>> OREO IS PARTNERING WITH POKEMON TO RELEASE SPECIAL-
EDITION COOKIES.
>> NOW, SOME OF THE COOKIES ARE COMMON, LIKE THOSE WITH A
PIKACHU ON THEM.
BUT ONE COOKIE IN PARTICULAR IS RESELLING FOR BIG MONEY ON
EBAY.
THEY'RE RESELLING FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
>> WOW.
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES:
ANITA HILL AND ALESSANDRO NIVOLA
FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN.
AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK
CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY!
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, KINDLY.
WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, WELCOME ONE, AND ALL-- THANK YOU SO
MUCH, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THANK YOU.
I HOPE EVERYONE IN AMERICA IS USING PROTECTION, BECAUSE IT IS
VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE ALL SCREWED.
WE MAY BE APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS FROM THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT SHUTTING DOWN.
AND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE BAD NEWS.
IF IT SURVIVES THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS
ALSO RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE DEBT CEILING, AND IF CONGRESS
DOESN'T FIND SOME WAY TO RAISE IT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, IT
COULD CAUSE THE UNITED STATES TO DEFAULT ON ITS DEBTS FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, PLUNGING THE NATION INTO A RECESSION,
CRASHING THE STOCK MARKET, AND CAUSING INTEREST RATES TO
SKYROCKET.
IT WOULD BE WHAT ONE ECONOMIST CALLED "FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON."
ARE THAT IS BAD NEWS AND EVEN WORSE TIMING
BECAUSE AMERICA'S ALREADY SCHEDULED A PLAGUE ARMAGEDDON, A
CLIMATE ARMAGEDDON, AND A DEMOCRACY ARMAGEDDON.
CAN WE PENCIL THAT IN FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY?
MAYBE A LUNCH-MAGEDDON?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
WHATEVER HAPPENS-- WHATEVER HAPPENS-- THANK YOU, CITIZEN.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN MY NEW SEGMENT:
>> APOCALYPSE DOW: COUNTDOWN TO SHUTDOWN: WANTED: DEBT OR
ALIVE.
>> THE BUDGET.
THE BUDGET.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW DID WE GET TO
THE BRINK OF BUDGET DEFAULT, WHEN THE DEMOCRATS, WHO SUPPORT
RAISING THE DEBT CEILING, ARE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING?
LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE COMEDY STYLINGS OF SENATE MINORITY
LEADER MITCH McCONNELL.
( LAUGHTER ) ( BOOING )
NICE JOB BY THE EMBALMER.
HEY REALLY LOOKS LIKE HE'S SLEEPING.
ON MONDAY, McCONNELL LED A REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER THAT
BLOCKED GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND RAISING THE DEBT CEILING.
SO, THIS IS A TOTALLY AVOIDABLE CRISIS.
IT WOULD BE LIKE KNOWING THERE WAS A LIFE-SAVING MEDICINE
AVAILABLE DURING A PANDEMIC AND NOT TAKING IT.
( LAUGHTER ) OHIO OHIO WAIT, WAIT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD INJECT THE BUDGET WITH HORSE PASTE?
IT'S ALL PART OF McCONNELL'S PLAN TO DERAIL BIDEN'S
$3.5 TRILLION "BUILD BACK BETTER" PLAN, WHICH CAN ONLY
PASS THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS CALLED RECONCILIATION THAT
SHIELDS FISCAL MEASURES FROM A FILIBUSTER.
YES, FOR ONE MAGICAL VOTE A YEAR, SENATORS LEAVE THE MORTAL
WORLD BEHIND AND ENTER AN ENCHANTED LAND OF
RECONCILIATION.
( SINGING TO "WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION")
♪ COME WITH ME AND YOU'LL BE
IN A WORLD OF RECONCILIATION ♪ IT'S OUR SOLE REMEDY
EXCEPT FOR PURE INTOXICATION ♪ RECONCILIATION--
( APPLAUSE ) RECONCILIATION IS A
FANTASMAGORICAL PLACE OF LEGISLATIVE WONDER, WHERE
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE EVEN SOMETHING!
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MITCH MCCONNELL'S AFRAID OF, SO HE'S
TRYING TO HARSH THE DEMOCRATS' RECONCILIATION BUZZ BY MAKING
THEM ADD THE DEBT CEILING INCREASE TO THE "BUILD BACK
BETTER" BILL.
BUT SCHUMER'S NOT BUYING IT, TELLING RPORTERS THAT
DEMOCRATS "CANNOT AND WILL NOT" RAISE THE DEBT CEILING THROUGH
RECONCILIATION.
McCONNELL AND SCHUMER ARE IN A STARING CONTEST THAT'S ALSO A
HIGH-STAKES GAME OF CHICKEN-- IN THAT, THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE RAW
POULTRY.
( LAUGHTER ) EVEN IF THE DEMOCRATS WERE
WILLING TO USE RECONCILIATION, IT WOULDN'T BE EASY.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY PASS FOUR BILLS SIMULTANEOUSLY:
ONE TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT, ONE TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING, THE
"BUILD BACK BETTER" BILL, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
AND THAT LAST ONE MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IF THE
FIRST THREE DON'T PASS, WE'LL ALL NEED BRIDGES TO LIVE UNDER.
( LAUGHTER ) AND HERE'S THE PROBLEM AND IT'S
TWO PROBLEMS: WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR, JOE
MANCHIN, SEEN HERE EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MOON HITS
YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE.
ALONG WITH ARIZONA SENATOR AND MIDLIFE CRISIS VELMA, KYRSTEN
SINEMA.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
IN ORDER TO PASS THE BILL THROUGH RECONCILIATION, ALL 50
SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE ON BOARD, BUT MANCHIN AND SINEMA
HAVE BOTH SAID THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THE $3.5 TRILLION BILL
THAT THEY OPPOSE.
BUT THEY HAVE YET TO PUBLICLY DETAIL THEIR DEMANDS.
SO THEY'RE HOLDING UP THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY WON'T TELL
ANYONE WHAT THEY WANT.
THAT'S LIKE GETTING A RANSOM NOTE THAT SAYS, "YOUR BROTHER
GETS IT UNLESS YOU GIVE US...
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW?" ( LAUGHTER )
SO OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE WHITE HOUSE HAS TRIED TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THEY WANT-- OR, AS POLITICO PUT IT, THEY'VE BEEN
TRYING TO UNLOCK THE MANCHINEMA PUZZLE.
MANCHINEMA!
REALLY?
THAT SOUNDS LIKE HALF MAN, HALF ENEMA!
( LAUGHTER ) AND IF YOU'RE JUST SLAPPING
THEIR NAMES TOGETHER, COME ONE!
SINEMIN WAS RIGHT THERE!
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
THIS-- THIS RIGHT HERE-- ( APPLAUSE )
I GOT A THING.
THIS IS WHY POLITICAL WRITERS CA'T CUT IT IN HOLLYWOOD.
THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE COME UP WITH BENNIFER, OR EVEN
AF-LO.
WE'D HAVE ENDED UP WITH FLECKPEZ.
( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY AS
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
IN BOOSTER SHOT NEWS, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS THREE
SHOTS WILL BE THE "OPTIMAL REGIMEN" OF COVID VACCINATION.
"OPTIMAL REGIMEN," BY THE WAY, THE MOST BORING TRANSFORMER.
( OPTIMUS PRIME VOICE ) "I CAN TURN INTO A '92 COROLLA."
THE REASON WE'LL NEED BOOSTERS IS BECAUSE VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS
DROPS A LITTLE OVER TIME.
AND RIGHT NOW, THE C.D.C.
RECOMMENDS THAT ANYONE AGE 65 AND OVER SHOULD GET ONE.
NOW, AN EASY WAY TO CHECK IF YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT AGE GROUP IS
IF YOU ARE YOU WATCHING THIS ON CBS RIGHT NOW.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
BUT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪ YOU LOOK GREAT!
YOU LOOK GREAT.
BUT THE VACCINE THAT LOSES THE MOST EFFECTIVENESS ACROSS ALL
AGES IS JOHNSON & JOHNSON'S, WHICH IS WHY FOR PEOPLE WHO GOT
THE J&J VACCINE, SOME DOCTORS ARE ADVISING BOOSTERS ASAP.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS ONE SHOT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE
ONE SHOT COVERING EVERYTHING?
NO!
IT'S LIKE SHAMPOO-CONDITIONER-BODY WASH.
IT CAN'T POSSIBLY DO ALL THOSE THINGS IN ONE, AND NOW, NO
MATTER HOW MUCH I RINSE, I'M STILL SLIPPERY!
THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS: VACCINE MANDATES HAVE BEEN GOING INTO
EFFECT, AND THEY'RE WORKING.
IN HEALTHCARE, WHERE DEADLINES FOR GETTING VAXXED ARE COMING UP
SOON, MOST WORKERS ARE GETTING SHOTS, ESPECIALLY AT LARGE
HOSPITAL CHAINS.
SO YOU CAN FEEL SAFE AT ALL THE BIG-CHAIN HOSPITALS:
MC-SINAI'S, E-R-BY'S, AND THE CHEESECAKE SURGERY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
THE AIRLINE-- THE CH CHEESECAKE SURGERY.
I WOULD GO TO THAT.
THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS ALSO SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS.
UNITED SAYS THAT NEARLY ALL ITS WORKERS HAVE MET THE VACCINE
MANDATE DEADLINE.
WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
NOW FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WILL BE SAFE WHILE THEY DUCT TAPE
ANTI-MASK PROTESTORS TO THEIR CHAIRS.
( APPLAUSE ) OUT OF--
( APPLAUSE ) FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.
OUT OF UNITED'S 67,000 WORKERS, ONLY 593 COULD FACE TERMINATION
FOR REFUSING THE SHOTS.
BUT DON'T WORRY, ANTI-VAX UNITED EMPLOYEES.
YOU'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING WITH DELTA.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
IN SOME PLACES-- THANK YOU, JOE, THANK YOU.
DON'T HOLD BACK.
I VALUE YOUR HONESTY.
IN SOME PLACES, AS THE COVID SITUATION IMPROVES, LIFE IS
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL, LIKE FRANCE, WHERE THE TRADITIONAL
"LA BEEZ" GREETING-- A KISS ON EACH CHEEK-- IS SLOWLY MAKING A
COMEBACK.
ALSO MAKING A COMEBACK: PANICKED AMERICANS WHO DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY KISSES THIS IS GOING TO BE.
MANY KISSES TO DO: "HI, OKAY, OKAY, WHEN DO WE
STOP?
IS THIS A PART OF IT?
YET NEVER KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I THINK WE'RE GOING STEADY AT A CERTAIN POINT.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, THE KISSING THING WAS BANNED,
BUT NOW, WITH MORE THAN 70% OF THE FRENCH FULLY VAXXED, IT'S
BACK, AND PEOPLE ARE LOVING IT.
ACCORDING TO ONE FRENCH CIVIL SERVANT:
( FRENCH ACCENT ) "IT'S BEST TO BE VACCINATED AND
KISS EACH OTHER THAN NOT BE VACCINATED AND NOT KISS EACH
OTHER."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
MAN.
WOW.
( APPLAUSE ) EVEN FRENCH CIVIL SERVANTS CAN
MAKE THINGS SOUND SEXY.
( FRENCH ACCENT ) "PLEES FILL OUT ZEES FORMS IN
MENAGE A TRIPLICATE."
SPEAKING OF EUROPE, YESTERDAY, THE VATICAN ANNOUNCED IT WILL
MANDATE VACCINES FOR EMPLOYEES.
WELL, NO SURPRISE THEY'RE BEING STRICT.
THEIR BOSS WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO MANDATE CIRCUMCISIONS.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
AND THE VATICAN-- WOW, HUGE FANS OF CIRCUMCISION.
AND THE VATICAN WON'T BE ALLOWING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS.
OF COURSE NOT.
AS JESUS SAID, BLESSED ARE THE VACCINATED, FOR THEY MAY ATTEND
'THE LATE SHOW.'" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE ANITA HILL AND ALESSANDRO NIVOLA.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, WHICH CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS ARE THE
ENDORSE-MOST?
JOIN US.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN.
( APPLAUSE ) JN, GOT-- TWO FASCINATING
GUESTS THIS EVENING, JON.
ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE THE KIND OF GUESTS YOU DON'T SEE ALL THE
TIME IN LATE NIGHT.
TONIGHT WE HAVE ANITA HILL.
>> Jon: OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
HOW FAR THE COUNTRY HAS COME FROM HOW THEY APPROACHED HER
CASE TO HOW WE TALK ABOUT SUCH CASES NOW.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND WE HAVE THE STAR OF THE "THE MANY SAINTS OF
NEWARK," ALESSANDRO NIVOLA IS GOING TO BE HERE.
( APPLAUSE ) SCRR TALENTED, VERY PHYSICALLY
ATTRACTIVE, I MIGHT ADD.
STARS-- THEY'RE JUST LIKE US: THEY ENJOY MONEY-- WHICH IS WHY,
FOR AS LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN CELEBRITIES, THERE HAVE BEEN
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS, FROM BABE RUTH AND RED ROCK COLA, TO
GEORGE CLOONEY AND NESPRESSO, TO BOB DYLAN AND VICTORIA'S SECRET.
AND IF YOU THINK IT'S RANDOM TO HAVE BOB DYLAN SELLING PUSH-UP
BRAS, MAY I REMIND YOU-- HE'S OLD ENOUGH TO NEED ONE.
( LAUGHTER ) AND IF YOU THINK-- IF YOU
THINK-- IF YOU THINK STARS THAT YOU HIKE WOULD NEVER SELL OUT,
YOU'RE NUTS.
STARS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO CASH IN ON THEIR
CELEBRITY.
BUT THE QUESTION IS WHO DOES IT BEST?
LET'S FIND OUT IN MY NEW COMPETITIVE CELEBRITY
COLLABORATION SEGMENT, ( BEEPING )
"STEPHEN COLBERT: SELLING OUT" DELICIOUS!
>> Stephen: THE FIRST CONTESTANT IN THE CASH COW COUNTDOWN: POP
SENSATION AND ANGRY PISTACHIO, BILLIE EILISH.
EILISH IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HER MUSIC, BUT SHE'S RECENTLY
BRANCHED OUT INTO THE FIELD OF MAKING MONEY, BECAUSE "BILLIE
EILISH AND JORDAN BRAND HAVE A NEW AIR JORDAN 15
COLLABORATION."
SOUNDS LIKE AN UNLIKELY PAIRING, BUT I'M GUESSING THE MINUTE I
PUT THOSE SHOES ON, I COULD PLAY BASKETBALL AS WELL AS BILLIE
EILISH.
NOW, THE SHOES ARE NOT OUT YET, BUT WE HAVE A PIC OF THE
PROTOTYPES.
WOW!
SEE, WHAT THEY DID WAS TAKE YOUR GRANDMA'S ORTHOPEDICS, AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
IF YOU FIND THESE SHOES-- WHAT COLOR IS THAT?
I DEFY YOU TO SAY WHAT COLOR THAT IS.
IF YOU FIND THESE SHOES A LITTLE UNUSUAL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE
DESIGNER'S ACTUAL INSPIRATION FOR THE SHOE WAS THE X-15
FIGHTER JET.
OKAY, LET'S SEE THOSE SIDE BY SIDE.
WAIT!
WHICH IS THE SHOE AND WHICH IS THE JET-- IS WHAT I'D SAY IF I'D
NEVER SEEN A SHOE OR A JET.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY, LET'S MEET OUR NEXT
CASHING-IN CONTESTANT: ELECTROPOP GROUP AND YOUR
EX-GIRLFRIEND'S NEXT THREE BOYFRIENDS, SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA.
THIS TRIO OF BAD BOYS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW BRAND PARTNERSHIP WITH
AN EXCITING TEASER VIDEO.
SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS WHO THEIR PARTNER IS BEFORE THE BIG
REVEAL.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WOW!
WHAT?
I WOULD NEVER EXPECT THAT DEGREE OF RANDOMNESS FROM A FURNITURE
STORE THAT SELLS MEATBALLS.
( LAUGHTER ) VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE
COLLABORATION, OTHER THAN THAT IT WILL BE A LINE OF HOUSEWARES
"GEARED TOWARDS THE EVERYDAY MUSIC LISTENER: THOSE WHO SIMPLY
LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD KITCHEN DANCE SESSION."
BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS "EVERYDAY MUSIC LISTENER HAVING A GOOD
KITCHEN DANCE SESSION" THAN WHATEVER THAT WAS WE JUST
LISTENED TO.
"ALL RIGHT, HONEY, THE CHICKEN'S IN THE OVEN.
LET'S SAY WE CUT LOOSE?
I'LL-- I'LL JUST START ON THE SALAD!
I SAID, I'LL JUST START ON THE SALAD!"
( LAUGHTER ) AND OUR FINAL CONTESTANT: RAPPER
SAWEETIE, SEEN HERE SAYING, "WHAT CURTAINS?
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR MISSING CURTAINS."
WHO HAS SAWEETIE PARTNERED WITH?
BETTER QUESTION: WHO HASN'T SHE?
BECAUSE SAWEETIE AND HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH JUST LAUNCHED A
COLLABORATION WITH CROCS.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN ONE BRILLIANT AD EXES
HAD THE IDEA TO TAKE YOUR DAD'S FAVORITE SHOES AND YOUR DAD'S
FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING, AND MIX THEM WITH YOUR DAD'S FAVORITE
PERSON HE'S NEVER HEARD OF.
NOW, SAWEETIE ANNOUNCED THE PARTNERSHIP ON HER INSTAGRAM.
TAKE A LOOK.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: EVIDENTLY, HER MICROWAVE HAS BUTTONS FOR
POPCORN, DEFROST, AND "GODLESS ABOMINATION."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED-- >> Jon: AHEAD OF HIS TIME,
MAN.
>> Stephen: YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT THE SHOES ARE
COVERED IN SOME OF THOSE FUN CROC ORNAMENTS.
THAT'S BECAUSE EACH PAIR COMES WITH "NINE SPECIAL CHARMS MADE
IN THE LIKENESS OF EVERYTHING THAT PAIRS WELL WITH RANCH."
SO WHAT MADE THE CUT?
TOMATOES, FRIES, AND A BOTTLE OF RANCH.
( LAUGHTER ) I DO FIND THAT WHEN I'M EATING
RANCH, IF I ADD SOME RANCH, IT REALLY BRINGS OUT THE RANCH.
OKAY, IT'S TIME TO DECIDE WHO WON "SELLING OUT" THIS WEEK.
WHICH OF THESE CELEBS GOT THE BEST INTEGRITY-TO-MONEY EXCHANGE
RATE?
BILLIE EILISH AND HER EMOTIONALLY NEUTRAL BASKETBALL
SHOES?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA AND WHATEVER
THE HELL THEY'RE DOING?
OR SAWEETIE AND HER SALAD SAWANDLES?
TONIGHT'S WINNER IS...
BILLIE EILISH!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ANITA HILL.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A PROFESSOR OF
LAW AND GENDER STUDIES AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, AND A
LEADER IN THE FIGHT TO END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.
HER NEW BOOK IS "BELIEVING."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANITA HILL.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I WANT-- I WANT TO GET TO YOUR BOOK RIGHT HERE,
"BELIEVING" IN JUST ONE MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, I JUST FOUND OUT YOU'RE ONE OF 13 CHILDREN.
>> YES, YOUNGEST.
>> Stephen: I'M THE YOUNGEST OF 11.
>> REALLY.
WE COULD TRADE STORIES.
>> Stephen: WE COULD.
IT TAKES THAT LONG TO GET IT RIGHT SOMETIMES, DOESN'T IT?
>> I THINK SO.
>> Stephen: I LIKE TO DO THIS WITH PEOPLE AT BIG FAMILIES.
ARE YOU GOING SAYING THE NAMES TOP TO BOTTOM QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
>> I CAN.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WANT TO RACE.
I'LL LET YOU GET TWO NAMES OUT BEFORE I START.
I'LL SAY, ONE, TWO, THREE, GO, AND START TOP TO BOTTOM.
ONE, TWO, THREE, GO.
>> ARETHA, ALBERT -- JIMMY, EDDIE, MARY...
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> Stephen: SORRY, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CONTEST.
I APOLOGIZE.
YOU PRACTICED.
YOU HAVE PRACTICED.
>> Stephen: I PRACTICED MY ENTIRE LIFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE WHO IS ICONIC IN MORE MO
AMERICAN HISTORY.
I CERTAINLY REMEMBER LISTENING WITH RAPT ATTENTION TO ALL THOSE
HEARINGS.
THIS IS-- THIS IS, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO, YOUR TESTIMONY
AGAINST CLARENCE THOMAS, TRANSFORMED THE NATIONAL
CONVERSATION ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
DID YOU KNOW IN THIS MOMENT, DID YOU REALIZE IN THIS MOMENT THAT
YOUR LIFE WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IN FACT, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME AND KEEP
TEACHING LAW, COMMERCIAL LAW, AND CONTRACTS,S AND IT WOULD BE
FINE.
>> Stephen: AND YOU COULDN'T DO IT.
>> MY LIFE WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
IT WAS COMPLETELY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
IT WAS CHAOS AND TURMOIL AND THREATS, THREAT TO MY JOB AND,
YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE.
BUT, I HUNG IN THERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED ME HANG IN THERE WAS WHAT
I KEPT HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM A FORM
OF GENDER VIOLENCE, ONE OR THE OTHER, WHETHER IT WAS INCEST OR
BULLYING OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR RAPE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT-- ALL OF
THE ABOVE.
>> Stephen: AND YOUR TESTIMONY GAVE THEM HOPE OR COURAGE?
WHAT WOULD THEY SAY TO YOU?
>> I THINK MANY OF THEM, IT GAVE PEOPLE COURAGE, AND HOPE.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT REALLY HADN'T DAWNED ON ME WHAT MY
TESTIMONY MEANT UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, MAYBE ABOUT 10 YEARS
AGO NOW, I WAS SPEAKING AT A HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS A VOC-TECH SCHOOL, AND WE WERE ALL IN THE CAFETERIA.
AND THIS YOUNG MAN, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, STEPPED UP TO THIS OPEN
MIC THAT THEY'D SET UP, AND HE SAID TO ME, "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO
KNOW THAT YOU'VE CHANGED THE WORLD?"
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND I-- I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN
ANSWER.
BUT WHAT THAT DID FOR ME WAS TO MAKE ME ACT AS THOUGH I COULD
CHANGE THE WORLD.
I MEAN, THAT INSPIRED ME, BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT AGE TO
HAVE-- TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND I REALIZED IN A REAL WAY WHO I WAS CHANGING THE WORLD FOR, A
GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WILL INHERIT THE
PROBLEMS THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM MY GENERATION.
>> Stephen: BIDEN WAS-- WAS HE CHAIRMAN AT THE TIME OF
JUDICIARY?
>> HE WAS CHAIRING THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
>> Stephen: AND HE HAS SINCE POLICIED TO YOU.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: FOR YOUR TREATMENT AND THE WAY HE SPOKE ABOUT YOU
DURING THOSE HEARINGS.
YOU HAVE-- FIND SOME FAULT WITH HOW MUCH HE HAS RESPONDED TO THE
NEEDS OF WOMEN, ESPECIALLY GENDER VIOLENCE.
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO DO?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK HE NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IS PREVALENT.
IT IS PERSISTENT IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS.
AND THE NEXT GENERATION IS GOING TO INHERIT IT BECAUSE IT IS, IN
FACT, GOING ON IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW, AND
UNIVERSITIES AND TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE
I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEVEL OF THIS
PROBLEM AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM, NOT JUST TO THE
INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, BUT TO OUR COUNTRY AS
A WHOLE, AND HOW IT IS EATING AWAY, WITH OUR VALUES AND OUR
TRADITIONS OF EQUALITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND SO, AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT WOULD BE A START.
BUT THEN, OF COURSE,IMENT TO START BUILDING --
>> Stephen: TO GIVE HIM HIS DUE, HE DID CHAMPION THE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACT IN THE MID-90s.
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: IS THAT THE SORT OF THING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT?
>> IN FACT, HE DID CALL TO APOLOGIZE TO ME PERSONALLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T DO WAS TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT
1991 HEARING HAD REALLY TORN PEOPLE APART THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
AND SO, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
BUT THEN HE SAID THAT HE HAD GONE ON, HE'D WORKED AND BEEN A
SPONSOR, COSPONSOR OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACT.
HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WITH THE
CAMPUS CRUSAYS AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
AND WHAT I SAID AT THAT TIME IS, I SAID, "ALL OF THOSE THINGS
TOGETHER, INCLUDING 1991, REALLY POSITIONS HIM AS A LEADER,
SOMEONE WHO COULD REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HAS
AN INVESTMENT IN IT, AND WOULD ALLOW HIM TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR 1991 AND FOR REVERSING SOME OF THE DAMAGE.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE NEW BOOK IS CALLED-- THE FULL TITLE
"BELIEVING: OUR 30-YEAR JOURNEY TO END GENDER VIOLENCE."
GENDER VIOLENCE, ON ITS SURFACE, THE PHRASE IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM
IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT IN THE BROADER SENSE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> WELL, IN THE BROADER SENSE I MEAN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN ME HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND WHO THE VICTIMS
AND SURVIVORS SEE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SEXUAL
HARASSMENT FOR WHICH I WAS KNOWN, AND THE KIND OF BULLYING
THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED THAT.
I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM RAPE AND HAD THEIR
CLAIMS JUST DISMISSED, SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE THAT IS DIRECTED AT PEOPLE, LARGELY
BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER, BUT IN FACT, WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF IT,
THEY THINK ONLY OF WOMEN.
BUT I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT GENDER VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN.
ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS THAT I GOT THAT SORT OF CLUD ME IN TO
THE PROBLEM BEING BIGGER THAN SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND CERTAINLY
LARGER THAN ME, WAS FROM A MAN WHO HAD BEEN AN INCEST SURVIVOR.
AND WHAT HE DID WAS TO COMPARE HIS EXPERIENCE, WHEN HE TOLD HIS
PARENTS THAT HE HAD BEEN ABUSED BY A RELATIVE, WITH THE
QUESTIONING AND THE ATTITUDES OF THE SENATE MEMBERS.
AND SO I REALLY BEGAN TO SEE THAT IN FACT, IT NOT ONLY IS IT
BIGGER THAN ME, BUT ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE CONNECTED.
AND IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH ALL OF THEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE
THE WORLD SAFE FOR ANY OF US.
>> Stephen: WELL, MISHILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THE BOOK, "BELIEVING," IS AVAILABLE NOW.
ANITA HILL, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR-- HOME ON ONE SECOND,
MA'AM-- STAR OF THE "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," ALESSANDRO
NIVOLA.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HE'S GOT A SHOT AT TWO.
HE'S GOT A REAL SHOT AT IT.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
HEY, WELCOME BACK!
THERE YOU ARE!
FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "FACE/OFF,"
"AMERICAN HUSTLE," AND "DISOBEDIENCE."
HE NOW STARS IN "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK."
>> YEAH, WELL, THEY'RE HOT.
>> THEY FELL OFF THE TRUCK.
>> FAR OUT, MAN.
OH!
10-INCH WOOFERS.
>> I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
I CAN'T GET CAUGHT WITH THIS.
>> THIS ISN'T WHOLESALE.
>> YOU WANT TO BE A CIVILIAN, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M ALL FOR IT.
BUT PAY ATTENTION TO ME FOR OCE, OKAY.
YOU TAKE THE SPEAKERS, RIGHT?
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU PROMISE YOU SAY TO YOURSELF,s THIS IS
THE LAST TIME I'M EVER GOING TO STEAL SOMETHING.
AND YOU STICK TO IT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ALESSANDR
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
HAVE A SEAT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT YET, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY,
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TALKING.
NOW, YOU PLAY DICKIE MOLTISANTI, WHO IS REFERRED TO IN "THE
SOPRANOS" AS BEING TONY SOPRANO'S MENTOR, HIS UNCLE.
IS IT TRUE YOU HAD NEVER SEEN AN EPISODE OF "THE SOPRANOS" BEFORE
YOU AUDITIONED FOR THIS PART?
>> THIS HAS BECOME A BIG STORY.
>> Stephen: THAT IS-- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT IN ITALIAN.
>> LOOK, I HAD GROWN UP KNOWING THAT THIS WAS A SEMINOLE SHOW
AND IT USHERED IN THIS ERA OF CULTURAL RELEVANCE FOR
TELEVISION.
>> Stephen: THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION.
>> BUT I WAS AN OUT-OF-WORK ACTOR LIVING ON CHRISTOPHER
STREET, AND I DIDN'T HAVE CABLE.
SO I-- WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?
BUT I-- YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SENT ME THE SCENES TO AUDITION FOR
THE ROLE, I-- YOU KNOW, I TAKE THESE AUDITIONS VERY SERIOUSLY
THESE DAYS.
AND I-- ( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: JUST RECENTLY?
>> AT MY AGE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY.
THEY DON'T COME AROUND ALL THE TIME.
SO I BINGE WATCHED THE FIRST SEASON.
AND -- >> Stephen: PRETTY GOOD,
PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?
>> COME, ON IT'S-- IT'S LIFE CHANGING.
>> Stephen: HAVE THE SEEN "STAR WARS"?
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, TOO.
"MASH" WAS A GOOD SERIES, TOO.
>> "STAR WARS" WAS IN THEATERS WHEN I WAS A KID.
THAT'S HOW OLD I AM.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND.
>> SO I WATCHED IT AND LAID DOWN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY
BAD-ASS TAPE FOR DAVID CHASE.
AND THEN I INVITED ETHAN HAWKE OVER, MY FRIEND WHO LIVES DOWN
THE STREET, AND ASKED HIM TO TAKE A LOOK.
AND HE WATCHED IT, AND HE SAID, "WOW, THAT'S-- YEAH, THAT'S
GOOD."
( LAUGHTER ) "YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET IT."
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHY?
>> BECAUSE I HAD SHOP HIM EVERY OTHER TAPE THAT I'D DONE, AND I
NEVER GOT THOSE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
BUT STICK AROUND, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE ALESSANDRO
NIVOLA.
>> Stephen: HEY, HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK,"
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA.
ALESANDRO, THE CREATOR OF "THE SOPRANOS," DID HE GIVE YOU
ADVICE ON HOW TO PLAY DICKIE?
>> WELL -- >> Stephen: BACK STORY?
>> HE'S-- HE'S-- HE'S NOT THE MOST FORTHCOMING MAN.
HE KEEPS HIS CARDS CLOSE TO HIS CHEST.
BUT HE DID GIVE ME A LITTLE WORD OF ADVICE, WHICH WAS "DON'T PAY
ATTENTION TO ANYTHING THAT ANYONE SAID ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER
ON THE SERIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL LIARS.
THE ( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WOW!
THAT'S GREAT.
>> THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: RAY LIOTTA PLAYS YOUR FATHER IN THE FILM.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE PLAYING ESSENTIALLY GANGSTER SCENES
AGAINST ONE OF THE "GOODFELLAS."
>> RAY WAS ONE OF MY IDOLS GROWING UP, AND I-- I ACTUALLY
FELT THERE WAS A LOT OF SIMILARITY BETWEEN HENRY HILL,
HIS CHARACTER IN "GOODFELLAS" AND THE CHARACTER I WAS PLAYING,
AND THEY BOTH ARE KIND OF CONFUSED BY THEIR OWN VIOLENCE
AND, YOU KNOW, THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
SO I-- I HAD WATCHED THAT MOVIE 100 TIMES BEFORE WE STARTED
FILMING, AND I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT COMING TO DO SCENES WITH HIM.
AND THE FIRST-- ONE OF THE FIRST SCENES THAT WE HAD TO SHOOT WAS,
LIKE, A VERY VIOLENT FIGHT THAT WE GET INTO IN A CAR.
AND IT'S CLOSE QUARTERS, AND WE WERE-- WE WERE-- IT WASN'T ONE
OF THOSE SCENES THAT WAS HIGHLY CHOREOGRAPHED, WHERE, YOU KNOW,
POW, YOU HIT HIM, AND YOUR HEAD GOES THAT WAY, AND THEN HE HITS
YOU THAT WAY.
IT WAS MESSY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, HANDS AND FACES AND KNOW--
>> Stephen: AGAIN-- >> FINGERS UP NOSE.
ME AND MY DAD.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> FAMILIAR STUFF.
YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
>> Stephen: 100%.
>> AND WE'D BEEN SHOOTING THIS FOR HOURS AND HOURS, AND WE GOT
TO ABOUT 5:00 A.M., WE WERE ALL EXHAUSTED, AND BY TOTAL
ACCIDENT, I TAGGED HIM IN THE JAW.
AND I-- AND IMMEDIATELY, I WAS LIKE, "OH, NO!
OH, NO!
I JUST TAGGED MY IDOL."
AND I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT JUST-- JUST, LIKE, HATING
MYSELF.
AND I LAY IN BED, AND I STARED AT THE CEILING ALL NIGHT.
I COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP.
AND I FINALLY DRIFTED OFF, AND THE PHONE RANG.
AND IT'S RAY.
AND HE SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOT HIS MOUTH FULL OF COTTON OR
SOMETHING.
( LAUGHTER ) AND HE'S LIKE, "UH, HEY, IT'S
RAY.
I'M-- I'M IN A HOSPITAL ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE.
YOU BROKE MY JAW."
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> AND I'M LIKE...
WHAT?
LIKE, I MEAN, I-- I MEAN, I'M SO SORRY THAT I HIT YOU, BUT, LIKE,
I DIDN'T HIT YOU THAT HARD."
AND HE'S LIKE, "NO, NO, LISTEN I TONIGHT WANT YOU TO WORRY ABOUT
IT.
THEY GOT GREAT PILLS HERE."
AND I'M LIKE-- AND I'M LIKE, MY HEART RATE'S GOING UP AND UP AND
UP.
AND HE'S LIKE, "LISTEN, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
THESE THINGS HAPPEN."
AND I'M THINKING THIS IS MY FIRST BIG BREAK.
I'M LIKE ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S MY BIG BREAK AS AN
ACTOR, AND I'VE JUST BROKEN THE JAW OF MY COSTAR, THEY'RE GOING
TO FIRE ME.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> THE MOVIE'S OVER.
HE'S LIKE, "IT'S ALL GOING TO BE FINE.
I'M ONLY GOING TO BE OUT TWO WEEKS.
THEY WIDER MY JAW SHUT."
AND BY THIS TIME I'M IN FULL-BLOWN PANIC ATTACK
( LAUGHING ) "I GOT YOU!"
HE'S DOING, LIKE -- >> Stephen: THEN YOU WANT TO
PUNCH HIM.
THEN YOU WANT TO REALLY POP HIM.
>> HE'S DOING THE "GOODFELLAS" LAUGH.
>> Stephen: IS THIS TRUE?
I HEARD THAT YOU WERE THE LEAD IN 12 MOVIES, 12 MOVIES, THAT
WERE NEVER RELEASED.
>> UHKNOW-- BY THE WAY, THESE WERE NOT, LIKE, CANDY-CAM, HOME
MOVIE S.
>> Stephen: THESE WERE NOT HOME MOVIES.
>> THIS WAS LIKE CHRIS WALKEN-- "FIVE DOLLARS A DAY," CHRIS
WALKEN.
>> Stephen: NEVER RELEASED.
>> NEVER RELEASED.
RACHEL WEIS AND I STARRED IN A MOVIE CALLEDIMENT" YOU."
I'M SURE YOU HAVE HEARD OF IT.
ONE MOVIE WAS "1% MORE HUMAN" WITH JUNEAU TEMPLE, ANOTHER
GREAT ACTRESS ON "TED LASSO."
I WON BEST ACTOR AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL FOR THIS MOVIE,
NEVER GOT RELEASED.
( APPLAUSE ) YEAH, LET'S CLAP TO THAT!
LET'S CLAP TO THAT!
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A VERY ITALIAN-SOUNDED NAME, ALESSANDRO
NIVOLA.
NIVOLA IS A HAZEL NUT COOKIE, ISN'T IT?
LIKE A SHOT OF AN ESPRESSO AND THE NIVOLA ON THE SIDE?
>> IT'S ONE OF THE MANY INTERPRETATIONS PEOPLE COME UP
WITH.
>> Stephen: HAS IT BEEN A BIT OF A HINDRANCE.
HAS EVERYBODY CAST YOU AS AN, ITALIAN?
>> THIS IS THE FIRST ITALIAN ROLE I HAD.
>> Stephen: NO ONE THOUGHT TO CAST YOU AS AN ITALIAN.
>> I DID A LOT OF ENGLISH PARTS IN THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO MAKE OF MY CAREER.
I PLAYED SO MUCH DIFFERENT PARTS-- NICOLAS CAGE, WHEN I DID
"FACE/OFF," HE TOOK ME ASIDE ONE NIGHT-- WE GOT TO BE PRETTY
CLOSE FRIENDS FOR A WHILE.
WE WERE DRIVING MOTORCYCLES AROUND HAWAII.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> AND I'M REMEMBERING THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
AND HE WAS SITTING DOWN IN THE BASEMENT WITH ME ONE NIGHT, WE
WERE DRINKING WINE.
AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT MY CAREER, WHICH LIKE, YOU KNOW,.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> SOMETIMES I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, ALESANDRO, WHO DO YOU WANT TO
BE, MAN?
IAND I'M LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW, ANYBODY EXCEPT MYSELF; SOMEBODY
ELSE."
"WELL, YOU GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT."
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: HAS HE FIGURED IT OUT.
>> I OBVIOUSLY NEVER DID.
>> Stephen: HAS HE FIGURED IT OUT.
>> NO, HE'S NIC, MAN, THERE'S NO MISTAKING HIM.
>> Stephen: I'M GOING TO WATCH THAT MOVIE AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
FIRST I'M GOING TO WATCH "THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK," WHICH IS
IN THEATERS AND STREAMING ON HBOMAX ON FRIDAY.
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA, EVERYBODY.
ALESANDRO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY.
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE JOHN LITHGOW.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOOD NIGHT.
WELCOME BACK.
HELLO, JON.
WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE?
IS HE OKAY?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOVE PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE WITH YOU, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE.
>> Jon: HMMM...
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I JUST LEARNED.
>> Jon: JUST NOW WITH JOE?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> Jon: OH, WOW, I SEE.
>> Stephen: I LEARNED IT BEFORE, BUT THIS REALLY BRINGS
IT HOME.