1 00:00:01,468 --> 00:00:04,204 >> A LANDMARK U.N. REPORT SAYS DISASTERS LIKE WILDFIRES AND 2 00:00:04,270 --> 00:00:07,207 EXTREME DROUGHT ARE BEING FUELED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE 3 00:00:07,273 --> 00:00:08,541 REPORT SAYS THERE'S NO DENYING HUMANS HAVE CAUSED THE CLIMATE 4 00:00:08,608 --> 00:00:09,642 CRISIS. 5 00:00:09,709 --> 00:00:12,879 SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, IT ALSO NOTES, ARE IRREVERSIBLE. 6 00:00:12,946 --> 00:00:16,249 THE PLANET IS GETTING HOTTER, AND IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING 7 00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:17,384 FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT. 8 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:18,585 THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL CALLING THIS REPORT A CODE RED 9 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:21,020 FOR HUMANITY. 10 00:00:21,087 --> 00:00:26,559 ♪♪ >> THE POWER IS YOURS! 11 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:28,294 CLIMATE IS GETTING WORSE! 12 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,363 IS CALLS FOR CAPTAIN PLANET, AND FAST! 13 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,098 >> LET OUR POWERS COMBINE. 14 00:00:32,165 --> 00:00:33,133 >> EARTH! 15 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:34,267 FIRE! 16 00:00:34,334 --> 00:00:35,435 WIND! 17 00:00:35,502 --> 00:00:37,270 ATER! 18 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:41,074 HEART! 19 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:43,209 WHAT TIME IS IT? 20 00:00:43,276 --> 00:00:45,345 CAPTAIN PLANET, THE WORLD IS ON FIRE! 21 00:00:45,412 --> 00:00:47,614 >> OH, NOW YOU'RE CONCERNED. 22 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,549 I HAVE BEEN WARNING YOU FOR DECADES! 23 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:51,184 NOW BEAT IT, I'M TRYING TO FORGET! 24 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:54,587 ( GULPS AND BELCHES ) >> BUT WE NEED YOU TO SAVE THE 25 00:00:54,654 --> 00:00:57,690 PLANET, WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE. 26 00:00:57,757 --> 00:00:59,893 >> DID YOU READ THE U.N. REPORT? 27 00:00:59,959 --> 00:01:00,660 WE'RE SCREWED! 28 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:01,761 BY THE WAY, ANYONE KNOW ELON MUSK? 29 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:05,732 I WANT TO CATCH THE NEXT ROCKET OUT OF THIS FIRETRAP. 30 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:08,001 MY ADVICE IS DRINK HEAVILY AND WAIT FOR THE SWEET DARKNESS TO 31 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:10,970 COME. 32 00:01:11,037 --> 00:01:11,838 >> IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT CAN HELP? 33 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,039 >> LET'S TRY WOODSY OWL. 34 00:01:13,106 --> 00:01:14,007 HEY, WOODSY! 35 00:01:14,073 --> 00:01:15,141 >> TOO LATE! 36 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:20,280 I DON'T GIVE A HOOT, I'M DRINKING ABSOLUTE! 37 00:01:20,346 --> 00:01:25,819 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 38 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:27,620 TONIGHT, DELTA DELTA. 39 00:01:27,687 --> 00:01:33,927 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES STEPHEN KING! 40 00:01:33,993 --> 00:01:35,195 AND WINSTON DUKE! 41 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:37,330 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 42 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:42,902 AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 43 00:01:42,969 --> 00:01:45,271 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 44 00:01:45,338 --> 00:02:00,086 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHAT'S GOING ON? 45 00:02:06,125 --> 00:02:07,760 I LIKE IT! 46 00:02:07,827 --> 00:02:10,530 LIKE DEEM SICKLES. 47 00:02:10,597 --> 00:02:13,199 GOOD TO SEE YAWL. 48 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:15,735 ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN ) >> Stephen: HEY! 49 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:18,204 THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! 50 00:02:18,271 --> 00:02:20,173 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 51 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,542 WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW." 52 00:02:22,609 --> 00:02:25,411 I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. 53 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:28,448 I JUST WANT TO -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 54 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:28,882 WELL THANK YOU! 55 00:02:28,948 --> 00:02:29,983 THANK YOU. 56 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:35,655 YOU'RE MY FAVORITE KIND OF PEOPLE, FULLY VACCINATED AND 57 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:36,789 CHANTING MY NAME. 58 00:02:36,856 --> 00:02:41,294 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'VE BEEN OFF FOR TWO WEEKS AND 59 00:02:41,361 --> 00:02:43,997 I COMPLETELY UNPLUGGED FROM THE NEWS. 60 00:02:44,063 --> 00:02:47,300 PLUGGED IN AGAIN LAST NIGHT, AND NOW I NEED A VACATION. 61 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:52,038 ( LAUGHTER ) THE NEWS IS A LITTLE ROUGH. 62 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:54,874 THERE'S A FOURTH WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS, WE JUST GOT A 63 00:02:54,941 --> 00:02:59,012 GLOBAL WARMING RED ALERT FOR HUMANITY, THERE ARE WILDFIRES 64 00:02:59,078 --> 00:03:02,315 CONSUMING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND GREECE, SO NATURALLY THERE'S 65 00:03:02,382 --> 00:03:04,851 ONE QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND: DID I GO TO BARACK OBAMA'S 66 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:09,422 BIRTHDAY PARTY? 67 00:03:09,489 --> 00:03:12,292 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERING ) 68 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:17,230 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: I SAW. 69 00:03:17,297 --> 00:03:19,966 >> Stephen: I KNOW. 70 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,334 SEE, THIS WEEKEND OBAMA TURNED 60. 71 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:26,239 IN JUST 18 YEARS, HE'LL BE OLD ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT. 72 00:03:26,306 --> 00:03:29,809 ( LAUGHTER ) HE DECIDED TO CELEBRATE BY 73 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,579 THROWING A HUGE BLOWOUT ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 74 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:34,314 EVERYBODY WHO IS ANYBODY WAS GOING TO BE THERE, INCLUDING 75 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:38,651 YOURS TRULY. 76 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:39,752 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: HEY! 77 00:03:39,819 --> 00:03:44,357 >> Stephen: HERE'S THE THING -- A HOT TICKET IS WHAT IT 78 00:03:44,424 --> 00:03:45,525 WAS. 79 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:46,726 BUT GIVEN THE WHOLE PANDEMIC THING AND THE DELTA VARIANT, A 80 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:51,030 CELEBRITY MOSH PIT WAS MAYBE NOT THE WISEST CHOICE, SO OBAMA 81 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:54,934 SCALED BACK THE GUEST LIST FOR HIS PARTY. 82 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:57,070 HE WAS FORCED TO LIMIT THE INVITES TO ONLY HIS CLOSEST 83 00:03:57,136 --> 00:04:03,876 BEYONCES. 84 00:04:03,943 --> 00:04:04,811 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, "THE NEW YORK TIMES" SAYS 85 00:04:04,877 --> 00:04:06,045 THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MISSED OUT. 86 00:04:06,112 --> 00:04:07,180 FOR INSTANCE, THEY CLAIM THAT LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW HOSTS DAVID 87 00:04:07,246 --> 00:04:09,716 LETTERMAN AND CONAN O'BRIEN WERE CUT FROM THE GUEST LIST. 88 00:04:09,782 --> 00:04:12,051 BUT YOU KNOW WHO THEY SAY WASN'T? 89 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:16,990 COMEDIAN STEPHEN COLBERT. 90 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:22,428 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: HEY! 91 00:04:22,495 --> 00:04:26,265 >> Stephen: YEAH. 92 00:04:26,332 --> 00:04:30,136 I MEAN -- IT MAKES SENSE, I AM KNOWN TO 93 00:04:30,203 --> 00:04:32,639 FILL IN WHEN LETTERMAN DROPS OUT OF SOMETHING. 94 00:04:32,705 --> 00:04:35,441 ( LAUGHTER ) AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING: 95 00:04:35,508 --> 00:04:39,512 SO, STEVE, WHAT WAS THE PARTY LIKE? 96 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:44,283 ( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T KNOW. 97 00:04:44,350 --> 00:04:47,120 ( LAUGHTER ) I DIDN'T GO. 98 00:04:47,186 --> 00:04:52,125 IN THE MASSIVE SCALING BACK, I GOT SCALED. 99 00:04:52,191 --> 00:04:53,693 ( LAUGHTER ) AS SOON AS WE HEARD, EVIE SAID, 100 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,295 "THAT MAKES SENSE, COMEDIANS SHOULD BE THE FIRST PEOPLE 101 00:04:56,362 --> 00:04:57,397 CUT." 102 00:04:57,463 --> 00:05:02,035 AND I DON'T THINK SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST PARTIES. 103 00:05:02,101 --> 00:05:05,471 I THINK SHE MEANT THINGS LIKE LIFEBOATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, 104 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:06,372 TOO. 105 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:07,273 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THE NEWS THAT I DIDN'T GO 106 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:08,374 MIGHT BE NEWS TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE NEWS. 107 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:11,377 THE "BOSTON HERALD" REPORTED THAT THE GUESTS INCLUDED 108 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:14,781 LATE-NIGHT HOST STEPHEN COLBERT AND HIS WIFE, EVELYN, WHO ALSO 109 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:17,216 OWN PROPERTY THERE. 110 00:05:17,283 --> 00:05:19,318 WHICH, OF COURSE, LEADS TO THE QUESTION: 111 00:05:19,385 --> 00:05:27,060 SO, STEVE, WHAT'S YOUR HOUSE LIKE ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD? 112 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:28,194 ( APPLAUSE ) I HAVE NO IDEA. 113 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:29,762 "BOSTON HERALD," COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME THE ADDRESS AND 114 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:32,432 THE KEYS AND MAYBE THE ALARM CODE? 115 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:36,069 I'D LOVE TO STAY THERE SOMEDAY. 116 00:05:36,135 --> 00:05:40,873 I DON'T OWN A HOUSE ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 117 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:45,411 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HERE'S "DAILY MAIL, TOO. 118 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:47,947 HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: WE WERE INVITED. 119 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:50,149 HONORED TO BE. 120 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:53,653 TOTALLY GOING. 121 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,957 EVIE GOT A NICE DRESS. 122 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,026 I GOT A NICE JACKET, REALLY NICE PANTS, EXPENSIVE ENOUGH TO 123 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:01,794 GIVE YOU AN ITALIAN ASS. 124 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:03,029 WE BOOKED A FLIGHT, GOT A HOTEL. 125 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:05,665 AND THEN, FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY, I GOT A VOICEMAIL SAYING 126 00:06:05,732 --> 00:06:06,933 THEY WERE SCALING BACK. 127 00:06:06,999 --> 00:06:09,602 MESSAGE RECEIVED. 128 00:06:09,669 --> 00:06:11,771 ONCE WE CALLED THEM BACK AND SAID "SO, ARE WE CUT, OR WAS 129 00:06:11,838 --> 00:06:17,110 THIS JUST AN F.Y.I.?" THEY SAID, NO -- 130 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:21,514 ( PIANO RIFF ) ( LAUGHTER ) 131 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:23,149 -- BUT WE HAD THE FLIGHT, WE HAD THE HOTEL, SO EVIE WONDERED IF 132 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:24,851 WE COULD STILL GO TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD, AND SINCE IT WAS ALL 133 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:30,123 NONREFUNDABLE, I SAID, "YES, WE CAN." 134 00:06:30,189 --> 00:06:32,859 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 135 00:06:32,925 --> 00:06:35,161 AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY THE PRESS THOUGHT I WAS STILL INVITED, 136 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:37,764 BECAUSE "DAILY MAIL" SPOTTED ME IN THE AIRPORT, IN ALL OF MY 137 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:47,173 CELEBRITY GLAMOUR. 138 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:47,774 WORK! 139 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:52,712 YOU BETTER WORK WORK WORK! 140 00:06:52,779 --> 00:06:53,846 FANTASTIC! 141 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:54,213 AND I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY PRINTED THOSE BECAUSE LOOK AT 142 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:54,914 THOSE LEGS. 143 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:56,616 COME ON, BABY! 144 00:06:56,682 --> 00:07:02,021 WE KNOW THAT SEX SELLS! 145 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:04,924 ANYWAY, WE DIDN'T GO TO THE PARTY, BUT STILL HAD FUN. 146 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:07,026 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. 147 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:11,931 IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, KIDS, THAT IF YOU WORK HARD, PUT IN YOUR 148 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:13,533 TIME, AND GET THE NUMBER ONE SHOW IN LATE NIGHT TELEVISION, 149 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:17,170 YOU TOO CAN GET DISINVITED FROM THE COOL KIDS' PARTY. 150 00:07:17,236 --> 00:07:22,675 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BY THE WAY -- 151 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:25,044 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) TRUE STORY. 152 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:26,145 TRUE. 153 00:07:26,212 --> 00:07:28,147 BY THE WAY, MR. FORMER PRESIDENT, MY OWN 60TH BIRTHDAY 154 00:07:28,214 --> 00:07:31,617 IS COMING UP IN THREE YEARS, AND YOU, SIR, ARE NOT... GOING TO 155 00:07:31,684 --> 00:07:32,885 WANT TO MISS IT. 156 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:38,925 PLEASE COME. 157 00:07:38,991 --> 00:07:42,728 I'D BE SO HONORED YOU CAME. 158 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:50,036 I'D SCALE ME BACK JUST TO MAKE ROOM FOR YOU. 159 00:07:50,102 --> 00:07:51,838 AND MY SHELL, OBVIOUSLY. 160 00:07:51,904 --> 00:07:53,272 IT'S NOT JUST OBAMA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. 161 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:54,807 THE DELTA VARIANT IS RUINING A LOT OF PLANS. 162 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:56,309 I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN MY NEWEST VIRAL SEGMENT, "THE DELTA 163 00:07:56,375 --> 00:07:58,711 BLUES." 164 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:02,915 ♪ DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS BETTER GET MY SHOT ♪ 165 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:10,690 ♪ YEAH, WE'RE DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS, BETTER WATCH YOUR IS 166 00:08:10,756 --> 00:08:16,562 NOT ♪ ♪ ASKED THE LORD ABOVE FOR MERCY 167 00:08:16,629 --> 00:08:22,368 'CAUSE COVID SUCKS A LOT ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 168 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:24,070 >> Stephen: NICELY DONE. 169 00:08:24,136 --> 00:08:25,872 BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. 170 00:08:25,938 --> 00:08:29,108 SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL FOR THAT SONG. 171 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:32,345 ( LAUGHTER ) EARLIER THIS SUMMER, IT LOOKED 172 00:08:32,411 --> 00:08:34,013 LIKE THE PANDEMIC MIGHT BE ENDING. 173 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,448 IN JUNE, THE U.S. WAS AVERAGING ABOUT 11,000 CASES A DAY, BUT 174 00:08:35,514 --> 00:08:38,150 THANKS TO THE DELTA VARIANT, WE'RE RIGHT BACK IN "MUDDY 175 00:08:38,217 --> 00:08:43,756 WATERS," BECAUSE NOW THE NUMBER IS OVER 100,000. 176 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:46,092 HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 177 00:08:46,158 --> 00:08:47,126 OKAY. 178 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:54,700 IT WAS 1 1 -- IT WAS 11,000 THE BEGINNING OF MAY. 179 00:08:54,767 --> 00:08:56,969 IT WAS 107,000 TWO MONTHS AGO. 180 00:08:57,036 --> 00:09:05,211 IT'S GOT A REPRODUCTION RATE OF R-8, CARRY THE 1, THAT EQUALS -- 181 00:09:05,278 --> 00:09:15,021 ( LAUGHTER ) OMIGOD, SOMEONE ELSE TOUCHED 182 00:09:15,087 --> 00:09:15,855 THIS MACHINE! 183 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:18,090 ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO. 184 00:09:18,157 --> 00:09:19,091 THERE YOU GO, BUDDY. 185 00:09:19,158 --> 00:09:24,030 THERE YOU GO. 186 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:27,366 OH, I'VE MISSED YOU VODKA HANDS. 187 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:38,411 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 188 00:09:38,477 --> 00:09:42,682 THIS FOURTH WAVE IS BEING CAUSED BY THE DELTA VARIANT, WHICH HAS 189 00:09:42,748 --> 00:09:45,918 A SHORTER INCUBATION PERIOD AND SPREADS MUCH FASTER THAN COVID 190 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:48,788 CLASSIC, AS ONE EPIDEMIOLOGIST EXPLAINED: 191 00:09:48,854 --> 00:09:53,292 >> THIS IS MAYBE THE MOST CONTAGIOUS VIRUS THAT WE'VE EVER 192 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,493 SEEN IN LIVING EMORY. 193 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:55,528 >> STEPHEN: YES, IT'S GOING THROUGH AMERICA FASTER THAN MONO 194 00:09:55,594 --> 00:09:58,364 THROUGH A HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB. 195 00:09:58,431 --> 00:10:03,135 L( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, HE'S JUST ONE GUY. 196 00:10:03,202 --> 00:10:04,003 WHAT DOES HE KNOW? 197 00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:06,539 HIS NAME IS ONLY DOCTOR LARRY BRILLIANT. 198 00:10:06,605 --> 00:10:15,581 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 199 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:17,283 I WANT A SECOND OPINION THAT SAYS EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE 200 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:18,351 OKAY. 201 00:10:18,417 --> 00:10:29,595 SOMEBODY CALL DOCTOR BOBBY DUM-ASS. 202 00:10:29,662 --> 00:10:33,332 AS WITH ALL BAD NEWS, THERE'S BAD, AND THEN THERE'S FLORIDA, 203 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:40,373 WHICH HAS BROKEN ITS OWN RECORD FOR NEW CORONAVIRUS 204 00:10:40,439 --> 00:10:44,076 CASES. 205 00:10:44,143 --> 00:10:48,948 LOOK HOW RED AND INFLAMED THAT THING IS. 206 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:53,719 SOMEONE BETTER WRUB SOME OINTMENT ON THE PANHANDLE! 207 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:54,920 ONE TV DOCTOR EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY: 208 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:56,322 >> IT'S SO HIGH IN FLORIDA THAT I THINK THAT IF FLORIDA WERE 209 00:10:56,389 --> 00:10:59,625 ANOTHER COUNTRY, WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER BANNING TRAVEL FROM 210 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:05,698 FLORIDA TO THE UNITED STATES. 211 00:11:05,765 --> 00:11:09,835 >> Stephen: GOOD LUCK! 212 00:11:09,902 --> 00:11:13,906 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU CAN CLAP ALL YOU WANT, YOU 213 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:16,876 WILL NEVER KEEP FLORIDIANS OUT. 214 00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:18,711 YOU COULD BUILD A WALL, BUT THEY'D JUST POUND MOJITOS AND 215 00:11:18,778 --> 00:11:22,348 BANANA BOAT RIGHT OVER IT. 216 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:25,484 ( LAUGHTER ) THERE'S ONE FLORIDA MAN WHO'S 217 00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:33,059 NOT WORRIED: GOVERNOR AND CAVEMAN ASKING -- 218 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:38,397 ( BOOING ) >> Stephen: -- HOLD FOR BOOING - 219 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:41,901 ( LAUGHTER ) -- RON DeSANTIS. 220 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:43,035 DESANTIS ISN'T WORRIED. 221 00:11:43,102 --> 00:11:44,203 HE SAYS THAT THE SPIKE IS SEASONAL, AS FLORIDIANS SPEND 222 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:47,173 MORE TIME TOGETHER INDOORS TO ESCAPE THE SUMMER HEAT. 223 00:11:47,239 --> 00:11:50,109 IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN THE GOVERNOR OF POMPEII ANNOUNCED, "HEY GUYS! 224 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:50,910 IGNORE THE RAIN OF ASH! 225 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:54,013 IT'S JUST VOLCANO SEASON! 226 00:11:54,080 --> 00:12:03,022 OKAY, LET'S ALL MAKE A FUN POSE FOR NO REASON!" 227 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:10,362 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) TOO SOON? 228 00:12:10,429 --> 00:12:11,997 TOO SOON? 229 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:14,200 IT'S NOT JUST THE PLAGUE THAT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. 230 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:21,507 IT'S ALSO NEW YORK GOVERNOR AND GUY HEARING -- 231 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:26,011 ( BOOING ) >> Stephen: THAT'S CALLED AN 232 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:28,948 INSTA-POLL WE DID RIGHT THERE. 233 00:12:29,014 --> 00:12:31,150 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NEW YORK GOVERNOR 234 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:35,654 AND GUY HEARING THE NEWS ABOUT ANDREW CUOMO, ANDREW CUOMO. 235 00:12:35,721 --> 00:12:36,822 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT HE MAY NOT BE GOVERNOR MUCH 236 00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:37,990 LONGER GIVEN THE REPORT THAT JUST DROPPED FROM THE NEW YORK 237 00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:39,258 ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH FOUND THAT CUOMO SEXUALLY HARASSED 238 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:42,061 MULTIPLE CURRENT AND FORMER STAFFERS AS WELL AS WOMEN WHO 239 00:12:42,128 --> 00:12:45,231 DID NOT WORK FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION. 240 00:12:45,297 --> 00:12:48,801 SO, HE ONLY HARASSED TWO KINDS OF WOMEN: THOSE WHO WORKED FOR 241 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:52,705 HIM AND THOSE WHO DID NOT. 242 00:12:52,771 --> 00:12:53,973 ( LAUGHTER ) THE REPORT CONFIRMS ACCUSATIONS 243 00:12:54,039 --> 00:12:58,377 MADE BY 11 WOMEN AGAINST CUOMO, AND INCLUDES DISTURBING DETAILS 244 00:12:58,444 --> 00:13:00,846 LIKE HE ALLEGEDLY, RAN TWO FINGERS ACROSS THE CHESTOF AN 245 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:03,983 ENERGY COMPANY EMPLOYEE, GRABBED THE REAR OF AN UNNAMED EMPLOYEE 246 00:13:04,049 --> 00:13:06,652 AND ASKED AN AIDE IF SHE HAD PIERCINGS ANYWHERE OTHER THAN 247 00:13:06,719 --> 00:13:09,488 HER EARS. 248 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:11,023 INTERESTING QUESTION, GOVERNOR. 249 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:13,926 FOLLOW UP: DO YOU HAVE PIERCINGS ANYWHERE OTHER THAN YOUR 250 00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:17,463 NIPPLES? 251 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:25,004 ( LAUGHTER ) JOKE'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY. 252 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:26,238 ( LAUGHTER ) THE DAY THE REPORT DROPPED, THE 253 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:27,206 GOVERNOR RESPONDED IN A LENGTHY PRE-RECORDED VIDEO THAT MAYBE 254 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:29,208 DIDN'T ADDRESS ALL THE ACCUSATIONS. 255 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:37,883 >> "THE NEW YORK TIMES" PUBLISHED A FRONT-PAGE PICTURE 256 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,151 OF ME TOUCHING A WOMAN'S FACE AT A WEDDING ND KISSING HER ON THE 257 00:13:39,218 --> 00:13:42,321 CHEEK. 258 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:45,457 THAT IS NOT FRONT-PAGE NEWS. 259 00:13:45,524 --> 00:13:47,826 I HAVE BEEN MAKING THE SAME GESTURE IN PUBLIC ALL OF 260 00:13:47,893 --> 00:13:52,798 MY LIFE. 261 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:59,338 I ACTUALLY LEARNED IT FROM MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER. 262 00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:01,674 IT IS MEANT TO CONVEY WARMTH. 263 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:04,243 NOTHING MORE. 264 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:07,913 INDEED, THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS OF ME 265 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:12,251 USING THAT SAME GESTURE. 266 00:14:12,318 --> 00:14:22,928 I DO IT WITH EVERYONE-- BLACK AND WHITE, YOUNG AND OLD, 267 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:30,336 STRAIGHT AND L.G.B.T.Q. 268 00:14:30,402 --> 00:14:33,706 POWERFUL PEOPLE, FRIENDS, STRANGERS, PEOPLE WHO I MEET ON 269 00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:35,908 THE STREET. 270 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:37,109 >> STEPHEN: (AS CUOMO) "I'M NOT A HARASSER BECAUSE I DO 271 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:42,314 IT TO EVERYONE. 272 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:43,882 ( LAUGHTER ) NO ONE'S SAFE! 273 00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:47,853 BLACK, WHITE, STRAIGHT, GAY, CONSENTING, NON-CONSENTING 274 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:52,258 THOSE WHO SEE IT COMING, THOSE WHO ARE SURPRISED, SLEEPING 275 00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:55,394 PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE AWAKE, BUT WHO ARE WISHING THIS WERE 276 00:14:55,461 --> 00:14:59,999 ALL A BAD DREAM! 277 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:01,033 I LEARNED IT FROM MY FOLKS! 278 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:02,835 IT'S A FAMILY RECIPE!" ALSO, KISSING PEOPLE ON THE 279 00:15:02,901 --> 00:15:04,903 CHEEK IS NOT WHAT HE'S BEING ACCUSED OF. 280 00:15:04,970 --> 00:15:06,772 THAT'S LIKE JEFFREY DAHMER APOLOGIZING FOR NOT HAVING A 281 00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:11,043 PERMIT TO GRILL. 282 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:16,115 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, IN LIGHT OF THE REPORT, 283 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:18,984 MANY DEMOCRATS HAVE CALLED FOR CUOMO TO RESIGN, INCLUDING 284 00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:19,451 PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 285 00:15:19,518 --> 00:15:20,452 YOU HEAR THAT? 286 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:21,987 JOE BIDEN KNOWS YOU DON'T TOUCH WOMEN LIKE THAT. 287 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:26,058 YOU SMELL THEIR HAIR AND GET BACK TO WORK. 288 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,493 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 289 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:29,328 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 290 00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,063 MY GUESTS ARE STEPHEN KING AND "BLACK PANTHER" STAR WINSTON 291 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:32,298 DUKE. 292 00:15:32,364 --> 00:15:36,235 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, SHOULD CELEBRITIES WASH THEIR CHILDREN? 293 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:38,337 THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE YOU. 294 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:06,665 ♪ DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS, DOWN TO GET MY SHOT ♪ 295 00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:15,107 ♪ YEAH, WE'RE DOWN AT THE CROSSROADS, BETTER WATCH YOUR IS 296 00:16:15,174 --> 00:16:16,875 NOT ♪ ♪ 297 00:16:16,942 --> 00:16:22,314 ♪ LORD, MERCY ♪ ♪ THIS COVID SUCKS A LOT ♪ 298 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:26,685 ♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 299 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:28,987 >> Stephen: JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN"! 300 00:16:29,054 --> 00:16:43,335 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MY GOODNESS! 301 00:16:43,402 --> 00:16:45,371 BRING IT HARD TONIGHT OVER THERE. 302 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:47,673 JON, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 303 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:49,141 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 304 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:53,045 I LOVE THE OUTFIT YOU'VE GOT ON TONIGHT. 305 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:53,979 >> Jon: OH, YES. 306 00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:57,549 >> Stephen: YOU SEEM LIKE STRAWBERRY GELATO. 307 00:16:57,616 --> 00:16:58,283 >> Jon: OH, YEAH, YEAH. 308 00:16:58,350 --> 00:16:59,118 >> Stephen: I LIKE IT. 309 00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:01,854 >> Jon: WOW! 310 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,156 IT'S SUMMERTIME, I WANT TO FEEL GOOD, SUMMER. 311 00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:07,659 SO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS WORLD, WE'VE GOT TO FEEL GOOD IN THIS 312 00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:08,260 LIFE. 313 00:17:08,327 --> 00:17:09,228 >> Stephen: WE DO, WE DO. 314 00:17:09,294 --> 00:17:10,295 >> Jon: LIFT IT UP. 315 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:21,206 >> Stephen: UP TO YOU TO STAY POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL. 316 00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:24,610 I'M TALKING TO THE ONE AND ONLY STEPHEN KING TONIGHT. 317 00:17:24,676 --> 00:17:28,013 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND THIS GUY, WINSTON DUKE, YOU 318 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:32,050 SAW "BLACK PANTHER," YOU KNOW M'BAKU. 319 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:34,119 >> Jon: ABSOLUTELY. 320 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:36,021 >> Stephen: M'BAKU IS HERE. 321 00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:36,655 HE'S HERE. 322 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:38,323 HE'S A BIG GUY. 323 00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:40,959 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HE'S NOT JUST BIG. 324 00:17:41,026 --> 00:17:42,795 HE'S BIG IN THE MOVIES. 325 00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:48,600 YOU SEE A BIG GUY IN A MOVIE AND YOU MEET HIM, HE'S LIKE 5-2. 326 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:49,701 >> Jon: LIKE THE ROCK. 327 00:17:49,768 --> 00:17:54,540 >> Stephen: THIS GUY IS 6'5 AND A HALF. 328 00:17:54,606 --> 00:17:57,676 HE EEKS ACTUALLY BIG. 329 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,279 WE HAVE M'BAKU TONIGHT. 330 00:18:00,345 --> 00:18:04,383 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE I HAVE BEEN 331 00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:07,386 GONE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN HARD FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GET ALL 332 00:18:07,453 --> 00:18:11,089 YOUR SPORTS NEWS FROM ME. 333 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:13,292 ( LAUGHTER ) FIRST, WHY DO YOU DO THAT? 334 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:14,860 SECOND, THE OLYMPICS HAPPENED! 335 00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:16,361 THEY WERE GREAT! 336 00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:21,533 AS ALWAYS, I'M INSPIRED BY THE ATHLETES AND THE FEELING OF 337 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:22,768 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD. 338 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,470 BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS ARE REALLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT ALL OF US, 339 00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:25,637 NO MATTER OUR COUNTRY, HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WE 340 00:18:25,704 --> 00:18:28,707 REALIZE. 341 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:31,043 AND IT'S IN THAT SPIRIT OF GLOBAL HARMONY THAT I WANT TO 342 00:18:31,109 --> 00:18:33,745 SAY AMERICA WON MORE GOLD MEDALS THAN CHINA! 343 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:34,847 SUCK IT, XI JINPING! 344 00:18:34,913 --> 00:18:35,581 U-S-A! 345 00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:40,519 U-S-A! 346 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:41,386 U-S-A! 347 00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:42,688 U-S-A! 348 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:43,255 U-S-A! 349 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:46,024 U-S-A! 350 00:18:46,091 --> 00:18:47,192 THANK YOU! 351 00:18:47,259 --> 00:18:49,528 OF COURSE, THE GAMES WERE A LOT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR DUE TO 352 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:51,063 COVID. 353 00:18:51,129 --> 00:18:54,600 AND WITH CASES ON THE RISE, BOTH THE VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED 354 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:55,667 HAVE THE SAME QUESTION: WHAT KIND OF BUBBLE BATHS ARE 355 00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:59,972 CELEBRITIES TAKING? 356 00:19:00,038 --> 00:19:02,808 ( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T KNOW. 357 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:03,442 AGAIN, I DIDN'T GO TO THE PARTY. 358 00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:04,676 BUT SOMEONE HAS THE ANSWERS. 359 00:19:04,743 --> 00:19:10,682 AND I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN MY NEW SEGMENT: "A-LIST TUB 360 00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:12,017 TIME WITH THE SOAPY STARS." 361 00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:18,824 FIRST IN THE TUB, MILA KUNIS, -- ASHTON KUTCHER WHO IN A 362 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:27,065 RECENT INTERVIEW REVEALED HE AND HIS SCRUBBER MILA KUNIS 363 00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:28,901 WHO IN A RECENT INTERVIEW REVEALED THAT SHE AND SCRUBBIN' 364 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:30,135 HUBBY ASHTON KUTCHER DON'T WASH THEIR TWO CHILDREN EVERY DAY. 365 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:31,336 OKAY! 366 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:33,872 NOT THE KUNIS-KUTCHER BUBBLE BATH REVEAL WE WERE HOPING FOR. 367 00:19:33,939 --> 00:19:35,140 KUNIS EXPLAINED, "IF YOU CAN SEE THE DIRT ON THEM, CLEAN THEM. 368 00:19:35,207 --> 00:19:36,708 OTHERWISE, THERE'S NO POINT." 369 00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:38,176 THAT SOUNDS LESS LIKE THE POLICY FOR CLEANING YOUR KIDS AND MORE 370 00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:42,514 LIKE THE POLICY FOR CLEANING YOUR BUICK. 371 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:43,315 "IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN TONIGHT. 372 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:46,685 JUST LEAVE MCKENZIE IN THE DRIVEWAY." 373 00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:50,923 THIS INTERVIEW SENT MAJOR WAVES THROUGH THE CELEBRITY 374 00:19:50,989 --> 00:19:52,090 SCRUB-O-SPHERE. 375 00:19:52,157 --> 00:19:55,027 KRISTEN BELL SIDED WITH TEAM DON'T-BATHE-YOUR-KIDS, SAYING 376 00:19:55,093 --> 00:19:58,697 "I'M A BIG FAN OF WAITING FOR THE STINK. 377 00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:03,068 ONCE YOU CATCH A WHIFF, THAT'S BIOLOGY'S WAY OF LETTING YOU 378 00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:04,703 KNOW YOU NEED TO CLEAN IT UP." 379 00:20:04,770 --> 00:20:07,573 I DON'T LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANYONE ELSE'S PARENTING, BUT I 380 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:11,310 WILL POINT OUT THAT BOTH MILA KUNIS AND KRISTEN BELL DID STAR 381 00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:16,682 IN THE FILM "BAD MOMS." 382 00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:24,222 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 383 00:20:24,289 --> 00:20:27,793 THEN JAKE GYLLENHAAL HOPPED INTO THE CONTROVERSY TUB, TELLING 384 00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:29,561 "VANITY FAIR," "MORE AND MORE I FIND BATHING TO BE LESS 385 00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:30,662 NECESSARY. 386 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:39,404 WE NATURALLY CLEAN OURSELVES." 387 00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:41,106 EITHER YOU'RE THINKING OF CATS, OR I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE THAT 388 00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:44,109 FLEXIBLE. 389 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:45,544 ( LAUGHTER ) HE COULD DO IT. 390 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:46,011 I BELIEVE IT. 391 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:47,913 HE CAN DO IT ALL. 392 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,415 I BET HE COULD DO IT. 393 00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:53,185 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, INTERESTINGLY, GYLLENHAAL 394 00:20:53,251 --> 00:20:58,090 SAID ALL THIS WHILE ADVERTISING HIS NEW FRAGRANCE LINE. 395 00:20:58,156 --> 00:21:03,261 THAT FRAGRANCE: B. EAU. 396 00:21:03,328 --> 00:21:06,431 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT IF YOU'RE IN A LATHER ABOUT 397 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:08,233 CELEBRITIES WHO WON'T LATHER, THERE'S GOOD NEWS FROM 398 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,736 DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON, WHO SAYS HE SHOWERS THREE TIMES A 399 00:21:10,802 --> 00:21:13,805 DAY. 400 00:21:13,872 --> 00:21:15,841 I ASSUME THAT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES THREE ATTEMPTS FOR THE WATER TO 401 00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:19,678 COVER HIS ENTIRE BODY. 402 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:21,780 "THIS SHOWER'S JUST FOR MY TRAPS." 403 00:21:21,847 --> 00:21:24,416 DWAYNE WENT INTO EXTREME DETAIL DESCRIBING HIS ROUTINE, 404 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:26,718 TWEETING, "SHOWER-- COLD-- WHEN I ROLL OUTTA BED TO GET 405 00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:28,020 MY DAY ROLLIN'. 406 00:21:28,086 --> 00:21:30,422 SHOWER-- WARM-- AFTER MY WORKOUT BEFORE WORK. 407 00:21:30,489 --> 00:21:34,893 SHOWER-- HOT-- AFTER I GET HOME FROM WORK. 408 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,863 FACE WASH, BODY WASH, EXFOLIATE." 409 00:21:37,929 --> 00:21:43,335 AND BECAUSE HE'S THE ROCK, HIS LOOFAH IS A HAY BALE. 410 00:21:43,402 --> 00:21:46,738 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH STEPHEN 411 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:47,372 KING. 412 00:22:13,498 --> 00:22:21,673 ♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 413 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:22,274 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 414 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:24,009 >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK. 415 00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:26,378 TO THE "A LATE SHOW." 416 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:28,780 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS KNOWN 417 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:31,850 AS "THE KING OF HORROR" AND HAS WRITTEN MORE THAN 60 NOVELS. 418 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:34,986 HIS LATEST IS CALLED "BILLY SUMMERS." 419 00:22:35,053 --> 00:22:41,159 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," STEPHEN KING! 420 00:22:41,226 --> 00:22:51,203 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 421 00:22:51,269 --> 00:23:07,986 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 422 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:10,188 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 423 00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:11,289 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 424 00:23:11,356 --> 00:23:15,160 >> IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF REAL 425 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:16,128 PEOPLE. 426 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:18,263 >> Stephen: IT TAKES A LITTLE GETTING USED TO. 427 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:20,332 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT'S REALLY SORT OF 428 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:20,799 WONDERFUL. 429 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:21,566 >> Stephen: IT IS. 430 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:22,367 IT IS. 431 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:24,269 HUMAN CONTACT, IT'S A RARE COMMODITY. 432 00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:28,540 >> IT'S A HELL OF A ZOOM SCREEN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 433 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:30,442 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WE HAVE SPOKEN 434 00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:34,546 OVER THE ZOOM, WE DID INTERVIEWS OVER THE ZOOM IN THE LAST 16, 435 00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:36,481 HOWEVER LONG IT WAS WE WERE ALL LOCKED DOWN. 436 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:40,752 YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 437 00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:45,157 A PLACE IN THE STATE OF MAINE, YOU'VE LIVED THERE YOUR ENTIRE 438 00:23:45,223 --> 00:23:46,892 LIFE. 439 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:48,894 HAVE PROPERTY VALUES SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF? 440 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,563 I HEAR YOU CAN'T TOUCH PROPERTY THERE. 441 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:52,497 >> IT'S TOUGH. 442 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:53,598 PROPERTY IS, BOOP! 443 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:54,733 THROUGH THE ROOF. 444 00:23:54,800 --> 00:24:00,472 >> Stephen: YOU THOUGHT ABOUT TURNING YOUR PLACE INTO AN 445 00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:02,207 AIRBNB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 446 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:03,775 >> YEAH, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET, MAN. 447 00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:05,477 >> Stephen: YES. 448 00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:06,645 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I DON'T KNOW! 449 00:24:06,711 --> 00:24:09,047 >> Stephen: YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANYTIME YOU LIKE BUT -- 450 00:24:09,114 --> 00:24:10,916 >> YOU CAN NEVER REALLY LEAVE! 451 00:24:10,982 --> 00:24:11,950 THAT'S RIGHT. 452 00:24:12,017 --> 00:24:16,021 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU'VE WRITTEN OVER 60 NOVELS BUT 453 00:24:16,087 --> 00:24:18,590 YOU'RE ALSO PROLIFIC ON TWITTER. 454 00:24:18,657 --> 00:24:20,458 I FOLLOW YOU ON TWITTER. 455 00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:23,328 PEOPLE ENJOY YOUR TWITTER FEED. 456 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:25,664 YOU HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY ELOQUENT ABOUT GOVERNOR RON 457 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:26,932 DeSANTIS OF FLORIDA. 458 00:24:26,998 --> 00:24:30,135 IS THERE A CHANCE IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT SEE A FLORIDA GOVERNOR 459 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:31,937 AS A VILLAIN? 460 00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:35,307 ( LAUGHTER ) OF ONE OF YOUR NOVELS? 461 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:40,779 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WELL, THAT'S ENTIRELY 462 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:41,980 POSSIBLE. 463 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:47,018 YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, LIKE, I KNOW THE GUY FAIRLY UPCLOSE 464 00:24:47,085 --> 00:24:50,055 BECAUSE WE LIVE HALF OF THE YEAR IN FLORIDA. 465 00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:53,291 NOW, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GO, BUT ONCE YOU GET TO BE 65 AND 466 00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:56,294 YOU DON'T PLAY TENNIS VERY WELL, IT'S THE LAW. 467 00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:58,396 >> Stephen: THEY COME AND GET YOU. 468 00:24:58,463 --> 00:25:00,799 >> YEAH, THEY COME AND GET YOU ANYWAY, YEAH. 469 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:04,703 >> Stephen: YOU SAID THIS RECENTLY, YOU SAID DeSANTIS' 470 00:25:04,769 --> 00:25:07,172 POLICIES ARE RIGHT WING, THE INDIVIDUAL RULES AND TO HELL 471 00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:09,941 WITH WHAT HAPPENS POLICIES, THEY'RE TURNING A BEAUTIFUL 472 00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:14,479 STATE INTO A BIG I.C.U. WARD WHERE EVEN HEALTHY PEOPLE CAN 473 00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:15,580 BARELY BREATHE. 474 00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:16,181 >> YEAH. 475 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:18,984 WELL, IT ISN'T JUST COVID. 476 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:21,119 COVID IS BAD ENOUGH. 477 00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:26,992 BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A RETAINMENT POOL AT PINEY POINT, 478 00:25:27,058 --> 00:25:32,297 AND NOBODY TOOK CARE OF IT, AND IT GOT OLD, AND IT WAS GOING TO 479 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:32,864 BURST. 480 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:34,733 AND, SO, THEY VENTED IT. 481 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:38,103 THIS IS ONLY DeSANTIS COULD DO THIS. 482 00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:40,238 ONLY DeSANTIS COULD REALLY THINK OF THIS. 483 00:25:40,305 --> 00:25:46,211 THEY VENTED IT INTO TAMPA BAY, AND, AS A RESULT, RED TIDE IS SO 484 00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:49,514 BAD THERE, THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ABOUT MASKS ON THE WEST COAST OF 485 00:25:49,581 --> 00:25:53,251 FLORIDA BECAUSE THE RED TIDE IS SO BAD THAT YOU HAVE TO WEAR A 486 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:57,923 MASK, AND THERE ARE TONS AND TONS OF FISH THAT ARE DEAD ON 487 00:25:57,989 --> 00:26:02,861 THE BEACH, AND, SO, IT ISN'T JUST COVID. 488 00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:08,433 RON DeSANTIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE 489 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:11,803 CHANDELIER AT THE BEST OF TIMES. 490 00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:14,005 >> Stephen: NOT A GENIUS. 491 00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:15,507 NO, I WOULDN'T SAY SO. 492 00:26:15,573 --> 00:26:17,676 >> Stephen: NOT A MASTER MIND. 493 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:22,714 HE'S GOT THAT DEER IN THE HEAD LIGHTS LOOK SOMEHOW. 494 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:24,349 ( LAUGHTER ) SO, UH -- 495 00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:28,186 >> Stephen: DEER IN THE HEAD LIGHTS HOPING THAT'S TWO 496 00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:30,722 MOTORCYCLES THAT ARE GOING TO GO RIGHT BY HIM. 497 00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:32,057 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 498 00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:33,658 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AS A WRITER, HOW 499 00:26:33,725 --> 00:26:37,228 IS THE REALITY OF COVID AND WHAT WE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT 500 00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:40,665 EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD HAS GONE THROUGH, THIS UNPRECEDENTED 501 00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:43,034 THING IN THE LAST 100 YEARS, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WILL AFFECT 502 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:45,971 YOUR FICTION OR REALLY THE FICTION OF ANY WRITERS BECAUSE 503 00:26:46,037 --> 00:26:49,407 HOW COULD YOU WRITE ABOUT THE TIME WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW AND NOT 504 00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:50,542 INCLUDE THAT? 505 00:26:50,608 --> 00:26:56,715 >> WELL, I STARTED "BILLY SUMMERS," THE NEW ONE, IN 2000 506 00:26:56,781 --> 00:26:59,351 AND -- OH, THANK YOU! 507 00:26:59,417 --> 00:27:00,552 GOD BLESS YOU! 508 00:27:00,618 --> 00:27:04,656 >> Stephen: IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET OUT THERE THE NEWS THAT 509 00:27:04,723 --> 00:27:05,323 YOU WRITE BOOKS. 510 00:27:05,390 --> 00:27:06,992 > THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 511 00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:09,327 ( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, 512 00:27:09,394 --> 00:27:12,964 WHEN YOU PUBLISHED A NEW BOOK, YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT SOMEWHERE 513 00:27:13,031 --> 00:27:14,733 AND SHAKE YOUR AS A LITTLE BIT. 514 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:18,136 >> Stephen: WORK THAT MONEYMAKER. 515 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:20,505 >> SHAKE THAT MON GAINEYMAKER, BABY. 516 00:27:20,572 --> 00:27:24,209 I STARTED IN 2019, AND THERE WAS NO COVID THEN, AND I HAD A 517 00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:27,178 COUPLE OF CHARACTERS THAT I HAD TO GET OFF THE STAGE FOR REASONS 518 00:27:27,245 --> 00:27:29,114 THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE PLOT. 519 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:30,749 WE WON'T GO THERE. 520 00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:35,020 BUT, SO, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL PUT THEM ON 521 00:27:35,086 --> 00:27:39,024 A CRUISE SHIP, AND THEN COVID CAME ALONG, AND I SAID, NO, THIS 522 00:27:39,090 --> 00:27:40,892 IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WORK. 523 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:46,631 SO WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK THE WHOLE BOOK, WHICH WAS SET IN 524 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:50,602 2020, AND SHOVED IT BACK TO 2019. 525 00:27:50,668 --> 00:27:54,072 NOW, WRITERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR LONG. 526 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:57,942 SOONER OR LATER, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS 527 00:27:58,009 --> 00:27:59,144 THING HEAD ON. 528 00:27:59,210 --> 00:28:00,278 >> Stephen: WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. DON'T GO AWAY. 529 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:01,646 WHEN WE COME BACK I'LL ASK STEPHEN KING WHAT STEPHEN KING 530 00:28:01,713 --> 00:28:03,915 FAVORITE STEPHEN KING STORIES ARE. 531 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:13,992 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 532 00:28:14,059 --> 00:28:16,127 ♪♪ WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW"! 533 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:20,899 I AM HERE WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW NOVEL "BILLY SUMMERS," 534 00:28:20,965 --> 00:28:22,100 MR. STEPHEN KING. 535 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:26,404 AT ONE POINT THE CHARACTER BILLY SUMMERS HERE SAYS WRITING IS 536 00:28:26,471 --> 00:28:27,605 ALSO A KIND OF WAR. 537 00:28:27,672 --> 00:28:30,975 THE STORY IS WHAT YOU CARRY, AND EVERY TIME YOU ADD TO IT, IT 538 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:32,377 GETS HEAVIER. 539 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:35,380 ALL OVER THE WORLD, THERE ARE HALF-FINISHED BOOKS BECAUSE THE 540 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:36,881 WORK GOT TOO HEAVY. 541 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:45,023 HAVE YOU, STEPHEN KING, EXPERIENCED THAT HEAVINESS? 542 00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:48,626 >> YEAH. 543 00:28:48,693 --> 00:28:52,964 THE WORST CASE, I WROTE A BOOK CALLED "THE STAND "-- . 544 00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:55,100 >> Stephen: VERY SALIENT. 545 00:28:55,166 --> 00:28:57,302 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> ABOUT A MUTATING FLU VIRUS. 546 00:28:57,368 --> 00:29:00,738 ANY SIMILARITIES TO WHAT'S GOING ON NOW ARE TOO CLOSE FOR 547 00:29:00,805 --> 00:29:02,006 COMFORT. 548 00:29:02,073 --> 00:29:05,110 BUT I GOT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT BOOK AND I GOT THESE PEOPLE 549 00:29:05,176 --> 00:29:08,947 TO BOULDER, COLORADO, AND BY THAT TIME I HAD A HUGE CAST OF 550 00:29:09,013 --> 00:29:11,316 CHARACTERS WHO WERE 20 OR 25, AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 551 00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:15,253 I'M GOING TO DO WITH THESE PEOPLE. 552 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,457 THEY'VE GOT TO REST IN THIS ONE PLACE, AND THE BOOK STAYED ON A 553 00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:23,561 SHELF FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS WHILE I JUST WENT FOR LONG WALKS 554 00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:26,197 AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE STORY. 555 00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:30,135 AND THE WORST THING WAS I WAS THINKING, WHAT IF THIS THING 556 00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:31,136 NEVER GETS DONE? 557 00:29:31,202 --> 00:29:34,405 YOU TALK ABOUT HEAVY, THAT WAS PRETTY HEAVY. 558 00:29:34,472 --> 00:29:38,209 AND THEN I REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT RAYMOND CHANDLER SAID, HE 559 00:29:38,276 --> 00:29:42,547 SAID, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT, BRING ON THE MAN 560 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:43,681 WITH THE GUN. 561 00:29:43,748 --> 00:29:48,086 I THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT IF SOMEBODY BLOWS UP ABOUT HALF OF 562 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:50,555 THESE TROUBLESOME PEOPLE, I CAN DEAL WITH THE ONES THAT ARE 563 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:53,391 LEFT, AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. 564 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:53,992 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 565 00:29:54,058 --> 00:29:55,627 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. 566 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:56,895 THAT'S SIMPLE. 567 00:29:56,961 --> 00:30:02,133 ALL RIGHT, YOUR FANS ALL HAVE THEIR FAVORITE STEPHEN KING 568 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:02,767 BOOKS. 569 00:30:02,834 --> 00:30:03,801 DO YOU HAVE -- >> WE HOPE. 570 00:30:03,868 --> 00:30:06,771 >> Stephen: THEY DO OR ELSE THEY WOULDN'T BE FANS. 571 00:30:06,838 --> 00:30:08,173 DO YOU HAVE YOUR FAVORITE? 572 00:30:08,239 --> 00:30:14,012 WHAT ARE YOUR TOP FIVE BOOKS OR SHORT STORIES OF STEPHEN KING, 573 00:30:14,078 --> 00:30:15,813 STEPHEN KING? 574 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,182 ( LAUGHTER ) >> WELL, I THINK -- 575 00:30:17,248 --> 00:30:20,818 >> Stephen: WRITE THIS DOWN, CARVE THIS IN STONE. 576 00:30:20,885 --> 00:30:24,856 >> MY FAVORITE SHORT STORY WOULD BE CALLED "SURVIVOR TYPE" WHICH 577 00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:29,427 IS ABOUT A PHYSICIAN STRANDED ON A LITTLE ISLAND AND HE'S 578 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:37,368 SMUGGLING HEROIN, AND HE'S STARVING, SO HE EATS HIMSELF 579 00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:38,336 PIECE BY PIECE. 580 00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:40,104 >> Stephen: I LIKE THAT, FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. 581 00:30:40,171 --> 00:30:42,073 >> THAT IS FAMILY FRIENDLY. 582 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:43,508 IT COULD BE A DISNEY CARTOON. 583 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:46,678 I LIKED THE NOVEL "MISERY" A LOT. 584 00:30:46,744 --> 00:30:47,378 THAT WAS KIND OF FUN. 585 00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:49,247 IT WAS A FUN BOOK TO WRITE. 586 00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:53,718 ( APPLAUSE ) THIS IS LIKE A LED ZEPPLIN 587 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:59,290 CONCERT, SORT OF LIKE PLAY "FREE BIRD" AND IT'S ALL GOOD. 588 00:30:59,357 --> 00:31:04,929 >> Stephen: THAT'S TWO. 589 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:09,200 I LIKE A STORY STREAMING ON APPLE + AND I HELD ON TO THAT 590 00:31:09,267 --> 00:31:10,768 FOR A LONG TIME. 591 00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:11,569 THE STAND. 592 00:31:11,636 --> 00:31:16,040 ONE CALLED "STAND BY ME: THE BODY." 593 00:31:16,107 --> 00:31:17,675 AND "BILLY SUMMERS," THE CURRENT ONE. 594 00:31:17,742 --> 00:31:20,011 >> Stephen: AND "BILLY SUMMERS," THE BOOK "BILLY 595 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:22,847 SUMMERS," ONE OF HIS TOP FIVE, IS AVAILABLE NOW. 596 00:31:22,914 --> 00:31:25,617 THE MAN IS STEPHEN KING, EVERYBODY. 597 00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:28,720 STEPHEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE! 598 00:31:28,786 --> 00:31:31,823 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "BLACK PANTHER" STAR WINSTON DUKE! 599 00:31:51,909 --> 00:31:53,144 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 600 00:31:53,211 --> 00:31:54,545 >> GIVE US GOOD INFORMATION. 601 00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:56,914 I MEAN, HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS. 602 00:31:56,981 --> 00:31:59,484 SINCE COVID STARTED, IT'S BEEN ALL POLITICAL. 603 00:31:59,550 --> 00:32:01,019 JUST GIVE US GOOD INFORMATION. 604 00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:02,353 AMERICANS ARE SMART. 605 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:05,123 THEY'LL MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 606 00:32:05,189 --> 00:32:07,692 >> THAT'S RIGHT, AMERICANS ALWAYS MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, LIKE 607 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:11,396 WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TELLS THEM CIGARETTES WILL KILL THEM, THEY 608 00:32:11,462 --> 00:32:15,099 TELL THE GOVERNMENT, SORRY, I DO WHAT THE COOL CAMEL TELLS ME 609 00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:16,367 WHAT TO DO. 610 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:17,402 >> A MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANTHROPOLOGIEST. 611 00:32:17,468 --> 00:32:19,437 REMEMBER, HUMANS ARET 99% CHIN. 612 00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:37,021 ♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 613 00:32:37,088 --> 00:32:40,591 >> Stephen: EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK! 614 00:32:40,658 --> 00:32:45,630 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WELCOME BACK, LADIES AND 615 00:32:45,697 --> 00:32:46,764 GENTLEMEN! 616 00:32:46,831 --> 00:32:48,633 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW AS M'BAKU FROM "BLACK 617 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:51,002 PANTHER" AND "AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR." 618 00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:55,039 HE NOW STARS IN THE FILM "NINE DAYS." 619 00:32:55,106 --> 00:32:58,743 >> IT'S ABOUT THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND. 620 00:32:58,810 --> 00:33:04,415 YOU HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW DAYS, BUT YOU'VE LIVED EVERY SECOND 621 00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:07,852 WITH HONESTY AND INTENSITY. 622 00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:17,795 THERE'S NO SHAME IN THAT. 623 00:33:17,862 --> 00:33:22,066 NOW, I WANT YOU TO THINK OF WHAT YOU SAW ON THOSE TVs AND PICK 624 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:24,535 A MOMENT TRULY MEANINGFUL FOR YOU. 625 00:33:24,602 --> 00:33:29,273 I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IF YOU ALLOW ME, I WILL DO MY BEST TO 626 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:32,744 RE-CREATE THAT MOMENT FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE. 627 00:33:32,810 --> 00:33:37,348 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," WINSTON DUKE! 628 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:47,392 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 629 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:55,633 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 630 00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:56,033 >> OH, MY GOSH! 631 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:56,601 THANK YOU! 632 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:57,635 >> Stephen: HAVE A SEAT! 633 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,505 I HAVE TO TELL YOU -- >> Stephen: YES, SIR. 634 00:34:00,571 --> 00:34:04,041 -- I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THIS, LIKE, JAMES BROWN BAND 635 00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:04,442 THING. 636 00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:05,076 IS THAT OKAY? 637 00:34:05,143 --> 00:34:06,944 >> Stephen: LIKE WHAT THING? 638 00:34:07,011 --> 00:34:09,046 HIT ME ONE TIME, BOOM! 639 00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:12,116 >> Stephen: JOHN, ARE YOU GUYS COOL WITH THAT? 640 00:34:12,183 --> 00:34:13,184 >> LET'S DO IT. 641 00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:16,487 >> Stephen: WINSTON, THEY'RE READY ANYTIME YOU WANT. 642 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:17,422 >> OKAY. 643 00:34:17,488 --> 00:34:23,461 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HIT ME ONE TIME! 644 00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:25,830 HIT ME TWO TIMES. 645 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,800 ♪♪ HIT ME THREE TIMES! 646 00:34:28,866 --> 00:34:31,135 ♪♪♪ WHOO! 647 00:34:31,202 --> 00:34:31,469 OKAY! 648 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:34,172 ALL RIGHT! 649 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:35,973 OKAY! 650 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,442 ALL RIGHT! 651 00:34:37,508 --> 00:34:42,213 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I AM NOW PUTTY IN YOUR HANDS. 652 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:47,552 >> Stephen: YOU'RE KNOWN -- A LOT OF PEOPLE FIRST KNEW YOU 653 00:34:47,618 --> 00:34:49,287 FROM PLAYING M'BAKU, THE LEADER OF THE MOUNTAIN TRIBE SYMBOLIZED 654 00:34:49,353 --> 00:34:52,657 BY THE GORILLA. 655 00:34:52,723 --> 00:34:54,692 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IS IT TRUE BEFORE 656 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:59,430 YOU PLAYED ABOUT ONE TO HAVE THE GREAT WARRIORS YOU USED TO LIE 657 00:34:59,497 --> 00:35:02,200 ABOUT YOUR HEIGHT TO MAKE YOURSELF SMALLER? 658 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:02,934 >> ALL THE TIME. 659 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,070 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM? 660 00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:09,740 >> I'M 6-5 AND AND A HALF AND THE AND A HALF IS A LOT OF 661 00:35:09,807 --> 00:35:10,942 DIFFERENCE. 662 00:35:11,008 --> 00:35:16,247 I THOUGHT IT WAS SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE AND THEY WOULD THINK IT'S 663 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:17,448 INTIMIDATING. 664 00:35:17,515 --> 00:35:20,284 I STOPPED SAYING THE NUMBER, AND SAY I'M THE ROCK'S HEIGHT OR 665 00:35:20,351 --> 00:35:22,286 SOMEONE ELSE'S HEIGHT. 666 00:35:22,353 --> 00:35:28,426 I WOULD TRY TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS NORMALIZED BEFORE IT WAS. 667 00:35:28,493 --> 00:35:31,295 >> Stephen: THINKING THEY WOULDN'T NOTICE HOW TALL YOU 668 00:35:31,362 --> 00:35:35,299 WERE WHEN YOU CAME IN OR DID YOU ALWAYS JUST -- WERE YOU ALWAYS 669 00:35:35,366 --> 00:35:37,735 THERE BEFORE THEM AND STAY SEATED? 670 00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:38,736 >> MAYBE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. 671 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:40,671 >> Stephen: YEAH, MAY BE. 672 00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:41,439 YEAH. 673 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:42,640 >> Stephen: DID IT ACTUALLY HELP? 674 00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:43,741 >> NO, IT DID. 675 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,643 I WOULD SAY I'M 6-4. 676 00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:54,051 >> Stephen: SO BORN AND RAISED IN TRINIDAD TOBEGO? 677 00:35:54,118 --> 00:35:55,219 >> YES. 678 00:35:55,286 --> 00:35:59,290 >> Stephen: THE NEW FILM, WHICH IS CALLED "NINE DAYS," THE 679 00:35:59,357 --> 00:36:03,227 NINE OR NINE DAYS IS SIGNIFICANT IN THE CULTURE THAT YOU GREW UP 680 00:36:03,294 --> 00:36:04,962 IN, IN WHAT WA I? 681 00:36:05,029 --> 00:36:12,837 >> YEAH, SO IN MY CULTURE IN TRINIDAD TOBEGO, IT'S BELIEVED 682 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:17,275 WHEN A LOVED ONE DICE, IT TAKES NINE DAYS FOR THE SPIRIT TO MOVE 683 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:18,409 ON. 684 00:36:18,476 --> 00:36:20,278 SO WITHIN THAT NINE DAYS, THEY'LL VISIT YOU IN A DREAM, 685 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:23,748 THEY'LL SAY GOODBYE, THEY'LL DO SOMETHING, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT 686 00:36:23,814 --> 00:36:30,321 WILL BE LIKE THEIR WAY OF MOVING ON AND DETACHING FROM THIS PLAIN 687 00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:31,355 OF EXISTENCE. 688 00:36:31,422 --> 00:36:35,059 >> Stephen: GROWING UP IN TRINIDAD, WHAT WERE YOUR 689 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:36,060 INFLUENCES? 690 00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:39,063 WHAT DID YOU SEE IN ENTERTAINMENT OR PERFORMANCE 691 00:36:39,130 --> 00:36:42,366 THAT YOU WENT, OH, I WANT TO DO THAT, THIS INSPIRES ME? 692 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:43,100 >> SO MUCH. 693 00:36:43,167 --> 00:36:45,670 SO MANY IMPORTS ARE FROM AMERICA. 694 00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:49,006 SO WE HAVE COUNTRY MUSIC, COUNTRY MUSIC IS BIG. 695 00:36:49,073 --> 00:36:49,941 >> Stephen: REALLY? 696 00:36:50,007 --> 00:36:51,175 YEAH. 697 00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:55,846 IT'S ACTUALLY -- WE GOT ALL THE, LIKE, SHANIA TWAIN, I LISTENED 698 00:36:55,913 --> 00:36:57,748 TO GARTH BROOKS AND ALL THESE FAVORITE THINGS. 699 00:36:57,815 --> 00:36:59,016 >> Stephen: SURE. 700 00:36:59,083 --> 00:37:01,218 AND THEN SOAP OPERAS. 701 00:37:01,285 --> 00:37:03,354 SO "THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL." 702 00:37:03,421 --> 00:37:06,157 >> Stephen: "YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS." 703 00:37:06,223 --> 00:37:10,561 >> "YOUNG AND RESTLESS, AND" GENERAL HOSPITAL ." 704 00:37:10,628 --> 00:37:17,635 EVERYBODY WAS IN LOVE WITH VICTOR ON "THE ONE AND RESTLESS" 705 00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:21,238 AND EVERY GUY WANTED TO BE TOXIC LIKE VICTOR. 706 00:37:21,305 --> 00:37:23,608 ( LAUGHTER ) THE GUY EVERYONE REALLY WANTED 707 00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:28,546 TO BE WAS A GUY FROM A SHOW CALLED "SANTA BARBARA." 708 00:37:28,613 --> 00:37:29,880 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? 709 00:37:29,947 --> 00:37:32,750 >> Stephen: NOT ONE OF MY STORIES. 710 00:37:32,817 --> 00:37:39,724 >> WELL SANTA BARBARA WAS A SHOW OF AN HISPANIC GUY WHO WENT BY 711 00:37:39,790 --> 00:37:46,631 THE NAME CRUZ AND HE WORE TIGHT SKINNY FIT JEANS AND EVER SINCE 712 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:51,736 SKINNY TIGHT FIT JEANS WERE CALLED CRUZ'S. 713 00:37:51,802 --> 00:37:52,770 >> Stephen: EVERYWHERE? 714 00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:55,139 NOT EVERYWHERE. 715 00:37:55,206 --> 00:37:59,443 BUT EVERY TIME YOU WEAR SOMETHING TIGHT, LOOK AT THAT 716 00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:00,277 CRUZ! 717 00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:01,078 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER 718 00:38:01,145 --> 00:38:02,947 PERFORMED OBSERVE A SOAP OPERA? 719 00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:06,083 >> I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN MY FUTURE AT ONE POINT. 720 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:11,355 >> Stephen: YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SNEAK IN FOR A CAMEO. 721 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:13,724 >> TRINIDAD IS LIKE A SOAP OPERA. 722 00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:17,595 THE WAY THEY FIGHT, THE NEIGHBORS, THEY'LL COME OUT OF 723 00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:21,866 THEIR HOUSE, PULL OUT A MACHETE AND SCRAPE IT ON THIS GROUND AND 724 00:38:21,932 --> 00:38:25,469 BE, LIKE, IF YOU CROSS THIS LINE, I WILL KILL YOU! 725 00:38:25,536 --> 00:38:27,872 AND THEN EVERYONE DIES. 726 00:38:27,938 --> 00:38:29,373 IT'S COMMUNITY THEATER. 727 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:30,541 IT'S COMMUNITY THEATER. 728 00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:33,911 AND THEN, LIKE, TWO DAYS LATER, YOU FIND OUT THEY'RE JUST 729 00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,613 COUSINS. 730 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:39,750 ( LAUGHTER ) HIT ME ONE TIME! 731 00:38:39,817 --> 00:38:40,751 ♪♪ BOOM! 732 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:42,987 >> Stephen: THE NEW MOVIE IS CALLED "NINE DAYS." 733 00:38:43,054 --> 00:38:43,621 >> YEAH. 734 00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:44,822 >> Stephen: WHAT'S IT ABOUT? 735 00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:48,025 O SHORT AND SWEET, NINE DAYS IS ABOUT A MAN IN THE AFTERLIFE 736 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:51,328 TASKED WITH THE JOB OF INTERVIEWING SPIRITS FOR THE 737 00:38:51,395 --> 00:38:55,399 OPPORTUNITY TO BE BORN, AND THE INTERVIEW PROCESS TAKES PLACE 738 00:38:55,466 --> 00:38:56,367 OVER NINE DAYS. 739 00:38:56,434 --> 00:38:59,637 >> Stephen: AND YOU'RE -- I AM THAT MAN. 740 00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:03,741 I PLAY WILL AND THE STORY IS INSPIRED BY THE DIRECTOR'S OWN 741 00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:09,380 PERSONAL STORY, HIS UNCLE SUICIDED AT THE AGE OF 50, AND 742 00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:13,784 IN HIS FAMILY ALL HE WAS TOLD WAS DON'T BE LIKE YOUR UNCLE, 743 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:14,919 YOUR UNCLE WAS WEAK. 744 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:18,589 SO AS HE WENT THROUGH HIS OWN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND 745 00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:22,993 DEPRESSION, HE LOOKED INTO HIS UNCLE'S LIFE AND HE WROTE THIS 746 00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:27,765 STORY TO REDEFINE THE NARRATIVE OF HIS UNCLE BECAUSE HIS UNCLE'S 747 00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:31,669 LIFE WAS ESSENTIALLY REDUCED TO THIS ONE ACT, NOT A FULL LIFE, 748 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:34,572 JUST THIS ONE ACT OF PAIN. 749 00:39:34,638 --> 00:39:38,542 AND HE SAID, I WANTED TO REWRITE THE LIFE BY GIVING HIM ANOTHER 750 00:39:38,609 --> 00:39:42,313 LIFE IN THE AFTERLIFE SO HE COULD DEAL WITH THAT, SOME OF 751 00:39:42,379 --> 00:39:45,082 THOSE SHADOWS, AND THAT WANT CHARACTER IS WILL, AND I PLAY 752 00:39:45,149 --> 00:39:46,050 WILL. 753 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:51,122 >> Stephen: WELL, WINSTON, LOVELY TO MEET YOU. 754 00:39:51,188 --> 00:39:52,056 >> ABSOLUTELY, PLEASURE. 755 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:53,891 >> Stephen: "NINE DAYS" IS IN THEATERS NOW. 756 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:55,326 WINT WINT, EVERYBODY! 757 00:39:55,392 --> 00:39:55,993 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK! 758 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:04,535 ♪♪ >> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR "THE 759 00:40:04,602 --> 00:40:05,936 LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 760 00:40:06,003 --> 00:40:08,305 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE CNN ANCHOR BRIAN 761 00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:09,173 STELTER. 762 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:10,141 GOOD NIGHT.