1 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:03,803 >> A BROADWAY ACTOR IS THE LATEST MEMBER OF THE OATH 2 00:00:03,870 --> 00:00:06,506 KEEPERS CHARGED FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE JANUARY 6 3 00:00:06,573 --> 00:00:08,041 SIEGE ON THE U.S. CAPITOL. 4 00:00:08,108 --> 00:00:10,910 JAMES BEEKS IS CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS AND 5 00:00:10,977 --> 00:00:12,712 UNLAWFULLY ENTERING CAPITOL GROUNDS. 6 00:00:12,779 --> 00:00:14,414 BEEKS PLAYED JUDAS IN A NATIONAL TOUR OF "JESUS CHRIST 7 00:00:14,481 --> 00:00:15,582 SUPERSTAR." 8 00:00:15,648 --> 00:00:17,917 ( SUNG TO "SUPERSTAR" ) >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 9 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:11,571 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 10 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:18,912 TONIGHT: NEW COVID ON THE BLOCK. 11 00:01:18,978 --> 00:01:25,819 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: PETER DINKLAGE. 12 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:26,886 LEE JUNG-JAE. 13 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:31,624 AND A PERFORMANCE FROM THE FILM "CYRANO." 14 00:01:31,691 --> 00:01:38,097 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 15 00:01:38,164 --> 00:01:41,868 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 16 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:42,936 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 17 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:52,078 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 18 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:58,885 >> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 19 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:02,288 ( APPLAUSE ) I DID THAT. 20 00:02:02,355 --> 00:02:05,859 YOU DIDN'T KNOW. 21 00:02:05,925 --> 00:02:08,962 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Audience: STEPHEN! 22 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:10,897 STEPHEN! 23 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:11,798 STEPHEN! 24 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:14,033 >> Stephen: OH, YEAH. 25 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:18,938 WELCOME, WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW." 26 00:02:19,005 --> 00:02:23,710 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 27 00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:26,446 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HEY, DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? 28 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:33,286 A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN JOE BIDEN PROMISED A NORMAL HOLIDAY 29 00:02:33,353 --> 00:02:34,487 SEASON? 30 00:02:34,554 --> 00:02:35,655 WELL, LIKE HIS HAIRLINE, THAT WENT AWAY, BECAUSE ON FRIDAY, 31 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:38,491 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED A NEW VARIANT OF 32 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:41,861 CONCERN AND GAVE IT THE NOT-AT-ALL-SINISTER NAME: 33 00:02:41,928 --> 00:02:42,896 THE OMICRON VARIANT. 34 00:02:42,962 --> 00:02:46,900 ( THUNDER, GLASS BREAKING, CAT SCREAM ) 35 00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:54,474 ( LAUGHTER ) DID NOT EXPECT THE CAT. 36 00:02:54,541 --> 00:03:01,881 WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TITLE OF A ROBERT LUDLUM NOVEL. 37 00:03:01,948 --> 00:03:04,117 OMICRON IS, IN FACT, THE 15th LETTER IN THE GREEK ALPHABET. 38 00:03:04,183 --> 00:03:08,688 THE W.H.O. CHOSE TO SKIP A FEW, BECAUSE 'NU' IS TOO EASILY 39 00:03:08,755 --> 00:03:10,890 CONFUSED WITH 'NEW,' AND THEY CLAIM 'XI,' WAS NOT USED BECAUSE 40 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:13,059 IT IS A COMMON LAST NAME, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE 41 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:18,565 SURNAME OF CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING. 42 00:03:18,631 --> 00:03:21,234 AND YOU CAN'T PISS OFF WORLD LEADERS. 43 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:23,136 THEY LEARNED THE HARD WAY AFTER BEING SUED IN THE 1890S BY 44 00:03:23,202 --> 00:03:26,205 BELGIAN PREMIER HENRI CHLAMYDIA. 45 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:28,541 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S NOT A FLOWER. 46 00:03:28,608 --> 00:03:30,376 CHLAMYDIA IS NOT A FLOWER. 47 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:31,477 THE GOOD NEWS IS-- ( APPLAUSE ) 48 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:36,182 ( CHEERING ) BEAUTIFUL NAME. 49 00:03:36,249 --> 00:03:40,186 CHLAMYDIA. 50 00:03:40,253 --> 00:03:43,189 THE GOOD NEWS IS, ACCORDING TO SOUTH AFRICAN DOCTORS, WHERE THE 51 00:03:43,256 --> 00:03:49,162 VARIANT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED, WHILE OMICRON APPEARS TO BE MORE 52 00:03:49,228 --> 00:03:55,168 TRANSMISSIBLE, CASES APPEARED TO BE VERY MILD, MILD. 53 00:03:55,234 --> 00:04:02,108 SO WE'RE GRADING THE VARIANTS ON A SALSA SCALE NOW. 54 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:03,610 IN THAT CASE, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ATOMIC GHOST PEPPER, EXTRA- 55 00:04:03,676 --> 00:04:04,243 CHUNKY VARIANT. 56 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,511 PAUL NEWMAN DOES GREAT WORK. 57 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:07,180 AND NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS: OMICRON DOES APPEAR TO BE 58 00:04:07,246 --> 00:04:08,247 EVADING VACCINES. 59 00:04:08,314 --> 00:04:11,351 IT'S A SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENON KNOWN AS AARON RODGERS. 60 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:13,453 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 61 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:16,122 BUT-- HURT HIS TOE. 62 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:18,458 HURT HIS TOE. 63 00:04:18,524 --> 00:04:19,626 YEAH. 64 00:04:19,692 --> 00:04:24,197 BUT NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE, SO BOTH PFIZER AND MODERNA ARE 65 00:04:24,263 --> 00:04:27,634 TESTING HOW WELL THEIR VACCINES PROTECT AGAINST OMICRON. 66 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,036 UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WON'T KNOW THE RESULTS FOR TWO WEEKS, AT 67 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:31,204 THE EARLIEST. 68 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:32,372 EVIDENTLY, THE SCIENTISTS ARE STUCK IN A CONTAINER OFF THE 69 00:04:32,438 --> 00:04:35,208 COAST OF CHINA. 70 00:04:35,274 --> 00:04:37,176 ( LAUGHTER ) SO THEY DON'T KNOW, BUT IN A 71 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:40,179 RECENT INTERVIEW, THE C.E.O. OF MODERNA SAID, "ALL THE 72 00:04:40,246 --> 00:04:43,182 SCIENTISTS I'VE TALKED TO ARE LIKE, 'THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE 73 00:04:43,249 --> 00:04:48,187 GOOD'". 74 00:04:48,254 --> 00:04:50,189 LIKE, NOT COMFORTING. 75 00:04:50,256 --> 00:04:51,190 SCIENCE. 76 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:52,458 REMINDS ME OF THAT FAMOUS SUGAR-FREE GUM SLOGAN: 77 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:55,194 FOUR OUT OF FIVE DENTISTS AGREE: WHAT'S THE POINT OF CHEWING GUM? 78 00:04:55,261 --> 00:04:56,429 DEATH COMES FOR US ALL. 79 00:04:56,496 --> 00:04:58,498 YESTERDAY-- ( APPLAUSE ) 80 00:04:58,564 --> 00:05:00,199 SURE! 81 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:06,506 DEATH! 82 00:05:06,572 --> 00:05:07,674 YESTERDAY? 83 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:10,043 YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSED THE NATION AND DID HIS 84 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:11,277 BEST TO KEEP EVERYONE CALM. 85 00:05:11,344 --> 00:05:15,815 >> THIS VARIANT IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, NOT A CAUSE FOR PANIC. 86 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:17,216 >> Stephen: WHAT? 87 00:05:17,283 --> 00:05:20,219 I'M SORRY, I WASN'T LISTENING. 88 00:05:20,286 --> 00:05:23,423 I WAS ORDERING 700 ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER. 89 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:26,693 OUT OF CONCERN, NOT PANIC. 90 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:28,461 BIDEN HAD A SUBTLE GAFFE IN HIS ADDRESS ON THE NEW OMICRON 91 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:29,896 VARIANT. 92 00:05:29,962 --> 00:05:31,264 SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT IT: >> IT'S CALLED THE OMNICRON. 93 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:32,198 OMNICRON. 94 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:35,301 OMNICRON. 95 00:05:35,368 --> 00:05:36,202 OMNICRON. 96 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:37,336 >> Stephen: NO, NOT "OMNICRON." 97 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:42,942 OMNICRON SOUNDS LIKE THE EVIL CORPORATION IN A DYSTOPIAN 98 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:47,113 FUTURE THAT OWNS YOUR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. 99 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:50,717 SO... DISNEY? 100 00:05:50,783 --> 00:05:57,890 BIDEN-- ( APPLAUSE ) 101 00:05:57,957 --> 00:06:00,193 BIDEN LAID OUT HIS ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO DEAL 102 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:01,394 WITH THE NEW VARIANT. 103 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,262 >> ON THURSDAY, I'LL BE PUTTING FORWARD A DETAILED STRATEGY 104 00:06:03,329 --> 00:06:13,206 OUTLINING HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT COVID THIS WINTER, NOT 105 00:06:13,272 --> 00:06:15,241 WITH SHUTDOWNS OR LOCKDOWNS, BUT WITH MORE WIDESPREAD 106 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:16,209 VACCINATIONS, BOOSTERS, TESTING, AND MORE. 107 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:17,110 >> Stephen: "AND MORE"? 108 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:22,281 CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN "AND MORE"? 109 00:06:22,348 --> 00:06:23,916 IS THIS THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION OR THE WEIRD KITCHENWARE AND 110 00:06:23,983 --> 00:06:24,450 FOOD SECTION OF TJ MAXX? 111 00:06:24,517 --> 00:06:25,551 "DON'T PANIC, FOLKS. 112 00:06:25,618 --> 00:06:28,087 WE'LL TREAT THIS WITH VACCINATIONS, BOOSTERS, TESTING, 113 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:31,324 A JOURNAL THAT SAYS 'HOPE' ON THE FRONT, A BROKEN EGG TIMER, 114 00:06:31,390 --> 00:06:36,362 AND A BOTTLE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE MAPLE SYRUP THAT HAS NO LABEL 115 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:37,530 ON IT." 116 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:40,199 WE'RE ALL LUCKY THAT SOUTH AFRICA ALERTED US TO THE DANGERS 117 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:44,203 OF OMICRON. 118 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:45,671 AND THANKS TO THEM, THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUED A BAN ON TRAVEL 119 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:48,207 FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. 120 00:06:48,274 --> 00:06:49,275 WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 121 00:06:49,342 --> 00:06:51,310 YOU HAVE TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS. 122 00:06:51,377 --> 00:06:56,182 SO FAR, IT'S ONLY BEEN FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES 123 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:59,519 OF AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, FRANCE, 124 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:02,522 GERMANY, HONG KONG, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, NETHERLANDS, 125 00:07:02,588 --> 00:07:08,194 PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWEDEN, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. 126 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,061 OH, MY GOD! 127 00:07:09,128 --> 00:07:12,198 THAT'S MOST OF "IT'S A SMALL WORLD"! 128 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:13,699 WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP IT FROM SPREADING. 129 00:07:13,766 --> 00:07:17,370 WE HAVE TO-- ( APPLAUSE ) 130 00:07:17,436 --> 00:07:19,205 WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP IT FROM SPREADING TO "THE HALL OF 131 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,040 PRESIDENTS." 132 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:26,679 TAFT HAS, SHALL WE SAY, COMORBIDITIES. 133 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:29,949 THANKFULLY, OMICRON IS NOT HERE IN AMERICA, RIGHT? 134 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:35,021 CAN SOMEONE FROM THREE DAYS AGO ASK DR. FAUCI? 135 00:07:35,087 --> 00:07:36,189 >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT OMICRON IS ALREADY HERE IN THE U.S., 136 00:07:36,255 --> 00:07:39,692 LIKELY? 137 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:42,461 >> YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT IS. 138 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:44,197 >> Stephen: I WOULD NOT NORMALLY SAY THIS ABOUT AN 80-YEAR-OLD 139 00:07:44,263 --> 00:07:48,201 MAN, BUT CAN WE PLEASE SURPRISE HIM? 140 00:07:48,267 --> 00:07:52,138 ( LAUGHTER ) OH, THERE'S ANOTHER HIGHLY 141 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:54,607 TRANSMISSIBLE STRAIN BEING PASSED AROUND THE COUNTRY: 142 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:55,808 THE QANON VARIANT. 143 00:07:55,875 --> 00:08:00,213 I'LL TELL YOU THE LATEST IN THE LATEST IN TONIGHT'S EDITION 144 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:02,849 OF: "THE Q-FILES: 145 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,050 ( MUSIC IN THE STYLE OF THE X-FILES ) 146 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:04,550 THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. 147 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:06,285 WAY OUT THERE." 148 00:08:06,352 --> 00:08:12,191 TURNS OUT-- ( APPLAUSE ) 149 00:08:12,258 --> 00:08:13,359 WOOO! 150 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:17,864 TURNS OUT, AFTER YEARS OF FAILED PROPHECIES, SOME FOLKS ARE 151 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:20,867 THREATENING TO GET OFF THE Q-TRAIN, INCLUDING ONE QANON 152 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:25,304 FOLLOWER WHO JUST WROTE AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EX-PRESIDENT 153 00:08:25,371 --> 00:08:26,873 COMPLAINING THAT THE MOVEMENT'S PREDICTIONS KEEP TURNING OUT TO 154 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:29,876 BE FALSE. 155 00:08:29,942 --> 00:08:33,479 "EXCUSE ME, I ORDERED MY J.F.K. JR. RESURRECTION A WEEK 156 00:08:33,546 --> 00:08:34,780 AGO, AND IT STILL HASN'T ARRIVED. 157 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:36,449 I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS CONSPIRACY'S MANAGER. 158 00:08:36,515 --> 00:08:37,850 YES, I CAN HOLD UNTIL A DATE DETERMINED BY ANCIENT 159 00:08:37,917 --> 00:08:41,854 NUMEROLOGY. 160 00:08:41,921 --> 00:08:47,894 I'VE GOT THE MAYAN CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME. 161 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:49,862 OKAY, 15th OF THE MONTH OF THE SERPENT WORKS. 162 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:52,531 UM, LEMME SEE. 163 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:56,869 I'M SORRY, THAT'S NO GOOD. 164 00:08:56,936 --> 00:08:57,870 THAT'S QUETZALCOATL'S BIRTHDAY." 165 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:01,107 ( APPLAUSE ) THE LETTER WAS POSTED ON A 166 00:09:01,173 --> 00:09:02,875 RIGHT-WING SOCIAL MEDIA SITE, WHERE THE AUTHOR EXPRESSED 167 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:05,912 FRUSTRATION THAT AN ANTICIPATED EVENT CALLED 168 00:09:05,978 --> 00:09:08,848 "RED OCTOBER" FAILED TO PASS. 169 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:11,584 RED OCTOBER, OF COURSE, IS THE PROPHESIED DAY WHEN THE WORLD'S 170 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:13,853 SCOTTISH ACTORS SUDDENLY START TALKING IN A TERRIBLE RUSSIAN 171 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,255 ACCENT. 172 00:09:16,322 --> 00:09:17,857 ( LAUGHTER ) ACTUALLY, RED OCTOBER WAS JUST 173 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:21,894 ANOTHER WAY QANON PLAYS THE HITS: IT'S THE DEBUNKED CLAIM 174 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:25,865 THAT MEMBERS OF A GLOBAL CABAL OF ELITE, CANNIBALISTIC 175 00:09:25,932 --> 00:09:29,869 PEDOPHILES WOULD BE APPREHENDED IN MASS ARRESTS. 176 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:31,404 BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 177 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:32,872 AND THAT'S WHY KEVIN JAMES IS SNACKING ON YOUR CHILD RIGHT 178 00:09:32,939 --> 00:09:36,008 NOW. 179 00:09:36,075 --> 00:09:38,311 ( LAUGHTER ) ONCE OCTOBER ENDED, THE 180 00:09:38,377 --> 00:09:40,446 DISAPPOINTMENTS KEPT COMING FOR OUR Q-FRIEND. 181 00:09:40,513 --> 00:09:41,881 AS HE WROTE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT: 182 00:09:41,948 --> 00:09:44,850 "WE WERE GIVEN HINTS BY 'Q' EXPERTS THAT NOVEMBER WAS TO BE 183 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:48,487 THE MONTH. 184 00:09:48,554 --> 00:09:50,456 I TOLD A FEW OF MY AWAKE FRIENDS THAT EITHER THIS WOULD BE THE 185 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:53,859 BEST THANKSGIVING EVER, OR THE WORST. 186 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:56,862 GUESS WHICH ONE IT WAS?" ( LAUGHTER ) 187 00:09:56,929 --> 00:10:00,466 ( APPLAUSE ) I'M GUESSING EVERY THANKSGIVING 188 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:03,569 YOU SHOW UP TO IS THE WORST ONE EVER. 189 00:10:03,636 --> 00:10:05,004 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 190 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:08,874 SPEAKING-- ( APPLAUSE ) 191 00:10:08,941 --> 00:10:13,312 SURE. 192 00:10:13,379 --> 00:10:16,983 ♪ ♪ ♪ SPEAKING OF TOPICS, WE'VE GOT AN 193 00:10:17,049 --> 00:10:18,751 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CELEBRITY DOCTOR AND DATE WHO'S GOING TO 194 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:27,593 STARE AT YOU LIKE THAT FOR THE ENTIRE MOVIE, DR. EMMET OZ. 195 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:29,795 APPARENTLY, Dr. OZ WILL BE RUNNING FOR SENATE IN 196 00:10:29,862 --> 00:10:31,030 PENNSYLVANIA. 197 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:32,231 TURNS OUT, RUNNING FOR SENATE IS THE ONE WEIRD TRICK TO REDUCE 198 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:33,432 BELLY FAT. 199 00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:35,234 NOW, THIS IS DR. OZ'S FIRST TIME RUNNING FOR OFFICE, SO HE'S 200 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:36,535 STAYING HUMBLE WITH HIS PROMISES. 201 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:38,871 AS IT SAYS ON HIS CAMPAIGN WEBSITE: 202 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:43,342 "DR. OZ IS FUNDAMENTALLY PROMISING TO HELP RE-LIGHT THE 203 00:10:43,409 --> 00:10:45,845 DIVINE SPARK INSIDE EVERY AMERICAN." 204 00:10:45,911 --> 00:10:52,785 I'D SETTLE FOR CHEAPER GAS. 205 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:56,856 BUT, SURE, DOC, CHECK THE PILOT LIGHT ON MY DIVINE SPARK, 206 00:10:56,922 --> 00:11:01,861 JUST LIKE THEY TAUGHT YOU AT MED SCHOOL. 207 00:11:01,927 --> 00:11:03,929 NOW, BEFORE THIS RUN, DR. OZ HAD A LUCRATIVE CAREER AS A LIAR, 208 00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:05,865 PEDDLING QUESTIONABLE HEALTH ADVICE ON TV, LIKE SAYING COFFEE 209 00:11:05,931 --> 00:11:09,135 BEAN PILLS CAN HELP TREAT WEIGHT LOSS, RASPBERRY KETONE WILL BURN 210 00:11:09,201 --> 00:11:12,138 FAT, AND ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS MAY REVEAL A GREAT DEAL ABOUT OUR 211 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:13,873 HEALTH. 212 00:11:13,939 --> 00:11:15,074 SURE. 213 00:11:15,141 --> 00:11:21,113 WHO DOESN'T LOVE IT WHEN THEIR DOCTOR SAYS, "MR. JOHNSON, YOU 214 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:22,348 HAVE CANCER... 215 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:24,383 AS YOUR STAR SIGN, WHICH MEANS AN OFFICE FRIENDSHIP COULD TURN 216 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:25,051 TO ROMANCE." 217 00:11:25,117 --> 00:11:29,021 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 218 00:11:29,088 --> 00:11:29,789 IT COULD. 219 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:30,256 IT COULD. 220 00:11:30,322 --> 00:11:30,823 >> Jon: IT MIGHT. 221 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:32,858 >> Stephen: ANY MINUTE. 222 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:37,496 BUT DR. OZ MAY NOT JUST HAVE FAKE MEDICAL CLAIMS. 223 00:11:37,563 --> 00:11:38,864 HE MAY HAVE FAKE PENNSYLVANIA CLAIMS, BECAUSE HE'S RUNNING 224 00:11:38,931 --> 00:11:42,134 THERE DESPITE LIVING IN NEW JERSEY FOR YEARS. 225 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:45,871 AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AND 226 00:11:45,938 --> 00:11:48,741 NEW JERSEY-- SOMETHING TO DO WITH HOAGIES. 227 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:51,777 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THEY WILL MURDER YOU OVER IT. 228 00:11:51,844 --> 00:11:53,879 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 229 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:59,318 ( APPLAUSE ) MY GUESTS ARE PETER DINKLAGE AND 230 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:00,086 "SQUID GAME" STAR, LEE JUNG-JAE. 231 00:12:00,152 --> 00:12:02,855 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE." 232 00:12:02,922 --> 00:12:03,989 STICK AROUND. 233 00:12:42,128 --> 00:12:44,163 >> Stephen: JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN, EVERYBODY. 234 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:45,364 GIVE IT UP. 235 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:49,201 GIVE IT UP. 236 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:57,276 ( APPLAUSE ) JON, JON, MY FRIENDO, MY 237 00:12:57,343 --> 00:13:02,114 FRIENDO, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR GUESTS TONIGHT. 238 00:13:02,181 --> 00:13:03,549 FANTASTIC IN AN AMAZING MOVIE, "CYRANO," PETER DINKLAGE IS HERE 239 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:04,216 TONIGHT. 240 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:05,618 I REALLY ENJOY TALKING TO HIM. 241 00:13:05,684 --> 00:13:08,487 DOESN'T DO A LOT OF THESE SHOWS. 242 00:13:08,554 --> 00:13:10,789 LOVE HAVING HIM ON HERE. 243 00:13:10,856 --> 00:13:12,158 AND FROM "SQUID GAME"? 244 00:13:12,224 --> 00:13:13,993 HAVE YOU SEEN "SQUID GAME"? 245 00:13:14,059 --> 00:13:15,327 LEE JUNG-JAE IS HERE. 246 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:16,362 >> Jon: YES. 247 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:19,465 >> Stephen: JON, DID YOU KNOW THAT I SPOKE KOREAN? 248 00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:22,001 >> Jon: OH, YOU DO? 249 00:13:22,067 --> 00:13:23,169 >> Stephen: NO. 250 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:25,471 ( LAUGHTER ) JON, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DIDN'T 251 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:28,140 HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT, BUT I LOVED YOUR 252 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:32,278 PERFORMANCE IN THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. 253 00:13:32,344 --> 00:13:33,646 DID YOU GUYS CHECK THAT OUT? 254 00:13:33,712 --> 00:13:34,647 >> Jon: THAT WAS FUN. 255 00:13:34,713 --> 00:13:36,582 I LOVED DANCING OUT THERE SINGING. 256 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:38,083 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? 257 00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:41,854 >> Jon: IT FELT LIKE BEING IN A-- IT FELT LIKE BEING IN THE 258 00:13:41,921 --> 00:13:46,625 PRESENT BUT ALSO GOING BACK IN THE TIME MACHINE SOSEEING THE 259 00:13:46,692 --> 00:13:49,562 COUNTY FAIRS, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THEY HAD COUNTY FAIRS. 260 00:13:49,628 --> 00:13:53,199 >> Stephen: IT'S SUPER OLD, AN ANCIENT FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, 261 00:13:53,265 --> 00:13:55,334 PEOPLE MARCHING DOWN THE STREETS SINGING. 262 00:13:55,401 --> 00:14:00,172 >> Jon: IT'S AMAZING TO SEE, THE MARCHING BAND AND ALL THEIR 263 00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:00,673 REGALIA, THE FLOATS. 264 00:14:00,739 --> 00:14:01,674 IT WAS WHOLESOME. 265 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:04,143 I LVED IT SO MUCH. 266 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,345 MY DAD RODE THE FLOAT WITH ME. 267 00:14:06,412 --> 00:14:08,013 >> Stephen: HE DID. 268 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:08,514 THAT'S GREAT. 269 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:09,315 >> Jon: I LOVED IT. 270 00:14:09,381 --> 00:14:11,150 >> Stephen: CHECK THAT OFF THE LIST. 271 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:13,686 >> Jon: I REMEMBER GOING OUT THERE-- THIS IS THE EARLY DAYS 272 00:14:13,752 --> 00:14:17,957 AND I DIDN'T HAVE A WINTER COAT, AND I STOOD AT THE MACY'S DAY 273 00:14:18,023 --> 00:14:21,594 PARADE, AND IT WAS, LIKE, 14 DEGREES, AND I LEFT AFTER, LIKE, 274 00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:22,528 10 MINUTES. 275 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:25,030 I WAS LIKE, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I CAN'T -- 276 00:14:25,097 --> 00:14:26,232 >> Stephen: I WON'T SURVIVE. 277 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:28,167 >> Jon: YEAH, I WON'T SURVIVE. 278 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:30,869 THAT WAS A NICE -- >> Stephen: YOU'VE COME A LONG 279 00:14:30,936 --> 00:14:32,171 WAY, BABY. 280 00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:33,005 >> Jon: YEAH. 281 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:34,206 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NICE COAT NOW. 282 00:14:34,273 --> 00:14:36,141 YOU HAVE A NICE COAT. 283 00:14:36,208 --> 00:14:43,549 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU KNOW, FOLKS, 284 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:52,157 IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW, YOU KNOW I SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME RIGHT 285 00:14:52,224 --> 00:14:54,960 OVER THERE. 286 00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:56,328 CAREFULLY COMBING THROUGH THE BIGGEST STORIES OF THE DAY, 287 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:58,664 SOURCING FOR YOU THE NEWSIEST MIKADO ORGANZA IN A HIGH SHEEN, 288 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:00,165 ADDING THE MOST TOPICAL IVORY FEATHER FRINGE AND A DIPPED 289 00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:02,001 BACK, THEN THROWING ON A DEMURE BUT KICKY FLORAL EMBROIDERED 290 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:04,703 TULLE SHRUG WITH STATEMENT PEARL ACCENTS TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 291 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:08,173 GLORIOUS "VOGUE" COVER-READY WEDDING GOWN THAT IS MY 292 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,210 MONOLOGUE. 293 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:13,712 BUT SOMETIMES, WHILE ON A GLUE-HUFFING BINGE, I CRASH A 294 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:16,148 STOLEN HEARSE INTO AN ABANDONED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE I USE 295 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:17,349 MY TEETH TO TEAR UP SOME OLD CURTAINS AND STAINED CARPETING, 296 00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:20,152 THEN STEAL A BUTTON OFF AN OLD SURGICAL APRON, AND STITCH IT 297 00:15:20,219 --> 00:15:23,188 ALL TOGETHER WITH A NEEDLE MADE FROM A CHICKEN BONE TO THROW 298 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:28,160 TOGETHER THE SHRIEKING CAT LADY'S SACK DRESS OF NEWS THAT 299 00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:32,164 IS MY SEGMENT: "MEANWHILE." 300 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:36,168 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT-- THAT HEALS A NATION RIGHT 301 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:37,703 THERE. 302 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:43,409 THAT'S AN ANESTHETIC. 303 00:15:43,475 --> 00:15:46,378 MEANWHILE, CANADA JUST RELEASED 50 MILLION POUNDS FROM THEIR 304 00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:52,151 MAPLE SYRUP RESERVE AMID A GLOBAL SHORTAGE. 305 00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:56,155 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) OKAY, CANADA, NOW YOU'RE JUST 306 00:15:56,221 --> 00:15:58,290 TRYING TO REINFORCE STEREOTYPES. 307 00:15:58,357 --> 00:15:59,258 WHAT'S NEXT? 308 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:04,163 JUSTIN TRUDEAU JOUSTING A MOOSE ON BEAVERBACK? 309 00:16:04,229 --> 00:16:08,167 IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM WAS A SHORTER HARVESTING SEASON UP 310 00:16:08,233 --> 00:16:11,203 NORTH THIS YEAR, PROMPTING THE MOVE FROM THE QUEBEC MAPLE 311 00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:15,941 SYRUP PRODUCERS, A GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED CARTEL THAT 312 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:19,812 CONTROLS SOME 70% OF THE WORLD'S MAPLE SYRUP SUPPLY-- A CLEARLY 313 00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:22,648 UNFAIR CHOKEHOLD THAT SHOULD BE STOPPED BY THE WORLD BREAKFAST 314 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:27,720 GOVERNING BODY BUT, AS USUAL, THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF 315 00:16:27,786 --> 00:16:28,620 PANCAKES IS DOING NOTHING. 316 00:16:28,687 --> 00:16:32,157 THIS IS ROOTY TOOTY FRESH AND FRAUDULENT. 317 00:16:32,224 --> 00:16:38,864 ( APPLAUSE ) MEANWHILE, YESTERDAY, BARBADOS 318 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:41,200 BECAME THE WORLD'S NEWEST REPUBLIC, BECAUSE THEY DITCHED 319 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:44,503 QUEEN ELIZABETH AS HEAD OF STATE. 320 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:46,839 OH, NO! 321 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:48,173 PLAIZ OH, NO, BARBADOS. 322 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,144 NOW WHO'S GOING TO SERVE NO DISCERNIBLE PURPOSE? 323 00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:54,713 AND THAT'S NOT ALL. 324 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:56,148 ON THE SAME DAY, BARBADOS ALSO OFFICIALLY DECLARED RIHANNA A 325 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:59,184 NATIONAL HERO. 326 00:16:59,251 --> 00:17:03,622 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND THAT ALLOWS RIHANNA TO USE 327 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:07,593 THE TITLE OF "RIGHT HONORABLE" IN FRONT OF HER NAME. 328 00:17:07,659 --> 00:17:10,229 SO NOW SHE'S NOT JUST RI-RI, SHE'S RI-RI-RI. 329 00:17:10,295 --> 00:17:14,032 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 330 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,202 MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE POND IN YORKSHIRE, SNOW TRAPPED 60 331 00:17:17,269 --> 00:17:20,539 PEOPLE IN A PUB WITH AN OASIS COVER BAND FOR THREE DAYS. 332 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:24,610 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 333 00:17:24,676 --> 00:17:27,513 SO IT'S TRUE: HELL CAN FREEZE OVER. 334 00:17:27,579 --> 00:17:30,149 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 335 00:17:30,215 --> 00:17:37,923 I GOTTA SAY, THAT-- ( APPLAUSE ) 336 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:40,159 THAT IS SHOCKING: 60 PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE 337 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:43,929 AN OASIS COVER BAND. 338 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:46,632 MEANWHILE, A PRICELESS ROMAN MOSAIC SPENT 50 YEARS AS A 339 00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:56,875 COFFEE TABLE IN A NEW YORK APARTMENT. 340 00:17:56,942 --> 00:17:58,343 WHERE MUSEUM EXPERTS SAY THE MOSAIC ONCE FORMED PART OF A 341 00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:00,145 FLOOR ON ONE OF TWO VAST PARTY SHIPS COMMISSIONED BY CALIGULA. 342 00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:02,181 NOT SURE WHAT'S WORSE: BEING FORCED TO RETURN YOUR ANTIQUE 343 00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:04,149 COFFEE TABLE OR FINDING OUT THAT YOU'VE BEEN EATING OFF THE FLOOR 344 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:05,184 OF AN ANCIENT SEX BOAT. 345 00:18:05,250 --> 00:18:07,219 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 346 00:18:07,286 --> 00:18:09,087 WAIT ---- I THINK I KNOW WHICH ONE IS WORSE. 347 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:14,326 I THINK I-- I THINK I KNOW WHICH ONE IS WORSE. 348 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:19,665 THERE YOU GO. 349 00:18:19,731 --> 00:18:23,068 MEANWHILE, IN CHINA, A MAN HAS BEEN BANNED FROM AN 350 00:18:23,135 --> 00:18:27,039 ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BARBECUE FOR EATING TOO MUCH AFTER HE ATE 351 00:18:27,105 --> 00:18:29,208 OVER THREE POUNDS OF PORK TROTTERS DURING HIS FIRST VISIT, 352 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:35,214 AND NEARLY NINE POUNDS OF PRAWNS ON ANOTHER VISIT. 353 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,751 SIR, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU IN 354 00:18:39,818 --> 00:18:40,552 AMERICA. 355 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:43,455 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 356 00:18:43,522 --> 00:18:46,658 IF YOU CAN FIND YOUR WAY HERE, YOU CAN APPLY FOR ASYLUM AT ANY 357 00:18:46,725 --> 00:18:49,127 GOLDEN CORRAL. 358 00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:51,396 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH PETER DINKLAGE. 359 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:09,248 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 360 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,949 WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." 361 00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:20,092 FOLKS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM 362 00:19:20,158 --> 00:19:23,061 FILMS SUCH AS, "THE STATION AGENT"; "THREE BILLBOARDS 363 00:19:23,128 --> 00:19:26,498 OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI"; AND HIS EMMY AWARD-WINNING 364 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:29,601 PERFORMANCE AS TYRION ON "GAME OF THRONES." 365 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:30,669 HE NOW STARS IN "CYRANO." 366 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:35,240 >> FIRST HE HAS TOO MUCH HEART AND THEN NOT M ENOUGH. 367 00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:36,875 >> YOU TELL HER. 368 00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:37,442 >> ME? 369 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:39,244 >> IT'S FASCINATING. 370 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:44,283 YOU'RE BOTH BRILLIANT BUT EXACT OPPOSITES IN STYLE. 371 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:46,685 CHRISTIAN IS OVERT, PASSIONATE, FIERY. 372 00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:49,221 >> WHEREAS I? 373 00:19:49,288 --> 00:19:57,162 >> YOU ARE CODED, WITTY. 374 00:19:57,229 --> 00:19:58,363 >> CODED? 375 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:03,735 >> HIS WORDS AREN'T BETTER THAN YOURS, JUST DIFFERENTLY PUT. 376 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:06,638 >> YOU KNOW HIS LETTERS BY HEART. 377 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:10,475 >> EVERYONE. 378 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:11,743 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," PETER 379 00:20:11,810 --> 00:20:13,979 DINKLAGE. 380 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:24,022 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 381 00:20:24,089 --> 00:20:29,595 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 382 00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:32,831 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 383 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:34,700 >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 384 00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:36,201 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 385 00:20:36,268 --> 00:20:37,402 >> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 386 00:20:37,469 --> 00:20:38,203 NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 387 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:40,238 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 388 00:20:40,305 --> 00:20:41,073 NICE TO BE BACK. 389 00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:44,509 >> Stephen: HOW WAS YOUR THANKSGIVING? 390 00:20:44,576 --> 00:20:46,645 >> HMMM, I-- WELL, IT WAS LOVELY, THANK YOU. 391 00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:47,879 >> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME. 392 00:20:47,946 --> 00:20:53,585 >> HOWEVER, I MADE THE CHOICE TO GET MY VACCINE BOOSTER THE DAY 393 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:57,189 BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND LADY MODERNA WAS NOT KIND. 394 00:20:57,255 --> 00:20:59,758 >> Stephen: NO, NO, SHE'S A HARSH MISTRESS. 395 00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:01,026 >> SHE IS. 396 00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:03,228 SHE'S A DOMINATRIX. 397 00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:06,465 >> Stephen: SHE HAD YOU ON A LEASH, DID SHE? 398 00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:08,834 >> SHE'S STILL RIGHT HERE IN ME. 399 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:10,702 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S JUST 400 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:11,603 SCIENCE. 401 00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:12,604 >> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS! 402 00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:14,473 >> Stephen: THAT'S JUST SCIENCE. 403 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:20,145 ( APPLAUSE ) >> DON'T JUDGE ME AND MY 404 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:21,313 MODERNA. 405 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:25,317 >> Stephen: NOW, YOU ARE IN THE NEW ADAPTATION OF THE 1897 406 00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:29,855 PLAY BY EDMOND ROSTAND, "CYRANO." 407 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:30,989 >> OUI. 408 00:21:31,056 --> 00:21:32,858 >> Stephen: IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY, AND I'M REALLY 409 00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:34,092 EXCITED FOR THIS MOVIE. 410 00:21:34,159 --> 00:21:34,593 >> CLASSIC. 411 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:35,827 >> Stephen: CLASSIC. 412 00:21:35,894 --> 00:21:41,600 WHEN DID YOU FIRST-- IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A NATURAL STORY, SUCH 413 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:45,170 A NATURAL ROMANTIC STORY, THAT I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ONLY A LITTLE 414 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:46,171 OVER 100 YEARS OLD. 415 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:47,239 >> YEAH. 416 00:21:47,305 --> 00:21:50,742 >> Stephen: I'M FIRST WHEN YOU FIRST ENCOUNTERED IT. 417 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:54,079 >> I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE CLASSIC STORIES, IT SORT OF IS 418 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:56,815 WITH YOU A LONG TIME, WHETHER YOU READ IT OR NOT, YOU'RE AWARE 419 00:21:56,882 --> 00:22:00,152 OF IT, AND I THINK YOU'RE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THE FAMOUS 420 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:01,319 BALCONY SCENE. 421 00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:07,693 PERHAPS YOU CONFUSE IT WITH "ROMEO AND JULIETTE'S" BALCONY 422 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:11,596 SEEN, BUT THE STORY OF A MAN WRITING UNDER A SUED NOM FOR 423 00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:18,503 ANOTHER MAN, BASICALLY, IN A MODERN SENSE, CATFISHING-- 424 00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:20,672 CATFISHING HAS GONE AROUND FOR A WHILE. 425 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:24,142 AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT MOVIE VERSIONS. 426 00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:30,849 I LOVE THE GERARD DEPARDUE FILM BECAUSE IT'S IN FRENCH. 427 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:32,751 EVERYTHING SOUNDS BETTER IN FRENCH. 428 00:22:32,818 --> 00:22:36,354 AND STEVE MARTIN DID A COMEDIC VERSION-- 429 00:22:36,421 --> 00:22:37,189 ( APPLAUSE ). 430 00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:38,490 >> YES. 431 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:41,293 >> Stephen: "ROXANNE." 432 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,362 >> AND NOW WE HAVE DONE ONE IN WHICH WE SING. 433 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:46,031 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU SUNG BEFORE? 434 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:47,999 DID YOU HAVE A DAD BAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 435 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:49,901 HAVE YOU DONE ANY PROFESSIONAL SINGING? 436 00:22:49,968 --> 00:22:51,069 >> NO. 437 00:22:51,136 --> 00:22:53,572 >> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET-- HOW DID-- WHAT GAVE YOU THE 438 00:22:53,638 --> 00:22:54,272 COURAGE? 439 00:22:54,339 --> 00:22:55,173 BECAUSE I'VE-- I'M NOT A SINGER. 440 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,408 I LIKE TO SING. 441 00:22:56,475 --> 00:22:57,576 >> I'M NOT EITHER. 442 00:22:57,642 --> 00:23:00,712 >> Stephen: BUT I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO-- A LITTLE SINGING 443 00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:03,081 PROFESSIONALLY, AND IT ALWAYS IS THE MOST NERVE-RACKING THING I 444 00:23:03,148 --> 00:23:06,218 CAN DO HAVING A CAMERA POINTED AT ME, BECAUSE HOWEVER YOU SING 445 00:23:06,284 --> 00:23:06,952 IN THAT MOMENT, THAT'S IT. 446 00:23:07,018 --> 00:23:08,920 >> THAT'S IT. 447 00:23:08,987 --> 00:23:11,323 YOU GO FLAT, GO FLAT. 448 00:23:11,389 --> 00:23:12,924 EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. 449 00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:18,063 IT'S TERRIBLY NERVE-RACKING BUT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY GREAT 450 00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:20,832 SINGERS AND GREAT MUSICIANS AND THEY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER. 451 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:22,400 I LIKE A MIX OF VOICES. 452 00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:24,336 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT. 453 00:23:24,402 --> 00:23:26,605 THE GREATEST SINGERS AREN'T NECESSARILY OPERA SINGERS. 454 00:23:26,671 --> 00:23:27,639 THEY JUST HAVE SOUL. 455 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:28,907 I DON'T HAVE ANY SOUL. 456 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:29,474 I'M NOT SAYING THAT. 457 00:23:29,541 --> 00:23:31,343 >> Stephen: I DISAGREE. 458 00:23:31,409 --> 00:23:34,212 YOU BRING YOUR SOUL TO THE PERFORMANCE. 459 00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:38,984 >> RIGHT YUT OF BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU SING FROM WANT HEART, NINA 460 00:23:39,050 --> 00:23:43,622 SIMONE AND BOB DYLAN AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T QUANTIFY 461 00:23:43,688 --> 00:23:50,262 THEM AS OPERATIC SINGERS, BUT THEY'RE SOULFUL SINGERS. 462 00:23:50,328 --> 00:23:51,429 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 463 00:23:51,496 --> 00:23:52,564 STICK AROUND. 464 00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:54,499 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE PETER DINKLAGE, EVERYBODY. 465 00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:06,678 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF 466 00:24:06,745 --> 00:24:10,415 "CYRANO," PETER DINKLAGE. 467 00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:15,253 NOW, YOUR WIFE, ERICA SCHMIDT, ACTUALLY WROTE THE SCREENPLAY 468 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,357 AND BROUGHT THIS FIRST VERSION OF A STAGE PLAY. 469 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:20,559 >> YEAH. 470 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:21,726 >> Stephen: TO YOU. 471 00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:24,629 >> DID IT AS A THEATER PIECE BEFORE HERE IN NEW YORK. 472 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,131 >> Stephen: HERE'S THE THING. 473 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:35,540 WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, IN A WAY, EVERY ACTOR IS CHRISTIAN DE NOVE 474 00:24:35,607 --> 00:24:36,174 LET. 475 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:38,410 THE FACE FOR CYRANO'S WORDS. 476 00:24:38,476 --> 00:24:40,779 >> IT'S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. 477 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:42,480 >> Stephen: EXACTLY. 478 00:24:42,547 --> 00:24:45,951 BUT IS YOUR WIFE IN THIS CASE CYRANO? 479 00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:48,620 BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE PUTTING THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS IN YOUR 480 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:49,421 MOUTH. 481 00:24:49,487 --> 00:24:52,791 IS THAT WHAT A WRITE IS TO AN ACTOR? 482 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:56,294 IS YOUR WIFE YOUR CYRANO? 483 00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:59,464 >> YES, WHY DO YOU THINK I MARRIED HER? 484 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:04,436 NO-- ( APPLAUSE ) 485 00:25:04,502 --> 00:25:08,306 NO, THAT'S A REALLY-- THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING QUESTION. 486 00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:08,673 YEAH. 487 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:10,909 I THINK SO. 488 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:13,745 I THINK THAT'S WHAT ACTORS DO. 489 00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:19,384 WE SOUND A LOT SMARTER BECAUSE OF OUR WRITERS. 490 00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:20,518 AND, YEAH. 491 00:25:20,585 --> 00:25:22,487 >> Stephen: BUT THERE'S-- THERE IS A TALENT TO BEING THE 492 00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:23,255 VEHICLE. 493 00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:24,823 IT'S NOT-- YOU'RE NOT JUST A FACE. 494 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:25,390 >> RIGHT. 495 00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:27,092 >> Stephen: FOR CYRANO. 496 00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:28,059 >> RIGHT. 497 00:25:28,126 --> 00:25:30,562 >> Stephen: YOUR INTERPRETATION MAKES YOU THE-- 498 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:32,797 THE PROPER VEHICLE FOR THOSE WORDS WORRY. 499 00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:36,768 HOW DO YOU AS AN ACTOR-- >> LIKE A POLITICIAN, KIND OF. 500 00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:40,505 >> Stephen: RIGHT, EXACTLY, A POLITICIAN HAS TO BELIEVE THE 501 00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:43,475 THINGS THAT ARE WRITTEN FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY ALSO ARE AN 502 00:25:43,541 --> 00:25:44,776 EXPRESSION OF HIS BELIEFS. 503 00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:47,879 HOW DO YOU AS AN ACTOR KNOW WHETHER THE PART IS SOMETHING 504 00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:51,583 YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE THE PROPER VEHICLE FOR? 505 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:53,151 IS IT MERELY INTUITIVE? 506 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:56,288 >> SOMETIMES YOU-- YOU THINK, AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH YOU 507 00:25:56,354 --> 00:25:57,489 REALIZE, OH, NO. 508 00:25:57,555 --> 00:26:01,026 THIS PERHAPS WAS THE WRONG DECISION I MADE. 509 00:26:01,092 --> 00:26:02,193 THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES. 510 00:26:02,260 --> 00:26:05,397 NO, WITH THIS, THOUGH, I ENJOY PLAYING INTELLIGENT PEOPLE. 511 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:16,508 IT'S MORE FUN, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE PEOPLE ON THAT INTELLIGENT RIDE, 512 00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:19,844 LIKE TYRION ON "GAME OF THRONES" DID THAT AS WITH THE 513 00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:21,012 ( APPLAUSE ). 514 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:23,348 >> Stephen: THERE ARE CERTAIN SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO 515 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,115 CHARACTERS. 516 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:25,150 THEY'RE BOTH EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT. 517 00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:27,686 THEY SURPRISE PEOPLE WITH CAPABILITIES THEY DON'T 518 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:28,987 NECESSARILY THINK THEY HAVE AT FIRST. 519 00:26:29,054 --> 00:26:30,221 DO YOU MISS PLAYING TYRION, BY THE WAY? 520 00:26:30,288 --> 00:26:30,989 >> YEAH. 521 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:32,958 I MEAN, TIME TO MOVE ON, BUT SURE. 522 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:33,892 YOU HAVE TO GRADUATE. 523 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:37,963 BUT, YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT PART. 524 00:26:38,029 --> 00:26:39,030 YEAH. 525 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:43,635 HE-- HE DIDN'T HAVE THE TRAGIC ENDING OF CYRANO. 526 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:48,106 HE DIDN'T FEAR OR HIDE BEHIND ANY OTHER MAN TO GET THE LADY. 527 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:51,209 SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE. 528 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:55,814 >> Stephen: YES, HE HAS THE LADIES ALL AVERAGED. 529 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,217 ( LAUGHTER ) SHALL WE SAY. 530 00:26:59,284 --> 00:26:59,784 SOMETIMES THROUGH COMMERCE. 531 00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:00,485 >> SURE, SURE. 532 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:02,287 >> Stephen: YES. 533 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:04,022 YOU FILMED THIS IN SICILY, RIGHT? 534 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:04,889 >> YEAH. 535 00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:06,191 >> Stephen: DURING COVID. 536 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:07,726 >> DURING COVID, YEAH. 537 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:09,894 >> Stephen: NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE LOCKED DOWN. 538 00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:11,563 >> NO, SICILY WAS INCREDIBLE. 539 00:27:11,629 --> 00:27:14,766 AND THEY GOT HIT, SADLY, BY THE PANDEMIC, QUITE EARLY, MUCH 540 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:18,069 EARLIER THAN THE U.S. DID, SO THEY SORT OF HAD HAD EXPERIENCE 541 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:19,004 WITH IT. 542 00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:23,008 AND THEY WERE-- THEY WERE VERY ACCOMMODATING. 543 00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:24,909 >> Stephen: WERE YOU THERE WITH YOUR WIFE AND KIDS? 544 00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:30,882 >> YEAH, MY SON STILL WAKES UP IN THE NIGHT GOING GRENITA. 545 00:27:30,949 --> 00:27:33,051 IT'S AN ITALIAN DESSERT. 546 00:27:33,118 --> 00:27:34,519 >> Stephen: AND THEY MISS IT? 547 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:35,320 >> THEY DO. 548 00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:37,622 WE BROUGHT HOME A REMINDER, THOUGH. 549 00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:41,292 THESE ARE ALL THESE ABANDONED, STRAY, HOMELESS DOGS EVERYWHERE 550 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,596 THAT SORT OF-- IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL OVER THERE. 551 00:27:44,662 --> 00:27:46,031 THEY JUST-- IT TAKES A VILLAGE. 552 00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:47,399 THEY TAKE CARE OF THEM. 553 00:27:47,465 --> 00:27:52,904 BUT THERE ARE PUPPIES EVERYWHERE, SO WE BROUGHT HOME A 554 00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:53,371 PUPPY. 555 00:27:53,438 --> 00:27:55,807 >> Audience: OOOH! 556 00:27:55,874 --> 00:27:58,910 ( APPLAUSE ) YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NOT BRING 557 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:00,445 HOME A PUPPY. 558 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:04,916 >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT, WHAT'S THE PUPPY'S NAME? 559 00:28:04,983 --> 00:28:07,318 >> ROXY, AFTER ROXANNE. 560 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:08,453 I KNOW. 561 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:14,125 BUT SHE'S NOT ROXANNE, SHE'S ROXY BECAUSE SHE EATS ROCKS. 562 00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:14,993 SHE DOES. 563 00:28:15,060 --> 00:28:15,760 >> Stephen: REALLY? 564 00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,128 >> YEAH, SHE EATS ANYTHING. 565 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:22,934 >> Stephen: YOU ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING ONE OF THE SONGS 566 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:23,268 TONIGHT. 567 00:28:23,334 --> 00:28:27,272 >> UH-HUM. 568 00:28:27,338 --> 00:28:34,646 YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A SONG "YOUR NAME." 569 00:28:34,712 --> 00:28:40,819 THEY WROTE THE MUSIC FROM WANT MOVIE,. 570 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:42,020 IT'S INCREDIBLE. 571 00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:46,024 BECAUSE CYRANO, HE PONTIFICATES QUITE A LOT IN THE ORIGINAL 572 00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:47,258 STAGE SHOW. 573 00:28:47,325 --> 00:28:51,696 AND ERICA AND THE BAND HAD THE BRILLIANT IDEA OF SORT OF MAKING 574 00:28:51,763 --> 00:28:54,532 ALL OF THE POETRY INTO SONGS. 575 00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:58,670 AND WHO DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR A LOVE SONG? 576 00:28:58,736 --> 00:28:59,237 SO? 577 00:28:59,304 --> 00:28:59,838 >> Stephen: WELL, WE DO. 578 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:01,906 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 579 00:29:01,973 --> 00:29:07,645 WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 580 00:29:07,712 --> 00:29:08,847 >> Stephen: "CYRANO" WILL BE IN THEATERS THIS JANUARY. 581 00:29:08,913 --> 00:29:10,048 STICK AROUND FOR A PERFORMANCE FROM PETER DINKLAGE WITH BRYCE 582 00:29:10,115 --> 00:29:11,216 AND AARON DESSNER OF THE NATIONAL. 583 00:29:11,282 --> 00:29:14,953 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "SQUID GAME" STAR, LEE JUNG-JAE. 584 00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:38,610 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 585 00:29:38,676 --> 00:29:40,845 WELCOME BACK. 586 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:44,849 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW AS PLAYER 456 FROM THE 587 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,986 NETFLIX SHOW, "SQUID GAME." 588 00:30:45,777 --> 00:30:49,214 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," LEE JUNG-JAE 589 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:59,257 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 590 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:09,801 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 591 00:31:09,867 --> 00:31:11,236 >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 592 00:31:11,302 --> 00:31:16,841 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND MY TRANSLATOR, HALEY. 593 00:31:16,908 --> 00:31:18,643 >> Stephen: YES. 594 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:19,143 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 595 00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:19,777 THANK YOU. 596 00:31:19,844 --> 00:31:24,015 THANK YOU. 597 00:31:24,082 --> 00:31:31,289 >> Stephen: "SQUID GAME" IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GLOBAL SUCCESS, 598 00:31:31,356 --> 00:31:34,225 NUMBER ONE ON NETFLIX IN 90 COUNTRIES. 599 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:39,330 DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN YOU STARTED THIS WHAT WAS GOING TO 600 00:31:39,397 --> 00:31:43,735 HAPPEN? 601 00:31:43,801 --> 00:31:47,805 >> WELL, WHEN I FIRST READ THE SCRIPT, IT WASN'T TO THAT 602 00:31:47,872 --> 00:31:48,940 EXTENT. 603 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:51,276 BUT, ACTUALLY, ON MY FIRST DAY OF THE SHOOT, I FELT LIKE 604 00:31:51,342 --> 00:31:53,111 SOMETHING GOOD MIGHT HAPPEN. 605 00:31:53,177 --> 00:31:55,880 BUT I DEFINITELY DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE THIS BIG OF A SUCCESS, 606 00:31:55,947 --> 00:32:00,184 AND I CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT TO BE HERE TODAY WITH YOU. 607 00:32:00,251 --> 00:32:07,425 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IN THE SHOW, IN 608 00:32:07,492 --> 00:32:13,531 THE SHOW YOU PLAY A LOT OF CHILDREN'S GAMES-- RED LIGHT, 609 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:15,333 GREEN LIGHT. 610 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:15,667 TUG-OF-WAR. 611 00:32:15,733 --> 00:32:16,534 MARBLES. 612 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:18,136 WERE YOU GOOD AT THESE GAMES GROWING UP? 613 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:20,171 >> YES, OF COURSE. 614 00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:23,608 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A 615 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:24,208 FAVORITE? 616 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:30,381 >> ESPECIALLY MARBLE GAME. 617 00:32:30,448 --> 00:32:38,890 >> Stephen: NO DROPS, NO BOMBS, NO TAKEBACKS, NO FUDGYIES 618 00:32:38,956 --> 00:32:40,358 I'LL CHALLENGE YOU TO MARBLES ONE DAY. 619 00:32:40,425 --> 00:32:41,559 >> I HOPE SO. 620 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:46,364 >> Stephen: PEOPLE OFTEN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE-- SPOILER 621 00:32:46,431 --> 00:32:51,336 ALERT-- THERE ARE SOME DISTURBING ASPECTS OF THE SHOW. 622 00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:53,771 AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AT TIMES. 623 00:32:53,838 --> 00:33:00,178 I DON'T FIND THAT UPSETTING BECAUSE IT'S CARTOONISH, IN SOME 624 00:33:00,244 --> 00:33:02,914 WAYS. 625 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:06,851 WHAT'S REALLY DISTURBING IS THE INDIGNITIES THAT YOUR CHARACTER 626 00:33:06,918 --> 00:33:12,857 AND THE OTHER CHARACTERS SUFFER BECAUSE OF THEIR DEBT AND THEIR 627 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:14,058 POVERTY. 628 00:33:14,125 --> 00:33:17,395 WHAT DO YOU-- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE'S REACTION TO THE 629 00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:18,096 SHOW? 630 00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:19,731 SOME PEOPLE ARE DISTURBED BY IT. 631 00:33:19,797 --> 00:33:23,901 DO YOU THINK IT'S FOR THE RIGHT REASONS? 632 00:33:23,968 --> 00:33:28,272 IS>> I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT POINT. 633 00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:32,176 I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY RELATED TO "SQUID GAME" 634 00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:36,080 AND REALLY LOVED IT, THEY ALSO EXPERIENCED SOME KIND OF HURT 635 00:33:36,147 --> 00:33:39,917 BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC TROUBLES OR SOME VIOLENCE THAT THEY 636 00:33:39,984 --> 00:33:41,152 EXPERIENCED FROM SOMEONE ELSE. 637 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:43,554 AND I THINK THE REASON THEY WERE ABL TO RELATE TO THE STORY WAS 638 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:45,656 THE KEY FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE SHOW. 639 00:33:45,723 --> 00:33:49,327 AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VIOLENCE, THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE 640 00:33:49,394 --> 00:33:53,398 THAT'S DEPICTED IN THE SHOW, IT REALLY, IT CONTAINS A MESSAGE OF 641 00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:57,268 WANTING TO RETRIEVE BACK THE HUMANITY THAT WE LOST IN THIS 642 00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:58,469 EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE SOCIETY. 643 00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:05,209 AND SO I FEEL THAT IT, RATHER COMPARED TO THE VERY REAL AND 644 00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:08,513 EXTREME VIOLENT SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN, IT'S NOT AS CRUEL. 645 00:34:08,579 --> 00:34:12,183 >> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE BEEN A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN SOUTH KOREA 646 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:14,519 FOR DECADES, VERY FAMOUS OVER THERE. 647 00:34:14,585 --> 00:34:17,822 BUT MOST AMERICANS GOT TO KNOW YOU THROUGH THIS SHOW. 648 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:24,195 HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW, WHEREVER YOU GO, PEOPLE-- INCLUDING 649 00:34:24,262 --> 00:34:27,331 CELEBRITIES LIKE LEONARDO DICAPRIO-- ARE WANTING TO TAKE 650 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:35,873 SELFIES WITH YOU? 651 00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:37,575 >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, REALLY. 652 00:34:37,642 --> 00:34:40,311 AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE ACTUALLY DID WATCH "SQUID GAME." 653 00:34:40,378 --> 00:34:43,114 HE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. 654 00:34:43,181 --> 00:34:45,383 AND HE TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SO LUCKY TO BE IN IT AND 655 00:34:45,450 --> 00:34:48,719 YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB, SO IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. 656 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:52,490 >> Stephen: IS IT TRUE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 657 00:34:52,557 --> 00:34:55,526 THAT'S GREAT. 658 00:34:55,593 --> 00:35:01,699 IS IT TRUE THAT THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN WITH HIS PHONE? 659 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:02,900 AND THAT HE SENT IT TO YOU? 660 00:35:02,967 --> 00:35:04,235 >> IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE. 661 00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:05,837 >> Stephen: SO THAT MEANS-- ( APPLAUSE ) 662 00:35:05,903 --> 00:35:06,704 -- WAIT A SECOND. 663 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:10,241 SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER. 664 00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:10,641 ( LAUGHTER ). 665 00:35:10,708 --> 00:35:12,510 >> OH, NO, NO. 666 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:13,077 >> Stephen: NO? 667 00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:17,114 >> NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. 668 00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:19,217 WE HAVE A MUTUAL FRIEND. 669 00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:21,085 >> Stephen: OH. 670 00:35:21,152 --> 00:35:22,220 DAMN! 671 00:35:22,286 --> 00:35:25,990 I WANTED TO TAKE A PHOTO OF THIS AND SEND IT TO HIM. 672 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:30,728 WHAT A THRILL THAT WOULD BE FOR LEONARDO DICAPRIO TO HAVE A 673 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,064 PHOTO OF ME. 674 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:46,677 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SEND HIM THE VIDEO. 675 00:35:46,744 --> 00:35:51,349 NOW, ONE OF THE GAMES YOU PLAY IN THE SHOW INVOLVES-- AND I'M 676 00:35:51,415 --> 00:35:59,457 SURE I'M NOT INVOLVING THIS CORRECTLY-- DALGONA, A KOREAN 677 00:35:59,524 --> 00:36:02,159 HONEYCOMBED TOFFEE, THE GAME WE WERE ABOUT TO SEE IN THE CLIP. 678 00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:05,096 IT'S HAVING TO TAKE THIS HONEYCOMB OUT OF A LITTLE TRAY 679 00:36:05,162 --> 00:36:05,930 WITHOUT BREAKING IT. 680 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:07,665 WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. 681 00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:08,799 >> OH! 682 00:36:08,866 --> 00:36:09,867 ( LAUGHTER ). 683 00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:11,569 >> Stephen: AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHOW ME 684 00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:12,537 HOW TO DO THIS. 685 00:36:12,603 --> 00:36:15,673 MAYBE YOU SHOULD OPEN THAT AND I'LL OPEN THIS. 686 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:17,108 >> OH! 687 00:36:17,174 --> 00:36:19,410 SO EASY. 688 00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:21,345 ♪ ♪ ♪ TRIANGLE. 689 00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:21,879 >> Stephen: OH, TRIANGLE? 690 00:36:21,946 --> 00:36:23,247 DO YOU HAVE A PIN? 691 00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:24,515 WHERE IS YOUR PIN? 692 00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:33,090 SO WHAT-- WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE GAME? 693 00:36:33,157 --> 00:36:40,131 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> SO THE THING IS YOU HAVE TO 694 00:36:40,197 --> 00:36:42,066 LEAVE THE SHAPE, AND HE SHAPE ONLY. 695 00:36:42,133 --> 00:36:44,368 AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE REST OFF OF IT. 696 00:36:44,435 --> 00:36:46,704 >> Stephen: OH, SO YOU HAVE TO BREAK EVERYTHING OFF. 697 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:47,572 >> YES. 698 00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:49,040 >> Stephen: AND LEAVE IT-- >> WITHOUT -- 699 00:36:49,106 --> 00:36:51,976 >> Stephen: DAMN, I PICKED THE WRONG ONE. 700 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:53,077 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 701 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:55,179 ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT. 702 00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:55,746 LET'S DO IT. 703 00:36:55,813 --> 00:37:01,085 SO YOU DON'T USE A PIN? 704 00:37:01,152 --> 00:37:03,354 >> I HAVE AN EASY ONE HERE. 705 00:37:03,421 --> 00:37:09,093 SO I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE PIN. 706 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:16,233 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WOW. 707 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:17,201 OH! 708 00:37:17,268 --> 00:37:24,609 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: "SQUID GAME" IS 709 00:37:24,675 --> 00:37:25,176 STREAMING NOW ON NETFLIX. 710 00:37:25,242 --> 00:37:28,245 LEE JUNG-JAE, EVERYBODY. 711 00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:29,513 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE FROM THE FILM, 712 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:32,850 "CYRANO," WITH PETER DINKLAGE AND AARON AND BRYCE DESSNER. 713 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:33,551 STICK AROUND. 714 00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:34,585 THANK YOU. 715 00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:45,830 NAME" FROM THE FILM, "CYRANO," PETER DINKLAGE WITH AARON AND 716 00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:51,702 BRYCE DESSNER ♪ ♪ ♪ 717 00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:07,318 ♪ EVERY MORNING AT THE BREAK OF LIGHT 718 00:38:07,385 --> 00:38:14,492 ♪ I SEE YOU STANDING IN THE SUN YOU LOOK AT ME 719 00:38:14,558 --> 00:38:22,333 ♪ WITH THE KINDEST EYES EVERY MORNING I'M OVERCOME 720 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:26,504 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ INFATUATION AND 721 00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:31,342 DESPERATE DESIRE ♪ MADNESS, ENCHANTMENT, 722 00:38:31,409 --> 00:38:38,482 AND SHAME ♪ SORROW AND GLORY, 723 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:43,320 AND BLINDING EUPHORIA ♪ EVERYTHING'S THERE 724 00:38:43,387 --> 00:38:49,627 IN YOUR NAME ♪ ♪ ♪ 725 00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:55,332 ♪ IN DARKNESS WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES 726 00:38:55,399 --> 00:39:06,811 ♪ I SEE YOUR HAIR COME UNDONE I LOSE MYSELF EVERY TIME 727 00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:19,323 ♪ EVEN NOW, I'M OVERCOME ♪ ♪ ♪ 728 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:26,497 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 729 00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:31,435 ROXANNE, WHAT AM I ♪ SUPPOSED TO SAY? 730 00:39:31,502 --> 00:39:39,343 WORDS ARE ONLY GLASS ON A STRING ♪ THE MORE I ARRANGE THEM 731 00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:44,448 AND LINE UP AND CHANGE THEM ♪ THE MORE THEY MEAN 732 00:39:44,515 --> 00:39:51,322 THE SAME THING ♪ ROXANNE 733 00:39:51,388 --> 00:39:59,330 ROXANNE ♪ ROXANNE 734 00:39:59,396 --> 00:40:05,102 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 735 00:40:15,412 --> 00:40:17,615 >> Stephen: PETER DINKLAGE WITH AARON AND BRYCE DESSNER, 736 00:40:17,681 --> 00:40:18,549 EVERYBODY. 737 00:40:18,616 --> 00:40:19,850 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 738 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:22,453 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE JAVIER BARDEM. 739 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,054 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 740 00:40:24,121 --> 00:40:24,622 GOOD NIGHT.