1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:03,136 >> CASES OF THE MONKEYPOX ARE SPIKING HERE IN THE U.S., AND 2 00:00:03,203 --> 00:00:04,838 NEW YORK IS NOW THE EPICENTER WITH THE MOST REPORTED 3 00:00:04,904 --> 00:00:06,005 INFECTIONS. 4 00:00:06,072 --> 00:00:08,775 >> HERE IN NEW YORK, THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,500 INFECTIONS. 5 00:00:08,842 --> 00:00:12,746 YET, THE NUMBER OF VACCINES REMAINS LIMITED. 6 00:00:12,812 --> 00:00:14,814 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( SUNG TO "FUNKYTOWN" ) 7 00:00:59,993 --> 00:01:02,328 >> HEALTH OFFICIALS IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE CALLING THE 8 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:03,930 MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 9 00:01:03,997 --> 00:01:07,600 >> DAMN YOU! 10 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:10,503 DAMN YOU MONKEYS TO HELL! 11 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:15,608 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 12 00:01:15,675 --> 00:01:21,948 TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 13 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:26,486 RON HOWARD AND MORFYDD CLARK 14 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:30,490 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN, WITH SPECIAL GUEST JAMES 15 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:33,326 TAYLOR. 16 00:01:33,393 --> 00:01:38,465 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 17 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:42,502 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 18 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:46,473 >> Stephen: WHO KNEW? 19 00:01:46,539 --> 00:01:48,041 WHO KNEW? 20 00:01:48,107 --> 00:01:49,342 HEY, HEY! 21 00:01:49,409 --> 00:02:04,290 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 22 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:05,258 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 23 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:09,395 HELLO, JAMES. 24 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:11,631 HEY, EVERYBODY! 25 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:17,937 >> Audience: STEPHEN! 26 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:19,172 STEPHEN! 27 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,940 WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, IN HERE, OUT THERE, ALL AROUND THE WORLD 28 00:02:21,007 --> 00:02:22,575 TO "THE LATE SHOW." 29 00:02:22,642 --> 00:02:23,710 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 30 00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:25,078 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LISTEN TO THAT, LISTEN TO THAT. 31 00:02:25,144 --> 00:02:34,554 I JUST WANT TO GO OUT INTO THE YUDANCY AND HUG ALL OF YOU. 32 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:38,224 ( APPLAUSE ) I WAS HOPING THE FEELING WAS 33 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:41,427 MUTUAL, BUT EVIDENTLY, NOT. 34 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:46,566 THE BIG STORY TODAY IS ALL ABOUT TOMORROW, BECAUSE YESTERDAY, 35 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:50,703 FIVE STATES HELD PRIMARIES, AND I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT 36 00:02:50,770 --> 00:02:52,805 TONIGHT. 37 00:02:52,872 --> 00:02:54,574 MOST ALARMING ABOUT THE ELECTION IS THAT THE BIG WINNERS INCLUDE 38 00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:56,809 SEVERAL ELECTION DENIERS BACKED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT. 39 00:02:56,876 --> 00:02:58,545 APPARENTLY, THE MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS DON'T TRUST 40 00:02:58,611 --> 00:03:01,114 VOTING. 41 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:02,148 SO AFTER THEY CAST THEIR BALLOTS, THEY GOT MULTIPLE 42 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:05,385 STICKERS: "I VOTED." 43 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:08,388 "OR DID I?!" "STOP THE STICKER!" 44 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:09,722 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 45 00:03:09,789 --> 00:03:17,430 NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION DENIAL, A LOT OF REPUBLICANS 46 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:19,165 JUST TALK THE TALKY IF YOU WANT SOMEONE WHO WALKS 47 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:21,267 THE WALK, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN ARIZONA REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL 48 00:03:21,334 --> 00:03:26,306 CANDIDATE AND MOM WHO'S GOING TO LEAD THIS P.T.A. MEETING 49 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:26,673 ♪ IN SOOOOOONG! 50 00:03:26,739 --> 00:03:27,807 KARI LAKE. 51 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:37,383 LAKE'S RACE AGAINST KARRIN TAYLOR ROBSON IS CURRENTLY TOO 52 00:03:37,450 --> 00:03:39,152 CLOSE TO CALL, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP HER FROM CALLING IT LAST 53 00:03:39,218 --> 00:03:40,720 NIGHT. 54 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:41,421 >> CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? 55 00:03:41,487 --> 00:03:42,155 I'VE GOT THE NUMBERS HERE. 56 00:03:42,221 --> 00:03:44,223 WE HAVE BARELY ANY VOTES COUNTED. 57 00:03:44,290 --> 00:03:44,991 WE WON TODAY. 58 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:47,427 SEVEN OUT OF 10 ELECTION-DAY VOTES. 59 00:03:47,493 --> 00:03:50,563 DO YOU KNOW THAT? 60 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:51,731 THAT IS MASSIVE. 61 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:56,836 AND THOSE VOTES ARE NOT COUNTED YET. 62 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:58,571 THERE IS NO PATH TO VICTORY FOR MY OPPONENT, AND WE WON THIS 63 00:03:58,638 --> 00:04:03,610 RACE, PERIOD. 64 00:04:03,676 --> 00:04:04,243 ( LAUGHTER ). 65 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:06,879 >> Stephen: I'M SORRY, WHAT. 66 00:04:06,946 --> 00:04:10,683 WHAT-- WHAT'S HAPPENING? 67 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:14,554 SHE SAID THE VOTES WERE BARELY COUNTED, THEN SHE SAID SHE WAS 68 00:04:14,621 --> 00:04:17,423 WINNING, THEN SHE SAID THE VOTES WERE NOT COUNTED YET, THEN SHE 69 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:18,391 CLAIMED SHE WON. 70 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:22,061 REMINDS ME OF LAST YEAR'S SUPER BOWL: 71 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:22,996 >> THERE'S THE KICK-OFF... 72 00:04:23,062 --> 00:04:26,833 AND THERE'S NO PATH TO VICTORY FOR THE RAMS! 73 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:27,834 THE BENGALS WIN! 74 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:29,435 I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD! 75 00:04:29,502 --> 00:04:34,540 STAY TUNED FOR "THE EQUALIZER"! 76 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:39,078 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: QUALITY SHOW 77 00:04:39,145 --> 00:04:42,548 "EQUALIZER," QUALITY SHOW. 78 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:44,751 AS LONG AS WE'RE DECLARING WINNERS BEFORE THE VOTES ARE 79 00:04:44,817 --> 00:04:46,019 COUNTED, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN 80 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:48,521 COLBERT" HAS WON THE J.D. POWER AND ASSOCIATES AWARD FOR INITIAL 81 00:04:48,588 --> 00:04:53,426 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR QUALITY MID-SIZE VAN. 82 00:04:53,493 --> 00:05:00,033 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SUCK IT, TOYOTA SIENNA! 83 00:05:00,099 --> 00:05:04,804 BITE ME, CHRYSLER PACIFICCA! 84 00:05:04,871 --> 00:05:06,572 OF COURSE, A REAL PRO DOESN'T WAIT FOR ELECTION DAY. 85 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:10,677 HERE'S LAKE CLAIMING VICTORY THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION: 86 00:05:10,743 --> 00:05:13,880 >> WE'RE GONNA WIN, AND IF WE DON'T WIN, THERE'S SOME 87 00:05:13,946 --> 00:05:14,547 CHEATING GOING ON. 88 00:05:14,614 --> 00:05:20,920 AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT. 89 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:26,426 EVERY POLL SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS RACE HAS SHOWN ME AHEAD. 90 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:27,927 >> Stephen: SO POLLS ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN ELECTIONS? 91 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:29,729 THAT'S LIKE STANDING IN A THUNDERSTORM SCREAMING, "THE 92 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:31,297 FORECAST SAID IT WOULD BE SUNNY! 93 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:36,169 I'M NOT WET! 94 00:05:36,235 --> 00:05:38,938 FAKE RAIN!" THERE WAS ONE PERSON-- THERE WAS 95 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:43,309 ONE PERSON-- ( APPLAUSE ) 96 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:49,282 THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO DEFINITELY DID NOT VOTE FOR KARI 97 00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:52,251 LAKE, AND THAT'S TWISTED SISTER FRONTMAN AND UNOFFICIAL SPIRIT 98 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:55,288 HALLOWEEN COSTUME OF DEE SNIDER, DEE SNIDER. 99 00:05:55,354 --> 00:05:58,157 WITHOUT SNIDER'S PERMISSION, AT KARI LAKE'S CAMPAIGN EVENTS, 100 00:05:58,224 --> 00:05:59,892 SHE'S BEEN PLAYING TWISTED SISTER'S "WE'RE NOT GONNA 101 00:05:59,959 --> 00:06:03,262 TAKE IT." 102 00:06:03,329 --> 00:06:07,300 SNIDER CHOSE NOT TO TAKE THAT, TWEETING: 103 00:06:07,366 --> 00:06:08,367 "HEY, IDIOTS! 104 00:06:08,434 --> 00:06:09,502 READ THE 1ST LINE: 'WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE!' 105 00:06:09,569 --> 00:06:11,437 THIS IS A PRO-CHOICE ANTHEM YOU ARE CO-OPTING. 106 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:16,409 IT WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR YOU FASCIST MORONS!" 107 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:22,849 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AH, YEAH! 108 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:24,117 COME ON! 109 00:06:24,183 --> 00:06:29,355 COME ON! 110 00:06:29,422 --> 00:06:33,626 HELL, YEAH! 111 00:06:33,693 --> 00:06:35,428 80s-HAIR BANDS ARE LEADING THE FIGHT TO SAVE DEMOCRACY. 112 00:06:35,495 --> 00:06:37,296 JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE, IT'S TIME TO UPDATE YOUR LOOK. 113 00:06:37,363 --> 00:06:43,302 BUT THE BIG VOTE YESTERDAY TOOK PLACE IN HEARTLAND STATE AND 114 00:06:43,369 --> 00:06:44,470 SKINNY COLORADO, KANSAS. 115 00:06:44,537 --> 00:06:48,407 YOU SEE, BACK IN 2019, THE STATE'S SUPREME COURT RULED THAT 116 00:06:48,474 --> 00:06:49,442 KANSANS HAD A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO 117 00:06:49,509 --> 00:06:51,778 ABORTION. 118 00:06:51,844 --> 00:06:54,280 SO THIS YEAR, CONSERVATIVES WROTE A BALLOT MEASURE TO CHANGE 119 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:56,249 THE STATE CONSTITUTION, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE 120 00:06:56,315 --> 00:06:58,618 REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE TO BAN ABORTION. 121 00:06:58,684 --> 00:07:01,220 IT'S THE FIRST MAJOR REFERENDUM ON ABORTION RIGHTS SINCE THE 122 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:09,796 SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED "ROE V. WADE." 123 00:07:09,862 --> 00:07:11,063 WELL, THE RESULTS OF THAT VOTE ARE IN, AND KANSAS VOTED TO 124 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:13,032 PRESERVE ABORTION RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN ITS CONSTITUTION. 125 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:16,435 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WELL, LOOK AT THAT! 126 00:07:16,502 --> 00:07:17,436 THAT'S INTEREST. 127 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:20,373 THAT IS INTERESTING. 128 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:24,177 I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. 129 00:07:24,243 --> 00:07:27,613 IT'S WILD. 130 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:32,385 THEY ALSO CHANGED THEIR STATE BIRD FROM THE WESTERN MEADOWLARK 131 00:07:32,451 --> 00:07:34,320 TO FLIPPIN' OFF SAM ALITO. 132 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:38,457 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT'S NOT NICE. 133 00:07:38,524 --> 00:07:40,393 THAT'S NOT NICE. 134 00:07:40,459 --> 00:07:43,262 GOING INTO THE ELECTION, THIS DECISION WAS POLLING BASICALLY 135 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:43,963 EVEN. 136 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:47,233 NO ONE KNEW WHERE THIS WOULD GO. 137 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,902 BUT LAST NIGHT, ABORTION RIGHTS WERE UPHELD BY 59% TO 41%. 138 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:51,938 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT IS KIND OF SHOCKING. 139 00:07:52,004 --> 00:07:54,507 THE SCALE OF THAT VICTORY. 140 00:07:54,574 --> 00:07:59,912 THAT'S JUST NOT A WIN. 141 00:07:59,979 --> 00:08:04,383 THAT'S A KANS-ASS KICKING. 142 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:06,285 AND MAY I REMIND YOU, KANSAS IS A STATE SO BRIGHT RED, IT LOOKS 143 00:08:06,352 --> 00:08:16,128 LIKE ME AFTER 30 SECONDS ON THE BEACH. 144 00:08:16,195 --> 00:08:17,230 KEEP IN MIND, THIS BLOWOUT HAPPENED DESPITE A SERIES OF 145 00:08:17,296 --> 00:08:18,631 DIRTY TRICKS FROM REPUBLICANS. 146 00:08:18,698 --> 00:08:19,765 FIRST, THEY MADE THE WORDING OF THE BALLOT MEASURE EXTRA 147 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:20,933 CONFUSING. 148 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,035 THEN, THEY SENT VOTERS TEXT MESSAGES THAT READ, "WOMEN IN 149 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:25,304 KANSAS ARE LOSING THEIR CHOICE ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. 150 00:08:25,371 --> 00:08:27,206 VOTING 'YES' ON THE AMENDMENT WILL GIVE WOMEN A CHOICE. 151 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:30,710 VOTE 'YES' TO PROTECT WOMEN'S HEALTH." 152 00:08:30,776 --> 00:08:34,847 THEY TRIED TO TRICK THEM INTO VOTING THE WRONG WAY! 153 00:08:34,914 --> 00:08:37,316 THIS IS THE MOST MISLEADING POLITICAL MESSAGE SINCE 1952'S 154 00:08:37,383 --> 00:08:39,285 "I LIKE IKE TOO MUCH TO BURDEN HIM WITH THE PRESIDENCY! 155 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:43,322 VOTE STEVENSON!" ( LAUGHTER ) 156 00:08:43,389 --> 00:08:48,394 ( APPLAUSE ) IN OTHER SURPRISING NEWS, I 157 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:52,398 LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW TODAY AND DIDN'T SEE A MUSHROOM CLOUD. 158 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:56,402 THAT'S A RELIEF, BECAUSE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS AT DEFCON 159 00:08:56,469 --> 00:09:02,275 PISSED OFF OVER NANCY PELOSI'S VISIT TO TAIWAN. 160 00:09:02,341 --> 00:09:07,313 SEE, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CLAIMED TAIWAN AS A PART OF 161 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,481 CHINA. 162 00:09:08,547 --> 00:09:10,883 AND WHEN PELOSI GOT THERE, SHE VOWED TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY 163 00:09:10,950 --> 00:09:11,217 IN TAIWAN. 164 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:12,418 HELL, YES! 165 00:09:12,485 --> 00:09:18,724 AMERICANS WILL ALWAYS-- ALWAYS-- ( APPLAUSE ) 166 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:22,662 WE WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY IN TAIWAN. 167 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:23,529 WILL THEY PRESERVE DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA? 168 00:09:23,596 --> 00:09:26,299 NO SPOILERS, PLEASE. 169 00:09:26,365 --> 00:09:29,869 EVER SINCE WORD OF PELOSI'S TRIP GOT OUT, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT 170 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:31,504 HAS BEEN MAKING SOME SCARY THREATS, LIKE SENDING WARSHIPS 171 00:09:31,570 --> 00:09:35,441 TO SURROUND TAIWAN DURING THE SPEAKER'S VISIT. 172 00:09:35,508 --> 00:09:39,312 BUT PELOSI STUCK TO HER METAPHORICAL GUNS. 173 00:09:39,378 --> 00:09:40,379 SPEAKING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE, SHE HONORED THE 174 00:09:40,446 --> 00:09:43,516 ACHIEVEMENTS OF TAIWAN'S VOTERS. 175 00:09:43,582 --> 00:09:47,887 >> OUT OF A CRUCIBLE OF CHALLENGE, YOU HAVE FORGED A 176 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:51,524 FLOURISHING DEMOCRACY, ONE OF THE FREEST IN THE WORLD, PROUDLY 177 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:54,393 TO BE LED BY A WOMAN PRESIDENT. 178 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:55,428 THAT'S AN APPLAUSE LINE. 179 00:09:55,494 --> 00:10:02,335 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OH, PLEASE, NANCY. 180 00:10:02,401 --> 00:10:02,768 ASKING FOR APPLAUSE? 181 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:03,703 THAT IS SAD. 182 00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:07,506 AM I RIGHT, GREATEST AUDIENCE IN LATE NIGHT? 183 00:10:07,573 --> 00:10:22,455 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. 184 00:10:22,521 --> 00:10:23,956 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. 185 00:10:24,023 --> 00:10:28,327 I LIKE TO MAKE YOU GUYS HAPPY, AND IF ANY OF THIS NEWS UPSETS 186 00:10:28,394 --> 00:10:30,963 YOU, STRAP IN. 187 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:32,832 A NEW STUDY WARNS EATING PROCESSED FOOD LIKE ICE 188 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:39,505 CREAM HURTS BRAIN FUNCTION. 189 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:46,979 ( LAUGHTER ) STOP IT, SCIENCE. 190 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:48,147 JUST STOP STUDYING THINGS. 191 00:10:48,214 --> 00:10:50,983 THIS IS WHY PEOPLE TURN AGAINST YOU AND START EATING HORSE 192 00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:51,851 PASTE! 193 00:10:51,917 --> 00:10:55,988 WHAT'S NEXT, PUPPY KISSES CAUSE HERPES? 194 00:10:56,055 --> 00:10:58,491 EXPOSURE TO CHRIS EVANS IS DEPLETING THE OZONE LAYER? 195 00:10:58,557 --> 00:11:03,029 JUST LET US HAVE NICE THINGS! 196 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:12,938 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) APPARENTLY, APPARENTLY, OLD MAN 197 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:16,208 SCIENCE DISCOVERED THAT EATING PROCESSED FOOD LIKE ICE CREAM 198 00:11:16,275 --> 00:11:17,009 HURTS BRAIN FUNCTION. 199 00:11:17,076 --> 00:11:21,947 OH, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. 200 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:23,816 I EAT PROCESSED FOODS ALL THE TIME, AND ME BRAIN FLERP 201 00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:27,920 RACECAR. 202 00:11:27,987 --> 00:11:31,123 ( LAUGHTER ) APPARENTLY, IT DOESN'T TAKE A 203 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:33,959 LOT OF IT. 204 00:11:34,026 --> 00:11:37,863 JUST 100 CALORIES OF PROCESSED FOODS CAN AFFECT YOUR HEALTH. 205 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:39,065 THAT'S TWO COOKIES. 206 00:11:39,131 --> 00:11:45,571 OKAY, IF EATING TWO COOKIES HURTS MY BRAIN, I'M GOING TO EAT 207 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:49,008 THREE MORE COOKIES TO HURT MY BRAIN JUST ENOUGH TO FORGET 208 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:54,513 HOW BAD IT WAS TO EAT THE FIRST TWO COOKIES. 209 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:56,082 OH, BUT DON'T WORRY. 210 00:11:56,148 --> 00:11:58,084 SCIENCE ALSO RUINED EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THE LIST OF FOODS 211 00:11:58,150 --> 00:12:01,253 NO GOOD FOR THE BRAIN INCLUDES BREAD, CRACKERS, FRIED SNACKS, 212 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:08,627 CREAM CHEESE, ICE CREAM, CANDY, SODA, AND HOT DOGS. 213 00:12:08,694 --> 00:12:12,932 BASICALLY, ANYTHING YOU EAT AT A STADIUM. 214 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:13,833 SO, GET READY FOR THE NEW BASEBALL TREAT: 215 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,335 BROCCOLI HELMET. 216 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:18,137 ( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S SOME FACTS FOR YOU, 217 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:20,539 SCIENCE. 218 00:12:20,606 --> 00:12:28,914 IF YOU WANT US TO LIVE A LONG TIME YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 219 00:12:28,981 --> 00:12:29,915 SOMETHING: WE'RE ALL JUST LIVING TO GET TO 220 00:12:29,982 --> 00:12:31,150 THE NEXT COOKIE. 221 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:32,551 SOMETIMES WE STOP EATING COOKIES TO LOSE A FEW POUNDS SO WE CAN 222 00:12:32,618 --> 00:12:36,655 GO ON VACATION AND GAIN THOSE POUNDS BACK EATING COOKIES. 223 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:37,923 THE TIDE GOES OUT SO IT CAN COME BACK IN. 224 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:46,999 I WILL ONLY STOP EATING COOKIES WHEN I DIE, AND IF I DIE BECAUSE 225 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:50,536 I ATE TOO MANY COOKIES, THEN I WON. 226 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:53,639 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 227 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:54,740 TONIGHT. 228 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:56,909 MY GUESTS ARE RON HOWARD AND STAR OF "THE LORD OF THE 229 00:12:56,976 --> 00:12:58,410 RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER," MORFYDD CLARK. 230 00:12:58,477 --> 00:13:01,947 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE! 231 00:13:02,014 --> 00:13:04,250 ED" JOIN US. 232 00:13:04,316 --> 00:13:06,318 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 233 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:41,954 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR THE 234 00:13:42,021 --> 00:13:43,289 BAND, EVERYBODY. 235 00:13:43,355 --> 00:13:47,826 LOUIS CATO AND MR. JAMES TAYLOR RIGHT THERE. 236 00:13:47,893 --> 00:13:49,028 MY GOODNESS. 237 00:13:49,094 --> 00:13:56,468 ( APPLAUSE ) JAMES, JAMES, IT'S PRETTY 238 00:13:56,535 --> 00:13:59,638 MAGICAL TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS WEEK, MAN. 239 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:00,573 REALLY ENJOYABLE. 240 00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:03,375 ( APPLAUSE ) >> IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC WEEK. 241 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:07,913 >> Stephen: YOU KNOW, I GET PAID TO COME HERE, BUT I WOULD 242 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:10,716 COME HERE FOR FREE TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH YOU FOR THE WEEK, YOU 243 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:11,283 KNOW. 244 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:15,321 ( APPLAUSE ) I'M NOT. 245 00:14:15,387 --> 00:14:19,525 THEY'RE STILL PAYING ME, BUT I WOULD DO IT FOR FREE IF I HAD 246 00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:20,726 TO. 247 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:22,027 QUICK QUESTION: HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME HERE TONIGHT TO SEE THE 248 00:14:22,094 --> 00:14:25,965 SHOW BECAUSE YOU HEARD JAMES WAS HERE? 249 00:14:26,031 --> 00:14:29,902 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I KNEW IT! 250 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:34,340 I KNEW IT! 251 00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:37,977 WATCH YOUR BACK, TAYLOR. 252 00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:40,012 LOUIS WE HAVE AMAZING PEOPLE ON TONIGHT. 253 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:43,182 WE HAVE SUCH A NATIONAL TREASURE. 254 00:14:43,249 --> 00:14:47,019 MR. RON HOWARD IS HERE THIS EVENING. 255 00:14:47,086 --> 00:14:49,955 ( APPLAUSE ) ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO TALK TO HIM. 256 00:14:50,022 --> 00:14:52,691 AN AMAZING LIFETIME CAREER HE'S GOT. 257 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:53,892 AND THIS IS EXCITING FOR ME. 258 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:57,763 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, PRETTY SOON, I THINK THE FIRST 259 00:14:57,830 --> 00:14:59,765 WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, AMAZON'S "LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF 260 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:04,370 POWER" IS STARTING, AND THE STAR IS GALADRIEL, WANT ACTRESS 261 00:15:04,436 --> 00:15:06,972 PORTRAYING GALADRIEL IS MORFYDD CLARK. 262 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:10,843 AND SHE'LL BE OUT HERE LATER THIS EVENING AS WELL. 263 00:15:10,909 --> 00:15:13,812 ( APPLAUSE ) I MET HER. 264 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:16,815 >> Louis: ARE YOU A FAN OF THE "LORD OF THE RINGS"? 265 00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:18,517 >> Stephen: I HEAR GOOD THINGS. 266 00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:19,885 I HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT. 267 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:30,262 I MEAN TO READ IT SOME DAY. 268 00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:31,530 FOLKS, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME, RIGHT OVER THERE, 269 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:35,167 METICULOUSLY HARVESTING THE MOST HIGH-QUALITY BEESWAX FROM LOCAL 270 00:15:35,234 --> 00:15:37,403 NEWS HIVES, DELICATELY SEPARATING IT FROM THE PROPOLIS 271 00:15:37,469 --> 00:15:40,706 AND HONEY, GRINDING IT WITH ONLY THE DAY'S RICHEST AND BOLDEST 272 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:43,008 STORY PIGMENTS TO CRAFT FOR YOU THE GLORIOUS JASPER JOHNS 273 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:46,979 ENCAUSTIC MASTERPIECE THAT IS MY NIGHTLY MONOLOGUE. 274 00:15:47,046 --> 00:15:49,982 BUT SOMETIMES, JUST SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I JOLT AWAKE IN THE BACK 275 00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:53,419 ROO OF A YANKEE CANDLE IN AN ABANDONED MALL IN SECAUCUS, FILL 276 00:15:53,485 --> 00:15:55,921 MY POCKETS WITH WHATEVER SMELLS LIKE PEPPERMINT, MELT THE WAX 277 00:15:55,988 --> 00:15:59,291 OVER AN OPEN TIRE FIRE, SPRINKLE IN CRUSHED UP TICS TACS FOR 278 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:02,227 COLOR AND SMEAR IT ACROSS THE HOOD OF A BURNT-OUT PONTIAC 279 00:16:02,294 --> 00:16:05,297 SUNFIRE TO CREATE THE SOCIOPATHIC LONER'S FINGER 280 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:07,966 PAINTING OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 281 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:22,915 "MEANWHILE!" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 282 00:16:22,981 --> 00:16:24,183 "MEANWHILE!" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 283 00:16:24,249 --> 00:16:26,585 MEANWHILE, IN A KANSAS PRISON, AN INMATE USED HEMORRHOID CREAM 284 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:31,023 TO OPEN A HOLE IN HIS JAIL WINDOW. 285 00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:32,558 THAT HEADLINE AGAIN: "-HOLE OPENS A HOLE WITH CREAM 286 00:16:32,624 --> 00:16:35,094 MEANT FOR A-HOLE." 287 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,996 ACCORDING TO HIS FORMER CELLMATE, THE PRISONER WAS ABLE 288 00:16:38,063 --> 00:16:41,500 TO MAKE THE HOLE BY LIGHTING HEMORRHOID CREAM ON FIRE AND 289 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:45,270 MELTING THE PLASTIC IN THE WINDOW. 290 00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:46,205 HUH. 291 00:16:46,271 --> 00:16:49,942 I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO RELIEVE BURNING. 292 00:16:50,008 --> 00:16:52,311 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, A DINER DISCOVERED 293 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:55,948 100-MILLION-YEAR-OLD DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS IN THE FLOOR OF A 294 00:16:56,014 --> 00:17:01,954 RESTAURANT. 295 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:03,822 NEVER A GOOD SIGN. 296 00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:06,525 "HEY, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU CLEANED THESE FLOORS?" 297 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:09,495 "I WANNA SAY LATE CRETACEOUS." 298 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:11,029 MEANWHILE, WE HERE AT "MEANWHILE TACTICAL FIREARMS AND ORGANIC 299 00:17:11,096 --> 00:17:14,833 FRUIT PRESERVES" SOMETIMES COME ACROSS SO MANY PIG-RELATED 300 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:16,902 STORIES, WE GATHER THEM UP IN OUR "MEANWHILE" SUBSEGMENT, 301 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:18,103 "PORCINE-WHILE." 302 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:21,006 PORCINE-WHILE, SCIENTISTS SAY PIGS CAN BREATHE THROUGH THEIR 303 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:26,745 BUTT HOLES, AND SO COULD YOU." 304 00:17:26,812 --> 00:17:27,479 GOOD NEWS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH. 305 00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:30,649 BAD NEWS FOR ANYONE GIVING C.P.R. 306 00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:38,557 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 307 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:41,627 I LIKE THAT WE BLURRED IT. 308 00:17:41,693 --> 00:17:46,331 RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT BY PUMPING OXYGEN AND OXYGENATED 309 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:47,533 LIQUID THROUGH THE ANIMALS' BUTT HOLES INTO THEIR INTESTINES, 310 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:48,667 THEY COULD SURVIVE WITHOUT BREATHING THROUGH THEIR LUNGS. 311 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:52,304 FANTASTIC. 312 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:56,108 ( LAUGHTER ) AGAIN, SCIENCE. 313 00:17:56,175 --> 00:17:59,845 THE CANCER-- ALL CURED UP, I'M ASSUMING? 314 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:01,680 WE'RE WORKING ON THIS. 315 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:07,119 WE'RE ALL... GOOD, GREAT, JUST CHECKING. 316 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:09,121 PORCINE-WHILE, THERE'S BEEN A BREAKTHROUGH IN ANTI-AGING. 317 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:14,526 SCIENTISTS HAVE REVIVED PIG ORGANS AFTER DEATH. 318 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:16,695 WHEN THE BODIES OF PIGS THAT HAD BEEN DEAD FOR AN HOUR WERE 319 00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:17,963 HOOKED UP TO THIS NEW SYSTEM, THEIR HEARTS RESUMED BEATING AND 320 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:22,434 LIMITED FUNCTION WAS RESTORED TO THE ANIMALS' BRAINS, LUNGS, 321 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:23,235 LIVERS, KIDNEYS AND PANCREASES. 322 00:18:23,302 --> 00:18:26,238 AND I'M SURE THE PIGS ARE THRILLED. 323 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:27,372 ( LAUGHTER ) "HEY, YOU BROUGHT ME BACK! 324 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:28,874 YOU, THE SAME FOLKS WHO WERE MAKING ME BREATHE THROUGH 325 00:18:28,941 --> 00:18:33,779 MY BUTT HOLE? 326 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:39,485 THEN I'M ALL GOOD WITH BEING DEAD, THANKS. 327 00:18:39,551 --> 00:18:40,586 ALL TRUE STORIES. 328 00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:43,822 THESE ARE ALL TRUE STORIES. 329 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:45,524 MEANWHILE, CAT LOVERS CAN NOW TRY CAT-FOOD-INSPIRED DISHES AT 330 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:48,894 FANCY FEAST'S ITALIAN POP-UP RESTAURANT. 331 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:57,836 TO WHICH TACO BELL RESPONDED, "HEY, WER MEAT IS OUR THING!" 332 00:18:57,903 --> 00:19:00,272 THE RESTAURANT-- ( APPLAUSE ) 333 00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:08,847 YOU WANT TO BREATHE THROUGH YOUR BUTT HOLE. 334 00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:11,817 THE RESTAURANT-- AND I USE THAT WORD LOOSELY-- IS CALLED 335 00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:13,685 GATTO BIANCO, WHICH MEANS "WHITE CAT," AND IS DESCRIBED BY FANCY 336 00:19:13,752 --> 00:19:20,559 FEAST AS AN "ITALIAN-STYLE TRATTORIA." 337 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:23,829 TO WHICH ITALY RESPONDED: >> WHY? 338 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:24,897 WHY? 339 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:28,667 WHY DID YOU DO IT?! 340 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:29,835 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: REPRESENTATIVES FOR 341 00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:32,738 FANCY FEAST DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE, SAYING, "THE DISHES 342 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:35,874 AT GATTO BIANCO ARE PREPARED IN WAYS THAT HELP CAT OWNERS 343 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:40,879 UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR CATS EXPERIENCE FOOD." 344 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:42,080 WHICH IS, BEGRUDGINGLY, WHILE WAITING FOR YOU TO DIE SO THEY 345 00:19:42,147 --> 00:19:44,883 CAN EAT YOUR EYEBALLS. 346 00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:48,887 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING 347 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:53,492 THIS WHILE ALSO BEING A HOT CAT IN JAPAN, I'VE GOT GREAT NEWS, 348 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:56,962 BECAUSE "JAPAN'S CATS AND DOGS ARE GETTING WEARABLE FANS TO 349 00:19:57,029 --> 00:20:01,333 BEAT THE SCORCHING HEAT. 350 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,367 AWW, LOOK AT THAT. 351 00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:03,535 NOW THAT'S A FACE THAT SAYS "I FEEL SO REFRESHED... 352 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:08,941 WHILE WAITING FOR YOU TO DIE SO I CAN EAT YOUR EYEBALLS." 353 00:20:09,007 --> 00:20:11,009 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH RON HOWARD. 354 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:47,980 FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR 355 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:52,985 BEHIND FILMS LIKE "APOLLO 13," "RUSH," "FROST/NIXON," AND SO 356 00:20:53,051 --> 00:20:56,955 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," RON HOWARD! 357 00:20:57,022 --> 00:21:11,903 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 358 00:21:11,970 --> 00:21:14,706 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 359 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:15,240 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 360 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:18,644 >> THANK YOU! 361 00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:20,946 THAT'S-- THAT'S A THRILL ALREADY. 362 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,481 >> Stephen: ISN'T THAT NICE? 363 00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:23,348 >> ABSOLUTELY. 364 00:21:23,415 --> 00:21:24,449 >> Stephen: YOU DON'T GET THAT ANYPLACE. 365 00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:25,117 >> OH, NO, ONLY HERE. 366 00:21:25,183 --> 00:21:27,419 >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT. 367 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:29,254 NOW, YOU'RE A DIRECTOR. 368 00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:29,888 YOU'RE AN ACTOR. 369 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:30,789 YOU'RE A PRODUCER. 370 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:31,590 >> YES. 371 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:34,326 >> Stephen: YOU'RE A WRITER. 372 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:40,532 YOU RECENTLY ADDED A NEW ITEM TO YOUR C.V., AND THAT IS YOUR A 373 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:41,299 WEDDING OFFICIENT. 374 00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:43,669 WHO ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE? 375 00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:45,504 >> YEAH, THAT IS ME. 376 00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:54,546 THAT'S MY DAUGHTER PAIGE, AND THE LOVER OF HER LIFE, TIM. 377 00:21:54,613 --> 00:21:57,883 AND I DID OFFICIATE THE WEDDING. 378 00:21:57,949 --> 00:21:59,351 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE TO GET A LICENSE. 379 00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:01,019 >> THEY DID. 380 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:02,387 THEY GOT A DEAL. 381 00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:04,923 I WOULD CHARGE A LITTLE SOMETHING-SOMETHING. 382 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,124 >> Stephen: I'VE DONE IT BEFORE. 383 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:10,595 AND IT CAN BE NERVE-RACKING HELP HOW DID IT FEEL? 384 00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:12,397 >> IT WAS OKAY. 385 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:14,633 MY DAUGHTER, ALL THROUGH COVID THEY WERE TRYING TO PULL THIS 386 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:16,568 WEDDING OFF, AND IT FINALLY HAPPENED. 387 00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:21,339 AND I'M NOT SURE THE OFFICIANT IS SUPPOSED TO WEEP OPENLY 388 00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:22,507 MIDCEREMONY, BUT THIS ONE DID. 389 00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:23,709 BUT IT WAS GREAT. 390 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:25,577 >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER AND THE 391 00:22:25,644 --> 00:22:28,280 LOVE OF HER LIFE. 392 00:22:28,346 --> 00:22:30,248 ( APPLAUSE ) YOU'VE GOT A NEW FILM. 393 00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:34,052 YOU'VE GOT A NEW FILM CALLED "THIRTEEN LIVES," WHICH IS ABOUT 394 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:39,458 THE RESCUE OF THE SOCCER TEAM-- THE YOUTH SOCCER TEAM-- 395 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,460 >> IN NORTHERN THAILAND. 396 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:44,162 >> Stephen: IN NORTHERN THAILAND BACK IN-- 397 00:22:44,229 --> 00:22:45,363 >> 2018. 398 00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:47,399 >> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 399 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:48,867 WHAT A DRAMATIC STORY. 400 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:53,638 I UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOUR ACTORS, INCLUDING OUR DEER 401 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:57,976 FRIEND VIGGO MORTENSEN, WERE IN IT, WANTED TO DO THEIR OWN 402 00:22:58,043 --> 00:22:58,910 DIVING. 403 00:22:58,977 --> 00:23:01,780 DID THEY NOT BELIEVE IN STUNTMEN HAVING JOBS? 404 00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:03,181 WHY DID THEY DO THAT? 405 00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:04,716 >> IT WAS ABOUT A CAVE RESCUE. 406 00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:10,756 AND MUCH OF IT WAS UNDERWATER, AND WE HAD RICK STANTON AND -- 407 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:12,324 >> Stephen: PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DID IT. 408 00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:15,160 >> PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DID IT WERE OUR TECHNICAL ADVISERS AND 409 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:21,666 WERE TEACHING OUR ACTORS TO DIVE THE WAY CAVE DIVERS DO WHICH IS 410 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:22,367 TECHNICALLY QUITE DIFFERENT. 411 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:24,603 WE WEREN'T DI DIVING IN REAL CA. 412 00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:25,737 IT WAS A SET. 413 00:23:25,804 --> 00:23:28,940 BUT THEY'RE STILL CAVES, THEY'RE STILL TRAPPED IN WATER. 414 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:33,979 AT A CERTAIN POINT VIGGO CAME TO ME AND SAID, "WE'VE BEEN WORKING 415 00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:39,017 WITH RICK AND JASON AND WE CAN DO THIS AND DO IT SAFELY AND 416 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:42,954 IT'S SO PARTICULAR--" AND THIS IS VIGGO. 417 00:23:43,021 --> 00:23:47,492 HE SAID, "I THINK I'M SPEAKING FOR ALL THE OTHER GUYS. 418 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:49,461 WE DON'T WANT A STUNT DOUBLE. 419 00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:52,764 THIS IS PART OUR CHARACTER, AND WE WANT TO DO ALL THE DIVING." 420 00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:56,034 >> Stephen: WAS HE ACTUALLY SPEAKING FOR ALL OF ACTORS. 421 00:23:56,101 --> 00:23:59,538 >> WHEN I SAID YES, THEY ALL AGREED. 422 00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:02,674 >> Stephen: BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET OUT-VIGGOD. 423 00:24:02,741 --> 00:24:04,209 >> LOOK, I DID APPRECIATE IT. 424 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,410 I APPRECIATED EFFORT. 425 00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:08,613 AND I WAS KIND OF PATRONIZING ABOUT IT. 426 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,984 I SAID THERE IS NO FRICIN WAY WE CAN LET THEM DO THAT. 427 00:24:13,051 --> 00:24:14,519 WE HAVE STUNT PEOPLE. 428 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:16,988 IT WAS KIND OF AN INTERVENTION. 429 00:24:17,055 --> 00:24:17,956 HE WOULDN'T LET UP. 430 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:21,493 I FOUND OUT THE OTHER ACTORS WANTED TO AS WELL. 431 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,463 LO AND BEHOLD, THEY DO EVERY SINGLE SHOT THAT IS IN THE 432 00:24:25,530 --> 00:24:26,064 MOVIE. 433 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:27,332 AND IT WAS ALL GOING FINE. 434 00:24:27,399 --> 00:24:32,904 BUT LATER I FOUND OUT ALSO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD HAD A 435 00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:38,610 REALLY ROUGH MOMENT-- A PANIC ATTACK, HUNG UP, ANXIETY. 436 00:24:38,677 --> 00:24:41,179 AND I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THEY 437 00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:45,350 THOUGHT I WOULD PUG THE PULL THE PLUG ON IT. 438 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:45,951 >> Stephen: DID YOU DO IT? 439 00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:46,551 >> NO. 440 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:48,453 I'M THE DIRECTOR, MAN! 441 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,857 ( LAUGHTER ) I WEAR THE RIGHT COAT, AND I 442 00:24:51,923 --> 00:24:52,958 DON'T GET IN A CAVE! 443 00:24:53,024 --> 00:24:55,894 >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF ACTUALLY SOME OF THE 444 00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:56,761 DIVING. 445 00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:58,396 WHAT'S THIS MOMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE? 446 00:24:58,463 --> 00:24:59,931 >> THIS IS A KEY MOMENT. 447 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:02,434 THIS IS WHEN THE DIVERS ARE FIRST GOING IN THIS TECHNICALLY 448 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:04,970 CHALLENGING CAVE AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA REALLY HOW DANGEROUS IT 449 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,171 IS. 450 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:10,208 AND WE BEGIN TO GET A SENSE OF HOW THOSE BOYS MIGHT HAVE BEEN 451 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:13,845 TRAPPED BY A FLASH FLOOD IN THAT CAVE, ALL VIGGO, ALL COLIN. 452 00:25:13,912 --> 00:25:14,613 >> Stephen: JIM. 453 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,681 >> LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 454 00:25:53,084 --> 00:25:53,785 WILL. 455 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:55,287 >> THAT'S IT, WE BETTER HEAD BACK! 456 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:03,028 I WOULDN'T DO THAT. 457 00:26:03,094 --> 00:26:05,330 >> NO. 458 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:06,564 ( APPLAUSE ). 459 00:26:06,631 --> 00:26:10,368 >> IT WAS-- LOOK, THE REALITY IS KNOW-- AND THERE WERE A NUMBER 460 00:26:10,435 --> 00:26:14,372 OF HEROES, YOU KNOW, IN VARIOUS FACETS AROUND-- AROUND THAT 461 00:26:14,439 --> 00:26:16,141 RESCUE MISSION. 462 00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:19,644 BUT EVERYBODY WAS SO HONORED TO TELL THAT STORY, THAT EVERYONE 463 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:23,949 WANTED TO GIVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD SIMPLY TO TRY TO GET IT 464 00:26:24,015 --> 00:26:25,216 RIGHT. 465 00:26:25,283 --> 00:26:30,121 SO IT WAS-- I'VE NEVER HAD LESS COMPLAINING ON A SET BECBECAUSE, 466 00:26:30,188 --> 00:26:33,358 YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD LOOK AROUND AND SEE ONE OF THE REAL RESCUE 467 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:36,194 DIVERS, OR THEY WOULD JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE BOYS WENT 468 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:38,964 THROUGH AND WHAT ALL OF THOSE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS HAD 469 00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:42,500 ACHIEVED AND, YOU KNOW, IT HUMBLED THEM AND THEY WERE GLAD 470 00:26:42,567 --> 00:26:43,702 TO TELL THE STORY. 471 00:26:43,768 --> 00:26:48,206 >> Stephen: YOU WERE HERE IN MAY WITH OUR FRIEND JOSE ANDREAS 472 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:52,243 ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY OF THE WORK-- 473 00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:55,447 >> "WE FEED PEOPLE." 474 00:26:55,513 --> 00:26:58,750 >> Stephen: YOU SAY THIS FILM AND THAT FILM ARE RELATED. 475 00:26:58,817 --> 00:27:01,252 WHAT DO YOU MEAN JIVES WORKING ON THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND I 476 00:27:01,319 --> 00:27:04,489 WAS MOVING FROM ONE REAL-LIFE SUPER HERO TO ANOTHER. 477 00:27:04,556 --> 00:27:09,060 THESE ARE-- THESE ARE PEOPLE, COMPLICATED, INTERESTING, HIGHLY 478 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:13,131 INTELLIGENT, DEDICATED PEOPLE, JUST ACCOMPLISHING SO MUCH. 479 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:16,334 AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT JOSE DOES AND HIS TEAM WITH WORLD CENTRAL 480 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:17,002 KITCHEN IS EXTRAORDINARY. 481 00:27:17,068 --> 00:27:19,371 IT'S AN ACT OF VOLUNTEERISM. 482 00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:22,974 AND REALLY THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DIFFERENTIATES 483 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:25,076 "THIRTEEN LIVES" FROM OTHER MOVIES I'VE DONE AND OTHERS I'VE 484 00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:30,382 SEEN AND ONE OF THE REASONS I REALLY WANTED TO DO IT, IS IT SO 485 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:31,616 CELEBRATE VOLUNTEERISM. 486 00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:34,185 MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY MOVED THE NEEDLE DID NOT HAVE TO 487 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:35,086 BE THERE. 488 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:36,721 THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE RISKING THEIR LIVES. 489 00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:40,158 THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE RISKING THEIR-- THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR 490 00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:44,396 EMOTIONAL KIND OF SAFETY AND STABILITY. 491 00:27:44,462 --> 00:27:45,563 CAREER ISSUES. 492 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:48,767 AND SO NOT ONLY DID I WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE DIVERS, BUT I 493 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:54,372 ALSO WANTED TO REFLECT HOW MUCH THE THAI VOLUNTEERISM IMPACTED 494 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:55,407 THE OUTCOME. 495 00:27:55,473 --> 00:27:59,010 NONE OF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE COMPLETE 496 00:27:59,077 --> 00:28:00,178 INTERNATIONAL EFFORT. 497 00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:02,113 >> Stephen: THERE WERE PEOPLE UP ON THE MOUNTAIN TO TRY TO 498 00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:05,316 DIVERT RAIN AND TRY TO PREVENT REFLOODING. 499 00:28:05,383 --> 00:28:09,220 VIGGO, VIGGO MADE SOME HEADLINES BECAUSE HE WAS WEARING THE SAME 500 00:28:09,287 --> 00:28:12,924 SHIRT TO THE PREMIERE RIGHT HERE-- THIS IS WHAT WE WORE TO 501 00:28:12,991 --> 00:28:13,892 THE PREMIERE OF YOUR MOVIE. 502 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:17,228 >> THAT'S WHY HE WAS WEARING THAT KOOKY THING. 503 00:28:17,295 --> 00:28:18,363 >> Stephen: EXACTLY. 504 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:19,564 HE WORE THAT. 505 00:28:19,631 --> 00:28:24,169 IT WAS THE SAME SHIRT HE WORE TO THE PREMIERE OF "LORD OF THE 506 00:28:24,235 --> 00:28:25,203 RINGS" IN 2001. 507 00:28:25,270 --> 00:28:28,239 AND HE SAID IT'S BECAUSE THE TWO FILMS ARE SIMILAR. 508 00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:29,374 DO YOU WHAN HE MEANT BY THAT? 509 00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:33,244 >> I DO KNOW BECAUSE VIGGO AND I TALKED A BIT ABOUT THIS. 510 00:28:33,311 --> 00:28:37,082 AND, AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT A VERY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR 511 00:28:37,148 --> 00:28:40,952 OWN PERSONALITIES, THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, CAPABILITIES. 512 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:42,187 ONE'S FANTASY. 513 00:28:42,253 --> 00:28:44,322 THIS REALLY HAPPENED, WHICH IS I THINK THE POWER OF THIS STORY, 514 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:47,892 IS IT IT'S A REAL OBJECT LESSON IN WHAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN 515 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:48,893 ACCOMPLISH. 516 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,964 BUT, YES, STRUGGLING AGAINST INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS. 517 00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:55,366 >> Stephen: A FELLOWSHIP OF PEOPLE WILLING TO GO UNDER A 518 00:28:55,433 --> 00:28:56,601 MOUNTAIN TO GET SOMETHING DONE. 519 00:28:56,668 --> 00:29:00,939 WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK 520 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:03,007 RON ABOUT THE MOST DIFFICULT SHOT HE'S EVER HAD IN A FILM. 521 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:20,024 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH RON HOWARD. 522 00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:25,096 NOW, THE CAVE DIVING IS NOT THE FIRST SUPER TECHNICALLY 523 00:29:25,163 --> 00:29:28,399 DIFFICULT THING THAT YOU HAVE SHOT. 524 00:29:28,466 --> 00:29:32,871 I MEAN, "APOLLO 13--" >> WE DID THE WEIGHTLESSNESS IN 525 00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,439 THE VOMIT COMET. 526 00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:36,808 >> Stephen: RACING IN "RUSH." 527 00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:38,476 FORMULA RACING. 528 00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:40,745 BOXING IN "CINDERELLA MAN." 529 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:43,681 WHAT'S MOST DIFFICULT SHOT YOU HAVE EVER PULLED OFF OR 530 00:29:43,748 --> 00:29:44,716 SUQUENCE? 531 00:29:44,782 --> 00:29:47,585 >> THOSE ARE ALL CHALLENGING, FIRES AND BACKDRAFT. 532 00:29:47,652 --> 00:29:53,191 BUT THERE WAS ONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FAR MORE DIFFICULT. 533 00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:57,862 WE CREATED A LAND RACE, THE CHEROKEE STRIP LAND RACE FOR 534 00:29:57,929 --> 00:29:59,230 "FAR AND AWAY." 535 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:01,900 AND THIS IS BEFORE ANY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. 536 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:06,104 SO WE HAD 750 PEOPLE AND HORSES LINED UP. 537 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:07,839 WE WERE GOING TO FIRE A CANNON. 538 00:30:07,906 --> 00:30:12,243 WE HAD 13 CAMERAS-- TWO IN THE AIR, CAMERAS DUG IN EVERYWHERE, 539 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:15,213 AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS LAND RACE, AND OF COURSE IT'S 540 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,014 DANGEROUS. 541 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,083 NOW, MY FATHER PLAYED A ROLE IN IT. 542 00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:23,321 AND HE GREW UP ON A FARM, OKLAHOMA BOY, AND A COWBOY. 543 00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,256 AND HE WAS VERY CAPABLE. 544 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:27,992 BUT HE WAS, LIKE, 68 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW. 545 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:32,063 AND SO THE STUNT COORDINATOR CAME TO ME, AND HE SAID, "NOW, 546 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:36,568 FFOR THIS FIRST TAKE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 547 00:30:36,634 --> 00:30:39,904 AND AS WE DISCUSSED, NO ACTORS IN THIS TAKE." 548 00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:44,075 I SAID, "YEAH, WE'LL GET A CLOSE-UP ON TOM CREWS AND 549 00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:48,346 NICOLLE KID MAN AND A SHOT OF MY DAD AND A COUPLE OF OTHER 550 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:49,080 ACTORS." 551 00:30:49,147 --> 00:30:50,715 AND HE SAID, "THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 552 00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:51,849 YOUR DAD WANTS TO BE IN THE SHOT. 553 00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:53,051 HE CAN'T BE. 554 00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:57,055 HE'S A GOOD RIDER, HE CAN REALLY RIDE, BUT HE CAN'T BE IN THE 555 00:30:57,121 --> 00:30:57,589 SHOT. 556 00:30:57,655 --> 00:30:58,022 YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM." 557 00:30:58,089 --> 00:30:59,257 SO I DID. 558 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:01,826 I WALKED OVER AND I CALLED HIM OVER AND I SAID, "DAD, YOU KNOW, 559 00:31:01,893 --> 00:31:05,663 FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY ACTORS IN THIS THING. 560 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:09,767 TOM IS NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS SHOT AND NICOLLE" -- 561 00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:12,470 >> Stephen: AND HE DOES HIS OWN STUNTS. 562 00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,872 >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 563 00:31:14,939 --> 00:31:16,040 SO YOU UNDERSTAND. 564 00:31:16,107 --> 00:31:19,677 WE'RE GOING TO GO-- AND I STARTED TO WALK AWAY, AND I JUST 565 00:31:19,744 --> 00:31:20,845 HEAR, "SON." 566 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:22,113 I FREEZE. 567 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:30,822 I TURN AROUND, AND HE WALKS OVER TO ME IN HIS COWBOY OUT FIT, AND 568 00:31:30,888 --> 00:31:36,294 HE SAYS, "100 YEARS AGO, I HAD THREE ANCESTORS WHO RODE IN THIS 569 00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:37,495 RACE. 570 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:43,067 100 YEARS LATER, MY SON, MY FIRSTBORN, IS DIRECTING A MOVIE 571 00:31:43,134 --> 00:31:43,635 ABOUT IT. 572 00:31:43,701 --> 00:31:48,072 I'M ACTING IN IT. 573 00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:51,509 I WANT TO BE IN THE SHOT." 574 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:53,478 I JUST SAID, "DAD, GET YOUR HORSE." 575 00:31:53,544 --> 00:31:55,046 AND HE'S IN THERE. 576 00:31:55,113 --> 00:31:56,848 ( APPLAUSE ) HE'S IN THERE. 577 00:31:56,914 --> 00:31:59,150 >> Stephen: RON, GREAT TO SEE YOU. 578 00:31:59,217 --> 00:32:03,921 >> PLEASURE. 579 00:32:03,988 --> 00:32:05,890 >> Stephen: "THIRTEEN LIVES" IS IN THEATERS NOW AND COMING TO 580 00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:11,963 PRIME VIDEO THIS FRIDAY. 581 00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:13,164 IT'S RON HOWARD, EVERYBODY! 582 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:13,865 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH STAR OF "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE 583 00:32:13,931 --> 00:32:14,799 RINGS OF POWER," MORFYDD CLARK. 584 00:32:35,019 --> 00:32:39,490 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." 585 00:32:39,557 --> 00:32:48,232 THERE YOU GO. 586 00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:49,400 KNOW FROM "SAINT MAUD" AND "THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID 587 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:50,601 COPPERFIELD." 588 00:32:50,668 --> 00:32:53,404 SHE NOW STARS AS GALADRIEL, THE MIGHTIEST AND FAIREST OF ALL 589 00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:59,577 THE ELVES, IN "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER." 590 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:02,880 >> THEY'RE MEDDLING WITH THE POWERS OF THE UNSEEN WORLD. 591 00:33:02,947 --> 00:33:05,717 SOME DARK SORCERY OF OLD. 592 00:33:05,783 --> 00:33:07,618 BUT WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE? 593 00:33:07,685 --> 00:33:10,455 >> SURELY IT'S LOST TO THE AGES NOW. 594 00:33:10,521 --> 00:33:12,523 WHATEVER HAPPENED HERE WAS LONG AGO. 595 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:22,734 >> WATER. 596 00:33:34,979 --> 00:33:36,948 CANNOT HIND OF MARK OF ONE WHOSE VERY HAND WAS FLAME AND 597 00:33:37,014 --> 00:33:37,315 QUENCHED. 598 00:33:37,382 --> 00:33:39,283 HE WAS HERE. 599 00:33:46,023 --> 00:33:50,962 SAURON WAS HERE. 600 00:33:51,028 --> 00:33:52,330 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," MORFYDD 601 00:33:52,397 --> 00:33:55,900 CLARK! 602 00:33:55,967 --> 00:34:06,944 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 603 00:34:07,011 --> 00:34:07,345 >> Stephen: HOLE! 604 00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:08,413 >> HELLO! 605 00:34:08,479 --> 00:34:11,916 >> Stephen: SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 606 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:12,984 >> THANK YOU. 607 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:15,787 >> Stephen: I HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME OUT IN SAN DIEGO 608 00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:16,954 LAST-- JUST LAST FRIDAY? 609 00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:18,089 >> YEAH. 610 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:25,029 >> Stephen: JUST LAST FRIDAY-- TIME GOES SO FAST-- AT THE 611 00:34:25,096 --> 00:34:29,901 COMCONPRESENTATION OF THE LATEST TRAILER AND CLIPS AND INTERVIEWS 612 00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:33,671 WITH YOU AND REST OF THE CAST FOR "THE RINGS OF POWER." 613 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,574 HERE'S A PHOTO OF US SHARING THE STAGE UP THERE TOGETHER. 614 00:34:36,641 --> 00:34:38,075 IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU. 615 00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:43,448 WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO BE IN THAT ROOM FINALLY BE ABLE TO 616 00:34:43,514 --> 00:34:49,086 SHOW SOME OF THE STUFF TO PEOPLE ATER WORKING ON IT SO LONG-- 617 00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:52,023 65,7,000 PEOPLE LOSING THEIR MINDS FOR YOU GUYS TO SHOW UP. 618 00:34:52,089 --> 00:34:55,426 >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW BIG IT WAS, AND I GLAD THE LIGHTS WERE 619 00:34:55,493 --> 00:34:58,563 OFF UNTIL THE EXPEND YOU SEE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF 620 00:34:58,629 --> 00:34:58,996 PEOPLE. 621 00:34:59,063 --> 00:34:59,530 >> Stephen: YES. 622 00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:00,731 >> IT WAS SO EXCITING. 623 00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:03,568 AND WE FILMED IT SUCH A LONG TIME AGO, AND WE'RE SUCH A CLOSE 624 00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:08,172 CAST NOW THAT IT FELT LIKE-- I WAS SO GLAD THAT I WAS DOING 625 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,309 THAT CRAZY THING WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE I KIND OF SPENT THREE 626 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:11,843 YEARS WITH. 627 00:35:11,909 --> 00:35:13,077 IT WAS AMAZING. 628 00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:15,079 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS I GOT YOU TO DO OUT THERE-- AND 629 00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:18,516 YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, BUT FOR THOSE OF 630 00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:21,819 YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, TELL THEM WHERE YOU'RE FROM? 631 00:35:21,886 --> 00:35:25,556 >> SO I'M FROM WALES, AND I GREW UP WELSH SPEAKING. 632 00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:31,562 I WENT TO WELSH SPEAKING SCHOOL. 633 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:37,034 AND YOUR NAME MORFYYD-- DO I HAVE THIS CORRECT. 634 00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:43,508 THE DWOWBL "D" IS... 635 00:35:43,574 --> 00:35:46,477 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 636 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:48,679 ALREADY SOUNDS ELFISH. 637 00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:50,948 ANDURE ICK IS AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW ENTERTAINING IT IS. 638 00:35:51,015 --> 00:35:52,049 IT'S THE WELSH ALPHABET. 639 00:35:52,116 --> 00:35:54,552 WOULD YOU MIND TREATING US? 640 00:35:54,619 --> 00:35:56,387 >> OF COURSE, IT WILL BE MY PLEASURE. 641 00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:58,055 >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS ANY OF THIS. 642 00:35:58,122 --> 00:36:02,793 >> MY FRIENDS AT HOME CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GETTING, PLAWZ FOR 643 00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:13,704 SAYING THE ALPHABET: >> Stephen: WOW. 644 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:14,939 ( APPLAUSE ) BEAUTIFUL. 645 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:19,544 IT'S HARD FOR ME-- IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PICK OUT WHERE ONE SOUND 646 00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:21,145 ENDS AND THE NEXT ONE BEGINS. 647 00:36:21,212 --> 00:36:25,983 AND WELSH HAS 29 LETTERS, NOT 26. 648 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:29,153 >> THE DOUBLE "L." 649 00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:31,589 >> Stephen: YOU'RE JUST TEASING US NOW. 650 00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:34,859 YOU SAID YOU WERE FANS OF THE BOOKS AND THE FILMS GROWING UP. 651 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:37,995 WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO LEARN THAT YOU GOT THE PART OF GALADRIEL, 652 00:36:38,062 --> 00:36:42,333 WHO MIGHT BE THE COOLEST CHARACTER IN THE ENTIRE 653 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:42,967 LEGENDIUM. 654 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:43,701 >> YEAH, SHE'S PRETTY COOL. 655 00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:44,802 >> Stephen: YEAH. 656 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:53,210 >> I WAS HAVING THIS, "SAINT MAUD" AND REQUESTED DAVID 657 00:36:53,277 --> 00:36:55,947 COPPERFIELD" WERE COMING OUT IN TORONTO, AND IT WAS QUITE 658 00:36:56,013 --> 00:36:57,181 OVERWHELMING. 659 00:36:57,248 --> 00:36:59,250 AND I WAS HAVING MY MAKEUP DONE, AND THE HOTEL PHONE RANG, AND 660 00:36:59,317 --> 00:37:02,253 THAT WAS JUST QUITE EXCITING ANYWAY. 661 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,958 AND IT WAS MY AGENTS BEING LIKE, "WE CAN'T GET HOLD OF YOU. 662 00:37:07,024 --> 00:37:08,759 YOUR PHONE'S NOT WORKING. 663 00:37:08,826 --> 00:37:09,126 YOU GOT IT. 664 00:37:09,193 --> 00:37:10,227 YOU GOT IT. 665 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:11,429 CAN'T TELL ANYONE. 666 00:37:11,495 --> 00:37:14,498 AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, COOL, COOL, COOL. 667 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,968 GLCHMENT SO ABSOLUTELY LOCK DOWN, HAS TO BE SECRET. 668 00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:21,072 >> AND THE PEOPLE DOING MY HAIR AND MAKEUP, I SAID, "SOMETHING 669 00:37:21,138 --> 00:37:23,975 BIG HAS HAPPENED AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS." 670 00:37:24,041 --> 00:37:29,880 THEY WAVED THEIR HAIR DRYERS AND BRUSHES IN THE AIR. 671 00:37:29,947 --> 00:37:34,151 AND THE HAD THE PREMIERE OF "DAVID COPPERFIELD" WHICH WAS 672 00:37:34,218 --> 00:37:39,423 AMAZING, AND THE WHOLE TIME THINKING "WOW I GOT THE JOB IN 673 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,525 LORD OF THE RINGS. 674 00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:45,129 GOT ON THE STAGE FOR Q&A AFTERWARDS AND JUST PASSED OUT. 675 00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:48,666 >> Stephen: YOU PASSED OUT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE? 676 00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:51,602 >> I MANAGED TO GET OFF STAGE. 677 00:37:51,669 --> 00:37:54,705 I WAS LOOKING AT MY SISTER, AND I SUDDENLY COULDN'T SEE HER 678 00:37:54,772 --> 00:37:55,539 ANYMORE. 679 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:56,540 AND I WAS LIKE I HAVE TO GET OFF STAGE. 680 00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:57,775 AND IT'S FILMED AS WELL. 681 00:37:57,842 --> 00:38:02,647 >> Stephen: THERE'S FOOTAGE OUT THERE OF YOU HITTING THE 682 00:38:02,713 --> 00:38:03,047 DECK? 683 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:04,148 >> NOT QUITE. 684 00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:07,418 YOU SEE ME WANDERING OFF SLIGHTLY GLASSY EYED AND I WAS 685 00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:09,353 CAUGHT BY A SECURITY GUARD WHICH WAS REALLY NICE. 686 00:38:09,420 --> 00:38:11,088 >> Stephen: AND THE REST OF THE CAST NOTICED? 687 00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:12,757 >> YES. 688 00:38:12,823 --> 00:38:15,226 >> Stephen: UPSTAGING THEM A LITTLE BIT. 689 00:38:15,292 --> 00:38:16,394 >> YES. 690 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,629 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD IS THAT, BECAUSE YOU 691 00:38:18,696 --> 00:38:23,067 WERE DOWN IN NEW ZEALAND SO LONG, YOU MISSED SOMETHING VERY 692 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:26,203 IMPORTANT BACK IN WALES AND THAT'S LAMBING SEASON. 693 00:38:26,270 --> 00:38:28,372 I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT LAMBING SEASON IS. 694 00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:29,607 BUT WHAT IS IT? 695 00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:34,045 >> LAMBING HAPPENS IN MARCH, ON OUR FARM, WHICH CAN SOMETIMES 696 00:38:34,111 --> 00:38:37,281 SNOW, CAN SOMETIMES RAIN, CAN SOMETIMES BE SUNNY. 697 00:38:37,348 --> 00:38:41,619 AND YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE LAMBS COME OUT 698 00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:42,420 FINE. 699 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:45,156 >> Stephen: AND HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE? 700 00:38:45,222 --> 00:38:48,926 >> YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND THE FARM EVERY FEW HOURS STARTING 701 00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:53,130 EARLY, AND IF YOU SEE A SHEEP-- USUALLY YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE 702 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:58,302 HAVING TROUBLE WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE LEAVES, MEANING THEY'RE 703 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:01,439 RUSTLING AROUND AND YOU HAVE TO CATCH THEM AND TRY AND HELP 704 00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:02,573 THEM. 705 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,742 AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE HELPED NAPE DO NOT WANT TO BE 706 00:39:04,809 --> 00:39:05,843 HELPED. 707 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:07,545 >> Stephen: DO YOU, LIKE, LITERALLY GRAB THE LAMB AND 708 00:39:07,611 --> 00:39:08,345 START PULLING? 709 00:39:08,412 --> 00:39:11,482 >> YOU HAVE TO GRAB THE SHEEP FIRST. 710 00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:13,884 AND THEY'RE SO MUCH HEAVIER THAN YOU REALIZE. 711 00:39:13,951 --> 00:39:14,919 >> Stephen: THAT'S NOT EASY. 712 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:16,821 ONCE YOU GET THE LAMB OUT, WHAT DO YOU DO? 713 00:39:16,887 --> 00:39:20,324 >> SOMETIMES IT WILL BE THE HEAD IS A BIT BIG OR ONE OF THEIR 714 00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:22,293 LEGS IS CAUGHT SO YOU HAVE TO GET IN THERE. 715 00:39:22,359 --> 00:39:23,828 >> Stephen: YEAH? 716 00:39:23,894 --> 00:39:24,995 UNDERSTAND, SURE. 717 00:39:25,062 --> 00:39:28,799 >> AND THEN-- AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE BORN THEY'RE AMAZING. 718 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:30,901 SUDDENLY THEY CAN WALK AND EVERYTHING, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE 719 00:39:30,968 --> 00:39:35,172 TO HELP THEM ALONG A LITTLE BIT, AND TICKLE THEIR NOSE AND GET 720 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:36,607 THEM TO DISMEZ OFF THEY GO. 721 00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:38,342 >> Stephen: WOW. 722 00:39:38,409 --> 00:39:39,276 IS THIS IN LAMBING SEASON? 723 00:39:39,343 --> 00:39:41,846 >> YES, THIS IS ONE OF OUR LITTLE PET LAMBS. 724 00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:45,683 HE WAS A TRIPLET, SO HIS MOM DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MILK FOR HIM. 725 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:46,517 >> Stephen: EXTRAORDINARY. 726 00:39:46,584 --> 00:39:48,853 THERE ARE SO MANY SHEEP IN NEW ZEALAND. 727 00:39:48,919 --> 00:39:50,755 DID YOU GET TO USE THIS SKILL WHEN YOU WERE DOWN THERE? 728 00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:53,057 >> I FELT VERY AT HOME. 729 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:54,592 >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 730 00:39:54,658 --> 00:39:55,559 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 731 00:39:55,626 --> 00:39:56,894 >> Stephen: REALLY, GOOD LUCK WITH THE SERIES. 732 00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:59,063 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 733 00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:04,068 ( APPLAUSE ) 734 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:06,337 "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER" PREMIERES 735 00:40:06,403 --> 00:40:06,937 SEPTEMBER 2 ON PRIME VIDEO. 736 00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:07,438 MORFYDD CLARK, EVERYBODY! 737 00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:09,507 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 738 00:40:20,017 --> 00:40:22,953 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 739 00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:24,922 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE JAMES TAYLOR AND ACTOR 740 00:40:24,989 --> 00:40:26,991 COLMAN DOMINGO.