1 00:00:01,626 --> 00:00:05,714 >> SENATOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF YOUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN 2 00:00:05,714 --> 00:00:08,675 THE SENATE WHO STILL HAVE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED, EVEN AFTER 3 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:10,510 YESTERDAY, THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. 4 00:00:10,510 --> 00:00:16,182 I MEAN, FOR GOD'S SAKE, PUTIN EVEN DID SO OVERNIGHT. 5 00:00:16,182 --> 00:00:19,352 >> HAS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SUBMITTED THEIR VOTES AND NOW 6 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:22,188 YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE 7 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:26,192 BIDEN BUT ARE STILL AFRAID TO DO SO? 8 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:29,320 WELL, HOW ABOUT AN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT. 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,199 FRUIT IS THE PERFECT WAY FOR A COWARD TO SAY "CONGRATS," 10 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:36,327 BECAUSE AFTER IT'S CONSUMED, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE. 11 00:00:36,327 --> 00:00:40,206 CHOOSE FROM SOME SUCH FAINT-HEARTED ARRANGEMENTS AS 12 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:46,171 THE "GUTLESS GUAVA," "TIME TO MANGO UP AND ADMIT IT," AND THE 13 00:00:46,171 --> 00:00:47,255 "GROW A PAIR." 14 00:00:47,255 --> 00:00:50,175 AND NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP FINDING OUT, 15 00:00:50,175 --> 00:00:54,179 BECAUSE HE HAS NO INTEREST IN FRUIT. 16 00:00:54,179 --> 00:00:55,221 SO LET FRUIT SAY THE THING YOU DON'T WANT TO, BECAUSE "ORANGE" 17 00:00:55,221 --> 00:00:56,890 YOU GLAD YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO. 18 00:00:56,890 --> 00:01:00,560 SAY IT? 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:01,269 EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS: FOR WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO ADMIT YOUR 20 00:01:01,269 --> 00:01:03,980 CANDIDATE WAS BEATEN TO A PULP. 21 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:09,027 >> >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 22 00:01:09,027 --> 00:01:11,571 TONIGHT: END OF THE LINE. 23 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:15,074 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES ANDERSON COOPER 24 00:01:15,074 --> 00:01:20,455 AND ANDY COHEN AND WHOOPI GOLDBER 25 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:25,752 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HOMIN'. 26 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:28,922 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE 27 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:33,343 BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 28 00:01:33,343 --> 00:01:37,764 >> Stephen: HELLO, EVERYBODY. 29 00:01:37,764 --> 00:01:40,433 WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW." 30 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:42,560 I AM YOU HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 31 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:43,937 THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK, AND WE HAVE A 32 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:46,189 HUGE SLATE OF SHOWS PLANNED FOR YOU. 33 00:01:46,189 --> 00:01:48,441 TONIGHT, I'M TALKING TO ANDY COHEN AND ANDERSON COOPER. 34 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:52,445 ANDY N' ANDERS THEMSELVES. 35 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:53,947 PLUS WHOOPI GOLDBERG! 36 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:55,782 IT'S A PRE-NEW YEAR'S BLOWOUT. 37 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:56,783 I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW IT COULD GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. 38 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:57,408 I MEAN, YOU'D HAVE TO GET, LIKE, TOM HANKS-- WHAT? 39 00:01:57,408 --> 00:02:00,578 HANKS? 40 00:02:00,578 --> 00:02:01,788 HERE? 41 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:03,957 TOMORROW? 42 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:04,499 WOW! 43 00:02:04,499 --> 00:02:07,877 AND I ALREADY KNEW THAT? 44 00:02:07,877 --> 00:02:08,586 THIS IS SOME PRETTY GOOD ACTING. 45 00:02:08,586 --> 00:02:11,172 ANYWAY, THAT'S SOME STAR POWER. 46 00:02:11,172 --> 00:02:12,340 WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? 47 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:13,341 I MEAN, I'LL JUST GO CRAZY HERE-- WHAT IF WE ENDED THE WEEK 48 00:02:13,341 --> 00:02:14,968 WITH, LIKE, GEORGE CLOONEY? 49 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:15,677 WHAT! 50 00:02:15,677 --> 00:02:16,636 HOLY TEQUILA COMPANY! 51 00:02:16,636 --> 00:02:18,096 FRIDAY IS CLOON-DAY? 52 00:02:18,096 --> 00:02:19,597 THIS IS QUITE A SLATE OF SPECTACULAR, HIGHLY-PROMOTABLE 53 00:02:19,597 --> 00:02:20,849 CELEBRITY GUESTS. 54 00:02:20,849 --> 00:02:31,317 BUT, AS FUN AS ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE-- AND IT'S GOING TO BE SO 55 00:02:31,317 --> 00:02:32,986 MUCH FUN-- IT'S A SHAME I DON'T GET TO TALK TO PRESIDENT-ELECT 56 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:35,697 JOE BIDEN AND FUTURE FIRST LADY DR. JILL BIDEN FOR THEIR FIRST 57 00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:38,992 JOINT POST-ELECTION INTERVIEW. 58 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,451 GREAT SUFFERING SCRANTON! 59 00:02:40,451 --> 00:02:41,703 THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE THURSDAY? 60 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:42,453 UNBELIEVABLE. 61 00:02:42,453 --> 00:02:46,207 WOW. 62 00:02:46,207 --> 00:02:47,667 2020 IS JUST THE BEST! 63 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:49,294 WHAT'S THAT? 64 00:02:49,294 --> 00:02:49,794 OH, IT WAS THE WORST? 65 00:02:49,794 --> 00:02:53,506 OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. 66 00:02:53,506 --> 00:02:57,510 ONE THING I'M SURE TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS HIS 67 00:02:57,510 --> 00:02:58,761 COOL NEW JOB! 68 00:02:58,761 --> 00:03:02,348 LAST NIGHT, AFTER THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE FORMALLY CHOSE HIM, THE 69 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:05,643 PRESIDENT-ELECT DELIVERED A PRIMETIME SPEECH, IN WHICH HE 70 00:03:05,643 --> 00:03:08,187 CALLED OUT THE REPUBLICANS WHO SIGNED ON TO THE TEXAS CASE 71 00:03:08,187 --> 00:03:10,356 ATTEMPTING TO THROW OUT THE ELECTION RESULTS. 72 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:14,360 >> THIS LEGAL MANEUVER WAS AN EFFORT BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND 73 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,572 ONE GROUP OF STATES TO TRY TO GET THE SUPREME COURT TO WIPE 74 00:03:17,572 --> 00:03:22,076 OUT THE VOTES OF MORE THAN 20 MILLION AMERICANS IN OTHER 75 00:03:22,076 --> 00:03:23,202 STATES. 76 00:03:23,202 --> 00:03:26,331 IT'S A POSITION SO EXTREME, WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. 77 00:03:26,331 --> 00:03:28,374 >> Stephen: YEAH, IT WAS AN EXTREME POSITION, BUT THE G.O.P. 78 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:32,378 IS TRYING ALL KINDS OF FREAKY, NEW ANTIDEMOCRATIC POSITIONS 79 00:03:32,378 --> 00:03:33,338 LATELY. 80 00:03:33,338 --> 00:03:38,426 THEY'RE ALL DETAILED IN "THE McCONNELL-SUTRA." 81 00:03:38,426 --> 00:03:42,347 SPEAK, OF THIS-- FULLY ILLUSTRATED. 82 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:44,515 SPEAKING OF WHICH, WITH YESTERDAY'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE 83 00:03:44,515 --> 00:03:46,351 RESULT, SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FACE THEIR 84 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:47,685 BIGGEST FEAR: REALITY. 85 00:03:47,685 --> 00:03:50,438 LIKE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AND PALPATINE-AMERICAN, MITCH 86 00:03:50,438 --> 00:03:52,190 McCONNELL. 87 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:53,775 TODAY, McCONNELL TOOK TO THE SENATE FLOOR AND BRAVELY FACED A 88 00:03:53,775 --> 00:03:58,404 FACT. 89 00:03:58,404 --> 00:04:01,699 >> THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE HAS SPOKEN, SO TODAY I WANT TO 90 00:04:01,699 --> 00:04:04,702 CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN. 91 00:04:04,702 --> 00:04:07,956 >> Stephen: THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WAS SURPRISINGLY 92 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:11,250 GRATEFUL FOR McCONNELL'S GRUDGING COMPLIMENT. 93 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,920 >> I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH MITCH McCONNELL TODAY. 94 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,380 I CALLED TO THANK HIM FOR THE CONGRATULATIONS. 95 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:18,925 >> MR. LEADER, I CALLED TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR 96 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:19,425 CONGRATULATING ME. 97 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:22,762 LET'S GET TO WORK. 98 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:28,393 HOW ABOUT THOSE CABINET APPOINTMENTS? 99 00:04:28,393 --> 00:04:28,768 HELLO? 100 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:29,727 MITCH? 101 00:04:29,727 --> 00:04:34,941 JACK?" GET ME KLONDIKE 357. 102 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:36,150 IT'S NOT JUST McCONNELL. 103 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:37,568 OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE COMING AROUND, INCLUDING TEXAS SENATOR 104 00:04:37,568 --> 00:04:40,279 AND MAN WHO WANTS YOU TO ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT XELJANZ, JOHN 105 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:41,656 CORNYN. 106 00:04:41,656 --> 00:04:44,909 CORNYN SAYS REPUBLICANS NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT BIDEN WON, 107 00:04:44,909 --> 00:04:47,662 ARGUING, "THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT 108 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:50,498 DESPITE YOUR BEST EFFORTS, YOU'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL." 109 00:04:50,498 --> 00:04:56,337 YES, IT'S LIKE WE TELL KIDS WHEN THEY PLAY SPORTS, IT IS 110 00:04:56,337 --> 00:04:58,589 IMPORTANT TO REALIZE WHEN YOU'VE LOST, AND THEN SIX WEEKS LATER, 111 00:04:58,589 --> 00:05:00,091 DRIVE BACK TO THE FIELD SO YOU CAN SHAKE THE OTHER TEAM'S HANDS 112 00:05:00,091 --> 00:05:05,471 AND SAY, "GOOD GAME, YOU CHEATER." 113 00:05:05,471 --> 00:05:06,806 ANOTHER REPUBLICAN WHO HAS FOUND THE COURAGE TO ACCEPT THE WILL 114 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:08,349 OF THE VOTERS IS SENATE MAJORITY WHIP AND MAN WONDERING IF HE 115 00:05:08,349 --> 00:05:11,769 SHOULD THROW A PIECE OF PLYWOOD OVER THE SHALLOW GRAVE, JOHN 116 00:05:11,769 --> 00:05:13,021 THUNE. 117 00:05:13,021 --> 00:05:14,480 THUNE SAID THAT WHILE THE G.O.P. 118 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,357 MAY BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULT, "AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE 119 00:05:16,357 --> 00:05:17,483 TO FACE THE MUSIC." 120 00:05:17,483 --> 00:05:20,653 YES, THAT MUSIC IS A LITTLE DITTY CALLED "HAIL TO THE 121 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:22,530 CHIEF," AND FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT 122 00:05:22,530 --> 00:05:26,492 EVERY TIME YOU STAND UP WHEN JOE BIDEN WALKS INTO THE ROOM. 123 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:29,829 BUT SOME IN THE G.O.P. ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO MINCE WORDS IN A 124 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:33,291 WAY THAT WILL APPEASE HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED. 125 00:05:33,291 --> 00:05:35,793 JUST ASK WYOMING SENATOR AND MAN INTERRUPTING A WOMAN TO SAY THE 126 00:05:35,793 --> 00:05:40,173 SAME THING SHE'S SAYING, JOHN BARRASSO. 127 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,467 WHEN ASKED WHETHER BIDEN IS PRESIDENT-ELECT, BARRASSO SAID 128 00:05:42,467 --> 00:05:46,220 THAT WAS A "GOTCHA QUESTION." 129 00:05:46,220 --> 00:05:53,770 YEAH, CLASSIC GOTCHA QUESTION, LIKE "WHO'S THE PRESIDENT?" 130 00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:57,023 AND "WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" AND "WHAT YEAR IS IT?" 131 00:05:57,023 --> 00:05:58,691 AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE THE ANSWERS THEY LIKE, ALL OF A 132 00:05:58,691 --> 00:06:00,359 SUDDEN, THEY GOTCHA IN FIVE- POINT RESTRAINTS FOR YOUR OWN 133 00:06:00,359 --> 00:06:01,527 SAFETY. 134 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:04,572 BUT THE AWARD FOR DUMBEST REPLY HAS TO GO TO NORTH DAKOTA 135 00:06:04,572 --> 00:06:06,532 SENATOR AND MAN CAUGHT LOOKING AT PORN ON HIS iPAD, KEVIN 136 00:06:06,532 --> 00:06:09,577 CRAMER. 137 00:06:09,577 --> 00:06:11,871 CRAMER RESPONDED TO THE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION OF 138 00:06:11,871 --> 00:06:21,547 WHETHER BIDEN HAD WON WITH THIS... ANSWER? 139 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:23,841 "WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT BEING ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 140 00:06:23,841 --> 00:06:25,426 IS A THRESHOLD WHERE A TITLE LIKE THAT IS PROBABLY MOST 141 00:06:25,426 --> 00:06:26,677 APPROPRIATE. 142 00:06:26,677 --> 00:06:27,637 AND IT'S-- I SUPPOSE YOU CAN SAY "OFFICIAL," IF THERE IS SUCH A 143 00:06:27,637 --> 00:06:29,555 THING AS OFFICIAL PRESIDENT-ELECT, OR ANYTHING 144 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:30,848 ELSE-ELECT. 145 00:06:30,848 --> 00:06:32,391 AND THERE'S AN INAUGURATION THAT WILL SWEAR SOMEBODY IN, AND THAT 146 00:06:32,391 --> 00:06:35,436 PERSON WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 147 00:06:35,436 --> 00:06:37,688 BUT WHETHER YOU CAN CALL IT THAT OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 148 00:06:37,688 --> 00:06:40,066 LEGAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE ONGOING-- NOT VERY MANY-- 149 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:42,026 PROBABLY NOT A REMEDY THAT WOULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME BUT, SO, I 150 00:06:42,026 --> 00:06:46,531 DON'T-- AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW A POLITICIAN REFERS TO ANOTHER 151 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:49,283 POLITICIAN. 152 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:52,245 I'M SORRY, WHAT? 153 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,746 I'D HATE TO BE OFFICE MATES WITH KEVIN CRAMER. 154 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:58,084 "HEY, KEV, DID YOU BY ANY CHANCE EAT MY YOGURT FROM THE FRIDGE?" 155 00:06:58,084 --> 00:07:04,632 "WELL IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WRITING YOUR NAME ON A SNACK IS 156 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:06,217 A THRESHOLD WHERE IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO SAY IT WAS YOURS 157 00:07:06,217 --> 00:07:07,635 GIVEN THAT YOU-- I SUPPOSE YOU COLD SAY LABELED-- IF THERE 158 00:07:07,635 --> 00:07:09,554 IS SUCH A THING AS OFFICIALLY CLAIMING YOGURT OR ANY DAIRY 159 00:07:09,554 --> 00:07:10,930 PRODUCT THAT, OF COURSE, THE ORIGINAL COW HAS SOME INTEREST 160 00:07:10,930 --> 00:07:12,140 IN. 161 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:14,600 AND PERHAPS THERE IS A COMMUNAL COOLING BOX, WHICH WE REFER TO 162 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,937 AS THE "FRIDGE"-- WHETHER YOU CALL IT A FRIDGE OR NOT-- THE 163 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:19,021 COOLING AGENT ITSELF IS FREON. 164 00:07:19,021 --> 00:07:21,732 ALTHOUGH, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT CAN BE USED-- NOT VERY 165 00:07:21,732 --> 00:07:23,901 MANY-- PROBABLY NONE THAT WOULD BRING THE YOGURT BACK AFTER IT'S 166 00:07:23,901 --> 00:07:25,570 BEEN CONSUMED. 167 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:29,907 SO, I DON'T-- AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW A MAN ACKNOWLEDGES 168 00:07:29,907 --> 00:07:35,913 ANOTHER MAN'S CHOBANI." 169 00:07:35,913 --> 00:07:38,124 WHILE G.O.P. LEADERSHIP HAS HAD A HARD TIME ADMITTING THEIR 170 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:40,835 DEFEAT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THEY'RE GETTING MORE 171 00:07:40,835 --> 00:07:42,086 STRAIGHT TALK FROM THEIR "BOSS' BOSS," BECAUSE THIS MORNING, 172 00:07:42,086 --> 00:07:44,547 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CONGRATULATED BIDEN ON WINNING 173 00:07:44,547 --> 00:07:46,632 THE U.S. ELECTION. 174 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:48,634 NOT A GREAT LOOK FOR SENATE REPUBLICANS WHEN THE GUY WHO 175 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:50,511 INTERFERED IN OUR ELECTION IS LIKE: 176 00:07:50,511 --> 00:07:53,931 (AS PUTIN) "COME ON, HE WON. 177 00:07:53,931 --> 00:07:58,394 AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU GUYS ARE POISONING DEMOCRACY, AND NOT IN 178 00:07:58,394 --> 00:07:59,604 THE RIGHT WAY-- WITH POISON." 179 00:07:59,604 --> 00:08:02,648 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT WILL NEVER CONCEDE. 180 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:09,363 REPORTEDLY, THE CLOSEST HE COMES TO IS SAYING, "IF WE DON'T 181 00:08:09,363 --> 00:08:10,656 WIN, I DON'T SAY LOSE. 182 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:20,166 I SAY 'I DON'T WIN.'" HOLY STUPID. 183 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:22,668 NOW, I DON'T SAY HE'S PATHETIC, BUT I SAY HE DON'T DIGNIFIED. 184 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:26,172 THE PRESIDENT IS BLAMING EVERYONE BUT HIMSELF FOR HIS 185 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:29,050 "NOT WIN," INCLUDING HIS OLD PALS AT FOX NEWS. 186 00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:31,844 ACCORDING TO A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT, HE VOWED TO MAKE 187 00:08:31,844 --> 00:08:34,680 FOX NEWS "PAY" FOR ACCURATELY CALLING THE RACE. 188 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:35,973 YES, HOW DARE FOX REPORT NEWS! 189 00:08:35,973 --> 00:08:38,684 THEIR JOB IS TO SPREAD G.O.P. 190 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:40,686 PROPAGANDA, SELL LUBRICATED CATHETERS, AND EMPLOY THE 191 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:46,525 MEANEST MEMBER FROM EVERY SORORITY. 192 00:08:46,525 --> 00:08:47,985 SPEAKING OF DIVORCED FROM REALITY, YESTERDAY, AS PART OF A 193 00:08:47,985 --> 00:08:53,032 PLOT TO PRETEND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, A 194 00:08:53,032 --> 00:08:54,659 GROUP OF YAHOOS CALLING THEMSELVES ELECTORS SHOWED UP AT 195 00:08:54,659 --> 00:08:58,746 THE MICHIGAN STATE CAPITOL AND TRIED TO CAST THEIR VOTES FOR 196 00:08:58,746 --> 00:08:59,997 THE GUY WHO LOST THEIR STATE. 197 00:08:59,997 --> 00:09:01,749 AND IT WENT ABOUT AS WELL AS YOU WOULD HOPE: 198 00:09:01,749 --> 00:09:06,712 >> THE CAPITOL IS CLOSED, UNLESS YOU HAVE AN OFFICE HERE TO 199 00:09:06,712 --> 00:09:08,381 CONDUCT BUSINESS TODAY, OR IF YOU ARE TAKING PART IN THE 200 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:09,465 ELECTORAL COLLEGE PROCESS. 201 00:09:09,465 --> 00:09:09,882 ANYBODY ELSE IS NOT PERMITTED TO COME IN THE CAPITOL. 202 00:09:09,882 --> 00:09:10,716 >> SO, ELECTORS. 203 00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:13,344 >> WE'RE ELECTORS. 204 00:09:13,344 --> 00:09:14,595 >> WE'RE HERE TO TAKE PART IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. 205 00:09:14,595 --> 00:09:15,888 >> THE ELECTORS ARE ALREADY HERE. 206 00:09:15,888 --> 00:09:16,681 THEY'VE BEEN CHECKED IN. 207 00:09:16,681 --> 00:09:18,057 >> WELL, NOT ALL OF THE ELECTORS. 208 00:09:18,057 --> 00:09:28,067 >> NOT ALL OF THE ELECTORS ARE INSIDE. 209 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:36,033 >> NOT ALL OF THE ELECTORS ARE INSIDE. 210 00:09:36,033 --> 00:09:37,868 >> Stephen: THAT'S AWKWARD. 211 00:09:37,868 --> 00:09:39,078 >> Stephen: AWKWARD. 212 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:39,996 THAT'S LIKE A GUY SHOWING UP AT SOMEONE'S WEDDING AND TELLING 213 00:09:39,996 --> 00:09:41,914 THE USHER, "HI, I'M HERE TO MARRY CAITLIN. 214 00:09:41,914 --> 00:09:45,584 I UNDERSTAND SHE'S EXCHANGING VOWS WITH SOMEONE ELSE. 215 00:09:45,584 --> 00:09:46,752 NOT ALL THE GROOMS ARE INSIDE. 216 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:53,426 I'M HER REPUBLICAN HUSBAND!" THE COVID VACCINE, IN CASE YOU 217 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:56,220 HAVEN'T HEARD, IS HERE AND PEOPLEGETTING IT. 218 00:09:56,220 --> 00:10:02,727 AND THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE. 219 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:06,063 BUT THE PHARMA INDUSTRY STILL HAS OCCASIONAL OOPSIES. 220 00:10:06,063 --> 00:10:11,110 FOR INSTANCE, ONE PHARMA COMPANY, AVKARE-- AND I TRUST 221 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:14,822 I'M MISPRONOUNCING THAT-- RECENTLY ISSUED A RECALL AFTER 222 00:10:14,822 --> 00:10:15,823 THEY ACCIDENTALLY PACKAGED ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION 223 00:10:15,823 --> 00:10:17,033 DRUGS WITH ANTI-DEPRESSANTS. 224 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:18,034 SO, THERE'S THE ANSWER IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY YOUR PENIS HAS 225 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:25,499 STARTED PAINTING AGAIN AND IS UP FOR THE PICNIC. 226 00:10:25,499 --> 00:10:30,046 THE TWO DRUGS IN QUESTION ARE TRAZODONE, WHICH IS USED TO 227 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:32,298 TREAT MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS; AND SILDENAFIL, THE 228 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:34,759 ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN VIAGRA. 229 00:10:34,759 --> 00:10:40,514 WEIRD. 230 00:10:40,514 --> 00:10:41,349 THAT'S WEIRD, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN VIAGRA 231 00:10:41,349 --> 00:10:42,600 WAS ACOUSTIC GUITAR JAM WITH THE BOYS. 232 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,644 WHILE THESE PILLS WERE RECALLED, ANOTHER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY 233 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:46,687 SEES THIS MIX-UP AS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY'VE 234 00:10:46,687 --> 00:10:47,980 RELEASED THIS HELPFUL NEW AD. 235 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:52,818 >> WHEN I STARTED SUFFERING FROM SEASONAL DEPRIGZ PREGZ, I ASKED 236 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:55,321 MY DOCTOR ABOUT TRAZODONE. 237 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:59,950 HE SAID I COULD PRESCRIBE YOU TRAZODONE OR TAKE YOU ON THE 238 00:10:59,950 --> 00:11:01,869 RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. 239 00:11:01,869 --> 00:11:06,123 HE GET ME TURNINGILAC. 240 00:11:06,123 --> 00:11:10,795 IT RELIEVES DEPRESSION OR ERECTILE DEPRESSION. 241 00:11:10,795 --> 00:11:12,880 ALL THE PILLS LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. 242 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,507 WHAT? 243 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,217 AFRAID TO ROLL THE BONE. 244 00:11:16,217 --> 00:11:22,807 SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TURNINGILAX, MY LIFE HAS, I 245 00:11:22,807 --> 00:11:26,143 WOULDN'T SAY IMPROVED BUT MORE EXCITING. 246 00:11:26,143 --> 00:11:30,731 I TOOK A PILL ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE SHOOTING THIS AND-- IT'S 247 00:11:30,731 --> 00:11:33,234 GOING TO BE A BAD DAY FROM THE WAIST UP. 248 00:11:33,234 --> 00:11:34,819 HONEY, GET IN HERE! 249 00:11:34,819 --> 00:11:36,028 IT'S TIME! 250 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:43,577 >> TURNINGILAX. 251 00:11:43,577 --> 00:11:47,706 IF YOUR ERECTION OR SADNESS LASTS LONGER THAN FOUR HOURS, 252 00:11:47,706 --> 00:11:52,002 HEY, TAKE MORE TURNINGILAX. 253 00:11:52,002 --> 00:11:56,882 TURNINGILAX, BECAUSE LIFE IS HARD AND SO IS YOUR PENIS. 254 00:11:56,882 --> 00:11:58,050 >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 255 00:11:58,050 --> 00:12:03,013 MY GUESTS ARE ANDERSON COOPER AND ANDY COHEN, PLUS WHOOPI 256 00:12:03,013 --> 00:12:04,765 GOLDBERG. 257 00:12:04,765 --> 00:12:06,392 BUT FIRST, "MEANWHILE." 258 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:07,476 JOIN US, WON'T YOU? 259 00:12:36,547 --> 00:12:37,214 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 260 00:12:37,214 --> 00:12:38,382 WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW." 261 00:12:38,382 --> 00:12:41,302 LET'S SAY HELLO TO JON BATISTE. 262 00:12:41,302 --> 00:12:42,303 HELLO, JON! 263 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:47,808 HEY, JON, TELL ME ABOUT "PLAY ON LIVE" TONIGHT. 264 00:12:47,808 --> 00:12:48,976 >> Jon: OH, YEAH. 265 00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:53,606 >> Stephen: YOU WERE ON THE CBS TONIGHT WITH "THE PLAY ON 266 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:54,106 LIVE." 267 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:55,274 TELL ME ABOUT THAT. 268 00:12:55,274 --> 00:12:58,819 >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT, WITH MY FRIEND EMILY KING AND SARAH 269 00:12:58,819 --> 00:13:00,029 BERRALIS. 270 00:13:00,029 --> 00:13:05,451 WE DID A SONG WITH MANY GREAT ARTISTS AND IT BENEFITTED THE 271 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:10,581 N.A.A.C.P. LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, AND AN ORGANIZATION I HAVE BEEN 272 00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:14,793 INVOLVED WITH AND A FRIEND OF FOR MAN YEARS, THE LAST FIVE, 273 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:15,878 SIX YEARS. 274 00:13:15,878 --> 00:13:21,467 WE PLAYED A CURTIS MAYFIELD SONG WITH THE IMPRESSIONS. 275 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:22,968 BEFORE IT WAS JUST CURTIS. 276 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:28,641 ♪ PEOPLE GET READY THERE'S A TRAIN A-COMING ♪ 277 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:31,143 WE DID THAT AND IT WAS KILLING. 278 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:31,519 STEVE ON THE DRUMS. 279 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:32,102 IT WAS GREAT. 280 00:13:32,102 --> 00:13:33,771 I WAS SO HAPPY WITH IT. 281 00:13:33,771 --> 00:13:41,362 >> Stephen: JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU, JON. 282 00:13:41,362 --> 00:13:43,989 FOLKS, YOU KNOW, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME PICKING THE TIMELIEST 283 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:46,784 STORY APPLES, GRINDING THEM INTO THE PERFECT TOPICAL EXTRACT AND 284 00:13:46,784 --> 00:13:49,495 MIXING IT WITH CINNAMON, MAPLE SYRUP, ALLSPICE AND OTHER 285 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:53,374 SEASONALLY-APT AROMATICS TO BREW THE GOURMET ARTISANAL HOT APPLE 286 00:13:53,374 --> 00:13:56,335 CIDER MUG THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. 287 00:13:56,335 --> 00:14:01,507 BUT ONCE IN A WHILE, I DUMP SOME APPLE SHASTA AND GRAIN 288 00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:04,843 ALCOHOL INTO A ONE-GALLON ZIPLOC BAG, ADD SOME CRUSHED UP FRUIT 289 00:14:04,843 --> 00:14:09,515 BITS I PICKED OUT OF OLD FIG NEWTONS, AND THE RIND OF A 290 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:10,724 JACK-O'-LANTERN LEFT OUTSIDE SINCE HALLOWEEN, TOSS IN SOME 291 00:14:10,724 --> 00:14:13,852 YEAST, AND FERMENT IT UNDER MY MATTRESS, THEN STRAIN IT THROUGH 292 00:14:13,852 --> 00:14:16,981 A SOCK TO CREATE THE CONTRABAND TOILET-HOOCH OF NEWS THAT IS MY 293 00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:25,489 SEGMENT: "QUARANTINE-WHILE!" QUARANTINE-WHILE, ACCORDING TO A 294 00:14:25,489 --> 00:14:28,075 NEW STUDY, YOUR DOG DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 295 00:14:28,075 --> 00:14:29,243 TALKING ABOUT. 296 00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:31,036 YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DETAILS IN THE PRESTIGIOUS "NEW ENGLAND 297 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:34,832 JOURNAL OF THAT'S WHAT WE ASSUMED." 298 00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:39,211 QUARANTINE-WHILE, A PHYSICIST DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO MAKE 299 00:14:39,211 --> 00:14:44,383 CHEAP N-95 MASKS BY USING A COTTON CANDY MACHINE. 300 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:45,593 THAT IS AWESOME. 301 00:14:45,593 --> 00:14:49,513 BUT HOT TIP: DON'T EAT YOUR MASK AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GO ON THE 302 00:14:49,513 --> 00:14:52,850 TILT-A-WHIRL, OR ELSE YOU KNOW THAT THING'S COMING RIGHT BACK 303 00:14:52,850 --> 00:14:54,852 UP. 304 00:14:54,852 --> 00:14:56,729 QUARANTINE-WHILE, FOLLOWING A REPORT FROM THE FRENCH MILITARY 305 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:58,772 ETHICS COMMITTEE, THE FRENCH ARMY GOT AN ETHICAL GO-AHEAD TO 306 00:14:58,772 --> 00:15:03,235 CREATE BIONIC SOLDIERS AND NOW HAVE PERMISSION TO DEVELOP 307 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:08,032 "AUGMENTED SOLDIERS," BUT HAS FORBIDDEN ANY MODIFICATION THAT 308 00:15:08,032 --> 00:15:10,909 WOULD AFFECT A SOLDIER'S SENSE OF "HUMANITY." 309 00:15:10,909 --> 00:15:16,915 ALWAYS COMFORTING TO SEE "HUMANITY" IN QUOTES. 310 00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:19,960 NOTHING TO "WORRY" ABOUT, WE'VE REALLY "THOUGHT" THIS THROUGH, 311 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,921 SO FEEL FREE TO LET DOWN YOUR "DEFENSES." 312 00:15:22,921 --> 00:15:25,591 BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. 313 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:28,927 FURTHER EXAMPLES OF BANNED MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE COGNITIVE 314 00:15:28,927 --> 00:15:31,930 IMPLANTS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE EXERCISE OF A SOLDIER'S FREE 315 00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:33,557 WILL. 316 00:15:33,557 --> 00:15:36,602 SO, EVERYBODY OUT THERE WORRIED THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A 317 00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:37,394 TERMINATOR, CALM DOWN. 318 00:15:37,394 --> 00:15:40,939 IT'S GOING TO BE "LE TERMINATEUR!" 319 00:15:40,939 --> 00:15:44,777 NOW, WE HERE AT "MEANWHILE CONSOLIDATED PETROLEUM AND HUMOR 320 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:49,573 PRODUCTS" SOMETIMES COME ACROSS SO MANY PENIS-RELATED STORIES, 321 00:15:49,573 --> 00:15:52,910 WE HAVE TO CORRAL THEM IN OUR GROIN-FOCUSED "QUARANTINE-WHILE" 322 00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:56,038 SUB SEGMENT: "PEEN-WHILE." 323 00:15:56,038 --> 00:15:57,623 PEEN-WHILE, NEW FOOTAGE FROM CENTRAL CHINA SHOWS ANOTHER 324 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:01,585 REASON THEY HAVE BECOME OUR MOST FORMIDABLE ENEMY. 325 00:16:01,585 --> 00:16:05,506 >> WANG LIUTAI IS NO ORDINARY KUNG FU MASTER. 326 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:09,093 THE 65-YEAR-OLD PRACTICES A UNIUE AND EXCRUCIATING-LOOKING 327 00:16:09,093 --> 00:16:16,266 TYPE OF MARTIAL ARTS KNOWN AS "IRON CROTCH KUNG FU." 328 00:16:16,266 --> 00:16:19,311 ITS MOST FAMOUS TECHNIQUE INVOLVES SWINGING A 329 00:16:19,311 --> 00:16:21,563 STEEL-PLATE-CAPPED, TWO-METER- LONG LOG THROUGH THE AIR TO 330 00:16:21,563 --> 00:16:25,025 SMASH INTO A MAN'S CROTCH. 331 00:16:25,025 --> 00:16:27,820 >> Stephen: PERFECT FOR ANYONE WHO'S EVER SAID, "I LOVE MARTIAL 332 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:32,199 ARTS, BUT THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH NUT SHOTS. 333 00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:34,702 SOMETIMES I LEAVE A SPARRING LESSION, AND MY GROIN ISN'T 334 00:16:34,702 --> 00:16:35,536 BLACK AND BLUE. 335 00:16:35,536 --> 00:16:37,496 IT'S LIKE, WHAT AM I DOING THIS FOR?" 336 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:40,874 ALSO, THAT'S A LOT OF EFFORT JUST TO GET HIT IN THE NUTS. 337 00:16:40,874 --> 00:16:45,045 BUDDY'S GOT A BEAM TRESTLE, CHAIN RIGGING, FORESTRY... I 338 00:16:45,045 --> 00:16:48,340 KNOW FOR A FACT THAT, WHETHER YOU ASKED FOR IT OR NOT, YOU CAN 339 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:51,301 GET THE SAME EFFECT FROM A 10-YEAR-OLD WITH A NERF GUN. 340 00:16:51,301 --> 00:16:52,136 PROPONENTS OF IRON CROTCH KUNG FU INSIST THAT NOTHING 341 00:16:52,136 --> 00:16:57,641 BEATS A GOOD TREE TO THE GROIN. 342 00:16:57,641 --> 00:17:01,520 AS ONE PUT IT, "WHEN YOU PRACTICE IRON CROTCH KUNG FU, AS 343 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,648 LONG AS YOU PUSH YOURSELF, YOU WILL FEEL GREAT." 344 00:17:04,648 --> 00:17:05,774 YOU'VE GOT TO PUSH YOURSELF. 345 00:17:05,774 --> 00:17:09,278 WHICH RAISES A QUESTION: WHO SUSPENDS A LOG FROM A CHAIN, 346 00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:10,988 POSITIONS HIMSELF INSIDE THE LOG'S PROJECTED PARABOLA, AND 347 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:13,574 THEN DECIDES TO PHONE IT IN? 348 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:16,994 STILL, THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME OF YEAR TO TAKE UP CROTCH-FU, 349 00:17:16,994 --> 00:17:20,539 BECAUSE YOU'LL FINALLY HAVE A USE FOR YOUR TREE BEYOND 350 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:21,582 CHRISTMAS. 351 00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:25,586 RIGHT IN THE JINGLE BELLS! 352 00:17:25,586 --> 00:17:29,006 PEEN-WHILE, A RUSSIAN AIRLINE OFFICIAL WAS FIRED FOR CREATING 353 00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:30,132 A PENIS-SHAPED FLIGHT DETOUR. 354 00:17:30,132 --> 00:17:33,635 FUN FACT: "PENIS-SHAPED FLIGHT DETOUR" WAS THE NAME OF MY 355 00:17:33,635 --> 00:17:34,928 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE COVER BAND. 356 00:17:34,928 --> 00:17:36,221 AND I WOULD HATE TO BE ON THAT PLANE: 357 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:40,184 "UHH, THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING. 358 00:17:40,184 --> 00:17:44,772 NORMALLY WE'D BE STARTING OUR DESCENT, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE A 359 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:45,939 BEAT TO DRAW A GIANT SKY DONG. 360 00:17:45,939 --> 00:17:49,568 IT WILL DELAY US SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT IT WILL BE HILARIOUS-- 361 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:55,240 I REPEAT, HILARIOUS." 362 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,952 ANYWAY, HOW ANATOMICALLY ACCURATE CAN A PENIS DRAWN USING 363 00:17:58,952 --> 00:18:01,705 A FLIGHT PATH BE-- WOW. 364 00:18:01,705 --> 00:18:07,377 ALSO, GIVEN THE TEMPERATURE AT 30,000 FEET, VERY IMPRESSIVE. 365 00:18:07,377 --> 00:18:09,213 QUARANTINE-WHILE, IT'S OFFICIAL: HARRISON FORD WILL RETURN IN A 366 00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:13,717 FIFTH "INDIANA JONES" MOVIE. 367 00:18:13,717 --> 00:18:17,638 DESPITE BEING 78-YEARS-OLD, SO, IN THE SUMMER OF 2022, LOOK 368 00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:26,980 FORWARD TO "INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF SOUP," FOLLOWED UP 369 00:18:26,980 --> 00:18:27,523 BY "INDIANA JONES AND THE LOST ARK, BUT IT WAS ON TOP OF HIS 370 00:18:27,523 --> 00:18:28,649 HEAD THE WHOLE TIME." 371 00:18:28,649 --> 00:18:30,275 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ANDERSON COOPER AND ANDY COHEN. 372 00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:48,293 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK. 373 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:50,295 JOINING ME NOW ARE TWO OF TV'S FINEST. 374 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:53,423 YOU KNOW THEM FROM "ANDERSON COOPER 360" AND "WATCH WHAT 375 00:18:53,423 --> 00:18:57,302 HAPPENS LIVE." 376 00:18:57,302 --> 00:19:01,139 THIS YEAR, THEY'RE RETURNING AS CO-HOSTS OF CNN'S LIVE NEW 377 00:19:01,139 --> 00:19:02,349 YEAR'S EVE COVERAGE. 378 00:19:02,349 --> 00:19:04,643 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," ANDERSON COOPER AND ANDY 379 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:06,812 COHEN! 380 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:07,980 GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 381 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,524 >> HEY, STEPHEN COLBERT! 382 00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:14,278 >> Stephen: NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS NEW 383 00:19:14,278 --> 00:19:17,614 YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL, HOW YOU POSSIBLY USHER IN A NEW YEAR AND 384 00:19:17,614 --> 00:19:19,491 SAY GOOD-BYE TO A YEAR LIKE THIS. 385 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:22,661 BUT BEFORE WE DO, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BIG NEWS RIGHT NOW-- A 386 00:19:22,661 --> 00:19:26,331 SHIFT IN OUR COUNTRY'S LEADERSHIP. 387 00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:33,297 BECAUSE LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR, ANDY -- THERE YOU GO-- YOUR SON, 388 00:19:33,297 --> 00:19:39,136 BENJAMIN, WON "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE'S "CUTEST BABY ALIVE," 389 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:39,845 OKAY. 390 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,722 NO CONTROVERSY THERE, OBVIOUSLY. 391 00:19:41,722 --> 00:19:45,309 FAN FAVORITE. 392 00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:49,855 BUT THIS YEAR... WYATT COOPER TAKES THE TOP PRIZE. 393 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:52,399 NOW, WHAT I EED TO KNOW, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT FOR THE 394 00:19:52,399 --> 00:19:54,860 AMERICAN PEOPLE, IS THAT WILL THERE BE A PEACEFUL TRANSITION 395 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,862 OF POWER? 396 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:59,281 >> YOU KNOW WHAT? 397 00:19:59,281 --> 00:20:05,704 WE WERE OFFERED TO-- BEN, OF COURSE, IS THE CUTEST BABY 398 00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:06,955 ALIVE. 399 00:20:06,955 --> 00:20:10,167 WE GOT THE OFFER FROM "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD 400 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:14,546 BE VERY SELFISH, ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR OF TURMOIL FOR US, TO TAKE 401 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:15,631 THAT AWARD. 402 00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:20,719 SO WE SAID, LET'S GIVE IT TO WYATT COOPER THIS YEAR. 403 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:24,556 BECAUSE HASN'T ANDERSON BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH, QUITE FRANKLY? 404 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:25,057 ( LAUGHTER ). 405 00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:26,266 >> Stephen: SURE. 406 00:20:26,266 --> 00:20:30,270 >> YOU GAVE A HARD PASS TO BEING THE CUTEST BABY ALIVE FOR TWO 407 00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:30,938 YEARS IN A ROW? 408 00:20:30,938 --> 00:20:34,149 >> HE GAVE A CHARITABLE PASS. 409 00:20:34,149 --> 00:20:37,361 >> Stephen: WOW, WOW. 410 00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:40,197 >> Stephen: F.D.R. DID. 411 00:20:40,197 --> 00:20:40,989 >> F.D.R. DID. 412 00:20:40,989 --> 00:20:43,575 >> HE WAS CUTEST FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. 413 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:48,330 >> I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE ANDY THAT I-- WYATT-- ACTUALLY, 414 00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:52,084 WYATT HELD A MEETING WITH ME THE OTHER DAY, AND HE WANTS TO START 415 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:54,294 A TIKTOK HOUSE, BUT JUST FOR BABIES. 416 00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:55,545 AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE L.A. HAS THE SWAY HOUSE. 417 00:20:55,545 --> 00:21:00,467 HE'S TALKING ABOUT-- HE WAS CALLING IT THE POO HOUSE -- 418 00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:01,426 >> Stephen: WYATT AND BENJAMIN, THAT'S IT? 419 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:03,428 >> NO, NO. 420 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:04,596 THERE WOULD BE OTHERS. 421 00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:09,434 BEVERAGE MIN IS ALMOST AT THE AGE THOUGH-- HE'S GETTING A 422 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:10,602 LITTLE OLD. 423 00:21:10,602 --> 00:21:11,228 >> Stephen: SURE. 424 00:21:11,228 --> 00:21:12,437 HE COULD HAVE A LITTLE WORK. 425 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:15,941 HE COULD HAVE A LITTLE WORK. 426 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:19,444 A LITTLE TUCK, LIP INJECTION-- >> SO WYATT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, 427 00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:21,488 HE RUNS A TIGHT SHIP. 428 00:21:21,488 --> 00:21:27,995 >> Stephen: LET'S-- HERE'S-- HERE'S HAPPY DAD AND SON RIGHT 429 00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:28,412 THERE. 430 00:21:28,412 --> 00:21:28,662 LOOK AT THAT. 431 00:21:28,662 --> 00:21:29,621 >> OH! 432 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:31,832 >> Stephen: LOVE THE MATCHING OUTFITS. 433 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:34,001 YOU GUYS CAN HIDE IN A FLORAL SHOP WITH THOSE. 434 00:21:34,001 --> 00:21:37,462 NO ONE WILL EVER FIND YOU, AMONG THE GARLANDS AT CHRISTMASTIME. 435 00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:40,799 NO ONE CAN FIND YOU NEAR THE BANISTERS. 436 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:42,634 HERE YOU GO. 437 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:44,344 THERE'S ANDERSON AND WYATT RIGHT THERE, NOT TO BE OUT-CUTED. 438 00:21:44,344 --> 00:21:49,433 AND AGAIN, I WANT TO WARN OUR VIEWERS AT HOME HOW CUTE THIS 439 00:21:49,433 --> 00:21:50,517 IS. 440 00:21:50,517 --> 00:21:53,520 >> AROUND ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN BEING, DOESN'T HE? 441 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,983 >> Stephen: COMPARED TO A CHILD THAT HAS SEEN NO SUNLIGHT, 442 00:21:57,983 --> 00:21:59,234 HE APPEARS TO HAVE FLESH TONE. 443 00:21:59,234 --> 00:22:00,318 >> IT'S TRUE. 444 00:22:00,318 --> 00:22:05,115 >> Stephen: NOW, WAIT A SEC, DO THE KIDS GET ALONG? 445 00:22:05,115 --> 00:22:09,161 IF THEY'RE GOING TO START THEIR OWN HOUSE, THEIR OWN TIKTOK 446 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:10,787 HOUSE, DO THEY HAVE PLAYMATES? 447 00:22:10,787 --> 00:22:12,164 ARE THEY ACTUALLY BUDDY. 448 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:16,668 >> WE'RE NOW KILLING TIME BETWEEN NAPS, LIKE MANY OTHER 449 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:17,836 PARENTS. 450 00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:22,466 I GO OVER TO OORPD'S HOUSE EVERY WEEKEND, AND WE HANG OUT. 451 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:24,509 AND THE BOYS HAVE JUST KIND OF GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE 452 00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:26,470 THEY'RE ACKNOWLEDGING EACH OTHER. 453 00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:31,308 BEN HUGS WYATT AND GIVES HIM A LITTLE KISS. 454 00:22:31,308 --> 00:22:34,144 WYATT REACHED FOR HIM THE OTHER DAY. 455 00:22:34,144 --> 00:22:34,686 >> IT WAS A BIG MOMENT. 456 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:35,937 >> Stephen: IT IS. 457 00:22:35,937 --> 00:22:39,274 ACKNOWLEDGING EACH OTHER, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE 458 00:22:39,274 --> 00:22:40,025 AMERICANS OUT THERE. 459 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:41,026 WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER. 460 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,235 >> ISN'T IT? 461 00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:43,070 >> Stephen: IT IS. 462 00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:46,531 >> WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE CHILDREN. 463 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:48,700 >> Stephen: I FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T MEAN IT, ACTUALLY. 464 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:52,829 >> WELL, I DIDN'T, BUT I DID. 465 00:22:52,829 --> 00:22:58,085 >> BENJAMIN HAS YET TO ACCEPT HIS LOSS WHICH, YOU KNOW, RINGS 466 00:22:58,085 --> 00:22:59,211 FAMILIAR. 467 00:22:59,211 --> 00:22:59,961 >> Stephen: IT'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME 468 00:22:59,961 --> 00:23:01,088 COURT. 469 00:23:01,088 --> 00:23:03,673 >> YOU KNOW, BEN IS HANDING DOWN A LOT OF HIS CLOTHES TO 470 00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:05,217 ANDERSON-- I MEAN TO WYATT. 471 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:09,429 WYATT HAS A WHOLE STACK OF BEN-ME-DOWNS, WE CALL THEM. 472 00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:13,475 AND I LIKED-- WHEN ANDERSON SENDS ME A PICTURE OF BEN-- I 473 00:23:13,475 --> 00:23:18,855 MEAN, OF WYATT IN BEN'S OLD CLOTHES, I LIKE TO PUT THEM SIDE 474 00:23:18,855 --> 00:23:22,734 BY SIDE AND DO A "WHO WORE IT BETTER?" 475 00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:23,902 ( LAUGHTER ). 476 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:28,115 >> Stephen: HEY, "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE, NEXT WEEK, I SEE IT, I 477 00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:28,949 SEE IT. 478 00:23:28,949 --> 00:23:31,243 >> IT'S LIT IN OUR TEXT CHAIN, STEPHEN. 479 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,327 >> Stephen: IS IT? 480 00:23:32,327 --> 00:23:34,579 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I TRUST THAT THAT IS 481 00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:36,248 SOMETHING WORTH SAYING. 482 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,083 "IT IS LIT IN OUR TEXTING." 483 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:41,086 >> YOU HAVE SOME SILVER GOING ON. 484 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:43,421 >> Stephen: OH, THIS IS. 485 00:23:43,421 --> 00:23:46,758 YES, YES, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR, MY MAN. 486 00:23:46,758 --> 00:23:49,761 >> I'VE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE. 487 00:23:49,761 --> 00:23:51,638 DO YOU DYE YOUR HAIR, COLBERT? 488 00:23:51,638 --> 00:23:54,808 >> Stephen: NO, I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR. 489 00:23:54,808 --> 00:23:55,934 >> THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY. 490 00:23:55,934 --> 00:24:00,105 >> Stephen: NOR DO I CUT IT-- NOR DO I CUT IT ANYMORE. 491 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:02,482 LOOK AT THE SHAGGY D.A. 492 00:24:02,482 --> 00:24:07,279 >> PLEASE, CAN WE HAVE AN INTERVENTION ON THIS? 493 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:08,613 ANDERSON IS MORE UPSET ABOUT MY HAIR. 494 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:12,450 >> HE'S LIKE A ROADY FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD WITH THE HAIR. 495 00:24:12,450 --> 00:24:13,994 >> Stephen: YOU HOLD HIS ARMS. 496 00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:16,955 I'LL GET THE BRONZE MAN-SCAPER. 497 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:20,250 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A FRIDAY NIGHT. 498 00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:21,501 THAT SOUNDS LOOK A FRIDAY. 499 00:24:21,501 --> 00:24:23,170 LET'S DO IT. 500 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:26,631 >> Stephen: HEY, WE'LL BROADCAST IT. 501 00:24:26,631 --> 00:24:27,632 WE'LL BROADCAST IT. 502 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:28,925 SUPER BOWL RATINGS, BABY. 503 00:24:28,925 --> 00:24:31,011 SUPER BOWL RATINGS. 504 00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:33,096 ANDERSON-- >> PUT IT ON INSTAGRAM LIVE. 505 00:24:33,096 --> 00:24:35,473 >> Stephen: ANDERSON, YOU GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY. 506 00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:36,808 NOW YOU'RE RAISING A BOY IN NEW YORK CITY. 507 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:40,145 ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE HIM TO ANY OF YOUR OLD HAUNTS AND SAY, 508 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:45,317 "HEY, THIS IS THE CARROUSEL." 509 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,193 WHERE DO. 510 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:49,237 >> WHERE DO THE BUTLERS TAKE YOU, ANDERSON? 511 00:24:49,237 --> 00:24:51,448 WHERE DO THE BUT LERS TAKE YOU? 512 00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:52,490 >> Stephen: THE VALET. 513 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:57,120 >> I HAD A NANNY AND SHE TOOK ME TO LOT OF PLACES. 514 00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:59,664 MOST OF THE PLACES MY MOM TOOK ME, I'M NOT SURE I WOULD BRING 515 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:01,541 MY SON. 516 00:25:01,541 --> 00:25:04,669 MY MOM TOOK ME TO STUDIO 54 WHEN I WAS 11. 517 00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:06,671 I KNOW IT'S GONE, BUT I DON'T THINK -- 518 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:11,676 >> Stephen: HOW ELSE IS YOUR SON GOING TO MEET MARGARET 519 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:12,427 TRUDEAU. 520 00:25:12,427 --> 00:25:15,722 >> THE SECOND TIME WAS GRACE JONES. 521 00:25:15,722 --> 00:25:16,681 SO-- >> OH, PERFECT. 522 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:17,349 >> Stephen: OH, WOW. 523 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:20,185 >> SO, YEAH, SO I DON'T KNOW. 524 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:24,606 I THINK I -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO FOLLOW THAT PATTERN. 525 00:25:24,606 --> 00:25:26,149 >> Stephen: LET'S GET TO THE IMPORTANT STORY HERE. 526 00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:34,824 THE TWO OF YOU ARE RETURNING, BY DEMAND, TO HOST CNN'S NEW 527 00:25:34,824 --> 00:25:36,159 YEAR'S-- LIVE NEW YEAR'S EVE BROADCAST. 528 00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:39,537 SO HOW DO YOU SEND OFF A YEAR LIKE 2020? 529 00:25:39,537 --> 00:25:44,376 DO YOU JUST, LIKE-- >> ...VERY DRUNK. 530 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,543 >> Stephen: OKAY. 531 00:25:45,543 --> 00:25:49,589 THEN I HAVE A CLIP I WANT TO SHOW, BECAUSE I-- I THINK-- 532 00:25:49,589 --> 00:25:50,715 >> IT'S NOT HARD, IS IT? 533 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:54,302 >> Stephen: I THINK I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS TO ANDERSON 534 00:25:54,302 --> 00:25:55,553 COOPER BEFORE. 535 00:25:55,553 --> 00:25:58,014 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE DOES SHOTS. 536 00:25:58,014 --> 00:25:59,724 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OR THE JOY ASSOCIATED WITH SHOTS. 537 00:25:59,724 --> 00:26:05,063 AND WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF ANDY MAKING ANDERSON DO SHOTS LAST-- 538 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:06,731 WAS THIS JUST LAST YEAR? 539 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,942 >> YEAH, THIS IS LAST YEAR, I THINK. 540 00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:09,818 >> Stephen: HIT IT. 541 00:26:09,818 --> 00:26:13,071 >> I BROUGHT THE SHOT GLASSES FROM HOME. 542 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:13,446 CHEERS, BUDDY. 543 00:26:13,446 --> 00:26:17,075 >> OKAY. 544 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:20,662 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> OH! 545 00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,748 >> WHAT IS NEW YEAR'S EVE WITHOUT A LEGEND JOINING US. 546 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:27,752 LET'S GO LIVE TO-- ONE HOUR TO GO UNTIL 2020. 547 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:28,920 OH, MY GOD. 548 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,090 JUST ENOUGH TIME TO BRING OUT ALL THE SPECIAL GUESTS WE HAVE 549 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:36,219 BEFORE THE BALL DROPS. 550 00:26:36,219 --> 00:26:38,388 KEITH URBAN AND NICOLE KIDMAN ARE JOINING US. 551 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:40,223 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU RECOVERED YET? 552 00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:41,391 ARE YOU RECOVERED YET, ANDERSON? 553 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:46,938 >> HONESTLY, JUST EVEN YOU PLAYING THAT, I-- I HAVE A GROSS 554 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:48,148 YEAGER MEISTER FEELING IN MY THROAT. 555 00:26:48,148 --> 00:26:53,111 >> THE IRONY IS I'VE BECOME THE STRAIGHT GUY AND HAVE TO DRIVE 556 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:57,282 THE BUS BECAUSE THIS ONE IS DOWN FOR THE COUNT. 557 00:26:57,282 --> 00:26:58,658 HE'S-- HE'S SUCH A LIGHT WEIGHT. 558 00:26:58,658 --> 00:27:02,829 IF NEWS BREAKS WHEN WE'RE ON THE AIR, I'M GOING TO BE THE GUY 559 00:27:02,829 --> 00:27:06,082 THAT'S HANDLING IT. 560 00:27:06,082 --> 00:27:07,792 >> Stephen: REALLY! 561 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:08,960 REALLY! 562 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:09,294 >> YEAH. 563 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:10,295 >> YEAH. 564 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:11,755 >> REALLY, BECAUSE -- >> Stephen: I REALLY WANT TO 565 00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:18,803 HEAR ABOUT YOU TALKING ABOUT TRANQS ROLLING INTO KURG STAN. 566 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:19,471 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR. 567 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:22,307 >> I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT, TOO. 568 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:27,812 >> Stephen: "THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF AZERBAIJAN" 569 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:29,814 WHAT WERE YOU SHOOTING BY THE WAY? 570 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:31,441 WHAT WAS THAT? 571 00:27:31,441 --> 00:27:31,983 WAS IT JUST VODKA? 572 00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:32,776 WERE YOU TAKING IT EASY. 573 00:27:32,776 --> 00:27:33,693 >> TEQUILA. 574 00:27:33,693 --> 00:27:38,281 >> AT THE END I THINK WE DID YEAGERMEISTER. 575 00:27:38,281 --> 00:27:41,159 >> I MADE HIM DO A YEAGERMEISTER SHOT AT MIDNIGHT. 576 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:43,370 >> Stephen: THAT IS A TERRIBLE WAY TO END ANY EVENING. 577 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:44,662 >> I KNOW. 578 00:27:44,662 --> 00:27:49,709 >> THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THIS NEW YEAR'S SHOW. 579 00:27:49,709 --> 00:27:51,002 IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY'S NEW YEAR'S EVE. 580 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:52,462 YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ONE THING. 581 00:27:52,462 --> 00:27:53,671 IT ENDS UP GOING OFF THE RAILS. 582 00:27:53,671 --> 00:27:57,842 YOU SORT OF HAVE A GOOD TIME, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST MESSY 583 00:27:57,842 --> 00:27:59,135 AND SLOPPY. 584 00:27:59,135 --> 00:28:00,887 AND-- >> VERY AUTHENTIC. 585 00:28:00,887 --> 00:28:05,141 IT'S AN AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE, UNLIKE A LOT OF THE KIND OF 586 00:28:05,141 --> 00:28:09,729 PRETAPED B.S. THAT'S HAPPENING ON OTHER NETWORKS. 587 00:28:09,729 --> 00:28:11,231 >> Stephen: WOW. 588 00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:15,318 ( SNAPPING FINGERS ) OW! 589 00:28:15,318 --> 00:28:15,693 OW! 590 00:28:15,693 --> 00:28:16,986 HEY! 591 00:28:16,986 --> 00:28:23,827 I NEED A-- ANDY, YOU HAVE-- YOU'RE FAMOUS FOR MODERATING 592 00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:25,745 WHAT CAN BE CONTENTIOUS GROUPS OF PEOPLE. 593 00:28:25,745 --> 00:28:30,166 ALL THERE FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO JUST SCRATCH EACH 594 00:28:30,166 --> 00:28:31,709 OTHER'S EYES OUT. 595 00:28:31,709 --> 00:28:35,922 BUT YOU MANAGE TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN LINE. 596 00:28:35,922 --> 00:28:37,590 >> YES. 597 00:28:37,590 --> 00:28:41,052 >> Stephen: ANDERSON, ANDY, WHICH IS HARDER, MODERATING A 598 00:28:41,052 --> 00:28:44,848 CNN POLITICAL PANEL, OR THE "REAL HOUSEWIVES OF?" 599 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:51,396 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE DAVID GERGEN THROW A GLASS OF CHARDONNAY IN 600 00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:53,189 RICK SANTORUM'S FACE. 601 00:28:53,189 --> 00:28:58,611 >> RICK SANTORUM LOVES HER CHARDONNAY, DOESN'T SHE? 602 00:28:58,611 --> 00:28:59,863 >> Stephen: AND THE CLAWS COME OUT! 603 00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:00,613 >> YES, THEY DO. 604 00:29:00,613 --> 00:29:06,411 >> THAT GLORIA BORGER IS SO CATTY! 605 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:09,914 BUT WHAT WAS SHE WEARING? 606 00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:15,753 ( LAUGHTER ) WHY DID GLORIA BORGER WEAR THAT 607 00:29:15,753 --> 00:29:21,426 BALL GOWN THAT WAS IN LISA'S REJECT PILE IN 2011? 608 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:24,596 >> Stephen: THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU'VE GOT TO ASK THIS 609 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:28,475 YEAR, ANDY-- ANDERSON. 610 00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:29,058 ANDERSON. 611 00:29:29,058 --> 00:29:30,143 ANDERSON HAS TO ASK IT. 612 00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:33,897 WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO TRADE JOBS FOR A DAY TO DO EACH 613 00:29:33,897 --> 00:29:34,772 OTHER'S GIG? 614 00:29:34,772 --> 00:29:37,108 >> I COULD NOT-- >> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE-- 615 00:29:37,108 --> 00:29:40,403 >> I COULD NOT DO WHAT ANDY DOES. 616 00:29:40,403 --> 00:29:43,156 >> I WOULD LIKE A DAY OFF TO DEAL WITH HIS PANEL. 617 00:29:43,156 --> 00:29:45,825 I WOULD LOVE IT. 618 00:29:45,825 --> 00:29:47,285 CAKEWALK! 619 00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:48,453 YEAH. 620 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:51,789 >> Stephen: WELL, LISTEN, GUYS, I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL 621 00:29:51,789 --> 00:29:52,165 THE SUBJECTS. 622 00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:53,291 I THINK SO. 623 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:56,753 ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH -- >> Stephen: I WAS GOING TO 624 00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:58,296 TALK ABOUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BUT I THINK ALL OF THIS 625 00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:00,507 IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT. 626 00:30:00,507 --> 00:30:02,926 >> WHERE ARE YOU ANYTHING TO BE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. 627 00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:05,595 >> Stephen: I'M GOING TO BE OUT ON THE OPEN ROAD FIGHTING 628 00:30:05,595 --> 00:30:06,221 CRIME. 629 00:30:06,221 --> 00:30:10,642 ( LAUGHTER ) YOU KNOW? 630 00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:12,477 YOU SHOULD CALL IN. 631 00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:13,269 >> YOU SHOULD. 632 00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:15,188 >> Stephen: CAN I CALL IN, REALLY? 633 00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:16,314 >> WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO CALL IN. 634 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:19,651 >> Stephen: WHEN WE'RE OFF AIR, GIVE SOMEONE THE PROPER 635 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,486 NUMBER TO CALL AND I WILL ATTEMPT TO CALL IN. 636 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:24,656 I WILL DO A SHOT WITH YOU AT THE SAME TIME. 637 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:25,698 >> LOVE IT! 638 00:30:25,698 --> 00:30:26,491 >> Stephen: I'LL FACETIME. 639 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:27,784 WOULD THAT BE FUN? 640 00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:29,035 >> YAY! 641 00:30:29,035 --> 00:30:32,539 >> BY THE WAY, I JUST TAUGHT MY SON TO CLAP SO I DO THIS ALL DAY 642 00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:33,164 LONG NOW. 643 00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:33,957 PLEASE STOP ME. 644 00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:35,333 I CAN'T STOP. 645 00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:36,960 >> ANDERSON ALSO LEARNED TO CLAP. 646 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:42,632 ANDERSON IS LEARNING ABOUT BEING A HUMAN BEING. 647 00:30:42,632 --> 00:30:47,845 >> BY THE WAY, DO YOU KNOW THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO 'ROUND AND 648 00:30:47,845 --> 00:30:49,013 'ROUND. 649 00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:53,393 >> Stephen: IF THEY GO 'ROUND AND 'ROUND, THAT BUS IS IN BIG 650 00:30:53,393 --> 00:30:55,687 TROUBLE. 651 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:57,021 YOU CAN RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH ANDERSON AND ANDY BY 652 00:30:57,021 --> 00:30:59,357 WATCHING THEM CO-HOST CNN'S LIVE NEW YEAR'S EVE COVERAGE. 653 00:30:59,357 --> 00:31:01,442 ANDERSON COOPER AND ANDY COHEN, EVERYBODY! 654 00:31:01,442 --> 00:31:01,985 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH WHOOPI GOLDBERG. 655 00:31:01,985 --> 00:31:02,569 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 656 00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:17,166 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 657 00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:18,209 7 SHE IS AN EGOT WINNER YOU KNOW 658 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:21,504 AS THE MODERATOR OF "THE VIEW." 659 00:31:21,504 --> 00:31:25,383 SHE NOW STARS IN "THE STAND" ON CBS ALL ACCESS. 660 00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:29,554 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," WHOOPI GOLDBERG! 661 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:30,054 HELLO, WHOOPI. 662 00:31:30,054 --> 00:31:31,889 >> HELLO, STEPHEN. 663 00:31:31,889 --> 00:31:32,640 HOW ARE YOU. 664 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,225 >> Stephen: ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. 665 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:34,767 I'M FEELING GOOD. 666 00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:35,560 >> YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD. 667 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,562 >> Stephen: OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 668 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:38,104 SO DO YOU. 669 00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:41,733 YOU LOOK REALLY GOOD. 670 00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:47,071 >> I DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE. 671 00:31:47,071 --> 00:31:50,908 ... FROM OUR STOMACHS DOWN. 672 00:31:50,908 --> 00:31:53,411 >> Stephen: THAT'S VERY RIGHT. 673 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:55,455 I'M VERY RELAXED DOWN THERE. 674 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:56,623 I'M ALL PROFESSIONAL UP HERE. 675 00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,292 YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY GENEROUS WHEN YOU COME ON THE SHOW. 676 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:02,253 YOU'VE FREQUENTLY BROUGHT ME GIFTS AND THAT HAPPENED AGAIN 677 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:03,046 THIS YEAR. 678 00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:04,589 LET ME PUT THIS WHOLE THING ON. 679 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:08,134 I HOPE YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME ONCE I PUT THIS-- THAT IS. 680 00:32:08,134 --> 00:32:10,094 I'M KEEPING THIS MASK. 681 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:19,437 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M SUPPOSED TO KEEP IT. 682 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:21,272 >> GOOD-LOOKING STUFF. 683 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:24,067 LISTEN, WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THE UGLY SWEATERS THIS YEAR, AND 684 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:28,112 WE REALIZED PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE GOING ANYWHERE. 685 00:32:28,112 --> 00:32:32,075 >> Stephen: WHO IS "WE?" IS THIS YOURS? 686 00:32:32,075 --> 00:32:33,284 DO YOU SELL THIS STUFF? 687 00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:40,083 >> YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO NORDSTROM'S AND BUY 688 00:32:40,083 --> 00:32:41,334 IT. 689 00:32:41,334 --> 00:32:46,756 AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF GETTING THE SWEATERS, I FIGURED 690 00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:48,174 SCARVES AND MASKS WOULD WORK OUT FOR ME. 691 00:32:48,174 --> 00:32:53,262 AND SO WE HAVE ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT ONES. 692 00:32:53,262 --> 00:32:55,515 ONE SCARF IS BEHIND ME. 693 00:32:55,515 --> 00:33:02,271 SOME SAY FELIZ NAVIDAD, MERRY CHRISTMAS, ICE SKATING REINDEER 694 00:33:02,271 --> 00:33:02,939 UP HERE. 695 00:33:02,939 --> 00:33:07,485 JUST HAVING A LITTLE FUN, MAN. 696 00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:14,701 >> Stephen: SEND ME TO THE WHOOPI WING OF NORD DROM AND 697 00:33:14,701 --> 00:33:16,828 THEY'LL TAKE ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE? 698 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:21,082 THERE'S ALSO BIG NEWS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD OF WHOOPI 699 00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:22,083 GOLDBERG. 700 00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:24,293 IT HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN ANNOUNCED, DISNEY HAS SAID 701 00:33:24,293 --> 00:33:29,132 "SISTER ACT 3" IS HAPPENING, STARRING NONE OTHER THAN WHOOPI 702 00:33:29,132 --> 00:33:30,341 GOLDBERG. 703 00:33:30,341 --> 00:33:32,301 HOW IT WOULD GO FORWARD WITHOUT WHOOPI GOLDBERG, I DON'T KNOW. 704 00:33:32,301 --> 00:33:34,220 NOW IT OFFICIALLY HAS WHOOPI GOLDBERG. 705 00:33:34,220 --> 00:33:38,015 HAVE YOU STARTED-- HAVE YOU STARTED TRYING TO GET BACK INTO 706 00:33:38,015 --> 00:33:38,808 CHARACTER FROM 27 YEARS AGO. 707 00:33:38,808 --> 00:33:41,352 THAT'S A LONG TIME BETWEEN SEQUELS. 708 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:44,230 >> THIS IS PRETTY MUCH-- LISTEN, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SEQUELS 709 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:45,356 HAVE BEEN DONE? 710 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:48,151 PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, IN THEIR 90s, AND THEY'RE DOING SEQUELS 711 00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:52,071 TO SOMETHING THAT THEY DID 50 YEARS AGO. 712 00:33:52,071 --> 00:33:55,199 >> Stephen: HARRISON FORD IS DOING ANOTHER "INDIANA JONES." 713 00:33:55,199 --> 00:33:59,036 >> OKAY, SO I LOOK YOUNG NOW. 714 00:33:59,036 --> 00:34:00,288 I LOOK REAL YOUNG. 715 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:04,041 AND I THOUGHT IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT-- YOU KNOW, JOHNNY 716 00:34:04,041 --> 00:34:11,883 DEPP HAS DONE 500 OF THE "PIRATES WILL OF THE CARIBBEAN." 717 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:17,346 THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE GREATEST THING I COULD BRING UP. 718 00:34:17,346 --> 00:34:18,514 BUT SO... 719 00:34:18,514 --> 00:34:22,602 THE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. 720 00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:26,606 AND I THOUGHT THOSE NUNS DESERVE TO HAVE ANOTHER GO-ROUND. 721 00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:30,026 >> Stephen: THEY DO. 722 00:34:30,026 --> 00:34:36,199 AGAIN, 27 YEARS AGO, "SISTER ACT 2,: BACK IN THE HABIT." 723 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:37,241 THAT WAS THE SUBTITLE. 724 00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:38,576 ANY IDEAS FOR A SUBTITLE FOR "SISTER ACT 3?" 725 00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:45,416 >> OH, MY GOD, IT STILL FITS. 726 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:46,375 >> BLACK IN THE HABIT. 727 00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:49,253 >> Stephen: "BLACK IN THE HABIT," I LIKE THAT. 728 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:55,551 WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WHOOPI COMES BACK, I 729 00:34:55,551 --> 00:34:55,843 WILL ASK HER ABOUT HER NEW PROJECT, STEPHEN KING'S "THE 730 00:34:55,843 --> 00:34:56,052 STAND." 731 00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:34,966 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH WHOOPI GOLDBERG. 732 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:37,260 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW SERIES ON CBS ALL ACCESS, AND 733 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:40,972 NOT JUST BECAUSE I'M A COMPANY MAN-- THOUGH I AM. 734 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:45,601 I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT "THE STAND." 735 00:35:45,601 --> 00:35:50,106 THIS IS GOING TO BE MY JAM OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. 736 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:52,984 IT'S BASED ON STEPHEN KING. 737 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:56,195 HE'S ACTUALLY WRITING THE FINAL EPISODE HIMSELF. 738 00:35:56,195 --> 00:36:01,158 AND YOU WANTED TO BE IN THIS SINCE THE FIRST ADAPTATION SINCE 739 00:36:01,158 --> 00:36:01,951 1994. 740 00:36:01,951 --> 00:36:03,828 WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THIS STORY? 741 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,372 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF KING'S WORK, YOU DON'T FIND A 742 00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:07,540 LOT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR. 743 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:13,296 AND SO, IN READING "THE STAND," WITHIN ONE OF THE PIVOTAL 744 00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:18,843 FIGURES IS MOTHER ABIGAIL, AND SHE'S 108, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT 745 00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:19,343 WELL, YEAH. 746 00:36:19,343 --> 00:36:20,386 WHY NOT-- WHY NOT ME? 747 00:36:20,386 --> 00:36:24,849 AND THEN I COULDN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW. 748 00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:26,684 AND I THOUGHT WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN DONE. 749 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:29,645 IT WAS DONE BRILLIANTLY, AND IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN 750 00:36:29,645 --> 00:36:30,187 AGAIN. 751 00:36:30,187 --> 00:36:31,355 AND I FORGOT ABOUT IT. 752 00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:36,986 ASK THEN I GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE, JOSH BOONS, AND 753 00:36:36,986 --> 00:36:40,364 HE SAID, "I'M DOING 'THE STAND'." 754 00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:44,243 AND I SAID, "DO YOU THINK MAYBE I COULD COME AUDITION?" 755 00:36:44,243 --> 00:36:50,541 AND HE SAID, "NO, I'M ASKING YOU TO BE IN IT, IT'S A DONE DEAL." 756 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:55,546 RUBY DEE, WHO DID THE ORIGINAL MOTHER ABIGAIL WAS THE SAME AGE 757 00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:58,507 I AM NOW WHEN SHE DID MOTHER ABIGAIL, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. 758 00:36:58,507 --> 00:37:04,889 OF COURSE, IT'S 20, 30, 40 YEARS SINCE THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN. 759 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:09,393 AND QUITE A BIT OF TIME SINCE THEY DID THE ORIGINAL 760 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:10,561 MINI-SERIES. 761 00:37:10,561 --> 00:37:13,397 SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BRING HER IN, TOO-- AND BRING ALL OF 762 00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:19,862 THESE CHARACTERS-- INTO 2020 MINDSET. 763 00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:22,907 AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE IS THAT THING THAT HAPPENED. 764 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:26,911 >> Stephen: WE HAVE-- WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF MOTHER ABIGAIL 765 00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:28,329 BEFORE WE GO TO HER, WHO IS SHE? 766 00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:34,251 >> SHE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF DARK, YOU KNOW. 767 00:37:34,251 --> 00:37:35,711 SHE'S THE LIGHT. 768 00:37:35,711 --> 00:37:41,175 AND SHE'S BEEN GIVEN THIS THING TO FIND ALL THESE PEOPLE AND 769 00:37:41,175 --> 00:37:45,471 WALK INTO THEIR DREAMS AND SAY, "COME AND FIND ME. 770 00:37:45,471 --> 00:37:46,681 THIS IS WHERE I AM." 771 00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:51,769 SO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY START HEADING 772 00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:56,190 TOWARDS HER, WHERE SHE SAID SHE IS, TO FIND OUT WHY THEY WERE 773 00:37:56,190 --> 00:37:57,900 CHOSEN, WHY SHE'S COMING INTO THEIR DREAMS. 774 00:37:57,900 --> 00:37:59,986 SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, I THINK. 775 00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:09,120 AND IT'S JESS YOUNG AND I, I THINK, IN THE SCENE. 776 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:09,662 >> Stephen: JIM. 777 00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:21,424 >> >> HELLO, FRANNIE. 778 00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:35,563 MY NAME IS ABIGAIL FREEMANTEL. 779 00:38:35,563 --> 00:38:40,317 YOU COME SEE ME AT HEMMING FOOT HOME, COLORADO. 780 00:38:40,317 --> 00:38:42,653 CAN YOU REMEMBER THAT FOR ME? 781 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:44,321 >> Stephen: I'M HOOKED. 782 00:38:44,321 --> 00:38:46,198 I'M IN. 783 00:38:46,198 --> 00:38:50,244 >> IT'S REALLY-- I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 784 00:38:50,244 --> 00:38:51,287 SOMETHING ABOUT THIS STORY. 785 00:38:51,287 --> 00:38:55,624 AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH US. 786 00:38:55,624 --> 00:39:02,465 HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T DISCOVER YOU KNOW IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IT'S A 787 00:39:02,465 --> 00:39:05,843 FIGHT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL AND GOD AND THE DEVIL AND ALL THAT 788 00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:07,053 KIND OF STUFF. 789 00:39:07,053 --> 00:39:09,472 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT KIND OF JUST FEELS LIKE YOU 790 00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:13,517 MIGHT BE DRAWN TO IT, THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE DRAWN TO IT. 791 00:39:13,517 --> 00:39:17,313 SO I'M EXCITED. 792 00:39:17,313 --> 00:39:18,522 >> Stephen: >> Stephen: "THE STAND" 793 00:39:18,522 --> 00:39:20,524 PREMIERES THIS THURSDAY ON CBS ALL ACCESS, AND YOU CAN FIND HER 794 00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:23,152 CHRISTMAS COLLECTION IN NORDSTROM NOW. 795 00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:23,819 WHOOPI GOLDBERG, EVERYBODY! 796 00:39:23,819 --> 00:39:25,488 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 797 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:26,822 THANKS, WHOOPI. 798 00:39:26,822 --> 00:39:27,531 ♪ ♪ ♪ 799 00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:36,707 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 800 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:41,003 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE TOM HANKS, AND MUSICAL 801 00:39:41,003 --> 00:39:43,547 GUEST, LESLIE ODOM, JR. JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 802 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:45,382 GOOD NIGHT. 803 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:47,051 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by 804 00:39:48,344 --> 00:39:50,429 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 805 00:39:50,429 --> 00:39:55,351 >> YOU AND YOUR WIFE SENT ME SOME LOVELY BABY CLOTHES AND I 806 00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:57,686 WAS SO CONFUSED, I DON'T KNOW IF I SENT A NOTE. 807 00:39:57,686 --> 00:39:59,355 >> I DON'T THINK YOU DID. 808 00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:04,068 >> I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WRITE ON THE NOTES WHAT IT WAS AND THEY 809 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:04,485 GOT LOST. 810 00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:05,402 IT'S A PANDEMIC. 811 00:40:05,402 --> 00:40:05,569 >> I TOLD YOU TO KEEP A LIST! 812 00:40:28,425 --> 00:40:32,471 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 813 00:40:32,471 --> 00:40:32,847 ♪ ♪ ♪ Captioning sponsored by CBS