>> THE N.F.L. IS LOOKING TO HELP TACKLE THE VACCINE ROLLOUT,
OFFERING ALL 30 STADIUMS AS MASS VACCINATION SITES, EACH EXPECTED
TO INOCULATE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EACH DAY.
>> WE HERE AT THE N.F.L. ARE EXCITED TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE
VACCINE THE WAY ONLY THE N.F.L.
CAN -- DUMPING IT OVER YOUR HEAD!
OUR STADIUMS WILL CARRY ALL C.D.C.-APPROVED VACCINES
INCLUDING PFIZER, MODERNA AND PURPLE.
COME EXPERIENCE THE COVID QUENCHER.
VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE --
GLACIER FREEZE, FROST RIPTIDE RUSH, FIERCE MELON AND
PNEUMONIA.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE.
SO COME GET YOUR INNOCU-DUMP AT AN N.F.L. STADIUM TODAY.
HEY, FELLAS!
YOU JUST GOT INOCULATED!
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HUG OLD PEOPLE!
WHOO!
>> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!
TONIGHT, BUG, YEAH.
PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES QUEEN LATIFAH AND STEVEN YEUN,
FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY " HUMAN."
NOW LIVE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE BUILDING IN
NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME TO A LATE SHOW.
I'M YOUR SHOWS STEPHEN COLBERT.
BUC, YEAH!
THAT'S FINE.
BUT MAYBE DON'T PUSH IT.
OKAY.
FOLKS, LAST NIGHT WE WERE ALL WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL.
YOU KNOW WHO WON, MY HALF COOKED CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE.
IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE A SOUFFLE, IT'S BASICALLY JUST EGGS.
ONE MINUTE MAKES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LUSH LAVA CENTER AND A
NERF.
I MADE A NERF CAKE.
BUT IN LARGER SENSE, LAST NIGHT, NO MALL AT THIS WON.
I'M NOT SAYING THINGS ARE ALL NORMAL NOW JUST BECAUSE THERE
WAS A SUPER BOWL, BUT THERE WAS SOME NORMAL MIXED IN WITH OUR
WEIRD!
TOM BRADY WON: NORMAL!
FOR TAMPA BAY: THAT'S WEIRD.
THERE WERE 25,000 FANS IN THE SEATS: NORMAL.
THERE WERE 30,000 CARDBOARD CUTOUTS IN THE SEATS: THAT'S
WEIRD.
THE WEEKND PERFORMED A HALF-TIME SHOW: NORMAL!
HE GOT STUCK INSIDE A TOASTER OVEN: WEIRD!
OUR EMOTIONS WERE MANIPULATED BY AMERICA'S COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX: NORMAL!
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WAS IN A JEEP COMMERCIAL: THAT'S UNUSUAL.
HE WAS IN KANSAS IN THE WINTER IN A JEEP WITH THE TOP DOWN.
THAT IS WEIRD, BRUCE!
YOU'RE 71, YOU CAN'T TAKE A 10TH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
AT YOUR AGE!
I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT!
LISTEN TO THE TONE OF MY VOICE, HOW PANICKED I AM!
THIS IS NOT ACTING, THIS IS JUST HOW I TALK NOW!
( SCREECHING ) ONE THING, DOC SAYS I SHOULD
DRINK DECAF.
I'M GETTING A NEW DOC.
ONE THING THAT WAS NOT NORMAL BUT WAS BEAUTIFUL, WAS THE
PRE-GAME PERFORMANCE FROM THE BREAKOUT STAR OF JOE BIDEN'S
INAUGURATION, POET AMANDA GORMAN, WHO RECITED AN
ORIGINAL POEM.
IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING PRE-GAME POETRY RECITAL SINCE
ROBERT FROST KICKED OFF THE ACTION AT SUPER BOWL 1.
>> WHOSE WOODS THESE ARE I THINK I KNOW.
HIS HOUSE IS IN THE VILLA-- OH!
>> Stephen: I THINK HE VAPORIZED HIM.
JUST BONE AND DANDRUFF!
WHILE THE TEAMS DID THEIR BEST TO MAKE THE GAME ITSELF
SAFE-ISH, THE AFTERPARTY ON THE STREETS OF TAMPA WAS A DIFFERENT
STORY.
BECAUSE FOLLOWING THE BUCS' BLOWOUT VICTORY, HORDES OF
MASKLESS FANS PARTIED HEARTY, IN A DISPLAY THAT CAN ONLY BE
DESCRIBED AS "FLORIDA."
BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC STILL RAGES ACROSS THE NATION.
I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN TONIGHT'S EDITION OF "CATCH A
THIRD WAVE: ENDLESS BUMMER."
♪♪♪ ♪ OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE
WOODS TO GRANDMOTHER'S LUNGS WE GO ♪
DON'T WANNA BE LATE.
SHE MIGHT VACCINATE.
I GOTTA GET INTO HER NOSE!
( LAUGHTER ) WAIT.
I HIT HIM THE FIRST SHOT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THIS IS -- I CAN THINK OF VERY FEW THINGS THAT
ARE LESS COVID SAFE -- ( SNEEZING )
THAN A BLOW DART!
THIS IS FANTASTIC.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: IT IS!
PEOPLE ARE FINALLY GETTING VACCINATED, BUT IT'S
STILL A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK, BECAUSE A NEW COVID VARIANT
FIRST FOUND IN BRITAIN IS NOW SPREADING RAPIDLY IN THE
U.S.
IT'S THE BIGGEST HEALTH HAZARD SINCE THE 1960'S BRITISH
INVASION OF CHAD AND CHLAMYDIA HERMAN'S HERPES.
RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THE NEW STRAIN GOT HERE THANKS TO PEOPLE
TRAVELING FROM BRITAIN ON THANKSGIVING.
YES, TRAVELERS FROM BRITAIN BROUGHT CATASTROPHIC DISEASES TO
AMERICA IN LATE MOVEMENT LIKE THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.
BUT THERE IS SOME PROMISING PANDEMIC NEWS.
LAST WEEK, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,THE NUMBER OF COVID-19
VACCINES GIVEN OUT OUTNUMBERED NEW COVID CASES 10 TO 1.
YES!
WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE PANDEMIC, I CAN ALMOST TASTE
THOSE DOORKNOBS I'M GOING TO LICK!
THAT'S NOT ALL THE GOOD NEWS.
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION IS LOOKING SO PROMISING THAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS UPPING HIS "100 MILLION VACCINATIONS IN HIS FIRST 100
DAYS" GOAL TO 150 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 50%.
AND TO CELEBRATE, HE'S ALSO UPPING HIS ICE CREAM DOSAGE BY
50%.
ONE REASON FOR BIDEN'S OPTIMISM IS THAT LAST WEEK, JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON APPLIED FOR EMERGENCY APPROVAL OF WHAT WOULD BE THE
WORLD' FIRST ONE-SHOT CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
THEY'VE ALREADY GOT A SLOGAN AND SPOKESMAN READY FOR IT.
>> AT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, WE REC NICE THAT IS --
♪ YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT ♪ ♪ DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO
BLOW ♪ ♪ THIS OPPORTUNITY COMES ONCE IN
A LIFETIME.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, DR. SHADY.
AT THIS POINT, FIVE SEPARATE VACCINES HAVE GONE THROUGH
PUBLIC TRIALS, WITH EXCITING RESULTS: OF THE ROUGHLY 75,000
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED ONE OF THE FIVE IN A RESEARCH TRIAL
NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAS DIED FROM COVID.
75,000 SHOTS AND NO DEATHS?
THOSE ARE "STORMTROOPERS SHOOTING AT LUKE SKYWALKER"
NUMBERS.
NOW THAT MULTIPLE VACCINES ARE ON THE MARKET, BRITISH
RESEARCHERS HAVE STARTED EXPERIMENTING, MIXING DOSES OF
THE PFIZER AND ASTRAZENECA SHOTS IN A WORLD FIRST.
AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW TO MIX THEM, JUST REMEMBER:
"ASTRAZENECA BEFORE PFIZER GREAT APPETIZER.
PFIZER BEFORE ASTRAZENECA INJECT IT AGAIN-ECA."
SPEAKING OF ONGOING PLAGUES, TODAY WAS DAY ONE OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
I'LL CATCH YOU UP IN TONIGHT'S DON AND THE GIANT IMPEACH 2: GO
FAST, WE'RE FURIOUS.
>> WE HAD AN ELECTION THAT WAS STOLEN FROM US.
IT WAS A LANDSLIDE ELECTION EVERYONE KNOWS IT, ESPECIALLY
THE OTHER SIDE.
I'M IN VERY, VERY BAD SHAPE.
THOSE LEGS HAVE GOTTEN VERY THIN.
>> STEPHEN: THE ACTUAL ARGUMENTS DON'T START UNTIL TOMORROW.
TODAY, THE SENATE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST STEP OF THE TRIAL: ITS
RULES.
SO FAR, THEY'VE AGREED TO NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS SUBMITTED THEIR BRIEFS EARLIER
TODAY, LAYING OUT THEIR ARGUMENT THAT THE GUY DIDN'T DO THE THING
WE ALL SAW HIM DO.
THEY CLAIM HE USED THE WORD "FIGHT" A LITTLE MORE THAN A
HANDFUL OF TIMES AND EACH TIME IN THE FIGURATIVE SENSE.
BUT ACTUALLY, HE USED THE WORDS "FIGHT" OR "FIGHTING" AT LEAST
20 TIMES.
THAT'S FOUR HANDFULS!
PROBABLY MORE WITH THOSE TINY HANDS.
REMEMBER WHEN WE JUST MADE FUN OF HIS LITTLE HANDS INSTEAD
OF HIS ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY?
I MISS NONE OF THAT.
AND IF YOU THOUGHT THERE'S NO WAY FOR A LEGAL DOCUMENT TO BE
CATTY, GET OUT A SAUCER OF MILK BECAUSE YOU ARE WRONG.
IN THE FILING, IT REFERS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN MERELY AS
"FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN."
OKAY, IF HE'S GOING TO REFER TO BIDEN AS "FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT," I'M GOING TO REFER TO HIM AS "FORMER GRIMACE
CO-STAR."
WHAT A WEIRD, BRIGHTLY-COLORED FAST-FOOD ADVERTISEMENT.
ALSO, GRIMACE!
LAST WEEK, WE HAD SOME FUN WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS
SUBMITTED A DOCUMENT WITH A GLARING TYPO.
AND THEY'RE NOTHING IF NOT CONSISTENTLY STUPID, BECAUSE
THIS NEW DOCUMENT MAKES THE EXACT SAME ERROR, SAYING: THAT
THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH WAS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO "OVERTHROW THE
UNITES STATES GOVERNMENT."
OF COURSE, IT ISN'T THE "UNITES" STATES.
WHAT IS IT AGAIN?
>> UNITED SHHSTUHH.
>> STEPHEN: YESH.
DESPITE BEING IMPEACHED, THE FORMER MAILORDER MEAT SALESMAN
IS DOING GREAT.
ACCORDING TO FORMER CAMPAIGN ADVISER AND ELF TELLING HERMEY
HE CAN'T BE A DENTIST, JASON MILLER.
MILLER CLAIMS THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS HAPPIER NOW THAT
HE'S OFF SOCIAL MEDIA.
WOW.
THAT MAKES SEVEN BILLION OF US.
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD HAVE UNITED THE WORLD IN JOY MORE
THAN HIS TWITTER BAN WOULD'VE BEEN "BABY YODA PRESENTS: THE
DEEP-FRIED VACCINE ORGASM."
FEATURING UNLIKELY ANIMAL FRIENDSHIPS.
YES, HE'S 50.
IT'S OKAY.
MILLER EXPLAINED, "HE'S SAID THAT NOT BEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
AND NOT BEING SUBJECT TO THE HATEFUL ECHO CHAMBER THAT SOCIAL
MEDIA TOO FREQUENTLY BECOMES, HAS ACTUALLY BEEN GOOD."
OKAY.
THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE LIKE YOUR EX'S BEST FRIEND CLAIMING HE'S
HAPPIER WITHOUT YOU.
"OH, YEAH, TONY'S DOING GREAT.
HE'S LOST THE WEIGHT.
WORKING OUT MORE.
YEAH.
HE'S DATING THIS HOT MODEL, WHO HE WOULD NEVER DUMP FOR YOU EVEN
IF YOU WANTED HIM BACK, UNLESS YOU WANTED HIM BACK.
DO YOU WANT HIM BACK?
NO?
GOOD, 'CUZ HE'S GREAT!" IS THAT WHAT HE SAYS?
KNOTTING?
OKAY.
MILLER ADDS THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S NEW FOUND
CONTENTMENT IS SOMETHING THE FIRST LADY HAS BACKED UP AS
WELL.
SHE HAS SAID SHE LOVES IT.
WELL, SURE.
IT'S THE ONLY PROGRESS SHE'S EVER MADE IN HER CAMPAIGN
AGAINST CYBERBULLYING.
TURNS OUT "BE BEST" SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN "BE BANNED."
AND IT'S NOT JUST GETTING OFF SOCIAL MEDIA.
MILLER CLAIMS THAT THE FAILED CASINO OWNER IS HAPPY TO BE FREE
OF THE BURDENS OF THE OFFICE EXPLAINING THAT RETIREMENT IS
"THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS THAT I SAW THE PRESIDENT TRULY
RELAXED."
YES, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, HE'S FREE OF ALL THE
PRESSING DECISIONS THAT KEPT HIM UP AT NIGHT: HANNITY OR DOBBS,
2-IRON OR DRIVER, CHICKEN BUCKET OR TACO BOWL.
CHICKEN BOWL TACO BUCKET?
SO MANY OPTIONS.
BUT IF HE'S THIS RELAXED BY THREE WEEKS OUT OF OFFICE,
IMAGINE HOW SERENE HE WOULD BE IF HE COULD NEVER HOLD OFFICE
AGAIN.
SENATE REPUBLICANS, THINK OF HIS HAPPINESS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BEING PUNISHED FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE
ASSAULT ON THE CAPITOL.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE LATEST DETAILS IN TONIGHT'S SEDITIONIST
ROUND-UP ROUNDUP.
>> SAY, CLEM, GUANTANA, MOO!
>> Stephen: THE LATEST TO BE ARRESTED BY THE
F.B.I. IS CAPITOL RIOTER AND MAN WITH A REFRESHINGLY HONEST
TINDER PROFILE PIC, SAM FISCHER.
WHEN HE'S NOT TRYING TO OVERTHROW DEMOCRACY, FISCHER IS
A SELF-STYLED MANHATTAN DATING COACH WHO GOES BY THE NAME "BRAD
HOLIDAY."
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GET YOUR DATING COACH NAME: YOU CHOOSE
ANY FIRST NAME, AND THE FAMILY GATHERING YOU'RE NOW BANNED FROM
BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT A GUN LAST TIME.
FISCHER'S VIDEO COLLECTION SUGGESTS A FIERCE DEVOTION TO A
HYPERMASCULINE ETHOS AND FEATURED ADVICE ABOUT THINGS
LIKE THE BEST FACIAL SERUMS.
IT REMINDS ME OF THAT FAMOUS TEDDY ROOSEVELT QUOTE, "SPEAK
SOFTLY AND USE RETINOL AROUND THE EYES!
REMEMBER UP, ALWAYS UP!" NOW, FISCHER IS IN FEDERAL
CUSTODY, BUT SOME OF THE SEDITIONISTS ARE GETTING OFF
PRETTY EASY.
FOR INSTANCE, ON FRIDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THAT A WOMAN
CHARGED IN US CAPITOL RIOT CAN TAKE A TRIP TO MEXICO.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
YOU CAN'T LET HER GO ON VACATION.
SHE'S A FLIGHT RISK.
BECAUSE THERE'S A PANDEMIC AND I SERIOUSLY DOUBT SHE'S GOING TO
WEAR A MASK ON THAT FLIGHT!
THE RIOTER IN QUESTION IS NAMED JENNY LOUISE CUDD, WHO SOUGHT
PERMISSION FOR HER MEXICO GETAWAY FOR A "WORK-RELATED
BONDING RETREAT" WITH HER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SPOUSES.
THIS HAS GOTTA SUCK FOR HER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SPOUSES.
"HEY HONEY, GREAT NEWS!
JENNY GOT ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING CONGRESS, SO WE WON'T HAVE TO
SPEND THE WHOLE MEXICO TRIP LEARNING HOW TO SAY 'STOP THE
STEAL' IN SPANISH.
I'M SORRY, THE JUDGE DID WHAT?!" QUESQUE PASA?
THE MEXICO TRIP MAY BE AN ATTEMPT TO BOOST COMPANY MORALE.
CUDD CLAIMS THAT THE INSURRECTION BROUGHT NEGATIVE
ATTENTION FOR HER FLORAL BUSINESS, WHICH RECEIVED 500
NEGATIVE REVIEWS ON GOOGLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY WERE HARSH.
LIKE THIS ONE: "FLOWERS WERE DELIVERED BY A NAZI, WHO SMASHED
OUR WINDOWS.
ALSO, TOO MUCH BABY'S BREATH."
DESPITE THE BAD REVIEWS, CUDD EXPRESSED NO REGRETS:
>> WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS CANCEL ME BECAUSE I STOOD UP FOR
WHAT IT IS THAT I BELIEVE IN.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, AND I'VE TOLD EVERYBODY THIS, I
WOULD DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT!
>> Stephen: OKAY, I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO CANCEL YOU
BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S ADMISSIBLE IN COURT.
(AS LAWYER) "YOU HONOR, MY CLIENT DID IT,
AND SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN!
THE DEFENSE RESTS.
AND QUITS!
AND REALLY REGRETS LAW SCHOOL.
GOD IS SHE GUILTY!" WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT, QUEEN LATIFAH IS HERE.
BUT WHEN WE RETURN, MEANWHILE!
STICK AROUND.
♪♪♪ >> Stephen: OH, MY GOODNESS.
OH, HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
LET'S SAY HELLO TO MR. JON BATISTE.
JON, DID YOU WATCH THE GAME LAST NIGHT?
>> Jon: YES, I DID.
I SAW HISTORY BEING MADE.
SEVEN!
>> Stephen: I KNOW.
WAIT -- BUT YOU WEREN'T PULLING FOR HIM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PULL
FOR THE SAINTS.
>> Jon: YEAH, I GOTTA PULL FOR THE SAINTS.
I'M NEW ORLEANS THROUGH AND THROUGH BLACK AND GOLD, WHO DAT.
BUT IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHAT MR. TOM BRADY IS --
>> Stephen: IT DOES SETTLE THE QUESTION.
IT'S OVER.
>> Jon: RIGHT.
SEVEN.
AND AFTER THE GAME, HE'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN HERE
BEFORE.
JUST LIKE GOING TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, HE WAS TOTALLY CHILL FOR THE ENTIRE
THING.
THEY LOOKED LIKE CLEARLY THEY HAD IT IN THE BAG.
HE JUST SAT ON THE BENCH STONE FACED, LIKE HE'S GOT SOME KIND
OF SWITCH HE CAN TURN OFF.
>> Jon: THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
YOU CAN APPLY THAT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT SKILLS IF YOU FIGURE
THAT ONE OUT.
>> Stephen: JON, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR FINISHING TIPS
TONIGHT?
ANYTHING THAT WANTS TO GET ITS WAY?
( WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN )
♪♪♪ >> Stephen: ALWAYS NEXT YEAR,
JON.
JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, JON!
FOLKS, IF YOU WATCHED THE BIG GAME YESTERDAY, YOU WILL
RECALL THAT A LATE SHOW HAD AN ALL NEW, SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
SPECIAL.
AND WE DECIDED THAT, AFTER A DAY OF BIG BUSINESSES WITH BIG
COMMERCIALS, WE'D LIKE TO HELP OUT A SMALL BUSINESS WITH A
SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL OF THEIR OWN: FOGGY PINE BOOKS IN
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA.
HERE'S A LITTLE TASTE: ♪ FOGGY PINE BOOKS ON KEENE
STREET IN BOONE, ♪ ♪ BETWEEN THE BAPTIST CHURCH AND
THE BOONE SALOON ♪ ♪ FOGGY PINE, FOGGY PINE, FOGGY
PINE ♪ >> YOUR ADVENTURE AWAITS.
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S RIGHT, FOGGY PINE BOOKS!
WHOSE PROUD OWNER IS MARY RUTHLESS.
WITH A NAME LIKE THAT, I'M SO GLAD THEY OPENED A BOOKSTORE
INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE FAMILY BUSINESS OF, I ASSUME, SAILING
THE SEVEN SEAS WITH A RAGTAG CREW OF DREAD PIRATES?
WE TOLD MARY TO WATCH THE SHOW, BUT WE DIDN'T TELL THEM EXACTLY
WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING.
AND THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SET UP A CAMERA TO CATCH THEIR
REACTION.
>> FOGGY PINE BOOKS HAS THE BEST SELECTION IN ALL OF BOONE.
THEY HAVE BOOKS ON ALL OF MY INTERESTS SUCH AS WORLD WAR II
AND ALSO AT THE VENTS OF 1939 TO 1945.
THANK YOU, FOGGY PINE!
>> FOGGY PINE BOOKS IN BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA.
>> STEPHEN: LOOK HOW EXCITED THEY ARE!
IT'S RIGHT ON MARY'S FACE-- I CAN READ IT LIKE A BOOK!
A BOOK I CAN PURCHASE AT FOGGY PINE BOOKS IN BOONE, NORTH
CAROLINA!
RUTHLESS WAS OVER THE MOON, AS THEY TOLD CBS AFFILIATE WBTV,
CHARLOTTE'S NEWS LEADER.
>> THREE WEEKS AGO, WE WERE WONDERING HOW WE WERE GOING TO
MAKE IT THROUGH WINTER, AND NOW I'M HAVING TO HIRE A COUPLE OF
EXTRA PEOPLE TO PROCESS ALL THE ORDERS.
>> STEPHEN: YES!
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HOPED FOR IF YOU'RE IN BOONE,
NORTH CAROLINA, AND YOU LIKE BOOKS AND NEED A LITTLE MONEY,
MAYBE YOU CAN WORK AT FOGGY PINE BOOKS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY PAY, BUT I PROMISE YOU, YOU'LL GET
MORE PEE BREAKS THERE THAN AT AMAZON.
Y'KNOW, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME HAND-HAMMERING THE FINEST, MOST
TOPICAL 24 KARAT NEWS GOLD INTO TWO PERFECTLY MATCHED HEART
SHAPES, CRAFTING A CUSTOM HINGE AND A CLASP TO JOIN THEM, AND
CAREFULLY CUTTING AND INSERTING THE MOST CURRENT DAGUERROTYPES
IN IT TO CREATE THE VICTORIAN-ERA SWEETHEART LOCKET
OF STORIES THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE.
BUT SOMETIMES I SNAP AWAKE IN A COLD SWEAT, REALIZING I'VE
FORGOTTEN VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING, RUMMAGE THROUGH THE
PANTRY FOR A BOX OF NOODLES I BOUGHT TO STOCK UP FOR HURRICANE
SANDY, HASTILY TRIM THEM INTO SHAPE WITH SOME RUSTY GARDEN
SHEARS, AND STRING 'EM ONTO THE BLOOD STAINED SHOELACE FROM A
BOOT I SALVAGED ON THE HIGHWAY TO CREATE FOR YOU THE ACCURS-ED
MACARONI NECKLACE OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT:
>> QUARANTINEWHILE!
>> STEPHEN: QUARANTINE-WHILE, UTAH THEME PARK "EVERMORE PARK"
IS SUING TAYLOR SWIFT OVER HER 'EVERMORE' ALBUM TITLE.
WHEREAS "I" AM SUING TAYLOR SWIFT OVER HER 'EVERMORE' ALBUM
MAKING ME FEEL TOO MANY FEELINGS.
THIS PANDEMIC IS EMOTIONAL ENOUGH WITHOUT A STIRRING
MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER MARJORIE, TAY-TAY!
DON'T YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON ME!
THOUGH I GOTTA SAY, THE LAWSUIT I EXPECTED AGAINST TAYLOR WOULD
BE FROM SWIFT BRAND SAUSAGES.
AND NOT JUST FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, HER SONG "I DON'T
WANNA LIVE FOREVER" IS A CLEAR AND DEFAMATORY REFERENCE TO
SWIFT CHEEZY BRATS.
QUARANTINE-WHILE, A MAN IN CHICAGO HAD A STROKE OF GOOD
LUCK WHEN THE $22,000 FLUTE HE LOST ON THE TRAIN TURNED UP IN A
PAWN SHOP.
"OH. GOOD.
THE FLUTE'S BACK."
SAID THE FLUTE OWNER'S ROOMMATE.
QUARANTINE-WHILE, IF YOU THOUGHT WORKING FOR AMAZON ALREADY
SUCKED, FOR SOME TIME NOW AMAZON WAREHOUSES NATIONWIDE HAVE HAD A
10-HOUR GRAVEYARD SHIFT, "THAT RUNS FROM 1:20 A.M. TO 11:50
A.M.," KNOWN AS THE "MEGACYCLE."
OKAY, LET'S JUST AGREE JEFF BEZOS HAS GONE FULL
SUPERVILLAIN.
(AS CREEPY VILLAIN) "THE CARBON BASED WORKERS ARE
STILL ALIVE?
HAVE WE TRIED... THE MEGACYCLE?" QUARANTINE-WHILE, "A 90-YEAR-OLD
AT&T USER PAID FOR A "WALL STREET JOURNAL" AD TO TELL THE
C.E.O. OF AT&T THAT HIS INTERNET SUCKS."
DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS TO BE FOR
SOMEONE TO PAY FOR AN AD IN THE JOURNAL?
THAT'S LIKE FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST YOUR BANK VIA SKYWRITER.
YES.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH QUEEN LATIFAH.
♪♪♪
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
SHE IS A GRAMMY AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING HIP-HOP ICON AND
ACTRESS.
HER NEW DRAMA SERIES, "THE EQUALIZER," PREMIERED LAST NIGHT
ON CBS.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," QUEEN LATIFAH!
OH, AND SHE'S STILL GETTING DRESSED UP.
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL, FANTASTIC.
YOU'RE GLOWING.
>> THANK YOU.
OF COURSE, OF COURSE, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
ALSO, I LOVE YOUR BACKGROUND.
I LOVE THAT BACKGROUND.
I LOVE THAT PAINTING BEHIND YOU.
IT GIVES YOU A NIMBUS MIND YOUR HEAD.
>> I LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE GLOW.
THAT GLOW, THAT'S MY SOUL SISTER BACK THERE SUPPORT MEG,
YOU KNOW.
I GOT THE LITTLE FLOWERS, I'VE GOT SOME BOOKS SET UP HERE.
>> Stephen: DON'T GET TOO USED TO COVID BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
COME OUT OF IT SOME DAY, I JUST KNOW IT.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN PASSING THE TIME?
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN HANDLING IT?
>> LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, UPS AND DOWNS.
BUT, I MEAN, I'VE FOUND THE PAIN IN IT, HAVING TO TURN INTO A --
THE CHEF, THE HANDYMAN, THE YOU GOT TO FIX EVERYTHING, YOU'VE
GOT TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT, COOK EVERYTHING, CLEAN
EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO TURN INTO EVERY WOMAN OR
EVERY MAN OR, YOU KNOW, YOUR ROLES HAVE CHANGED.
WHATEVER YOU DO IN THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO, LIKE, TAKE
OVER AND JUST DO EVERYTHING.
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS, LIKE, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
SPRINGS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
>> Stephen: CRAZY.
IN L.A., THE SKY WAS CLEAR, THE FLOWERS BLOOMED, THERE WERE
HUNDREDS OF BUTTERFLIES AROUND MY HOUSE FLYING IN FROM MEXICO,
YOU KNOW.
IT WAS A VERY BIZARRE TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AT THE SAME TIME.
THE COYOTES WERE COMING OUT EARLY.
( LAUGHTER ) WE GOOD?
I'M, LIKE, NO, YOU'RE NOT GOOD, AND DON'T THINK I WON'T SPRAY
YOU WITH THIS COYOTE SPRAY, YOU KNOW.
BUT THEY STILL -- IT WAS, LIKE, SO NATURAL, THERE WERE NO
PEOPLE, THERE WERE NO CARS, THERE WERE NO PLANES AND NOISE
AND IT WAS JUST VERY STRANGE, YOU KNOW.
IT WAS JUST SO MUCH LOSS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS
WEIRD NATURE'S BUTTE GOING ON, YOU KNOW.
SO -- BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WE'VE JUST GOT TO STAY STRONG.
KEKEEP OUR HEADS UP.
>> Stephen: WELL, WE'RE TIPTOEING BACK TO CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF NORMALITY NOW.
LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS THE, YOU KNOW, LAST
NIGHT OF THE EPIC TV EVENT, LOT OF DRAMA, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
TUNED IN, AND THAT'S JUST THE EQUALIZER, YOUR NEW SHOW ON CBS,
8:00 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHTS.
BUT BEFORE THAT, BEFORE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THAT, WHICH
WE'LL GET TO IN JUST A MOMENT, THERE WAS THE SUPER BOWL.
YOU HAVE AN EXPENSE I'VE NEVER HAD.
YOU'VE PERFORMED AT THREE SUPER BOWLs, INCLUDING IN ONE OF THE
HALFTIME SHOWS IN 1998.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT ROOM FEEL LIKE?
OBVIOUSLY THE WEEKEND HAD A ROOM TO PLAY, BUT WHAT DOES THAT FEEL
LIKE TO BE THERE AT THE SUPER BOWL?
>> HONESTLY, IT IS LIKE NO OTHER FEELING IN THE WORLD.
I MEAN, I THINK MOST HIP-HOP ARTISTS WOULD LIKEN IT TO
PLAYING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, YOU KNOW, BUT, OTHER THAN THAT,
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN COMPARE TO IT.
THERE IS JUST THIS ENERGY THAT IS PALPABLE.
THERE ARE USUALLY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, THE TEAM, YOU COULD SEE THE TEAM OUT THERE, AND THEY
LOOK NERVOUS, THEY LOOK EXCITED, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WANT TO,
LIKE, GO TO THE BATHROOM ONE MORE TIME BEFORE THE GAME
STARTS, AND SOME LOOK LIKE THEY CAN'T WAIT, THEY'RE ITCHING,
CAN'T STAND STILL.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT YOU RIGHT BEFORE YOU START TO
PERFORM, WHAT IS THAT FEELING LIKE?
A LITTLE PRESSURE.
>> I CAN'T STAND STILL, I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO GO TO THE
BATHROOM ONE MORE TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE -- YOU FEEL ALMOST THIS SORT OF
REVERENCE, IN A WAY, BECAUSE YOU NOT ONLY WANT TO ROCK THIS SONG
OR WHATEVER PERFORMANCE YOU'RE GOING TO DO, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE
AN AMERICAN AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DOING IT IN FRONT OF THE
WORLD, AND, SO, YOU JUST WANT TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN DO, AND YOU
KNOW THAT THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE COMPETED AND GONE THROUGH SO
MUCH TO GET TO THIS POINT.
THIS IS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AND YOU
ARE PLAYING ON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE.
SO IT'S LIKE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE STARING
AT YU, SO YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF LIKE -- YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THE
GAME YOURSELF.
YOU'VE GOT TO STEP UP AND SHOW UP, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, THE
PERFORMANCES WERE UNBELIEVABLE.
I WAS SO BLOWN AWAY, AND I WAS SO EXCITED.
MY FAVORITE PART IS ALWAYS THE FLYOVER, THOUGH.
>> Stephen: SURE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SING YOUR SONG, AND THEN EVERYONE'S
STANDING THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE PLANES JUST FLY
OVER AND YOU CAN FEEL THE RATTLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YOU ALWAYS SEE THIS STUFF ON TV, YOU NEVER USUALLY GET TO SEE THE
PLANES WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SO TO SEE THEM FLY OVER YOU SO CLOSE, AND DEPENDING ON THE
YEAR, MAYBE THE BLUE ANGELS.
IT WAS, LIKE, THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANES AT THIS SUPER
BOWL.
SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
IT'S REALLY REALLY JUST SO MUCH FUN.
>> Stephen: BUT AS INTERESTING AS IT WAS, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS JUST
THE OPENING ACT FOR "THE EQUALIZER" LAST NIGHT.
I THINK IT GAME ON AT 10:30 LAST NIGHT.
NOW, THIS IS THE NEW CBS SERIES, YOUR FRIEND DENZEL WASHINGTON
MOST RECENTLY PLAYED THIS PART IN THE MOVIES.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HAS HE GIVEN YOU ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO PLAY "THE
EQUALIZER" OR IS HE PREPARED TO BE THE SECOND BEST EQUALIZER?
>> I DON'T THINK DENZEL WILL BE THE SECOND BEST ANYTHING
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, AND IF HE DOES, I WOULD BE HIGHLY
DISAPPOINTED.
>> Stephen: THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE HIS SON SUCH A GOOD
ACTOR BECAUSE HIS SON IS A REALLY OOD ACTOR.
>> YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
YOU SUPPOSED -- THE LITTLE ONE IS SUPPOSED TO KNOCK YOU OFF
THAT THRONE.
YEAH, HE'S CLIPPING AT THOSE HEELS, BUT HE'S STILL GOT A
LITTLE WAYS TO GO.
YOU KNOW, DENZEL IS BY FAR ONE TO HAVE THE BEST ACTORS EVER ON
THE PLANET, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST -- THIS IS A DIFFERENT
EQUALIZER.
I MEAN, WHAT HE GETS TO DO IN THE MOVIES IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT I GET TO DO ON NETWORK TELEVISION EVERY WEEK.
HE DEFINITELY SET THE BAR FOR ME, SO THANKS A LOT, BRO, YOU
KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Stephen: FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE EX C.I.A.,
RIGHT?
>> YES, A FORMER C.I.A.
OPERATIVE WHO DECIDES THEY NO LONGER -- THEY HAVE BEEN BURNED
AND THEIR TEAM HAS BEEN KILLED AND THEY NO LONGER WANT TO WORK
FOR THE C.I.A., THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THINGS FOR POWERFUL PEOPLE
WITH MONEY WHO TREAT -- YOU KNOW, WHO SHE FEELS NOW TREATS
REGULAR PEOPLE LIKE PAWNS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE LIVES
DON'T MATTER, AND SHE'S TIRED OF USING HER SKILLS TO SERVICE
THESE MISSIONS THAT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, JUST WRITES AWAY
SOMEONE'S LIFE WITH A STROKE OF A PEN.
SO SHE DECIDES SHE'S GOING TO USE HER EXPERTISE TO HELP THE
"EVERY MAN," YOU KNOW, THE EVERYDAY PERSON.
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CLIP WE HAVE
HERE?
>> YES, I THINK, IN THIS CLIP -- NOW THERE IS A FRIEND OF HEARSE
PLAYED BY CHRIS NOTHE WHO IS KIND OF IN AND OUT, AND THEY'RE
GOOD FRIENDS AND SHE KIND OF EXPLAINS TO HIM WHERE SHE'S
COMING FROM AND WHY SHE CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.
>> Stephen: JIM.
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?
>> GET A JOB AT STARBUCKS.
GET THE FREE COFFEE, JOIN THE P.T.A.
>> BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A PEOPLE PERSON, RIGHT?
OR YOU COULD COME WORK FOR ME.
>> BABY SITTING BILLIONAIRES AND OIL COMPANIES.
>> PRIVATE SECURITY IS JUST LIKE WORKING FOR THE C.I.A. EXCEPT IT
PAYS A LOT BETTER.
OH, HELL, IT'S ALL THE SAME CHESS BOARD, YOU KNOW THAT.
>> WELL, SEE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE -- EVERYBODY'S
PLAYING CHESS.
NOBODY'S THINKING ABOUT THE LIVING, BREATHING PIECES THAT WE
SACRIFICE ALONG THE WAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, WHEN I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, IT'S NOT
THE THINGS I'VE DONE THAT KEEP ME UP, IT'S THE PEOPLE I
COULDN'T SAVE.
>> THE PEOPLE...
>> Stephen: WELL, QUEEN LATIFAH, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> LISTEN, KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU
TALK ABOUT POLITICS, THE WAY YOU MAKE US LAUGH.
YOU STILL GIVE US THE MUSIC, AND YOU'RE GOOD PEOPLE.
SO KEEP STANDING UP.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE VERY KIND AND WE'LL BE TUNING IN TO YOU
EXACTLY SUNDAYS AT 8:00 P.M.
HERE ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK.
IT'S QUEEN LATIFAH, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE
NOMINATED MOVIE "MINARI" STEVEN YEUN.
♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "THE WALKING DEAD,"
"OKJA", AND "BURNING."
HIS LATEST FILM IS "MINARI."
>> EVIE -- ( SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ) WHOO!
>> WHOO!
WHOO OOOOOOO!
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," STEVEN YEUN.
HEY, STEVEN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> HEY, STEPHEN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS SO COOL.
>> Stephen: ONE THING WE HAVE IN COMMON BESIDES OUR NAME,
PEOPLE OUT THERE OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO IDEA YOU AND I BOTH WORKED AT
THE SECOND CITY IN CHICAGO.
YOU WERE THE NATIONAL TOURING COMPANY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, I GOT A BRIEF STINT AT THE TOURING COMPANY.
IT WAS AWESOME.
I GOT TO LOOK AT YOUR IMAGE QUITE A BIT.
>> Stephen: YOU LUCKY MAN.
( LAUGHTER ) A LOT OF PEOPLE DO COMEDY AND
THEY END UP DOING NOTHING ELSE WITH THEIR CAREERS, BUT HOW THAT
IS IMPROV OR IMPROV COMEDY EVEN HELPED YOU AS A DRAMATIC ACTOR?
>> YOU KNOW, IMPROV IS SUCH A GREAT FOUNDATION, I THINK, YOU
KNOW, THE TENETS OF STAYING PRESENT, LISTENING, BEING
SPONTANEOUS, THOSE ARE ALL REALLY GREAT FIRST TOOLS TO KIND
OF LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR ME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT
DIFFERENT THAN DRAMATIC ACTING.
YOU KNOW, DRAMATIC ACT, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO BE WITTY AND FUNNY
THE WHOLE TIME.
THAT TAKES A WHOLE SECTION OF THE THING OFF.
SOUTH NICE.
>> Stephen: SOMEBODY GIVES YOU LINES.
>> YEAH, AND THEY TELL YOU WHAT TO SAY.
SO THAT'S ALSO EASIER.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN ACT AGO LONG TIME -- ACTING A LONG
TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
THIS IS YOU IN KINDERGARTEN RIGHT THERE.
WERE YOU ACTING EVEN AT THAT AGE?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOOKING BACK, I PROBABLY WAS.
I JUST -- THAT IMAGE OF ME LANDING IN SASKATCHEWAN IN MY
FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL IN AMERICA, IN THE WEST, AND I -- I PROBABLY
WENT INWARD FROM THAT POINT ON.
NOT TO BE SAD ABOUT IT, BUT, YEAH, I THINK I STARTED, YOU
KNOW, THAT WAS MASK WORK STARTING THERE.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE -- DID YOU HAVE ENGLISH AT THIS AGE?
>> NO, I HAD NO ENGLISH.
MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME THE FIRST ENGLISH WORDS I LEARNED WERE
"DON'T CRY."
>> Stephen: OH, MY GOSH.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE SAID IT TO YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OH, MY GOD!
( LAUGHTER ) HOW DO YOU SAY "DON'T CRY" IN
KOREAN?
( SPEAKING KOREAN ) >> Stephen: I NEED TO HEAR
THAT RIGHT NOW, JUST THINKING OF THIS CHILD BEING TOLD NOT TO
CRY.
SO WHAT WAS -- WHEN DID YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, OKAY, I WANT TO DO
THIS AS -- I WANT TO BE A PERFORMER, I WANT TO MAKE THIS
MY LIFE?
>> YOU KNOW, I WENT TO COLLEGE -- I WENT TO COLLEGE IN
KALAMAZOO, KALAMAZOO COLLEGE, AND I GOT TO SEE MY IMPROV
TROUPE AT MY SCHOOL THAT JORDAN KLEPPER WAS A PART OF.
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
AND HE WASN'T THERE, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN I WENT
THERE.
BUT I KIND OF GRAVITATE TOWARDS IT.
I LOVE THE FREEDOM, I LOVE THE PERFORMANCE.
HONESTLY, IT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS JUST LIKE YOU CAN BE
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE UP THERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND PEOPLE
WILL LAUGH IF YOU'RE FUNNY.
SO I LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF THAT, I GUESS.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE NEW FILM "MINARI" IS ABOUT -- IT'S A
KOREAN-AMERICAN FAMILY THAT MOVES TO ARKANSAS IN PURSUIT OF
THEIR DREAM.
WHWHAT DOES THE WORD MINARI MEAN WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT?
>> MINARI, IT'S A PLANT.
IT'S A PLANT THAT, IN ITS VERY PROFOUND WAY ISAAC, OUR
DIRECTOR, LEE ISAAC CHUNG HAS THIS GREAT STORY ABOUT HOW HIS
GRANDMOTHER PLANTED IT WHEN SHE CAME OVER TO JOIN THE FAMILY
FARM.
IT DIES IN THE FIRST YEAR AND THRIVES IN THE SECOND.
SO YOU HARVEST THE SECOND GROWING.
IT ACTUALLY PURIFIES THE WATER AND THE SOIL AROUND IT.
HE TOLD ME IN ALL THE YEARS THAT HIS DAD TRIED TO DO ALL THESE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CROPS, THE THING THAT GREW THE BEST WAS HIS
GRANDMOTHER'S MINARI, THEY DIDN'T REEL HAVE TO KEEP AFTER
IT, JUST DID IT ON ITS OWN.
>> Stephen: WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
STICK AROUND.
BACK WITH NOR STEVEN YEUN.
♪♪♪
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK FOR THE STAR TO HAVE THE NEW FILM "MINARI," STEVEN
YEUN.
YOU GOT TO GO TO THE PREMIERE WITH YOUR OWN FATHER AND SIT
NEXT TO HIM.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: HOW YOU PARENTS WITH YOU HAVING AN ACTING
CAREER?
ARE THEY FULLY SUPPORTIVE?
>> WELL, NOW THEY, ARE YOU KNOW.
NOW THEY ARE.
BUT, I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY SURREAL TO, LIKE, HAVE -- YOU
KNOW, AS A SECOND GENERATION KID, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU REALLY
WANT TO DO IS TELL YOUR PARENTS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THEM AND
TELL THEM THE STORY THAT PERHAPS THEY CAN'T TELL THEMSELVES.
AND, SO, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS REALLY
INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, TO READ THAT SCRIPT AND READ SOMETHING
THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND THEN TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE IT AND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT TO SUNDANCE AND HAVE
YOUR CAD SIT NEXT TO YOU WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING IT, THAT'S
LIKE -- WHO GETS TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW?
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
HOW DID YOU FIRST TELL HIM YOU WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR?
WAS THERE SOME OTHER PLAN THEY HAD IN MIND FOR YOU?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I'M A KOREAN KID SO I HAD TO DO LAW SCHOOL OR
MED SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER MORE SCHOOL THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE
WITH.
BBUT I JUST BROKE MY PARENTS DOW EARLY, JUST DEFIED THEM FROM AN
EARLY AGE.
ONCE I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO MOVE TO CHICAGO FOR IMPROV, THEY
ACTUALLY LET ME MOVE AS LONG AS I WOULD GET A JOB.
I GOT A JOB DOING INSIDE SALES AT A I.T. TECH CONSULTING FIRM,
AND I PROMPTLY LEFT A MONTH AFTER THEY FOUND OUT I WAS
BLOGGING ABOUT HOW STRANGE IT WAS ON THE INSIDE, AND THAT WAS
NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR ME.
SO LEARNING LESSONS.
>> Stephen: I THINK QUITTING YOUR DAY JOB IS THE BEST
POSSIBLE THING YOU CAN DO AS AN IMPROV COMEDIAN BECAUSE YOU'VE
GOT TO CUT THE SAFETY ROPE AND JUST --
>> YOU DO.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WELL, THAT'S THE ADVICE WE HAVE FOR ALL YOU YOUNG PEOPLE OUT
THERE -- TAKE ENORMOUS RISKS WITH YOUR LIFE, IT WORKS OUT.
TWO OUT OF TWO TIMES, IT WORKS.
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT HAPPENS 100% OF THE TIME.
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL, IS IT MINARI, IS THAT HOW YOU SAY IT?
>> YEA, "MINARI" >> STEPHEN: "MINARI" WILL BE IN
SELECT THEATERS THIS FRIDAY AND AVAILABLE ON DEMAND FEBRUARY
26TH.
STEVEN YEUN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANKS, STEVEN.
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW."
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE JOHN OLIVER PLUS MUSICAL
GUEST, INGRID ANDRESS.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT, GOODNIGHT.
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