1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:06,206 NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KIM JUNG-UN IS SPORTING A NEW LOOK, 2 00:00:06,272 --> 00:00:09,309 THE IMAGES SHOW HIM IN WHITE SLACKS, WEARING BLACK SLACKS, HE 3 00:00:09,376 --> 00:00:14,647 HAS A KHAKI SAFARI HAT ON AND HE HAS ALSO BEEN SPOTTED IN A BROWN 4 00:00:14,714 --> 00:00:18,485 FIELD JACKET, EXPERTS SAY THAT HE IS SENDING A MESSAGE THAT HE 5 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:22,322 IS BOLD, PROUD AND IN CONTROL OF HIS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. 6 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:25,492 THE RECLUSIVE NATION HAS CONDUCTED AT LEAST SEVEN MISSILE 7 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:27,560 TESTS IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. 8 00:01:32,892 --> 00:01:34,294 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!" 9 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:42,135 TONIGHT: GLAD HABITS. 10 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:42,836 PLUS PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 11 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:47,707 JOHN LITHGOW AND WENDELL PIERCE 12 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:52,612 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND! 13 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:57,650 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 14 00:01:57,717 --> 00:02:01,654 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 15 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:12,465 THERE YOU ARE. 16 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:32,619 THAT SAY GOOD SHOW. 17 00:02:32,685 --> 00:02:35,021 >> STEPHEN, STEPHEN, STEPHEN. 18 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:35,688 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 19 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:39,025 THANK YOU, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. 20 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:43,229 WELCOME ONE AND ALL, IN HERE, OUT THERE, EVERYBODY THAT IS 21 00:02:43,296 --> 00:02:44,364 WATCHING. 22 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:50,870 WELCOME TO THE LATE SLOW I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 23 00:02:50,937 --> 00:02:54,807 IT'S OCTOBER 11, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS-- IT'S THE 24 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:57,443 LAST DAY OF FAT BEAR WEEK! 25 00:02:57,510 --> 00:03:00,980 THAT'S WHEN ALASKA'S KATMAI NATIONAL PARK CELEBRATES 26 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:03,449 BROWN BEARS BULKING UP FOR WINTER HIBERNATION, BY 27 00:03:03,516 --> 00:03:08,421 LETTING ENTHUSIASTS VOTE ON THEIR FAVORITE FAT BEAR IN A 28 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:11,090 MARCH MADNESS-STYLE BRACKET, AND EVEN WATCH THE HEFTY CONTENDERS 29 00:03:11,157 --> 00:03:14,928 VIA A LIVE "BEAR CAM." 30 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:16,963 AND THAT BEAR CAM CAN GET PRETTY RAUNCHY. 31 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:22,302 I'VE HEARD SOME CONTENDERS EVEN GO BOTTOMLESS. 32 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:23,202 "OH, NO, RABBIT. 33 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:27,707 I'M STUCK. 34 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:31,678 OH NO. 35 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:33,479 BUT SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT THIS FAT BEAR WEEK. 36 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:37,450 USUALLY, BEARS DON'T SOCIALIZE WITH EACH OTHER MUCH, BUT THIS 37 00:03:37,517 --> 00:03:40,286 TIME, TWO FAT BEARS HAVE FORMED A FRIENDSHIP, WHICH EXPERTS SAY 38 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:41,554 IS GROUNDBREAKING. 39 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:46,125 THEY ARE TWO MOTHERS WITH A SINGLE CUB EACH, WHO ARE ALSO 40 00:03:46,192 --> 00:03:47,994 SISTERS, WHO'VE BEEN PLAYING, RESTING, AND FISHING FOR SALMON 41 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:48,761 TOGETHER. 42 00:03:48,828 --> 00:03:53,266 HOLD ON. 43 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,702 FAT BEAR BEST FRIEND SISTERS WHO ARE RAISING THEIR CUBS TOGETHER? 44 00:03:55,768 --> 00:04:00,073 THEY STOLE THE PLOT OF MY NEW SITCOM, "GRIN AND BEAR IT!" 45 00:04:00,139 --> 00:04:05,578 THIS IS CBS! 46 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:09,282 THAT'S KEVIN JAMES IN ONE OF THOSE BEAR SUITS. 47 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:10,850 WANTS IMPRESSIVE. 48 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,285 BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY FAT BEAR NEWS I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING. 49 00:04:12,352 --> 00:04:18,257 SEE, THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE TOP TWO CONTENDERS IS FORMER 50 00:04:18,324 --> 00:04:25,665 CHAMPION 747, A.K.A. "COLBERT," YEAH, YEAH. 51 00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:27,000 (APPLAUSE) DIG IT. 52 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:30,069 A NAME "INSPIRED BY THE EAR IMPERFECTION HE SHARES WITH 53 00:04:30,136 --> 00:04:37,777 STEPHEN COLBERT." 54 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:42,215 OH YEAH, THANKS FOR BRINGING UP MY EAR. 55 00:04:42,281 --> 00:04:44,283 I ALMOST FORGOT FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT THAT MY HEAD IS DEFORMED. 56 00:04:44,350 --> 00:04:45,018 BEAUTIFUL. 57 00:04:45,084 --> 00:04:48,454 HIDEOUS. 58 00:04:48,521 --> 00:04:50,323 BEAUTIFUL, HIDEOUS. 59 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:51,457 HEY, HOW YOU DOING? 60 00:04:51,524 --> 00:04:54,761 HOPE YOU DIDN'T JUST EAT! 61 00:04:54,827 --> 00:05:09,442 ON THE PLUS SIDE, I CAN DO THIS: (APPLAUSE) 62 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:10,977 CAN A BEAR DO THAT? 63 00:05:11,044 --> 00:05:19,686 SUCK A SALMON, BEAR. 64 00:05:19,752 --> 00:05:21,220 COLBERT IS OBVIOUSLY A SHOO-IN. 65 00:05:21,287 --> 00:05:23,056 WHICH IS WHY, I AM SHOCKED TO ANNOUNCE, HE WAS THE TARGET OF 66 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:24,190 ELECTION FRAUD. 67 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:28,728 ON SUNDAY, MY BOY WENT UP AGAINST BEAR 435, "HOLLY," WHO 68 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:31,531 SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO WIN, UNTIL KATMAI NATIONAL PARK 69 00:05:31,597 --> 00:05:35,868 TWEETED, "FAT BEAR WEEK SCANDAL: LIKE BEARS STUFF THEIR FACE WITH 70 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:38,571 FISH, OUR BALLOT BOX, TOO, HAS BEEN STUFFED. 71 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:43,976 IT APPEARS SOMEONE HAS DECIDED TO SPAM THE FAT BEAR WEEK POLL." 72 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:44,944 STOP THE STEAL! 73 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:49,015 STOP THE STEAL! 74 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:50,983 STOP THE STEAL! 75 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:51,984 WOW, WOW. 76 00:05:52,051 --> 00:05:57,390 I GET IT NOW, THAT'S REALLY SATISFYING TO HEAR. 77 00:05:57,457 --> 00:06:01,160 I GOT A LITTLE-- (APPLAUSE). 78 00:06:01,227 --> 00:06:05,398 >> Stephen: I GOT CHILLS. 79 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:06,866 LUCKILY, THE FRAUD WAS UNCOVERED, THE VOTES WERE 80 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:12,472 ADJUSTED, AND THE OFFICIAL WINNER OF SUNDAY'S MATCH-UP WAS 81 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:13,906 747 COLBERT WITH 37,940 VOTES! 82 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:14,907 WE DID IT! 83 00:06:14,974 --> 00:06:16,809 FOUR MORE BEARS! 84 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:20,880 FOUR MORE BEARS! 85 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:22,782 FOUR MORE BEARS! 86 00:06:22,849 --> 00:06:25,184 FOUR MORE BEARS! 87 00:06:25,251 --> 00:06:26,385 TODAY, TODAY WAS THE FINAL VOTE, AND 88 00:06:26,452 --> 00:06:26,953 THE WINNER IS... 89 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:28,087 DO WE HAVE THE RESULTS? 90 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:31,657 WE DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS. 91 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:40,133 BECAUSE THE VOTING DIDN'T CLOSE TILL 9:00 P.M., AND WE NORMALLY 92 00:06:40,199 --> 00:06:42,969 RECORD THIS SHOW EARLIER. 93 00:06:43,035 --> 00:06:44,604 WHY, ARE WE LIVE? 94 00:06:44,670 --> 00:06:45,404 WHY AREN'T WE LIVE? 95 00:06:45,471 --> 00:06:48,808 IT'S ELECTION NIGHT. 96 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:52,512 IT'S FAR BEAR WEEK ELECTION NIGHT, COULD WE BE LIVE. 97 00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:55,882 LET ME CHECK IF WE ARE LIVE. 98 00:06:55,948 --> 00:06:58,651 (BLEEP). 99 00:06:58,718 --> 00:07:00,353 DID THEY BLEEP THAT? 100 00:07:00,419 --> 00:07:03,322 THEY BLEEPED THAT? 101 00:07:03,389 --> 00:07:03,856 >> PROBABLY. 102 00:07:03,923 --> 00:07:04,423 >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. 103 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:07,260 I GUESS WE'RE NOT LIVE. 104 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:09,862 SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S OUR COVERAGE OF FAT BEAR WEEK. 105 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:13,132 I WANTED TO START THE SHOW WITH SOMETHING LIGHT, BECAUSE THE 106 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,669 HEADLINES OUT THERE ARE A LITTLE NUCLEAR. 107 00:07:16,736 --> 00:07:19,505 SEE, THE WAR IN UKRAINE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE AS 108 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:22,875 VLADIMIR PUTIN KEEPS GETTING KICKED IN THE STROGANOFF. 109 00:07:22,942 --> 00:07:26,879 RUSSIA HAS BEEN LASHING OUT AT UKRAINE FOR DESTROYING THEIR 110 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:28,781 BRIDGE, AND THEY'RE ALSO COMING AFTER THE U.S. FOR SUPPORTING 111 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:29,849 UKRAINE. 112 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:33,186 YESTERDAY, THEY LAUNCHED A DEVASTATING CYBER ATTACK, 113 00:07:33,252 --> 00:07:35,555 TEMPORARILY TAKING DOWN SEVERAL AIRPORT WEBSITES. 114 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:38,825 OH, NO! 115 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:42,228 NOT AIRPORT WEBSITES! 116 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:47,800 FIRST THING I DO EVERY MORNING IS CHECK MY EMAIL, AND THEN 117 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:58,911 LaGuardia-Airport.com! 118 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:00,947 (APPLAUSE) I 119 00:08:01,013 --> 00:08:05,484 I NEED TO KNOW THE HOURS OF THE TERMINAL B WETZEL'S PRETZELS! 120 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:08,354 RUSSIA'S NOT THE ONLY ONE TRYING TO SCARE THE WORLD, BECAUSE 121 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:11,791 NORTH KOREA SAYS THEIR RECENT MISSILE TESTS INVOLVED "TACTICAL 122 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,292 NUCLEAR" DRILLS. 123 00:08:13,359 --> 00:08:16,128 FOR THE RECORD, NEWS MEDIA, SAYING THEY'RE "TACTICAL NUKES" 124 00:08:16,195 --> 00:08:18,331 DOESN'T MAKE THEM ANY LESS TERRIFYING. 125 00:08:18,397 --> 00:08:22,902 YOU'RE STILL MAKING ALL OF US DROP A PRE-EMPTIVE DEUCE IN OUR 126 00:08:22,969 --> 00:08:25,438 TACTICAL PANTS. 127 00:08:25,504 --> 00:08:28,441 THE DRILLS WERE OVERSEEN BY NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR 128 00:08:28,507 --> 00:08:30,109 KIM JONG-UN, AND HE DID IT WITH STYLE. 129 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:33,813 HERE HE IS, COSPLAYING AS DIANE KEATON IN THE LATEST 130 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:48,761 NANCY MEYERS MOVIE, "IT'S KIM-PLICATED." 131 00:08:48,828 --> 00:08:53,332 NANCY MEYERS MOVIE, "IT'S KIM-PLICATED." 132 00:08:53,399 --> 00:08:56,469 MID TERMS ARE WHAT, HOW MANY WEEKS. 133 00:08:56,535 --> 00:09:01,307 WE'RE FOUR WEEKS AWAY FROM THE MID TERMS 134 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:02,942 TODAY, AND OHIO VOTERS WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY LIKE 135 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:04,277 REPUBLICAN VENTURE CAPITALIST AND BABY YOU GLUED A BEARD ON 136 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:04,710 FOR HALLOWEEN... 137 00:09:04,777 --> 00:09:05,945 J.D. VANCE. 138 00:09:06,012 --> 00:09:08,581 VANCE WON THE NOMINATION AFTER EMBRACING THE FORMER PRESIDENT, 139 00:09:08,648 --> 00:09:11,517 WHO GAVE HIM THIS RINGING ENDORSEMENT LAST MONTH. 140 00:09:11,584 --> 00:09:12,852 >> J.D. IS KISSING MY ASS. 141 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:17,023 HE WANTS MY SUPPORT SO MUCH. 142 00:09:17,089 --> 00:09:18,958 >> Stephen: J.D., YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN NEXT TO 143 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:21,027 LINDSEY GRAHAM. 144 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:34,907 THOSE TWO ARE LIKE A COUPLE OF PUPPIES FIGHTING OVER A TEAT. 145 00:09:34,974 --> 00:09:42,915 LUCKILY, THERE'S PLENTY OF ASS TO GO AROUND. 146 00:09:42,982 --> 00:09:45,217 WELL, LAST NIGHT, VANCE FACED OFF IN HIS FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE 147 00:09:45,284 --> 00:09:48,354 AGAINST HIS OPPONENT, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN, SEEN HERE 148 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:53,859 PLAYING AIR HOAGIE, AND RYAN MADE SURE NO ONE FORGOT JUST HOW 149 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:57,029 MUCH OF A GROVELLER VANCE IS. 150 00:09:57,096 --> 00:10:02,768 >> I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU HAVE GUYS LIKE J.D. VANCE, 151 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:03,836 WHO CAN'T STAND UP TO ANYBODY. 152 00:10:03,903 --> 00:10:04,637 I'M FOR OHIO. 153 00:10:04,704 --> 00:10:05,972 I DON'T KISS ANYONE'S ASS, LIKE HIM. 154 00:10:06,038 --> 00:10:08,040 OHIO NEEDS AN ASS KICKER, NOT AN ASS KISSER. 155 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:13,079 >> Stephen: WELL SAID! 156 00:10:13,145 --> 00:10:15,548 THE IMPORTANT THING IS, WHOEVER WINS, OHIO'S SENATOR WILL DO 157 00:10:15,614 --> 00:10:23,155 SOMETHING WITH AN ASS! 158 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:24,256 BUT PERHAPS NO ONE MADE J.D. 159 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:25,958 VANCE LOOK MORE OUT OF TOUCH THAN J.D. VANCE. 160 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:29,862 HERE HE IS CRITICIZING FEDERAL DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA: 161 00:10:29,929 --> 00:10:33,499 >> WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL HERE NOT TO BE SOFT ON CRIME. 162 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:36,268 BECAUSE, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU'LL HEAR SOMEBODY THROWN IN PRISON 163 00:10:36,335 --> 00:10:37,503 FOR SMOKING A JOINT. 164 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:41,440 IF YOU LOOK AT THE UNDERLYING CHARGE, IT WASN'T JUST THAT THEY 165 00:10:41,507 --> 00:10:42,641 SMOKED A JOINT. 166 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:44,610 IT'S THAT THEY SMOKED A JOINT AND THEN BEAT AN ELDERLY WOMAN 167 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:46,012 OVER THE HEAD WITH A PISTOL. 168 00:10:46,078 --> 00:10:51,117 >> Stephen: OH, YEAH. 169 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:54,186 A LOT OF TIMES YOU READ THAT. 170 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:57,790 I READ THAT EVERY DAY. 171 00:10:57,857 --> 00:11:03,496 MARIJUANA FAMOUSLY LEADS TO ALL KINDS OF VIOLENT CRIME. 172 00:11:03,562 --> 00:11:07,633 GRAND THEFT NACHO, RECKLESS EN-GIGGLE-MENT, AND CONSPIRACY 173 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:11,070 TO COMMIT TO A WHOLE SEASON OF "PLANET EARTH." 174 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:13,706 RIGHT AFTER THE MIDTERMS, THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER 175 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:19,678 BIG DAY: JOE BIDEN'S BIRTHDAY, WHEN HE'LL TURN 80 YEARS OLD. 176 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:22,348 MAKING HIM THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BECOME AN OCTOGENARIAN WHILE 177 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:23,549 IN OFFICE. 178 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:26,385 THE WHITE HOUSE HAS A PROBLEM HERE. 179 00:11:26,452 --> 00:11:28,521 BECAUSE "OLDEST PRESIDENT EVER!" ISN'T THE KIND OF RECORD YOU 180 00:11:28,587 --> 00:11:29,755 WANT TO BE SETTING. 181 00:11:29,822 --> 00:11:31,791 IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH GROVER CLEVELAND'S RECORD FOR LONGEST 182 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:35,528 PRESIDENTIAL FINGERNAILS. 183 00:11:35,594 --> 00:11:37,797 SO, THE WHITE HOUSE IS PLAYING DOWN THIS MILESTONE. 184 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:40,800 ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATION SOURCES, YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT A 185 00:11:40,866 --> 00:11:43,235 BLOWOUT BIRTHDAY BASH. 186 00:11:43,302 --> 00:11:44,970 ...WHICH IS JUST WHAT YOU'D SAY WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING A SURPRISE 187 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:47,673 PARTY! 188 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:51,343 IT'S GOING TO BE A SENIOR CITIZEN THROW-DOWN! 189 00:11:51,410 --> 00:11:54,280 WE'RE TALKING ENSURE STANDS, LOW-CUT SHAWLS, AND SHOTS, 190 00:11:54,346 --> 00:12:05,257 SHOTS, SHOTS: COVID, FLU, AND SHINGLES. 191 00:12:05,324 --> 00:12:10,963 S TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PARTY ♪ TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PARTY. 192 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:13,766 ♪ TONIGHT WE'RE GOING PARTY. 193 00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:16,936 ♪ TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PARTY CUZ YOU ARE ALMOST THE 99. 194 00:12:17,002 --> 00:12:22,508 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 195 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:23,776 >> INTERPRETIVE. 196 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:24,944 WE HEAR AT THE LATE SHOW WANT TO MAKE OUR OCTOGENARIAN PRESIDENT 197 00:12:25,010 --> 00:12:29,949 LOOK YOUNG AND VIBRANT VIBRANT, SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED A 198 00:12:30,015 --> 00:12:31,250 NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF ANY SENIOR'S 199 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:32,351 VIGOR. 200 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:34,954 INTRODUCING: YOUTH-RESTORING, ENERGETIC SOUND EFFECTS! 201 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:37,022 JIM? 202 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:58,978 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT! 203 00:12:59,044 --> 00:13:03,215 MY GUESTS ARE TONY AWARD WINNERS JOHN LITHGOW AND WENDELL PIERCE. 204 00:13:03,282 --> 00:13:08,921 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I GET A VISIT FROM RUDY GIULIANI 205 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:10,990 HIMSELF. 206 00:13:46,025 --> 00:13:48,327 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, SAY HELLO, LOUIS CATO, SAY HELLO 207 00:13:48,394 --> 00:13:52,865 TO THE LATE SHOW BAND. 208 00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:53,766 >> THANKERS, MAN. 209 00:13:53,832 --> 00:13:58,137 >> Stephen: LOUIS, I LIKE THAT RED GUITAR. 210 00:13:58,204 --> 00:13:59,638 >> THANKS. 211 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:02,775 >> I GIBSON SCZ THE SAME GUITAR THAT GARY CLARK, JR. PLAYS. 212 00:14:02,841 --> 00:14:04,343 >> I THINK. 213 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:05,311 SO. 214 00:14:05,377 --> 00:14:06,612 >> Stephen: IT IS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL GUITAR. 215 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:07,813 >> THANKS, MAN. 216 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,116 >> Stephen: TONIGHT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF VERY FINE ACTORS. 217 00:14:11,183 --> 00:14:14,086 ONE OF OUR DEAREST FRIENDS HERE AT THE LATE SHOW, JOHN LITHGOW 218 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:18,457 IS GOING TO BE OUR GUEST. 219 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:22,761 (APPLAUSE) AN A MAN, TONY WINNER, AMAZING 220 00:14:22,828 --> 00:14:28,133 ACTOR PLAYING WILLY LOMAN ON THE REVIVAL OF DEATH OF A SALESMAN 221 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:39,144 ON BROADWAY RIGHT NOW, WENDELL PIERCE IS HERE. 222 00:14:39,211 --> 00:14:41,447 FOLKS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS 223 00:14:41,513 --> 00:14:46,685 NEWS ABOUT FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR AND SCARECROW YOU MADE FROM 224 00:14:46,752 --> 00:14:48,921 STUFF YOU FOUND ON GRANDPA'S NIGHTSTAND... 225 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:51,357 RUDY GIULIANI. 226 00:14:51,423 --> 00:14:53,292 RUDY WAS THE LEAKY FACE OF THE EX-PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO 227 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:56,095 OVERTHROW THE 2020 ELECTION. 228 00:14:56,161 --> 00:14:59,064 AND NOW, ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY TO THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE, 229 00:14:59,131 --> 00:15:00,833 WE'RE LEARNING HE WAS VISIBLY DRUNK AND ERRATIC ON ELECTION 230 00:15:00,899 --> 00:15:02,635 NIGHT. 231 00:15:02,701 --> 00:15:06,905 OF COURSE RUDY REFUTED THAT, TWEETING, "I AM DISGUSTED AND 232 00:15:06,972 --> 00:15:08,741 OUTRAGED AT THE OUTRIGHT LIE. 233 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:11,143 I REFUSED ALL ALCOHOL THAT EVENING. 234 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:12,311 MY FAVORITE DRINK... 235 00:15:12,378 --> 00:15:15,347 DIET PEPSI." 236 00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:17,850 WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT SOMEONE WOULD SAY WHEN THEY ARE 237 00:15:17,916 --> 00:15:22,454 COMPLETELY HAMMERED. 238 00:15:22,521 --> 00:15:24,990 AND, THANKS TO HIS WORK WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT, RUDY'S NOW IN 239 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:26,191 A MESS OF LEGAL TROUBLE. 240 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:29,328 THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE HAS ISSUED SUBPOENAS SEEKING OTHER 241 00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,930 CONSPIRATORS' COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIM, HE'S A TARGET OF THE 242 00:15:31,997 --> 00:15:34,967 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO ELECTION INTERFERENCE IN 243 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:37,236 GEORGIA, AND, LATER THIS MONTH, LAWYERS IN WASHINGTON WILL 244 00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:40,005 HOLD A HEARING ON STRIPPING RUDY GIULIANI OF HIS D.C. LAW 245 00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:51,884 LICENSE. 246 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:54,853 WHICH IS THE LEAST UPSETTING COMBINATION OF THE WORDS "RUDY 247 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,157 GIULIANI" AND "STRIPPING." 248 00:15:58,223 --> 00:16:01,160 EVEN WORSE FOR RUDY, THE HEAD OF THAT HEARING TURNED DOWN HIS 249 00:16:01,226 --> 00:16:05,364 REQUEST TO TRUNCATE THE PROCEEDINGS TO ALLOW HIM TO HOST 250 00:16:05,431 --> 00:16:07,399 HIS DAILY RADIO SHOW-- EVEN THOUGH, ACCORDING TO RUDY'S 251 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:10,436 TEAM, IT'S CURRENTLY HIS ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME. 252 00:16:10,502 --> 00:16:15,908 BUT RUDY ISN'T LETTING HIS FINANCIAL TROUBLES GET HIM DOWN. 253 00:16:15,974 --> 00:16:20,245 IN FACT, HE WAS RECENTLY SPOTTED PARTYING IN A TIMES SQUARE BAR. 254 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:21,880 I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. 255 00:16:21,947 --> 00:16:24,483 WE'RE RIGHT HERE AT TIMES SQUARE. 256 00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:28,387 I JUST WISH RUDY HAD CHECKED IN WITH ME WHILE HE WAS HERE-- 257 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,856 AND I'M BEING TOLD HE'S HERE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. 258 00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:37,429 PLEASE WELCOME THE TO THE LATE SHOW, 259 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:46,939 EX-PRESIDENT'S EX-LAWYER, RUDY GIULIANI! 260 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:49,041 GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. 261 00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:51,844 >> THAT'S AN OUTRIGHT LIE! 262 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:53,545 >> Stephen: WHAT IS? 263 00:16:53,612 --> 00:16:56,014 >> WHATEVER YOU SAID! 264 00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,751 I DENY YOUR ALLEGATIONS THAT I'M PARTYING IN TIMES SQUARE WHILE 265 00:16:58,817 --> 00:17:00,119 THE FEDS CLOSE IN! 266 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:02,521 >> Stephen: I NEVER MADE THAT ACCUSATION. 267 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:03,922 BUT YOU ARE CLEARLY IN TIMES SQUARE. 268 00:17:03,989 --> 00:17:06,959 >> OF COURSE I AM! 269 00:17:07,025 --> 00:17:12,498 IT'S WHERE REAL NEW YORKERS GO TO EAT REAL NEW YORK BUBBA GUMP 270 00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:14,566 SHRIMPS AND WATCH THE BALL DROP EVERY NIGHT ON "NEW YORK" EVE! 271 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:33,685 START SPREADING THE NEWS! 272 00:17:33,752 --> 00:17:34,887 >> Stephen: OH, SO I SEE YOU'RE STILL DRINKING WINE. 273 00:17:34,953 --> 00:17:35,487 >> WHAT? 274 00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:36,989 NO! 275 00:17:37,055 --> 00:17:39,558 OUTRIGHT LIE! 276 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:51,537 THIS IS JUST MY FAVORITE DRINK, DIET PEPSI! 277 00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:57,309 TASTE THE RAINBOW! 278 00:17:57,376 --> 00:18:01,713 >> Stephen: OKAY, SO I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT YOUR LEGAL TROUBLES. 279 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:02,915 ASK ABOUT YOUR LEGAL TROUBLES. 280 00:18:02,981 --> 00:18:05,417 YOU ARE A TARGET OF MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS INTO YOUR EFFORTS 281 00:18:05,484 --> 00:18:08,487 TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION WITH WILD CONSPIRACY THEORIES. 282 00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:09,888 >> THAT'S JUST WHAT "THEY" WANT YOU TO THINK. 283 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:16,261 IN FACT, I'M BEING PURSUED BY AN A.I. PROGRAM ON HUNTER BIDEN'S 284 00:18:16,328 --> 00:18:20,499 LAPTOP THAT SECRETLY CONTROLS VOTING MACHINES TO ELECT 285 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:23,402 PRESIDENT LIZ CHENEY-- WHICH IS SHORT FOR "LIZARD PERSON" 286 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:26,538 CHENEY! 287 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:29,074 >> Stephen: NO, IT'S NOT. 288 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:31,643 MR. MAYOR, MAKING THAT KIND OF EVIDENCE-FREE ALLEGATION IN 289 00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:34,913 COURT IS THE REASON THAT, LATER THIS MONTH, YOU COULD QUITE 290 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:36,281 POSSIBLY LOSE YOUR LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW. 291 00:18:36,348 --> 00:18:44,189 >> OUTRIGHT LIE! 292 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:49,061 OUT RIGHT LAW, NO, LAW, LIE, LIE I DON'T "PRACTICE" LAW. 293 00:18:49,127 --> 00:18:49,828 NO REHEARSALS! 294 00:18:49,895 --> 00:18:51,964 I JUST GET OUT THERE AND IMPROVISE. 295 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:53,398 I'M A JAZZ ATTORNEY. 296 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:54,666 HIT IT, LOUIS! 297 00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:57,769 (MUSIC) (SCATS) 298 00:18:57,836 --> 00:18:59,705 S DOODLE-EE BOPPA-DOO-DOO STOLEN BALLOTS! 299 00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:03,141 S BEEDLE-EE BOOP MARTIAL LAW! S 300 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:14,920 >> Stephen: THAT WAS ACTUALLY -- 301 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:20,626 (APPLAUSE) I GOT TO SAY THAT WAS ACTUALLY 302 00:19:20,692 --> 00:19:21,393 PRETTY GOOD. 303 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:22,461 >> THEN DON'T FORGET TO TI, SUSAN. 304 00:19:22,528 --> 00:19:27,366 I'M OUT HERE IN TIMES SQUARE DROPPING SCAT FOR CASH! 305 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:29,434 ALSO, SOMETIMES I SING JAZZ. 306 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:31,637 >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, MR. FORMER MAYOR, SPEAKING OF YOUR 307 00:19:31,703 --> 00:19:34,172 FINANCES, IS IT TRUE THAT YOUR ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME IS NOW 308 00:19:34,239 --> 00:19:34,840 YOUR RADIO SHOW? 309 00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:37,509 >> OUTRIGHT LIE! 310 00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:40,412 BUT ALSO TRUE. 311 00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:43,782 THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS INTERVIEW, LIKE MY 312 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:46,885 RADIO SHOW, IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MAIL CHIMP. 313 00:19:46,952 --> 00:19:50,522 >> Stephen: YOU CAN'T SELL AD SPACE ON MY SHOW! 314 00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:52,758 AND ANYWAY, WHY WOULD YOU BE SPONSORED BY THE MARKETING 315 00:19:52,824 --> 00:19:55,827 PLATFORM MAILCHIMP? 316 00:19:55,894 --> 00:19:57,729 >> OH, NO, NOT THAT MAIL CHIMP. 317 00:19:57,796 --> 00:20:00,799 I'M TALKING ABOUT A MALE CHIMP. 318 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:03,702 HIS NAME IS BEANS. 319 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:08,507 HE'S A CHIMPANZEE AT THE BRONX ZOO. 320 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:14,613 GIVES ME 10% OF HIS BANANAS IN EXCHANGE FOR LEGAL ADVICE. 321 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,183 >> Stephen: I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S HARD TO SEE THE MAN WHO WAS ONCE 322 00:20:18,250 --> 00:20:19,484 "AMERICA'S MAYOR" FALL SO HARD. 323 00:20:19,551 --> 00:20:22,220 YOU'RE UNDER INVESTIGATION, SHILLING ON THE RADIO, AND 324 00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:23,522 CLEARLY DRINKING HEAVILY. 325 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:25,023 YOU DO NOT SEEM WELL. 326 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:30,696 >> OUTRIGHT LIE, SHARON! 327 00:20:30,762 --> 00:20:32,130 I'VE NEVER BEEN HEALTHIER! 328 00:20:32,197 --> 00:20:35,267 I JUST HAD MY PHYSICAL, AND THEY SAID MY LIVER WAS TOO BIG 329 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:42,140 TO FAIL! 330 00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:49,982 >> Stephen: REALLY, REALLY-- SIR, I DON'T REALLY 331 00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:51,984 THINK THAT THAT IS-- >> IT'S TRUE! 332 00:20:52,050 --> 00:20:53,719 JUST ASK MY PERSONAL PHYSICIAN, DR. PEPPER! 333 00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:57,522 >> Stephen: RUDY GIULIANI, EVERYONE! 334 00:20:57,589 --> 00:20:59,591 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JOHN LITHGOW! 335 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:43,135 WELCOME BACK. 336 00:21:43,201 --> 00:21:44,336 MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE EMMY AND TONY AWARD-WINNING 337 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:48,974 ACTOR YOU KNOW AND LOVE FROM "THE CROWN," "BOMBSHELL," "TERMS 338 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,275 OF ENDEARMENT," AND SO MUCH MORE. 339 00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:54,346 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JOHN LITHGOW! 340 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:24,242 WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. 341 00:22:24,309 --> 00:22:25,410 >> GREAT TO BE BACK. 342 00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:27,979 >> Stephen: WE JUST HAD RUDY GIULIANI OUT HERE, DID YOU RUN 343 00:22:28,046 --> 00:22:29,181 INTO HIM BACKSTAGE. 344 00:22:29,247 --> 00:22:32,284 >> YOU KNOW, IT IS AMAZING, EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN HERE HE HAS 345 00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:32,951 BEEN IN ITS NEXT DRESSING ROOM. 346 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:34,352 >> Stephen: INCREDIBLE. 347 00:22:34,419 --> 00:22:37,956 SEEMS TO BE A SUPERFAN OF YOURSES. 348 00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:38,924 >> I'M A MAGNET. 349 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:40,525 >> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. 350 00:22:40,592 --> 00:22:43,528 WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU SO MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS. 351 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:44,730 >> IT HAS BEEN GREAT. 352 00:22:44,796 --> 00:22:48,100 >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUMP A FREAK GUEST. 353 00:22:48,166 --> 00:22:53,271 >> YOU KNOW, IT IS A FUN-- A FREQUENT GUEST. 354 00:22:53,338 --> 00:22:56,641 >> ST A FUNNY THING, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN OLD FRIENDS AND 355 00:22:56,708 --> 00:23:00,312 EVERY WORD WE HAVE SAID TO EACH OTHER HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY 356 00:23:00,378 --> 00:23:01,513 MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 357 00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:04,149 >> Stephen: ARE YOU ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE I HAVE HAD ON. 358 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:09,588 I FEEL LIKE LIKE I'M SITTING WITH A BUDDY AND IT IS ALL 359 00:23:09,654 --> 00:23:10,789 DOCUMENTED. 360 00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:14,926 >> BUT DO I HAVE A TERRIFYING FANTASY OF YOU AND I ACTUALLY 361 00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:18,096 HAVING LUNCH ALONE TOGETHER AND DISCOVERING THAT WE DON'T REALLY 362 00:23:18,163 --> 00:23:19,531 LIKE EACH OTHER. 363 00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:21,767 IT'S LIKE WHERE IS ALL THE LAUGHTER. 364 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:22,868 >> Stephen: ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. 365 00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:26,371 FELL YOU WHAT, LUNCH ALONE TOGETHER BUT WE'LL SET UP A 366 00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:28,840 CAMERA. 367 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:30,208 >> EXACTLY. 368 00:23:30,275 --> 00:23:32,644 >> Stephen: AND WE'LL BE ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR. 369 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:34,846 >> WE'LL BE RECORDED EARLIER. 370 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,681 >> Stephen: RIGHT. 371 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:37,482 YES. 372 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:41,887 I AM A FAN NOT ONLY OF YOUR ACTING. 373 00:23:41,953 --> 00:23:45,590 BUT YOUR WRITING, YOUR POETRY, YOUR MUSIC. 374 00:23:45,657 --> 00:23:48,794 I'VE GOT YOUR ALBUMS. 375 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:49,961 >> YES, YES. 376 00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:51,096 >> Stephen: IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, ALL THOSE THINGS TO YOUR 377 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:54,666 CEDITY, NOW YOU ARE ADDING DIRECTOR. 378 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:58,703 YOU ARE DIRECTING DOUG McGRATH'S ONE MAN SHOW, 379 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:04,109 EVERYTHING'S FINE, AT THE DARRELL ROTH HERE IN NEW YORK 380 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:04,476 CITY. 381 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:06,778 >> YES, YES. 382 00:24:06,845 --> 00:24:07,879 (APPLAUSE). 383 00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:10,115 >> Stephen: HERE IS THE THING I FIND SURPRISING. 384 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:13,552 THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME DIRECTING IN 45 YEARS. 385 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:14,386 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 386 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:16,955 >> Stephen: WHY, YOU DID DIRECT BEFORE. 387 00:24:17,022 --> 00:24:20,058 >> I ACTUALLY STARTED OUT MORE AS A DIRECTOR THAN AN ACTOR. 388 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:24,095 >> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENED? 389 00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:27,732 WHAT-- WPSZ I FINALLY BECAME A SUCCESSFUL ACTOR AND IT DAWNED 390 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:30,702 ON ME THAT I LIKE ACTING LOT MORE THAN DIRECTING. 391 00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:36,908 DIRECTING ARE YOU JUST WORRYING ALL THE TIME UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY 392 00:24:36,975 --> 00:24:38,109 DONE. 393 00:24:38,176 --> 00:24:42,214 YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 50 PEOPLE, MINIMUM, WHEREAS AN 394 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,351 ACTOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING AT ALL. 395 00:24:46,418 --> 00:24:47,619 >> Stephen: AND YOU ONLY GET APPLAUSE IF ARE YOU LUCKY YOU 396 00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:49,955 GET APPLAUSE ON OPENING NIGHT AND THAT'S IT. 397 00:24:50,021 --> 00:24:51,389 >> PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 398 00:24:51,456 --> 00:24:58,296 AND IF YOU SHOW UP, TWO WEEKS AFTER THE OPENING NIGHT W NOTES, 399 00:24:58,363 --> 00:25:01,733 THEY PAY ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION. 400 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,668 YOU'RE OLD HISTORY, YOU KNOW. 401 00:25:03,735 --> 00:25:04,636 IT'S OURS NOW. 402 00:25:04,703 --> 00:25:06,905 AND I KNOW THAT FEELING BECAUSE I'M AN ACTOR. 403 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:10,075 >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT DIRECTING? 404 00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:12,177 >> WELL, I DO LOVE ACTORS. 405 00:25:12,244 --> 00:25:14,512 I LOVE ACTING AND I LOVE ACTORS. 406 00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:21,219 I DO FEEL THAT AS AN ACTOR, I DO HAVE ONE THER WAY TO GUIDE THEM 407 00:25:21,286 --> 00:25:22,020 AND HELP THEM. 408 00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:24,322 >> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT. 409 00:25:24,389 --> 00:25:31,429 >> I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT I MEAN IT'S AN INTERESTING THING. 410 00:25:31,496 --> 00:25:32,564 BY NOW I'VE WORKED WITH AT LEAST 200 DIRECTORS. 411 00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:38,270 DIRECTORS TEND TO HAVE ONLY WORKED WITH ONE, HIMSELF OR 412 00:25:38,336 --> 00:25:39,271 HERSELF. 413 00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:42,741 AND THEREFORE YOU KNOW BY NOW I'M A CONNOISSEUR. 414 00:25:42,807 --> 00:25:45,911 I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT I LIKE. 415 00:25:45,977 --> 00:25:48,813 >> Stephen: DIFFERENT DIRECTORS HAD DIFFERENT STYLES. 416 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,250 IS THERE, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO NAME YOUR FAVORITE 417 00:25:52,317 --> 00:25:54,452 DIRECTOR UNLESS YOU WANT TO. 418 00:25:54,519 --> 00:25:59,624 >> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY GREAT DIRECTORS AND AN AWFUL LOT OF 419 00:25:59,691 --> 00:26:03,161 TOTAL TURDS. 420 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:05,096 (LAUGHTER). 421 00:26:05,163 --> 00:26:09,134 >> Stephen: DO GO ON. 422 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,237 >> THEY'RE THE ONES I WON'T NAME. 423 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:13,672 >> Stephen: IS THERE A FAVORITE NOTE THAT YOU'VE 424 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:14,940 GOTTEN? 425 00:26:15,006 --> 00:26:18,777 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK MY FAVORITE NOTE CAME FROM A YOUNG DIRECTOR 426 00:26:18,843 --> 00:26:24,950 NAMED IRIS AXEE WHO DIRECTEDDED A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FILM I DID A 427 00:26:25,016 --> 00:26:27,052 FEW YEARS AGO CALLED LOVE IS STRANGE. 428 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:33,558 AND HIS CONSTANT NOTES TO BOTH OF US WAS NOW NO ACTING. 429 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:37,329 AND AT FIRST FRED AND I WHO ARE BOTH COMPLETELY EXCESSIVE 430 00:26:37,395 --> 00:26:44,269 THEATER ACTORS, OUR RESPONSE IS WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK WE DO? 431 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:48,039 BUT VERY SOON IT DAWNED ON ME JUST WHAT HE WAS AFTER. 432 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:55,046 I MEAN IT WAS THE MOST UNELABORATED, HONEST AND SIMPLE 433 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:57,849 ACTING I THINK I'VE EVER DONE. 434 00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:59,084 ONE OF MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCES. 435 00:26:59,150 --> 00:27:01,886 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND 436 00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:03,955 BECAUSE WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE MR. JOHN LITHGOW, EVERYBODY 437 00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:19,204 >> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE MENTS HEY EVERYBODY, 438 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:23,141 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH JOHN LITHGOW, JOHN, HAVE YOU DONE 439 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:24,275 SHAKESPEARE. 440 00:27:24,342 --> 00:27:28,546 >> I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNG AS MY FATHER WAS A SHAKESPEARE 441 00:27:28,613 --> 00:27:29,748 PRODUCER. 442 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:30,982 >> Stephen: THAT IS HOW YOU CAME BY IT, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS 443 00:27:31,049 --> 00:27:36,955 IS, HERE YOU ARE, THIS IS YOUNG JOHN LITHGOW IN KINDERGARTEN. 444 00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:38,189 >> YEAH. 445 00:27:38,256 --> 00:27:41,393 >> Stephen: AND I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW DID THIS GUY BECOME THAT 446 00:27:41,459 --> 00:27:42,127 GUY. 447 00:27:42,193 --> 00:27:45,397 >> AGE PERFORMS MIRACLES. 448 00:27:45,463 --> 00:27:47,065 ACTUALLY, I HAD ALREADY HAD MY FIRST PERFORMANCE BEFORE THAT 449 00:27:47,132 --> 00:27:47,632 WAS TAKEN. 450 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:48,833 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS IT. 451 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:52,904 >> I WAS ONE OF NORAH'S CHILDREN IN A DOLL'S HOUSE WHEN I WAS 452 00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:53,872 ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD. 453 00:27:53,938 --> 00:27:57,275 MY FATHER IN FACT PLAYED MY OWN FATHER. 454 00:27:57,342 --> 00:28:00,779 AND I DON'T REMEMBER A SINGLE THING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE. 455 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:03,882 BUT I'M TOLD I WAS VERY GOOD. 456 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:05,517 SO THAT WAS,. 457 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:09,087 >> Stephen: WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU LIKED IT? 458 00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:13,625 >> I THINK I WAS A BIG CAMPUS STAR AT COLLEGE. 459 00:28:13,691 --> 00:28:18,363 AND I THINK, THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR NUMBER IN A GILBERT 460 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:23,902 AND SULLIVAN OPERA WHERE I STOPPED THE SHOW. 461 00:28:23,968 --> 00:28:27,072 AND THE AUDIENCE WOULD NOT STOP APPLAUDING. 462 00:28:27,138 --> 00:28:29,340 THEY SIMPLY WOULDN'T LET THE SHOW GO ON. 463 00:28:29,407 --> 00:28:31,676 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE SHOW. 464 00:28:31,743 --> 00:28:32,477 >> UTOPIA LIMITED. 465 00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:33,411 >> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE. 466 00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:35,380 >> BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. 467 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:38,583 THEIR LEAST KNOWN OPERETTA. 468 00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:41,419 AND I STOOD THERE JUST LIKE, LOOKING AT THEM AND SAYING WHEN 469 00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:45,356 ARE YOU GOING TO STOP AND THEY DIDN'T STOP. 470 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:49,294 AND I THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO BECOME AN ACTOR. 471 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,396 IT JUST DOESN'T GET BETTER. 472 00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:55,533 >> Stephen: VERY FEW JOBS INVOLVE PEOPLE CLAPPING FOR YOU 473 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,602 FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. 474 00:28:57,669 --> 00:28:58,403 >> EXACTLY. 475 00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:02,006 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 476 00:29:02,073 --> 00:29:03,808 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 477 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:12,083 >> Stephen: PLEASE, PLEASE. 478 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:16,154 JOHN LITHGOW, EVERYBODY. 479 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:18,289 WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP? 480 00:29:18,356 --> 00:29:19,424 >> STEPHEN, STEPHEN, STEPHEN. 481 00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:20,825 >> Stephen: THANK YOU. 482 00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:21,960 >> I'M WITH THEM,. 483 00:29:22,026 --> 00:29:25,363 >> Stephen: WILL YOU GO WITH ME EVERYWHERE, JOHN LITHGOW. 484 00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:27,599 WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES FOR A GOOD PERFORMER? 485 00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:31,069 WHAT DO YOU GIVE TO YOUR ACTORS AS YOU DIRECT THEM, HOW DO YOU 486 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:32,303 PULL THEM OUT OF THEM? 487 00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:35,340 >> WELL, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE WHICH WE 488 00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:36,708 WILL TALK ABOUT. 489 00:29:36,774 --> 00:29:41,479 BUT DOUG McGRATH IS MORE A WRITER THAN AN ACTOR SO IN MANY 490 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:44,549 CASES I WOULD JUST HELPING HIM WITH VERY RUDIMENTARY IDEAS THAT 491 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:48,520 HE WAS SO RESPONSIVE TO. 492 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:52,891 LIKE ALWAYS LET THEM SEE WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. 493 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:56,227 IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE THING, AND SOON YOU WILL GO ON 494 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:59,097 TO TALK ABOUT A CUP OF COFFEE. 495 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:01,199 LOOK AT THAT COFFEE. 496 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:02,700 AND THEN GO TO THE COFFEE. 497 00:30:02,767 --> 00:30:04,536 LET THEM SEE YOU THINK OF IT. 498 00:30:04,602 --> 00:30:07,372 SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT. 499 00:30:07,438 --> 00:30:11,075 IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL PROCESS TO GO THROUGH. 500 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:12,310 I DON'T WANT TO OVERSELL IT. 501 00:30:12,377 --> 00:30:14,279 >> Stephen: GO AHEAD. 502 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:17,015 >> BUT THIS-- THIS SHOW IS A GEM. 503 00:30:17,081 --> 00:30:23,621 IT SAY PIECE OF CHAMBER THEATER, DOUG IS AN YOU ARE BAIN AND 504 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:26,524 WITTY NEW YORKER BUT HE GREW UP IN MIDLAND, TEXAS. 505 00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:29,561 AND HE TELLS THE STORY FROM HIS 14th YEAR IN 8th GRADE, 506 00:30:29,627 --> 00:30:32,730 A FORM TIFF STORY IN HIS LIFE. 507 00:30:32,797 --> 00:30:38,970 STORY ABOUT TEXAS AND FAMLY BUT MAINLY IT IS ABOUT A VERY CRAZY 508 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:44,576 AND COMPLICATED ENTANGLEMENT, 1/8 GRADE HISTORY 509 00:30:44,642 --> 00:30:45,610 TEACHER. 510 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:47,645 WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT IN PREVIEWS FOR TWO WEEKS AND 511 00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:49,514 PEOPLE ARE LOVING THIS SHOW. 512 00:30:49,581 --> 00:30:55,086 YOU AND EFI HAVE GOT TO GO DOWN TO THE DR2 THEATER, AND I 513 00:30:55,153 --> 00:31:02,727 INCLUDE ALL OF YOU IN THIS. 514 00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:08,833 YOU KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE 99 SEAT THEATER. 515 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,769 IT OPENS IN TWO DAYS WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS, IT'S GOING 516 00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:15,473 TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN. 517 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:20,511 SO GET YOU TICKET, ACT NOW AND DON'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT. 518 00:31:20,578 --> 00:31:23,114 >> Stephen: THAT'S HOW I HAVE CHOSEN TO SELL IT. 519 00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:24,115 >> FAIR ENOUGH. 520 00:31:24,182 --> 00:31:25,750 >> Stephen: PLAY HARD TO GET. 521 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,919 LOVELY TO SEE YOU. 522 00:31:27,986 --> 00:31:32,523 TICKETS TO EVERYTHING'S FINE ARE AVAILABLE AT EVERYTHING'S FINE 523 00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:33,157 PLAY.COM. 524 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:34,325 JOHN LITHGOW, EVERYBODY. 525 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:36,327 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TONY AWARD WINNER WENDELL PIERCE. 526 00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:57,782 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK. 527 00:31:57,849 --> 00:32:00,018 MY NEXT GUEST IS A TONY AWARD-WINNER YOU KNOW FROM "THE 528 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:02,920 WIRE," "TREME," AND "JACK RYAN." 529 00:32:02,987 --> 00:32:04,822 HE NOW STARS AS WILLY LOMAN IN THE BROADWAY REVIVAL OF "DEATH 530 00:32:04,889 --> 00:32:07,492 OF A SALESMAN." 531 00:32:07,558 --> 00:32:09,560 PLEASE WELCOME WENDELL PIERCE! 532 00:32:28,913 --> 00:32:32,917 >> Stephen: NICE TO YOU HAVE ON, NICE TO MEET MEET YOU 533 00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:34,952 >> NICE MEETING YOU, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ON THE A LATE NIGHT 534 00:32:35,019 --> 00:32:37,822 SHOW AND STARTING OUT WITH MY FAVORITE, THE BEST. 535 00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:41,092 >> Stephen: THIS IS SHOULD BE AN EASY TRANSITION FOR TO YOU 536 00:32:41,159 --> 00:32:43,394 LATE NIGHT BECAUSE HERE ARE YOU ON A BROADWAY THEATER, NOT 537 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:44,729 EVERYBODY HAS THIS FOR A LATE NIGHT SHOW. 538 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:50,268 AND FANS, LIKE MYSELF HAVE ENJOYED YOU ON JACK RYAN AND THE 539 00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:53,971 WIRE, BUT YOU'RE ALSO A STAGE ACTOR. 540 00:32:54,038 --> 00:32:55,206 >> YES. 541 00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:59,143 >> Stephen: 37 YEARS AGO MADE YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT IN WHAT WAS 542 00:32:59,210 --> 00:32:59,677 THE PLAY. 543 00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:01,479 >> THE VOID OF WINTER. 544 00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:03,648 IT WAS A VIETNAM PLAY. 545 00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:08,886 IN THAT ERA, VERY CERTIFICATEIOUS. 546 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:11,356 THE LIGHTS GO DOWN AND THEY'RE READY FOR BROADWAY PLAY. 547 00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:16,027 AND THEN WE WOULD COME IN SHOOTING M-16S. 548 00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:19,797 PEOPLE WENT CRAZY, WE DIDN'T LAST THAT LONG. 549 00:33:19,864 --> 00:33:23,501 >> Stephen: NOW YOU ARE STARRING AS WILLY LOMAN AS INN 550 00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:27,505 DEATH OF A SALESMAN, ONE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDIES OF THE 20th 551 00:33:27,572 --> 00:33:28,906 CENTURY. 552 00:33:28,973 --> 00:33:30,041 BUT ARTHUR MILLER. 553 00:33:30,108 --> 00:33:32,877 AND BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS BEEN AN 554 00:33:32,944 --> 00:33:35,413 ALL-BLACK LOMAN FAMILY. 555 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,581 >> RIGHT. 556 00:33:36,647 --> 00:33:43,554 >> Stephen: WHAT DOES THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA-- , 557 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:48,960 WHAT IS THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA BRING TO THOSE ROLLS AS 558 00:33:49,026 --> 00:33:50,495 WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE? 559 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:53,531 >> ALL OF THE THEMES WE ARE DOING THE PLAY AS IT IS. 560 00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:57,168 NOTHING HAS CHANGED EXCEPT FOR A FEW SLIGHT THINGS. 561 00:33:57,235 --> 00:34:01,906 WE'RE DOING DEATH OF A SALESMAN AND ALL OF THE SCENES, ALL OF 562 00:34:01,973 --> 00:34:06,344 THE CONFLICT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE PLAY, THAT IS PART OF THE 563 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:11,182 PLAY, THE CONDEMN NATION OF THE PURSUIT OF MATERIALISM AND 564 00:34:11,249 --> 00:34:14,752 WEALTH AND CAPITALISM AND HOW YOU CAN LOSE SIGHT OF THAT AS A 565 00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:18,756 MAN WHO IS PURSUING THIS SORT OF DELUSIONAL APPROACH TO SOMETHING 566 00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:21,993 THAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE FIRST WEALTH IN LIFE IS THE LOVE 567 00:34:22,059 --> 00:34:24,262 OF FAMILY, AND NOT MATERIALISM. 568 00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:29,267 AND IT IS HEIGHTENED THAT UNOBTAINABLE AMERICAN DREAM IS 569 00:34:29,333 --> 00:34:31,969 HEIGHTENED WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY BLACK FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY, 570 00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:36,507 AND IN 19 HOSS, 1949 YOU SEE ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THE INSULTSES 571 00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:42,513 AND VIOLENCE OF MICROAND MACRO AGGRESSIONS THAT ARE PART OF 572 00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:43,648 RACISM. 573 00:34:43,714 --> 00:34:46,384 COULD YOU NOT GET ALONG TO EVEN PURSUE GETTING A HOUSE. 574 00:34:46,451 --> 00:34:49,787 COULD YOU NOT BE OBTAINING ANY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM THAT WAS 575 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:51,389 THERE.& AND EVERY NIGHT I THINK ABOUT 576 00:34:51,456 --> 00:34:56,327 ALL OF THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO MADE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY. 577 00:34:56,394 --> 00:35:02,733 AND IN SPITE OF IT ALL, THEY STILL GAVE HOPE TO THEIR 578 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:03,868 FAMILIES. 579 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:07,305 AND THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT WILLY FIGHTED FOR, HE IS 580 00:35:07,371 --> 00:35:09,307 FIGHTING NO MATTER WHAT. 581 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:12,677 IT IS ALL OF THE OBSTACLES THAT ARE PLACE NDZ FRONT OF HIM. 582 00:35:12,743 --> 00:35:16,981 HE STILL FEELS AS THOUGH HE CAN GIVE HIS FAMILY AND HIS SONS 583 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:20,151 ESPECIALLY SOMETHING AGE LEAVE BACK A LEGACY. 584 00:35:20,218 --> 00:35:23,955 BUT HE DOESN'T REALIZE THAT IF HE WOULD JUST TAKE THE BLINDERS 585 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:26,557 OFF, THE LEGACY OF LOVE THAT HE HAS GIVEN HIS FAMILY IS A THING 586 00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:28,559 THAT HE SHOULD BE PROUDEST OF. 587 00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:31,562 AND IT IS A THING THAT IS OBTAINABLE AND TANGIBLE AND NOT 588 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:35,399 JUST THE PURSUIT OF THE ILLUSIONARY AMERICAN DREAM THAT 589 00:35:35,466 --> 00:35:39,103 IS UNOBTAINABLE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE CAR OT ON 590 00:35:39,170 --> 00:35:43,174 THE STICK THAT DRAWS YOU IN BUT ULTIMATELY DISAPPOINTS YOU. 591 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:47,111 IT IS TIMELESS BECAUSE YOU GO THROUGH THAT NOW, THAT GULF 592 00:35:47,178 --> 00:35:49,180 BETWEEN THES HAVE AND HAVE-NOTS. 593 00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:56,120 AND HOW SO MAIN PEOPLE ARE PUSHED ASIDE AND NOT GIVEN AN 594 00:35:56,187 --> 00:36:02,360 OPPORTUNITY TO STREULY FULFILL THEIR ENTIRE HUMANITY, AT THE 595 00:36:02,426 --> 00:36:08,432 EXPENSE OF THE FEW TO GIVE THOSE FEW RICH FOLKS SOME EASE SO MANY 596 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:13,671 PEOPLE ARE EXTENDED, AND ARE EXPENDABLE. 597 00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:16,107 AND THAT WAS THE CONDEMN NATION AND THE CAUTIONARY TALE THAT 598 00:36:16,173 --> 00:36:20,077 ARTHUR MILL CERTIFICATE WRITING T SAUL HEIGHTENED WHEN THIS 599 00:36:20,144 --> 00:36:22,914 AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT SO MUCH OF IT 600 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:29,253 WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED WITH SEGREGATION AND JIM CROW, I'M 601 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,790 FROM NEW ORLEANS, SO YOU KNOW EVEN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN 602 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:39,297 THE '60S AND 70S THERE WERE JUST VESTAGES OF THAT IN SEGREGATED 603 00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:41,999 SOUTH AT THAT TIME, SEGREGATED AMERICA, YOU COULDN'T EVEN GO TO 604 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:45,836 A PARK, A GREEN SPACE IN NEW ORLEANS EXCEPT ONE DAY OUT OF 605 00:36:45,903 --> 00:36:47,071 THE WEEK. 606 00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:50,575 NEGRO DAY, AND IT WAS ADVOCACIES OF ALL OF THESE AMERICANS WHO 607 00:36:50,641 --> 00:36:52,510 SAID OUR VALUES ARE SO MUCH BETTER AND SO MUCH MORE. 608 00:36:52,577 --> 00:36:55,780 AND THAT IS WHAT ARTHUR MILLER REALLY HEIGHTENS. 609 00:36:55,846 --> 00:36:59,083 DO NOT CRUSH THIS AMERICAN FAMILY WITH THIS IDEA OF THE 610 00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:03,621 UNON THIBLE DREAM AND LET THIS BE THE CANARY IN THE MINE THAT 611 00:37:03,688 --> 00:37:13,898 WE WON'T LOSE THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY WE HAVE. 612 00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:23,507 (APPLAUSE) >> WE ONLY HAVE A MOMENT MORE 613 00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:24,375 HERE. 614 00:37:24,442 --> 00:37:26,777 BUT MI GOING TO ASK YOU A BIG QUESTION. 615 00:37:26,844 --> 00:37:27,745 >> OKAY. 616 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:29,747 >> Stephen: AND THAT IS ABOUT TRAGEDY ITSELF. 617 00:37:29,814 --> 00:37:36,454 WHAT DO YOU THINK, WHAT DO YOU THINK TRAGEDY, IS IT TRULY A 618 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:43,928 TRAGIC STORY BUT ONE THAT IS EMOTIONALLY CATH ARTIC LIKE A 619 00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:45,162 GOOD TRAGEDY SHOULD BE? 620 00:37:45,229 --> 00:37:48,799 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PURPOSE OF TRAJEE IS IN OUR LIVES, PEOPLE 621 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:51,168 UNDERSTAND WHY THEY GO TO A COMEDY, WHY DO THEY GO TO A 622 00:37:51,235 --> 00:37:52,370 TRAGEDY. 623 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:57,308 >> AS I SAID BEFORE, IT IS THE CAUTIONARY TALE, THERE BUT BY 624 00:37:57,375 --> 00:37:59,744 THE GRACE OF GOD THERE GO I. 625 00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:04,081 DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES OF HUBRIS THAT A MAN LIKE WILLIE 626 00:38:04,148 --> 00:38:08,152 MAKES, THAT IS WHY WE GATHER IN A THEATER, WE TOSS AND TURN AND 627 00:38:08,219 --> 00:38:11,889 REFLECT OUR OWN LIVES, OUR TRIUMPHS, YOU KNOW, OUR 628 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:14,125 DISAPPOINTMENTS, WHERE WE HOPE TO GO. 629 00:38:14,191 --> 00:38:18,796 WE GATHER LIKE THIS, SO WE COLLECTIVELY CAN REFLECT ON WHO 630 00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:22,800 WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING, WHAT ARE OUR VALUES, STEPHEN. 631 00:38:22,867 --> 00:38:27,171 AND THEN COLLECTIVELY DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE AND THEN LEAVE 632 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:29,807 THIS THEATER AND GO THROUGH THOSE DOORS AND TRY TO ACT ON 633 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:30,574 THEM. 634 00:38:30,641 --> 00:38:31,776 AND THAT IS WHAT TRAGEDY IS ABOUT. 635 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:36,447 THIS IS WHAT THE HUMAN CONDITION IS AND IF YOU MAKE THESE 636 00:38:36,514 --> 00:38:39,817 CHOICES, IT CAN DESTROY YOUR LIFE. 637 00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:40,918 SO LEARN FROM THAT. 638 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,754 LET'S THIS BE A CAUTIONARY TALE SO YOU CAN DO BETTER. 639 00:38:43,821 --> 00:38:47,892 AND IT IS SO EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT THIS PLAY WAS AND THE EXPERIENCE 640 00:38:47,958 --> 00:38:49,994 I HAVE PERSONALLY. 641 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:57,134 BECAUSE MY FATHER, 97 YEARS OLD, WAS AT THE OPENING LAST NIGHT, 642 00:38:57,201 --> 00:39:03,274 RIGHT (APPLAUSE) 643 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:07,812 THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN WHO SAW, LOVED HIS COUNTRY WHEN THE 644 00:39:07,878 --> 00:39:08,979 COUNTRY DIDN'T LOVE HIM BACK. 645 00:39:09,046 --> 00:39:12,983 BUT STILL SAID TO US, YOU CAN'T GET LOST IN AMERICA. 646 00:39:13,050 --> 00:39:17,655 LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY, GO OUT AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO 647 00:39:17,722 --> 00:39:18,856 FULFILL YOUR DREAM. 648 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:23,160 AND LAST NIGHT HE CAME TO NEW YORK AROUND THE TIME THIS PLAY 649 00:39:23,227 --> 00:39:24,361 WAS WRITTEN. 650 00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:30,134 AND THE CHOICE HE MADE INSTEAD OF WHAT WILLY MADE WHICH WAS A 651 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:33,671 TRAGIC CHOICE ON WILLIE'S POINT, MY FATHER CHOSE TO COME HOME AND 652 00:39:33,738 --> 00:39:37,608 THE ONE PROMISE HE MADE TO HIS SONS IS I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU. 653 00:39:37,675 --> 00:39:39,977 AND HE GAVE ME LOVE AND HE GAVE ME TIME. 654 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:44,749 AND THAT ALLOWED ME TO FLY. 655 00:39:44,815 --> 00:39:48,319 >> SO LOVELY TO TALK TO YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 656 00:39:48,385 --> 00:39:53,023 >> DEATH OF A SALESMAN IS ON BROADWAY NOW AT THE HUDSON 657 00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:55,059 THEATER, WENDELL PIERCE, EVERYBODY. 658 00:39:55,126 --> 00:39:57,128 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 659 00:40:16,013 --> 00:40:17,114 > >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 660 00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:18,349 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 661 00:40:18,415 --> 00:40:19,383 TUNE IN TOMORROW, WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS 662 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:21,852 AND MARCIA GAY HARDEN. 663 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:22,553 STICK AROUND FOR JAMES. 664 00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:24,622 GOOD NIGHT.