1 00:00:01,801 --> 00:00:03,670 A group of conservative House 2 00:00:03,737 --> 00:00:04,871 Republicans defy GOP leader Kevin Mccarthy denying him the 3 00:00:04,938 --> 00:00:08,375 votes needed to be speaker. Mccarthy said late Tuesday he 4 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:11,411 won't drop out of the race for speaker and is willing to make 5 00:00:11,478 --> 00:00:14,447 further concessions to win over sceptical hard-liners. 6 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:17,717 >> It sounds like Kevin Mccarthy might be very willing 7 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:19,552 to make 17 individual concessions to get these 17 8 00:00:19,619 --> 00:00:25,625 people on board. >> You're watching CNN. 9 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:29,396 Only God knows why. >> After a humiliating day of 10 00:00:29,462 --> 00:00:33,500 defeat, Kevin Mccarthy offered the freedom caucus even more 11 00:00:33,566 --> 00:00:36,269 concessions. First to placate Lauren Boebert 12 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:38,905 he agreed to change his name to Kevin McFarty. 13 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:41,641 To win over insane dentist and congressman from Arizona, Paul 14 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:44,544 Gosar he promised to hold the queen in his mouth until he is 15 00:00:44,611 --> 00:00:47,347 covered with an entire hive of bees. 16 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:49,916 To appease Florida congressman Matt Gaetz he promised to 17 00:00:49,983 --> 00:00:53,019 wrestle an alligator while dressed as an alligator. 18 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:55,688 But none of these concessions were enough to sway the far 19 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:57,857 right holdouts. >> A speaker has not been 20 00:00:57,924 --> 00:01:00,827 elected. >> So in an act of spineless 21 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:04,197 desperation, he has agreed to strap meat on his head and face 22 00:01:04,264 --> 00:01:08,101 off against a Komodo dragon. This just in, the GOP holdouts 23 00:01:08,168 --> 00:01:13,807 have switched their votes from Jim Jordon to the Komodo dragon. 24 00:01:13,873 --> 00:01:17,010 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 25 00:01:17,076 --> 00:01:21,848 TONIGHT: HOUSE OF THE DRAG ON! PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 26 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:28,455 SHANIA TWAIN AND AYO EDEBIRI 27 00:01:28,521 --> 00:01:33,693 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:38,932 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 29 00:01:38,998 --> 00:01:51,778 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 30 00:01:51,845 --> 00:02:06,726 >> Stephen: THIS IS FUN. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 31 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:10,930 >> Stephen: THIS IS FUN. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 32 00:02:10,997 --> 00:02:15,602 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU, 33 00:02:15,668 --> 00:02:17,036 MARK. UP THERE. 34 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:20,406 DOWN THERE. ALL AROUND. 35 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:25,311 THANK YOU, LAD HEES AND GENTLEMEN. 36 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:29,949 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) THAT'S THE BEST. 37 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:32,685 >> THIS IS NICE. >> Stephen: THAT'S THE BEST. 38 00:02:32,752 --> 00:02:35,255 HEY, WE DOING IT, TALKING TO THIS ONE. 39 00:02:35,321 --> 00:02:37,757 THANKS, EVERYBODY, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, WELCOME ONE AND ALL, DOWN 40 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:41,327 HERE, UP THERE, OUT THERE TO THE LATE SHOW. 41 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:49,669 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. IT'S DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICANS 42 00:02:49,736 --> 00:02:51,204 FAILING TO ELECT A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 43 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:56,709 DID THEY FAIL AGAIN? OKAY, GOOD. 44 00:02:56,776 --> 00:03:01,514 NO ONE, LITERALLY NO ONE, AND I NO ONE AND I 45 00:03:01,581 --> 00:03:03,616 CALLED PEOPLE WHO KNOW THINGS, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. 46 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:08,154 HERE'S WHAT WE DO KNOW: IT'S FANTASTIC. 47 00:03:08,221 --> 00:03:15,662 (LAUGHTER) IT JUST-- MM. 48 00:03:15,728 --> 00:03:20,066 THERE WAS ONE ANALYST WHO I THINK CAPTURED KEVIN McCARTHY'S 49 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:22,001 SITUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY, QUITE ACCURATELY. 50 00:03:22,068 --> 00:03:24,203 HERE'S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT McCARTHY. 51 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:27,941 >> YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! 52 00:03:28,007 --> 00:03:34,781 GOOD DAY, SIR!" >> Stephen: AND YIT-- TRUE, 53 00:03:34,847 --> 00:03:37,550 YOU GET NOTHING. >> Stephen: AND YET McCARTHY 54 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:40,286 STILL HASN'T GIVEN UP. HIS SPEAKER BATTLE HAS BECOME A 55 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:43,289 SEEMINGLY ENDLESS, GRIPPING DRAMA AND EPIC SPECTACLE. 56 00:03:43,356 --> 00:03:46,359 WHICH IS WHY TONIGHT, WE'RE CALLING IT: "SAD-ATAR, THE WAY 57 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:58,304 OF LOSER." NOW, I SEE YOU. 58 00:03:58,371 --> 00:04:00,440 NOW NOW, WE TAPE THE SHOW AT 5:30. 59 00:04:00,506 --> 00:04:07,313 IT'S 5:45 NOW. IT'S POSSIBLE 60 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:09,148 BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, THINGS TURNED OUT WELL FOR KEVIN 61 00:04:09,215 --> 00:04:10,750 McCARTHY. IT'S NOT LIKELY. 62 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:16,623 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S STILL KEVIN McCARTHY. 63 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:18,925 YESTERDAY, THIS IS YUS YESTERDAY, 64 00:04:18,992 --> 00:04:20,159 YESTERDAY, McCARTHY TRIED TO WIN ENOUGH VOTES TO BECOME SPEAKER 65 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:24,330 THREE TIMES AND FAILED THREE TIMES. 66 00:04:24,397 --> 00:04:25,798 SO THEY ADJOURNED. EVERYONE WENT BACK TO THEIR 67 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:27,333 CORNERS AND TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO WORK THINGS OUT. 68 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,136 AND McCARTHY HAD ONE MORE INCENTIVE TO OFFER HIS FAR RIGHT 69 00:04:30,203 --> 00:04:33,006 OPPONENTS: >> A LARGE NUMBER OF PIZZAS HAVE 70 00:04:33,072 --> 00:04:35,341 BEEN SEEN GOING TO KEVIN McCARTHY'S OFFICE TONIGHT. 71 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:37,477 >> REPUBLICANS ARE NOW EATING PIZZA. 72 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:38,878 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE ROOMS OTHER THAN A LOT 73 00:04:38,945 --> 00:04:43,016 OF PIZZA. >> I WOULD IMAGINE THOSE 20 74 00:04:43,082 --> 00:04:49,222 PIZZAS OR SOMETHING GOT DELIVERED AND THEY'RE WORKING ON 75 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:50,390 >> Stephen: IT'S COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE. 76 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:52,425 McCARTHY WAS JUST CONCEDING TO THIS DEMAND FROM THE ULTRA 77 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:56,029 MAGAS: GIMME PIZZA! 78 00:04:56,095 --> 00:05:00,199 P-I-ZZ-A! GIMME PIZZA! 79 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:04,003 >> Stephen: SO BRIGHT AND EARLY TODAY AT THE CRACK OF NOON, THE 80 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:04,904 HOUSE STARTED ANOTHER ROUND OF VOTING. 81 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:10,977 AND McCARTHY LOST AGAIN, AND AGAIN. 82 00:05:11,044 --> 00:05:17,316 AND AGAIN. AND I BELIEVE-- IT'S TRUE. 83 00:05:17,383 --> 00:05:20,753 I'M BEING TOLD THAT WE HAVE FOOTAGE FROM 84 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:21,988 C-SPAN OF McCARTHY ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE 85 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:28,661 BALLOTS. (CLANGING SOUNDS) 86 00:05:28,728 --> 00:05:35,034 THREE, TAKE IT. NOW, AGAIN, WE TAPE THIS AT 87 00:05:35,101 --> 00:05:37,603 BEFORE 6:00. AND THEY ADJOURNED NOW. 88 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:41,107 THEY TOOK A RECESS, THEY ADJOURNED UNTIL 89 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:42,375 8:00, SO BY THE TIME WE'RE BROADCAST, HE'S EITHER SPEAKER, 90 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:48,314 OR HE'S LOST FIVE MORE TIMES. JIM, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? 91 00:05:48,381 --> 00:06:01,961 (CLANGING SOUNDS) (APPLAUSE) 92 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:03,196 AND IF THEY DON'T SETTLE THIS TONIGHT, THEY COULD KEEP GOING 93 00:06:03,262 --> 00:06:04,731 INDEFINITELY. JUST LISTEN TO VIRGINIA 94 00:06:04,797 --> 00:06:08,868 REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND FRANKENSTEIN'S REVIEW OF YOUR 95 00:06:08,935 --> 00:06:12,872 MOM'S NEW HAIRCUT: BOB GOOD! AS A NEVER-KEVIN VOTER, GOOD 96 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,874 TOLD REPORTERS THAT, IN ORDER TO FIND A SPEAKER WHO ISN'T 97 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:18,077 McCARTHY, "IT'S WORTH TAKING A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS." 98 00:06:18,144 --> 00:06:24,350 A FEW WEEKS? THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP VOTING 99 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:26,786 LIKE STH FOR A FEW WEEKS. THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE 100 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:28,387 GROUNDHOG'S DAY. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE McCARTHY 101 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:43,336 LOOKS LIKE A GROUNDHOG. PLAWTION PLAWS 102 00:06:43,402 --> 00:06:45,204 LOOKS LIKE A GROUNDHOG. PLAWTION PLAWS 103 00:06:45,271 --> 00:06:47,507 SO FAR, McCARTHY HAS PUT A BRAVE FACE ON HIS HISTORIC, ONCE IN A 104 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:52,411 CENTURY CURB-STOMP. HERE'S HOW HE DESCRIBED 105 00:06:52,478 --> 00:06:56,849 YESTERDAY'S VOTES TO REPORTERS. >> LOOK, TODAY, IS IT THE DAY I 106 00:06:56,916 --> 00:07:00,386 WANTED TO HAVE? NO. 107 00:07:00,453 --> 00:07:03,089 THAT'S A PRETTY MILD WAY TO ASSESS THE WORST DAY 108 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:04,757 OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. BUT IT DOES REMIND ME OF THAT 109 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:06,192 FAMOUS SCENE FROM "JAWS." >> LOOK, TODAY-- IS IT THE DAY I 110 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:07,293 WANTED TO HAVE? NO. 111 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:14,200 AHHHHHH! MOTION TO ADJOURN! 112 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:18,037 >> Stephen: BUT DESPITE HAVING NO APPARENT PATH TO VICTORY, 113 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:22,041 McCARTHY HAS SAID HE IS NOT BACKING DOWN. 114 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:24,343 >> ARE THERE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH YOU WOULD CONSIDER 115 00:07:24,410 --> 00:07:25,778 PULLING OUT OF THE RACE FOR SPEAKER? 116 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:27,180 >> NO. >> THERE IS NOT ONE? 117 00:07:27,246 --> 00:07:30,416 >> THERE'S NOT ONE. >> Stephen: OH, KEVIN, LET IT 118 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:31,617 GO. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE 119 00:07:31,684 --> 00:07:36,455 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT DREAMS IS SOMETIMES THEY DIE? 120 00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:41,360 EXCEPT FOR MY DREAM WHERE YOU KEEP LOSING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 121 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:45,698 NOBODY PINCH ME, I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP! 122 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:51,571 I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP, MOSM. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL 123 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:52,839 TODAY. AND DESPITE HIS MULTIPLE FAILED 124 00:07:52,905 --> 00:07:54,774 BIDS, McCARTHY CLAIMS THE FORMER PRESIDENT STILL SUPPORTS HIM: 125 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:57,109 >> HE THINKS IT'S BETTER THAT ALL THE REPUBLICANS GET TOGETHER 126 00:07:57,176 --> 00:07:59,345 AND SOLVE THIS. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR 127 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:03,716 REPUBLICANS, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT WHERE WE'RE 128 00:08:03,783 --> 00:08:04,984 STRONGER IN THE LONG RUN. >> Stephen: REALLY? 129 00:08:05,051 --> 00:08:06,619 THE FORMER PRESIDENT ENCOURAGED REPUBLICANS TO "GET TOGETHER AND 130 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:09,922 WORK IT OUT FOR THE GREATER GOOD?" 131 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:12,091 DID HE ALSO SAY WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 132 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:19,365 ELECTION, MARRY ONE WOMAN, AND EAT A SALAD? 133 00:08:19,432 --> 00:08:23,569 THEN THIS MORNING, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUTHED OUT THIS 134 00:08:23,636 --> 00:08:25,104 STATEMENT: "REPUBLICANS, DO NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A 135 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:29,809 GIANT AND EMBARRASSING DEFEAT... KEVIN McCARTHY WILL DO A GOOD 136 00:08:29,876 --> 00:08:32,245 JOB, AND MAYBE EVEN A GREAT JOB, JUST WATCH!" 137 00:08:32,311 --> 00:08:35,748 A RINGING ENDORSEMENT. JUST LIKE THAT POPULAR FATHER'S 138 00:08:35,815 --> 00:08:46,792 DAY MUG: "WORLD'S MAYBE DAD." MAISH. 139 00:08:46,859 --> 00:08:48,995 MAYBE. ANSWER, ANY. 140 00:08:49,061 --> 00:08:51,197 SO, McCARTHY'S NOT BACKING DOWN, BUT NEITHER ARE HIS OPPONENTS. 141 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:56,002 LIKE FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE AND FAILED CLONE OF JAY LENO, MATT 142 00:08:56,068 --> 00:08:57,837 GAETZ. THIS WEEKEND, McCARTHY MOVED 143 00:08:57,904 --> 00:09:00,740 INTO THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE AND GAETZ IS HAVING NONE OF IT, 144 00:09:00,806 --> 00:09:03,209 ESPECIALLY AFTER YESTERDAY'S VOTES. 145 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:07,980 SO HE WROTE AN OFFICIAL LETTER TO THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, 146 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:11,651 ASKING: "THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OFFICE IS CURRENTLY 147 00:09:11,717 --> 00:09:13,886 OCCUPIED BY KEVIN McCARTHY. WHAT IS THE BASIS IN LAW, HOUSE 148 00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:17,757 RULE, OR PRECEDENT TO ALLOW SOMEONE WHO HAS PLACED SECOND IN 149 00:09:17,823 --> 00:09:24,897 THREE SUCCESSIVE SPEAKER ELECTIONS TO OCCUPY THE SPEAKER 150 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:27,600 OF THE HOUSE OFFICE?" I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ACTUALLY 151 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:33,239 GONNA SAY THIS, BUT MATT GAETZ IS RIGHT. 152 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:35,775 WELL, THAT'S WEIRD BUT 153 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:36,976 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK WOULD BE A 154 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:39,278 MUCH BETTER CONGRESSMAN THAN MATT GAETZ. 155 00:09:39,345 --> 00:09:48,087 IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS. INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN 156 00:09:48,154 --> 00:09:57,129 JOURNALISTS LIKE THE FOLKS AT FOX NEWS ARE ALSO UPSET. 157 00:09:57,196 --> 00:09:59,932 >> JUST TO SEE THEM VOTE AND DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER 158 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:02,802 AGAIN AND THEN MAKE SPEECHES TO ENDORSE KEVIN McCARTHY AND HAVE 159 00:10:02,868 --> 00:10:05,871 HIM NOT GET-- I JUST THOUGHT WAS THE CRAZIEST SCENARIO. 160 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:08,441 >> IT'S MAKING REPUBLICANS LOOK RIDICULOUS. 161 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:11,777 >> TONIGHT WE ASK THE QUESTION-- OH HOW ABOUT THIS QUESTION? 162 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:17,083 WHAT WOULD RONALD REAGAN SAY? >> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW SEAN, 163 00:10:17,149 --> 00:10:19,151 PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE: (AS REAGAN) 164 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:20,686 "AH! WHERE AM I? 165 00:10:20,753 --> 00:10:23,155 EVERYTHING WAS SO DARK FOR SO LONG AND THERE WERE DEMONS 166 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:25,825 DANCING AROUND ME CHANTING, "YOU SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE AIDS 167 00:10:25,891 --> 00:10:39,505 CRISIS WHEN YOU HAD A CHANCE." THEN I WOKE UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN, 168 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:40,873 MOMMY. SPEAKING OF REAGAN, THERE'S MORE 169 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:45,044 NEWS ABOUT THE WAR ON DRUGS: ONCE AGAIN, THE DRUGS ARE 170 00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:46,045 WINNING. ON THURSDAY, NEW YORK OPENED ITS 171 00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:50,683 FIRST LEGAL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. 172 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:54,286 WOO! BEFORE THIS, THE ONLY PLACE TO 173 00:10:54,353 --> 00:10:57,590 GET WEED IN THIS CITY WAS ANYWHERE FROM ANYONE AT ANY 174 00:10:57,656 --> 00:11:03,729 TIME. THAT'S WHAT THE STATUE OF 175 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:06,899 LIBERTY IS IS BURNING UP THERE, BABY. 176 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:11,604 NOW THAT WEED IS LEGAL HERE, THE OFFICIAL SLOGAN IS CHANGING FROM 177 00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:13,639 "THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS" TO "THE CITY THAT SLEEPS SO MUCH 178 00:11:13,706 --> 00:11:18,477 BETTER NOW THAT IT STARTED TAKING HALF A GUMMY AT BEDTIME." 179 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:24,350 THE FIRST OFFICIAL DISPENSARY PICKED THE PERFECT TIME TO KICK 180 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:28,387 OFF SALES, OPENING AT EXACTLY 4:20. 181 00:11:28,454 --> 00:11:31,057 NICE. THEY TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE 182 00:11:31,123 --> 00:11:38,898 NEIGHBORING SEX SHOP THAT OPENED AT 3:69. 183 00:11:38,964 --> 00:11:41,600 WHATEVER THAT MEANSK DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 184 00:11:41,667 --> 00:11:43,669 TONS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT FOR THE WEED STORE'S OPENING, WITH A 185 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:44,904 LINE OF HUNDREDS SNAKING AROUND THE BLOCK. 186 00:11:44,970 --> 00:11:46,138 OF COURSE THAT LINE MOVED A LOT FASTER ONCE THE GUY IN FRONT 187 00:11:46,205 --> 00:11:58,017 REALIZED IT WAS A PULL DOOR. WEED ISN'T THE ONLY DRUG YOU'LL 188 00:11:58,084 --> 00:12:00,886 NOW FIND YOUR PARENTS DOING WITH THEIR FRIENDS. 189 00:12:00,953 --> 00:12:02,788 BECAUSE THIS WEEK, LEGAL USE OF HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS 190 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:06,826 BEGAN IN OREGON. SO FOR MY OREGONIAN VIEWERS, 191 00:12:06,892 --> 00:12:10,963 ALLOW ME TO SAY... (PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC) 192 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:23,242 YOU AND I ARE PASSENGERS ON THE SAME SPACESHIP OF HUMAN 193 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:24,877 EXPERIENCE, PROPELLED BY BY EXACTS AND LOVE AT THE RILT 194 00:12:24,944 --> 00:12:27,646 IMOF A FLOWER'S HEART BEAT. ALSO, PET THE DOG, IT FEELS 195 00:12:27,713 --> 00:12:29,448 REALLY COOL. THE NEW MEASURE SPECIFICALLY 196 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:33,686 LEGALIZES PSILOCYBIN MAGIC MUSHROOMS. 197 00:12:33,752 --> 00:12:37,223 NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH OTHER MAGIC MUSHROOMS BY WHICH I MEAN 198 00:12:37,289 --> 00:12:40,593 ALL MUSHROOMS. THEY GROW IN THE DARK! 199 00:12:40,659 --> 00:12:45,397 THEY TASTE GREAT ON PIZZA! SOME EVEN LOOK GOOD IN A VEST! 200 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:47,900 HERE'S HOW IT'LL WORK. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IN OREGON, 201 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:51,871 ANYONE OVER 21 CAN CONSUME MUSHROOMS AS LONG THEY'RE 202 00:12:51,937 --> 00:12:54,840 SUPERVISED BY A STATE-CERTIFIED FACILITATOR AT A LICENSED 203 00:12:54,907 --> 00:12:59,278 SERVICE CENTER. A "LICENSED SERVICE CENTER"? 204 00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:02,982 IS THIS TAKING SHROOMS OR GETTING YOUR TIRES ROTATED? 205 00:13:03,048 --> 00:13:06,085 WAIT A MINUTE... (PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC) 206 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:08,921 WHAT IF THE TIRES ARE STAYING WHERE THEY ARE, AND THE REST OF 207 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:14,026 US ARE ROTATING? A GUIDE MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL 208 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:16,795 BECAUSE SHROOMS ARE NOT WITHOUT THEIR SIDE EFFECTS, INCLUDING 209 00:13:16,862 --> 00:13:19,832 NAUSEA AND VOMITING, INCREASED BODY TEMPERATURE, ABDOMINAL 210 00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:22,334 CRAMPS AND DIARRHEA, MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND ALTERING YOUR 211 00:13:22,401 --> 00:13:25,104 PERCEPTION OF REALITY. SYMPTOMS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 212 00:13:25,171 --> 00:13:28,440 "TACO BELL." WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 213 00:13:28,507 --> 00:13:32,344 TONIGHT! MY GUESTS ARE SHANIA TWAIN AND 214 00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:35,915 AND FROM "THE BEAR," AYO EDEBIRI. 215 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:40,252 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, SPACE NEWS! 216 00:14:20,893 --> 00:14:22,828 >> Stephen: HEY. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, GIVE IT 217 00:14:22,895 --> 00:14:31,036 UP FOR LOUIS CATO AND THE BAND, RIGHT THERE PLAWSES 218 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:32,304 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU. 219 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:35,641 >> NICE TO SEE YOU, MAN. >> Stephen: HAPPY NEW YEAR. 220 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,109 PEOPLE MAY NOTICE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TLK ABOUT 221 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:39,812 THIS, I LIKE THE NEW SET UP OF THE BAND. 222 00:14:39,878 --> 00:14:43,315 I LIKE HOW THERE IS A NEW, YOU GOT A LITTLE, YOUR NAME. 223 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:44,683 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: IS CARVED RIGHT IN 224 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:47,653 THE FRONT, LOUIS CATO. THE LATE SHOW BAND. 225 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:52,591 NEW LIGHTS. YOU GOT A NEW POSITION RIGHT 226 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:53,759 HERE. >> NEW DRUM. 227 00:14:53,826 --> 00:14:54,893 >> Stephen: SNEAKING UP ON YOU. 228 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,465 >> I KNOW, HE'S COMING. >> Stephen: HE IS PLAYING THE 229 00:14:59,531 --> 00:15:03,402 DRUMS THE ENTIRE TIME. WE HAVE AN AMAZING MUSICIAN ON 230 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:07,373 THE SHOW TONIGHT ACTUALLY, A YOUNG LADY FROM CANADA. 231 00:15:07,439 --> 00:15:08,707 YOU MAY KNOW-- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 232 00:15:08,774 --> 00:15:14,513 >> Stephen: SHANIA TWAIN! >> UH-HUH. 233 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:18,083 >> Stephen: AND FROM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SEEN THE TV 234 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:31,864 SHOW "THE BEAR" ABOUT ITALIAN BEEF SHOP IN CHICAGO, AYO 235 00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:33,132 EDEBIRI. FOLKS, 236 00:15:33,198 --> 00:15:34,233 >> Stephen: FOLKS, AS ANYONE WHO WATCHES THIS SHOW KNOWS, I AM 237 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:39,138 FASCINATED BY SPACE. IT'S EVERYWHERE-- THERE'S SOME. 238 00:15:39,204 --> 00:15:42,374 IT'S ALSO, SEE THIS YEAR RIGHT HERE, IT'S THERE TOO. 239 00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:46,111 AND I LIKE TO TELL YOU THE LATEST COSMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN MY 240 00:15:46,178 --> 00:15:55,688 ONGOING SEGMENT: >> SPACE NEWS! 241 00:15:55,754 --> 00:16:02,461 (APPLAUSE) , 242 00:16:02,528 --> 00:16:13,072 >> Stephen: FIRST UP, MARS LANDER NEWS! 243 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:17,943 FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, NASA'S "INSIGHT" LANDER HAS BEEN 244 00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:20,846 EXPLORING MARS, BUT NO MORE, BECAUSE OVER THE HOLIDAYS, NASA 245 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:24,216 CONFIRMED THAT THE NASA MARS LANDER INSIGHT, DIED. 246 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:28,520 BUT THAT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW? IT'S A PART OF LIFE. 247 00:16:28,587 --> 00:16:35,828 "ASHES TO ASHES.... BEEP TO BOOP." 248 00:16:35,894 --> 00:16:36,929 (LAUGHTER) BUT WHAT REALLY GOT PEOPLE WAS 249 00:16:36,995 --> 00:16:38,564 THIS TWEET THAT INSIGHT SENT OUT IN ITS LAST MOMENTS: 250 00:16:38,630 --> 00:16:41,633 "MY POWER'S REALLY LOW, SO THIS MAY BE THE LAST IMAGE I CAN 251 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,302 SEND. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME THOUGH: MY 252 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:46,939 TIME HERE HAS BEEN BOTH PRODUCTIVE SERENE. 253 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:48,741 IF I CAN KEEP TALKING TO MY MISSION TEAM, I WILL, BUT I'LL 254 00:16:48,807 --> 00:16:59,184 BE SIGNING OFF HERE SOON. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH ME." 255 00:16:59,251 --> 00:17:00,452 THIS IS THE MOST THIS IS THE MOST EMOTIONAL I'VE 256 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:01,620 BEEN ABOUT A ROBOT SINCE MY ROOMBA WAS MURDERED. 257 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:16,568 I SUSPECT THE HUMIDIFIER. NEXT UP, "LIFE ON VENUS NEWS!" 258 00:17:16,635 --> 00:17:23,375 I SUSPECT THE HUMIDIFIER. NEXT UP, "LIFE ON VENUS NEWS!" 259 00:17:23,442 --> 00:17:25,310 AFTER SEARCHING BUT FINDING NO 260 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:27,946 EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL MARKERS FOR MICROBES, RESEARCHERS HAVE 261 00:17:28,013 --> 00:17:29,548 ANSWERED THE QUESTION: "LIFE ON VENUS? 262 00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:32,551 NO CHANCE." SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 263 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:35,087 UPDATE THAT BOOK TITLE TO "MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM, I 264 00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:42,694 WOMEN ARE FROM, I DUNNO, TRENDTON? 265 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:50,669 NEXT UP, "AUSTRALIAN SPACE NEWS!" 266 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:53,405 ANOTHER CRUSTACEAN ON THE FLESH BURNING MACHINE. 267 00:17:53,472 --> 00:17:54,573 IT'S OFFICIAL. AFTER THREE DECADES OF 268 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:55,841 DEVELOPMENT, "CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO 269 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,377 ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN IN AUSTRALIA." 270 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:02,080 OF COURSE, AUSTRALIA "NEEDS" THEIR TELESCOPE TO BE LARGE. 271 00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:07,753 SINCE THEY'RE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTH, THEY'RE MUCH FURTHER 272 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:16,295 AWAY FROM SPACE. SPACE IS UP, SPACE IS UP. 273 00:18:16,361 --> 00:18:19,598 THAT'S SCIENCE. THAT'S SCIENCE, LOUIS. 274 00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:34,546 NEXT UP, "SPACE HOTEL NEWS!!" >> $30 FOR A TOBLERONE?! 275 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:35,781 NEXT UP, "SPACE HOTEL NEWS!!" >> $30 FOR A TOBLERONE?! 276 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:38,050 YOU MAY SOON BE ABLE TO BRAVELY VACATION WHERE NO ONE HAS 277 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:41,053 VACATIONED BEFORE, BECAUSE THE HOTEL CHAIN HILTON WILL DESIGN 278 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:42,955 LODGING FOR A FUTURE SPACE STATION. 279 00:18:43,021 --> 00:18:46,558 HOW DARE YOU HILTON? A CRAMPED, DARK POD IN A COLD, 280 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:50,696 SOULLESS VOID? THAT'S LA QUINTA'S GAME! 281 00:18:50,762 --> 00:18:56,335 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SHANIA TWAIN! 282 00:19:13,418 --> 00:19:20,893 >> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 283 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:26,031 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) THANKS, FOLKS, LADIES AND 284 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:26,999 GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS A FIVE-TIME 285 00:19:27,065 --> 00:19:30,669 GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER AND SONGWRITER. 286 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:32,638 SHE IS THE BESTSELLING FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST OF ALL TIME 287 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:35,507 WITH MORE THAN 100 MILLION RECORDS SOLD WORLDWIDE. 288 00:19:35,574 --> 00:19:41,246 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," SHANIA TWAIN! 289 00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:44,983 ♪ WORKING NINE TO FIVE. ♪ WHAT I WAY TO MAKE A LIVING. 290 00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:54,893 ♪ BARELY GETTING BY. ♪ MORE TAKING THAN MORE GIVING. 291 00:19:54,960 --> 00:20:07,472 ♪. >> WOW. 292 00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:10,876 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU. BOY, LOVELY TO FINALLY MEET YOU, 293 00:20:10,943 --> 00:20:14,880 AND INTERVIEW YOU. REALLY, I AM A LONG-TIME FAN. 294 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:19,384 I RECOGNIZE YOU FROM THE MUSIC VIDEO, THIS OUTFIT IS VERY 295 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:25,791 RESONANT, IS IT, FEELS LIKE A WOMAN. 296 00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:26,892 >> EXACTLY. IT'S NOT THE SAME DRESS. 297 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:30,495 >> NO, IT IS KIND OF, SHANIAESQUE. 298 00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:34,800 THIS IS LIKE THE DRAFT VERSION. >> Stephen: SURE. 299 00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:39,404 WELL, BEFORE WE GET INTO T I'M LEGALLY REQUIRED TO START ASIAN 300 00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:46,144 EYEA TWAIN INTERVIEW WITH THIS. ♪ LET'S GO GIRL. 301 00:20:46,211 --> 00:20:50,115 ALL RIGHT. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF WHAT 302 00:20:50,182 --> 00:20:52,551 HISTORIANS ARE CALLING THE SHANIA SONG, WHERE YOU HAVE A 303 00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:55,187 NEW ALBUM COMING OUT ON FEBRUARY 3rd. 304 00:20:55,253 --> 00:21:01,860 THERE SPH. IT IS SHALL-- IT IS CALLED DREAM 305 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:05,697 OF ME. ARE YOU GOING ON A GLOBAL ARENA 306 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:06,932 TOUR. YOU ARE EVERYWHERE. 307 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:11,837 LAST YEAR YOU HAD A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE HARRY STYLE 308 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:14,239 CONCERT RIGHT THERE AT COACHELLA. 309 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:17,576 YOU HAVE A POPULAR NETFLIX DOCUMENTSARY, SHANIA TWAIN, NOT 310 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:22,748 JUST A GIRL AND JUST FOR FUN, AN ICON PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD. 311 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:25,283 THERE YOU GO. THE ANIMAL PATTERN, THE ANIMAL 312 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:27,686 TRENDS CONTINUE. SO WHAT IS THIS, LISTEN. 313 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:31,390 WHAT IS THIS MOMENT FEEL LIKE FOR YOU, SHANIA TWAIN? 314 00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:34,926 >> I AM JUST SO INCREDIBLY ENERGIZED LATELY. 315 00:21:34,993 --> 00:21:41,533 I THINK THAT COVID WAS, IT WAS A VERY CREATIVE TIME FOR ME, THE 316 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,734 ISOLATION. >> Stephen: I HEAR YOU LIKE 317 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,103 ISOLATION. >> I MEAN NOT THAT KIND OF 318 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:46,371 ISOLATION, OF COURSE. >> Stephen: BUT CREATIVELY. 319 00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:50,676 >> I LOVE BEING ISOLATED. I LOVE TO WRITE MUSIC. 320 00:21:50,742 --> 00:21:53,378 I LIKE TO BE ALONE. I LOST MYSELF IN THE BATHROOM 321 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:57,115 OFF EP TO GET THAT ALONE TIME SPACE, IN CLOSETS. 322 00:21:57,182 --> 00:21:59,317 I MEAN I REALLY-- . >> Stephen: YOU LITERALLY 323 00:21:59,384 --> 00:22:02,087 CRAWL INTO A CLOSET AND CLOSE THE DOOR. 324 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,488 >> CLOSETS ARE GREAT. I NEED TO BE ALONE. 325 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:05,957 I REALLY DO. >> Stephen: I'M GUESSING 326 00:22:06,024 --> 00:22:09,895 SHANIA TWAIN YOU HAVE A BETTER CLOSET THAN I DO. 327 00:22:09,961 --> 00:22:15,167 >> I KNOW IT DOES SOUND WEIRD TO SAY IT OUT LOUD BUT I NEED THE 328 00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:18,870 ISOLATION. I NEED A SPACE WHERE I CAN LET 329 00:22:18,937 --> 00:22:23,341 GO OF MY INHIBITIONS, THERE IS NO WRONG THING TO RIGHT THERE IS 330 00:22:23,408 --> 00:22:27,479 NO WRONG THING TO SAY, SAY IT OUT LOUD, CAN I SCREAM T 331 00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:30,882 WHATEVER THE EMOTION. IS AND NOT FEEL JUDGED. 332 00:22:30,949 --> 00:22:40,559 SO THIS IS PLIE NO-- ZONE BATHROOMS, CLOSET, WHERE I CAN 333 00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:42,427 FIND PRIVACY. >> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE WON 334 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:43,795 MANY AWARDS, FIVE GRAMMYS AS I SAID BEFORE. 335 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:47,766 MI JUST CURIOUS HOW THIS MOMENTS FEELS TO YOU. 336 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,434 THIS IS ANOTHER HIGH POINT RECENTLY. 337 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:56,108 WHERE IS THIS, A TRAIN WAS NAMED AFTER YOU, THE SHANIA TRAIN. 338 00:22:56,174 --> 00:22:59,945 (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: IS THIS CANADA. 339 00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:01,947 >> IT'S TRUE. THERE IS IN SWITZERLAND. 340 00:23:02,013 --> 00:23:04,649 >> Stephen: IN SWITZERLAND, THEY TAKE THEIR TRAINS 341 00:23:04,716 --> 00:23:08,854 SERIOUSLY. >> THEY TAKE THEIR TWAIN TRAINS 342 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,457 VERY SERIOUSLY. NO, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH 343 00:23:12,524 --> 00:23:17,529 TWAINS FROM MY CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN CANADA. 344 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:21,133 SO IT WAS VERY COOL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AT THE 345 00:23:21,199 --> 00:23:25,137 INAUGURATION AND HAVE THE TRAIN NAMED AFTER ME IT WAS REALLY A 346 00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:28,940 COMPLIMENT, SHANIA TRAIN. >> Jon: YOU HAVE A CITY 347 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:29,908 UNDERNEATH, DID YOU SIGN IT LIVE IN THE MOMENT. 348 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:31,676 >> I DID SIGN IT LIVE IN THE MOMENT. 349 00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:34,379 I WASN'T SURE, I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET ME TO REDO IT 350 00:23:34,446 --> 00:23:44,823 LATER, SOMETHING LIKE, THAT BUT THIS IS MY FEEL SIGNATURE AND I 351 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:48,059 HAVE-- FOR THE ALBUM T IS PROBABLY A VERY HE DESCENT 352 00:23:48,126 --> 00:23:51,797 VERSION OF MY SIGNATURE, BUT YEAH, IT'S PERMANENT, HOWEVER 353 00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:53,865 GOOD OR BAD IT IS, IT IS PERMANENT. 354 00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:56,668 >> Jon: D. >> Stephen: ANYONE WHO RIDES 355 00:23:56,735 --> 00:23:58,770 THAT TRAIN COULD FORGE A CHECK BY YOU. 356 00:23:58,837 --> 00:24:01,807 >> I SURE HOPE NOT. >> Stephen: NOW YOU HAVE 357 00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:07,813 INFLUENCED A GENERATION OF YOUNGER MUSICIANS, TAYLOR SWIFT, 358 00:24:07,879 --> 00:24:13,819 HARRY STYLES, POST MALONE, DIPLO, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THIS 359 00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:15,620 NEXT GENERATION. >> 360 00:24:15,687 --> 00:24:19,658 >> Stephen: IT GOES ON AND ON. WHEN THEY SAY, WHEN POST MALONE 361 00:24:19,724 --> 00:24:24,796 SAYS YOU REALLY INFLUENCED ME, DO YOU EVER SAY, I DON'T HEAR IT 362 00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:26,064 OR. >> NO. 363 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:32,904 ACTUALLY I'M A REALLY BIG FAN OF SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES, I LOVE 364 00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:36,708 POST MALONE. I'M A GENUINE FAN OF HIS MUSIC 365 00:24:36,775 --> 00:24:38,777 AND HIS VOICE, WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. 366 00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:42,380 YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS ALL MEANS TO ME IS THAT THINGS HAVE GONE FULL 367 00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:46,084 CIRCUMSTANCE NELL THE LAST 25, 30 YEARS FOR ME. 368 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:50,255 THESE ARE ARTISTS THAT WERE KIDS, FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD, 369 00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:53,859 GROWING UP TO MY MUSIC. AND NOW THEY'RE GROWN UP AND 370 00:24:53,925 --> 00:24:57,596 ABLE TO SAY, EXPRESS WHATEVER THAT INSPIRATION WAS TO ME. 371 00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:00,732 SO IT FEELS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. I JUST WANT TO SIT DOWN AROUND A 372 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:04,703 CAMPFIRE WITH THESE GUYS AND SAY LET'S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS, YOU 373 00:25:04,769 --> 00:25:06,037 KNOW. LET'S GET OUT OUR GUITARS. 374 00:25:06,104 --> 00:25:07,806 >> Stephen: THAT WOULD MAKE A REALLY GOOD SPECIAL. 375 00:25:07,873 --> 00:25:13,945 I WOULD WATCH THAT. SHAFN EYEA TWAIN TAKES THE TWAIN 376 00:25:14,012 --> 00:25:15,146 TRAIN. >> THAT'S IT. 377 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:17,482 >> Stephen: UP TO THE JUNKS AND GET OUT AND SIT AROUND THE 378 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:22,087 FIRE WITH A GUITAR. >> ROLL ON THOSE TWAIN TRACKS 379 00:25:22,153 --> 00:25:26,658 RIGHT DOWN TO THE FIRE. (APPLAUSE). 380 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:31,796 >> Stephen: HOW DID YOU, SO THIS IS A GREAT SHOFT YOU AND 381 00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:33,565 HARRY ON STAGE. HOW DID YOU BECOME FRIENDS WITH 382 00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:36,268 HARRY STYLES, DID YOU GUYS HANG. >> HE WAS PLAYING IN NEW YORK, 383 00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:39,337 ACTUALLY. THIS IS BEFORE HE REALLY BLEW 384 00:25:39,404 --> 00:25:40,472 UP. AND I WENT BACKSTAGE TO MEET 385 00:25:40,538 --> 00:25:43,808 HIM. AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, WE BECAME 386 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:47,879 ACTUAL FRIENDS AT THAT MOMENT. AND TEXT ME AND SAID WOULD YOU 387 00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:51,549 CALL MY MUM AND WISH HER HAPPY BIRTH DAIVMENT I WAS LIKE OF 388 00:25:51,616 --> 00:25:54,319 COURSE, SURE. >> HE SAID MY MUM WAS A BIG 389 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:58,223 INFLUENCE ON ME AND WHY I GREW UP WITH THE MUSIC. 390 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:02,093 SO I CALLED HER UP, WISHED HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HARRY AND I 391 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,295 HAVE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 392 00:26:03,361 --> 00:26:06,364 QUICK BREAK BUT WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE SHANIA TWAIN, 393 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:08,566 EVERYBODY. 394 00:26:26,051 --> 00:26:28,653 >> Stephen: SWLEUTLY. HEY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE 395 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:34,793 ARTIST WHOSE NEW ALBUM IS "QUEEN OF ME," SHANIA TWAIN. 396 00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:40,031 YOU SAID THAT MUSIC FOR YOU WAS AN ESCAPE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER. 397 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:44,502 IS IT STILL AN ESCAPE FOR YOU? >> MUSIC IS MY GREAT ESCAPE, IT 398 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:49,074 IS FOR ME TIME T IS MY ISOLATION TIME. 399 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:52,444 IT'S A TIME CAN I GET LOST IN MY SONG WRITING AND FORGET ABOUT 400 00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:54,879 THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR A LITTLE BIT. 401 00:26:54,946 --> 00:26:58,249 SONG WRITING IS A CREATIVE SPACE WHERE I CAN JUST MAKE UP 402 00:26:58,316 --> 00:27:01,920 WHATEVER IT IS I WANT TO FEEL. I CAN CREATE MY MOOD. 403 00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:07,258 CAN I SET THE TONE. I CAN EXPRESS, IT'S MY THERAPY 404 00:27:07,325 --> 00:27:09,461 IT IS MY GO-TO. IT IS MY SELF-HELP. 405 00:27:09,527 --> 00:27:11,663 >> Stephen: DO YOU RECOMMEND IT TO OTHER PEOPLE. 406 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,065 DO YOU EVER SAY YOU SHOULD WRITE. 407 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:17,535 >> LISTEN, I DO IT ALL THE TIME. I SAY LISTEN, WHEN WHETHER YOU 408 00:27:17,602 --> 00:27:21,740 ARE A SONGWRITER OR PROFESSIONAL WRITER OR NOT, WHENEVER YOU HAVE 409 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:24,242 IDEAS, WRITE THEM DOWN. YOU WILL LOOK BACK ON THEM LATER 410 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:26,845 OR YOU MEFER DO, YOU CAN BURP THEM IF YOU WANT. 411 00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:31,282 SOMETIMES THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. YOU KNOW, WRITE THEM DOWN AND 412 00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:33,485 BURN THEMMENT AND FORGET ABOUT IT. 413 00:27:33,551 --> 00:27:36,921 IT IS JUST GOOD TO GET IT OUT. SOMETIMES, YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK 414 00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:40,158 TO YOUR DOG. THEY ARE PERFECT, GREAT THERAPY. 415 00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:42,193 BUT WRITING IT DOWN AND LETTING IT GO, GETTING IT OFF YOUR 416 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:44,529 CHEST, THAT IS WHAT SONG WRITING IS FOR ME. 417 00:27:44,596 --> 00:27:52,404 >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR STUDIO ALBUM, QUEEN OF ME, 418 00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:54,939 QUITE A PROVOCATIVE, CHECK THIS OUT HERE, JIM. 419 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:57,575 THAT IS QUITE A PROVOCATIVE COVER. 420 00:27:57,642 --> 00:28:00,311 IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT ON A GLOBAL TOUR, TELL ME ABOUT THE 421 00:28:00,378 --> 00:28:03,548 ALBUM. >> I WROTE THE ALBUM DURING 422 00:28:03,615 --> 00:28:07,085 COVID. IT WAS AN EXERCISE OF PICKING MY 423 00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:09,821 SPIRITS BACK UP, YOU KNOW, TAKING SELF-CONTROL OF MY MOOD. 424 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:17,395 AND SAYING I NEED TO DO WHAT I CAN FOR MY FAMILY, I HAVE TO 425 00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:19,764 STAY POSITIVE. SO I STARTED WRITING ALL SORTS 426 00:28:19,831 --> 00:28:23,368 OF POSITIVE SONG, SONGS THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD, SOPGS THAT 427 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:25,770 MADE ME WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE. 428 00:28:25,837 --> 00:28:28,973 QUEEN OF ME TAKING CHARGE, SAYING LISTEN, I'M THE BOSS OF 429 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,943 ME AND I'M IN CHARGE OF MY OWN MOOD AND SPIRIT. 430 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:33,978 NOBODY CAN CHEER ME UP EXCEPT FOR MYSELF. 431 00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:37,148 SO GET TO IT AND THAT IS WHAT I DID. 432 00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:43,421 BESIDES TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO GET VERY CHEERED UP BECAUSE 433 00:28:43,488 --> 00:28:45,623 MY-- COMING OUT IS CALLED GIDDYUP. 434 00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:49,427 THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP IS BECAUSE ITS WHOLE ALBUM IS 435 00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:53,465 REALLY ALL ABOUT PUTTING SOME PEP BACK IN YOUR STEP. 436 00:28:53,531 --> 00:29:00,438 PUTTING SPICE BACK IN YOUR LIFE. SO UP IN YOUR GIDDY IS WHAT IS 437 00:29:00,505 --> 00:29:05,043 GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU. I'M GT TO PUT SOME UP IN YOUR 438 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:06,344 GIDDY. >> Stephen: IF YOU WANT TO GET 439 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:10,949 UP IN YOUR GIDDY, GET THE NEW ALBUM QUEEN OF ME, IT GOES ON 440 00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:13,551 SALE FEBRUARY 3-RD. THE SINGLE IS RELEASED TONIGHT 441 00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:16,554 AT MIDNIGHT. SHANIA TWAIN, EVERYBODY. 442 00:29:16,621 --> 00:29:18,556 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR OF THE BEAR. 443 00:29:18,623 --> 00:29:20,592 AYO I HAD EDEBIRI. AYO I HAD EDEBIRI. 444 00:29:40,845 --> 00:29:45,116 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MARK, THANK YOU, MY 445 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:47,685 FRIEND. THANKS, EVERYBODY. 446 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:49,120 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK. MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR AND 447 00:29:49,187 --> 00:29:53,525 COMEDIAN YOU KNOW FROM "BIG MOUTH," "DICKINSON," AND "THE 448 00:29:53,591 --> 00:30:01,533 BEAR." >> OKAY, SO I MAY HAVE HEARD WE 449 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:06,604 ARE IMPLEMENTING A FRENCH BRIGADE, WE ALL HEARD THAT, 450 00:30:06,671 --> 00:30:09,507 RIGHT. SO KARMIE IS THE HEAD CHEF GUY, 451 00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:15,947 HE IS THE HEAD OF THE CUISINE, I WOULD BE, I AM, I AM, MI THE 452 00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:17,048 SOUS. >> HIERARCHY. 453 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:21,019 >> MORE LIKE A REGULAR CHILLARCKY T IS MORE ABOUT 454 00:30:21,085 --> 00:30:26,424 DIVIDING LABOR, BECAUSE I AM THE SOUS, RIGHT, I JUST FOLLOW 455 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:30,028 ORDERS, IT COULD LEAD TO TENSION AND CHAOS AND RESENTMENT BUT 456 00:30:30,094 --> 00:30:34,632 ULTIMATELY DOESN'T WORK. BUT SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I DO, I'M 457 00:30:34,699 --> 00:30:38,636 THE SOUS >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME, AYO 458 00:30:38,703 --> 00:30:53,585 EDEBIRI! >> Stephen: HEY AYO EDEBIRI. 459 00:30:53,651 --> 00:30:57,622 EDEBIRI! >> Stephen: HEY AYO EDEBIRI. 460 00:30:57,689 --> 00:31:00,592 >> HELLO, MR. STEPHEN COLBERT. >> Stephen: SO NICE TO SEE 461 00:31:00,658 --> 00:31:03,728 YOU, THE BEAR IS A FANTASTIC SHOAVMENT AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY 462 00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:06,297 GREAT ON ITER THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE VERY FIRST EPISODE, 463 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,633 FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO KNOW WHO YOU WERE. 464 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:11,669 I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING BUT. TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF, AYO 465 00:31:11,736 --> 00:31:14,706 EDEBIRI, WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW BUT. 466 00:31:14,772 --> 00:31:19,811 >> I'M A LIBRA. >> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, COME 467 00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:21,246 ON. >> I'M EM PATHS ETIC. 468 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:24,649 I DID COMEDY AND WAS A TV WRITER FOR MANY YEARS. 469 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:32,857 AND THEN ALSO DID VOICE ACTING. IF PEOPLE WATCHED THE SHOW BIG 470 00:31:32,924 --> 00:31:35,026 MOUTH. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE DONE A 471 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:37,762 BUNCH OF WORK. BUT THIS SUMMER WHEN "THE BEAR" 472 00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:41,833 CAME OUT, AND IT BECAME THIS CULTURAL PHENOMENON WHAT DID 473 00:31:41,899 --> 00:31:46,104 THAT FEEL LIKE TO SUDDENLY FIND YOURSELF, ARE YOU ENJOYING THE 474 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:47,438 EXPERIENCE. BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY GETS THAT 475 00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:50,375 EXPERIENCE WHERE SUDDENLY YOU ARE ON THIS ROCKET. 476 00:31:50,441 --> 00:31:53,511 >> I'M ENJOYING IT. DON'T TAKE ME OFF THE ROCKET 477 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,712 PLEASE. IT'S NICE. 478 00:31:54,779 --> 00:32:00,318 IT'S BEEN KIND OF FUNNY THOUGH. I SAID SOME OF MY CREDITS 479 00:32:00,385 --> 00:32:03,488 BEFORE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A FEW YEARS BUT THIS HAS BEEN 480 00:32:03,554 --> 00:32:07,792 THE FIRST YEAR THAT MY PARENTS AREN'T ACTIVELY WORRIED ABOUT 481 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:11,596 ME. LIKE EVEN WHEN I WAS WRITING, 482 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:15,600 THEY WERE LIKE, IF YOU EVER NEED IT, IF YOU EVER NEED IT,. 483 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:18,870 >> Stephen: WAS IT EVER TEMPTING? 484 00:32:18,936 --> 00:32:22,573 >> COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT MOVING BACK IN WITH MY PARENTS IS 485 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,810 PARTICULARLY TEMPTING. I LOVE THEM, THEY'RE COOL. 486 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:31,182 BUT YEAH, THIS NOW MY MOM IS LIKE OH, WE CAN GRAG ABOUT 487 00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:34,252 YOU-- BRAG B YOU GREAT. >> Stephen: WHAT MORE DO YOU 488 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:36,854 WANT. NOW DO YOU WATCH THE SHOW? 489 00:32:36,921 --> 00:32:37,955 THE BEAR. >> THE BEAR? 490 00:32:38,022 --> 00:32:39,657 I WATCHED IT. >> Stephen: YOU WATCHED IT. 491 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:43,728 >> I DIDN'T WATCH ALL THE EPISODES. 492 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:48,766 I THINK SOME WERE KIND OF HARD TO WATCH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 493 00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:52,603 >> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS HARD FOR YOU, BUT THEY ARE 494 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:57,208 BRIL YENT IN THEIR OWN WAY AND THAT 18 MINUTE SINGLE SHOT ONE 495 00:32:57,275 --> 00:33:01,979 WHICH I THINK IS EPISODE FIVE OR SIX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 496 00:33:02,046 --> 00:33:04,282 >> SEVEN. >> Stephen: OKAY, THAT IS AS 497 00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:07,251 FAR AS I HAVE GOTTEN. I DIDN'T GO TO THE LAST EPISODE. 498 00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:08,252 >> WOW. >> Jon: BECAUSE AFTER THAT 499 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:10,888 ONE, MY WIFE WAS LIKE WE HAVE TO BE MEDICATED. 500 00:33:10,955 --> 00:33:14,258 THE TENSION WAS SO HIGH, IT WAS BRIL YENT BUT I NEED A BREAK. 501 00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:16,861 >> I THINK THAT IS FAIR. IT WILL BE THERE. YOU'VE GOT 502 00:33:16,928 --> 00:33:18,496 TIME. IT WILL BE THERE. 503 00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:24,602 YOU PLAY A SOUS CHEF. >> Stephen: WHAT SAY SOU US 504 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:25,870 CHEF. >> FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW OR 505 00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:29,674 DO KNOW AND WANT TO QUIZ ME IS THE PERSON WHO IS UNDERNEATH THE 506 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:32,577 HEAD CHEF AND BASICALLY IS LIKE DELEGATING IN THE KITCHEN. 507 00:33:32,643 --> 00:33:36,247 >> Stephen: RIGHT HAND PERSON EXECUTING THE ORDERS OF THE 508 00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:37,014 CHEF. >> UH-HUH. 509 00:33:37,081 --> 00:33:38,416 >> Stephen: ORGANIZING. >> YEAH. 510 00:33:38,483 --> 00:33:40,985 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER DONE RESTAURANT WORK APT A HIGH END 511 00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:42,653 RESTAURANT. >> I WORKED IN RESTAURANT FORCE 512 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:47,725 MANY YEARS. MY FIRST JOB WAS IN THE 513 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:53,030 RESTAURANT OF A NURSING HOME, I GOT YELLED AT BY A LOT OF OLD 514 00:33:53,097 --> 00:33:53,831 PEOPLE. >> Stephen: PUDDINGS. 515 00:33:53,898 --> 00:33:57,969 >> A LOT OF SOUPS. AND. 516 00:33:58,035 --> 00:34:00,738 >> Stephen: THIS SOUP IS TOO HARD. 517 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:03,975 >> WE WILL MAKE IT SOFTER, RIGHT AWAY, SIR. 518 00:34:04,041 --> 00:34:09,714 I WORKED THERE TWO WEEKS. AND THEN I WORKED IN NEW YORK 519 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:16,854 FOR MANY YEARS BASICALLY DOING EVERYTHING, RESERVATIONS, 520 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:20,158 HOSTING, WEIGHTING. >> Stephen: DO CELEBRITIES 521 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:22,260 COME? >> I WORKED IN ABC KITCHEN, WE 522 00:34:22,326 --> 00:34:28,032 HAVE HAD SOME, THAT IS A PLACE I I COULD A LOT OF CELEBS GO WHEN 523 00:34:28,099 --> 00:34:31,736 IN NEW YORK. AND BEYONCE CAME IN ONCE. 524 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:35,206 WHICH WAS-- I MEAN WE ALL KNOW, THAT'S-- I MEAN-- . 525 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:45,149 >> Stephen: THAT'S A BIG ONE. >> BUT SHE CAME IN, WITH JAY-Z 526 00:34:45,216 --> 00:34:49,320 AND I WAS DOING RESERVATIONS THAT NIGHT WHICH MEANT THAT I 527 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:51,956 HAD TO STAY IN THE RESERVATIONS OFFICE. 528 00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:53,658 >> Stephen: YOU ARE ON THE PHONE. 529 00:34:53,724 --> 00:34:55,560 >> BUT I AM LIKE BEYONCE IS IN THE BUILDING. 530 00:34:55,626 --> 00:34:59,664 I KEPT COMING UP AND IS LIKE DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ASK ABOUT 531 00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:04,302 ANY RESERVATIONS OR ANYTHING, JUST TO LIKE TRY TO GET A PEEK 532 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:05,837 AT BEYONCE. >> Stephen: DID YOU GET A 533 00:35:05,903 --> 00:35:07,805 SHOT. >> NOT EVEN A STRAND OF HAIR, 534 00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:10,975 DIDN'T SEE AN EYE LASH OF BEYONCE. 535 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:13,811 >> Stephen: SHE WHITE WANT TO GET A PEEK OF YOU BECAUSE YOU 536 00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:18,015 ARE AYO EDEBIRI, YOU KNOW. (APPLAUSE). 537 00:35:18,082 --> 00:35:23,254 >> Stephen: YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU CAN EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ME, 538 00:35:23,321 --> 00:35:25,990 YOU CAN EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ME. AND THAT IS, SO THIS IS A 539 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:33,364 CORRECTION WHICH I LOVE. WHICH WAS IN BUG BEAT, AYO 540 00:35:33,431 --> 00:35:37,468 EDEBIRI IS NOT THE SHOW RUNNERS OF KAMINSKY METHOD, A PREVIOUS 541 00:35:37,535 --> 00:35:40,171 VERSION OF THIS POST MISSTATED HER CREDITS. 542 00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:43,774 WHY DID SOMEONE THINK THAT YOU WERE THE SHOW RUNNER OF A SHOW 543 00:35:43,841 --> 00:35:48,779 STARRING MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND ALLEN ARCIN? 544 00:35:48,846 --> 00:35:49,847 >> AWARD-WINNING SHOW BY THE WAY. 545 00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:51,916 >> Stephen: IT IS, CONGRATULATIONS IF YOU WERE THE 546 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,652 SHOW RUNNER. >> THANK YOU, RIGHT, YEAH. 547 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:59,257 I JUST SORT OF SAYING THAT I WAS CUZ I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY. 548 00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:02,493 >> Stephen: LIKES IN INTERVIEWS OR SOMETHING. 549 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,663 >> JUST AROUND. AND THEN ON TWITTER I HAD IT IN 550 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:07,965 MY BIO AS WELL. >> Stephen: LIKE THE SHOW 551 00:36:08,032 --> 00:36:11,536 RUNNER OF THE KAMINSKY METHOD. >> YEAH. 552 00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:15,673 BUT I JUST THOUGHT, WHAT INCREDIBLE WORLD THAT WOULD BE 553 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:20,578 IF A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN IN HER MID 20S CREATED THIS SHOW WHERE 554 00:36:20,645 --> 00:36:24,882 MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND ALLEN ARCIN ARE ACTING. 555 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:27,552 COME AND HAVE I WATCHED A SINGLE EPISODE, NO. 556 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:36,961 BUT I-- BUT I ALREADY GET THE-- YOU YOU KNOW I GET IT, 557 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,930 THEY ARE OLD, THEY'RE MEN, I GOT IT. 558 00:36:38,996 --> 00:36:42,567 >> I GOT IT I GOT IT. >> Stephen: LAST THING BEFORE 559 00:36:42,633 --> 00:36:47,672 WE G HOW DO YOU TAKE THE BEEF, I TAKE IT SWEET WET. 560 00:36:47,738 --> 00:36:49,507 >> SWEET WET. >> Stephen: THE BEAR IS 561 00:36:49,574 --> 00:36:52,476 STREAMING NOW ON HULLO. AYO EDEBIRI, EVERYBODY. 562 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:59,784 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. PRAGRAPH 563 00:37:18,135 --> 00:37:19,737 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 564 00:37:19,804 --> 00:37:23,140 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE CHRIS WALLACE AND JESSIE 565 00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:25,943 BUCKLEY. BUCKLEY. 566 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:28,713 TO SAY A FEW WORDS BY A MAN WHO WAS A PROFESSOR OF MINE AND WHO 567 00:37:28,779 --> 00:37:35,920 I AM BOLD ENOUGH TO CALL A FRIEND, FRANK SALOTTI, WHO 568 00:37:35,987 --> 00:37:41,792 HAS-- DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS AN AMAZING TEACHER, AN 569 00:37:41,859 --> 00:37:48,199 INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO 570 00:37:48,265 --> 00:37:51,869 HAVE WORKED WITH HIM AT ALL AND A BRILLIANT DIRECTOR. 571 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:56,207 AND HE TAUGHT ME THINGS IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT I KNEW 572 00:37:56,273 --> 00:37:59,977 HIM THAT CHANGED MY LIFE, CHANGED THE WAY I APPROACHED MY 573 00:38:00,044 --> 00:38:05,583 WORK AND WHAT I WANTED OUT OF MY PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC LIFE 574 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,618 AND REALLY GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS 575 00:38:07,685 --> 00:38:10,621 AN ARTIST FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. 576 00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:14,659 AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR THE GENEROSITY OF HIS 577 00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:17,628 SPIRIT AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM HIM. 578 00:38:17,695 --> 00:38:20,297 AND SO MANY THINGS I THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF BEING A PERFORMER 579 00:38:20,364 --> 00:38:23,467 AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE A PERFORMER. 580 00:38:23,534 --> 00:38:26,137 AND WHAT THAT CALLING MEANS. AND I RECENTLY HAD A 581 00:38:26,203 --> 00:38:29,907 CONVERSATION WITH JOHN LITHGOW ABOUT FRANK JUST DURING THE 582 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,343 COMMERCIAL BREAK, OUR CAMERAS ARE ALWAYS ROLLING. 583 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:36,380 AND WHEN I HEARD THAT FRANK HAD PASSED, I JUST WANTED TO PLAY 584 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:41,352 FOR YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM FRANK AND HIS 585 00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:43,954 EXAMPLE, JIM. >> DID YOU KNOW FRANK AT ALL. 586 00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:47,892 >> I NEVER MET HIM, I SAW A LOT OF HIS GREAT PRODUCTIONS. 587 00:38:47,958 --> 00:38:51,028 >> Stephen: FRANK WAS A TEACHER AND EVENTUALLY A FRIEND 588 00:38:51,095 --> 00:38:55,599 AT NORTH WESTERN. AND HE TOLD THAT STORY, HE SAID 589 00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:59,136 THE BOUNCES STORY WHAT I HEARD FROM HIM WAS HE WAS IN CLASS AND 590 00:38:59,203 --> 00:39:02,406 COMPLIMENTING IS BY SAYING THOSE OF US IN THE THEATER, JUST 591 00:39:02,473 --> 00:39:05,109 STUDENTS, THOSE OF US IN THE THEATER, SOMETIMES WE MAKE LIGHT 592 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:08,412 OF THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE THEATER COME BACKSTAGE AND 593 00:39:08,479 --> 00:39:11,048 SAY HOW DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE LINES. 594 00:39:11,115 --> 00:39:12,950 AND HE SAID HOW DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE LINES. 595 00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:16,721 LET'S NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT 596 00:39:16,787 --> 00:39:21,258 THAT, YOU CHANGE SOMETHING IN YOUR SERVINGS PEOPLE DON'T SIT 597 00:39:21,325 --> 00:39:24,462 DOIN AND MEMORIZE TWO HOURS OF TEXT, YOU DID, HOW DID YOU DO 598 00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:26,464 THAT, WHAT ARE YOU WHEN YOU GO ON STAGE. 599 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:28,699 WHAT IS THAT THING THAT YOU BECOME. 600 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:30,735 HOW ARE YOU PRESENTING YOURSELF, WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO BECOME 601 00:39:30,801 --> 00:39:34,071 TO BE THIS PERSON THAT WANTS TO PRESENT IDEAS AND EMOTIONS TO AN 602 00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:36,607 AUDIENCE. HOW DO YOU BECOME BEAUTIFUL. 603 00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:39,477 AND THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD WE SEE ALL AROUND US. 604 00:39:39,543 --> 00:39:42,947 AND WHEN YOU GO ON STAGE, YOU ANSWER THE ACCUSATION OF THE 605 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:46,984 WORLD, THAT YOU ARE HIDING YOUR BUTTY. 606 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,787 YOU EVEN IF THE WORLD ACCUSE OF YOU HIDING YOUR BEAUTY, YOU GO 607 00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:52,923 ON STAGE, WHATEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER PART OF HUMANITY YOU 608 00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:55,926 ARE, YOU ARE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THE WORLD AS YOU FIND 609 00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:57,495 BEAUTIFUL. AND THEREFORE, WHEN YOU ARE ON 610 00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:00,965 STAGE YOU ARE AS BEAUTIFUL AS ANY STATUE, AS BEAUTIFUL AS ANY 611 00:40:01,031 --> 00:40:05,436 SUNSET AND YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE YOU, BEAUTIFULLY. 612 00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:10,341 HE TELLS THAT STORY OF BALANCING THINGS. 613 00:40:10,407 --> 00:40:14,145 RAISE IT BEAUTIFULLABLY T MEANT SOMETHING TO THAT BALLERINA AND 614 00:40:14,211 --> 00:40:18,048 SHE DID RAISE IT BEAUTIFULLY. AND THAT STUCK WITH ME, HOW DO 615 00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:19,950 YOU NOW DO T WONDERFUL, NOW CAN YOU DO IT BEAUTIFULLY. 616 00:40:20,017 --> 00:40:24,688 AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN GENTLY OR LOVELY, BUT BEAUTIFULLY, NO 617 00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:29,827 MATTER WHAT YOU ARE PORTRAYING. THANK YOU, FRANK.