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>> THE OREGON WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO RAGE, CREATING FIRE CLOUDS OVE THE BLAZE.
WHEN THESE TYPES OF CLOUDS FORM,
THEY GROW SO BIG AND SO HOT THAT
THEY CAN CREATE THEIR OWN
WEATHER, LEADING NASA TO CALL
THEM "FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON
CLOUDS."
>> AND THAT'S OUR HEADLINES.
NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH STORMY,
FOR LOCAL WEATHER.
>> GOOD EVENING!
HI, I'M STORMY DANIELS--
NOT THAT ONE.
BIG STORY IN THE WEATHER TODAY.
FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON CLOUDS
OVER MUCH OF THE WEST COAST,
MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE
MIDWEST.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
ST. LOUIS METRO AREA.
( EXPLOSION )
YEP, THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO
AFFECT EVENING COMMUTE TIME.
WE'RE EXPECTING MORE THREATENING
WEATHER AHEAD.
LATER IN THE WEEK, EXPECT A
HURRI-KRAKEN.
THIS WEEKEND WILL SEE A
CYCLONE-CLOPS.
AND EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE AN
80% CHANCE OF A TSU-ZOMBIE-NAMI.
NOW, I KNOW "FIRE-BREATHING
DRAGON CLOUD" SOUNDS SCARY, BUT
IT'S JUST THE NAME OF A WEATHER
EVENT.
I'M SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO
FINE.
NOW, LET'S GO OVER TO GARY IN
THE TRAFFIC COPTER.
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!" TONIGHT:DELTA BAD HAND!
PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES:
EMILY BLUNT.
AND BOB COSTAS.
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: HIGH.
HEY.
HEY, EVERYBODY.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> STEPHEN, STEPHEN, STEPHEN.
>> HELLO, CHRIS, HELLO, MARK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME,
ONE AND ALL TO THE LATE SHOW.
I'M YOUR SHOS STEPHEN COLBERT.
HOW'S EVERYBODY FEELING TONIGHT?
(AUDIENCE WOOS)
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE
VACCINATED.
AMONG THE UNVACCINATED, COVID
CASES ARE ONCE AGAIN ON THE
RISE, DUE TO THE HIGHLY
INFECTIOUS DELTA VARIANT.
INOCULATIONS HAVE SLOWED
DRAMATICALLY, AND LESS THAN HALF
OF THE TOTAL U.S. POPULATION IS
FULLY VACCINATED.
SO IF YOU THINK OF IT LIKE A
PIE, ABOUT HALF OF THE PIE WOULD
MAF WOULD BE VACCINATEED WHILE
THE OTHER
HALF WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TASTE
THE PIE BECAUSE THEY HAVE COVID!
THE RISING CASES ARE BEING
FUELED BY VACCINE HESITANCY--
WHICH ITSELF IS BEING FUELED
BY A DANGEROUS PATHOGEN
SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
AN IF THERE ARE ANY HIGH SCHOOL
ENGLISH TEACHERS WATCHING,
PLEASE-- TRY TO STAY NEUTRAL.
TRY TO STAY NEUTRAL.
LAUGH LAUGH
BUT NOW, THE FORECAST IS SO
DIRE, SOME PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
ARE SPEAKING UP, LIKE SENATE
MINORITY LEADER AND CONDOM
STUFFED WITH BABY FOOD,
MITCH McCONNELL.
YESTERDAY, McCONNELL URGED
EVERYONE TO GET THE SHOT:
>> IT IS NOT AT ALL UNCLEAR
THAT THE WAY TO AVOID GETTING
BACK IN THE HOSPITAL IS TO GET
VACCINATED.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO
DO THAT, AND TO IGNORE ALL OF
THESE OTHER VOICES THAT ARE
GIVING DEMONSTRABLY BAD ADVICE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
I GOT TO SAY, AND I HOPE NO ONE
EVER TAKES THIS OUT OF CONTEXT:
I AGREE WITH MITCH McCONNELL.
(LAUGHTER)
S THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE A BAD
IDEA.
IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY-- ALL
RIGHT.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN A VACCINE
CHANGE-OF-HEART FROM LOUISIANA
REPRESENTATIVE AND FROG WHO GOT
KISSED AND TURNED INTO AN INJURY
ATTORNEY, STEVE SCALISE.
SCALISE FINALLY GOT HIS FIRST
DOSE OF VACCINE LAST WEEK, AND
YESTERDAY, ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO
DO THE SAME:
>> I'VE BEEN VACCINATED, MANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED, AND THE VACCINE IS
SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND IT'S WIDELY
AVAILABLE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, STEVE.
WE KNOW.
WE ALL GOT IT MONTHS AGO.
STEVE SCALISE IS LIKE THE GUY
WHO JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT
"BRIDGERTON."
"IT'S LIKE JANE AUSTEN, BUT WITH
HIGH, TIGHT MAN BUTT!
THAT SHONDA RIMES HAS GOT A REAL
FUTURE."
BUT SCALISE SEEMS TO WANT IT
BOTH WAYS, BECAUSE HE THEN
CRITICIZED PUBLIC HEALTH
OUTREACH, SAYING "YOU'RE SEEING
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO BULLY PEOPLE
INTO DOING THINGS INSTEAD OF
JUST ENCOURAGING THEM."
OKAY.
GOOD POINT.
INVITE PEOPLE IN, DON'T CALL
THEM OUT.
SO TONIGHT, WE AT "THE LATE
SHOW" HAVE UPDATED OUR PRIZE FOR
ANY UNVACCINATED AMERICANS WHO
GET THE SHOT.
YOU WILL NOW WIN A LIFETIME
SUPPLY OF LIFE, AND TIME, AND A
DREAM DATE WITH HARRISON FORD...
FAN...
MY STAGE MANAGER, MARK McKENNA!
BUT UNTIL WE GET MORE PEOPLE
THEIR SHOTS, COVID WILL KEEP
STEAMING ALONG, WHICH IS WHY
SOME PLACES ARE REINSTATING
MASK MANDATES.
LIKE CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA,
HOME OF LAS VEGAS, WHICH PASSED
A RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE
EMPLOYEES OF INDOOR PUBLIC
SPACES TO WEAR MASKS WHILE AT
WORK.
TOUGH NEWS FOR MANY VEGAS
EMPLOYEES, UNLESS YOU'RE A
VENTRILOQUIST, BECAUSE YOUR JOB
JUST GOT A LOT EASIER.
BUT BEFORE CLARK COUNTY VOTED ON
THE MASK RULE, THEY HELD A
MEETING FOR RESIDENTS TO VOICE
THEIR CONCERNS, AND I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR RESIDENTS.
HERE'S ONE:
>> ACTUALLY, MASKS PROBABLY
WORK AS GOOD AS A WHIFFLE BALL
AS A CONDOM.
>> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, MASKS
WORK.
SECOND OF ALL, A WHIFFLE BALL IS
ACTUALLY A GREAT WAY OF
PREVENTING PREGNANCY.
BECAUSE NO ONE WILL HAVE SEX
WITH YOU IF YOU'VE GOT A WIFFLE
BALL ON YOUR PENIS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
WORKS
BUT, NOT EVERYONE SAID DUMB
THINGS.
SOME PEOPLE SAID FAST DUMB
THINGS:
>> (SPEED TALKING)
MY NAME IS JENNIFER BAILEY.
J-E-N-N-I-F-E-R B-A-I-L-E-Y.
THERE HAS BEEN ZERO SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC
TO SHOW JUST CAUSE FOR THESE
TYRANNICAL MANDATES.
WHERE IS THEIR DATA?
NOTHING?
THE SCAM-DEMIC IS NOTHING BUT A
B.S. SMOKESCREEN.
HOW IN GOOD CONSCIENCE CAN YOU
BLATANTLY LIE AND STATE YOU ARE
"FOR THE PEOPLE" WHEN YOUR
ACTIONS SHOW YOU ARE ONLY
SELF-SERVING FOR YOUR OWN GAIN?
OH, RIGHT, YOU COWARDLY HIDE
BEHIND THOSE MASKS.
ALSO CURIOUS WHO BENEFITED FROM
THE COVID RELIEF FUND.
IT WASN'T THE PUBLIC.
(STILL SPEED READING)
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OF
YOU HAVE A PAIR, BECAUSE THE ONE
PERSON I CONSTANTLY SEE FIGHTING
FOR THE PEOPLE IS JOEY GILBERT
WITHOUT FEAR.
WHERE ARE YOUR CAJONES?
(LAUGHTER)
DID YOU SEE THE COP TRYING TO
SLOW HER DOWN?
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT PUBLIC
COMMENT-- THAT'S A GOOD,
OLD-FASHIONED CONSPIRACY
AUCTIONEER!
(FAST LIKE AUCTIONEER)
"HOOOWWWW CAN YOU IN GOOD
CONSCIENCE LIE TO THE PUBLIC
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THE VACCINE
CONTAINS A MICROCHIP--
ONE CHIP, TWO CHIP, THREE CHIP,
LADY IN THE FRONT ROW BEING
CHIPPED-- SO THEY CAN EXTRACT
D.N.A. FROM OUR TOILET SEATS
WHILE WE'RE SLEEPING, SO THEY
CAN CLONE US AND SELL OUR ORGANS
TO GEORGE SOROS.
CAN I GET A BILL GATES?
PIZZA GATES, PIZZA GATES, SOLD!
TO THE CLINTON FAMILY, FOR THE
PRICE OF ONE SPACE LASER!"
WE'VE GOT BREAKING NEWS THAT
WASHINGTON IS STILL BROKEN.
TODAY, A HUGE DISAGREEMENT
ERUPTED THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND JUST A
COMPLETE TOOL, KEVIN McCARTHY.
NEXT WEEK, THE HOUSE IS
CONVENING THEIR SELECT COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6th
RIOT.
SPEAKER PELOSI ANNOUNCED
EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE--
SEVEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN
LIZ CHENEY.
WELL, MONDAY, McCARTHY PICKED
HIS FIVE REPUBLICANS, AND THERE
SEEMED TO BE ONE COMMON
DENOMINATOR IN ALL OF THE
MINORITY LEADER'S CHOICES:
NO MINORITY CHOICES.
IT'S LIKE AN AD FOR INFERIOR
BLEACH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE A
BUNCH OF DULL WHITES.
IT RUININGS YOUR COLORS.
THROW A SOCK IN THERE.
McCARTHY'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL
CHOICE WAS OHIO REPRESENTATIVE
JIM JORDAN...
>> Stephen: I KNOW.
(BOOING)
...STARRING THIS FALL THE NEW
CBS SHOW, "SUBURBAN CAVEMAN."
"THERE GOES THE CAVE-BORHOOD!"
JORDAN IS AN EXPERT ON THE
CAUSES OF JANUARY 6 BECAUSE HE
HELPED CAUSE JANUARY 6.
HERE'S WHAT LIZ CHENEY HAS TO
SAY ABOUT HIM IN A NEW BOOK:
"THAT (BLEEP) GUY JIM JORDAN.
THAT SON OF A (BLEEP).
WHILE THESE MANIACS ARE GOING
THROUGH THE PLACE, I'M STANDING
IN THE AISLE, AND HE SAID, 'WE
NEED TO GET THE LADIES AWAY FROM
THE AISLE.
LET ME HELP YOU.'
I SMACKED HIS HAND AWAY AND TOLD
HIM, 'GET AWAY FROM ME.
YOU (BLEEP) DID THIS.'"
DAMN, DAMN LIZ.
YES
YES, HE DID DO THIS!
PUTTING HIM ON THE COMMISSION
IS LIKE IF "SILENCE OF THE
LAMBS" ENDED WITH DEPUTIZING
BUFFALO BILL!
ANOTHER DUBIOUS SELECTION WAS
INDIANA CONGRESSMAN AND
VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY WHO WISHED
TO BE A REAL DUMMY, JIM BANKS.
WELL, THIS AFTERNOON, PELOSI
REJECTED BANKS AND JORDAN,
SAYING THEY MAY JEOPARDIZE THE
INTEGRITY OF THE INVESTIGATION.
OF COURSE, THEY'RE TWO POTENTIAL
SUSPECTS.
NANCY PELOSI CAN'T JUST LOOK THE
OTHER WAY-- SHE'S NOT JIM JORDAN
IN THE SHOWERS AT OHIO STATE.
GOOGLE IT, GOOGLE IT.
IN RESPONSE, McCARTHY DID THIS:
>> UNLESS SPEAKER PELOSI
REVERSES COURSE AND SEATS ALL
THE REPUBLICANS, WE WILL NOT
PARTICIPATE.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> Stephen: I DON'T THINK THAT'S
QUITE THE THREAT YOU THINK IT
IS, KEVIN.
(AS McCARTHY)
"UNLESS YOU PROMISE TO SEAT
TWO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DESTROY
THIS COMMITTEE, YOU CAN'T HAVE
ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
DESTROY THIS COMMITTEE!
WE'RE LEAVING-- BUT WE MIGHT
BREAK IN LATER AND STEAL YOUR
PODIUM AGAIN."
HERE'S THE THING.
PELOSI PROPOSED A BIPARTISAN
COMMISSION, WHERE REPUBLICANS
GOT TO NAME AS MANY MEMBERS AS
DEMOCRATS, AND YOU REJECTED IT,
SO NOW YOU'RE STUCK WITH WHAT
YOU GET.
IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY WAS LIKE,
"HEY, WE'RE ORDERING PIZZA, WHAT
DO YOU WANT ON YOUR HALF?"
AND YOU SAID, "I DON'T BELIEVE
IN PIZZA," AND NOW THAT THE
PIZZA IS HERE, AND YOU STILL GOT
OFFERED SOME SLICES, AND YOU'RE
SAYING, "HEY, THIS IS MUSHROOM
AND ONIONS!
I DEMAND PEPPERONI AND FASCISM!"
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
McCARTHY SAYS HE DIDN'T WANT TO
BE PART OF THE COOL KIDS CLUB,
SO HE'S STARTING HIS OWN CLUB.
>> WE WILL RUN OUR OWN
INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE
HAVE MILITARY, WE HAVE DOCTORS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE.
YES, KEVIN McCARTHY WILL HAVE
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE:
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
MILITARY.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
COWBOYS.
NATIVE AMERICANS.
AND OF COURSE, LEATHER DADDIES.
AND FINALLY, SOMEBODY WILL GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY IT'S FUN TO
STAY AT THE Y.M.C.A.!
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE EMILY BLUNT AND
BOB COSTAS.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK--
YES, THE CLIMATE IS DOOMED, BUT
IT'S A DRY DOOM.
STICK AROUND.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: I'M SO EXCITED,
I'M ALWAYS GREAT GRATE, I'M
GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY,
ESPECIALLY THE BIG STARS THAT
STOP BY TO SEE OUR DOG AND PONY
SHOW BUT TONIGHT I'M EXCITED
ABOUT AMERICA'S BRITISH
SWEETHEART EMILY BLUNT IS HERE,
AND AMERICA'S AMERICAN
SWEETHEART BOB COSTAS IS HERE.
>> Jon: WHOOO.
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT HIS NEW SHOW AND TALK
ABOUT THE OLYMPICS.
OH YEAH, BECAUSE HE HOSTED
OLYMPICS FOREVER, FOREVER.
TURNS OUT, NOW THAT HE DOESN'T
WORK FOR NBC ANY MORE, HE CAN
CONFESS THAT HE HATES IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE.
I DON'T ACTUALLY, I MILE BE
PUTTING WORDS-- WE'LL FIND OUT,
STICK AROUND, WE'LL FIND OUT
WHETHER I AM LYING.
FOLKS, THE RAGING DELTA VARIANT
ISN'T THE ONLY SUMMER BUMMER OUT
THERE.
JULY HAS FEATURED A WHOLE HOST
OF WEIRD AND TERRIFYING WEATHER
EVENTS.
WE'RE SEEING ICE QUAKES, FIRE
TORNADOES, AND HEAT DOMES.
HEAT DOMES, OF COURSE, NAMED FOR
THE STRUCTURES WE'LL ALL BE
FIGHTING IN FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF
TINA TURNER.
REMEMBER WHEN SCIENTISTS WERE
TELLING US THAT ALL THE CARBON
WE WERE PUTTING INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE WOULD COME BACK TO
HAUNT US EVENTUALLY?
WELL, IT IS WEDNESDAY, JULY THE
EVENTUALLY-TH.
YESTERDAY, THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTED THAT IN THE 21st
CENTURY, "SUMMERS IN BOSTON HAVE
COME TO RESEMBLE 20th-CENTURY
SUMMERS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, WHICH HAS COME TO
RESEMBLE PHILADELPHIA, WHICH IN
TURN HAS BECOME HOTTER THAN
WASHINGTON, D.C., OR ATLANTA,
AND SUMMERS IN WASHINGTON AND
ATLANTA ARE HOTTER THAN SUMMERS
IN TAMPA."
TAMPA, OF COURSE, REMAINS THE
WORST POSSIBLE VERSION OF
ITSELF.
THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO
ROOST, AND THEY ARE DEEP FRIED.
I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IN
THE SEGMENT WE ALL SAW COMING
BUT DID NOTHING TO STOP:
>> "CLIMATE: CHANGED."
>> YOU SHOULD'VE LISTENED TO AL
GORE, YA DUMMIES!
HE'S A CLIMATE ZADDY!
MOMMA LIKE!
>> Stephen: FIRST UP, THE CITY
THAT NEVER SLEEPS GOT ANOTHER
REASON NOT TO, BECAUSE THE SUN
IS GLOWING RED IN NEW YORK.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY:
"RED SKIES AT NIGHT,
SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
RED SUN IN THE SKY,
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
SO WHY IS THE SUN GOD ANGRY AT
US?
WELL, AS WE SPEAK, 78 WILDFIRES
ARE RAGING IN THE WESTERN
STATES.
IT'S AN APOCALYPTIC VISION OF
THE FUTURE PREDICTED BY THE BOOK
OF REVELATION, NOSTRADAMUS, AND
THE OPENING CREDITS OF
"BONANZA."
GOOD NEWS-- IF YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH
TO GET THAT JOKE, YOU PROBABLY
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
YOU GET IT, I GLET IT.
-- GET IT.
TURNS OUT, THE RED SUN IS
BECAUSE LIGHT IN THE ATMOSPHERE
IS BEING SCATTERED WILLY-NILLY
AFTER SMOKE FROM THOSE BLAZES
BURNING IN THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE
CONTINENT.
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
THEY MAKE WEED LEGAL OUT WEST,
AND NOW THEY'RE HOT BOXING THE
REST OF US.
IT'S NOT JUST NEW YORK.
YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A THICK
BLANKET OF WILDFIRE HAZE AROUND
THE GREAT LAKES.
FOR MORE ON THIS PHENOMENON, WE
TURN TO "LATE SHOW" CLIMATE
SCIENTISTS, DEEP PURPLE.
WHAT'S THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR
THIS HAZE?
>> SMOKE ON THE WATER
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, IAN.
A LOT OF THIS SMOKE IS BEING
GENERATED BY THE BOOTLEG FIRE,
WHICH IS THE LARGEST WILDFIRE SO
FAR THIS YEAR IN THE UNITED
STATES.
IT'S SO HUGE THAT IT'S
GENERATING ITS OWN WEATHER.
THAT SOUNDS FRIGHTENING, BUT THE
FOREST SERVICE IS TRYING TO KEEP
THE PUBLIC CALM WITH THIS NEW
P.S.A.:
>> ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT-- WHAT?
IT GENERATES ITS OWN WEATHER?
SCREW IT.
I'M SWITCHING SIDES.
ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY FLAME GOD!
I WILL NOW DO YOU BIDDING!
HA-HA-HA!
I JUST STARTED THE FIRE!
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO."
>> Stephen: I'M WORRIED
ABOUT-- I'M WORRIED ABOUT
SMOLDERS THE BEAR, NOT SMOKEY.
>> Stephen: THE BOOTLEG FIRE
CHANGES THE WEATHER BECAUSE IT
HAS CREATED SOMETHING CALLED A
PYROCUMULUS CLOUD, ALSO KNOWN AS
"CLOUD OF FIRE."
ALSO KNOWN AS...
>> A FIRE IN THE SKY
>> Stephen: THESE FIRES WERE
CAUSED BY A DROUGHT, BUT SOME
PLACES HAVE TOO MUCH WATER, LIKE
THE CENTRAL CHINESE CITY OF
JUNG-JOE, WHERE FROM SATURDAY TO
TUESDAY, 24.3 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL, CAUSING MASSIVE FLOODING,
WITH CARS FLOATING DOWNTOWN, AND
ONE GUY EVEN SHOT PHONE FOOTAGE
OF FISH SWIMMING IN THE STREET.
IT'S ALL IN THE NEW PIXAR MOVIE,
"FINDING NEMO ON THE SIDEWALK.
MY GOD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!"
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH EMILY
BLUNT.
♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
JOINING ME NOW IS A TALENTED
ACTRESS WHO HAS PLAYED
EVERYTHING FROM A MAGICAL NANNY
TO A BAKER'S WIFE TO A GIRL ON A
TRAIN.
SHE NOW STARS IN THE FILM
"JUNGLE CRUISE."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE
SHOW," EMILY BLUNT!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
♪.
>> HI.
HI!
>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> IT'S NICE TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: IT'S NICE TO HAVE
YOU BACK.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN, FIRST OF ALL, TO GET IT
OUT OF THE WAY, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
DRESS.
>> YOU LIKE IT.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> HONESTLY, HAVE I A WONDERFUL
STYLIST WHO HELPS ME WITH THIS
KIND OF THING.
I TRAVELED WITH THIS DRESS
TODAY, STUFFED FULL OF TISSUE
PAPER.
GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE AM HAVE I
NEVER SEEN A DRESS BE TREATED
BETTER IN MY LIFE.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, IT WAS LIKE THE
CROWN JEWELS, INSANE.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD PUT SOME
FOOTBALL PADS UNDERNEATH THERE.
>> THIS IS ALL ME, I DON'T MOW
IF YOU-- .
>> Stephen: YOU BULKED UP FOR
THE JUNGLE CRUISE.
>> I HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT WITH
DWAYNE, SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS
THE ROCK KIND OF WORKOUT NOW, WE
GOT GOING ON.
>> Stephen: EMILY, THE ROCK
BLUNT.
I LIKE THAT.
CUZ HE DROPPED IT HE IS JUST
DWAYNE JOHN SORNTION THE ROCK IS
JUST HANGING OUT.
>> HE REALLY LET HIMSELF GO,
HE'S LIKE-- .
>> Stephen: I'M SURE, I'M
SURE.
SPEAKING OF-- SPEAKING OF STRONG
MEN, WE ENJOYED HAVING YOUR
HUSBAND JOHN KRASINSKI BACK ON
THE SHOW, SUCH IS THE LIFE.
>> HE LOVED IT.
>> Stephen: THEY SAID WHO
WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE ON, AND I
WAS LIKE JOHN KRASINSKI WOULD BE
GREAT.
YOU GUYS, HE LOVELY COMPANY.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HE REALLY LOVED DOING THE SHOW,
I THINKED TO THE POINT WHERE IT
WAS ALMOST TOO COMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WELL, THAT LITTLE STORAGE ROOM
IT WAS JUST ME AND HIM AND EV.
>> I LOVE THAT EV WAS THERE AS
WELL, ALMOST CHEERING HIM ON
MORE.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> HE WAS LIKE THIS IS NOT A
GOOD IDEA, WHAT.
>> Stephen: THIS IS NOT A GOOD
IDEA, WE ARM WRESTLED AND MY
WIFE THOUGHT I WOULD NEED
ROTATOR CUFF SURGERY.
AND A LITTLE ARTHROSCOPIC WORK
AFTERWARDS.
>> HE WAS VERY SURPRISED AT HOW
STRONG YOU WERE.
VERY-- .
>> Stephen: NOW THAT, THAT
SOUNDS-- THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
COMPLIMENT UNLESS YOU DIG IN
JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> NO, I KNOW.
>> Stephen: HE WAS REALLY
SURPRISED YOU CAN MOVE UNDER
YOUR OWN POWER.
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN HOLD YOUR
HEAD UP NOW.
>> I DON'T THINK HE ACCOUNTED
FOR YOUR COMPETITIVE SPIRIT.
>> Stephen: NOW WE'RE NOT HERE
TO TALK ABOUT QUITE PLACE 2, BUT
THE JUNGLE CRUISING.
>> DID YOU LOVE IT.
>> Stephen: I LEVED IT.
>> DID IT SCARE YOU.
>> Stephen: IT SCARED ME.
>> GO ON SAY IT.
>> Stephen: IT SCARED ME
[BLEEP].
I AM WILLING TO BE BLEEPED ON
CBS TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT I'M
NOT A HUGE SCARE ME GUY.
>> I'M NOT EITHER.
>> Stephen: YOU HIDE IT WELL.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> Stephen: AND EFFIE ALL WE
COULD THINK OF WATCHING THIS IS
HOW MUCH DO THESE TWO LOVE YOUR
KIDS BECAUSE YOU MADE THE KIDS
THE HEROES OF THE MOVIE.
>> I KNOW, WELL, YOU HAVE TO.
YOU HAVE TO.
I LOVE THAT IT BECAME LILY'S
STORY.
SHE IS SUCH A POWERHOUSE.
SHE PLAYED OUR DAUGHTER AND IT
BECOMES HER MOVIE.
AND YEAH, IT WAS-- .
>> Stephen: WHAT SCARES YOU.
>> CAR CRASHES, LIKE I HATE THEM
LIKE A PROPER, PROPER ISSUE FOR
ME.
AND I'M SURE WHERE YOU ARE FROM
THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM.
>> Stephen: SOUTH-- WHEN YOU
GO, I GREW UP IN AN OLD HOUSE
AND BEFORE YOU OPEN UP THE
KITCHEN CABINET YOU DO THIS.
WE'RE COMING, I'M COMING, I'M
COMING.
>> DO THEY FLY.
>> Stephen: RIGHT AT YOUR
FACE.
>> LIKE HONESTLY, I'VE BEEN HIT
IN THE FACE BY ONE OF THOSE AND
IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN SHOT,
THAT IS WHAT IT EL TOOS LIKE,
FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN SHOT.
IT IS JUST HORRIBLE.
AND WHEN WE WERE SHOOTING JUNGLE
CRUISE WE FROM IN HAWAII AND
ATLANTA, COCKROACH HAVENS.
AND-- .
>> Stephen: THE HAWAIIAN
TOURISM BOARD WILL SEND YOU A
FRUIT BASKET FOR THAT.
>> YEAH, ALL I REMEMBER FROM
HAWAII, NO, IT WAS STUNNING, AND
BEAUTIFUL, HAWAII, I LOVED IT.
BUT I REMEMBER THE COCKROACHES
WERE STARTLING.
EVERYWHERE.
AND THERE WAS ONE MORNING WHERE
OUR DAUGHTER, HAZEL WAS SITTING
EATING BREAKFAST AND SHE GOES
OOH, SOMETHING JUST CRAWLED ON
ME, AND JOHN WENT REALLY, I
THINK IT WAS JUST A BREEZE
BLOWING YOUR HAIR, MOVE YOUR
HAIR, AND HE LOOKED DOWN HER
DRESS, AND HE GOES I THINK ARE
YOU FINE, BABY, I THINK ARE YOU
FINE.
KNEW SHE WASN'T, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS
THING-- LIKE IT WAS THAT BIG AND
IT JUST WENT-- ACROSS HER CHEST
LIKE THAT.
AND EVERYONE SCREAMED.
EVERYONE STARTED SCREAMING, THE
BABY, MY NANNY, ME, JOHN WAS
LIKE-- IT WAS JUST HORRIFYING
AND HE FLICKED IT OFF HER AND IT
SCUTTLED ON TO THE COUCH.
SHE WOULDN'T GO NEAR THE COUCH
FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS AND WE
TRIED TO FIND IT.
AND IT WAS GONE.
WHERE DO THEY GO.
>> Stephen: THEY, WHEN YOU ARE
SLEEPING THEY LAY THEIR EGGS IN
YOUR EAR.
SO THE NEW MOVIE "JUNGLE CRUISE"
WHICH IS BASED UPON THE FAMOUS.
>> DISNEY RIDE.
>> Stephen: HAD YOU BEEN ON
THE DISNEY RIDE BEFORE YOU HAD
SEEN THE MOVIE.
>> I STILL HAD NOT.
>> Stephen: YOU SHOULD GO.
>> I WILL, I AM GOING ON IT
FINALLY.
>> Stephen: YOU WATCH, I HAVE
SEEN THE MOVIE T IS ABSOLUTELY
DELIGHTFUL AND FUNNY AND AN
ADVENTURE AND JUST AS CORNY IN
THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.
>> BECAUSE OF DWAYNE JOHNSON.
>> Stephen: HAD YOU MET HIM
BEFORE DOING THIS.
>> SO I MET HIM, WELL, WE GNAW
WE WERE DOING IT.
AND HE CALLED FOR DINNER TO SEE
IF I WAS ALL RIGHT.
AND WITH THE PRODUCERS AND I WAS
SITTING THERE AND I KNEW HE WAS
COMING IN.
I WAS QUITE NERVOUS TO MEET HIM
I HAVE TO SAY BASE IS HE SORT
OF.
EVERYONE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HIM,
BUT YOU KIND OF DON'T KNOW A LOT
ABOUT HIM AT THE SAME TIME.
>> Stephen: YOUR'S NOT
PREPARED FOR HIM.
>> NO.
AND I KNOW THE RULES OF MEETING
A FAMOUS PERSON, OR BEING WITH A
FAMOUS PERSON IN A PUBLIC PLACE,
I'M MARRIED TO AN ENORMOUS MAN
WHO IS VERY VISIBLE AND I KNOW
THE GROUND RULESK KEEP YOUR TRAP
SHUT, KEEP IT DISCREET AND JUST
BLEND IN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
HE WALKS IN AND I HEARD MYSELF
JUST GO HEY!
LIKE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I
WAS DOING.
AND I LITERALLY WENT HI.
LIKE I MEAN, HE IS
LIKE-- SHUT-- .
>> Stephen: THE THING THAT
SHOCKED ME, I HAVE MET
MR. JOHNSON.
AND MOST LIKE ACTION STARS ARE
NOT ACTUALLY BIG.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU MEET THEM AND
YOU GO I COULD TAKE THAT GUY.
>> GOOD LUCK, COLOSSAL, I WOULD
WALK NEXT TO HIM, PEOPLE WOULD
TAKE PICTURES OF US WALKING NEXT
TO EACH OTHER AND I LOOKED LIKE
THIS CHILD.
LIKE HIS TINY CHILD.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP OF
THE MOVIE HERE.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
>> I'M SWINGING ON A ROPE OR
SOMETHING, I THINK WE'RE
SWINGING ON A VINE, A VINE, I
COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE ARE
SWINGING ON.
WE'RE SWINGING ON SOMETHING, WE
ARE SWINGING ON A VINE AND I
THINK IT'S HIM TRYING TO BE HERO
UK.
I WILL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING
THAT AT THE END OF THE STUNT,
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET ONE
STRAIGHT TAKE WITHOUT LAUGHING,
NOT ONE, YOU CAN LITERALLY HEAR
ME LAUGHING AT THE END OF IT AS
I RUN OFF SCREEN, THERE WAS NOT
ONE WHERE I WASN'T LAUGHING
BECAUSE HE-- YOU WILL SEE, YOU
WILL SEE.
SORRY, I'M RUINING IT.
>> Stephen: LET'S SEE.
>> COME ON, I GOT YOU, TRUST ME.
HOLD ON.
>> FRANK, FRANK, GET IT.
>> HOLD ON.
>> COME ON.
>> GOT IT.
>> FRANK.
>> I DON'T GOT IT.
>> FRANK, GET OFF ME, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING.
>> I'M TRYING TO GET TRACTION.
>> THIS IS RIDICULOUS, JUST
LEAVE ME ALONE.
THAT WAS A DISASTER.
>> YOU'RE TOO HEAVY.
>> YOU'RE TOO HEAVY, HE SAID TO
ME.
>> Stephen: TOO HEAVY.
>> EVERY TIME, SOMETIMES, AS WE
WERE SWINGING WE WRAP HIS
COLOSSAL LEGS AROUND ME TO MAKE
US SPIN.
HE [BLEEP] LUKE THAT ALL THE
TIME.
>> Stephen: YOUR
CHARACTER-- IN THE MOVIE.
>> YES, STEELS THE MOVIE.
>> Stephen: YES, EXACTLY,
DWAYNE WHO.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER
STEALS AN ANCIENT ARTIFACT.
YOU HAVE EMILY BLUNT EVER STOLEN
ANYTHING.
AND KEEP IN MIND ALL GUESTS ON
LATE NIGHT SHOWS ARE SWORN IN ON
A STACK OF THEIR OWN HEAD SHOTS.
YOU CANNOT LIE.
>> I HAVE STOLEN ONE THING T IS
SO LAME BUT I STOLE A PACKAGE OF
SEEDS FROM A GARDEN SHOW ONCE.
SO LAME, I KNOW, NOT COOL.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> YEAH, WHEN I WAS LIKE SIX.
>> Stephen: RECENTLY?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: DISTURBING.
WHEN WERE YOU SIX.
>> WHEN I WAS A KID I REMEMBER
GOING TO THE GARDENING CENTER
WITH MY MUM AND I STOLE A
PACKAGE OF SEEDS BECAUSE I
THOUGHT THE PANSEES LOOKED NICE
AND I GOT TO THE CAR AND SHE SAW
THAT I HAD THEM AND SHE MADE ME
GO AND GIVE THEM BACK.
>> Stephen: DID SHE SAY YOU
STOLE THAT.
>> YEAH.
BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE HADN'T
BOUGHT THEM.
WE DIDN'T NEED ANY PANSEE
THIEVES APPARENTLY.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GRIE.
>>-- CRY.
>> I WAS VERY UPSET,
EMBARRASSED.
I FELT BAD, I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I
STOLE THEM.
>> Stephen: SO YOU ARE JUST AN
INNATE THIEF.
>> THERE WAS NO REASON AND I
FELT-- I DID FEEL GUILTY.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
>> WOW.
>> Stephen: WELL THERE ARE
KIDS WATCHING, I DON'T WANT, I
DON'T WANT TO GLORIFY A WIFE OF
CLIMB.
>> WHAT DID YOU STOLE.
>> Stephen: I STOLE A BASEBALL
AT ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
AT A HARDWARE STORE.
>> DID YOU GIVE IT BACK.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW IF I
GAVE IT BACK.
I DON'T KNOW.
WOW, LOOK WHERE YOU PUT YOUR
CUP, THAT WAS A REAL POWER MOVE,
YOU PUT IT ON TOP, THIS IS WHEN
YOU KNOW A GUEST DOESN'T WANT TO
ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS, PUT
IT ON TOP OF THE CARD, YOU KNOW
WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S-- A
DELIGHT.
JUNGLE CRUISE IS ON THEATERS AND
DISNEY PLUS, PREMIER ACCESS ON
JULY 30th.
EMILY, THE ROCK BLUNT EVERYBOD
S HEY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK. FOLKS.
HEY.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN,
MY NEXT GUEST IS A 29-TIME EMMY
AWARD-WINNING BROADCASTER.
HE HAS ANCHORED THE OLYMPICS,
THE WORLD SERIES, THE SUPER
BOWL, THE NBA FINALS, AND THE
TRIPLE CROWN.
HE NOW HOSTS A NEW TALK SHOW,
"BACK ON THE RECORD WITH BOB
COSTAS."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE
SHOW" BOB COSTAS!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> WELCOME, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: I'VE HAD A CHANCE
TO INTERVIEW YOU BEFORE BACK ON
THE OLD, THE FIRST TIME ON THE
LATE SHOW HERE WITH ME.
BUT I'VE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY
YOU, ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES TO
BE INTERVIEWED BY SOMEBODY, A
YOU ARE A GREAT INTERVIEWER, YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
AND B, DO YOU REMEMBER.
>> OH YEAH, 2010, VANCOUVER
WINNER OLYMPICS.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> AND YOU HAD CAMPAIGNED OVER
ON COMEDY CENTRAL FOR A MORE
PROM INNOCENT POSITION.
>> Stephen: I WANTED TO BE
EMPLOYED BY NBC FOR THE OLYMPICS
TO BE A CORRESPONDENT.
>> AND DIK EBERSOL, THE ESTEEMED
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, OLYMPIC AND
GENERAL TELEVISION LEGEND SAID
OKAY.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHY.
>> AND YOU BROUGHT, YOU BROUGHT
A MOOSE TO VANCOUVER.
>> Stephen: YES, A STUFFED
MOOSE.
>> STUFFED MOOSE, BUT IT WAS
IMPRESSIVE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> AND YOU NICKNAMED THE MOOSE
EBERSOL, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
>> SO YOU CAME INTO THE STUD
QULO.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> ONE NIGHT AND YOU DID
SOMETHING THAT I HAD ALWAYS
WANTED TO DO AND WHENEVER I DID
IT, IF YOU WERE ON TAPE, SOME
VERSION OF IT, THEY PUT IT OUT
BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE ILLUSION
TO BE MAINTAINED BUT YOU BUSTED
THROUGH THAT WALL.
>> Stephen: LET'S SHOW THEM, I
FELT YOUR FEELINGS AND DID IT IT
SO, DO YOU MIND IF I WARM UP.
WHY DON'T YOU TOAST SOME
MARSHMALLOWSES BACK THERE.
>> WE GOT TO GO.
>> Stephen: OH, OH.
OH.
THIS IS SO NICE.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: IT IS IS REALLY
LOVELY IN HERE.
OH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE AUTHENTICITY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT I REALLY
APPRECIATE ABOUT NBC.
>> COMPLETELY AUTHENTIC.
>> Stephen: EVERYTHING'S REAL.
THAT WAS SO SATISFYING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: NOW--
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: AS THESE PEOPLE
KNOW, I MEAN FOR HOW MANY
OLYMPICS DID YOU DO.
>> 12.
>> Stephen: 12 OLYMPICS.
>> 88 THROUGH 16.
>> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO
KNOW YOUR OPINION.
THERE IS THE HEAD OF THE OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE AND JAPANESE
ORGANIZERS SAYING WE ARE NOT
GOING TO RULE OUT CANCELING THIS
THING.
DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON WHAT
SHOULD BE GOING ON BECAUSE OF
THE SURGING DELTA VARIANT.
>> I THINK IT IS FULL SPEED
AHEAD UNLESS WE GET A COMPLETE
DISASTER.
THE BEST THING WOULD HAVE BEEN
TO POSTPONE IT ANOTHER YEAR, I
REALIZE THE VARIANTS HAVE ADDED
A DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO IT BUT
THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
A YEAR FROM NOW THE SITUATION IS
MORE UNDER CONTROL, COULD YOU
HAVE SPECTATORS IN THE STANDS, A
LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE
JAPANESE POPULOUS WOULD BE
VACCINATED.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IDEAL
AND IT WOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO
THE OLD MODEL WHERE THE WINTER
AND SUMMER OLYMPICS WERE IN THE
SAME YEAR.
>> Stephen: THERE WILL BE NO
SPECTATORS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WILL DO
TO THE GAMES.
I KNOW IN TEAM SPORTS, THEY SAY,
THE FANS ARE THE 12th MAN,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN, DO YOU THINK
TO THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES NOT TO
HAVE PEOPLE CHEERING.
>> THE WHOLE THING IS GOING TO
BE SO BEYOND UNUSUAL, WEIRD.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE ISOLATED.
PART OF THE OLYMPICS IS THE
TRAVELOGUE, THE CULTURAL PAN
RAMAR, THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE
BETWEEN ATHLETES FROM MORE THAN
200 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
ALL OF THAT IS OUT THE WINDOW,
THEY ARE ALL IN EFFECT
QUARANTINED AND ONCE YOUR EVENT
IS OVER YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS TO
CLEAR OUT OF JAPAN AND GO HOME.
SO YOU DON'T STICK AROUND FOR
THE CLOSING CEREMONY, WHATEVER
THAT CLOSING CEREMONY MIGHT BE.
AND ON TOP OF IT, OF COURSE,
EVERY ATHLETE DRAWS SOME SORT
OF-- OF ADRENALINE AND EMOTION
FROM AN AUDIENCE.
THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH THE
OLYMPICS WHICH ARE MORE ABOUT
EMOTION THAN MOST SPORTS EVENTS
ARE.
AND MY OLD FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES AT NBC WILL DO THRAIR
BEST.
THEY'VE GOT CAMERAS AN
MICROPHONES STAKED OUT IN THE
HOMES OF THE FAMILIES OF
AMERICANS THEY EXPECT TO DO WELL
TO GET THAT REACTION.
AND AS MUCH AMBIENT SOUND AS
THEY CAN GET BUT THERE IS ONLY
SO MUCH YOU CAN SAY.
THINK OF THE NBA IN THE BUBBLE
IN 2020 AS OPPOSE TOED WHAT WE
SAW LAST NIGHT WITH THE SUNS AND
THE BUCKS AND LIKE 65,000 PEOPLE
OUTSIDE THE ARENA.
AND THE ARE-- ARENA PACKED.
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WAS
DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, DON'T GO
NOWHERE, NEITHER YOU, BECAUSE WE
WILL BE RIGH
LET'S UNIT TO PREVENT.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE WITH MR. BOB COSTAS.
YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED EVERYBODY
IN SPORTS OVER THE LAST 40 OR SO
YEARS.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MOMENT
AND SPER VIEW YOU HAVE EVER
DONE.
>> IT IS HARD TO PICK ONE BUT
THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND IT COMES TO MIND BECAUSE OF
WHAT-- IS DOING NOW FOR THE
ANGELS FOR THE MODERN DAY BABE
RUTH PITCHING AND HITTING, AND
AT THE TOP OF THE CLASS IN BOTH
BUT THE FIRST TRUE JAPANESE
SUPERSTAR IN AMERICAN BASEBALL
WAS ICHIRO SUZUKI WHO CAME OVER
HERE IN 200.
>> WONDERFUL GUY, MOSTLY WITH
THE MAR IER INS BUT PLAYED
BRIEFLY WITH THE YANKEES AS
WELL.
AND A VERY DEEP THINKER.
HE UNDERSTOOD MORE ENGLISH THAN
HE LET ON.
I THINK STILL THIS INTERVIEW
THAT I DID WITH HIM IN 2003 IS
THE ONLY FULL LENGTHENING LISH
LANGUAGE INTERVIEW HE EVER DID.
IT WAS CERTAINLY THE FIRS AT AIM
THA TIME AND HE HAD AN INTERMTER
WHO WAS A JAPANESE ACTOR AND HE
WAS SO DRAMATIC, AND ICHIRO
HIMSELF WAS VERY REFLECTIVE.
SO I WOULD ASK HIM HOW DO YOU
FEEL ABOUT AMERICAN BASEBALL AND
HE WOULD SAY OH, I LOVE MY
MANAGER LOU PANELA BUT WHY WOULD
HE THROW HIS CAP OR BREAK A BAT.
A CRAFTSMAN MUST RESPECT HIS
TOOL.
AND TOWARD THE END I WOULD SAY,
YOU KNOW HOW AN AMERICAN ANSWERS
THIS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
WHO WINS A FIGHT, KING KONG OR
GODZILLA.
AND THIS WAS HIS ACTUAL ANSWER,
THROUGH THE INTERPRETER.
OH, KING KONG IS FOR MIDDABLE,
YOU KNOW, BUT GODZILLA BREATHES
FIRE.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE DECIDING
FACTOR AS THE APE WOULD BE
CONSUMED IN THE CONFLAGRATION.
THAT IS WHAT ICHIRO SAID.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> THAT WAS THE SECOND TO LAST
QUESTION.
LAST QUESTION I THREW OUT THERE
JUST RANDOMLY, ICHIRO, WHAT IS
YOUR FAVORITE AMERICAN
EXPRESSION.
AND I THOUGHT AT THAT POINT YOU
KNOW, HE MUST HAVE HEARD
SOMETHING, WHAT UP DOG, OR
WHATEVER PEOPLE WERE SAYING IN
2003.
SO I SAID ICHIRO, WHAT IS YOUR
FAVORITE AMERICAN EXPRESSION.
I WAVED OFF THE INTERPRETER, AND
THIS IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> IN KANSAS CITY IT IS HOTTER
THAN TWO RATS [BLEEP] WITH.
>> THAT IS MY FAVOR RIS.
>> Stephen: AUGUST IN KANSAS
CITY IS HOTTER THAN TWO RATS IN
A [BLEEP] SHOP.
>> WHICH ACTUALLY IS TRUE IF YOU
HAVE EVER BEEN NO KANSAS CITY IN
AUGUST, AND AFTER THE LAUGHTER
FROM ME AND THE CREW SUBSCRIBE
SIDED HIS HE SAID I HAVE A BAD
TEAMMATE.
I SAID THEY ARE EVEN WORSE THAN
YOU THINK BECAUSE ICHIRO, THERE
IS NO SUCH
EXPRESSION-- EXPRESSION AS THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE HAD
AMAZING INTERVIEW SHOWS OVER THE
YEAR, A HOST OF THEM.
NOW YOU HAVE BACK ON THE RECORD
WITH BOB COSTAS ON HBO STARTING
JULY 309.
WHAT IS GOING BACK ON THE
RECORD, BOB COSTAS.
>> WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE
WHEEL.
THE FIRS SHOW HI FOR A DECADE OR
SO IS ON THE RECORD.
NOW IT IS BACK ON THE RECORD.
THERE WILL BE IN-DEPARTMENT
INTERVIEWS, I HOPE THEY ARE IN
DEPARTMENT, A LITTLE COMMENTARY,
JOURNALISM, SOME PANEL
DISCUSSIONS, CHARLES BARKLEY THE
LEAD OFF GUEST SHOULD CHECK BOTH
BOX, ENTERTAINING AND
GUARANTEE-- GUARANTEED TO SAY
SOMETHING PROVOCATIVE.
>> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
BACK ON THE RECORD WITH BOB
COSTAS PREMIERS FRIDAY JULY 309
ON HBO.
BOB COSTAS, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL ROOB BAI
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW, EVERYBODY. TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST
WILL BE "HACKS" STAR HANNAH
EINBINDER.
GOOD NIGHT.