1 00:00:26,025 --> 00:00:30,964 >> WELCOME TO "MARTHA STEWART." THEY SAY REVENGE IS A DISH BEST 2 00:00:31,030 --> 00:00:33,900 SERVED COLD. TODAY, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW 3 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:40,573 TO SEEK VENGEANCE ON A COYOTE. ALL YOU NEED IS COYOTE BAIT, A 4 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:45,812 LARGE KNIFE, ONE RIPE AVOCADO, AND A HEART FILLED WITH HATE. 5 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:49,949 LATER, WE'LL MOVE OVER TO MY MURDERING SHACK WHERE I CAN SHOW 6 00:00:50,016 --> 00:00:57,524 YOU SOME TOOLS OF THE TRADE. THIS IS A FANTASTIC GOUGING CLAW 7 00:00:57,590 --> 00:01:00,827 WHICH CAUSES A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH, GIVING THE COYOTE TIME TO 8 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:04,564 REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT DID TO MY PEACOCKS. 9 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:09,669 I ALWAYS FIND IT HELPFUL TO SEVER THE COYOTE'S HEAD AND JAM 10 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:11,938 IT ON A DECORATIVE CANDLESTICK AND PLACE IT AMONGST MY 11 00:01:12,005 --> 00:01:14,941 BOUGAINVILLEA IN THE GARDEN. IT REALLY SENDS A MESSAGE. 12 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:19,946 JOIN ME NEXT TIME WHEN I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO KILL A RACCOON, 13 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:23,950 BECAUSE MY GARBAGE CAN IS NOT A GODDAMN HOTEL. 14 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,952 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 15 00:01:26,019 --> 00:01:30,957 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." TONIGHT: 16 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:36,396 >> CHOCO TUESDAY! PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 17 00:01:36,463 --> 00:01:40,400 CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD AND BRETT GELMAN 18 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:45,171 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 19 00:01:45,238 --> 00:01:49,776 WITH SPECIAL GUEST ST. VINCENT. AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE 20 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:54,380 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 21 00:01:54,447 --> 00:02:00,787 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 22 00:02:00,854 --> 00:02:02,856 THANK YOU, JOSEPH. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 23 00:02:15,768 --> 00:02:24,944 THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 24 00:02:25,011 --> 00:02:28,982 THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME, DOWN HERE, UP THERE, 25 00:02:29,048 --> 00:02:34,220 ALL AROUND THE WORLD, TO "THE LATE SHOW." 26 00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:38,057 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. FOLKS, I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU 27 00:02:38,124 --> 00:02:39,292 STRAIGHT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 28 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:42,962 THINGS ARE LOOKIN' A LITTLE ROUGH RIGHT NOW, THE CLIMATE IS 29 00:02:43,029 --> 00:02:44,964 ON FIRE, DEMOCRACY IS HANGING ON BY A PUBE, AND JUST WHEN WE 30 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:49,969 THOUGHT WE COULDN'T TAKE ANOTHER PUNCH TO THE NATIONAL GUT, WE'VE 31 00:02:50,036 --> 00:02:53,273 LEARNED THAT KLONDIKE'S CHOCO TACO HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AFTER 32 00:02:53,339 --> 00:02:55,208 ALMOST 40 YEARS. OH, NO! 33 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:59,212 NOT THE CHOCO TACO! IT WAS THE ONLY DESSERT WITH AS 34 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:00,213 MUCH REAL BEEF AS TACO BELL! ( LAUGHTER ) 35 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,283 AND MAY I POINT OUT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 36 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:07,587 AND MAY I POINT OUT, WE LEARNED THIS SHOCKING NEWS ON A TACO 37 00:03:07,654 --> 00:03:10,757 TUESDAY. ( LAUGHTER ) 38 00:03:10,823 --> 00:03:15,194 THE WOUND. ACCORDING TO "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE-- 39 00:03:15,261 --> 00:03:19,966 THE MAGAZINE WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE-- THE 40 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:23,202 CHOCO TACO WAS DISCONTINUED DUE TO AN UNPRECEDENTED SPIKE IN 41 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:26,239 DEMAND FOR DIFFERENT KLONDIKE PRODUCTS OVER THE PAST TWO 42 00:03:26,306 --> 00:03:33,479 YEARS. OTHER KLONDIKE PRODUCTS? 43 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:35,181 WELL, I GUESS THE ANSWER TO "WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR A 44 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,951 KLONDIKE BAR?" IS "RUIN CHILDHOOD." 45 00:03:38,017 --> 00:03:39,485 AND, OKAY, IN 2022, I GUESS WE SHOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATING OTHER 46 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:43,189 CULTURES' DESSERT WRAPS. BUT AT LEAST REPLACE IT WITH AN 47 00:03:43,256 --> 00:03:55,969 AMERICAN FORM OF ICE CREAM. MIGHT I RECOMMEND STEPHEN 48 00:03:56,035 --> 00:03:59,205 COLBERT'S AMERICONE DREAM: RIGHT THERE. 49 00:03:59,272 --> 00:04:02,175 RIGHT THERE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 50 00:04:02,241 --> 00:04:07,213 MMM! MMM! 51 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:13,920 VANILLA ICE CREAM, FUDGE-COVERED WAFFLE BITS, AND A CARAMEL 52 00:04:13,987 --> 00:04:17,924 SWIRL. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE IF A CHOCO 53 00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:20,093 TACO GOT IN A TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT. 54 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:25,331 BUT OSING THE CHOCO TACO IS STILL SHOCK-O, AND MY COLLEAGUES 55 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:27,000 AT CABLE NEWS ARE ALL OVER IT. MSNBC'S ALEX WAGNER, HOW DOES 56 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:29,502 THE END OF THE CHOCO TACO MAKE YOU FEEL? 57 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:32,872 >> THERE IS HUNGER. >> Stephen: THERE SURE IS. 58 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:38,611 ( LAUGHTER ) DISCONTINUATION OF THE CHOCO 59 00:04:38,678 --> 00:04:40,146 TACO A DERELICTION OF LOYALTY? A DERELICTION OF PATRIOTISM? 60 00:04:40,213 --> 00:04:44,117 IS IT BREAKING THE LAW? >> IT WAS A DERELICTION OF 61 00:04:44,183 --> 00:04:46,319 LOYALTY, WAS A DERELICTION OF PATRIOTISM. 62 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:49,222 IS IT BREAKING THE LAW? I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE LAWYERS. 63 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:52,091 >> Stephen: ADMIRABLE CAUTION, JOHN. 64 00:04:52,158 --> 00:04:56,095 AND, FINALLY, ARI MELBER, PUT THE LOSS OF THIS FOLDED FROZEN 65 00:04:56,162 --> 00:04:58,598 CONFECTION INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR US. 66 00:04:58,665 --> 00:05:02,869 >> WORSE THAN WATERGATE? EASY CALL. 67 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:08,174 ( LAUGHTER ) THANK YOU, ARI. 68 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:10,343 UNLIKE THE CHOCO TACO, SOME THINGS JUST WON'T GO AWAY, LIKE 69 00:05:10,410 --> 00:05:12,111 FORMER PRESIDENT DINGUS EX MACHINA. 70 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:14,881 THIS AFTERNOON, THE OLD GRAY LADY DROPPED A BOMBSHELL ABOUT 71 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:19,452 THE OLD ORANGE PRESIDENT AND HIS PLAN TO STEAL THE 2020 ELECTION 72 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:21,988 BY APPOINTING SLATES OF FAKE ELECTORS THAT MIKE PENCE WOULD 73 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:24,090 THEN COUNT AND TAKE THE ELECTION AWAY FROM JOE BIDEN. 74 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:27,260 NOW, EVERYBODY'S BEEN CALLING THEM "FAKE ELECTORS," BECAUSE 75 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:34,734 THEY WERE FAKE, AND THAT'S A CRIME TO HAVE FAKE ELECTORS. 76 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:35,935 BUT SURELY THE PEOPLE WHO CRIMED THE CRIME WOULDN'T CALL THEM 77 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:44,110 THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S PROOF THAT THEY 78 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:46,879 KNEW THEIR CRIME WAS A CRIME WHILE THEY CRIMED IT. 79 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:48,581 WELL, THE "TIMES" GOT THEIR HANDS ON ACTUAL EMAILS FROM 80 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:50,249 THESE PLOTTERS, WHILE THEY WERE PLOTTING, AND THEY REPEATEDLY 81 00:05:50,316 --> 00:05:55,988 USED THE WORD "FAKE" TO REFER TO THE SO-CALLED ELECTORS. 82 00:05:56,055 --> 00:05:57,090 WELL, THEY JUST STRAIGHT-UP SAID IT! 83 00:05:57,156 --> 00:05:58,791 YOU'RE PLOTTING THE BIGGEST CRIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 84 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,093 YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE SOME CODE WORDS! 85 00:06:00,159 --> 00:06:04,097 ( AS MOBSTER ) CHOPPED UP IN TINY PIECES AT THE 86 00:06:04,163 --> 00:06:06,899 BOTTOM OF A LAKE 'CUZ I DUMPED HIS BODY OUT OF A BOAT. 87 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:08,901 AND HE'S NOT SLEEPING. HE'S DEAD. 88 00:06:08,968 --> 00:06:14,907 AND I FREAKIN' KILLED HIM." ( LAUGHTER ) 89 00:06:14,974 --> 00:06:24,183 ARIZONA LAWYER AND MAN WHO HASN'T SEEN HIS NEW HAIRCUT, YET 90 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:25,985 JACK WILENCHIK. WILENCHIK HELPED ORGANIZE THE 91 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:27,920 ELECTION SCAM IN ARIZONA AND DESCRIBED THE PLAN THIS WAY: 92 00:06:27,987 --> 00:06:29,522 "WE WOULD JUST BE SENDING 'FAKE' ELECTORAL VOTES TO PENCE 93 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:31,991 SO THAT SOMEONE IN CONGRESS CAN MAKE AN OBJECTION WHEN THEY 94 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:35,661 START COUNTING VOTES AND START ARGUING THAT THE 'FAKE' VOTES 95 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:38,131 SHOULD BE COUNTED." DOES HE KNOW THAT ADDING QUOTES 96 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:42,935 DOESN'T MAKE A CRIME NOT ILLEGAL? 97 00:06:43,002 --> 00:06:44,937 YOU CAN'T JUST TELL A COP: 98 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:48,941 "OFFICER, I'M INNOCENT. I WAS "DOING DONUTS" IN A 99 00:06:49,008 --> 00:06:55,948 "HOSPITAL LOBBY" WHILE "CHUGGING A 40 OF FIREBALL." 100 00:06:56,015 --> 00:06:59,952 I'LL, GOING NOW. AFTER REPEATEDLY CALLING THEM 101 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:02,588 FAKE, IN A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL, WILENCHIK WROTE THAT 102 00:07:02,655 --> 00:07:05,892 "'ALTERNATIVE' VOTES IS PROBABLY A BETTER TERM THAN 'FAKE' 103 00:07:05,958 --> 00:07:08,661 VOTES," ADDING A SMILEY FACE EMOJI. 104 00:07:08,728 --> 00:07:12,899 ( LAUGHTER ) HE REALIZED HE INCRIMINATED 105 00:07:12,965 --> 00:07:18,905 HIMSELF IN EMAIL, THEN HE ADMITTED IT IN THE NEXT EMAIL? 106 00:07:18,971 --> 00:07:22,108 SHRUG EMOJI, POOP EMOJI, FOR BRAIN EMOJI. 107 00:07:22,175 --> 00:07:31,918 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WORDS. 108 00:07:31,984 --> 00:07:36,923 NOW, ANOTHER OF THE PLOTTERS REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO CLETA 109 00:07:36,989 --> 00:07:39,826 MITCHELL, A LAWYER HELPING THE FORMER PRESIDENT, AS 110 00:07:39,892 --> 00:07:45,932 "CLITA" AND "CLAVITA." THAT'S A SURPRISE. 111 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:48,568 MOST REPUBLICAN MEN CAN'T FIND THE CLAVITA. 112 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:59,078 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERING ) 113 00:07:59,145 --> 00:08:01,881 TIME SINCE HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE IN DISGRACE, THE FORMER 114 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:05,885 PRESIDENT RETURNED TO WASHINGTON TO DELIVER A SPEECH ON CRIME. 115 00:08:05,952 --> 00:08:10,890 WOW! THAT TAKES A BIG SWINGING PAIR 116 00:08:10,957 --> 00:08:12,558 TO RETURN TO THE SCENE OF YOUR ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE 117 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:13,492 GOVERNMENT AND THEN GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT CRIME 118 00:08:13,559 --> 00:08:15,127 PREVENTION. IT'S LIKE BUFFALO BILL COMING 119 00:08:15,194 --> 00:08:24,904 BACK TO ANNOUNCE AN ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH AVEENO. 120 00:08:24,971 --> 00:08:28,908 ( AS BUFFALO BILL ) OR IT GETS THE DRYNESS AGAIN." 121 00:08:28,975 --> 00:08:36,916 "I'D MOISTURIZE ME." ( LAUGHTER ) 122 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:42,922 THAT'S A DISTURBING IMAGE. YOU'RE ALL WELCOME. 123 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:44,924 YOU'RE ALL WELCOME FOR THAT IMAGE IN YOUR HEAD. 124 00:08:44,991 --> 00:08:46,225 THE FORMER PRESIDENT ISN'T THE ONLY 2024 HOPEFUL WHO GAVE A 125 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:50,229 SPEECH IN D.C. TODAY. SO DID HIS FORMER V.P. MIKE 126 00:08:50,296 --> 00:08:58,237 PENCE. HERE'S THE VEEP'S BIG ENTRANCE 127 00:08:58,304 --> 00:09:10,216 AT THE YOUTH AMERICA FOUNDATION: ♪ ♪ ♪ 128 00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:14,887 >> Stephen: WOOO! 129 00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:17,323 TALK ABOUT RAZZLE-DAZZLE! ROCK 'N ROLL, NEON! 130 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:19,659 THE SPEECH WAS ELECTRIC! UNTIL HE GAVE IT: 131 00:09:19,725 --> 00:09:23,896 >> OUR LIVES HAVE CHANGED A LOT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE 132 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:26,899 TOGETHER. WE MOVED BACK TO INDIANA, WE 133 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:33,906 BOUGHT FIVE ACRES AND A POND. I GOT A RIDING MOWER, JOHN 134 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:40,913 DEERE, ZERO-TURN RADIUS, 54-INCH DECK, 25 HORSEPOWER. 135 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:44,917 >> Stephen: DON'T MAKE US THINK ABOUT GRASS GROWING, MIKE. 136 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:46,986 IT'S MORE EXCITING THAN YOU ARE. ( LAUGHTER ) 137 00:09:47,053 --> 00:09:51,924 LOOKS LIKE THESE DAYS, INSISTING HE'S A REGULAR GUY. 138 00:09:51,991 --> 00:09:56,829 >> KAREN AND I CAN CONFIRM NOW WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, YOU 139 00:09:56,896 --> 00:10:00,833 CAN BE THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR HOME STATE FOR FOUR, YOU CAN EVEN BE 140 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:04,837 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BUT YOU ARE 141 00:10:04,904 --> 00:10:07,940 STILL GOING TO WAIT 25 MINUTES FOR A TABLE AT OLIVE GARDEN ON 142 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:11,711 SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7:00. >> Stephen: OLIVE GARDEN AT 143 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:13,579 7:00 P.M. THAT'S A PRETTY HOT SATURDAY 144 00:10:13,646 --> 00:10:15,581 NIGHT. ( AS PENCE ) 145 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:21,020 NO THANK YOU, I'M DRIVING." ONE REPUBLICAN WHO WON'T BE 146 00:10:21,087 --> 00:10:27,193 SUPPORTING PENCE IS FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ, SEEN 147 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:28,894 HERE CHEERING AT THE WRONG PART OF THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT 148 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:32,164 SEMINAR. ( LAUGHTER ) 149 00:10:32,231 --> 00:10:36,702 TRAFFICKING AN UNDERAGE WOMAN FOR SEX, BUT IT HASN'T AFFECTED 150 00:10:36,769 --> 00:10:39,605 HIS SPEAKING SCHEDULE. OVER THE WEEKEND, HE APPEARED AT 151 00:10:39,672 --> 00:10:43,009 THE ULTRACONSERVATIVE GROUP, TURNING POINT USA'S, ANNUAL 152 00:10:43,075 --> 00:10:44,977 STUDENT ACTION SUMMIT. GAETZ WILL ATTEND ANYTHING WITH 153 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:47,279 THE WORDS "STUDENT" AND "ACTION" IN THE TITLE. 154 00:10:47,346 --> 00:10:51,650 ( LAUGHTER ) AND DURING HIS SPEECH-- 155 00:10:51,717 --> 00:10:58,024 ( APPLAUSE ) NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE APPLAUDING, 156 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:00,826 BUT I'M IN. DURING HIS SPEECH, GAETZ SAID 157 00:11:00,893 --> 00:11:04,830 THIS ABOUT PENCE: >> LET ME JUST SAY WHAT 158 00:11:04,897 --> 00:11:08,200 EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS: MIKE PENCE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT. 159 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:12,905 ( CHEERING ) >> Stephen: OH, SNAP. 160 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:16,842 ( LAUGHTER ) A GUY WHO'S NOT ALLOWED WITHIN 161 00:11:16,909 --> 00:11:30,256 50 FEET OF ONE. IT 162 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:31,857 IN HAPPIER NEWS THAN MATT GAETZ: MONKEYPOX. 163 00:11:31,924 --> 00:11:33,125 I'LL CATCH YOU UP ON THE LATEST IN MY I REALLY WISH THIS WASN'T 164 00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:36,829 A RECURRING SEGMENT: ♪ MAMA CALLED THE DOCTOR 165 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:39,598 AND THE DOCTOR SAID ♪ NO MORE MONKEY POX SPREADING 166 00:11:39,665 --> 00:11:44,837 ON THE BED! >> Stephen: MONKEYPOX FIRST 167 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:48,841 APPEARED IN THE U.S. BACK IN MAY, AND UNLIKE WITH COVID, WE 168 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:51,610 REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY, BECAUSE THERE'S A PRE-EXISTING 169 00:11:51,677 --> 00:11:56,449 VACCINE. IN FACT, THE UNITED STATES. OWNS 170 00:11:56,515 --> 00:11:58,951 WELL OVER A MILLION DOSES. BUT BY JUNE, NEW YORK CITY HAD 171 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:00,853 ONLY 1,000 DOSES AVAILABLE. THAT'S NOTHING! 172 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,789 A THOUSAND NEW YORKERS IS THE WAITLIST FOR BRUNCH. 173 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:08,828 ( LAUGHTER ) PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. 174 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:12,731 BUT IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS AFTER MONKEYPOX ARRIVED IN THE U.S., 175 00:12:12,798 --> 00:12:15,501 THE GOVERNMENT REQUESTED ONLY 72,000 DOSES, TAKING WHAT'S NOW 176 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:18,237 BEING CALLED A "WAIT-AND-SEE ATTITUDE." 177 00:12:18,304 --> 00:12:22,942 NOT THE URGENCY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN AN EMERGENCY. 178 00:12:23,008 --> 00:12:25,945 YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR A LIFE GUARD SAY, "LOOKS LIKE YOU 179 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:29,582 MIGHT BE DROWNING, BUT LET'S WAIT AND SEE. 180 00:12:29,648 --> 00:12:34,787 WHAT'S THAT? WELL, A VERY "GLUG-GLUG" TO YOU, 181 00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:38,057 TOO. SO WHERE'S ALL THE VACCINE WE 182 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:41,127 ALREADY OWN? IT'S CURRENTLY IN DENMARK, BUT 183 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:43,863 WE HAVEN'T SHIPPED IT OVER HERE BECAUSE OFFICIALS SAID THE 184 00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:46,799 STORAGE FACILITIES IN AMERICA AREN'T AS COLD AS THE DENMARK 185 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:53,272 FACILITY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IS AS COLD? 186 00:12:53,339 --> 00:12:54,807 THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER. SEND THOSE VACCINES TO ME. 187 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:58,544 I'LL STICK 'EM BEHIND MY DESK. WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 188 00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:02,815 TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE CHARLAMAGNE THA 189 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:05,918 GOD AND STAR OF "STRANGER THINGS," BRETT GELMAN. 190 00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:06,986 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE"! 191 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:09,288 JOIN US, WON'T YOU. 192 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:55,734 GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND! IT'S LOUIS CATO. 193 00:13:55,801 --> 00:14:01,407 AND... ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 194 00:14:01,473 --> 00:14:07,513 >> Louis: YES. >> Stephen: LET ME DO THIS 195 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:08,981 TONIGHT. TONIGHT, SITTING WITH THE BAND, 196 00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:11,584 THE WONDERFUL ST. VINCENT IS HERE TONIGHT. 197 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:14,186 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 198 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:21,527 ( APPLAUSE ) "MARTHA MY DEAR" BY THE BEATLES. 199 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:23,896 AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE. 200 00:14:23,963 --> 00:14:28,901 WE HAD YOU ON THE SHOW BEFORE. YOUR COVER OF "DIG A PONY" I 201 00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:32,972 THINK MIGHT BE BETTER THAN THE BEATLES' "DIG A PONY." 202 00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:38,210 DON'T TELL JOHN LENNON I SAID THAT. 203 00:14:38,277 --> 00:14:39,378 UNBELIEVABLE. >> THANK YOU. 204 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:44,984 >> Stephen: ANY CHANCE I COULD GET A LITTLE "DIG A PONY"? 205 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:47,720 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH. 206 00:14:47,786 --> 00:14:50,723 >> Stephen: THIS IS WORKING OUT. 207 00:14:50,789 --> 00:14:53,726 ALSO, COMING OUT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE, OUR FRIEND 208 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:55,728 CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD WILL BE OUT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. 209 00:14:55,794 --> 00:15:00,666 ( APPLAUSE ) WEEK," COMEDY CENTRAL. 210 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:03,435 AND FROM "STRANGER THINGS," ONE OF THE STARS, BRETT GELMAN WILL 211 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:05,838 BE OUT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE. 212 00:15:05,904 --> 00:15:11,377 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). Y'KNOW, FOLKS, I SPEND MOST OF 213 00:15:11,443 --> 00:15:14,213 MY TIME RIGHT OVER THERE, SELECTING THE DAY'S BIGGEST, 214 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,549 MOST-IMPORTANT NEWS, CAREFULLY LAYING IT OUT ON A STORY CANVAS, 215 00:15:17,616 --> 00:15:20,986 MIXING CHROMA, HUE, AND VALUE IN AN ELEGANT AND TOPICAL DANCE 216 00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:26,191 TO CREATE FOR YOU THE SUBTLE, MOVING, AND TIMELESS CLAUDE 217 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:29,495 MONET MAGNUM OPUS THAT IS MY NIGHTLY MONOLOGUE. 218 00:15:29,561 --> 00:15:30,763 BUT SOMETIMES, JUST SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I WAKE UP IN AN ABANDONED 219 00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:32,965 TRAIN CAR, SCAVENGE SOME LEFTOVER INSTANT NOODLES AND THE 220 00:15:33,032 --> 00:15:35,301 CHEWING GUM OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A SLEEPING HOBO, THEN STICK IT 221 00:15:35,367 --> 00:15:37,836 ALL TO THE BACK OF A SCRAP OF CARPET TO PRESENT THE DRIFTER'S 222 00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:42,207 MACARONI ART OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 223 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:53,986 MEANWHILE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 224 00:15:54,053 --> 00:16:02,194 MEANWHILE, ON SUNDAY JENNIFER LOPEZ CELEBRATED HER 53rd 225 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:05,898 BIRTHDAY WITH A NUDE PHOTO SHOOT TO PROMOTE HER NEW "FIRM AND 226 00:16:05,964 --> 00:16:08,967 FLAUNT TARGETED BOOTY BALM." WHAT? 227 00:16:09,034 --> 00:16:13,072 COME ON, J-LO. COME ON. 228 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:18,210 I MEAN, YOU LOOK GREAT, BUT THAT'S MY THING. 229 00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:26,185 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) EVEN "MORE" FOOTBALL? 230 00:16:26,251 --> 00:16:27,986 THE N.F.L. HOPES SO, BECAUSE THEY'RE LAUNCHING THEIR OWN 231 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:30,189 STREAMING SERVICE FOR THE FIRST TIME CALLED NFL+. 232 00:16:30,255 --> 00:16:34,193 IT'S A SIMILAR MODEL TO CNN+, BUT WITH VIEWERS. 233 00:16:34,259 --> 00:16:40,966 ( LAUGHTER ) I'M GOING TO TELL YOU. 234 00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:42,735 THE SUBSCRIPTION INCLUDES ALL OUT-OF-MARKET PRESEASON 235 00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:45,170 GAMES, LIVE MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO LOCAL AND PRIME-TIME REGULAR 236 00:16:45,237 --> 00:16:50,209 SEASON AND POSTSEASON GAMES, AND N.F.L. NETWORK SHOWS ON 237 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:54,179 DEMAND AND ARCHIVED N.F.L. FILMS PROGRAMMING FOR $4.99 A MONTH, 238 00:16:54,246 --> 00:16:56,982 MAKING IT, BY FAR, THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY TO TELL YOUR 239 00:16:57,049 --> 00:16:58,951 SPOUSE, "I'VE GIVEN UP ON THIS MARRIAGE." 240 00:16:59,017 --> 00:17:06,692 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT WAS A REALLY LONG WALK. 241 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:11,630 WORTH THE WAIT. WE GOT THERE TOGETHER, THOUGH. 242 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:14,967 MEANWHILE, A GOAT IN PAKISTAN HAS GONE VIRAL FOR HAVING EARS 243 00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:18,203 SO LONG, THEY "DANGLE 23 INCHES." 244 00:17:18,270 --> 00:17:20,973 WHEN CHOOSING A NAME FOR THIS ANIMAL WITH COMICALLY LARGE 245 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:24,777 EARS, THE OWNER CHOSE THE MOST LOGICAL DISNEY CHARACTER: 246 00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:26,311 SIMBA. ( LAUGHTER ) 247 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:29,782 NOT DUMBO? "CHECK IT OUT. 248 00:17:29,848 --> 00:17:31,049 I FOUND THIS REINDEER WITH A NOSE THAT GLOWS RED. 249 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:34,186 SAY HELLO TO GARFIELD THE RED NOSED REINDEER. 250 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:38,991 HE LOVES LASAGNA." ( LAUGHTER ) 251 00:17:39,057 --> 00:17:44,930 THAT THESE DAYS MORE PEOPLE ARE DATING WITHOUT DRINKING, AND 252 00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:49,601 THAT THEY PREFER TO MEET POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR COFFEE, 253 00:17:49,668 --> 00:17:50,969 A FAVORITE HOBBY, OR A STROLL. OKAY, COFFEE AND A STROLL I GET. 254 00:17:51,036 --> 00:17:53,839 BUT HOBBIES CAN BE PRETTY SPECIFIC. 255 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:56,975 "HEY, SO FOR OUR FIRST DATE, I'M THINKING YOU COME OVER AND WATCH 256 00:17:57,042 --> 00:17:59,945 ME PAINT MY WARCRAFT FIGURINES. DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL BE SOBER THE 257 00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:05,751 WHOLE TIME." ( LAUGHTER ) 258 00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:08,987 AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY? 259 00:18:09,054 --> 00:18:14,193 HOW ABOUT THIS ONE-BEDROOM BROOKLYN SAILBOAT FOR RENT AT 260 00:18:14,259 --> 00:18:20,999 $600 A MONTH WHERE YOU SHOWER-- QUOTE-- "AT A NEARBY GYM." 261 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:22,668 IT'S OPEN CONCEPT, IN THAT YOU MUST BE OPEN TO THE CONCEPT OF 262 00:18:22,734 --> 00:18:26,972 WATCHING OLD MEN BLOW DRY THEIR GROINS. 263 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:32,478 IF THAT SEEMS A LITTLE LOW RENT, A HAMPTONS HOME WITH A 264 00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:34,213 $1 MILLION TV JUST SOLD FOR $30 MILLION. 265 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:38,183 THE MILLION-DOLLAR TV IS EIGHT FEET TALL, 18 FEET WIDE, 266 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:41,954 BY A FIRE PIT. IT'S HYDRAULIC, AND POPS OUT 267 00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:44,990 FROM THE GROUND, DROPPING BACK IN IF IT'S RAINING. 268 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:46,425 ALSO MAKES A HANDY WALL AGAINST WHICH YOU WILL BE LINED UP AND 269 00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:49,394 SHOT WHEN THE REVOLUTION COMES. ( LAUGHTER ) 270 00:18:49,461 --> 00:19:02,207 MEANWHILE, VELVEETA JUST RELEASED A LIQUID MAC AND 271 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:05,210 CHEESE MARTINI. IT'S THE PERFECT DRINK FOR 272 00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:08,981 ANYONE WHO SAYS, "I WANT TO GET DRUNK AND EAT FONDUE, BUT I 273 00:19:09,047 --> 00:19:12,317 DON'T WANT TO DIRTY TWO DISHES." THIS AFFRONT TO GOD IS A RIFF ON 274 00:19:12,384 --> 00:19:14,987 A DIRTY MARTINI THAT FEATURES VELVEETA-CHEESE-INFUSED VODKA 275 00:19:15,053 --> 00:19:18,190 STIRRED WITH OLIVE BRINE AND DRY VERMOUTH, GARNISHED WITH 276 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:26,198 VELVEETA-STUFFED OLIVES, JUMBO-SIZE VELVEETA CHEESE 277 00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:34,206 SHELLS, AND A CHEESE DRIP, AND IS CALLED "THE VELTINI," WHICH 278 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:38,510 "A CRY FOR HELP." CRY FOR HELP." 279 00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:42,080 BECAUSE WE ARE SPECIAL, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR HANDS ON 280 00:19:42,147 --> 00:19:44,983 A VELTINI. LET'S GIVE IT WHIRL. 281 00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:47,052 ( LAUGHTER ) ( GAGS ) 282 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,002 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD. 283 00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:39,972 WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS A 284 00:20:40,038 --> 00:20:45,811 CO-HOST OF THE RADIO SHOW "THE BREAKFAST CLUB." 285 00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:46,979 HIS LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION SHOW RETURNS THIS THURSDAY WITH 286 00:20:47,045 --> 00:20:49,314 A NEW NAME: "HELL OF A WEEK WITH CHARLAMAGNE THE GOD." 287 00:20:49,381 --> 00:20:55,454 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD! 288 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:04,463 ♪ ♪ ♪ 289 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:07,633 ( APPLAUSE ). >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU 290 00:21:07,699 --> 00:21:09,835 AGAIN. >> HOW ARE YOU. 291 00:21:09,901 --> 00:21:12,170 >> Stephen: I'M DOING WELL. THAT' MIQUESTION TO YOU. 292 00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:15,641 THE THING I LIKE ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S 293 00:21:15,707 --> 00:21:18,744 FEELINGS? YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE. 294 00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:21,813 WHEN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION I KNOW YOU MEAN IT. 295 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,183 HOW ARE YOU CHARLEMAGNE. >> HOW AM I? 296 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:28,453 I'M DOING BETTER THAN THE CHOCO TACO. 297 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,623 GOD HAS NOT BIS DISS CONTINUED ME YET. 298 00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:32,958 I'M HERE. >> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE 299 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:34,126 BORN? >> 1978. 300 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:36,428 >> Stephen: YOU'RE A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN THE CHOCO TACO. 301 00:21:36,495 --> 00:21:38,530 >> 40. >> Stephen: YOU LOOK BETTER 302 00:21:38,597 --> 00:21:41,433 THOUGH. >> I MADE IT FARTHER THAN THE 303 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,202 CHOCO TACO. >> Stephen: THAT'S AN 304 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:47,506 ACCOMPLISHMENT. >> THAT IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. 305 00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:50,876 ( APPLAUSE ). STAYING OPTIMISTIC AND DEALING 306 00:21:50,942 --> 00:21:53,979 WITH YOUR ANXIETY THESE DAYS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY 307 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:57,783 OPEN ABOUT YOUR-- YOUR ISSUES WITH ANXIETY, WHICH I HAVE AS 308 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:59,518 WELL. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO FUNCTION 309 00:21:59,584 --> 00:22:02,120 THESE DAYS? >> THE SAME THINGS, THERAPY, 310 00:22:02,187 --> 00:22:06,124 BREATHING EXERCISES, MEDITATION, EDIBLES. 311 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:10,929 AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PESSIMISM HAS NEVER WON ANY 312 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:14,232 BATTLES SO THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE CHICKEN LITTLE AND 313 00:22:14,299 --> 00:22:15,934 THE SKY IS FALLING, LIKE MY THERAPIST SAYS, "YOU HAVE TO 314 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:19,938 FEEL YOUR FEELS." SKY IS FALLING. 315 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:22,140 LET'S BE CLEAR ON THAT. >> Stephen: IT DOES NOT HELP 316 00:22:22,207 --> 00:22:23,975 TO DENY IT. >> THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 317 00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:26,745 SOMETIMES YOU GO CRAZY BECAUSE YOU WATCH THE NEWS AND YOU FEEL 318 00:22:26,812 --> 00:22:30,549 LIKE PEOPLE AREN'T SPEAKING TO THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT I FEEL 319 00:22:30,615 --> 00:22:33,151 IS AT HAND. AND I THINK IT'S THE URGENCY OF 320 00:22:33,218 --> 00:22:33,985 THE MATTER. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN 321 00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:35,520 FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS? 322 00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:38,123 >> YES. >> Stephen: BECAUSE THERE'S A 323 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:42,828 SENSE OF URGENCY THERE. WHEN I WATCH IT, MY FIRST 324 00:22:42,894 --> 00:22:47,032 FEELING, WHEN I SAW THE FIRST TIME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IS 325 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:49,034 GRATITUDE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE 326 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:51,870 LOOKING AT THE WORLD WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY AND DOING THEIR 327 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:52,838 JOB. ( APPLAUSE ) 328 00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:56,641 OF THEM SO FAR? >> YOU KNOW, I'M SKEPTICAL. 329 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:59,044 YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THE RIGHT THING GETS DONE. 330 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:02,848 BUT I THINK THE MEDIA HAS TO STOP SAYING THINGS-- WELL, 331 00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:05,117 ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE , YOU KNOW, "SHOULD DONALD TRUMP BE 332 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:09,221 PROSECUTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE INSURRECTION?" 333 00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:13,925 LIKE, IT'S LIKE, "NO, MAKE A STATEMENT. 334 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:17,195 DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR HIS ROLE IN THE 335 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:17,929 INSURRECTION. RIGHT, YOU KNOW. 336 00:23:17,996 --> 00:23:22,934 >> ( APPLAUSE ). 337 00:23:23,001 --> 00:23:26,538 PROSECUTE HIM THEN, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO 338 00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:30,542 SAY, "SEE, ANOTHER WITCH HUNT." YOU KNOW, IT GIVES HIM THE 339 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:33,578 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, "SEE, THEY KEEP DIGGING FOR THINGS, BUT 340 00:23:33,645 --> 00:23:36,047 THINGS AREN'T THERE." IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY CHARGE HIM 341 00:23:36,114 --> 00:23:38,483 AND PROSECUTE HIM, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE THE 342 00:23:38,550 --> 00:23:39,951 EVIDENCE TO DO, DO IT. SIMPLE AS THAT. 343 00:23:40,018 --> 00:23:41,920 REMEMBER LAST TIME I WAS HERE-- I THINK IT WAS THE LAST TIME I 344 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:44,322 WAS HERE EYE SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE FOUR THINGS THAT NEEDED 345 00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:47,959 TO BE DONE TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY. YOU HAVE TO PROSECUTE EVERYBODY 346 00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:51,429 INVOLVED IN WANT ATTEMPTED COUP OF THIS COUNTRY ON JANUARY 6. 347 00:23:51,496 --> 00:23:53,398 >> Stephen: YEAH, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT? 348 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:55,934 WHAT ARE THERE CONSEQUENCES FOR? >> THAT'S RIGHT. 349 00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:57,869 >> Stephen: WHY DO WE HAVE THIS SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. 350 00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:00,772 YOU DON'T LET THE DEMOCRATS OFF THE HOOK. 351 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:02,841 I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BE 352 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:07,412 TOO HELD ADMOWBL THIS MOMENT? >> BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS 353 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:09,981 ARE IN POWER RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART. 354 00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:14,186 THEY HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, THEY-- THEY HAVE THE 355 00:24:14,252 --> 00:24:16,154 HOUSE. THEY-- THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY 356 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:19,825 HAVE THE SENATE, BUT IT COULD BE A 50-50 FOR SOMETHING LIKE 357 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:22,994 GETTING RID OF THE FILIBUSTER. THEY COULD VOTE TO GET RID OF 358 00:24:23,061 --> 00:24:25,964 THE FILIBUSTER AND PROPERLY LEGISLATE, IF THEY COULD GETEC 359 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:32,003 ON BOARD, THE JOE MANCHINS, AND OTHER DINOS IN THE PARTY. 360 00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:36,975 THAT'S "DEMOCRATS IN NAME ONLY." I DIDN'T MEAN THAT LIKE OLD. 361 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:40,312 NOT OLD AND PREHISTORIC BUT THAT KIND OF DINO. 362 00:24:40,378 --> 00:24:43,548 IF THEY COULD GET EVERYBODY IN LINE THEY COULD VOTE FOR THE 363 00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:45,317 FILIBUSTER. >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU DO 364 00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:50,155 THAT. IF JOE MANCHIN AND KRISTEN 365 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:52,324 CINEMA? >> YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PULL A PAGE 366 00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:56,228 OUT OF THE GUY'S NAME YOU DON'T LIKE TO SAY ON THIS SHOW AND 367 00:24:56,294 --> 00:24:59,831 BOOK AND SHAME THESE PEOPLE. >> Stephen: HE SHAMED THEM BY 368 00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:02,500 SAYING WE'LL VOTE YOU OUT. ARE YOU WILLING TO LOSE A COUPLE 369 00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:05,203 OF SENATORS. >> YOU DON'T HAVE THEM NOW. 370 00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:10,242 EVERYBODY SAYS, "JOE MANCHIN WHAT IF HE GOES TO THE 371 00:25:10,308 --> 00:25:12,677 REPUBLICAN PARTY? YOU DON'T HAVE HIM NOW! 372 00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:15,413 YOU VOTE TO GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER, EXPAND THE SUPREME 373 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,048 COURT SO YOU CAN PROTECT OUR RIGHTS. 374 00:25:17,115 --> 00:25:19,985 AND YOU CAN PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE 375 00:25:20,051 --> 00:25:23,188 FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT. TO ME, MAN, THE ONLY THING ON 376 00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:26,858 THE BALLOT COME THE MIDTERMS AND 2024 IS DEMOCRACY. 377 00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:30,729 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REALIZE, WE'RE IN THE END SCAM GAMENOW. 378 00:25:30,795 --> 00:25:33,899 LIKE, WE'RE LITERALLY IN THE END GAME NOW. 379 00:25:33,965 --> 00:25:38,236 WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET OUR OWN INFINITY STONES AND 380 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:42,040 BRING PEOPLE BACK AT THIS POINT. >> Stephen: OKAY, SO, PEOPLE 381 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:46,211 ARE SAYING-- MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE SAYING THAT PRESIDENT 382 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:49,114 BIDEN SHOULDN'T RUN AGAIN. AND I KNOW YOU WERE A BERNIE 383 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:51,182 FAN, WEREN'T YOU? >> UHM-- 384 00:25:51,249 --> 00:25:53,518 >> Stephen: WHO WAS YOUR FAN? >> I LIKE BERNIE. 385 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:55,487 BERNIE IS COOL. I DON'T REALLY LIKE NOBODY. 386 00:25:55,553 --> 00:25:59,190 I DON'T REALLY LIKE NOBODY. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL DID THE 387 00:25:59,257 --> 00:26:02,794 BEST WE COULD, RIGHT? I'M A BIG FAN OF THE FOUR 388 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,296 AGREEMENTS. THE LAST AGREEMENT IN THE FOUR 389 00:26:04,362 --> 00:26:06,064 AGREEMENTS IS ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST. 390 00:26:06,131 --> 00:26:09,401 WE ALL JUST DID OUR BEST. WE DID OUR CIVIC DUTY AND WENT 391 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:12,637 THROUGHOUT AND VOTED FOR THE PERSON THAT WE THOUGHT YOU KNOW 392 00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:15,640 COULD PROTECT OUR RIGHTS. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THOSE RIGHTS 393 00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:17,309 ARE BEING PROTECTED ALL WAIT RIGHT NOW. 394 00:26:17,375 --> 00:26:20,078 >> Stephen: WELL-- >> THAT'S WHY-- PEOPLE ALWAYS 395 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:22,614 SAY, "JUST VOTE, JUST VOTE, JUST VOTE." 396 00:26:22,681 --> 00:26:25,450 I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN VOTING. I'M GOING TO ALWAYS VOTE. 397 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:28,219 LET'S KEEP IN MIND WE VOTED FOR PEOPLE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE 398 00:26:28,286 --> 00:26:32,123 GOING TO PROTECT US FROM THE BAD GUYS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BAD 399 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:35,827 GUYS ARE WINNING. IF THE BAD GUYS ARE WINNING, THE 400 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:38,096 MEDIA IS COMPLICITY. THEY'RE GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION. 401 00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:40,231 DO YOU THINK THEY'RE DOING ALL THEY CAN IS? 402 00:26:40,298 --> 00:26:43,435 >> Stephen: NO, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING ALL THEY CAN BUT A 403 00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:46,504 LOT OF THE STUFF IS HAPPENING ON A FEDERAL COURT LEVEL, LIKE THE 404 00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:49,574 SUPREME COURT, AND THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT 405 00:26:49,641 --> 00:26:51,276 UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE OPENINGS ON THAT COURT. 406 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:55,680 >> OR YOU VOTE TO GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND THEN YOU EXPAND 407 00:26:55,747 --> 00:26:57,983 THE SUPREME COURT. THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY 408 00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:01,619 DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED EVERY POLITICAL STRATEGY EXCEPT FOR 409 00:27:01,686 --> 00:27:04,222 COURAGE. IT TAKES POLITICAL COURAGE TO DO 410 00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:05,824 THOSE THINGS. ( APPLAUSE ) 411 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:11,997 THURSDAY, OVER ON COMEDY CENTRAL. 412 00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:14,399 >> . . >> YOUR LATE-NIGHT SHOW IS BACK 413 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:17,902 FOR A SECOND SEASON. NEW NAME. 414 00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:19,170 "HELL OF A WEEK." >> "HELL OF A WEEK." 415 00:27:19,237 --> 00:27:20,739 >> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, WHY THAT NAME "HELL OF A WEEK"? 416 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:23,675 >> LOOK AT THE TIME WIERS IN. I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IN THIS 417 00:27:23,742 --> 00:27:27,479 ROOM HAS SAID THAT-- YOU SAY THAT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK EVERY 418 00:27:27,545 --> 00:27:28,680 WEEK. YOU KNOW. 419 00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:31,349 "IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A WEEK." >> Stephen: EVERY DAY FEELS 420 00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:34,386 LIKE A HELL OF A WEEK THESE DAYS. 421 00:27:34,452 --> 00:27:40,158 >> YEAH, YEAH, AND IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE A WEEKLY TALK SHOW. 422 00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:43,261 THAT'S TECHNICALLY TERM. >> Stephen: HOW DOES THAT 423 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:45,830 DIFFER FROM "GOD'S HONEST TRUTH." 424 00:27:45,897 --> 00:27:49,200 >> I THINK IT GOES TO MY STRENGTH, MY COMMUNITY. 425 00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:51,536 SITTING AROUND AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE. 426 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:56,141 LET'S BE CLEAR, MAN, TRYING TO DO IT ALONE, THAT'S A LOT OF OF 427 00:27:56,207 --> 00:27:57,542 HEAVY LIFTING. >> Stephen: THE IDEA OF BEING 428 00:27:57,609 --> 00:28:00,145 ON STAGE ALONE TELLING JOKES, THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE. 429 00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:01,946 >> HEY, MAN. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 430 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:05,050 QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK 431 00:28:05,116 --> 00:28:07,886 CHARLEMAGNE ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH A BEAUTIFUL NEW 432 00:28:07,952 --> 00:28:09,954 MUSEUM IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, STICK AROUND. 433 00:28:24,969 --> 00:28:27,906 ( APPLAUSE ) HEY, EVERYTHING. 434 00:28:27,972 --> 00:28:29,908 LOOKIE HERE. LOOK WHAT WE GOT RIGHT THERE. 435 00:28:29,974 --> 00:28:32,377 IT'S CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD. HOST OF "HELL OF A WEEK" OVER ON 436 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:34,612 COMEDY CENTRAL. YOU AND I ARE BOTH FROM SOUTH 437 00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:37,916 CAROLINA. AND I KNOW YOU GET BACK THERE 438 00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:45,924 BECAUSE I JUST SAW YOU-- SAW YOU AT THE DENMARK V.C. 439 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:47,459 BICENTENNIAL. WHEN YOU'RE BACK THERE-- WHEN 440 00:28:47,525 --> 00:28:50,528 I'M BACK THERE THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE TO HAVE TO EAT. 441 00:28:50,595 --> 00:28:52,931 JOHN'S ISLAND TOMATOES. I HAVE TO HAVE BOILED PEANUTS. 442 00:28:52,997 --> 00:28:55,200 PEACHES FROM UPSTATE, FIGS FROM MY GARDEN. 443 00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:58,703 WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO EAT? >> I LOVE BOILED PEANUTS, BUT 444 00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:00,572 REALLY FRIED FOOD. THERE'S NO REASON TO EAT 445 00:29:00,638 --> 00:29:03,374 ANYTHING FRIED IF IT'S NOT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. 446 00:29:03,441 --> 00:29:06,611 THE FISH, THE SHRIMP. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 447 00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:09,881 MY FATHER HAD A SEAFOOD STORE BACK IN THE DAY. 448 00:29:09,948 --> 00:29:13,585 AND, LIKE, MY FATHER KNOWS HOW TO FRY REALLY GOOD FISH. 449 00:29:13,651 --> 00:29:16,654 MY AUNTS KNOW HOW TO FRY REALLY GOOD FISH. 450 00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:19,090 MY FATHER-IN-LAW KNOWS HOW TO FRY REALLY GOOD FRISH. 451 00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:21,059 >> Stephen: THEY'LL FRY ANYTHING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 452 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:24,696 DIP IT IN CONCRETE AND DEEP-FAT FRY IT. 453 00:29:24,762 --> 00:29:27,432 >> THAT'S WHERE CRACK CAME FROM. THEY FRIED COCAINE. 454 00:29:27,499 --> 00:29:32,337 ( LAUGHTER ). IS, THE BEARPT FRIED? 455 00:29:32,403 --> 00:29:37,909 >> BATTER FRIED COCAINE. >> Stephen: IS THAT ORIGINAL 456 00:29:37,976 --> 00:29:41,112 RECIPE OR EXTRA CRISPY? >> EXTRA CRISPY. 457 00:29:41,179 --> 00:29:43,481 >> Stephen: YOU'RE ON THE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL 458 00:29:43,548 --> 00:29:44,616 AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. >> YES. 459 00:29:44,682 --> 00:29:47,385 >> Stephen: WHICH IS OPENING THIS FEBRUARY-- OR JANUARY. 460 00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:52,323 >> JANUARY, LUTE JR. WEEKEND. >> Stephen: IN 2023. 461 00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:55,393 FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, TELL THEM 462 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:59,597 THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS MUSEUM IS BECAUSE MY WIFE, EVIE, IS 463 00:29:59,664 --> 00:30:04,202 INVOLVED IN THIS MUSEUM AS WELL. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY-- NOT ONLY 464 00:30:04,269 --> 00:30:06,070 ORGANIZATION BUT AN EXTRAORDINARY LOCATION, TOO. 465 00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:11,376 >> YEAH, MAN. IT'S DR. TANYA MATTHEWS, THE 466 00:30:11,442 --> 00:30:13,411 C.E.O. OF THE INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 467 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:16,514 AND SHE ALWAYS SAID THIS MUSEUM IS NOT GOING TO BE A STORY OF 468 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:18,783 THE ENSLAVED. IT'S GOING TO BE A STORY OF 469 00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:20,084 SURVIVAL, YOU KNOW,. AND THAT'S THE STORY THAT SHE 470 00:30:20,151 --> 00:30:25,557 WANTS TO TELL. AND IT'S BUILT ON THE WHARF. 471 00:30:25,623 --> 00:30:28,426 THE NUMBER RANGES FROM 50% TO 60%. 472 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:33,831 THEY SAY BETWEEN 50% AND 60% OF ALL ENSLAVED AFRICANS CAME 473 00:30:33,898 --> 00:30:36,267 THROUGH THE WHARF. >> Stephen: AND STOOD ON THAT 474 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:38,336 SPOT IN CHAINS. >> THAT'S RIGHT, STOOD ON THAT 475 00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:41,072 SPOT IN CHAINS. FOR A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE IN 476 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:42,974 AMERICA THAT WAS OUR BEGINNINGS, YOU KNOW. 477 00:30:43,041 --> 00:30:46,978 I CANNOT WAIT TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO CHARLESTON, SOUTH 478 00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:48,446 CAROLINA. YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, EVEN 479 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,715 THOUGH WE'RE FROM THERE, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO SOUTH CAROLINA, 480 00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:52,483 YOU FEEL REALLY CONNECTED TO SOMETHING. 481 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:56,321 AND ME BEING, YOU KNOW, BLACK AND KNOWING THAT SO MANY OF MY 482 00:30:56,387 --> 00:31:01,859 ANCESTORS CAME THROUGH THERE, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY FEEL 483 00:31:01,926 --> 00:31:04,195 CONNECTED THERE UP AND FEEL IT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THAT 484 00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:07,665 PLOT OF LAND. I REALLY CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE GET 485 00:31:07,732 --> 00:31:10,235 TO SHOW PEOPLE THE HOLY CITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 486 00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:13,304 >> Stephen: FOR ME, THE WAY THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE LOVE OF 487 00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:16,541 SOUTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA ITSELF, YOU CANNOT LOVE 488 00:31:16,608 --> 00:31:19,077 SOMETHING UNLESS YOU LOOK AT IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. 489 00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:22,013 YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF NOT JUST SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT 490 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,316 THAT IS IN A BIG WAY THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, LEADING UP 491 00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:27,385 TO THE CIVIL WAR, AND THE TIME AFTER THAT. 492 00:31:27,452 --> 00:31:30,788 BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE FAULTS OF AMERICA AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE 493 00:31:30,855 --> 00:31:32,323 GOT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 494 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:36,594 >> Stephen: 95% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN, IF THEIR FAMILIES CAME 495 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:39,964 TO THE UNITED STATES AS PART OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AND 496 00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:41,499 ANCESTORS STOOD ON THAT SPOT IN CHAINS. 497 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:44,335 >> LISTEN TO, YOUR POINT, YOU CAN'T HEAL WHAT YOU DON'T 498 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:46,504 REVEAL. AND WE'RE NOT DOING OURSELVESES 499 00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:50,341 ANY FAVORS BY NOT SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS 500 00:31:50,408 --> 00:31:52,210 THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY. 501 00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:56,214 AND WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE WE CAME FROM SO WE DON'T MAKE THOSE 502 00:31:56,281 --> 00:31:59,217 SAME MISTAKES AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, GO BACK. 503 00:31:59,284 --> 00:32:01,819 AND THAT'S I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 504 00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:04,989 I FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT A PLACE RIGHT NOW, IF WE DON'T LEARN 505 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:08,026 FROM OUR PAST, MAN, AMERICA'S FUTURE IS NOT GOING-- NOT GOING 506 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:10,928 TO BE TOO BRIGHT. >> Stephen: CHARLEMAGNE, IT'S 507 00:32:10,995 --> 00:32:12,630 ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO YOU HAVE HERE. 508 00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:14,332 GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD LUCK ON THURSDAY. 509 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:16,968 >> YES, SIR. >> Stephen: I'LL BE THERE. 510 00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:20,738 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Stephen: "HELL OF A WEEK" 511 00:32:20,805 --> 00:32:22,373 PREMIERES THIS THURSDAY ON COMEDY CENTRAL. 512 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,075 CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD, EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE 513 00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:26,144 STAR OF "STRANGER THINGS," BRETT GELMAN. 514 00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:43,961 WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR AND 515 00:32:44,028 --> 00:32:45,363 COMEDIAN YOU KNOW FROM "FLEABAG," "LOVE," AND "STRANGER 516 00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:47,432 THINGS." 517 00:33:05,783 --> 00:33:07,785 >> MY FINGERS ARE LIKE ARROWS. MY ARMS LIKE IRON. 518 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:26,938 >> WHAT DID YOU DO! >> WHAT? 519 00:33:27,004 --> 00:33:31,943 >> I SAID DON'T KNOCK HIM OUT! >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK 520 00:33:32,009 --> 00:33:34,011 TO "THE LATE SHOW," BRETT GELMAN, EVERYBODY! 521 00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:12,116 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY WOOOO! 522 00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:26,464 THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU. ( APPLAUSE ) 523 00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:53,825 ( CHEERING ) >> Stephen: WOW. 524 00:34:53,891 --> 00:34:54,959 ( CHEERING ) >> Stephen: WOW. 525 00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:59,330 YOU ARE A MOVIE STAR. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 526 00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:02,200 >> Stephen: WE SAW YOUR MOVES IN THAT CLIP, AND THIS SEASON IS 527 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:03,034 WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU. 528 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:04,802 >> Stephen: THE SEASON IS WONDERFUL. 529 00:35:04,869 --> 00:35:06,637 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). >> Stephen: I THINK ONE 530 00:35:06,704 --> 00:35:08,339 BILLION PEOPLE WATCHED, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 531 00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:11,275 SOMETHING LIKE A BILLION PEOPLE WATCHED IT. 532 00:35:11,342 --> 00:35:14,245 IT'S THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THING EVER ON NETFLIX. 533 00:35:14,312 --> 00:35:16,414 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: ESPECIALLY THE 534 00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:19,383 SECOND HALF, THE EXTRA TWO YOU GAVE US AT THE END WHICH IS A 535 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:21,586 CRAZY TEASE. FOR THOSE MOVES YOU ARE DOING 536 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:25,356 THERE, YOU REALLY STUDIED SOME SORT OF MARTIAL ART TO DO THAT, 537 00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:26,491 YES? >> YEAH. 538 00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:31,462 I STUDIED WITH THESE TAE KWON DO MASTERS AND TRAINERS. 539 00:35:31,529 --> 00:35:36,400 THEY TRAIN A LOT OF PEOPLE. SYRON REE FOR THREE MONTHS. 540 00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:44,408 >> Stephen: THE REE BROTHERS. >> THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THE MARX 541 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:49,046 BROTHERS, INSTEAD OF BEING MACHINES OF LAUGHTER, THEY'RE 542 00:35:49,113 --> 00:35:50,882 MACHINES OF VIOLENCE. >> Stephen: I WANT TO ASK YOU 543 00:35:50,948 --> 00:35:52,250 ABOUT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. >> YEAH. 544 00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:55,353 >> Stephen: OUR FRIENDS HERE IN "STRANGER THINGS," WE GOT TO 545 00:35:55,419 --> 00:36:00,424 WATCH THE LAST FOUR SEASONS. IT'S A HIGH SCHOOL COMMA-DRAMA. 546 00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:02,693 >> YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOLERS IN IT. 547 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,365 >> Stephen: AND I WANT TO SHOW I PICTURE OF YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL 548 00:36:07,431 --> 00:36:10,601 RIGHT NOW, DOCUMENTED PROVE THAT YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND ASK 549 00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:13,371 YOU ABOUT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. 550 00:36:13,437 --> 00:36:18,643 AND, LADIES, DON'T RUSH THE STAGE. 551 00:36:18,709 --> 00:36:22,547 WHAT WERE-- WHAT WAS YOUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE LIKE BRETT 552 00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:29,253 GELMAN. ( APPLAUSE ) 553 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:33,224 MY HIGH SCHOOL-- MY HIGH SCHOOL LIFE WAS TERRIBLE. 554 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:37,562 I WAS A VERY WEIRD CHILD, AND I-- YEAH. 555 00:36:37,628 --> 00:36:38,930 YES. NOT COOL. 556 00:36:38,996 --> 00:36:42,867 BUT NOT LIKE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WAS PROUD TO BE COOL-- PROUD 557 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:46,704 TO NOT BE COOL. I REALLY WANTED TO BE COOL. 558 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:49,674 LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO IMPRESS-- TRY TO 559 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:51,742 IMPRESS THE COOL PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM ACCEPT ME. 560 00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:54,045 >> Stephen: SUCH AS? SUCH AS? 561 00:36:54,111 --> 00:36:57,782 ANYTHING YOU WANT TO REGRET? >> JUST BE AROUND THEM A LOT AND 562 00:36:57,848 --> 00:37:01,352 BE LIKE, "HANG OUT WITH ME! HANG OUT WITH ME." 563 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:03,988 AND THEY WOULD KICK ME IN THE FACE. 564 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:11,162 AND I WOULD DO A PLAY, AND IT WAS LIKE READING "DRINKING IN 565 00:37:11,228 --> 00:37:12,096 AMERICA" AND SAM SHEPARD. AND I WAS BROODING, TOO, AND 566 00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:13,297 THAT'S WHEN I FELT MY MOST AUTHENTIC SELF. 567 00:37:13,364 --> 00:37:16,434 I WOULD DITCH ALL OF THAT AS SOON AS I GOT AROUND A POPULAR 568 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:18,603 PERSON. I HAD NO INTEGRITY AT ALL. 569 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:19,904 >> Stephen: NOW YOU ARE. FANS LOVE YOU. 570 00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:21,606 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: THEY LOVE MURRAY. 571 00:37:21,672 --> 00:37:24,642 >> YEAH. ( APPLAUSE ) 572 00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:33,317 HOW HAS THAT CHANGE FORWARD YOU? BECAUSE MURRAY HAS CHANGED. 573 00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:37,788 YOU PLAYED MARTIN ON "FLEABAG," AND THAT WAS A PRETTY DESPICABLE 574 00:37:37,855 --> 00:37:39,357 CHARACTER BUT A WONDERFUL CHARACTER. 575 00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:41,492 AND MURRAY HAS HAD HIS UPS AND DOWNS. 576 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:43,961 NOW HE IS A HEROIC CHARACTER FOR SURE IN THE SERIES. 577 00:37:44,028 --> 00:37:45,496 WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN FANS COME UP TO YOU? 578 00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:49,967 >> IT'S A LOT BETTER. IT'S GOOD WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOU AS 579 00:37:50,034 --> 00:37:55,640 A HERO AND A BAD-ASS, AND DON'T-- I MEAN, WHEN "FLEABAG" 580 00:37:55,706 --> 00:37:59,076 CAME OUT, I WOULD LITERALLY BE IN THE GROCERY STORE AND PEOPLE 581 00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:04,682 WOULD BE LIKE, "I HATE YOU!" AND NOW PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "HEY!" 582 00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:08,119 AND IT'S REALLY NICE. THEY ASK ME TO DO THINGS FOR 583 00:38:08,185 --> 00:38:11,222 THEM AND TASKS, YOU KNOW. IT'S THINGS THAT YOU WOULD ASK A 584 00:38:11,288 --> 00:38:12,657 HERO TO DO. >> Stephen: REALLY? 585 00:38:12,723 --> 00:38:16,894 LIKING WHAT? THAT SOUNDS EXHAUSTING. 586 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:21,532 >> I GIVE MARRIAGE ADVICE. I GIVE CHILDREN ADVICE, HOW TO 587 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:25,636 FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES. I TAKE CATS OUT OF TREES. 588 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:30,441 I-- I-- I END-- I NOT ONLY STOP, I END DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES. 589 00:38:30,508 --> 00:38:31,442 YOU KNOW. >> Stephen: WOW. 590 00:38:31,509 --> 00:38:34,378 >> SO I'M REALLY-- IT'S BEEN GREAT. 591 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:36,580 >> Stephen: IS THERE A HOT LINE WE CAN CALL. 592 00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:42,920 >> YEAH, 1-800-- IS MURRAY SEVEN LETTERS? 593 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:52,763 NO, IT'S SIX. 1-800-- 1-800 MUR-MURRAY-1. 594 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:56,734 IS THAT THE MOST HALF-ASSED BIT IN THE SHOW. 595 00:38:56,801 --> 00:39:02,373 >> Stephen: WE'LL CUT IT OUT. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. 596 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,241 THAT'S IT. SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT. 597 00:39:04,308 --> 00:39:08,879 SAY SOMETHING YOU DEFINITELY WANT CUT OUT AND I'LL CUT IT OUT 598 00:39:08,946 --> 00:39:11,315 OF SHOW. .>> RIGHT NOW. 599 00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:14,385 >> Stephen: SOMETHING YOU DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE 600 00:39:14,452 --> 00:39:16,420 ON BROADCAST AND I'LL CUT IT OUT OF THE SHOW. 601 00:39:16,487 --> 00:39:21,358 >> I SOMETIMES IN THE EVENING IN MY 20s WOULD DOWN A FULL BAG 602 00:39:21,425 --> 00:39:33,037 OF IT, OSTITOS, A QUESOS. AND RAMEN. 603 00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:38,876 >> Stephen: UNCOOKED RAMEN? >> THAT WOULD BE COOL IF IT WAS 604 00:39:38,943 --> 00:39:39,710 UNCOOK. >> Stephen: I DON'T THINK I'M 605 00:39:39,777 --> 00:39:41,278 GOING TO KUPT THIS OUT? >> NO. 606 00:39:41,345 --> 00:39:43,247 >> Stephen: THAT MAKES YOU RELATABLE. 607 00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:46,951 >> THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. >> Stephen: WHO HASN'T DOWNED 608 00:39:47,017 --> 00:39:53,324 AN ENTIRE JAR OF QUESOS. >> WE HAVE TO BALANCE OUT THE 609 00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:56,660 LOOK WITH RELATE GLABL YOU CAN'T GO WITH PURE SEX. 610 00:39:56,727 --> 00:40:01,165 >> THIS IS ASPIRATIONAL, SO THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN BECOME AND THAT 611 00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:08,472 IS THE BEFORE THE TOSTITOS, AND THE QUESO. 612 00:40:08,539 --> 00:40:09,340 YEAH. ( APPLAUSE ). 613 00:40:09,406 --> 00:40:13,944 SEE YOU. SEASON FOUR OF "STRANGER THINGS" 614 00:40:14,011 --> 00:40:16,013 IS AVAILABLE NOW ON NETFLIX. 615 00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:24,188 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 616 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,524 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE AMANDA SEYFRIED AND 617 00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:28,592 STEPHAN MERCHANT. GOOD NIGHT.