1 00:00:01,267 --> 00:00:02,469 >> FOR MILLIONS GATHERING FOR 2 00:00:02,535 --> 00:00:06,139 THE FIRST IN-PERSON THANKSGIVING IN TWO YEARS, BE PREPARED TO PAY 3 00:00:06,206 --> 00:00:07,273 UP. 4 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:09,743 THANKS IN PART TO A LABOR SHORTAGE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, 5 00:00:09,809 --> 00:00:12,812 THE RETAIL PRICE OF TURKEYS IS UP $.09 A POUND COMPARED TO LAST 6 00:00:12,879 --> 00:00:15,148 YEAR. 7 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:17,584 >> DOES THE PRICE OF A NEW TURKEY HAVE YOUR BISCUITS IN A 8 00:00:17,650 --> 00:00:18,818 BUNCH? 9 00:00:18,885 --> 00:00:21,621 THEN THIS THANKSGIVING, COME ON IN TO BIG FRANK'S USED TURKEYS 10 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:25,325 DEALERSHIP, AND SAVE BIG PLUCKS ON A QUALITY PREOWNED TURKEY, 11 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:29,529 LIKE THIS 2018 ROASTED GOBBLER WITH ONLY A FEW BITES TAKEN OUT 12 00:00:29,596 --> 00:00:30,797 OF IT FOR JUST $39.99. 13 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:33,566 OR HOW ABOUT THIS FORMERLY SUCCULENT 2019 BUTTERBALL WITH 14 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:36,803 POWER STUFFING. 15 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:37,937 ONLY $20.99. 16 00:00:38,004 --> 00:00:41,574 OR TEST EAT THIS 2006 SMOKED TURKEY WITH FACTORY-REBUILT 17 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:42,809 DRUMSTICKS FOR ONLY $23.99. 18 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:45,578 YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT'S STILL MEAT! 19 00:00:45,645 --> 00:00:48,948 ACT NOW, AND I'LL EVEN THROW IN A FREE GRAVY UNDERCOATING. 20 00:00:49,015 --> 00:00:52,919 BOTTOM LINE: I WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD OR UNDERSEASONED. 21 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:56,523 SO DON'T THROW IN THE TOWEL ON FOWL, NOT WITH THESE DEALS. 22 00:00:56,589 --> 00:00:59,058 GOBBLE UP THE SAVINGS AT BIG FRANK'S USED TURKEYS DEALERSHIP. 23 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:00,527 ♪ COME TO BIG FRANK'S. 24 00:01:00,593 --> 00:01:01,561 THE USED TURKEY SELLER ♪ NOT LIABLE IF YOU GET 25 00:01:01,628 --> 00:01:06,800 SALMONELLA ♪ >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 26 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:09,569 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 27 00:01:09,636 --> 00:01:17,110 TONIGHT: THANKSGIVING, WE MEET AGAIN. 28 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:18,812 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: ROSAMUND PIKE 29 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:21,614 AND PETER JACKSON FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY 30 00:01:24,884 --> 00:01:25,618 HUMAN. 31 00:01:29,055 --> 00:01:33,593 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 32 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:36,463 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 33 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:41,534 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 34 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:44,704 >> Stephen: HEY! 35 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:45,305 GOBBLE, GOBBLE! 36 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:49,209 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 37 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:58,351 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:00,320 THERE YOU GO. 39 00:02:00,386 --> 00:02:02,422 >> Jon: OH, YEAH! 40 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:05,492 >> Audience: STEPHEN! 41 00:02:05,558 --> 00:02:05,792 STEPHEN! 42 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,026 STEPHEN! 43 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:08,061 >> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, WELCOME, 44 00:02:08,127 --> 00:02:10,129 ONE AND ALL, TO "THE LATE SHOW." 45 00:02:10,196 --> 00:02:12,265 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 46 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:14,234 AND I AM-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 47 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:15,401 YOU KNOW WHAT I AM THANKFUL FOR? 48 00:02:15,468 --> 00:02:19,506 I AM THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT AND EVEN MORE 49 00:02:19,572 --> 00:02:22,342 THANKFUL TO HAVE NONE OF YOU HERE TOMORROW, BECAUSE TOMORROW 50 00:02:22,408 --> 00:02:25,678 IS THANKSGIVING. 51 00:02:25,745 --> 00:02:26,880 AND WHILE LAST YEAR, PEOPLE MOSTLY STAYED HOME BECAUSE OF 52 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:28,248 THE PANDEMIC, THIS YEAR, FAMILIES ARE PLANNING A RETURN 53 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:32,285 TO LARGER THANKSGIVING CELEBRATIONS. 54 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,287 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR EARLY 20s 55 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:36,456 ARE GOING BACK TO THE KIDS' TABLE: 56 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:38,525 "I KNOW YOU JUST GRADUATED FROM SWARTHMORE, NEIL, BUT TONIGHT, 57 00:02:38,591 --> 00:02:41,261 YOU'LL BE WITH MADISON AND PARKER, TALKIN' PAW PATROL." 58 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:42,529 ( LAUGHTER ) TRY TO KEEP UP. 59 00:02:42,595 --> 00:02:45,131 TRY TO KEEP UP. 60 00:02:45,198 --> 00:02:49,936 AS MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED, THE HOLIDAYS ARE RETURNING TO 61 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,104 NORMAL-- A.K.A., CRAY-CRAY. 62 00:02:51,170 --> 00:02:54,541 INFACT, ABOUT 53 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL FOR 63 00:02:54,607 --> 00:02:56,676 THANKSGIVING, AND ALL OF THEM WILL BE ON YOUR FLIGHT TRYING TO 64 00:02:56,743 --> 00:02:59,212 BOARD BEFORE THEIR GROUP GETS CALLED. 65 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:00,280 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 66 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:03,783 IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE-- WHATEVER. 67 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:05,218 WHATEVER. 68 00:03:05,285 --> 00:03:05,852 WHO CARES? 69 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,322 WHO CARES! 70 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:10,490 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PLEASANT. 71 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:14,527 WITH THE UPTICK IN TRAVEL AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, AIRLINES ARE 72 00:03:14,594 --> 00:03:16,062 WARNING PEOPLE TO EXPECT PACKED PLANES, UNRULY PASSENGERS, AND 73 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,630 CANCELLATIONS. 74 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:21,768 SO, EVERYONE'S FLYING SPIRIT AIRLINES? 75 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:25,171 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, IF YOU'RE-- 76 00:03:25,238 --> 00:03:26,339 ( APPLAUSE ) IT'S QUALITY. 77 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:27,740 ARE THEY A SPONSOR? 78 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:29,509 THEY'RE NOT A SPONSOR. 79 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:30,643 OKAY. 80 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:32,612 IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE AIRPORT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW 81 00:03:32,679 --> 00:03:38,551 WHAT'S ALLOWED BEFORE YOU HIT THE SECURITY LINE. 82 00:03:38,618 --> 00:03:42,555 THE T.S.A. THIS YEAR SAYS YOU CAN BRING CERTAIN FOODS ON 83 00:03:42,622 --> 00:03:45,758 AIRPLANES, SUCH AS TURKEY, FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, MAC AND 84 00:03:45,825 --> 00:03:46,926 CHEESE, CANDY, AND SPICES. 85 00:03:46,993 --> 00:03:48,628 THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE A KEY STEP IN MY TURKEY DRY BRINE IS 86 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:50,630 LETTING IT SIT ON MY LAP FOR SIX HOURS. 87 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:53,700 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT THERE IS ONE TROUBLING 88 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:57,270 DISTINCTION THAT THE T.S.A. IS MAKING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, 89 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:58,137 ACCORDING TO THEIR RULES. 90 00:03:58,204 --> 00:04:00,873 THEY CONSIDER CRANBERRY SAUCE A LIQUID. 91 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:06,913 HEY, T.S.A., I HATE TO QUIBBLE, BUT WHEN REMOVE SOMETHING FROM A 92 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:12,585 CAN AND IT STILL HAS THE RIDGES FROM SAID CAN, THAT'S NOT A 93 00:04:12,652 --> 00:04:14,253 LIQUID. 94 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,022 ADMITTEDLY, SCIENCE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S NOT A 95 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,324 ( BLEEP ) LIQUID. 96 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:19,125 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 97 00:04:19,192 --> 00:04:22,862 OF COURSE-- YOU HAVE TO BREAK GLASS. 98 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:26,532 YOU GOTTA DO IT. 99 00:04:26,599 --> 00:04:27,934 ( APPLAUSE ) OF COURSE, WHILE SOME 100 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:33,773 THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS CAN BE SWEET AS PIE, OTHERS CAN BE 101 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,142 AS DANGEROUS AS HANDING THE ELECTRIC CARVING KNIFE TO 102 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:38,511 GRANDPA, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S NEW VIDEO OF THE CHICAGO FIRE 103 00:04:38,578 --> 00:04:41,147 DEPARTMENT DEMONSTRATING THANKSGIVING SAFETY WITH A FRIED 104 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:42,548 TURKEY FIRE. 105 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:47,520 COINCIDENTALLY, THAT'S ALSO THE NAME OF THE NEW DICK WOLF DRAMA. 106 00:04:47,587 --> 00:04:51,758 ON NBC WE HAVE THE VIDEO FROM CHICAGO. 107 00:04:51,824 --> 00:04:53,860 >> YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF THAT TURKEY AND THE SIZE OF THAT 108 00:04:53,926 --> 00:04:57,797 CONTAINER THAT IT'S GONNA BE GOING INTO. 109 00:04:57,864 --> 00:05:02,335 IF YOU LOWER THAT, COMMANDER ROBERTSON, YOU SEE HOW QUICKLY 110 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:02,869 THAT THAT WENT INTO FLAME. 111 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:04,904 >> Stephen: WOW! 112 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:07,006 THAT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO DO IT MORE! 113 00:05:07,073 --> 00:05:08,241 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 114 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:11,678 I MEAN, COME ON, THAT'S FUN! 115 00:05:11,744 --> 00:05:12,445 NJTSZ THE FLAMES. 116 00:05:12,512 --> 00:05:13,212 >> Stephen: THE FUN. 117 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:19,285 >> Jon: YES, THAT'S A GREAT FLAME. 118 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:21,254 >> Stephen: WHY SPEND FOUR HOURS PEEKING INTO AN OVEN WHEN I 119 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:22,555 COULD SPEND 30 GLORIOUS SECONDS RECREATING "BACKDRAFT" WITH A 120 00:05:22,622 --> 00:05:25,858 BUTTERBALL?! 121 00:05:25,925 --> 00:05:27,794 STILL, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE PRODUCTION VALUES. 122 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:32,565 HOPEFULLY, THEY CAN TOP IT WITH THEIR VIDEO WARNING PEOPLE NOT 123 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:33,800 TO PLUG ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LIGHTS INTO A SINGLE 124 00:05:33,866 --> 00:05:37,403 OUTLET. 125 00:05:37,470 --> 00:05:44,310 ( BUZZING ) ( EXPLOSION ) 126 00:05:44,377 --> 00:05:45,445 NOW, ANOTHER WAY WE'RE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL THIS YEAR: 127 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:48,147 MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE IS BACK. 128 00:05:48,214 --> 00:05:50,550 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) COME ON! 129 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:52,118 COME ON. 130 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:52,618 YES, CBS. 131 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:54,153 >> Jon: A PARADE! 132 00:05:54,220 --> 00:06:01,294 >> Stephen: CBS. 133 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,528 THAT IS GREAT NEWS FOR US NEW YORKERS. 134 00:06:02,595 --> 00:06:04,864 IT'S THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR THEY CAN SEE VEHICLES ACTUALLY 135 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:06,065 MOVING ON SIXTH AVENUE. 136 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:08,134 WE HAD A PARDE LAST YEAR, BUT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS 137 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:09,802 NO IN-PERSON AUDIENCE. 138 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:11,170 AND LET'S FACE IT, WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, CARRIE UNDERWOOD 139 00:06:11,237 --> 00:06:14,540 SINGING UNDER A GIANT INFLATABLE TURKEY IS JUST STUPID. 140 00:06:14,607 --> 00:06:21,948 ( LAUGHTER ) FOR THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, MACY'S 141 00:06:22,014 --> 00:06:26,552 HAS UNVEILED SIX NEW FLOATS, INCLUDING BIRDS OF A FEATHER 142 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:27,787 STREAM TOGETHER BY PEACOCK. 143 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:30,656 IT'S SO CRASS TO USE A HOLIDAY FLOAT TO PROMOTE YOUR STREAMING 144 00:06:30,723 --> 00:06:33,793 SERVICE, NBC. 145 00:06:33,860 --> 00:06:35,728 UNLIKE THE TASTEFUL WAY PARAMOUNT+ IS PROMOTING ITSELF: 146 00:06:35,795 --> 00:06:38,431 A GIANT BALLOON OF TOM SELLECK'S MUSTACHE. 147 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:42,535 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 148 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:45,772 GOOD RATINGS. 149 00:06:45,838 --> 00:06:50,543 ( APPLAUSE ) THE BIG STAR OF THE PARADE THIS 150 00:06:50,610 --> 00:06:54,547 YEAR IS GRAVY PIRATES, BY HEINZ. 151 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:57,784 GOOD TO SEE JOHNNY DEPP STILL GETTING SOME WORK. 152 00:06:57,850 --> 00:06:59,385 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, GRAVY PIRATES IS NOT 153 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:02,522 TECHNICALLY A FLOAT. 154 00:07:02,588 --> 00:07:05,625 IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE CALLING A "FLO-ALLOONICLE." 155 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:06,526 CONFUSED? 156 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:17,103 WELL, AS ONE ORGANIZER EXPLAINED, "IT'S A 157 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:18,571 'FLOALLOONICLE.' SO IT'S PART FLOAT, PART 158 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:22,909 'BALLOONICLE.'" OH, IS THAT WHAT IT IS. 159 00:07:22,975 --> 00:07:26,646 HERE I WAS THINKING IT WAS PART FLOALLOON AND PART "ICLE." 160 00:07:26,712 --> 00:07:30,550 I FEEL LIKE A TOTAL MORONALOON. 161 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:35,121 ( LAUGHTER ) IN BILLIONAIRE NEWS-- FOR SOME 162 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:36,656 REASON, THERE'S ALWAYS LOTS OF BILLIONAIRE NEWS. 163 00:07:36,722 --> 00:07:38,357 I'LL GIVE YOU THE LATEST IN TONIGHT'S INSTALLMENT OF MY 164 00:07:38,424 --> 00:07:42,528 LONG-RUNNING SEGMENT: "RICH PEOPLE, THEY'RE JUST NOT 165 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:44,630 LIKE US. 166 00:07:44,697 --> 00:07:45,731 US PAY TAXES" >> QUICK! 167 00:07:45,798 --> 00:07:49,068 SHOOT ME INTO SPACE!" >> Stephen: FIRST UP, SPACE-X 168 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:50,536 FOUNDER, ELON MUSK, SEEN HERE WISHING ON THE STAR HE JUST 169 00:07:50,603 --> 00:07:53,472 BOUGHT. 170 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:57,076 ( LAUGHTER ) MUSK HAS BEEN A LITTLE PRICKLY 171 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:58,678 EVER SINCE DEMOCRATS SUGGESTED THAT THE WEALTHY PAY ANY TAXES. 172 00:07:58,744 --> 00:08:03,416 FOR INSTANCE, RECENTLY, BERNIE SANDERS TWEETED, "WE MUST DEMAND 173 00:08:03,482 --> 00:08:04,417 THAT THE EXTREMELY WEALTHY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. 174 00:08:04,483 --> 00:08:07,820 PERIOD." 175 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:11,157 TO WHICH MUSK REPLIED, "I KEEP FORGETTING YOU'RE STILL ALIVE." 176 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:12,325 ( LAUGHTER ) HEY, BUDDY! 177 00:08:12,391 --> 00:08:15,795 YOU CANNOT TALK TO BERNIE LIKE THAT! 178 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:17,196 ( AS BERNIE ) "YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH, 179 00:08:17,263 --> 00:08:18,331 SPACE BOY. 180 00:08:18,397 --> 00:08:19,465 I'M FROM BROOKLYN, THE B.K.! 181 00:08:19,532 --> 00:08:21,701 YOU KEEP TALKING TO ME LIKE THAT, I'M GONNA SLAP THE TAX 182 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:23,703 MONEY YOU OWE RIGHT OUT OF YOUR TOP 1%! 183 00:08:23,769 --> 00:08:26,138 REMEMBER, IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR ME PUT MY FOOT UP YOUR 184 00:08:26,205 --> 00:08:29,208 ASS!" ( LAUGHTER ) 185 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:31,010 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) "NOW, WHERE IS MY SOUP? 186 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:38,551 WHERE IS MY DAMN SOUP?" ( APPLAUSE ) 187 00:08:38,618 --> 00:08:45,658 THERE'S ALSO NEWS ABOUT MUSK'S SPACE PENIS RIVAL, AMAZON 188 00:08:45,725 --> 00:08:50,496 FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS, SEEN HERE WATCHING "THE GRAPES OF WRATH." 189 00:08:50,563 --> 00:08:51,964 ( LAUGHTER ) RECENTLY, BEZOS WAS AT A 190 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:56,402 CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION, AND HE 191 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:58,537 PREDICTED THAT ALL POLLUTING INDUSTRIES WILL MOVE TO SPACE 192 00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:02,875 ONE DAY, AND THAT WE'LL ALL LIVE ON SPACE COLONIES. 193 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:05,111 WOW, THAT IS SOME PRIME SPOILED BILLIONAIRE TALK. 194 00:09:05,177 --> 00:09:06,779 ( BRITISH SPOILED KID ) "MUMMY, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON 195 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:08,514 EARTH ANYMORE. 196 00:09:08,581 --> 00:09:12,518 IT'S DIRTY, AND IT'S FULL OF PATHETIC LITTLE MILLIONAIRES. 197 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:13,753 I WANT A SHINY NEW PLANET, AND A BIGGER THAN THE ONE ELON HAS! 198 00:09:13,819 --> 00:09:14,520 I HATE HIM! 199 00:09:14,587 --> 00:09:15,488 I HATE HIM! 200 00:09:15,554 --> 00:09:16,389 I HATE HIM! 201 00:09:16,455 --> 00:09:22,929 I HATE HIM!" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 202 00:09:22,995 --> 00:09:26,532 I WANT A NEW ONE! 203 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:30,536 BEZOS' PLAN TO CLEAN UP THE EARTH IS SORT OF LIKE YOUR MOM'S 204 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:33,873 PLAN TO CLEAN THE LIVING ROOM: AFTER ITS DONE, NO ONE IS 205 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:37,710 ALLOWED IN THERE, EXCEPT COMPANY: 206 00:09:37,777 --> 00:09:39,812 >> OVER CENTURIES, MANY PEOPLE WILL BE BORN IN SPACE. 207 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:42,548 THEY MAY VISIT EARTH, THE WAY YOU WOULD VISIT YELLOWSTONE 208 00:09:42,615 --> 00:09:44,583 NATIONAL PARK. 209 00:09:44,650 --> 00:09:46,485 ( AS PARK RANGER ) "HERE YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINS OF 210 00:09:46,552 --> 00:09:47,653 WHAT USED TO BE NEW YORK CITY, BEFORE IT WAS RECLAIMED BY 211 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,157 NATURE IN THE FORM OF GIANT RAT-BEARS. 212 00:09:51,223 --> 00:09:56,162 PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE, BY WHICH I MEAN THE POOR PEOPLE 213 00:09:56,228 --> 00:09:56,929 JEFF BEZOS LEFT BEHIND. 214 00:09:56,996 --> 00:09:57,763 OKAY, NIGHT IS FALLING. 215 00:09:57,830 --> 00:09:58,497 HERE COME THE RAT-BEARS. 216 00:09:58,564 --> 00:10:00,633 AND WE'RE WALKING, WE'RE WALKING. 217 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:01,801 OH, NO! 218 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:06,238 THE RAT-BEARS HAVE FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE POOR PEOPLE. 219 00:10:06,305 --> 00:10:06,639 WE'RE RUNNING. 220 00:10:06,706 --> 00:10:09,475 WE'RE RUNNING. 221 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:09,809 WE'RE RUNNING. 222 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:14,547 GO, GO! 223 00:10:14,613 --> 00:10:21,787 ( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 224 00:10:21,854 --> 00:10:28,494 ♪ ♪ ♪ NOW IF YOU WANT TO STAY ON THE 225 00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:32,732 PLANET BUT STILL HAVE A RICH GUY TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE, I'VE GOT 226 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:33,799 SOME GOOD NEWS. 227 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:41,340 COURTESY OF WALMART BILLIONAIRE AND MAN SINGING, 228 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:43,142 "I DON'T CARE TOO MUCH FOR MONEY. 229 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:44,944 MONEY CAN'T BUY ME HAIR!" MARC LORE. 230 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:46,545 LORE HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS FOUNDING "A FUTURISTIC CITY 231 00:10:46,612 --> 00:10:48,247 KNOWN AS TELOSA," NAMED FOR AN ANCIENT GREEK WORD 232 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:49,448 MEANING "HIGHEST PURPOSE." 233 00:10:49,515 --> 00:10:51,117 AND TO THINK YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN CITY, I'M GUESSING YOUR 234 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:54,487 PURPOSE WASN'T THE ONLY THING THAT WAS HIGH. 235 00:10:54,553 --> 00:10:57,456 ( LAUGHTER ) MARC LORE'S NEW CITY PLANS TO 236 00:10:57,523 --> 00:10:59,992 OFFER ITS CITIZENS EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, AND 237 00:11:00,059 --> 00:11:01,494 TRANSPORTATION. 238 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:03,796 RESIDENTS WILL BE SELECTED THROUGH APPLICATIONS. 239 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:06,532 WE ACTUALLY GOT A COPY OF ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS. 240 00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:09,035 "IN 50 WORDS OR LESS, TELL US WHY YOU DESERVE TO BE TREATED 241 00:11:09,101 --> 00:11:11,971 EQUALLY, MORE THAN OTHER PEOPLE DO." 242 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:15,041 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 243 00:11:15,107 --> 00:11:18,878 >> Stephen: LORE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 244 00:11:18,944 --> 00:11:21,781 DID I GET THAT RIGHT? 245 00:11:21,847 --> 00:11:26,552 LORE CALLS HIS VISION FOR TELOSA "EQUITISM"-- A MASHUP OF 246 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:29,221 EQUALITY AND CAPITALISM. 247 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:33,793 THAT IDEA IS VERY "CREATIVE" AND "APT"... 248 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:34,794 OR "CRAP." 249 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:38,531 ( LAUGHTER ) HE EXPLAINED EQUITISM IN THIS 250 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:42,835 VIDEO: >> WHAT IF YOU COULD PAY THE 251 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:44,570 SAME TAXES THAT YOU PAY TODAY, BUT GET THE BEST SOCIAL SERVICES 252 00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:45,771 OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD? 253 00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:46,705 THAT'S EQUITISM. 254 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:49,508 >> Stephen: NO, TECHNICALLY, THAT'S DENMARK. 255 00:11:49,575 --> 00:11:50,876 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 256 00:11:50,943 --> 00:11:55,581 NOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED-- DENMARK! 257 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:58,551 HUGE FANS OF DENMARK HERE. 258 00:11:58,617 --> 00:12:02,555 NOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A TELOSA RESIDENT-- OR 259 00:12:02,621 --> 00:12:06,525 TELOSIAN, AS NO ONE WILL EVER CALL THEM-- YOU SHOULD KNOW 260 00:12:06,592 --> 00:12:08,928 THERE'S NO SET LOCATION FOR TELOSA JUST YET. 261 00:12:08,994 --> 00:12:14,533 THAT'S BECAUSE TELOSA'S NOT A PLACE. 262 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,571 IT REALLY EXISTS IN... 263 00:12:18,637 --> 00:12:19,872 HERE. 264 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:21,907 IT WAS HARDER TO GET TO THAN I THOUGHT. 265 00:12:21,974 --> 00:12:26,712 ( LAUGHTER ) SO FAR, LORE HAS NARROWED IT 266 00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:33,752 DOWN TO NEVADA, UTAH, IDAHO, ARIZONA, TEXAS, AND THE 267 00:12:33,819 --> 00:12:37,323 APPALACHIAN REGION, WHICH INCLUDES 13 STATES. 268 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:40,259 AS INSPIRING AS THE FAMOUS WORDS OF HORACE GREELEY: 269 00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:41,494 "GO WEST, YOUNG MAN. 270 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,461 OR EAST, OR MAYBE SOUTH. 271 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:43,262 WE HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET. 272 00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,598 JUST SHUT UP AND GET IN THE WAGON." 273 00:12:45,664 --> 00:12:49,468 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 274 00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:52,471 MY GUESTS ARE ROSAMUND PIKE AND SIR PETER JACKSON. 275 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:55,975 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE"! 276 00:12:56,041 --> 00:12:56,675 JOIN US. 277 00:13:31,810 --> 00:13:32,344 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, 278 00:13:32,411 --> 00:13:34,246 EVERYBODY! 279 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:41,520 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 280 00:13:41,587 --> 00:13:44,456 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) JON, WE'VE GOT-- JON, I'M VERY 281 00:13:44,523 --> 00:13:45,090 EXCITED. 282 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:45,925 HAPPY WEDNESDAY, BY THE WAY. 283 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:47,860 I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. 284 00:13:47,927 --> 00:13:49,228 >> Jon: YES, AND YOU, TOO. 285 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:52,631 >> Stephen: I'M VERY EXCITED, THE WONDERFUL INCREDIBLY 286 00:13:52,698 --> 00:13:54,333 TALENTED ACTRESS ROSAMUND PIKE IS HERE TONIGHT. 287 00:13:54,400 --> 00:14:00,873 AND-- AND NOT ONLY THAT, MY DEAR FRIEND SIR PETER JACKSON IS HERE 288 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:06,679 TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE BEATLE'S DOCUMENTARY "GET BACK." 289 00:14:06,745 --> 00:14:08,747 WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. 290 00:14:08,814 --> 00:14:15,221 YOU ALL, PLEASE, CHECK IT OUT. 291 00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:17,523 FOLKS, YOU KNOW, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME, RIGHT OVER THERE, 292 00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:20,326 CAREFULLY BLENDING FOR YOU THE DAY'S NEWSIEST, MOST TOPICAL 293 00:14:20,392 --> 00:14:21,493 FLOUR, EGGS, MILK, AND BUTTER, AND STRAINING IT INTO A FINE 294 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:22,695 BATTER TO MAKE DELICATE, YET INFORMATIVE COMEDY PANCAKES. 295 00:14:22,761 --> 00:14:26,031 THEN I GLAZE THEM IN THE JUICE AND ZEST OF THE MOST RELEVANT 296 00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:29,501 MIDNIGHT VALENCIA ORANGES, AND DOUSE IT ALL IN A FINE DELAMAIN 297 00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:32,605 DE VOYAGE COGNAC, BEFORE FLAMBEING AND BASTING THEM TABLE 298 00:14:32,671 --> 00:14:41,513 SIDE, TO SERVE YOU THE JAMES BEARD AWARD-WORTHY CREPES 299 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:43,949 SUZETTE THAT IS MY NIGHTLY, MONOLOGUE. 300 00:14:44,016 --> 00:14:45,484 BUT SOMETIMES, I WAKE UP IN THE BAGGAGE HOLD OF A GREYHOUND BUS 301 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:46,752 AS ITS BEING HOISTED BY THE SCRAPYARD CLAW TOWARD THE BURN 302 00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:50,256 PIT, ESCAPE TO A NEARBY ABANDONED PRICE CHOPPER, WHERE I 303 00:14:50,322 --> 00:14:54,226 SCROUNGE FOR OLD BREAD SCRAPS, BUSTED OPEN BAGS OF STAR FRUIT 304 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:55,794 CANDIES, AND EXPIRED EGGS, CHUCK IT ALL IN A DIRTY HUBCAP 305 00:14:55,861 --> 00:14:59,531 AND SLAP IT OVER A TIRE FIRE BEFORE USING THE LEGS OF A 306 00:14:59,598 --> 00:15:02,668 STAINED PAIR OF SWEATPANTS AS OVEN MITTS TO EXTRACT AND SERVE 307 00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:06,238 THE DEMENTED TRANSIENT'S POUND CAKE OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 308 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:16,181 "MEANWHILE." 309 00:15:16,248 --> 00:15:16,715 IT'S JAZZ! 310 00:15:16,782 --> 00:15:22,254 WHERE'S MY NOMINATION. 311 00:15:22,321 --> 00:15:27,893 MEANWHILE, HERE IN NEW YORK CITY A STATUE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS 312 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,495 REMOVED FROM CITY HALL AFTER 187 YEARS. 313 00:15:29,561 --> 00:15:33,666 THERE HE IS BEING PLACED INTO A CRATE. 314 00:15:33,732 --> 00:15:37,569 AND ONCE THEY'RE DONE, THE SAME CRATE WILL BE USED TO PACK UP 315 00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:38,671 MAYOR BILL de BLASIO. 316 00:15:38,737 --> 00:15:40,673 HISTORIANS AGREE THAT, OF COURSE, JEFFERSON SHOULD BE 317 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:43,809 REMEMBERED, BUT HE NEEDS TO BE CONTEXTUALIZED: 318 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:46,245 "MOVING THIS STATUE DOESN'T MEAN NEW YORKERS WILL FORGET WHO 319 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:50,282 THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS, BUT SOME OF THEM MIGHT LEARN FROM THE 320 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:55,854 CONTROVERSY THAT THE MAN WHO WROTE 'ALL MEN ARE CREATED 321 00:15:55,921 --> 00:15:57,656 EQUAL,' OWNED OVER 600 OF HIS FELLOW HUMANS," A PROFESSOR AT 322 00:15:57,723 --> 00:15:59,525 JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SAID. 323 00:15:59,591 --> 00:16:01,894 ( AS PROFESSOR ) "YES, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WE 324 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,331 DON'T BLINDLY HONOR MEN WHO OWNED SLAVES. 325 00:16:05,397 --> 00:16:09,501 NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO TEACHING MY 326 00:16:09,568 --> 00:16:14,239 COURSES AT JOHN JAY COLLEGE-- HE WHAT???" 327 00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:17,543 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, IN UNDER-THE-SEAS 328 00:16:17,609 --> 00:16:24,917 NEWS, OCTOPUSES WILL HAVE THEIR FEELINGS PROTECTED UNDER A NEW 329 00:16:24,983 --> 00:16:28,587 U.K. LAW, WHICH RECOGNIZES THAT MANY SEA CREATURES ARE SENTIENT 330 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:31,523 BEINGS WITH THE CAPACITY TO HAVE FEELINGS, INCLUDING CRABS, 331 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:35,527 LOBSTERS, CRAYFISH, PRAWNS, AND SQUIDS. 332 00:16:35,594 --> 00:16:40,632 SO, ALL THE ONES WE BOIL ALIVE? 333 00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:41,400 THAT'S CLEARLY INHUMANE. 334 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:44,069 FROM NOW ON, WE STRANGLE 'EM FIRST. 335 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:48,507 ( LAUGHTER ) GET IN THE POT! 336 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:51,410 MEANWHILE, APPLE IS TARGETING 2025 TO LAUNCH A SELF-DRIVING 337 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:53,312 CAR WITHOUT A STEERING WHEEL, WHEN, I ASSUME, THEY'LL CHARGE 338 00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:54,446 YOU 20 BUCKS FOR AN ADAPTER SO THAT YOU CAN USE YOUR OLD 339 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,782 STEERING WHEEL. 340 00:16:56,849 --> 00:17:06,358 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 341 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:10,229 MEANWHILE, A WOMAN IN MICHIGAN IS GOING TO PRISON AFTER SHE 342 00:17:10,295 --> 00:17:13,932 DECIDED SHE WANTED HER HUSBAND DEAD, SO SHE TRIED TO HIRE AN 343 00:17:13,999 --> 00:17:17,536 ASSASSIN ONLINE AT rentahitman.com. 344 00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:20,773 ALWAYS GOOD TO RENT A HITMAN BEFORE YOU BUY: LESS MAINTENANCE 345 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:25,944 AND YOU STILL GET THAT NEW HITMAN SMELL. 346 00:17:26,011 --> 00:17:29,548 UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE WANNA-BE WIDOW, rentahitman.com IS A 347 00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:34,253 FAKE WEBSITE RUN BY BOB INNES, A 54-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO FORWARDS 348 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:38,223 ANY SERIOUS INQUIRIES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WHO USES THE 349 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:41,226 FAKE HIT MAN NAME GUIDO FANELLI. 350 00:17:41,293 --> 00:17:42,261 ( LAUGHTER ) A LITTLE ON THE NOSE WITH THE 351 00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:44,196 CULTURAL STEREOTYPE THERE, BOB. 352 00:17:44,263 --> 00:17:46,598 I'M SURPRISED THE WEBSITE DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE PIZZA CHEF 353 00:17:46,665 --> 00:17:47,733 WITH A GUN. 354 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,870 "I'M-A MAKE-A THE MURDER SAUCE!" WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH 355 00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:52,971 ROSAMUND PIKE. 356 00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:15,327 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 357 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:18,864 WELCOME BACK. 358 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:20,032 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN 359 00:18:20,098 --> 00:18:23,101 OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "GONE GIRL," "PRIDE AND 360 00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:24,203 PREJUDICE," AND "I CARE A LOT." 361 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:25,604 SHE NOW STARS IN THE SERIES "THE WHEEL OF TIME." 362 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:28,941 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ROSAMUND PIKE. 363 00:18:29,007 --> 00:18:38,984 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 364 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:48,026 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 365 00:18:48,093 --> 00:18:48,694 >> GREAT BAND. 366 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,395 >> Stephen: THEY ARE. 367 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,730 THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 368 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:52,498 IT'S LOVELY TO MEET YOU. 369 00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:54,366 >> IT'S LOVELY TO MEET YOU, TOO. 370 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:56,535 >> Stephen: NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN DONG SOMETHING FOR THE LAST TWO 371 00:18:56,602 --> 00:18:57,569 YEARS. 372 00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:00,272 YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY, PRAGUE. 373 00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:03,208 BUT OF COURSE THE ENTIRETY OF THAT, I IMAGINE, HAS BEEN UNDER 374 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:04,142 COVID RESTRICTIONS. 375 00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:06,078 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE IN NOT YOUR HOME CITY? 376 00:19:06,144 --> 00:19:07,279 TO BE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY? 377 00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:13,085 >> I MOVED MY FAMILY TO PRAGUE FOR "THE WHEEL OF TIME," WHICH 378 00:19:13,151 --> 00:19:17,923 WE WERE JUST MENTIONING, THEN WENT INTO LOCKDOWN, AND I FOUND 379 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:21,727 MYSELF HAVING THE KIND OF HALF-RESTFUL, HALF-MYSTERIOUS 380 00:19:21,793 --> 00:19:24,763 SITUATION OF BEING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU 381 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:27,933 HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANYBODY IS SAYING. 382 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:32,304 SO ONE IS DEEPLY RELAXING, BECAUSE YOU CAN WALK AROUND AND 383 00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:35,374 YOU DO THE WRONG THING AND SOMEONE SHOUTS AT YOU AND YOU 384 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,709 HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 385 00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:39,945 AND IT'S QUITE CALMING. 386 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:44,950 I GO BACK TO LONDON AND I CAN PICK UP ON EVERYBODY'S AGRA , 387 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:46,718 AND HERE, I SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE. 388 00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:49,755 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT PRAGUE SIT'S BEEN GREAT. 389 00:19:49,821 --> 00:19:50,956 IT'S BEEN GREAT. 390 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:54,426 IT'S A MUCH SMALLER CITY, SO I COME TO NEW YORK AND IT FEELS 391 00:19:54,493 --> 00:19:55,060 ENORMOUS. 392 00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:56,562 >> Stephen: IT'S PRETTY BIG. 393 00:19:56,628 --> 00:19:57,863 IT'S PRETTY BIG. 394 00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:01,533 NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE PICKED UP THINGS LIKE BAKING BREAD, OR 395 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,768 WHATEVER, DURING COVID. 396 00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:03,835 YOU PICKED UP THE CELLO. 397 00:20:03,902 --> 00:20:05,470 >> I PICKED UP THE CELLO AGAIN. 398 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:07,039 >> Stephen: OH, YOU-- >> YES. 399 00:20:07,105 --> 00:20:07,506 >> Stephen: OKAY. 400 00:20:07,573 --> 00:20:09,374 >> I USED TO PLAY. 401 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:13,579 AND AFTER A 17-YEAR GAP I WAS INSPIRED TO TAKE LESSONS AGAIN. 402 00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:18,350 I THINK BECAUSE PRAGUE IS SUCH A MUSHAL CITY, SO I FOUND MYSELF A 403 00:20:18,417 --> 00:20:21,987 CELLO TEACHER, AND I RENTED A CELLO FROM THE PRAGUE MUSIC 404 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,121 SCHOOL. 405 00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:25,023 AND IT KIND OF TOOK ME BACK TO BEING-- TO BEING A CHILD. 406 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:29,461 I MEAN, I USED TO-- I USED TO PLAY FROM WHEN I WAS FOUR UNTIL 407 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:31,396 I WAS IN MY EARLY 20s. 408 00:20:31,463 --> 00:20:33,065 >> Stephen: DID YOU PLAY PROFESSIONALLY? 409 00:20:33,131 --> 00:20:35,300 >> NO, NO, NO, THAT WAS NEVER MY DIRECTION. 410 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:41,773 I PLAYED QUITE WELL, AND I ACTUALLY-- I ACTUALLY BUFFED MY 411 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,876 WAY INTO THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATER. 412 00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:47,212 I NEEDED MONEY TO JOIN THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATER. 413 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:48,447 THAT WAS ALWAYS MY PASSION. 414 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:51,483 AND I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO RAISE THE FEE FOR THE COURSE. 415 00:20:51,550 --> 00:21:02,027 AND I TOOK MY CELLO TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE, AND I BUSSED FOR MONEY. 416 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,563 YOU PLAY ON THE STREET AND HOPE PEOPLE WILL THROW COINS IN. 417 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:08,567 >> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF GREENS WOULD YOU PULL DOWN 418 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:09,601 BUSKIN? 419 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,136 HOW MANY HOURS WOULD IT TAKE YOU TO GET 10 POUNDS. 420 00:21:11,203 --> 00:21:16,008 >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DONE IT, BUT IT'S AGONIZINGLY SLOW 421 00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:17,109 GOING, GENERALLY. 422 00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:21,380 >> Stephen: I BUSKED IN THE U.K., AND THERE'S A REALLY 423 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:25,651 SPECIAL SOUND THAT Y'ALL'S POUND COIN, WHICH IS BIGGER THAN A 424 00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:30,656 NICKEL BUT SMALLER THAN A QUARTER AND IT MAKES A NICE 425 00:21:30,722 --> 00:21:31,590 NOISE WHEN IT HITS THE PAVEMENT. 426 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:35,160 >> I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE POUND CONE CAME IN. 427 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:37,462 ISLE DEFINITELY OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE POUND NOTE. 428 00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:40,332 >> Stephen: I'M OLDER THAN YOU ARE, I PROMISE YOU. 429 00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:44,870 YOU WERE IN PRAGUE TO SHOOT THE SERIES "THE WHEEL OF TIME," 430 00:21:44,936 --> 00:21:46,538 WRITTEN BY ROBERT JORDAN. 431 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:48,106 AND ARE YOU A FANTALCY FAN? 432 00:21:48,173 --> 00:21:49,708 >> I NEVER HAVE BEEN. 433 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:50,308 UNTIL NOW. 434 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:51,777 NOW I'M A BIG FANTASY FAN. 435 00:21:51,843 --> 00:21:52,711 ( LAUGHTER ). 436 00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:54,379 >> Stephen: IT'S LIKE 14 BOOKS OR SOMETHING. 437 00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:55,380 IT'S A HUGE SERIES. 438 00:21:55,447 --> 00:21:56,314 >> IT'S A HUGE SERIES. 439 00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:57,716 >> Stephen: HAD YOU READ ANY OF THEM BEFORE? 440 00:21:57,783 --> 00:22:01,920 >> I THINK I HAD ALWAYS BEEN QUITE GROUNDED IN REALITY AND 441 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:03,522 QUITE HAPPY STUDYING PEOPLE. 442 00:22:03,588 --> 00:22:05,357 I STILL FIND PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING. 443 00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:09,695 I DIDN'T FEEL I NEEDED TO BRANCH OUT INTO CREATURES AND 444 00:22:09,761 --> 00:22:11,963 MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS, BUT NOW I'M ENJOYING IT. 445 00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:17,035 I EVEN CALL SOME OF THEM MY FRIENDS. 446 00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:19,604 >> Stephen: BUT WOULD YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER MARRY ONE? 447 00:22:19,671 --> 00:22:20,772 ( LAUGHTER ). 448 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:23,241 >> YES, THAT IS-- I MEAN, MY SONS ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER 449 00:22:23,308 --> 00:22:24,843 I'M ACTUALLY KILLING THEM FOR REAL. 450 00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:28,380 AND I'M-- YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ASK YOU WHAT YOU'RE 451 00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:29,181 DOING -- >> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOUR 452 00:22:29,247 --> 00:22:29,614 SONS? 453 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:30,515 >> NINE AND SIX. 454 00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:31,750 >> Stephen: THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. 455 00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:35,253 >> WHETHER WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS SO MAGICAL, THERE'S A PART OF 456 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,756 YOU WHEN THEY SAY, "BUT, MOMMY, IS IT REAL?" 457 00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:40,325 YOU KIND OF DON'T WANT TO SAY NO. 458 00:22:40,392 --> 00:22:42,661 YOU WANT THEM TO BELIEVE IT IS REAL, EXCEPT THE POINT WHEN IT 459 00:22:42,728 --> 00:22:44,129 COMES TO YOU KILLING SOMEONE. 460 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:47,632 THEN YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW IT ISN'T REAL. 461 00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:49,801 BUT WHEN YOU SHOOT FIREBALLS THAT IS REAL. 462 00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:51,837 >> Stephen: YOU DO SHOOT FIREBALLS. 463 00:22:51,903 --> 00:22:52,938 BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING? 464 00:22:53,004 --> 00:22:54,840 WHO ARE YOU SHOOTING FIREBALLS AT? 465 00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:57,209 >> SOME OF THE MONSTERS WHO I AM NOT KILLING BUT I AM SHOOTING 466 00:22:57,275 --> 00:22:57,876 THE FIREBALLS. 467 00:22:57,943 --> 00:23:05,250 >> Stephen: AND HERE IT GOES. 468 00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:46,992 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, I HAVE-- I 469 00:23:47,058 --> 00:23:49,728 HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, IMPORTANT TO ME AT LEAST, WE 470 00:23:49,795 --> 00:23:51,730 DIDN'T GET TO HEAR YOU SPEAK JUST THEN. 471 00:23:51,797 --> 00:23:55,433 DO YOU HAVE YOUR NATURAL ACCENT AS THIS CHARACTER? 472 00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:56,935 >> I DO, I DO. 473 00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:59,504 I HAVE SORT-- SORT OF BASED ON ME. 474 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:02,507 BASED ON MY-- NOT BASED ON ME -- >> Stephen: I HAVE SEEN YOU 475 00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:03,875 PLAY A LOT OF AMERICANS. 476 00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:05,677 YOU DO AN AMERICAN ACCENT VERY WELL. 477 00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:06,878 >> THANK YOU. 478 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:09,781 >> Stephen: AND YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE SURPRISE BRITS WHO FOOLS 479 00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:11,349 THE REST OF US. 480 00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:15,854 WHEN YOU THINK-- DAMN IT, THEY'RE BRITISH. 481 00:24:15,921 --> 00:24:20,959 >> I MEAN, I NEARLY WAS NEVER ASKED TO DO AN AMERICAN ACCENT 482 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:24,963 AGAIN EVER AFTER MY FIRST ONE, WHEN I HAD THE LINE, "THERE'S A 483 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:27,065 PRESSURE DOOR AT THE END OF THE NORTH CORRIDOR." 484 00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:30,268 THAT HAS NO "R"s IN IT FOR ENGLISH PEOPLE. 485 00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:32,537 >> Stephen: THERE'S A PRESSURE DOOR-- 486 00:24:32,604 --> 00:24:33,505 >> YES. 487 00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:35,040 >> Stephen: AT THE END OF THE NORTH CORRIDOR? 488 00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:37,442 >> YES, CORRIDOR, VERY, VERY HARD. 489 00:24:37,509 --> 00:24:39,778 >> Stephen: HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT? 490 00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:41,279 >> THERE'S... A PRESSURE. 491 00:24:41,346 --> 00:24:43,448 >> Stephen: THERE'S A PRESSURE... 492 00:24:43,515 --> 00:24:44,616 >> KOOR. 493 00:24:44,683 --> 00:24:47,619 >> Stephen: THERE'S A PRESSURE DOOR AT THE END OF THE NORTH 494 00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:48,019 CORRIDOR. 495 00:24:48,086 --> 00:24:49,120 >> BEAUTIFUL. 496 00:24:49,187 --> 00:24:52,324 SO THE "R" IS, OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO RETRAIN 497 00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:53,558 OURSELVES TO -- >> Stephen: HEAR. 498 00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:55,427 >> TO ADD IN. 499 00:24:55,493 --> 00:24:57,495 I HAVE LISTS OF DRILLS. 500 00:24:57,562 --> 00:25:02,133 I HAVE THINGS LIKE "HAPPIER, SOOTHSAYER." 501 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,102 AND "HERPES" IS A GREAT ONE. 502 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:07,539 I FIND MYSELF WALKING ALONG SAYING, "HERPES." 503 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:09,875 >> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS MUCH NICER. 504 00:25:09,941 --> 00:25:11,343 I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE HERPES. 505 00:25:11,409 --> 00:25:13,578 >> BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE HERPES. 506 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:15,480 >> Stephen: CORRIDOR IS HARD. 507 00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:16,948 IS THERE AN ABSOLUTE KILLER. 508 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:19,451 >> THE ABSOLUTE KILLER IS MURDER. 509 00:25:19,517 --> 00:25:21,052 THE WORD "MURDER." 510 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,555 IT'S LIKE CORRIDOR, ACTUALLY, BUT... 511 00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:24,789 IT STILL GETS ME. 512 00:25:24,856 --> 00:25:28,760 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, I DO ROLES WHERE THE WORD "MURDER" COMES UP 513 00:25:28,827 --> 00:25:29,261 QUITE A LOT. 514 00:25:29,327 --> 00:25:30,562 BUT I HAVE A TRICK. 515 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:32,998 I-- I PUT A PENCIL BETWEEN MY TEETH. 516 00:25:33,064 --> 00:25:37,435 BECAUSE BASICALLY, IN ENGLAND, I THINK WE CLAMP-- AH! 517 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:39,604 JUST LIKE THAT ONE. 518 00:25:39,671 --> 00:25:45,277 SO I SAY "MURDER," AND WHEN YOU TRY TO SAY IT IN AMERICAN IT 519 00:25:45,343 --> 00:25:46,311 SOUNDS REALLY BAD. 520 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:50,448 AND I PUT THIS IN MY MOUTH AND I GO MURDER, MURDER. 521 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:51,249 >> Stephen: MURDER. 522 00:25:51,316 --> 00:25:52,918 >> MURDER. 523 00:25:52,984 --> 00:25:57,589 ( APPLAUSE ) IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR A MURDER? 524 00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:58,757 MURDER. 525 00:25:58,823 --> 00:26:01,927 AND THEN YOU TAKE THE PENCIL OUT AND YOU GO MURDER, MURDER, 526 00:26:01,993 --> 00:26:02,427 MURDER. 527 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:03,595 >> Stephen: MURDER. 528 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:04,963 THERE IS A PRESSURE DOOR AT THE NORTH END OF THE CORRIDOR. 529 00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:09,000 >> THERE'S A PRESSURE TOOR AT THE END OF THE NORTH CORRIDOR. 530 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:11,603 IF I COULD DO THAT NOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE EMBARRASSED MYSELF 531 00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:12,837 SO MUCH. 532 00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:16,341 BUT BACK IN THE DAY, IN 2004, THAT WAS-- YEAH, NEARLY ENDED MY 533 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:17,409 CAREER. 534 00:26:17,475 --> 00:26:19,511 >> Stephen: YOU GOT THE ROLE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. 535 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:21,746 YOU'RE DEFINITELY GETTING A CALLBACK. 536 00:26:21,813 --> 00:26:24,816 >> IS THIS COVID FRIENDLY, THIS PENCIL? 537 00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:26,451 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO BURN THAT BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 538 00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:27,585 IT WAS SO LOVELY TO MEET YOU. 539 00:26:27,652 --> 00:26:31,589 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 540 00:26:31,656 --> 00:26:35,460 ( LAUGHTER ) THERE YOU GO. 541 00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:38,330 >> Stephen: "THE WHEEL OF TIME" IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME. 542 00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:40,231 ROSAMUND PIKE, EVERYBODY. 543 00:26:40,298 --> 00:26:43,501 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE LANDMARK BEATLES 544 00:26:43,568 --> 00:26:46,404 DOCUMENTARY, "GET BACK," SIR PETER JACKSON. 545 00:27:06,491 --> 00:27:06,958 ( APPLAUSE ) > Stephen: WELCOME BACK, 546 00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:11,496 EVERYBODY! 547 00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:15,500 FOLKS, I AM EXCITED TO SAY,s MY NEXT GUEST IS PETER JACKSON, 548 00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:16,901 THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF A FILM SERIES 549 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:22,507 I'VE SEEN ONCE OR TWICE: "THE LORD OF THE RINGS." 550 00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:24,142 BUT I DARE SAY, HIS LATEST FILM IS SOMETHING EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE: 551 00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:28,880 THE BEAUTIFUL BEATLES DOCUMENTARY, "GET BACK." 552 00:27:28,947 --> 00:27:32,784 TO CREATE THIS FILM, THE BEATLES GAVE JACKSON ACCESS TO OVER 57 553 00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:38,123 HOURS OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE FROM THE RECORDING 554 00:27:38,189 --> 00:27:40,892 SESSIONS FROM THEIR ALBUM, "LET IT BE." 555 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:43,695 THESE MOMENTS WERE CAPTURED ON FILM, THEN PUT AWAY IN A 556 00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:49,667 VAULT FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, AND JACKSON SPENT THE LAST FOUR 557 00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:52,904 YEARS POURING OVER THIS FOOTAGE AND RESTORING IT ALL IN ORDER TO 558 00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:56,808 TELL A HISTORY-REWRITING STORY ABOUT WHAT WHAT THE 559 00:27:56,875 --> 00:28:00,879 RELATIONSHIPS IN THE LAST YEAR OF THAT BAND WERE REALLY LIKE. 560 00:28:00,945 --> 00:28:02,881 NOW, DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, PETER COULDN'T LEAVE NEW 561 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:04,182 ZEALAND, BUT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING WITH HIM ALL THE WAY 562 00:28:04,249 --> 00:28:05,250 FROM WELLINGTON. 563 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:05,650 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY CONVERSATION WITH SIR PETER 564 00:28:05,717 --> 00:28:06,785 JACKSON! 565 00:28:06,851 --> 00:28:07,552 HELLO PETER. 566 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:08,753 >> HI, STEPHEN. 567 00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:11,823 WE'RE HERE, RIGHT. 568 00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:15,393 >> WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE NIGHT THAT I SHOWED YOU ALL THAT 569 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:16,694 SECRET FOOTAGE. 570 00:28:16,761 --> 00:28:17,962 IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 571 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:20,331 BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN A LOT OF IT A FEW YEARS AGO. 572 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:23,201 >> Stephen: SO I SHOULDN'T MENTION THAT TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN 573 00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:26,671 I WAS IN NEW ZEALAND, I SPENT THE WEEKEND APT YOUR HOUSE, AND 574 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:30,241 WE SPENT EIGHT HOURS OVER TWO DAYS WATCHING RAW FOOTAGE THAT 575 00:28:30,308 --> 00:28:34,412 YOU... SHOWED THE EDITING PROCESS. 576 00:28:34,479 --> 00:28:38,316 >> THAT WOULD CAUSE ME HUGE PROBLEMS IF WE EVEN BREATHED A 577 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:39,350 WORD OF IT. 578 00:28:39,417 --> 00:28:43,455 I THINK I REMEMBER WE EVEN SHED TEARS THAT NIGHT. 579 00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:44,656 DIDN'T WE? 580 00:28:44,722 --> 00:28:46,491 >> Stephen: I THINK I BURST INTO TEARS WHEN YOU SAID I COULD 581 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:47,025 WATCH IT. 582 00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:47,959 I REMEMBER THAT PART. 583 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:50,795 >> THE TEARS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEATLES. 584 00:28:50,862 --> 00:28:52,897 THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ANOTHER THING WE WERE DOING. 585 00:28:52,964 --> 00:28:54,065 THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 586 00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:55,233 >> Stephen: I WANT TO START THIS INTERVIEW WITH SOMETHING 587 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,137 KIND OF SHOCKING, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THE ONLY INTERVIEW I 588 00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:03,975 EVER DO WITH YOU WHERE I DON'T TALK ABOUT "THE LORD OF THE 589 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:05,243 RINGS." 590 00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:08,480 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS-- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, BUT 591 00:29:08,546 --> 00:29:15,019 "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" IS NOW MY SECOND FAVORITE TRILOGY. 592 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,888 MY FAVORITE IS NOW "THE BEATLES: GET BACK." 593 00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:20,859 >> I WONDER WILL THIS BE THE FIRST INTERVIEW I DO WITH 594 00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:23,194 STEPHEN WHERE HE DOESN'T MENTION "THE LORD OF THE RINGS." 595 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:26,397 >> Stephen: ONLY TO MENTION I WON'T MENTION THEM. 596 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:28,233 THAT'S IT INSPECT NEVER COMES UP AGAIN. 597 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:29,400 >> YEAH. 598 00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:31,970 >> Stephen: WE ALL WERE SORT OF SOLD OR TAUGHT THIS HISTORY 599 00:29:32,036 --> 00:29:38,643 OF THE BEATLES OF THIS SORT OF FRACTIOUS, VERY 600 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:39,711 FRICTION-FILLEDDED, ARGUMENTATIVE END TO THE LAST 601 00:29:39,777 --> 00:29:40,378 YEAR OF THE BEATLES. 602 00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:41,513 >> YES. 603 00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:43,848 >> Stephen: THIS-- THIS THREE-PART FILM THAT YOU'VE MADE 604 00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:48,186 COMPLETELY BLOWS THAT UP. 605 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:50,955 IT'S-- IT'S A-- THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. 606 00:29:51,022 --> 00:29:53,024 THEY'RE-- THEY'RE HAVING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUN. 607 00:29:53,091 --> 00:29:53,958 THERE IS SOME FRICTION. 608 00:29:54,025 --> 00:29:55,126 >> YEAH. 609 00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:57,028 >> Stephen: BUT THEY CLEARLY LOVE CREATING WITH EACH OTHER. 610 00:29:57,095 --> 00:29:59,998 WHAT DO YOU-- HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S 611 00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:01,900 VIEW OF THE END OF THE BEATLES? 612 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:06,204 >> WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS KNOW-- AND IF IT'S 613 00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:09,974 ANYTHING SORT OF SAD OR MEL AN COAL ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT BECAUSE 614 00:30:10,041 --> 00:30:12,610 YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM BREAKING UP, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 615 00:30:12,677 --> 00:30:17,815 BIGGEST BAND IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE 616 00:30:17,882 --> 00:30:22,887 DONE, BEATLEMANIA, SHEA STADIUM, "SERGEANT PEPPER "GROUNDBREAKING 617 00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:25,857 ALBUMS, THEY ARRIVE AT JANUARY 1969 AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 618 00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:28,393 WHAT IT IS TO BE THE BEATLES AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 619 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:32,897 IT'S ALMOST LIKE-- DAMN. 620 00:30:32,964 --> 00:30:34,132 EXCUSE ME. 621 00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:40,805 AT THE END OF "THE LORD OF THE RINGS," WHEN FRODO SAYS WE SAVE 622 00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:43,174 THE SHIRE BUT NOT FOR ME, I STARTED TO PROJECT THAT. 623 00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:47,345 THE BEATLES CHANGED THE WORLD, DID ALL THIS, ONLY TO REALIZE 624 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:49,113 THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY A PLACE FOR THEM. 625 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:52,984 THEY CAN'T-- THEY DON'T WANT-- THEY WANT TO PERFORM TO 300 626 00:30:53,051 --> 00:30:54,686 PEOPLE. 627 00:30:54,752 --> 00:30:56,521 THEY'VE ASKED TO PERFORM 60,000. 628 00:30:56,588 --> 00:31:01,759 YOU TRY TO SELL 300 TICKETS TO A SHOW, YOU WILL HAVE 60,000 629 00:31:01,826 --> 00:31:02,660 PEOPLE COMING UP THE STREET. 630 00:31:02,727 --> 00:31:04,529 WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS NOT PRACTICAL. 631 00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:07,599 THEY'RE SUDDENLY REALIZING,s WHAT WE WANT TO DO-- WE'RE THE 632 00:31:07,665 --> 00:31:09,968 BIGGEST BAND IN THE WORLD, WE HAVE A VERY SIMPLE THING WE WANT 633 00:31:10,034 --> 00:31:10,835 TO DO. 634 00:31:10,902 --> 00:31:12,604 WE JUST WANT TO BE A ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND. 635 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:13,705 WE CAN'T DO IT. 636 00:31:13,771 --> 00:31:15,607 THE WORLD HAS NO PLACE FOR US ANYMORE. 637 00:31:15,673 --> 00:31:17,008 I GET THAT FEEL FROM IT. 638 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:18,977 IT'S A BITTERSWEET FEELING. 639 00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:22,080 >> Stephen: PEOPLE MAKE A LOT OF THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN JOHN 640 00:31:22,146 --> 00:31:27,585 AND PAUL, AND THAT'S OFTEN WHERE A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION OF THE 641 00:31:27,652 --> 00:31:28,720 FRICTION IN THE BAND CAME. 642 00:31:28,786 --> 00:31:31,522 THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMPLEXITY THAT'S REVEALED 643 00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:35,159 BETWEEN ALL OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS 644 00:31:35,226 --> 00:31:36,427 DOCUMENTARY. 645 00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:38,429 BUT WHAT STRUCK ME IS THAT THIS IS, IN MANY WAYS, A LOVE STORY. 646 00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:39,664 >> YEAH, I AGREE. 647 00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:42,066 >> Stephen: BETWEEN-- BETWEEN ALL OF THEM, BUT REALLY BETWEEN 648 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:43,368 JOHN AND PAUL. 649 00:31:43,434 --> 00:31:46,704 THEY-- THEY CLEARLY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH, EVEN, LIKE, IN 650 00:31:46,771 --> 00:31:50,975 MOMENTS WHEN JOHN MIGHT BE BEING A BIT OF A PILL FROM AN OUTSIDE 651 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:55,213 OBSERVER, PAUL WILL LAUGH AND SNEAK A LOOK TO THE CAMERA THAT 652 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,514 LOOKS LIKE "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? 653 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:59,951 HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE JOHN?" WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THEIR 654 00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:02,954 RELATIONSHIP AFTER SPENDING THESE MANY YEARS WITH THEM IN 655 00:32:03,021 --> 00:32:04,122 SUCH AN INTIMATE WAY? 656 00:32:04,188 --> 00:32:06,891 >> I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AFFECTED ME, AND I 657 00:32:06,958 --> 00:32:10,828 NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT THE FOOTAGE IS 658 00:32:10,895 --> 00:32:11,996 THERE. 659 00:32:12,063 --> 00:32:13,698 I HAD AN APPRECIATION OF HOW UTTERLY PAINFUL THIS MUST HAVE 660 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:18,303 BEEN FOR PAUL BECAUSE HE'S WATCHING HIS CLOSEST CREATIVE 661 00:32:18,369 --> 00:32:22,640 COLLABORATOR, SOMEONE HE'S KNOWN SINCE THEY WERE 15 OR 16 YEARS 662 00:32:22,707 --> 00:32:28,880 OLD, START TO DRIFT AND GO TOWARDS-- JOHN'S NOT PUSHING 663 00:32:28,946 --> 00:32:30,081 PAUL AWAY. 664 00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:35,353 BUT PAUL'S WATCHING YOKO NOW BECOME THE COLLABORATOR JOHN IS 665 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:36,521 EXCITED ABOUT. 666 00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:40,391 AND CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW PAINFUL THAT MUST BE FOR PAUL, HOW 667 00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:41,926 UTTERLY, UTTERLY PAINFUL. 668 00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:43,061 HE'S JUST WATCHING IT. 669 00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:44,562 AN HE DEALS WITH IT. 670 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:45,697 HE DEALS WITH IT. 671 00:32:45,763 --> 00:32:47,665 HE'S TRYING TO RATIONALIZE IT. 672 00:32:47,732 --> 00:32:51,636 HE LOVES THE BEATLES AND WANTS TO GET ON WITH IT. 673 00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:53,338 AND YOU FEEL IT. 674 00:32:53,404 --> 00:32:54,639 THAT NEVER EVEN OCCURRED TO ME BEFORE. 675 00:32:54,706 --> 00:33:00,244 IT'S ALL ABOUT JOHN AND PAUL, IT'S ALL THE NEGATIVE STUFF, BUT 676 00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:03,147 YOU SEE THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING, AND IT'S-- WOW. 677 00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:07,185 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENTS FOR ME IS WHEN 678 00:33:07,251 --> 00:33:08,853 GEORGE ISN'T THERE, JOHN'S NOT THERE. 679 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,021 GEORGE HAS LEFT OF THE BAND. 680 00:33:10,088 --> 00:33:11,756 THEY DON'T KNOW IF HE'S COMING BACK. 681 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,425 THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH JOHN. 682 00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:23,334 IT'S JUST PAUL AND RINGO AND LINDA'S THERE, AND MICHEAL 683 00:33:23,401 --> 00:33:26,003 LINDSAY-HOGG IS THERE, AND MIGHT BE WHEN THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY 684 00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:27,372 WERE BEING FILMED. 685 00:33:27,438 --> 00:33:30,375 BUT THERE'S A SINGLE SHOT-- A SINGLE SHOT OF PAUL SAYING, 686 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:35,079 BASICALLY, "IF HE WANTS TO BE WITH YOKO, THAT'S FINE. 687 00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:36,781 WE CAN'T MAKE HIM CHOOSE. 688 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:39,384 HE'LL CHOOSE YOKO AND THAT'S WHAT HE SHOULD DO." 689 00:33:39,450 --> 00:33:43,020 BUT THE CAMERA IS SETTLED ON PAUL FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE 45 690 00:33:43,087 --> 00:33:47,358 SECONDS OR SOMETHING, AND HE'S CLEARLY WRESTLING WITH ENORMOUS 691 00:33:47,425 --> 00:33:51,129 EMOTION INSIDE ABOUT WHAT HE COULD-- I PROJECT ON THAT-- WHAT 692 00:33:51,195 --> 00:33:52,797 HE COULD DO IN THAT MOMENT. 693 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,932 WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT MOMENT? 694 00:33:54,999 --> 00:33:59,103 BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND HRPT WRENDING 695 00:33:59,170 --> 00:34:00,204 MOMENTS IN THIS ENTIRE THING. 696 00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:06,744 >> THAT MOMENT IS A MOMENT-- EVERYONE KNOWS THAT GEORGE 697 00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:07,979 LEAVES. 698 00:34:08,045 --> 00:34:10,214 THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT JOHN HAS ALSO 699 00:34:10,281 --> 00:34:11,482 LEFT. 700 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:17,021 JOHN HASN'T SH SHOWN UP FOR WORK THEY KNOW GEORGE HAS WALKED OUT. 701 00:34:17,088 --> 00:34:19,557 AND THE SHOT STARTS WITH PAUL SAYING, "AND THEN THERE WERE 702 00:34:19,624 --> 00:34:20,358 TWO." 703 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:21,926 AND HE TRIES TO HOLD THE TEARS BACK. 704 00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:24,929 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, PETER. 705 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:28,199 DON'T GO ANYWHERE EVERYBODY WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE 706 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:30,334 DIRECTOR OF THE "THE BEATLES: GET BACK," PETER JACKSON. 707 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,102 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 708 00:35:05,169 --> 00:35:08,239 WE'RE BACK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF "THE BEATLES: GET BACK," PETER 709 00:35:08,306 --> 00:35:09,474 JACKSON. 710 00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:10,708 ONE THING THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME-- AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO 711 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:14,412 SURPRISE A LOT OF PEOPLE-- IS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BILLY 712 00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:19,083 PRESTON IS OFTEN CALLED "THE FIFTH BEATLE "ALONG WITH GEORGE 713 00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:20,051 MARTIN. 714 00:35:20,117 --> 00:35:22,520 AND HE WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSE TO BE ON THE ALBUM. 715 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:26,390 HE WAS JUST A FRIEND OF GEORGE'S WHO STOPPED BY. 716 00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:30,394 AND THEY HAD, "WE WERE SAYING WE NEEDED A PIANO PLAYER. 717 00:35:30,461 --> 00:35:32,797 COULD YOU SIT IN? 718 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:35,733 AND HE SAYS, AND THALDZ, "CAN YOU STAY." 719 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:40,571 >> WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT IT IS THEY'RE WRITING THESE SONGS AND 720 00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:42,540 A LOT OF THE SONGS HAS A KEYBOARD. 721 00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:46,077 AND EITHER JOHN OR PAUL HAS TO PUT THEIR GUITAR DOWN AND PLAY 722 00:35:46,143 --> 00:35:47,278 THE KEYBOARD. 723 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:50,548 THE BEATLES HAVE BECOME ONE GUITAR DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO THE 724 00:35:50,615 --> 00:35:51,749 KEYBOARD. 725 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:54,285 AND THEY STARTED TO TALK ABOUT-- BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO THEM 726 00:35:54,352 --> 00:35:55,052 LIVE. 727 00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:57,154 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO OVERDUB THEM. 728 00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:59,590 "WE NEED A KEYBOARDIST." 729 00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:02,894 AND THEIR OLD FR&END WALKS IN TO SAY HI, GREAT KEYBOARD PLAYER. 730 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,130 AND JOHN, "WE NEED A KEYBOARD PLAYER. 731 00:36:06,197 --> 00:36:09,433 DO YOU WANT TO SIT THERE?" AND IT'S KIND OF-- IT'S 732 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:10,401 HILARIOUSLY FUNNY. 733 00:36:10,468 --> 00:36:12,870 BUT HE GOES, "OH, YEAH." 734 00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:15,973 AND WITHIN MINUTES HE'S DOING THESE GREAT KEYBOARD THINGS THAT 735 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:20,044 ARE IN THESE SONGS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE IN THESE SONGS AND 736 00:36:20,111 --> 00:36:20,878 IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 737 00:36:20,945 --> 00:36:21,879 IT'S FUNNY. 738 00:36:21,946 --> 00:36:24,415 >> Stephen: WHEN HE ARRIVES IT'S A TONAL CHANGE. 739 00:36:24,482 --> 00:36:26,684 IT'S LIKE SOMEONE TURNED ON AN AIR CONDITIONER IN THE ROOM. 740 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:27,718 >> THE EXCITEMENT. 741 00:36:27,785 --> 00:36:29,287 >> Stephen: SUCH EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY THERE. 742 00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:30,888 WE HAVE A CLIP HERE. 743 00:36:30,955 --> 00:36:31,856 >> OH, YEAH, GREAT. 744 00:36:31,923 --> 00:36:35,626 >> Stephen: OF BILLY PLAYING WITH THE BEATLES. 745 00:36:35,693 --> 00:36:41,499 JIM ♪ DON'T LET ME DOWN 746 00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:47,872 DON'T LET ME DOWN. 747 00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:49,574 >> THAT'S GREAT. 748 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:57,114 YOU'RE GIVING US A LIFT, BILL. 749 00:36:57,181 --> 00:36:58,816 CHOKING, YOUR VOICE IS CHOKING. 750 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:02,954 I JUST WISH I HAD YESTERDAY'S VOICE BUT TODAY'S BACKING. 751 00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:06,023 I WAS SWINGING YESTERDAY, VOICE-WISE, THAT IS. 752 00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:13,130 I'VE JUST GONE OVER THE TOP ♪ DON'T LET ME DOWN ...DOWN! 753 00:37:13,197 --> 00:37:27,011 ♪ DON'T LET ME DOWN ♪ AND FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT 754 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:29,714 SHE REALLY DONE ME OH, SHE DONE ME 755 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:34,085 ♪ SHE CONDITION ME GOOD ♪ SOME TEA AND SANDWICHES. 756 00:37:34,151 --> 00:37:36,654 >> SANDWICHES? 757 00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:37,822 >> Stephen: IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. 758 00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:43,628 >> I MEAN, WHAT'S ALSO AMAZING, APART FROM THE "LET IT BE 759 00:37:43,694 --> 00:37:44,862 "SONGS. 760 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:49,000 YOU SEE SOLO SONGS, FUTURE SOLO SONGS THAT THEY'LL NEVER DO AS 761 00:37:49,066 --> 00:37:52,837 BEATLES, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT AND START DOING THEM. 762 00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:59,243 THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN JOHN AND PAUL ARE WORKING ON "GIVE ME 763 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:00,344 SOME TRUTH." 764 00:38:00,411 --> 00:38:03,247 AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT PAUL McCARTNEY WAS INVOLVE PD. 765 00:38:03,314 --> 00:38:05,483 AND HE'S CLEARLY COWRITTEN A SONG. 766 00:38:05,549 --> 00:38:11,422 THE NEXT TIME I SEE PAUL, I SAY, "I HAD NO IDEA, PAUL, THAT YOU 767 00:38:11,489 --> 00:38:12,957 COWROTE "GIVE ME SOME TRUTH." 768 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:21,465 AND HE LOOKED APT ME AND SAID, "'GIVE ME SOME TRUTH'? 769 00:38:21,532 --> 00:38:22,867 YOU MEAN JOHN'S SONG. 770 00:38:22,933 --> 00:38:25,469 I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT." 771 00:38:25,536 --> 00:38:26,971 I GET MY iPAD. 772 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:30,675 AND HE LOOKS AT IT AND HE SHAKES HIS HEAD AND SAYS, "I HAVE NO 773 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:32,009 MEMORY OF WORKING ON THAT SONG." 774 00:38:32,076 --> 00:38:35,880 AND THEM HE SORT OF HAD A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE, AND SAID, 775 00:38:35,946 --> 00:38:40,618 "THAT'S A REALLY GREAT JOB SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT 776 00:38:40,685 --> 00:38:41,752 OF CREDIT FOR IT." 777 00:38:41,819 --> 00:38:43,587 HE COULDN'T REMEMBER, HE COULDN'T REMEMBER HE WAS WORKING 778 00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:46,223 ON "GIVE ME SOME TRUTH" WITH JOHN. 779 00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:48,459 >> Stephen: PETER, I KNOW I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO MENTION 780 00:38:48,526 --> 00:38:50,294 "THE LORD OF THE RINGS," BUT YOU MENTIONED "THE LORD OF THE 781 00:38:50,361 --> 00:38:52,830 RINGS" BEFORE I DID, SO I FEEL LIKE I CAN ASK YOU THIS QUESTION 782 00:38:52,897 --> 00:38:54,231 AND IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT. 783 00:38:54,298 --> 00:38:58,869 I HAVE HEARD THAT THE BEATLES ACTUALLY WANTED TO MAKE "THE 784 00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:01,238 LORD OF THE RINGS" MOVIE. 785 00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:05,009 AND AS SOMEONE WHO MADE THE DEFINITIVE "THE LORD OF THE 786 00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:08,479 RINGS" MOVIE AND NOW HAS SPENT ALL THESE YEARS WITH THE BEATLES 787 00:39:08,546 --> 00:39:11,682 IN SUCH AN INTIMATE WAY, HOW WOULD YOU CAST JOHN, PAUL, 788 00:39:11,749 --> 00:39:14,585 GEORGE AND RINGO, IF YOU WERE TO MAKE "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" 789 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:15,286 AGAIN? 790 00:39:15,352 --> 00:39:16,487 WOULD YOU MAKE THEM THE HOBBITS? 791 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:21,492 >> WELL, I MEAN, I LIEB THE IDEA-- OBVIOUSLY, PAUL IS FRODO. 792 00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:22,793 AREWE TALKING "THE LORD OF THE RINGS"? 793 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:24,028 WE ARE, OKAY. 794 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:24,995 OKAY. 795 00:39:25,062 --> 00:39:26,731 NOT WHAT I THOUGHT THIS CONVERSATION WOULD BE. 796 00:39:26,797 --> 00:39:28,599 OKAY, PAUL IS OBVIOUSLY FRODO. 797 00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:31,402 I MEAN, AND SAM IS OBVIOUSLY RINGO, ISN'T IT? 798 00:39:31,469 --> 00:39:38,476 THEN YOU HAVE... WELL, JOHN'S GOLAN ISN'T HE? 799 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:41,378 THEY CAST THEMSELVES AND DID IT RIGHT. 800 00:39:41,445 --> 00:39:44,014 GANDALF, AND GEORGE THE MYSTIC, MAGICIAN, IS PERFECT. 801 00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:46,050 WE HAVE TO AGE HIM UP A BIT. 802 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:49,487 IF YOU HAD TO HAVE GOL AN, AND FOUR BEATLES, JOHN LENNON IS THE 803 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:52,089 OBVIOUSLY ONE, ABSOLUTELY, SLAM DUNK. 804 00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:53,257 >> Stephen: PETER, THANKS AGAIN. 805 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:53,724 THIS HAS BEEN GREAT. 806 00:39:53,791 --> 00:39:55,726 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 807 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:58,295 >> Stephen: THANKS AGAIN TO PETER JACKSON! 808 00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:02,266 HIS STUNNING DOCUMENTARY SERIES "THE BEATLES: GET BACK" 809 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:03,434 PREMIERES TOMORROW ON DISNEY+. 810 00:40:03,501 --> 00:40:05,503 AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE EVEN MORE OF MY CONVERSATION 811 00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:08,405 WITH PETER ON THIS MONDAY'S EPISODE OF "THE LATE SHOW. 812 00:40:08,472 --> 00:40:09,573 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 813 00:40:27,558 --> 00:40:28,459 THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW." 814 00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:30,628 HAPPY THANKSIVING, EVERYBODY! 815 00:40:30,694 --> 00:40:31,862 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 816 00:40:31,929 --> 00:40:32,696 GOOD NIGHT!