1 00:00:02,802 --> 00:00:04,804 SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE. 2 00:00:04,871 --> 00:00:09,609 >> THIS TO ME IS THE MOST UNPOPULAR SUPREME COURT DECISION 3 00:00:09,676 --> 00:00:11,711 OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE OF ANY CONTROVERSIAL DECISION THAT I 4 00:00:11,778 --> 00:00:15,682 CAN TRULY RECALL OR LOOK UP IN THE POLLING. 5 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:22,589 >> THE REPUBLICAN DYSTOPIAN CHORE SUS PROUD TO PRESENT-- . 6 00:00:22,655 --> 00:00:28,595 ♪ THIS LAND IS MY LAND. ♪ THIS LAND IS MY LAND. 7 00:00:28,661 --> 00:00:34,768 ♪ IT IS ALSO MY LAND. ♪ 8 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:45,512 THIS LAND BELONGS TO ME AND ME SNOATS 9 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:15,275 IT'S THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 10 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:22,615 TONIGHT RONAN FARROW, WANDA SYKES. 11 00:01:22,682 --> 00:01:28,455 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 12 00:01:28,521 --> 00:01:33,026 AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 13 00:01:33,092 --> 00:01:47,974 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 14 00:01:48,041 --> 00:01:54,514 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 15 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:57,617 . >> Stephen: HAPPY MONDAY, WHAT 16 00:01:57,684 --> 00:02:01,321 IS UP, LEWIS. GOOD TO SIGH, GOOD TO SIGH. 17 00:02:01,387 --> 00:02:03,790 >> HELLO, HELLO. HELLO. 18 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:08,761 PLEASE V A SEAT. THANK YOU. 19 00:02:08,828 --> 00:02:11,397 Stephen: WELCOME TO, "THE LATE SHOW." 20 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:14,434 EVERYBODY HERE, EVERYBODY OUT THERE EVERYBODY WATCHING FROM 21 00:02:14,501 --> 00:02:20,974 NEW ZEALAND, I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 22 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:26,412 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> LOVELY PEOPLE. 23 00:02:26,479 --> 00:02:30,416 >> Stephen: NOW I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE 24 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:34,687 WATCHING LAST WEEK, SINCE OUR LAST SHOW, WE'VE 25 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:37,323 CHANGED LOCATIONS. ON THURSDAY, WE WERE IN THE ED 26 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:41,928 SULLIVAN THEATER. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE IN MEDIEVAL 27 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:45,965 TIMES EVERYONE GETS HALF A CHICKEN AND A PITCHER OF SPRITE. 28 00:02:46,032 --> 00:02:51,337 BECAUSE ON FRIDAY MORNING, LED BY SAMUEL ALITO, THE SUPREME 29 00:02:51,404 --> 00:02:55,174 COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, REVERSING ALMOST 50 YEARS OF 30 00:02:55,241 --> 00:02:59,178 PRECEDENT. ( AUDIENCE ERUPTS IN BOOING ) 31 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:01,981 SO, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN AMERICA LASTED FOR LESS TIME 32 00:03:02,048 --> 00:03:06,286 THAN THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. JACK ABBOTT'S EVIL TWIN IS GONNA 33 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:10,924 BE SO SHOCKED WHEN HE COMES OUT OF HIS FIFTH COMA. 34 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:14,761 ITS DRAFT OPINIONING WAS WE LEASED BACK IN. 35 00:03:14,827 --> 00:03:19,766 I READ IT OVER THE WEEKEND, AND BASICALLY ALL THAT HAS CHANGED 36 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:23,836 SINCE THEN IS THE FONT. THE SUPREME COURT WENT FROM 37 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:37,951 TIMES NEW ROMAN TO VERY OLD TIMES ROMAN. 38 00:03:38,017 --> 00:03:41,387 SO, THE THING IS, I ALREADY DID AN ENTIRE MONOLOGUE ON THIS 39 00:03:41,454 --> 00:03:43,723 EXACT RULING, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. 40 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:47,193 IT'S PRETTY GOOD, YOU SHOULD GO CHECK IT OUT. 41 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:51,998 I'M REALLY MAD AT THOSE GUYS FOR ALL THE JOKES THEY THOUGHT OF 42 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:53,600 BACK THEN. THEY WOULD REALLY HAVE BEEN 43 00:03:53,666 --> 00:04:01,574 HELPFUL TO HAVE TONIGHT. DAMN YOU, SLIGHTLY YOUNGER ME 44 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:05,311 NOW, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE, BUT 45 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:08,982 THIS DECISION ALSO OVERTURNS PLANNED PARENTHOOD V. CASEY, 46 00:04:09,048 --> 00:04:12,185 WHICH WAS THE 1992 CASE THAT UPHELD ROE. 47 00:04:12,251 --> 00:04:14,520 AND THE HEART OF THAT CASE IS THIS: PEOPLE OF GOOD CONSCIENCE 48 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:18,925 CAN DISAGREE ON THIS PROFOUND MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE, 49 00:04:18,992 --> 00:04:22,862 BUT, THE COURT SAID, OUR OBLIGATION IS TO DEFINE THE 50 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:24,697 LIBERTY OF ALL, NOT TO MANDATE OUR OWN MORAL CODE. 51 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:30,136 THE UNDERLYING CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE IS WHETHER THE STATE CAN 52 00:04:30,203 --> 00:04:34,140 RESOLVE THESE PHILOSOPHIC QUESTIONS IN SUCH A DEFINITIVE 53 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:37,377 WAY THAT A WOMAN LACKS ALL CHOICE IN THE MATTER. 54 00:04:37,443 --> 00:04:40,546 AND WHAT THE COURT APPEARS TO BE DOING NOW IS MANDATING ITS OWN 55 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:42,115 MORAL CODE. OF COURSE, THEY MIGHT ARGUE, NO 56 00:04:42,181 --> 00:04:45,785 WE DIDN'T. WE SPECIFICALLY ENDED OUR 57 00:04:45,852 --> 00:04:48,054 OPINION BY SAYING, WE RETURN THE ISSUE OF ABORTION OVER TO THE 58 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,590 PEOPLE'S ELECTED RPRESENTATIVES. 59 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:53,326 HAVE YOU MET THE PEOPLE'S ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES? 60 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:57,930 I HAVE. LOUIE GOHMERT IS ONE OF THEM. 61 00:04:57,997 --> 00:05:09,342 I'M NOT SURE IF HE KNOWS WHERE BABIES COME FROM BUT EVEN THE 62 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:13,046 FACT-- FACT THAT WE GOT A LEAKED COPY 8 63 00:05:13,112 --> 00:05:17,150 WEEKS AGO DID NOT EMOTIONALLY PREPARE THE COUNTRY FOR LAST 64 00:05:17,216 --> 00:05:19,118 FRIDAY'S SEISMIC SHIFT. IN ITS POLITICAL LANDSCAPE 65 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:22,288 BECAUSE, WITH THIS RULING, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE 66 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:25,892 SUPREME COURT HAS ELIMINATED AN ESTABLISHED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT 67 00:05:25,958 --> 00:05:28,361 INVOLVING THE AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY. 68 00:05:28,428 --> 00:05:32,231 AND HAVING MORE PERSONAL RIGHTS IS KIND OF AMERICA'S THING. 69 00:05:32,298 --> 00:05:36,836 WE INVENTED IT. AMERICANS HAVING RIGHTS TAKEN 70 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:39,305 AWAY IS LIKE K.F.C. CHANGING THEIR SLOGAN FROM, "WE DO 71 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:43,276 CHICKEN RIGHT," TO, "THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO CHICKEN. 72 00:05:43,342 --> 00:05:55,288 "IT'S FINGER LICKIN' GONE!" THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND-- . 73 00:05:55,354 --> 00:05:57,090 IN THE DECISION, ALITO NOTED THAT ABORTION IS NOT DEEPLY 74 00:05:57,156 --> 00:06:00,660 ROOTED IN THIS NATION'S HISTORY AND TRADITION AND THEREFORE IS 75 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:04,897 NOT PROTECTED AS A RIGHT. HEY, SAM, MAYBE NOT EVERYTHING 76 00:06:04,964 --> 00:06:06,032 WE DO IN AMERICA HAS TO BE INSPIRED BY THE STUFF THEY DID 77 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:09,569 200 YEARS AGO. THAT'S WHY THE C.D.C. HASN'T 78 00:06:09,635 --> 00:06:11,938 RELEASED GUIDELINES ON HOW TO TREAT MONKEYPOX WITH 79 00:06:12,004 --> 00:06:17,643 LEECH-CRAFT. TURNS OUT TAKING AWAY RIGHTS 80 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:21,981 FROM TAKING AWAY RIGHTS WASN'T POPULAR 81 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:25,918 THIS WEEKEND, PROTESTS ERUPTED EVERYWHERE FROM WASHINGTON DC TO 82 00:06:25,985 --> 00:06:29,722 NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, EVEN SALT 83 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:32,158 LAKE CITY. LOOK AT THAT CROWD IN SALT LAKE 84 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:43,503 CITY. (APPLAUSE) 85 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:50,109 DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO BE TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR UTAH? 86 00:06:50,176 --> 00:07:02,121 THEY THINK JAZZ IS BASKETBALL. IN FACT, IN RECENT POLLS, MORE 87 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:03,189 THAN EIGHT IN 10 AMERICANS BELIEVE ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL 88 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:06,025 TO SOME DEGREE. BUT WE KNOW MAJORITIES DON'T 89 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:10,029 MATTER. THAT'S HOW WE GOT THIS SUPREME 90 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:17,470 COURT. THIS RULING HAD IMMEDIATE 91 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:18,504 -- (APPLAUSE) 92 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:19,772 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. THIS RULING HAD IMMEDIATE 93 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:21,974 CONSEQUENCES. AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED, MULTIPLE 94 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:25,478 STATES EITHER PARTLY OR FULLY BANNED ABORTION BY ENACTING WHAT 95 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:27,780 ARE CALLED, TRIGGER LAWS. TRIGGER BECAUSE THEY GO INTO 96 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:31,818 EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, NOT THAT THEY CONTROL GUNS. 97 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:35,321 YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. 98 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:44,764 THESE LAWS VARY GREATLY, BUT -- TRIGGERS. 99 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:48,868 THESE LAWS VARY GREATLY, BUT MULTIPLE STATES ARE TRYING TO 100 00:07:48,935 --> 00:07:51,804 STEM THE FLOW OF ABORTION-INDUCING PILLS BY 101 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:54,440 MAKING THEIR SHIPMENT THROUGH THE MAIL ILLEGAL. 102 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:58,177 THAT'S PRETTY SMART, BECAUSE IF THEY BAN THE PILLS, THE ONLY WAY 103 00:07:58,244 --> 00:08:00,479 AROUND THAT WOULD BE IF SOMEONE IN AMERICA WERE WILLING TO SELL 104 00:08:00,546 --> 00:08:09,622 DRUGS ILLEGALLY. WHICH MY LAWYERS SAY, I HAVE NO 105 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:14,160 KNOWLEDGE OF. SO IF SOMETHING'S ILLEGAL, 106 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:17,563 THERE'S GOTTA BE A PUNISHMENT, RIGHT? 107 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:21,567 LET'S ASK THIS POLITICIAN, WHO I AM SURE NEVER PAID FOR ANYONE'S 108 00:08:21,634 --> 00:08:24,370 ABORTION. >> THE ANSWER IS THAT THERE HAS 109 00:08:24,437 --> 00:08:25,504 TO BE SOME FORM OF PUNISHMENT. >> FOR THE WOMAN. 110 00:08:25,571 --> 00:08:29,542 >> YEAH, THERE HAS TO BE SOME FORM. 111 00:08:29,609 --> 00:08:36,415 >> Stephen: PLEASE. FOUR YEARS OF YOU WAS PUNISHMENT 112 00:08:36,482 --> 00:08:48,427 ENOUGH. (APPLAUSE) 113 00:08:48,494 --> 00:08:49,629 SO, WHAT WILL THE PUNISHMENT BE? REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT THAT 114 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:52,865 QUESTION. A LEAKED MEMO FROM THE NATIONAL 115 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:57,536 REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE SAID, OUR POSITION SHOULD BE 116 00:08:57,603 --> 00:09:00,439 BASED IN COMPASSION AND REASON. REPUBLICANS DO NOT WANT TO THROW 117 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:05,544 DOCTORS AND WOMEN IN JAIL. MOTHERS SHOULD BE HELD HARMLESS 118 00:09:05,611 --> 00:09:09,615 UNDER THE LAW. I DON'T UNDERSTAND, HELD 119 00:09:09,682 --> 00:09:12,551 HARMLESS BUT ILLEGAL? I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU 120 00:09:12,618 --> 00:09:14,120 WOULDN'T WANT WOMEN TAKEN AWAY IN CUFFS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE 121 00:09:14,186 --> 00:09:17,556 SUPER UNPOPULAR. SO WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? 122 00:09:17,623 --> 00:09:21,394 A FINE? 150 BUCKS AND TWO POINTS ON YOUR 123 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:24,430 SEX LICENSE? 'CUZ THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A 124 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:27,967 SEX LICENSE. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THE LINES 125 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:33,539 ARE GOING TO BE LIKE AT THE SEX D.M.V.? 126 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:39,245 THIS IS A TERRIBLE PICTURE MY PENIS IS BLINKING BUT WE GOTTA 127 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:41,547 DO IT, BUT HOW ELSE CAN YOU KEEP TRACK OF WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE 128 00:09:41,614 --> 00:09:43,749 PREGNANT? THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO INSTALL 129 00:09:43,816 --> 00:09:45,685 THOSE RED LIGHT CAMERAS IN YOUR BEDROOM. 130 00:09:45,751 --> 00:09:51,157 OR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER. 131 00:09:51,223 --> 00:09:54,427 IT'LL BE LIKE MANDATORY ONLYFANS. 132 00:09:54,493 --> 00:09:57,730 BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE BAD, BECAUSE EXPERTS SAY BIRTH 133 00:09:57,797 --> 00:10:01,567 CONTROL RESTRICTIONS COULD FOLLOW ABORTION BANS, AND EXPECT 134 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:05,571 STATES TO CHALLENGE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, I.U.D.s, 135 00:10:05,638 --> 00:10:07,940 AND PLAN B. WHICH MEANS FOLKS NOT WANTING TO 136 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:18,217 GET PREGNANT WILL HAVE TO RELY ON PLAN C: SAMUEL ALITO NAKED. 137 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:21,420 100 PERCENT EFFECTIVE. (APPLAUSE) 138 00:10:21,487 --> 00:10:24,390 I BET I LOOK LIKE THAT. DID THEY USE MY BODY? 139 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:26,258 DID THEY USE MY BODY IN THAT NOTTEE. 140 00:10:26,325 --> 00:10:29,428 ABORTION BANS COULD ALSO PUNISH THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN 141 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:30,563 IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION. EXPLAINS TV'S HOTTEST NEW CRIME 142 00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:36,435 PROCEDURAL: "LAW AND ORDER: IVF." 143 00:10:36,502 --> 00:10:40,039 >> IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WOMEN ARE PROSECUTED FOR 144 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:43,309 TWO SEPARATE, YET EQUALLY STUPID REASONS; 'NOT' WANTING TO HAVE 145 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:45,778 CHILDREN AND WANTING TO HAVE CHILDREN. 146 00:10:45,845 --> 00:10:55,721 THE WHOLE THING IS, "DUMB DUMB." OF COURSE, 147 00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:58,257 THROWING THIS BACK DOWN TO THE STATES IS ALREADY CREATING SO 148 00:10:58,324 --> 00:10:59,725 MUCH CHAOS AND CONFUSION THAT MANY WOMEN IN AMERICA DON'T KNOW 149 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:03,729 WHAT THE COURT ALLOWS THEM TO DO ANYMORE. 150 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:11,704 AD FOR THOSE WOMEN, HERE'S A WORD FROM OUR NEWEST SPONSOR. 151 00:11:11,771 --> 00:11:14,974 >> WHAT'S IT GOING TO SAY? I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY LONGER. 152 00:11:15,041 --> 00:11:18,611 >> WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING HOW THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING WILL 153 00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:22,581 EFFECT YOU, IT'S TIME TO REACH FOR THE CLEAR RIGHTS HOME TEST. 154 00:11:22,648 --> 00:11:26,852 THE ONLY AT-HOME KIT DESIGNED TO ALERT YOU WHETHER YOU GET TO 155 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:29,121 MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION. >> OKAY BUT IT'S MY BODY. 156 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:31,724 >> IS IT? TAKE THE TEST AND FIND OUT. 157 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:34,593 JUST GO INTO A BATHROOM, DO WHATEVER GIRLS DO IN THERE, THEN 158 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:37,530 WAIT FIVE MINUTES AND ASK YOUR HUSBAND TO READ THE RESULTS. 159 00:11:37,596 --> 00:11:41,367 >> OH I DON'T HAVE A HUGS. >> YEAH, THERE'S A SHOCKER. 160 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:45,004 OUR DIGITAL DISPLAY WILL GIVE YOU FAST RESULTS LIKE POSITIVE 161 00:11:45,071 --> 00:11:46,605 FOR RIGHTS. POSITIVELY NO RIGHTS. 162 00:11:46,672 --> 00:11:52,311 REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN AND ASK THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY. 163 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:54,613 >> WAIT, WHY ARE RIGHTS IN MY PEE. 164 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:56,882 >> I DON'T KNOW Y ARE BABIES IN PEE. 165 00:11:56,949 --> 00:12:01,520 >> IT SAYS I HAVE RIGHTS. OH WAIT, OFFER NOT VALID IN 166 00:12:01,587 --> 00:12:06,358 ALABAMA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, 167 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:08,327 INDIANA. >> AND OUR SUPREME VERSION COMES 168 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:11,730 WITH A LITTLE PICTURE OF JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO ON THE STICK. 169 00:12:11,797 --> 00:12:16,235 OH NO, YOU CAN'T REUSE THAT. >> NO OH NO, I JUST WANT TO PEE 170 00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:19,705 ON HIM AGAIN. >> YOUR RIGHTS HOME TEST, ON THE 171 00:12:19,772 --> 00:12:22,608 MAKERS OF IS YOUR GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL? 172 00:12:22,675 --> 00:12:25,010 COMING SOONER THAN YOU THINK. >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A GREAT 173 00:12:25,077 --> 00:12:27,513 SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT, MY GUESTS ARE WANDA SYKES AND 174 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:30,015 RONAN FARROW. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, 175 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:36,055 "MEANWHILE." JOIN US, WON'T YOU? 176 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:04,250 ♪ 177 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:21,901 >> Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND, EVERYBODY, RIGHT THERE. 178 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:25,070 VERY BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL. 179 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:28,874 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: SO ONE OF THE 180 00:13:28,941 --> 00:13:34,079 GREATEST TV SONGS OF ALL TIME, YOU IS THE YOU KNOW WHO IS 181 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:36,348 COMING IN ON THE BACKGROUND. >> THE JACKSON FIVE. 182 00:13:36,415 --> 00:13:39,151 >> Jon: THE JACKSON FIVE SINGING DO DO WAP. 183 00:13:39,218 --> 00:13:41,620 >> IT SAYS JACKSON FIVE SING IT WITH ME NOW. 184 00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:48,027 >> Jon: IT'S AMAZING AM I THINK YOUR VERSION IS BETTER. 185 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:55,167 DON'T TELL STEVIE. TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL 186 00:13:55,234 --> 00:14:07,279 GUESTS, A GREAT COME ED YEN, WANDAR SYKES IS HERE TONIGHT AND 187 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:15,287 HE IS THE POLLSTER-- PULITZER PRIZE WINNING NEW YORKER WRITER 188 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:21,994 RONAN FARROW IS HERE TONIGHT. IS THAT A YOU CAN PULITZER PRIZE 189 00:14:22,061 --> 00:14:24,396 SOMETHING. IF YOU WATCH THIS SHOW, YOU KNOW 190 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:27,600 I SPEND MOST OF OF MY TIME, RIGHT OVER THERE, 191 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:29,068 CAREFULLY POURING THE DAY'S HOTTEST STORIES OVER THE 192 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:31,403 PAINSTAKINGLY GROUND FRESHEST TAKES TO CRAFT FOR YOU THE 193 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:36,041 FINEST STONEWARE MUG OF RICH SULAWESI TARAJA COFFEE THAT IS 194 00:14:36,108 --> 00:14:41,547 MY MONOLOGUE. BUT SOMETIMES I COME-TO CURLED 195 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:48,254 UP IN A RECYCLING BIN IN A HOT TOPIC BREAK ROOM, GATHER SOME 196 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,189 HALF EMPTIES, AND MIX THEIR REMNANTS IN A PLASTIC SKULL TO 197 00:14:50,256 --> 00:14:53,259 CREATE THE RADIOACTIVE MOUNTAIN DEW EXTREME SLUDGE OF NEWS THAT 198 00:14:53,325 --> 00:15:05,537 IS MY SEGMENT: "MEANWHILE!" TSA RSJA. 199 00:15:05,604 --> 00:15:09,074 MEANWHILE, TRAFFIC WAS SNARLED LAST WEEK WHEN A TRACTOR-TRAILER 200 00:15:09,141 --> 00:15:11,977 HAULING CHEESE CAUGHT FIRE IN NORTHEAST OHIO. 201 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:13,512 EMERGENCY CREWS WERE IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED WITH BREAD CHUNKS AND 202 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:20,986 FONDUE FORKS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SITUATION IS 203 00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:23,989 STABLE AND DELICIOUS. MEANWHILE, IN ORDER TO EXPOSE 204 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,224 SECURITY FLAWS, A RESEARCHER HACKED INTO THE BACKEND OF 205 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:26,625 'JACUZZI BRAND' SMART HOT TUBS. THOUGH FOR THE RECORD, HACKING 206 00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:38,637 INTO THE BACK END HAPPENS A LOT IN HOT TUBS. 207 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:46,945 (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE) 208 00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:50,015 MEANWHILE, A NEW HAMPSHIRE DISTILLERY IS TURNING INVASIVE 209 00:15:50,082 --> 00:15:53,352 CRABS INTO WHISKEY. MUCH BETTER THAN THE USUAL 210 00:15:53,419 --> 00:16:04,963 PROCESS: TURNING WHISKEY INTO INVASIVE CRABS. 211 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:09,368 THE COMPANY SAID IT TEAMED UP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW 212 00:16:09,435 --> 00:16:12,871 HAMPSHIRE'S N-H GREEN CRAB PROJECT TO DEVELOP THE WHISKEY, 213 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:15,641 WHICH IS BILLED AS BEING MADE WITH A BOURBON BASE STEEPED WITH 214 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:24,616 A CUSTOM CRAB, CORN, AND SPICE BLEND MIXTURE. 215 00:16:24,683 --> 00:16:30,022 RESULTING IN A NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED SOUP. 216 00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:34,026 MEANWHILE, IN NOODLE NEWS: KRAFT MACARONI AND CHEESE IS CHANGING 217 00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:37,663 ITS NAME AFTER 85 YEARS. WHICH IS ALSO HOW LONG THAT BOX 218 00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:40,599 OF IT HAS BEEN SITTING IN YOUR GRANDMA'S PANTRY. 219 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:43,769 "IT'S STILL PERFECTLY GOOD, DEAR." 220 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:48,173 THERE'S NO EXPIRATION DATE ON 'ORANGE.' 221 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,075 SO WHAT'S THE NEW NAME? WELL, SAY GOODBYE TO KRAFT 222 00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:52,945 MACARONI AND CHEESE AND SAY HELLO TO -- DRUMROLL PLEASE -- 223 00:16:53,011 --> 00:16:58,016 ( DRUMROLL ) KRAFT MAC & CHEESE. 224 00:16:58,083 --> 00:16:59,918 ACCORDING TO KRAFT, THE NEW MONIKER IS MEANT TO REFLECT THE 225 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:03,622 WAY FANS ORGANICALLY TALK ABOUT THE BRAND. 226 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:05,391 YES, THEY WANTED TO REFLECT THE WAY FANS SEE THEIR BRAND. 227 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:07,626 WHICH IS WHY THEY ALMOST CHANGED THE NAME TO: 228 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:19,638 KRAFT MACARONI AND CLINICAL DEPRESSION. 229 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,273 (APPLAUSE) MEANWHILE, ACCORDING TO NEW 230 00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:22,441 RESEARCH, THE MITES THAT LIVE AND BREED ON YOUR FACE HAVE 231 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:34,219 ANUSES. WHAT'S UP, SCIENCE? 232 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:38,857 ARE YOU JUST THROWING MAGNETIC TERROR POETRY AT A FRIDGE NOW? 233 00:17:38,924 --> 00:17:40,592 OH LOOK, HERE'S A NEW RESEARCH PAPER: THE SPIDERS THAT LAY EGGS 234 00:17:40,659 --> 00:17:48,200 IN YOUR MOUTH WHILE YOU SLEEP ARE ALSO SCIENTOLOGISTS. 235 00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:51,303 RESEARCHERS SEQUENCED THE GENOME OF THE COMMON SKIN MITE BECAUSE 236 00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:52,905 IT'S NOT THAT WELL UNDERSTOOD: SOME RESEARCHERS HAVE ARGUED, 237 00:17:52,971 --> 00:17:56,208 FOR INSTANCE, THAT THESE MITES LACK AN ANUS, BUT THE 238 00:17:56,275 --> 00:18:01,380 RESEARCHERS BEHIND THE NEW STUDY SAY THEY'VE CONFIRMED THAT MITES 239 00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:05,384 DO INDEED HAVE AN ANUS. ONCE AGAIN, SCIENCE: 240 00:18:05,451 --> 00:18:13,392 THE CURE FOR CANCER. WE THERE YET? 241 00:18:13,459 --> 00:18:19,164 NO? THEN MAYBE WE BACK-BURNER THE 242 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:29,775 WHOLE DO MITES HAVE AN ANUS THING. 243 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:33,212 I DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW I HAVE MITES ON MY FACE. 244 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:35,214 MEANWHILE, MY VIEWERS NORTH OF THE BORDER ARE IN FOR A, I'M 245 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,149 GONNA SAY TREAT? BECAUSE IN CANADA, FRENCH'S JUST 246 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:40,319 UNVEILED A KETCHUP-FLAVORED POPSICLE CALLED 247 00:18:40,385 --> 00:18:42,921 THE FRENCH-SICLE. AND AFTER YOU FINISH THE KETCHUP 248 00:18:42,988 --> 00:18:46,325 FLAVORED POPSICLE, THE POPSICLE STICKS HAVE FUN SAYINGS ON THEM 249 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:55,834 LIKE, "ARE YOU OKAY?" SPEAKING OF CONDIMENTS, CLIMATE 250 00:18:55,901 --> 00:18:58,303 CHANGE AND PRICE HIKES ARE HITTING DIJON MUSTARD. 251 00:18:58,370 --> 00:19:01,373 NOW REMEMBER, IF IT'S NOT MADE IN THE DIJON REGION OF FRANCE, 252 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:09,381 IT'S ONLY SPARKLING BROWN SPREAD. 253 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:13,385 HOTTER TEMPERATURES LEADS TO MORE INSECTS, MORE INSECTS LEADS 254 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:16,321 TO POOR SEED HARVESTS, AND POOR SEED HARVESTS LEADS TO EMPTY 255 00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:21,059 SHELVES AT SUPERMARKETS. WHO NEEDS YOUR FANCY CONDIMENTS 256 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:22,327 AS A PROUD AMERICAN I'LL ONLY EAT MUSTARD IF IT'S A LEVEL OF 257 00:19:22,394 --> 00:19:27,533 YELLOW THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS EMERGENCY FLARE. 258 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:32,604 AND THE SEED SHORTAGE IS SEVERE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN BURGUNDY, SEED 259 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:36,074 PRODUCTION HAS FALLEN FROM 12,000 TONS THREE OR FOUR YEARS 260 00:19:36,141 --> 00:19:39,545 AGO TO 4,000 TONS LAST YEAR, LEADING MANUFACTURERS TO PREDICT 261 00:19:39,611 --> 00:19:40,746 THOSE WHO WANT THE HIGH-END MUSTARD WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE, 262 00:19:40,812 --> 00:19:44,917 IT'S TRUE. PRICES ARE SO HIGH, WE ACTUALLY 263 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:52,324 HAVE FOOTAGE OF A BLACK MARKET MUSTARD DEAL GOING DOWN. 264 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:56,295 >> GIMME THE [ BLEEP ] GREY POUPON! 265 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:57,396 >> PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! >> GREY POUPON, RIDE THE BROWN 266 00:19:57,462 --> 00:20:01,900 PONY! >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK 267 00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:07,039 WITH WANDA SYKES. 268 00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:27,926 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK. MY FIRST GUEST IS AN EMMY 269 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:30,862 AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN YOU KNOW FROM HER STANDUP SPECIALS, "CURB 270 00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:33,899 YOUR ENTHUSIASM" AND "BLACKISH." HER NETFLIX SITCOM, "THE 271 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:39,037 UPSHAWS," RETURNS THIS WEEK FOR ITS SECOND SEASON. 272 00:20:39,104 --> 00:20:53,986 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," WANDA SYKES! 273 00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:56,321 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," WANDA SYKES! 274 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:05,697 >> Stephen: HELLO. >> HELLO, GREAT CROWD, GOOD TO 275 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:07,733 SEE YOU. >> Stephen: IT HAS BEEN A YEAR 276 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:09,568 SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW. >> UH-HUH. 277 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,536 >> Stephen: WHERE YOU BAN, WANDA? 278 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:17,209 YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. >> HAVE I BEEN ALL OVER THE 279 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:19,344 PLACE. YOU KNOW, WE SHOT THE SECOND 280 00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:22,414 SEASON OF UPSHAWS AND EVERYTHING. 281 00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:26,284 AND JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, BUSY. >> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU DOING? 282 00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:29,454 HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I'M A BLACK GAY WOMAN AND 283 00:21:29,521 --> 00:21:35,327 HAVE I A DAUGHTER SO I'M NOT DOING SO WELL RIGHT NOW. 284 00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:39,598 (APPLAUSE) I'M A LITTLE SALTY. 285 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:41,833 >> Stephen: YOU'RE A LITTLE SALTY. 286 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:44,169 >> I'M A LITTLE SALTY RIGHT NOW, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 287 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:47,139 >> Stephen: PUT SOME FLAVOR ON HERE. 288 00:21:47,205 --> 00:21:50,442 >> IT JUST SUCKS, MAN, IT REALLY DOES, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE 289 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:54,713 COUNTRY, IT IS NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY, RIGHT. 290 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:56,615 WE'RE-- IT IS NO LONGER MAJORITY RULES. 291 00:21:56,682 --> 00:21:59,418 >> Stephen: NO, CERTAINLY NOT THE SENATE. 292 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:04,856 >> IT IS NOT T IS NO LONGER MAJORITY RULE AND I MEAN ST LIKE 293 00:22:04,923 --> 00:22:08,493 THESE JUDGES, THEY JUST-- THEY BASICALLY LIED WHEN THEY WERE, 294 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,531 YOU KNOW, DURING THE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, RIGHT? 295 00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:18,003 >> Stephen: ESPECIALLY KAVANAUGH. 296 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:21,740 , YEAH. >> SO HOW YOU CAN BE A SUPREME 297 00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:23,742 COURT JUSTICE AND YOU JUST LYING. 298 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:28,046 WHAT, THEY HAD THEIR FINGERS CROSSED OR SOMETHING, OR WHAT. 299 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:32,551 YEAH, IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF HORSE [BLEEP], IT REALLY IS. 300 00:22:32,617 --> 00:22:41,593 >> Stephen: WELL, (APPLAUSE) 301 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:44,763 >> TO ME IT IS LIKE THE PROBLEM IS THAT MIDDLE STUFF. 302 00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:50,368 IT IS THOSE STATES IN THE MIDDLE, THAT RED STUFF. 303 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:54,506 WHY DO THEY TELL GET TO TELL US WHAT TO DO WHERE THE MAJORITY OF 304 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:56,908 US LIVE OUT, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, AND WE ARE PAYING 305 00:22:56,975 --> 00:23:01,847 FOR ALL THIS CRAP, REALLY. I MEAN, RIGHT? 306 00:23:01,913 --> 00:23:04,649 WE'RE FOOTING THE BILL. >> Stephen: THAT'S THE UNION, 307 00:23:04,716 --> 00:23:06,451 IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY BUT IT 308 00:23:06,518 --> 00:23:09,221 TURNS OUT TO BE MINORITY RULE RIGHT NOW. 309 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:13,024 >> RIGHT, BUT IF WE ARE FOOTING THE BILL, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE 310 00:23:13,091 --> 00:23:17,696 CALIFORNIA, IF IT WERE A COUNTRY IT WOULD BE, LIKE THE FIFTH 311 00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:19,598 LARGEST, FOURTH, FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY. 312 00:23:19,664 --> 00:23:22,300 SO YOU KNOW, IF I'M FOOTING THE BILL, KNOW YOUR POSITION, YOU 313 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,536 KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING. FOR REAL. 314 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:28,673 LIKE LOOK, IF I SAY HEY LET'S GO OUT TO DINNER, YOU DON'T GET TO 315 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:36,548 PICK THE RESTAURANT. THAT'S UP TO ME. 316 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:40,619 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: YOUR LAST SPECIAL 317 00:23:40,685 --> 00:23:42,354 WAS CALLED NOT NORMAL. >> RIGHT. 318 00:23:42,420 --> 00:23:46,158 >> Stephen: WHICH IS SHOW YOU WERE DESCRIBING SOME OF THE 319 00:23:46,224 --> 00:23:49,928 UPSETTED NATURE OF THE COUNTRY. WHAT, HOW DO THINGS, HOW IS THE 320 00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:52,898 NORMAL NOW? >> I WAS WAY OFF THE MARK, HUH. 321 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:55,534 I THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT NORMAL, THIS STUFF IS CRAZY. 322 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,602 >> Stephen: YOU JUMPED THE GUN. 323 00:23:57,669 --> 00:24:01,406 >> I JUMPED THE GUN. I THINK THINGS WOULD BE NORMAL 324 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:06,545 LIKE IF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS TRY TO 325 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:11,616 OVERTHROW AN ELECTION F THEY WENT TO JAIL, THAT WOULD FEEL 326 00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:15,887 NORMAL, I THINK. THAT WOULD-- . 327 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:19,124 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, WHEN WE COME BACK I 328 00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:22,160 WILL ASK WANDA ABOUT HER EARLIER MEMORIES OF DOING COMEDY. 329 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:25,230 STICK AROUND. 330 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:34,406 >> Stephen: HEY EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH STAR OF THE 331 00:24:34,472 --> 00:24:36,541 UPSHAWS WANDA SYKES, YOU ARE BACK ON TOUR WHICH MUST FEEL 332 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:40,545 GOOD AFTER BEING OFF TOUR FOR SO LONG. 333 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:43,615 BECAUSE THESE ARE THE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 334 00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:49,454 >> YES, THEY ARE. >> Stephen: AND YOU MAY NOT BE 335 00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:52,591 ABLE TO PINPOINT THE MOMENT BUT WHY DID YOU WANT TO GET INTO 336 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:55,794 COMEDY, DID YOU HAVE A SEMINAL MOMENT FOR SNU. 337 00:24:55,861 --> 00:24:59,030 >> I JUST REMEMBER GROWING UP IN AND WATCHING ALL THOSE GREAT 338 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:06,938 VARIETY SHOWS YOU HAD GROWING UP, SMOTHERS BROTHERS, ED 339 00:25:07,005 --> 00:25:11,009 SULLIVAN, YES. FLIP WILSON, ALL THAT. 340 00:25:11,076 --> 00:25:14,613 AND JUST SITTING WITH THE FAMILY AND LAUGHING AND LOOKING FOR MY 341 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:18,817 GRANDMOTHER LAUGH, MY MOTHER LAUGH AND I JUST, THAT ALWAYS 342 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:22,187 JUST STAYED WITH ME AND THEN AFTER COLLEGE AND EVERYTHING, I 343 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:28,193 JUST HATED EVERY JOB THAT I HAD. AND THIS WAS LIKE, THIS IS NOT 344 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:33,798 WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING THE NEXT 40 YEAR, COME ON. I JUST END UP 345 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:35,767 BEING A RAGING ALCOHOLIC IF I STAY HERE THIS LONG. 346 00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:38,937 >> YOU CAN DO BOTH. >> I CAN DO BOTH. 347 00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:40,205 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO. >> YEAH. 348 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:44,442 >> SO YEAH, SO I JUST REMEMBERED LIKE HOW MUCH I LOVED COMEDY, 349 00:25:44,509 --> 00:25:45,477 HOW MUCH I LOVED MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH. 350 00:25:45,543 --> 00:25:48,513 >> YOU HAVE EARLY MEMORIES OF MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH? 351 00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:55,186 >> YEAH, I KNEW I HAD SOMETHING WHEN I THINK IT WAS ITS 6th, 352 00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:59,257 7th GRADE, WE WERE HAVING A BLOCK PARTY AND THE NEIGHBOR 353 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:07,265 ACROSS THE STREET, ALL THE GENTLEMEN, THROWING THEM BACK A 354 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:12,304 LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH, THE MAN FOUGHT IN THE WAR AND HE FELL, 355 00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:15,941 HE BUMPED, CRACKED HIS HEAD OPEN BASICALLY AND ALL THE OTHER 356 00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:20,812 ADULTS WERE A LITTLE SLOSHED TOO, SO ONE WAS SOBER AND THEY 357 00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:24,382 WERE LIKE WANDA GO WITH HER TO TAKE HIM TO THE MILITARY BASE 358 00:26:24,449 --> 00:26:28,186 BECAUSE MY DAD'S MILITARY. SO IT WAS LIKE GO AND SHOW HER 359 00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:30,855 HOW TO GET THERE AND ALL THAT STUFF. 360 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:36,328 WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WAZE BACK THEN, SO WE GET TO THE ARMY 361 00:26:36,394 --> 00:26:39,731 HOSPITAL AND YOU KNOW, GETTING HIM CHECKED IN AND THE DOCTOR 362 00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:42,968 SAID LOOK, WE HAVE HIS-- IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD 363 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:45,937 KNOW ABOUT HIM AND I WAS LIKE I WOULDN'T PUT HIM NEAR AN OPEN 364 00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:51,276 FLAME RIGHT NOW. AND THE DOCTOR FELL OUT LAUGHING 365 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:57,682 AND I WAS LIKE-- I GOT SOMETHING. 366 00:26:57,749 --> 00:27:00,585 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: SPEAKING OF THE ED 367 00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:05,557 SULLIVAN THEATER I JUST OUND OUT THAT ONE OF YOUR EARLY 368 00:27:05,623 --> 00:27:07,258 COMEDIC HEROES ACTUALLY PERFORMED HERE. 369 00:27:07,325 --> 00:27:13,798 AND I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED HER STUFF AND THAT'S MOM'S MAYBE. 370 00:27:13,865 --> 00:27:16,201 >> YES, YES. >> Stephen: AND FOR THE PEOPLE 371 00:27:16,267 --> 00:27:20,372 WHO DON'T KNOW, TELL THEM WHO MOM'S MAF ORE WAS. 372 00:27:20,438 --> 00:27:25,243 >> OH MY GOD, MY HERO, BASICALLY, A COMING EDIAN, SHE 373 00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:28,713 FIRST STARTED BACK IN, THEY CALLED IT THE-- SHE WAS JUST 374 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:31,950 REALLY AHEAD OF HER TIME. THE JOKES THAT SHE WOULD DO, SHE 375 00:27:32,017 --> 00:27:37,188 WAS LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST COMICS WHO ACTUALLY WOULD TACK TO THE 376 00:27:37,255 --> 00:27:41,860 AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST LIKE DOS LIKE JOKES, SHE 377 00:27:41,926 --> 00:27:45,430 WOULD SAY LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, KIDS AND SHE WAS LIKE 378 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:51,436 T WAS LIKE SELF-DEP RI KATEING, SOME WHAT, BUT ALSO LIKE 379 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:56,508 POLITICAL, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES. 380 00:27:56,574 --> 00:28:00,111 JUST REALLY FUNNY, MEANT THE WORLD TO ME. 381 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:04,282 >> Stephen: YOU PLAYED HER IN THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAAZEL WHAT 382 00:28:04,349 --> 00:28:06,217 IS THAT LIKE TO PLAY ONE OF YOUR COMEDIC HEROES. 383 00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:09,954 >> FOR REAL, FOR REAL, YEAH, AND NOT ONLY DID I GET TO PLAY HER, 384 00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:18,063 I GOT TO PLAY HER ON AN AMAZING SHOW LIKE MRS. MAAZEL AND WE 385 00:28:18,129 --> 00:28:22,400 SHOT IT AT THE APOLLO THEATER SO MI STANDING-- AND THAT WAS MOM'S 386 00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:27,505 HOME, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT AND D.C. BUT YEAH. 387 00:28:27,572 --> 00:28:30,475 >> Stephen: WELL, YOUR NEW NETFLIX, NOT NEW BUT NEW SEASON 388 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:35,480 OF YOUR NETFLIX SHOW THE UPSHAWS RETURNS TO SEASON 2 ON 389 00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:37,615 WEDNESDAY. YOU COCREATED IT THE SHOW, STAR 390 00:28:37,682 --> 00:28:43,288 IN IT, AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO DO. 391 00:28:43,354 --> 00:28:46,424 >> MORE HILARITY, WE SHOULD NAME THE SHOW THAT. 392 00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:50,195 >> IT IS REALLY FUNNY, I LOVE THE SHOW, I LOVE THE WRITERS. 393 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:56,601 YOU KNOW, THE UPSHAWS ARE MESSY, A WORKING CLASS AFRICAN-AMERICAN 394 00:28:56,668 --> 00:29:06,377 FAMILY IN THE MIDWEST AND AND YES T IS JUST MORE DRAMA MORE 395 00:29:06,444 --> 00:29:15,887 COMEDY, JUST MORE. >> WE HAVE A CLIP RIGHT THERE. 396 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:18,990 >> LET'S SEE. >> IF I PUT SUGAR ON CORN CHIPS 397 00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:25,563 THAT'S FROSTED FLAKES, RIGHT? >> JUST ADD A BANANA. 398 00:29:25,630 --> 00:29:31,202 NOW GO I'M TRYING TO GET THIS PLACE STAYSENNED UP. 399 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:35,240 PEOPLE SUCK. I GRABBED THE LAST PACK OF 400 00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:39,611 MARKERS AND MRS. CHERRY CAME AT ME WITH A PAIR OF SAFETY 401 00:29:39,677 --> 00:29:40,845 DISISSERS. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO IT BUT 402 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:44,315 WILL YOU SEE IT ON THE NEWS. >> THANK YOU. 403 00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:47,485 >> WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE IS THE CUCUMBER. 404 00:29:47,552 --> 00:29:52,290 >> LIKE I SAID, YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE NEWS. 405 00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:56,227 >> Stephen: WANDA LOVELY TO SIGH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 406 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:59,230 SEASON TWO OF THE UPSHAWS PREMIER THIS WEDNESDAY ON 407 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:01,733 NETFLIX. MS. WANDA SYKES, EVERYBODY. 408 00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:04,802 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH RONAN FARROW. 409 00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:26,157 >> Stephen: HEY. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 410 00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:30,495 LADIES AND GERMS, >> Stephen: MY NEXT GUEST IS A 411 00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:33,431 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF THE 412 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:36,834 BOOKS, "WAR ON PEACE" AND "CATCH AND KILL." 413 00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:51,783 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, RONAN FARROW. 414 00:30:51,849 --> 00:30:56,154 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, RONAN FARROW. 415 00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:58,089 >> GOOD TO BE BECOME. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU, HOW LONG 416 00:30:58,156 --> 00:31:01,092 HAS IT BEEN SINCE. >> PREPANDEMIC. 417 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:03,728 >> Stephen: PREPANDEMIC. >> REMEMBER WE WERE LOCKED AND 418 00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:08,132 DID ZOOM A COUPLE OF TIMES. >> THIS IS BETTER. 419 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:10,368 >> I LIKE THE SUIT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 420 00:31:10,435 --> 00:31:15,039 >> Stephen: 70S VIBE, WITH THE OPEN CLAR, DIK ABBOTT. 421 00:31:15,106 --> 00:31:21,246 >> A LITTLE PINK FOR PRIDE. >> Stephen: NOW IT HAS BEEN A 422 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:25,350 TOUGH TIME. AND YOU SEE THE NEW HBO 423 00:31:25,416 --> 00:31:32,190 DOCUMENTARY CALLED ENDANGERED, THE CHRONICLES 424 00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:34,092 TEMPORARIES-- CONTEMPORARY HOSTILITY FOR JOURNALISTS AROUND 425 00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:35,960 THE WORLD INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. 426 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:37,862 WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS NOW? 427 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:44,736 >> WELL, I THINK THAT FOR ANYONE WHO DOES CONFRONTING JOURNALISM, 428 00:31:44,802 --> 00:31:50,141 WE FEEL VERY ACUTELY WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR PEERS, OUR 429 00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:51,843 COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD WHEN THEY TRY TO DO THE SAME. 430 00:31:51,909 --> 00:31:59,517 I'M IN A COUNTRY STILL TO THIS DAY THAT HAS DECENT RULE OF LAW, 431 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:04,155 RELATIVELY-- WHERE YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE GET INTIMIDATING 432 00:32:04,222 --> 00:32:09,360 LEGAL THREATS, SMEAR EFFORTS BUT I AM REASONABLY CONFIDENT I'M 433 00:32:09,427 --> 00:32:10,995 NOT GOING TO WIND UP DEAD THE NEXT DAY, THAT IS NOT TRUE IF 434 00:32:11,062 --> 00:32:14,666 YOU ARE A JOURNALIST IN RUSSIA, PAKISTAN, A LOT OF PLACES SO IT 435 00:32:14,732 --> 00:32:18,770 FELT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO DO SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT IN, BUT 436 00:32:18,836 --> 00:32:20,605 THAT HUMANIZES THAT STRUGGLE FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND 437 00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:25,677 SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE IN DEMOCRACY DOING REPORTING THAT IS REALLY 438 00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:29,480 IMPORTANT TO BRING UP THE ACCOUNT ABILITY AND FACING 439 00:32:29,547 --> 00:32:31,582 THREATS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE IN THOSE COUNTRIES, 440 00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:34,452 NOT THAT LONG AGO. >> BUT YOU ALSO INCLUDE UNITED 441 00:32:34,519 --> 00:32:37,455 STATES IN THE DOCUMENTARY. >> YEAH, IT LOOKS AT THE FORCES 442 00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:40,558 IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE ERODING OUR BASE OF JOURNALISM 443 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:43,428 AND FACTS THAT VOTERS CAN RELY ON. 444 00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:47,231 ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FOR THE NUTION INDUSTRY THAT ARE CAUSING 445 00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:52,937 CLOSURES OF NEWSROOM AFTER NEWSROOM, AND FASCIST AND 446 00:32:53,004 --> 00:32:55,540 AUTHORITYIAN THREAD IN POLITICS THAT SEEKS TO DEMONIZE AND 447 00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:58,076 ALIENATE THE PRESS FROM ITS PEOPLE. 448 00:32:58,142 --> 00:33:01,512 >> THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT SAID VERY SPECIFICALLY THAT HE WANTED 449 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:06,284 TO ADDRESS THE FATE OF THE PRESS SO JOURNALISTS COULD BE SUED FOR 450 00:33:06,351 --> 00:33:08,686 LIABLE MORE EASILY. >> AND YOU SEE IN THIS FILM A 451 00:33:08,753 --> 00:33:11,723 WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHER FROM ITS "MIAMI HERALD" WHO IS CONTENDING 452 00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:14,592 WITH BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. 453 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,994 WADING INTO THE CROWD, FACING EVEN THREAT OF VIOLENCE, ARE YOU 454 00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:21,132 SEEING THAT IN CROWDS AT SOME OF THESE MAGA EVENTS IN RECENT 455 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:23,434 YEARS. >> ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. 456 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:26,070 >> ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT IS NOT A NEW THING, THAT IS AN 457 00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:30,441 OLD TACTIC USED BY THORN LEADERS AND WE ARE SEEING IT RESURGE 458 00:33:30,508 --> 00:33:33,311 AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDE NTION THE COUNTRIES THAT WE LOOK AT IN 459 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:36,147 THIS FILM. AND THAT'S SCARY BECAUSE THAT IS 460 00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:38,583 NOT AN INCIDENTAL ISSUE. THAT UNDERPINS EVERY MAJOR ISSUE 461 00:33:38,649 --> 00:33:42,587 RELATED TO OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE 462 00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:45,456 FACTS, YOU CAN'T CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY. 463 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,493 >> DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS SWAS AS SOME WOULD SAY. 464 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:52,230 >> THERE IS SOMETHING TO THIS. >> I'M CURIOUS, YOU MIGHT, I AM 465 00:33:52,296 --> 00:33:58,302 WONDERING WHETHER YOU HAVE GOT A-- CASE HERE BECAUSE AT ONE 466 00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:01,539 TIME WAS THINKING OUR PREVIOUS PRESIDENT WAS SORT OF AN 467 00:34:01,606 --> 00:34:04,442 ABERRATION, ALMOST LIKE A MUTANT WE DIDN'T EXPECT IN THE 468 00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:06,611 LINEAL-- LINEAGE OF OUR PRESIDENT. 469 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:13,017 BUT THIS THORTDIAN TENDENCY IS ARISING CERTAINLY IN EVERY 470 00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:14,786 HEMISPHERE IF NOT IN EVERY TIME ZONE. 471 00:34:14,852 --> 00:34:18,055 WHAT IS YOUR THEORY OF THE CASE WHERE IT IS HAPPENING TO MUCH 472 00:34:18,122 --> 00:34:20,558 NOW. >> I THINK IT IS LINKED TO THIS 473 00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:24,429 ISSUE OF THE FREE PRESS. AND IT ALL STARTS, YOU KNOW 474 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:28,966 THERE IS A NUMBER OF FACTORS BUT I THINK IT DOES ALL START IN A 475 00:34:29,033 --> 00:34:31,402 WAY WITH THE FACTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, AND THE ECONOMIC FORCES 476 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:34,472 THAT ARE CREATING WHAT PEOPLE SOMETIMES CALL NEWS DESERTS 477 00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:37,542 AROUND THE UNITED STATES. SO MANY COMMUNITIES JUST DON'T 478 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:39,877 HAVE A PAPER OF RECORD, DON'T HAVE A LOCAL PAPER AT ALL 479 00:34:39,944 --> 00:34:44,415 STVMENT IN THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN A 480 00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:48,119 LITTLE BUBBLE OF THEIR OWN FACTS THAT THEY ALREADY AGREE WITH, 481 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:52,023 WHERE PEOPLE CAN HEAR PHRASES LIKE FAKE NEWS AND IT CAN 482 00:34:52,089 --> 00:34:55,193 RESONATED WITH THEM BECAUSE ALL THEY ARE GETTING EVERY DAY IS 483 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:57,395 THAT DRUM BEAT. >> Stephen: AND THOSE TWO 484 00:34:57,462 --> 00:35:00,698 THINGS TOGETHER, THE NEWS DESERT AND SOCIAL MEDIA MAKE KIND OF 485 00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:04,302 KILLS LOCAL NEWS AND MAKES EVERY STORY A NATIONAL STORY OR ALL 486 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:07,371 CONCERNS NATIONAL CONCERN. >> WHICH SAY TRAGEDY ON MULTIPLE 487 00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:09,941 LEVELS BECAUSE THERE IS URGENT POLICY CONCERNS AT A LOCAL LEVEL 488 00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:14,312 IN COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL REPORTERS IN TV AND PRINT ARE 489 00:35:14,378 --> 00:35:16,714 STILL OUT THERE STRUTION ELING TO DO REALLY IMPORTANT WORK BUT 490 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:20,585 THERE IS LESS AND LESS OF IT, NOT WHAT WE NEED, AND I DID A 491 00:35:20,651 --> 00:35:24,188 LOT OF REPORTING ON THE JANUARY 6th RIOTERS AND IDENTIFIED A 492 00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:28,226 BUNCH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS 493 00:35:28,292 --> 00:35:32,730 REENFORCE TO ME WE NEED MORE AND BETTER REPORTING IN COMMUNITIES 494 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,500 AROUND THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED TO SPHORT OUR 495 00:35:35,566 --> 00:35:37,301 JOURNALISTS OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS 496 00:35:37,368 --> 00:35:43,474 STATE OF RAGE AND WHO ARE VERY MAN I OUTABLE WHO WANT TO -- 497 00:35:43,541 --> 00:35:48,746 THESE AUTHORITYIAN ARGUMENTS. >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP 498 00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:54,118 HERE, YOU TALK ABOUT THE LOSS OF LOCAL NEWS, LOCAL NEWSPAPERS 499 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:58,656 THERE IS A CLIP HERE WHICH DEALS WITH THAT, WHO IS THAT DURING 500 00:35:58,723 --> 00:36:02,593 THIS INTERVIEW HERE. >> THIS IS A GUARDIAN REPORTER 501 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:06,597 NAMED OLLIE, A WONDERFUL JOURNALIST AND HE HAD TO WADE 502 00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:09,333 KIND OF THROUGH HELL AND BACK IN THIS FILL. 503 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,605 YOU WILL SEE. JIM? 504 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:21,145 >> IS MEANING THAT YOUNGSTOWN IS NOW THE BIGGEST CITY IN AMERICA 505 00:36:21,212 --> 00:36:25,049 WITHOUT A LOCAL NEWSPAPER. ARE YOU UPSET BY THAT? 506 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,584 >> NO, IT'S JUST A SIGN OF THE TIMES. 507 00:36:26,651 --> 00:36:31,522 THEY'RE A DYING INDUSTRY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH PROGRESSIVE. 508 00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:34,592 WE ARE NOT LEFT WING PROGRESSIVE. 509 00:36:34,659 --> 00:36:37,862 WE STOPPED BUYING THE NEWSPAPER. WE STOPPED THEM JUST HAVING ONE 510 00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:40,865 POINT OF VIEW, THE DEMOCRATS. WHY I AM GOING TO PAY FOR A 511 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,936 PAPER THAT CALLS ME ALL KINDS OF NAMES BECAUSE I'M A CONSERVATIVE 512 00:36:45,002 --> 00:36:47,438 REPUBLICAN. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE A DYING 513 00:36:47,505 --> 00:36:49,507 INDUSTRY. >> DON'T YOU THINK THOUGH THAT 514 00:36:49,574 --> 00:36:53,444 THIS COMMUNITY HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNALISM. 515 00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:57,281 THAT IS WHAT THE FUNCTION OF THAT PAPER WAS, TO HOLD THE 516 00:36:57,348 --> 00:36:58,616 POWERS TO ACCOUNT. >> I DON'T BELIEVE THEY DID I'M 517 00:36:58,683 --> 00:37:08,693 NOT GOING TO BUY A NEWSPAPER THAT DOESN'T REFLECT MY VIEWS. 518 00:37:08,759 --> 00:37:10,595 >> SO THIS IS CENTRAL TO THE PROBLEMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I 519 00:37:10,661 --> 00:37:15,266 THINK WHEN WE HAVE BASIC RIGHTS RIPPED AWAY FROM US, A LOT OF 520 00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:19,537 THE TIME ONE OF THE CORE THINGS UNDERPINNING THAT IS THE FACTS 521 00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:22,640 WE HAVE AS A PUBLIC, AN ELECTORATE AND WHO WE BRIPG IN 522 00:37:22,707 --> 00:37:26,577 SOMETIMES DUE TO A LACK OF THE FACTS PENETRATING WHO WE SEE 523 00:37:26,644 --> 00:37:29,947 OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THIS PARTICULAR JOURNALY THERE ARE 524 00:37:30,014 --> 00:37:32,483 FOUR CHARACTERS DEALING WITH DIFFERENT TREND LINES AND HOW IT 525 00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:36,220 IMPACTS THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. AND HIS JOURNEY IS A LOT ABOUT 526 00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:41,225 WADING THROUGH THAT KIND OF MISINFORMATION CULTURE. 527 00:37:41,292 --> 00:37:47,765 >> WELL, ON A LIGHTER SUBJECT, THEY PAY ME FOR THE SEGUE. 528 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:52,169 YOU WRITE BOOKS, YOU REPORT FOR "THE NEW YORKER," PROJECTS ON 529 00:37:52,236 --> 00:37:54,472 AUDIBLE NECO BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT YOU WERE 530 00:37:54,538 --> 00:37:59,944 INVOLVED WITH FAIRLY RECENTLY. YOU WERE A JUDGE ON RUPAUL'S 531 00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:03,814 DRAG RACE SEASON SEVEN. >> I WAS. 532 00:38:03,881 --> 00:38:07,518 >> Stephen: HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE THIS RESPONSIBILITY TO 533 00:38:07,585 --> 00:38:09,320 SOME OF THE OTHER JOBS THAT YOU HAVE DONE? 534 00:38:09,387 --> 00:38:13,524 >> I MEAN ONE OF MY TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS AND LOOK, I WANTED 535 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:18,396 TO DO OKAY SO BADLY. I HOPE THE DRAG RACE DIE HEARTS 536 00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:23,501 ARE KIND TO ME. HAVE I BEEN ASKED BEFORE, RU WAS 537 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:26,637 GRACIOUS AND WANTED ME ON SOME YEARS AGO, THE FIRST TIME I WAS 538 00:38:26,704 --> 00:38:29,874 BOOKED ON THE SHOW IT WAS OCTOBER 2017, I WAS A LITTLE 539 00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:32,710 BUSY AT THE TIME. >> I REMEMBER. 540 00:38:32,777 --> 00:38:34,745 >> I WAS WORKING ON A STORY ABOUT HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND 541 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:42,586 GETTING SOME OF THESE-- WASN'T EATING, WASN'T SLEEPING, WAS 542 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:45,690 BEING FOLLOWED AROUND IT WAS THIS EXISTENTIAL GIANTS THING 543 00:38:45,756 --> 00:38:49,226 THAT THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK PRER WORKING ON, I WAS WORKING 544 00:38:49,293 --> 00:38:51,495 ON. AND I DID GO AT THE 11th 545 00:38:51,562 --> 00:38:54,598 HOUR AND SAY WE ARE RUNG THIS STORY ON THIS DAY, THE EXACT 546 00:38:54,665 --> 00:39:00,538 DAY. BUT CAN I LEAVE TO JUDGE A DRAG 547 00:39:00,604 --> 00:39:05,076 PANCAKE COMPETITION. AND THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS 548 00:39:05,142 --> 00:39:08,879 COMPLETELY INSANE. AND SAID NO. 549 00:39:08,946 --> 00:39:12,583 SO I WAS SO HONORED TO BE ASKED BACK AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO DO. 550 00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:16,454 AND BOY, THEY'RE GREAT QUEENS ON THIS SEASON, THEY ARE ALL 551 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,622 WINNERS, THE THINGS YOU WILL SEE ON THIS EPISODE THAT I DID, IT 552 00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:22,460 BLEW MY MIND. >> CAN EVERYONE BE A WINNER, 553 00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:26,197 DON'T YOU HAVE TO JUDGE WHO THE WIN CERTIFICATE. 554 00:39:26,263 --> 00:39:30,401 >> THEY ARE PICKING A WINNER T IS VERY COMPLICATED POLITICS, 555 00:39:30,468 --> 00:39:31,669 STEVEN. >> RONAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 556 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:34,739 BEING HERE, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PRETENDING THE FREE PRESS, ITS 557 00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:38,075 WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN EPISODE, THE WAY YOU ARE CONSTANTLY PART 558 00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:40,277 OF THAT DRUM BEAT, WE NEED IT RIGHT NOW. 559 00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:43,848 >> Stephen: NICE OF YOU TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE 560 00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:45,516 FREE PRESS. >> Stephen: THE HBO DOCUMENTARY 561 00:39:45,583 --> 00:39:47,685 FILM, "ENDANGERED," DEBUTS TOMORROW ON HBO AND HBO MAX. 562 00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:54,358 RONAN FARROW, EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 563 00:40:09,073 --> 00:40:10,074 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW. 564 00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:13,310 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE 565 00:40:13,377 --> 00:40:15,513 ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ. JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 566 00:40:15,579 --> 00:40:19,483 HE'S IN LONDON. CHECK IT OUT. 567 00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:22,553 GOOD NIGHT. Captioning sponsored by CBS