1 00:00:01,134 --> 00:00:03,603 >> BARBADOS OFFICIALLY SEPARATES 2 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:06,706 FROM THE QUEEN AND CROWNS A NEW NATIONAL HERO. 3 00:00:06,773 --> 00:00:11,378 >> THE DESIGNEE FOR NATIONAL HERO OF BARBADOS, AMBASSADOR 4 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:12,045 ROBYN RIHANNA FENTY. 5 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:06,132 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 6 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:09,169 TONIGHT, IT'S ARM LENGTH OMICRON. 7 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:17,544 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES MAHERSHALA ALI AND JASON REYNOLDS, 8 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:22,449 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 9 00:01:22,515 --> 00:01:26,352 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 10 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:35,862 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 11 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:43,870 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: COME OVER HERE, 12 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:47,874 HAVE A SEAT! 13 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:50,643 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU GOT TO DRIVE 14 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:51,177 IT. 15 00:01:51,244 --> 00:01:52,946 THERE IS NO TOMORROW! 16 00:01:53,012 --> 00:01:55,882 THERE IS NO TOMORROW! 17 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:59,652 ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 18 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:03,756 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 19 00:02:03,823 --> 00:02:04,591 ( PIANO RIFF ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 20 00:02:04,657 --> 00:02:13,199 LOVE IT! 21 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:15,869 BEAUTIFUL. 22 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:16,970 BEAUTIFUL. 23 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:19,939 PLEASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT. 24 00:02:20,006 --> 00:02:22,008 WON'T YOU PLEASE. 25 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:26,045 MY FRIENDS, MY NEIGHBORS, WELCOME -- WELCOME ONE AND ALL 26 00:02:26,112 --> 00:02:27,514 TO "THE LATE SHOW." 27 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:30,183 I'M YOUR SHOWS, STEPHEN COLBERT. 28 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:30,984 EVERYONE -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 29 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:32,685 IF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS, 30 00:02:32,752 --> 00:02:35,488 EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY'S HISTORIC ARGUMENTS 31 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:36,489 BY OUR NATION'S HIGHEST JUDGES. 32 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:39,959 THERE WERE RECRIMINATIONS, REFERENCES TO STENCH. 33 00:02:40,026 --> 00:02:43,863 CNN WAS ALL OVER THE STORY THIS MORNING WITH THEIR TOP HEADLINE: 34 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:48,401 "THE MASKED SINGER" REVEALS WHO'S BEHIND THE SKUNK. 35 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:50,503 ( LAUGHTER ) THANK YOU, CNN, FOR YOUR 36 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:52,171 TIRELESS REPORTING ON A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO DRESS UP LIKE 37 00:02:52,238 --> 00:02:55,875 A GIANT RODENT AND SING "I'LL BE MISSING YOU." 38 00:02:55,942 --> 00:03:00,380 ( LAUGHTER ) BY THE WAY, IT WAS FAITH EVANS. 39 00:03:00,446 --> 00:03:01,981 SHE WILL BE MISSED. 40 00:03:02,048 --> 00:03:03,316 ( LAUGHTER ) WE ALSO HEARD FROM A SLIGHTLY 41 00:03:03,383 --> 00:03:06,386 LESS TRUSTED BODY: THE SUPREME COURT. 42 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:10,089 THE JUSTICES HEARD ORAL ARGUMENTS OVER A MISSISSIPPI 43 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:12,425 ABORTION BAN, AND ACCORDING TO COURT WATCHERS, THE SUPREME 44 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:18,565 COURT SEEMS POISED TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE. 45 00:03:18,631 --> 00:03:24,737 ( BOOING ) NOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU CAN'T 46 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:27,574 READ TOO MUCH INTO ORAL ARGUMENTS. 47 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:31,077 SO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO HAPPEN, 48 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:37,784 OTHER THAN THEY WILL DEFINITELY KNOW BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT WE 49 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:38,685 HEARD FROM THE JUSTICES, IT'S LOOKING ROUGH 50 00:03:38,751 --> 00:03:39,586 FOR ROE. 51 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:42,722 OR AS ONE LEGAL EXPERT PUT IT: >> RUH-ROE. 52 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:46,025 ( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: NOW, JOHN ROBERTS, 53 00:03:46,092 --> 00:03:49,862 WHO HAS BEEN SEEN AS A POTENTIAL SWING VOTE IN THIS CASE AND IS 54 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:54,000 DESPERATE NOT TO MAKE THE SUPREME COURT A PURELY PARTISAN 55 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:56,836 INSTITUTION, IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO JUSTIFY MISSISSIPPI'S 15 56 00:03:56,903 --> 00:04:02,008 WEEK BAN WITHOUT OVERTURNING PRECEDENT, WHICH IS 24 WEEKS: 57 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:06,012 >> AND WHY WOULD 15 WEEKS BE AN INAPROPRIATE LINE? 58 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,514 VIABILITY, IT SEEMS TO ME, DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 59 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:10,016 CHOICE. 60 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:14,020 BUT IF IT REALLY IS AN ISSUE ABOUT CHOICE, WHY IS 15 WEEKS 61 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:18,992 NOT ENOUGH TIME? 62 00:04:19,058 --> 00:04:20,326 SO IT WAS 24, NOW MAYBE 15? 63 00:04:20,393 --> 00:04:21,828 >> STEPHEN: IS ROBERTS CHIEF JUSTICE OR CHIEF AUCTIONEER? 64 00:04:21,894 --> 00:04:22,228 I HEAR 24 WEEKS. 65 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:24,163 CAN I GET 15? 66 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:25,331 15, I HEAR 15, CAN I GET 6? 67 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:26,399 SIX FROM TEXAS, ANY LESS? 68 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:30,003 GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, AND SOLD TO A GLINT IN YOUR 69 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:32,538 BOYFRIEND'S EYE. 70 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:35,508 ( LAUGHTER ) SO, ROBERTS SEEMED A LITTLE 71 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:36,776 MUDDLED ABOUT THE TIMELINE. 72 00:04:36,843 --> 00:04:38,011 CLARENCE THOMAS SEEMED CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 73 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:42,015 AT ALL. 74 00:04:42,081 --> 00:04:49,989 >> I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABORTION HERE, BUT WHAT IS 75 00:04:50,056 --> 00:04:51,190 CONFUSING IS THAT WE -- IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND 76 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:53,126 AMENDMENT, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 77 00:04:53,192 --> 00:04:55,762 IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, I KNOW WHAT 78 00:04:55,828 --> 00:05:01,334 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE IT'S WRITTEN, IT'S THERE. 79 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:05,204 WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? 80 00:05:05,271 --> 00:05:07,707 >> STEPHEN: HE KNOWS IT'S HIS JOB TO 'INTERPRET' THE 81 00:05:07,774 --> 00:05:08,708 CONSTITUTION, RIGHT? 82 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:12,345 I'D LIKE TO SEE CLARENCE THOMAS IN A LIT CLASS. 83 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:14,013 IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT "ANIMAL FARM," I UNDERSTAND WE'RE 84 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,017 TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF ANIMALS ON A FARM. 85 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:20,486 AND THAT'S ALL IT'S ABOUT. 86 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:22,955 THERE'S NO MENTION OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. 87 00:05:23,022 --> 00:05:30,296 NOW ON TO MY FAVORITE BOOK ABOUT FIRE SAFETY: "FAHRENHEIT 451." 88 00:05:30,363 --> 00:05:32,265 ( LAUGHTER ) ONE ARGUMENT SUPPORTING ROE IS 89 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:34,300 THAT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO HER ACCESS 90 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:35,902 TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 91 00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:37,870 JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT BELIEVES THAT DOESN'T MATTER 92 00:05:37,937 --> 00:05:41,007 ANYMORE, THANKS TO WHAT ARE CALLED "SAFE HAVEN LAWS" IN ALL 93 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:44,077 50 STATES THAT ALLOW MOTHERS TO RENOUNCE ALL PARENTAL 94 00:05:44,143 --> 00:05:47,714 RESPONSIBILITIES AT BIRTH: >> BOTH ROE AND CASEY EMPHASIZE 95 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:50,283 THE BURDENS OF PARENTING, AND INSOFAR AS YOU AND MANY OF YOUR 96 00:05:50,349 --> 00:05:57,356 AMICAE FOCUS ON THE WAYS IN WHICH THE FORCED PARENTING, 97 00:05:57,423 --> 00:06:00,727 FORCED MOTHERHOOD WOULD HINDER WOMEN'S ACCESS TO THE WORKPLACE 98 00:06:00,793 --> 00:06:03,596 AND TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S ALSO FOCUSED THE CONSEQUENCES OF 99 00:06:03,663 --> 00:06:05,631 PARENTING AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF MOTHERHOOD THAT FLOW FROM 100 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:08,034 PREGNANCY. 101 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:10,803 WHY DON'T THE SAFE HAVEN LAWS TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM? 102 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:13,406 >> STEPHEN: AMY CONEY BARRETT DOESN'T THINK A WOMAN HAS TO BE 103 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:15,041 A MOTHER, SHE JUST THINKS SHE HAS TO GIVE BIRTH. 104 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:17,643 IT'S ALL IN HER NEW PREGNANCY GUIDE: 105 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:20,680 "WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE BEING FORCED TO BE EXPECTING." 106 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:25,651 BARRETT DID CONCEDE THAT MANDATORY PREGNANCY MIGHT BE 107 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:29,622 INCONVENIENT, BUT SHE DOESN'T SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM: 108 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:32,191 >> THERE IS WITHOUT QUESTION AN INFRINGEMENT ON BODILY AUTONOMY 109 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:36,062 WHICH WE HAVE IN OTHER CONTEXTS, LIKE VACCINES. 110 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:37,630 >> STEPHEN: NOW, I'M NO DOCTOR, BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE A FALSE 111 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:38,664 ANALOGY. 112 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:43,302 VACCINES ARE MANDATED BECAUSE COVID IS CONTAGIOUS. 113 00:06:43,369 --> 00:06:45,638 NO ONE SAYS, CAN YOU PUT A MASK ON YOUR BELLY? 114 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:48,608 I DON'T WANT TO CATCH BABY. 115 00:06:48,674 --> 00:06:50,076 OF COURSE, THE THREE LIBERAL JUSTICES WERE NOT BUYIN' ANY OF 116 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:52,111 THIS. 117 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:54,881 ESPECIALLY JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR, WHO POINTED OUT THAT 118 00:06:54,947 --> 00:06:57,650 NONE OF THE BASIC ISSUES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE COURT'S 119 00:06:57,717 --> 00:07:00,119 PREVIOUS UPHOLDING OF ROE. 120 00:07:00,186 --> 00:07:01,687 AND THAT MISSISSIPPI'S STATED PURPOSE FOR BRINGING THIS CASE 121 00:07:01,754 --> 00:07:05,358 NOW IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED IT IN FRONT OF ALL OF THESE NEW 122 00:07:05,424 --> 00:07:06,325 REPUBLICAN APPOINTEES. 123 00:07:06,392 --> 00:07:11,130 AND GIVEN THOSE FACTS, SHE ASKED THIS QUESTION: 124 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:13,633 >> WILL THIS INSTITUTION SURVIVE THE STENCH? 125 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:16,836 >> STEPHEN: IT'S A VALID QUETION, THOUGH THAT STENCH 126 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:25,478 MIGHT JUST BE BRETT KAVANAUGH'S BEER SWEATS, OR BOOF BURPS. 127 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:28,781 ( LAUGHTER ) IF THE JUSTICES DO OVERTURN ROE, 128 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:29,849 IT WILL NOT BE POPULAR. 129 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:33,619 LAST MONTH, AN ABC NEWS/ WASHINGTON POST/PAPA JOHN'S 130 00:07:33,686 --> 00:07:37,623 TRIPLE BACON PIZZA POLL FOUND THAT 60% SUPPORT UPHOLDING ROE, 131 00:07:37,690 --> 00:07:41,627 COMPARED TO ONLY 27% WHO WANT TO OVERTURN IT. 132 00:07:41,694 --> 00:07:44,163 THAT'S MORE THAN 2 TO 1. 133 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:45,631 SO IF IT'S THIS UNPOPULAR, WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING IT'S GOING TO 134 00:07:45,698 --> 00:07:47,400 HAPPEN? 135 00:07:47,466 --> 00:07:50,136 WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL, BUT WE - WHAT'S THE 136 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:55,074 WORD - DON'T HAVE A DEMOCRACY. 137 00:07:55,141 --> 00:08:00,746 FIVE OF THE NINE JUSTICES WERE APPOINTED BY PRESIDENTS WHO LOST 138 00:08:00,813 --> 00:08:02,248 THE POPULAR VOTE, THE LAST THREE CONFIRMED BY A REPUBLICAN SENATE 139 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:03,950 WHO NOW REPRESENT 41 MILLION FEWER AMERICANS THAN THE 140 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:05,117 DEMOCRATS. 141 00:08:05,184 --> 00:08:08,187 IN FACT, REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVEN'T REPRESENTED A MAJORITY 142 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:10,590 OF THE US POPULATION SINCE 1996. 143 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:13,626 AND A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 1996. 144 00:08:13,693 --> 00:08:17,630 BACK THEN, THE OSCAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WENT TO 145 00:08:17,697 --> 00:08:22,501 KEVIN SPACEY AND THE BEST DIRECTOR WAS MEL GIBSON. 146 00:08:22,568 --> 00:08:25,638 ( LAUGHTER ) AND THE REPUBLICANS HAVE THEIR 147 00:08:25,705 --> 00:08:32,178 NOMINEES: GIBSON-SPACEY 2024, STILL BETTER 148 00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:33,112 THAN TED CRUZ. 149 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:33,946 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE YOU GO. 150 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:39,752 THERE YOU GO. 151 00:08:39,819 --> 00:08:44,724 BUT, OH, IN PANDEMIC NEWS, WE'RE ALL 152 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:48,194 STILL TALKING ABOUT OMICRON. 153 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:49,528 THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT HOW YOU'RE 154 00:08:49,595 --> 00:08:50,029 SUPPOSED TO SAY OMICRON. 155 00:08:50,096 --> 00:08:51,030 IS IT OH-ME-? 156 00:08:51,097 --> 00:08:51,564 OH-MAH? 157 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:52,999 HOW DO YOU SAY IT? 158 00:08:53,065 --> 00:08:56,168 >> OH MYYYY >> STEPHEN: THANK YOU, ENSIGN. 159 00:08:56,235 --> 00:09:01,641 YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED THE FIRST OMICRON CASE ON U.S. SOIL WAS 160 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:03,376 FOUND IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH LED THE STATE'S SECRETARY OF HEALTH 161 00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:04,810 AND HUMAN SERVICES TO CLAIM CALIFORNIANS WERE PROUD TO HAVE 162 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:08,180 IDENTIFIED THE FIRST OMICRON CASE. 163 00:09:08,247 --> 00:09:09,649 GOOD FOR YOU, GOLDEN STATE. 164 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:12,451 YOU SHOULD PUT THAT KIND OF POSITIVE SPIN ON ALL YOUR 165 00:09:12,518 --> 00:09:13,653 DISASTERS. 166 00:09:13,719 --> 00:09:19,458 GREETINGS FROM CALIFORNIA, HOME OF EXTRA CRISPY TREES. 167 00:09:19,525 --> 00:09:21,661 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 168 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:23,763 UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CASE. 169 00:09:23,829 --> 00:09:25,631 TODAY, A SECOND CASE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT WAS IDENTIFIED 170 00:09:25,698 --> 00:09:26,165 IN MINNESOTA. 171 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:29,635 BUT DO NOT PANIC. 172 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:31,237 IT'S JUST ONE PERSON IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND, WHO 173 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:37,276 RECENTLY TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CITY. 174 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:38,444 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) OK, MAYBE HE WAS HERE ON 175 00:09:38,511 --> 00:09:40,379 BUSINESS, SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME ALONE IN HIS HOTEL GETTING 176 00:09:40,446 --> 00:09:42,114 TAKEOUT AND STARING PENSIVELY OUT THE WINDOW AT ALL THE PEOPLE 177 00:09:42,181 --> 00:09:45,117 H WASN'T INFECTING. 178 00:09:45,184 --> 00:09:47,053 RIGHT AFTER HE ATTENDED THE 2021 ANIME CONVENTION AT THE JAVITS 179 00:09:47,119 --> 00:09:49,155 CENTER. 180 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:50,156 OH NO. 181 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:53,626 LET'S GO TO A REACTION FROM THE ANIME COMMUNITY: 182 00:09:53,693 --> 00:09:56,162 >> DAMN YOU! 183 00:09:56,228 --> 00:09:57,630 WHYYY? 184 00:09:57,697 --> 00:10:03,836 WHYYYY?! 185 00:10:03,903 --> 00:10:05,738 ( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: SO OMICRON IS HERE, 186 00:10:05,805 --> 00:10:08,174 BUT DON'T WORRY, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A PLAN THAT HE ANNOUNCED 187 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,642 TODAY. 188 00:10:09,709 --> 00:10:13,245 ONE THING IS REQUIRING TRAVELERS TO WEAR MASKS ON AIRPLANES, 189 00:10:13,312 --> 00:10:17,650 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND TRAINS. 190 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:19,352 OH GOOD. 191 00:10:19,418 --> 00:10:20,619 TRAINS. 192 00:10:20,686 --> 00:10:21,687 IT'S REASSURING TO KNOW THAT THE GUY MASTURBATING ON THE Q TRAIN 193 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:25,124 IS THINKING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE. 194 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:26,225 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT THE ANTI-VAX COMMUNITY HAS 195 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:32,198 THEIR OWN PLAN TO COMBAT OMICRON: MAKE UP CRAZY CRAP. 196 00:10:32,264 --> 00:10:35,601 THE NEWEST BATCH OF ONLINE STUPID MAINTAINS THAT OMICRON IS 197 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:38,170 A HOAX, SAYING: LEFTIES WILL BE FOOLED AGAIN. 198 00:10:38,237 --> 00:10:41,674 THE REST OF US NEED TO STAY STRONG. 199 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:45,644 THEIR PROOF: IF YOU SCRAMBLE THE LETTERS OF OMICRON YOU GET THE 200 00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:49,648 WORD MORONIC. 201 00:10:49,715 --> 00:10:53,652 ( APPLAUSE ) WOW. 202 00:10:53,719 --> 00:10:55,421 WOW. 203 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:58,791 THAT THEORY IS INCREDIBLY, OMICRON. 204 00:10:58,858 --> 00:11:01,327 ( LAUGHTER ) OKAY, IT'S TRUE, IF YOU 205 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:02,595 REARRANGE THE LETTERS IN OMICRON YOU CAN SPELL MORONIC, BUT THAT 206 00:11:02,661 --> 00:11:05,398 DOESN'T PROVE ANYTHING. 207 00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:08,167 IF YOU REARRANGE THE LETTERS IN CORONAVIRUS, YOU CAN SPELL-- 208 00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:11,470 CORN SAVIOUR. 209 00:11:11,537 --> 00:11:12,838 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT 210 00:11:12,905 --> 00:11:14,206 GOING TO BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP ORVILLE REDDENBACHER. 211 00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:16,876 THERE'S JUST AS MUCH CRAZY OVER IN THE U.K., WHERE THE ANTI-VAXX 212 00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:20,179 COO-COOS THINK THE NEW VARIANT IS AN EVIL PLOT TO STOP 213 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:25,151 CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OVER THERE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS HAVE FOUND 214 00:11:25,217 --> 00:11:29,622 THE ANAGRAM "NO CRIMBO" IN THE OMICRON VARIANT NAME, AND CRIMBO 215 00:11:29,688 --> 00:11:32,191 IS BRITISH SLANG FOR CHRISTMAS. 216 00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:36,862 FIRST OF ALL, BRITAIN, IF THAT IS YOUR NAME, WHAT KIND OF SLANG 217 00:11:36,929 --> 00:11:38,064 IS CRIMBO? 218 00:11:38,130 --> 00:11:43,903 SOUNDS LIKE THE CELEBRITY COUPLE NAME OF CHRIST AND A BIMBO. 219 00:11:43,969 --> 00:11:46,305 IT'S WRONG! 220 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:49,208 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED: YOU 221 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:53,646 CAN'T SPELL CRIMBO WITHOUT A B: THERE'S NO B IN OMICRON. 222 00:11:53,712 --> 00:11:57,616 SO TO GET NO CRIMBO, BRITISH CONSPIRACY FOLKS USED 223 00:11:57,683 --> 00:12:03,622 THE FULL NAME OF THE VARIANT, OMICRON-B.1.1.5.29. 224 00:12:03,689 --> 00:12:05,624 EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THIS STUFF, YOU GOTTA SEE THAT'S A STRETCH. 225 00:12:05,691 --> 00:12:08,194 OK, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH LETTERS TO SPELL CRIMBO, BUT WHERE DO THE 226 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:09,428 NUMBERS GO? 227 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:13,632 GASP BLIMEY, THEY WERE STOLEN BY HILARY CLINTON! 228 00:12:13,699 --> 00:12:16,268 SHE'S RUINED CRIMBO! 229 00:12:16,335 --> 00:12:17,970 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 230 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:21,707 TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT OSCAR WINNER MAHERSHALA ALI BUT WHEN WE COME 231 00:12:21,774 --> 00:12:26,412 BACK, I'LL SHOW YOU THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST HOLIDAY GIFT. 232 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:27,279 BUY IT! 233 00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:15,594 >> Stephen: JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN," LADIES AND 234 00:13:15,661 --> 00:13:16,762 GENTLEMEN. 235 00:13:16,829 --> 00:13:17,830 RIGHT THERE. 236 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:23,135 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) RIGHT THERE, LIVE ON FRESH, 237 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:25,971 BUTTERED CRUSTY, EVERY NIGHT, MAN. 238 00:13:26,038 --> 00:13:27,573 >> Jon: WHOO, WHOO! 239 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,376 >> Stephen: A CONSTANT IN A CRAZY WORLD. 240 00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:33,045 IN A WORLD OF CHAOS AND DISASTER, THIS BAND IS ONE 241 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:35,347 BRIGHT, CONSTANT SPOT OF BEAUTY. 242 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:36,048 THANK YOU, JON. 243 00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:36,949 >> Jon: INCREDIBLE! 244 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:41,320 >> Stephen: EVERY NIGHT. 245 00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:44,123 FLAWLESS, EVERY NIGHT. 246 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:50,429 WHO ELSE WHO IS EXTRAORDINARY IS MAHERSHALA ALI, TWO-TIME OSCAR 247 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:51,597 WINNER. 248 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,232 AND "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST SELLING AUTHOR JASON REYNOLDS IS 249 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:54,700 GOING TO BE HERE. 250 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:55,701 >> Jon: GREAT! 251 00:13:55,768 --> 00:13:57,436 >> Stephen: VERY BIG NIGHT HERE. 252 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:58,804 FOLKS, IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 253 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:02,708 I LOVE THE ANNUAL TRADITIONS LIKE THE ONE YOU SPEND A MONTH 254 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:06,712 AND A HALF EATING NONSTOP, GET DRUNK ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND 255 00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:09,982 SWEAR YOU'RE GOING TO START WORKING OUT AND SOMEHOW IT NEVER 256 00:14:10,049 --> 00:14:10,583 HAPPENS. 257 00:14:10,649 --> 00:14:11,884 IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. 258 00:14:11,951 --> 00:14:15,254 EVERY YEAR PEOPLE GUY EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND GYM MEMBERSHIPS 259 00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:21,727 THEY NEVER GET AROUND TO USING, BUT I SAW A COMMERCIAL FOR A 260 00:14:21,794 --> 00:14:24,129 COMPANY WHO WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. 261 00:14:24,196 --> 00:14:25,497 >> WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE. 262 00:14:25,564 --> 00:14:31,170 YOU WANT TO LOOK WEIGHT, YOU BUY AN EXPENSIVE EXERCISE BIKE, BE 263 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:35,841 UH YOU REALIZE WORKING OUT IS HARD, SO YOU END UP JUST HANGING 264 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:37,009 YOUR CLOTHES ON IT. 265 00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:50,189 THAT'S WHY WE CREATED HANG- HANG-A-TON, THE ONLY ONE THAT 266 00:14:50,256 --> 00:14:53,826 CAN HANDLE UP TO TWO LOADS OF LAUNDRY AT A TIME. 267 00:14:53,892 --> 00:14:57,129 AND ZERO WORKOUT CAPABILITY SO YOU COULDN'T RIDE IT EVEN IF YOU 268 00:14:57,196 --> 00:14:58,797 WANTED TO. 269 00:14:58,864 --> 00:15:04,136 THE HANG-A-TON'S ADJUSTABLE SEAT CAN ACCOMMODATE BOXER SHORTS TO 270 00:15:04,203 --> 00:15:05,004 LONG JOHNS. 271 00:15:05,070 --> 00:15:09,341 NEED TO HANG DRY YOUR SWEATERS? 272 00:15:09,408 --> 00:15:22,021 USE HANG-A-TON PATENTED LEAVE IT NEAR AN OPEN WINDOW TECHNOLOGY. 273 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:23,989 >> $1,000, STILL A LOT OF MONEY. 274 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:26,792 >> Stephen: IT'S HALF AS MUCH AS THE BIKE, SO SHUT UP. 275 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:31,297 AND FOR JUST $40 A MONTH, YOU CAN HANG WITH A TOTAL PRO! 276 00:15:31,363 --> 00:15:38,804 >> LET'S GET THE CLOTHES UP OFF THE FLOOR! 277 00:15:38,871 --> 00:15:39,838 WHOO! 278 00:15:39,905 --> 00:15:42,641 I LOVE HANG-A-TON. 279 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:46,211 >> RIDING A BIKE IS COOL BUT WHAT IF I WOULD NOT RATHER RUN 280 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:49,281 ON A TREADMILL. 281 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:52,184 >> TRY HANG-A-TREAD, A TREADMILL YOU CAN DUMP ALL YOUR CLOTHES ON 282 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:56,989 AND BECAUSE YOU WON'T PUT ANYTHING AWAY THE HANG-A-TREAD 283 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:58,791 WILL CLEAN UP FOR YOU. 284 00:15:58,857 --> 00:16:01,694 STOP WASTING MONEY, TIME AND ENERGY AND WASTE JUST ONE OF 285 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,631 THOSE THINGS WITH HANG-A-TON, YOU CAN GIVE UP. 286 00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:08,967 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT 287 00:16:09,034 --> 00:16:11,270 BACK WITH MAHERSHALA ALI. 288 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:34,727 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 289 00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:37,563 WELCOME BACK! 290 00:16:37,629 --> 00:16:42,201 FOLKS -- MY FIRST GUEST IS A TWO-TIME 291 00:16:42,267 --> 00:16:44,770 ACADEMY AWARD WINNER YOU KNOW FROM "MOONLIGHT" AND "GREEN 292 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:45,571 BOOK." 293 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:51,610 HE NOW STARS IN THE FILM "SWAN SONG." 294 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:54,947 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, MAHERSHALA ALI 295 00:16:55,013 --> 00:17:04,990 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 296 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:25,010 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 297 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:26,412 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 298 00:17:26,478 --> 00:17:27,546 >> GREAT TO BE HERE. 299 00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:30,315 >> Stephen: NOW, SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU HAVE 300 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:33,018 WON TWO OSCARS! 301 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:34,486 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CONGRATULATIONS. 302 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:36,388 >> THANK YOU. 303 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:39,558 >> Stephen: AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT KNOW 304 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:43,195 THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE IS BEFORE YOU WERE AN ACTOR, YOU 305 00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:47,666 WERE QUITE AN ATHLETE, YOU WERE A D-1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER. 306 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:48,801 >> YES. 307 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:50,235 >> Stephen: AND ETCH MORE INTERESTING TO ME IN A CERTAIN 308 00:17:50,302 --> 00:17:57,376 WAY, YOU WERE, AS A CHILD, A B.M.X. RACER AT AGE FOUR. 309 00:17:57,443 --> 00:17:58,143 >> YEAH. 310 00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:01,747 >> Stephen: THAT'S YOU RIGHT THERE. 311 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:04,183 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOUR MOM LET YOU DO THIS? 312 00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:06,418 THIS IS GOING TO BE ROUGH AND TUMBLE. 313 00:18:06,485 --> 00:18:07,920 YOUR MOM LET YOU DO THIS? 314 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:08,587 >> SHE DID. 315 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:09,721 SHE DID. 316 00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:12,591 I RACED FOR SIX YEARS FROM WHEN I WAS FOUR TO TEN. 317 00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:15,494 >> Stephen: ANY CRAZY RACES? 318 00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:20,299 CRAZY RACES, DEFINITELY A FEW CRAZY RACES. 319 00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:21,834 ONE IN PARTICULAR. 320 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:25,804 I REMEMBER RACING AGAINST A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. 321 00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:31,176 SO I RACED EVERY WEEK-END ALONG WITH OLDER COUSINS, YOU KNOW, 322 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:34,346 AND WE WERE IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, DIFFERENT HEATS AND WHAT 323 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:38,217 KNOT, AND A GOOD FRIEND, A GIRL BY THE NAME OF ROBYN, YOU KNOW, 324 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:41,453 THE GIRLS RACE WITH THE GIRLS, THE BOYS RACE WITH THE BOYS, BUT 325 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,223 A GOOD FRIEND AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH KIDS FOR OUR 326 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:48,260 HEAT AND ROBYN CAME AND RACED WITH THE BOYS AND I REMEMBER 327 00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:52,097 LOOKING AT ROBYN LIKE, OKAY, GOOD LUCK, DON'T TAKE THIS 328 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:53,332 PERSONAL. 329 00:18:53,398 --> 00:18:57,402 AND WE STARTED RACING, AND ABOUT A QUARTER THROUGH THE RACE, I 330 00:18:57,469 --> 00:19:01,840 KIND OF FELT MY LUNGS TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT, AND THE NEXT THING 331 00:19:01,907 --> 00:19:06,245 YOU KNOW I WAS HAVING A FULL-BLOWN ASTHMA ATTACK 332 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,379 MI-RACE. 333 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:10,782 I WAS WOBBLING, AND I SEE ROBYN PASSING ME UP A BIT, SHE 334 00:19:10,849 --> 00:19:14,920 PASSINGS ME, FINISHES THE RACE, BEATS ME, AND MY COUSINS RUN ON 335 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:21,159 TO THE COURSE AND THEY'RE LIKE YOU GOT BEAT BY A GIRL! 336 00:19:21,226 --> 00:19:25,097 MID ASTHMA ATTACK, WHICH I OBVIOUSLY SURVIVED, BUT SOME 337 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:26,298 GREAT EXPERIENCE. 338 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:30,135 >> Stephen: SO YOU WERE BEATEN BY A GIRL BECAUSE OF AN ASTHMA 339 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:30,502 ATTACK. 340 00:19:30,569 --> 00:19:31,537 >> EXACTLY. 341 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:32,838 >> Stephen: THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T PLAY D-1 BASKETBALL 342 00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:36,642 BECAUSE OF MY ASTHMA. 343 00:19:36,708 --> 00:19:37,809 >> RIGHT ( LAUGHTER ) 344 00:19:37,876 --> 00:19:42,180 >> Stephen: YOU'VE HAD A BIG MONTH BECAUSE MARVEL FANS WILL 345 00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:47,486 KNOW -- AND I'M NOT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY BECAUSE THIS HAS 346 00:19:47,553 --> 00:19:51,423 BEEN WRITTEN EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE IN ONE TO HAVE THE POST CREDIT 347 00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:56,461 SCENES AT THE END OF "ETERNALS" WE GET TO HEAR YOUR VOICE AS IS 348 00:19:56,528 --> 00:20:00,933 REVEALED WITH YOUR VOICE OFF SCREEN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE 349 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:04,536 BLADE IN THE MCU. 350 00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:07,506 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU. 351 00:20:07,573 --> 00:20:12,177 >> Stephen: YOU MUST BE, LIKE -- YOU MUST SORT OF PREP 352 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:19,318 YOURSELF TO KNOW YOU'RE GOING INTO THE SUPERHERO. 353 00:20:19,384 --> 00:20:21,219 HOW IS IT GOING SO FAR? 354 00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:23,522 >> IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE THE ANTICIPATION IS SO GREAT. 355 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:26,758 MY EXCITEMENT FOR ANY ROLE IS PRETTY EQUAL, HONESTLY, BECAUSE 356 00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:30,028 I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY IS ALWAYS THE SAME, BUT I'VE NEVER 357 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:33,865 WALKED INTO A ROLEY THE ANTICIPATION WAS SO GREAT, WHERE 358 00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:36,602 PEOPLE WERE ALREADY SO FAMILIAR WITH THE CHARACTER AND HAVE REAL 359 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:38,570 OPINIONS AND POINTS OF VIEW AND ALL OF THAT. 360 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:40,806 SO IT FEELS DIFFERENT. 361 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:46,778 THERE'S CLEARLY AN ADDED LAYER OF PRESSURE WHICH I WILL 362 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:48,013 EMBRACE. 363 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:48,914 DISPLMPS. 364 00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:50,849 >> Stephen: NOW, WE DON'T SEE YOU IN THIS. 365 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,217 WE ONLY HEAR YOU. 366 00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:53,251 >> YES. 367 00:20:53,318 --> 00:20:55,587 >> Stephen: SO IT'S BASICALLY A RADIO PLAY SO FAR. 368 00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:56,755 >> YEAH. 369 00:20:56,822 --> 00:20:59,658 >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE 370 00:20:59,725 --> 00:21:03,595 GOING TO SOUND LIKE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ONE DAY ON CAMERA? 371 00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:04,796 >> YOU LOSE SLEEP OVER IT. 372 00:21:04,863 --> 00:21:08,767 I WAS LOSING SLEEP OVER THIS LINE BECAUSE, IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, 373 00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:14,239 YOU WANT TO BE TALKING ONCE YOU ARE FILMING, YOU KNOW, AND 100% 374 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:19,344 OF THE TIMES -- 100% OF THE TIMES, MY FIRST DAY ON ANY SET, 375 00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:24,850 ON ANY JOB, I HATE IT, LIKE I HATE HOW I SOUND, I HATE -- YOU 376 00:21:24,916 --> 00:21:27,886 KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, AND, SO, YOU'RE TRYING 377 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:29,788 TO GET COMFORTABLE IN THE CHARACTER. 378 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:33,925 SO TO HAVE TO TALK BEFORE YOU EVEN ACTUALLY FILMING WAS 379 00:21:33,992 --> 00:21:36,595 CHALLENGING, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT BECAUSE IT MADE IT FEEL 380 00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:42,234 REAL, YOU KNOW, IT MADE IT -- IT'S LIKE OKAY, NOW E.R. GOING. 381 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:46,071 >> Stephen: YOU GOT TO GET SWOLE. 382 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:47,739 >> I GOT TO GET SWOLLEN. 383 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:52,010 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A REGIMEN IN PLACE? 384 00:21:52,077 --> 00:21:53,812 LIKE 50 POUNDS OF CHICKEN A DAY. 385 00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:54,980 >> YOUR WORKOUT. 386 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:58,784 >> Stephen: COFFEE AND RICOLA, THAT'S WHAT I LIVE ON THESE 387 00:21:58,850 --> 00:21:59,584 DAYS. 388 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,953 ( LAUGHTER ) YOU STAR IN "SWAN SONG." 389 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:03,021 >> YES. 390 00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:07,426 >> Stephen: A FASCINATING SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE THAT 391 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:09,795 RAISES RALE ETHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT IDENTITY AND DEATH. 392 00:22:09,861 --> 00:22:13,565 TELL THE FOLKS WHO YOU'RE PLAYING AND WHAT YOUR SITUATION 393 00:22:13,632 --> 00:22:14,733 IS. 394 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,802 >> I PLAY A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF CAMERON PRESENTED WITH 395 00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:20,272 THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLONE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HAS AN ILLNESS AND, 396 00:22:20,338 --> 00:22:26,712 YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO DIE, AND FAMILY. 397 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:28,013 SO -- >> Stephen: WHY CAN'T HE TELL 398 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,114 HIS FAMILY? 399 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:32,918 >> THE OPPORTUNITY, WELL, IT'S A SECRET AT THIS POINT. 400 00:22:32,984 --> 00:22:33,685 >> Stephen: OKAY. 401 00:22:33,752 --> 00:22:36,054 THE TECH, ALL OF THAT IS VERY NEW. 402 00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:37,189 >> Stephen: MM-HMM. 403 00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:40,592 AND, SO, THAT IS PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT HE CAN'T SHARE 404 00:22:40,659 --> 00:22:41,993 THAT INFORMATION WITH HIS WIFE. 405 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:45,030 >> Stephen: IS THAT PART OF THE IDEA TO SAVE THEM THE PAIN 406 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:48,300 OF HIS DEATH, OR -- >> I JUST THINK IT'S SO EARLY ON 407 00:22:48,366 --> 00:22:51,937 IN TERMS OF THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF THAT IT'S SUCH A SECRET 408 00:22:52,003 --> 00:22:55,574 AND THIS IS SORT OF IN THE EARLY SORT OF LIKE TESTING PHASES OF 409 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:56,808 IT, RIGHT? 410 00:22:56,875 --> 00:23:00,245 AND, SO, RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL ANYONE, AND, SO, 411 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:03,448 THAT'S PART OF THE DIFFICULTY OF THE DECISION BECAUSE HE CAN'T 412 00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:09,121 INCORPORATE HIS WIFE IN THAT, SO HE'S WRESTLING WITH THIS 413 00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:12,591 INFORMATION AND THIS DECISION BUT IT'S THIS HUGE SECRET, AND 414 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:15,060 IT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY KEEPS HIM UP AT NIGHT. 415 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:17,562 >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE. 416 00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:18,563 >> YES. 417 00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:20,298 >> Stephen: CAN YOU SET UP WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? 418 00:23:20,365 --> 00:23:24,736 >> I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S SEEING HIS CLONE. 419 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:27,672 AND UP UNTIL THAT POINT, IT'S BEEN SORT OF THIS IDEA AND 420 00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:32,210 SOMETHING THAT HE'S BEEN SOLD ON, BUT AT THIS POINT, NOW HE'S 421 00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:34,880 ACTUALLY SEEING HIS CLONE IN THE FLESH. 422 00:23:34,946 --> 00:23:38,250 >> Stephen: JIM. 423 00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:12,150 MOLECULARLY REGENERATED, MAPPED TO YOUR DNA, CAMERON 424 00:24:12,217 --> 00:24:22,227 TURNER TO THE MOLECULE. 425 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,997 ( APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU. 426 00:24:26,064 --> 00:24:27,532 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT DON'T GO 427 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:30,602 ANYWHERE, ANYBODY, WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE MAHERSHALA ALI. 428 00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:39,244 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 429 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,347 WE'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF THE NEW MOVIE "SWAN SONG" MAHERSHALA 430 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:43,615 ALI. 431 00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:45,016 SO THERE'S TWO OF YOU. 432 00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:46,184 >> THERE'S TWO OF ME. 433 00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:48,787 >> Stephen: SO IF YOU GET NOMINATED, CAN BOTH OF YOU WIN? 434 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:51,590 IS THAT TWO OSCARS RIGHT THERE? 435 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:52,757 >> THEY BETTER LEARN TO SHARE. 436 00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:56,127 >> Stephen: IT DEALS WITH, OBVIOUSLY, CLONING, AND THAT -- 437 00:24:56,194 --> 00:24:59,197 I MEAN, THAT RAISES THE IDEA OF IDENTITY. 438 00:24:59,264 --> 00:24:59,831 >> YEAH. 439 00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:00,632 >> Stephen: WHO IS THE YOU. 440 00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:01,867 YEAH. 441 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:03,735 >> Stephen: YOU KNOW, I ASSUME THIS IS YOU, NOT YOUR CLONE I'M 442 00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:06,037 TALKING TO RIGHT NOW. 443 00:25:06,104 --> 00:25:08,273 AND THAT'S A DEEP QUESTION TO DEAL WITH. 444 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:08,840 >> YEAH. 445 00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:10,575 >> Stephen: WHO ARE YOU. 446 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:11,776 YES. 447 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:16,882 >> Stephen: AND DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND, IF SO, WHEN DID 448 00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:17,515 YOU KNOW? 449 00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:19,484 , I'M A WORK IN PROGRESS. 450 00:25:19,551 --> 00:25:26,124 I'M VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESSCH IT'S SOMETHING THAT I 451 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:29,394 ASK MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME. 452 00:25:29,461 --> 00:25:34,199 I WERE I WAS LIKE NINE, TEN YEARS OLD, AND I SWEAR I USED TO 453 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:37,035 GO INTO THE BATHROOM IN OUR LITTLE APARTMENT, AND I WOULD 454 00:25:37,102 --> 00:25:41,673 CLOSE THE DOOR AND I WOULD TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND, YOU KNOW, 455 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:44,943 YOUR EYES ADJUST AND YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR A BIT AND 456 00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:48,813 I WOULD JUST STEAR AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR AND I WOULD ASK 457 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,081 MYSELF WHO I WAS. 458 00:25:50,148 --> 00:25:57,155 SO, FIRST, YOU KNOW, IT'S, LIKE, TRY IT AT HOME, I ENCOURAGE YOU. 459 00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:01,359 YOU GET PAST YOUR NAME, WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AND WHO YOUR FAMILY IS 460 00:26:01,426 --> 00:26:02,827 AND ALL THE THINGS YOU IDENTIFY WITH AND THEN YOU START RUNNING 461 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:04,029 OUT OF QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS. 462 00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:07,632 AND I REMEMBER AS A KID JUST STANDING THERE FEELING A LITTLE 463 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:11,703 EMPTY AND A LITTLE SCARED, YOU KNOW, ONCE I GOT DOWN TO PAST 464 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:17,208 ALL OF OTHER QUESTIONSCH SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING I THINK, FOR ME, 465 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:19,544 LIKE I HAVE BEEN ASKING THAT FOR A LONG TIME. 466 00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:23,748 >> Stephen: OKAY, I'M GOING TO HIT YOU WITH A DEEP ONE, READY? 467 00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:24,783 >> YEAH. 468 00:26:24,849 --> 00:26:26,184 >> Stephen: IF YOU HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS YOUR 469 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:27,352 CHARACTER. 470 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:28,486 >> YEAH. 471 00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:33,258 >> Stephen: TO CLONE YOURSELF, AND I ASSUME PASS ON YOUR 472 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:36,661 PERSONALITY AND YOURSELF, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, YOUR 473 00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:40,999 TRUE SELF TO THIS NEXT PERSON AND SAVE YOUR FAMILY THE PAIN TO 474 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:44,602 HAVE THE LOSS OF YOU -- THE PAIN OF THE LOSS OF YOU IF YOU WERE 475 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:47,172 IN THE SAME SITUATION, WOULD YOU DO IT? 476 00:26:47,238 --> 00:26:49,374 >> YOU'RE ASSUMING THEY'LL BE IN PAIN. 477 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:51,776 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THE EFFECT, HOW 478 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:52,777 ABOUT THAT? 479 00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:55,547 THE EFFECT, WHATEVER IT IS. 480 00:26:55,613 --> 00:26:56,648 WHOO! 481 00:26:56,715 --> 00:27:00,051 ( APPLAUSE ) >> NO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE 482 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:03,421 THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A LOT AND ALL THROUGHOUT SHOOTING IT AND EVEN 483 00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:09,928 NOW AND SEEING HOW THE FILM CAME OUT, AND I THINK -- I THINK I 484 00:27:09,995 --> 00:27:16,868 WOULD LEAN TOWARDS THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS AND, IN PART, 485 00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:19,838 BECAUSE -- AND EVEN IN THE FILM, I THINK WHAT I WALK AWAY WITH 486 00:27:19,904 --> 00:27:23,608 FROM THE FILM IS THAT, IN REALITY, WE ALL HAVE -- WE ALL 487 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:27,512 HAVE A BETTER SELF, WE ALL HAVE A POTENTIAL, WE ALL HAVE AN 488 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:28,713 INSPIRED SELF, RIGHT? 489 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:34,886 AND, SO, THEREFORE, WE ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE OUR BEST 490 00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:36,121 SELF. 491 00:27:36,187 --> 00:27:40,592 SO I WANT TO BE AS PRESENT AND AS FULFILLED AS POSSIBLE IN THE 492 00:27:40,658 --> 00:27:44,963 TIME THAT I HAVE ON THIS EARTH AND MAKE THE BEST I CAN OF EVERY 493 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:50,535 DAY AND EVERY MOMENT, AND WHEN MY NUMBER IS CALLED, I JUST HOPE 494 00:27:50,602 --> 00:27:55,540 AND PRAY I MADE THE BEST USE OF MY TIME AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW. 495 00:27:55,607 --> 00:28:04,983 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: ONE OF THE PER 496 00:28:05,050 --> 00:28:08,787 FORCES I GREATLY ENJOYED WAS "GREEN BOOK," AND I WANT TO ASK 497 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:12,624 YOU ABOUT A FELLOW I KNOW A LITTLE BIT AND ADMIRE A GREAT 498 00:28:12,690 --> 00:28:16,561 DEAL AND THAT'S VIGGO MORTENSON. 499 00:28:16,628 --> 00:28:17,762 >> YES. 500 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:20,298 >> Stephen: WHAT IS HE LIKE TO WORK WITH BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A 501 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:22,901 FEW BITS TOGETHER BUT HE'S A REAL ARTIST. 502 00:28:22,967 --> 00:28:25,537 >> HE'S A GENIUS 100% OF THE TIME. 503 00:28:25,603 --> 00:28:28,373 >> Stephen: WHAT'S HE LIKE ON SET JUST TO HANG WITH? 504 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,543 >> VIGGO IS A BLAST TO HANG WITH. 505 00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:34,079 HE'S VERY FUNNY BUT VERY SERIOUS AT THE SAME TIME. 506 00:28:34,145 --> 00:28:39,884 MEANING YOU CAN'T REALLY WORK WITH A MORE COMMITTED PERSON. 507 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:48,960 HE'S -- ONE TIME, VIGGO -- I GET TO WORK, AND, UM, VIGGO'S GOT A 508 00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:49,828 CROW IN THE TRAILER. 509 00:28:49,894 --> 00:28:52,730 >> Stephen: IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? 510 00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:55,533 >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. 511 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,502 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IS THAT HIS PET? 512 00:28:57,569 --> 00:29:00,438 THAT IS NOT HIS PET. 513 00:29:00,505 --> 00:29:04,175 VIGGO'S GOT A CROW IN THE TRAILER, ANDIP, LIKE, YO, WHAT'S 514 00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:05,844 GOING ON WITH THIS CROW? 515 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:10,648 AND VIGGO, HE DECIDED TO WALK TO WORK THAT DAY, WHICH I'M SURE 516 00:29:10,715 --> 00:29:14,018 SECURITY WAS EXCITED ABOUT, BUT VIGGO WALKS TO WORK, AND A CROW 517 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:18,056 HAD FELL OUT OF A TREE OR GOT HIT BY SOMETHING, HE PICKS UP 518 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:21,559 THE CROW AND HE BRINGS IT INTO THE TRAILER AND HE'S LIKE 519 00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:24,329 PETTING THE CROW AND TAKING CARE OF IT, HE NAMED THE CROW. 520 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:30,702 AND I'M IN THERE AND I LOOK AT HIS HAIR AND MAKEUP PEOPLE AND 521 00:29:30,768 --> 00:29:40,278 THEY'RE, LIKE -- (WHISPERING ). 522 00:29:40,345 --> 00:29:42,614 ) -- AND HE DOES THIS ALL THE TIME, 523 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:47,352 AND I WALKED OUT AND SAW HE HAD A CROW TATTOOED ON HIS SHOULDER. 524 00:29:47,418 --> 00:29:52,991 SO VIGGO'S A BIT OF A CROW WHISPERER. 525 00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:53,558 >> A WIZARD. 526 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:54,626 >> Stephen: YES. 527 00:29:54,692 --> 00:29:57,061 THE CROW PASSED AWAY, UNFORTUNATELY, WITHIN A COUPLE 528 00:29:57,128 --> 00:29:58,229 OF DAYS. 529 00:29:58,296 --> 00:30:03,101 HE GOT IT SO A FACILITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS 530 00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:04,435 INJURED AND PASSED AWAY. 531 00:30:04,502 --> 00:30:07,939 I THINK THE CROW GOT A LITTLE DEDICATION AT THE END OF THE 532 00:30:08,006 --> 00:30:11,242 FILM, HIS NAME IS AT THE END TO HAVE THE FILM, IF I'M NOT 533 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:12,210 MISTAKEN. 534 00:30:12,277 --> 00:30:16,981 >> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO HANG OUT WITH THAT GUY. 535 00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:18,016 >> YEAH. 536 00:30:18,082 --> 00:30:22,053 >> Stephen: MAHERSHALA ALI, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 537 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,221 >> THANK YOU. 538 00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:24,422 >> STEPHEN: THE MOVIE "SWAN SONG" IS AVAILABLE IN THEATERS 539 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:25,557 AND ON APPLE TV PLUS DECEMBER 17TH. 540 00:30:25,623 --> 00:30:26,724 MAHERSHALA ALI, EVERYBODY. 541 00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:29,360 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, 542 00:30:29,427 --> 00:30:30,595 JASON REYNOLDS. 543 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:04,295 HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK. 544 00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:06,030 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A NEW YORK 545 00:31:06,097 --> 00:31:08,366 TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND THE NATIONAL AMBASSADOR OF YOUNG 546 00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:12,370 PEOPLE'S LITERATURE. 547 00:31:12,437 --> 00:31:15,006 PLEASE WELCOME, JASON REYNOLDS ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 548 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:29,721 ( BAND PLAYING ) >> Stephen: HEY. 549 00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:30,255 NICE TO MEET YOU. 550 00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:31,122 THANKS FOR COMING ON. 551 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:32,357 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 552 00:31:32,423 --> 00:31:39,330 >> Stephen: NOW, "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, 553 00:31:39,397 --> 00:31:42,667 YOU'VE WRITTEN 17 BOOKS TOTAL, BUT I WANT TO GET TO THAT TITLE, 554 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:47,305 NATIONAL AMBASSADOR OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE. 555 00:31:47,372 --> 00:31:50,541 DID YOU GET A LETTER FROM HOGWARTS? 556 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:51,542 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? 557 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:53,778 >> YOU GET A LETTER FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 558 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:57,582 >> Stephen: THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE. 559 00:31:57,649 --> 00:31:58,483 THAT'S LIKE A WIZARD. 560 00:31:58,549 --> 00:31:59,517 >> JUST LIKE A WIZARD. 561 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:00,985 >> Stephen: THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 562 00:32:01,052 --> 00:32:03,921 ( APPLAUSE ) WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES? 563 00:32:03,988 --> 00:32:08,126 >> IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER AMBASSADOR, IT'S LIKE THE POET 564 00:32:08,192 --> 00:32:09,327 LAUREATE SYSTEM. 565 00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:10,795 >> Stephen: SURE. 566 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:14,699 MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE A WALKING CHEERLEADER ABOUT 567 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:18,670 READING AND WRITING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 568 00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:20,438 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU WRITE BOOKS 569 00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:21,839 FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES. 570 00:32:21,906 --> 00:32:26,778 SINCE WE'RE ON A LATE-NIGHT SHOW THERE MAY NOT BE AS MANY OF YOUR 571 00:32:26,844 --> 00:32:29,714 CORE DEMO WATCHING THE SHOW RIGHT NOW. 572 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:32,717 WHAT DO ADULTS FADE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT CHILDREN'S 573 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:36,888 LITERATURE AND AS KIND OF A FOLLOW-UP HERE, IS DO YOU WRITE 574 00:32:36,954 --> 00:32:38,623 CHILDREN'S BOOKS? 575 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:44,329 I KNEW MAURY SYNDAK YEARS AGO AND HE SAID, I WRITE BOOKS AND 576 00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:46,331 SOMEBODY SAID THIS SHOULD BE FOR CHILDREN. 577 00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:50,234 WAT DO WE KNEAD TO KNOW ABOUT CHILDREN'S LITERATURE TODAY. 578 00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:54,072 >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS. 579 00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:58,676 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS THE CORNERSTONE OF ALL LITERATURE, 580 00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:00,845 THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ALL LITERACY. 581 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:04,782 WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THIS LITERATURE, THERE CAN'T BE 582 00:33:04,849 --> 00:33:09,921 A TONEY MORRISON OR OUR FAMOUS WITERS, JAZMINE WARD, OR THE 583 00:33:09,987 --> 00:33:13,424 GREATS WE LOVE UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY EARLIER TO CREATE THEM 584 00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:18,696 AND THEIR READERSHIP, SO THAT'S MY JOB. 585 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:21,299 ( APPLAUSE ) IN TERPS OF -- IN TERPS OF THE 586 00:33:21,366 --> 00:33:25,703 GREAT MAURICE SYNDAK COMMENT, I DISAGREE. 587 00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:28,673 I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT WAY AND I'M 588 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:29,707 OKAY WITH IT. 589 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:32,410 MY PERSONALLY, I THINK THIS IS A TASK OF INTENTION. 590 00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:36,114 THERE ISN'T SOMETHING I TID AND MAY PLACED ME HERE, THIS IS 591 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:39,217 SOMETHING I CONTINUOUSLY INTENTIONALLY DO EVERY SINGLE 592 00:33:39,283 --> 00:33:45,456 DAY BECAUSE WHO DESERVES OUR ATTENTION MORE THAN CHILDREN. 593 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,725 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU SPEAK -- YOU 594 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,795 SPEAK TO CHILDREN A LOT, TAKE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LIKE THAT. 595 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:51,929 >> YES. 596 00:33:51,996 --> 00:33:54,031 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE FAVORITE QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOTTEN 597 00:33:54,098 --> 00:33:55,166 FROM KIDS? 598 00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:58,603 BECAUSE KIDS WILL ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND YOU THOUGHT YOU 599 00:33:58,669 --> 00:34:01,205 WERE SMART TILL YOU HEARD QUESTIONS FROM KIDS. 600 00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:04,876 DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU LIKE TO HEAR? 601 00:34:04,942 --> 00:34:09,013 >> THE ONES I GET MOST OFTEN IS, MR. JASON, WHAT KIND OF CAR DO 602 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,148 YOU DRIVE? 603 00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:14,318 WHICH IS COOL, BECAUSE ONE IT SAYS THEY TRUST ME TO ASK 604 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:17,155 ANYTHING THEY WANT AND IF I ANSWER IT, WE'VE CREATED A HUMAN 605 00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:19,657 MOMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OF US WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 606 00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:21,592 ANYTHING I EVER SAY ABOUT A BOOK. 607 00:34:21,659 --> 00:34:24,162 THAT'S A GOOD THING BUT PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON. 608 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:26,531 >> Stephen: JASON. 609 00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:27,432 HMM. 610 00:34:27,498 --> 00:34:29,834 >> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? 611 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:34,405 >> A CHERRY RED PORSCHE 911. 612 00:34:34,472 --> 00:34:36,674 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, THAT'S A COOL 613 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:37,909 ANSWER. 614 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:39,510 DID YOU HAVE TO GET A COOL CAR ONCE YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO 615 00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:43,247 BE P ASKED THE QUESTION OR DID THE CAR PRECEDE THE QUESTION? 616 00:34:43,314 --> 00:34:47,585 >> FOR YEARS I ROAD MY BICYCLE AND WALKING. 617 00:34:47,652 --> 00:34:50,788 THE PANDEMIC SHOWED UP AND I SAID, CHILDREN'S WRITERS, WE 618 00:34:50,855 --> 00:34:52,957 SHOULD SHOW THEM, WE SHOULD RETE THEM KNOW. 619 00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:56,561 >> Stephen: PART OF YOUR JOB AS A WRITER, I SUPPOSE, IS ALSO 620 00:34:56,627 --> 00:35:01,432 AS A TEACHER IN A WAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND HAT YOU FEEL LIKE 621 00:35:01,499 --> 00:35:04,936 PART OF YOUR JOB AND PART OF YOUR BEST EXPERIENCE IS TO LEARN 622 00:35:05,002 --> 00:35:06,337 FROM THE CHILDREN. 623 00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:09,607 WHAT IS IT YOU LEARN FROM YOUR INTERACTION WITH YOUR OWN 624 00:35:09,674 --> 00:35:10,741 AUDIENCE? 625 00:35:10,808 --> 00:35:16,080 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE CAN RA SHOW US WHAT 626 00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:18,783 COMPASSION LOOKS LIKE, CAN SHOW US WAT EMPATHY LOOKS LIKE. 627 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:24,522 THINK ABOUT IT, MAN, OUR BIGGEST INSULT, OUR BIGGEST CRITIQUE 628 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:28,693 BESIDES, ALL THEY DO IS TIKTOK, RIGHT, OUR BIGGEST CRITIQUE IS 629 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:29,994 THEY'RE JUST SO SENSITIVE. 630 00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:36,734 WE HEAR FRIT COMEDIANS, EVERYBODY, THEY'RE SNOWFLAKES, 631 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:37,935 CUPCAKES, SENSITIVE. 632 00:35:38,002 --> 00:35:42,773 WHAT WE'RE DOING IS INSULTING THEM FOR BEING EMPATHETIC AND 633 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:46,077 COMPASSIONATE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE THE MANY SLIVERS OF EACH 634 00:35:46,143 --> 00:35:46,777 INDIVIDUAL FREE. 635 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:48,045 IMAGINE THAT. 636 00:35:48,112 --> 00:35:51,782 SO I THINK WE HAVE MUCH TO LEARN FROM THEM IF WE COULD JUST GIVE 637 00:35:51,849 --> 00:35:53,684 OURSELVES A MOMENT OF HUMILITY TO LISTEN MORE. 638 00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:55,419 >> Stephen: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 639 00:35:55,486 --> 00:36:01,225 ( APPLAUSE ) YOU CALL YOUR BOOKS AMONG OTHER 640 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:04,695 THINGS LOVE LETTERS TO BLACK KIDSCH. 641 00:36:04,762 --> 00:36:08,833 WHAT IS THE LOVE THAT YOU WANT TO EXPRESS? 642 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,701 >> ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR EXISTENCE. 643 00:36:10,768 --> 00:36:13,704 I DON'T WANT TO TEACH ANYTHING. 644 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:14,805 I'M NOT INTERESTED. 645 00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:18,075 I'M NOT A TEACHER OR A PARENT. 646 00:36:18,142 --> 00:36:20,311 I WANT TO BE WITNESS TO THEIR LIVES. 647 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:24,882 A FAMOUS HITCHCOCK QUOTE SAYS A FACE IS NOT A FACE UNTIL I PUT 648 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:26,083 LIGHT ON IT. 649 00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:29,186 WHAT THAT SAYS IN MY WORLD IS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T EXIST 650 00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:32,023 IN THE WORLD IF WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EXISTENCE OR 651 00:36:32,089 --> 00:36:37,428 WRITE THEM INTO THE STORIESCH THAT'S MY ONLY REAL GOAL IS TO 652 00:36:37,495 --> 00:36:42,733 SHOW TWO BLACK KIDS THAT YOU'RE HERE AND PEOPLE KNOW YOU'RE HERE 653 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,037 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOVE YOU IN YOUR EXISTENCE DAY TO DAY, 654 00:36:46,103 --> 00:36:49,440 AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 655 00:36:49,507 --> 00:36:50,775 ( APPLAUSE ) GLRVEG. 656 00:36:50,841 --> 00:36:57,615 >> Stephen: YOUR NEW BOOK IS CALLED "STUNTBOY, IN THE 657 00:36:57,682 --> 00:36:58,816 MEANTIMECH" WHAT'S IT ABOUT? 658 00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:04,221 >> STUNTBOY IS ABOUT A YOUNG MAN NAMED PORTICO REEVES WHO HAS 659 00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:05,323 ANXIETY. 660 00:37:05,389 --> 00:37:07,191 HE LIVES IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, 661 00:37:07,258 --> 00:37:10,261 PARENTS AND GRANDMA AND HIS PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH A 662 00:37:10,328 --> 00:37:18,035 DIVORCE AND THAT ANXIETY IS FLARING IN AN INTERESTING WAY. 663 00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:22,239 HE TAKES AN ALTER EGO CALLED STUNTBOY BECAUSE HE WANTS TO 664 00:37:22,306 --> 00:37:23,808 SAVE HIS PASSPORTS FROM THEMSELVES. 665 00:37:23,874 --> 00:37:27,011 HE WANTS TO DO THE HARD STUFF SO THE REAL HEROES DON'T HAVE TO 666 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,279 HARM THEMSELVES. 667 00:37:28,346 --> 00:37:32,783 IT'S A COOL STORY KIDS CAN READ AND PARENTS CAN USE AS A WAY TO 668 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:35,486 DISCUSS THE CHANGING SANDS OF FAMILY AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS. 669 00:37:35,553 --> 00:37:38,222 >> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE ANXIETY AS A CHILD? 670 00:37:38,289 --> 00:37:40,825 >> OH, I'VE HAD ANXIETY MY WHOLE LIFE. 671 00:37:40,891 --> 00:37:42,994 >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT? 672 00:37:43,060 --> 00:37:43,527 >> A FEW WAYS. 673 00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:44,996 ONE IS MEDICATION. 674 00:37:45,062 --> 00:37:45,529 AND THERE'S THERAPY. 675 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:46,530 >> Stephen: SURE. 676 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:51,535 ( APPLAUSE ) >> AND, HONESTLY, THERE'S 677 00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:54,972 TALKING ABOUT IT, NORMALIZING IT, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE 678 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:59,076 UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH US, RIGHT, AND THAT, 679 00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:02,513 HONESTLY, ANXIETY IN AND OF ITSELF IS PERHAPS JUST AN 680 00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:05,616 ELEVATED PART OF A SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM WHICH MEANS THAT 681 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:10,054 MAYBE IT'S NOT ABOUT IT BEING A WEAKNESS BUT INSTEAD BEING A 682 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:16,894 STRENGTH THAT IS CONNECTED TO OUR COMPASSION, THAT THE MERE 683 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:20,097 THOUGHT OF SOMETHING WRONG MAKES ME ANXIOUS OR THE THOUGHT OF 684 00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:22,767 SOMEONE IN PAIN MAKES ME ANXIOUS, AND THIS IS A GOOD 685 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:23,968 THING. 686 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:25,169 >> Stephen: AND THERE MIGHT BE THINGS TO BE ANXIOUS ABOUT IN 687 00:38:25,236 --> 00:38:26,704 OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW. 688 00:38:26,771 --> 00:38:27,872 >> ABSOLUTELY. 689 00:38:27,938 --> 00:38:29,573 >> Stephen: AND THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S 690 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,744 RISING, AND THAT LEADS TO MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT YOU HVE 691 00:38:33,811 --> 00:38:37,915 A, YOU KNOW, NOT AN ENVIABLE DISTINCTION WHICH IS YOU HAVE 692 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:41,318 TWO BOOKS ON THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S MOST 693 00:38:41,385 --> 00:38:45,423 BANNED BOOKS LIST FOR 2020, AND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CERTAINLY 694 00:38:45,489 --> 00:38:48,793 AMERICAN CULTURE RIGHT NOW AND CERTAINLY THE POLITICIZATION OF 695 00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:53,130 AMERICAN CULTURE IS VERY WORRISOME BECAUSE TO ME A LOT OF 696 00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:58,502 ANXIETY, AND I'M CURIOUS, WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT 697 00:38:58,569 --> 00:39:01,739 THE CENSORSHIP OF LOOKS BOOKS IN AMERICA NOW? 698 00:39:01,806 --> 00:39:04,809 >> IT IS NOT A BANG OF HONOR, FOR THOSE OF US ON THAT LIST, 699 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:07,011 IT'S NOT A BADGE OF HONOR. 700 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:10,081 PEOPLE SAY, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. 701 00:39:10,147 --> 00:39:12,717 YEAH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S BEEN ACCESS CUT FOR ALL 702 00:39:12,783 --> 00:39:15,553 THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED THESE BOOKS AND WHERE THEY MIGHT 703 00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:16,887 ONLY GET THEM IN SCHOOLS. 704 00:39:16,954 --> 00:39:22,093 YOU CAN'T FOR GRANTED THERE MIGHT NOT BE A LIBRARY OR 705 00:39:22,159 --> 00:39:27,898 BOOKSTORE IN SOMEBODY'S COMMUNITY OR A $20 TO BUY THE 706 00:39:27,965 --> 00:39:29,166 BOOK BECAUSE OF THE BANNINGS. 707 00:39:29,233 --> 00:39:33,170 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CLAIM WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP 708 00:39:33,237 --> 00:39:37,141 TO BE BETTER THAN WE ARE AND IN ORDER TO DO SO THEY MUST HAVE 709 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:39,477 THE INFORMATION THAT WE DID NOT HAVE. 710 00:39:39,543 --> 00:39:42,813 SO TO STOP THAT INFORMATION MAKES US ALL HYPOCRITES AND IT'S 711 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,517 SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT. 712 00:39:46,584 --> 00:39:49,620 ( APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: HIS NEW BOOK 713 00:39:49,687 --> 00:39:52,389 "STUNTBOY," IN THE MEANTIME, IS AVAILABLE NOW. 714 00:39:52,456 --> 00:39:54,225 JASON REYNOLDS, EVERYBODY. 715 00:39:54,291 --> 00:39:55,659 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 716 00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:08,739 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR THE 717 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:09,807 LATE SHOW. 718 00:40:09,874 --> 00:40:13,210 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN JEFF GOLDBLUM TAKES THE COLBERT 719 00:40:13,277 --> 00:40:14,145 QUESTIONERT. 720 00:40:14,211 --> 00:40:15,646 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 721 00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:16,347 GOODNIGHT.