>> ARE YOU PLANNING ON HAVING A REAL OR ARTIFICIAL TREE THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON?
>> WELL, YOU MAY NOT HAVE A CHOICE.
TURNS OUT, BOTH ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY, SO WHAT IS A FAMILY TO
DO?
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT: OIL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: LADY GAGA
AND MUSICAL GUESTS WILL LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNET.
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: WHAT'S GOING ON?
TALK TO YOU LATER.
>> Jon: YEAH!
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME,
ONE AND ALL, TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
IT IS THE TUESDAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
IT'S THE TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND I'M STILL
WORKING.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
( LAUGHTER ) SOME PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE WHO
SHALL REMAIN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES KNOCKED OFF EARLY,
BECAUSE TODAY, JOE BIDEN HIT THE ROAD TO SPEND THANKSGIVING ON
NANTUCKET, REVIVING A FAMILY TRADITION.
REMINDS ME OF THE FAMOUS THERE ONCE WAS A MAN IN
NANTUCKET WHOSE POLL NUMBERS
REALLY DID SUCK IT AT LEAST HE IS NOT
THAT ORANGE POL POT WHO ATE ALL HIS MEALS
FROM A BUCKET.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THANK YOU.
ONE LITTLE SNAG IN THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL HAS BEEN HIGH GAS PRICES,
SO BEFORE HE LEFT TOWN, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HE WILL
RELEASE 50 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVE.
NOW, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW-- THAT MAN DOES KNOW-- FOR THOSE
WHO DON'T KNOW, THE STRATEGIC RESERVE IS A
SERIES OF CAVERNS FILLED WITH FOSSIL FUEL AND STRATEGICALLY
LOCATED INSIDE RUDY GIULIANI'S HEAD.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
ACCORDING-- OVERFLOWING.
GOT TO RELEASE IT.
GOT TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE.
ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT, THIS IS THE LARGEST RELEASE FROM THE
RESERVE IN U.S. HISTORY.
AND IN RESPONSE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
RELEASED THIS STATEMENT: (AS TEXAS TYCOON)
OIL!
BLACK GOLD!
SWEET DINOSAUR JELLY!
WEST TEXAS DIRT MILK!
WE'RE RICH, WE'RE RICHER THAN JESUS!
IT'S NOT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HE'S EXCITED.
>> IT'S A DIRECT QUOTE.
>> Stephen: HE HAS SOME GREEN.
IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THIS WILL WORK.
ENERGY EXPERTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY SAID SUCH A RELEASE WOULD DO
LITTLE TO LOWER PRICES AT THE PUMP.
IT'S ALSO NOT THE BEST LOOK RIGHT AFTER YOU COME BACK FROM A
CLIMATE CONFERENCE.
"WE MUST END OUR ADDICTION TO FOSSIL FUELS.
WHAT'S THAT?
GAS IS $3.50 A GALLON?
LET THE RIVERS BE CHOKED WITH CRUDE OIL AND THE CARCASSES OF
PELICANS."
OF COURSE-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
BURN!
BURN THE WORLD!
TURNING TO THE PANDEMIC, IN THE LAST MONTH, NEW INFECTIONS ARE
UP ABOUT 30%, JUST LIKE THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
IT LOOKS LIKE COVID CASES RISING IS A NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE "ELF ON THE SHELF" WITH "FAUCI
ON THE COUCHY."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
I'D BUY THAT.
MARKET THAT, MAN.
IF YOU'RE GETTING READY TO DECK THE HALLS, DO NOT WAIT.
EXPERTS ARE PREDICTING A CHRISTMAS TREE SHORTAGE.
THAT'S OKAY, I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN BUILD ONE FROM THE NEEDLES
STILL EMBEDDED IN MY CARPET FROM LAST YEAR.
IN A STATEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT OF SOMETHING CALLED
THE AMERICAN CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION, ASSURED CUSTOMERS
THERE WILL BE A CHRISTMAS TREE, BOTH REAL AND ARTIFICIAL FOR
EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO CELEBRATE WITH ONE.
IT JUST MAY NOT BE THE EXACT KIND, SIZE, OR COLOR YOU WANT.
BUT NONE OF THAT REALLY MATTERS.
REMEMBER, ON THE FIRST CHRISTMAS, ALL JESUS HAD WAS A
PILE OF HAY.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN INDOOR
FIRE HAZARD.
( LAUGHTER ) NO SECTOR-- JAR OF OILY RAGS.
NO SECTOR IS SAFE FROM THESE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
CASE IN POINT: EVEN SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS ARE IMPACTED BY THE
SHORTAGES.
YES, APPARENTLY, ALL THEIR LITTLE DANCE MOVES ARE STUCK AT
THE PORTS.
AND I'M BEING TOLD WE HAVE ACTUAL FOOTAGE.
( ABBA'S "DANCING QUEEN" PLAYS ( LAUGHTER )
IN TOMORROW TIMES-- OH, I'M WATCHING IT.
I'M WATCHING IT OVER THE HOLIDAYS.
I LOVE ME SOME MERYL STREEP DANCING.
NOW, IN NORMAL TIMES, COMPANIES PAY INFLUENCERS TO HOCK THEIR
MERCHANDISE ON THE SOC MEADS, BUT THE ISSUE NOW IS THAT
BRANDS DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF THEY WILL HAVE ENOUGH STOCK TO
FULFILL ORDERS IF A PRODUCT ENDS UP GOING VIRAL, SO SOME BRANDS
ARE USING INFLUENCERS TO PROMOTE A WIDER BREADTH OF PRODUCTS,
RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON A FEW ITEMS, AND KEEPING THE MESSAGING
MORE GENERAL.
WHICH EXPLAINS THIS RECENT INFLUENCER TIKTOK:
♪ ♪ ♪ ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: BUT, THINGS-- ( APPLAUSE )
I RECOGNIZE HER.
>> Jon: I DO, TOO.
>> Stephen: I RECOGNIZE HER.
BUT THINGS MAY BE LOOKING UP, BECAUSE SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS
ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EASING.
GREAT NEWS FOR SANTA.
OTHERWISE, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO FILL HIS SACK WITH WHATEVER
THEY HAD AT THE RITE AID CHECKOUT.
( AS SANTA ) HO, HO, HO!
WHO WANTS A HOLLY JOLLY ISSUE OF "WOMAN'S WORLD"?
SOMEONE'S GETTING 10 EASY TIPS TO TONE THOSE FLAPPY ARMS, SOME
LITTLE GIRL'S GETTING A KNOCK-OFF iPHONE CHARGER?
IT DOESN'T WORK, BUT IT'S PINK.
( LAUGHTER ) ♪ ♪ ♪
IN CONGRESS, THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE IS STILL INVESTIGATING
WHO PLANNED THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL, AND THEY JUST
SUBPOENAED A COUPLE OF BIG ONES.
FIRST UP ON THE DOCKET: FORMER PRESIDENTIAL ALLY,
PARDONED CRIMINAL, AND COLONEL SANDERS...
( BOOING ) SANDERS AT THE SWINGERS' CLUB,
ROGER STONE.
STONE HELPED PLAN THE RALLY THAT PRECEDED THE INSURRECTION, AND
THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO KNOW WHY HE WAS INVITED TO LEAD THE MARCH
TO THE CAPITOL FROM THE RALLY, BUT CURIOUSLY DID NOT ULTIMATELY
ATTEND THE RALLY OR GO NEAR THE CAPITOL.
THAT IS SUSPICIOUS.
IT'S LIKE THE HEAD OF THE PROM COMMITTEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN
"CARRIE" SAYING, "LOOK, I KNOW I PLANNED THE DANCE, BUT I THINK
I'M GOING TO STAY HOME.
BY THE WAY, TAKE THIS PONCHO.
NO REASON."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
ALSO A LITTLE SODA WATER AND LEMON JUICE GETS IT RIGHT OUT OF
THE CARPET.
RIGHT OUT OF-- THE COMMITTEE ALSO WANTS TO HEAR
FROM DISGRACED CONSPIRACY THEORIST AND PORK MEATBALL WITH
FREEZER BURN, ALEX JONES.
JONES IS IN SOME HOT WATER FOR HELPING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR
THE JAN. 6 RALLY, AS WELL AS BELLOWING THIS AT A CROWD THE
NIGHT BEFORE: >> I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THIS IS
GOING TO END, BUT IF THEY WANT A FIGHT, THEY BETTER BELIEVE
THEY'VE GOT ONE!
>> Stephen: WELL, NOW WE DO KNOW HOW IT ENDS: WITH ALEX JONES
UNDER OATH, IN CONGRESS, TRYING TO SELL THE COMMITTEE HIS
VITALITY SUPPLEMENTS: "MR. CHAIRMAN, AS A WEAK-MINDED
MEMBER OF THE DEEP STATE, YOU NEED MY PROSTAGUARD PILLS.
TAKE 'EM WITH TWO CUPS OF MY PATENTED MALE-ENHANCEMENT SERUM,
AND I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY: IF YOUR TOILET WANTS A FIGHT, YOU
BETTER BELIEVE IT'S GOT ONE!" ( APPLAUSE )
"YOU BETTER-- IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!"
A LITTLE CROSSOVER.
"WHITE WINE FEVER!" SPEAKING OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S CRONIES, WE'VE GOT SOME NEWS FROM HIS EX-FIXER AND
JURASSIC PARK LAWYER ABOUT TO GET STEPPED ON BY A T-REX,
MICHAEL COHEN.
COHEN GOT OFF OF HOUSE ARREST JUST YESTERDAY, AND HIS FIRST
STOP WAS CNN.
>> I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS PROMISE TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR
VIEWERS, THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED-- AND RIGHT NOW I AM
THE ONLY ONE, BUT I WILL NOT BE THE ONLY ONE AT THE END OF THE--
>> FOR THIS CRIME?
>> FOR THIS CRIME AND FOR OTHERS.
>> WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED?
>> WELL, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE INVOLVED.
ERIC TRUMP WAS INVOLVED, >> Stephen: (AS ERIC)
"HELP ME, DAD.
DAD, HELP!
I'M TOO PRETTY FOR JAIL.
IT'LL DESTROY MOM.
ALSO SECOND MOM, THIRD MOM, AND PORN STAR MOM.
SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO STILL CALLS ME."
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE-- ( APPLAUSE )
THANK YOU.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
COHEN ALREADY HAS SOME JOB PROSPECTS.
EVEN WHILE HE WAS STILL ON HOUSE ARREST, COHEN WAS SEEN SITTING
DOWN WITH A VERY MASKED KANYE WEST, MAKING KANYE THE COHEN
COHEN CLIENT WITH THE SECOND-LEAST-BELIEVABLE HUMAN
FACE.
COHEN ADDRESSED THE MEETING: >> YOU WERE SEEN RECENTLY
MEETING WITH KANYE WEST, ALSO KNOWN AS YE.
HE'S CHANGED HIS NAME.
( CROSSTALK ) >> WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
>> I WOULD RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT IT.
ONE THING THAT I'VE DONE VERY WELL, VIRTUALLY MY ENTIRE LIFE
WAS HELP RESOLVE ISSUES FOR PEOPLE.
WE'LL CALL IT BEING A FIXER, RIGHT.
THIS TIME, THOUGH, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
WITH YE ARE NOTHING TO DO WITH PORN STARS OR "PLAYBOY"
PLAYMATES.
A LOT OF IT IS BUSINESS RELATED.
>> Stephen: THAT BUSINESS?
LEGALLY GETTING AWAY WITH CALLING THIS A SHOE.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, COHEN SEEMS PRETTY
TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT THIS ARRANGEMENT.
BUT I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING: COHEN'S A "GOLD DIGGER."
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN IT "ALL FALLS DOWN."
HE USED TO WORK FOR A "MONSTER," BUT HE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP
"POWER," "THE GOOD LIFE," AND
"ALL OF THE LIGHTS."
NO MATTER WHAT, THIS IS "BOUND 2" BE A CIRCUS.
I WISH THEY BOTH WOULD JUST "RUNAWAY."
BUT THEY WON'T.
THAT'S JUST MY "BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY."
"LIFE OF PABLO."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
MY GUEST IS LADY GAGA.
STICK AROUND.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN RIGHT OVER THERE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Jon: YEAH!
>> Stephen: WE'VE GOT-- WE'VE GOT SUCH A SHOW TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT SUCH A SHOW TONIGHT.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE SHOW, BEFORE WE GET TO THE SHOW,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST WANT TO-- I JUST WANT TO POINT
OUT JUST FOR A SECOND AND TAKE A MOMENT TO MARK THE FACT THAT
TODAY GRAMMY NOMINATIONS WERE ANNOUNCED.
AND THE ARTIST WITH THE MOST NOMINATIONS, THE MOST HONORED
ARTIST THIS YEAR WITH 11 NOMINATIONS IS MR. JON BATISTE
RIGHT THERE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Jon: WOOOO!
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU!
MAN!
AAAAHHHH!
>> Stephen: HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
BEST-- BEST TRADITIONAL RAN "B" PERFORMANCE.
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO, BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, BUT
AMERICAN ROOTS SONG.
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION, BEST SCORE
SOUNDTRACK FOR "SOUL."
BEST MUSIC VIDEO FOR "FREEDOM."
RECORD OF THE YEAR FOR "FREEDOM."
AND ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR "WE ARE."
DAMN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) COME ON!
THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
JON-- OKAY.
AND I-- I JUST-- HERE'S THE THING-- JON WHEN YOU FOUND OUT,
WHEN YOU HEARD THESE NOMINATIONS, WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> Jon: WELL, I HEARD THE FIRST TWO, AND THEN AFTER THAT,
THERE WAS SO MUCH HOLLERING IN THE ROOM.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT I HAD TO GET AN UPDATE
EVERY TIME ANOTHER NOMINATION CAME IN.
AND I JUST WAS SITTING THERE BY THE EIGHTH ONE, AND I WAS JUST
LIKE-- I WAS-- I WAS-- ACTUALLY TO MYSELF-- I WAS TALKING TO
GOD.
I WAS LIKE, "THERE'S A LESSON IN THIS FOR ME TO LEARN.
THERE'S SOMETHING-- IT'S GREAT, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING IN
MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS THAT'S BIGGER THAN ME AND JUST
ADULATION FOR ME THAT I HAVE TO LEARN IN THIS.
SO I'M SO GRATEFUL, AND THE AGREEMENTS THEY CHANGE THE THE
PROCESS THIS YEAR TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT.
SO ARTIST-- IT WAS MY PEERS WHO LISTENED TO THE RECORD AND THEY
HAD THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT THEIR VOTE TO.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY-- I JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND WORK.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND WORK
ON THE CRAFT.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU ALSO-- YOU ALSO TWEETED.
>> Jon: YES.
>> Stephen: TODAY.
WHAT IS THE COINCIDENCE?
>> Jon: I'M ALWAYS IN THE NUMBERS.
I WAS BORN ON 11-11.
11 NOMINATIONS AND I WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 11.
>> Stephen: HERE'S ANOTHER COINCIDENCE ABOUT THIS IS THAT
IF SOMEBODY HAD ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, SHOULD JON BATISTE BE
NOMINATED THIS MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ASKED ME ON A
SCALE OF ONE TO 10, I WOULD HAVE SAID 11.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: CONGRATS.
FOLKS, MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL ARTIST,
PHILANTHROPIST, FASHION ICON, AND MOVIE STAR.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," LADY GAGA.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HOW'S IT GOING?
>> Stephen: IT'S GOING GREAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> WOW!
WOW!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT IS-- IT'S SO
LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS-- I'M-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: OH, MY GOSH.
>> GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> IN "NARCOS," MY HOME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
YOU.
>> Stephen: HAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY YEAR, STARTING
WITH SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INAUGURAL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
WHAT WAS THIS-- WHAT WAS THIS MOMENT LIKE FOR YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE OF THE PROUDEST MOMENTS I'VE EVER HAD
AS A MUSICIAN AND A PERFORMER.
EVERY PERFORMER HAS SOMETHING THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO THEM ABOUT
WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO.
FOR ME, I LOVE TO MAKE THE PUBLIC SMILE.
AND I HAD TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS TO TALK TO THE WHOLE
WORLD.
AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SING TO
EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FANS AND TO
THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HIM, BUT TO THE WHOLE WORLD.
BECAUSE THE WORLD HAS BEEN ON FIRE.
AND EVERYBODY DESERVES LOVE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: AND WHAT-- WHAT BETTER WAY THAN THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY AGREE ON.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS A COMPLICATED TUNE.
AND -- >> Stephen: YEAH.
>> IT WAS A COMPLICATED TIME.
>> Stephen: YES!
I LOVE YOU FINDING THE FLAG IN THAT MOMENT, THAT OUR FLAG WAS
STILL THERE.
THAT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH THAT MOMENT YOURSELF?
I IMAGINE THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT IS SO RESONANT TO THAT SPOT
WHERE YOU WERE STANDING, WHERE THE INSURRECTION HAD BEEN.
>> WELL, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH MICHAEL BERIDDAN,
WHO IS MY MUSICAL DIRECTOR.
HE IS ALSO THE CONDUCTOR FOR MY SHOW IN LAS VEGAS, MY JAZZ SHOW.
HE DOES BOTH POP AND JAZZ.
HE'S BRILLIANT.
AND HE DID THAT ARRANGEMENT WITH ME, WITH THE MARINE CORPS BAND.
AND WE DECIDED TO HOLD ON "THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE."
AND WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT THIS MOMENT, IN ADDITION TO IT BEING
EMOTIONAL AND POWERFUL FOR ME AS A SINGER WAS THAT, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, THEY ACTUALLY MOVED THE FLAG.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DIDN'T TELL YOU.
>> NO.
( LAUGHTER ) NO.
YOU KNOW, SO I HAD GONE OUT THE DAY BEFORE TO THE CAPITOL, WHICH
WAS KNOW-- IT WAS-- THE ENERGY WAS POWERFUL.
AND IT WAS TENSE BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH VIOLENCE A WEEK BEFORE.
THERE WAS-- THERE WAS SUCH RAGE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE SAW WITH
OUR OWN EYES IN A WAY THAT I THINK WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A
REALLY LONG TIME.
AND I WENT OUT TO MY REHEARSAL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO, AND
I'M A PROFESSIONAL, AND I WANTED TO GO TO REHEARSAL.
AND I PLANNED TO FIND THE FLAG AND POINT TAT AS I SANG THIS
PART.
AND WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE THE
FLAG, AND WHEN I GOT OUT THERE, I STARTED TURNING, AND I WAS
LIKE, "OH, GIRL, JUST KEEP TURNING AND MAYBE IT WILL SHOW
UP."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
TURNS OUT, THEY STILL KEPT THE FLAG UP ON THAT BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND I FOUND IT.
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.
>> Stephen: I-- I-- I HAD HEARD THAT THIS, AGAIN, THIS
BEAUTIFUL DRESS THAT YOU WERE WEARING, THAT THAT WAS
BULLETROOF, THAT IT HAD FABRIC SEWN INTO IT.
>> YEAH, THERE WAS A BULLETPROOF VEST SEWN INTO THE DRESS.
AND IT WAS-- IT WAS A SCARY TIME IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I CARE A LOT ABOUT MY FAMILY.
AND AS A PERFORMER, I UNDERSTAND THAT I PUT MYSELF IN ALL TYPES
OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN ORDER TO DO WHAT I LOVE.
AND SO I DID THAT FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR MY FAMILY AS WELL, SO
THAT MY MOM AND DAD AND MY SISTER WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT.
BUT THAT DRESS, YOU KNOW, IS A SCAPARELI DRESS, AN ITALIAN
DESIGNER, AND EVERYTHING I WORE THAT DAY WAS INSPIRED BY THE
ITALIAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTION.
IN A LOT OF WAYS, I FELT LIKE THAT DAY WAS A REVOLUTION FOR
THIS COUNTRY, AND RAY REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK PAST
THE RESISTANCE AND LOOK FORWARD INTO A TIME WHEN WE CAN BE
KINDER AND WE CAN BE BRAVER AS A NATION, AS PEOPLE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S WORTH
PLAYING FOR.
THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER, I ASKED YOU HOW, WITH ALL THE
PRESSURES OF YOUR WORK AND ALL THE THINGS YOU TAKE ON, THE
THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT, HOW YOU ARE RELAXED AT THE END OF THE
DAY.
AND YOU SAID A GLASS OF WINE AND CRYING.
>> A CRY.
>> Stephen: A CRY.
IS THAT STILL HOW YOU DO IT?
>> JUST WITH TEQUILA NOW.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE-- I HAVE A LITTLE-- WOULD YOU LIKE A
LITTLE TEQUILA?
>> YEAH, FOR SURE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
THIS IS REALLY FULL SERVICE OVER HERE!
>> Stephen: YES.
ON THE OPENING-- ON THE OPENING NIGHT OF THIS SHOW SIX YEARS
AGO, GEORGE SENT ME A BUNCH OF TEQUILA AND I'M VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL TO HIM.
>> THANK YOU, GEORGE.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
RIGHT THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT!
IT'S A PARTY NOW ( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
NOW, YOU OF YOU'VE BEEN-- OH, YOU WANT A LIME?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU-- VERY TASTY.
>> YOU CAN DO SOME LIVE EDITING AROUND THIS PART.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN ACTIVIST FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE AND THE L.G.B.T.
COMMUNITY FOR YEARS.
WHAT DO YOU DO-- ( APPLAUSE )
DES THAT ACTIVISM ITSELF HELP WARD OFF DESPAIR, GIVE YOU HOPE?
( SIGHS ) >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT WARDS OFF DESPAIR AS MUCH AS IT REMINDS ME THAT WE ALL HAVE A
VOICE.
AND IT'S JUST HOW YOU USE IT.
THAT'S OUR WEAPON.
THAT'S THE-- THAT'S THE KINDEST WEAPON THAT WE HAVE, IF WE
CHOOSE TO WIELD IT KINDLY.
FOR ME, I-- I UNDERSTAND AND I UNDERSTOOD WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
AROUND MAYBE 21 YEARS OLD, THEY HAD A PLATFORM WHERE I COULD
SPEAK AND TALK TO THE WORLD.
AND, LOOK, WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WATCH WHAT I DO.
WHEN I DECIDE TO BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
AND HOW I CHOOSE TO USE THAT SPACE AND TIME IS SOMETHING THEY
CARE ABOUT.
SO FOR ME, SPEAKING ABOUT L.G.B.T.Q.-PLUS RIGHTS IS A PART
MIGHT HAVE DESTINY AND A PART OF WHAT I BELIEVE MAKES IT POSSIBLE
FOR ME TO HAVE THIS WORK MATTER.
TO ME, REALNESS AND RELATIONSHIPS AND THE REALITY OF
THE WORLD, IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT IT DEAD IN THE EYE, THEN ALL OF
THIS IS AN ILLUSION,s AND IT MAKES THE ART MATTER LESS.
BUT THIS IS ALSO WHY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'VE ALWAYS PUT HEART INTO YOUR WORK.
YOU ALWAYS PUT WHAT MATTERS INTO YOUR WORK.
SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE BECAUSE, LIKE, I REALLY RESPECT HIM, AND
I KNOW THAT YOU DO, TOO.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ( APPLAUSE )
WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT DON'T GO AWAY,
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE LADY GAGA, EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH LADY GAGA.
YOU ARE PLAYING THE PERFECT ROLE IN "HOUSE OF GUCCI."
WHERE YOU PLAY PATRIZIA REGGIANI.
>> REGGIANI.
>> Stephen: REGGIANI.
>> WELL DONE!
ALL RIGHT!
( SPEAKING ITALIAN ) HE SPEAKS BETTER ITALIAN THAN I
DO!
>> Stephen: AND HERE YOU ARE-- HERE YOU ARE AT THE OPENING 90.
THERE ARE YOU ARE AT THE OPENING NIGHT, ROCKING THE PURPLE, RIGHT
THERE.
( APPLAUSE ) YOU PLAY THE WOMAN WHO WAS THE
WIFE OF MAURIZIO GUCCI.
AND WHO PLOTS HIS DEATH AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS
CHARACTER?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD DESCRIBE HER AS REAL.
SHE'S A REAL WOMAN.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST A CHARACTER.
THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS STILL ALIVE TODAY, AND SHE SERVED
DECADES IN PRISON.
AND SHE WAS VERY IN LOVE WITH MAURIZIO GUCCI.
AND SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT WHEN THEY GOT
MARRIED, HE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY AND A JOB.
HIS WHOLE FAMILY TURNED THEIR BACK ON HIM.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE HE MARRIED HER.
>> BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MARRY HER, YEAH.
AND SHE WAS THIS-- THIS OUTSIDER WHO WAS NEVER AS SHINY AS THE
GUCCIS, AND SHE WAS FROM A MUCH LOWER CLASS THAN THEM.
HER FATHER RAN A TRUCKING COMPANY, AND FROM ALL OF THE
JOURNALISTIC INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THEY DID TO PREPARE
FOR THIS ROLE, I DISCOVERED ALSO THAT THEY WERE BELIEVED TO BE IN
CRIME AS A FAMILY.
SO, ALSO, WHAT I ALSO DISCOVERED WAS THAT WHEN SHE PUT THE HIT
OUT ON M MAURIZIO TO BE MURDERED IN 1995, THEY WERE DIVORCED.
SO THERE ARE LANDMARK MOMENTS IN HER LIFE AND IN THEIR LIVES
WHERE MONEY WAS BELIEVED TO BE AT STAKE BY THE PRESS, WHEN
ACTUALLY THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL GAIN FOR HER.
SO WHEN I MET WITH SCORK MY DIRECTOR, WHO I HAVE TO SAY IS
JUST AN INCREDIBLE DIRECTOR, AND I LOVED WORKING WITH BRADLEY
COOPER.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT TO WORK WITH RIDLEY SCOTT RIGHT AFTER.
HE'S JUST AMAZING.
>> Stephen: AND ADAM DRIVER, AND AL PACINO, JEREMY IRONS.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CAST.
SALMA HAYEK.
>> AMAZING, AMAZING.
I SAID TO RID, "HEY, DO YOU THINK SHE EVER LOVED HIM?"
AND THAT WAS AFTER I HAD READ THE SCRIPT A COUPLE OF TIMES,
AND I HADN'T DONE REAL DIGGING YET.
AND HE SAID, "THEY WERE IN LOVE."
I ABANDONED THIS IDEA THAT SHE WAS A GOLDDIGGER AND I WONT THIS
REAL JOURNEY OF RESEARCH ABOUT HER.
>> AND FEEL SHE WAS PUSHED OVER THE EDGE SO FAR THAT SHE MADE A
TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
AND I THINK SHE'S SITTING IN MILAN SOMEWHERE WITH DEEP
REGRET.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU STAY RIGHT
THERE.
NOBODY MOVE.
NOBODY MOVE!
NOBODY GETS HURT!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE LADY GAGA, EVERYBODY.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO BE
ABLE TO.
HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH LADY GAGA.
YES, I AGREE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: THIS IS TRUE.
WE HAVE A CLIP RIGHT HERE.
CAN YOU-- DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CLIP IS?
COMPLAINING WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> YEAH, THIS CLIP, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND ALSO YEARS OF
PREPARATION, THIS CLIP IS AFTER WE WENT TO A VERSACE SHOW.
AND VERSACE WAS HUGE DURING THIS TIME.
AND MAURIZIO, MY HUSBAND, HAS A TALK WITH A FASHION DESIGNER
THAT'S AT THE SHOW WHO ESSENTIALLY TELLS HIM THAT GUCCI
IS NOT AS GREAT AS IT COULD BE.
SO THEY GO HOME, AND SHE'S TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT HE
NEEDS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE COMPANY.
AND WHAT I ALWAYS BELIEVED ABOUT PATRIZIA IS SHE SAID TO HERSELF,
"LOOK, MAURIZIO, YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF
YOU.
YOU HAVE THIS COMPANY, THIS EMPIRE JUST SITTING IN YOUR LAP.
YOU SHOULD TAKE CONTROL OF IT."
IN THIS SCENE SHE'S TRYING TO SHOW HIM WHAT HE'S GOT, AND
SHE'S ALSO TRYING TO REMIND HIM SHE'S PART OF THE FAMILY, TOO.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> DO YOU WANT TO BE LEFT IN THE DUST?
DO YOU WANT TO KEEP SELLING COFFEE MUGS IN AIRPORTS?
IS THAT YOUR LEGACY?
IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH.
ALDO AND PAOLO, THEY'RE POISON.
THEY'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THIS COMPANY, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
THEY HAVE TO GO.
AND YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ( BLEEP ) BUSINESS ORGANIZED.
>> PATRIZIA, THEY'RE MY FAMILY.
>> SO AM I.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WANT TO-- I WANT
TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU STAYED IN CHARACTER FOR MONTHS.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WHAT A CHALLENGE--
>> LIKE SOMEBODY I KNOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, WELL, YES, I CAN THE SAME CHARACTER FOR A
LONG TIME.
>> FOR YEARS.
>> Stephen: FOR YEARS.
FOR 10 YEARS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT-- WELL, DO YOU
THINK PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND THE USE AND THE PURPOSE OF METHOD
ACTING?
>> I THINK THAT THERE'S A SORT OF IDEA AROUND METHOD ACTING
THAT IT'S CRAZY, AND THAT WE'RE CRAZY.
BUT I THINK THAT FOR THOSE OF US THAT COMMIT OURSELVES TO METHOD
ACTING, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT US THAT'S JUST FULLY
COMMITTING OURSELVES TO THE ART ON A CELLULAR LEVEL, THIS WE'RE
DEEPLY ENTRENCHED IN THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.
I FEEL IT WHEN I SING.
I FEEL IT WHEN I MAKE MUSIC.
AND I FEEL IT WHEN I'M ACTING.
WHEN I SING JAZZ MUSIC, I-- I CONSIDER IT A GREAT PRIVILEGE
AND HONOR TO TAKE WITH ME ALL THE GREAT MUSICIANS OF THE PAST
AND BRING FORTH THIS GREAT MUSIC.
SO I DO THE SAME WHEN I'M WORKING ON CHARACTERS.
AND WITH PATRIZIA, IT WAS MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO STAY IN
CHARACTER ALL THE TIME ( SPEAKING WITH AN ACCENT. )
WHEN I CALLED MY MOTHER, WHE I CALLED MY FATHER.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT ONLY IN THE REALITY OF THE CHARACTER,
YOU'RE IN THE ACCENT AT THE TIME, LIVING YOUR LIFE.
HOW DID YOUR FAMILY TAKE THIS.
>> IF I CALLED YOU ON THE PHONE I WOULD HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU JUST
LIKE THIS.
I WOULDN'T HAVE PRETEND I WAS PATRIZIA.
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, "( BLEEP ), I'M ON THE PHONE
WITH PATRIZIA."
AND WHEN I WOULD CALL MY MOTHER --
>> Stephen: SHE HIRED PEOPLE TO KILL HER HUSBAND.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE NERVOUS.
>> I KNOW, BUT IN ANOTHER WAY, WHAT IT DID FOR ME IS, LIKE
SINGING, LIKE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, LIKE A MUSCLE, IT
ALLOWED ME TO BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH SPEAKING IN A WAY WHERE IT
WOULD BE NATURAL TO ME, SOA THAT I COULD BE IN A SCENE, LIKE THE
ONE YOU JUST SAW, AND I COULD SPEAK NATURALLY TO THE ACTOR, AS
OPPOSED TO PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT THEY DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> IT'S LIKE IF EVERYBODY SWITCHED INSTRUMENTS ON STAGE
WHICH YOU PROBABLY DO YOU'RE SO GOOD.
EVERYBODY WENT, "DON'T COME FOR ME.
I GOT THE PIANO."
BUT MY POINT IS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO A GOOD JOB, AND
STAYING IN CHARACTER FOR ME WAS ESSENTIAL.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
IT'S JUST HOW I DO IT.
AND I'VE DONE IT THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME, MEANING WITH MY
MUSIC.
I'VE BEEN ASKED SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, "YOU CHANGE ALL THE TIME
AND YOU BECOME DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU HAVE A PERSONA."
I THINK THAT ACTING WAS INJECTED INTO EVERYTHING I'VE ALWAYS
DONE.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I'M LIKE A CHILD WITH ART.
I THINK ART IS THE SECOND MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD.
I THINK NATURE COMES FIRST.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
( APPLAUSE ) WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE BREAK.
BUT DON'T GO AWAY, BECAUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE WILL
BE MORE LADY GAGA IN JUST A MINUTE.
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE LOVELY AND TALENTED LADY GAGA.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT LIVING ARTISTS,
TONY BENNETT, WHO YOU'VE HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH.
WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED SINGING WITH HIM, WE HAD YOU ON THE OLD
GIG WHEN I WAS IN CHARACTER.
AND TELL ME ABOUT YOUR-- YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE TONY BENNETT'S FRIEND?
>> I LOVE TONY SO MUCH.
HE IS MY MUSICAL COMPANION.
I'M SO CLOSE WITH HIS FAMILY, WHICH,SH, INCLUDES HIS AMAZING
WIFE, SUSAN BENEDITO.
HE IS A REMARKABLE HUMAN BEING.
HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
HE ALSO MARCHED WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
HE USED TO SNEAK DUKE ELLINGTON IN THE BACK OF HOTELS TO PLAY
JAZZ MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG.
HIS COMMITMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND TO HUMANITY IS SOMETHING HE
HAS TAUGHT ME FROM A YOUNG AGE TO TAKE WITH ME IN ALL THAT I
DO.
I LOVE HIM VERY DEEPLY.
AND WATCHING HIM BEGIN HIS JOURNEY WITH ALZHEIMER'S YEARS
AGO, I REMEMBER I WANTED TO MAKE GOOD ON A PROMISE I MADE TO HIM
BECAUSE OUR ALBUM "CHEEK TO CHEEK" WENT NUMBER ONE.
AND I CALLED HIM AND I SAID, "HEY, TONE, WE'RE NUMBER ONE ALL
OVER THE WORLD WITH THE JAZZ RECORD."
AND HE SAID, "HEY, LADY--" THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS ME.
HE CALLS ME "LADY."
"HEY, LADY, WE NEED TO MAKE A COLE PORTER RECORD.
ALL COLE PORTER SONGS.
ALL LOVE SONGS."
I SAID, OKAY, TONY, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WE'RE NUMBER ONE ALL
OVER THE WORLD."
"YEAH, YEAH, YEAH WE HAVE TO MAKE A COLE PORTER RECORD."
AND I SAID YESTERDAY, AND A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER HIS
ALZHEIMER'S STARTED TO SET ON.
AND I SAID LET'S GO INTO THE STUDIO NOW.
AND WE DID.
WHEN I TELL YOU THAT WHEN JAZZ BEGINS, THIS MAN LIGHTS UP IN A
WAY THAT IS SUCH MAGIC.
IT JUST REMINDED ME THAT ANYBODY THAT HAS A FAMILY MEMBER OR
SOMEBODY THAT THEY LOVE THAT IS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S OR
DEMENTIA, MUSIC IS-- MUSIC IS MAGIC.
MUSIC IS A MIRACLE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, THIS-- ON
SUNDAY, ON SUNDAY, ON CBS AND PARAMOUNT+, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
SEE "LON LAST TIME, AN EVENING WITH TONY BENNETT AND LADY
GAGA."
IT FEATURES TWO SOLD-OUT SHOWS YOU ALL DID LAST AUGUST.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A CLIP HERE IN JUST ONE SECOND.
WHAT SONG ARE WE SEEING?
>> "ANYTHING GOES."
WHICH WAS FROM OUR PREVIOUS RECORD, BUT THIS WAS GREAT WE
DID THIS THIS NIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER FOR TONY TO SING
SONGS THAT HE KNEW WITH ME A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HIS
ALZHEIMER'S SET ON.
BUT IT'S AMAZING, THE WHOLE NIGHT, WE SANG SONGS ALSO THAT
WERE NEW.
HIS SHORT-TERM MEMORY WAS STILL THERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE "ANYTHING GOES NOW."
BUT THIS IS THE COLE RECORD FROM THE 20s.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING GOES ♪ ANYTHING GOES ♪
( APPLAUSE ) ♪ THE OLDEN DAYS OF STOCKING WAS
LOOKED ON AS SOMETHING SHOCKING NOW HEAVEN KNOWS ANYTHING GOES.
♪ WHO ONCE KNEW BETTER WORDS NOW ONLY USED FOR LETTER WORDS,
WRITING PROSE ♪ ANYTHING GOES ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, LADY, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "HOUSE OF GUCCI" IS IN THEATERS TOMORROW.
STICK AROUND, BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU'LL SEE A SPECIAL
PERFORMANCE FROM LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNETT.
( APPLAUSE ) TODAY, THEIR ALBUM, "LOVE FOR
SALE" WAS NOMINATED FOR SIX GRAMMYS TODAY.
AND NOW, WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF "ANYTHING GOES,"
LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNETT >> HEY, TONE, LET'S SING
"ANYTHING GOES."
>> OKAY.
>> BECAUSE NOWADAYS, ANYTHING GOES.
I'LL START IT OFF, OKAY?
>> OKAY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ IN OLDEN DAYS, A GLIMPSE OF STOCKING
♪ WAS LOOKED ON AS SOMETHING SHOCKING
♪ NOW HEAVEN KNOWS ANYTHING GOES
♪ GOOD AUTHORS TOO WHO ONCE KNEW BETTER WORDS
♪ NOW ONLY USE FOUR LETTER WORDS WRITING PROSE
♪ ANYTHING GOES THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD TODAY
♪ AND GOOD'S BAD TODAY, AND DAY'S NIGHT TODAY
♪ AND BLACK'S WHITE TODAY WHEN MOST GUYS TODAY
♪ THAT WOMEN PRIZE TODAY ARE JUST SILLY GIGOLOS
♪ AND THOUGH I'M NOT A GREAT ROMANCER
♪ I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BOUND TO ANSWER
♪ WHEN WE PROPOSE ANYTHING GOES
♪ GO!
GO!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ANYTHING GOES ♪ THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD TODAY
AND GOOD'S BAD TODAY, ♪ AND DAY'S NIGHT TODAY
AND BLACK'S WHITE TODAY ♪ AND MOST GUYS TODAY
THAT WOMEN PRIZE TODAY ♪ ARE JUST SILLY GIGOLOS
AND THOUGH WE'RE NOT ♪ SUCH GREAT ROMANCERS
WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE ♪ BOUND TO ANSWER
WHEN WE PROPOSE ♪ ANYTHING GOES
>> IT'S TRUE.
ANYTHING GOES ♪ ANYTHING GOES
ANYTHING GOES ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
...♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
>> THANK YOU!
THE LEGENDARY MR. TONY BENNETT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE CONCERT SPECIAL,
"ONE LAST TIME: AN EVENING WITH TONY BENNETT AND LADY GAGA,"
WILL AIR ON CBS AND STREAM ON PARAMOUNT+ THIS SUNDAY.
LADY GAGA AND TONY BENNET EVERYBODY!
THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW.
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE ROSAMUND PIKE AND PETER
JACKSON.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!