. 178 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:33,813 IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE." 179 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,648 NO, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULDN'T BE OUT THERE. 180 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:37,783 GRANNY'S VACCINATED. 181 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:40,586 THOSE BARS OUGHT TO BE DOING OPPOSITE CARDING. 182 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:44,624 "YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE 75. 183 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:46,859 START HUMMING YOUR FAVORITE PERRY COMO SONG OR I'M CALLING 184 00:08:46,926 --> 00:08:50,229 THE COPS." 185 00:08:50,296 --> 00:08:54,934 ♪ CATCH A FALLING STAR AND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET ♪ 186 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:57,436 SO, CLEARLY, WHEN IT COMES TO COVID, AMERICA IS FAILING THE 187 00:08:57,503 --> 00:08:58,971 MARSHMALLOW TEST. 188 00:08:59,038 --> 00:09:01,741 AND THAT'S EMBARRASSING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT 189 00:09:01,807 --> 00:09:05,411 THIS MONTH, SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THAT CUTTLEFISH-- SQUID-- CAN 190 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:06,445 PASS THE MARSHMALLOW TEST. 191 00:09:06,512 --> 00:09:07,713 CUTTLEFISH ARE SHOWING MORE RESTRAINT THAN HUMANS. 192 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:11,450 AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD JUST BATTER AND FRY OURSELVES. 193 00:09:11,517 --> 00:09:14,921 WELL, CHARLTON HESTON TRIED TO WARN US. 194 00:09:14,987 --> 00:09:16,656 >> YOU MANIACS! 195 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:22,929 YOU ATE ALL THE MARSHMALLOWS! 196 00:09:22,995 --> 00:09:27,266 DAMN YOU, FLORIDA! 197 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:35,508 GOSH DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! 198 00:09:35,574 --> 00:09:38,077 >> Stephen: I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT JOKE AT ALL. 199 00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:38,911 I LOVE IT. 200 00:09:38,978 --> 00:09:41,180 I LOVE IT. 201 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:41,747 I LOVE HESTON. 202 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:46,085 I LOVE THE CUTTLEFISH. 203 00:09:46,152 --> 00:09:47,219 IT'S STUPID. 204 00:09:47,286 --> 00:09:50,656 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CUTTLEFISH IS LADY LIBERTY IN 205 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:51,958 THIS ONE. 206 00:09:52,024 --> 00:09:54,927 CAN EITHER OF YOU EXPLAIN IT? 207 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:56,295 >> IT'S A METAPHOR. 208 00:09:56,362 --> 00:09:59,065 >> Stephen: FOR WHAT? 209 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:03,002 AMERICA. 210 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:06,305 ( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: THERE'S ANOTHER 211 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:09,308 THING PUTTING A SPRING IN MY STEP, AND THAT'S MUSIC! 212 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:11,243 LAST NIGHT WAS THE 63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, HOSTED BY MY 213 00:10:11,310 --> 00:10:15,848 FRIEND AND PARAMOUNT+ COLLEAGUE, TREVOR NOAH! 214 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:19,285 TREVOR KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE ARENA -- 215 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:20,519 IN THAT HE WAS OUT OF THE ARENA, BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME 216 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:22,221 THE GRAMMYS TOOK PLACE OUTDOORS. 217 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:26,225 WHICH WORKED OUT GREAT EXCEPT FOR WHEN BRUNO MARS WAS CARRIED 218 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:27,193 OFF BY A HAWK. 219 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:29,028 THOUGHT IT WAS A RABBITT. 220 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:30,563 EAGLE THOUGHT IT WAS A RABBITT. 221 00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:32,398 HE'S A TINY MAN. 222 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,500 THIS YEAR, FEMALE ARTISTS WON BIG. 223 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:37,937 ESPECIALLY BEYONCE, WHO WENT IN WITH NINE NOMINATIONS-- THE MOST 224 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:41,007 OF THE NIGHT-- AND BY THE END OF THE EVENING, BROKE THE RECORD 225 00:10:41,073 --> 00:10:45,011 FOR THE MOST GRAMMYS WON BY A WOMAN, AND ANY SINGER, MALE OR 226 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:46,212 FEMALE, WITH 28. 227 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:47,279 HOPEFULLY, SHE FINALLY GOT ONE WHERE THE LITTLE RECORD PLAYER 228 00:10:47,346 --> 00:10:49,215 ACTUALLY WORKS. 229 00:10:49,281 --> 00:10:52,818 I WON THIS A COUPLE YEARS BACK, AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS 230 00:10:52,885 --> 00:10:53,686 TERRIBLE. 231 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:58,691 I CAN'T GET IT TO PAIR WITH MY EAR BUDS. 232 00:10:58,758 --> 00:11:00,993 WHAT'S THAT? 233 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:01,927 OKAY. 234 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:03,029 ( LAUGHTER ) YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SHOW ONE 235 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:03,596 WAY. 236 00:11:03,662 --> 00:11:04,563 IT'S TRUE. 237 00:11:04,630 --> 00:11:05,765 I'M GOING TO GET A LETTER. 238 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:08,200 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LETTER FROM THE ACADEMY FOR 239 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:10,069 DOING THIS. 240 00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:10,369 WHAT? 241 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:11,070 HIDEOUS. 242 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:12,905 BEAUTIFUL. 243 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:13,239 HIDEOUS. 244 00:11:13,305 --> 00:11:13,606 BEAUTIFUL. 245 00:11:13,672 --> 00:11:16,175 COME AT ME. 246 00:11:16,242 --> 00:11:22,014 IT WAS ALSO A BIG NIGHT FOR TAYLOR SWIFT, OR T-SWIZZLE AS I 247 00:11:22,081 --> 00:11:24,617 CALL HER, DESPITE THE COURT ORDER, WHO BECAME THE FIRST 248 00:11:24,683 --> 00:11:26,285 WOMAN TO WIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES. 249 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:29,088 NOT ONLY THAT, HER LIVE PERFORMANCE WON THE AWARD FOR 250 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:30,256 MOST MOSS. 251 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:36,729 HONESTLY, AFTER A YEAR OF NOT MOVING AT ALL, I CAN RELATE. 252 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:38,097 MY DEAR FRIEND MEGHAN THEE STALLION ALSO HAD A LOT TO 253 00:11:38,164 --> 00:11:39,231 CELEBRATE. 254 00:11:39,298 --> 00:11:41,067 SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE RAPPER TO BE NAMED BEST NEW 255 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:46,305 ARTIST SINCE 1999, AND PUT ON A SCORCHING PERFORMANCE OF "WAP" 256 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:48,774 WITH CARDI B. 257 00:11:48,841 --> 00:11:50,910 IT WAS SO HOT, MEGHAN HAD TO TELL US HOW TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. 258 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:55,915 >> ♪ NOW MAKE IT RAIN IF YOU WANNA SEE SOME WET-WET-WET ♪ 259 00:11:55,981 --> 00:11:59,118 >> STEPHEN: OF COURSE, SINCE IT WAS CBS, LAST NIGHT, "WAP" 260 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:05,091 STOOD FOR "WATCH 'ABISHOLA' AND 'PICARD.'" 261 00:12:05,157 --> 00:12:07,893 HEY, SPEAKING OF RISQUE, HARRY STYLES MADE HIS OWN FASHION 262 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:15,768 STATEMENT WITH A COUPLE OF FEATHER BOAS AND THIS $450 GUCCI 263 00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:19,505 BANANA PENIS NECKLACE, THAT -- SLIGHTLY BLURRED HERE -- THAT 264 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:20,639 IMMEDIATELY SOLD OUT ONLINE. 265 00:12:20,706 --> 00:12:21,707 SO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO BUY A PHALLIC BANANA, I'M AFRAID 266 00:12:21,774 --> 00:12:24,009 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SETTLE FOR A BANANA. 267 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:27,613 NOW, I LOVE HARRY STYLES-- WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, ONE 268 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,449 IMAGINES-- BUT I HAVE TO WONDER, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WAS HE 269 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:33,619 TRYING TO SEND WITH THAT CHOICE OF PENILE FRUIT JEWELRY? 270 00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:35,821 WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET FROM IT? 271 00:12:35,888 --> 00:12:39,658 THAT HIS MEMBER IS PERFECTLY RIPE WHEN IT DEVELOPS LIGHT 272 00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:40,793 BROWN SPOTS? 273 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:45,531 THAT HIS PENIS IS A SURPRISING SOURCE OF POTASSIUM AND HE 274 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:48,234 RECOMMENDS SERVING HIS PENIS SLICED UP ON RICE KRISPIES? 275 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:52,037 THAT I CAN MAKE BREAD WITH HARRY STYLES' PENIS? 276 00:12:52,104 --> 00:12:55,741 ALSO, DOES ONE HAVE TO PEEL HIS PENIS? 277 00:12:55,808 --> 00:12:57,877 BEFORE YOU ENJOY IT? 278 00:12:57,943 --> 00:12:59,044 WE MAY NEVER KNOW. 279 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:02,081 BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO GET YOUR HANDS ON HARRY STYLES' 280 00:13:02,148 --> 00:13:03,716 BANANA PENIS-- NECKLACE. 281 00:13:03,782 --> 00:13:04,750 IT'S SOLD OUT. 282 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,720 THIS LEAVES A SPRAWLING GAP IN THE MARKET FOR OTHER 283 00:13:07,786 --> 00:13:10,022 ANATOMICALLY CORRECT FOOD ACCESSORIES-- WHICH "A LATE 284 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:11,957 SHOW" IS PROUD TO EXCLUSIVELY OFFER TONIGHT. 285 00:13:12,024 --> 00:13:16,128 LIKE THIS STUNNING STERLING SILVER PEAR SCROTUM. 286 00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:19,732 OR BEDECK YOUR EARS WITH THESE GORGEOUS PINEAPPLE 287 00:13:19,798 --> 00:13:20,599 VAGINAS. 288 00:13:20,666 --> 00:13:22,835 OR A BEAUTIFUL STATEMENT RING. 289 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,503 THE STATEMENT: THIS TURNIP LOOKS LIKE A BUTT. 290 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:27,706 IT PAIRS BEAUTIFULLY WITH OUR ONE-OF-A-KIND EMERALD AVOCADO 291 00:13:27,773 --> 00:13:30,042 TAINT. 292 00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:31,710 OOH, AND I'M BEING TOLD THAT ALL OF THESE PIECES ARE SOLD OUT. 293 00:13:31,777 --> 00:13:32,912 SUCH A SHAME. 294 00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:34,013 ALL THE PROCEEDS WERE GOING TO GO TO A CHARITY TO HELP PEOPLE 295 00:13:34,079 --> 00:13:43,088 INJURED WHILE SLIPPING ON HARRY STYLES' BANANA PENIS. 296 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:46,258 I WROTE THAT JOKE AND I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING. 297 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:50,029 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 298 00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:51,297 RINGO STARR IS HERE. 299 00:13:51,363 --> 00:13:52,898 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I TAKE A LOOK AT A YEAR WITHOUT BROADWAY. 300 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:54,099 STICK AROUND. 301 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:55,834 ♪♪♪ 302 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:14,386 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 303 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:17,957 WELCOME BACK. 304 00:14:18,023 --> 00:14:19,625 LET'S SAY HI TO JON BATISTE. 305 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:22,161 JON, I CANNOT KEEP UP WITH YOUR GOOD NEWS. 306 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:24,897 THIS MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN 307 00:14:24,964 --> 00:14:31,370 KEEPING UP WITH YOUR NEWSPAPERS, JON BATISTE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN 308 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:42,081 OSCAR, AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS WORK ON THE SCORE TO "SOUL" DOES 309 00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:44,183 MY PIXAR'S NEW CLASSIC. 310 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:45,017 JON, CONGRATULATIONS. 311 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:45,551 >> Jon: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 312 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,186 IT IS SO SURREAL! 313 00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:51,457 I'M JUST LETTING IT SOAK IN AND LETTING IT FLOW OUT. 314 00:14:51,523 --> 00:14:53,826 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: WHERE WERE YOU 315 00:14:53,892 --> 00:14:55,361 WHEN YOU FOUND OUT? 316 00:14:55,427 --> 00:15:00,499 >> I WAS WALKING THE DOGS, AND THEN I GOT A BUNCH OF TEXT 317 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:04,436 MESSAGES, AND THEN I WAS, LIKE, OH, SOMETHING'S UP! 318 00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:07,439 AND THAT'S WHEN I NEWEL HAVE THEY TOLD YOU, IS THERE GOING TO 319 00:15:07,506 --> 00:15:09,908 BE ANY KIND OF CEREMONY? 320 00:15:09,975 --> 00:15:11,210 BECAUSE IT'S NOT TILL APRIL. 321 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:13,279 >> Jon: DON'T KNOW YET. 322 00:15:13,345 --> 00:15:17,549 HOPEFULLY, WE CAN BE TOGETHER IN PERSON, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE 323 00:15:17,616 --> 00:15:20,286 CELEBRATING TILL THE CEREMONY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. 324 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:21,887 >> Stephen: FANTASTIC. 325 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:25,224 ALSO A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM, RIGHT? 326 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:26,892 >> Jon: YES, ON FRIDAY. 327 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:28,327 >> Stephen: MORE ON THAT TOMORROW. 328 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:29,361 JOIN US, FOLKS. 329 00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:30,829 JON, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 330 00:15:30,896 --> 00:15:35,267 WELL DESERVED, EVERYTHING IS WELL DESERVED. 331 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:36,935 >> Jon: THANK YOU, STEPHEN. 332 00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:37,636 LOVE YOU! 333 00:15:37,703 --> 00:15:39,972 >> Stephen: LOVE YOU, TOO, JON. 334 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:45,744 AS YOU MAY KNOW, TODAY IS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ME DOING 335 00:15:45,811 --> 00:15:49,682 MY SHOW IN THE BATHTUB BECAUSE WE HAD TO LEAVE THE ED SULLIVAN 336 00:15:49,748 --> 00:15:51,517 THEATER DUE TO THIS THING YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT, THE 337 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:55,587 CORONAVIRUS. 338 00:15:55,654 --> 00:15:56,789 BUT IT WASN'T JUST US. 339 00:15:56,855 --> 00:16:02,227 IT HAS NOW BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE BROADWAY SUSPENDED ALL OF ITS 340 00:16:02,294 --> 00:16:03,929 PLAYS AND MUSICALS. 341 00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:04,830 THAT'S RIGHT. 342 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,865 IT'S BEEN-- ♪ FIVE HUNDRED 343 00:16:06,932 --> 00:16:10,002 TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ♪ SIX HUNDRED MINUTES 344 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:15,274 THAT'S ALL THE WORDS I ♪ KNOW OF THAT SONG ♪ 345 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:17,976 IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THAT SONG, IT'S FROM "RENT." 346 00:16:18,043 --> 00:16:21,280 AND IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH RENT, IT'S THE THING YOUR $1,400 347 00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:25,818 STIMULUS CHECK IS GOING STRAIGHT TO. 348 00:16:25,884 --> 00:16:26,952 AND OUR NEIGHBORS, ALL 41 BROADWAY THEATERS, HAVE HAD TO 349 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:28,687 REMAIN CLOSED SINCE LAST MARCH. 350 00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:30,956 PROVING IT COULD BE HARDER TO GET HAMILTON TICKETS. 351 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:33,325 THE YEAR-LONG CLOSURE HAS DEVASTATED THE BROADWAY 352 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:37,096 COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WHEN THE THEATERS SHUT DOWN, SO DID MOST 353 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:40,699 OF THE INDUSTRY'S NEARLY 97,000 JOBS, INCLUDING THOSE OF 354 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:45,304 THOUSANDS OF BROADWAY ACTORS, SINGERS, AND DANCERS. 355 00:16:45,371 --> 00:16:46,839 OR AS THEY'RE SOMETIMES CALLED, "HEY, WEREN'T YOU A CORPSE IN AN 356 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:51,710 EPISODE OF 'LAW AND ORDER'?" LUCKILY, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE 357 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:52,911 ACTORS FUND ARE DOING AMAZING WORK TO SUPPORT THE BROADWAY 358 00:16:52,978 --> 00:16:56,315 COMMUNITY. 359 00:16:56,382 --> 00:17:00,452 SINCE MARCH, THE ACTORS FUND HAS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN $20 360 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,322 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 15,000 361 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:04,490 PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY. 362 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:07,559 BUT THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING BROADWAY 363 00:17:07,626 --> 00:17:09,395 SHUTDOWN, AND NO ONE HAS GIVEN THEM THE SYMPATHY THEY DESERVE. 364 00:17:09,461 --> 00:17:15,367 UNTIL NOW. 365 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:16,602 >> HELLO. 366 00:17:16,668 --> 00:17:18,270 I'M BROADWAY LEGEND AND IT'S IN MY CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE TO 367 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:28,113 LET ME CALL MYSELF THAT, LAURA BENANTI. 368 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:31,383 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FACE A TERRIFYING REALITY EVERY DAY 369 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:35,988 THIS DRAGS ON, LIVING WITH AN OUT OF WORK ACTOR. 370 00:17:36,054 --> 00:17:39,091 >> I THINK I WANT TO GO GREEK FOR DINNER. 371 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:40,793 >> I STABBED OUT THESE EYES. 372 00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:42,461 WHY SHOULD I HAVE EYES? 373 00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:47,599 WHY WHEN NOTHING I SAW WAS WORTH SEEING? 374 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:48,567 NOTHING! 375 00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:48,901 >> SO... 376 00:17:48,967 --> 00:17:50,169 NOT GREEK. 377 00:17:50,235 --> 00:17:56,542 >> WITH NO OTHER OUTLET FOR THEIR TALENTS, THESE ACTORS ARE 378 00:17:56,608 --> 00:18:00,045 GIVING AT-HOME PERFORMANCES THE "NEW YORK TIMES" CALLS A 379 00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:01,647 FAMILY'S WORST NIGHT MAYOR. 380 00:18:01,713 --> 00:18:04,082 >> DAD, HOW DO YOU SPELL POTATO. 381 00:18:04,149 --> 00:18:11,957 ♪ MY SON, YOU ASK A QUESTION ♪ ♪ BECAUSE THE ANSWER YOU'RE 382 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:14,259 WITHOUT ♪ ♪ I COULD NOT SPELL FOR YOU 383 00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:17,563 POTATO ♪ ♪ BUT MY CHILD YOU MUST SOUND -- 384 00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:25,404 IT -- OUT ♪ >> AND THE SITUATION IS ONLY 385 00:18:25,471 --> 00:18:28,807 GETTING MORE DIRE, AS THESE PERFORMERS TURN FROM TRIPLE 386 00:18:28,874 --> 00:18:30,209 THREATS INTO MERELY THREATS. 387 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:35,681 BUT IT'S NOT JUST FAMILIES AND ROOMMATES WHO ARE AFFECTED, IT'S 388 00:18:35,747 --> 00:18:40,619 ALSO, TO QUOTE SIR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, CATS. 389 00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:44,189 >> MR. SCRUFFLES. 390 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:44,823 MR. SCRUFFLES? 391 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:53,565 OH, ( BLEEP ), NOT AGAIN. 392 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:55,901 >> NO! 393 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:59,037 NO MORE CATS! 394 00:18:59,104 --> 00:18:59,771 >> MEOW! 395 00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:01,039 BUT YOU CAN HELP STOP THE CYCLE. 396 00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:03,342 GET THESE ACTORS BACK ON STAGE AND THESE POOR, INNOCENT PEOPLE 397 00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:05,511 BACK TO -- WHATEVER IT IS NONACTORS DO. 398 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:11,617 I WANT TO SAY FILE REPORTS. 399 00:19:11,683 --> 00:19:14,453 ( CRYING ) >> WEAR A MASK. 400 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,990 SOCIAL DISTANCE. 401 00:19:18,056 --> 00:19:19,525 ♪ ♪ 402 00:19:19,591 --> 00:19:23,328 ♪ GET THE VACCINE ♪ ♪ GET THE VACCINE, GET THE 403 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:28,166 VACCINE, GET THE VACCINE ♪ ♪ GET THE VACCINE. 404 00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:32,971 >> GET THE VACCINE, GET THE VACCINE, GET THE VACCINE, GET 405 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:35,607 IT ♪ ♪ GET THE VACCINE ♪ 406 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:44,483 ♪ GET THE VACCINE, GET THE VACCINE, GET VACCINE, GET IT ♪ 407 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:50,889 ♪ GET THE VACCINE! ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] 408 00:19:50,956 --> 00:19:53,859 >> AMAZING, HONEY, AMAZING, AMAZING! 409 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:56,295 >> CLAP FOR MOMMY, CLAM FOR MOMMY! 410 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:59,197 >> Stephen: BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ACTORS DESPERATE FAMILY, 411 00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:02,367 FRIENDS AND ROOMMATES FUND. 412 00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:03,569 >> WE'RE CLAPPING FOR ME. 413 00:20:03,635 --> 00:20:04,002 THANK YOU! 414 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:05,437 THANK YOU! 415 00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:06,605 THANK YOU! 416 00:20:06,672 --> 00:20:07,573 >> STEPHEN: THANKS TO LAURA BENANTI, CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, 417 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:09,575 AND ALL OF BROADWAY! 418 00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:13,045 CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE CAN BE WITH YOU AGAIN. 419 00:20:13,111 --> 00:20:19,685 'TIL THEN, TO HELP, GO TO ACTORSFUND.ORG FOR MORE DETAILS. 420 00:20:19,751 --> 00:20:23,255 AND I'M BEING TOLD NONE OF THE MONEY GOES TO PEOPLE WHO HAD SEX 421 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:25,724 WITH HARRY STYLES' BANANA PENIS. 422 00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:27,693 AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS ONLINE AND DON'T UNDERSTAND 423 00:20:27,759 --> 00:20:29,461 THAT, GO WATCH THE MONOLOGUE! 424 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:31,530 IT WILL MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE! 425 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:34,533 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH RINGO STARR. 426 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,701 ♪♪♪ 427 00:20:41,607 --> 00:20:47,746 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 428 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:49,014 WELCOME BACK. 429 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:51,850 MY GUEST TONIGHT IS ONE OF THOSE MOP-TOP LADS FROM LIVERPOOL WHO 430 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:59,758 CALLED THEMSELVES THE BEATLES HIS NEW E.P. "ZOOM IN" COMES OUT 431 00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:00,926 THIS FRIDAY. 432 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:02,694 PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," SIR RINGO STARR! 433 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:04,496 HELLO, RINGO. 434 00:21:04,563 --> 00:21:07,866 >> HI, STEPHEN, GREAT TO BE HERE. 435 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:10,402 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU. 436 00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:11,737 WE'RE ALL ZOOMING IN. 437 00:21:11,803 --> 00:21:14,706 >> Stephen: WE ARE. 438 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:18,677 HERE'S THE ALBUM RIGHT THERE, "ZOOM IN." 439 00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:22,848 IT'S AN HONOR TO ZOOM IN WITH YOU. 440 00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:25,751 I LOVE THE PSYCHEDELIC HALO YOU'VE GIVEN YOURSELF. 441 00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:27,152 >> I PAINTED THAT FOR THE SHOW. 442 00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:31,323 >> Stephen: VERY FEW GUESTS GO TO THE EFFORT OF PAINTING THEIR 443 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:32,691 OWN BACKDROP. 444 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:34,259 >> I ALSO PAINTED THESE GUYS BEHIND ME. 445 00:21:34,326 --> 00:21:35,727 >> Stephen: THOSE FELLAS. 446 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:39,598 AND THE GUITAR IS FROM MY SON, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GET 447 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:40,799 THAT IN. 448 00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:41,633 >> Stephen: I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT ADMIRER THAT YOU RESPOND 449 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:46,738 TO ALMOST EVERY QUESTION AT SOME POINT. 450 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:51,476 ON EVERY PRESS LINE, IF SOMEONE TAKES THE PHOTO OF YOU, YOU GIVE 451 00:21:51,543 --> 00:21:53,078 THE PEACE AND LOVE, EVERYBODY. 452 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:54,913 AND EVERY TIME YOU MEAN IT. 453 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:58,183 YOU HAVEN'T GROWN JADED TO THE PROMISE OF PEACE. 454 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:00,152 SOME PEOPLE HAVE. 455 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:07,025 SOME PEOPLE WHO FIRST RAN INTO THE PEACE AND LOVE MESSAGE IN 456 00:22:07,092 --> 00:22:09,561 THE '60s GAVE UP ON IT. 457 00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:12,931 HOW DID YOU HOLD ON TO THE PEACE AND LOVE, RINGO? 458 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:17,202 >> IT BECAME NATURAL A GREETING, PEACE AND LOVE, BROTHER. 459 00:22:17,269 --> 00:22:21,139 IT WAS EMBEDDED FROM THE '60s, OF COURSE, I DIDN'T INVENT IT. 460 00:22:21,206 --> 00:22:23,542 AND I LOVE THE '60s. 461 00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:26,545 WHAT A CHANGE WENT ON IN EVERYBODY'S LIFE THANKS TO 462 00:22:26,611 --> 00:22:29,114 TIMOTHY LEERY, OF COURSE. 463 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:36,154 BUT, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT I WAS ON TOUR. 464 00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:39,391 I HADN'T BEEN LIVE IN YEARS. 465 00:22:39,458 --> 00:22:42,160 IT BECAME, LIKE, PEACE AND LOVE, EVERYBODY. 466 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:43,795 IT JUST SORT OF WENT FROM THERE. 467 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:49,201 WE HAVE MY BIRTHDAY, THE 7 7th OF JULY AND WE HAVE A 468 00:22:49,267 --> 00:22:51,069 PEACE AND LOVE MOMENT AT NOON. 469 00:22:51,136 --> 00:22:53,739 I USE IT ANY WAY I CAN BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE IN PEACE AND LOVE. 470 00:22:53,805 --> 00:22:57,476 >> Stephen: THIS IS A FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW 471 00:22:57,542 --> 00:23:00,479 IF YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR END, BUT THIS IS YOU WITH THE DOVE. 472 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:01,680 >> YEAH. 473 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:04,316 >> Stephen: I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT WHEN ANNIE LEIBOWITZ SHOT 474 00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:09,221 ME FOR "VANITY FAIR" THIS CHRISTMAS, WE USE THAT AS AN 475 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:09,688 INSPIRATION. 476 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:10,188 >> GREAT! 477 00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:11,923 IT'S GETTING AROUND! 478 00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:12,691 >> Stephen: YEAH. 479 00:23:12,758 --> 00:23:13,925 YOU'RE SPREADING THE WORD, BROTHER. 480 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:16,328 >> Stephen: YOU'RE SPREADING THE WORD. 481 00:23:16,394 --> 00:23:20,031 YOU'VE INFECTED ME WITH THE LOVE OF PEACE AND LOVE, RINGO. 482 00:23:20,098 --> 00:23:21,199 >> YEAH, GREAT! 483 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:23,368 >> Stephen: THE MESSAGE OF PEACE AND LOVE, WHICH I KNOW IS 484 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:25,937 SINCERE FOR YOU, BUT HOW DO YOU KEEP THE PEACE AND THE LOVE 485 00:23:26,004 --> 00:23:31,376 GOING DURING THIS UNBELIEVABLY BLEAK YEAR WE JUST WENT THROUGH? 486 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:32,310 >> WELL, YEAH. 487 00:23:32,377 --> 00:23:36,648 I HAD A FEW DOWNER DAYS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 488 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:40,285 IN FEBRUARY, I WENT SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES FOR THE TWO TOURS I WAS 489 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:44,689 GOING TO DO LAST YEAR, AND IT'S STILL HANGING UP ON YEARS. 490 00:23:44,756 --> 00:23:48,593 BUT WHEN THE DATES CAME FOR THE TOUR, I CANCELED IT. 491 00:23:48,660 --> 00:23:49,661 I WANT TO PLAY! 492 00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:51,963 I WANT TO PLAY LIVE, YOU KNOW. 493 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:54,266 I WANT TO BE WITH THE AUDIENCE. 494 00:23:54,332 --> 00:23:56,034 AND THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 495 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:59,905 AND WE HAD SO LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE. 496 00:23:59,971 --> 00:24:03,842 IN MARCH, I CANCELED THE TOUR AND I SAID, DON'T WORRY, NEXT 497 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:09,614 YEAR, I'M GOING TO DO THE EXACT SAME TOUR, THE SAME VENUES, 498 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:11,349 EVERYTHING, AND, OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 499 00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:15,287 SO I WON'T BE GOING ON TOUR TILL NEXT YEAR. 500 00:24:15,353 --> 00:24:16,054 YOU KNOW. 501 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:17,756 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU GOT THE SHOT? 502 00:24:17,823 --> 00:24:18,990 DO YOU MIND ME ASKING? 503 00:24:19,057 --> 00:24:21,092 > I'VE HAD BOTH OF THEM, THANK YOU. 504 00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:22,027 >> Stephen: WOW! 505 00:24:22,093 --> 00:24:23,895 WELL, YOU COULD GO ON TOUR. 506 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:27,866 NO ONE WILL GO WITH YOU BUT YOU CAN GO ON TOUR. 507 00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:29,100 >> YEAH. 508 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:36,274 YEAH, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE THERE IF PEOPLE ARE IN MASKS, NO 509 00:24:36,341 --> 00:24:37,609 CONNECTION, SIX FEET APART. 510 00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:43,248 LAST NIGHT AT THE GRAMS WITHY, I WENT, PEACE AND LOVE! 511 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:44,149 NOTHING. 512 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:44,749 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, YOU MANAGED 513 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:46,284 TO GET A LOT DONE, ANYWAY. 514 00:24:46,351 --> 00:24:47,485 LET'S PUT THIS BACK UP. 515 00:24:47,552 --> 00:24:48,687 >> I DID. 516 00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:53,725 >> Stephen: THE NEW ALBUM IS THE E.P. OUT THERE FRIDAY, "ZOOM 517 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:54,893 IN." 518 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,995 WHAT'S IT LIKE TO COLLABORATE ON MUSIC DURING THE PANDEMIC? 519 00:24:57,062 --> 00:25:00,999 WERE YOU GUYS JUST TRADING MUSICAL FILES OR WERE YOU 520 00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:02,234 TOGETHER PLAYING? 521 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:07,639 >> HALF AND HALF IS FILES, AND KNOWING THE MUSICIANS I WANTED, 522 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:13,011 THEY WOULD GET TESTED, I WOULD GET TESTED BEFORE THE JOBS, AND 523 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:20,418 WE WEAR MASKS, AND WE HOLD OUR BREATH, TAKE THE MASK OFF AND DO 524 00:25:20,485 --> 00:25:23,054 A PHOTO AND PUT THEM ON AGAIN. 525 00:25:23,121 --> 00:25:26,658 BUT EVERYONE WHO COMES HERE IS PRETTY SERIOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 526 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:27,893 TAKING CARE. 527 00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:34,466 >> Stephen: A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS E.P. WITH YOU WERE ALSO IN 528 00:25:34,532 --> 00:25:36,001 RINGO'S ALL-STARS. 529 00:25:36,067 --> 00:25:37,168 >> YEAH. 530 00:25:37,235 --> 00:25:40,572 >> Stephen: AND OVER 30 YEARS, YOU ONCE CALLED THE ALL-STAR 531 00:25:40,639 --> 00:25:45,010 REVIEW THE GREATEST 1-800 BAND IN ROCK HISTORY. 532 00:25:45,076 --> 00:25:46,611 WHAT'S A 1-800 BAND? 533 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:51,216 >> WELL, WE USED TO BUY RECORDS OFF THE TV, A 1-800 NUMBER. 534 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:53,118 >> Stephen: OH, SURE, SURE. 535 00:25:53,184 --> 00:25:56,354 O THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. 536 00:25:56,421 --> 00:25:58,990 IT'S SUCH A MIXED BAG. 537 00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:01,092 EVERYBODY ON THE STAGE WAS IN A DIFFERENT BAND, AND WE DID ALL 538 00:26:01,159 --> 00:26:06,031 THE HIT, SO WE WERE THE BEST 1-800 LIVE BANDS. 539 00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:11,136 >> Stephen: EVEN THE FIRST LINEUP IN 1989, DR. JOHN, BILLY 540 00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:21,079 PRESTON, LEVON, RICK, JOE WALSH, NILS LOFGREN AND JIM C CELTNER, 541 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:23,815 HOW DID IT FEEL TO GET OFF THE DRUM KIT AND BE THE LEAD SINGER 542 00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:25,183 WITH THAT CAST OF FRIENDS? 543 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:27,619 >> WELL, EASY, I HAD TWO DRUMMERS. 544 00:26:27,686 --> 00:26:32,624 I WAS SO INSECURE, THERE WERE THREE DRUMMERS IN THE FIRST 545 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:33,558 ROUND. 546 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:36,962 >> Stephen: YOU, LEVON HELM AND JIM CELTNER. 547 00:26:37,028 --> 00:26:38,129 >> YEAH. 548 00:26:38,196 --> 00:26:42,233 SO WE WERE LIKE THREE LINED UP, AND I DID RUN DOWN AND JIM 549 00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:46,771 CELTNER WOULD TAKE CARE OF WHAT IT IS AND LEE WOULD JOIN IN. 550 00:26:46,838 --> 00:26:49,541 ALWAYS THE RULE WITH THE ALL-STAR BANDS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 551 00:26:49,607 --> 00:26:52,777 NOT THERE TO BE TORTURED, LET'S HAVE FUN. 552 00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:56,881 I WILL DO MY BEST FOR YOU AND I EXPECT YOU TO DO YOUR BEST FOR 553 00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:57,582 ME, FOR HIM. 554 00:26:57,649 --> 00:26:59,818 YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER. 555 00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:06,491 NO ONE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF STARS. 556 00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:12,831 >> Stephen: THERE IS A BOOK ""RINGO ROCKS." 557 00:27:12,897 --> 00:27:15,867 30 YEARS OF THE ALL-STAR, AVAILABLE NOW. 558 00:27:15,934 --> 00:27:20,739 IS IT TRUE BECAUSE A BIRD TOLD ME THAT IN '89 YOU HAD MONITORS, 559 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:30,782 WHICH ARE STANDARD NOW, BUT THE BEATLES DIDN'T HAVE MONITORS. 560 00:27:30,849 --> 00:27:40,525 WHICH ARE STANDARD NOW, BUT THE BEATLES DIDN'T HAVE MONITORS. 561 00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:43,795 WHAT'S IT LIKE NOW. 562 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:47,866 >> WE PLAYED IN 1990, AND ON THE MIXING BOARD THE MONITOR PIECE 563 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:49,067 EXPLODED. 564 00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:53,405 SO THERE WERE NO MONITORS, AND TO A MAN, EVERYONE IN THE BAND 565 00:27:53,471 --> 00:27:54,506 SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T GO ON. 566 00:27:54,572 --> 00:27:55,673 I SAID, WHAT? 567 00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:56,808 YOU CAN'T GO ON? 568 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:57,976 WE'RE GOING ON. 569 00:27:58,043 --> 00:28:07,318 AND WE WENT ON, WE DID A GREAT SHOW, AND THEY CAME BACK AND 570 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:08,119 SAID, THAT WAS GREAT! 571 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:10,055 EVERYONE GETS USED TO THE STUFF NOW. 572 00:28:10,121 --> 00:28:11,156 >> Stephen: YEAH. 573 00:28:11,222 --> 00:28:15,393 I CAME FROM CLUBS AND WEDDINGS WHERE YOU JUST PLAYED. 574 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:27,138 BUT WITH THE BEATLES, IT WAS CRAZY. 575 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:30,141 AND THEN BIGGER AND BIGGER AND NOTHING LIKE IT, WE WERE THE 576 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:33,411 FIRST BAND IN STADIUMS. 577 00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:34,512 WE LOVED IT. 578 00:28:34,579 --> 00:28:39,717 THEY JUST SCREAMED FROM THE MINUTE WE WENT ON TILL THE 579 00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:40,985 MINUTE WE WENT OFF. 580 00:28:41,052 --> 00:28:43,321 AND SOMETIMES IT WAS REALLY REALLY LOUD. 581 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:47,959 SO I'D HAVE TO JUST WATCH THE MOTION OF, YOU KNOW, JOHN. 582 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:51,596 HE HAD A CERTAIN WAY OF BOUNCING, AND PAUL WAS TAPPING 583 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:54,732 AND, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHERE WE WERE HALF THE TIME. 584 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:59,070 AND I NEVER HEARD THE NOTES, THEY WOULD GO, WHOO! 585 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:01,172 OH, THAT SONG, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. 586 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:02,373 OKAY. 587 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:07,178 >> Stephen: MY SISTER -- TWO OF MY SISTERS WERE TEENAGERS IN 588 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:11,616 1965 AND THEY SAW YOU GUYS ON YOUR LAST APPEARANCE IN 589 00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:13,918 WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THEY SAID -- I MEAN, THEY WERE VERY 590 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:16,421 HAPPY TO BE THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HEAR A WORD. 591 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:19,924 ALL THEY HEARD WAS EVERYBODY SCREAMING, AND I IMAGINE IT MUST 592 00:29:19,991 --> 00:29:21,993 HAVE BEEN THE SAME FOR YOU. 593 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:22,861 >> SEEMS TO ME. 594 00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:23,528 THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. 595 00:29:23,595 --> 00:29:24,662 >> Stephen: YES. 596 00:29:24,729 --> 00:29:27,699 WE WENT TO THE GIG, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THAT AND THAT'S 597 00:29:27,765 --> 00:29:28,733 OKAY. 598 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,168 >> Stephen: RINGO, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 599 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:33,471 STICK AROUND, WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK RINGO ABOUT HIS 600 00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:37,175 MEMORIES OF THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE HERE AT THE ED 601 00:29:37,242 --> 00:29:37,809 SULLIVAN. 602 00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:39,277 ♪♪♪ 603 00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:48,987 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 604 00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:53,791 WE'RE BACK WITH RINGO STARR. 605 00:29:53,858 --> 00:29:56,861 YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN MADE OUT OF A 606 00:29:56,928 --> 00:30:01,332 STORAGE CLOSET IN THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER BUILDING. 607 00:30:01,399 --> 00:30:06,804 WE'RE RIGHT ABOVE THE ED SULLIVAN THEATERY, 57 YEARS AGO 608 00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:10,441 ON FEBRUARY 9th, YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS WERE PLAYING DOWN THERE. 609 00:30:10,508 --> 00:30:13,311 WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER FROM THAT NIGHT? 610 00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:19,317 DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ROAR OF THE CROWD? 611 00:30:19,384 --> 00:30:20,518 >> YEAH. 612 00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:21,653 IT WAS INTERESTING HOW THAT HAPPENED WAS MORE INTERESTING TO 613 00:30:21,719 --> 00:30:26,724 ME THAT WE GOT OFF THE PLANE, COMING IN AT HEATHROW FROM 614 00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:29,427 DENMARK OR SWEDEN, AND HAD ALL THESE KIDS ON THE ROOF, YOU 615 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:33,498 KNOW, BECAUSE IN EUROPE WE WERE QUITE WELL KNOWN. 616 00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:34,799 AND ED SULLIVAN LANDED FROM AMERICA. 617 00:30:34,866 --> 00:30:39,370 SO HE DIDN'T KNOW US, AND WE'D NEVER HEARD OF HIM. 618 00:30:39,437 --> 00:30:43,074 ANYWAY, BUT HE BOOKED US FROM THAT HEATHROW AIRPORT SHOT. 619 00:30:43,141 --> 00:30:47,946 AND WHEN WE GOT TO AMERICA, WE WERE A BIT WORRIED BECAUSE, YOU 620 00:30:48,012 --> 00:30:50,982 KNOW, NOT A LOT OF ENGLISH PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY MADE IT IN 621 00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:54,018 AMERICA, AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF SINGLES OUT THAT NEVER DID 622 00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:57,655 ANYTHING, AND GEORGE CAME TO AMERICA, AND SAID, OH, THEY 623 00:30:57,722 --> 00:31:09,534 DON'T KNOW US, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEATLES RECORDS. 624 00:31:09,601 --> 00:31:13,371 ONCE WE GOT TO AMERICA, THANKS TO THE GREAT DEEJAYs, WE HAD A 625 00:31:13,438 --> 00:31:13,838 NUMBER ONE. 626 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:16,274 IT WAS LIKE, WHAT? 627 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:19,377 SO EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. 628 00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:26,317 YEAH, IN AMERICA, YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND, I'M ENGLISH, ALL TH 629 00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:29,287 PEOPLE I LOVE MUSICALLY ARE FROM AMERICA AND HERE WE ARE. 630 00:31:29,354 --> 00:31:33,591 >> Stephen: HAD YOU AND GEORGE EVER BEEN TO THE STATES BEFORE? 631 00:31:33,658 --> 00:31:34,726 >> NO, ONLY GEORGE. 632 00:31:34,792 --> 00:31:37,161 >> Stephen: WHAT -- I ASKED PAUL McCARTNEY THIS QUESTION 633 00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:40,231 WHEN HE WAS ON ABOUT A YEAR AGO, RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK, RIGHT 634 00:31:40,298 --> 00:31:45,503 BEFORE ALL THIS CAME DOWN, AND I ASKED HIM, ASIDE OF WHEN PEOPLE 635 00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:51,609 ARE ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR FELLOW BEATLES, HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK 636 00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:52,310 ABOUT THEM? 637 00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:54,345 HOW OFTEN ARE THEY ON YOUR MIND? 638 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:55,546 >> QUITE A BIT. 639 00:31:55,613 --> 00:31:56,981 NOT EVERY MOMENT OF MY LIFE. 640 00:31:57,048 --> 00:32:03,087 OF COURSE, WE JUST HAD TWO SAD ANNIVERSARIES, GEORGE'S 20 YEARS 641 00:32:03,154 --> 00:32:07,792 WHEN WE LOST HIM, GREAT FRIEND OF MINE, JOHN 40 YEARS. 642 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:08,960 FOR GOD'S SAKE. 643 00:32:09,027 --> 00:32:12,830 YOU KNOW, THINGS COME AROUND, AND YOU THINK, WHAT A GREAT 644 00:32:12,897 --> 00:32:14,065 TIME. 645 00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:17,735 YOU THINK OF DAYS THAT THINGS HAPPENED AND HOW WE, YOU KNOW, I 646 00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:23,541 ALWAYS SAY I'M AN ONLY CHILD AND SUDDENLY I HAD THREE BROTHERS, 647 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:25,743 AND WE WERE REALLY CLOSE. 648 00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:30,315 WE WERE SORT OF PSYCHIC IN THE END. 649 00:32:30,381 --> 00:32:36,554 WE KNEW MUSICALLY WHAT WE WERE PLAYING. 650 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:40,525 YOU KNEW IT'S GOING TO MOVE UP HERE OR I WANT IT LEVELEDOUT. 651 00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:42,360 WHATEVER THE SINGERS WERE DOING OR PLAYING AT THE TIME, YOU JUST 652 00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:43,628 KNEW EACH OTHER SO WELL. 653 00:32:43,695 --> 00:32:47,598 AND THE OTHER GREAT THING ABOUT IT WAS THAT, AFTER THE COUNT-IN, 654 00:32:47,665 --> 00:32:50,802 THE FOUR OF US, EVERY TIME, GAVE OUR ALL. 655 00:32:50,868 --> 00:32:53,838 AND THAT'S A GREAT MEMORY TO HAVE. 656 00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:57,975 NOBODY SAID, OH, I'M TIRED OR THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER. 657 00:32:58,042 --> 00:32:59,010 WE GAVE IT OUR ALL. 658 00:32:59,077 --> 00:33:02,480 >> Stephen: RINGO, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 659 00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:06,117 BUT WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE RINGO STARR. 660 00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:07,485 ♪♪♪ 661 00:33:29,307 --> 00:33:31,776 ♪♪♪ >> HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WILL 662 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:34,445 IT MAKE IF PRESIDENT TRUMP LEADS A CAMPAIGN FOR THE PEOPLE WHO 663 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:39,283 ARE MOST DEVOTED TO HIM TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND GET THE 664 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,551 VACCINE. 665 00:33:40,618 --> 00:33:42,587 >> CHRIS, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. 666 00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:45,323 >> DR. FAUCI WANTS TRUMP TO TELL HIS FOLLOWERS TO GET VACCINATED. 667 00:33:45,390 --> 00:33:46,591 PASS IT ON. 668 00:33:46,657 --> 00:33:49,026 >> DR. FAUCI WANTS TRUMP TO TELL HIS FOLLOWERS TO GET VACCINATED. 669 00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:50,294 PASS IT ON. 670 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:52,630 >> DR. FAUCI WANTS TRUMP TO TELL HIS FOLLOWERS TO GET VACCINATED. 671 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:53,431 PASS IT ON. 672 00:33:53,498 --> 00:33:55,133 >> YOU GUYS ARE ( BLEEP ) MORONS. 673 00:33:55,199 --> 00:33:58,936 WHY DO YOU THINK TRUMP WOULD EVER DO WHAT DR. FAUCI SAYS AND 674 00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:02,407 DON'T BOTHER ME AGAIN UNTIL YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT DOESN'T RELY ON 675 00:34:02,473 --> 00:34:08,246 TRUMP DOING THE RIGHT THING OR YOU FOUND DELICIOUS NECTAR 676 00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:08,713 PLANTS. 677 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:09,814 >> SORRY. 678 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,917 FINE, JUST DON'T BE IDIOTS FOR ONE ( BLEEP ) SECOND. 679 00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:14,051 ♪♪♪ 680 00:34:24,061 --> 00:34:27,064 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 681 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:30,701 WE'RE BACK WITH RINGO STARR. 682 00:34:30,768 --> 00:34:35,373 PETER JACKSON IS EDITING TOGETHER THIS 54 HOURS OF 683 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:39,076 FOOTAGE THAT WAS RECOVERED FROM WHEN YOU GUYS WERE DOING THE 684 00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:42,146 GET-BACK PROJECT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY BECAME SEVERAL 685 00:34:42,213 --> 00:34:42,947 DIFFERENT ALBUMS. 686 00:34:43,014 --> 00:34:43,815 THOSE RECORDINGS. 687 00:34:43,881 --> 00:34:45,983 BUT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF IT. 688 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:47,685 I THINK I CAN LEGALLY SAY. 689 00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:52,123 I'VE SEEN SOME OF IT, AND WHAT STRIKES ME IS IS THAT, WHILE, 690 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:55,726 YOU KNOW, PAUL OR JOHN IS SAYING, WELL, LET'S TRY THIS 691 00:34:55,793 --> 00:35:01,132 SONG, I WROTE THERE SONG LAST NIGHT, LET ME TEACH YOU LADY 692 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:04,702 MADONNA, OR GEORGE IS TRYING TO TEACH YOU A SONG, YOU'RE NEVER 693 00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:12,677 ALLOWED TO STOP WORKING BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS AT THE KID. 694 00:35:12,743 --> 00:35:15,313 THEY'RE TAKING BREAKS BUT YOU'RE ROOTED TO THE SPOT BECAUSE THEY 695 00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:17,181 ALL NEED YOU FOR THE SONGS. 696 00:35:17,248 --> 00:35:20,585 WERE YOU THE HARDEST WORKING BEATLE? 697 00:35:20,651 --> 00:35:21,652 >> YEAH. 698 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:26,824 >> Stephen: IT'S FUCIAL -- YOU HEARD IT FROM HIS OWN 699 00:35:26,891 --> 00:35:27,692 MOUTH, YEAH! 700 00:35:27,758 --> 00:35:29,126 >> Stephen: BUT YOU DID NOT GET A BREAK. 701 00:35:29,193 --> 00:35:34,165 >> I HAD A LITTLE SETUP, A LITTLE TABLE WITH A LITTLE DRINK 702 00:35:34,232 --> 00:35:38,035 OR TWO ON IT AND A PACK OF CIGARETTES, BECAUSE IN THOSE 703 00:35:38,102 --> 00:35:40,471 DAYS THAT'S WHAT WE DID, AND I JUST HUNG OUT THERE. 704 00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:44,308 AND IF ANYBODY STARTED, I'M WITH YOU, BROTHER. 705 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:45,409 THAT'S HOW IT WAS, YOU KNOW. 706 00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:47,445 >> Stephen: IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. 707 00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:48,713 I CAN'T WAIT. 708 00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:51,549 HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THE FOOTAGE FROM THAT DOCUMENTARY THAT PETER 709 00:35:51,616 --> 00:35:52,783 JACKSON IS WORKING ON? 710 00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:58,022 >> I HAVE, AND PETER JUSTED TO COME INTO L.A. AND HE WOULD COME 711 00:35:58,089 --> 00:35:59,223 OVER. 712 00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:02,360 I ALWAYS MOANED THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY WAS VERY NARROW AND 713 00:36:02,426 --> 00:36:07,598 IT WAS BUILT AROUND A MOMENT OF, LIKE, AAAHHH! 714 00:36:07,665 --> 00:36:08,833 AND THERE WAS NO JOY IN IT. 715 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,167 I WAS THERE. 716 00:36:10,234 --> 00:36:10,635 WE WERE LAUGHING. 717 00:36:10,701 --> 00:36:11,435 WE WERE THE LADS. 718 00:36:11,502 --> 00:36:12,770 WE WOULD DO THIS. 719 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:16,040 YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION, NO ONE CAN TAKE 720 00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:17,141 THAT AWAY. 721 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:24,448 BUT, YOU KNOW, TO USE THAT MOMENT AND NOT USE THESE 56 722 00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:29,153 HOURS OF UNUSED FILM, AND, SO, I WAS TELLING PETER JACKSON THE 723 00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:33,190 TALE I JUST TOLD YOU, AND HE WOULD COME IN AND SHOW ME STUFF 724 00:36:33,257 --> 00:36:34,191 ON HIS iPad. 725 00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:37,061 AND HE'D SAY, LOOK AT THIS, AND WE'RE LAUGHING. 726 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:42,233 AND I TOLD HIM THAT STORY, YOU KNOW, THAT IF I WENT TO THE 727 00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:46,137 TOILET OR PHOTO GET A CUP OF TEA, ONE WOULD BE ON THE KIT. 728 00:36:46,203 --> 00:36:50,241 JOHN PAUL OR GEORGE WOULD BE BANGING THOSE DRUMS. 729 00:36:50,308 --> 00:36:54,979 EVERY GUITARREST WANTS TO BE A DRUMMER AND EVERY BAND MEMBER 730 00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:56,747 WANTS TO BE THE DRUMMER. 731 00:36:56,814 --> 00:36:59,817 SO HE'S SHOWN ME IN THE CLIP YU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, WE'RE 732 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:04,088 PLAYING THE SONG AND SUDDENLY WE CUT TO GEORGE, TO JOHN, TO PAUL, 733 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:06,057 AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES, YOU KNOW. 734 00:37:06,123 --> 00:37:07,692 IT WAS SO GREAT. 735 00:37:07,758 --> 00:37:11,295 BUT I WAS SET UP IN MY LITTLE CORNER, THE DRUM SESSION CORNER 736 00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:17,034 I WENT TO, AND I COULD LIVE OUT THERE, HAVE A CIGARETTE, A DRINK 737 00:37:17,101 --> 00:37:18,235 AND PLAY FOR YOU. 738 00:37:18,302 --> 00:37:21,138 >> Stephen: WELL, I CAN'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO GET A CHANCE TO 739 00:37:21,205 --> 00:37:24,342 SEE CERTAINLY WHAT PETER HAS PUT TOGETHER. 740 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:24,976 >> IT'S SO GREAT. 741 00:37:25,042 --> 00:37:25,843 >> Stephen: IT'S SO AMAZING. 742 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,712 I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINAL CUT. 743 00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:29,146 I'VE ONLY SEEN BITS OF IT. 744 00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:30,181 >> YEAH, YEAH. 745 00:37:30,247 --> 00:37:33,217 >> Stephen: BUT WHAT COMES THROUGH, STRIKINGLY, IS, 746 00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:36,520 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT A -- I HAVE A GREAT LOVE OF THE 747 00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:40,024 BEATLES BUT I HAVE A VERY PEDESTRIAN KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAST 748 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:43,894 COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE BEATLES TOGETHER. 749 00:37:43,961 --> 00:37:46,964 OF COURSE, I HAD ALL THE STORIES OF THE STRIFE IN MY HEAD. 750 00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:48,065 >> YEAH. 751 00:37:48,132 --> 00:37:50,267 >> Stephen: BUT THIS, SUPPOSEDLY ONE TO HAVE THE MOST 752 00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:54,505 STRIFE-FILLED RECORDING EGGS IS, YOU GUYS ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN, 753 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:57,208 YOU CLEARLY JUST LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH. 754 00:37:57,274 --> 00:37:58,376 >> YEAH. 755 00:37:58,442 --> 00:38:00,277 >> Stephen: THAT IS THE MOST CLEAR THING IS EVEN AFTER THE 756 00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:03,280 FIGHTS IT'S HUGS AND KISSES. 757 00:38:03,347 --> 00:38:05,616 IT'S BROTHERHOOD THE ENTIRE TIME, AND BROTHERS FIGHT. 758 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:07,284 >> THAT'S WHAT WE KEEP SAYING. 759 00:38:07,351 --> 00:38:16,994 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A ROW, AND YOU GET OVER IT. 760 00:38:17,061 --> 00:38:18,963 BUT THAT WAS TAKEN. 761 00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:23,234 THE BEST THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY WAS WE 762 00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:24,468 PLAYED ON THE ROOF. 763 00:38:24,535 --> 00:38:25,269 >> Stephen: MM-HMM. 764 00:38:25,336 --> 00:38:27,038 YOU KNOW, WE DID THIS ALL THE TIME. 765 00:38:27,104 --> 00:38:28,939 OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY LIVE. 766 00:38:29,006 --> 00:38:30,141 I LOVED IT. 767 00:38:30,207 --> 00:38:33,844 BECAUSE THERE'S A SECTION PAUL SAYS, WELL, WHO WANTS TO PLAY 768 00:38:33,911 --> 00:38:34,245 LIVE? 769 00:38:34,311 --> 00:38:36,113 I SAID, I DO. 770 00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:38,949 AND WE WOULD SAY, YEAH, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT, LIKE, IN EGYPT 771 00:38:39,016 --> 00:38:47,458 WITH THE PYRAMIDS, OR UP MT. EVEREST, OR HAWAII IN THE 772 00:38:47,525 --> 00:38:48,359 VOLCANO. 773 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:50,294 LET'S JUST WALK ACROSS THE ROAD, YOU KNOW. 774 00:38:50,361 --> 00:38:53,431 ALL THE COVERS ARE PRETTY EASY. 775 00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:57,635 >> Stephen: WELL, EVEN THAT MOMENT, EVEN THE ROOFTOP MOMENT 776 00:38:57,702 --> 00:39:04,542 IS FAR MORE COMPLETE AND JOYOUS AND PLANNED AND IT IS NOT AT ALL 777 00:39:04,608 --> 00:39:06,343 WHAT IT'S BEEN BUILT UP TO BE ABOUT IT. 778 00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:09,880 IT'S A JOYOUS AND COMPLETE MOMENT UP THERE. 779 00:39:09,947 --> 00:39:10,715 >> I LOVE IT. 780 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:13,250 IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. 781 00:39:13,317 --> 00:39:16,487 LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WAS PUT OFF TILL THIS YEAR. 782 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:17,788 WE HOPE IT WILL SHOW THIS YEAR. 783 00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:22,026 >> Stephen: I'M SURE IT WILL, AND IT'S GOING TO BLOW PEOPLE 784 00:39:22,093 --> 00:39:24,962 AWAY AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT 785 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:28,699 THE RELATIONSHIP WAS TOWARD THE END OF THE BEATLES FOR 786 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:28,999 EVERYBODY. 787 00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:30,167 >> YEAH. 788 00:39:30,234 --> 00:39:34,338 >> Stephen: WELL, LET'S SEE HERE, WE'VE GOT PEACE AND LOVE 789 00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:44,749 COMING IN THE FORM OF "ZOOM IN" FROM RINGO RI RINGO STARR THIS 790 00:39:44,815 --> 00:39:48,185 THE BOOK OF RINGO STARR AND THE ALL-STAR. 791 00:39:48,252 --> 00:39:49,420 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 792 00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:50,287 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 793 00:39:50,354 --> 00:39:54,759 YOU CAN ALSO GET "ZOOM IN" ON CASSETTE. 794 00:39:54,825 --> 00:39:58,763 >> Stephen: YOU'RE KIDDING! 795 00:39:58,829 --> 00:40:00,765 RINGO STARR, EVERYBODY! 796 00:40:00,831 --> 00:40:05,870 ALSO AVAILABLE ON EIGHT-TRACK TAPE, AND ED SIN CYLINDER. 797 00:40:05,936 --> 00:40:07,905 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 798 00:40:07,972 --> 00:40:10,074 ( LAUGHTER ) ♪♪♪ 799 00:40:16,413 --> 00:40:17,848 >> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW." 800 00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:19,650 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE LUPITA NYONG'O AND 801 00:40:19,717 --> 00:40:20,184 MARTIN FREEMAN. 802 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:23,721 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 803 00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:25,890 GOOD NIGHT. 804 00:40:25,956 --> 00:40:27,792 ♪♪♪