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WITH DISCOVERY, TO FORM A WHOLE
NEW COMPANY.
>> YOU'LL SEE CNN THERE IN THE
MIDDLE, BUT ALL OF THESE OTHER
BRANDS, STREAMING BRANDS.
A VIEWER POINTED OUT DC COMICS
OVER THERE.
SUCH A TREASURE TROVE
POTENTIALLY OF SUPER HERO
STORIES.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> WE AREN'T THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. WE ARE THE PEOPLE.
WE ARE SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MOTHERS
AND FATHERS DOING OUR DUTY TO
SHINE LIGHT WHERE THERE'S
DARKNESS.
IF I WERE YOU, I'D DO ME, TOO.
>> AMERICA NEEDED A HERO.
>> OH!
THAT'S COLD!
>> WOLF BLITZER-- HE WAS
HALF-MAN, HALF-BLITZER.
BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY SAVING
THE WORLD.
>> THINGS HAVE NOT WORKED OUT AS
WELL AS YOU HAD HOPED FOR, I'M
SURE.
>> BY DAY, HE IS WOLF.
BUT WHEN THE WORLD HOWLS FOR
JUSTICE, HE BECOMES BLITZER.
>> THE PUSSY WILLOWS BLOWING IN
THE WIND ON THE SHORES OF LAKE
TITICACA.
>> THIS FALL, WOLF IS BLITZER.
COMING SOON TO AN AIRPORT
TERMINAL NEAR YOU.
>> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." TONIGHT:
ARRESTING DEVELOPMENT.
PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES
LISA KUDROW
AND TAMIKA D. MALLORY
FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN.
AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S
STEPHEN COLBERT!
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW." I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOLD THAT
PHONE.
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
LEAVE THE BREAD IN THE OVEN AND
THE KIDS IN THE BATH.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME HUGE
BREAKING NEWS,
FROM 24 HOURS AGO, BECAUSE NEW
YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA
JAMES RELEASED A MEMO YESTERDAY
ANNOUNCING THAT THE
INVESTIGATION OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S ORGANIZATION IS NOW
EXPLORING POSSIBLE CRIMINAL
CONDUCT.
OH, YEAH.
HE IS GOING DOWN!
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, BROTHER!
I'D BET EVERYTHING I OWN,
INCLUDING THIS T-SHIRT THAT
SAYS, "IT'S MUELLER TIME," AND
MY OTHER OTHER T-SHIRT THAT
SAYS, IT'S IMPEACHMENT TIME,"
AND MY OTHER OTHER T-SHIRT THAT
SAYS, "IT'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT
TIME."
"THIS TIME WE'RE NOT WASTING OUR
TIME."
( LAUGHTER )
THIS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS A
BIG DEAL.
UPUNTIL NOW, THE CASE AGAINST
THE LINGERING ORANGE FART WAS
MERELY FINANCIAL AND MIGHT HAVE
COST HIM MONEY BUT DIDN'T
THREATEN HIS LIBERTY.
AND I ASSUME "LIBERTY" MEANS
FREEDOM AND NOT THE NAME OF
ANOTHER PORN STAR HE PAID OFF.
THE STATEMENT FROM THE NEW YORK
A.G.'S OFFICE DROPPED LATE LAST
NIGHT, AND CABLE NEWS HAD
A FOUR-ALARM FREAK-OUT:
>> AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING,
RACHEL, THE BOOKERS OF THE LAST
WORD HAVE BEEN WORKING
FURIOUSLY, BECAUSE, WHATEVER
SHOW WE WERE GOING TO DO, WE'LL
SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF IT BY THE
TIME WE GET TO OUR FIRST
COMMERCIAL BREAK.
>> Stephen: WELL, LET ME TELL
YOU, LAWRENCE, THIS IS SO HUGE,
THERE IS GOING TO BE NOTHING
LEFT OF WHATEVER SHOW WE WERE
GOING TO DO TONIGHT.
THIS THIS SCRIPT, TONIGHT'S
SCRIPT.
OKAY, BYE-BYE, BABY!
IN THE GARBAGE!
TO BREAK DOWN THE COMPLEX
PROTEINS OF THIS STORY, LET'S GO
NOW TO ONE OF MY CBS COLLEAGUES
FOR IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE
KNOW SO FAR.
ANNE-MARIE GREEN, TELL US WHAT
THIS MEANS.
>> A NEW YORK INVESTIGATION INTO
HIS BUSINESS EMPIRE, TRUMP INC.,
HAS GONE FROM CIVIL TO CRIMINAL.
>> Stephen: WOW, OKAY.
CNN'S BRIANNA KEILAR, BREAK THAT
DOWN FOR US.
>> THEY WERE CIVIL.
NOW IT'S CRIMINAL.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS
OF THAT?
>> THIS INVESTIGATION HAS GONE
FROM CIVIL TO CRIMINAL.
>> Stephen: INTERESTING.
PETER ALEXANDER, WHAT HAS THE
A.G. FOUND THERE?
>> THE A.G. MAY HAVE FOUND
SOMETHING THAT MADE THIS GO FROM
CIVIL TO CRIMINAL.
>> Stephen: CHECKS OUT.
DON LEMON, WHAT DOES THAT
ACTUALLY MEAN?
>> THAT MEANS IT'S CIVIL IN
NATURE BUT ALSO CRIMINAL.
THEY JUST ADDED THIS CRIMINAL
CAPACITY ON TOP OF IT.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: DO WE HAVE-- DO WE
HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THE SCRIPT?
BECAUSE THIS ONE HAS MARINARA
ON IT.
I HAD CALAMARI FOR LUNCH.
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE THROWN
THAT OUT.
DO WE HAVE--
OH, IT'S IN THE TELEPROMPTER?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, JUMPED THE GUN A
LITTLE BIT THERE.
WHAT WAS I GOING TO TALK ABOUT?
OH, RIGHT.
BARACK OBAMA HAS ALWAYS BEEN
SURPRISINGLY RESPECTFUL OF HIS
SUCCESSOR, WAXED GRITTY, GOING
ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2016, WHEN
HE SOMEHOW MAINTAINED DIGNITY
WHILE GREETING HIM AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
IT WAS LIKE HAVING TO MEET YOUR
DAUGHTER'S NEW FIANCE, WHO IS
ALSO YOUR RACIST UNCLE.
BUT ACCORDING TO A NEW BOOK,
DURING THE 2020 CAMPAIGN, OBAMA
PRIVATELY LET FOLKS KNOW HOW HE
REALLY FELT, CALLING
THE FRAUDFATHER A "MADMAN,"
A "RACIST, SEXIST PIG," AND
"THAT (BLEEP) LUNATIC."
JUST LIKE MICHELLE SAID, "WHEN
THEY GO LOW, WE GO 'THAT (BLEEP)
LUNATIC.'"
BUT THOSE WEREN'T EVEN THE
STRONGEST WORDS OBAMA USED ABOUT
THAT (BLEEP) LUNATIC.
WHEN HE LEARNED ABOUT
PRESIDENTIAL PHONE CALLS THE
RACIST, SEXIST PIG HAD WITH
FOREIGN LEADERS WITHOUT ANY
AIDES ON THE LINE TO HEAR WHAT
WAS BEING DISCUSSED, HE CALLED
THE MADMAN "THAT CORRUPT
(BLEEP)."
MUST HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE TO
HEAR BARACK OBAMA GET SO FIERY.
( AS OBAMA )
"HE'S A MOTHER... UH... LOOK...
THE THING IS... UHH... (BLEEP).
( LAUGHTER )
SPEAKING OF THAT CORRUPT
(BLEEP), AS OF THIS TAPING, THE
HOUSE IS SET TO APPROVE A
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO
INVESTIGATE THE CAPITOL RIOT, NO
THANKS TO HOUSE MINORITY LEADER,
KEVIN McCARTHY, SEEN HERE
ENJOYING A GAME OF FETCH.
McCARTHY CAME OUT AGAINST THE
BILL YESTERDAY, AND THEN THE
PREVIOUSLY NEUTRAL G.O.P. WHIP
STEVE SCALISE SENT A LETTER TO
MEMBERS INFORMING THEM THAT THE
LEADERSHIP WAS NOW ADVOCATING
REPUBLICANS VOTE AGAINST THE
LEGISLATION.
YOU COULD SAY THE WHIP ASKED
THEM TO VOTE NAY-NAY.
( LAUGHTER )
THAT JOKE IS FOR THE KIDS, WHO
ARE NOW 35.
DID YOU FILL OUT YOUR TAXES?
DEADLINE WAS MONDAY, BUT YOU
ALREADY KNEW THAT, BECAUSE
YOU'RE 35.
THE G.O.P. CHOSE TO OPPOSE THE
BILL, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT
WAS AGREED TO BY THEIR CHOSEN
NEGOTIATOR, NEW YORK REPUBLICAN
AND GUY WHO ACCIDENTALLY PRESSED
"2" FOR SPANISH AND DOESN'T KNOW
HOW TO GO BACK, JOHN KATKO.
KATKO IS ONE OF THE 29 G.O.P.
MEMBERS OF THE BIPARTISAN
PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS.
I THOUGHT ALL MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE
"PROBLEM SOLVERS" CAUCUS.
THAT'S WHY WE SEND THEM TO
WASHINGTON.
THOUGH I GUESS THESE DAYS, A LOT
OF THEM GO DOWN TO MAR-A-LAGO TO
MEET WITH THE "PROBLEM."
McCARTHY AND SCALISE CLAIM THEY
OPPOSE THE BILL BECAUSE THEY
WANTED THE COMMISSION NOT ONLY
TO INVESTIGATE THE EVENTS OF
JANUARY 6, BUT ALSO THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER PROTESTS OF LAST
SUMMER, ANTIFA, AND THE DEATH OF
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM
"BILLY" EVANS.
OKAY, BUT IT'S THE "COMMISSION
ON JANUARY 6.
THAT'S LIKE BEING UPSET THE
MOVIE "HALLOWEEN" DOESN'T
INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED ON
ARBOR DAY.
( LAUGHTER )
I THINK YOU HUG TREES OR DON'T
HUG TREES.
SOMETHING WITH TREES.
ONE PERSON I WAS SURPRISED TO
LEARN VOTED "NO" ON THE MEASURE
WAS INDIANA REPRESENTATIVE GREG
PENCE, WHO IS MIKE PENCE'S OWN
BROTHER.
CERTAINLY CHANGES THE MEANING OF
THIS TEXT FROM GREG:
"HEY, BRO, WANNA HANG THIS
WEEKEND?"
( LAUGHTER )
IN THE G.O.P. CRAZY-OFF, THERE'S
A NEW CHALLENGER THROWING HIS
TINFOIL HAT INTO THE RING,
ST. LOUIS ATTORNEY MARK
McCLOSKEY, SEEN HERE IN HIS
TWO-PERSON SHOW: "SPAM RAMBO AND
THE HAMBURGLARESS."
McCLOSKEY AND HIS WIFE WENT
VIRAL LAST YEAR AFTER THEY
THREATENED BLACK LIVES MATTER
PROTESTERS WITH GUNS.
NOW McCLOSKEY IS RUNNING FOR
SENATE IN MISSOURI.
AS FOR WHY POINTING A GUN AT
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS QUALIFIES
McCLOSKEY FOR THE SENATE, OR
ANYTHING ELSE, HE SAYS HE'S
ANSWERING TO A HIGHER POWER.
>> GOD CAME KNOCKING MY DOOR
LAST SUMMER DISGUISED AS AN
ANGRY MOB.
AND IT REALLY DID WAKE ME UP.
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO GOD CAME TO
YOU IN DISGUISE, AND YOU POINTED
AN ASSAULT RIFLE AT HIM?
I GUESS THAT EXPLAINS
McCLOSKEY'S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN,
"MARK McCLOSKEY: I WILL KILL
GOD."
( LAUGHTER )
IT'S CLEAR THAT McCLOSKEY IS A
MAN OF DEEP SPIRITUALITY.
I MEAN, WHO CAN FORGET THE
ICONIC PARABLE, "WHEN YOU SAW
ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTSTEPS,
IT WAS THEN THAT I WAS IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM, BECAUSE YOU
WINGED ME!
JESUS, BUDDY, I WAS JUST
SAYIN' HI!"
THE COUNTRY IS OPENING BACK UP,
AND SO ARE OUR WALLETS.
APPARENTLY, SALES ARE WAY UP ON
PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS,
BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC,
WITH FEW PLACES TO GO, THERE WAS
LITTLE REASON TO SHAVE, USE
DEODORANT, OR SPRAY PERFUME.
YES, WHY WOULD YOU NEED PERSONAL
HYGIENE WHEN THERE'S NO ONE
AROUND FOR THE LAST YEAR BUT THE
LOVE OF YOUR LIFE?
"WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, MARIA,
DIVORCE ME?
THE ONLY OTHER PERSON YOU SEE IS
THE SEAMLESS GUY, AND WHAT'S HE
GOT TAT I DON'T?
OH, MOZZARELLA STICKS, RIGHT."
NOW THAT THE C.D.C. HAS RELAXED
ITS MASK GUIDELINES, PEOPLE ARE
POURING CASH INTO PRETTYING UP
THE LOWER HALF OF THEIR FACES,
SO THERE'S BEEN A DAMATIC
INCREASE IN PURCHASES OF
TEETH-WHITENING PRODUCTS.
GOOD!
AS SOMEONE IN SHOW BUSINESS, I
KNOW THAT TEETH ARE IMPORTANT.
WHEN I GO TO THE DENTIST, I TELL
HIM THAT I WANT MY TEETH TO BE
SO WHITE THAT POLICEMEN CALL
THEM "SIR."
THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY IS ALSO
POISED FOR A RUSH ON LIPSTICK
AND GLOSS.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR THE
INDUSTRY.
FOR THE LAST 14 MONTHS, THE ONLY
PEOPLE BUYING LIPSTICK HAVE BEEN
MURDERERS.
OH, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER SMALL
STORY MAKING THE ROUNDS: U.F.O.s
ARE REAL, WHICH BRINGS US TO...
( ECHO )
>> SPACE NEWS!
>> HI, DAD!
WEEE!
>> Stephen: "U.F.O.s ARE REAL"
EDITION.
STRAP ON YOUR SPACE BELT,
BECAUSE THE PENTAGON NOW ADMITS
THAT U.F.O.s EXIST AND ARE
REGULARLY SPOTTED IN U.S.
AIRSPACE, A STORY BROUGHT TO
LIGHT BY MY CBS COLLEAGUES OVER
AT "60 MINUTES," WHO FOR YEARS
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE
ALIENS AND THEIR YOUTH-GIVING
COCOONS.
"60 MINUTES" SAT DOWN WITH
FORMER PENTAGON OFFICIAL AND GUY
FIERI'S OLDER BROTHER WHO WENT
INTO FLAVORTOWN CITY GOVERNMENT,
LUIS ELIZONDO.
ELIZONDO DESCRIBED HOW POWERFUL
THESE U.F.O.s ARE.
>> IMAGINE A TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN
DO 600-700 G-FORCES, THAT CAN
FLY AT 13,000 MILES AN HOUR,
THAT CAN EVADE RADAR, AND THAT
CAN FLY THROUGH AIR AND WATER
AND POSSIBLY SPACE.
>> Stephen: HLY COW!
700 Gs!
LET ME PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
I FLEW IN A FIGHTER JET WITH THE
THUNDERBIRDS WHERE WE PULLED
9 Gs, AND I SPENT THE NEXT 36
HOURS BARFING INTO WHAT I HOPE
WAS A SANDWICH BAG.
SO ONE THING'S FOR SURE: IF
ALIENS EVER DO INVADE EARTH,
THEY ARE GOING TO BE REALLY
DISAPPOINTED BY OUR ROLLER
COASTERS.
IN RECENT YEARS, THE PENTAGON
HAS DECLASSIFIED VIDEOS TAKEN BY
NAVY PILOTS OF POWERFUL
FLYING OBJECTS USING UNKNOWN
TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THEMSELVES
INCREDIBLY GRAINY.
AND "60 MINUTES" CORRESPONDENT
BILL WHITAKER SAT DOWN WITH SOME
OF THE PILOTS, AND ONE OF
THEM DESCRIBED THIS CLOSE
ENCOUNTER:
>> WE SAW THIS LITTLE WHITE
TIC TAC-LOOKING OBJECT, AND
IT'S JUST KIND OF MOVING ABOVE
THE WHITEWATER AREA.
THERE WAS FOUR OF US IN THE
AIRPLANES LITERALLY WATCHING
THIS THING FOR ROUGHLY ABOUT
FIVE MINUTES.
THE TIC TAC'S STILL POINTING
NORTH-SOUTH.
IT GOES, BOOP, AND JUST TURNS
ABRUPTLY AND STARTS MIRRORING
ME.
SO, AS I'M COMING DOWN, IT
STARTS COMING UP.
>> SO IT'S MIMICKING YOUR MOVES?
>> YEAH.
IT WAS AWARE WE WERE THERE.
SO I GO LIKE THIS, AND IT'S
CLIMBING STILL.
AND WHEN IT GETS RIGHT IN FRONT
OF ME, IT JUST DISAPPEARS.
>> DISAPPEARS?
>> DISAPPEARS, LIKE, GONE.
>> Stephen: DISAPPEARS?
SO ALIENS ARE HERE, AND THEY'RE
GHOSTING US.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TEXT US BACK,
ALIENS, BUT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW,
LEAVE A CROP CIRCLE.
ANOTHER PILOT SAID THESE
ENCOUNTERS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
>> EVERY DAY FOR AT LEAST A
COUPLE YEARS.
>> WAIT A MINUTE, EVERY DAY FOR
A COUPLE OF YEARS?
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE SEEING
AN ALIEN SPACECRAFT EVERY DAY
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,
AND NO ONE THOUGHT TO BRING UP
A REALLY GOOD CAMERA?
"DON'T WORRY, I GOT SOME
FOOTAGE.
I USED THE NANNY-CAM FROM THE
BABY'S ROOM.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE FUZZY.
I LEFT IT IN THE TEDDY BEAR."
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE LISA KUDROW AND
AUTHOR TAMIKA D. MALLORY.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I HELP
EASE YOUR POST-COVID ANXIETIES.
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME BACK.
LET'S SAY HELLO TO MR. JON
BATISTE.
♪ ♪ ♪
JON, WHAT WE'RE KIND OF MATCHY-Y
TONIGHT.
>> Jon: I LIKE IT.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO THAT
MORE OFTEN.
IT'S FEELS LIEB THE BROTHERHOOD.
>> Stephen: WE SHOULD DO THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU IN THE
FLESH.
WE TRIED TO SEE EACH OTHER THIS
WEEKEND.
I TRIED TO COME DOWN AND SEE YOU
WHERE YOU'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND
TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE LUNCH WITH
YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONE WITH THE
DOG.
WE TRIED TO BRING BENNY DOWN.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I'M HERE TO
TELL YOU RIGHT NOW FOR THE BENNY
FANS OUT THERE, BENNY WAS BITTEN
BY A SNAKE OR ATE A BEE OR WASP
AND HAD AN ANAPHYLACTIC
REACTION, AND I NEVER GOT TO SEE
YOU.
WE HAD TO RACE HIM TO AN ANIMAL
HOSPITAL.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT
TO THE VORHESESP ANIMAL CLINIC
AND DR. CHELSEA.
WE PULLED OVER ON THE WAY TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM, AND SHE RAN OUT
AND INJECTED HIM WITH SOME
BENADRYL AND SAVED HIS LIFE.
THANK YOU, DR. CHELSEA.
HE'S FINE, BY THE WAY.
HE'S CHEWING UP EVERYTHING IN
SIEPT.
THERE'S NO STOPPING HIM.
>> Jon: OH, YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
>> Stephen: JON, DO YOU HAVE--
DO YOU HAVE ANY PINK, SPRINGTIME
MUSIC, SOMETHING THAT MATCHES
YOUR-- YOUR CARDIGAN?
>> Jon: LET'S SEE, SOMETHING
OF THIS VIBE LIKE...
♪ ♪ ♪
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: JON BATISTE.
>> Jon: YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE
OTHER PART.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE HEART
I'M THE SOUL.
OR YOU'RE THE HEART-- WHATEVER.
JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I DON'T
WANT TO JINX IT, BUT IT REALLY
FEELS LIKE THE TIDES ARE TURNING
ON THIS PANDEMIC.
THE C.D.C. IS CHANGING ITS
GUIDELINES, BUSINESSES ARE
REOPENING, AND NETFLIX IS
FINALLY RUNNING OUT OF VIABLE
VIEWING SUGGESTIONS.
"'TURTLE MATCHMAKER'?
OKAY, I'LL WATCH EIGHT OR NINE
EPISODES, BUT THEN I'M GOING TO
DEFINITELY RE-EVALUATE WHETHER
I'M WATCHING THE NEXT TEN."
OKAY, I'LL WATCH THEM.
BUT AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF
ISOLATION AND SOCIAL DISTANCING,
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEELING
NERVOUS ABOUT HEADING BACK INTO
SOCIETY.
IT'S A CONDITION BEING CALLED
"RE-ENTRY ANXIETY."
BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING
THIS PANDEMIC HAS TAUGHT US,
IT'S THAT IMPORTANT THAT YOU
ALWAYS HAVE A BACK-UP SUPPLY OF
TOILET PAPER AND ANXIETY.
A LOT OF ANXIETY CENTERS ON HOW
TO ACT AS WE RE-ENTER SOCIAL
SITUATIONS SINCE WE'VE BECOME
ACCUSTOMED TO COVID-ERA SOCIAL
ETIQUETTE.
YES, THE PANDEMIC HAS CREATED
COMPLETELY NEW RULES FOR SOCIAL
ETIQUETTE, LIKE, DO I REALLY
NEED TO WEAR UNDERWEAR WITH MY
BATHROBE JUST BECAUSE THE
FED-EX GUY IS HERE?
AT THIS POINT, HE'S LIKE MY
BROTHER.
THE POINT IS, WE ALL HAD TO
ADJUST TO THE PANDEMIC AS OUR
NEW NORMAL.
AND NOW, AS VACCINATIONS RISE,
EXPECTATIONS AROUND SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS ARE CHANGING AGAIN,
AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO NAVIGATE
THEM BECAUSE, AS ONE EXPERT PUTS
IT, "THERE AREN'T ANY ETIQUETTE
MANUALS I CAN REFERENCE IN TIMES
LIKE THESE."
NOW, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT
SEEING PEOPLE AGAIN, YOU SHOULD
REALLY SEE SOMEONE ABOUT THAT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HERE AT
"A LATE SHOW" HAVE CREATED A
SHORT EDUCATIONAL FILM TO HELP
YOU OUT.
JIM?
♪ ♪ ♪
>> RE-ENTERING SOCIETY, HOW TO
AND WHY FOR?
SO YOU SPENT A YEAR IN
ISOLATION, THEN GOT JABED IN THE
ARM BY A STRANGER.
CONGRATULATIONS!
IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN
RE-ENTERING SOCIETY.
BUT BEFORE YOU HEAD BACK OUT
INTO THE WORLD, YOU NEED TO
REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
AROUND WHAT SCIENTISTS CALL
"OTHER PEOPLE."
( SCREAMING )
FUN FACT: DID YOU KNOW THAT
SOCIALIZING USED TO BE A SOURCE
OF FUN AND ENJOYMENT?
AND IT COULD BE AGAIN IF YOU
FOLLOW THESE POST-PANDEMIC PARTY
DO'S AND PARTY DON'T.
ATTENDING SOCIAL EVENTS AGAIN
WILL BE AWKWARD AT FIRST.
JUST REMEMBER, DO ENTER THE
PARTY WITH A NICE GREETING.
>> HELLO, FELLOW PARTY-GOERS.
I BROUGHT SOME REFRESHING
ALCOHOL.
>> AND DON'T ACT LIKE YOU'RE ON
ZOOM.
>> HELLO, IS THE CAMERA ON?
CAN EVERYONE SEE ME?
MY INTERNET IS A LITTLE SPOTTY
SO I MIGHT START TO FREEZE.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE
SOMEONE WITHOUT A MASK, DO OFFER
THEM A COMPLIMENT.
>> NICE TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN.
IT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> DON'T FREAK OUT ABOUT THEIR
MOUTH.
>> GOD, WHAT IS THAT HOLE UNDER
YOUR NOSE?
IT'S LIKE A BIG, WET EYE LID.
WHAT ARE THOSE WHITE THINGS IN
THERE?
ARE THOSE BONES!
>> DO ASK FRIENDLY QUESTIONS.
>> HOW IS YOUR FAMILY?
ARE THEY WELL?
>> DON'T TREAT THEM LIKE THE PET
YOU QUARANTINED WITH.
>> SNACK?
SNACK?
SOMEONE NEED A SNACKY?
>> BEING SOCIAL AGAIN MIGHT BE
EXHAUSTING SO DO FEEL FREE TO
HEAD HOME EARLY.
>> FAREWELL, PARTY-GOERS.
>> DON'T ATTEMPT TO CRAM A
YER'S WORTH OF PARTYING INTO
ONE NIGHT.
>> ATTENTION, EVERYBODY!
I ( BLEEP ) ANYTHING THAT MOVES!
>> AND FINALLY, BEING AROUND
PEOPLE AGAIN WILL TAKE SOME
GETTING USED TO.
SO DO RELAX AND JUST BE YOUR OLD
SELF
( BELL DINGS )
>> BUT DON'T START WORRYING, IS
THIS MY OLD SELF?
HAVE I ALWAYS BEEN AWKWARD IN
SOCIAL SETTINGS?
MAYBE I NEVER ENJOYED OTHERS
THAT MUCH TO BEGIN?
OH, GOD.
I DO LOOK AWKWARD?
I FEEL AWKWARD?
CAN THEY TELL I'M THINKING THIS?
DO I HAVE A REAL PERSONALITY OR
AM I JUST A CONSCRIPT OF ALL THE
MEDIA I CONSUMED IN ISOLATION.
WHAT WERE THINGS EVEN LIKE
BEFORE THIS?
REMEMBER, THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU
MIGHT FEEL THE SAME WAY.
>> GOOD-BYE.
>> VERY MUCH.
>> WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT.
FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE DO'S AND
DON'T, AND YOU'LL BE HAVING
FUN-- OR SOMETHING LIKE IT-- IN
NO TIME.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT
THE PARTIES.
NO, FOR REAL.
PLEASE, INVITE ME.
I'M INCREDIBLY LONELY.
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH LISA KUDROW.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: OH, HEY. WELCOME BACK.
SHE IS THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING
ACTRESS YOU KNOW AS PHOEBE FROM
"FRIENDS." HER NEW ANIMATED
SERIES IS CALLED "HOUSEBROKEN."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE
SHOW," LISA KUDROW!
HELLO, LISA KUDROW.
>> HI, STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR
USING MY FULL NAME.
I LIKE TO START OFF ALL THE
INTERVIEWS YR FORMALLY, AND THEN
WE GET MORE FAMILIAR AS WE GO
ON.
NOW I JUST FOUND OUT--
>> PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO I
AM.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW
WHO YOU ARE.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW HIM FROM
HOSTING THE SHOW RIGHT NOW,
PLEASE WELCOME STEPHEN COLBERT.
YOU-- YOU, I AM BEING TOLD, HAVE
JUST SPENT SOME TIME WITH OUR
MUTUAL FRIEND, MR. CONE AN
O'BRIEN, IS THIS TRUE?
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: I THINK THE WORLD
OF CONE AN O'BRIEN.
I THINK HE'S A PRINCE OF A
FELLA, BUT HE'S KIND OF A
LATE-ONSET FRIENDSHIP.
I DIDN'T MEET HIM AND REALLY
BECOME FRIENDS UNTIL SORT OF
LATE IN MY CAREER HERE.
BUT YOU'VE KNOWN HIM FOREVER AND
A DAY, I UNDERSTAND.
YOU GUYS ARE OLD FRIENDS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, 1986-- WAIT.
OH, THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE THESE ON.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
I'LL TAKE MINE OFF.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
( LAUGHTER )
1986-- '86, THAT IS-- THAT IS
PRET ANYONE KNOWING WHO EITHER
OF YOU ARE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WAS THE VERY FIRST IMPROV
CLASS.
I ALMOST QUIT, BUT I SAW HIM
LIFT A DESK WITH SUCH
COMMITMENT, THEY THOUGHT OH,
THAT'S COMMITMENT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
I'M JUST GOING TO STICK TO HIM
LIKE GLUE UNTIL I FIGURE THIS
OUT.
HE WAS MASTERFUL.
SPACE BALL, TOO, REALLY, REALLY
GOOD.
>> Stephen: SPACE BALL?
>> SPACE BALL, LIKE YOU'RE
THROWING A BALL.
OH!
>> Stephen: WOW.
COULD WE HAVE THE SUGGESTION OF
SOMETHING INTERESTING TO TALK
ABOUT?
>> PROCTOLOGIST.
>> Stephen: CHIA PET.
I UNDERSTAND I SNAKED HIM AWAY
FROM YOU AT ONE POINT.
LIKE I WON-- THAT HE BETTER
DEALED WITH YOU ME AT ONE POINT
IN THE PAST OUT AT DEER VALLEY.
>> YES.
YEAH.
BECAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS THERE
AROUND THE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER,
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GET
TOGETHER AND IT'S, LIKE,
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AND I WOULD CALL HIM UP,
TONIGHT, WHERE SHOULD WE GO."
SO, LISTEN, STEPHEN COLBERT IS
HERE AND I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOD!
I WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM.
OH, THEY SHOULD COME, TOO!"
LIKE "OH, HEY!
STEPHEN COLBERT."
AND HE SAID, "YEAH, SO WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE DINNER WITH THEM."
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A FRIENDSHIP
TO BE TESTED LIKE THAT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YEAH.
NOTHING LIKE, "BUT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO."
HE SAID, "WE'LL SEE YOU THE NEXT
NIGHT."
OKAY.
"AND WE'RE FREE."
ALL RIGHT.
HOW WAS DINNER WITH STEVEN AND
HIS FAMILY?
WAS IT FUN?
>> Stephen: IT WAS GREAT,
ACTUALLY.
>> YOU KNOW, LIEB-- YES, I'M
SURE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PARANOID PART
OF ME WAS JUST, "WAIT, DOES
STEPHEN COLBERT HATE ME AND
CONAN WAS TRYING TO PROTECT HIM?
I DON'T KNOW HIM.
MAYBE HE JUST HATES ME, LIKE,
WITHOUT KNOWING ME.
LIKE, HE JUST HAS AN IMPRESSION
'THAT LOSER?
PLEASE SPARE ME '."
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> WERE WE EVER EVEN OFFERED?
>> Stephen: HE DID SAY, "DO
YOU WANT LISA KUDROW TO COME?"
AND I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY NOT."
I SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT."
>> THAT'S OKAY, I KNEW THAT.
>> Stephen: I SAID, IS
SWHWIMMER AVAILABLE?"
HE SAID, "NO, THAT'S ONLY ON TV.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY LIVE ACROSS
THE HALL FROM EACH OTHER."
>> Stephen: SPEAK OF WHICH--
YOU SEE THE TRANSITION I DID.
PEOPLE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS "FRIEND" THING COMING UP
NEXT THURSDAY THE 27th OF
MAY.
WHAT DID IF IT FEEL LIKE AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS TO BE BACK ON
THE SAME SET?
HOW LONG HAD IT BEEN?
>> 17 YEARS SINCE OUR-- SINCE
OUR LAST SHOW.
AND WE HAVEN'T ALL BEEN IN THE
SAME ROOM IN, LIKE, FIVE OR SIX
YEARS.
SO-- AND THEN COVID, YOU KNOW,
DELAYED THIS WHOLE THING SO
MUCH, THAT IT WAS SO-- IT WAS--
IT WAS THRILLING AND A LITTLE
EMOTIONAL.
>> Stephen: I CAN IMAGINE.
>> YEAH.
AND THEY REBUILT ALL THE SETS.
SO I THINK WE WERE MEANT TO BE
EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE SET.
AND EVERYONE WAS BUT ME BECAUSE
I WANTED TO SEE PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW.
GOT ON THE SET, LOOKED AROUND
AND PLOPPED IN A CHAIR.
AND I JUST NOTICED A COUPLE OF
OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE CAST WERE,
LIKE, OPENING DOORS, LIKE, AS IF
IT'S AN PARENT.
LIKE, "OH, MONICA'S ROOM THERE.
RIGHT, NO, IT'S NOT REALLY."
OPENING DOORS TO SEE WHAT'S
THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING.
>> Stephen: BY THE WAY, HAVE
YOU EVER TAKEN ANY ONE OF THOSE
BUZZFEEDS "WHICH FRIEND ARE
YOU?"
>> I DID, I DID, I DID TAKE IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT FRIEND ARE
YOU?
ARE YOU PHOEBE?
>> RACHEL, RACHEL.
>> Stephen: DID YOU-- BECAUSE
THAT SEEMS LIKE THE FIX IS IN.
DID YOU TAKE IT AGAIN TO SAY
THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER
FRIEND.
>> NO, I WAS EXHAUSTED BY TAKING
IT THE FIRST TIME.
AND, ALSO, I THOUGHT I WAS
ANSWERING QUESTIONS, LIKE, THAT
WOULD BRING ME TO PHOEBE, YOU
KNOW.
FAVORITE COLOR.
YELLOW!
OR SOME THINGS THAT-- WHO WOULD
YOU WANT TO BE ON A DATE WITH?
SPONGEBOB!
AND IT SAID RACHEL.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A PHOEBE
THING.
DID I MISS SOMETHING IN THE
PHOEBE CANONS THAT SHE HAD SHOT
OF SPOT FOR SPONGEBOB.
>> IT'S SO RAICH THEY'LL SHE'S
AN ANIMATED CHARACTER TO GO ON A
DATE WITH.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
CRITERIA.
BUT IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE WHEN I
FIRST READ THE SCRIPT AND I WAS
GOING TO BE AUDITIONING FOR
PHOEBE, I SAW RACHEL AND I JUST
WENT, "OH, THAT'S LIKE A LONG
ISLAND... THAT COULD BE
HILARIOUS.
I COULD IDENTIFY WITH THAT
MORE."
BUT THEY SAID, NO, NO, PHOEBE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I AUDITIONED ONCE TO
BE, LIKE-- TO DO A PART,
ONE-WEEK STORY ON "FRIENDS."
>> DID YOU.
>> Stephen: I WAS IN L.A.,
YOUNG ACTOR.
I GOT CALLED IN, AUDITIONED ON
THE SET AND EVERYTHING LIKE
THAT-- NOT WITH ANYBODY, WITH
THE CASTING DIRECTOR OR
SOMETHING.
BUT IT WAS LIKE BASICALLY IF I
GOT IT, T THEY WOULD HAVE PUSHED
ME IN A ROOM AND I WOULD HAVE
STARTED WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.
I DIDN'T GET IT.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> Stephen: I'M SURE YOU WOULD
HAVE REMEMBERED WORKING WITH
STEPHEN COLBERT, AND, BOY,
DIARRHEAL NEED A GIG AT THAT
TIME.
>> I'M SORRY.
I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE
REMEMBERED YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
ISN'T IT AMAZING TO ANY YOUNG
ACTORS, YOUNG PERFORMERS OUT
THERE-- BACK ME UP ON THIS ONE--
WHEN YOU'RE WORKING, YOU FEEL
LIKE, WELL, YOU'LL ALWAYS WORK.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT
WORKING, YOU FEEL LIKE I WILL
NEVER WORK AGAIN.
>> OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH.
I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE, WELL, I WILL
NEVER WORK AGAIN.
AND THEN I DO, LIKE A MIRACLE.
BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY-- WHILE I
WAS ON "FRIENDS," I THOUGHT I
WILL ALWAYS BE WORKING BECAUSE
THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT FOR THIS
SHOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, THERE WAS.
IT WAS ON FOR A LONG TIME.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS ON FOR 10 YEARS, BUT I
JUST THOUGHT, THIS COULD GO ON
FOREVER.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> THEN I DID AN HBO SHOW CALLED
"THE COMEBACK," AND I THOUGHT
WELL, THIS CO COULD GO ON FOREV,
AND THEY CANCELED IT.
RIGHT AFTER I SAID THAT, IN
FACT, THE PHONE RANG
( LAUGHS ).
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU LEAVE,
WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER WITH A
CAST YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WITH, IT'S A LITTLE BREAKUP.
THERE'S HEARTBREAK INVOLVED.
BUT AS I SAID, YOU GUYS HAVE
STAYED IN TOUCH.
IS IT THAT WAY WITH EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE DONE?
ARE YOU THE SORT OF PERSON WHO
KEEPS UP WITH YOUR COSTARS
FOREVER?
>> I DO, SOME.
MYRRH SOR VINO AND I ARE STILL
FRIENDS.
AND I JUST SAW DIANE KEATON.
SHE DIRECTED ME IN A FILM.
BUT SHE DIDN'T LIKE ME AT FIRST.
>> Stephen: SHE CAST YOU IN A
FILM AND DIDN'T LIKE YOU?
>> SHE DIDN'T CAST ME.
I THINK I WAS JUST SORT OF
HOISTED ON HER.
SO I REMEMBER MEETING HER AND
SHE SAID, "YEAH, SO, OKAY, I
DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO
GO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK
WHAT YOU DO IS JUST, LIKE,
REALLY PRECISE AND I NEED IT TO
BE, YOU KNOW, LOOSE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'LL
SEE, BECAUSE HERE WE ARE.
HERE WE ARE, AND YOU'RE DOING
IT.
YEAH, ANYWAY."
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I HAVE INTERVIEWED
DIANE KEATON, AND THAT IS A VERY
GOOD DIANE KEATON.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN
INTERVIEWING DIANE KEATON, YOU
DON'T KNOW.
YOU DON'T KNOW.
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
>> ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: SO WE'LL SEE.
>> AND SHE SAID, "SO WE'LL SEE.
LISTEN, GUESS WHAT?
WE'LL SEE."
BUT YEAH SO I JUST SAW HER
RECENTLY, AND I SAID, "YOU
DIDN'T LIKE ME AT ALL, RIGHT?
YOU DIDN'T WANT-- WANT--" I
NEVER ASKED HER BEFORE.
I SAID, "YOU DIDN'T WANT ME IN
THAT PART."
SHE SAID, "NO, I DIDN'T.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE."
>> Stephen: THAT IS THE BASIS
FOR A FIRM FRIENDSHIP.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A NEW-- A WHOLE
NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE TO KEEP UP
WITH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE DOING A NEW ANIMATED
SERIES CALLED "HOUSEBROKEN."
YOU PLAY THE CHARACTER HONEY,
THE HOUSEBROKEN POODLE.
ONE IMAGINES THIS POODLE IS
HOUSEBROKEN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW-- TELL ME--
TELL ME ABOUT HONEY.
TELL ME ABOUT PLAYING THE
POODLE.
DO YOU HAVE A DOG YOURSELF?
>> I DO.
IT'S A MALTI-POO.
THAT'S A STANDARD POODLE.
THEY'RE VERY SMART AND ELEGANT
AND SOPHISTICATE.
SO I TOOK TO IT LIKE A FISH TO
WATER.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LOVELY TO
SEE YOU, LISA.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> Stephen: "HOUSEBROKEN"
PREMIERES MAY 31 ON FOX.
LISA KUDROW, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH AUTHOR
AND ACTIVIST TAMIKA D. MALLORY.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS A CIVIL RIGHTS
ACTIVIST, COFOUNDER OF "UNTIL
FREEDOM," AND AN AUTHOR.
HER NEW BOOK IS CALLED "STATE OF
EMERGENCY."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW,"
TAMIKA D. MALLORY!
TAMIKA, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME, STEPHEN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> Stephen: NOW, IN THE WAKE
OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER LAST
YEAR, YOU SPOKE AT A MINNEAPOLIS
PRESS CONFERENCE, AND WHEN YOU
GOT UP TO THE MIC, YOU GAVE A
SPEECH THAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE
SPEECH OF A GENERATION.
I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT YOU
DID NOT PREPARE THAT AHEAD OF
TIME.
IS IT TRUE THAT YOU WERE JUST
SPEAKING FROM THE HEART IN THAT
MOMENT?
>> YES.
I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REALLY
PREPARE.
YOU KNOW, THE NIGHT BEFORE WE
WERE AT A PROTEST, AND IT WAS
REALLY LATE, AND THERE WAS A LOT
HAPPENING AS AMERICA AND OTHERS
WATCHED FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
SO I WENT HOME, WENT TO THE
HOTEL.
I FELL ASLEEP AND I WOKE UP THE
NEXT MORNING AND I WAS TOLD TO
GET TO A PRESS CONFERENCE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, STARTED
SPEAKING WITHOUT HAVING ANY
NOTES, WHICH I USUALLY DO.
AND I WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST
SPEAKING FROM MY HEART.
>> Stephen: YOU... YOU ARE A
PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE
PRESIDENT'S CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND NOW WE'RE SEEING A VERY
INTERESTING PHENOMENON, WHICH IS
THE RISE OF DECENTRALIZED
PROTESTS, DECENTRALIZED CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
HOW DO THOSE COMPARE WITH THE--
SORT OF THE CENTRALIZED,
SINGLE-LEADER MOVEMENTS OF THE
1950s AND THE 1960s?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, IN YOUR
MIND?
>> WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE
STILL APPRECIATE THE HISTORY OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PASSING
OF THE BATON AND SORT OF AN
EVOLUTION OF HOW PEOPLE FIGHT.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW THAT I
THINK IS ACTUALLY PHENOMENAL IS
THE ROLE OF WOMEN BEING
ACKNOWLEDGED.
IN THE PAST, WOMEN WERE
CERTAINLY IN THE BACKGROUND,
HOPING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
DR. KING... AND OTHER WOMEN, BUT
TODAY WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE A
FOCUS ON WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP.
AND I PERSONALLY TRIED MY BEST
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEN WHO
ARE WORKING WITH ME ARE ALSO
UPLIFTED, AND THAT IT IS NOT SO
MUCH A SEPARATION TWO OF THE BUT
THAT WE ARE ALL IN THE SPACE
TOGETHER.
AND I THINK WHAT MAKES IT REALLY
POWERFUL IS THAT IT'S MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT TO BE TARGETED BY
THOSE AUTHORITIES, IF YOU WILL,
OR THOSE OUTSIDE FORCES THAT
WILL TRY TO STOP YOU.
SO THE DECENTRALIZED MOVEMENT
GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE
PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED AND LESS
OF ONE PERSON HAVING ALL THE
STRENGTH OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES
ALONG, OR THE WEIGHT THAT GOES
ALONG WITH THE MOVEMENT.
>> Stephen: DOES SOCIAL MEDIA
HELP IN THE DECENTRALIZATION OF
A MOVEMENT LIKE THIS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE ON ONE
SIDE OF THE COUNTRY TO SPEAK TO
PEOPLE ON ANOTHER SIDE.
I MEAN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT JUST
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PROTESTS
IN FERGUSON STARTING, AND YOU
HAD KIDS IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ
SENDING OVER INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW TO USE MILK IN YOUR EYES IN
CASE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, PEPPER
SPRAYING.
AND THOSE TACTICS WERE ACTUALLY
USED.
THEY SHARED RESOURCES ACROSS THE
WORLD WITH OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME, THEY
MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF KIDS, ESPECIALLY
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE
CATCHING SORT OF THE FLACK OR
DEALING WITH GROWN FOLKS MAKING
DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR
LIVES.
THEY'RE NOT THE CAUSE OF WHAT WE
SEE HAPPENING.
IT'S REALLY GOVERNMENT AND
ADULTS WHO CREATE THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT, YET, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
USING RESOURCES TO CONNECT WITH
ONE ANOTHER AND SPREAD KNOW--
AND SPREAD THESE MOVEMENTS FAR
AND WIDE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE
TAMIKA D
♪ ♪ ♪
>> AND NOW, WHAT IF MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN'S WHAT ABOUT-ISMS WERE THE EXACT FREQUENCY OF A
LLAMA'S MATING CALL.
>> MR. SPEAKER, RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE COMMISSION TO
STUDY THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6.
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE RIOTS THAT
HAPPENED DURING THE SUMMER OF
2020?
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE DAMAGE CAUSED
TO FEDERAL BUILDINGS, CHURCHES,
PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES?
B.L.M. AND ANTIFA ESTABLISHED AN
AUTONOMOUS ZONE.
THE L.A.P.D. WAS DEFUNDED BY
$150 MILLION.
THE PEOPLE WHO BREACHED THE
CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 ARE BEING
ABUSED, SOME BEING HELD FOR 23
HOURS A DAY IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT.
WHEN WILL THE WITCH HUNT OF
DONALD J. TRUMP COME TO AN END
AND ALL OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT
HIM?
I REST MY TIME.
>> "I REST MY TIME," THAT'S NOT
WHAT I SAW WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
>> HEY, OUR GIRL IS ALLOWED TO
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR OF
"STATE OF EMERGENCY," TAMIKA D.
MALLORY.
WE'RE COMING UP ON THE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD ON MAY 25.
AND THE MOVEMENT THAT FOLLOWED,
THE PROTESTS, THE MARCHES IN THE
STREETS, HOW CAN THAT-- HOW CAN
THAT ENERGY BE SUSTAINED?
>> YEAH WELL, YOU KNOW,
UNFORTUNATELY, ENERGY IS
STIPULATED BECAUSE THERE
CONTINUES TO BE INCIDENTS.
I MEAN, WE'RE THINKING JUST
ABOUT-- YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT
GEORGE FLOYD AND THE TRIAL OF
DEREK CHAUVIN AS IT WAS
HAPPENING, AS IT WAS ENDED, I
SPENT TIME SITTING WITH HIS
FAMILY FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS OF
THE TRIAL, WAITING TO HEAR THE
VERDICT.
AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THAT,
DAUNTE WRIGHT WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BY A 24-YEAR VETERAN WHO
CLAIMED THAT SHE MISTOOK HER GUN
FOR-- OR A TASER FOR A GUN.
AND THIS YOUNG MAN LOST HIS
LIFE.
JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE VERDICT,
WE HEARD THE VERDICT, THEN THERE
WAS HIS FUNERAL, DAUNTE'S
FUNERAL.
SO THESE INSTANCES HAVE NOT
STOPPED.
THEY HAVE CONTINUED.
THEY HAVE PERSISTED.
AND I THINK THAT KEEPS MOVEMENTS
GOING, WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE IT OR
NOT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THAT
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE
MOMENTS WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO GO
BACK TO THEIR LIVES.
I MEAN, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
FOLKS EVEN HAVE TO BE IN THE
STREETS ORGANIZING IN THE WAYS
IN WHICH WE HAVE HAD TO,
ESPECIALLY THE SUMMER OF 2020
WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE
PEOPLE REALLY GOT EXHAUSTED.
FOLKS ALWAYS WANT TO GO BACK TO
THEIR NORMAL LIVES.
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE
CONNECT WHAT WE DID IN THE
STREETS AND THE PROTESTS AND
POLICY.
SO THIS IS THE TIME NOW WHEN WE
HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY,
FOUGHT THROUGH AN ELECTION, AND
NOW THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PUSHING
OUR-- OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS,
PRESIDENT BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS, AND OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO PASS LAWS THAT
MATCH THE ENERGY THAT WE SAW IN
THE STREETS.
>> Stephen: THE NEW BOOK IS
CALLED "STATE OF EMERGENCY."
WHAT DOES THAT TITLE MEAN?
I'LL MATCH YOU RIGHT HERE.
WHY THIS TITLE?
WHAT DOES THAT TITLE MEAN?
AND WHO IS THE IDEAL READER FOR
THIS BOOK?
>> SO I THINK THE BOOK IS FOR
EVERYONE.
I WROTE IT IN THE BEST WAY THAT
I COULD.
WHERE DIVERSE AUDIENCES WOULD
FEEL THE NEED TO PICK IT UP.
OBVIOUSLY, MY FORWARD IS A
CONVERSATION BETWEEN AN ICON IN
THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TERMS
OF CULTURE, POP CULTURE.
THEN WE HAVE AN ICON FROM THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, FROM THE
HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT, IN THAT
DR. ANGELA DAVIS.
AND I HAD THE TWO OF THEM COME
TOGETHER IN CONVERSATION, WHERE
CACARDI B IS SAYING I DON'T KNOW
IF THERE IS A PLACE FOR ME IN
THIS WORK BECAUSE I'M NOT THE
TYPICAL ORGANIZER, I'M NOT THE
PERSON PEOPLE SEE AS AN
ACTIVIST, BUT I CARE ABOUT THE
ISSUES.
AND DR. DAVIS TAKES THE TIME TO
SPEAK BACK TO CARDI B AND TO
WELCOME HER TO THE TABLE AND
THIS MOVEMENT.
SO, THEREFORE, FOR ME, THAT WAS
AN ENTRYWAY FOR ANY PERSON WHO
PICKS UP THIS BOOK TO FIND
THEMSELVES.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT A GUY
WHO IS ON THE STREET CORNER
COULD READ IT AND FEEL THE SAME
AS A PASTOR OR A DOCTOR OR A
LAWYER.
AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S A WHOLE
SECTION IN THE BOOK THAT DEALS
WITH WHITE WOMEN SPECIFICALLY,
AND SOME OF THE HARM THAT CAN BE
CAUSED BY WHITE WOMEN WHO HAVE
NOT DONE REAL WORK TO DEAL WITH
THE BIASES THAT THEY POSSESS.
AND SO I HOPE THAT EVERYONE SEES
THEMSELVES IN THIS BOOK, AND I
CERTAINLY TRIED TO WRITE IT THAT
WAY.
>> Stephen: "STATE OF EMERGENCY"
IS AVAILABLE NOW.
TAMIKA D. MALLORY, EVERYONE!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU, TAMIKA.
♪ ♪ ♪
LATE SHOW." TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE JOHN KRASINSKI, HERE, IN
THE STUDIO.
SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE.
DON'T TELL EVIE.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOOD NIGHT.
♪ ♪ ♪