1 00:00:02,902 --> 00:00:04,938 >> IMAGINE GETTING 4,000 PHONE CALLS A DAY. 2 00:00:05,004 --> 00:00:06,806 A MAN IN SOUTH KOREA SAYS IT'S HAPPENING TO HIM, AND HE BLAMES 3 00:00:06,873 --> 00:00:09,142 THE NEW NETFLIX SHOW "SQUID GAME." 4 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:10,343 THE MAN'S TELEPHONE NUMBER WAS APPARENTLY USED IN ONE OF THE 5 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:11,711 SCENES. 6 00:00:11,778 --> 00:00:13,713 HE SAYS HE CAN'T CHANGE HIS NUMBER, IT'S LINKED TO HIS 7 00:00:13,780 --> 00:00:17,117 BUSINESS AND HE'S BEEN USING IT FOR TEN YEARS. 8 00:00:17,183 --> 00:00:21,554 WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE NUMBER BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO 9 00:00:21,621 --> 00:00:22,589 CONTRIBUTE. 10 00:00:22,655 --> 00:00:23,923 >> WHOA, I WOULD BE REALLY ANGRY IF THAT HAPPENED. 11 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:15,942 ( SINGING ) >> Announcer: IT'S THE "LATE 12 00:01:16,009 --> 00:01:19,946 SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 13 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:22,882 TONIGHT, DEATH ZONE, FOLKS. 14 00:01:22,949 --> 00:01:31,491 TONIGHT STEPHEN WELCOMES DR. SANJAY GUPTA AND DENIS 15 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:36,663 VILENEUVE, FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 16 00:01:36,729 --> 00:01:42,969 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 17 00:01:43,036 --> 00:01:47,774 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 18 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:53,580 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) 19 00:01:53,646 --> 00:01:54,948 >> Stephen: FANTASTIC! 20 00:01:55,014 --> 00:01:55,815 HEY! 21 00:01:55,882 --> 00:02:01,821 I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE! 22 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:03,890 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HELLO. 23 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:12,665 HEY, EVERYBODY! 24 00:02:12,732 --> 00:02:13,199 PLEASE! 25 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:14,667 WON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT? 26 00:02:14,734 --> 00:02:18,972 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME -- WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." 27 00:02:19,038 --> 00:02:22,108 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT AND -- 28 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:25,745 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) -- FOLKS, I'M SO HAPPY TO START 29 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:29,415 OFF WITH SOME GOOD NEWS! 30 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:35,388 WE'VE AVERTED CATASTROPHE BECAUSE EARLIER TODAY SENATE 31 00:02:35,455 --> 00:02:38,892 LEADERS AGREED TO A SHORT-TERM DEBT CEILING INCREASE! 32 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:41,060 WHOOOOOO! 33 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:42,161 RAISE THE FINANCIAL ROOF! 34 00:02:42,228 --> 00:02:43,196 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THIS MEANS AMERICA WILL REMAIN 35 00:02:43,263 --> 00:02:45,832 SOLVENT AND FREE FROM FINANCIAL CALAMITY, UNTIL... 36 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:47,500 DECEMBER 3. 37 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:48,968 ( LAUGHTER ) WHICH THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IS DOING 38 00:02:49,035 --> 00:02:56,342 LITTLE MORE THAN KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. 39 00:02:56,409 --> 00:02:57,844 THE U.S. SENATE IS SO OLD, THEY THINK "KICK THE CAN" IS THE HOT 40 00:02:57,911 --> 00:03:01,281 CHRISTMAS TOY THIS YEAR. 41 00:03:01,347 --> 00:03:02,582 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT, AND "HOOP AND STICK." 42 00:03:02,649 --> 00:03:05,985 BUT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS REASSURED AMERICA, SAYING, 43 00:03:06,052 --> 00:03:08,321 "AROUND HERE, TWO MONTHS IS A LIFETIME." 44 00:03:08,388 --> 00:03:10,924 (AS BERNIE) "WO MONTHS IS A LIFETIME. 45 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:13,860 WE'RE LETTING THE DAYS GO BY LET THE WATER HOLD ME DOWN 46 00:03:13,927 --> 00:03:18,698 LETTING THE DAYS GO BY WATER FLOWING UNDERGROUND. 47 00:03:18,765 --> 00:03:22,702 INTO THE BLUE AGAIN AFTER THE MONEY'S GONE 48 00:03:22,769 --> 00:03:25,972 TWO MONTHS IS A LIFETIME SAME AS IT EVER WAS 49 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:34,647 SAME AS IT EVER WAS." 50 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:41,688 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WAS... 51 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:42,722 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE ALMOST DIDN'T HAVE A 52 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:43,856 GOVERNMENT TO SAVE, THANKS TO FORMER PRESIDENT THE 53 00:03:43,923 --> 00:03:46,492 BIG LIE-BOWSKI. 54 00:03:46,559 --> 00:03:48,027 ( LAUGHTER ) TODAY, THE SENATE JUDICIARY 55 00:03:48,094 --> 00:03:49,862 COMMITTEE RELEASED A NEW REPORT, CALLED "SUBVERTING JUSTICE: HOW 56 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:54,701 THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES PRESSURED D.O.J. TO 57 00:03:54,767 --> 00:03:57,136 OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION." 58 00:03:57,203 --> 00:04:00,373 SO FAR, I'VE ONLY READ THE TITLE PAGE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE ABOUT 59 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,709 HOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS ALLIES PRESSURED D.O.J. TO 60 00:04:02,775 --> 00:04:06,713 OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION. 61 00:04:06,779 --> 00:04:12,919 ONE DETAIL THAT I DO KNOW IS THAT AIDES, LIKE CHIEF OF STAFF 62 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:14,754 MARK MEADOWS, WERE PUSHING THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MEET 63 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:18,691 WITH RUDY GIULIANI. 64 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:21,461 IT'S A TOUGH SELL. 65 00:04:21,527 --> 00:04:24,063 "I'VE SCHEDULED YOU FOR A HIGH-LEVEL LEGAL BRIEFING. 66 00:04:24,130 --> 00:04:26,699 IT'S NEXT TO THE DUMPSTER BEHIND THE DISCOUNT DILDO SHOP. 67 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:31,304 LOOK FOR THE GUY WITH THE LEAKY SKULL. 68 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:39,812 HE'S THE GUY I WANT YOU TO MEET MEET." 69 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:42,715 BUT 45 WASN'T GETTING ANY COOPERATION FROM ACTING 70 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:46,686 ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE OLD MAN UNDERNEATH THE MASK IN EVERY 71 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:51,958 EPISODE OF "SCOOBY DOO," JEFFREY ROSEN. 72 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:54,694 ( LAUGHTER ) SO, THE FORMER PRESIDENT HATCHED 73 00:04:54,761 --> 00:04:58,698 A PLAN TO REPLACE ROSEN WITH HIS OWN TOADIE, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 74 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:02,702 ATTORNEY AND BLOB OF SILLY PUTTY PRESSED UP AGAINST THE FACE OF A 75 00:05:02,769 --> 00:05:04,904 MAN, JEFFREY CLARK. 76 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:08,007 ROSEN TOLD THE FORMER PRESIDENT THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAD 77 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:12,245 INVESTIGATED THE ELECTION AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FRAUD. 78 00:05:12,311 --> 00:05:15,415 BUT CLARK REACHED A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION, BECAUSE, AS HE SAID, 79 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:20,520 HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME READING ON THE INTERNET. 80 00:05:20,586 --> 00:05:23,089 ( LAUGHTER ) TURNS OUT, AND I DID NOT KNOW 81 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:28,461 THIS, MISSING BALLOTS ARE THE ONE WEIRD TRICK TO CURE BELLY 82 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:29,262 FAT. 83 00:05:29,328 --> 00:05:30,430 ( LAUGHTER ) CLARK TOLD ROSEN THAT HE 84 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:33,099 CONVINCED THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO FIRE ROSEN SO CLARK COULD 85 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,967 TAKE HIS PLACE. 86 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:35,802 AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL. 87 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:37,103 BUT ROSEN SAID, "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU." 88 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:41,107 SO, ON JANUARY 3, CLARK AND ROSEN WENT TO THE OVAL OFFICE 89 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:42,375 FOR A MEETING. 90 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:45,111 THE FORMER PRESIDENT BEGAN THAT MEETING WITH THIS SNIDE COMMENT: 91 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,613 "ONE THING WE KNOW IS YOU, ROSEN, AREN'T GOING TO DO 92 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,184 ANYTHING TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION." 93 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:56,089 THAT WAS HIS IDEA OF A NEGATIVE EMPLOYEE REVIEW. 94 00:05:56,155 --> 00:05:57,256 ( LAUGHTER ) (AS BOSS REVIEWING) 95 00:05:57,323 --> 00:05:58,591 "CHAD, I'VE GOT TO SAY, YOUR QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE STELLAR, 96 00:05:58,658 --> 00:06:01,094 BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE A GOOD FIT FOR OUR COMPANY, 97 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,398 BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO DISMEMBER MY ENEMIES." 98 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:09,102 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT ROSEN HAD AN ACE IN THE 99 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:15,742 HOLE-- IF HE WAS FIRED, THE D.O.J.'S LEADERS HAD ALL AGREED 100 00:06:15,808 --> 00:06:17,443 TO RESIGN, LEADING THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO CONCLUDE THAT ANY 101 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:21,114 ATTENTION ON HIS BASELESS CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD WOULD BE ECLIPSED 102 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:25,918 BY A FUROR OVER MASS RESIGNATIONS AT THE TOP OF THE 103 00:06:25,985 --> 00:06:29,122 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. 104 00:06:29,188 --> 00:06:30,757 SO HE WORRIED ONE AWFUL THING WOULD BE OVERSHADOWED BY ANOTHER 105 00:06:30,823 --> 00:06:33,926 AWFUL THING. 106 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:36,829 JUST LIKE DON JR AND ERIC. 107 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:41,534 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 108 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:44,203 LONG WALK. 109 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:48,374 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Jon: A LONG WALK. 110 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:49,942 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OVER IN THE HOUSE 111 00:06:50,009 --> 00:06:51,844 OF REPRESENTATIVES, THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION 112 00:06:51,911 --> 00:06:58,951 INTO THE ELECTION-STEALING PLANS OF LARDO CALTREASIAN. 113 00:06:59,018 --> 00:07:02,088 THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THE CAPITOL RIOT, AND WHO ON THE 114 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:03,890 INSIDE KNEW ABOUT IT. 115 00:07:03,956 --> 00:07:06,159 BUT THEY'RE HITTING A SNAG, BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S 116 00:07:06,225 --> 00:07:10,163 AIDES ARE TRYING TO DODGE JANUARY 6 SUBPOENAS. 117 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:13,332 AND THEY'RE HAVING REAL TROUBLE WITH ONE GUY IN PARTICULAR-- 118 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:18,171 FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF DAN SCAVINO, SEEN HERE 119 00:07:18,237 --> 00:07:22,175 BEING GUILTY. 120 00:07:22,241 --> 00:07:25,344 ( LAUGHTER ) SO FAR, THEY'VE BEEN UNABLE TO 121 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:30,183 PHYSICALLY SERVE THE SUBPOENA TO SCAVINO, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T 122 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:31,350 FIND HIM. 123 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:37,223 HAS ANYONE TRIED LOOKING IN HERE? 124 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:40,927 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 125 00:07:40,993 --> 00:07:41,894 WHAT? 126 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:42,829 WHAT? 127 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:45,865 ( PIANO RIFF ) IT'S A LOGICAL PLACE TO LOOK! 128 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:49,869 THEY ALL SPEND A LOT OF TIME UP THERE, AND IT'S MORE SPACIOUS 129 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:55,341 THAN IS A DAM'S SPIDER HOLE. 130 00:07:55,408 --> 00:07:56,876 REPUBLICANS ARE EVEN UNDERMINING THE ELECTION OF OTHER 131 00:07:56,943 --> 00:07:57,844 REPUBLICANS. 132 00:07:57,910 --> 00:07:59,478 CASE IN POINT: THIS WEEK, IDAHO'S GOVERNOR LEFT 133 00:07:59,545 --> 00:08:01,881 THE STATE, SO HIS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TOOK POWER AND BANNED 134 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:05,518 STATE VACCINE MANDATES. 135 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:06,652 IDAHO, THAT'S NOT HOW A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS SUPPOSED 136 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:09,388 TO TAKE OVER! 137 00:08:09,455 --> 00:08:12,725 NEW YORKERS KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WAIT PATIENTLY UNTIL YOUR 138 00:08:12,792 --> 00:08:16,762 BOSS IS ACCUSED OF DECADES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, BLAMES IT ON 139 00:08:16,829 --> 00:08:18,464 BEING ITALIAN, AND THEN RESIGNS, JUST IN TIME TO RUN AGAIN, 140 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:22,668 ANYWAY. 141 00:08:22,735 --> 00:08:31,344 LA( APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 142 00:08:31,410 --> 00:08:34,180 SEE, THERE WAS A MEETING OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS IN TEXAS, 143 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:40,920 ATTENDED BY IDAHO GOVERNOR AND THE STUD MUFFIN OF 144 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:42,154 FARMERSONLY.COM, BRAD LITTLE. 145 00:08:42,221 --> 00:08:45,591 WHILE HE WAS OUT OF STATE POWER WAS SEIZED BY LIEUTENANT 146 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:49,328 GOVERNOR AND WOMAN WHO SWEARS TO TELL THE TOOTH, THE WHOLE TOOTH, 147 00:08:49,395 --> 00:08:54,166 AND NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH, JANICE MCGEAHIN. 148 00:08:54,233 --> 00:08:56,736 MCGEAHIN WAS ABLE TO ASSUME TEMPORARY POWER BECAUSE IDAHO'S 149 00:08:56,802 --> 00:08:58,371 CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO TAKE OVER 150 00:08:58,437 --> 00:09:01,307 WHEN THE GOVERNOR IS OUT OF STATE. 151 00:09:01,374 --> 00:09:06,178 AND IF BOTH OF THEM ARE OUT OF STATE, POWER PASSES TO A POTATO 152 00:09:06,245 --> 00:09:08,481 WITH GOOGLY EYES. 153 00:09:08,547 --> 00:09:09,916 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 154 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:13,319 >> Stephen: SURE, FRONTRUNNER. 155 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:16,088 2024. 156 00:09:16,155 --> 00:09:17,023 POTATO. 157 00:09:17,089 --> 00:09:19,325 MCGEAHIN INSISTED SHE WAS JUST DOING HER JOB. 158 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:22,662 >> WE ARE THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, THAT IF 159 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:26,165 ANYTIME THE GOVERNOR LEAVES THE STATE, OR GOD FORBID, SOMETHING 160 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:31,337 WERE TO HAPPEN TO THE GOVERNOR-- AND WE PRAY FOR HIS SAFETY AND 161 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:37,343 WELL-BEING EVERY DAY-- THAT I NEED, I WOULD BE THE COMMANDER 162 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:44,450 OF THE STATE. 163 00:09:44,517 --> 00:09:45,584 >> STEPHEN: JANICE? 164 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:47,954 NO ONE ASKED YOU WHETHER YOU WERE PRAYING FOR HIS SAFETY. 165 00:09:48,020 --> 00:09:50,156 "I PRAY FOR HIS BRAKE CABLES EVERY DAY, BECAUSE, LORD KNOWS 166 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:54,226 HOW, MY BOLT CUTTERS END UP UNDER HIS CAR. 167 00:09:54,293 --> 00:10:00,032 EVERY DAY." 168 00:10:00,099 --> 00:10:01,334 NOW, IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THESE TWO REPUBLICANS ARE 169 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,501 FEUDING? 170 00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:05,137 IN IDAHO, THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DON'T RUN ON 171 00:10:05,204 --> 00:10:07,340 THE SAME TICKET, AND IN THE NEXT ELECTION, MCGEAHIN IS RUNNING 172 00:10:07,406 --> 00:10:08,541 FOR GOVERNOR. 173 00:10:08,607 --> 00:10:11,410 SHE'S GUNNIN' FOR HER BOSS'S JOB! 174 00:10:11,477 --> 00:10:14,213 THAT'S LIKE A BABYSITTER WATCHING THE PARENTS DRIVE OFF, 175 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:22,188 AND GOING, "KIDS, CALL ME MOMMY." 176 00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:27,760 SPEAKING OF IDAHO, CANADA! 177 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:31,864 ARE THERE ANY BELIEBERS HERE TONIGHT? 178 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:34,166 ( CHEERING ) I'M A HUGE JUSTIN-HEAD MYSELF, 179 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:38,170 EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SHOW FIVE YEARS AGO, 180 00:10:38,237 --> 00:10:41,240 AND CANCELLED, AND HAS NEVER COME BACK. 181 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:42,441 CLAIMED HE WAS SICK, AND WAS PHOTOGRAPHED THE NEXT DAY 182 00:10:42,508 --> 00:10:45,277 SKATEBOARDING. 183 00:10:45,344 --> 00:10:46,178 I DON'T KNOW. 184 00:10:46,245 --> 00:10:49,315 I ASSUME HE HAD SKATEBOARD FEVER. 185 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:51,984 ANYWAY, BIG FAN. 186 00:10:52,051 --> 00:10:54,153 ( LAUGHTER ) WHICH IS WHY I'M SO EXCITED 187 00:10:54,220 --> 00:10:55,855 THAT HE JUST DROPPED A TEASER FOR HIS NEW MUSIC VIDEO, THAT 188 00:10:55,921 --> 00:10:57,957 HAS A SURPRISING GUEST STAR. 189 00:10:58,024 --> 00:10:58,691 SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT HER. 190 00:10:58,758 --> 00:11:06,165 HERE'S A HINT: IT'S DIANE KEATON. 191 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:18,177 ♪♪ ♪♪ 192 00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:23,416 ♪♪ ♪♪ 193 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:25,317 >> STEPHEN: YES. 194 00:11:25,384 --> 00:11:26,419 DIANE KEATON. 195 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:30,456 AND BASED ON THAT CLIP, SHE EITHER PLAYS BIEBER'S LOVE 196 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:34,160 INTEREST, HIS MOM, OR "DIANE KEATON WHO WANDERED ONTO THE SET 197 00:11:34,226 --> 00:11:38,164 OF A JUSTIN BIEBER VIDEO." 198 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:40,499 HARD TO TELL. 199 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:42,735 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) DON'T KNOW. 200 00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:43,135 DO YOU KNOW? 201 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:44,236 I DON'T KNOW. 202 00:11:44,303 --> 00:11:46,172 I'M A HUGE FAN. 203 00:11:46,238 --> 00:11:48,374 LOVE DIANE KEATON. 204 00:11:48,441 --> 00:11:49,742 THE VIDEO IS FOR THE BIEBS' NEW SONG, "GHOST," AND 205 00:11:49,809 --> 00:11:53,979 APPARENTLY, KEATON'S APPEARANCE IN THE VIDEO HAS LEFT JUSTIN 206 00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:54,847 BIEBER FANS "CONFUSED." 207 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:57,817 ( LAUGHTER ) THEN THEY'RE NOT REAL FANS! 208 00:11:57,883 --> 00:12:03,923 TRUE BELIEBERS KNOW THAT DIANE KEATON HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN ALL 209 00:12:03,989 --> 00:12:08,294 WHO COULD FORGET THIS CLASSIC? 210 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,762 ♪ AND IT WAS LIKE BABY, BABY, BABY, OHHH 211 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:13,132 LIKE, BABY, BABY, BABY, NO LIKE... 212 00:12:13,199 --> 00:12:14,934 >> LA-DI-DA, LA-DI-DA, LA-LA, YEAH 213 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,102 >> STEPHEN: REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T THE ACTUAL MUSIC VIDEO. 214 00:12:16,168 --> 00:12:20,940 THIS IS JUST THE TRAILER FOR THE MUSIC VIDEO. 215 00:12:21,006 --> 00:12:22,074 WHICH IS A GROWING TREND. 216 00:12:22,141 --> 00:12:23,876 RECENTLY, ADELE DROPPED A 20-SECOND TRAILER FOR HER NEW 217 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:27,913 SONG, AND THE JONAS BROTHERS PREVIEWED THEIR NEW SINGLE WITH 218 00:12:27,980 --> 00:12:32,651 AN EIGHT-SECOND CLIP ON INSTAGRAM. 219 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:37,957 BUT MUSIC VIDEOS ARE REALLY ADS FOR WHOLE ALBUMS. 220 00:12:38,023 --> 00:12:39,391 NOW THERE ARE TEASERS FOR THE ADS? 221 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:43,262 THIS WHOLE THING SEEMS RIDICULOUS. 222 00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,965 >> JON: YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT, STEPHEN! 223 00:12:46,031 --> 00:12:47,967 >> STEPHEN: JON, YOU AGREE WITH ME? 224 00:12:48,033 --> 00:12:49,101 >> JON: I DO. 225 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:50,803 PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE WATCHING TEASERS FOR MUSIC VIDEOS... 226 00:12:50,870 --> 00:12:55,474 UNTIL THEY SEE THE TRAILER FOR THE TEASER! 227 00:12:55,541 --> 00:12:56,809 ( LAUGHTER ) CHECK OUT MY WORLD PREMIERE 228 00:12:56,876 --> 00:13:00,779 TRAILER FOR THE TEASER FOR THE MUSIC VIDEO OF MY NEW SONG! 229 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:10,990 (PIANO NOTE SUSTAINED) ( APPLAUSE ) 230 00:13:11,056 --> 00:13:12,758 >> Stephen: WOW. 231 00:13:12,825 --> 00:13:14,860 WOW. 232 00:13:14,927 --> 00:13:15,294 BEAUTIFUL. 233 00:13:15,361 --> 00:13:16,362 YOU TOUCHED ME. 234 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:17,463 YOU TOUCHED ME. 235 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:18,731 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT 236 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:19,832 I CAN HERE, YOU KNOW? 237 00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:24,570 >> Stephen: NOT ONLY IS THAT BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT REVEALS 238 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:25,337 NOTHING. 239 00:13:25,404 --> 00:13:25,871 I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE NEW SONG. 240 00:13:25,938 --> 00:13:26,572 WHEN DOES IT COME OUT? 241 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:27,339 >> JON: I DON'T KNOW. 242 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:28,107 I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IT YET. 243 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:30,709 >> STEPHEN: JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY! 244 00:13:30,776 --> 00:13:32,945 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 245 00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:34,079 MY GUESTS ARE DR. SANJAY GUPTA AND "DUNE" DIRECTOR DENIS 246 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:37,950 VILLENEUVE. 247 00:13:38,017 --> 00:13:41,887 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!" 248 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:42,955 AND DIANE KEATON. 249 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:26,999 >> Stephen: JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN," EVERYBODY! 250 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:28,100 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LOOK AT THAT. 251 00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:32,938 LOOK AT THAT. 252 00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:35,307 SPEND A LOT OF TIME OVER THERE, CAREFULLY 253 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:38,944 STUDYING THE LATEST, NEWSIEST CLINICAL STUDIES, PRACTICING AND 254 00:14:39,011 --> 00:14:40,679 TRAINING UNDER THE BEST, MOST TOPICAL DOCTORS, CAREFULLY 255 00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:45,951 STERILIZING ALL MY EQUIPMENT, AND ASSEMBLING THE WORLD'S BEST 256 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:49,955 SURGICAL TEAM TO PERFORM THE DAZZLINGLY COMPLEX AND 257 00:14:50,022 --> 00:14:50,956 GROUNDBREAKING THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTION REPAIR THAT IS MY 258 00:14:51,023 --> 00:14:53,559 MONOLOGUE. 259 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:56,795 BUT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I GET KICKED OFF MY HEALTH CARE 260 00:14:56,862 --> 00:14:59,598 PLAN FOR LISTING MY DOG BENNY AS MY GASTROENTEROLOGIST, SO I 261 00:14:59,665 --> 00:15:03,902 STIPPLE SOME INCISION MARKS ON MY ABDOMEN WITH A DRIED-OUT 262 00:15:03,969 --> 00:15:07,106 SHARPIE, SLAM A COUPLE RED BULLS IN FRONT OF A SHATTERED MIRROR, 263 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:09,908 AND FISH A RUSTY BONING KNIFE OUT OF A STOLEN CRAB BOAT TO 264 00:15:09,975 --> 00:15:13,912 PERFORM THE EXPLORATORY HOBO APPENDECTOMY OF NEWS THAT IS MY 265 00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:19,485 SEGMENT: "MEANWHILE!" 266 00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:21,954 ♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 267 00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:24,590 >> Jon: YEAH, YEAH, GET IT! 268 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:28,727 >> Stephen: GET IT! 269 00:15:28,794 --> 00:15:34,933 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MEANWHILE, GEORGE CLOONEY WON'T 270 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,737 LET HIS WIFE WATCH "BATMAN AND ROBIN." 271 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:42,274 SAID AMAL CLOONEY, "YEP, THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. 272 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:46,211 GOSH DARN IT, GEORGE JUST WON'T LET ME." 273 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:48,514 CLOONEY HAS A SPECIFIC REASON FOR THE RULE: "HE WANTS HER TO 274 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:51,250 HAVE SOME 'RESPECT' FOR HIM." 275 00:15:51,317 --> 00:15:52,818 ( LAUGHTER ) OH, COME ON, GEORGE. 276 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:58,357 I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, BUT THE MOVIE CAN'T BE THAT BAD. 277 00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:00,626 >> YOU TAKE THE ICE, I'LL TAKE THE ICEMAN. 278 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:05,698 >> STEPHEN: YEAH, AMAL SHOULD NOT SEE IT. 279 00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:12,438 AMAL IS A HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY, AND THAT IS A WAR CRIME. 280 00:16:12,504 --> 00:16:14,540 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, IN ANCIENT PLUMBING 281 00:16:14,606 --> 00:16:18,510 NEWS, "ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND A 2,700-YEAR-OLD TOILET IN A 282 00:16:18,577 --> 00:16:19,645 LUXURIOUS PALACE IN JERUSALEM." 283 00:16:19,712 --> 00:16:23,849 GOT TO SAY, FOR A "LUXURY PALACE," THAT IS A VERY SMALL 284 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:28,253 HOLE FOR RICH PEOPLE TO AIM FOR. 285 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,491 THEN AGAIN, GOLF HADN'T BEEN INVENTED YET. 286 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:35,227 SCHOLARS SAY THAT "AT THE TIME, A PRIVATE TOILET IN A HOUSE WAS 287 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:37,262 EXTREMELY RARE," AND "MOST PEOPLE WERE JUST FORCED TO FIND 288 00:16:37,329 --> 00:16:39,331 SOMEPLACE PRIVATE TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES." 289 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:42,501 SO ARCHAEOLOGISTS WHO'VE SPENT YOUR CAREERS UNEARTHING ALL THAT 290 00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:43,369 OLD POTTERY? 291 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:47,339 I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS. 292 00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:51,343 YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO LOOK UP THE ANCIENT JUDEAN WORD FOR 293 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:52,911 "TRUCKER BOMB." 294 00:16:52,978 --> 00:16:55,347 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, "A NEW SPECIES OF 295 00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:58,384 DINOSAUR WAS DISCOVERED IN WALES," WITH "A BODY THE SIZE OF 296 00:16:58,450 --> 00:16:59,318 A CHICKEN." 297 00:16:59,385 --> 00:17:00,519 WAIT. 298 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:02,988 THIS IS NOT A NEW DISCOVERY. 299 00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:06,525 I'VE SEEN THIS CHICKEN DINOSAUR ON THE CHILDREN'S MENU. 300 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:12,498 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, IN MOVIE MUSICAL 301 00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:15,834 TRAUMA NEWS, "LORD ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER HATED THE 'CATS' MOVIE SO 302 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:19,338 MUCH, HE BOUGHT A THERAPY DOG." 303 00:17:19,405 --> 00:17:22,741 ( APPLAUSE ) REALLY! 304 00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:23,342 WOW! 305 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:27,279 ( PIANO RIFF ) WOW. 306 00:17:27,346 --> 00:17:28,447 WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US, ANDY? 307 00:17:28,514 --> 00:17:30,616 WE HAD TO WATCH TWO HOURS OF SONGS ABOUT "JELLICLE BALLS," 308 00:17:30,682 --> 00:17:32,851 TOO. 309 00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:36,755 CAN WE GET AT LEAST GET A RAIL OF ZOLOFT TO SNORT? 310 00:17:36,822 --> 00:17:38,390 ( LAUGHTER ) LORD WEBBER PULLED NO PUNCHES 311 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:42,494 ABOUT THE MOVIE, SAYING "I SAW IT AND I JUST THOUGHT, 312 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:43,429 'OH, GOD, NO'." 313 00:17:43,495 --> 00:17:47,332 ( LAUGHTER ) AND THAT IS OFFICIALLY THE BEST 314 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:51,336 REVIEW THE MOVIE "CATS" GOT. 315 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:58,110 ( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERING ) 316 00:17:58,177 --> 00:18:00,512 MEANWHILE, HOST OF "THE MASKED SINGER" NICK CANNON SAYS "HE 317 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:06,518 WILL STAY CELIBATE UNTIL 2022." 318 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:07,453 THAT'S NOT A SACRIFICE. 319 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:11,323 "UNTIL 2022" IS LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AWAY. 320 00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:13,926 THAT'S LIKE GOING OUT TO DINNER ON JANUARY 1 AND BEING LIKE, 321 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:15,327 "GIVE ME FOUR FINGERS OF JACK DANIELS! 322 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:19,331 I'VE BEEN SOBER ALL YEAR!" ( LAUGHTER ) 323 00:18:19,398 --> 00:18:23,402 NICK HAS A REASON FOR DOING THIS-- HE MADE THE CALL "AFTER 324 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:27,072 WELCOMING HIS FOURTH CHILD IN LESS THAN A YEAR." 325 00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:29,942 GOLLY, IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME WAY TO HAVE SEX WITHOUT 326 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:31,143 PRODUCING CHILDREN! 327 00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:35,314 MAYBE THE SINGER ISN'T THE ONLY THING THAT SHOULD BE MASKED, 328 00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:36,515 NICK. 329 00:18:36,582 --> 00:18:47,059 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 330 00:18:47,125 --> 00:18:48,160 THAT'S NOT COOL. 331 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:49,761 AND THIS WASN'T PURELY NICK CANNON'S IDEA, APPARENTLY. 332 00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:51,330 "HIS THERAPIST ADVISED HIM TO TAKE A BREAK." 333 00:18:51,396 --> 00:18:56,001 I ASSUME BECAUSE HIS THERAPIST IS ALSO PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD. 334 00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:57,069 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH DR. SANJAY GUPTA. 335 00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:19,892 ♪♪ >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO! 336 00:19:19,958 --> 00:19:20,459 HEARING! 337 00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:23,295 WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 338 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:24,630 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- THERE 339 00:19:24,696 --> 00:19:25,030 YOU GO. 340 00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:26,198 THERE YOU GO. 341 00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:31,937 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST THIS EVENING IS CNN'S 342 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,138 CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT, AND THE 343 00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:34,673 HOST OF THE PODCAST "CHASING LIFE." 344 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:37,309 HE HAS JUST WRITTEN A NEW BOOK, "WORLD WAR C: LESSONS FROM THE 345 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:40,078 COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT ONE." 346 00:19:40,145 --> 00:19:48,520 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," DR. SANJAY GUPTA! 347 00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:58,564 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 348 00:19:58,630 --> 00:20:11,076 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 349 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:14,947 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 350 00:20:15,013 --> 00:20:16,315 THANKS FOR COMING BACK. 351 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:16,882 >> WHAT A PLEASURE. 352 00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:20,953 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 353 00:20:21,019 --> 00:20:25,624 YOU WERE MY GUEST WHEN WE HAD TO BUG OUT MARCH OF 2020 WHEN THERE 354 00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:29,928 WAS NO AUDIENCE, JUST YOU AND ME AND I THINK JON ON STAGE. 355 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:33,198 I'VE REALLY BEEN GRATEFUL FOR YOU COMING BACK EVER SO OFTEN TO 356 00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:36,602 TELL US WHERE WE ARE AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, 357 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:40,939 WHEN YOU WERE HERE IN JUNE, WELL, FELT LIKE THINGS WERE 358 00:20:41,006 --> 00:20:43,375 GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 359 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:44,576 >> YEAH. 360 00:20:44,643 --> 00:20:45,544 >> Stephen: AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE 361 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:46,712 GOING IN. 362 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:51,850 I'M A LITTLE TURNED AROUND BECAUSE I KNEW DELTA WOULD COME 363 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:52,284 IN. 364 00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:53,485 WHAT'S GOING ON? 365 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:56,421 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD AND THERE'S A GREAT AMOUNT OF 366 00:20:56,488 --> 00:20:59,157 HUMILITY YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN TRYING TO PREDICT WHERE 367 00:20:59,224 --> 00:21:04,930 THINGS ARE GOING, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS WE'RE IN THE STORM 368 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:05,664 OF VIRUS. 369 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:07,899 YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SEE THE VIRUS. 370 00:21:07,966 --> 00:21:10,869 IF YOU COULD SEE IT, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF VIRUS OUT THERE 371 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,170 IN THE COMMUNITY. 372 00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:14,506 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE INDICATORS AS WELL. 373 00:21:14,573 --> 00:21:16,842 THERE ARE SOME CLEAR SKIES AHEAD. 374 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:17,843 NUMBERS ARE FALLING. 375 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:20,879 >> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I HAD HEARD SOME 376 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:23,649 PROJECTIONS IN LATE AUGUST, I HAD HEARD THAT BASICALLY BY THE 377 00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:27,552 FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER WE WOULD SEE A MARKED CHANGE, THERE WOULD 378 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:30,288 BE A MAJOR DROPOFF IN INFECTION RATES. 379 00:21:30,355 --> 00:21:30,956 >> YEAH. 380 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:31,590 >> Stephen: IS THAT HAPPENING? 381 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:33,191 WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT. 382 00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:35,827 I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE COUNTRY AS MY OWN PATIENT, 383 00:21:35,894 --> 00:21:38,497 THAT'S JUST HOW I THINK ABOUT THINGS, AND I THINK IF I WAS 384 00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:40,766 TALKING TO THE FAMILY OF THE PATIENT, I WOULD SAY THE PATIENT 385 00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:45,003 IS STILL IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, BUT WE ARE GETTING READY 386 00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:50,375 TO MAYBE MOVE THE PATIENT OUT OF THE I.C.U. ON TO THE GENERAL 387 00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:51,343 CARE FLOOR. 388 00:21:51,410 --> 00:21:53,779 POSITIVE INDEPENDENCE CARES, PATIENT RATES AND 389 00:21:53,845 --> 00:21:55,847 HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE COMING DOWN. 390 00:21:55,914 --> 00:21:59,151 FROM LOOKING AT OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD AND 391 00:21:59,217 --> 00:22:02,754 HISTORICALLY, THAT AFTER THIS SURGE WE'RE IN NOW -- IT'S BEEN 392 00:22:02,821 --> 00:22:06,058 REALLY TOUGH -- BUT AFTER THIS SURGE, USUALLY IT FLATTENS OUT 393 00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:07,292 AND HOPEFULLY IT STAYS DOWN. 394 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,863 >> Stephen: IF I HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, WHICH I HAVE, I'M 395 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:18,103 FULLY VACCINATED, AND I GET A CASE -- LET'S SAY I GET A 396 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:22,107 BREAKTHROUGH CASE -- WHAT IS MY VIRAL LOAD COMPARED TO SOMEONE 397 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:24,176 WHO GETS IT AND IS NOT VACCINATED. 398 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:25,477 DO WE HAVE SIMILAR VIRAL LOADS? 399 00:22:25,544 --> 00:22:26,712 >> YOU CAN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. 400 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:32,117 LET ME REMIND YOU OF ONE THING, THOUGH, YOUR CHANCE OF GETTING 401 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:37,355 INFECTED BECAUSE YOU'RE VACCINATED EVEN A BREAKTHROUGH 402 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:42,594 INFECTION IS MUCH MUCH LOWER THAN AN UNVACCINATED PERSON, 403 00:22:42,661 --> 00:22:44,129 ABOUT EIGHT TO TEN TIMES LOWER. 404 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:47,966 IF YOU DO CARRY THE VIRUS, YOU COULD DEVELOP ENOUGH VIRUS IN 405 00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:52,070 YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT IS SIMILAR TO AN 406 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:52,904 UNVACCINATED PERSON. 407 00:22:52,971 --> 00:22:54,306 >> Stephen: SO I COULD BE CONTAGIOUS. 408 00:22:54,372 --> 00:22:56,508 >> BUT IT COMES DOWN MUCH FASTER AS WELL. 409 00:22:56,575 --> 00:23:00,746 SO AN UNVACCINATED PERSON COULD BE CONTAINS FOR SEVEN TO TEN 410 00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:04,983 DAYS WHEREAS, FOR YOU, IT MIGHT BE TWO TO THREE DAYS. 411 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,918 >> Stephen: HARDER TO GET, MUCH LESS LIKELY TO PASS ON. 412 00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:10,689 >> Stephen: I SAW AN INTERVIEW YOU DID WITH A NURSE WHO DECIDED 413 00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:14,126 NOT TO GET THE VACCINE, ONE OVERSEVERAL NURSES YOU WERE 414 00:23:14,192 --> 00:23:15,627 PROFILING THERE. 415 00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:18,864 WHAT IS THE BEST RATIONALE -- OR RATHER WHAT IS THE RATIONALE 416 00:23:18,930 --> 00:23:22,000 YOU'RE HEARING FROM HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, DOCTORS AND 417 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:23,802 NURSES DECIDING NOT TO GET IT? 418 00:23:23,869 --> 00:23:26,972 BECAUSE I HAVE SOME LOVED ONES IN MY LIFE WHO HAVE TRIED TO 419 00:23:27,038 --> 00:23:31,109 CONVINCE TO GET IT AND SAY I JUST CARE ABOUT YOU, I'M SURE 420 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:35,413 YOU'RE DOING YOUR OWN RESEARCH, AS YOU SAY, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE 421 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,884 WHAT IT IS BECAUSE I SEE NO LEGITIMATE RESEARCH SAYING THAT 422 00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:41,453 THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 423 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,855 WHAT RATIONALE ARE YOU GETTING FROM HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS? 424 00:23:43,922 --> 00:23:48,693 >> TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, THERE ARE TIMES I'VE SAT IN 425 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,363 MY BASEMENT AND LITERALLY SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS. 426 00:23:51,429 --> 00:23:54,566 IT'S HARD TO FATHOM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS IS AVAILABLE AND IT 427 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:57,669 COULD REALLY HELP END THIS COLLECTIVE TRAUMA WE HAVE BEEN 428 00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:01,673 GOING THROUGH, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE 429 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:04,643 SUBJECTED TO THE SAME IDEOLOGICAL PRESSURES AS 430 00:24:04,709 --> 00:24:05,811 EVERYBODY ELSE. 431 00:24:05,877 --> 00:24:09,347 IT TRACKS WHAT THE VACCINE HESITANCY IN THE POPULATION, 20 432 00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:10,715 TO 30%. 433 00:24:10,782 --> 00:24:14,619 QUICKLY, STEPHEN, I HAVE THIS GUY WHO CAME BY TO FIX THE 434 00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:19,825 AIR-CONDITIONING THE OTHER DAY, MID 70s, WORE A MASK, FIXED 435 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:20,692 THE AIR CONDITIONING. 436 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:22,694 HE APPARENTLY KNEW WHO I WAS. 437 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:25,764 HE SAID, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 438 00:24:25,831 --> 00:24:26,765 I SAID, SURE. 439 00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:30,035 HE SAID, SHOULD I GET A VACCINE? 440 00:24:30,101 --> 00:24:31,203 I SAID, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 441 00:24:31,269 --> 00:24:37,475 HE SAID THE REASON I ASK IS I HAVE A STENT IN MY LEG AND I 442 00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:42,781 THOUGHT IT WOULD CAUSE BLOOD CLOTTING AND I WONDERED IF THAT 443 00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:43,882 WAS A PROBLEM. 444 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:48,353 I SAID, RIGHT, THAT WAS A PROBLEM IN THE VACCINES BUT 445 00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:51,957 YOU'RE 80 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BLOOD CLOTS FROM THE 446 00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:53,358 DISEASE THAN THE VACCINE. 447 00:24:53,425 --> 00:25:02,133 HE SAID I APPRECIATE IT, THE REASON I ASK IS MY DAUGHTER LAST 448 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,368 WEEK FROM COVID. 449 00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:04,903 BUT I HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE CLOTTING THING AND MY DOCTOR 450 00:25:04,970 --> 00:25:09,908 HASN'T CALLED ME BACK AND YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON I SAW SO I'M 451 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:11,676 IT BROKE MY HEART. 452 00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:18,283 I THINK THERE'S A TENDENCY TO SAY THOSE ANTI-VAXXERS, THERE 453 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:22,921 ARE SOME STARTING SHI... 454 00:25:22,988 --> 00:25:27,726 BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS AND I HOPE 455 00:25:27,792 --> 00:25:29,027 WE REACH THOSE FOLKS. 456 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:32,397 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU GOTTEN A BOOSTER? 457 00:25:32,464 --> 00:25:33,598 >> I HAVEN'T. 458 00:25:33,665 --> 00:25:39,938 THE BOOSTERS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE OVER 65 AROUND IF YOU 459 00:25:40,005 --> 00:25:41,306 HAVE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. 460 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:44,609 THERE MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE ULTIMATELY THEY WILL RECOMMEND 461 00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:48,213 IT MORE WIDELY BUT FOR NOW I'M HAPPY I GOT THE VACCINE, THE 462 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,948 VACCINE WORKS REALLY WELL. 463 00:25:50,015 --> 00:25:52,751 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE AROUND THREE MONTHS FROM 464 00:25:52,817 --> 00:25:55,086 NOW THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YEAH, EVERYBODY. 465 00:25:55,153 --> 00:25:57,956 >> I DON'T KNOW, FELLS. 466 00:25:58,023 --> 00:26:00,058 IN A WAY, WE KIND OF GOT BOOSTED. 467 00:26:00,125 --> 00:26:03,328 WE GOT THE TWO SHOTS SEPARATED, AND IF THE PROTECTION CONTINUES 468 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:07,098 TO BE AS GOOD AS IT IS, I THINK THAT THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED. 469 00:26:07,165 --> 00:26:08,500 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 470 00:26:08,566 --> 00:26:13,905 WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK SANJAY HOW WE CAN BECOME 471 00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:14,973 PANDEMIC-PROOF. 472 00:26:23,982 --> 00:26:25,150 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 473 00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:30,922 WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR OF "WORLD WAR C," DR. SANJAY GUPTA. 474 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:32,324 YOU GOT THE NEW BOOK. 475 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:37,262 IN IT YOU SAY WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BE PANDEMIC PROOF. 476 00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:37,929 >> YEAH. 477 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:39,197 >> Stephen: HOW TO WE DO THAT? 478 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:43,935 WELL, I THINK PART OF IT IS JUST LOOKING AT THIS IDEA OF ALMOST A 479 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:45,503 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SORT OF MODEL. 480 00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:48,273 WE THINK ABOUT THESE PANDEMICS AS SORT OF THESE NATURALLY 481 00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:52,243 OCCURRING WEATHER EVENTS ALMOST AND SAY IT'S PREORDAINED, 482 00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:55,246 THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK 483 00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:58,950 TO EVEN 2004, WE HAD A PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS PLAN IN THIS 484 00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:01,886 COUNTRY, IT WAS KIND OF REMARKABLE, THEY HAD A PRICE TAG 485 00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:09,194 OF 30 BUCKS PER CITIZEN COULD MAKE US PANDEMIC PROOF, FINDING 486 00:27:09,260 --> 00:27:15,800 VIRUSES, VACCINES, BOLSTERING THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, 487 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:20,071 TURNING THIS THING INTO AN EMERGING PATHOGEN AND NOT LET IT 488 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:22,340 TURN INTO A PANDEMIC. 489 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:24,409 >> THAT'S ABOUT 9 AND A HALF BILLION. 490 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:25,610 >> EXACTLY. 491 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:27,312 AND THE THE COVID RELIEF BILL WAS CLOSE TO $2 TRILLION, JUST 492 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:29,948 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. 493 00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:32,984 SO 10 BILLION TO PREVENT THIS VERSUS 2 TRILLION TO BASICALLY 494 00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:33,651 TAKE CARE OF IT. 495 00:27:33,718 --> 00:27:35,453 >> Stephen: IS THAT IN THERE? 496 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,123 IS THERE ANY PLAN IN PLACE? 497 00:27:38,189 --> 00:27:42,427 IS THERE FUNDING IN THERE TO TO THIS KIND OF THING? 498 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:44,129 >> SINCE 2004, THE MONEY WITHERED AWAY. 499 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:46,865 PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE INVESTING IN PREVENTION. 500 00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:48,166 HEY, IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN. 501 00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:52,070 WHY ARE WE THROWING $10 BILLION AWAY EVERY YEAR? 502 00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:53,138 IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN. 503 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:56,841 IT'S LIKE HOW WE THINK ABOUT OUR PRSONAL HEALTH. 504 00:27:56,908 --> 00:28:01,179 DO I NEED TO CONTINUE TO EAT RIGHT AND EXERCISE? 505 00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,615 I FEEL FINE. 506 00:28:03,681 --> 00:28:06,418 IT'S A BEHAVIORAL CONSTRUCT WE'LL HAVE TO SOLVE. 507 00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:10,755 BUT IF WE SAY WE'LL TREAT THIS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 508 00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:14,125 AND PEOPLE WON'T SAY IT'S A GAD OR BAD IDEA, IT'S JUST PART OF 509 00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:17,195 HOW WE APPROACH THE FUTURE BECAUSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE 510 00:28:17,262 --> 00:28:18,396 THESE PATHOGENS. 511 00:28:18,463 --> 00:28:22,734 THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH IS WEALTHIER 512 00:28:22,801 --> 00:28:25,170 COUNTRIES GOT HIT THE HARDEST IN THIS PANDEMIC. 513 00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:30,408 YOU THINK MOST EMERGING DISEASES OR EVEN MALARIA AND 514 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:33,711 TUBERCULOSIS, THEY HIT THIRD-WORLD AND DEVELOPING 515 00:28:33,778 --> 00:28:34,946 COUNTRIES. 516 00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:40,218 THE UNITED STATES AND U.K. AND OTHERS IN THE WORLD WERE HIT THE 517 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:41,386 HARDEST. 518 00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:46,391 WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS, BECAUSE THE DISEASES OF 519 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:51,262 AFFLUENCE, DIABETES, ET CETERA, THOSE WERE RISK FACTORS FOR THIS 520 00:28:51,329 --> 00:28:52,464 DISEASE. 521 00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:56,101 WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A HEART ATTACK LATER IN LIFE, BUT THE 522 00:28:56,167 --> 00:29:01,706 FACT THE PANDEMIC DISCRIMINATELY AFFECTED THOSE PEOPLE HAS TO BE 523 00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:02,907 A WAKEUP CALL. 524 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:09,180 IF WE TOOK 1% OF THE MONEY WE SPEND ON HEALTHCARE IS TO MAKE 525 00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:10,882 SURE WE HAVE HEALTHY FOOD AND NOT LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT, IT 526 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:15,887 HELPS NOW AND THE FUTURE AS WELL. 527 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:18,056 THAT MIGHT BE THE SINGLE GREATEST THING THAT COMES OUT OF 528 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:18,990 THIS PANDEMIC. 529 00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:22,861 >> Stephen: WELL, THE BOOK IS "WORLD WAR C." 530 00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:25,463 IT'S ON SALE NOW. 531 00:29:25,530 --> 00:29:26,998 DR. SANJAY GUPTA, EVERYBODY! 532 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:28,600 THANK YOU, SANJAY! 533 00:29:28,666 --> 00:29:30,668 WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL SHOW YOU A CARTOON! 534 00:29:30,735 --> 00:29:31,736 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 535 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:16,948 >> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU 536 00:30:17,015 --> 00:30:21,252 THANKS FOR JOINING US AGAIN FOR "THE LATE SHOW" ON CBS. 537 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:22,554 FOLKS, I LOVE CARTOONS. 538 00:30:22,620 --> 00:30:25,123 FROM MICKEY, DAFFY, TO RUDY. 539 00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:28,626 BUT THERE IS NO TOON CLOSER TO MY HEART THAN THE ONE MY NAME IS 540 00:30:28,693 --> 00:30:30,562 ON: "TOONING OUT THE NEWS," WHICH IS NOW EXPANDING TO WEEKLY 541 00:30:30,628 --> 00:30:34,766 HALF-HOUR EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY, STARTING TOMORROW, OCTOBER 8, ON 542 00:30:34,832 --> 00:30:38,536 PARAMOUNT PLUS. 543 00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:42,540 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YES. 544 00:30:42,607 --> 00:30:46,544 PARAMOUNT PLUS: A MOUNTAIN OF STEPHEN COLBERT SIDE PROJECTS. 545 00:30:46,611 --> 00:30:49,814 THEY'VE GOT GREAT GUESTS COMING UP, LIKE MALCOLM GLADWELL, WHO 546 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:53,785 IS SHOCKINGLY NOT ONE OF THE CARTOONS. 547 00:30:53,851 --> 00:30:58,156 RECENTLY, THE HOST OF "TOONING OUT THE NEWS'" "SMART TALK 548 00:30:58,223 --> 00:30:59,757 TONIGHT," MY OLD FRAT BROTHER KENNETH PARSONS, SAT DOWN WITH 549 00:30:59,824 --> 00:31:05,063 LEGENDARY DOCUMENTARIAN KEN BURNS. 550 00:31:05,129 --> 00:31:07,599 AND IN THIS HARD-HITTING INTERVIEW, PARSONS ASKED THE 551 00:31:07,665 --> 00:31:08,967 CIVIL WAR EXPERT TO READ A PARTICULARLY EMOTIONAL LETTER 552 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:10,568 FROM THE BATTLEFIELD. 553 00:31:10,635 --> 00:31:13,338 JIM? 554 00:31:13,404 --> 00:31:16,274 >> YOUR DOCUMENTARIES OFTEN INCLUDE SOLDIERS' LETTERS HOME. 555 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:20,178 I WROTE A LETTER TO MY SWEETIE WHILE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS. 556 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:23,781 WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO READ IT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ONE OF 557 00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:25,049 YOUR DOCUMENTARIES. 558 00:31:25,116 --> 00:31:25,383 >> OF COURSE. 559 00:31:25,450 --> 00:31:26,217 GREAT. 560 00:31:26,284 --> 00:31:28,286 SHANE, COULD YOU BRING OUT THE LETTER? 561 00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:29,621 ALL RIGHT. 562 00:31:29,687 --> 00:31:31,889 KEN, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 563 00:31:31,956 --> 00:31:35,426 >> MY VERY DEAR BETHANY. 564 00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:40,031 I FEEL IMPEDAL TO WRITE YOU A FEW LINES WHY I STILL K. WHILE 565 00:31:40,098 --> 00:31:44,869 MY COURAGE IN MY FAITH AND MY COUNT'S CAUSE DOES NOT FALTER MY 566 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:47,071 CRAVING FOR YOUR LOVE GROWS STRONGER EVERY DAY. 567 00:31:47,138 --> 00:31:50,541 AS I WRITE THIS, I LOOK UPON THE MOON AND I FEEL COMFORT KNOWING 568 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:53,278 THAT SAME LIGHT WILL PUT A GLINT IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYE. 569 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:55,179 I LONG FOR YOU MY SWEET BRIDE. 570 00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:59,250 I LONG FOR YOUR TOUCH, YOUR SCENT, THE TASTE OF WHATEVER 571 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:04,455 COLD CUTS YOU HAD FOR LUNCH WHEN YOU PIN ME TO THE FUTON AND SPIT 572 00:32:04,522 --> 00:32:05,657 INTO MY MOUTH. 573 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:09,260 I WISH TO ONCE AGAIN FEEL EVERY CENTIMETER OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL 574 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:15,867 FRAME ALL BEARING DOWN ON THE HEEL OF A SINGLE SIX-INCH PUMP, 575 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:23,541 GRINDING THE FOLDS OF MY SCROTUM FLAT INTO OUR BEDROOM FLOOR. 576 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:29,947 I MISS YOUR SOUNDS OF PASSION, YOUR CRIES OF ECSTASY AS YOU 577 00:32:30,014 --> 00:32:34,352 QUIVER IN THE ARMS OF WHEREVER LUCKY DRIFTER HANSED THE FLYERS 578 00:32:34,419 --> 00:32:36,854 I POSTED IN NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEE SHOPS. 579 00:32:36,921 --> 00:32:44,562 I LONG TO AGAIN WRITHE ON THE BEDSIDE CARPET LIKE A HUMILIATED 580 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:49,834 WORM AS YOUR YELLUPS OF PLEASURE AND HIS SPENT CONDOMS RAIN DOWN 581 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,502 ON MY FLESH. 582 00:32:51,569 --> 00:32:56,507 BUT SADLY MY COUNTRY NEEDS ME TO FULFILL MY CHARGE STANDING GUARD 583 00:32:56,574 --> 00:32:59,844 OVER A SAILBOAT WHILE DOCKED IN GAUM. 584 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:04,582 I'LL COUNT THE SECONDS UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN DURING MY FURLOUGH 585 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:05,917 OVER THE PRESIDENTS DAY LONG WEEKEND. 586 00:33:05,983 --> 00:33:11,255 AS ALWAYS, PLEASE DON'T SHARE THIS LETTER WITH ANY WEIRDO 587 00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:15,493 DOCUMENTARIANS WHO MIGHT EXPLOIT IT TO BOOST THEIR BRAND. 588 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,796 I REMAIN FOREVER YOURS, KENNETH. 589 00:33:18,863 --> 00:33:22,934 >> STEPHEN: A NEW EPISODE OF "TOONING" DROPS TOMORROW ON 590 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,135 PARAMOUNT PLUS. 591 00:33:24,202 --> 00:33:26,270 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCIENCE FICTION 592 00:33:26,337 --> 00:33:28,339 EPIC "DUNE," DENIS VILLENEUVE. 593 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:30,041 STICK AROUND! 594 00:33:49,026 --> 00:33:49,527 >> Stephen: HEY! 595 00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:50,628 WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 596 00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:54,298 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS THE 597 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:57,602 OSCAR-NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF FILMS SUCH AS "PRISONERS," 598 00:33:57,668 --> 00:33:59,137 "ARRIVAL," AND "BLADE RUNNER 2049." 599 00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:03,074 HIS NEW FILM IS "DUNE." 600 00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:08,813 >> YOU DISMISS MY MOTHER IN HER OWN HOUSE. 601 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,048 >> COME HERE. 602 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:11,849 KNEEL. 603 00:34:11,916 --> 00:34:13,818 >> HOW DARE YOU USE THE VOICE ON ME. 604 00:34:21,292 --> 00:34:26,564 >> PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND IN THE BOX. 605 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:35,039 YOUR MOTHER BADE YOU OBEY ME. 606 00:34:35,106 --> 00:34:40,945 I HOLD AT YOUR NECK THE GONJIVA. 607 00:34:41,012 --> 00:34:43,514 POISON NEEDLE, INSTANT DEATH. 608 00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:44,949 THE TEST IS SIMPLE. 609 00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:52,056 REMOVE YOUR HAND FROM THE BOX, AND YOU DIE. 610 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:54,292 >> WHAT'S IN THE BOX? 611 00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:55,259 PAIN. 612 00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:58,362 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME DENIS VILLENEUVE. 613 00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:08,406 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 614 00:35:08,473 --> 00:35:14,312 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 615 00:35:14,378 --> 00:35:17,381 >> Stephen: I'M SO HAPPY YOU CULD BE HERE. 616 00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:18,049 IT'S AN HONOR, SIR. 617 00:35:18,115 --> 00:35:18,783 THANK YOU. 618 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:19,984 >> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY MY OWNER. 619 00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:25,556 WE GOT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY OVER A YEAR AGO, WHEN THIS FILM LAST 620 00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:28,426 AUGUST OF 2020, WHEN I INTERVIEWED YOU AND THE CAST 621 00:35:28,493 --> 00:35:32,363 WHEN THE MOVIE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT THAT YEAR, SO I 622 00:35:32,430 --> 00:35:35,299 CONGRATULATE YOU ON KEEPING YOUR PATIENCE. 623 00:35:35,366 --> 00:35:42,039 NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS AM I PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME 624 00:35:42,106 --> 00:35:42,874 CORRECTLY? 625 00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:44,108 ( PRONOUNCING) >> THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. 626 00:35:44,175 --> 00:35:49,747 I WAS THINKING AT ONE POINT TO CHANGE MY NAME BECAUSE NOBODY IN 627 00:35:49,814 --> 00:35:57,388 THE UNITED STATES CAN PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY BUT YOU, 628 00:35:57,455 --> 00:35:58,155 APPARENTLY. 629 00:35:58,222 --> 00:35:59,023 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THIS IS A 630 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:00,291 BEAUTIFUL ADAPTATION. 631 00:36:00,358 --> 00:36:02,727 I'VE SEEN IT TWICE NOW, DEEPLY MOVED. 632 00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:06,564 I READ THE BOOK WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD AND IT COMBED INTO MY 633 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:11,536 VIEW OF THE WORLD AND I'M WONDERING WHEN YOU FIRST 634 00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:12,737 ENCOUNTERED. 635 00:36:12,803 --> 00:36:15,339 >> I THINK I WAS AROUND AT THE END OF 13, 14 YEARS OLD, YES, 636 00:36:15,406 --> 00:36:22,113 AND I STEPPED INTO AN ISOLATED BOOK IN THE LIBRARY AND IT BLEW 637 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:25,316 ME AWAY AT THE TIME. 638 00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:30,488 I'D DONE A PORTRAIT OF THE 20th CENTURY AND ALL THE 639 00:36:30,555 --> 00:36:33,591 CURRENTS, AND THAT BOY REALLY STRIKE ME. 640 00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:37,395 >> Stephen: WERE YOU IN YOUR MIND PAUL. 641 00:36:37,461 --> 00:36:39,163 >> 13 YEARS OLD, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 642 00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:40,197 OF COURSE! 643 00:36:40,264 --> 00:36:42,967 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S LIKE TO SEE THIS YOUNG BOY 644 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:46,771 BEING CURIOUS ABOUT ANOTHER CULTURE, DREAMING ABOUT THIS NEW 645 00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:56,013 WORLD, AND DEALING WITH THAT INSANITY BECAUSE HE HAS FAMILY 646 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,749 HERITAGE, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL HERITAGE HE HAS TO 647 00:36:58,816 --> 00:37:02,019 DEAL WITH, AND FINDING SOLACE IN ANOTHER CULTURE. 648 00:37:02,086 --> 00:37:05,523 THE FACT THAT HE FINDS COMFORT IN ANOTHER CULTURE IS REALLY 649 00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:06,757 BEAUTIFUL. 650 00:37:06,824 --> 00:37:09,126 >> Stephen: THERE'S AN ASPECT OF THE STORY, AND I'M NOT GIVING 651 00:37:09,193 --> 00:37:12,830 ANYTHING AWAY, THAT PAUL IS THE CULMINATION OF MANY PEOPLE'S 652 00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:14,632 PLANS IN MANY WAYS. 653 00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:15,866 >> YES. 654 00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:18,302 >> Stephen: THE NORMAL SORT OF POLITICAL PLANS MANY NOBLE HOUSE 655 00:37:18,369 --> 00:37:22,139 MAY HAVEO FOR AN HEIR AND MANY OTHER PLANS AS WELL. 656 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:25,743 HE DEALS WITH, A, THE PRESSURE, THE SENSE OF ALIENESS THAT HE 657 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:29,580 HAS BY BEING THE SORT OF CULMINATION OF OTHER PEOPLE'S 658 00:37:29,647 --> 00:37:33,084 PLANS, HE'S NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE, AND THAT KIND OF JIBES 659 00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:35,753 WITH WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO INTO PUBERTY. 660 00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:39,023 YOU'RE TURNING INTO SOMETHING ELSE. 661 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:42,293 >> THAT'S WHY TIMOTHEÉE CHALAMET COMES INTO THE PICTURE. 662 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,229 >> Stephen: HE'S PERFECT BECAUSE HE ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE HE 663 00:37:45,296 --> 00:37:48,265 JUST CAME THROUGH PUBERTY. 664 00:37:48,332 --> 00:37:51,035 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S VERY RARE BECAUSE HE'S A 665 00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:53,037 MATURE ACTOR IN HIS 20s. 666 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:54,805 >> HE'S BRILLIANT. 667 00:37:54,872 --> 00:37:58,309 HE'S A VERY INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN, MAYBE BECAUSE TO HAVE THE 668 00:37:58,376 --> 00:38:01,078 COMBINATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE, FRENCH CULTURE. 669 00:38:01,145 --> 00:38:05,583 >> Stephen: I BET HE PRONOUNCES YOUR NAME PERFECTLY. 670 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:07,885 >> HE SPEAKS FRENCH, WHAT CAN I SAY. 671 00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:10,721 >> Stephen: WHEN YOU READ IT THE FIRST TIME, DID YOU READ IT 672 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:13,658 IN FRENCH OR ENGLISH. 673 00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:14,725 >> FRENCH. 674 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:18,295 >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU SAY FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER IN 675 00:38:18,362 --> 00:38:20,765 FRENCH? 676 00:38:20,831 --> 00:38:24,335 ( SPEAKING FRENCH ) DOESN'T SOUND AS SCARY. 677 00:38:24,402 --> 00:38:26,837 SOUNDS KIND OF SEXY WHEN YOU SAY IT IN FRENCH. 678 00:38:26,904 --> 00:38:28,472 >> WHAT CAN I SAY. 679 00:38:28,539 --> 00:38:29,907 >> Stephen: I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY OUT THERE 680 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:32,977 NOT ONLY TO SEE THIS BUT SEE IT IN THE THEATER. 681 00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:39,884 SEE IT AGAIN ON HBO MAX BUT SEE IT IN THE THEATER BECAUSE THE 682 00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:43,354 SCALE OF THIS FILM IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. 683 00:38:43,421 --> 00:38:47,024 I HAVEN'T SEEN -- LIKE, THERE ARE SCENE AFTER SCENE OF A SCALE 684 00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:52,830 OF LIKE SORT OF THE BATTLE IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS IN THE 685 00:38:52,897 --> 00:38:54,098 THIRD MOVIE. 686 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,801 THE SCALE IS EXTRAORDINARY JUST IN THE SHIPS THEY TRAVEL IN, IN 687 00:38:56,867 --> 00:39:01,272 THEIR LANDING CRAFT, IN LITTLE MOMENTS THAT AREN'T EVEN PUSHED 688 00:39:01,338 --> 00:39:04,909 AT THE AUDIENCE MUCH TAKE YOU INTO A TOTE LIL ALIEN WORLD 689 00:39:04,975 --> 00:39:09,180 BECAUSE NOTHING IN OUR LIVES IS TO THE SCALE YOU'VE CREATED. 690 00:39:09,246 --> 00:39:11,882 >> WHEN WE DID IT, IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND THE PLAN WAS 691 00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:16,654 TO DO A LOVE LETTER TO THE BIG SCREEN, THE BIG SCREEN, THE 692 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,155 THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE IS PART OF THE LANGUAGE. 693 00:39:18,222 --> 00:39:23,227 WE SHOT THE MOVIE FOR SOMETHING BIG AND WIDE TO GET AS IMMERSIVE 694 00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:27,998 AS POSSIBLE AND, OF COURSE, IN THE AREAS, AWARD WINNING SAFETY 695 00:39:28,065 --> 00:39:30,534 FIRST, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF IT'S SAFE, IF YOU WANT TO 696 00:39:30,601 --> 00:39:36,207 HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE, A GREAT BIG SCENE, I THINK THAT'S A 697 00:39:36,273 --> 00:39:39,577 MOVIE YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED IN. 698 00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:42,113 >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR 699 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:43,314 THE BEAUTIFUL FILM. 700 00:39:43,380 --> 00:39:49,754 TCKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR "DUNE" IN THEATERS AND ON 701 00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:50,387 HBO MAX ON OCTOBER 22. 702 00:39:50,454 --> 00:39:53,224 DENIS VILLENEUVE, EVERYONE. 703 00:39:53,290 --> 00:39:54,291 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 704 00:39:54,358 --> 00:39:55,092 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE THE CAST OF 705 00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:58,162 "SUCCESSION." 706 00:39:58,229 --> 00:39:59,430 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 707 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:02,166 HIS GUEST IS DANIEL CRAIG! 708 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:03,701 GOOD NIGHT! 709 00:40:03,768 --> 00:40:04,769 THANKS AGAIN!