1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:09,275 SCIENTISTS, DOLPHINS CAN ACT LIKE BOY BANDS TO ATTRACT MATES. 2 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:11,411 RESEARCHERS HAVE WITNESSED MALE DOLPHINS IN GROUPS OF FOUR TO 14 3 00:00:11,478 --> 00:00:14,848 MAKING SYNCHOPATED MOVEMENTS WHILE SINGING IN UNISON TO 4 00:00:14,914 --> 00:00:17,650 ATTRACT FEMALES, A RITUAL THEY COMPARE TO BOY BANDS IN A 5 00:00:17,717 --> 00:00:19,719 CONCERT. 6 00:00:30,296 --> 00:00:45,178 ♪ ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:57,924 ♪ ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:57,991 --> 00:01:00,927 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 9 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:10,370 TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 10 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:17,410 JAMES TAYLOR. AND COLMAN DOMINGO 11 00:01:17,477 --> 00:01:22,615 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 12 00:01:22,682 --> 00:01:24,751 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 13 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:36,763 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 14 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:38,832 >> Stephen: SHAKE IT UP, BABY. SHAKE IT UP. 15 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:55,248 >> Stephen: SHAKE IT UP, BABY. SHAKE IT UP. 16 00:01:55,315 --> 00:02:02,455 >> Stephen: HELLO, FRIENDS! HEY, EVERYBODY! 17 00:02:02,522 --> 00:02:07,126 LOUIS, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS, LOUIS? 18 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:10,663 THAT'S A THURSDAY CROWD. YOU CAN'T FAKE THAT. 19 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:14,734 ( APPLAUSE ) WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." 20 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:18,972 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. FRAWRL, HAPPY, HAPPY-- 21 00:02:19,038 --> 00:02:29,382 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THE MIDTERMS ARE NOT UNTIL THE 22 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:31,317 FALL, BUT RECENTLY WE'VE SEEN SOME MAJOR PRIMARIES THAT WILL 23 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:34,621 BE DETERMINING WHO WILL BE GOING HEAD TO HEAD ON NOVEMBER 8. 24 00:02:34,687 --> 00:02:41,361 CASE IN POINT: PACK YOUR YUENGLINGS, YOUR CHEESESTEAKS, 25 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:45,665 AND WHATEVER GRITTY'S MADE OF, BECAUSE WE'RE HEADING DOWN TO 26 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:47,367 THE KEYSTONE STATE, WHERE THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS HEATING UP 27 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:49,202 BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH SHAPIRO-- 28 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:53,406 SEEN HERE TRAPPED IN A GRAPE-FLAVORED ESCAPE ROOM-- 29 00:02:53,473 --> 00:03:04,951 ( LAUGHTER ) STATE SENATOR AND MEATBALL 30 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:05,919 ASKING, "HEY, YOU GONNA FINISH THAT MEATBALL?" 31 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:08,021 DOUG MASTRIANO. JOSH SHAPIRO IS LEADING THE 32 00:03:08,087 --> 00:03:09,722 POLLS, BUT MASTRIANO IS MAKING HEADLINES, MOSTLY BECAUSE-- 33 00:03:09,789 --> 00:03:13,626 WITHOUT GETTING TOO TECHNICAL-- HE IS BANANA-BALLS. 34 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:17,830 ( LAUGHTER ) WELL, FOR ONE THING, HE 35 00:03:17,897 --> 00:03:22,001 CHARTERED BUSES TO THE "STOP THE STEAL" RALLY OF JANUARY 6, AND 36 00:03:22,068 --> 00:03:25,972 WAS PART OF THE MOB THAT MARCHED ON DOWN TO THE CAPITOL. 37 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,342 SO, NO SURPRISE, IF HE WINS ( AUDIENCE BOOING ) 38 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:31,711 >> YOU WERE LATE WITH YOUR BOOING. 39 00:03:31,778 --> 00:03:39,686 YOU HAVE TO GET FASTER WITH THAT NEXT TIME. 40 00:03:39,752 --> 00:03:42,322 IF HE WINS, HE'S PLEDGED TO PURGE PENNSYLVANIA'S ELECTION 41 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:43,890 ROLLS, FORCING EVERYONE IN THE STATE TO HAVE TO REREGISTER TO 42 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:47,393 VOTE. IT EXPLAINS-- 43 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,896 ( AUDIENCE BOOING ) THAT ONE WAS TOO EARLY, BUT 44 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:53,399 THANK YOU. IT EXPLAINS HIS YARD SIGNS: 45 00:03:53,466 --> 00:03:56,436 "VOTE MASTRIANO... WHILE YOU STILL CAN." 46 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:59,405 IN RECENT WEEKS, MASTRIANO HAS COME UNDER FIRE FOR HIS 47 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:02,442 ASSOCIATION WITH THE FAR-RIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM "GAB," A 48 00:04:02,508 --> 00:04:05,411 SAFE HAVEN FOR WHITE SUPREMACISTS, ANTISEMITES, AND 49 00:04:05,478 --> 00:04:09,949 OTHER EXTREMISTS. SO, IT'S LIKE TWITTER EXCEPT... 50 00:04:10,016 --> 00:04:14,721 YEAH, IT'S TWITTER. BASICALLY IT'S TWITTER. 51 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:18,024 MASTRIANO HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE FOUNDER OF "GAB," CHRISTIAN 52 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:22,462 NATIONALIST AND GROOMSMAN WHO KEEPS INVITING YOU TO HIS SUITE 53 00:04:22,528 --> 00:04:30,003 AT THE LA QUINTA, ANDREW TORBA. TORBA, WHO IS OPENLY, VIRULENTLY 54 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:32,071 ANTI-SEMITIC, SAYS HE SUPPORTS MASTRIANO BECAUSE, "DOUG IS AN 55 00:04:32,138 --> 00:04:33,906 OUTSPOKEN CHRISTIAN. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A 56 00:04:33,973 --> 00:04:36,676 COALITION OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS, AND WE ARE GOING 57 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:41,414 TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK FOR THE GLORY OF GOD." 58 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:42,715 JESUS CHRIST... ( LAUGHTER ) 59 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:52,558 AGAINST THIS GUY. THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS NOT THE 60 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:53,693 ONLY ONE TO WATCH IN PENNSYLVANIA. 61 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,396 THERE'S ALSO A HEATED SENATE MATCH-UP BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC 62 00:04:56,462 --> 00:05:01,901 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JOHN FETTERMAN-- SEEN HERE AFTER THE 63 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:08,107 PHOTOGRAPHER SAID, "HEY, LET'S DO A SILLY ONE!"-- AND QUACK TV 64 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:15,848 DOCTOR ( AUDIENCE BOOING ) 65 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:17,083 AND STEPDAD DRACULA, MEHMET OZ. 66 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:21,320 POLLS SHOW FETTERMAN LEADING BY DOUBLE DIGITS, WHICH MIGHT B 67 00:05:21,387 --> 00:05:24,757 ( APPLAUSE ) PENNSYLVANIANS WANT TO HAVE A 68 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:27,060 SENATOR WHO IS ACTUALLY FROM PENNSYLVANIA. 69 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:30,496 DR. OZ LIVED AND VOTED IN NEW JERSEY AS RECENTLY AS THE 2020 70 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:33,766 ELECTION. SO FETTERMAN HAS GONE FULL 71 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:37,704 TROLL ON OZ'S GARDEN STATE ASS, EVEN STARTING A PETITION TO ADD 72 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:40,640 DR. OZ TO THE NEW JERSEY HALL OF FAME. 73 00:05:40,707 --> 00:05:42,241 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT IS LOVELY. 74 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:48,715 THAT IS REALLY NICE. IF INDUCTED, HE WOULD JOIN SUCH 75 00:05:48,781 --> 00:05:54,754 LUMINARIES AS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, TOMMY FROM THE SONG "LIVIN' ON A 76 00:05:54,821 --> 00:05:57,356 PRAYER," AND THE WORD "GABAGOOL." 77 00:05:57,423 --> 00:06:00,793 ( LAUGHTER ) HELP OF OTHER FAMOUS NEW 78 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:04,330 JERSEYANS TO ATTACK DR. OZ'S FAKE PENNSYLVANIA CREDENTIALS. 79 00:06:04,397 --> 00:06:09,335 JUST LOOK AT THIS VIDEO HE RECENTLY PUT OUT: 80 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:16,576 >> YO, DR. OZ. STEVIE V.Z. HERE. 81 00:06:16,642 --> 00:06:18,778 WHADDYA DOING IN PENNSYLVANIA? EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU LIVE IN NEW 82 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:28,087 JERSEY, AND YOU'RE JUST USING 83 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:36,062 >> Stephen: COUNTERPOINT: I DO! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 84 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:51,010 SPEAKING OF ABSOLUTE FRAUDS, YOU CAN'T TRUST EVERYTHING YOU SEE 85 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:52,779 SPEAKING OF ABSOLUTE FRAUDS, YOU CAN'T TRUST EVERYTHING YOU SEE 86 00:06:52,845 --> 00:06:54,580 ON THE INTERNET. TRUST ME, I READ IT ON THE 87 00:06:54,647 --> 00:06:57,750 INTERNET. READ IT ON THE INTERNET. 88 00:06:57,817 --> 00:06:59,519 AND WHEN AN INTERNET STORY IS WRONG, MEDIA OUTLETS OFTEN ISSUE 89 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:01,320 FACT CHECKS. BUT THE FACT CHECKS NEVER GET 90 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:03,055 THE PUBLICITY THAT THE ORIGINAL CRAZY STORY DID. 91 00:07:03,122 --> 00:07:04,524 SO WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN ON THE WORLD OF FACT CHECKS IN MY 92 00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:06,092 LONG-RUNNING FACT-CHECK SEGMENT: "FACT-CHECK CHECK"! 93 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:07,260 >> HOW MANY FACTS WOULD A FACT-CHECK CHECK IF A 94 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:12,565 FACT-CHECK COULD CHECK FACTS? ( LAUGHTER ) 95 00:07:12,632 --> 00:07:17,703 GETTING FACT CHECKED THAT THIS IS NOT A LONG-RUNNING SEGMENT. 96 00:07:17,770 --> 00:07:20,306 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT. 97 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:23,242 I'M SORRY. SECOND: WE WERE ALL UPSET WHEN 98 00:07:23,309 --> 00:07:25,044 WE LEARNED ONE OF OUR FAVORITE MEXICAN-THEMED DESSERTS WAS 99 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:28,614 BEING DISCONTINUED LAST WEEK, BUT SOME PEOPLE ONLINE WERE EVEN 100 00:07:28,681 --> 00:07:33,352 MORE UPSETTER WHEN A HEADLINE STARTED CIRCULATING CLAIMING 101 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:37,356 "KLONDIKE'S CHOCO TACOS CANCELLED BY WOKE MOB AFTER 102 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:40,393 ALMOST 40 YEARS," BLAMING "RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF 'CULTURAL 103 00:07:40,459 --> 00:07:45,364 APPROPRIATION.'" PLEASE. 104 00:07:45,431 --> 00:07:46,966 IF THE "WOKE MOB" HAD CANCELLED THE CHOCO TACO, I'M PRETTY SURE 105 00:07:47,033 --> 00:07:52,805 THE CHOCO TACO WOULD HAVE ITS OWN STAND-UP SPECIAL ON NETFLIX. 106 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:55,441 SOCIAL MEDIA USERS STARTED SHARING THAT FAKE HEADLINE, 107 00:07:55,508 --> 00:08:01,314 FORCING KLONDIKE TO EXPLAIN YET AGAIN THAT "WE HAVE 108 00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:07,720 EXPERIENCED AN UNPRECEDENTED SPIKE IN DEMAND ACROSS OUR 109 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:09,088 PORTFOLIO AND HAVE HAD TO MAKE VERY TOUGH DECISIONS TO ENSURE 110 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:10,790 AVAILABILITY OF OUR FULL PORTFOLIO NATIONWIDE." 111 00:08:10,857 --> 00:08:13,359 SEE, IT WASN'T WOKENESS, JUST NORMAL BUSINESS REASONS. 112 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:15,628 THEY HAD SO MUCH DEMAND FOR THEIR PRODUCT LINE THAT TO KEEP 113 00:08:15,695 --> 00:08:23,569 UP, THEY HAD TO ELIMINATE THE CHOCO TACO AND ALL OF ITS 114 00:08:23,636 --> 00:08:25,404 POPULAR TOPPINGS, LIKE TABLE-SIDE CHOCO-MOLE. 115 00:08:25,471 --> 00:08:31,444 SO THE CHOCO TACO IS GONE AND IT'S NEVER COMING BACK. 116 00:08:31,510 --> 00:08:33,346 AND I'M BEING FACT CHECKED: KLONDIKE IS GONNA BRING BACK THE 117 00:08:33,412 --> 00:08:35,715 CHOCO TACO. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 118 00:08:35,781 --> 00:08:48,761 A USELESS WASTE OF TIME. NEXT UP ON THE CHECK WAGON, LAST 119 00:08:48,828 --> 00:08:50,863 WEEK SEVERAL NEWS SITES PUBLISHED ARTICLES CLAIMING THAT 120 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:52,531 A NASA SCIENTIST HAD RECENTLY ISSUED A WARNING TO ASTRONAUTS 121 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:53,699 AGAINST MASTURBATING IN SPACE. BECAUSE IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN 122 00:08:53,766 --> 00:08:57,303 HEAR YOU SCREAM, "SHUT THE DOOR!" 123 00:08:57,370 --> 00:09:06,579 ( LAUGHTER ) NASA BANNED SPACE-SPANKING 124 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:09,515 BECAUSE IT ALLEGEDLY COULD IMPREGNATE MULTIPLE WOMEN. 125 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:12,985 ( LAUGHTER ) MASTURBATION DOESN'T LEAD TO 126 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:15,888 IMPREGNATING WOMEN IN SPACE. CAPTAIN KIRK DOES. 127 00:09:15,955 --> 00:09:24,430 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT IT TURNS OUT IT WAS A FAKE 128 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:27,366 HEADLINE, AND THERE IS NO BAN ON SPACE SELF-EXPLORATION. 129 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:33,339 ( LAUGHTER ) >> YOU MAY FIRE WHEN READY. 130 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:37,843 ( LAUGHTER ) SHOCKING NEWS OUT OF 131 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:39,512 HOLLYWOOD. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE DC 132 00:09:39,578 --> 00:09:45,918 COMICS FILM "BATGIRL" WILL BE COMPLETELY SHELVED BY WARNER 133 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:47,386 BROTHERS, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL NOT BE RELEASING THE MOVIE ON 134 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:50,356 ANY PLATFORM. THAT IS TERRIBLE NEWS FOR GOTHAM 135 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:52,558 CITY. WITHOUT BATGIRL, WHO'S GONNA 136 00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:54,193 FIGHT... I WANNA SAY... 137 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:58,397 THE PENGUINETTE? LADY JOKE. 138 00:09:58,464 --> 00:10:01,667 YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE A MOVIE STUDIO BAIL ON A PROJECT THIS 139 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:04,770 COMPLETELY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT AN 140 00:10:04,837 --> 00:10:05,905 ESTIMATED $90 MILLION, WHICH THEY ARE NOW TAKING AS A TAX 141 00:10:05,972 --> 00:10:09,108 WRITE-OFF. EXPLAINS WARNER BROTHERS' NEXT 142 00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:11,377 MOVIE: "THE DEDUCTIBLE HULK." 143 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:17,350 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 144 00:10:17,416 --> 00:10:18,751 TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE JAMES TAYLOR AND 145 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:20,720 ACTOR COLMAN DOMINGO. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, CNN'S IN 146 00:10:20,786 --> 00:10:23,789 TROUBLE, AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE IT. 147 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:21,947 GOOD LORD. FOLKS, I JUST-- JAMES, ONCE 148 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:25,017 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND HOW ABOUT-- HOW ABOUT-- HOW 149 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:31,390 ABOUT THIS BAND, JAMES? ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 150 00:11:31,457 --> 00:11:36,729 YOU SHOULD TAKE THESE GUYS ON THE ROAD IF I EVER QUIT THIS JOB 151 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:37,963 BECAUSE I REALLY NEED THESE GUYS. 152 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:40,866 I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY OUT THERE, GO OUT THERE AND CHECK 153 00:11:40,933 --> 00:11:45,604 OUT JAMES' ALBUM RIGHT THERE. IT'S CALLED "JAMES TAYLOR, 154 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:48,140 AMERICAN STANDARD." >> Louis: IT'S REALLY GOOD. 155 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:50,176 >> Stephen: QUALITY MUSIC, QULT MAN. 156 00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:54,080 AND A LITTLE BIT LATER I'LL BE INTERVIEWING MR. JAMES TAYLOR, 157 00:11:54,146 --> 00:11:56,248 ALL RIGHT? I'M GOING TO BRING THE HEAT. 158 00:11:56,315 --> 00:11:58,184 YOU BETTER BE READY. >> I'LL GET READY. 159 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:00,386 >> Stephen: FREE RIDE'S OVER, JAMES TAYLOR. 160 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:03,756 AND ALSO FROM "EUPHORIA," ACTOR COLMAN DOMINGO IS HERE. 161 00:12:03,823 --> 00:12:06,792 >> Louis: THAT'S RIGHT. ( APPLAUSE ) 162 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:11,931 ANYBODY GOT ANY PLANS, ANY PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND? 163 00:12:11,997 --> 00:12:15,901 ANYBODY DOING ANYTHING FUN? YOU GOING TO SLEEP. 164 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:19,638 >> Louis: YES. >> Stephen: LOUIS, YOU GOT 165 00:12:19,705 --> 00:12:21,140 ANYTHING? >> Louis: I'M GOING TO COSINE 166 00:12:21,207 --> 00:12:22,241 ON THAT. SLEEP. 167 00:12:22,308 --> 00:12:25,244 >> Stephen: I HAVE BIG PLANS, THANKS FOR ASKING. 168 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:27,847 I'M ACTUALLY LEAVING HERE AND IMMEDIATELY GOING TO THE AIRPORT 169 00:12:27,913 --> 00:12:30,850 AND I'M GOING TO GO TO GREENLAND. 170 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:32,818 >> OH, WOW. >> Stephen: I'M GOING TO 171 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:34,253 GREENLAND. I NEVER HEARD ANYBODY THAT 172 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,889 EXCITED TO HEAR THE WORD "GREENLAND." 173 00:12:36,956 --> 00:12:41,660 I'M GOING TO GO DO A USO SHOW AT THE NORTHERN-MOST U.S. MILITARY 174 00:12:41,727 --> 00:12:47,299 BASE IN THE WORLD. >> Louis: AMAZING, AMAZING. 175 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:49,001 THAT'S AWESOME. >> Stephen: IF YOU WANT ME TO 176 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:52,872 BRING ANYTHING BACK, THEY HAVE ICE AND GRAVEL. 177 00:12:52,938 --> 00:13:06,252 ( LAUGHTER ) WAIT, I'M BEING TOLD IN MY DEAF 178 00:13:06,318 --> 00:13:07,887 EAR THAT WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS. 179 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:09,121 JIM, CAN WE PLAY THE BREAKING NEWS GRAPHIC THAT WE STOLE FROM 180 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:12,424 CNN? THANK YOU, JAMES. 181 00:13:12,491 --> 00:13:13,592 THAT INAPPROPRIATE GRAPHIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE, 182 00:13:13,659 --> 00:13:16,095 BECAUSE OUR BREAKING NEWS IS ABOUT CNN. 183 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:28,274 YOU MAY REMEMBER, THAT NEWS NETWORK IS NOW RUN BY THE GUY 184 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:32,411 WHO USED TO RUN THIS SHOW, C.E.O. AND MEGA CHURCH PASTOR 185 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:34,847 WHO SAYS JESUS WANTS HIM TO HAVE ANOTHER JET, CHRIS LICHT. 186 00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:36,549 WELL, WE HAVE A HOT SCOOP FROM "RADAR ONLINE" -- THE WEB'S 187 00:13:36,615 --> 00:13:38,050 NUMBER-ONE SITE FOR TV INDUSTRY NEWS AND HOT AIR TRAFFIC 188 00:13:38,117 --> 00:13:44,390 CONTROLLER GOSSIP. "RADAR" IS REPORTING CHRIS LICHT 189 00:13:44,456 --> 00:13:46,125 IS LOOKING TO ME, STEPHEN COLBERT, FOR HELP IN RESCUING 190 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:50,129 THE NETWORK. DON'T WORRY, CHRIS. 191 00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:51,430 I GOT THIS, CHRIS! I KNOW CNN+ WASN'T A HIT, BUT 192 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:55,267 HAVE YOU CONSIDERED "CNN MINUS" ( LAUGHTER ) 193 00:13:55,334 --> 00:14:03,909 BUDDY OVER HERE DOESN'T WANT JUST MY BRILLIANT CONTENT IDEA. 194 00:14:03,976 --> 00:14:11,450 HE WANTS ME TO MOVE TO CNN. AS "RADAR" PUT IT-- AND THIS IS 195 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:14,019 AN EXACT QUOTE FROM THE ARTICLE-- "CHRIS REALIZES NOT 196 00:14:14,086 --> 00:14:15,087 ONLY HE COULD PERSUADE COLBERT TO LEAVE THE PLUM GIG OF 197 00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:16,755 'THE LATE SHOW.'" AND STEPHEN REALIZES NOT ONLY HE 198 00:14:16,822 --> 00:14:22,928 COULD READ THAT SENTENCE OF MAKE SENSE, PROVING THAT "RADAR 199 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:25,064 ONLINE" HAS NOT ONLY ZERO PROOFREADERS BUT ALSO ANY NONE. 200 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:29,802 AND THIS REPORTING LOOKS AS ROCK-SOLID AS ANDERSON COOPER'S 201 00:14:29,868 --> 00:14:36,442 ABS, BECAUSE TWO SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED IT TO "RADAR." 202 00:14:36,508 --> 00:14:38,444 NO IDEA WHO THESE SOURCES MIGHT BE, BUT THEY MUST BE ON VERY 203 00:14:38,510 --> 00:14:40,980 DEEP BACKGROUND, BECAUSE CHRIS RECRUITING ME IS SUCH A SECRET, 204 00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:49,521 I HADN'T EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE I SAW THIS ARTICLE! 205 00:14:49,588 --> 00:14:50,689 AND, LOOK, I GET IT, Y'ALL. I CAN SEE WHY CNN WOULD THINK 206 00:14:50,756 --> 00:14:53,459 OF ME. I'M THE FIRST PERSON I THINK OF 207 00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:54,994 MOST DAYS. IMAGINE THE SORT OF RATINGS 208 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:58,931 YOU'D GET AT CNN IF YOU LET ME TAKE OVER STANLEY TUCCI'S SHOW. 209 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:02,901 ( LAUGHTER ) ITALY," AND HE STILL HASN'T 210 00:15:02,968 --> 00:15:04,937 FOUND IT? ( LAUGHTER ) 211 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:09,608 AND I'LL FIND IT FOR YOU IN TWO DAYS, TOPS. 212 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:12,411 EVEN BETTER, GIVE ME ANDERSON COOPER'S TIME SLOT, 213 00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:16,148 BUT KEEP HIM THERE, TOO. I'M A HUGE FAN. 214 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:17,883 I'LL BRING ANDY COHEN AND A BOTTLE OF TEQUILA-- EVERY NIGHT 215 00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:23,489 WILL BE NEW YEAR'S EVE! ( APPLAUSE ) 216 00:15:23,555 --> 00:15:33,966 SOUND GOOD TO YOU, ANDERSON? NOW, FOR SOME REASON, I HAVEN'T 217 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:38,937 ACTUALLY HEARD FROM MY OLD PAL CHRIS ABOUT THIS EXCITING NEW 218 00:15:39,004 --> 00:15:40,839 OFFER, BUT HE'S GOT A LOT ON HIS PLATE. 219 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:44,943 ACCORDING TO THE RUMORMONGERS, "CHRIS'S FIRST PRIORITY WILL BE 220 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:48,213 FIXING CNN'S MORNING AND PRIME-TIME PROGRAMMING. 221 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:49,648 THAT IS WHERE THE BIG ADVERTISER MONEY IS." 222 00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:59,892 SO, EASY PEASY. ALL HE'S GOTTA DO IS FIX THE 223 00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:04,296 DAYTIME AND THE NIGHTTIME. GOOD LUCK, CHRIS! 224 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:05,531 ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T MISS YOUR OLD JOB HITTING THE "APPLAUSE" 225 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:06,865 SIGN AFTER I SAY THE WORD "MEANWHILE"? 226 00:16:06,932 --> 00:16:08,133 HIT IT, TOM! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JAMES 227 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,201 TAYLOR. ♪ ♪ ♪ 228 00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:29,922 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 229 00:16:29,988 --> 00:16:34,059 WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST 230 00:16:34,126 --> 00:16:35,928 GUEST IS THE SIX-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGER AND 231 00:16:35,994 --> 00:16:37,262 SONGWRITER AND ROCK AND ROLL HALL-OF-FAMER WHO HAS BEEN 232 00:16:37,329 --> 00:16:41,867 SITTING IN WITH THE BAND ALL WEEK. 233 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:43,936 PLEASE WELCOME OUR FRIEND AND YOURS, MR. JAMES TAYLOR. 234 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,442 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 235 00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:07,493 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. >> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS NICE 236 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:10,696 TO HAVE YOU HERE. NOW, JAMES, YOU'VE BEEN SITTING 237 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:13,532 IN WITH THE BAND ALL WEEK. I HOPE IT'S BEEN A LOVELY 238 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:15,134 EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. >> FANTASTIC. 239 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,302 IT HAS. >> Stephen: WHAT NIEFTS YOUR 240 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:19,571 FAVORITE? WHAT NIGHT WAS YOUR FAVORITE? 241 00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:21,774 >> OH, MAN. I CAN'T CHOOSE. 242 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,276 I CAN'T CHOOSE. ( LAUGHTER ) 243 00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:31,984 WERE HERE, YOU WERE ABOUT TO RELEASE THIS "AMERICAN 244 00:17:32,050 --> 00:17:34,086 STANDARD." YOU WON THE GRAMMY FOR IT THIS 245 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:35,454 YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS. 246 00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:40,359 AND JUST-- ( APPLAUSE ) 247 00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:44,596 TOUR, OKAY. >> YUP. 248 00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:47,833 >> Stephen: 12-AMONG TOUR. WHEN YOU DO AN ALBUM AND YOU GO, 249 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:50,836 "OKAY, THAT'S HOW THAT SONG SHOULD SOUND" AND THEN YOU GO 250 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:53,071 TAKE IT UP ON THE ON THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HEAR IT 251 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:56,875 IN FRONT OF AUDIENCES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, DOES THAT CHANGE 252 00:17:56,942 --> 00:17:59,411 YOUR VIEW OF THAT SONG OR HOW IT SHOULD BE PLAYED? 253 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:03,582 >> YOU KNOW, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. 254 00:18:03,649 --> 00:18:08,821 WITH SONGS THAT ARE STANDARDS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW THE SONG. 255 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:12,458 IN MY CASE, YOU'VE PLAYED IT FOR MEANS YEARS. 256 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:16,228 YOU HAVE THE ARRANGEMENT OF IT. AND YOU GO IN WITH A VERY GOOD 257 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:19,431 IDEA OF WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT SHOULD SOUND LIKE, AND HOW YOU 258 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:23,435 WANT TO CHANGE IT AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN. 259 00:18:23,502 --> 00:18:26,572 TYPICALLY, I WRITE MY OWN STUFF. WHEN I GO INTO THE STUDIO AND 260 00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:30,075 PERFORM SOMETHING AND LAY IT DOWN, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME 261 00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:34,246 IT'S-- IT'S SORT OF-- IT'S NEVER PLAYED FOR PEOPLE. 262 00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:38,283 I MEAN, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL BOOK A GIG AND PLAY THE MATERIAL 263 00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:41,787 THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A NEW ALBUM IN A WAR OR A SMALL CLUB 264 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:44,223 OR, YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO WORK IT UP. 265 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:48,627 BECAUSE AFTER YOU'VE PLAYED IT FOR ABOUT-- AND CATO KNOWS THIS. 266 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:54,199 AFTER YOU'VE PLAYED SOMETHING, ANYBODY-- ANY MUSICIAN DOES-- 267 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:59,171 AFTER YOU PLAY SOMETHING ABOUT 20 TIMES IT SORT OF FINDS ITS 268 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:00,506 WAY. IT GETS SORT OF SEATED. 269 00:19:00,572 --> 00:19:04,877 AND I OFTEN THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT I'VE NEVER 270 00:19:04,943 --> 00:19:07,012 REALLY GOTTEN AROUND TO DOING IT. 271 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:10,382 I NEVER-- SO, YEA. >> Stephen: THE NEXT ONE. 272 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:13,819 DO THE NEXT ONE THAT WAY. >> IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, 273 00:19:13,886 --> 00:19:16,221 AND IT'S A THING, YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT SO MANY 274 00:19:16,288 --> 00:19:20,192 OF YOUR OWN STANDARDS. THE JAMES TAYLOR CLASSICS. 275 00:19:20,259 --> 00:19:23,262 DOES DOES YOUR-- ARE YOU EVER TEMPTED TO REALLY SWITCH UP, 276 00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:27,966 LIKE HOW "FIRE AND RAIN" SOUNDS? >> YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT 277 00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:31,803 THE-- WHAT THE INSPIRATION FOR THAT IS, WHAT THE MOTIVATION IS 278 00:19:31,870 --> 00:19:38,810 TO CHANGE IT AND TO MAKE IT NEW. BUT, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I-- I'M 279 00:19:38,877 --> 00:19:43,315 VERY AWARE THAT AN AUDIENCE WANTS TO-- YOU KNOW, IF THEY 280 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:46,618 WANT TO HEAR THE SONG, THEY WANT TO HEAR IT AS THEY RECOGNIZE IT. 281 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:49,154 THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR SOME VERSION. 282 00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:53,592 ( APPLAUSE ). JOINS YOU ON TOUR THIS TIME 283 00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:56,528 AROUND. WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO HAVE 284 00:19:56,595 --> 00:19:58,597 YOUR SON THERE WITH YOU? >> IT'S BEEN GREAT. 285 00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:03,435 IT FELT SO EASY AND SO KNOW-- WELL, FAMILIAR, OBVIOUSLY. 286 00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:06,972 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT-- IT WAS JUST... 287 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:09,408 I DON'T KNOW. I THINK HE'S GOT A FEEL FOR IT, 288 00:20:09,474 --> 00:20:14,646 YOU KNOW. HE'S GOT-- HE-- YOU KNOW, I'VE 289 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:20,252 TOURED ACTUALLY WITH THREE OF MY CHILDREN AT VARIOUS POINTS. 290 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:25,057 AND IT IS A WONDERFUL THING. AND HENRY JUST, IN PARTICULAR, 291 00:20:25,123 --> 00:20:28,660 YOU KNOW, HE SAYS, FOR HIM, HE SAYS HE FEELS ANXIETY. 292 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:32,431 HE FEELS, YOU KNOW, NERVES BEFOREHAND. 293 00:20:32,497 --> 00:20:37,369 BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT. IT'S-- I THINK HE'S-- I'VE OFTEN 294 00:20:37,436 --> 00:20:42,140 SAID THAT 90% OF SHOW BUSINESS IS HOW YOU LOOK WHEN YOU'RE 295 00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:44,209 NERVOUS, YOU KNOW. >> Stephen: WHAT-- WHAT DO YOU 296 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:46,111 MEAN? LIKE IF YOU CAN LIKE-- BECAUSE 297 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:48,347 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NOT BE NERVOUS, THEN WHAT DOES THAT 298 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:51,450 LOOK LIKE TO AN AUDIENCE? >> EXACTLY. 299 00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:54,252 WHAT KNOW-- HOW YOU LOOK WHEN YOU'RE NERVOUS, IF YOU LOOK 300 00:20:54,319 --> 00:20:56,221 GOOD, YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. ( LAUGHTER ). 301 00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:59,191 ARE YOU STILL NERVOUS WHEN YOU GO ON STAGE EVER? 302 00:20:59,257 --> 00:21:03,495 >> YEAH. I'M ALWAYS NERVOUS WHEN I GO ON, 303 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:06,632 MORE AT THE BEGINNING OF A TOUR. ONCE YOU GET INTO A GROOVE, AND 304 00:21:06,698 --> 00:21:10,035 I'M SURE-- MAN, YOUR GROOVE HAS TO LAST FOR YEARS. 305 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:13,338 >> Stephen: I'M NERVOUS EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I COME OUT, BECAUSE 306 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:15,507 I KNOW HOW IT SHOULD PLAY UP HERE. 307 00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:17,075 >> RIGHT. >> Stephen: LAUGHTER I'M 308 00:21:17,142 --> 00:21:20,879 GETTING UP HERE IS WAY KNRN-- ( LAUGHTER ). 309 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:27,419 >> YOU WANT TO BE-- YOU WANT TO BE EITHER IN THE MOMENT OR 310 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:30,522 SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF IT, YOU KNOW. YOU WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT 311 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:33,725 WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO AND NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST 312 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:37,396 DID. >> Stephen: 100,000%. 313 00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:39,498 100,000%. SO THERE'S A NEW VENUE OPENING 314 00:21:39,564 --> 00:21:45,804 UP AT FENWAY IN BOSTON. IT'S THE M.G.M. MUSIC HALL? 315 00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:47,172 IS THAT WHAT IT IS? >> I THINK SO. 316 00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,573 >> Stephen: YOU'RE THE FIRST PERFORMER THERE. 317 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,910 WHAT IS-- ARE YOU-- ARE YOU A RED SOX FAN? 318 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:54,913 >> I AM. >> Stephen: ARE YOU EXCITED 319 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,683 ABOUT PLAYING NEXT TO THE PARK? >> I AM. 320 00:21:57,749 --> 00:22:00,886 I AM A RED SOX FAN. AND I'VE PLAYED FENWAY A COUPLE 321 00:22:00,952 --> 00:22:03,388 OF TIMES. THAT'S A DELIGHT. 322 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:06,491 >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER PLAY BALL? 323 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:09,594 >> PLAY BALL WHEN I WAS A KID. >> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE ANY 324 00:22:09,661 --> 00:22:11,763 DREAMS? >> NO, I WAS-- I PLAYED 325 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:16,468 ANYTHING, MOSTLY FIRST BASE. >> Stephen: IT'S A GOOD 326 00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:20,605 POSITION. >> BUT I WAS VERY MEDIOCRE LAUGH 327 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:23,442 EXTREMELY. >> Stephen: I PLAYED LEFT 328 00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:25,310 DUGOUT. WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK, BUT 329 00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:29,948 WHEN WE COME BACK I WILL ASK JAMES ABOUT HIS OLD FRIEND JONI 330 00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:31,016 MITCHELL. STICK AROUND. 331 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:45,964 HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH JAMES TAYLOR JONI MITCHELL 332 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:49,634 SURPRISED EVERYBODY BY PERFORMING AT THE NEWPORT 333 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:52,504 FESTIVAL LAST WEEK. HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL TO 334 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:55,974 SEE-- I KNOW YOU GUYS GO WAY BACK, WHEN YOU WERE ON THE SHOW 335 00:22:56,041 --> 00:23:01,613 A COUPLE OF TIMES AGO, YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT HOW YOU WROTE 336 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,484 "YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES" FOR HER WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP IN THE 337 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:09,588 BACK SEAT OF THE CAR AS YOU DROVE UP ON THE PACIFIC COAST 338 00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:11,356 HIGHWAY. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE 339 00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:15,393 HER BACK ON STAGE AGAIN? >> IT WAS GREAT. 340 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:21,366 PARTICULARLY, FOR JONI, SHE HAD A REAL SORT OF DISASTROUS EVENT 341 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:25,103 THAT HAPPENED TO HER, WHAT, FIVE YEARS AGO NOW, SEVEN YEARS AGO? 342 00:23:25,170 --> 00:23:27,706 YOU KNOW, SHE HAD A SERIOUS STROKE. 343 00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:32,377 AND SHE'S COME BACK FROM IT SO AMAZINGLY, YOU KNOW. 344 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:37,048 THAT WAS-- I MEAN, THAT SHE'S STILL HERE AT ALL IS REMARKABLE. 345 00:23:37,115 --> 00:23:42,888 BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T-- YOU CAN'T STOP HER. 346 00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:46,124 YOU CAN'T... SHE'S JUST... 347 00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:50,962 AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, BRANDY CARLISLE REALLY IS INSTRUMENTAL 348 00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:55,267 IN HER GETTING, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AGAIN. 349 00:23:55,333 --> 00:24:03,008 REALLY HAS-- HATS OFF TO BRANDI. .>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN 350 00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:05,443 BRANDI'S PERFORMANCE OF "BLUE?" >> I HAVEN'T. 351 00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:08,580 >> Stephen: SHE DID THE ENTIRE ALBUM OF "BLUE." 352 00:24:08,647 --> 00:24:12,350 >> SO DID I. >> Stephen: YOU DID "BLUE, 353 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:15,821 TOO? >> NO, I PLAYED ON THE ORIGINAL. 354 00:24:15,887 --> 00:24:20,926 >> Stephen: I BELIEVE... WHAT DO YOU-- WAIT, WAIT A SECOND. 355 00:24:20,992 --> 00:24:23,895 WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING ON IN "BLUE?" 356 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:26,298 STEPHEN STILLS PLAYS ON IT, TOO, RIGHT? 357 00:24:26,364 --> 00:24:29,601 >> YES, HE DOES. >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU PLAY 358 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:33,605 ON "BLUE." >> "ALL I REALLY WANT." 359 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:35,941 >> Stephen: THAT'S YOUR GUITAR. 360 00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:42,647 >> THAT'S MINE. >> THE PICKING STUFF IS ME, AS 361 00:24:42,714 --> 00:24:49,054 ALWAYS. BUT THAT AND "I'M ON A LONELY 362 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,791 ROAD," "ALL I REALLY WANT" I THINK IS THE TITLE OF THE TUNE. 363 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:58,830 "CALIFORNIA" I PLAYED ON. >> Stephen: WHAT? 364 00:24:58,897 --> 00:25:03,668 >> AND THERE'S A FOURTH ONE. "I COULD DRINK A CASE OF YOU." 365 00:25:03,735 --> 00:25:04,870 >> Stephen: REALLY? OH, WOW. 366 00:25:04,936 --> 00:25:09,608 SHE'S PLAYING THE PIANO ON THAT, AND YOU'RE PLAYING GUITAR. 367 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:13,578 >> I THINK SHE'S PLAYING DULCIMER ON THAT, TOO. 368 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:16,982 >> Stephen: HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT YOU PLAYED ON THAT ALBUM? 369 00:25:17,048 --> 00:25:20,118 >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW. ( LAUGHTER ) 370 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:21,620 >> I THINK-- I THINK I WAS CREDITED. 371 00:25:21,686 --> 00:25:25,557 >> Stephen: YOU WERE CREDITED? I DON'T READ THE LINER NOTES AS 372 00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:27,893 MUCH AS I SHOULD. I JUST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. 373 00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:30,896 WE HAVE TO GO HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, ARE 374 00:25:30,962 --> 00:25:35,934 YOU GOING TO BE CELEBRATING WITH YO YO MA, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 375 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:41,039 CELEBRATING JOHN WILLIAMS' 90th BIRTHDAY UP AT 376 00:25:41,106 --> 00:25:43,041 TANGLEWOOD. FIRST OF ALL, HOW DID YOU MEET 377 00:25:43,108 --> 00:25:47,946 JOHN WILLIAMS? I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A VERY 378 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:51,950 SPECIAL DAY FOR YOU. >> IT WAS. 379 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:55,987 WELL, IT WAS THE FIRST I PLAYED WITH A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EVER. 380 00:25:56,054 --> 00:26:01,393 AND THAT'S A REAL-- THAT'S A REAL CHANGE FROM-- FROM THE 381 00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:05,063 WORLD THAT I CAME FROM, WHICH IS BASICALLY SORT OF FOLK MUSIC AND 382 00:26:05,130 --> 00:26:09,935 A LITTLE BIT FROM JAZZ AND BLUES. 383 00:26:10,001 --> 00:26:15,373 BUT-- BUT THE-- YOU KNOW, SO IT'S DAUNTING TO PLAY WITH AN 384 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,311 ORCHESTRA LIKE THAT. BUT I-- BUT THE THING IS, IT'S 385 00:26:19,377 --> 00:26:23,848 SORT OF LIKE I WAS INTRODUCED TO IT AT THE VERY TOP POSSIBLE 386 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:27,852 LEVEL WITH THE BOSTON SYMPHONY, THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA, WHICH 387 00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:32,324 IS A LOT OF THE SAME PLAYERS, AND JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTING 388 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:35,727 THEM. SO IT WAS REALLY STEPPING OFF 389 00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:39,564 THE LADDER AT THE VERY TOP, YOU KNOW,. 390 00:26:39,631 --> 00:26:45,570 AND THAT MADE IT-- JOHN MADE EVERYTHING SEEM EASY AND NATURAL 391 00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:52,310 AND VERY ACCESSIBLE. BUT-- SO THAT-- YOU KNOW, THAT 392 00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:56,881 ASPECT OF IT WAS AMAZING. I HAD HAD A MANAGER, A SORT OF 393 00:26:56,948 --> 00:27:02,520 BUSINESS MANAGER FOR YEARS, WHO WAS AN OVERSEAR OF THAT 394 00:27:02,587 --> 00:27:06,624 ORCHESTRA AND USED TO COME UP TO TANGLEWOOD EVERY SUMMER AND WAS 395 00:27:06,691 --> 00:27:11,563 VERY INVOLVED IN IT, AND IT WAS HIS THING TO DO TO THE SYMPHONY. 396 00:27:11,629 --> 00:27:14,866 HE WAS TRYING TO GET ME TO DO THE POPS FOR A LONG TIME, AND 397 00:27:14,933 --> 00:27:17,168 FINALLY AFTER THREE SEPARATE TRIES PUSHING ON ME. 398 00:27:17,235 --> 00:27:20,372 I SAID, "OKAY, I'LL DO IT. I'LL DO IT. 399 00:27:20,438 --> 00:27:27,112 JUST LEAVE ME ALONE." A GAME NAMED STANLEY SILVERMAN 400 00:27:27,178 --> 00:27:31,616 WROTE SOME BEAUTIFUL CHARTS FOR ME IS FOR MY SONGS AND 401 00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:35,553 STANDARDS. I TOOK THEM TO THE SYMPHONY, WE 402 00:27:35,620 --> 00:27:38,390 HAD NOT UNLIKE THE KIND OF DAY WE HAD TODAY, AND PARTICULARLY 403 00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:42,961 ON MONDAY WHEN WE STARTED. WHEN WE-- WHEN-- YOU KNOW, WHEN 404 00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:48,833 YOU DO A SOUND CHECK, BASQUELY, YOU DO A REHEARSAL WITH THE 405 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:50,735 ORCHESTRA. JOHN CHECKING OUT THE CHARTS AND 406 00:27:50,802 --> 00:27:53,571 SEES HOW THEY WORK. AND, YOU KNOW, JOHN IS-- HE'S 407 00:27:53,638 --> 00:27:57,475 SUCH A MASTER. HE CAN TAKE AN ORCHESTRAL CHART, 408 00:27:57,542 --> 00:28:01,379 YOU KNOW, THE CONDUCTOR'S CHART, WHICH HAS ALL OF THE PARTS 409 00:28:01,446 --> 00:28:05,116 WRITTEN ON ON TWO PAGES, AND HE CAN JUST SORT OF LISTEN TO IT AS 410 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:14,426 HE TURNS THE PAGES. IT'S LIKE "ARE YOU SHOWING ME A 411 00:28:14,492 --> 00:28:18,630 B-FLAS THERE?" HE HEARS IT AS HE LOOKS AT IT. 412 00:28:18,696 --> 00:28:27,639 BUT, ANYWAY, ALSO, THAT SAME DAY, MY SOON-TO-BE WIFE-- IT 413 00:28:27,705 --> 00:28:30,642 WOULD TAKE ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT 414 00:28:30,708 --> 00:28:36,281 TOGETHER, BUT MY WIFE KIM WAS WORKING WITH THE SYMPHONY THEN 415 00:28:36,347 --> 00:28:41,953 AND HAD BEEN FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. AND WHEN SHE CAME TO MY DRESSING 416 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:44,789 ROOM AND WANTED TO ASK ME A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW 417 00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:48,126 SHE WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE ME, BECAUSE THAT-- IT FELL TO HER TO 418 00:28:48,193 --> 00:28:54,232 DO MY INTRODUCTION. SO, YOU KNOW, I-- I-- I 419 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:57,235 CONNECTED. I SAW HER. 420 00:28:57,302 --> 00:29:03,541 I THOUGHT, HMM, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. 421 00:29:03,608 --> 00:29:04,309 AND THEN-- ( LAUGHTER ) 422 00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:07,312 PRESHOW. I WAS NERVOUS. 423 00:29:07,378 --> 00:29:12,484 I WASN'T IN A ROMANTIC MOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST-- IT 424 00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:16,187 WASN'T THE RIGHT TIMING. BUT THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT DAY, 425 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:20,959 I WAS THRILLED AND DELIGHTED. NO, THE NEXT DAY WHEN I WOKE UP, 426 00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:23,261 I NOTICED THAT MY WATCH WAS MISSING. 427 00:29:23,328 --> 00:29:29,367 AND I-- I COLLECTED WATCHES. YOU KNOW, THESE NOT-- NOT VERY 428 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:31,035 EXPENSIVE BUT INTERESTING WATCHES. 429 00:29:31,102 --> 00:29:33,338 THEY WERE POCKET WATCH S. >> Stephen: WITH A CHAIN, 430 00:29:33,404 --> 00:29:36,975 THAT KIND OF THING? >> THAT KIND OF THING ON A FOB. 431 00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:41,012 AND THIS WAS A RAILROAD WATCH, PLAYING THE BLACK HOLE OF 432 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:46,284 CALCUTTA, THE FUNKIEST JUKE JOINTS ANYWHERE, I HAD NEVER HAD 433 00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:50,722 ANYTHING STOLEN FROM A DRESSING ROOM, UNTIL I PLAYED THE BOSTON 434 00:29:50,788 --> 00:29:51,789 SYMPHONY. >> Stephen: WOW. 435 00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:56,361 AND DID KIM STEAL IT? HOW DOES THIS GET BACK TO YOUR 436 00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:58,196 WIFE? HOW DOES IT GET BACK TO HER? 437 00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:00,965 >> SHE DENIES EVERYTHING. SO I CALLED HER THE NEXT DAY, 438 00:30:01,032 --> 00:30:04,335 AND THAT WAS-- THAT WAS THE GOOD FORTUNE-- MAYBE I LOST THE 439 00:30:04,402 --> 00:30:08,907 WATCH, BUT I-- I GOT MY BEST FRIEND. 440 00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:17,916 ( APPLAUSE ) BROUGHT THAT HOME WELL, JAMES, 441 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:21,352 THROFL HAVE YOU HERE THIS WEEK. PLEASE COME BACK ANY TIME. 442 00:30:21,419 --> 00:30:28,393 >> IT'S BEEN SO GREAT. >> Stephen: JAMES TAYLOR. 443 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:31,229 "AMERICAN STANDARD" IS AVAILABLE NOW. 444 00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:34,532 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ACTOR COLMAN DOMINGO. 445 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:35,600 JAMES TAYLOR! 446 00:30:56,054 --> 00:30:58,990 COMING ON THE HORN. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 447 00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:00,291 FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "SELMA," "IF BEALE 448 00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:01,993 STREET COULD TALK," AND "ZOLA." 449 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:07,932 HE RECENTLY RECEIVED AN EMMY NOMINATION FOR HIS ROLE AS ALI 450 00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:12,070 IN "EUPHORIA." >> I'VE ALWAYS ACCEPTED YOU FOR 451 00:31:12,136 --> 00:31:16,274 WHO YOU ARE-- THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. 452 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:21,946 ( BLEEP ) I'M NOT SOME PARENT YOU CAN TREAT LIKE ( BLEEP ). 453 00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:28,553 >> EXCUSE ME? EXCUSE ME? 454 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:30,855 ( SCOFFS ) WHEN I SIT ACROSS FROM YOU AND 455 00:31:30,922 --> 00:31:33,358 TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MY LIFE YOU DON'T GET TO USE THAT 456 00:31:33,424 --> 00:31:35,960 ( BLEEP ) AGAINST ME. YOU CROSS THAT LINE AGAIN, WE'RE 457 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:38,329 DONE. YOU TALK BACK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 458 00:31:38,396 --> 00:31:41,032 DONE. ONE MORE ( BLEEP ) WORD OUT OF 459 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:43,668 YOUR MOUTH AND WE'RE DONE. YOU HEAR ME? 460 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:47,438 HEY! YOU HEAR ME? 461 00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:48,506 >> OR WHAT, ALI? YOU GOING TO HIT ME? 462 00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:59,917 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO 463 00:31:59,984 --> 00:32:08,259 "THE LATE SHOW," COLMAN DOMINGO! 464 00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:23,207 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 465 00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:24,309 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 466 00:32:24,375 --> 00:32:25,943 >> Stephen: VERY NICE. I HAVE TO RESPECT A GUEST WHO 467 00:32:26,010 --> 00:32:28,680 TAKES THEIR TIME GETTING OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, GIVE A LITTLE 468 00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:30,481 BIT TO THE AUDIENCE. YOU DESERVE IT. 469 00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:33,785 >> THEY HIT ME WITH A SLOW JAM. WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? 470 00:32:33,851 --> 00:32:36,054 I HAD TO GLIDE WITH YOU GUYS, THANK YOU. 471 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,722 >> Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU OUT HERE. 472 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:41,759 THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EMMY 473 00:32:41,826 --> 00:32:44,796 NOMINATION FOR "EUPHORIA." >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 474 00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:46,197 >> Stephen: YOUR FIRST NOMINATION? 475 00:32:46,264 --> 00:32:48,366 >> FIRST NOMINATION. >> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD 476 00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:49,534 FEELING. >> SUCH A GOOD FEELING. 477 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,170 >> Stephen: VERY VALIDATING FOR EVERYBODY ON THE THOUGH. 478 00:32:52,236 --> 00:32:55,106 >> EVERYBODY ON THE SHOW, BUT EVERYONE WHO SAY SUPPORTER OF 479 00:32:55,173 --> 00:32:56,374 YOU. IT FEELS LIKE-- THERE'S A WHOLE 480 00:32:56,441 --> 00:33:01,713 TEAM OF PEOPLE-- FAMILY, LOVED ONES THAT YOU YOU DO-- ANY 481 00:33:01,779 --> 00:33:03,781 ARTIST-- DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S EVERYBODY. 482 00:33:03,848 --> 00:33:05,516 >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A SPECIAL THING YOU LIKE TO 483 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:09,120 DO WHEN YOU CELEBRATE. WHAT'S YOUR LITTLE RITUAL WHEN 484 00:33:09,187 --> 00:33:12,590 YOU CELEBRATE? >> I'VE HAD A RITUAL SINCE I WAS 485 00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:14,325 21, TAKE MYSELF FOR CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTERS. 486 00:33:14,392 --> 00:33:15,993 >> Stephen: DID YOU DO IT? >> I DID. 487 00:33:16,060 --> 00:33:18,696 BUT IT WASN'T A GREAT PLACE. IT WAS ALL RIGHT. 488 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:23,634 I WAS FINISHING SHOOTING "THE COLOR PURPLE" AND I FOUND 489 00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:25,403 SOMEWHERE TO CELEBRATE QUICKLY BY MYSELF. 490 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:28,106 >> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTERS? 491 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:30,675 >> NO, I JUST HAD OYSTERS. >> Stephen: HOW ABOUT-- 492 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:33,277 >> OH, MAN! OH! 493 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:38,316 ( APPLAUSE ) OH, THIS-- OH, MAN. 494 00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:42,754 THIS IS SO NICE, MAN! OH! 495 00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:44,522 MAN! ( APPLAUSE ) 496 00:33:44,589 --> 00:33:47,125 >> Stephen: CHEERS. >> I'M A BIT OF A SOFTY. 497 00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:49,894 YOU GOT ME ALMOST CRYING. THANK YOU, MAN. 498 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:51,629 >> Stephen: CHEERS. >> CHEERS. 499 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:53,731 >> Stephen: CHEERS TO YOU, MAN. 500 00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:56,868 >> THAT'S VERY KIND. ( APPLAUSE ). 501 00:33:56,934 --> 00:33:59,570 I LOVE IT. >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO, 502 00:33:59,637 --> 00:34:03,841 THERE YOU GO. FEEL FREE. 503 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:06,878 AS THE INTERVIEW GOES ON, IF THE QUESTIONS ARE TOO TOUGH, YOU CAN 504 00:34:06,944 --> 00:34:09,313 BUY TIME BY HAVING ANOTHER OYSTER. 505 00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:12,283 >> I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL, DONE AND DONE. 506 00:34:12,350 --> 00:34:17,321 >> Stephen: YOU PLAY ALI ON "EUPHORIA," WHO IS THE MORAL 507 00:34:17,388 --> 00:34:19,190 COMPASS FOR ZENDAYA'S CHARACTER, RUE. 508 00:34:19,257 --> 00:34:21,893 >> YES. >> Stephen: AND HOW HAS THE 509 00:34:21,959 --> 00:34:27,365 REACTION FROM AUDIENCES BEEN FOR YOU? 510 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:29,467 >> TRULY PROFOUND, MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT I'VE EVER HAD IN 511 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:33,538 MY CAREER. I GET EMAILS AND TEXTS AND 512 00:34:33,604 --> 00:34:35,973 TWITTER MESSAGES. AND I GOT ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT 513 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:42,313 STILL STANDS OUT TO ME THEY ACTUALLY SENT TO ZENDAYA AND TO 514 00:34:42,380 --> 00:34:44,682 SAM LEVINSON, AND IT WAS ABOUT THIS WOMAN WHO SAID THE SHOW HAD 515 00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:49,053 SUCH A PROFOUND EFFECT ON HER-- SHE LOST HER MOTHER AND HER 516 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,222 MOTHER SUFFERED FROM THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION. 517 00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:53,858 AND SHE SAID, "THROUGH THE SHOW YOU HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THAT MY 518 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:59,397 MOTHER WAS-- HER DISEASE WAS BIGGER THAN HER. 519 00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:03,868 IT WAS A WOMAN WHO HAD DREAMS. SHE WANTED TO BE A BALLERINA, 520 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:07,638 BUT IT WAS A STRUGGLE. A HUMAN STRUGGLE." 521 00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:09,974 ANYTHING SHE THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE, I DIDN'T HAVE MY MOTHER, 522 00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:12,376 SHE WASN'T THERE FOR ME, IT WENT AWAY. 523 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:14,579 AND SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE WAS JUST STRUGGLING AND TRYING, LIKE 524 00:35:14,645 --> 00:35:17,849 ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE MOST 525 00:35:17,915 --> 00:35:20,384 PROFOUND THING. IT JUST DECIMATED ME. 526 00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:22,987 BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CREATE A SHOW THAT HAS 527 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:25,456 AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE. >> Stephen: THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL 528 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:27,458 GIFT TO GIVE AN AUDIENCE MEMBER LIKE THAT. 529 00:35:27,525 --> 00:35:31,429 WHO IS YOUR ALI IN YOUR LIFE? DID YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO WOULD 530 00:35:31,496 --> 00:35:33,764 CHECK AND YOU KEEP YOU ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW? 531 00:35:33,831 --> 00:35:37,034 >> THAT'S MY MOTHER. MY MOTHER WAS MY ALI. 532 00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:41,472 ( APPLAUSE ) >> BUT IT'S KIND OF WILD BECAUSE 533 00:35:41,539 --> 00:35:45,142 MY MOTHER WAS RAISE BIDE A VERY SORT OF BAPTIST FAMILY, BUT SHE 534 00:35:45,209 --> 00:35:47,211 SORT OF DIDN'T IMPOSE THAT ON US. 535 00:35:47,278 --> 00:35:51,015 SHE LET US MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES. BUT SHE WOULD SAY, "THINK ABOUT 536 00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:53,551 WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF IT." 537 00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:56,287 IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU NAME IT. 538 00:35:56,354 --> 00:35:58,589 SHE WAS LOVING AND KIND AND TELLING ME THINGS WHEN I WAS A 539 00:35:58,656 --> 00:36:01,158 YOUNG ACTOR NOT TO THINK ABOUT MYSELF SO MUCH. 540 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:05,429 GO BE OF SERVICE TO SOMEONE, BE OF SERVICE TO YOUNG KIDS, AND 541 00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:07,331 YOU'LL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PART WORLD. 542 00:36:07,398 --> 00:36:09,800 >> Stephen: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 543 00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:13,104 SERVICE IS LOVE MADE VISIBLE. YOU HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE. 544 00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:15,907 >> "SERVICE IS LOVE MADE VISIBLE." 545 00:36:15,973 --> 00:36:17,909 I NEVER HEARD THAT. >> Stephen: YOU ARE BUSY, AS 546 00:36:17,975 --> 00:36:22,113 YOU SAID BEFORE, YOU JUST WRAPPED ON "THE COLOR PURPLE. 547 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:23,314 >> >> YES. 548 00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:26,884 >> Stephen: WHICH IS PRODUCED BY OUR FRIEND OPRAH AND STARS 549 00:36:26,951 --> 00:36:29,120 JOHN BATISTE. >> HEY! 550 00:36:29,186 --> 00:36:31,622 >> Stephen: YEAH! >> HEY! 551 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:37,962 YES. THAT WAS JOHN BATISTE, THAT WAS 552 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,197 MY IMPRESSION. >> Stephen: WHAT HAS THE 553 00:36:40,264 --> 00:36:43,534 EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE WORKING ON THAT MOVIE? 554 00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:51,642 >> IT'S EPIC AND THE MUSICAL VERSION, AND I PLAY MISTA, ALONG 555 00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:54,679 WITH JONATHAN BATISTE. DANIEL BROOKES. 556 00:36:54,745 --> 00:36:57,782 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAST. ( APPLAUSE ) 557 00:36:57,848 --> 00:37:02,720 BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT REALLY GOES INTO THE IMAGINATION THAT SEELY 558 00:37:02,787 --> 00:37:06,290 HAS THAT WILL HELP HER OVERCOME HER HARDSHIPS AND HER ABUSE. 559 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:09,627 >> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT THE PROJECT YOU'RE DOING-- ACTUALLY, 560 00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:15,299 PRODUCED BY THE OBAMAS-- IT'S CALLED "RESTIN." 561 00:37:15,366 --> 00:37:18,603 WHAT IS THAT ABOUT? >> IT'S ABOUT NAMED CIVIL RIGHTS 562 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:23,608 LEADER-- I WOULDN'T SAY FAMED BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES HISTORY 563 00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:26,143 BOOKS PROBABLY PUT HIM UNDERNEATH. 564 00:37:26,210 --> 00:37:28,412 BUT HE ORGANIZED THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR DR. KING. 565 00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:33,618 ( APPLAUSE ) BEEN GIFTED WITH THE 566 00:37:33,684 --> 00:37:39,957 RESPONSIBILITY OF PLAYING RUSTIN AND IT COSTARS AUDREY McDONALD 567 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:42,760 AND GLENN TERMON AND MICHAEL POTTS. 568 00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:45,129 AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT RIGHT BEFORE THE MARCH ON 569 00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:47,598 WASHINGTON, SEEING HOW HOW IT GOT THERE. 570 00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:53,437 AND TELL YOU MANY WAYS HOW HE WAS THE PERSON WHO INSPIRED 571 00:37:53,504 --> 00:37:56,507 DR. KING, WHEN IT COMES TO MANY, MANY PRINCIPLES THAT REALLY HELP 572 00:37:56,574 --> 00:38:00,544 US AND GAVE US THE FOUNDATIONS OF LIBERTY WE HAVE TODAY. 573 00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:05,249 >> Stephen: WHEN YOU ARE WORKING ON IT, I WANT YOU TO ASK 574 00:38:05,316 --> 00:38:09,186 THE PRODUCERS WHO IS GOING TO PLAY ME SNIFFS AT THE MARCH ON 575 00:38:09,253 --> 00:38:12,757 WASHINGTON IN 1963, ON AUGUST 28, BECAUSE MY MOM WAS PREGNANT 576 00:38:12,823 --> 00:38:16,394 WITH ME, AND SHE WENT TO THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. 577 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:19,030 >> ARE YOU SERIOUS. >> Stephen: SOMEBODY, NOT A 578 00:38:19,096 --> 00:38:22,433 BIG ACTOR, A SMALL ACTOR. >> BUT IT'S INSIDE YOU. 579 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,635 LITERALLY, YOU WERE THERE GLI HEARD IT. 580 00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:28,439 IT WAS MUFFLED, BUT I HEARD MOST OF THE "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. 581 00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:30,741 YOU HAVE A SPECIAL LOVE STORY WITH YOUR HUSBAND. 582 00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:33,044 >> I DO. >> Stephen: WHERE YOU MET 17 583 00:38:33,110 --> 00:38:34,945 YEARS AGO. TELL THE PEOPLE HOW THIS 584 00:38:35,012 --> 00:38:36,447 HAPPENED. LET ME GET THE PHOTO RIGHT HERE. 585 00:38:36,514 --> 00:38:38,416 >> OH, MAN. >> Stephen: THIS IS YOU AND 586 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:40,484 YOUR HUSBAND RIGHT THERE. RAUL. 587 00:38:40,551 --> 00:38:44,689 YOU MET IN A KIND OF ROM-COMKIND OF WAY. 588 00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:47,258 HOW DID THAT HAPPEN. >> YOU HAVE TO PICTURE 17 YEARS 589 00:38:47,324 --> 00:38:51,629 AGO, AND I WAS ACTUALLY WALKING DOWN THE STREET, GOING INTO A 590 00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:53,364 WALGREENS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. 591 00:38:53,431 --> 00:38:55,866 WE PASSED EACH OTHER, WE NEVER SPOKE. 592 00:38:55,933 --> 00:38:59,470 A FEW DAYS LATER I'M ON CRAIGSLIST TRYING TO BUY A USED 593 00:38:59,537 --> 00:39:02,273 COMPUTER TO HELP WITH MY WRITING. 594 00:39:02,339 --> 00:39:06,844 AND I WENT TO THE HOME SCREEN, THEY HAVE "MISSED CONNECTIONS," 595 00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:08,446 THINGS WITH ADS. YOU REMEMBER THAT. 596 00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:11,115 I WOULD READ THEM, BECAUSE I'M A ROMANTIC. 597 00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:13,784 I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THIS PERSON THEY CROSSED PATHS WITH 598 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:15,886 NEVER SPOKE TO. AND I GO TO THE SECOND PAGE OF 599 00:39:15,953 --> 00:39:19,523 "MISSED CONNECTIONS." "SAW YOU OUTSIDE OF WALGREENS 600 00:39:19,590 --> 00:39:23,194 BERKELEY." I HAD A FAUX HAWK-- YOU REMEMBER 601 00:39:23,260 --> 00:39:26,263 WHEN THEY WERE BIG-- AND WE MET UP TWO DAYS LATER, AND I TOLD 602 00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:29,100 HIM, "I THINK YOU'RE ABOUT TO CHANGE MY LIFE AND I LOVE YOU." 603 00:39:29,166 --> 00:39:33,204 >> Stephen: WOW! >> AND WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER EVER 604 00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:34,705 SINCE. >> Stephen: HERE'S TO THAT. 605 00:39:34,772 --> 00:39:35,606 CHEERS. CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF IT. 606 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:40,044 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: "EUPHORIA" IS 607 00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:43,914 STREAMING NOW ON HBO MAX. COLMAN DOMINGO, EVERYBODY! 608 00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:44,982 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 609 00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:09,774 >> Stephen: THAT'S IF FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 610 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,376 THANK YOU, JAMES TAYLOR, FOR AN AMAZING WEEK. 611 00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:13,444 GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY!