1 00:00:01,368 --> 00:00:04,537 REPRESENTATTIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE IS FACING FIERCE 2 00:00:04,604 --> 00:00:08,842 SCRUTINY AFTER CLAIMING LGBTQ EDUCATION WILL MAKE STRAIGHT 3 00:00:08,908 --> 00:00:10,377 PEOPLE EXTINCT. >> THEY JUST WANT YOU TO THINK 4 00:00:10,443 --> 00:00:13,012 THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE ENTIRE POPULATION IS STEADILY 5 00:00:13,079 --> 00:00:18,118 TURNING GAY OR TURNING TRANS -- JUST GENERATION, GENERATION -- 6 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:22,122 PROBABLY IN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE GENERATIONS, NO ONE WILL BE 7 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:26,126 STRAIGHT ANYMORE. >> WELCOME TO "GAY PLANET 8 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:30,130 EARTH." TODAY, WE EXAMINE THE EARTH'S 9 00:00:30,196 --> 00:00:36,035 MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES -- THE LAST STRAIGHT MAN. 10 00:00:36,102 --> 00:00:38,138 SOMEHOW, THIS MIRACULOUS SPECIMEN WAS ABLE TO ELUDE THE 11 00:00:38,204 --> 00:00:46,146 GREAT GAY AND TRANS MIGRATION OF THE EARLY 21st CENTURY. 12 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:50,150 HERE, HE IS SEEN IN HIS NATURAL HABITAT, LARGE TELEVISION TURNED 13 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:54,187 TO "ICE ROAD TRUCKERS," DEVOURING WHAT FOODS HE CAN 14 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:58,057 FORAGE. TODAY, IT'S COLD LEFTOVER HOT 15 00:00:58,124 --> 00:01:00,994 WINGS FOR BREAKFAST WITH A FLAT GINGER ALE. 16 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:06,132 HIS SLEEP PATTERNS ARE RANDOM. WE CATCH HIM MIDDAY NAP, 17 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:10,136 SUDDENLY AWAKENED BY HI OWN FLATULENCE. 18 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:14,140 BUT, SADLY, IT'S AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR THIS HETEROSEXUAL. 19 00:01:14,207 --> 00:01:19,012 HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THE LAST STRAIGHT MAN SURVIVE? 20 00:01:19,078 --> 00:01:24,784 SEEN HERE, DRYING DAMP SOCKS IN THE TOASTER. 21 00:01:24,851 --> 00:01:28,988 OH, DEAR -- TURNED OUT TO BE SEVEN SECONDS. 22 00:01:29,055 --> 00:01:30,990 TUNE IN NEXT TWEAK TO "GAY PLANET EARTH," WHEN WE DELVE 23 00:01:31,057 --> 00:01:36,996 INTO THE DECADENT CLUB LIFE OF THE CHIHUAHUA. 24 00:01:37,063 --> 00:01:42,135 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 25 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:54,147 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) TONIGHT, STEPHEN WELCOMES JAKE 26 00:01:54,214 --> 00:01:58,151 TAPPER! AND JOEL KIM BOOSTER! 27 00:01:58,218 --> 00:02:01,955 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 28 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:06,426 AND, NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 29 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:12,999 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 30 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:26,145 ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) >> Stephen: HELLO! 31 00:02:26,212 --> 00:02:40,627 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: HEY, HEY! 32 00:02:40,693 --> 00:02:42,795 >> Stephen: WELCOME ONE AND ALL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO 33 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:45,331 "THE LATE SHOW." I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT, 34 00:02:45,398 --> 00:02:47,033 AND I HAVE -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 35 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:48,401 >> Stephen: THAT'S SO NICE. >> Jon: OH, YEAH. 36 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:52,038 >> Stephen: THAT'S LIKE A DRINK OF COLD WATER RIGHT THERE. 37 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:54,207 I'VE BEEN OFF FOR A WEEK. I MISSED YOU. 38 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:57,343 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I ALSO MISSED A LOT OF NEWS, 39 00:02:57,410 --> 00:03:00,513 WHICH I DID NOT MISS. BUT THERE'S SOME NEW NEWS ABOUT 40 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:05,418 THE NEWS. BECAUSE CNN IS CUTTING BACK ON 41 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:12,191 OVER-HYPING EVERYTHING AS BREAKING NEWS. 42 00:03:12,258 --> 00:03:14,227 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YES! 43 00:03:14,294 --> 00:03:21,301 WHICH MEANS, OVERHYPING EVERYTHING IS UP FOR GRABS! 44 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:24,203 SO, WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS: ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 45 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:29,108 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I STAND BEFORE YOU SHOCKED AND TERRIFIED 46 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:33,313 TO REPORT THAT WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW MEANS NOTHING. 47 00:03:33,379 --> 00:03:35,582 IT'S ALL FALSE URGENCY TO KEEP YOU CAPTIVATED LONG ENOUGH TO 48 00:03:35,648 --> 00:03:43,990 GET TO THE NEXT LIPITOR COMMERCIAL. 49 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,792 AND... HOLD ON -- WE HAVE TO BREAK INTO THIS BREAKING NEWS 50 00:03:45,858 --> 00:03:51,130 WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT: AT 11:38 PM EASTERN TIME, HOST OF 51 00:03:51,197 --> 00:03:55,702 THE LATE SHOW STEPHEN COLBERT IS FEELING A BIT SNACKY. 52 00:03:55,768 --> 00:03:58,137 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THE STORY IS -- THE STORY 53 00:03:58,204 --> 00:04:05,678 IS IT STILL DEVELOPING. NO WORD YET ON HOW AND IF IT 54 00:04:05,745 --> 00:04:13,319 WILL EVER RESOLVE. STEPHEN, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? 55 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:23,896 ( LAUGHTER ) >> WELL, 56 00:04:23,963 --> 00:04:29,335 ( SMACKING AND TALKING INCOHERENTLY ) 57 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:30,436 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 58 00:04:30,503 --> 00:04:39,879 >> Jon: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH... >> Stephen: NOW, IT WAS 59 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:44,684 SUBTLE, BUT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WE USED SOME OF CNN'S GRAPHICS 60 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:45,952 THERE. WE FOUND THEM IN THE DUMPSTER 61 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:49,222 BEHIND THE NETWORK, ACCORDING TO AN INTERNAL MEMO, CNN IS CUTTIN 62 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:53,426 -- NEXT TO CHRIS CUOMO AND CNN PLUS. 63 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:56,529 WHY YOU AWEING? NONE OF YOU WATCHED IT! 64 00:04:56,596 --> 00:05:01,067 ACCORDING TO AN INTERNAL MEMO, CNN IS CUTTING BACK ON THE 65 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:05,338 BREAKING NEWS GRAPHIC BECAUSE ITS IMPACT HAS BECOME LOST ON 66 00:05:05,405 --> 00:05:09,175 THE AUDIENCE AND CNN SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON 67 00:05:09,242 --> 00:05:11,210 INFORMING, NOT ALARMING VIEWERS. WITH CNN OUT OF THE GAME, 68 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:13,312 THAT'LL LEAVE PLENTY OF ALARMING FOR THE FOLKS OVER AT FOX NEWS. 69 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:17,483 IN FACT, THEY'RE COUNTER-PROGRAMMING WITH TUCKER 70 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:24,190 CARLSON'S NEW SHOW: LOOK OUT GAY IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING FOR YOUR 71 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:27,960 PENIS! ( LAUGHTER ) 72 00:05:28,027 --> 00:05:29,195 ( APPLAUSE ) TODAY, OF COURSE, IS 73 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:35,234 JANUARY 6th. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS -- 74 00:05:35,301 --> 00:05:41,340 ( SUSPE SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC ) >> Stephen: IT'S NATIONAL 75 00:05:41,407 --> 00:05:43,242 YO-YO DAY! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 76 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:47,513 IT ALSO MEANS IT'S EXACTLY 17 MONTHS SINCE THE JANUARY 6th 77 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:54,187 INSURRECTION, AND THIS THURSDAY THE JANUARY 6th COMMIT IS SET 78 00:05:54,253 --> 00:05:59,292 TO MAKE ITS CASE PUBLIC WITH PRIME-TIME HEARINGS. 79 00:05:59,358 --> 00:06:01,327 THE INSURRECTION -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 80 00:06:01,394 --> 00:06:04,263 YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THE INSURRECTION IS GOING 81 00:06:04,330 --> 00:06:05,465 PRIMETIME GET READY FOR YOUR NEW FAVORITE SHOW: AMERICA'S GOT 82 00:06:05,531 --> 00:06:08,801 TREASON. ( LAUGHTER ) 83 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:10,336 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: MMM... 84 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:15,074 >> Stephen: WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET SOME 85 00:06:15,141 --> 00:06:16,976 ANSWERS FROM THESE HEARINGS, BECAUSE DUE TO A KEVIN MCCARTHY 86 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:18,244 HISSY FIT, THE ONLY REPUBLICANS ON THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE ARE 87 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:24,217 NOTED CRITICS OF THE BIG LIE, LIZ CHENEY AND ADAM KINZINGER. 88 00:06:24,283 --> 00:06:30,623 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO, UNLIKE THE INSANELY 89 00:06:30,690 --> 00:06:32,258 COMBATIVE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS, THESE PRIMETIME HEARINGS MIGHT 90 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:33,893 FUNCTION NORMALLY. IT'LL BE LIKE AN EPISODE OF THE 91 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:39,265 REAL HOUSEWIVES WITHOUT WINE. ( LAUGHTER ) 92 00:06:39,332 --> 00:06:40,700 (AS HOUSEWIFE) "LUANNE, WE JUST ATE DINNER, NOW 93 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:42,201 I'M GOING TO BED AT A REASONABLE HOUR AND TAKE A MELATONIN. 94 00:06:42,268 --> 00:06:47,707 DON'T FORGET YOUR DOGGIEBAG, I LOVE AND RESPECT YOU." 95 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:49,342 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 96 00:06:49,408 --> 00:06:54,213 ( PIANO RIFF ) I SAID GOOD NIGHT! 97 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:57,316 ( LAUGHTER ) THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE HAS 98 00:06:57,383 --> 00:06:59,418 GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM RELUCTANT WITNESSES BECAUSE 99 00:06:59,485 --> 00:07:03,523 THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO PLAY HARDBALL. 100 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:05,324 TAKE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL AIDE, PETER NAVARRO, SEEN HERE 101 00:07:05,391 --> 00:07:12,832 POINTING TO HIS WORST ENEMY. ( LAUGHTER ) 102 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:14,600 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT'S A GOOD JOKE. 103 00:07:14,667 --> 00:07:20,773 QUALITY FAMILY JOKE. NAVARRO WAS ONE OF THE 104 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:26,212 RINGLEADERS OF THE ATTEMPTED COUP. 105 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:27,647 AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE HE CLEVERLY CONFESSED THE ENTIRE 106 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:32,852 PLOT ON NATIONAL TV. >> WHAT I SHOW IN THE IN TRUMP 107 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:34,987 TIME BOOK IS THIS PLAN WE HAD CALLED THE GREEN BAY SWEEP, THE 108 00:07:35,054 --> 00:07:39,625 PLAN WAS SIMPLY THIS. WE HAD OVER 100 CONGRESSMEN AND 109 00:07:39,692 --> 00:07:41,694 SENATORS ON CAPITOL HILL READY TO IMPLEMENT THE SWEEP. 110 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:47,333 THE SWEEP WAS SIMPLY THAT. WE WERE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE 111 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:53,372 RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IN THE SIX BATTLEGROUND STATES. 112 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:57,343 AT 1:00 P.M., SENATOR TED CRUZ AND REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR, 113 00:07:57,410 --> 00:08:00,213 STARTED THE GREEN BAY SWEEP BEAUTIFULLY, CHALLENGING THE 114 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:04,851 RESULTS OF ARIZONA. THE REMEDY WAS FOR VICE 115 00:08:04,917 --> 00:08:07,486 PRESIDENT PENCE AS THE QUARTERBACK IN THE GREEN BAY 116 00:08:07,553 --> 00:08:11,424 SWEEP TO REMAND THOSE VOTES BACK TO THE SIX BATTLEGROUND STATE 117 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:17,630 >> Stephen: GREEN BAY SWEEP -- SO, NAVARRO THOUGHT HE COULD 118 00:08:17,697 --> 00:08:19,398 ADMIT TO TRYING TO OVERTURN AN ELECTION ON NATIONAL TV, AND 119 00:08:19,465 --> 00:08:21,334 THERE'D BE NO CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE HE GAVE IT A FUN 120 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,203 NICKNAME? (AS MURDERER) 121 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:28,441 "OFFICER, YOU CAN'T ARREST ME. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL, I 122 00:08:28,507 --> 00:08:32,011 WAS JUST DOING A MOVE I LIKE TO CALL THE BEE-BOP-STEP STAB. 123 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:37,283 A BEE-BOP STEP STAB STABBY STAB STAB." 124 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:41,320 ( APPLAUSE ) STAB STAB STAB! 125 00:08:41,387 --> 00:08:47,526 ( BEEPING ) BEEP, BEEP, BOP, 126 00:08:47,593 --> 00:08:51,330 STAB, STAB, STAB! ( LAUGHTER ) 127 00:08:51,397 --> 00:08:52,765 THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT, "HERE'S A CRAZY IDEA LET'S SUBPOENA THE 128 00:08:52,832 --> 00:08:57,336 GUY WHO ADMITTED TO PLANNING THE CRIME." 129 00:08:57,403 --> 00:08:59,572 NAVARRO REFUSED TO SHOW UP, SO ON FRIDAY, HE WAS INDICTED AND 130 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:05,311 ARRESTED ON TWO COUNTS OF CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. 131 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:11,751 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( DRUM BEAT ) 132 00:09:11,817 --> 00:09:15,454 >> Jon: WHOO! SHAKE IT UP! 133 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:18,157 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 134 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:24,163 >> Stephen: THIS UPSET NAVARRO, AND IT ALSO UPSET TEXAS 135 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:29,201 REPRESENTATIVE LOUIE GOHMERT, SEEN HERE SUDDENLY REMEMBERING 136 00:09:29,268 --> 00:09:36,208 WHERE HIS FINGERS HAVE BEEN. ( LAUGHTER ) 137 00:09:36,275 --> 00:09:45,117 ( DRUM BEAT ) AFTER LEARNING OF NAVARRO'S 138 00:09:45,184 --> 00:09:48,187 ARREST, GOHMERT ACTUALLY SAID THIS: 139 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:52,758 >> IT ACTUALLY PUTS AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON THE FACT 140 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:57,330 THAT WE HAVE A TWO-TIERED JUSTICE SYSTEM. 141 00:09:57,396 --> 00:10:03,769 IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, YOU CAN'T EVEN LIE TO CONGRESS OR 142 00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:06,105 LIE TO AN FBI AGENT, OR THEY'RE COMING AFTER YOU. 143 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:09,342 THEY'RE GONNA BURY YOU. (AS GOHMERT) 144 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:13,579 "NOWADAYS YOU CAN'T EVEN LIE TO CONGRESS OR LIE TO THE F.B.I., 145 00:10:13,646 --> 00:10:17,316 OR HOT WIRE A CAR THEN DRIVE THAT CAR TO A BANK AND GRAB ALL 146 00:10:17,383 --> 00:10:23,022 THE MONEY AT GUNPOINT, THEN HEAD TO THE NEAREST ZOO TO THROW 147 00:10:23,089 --> 00:10:24,557 ROCKS AT THE PANDAS." THERE'S A TWO-TIERED JUSTICE 148 00:10:24,623 --> 00:10:27,460 SYSTEM ONE TIER FOR PEOPLE WHO OBEY THE LAW AND A WHOLE 149 00:10:27,526 --> 00:10:30,196 DIFFERENT ONE FOR PEOPLE WHO BREAK IT. 150 00:10:30,262 --> 00:10:41,040 HOW IS THAT FAIR? HOLD STILL, LING-LING! 151 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:42,475 HOLD STILL! I WINGED HIM! 152 00:10:42,541 --> 00:10:46,212 >> Jon: YEAH, I SAW THAT! ( APPLAUSE ) 153 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:50,549 >> Stephen: WAIT, HOLD ON A SECOND! 154 00:10:50,616 --> 00:10:51,917 WE'RE GETTING MORE BREAKING NEWS. 155 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:54,186 OK, THIS JUST IN. IS THIS CONFIRMED? 156 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:57,323 IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED, LOUIE GOHMERT REMAINS THE 157 00:10:57,390 --> 00:11:00,192 DUMBEST MAN ALIVE. ( LAUGHTER ) 158 00:11:00,259 --> 00:11:07,733 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO, ONE PARTY OPENLY ATTACKED 159 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,335 OUR DEMOCRACY AND THEN BRAGGED ABOUT IT. 160 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:12,438 BUT SOMEHOW, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES WITH LOW APPROVAL RATINGS. 161 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:16,175 BECAUSE ACCORDING TO RECENT POLLS, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S 162 00:11:16,242 --> 00:11:17,777 APPROVAL IS WORSE THAN THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S AT THIS POINT 163 00:11:17,843 --> 00:11:24,216 IN HIS PRESIDENCY. NOT GREAT. 164 00:11:24,283 --> 00:11:28,954 BUT I KNOW HOW TO HELP. MR. PRESIDENT, GO OUT TO THE 165 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:35,761 ROSE GARDEN AND STARE DIRECTLY INTO A SOLAR ECLIPSE. 166 00:11:35,828 --> 00:11:37,329 DON'T ASK ME WHY. FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE LIKE 167 00:11:37,396 --> 00:11:39,265 THAT BETTER THAN INFRASTRUCTURE. ( LAUGHTER ) 168 00:11:39,331 --> 00:11:40,833 TURNS OUT, BEHIND THE SCENES, BIDEN IS SEETHING THAT HIS 169 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:42,201 STANDING IS NOW WORSE THAN THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S. 170 00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:45,337 I DON'T BLAME HIM. THE LAST GUY HAD TERRIBLE 171 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:47,173 STANDING. ( LAUGHTER ) 172 00:11:47,239 --> 00:11:53,379 HE LOOKS LIKE A PENGUIN WITH A LOADED DIAPER. 173 00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:56,048 ( LAUGHTER ) AND, NOW, BIDEN'S TEAM IS 174 00:11:56,115 --> 00:11:59,285 WORRIED HE COULD SUFFER THE SAME ONE-TERM FATE AS JIMMY CARTER. 175 00:11:59,351 --> 00:12:00,352 OF COURSE, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIDEN AND 176 00:12:00,419 --> 00:12:05,357 CARTER. SOMEHOW, BIDEN SEEMS OLDER. 177 00:12:05,424 --> 00:12:09,328 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS A PLAN: 178 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,631 PUT JOE ON THE ROAD TO HIGHLIGHT PROGRESS BEING MADE, AND LET 179 00:12:12,698 --> 00:12:21,107 BIDEN BE BIDEN. YES, WE'RE GETTIN' SOME JOE 180 00:12:21,173 --> 00:12:23,309 CLASSIC, BUT COVER THE KIDS' EARS, BECAUSE BIDEN HAS BEEN SO 181 00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:26,779 FRUSTRATED, HE'S REPORTEDLY RESORTED TO SALTY LANGUAGE. 182 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:29,315 "YOU'RE DARN' ROOTY-TOOT-TOOTIN', YA 183 00:12:29,381 --> 00:12:34,320 DONKEYMOUTHED, BOXCAR-JUMPIN' TROLLEY PONIES. 184 00:12:34,386 --> 00:12:35,521 THEY TRIED TO TAKE GRAMPA'S KEYS AWAY, BUT I FOUND 'EM TUCKED 185 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:37,323 UNDER A CROCHETED TEDDY BEAR T.P. COVER. 186 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:39,925 JUST TRY AND STOP ME, YA TAFFY-PULLIN', GRASS WRASSLIN', 187 00:12:39,992 --> 00:12:42,194 SNARKY MALARKY CLOD OF EBBET'S FIELD SOD! 188 00:12:42,261 --> 00:12:45,331 YER MOTHER GOT STUCK IN HER BUTTER CHURN, AND YER PAPPY 189 00:12:45,397 --> 00:12:48,934 SMOOCHES THE KAISER'S PICKELHAUBE. 190 00:12:49,001 --> 00:12:53,372 NOW, I'M HOPPIN' BACK IN THE CORVETTE. 191 00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:54,340 WAIT, GAS IS HOW MUCH? ( LAUGHTER ) 192 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:58,077 WHO THE ( BLEEP ) IS PRESIDENT? ( LAUGHTER ) 193 00:12:58,144 --> 00:13:02,381 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 194 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:04,116 TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE JAKE TAPPER AND 195 00:13:04,183 --> 00:13:05,551 COMEDIAN JOEL KIM BOOSTER. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, QUEEN 196 00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:10,289 ELIZABETH STILL HAS A JOB. STICK AROUND. 197 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:44,957 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 198 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:49,195 HEY! SAY HELLO TO JON BATISTE AND 199 00:13:49,261 --> 00:13:58,504 "STAY HUMAN"! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 200 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:01,607 JON, I'VE GOT TO SAY, IT IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU. 201 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,108 >> YES. >> Stephen: WE'VE NOT SPENT 202 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:07,379 MUCH TIME ON THE STAGE TOGETHER. I GOT COVID TWICE, THEN YOU GOT 203 00:14:07,446 --> 00:14:08,514 COVID. >> YEAH. 204 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:11,650 >> Stephen: AND YOU WENT AND YOU SHOT THE MUSICAL COLOR 205 00:14:11,717 --> 00:14:12,651 PURPLE. >> THE COLOR PURPLE. 206 00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:15,788 >> Stephen: THE COLOR PURPLE OUT IN LOS ANGELES. 207 00:14:15,854 --> 00:14:19,592 >> THAT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT 208 00:14:19,658 --> 00:14:22,027 LIKE? WHAT WERE YOUR SCENES LIKE? 209 00:14:22,094 --> 00:14:25,197 >> Jon: I LOVED IT. YOU KNOW, I THINK I MIGHT GET 210 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:28,234 MORE INTO ACTING. I LIKE IT A LOT. 211 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:29,868 ( CHEERING ) IT WAS SO COOL TO BE ON THE SET. 212 00:14:29,935 --> 00:14:39,378 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TARAJI, STEPHEN SPEILBERG, OPRAH, IT WAS 213 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:41,146 DAUNTING TO WALK INTO IT. >> Stephen: SURE. 214 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:44,016 >> Jon: THEN I STARTED CHECKING OUT HOW IT WAS PUT 215 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:45,451 TOGETHER. YOU HAVE BEEN ON A SET LIKE 216 00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:46,719 THAT. >> Stephen: I DON'T THINK I 217 00:14:46,785 --> 00:14:49,221 HAVE BEEN ON A SET LIKE THAT. THERE AREN'T A LOT OF SETS LIKE 218 00:14:49,288 --> 00:14:50,589 THAT. >> Jon: MAN, IT WAS 219 00:14:50,656 --> 00:14:53,626 INCREDIBLE. THEY BUILT A WORLD, THEN THEY 220 00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:56,562 HAD AN ALTERNATE WORLD THAT WAS INDOORS OF THE OUTDOOR WORLD, 221 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:59,164 AND IT WAS JUST, LIKE, EVERY RESOURCE YOU COULD IMAGINE TO 222 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,634 MAKE A FILM. >> Stephen: BECAUSE IT'S 223 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:11,443 SPEILBERG AND OPERA. O -- OPRAH.THEY WERE SAYING, WEA 224 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:13,612 MOVIE. I CAN'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE 225 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:16,382 YOUR PART. YOU SENT ME PHOTOS AND IT WAS A 226 00:15:16,448 --> 00:15:18,183 FRESH LOOK. >> Jon: THAT CAR WAS GOOD. 227 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:20,552 >> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH. JON, WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU BACK. 228 00:15:20,619 --> 00:15:29,595 GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> Jon: OH, MAN, THANK LOUIS! 229 00:15:29,662 --> 00:15:32,998 >> Stephen: LOUIS, YOU KILLED IT WHEN JON WAS GONE, THANK YOU 230 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:35,634 SO MUCH! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 231 00:15:35,701 --> 00:15:37,369 JON, OUR DEAR FRIEND JAKE TAPPER IS HERE. 232 00:15:37,436 --> 00:15:40,572 >> Jon: OH, JAKE IS IN THE HOUSE! 233 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:41,707 YES! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 234 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:42,841 >> Stephen: I THINK HIS ELEVENTH APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW. 235 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:49,915 AND COMEDIAN JOEL KIM BOOSTER WILL BE OUT HERE LATER. 236 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:52,017 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, 237 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:54,086 LONGTIME VIEWERS OF THE SHOW KNOW THAT I'M NOT NORMALLY A BIG 238 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:57,856 FAN OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. GIVE ME BACK MY FAMILY'S LAND! 239 00:15:57,923 --> 00:16:01,193 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT GIVEN THE DESOLATE, 240 00:16:01,260 --> 00:16:04,063 POST-APOCALYPTIC LANDSCAPE THAT IS THE NEWS, HEY, LET'S TALK 241 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:13,305 ABOUT THE QUEEN ( TRUMPET SOUND ) 242 00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:14,740 LILIBET TOOK THE THRONE AT AGE 25, ON FEBRUARY 6, 1952. 243 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:15,941 SO NATURALLY, THE BRITS ARE CELEBRATING HER 70TH ANNIVERSARY 244 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:19,111 IN JUNE. THEY WERE AIMING FOR LONDON'S 245 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:21,347 ANNUAL DAY OF SUNSHINE. ( LAUGHTER ) 246 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:23,349 ( APPLAUSE ) 70 YEARS MAKES IT THE QUEEN'S 247 00:16:23,415 --> 00:16:25,918 PLATINUM JUBILEE, SO I BELIEVE THE TRADITIONAL GIFT TO GIVE HER 248 00:16:25,984 --> 00:16:30,723 IS AFRICA. ( LAUGHTER ) 249 00:16:30,789 --> 00:16:33,859 AND BOY, OH BOY, DID THEY DO A TO-DO. 250 00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:37,930 THE U.K. CELEBRATED WITH A PARADE, A MILITARY FLYOVER, A 251 00:16:37,996 --> 00:16:43,936 FLOTILLA ON THE THAMES, AND A CORGI DRONE DISPLAY IT WAS THE 252 00:16:44,002 --> 00:16:47,039 MOST HIGH-PROFILE EXAMPLE OF BRITISH DRONING SINCE ANY TIME 253 00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:51,910 PIERS MORGAN OPENS HIS MOUTH. ( LAUGHTER ) 254 00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:55,914 IS IT MORGANS OR MORGAN? MORGAN, OKAY. 255 00:16:55,981 --> 00:16:58,283 THE QUEEN ALSO TOOK PART IN A PRE-TAPED SKETCH FEATURING 256 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:00,819 PADDINGTON BEAR. SO LIFELIKE. 257 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:05,224 ( LAUGHTER ) SAME WITH PADDINGTON. 258 00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:07,226 ( LAUGHTER ) BUCKINGHAM PALACE EXPLAINED THE 259 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:09,728 QUEEN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SKETCH, SAYING HER MAJESTY IS 260 00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:13,132 WELL KNOWN FOR HER SENSE OF HUMOUR. 261 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,333 OH, YES. LIKE THAT PRACTICAL JOKE SHE 262 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,138 PLAYED ON PRINCE CHARLES: NEVER DYING. 263 00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:25,911 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 264 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:30,349 LONG MAY SHE WAVE, I SAY. LONG MAY SHE WAVE. 265 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:31,917 THE FESTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDED A HOLOGRAM OF A YOUNGER VERSION OF 266 00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:35,053 THE QUEEN PROJECTED INTO A GOLDEN CARRIAGE. 267 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:39,024 NOTHING SAYS YOU'RE HEALTHY AND DOIN' FINE LIKE RESORTING TO 268 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:42,761 TECHNOLOGY FROM DISNEY'S HAUNTED MANSION. 269 00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:49,935 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 270 00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:55,073 HER MAJESTY WAS ALSO SERENADED BY THE WEST END CAST OF MAMMA 271 00:17:55,140 --> 00:18:01,914 MIA, WHO SANG ABBA'S HIT 'DANCING QUEEN.'. 272 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:03,248 OH, YEAH, QUEEN ELIZABETH IS KNOWN FOR HER SIGNATURE DANCE 273 00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:07,052 MOVE. JON, HIT IT! 274 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:19,932 ( BAND PLAYS DANCING QUEEN ) NOT EVERY ROYAL FAMILY MEMBER 275 00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:25,838 WAS AMUSED BY THE CELEBRATION. LIKE FOUR-YEAR-OLD PRINCE LOUIS, 276 00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:30,642 WHO FIDGETED, SQUIRMED, AND MADE FACES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. 277 00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:31,710 ( LAUGHTER ) HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM IF HE KEPT 278 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,645 IT UP, HIS FACE WOULD STICK THAT WAY. 279 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:37,950 AND THEN, AS PROOF, SHE POINTED TO PRINCE CHARLES. 280 00:18:38,016 --> 00:18:41,620 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 281 00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:49,928 >> Jon: OH, MY GOSH -- WOW. >> Stephen: AT ONE POINT, 282 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:51,897 LITTLE PRINCE LOUIS SEEMED FED UP WITH HIS MUM AND PUT HIS HAND 283 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:56,101 OVER HER MOUTH TO KEEP HER FROM TALKING. 284 00:18:56,168 --> 00:19:01,306 HE FIRST LADY AROUND AND DID THE CLASSIC THUMB ON THE NOSEY. 285 00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:04,443 OOH, KEEP THAT UP YOUNG MAN, AND NO STICKY TOFFEE KIDNEY PIE FOR 286 00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:06,044 YOU. ( LAUGHTER ) 287 00:19:06,111 --> 00:19:07,646 THE REAL SURPRISE GUEST OF THE WEEKEND WAS THE QUEEN HERSELF, 288 00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:09,314 WHO, AFTER BEING ABSENT FROM EVENTS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 289 00:19:09,381 --> 00:19:11,617 APPEARED ON THE PALACE BALCONY FOR A BRIEF BUT MOVING ROYAL 290 00:19:11,683 --> 00:19:15,888 SAMBLE. SHOWING A CLASSIC BRITISH STIFF 291 00:19:15,954 --> 00:19:26,331 UPPER LIP, AND, REALLY, STIFF EVERYTHING. 292 00:19:26,398 --> 00:19:29,268 ( LAUGHTER ) SO, LIZ, HERE'S TO ANOTHER 70 293 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:32,404 YEARS. WE SALUTE YOU. 294 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:35,407 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JAKE TAPPER! 295 00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:58,363 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK! 296 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:02,134 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 297 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:03,502 MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR WHO 298 00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:05,337 ANCHORS THE LEAD AND CO-ANCHORS STATE OF THE UNION ON CNN. 299 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:13,845 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, JAKE TAPPER. 300 00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:28,794 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 301 00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:28,994 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 302 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:35,767 >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF COLLEGE FRIENDS UP THERE, AND I WANT 303 00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:39,071 THEM TO KNOW, YOU COULDN'T SEE, BUT THEY WERE GIVING ME A 304 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:40,739 STANDING OVATION. >> Stephen: THOSE ARE YOUR 305 00:20:40,806 --> 00:20:42,574 COLLEGE FRIENDS? >> I HAVE MORE THAN THAT, BUT 306 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:44,610 THAT'S TWO OF THEM. >> Stephen: THE GUY ON THE 307 00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:47,179 RIGHT LOOKS LIKE HE COULD BE YOUR SON. 308 00:20:47,245 --> 00:20:49,982 >> WELL, WHEN HE GETS THE MASK OFF, IT'S DIFFERENT. 309 00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:53,385 >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE MR. POLITICS. 310 00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:54,653 >> YES. >> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT THEY 311 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,223 CALL YOU ON YOUR WIKIPEDIA PAGE. THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. 312 00:20:58,290 --> 00:20:59,358 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT 313 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:01,960 SOMETHING THAT'S LOOMING BUT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOMETHING. 314 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:08,200 FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC ATTACK IN UVALDE, SO MANY SHOOTINGS IN AS 315 00:21:08,266 --> 00:21:11,837 MANY DAYS. >> ONE IN PHILADELPHIA WHERE I 316 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:14,906 GREW UP. >> Stephen: CHRIS MURPHY AND 317 00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:18,176 CORNYN HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED BY SCHIEWMEN AND CORNYN IN THE 318 00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:19,945 SENATE AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING. 319 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:21,313 THE WORD IS THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING. 320 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:24,349 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS OTHER THAN THE FACT IT DOESN'T HAVE 321 00:21:24,416 --> 00:21:30,622 BACKGROUND CHECKS AND IT DOESN'T REDUCE THE NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC 322 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:32,891 WEAPONS -- SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. 323 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:34,359 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FINAL PACKAGE. 324 00:21:34,426 --> 00:21:38,630 I DO KNOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE EAGER FOR IT TO BE SOMETHING 325 00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:42,034 THAT CAN GET NOT JUST TEN BUT 25 OR 30 REPUBLICANS. 326 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:44,236 THEY WANT IT TO BE A BIG BIPARTISAN VOTE. 327 00:21:44,302 --> 00:21:47,639 >> Stephen: HAS ANYTHING BEEN FLOATED THAT YOU'VE HEARD 328 00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:49,908 REPUBLICANS WILLING TO GET BEHIND? 329 00:21:49,975 --> 00:22:00,318 >> ENCOURAGING STATES TO P RED FLAG LAWS TO PREVENT SNB FROM 330 00:22:00,385 --> 00:22:03,655 BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE GUNS. THIS IS EFFECTIVE IN FLORIDA, 331 00:22:03,722 --> 00:22:15,600 THEY PASSED THE RED FLAG LAW. WE INTERVIEWED THE COUNTY 332 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:18,603 SHERIFF THERE AND TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT THE LAW IS, IT KEEPS 333 00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:22,908 GUNS OUT TO HAVE THE HANDS THAT KNOWLEDGE ONLY WOULD POSE HARM 334 00:22:22,974 --> 00:22:26,912 TO OTHER PEOPLE BUT THEMSELVES. SHE WAS IN THE COURTROOM AND 335 00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:30,582 SOMEONE EXPRESSED SUICIDAL IDEATION AND HE WAS MOURNING HIS 336 00:22:30,649 --> 00:22:34,119 SON WHO DIED AND THEY TOOK HIS GUN, WE SAW THE WHOLE THING. 337 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:36,788 IT WAS TO PROTECT HIM. >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT RAISING 338 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:41,126 THE AGE FOR PURCHASING SEMII AUTOMATIC WEAPONS? 339 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:42,494 HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? 340 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:45,564 >> I HAVE NOT. IT IS AN IDEA. 341 00:22:45,630 --> 00:22:49,568 OBVIOUSLY, THE GUNMAN IN UVALDE, PARKLAND AND BUFFALO ALL WERE 342 00:22:49,634 --> 00:22:52,304 18. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A 343 00:22:52,370 --> 00:22:56,174 DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE COMMITTED WITH 344 00:22:56,241 --> 00:23:01,146 SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BY MEN 18 TO 21 IN THAT THREE-YEAR AGE 345 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:04,149 GROUP, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FLOATED. 346 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:06,918 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 347 00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:10,555 GOING TO PASS. CHRIS MURPHY, WHEN I INTRODUCED 348 00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:13,125 HIM YESTERDAY, I DON'T THINK HE MENTIONED THAT WHEN HE TALKED 349 00:23:13,191 --> 00:23:17,395 ABOUT THINGS THAT COULD THEORETICALLY BE IN THE FINAL 350 00:23:17,462 --> 00:23:18,730 PRODUCT. >> Stephen: YOU WERE REPORTING 351 00:23:18,797 --> 00:23:24,736 WHEN COLUMBINE HAPPENED IN 1999. >> I WENT TO DENVER RIGHT AFTER 352 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:34,913 COLUMBINE FOR THE N.R.AING CONVENTION IN DENVER DAYS AFTER. 353 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:38,183 YOU TALK ABOUT GRIEF A LOT IN YOUR LIFE, NOT NECESSARILY HERE, 354 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:41,853 BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU AND PRESIDENT BIDEN TALK ABOUT 355 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,223 VERY MOVINGLY. THIS WAS FLYING INTO A CITY AND 356 00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:48,960 YOU COULD FEEL THE GRIEF. I FELT IT WHEN I WENT TO 357 00:23:49,027 --> 00:23:54,900 PARKLAND ONE WEEK AFTER THE SHOOTING WE DID THE TOWN HALL 358 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:59,504 AND I WALKED INTO THE ARENA AND YOU COULD FEEL THE UTTER 359 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:02,340 DESPAIR. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CONVEY TO 360 00:24:02,407 --> 00:24:03,742 PEOPLE. >> Stephen: HOW, AS SOMEONE 361 00:24:03,809 --> 00:24:08,180 WHO COVERED THIS MANY YEARS, WE FORGET THAT COLUMBINE, BESIDES 362 00:24:08,246 --> 00:24:12,450 BEING AN EXTRAORDINARY HORROR, WAS NOT A COMMON EVENT AT THE 363 00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:18,824 TIME, AND HAS BECOME ALL TOO COMMON IN THE LAST 123 YEARS -- 364 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:23,829 23 YEARS. HOW HAS THE DISCUSSION OF 365 00:24:23,895 --> 00:24:26,031 SENSIBLE -- >> COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM. 366 00:24:26,097 --> 00:24:29,234 >> Stephen: HOW HAS THAT CONVERSATION CHANGED IN THE LAST 367 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,636 23 YEARS? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, 368 00:24:31,703 --> 00:24:35,473 WHAT'S VERY CLEAR IS THAT THERE IS LESS WILLINGNESS OF 369 00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:38,844 REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS TO VOTE FOR IT, AND I THINK THAT IS 370 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:42,914 BECAUSE THERE IS MUCH LESS WILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF 371 00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:46,952 REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO SUPPORT IT. >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU THINK 372 00:24:47,018 --> 00:24:50,922 THAT CAME ABOUT? BECAUSE IN THE 1990s, THE 373 00:24:50,989 --> 00:24:54,926 ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN BILL, WASN'T IT? 374 00:24:54,993 --> 00:24:58,563 >> NINE REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING REPUBLICANS FROM STATES LIKE 375 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:03,935 INDIANA VOTED FOR THAT BAN. THERE WERE NINE -- IT WAS 376 00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:06,838 LIKE -- YEAH, IT WAS SOMETHING REPUBLICANS WOULD BE WILLING TO 377 00:25:06,905 --> 00:25:08,807 VOTE FOR. I CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN IT, BUT 378 00:25:08,874 --> 00:25:14,913 IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS ONE POLITICAL PARTY THAT JUSTs 379 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:18,350 VERY RELUCTANT, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE LEADERS AS 380 00:25:18,416 --> 00:25:22,420 MUCH AS I AM THE VOTERS, TO PASS NEW LAWS ON THESE THINGS, EXCEPT 381 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:26,157 WE DID SEE IN FLORIDA, AFTER PARKLAND, THE REPUBLICAN 382 00:25:26,224 --> 00:25:30,929 GOVERNOR AND REPUBLICAN-DOMINATED LEGISLATORS 383 00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:34,900 PASSED A VERY SWEEPING SET OF REFORMS INCLUDING RAISING AGE 384 00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:45,310 FROM 18 TO 21, A WAITLE PERIOD, RED FLAG LAWS AND SECURITY. 385 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:49,381 IT HAD AN EFFECT BECAUSE AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THE 386 00:25:49,447 --> 00:25:52,517 PARKLAND KIDS WERE SO ACTIVE AND OUTSPOKEN. 387 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:55,320 I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM TODAY OR 388 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:59,858 CONGRESS, EXCEPT MAYBE YOU CAN'T GET IN THE FACE OF A CONGRESSMAN 389 00:25:59,925 --> 00:26:03,228 AS EASILY AS THE FACE OF A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, MAYBE. 390 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:08,833 >> Stephen: IN THE BEST POSSIBLE OF ALL THE WORLDS 391 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,336 CONGRESSMEN ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THE VOTERS. 392 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:15,941 BUT 90% OF AMERICANS, A VAST MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS WANT 393 00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:18,910 UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, SO THAT KIND 394 00:26:18,977 --> 00:26:22,914 OF FLIES IN THE FACE OF, IT'S THE VOTERS. 395 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:25,116 >> YES, EXCEPT WHEN YOU POLL, YOU'RE POLLING THE PUBLIC. 396 00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:27,652 THE PUBLIC IS NOT THE SAME AS THE VOTERS. 397 00:26:27,719 --> 00:26:30,555 >> Stephen: IN THE PRIMARY. THE VOTERS THERE PEOPLE WHO 398 00:26:30,622 --> 00:26:32,857 TURN OUT AND VOTE. >> Stephen: I SEE. 399 00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:35,860 THE PUBLIC ARE JUST ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EXIST. 400 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:41,199 AND, SO, IT IS DIFFERENT. AND, OFTEN, THERE WILL BE AN 401 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:46,972 ISSUE THAT POLLS VERY WELL IN A STATE, AND THEN THEY HAVE A 402 00:26:47,038 --> 00:26:50,909 REFERENDUM ON THAT ISSUE. THIS JUST HAPPENED IN NEVADA AND 403 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:56,014 MAINE, AND IT BECOMES A RAZOR-THIN MARGIN OF VICTORY OF 404 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:58,583 DEFEAT, EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUE POLLS AT 70% OR SOMETHING. 405 00:26:58,650 --> 00:27:00,085 >> Stephen: LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT -- 406 00:27:00,151 --> 00:27:03,154 >> CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT GUNS, BECAUSE THIS IS 407 00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:05,523 SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT, AND THAT IS HOW DO 408 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:08,860 WE COVER IT IN THE MEDIA? ARE WE COVERING IT THE RIGHT 409 00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:09,961 WAY? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE, AND 410 00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:12,897 THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, STEPHEN, YOU AND I, 411 00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:20,005 WHEN I WROTE MY BOOK ABOUT AFGHANISTAN, AND YOU WERE ON THE 412 00:27:20,071 --> 00:27:22,674 OTHER SHOW ON A DIFFERENT NETWORK, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE 413 00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:25,276 DECISIONS I MADE WHEN WRITING THIS BOOK AND ONE OF THE 414 00:27:25,343 --> 00:27:29,314 DECISIONS I MADE IS HOW GRAPHIC SHOULD BY WHEN DESCRIBING WHAT 415 00:27:29,381 --> 00:27:33,485 HAPPENS TO THESE SERVICE MEMBERS IN THE BOOK, IN THE PAGES, 416 00:27:33,551 --> 00:27:36,821 WITHOUT PICTURES, BUT HOW GRAPHIC SHOULD I BE, AND IT WAS 417 00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:39,424 SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT, AND I THINK ABOUT IT WHEN 418 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:43,862 IT DEVELOPS TO THIS, TO GUN VIOLENCE, BECAUSE IT IS SO 419 00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:46,131 SANITIZED, THE VERSIONS OF THE STORIES WE SHOW PEOPLE. 420 00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:49,234 >> Stephen: AS HORRIFIED AS WE ARE, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SEEING 421 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:50,735 IT. >> WE'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING. 422 00:27:50,802 --> 00:27:53,738 THINK ABOUT HOW SHOCKING IT IS IN A LOCAL CRIME REPORT WHEN YOU 423 00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:56,374 SEE A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD ON THE SIDEWALK. 424 00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:58,910 >> Stephen: YES. IT'S STUNNING, YOU NEVER SEE 425 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:01,346 THAT. WELL, WHO ARE WE PROTECTING? 426 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:04,516 I'M NOT CALLING FOR MEDIA TO SHOW ANYTHING THAT FAMILY 427 00:28:04,582 --> 00:28:10,321 MEMBERS DON'T WANT OUT THERE OR WHATEVER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I ASKED 428 00:28:10,388 --> 00:28:14,893 MY TEAM, LIKE, AFTER THE UVALDE SHOOTING -- AND, AGAIN, I 429 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:18,196 UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE HORRIFIED, IT'S AWFUL. 430 00:28:18,263 --> 00:28:21,633 BUT, I MEAN, ARE THERE IMAGES OF BALANCES? 431 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:24,769 ARE THERE IMAGES OF BODY BAGS? WHAT IS AVAILABLE? 432 00:28:24,836 --> 00:28:28,807 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING THE PUBLIC A SERVICE BY JUST 433 00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:32,243 DESCRIBING WHAT HAPPENED AND THEN ALL YOU SEE IS A BUNCH OF 434 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:34,446 COPS STANDING OCTOBER SIDE A BILDING. 435 00:28:34,512 --> 00:28:37,582 AND IT'S ULTIMATELY SO HORRIFIC, AND I'VE SAID THIS A MILLION 436 00:28:37,649 --> 00:28:41,052 TIMES ON MY SHOW, THE ADULTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE FAILING 437 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:46,958 THE CHILDREN OF THE UNITED STATES. 438 00:28:47,025 --> 00:28:53,832 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 439 00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:55,767 QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK 440 00:28:55,834 --> 00:29:02,040 JAKE ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE JANUARY 6th HEARINGS 441 00:29:02,107 --> 00:29:03,942 STARTING THIS THURSDAY. STICK AROUND. 442 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:13,218 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK HERE WITH JAKE 443 00:29:13,284 --> 00:29:16,254 TAPPER. THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 6th 444 00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:18,823 HEARINGS KICK OFF IN PRIME TIME. >> YEAH. 445 00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:20,792 >> Stephen: AND YOUR GUYS ARE COVERING IT LIVE. 446 00:29:20,859 --> 00:29:22,827 >> OH, YEAH, I'LL BE ANCHORING IT, YEAH. 447 00:29:22,894 --> 00:29:25,530 >> Stephen: MY FEAR IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT OF 448 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:28,133 PROOF ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE KNEW AS OPPOSED TO THINGS THAT 449 00:29:28,199 --> 00:29:30,335 WE TINTED KNOW THAT WILL CHANGE MINDS. 450 00:29:30,401 --> 00:29:32,737 >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE 451 00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:37,475 UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT JANUARY 6th, IT'S NOT 452 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,912 JUST ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL. 453 00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:45,250 IT IS ABOUT THEM, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WEREN'T SWEPT UP IN 454 00:29:45,316 --> 00:29:52,757 THE MOMENT BUT WERE A PART OF A PLAN, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A 455 00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:57,562 MONTHS' LONG STRATEGY FOR DONALD TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS TO DO 456 00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,531 EVERYTHING THEY COULD BECAUSE THEY WERE SO DESPERATE TO HOLD 457 00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:02,800 ON TO POWER THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE AWAY LEGAL VOTES 458 00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:11,676 FROM AMERICAN VOTERS, THAT THEY VOTED -- IN THE HOUSE OF 459 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:14,379 REPRESENTATIVES THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO DISENFRANCHISE THE 460 00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:19,217 ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND DISENFRANCHISE 461 00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:20,852 ARIZONA. THERE WERE VOTES ON THAT. 462 00:30:20,919 --> 00:30:23,655 NOW, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT FROM ARIZONA OR PENNSYLVANIA. 463 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:28,526 I'M FROM PENNSYLVANIA, SO MY MOM AND DAD'S VOTE WAS IN THAT 464 00:30:28,593 --> 00:30:31,629 BATCH, AND I DON'T LIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY 465 00:30:31,696 --> 00:30:36,401 WANTED TO TAKE AWAY MY MOM AND DAD'S VOTE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T 466 00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:41,639 LIKE HOW THE COMMONWEALTH VOTED. THIS IS ABOUT AN EFFORT TO 467 00:30:41,706 --> 00:30:45,510 SUBVERT DEMOCRACY. SO I JUST HOPE THAT WHATEVER IS 468 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:47,679 PRESENTED IS PRESENTED IN AS COMPELLING WAY AS POSSIBLE THAT 469 00:30:47,745 --> 00:30:52,750 THIS WAS NOT JUST A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT GOT A LITTLE BIT 470 00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:56,187 ROWDY AND, YOU KNOW, DID SOME STUPID THINGS. 471 00:30:56,254 --> 00:31:00,425 THIS IS ABOUT A STRATEGY AND A CONSPIRACY. 472 00:31:00,491 --> 00:31:02,627 >> Stephen: THIS SPRING, YOU SPENT TWO WEEKS IN UKRAINE. 473 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:05,663 >> I DID, IN APRIL, YEAH. >> Stephen: AMONG OTHER 474 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:11,569 THINGS, YOU INTERVIEWED PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY OVER THERE. 475 00:31:11,636 --> 00:31:12,537 >> VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY. >> Stephen: VOLODYMYR 476 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:14,639 ZELENSKYY. AND YOU ALSO CELEBRATED A LITTLE 477 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,841 PASSOVER. >> I DID CELEBRATE PASSOVER. 478 00:31:16,908 --> 00:31:18,776 >> Stephen: YEAH. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD 479 00:31:18,843 --> 00:31:22,413 NOT HAD A SEDER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. 480 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,582 >> Stephen: A ONE-MAN SEDER. A ONE-MAN SEDER. 481 00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:28,753 WELL, THE LOCAL ORTHODOX RABBI -- BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 482 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:32,757 THERE IS A LOCAL ORTHODOX. THERE'S ONE EVERYWHERE. 483 00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:39,364 WHEN THEY LAND ON MARS THERE'S GOING TO BE A REMEMBER BUY, 484 00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:40,598 WELCOME! ( LAUGHTER ) 485 00:31:40,665 --> 00:31:44,168 SO HE GAVE ME A SEDER IN A BOX. ZELENSKYY IS JEWISH, I DON'T 486 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:47,972 THINK HE'S PARTICULARLY OBSERVANT, BUT IS JEWISH. 487 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,775 WHEN I CAME FOR THE INTERVIEW I GAVE HIM A BOX OF MATZA, AND HE 488 00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:55,446 WAS, LIKE, THANKS. WHICH FOR ANYONE WHO EVER 489 00:31:55,513 --> 00:31:59,450 RECEIVED A BOX OF MATZA WAS THE CORRECT RESPOND. 490 00:31:59,517 --> 00:32:01,819 >> Stephen: JAKE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 491 00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:04,022 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: "STATE OF THE 492 00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:08,459 UNION" AIRS SUNDAY AND "THE LEAD" AIRS WEEKDAYS ON CNN. 493 00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:12,997 JAKE TAPPER. BACK WITH JOEL KIM BOOSTER. 494 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:31,282 >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 495 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:37,622 MY NEXT GUEST IS A STAND-UP COMEDIAN, WRITER, AND ACTOR. 496 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:40,692 HE WROTE AND STARS IN THE NEW FILM, "FIRE ISLAND." 497 00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:45,997 >> YOU DON'T NEED A BOYFRIEND, YOU JUST NEED TO LEARN HOW TO 498 00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:49,801 PROTECT YOURSELF A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE ALL THIS ROMANCE 499 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:52,337 ( BLEEP ) IS MAKING YOU TOO VULNERABLE. 500 00:32:52,403 --> 00:32:56,541 YOU'RE LIKE AN OPEN ROOM. >> I LIKE THE ROM-COM STUFF LIKE 501 00:32:56,607 --> 00:33:00,178 KISSING IN THE RAIN AND STANDING OUTSIDE MY WINDOW WITH THE BOOM 502 00:33:00,244 --> 00:33:05,516 BOX OR CONFESSING THINGS IN A GAZEBO, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT. 503 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:08,353 >> NOTHING'S WRONG WITH THAT. ( BLEEP ) LIKE THAT DOESN'T 504 00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:15,560 HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. THE ONLY REAL THING IS YOU AND 505 00:33:15,626 --> 00:33:17,395 ME, ( BLEEP ) US. >> FINE. 506 00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:22,266 IF YOU'RE SO INVESTED IN THIS, I WILL TRY AND GET LAID... 507 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:25,203 >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME TO THE LATE SHOW, JOEL KIM BOOSTE 508 00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:40,151 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 509 00:33:40,218 --> 00:33:45,189 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 510 00:33:45,256 --> 00:33:46,391 HEY! >> HI. 511 00:33:46,457 --> 00:33:53,965 THIS IS CRAZY, I USED TO GET GROUND FOR WATCHING YOUR SHOW. 512 00:33:54,031 --> 00:33:58,269 SO THIS IS SURREAL. >> Stephen: WHY? 513 00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:03,541 IT WAS LAMPOONING A POLITICS MY FAMILY LOVE. 514 00:34:03,608 --> 00:34:06,177 >> Stephen: I HOPE THEY'RE WATCHING IT. 515 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:07,945 >> THEY'RE NOT. >> Stephen: THE MOVIE "FIRE 516 00:34:08,012 --> 00:34:14,352 ISLAND," YOU'RE CALLING IT A GAY "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE." 517 00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:17,722 >> EXACTLY. >> Stephen: PERFECT FOR PRIDE 518 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:19,757 MONTH. TELL US ABOUT THE CONNECTION. 519 00:34:19,824 --> 00:34:21,893 >> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A JANE AUSTIN FAN. 520 00:34:21,959 --> 00:34:29,967 WHEN I WAS LITTLE WE WOULD WATCH A BBC MINI SERIES AND THAT WAS 521 00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:34,906 MY MOM AND MY YEARLY TRADITION. WE WOULD WATCH THAT TOGETHER. 522 00:34:34,972 --> 00:34:40,178 I'M A BIG FAN OF THE JOE WRIGHT EDITION AS WELL. 523 00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:45,016 IT WASN'T TILL I WENT TO FIRE ISLAND THAT I BROUGHT THE BOOK 524 00:34:45,082 --> 00:34:48,419 TO READ. I WAS STRUCK HOW RELEVANT IT 525 00:34:48,486 --> 00:34:53,391 FELT TO MY EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO THE ISLAND AND NAVIGATING THE 526 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:56,360 WEIRD CLASS SYSTEMS GAY MEN CREATED FOR THEMSELVES. 527 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:59,263 >> Stephen: WOW. I WENT WITH BOWEN, MY CO-STAR 528 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:06,270 IN THE MOVIE, I JUST TURNED TO HIM AT ONE POINT AND WAS, LIKE, 529 00:35:06,337 --> 00:35:17,415 WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY IF I WROTE A GAY PRIDE AND RE PREJUDICE ON 530 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:19,784 FIRE ISLAND. AND BECAME A THREAT I WOULD 531 00:35:19,851 --> 00:35:22,420 THREATEN TO WRITE YEAR AFTER YEAR. 532 00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:28,025 WE CAME BACK TO THE ISLAND AND I'D BRING JANE AUSTIN BOOKS WITH 533 00:35:28,092 --> 00:35:29,961 ME. IT CRYSTALLIZED AND SOUNDED LIKE 534 00:35:30,027 --> 00:35:34,298 A GOOD IDEA. >> Stephen: ARE THERE PARALLEL 535 00:35:34,365 --> 00:35:35,500 CHARACTERS? >> I'M ELIZABETH. 536 00:35:35,566 --> 00:35:39,470 BOWEN IS JANE, AND CONRAD IS MY DARCY. 537 00:35:39,537 --> 00:35:46,010 HE IS, YOU KNOW, NO OFFENSE TO COLIN FIRTH, BUT I THINK HE IS 538 00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:48,079 THE BEST DARCY OUT THERE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 539 00:35:48,145 --> 00:35:50,781 >> Stephen: THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FROM THE NEW YORK AREA OR 540 00:35:50,848 --> 00:35:55,186 DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF FIRE ISLAND, WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT 541 00:35:55,253 --> 00:35:58,723 FIRE ISLAND IN THIS REGARD? >> IT'S JUST A SMALL SECTION OF 542 00:35:58,789 --> 00:36:02,260 FIRE ISLAND. THE PINES AND CHERRY GROVE, A 543 00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:05,696 STRIP OF LAND OFF LONG ISLAND. FOR CLOSE TO A CENTURY, IT HAS 544 00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:12,303 BEEN A SAFE HAVEN FOR QUEER PEOPLE TO ESCAPE TO, WHERE THERE 545 00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:17,675 ARE NO CARS, VERY LITTLE CELL PHONE SERVICE AND NO STRAIGHT 546 00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:19,510 PEOPLE. IT WAS REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE FOR 547 00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:23,548 ME TO GO FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 548 00:36:23,614 --> 00:36:29,253 SORT OF REALIZE THE WEIGHT EQUEER PEOPLE CARRY AROUND HIM 549 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,956 NAVIGATING STRAIGHT SOCIETY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 550 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:35,960 WE LOVE YOU BUT TO HAVE THE WEIGHT LIFTED SUDDENLY, IT WAS 551 00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:37,929 REALLY REALLY POWERFUL, YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU ALSO HAVE CAST 552 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:43,834 IN THIS MOVIE THE GREAT MARGARET CHO IS IN THE MOVIE. 553 00:36:43,901 --> 00:36:46,737 IS SHE LADY KATHERINE. >> NO, MRS. BENNETT. 554 00:36:46,804 --> 00:36:49,774 >> Stephen: OKAY. YOU A LONG-TIME FAN OF HEARSE? 555 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,577 >> SHE CHANGED MY LIFE. >> Stephen: HOW SO. 556 00:36:52,643 --> 00:36:55,713 HE COMPLETELY BLEW OPEN MY OWN CONCEPTION OF WHAT WAS 557 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:57,615 POSSIBLE FOR MYSELF IN THIS INDUSTRY. 558 00:36:57,682 --> 00:37:00,851 I MEAN, I CAN DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE FROM ALL AMERICAN GIRL TO 559 00:37:00,918 --> 00:37:04,188 THIS MOVIE BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHOW IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER 560 00:37:04,255 --> 00:37:08,593 SAW MYSELF REPRESENTED ON SCREEN, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I 561 00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:11,629 JUST REMEMBER SITTING INCHES AWAY FROM THE TV WATCHING THE 562 00:37:11,696 --> 00:37:15,099 SHOW, BEING ENTHRALLED AND, YEAH, IT WASN'T UNTIL I SAW 563 00:37:15,166 --> 00:37:19,203 MARGARET THAT I THOUGHT, OH, I COULD DO THAT, I COULD BE AN 564 00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:22,707 ACTOR, I COULD BE ON TELEVISION. >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT JUST A 565 00:37:22,773 --> 00:37:25,176 PERFORMER AND THIS IS NOT JUST THE STAR OF THIS. 566 00:37:25,242 --> 00:37:28,746 YOU ALSO WROTE IT, YOU'RE ALSOEN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF IT. 567 00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:32,583 DO YOU ENJOY BEING THE BOSS? >> YEAH, I GUESS. 568 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:33,884 >> Stephen: THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE. 569 00:37:33,951 --> 00:37:37,588 >> I'M A LITTLE BOSSY. IT WAS REALLY GRATIFYING, 570 00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:41,125 THOUGH. I THINK I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO 571 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:46,731 PEOPLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ISSA RAY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT ALL. 572 00:37:46,797 --> 00:37:50,234 SO TO GET THERE AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT 573 00:37:50,301 --> 00:37:53,771 AND TO BE REALLY GOOD AT ALL OF IT -- 574 00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:55,039 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERING ) 575 00:37:55,106 --> 00:38:00,044 -- WAS REALLY GRATIFYING, YEAH. >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT 576 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:04,749 COMEDY WASN'T THE FIRST CHOICE, THAT ORIGINALLY YOU WANTED TO 577 00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:06,117 WRITE DRAMAS. >> YEAH. 578 00:38:06,183 --> 00:38:08,419 >> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENED? I WENT TO SCHOOL AND MY 579 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:20,665 EMPHASIS WAS IN P PLAY WRITING. I WANTED TO WRITE FOR "THE 580 00:38:20,731 --> 00:38:23,968 WIRE." I KEPT WRITING PLAYS ABOUT 581 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:28,272 MATRICIDE AND INCEST AND PEOPLE WOULD COME AND FIND THEM TO BE 582 00:38:28,339 --> 00:38:30,875 SO FUNNY. AND I WAS, LIKE, WHAT IS 583 00:38:30,941 --> 00:38:35,279 HAPPENING? AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN ME. 584 00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:40,217 IT DEVELOPED AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM GROWING UP, AND I 585 00:38:40,284 --> 00:38:43,454 COULDN'T HELP BUT WRITE REALLY FUNNY CHARACTERS. 586 00:38:43,521 --> 00:38:50,461 SO EVENTUALLY I MOVED TO CHICAGO TO BE A PLAYWRIGHT AND ACTOR. 587 00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:54,231 I GOT FRUSTRATED. AT THE TIME, ASIAN PEOPLE, WE 588 00:38:54,298 --> 00:38:56,467 WEREN'T HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING ABOUT DIVERSITY 589 00:38:56,534 --> 00:39:00,504 RIGHT NOW. I GOT CALLED IN TO BE A CHINESE 590 00:39:00,571 --> 00:39:03,274 DELIVERY BOY FIVE TIMES IN ONE YEAR IN CHICAGO. 591 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:08,646 I WAS REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THAT AND DECIDED TO TRY STANDUP 592 00:39:08,713 --> 00:39:12,249 BECAUSE IT FELT THE ONLY OUTLET I COULD BE MYSELF AND TELL AN 593 00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:14,485 HONEST VERSION OF MYSELF ON STAGE AND THE REST IS HISTORY. 594 00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:19,957 >> Stephen: THERE ARE FAMOUS LINES FROM JANE AUSTIN, IN 595 00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:24,295 GENERAL, BUT ALSO PRIDE AND PREJUDICE SPECIFICALLY, AND I'M 596 00:39:24,361 --> 00:39:31,202 WONDERING WHETHER YOU COULD TRANSLATE THEM FROM EARLY 19th O 597 00:39:31,268 --> 00:39:32,937 MODERN DAY "FIRE ISLAND." >> I CAN TRY. 598 00:39:33,003 --> 00:39:36,340 >> Stephen: IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A 599 00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:40,277 SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A GOOD FORTUNE MUST BE IN WANT OF 600 00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:43,314 A WIFE. >> SO THAT ONE I THINK TRANSLATE 601 00:39:43,380 --> 00:39:47,485 PRETTY SEAMLESSLY INTO EVERYBODY KNOWS IF YOU'RE A GUY WITH A BIG 602 00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:50,654 ( BLEEP ) YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS. 603 00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:52,089 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 604 00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:55,693 >> Stephen: STOP RIGHT THERE. NOT GOING TO GET BETTER THAN 605 00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:01,198 THAT. OR SO I'VE HEARD. 606 00:40:01,265 --> 00:40:02,133 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: "FIRE ISLAND" IS 607 00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:05,936 STREAMING NOW ON HULU. IT'S JOEL KIM BOOSTER, 608 00:40:06,003 --> 00:40:06,804 EVERYBODY. JOEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 609 00:40:06,871 --> 00:40:09,273 BEING HERE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 610 00:40:19,383 --> 00:40:20,684 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR THE 611 00:40:20,751 --> 00:40:22,353 LATE SHOW. TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS 612 00:40:22,419 --> 00:40:25,022 WILL BE ROBERT DE NIRO AND ROSIE PEREZ. 613 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:27,057 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. GOODNIGHT.